2008 Big West Men's Soccer Media Guide
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2008 Big West Men’s Soccer Media Guide TABLE OF CONTENTS MEN’S SOCCER DIRECTORY General Information Table of Contents 1 BIG WEST CONFERENCE Preseason Poll 1 2 Corporate Park, Suite 206, Irvine, Calif. 92606 Big West Staff 3-4 Men’s Soccer Contact: Chris Hargraves 949-261-2525 2008 News & Notes 4 e-mail: [email protected] 2008 Big West Composite Schedule 5 CAL POLY 1 Grand Avenue, San Luis Obispo, Calif. 93407 The Teams Soccer Coach: Paul Holocher 805-756-7070 Cal Poly 6-7 Soccer SID: Frank Stranzl 805-756-6531 Quick Facts, Notes, 2008 Schedule 6 e-mail: [email protected] 2008 Roster, Head Coach, 2007 Results and Stats 7 Cal State Fullerton 8-9 Quick Facts, Notes, 2008 Schedule 8 CAL STATE FULLERTON 800 N. State College Blvd., Fullerton, Calif. 92834-6810 2008 Roster, Head Coach, 2007 Results and Stats 9 Soccer Coach: Bob Ammann 714-278-3244 Cal State Northridge 10-11 Soccer SID: Mel Franks 714-278-3981 Quick Facts, Notes, 2008 Schedule 10 e-mail: [email protected] 2008 Roster, Head Coach, 2007 Results and Stats 11 UC Davis 12-13 CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE Quick Facts, Notes, 2008 Schedule 12 18111 Nordhoff Street, Northridge, Calif. 91330-8276 2008 Roster, Head Coach, 2007 Results and Stats 13 Soccer Coach: Terry Davila 818-677-2379 UC Irvine 14-15 Soccer SID: Geoff Herberg 818-677-3860 Quick Facts, Notes, 2008 Schedule 14 email: [email protected] 2008 Roster, Head Coach, 2007 Results and Stats 15 UC Riverside 16-17 UC DAVIS Quick Facts, Notes, 2008 Schedule 16 One Shields Avenue, Davis, Calif. 95616 2008 Roster, Head Coach, 2007 Results and Stats 17 Soccer Coach: Dwyane Shaffer (530) 752-8892 UC Santa Barbara 18-19 Soccer SID: Wes Collins (530) 752-3505 Quick Facts, Notes, 2008 Schedule 18 email: [email protected] 2008 Roster, Head Coach, 2007 Results and Stats 19 UC IRVINE Crawford Hall, Irvine, CA 92697-4500 2007 In Review Soccer Coach: George Kuntz 949-824-8158 2007 Big West Standings, Recap 20 Soccer SID: Erik Wirtanen 949-824-8934 2007 Players of the Week, All-Academic Team 20 e-mail: [email protected] 2007 Big West All-Conference Team 21 2007 Big West Stats 22-23 UC RIVERSIDE 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92521-0001 Big West Record Book Soccer Coach: Othoniel “Junior” Gonzalez 951-827-5022 Annual Standings 24-25 Soccer SID: TBA 951-827-4571 Postseason Results 26 e-mail: TBA All-Time All-Big West Teams 27-28 UC SANTA BARBARA Yearly Awards 28 Department of Athletics, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-7211 Single Game and Season Records 29 Soccer Coach: Tim Vom Steeg 805-893-3473 Career Records 30 Soccer SID: Matt Hurst 805-893-3428 Team Records 31 e-mail: [email protected] 2008 Men’s Soccer Coaches Poll Results No. School Pts. 1. UC Santa Barbara (6) 47 2. UC Davis (1) 39 3. Cal Poly 38 4. Cal State Northridge 26 5. UC Irvine 20 6. UC Riverside 15 7. Cal State Fullerton 11 ( ) First-place votes www.bigwest.org/sports/msoccer/ 1 Big West Staff Dennis Farrell lll Commissioner The 2008-09 academic year marks the 17th year in Dennis Farrell’s tenure as commissioner of the Big West Conference, but twenty-ninth season on staff. He is the fourth full-time commissioner in the 39-year history of the Big West, following Jess Hill (1972-78), Lew Cryer (1978-88) and Jim Haney (1988-92). Prior to assuming the role of commissioner on July 1, 1992, Farrell served the conference in various capacities as an assistant/associate commissioner since joining the conference in 1980. During his Big West tenure, Farrell has acted as the primary rule interpreter, championship administrator, schedule coordinator and director of the league’s successful postseason basketball tournament. Farrell has been active in representing the Big West on both the national and regional level. From 1994 to 1997 he served on the important NCAA Council and from 1991 to 1997 he sat on the NCAA Two-Year College Relations Committee (including serving as its chair from 1992 to 1995). He currently serves as the Division I-AAA Vice President of the Collegiate Commissioners Association and is chair of the NCAA Baseball Issues Committee. Farrell also is presently a member of the Los Angeles Sports Council which is active in securing, marketing and administering major athletic events for the Southern California area. Before joining the Big West, Farrell was the sports information director for nearly three years at Saddleback Community College in Mission Viejo, Calif. A 1974 graduate of San Diego State University, Farrell worked for the Daily Californian newspaper in El Cajon and radio station KDEO while attending college. From 1975 to 1977, he was employed as sports 29th Season editor of the Saddleback Valley News in Mission Viejo. He also worked in the sports department of the Orange County edition of the Los Angeles Times. Farrell and his wife, Charlene, reside in Coto de Caza with their sons, Timothy and Michael. Rob Halvaks Jody McRoberts Mike Daniels Erica Satterfield Senior Associate Assistant Assistant Associate Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner lll lll lll lll 26th Season 11th Season 9th Season 17th Season Rob Halvaks is in his 17th season Jody McRoberts is in her 26th year Mike Daniels is in his 11th year with Erica Monteabaro is in her ninth with the conference office. Halvaks as a member of the Big West office the conference office. Daniels’ primary year with the conference office. She is responsible for office and financial staff. McRoberts was elevated to as- responsibilities include operation and serves as the assistant commissioner administration, is the tournament sociate commissioner in the summer coordination of the conference cham- for compliance and governance. director for the Big West Men’s and of 2002. She serves as the conference’s pionships as well as marketing the Monteabaro’s responsibilities Women’s Basketball Tournament and senior woman administrator, schedul- conference’s 18 sports. include coordinating the review of has sports management responsibili- ing coordinator for the association’s Daniels coordinates the con- student-athlete eligibility and insti- ties for men’s and women’s basketball round robin sports and editor of the ference’s television and basketball tutional compliance, along with rules tournament marketing program and and baseball. Halvaks is the chair of conference manual and media publi- education of the members, and is the promotes the tournament to Big West the NCAA Division I Administration cations. primary Big West/NCAA rule inter- constituency groups. He also assists Cabinet and also chairs the NCAA McRoberts functions as the league’s preter. She also oversees the process- with the sponsorship efforts of the Playing Rules Oversight Panel. He meeting planner, is the league’s pri- ing of rules infractions and serves as conference and produces the Big West is the conference’s staff liaison to the the legislative specialist for the con- mary administrator for men’s and Tour. Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. ference. women’s soccer and softball and In addition, Daniels serves as the Halvaks is a faculty member in In addition, Monteabaro serves handles the conference awards pro- operating manager for the Big West as the staff liaison to the conference’s the University of San Francisco’s Sport gram. Basketball Tournament and is the Management Graduate Program. On the national front, she has tournament director for the cross Compliance Committee, Faculty Ath- Prior to joining the Big West staff, served on the NCAA Division I country, golf, women’s water polo and letics Representatives and Student- Halvaks served as the associate ex- Women’s Soccer Committee. track championships. He also directs Athlete Advisory Committee. She ecutive director of the Orange County Before arriving at the Big West efforts in game management for the also oversees the sport of women’s Sports Association (1989-1992), which offices, McRoberts was an assistant Big West’s round robin sports and is volleyball. annually produced the Disneyland sports information director at UC involved in the conference website and Monteabaro graduated from UC Pigskin Classic and the Freedom Bowl Irvine (1982-83). She began her information technology. Santa Barbara in 2000 with a Bach- at Anaheim Stadium. Halvaks was a tenure with the Big West in 1983 as a Prior to joining the Big West, elor’s degree in Business Economics. member of the athletics department publications assistant, and served as Daniels was the assistant SID at the Monteabaro served as an intern in staff at UC Irvine from 1979 to 1989, the league’s information director from University of San Diego (1995-98), the conference office for two summers serving in a variety of positions, in- 1984 to 1990. worked as the media relations direc- before taking on her full-time posi- cluding sports information director, McRoberts earned a Bachelor’s de- tor for the Rocky Mountain Athletic tion. She also worked in the UCSB business manager and senior associate gree in English from Ohio University Conference (1994-95) and worked in athletic department as a student as- athletics director. in 1982. the UC San Diego sports information sistant in marketing and promotions. A 1975 graduate of the University She and her husband, Lance, live in office (1991-94). Monteabaro has done some work for of Michigan with a Bachelor’s in Com- Lake Forest with their sons, Colin and A native southern Californian, Dan- Antelope Valley College, compiling a iels received his MBA from San Diego munications, Halvaks earned a 1979 Beau. Title IX Self Study report. Master’s in Sports Administration State University in 1997.