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Martin 2 Lindenwood 55 All-Purpose Yards Records 86 FHSU Athletics Staff 3 Pittsburg State 55 Punting Records 87 Athletics Staff Directory 4 Washburn 55 Kick Return Records 88 COACHES PLAYERS OPPONENTS REVIEW THE MIAA RECORDS HISTORY Academic Majors at FHSU 4 Missouri Western 55 Punt Return Records 89 FHSU Athletic Facilities 5-8 Emporia State 56 Scoring Records 90-91 Northwest Missouri State 56 Defensive Records 92-93 Football Facilities Nebraska-Kearney 56 Yearly Leaders 94-98 Lewis Field Stadium 10-11 2016 Opponent Series History 57-58 Team Records 99-100 Hubbard Press Box 11 Tiger Locker Room 12-13 Review History Meeting Rooms 13 2015 Season Review 60 FHSU Conference Champions 102-104 Schmidt/Bickle Indoor Training Facility 14-16 2015 Final Statistics 61-64 FHSU NCAA Division II All-Americans 105 2015 Game-By-Game Statistics 65-70 FHSU Individual Honors 106-109 Coaches Yearly Summary 110-111 Head Coach Chris Brown 18 The MIAA Coaching History 111 Assistant Coaches 19-22 2015 Standings 72 Series Records 112 2015 Postseason Awards 72 Tigers in Professional Football 113-114 Players 2015 Individual Leaders 73-74 Season-By-Season Results 115-119 2016 Roster 24-25 2015 Team Statistics 75-77 Pronunciation Guide 25 About The MIAA 78 Media Information 120 Roster Breakdown 26 MIAA All-Time Champions 78 Returning All-MIAA Selections Inside Back Cover 2016 Outlook 27-30 MIAA Teams in the NCAA Playoff s 78 2016 Schedule Back Cover Returning Player Profi les 31-48 MIAA Member Information 78 Newcomer Profi les 49-52 ON THE COVER FHSU QUICK FACTS Top Left School Fort Hays State University Wide Receiver City, State, Zip Hays, Kansas 67601 Tyler Bacon Founded 1902 Jr., Quapaw, Okla. Enrollment 14,210 Affi liation NCAA Division II Top Middle Conference Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association Defensive Back Nickname Tigers DeAndre James Colors Black & Gold Sr., Tampa, Fla. President Dr. Mirta M. Martin Top Right Athletic Director Curtis Hammeke Wide Receiver Stadium (Capacity) Lewis Field Stadium (6,362) Isaiah Maxi Playing Surface Artifi cial Sr., Kansas City, Mo. Ticket Offi ce Phone (785) 628-4050 First Year of Football 1902 Bottom Left Overall All-Time Record 437-492-55 Running Back Years In National Playoff s 3 (2 NCAA, 1 NAIA) Shaquille Cooper Last Postseason Game Mineral Water Bowl vs Minnesota-Duluth Jr., Coral Gables, Fla. Lost 22-30 in 2015 Bottom Right Linebacker Sports Information Alex Schmidtberger Sports Information Director Ryan Prickett Sr., Topeka, Kan. SID Offi ce Phone (785) 628-5903 SID Email [email protected] SID Fax (785) 628-4383 CREDITS Press Box Phone (785) 628-5800 or 628-5316 • 2016 Fort Hays State Football Media Guide written, edited, and designed Fort Hays State Athletics Website www.fhsuathletics.com by Ryan Prickett, FHSU Sports Information Director. Guide co-edited by Seth Coaching Staff Kincaid, FHSU Assistant Sports Information Director, and Stacy Prickett. Head Coach Chris Brown • Front and back covers designed by Ryan Prickett, FHSU Sports Information Alma Mater, Year Pittsburg State University, 1996 Director. Career/Record at FHSU (Years) 30-26 (Five years)/Same • Player, coach, and campus photos credited to Mitch Weber. Action photos Best Time To Contact Weekday Mornings credited to Mitch Weber, Mark Shaiken, Emma Henry, and Bob Duff y. • Statistical research and historical research provided by Ryan Prickett, Doug Team Information Self, Andrew Sogn, Jason McCullough, Trent Smith, Lynn Womack and Rich Topp. 2015 Overall Record 8-4 • Guide printed by Fort Hays State University Printing Services. 2015 Conference Record/Finish 8-3 MIAA/T-3rd Starters Returning 15 (6 Off / 9 Def / 0 Spec) Letterwinners Returning 39 (16 Off / 23 Def / 0 Spec) 1 FFORTORT HHAYSAYS SSTATETATE UUNIVERSITYNIVERSITY FORT HAYS STATE ATHLETICS STAFF About Fort Hays State University Founded in 1902 on the plains of Western Kansas, Fort Hays State University is the second youngest of the six state universities. FHSU Y celebrated its centennial in 2002. T From a humble but exciting beginning, when just two faculty members and a 19-course curriculum greeted 34 students, our university I has grown to a faculty of nearly 300, a support staff of 250 and a student body of 9,000. The university now off ers hundreds of courses in S each of its four main colleges — Education, Arts and Sciences, Business and Leadership, and Health and Life Sciences — and the Graduate R School. The FHSU Virtual College provides many of the courses through various media to sites across Kansas and beyond. FHSU is governed by a Board of Regents appointed by the governor of the state of Kansas. E FHSU is located in Hays, the largest city in northwest Kansas. Hays began as a wild frontier town and has grown into a progressive V community of about 20,000 people. The old and new blend beautifully to form a city that is small enough to be comfortable yet large enough I to provide abundant cultural, commercial and entertainment opportunities. In 1996, Hays was recognized as an All-America City. N The university sits on a campus of 4,160 acres of land that once was part of the historic Fort Hays frontier military post, and it recently expanded to include the relocated Sternberg Museum of Natural History on a site adjacent to Interstate 70 in northeast Hays. Big Creek, with U its shady, grassy banks, meanders through the main campus, providing a tranquil learning atmosphere and serving as a natural laboratory E for students in the biological sciences. With its stately limestone buildings and profuse fl owers, trees and shrubs, our campus has often been called the prettiest in Kansas. T FHSU is academically superior to many comparable universities, off ers students an electronic learning and living environment, and is richly A endowed by heritage and tradition. Students come to our university for a multitude of reasons, but surveys show that their overwhelming T reason is “the university’s reputation for academic excellence and its caring faculty.” S The university supports one of the most extensive and successful intercollegiate sports programs of any comparably sized college or university in America, boasting numerous All-American athletes and national championships. More than 400 athletes compete annually in S nine men’s and nine women’s sports. FHSU is a member of the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association, which comprises 14 schools Y from the states of Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Nebraska. A The university also serves as the cultural center of western Kansas, featuring fi ne arts exhibitions, performing arts presentations by faculty, students and traveling professional troupes, and a Presidential Lecture Series. H T R O FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY STATE F FORT HAYS M Dr. Mirta M. Martin - Fort Hays State President O The Kansas Board of Regents appointed Dr. Mirta M. Martin the ninth president of Fort Hays State University on C May 2, 2014, eff ective July 1, 2014. Dr. Martin holds a baccalaureate degree in psychology and political science from . Duke University; a master of business administration degree from the University of Richmond; and a doctorate with S an emphasis in strategic management and leadership from Virginia Commonwealth University. She is fl uent in three foreign languages. C I Dr. Martin’s career involves work in both the public and private sectors, including special expertise in organizational behavior, management, institutional advancement and workforce development. As a senior banking executive, T Dr. Martin was recognized as a highly eff ective and innovative practitioner, positioning companies for growth and E profi tability via leadership in strategic planning, investment management, operations, business development and L legislative advocacy. Dr. Martin’s higher education experience is equally diverse and successful. She has served as tenured professor and interim dean at H Averett University, Danville, Va.; associate dean and executive director at the University of Richmond’s Robins School of Business; executive T vice president and executive director of the John Tyler Community College Foundation; and special assistant to the chancellor of the A Virginia Community