Table of Contents Quick Facts .......................................................................................1 2007 RECAP Head Coach Dwayne Shaffer .............................................................2 2007 Season Results ........................................................................14 Assistant Coaches Eric Mild & Jason Hotaling ...................................3 2007 Individual Statistics ................................................................15 2008 Numerical Roster ....................................................................13 Big West Conference Recap ....................................................... 16-17 PLAYER PROFILES PROGRAM HISTORY Tommy Siragusa/Matt Provencher/Ahmad Hatifie ..............................4 Individual Records ..........................................................................18 Stephen Cunningham/Nate Jarman/Chris Leer ..................................5 Team Records ..................................................................................19 Jason Santos/Greg Hammond/Sule Anibaba .......................................6 Honors & Awards ............................................................................20 Ian Conklin/Julian Godinez/Jordan Vanderpoorten ............................7 All-Time Letterwinners .............................................................. 21-25 Jake Mogelson/Dylan Curtis/Miles Hadley .........................................8 Year-by-Year Scores .................................................................... 26-27 Paul Marcoux/Dan Campbell/Lance Patterson ...................................9 John Joslin/Andrew Robello/Rene Cuellar/Christopher Beville .........10 CAMPUS SECTION Quincy Amarikwa/Derek LeBon ......................................................11 This is UC Davis ............................................................................. i-ii Nathan Javadi/Ethan Shawlee/Ryan McCowan/Andy Walker ...........12 About UC Davis Athletics .............................................................iii-vi Juan Hernandez...............................................................................13 Facilities Overview ....................................................................vii-viii Transition to Division I .....................................................................ix 2008 Quick Facts School University of California, Davis (UC Davis) Head Coach: Dwayne Shaffer (Chico State ’88) Address One Shields Avenue / Davis, CA 95616 Career Record: 163-99-27 (16 years) Established/Founded 1905/1908 UC Davis Record: 116-79-19 (11 years) Enrollment 30,685 Coach’s Office: 326 Hickey Gym Nickname Aggies One Shields Avenue Colors Yale Blue & Gold Davis, CA 95616 National Affiliation NCAA Division I Coach’s Phone: (530) 752-8892 Conference Big West Conference Coach’s E-Mail Address: [email protected] Home Sites Aggie Soccer Stadium (1,000) Assistant Coach: Eric Mild (Humboldt State ’96) Chancellor Dr. Larry Vanderhoef (Wisc. Milwaukee ’64) Email: [email protected] Director of Athletics Greg Warzecka (UC Berkeley ’73) Assistant Coach: Jason Hotaling (Sonoma State ’96) Senior Associate A.D.s Email: [email protected] Compliance, Eligibility & Sports Med: Nona Richardson (Michigan State ’83) Ext. Affairs & Resource Dev.: Cindy Spiro (Pacific ’76) Media Relations Contact: Wes Collins Associate A.D. Media Relations Office: (530) 752-3505 Business & Game Mgmt. Bob Bullis (Northern Iowa ’71) Email: [email protected] Assistant A.D.s Media Relations FAX: (530) 754-5674 Media Relations Mike Robles (Cal Poly ’88) Collins’ Cell/Press Row (530) 220-5742 Football Ops & Event Mgmt Josh Flushman (UC Davis ’00) Official Website: http://www.ucdavisaggies.com Marketing & Promotions Scott Brayton (UC Davis ‘94) Compliance Jennifer Cardone (Adelphi ‘90) 2007 Record: 12-5-3, 7-3-2 (2nd) Development Mike Angius (UC Davis ‘77) Letterwinners Ret/Lost: 16/6 Faculty Athletic Rep. Dr. Kimberly Elsbach (Iowa ’85) Starters Ret/Lost: 8/3 Head Athletic Trainer Jeff Hogan (UC Davis ’81) Dir. of Athletic Academic Advising Michelle Roppeau (Carleton) 2008 UC DAVIS MEN’S SOCCER MEDIA GUIDE 1 Coaching Staff 47-18-3 record and two trips to the second round of the NCAA Division I Tournament. On two occasions, Clemson was ranked the No. 1 team DWAYNE in the nation. Prior to Clemson, he served four years as head coach at Santa Rosa Junior College where his teams won 52 games. His career SHAFFER coaching record stands at 163-99-28 (.610). Head Coach Shaffer’s career has been one highlighted by recruiting and coaching 12th Year some of the top student-athletes, both on and off the field. In his 10 Chico State ’88 years at UC Davis, Shaffer has coached 22 student-athletes who have gone on to either attend graduate school or medical school. That number includes Matt DeJong, who received a NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship 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, Dwayne Shaffer enters his 12th year as the head coach of the UC Ryan Shaw eclipsed DeJong’s mark and was subsequentially drafted by Davis men’s soccer program. With nearly two decades of collegiate coach- the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer. He also played in several ing experience, Shaffer was the guiding force for the Aggies through MLS development games in 2005. Shaw was named UC Davis’ 2004-05 the reclassification period, seeking to make UC Davis one of the most Male Athlete of the Year. competitive teams in the west and one that will qualify for the NCAA While at Dayton, Shaffer recruited Mark Schulte, who went on to Division I tournament on an annual basis. play in the MLS. In addition, four others were drafted by the A-League. In 2007, the Aggies achieved that goal in their inaugural Div. I season, At Clemson, Shaffer helped recruit and coach a total of nine players winning 12 games and facing off with Pacific-10 Conference champion who would go on to play in the MLS. He also helped coach the nation’s California in the NCAA postseason. Shaffer earned conference Coach of leading scorer in 1993 and 1994. At UC Davis, 10 Aggies have garnered the Year accolades, leading his program to a second-place showing in first-team all-conference honors under Shaffer while 14 have been the team’s first Big West Conference season. named NSCAA All-Region. One former Aggie, Sean Buchanan, received In his career at UC Davis, Shaffer’s teams have averaged double-digit All-America honors. wins each season and have compiled an overall record of 116-79-19 Shaffer coached two All-Americans in his four-year stint at Santa Rosa (.586). In the Aggies’ last six years in the California Collegiate Athletic JC. He also coached the leading scorer in the state as well as the most Association, Shaffer guided the team to two first-place and four second- valuable player of the Northern California region. place finishes. In 1999, he led the Aggies to a school-record 16 victories Shaffer’s standout collegiate playing career, which featured a .795 and the school’s first appearance in the NCAA Tournament quarterfinals winning percentage, began at Santa Rosa JC where he was named all- in 23 years. That year, he was named CCAA Coach of the Year as well conference and led the team to a two-year record of 39-7-2 and a pair as the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) West of conference championships. As a sophomore, Shaffer played central Region Coach of the Year. The Aggies set a record in 1999 by going defender on a unit that allowed just seven goals in 24 games, including unbeaten in 13 consecutive games. 13 consecutive shutouts. Following Santa Rosa, he went on to play two In 2006, the university’s final year of the Div. I transition, Shaffer’s seasons at Chico State and helped lead the Wildcats to a 29-9-2 record program proved itself worthy of collegiate soccer’s highest level. The and an NCAA Tournament appearance during his junior season. Aggies won nine games, including a 1-0 victory over the year’s eventual He has also served as a Region IV Olympic Development Program NCAA champion, UC Santa Barbara. That win also served as a milestone staff member. for Shaffer -- it was his 100th at UC Davis. Shaffer earned his bachelor’s degree and his master’s in physical edu- Prior to coming to UC Davis, Shaffer spent one season as the head cation with a teaching/coaching emphasis from Chico State. He enjoys coach at Dayton, which followed a three-year stint as assistant head fishing and watching and supporting Major League Soccer. Shaffer and coach at Clemson. While at Clemson, he helped guide the Tigers to a SHAFFER at UC DAVIS Overall Conference Year W L T W L T Conference Finish Postseason 2007 12 5 3 7 3 2 2nd, Big West NCAA D-I First Round 2006 9 7 2 Independent (not eligible) 2005 7 10 2 Independent (not eligible) 2004 6 10 2 Independent (not eligible) 2003 10 5 4 8 4 2 2nd, CCAA North (not eligible) 2002 13 5 1 9 5 0 2nd, CCAA North 2001 13 7 1 9 4 1 1st, CCAA North CCAA Final 2000 11 6 2 7 5 2 2nd, CCAA North 1999 16 3 2 12 0 2 1st, CCAA North CCAA Tourn., NCAA D-II Quarterfinals 1998 8 13 0 7 7 0 T2nd, CCAA North CCAA Final 1997 11 8 0 8 6 0 3rd, NCAC Totals 116 79 19 67 34 9 2 2008 UC DAVIS MEN’S SOCCER MEDIA GUIDE Coaching Staff ERIC JASON MILD HOTALING Assistant Coach Assistant Coach 6th Year 4th Year Humboldt State ’96 Sonoma State ‘96 Eric Mild rejoined the UC Davis coaching staff in