MEN’S BASKETBALL 2014-2015 1 GROVE CITY COLLEGE TABLE OF CONTENTS 2014-2015 SCHEDULE Administration Nov. 15 Franciscan 3:00 President Paul McNulty, J.D. _____________________________________ 3 Nov. 19 Pitt-Greensburg 7:00 Athletic Director Dr. Don Lyle ____________________________________ 3 Nov. 22 at Mount Aloysius 1:00 Nov. 28-29 David Wells Classic at Claremont, Calif. Coaching Staff Dec. 3 Wash. & Jeff.* 7:30 Head Coach Steve Lamie_________________________________________ 4 Dec. 6 at Waynesburg* 3:30 Assistant Coach Sean Severson __________________________________ 5 Dec. 8 at Oberlin 7:30 The 2014-2015 Season Dec. 29-30 Bluffton Tournament Jan. 3 Geneva* 3:00 2014-2015 Preview _______________________________________________ 6 Jan. 7 Westminster* 7:30 Numerical Roster ________________________________________________ 7 Jan. 10 at Saint Vincent* 6:00 Team Picture _____________________________________________________ 7 Jan. 14 Penn State Beaver 7:00 Veterans Jan. 17 Thiel* 3:00 Jan. 20 Thomas More* 6:00 Erik Carlstrom (Bethlehem, Pa.) __________________________________ 8 Jan. 21 Bethany* 7:30 Brian Giesler (Harrisville, Pa.)_____________________________________ 9 Jan. 24 at Wash. & Jeff.* 4:00 Mitch Marmelstein (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.) ________________ 10 Jan. 28 at Thomas More* 7:30 Isaiah Reeves (Pittsburgh, Pa.) __________________________________ 11 Jan. 31 Waynesburg* 3:00 Feb. 4 at Westminster* 8:00 J.T. Schwartz (Pittsburgh, Pa.) ___________________________________ 12 Feb. 7 at Geneva* 7:30 Stephen Tam (Hamilton, Mass.) _________________________________ 13 Feb. 14 Saint Vincent* (HOF) 3:00 Joe Vermilya (Sylvania, Ohio) ___________________________________ 14 Feb. 18 at Bethany* 8:00 Caleb Knudsen (Saylorsville, Pa.) ________________________________ 15 Feb. 21 at Thiel* 3:00 Feb. 23-28 Presidents’ Athletic Conference Tyler McGrath (Pottstown, Pa.) __________________________________ 15 Championship Tournament Mitch Newburg (Farmington, Minn.) ____________________________ 16 *Presidents’ Athletic Conference Games Luke Tincha (Butler, Pa.) _________________________________________ 16 Newcomers 2014-2015 QUICK FACTS 2014-2015 Newcomers _________________________________________ 17 Location _________________________ Grove City, Pa. The Presidents’ Athletic Conference ONTENTS Enrollment _________________________________ 2,450 About the Presidents’ Athletic Conference ______________________ 18 C Founded ___________________________________ 1876 Conference Opponent Profiles __________________________________ 19 President ________________ Paul McNulty, J.D. ‘80 OF Season Review Athletic Director ___________________ Dr. Don Lyle AD Phone _________________________ 724-458-2900 2013-2014 Results and Statistics ________________________________ 20 Nickname ____________________________ Wolverines History and Records ABLE Colors _______________________ Crimson and White Single-Season Leaders __________________________________________ 21 T Home Court ______________ College Arena (1,800) Wolverine Record Book _________________________________________ 22 Conference _________________ Presidents’ Athletic The Last Time It Happened _____________________________________ 23 First Season _____________________________ 1898-99 Program History ________________________________________________ 24 All-Time Won-Lost __________________ 1,224-1022 Year-By-Year Records ___________________________________________ 28 Head Coach ________________________ Steve Lamie All-Time Division III Opponent Series ___________________________ 29 Alma Mater ____________________ Grove City, 1985 The 1,000-Point Club ____________________________________________ 30 Record at Grove City _________ 212-207 (16 years) Career Record ______________________________ Same Grove City College Basketball Phone _________________ 724-458-3866 Grove City College Athletic Hall of Fame ________________________ 31 Assistant Coach __________________ Sean Severson Grove City College Sports ______________________________________ 32 Alma Mater ____________ Minnesota-Morris, 2002 About Grove City College _______________________________________ 34 2013-2014 Record _________________________ 11-15 Grove City College Athletic Facilities ____________________________ 35 2013-2014 PAC Record _______________________ 7-9 2014-2015 Schedule ____________________________________________ Back Cover Last Postseason Berth ______________ 2010, NCAA (Lost to Wooster, 63-52) Conference Championships ___________________ 7 (1989, 1990, 1991, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2010) Starters Returning/Lost ______________________ 4/1 Sports Information Director __________ R.A. Briggs Sports Information Phone ________ 724-458-3365 CREDITS The 2014-2015 Men’s Basketball Guide is a production of the Grove City College SID E-Mail ___________________ [email protected] Sports Information Office. Editor: R.A. Briggs, SID. Associate editor: Robert Audia. Web Site _________________ www2.gcc.edu/Sports Editorial assistance by Marie Carroll. Head shots taken by Gregg Studio, Grove City, Pa. Action photography taken by Dave Miller, ADM Photography, Darlington, Pa., and Timothy Sofranko. Printing by SCP Group, Sharon, Pa. 2 MEN’S BASKETBALL 2014-2015 PRESIDENT PAUL MCNULTY A 1980 graduate of Grove From 2001 to 2005, President McNulty served as the U.S. City College, the Honorable Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. The U.S. Senate Paul J. McNulty, J.D., enters his confirmed him for this position three days after the first year as the College’s ninth September 11 terrorist attacks and his office handled President. numerous terrorist prosecutions. Earlier in his career, from President McNulty returned 1990 to 1993, he served as the Justice Department’s Chief to Grove City after serving as a Spokesman and Director of Legal Policy. partner in the global law firm His career also includes 11 years as a senior lawyer on Baker & McKenzie, where he Capitol Hill, where he served as the Chief Counsel and chaired the firm’s corporate Director of Legislative Operations for the Majority Leader of compliance and investigations the U.S. House of Representatives and Chief Counsel for the practice. House Subcommittee on Crime. He began his legal career in He is widely recognized as 1983 as Counsel for the House Ethics Committee. a leading voice on business eth- President McNulty received the College’s Alumni Achieve- ics and global anti-corruption ment award in 1998. The College awarded him an honorary matters. doctorate in 2007. He joined Baker & McKenzie in 2007 after more than two He also received an honorary doctorate in 2003 from decades of public service, primarily as a leader in United States Capital University School of Law, where he received his Juris law enforcement efforts. Doctorate in 1983. From 2005 to 2007, President McNulty served as U.S. He is the fourth alumnus to serve as President of the Col- Deputy Attorney General, the second highest-ranking official lege, where he studied history and met his wife Brenda (Millican in the Justice Department and the chief operating officer of '80). over 100,000 Department employees. The McNultys have three daughters, Katy (McNulty '07) A In that role, he led an attack on corporate fraud, success- Hittinger, Anni (McNulty) Blankenship and Corrie '14. Their son DMINISTRATION fully argued a police conduct case before the U.S. Supreme Joseph died of cancer in 2012 at the age of 26 while attend- Court, and organized the U.S. rule of law efforts in Iraq. ing law school. ATHLETIC DIRECTOR DON LYLE Dr. Don Lyle is in his 13th He earned the PAC’s Coach of the Year award that year. year as athletic director at Lyle also directed Grove City to a share of the PAC men’s Grove City College. Lyle is soccer title in 1996 as Grove City went 16-2. The Wolverines Chairman of the Department set a school record for victories in a season and won their of Physical Education and Ath- first ECAC title. letics and Athletic Director. Lyle-coached teams also advanced to post-season play In that role, Lyle oversees in 1976, 1980 and 2000. In 34 years as head coach, he com- the College’s fitness and piled a 277-206-37 record. The College inducted him into its wellness program, its rapidly- Men’s Soccer Hall of Fame in October 2006. growing exercise science ma- Lyle also started the women’s softball program at Grove jor and Grove City’s 19-sport City, posting a 91-61 (.599) record from 1980-88 as head coach. varsity athletics program. Lyle then spent nine years as baseball coach at Grove City. Lyle coached Grove City’s In addition to his academic duties as department chair, men’s soccer team from 1972 Lyle is a professor of physical education. He is also chairman to 2005. As head coach, he led of the Grove City College Athletic Hall of Fame Selection Com- the Wolverines to six post- mittee. season berths, including a pair of trips to the NCAA Champi- A native of Calcutta, Ohio, Lyle earned his bachelor of onship Tournament. arts degree from Muskingum College in 1971. He earned his In 2005, his final season as head coach, Lyle guided Grove master’s degree in education from Miami of Ohio. Lyle re- City to its first-ever outright Presidents’ Athletic Conference ceived his doctorate from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. title and a trip to the finals of the Eastern College Athletic Lyle and his wife Barbara live in Pine Township. They have Conference Southern Championship Tournament. three adult children and nine grandchildren. 3 GROVE CITY COLLEGE HEAD COACH STEVE LAMIE A 1985 magna cum Lamie guided Grove City to the PAC championship