CENTRAL COLLEGE MEDIA GUIDE Founded —1853 Enrollment — 1,200 Affiliation — Reformed Church in America President — Dr
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2020 SPRING CENTRAL COLLEGE MEDIA GUIDE Founded —1853 Enrollment — 1,200 Affiliation — Reformed Church in America President — Dr. Mark Putnam Membership — Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Division III Founded in 1853, Central College of Pella, Iowa, is a private, residential four-year liberal arts college known for its academic rigor and strength in global experiential learning, STEM (science, technology, engineering and math), sustainability education, athletics success and tradition, and leadership and service. Central continues to value its long- standing relationship with the Reformed Church in America that began in 1916. The college participates in NCAA Division III athletics and is a member of the Iowa Conference. Central is an active part of the Greater Des Moines region and just two minutes from Lake Red Rock, Iowa’s largest lake. Central is a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, Division III, and the lowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. Men compete in baseball, football, basketball, tennis, golf, wrestling, soccer, track and cross country, while women compete in tennis, golf, track, softball, volleyball, cross country, soccer and basketball. Rugby is offered at the club level. The A.N. Kuyper Athletics Complex The A.N. Kuyper Athletics Complex is located at the corner of Independence Street and West Fifth Street in southwest Pella. The complex includes P.H. Kuyper Gymnasium (1970), H.S. Kuyper Fieldhouse (1987), Ron and Joyce Schipper Stadium (1977), the baseball and softball fields (1978), Ryerson Golf Practice Range (2005), tennis courts (1992), soc- cer field (2005) and the Ron Schipper Fitness Center (1999). The complex also includes practice and intramural softball diamonds and football fields. Golf meets are held at the Bos Landen Golf Club, two miles southwest of the campus on Highway T-15. Directory Sports Information Director Larry Happel Office (641) 628-5278 Home (641) 628-2754 Cell (641) 780-6118 Assistant Joe Flaherty Office (641) 628-5435 Cell (319) 850-7097 Office email [email protected] Central athletics Web page athletics.central.edu ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT STAFF Football Jeff McMartin Athletics director Eric Van Kley Assistant football Jeff Bollard--running backs Senior associate athletics director/ Alicia O’Brien Assistant football Logan Emendorfer--wide receivers senior woman administrator/compliance officer Assistant football Cody Huisman--wide recievers Associate athletics director for Mona Roozeboom Assistant football Eric Jones–offensive line business affairs Assistant football Ryan Maiuri–offensive Assistant athletics director of Tim Wilkinson coordinator/quarterbacks operations Assistant football Seth Marburger–defensive line Grounds/utilities/fleet Duane Houser Assistant football Austin Mercer--cornerbacks coordinator Assistant football Nick Mulder–defensive Building and grounds manager Wes Veenstra coordinator/defensive line Athletics office manager Jeffy Schuring Assistant football Matt Paulsen–safeties Assistant quipment manager Daniel Page Assistant football Kyle Pepper-tight ends Head athletic trainer Frank Neu Assistant football Jeff Sanger–inside linebackers Assistant athletic trainer Sadie Baugher Assistant football Austen Schueler–special teams Assistant athletic trainer Matt Guinane coordinator/outside linebackers Assistant athletic trainer Jake Schubert Assistant football Drew Sikkink–offensive line Athletic training education John Roslien Golf - Men’s Mel Blasi program director Assistant golf Tom Linton Strength and conditioning Kyle Johnson Golf - Women’s Tim Wilkinson coordinator Soccer - Men’s Garry Laidlaw Assistant strength and conditioning Charles Friday Assistant soccer Will Foskett Co-director of intramurals Amy Trageser Assistant soccer Greg Walter Co-director of intramurals Tyler Willis Assistant soccer Zach Jensen Sports information director Larry Happel Soccer - Women’s Mike Kobylinski Assistant sports information director Joe Flaherty Assistant soccer Russ Goodman Assistant soccer Kayla Sunvold FACULTY ATHLETIC COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES Softball George Wares Dr. Andrew Green, associate professor of political science Associate softball Alicia O’Brien Dr. Lori Witt, associate professor of history Assistant softball Keith Jones John Roslien, associate professor of exercise science Assistant softball John Edwards Tennis - Men’s/women’s Ryun Ferrell COACHING STAFF Assistant tennis Trevor Budewitz Baseball Matt Schirm Assistant tennis Laura Bade Assistant baseball Logan Emendorfer Track and field - Men’s/women’s Brandon Sturman Assistant baseball Eric Van Wyngarden Associate track and field Joe Dunham Assistant baseball Tyler Willis Associate track and field Jim Fuller Assistant baseball Adam Carey Assistant track and field Brenda Fuller Assistant baseball Michael Reuter Assistant track and field Tyler Schiferl Assistant baseball Nick Worcester Assistant track and field Allan Walz Assistant baseball Jaime Dunsbergen Volleyball Jeanne Czipri Basketball - Men’s Craig Douma Assistant volleyball Amy Trageser Assistant basketball Obinna Agomo Assistant volleyball Molly Steffens Assistant basketball Kent Henderson Assistant volleyball Andrea Vignovich Assistant basketball Jamel McKnight Assistant volleyball Cyndi Boertje Basketball - Women’s Joe Steinkamp Wrestling Eric Van Kley Assistant basketball Amy Briggs Assistant wrestling Daniel Page Assistant basketball Austin Hellbusch Assistant wrestling Matt Diehl Cross country - Men’s/women’s Joe Dunham Assistant wrestling Cody Steele Assistant cross country Brandon Sturman II HEAD COACH DIRECTORY (All phone numbers are 641 area code) Name Sport Email Office phone Blasi, Mel Men’s golf [email protected] 628-7694 Czipri, Jeanne Volleyball [email protected] 628-5139 Douma, Craig Men’s basketball [email protected] 628-5225 Dunham, Joe Men’s and women’s cross country [email protected] 628-7603 Kobylinski, Mike Women’s soccer [email protected] 628-5224 Laidlaw, Garry Men’s soccer [email protected] 628-5789 McMartin, Jeff Football [email protected] 628-7609 Schirm, Matt Baseball [email protected] 628-5396 Steinkamp, Joe Women’s basketball [email protected] 628-7652 Sturman, Brandon Men’s and women’s track and field [email protected] 628-5591 Ferrell, Ryun Men’s and women’s tennis [email protected] 628-5194 Van Kley, Eric Athletics director, wrestling [email protected] 628-5422 Wares, George Softball [email protected] 628-5195 Wilkinson, Tim Women’s golf [email protected] 628-5439 Fax number Athletics department (641) 628-5356 Press box numbers Ron and Joyce Schipper Stadium (641) 628-5288 A.N. Kuyper Athletics Complex softball press box (641) 628-5222 III Baseball 2019 schedule Date Opponent Location Time Feb. 29 Robert Morris - Peoria (Ill.) Jacksonville, Ill. TBA Rockford (Ill.) Jacksonville, Ill. TBA March 1 Robert Morris - Peoria (Ill.) Jacksonville, Ill. TBA Rockford (Ill.) Jacksonville, Ill. TBA March 7 +MacMurray (Ill.) Jacksonville, Ill. 1 p.m. March 8 MacMurray (Ill.) Jacksonville, Ill. 1 p.m. March 14 #Keuka (N.Y.) Winter Haven, Fla. Noon March 15 #Wis.-Superior Auburndale, Fla. 2:30 p.m. March 16 #Amherst (Mass.) Auburndale, Fla. 2:45 p.m. March 20 *Coe Auburndale, Fla. 6 p.m. March 21 *+Coe Winter Haven, Fla. 3 p.m. March 27 *Wartburg Waverly 6 p.m. March 28 *+Wartburg Waverly 1 p.m. March 31 *+Loras Dubuque 3:30 p.m. April 4 +Bethany Lutheran (Minn.) Mankato, Minn. 2 p.m. April 7 *Loras Pella 3 p.m. April 10 *Dubuque Dubuque 3 p.m. April 11 *Dubuque Dubuque 1 p.m. April 14 *Simpson Indianola 6 p.m. April 17 *Luther Pella 3 p.m. April 18 *+Luther Pella 1 p.m. April 21 *+Simpson Pella 1 p.m. April 24 *Buena Vista Storm Lake 6 p.m. April 25 *+Buena Vista Storm Lake 1 p.m. May 1 *Nebraska Wesleyan Pella 3 p.m. May 2 *+Nebraska Wesleyan Pella 1 p.m. May 7-9 American Rivers tourn. Cedar Rapids TBD *American Rivers Conference +doubleheader #RussMatt Central Florida Invitational All start times are local BASEBALL QUICK FACTS 2019 overall record: 24-16 2019 American Rivers Conference finish: fifth (11-13) 2019 American Rivers Conference tournament finish: Fifth - L, 3-2 vs. #4 Dubuque (consolation) Starting pitchers returning: 3 (Zach Edwards, Nick Long, Tyler Steward) Starting pitchers lost: 2 (Adam Carey, Tanner Wood) Position starters returning: 3 (Trevor Kimm-C, Ben Wallace-3B, Joe Rebik-LF) Position starters lost: 5 (Ryan Bouwman-1B, Coy Moore-CF, Chris Riddle-2B, Garrett Saunders-SS, Tanner Wood-RF) Letterwinners lost/returning: 6/14 Returning all-conference players: 0 Captains: Conference championships (most recent): 5 (2012) All-Americans: 2 All-time record: 955-1,118-6 2 Baseball Matt Schirm Head coach Matt Schirm was named head coach of the Central baseball team prior to the 2015 season. Schirm piloted the Dutch to three conference tournament berths in his first five seasons and has had five players earn Division III all-region honors. He’s compiled a 92-112 record, including 43 wins in confernece games. He previously served as the top assistant at Wartburg College from 2011-14. He was the hitting coach for a team that lead the conference in hitting in two of his three seasons and won the 2013 conference regular season and tournament championships. A Coe College graduate, Schirm received all-Iowa Conference honors and served as team captain in 2001. He also played baseball in Nicaragua and El Salvador with Athletes in Action in 1999. From 2001-03, Schirm served as pitching coach at University of the Cumberlands