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University of Mary Hardin-Baylor UMHB Box 8409 900 College Street Belton, Texas 76513 CONTENTS AND QUICK FACTS TABLE OF CONTENTS UMHB QUICK FACTS Contents & Quick Facts ..................................1 Location: Belton, TX Media Information ...........................................2 Enrollment: 3,898 UMHB Administration ....................................3 Founded: 1845 Head Coach Pete Fredenburg ..................... 4-5 Stadium (Capacity): Crusader Stadium (8,766) Assistant Coaches ......................................... 6-8 Nickname: The Cru Football Support Staff .....................................9 Colors: Purple, Gold & White Returnee Roster........................................ 10-11 President: Dr. Randy O’Rear Returnee Bios & Photos ........................... 12-22 Vice-President for Athletics: Randy Mann 2015 Postseason Honors ................................23 Athletic Dept. Phone: (254) 295-4618 The Cru In The Pros ......................................23 Press Box Phone: (254) 295-8866 2016 Recruiting Class .............................. 24-25 Head Coach: Pete Fredenburg 2015 Game-By-Game ............................... 26-32 Alma Mater: Southwest TX State ’70 Crusader Stadium ..........................................33 Overall/UMHB Record (Yrs): 181-38 (18) 2015 UMHB Statistics .............................. 34-35 2015 Record: 11-2 Overall, 4-1 ASC 2015 ASC Wrap-Up ................................. 36-37 Lettermen Returning: 50 All-Time vs. Opponents .................................38 Lettermen Lost: 26 Cru Football By The Numbers .....................38 Starters Returning: 7 off., 8 def. ASC Composite Schedule ..............................39 Starters Lost: 4 off., 3 def. 2016 Opponents Information .................. 40-44 Coaching Staff: Larry Harmon UMHB Football Records ......................... 45-48 Stephen Lee All-Time Results ....................................... 49-50 Jack Johnson This is UMHB ........................................... 51-52 Nathaniel Hogge Momentum Campaign ................................IBC Luke Howard 2016 Varsity & JV Schedules .........Back Cover Kieth Mullins Marvin Agnew ON THE COVER: Defensive End Teidrick Smith enters the Baron Cotharn 2016 season as the ASC Preseason Defensive Player of the Olanda James Year after winning ASC Defensive Player and Defensive Lineman of the Year honors following each of the last two Josh Gonzales seasons. Teran Mawhinney Michael Barainyak CREDITS Stanton Holland The UMHB football media guide is a publication of Ryan Cantrell the UMHB Sports Information Office: Jon Wallin, Direc- Sean Harvey tor. Design and layout by Jon Wallin with assistance from Sarah Minton and Randy Yandell. Individual player photos Football Operations Coord.: Karen Goff and cover action photos are courtesy of David Morris and CenTexphoto.com. The 2016 UMHB football media guide Sports Information Director: Jon Wallin was printed by Gatesville Printing. SID Phone: (254) 295-4611 SID Fax: (254) 295-4274 SID Address: UMHB Box 8010 Belton, TX 76513 MEDIA INFORMATION Local Outlets Contact Phone Fax Website Temple Daily Telegram Eric Drennan (254) 778-4444 (254) 778-0634 www.tdtnews.com Killeen Daily Herald Allan Mandell (254) 501-7560 (254) 200-7640 www.kdhnews.com Belton Journal Tony Adams (254) 939-5754 (254) 939-2333 www.beltonjournal.com KCEN-TV (NBC) Nick Canizales (254) 773-6868 (254) 859-5831 www.kcentv.com KXXV-TV (ABC) John Elizondo (254) 754-2525 (254) 757-0331 www.kxxv.com KWTX-TV (CBS) Troy Hein (254) 741-5833 (254) 776-4010 www.kwtx.com Townsquare Media (Radio) Aaron Savage (254) 773-5252 (254) 773-0115 www.k1017fm.com KRZI-FM Radio David Smoak (254) 772-0930 N/A www.1660espn.com State-Wide Outlets Contact Phone Fax Website Associated Press Skyler Dixon (800) 442-7189 (972) 991-7207 www.ap.org Austin American-Statesman College Sports (512) 445-3600 (512) 445-3868 www.austin360.com Dallas Morning News Mark Konradi (800) 431-0010 (800) 651-0580 www.dallasnews.com Ft. Worth Star-Telegram College Sports (817) 390-7760 (817) 390-7210 www.star-telegram.com Houston Chronicle College Sports (713) 220-7891 (713) 220-7866 www.chron.com San Antonio Express-News College Sports (210) 225-7411 (210) 250-3351 www.express-news.net Waco Tribune Herald College Sports (254) 757-5710 (254) 756-7803 www.wacotrib.com COVERING THE CRU The UMHB Office of Sports Information generates all official information concerningThe Cru football team. All media inquiries should be directed through the UMHB Office of Sports Information. No player or coach interviews will be granted without prior arrangement through the sports information director. Media guides, game programs, statis- tics, game notes, flip cards and a pregame meal will be available to working media in the press box on game days. Only credential media will be allowed access to press box seating. Seats will be reserved for media requesting credentials with priority given to outlets regularly covering UMHB and its opponents. Game statistics will be provided to working media and coaching staffs at halftime and the end of the game. Complete stat packages, including play-by-play will be available approximately 15 minutes after the end of the game. There are phone lines available at Crusader Stadium, but prior arrangement should be made by media needing use of those phone lines. Visiting radio is encouraged to call the UMHB Office of Sports Information two weeks ahead of time to make arrangements. A member of the sports information staff will escort members of the media to the interview room for interviews following the game. UMHB coaches and requested players are available in the interview room following the 10-minute cooling off period. Visiting players and coaches will also be available for interviews with the visiting SID typically handling those requests. Special requests for postgame interviews should be addressed to the UMHB sports information staff ahead of time. During the week, UMHB players and coaches are available for interviews prior to group meetings before prac- tice on Tuesday and Wednesday. All interviews will be conducted at the Andersen Field House and should be arranged through the UMHB Office of Sports Information at least 24 hours in advance. Special interview requests, including phone interviews, must be arranged through the sports information director. Requests for Game Day credentials should be addressed to Jon Wallin, UMHB Sports Information Director. They may be faxed on company letterhead to (254) 295-4274 or mailed to UMHB Sports Information Office, UMHB Box 8010, 900 College Street, Belton, TX 76513. Requests should be made at least one week in advance. THE CRU ON THE RADIO All UMHB football games during the 2016 season will be broadcast on KLTD 101.7 FM. KLTD is a part of the Townsquare network of stations in Central Texas. Jon Wallin is in his fourth season as play-by-play voice of The Cru. Wallin is in his 18th year as the Sports Information Di- rector at UMHB and will also continue to handle the day-to-day operations of the UMHB Sports Information Office.Wallin was voted ASC Sports Information Director of the Year for the 2009-10 school year. He has also provided play-by-play for UMHB men’s and women’s basketball, baseball and softball during his career. The Baylor graduate also spent nearly eight years at KXXV-TV in Waco, working in sports, news and weather. He was the weeknight sports anchor for his last three years in television. Wallin is joined in the booth by former UMHB offensive coordinator George Haffner. Haffner spent seven years as the Cru’s offensive coordinator before retiring in 2006. UMHB set every major school offensive record during Haffner’s tenure. Coach Haffner also spent 31 years in Division I, including stops at Georgia, Pittsburgh, Florida State, Iowa State, LSU and Texas A&M. He coached Herschel Walker during Walker’s Heisman Trophy season at Georgia. UMHB ADMINISTRATION DR. RANDY O’REAR, UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT Randy O’Rear became the 22nd president of the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor when he assumed the office on June 1, 2009. O’Rear was named President and CEO of the university in a unanimous decision by the school’s Board of Trustees in September 2008. Dr. O’Rear is the first of president of UMHB who is also an alumnus of the university. He graduated from UMHB with a bachelor’s degree in business administation in 1988 and earned an MBA from UMHB in 1997. O’Rear earned a doctoral degree in Higher Education from Baylor University in 2004. O’Rear has served at UMHB since 1988, most recently as executive vice president and chief operating officer. For more than 18 years, O’Rear has been actively involved in fundraising for the university. Under his leadership, gifts and grants dramatically increased, numerous endowed scholarships were established and major capital projects were completed, including the construction of the Parker Academic Center, the Mayborn Campus Center, the Meyer Christian Studies Center and the Crusader Stadium Complex. O’Rear has also strong ties to the UMHB athletic department. He was also a two-year letterman for the UMHB baseball program as a righthanded pitcher. O’Rear held the school record for wins in a season for five years before