Colorado Quick Facts TABLE OF CONTENTS SCHOOL INFORMATION 2005-06 Schedule/Roster .........................................IFC Location........................................................ Boulder, Colo. Population ...............................................................103,216 Table of Contents/Colorado Quick Facts................. 1 Elevation .......................................................................5,435 Head Coach Sam Winterbotham................................. 2 Enrollment ................................................................ 27,151 Assistant Coach Albin Polonyi ..................................... 3 Founded .........................................................................1876 Volunteer Assistant Bob Bateman .............................3 Colors .................................................... Silver, Black, Gold Support Staff ...................................................................3-5 Nickname ...............................................Buffaloes (Buffs) Mascot .................................................................. Ralphie IV 2006 Season Preview ...................................................... 6 National Afliation ............................................Division I 2005-06 Player Biographies ..................................7-15 Conference/Year joined .......................... Big 12/1996 Peter Bjork ........................................................................... 7 President ..........................Hank Brown (Colorado ‘61) Marko Bundalo ................................................................... 8 Chancellor ..........Dr. Phil DiStefano (Ohio State ‘68) Marek Dvorak ..................................................................... 9 Provost ...................Susan Avery (Michigan State ‘72) Vice Chancellor .....Ron Stump (Northern Michigan Justin Rofel .........................................................................10 ‘69) Chad Tsuda.........................................................................11 Geoffrey Chizever Director of Athletics ...........Mike Bohn (Kansas ‘83) Charlie Yemm ....................................................................12 Web Site ............................................. www.CUBuffs.com Jan Zelezny .........................................................................13 Big 12 web page......................www.big12sports.com Geoffery Chizever/Eric Molnar .................................14 Karthik Raju/Tobias Scheil .........................................15 MEN’S TENNIS INFORMATION Head Coach .....................................Sam Winterbotham THE 2004ǧ05 REVIEW Alma Mater .............................Oklahoma Christian ‘99 2004-05 Results/Statistics .........................................16 Career Record at CU/Yrs. ...................22-47/4th year 2004-05 Match Recaps ..........................................17-18 E-mail [email protected] Assistant Coach .......Albin Polonyi (Boise State ‘92) THE OPPONENTS Volunteer Asst. Coach Bob Bateman (Colorado ‘85) Karthik Raju Administrative Assistant........Lynn Burger (CU ‘90) Baylor, Boise State, BYU................................................19 E-mail [email protected] Denver, Montana State, Nebraska ............................19 Tennis Ofice Phone ..............................303/492-5885 New Mexico, New Mexico State, Oklahoma .........20 Athletic Trainer ......................Eric Fry (Purdue 2000) Oklahoma State, Portland, Texas ..............................20 2005 Record ..................................................................9-15 Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Utah, Big 12 .....................21 2005 Big 12 Record .......................................................2-5 2005 NCAA Finish ........................................................... 59 The Blue-Gray National Collegiate Classic ...........21 Letterwinners Returning/Lost................................7/3 Newcomers ...........................................................................4 THE HISTORY Home Courts ....................CU-Boulder South Campus Season-by-Season Results ....................................22-27 ..........Harvest House (Indoor), Ranch Country Club All-Time Opponent Series History ....................28-33 All-Time Big 12 Record .......................................... 22-48 All-Time Conference Records .....................................34 Justin Rofel SPORTS INFORMATION All-Time Series Standings ............................................35 Tennis SID .............................................Andrew R. Green Buffs’ Conference History ............................................36 Phone ..........................................................303/492-3812 Buffs’ NCAA History .......................................................37 Fax ................................................................303/492-3811 Big 12 Conference History ...................................38-41 Home ...........................................................303/543-3755 Colorado All-Time Roster .....................................42-46 E-Mail [email protected] Individual Wins, Career ................................................47 Individual Wins, Season ..............................................48 CREDITS Single-Season Wins ........................................................49 The 2005-6 CU men’s tennis guide was produced through the combined efforts of the Sports Infor- Conf. Singles/Doubles Wins/Coaches Wins ........50 mation Ofice. The guide was written, designed and Tobias Scheil edited by Andrew Green, Assistant Director of Sports UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO Information. Contributions by Brandon Gilbert and President Hank Brown .................................................51 Erich Schubert. Printing by Pioneer Press, Greeley, Athletic Director Mike Bohn .......................................51 Colo. Front cover designed by Deric Swanson of BuffVision. Photography by Ken Abott, Tim Benko, University of Colorado ..................................................52 Mark Brodie, Chip Bromield, Casey Cass, Cliff Grass- Dal Ward Ath. Ctr./CU-Boulder South Campus ..53 mick, Larry Harwood, Patrick Kelley, Brian Lewis, Boulder Facts .............................................................54-55 Dan Madden, Ed Kosmicki, Zemi Photographics. Denver Facts ...............................................................56-57 State of Colorado Facts .................................................58 ON THE COVER Colorado Sports Scene ..................................................59 Colorado student-athletes (left to right): Ralphie IV ...........................................................................60 Seniors Chad Tsuda, Justin Rofel, Marko Bundalo. Charlie Yemm Boulder in Pictures .........................................................IBC 2005-06 University of Colorado Men’s Tennis 1 Colorado Head Coach Committee. “The University of Colorado has an excellent athletic department ... SAM WINTERBOTHAM one of the best in the country,” said Winterbotham. “I am proud to be a part of it and my goal is to build a tennis program that competes at the Head Coach highest level, consistently ighting for championships at the conference Fourth Season and national levels.” Prior to coming to Boulder, Winterbotham spent the previous Oklahoma Christian ‘99 three years at Baylor helping the Bears become a national power in the Sam Winterbotham enters his fourth collegiate game. In addition to assisting the Bears with the day-to-day season as the Colorado men’s tennis head operation, Winterbotham was responsible for recruiting one of the best coach continuing to build the Buffaloes teams in the nation that eventually won the irst national championship into a competitive program not just in Baylor history Baylor, as the Bears were crowned NCAA Champions among his Big 12 Conference peers, but in 2004. on a national level. While at Baylor, Winterbotham was named the 2002 Region VI As- In his previous three years in Boulder, sistant Coach of the Year after helping the Bears win the Big 12 regular Winterbotham is taking CU to new season and conference tournament. Baylor advanced to the 2002 NCAA heights. With an exciting approach on the sideline, he is developing the Sweet 16 and inished the season ranked seventh nationally. men’s tennis program into a well-respected group of student-athletes Prior to his stint at Baylor, Winterbotham attended Oklahoma among the nation. Christian University in Oklahoma City where he was a four-year NAIA “I have a ine group of men that really care All-American. In 1997, about CU,” said Winterbotham. “They train and he won top honors as work hard at practices. They really are a lot of fun.” the NAIA Rolex National Last season, Coach Winterbotham and his Singles Champion. young Buffaloes were nationally ranked the en- At OCU, Winterbotham tire spring season that saw 19 nationally ranked also was the 1999 Soon- opponents grace the spring schedule. Despite a er Athletic Conference team not having one senior, CU remained steady Player of the Year in throughout the dual campaign ranked as high as soccer, where he was No. 43 and inishing No. 59. It’s their highest rank- named to the all-region ing in the ITA polls since the 1995-96 season. irst team and honorable The 2005 spring saw the Buffs tally ive im- mention all-America pressive wins over the nation’s elite