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WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS 2006 - 07 ANNUAL REPORT 1 Mission Statement 2 Message from Director of Athletics Ed Pastilong 3 Year in Review 8 Red Brown Cup 9 Fred Schaus Cup 10 Baseball 12 Men’s Basketball 14 Women’s Basketballl 16 Cross Country 18 Football 20 Gymanstics 22 Rifle 24 Rowing 26 Men’s Soccer 28 Women’s Soccer 30 Swimming 32 Tennis 34 Track 36 Volleyball 38 Wrestling 40 MAC Report 41 Development Council/Corporate Partners 42 MAC Members IBC Staff Table of Contents of Table The West Virginia University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics THE WVU DEPARTMENT OF Statement Mission fully subscribes to and INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS: will conscientiously a: Subscribes to high standards of academic quality as well as breadth of academic abide by the rules, opportunities. regulations and statutes b: Strives in its athletics program for national excellence and prominence. of those organizations Accordingly, the recruitment of student-athletes and emphasis on and support and agencies having of athletics are national in scope. jurisdiction over the c: Recognizes the dual objective in its athletic program of servicing the University conduct of its athletics community and the general public. program. Specifically, d: Believes in offering extensive opportunities for varsity intercollegiate athletics the WVU Department for men, women and minorities. of Intercollegiate Athletics will adhere to e: Sponsors football, men’s basketball, women’s basketball, women’s gymnastics and women’s soccer at the highest feasible level of competition. the National Collegiate Athletic Association f: Believes in scheduling all athletic contests primarily with other Division I Principles of Conduct of institutions as a reflection of the goal of maintaining an appropriate competition level in the sports program. Intercollegiate Athletics set forth in the NCAA g: Is committed to financing the athletics program from private revenues generated by the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. All revenues supporting athletics Constitution and all shall be controlled by the institution. regulations thereto in its then applicable bylaws. h: Considers the physical, mental, social and academic well-being of the student- athletes paramount. The WVU Department of Intercollegiate Athletics shall conduct its program consistent with the letter and spirit of the NCAA. The mission of the Department is and shall always remain compatible with the mission of WVU. Director of from Message the Athletics The 2006-07 athletic season continued what has been a the NIT championship. Wrestler Brandon Rader earned his Golden Era for Mountaineer intercollegiate athletics. On second straight All-America honor. Gymnastics made its 29th and off the court our student-athletes turned in spectacular postseason appearance in 30 years and Janáe Cox became the performances. On behalf of the entire Department of program’s third first-team All-American. Intercollegiate Athletics, I am pleased to present you this In the spring, baseball’s Justin Jenkins set eight school records Annual Report. including a 38-game hit streak, the longest ever by a BIG EAST This report will highlight a year of outstanding player and good for 10th all-time in NCAA history. First-year accomplishments by our teams, student-athletes and coaches coach Marc Walters guided the women’s tennis team to 13 wins that led to a 57th-place finish in the Sports Academy Director’s and the fifth-seed in the BIG EAST Championships. Cup, our third-best finish ever, and the fourth-best finish among Success wasn’t limited solely to the fields of play as football’s all BIG EAST schools. Jay Henry and Dan Mozes and gymnastics Janae Cox were The fall season saw our football team win its second straight Academic All-Americans. More than 400 Mountaineer student- New Year’s Day bowl and finish ranked in the top 10 for the athletes earned a spot on the Athletic Director’s Academic second straight year (the first time that has happened in school Honor Roll, while 109 Mountaineers were named BIG EAST history). Dan Mozes and Steve Slaton were consensus All- academic all stars. Americans and Mozes won the Rimington Award as the nation’s In closing, I want to thank outgoing president, David C. 2 top center. Men’s soccer made its second NCAA appearance Hardesty Jr., and his administration for their commitment and in a row and first-year coach Marlon LeBlanc was named loyalty to our mission, and you for your continued support national coach of the year. Women’s soccer continued its run of of the WVU intercollegiate athletic program. It provides the Dear Friend of excellence with its seventh NCAA berth in a row. foundation for our student-athletes’ success in the classroom and Winter saw the coronation of the men’s swimming and on the field. For that, we are sincerely grateful. diving program as BIG EAST champions. Eight Mountaineer West Virginia swimmers advanced to the NCAA championship meet where Sincerely, the Mountaineers placed 20th - the highest finish in school history. The WVU women had five NCAA qulaifiers, also University a school best. Women’s basketball won 21 games, made the NCAA Tournament and advanced to the second round for the first time since 1992. Men’s basketball, expected to be Ed Pastilong Athletics, hit hard by the loss of five seniors from the Elite Eight and Director of Athletics Sweet 16 teams, surprised many by winning 27 games and West Virginia University Year in Review WVU Athletics 2006-07 Team Record Team Record Baseball --------------------------------- 29-22 Rifle -------------------------------------------- 6-4 Basketball (men’s) -------------------- 27-9 Soccer (men’s) --------------------------15-3-3 (NIT Champions) (BIG EAST Champs/NCAA 2nd Round) 3 Basketball (women’s) ---------------- 21-11 Soccer (women’s) ---------------------14-4-3 (NCAA 2nd round) (NCAA) Cross Country (women’s) ---6th BIG EAST Swimming and Diving (men’s) -- 13-0 Football -------------------------------------- 11-2 (BIG EAST Champions) (Gator Bowl Champs) Swimming and Diving (women’s) ---- 9-4 Gymnastics -------------------------------28-9 Tennis (women’s) ----------------------13-12 (NCAA Regionals) Volleyball -----------------------------------3-28 Indoor Track (women’s) -----8th BIG EAST Women’s Rowing ------- 8th BIG EAST Outdoor Track (women’s) -- 7th BIG EAST Wrestling --------------- 5-5 (2nd at EWL) 1 ���� Gator Bowl Championship 10 ���� Major individual award winners 1 ���� National Invitational Tournament Title 13 ���� All-Americans 1 ���� BIG EAST swimming championship 21 ���� Conference event championships 2 ���� Conference Coaches of the Year 32 ���� All-Conference honorees 10 ���� ESPN/CoSIDA academic all-district selections Individual Awards FIRST TEAM ALL-AMERICANS Dan Steve Brandon Andrew Mozes Slaton Rader Langenfeld Football Football Wrestling Swimming Nick Jarrod Nick Zoltan 4 Noble Smith Delic Povazsai Men’s Soccer Men’s Soccer Swimming Swimming Abbie Janáe Ivan Stechschulte Cox Tolic Indoor Track Gymnastics Swimming THIRD TEAM ALL-AMERICANS Deanna Justin Everett Jenkins Soccer Baseball 2006-07 ACADEMIC FIRST TEAM ALL-AMERICANS THIRD TEAM ALL-AMERICANS ALL-AMERICANS 5 Dan Mozes – Football Brandon Rader – Wrestling Deanna Everett - Soccer Jay Henry – Football Steve Slaton – Football Andrew Langenfeld – Swimming Justin Jenkins - Baseball Dan Mozes – Football Nick Noble – Men’s Soccer Nick Delic – Swimming Janáe Cox - Gymnastics Jarrod Smith – Men’s Soccer Zoltan Povazsai – Swimming Abbie Stechschulte – Indoor Track Ivan Tolic – Swimming Janáe Cox – Gymnastics 2006-07 ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS Jay Dan Janáe Henry Mozes Cox Football Football Gymnastics OTHER INDIVIDUAL AWARDS Dan Mozes – Rimington Trophy Zoltan Povazsai – BIG EAST 200 Pablo Marmolejo – BIG EAST 200 Jay Henry – BIG EAST Scholar Ath- Free, 500 Free Champion; BIG Fly Champion lete of Year EAST swimmer of the year 200 Free Relay (Nick Delic, Zoltan Frank Young – NIT MVP Andrew Langenfeld – BIG EAST Povazsai, Andrew Langenfeld, Patrick White – Gator Bowl MVP; BIG 50 Free, 100 Fly Champion Ivan Tolic)– BIG EAST Champion EAST Offensive Player of Year Nick Delic – BIG EAST 100 Free 400 Free Relay (Tony Cisneros, Nick Nick Noble – BIG EAST Goalkeeper Champion Delic, Zoltan Povazsai, Andrew of Year Ivan Tolic – BIG EAST 100 back Langenfeld) – BIG EAST Champion Abbie Stechschulte – BIG EAST Pen- Champion 800 Free Relay (Tony Cisneros, Nick tathlon Champion Kevin Donohue – BIG EAST 100 Delic, Zoltan Povazsai, Pablo Mar- Janáe Cox – EAGL Gymnast of Year; Breast Champion molejo) – BIG EAST Champion EAGL Outstanding Senior Gymnast Justin Galbreath – BIG EAST 1650 200 Medley Relay (Nick Delic, Kevin Brandon Rader – EWL Champion Free Champion 6 Donohue, Andrew Langenfeld, Jared Villers – EWL Champion Sean Mahoney – BIG EAST 400 IM Ivan Tolic) – BIG EAST Champion Champion OTHER INDIVIDUAL AWARDS 400 Medley Relay (Nick Delic, Zoltan Povazsai, Andrew Langenfeld, Ivan Tolic) – BIG EAST Champion Kayla Andrews – BIG EAST 100 Free Champion 200 Medley Relay - (Kayla Andrews, Morgan Callaway, Stephanie Shupe, Kitti Veisz) – BIG EAST Champion 400 Medley Relay - (Kayla Andrews, Morgan Callaway, Stephanie Shupe, Kitti Veisz) – BIG EAST Champion 7 Sergio Lopez - BIG EAST men’s coach of the year Marlon LeBlanc – BIG EAST coach of the year, Soccer America national coach of the year Red Brown Cup Senior gymnast Janáe Cox and football senior The 2007 EAGL Gymnast of the Year and EAGL Jay Henry have won the 2007 Red Brown Cup, Most Outstanding Senior Gymnast, Cox owns presented annually to West Virginia University’s the school record for highest all-around score most outstanding all-around student-athlete, in (39.675) in a meet and holds the school record terms of athletic, academic and civic achievement. with 37 all-around scores of 39.0 or better. Winners are selected by the WVU Athletic Council. Cox was a four-time member of the EAGL A native of Otisco, Ind., Cox recently finished her all-academic team and a three-time NACGC career as a three-time NCAA qualifier, earning All- Scholastic All-American. She has been active America honors in the floor exercise last month in the community: Boys and Girls Club, Baptist at the NCAA championships.