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Quick Facts / Table of Contents Radio Roster ......................... IFC & IBC MURRAY STATE QUICK FACTS MSU Quick Facts ................................ 1 MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY Email: [email protected] This Is Murray State University ........ 2-3 Location: Murray, Kentucky Coordinator: David B. Snow Weaver Academic Center ...................4 (population 14,950) Alma Mater: Murray State, ’92 2006 Murray State Roster .................. 5 Founded: 1922 Phone Number: 270-809-3351 2006 Season Preview ...................... 6-7 Enrollment: 10,150 Email: [email protected] Colors: Navy & Gold Mailing/Overnight Address: Preseason OVC Poll ........................... 7 Soccer Nickname: Racers MSU Sports Information Department Beth Acreman, Head Coach ...............8 (not “Lady Racers”) 217 Roy Stewart Stadium Edwin Nyamwala, Assistant Coach .... 9 Conference: Ohio Valley Conference Murray, KY 42071-3351 Theresa Reedy, Assistant Coach ....... 9 President: Dr. Tim Miller (Interim) Athletics Web Site: www.goracers.com Justin Cecil, Strength & Conditioning .... 9 Dr. Randy Dunn (Begins Dec. 1) OVC Web Site: www.ovcsports.com Alan Lollar, Head Athletic Trainer ....... 9 Director of Athletics: Allen Ward Cutchin Field Press Row: 270-293-0566 SWA: Velvet Milkman 2006 Murray State Racers Athletics Department: 270-809-6800 THE 2006 RACERS Blessinger, Bennett & Dewitt ............ 10 Athletics Dept. Fax: 270-809-6814 Players Returning/Lost: 22/14 Carlile & Clay .....................................11 Soccer Facility: Cutchin Field Returning: Liz Bennett, Lauren Curry & Eby ...................................... 12 (Capacity: 1,000) Blessinger, Kara Carlile, Rebekah Clay, Fortier, Falls & Latimer ..................... 13 Melisa Curry, Jane Dewitt, Tara Eby, Granger & Jones .............................. 14 SOCCER COACHING STAFF Lauren Falls, Annie Fortier, Lauren Jones & Llewellyn .............................15 Head Coach: Beth Acreman Granger, Heather Jones, Kayla Jones, Alma Mater: Barton College, ’99 Lacey Latimer, Krista Llewellyn, Jen Meyer & Nowak ................................ 16 Phone Number: 270-809-3136 Nowak, Laura Oppegard, Jen Peios, Oppegard & Peios ............................. 17 Email: [email protected] Jaclyn Ramage, Kellyn Robison, Sara Ramage, Struve & Whitehead ..........18 Record at MSU: 0-0-0 (1st Year) Struve, Leslie Whitehead, Molly Wolfe Robison & Wolfe ...............................19 Career Record: 0-0-0 (1st Year) Lost: Holli Cato, Lisa Pfeiffer, Jessica Assistant Coach: Edwin Nyamwala Fioranelli, Jenna Kirkpatrick, Val Milligan, 2006 Opponents ..........................20-21 Phone Number: 270-809-3136 Lauren Clemson, Kiley Price, Courtney 2006 Opponents’ SID Information .... 21 Email: [email protected] Buchanan, Mary Rybicki, Jenna Milward, 2005 Season In Review .................... 22 Christie Arnett, Anna Fulkerson, Mau- 2005 Results & Statistics ..................23 MSU SOCCER HISTORY reen McReynolds, Courtney Voelz 2005 OVC Standings & Statistics .....24 First Varsity Season: 2000 Starters Returning/Lost: 8/3 The Ohio Valley Conference ........ 25-26 Overall Record: 47-58-12 (6 seasons) Returning: Rebekah Clay, Melisa MSU vs All Opponents....................... 26 OVC Regular-Season: 18-19-4 Curry, Heather Jones, Krista Llewellyn, OVC Soccer History ......................... 27 OVC Tournament: 3-3-1 (4 appearances) Jen Nowack, Laura Oppegard, Jen MSU Individual & Team Records ......28 Peios, Sara Struve MSU Individual Honors .....................29 MEDIA RELATIONS Lost: Lisa Pfeiffer, Jessica Fioranelli, Assistant AD Media Relations Courtney Buchanan MSU 2005-06 Academic Highlights ..29 (Soccer Contact) Newcomers: Katrina Meyer Year-By-Year Results ....................... 30 Dave Winder Cutchin Field Records ....................... 31 Alma Mater: Murray State, ‘87 THE 2005 SEASON Director of Athletics............................ 32 Phone Number: 270-809-4271 Overall Record: 8-11-1 Athletics Administration ..................... 33 Email: [email protected] OVC Record: 4-3-1 (3rd of 9 teams) University Administration ................... 34 Sports Information Home Record: 5-4-1 Athletics Staff & Head Coaches ....... 35 Assistant: Kevin Britton Away Record: 3-4-0 Media Information .............................36 Alma Mater: Eastern Kentucky, ‘00 Neutral Record: 0-3-0 Phone Number: 270-809-7044 CREDITS The 2006 Murray State Racer Soccer Media Guide was written by Dave Winder and designed by Kevin Britton. Photographs by Dave Winder, Cindi Cripps and Daniell Williams. Publication produc- tion and printing by MSU Publications and Printing Services. Covers designed by Linda Pierce. ON THE COVER Cutchin Field is the home of Murray State Soccer. The Racers also celebrated a goal from 2005. www.goracers.com 1 This Is ... urray State University Mis home to 10,000 stu- dents. They come from near by, from through out the nation and from around the world. From thousands of uni ver - si ties, students choose Mur ray State Uni ver si ty because of its ac a dem ic reputation. Along with exceptional teachers, they get Murray State’s per son al ap- proach to living and learning. Long considered one of the best-kept secrets in higher ed u - ca tion, the word is starting to get out about the ex cel lence of Murray State University. Stu- dents don’t just pick Murray State—they’re drawn to it. World-Wide Recognition Murray State’s highly-respected liberal arts cur ric u lum is When U.S. News and World Report released its recent built on a core of cours es called Uni ver si ty Stud ies. Uni- Best Values ranking, Murray State was sixth among the ver si ty Studies is de signed to ed u cate each stu dent broadly South’s 123 regional uni ver si ties. Murray State, which is in the various areas of human knowl edge: the arts, the considered “one of the South’s best values” was Ken tucky’s hu man i ties, the natural sciences and the social sciences. only state uni ver si ty to earn rec og ni tion in each of the three Equal ly im por tant, the cur ric u lum helps students de vel op com pet i tive cat e go ries. com mu ni ca tion skills vital to be com ing a re spon si ble cit i zen According to U.S. News, val ue rankings were devised to and a lifelong learner. pro vide a realistic measure of where students can get the The Campus best ed u ca tion for their money. The “best val ues” are cal- Since its founding in 1922, Murray State has gained a rep u - culated in relation to a school’s dis count ed price (tu ition plus ta tion of having one of the most beautiful campuses in the room, board, fees, books and estimated per son al ex pens es, country. That rep u ta tion is based on the well-kept, tree-fi lled minus the av er age on need-based grants). When U.S. News 200 acres which is the site of Murray State University. selects its “best values” it only con sid ers those institutions Adding to the natural, scenic beauty of the cam pus are the with a “top-tier” aca dem ic rank ing in America’s Best Col- many well-maintained and aesthetically-pleasing buildings. leges. Over the years, MSU has kept its Students looking to get their money’s worth fi nd the value historical look despite dozens of rankings very helpful, and in the end they’ll dis cov er that ad di tions. Murray State Uni ver si ty is an excellent buy. Currently, the university has High Academic Standards three major building projects Murray State is certifi ed by national and regional ac cred i- un der way and several others ta tion agen cies, which means MSU meets rigid standards. on the drawing board. Most As one of the best public, liberal arts universities has notably, the uni ver si ty just com- at tract ed stu dents of high academic standing. In fact, pleted a project which included entering MSU students have the highest ACT average of an im pres sive entrance to the all Kentucky regional campuses. They are ac cus tomed to campus and a fence reminiscent challenges and they are not disappointed. of the ones which encircle the many thoroughbred horse farms Murray State’s Six Colleges which Ken tucky is known for. Residential Colleges • College of Business and Public Affairs Through the newly created • College of Education Residential Colleges, Murray • College of Health Sciences and Human Servicesu State offers students a way of collegiate life that leads to • College of Humanities and Fine Arts individual and team suc cess. In 1998, MSU decided to • College of Science, Engineering and Technology trans form its housing com plex (dor mi to ries) into separate • School of Agriculture col leg es where stu dents who share the same ma jors or 2 2006 Murray State University Soccer ... Murray State University ed u ca tion al pursuits share the en tire col le giate experience. of NCAA Di vi sion I and the Ohio Valley Con fer ence in its In es sence, Mur ray State not only made a trans for ma tion, it 18-team pro gram. sep a rat ed itself from other high er ed u ca tion in sti tu tions. Murray State is committed to athlet ic excellence, which From the mo ment stu dents en roll at Murray State, they is ev i dent by its 96 OVC championships in the 54 years that be come a part of their own resi den tial college within the the Rac ers have been competing in the league. uni ver si ty. It means be long ing. It means each col lege will One of the greatest benefi ts of Rac er ath let ics to Murray have its own gov ern ment, its own ath let ic teams, its own State is the at ten tion and acclaim which it brings to the fac ul ty ombudsperson and its own tra di tions. uni ver si ty. The Murray State basket ball team has achieved When the Chronicle of High er Ed u ca tion featured MSU’s extensive no to ri ety by com pet ing in the NCAA Tour na ment im proved style of educ ation, it wrote of “a sense of col lege in most years.