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The 2007-08 season was a busy one for Director of Athletics Rob Fournier, who was selected to receive the AstroTurf AD of the Year Award from 1...... From the Director The National Association of Collegiate Directors of 2-3...... Department News & Notes Athletics. Terry Foster of The Detroit News spoke 4...... Hall of Fame Nomination Form recently with Fournier regarding the ever-evolving 5...... “Fournier Revs Up Wayne State” Wayne State Department of Athletics. 6...... Broadcast Information More Fournier on page 5 7...... Football News & Notes 8...... “Living the Dream: WSU’s Bass Drafted By ” 9...... 90 Foundation The Wayne State football team scored the fifth- 10...... Facility Renovation Updates most points in school history in a 56-21 triumph over Gannon before the sixth-largest crowd in 11...... New Staff WSU Stadium/Adams Field history (4,823) in 12-13...... Department News & Notes last year’s Homecoming game. The Warriors will 14-15...... Donors host Northern Michigan in the 2008 Homecoming 16...... 2008 Wayne Open / Upcoming Events contest on October 11. IBC...... Warrior Club More football on page 7

WARRIOR WITHIN Compiled and edited by the WSU Sports Information Office Anthony Bass became the first Warrior to be drafted since Steve Squires in 2005, and the ASSISTANT A.D./MEDIA RELATIONS highest-picked WSU baseball player in program Jeff Weiss history when San Diego selected him with the ASSISTANT SPORTS INFORMATION DIR. 165th overall pick on June 5. Karl Henkel of Tom Gorman The South End recently caught up with the right- hander to talk about the experience. CONTRIBUTORS More Bass on page 8 Rob Fournier, Director of Athletics Jeff Evans, Assistant A.D./Marketing & Tickets Angela Ruth, Director of Development Matt Cunningham was one of three WSU senior PRINTING student-athletes, along with Lindsey Perry Think Arbor - Royal Oak, Michigan and Brett Witczak, to receive the Spring 2008 GLIAC Commissioner’s Awards. The awards are PHOTOS presented after each season to six male and six Mark Hicks (WestSide Photo), Ron Harper, Lauren Hoadley, Patricia Skaggs, female student-athletes that excel both in the Joan Tiefel, Angela Ruth, Ryan Kelley and Tom Gorman classroom and on the fields of play. More news on pages 2-3 and 12-13 Entire contents are copyrighted by WSU’s Department of Athletics

ON THE COVER WSU Director of Athletics Rob Fournier presented a commemorative plaque to former Wayne State University diver Erika Barczak, who was recently named the 2007-08 Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year by the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. More Barczak on page 3

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FANS AND MEDIA can always access up- to-date information on every WSU athletic team including weekly releases, statistics, rosters, biographical information on the individual coaches and teams, and selected team media guides. The site also provides links to the President Jay Noren participated in the annual Wayne Open golf outing in support of WSU Athletics. The event raised nearly $100,000 for athletic scholarships. Pictured NCAA, the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic with Dr. Noren (left to right) is Steve Berlage from Turner Construction; Elliott Hall, chair Conference (GLIAC), College Hockey America of the Athletic Department Board of Visitors; and Bob Bowen from Turner Construction. (CHA) and other sport-related sites. From the Director WARRIOR WITHIN

display and championship photos and banners), it is understandable Here We Go (Again) that some of those past achievements get lost. Therefore while By Rob Fournier we press forward we also know that our past is a rich blueprint from which to draw energy and inspiration. It’s September and the start of a new We should expect championships but they are never routine athletic year. I have had a few jobs in my or accomplished without discipline and hard work. Matter of lifetime but nothing compares to working fact, that is true of most things in life. Coaches, student-athletes in an athletic department and the new and administrators have to find a shared approach that realizes promise that each fall brings. Unlike success. That is not easy and we must constantly challenge some other occupations, athletics offers ourselves to reach (and maintain) that success. Last year, when a new beginning with new hopes and expectations. And with that we finished twenty-third (23rd) in the nation for our highest finish comes the capacity and enthusiasm to energize a campus and ever among 295 Division II programs we had created a level of community. And in order to achieve that result we must focus consistency. When you consider that ten (10) of our seventeen and move forward an agenda and objectives that challenges an athletic teams advanced to the NCAA tournament we should feel organization to be better. confident that we have accomplished a successful benchmark. Believe it or not, this will begin my ninth year at Wayne State And we can add to that total. That is our singular effort in the year University. It seems like only a short time ago when simply to come. measured backward but when I look around it seems like a long, Interestingly our top five finishes in the National Athletic long time. For those who have been back to campus, a reminder Director’s Cup (NADCA) have all come in the past five years. of those facility and strategic improvements would be redundant. We are starting to develop the reputation that others take note For those who have not returned, such talk has no reference. Our of – especially our competition. But those numeric successes continued emphasis remains to re-kindle those associations that are only part of what is realized by those “on-field” successes. date back to Tartar days and explain with good reasons why our The lessons of hard work, discipline, sacrifice and selflessness alumni and supporters should be part of this athletic program. are also inherent in that statistical accomplishment. Those There is still much to do. And with each new season an opportunity achievements are never routine or should be taken for granted. It to address those strategic points and initiatives. We are better… is part of what motivates each of us to do better. And unlike some but still not the best. other occupations, something we can measure when the athletic I think one of the toughest challenges for any organization is to season concludes. stay fresh and innovative. With those two directives accomplished We also need the support of alumni, community and friends of people inside and outside the organization are constantly the program to move forward. As we move up the rankings, we involved in its successes…or working to achieve them. Coaches, have ancillary facility and organizational improvements that need student-athletes, community, corporations or alumni all want attention. As we turn the page on last year’s projects that included to be associated with an energetic, forward-moving plan. The the baseball dugouts ($188,000), basketball court, academic great challenge is to develop that plan, find the resources for its resource area, lighting system, softball facility/field, and gym 111 implementation and make sure everyone is moving in that direction. display, we have other challenges whose need is just as important With various missteps and sidesteps, that might be more difficult and reachable. These include: training room renovation, new than many want to admit. We must prepare for those exceptions swimming seating, tennis indoor facility, weight room and office and challenges. A long athletic season has those challenges and expansion. That new arena is also achievable. many unexpected twists and turns. That might seem like a lot. But after eight years I am more The student-athletes of today know little of their predecessors confident than ever of our purpose and our chances to achieve of nine years ago let alone twenty-five years ago. And although success. And we have now have a record to support such we have done a lot to emphasize our history (Hall of Fame area, expectations. Just “another year”? Hardly. Just like in the past, I decorative entrance to Matthaei, main basketball gymnasium can’t wait to get started. Here we go…again!!

 WARRIOR WITHIN Department News & Notes

WSU Wins National Promotional Awards The Wayne State University Athletic Department received five awards from the National Association of Collegiate Marketing Administrators (NACMA), as announced at the organization’s annual convention June 9-12 in Dallas, Texas. Initiated in 2003, the NACMA Awards program honors outstanding achievement in marketing and promotions. Awards are presented in 18 categories, with each category divided into three groups based upon school size and conference affiliations to promote fairness. A total of 1,300 entries were received forthe 2007-08 year. Wayne State, which was placed in Group III, took three gold awards as well as a silver and a bronze. • GOLD: Promotional/Schedule Poster - Football • GOLD: Promotional Schedule Poster - Olympic Sport • GOLD: Promotional T-Shirt Design • SILVER: Student Promotion • BRONZE: Promotional/Schedule Poster - Basketball Additionally, Wayne State received national recognition in the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Publications Contest at the group’s convention June 30-July 2 in Tampa, Florida. The 2007-08 men’s and women’s ice hockey poster placed third nationally out of 49 entries in the Division B-C poster contest, while the 2007 Warrior football poster finished seventh nationally in the same category. The two posters finished first and second in District 4 out of nine entries.

Ackerman Named Faculty Athletic Representative Robert M. Ackerman will serve as Wayne State University’s Faculty Athletic University of Vienna School of Law, the Pennsylvania State University College of Representative. He was named the 10th dean of Wayne State University Law Medicine, and Leicester Polytechnic School of Law (now deMontfort University). School this past spring. He has also been employed by the Denver firm of Holme Roberts & Owen and “I look forward to working with Dean Ackerman to build on our successes the Harvard Prison Legal Assistance Project. academically,” stated WSU Director of Athletics Rob Fournier. “His record of Ackerman has written extensively in the fields of torts, dispute resolution, scholarship and professional qualifications will complement the position of faculty communitarian theory and civic responsibility, and his scholarship has athletic representative and will certainly be a model for our student-athletes who appeared in a wide variety of high profile publications. His recent essay, “Taking aspire to further their educational ambitions beyond Responsibility,” was a winner of the international Communitarian Essay Contest their undergraduate programs.” and was published in the German social science journal Leviathan. His co- Professor Ackerman came to the Wayne State authored book (with Robert F. Cochran Jr.) titled “Law and Community: The Case Law School from the Dickinson School of Law at of Torts,” was published early in 2004. Penn State, where he taught torts, dispute resolution, Ackerman is an active participant in professional groups related to conflict conflict resolution theory, negotiation and mediation. resolution, and recently completed a term as chair of the AALS Section on Law He also served as chair of several committees and and Communitarian Studies. A founding member of Mediators Beyond Borders, was the director of the Center for Dispute Resolution, he has been working on development projects in Tanzania with Penn State’s

Dean Robert Ackerman the nation’s seventh-ranked law school dispute InterInstitutional Consortium for Indigenous Knowledge. resolution program. The Wayne State University Law School has served Michigan and beyond A cum laude graduate of Harvard Law School, Ackerman served as dean and since its inception as Detroit City Law School in 1927. Located in Detroit’s re- professor of law at Willamette University College of Law from July 1996 to May energized historic cultural center, the Law School is taught by an internationally 1999. While dean, the law school experienced a 60 percent increase in financial recognized faculty and features modern lecture and court facilities, multi-media aid to law students, a revitalization of the alumni organization and annual giving, classrooms, a 250-seat auditorium, and the Arthur Neef Law Library, which enhanced visibility of the Center for Dispute Resolution and Law and Government houses one of the nation’s 30 largest legal collections. For more information, visit program, and an increase in the diversity of the faculty and student body. www.law.wayne.edu. Ackerman has held academic appointments at Bar-Ilan University in Israel, the

 Swimming/Fencing Recaps WARRIOR WITHIN

Barczak Earns GLIAC Scholar-Athlete of the Year, Academic All-America

diver ever, joining swimmer David Lutz She helped lead the Warriors to their who was a Third Team honoree in 2005. third straight GLIAC championship and a Barczak collected her second consecutive top-ten national ranking. In her collegiate Academic All-District First Team honor as career, she earned seven All-America well. accolades including three First Team All- The At-Large team represents athletes America honors in three-meter diving. from the following women’s sports: Barczak is also a three-time Deans’ bowling, crew, fencing, field hockey, golf, Award winner for having the highest gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, cumulative grade point average among skiing, swimming/diving, tennis, and water student-athletes enrolled in the College polo. of Fine, Performing and Communication To be eligible, a student-athlete must be Arts. a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a Former Wayne State University diver cumulative grade point average of 3.20 on Erika Barczak (Williamston, Mich.) capped a scale of 4.00, have reached sophomore off a tremendously successful career by athletic and academic standings at his/her earning two prestigious awards over the current institution and be nominated by summer. his/her sports information director. This past June, Barczak was voted to Since the program’s inception in 1952, the 2008 ESPN The Magazine Academic CoSIDA has bestowed Academic All- All-America Women’s At Large First Team America honors on more than 14,000 (College Division) by members of the student-athletes in Divisions I, II, III and College Sports Information Directors of NAIA covering all NCAA championship America (CoSIDA). sports. A month later, she was named the Great Barczak, an art major with a cumulative Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference grade point average of 3.97, was also (GLIAC) 2007-08 Female Scholar-Athlete among the recipients of the Winter 2008 of the Year, as voted by the league’s faculty GLIAC Commissioner’s Award. The athletic representatives. awards, sponsored by Meijer, Inc., are Barczak became the first WSU student- presented after each athletic season to six athlete to earn a First Team At-Large male and six female student-athletes that Academic All-America selection since excel both in the classroom and on the fencer Ettore Bianchi in 1984. She is the fields of play. ninth CoSIDA First Team Academic All- This past season, Barczak earned two America selection in school history, the First Team All-America nods by placing first since 1995 (baseball player Matt fourth in one-meter diving (408.75) and Essian) and the second WSU swimmer/ sixth on the three-meter board (366.85).



Detroit News Article WARRIOR WITHIN Fournier Revs Up Wayne State by Terry Foster Reprinted With Permission From The Detroit News

The short walk from the main entrance of the make the upgrades that not only have enhanced the He believes a successful athletic program brings Matthaei Center to the athletic offices in back programs but got people talking about Wayne State attention to the entire school and increases provides a crash course in Wayne State University athletics. awareness, enrollment and quality of student life. athletics. “If you don’t keep growing, expanding and “I have always said that athletics is the window Near the entrance is a large photo of the most challenging yourself, the kids see that,” Fournier to look in at the rest of the campus,” Fournier said. recent team to win a conference or regional said. “When you are growing, the kids want to keep “The window can’t be cracked. It can’t be dirty. It championship, followed by notations of the 100 going more, too.” can’t be broken.” biggest accomplishments of the year and a list of Fournier hopes to see Wayne State compete in graduating athletes. Division I. In the coming years, he wants to build No stopping now That short walk leads you to the offices of athletic a new basketball arena and a 10,000-square-foot Men’s basketball coach David Greer says he -- director Rob Fournier, the energetic master of weight room, and upgrade the baseball field with and his colleagues -- have taken note. marketing. Fournier, 49, uses the wall to motivate dugouts. He wants to host Division I-AA football “I love his competitive spirit,” Greer said. “All the athletes and demonstrate that great things are games and watch his team get an NCAA Tournament coaches benefit by that and are given the resources happening on this athletic complex that sits off the bid on television, too. Fournier knows he might not to get things done. He wants to be at the top.” John C. Lodge freeway. get all he wants. Some laugh at his dreams, but he Now, if football will just get in line ... “That is what we are all about,” Fournier said keeps striving. Winters revived the program, and in 2006 Wayne of the wall of fame. “You haven’t even gotten to When he took over, the school didn’t even have State enjoyed its first winning season in 12 years. the office yet and you have us all figured out. a radio contract. Now all football and basketball The Warriors slipped to 3-8-1 in 2007, but Fournier Win championships, accomplish your goals and games are broadcast live, and he worked out a 10- believes the program is headed in the right direction. graduate.” game television package with Comcast. He expects a winning season this year. The successes are happening at such a clip that “He is tireless,” football coach Paul Winters said. “This is our 90th year of football and there have Fournier jokes the day is coming when he won’t have “He is nonstop.” probably been more lean years than good years,” enough wall space for his shrine. He already has to he said. “But there is that Detroit toughness that you figure out who gets top billing between softball and are going to get there no matter the obstacles. You baseball since both teams won titles this season. are going to keep getting up every day and go after Wayne State is on an academic and athletic roll. it. I mean, that is Detroit. You got to be one tough Pitcher Anthony Bass was selected in the fifth round SOB to make it. That is what athletics are really of the draft this month, the about.” highest pick in school history. Diver Erica Barczak Football success, though, is the key. was named an Academic All-American and the “Without a doubt,” Fournier said. “That is the school finished 23rd nationally in the NCAA Division train. That is the engine that pulls it. We can have II Director’s Cup rankings. national-ranked swimming programs. We can have Ten of its teams qualified for NCAA tournaments, success in baseball, softball and cross country. We and Fournier is getting national recognition for the Athletic director Rob Fournier shows off the can do all those things, but really it is not the engine. diversity of his coaching staff. No wonder he was improvements he’s spearheaded at Wayne Football is the first lion out of the tent. That is what named National Association of Collegiate Directors State University, including the artificial turf on the starts the season off. That is the momentum. You football field. (Daniel Mears/The Detroit News) of Athletics athletic director of the year after the go ask the Tigers about momentum. When your Warriors’ highest Director’s Cup finish in school football program doesn’t get going, then everybody history. Fournier tells a chilling story about Wayne State’s else is like, ‘We have to catch up.’ Once our football past. A coach won a title and he walked into the program is going, then people are going to say Growth is key president’s office hoping for a bonus. you have great this, this and this. I am extremely Since 2000, when Fournier stepped foot on “This coach was told, ‘I don’t fire you for losing confident that success will come.” campus, the baseball field has been renovated, and I don’t pay you for winning,’” Fournier said. featuring a replica of Fenway Park’s “Green “It was that kind of approach that took away the - Originally published June 18, 2008 Monster”; a new parquet court has been installed competitive nature of athletes. And, as you know, for the basketball team; and the football building has athletic people are competitive by nature.” been completely renovated, with an artificial grass Fournier is competitive. However, he views field installed. He’s raised more than $6 million to athletics as more than a method to win trophies.

 WARRIOR WITHIN Broadcast Information

Wayne State University and B2 Networks are entering the second season of their partnership looking to expand the coverage of WSU Athletics even further. Last season, the Warriors and B2 Networks provided pay-per-view online streaming video of every home football, basketball, and men’s hockey game. For the 2008-09 season, the schedule will also include volleyball and women’s hockey, with the possibility of baseball and softball. Chad Bush (left), a former WSU football letterwinner, will In May 2007, WSU and B2 Networks serve as the play-by-play broadcaster of the 2008 Wayne State announced a partnership bringing Warrior University football campaign for the third straight season. He is athletics to the revolutionary broadband also the radio voice of the WSU basketball program. broadcasting network. By teaming with Joining Bush in the football booth is WSU Hall of Fame B2 Networks, Wayne State athletic events running back Joe Gough who has served as the radio color are available for viewing by a world wide analyst for the Warriors since the 2005 season. audience. “This partnership extends our outreach network for our fans and over 250,000 alumni worldwide,” commented WSU Athletics Director Rob Fournier. “This B2 association, combined with our Michigan-wide television package, extended radio agreement with WDTK (1400 AM) for football and basketball and live streaming of events provides professional, The GLIAC football matchup featuring the top-quality options for our growing fan base. Tentative 2008-09 Schedule After reviewing a number of opportunities, visiting the Ashland B2 provided the first-class affiliation our Eagles on Saturday, Oct. 4, will be broadcast Football vs. Mercyhurst supporters have come to expect.” 12:30 p.m. • Saturday, August 30 on SportsTime Ohio, a regional sports network Fans wanting to watch Wayne State operated by Fastball Sports Productions, LLC, events via B2 will need a high-speed internet Adams Field connection and Windows Media Player 9 or and owned by the Cleveland Indians. higher. Games will be sold on an individual Football vs. Tiffin For more information, including a listing basis with special viewing packages also Noon • Saturday, September 27 of affiliates and channel numbers, visit www. Adams Field available. sportstimeohio.com. “B2 Networks is very happy to welcome Wayne State as a broadcast partner,” said Women’s & Men’s Basketball vs. Michigan Tech Bruce LeVine, B2 Networks’ Senior Vice 5:30/7:30 p.m. • Thursday, December 4 President of Sports. “By adding Wayne State Matthaei Athletic Complex we are now able to offer games from most GLIAC schools and a third member of College Women’s & Men’s Basketball vs. Tiffin Hockey America, giving fans more choices 5:30/7:30 p.m. • Thursday, January 29 than ever to follow their favorite sports and Matthaei Athletic Complex players.” Wayne State Athletics is pleased to once B2 Networks is a premier provider of again provide fans with free live audio Softball vs. Hillsdale reliable and secure international television and streaming of select women’s hockey, baseball, Wednesday, April 8 video broadcasting systems, pay per view and and softball games courtesy of Teamline. billing systems. For more information about B2 WSU Softball Field Networks, visit www.B2Now.com. For a complete schedule of all Teamline Additional events to be announced at a later date broadcasts, visit www.wsuathletics.com.

 Football News & Notes WARRIOR WITHIN

Bell Named Preseason All-American football concerts Wayne State University junior running back Joique Bell (Benton Harbor, Mich.) was one of three running backs listed by The Sporting News in its pre-season Division II All-America team. Bell has rushed for 3,492 yards and 47 touchdowns in 22 games and has averaged 194.8 all-purpose yards per game in his collegiate career. In addition to his rushing total, Bell has 399 yards receiving, 306 yards on kickoff returns and 88 yards on punt returns. Jim Cummings Band In 2007, he became just the fourth player in GLIAC history August 30 to win a second GLIAC Offensive Back of the Year award. He has also been a Harlon Hill (Division II Heisman) candidate both seasons.

2008 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Date Opponent / Event Location Time the contours september 13 Aug. 30 vs. Mercyhurst Adams Field 12:30 p.m. Sep. 6 at Saginaw Valley State * University Center, Mich. 12:00 p.m. Sep. 13 vs. Indianapolis * Adams Field 12:00 p.m. Sep. 20 at Findlay * Findlay, Ohio 4:00 p.m. Sep. 27 vs. Tiffin * Adams Field 12:00 p.m. Oct. 4 at Ashland * Ashland, Ohio 1:00 p.m. michael quatro band Oct. 11 vs. Northern Michigan (Homecoming) * Adams Field 12:00 p.m. september 27 Oct. 18 at Ferris State * Big Rapids, Mich. 2:00 p.m. Oct. 25 vs. Hillsdale * Adams Field 12:00 p.m. Nov. 1 at Northwood * Midland, Mich. 12:00 p.m. Nov. 8 vs. Grand Valley State * Adams Field 12:00 p.m.

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 WARRIOR WITHIN South End Article

Living The Dream: WSU’s Bass Drafted By San Diego Padres by Karl Henkel Reprinted With Permission From The SOUTH END

Just three years ago, Anthony Bass came to Wayne State knowing he wanted If Bass wasn’t selected by San Diego, both the New York Yankees and to one day pitch in the major leagues. Cleveland Indians, two teams who were on Bass’ advisor’s list of possibilities, His coach, Jay Alexander, knew that goal wasn’t too far-fetched. would have been there to scoop him up. “When he first pitched for us three years ago, he was special then,” Alexander But it was San Diego who took him in round five, and he attributes that all to said. “He had the temperament, the attitude, the know-how to win.” his collegiate head coach, Alexander. Last Thursday, Bass saw his dream finally come true, as he was selected in “I give him tons of credit,” Bass said of his coach. “One of the main reasons the fifth round of the 2008 Major League Baseball first-year player draft by the why I was selected by the Padres is because he told me he was talking to them San Diego Padres. a lot. He sent out e-mails to all the scouts in It was a whirlwind day for Bass, who the nation telling them when I was pitching. admitted he wasn’t sure when he would be All the scouts always commended me on drafted, or by whom. how great of a coach I had because they “The weeks leading up to it, I had been always knew when I was pitching.” getting a lot of phone calls from different Bass also gave an assist to a current organizations, I would say 15 organizations, major leaguer, who gave him a piece of and they basically asked me about my advice during his college search. signability,” Bass said. Bass was a graduate of Trenton High Bass’ signability was contingent on him School, the same high school that Seattle being selected within the first ten rounds. If Mariners closer J.J. Putz attended. In fact, not, there was a possibility of him returning it was a phone call from Putz that helped to WSU for his senior season. Bass make the decision that subsequently “I was talking to my advisor and he told led to a career. me I was a confident sixth-round draft “He called me from the Yankees pick,” Bass said. “There was a slim, outside clubhouse and talked to me about my chance I’d be taken in the fifth.” [college] decision,” Bass said. “He said, Down in the Bass’ basement, his family, ‘don’t make your decision solely on Division girlfriend, advisor and coaches joined him I or Division II. If you have the stuff and you as they watched live (yet slightly delayed) have the talent, then the scouts will find coverage of the draft online. you’. And that’s what really sunk in for me.” “We were watching the draft take place, He ultimately decided to go to Wayne and it was in the fifth round, in the middle, State, where he posted the third-most starting to go towards the end, and I thought victories and fourth-most in WSU ‘I’m not getting drafted today’,” Bass said. history through his junior season. At around 8:30 p.m. on the evening “He definitely throws a lot harder than of June 5, Bass got the call he had been pitchers we’ve had in the past,” pitching waiting for. But it was who was on the other coach Ryan Kelley said. “He topped out at end that was a bit of a shock. around 94 miles per hour. Typically we see “All of a sudden I got a phone call. I didn’t Anthony Bass ranks in Wayne State’s top five all-time in many guys in the high 80s.” recognize the number,” Bass said. career categories, including victories, -to-walk ratio, For now, Bass will pitch for the Eugene winning percentage and strikeouts. It was from Jeff Stewart, the Padres area Emeralds of the Northwest League. The scout, congratulating Bass on being the Emeralds are one of the Class A affiliates 165th selection of this year’s draft. It wasn’t of the Padres. strange that the call came from Stewart, but it was ironic in the fact that Stewart “As long as he stays healthy we may see him in the big leagues within three to had informed Bass’ advisor that the Padres didn’t consider him a top-10 round four years,” Alexander said. “He can throw, and he can recover well because of draft pick. his work ethic. He’s a guy who can turn it up to 94 and with more development at “My advisor told me that he got a phone call from Stewart, and he was so upset the next level he can turn it up to 96-97.” because his organization didn’t look at his guys as being top-10 round draft picks, Although Bass is excited about beginning his career, he admitted it is a bit when I was on his list as one of those guys,” Bass described. “In other words, surreal at this point in the game. they weren’t really looking at me. So my advisor crossed them off the list.” “I never thought in a million years that I would be in this situation,” Bass said. “He [Jeff Stewart] liked him well enough for a national cross-checker,” Padres Director of Scouting Bill Gayton said. - Originally published June 11, 2008

 90 Foundation WARRIOR WITHIN

Join the 90 Foundation Remembering 90 Years of Excellence

As the Athletic Department embraces 90 years of athletics, it is time to reflect on the friendships, accomplishments and experiences of the past. Administrators, student-athletes and fans for the past 90 years have helped establish the athletic program of today. This commemorative desk piece is your free gift when you join the 90 Foundation You can be a part of the excitement by helping us celebrate for a pledge of ninety dollars ($90) 90 years of WSU Athletics with a gift of $90 or more to the 90 Foundation. Not only is your gift tax-deductible, but you will also receive a special commemorative campaign medallion designed specifically for this campaign. When they are gone, Wayne State Athletics would like to thank the following individuals who they are gone, so don’t miss out and get yours today! It’s a have contributed to the 90 Foundation* great addition to your desk or library.

Rob & Pam Fournier Martin Letzmann Bill & Kimberly Avery Robert Mabarak We hope you can join us at one of our upcoming Athletic Don Baron Glen Maiden Reunions to help us celebrate 90 years of excellence as we Michael Bellovich Gordon & Jo Ann Martin Ed Bernier Sam McCray look toward 90 more. Greg Boerner Bhavna Mehta Tom Bomberski Crear Mitchell David W. Borgman William & Sandra Morris September 10, 2008 Tennis Conklin Bray Fred & Irene Mulhauser Steve & Zann Breen J. Jay Myers September 21, 2008 Softball Gary Bryce Bernadine Nowinski September 29, 2008 Golf Fred and Pam Cavataio Robert Ostrowski Michael & Sora Chan David Overly October 4, 2008 Volleyball Jason and Beci Clark Jennifer A. Parks October 10, 2008 Swimming Michael Cornelia David & Barbara Pruess Charles Cosner Dennis Purgatori October 25, 2008 Football William & Patricia Cravens Ronald Puzio December 7, 2008 Fencing Joseph & Patricia D’Avanzo Rodney & Marie Raetzke Wrex Diem Mitch Ritter Paris & Carol DiSanto R.J. Rolak discountPOS Angela Ruth Contact Angela Ruth, Director of Development, at (313) Steven Domzalski Rich & Pam Ruth 577-0587 or [email protected] for more information Jeffrey Evans Dennis & Gail Schaefer Vern Foss Gary Schultz or questions concerning the 90 Foundation. Download and Nathan Franckowiak Ken Semelsberger print the 90 Foundation form from the WSU Athletic web site Greg Gargulinski Sanford Simons Patricia Gergics Lillian Sizick www.wsuathletics.com. Glen & Sara Germain Bruce & Jeanne Stevenson Bernard & Jean Goldstein Team Sports, Inc. Tom & Katie Gorman Allison & Eric Tookes Make checks payable to WSU Athletics. You may use the Joe & Kristen Gough The Track of Crown Point, Inc. Matthew & Dawn Hansen John Walus postage paid envelope found in the center of this issue of James & Marianne Hopson William & Linda Watt Warrior Within to send them back. Or, send to: Mike & Kimberlei Horn Jeff & Christy Weiss Robert & Deborah Jackson Larry & Fran Weiss Huston Julian Westar Construction Director of Development J.C. Kantgias Claude Williams Leonard Kawecki Reverend Terrence Woods 5101 John C. Lodge Mary Kawecki Gregory Zemenick, MD PC Patricia Kent 101 Matthaei Carolyn Krynak *As of September 12, 2008 Detroit, MI 48202

 WARRIOR WITHIN Facility Renovations

Wayne State Athletics is continuing with its Baseball Improvement Project with the Preliminary plans, such as the drawing shown above, are being formulated for a construction of two new dugouts at the WSU baseball field. Located on the same new facility on the WSU Athletic campus, a multi-purpose structure but one primarily site as their predecessors, they will resemble Major League dugouts, with an in-ground intended for the Warrior tennis program. The structure will enclose at least four tennis construction and storage space within the home dugout. The Baseball Improvement courts and provide many other amenities to student-athletes, coaches, and fans. The Project has included other renovations over the last several years, including the “Green tennis program had several of its outdoor courts resurfaced in 2006, and the Athletic Monster” wall in left field, as well as a new outfield perimeter wall and bullpens. Department hopes to make progress on additional projects in the months ahead.

The basketball/volleyball gymnasium at the Matthaei Athletic Complex recently had A new mural was put in place on the outer wall of the Academic Resource Center its floor resurfaced, primarily in order to comply with new NCAA rules regarding the at the Matthaei. The mural depicts many of Wayne State’s student-athletes past basketball three-point line. The line was moved back to a distance of 20 feet, nine and present who achieved both academic and athletic success in their careers. The inches from the basket, a one-foot increase from the previous distance of 19 feet, nine Academic Resource Center was dedicated last January and includes a computer lab, a inches. The court still features a parque floor, reminiscent of the Boston Garden, with a study room, and office space for WSU Athletics staff members. new two-toned look.

When the new athletic training room opens in the spring of 2009, WSU’s student- With the addition of new offices constructed within converted racquetball courts in athletes can boast about a truly state-of-the-art facility. The training area will increase the Matthaei, the strength and conditioning area has expanded to over 3,000 square in size by over 1,000 square feet with updated aesthetics and cutting-edge technology. feet. Warrior athletes train in a work space which which now includes four dual-sided Special features will include a large hydrotherapy area equipped with two plunge pools, racks used to bench, squat, and clean; a variety of plate loaded equipment; two sets of an upgraded rehabilitation area, and an expanded medical examination area with a dumbbells, and over 13,000 pounds of weights. The weight room also features a brand team physician exam room and additional office space for the sports medicine staff. new cardio area with equipment by Woodway, Nautilus and Stairmaster.

10 New Staff WARRIOR WITHIN

john hauser jim meyer

football football defensive coordinator/ linebackers coach defensive backs coach

John Hauser was named defensive coordinator and Jim Meyer joined the Wayne State football staff in defensive backs coach at Wayne State on March 1, May 2008 and will serve as the linebackers coach. 2008. He spent the previous five seasons at Northern He previously served four years (2004-07) on the Illinois including the last two as defensive backs coach. staff at Ashland. In 2007, Meyer served as the defensive line coach and also as the In his initial season at NIU, the Huskies won 10 regular-season games including head junior varsity coach. In 2005 he directed a defense (as defensive coordinator) that upsets of Maryland, Alabama and Iowa State. He was on the sidelines and worked with was second in the nation in scoring defense and seventh in total defense. That season, the NIU secondary as a graduate assistant coach in 2004 when the Huskies played AU held four opponents to three points or less. in the Silicon Valley Classic and in 2005 when NIU advanced to the Mid-American Prior to joining the AU staff, Meyer spent two seasons at Akron (2002-03) as Conference Championship Game. defensive ends coach after working both the 1995 and 1996 campaigns also on the Prior to his time at NIU, Hauser briefly worked on the football staff at his alma mater, Zips staff. As Akron’s defensive ends coach in 1995 and 1996 Meyer coached future Wittenberg University, where he was a four-year letterwinner at free safety. During his NFL All-Pro Jason Taylor. In 1996, Akron was third in the Mid-American Conference in playing career, Wittenberg won 44 of 50 games, captured three North Coast Athletic total defense. Conference Championships and made four consecutive appearances in the NCAA Following his first tenure at the University of Akron, he was the head football coach Division III Playoffs. and athletic director at St. Vincent-St. Mary High School in Akron. His 1998 team posted Hauser was a three-time All-NCAC selection and was twice named to the Football the first winning season in nine years and the 1999 team advanced to the state playoffs. Gazette All-North Region squad. As a senior, he earned Division III All-America honors Meyer coached the high school team for five years (1997-2001). and was selected to participate in the 2002 Aztec Bowl, a Division III all-star game. A 1976 University of Akron graduate, he was the defensive coordinator at Bethany Hauser transferred to Wittenberg after beginning his collegiate playing career at Ball College from 1982-86. He also has head coaching experience from Kenyon College State, where he was a walk-on member of the football squad. (1989-94). He was named the North Coast Athletic Conference coach of the year during He graduated from Bishop Hartley High School in Columbus, Ohio as a seven-time that stint and led the Lords to a share of the conference title in 1989. varsity letterwinner in football (4) and baseball (3). A free safety, linebacker and running As a player, he was a captain and middle guard on the 1976 Akron team that finished back on the gridiron, he earned Second Team All-State honors at linebacker in 1997 and as the NCAA Division II runner-up. was a first team All-Central Catholic League selection. On the diamond, Bishop Hartley Meyer and his wife, Kathy, have two sons, Jay and Chris. won the state Division 4 title in 1996 with Hauser at shortstop. Hauser graduated from Wittenberg in 2002 with a bachelor’s degree in business management. He earned his master’s degree in adult education from NIU in 2007.

phil nickel josh priehs

volleyball assistant head coach athletic trainer

Phil Nickel was named the 12th head coach in the Josh Priehs is in his first year in 2008 as an assistant history of the Wayne State University women’s volleyball athletic trainer at Wayne State University. A former program on March 3, 2008. intern at WSU during the 2006-07 season, he returned “In Phil we have the person that reflects well on the following a year at Eastern Michigan where he worked long and comprehensive national search process we undertook,” said athletic director as a graduate assistant. Rob Fournier. “He brings leadership, a strong recruiting background and knows what it Priehs graduated from Central Michigan University, where he studied athletic training takes to build and sustain a winning program.” and earned his health science degree with a minor in Exercise Science. He also began Nickel comes to Wayne State after six seasons as an assistant at the University of his graduate studies at EMU before coming back to Wayne State. Houston, where he helped coach eight athletes to 12 All-Conference honors, including He previously worked in the Troy School District sports camps as well as St. Joe’s the 2004 and 2005 Conference USA Defensive Player of the Year Jaci Gonzalez. Hospital. “First of all, I would like to thank Rob Fournier for the opportunity to lead the Wayne Priehs, who was born in Lincoln Park, currently resides in Sterling Heights and is State volleyball program,” commented Nickel. “This gives me the chance to bring my single. family back to the Midwest, and to build a championship volleyball program. Rob has made a commitment to the volleyball program, and I look forward to working with him to reach the goals we have set.” His other NCAA Division I volleyball experience includes assistant coaching positions at Illinois State (2000-01) and Wright State (1998-99), as well as a head coaching job at Division III Thomas More College (1996-97). Nickel compiled a 34-43 mark in his two seasons with the Saints leading them to the second round of the NCAA Tournament and a #4 ranking in the South Region in 1997. Nickel attended Ohio Northern for two years, where he played football and baseball. He then transferred to the University of Cincinnati where he played volleyball on the men’s club team from 1992-95. He earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering in 1995 and furthered his education at Wright State University, where he was involved in the Athletics Administration Masters Program. A native of Richwood, Ohio, he and his wife, Michelle, have two sons, Trey and Zackary, along with a daughter Kaia.

11 WARRIOR WITHIN Department News & Notes

Winters Selected For NCAA Expert Coaches Academy

Wayne State University head football coach Paul Winters was one of 28 coaches nationally selected to participate in NCAA Expert Coaches Academy, held June 5-7 in Dallas, Texas. The Expert Coaches Academy is an NCAA program that addresses the critical shortage of ethnic minorities in head coaching positions in the sport of college football, primarily at the Division I level. Though the NCAA National Office does not have hiring authority over its member colleges and universities, the office is able to provide programming that better prepares coaches for many of the issues they will experience at the head coaching level through program sessions and networking opportunities with current head coaches. Of the current 119 Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) head football coaches, six are African-American, one is Asian/ Pacific Islander, and one is Latino. Three percent of head football coaches in all NCAA divisions are ethnic minorities, excluding the historically black institutions. The participants represented Division I, II and III colleges and universities.

Fetter Chosen To Team Canada U-22 Coaching Staff

Hockey Canada announced in July that Wayne State University women’s hockey head coach Jim Fetter will serve as an assistant coach of Canada’s National Women’s Under-22 team for the 2008-09 season. Fetter moves to the Under-22 program after spending 2007-08 as an assistant coach with Canada’s National Women’s Under-18 Team, winning a silver medal at the 2008 IIHF World Women’s Under-18 Championship. “I’m very excited for the opportunity to work with the Under-22 program,” Fetter said. “It’s a privilege to represent Canada in this manner and have the chance to coach such tremendous young athletes.” Sarah Howald, head coach of the women’s ice hockey team at the University of Regina, will serve as the head coach of the Under-22 team. The selection camp for the Under-22 squad was held Aug. 10-17 in Pierrefonds, Quebec. The team will participate in a three-game series against the United States in Pierrefonds in late August and in the MLP Cup in Ravensburg, Germany in early January. Canada’s Under-22 team has won the MLP Cup - formerly known as the European Air Canada Cup - for six consecutive seasons.

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WSU Athletics Hosts Field Day For University Prep Warriors On Hand For Sports Buddies Baseball Clinic

Elementary students from University Preparatory Academy visited Wayne The season opener for the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Detroit State University on Thursday, June 12, to participate in a field day on the athletic “Sports Buddies” program was held at the Wayne State University baseball field campus. Over 110 students spent the afternoon with 42 WSU student-athletes Saturday, June 28, in conjunction who volunteered and helped set up with Think Detroit PAL and Wayne and coordinate the event. State Athletics. Field day events included kickball, Wayne State pitching coach three-legged racing, wiffle ball, bat Ryan Kelley as well as current spin relays, shoe kick contests, golf and former WSU baseball student- ball relays, frisbee toss, and tug of athletes were on hand to provide war. Lunch was also provided to the instruction and equipment. Activities students and volunteers. included fielding lessons and batting University Prep Elementary practice. formed a partnership with Wayne Sports Buddies is an activity based mentoring program sponsored by Big State Athletics beginning in the spring of 2007. WSU student-athletes also Brothers Big Sisters that offers an opportunity for mentors and young people to participated in UPA’s annual Celebrity Readers Week in March. get together and be interactive through sports. To date, the WSU Department of Athletics completed over 4,367 hours of community service during the 2007-08 academic year.

Three WSU Student-Athletes Receive Spring 2008 GLIAC Commissioner’s Awards

The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) announced the recipients of the Spring 2008 GLIAC Commissioner’s Awards. The awards, sponsored by Meijer, Incorporated, are presented after the Fall, Winter, and Spring athletic seasons to six male and six female student-athletes that excel both in the classroom and on the fields of play. Among the award winners were softball student-athlete Lindsey Perry (Taylor, Mich.), and baseball student-athletes Matt Cunningham (Gregory, Mich.) and Brett Witczak (Hudsonville, Mich.), all of whom completed their athletic eligibility at the conclusion of the 2007-08 season. “These 12 student-athletes exemplify what collegiate athletics is all about,” stated GLIAC Commissioner Tom Brown. “Our conference, along with Meijer Incorporated, feel that it is important to recognize these hard working student-athletes for their outstanding performances Lindsey Perry in the classroom and on the field of play. The GLIAC would like to thank Meijer for their generous sponsorship of the 2008 Commissioner’s Awards and for helping us acknowledge the exceptional accomplishments of this group.” Perry, Wayne State’s first baseman, earned her third consecutive GLIAC All-Academic team selection in 2008. A nursing major with a 3.79 cumulative grade-point average, she was also a CoSIDA Academic All-District Second Team honoree. On the field, she was one of three players to start all 53 games for WSU and was voted to the All-GLIAC Second Team. In addition, she was selected to the NCAA Great Lakes Region All-Tournament team. Perry earned the WSU Athletics Deans’ Award for having highest cumulative grade point average of any student-athlete in the College of Nursing. Cunningham, a catcher for the Warriors, garnered his fourth career GLIAC All-Academic Team award in 2008. Having already earned his Matt Cunningham bachelor’s degree in public relations, Cunningham is pursuing a master’s degree in sports administration and has a cumulative grade point average of 3.75. This past season, Cunningham played in 45 games, batted .265 and set career-highs in at bats (132), runs scored (21), runs batted in (18), walks (21), total bases (43) and sacrifice hits (6) while serving as team captain for the second straight year. Second baseman Witczak earned a GLIAC All-Academic Team selection in his first year of eligibility, having spent two years at Eastern Michigan prior to his arrival at WSU in 2007. An ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District IV College Division Second Team honoree in 2008, Witczak has a 3.58 cumulative GPA as a social studies education major. He started 52 games at second base this season and batted.320 with 29 RBI and 23 runs scored while finishing second on the team with 19 multiple-hit games. Witczak was named to the

All-GLIAC First Team in 2008 after taking Second Team honors a year ago. Brett Witczak

13 WARRIOR WITHIN Donors

The Wayne State University Department of Athletics would like to thank the following donors for their generous support of Warrior Athletics. These gifts help to provide scholarships, upgrade equipment and facilities. This list includes donations of $100 and more made to the Department of Athletics since July 1, 2007. There are numerous financial opportunities to make a difference in the exciting and promising futures of Wayne State’s student-athletes and athletic programs. Please see the inside back cover of this magazine for gift-giving clubs and the benefits associated with supporting athletics. For more information, please call theAthletic Department at 313-577-4280.

All-American Club Mr. Richard F. Etner, Jr. Haeyat Bazzi ($5,000+) James Fetter Mr. Reggie S. Beaufore A Champion Vision Inc. Varsity Club Ms. Susan L. Fisher Mr. Daniel L. Bedogne Mr. William T. Avery ($500 - $999) Freedom Business Solutions, Inc. Mr. Thomas E. Beer Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan Mr. James A. Alexander III Mr. & Mrs. Joseph A. Garcia Mr. Richard J. Berryman Henry Ford Health System Auxiliary Graphic Equipment, Inc. Robert George Rajesh M. Bhatt Jessie Johnson Mr. Mark Avery Mr. Joseph Gough Bhavana Bhatt Major League Baseball AVI Foodsystems, Inc. Elizabeth Gray Mr. Terrill N. Binion Marriott Hotel-Renaissance Center Mr. Tom G. Babchishin Mrs. Dawn Hansen Mr. Vincent P. Biondo National City Bank Mr. Robert M. Berce Mr. Michael G. Horn Mr. Frank E. Bitonti Oakwood Healthcare, Inc. Ms. Melissa A. Boyle Mr. Frank Jeney Kenton A. Bolt The Romine Group, Inc. Mr. Steve Breen JMJ Distributors Ms. Melanie B. Boswell Dr. Irvin D. Reid Mr. T. R. Brown Mr. Daniel Kapadia Ms. June A. Bowers Turner Construction Company Brown Realty Philip Kazmierski Rex Alfred Boyce, Jr. United Parcel Service, Inc. Mr. Gary Bryce Mr. John E. Kessick, III Ms. Michele L. Brabant Mr. Michael Charles Buslepp Mr. Jimmy A. Kinaia Ms. Michelle D. Bradford Mr. Alan H. Case Robyn Kish Gloria Lynn Bradley DIRECTOR’S CLUB Jason E. Clark Dr. Gregory & Carol Krol Mr. & Mrs. Gregory M. Brecht ($2,500-$4,999) Comerica, Incorporated Ms. Kathy G. Kustron Ms. Krystyna Brichacek Barnes & Noble College Bookstores, Inc. Jennifer K. Culberstson Mr. David C. Lee Mr. Rex Brions Mr. Edward J. Bernier Mr. Holger M. Letzmann Leona Group, L.L.C. Ms. Sherry A. Broderick Checker Sedan E-B Foundation London Major Appliance Service Limited Dr. J. Richard Brooks, D.D.S. DeMaria Building Company, Incorporated El Paso Corporation Mr. John Long Mr. Shawn M. Brown E L Bailey & Company, Inc. Mr. John A. Francisco Mr. Robert C. MacDonald Mr. Stephen C. Bruck Enterprise Rent-A-Car Mr. Thomas George Managed Asset Portfolios L.L.C. Brunt Associates, Inc. Jackson Consulting Group, L.L.C. Ms. Patricia Gergics Ms. Amanda K. McCullah Mr. Thaddeus J. Buda Jr., Esq. Mr. William H. Lawson Nabeleh Ghareeb Mr. Gregory L. McKae Nicholas Burgess Mr. Mark E. Limback Avery N. Goldstein, Ph.D. Mr. T. Grady Merritt Mr. John B. Calado Ms. Joanna Thompson Ms. Laura A. Hendrick Mrs. Shirley A. Meyers Ms. Fran Camaj Walbridge Ms. Vickie Hackenberg Michigan Foot & Ankle Specialists, P.C. Ms. Beverly J. Cameron Wing Industrial Mr. & Mrs. James P. Hayes Mr. Thomas S. Milanov Canamera Carriers Inc. Mr. & Mrs. James J. Hopson Ms. Diane Miles Mrs. Tamara A. Castano Captain’s Club J. C. Kantgias Mr. Crear S. Mitchell Chrysler Foundation ($1,000 - $2,499) Ms. Sarah Marie Kearfott Ms. Bernadine Nowinski David Chudzinski Dr. & Mrs. Paul E. Andrews Justin Kessler Mr. and Mrs. Chris and Linda Ostosh Ms. Carolyn Clark Mr. Matthew P. Bechard Mr. & Mrs. Terry Lewis Mr. William A. Oswald Mr. and Mrs. Grant and Lynne Clark Mr & Mrs. Barry Becker Mr. David A. Lucas Mr. George Petrouleas Mr. & Mrs. Bruce F. Clark Bianco Tours, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Richard M. Marsack Ms Michele Ranck Mrs. Catherine Colarossi Blaze Contracting, Inc. Mrs. Denise A. Mazur Mr. Elbert Richmond Mr. Bradley Colley Mr. Clifford A. Brown Cary S. Smith-McGehee Mr. Patrick RIlley Ms. Elizabeth Colley Bucalo Drywall and Painting, Inc. McNish’s Sporting Goods & Trophies, Inc. Rogers Electric Supply Co. Comar Properties LLC Mr. Frederick A. Cavataio James H. Mulchay, III Hamood Saidi Mr. James D. Cooper Mr. Bruce Christensen Mr. Frederick A. Mulhauser Mr. & Mrs. Robert T. Samaras Mr. Richard Coratti Mr. Carl E. Code, Jr. James O’Dette Charles J. Schneider, P.C. Mr. Michael W. Cornelia Detroit Spectrum Painters, Inc. Mr. Enrico Odorico Mr. Kenneth L. Semelsberger Edmundo Correa Mr. Wrex R. Diem Mr. Thomas C. Olson Matthew Shango Mr. James L. Corte Mr. David Egnatuk Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas P. Pallas Gjovalin Shkreli Mr. Bill Coulter FieldTurf USA Inc. Mr. Mark R. Partogian Ms. Jennifer K. Spicher Mr. & Mrs. Jim Coulter Mr. Vernon D. Foss Mr. & Mrs. Christ Petrouleas Streator Dependable MFG Ms. Linda Cox Mr. Robert J. Fournier Mr. Michael Pinkleton Ms. Ina-Jane Tassen Mr. William H. Cravens Gilbane Mr. Dennis A. Purgatori Ms. Martha J. Thomas Croskey, Lanni and Company, P.C. Ms. Heide M. Gold Mr. Mitchell L. Ritter Total Cleaning Systems LLC Ms. Suzanne Cross Hamilton Anderson Associates, Inc. Mr. Richard Roman Townsend Street Pilates Mr. James Cummins Mr. James E. Jenkins Schreiber Corporation Mr. Nick G. Tumbarello Mr. Joseph G. D’agostino Mrs. Mary Kawecki Mr. Frederick R. Schwarze Mr. Todd D. Vydick Mr. Matthew J. Deighan Mr. Leonard R. Kawecki Mr. & Mrs. George Toth Mr. & Mrs. William D. Watt, Ph.D. Mr. Douglas E. Dendooven Mr. Michael A. Kneale Joseph Verellen Mrs. Danette M. Webster Mr. Michael DenDooven Kowalski Sausage Company, Inc. Wealth Management Services Ms. Patricia White Jeremy Denha Ms. Clara Kuntz Mr. Jon J. Wilkerson Mr. and Mrs. Steven H. Wisniewski Diabetes Strategies LLC L.T.K. Electrical Construction, Inc. Mr. William Wilkinson Mr. Paul D. Wouters Ms. Patty DiCello Dr. & Mrs. Steven M. Lash Ms. Cheryl Y. Allen Williams Johanna P. Youngs Mr. Tom DiPonio Mrs. Renee Malette Mr. Thomas Wiseman Mr. Andrew G. Dold Manno Clothing & Tailoring Letterwinner’s Club Mr Mark Doozan Mr. Charles L. McKelvie Green and Gold Club ($100-$249) Mr David W. Dorking Bhavna Mehta ($250-$499) A-1 Valet, Inc. Mr. Casey A. Drennen Michigan First Credit Union Mr. & Mrs. R. Edward Bass Abilita Troy Smith, Inc. DTE Energy Foundation Nordstrom-Samson & Associates Inc. Cami Beaudoin Ms. Jackie Agne Mr. Roy L. Dudas Norman J. Kakos, M.D., P.C. Bianco Tours Ms. Mary A. Allen Mr. Edward Dudek OfficeMax Incorporated Mr. & Mrs. Thomas G. Bomberski Mr. Abdul Alzindani Ms. Tracy A. Egnatuk Peterson Glass Company Mr. Earl C. Bossenberry Mr. Paul R. Andrews Mrs. Ann M. Nowinski-Ekleberry Mr. Charlie Primas Mr. & Mrs. Fred & Pam Cavataio Mr. Scott D. Armstrong Mr. & Mrs. Terry and Shirley Elrich James Rowley Charles H. Cosner, Jr. Mr. Thomas M. Attard Empire Sales & Engineering Mr. & Mrs. Edgar A. Scribner Mr. David M. Croskey Ms. Diane M. Avery EQ - The Environmental Quality Co. Mr. Edward C. Skowneski, Jr. Mr. Frank M. Cudillo B. Waters Transportation Equifax Foundation Michael J. Stoltenberg, M.D. Mr. Thomas E. DeGrazia Mrs. Shirley Babchishin Ms. Marci A. Erby Tucker, Young, Jackson, Tull, Inc. Mr. Fred Delcomyn Mr. Christopher Baroli, Sr. Jeffrey Michael Evans Tucker, Young, Jakson, Tull, Inc. Dick’s Sporting Goods Mr. R. Edward Bass Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth C. Evers Mr. Charles E. Turnbull Mr. Joe Dipietrantonio Ms. Julie Ann Bates F S Investments Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program Dold, Spath, McKelvie, and Deluca, PC Mayssa A. Bazzi Mr. Mark J. Fecht

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Richard A. Fischer, Jr. Mr. Richard Kisser Mr. James K. Risto Mr. Karl W. Widak Mr. David Charles Fishcer Mr. John C. Kocher Mr. Mark Rogers Ms. Melissa L. Wilson Mrs. Jane Goodwin Fleming Ms. Caroline R. Krynak Ms. Kristen Rogers Mr. Kelvin W. Wise Daniel Fleming Mr. Gerard J. La Pointe Ms. Susan M. Rogers Mr. Peter J. Woods Mr. Bill Flohr Mr. Richard O. Ladson Ronin Sushi Mr. Richard Wykle Mr. Terry Flynn Mr. Danny L. Laethem Ms. Elva Rosenthal Mr. Robert F. Wyman Mr. Michael J. Flynn Mr. Steven K. Lambert $100-$249 Mrs. Victoria E. Wysocki Mr. Thomas Forkin, III Mr. Robert F. Langas Mr. Dennis B. Royal Nancy Young Ms. Nicolette Frank Lascelles Pinnock MD, PC Mr. Thomas R. Rucker Ms. Mary Healy Zaleski Mr. Stewart Frank Dr. Robert B. Leggat Mr. Michael Rudin Mr. Robert S. Zauner Mrs. Patrice C. Freidman Leonard A. Krzyzaniak, P.C. Angela Ruth Mr. Gregory A. Zawalski Ms. Laura Ann Friedman Mr. Anthony G. Leone Mr. Erik Rutledge Mr. Michael P. Zito Mr. Steve Fromm Mr. Tom Leone Mr. Paul Rutledge ______Furniture Assembly Inc. Mr. Peter C. Leonhardt Assam M. Saidi Mr. James Galiardi Mr. Pete Leverentz Mr. Abdullah Saleh Anthony Wayne Society member Mr. Greg J. Gargulinski Reverend David M. Lillvis Mr. John J. Samonie Lisa Carol Gentry Mr. Dennis Little Mr. Donald C. Sarnacki Every attempt has been made to ensure the Mr. Cameron M. Geralds Ann Lowney Mr. Barry S. Sarver accuracy of this list. We apologize for any Mr. Kyle Gierada Mr. Richard Lowry Saylor’s Pizza Port, Inc. errors or omissions. Please contact Angela Mr. Thomas R. Gijsbers Ms. Meghan E. Luzod Mr. Charles J. Schneider Ruth at (313) 577-0587 for corrections. Mr. John D. Goggins Mr. Kevin J. Lynch Ms. Suan Schroeder Dr. Bernard Goldstein Mr. C. Ross MacDonald Mr. Gary A. Schultz Grain Millers Canada Corporation Ms. Maureen G. MacDonald Ms. Marilyn Scoville Mr. Arthur W. Greenfield, Jr. Mr. James R. Madgett Mr. Gerald A. Sharon Mr. David L. Greer Ms. Rhiannon K. Magin Sheila T. Inc. Mrs. Bertie M. Greer Mr. Andrew J. Maki Mr. Thomas I. Sheppard Mrs. Carol Ann Gremban Mr. Mohamad D. Makki Mr. Alan J. Silverman, D.O. Ms. MaryLouise Gremban Alton Marks Mr. Stanley J. Simek, Jr. Mr. Paul C. Grondin Mr. George G. Marth Mr. Gregory J. Sims THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT WOULD Mr. Angelo Louie Gust Ms. Maxine M. Martin Jordan Sinclair LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE INDIVIDUALS G. Guy Mr. Adam B. Martin Ms. Karen L. Sinclair WHO HAVE ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIPS Ms. Geneva B. Hagel Mr. Sam Martin John Skaggs Terry & Kris Hankey Matco Trucking Mrs. Sheila M. Snyder Abdenour Family Ms. Tonya Haralson Matt Prentice Restaurant Group Ms. Jo Ann Snyder Tom Adams Football Mr. Gregory W. Harris Matthew Partyka, P.C. Somerset Inn, LLC Mark “Doc” Andrews R. Alan Hartley Mr. David H. Mattingly Ms. Christine R. Sonn Paul Andrews Ms. Joyce Hartunian Dr. David D. Mattox Mr. Julius Southall Bob Brennan Mrs. Normaleen deTuscan Hayden Ms. Julie Maus Ms. Dorothy Stacey Justin Chapman Mr. and Mrs. James J. Hayes Mr. Mark Mazur Frank J. Stasa, III Dr. Nick Cherup Mr. Kevin M. Heck Ms. Karen McKimmon Ms. Sabrina B. Stennis The Croskey Family Jonathan Herstein Ms. Markita I. McKissic Mr. Christopher A. Stevenson Karen DeGrazia Ms. Lindsey M. Hill Mr. Lynn F. Messner Ms. Colleen Stewart Mel DeGrazia Ms. Suzanne M. Hill William Messner Mr. Lamonta A. Stone Maria A. Valle DeMasse Memorial Mr. Lawrence Hill Mr. William E. Meyers Ms. Yvonne Strocen Cal Dilworth Mr. Robert L. Holmes Mark Milhoan Tom & Cindy Stroup Dorothy Dreyer Mr. James A. Holt Mr. James A. Miller Sun Coating Company Vernon K. Gale Memorial Mr. Timothy J. Homrich Mr. Richard F. Misquez Mr. Angus W. Sutherland Joe Gembis Mr. Gary Hooper Ms. Kelly A. Mitroka Mr. Eric Szydlowski Ivan C. & Elizabeth A. George Mr. Benjamin P. Hudson Khanya Moolsiri Mr. Richard Szydlowski Joseph L. Gualtieri Mr. Jason Hungle Morgan Stanley Matching Gift Program Mr. Andrew J. Szymanski Vic Hanson Doris Hungle Morris Electric Ms. Wanda Tabatowski James Hayes Ms. Carolyn M. Huron Mr. Toine Murphy Mr. Christopher S. Tassen John Hussey Hyatt Regency Mr. Glenn Murray Mr. Ronald Teasley Patricia Kent Simona Iacoban Musco Sports Lighting, LLC Tennis & Golf Company Rodney C. Kropf Saleh Imtinal Mr. J. Jay Myers Matthew Thalgott Dr. Steven M. Lash Inderjit & Gurjeer Gill Mr. Thomas S. Nantais The Jakob Group, LLC Leo Maas Robert E. Inman, D.O. Natalya Natyshak The Lark Dr. William Markus Interiors By Napier, Inc. Ms. Tina Neely Thomas W. Kolderman, D.D.S., P.C. Joel G. Mason J.R. Pyle LLC Nicolson Associates Mr. Larry E. Thow David Mendelson Mr. Robert M. Jackson Nielsen’s Town Center Health Club Mr. Roy R. Tipton Frederick A. Mulhauser Mr. Robert M. Jackson Northfield Hilton Motel Ent. Inc. Mr. Eric K. Tookes Chuck Peters Mr. Paul J. Janas Novelis Corporation Ms. Allison K. Tookes Bill & Dave Peterson Jim Thomas Auctions, Inc. Ms. Kathleen H. Novitsky Tri-C Club Supply, Inc. Petrouleas Mr. Eric P. Johnson Ms. Billie J. Oberstaedt Tri-County Computer Services Dr. Steven T. Plomaritis and Family Mr. Phillip H. Johnson Old Campus Restaurant Daniel Ward Tupper President’s Commission Mr. Robert H. Johnson Mrs. Eunice Orton Vamp Company President’s Ms. Pamela M. Johnson Mr. Robert G. Ostrowski Robert Edward VanGorder, Jr. Bill Prew Joseph Koolisky’s LLC Mr. David R. Overly Ms. Mariel R. Vanoverbeke Charlie Primas Mr. Lawrence P. Judd Richard Pack Ms. Renee M. Vanoverbeke Nicholas & Mary P’Sachos Huston Laverne Julian, Ii Carla Palffy Mr. Bryan Verot, Sr. Yuri Rabinovich Jurgonski & Fredlake CPAs Peter Basso Associates, Inc. Mr. Jim Vidt Dr. Thomas W. Roberts Mr. George P. Juszczyk Ralphanee’Lashawn Peyton Mr. David A. Visser Ryan Scratch Mr. David Karapetian Donald Pickel Mr. Kevin Voke Les Seppala Mr. and Mrs. Roger Kashmerick Mr. Bryce D. Pitters Radovan Vuksanovic George B. Sherman Mr. Michael Kator Brig. Gen. Richard W. Potter, Jr. Mr. Timothy B. Wacker Patricia D. Smith Mr. Steve W. Katsaros Mr. Jeffrey A. Pozolo LTC (Ret) John E. Walus Jeann Ann Stanicek Mr. Arvy P. Kavaliauskas Precision Tune Mr. & Mrs. Ronald and Debra Wangrud Dr. Mike Stoltenberg Mr. Neil A. Keller Mr. Alexander M. Prentice Mrs. Celine Warchol David and Lois Stulberg Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Keller Ms. Amanda B. Pressotto Thomas A. Washington, Ed.D. Irv Swider Mr. Ryan Kelley Mr. Derk Prichett Mr. Jeff Weiss Tartar Gridiron Club Mr. Roger W. Kempa Ms. Sarah J. Pruess Jeffrey L. Weiss Tartar Gridiron Club II Kara Anna Kessler Mr. Charles H. Pullman Ms. Kristi L. Werner Dr. E. John Valle Ms. Lauren M. Kessler Mr. Jerzy Radz Mr. Bruce West WSU Academic & Athletic Mr. and Mrs. Ted L. Kessler Mr. Rodney H. Raetzke Mr. Rory West Women’s Basketball KForce Inc. RDW Properties Inc. Ms. Ann M. Westenberg Christopher Wouters Ms. JoAnne Kippert Renaissance Club Ms. Susan J. Westley

15 WARRIOR WITHIN 2008 Wayne Open / Upcoming Events

WSU Hosts 2008 Wayne Open

Wayne State University held its annual Wayne Open golf outing on Monday, August 18, at the Country Club of Detroit. Twenty-seven foursomes turned out for the event which raised nearly $100,000 for Wayne State Athletics. The event proved to be the most successul in its eight years of existence. New WSU president Dr. Jay Noren and Athletic Director Rob Fournier were on hand for the outing, as well as WSU Athletics coaches and staff, Tartar and Warrior alums, and corporate partners. The new marketing campaign for WSU (“Aim Higher”) was presented. The Wayne State Department of Athletics would like to thank everyone who attended and for generously contributing to the department’s fundraising efforts.

volleyBALL WOMEN’S HOCKEY Aug. 29 Merrimack% 1:45 PM upcoming sports Sept. 26 Windsor^ 7:00 PM Aug. 29 Western Oregon% 6:30 PM Oct. 3 Bemidji State 7:00 PM Aug. 30 Humboldt State% 11:30 AM Oct. 4 Bemidji State 2:00 PM schedules Oct. 17 at Union 7:00 PM Aug. 30 CSU Monterey Bay% 4:00 PM Oct. 18 at Union 2:00 PM Sept. 5 Bellarmine# 2:30 PM Oct. 24 Colgate 7:00 PM # Sept. 5 Wheeling Jesuit 7:30 PM WOMEN’S TENNIS Oct. 25 Colgate 2:00 PM # Sept. 6 California (Pa.) 12:30 PM Sept. 6 valparaiso 11:00 AM Nov. 7 at Vermont 7:00 PM Sept. 6 Gannon# 3:00 PM Sept. 12 Ashland* 3:00 PM Nov. 8 at Vermont 4:00 PM Sept. 12 Grand Valley State* 7:00 PM Sept. 13 Tiffin* 11:00 AM Nov. 14 Northeastern 7:00 PM Sept. 13 Ferris State* 4:00 PM Sept. 19-21 ITA Regionals TBA Nov. 15 Northeastern 2:00 PM Sept. 16 Northwood* 7:00 PM Sept. 24 at Northwood* 2:00 PM Nov. 21 Syracuse* 7:00 PM Sept. 19 Findlay* 7:00 PM Sept. 26 at Saginaw Valley State* 2:00 PM Nov. 22 Syracuse* 2:00 PM Nov. 28 at Connecticut& 7:00 PM Sept. 20 Hillsdale* 1:00 PM Oct. 3 at Lake Superior State* 1:00 PM Nov. 29 vs. Quinnipiac/Yale& TBA Sept. 26 at Tiffin* 7:00 PM Oct. 4 at Michigan Tech* 10:00 AM Dec. 5 at Niagara* 7:00 PM Sept. 27 at Ashland* 1:00 PM Oct. 10 Ferris State* 3:00 PM Dec. 6 at Niagara* 2:00 PM Oct. 3 Saginaw Valley State* 7:00 PM Oct. 11 Grand Valley State* 10:00 AM Jan. 2 at St. Cloud State$ 8:07 PM Oct. 4 Lake Superior State* 1:00 PM Oct. 15 Findlay* 3:00 PM Jan. 3 vs. North Dakota$ 5:07 PM Oct. 10 at Michigan Tech* 7:00 PM Oct. 25-26 GLIAC Tournament TBA Jan. 16 Robert Morris* 7:00 PM Oct. 11 at Northern Michigan* 1:00 PM Midland, Mich. Jan. 17 Robert Morris* 2:00 PM Oct. 17-18 GLIAC/GLVC Crossover+ TBA Jan. 23 at Syracuse* 7:00 PM Jan. 24 at Syracuse* 2:00 PM Oct. 24 at Northwood* 7:00 PM *GLIAC match All times Eastern Home matches at Matthaei Jan. 30 at Mercyhurst* TBA Oct. 31 Tiffin* 7:00 PM Feb. 1 at Mercyhurst* TBA Nov. 1 Ashland* 1:00 PM Feb. 13 Niagara* 7:00 PM Nov. 7 at Findlay* 7:00 PM Feb. 14 Niagara* 2:00 PM Nov. 8 at Hillsdale* 1:00 PM For more information on Feb. 20 at Robert Morris* 7:35 PM Nov. 12 GLIAC Quarterfinals TBA Feb. 21 at Robert Morris* 7:35 PM Nov. 15 GLIAC Semifinals TBA upcoming events, call Feb. 27 Mercyhurst* 7:00 PM Nov. 16 GLIAC Championship TBA Feb. 28 Mercyhurst* 2:00 PM 313-577-0587 or visit Mar. 5-7 CHA Tournament (Erie, Pa.) TBA *GLIAC match All times Eastern Home matches at Matthaei *CHA game All times Eastern ^Exhibition % # CSUMB Otter Classic (Seaside, Calif.) Univ. of Findlay Tournament www.wsuathletics.com &Nutmeg Classic (Storrs, Conn.) Home games at City Sports Center Arena +GLIAC/GLVC Crossover Tournament (Indianapolis, Ind.) $Easton/St. Cloud State Showcase (St. Cloud Minn.)

16 Wayne State Warrior Club With over 400 student-athletes, the cost of managing a successful athletic program requires regular, private support. The Warrior Club creates that opportunity to direct a tax-deductible gift to assist your favorite program or the overall initiatives of the athletic department. In the past six years, Wayne State athletics has risen from 134th in the country in the National Athletic Directors’ Cup standings that rank all Division II programs, to a 23rd-place finish in 2008, its highest ever. This accomplishment represents success for many teams – all of which must confront escalating costs, scholarship needs and facility improvements. Your support is instrumental to maintain that continued level of excellence and support today’s student-athletes.

Membership has its Privileges There are numerous financial opportunities to make a difference in the exciting and promising future of Wayne State University’s student-athletes and athletics programs.

• 100% of your Warrior Club contribution may be designated to the sport of your choice:

◊ Baseball (Dugout Club) ◊ Men’s Swimming & Diving ◊ Women’s Cross Country ◊ Football ◊ Men’s Tennis ◊ Women’s Fencing ◊ Men’s Basketball ◊ Softball ◊ Women’s Ice Hockey ◊ Men’s Cross Country ◊ Volleyball ◊ Women’s Swimming & Diving ◊ Men’s Fencing ◊ Women’s Basketball ◊ Women’s Tennis ◊ Golf

• Double or triple your Warrior Club gift if your employer has a matching gift program. Contact the Warrior Club office to see if you or your spouse works for a matching gift company. • Take advantage of the ease of credit card gifts. Your membership may be paid annually or monthly with your Visa or MasterCard. • All contributions are tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law.

Letterwinner’s Club ($100-249) Captain’s Club ($1,000-2,499) • Receive a Warrior Club membership card Includes all benefits at the Varsity Club level plus: • Receive the Warrior Within Magazine • Free parking at all home football and basketball games • Receive an electronic newsletter with updates on WSU Athletics • A 16x20 aerial photo of Tom Adams Field • Tax deduction Director’s Club ($2,500-4,999) Green and Gold Club ($250-499) Includes all benefits at the Captain’s Club level plus: Includes all benefits at the Letterwinner’s Club level plus: • Media guides for football, basketball, hockey, and baseball • One year paid admission to the WSU Alumni Association • One visit for two in President Noren’s box at a home football • A free Warrior hat game

Varsity Club ($500-999) All-American Club ($5,000+) Includes all benefits at the Green and Gold Club level plus: Includes all benefits at the Director’s Club level plus: • Access to the Warrior Club VIP tent at all home football games • A special Athletic Department reception • A free WSU polo top from our online merchandise shop • A trip for two with the team of your choice

Contact Angela Ruth, Director of Athletic Development, at 313-577-0587 for more information or questions concerning the Warrior Club! Also, stay updated on Warrior Athletics at www.wsuathletics.com.

Warrior Fans, get your Warrior Wear today! Make great holiday or birthday gifts! For inquiries on ordering, please call the WSU Athletic Department at 313-577-4280. WARRIOR WITHIN WSU Athletic Department 5101 John C. Lodge 101 Matthaei Detroit, MI 48202

WARRIOR CLUB MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION Desired Membership Type (check one): q Letterwinner’s Club ($100) q Green and Gold Club ($250) ______Name (As you wish to appear for athletics donor recognition) q Varsity Club ($500)

______q Captain’s Club ($1,000) Address q Director’s Club ($2,500) ______q City State Zip All-American Club ($5,000)

______Employer Please make checks payable to Wayne State University

______Total Gift $______Home Phone Business Phone Amount Enclosed $______E-mail Address Balance Due $______WSU Graduation Year Varsity Letter(s) For more information contact: Angela Ruth, Athletic Development Payment Options: (313) 577-0587 q Check Enclosed q Credit Card

Installment Options Please return this card and your membership gift to: q Pledge with Gift Reminders q One Installment q Two Installments (Oct. & Dec.) q Three Installments (Oct., Dec., & Feb.) Warrior Club Attn: Rob Fournier q Visa q MasterCard Card Number: ______Wayne State University Athletic Department ______Detroit, MI 48202 Expiration Date Signature (Required)

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