“I’ve had blue and yellow run in my “Being a Jackrabbit means being part of blood my whole life. My father and something great, something bigger and sister both played for the Jackrabbits better than I could be by myself. It and it is an honor to keep the tradition means putting the team first and alive. It has been a pleasure to play for giving everything to make the team every one of my coaches and I look better. It is an awesome feeling to put forward to one last season.” on the Jackrabbit uniform on Saturdays knowing that I contributed to something great — a feeling not many people get to experience.” “To me, being a Jackrabbit is having the absolute drive and dedication to become a champion.” SENIOR PERSPECTIVES Ring design by Jostens “To be a Jackrabbit is to belong to something “We’re always trying to get to that larger than yourself. It’s like being part of a next level and the only way we can family: the staff, the teammates, the fans, the accomplish that is to sell out for your friends. The experience and memories team and give everything you have, become a part of you and help develop who every time you get a chance. It’s really you are as a person. Once a Jackrabbit ... the only way — The Jackrabbit Way.” always a Jackrabbit.” SDSU Quick Facts ECAP DEFENSIVE LINE/SPECIAL TEAMS COORDINATOR: Rob 2007 R SOUTH DAKOTA STATE OVERALL RECORD: 7-4 Sarvis (fourth year) UNIVERSITY INFORMATION CONFERENCE RECORD: 4-0 (first place in Great West Alma Mater: Norwich (Vt.), 1998 Office Phone: (605) 688-4108 Location: Brookings, S.D. Football Conference) Enrollment: 11,706 (fall 2007) E-Mail: [email protected] HOME RECORD: 5-1 Colors: Yellow and Blue AWAY RECORD: 2-3 LINEBACKERS/RECRUITING COORDINATOR: Clark Lea Nickname: Jackrabbits FINAL RANKING: 19th (Sports Network)/22nd (FCS) (second year) Affiliation: NCAA Division I Football 2007 GAME RESULTS Alma Mater: Vanderbilt (Tenn.), 2004 Championship Subdivision Office Phone: (605) 688-5531 Aug. 30 at Western Illinois (4 OT) L, 26-29 Conference: Missouri Valley Football Sept. 8 at Youngstown State (Ohio) L, 17-23 E-Mail: [email protected] Conference Sept. 15 Northern Iowa L, 17-31 GRADUATE ASSISTANT-DEFENSE: Leon Douglas Stadium: Coughlin-Alumni Stadium Sept. 22 Texas State W, 38-3 (second year) (15,000 capacity) Sept. 29 Stephen F. Austin (Texas) W, 45-0 Alma Mater: Missouri Western State, 2007 ADMINISTRATION Oct. 6 at Georgia Southern L, 38-41 GRADUATE ASSISTANT-DEFENSE: Chris Stier (second President: Dr. David Chicoine Oct. 20 Cal Poly W, 48-35 year) Alma Mater: South Dakota State, 1969 Oct. 27 at UC Davis W, 28-21 Alma Mater: Dakota State, 2006 Nov. 3 at Central Arkansas W, 38-10 Athletic Director: Dr. Fred M. Oien GRADUATE ASSISTANT-WIDE RECEIVERS: Brian Hook Nov. 10 Southern Utah W, 52-27 Alma Mater: South Dakota State, 1972 (first year) Office Phone: (605) 688-6388 Nov. 17 North Dakota State W, 29-24 Alma Mater: Si Tanka-Huron (S.D.), 2004 Associate AD-Development: Keith Mahlum COACHING STAFF TEAM INFORMATION Office Phone: (605) 697-7475 HEAD COACH: John Stiegelmeier LETTERMEN RETURNING: 35 Associate AD-External: Mark Burgers Alma Mater: South Dakota State, 1979 Offense: 15 Office Phone: (605) 688-6294 Record at SDSU: 68-51-0 (11) Defense: 17 Career Record: 68-51-0 (11) Special Teams: 3 Associate AD-Internal: Rob Peterson Office Phone: (605) 688-5525 Office Phone: (605) 688-6287 LETTERMEN LOST: 18 E-Mail: [email protected] Offense: 10 Associate AD-Compliance/Senior Woman Administrator: Kathy Heylens ASST.HEAD COACH/OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR/ Defense: 6 Office Phone: (605) 688-5308 OFFENSIVE LINE: Luke Meadows (seventh year) Special Teams: 2 Alma Mater: South Dakota State, 2001 NCAA Faculty Rep.: Mylo Hellickson STARTERS RETURNING: 14 Office Phone: (605) 688-6525 Offense: 5 SPORTS INFORMATION E-Mail: [email protected] Defense: 6 Assistant AD-Sports Information/Football QUARTERBACKS/WIDE RECEIVERS: Don Bailey (first Special Teams: 3 Contact: Jason Hove year) OFFENSIVE STARTERS RETURNING (5): Casey Bender, Office Phone: (605) 688-4623 Alma Mater: Portland State (Ore.), 1991 OL; Nick Flesner, OL; Kevin Robling, OL; Ryan Home Phone: (605) 692-1484 Office Phone: (605) 688-6223 Berry, QB; JaRon Harris,WR. Cell Phone: (605) 695-1827 E-Mail: [email protected] Fax Number: (605) 688-5999 DEFENSIVE STARTERS RETURNING (6): Danny E-Mail: [email protected] RUNNING BACKS/TIGHT ENDS: Shannon Moore Batten, DE; Jason Nobiling, DE; Eric Schroeder, DT; (third year) Chris Johnson, LB; Jimmy Rogers, LB; Brock SUPPORT STAFF Alma Mater: Black Hills State, 2000 Campbell, DB. Head Trainer: Jim Booher Office Phone: (605) 688-6656 SPECIAL TEAMS STARTERS RETURNING (3): Jordan Assistant Trainer: Ben Heinze E-Mail: [email protected] Miranda, LS; Adam Monke, KR; Dean Priddy, P. Strength & Conditioning Coach: Nate Moe DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR/SECONDARY: Jay Bubak Equipment Manager: Tim DeWitt OTHER RETURNING LETTERWINNERS (21): Steven (fourth year) Assistant AD-Tickets: Christi Williams Bazata, DL; Cole Brodie, DB; Colin Cochart,TE; Alma Mater: Nebraska Wesleyan, 1993 Assistant AD-Promotions: Micah Grenz Derek Domino, LB; Brian Fischer, DL; Glen Fox, Office Phone: (605) 688-6337 Interim Assistant AD-Facilities: Doug WR; Adam Fritz, DB; Stefan Geissler, LB; Scott E-Mail: [email protected] Hagman Gillen, OL; Luke Greving,TE; Matt Hylland,WR; ON THE WEB Isaiah Jackson, LB; Conrad Kjerstad, DB; Casey GENERAL INFORMATION www.GoJacks.com Knips, OL; Saunders Montague,WR; Kyle Minett, Mailing Address: SDSU Box 2820, Stanley www.coachstig.com RB; General Parnell, DB; Jordan Paula, RB; Nash J. Marshall HPER Center, Brookings, SD Simet, DB; Mike Steffen,WR; Antonio Thompson, 57007-1497 www.sdstate.edu DL. Overnight Address: 1047 16th Avenue, 900 copies of the 2008 SDSU Football Media Guide were produced by Jason Hove and the Jackrabbit Sports Brookings, SD 57007-1497 Information Service at a cost of $5.36 per copy. Photos credited to Eric Landwehr, South Dakota State Main Office: (605) 688-5625 University Relations, and Ty Carlson, sports information photographer. Cover design by Nina Schmidt. Ticket Office: 1-866-GO JACKS 2008 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL 1 2008 Roster ALPHABETICAL ROSTER 2008 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE FOOTBALL NUMERICAL PRESEASON ROSTER Basham, Ross - 98 NO.NAME POS HT WT YR EXP HOMETOWN HIGH SCHOOL/PREV. Batten, Danny - 54 1 JaRon Harris WR 6-1 195 Sr. 3L Sioux Falls, S.D. Washington Bazata, Steven - 95 2 Ryan Berry QB 6-3 200 Sr. 2L Watertown, S.D. Watertown Bender, Casey - 77 3 Jimmy Rogers LB 5-10 210 Jr. 2L Chandler, Ariz. Hamilton Berry, Ryan - 2 4 Thomas O’Brien QB 6-3 200 Fr. — Winona, Minn. Cotter Beyer, Alex - 89 Blackman, Joseph - 6 5 Aaron Rollin WR 6-2 200 Fr. — Lee’s Summit, Mo. Lee’s Summit West Britt, James - 27 6 Joseph Blackman DB 5-11 185 Jr. 1L Pittsburg, Calif. Pittsburg Brodie, Cole - 21 7 Corey Jeske QB 6-1 200 So. — Buffalo, Minn. Buffalo Buchner, Zach - 74 8 Lance White DB 5-10 175 Fr. — Oakley, Calif. Freedom Campbell, Brock - 10 9 Teddy Shonka WR 6-2 205 R-Fr. — Cedar Rapids, Iowa John F.Kennedy Castle,Will - 65 10 Brock Campbell DB 6-2 210 Sr. 3L Cherokee, Iowa Washington Clare, Dominique - 26 11 Erich Feller DB 6-2 200 R-Fr. — Charles City, Iowa Charles City Cochart, Colin - 87 Crawford, Ryan - 12 12 Ryan Crawford QB 6-2 200 Jr. — Oro Valley, Ariz. Ironwood Ridge Crumly, Jared - 96 13 General Parnell DB 5-11 195 So. 1L San Bernardino, Calif. Cajon/Idaho Cuppy, Casey - 41 14 Landon Lupi WR 5-11 170 So. — Rapid City, S.D. Stevens Daughters, Seth - 93 15 Brad Iverson WR 6-5 200 R-Fr. — Sioux Falls, S.D. Roosevelt Doblar, Chris - 84 16 Marcel Jones QB 6-3 225 Jr. — Shakopee, Minn. Simley/Minnesota Domino, Derek - 39 17 Glen Fox WR 6-2 200 Jr. 2L Fairfax, Iowa Prairie Duffy,Tyler - 25 Ekeren, Jesse - 56 18 Conrad Kjerstad DB 6-0 195 So. 1L Wall, S.D. Wall Elshere, Casey - 66 19 Bo Helm DB 6-0 180 Fr. — Childress,Texas Childress Feller, Erich - 11 20 Julian Wagner DB 5-9 180 Fr. — Fort Worth,Texas Eastern Hills Fick, Jonathan - 61 21 Cole Brodie DB 5-10 185 So. 1L Dacula, Ga. Dacula Fischer, Brian - 94 22 Anthony Wise DB 6-2 190 R-Fr. — The Colony,Texas The Colony Fitzsimmons, Josiah - 55 23 Jordan Miranda LS/DB 6-2 200 Jr. 2L El Paso,Texas Coronado Flesner, Nick - 64 24 Matt Hylland WR 5-10 185 So. 1L Sioux Falls, S.D. Lincoln Fox, Glen - 17 Fritz, Adam - 32 25 Tyler Duffy RB 5-10 200 So. — Brookings, S.D. Brookings Gant, Brandon - 83 26 Dominique Clare RB 6-0 220 R-Fr. — Delano, Minn. Delano Geissler, Stefan - 42 27 James Britt DB 6-0 175 R-Fr. — The Colony,Texas The Colony Gillen, Scott - 78 28 Rodkem Matthews DB 6-0 190 R-Fr. — Kansas City, Mo. North Greving, Luke - 86 29 Kyle Harris K 6-2 185 Fr. — Florissant, Mo. Hazelwood Central Harris, JaRon - 1 30 Kyle Minett RB 5-10 205 So. 1L Ruthton, Minn. Russell-Tyler-Ruthton Harris, Kyle - 29 31 Tyrel Kool RB 5-10 180 Fr. — Yankton, S.D. Yankton Helm, Bo - 19 Hylland, Matt - 24 32 Adam Fritz DB 5-11 200 Sr. 2L Colman, S.D. Colman-Egan Iverson, Brad - 15 33 Adam Monke RB 5-9 190 Jr. 2L Nickerson, Neb. Arlington Jackson, Isaiah - 36 34 Jordan Paula RB 6-3 250 Jr.