2009 Red Raider Football WWW.SHIPRAIDERS.COM Celebrating Rocky Rees's 20th Season at Shippensburg University • 145 career coaching victories (109 at Shippensburg) • 160 All-Conference Selections in 19 Years • Two-Time PSAC Coach of the Year • Ranks 6th In Career Games Among Active Division II Coaches • Ranks 7th In All-Time Victories Among PSAC Coaches • Ranks 10th In Career Victories Among Active Division II Coaches General Information Table of Contents O INTR General Information About Shippensburg University 2 Academic Programs 3 Academics and Athletics at Shippensburg 4 Academic Support for Student Athletes 4 Athletics Administration 5 Seth Grove Stadium 6 About the President 6 The Coaches COACHES Head Coach Rocky Rees 8-10 Assistant Coaches 11-16 Sports Medicine 17-18 Facilities 18 Red Raider Football Quick Facts Running Backs J.C. Morgan Alma Mater Bucknell '04 School Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania E-mail [email protected] Founded 1871 LOOK 2009 Season Outlook Wide Receivers Chance Powell Location Shippensburg, Pa. T Numerical Pre-Season Roster 20-21 Alma Mater Shippensburg '86 Enrollment 8,000 Pronunciation Guide 21 Volunteer Assistant/O-Line John Wetzel OU School Colors Red and Blue Season Outlook 22-24 Alma Mater Bloomsburg '98 Nickname Red Raiders Volunteer Assistant/D-Line Tony Johnson Affiliation NCAA Division II Alma Mater Shippensburg '02 Player Profiles Conference PSAC Eastern Division Volunteer Assistant/D-Line Josh Oswalt Stadium Seth Grove (7,700) Player Profiles 26-43 Alma Mater Shippensburg '08 2008 Record 4-7 Players to Watch 44 Graduate Assistant Ben Gibboney 2008 PSAC East Record 3-4 2008 PSAC East Finish 5th Sports Information 2008 Season Review OFILES Letterwinners Returning/Lost 25/14 Interim Sports Information Director Bill Morgal R Season Review 46-47 Offensive Starters Returning/Lost 11/7 Office Phone 717-477-1201 P Final Statistics 48-49 Defensive Starters Returning/Lost 12/7 E-mail [email protected] Statistical Review 50 Football Office Phone 717-477-1758 Sports Information Fax 717-477-1253 Season Superlatives 51 Football Office Fax 717-477-4049 Press Box Phone 717-477-1391 Game Recap 52-58 The Administration Hotline 717-477-7678 Mailing Address President Dr. William N. Ruud Sports Information Office The PSAC NCAA Faculty Representative Dr. Kurt Fuellhart 1871 Old Main Drive (OM 302) Acting Athletic Director Jeff Michaels PSAC Champions 60 EVIEW Shippensburg, PA 17257 Interim Sports Information Director Bill Morgal R The Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference 61 Web site www.shipraiders.com 2008 All-PSAC Eastern Division Teams 62 Director of Sports Medicine Wes Mallicone Athletic Department Phone 717-477-1711 Head Coach All media requests, including press passes, are to be The Opponents directed to the Sports Information Office. Games 1-11 64-69 Head Coach Rocky Rees Editor: Bill Morgal, Sports Information Director Travel Itinerary 69 Alma Mater West Chester, ‘71 2009 Opponents Calendar 70 Rees’ E-mail [email protected] Designers: Laura Burkett, Director of Publications Rees’ Career Record 145-116-2 (24 years) and Advertising; Jessica Kline, Publications Assistant. Rees’ SU Record 109-101-1 (19 years) PSAC History Photographic credits: Bill Smith, Shippensburg Assistant Coaches University. Inside back cover photos courtesy of the Red Raider Capsule History 72 Philadelphia Eagles, Pittsburgh Steelers, Green Bay Annual Records 73 Assistant Head Coach/DB’s Mark Maciejewski Packers and the National Football League. Team Records 74 Alma Mater Shippensburg ’92 E-mail [email protected] Punting and All-Purpose Records 75 S Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, in compliance Rushing Records 76-77 Offensive Coordinator/O-Line Pete Lee with federal and state laws and university policy, is NT Passing Records 78-79 Alma Mater Cornell ’86 committed to human understanding and provides equal E E-mail [email protected] Receiving Records 80-81 N educational, employment, and economic opportunities for Scoring Records 82-83 Defensive Coordinator/LB’s Mike Burket all persons without regard to race, color, sex, age, creed, Total Offense Records 84 Alma Mater Indiana (Pa.) '92 national origin, religion, veteran status, or disability. Return Records 85 E-mail [email protected] Direct requests for disability accommodations and other OPPO Defensive Records 86-87 inquiries to the Office of Disability Services, Old Main Red Raiders in the NFL 88 120, Shippensburg University, 1871 Old Main Drive, Shippensburg, PA 17257-2299, (717) 477-1329. RY O T HIS Red Raiders Football 1 General Information INTR About Shippensburg University • Academic options include indepen- O General Information dent study and research internships, • Founded in 1871 as the Cumberland field experience, the Marine Science Valley State Normal School Consortium at Wallops Island, a • Comprehensive regional public 3+2 engineering program with two university schools of engineering, 2+3 and 3+3 • Member of the Pennsylvania State health science programs with pro- COACHES System of Higher Education fessional schools, 2+2 allied health • Located on 200 acres in southcen- programs, and Army ROTC. tral Pennsylvania • Find a job or focus on a career with Enrollment the help of Career Development Center and alumni career services. • 6,800 undergraduate students and 1,200 graduate students Facilities and Resources • 53% women and 47% men • Ezra Lehman Memorial Library • 39% of our students live on campus houses more than 2 million items OU • 94% of our students are from Penn- and provides access to electronic sylvania resources which are accessible from T LOOK your personal computer 24-7. Faculty • Campus computer network has con- • Student-faculty ratio: 20:1 and each nections in every classroom, faculty student has a faculty advisor office, and residence hall rooms (one • 91% of the 294 full-time instruc- for every student). Every student tional faculty members hold a has an e-mail and a Web homepage doctorate or other terminal degree account. Students can access their in their field academic and scheduling records P R • Our faculty’s main focus is teaching. online. A wireless network is avail- OFILES All classes are taught by faculty, not able in many buildings on campus. graduate assistants • 21 microcomputer labs (3 general and 18 with major specific software). Accreditations Two labs are open 24-7. • AACSB International Women: basketball, cross country, • 80 percent of undergraduates receive • ABET (computer science) Student Life field hockey, lacrosse, soccer, soft- some form of financial aid, including • American Chemical Society • The Student Services, Inc. adminis- ball, swimming, tennis, track/field, grants, academic or athletic scholar- • Council for the Accreditation of ters a $2.8 million budget and pro- volleyball. ships, loans, and student employ- R Counseling and Related Educa- vides a highly diversified program of • Intramural sports: ment. EVIEW student activities. tional Programs Basketball, bowling, racquetball, Admission to SU • Council for Exceptional Children • More than 200 student clubs, soccer, softball, street hockey, tennis, • Prospective students must provide: • Council on Social Work Education organizations, honor societies and Ultimate Frisbee, volleyball activity groups. a completed application form, a $30 • International Association of Coun- • Sports facilities include: outdoor processing fee, official high school seling Services • Cultural and lecture series brings tennis courts, indoor and outdoor nationally and inter-nationally transcript*, recommendations*, and • National Council for the Accredita- track, two indoor swimming pools, known persons to campus. aptitude test results (SAT or ACT)*. tion of Coaching Education squash and handball courts, a • 9 student housing facilities; all but The SAT essay score or writing • Middle States Association of Col- rehabilitation center, outdoor sand one are co-ed. Rooms are double volleyball courts. sample will not be used in the leges and Schools admission decision, but will be used PSAC occupancy and have two high-speed • National Council for the Accredita- • 62,000-square-foot Student computer connections. Seavers for English placement. tion of Teachers Recreation Building features an Complex houses six students in each 8,000-square-foot fitness center, an (*These must be sent by the high school, Academic Programs unit. Stone Ridge Commons offers elevated running track, racquetball the College Board, or ACT.) and Opportunities apartment-style living for two, four, courts, and four multi-purpose • Transfer students must submit col- or six students. courts. lege transcripts. • 75 majors and concentrations and • Student services: University Counsel- • The Admissions Office operates on 22 graduate programs • 12-acre student recreation center ing Center, Career Development a rolling basis. OPPO includes: hockey rink; sand volley- • 3 colleges: Arts and Sciences, Busi- Center, Learning Center, Women’s ball courts; basketball courts; fields • The average applicant has a grade ness, and Education and Human Center, Multicultural Student Devel- for football, softball, lacrosse, and average of B or better and SAT Services; plus a Office of Undeclared opment Center. rugby; exercise trail for rollerblading, score of 1050, for regularly admitted N Students. students. E • Etter Health Center provides 24- biking, and jogging. NT • Study abroad opportunities are hour access to medical services. • Successful applications display a available in dozens of countries. Costs/Financial Aid student’s