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AIR FORCE SOCCER 2009 GENERAL INFORMATION ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS TABLE OF CONTENTS Location: USAF Academy, Colo. Assoc. AD/Communications: Troy Garnhart Media Information . .2 Founded: 1954 Office Phone: (719) 333-9263 Nickname: Falcons Coaches / Staff Colors: Blue and Silver Men’s Soccer SID: Jerry Cross Head Coach Doug Hill . .3 Enrollment: 4,400 Office Phone: (719) 333-3950 Coaching Staff . .4 Affiliation: NCAA Division I Office Fax: (719) 333-3798 Support Staff . .5 Conference: Mountain Pacific Sports Fed. Cell Phone: (719) 338-0804 Home Field: Cadet Soccer Stadium E-mail: [email protected] Capacity: 2,000 2009 Season Press Box Phone: (719) 333-3157 Mailing Address: 2009 Season Preview . .6-7 Director of Athletics: Dr. Hans Mueh Athletic Communications Office 2009 Roster . .8 Vice Athletic Director: Brad DeAustin U.S. Air Force Academy Meet the Falcons . .9-18 Assoc. AD/Athletic Prog.: George Nelson 2168 Fieldhouse Drive 2009 Opponents . .19-20 USAFA, Colo. 80840 The MPSF . .21 Website: www.goairforcefalcons.com 2008 in Review TEAM INFORMATION 2008 Statistics / Results . .22 Head Coach: Doug Hill Alma Mater: USAFA (1983) CREDITS Office Phone: (719) 333-2174 History/Records Writing & Editing: Jerry Cross Toll-Free: (800) 379-1455 x2174 Year-by-Year Results . .23 Cell Phone: (719) 244-7002 Cover Design: Madeline McGuire Individual & Team Records . .24 E-mail: [email protected] Photos: DenMar Services Where Are They Now? . .25 AFA Record / Yrs: 10-25-1 / Two Years All-Time Letterwinners . .26-27 Overall Record / Yrs: 10-25-1 / Two Years Award Winners . .28 The 2009 men’s soccer media guide is a pro- 2008 Overall Record: 5-13 duction of the Air Force Academy athletic com- The Academy 2008 Conf. Record / Finish: 3-7 / T, 4th munications office. Thank you to Madeline The USAFA . .29 USAFA Senior Leadership . .30 Assistant Coaches: McGuire for the cover designs and the entire Athletic Department Leadership . .31 Anthony Latronica (Rhode Island, ‘97) communications office for editing assistance. USAFA Athletics . .32 Matthew Okoh (Denver, ‘96) Lt. Col. Chris Foster (USAFA, ‘89) A regular-season record crowd of 3,206 packed Cadet Soccer Stadium on Aug. 25, Starters Returning/Lost: 10 / 1 2006 as the Falcons and service-academy Letterwinners Returning / Lost: 17 / 3 rival Army battled to a 1-1 tie. ALUMNI INFORMATION AIR FORCE SOCCER ALUMNI ASSOCIATION President: Pat McKenna (‘87) Vice Pres: Jeff Harder (‘90) Treasurer: Greg Walsh (‘81) Secretary: Greg Schiller (‘85) For more information, contact: Greg Walsh 3617 Sandbar Lane Colleyville, TX 76034 817-577-8661 FRONT COVER INSIDE FRONT COVER Three seniors will serve as tri-captains There are four other seniors on the for the 2009 season. Kevin Rosser, Josh roster this season. Steven Noller, Jim Rhynard and Aaron Eshkenazi will provide Gullo, Jared Gomez and Kirk Bingaman leadership on and off the field this year. round out the class of 2010. Rosser, who also was a captain last Noller was the team’s MVP last sea- season, finished second on the team with son after leading the squad in scoring. seven points in 2008, while Rhynard is Gullo, meanwhile, started every game in the active career leading scorer with 17 goal for Air Force last year and led the points and Eshkenazi was one of only Mountain Pacific Sports Federation with four Falcons to start all 18 games in ‘08. 88 saves. 1 GoAirForceFalcons.com 1 MEDIA INFORMATION MEDIA GUIDE PRESS PARKING IN-SEASON The 2009 Air Force men’s soccer media guide There is no press parking available. The earlier INTERVIEWS is produced as a source of information for the you arrive the better parking you’ll find. All Air Force players and coaches are available media. Other materials may be obtained by for interviews with the following guidelines. All contacting the athletic communications office: interviews must be made through the athletic AIR FORCE communications office at (719) 333-3950 or Athletic Communications Office 333-2313. All interview requests must be made 2168 Field House Drive PRACTICES at least 24 hours in advance so that the player USAF Academy, CO 80840-9500 All Air Force practices both home and on the or coach can be properly notified. There will be Phone (719) 333-2313 road are open to the media. Media members no interviews on game day with players. Fax (719) 333-3798 wishing to film practice must make arrange- ments with the athletic communications office to attend practice. A member of the athletic WORKING PRESS communications office must accompany you. AIR FORCE CREDENTIALS A F HEAD COACHES Press and photograph credentials are issued to POST-GAME members of the working media only. These cre- Name . .Sport dentials may be obtained by contacting the ath- PROCEDURES Mike Hutcheon . .Baseball letic communications office. Upon acceptance Head coach Doug Hill will be available to the Jeff Reynolds . .Men's Basketball of applications, appropriate passes can be press 10 minutes following the end of the game picked up at the Cadet Soccer Stadium press outside the team’s locker room. Players will be Ardie McInelly . .Women's Basketball box. available following Hill. The Air Force locker room, training room and weight room are Eddie Weichers . .Boxing closed to all media. RADIO/TV Juli Henner . .M&W Cross Country Final statistics, including team and individual Upon receiving permission to broadcast the totals and play-by-plays, are available following Stan Curnow . .M&W Diving game, please contact the athletic communica- the game in the Cadet Soccer Stadium Press tions office. Press credentials will be available Abdel Salem . .Fencing Box and on the Air Force Academy athletic web- at the Cadet Soccer Stadium Press Box. site at: Telephone lines are the responsibility of the Troy Calhoun . .Football broadcaster. Information about local services can be obtained from the athletic communica- www.goairforcefalcons.com George Koury . .Men's Golf tions office. Kip Simons . .Men’s Gymnastics Doug Day . .Women’s Gymnastics ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS STAFF Frank Serratore . .Ice Hockey Eric Seremet . .Lacrosse Launi Meili . .Rifle Doug Hill . .Men's Soccer Larry Friend . .Women's Soccer Troy Garnhart Dave Toller Madeline McGuire Brian Jerman Rob Clayton . .Men's Swimming Assoc. AD/ Sports Info. Graphics Video Communications Director Specialist Coordinator Casey Converse . .Women's Swimming Rich Gugat . .Men's Tennis Kim Gidley . .Women's Tennis Ralph Lindeman . .M&W Track & Field Penny Lucas-White . .Volleyball Jeff Ehrlich . .Water Polo Jerry Cross Nick Arseniak Valerie Perkin Melissa McKeown Joel Sharratt . .Wrestling Soccer Contact Asst. SID Asst. SID Asst. SID 2 GoAirForceFalcons.com 2 HEAD COACH DOUG HILL Doug Hill enters lar season, while the 1997 squad earned a his third season trip to the NCAA Tourney. THE HILL FILE as head coach at Hill moved on to McChord AFB, Wash., Air Force in in 1997, holding positions of Director, Wing 2009. Hill spent Weapons and Tactics for the 62nd Airlift Birthdate 13 seasons as Wing and Operations Officer for the 4th Nov. 17, 1959 an assistant Airlift Squadron, a C-141 unit. He guided the coach at Air all-Air Force soccer team as a player-coach Force before in 1999 and 2000, winning the Armed Hometown Fleetwood, Pa. being promoted Forces championship both years. He also to head coach in coached the all-Armed Services team in June of 2007. 1999 and 2000. Education He led the In 2001, Hill returned to the sidelines at U.S. Air Force Academy Falcons to a 5-13 overall record and a 3-7 his alma mater. He was an assistant coach B.S., Focus on Engineering, 1983 mark in the Mountain Pacific Sports between 2001-05 before earning a promo- Federation in ‘08, good for a fourth-place tie. tion to associate head coach for the 2006 Univ. of Northern Colorado In his two seasons at the helm, Hill has campaign. During that tenure at AFA, the M.A., Sports Administration, 1994 coached seven Falcons to all-conference Falcons were ranked as high as 19th in the honors, including four last season, led by country during the 2001 campaign and he second-team selections Steven Noller and helped Marcus Sagastume earn MPSF Co- Playing Experience U.S. Air Force Academy Kevin Rosser. The two seniors return for Player of the Year honors in 2003. 1979-82 their final campaign after leading the team in Hill, who has over 2,800 flying hours to Four-year letterwinner scoring last season with nine and seven his credit, holds a master's degree in sports Team Captain, 1981-82 points, respectively. In addition, nine players administration from the University of All-RMISL, 1981-82 have been named to the academic all-confer- Northern Colorado and retired from the Air ence team the last two seasons. Force in April of 2006 with the rank of Lt. All-Air Force Team Hill, who holds a United States Soccer Colonel. 1985, 1987 Federation "A" license, graduated from the A native of Fleetwood, Pa., Hill, 49, lives Academy in 1983 and was a four-year varsi- in Colorado Springs with his wife, Kathy, and ty letterman playing for his predecessor, Lou their two sons, Luke (10) and Greg (8). Coaching Experience Sagastume. He was chosen as team captain Air Force, Head Coach both his junior and senior seasons. In all 2007-present four years, Hill helped the Falcons win the Air Force, Associate Head Coach Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Soccer 2006 League championship. After graduation, he remained at the Academy as the assistant Air Force, Assistant Coach soccer coach and a physical education 1983, 1992-97, 2001-2005 instructor for one year. All-Armed Forces Team, Head Coach Hill left the Academy in 1984 for Dyess 1999-2000 AFB, Texas, where he was an instructor navi- gator in the C-130 aircraft.