CENTRAL COLLEGE MEDIA GUIDE Founded —1853 Enrollment — 1,200 Affiliation — Reformed Church in America President — Dr
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2019 MEN’S TENNIS 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 Assistant football Ryan Maiuri–offensive Athletics director Eric Van Kley coordinator/quarterbacks Senior associate athletics director/ Alicia O’Brien Assistant football Seth Marburger–defensive line senior woman administrator Assistant football Austin Mercer--cornerbacks Associate athletics director for Mona Roozeboom Assistant football Nick Mulder–defensive business affairs coordinator/defensive line Assistant athletics director for Tim Wilkinson Assistant football Matt Paulsen–safeties event management Assistant football Kyle Pepper-tight ends Grounds/utilities/fleet Duane Houser Assistant football Jeff Sanger–inside linebackers coordinator Assistant football Austen Schueler–special teams Building and grounds manager Wes Veenstra coordinator/outside linebackers Athletics office manager Jeffy Schuring Assistant football Drew Sikkink–offensive line Equipment manager Peter Greteman Golf - Men’s Mel Blasi Head athletic trainer Frank Neu Assistant golf Tom Linton Assistant athletic trainer Shelli Green Golf - Women’s Tim Wilkinson Assistant athletic trainer Erica Guinane Soccer - Men’s Garry Laidlaw Assistant athletic trainer Matt Guinane Assistant soccer Will Foskett Assistant athletic trainer Jake Schubert Assistant soccer Greg Walter Athletic training education John Roslien Assistant soccer Zach Jensen program director Soccer - Women’s Mike Kobylinski Strength and conditioning Kyle Johnson Assistant soccer Russ Goodman coordinator Assistant soccer Kelsey Roxworthy Assistant strength and conditioning Charles Friday Softball George Wares Co-director of intramurals Amy Trageser Associate softball Alicia O’Brien Co-director of intramurals Bob Kuennen Assistant softball Gary Grimes Sports information director Larry Happel Assistant softball Keith Jones Assistant sports information director Joe Flaherty Assistant softball Marcy Roff Assistant softball John Edwards FACULTY ATHLETIC COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES Tennis - Men’s/women’s Ryun Ferrell Dr. Andrew Green, associate professor of political science Assistant tennis Peter Greteman Dr. Lori Witt, associate professor of history Track and field - Men’s/women’s Brandon Sturman John Roslien, associate professor of exercise science Associate track and field Joe Dunham Associate track and field Jim Fuller COACHING STAFF Assistant track and field Brenda Fuller Baseball Matt Schirm Assistant track and field Tyler Schiferl Assistant baseball Logan Emendorfer Assistant track and field Allan Walz Assistant baseball Eric Van Wyngarden Volleyball Jeanne Czipri Assistant baseball Tyler Willis Assistant volleyball Amy Trageser Basketball - Men’s Craig Douma Assistant volleyball Libby Foster Assistant basketball Obinna Agomo Assistant volleyball Molly Steffens Assistant basketball Kent Henderson Assistant volleyball Tara Kohlhaas 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 Bob Kuennen Assistant cross country Brandon Sturman Football Jeff McMartin Assistant football Jeff Bollard--running backs Assistant football Logan Emendorfer--wide receivers Assistant football Eric Jones–offensive line 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 Men’s tennis 2019 schedule Date Opponent Location Time Jan. 26 Bethel (Minn.) Rochester, Minn. 5 p.m Feb. 2 Grinnell Grinnell Noon Illinois Tech Grinnell 3 p.m. Feb. 9 Concordia (Neb.) Des Moines 5 p.m. Feb. 16 St. Ambrose Pella 3 p.m. Feb. 23 Purdue-Northwest (Ind.) Pella 9 a.m. Morningside Pella 3 p.m. March 2 Cornell Mt. Vernon Noon March 11 William Jewell (Mo.) Liberty, Mo. 2 p.m. March 12 Washburn (Kan.) Topeka, Kan. 2 p.m. March 13 Emporia State (Kan.) Emporia, Kan. TBD March 16 Crown (Minn.) Pella 10 a.m. March 29 *Nebraska Wesleyan Lincoln, Neb. 4 p.m. March 30 *Coe Cedar Rapids 10 a.m. April 6 *Dubuque Pella 9 a.m. *Loras Pella 3 p.m. April 10 *Wartburg Pella 3:30 p.m. April 20 Northwestern Pella 1 p.m. April 25 *Simpson Indianola TBD April 27 *Luther Decorah 4 p.m. May 3-4 American Rivers tournament TBD TBD *American Rivers Conference match MEN’S TENNIS QUICK FACTS 2017-18 record: 15-12 2018 Iowa Conference finish: 3rd (6-2) 2018 Iowa Conference tournament finish: tie, third palce (L 5-0 vs. Luther in semifinals) Starters returning: 2 (William Isiminger, David Boschma) Starters lost: 4 (Garret Taylor, Jacob Logan, Tom Palmer, CJ Cliff) Letterwinners lost/returning: 10/9 Returning all-Iowa Conference players: 1 (William Isiminger) Iowa Conference championships (most recent): 16 (2000) NCAA Division III Championships appearances (most recent): 1 (2001) All-Americans: 1 All-time record: 334-238 (since 1993) IV Men’s tennis Ryun Ferrell Head coach Ryun Ferrell has been the Central head men’s and women’s tennis coach since 2014. In four seasons at the helm of both the men’s and women’s programs, the teams have always finished in the top half of the conference. All eight of his teams have advanced to the semifinals of the conference tournament. Dutch women’s tennis players have earned all-conference honors 16 times under his tutelage, while the men’s players have received 10 honors. In 2016, Central men’s players won two of the five flighted brackets at the conference’s individual tournament. In 2017, Kirsten Jordan won the women’s program first individual conference tournament bracket title in 11 years. Prior to coming to Central, Ferrell spent 16 years as a head coach for Division I women’s programs. He was at Northern Illinois University from 2006-14 after guiding Drake University from 1999-2006. He won at least a share of two Missouri Valley Conference titles at Drake and helped seven players earn all-league recognition during his tenure. Ferrell spent the first four years of his coaching career as an assistant women’s coach at the University of Kansas, assistant men’s and women’s coach at The College of New Jersey and assistant women’s coach at Wichita State University, capturing at least one conference title at each program. A veteran teaching professional, Ferrell also has club instructor experience. He worked in junior development at the Princeton (N.J.) Racquet Club and Wichita (Kan.) Racquet Club. He also taught