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EAST STROUDSBURGof PENNSYLVANIA UNIVERSITY R-Jr. DL Bryan Thomson PSAC East Defensive Player of the Year Football Gazette All-America Denny Douds 40th Year as Head Coach Most Games Coached in NCAA DII History Sr. K Taylor Groff R-So. QB Matt Soltes All-PSAC East PSAC East Freshman of Sr. WR Dusty Reed All-Region 1st Team the Year 2-time All-PSAC East, All-Region 2013 Football THE UNIVERSITY ESU At A Glance Location..............East Stroudsburg, Pa. President............Marcia G. Welsh, Ph.D. Member ........Pennsylvania State System . .of Higher Education System Chancellor . Dr. John C. Cavanaugh Founded..............................1893 Enrollment ..........................7,500 (includes 5,900 undergraduates) Athletics Affiliation ................ NCAA Division II Conference ..........................PSAC . Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference School Colors................Red and Black Team Nickname ..................Warriors Athletic Director Dr. Tom Gioglio ..............570-422-3642 Associate Athletic Director Dr. Carey Snyder .............570-422-3034 Academic Coordinator The Warren E. and Sandra Hoeffner Science and Technology Center, a $40 million Dr. Nancy Jo Greenawalt......570-422-3795 state-of-the-art facility, was dedicated in September 2008. [email protected] Director of Diversity/Ombudsperson Providing High-Quality, Higher Education Danelle McClanahan..........570-422-3896 Football Office . 570-422-3322 ESU - In its 121st Year of Service Sports Information Greg Knowlden...............570-422-3312 Founded in 1893 as a Normal School, More than 2,100 students reside in eight . [email protected] East Stroudsburg University has been residence halls. The university also offers Fax ........................ 570-422-3586 offering quality higher education to the apartment-style housing for another 200 citizens of Pennsylvania for more than a students on the main campus, along with Web Site.................... www.esu.edu century. University Ridge, a 10 building apartment- Key Campus Numbers With an enrollment of more than style housing complex adjacent to campus Admissions..................570-422-3542 7,500 students and a strong commitment that accommodates 541 students. Financial Aid ................570-422-2800 to academic excellence, ESU’s programs Approximately 74 percent of the continually earn the highest levels of students receive some form of financial aid, accreditation in their fields. including scholarships, loans and grants. East Stroudsburg University is nestled The university’s most recently The 2013-14 academic year will mark the in the Pocono Mountains, which offer year- constructed and largest academic building university’s 121st year of operation and the round outdoor recreation of all sorts for is the $40 million Warren E. and Sandra school has approximately 35,000 alumni. sports enthusiasts. From hiking in the fall to Hoeffner Science and Technology Center, ESU, like many other public colleges and biking in the spring to swimming, golfing a state-of-the-art facility and the first new universities across the country, started as a and fishing in the summer to snowboarding, major academic building at ESU since 1979. normal school, a professional school for the skiing or tubing in the winter, there is The late Warren Hoeffner ‘55, quarterback of training of teachers. plenty to do at any time of the year. Throw the Warriors’ 1954 championship team, and ESU History in shopping, great restaurants and plenty his wife Sandra were the lead donors for the East Stroudsburg Normal School was of attractions and there is something for project. founded to serve students in the state’s everyone, no matter the season. The Center is in its sixth year of service normal school fourth district and had 320 ESU is located approximately 75 miles and features a planetarium, rooftop students enrolled when classes started on west of New York City, 85 miles northeast observatory and a wildlife museum of September 4, 1893. of Philadelphia, 40 miles northeast of the natural history. The facility supports In 1926 after the state assumed Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton area and 40 research activities and provides classroom, control of the school, the original name miles southeast of Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. laboratory, conference and office space for was changed to East Stroudsburg State The campus is 1/4 mile from exit 308, diverse departments from the sciences and Teachers’ College. Interstate 80. Exit right onto Prospect Street. mathematics to computer science. The school became East Stroudsburg To Reach Eiler-Martin Stadium — One Other recent contributions to the State College in 1960 to reflect the school’s block after the first light turn right on Centre ongoing transformation of the campus expanded curriculum with liberal arts Street. Stay on the road past one stop sign include an investment of over $10 million programs and graduate degrees. and the stadium will be in front of you. dollars in safety and other improvement In July 1983, the Pennsylvania General Football Office, Second Floor, Koehler projects associated with storm water Assembly established the Pennsylvania Fieldhouse — Take right at the first light on management and campus beautification. State System of Higher Education consisting East Brown Street. Go up the hill 6/10th of The campus consists of 66 buildings on of 14 universities and East Stroudsburg a mile, take the first left onto Smith Street. 252 acres and boasts a student-to-teacher University was born as a comprehensive The fieldhouse is on the left on the corner of ratio of 18 to 1. regional institution. Smith and Normal streets. 2013 ESU FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE 2013 Football Schedule Thursday, Sept. 5 AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL 6:05 The Warriors host American International, of the Northeast-10 Conference, as they open their 40th fall under Denny Douds. ESU went 3-0 vs. AIC from 1992-95, winning 28-27 in 1992, 42-3 in 1993 and 49-19 in 1995. The Yellow Jackets were 7-3 (7-1 NE-10) last year. Saturday, Sept. 14 at Seton Hill 6:00 The PSAC, the largest conference in the NCAA, expanded to 18 full-time members (16 football) this summer by adding Seton Hill and Pitt-Johnstown (non-football). ESU visits Greensburg for Seton Hill’s first PSAC crossover game and the schools’ first-ever meeting. Saturday, Sept. 21 *at Shippensburg 1:00 Shippensburg fell to IUP in the PSAC championship game and Winston-Salem in the NCAA Playoffs at the end of a historic 11-2 season. Harlon Hill winner Zach Zulli returns for his senior year and threw for 496 yards and 5 TD in a 63-21 win at ESU last fall. Saturday, Sept. 28 at Cheyney 1:00 ESU’s 59-27 win last year was its 33rd straight, extending an NCAA all-division record On the Cover: Denny Douds, entering his 40th year as head coach at ESU, with top returners Bryan Thomson, for consecutive wins in an uninterrupted series. Departed tailbacks Eric Deery (167) and Taylor Groff, Matt Soltes and Dusty Reed. Kendrick Williams (151) were the first ESU backs to go over 150 yards in the same game. Saturday, Oct. 5 *CLARION 6:05 Clarion had two 4th-quarter TD drives in a 31-27 win last fall in the first career start Table of Contents for R-So. QB Matt Soltes, who had 318 yards of total offense. The Warriors had won seven The University................................IFC straight vs. Clarion from 2000-09 and own an 8-4 advantage in the all-time series. Media Services/Sports Information..............2 Saturday, Oct. 12 *at West Chester 2:00 University Administrators.......................3 Soltes set an ESU record for completion percentage, going 30-for-37 (81.1) for 366 Eiler-Martin Stadium...........................11 yards, and hit So. WR Tim Wilson for a game-winning 33-yard TD pass with 5 seconds left Student-Athlete Center for Excellence .........11 in a 35-28 Homecoming win last year, ESU’s 2nd vs. West Chester since 2003. The Coaching Staff Head Coach Denny Douds....................4-5 Saturday, Oct. 19 *BLOOMSBURG (Family Weekend) 1:05 Assistant Coaches/Staff .......................6-9 Bloomsburg pulled away for a 48-27 win last year behind Franklyn Quiteh (282 yards, Warriors Coaching Legacy .....................10 3 TD), who has a shot at the PSAC career rushing record this fall. Paul Darragh replaces The 2013 Warriors legend Danny Hale as head coach for the Huskies, who have won 7 straight vs. ESU. Season Outlook . 12-13 Saturday, Oct. 26 *at Kutztown 1:05 Player Bios .................................14-28 The Warriors won 9 straight vs. Kutztown from 2001-09, but the Golden Bears have Roster......................................32-33 taken the last 3 meetings, including a 59-33 verdict last year. Douds will face a first-year The 2012 Season 2012 Game-by-Game .......................34-38 head coach for the 2nd straight week in former Millersville QB Drew Folmar. 2012 Statistics..............................40-41 Saturday, Nov. 2 *LOCK HAVEN (Homecoming) 3:05 Football History Lock Haven moves to the PSAC East, replacing previous associate member LIU Post, The Last Time It Happened ....................29 with Seton Hill joining the PSAC West. ESU beat the Bald Eagles, 31-0, in last year’s season Jimmy Terwilliger . .31 opener. LHU ended the campaign with a 15-7 win over Cheyney, breaking a 52-game slide. Program History...............................39 Saturday, Nov. 9 *MILLERSVILLE 1:05 All-Star Honors . .42 School Records.............................43-65 Soltes gained 382 yards of total offense, running and passing for two TD’s, in a 62-14 Year-by-Year Record...........................66 win at Millersville last fall. Greg Breitbach takes over for Greg Colby, who coached 5 years. All-Time Schedule . 67-75 Saturday, Nov. 16 MERCYHURST (or PSAC Championship game) 1:05 All-Time Lettermen .........................76-80 Last year’s 52-45 loss at Mercyhurst, in which ESU rallied from a 21-point deficit Warriors in the Pros............................81 before falling on a late TD, featured both PSAC Freshmen of the Year in Soltes and Lakers’ Opponents and the PSAC tailback Brandon Brown-Dukes.