MEDIA GUIDE AUG. 18 CHICO STATE # Noon AUG. 24 UNLV 5 p.m. Aug. 27 at Cal State Bakersfield 7 p.m. Aug. 31 at Air Force 6 p.m. Sept. 2 at Denver Noon Sept. 6 San Francisco 7 p.m. SEPT. 9 CENTRAL FLORIDA 4 p.m. Sept. 14 vs. Tulsa (SMU Classic) 3 p.m. Sept. 16 at SMU (SMU Classic) 12:30 p.m. SEPT. 22 SAINT MARy’S 4 p.m. Sept. 28 at Cal State Northridge * 7 p.m. Sept. 30 at UC Irvine * 4 p.m. OCT. 5 UC RIVERSIDE * 4 p.m. OCT. 7 CAL STATE FULLERTON * 3 p.m. Oct. 13 UC SANTA BARBARA * 3 p.m. Oct. 16 at Cal Poly * 7 p.m. Oct. 20 at Sacramento State * 4 p.m. HOME GAMES IN BOLD CAPS Oct. 28 at UC Santa Barbara * 2 p.m. # Exhibition OCT. 31 CAL POLY * 3 p.m. * Big West Conference Game NOV. 3 SACRAMENTO STATE * 3 p.m. All times Pacific TICKETS or TRUST • UNITY TOGETHERNESS 530.752.AGS1 Table of Contents Quick Facts .......................................................................................1 2011 RECAP Head Coach Dwayne Shaffer .............................................................2 Season Results .................................................................................13 Assistant Coaches Eric Mild & Jason Hotaling ...................................3 Individual Statistics .........................................................................14 2011 Numerical Roster ......................................................................4 Big West Conference Recap ....................................................... 15-16 PLAYER CAPSULES PROGRAM HISTORY Armando Quezada, Omar Zeenni, Andre Brown, Mustafa Chopan ....5 Individual Records ..........................................................................17 Alex Henry, Nick Grigoriev, Matt Wiesenfarth, Alex Aguiar ...............6 Team Records ..................................................................................18 Kevin Schulte, Ian Palmer, Eric Budniewski, Elliot Hord ...................7 Honors & Awards ............................................................................19 Ethan Shawlee, John Joslin, Ramon Martin Del Campo, All-Time Letterwinners .............................................................. 20-22 Spencer Williams ............................................................................8 Year-by-Year Scores .................................................................... 23-24 Dan Reese, Ryan Gross, Dashiell MacNamara, Pat Reese ....................9 Lucas Mohageg, Blake Steele ...........................................................10 Kirk Kappelhoff, Matt Sheldon, Brian Ford, Eddie Manella .............11 Kris Schultz, Cullen Roche, Riley Newport ......................................12 Table of Contents School University of California, Davis (UC Davis) Head Coach: Dwayne Shaffer (Chico State ’88) Address One Shields Avenue / Davis, CA 95616 Career Record: 155-126-29 (16 years) Established/Founded 1905/1908 UC Davis Record: 150-116-28 (15 years) Enrollment 32,653 Coach’s Office: Cowell Building Nickname Aggies One Shields Avenue Colors Yale Blue & Gold Davis, CA 95616 National Affiliation NCAA Division I Coach’s Phone: (530) 979-0074 Conference Big West Conference Coach’s E-Mail Address: [email protected] Home Facility Aggie Soccer Stadium (1,000) Assistant Coach: Eric Mild (Humboldt State ’96) Chancellor Dr. Linda P.B. Katehi (Athens Polytechnic ’77) Email: [email protected] Director of Athletics Terry Tumey (UCLA ’88) Assistant Coach: Jason Hotaling (Sonoma State ’96) Executive Sr. Associate A.D./SWA Nona Richardson (Michigan State ’83) Email: [email protected] Senior Associate A.D. Cindy Spiro (Pacific ’76) Associate A.D.s Media Relations Contact: Amanda Piechowski Business: Mike Bazemore (Sam Houston State ’82) Media Relations Office: (530) 752-2663 Compliance: Jennifer Cardone (Adelphi ‘90) Email: [email protected] Sports Performance, Enhancement & Dev.: Josh Flushman (UC Davis ’00) Media Relations FAX: (530) 754-5674 Assistant A.D.s Official Website: http://www.ucdavisaggies.com Media Relations: Mike Robles (Cal Poly ’88) Marketing & Promotions: Scott Brayton (UC Davis ‘94) 2011 Record: 7-8-4, 5-3-2 (3rd) Development: Mike Angius (UC Davis ‘77) 2011 Postseason: Big West Conference Semifinalist Faculty Athletic Rep. (interim) Dr. W. Jeffrey Weidner (Michigan State ’68) Letterwinners Ret/Lost: X/X Head Athletic Trainer Jeff Hogan (UC Davis ’81) Starters Ret/Lost: X/X Director of Academic Services Michelle Roppeau (Carleton) 2012 UC DAVIS MEN’S SOCCER • 1 Coaching Staff averaged double-digit wins nearly every season and have compiled an overall record of 143-108-24. DWAYNE In the Aggies’ last six years in the California Collegiate Athletic Asso- ciation, Shaffer guided the team to two first-place and four second-place SHAFFER finishes. In 1999, he led the Aggies to a school-record 16 victories and Head Coach the school’s first appearance in the NCAA Tournament quarterfinals in 16th Year 23 years. That year, he was named CCAA Coach of the Year as well as the Chico State ’88 National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) West Region Coach of the Year. The Aggies set a record in 1999 by going unbeaten in 13 consecutive games. In 2006, the university’s final year of the Div. I transition, Shaffer’s program proved itself worthy of collegiate soccer’s highest level. The Aggies won nine games, including a 1-0 victory over the year’s eventual During his 15-year tenure, Dwayne Shaffer has been the guiding NCAA champion, UC Santa Barbara. That win also served as a milestone force for a men’s soccer program that has had consistent success and for Shaffer -- it was his 100th at UC Davis. Prior to coming to UC Davis, achievement both on and off the field. Under his guidance, UC Davis Shaffer spent one season as the head coach at Dayton, where he recruited has experienced back-to-back appearances in the NCAA Tournament Mark Schulte who went on to play in the MLS. In addition, four others and consistently competes against some of the top collegiate programs were drafted by the A-League. in the country. His season at Dayton followed a three-year stint as assistant head Shaffer’s career has been highlighted by recruiting and coaching some coach at Clemso where he helped guide the Tigers to a 47-18-3 record of the top student-athletes, both on and off the field. In his 16 years at and two trips to the second round of the NCAA Division I Tournament. UC Davis, Shaffer has coached two players into the ranks of Major League On two occasions, Clemson was ranked the No. 1 team in the nation. Soccer and seen three of his student-athletes earn All-America status. At Clemson, Shaffer helped recruit and coach a total of nine players Additionally, he has produced 16 All-Region and 12 All-Conference first who would go on to play in the MLS. He also helped coach the nation’s team selections. leading scorer in 1993 and 1994. Most recently, Ryan Shaw, UC Davis’ first Major League Soccer draft Prior to Clemson, he served four years as head coach at Santa Rosa selection, was inducted into the 2012 Cal Aggie Athletics Hall of Fame, Junior College where his teams won 52 games. Shaffer coached two marking the second straight year that a Shaffer product was part of the All-Americans in his four-year stint at Santa Rosa JC. He also coached induction class after Matt DeJong was a member of the 2011 class. the leading scorer in the state as well as the most valuable player of the The 2011 season saw Matt Wiesenfarth pick up UC Davis’ first-ever Northern California region. Big West Conference Freshman of the Year award while Lance Patterson Shaffer’s standout collegiate playing career, which featured a .795 became just the third Aggie to win first-team All-Big West honors. winning percentage, began at Santa Rosa JC where he was named all- Since 2007, Shaffer’s teams have won a combined 44 games while conference and led the team to a two-year record of 39-7-2 and a pair earning at-large bids to the NCAA Tournament in 2007 and 2008. UC of conference championships. As a sophomore, Shaffer played central Davis posted a 13-win campaign while advancing to the second round defender on a unit that allowed just seven goals in 24 games, including of the NCAA Tournament in 2008 and the success resulted in the Ag- 13 consecutive shutouts. Following Santa Rosa, he went on to play two gies hosting and winning their first Division I NCAA Tournament game seasons at Chico State and helped lead the Wildcats to a 29-9-2 record at Aggie Stadium. and an NCAA Tournament appearance during his junior season. Dylan Curtis was a first-team 2008 Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award He has also served as a Region IV Olympic Development Program Senior All-America selection while joining teammate Quincy Amarikwa staff member. as NSCAA All-America honorees. As a result, UC Davis was one of just Shaffer earned his bachelor’s degree and his master’s in physical edu- six schools in the nation to have multiple All-Americans. Additionally, cation with a teaching/coaching emphasis from Chico State. He enjoys Amarikwa became the first Aggie to be selected in the MLS SuperDraft fishing and watching and supporting Major League Soccer. Shaffer and when he was the 32nd pick, overall, in January 2009 by the San Jose his wife, Lara, have two daughters; Shay and Skye. Earthquakes. A total of five Aggies from the 2008 squad were invited to MLS camps. Shaffer’s success has translated off the field as well as eight student-ath- letes during his tenure have received CoSIDA All-America or All-District academic honors and more than two dozen of Shaffer’s student-athletes have gone on to either attend graduate school or medical school. That number includes DeJong, who received a NCAA Postgraduate Scholar- ship Award. DeJong also set the UC Davis career scoring record and was drafted by the Sacramento Knights of the Major Indoor Soccer League, becoming the only rookie to make the team that year. Four years later, Ryan Shaw eclipsed DeJong’s mark and was subsequentially drafted by the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer. He also played in several MLS development games in 2005. Shaw was named UC Davis’ 2004-05 Male Athlete of the Year.