CONTENTS • QUICK FACTS SHEPHERD QUICK FACTS TABLE OF CONTENTS Location.........................................................................Shepherdstown,.WV Table.of.Contents/Quick.Facts/Credits........................................................ 1 Founded.................................................................................................1871 Travel.Plans................................................................................................. 1 Enrollment............................................................................................4,221 Administration............................................................................................ 2 Nickname.............................................................................................. Rams About.Shepherd.University.......................................................................... 3 Colors..................................................................................... Blue.and.Gold Ram.Stadium.Profile................................................................................... 4 Affiliation.........................................................................................NCAA.II Strength.Training/Sports.Medicine.............................................................. 5 Conference................................................................West.Virginia.(WVIAC) Head.Coach.Monte.Cater........................................................................ 6-7 Interim.President..............................................................Dr..Sylvia.Manning Assistant.Coaches’.Profiles..................................................................... 8-10 Athletics.Director........................................................................ B.J..Pumroy 2015.Outlook...................................................................................... 12-14 NCAA.Compliance.Officer.......................................................Melanie.Ford 2015.Rosters........................................................................................ 15-16 Faculty.Athletic.Representative..........................................Dr..Andro.Barnett 2015.Player.Profiles.............................................................................. 17-23 Web.Site........................................................................... www.shepherd.edu 2015.Opponent.Profiles....................................................................... 25-34 2014.Game-by-Game.Recaps............................................................... 36-40 HEAD COACH MONTE CATER 2014.Final.Statistics............................................................................. 41-43 Office.Phone.............................................................................304/876-5263 2014.Game-by-Game.Starters................................................................... 44 Best.time.to.reach............................................................................Mornings 2014.MEC.Standings/All-Star.Teams........................................................ 45 Cater’s.career.record.............................................34.Years/240-113-2.(.678) 2014.MEC.Final.Statistics......................................................................... 46 Years.and.record.at.SU............................................28.Years/209-90-1.(.698) 2015.MEC.Composite.Schedule/Conference.History................................ 47 Individual.Records............................................................................... 49-50 ASSISTANT COACHES Team.Records........................................................................................... 50 Ernie.McCook......................... Assistant.Head.Coach/Offensive.Coordinator Rushing.Records.................................................................................. 51-54 Josh.Kline.................................................. Defensive.Coordinator/Secondary Passing.and.Receiving.Records.................................................................. 55 Mike.Silecchia................................................................... Inside.Linebackers Additional.Top-10.Lists....................................................................... 56-57 Jeremy.Overfelt.....Outside.Linebackers/Strength.Coordinator/Special.Teams Yearly.Statistical.Leaders...................................................................... 58-61 Joel.Gordon..............................................................................Quarterbacks The.Last.Time/Additional.Career.Leaders................................................. 62 Ramal.Faunteroy..................................................................... Defensive.Line Longest.Plays/All-Time.Coaching.Records................................................ 63 Wayne.Wilson............................................................... Tight.Ends/Fullbacks Honors.and.Awards............................................................................. 64-68 All-Time.Series.Records............................................................................ 69 2015 FOOTBALL FACTS All-Time.Game-by-Game.Results......................................................... 70-75 2014.Record.(Conf..Record)...................................................8-2.(8-2.MEC) Year-by-Year.Breakdown........................................................................... 76 Starters.Returning/Lost.........................................................................13/11 All-Time.Roster.................................................................................... 77-84 ....................................(7/4.on.offense.--.5/6.on.defense.--.1/1.kicker/punter) Shepherd.History................................................................................. 85-87 Letterwinners.Returning/Lost................................................................37/23 Offensive.Alignment....................................................................... Multiple.I Defensive.Alignment.................................................................................4-4 Stadium........................................................................ Ram.Stadium.(5,000) Year.Opened..........................................................................................1959 Surface.............................................................................................FieldTurf All-time.Record.at.Ram.Stadium...........................................186-68-6.(.726) SPORTS INFORMATION Sports.Information.Director..................................................... Chip.Ransom SID.Phone................................................................................304/876-5228 SID.Fax....................................................................................304/876-3267 Web.Site...................................................................www.shepherdrams.com Ransom’s.e-mail........................................................ [email protected] Ransom's.cell.phone.................................................................304/676-3558 Shepherd.captured.the.inaugural.Mountain.East.Conference.title.in.2013. 2015 SHEPHERD UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL • 1 ADMINISTRATION DR. SYLVIA MANNING CHIP RANSOM INTERIM PRESIDENT SPORTS INFORMATION MCGILL DIRECTOR shepherd ’86 Dr..Suzanne.Sylvia.Manning.was.selected.to.serve.as.the.interim.president.of. Shepherd.University.by.the.Shepherd.University.Board.of.Governors.during.a. Entering. his. 19th. year. as. director. of. sports. in- special.meeting.June.23. formation.at.Shepherd.is. Manning.was.the.president.of.the.Higher.Learning.Commission.of.the.North. Chip. Ransom.. Ransom. Central.Association.from.2008-2014..The.HLC.is.the.accrediting.body.for. took.over.as.SID.in.No- colleges.and.universities,.including.Shepherd,.in.19.states. vember.1997.after.serving. She.has.served.as.the.interim.chancellor.(1999-2000).and.chancellor.(2000-2007).at.the.University. as.assistant.sports.information.director.at.Shepherd. of.Illinois.at.Chicago.and.as.the.vice.president.for.academic.affairs.at.the.University.of.Illinois.(1994- since.June.1992.. 1999). He.also.served.as.a.volunteer.assistant.in.the. Over.two.decades.Manning.held.various.positions.at.the.University.of.Southern.California,.rising. Mount.St..Mary’s.sports.information.office.in.the. to.executive.vice.provost..She.began.her.career.at.California.State.University,.Hayward,.as.an.assistant. spring.of.1992. professor.of.English. Ransom.graduated.with.a.B.S..degree.from. Shepherd. in. 1986.. He. is. a. member. of. College. Manning.earned.a.Ph.D..and.an.M.A..in.English.language.and.literature.from.Yale.University.and. Sports. Information. Directors. of. America. (Co- a.B.A..in.English.from.McGill.University..She.holds.honorary.doctorates.from.Northeastern.University. SIDA),.the.Football.Writers.Association.of.America. and.Rosalind.Franklin.University. (FWAA),.the.United.States.Basketball.Writers As- . A.native.of.Montreal,.Canada,.Manning.holds.dual.U.S..and.Canadian.citizenship. sociation.(USBWA),.and.the.National.Collegiate. Baseball.Writers.of.America.(NCBWA).. Ransom,.the.chair.of.the.MEC.Sports.Infor- mation.Directors,.has.served.as.a.member.of.the. Harlon.Hill.Advisory.Committee.for.the.Northeast. Region.since.2002..He.also.serves.as.a.member.of. the.NCBWA.Division.II.Atlantic.Region.Commit- tee.. Ransom,.and.his.wife,.Wendy.(a.1986.Shep- herd.graduate),.reside.in.Shepherdstown.with.their. B.J. PUMROY sons,.William.and.Jack.