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Kentucky Wesleyan College BASKETBALL “America’s Premier Division II Program” Eight NCAA Division II National Championships Ninth All-Time Winningest Program 1,367 Wins Five 30-Win Seasons 23 20-Win Seasons 24 Top 25 Final National Ranking 288 Weeks Ranked in Top 25 17 NCAA 19 NCAA Final Four Elite Eight Appearances Appearances 19 NCAA 31 NCAA Regional Tournament Championships Appearances 87 NCAA 112 NCAA Tournament Tournament Wins Games 13 Great Lakes Valley Conference Championships Four GLVC Tournament Championships Three National Players of the Year 17 First-team All-Americans Six National Coaches of the Year 2008-2009 Kentucky Wesleyan Basketball 1 Contents QUICK FACTS LocaTion .............................. 3000 Frederica STreeT GENERAL INFORMATION HISTORY Owensboro, KenTucky 42301 PopulaTion of CiTy ....................................... 60,000 Quick FacTs, DirecTory ................................ 2 Seasons of BaskeTball EnTering ............ 99Th 3rd largesT in KenTucky Owensboro SporTscenTer ......................... 51 FirsT Season of BaskeTball ................... 1907 College Founded .. 1858 in Millersburg, KenTucky The STudenT-AThleTe ................................. 52 All-Time Record ........................ 1367-717-1 Church AffiliaTion ....................... UniTed MeThodisT AThleTic STaff ............................................ 53 NCAA Championships ............................... 8 EnrollmenT ....................................................... 956 KenTucky Wesleyan College ..................... 54 Years in NCAA TournamenT ..................... 31 Nickname ................................................ PanThers GLVC Championships .............................. 14 Colors ........................................ Purple and WhiTe 2008-09 PANTHERS GLVC TournamenT Championships ........... 4 Conference ............................... GreaT Lakes Valley Schedule .................................................... 3 Top 25 Final NaTional Ranking ................ 24 Region ................................................ GreaT Lakes Preview ...................................................... 4 FirsT Team All-Americans ........................ 17 AffiliaTion ..................................... NCAA Division II AlphabeTical and Numerical RosTers ......... 5 NaTional Coaches of The Year .................... 6 Home CourT ..... Owensboro SporTscenTer (5,002) Head Coach Todd Lee ............................ 6-7 PresidenT ....................................... Dr. Cheryl King AssisTanTs Derrick Tilmon / Kyle Hankins .. 9 MEMO TO THE MEDIA NCAA FaculTy RepresenTaTive ........... Marisue Coy Melvin Beasley .......................................... 10 For working credenTials, radio-Television DirecTor of AThleTics ............................ Gary Gallup Jay Ivey .................................................... 11 broadcasT informaTion, inTerviews, sTaTisTics, AssociaTe AThleTics DirecTor ............. Glenn Young Clarence JuilleT ......................................... 12 game noTes, phoTos, media guides or oTher AdminisTraTive AssisTanT ......... Jean SaalwaechTer NaThan Ross ............................................ 13 informaTion on KenTucky Wesleyan, conTacT: SporTs InformaTion DirecTor ............. Roy Pickerill T. J. SmiTh ............................................... 14 Roy Pickerill, SID, aT 270-852-3347 or by e- Head Trainer ................................... BridgeT Muniz Lorenzo Taylor ......................................... 15 mail [email protected]. Chris Williams .......................................... 16 Head BaskeTball Coach ........................... Todd Lee Maros Zuffa ............................................. 17 WWW.KWC.EDU/ATHLETIC Alma MaTer ........................... SouTh DakoTa ’86 Trey Harris / Desmond STephens ............ 18 InformaTion on The PanThers may be found Record aT KWC ......................... 44-41, 3 years Andree’ Wilson ........................................ 19 on The world wide web aT Career Record ........................... 44-41, 3 years AssisTanT Coach ............................. Derrick Tilmon www.kwc.edu/athletic All KWC releases, AssisTanT Coach ................................ Kyle Hankins 2007-08 SEASON IN REVIEW rosTers, schedules, sTaTisTics and resulTs, STaTisTics and ResulTs ......................... 20-21 and media guides, are posTed on KWC’s 2008 GLVC Record ............... 14-5, T-1sT EasT Div. official websiTe. 2008 Record ................. 24-8, NCAA Reg. 1sT Rd. CHAMPIONSHIP TRADITION LeTTerwinners ReTurn/LosT ............................... 7/3 All-Time NCAA TournamenT Records ...... 22 KENTUCKY WESLEYAN ON STarTers ReTurn/LosT ......................................... 3/2 NCAA NaTional Champions ................ 23-26 RADIO RedshirTs .............................................................. 1 NCAA Final Four Teams ..................... 27-29 WBIO FM 94.7 will broadcasT KenTucky Newcomers .......................................................... 3 All-Time NCAA Champions ...................... 29 Wesleyan baskeTball games for The eighTh NaTional Players of The Year .................... 30 consecuTive year. Joel UTley will be in his DIRECTORY (Area Code 270) ReTired Jerseys ........................................ 31 48Th season as The “Voice of The PanThers.” Head BaskeTball Coach Todd Lee .......................................... 852-3339 (O) All-Americans .......................................... 32 PanThers in The Pros ................................ 33 The broadcasT begins wiTh The pregame SporTs InformaTion DirecTor NaTional Honors and Awards ............. 34-36 show 15 minuTes before Tip-off and Roy Pickerill ...................................... 852-3347(O) concludes wiTh The posTgame show wiTh [email protected] (e-mail) RECORDS head coach Todd Lee. The games can also be 926-3898 (H) Game, Season, Career, NCAA ................. 37 heard via KenTucky Wesleyan’s websiTe Career, Season and Game BesTs ....... 38-39 www.kwc.edu/athletic/audio.htm from any AThleTics DeparTmenT ............................. 852-3330 All-Time NaTional Rankings ..................... 40 place in The world. College SwiTchboard ............................. 926-3111 Fax. ......................................................... 852-3356 KWC in The NCAA TournamenT ............... 41 CourT Phone ........................................... 316-8838 Year-by-Year Records ............................. 42 The Todd Lee Call-In Show can be heard live TickeT Office ........................................... 852-3335 All-Time Scores 1908-2008, on Monday nighTs from 6-7 p.m. CT during Web SiTe ............................. www.kwc.edu/aThleTic Coaching Records ........................ 43-47 The season on WBIO FM 94.7 wiTh hosT Joel Series Records 1920-2008 ................ 48-49 UTley aT Pizza HuT. KENTUCKY WESLEYAN All-Time RosTer 1920-2008 ..................... 50 BASKETBALL GUIDE CREDITS “Best in the Nation” The 2008-2009 KenTucky Wesleyan BaskeTball Guide was ediTed and designed by Roy Pickerill. 1988-89-90-91-92-94-96-99-01-02-06 Cover design by Bryan Leazenby, On-SiTe Images. PhoTography by Bryan Leazenby, Allan Lake, The KenTucky Wesleyan BaskeTball Guide has Charles Mahlinger, Dennis Burling, Joyce Ann Evans, Jamie Rhodes, Brian Tirpak, Owensboro been judged “BesT in The NaTion” by The College Messenger-Inquirer , Michigan Tech UniversiTy SporTs InformaTion Office, and Abrams SporTs InformaTion DirecTors of America PhoTography. Special Thanks To Progress Commercial PrinTing and Graphics Co. for assisTing (CoSIDA) 11 Times. wiTh This publicaTion. Published by The KenTucky Wesleyan College SporTs InformaTion Office. 2 2008-2009 Kentucky Wesleyan Basketball 2008-09 Schedule Date Day Opponent Site Time Oct. 30 Thu Georgetown (Exhibition) Sportscenter 7:00 Nov. 3 Mon Pikeville (Exhibition) Jones Gymnasium 7:00 Nov. 7 Fri aT SouTh Carolina (ExhibiTion) Columbia, SC 6:00 Nov. 18 Tue Goshen Sportscenter 7:00 Nov. 22 Sat Tiffin Sportscenter 7:00 Nov. 24 Mon Glenville State Sportscenter 7:00 Owensboro Classic Nov. 28 Fri Saint Francis Sportscenter 6:00 Nov. 29 Sat Union Sportscenter 8:00 # # # Nov. 30 Sun King Sportscenter 3:30 Dec. 4 Thu aT Wisconsin-Parkside * Kenosha, Wis. 7:30 Dec. 6 SaT aT SainT Joseph’s * Rensselaer, Ind. 3:15 Dec. 13 Sat Asbury Sportscenter 7:30 Dec. 19 Fri Cardinal Stritch Sportscenter 7:00 Jan. 2 Fri Indianapolis * Sportscenter 7:30 Jan. 4 Sun Northern Kentucky * Sportscenter 3;15 Jan. 8 Thu aT Bellarmine * Louisville, Ky. 7:00 Jan. 15 Thu aT SouThern Indiana * Evansville, Ind. 7:30 Jan. 18 Sun Missouri-St. Louis * Sportscenter 3:15 Jan. 22 Thu Rockhurst * Sportscenter 7:30 Jan. 24 Sat Drury * Sportscenter 3:15 Jan. 29 Thu aT Missouri S&T * Rolla, Mo. 7:30 Jan. 31 SaT aT Quincy * Quincy, Ill. 3:15 Feb. 5 Thu Lewis * Sportscenter 7:30 Feb. 7 Sat Wisconsin-Parkside * Sportscenter 3:15 Feb. 12 Thu Bellarmine * Sportscenter 7:30 Feb. 14 SaT aT NorThern KenTucky * Highland HeighTs, Ky. 2:15 Feb. 19 Thu aT Indianapolis * Indianapolis, Ind. 6:30 Feb. 21 SaT aT Lewis * Romeoville, Ill. 3:15 Feb. 25 Wed Lake Erie Sportscenter 7:00 Feb. 28 Sat Saint Joseph’s * Sportscenter 3:15 Great Lakes Valley Conference Tournament Mar. 6 Fri QuarTerfinals Campus siTe TBA Mar. 7 SaT Semifinals Campus siTe TBA Mar. 8 Sun Championship Campus siTe TBA NCAA Division II Midwest Region Championship Mar. 14 SaT QuarTerfinals Campus siTe TBA Mar. 15 Sun Semifinals Campus siTe TBA Mar. 16 Tue Championship Campus siTe TBA NCAA Division II