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Central Washington University ScholarWorks@CWU Media Guides and Press Books CWU Athletics Collections 1-1-1997 1997 Central Washington University Basketball Media Guide Central Washington University Athletics Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/cwu_athletics_media_guides Recommended Citation Central Washington University Athletics, "1997 Central Washington University Basketball Media Guide" (1997). Media Guides and Press Books. Book 87. http://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/cwu_athletics_media_guides/87 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the CWU Athletics Collections at ScholarWorks@CWU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Media Guides and Press Books by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@CWU. 1996-97 CWU HOOP SCHEDULE BASKETBALL NOVEMBER SITE TIME 16 Seattle Pacific Seattle 7:30 MEDIA 23 Seattle Pacific Ellensburg 7:00 26 Lewis-Clark State Ellensb1.1rg 8:00 GUIDE 29 Mankata State Seattle 5:30 30 Humboldt State Seattle 5:30 \ . 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DECEMBER SITE TIME 3 Gonzaga Spokane 7:00 4 Whitworth Spokane 7:00 13 Southern Oregon La Grande 9:00 14 EOSC Invitational La Grande 7/9 18 Lewis-Clark State Lewiston 7:00 JANUARY SITE TIME 4 Victoria Vancouver, BC 5:30 5 British Columbia Vancouver, BC 2:00 9 *Simon Fraser Ellensburg 7:00 11 . ~ Lewj s - Clark State Lewiston 8:00 16 BYU -Hawaii Laie, HI 9:30 18 Hawaii Pacific Honolulu, HI 9:30 23 *Simon Fraser Burnaby, BC 7:00 25 *St. Martin's Lacey 7:00- 30 *Seattle Elfensburg 7:.00 FEBRUARY SITE TIME 1 *Lewis-Clark State Ellensburg 7:00 6 *St. Martin's Ellensburg 8:00 8 *Western Washington Bellingham 7:00 13 Hawaii Pacific Ellensburg 7:00 15 BYU-Hawaii Ellensburg 7:00 22 *Seattle Seattle 7:00 MARCH SITE .TIME 1 *Western Washington Ellensburg 7:00 · PNWAC Pl~yoffs : March 5, 8, 12 NAIA Nationals: March 18-24 (at Tulsa, Okla.) *Pacific Northwest Athletic Conference game 1996-97 BASKETBALL ROSTERS CWU ATHLETIC STAFF l\len's Varsity ATHLETIC OFFICE ... .. ..................................... ................ 509-963-1914 No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Exp Hometown ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF OFFICE HOME - 10 Todd Nealey G 6-0 Sr. TR Lacrosse (Big Bend - NW College) Gary Frederick/Athletic Director ......... ......................... 963-1904 ......... 925-4027 13 Brian Reed F 6-3 Jr. JC Zillah (Yakima Valley) Bonnie Petersen/Secretary ................ .. .. .......... ... ... ...... 963-2021 ......... 968-3328 20 Phil Deutsch G 6-2 Sr. SQ Tacoma (Mt. Tahoma : Tacoma CC) Paula Romeo/Secretary ........... .. ........ ................. ....... 963-1681 ......... 925-2752 22 . Ryan Behbahani G 5-7 So. HS Juneau, AK (Douglas) Gary Smith/Athletic Trainer .. ......................... ... ............ 963-1938 .. ..... .. 925-3887 23 Grady Fallon F 6-3 Jr. 2V Toledo Bob Guptill/Sports Information Director .. ..................... 963-1485 ......... 962-2575 25 Tyce Nasinec F 6-4 So. lV Puyallup (Rogers) 30 · Aaron Kennedy G 6-1 So. JC Tacoma (Curtis - Green River CC) BASKETBALL Greg Sparling/Men's Head Coach .... ... ........................ 963-1926 ......... 925-4930 32 Eric Davis G 6-1 Jr. JC Ephrata (Walla Walla CC) Nancy Katzer/Women's Head Coach .. ... ... ....... ....... .. .. 963-1934 ....... .-. 925-1431 33 Rem Sackmann F · 6 ~5 So. JC Longview (Centralia CC) 40 Chris Mosley e 6-3 Sr. TR Puyallup (Tacoma CC - Whitman) OTHER SPORTS -42 Willie Thomas F 6-5 Sr. lV Los Angeles, CA (Locke - BCC) Jeff Zenisek/Football .............. .......... .. ....... .. .. .... .. ........ 963-1910 ......... 925-1663 44 Paul Fraker F "6-3 Jr. JC Forks (Centralia CC)_ · Larry Foster/Men's & Women's Soccer ....... .. .. ............ 963-1939 ......... 962-5878 Mario Andaya/Volleyball .. .. .... ... ... .. .. ... .. .. ... .. .. ... .. .. .. .. 963-1983 ... ...... 962-4287 Head Coach - Greg Sparling, Central Washington '93 (2nd year, 17-16). Assis- Kevin Adkisson/Cross Country ... ............. ................... 963-121 O ......... 962-1338 tant - Mike Burns, Mike Smith, Rex Stanley. Chad Youngquist/Swimming ..................................... ... 963-301 O ......... 962-5417 Kevin Pine/Wrestling .. .................................... ... .......... 963-1907 ......... 962-4915 Desi Storey/Baseball ................ .. ............. .. .. .... ........... 963-3018 ......... 968-3533 Women's Varsity Gary Frederick/Women's Softball ....... ... .. ............. .. ..... 963-1904 ......... 925-4027 John Picha/Track & Field ......................................... .... 963-1946 .. ..... .. 925-9176 No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Exp. Hometown (School) ADDITIONAL NUMBERS: Pool - 963-1851 . Football Meeting Room - 963- 11 Carrie Gosselin G 5-9 Sr. IV Toutle Lake (Lower Columbia) 1946. Training Room - 963-3887. Equipment Room - 963-1942. Fax (Athlet 15 Wendy Roberts F 5-11 Jr. JC. Redmond ics) - 963-2390. Fax (SID) 963-2351 . 21 Yalerie Young G 5-5 Fr. HS White Swan 23 Becky Newman G 5-7 Jr. JC Tacoma (Franklin Pierce) Athletic department offices are in Nicholson Pavilion and the SID office is· in 401 25 Becki Matzen G 5-7 Fr. HS Oak Harbor Barge Hall. On The Cover: CWU standout Willie Thomas. (Photo courtesy of 31 Tracy King F 5-9 Sr. TR Mal:it~n (Bicklet~n - Pierce CC) Yakima Herald-Republic). 33 Jill Willis F 5-6 Jr. JC Kennewick (Kamiakin - CBC) TABLE OF CONTENTS 35 Tiffany Rutter F 5-10 Sr. 2V Federal Way- 1996-97 Rosters Inside Front The Record Book 27-28 41 Molly Mickle c 6-3 So. IV Yakima (Eisenhower) Athletic Staff 1 Season Leaders 29-30 45 Ann Marie &!burg F 5-8 Fr. HS Spokane (Mead) CWU Coaching Staff 2-4 Career Leaders 31-32 51 Rachel Martin G 5-8 So. JV Seattle (Nathan Hale) Trainer 5 Outstanding Games 33-34 55 Jodi Coker c 6-2 Sr. IV Bremerton (C. Kitsap - Olympic) Athletic Director 6 All-Time Scores 35-46 Player Profiles 7-12 Year-by-Year Records 47-48 Head Coach - Nancy Katzer, Central Washington ' 90 (4th year, 17-58). Assis- PNWAC Opponents 13-17 All-Time vs. Opponents 48-49 1995-96 Statistics 18 tant- Jeff Whitney. Award Winners/All-Stars 50-51 PNWAC Review 19-20 University President 52 Conference History 21-22 Winter Schedules Inside Back The Past 23-26 Men's Basketball Schedule Back 1 MICHAEL BURNS CWU COACHING STAFF Assistant Coach (1st Year) GREG SPARLING Head Coach (2nd Year, 17-16) Michael Burns, a 1980 graduate of Tyee High School, will serve as an assistant coach this winter while he works on a degree in education. Greg Sparling, a two-time Most Inspirational award winner (1989-90 & 1990- Burns, 34, served as the co-head coach at Tyee last 91 ), begins his second full-season as head coach at his alma mater this winter. He season leading his alma mater to a record of 7-11 . They served as the interim coach last year before being given had won only four games in their previous three years. the position on a permanent basis following an extensive Prior to taking over the Tyee program, Burns was an as nation-wide search. Sparling previously was an assistant to Gil Coleman sistant at Highline Community College in Des Moines for three years. for three seasons. A 1993 graduate of CWU in art with a minor in art history, he also served as CWU 's interim head Burns attended Idaho State after graduating from Tyee where he earned three letters in basketball and also competed in track and field. coach in the spring and summer of 1994 while Coleman was undergoing a bone marrow transplant in Seattle. He then worked in the field of concert promotion for several years before decid He then replaced Coleman after Gil became ill in Feb ing to return to school to get back into the coaching field. ruary, 1995 and guided the Wildcats to a 6-4 record, in Misc: Born 5-14-62 at Tacoma. Single. cluding a 2-1 mark after being officially named the interim coach upon the death of Coleman on Mar. 6. MIKE SMITH Under Sparling, the Wildcats posted a 15-15 record last . Assistant Coach {2nd Year) season, reaching the semifinal round of the Pacific Northwest Athletic Conference playoffs where they lost to regular-season champion Seattle University. Mike Smith, a 1985 graduate of Ellensburg High School, The CWU head mentor coached the Wildcats' junior varsity in 1991-92. He rejoins the Wildcat coaching staff this season after a three also previously coached the eighth grade at Morgan Middle School in Ellensburg. year absence. He is also pursuing a fitness and sports Sparling, CWU's co-captain in 1990-91 , averaged 9.0 points and 5.7 rebounds management degree at CWU. in his senior season. He also blocked 26 shots and was one of the team's top Smith, 31 , coached Central Washington University's three-point shooters, converting on 36 percent (18 of 50). junior varsity during the 1993 season, leading the Wildcat He averaged 2.2 points and 2.3 rebounds in his junior season. JVs to a record of 14-12. For the past two seasons he has Sparling played two seasons at Highline Community College after graduating been an assistant at Thorp High School. He previously from Juanita High School in Kirkland before transferring to Central. also served as an assist at the College of the Siskiyous. At Juanita, where he played under Coleman, Sparling earned th ree letters in Smith, a native of Honolulu, Hawaii, was a basketball and track-and-field standout basketball and won second team all-league honors. He was the team captain and at Ellensburg, winning team captain and MVP honors in track. Most Improved award winner in his senior season. He then competed in basketball and track at the College of the Siskiyous and in At Highline, he was a NWMCC all-star in his sophomore campaign and was track at CWU. twice the team captain. He was also the Inspirational award winner in his sopho Misc: Born 11-14-65. Also attended Chico State. Married. Wife's name is more season. Raquel. Is son of long-time CWU trainer Gary Smith. Misc: Born 6-4-68 at Seattle.