2012 CATAWBA COLLEGE FOOTBALL GUIDE THIS IS CATAWBA COLLEGE CONTENTS atawba College was founded in CNewton, North Carolina in 1851 by Catawba Athletic Administration . 1 the German Reformed Church. In 1890, Catawba became a coeducational institu - Head Coach Chip Hester . 2 tion, with the first woman graduate com - Assistant Coaches . 3-4 pleting her studies in 1893. Officials Player Profiles . 5-15 closed the Newton campus in 1923 and All-Americans and Pro Players . 17 moved to its present location in Salisbury, re-opening in 1925. In 1957, the Chiefs Club . 18 Evangelical and Reformed Church merged Shuford Stadium . .19 to form the United Church of Christ, with 2012 Veteran Roster . 20 which the College maintains affiliation. countries attend Catawba. The student body Catawba seeks to serve the Salisbury- is evenly divided among men and women. 2012 Newcomer Roster . 21 Rowan County community through its pro - Indians’ 2011 Statistics . 22-23 MAJORS OFFERED grams and services. The Roberston College- 2011 Year in Review . 24-29 Community Center, a facility built as a joint Bachelor of Arts venture with the community over 35 years Biology Record Vs. All Opponents . 30 ago, houses the Shuford School of Performing Chemistry Year-By-Year Scores . 31-33 Arts and showcases musical and theatre pro - Chemistry Education Individual Records . 33-34 ductions from the college and the communi - Communication Arts Team Records . 35 ty. Similarly, the college’s athletic facilities Comprehensive Science Education Career Leaders . 36 have been enhanced be the local community Education and are available to the local residents as well English Top Individual Seasons . Inside Back Cover as the students. Environmental Studies In the more than 75 years since Catawba opened its doors in the Salisbury community, French it has built a tradition of successful graduates History who continue to honor the College by their Mathematics 2012 SCHEDULE achievements and enable it through their sup - Music DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME port to strengthen with each entering class. Political Science These graduates include physicians, attorneys, Psychology Sept. 1 at West Liberty West Liberty,WV 1:00 teachers and college professors, corporate Religion & Philosophy SEPT. 8 LIVINGSTONE SALISBURY 7:00 executives, actors and musicians, social work - Sociology ers and others who contribute to our society Spanish Sept. 15 at Newberry* Newberry,SC 6:30 in a variety of ways. Theatre Arts SEPT. 22 TUSCULUM* SALISBURY 7:00 From one building, three-quarters of a century ago in Salisbury, Catawba College Bachelor of Fine Arts Sept. 29 at UNC Pembroke Pembroke,NC 6:00 Musical Theatre today has grown to a campus of 27 buildings OCT. 6 CARSON-NEWMAN* SALISBURY 1:30 on 276 acres, with 189 acres devoted to an Theatre Arts Oct. 13 at Mars Hill* Mars Hill,NC 1:30 outstanding ecological preserve. Almost all of Bachelor of Science the buildings on campus have undergone ren - Athletic Training Oct. 20 at Wingate* Wingate,NC 1:30 ovations in the recent past and two new Biology OCT. 27 N. GREENVILLE (HC) SALISBURY 1:30 buildings, the Business Administration Catawba College Chemistry NOV. 3 BREVARD* SALISBURY 1:30 Center for the Environmental Studies Environment and the Information Systems Nov. 10 at Lenoir-Rhyne* Hickory,NC 2:00 Catawba Sports Mathematics Center are now com - Medical Technology BOLD CAPS DENOTE HOME GAMES pleted. Over 1,300 Physical Education * Denotes South Atlantic Conference games students representing Recreation (FW) Denotes Family Weekend over 25 states and Theatre Arts Administration (HC) Denotes Homecoming Weekend several foreign Therapeutic Recreation CREDITS CONTACT INFORMATION HEAD COACH: Chip Hester (11th year, 66-42) This football yearbook is a publication of the ASSISTANT COACHES: John Fitz, D.J. Summers, Khanis Hubbard, Todd McComb, Bob Lancaster, Catawba College Sports Information Office. Radell Lockhart, Brian Hinson, Lyle Nabor, Corey Ready, Tom Appenzeller, Charles Morman. EDITOR: Jim Lewis, Director of Sports Information FOOTBALL OFFICE TELEPHONES: (704-637-4558, 637-4479, 637-4454) ATHLETIC DIRECTOR: WRITTEN BY: Jim Lewis Dennis Davidson (704-637-4474) SPORTS INFORMATION: Jim Lewis (704-637-4720) PHOTOGRAPHY: Chuck Williams, Jim Lewis, TICKET INFORMATON: Peggy Mason (704-637-4474) James Sipes, Curtis Fowler and STADIUM: Shuford Stadium (4,000) David McDowell. COLORS: Blue and White Administration BRIEN LEWIS DENNIS DAVIDSON President Athletic Director Brien Lewis became the Dennis Davidson has been director of athletics since President of Catawba College in May of 1996. He came to Catawba College in July 1984 as April 2012. He comes to Catawba director of public information and moved totally into after serving as Vice President for sports information one year later. University Development and In 1991, Davidson was promoted to assistant to the Alumni Relations at Winthrop athletic director, and in 1993, he was promoted to assis - University in Rock Hill, SC. Lewis tant athletic director for game operations, in addition to the sports information duties. and his wife Laura are parents of Davidson oversees the entire athletic program at Catawba. He has also been two teenage children, Josh and responsible for securing athletic advertising and sponsorships and has had significant Anna Louise. roles in Catawba’s Sports Hall of Fame inductions, the South Atlantic Conference Lewis joined the administra - Spring Sports Festival and the year-end athletic ceremony. He is a member of the tion of Winthrop University in National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) and is a member of 1999 as Executive Assistant to the President and Secretary to the Board of the regional advisory committee for NCAA Division II football. Davidson is the imme - Trustees. He also served as the founding Dean of Winthrop’s University diate past chairman of the South Atlantic Conference Athletics Directors Council and College between 2003 and 2007 and taught, as an Assistant Professor and is currently the SAC AD liaison for baseball. He has also served in that capacity for then as an Associate Professor of Business Administration. women’s volleyball, women’s basketball and athletic training. Before his time at Winthrop, Lewis, who earned his law degree from the Davidson was also highly involved in the planning of the Hayes Field House and University of Toronto, was a practicing attorney with Wishart, Norris, Shuford Stadium reconstruction. He also directed the highly popular Sam Moir Henninger & Pittman of Burlington between 1994 and 1999. From 1998 Christmas Basketball Classic (1996-2011). until 1999, he was a Certified Superior Court Mediator for the same firm. A former member of the College Sports Information Directors of America A Morehead Scholar at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, (CoSIDA), Davidson was chairman of the NAIA District 26 SIDs and the Carolinas Lewis received a full academic scholarship based on academic achievement, Conference Awards Committee for three years (1986-89). He was voted by his peers leadership and moral force of character. Between 1989 and 1990, he was as District 26 SID of the Year for 1987-88 and 1992-93. UNC Chapel Hill's Student Body President, elected by a student body of Born in Statesville, but reared in Salisbury, Davidson graduated in 1977 from West 23,000. As a Canadian, he was the first international student to hold that Rowan High School, where he was a four-year letterman in baseball, earning All-North office. Piedmont Conference honors as a senior. Lewis is currently leading the campus through a strategic planning Davidson earned a bachelor’s degree in English at Catawba in 1981, working as a process that will assess issues ranging from a campus master plan for facili - part-time writer at The Salisbury Post during his college years. He actually began at ties to student success initiatives to marketing and branding of the institu - The Post as a 16-year-old sportswriter in 1975. tion. He says he is inspired and energized by Catawba’s core values as embla - A member of Milford Hills United Methodist Church, Davidson is president of the zoned on the college seal – scholarship, character, culture and service – and Westside Pool Association. He is also a member of the Windmill Ridge Property by the college’s mission to “prepare students to reach their full potential.” Owners Board of Directors. Davidson resides in Salisbury with his wife, Toni, a registered nurse at Lexington Memorial Hospital. They have three daughters, Bethany (23), a Catawba graduate, Katie (20), a junior at Catawba, and Carrie (15). Athletic Training BOB CASMUS, M.S., ATC Taipei, Taiwan in July of 1994. Casmus served as a test site administrator for the BOC and is currently Athletic Training on the Board of Certification's examination development committee. He served two terms as the District III Representative to the NATA Public Relations Robert J. Casmus is in his 23rd year as head Committee from 1998-2005. From 2005-2011, Casmus served on the Board of athletic trainer at Catawba College. He over - Directors for the NATA Research and Education Foundation. He served on the sees all athletic health care services and the NATA College & University Athletic Trainers Committee from 2007-2011. athletic drug testing and education pro - At the NATA National Convention in June 2005, Casmus received the Athletic gram. Training Service Award and the 2010 Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer Award A native of Sinking Spring, PA, Casmus from the NATA. He is also a recipient of the 2005 Dan Libera Service Award from earned a bachelor's degree in health educa - the Board of Certification and was named the North Carolina College & University tion from Temple University in 1983 and a Athletic Trainer of the Year in 2003 and in 2008. In 2007, he was named the NCAA Master’s in Athletic Training from the Division 2 College and University Athletic Trainer of the Year by the NATA.