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EAST STROUDSBURGof PENNSYLVANIA UNIVERSITY Sr. WR Dusty Reed 2-time All-PSAC East Football Gazette All-Region R-So. TB Robert Healy R-Jr. QB Matt Soltes 2013 PSAC East 2013 Harlon Hill Trophy candidate Freshman of the Year 2013 Football Gazette All-Region 2013 Football Gazette All-Region R-Sr. DL Bryan Thomson 2012 PSAC East Defensive Player of the Year 2012 Football Gazette All-America R-Sr. TE Steven Jones 2013 All-PSAC East 1st team 2013 Football Gazette All-Region 2014 Football THE UNIVERSITY ESU At A Glance Location . East Stroudsburg, Pa . President . Marcia G . Welsh, Ph .D . Member . .Pennsylvania State System . .of Higher Education System Chancellor . Frank T . Brogan Founded . 1893 Enrollment (Fall 2013) . 6,778 (includes 6,186 undergraduates) Athletics Affiliation . NCAA Division II Conference . PSAC . Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference School Colors . Red and Black Team Nickname . Warriors Athletic Director Dr . Tom Gioglio . 570-422-3642 Associate Athletic Director Dr . Carey Snyder . .570-422-3034 Academic Coordinator The Warren E. and Sandra Hoeffner Science and Technology Center, a $40 million Dr . Nancy Jo Greenawalt . 570-422-3795 state-of-the-art facility, was dedicated in September 2008. Director of Diversity/Ombudsperson Danelle McClanahan . 570-422-3896 Providing High-Quality, Higher Education Football Office . 570-422-3322 Sports Information Greg Knowlden . 570-422-3312 ESU - In its 122nd Year of Service . .gknowlden@esu .edu Founded in 1893 as a Normal School, Approximately 2,800 students reside Web Site . www .esu .edu East Stroudsburg University has been on or near campus in five traditional Athletics Web Site . www .esuwarriors .com offering quality higher education to the residence halls, two suite-style halls and Key Campus Numbers citizens of Pennsylvania for more than a two apartment complexes - the University Admissions . 570-422-3542 century . Apartments and the University Ridge Financial Aid . 570-422-2800 With an enrollment of almost 7,000 apartments . University Ridge, a 10 building students and a strong commitment to apartment-style housing complex adjacent academic excellence, ESU’s programs to campus, accommodates 539 students . TEAM INFORMATION continually earn the highest levels of Approximately 75 percent of the 2013 Overall Record . .7-4 accreditation in their fields . students receive some form of financial aid, PSAC East Record/Finish . 4-3 (4th) The university’s most recently including scholarships, loans and grants . Letterwinners Returning/Lost . 37/18. constructed and largest academic building The 2014-15 academic year will mark the Offensive . 17/9 is the $40 million Warren E . and Sandra university’s 122nd year of operation and the Defensive . 19/8 Hoeffner Science and Technology Center, school has approximately 45,000 alumni . Special Teams . 1/1 a state-of-the-art facility and the first new ESU, like many other public colleges and Starters Returning/Lost . 16/6 major academic building at ESU since 1979 . universities across the country, started as a Offensive . 6/5 The late Warren Hoeffner ‘55, quarterback of normal school, a professional school for the Defensive . 10/1 the Warriors’ 1954 championship team, and training of teachers . Special Teams . 1/1 his wife Sandra were the lead donors for the ESU History project . East Stroudsburg Normal School was HEAD COACH The Center is in its seventh year of founded to serve students in the state’s Denny Douds . 41st season service and features a planetarium, rooftop normal school fourth district and had 320 Alma Mater . Slippery Rock ‘63 observatory and a wildlife museum of students enrolled when classes started on September 4, 1893 . Record at ESU . 244-171-3 natural history . The facility supports research activities and provides classroom, In 1926 after the state assumed . .Division II record for games coached (418) laboratory, conference and office space for control of the school, the original name . PSAC record for wins (244) diverse departments from the sciences and was changed to East Stroudsburg State mathematics to computer science . Teachers’ College . HISTORY Other recent contributions to the The school became East Stroudsburg First Season . 1926 ongoing transformation of the campus State College in 1960 to reflect the school’s All-Time Record . 460-307-19 ( .597) include the construction of new residence expanded curriculum with liberal arts PSAC East Championships . 15 halls and an investment of over $10 programs and graduate degrees . PSAC Championships . 9 million dollars in projects associated with In July 1983, the Pennsylvania General . .‘42, ‘54, ‘64, ‘65, ‘68, ‘75, ‘76, ‘78, ‘82 storm water management and campus Assembly established the Pennsylvania NCAA Playoff Appearances . 4 beautification . The campus consists of 65 State System of Higher Education consisting . .1991, 2004, 2005, 2009 buildings on 256 acres . of 14 universities and East Stroudsburg University was born as a comprehensive regional institution . 2014 ESU FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE 2014 Football Schedule Saturday, Sept . 6 at LIU Post 1:00 LIU Post, a PSAC member from 2008-12, hosts ESU to open the 2014 season . R-Jr . QB Matt Soltes set a PSAC record and NCAA freshman record with 666 yards total offense in a 45-37 win at LIU Post in 2012, and Ray Wagner threw for 503 yards in a 34-30 loss in 2011 . Saturday, Sept . 13 *SLIPPERY ROCK 6:05 Denny Douds, in his 41st season, faces his alma mater (class of 1963) for the 12th time and the first since 2009 . The Rock is 8-3 against Douds (11-3 against ESU overall), but the Warriors have won the last two - 54-28 at home in 2009, and 38-21 at the Rock in 2008 . Saturday, Sept . 20 *at Edinboro 12:00 ESU and Edinboro meet for the 12th time since 2000, with ESU going 7-4 in that stretch including a 27-26 win in 2011 on a last-second TD pass from Ray Wagner to Dusty Reed . The Warriors are 11-6 vs . Edinboro overall, and 9-6 under Denny Douds . Saturday, Sept . 27 *LOCK HAVEN (Family Weekend) 3:05 Denny Douds will move into the top 10 in NCAA history with his 422nd career game . On the Cover: ESU returns 8 All-PSAC East selections for the 2014 season, including R-Sr . DL Bryan Thomson, Lock Haven moved to the PSAC East last fall when the Warriors rolled up 696 yards in a Sr . WR Dusty Reed, R-Sr . TE Steven Jones, R-Jr . QB Matt 52-28 Homecoming win, including 536 total yards from Soltes in less than 3 quarters . Soltes and R-So . TB Robert Healy . Saturday, Oct . 4 *at Shippensburg 12:00 Ship has won 5 straight since ESU’s 44-41 (OT) victory in 2008, Denny Douds’ PSAC Table of Contents record-setting 213rd career win . ESU returns to Ship for the second straight year coming off The University . IFC a 41-31 setback last fall in a duel between Soltes and 2012 Harlon Hill winner Zach Zulli . Media Services/Sports Information . 2 Saturday, Oct . 11 *CHEYNEY 6:05 University Administrators . 3 ESU’s 40-6 win last year was its 34th straight, extending an NCAA all-division record Warriors Football Scholarships . 10 for consecutive wins in an uninterrupted series . Soltes had 419 total yards and 4 TD in the Eiler-Martin Stadium . 11 victory, throwing 3 TD passes to R-Sr . TE Steven Jones (4 catches, 144 yards) . The Coaching Staff Saturday, Oct . 18 *at Millersville 2:00 Head Coach Denny Douds . 4-5 Assistant Coaches/Staff . 6-9 The Warriors led 54-0 at halftime in a 66-7 win last fall, their most points in the Warriors Coaching Legacy . 10 65-game series . Soltes threw 5 of his 6 TD passes in the 1st half with 3 TD going to R-Jr . The 2014 Warriors WR Jon Schnaars in a breakout game . ESU has won 11 of the last 13 meetings since 2001 . Season Outlook . 12-13 Saturday, Oct . 25 *KUTZTOWN (Homecoming) 3:05 Player Bios . 14-30 ESU ended a 3-game losing streak in the series with a 43-26 win at KU last fall led by Roster . 32-33 R-Sr . DL Bryan Thomson, who had 13 tackles and 3 .5 sacks . The Warriors won 9 straight The 2013 Season from 2001-09 and are 26-14 against the Golden Bears under Douds (since 1974) . 2013 Game-by-Game . 34-38 Saturday, Nov . 1 *at Bloomsburg 2:00 2013 Statistics . 40-41 Football History Bloomsburg, the defending PSAC champion, came away with a 52-38 win at ESU last Program History . 39 year despite 542 total yards from Soltes, who earned a spot on the Harlon Hill candidates All-Star Honors . .42 list . The Huskies have won 8 straight since ESU’s 52-39 win in the 2005 NCAA Playoffs . School Records . 43-65 Saturday, Nov . 8 *WEST CHESTER 1:05 Year-by-Year Record . 66 West Chester, the defending NCAA Super Region 1 champion, must replace record- All-Time Schedule . 67-73 setting back Rondell White but returns QB Sean McCartney . ESU led 20-10 at halftime last All-Time Series . 72-75 fall but WCU rallied for a 34-20 win . The Warriors’ recent wins came in 2009 and 2012 . All-Time Lettermen . 76-79 Saturday, Nov . 15 at Gannon (or PSAC Championship game) 12:00 Jimmy Terwilliger . 80 ESU is 2-0 in its brief series with Gannon, winning 23-10 at home in 2008 and 38-21 Warriors in the Pros . 81 Opponents and the PSAC in Erie in 2009 . This game should feature two of the top junior QB’s in DII in Soltes and PSAC Standings, Champions . 31 Gannon’s Liam Nadler . The Golden Knights return 18 starters from a 6-5 team last fall .