GENERAL INFORMATION Name: University of Alaska Anchorage Website: www.GoSeawolves.com Address: 3211 Providence Dr. Anchorage, AK 99508 Founded: 1977 Enrollment: 20,205 Nickname: Seawolves Colors: Green & Gold Home Court: Wells Fargo Sports Complex Opened: 1977 Capacity: 1,250 Affiliation: NCAA Division II Conference: Great Northwest Athletic Conference Chancellor: Dr. Elaine Maimon Athletics Director: Dr. Steve Cobb Athletic Dept. Phone: 907-786-1250 BASKETBALL STAFF Head Coach: Rusty Osborne (Texas, ’88) UAA/Career Record: 30-28, 3rd season Office: 907-786-1042 Email: coachoz@uaa.alaska.edu Fax: 907-786-1142 Associate Head Coach: Shane Rinner (Biola, ’94) Office: 907-786-4808 Email: rinner@uaa.alaska.edu Assistant Coach: Bryan Weakley (Biola, ’02) Office: 907-786-1286 Email: weaks@uaa.alaska.edu Sports Information: Nate Sagan Office: 907-786-1295 Email: nate@uaa.alaska.edu SID Fax: 907-563-4565 HISTORY First year of basketball: 1977-78 All-time record: 517-326 (.613) NCAA Appearances: 12 (Last: 2006) NCAA Div. II Final Fours: 1 (1988)
Letterwinners Returning (5) Pos F G F G C
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PPG 9.3 3.0 11.0 8.6 2.0
Over the years, the University of Alaska Anchorage Men’s Basketball program has become synonymous with success – 22 winning seasons, 12 NCAA Division II Tournaments, 45 victories over Division I teams. • 12 NCAA Tournaments Now new head coach Rusty • 1988 NCAA Runner-Up Osborne and his staff faces the chal• 9 All-Americans lenge of improving upon that record. • 22 winning seasons in 29 years In their 28 seasons, the Seawolves have won at a 68 percent clip against Division II opponents, while also posting victories over such D-I powers as Wake Forest, Michigan (in its NCAA title season), Texas and Washington. Since 1984, UAA has produced nine All-Americans and advanced as far as the 1988 NCAA Division II title game. And when the Seawolves take the Carl Arts and the Seawolves have faced SEC court, Anchorage’s fans take notice, teams Alabama and South Carolina on national filling the 8,700-seat Sullivan Arena TV (ESPN2) the last two seasons. every Thanksgiving for the Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout, and packing the 1,250-seat Wells Fargo Sports Complex for regular-season games. With one of the most dynamic, young coaching staffs in college basketball and a talent-packed roster, the Seawolves seem poised to write the next chapter of success at UAA.
2006-07 Seawolf Roster
TEAM INFORMATION 2005-06 Record: 19-12 2005-06 GNAC Record: 10-8 (T-4th) 2006 Postseason: NCAA 1st Round
NO PLAYER 34 Carl Arts 14 Luke Cooper 32 Joe Davis 25 Eric Draper 45 Jared Kettler
SEAWOLF BASKETBALL A Tradition of Success
RPG 5.5 1.8 4.0 1.3 0.2
Other 52% FG 5.2 apg 61% FG 41% 3FG 6 GP
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POS HT WT YR EXP HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL/PREVIOUS TEAM)
1 Larry Pikes 2 Buddy Bailey 3 Lonnie Ridgeway 11 Doug Hardy 14 Luke Cooper 20 Trenton Millar 22 Allen McFarland 23 McCade Olsen 24 Ivan Platenik 25 Eric Draper 30 Cameron Burney 31 Steve Mitchell 32 Joe Davis 34 Carl Arts 42 Clayton Spencer 44 DaRon Mason 45 Jared Kettler
G 6-2 190 G 6-3 190 G 6-3 195 G 5-10 180 G 6-0 165 G 6-5 205 G/F 6-5 220 F 6-8 215 F 6-7 190 G 6-2 170 F 6-6 185 F 6-4 195 F 6-7 280 F 6-6 220 F 6-8 205 F 6-5 240 C 6-6 220
Jr. TR Sr. TR Fr. HS Jr. TR Jr. 2V Fr. HS Jr. TR Jr. TR So. TR Sr. 1V So. TR Jr. TR Jr. 1V Jr. 2V So. TR Fr. HS Jr. 2V
Richton Park, Ill. (Rich South HS/Black Hawk East CC) Anchorage (Wasilla HS/Cal Baptist) Anchorage (Heritage Christian HS) Anchorage (Bartlett HS/Idaho State) Eltham, Australia (Parade College/Eltham Wildcats) Anchorage (Heritage Christian HS) Las Vegas, Nev. (Durango HS/Salt Lake CC) Riverton, Utah (Eastern Wyoming College) Melbourne, Australia (Whitefriars Coll./Diamond Vall.) Memphis, Tenn. (White Station HS/St. Pete [FL] JC) Steamboat Springs, Colo. (SSHS/Otero JC) Estes Park, Colo. (EPHS/Otero JC) Columbus, Ohio (Worthington HS/Cochise [AZ] Coll.) Valdez (VHS) Pagosa Springs, Colo. (PSHS/W. Nebraska CC) Detroit, Mich. (Henry Ford HS) Dana Point, Calif. (St. Margaret’s School)
Seniors & Returning Letterwinners
Carl Arts - Jr.
Luke Cooper - Jr.
• 8.0 ppg, 5.0 rpg in 2 seasons • No. 10 on UAA FG% list (.525) • All-Tourney at 2005 Disney’s Division II Tip-Off Classic
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Joe Davis - Jr.
Jared Kettler - Jr.
• Leading scorer among GNAC reserves in 05-06 (8.5 ppg) • 42% 3FG, 85% FT in 05-06 • ‘06 GNAC high jump champ
• Transfer from NAIA Cal Baptist • 93 GP, 5.5 ppg, 2.2 apg at CBU • Alaska all-state prep at Wasilla and Anchorage Christian Schools
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3.9 ppg, 5.9 apg in 2 seasons 2-time GNAC assist leader 9th in D-II in 05-06 at 6.4 apg No. 3 in career assists at UAA
• 2005-06 GNAC All-Academic • 10 career games played • Career 1.4 ppg, 0.5 rpg
• Team’s second-leading scorer (11.0 ppg) in 05-06 • 61% FG is 5th-best ever at UAA • 4.0 rpg in 05-06
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Buddy Bailey - Sr.
Eric Draper - Sr.
Seawolf Newcomers
Cameron Burney
McCade Olsen
Doug Hardy
Larry Pikes
DaRon Mason
Allen McFarland
Ivan Platenik
Trenton Millar
Lonnie Ridgeway
Steve Mitchell
Clayton Spencer
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NOVEMBER 4 LANCASTER BIBLE 5 LANCASTER BIBLE 10 at Nevada (exhib.) 17 BEMIDJI STATE 18 BEMIDJI STATE
DECEMBER 8-9 Glacier Classic (at Fairbanks) 9 vs Florida Tech 10 vs Augustana
2006-07 Alaska Anchorage Seawolf Men’s Basketball Team Standing (left-to-right): Carl Arts, Trenton Millar, Allen McFarland, DaRon Mason, Ivan Platenik, McCade Olsen, Clayton Spencer, Jared Kettler, Cameron Burney, Joe Davis, Buddy Bailey. Sitting (l-r): Eric Draper, Larry Pikes, Luke Cooper, Associate Head Coach Shane Rinner, Head Coach Rusty Osborne, Assistant Coach Bryan Weakley, Lonnie Ridgeway, Doug Hardy, Steve Mitchell.
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28-29 AT&T ALASCOM JAMBOREE 28 BYU-HAWAII 29 HAWAII-HILO
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JANUARY 4 SEATTLE PACIFIC* 6 CENTRAL WASHINGTON* 13 NORTHWEST NAZARENE* 18 at Saint Martin’s* 20 at Western Oregon* 25 at Western Washington* 27 at Seattle University*
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FEBRUARY 1 WESTERN OREGON* 3 SAINT MARTIN’S* 7 ALASKA FAIRBANKS* 10 at Northwest Nazarene* 15 SEATTLE UNIVERSITY* 17 WESTERN WASHINGTON* 22 at Central Washington* 24 at Seattle Pacific*
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Home games in BOLD CAPS All non-Shootout home games at Wells Fargo Sports Complex ^ at Sullivan Arena — Anchorage * Great Northwest Athletic Conference game All times Alaska
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22-25 CARRS/SAFEWAY GREAT ALASKA SHOOTOUT^ 22 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT (ESPN2) 7:30 pm 24 UMKC or PACIFIC Noon or 5:30 pm 25 CAL, HAWAII, HOFSTRA or MARSHALL Noon, 2, 6 or 9 pm
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Seawolf Coaching Staff Head Coach
Rusty Osborne Education: B.S., Education, University of Texas, 1988; M.A., Educational Admin. SW Texas State, 1990 Phone: 907-786-1042 Email: coachoz@uaa.alaska.edu
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Tournament appearance – his first as head coach – Rusty Osborne is looking for even bigger things for the Seawolf program as he embarks on his third year at the helm. Under Osborne’s leadership last year, UAA went 19-12, including victories over NCAA Div. I power Southern Illinois and three top-25 Div. II teams. The Seawolves also ranked second in the nation in free throw shooting and in the top two in the country in three-point shooting for the second time in three seasons. Osborne was a UAA assistant from 19912004, during which time the Seawolves won more than 70 percent of their games against non-Division I competition and made five trips to the NCAAs. He was responsible for the recruitment of five All-Americans, 12 All-West Region players, 28 all-conference performers and five league Players of the Year. In addition, 14 of his players have gone on to play professional basketball in the U.S. and abroad. During his tenure, players who completed their eligibility at UAA have a graduation rate of over 85 percent and have earned numerous academic honors. “Rusty’s best quality is that he has always had the respect of the players,” said former head coach Harry Larrabee, who hired Osborne at UAA in 1991. “He is firm, yet fair, a communicator and a motivator, but also a listener. And Rusty strongly emphasizes the importance of graduation.” Before coming to UAA, Osborne spent three seasons (1988-91) as an assistant at Southwest Texas State and one year at Hyde Park Baptist High School in Austin, Texas. He has been involved in many clinics throughout Alaska, including Barrow, Point Hope, Kodiak, Nuiqsut, Tyonek, Kenai and Kotzebue. Osborne and his wife Staci are the parents of five children – sons Sagan (13), Austin (11) and Kylan (8), and daughters Jalyn (6) and Kadyn (3).
“Rusty represents the highest qualities you can seek in a basketball coach. His dedication to work is what makes him top-notch. He is able to communicate with today’s players, and parents will be satisfied with him and his approach.” – Del Harris, NBA coach
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Education: B.A., Education, Biola University, 1994 Phone: 907-786-4808 Email: rinner@uaa.alaska.edu
Education: B.S., Physical Education, Biola, 2002 Phone: 907-786-1286 Email: weaks@uaa.alaska.edu
Anchorage native Shane Rinner begins his
Bryan Weakley enters his third season as
Shane Rinner
fourth year on the Seawolf men’s basketball staff in 2006-07, his third in the role of associate head coach. The program’s chief recruiter, Rinner came to UAA as an assistant in 2003-04 and has been instrumental in helping the Seawolves to 50 victories and a pair of NCAA Tournament berths. A former all-state high school player at Anchorage Christian School, Rinner has previous coaching experience at the NCAA Division I, NAIA, junior college and professional levels. From 1994-96, he coached at his alma mater, NAIA Biola (Calif.) University, and returned there for a second stint from 2000-02. From 1996-98, he coached at Division I Liberty University in Virginia, before moving on to Marshalltown (Iowa) Junior College in 1998-99. In 1999-2000, he was the head coach for the Glostrup Giants in Copenhagen, Denmark. Rinner played two seasons at Biola, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in education in 1994. He also played two seasons at Southwestern (Calif.) Junior College. He and his wife Amanda, a former volleyball player at Fresno State, were married in summer 2005.
Bryan Weakley
an assistant coach with the Seawolf men’s basketball staff in 2006-07. His duties include player development, recruiting, conditioning and weight training, monitoring academics and organizing camps and clinics. A former NAIA All-American at Biola (Calif.) University, Weakley spent the 200304 season in England, serving as head coach at Middlesex University and a developmental coach with the London Towers of the British Basketball League. At Middlesex, he coached and played in 30 games, leading the team to an undefeated record and the school’s first-ever BUSU National Tournament title. Weakley was a two-time team captain at Biola, where the Eagles made four straight NAIA national tournaments, including a 2000 Final Four appearance, and went 10927 from 1998-2002. He scored 1,322 career points and left as BU’s all-time leader in three-pointers with 236. Weakley earned his bachelor’s degree in physical education from Biola in 2002, with a minor in Biblical studies. He hails from Columbus, Ohio, where he was an allstate player at Worthington Christian High School.
Facilities The Seawolves open the
season at the 8,700-seat Sullivan Arena in Midtown Anchorage before moving to the comfortable confines of the oncampus Wells Fargo Sports Complex for the regular season. The Sports Complex is a multi-use facility that also includes a complete fitness center, weight room, swimming pool and indoor jogging track.
Stretching from Alaska to Oregon to Idaho, and
soon Montana, the Great Northwest Athletic Conference has quickly become one of the most successful leagues in NCAA Division II. Founded in 2001, the GNAC features nine schools – UAA, Alaska Fairbanks, Central Washington, Northwest Nazarene, Saint Martin’s, Seattle Pacific, Seattle University, Western Oregon and Western Washington – in six men’s and six women’s sports. In 2007-08, Montana State-Billings will bring the GNAC membership to 10. The Seawolves field GNAC teams in volleyball, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s cross country, and men’s and women’s track & field.
UAA hosts one of college basketball’s most prestigious tournaments every Thanksgiving week when it brings seven Division I teams north for the Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout. For the 2006 tournament, Nov.
Eric Draper drives against a Southern Illinois defender during UAA’s 72-65 victory over the Salukis in the 2005 Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout.
22-25, the Seawolves welcome California, Hawaii, Hofstra, Marshall, Missouri-Kansas City, Loyola Marymount and Pacific. UAA will open against LMU live on ESPN2, marking the Seawolves’ 16th all-time appearance on the ESPN family of networks. In 28 Shootouts, the Seawolves have posted 27 wins against their Division I competition, including five victories in the past four years.
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Giant Killers Beginning with a 79-60 victory over Penn State in
1978, the Seawolves have a strong tradition of success against the giants of Division I basketball. All-time UAA has a total of 45 wins over 39 D-I programs, including against such powers as Wake Forest, Texas, Missouri, and Michigan in its national championship season of 1988-89. Here is a complete list of the Division I teams UAA has beaten: Auburn California Canisius Dayton Drexel Eastern Kentucky Grambling State High Point Houston Idaho Iona Jackson State Lafayette Maine Miami, Fla. Michigan Missouri Montana New Mexico Nicholls State Notre Dame Pacific Penn State Rhode Island Samford San Francisco Santa Clara Southern Illinois Southern Methodist
Tennessee Texas Texas Christian Texas State Texas Tech Wake Forest Washington Weber State Western Michigan William & Mary
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This is UAA! ACADEMICS The University of Alaska Anchorage is the state’s largest, most comprehensive university, serving more than 20,000 students through four primary campuses and numerous other sites in southcentral Alaska and the Aleutian chain. Academic units located on the Anchorage campus include the College of Arts and Sciences; College of Technical and Community Education; College of Health Education and Social Welfare; College of Business and Public Policy, and the School of Engineering. Organized research units at UAA complement the academic programs and reflect the special character of the University’s mission in Alaska. Research units include the Alaska Center for International Business, the American Russian Center, the Environment and Natural Resources Institute, the Center of Alcohol and Addiction Studies, the center for Economic Education, the Institute for Circumpolar Health Studies, the Center for Human Development, the Institute of Social and Economic Research and the Justice Center. UAA operates on a semester system. Fifteen semester credits are a normal class load and a minimum of 120 credits are required to complete a bachelor’s degree. The attractive, wooded campus is an urban oasis with residential wildlife populations of moose, waterfowl and birds.
ATHLETICS Nicknamed the Seawolves, UAA’s athletic teams compete as members of NCAA Division I in hockey and gymnastics and NCAA Division II in all other sports, including basketball, volleyball, skiing, track & field, and cross country. UAA annually hosts the Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout men’s and women’s basketball tournament – recognized as one of the top inseason tournaments in the nation – as well as the Nye Frontier Classic hockey tournament. Over the last three decades, the University of Alaska Anchorage has become a perennial national power in many of its sports. A total of 112 Seawolves have earned All-America honors since 1984 and UAA has produced several individual national champions. UAA athletes have enjoyed unprecedented success in the classroom.The entire UAA Athletic Department has compiled a cumulative GPA of 3.0+ in 10 of the last 13 years. Through the years, UAA has produced several Academic All-Americans.