2009 CATAWBA COLLEGE FOOTBALL GUIDE THIS IS CATAWBA COLLEGE CONTENTS atawba College was founded in CNewton, North Carolina in 1851 by Catawba Athletic Administration . 1 the German Reformed Church. In 1890, Head Coach Chip Hester . 2 Catawba became a coeducational institu- Assistant Coaches . 3-5 tion, with the first woman graduate com- pleting her studies in 1893. Officials Newcomer Profiles . 5 closed the Newton campus in 1923 and Season Outlook . 6-7 moved to its present location in Salisbury, Player Profiles . 8-20 re-opening in 1925. In 1957, the Evangelical and Reformed Church merged Shuford Stadium . .21 to form the United Church of Christ, with 2009 Veteran Roster . 22 countries attend Catawba. The student body which the College maintains affiliation. 2009 Newcomer Roster . 23 Catawba seeks to serve the Salisbury- is evenly divided among men and women. Rowan County community through its pro- Indians’ 2008 Statistics . 24-25 grams and services. The Roberston College- MAJORS OFFERED 2008 Year in Review . 26-30 Community Center, a facility built as a joint Bachelor of Arts All-Americans and Pro Players . 31 venture with the community over 35 years Biology ago, houses the Shuford School of Performing Chemistry Catawba vs.Top 25 . 32-33 Arts and showcases musical and theatre pro- Chemistry Education Record Vs.All Opponents . 34 ductions from the college and the communi- Communication Arts Year-By-Year Scores . 35-37 ty. Similarly, the college’s athletic facilities Comprehensive Science Education Individual Records . 37-38 have been enhanced be the local community Education Team Records . 39 and are available to the local residents as well English as the students. Environmental Studies Career Leaders ........................ .40 In the more than 75 years since Catawba opened its doors in the Salisbury community, French Top Individual Seasons . Inside Back Cover it has built a tradition of successful graduates History who continue to honor the College by their Mathematics achievements and enable it through their sup- Music 2009 SCHEDULE Political Science port to strengthen with each entering class. DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME These graduates include physicians, attorneys, Psychology teachers and college professors, corporate Religion & Philosophy Aug. 29 at St.Augustine’s Raleigh,NC 1:30 executives, actors and musicians, social work- Sociology Sept. 5 at Fayetteville St. Fayetteville,NC 6:00 ers and others who contribute to our society Spanish in a variety of ways. Theatre Arts SEPT. 12 LIVINGSTONE SALISBURY 7:00 From one building, three-quarters of a SEPT. 26 MARS HILL* SALISBURY 7:00 century ago in Salisbury,Catawba College Bachelor of Fine Arts today has grown to a campus of 27 buildings Musical Theatre OCT. 3 NEWBERRY* (HC) SALISBURY 1:30 on 276 acres, with 189 acres devoted to an Theatre Arts Oct. 10 at Carson-Newman* Jefferson City,TN 3:00 outstanding ecological preserve. Almost all of Bachelor of Science the buildings on campus have undergone ren- Athletic Training Oct. 17 at Tusculum* Greeneville,TN 2:00 ovations in the recent past and two new Biology OCT. 24 WINGATE* SALISBURY 1:30 buildings, the Business Administration Catawba College Chemistry Oct. 31 at Brevard* Brevard,NC 1:00 Center for the Environmental Studies NOV. 7 LENOIR-RHYNE* SALISBURY 1:30 Environment and the Information Systems Catawba Sports Mathematics Center are now com- Medical Technology pleted. Over 1,300 Physical Education BOLD CAPS DENOTE HOME GAMES students representing Recreation * Denotes South Atlantic Conference games over 25 states and Theatre Arts Administration (HC) Denotes Homecoming Weekend several foreign Therapeutic Recreation CREDITS CONTACT INFORMATION This football yearbook is a publication of the HEAD COACH: Chip Hester (8th year, 53-24) Catawba College Sports Information Office. ASSISTANT COACHES: Matt Barrett, John Fitz, Calvin Hunter, D.J. Summers, Ben Hepler, Khanis Hubbard,Todd McComb, Bob Lancaster,Al Hooker, Radell Lockhart, Gerald Williams EDITOR: Jim Lewis, Director of Sports Information FOOTBALL OFFICE TELEPHONES: (704-637-4558, 637-4479, 637-4454) WRITTEN BY: Jim Lewis,Tim Readling and ATHLETIC DIRECTOR: Dennis Davidson (704-637-4474) Tom Readling SPORTS INFORMATION: Jim Lewis (704-637-4720) PHOTOGRAPHY: Chuck Williams, Jim Lewis, TICKET INFORMATON: Peggy Mason (704-637-4474) James Sipes, David Watson and STADIUM: Shuford Stadium (4,000) Curtis Fowler. COLORS: Blue and White Administration DR. W. CRAIG TURNER DENNIS DAVIDSON President Athletic Director Dr. W. Craig Turner became the 21st President of Dennis Davidson has been Catawba College in 2008. He came to Salisbury from director of athletics since May of Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas, where he 1996. He came to Catawba served as President for the past six years. College in July 1984 as director Dr. Turner joined the administration and faculty of of public information and Hardin-Simmons University in 1992, serving as Vice moved totally into sports infor- President for Academic Affairs and Professor of English from mation one year later. 1992 to 1996.He then became Executive Vice President and In 1991, Davidson was pro- Chief Academic Officer until he was named Chief Operating Officer in June 2000. Dr. moted to assistant to the athletic Turner then served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at HSU for a director, and in 1993, he was year before becoming the 14th President of Hardin-Simmons University on June 1, 2001. promoted to assistant athletic director for game operations,in addition to the sports During his tenure as President,HSU saw record enrollments (2,435 in the fall of 2007), information duties. record endowment and similar funds ($121.5 million in 2007), and surplus budgets. HSU Davidson oversees the entire athletic program at Catawba. He has also been finished the most successful fund raising campaign in its history in December of 2006,hav- responsible for securing athletic advertising and sponsorships and has had signifi- ing raised $49.7 million. The University successfully completed its Commission on cant roles in Catawba’s Sports Hall of Fame inductions, the South Atlantic Colleges reaccreditation in 2007, has been chosen as a Top Tier institution by U.S.News & Conference Spring Sports Festival and the year-end athletic ceremony. He is a mem- World Report for six consecutive years and a Best in the West institution by Princeton ber of the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) and was Review for five consecutive years. a member of the regional advisory committee for NCAA Division II football (2002- Dr.Turner was active in the Abilene,Texas,community,serving on the Boards of organ- 04). Davidson is currently the South Atlantic Conference AD liaison for baseball and izations such as United Way of Abilene, the Abilene Chamber of Commerce, Serenity women’s basketball. House,the Abilene Philharmonic,and the Abilene Humanities Council. He has also served Davidson was also highly involved in the planning of the Hayes Field House and on the Boards of the Association of Texas Colleges and Universities, the Independent Shuford Stadium reconstruction. He also has directed the highly popular Sam Moir Colleges and Universities of Texas, the International Association of Baptist Colleges and Christmas Basketball Classic since 1996. Schools, and the Consortium for Global Education, which he currently chairs. A former member of the College Sports Information Directors of America Dr.Turner came to HSU from Mississippi College in Clinton,Mississippi,where he was (CoSIDA), Davidson was chairman of the NAIA District 26 SIDs and the Carolinas Head of the English Department and Professor of English from 1985 to 1992. While there, Conference Awards Committee for three years (1986-89). He was voted by his peers he was chosen as “Teacher of the Year,”cited as “Scholar of the Year,”and elected President as District 26 SID of the Year for 1987-88 and 1992-93. of the Faculty.H is wife,Annette, served the Clinton Independent School District as a first Born in Statesville, but reared in Salisbury, Davidson graduated in 1977 from grade teacher. West Rowan High School, where he was a four-year letterman in baseball, earning Previously,he served as a tenured Assistant and Associate Professor of English at Texas All-North Piedmont Conference honors as a senior. A&M University from 1976 to 1985 and as a visiting instructor at Baylor University in 1974- Davidson earned a bachelor’s degree in English at Catawba in 1981, working as 1975. Dr.Turner earned the Doctor of Philosophy degree from Tulane University in British a part-time writer at The Salisbury Post during his college years. He actually began and American Literature in 1977, and earned two degrees from Baylor: the Master of Arts at The Post as a 16-year-old sportswriter in 1975. in English in 1971 and the Bachelor of Arts in English and History in 1969. He has edit- A member of Milford Hills United Methodist Church, Davidson is president of ed three books—The Poet Robert Browning and his Kinsfolk, Critical Essays in the Westside Pool Association. He is also a member of the PTA at Salisbury High American Humor, and Critical Essays in Eudora Welty—as well as having published School. more than two dozen scholarly articles, essays, and chapters in books. Since he greatly Davidson resides in Salisbury with his wife,Toni,a registered nurse at Lexington enjoys teaching, he tries to schedule a course every other year to stay active in the pro- Memorial Hospital. They have three daughters, Bethany (20), a junior at Catawba, fession and in the classroom. Katie (17) and Carrie (12). Dr.Turner and wife Annette have two grown children: Scott, a Development Officer for Texas Tech University, and Shannon Hays, an attorney, writer, and mother in Jacksonville, N.C. Shannon and her husband Mike, a Marine Corps Captain, have twin daughters, Madeleine and Peyton.