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TABLE OF CONTENTS 2015-16 Roster...... Page 1 Meet the Eagles...... 2 Eagle Basketball Highlights/Schedule...... 3 2014-15 Review...... 4-7 Head Coach ...... 8-11 Assistant Coaches...... 12-13 2014-15 Statistics/Quick Facts...... 14-15 Season Outlook...... 16-18 Player Profiles...... 19-35 2015-16 Opponents...... 36-38 Tyler Harvey/Rodney Stuckey...... 39-41 Eagles in the Pros...... 42-45 Eagle Honors...... 46-49 Year-by-Year/Coaches Records...... 50 Team and Individual Records...... 51-53 Game, Season & Career Leaders...... 54-58 Year-by-Year Statistical Champions...... 59 All-Time Letterwinners/Hall of Fame...... 60-62 WWW.GOEAGS.COM

No. Name Pos Ht Wt Yr Ex Hometown (Previous School) 0 Julian Harrell G 6-5 195 Jr. TR/JC* Los Angeles, Calif. / Loyola HS ’12 / Penn / City College of San Francisco 2 Ty Gibson G 6-3 190 Fr. HS Issaquah, Wash. / Issaquah HS ‘15 4 Sir Washington G 6-3 180 So. 1L* Las Vegas, Nevada / Clark HS ’13 5 Austin McBroom G 6-0 170 Sr. TR* Los Angeles, Calif. / Campbell Hall School ’11 / Central Michigan / Saint Louis 10 Michael Wearne G 6-2 175 Fr. HS Croydon, Australia / Box Hill HS ‘15 11 #Bear Henderson F 6-6 215 Fr. HS* Mission Hills, Calif. / Village Christian HS ‘14 12 %Grant Gibb G 6-5 185 Fr. HS Longview, Wash. / Mark Morris HS ‘15 15 #Will Ferris G 6-1 175 Fr. HS* Bellevue, Wash. / Newport HS ‘14 20 #Cody Benzel G 6-4 175 Fr. HS* Spokane, Wash. / Ferris HS ‘14 22 Rico Nuno F 6-8 250 So. JC Half Moon Bay, Calif. / Half Moon Bay HS ’14 / Diablo Valley College 23 Kyle Reid F 6-8 215 Sr. 1L/JC* Los Angeles, Calif. / Bishop Montgomery HS ’11 / L.A. Trade Tech 32 Bogdan Bliznyuk F 6-6 215 So. 1L Lutsk, Ukraine / Todd Beamer HS ‘14 ’15 Big Sky Conf. Freshman of the Year 34 Jesse Hunt F 6-7 210 Fr. HS Geraldton, Australia / Sir Francis Drake (Calif.) HS ‘15 40 &Geremy McKay F 6-7 225 Fr TR* Melbourne, Australia / Caulfield Grammar School ’13 / Univ. of Albany 42 %Mario Soto G 6-6 205 So. TR Irvine, Calif. / Saddleback Valley Christian HS ’14 / Concordia (Irvine, Calif.) 44 Felix Von Hofe F 6-5 200 Jr. 2L Melbourne, Australia / Wesley College ’12 / Australian Institute of Sport 55 ^Venky Jois F 6-8 230 Sr. 3L Boronia, Australia / Box Hill HS ’11 ’15 All-Big Sky Conf. First Team *Has used redshirt year. ^2014-15 Starter. #Redshirted 2014-15 season. %Expected to redshirt the 2014-15 season. &Will have to sit out 2015-16 because of NCAA transfer rules. Head Coach: Jim Hayford (Fifth Season at EWU; Azusa Pacific ‘90) Associate Head Coach: (Seventh Season; Fresno State ’04) Assistant: Chris Victor (First Season; Concordia/Irvine ’05) Assistant: (Second Season as assistant; previously Director of BB Operations; Whitworth ‘11) Dir. for Ath. Performance: Amir Owens (Second Season; Idaho State ’10) Athletic Trainer: Shawn Edgerly (First Season with MBB, Ninth Year at EWU; Central Washington ‘03) Graduate Asst. Managers: Tyler Goldman (Second Season; DePaul ’10) Student Managers: Thomas Moore, R.J. Salib

Pronunciations Bogdan Bliznyuk ...... Bawg-dun Bliz-nook Venkatesha (Venky) Jois . . . .Ven-kuh-tay-shuh (Ven-key) Joyce Michael Wearne ...... Wern Von Hofe ...... Von-hoff Shantay Legans ...... Shawn-tay Leg-uhns

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%Expected to redshirt the 2015-16 season. &Will have to sit out 2015-16 because of NCAA transfer rules.

#20 Cody Benzel #32 Bogdan Bliznyuk #15 Will Ferris #0 Julian Harrell Spokane, Wash. Lutsk, Ukraine Bellevue, Wash. Los Angeles, Calif.

#11 Bear Henderson #55 Venky Jois #5 Austin McBroom #22 Rico Nuno Mission Hills, Calif. Boronia, Australia Los Angeles, Calif. Half Moon Bay, Calif.

#23 Kyle Reid #44 Felix Von Hofe #4 Sir Washington #42 %Mario Soto Los Angeles, Calif. Melbourne, Australia Las Vegas, Nevada Irvine, Calif.

#40 &Geremy McKay #34 Jesse Hunt #12 %Grant Gibb #2 Ty Gibson #10 Michael Wearne Melbourne, Australia Geraldton, Australia Longview, Wash. Issaquah, Wash. Croydon, Australia 2015 NCAA TOURNAMENT • 2015 BIG SKY TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS • 2015 BIG SKY REGULAR SEASON CHAMPS 2 EAGLE MEN’S BASKETBALL 2015-16

Eagle Basketball Highlights . . . 2014-15 First Team All- Big • NCAA Tournament berths in 2015 & 2004. Sky Conference Forward VENKY JOIS • Big Sky Tournament champions in 2015 & 2004. • Big Sky regular season champions in 2015, 2004 and 2000. • NIT Tournament berth in 2003. • Eagle sharpshooter TYLER HARVEY was selected by Orlando in the second round as the 51st pick overall in the National Basketball Association Draft on June 25, 2015. Harvey was a walk-on to the Eastern program in the fall of 2011, then developed into a honorable mention All-American in the 2014-15 season when he led NCAA Division I in scoring (23.1) and 3-pointers made per game (4.00). He set Big Sky 2015-16 Conference and school records with 128 3-pointers in the 2014-15 season. Schedule • VENKY JOIS was selected to the All- first team as a junior in the 2014- AS OF OCTOBER 20, 2015 15 season, and then was named to the Big Sky Conference All-Tournament team. He was the Big Sky Conference Freshman of the Year in the 2013-14 season, and earned honorable Date Opponent Time N 13 at +Mississippi State 6 p.m. mention All-Big Sky accolades as both a freshman and sophomore. He enters his senior N 15 ^George Fox 3:30 p.m. season with a school-record 184 career blocked shots, as well as 1,278 total points (10th) and N 17 Seattle 6:05 p.m. N 23 at Seattle 7 p.m. 737 rebounds (fourth). N 28 vs. =Univ, of the Pacific 6:30 p.m. N 29 vs. =South Dakota 2:30 p.m. • BOGDAN BLIZNYUK was the Big Sky Conference Freshman of the Year in 2014-15, an D 1 at San Francisco 7 p.m. D 6 Great Falls 2:05 p.m. honor now won six times in the past 14 seasons by Eastern players. D 9 at &Davidson 5:30 p.m. D 11 at &#Pittsburgh 4 p.m. • The Eagles closed a monumental 2014-15 campaign with a 26-9 record overall after D 14 at &Western Carolina 4 p.m. finishing 14-4 in the Big Sky Conference to share the regular season title with Montana. D 17 &Morehead State 6:05 p.m. D 20 at Denver Noon Eastern swept through three games in the Big Sky Conference Tournament to garner the D 31 at *Northern Colorado 4:05 p.m. school’s second NCAA Tournament appearance in school history. The Eagles finished with J 2 at *North Dakota 12:05 p.m. J 9 *Idaho 12:05 p.m. program bests for victories overall (26), in the Big Sky (14), on the road (11) and in non- J 14 *Southern Utah 6:05 p.m. conference play (9) in 32 seasons as a member of NCAA Division I. Eastern set a total of 18 J 16 *Northern Arizona 12:05 p.m. J 21 at *Montana State 6:05 p.m. school records during the year. J 23 at *Montana 6:05 p.m. J 28 *Portland State 6:05 p.m. • Head coach JIM HAYFORD took over an Eastern team four years ago that had been to the J 30 *Sacramento State 12:05 p.m. F 4 at *Northern Arizona 5:35 p.m. Big Sky Conference Tournament just once in five seasons, but in the 2014-15 season he took F 6 at *Southern Utah 6:05 p.m. the Eagles to new heights. With 66 victories overall and 39 league wins under Hayford, this is F 11 *North Dakota 6:05 p.m. F 13 *Northern Colorado 2:05 p.m. the best four-year stretch since 2000-04 when Eastern had 69 wins overall and 41 in the Big F 18 at *Sacramento State 7:05 p.m. Sky. F 20 at *Portland State 7:05 p.m. F 27 at *Idaho 1:05 p.m. M 3 *Idaho State 6:05 p.m. * Eastern’s heart-stopping 88-86 victory at Big Ten Conference member Indiana Nov. 24, M 5 *Weber State 2:05 p.m. 2014, will go down as one of the greatest victories in school history after the Eagles snapped M 8 $Big Sky Tourn. First Round TBA M 10 $Big Sky Tourn. Quarterfinals TBA the nation’s third-longest non-conference home court winning streak at 43 in front of 11,636 M 11 $Big Sky Tourn. Semifinals TBA Hoosier fans at Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Ind. It was the first-ever win for the Eagles in M 12 $Big Sky Tourn. Championship TBA 14 tries against a Big Ten Conference opponent and was the first Big Sky win on a Big Ten All Times Pacific. %Exhibition Game. home court. ^Doubleheader with EWU women’s team. *Big Sky Conference Game. &Gotham • Streak of nine-straight Big Sky Conference Tournament berths from 1998-2006 (fifth-best Classic presented by the Gazelle Group. =Sacramento State Tournament in streak in league history). Sacramento, Calif. +Televised by the SEC Network. #Televised on ESPN3. $Big Sky • Second or better in Big Sky regular season standings five-straight seasons from 2000-2004. Conference Tournament at Reno Events Center in Reno, Nevada.

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2014-15 REVIEW: Eagles Finish With 26 Wins & NCAA Berth Eastern sets 18 school records and 3-pointers with 128. His 738 one Big Sky mark, as Eagles enjoy points were a school record and ranked fourth in league history. their best season ever as a member Harvey would declare himself of NCAA Division I eligible for the NBA Draft and was eventually chosen in the mere minutes after the 2014-15 season second round (51st pick overall) Aended, Eastern Washington University by the Orlando Magic. men’s basketball coach Jim Hayford was ready for more. Eastern had three seniors In all, 18 school records and one Big Sky mark on its roster, including a pair of starters in point were broken in the 2014-15 season, thanks to “I just wish practice for next year could start to- guard Drew Brandon and guard Parker Kelly. a productive offense that ranked third in NCAA morrow because I really, really love the heart and Underclassmen included starters Venky Jois and Division I with an average of 80.6 points per fight of the guys on my team,” said Hayford after Ognjen Miljkovic, as well as the team’s top three game and fifth in 3-pointers per game with a 9.8 his team’s 84-74 loss to Georgetown on March subs in Bogdan Bliznyuk, Felix Von Hofe and Sir average. 19 in the NCAA Tournament. “We don’t have just Washington. a good team, but we’ve built a good program.” “We play a wide-open style of offense,” said Harvey joined Jois as first team All-Big Sky Hayford. “It’s a style that’s fun to play, fun to re- The Eagles closed the year 26-9 on the selections, with Jois setting the school’s single cruit to, fun to coach and fun to watch. I think it’s season after finishing 14-4 in the Big Sky season blocked shots record with 69 and averag- a style that is scary because we can go out and Conference to share the regular season title with ing 16.7 points and 7.7 rebounds on the season. make 15, 16 or 17 3-pointers in a game. That’s Montana. Eastern swept through three games in Bliznyuk was the league’s Freshman of the Year really hard to defend.” the Big Sky Conference Tournament to garner and averaged 8.7 points and 4.0 rebounds. the school’s second NCAA Tournament appear- ance in school history. The Eagles finished with Harvey, Jois and Kelly all went over the EWU’s Postseason Notes . . . 1,000-point mark in their careers during the program bests for victories overall (26), in the Big • Eastern joined the 2003-04 EWU squad Sky (14), on the road (11) and in non-conference 2014-15 season to rank in the top 18 in school history. Harvey is second all-time with 1,564 in advancing to the NCAA Tournament. The play (9) in 32 seasons as a member of NCAA 2002-03 team advanced to the NIT for EWU’s Division I. points (177 behind the school record of 1,741 set by Ron Cox from 1974-77), with Jois 10th with only other national postseason appearance in Eastern’s national resume featured the 1,278 and Kelly finishing his career with 1,006 to 32 seasons as a member of NCAA Division I. 22nd-most wins in NCAA Division I, plus 28th in rank 18th. Kelly, who played a school-record 126 Eastern lost to Wyoming 78-71 in the first round winning percentage at .743), a marquee win at games, also finished with 210 career 3-point- of the NIT in 2003, and lost 75-56 to Oklahoma Indiana and the nation’s leading scorer in Tyler ers to rank only behind Harvey’s 260 in school State in the NCAA Tournament a year later. Harvey. Harvey led NCAA Division I with a 23.1 history and 16th in all-time in the Big Sky (Harvey • In beating Montana 69-65 in the Big Sky scoring average, and closed the year with Big is fifth). Conference Tournament Championship game, Sky and EWU single season records for season Eastern won the title game for the first time

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2014-15 Honors • Big Sky Conference Player of the Week (Nov. 18). points, 27 points and 13 blocked shots in three In wins over NCAA Tournament participant Texas games, including a double-dpouble versus IU with 20 Head Coach Jim Hayford Southern (86-62) and NIT selection Utah Valley points and 14 rebounds, and a career-high 38 points (75-50), Harvey averaged 19.5 points, 5.0 rebounds, versus Eastern Oregon. • Big Sky Conference co-Coach of the Year as chosen 4.0 assists and 1.0 steals per game. He had just by the league’s head coaches. one turnover in 71 minutes of action while making • Pick and Roll (pickandroll.com.au) Australian Mid- 11-of-22 3-point attempts and 48 percent overall from Season Player of the Year (has also been player of • College Hoops Daily Big Sky Conference Coach of the field. the week 5 times, including 4 consecutive weeks in the Year. November and early December) • Preseason Big Sky MVP & First Team All-Big Sky (Lindy’s Magazine) • Preseason Pick and Roll (pickandroll.com.au) All- Australian Team (10 members) Tyler Harvey • Preseason First Team All-Big Sky (Athlon Magazine) • Preseason First Team All-Big Sky (Lindy’s Magazine) • Associated Press Honorable Mention All-America • Preseason First Team All-Big Sky (College Sports • Preseason Second Team All-Big Sky (College Sports Madness) • NABC All-District 6 First Team Selection Madness) • Preseason Big Sky’s Best Shooter (Lindy’s Magazine) • Big Sky Conference Tournament MVP. He averaged 23.0 points, 2.7 assists and 2.0 steals in three games while making 10-of-24 3-point shots for 41.7 percent Drew Brandon and 22-of-43 shots overall for 51.2 percent. He tied Venky Jois a tournament record with a career-high 42 against • Honorable Mention All-Big Sky Conference Selection Idaho to rank third in school history. He scored 18 in • NABC All-District 6 First Team Selection as chosen by the league’s head coaches. the championship game, including eight in rthe final • Big Sky Conference All Tournament Team. H-e • Big Sky Conference Player of the Week (Feb. 9). In four minutes as EWU rallied from an 11-point deficit averaged 12.3 points and 8.3 rebounds per game leading the Eagles to their first Big Sky sweep on the in the final six minutes. while making 16 of 24 shots from the field for 66.7 road in 11 seasons, Brandon averaged 21.0 points, • Unanimous First Team All-Big Sky Conference percent). 9.0 rebounds, 4.0 steals and 2.5 assists in Eagle wins over Montana (75-69) and Montana State (61-51). He Selection as chosen by the league’s head coaches • First Team All-Big Sky Conference Selection as chosen (repeat first team selection). also had just two turnovers in 79 total minutes, and by the league’s head coaches. helped secure Eagle wins down the stretch by making • College Hoops Daily First Team All-Big Sky • College Hoops Daily First Team All-Big Sky 11-of-14 free throws (78.6 percent). Conference Selection. Conference Selection. • Big Sky Conference Player of the Week (Feb. 2) • Capital One/CoSIDA First Team Academic All-America • Big Sky Conference Player of the Week (March 9). & College Sports Madness BSC POW (Feb. 2). (3.60 GPA/Communication Studies Major) . . . EWU’s Jois had two double-doubles in EWU’s road sweep to Brandon had 18 points, 10 assists and nine rebounds first-ever first team selection in 32 years as NCAA end the regular season and help the Eagles capture in a 98-95 victory over Idaho, including a driving layin Division I member and fourth selection overall in the Big Sky co-championship. He had 21 points and at the buzzer that sent the game into overtime. He school history. Also Academic All-District VIII. 10 rebounds against Idaho State, then had 22 points also had just one turnover in 44 minutes of action. • One of 16 Finalists for the Jerry West Shooting Guard and a career-high 16 boards versus Weber State. • Big Sky Conference Player of the Week (Nov. 25). In of the Year . . . www.hoophallawards.com • Big Sky Conference Player of the Week (Dec. 9). He an epic 88-86 win at Indiana, he made 10-of-16 shots • One of 31 Finalists for the Lou Henson Award (top mid- made 13-of-18 shots from the field and 12-of-15 from the field (0-of-2 from the 3-point line) and 7-of-8 major player) . . . www.louhenson.com free throws to finish with 38 points -- sixth-most in free throws to finish with a career-high 27 points, to recorded school history -- for the second- go along with eight rebounds, five steals and four • Bleacherreport.com “Deadliest 3-Point Assasin” in straight game in an 87-75 win at assists. In recording the Big Sky’s first-ever road win college basketball (Jan. 23). Seattle on Dec. 6. He earned the at a Big Ten opponent, EWU snapped the nation’s same honor from College Sports third-best non-conference home court winning streak • College Sports Madness Big Sky Conference Player Madness. at 43 games at famed Assembly Hall. of the Week (March 9). Scored 24 points against both Idaho State and Weber State in an EWU road • College Sports Madness Mid- • Preseason Second Team All-Big Sky (Lindy’s sweep to end the regular season and help the Eagles Major Player of the Week & CSM Magazine) capture the Big Sky co-championship. Big Sky Conference Player of • Preseason Second Team All-Big Sky (College Sports the Week (Dec. 1). Eastern • Big Sky Conference Player of the Week (Jan. 26) Madness) was 3-0 for the week, & College Sports Madness BSC POW (Jan. 26). including an 88- • Preseason Big Sky’s Most Versatile Player (Lindy’s Harvey scored 61 points on 59 percent shooting 86 win at Magazine) from the field with seven 3-pointers and 22-of-25 Indiana. free throws in home sweep, including 35 versus He Northern Colorado. had • USBWA Oscar Robertson National Player of 72 Bogdan Bliznyuk the Week (Jan. 6) & Big Sky Conference Player • Big Sky Conference Freshman of the Year as chosen of the Week (Jan. 5). In two wins to open league by the league’s head coaches. Becomes the sixth play, Harvey averaged 27.5 points, made 10-of-19 EWU player to earn the award in the last 14 seasons. 3-pointers and sank all 13 free throws. He had a career-high 39 points in an 84-78 win over defending Senior champ and BSC favorite Weber State. Point Guard Big Sky Conference All-Academic Honors • College Sports Madness Big Sky Conference Player DREW Bogdan Bliznyuk • Tyler Harvey • Venky Jois • Ognjen of the Week (Nov. 24). In leading EWU to a 3-1 BRANDON Miljkovic • Kyle Reid record to open the season, Harvey averaged 19.5 points, 4.0 assists and 5.0 rebounds while making 11-of-22 3-point attempts.

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since 2004. It was EWU’s sixth appearance in the 2014-15 Big Sky Confer- the championship game overall with a record of ence Coach of the Year by the 2-4. It was the fifth time the Eagles have played league’s head coaches, and the Grizzlies in the tournament, with EWU losing received the same honor from the first four meetings. The two teams met in the College Hoops Daily. A 104-87 championship game in 2002, which was won by victory over Eastern Oregon on UM 70-66. Eastern advanced to the title game Nov. 30 gave Hayford an even with a pair of 91-83 victories – against Idaho in 300 victories in 16 seasons the quarterfinals and Sacramento State in the as a collegiate head coach. semifinals. He currently is 320-147 in 16 • Junior Tyler Harvey was selected as the seasons as a head coach for a MVP of the Big Sky Conference Tournament .685 winning percentage. He is after averaging 23.0 points, 2.7 assists and 2.0 66-63 in four seasons at EWU, steals per game in three games while making was 217-57 at Whitworth and 10-of-24 3-point shots (41.7 percent) and 22- was 37-27 in two seasons at of-43 overall (51.2 percent). Junior Venky Jois Sioux Falls. was also selected to the all-tournament team • In equaling the Big Sky Tournament record after averaging 12.3 points and 8.3 rebounds per with 42 points against Idaho, junior Tyler Harvey outing while making 16-of-24 shots from the field had his fifth game of the season and 11th of his for 66.7 percent. career with at least 30 points, and his 40th- • Eastern head coach Jim Hayford coached straight game scoring in double figures (snapped in his seventh NCAA Tournament in the 2014-15 when he scored nine versus Sacramento State season, including six (2003, 2007, 2008, 2009, the next night). His 42 ranks third in school 2010, 2011) at NCAA Division III Whitworth. He history behind the 45 of Rodney Stuckey (versus is now 6-7 in tourney games, including an Elite Northern Arizona on 1/5/06) and 44 of David Eight appearance in his final season. Whitworth Peed (versus UC Irvine on 12/13/88). His 42 is located in nearby Spokane, Wash., which points tied the tourney record of 42 set by An- is also home to perennial NCAA Tournament thony Johnson of Montana in 2010, and passed participant Gonzaga. Hayford was selected as the 38 Stuckey had versus Portland State in 2006, which now ranks fourth all-time.

Front Row (left to right): Daniel Hill, Nate Galgalo, Parker Kelly, Tyler Harvey, Bear Henderson, Will Ferris, Garrett Moon, Sir Washington, Drew Brandon, Cody Benzel. Back Row: Student Manager Thomas Moore, Athletic Trainer Kristin Barnett, Graduate Assistant Manager Chase Grabau, Assistant Coach David Riley, Assistant Coach Alex Pribble, Bogdan Bliznyuk, Kyle Reid, Venky Jois, Head Coach Jim Hayford, Frederik Jorg, Ognjen Miljkovic, Felix Von Hofe, As- sistant Coach Shantay Legans, Director for Athletic Performance Amir Owens, Graduate Assistant Manager Adam Bennett, Graduate Student Manager Tyler Goldman, Student Manager R.J. Salib.

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At the Moda Center in Portland, Oregon Hosted by the University of Oregon

South Region - Second Round - Thursday, March 19 #5 Utah 57, #12 Stephen F. Austin 50 #4 Georgetown 84, #13 E. Washington 74 Third Round - Saturday, March 21 #5 Utah 75, #4 Georgetown 64

Senior Guard PARKER KELLY

Eagle Records Broken At Dahlberg Arena in Missoula, Montana Below are the 18 team and individual records set by Eastern during the 2014-15 First Round - Thursday, March 12 season: #2 E. Washington 91, #7 Idaho 83 #3 Sacramento St. 70, #6 Portland State 60 Single Game #4 No. Arizona 63, No. 5 No. Colorado 57 #1 Montana 76, Weber State 73 (ot) Team - FG Pct./72.5 percent vs. Walla Walla 11/19/14 Semifinals - Friday, March 13 Team - 3-Point Attempts/44 vs. Idaho 1/31/15 Eastern Washington 91, Sacramento State 83 Single Season Montana 61, Northern Arizona 59 Championship - Saturday, March 14 Team - Points/2,220 (old record 2,610 set in 1972) Eastern Washington 69, Montana 65 Team - 3-Pointers Made/344 (old record 283 set in 2012) Team - 3-Pointers Attempted/ 860 (old record 793 set in 2012) Team - 3-Point Percentage/.400 (old record .385 set in 1987 and 2002) 2014-15 BIG SKY STANDINGS Team – Fewest Turnovers Per Game/10.7 (old record 11.8 in 2012) (FINAL) Big Sky Overall Team – Fewest Personal Fouls Per Game/17.8 (old record 18.4 in 2013) Team W L Pct. W L Pct. Eastern Wash. 14 4 .778 26 9 .743 BSC Co-Champ Tyler Harvey - Points/738 (old record 726 by Rodney Stuckey in 2006) Montana 14 4 .778 20 13 .606 BSC Co-Champ ***Tyler Harvey - 3-Point FG Made/128 (old record 109 by Tyler Harvey in 2014) Sacramento St. 13 5 .772 21 12 .636 Tyler Harvey - 3-Point FG Attempted/297 (old record 264 by Shannon Taylor in 1999) Northern Arizona 13 5 .722 23 15 .605 Northern Colorado 10 8 .556 15 15 .500 Venky Jois - Blocked Shots/69 (old record 68 by Martin Seiferth in 2013) Portland State 9 9 .500 15 14 .517 Venky Jois - Dunks/53 (old record 41 by Paul Butorac in 2007) Idaho 8 10 .444 13 17 .433 ***Also Big Sky Conference Record. Weber State 8 10 .444 13 17 .433 Southern Utah 7 11 .388 10 19 .345 Career North Dakota 4 14 .222 8 22 .267 Montana State 4 14 .222 7 23 .233 Parker Kelly - Games Played/126 (old record 121 by Jeffrey Forbes 2010-13) Idaho State 4 14 .222 7 23 .233 Tyler Harvey - 3-Point Field Goals Made/260 (old record 184 by Marc Axton 2002-05) National Invitational Tournament: Texas A&M 81, Montana 64. Tyler Harvey - 3-Point FG Attempted/602 (old record 499 by Marc Axton 2002-05) CollegeInsider Tournament: Sacramento State 73, Portland 66; Venky Jois - Blocked Shots Per Game/2.0 (record is 1.8 by Martin Seiferth 2013-14) Northern Arizona 75, Grand Canyon 70; NAU 78, Sacramento State Venky Jois - Blocked Shots/184 (old record 112 Martin Seiferth 2013-14) 73; NAU 74, Kent State 73; NAU 68, NJIT 61; Evansville 71, NAU 65 (championship game).

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Big Sky member when it rallied from 19 points down to beat Weber State 79- Head Coach 71 in overtime on March 7. With a 14-4 league record, Eastern won its most games in 28 seasons as a member of the Big Sky. Eastern’s 11-6 record on the road and 9-4 non-conference record in the 2014-15 season were also JIM program bests in the school’s NCAA Division I history. “There are a lot of families behind our players who believed in the vision,” said Hayford, whose team was the 22nd most improved in NCAA Division I. HAYFORD “We weren’t selling them success, we were selling them a vision and they Big Sky trusted their boys to us. I credit them. And my own personal family has made a lot of sacrifices, so my heart is out to Robin, Jayme and Joe for all their Confeence support.” The triumphs in 2014-15 included victories over six different NCAA Coach of Division I conferences, including road wins at Indiana, San Francisco and the Year Seattle. Eastern was ranked as high as 12th in the national mid-major poll, and as high as 50th in the RPI. The Eagles concluded its home schedule with a crowd of 4,621 against Montana to rank as the fourth-most in school history Fifth Season and the most in 15 years. Azusa Pacific ‘90 Eastern’s heart-stopping 88-86 victory at Big Ten Conference member Indiana Nov. 24 will go down as one of the greatest victories in school history four-year climb for Jim Hayford and his Eastern Washington after the Eagles snapped the nation’s third-longest non-conference home University men’s basketball program was confirmed with the court winning streak at 43 in front of 11,636 Hoosier fans at Assembly Hall in regular season co-championship in the Big Sky Conference. But Bloomington, Ind. It was the first-ever win for the Eagles in 14 tries against a A Big Ten Conference opponent. the Eagles scaled one more peak under Hayford, who was selected by the league’s head coaches as the co-Coach of the Year, by winning three games In all, 18 school records and one Big Sky mark were broken in the 2014-15 and capturing the Big Sky Conference Tournament title. season, thanks to a productive offense that ranked third in NCAA Division I Eastern beat Idaho and Sacramento State by identical 91-83 scores before with an average of 80.6 points per game and fifth in 3-pointers per game with rallying from 11 points down with six minutes to play to stun host Montana a 9.8 average. 69-65 in the title game. The win advanced Hayford to his seventh NCAA Entering the 2015-16 season, Hayford was selected by College Sports - Tournament, including the previous six (2003, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011) Madness as its preseason Big Sky Conference Coach of the Year. Addition ally, Sam Vecenie of CBS Sports rated him as one of the top 21 offensive at NCAA Division III Whitworth. After an 84-74 loss to Georgetown, Hayford is coaches in all of NCAA Division I. 7-8 in NCAA postseason games. “We play a wide-open style of offense,” said Hayford. “It’s a style that’s fun Hayford, whose team finished the 2014-15 season with its most victories to play, fun to recruit to, fun to coach and fun to watch. I think it’s a style that in NCAA Division I history with a 26-9 record, shared the coach of the year is scary because we can go out and make 15, 16 or 17 3-pointers in a game. honor with Sacramento State’s . Just two short seasons earlier, That’s really hard to defend.” Hayford’s team was the youngest in NCAA Division I and finished 10-21 over- Individually, Tyler Harvey led NCAA Division I in scoring (23.1) and 3-point- all and 7-13 in the Big Sky. And in 2013-14 his senior-less squad was edged ers (4.0) per game, and was eventually taken in the second round of the NBA out by the Hornets for the sixth and final berth in the tourney when both teams Draft by the Orlando Magic as the 51st pick overall. He also earned honor- finished 10-10 in Big Sky play. able mention All-America honors and was a first team Academic All-America “This is a great honor,” said Hayford, who is now 320-146 (.687) in his selection. He had Venky Jois earned first team All-Big Sky accolades for the 15-plus seasons as a collegiate head coach. “What makes it very special is Eagles, and point guard Drew Brandon was honorable mention. Harvey was that I am sharing it with one of my best friends and colleagues, Brian Katz. I also MVP of the Big Sky Conference Tournament. am also pleased that it shines a light on the great work done by the members After spending 10 seasons building nearby Whitworth University in Spo- of our coaching staff, who are tireless workers. Above all, players win games kane, Wash., into a NCAA Division III powerhouse, Hayford was announced and our players won enough games that we could be recognized. They earned this award for EWU, my staff and I.” (1998, 2000) and (2004) have previously won Big Sky Coach of the Year honors for the Eagles since joining the Big Sky Conference in the 1987-88 season. The 2000 and 2004 teams are the only others to win regular season Big Sky titles in school history, and the 2004 squad is the only other BSC Tournament winner. Eastern joined the 2003-04 EWU squad in advancing to the NCAA Tourna- ment. The 2002-03 team advanced to the NIT for EWU’s only other national postseason appearance in 32 seasons as a member of NCAA Division I. With 66 victories overall and 39 league wins under Hayford, this is the best four-year stretch since 2000-04 when Eastern had 69 wins overall and 41 in the Big Sky. Eastern clinched its third Big Sky regular season title in 28 seasons as a

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2011-12. He led the school to its most successful season in six years and concluded the season 15-17 overall and 8-8 in the Big Sky Conference to place fourth. His team improved by five victories from the year before, as the Eagles equaled their most wins since Eastern made its first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance in 2004. The Eagles won their first postseason game since 2006, beating Idaho State in the quarterfinals (81-75) before falling to eventual champion Montana (74-66) in the semifinals. In addition, Eastern won six road games – its most since EWU won seven in the 2002-03 season and six the year after. And Eastern’s average attendance of 2,286 was double the 1,101 average of the 2010-11 season when EWU finished 10-20 overall and 7-9 in the league. Eastern’s crowds of 3,617 versus Montana State on Jan. 28 and 3,512 against Montana on Jan. 26 ranked ninth and 10th, respectively, on EWU’s all-time list of single game recorded attendance. And for the first time since 2006, the Eagles also had their first non-losing conference season and hosted and won their first game in the Big Sky Con- as Eastern’s new head men’s basketball coach on March 29, 2011. He is ference Championship. Eastern’s 17th head coach in history and ninth at the NCAA Division I level “I’m really proud of our players, and proud of the season we had,” said (since 1983-84). Hayford, who has also had tremendous fund-raising success through his In his tenure at the helm of the Pirates, Hayford had a record of 217-57 Sixth-Man Club. “We advanced Eastern Basketball further than it had in a and a winning percentage of .792. He was the Northwest Conference Coach long time, and that’s what I want our players to hang their hat on.” of the Year five times, and twice was honored by the National Association of In his first two years, Hayford had players earn some of the highest honors Basketball Coaches as the West Region Coach of the Year. they can win in the league. In his first season, his players were honored on Hayford coached the Pirates to eight 20-win seasons, six appearances in the All-Big Sky Conference first team (Cliff Colimon), BSC All-Tournament the NCAA Division III Tournament (including the last five seasons in a row), squad (Colimon) and Big Sky Newcomer of the Year (Collin Chiverton) – only five Northwest Conference titles, three NCAA DIII Sweet 16 appearances the third such honor for an Eagle and the first since 2002. (2008, 2010, 2011) and one Elite Eight appearance (2011). The continued development of young players was the focus in the 2012-13 In Hayford’s final two years at Whitworth, the Pirates were 54-5 overall season, including six freshmen/sophomores who each started at least three and 31-1 in league play. Whitworth was ranked 21-consecutive times in the games with a collective total of 97 starts. In 2012-13, freshman sensation D3hoops.com NCAA Division III rankings over Hayford’s final three seasons Venky Jois was selected as the Big Sky Freshman of the Year, becoming just at Whitworth. At the time he left Whitworth, his career winning percentage the fifth Eagle to win the award. He also earned honorable mention All-Big ranked among the top 10 among all active NCAA Division III coaches. Sky honors from the coaches. Hayford and his wife, Robin, have a daughter, Jayme (20), and son, Joseph (17). Jayme is a college student in Arizona, and Joseph attends Gonzaga Prep in Spokane. After 10 Years at Whitworth, Relationships Continue . . . In his 10 years at Whitworth, Hayford developed solid relationships on a Steady Progress Made in First Three number of levels. Most notably, with his players. Seasons at EWU . . . “The basis of my coaching is a highly-relational style,” he explained. “We Even before the breakthrough 2014-15 season, the Eagles were on the want our players to be solid and comfortable in their relationship with me – cusp of greatness. Despite finishing a victory shy of a Big Sky Conference there needs to be give-and-take, feedback and communication going both Tournament berth, the Eagles finished the 2013-14 season with three more ways. The days of a coach doing all the talking and the players doing all the league wins and five more victories overall than the year before. Eastern listening is over. established eight school records in the 2013-14 season, including one league “I’m consistent at finding out what is their best and what they consider mark. excellence, and then hold them to that every day that I coach them,” he con- Eastern was 7-4 in its last 11 league games to help EWU finish 15-16 over- tinued. “By developing consistency and relationships, insisting on excellence all and 10-10 in the league. The 15 victories equaled the most for the Eagles and being able to do things together, we’re going to create a culture where in 10 years since EWU finished 17-13 in the 2003-04 season. this is a true team. We need to be sold on each other, committed to each The Eagles had no seniors on its 2013-14 roster, and were led by other and we need to be able to count on each other. That will be the strength sophomores Harvey and Jois. Harvey was a first team All-Big Sky selection of our program.” and earned second team honors on the National Association of Basketball Those relationships extend to the high school coaching community. Coaches All-District 6 team – EWU’s first player honored on that team since “When you live in one place for 10 years, you get to know all of the high Rodney Stuckey in 2007. Jois earned honorable mention accolades for the school coaches in the state and the region,” he said. “Those relationships second-straight year, as well as being the 2012-13 Freshman of the Year in transfer. While teams at the Division I level were recruiting one player on a the league. particular team, I was building a great relationship with that coach recruiting The Eagles made great strides in Hayford’s first season at the helm in another player on that team.” 2015 NCAA TOURNAMENT • 2015 BIG SKY TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS • 2015 BIG SKY REGULAR SEASON CHAMPS 9 EAGLE MEN’S BASKETBALL 2015-16

Hayford’s 2010-11 Whitworth Squad NWC Tournament championship game. Whitworth accomplished that despite led by EWU Assistant David Riley & the graduation of two first-team All-NWC selections, including the confer- Former Eagle Michael Taylor . . . ence’s Player of the Year (Ryan Symes), following the ‘07-’08 season. During the 2007-08 season, Hayford coached Whitworth to its second-con- Whitworth spent three weeks in the 2010-11 season ranked secutive Northwest Conference title and second-straight appearance in the No. 1 in the D3hoops.com NCAA Division III rankings, including NCAA Division III Tournament, where the Pirates advanced to the Sectional the top ranking at the end of the regular season. The Pirates set Semifinals (third round). Whitworth finished 21-7 overall and Hayford earned a school record for victories and his third NWC Coach of the Year award. winning percentage in finishing In 2006-07, he led Whitworth to a 24-4 re- 28-2 (.933), and ended the season cord and a conference title, earning his second ranked fifth nationally after losing at NWC Coach of the Year honor. His team set the Wooster 76-66 on March 12, 2011. school record for single-season winning per- Whitworth advanced to the NCAA centage (.857), which was later broken by the Division III Sectional Final (Elite 2009-10 squad (26-3, .897) and his final team Eight) for the first time in school in 2010-11 (28-2, .933). The Pirates advanced history, while making its fifth-straight to the second round of the NCAA Tournament, NCAA DIII Tournament appearance. losing at the eventual third-place finisher by The Pirates also claimed their fifth- only two points. straight NWC Tournament title. He coached the Pirates to a 20-7 record Leading the way in Whitworth’s and to within a game of the NCAA Tournament sensational 2010-11 season was in the 2005-06 season. The 2004-05 season David Riley and Michael Taylor. may have been Hayford’s greatest challenge, Riley, now an Eastern assistant but also possibly his greatest accomplishment. coach, played for Hayford from the Rebuilding his team with only one returning 2007-08 season through 2010-11, starter, Hayford coached the Pirates to five- earning All-Northwest Conference straight wins to end the season, turning an accolades all four years. Riley overall record of 8-11 and an NWC mark of 4-7 earned first team All-NWC honors into 13-11 and 9-7 finishes. his final three seasons as a Pirate The Pirates also just missed one of six after starting 112 of 114 games at-large bids to the 2003-04 NCAA Division III in his career. He finished with 1,664 points (14.6 per game) to Tournament after the team’s third straight top-two finish in the NWC and a rank fourth in Whitworth history and made 43.1 percent of his 19-6 overall record. three-point attempts (300-of-696). He averaged 16.5 points and In his second season (2002-03), he led Whitworth to a 23-4 record, a 3.8 rebounds per game as a senior when he earned third team Northwest Conference title and an appearance in the 2003 NCAA Division III All-Region (D3hoops.com) honors. Tournament, earning his first Coach of the Year award. In his first season as Taylor is a former Eastern player who averaged 5.7 points and the head coach at Whitworth in 2001-02, Hayford led the Pirates to a record of 1.9 assists when he started for EWU as a true freshman in the 20-7 and a second-place finish in the NWC. It was the second-best coaching 2006-07 season. In his lone season playing for the Pirates in 2010- debut in Whitworth men’s basketball history. The only coach to start better 11, he was named the D3hoops.com Men’s Player of the Year and was Art Smith, whose 1954-55 team finished 21-4 and advanced to the NAIA was named a first-team All-American by D3hoops.com and the Tournament. National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC). The Pirates were 13-12 the season before he arrived. In addition, Taylor was previously named the NABC West Region Player of the Year, D3hoops.com West Region Player of the Year and Northwest Conference Player of the Year in his only season with the Pirates. He led the team in scoring average (20.3 points per game to rank second in the NWC) and led the Northwest Conference in both free throw percentage (.884) and three-point percentage (.528). He also led the Pirates in assists (3.5 per game to rank third in the NWC). After playing one season at EWU, Taylor transferred to the University of Montana where he was a key contributor off of the bench in two seasons. In 2009-10, the Pirates put together a school-record 25-game winning streak and finished unbeaten in the Northwest Confer- ence (16-0) en route to a final record of 26-3. The Pirates finished ranked seventh in the D3hoops.com poll. In 2008-09, Hayford led the Pirates to a 23-6 record and a runner-up finish in the NWC standings. Whitworth then made their fourth national tournament appearance by virtue of winning the 2015 NCAA TOURNAMENT • 2015 BIG SKY TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS • 2015 BIG SKY REGULAR SEASON CHAMPS 10 EAGLE MEN’S BASKETBALL 2015-16

Hayford 37-27 at Sioux Falls in First Collegiate Head Coaching Stop . . . Prior to coming to Whitworth, Hayford was head coach at the University of Sioux Falls (S.D.), where he compiled a 37-27 record in two seasons. During his inaugural season (1999-2000), he led the Cou- gars to their first conference playoff appearance in five years. The team finished 15-15 after losing in the South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference (SDIC) championship game. Hayford’s Cougars finished the 2000-01 season at 22-12 and lost to the eventual NAIA Division II champions (Northwest- ern College of Iowa) in double overtime in the Great Plains Athletic Conference champion- ship game. His team set a school record for wins in a season. Prior to Hayford’s arrival, USF was 9-17 in 1998-99. Hayford served as the top assistant coach at Azusa Pacific University (Calif.) from 1990-99, including eight seasons under Bill Odell. APU won seven consecutive Golden State Athletic Conference titles during that time and advanced to the NAIA Division I Final Four in each of his final two seasons there. Hayford also coached at the high school level, leading Contra Costa Christian High School in 1987 and Berean Christian High School from 1988-1990. Hayford earned his master’s degree in education from Claremont Graduate School in 1991. He earned his bachelor’s degree in social science from Azusa Pa- cific in 1989. He is a 1985 graduate of Berean Christian, which is located in Walnut Creek, Calif.

Jim Hayford’s Head Coaching Career Year School Overall Pct. Conference 1999-2000 Sioux Falls 15-15 .500 2000-2001 Sioux Falls 22-12 .647 Totals at Sioux Falls (2 seasons) 37-27 .578 2001-2002 Whitworth 20-7 .741 12-4/2nd 2002-2003*** Whitworth 23-4 .851 13-3/1st 2003-2004 Whitworth 19-6 .760 12-4/2nd 2004-2005 Whitworth 13-11 .542 9-7/4th 2005-2006 Whitworth 20-7 .741 13-3/2nd 2006-2007*** Whitworth 24-4 .857 13-3/1st 2007-2008*** Whitworth 21-7 .750 12-4/1st 2008-2009*** Whitworth 23-6 .793 12-4/2nd 2009-2010*** Whitworth 26-3 .897 16-0/1st 2010-2011*** Whitworth 28-2 .933 15-1/1st Totals at Whitworth (10 seasons) 217-57 .792 127-33 .794 2011-2012^^^ Eastern Wash. 15-17 .469 8-8/4th 2012-13 Eastern Wash. 10-21 .323 7-13/8th 2013-14 Eastern Wash. 15-16 .484 10-10/t-6th 2014-15### Eastern Wash. !!!26-9 .743 !!!14-4/t-1st Totals at Eastern (4 seasons) 66-63 .512 39-35 Totals as Head Coach (16 seasons) 320-147 .685

***Season concluded with NCAA Division III Tournament berth. ^^^Season concluded with Big Sky Conference Tournament berth. ###NCAA Tournament participant, Big Sky Conference Tournament Champions & regular season co-Champions. !!!School record for NCAA Division I & Big Sky Conference victories.

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Assistant Coach has experience coaching various AAU teams in California and serving as a personal trainer. He played at California for three seasons from 1999-2002, helping lead the Golden SHANTAY Bears to a collective record of 61-35 (.635). He then spent his senior season (2003- 04) at Fresno State, which finished with a 14-15 record overall and a 10-8 mark in the LEGANS Western Athletic Conference. He averaged 15.0 points and 5.6 assists while averag- Sixth Season ing more than 38 minutes per game in his final collegiate season. He was team captain at Fresno State and received his bachelor’s degree in ethnic studies in 2004. Fresno State ‘04 Formerly from Goleta, Calif., and Dos Pueblos High School, Legans averaged 4.4 assists, 10.4 points and 1.4 steals per game during his 124-game collegiate career, Shantay Legans, a former point guard for win- making 83.9 percent of his free throws, 40.2 percent of his field goals and 36.6 ning basketball programs in high school and col- percent of his three-point shots. lege, begins his seventh season as an assistant While at Dos Pueblos High School, he was named league MVP and Player of the basketball coach for the Eagles in the 2015-16 school year. Following the 2014-15 Year for Santa Barbara County. He also earned All-California Interscholastic Federa- season, he was also given the additional title of associate head coach. tion (CIF) honors, and was rated as the seventh-best point guard in the country Legans assists in recruiting, scouting and game preparation for the Eagles, as by Recruiting USA and the No. 19 point guard by PrepStar. His high school team well as on-the-floor coaching and the development of EWU’s backcourt players. He advanced to the CIF Playoffs each of his four seasons on the squad. helped coach Eastern to a 26-9 record overall, Big Sky Conference regular season Legans was born July 30, 1981, in Ventura, Calif. He was married on May 10, and tournament titles and a NCAA Tournament appearance in the 2014-15 season. 2014, to former Eastern women’s basketball player Tatjana Sparavalo. His mother’s While at Eastern, he has helped developed a trio of All-Big Sky Conference guards name is Susan Legans and he has two brothers, Dominic and Calisto Plurde, and in Glen Dean, Cliff Colimon and Tyler Harvey. Dean was the league’s Freshman of one sister, Lisa Legans. the Year in 2010 and an All-BSC guard in 2011; Colimon earned first-team all-league and All-Big Sky Conference Tournament honors as a senior in 2012. Legans helped develop Harvey from an Eastern walk-on to NBA draftee, including Harvey’s transition to a starting position late in the 2012-13 season. Harvey averaged Assistant Coach 16.5 points on 55 percent shooting from the field (including 20-of-44 3-point attempts) in EWU’s last eight games that year after scoring just 17 points in the first 13 games CHRIS VICTOR he played. In the 2013-14 season, Harvey was a first team All-Big Sky selection and earned First Season second team honors on the National Association of Basketball Coaches All-District 6 Concordia (Irvine, Ca.) ‘05 team – EWU’s first player honored on that team since Rodney Stuckey in 2007. He followed that by leading NCAA Division I in scoring (23.1) and 3-pointers (4.0) per Chris Victor, a head coach the last five seasons game in the 2014-15 season, and was eventually taken in the second round of the for Citrus College in Glendora, Calif., is in his first NBA Draft by the Orlando Magic as the 51st pick overall. season as an assistant coach at Eastern Washing- Harvey also earned honorable mention All-America honors and was a first team ton. His hiring was announced by Eagle head coach Academic All-America selection. Harvey was also MVP of the Big Sky Conference Jim Hayford on June 8, 2015. Tournament. Victor led the Owls to 103 victories in his five “Having Shantay on our staff is a huge plus,” said Eastern head coach Jim Hay- seasons at Citrus, a member of the Western State Conference and the California ford. “He’s very loved by the players, and is known all through West Coast basketball Community College Athletic Association. He won 73 percent of his games overall circles because of his own playing career. He’s dialed-in to the AAU circuit and knows (103-39) and 73 percent in league play (44-16) with a pair of CCCAA Final Four ap- high school and junior college coaches throughout the region.” pearances and one league title. Legans came to Eastern after serving as an assistant coach for two seasons at “We are adding a proven winner to our coaching staff,” said Hayford, who filled Laguna Blanca High School in Santa Barbara, Calif. Previously, he was a student as- the position created when Alex Pribble left to become head coach at Saint Martin’s sistant coach for Ray Lopes at Fresno State for two seasons before embarking upon University in Lacey, Wash. “I have known Chris since he was a player on a national a more than three-year career playing professional basketball in Europe. Legans also championship team under one of my best friends, Ken Amman at Concordia in Irvine. Chris has always impressed me with his maturity, competitiveness, and ability to coach. Chris will strengthen our program in many ways.” Citrus was 16-12 overall and 9-5 in the league this past year, but in the 2011-12 season he guided the Owls to the WSC South Championships, an appearance in the CCCAA Final Four and a 28-2 overall record. During his first season in 2010-11, the Owls were 27-6 and lost 83-81 to San Francisco City College in the CCCAA championship game. Seven sophomores and a freshman from his initial team went on to four-year universities, the highest number in California. Nine of his players in his five seasons at Citrus went on to play at NCAA Division I. “I am very excited to be a member of such an outstanding basketball program, uni- versity and community,” Victor said. “I am grateful for this opportunity to work under Coach Hayford, and I am eager to join his staff and the culture he has established.” Victor spent four previous seasons as a top assistant at Concordia University in Irvine under head coach Ken Amman. In that span, Concordia went 118-23, won three out of four Golden State Athletic Conference Championships and made four-straight appearances in the NAIA National Tournament, even appearing in the national title game in 2006-07.

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Prior to that, Victor In his first three seasons in the program, Riley was the team’s video and analytics started his coaching coordinator, managed the team’s recruiting database and handled facility scheduling. career at Citrus after He also assisted with player academics and summer camps. a playing career at Riley earned first team All-NWC honors his final three seasons as a Pirate after Concordia. Victor joined starting 112 of 114 games in his career. He finished with 1,664 points (14.6 per game) former head coach to rank fourth in Whitworth history and made 43.1 percent of his three-point attempts Rick Croy’s first staff at (300-of-696). Citrus, helping guide He averaged 16.5 points and 3.8 rebounds per game as a senior when he earned the Owls to a 17-win third team All-Region (D3hoops.com) honors. He made 45.6 percent of his shots season -- their second from the field and 41.6 percent from three-point range (82-of-197). Riley drained a highest win total in over school-record 10 three-pointers and finished with 33 points in a 115-69 triumph over a decade. Willamette on Feb. 11, 2011. The Pirates finished 28-2 and advanced to the Elite Prior to his coaching Eight of the D-III Tournament for the first time in school history. career, Victor was a In his junior season, he averaged 13.4 points and 3.8 rebounds per game and decorated player at made 40.9 percent of his 3-point shots (65-of-159). Riley scored 34 points in a win Concordia, playing a over Whitman on January 19, 2010. He helped Whitworth to a 26-3 record that key role in helping the included a perfect 16-0 mark in the NWC and a trip to the Sweet 16 of the D-III Eagles advance to the Tournament. NAIA championship He averaged 16.4 points and 4.1 rebounds as a sophomore while making 84-of- game in both 2003 and 180 3-pointers (46.7 percent). He scored a career-high 37 points in a win over PLU 2004. In the 2003 title on Jan. 17, 2009. Whitworth finished second in the NWC during the regular season, game, Victor scored a but upset Puget Sound in the conference tournament and advanced to the D-III season-high 26 points second round. The Pirates finished 23-6. and dished out nine He averaged 11.9 points and 69-of-160 3-pointers (43.1) in his freshman cam- assists as he helped paign. He scored 29 points in a win over Caltech on Nov. 24, 2007, in just the second lead Concordia to its first national championship in program history. Victor helped his game of his Pirate career. He helped the Pirates finish 21-7, win the NWC regular school to a 90-21 record, and is ranked in the top 10 all-time in points and 3-pointers, season championship and advance to the D-III Sweet 16 for the first time in school and is third all-time in assists and steals for Concordia. history. He received his bachelor of arts degree in 2005 as a business marketing major Riley is formerly from Palo Alto, with a mathematics minor. He earned his master’s degree from Concordia in 2010 in Calif., and graduated from Gunn High coaching and athletic administration. School in 2007. He earned All-Central Coast Section honors as a senior at Gunn. Assistant Coach He was born Nov. 28, 1988, in Seattle Washington. His father, Edward Riley, is a Whitworth gradu- DAVID RILEY ate and is currently a physician and professor at the Stanford University Second Season School of Medicine. Edward’s brother, Whitworth ‘11 Mike Riley, grew up in Wallace, Idaho, and began his coaching career in David Riley begins his second season after being 1976 at Whitworth. He received his elevated to an assistant men’s coaching position at master’s degree in 1977 and has since EWU in May of 2014. He was previously Eastern’s gone on to head coaching positions director of basketball operations at Eastern, and at Nebraska (2015), Oregon State has retained some of those duties as well as his on-floor coaching of post players and (1997-98, 2003-2014), the San Diego recruiting. Chargers (1999-2001) and the Win- Riley played for EWU head coach Jim Hayford at Whitworth University in Spokane, nipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Wash., from the 2007-08 season through 2010-11, earning All-Northwest Conference Football League (1987-1990). Mike accolades all four years. Whitworth teams were a collective 98-18 while Riley was and Edward’s father, Bud Riley, was there, with three NWC titles (55-9 in league play) and four appearances in the NCAA an assistant football coach at Idaho Division III Tournament. (1962-65), Oregon State (1965-72) He graduated in 2011 from Whitworth, then joined Hayford at EWU the following and the head coach of the Winnipeg season. Riley, whose uncle, Mike Riley, is head football coach at Nebraska (formerly Blue Bombers (1974-77). at Oregon State), helped as a manager and team operations assistant three previous David Riley’s mother, Rev. Renee seasons, including the first two as a graduate assistant. He received his master of Riley, also graduated from Whitworth science degree in physical education from EWU in 2013. and was ordained in 1986. She was “David has been a part of building our program, first as a graduate assistant and the Moderator of the Presbytery of San then as an excellent director of basketball operations,” said Hayford. “I am pleased Jose in 1998. She passed away on that David joined our coaching staff to advance his career. David has the respect of April 6, 2005, at the age of 45 from a the players. The players love him and I love him. He was fun to coach and that brings brain tumor. an added dimension -- he can relate to players as a former player of mine. Coaching runs in his blood.”

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FINAL 2014-2015 STATISTICS – NCAA TOURN. PARTICIPANT & BIG SKY TOURN. CHAMPS 26-9 (13-2 Home, 11-6 Away, 2-1 Neutral), 14-4 Big Sky Conference/CO-CHAMPIONS (7-2 Home, 7-2 Away)

TOTAL 3-PTS REBOUNDS ## Player GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 01 HARVEY, Tyler 32 32 1182 36.9 230 490 .469 128 297 .431 150 176 .852 20 96 116 3.6 60 1 82 64 4 36 738 23.1 Big Sky 15 15 564 37.6 100 235 .426 53 142 .373 93 107 .869 9 49 58 3.9 27 0 36 30 2 15 346 23.1 55 JOIS, Venky 31 31 966 31.2 210 344 .610 3 10 .300 95 176 .540 82 156 238 7.7 75 1 63 71 69 37 518 16.7 Big Sky 14 14 420 30.0 86 143 .601 0 2 .000 38 71 .535 35 66 101 7.2 39 1 32 33 35 17 210 15.0 12 MILJKOVIC, Ognjen 34 33 812 23.9 111 270 .411 55 146 .377 52 70 .743 26 81 107 3.1 90 2 32 58 22 21 329 9.7 Big Sky 18 18 444 24.7 59 146 .404 29 77 .377 26 34 .765 16 45 61 3.4 42 1 17 25 9 10 173 9.6 22 BRANDON, Drew 34 34 1139 33.5 113 273 .414 22 89 .247 81 100 .810 67 169 236 6.9 79 3 160 62 10 61 329 9.7 Big Sky 18 18 624 34.7 61 152 .401 16 53 .302 58 72 .806 42 93 135 7.5 39 1 92 34 6 33 196 10.9 32 BLIZNYUK, Bogdan 35 0 665 19.0 112 191 .586 24 43 .558 57 72 .792 45 96 141 4.0 84 1 39 47 14 19 305 8.7 Big Sky 18 0 438 24.3 80 138 .580 17 33 .515 39 51 .765 30 71 101 5.6 49 1 26 32 8 13 216 12.0 10 KELLY, Parker 34 34 1059 31.1 78 202 .386 65 149 .436 42 53 .792 11 77 88 2.6 62 0 36 14 10 11 263 7.7 Big Sky 18 18 600 33.3 49 120 .408 40 87 .460 15 18 .833 3 49 52 2.9 42 0 19 9 7 6 153 8.5 44 VON HOFE, Felix 33 4 511 15.5 58 141 .411 42 102 .412 11 19 .579 11 36 47 1.4 43 2 20 17 10 9 169 5.1 Big Sky 17 3 264 15.5 29 71 .408 22 54 .407 8 13 .615 6 10 16 0.9 20 0 10 7 8 7 88 5.2 04 WASHINGTON, Sir 22 1 218 9.9 17 42 .405 4 14 .286 20 24 .833 3 27 30 1.4 39 0 9 9 1 11 58 2.6 Big Sky 9 0 79 8.8 7 16 .438 1 6 .167 5 8 .625 0 10 10 1.1 14 0 5 6 0 1 20 2.2 21 JORG, Frederik 15 4 68 4.5 13 19 .684 0 0 .000 7 12 .583 8 9 17 1.1 19 0 3 5 5 0 33 2.2 Big Sky 5 2 14 2.8 3 4 .750 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 0 3 3 0.6 3 0 2 0 0 0 7 1.4 33 MOON, Garrett 31 1 176 5.7 19 34 .559 1 2 .500 1 6 .167 20 17 37 1.2 33 0 3 11 14 6 40 1.3 Big Sky 16 1 122 7.6 11 23 .478 0 0 .000 0 4 .000 16 11 27 1.7 15 0 3 7 11 4 22 1.4 23 REID, Kyle 31 1 198 6.4 14 28 .500 0 1 .000 4 9 .444 10 27 37 1.2 29 0 5 11 8 6 32 1.0 Big Sky 16 1 75 4.7 6 11 .545 0 0 .000 2 4 .500 4 8 12 0.8 15 0 0 3 2 3 14 0.9 02 HILL, Daniel 15 0 49 3.3 2 9 .222 0 6 .000 2 2 1.000 0 3 3 0.2 7 0 2 3 0 2 6 0.4 Big Sky 5 0 5 1.0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 2 2 1.000 0 1 1 0.2 3 0 0 1 0 1 2 0.4 05 GALGALO, Nate 5 0 7 1.4 0 2 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Big Sky 2 0 1 0.5 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Team 48 38 86 2.5 3 4 0 Big Sky 22 17 39 2.2 1 4 0 TEAM TOTALS 35 977 2045 .478 344 860 .400 522 719 .726 351 832 1183 33.8 624 10 454 376 167 219 2820 80.6 Big Sky 18 491 1059 .464 178 454 .392 287 386 .744 183 433 616 34.2 309 4 242 191 88 110 1447 80.4 OPPONENT TOTALS 35 901 2001 .450 279 720 .388 507 708 .716 363 822 1185 33.9 661 10 516 431 133 192 2588 73.9 Big Sky 18 480 1044 .460 153 368 .416 237 333 .712 181 441 622 34.6 361 6 277 225 71 102 1350 75.0

SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd OT Total Statistical Game Leaders Eastern Washington 1319 1479 22 2820 Opponents 1169 1408 11 2588 SCORING – Tyler Harvey 21 (46 in career), Venky Jois 5 (19 in career), Ognjen Miljkovic 2 (3 in career), Bogdan Bliznyuk 2 (2 in career), Drew Brandon 3 (3 in career), Felix Von Hofe 1 (1 in Date Opponent Time/Result F 5 at *Montana W, 75-69 career), Frederik Jorg 1 (1 in career), Parker Kelly 0 (6 in career). N 9 xPuget Sound W, 89-55 F 7 at *Montana State W, 61-51 REBOUNDS – Venky Jois 17 (53 in career), Drew Brandon 14 (22 N 14 Texas Southern W, 86-62 F 12 *Sacramento State W, 64-61 in career), Bogdan Bliznyuk 4 (4 in career), Felix Von Hofe 1 (1 N 17 Utah Valley W, 75-50 F 14 *~Portland State L, 66-68 N 19 Walla Walla W, 95-34 F 19 at *Southern Utah W, 78-75 in career), Ognjen Miljkovic 1 (1 in career), Parker Kelly 1 (3 in N 22 at SMU (#22 ranked) L, 68-77 F 21 at *Northern Arizona L, 69-73 career), Garrett Moon 1 (1 in career), Frederik Jorg 1 (1 in career), N 24 at @Indiana W, 88-86 F 26 *Montana State W, 92-68 Tyler Harvey 1 (4 in career). N 26 ~Northern Kentucky W, 81-60 F 28 *~Montana L, 76-77 ASSISTS – Drew Brandon 22 (45 in career), Tyler Harvey 5 (14 N 30 Eastern Oregon W, 104-87 M 5 at *Idaho State W, 85-81 in career), Venky Jois 7 (16 in career), Ognjen Miljkovic 3 (3 in D 6 at Seattle W, 87-75 M 7 at *Weber State W, 79-71 career), Parker Kelly 2 (6 in career), Bogdan Bilznyuk 2 (2 in D 11 at San Francisco W, 81-76 %M12 Idaho (quarterfinals) W, 91-83 career), Felix Von Hofe 1 (1 in career), Sir Washington 1 (1 in D 14 at ^Washington (#17 ranked) L, 77-81 %M13 Sacramento State (semifinals) W, 91-83 career), Daniel Hill 0 (5 in career). D 16 at Sam Houston State L, 52-76 %M14 at Montana (championship) W, 69-65 STEALS – Drew Brandon 22 (32 in career), Tyler Harvey 11 (31\2 D 19 at ^California L, 67-78 +M19 Georgetown (#22 ranked) L, 74-84 in career), Venky Jois 10 (31 in career), Ognjen Miljkovic 5 (5 in D 22 Lewis-Clark State (#22 NAIA) W, 87-81 career), Bogdan Bliznyuk 5 (5 in career), Sir Washington 2, Parker J 1 *Weber State W, 84-78 Times Pacific. *Big Sky Conference Game. Kelly 2 (14 in career), Garrett Moon 2 (3 in career), Felix Von Hofe J 3 *Idaho State W, 65-57 ^Televised on Pac-12 Networks. ~Televised by SWX - SWX Digital 2 (2 in career), Kyle Reid 1 (1 in career), Daniel Hill 0 (8 in career). J 10 at *Idaho W, 89-86 6.2 in Spokane, 25.3 in the Tri-Cities & 23.3 in the Yakima area; BLOCKED SHOTS – Venky Jois 22 (58 in career), Ognjen Miljkovic 6 J 15 at *Portland State W, 92-85 Comcast 306/112; Davis Cable 514/81.2/12; Time Warner 306; (6 in career), Bogdan Bliznyuk 6 (6 in career), Garrett Moon 4 (5 in J 17 at *Sacramento State L, 77-90 Charter 287, Cable One 466; Northland Cable 115. $Televised on career), Parker Kelly 3 (6 in career), Drew Brandon 2 (3 in career), J 22 *Northern Colorado W, 95-85 Fox Sports 1. @Televised by ESPNews. %Big Sky Conference Felix Von Hofe 2 (2 in career), Frederik Jorg 1 (1 in career), Kyle J 24 *North Dakota W, 102-80 Tournament in Missoula, Montana (Dahlberg Arena). +NCAA Reid 1, Tyler Harvey 0 (4 in career). J 31 *~Idaho W, 98-95 (ot) Tournament on truTV and played in Portland, Ore. (Moda Center).

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