TEXAS LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY POUND THE FOOTBALLROCK 2012 BULLDOGS FIGHT. FINISH. FAITH. TABLE OF CONTENTS In and Around TLU The Schedule TLU Up Close ................................................................... 2 About the NCAA DIII ....................................................... 44 Notable Alumni & Quick Facts ......................................... 3 About the American Southwest Conference ................ 44 TLU Athletics – A Force in the NCAA and the ASC ......... 4 ASC Preseason Football Poll ......................................... 45 About Seguin, Texas ........................................................ 5 Game 1 Austin College ................................................... 46 Media / Fan Information .................................................. 6 Game 2 Trinity ................................................................ 46 Dr Stuart Dorsey, TLU President .......................................7 Game 3 Southwestern Assemblies of God ....................47 Steve Anderson, Assistant to the President.....................7 Game 4 East Texas Baptist .............................................47 Bill Miller, Director of Athletics .........................................7 Game 5 Mary Hardin-Baylor .......................................... 48 Medical / Athletic Training Staff ....................................8-9 Game 6 Sul Ross State .................................................. 48 Sports Information / Athletics Office Staff ....................... 9 Game 7 Mississippi College .......................................... 49 Bulldog Spirit ...................................................................10 Game 8 Louisiana College ............................................ 49 Facilities & Venues ...........................................................11 Game 9 Hardin-Simmons ..............................................50 Game 10 Howard Payne ................................................50 The Coaches The Year in Review Head Coach Danny Padron ....................................... 12-15 Offensive Coordinator Andy Padron ..............................16 2011 Season In Review ...................................................51 Co-Defensive Coordinator Mark Carey ..........................16 2011 Individual Game Highs ..........................................52 Co-Defensive Coordinator Braxton Harris .....................16 2011 Team Game Highs .................................................52 Wide Receivers Coach Kyle Ingraham ...........................16 2011 Game Results ......................................................... 53 Offensive Line Coach Jordan Neal ................................ 17 2011 Team Statistics ....................................................... 53 Defensive Line Coach Craig Harris ................................ 17 2011 Individual Statistics ...........................................53-54 Volunteer Assistant Coach Buzzy Keller ........................ 17 2011 Defensive Statistics ............................................... 54 Assistant Coach / Intern Chad Ellis ................................. 17 2011 ASC Football Honors .............................................55 Assistant Coach / Intern Jaymes Castillo ....................... 17 2011 ASC Standings .......................................................55 Student Assistant Coach Gabriel Garcia ........................18 2011 ASC Statistical Leaders ..........................................56 Credits Student Assistant Coach Josh Goodlow ........................18 The Texas Lutheran Office of Sports Information and Video Coordinator Arthur Babcock ................................18 The History the university’s Office of Marketing and Communi- cations produced the 2012 Texas Lutheran Football Game-By-Game Scores ............................................57-63 Guide. Typesetting and text by Tim Clark. Photography The Season contributed by Gina Salinas, Patrick Zarate, Tim Clark, Coaching Career Marks ................................................. 63 Rachel Schafer, Gail Keisler and Drew Engelke. Season Preview ......................................................... 19-21 All-Time Vs Opponents .............................................64-65 Alphabetical Roster ...................................................22-23 TLU Record Book ......................................................66-67 Layout and Design by Duncan Robertson Bulldog Returners .....................................................24-39 Eddy Award Winners ...................................................... 67 Bulldog Newcomers .................................................40-43 All-Americans ................................................................. 67 Text TLU DIII Leaders (1998-2011) .................................... 68-69 by Tim Clark TLU All-Time Roster .................................................. 70-77 On The Front Cover The National Championships – 1974 & 1975 ............ 78-79 Pictured on the front cover are: Brent Peavy (7), Lewis Hall of Famer Jim Wacker .............................................80 Williams II (23), Darnell Bohannon-Bey (22), Bryan Hill (16), Allen Cain (21), and Bradley Snowden (42). Hall of Famer Mike Washington ....................................80 2012 Schedule ................................................................81 Front Cover Photo Credits The front cover photos were taken by TLU Sports Information staff members Patrick Zarate and Rachel Schafer. Updated schedules, scores and stats are online at www.tlubulldogs.com | 1 TEXAS LUTHERAN UP CLOSE exas Lutheran University is a football, baseball, basketball, soccer, tennis nationally-recognized under- and golf for men. The Bulldogs compete in T graduate university of the liberal the 16-team American Southwest Confer- arts, sciences and professional studies. The ence for 2012-13. The Bulldogs move into university’s spacious park-like campus is the prestigious Southern Collegiate Athletic located in Seguin (population 25,000), just Conference starting in 2013-14. 35 miles from the nation’s eighth largest city, San Antonio, and only 50 miles from For complete information about TLU athlet- the “live music capital of the world,” Austin. ics, including live video of games, go to www.tlubulldogs.com. TLU has been included repeatedly in US News & World Report’s and The Princeton TLU AND THE COMMUNITY Review’s annual listings of the best com- prehensive colleges in the western United TLU has been a proud part of Seguin since States, and in recent years has been ranked relocating here from its original site in Bren- as one of the most ethnically diverse liberal ham, Texas in 1912. The university is one of arts universities in the nation. TLU is officially the community’s top 10 employers, and has recognized by the federal government as a an estimated annual impact on the Seguin Hispanic Serving Institution (with Hispanic economy of approximately $70 million. TLU’s enrollment of at least 25%). STUDENT LIFE students, faculty and staff donate approxi- mately 25,000 hours of volunteer service ACADEMIC LIFE Most of TLU’s nearly 1,400 students come to the Seguin community each year, and from Texas, but more than 20 states and sev- in 2012 the university was named to The Small classes and personal attention are eral foreign countries are represented in the President’s Higher Education Community the hallmarks of a TLU education. Students student body each year. Approximately two- Service Honor Roll. are taught in classes that average just 20 thirds of full-time students live on campus, students, which enables our highly quali- which fosters the strong spirit of community TLU welcomes the community on campus. fied faculty to challenge and support each that exists at TLU. The university’s newest The university offers an extensive sched- student based on that student’s particular residence hall, Centennial Hall, opened in ule of fine arts and athletics events each interests and abilities. Our faculty does more August 2012 and is a true living-learning academic year—most of which are free of than just teach, however. They serve as ad- center. In addition to provide housing for charge. The campus community’s Monday/ visers and mentors to their students, often 160 freshman students, the building includes Wednesday/Friday morning and Sunday assisting them in job or graduate school classrooms, seminar rooms, small group evening chapel services are also open to placement. study rooms and other public spaces avail- public, as are campus facilities including able for use by the entire TLU community. the Mabee Aquatics Center, Krost walking/ TLU offers the bachelor of arts, bach- jogging trail, Blumberg Memorial Library and elor of business administration, bachelor TLU students have an abundance of oppor- TLU Bookstore. Several facilities, including of music, bachelor of science and master of tunities to explore their personal interests the 1,050- seat Jackson Auditorium and accountancy degrees. Students can choose and develop leadership and other important dining and meeting rooms in Hein Dining from 40 academic majors and pre-profes- life skills through participation in one or Hall, can be rented for private use. sional programs, including our newest major more of dozens of student organizations, – aviation science. During the course of their including social and honors sororities and study, TLU students are exposed to a broad fraternities, choir, band, theater, campus For more information about TLU, array