2010 VOLLEYBALL 2009 FALL MEDIA GUIDE CENTRAL CENTRALCOLLEGE COLLEGE MEDIA GUIDE IFC IFC Founded —1853 Enrollment — 1,700 Affiliation — Reformed Church in America President — Dr. Mark Putnam Membership — Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Division III Founded in 1853, Central College is a four-year coeducational liberal arts college of the Reformed Church in America. Located 40 miles southeast of Des Moines, Central offers its 1,700 students learning opportunities not only on the Pella campus, but on branch campuses in London, England; Merida, Mexico; Leiden, the Netherlands; and Bangor, Wales; and at study centers in Granada, Spain; Hangzhou, China; Paris, France; and Vienna, Austria. Central is a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, Division III, and the lowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. Men compete in baseball, football, basketball, tennis, golf, wrestling, soccer, track and cross country, while women compete in tennis, golf, track, softball, volleyball, cross country, soccer and basketball. Rugby is offered at the club level. The A.N. Kuyper Athletics Complex The A.N. Kuyper Athletics Complex is located at the corner of Independence Street and West Fifth Street in southwest Pella. The complex includes P.H. Kuyper Gymnasium (1970), H.S. Kuyper Fieldhouse (1987), Ron and Joyce Schipper Stadium (1977), the baseball and softball fields (1978), Ryerson Golf Practice Range (2005), tennis courts (1992), soccer field (2005) and the Ron Schipper Fitness Center (1999). The complex also includes practice and intramural softball diamonds and football fields. Golf meets are held at the Bos Landen Golf Club, two miles southwest of the campus on Highway T-15. Directory Sports Information Director Larry Happel Office (641) 628-5278 Home (641) 628-2754 Cell (641) 780-6118 Fax (641) 628-5340 E-mail [email protected] Central athletics Web page www.central.edu/athletics I ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT STAFF Assistant football Jeff Sanger–defensive ends Athletics director Al Dorenkamp Assistant football Drew Sikkink–receivers Special assistant to the John Edwards Assistant football Jerry Southmayd–running backs athletics director Golf - Men’s Chad Green Director of intramurals Adam Stevens Assistant golf Clint Brown Athletics office manager Jeffy Schuring Golf - Women’s Tim Wilkinson Athletics secretary Nadine Argo Soccer - Men’s Garry Laidlaw Head athletic trainer Leslie Duinink Assistant soccer Kyle Halfpop Assistant athletic trainer Dustin Briggs Assistant soccer Dylan Martinez Assistant athletic trainer Shelli Green Soccer - Women’s Colin Kuchy Assistant athletic trainer Frank Neu Assistant soccer Katelin Gannon Assistant athletic trainer Chris Viesselman Softball George Wares Athletic training education John Roslien Associate softball Alicia O’Brien program director Assistant softball Jake Fisher Strength and conditioning/ Jake Anderson Tennis - Men’s/women’s Steve Tyler Ron Schipper Fitness Center Assistant men’s tennis Nick Rohner coordinator Assistant women’s tennis Rod Braun Assistant strength and conditioning Kyle Johnson Track and field - Men’s/women’s Joe Dunham Athletics and special events supervisor Chad Green Associate track and field Guy Mosher Building and grounds manager Randy Shives Assistant track and field Stephen Fyfe Sports information director Larry Happel Assistant track and field Bryan George Sports information assistant Lara Gillespie Assistant track and field Clint Larson Assistant track and field Eric Pingel FACULTY ATHLETIC COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES Assistant track and field Scott Tjeerdsma Dr. Andrew Green, assistant professor of political science Assistant track and field Allan Walz Dr. Edmond Willis, professor of psychology Volleyball Kent Clayberg Dr. Lori Witt, assistant professor of history Assistant volleyball Traci Dyer Assistant volleyball Rhea Softley COACHING STAFF Assistant volleyball Katie Whipple Baseball Adam Stevens Wrestling Eric Van Kley Assistant baseball Brandon Townsend Assistant wrestling Jake Patacsil Assistant baseball Matt Menninga Assistant wrestling Matt Diehl Basketball - Men’s Mike Boschee Assistant basketball Joe Steinkamp Assistant basketball Marv Van Wyk Basketball - Women’s Jerry Nikkel Assistant basketball Andy Campbell Assistant basketball Gary Boeyink Cross country - Men’s/women’s Joe Dunham Associate cross country Stephen Fyfe Assistant cross country Bryan George Football Jeff McMartin Assistant football Jeff Bollard–receivers Assistant football Darrell Brand–kickers/punters Assistant football Don De Waard–co-defensive coordinator/linebackers Assistant football Reid Evans–offensive line Assistant football Eric Jones–tight ends Assistant football Matt Paulsen–defensive backs Assistant football Zach Pfantz–co-defensive coordinator/defensive line II HEAD COACH DIRECTORY (All phone numbers are 641 area code) Name Sport E-mail Office phone Boschee, Mike Men’s basketball [email protected] 628-5225 Clayberg, Kent Volleyball [email protected] 628-5139 Dorenkamp, Al Athletics director [email protected] 628-5310 Dunham, Joe Men’s and women’s track and field, [email protected] 628-7603 men’s and women’s cross country Green, Chad Men’s golf [email protected] 628-7694 Kuchy, Colin Women’s soccer [email protected] 628-5224 Laidlaw, Garry Men’s soccer [email protected] 628-5789 McMartin, Jeff Football [email protected] 628-7609 Nikkel, Jerry Women’s basketball [email protected] 628-7652 Stevens, Adam Baseball [email protected] 628-5396 Tyler, Steve Men’s and women’s tennis [email protected] 628-5194 Van Kley, Eric Wrestling [email protected] 628-5422 Wares, George Softball [email protected] 628-5195 Wilkinson, Tim Women’s golf [email protected] 628-5439 Fax numbers Athletics department (641) 628-5356 Sports information office (641) 628-5340 III Volleyball 2010 schedule Date Opponent Location Time Sept. 1 Grinnell Grinnell 7 p.m. Sept. 3 &Ripon (Wis.) Stevens Point, Wis. 5 p.m. &Wis.-Superior Stevens Point, Wis. 7 p.m. Sept. 4 &Wis.-Stevens Point Stevens Point, Wis. 9 a.m. &Coe Stevens Point, Wis. 11 a.m. Sept. 10 %Macalester (Minn.) Minneapolis, Minn. 4 p.m. %Northwestern (Minn.) Minneapolis, Minn. 8 p.m. Sept. 11 %St. Thomas (Minn.) Minneapolis, Minn. 11 a.m. %TBD Minneapolis, Minn. 1 or 3 p.m. Sept. 15 *Dubuque Pella 7:30 p.m. Sept. 21 *Coe Cedar Rapids 7:30 p.m. Sept. 24 $Buena Vista Pella 4 p.m. $Illinois Wesleyan Pella 8 p.m. Sept. 25 $Rockford (Ill.) Pella 11 a.m. Sept. 28 *Cornell Mount Vernon 7:30 p.m. Oct. 1 ^St. Catherine (Minn.) Dubuque 4 p.m. ^Augsburg (Minn.) Dubuque 8 p.m. Oct. 2 ^Bethel (Minn.) Dubuque 10 a.m. ^St. Mary’s (Minn.) Dubuque 2 p.m. Oct. 5 *Simpson Pella 7:30 p.m. Oct. 8 *Luther Decorah 7:30 p.m. Oct. 16 @Salisbury (Md.) Salisbury, Md. 2 p.m.+ @Richard Stockton (N.J.) Salisbury, Md. 4 p.m.+ Oct. 17 @SUNY-Cortland (N.Y.) Salisbury, Md. 9 a.m.+ @Nazareth (N.Y.) Salisbury, Md. 11 a.m.+ Oct. 20 *Loras Pella 7:30 p.m. Oct. 22 #Elmhurst (Ill.) Elmhurst, Ill. 4 p.m. #Wis.-Oshkosh Elmhurst, Ill. 6 p.m. #Wheaton (Ill.) Elmhurst, Ill. 10 a.m. #Wis.-Platteville Elmhurst, Ill. noon Oct. 26 *Buena Vista Storm Lake 7:30 p.m. Nov. 2 *Wartburg Pella 7:30 p.m. Nov. 5-6 Iowa Conference tournament TBD TBD Nov. 11-13 NCAA Division III regional St. Louis, Mo. TBD Nov. 18-20 NCAA Division III finals +Eastern time *Iowa Conference match &Wis.-Stevens Point Inv. %Augsburg (Minn.) Inv. $Central Classic ^IIAC/MIAC Border Battle @Salisbury (Md.) Inv. #Elmhurst (Ill.) Inv. 2 Volleyball VOLLEYBALL QUICK FACTS 2009 record: 22-12 2009 Iowa Conference record: 4-4 (sixth place) NCAA Division III tournament berths: 11 (1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007) Iowa Conference titles: 17 (including 12 consecutive from 1996-2007) Starters lost: 2 (MH-Lindsay Jennings, OH-Michelle Ripperger) Starters returning: 5 (RS-Ashley Ellingson, S Maggie Snyder, MH Kiley Meyers, DS Chelsea Grieger, OH Amy Golly) Letterwinners returning/lost: 13/5 All-conference players returning: 1 (second team-Chelsea Grieger) 2010 team captains: Ashley Ellingson, Caitlin Kouba, Nichole McGrew, Maggie Snyder Kent Clayberg Head coach Kent Clayberg is in his eighth season as head volleyball coach and his 12th year on the Central volleyball staff. He was an assistant coach for four years before being promoted to associate head coach in 2002 and then head coach in 2003. A 1990 Central graduate, Clayberg has compiled a 174-75 (.698) record in seven seasons as head coach, winning five Iowa Conference titles and earning four NCAA Division III playoff berths. He was the Iowa Conference coach of the year in 2007 after sharing the honor in 2003 and 2005. Clayberg has been an instrumental part of a Dutch program which has produced three NCAA Division III champion- ships, 11 NCAA playoff berths and 12 consecutive Iowa Conference titles, with 17 league crowns overall. He has been selected three times to coach all-star squads in international competition through USA Athletes International, Inc. He coached a Division III team in the Netherlands in 2001, took a squad of Division II all-stars to the Northern University Games in Cairn, Australia in 2005 and led a team of combined division players to Scotland in 2009. He previously was an elementary school teacher at Boone, Iowa. He earned a master’s degree in education with a con- centration in exercise physiology from Iowa State University. He was a student coach for the Cyclone volleyball team for one season and served as a club coach as well. Clayberg also teaches in Central’s exercise science department. Traci Dyer Assistant coach Traci Dyer is in her second season on the Central volleyball staff. Dyer, a 2008 Central graduate, was a two-time let- terwinner for the Dutch and received the team’s 2007 Spirit Award. A San Antonio, Texas native, Dyer is completing require- ments for a master’s degree in secondary education at Texas State Univ. Rhea Softley Assistant coach Rhea Softley is in her second season on the Central volleyball staff.