2010 Michigan State Football Gameday Magazine - Western Michigan

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New Look, New Line Seniors John Stipek and D.J. Young are ready to help lead the offensive line in 2010

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Former Spartan LB Now Boxing

New Uniforms

MICHIGAN STATE vs. WESTERN MICHIGAN SEPT. 4, 2010 • SPARTAN STADIUM • EAST LANSING, MICH.

INSIDE THIS ISSUE Today’s Game.................................................................................... 5-7 MSU-Western Michigan Matchup.......................................................... 7 D.J. Young Feature............................................................................. 8-9 John Stipek Feature....................................................................... 10-11 2010 MSU Football Team............................................................... 12-15 Football Coaching/Training Staff.......................................................... 17 Michigan State University Board of Trustees................................... 18-19 University President Lou Anna K. Simon.............................................. 22 Athletics Director Mark Hollis.............................................................. 24 MSU Spartan Head Coach Mark Dantonio...................................... 27-30 Spartan Football Assistant Coaches................................................ 32-40 Spartan Football Support Staff.......................................................42, 44 Michigan State University Profile.................................................... 46-51 Duffy Daugherty Building/Skandalaris Football Center.................... 52-53 Student-Athlete Development Program............................................... 54 Student-Athlete Support Services....................................................... 56 Spartan Football Academic All-Americans........................................... 58 Spartan Bowl History.......................................................................... 60 Spartan Tradition................................................................................. 63 Dr. Kasavana Column.......................................................................... 65 Seth Mitchell Feature..................................................................... 66-67 University Spotlight............................................................................. 68 Meet the Western Michigan Broncos................................................... 70 MSU-WMU Depth Charts..................................................................... 72 Michigan State Spartans Numerical Roster......................................... 74 Western Michigan Broncos Numerical Roster...................................... 75 Big Ten Composite Schedule............................................................... 76 University Spotlight............................................................................. 78 Halftime Entertainment....................................................................... 80 MSU Football All-Time Coaching Ledger.............................................. 82 Spartan Football National Champions.................................................. 84 Spartan Football All-Americans...................................................... 86-87 Spartan Football Record Book........................................................ 91-94 Spartans in the NFL..................................................................... 99-100 MSU Athletics Head Coaches............................................................ 102 Spartan Marching Band.................................................................... 105 Cheer/Dance Team........................................................................... 108 Spartan Athletics Hall of Fame................................................... 112-120 Spartan Fund............................................................................. 124-127 Michigan State Athletics Staff........................................................... 128 Compliance Information.................................................................... 138 Spartan Stadium........................................................................ 140-141 Athletics Director Assoc. AD/Communications Assoc. AD/External Relations Spartan Gameday Magazine Editor Photos by

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COUSINS

Kirk Cousins threw for a career-best 353 yards in last season’s 49-14 win over Western Michigan.

GAME NOTES

MICHIGAN STATE SPARTANS

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WESTERN MICHIGAN BRONCOS

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Welcome to Spartan Stadium for the 2010 season opener between Michigan State and Western Michigan. This afternoon’s game marks the 12th meeting in the series, with the Spartans holding a 9-2 advantage after recording a 49-14 win over the Broncos last season.

FIRST-AND-10 • All 11 previous games in the Michigan State-Western Michigan series have been played in East Lansing. MSU is 6-0 against WMU in Spartan Stadium and has won the last seven meetings, including a 49-14 victory last year on Nov. 7. Western Michigan’s last win in the series came on Oct. 11, 1919, 21-18.

• In its 113-year football history, Michigan State is 74-36-3 (.668) in season openers, including a 9-2 record in its last 11 games.

• Michigan State has compiled a 38-7-2 record (.830) against current members of the Mid-American Conference (2-0 vs. Akron, 2-0 vs. Bowling Green, 4-3 vs. Central Michigan, 8-0 vs. Eastern Michigan, 1-0 vs.

Kent State, 3-1 vs. Miami-Ohio, 1-0 vs. Ohio, 7-1-2 vs. Temple, 1-0 vs.

Toledo and 9-2 vs. Western Michigan). Overall, the Spartans have won 23 out of the last 26 meetings vs. MAC teams.

• In last year’s 49-14 win over Western Michigan, quarterback Kirk Cousins completed 88 percent (22 of 25) of his passes for a career-high 353 yards, which also rank as the seventh-best single-game total in MSU history. He completed passes to eight different receivers against the Broncos, including scoring strikes of 13 yards to Garrett Celek and 48 yards to Keshawn Martin. His 233.0 passing efficiency rating in the game was the best single-game figure in the Big Ten and the 22nd-highest single-game total posted in the NCAA FBS in 2009.

• Michigan State has compiled a 32-14 record (.696) in games played against non-conference opponents since 1999, including a 9-6 mark under fourth-year head coach Mark Dantonio. The Spartans have won 15 of their last 22 non-league games.

• Dantonio is 8-1 in non-conference games at Spartan Stadium.

• In its 113-year football history, Michigan State is 92-21 (.814) in home openers, including an 11-game winning streak that began in 1999. The Spartans have won 13 of their last 14 home openers, with the only setback coming to Colorado State, 23-16, in the 1998 Black Coaches Association Classic.

MARTIN Keshawn Martin had 122 all-purpose yards against WMU last year, including a 48-yard TD pass from Cousins.

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• Dantonio is 4-2 (.667) in season openers during his six-year head coaching career, including a 2-1 mark at MSU (2007: 55-18 win over UAB; 2008: 38-31 loss at California; 2009: 44-3 win over Montana State).

• Senior linebacker Greg Jones, the 2009 Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year as selected by the media, enters his final season at MSU among the all-time school leaders in tackles (eighth with 359), tackles for loss (fifth with 36.5) and sacks (tied for sixth with 15.5). The returning consensus All-American was named the 2010 Big Ten Preseason Defensive Player of the Year and is on watch lists for five national awards: Butkus Award (top collegiate linebacker), Lombardi Award (college lineman of the year), Nagurski Award (top defensive player), Bednarik Award (top defensive player) and the Lott Trophy (defensive player of the year).

• Michigan State is the only school in the country to feature two tight ends (senior Charlie Gantt and junior Brian Linthicum) on the watch list for the John Mackey Award, which is presented annually to the top tight end in college

football. MSU’s tight end unit combined for 56 receptions, 780 receiving yards and eight touchdowns last season.

SPARTANS TO DEBUT NEW UNIFORMS IN SEASON OPENER Michigan State will debut its new football uniforms this afternoon against Western Michigan.

The football uniforms are just one aspect of a new brand and identity program MSU Athletics Director Mark Hollis unveiled in April.

All of Michigan State’s uniforms now incorporate consistent use of colors, logos, lettering and numerals along with standardization for logos.

Throughout the project, equal attention was devoted to maintaining an appreciation for the traditions of the past, while positioning the athletics program for the future.

The brand and identity program for Michigan State Athletics was a result of nearly a two-year collaborative effort between the athletics department and Nike that included input from university and athletic administration, coaches and studentathletes.

2010 CAPTAINS Senior punter Aaron Bates, junior quarterback Kirk Cousins and senior linebacker Greg Jones were elected by their teammates to serve as Michigan State’s captains for the 2010 season.

An additional captain will also be selected each week.

Bates is the first punter to be named captain in 114 seasons of Spartan football, while Cousins and Jones will be captains for the second straight year. Last season, Cousins became only the second sophomore in school history to be named captain.

Center Robert McCurry (1946-47-48) is MSU’s only three-time captain.

“SPARTANS IN THE D” Tickets are still available for next Saturday’s “Spartans in the D” game against Florida Atlantic at Detroit’s Ford Field. Priced as low as $19, tickets can be purchased at www.ticketmaster.com.

Kickoff is set for 12 p.m.

The Ford Field game marks the first time MSU has played a football game in Downtown Detroit since Oct. 27, 1944, when Coach Charlie Bachman led the Spartans to a 32-0 victory over Wayne State in a contest played at University of Detroit Stadium.

SCOUTING WESTERN MICHIGAN

Greg Jones, Kirk Cousins and Eric Gordon model the new uniforms that were unveiled in April.

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Western Michigan returns 34 letterwinners from last season’s 5-7 team, including seven starters on offense and seven on defense.

Offensively, the Broncos must replace quarterback Tim Hiller, who graduated as the program’s all-time leader in numerous statistical categories, including passing yards (11,329 yards) and touchdowns (99). Sophomore Alex Carder will look to replace Hiller as the team’s offensive signal caller in 2010 and will be starting his first career game this afternoon. In eight games of action last season, Carder completed 5-of-7 passes for 27 passes in backup duty.

WMU also lost leading rusher Brandon West, who gained a team-high 1,164 yards on the ground last year. Junior Aaron Winchester is the likely candidate to start at running back after rushing for 148 yards and one TD in 2009.

The Broncos are experienced at wide receiver, boasting three legitimate threats in Robert Arnheim, Jordan White and Juan Nunez. Arnheim led the team with 59 catches and 701 yards last season, while White had 53 receptions for 681 yards

MICHIGAN STATE SPARTANS

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Returning starting safeties Mario Armstrong and Jamail Berry will anchor the defense, as Armstrong compiled 62 tackles in 2009 and Berry had 58.

Michigan State (0-0)

Head Coach: Mark Dantonio (South Carolina, 1978) MSU Record: 22-17 (.564), fourth year Overall Record: 40-34 (.541), seventh year Sept. 4 Sept. 11 Sept. 18 Sept. 25 Oct. 2 Oct. 9 Oct. 16 Oct. 23 Oct. 30 Nov. 6 Nov. 20 Nov. 27

WESTERN MICHIGAN................. 12 p.m. vs. Florida Atlantic (1)................. 12 p.m.

NOTRE DAME............................... 8 p.m.

NORTHERN COLORADO...................TBA WISCONSIN......................................TBA at Michigan......................................TBA ILLINOIS..................................... 12 p.m. at Northwestern......................... 12 p.m. at Iowa.............................................TBA MINNESOTA.....................................TBA PURDUE...........................................TBA at Penn State....................................TBA

(1) Detroit, Mich. – Ford Field

2009 Team Statistics MSU OPP Scoring 386 342 Points per game 29.7 26.3 Rushing Yardage 1779 1472 Average per rush 4.2 3.4 Average per game 136.8 113.2 TDs rushing 16 10 Passing Yardage 3502 3479 Compt.-Att.-Int. 251-423-12 293-481-6 Average per game 269.4 267.6 TDs Passing 28 32 Total Offense 5281 4951 Average per game 406.2 380.8 Fumbles-Lost 15-8 14-8 Third Down Conversions 62/169 87-202 Sacks By-Yards 35-221 14-82 2009 Michigan State Leaders Rushing Att. Yds. Avg. Larry Caper 120 468 3.9 Edwin Baker 85 427 5.0

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Passing Yards Comp. Att. Kirk Cousins 198 328

Yds. 2680

TD 19

Receiving No. Blair White 70 B.J. Cunningham 48

Avg. 14.1 13.4

TD 9 4

Tackles Greg Jones Eric Gordon Brandon Denson Trenton Robinson

Yds. 990 641

Solo Asst. Total TFL 67 87 154 14.0 35 57 92 7.5 23 45 68 4.0 37 30 67 0.0

MICHIGAN STATE ALL-ACCESS: DAILY EDITION Michigan State Athletics has launched a “Daily Edition” of “Michigan State All-Access”.

The show, which premiered on Aug. 30 and will be available at 8 a.m. every day on www.msusaprtans.com, is dedicated to in-depth coverage of Michigan State’s 25 varsity sports.

Former Spartan women’s basketball student-athlete Mandy Piechowski and WDIV-TV personality Heather Zara will serve as the primary program hosts.

Spartan fans can also catch “Michigan State Football AllAccess”, a 30-minute show on the Spartan football program, every Sunday at 9 a.m. on FOX Sports Detroit. The show will also appear throughout the week on the Big Ten Network.

For all of the latest information on the Spartan football team, including videos, podcasts, notes and features, check out www.msuspartans.com, the official Michigan State Athletics website, and CoachDantonio.com, the official website of MSU head coach Mark Dantonio. Fans can also follow Spartan Football on Twitter at www.twitter.com/msu_football and Facebook at www.facebook.com/msuathletics.

Western Michigan (0-0) Head Coach: Bill Cubit (Delaware, 1975) WMU Record: 34-27 (.557), sixth year Overall Record: 68-45-1 (.601), 10th year

Sept. 4 Sept. 11 Sept. 18 Oct. 2 Oct. 9 Oct. 16 Oct. 23 Oct. 30 Nov. 5 Nov. 13 Nov. 20 Nov. 26

at Michigan State....................... 12 p.m.

NICHOLLS STATE......................... 7 p.m.

TOLEDO....................................... 7 p.m.

IDAHO.......................................... 2 p.m. at Ball State............................... 12 p.m. at Notre Dame.........................2:30 p.m. at Akron..................................3:30 p.m.

NORTHERN ILLINOIS.................. 12 p.m. at Central Michigan...................... 6 p.m.

EASTERN MICHIGAN.................... 2 p.m.

KENT STATE................................. 2 p.m. at Bowling Green..............................TBA

2009 Team Statistics WMU OPP Scoring 296 330 Points per game 24.7 27.5 Rushing Yardage 1348 2140 Average per rush 3.9 4.7 Average per game 112.3 178.3 TDs rushing 13 19 Passing Yardage 3306 2886 Comp.-Att.-Int. 317-528-14 229-388-10 Average per game 275.5 240.5 TDs Passing 24 20 Total Offense 4654 5026 Average per game 387.8 418.8 Fumbles-Lost 23-14 19-12 Third Down Conversions 74/178 65/168 Sacks By-Yards 19-107 24-161 2009 Western Michigan Leaders Rushing Att. Yds. Avg. Brandon West 214 1164 5.4 Aaron Winchester 46 148 3.2

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Passing Yards Comp. Att. Tim Hiller 309 514

Yds. 3249

TD 23

Receiving No. Robert Arnheim 59 Jordan White 53

Avg. 11.9 12.8

TD 3 4

Tackles Austin Pritchard Justin Braska Mario Armstrong Jamail Berry

Yds. 701 681

Solo Asst. Total TFL 59 43 102 7.0 28 35 63 13.0 35 27 62 0.5 37 21 58 1.0

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D.J. Young:

Home Sweet Home

By Brittany McCormick, MSU Athletic Communications Student Assistant Michigan State senior left tackle D.J. Young finally decided to come home.

The Lansing native played his first two seasons of collegiate football in Ohio at Bowling Green before enrolling at Lansing Community College in 2008 to become eligible to play on the same field that his father did.

“Making the decision to come back here, it was an easy one but it was a long one at that,” said Young. “I made this decision to be closer to home to my family and friends. That was a big step. A lot of them couldn’t make it down to my games. Being close was important because I was born to be a Spartan.”

In order for Young to be eligible to play for the Green and White, he needed to complete 46 credits in one year, since many of his classes from Bowling Green did not transfer. This is quite a challenging obstacle, considering an average course load for a student is 30 credits in one year.

Young said, “It was a tough process, but it was easy for me to decide what to do. There was a lot of depressing nights. It was hard. There were a lot of times I asked myself why did I do this? Why didn’t I do this in the 8

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beginning? But it was all worth it in the end. Football kept me motivated.”

And it’s a good thing he stayed motivated. Young started the last 11 games of the 2009 season at right tackle. He enters the 2010 season as a starter, but this time in a different position.

There’s no cause for concern, however, because it’s evident that Young handles change very well. Originally while transferring colleges, he also switched from playing on the defensive line to the offensive line. During his time at Bowling Green, he played defensive tackle. After arriving in East Lansing, he began on the left side of the offensive line during spring practice in 2009, made the switch to right tackle for the regular season, and will now return back to left tackle.

“It was harder for me to make the original switch of moving from the right side of the field to the left,” said Young, whose first start as a Spartan came at Notre Dame last year. “Going back to the left side, I feel more comfortable.

I feel more at home. I feel better at running and pass blocking.”

“D.J. has been solid,” head coach Mark Dantonio said regarding Young’s performance during preseason camp. “He’s solidified his position. With (Joel)

I believe we have the best teammates. I enjoy being around all the guys and I love being here.

I’m going to miss it when I leave.

Foreman and D.J. there (on the left side of the line), it gives us a lot of experience. Those guys have been on the field in game time situations and have made the adjustments. I think that’s a positive for them.”

Young grew up down the street from MSU with green and white in his blood. He learned about Spartan football firsthand from his father, Duane Young, who was a tight end at MSU from 1987-90 and played in the NFL for six years.

In his time as a Spartan, Duane was part of a Rose Bowl Championship team and won two Big Ten titles.

“My dad made it easier for me,” Young said. “He didn’t necessarily force football on me, I just knew what I was going to be doing and I enjoyed going to his football games.

He tells me what I need to do and what I need to work on.”

Young admires his father’s success, both on the collegiate and professional levels, and hopes to mirror his own senior season after what his father has accomplished.

“My expectations are that we need to aim high,” said Young. “It will be really good if we can get to the Rose Bowl and a Big Ten Championship. Going out and winning a bowl game will be good for this program.”

Young’s father isn’t his only family member that comes to watch him play. One of his most avid fans is his three-year old daughter, Aniya, whose biggest wish is to get a hug from Sparty.

“She came to a couple of runs we had and took charge a little bit, giving guys some water,” he said. “It’s a warm feeling knowing that she’s watching me play. She looks forward to every single game.”

Football for Young has, and always will be, a family sport.

Once he graduates with his degree in sociology, he plans to make football a part of his career as well. He wants to become a high school counselor and coach a high school football team. He certainly has a wealth of knowledge and experience that will make him successful at coaching the sport that he has gone through many lengths to make sure he plays.

“I believe we have the best teammates,” said Young. “I enjoy being around all the guys and I love being here. I’m going to miss it when I leave.”

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John Stipek:

Front and Center

By Brittany McCormick, MSU Athletic Communications Student Assistant Looks can be deceiving. Just ask Michigan State senior John Stipek.

Known for wearing Metallica shirts, playing the air guitar in the ice tub after practice, and previously having long hair for years, it would seem that Stipek is a member of a rock band and not a football team.

And he just as well could be. Stipek has been playing the guitar for as long as he can remember, but it’s his talents on the football field that has earned him the starting spot as the center for the Spartans, rather than being center stage.

The Macomb Township native arrived at Michigan State as a defensive lineman, playing in four games his freshman season in 2006. He made the switch to the offensive side of the ball during head coach Mark Dantonio’s first season in East Lansing in 2007. Stipek used both the 2007 and 2008 seasons to learn everything he could about his new position.

“It was a pretty wild transition,” said Stipek. “I had to put on some more weight and just learning the plays with the offense was very complex to me. Those were definitely my struggles.”

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During the time Stipek was making his transition, he learned the ins and outs about offense in general and how to be a strong a center from veteran Joel Nitchman, who was the starter for the Green and White the past three seasons. After persevering through many obstacles that stood in his way, Stipek had a breakthrough season as a junior in 2009, playing in seven games and starting in three following an injury to Nitchman in the season opener.

“When adversity hits, my belief is that if a wall is in front of you, you don’t walk around it, you walk through it,” Stipek said. “You just keep grinding out there. It’s difficult but I always had to keep my head up high and keep a positive attitude, and it definitely worked out well for me.”

Stipek’s hard work was rewarded just in time for his last season in the Spartan uniform, where he will be the starting center heading into 2010. He will play on the offensive line alongside junior left guard Joel Foreman, where they are both known to be leaders.

“I think they’ve helped the chemistry on the line,” said offensive line coach Dan

You can’t take this place for granted.

It’s an outstanding establishment with an outstanding group of people. I couldn’t be happier for where I’m at.

Roushar. “Their leadership, presence, and experience certainly brings that. Most importantly, both guys are very committed to being good football players, and as long as they’re doing that, it’s making everyone else around them better.”

Stipek is someone that knows very well that practice makes perfect, by doubling as both a musician and an athlete. Growing up, his interest in music was sparked by what his father listened to, which included bands like The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Alice Cooper. He unfortunately has not had much time since he came to college to keep up on his guitar playing skills, but did show off his musical talents to his teammates and coaches with a performance at the Alamo Bowl talent show.

“I guess for the coaching staff it was a shot in the dark,” he said. “They heard I could play, but they didn’t know how good I was. I totally winged it because you only had six hours to come up with something. I just showed up on stage and that’s really the way I wanted to do it.”

He also took his teammates by surprise during spring practice when he chopped off all of his hair. At first they were disappointed in Stipek’s dramatically different hairstyle, but they warmed up to it when they found out he donated it to Locks of Love, a non-profit organization that provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children under 21 who suffer from long-term medical hair loss.

“When I was growing up, and even now, I look up to people that donate their hair,” said Stipek. “You’re doing something for a good cause. You’re doing this for the sake of people who are going through chemotherapy.”

Stipek decided to donate his hair because it was something he had always wanted to do. Also, he knew that soon enough he was going to need to enter the workplace and wanted to look professional. Stipek is planning to graduate with a degree in human resource management and would like to move to Chicago.

But before then, Stipek is going to cherish his favorite part of college – playing in Spartan Stadium on football Saturdays.

“Michigan State football to me is a privilege,” he said.

“Throughout everything I’ve been through, if I had to do it all over again, I would have picked the same place, I still would have done the same thing. You can’t take this place for granted. It’s an outstanding establishment with an outstanding group of people. I couldn’t be happier for where I’m at.”

GETTING TO KNOW JOHN STIPEK: FAVORITE GUITAR PLAYER: “Right now, Zakk Wylde – but that changes every day.”

FAVORITE FOOTBALL PLAYER: Jared Allen of the Minnesota Vikings.

FAVORITE PREGAME SONG: “Anything by Rob Zombie or Metallica.”

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5 Johnny Adams CB • So. Akron, Ohio

28 Denicos Allen LB • R-Fr. Hamilton, Ohio

87 Todd Anderson DE • Jr. Jackson, Mich.

4 Edwin Baker RB • So. Highland Park, Mich.

79 David Barrent OT • R-Fr. Clive, Iowa

18 Aaron Bates P • Sr. New Concord, Ohio

24 Le’Veon Bell RB • Fr. Reynoldsburg, Ohio

42 Nick Bendzuck FB • Sr.-5 Strongsville, Ohio

22 Josh Bodell CB • Sr.-5 Frankfort, Mich.

6 Joe Boisture QB • Fr. Goodrich, Mich.

34 Andre Buford RB • So. Waterford, Mich.

40 Max Bullough LB • Fr. Traverse City, Mich.

94 Taylor Calero DE • Fr. Beverly Hills, Mich.

22 Larry Caper RB • So. Battle Creek, Mich.

85 Garrett Celek TE • Jr. Cincinnati, Ohio

87 Milton Colbert WR • Jr. Villa Park, Ill.

4 Dan Conroy K • So. Wheaton, Ill.

73 Henry Conway OT • R-Fr. Shaker Heights, Ohio

8 Kirk Cousins QB • Jr. Holland, Mich.

3 B.J. Cunningham WR • Jr. Westerville, Ohio

65 Doug Curtis DT • So. Weston, Conn.

77 J’Michael Deane OT • Sr.-5 Toronto, Ontario

2 Mark Dell WR • Sr. Farmington Hills, Mich.

31 Darqueze Dennard DB • Fr. Dry Branch, Ga.

65 Michael Dennis OL • Fr. Carey, Ohio

71 John Deyo OT • So. Battle Creek, Mich.

12 Dana Dixon CB • R-Fr. Detroit, Mich.

52 Denzel Drone DE • R-Fr. Plant City, Fla.

27 Kurtis Drummond S • Fr. Masury, Ohio

41 Kyler Elsworth LB • So. Goodrich, Mich.

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19 Danny Folino S • R-Fr. Okemos, Mich.

67 Joel Foreman OG • Jr. Highland, Mich.

83 Charlie Gantt TE • Sr.-5 Farmington Hills, Mich.

13 Bennie Fowler WR • R-Fr. Bloomfield, Mich.

97 Dan France DT • R-Fr. North Royalton, Ohio

2 William Gholston LB • Fr. Detroit, Mich.

50 Steve Gardiner LB • So. Dublin, Ohio

55 Corey Freeman DE • So. Cleveland Heights, Ohio

92 Andrew Gleichert TE • Fr. Ann Arbor, Mich.

47 Jeremy Gainer LB • R-Fr. Detroit, Mich.

43 Eric Gordon LB • Sr.-5 Traverse City, Mich.

49 TyQuan Hammock LB • R-Fr. Fort Wayne, Ind.

2 Mylan Hicks DB • Fr. Detroit, Mich.

20 Nick Hill RB • Fr. Chelsea, Mich.

84 Derek Hoebing TE • So. Vermilion, Ohio

91 Tyler Hoover DE • So. Novi, Mich.

74 Zach Hueter OG • So. Columbiaville, Mich.

11 Marcus Hyde S • Sr.-5 Fostoria, Ohio

63 Travis Jackson OL • Fr. New Albany, Ohio

61 Antonio Jeremiah OG • Jr. Hilliard, Ohio

26 Jesse Johnson S • Sr.-5 Durand, Mich.

53 Greg Jones LB • Sr. Cincinnati, Ohio

23 Jairus Jones S • So. Tampa, Fla.

69 Shawn Kamm OL • Fr. Saginaw, Mich.

83 R.J. Kelly DE • So. East Lansing, Mich.

72 Nate Klatt C • R-Fr. Clinton, Ohio

54 Connor Kruse OL • Fr. Lowell, Mich.

33 Jeremy Langford RB/WR • Fr. Wayne, Mich.

9 Isaiah Lewis S • Fr. Indianapolis, Ind.

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88 Brian Linthicum TE • Jr. Charlottesville, Va.

14 Tony Lippett WR • Fr. Detroit, Mich.

89 Cam Martin WR • Jr. Tampa, Fla.

82 Keshawn Martin WR • Jr. Inkster, Mich.

10 Andrew Maxwell QB • R-Fr. Midland, Mich.

62 Chris McDonald OG • So. Sterling Heights, Mich.

75 Jared McGaha OT • Jr. Powell, Tenn.

36 Jon Misch LB • Sr.-5 Waterford, Mich.

51 Steve Moore SN • So. Pinconning, Mich.

17 Kevin Muma K • So. Troy, Mich.

25 Keith Mumphery WR • Fr. Vienna, Ga.

89 Colin Neely DE • Sr.-5 Bethlehem, Pa.

7 Keith Nichol WR • Jr. Lowell, Mich.

17 Kyle Nichol WR • R-Fr. Lowell, Mich.

10 Chris Norman LB • So. Detroit, Mich.

69 Blake Pacheco DL • Jr. Salinas, Calif.

38 Niko Palazeti FB • Fr. Northville, Mich.

14 Chase Parker CB • Jr. Mason, Mich.

96 Kevin Pickelman NT • Sr. Marshall, Mich.

73 Arthur Ray Jr. OL • Jr. Chicago, Ill.

60 Micajah Reynolds OL • R-Fr. Lansing, Mich.

39 Trenton Robinson S • Jr. Bay City, Mich.

44 Josh Rouse FB • Sr.-5 Newtown, Conn.

16 Chris D. Rucker CB • Jr. Detroit, Mich.

29 Chris L. Rucker CB • Sr. Warren, Ohio

68 Ethan Ruhland OG • So. Lake Orion, Mich.

45 Marcus Rush DE • Fr. Cincinnati, Ohio

3 Mike Sadler P • Fr. Grand Rapids, Mich.

58 Jordan Sanders DL • Fr. Rochester, Mich.

70 Skyler Schofner OL • Fr. Sunbury, Ohio

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20 Kyle Selden P • Jr. Waterford, Mich.

47 Adam Setterbo FB • Jr. Spring Lake, Mich.

56 Alex Shackleton SN • Sr.-5 Breckenridge, Colo.

80 Dion Sims TE • So. Detroit, Mich.

86 Fred Smith FB • So. Detroit, Mich.

81 Brad Sonntag WR • Jr. Saginaw, Mich.

26 David Spears RB • So. Muskegon, Mich.

15 Donald Spencer WR • R-Fr. Ypsilanti, Mich.

58 Hugh Stangeland OL • R-Fr. Ridgefield, Conn.

48 Drew Stevens FB • So. Delaware, Ohio

66 John Stipek C • Sr.-5 Macomb Township, Mich.

57 Johnathan Strayhorn DE • Jr. Detroit, Mich.

93 Blake Treadwell NT • So. East Lansing, Mich.

98 Anthony Rashad White DT • So. Battle Creek, Mich.

32 Mitchell White CB • So. Livonia, Mich.

99 Jerel Worthy DT • So. Huber Heights, Ohio

59 D.J. Young OT • Sr.-5 Lansing, Mich.

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COACHING/TRAINING STAFF

COACHING STAFF:

Front Row (L-R): Tim Allen, Dan Roushar, Don Treadwell, Mark Dantonio, Pat Narduzzi, Harlon Barnett, Dino Folino.

Back Row (L-R): Tommy Hoke, Brad Salem, Dave Warner, Mark Staten, Mike Tressel, Ted Gill, Ken Mannie, Brad Lunsford.

ATHLETIC TRAINING STAFF:

Front Row (L-R): Drew Parkhurst, Sharon Frank, Krisjon Vargas, Brandon Hall, Casey Madden, Josh Bates, Jenn Moeller.

Back Row (L-R): Jeff Monroe, Dr. Lisa Falotico, Paige Lehmann, Nick Anthony, Dr. Randy Pearson, Dr. Michael Shingles, Dave Redman, Dr. Jason McHugh, Dr. Doug Dietzel, Sally Nogle.

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES As members of the Board of Trustees of Michigan State University, we welcome you to our beautiful campus and to Spartan Stadium. While we eight trustees came to the board by different paths, from different backgrounds, and representing different political parties, we are, first and foremost, advocates for and proud members of Team MSU. When we arrived on the board, any partisanship was replaced by a full commitment to MSU. As the university’s policy-making body, the board works closely with President Simon and her team to provide MSU’s students, faculty, staff, alumni, and other supporters with the resources and advocacy they need and deserve. Our unified belief in the history and the future of MSU called us to serve. We are proud to have been elected by the people of Michigan to be part of a university that has set a standard for advancing knowledge and transforming lives around the globe.

Joel Ferguson, Chairman Michigan State University Board of Trustees

Joel I. Ferguson

Melanie Foster

Chairman • Lansing

Vice Chairperson • East Lansing

Joel I. Ferguson was elected to the Board of Trustees in 1986 and re-elected twice. He is the co-founder of F & S Development Company, the developer of 14 multi-family residential complexes throughout Michigan. He is the cofounder of Lansing television station WFSL-TV (Channel 47) and the founder of Lansing’s WLAJ-TV (Channel 53) television station. He is also owner and developer of many major office buildings in the Lansing area. Ferguson was one of the original organizers of Capitol National Bank, which has expanded to CNB Corp and is vice chair of the Blue Cross Foundation. A member of the Democratic National Committee from 1988-2009, he was appointed by President Clinton to the board of directors of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac).

Ferguson, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, graduated from MSU in 1965 with a degree in elementary education.

Dianne Byrum

Colleen M. McNamara

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Dianne Byrum’s eight-year term on the Board of Trustees began on Jan. 1, 2009. She is a partner with Byrum & Fisk Advocacy Communications, an East Lansing-based public relations firm that she founded in 2006. Prior to this enterprise, Byrum served as a member of the Ingham County Board of Commissioners from 1983 to 1990.

She was elected to the Michigan House of Representatives in 1991 and to the Michigan Senate in 1995. She returned to the House in 2002 as the first woman elected House Democratic Leader. Byrum served as co-director of the Michigan Public Leadership Program, an MSU program that trains future public policy leaders. She has received the Champion of Hope award from the Children’s Trust Fund and the Public Official of the Year award from Habitat for Humanity.

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Melanie Foster was elected to the board in 2004, and previously served on the MSU Board of Trustees from 1991 to 1992. In 1997 she was appointed to the Board of Trustees of Central Michigan University and served until 2004. Upon graduating from MSU with a degree in ornamental horticulture, Foster returned home to Flat Rock to become CEO of a family landscape company that grew into a nationally recognized landscape contracting firm with offices in four states. Foster spent six years on the Wharton Center Advisory Council and is currently on the Board of the Capitol Area United Way. She resides in East Lansing with her husband and three school-age children and currently manages a personal real estate portfolio.

Colleen M. McNamara is Executive Director of the Michigan Cable Telecommunications Association, which represents cable television companies throughout Michigan. She was elected to the MSU Board of Trustees to serve beginning Jan. 1, 1995, and was reelected in 2002. She is chair of the board’s Policy Committee. She received a bachelor of arts degree in social science from MSU in 1974. Born in Detroit, and raised in Livonia, McNamara and her daughter, Marissa, live in Okemos.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Donald W. Nugent

Faylene Owen

Frankfort

East Lansing

Donald W. Nugent of Frankfort has served on the Board of Trustees since January 1995. He was re-elected in 2002 for a second eight-year term beginning Jan. 1, 2003. He and his wife, Gail, own and operate Nugent Farms, producing cherries in Benzie County.

Nugent is president and CEO of Graceland Fruit Inc., president of Spartan Land Enterprises L.L.C., and chairman of the board of West Michigan Bank and Trust.

He serves on the board of directors of the Michigan Chamber of Commerce.

He graduated from MSU in 1965 with his bachelor’s degree in agriculture.

Faylene Owen’s term on the MSU Board of Trustees, where she serves as chair of the Finance Committee, began in 2007. Prior to her election, she founded her own business, Mica Corporation, which specializes in market research and communications. A community leader, Owen has served as chair of Child Abuse Prevention Services and the Sparrow Hospital Foundation. She has been a board member for MSU Safe Place, the MSU Hillel Student Center, and the MSU Kaleidoscope program.

Nationally, Owen served as a managing trustee of the Democratic National Committee and as the chair of the Clinton–Gore fundraising campaigns in Michigan in 1992 and 1996. Owen’s work was recognized by President Bill Clinton, who appointed her to the White House Fellows Commission.

George Perles

Diann Woodard

East Lansing

BROWNSTOWN TOWNSHIP

George Perles was elected to the board of his alma mater in 2007. An Army veteran, he received his bachelor’s degree in 1960, and a master’s degree in educational administration in 1961.

Perles returned to MSU as head football coach in 1982. His career as football coach was highlighted by four Super Bowl victories, two Big Ten titles and a Rose Bowl victory. From 1990-1992, he served as director of athletics at MSU. Cited often for his entrepreneurial leadership in public service activities, he is especially known for his long-time association with the Special Olympics.

He is currently the Chief Executive Officer of the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl.

Diann Woodard was elected to the Michigan State University Board of Trustees in 2008. She is currently the International President of the American Federation of School Administrators (AFSA, AFL-CIO), the same organization from which she received the Administrator of the Year award in 2003. Woodard’s professional affiliations include serving as a national vice president of the national AFL-CIO and trustee of the Michigan State AFL–CIO. She is the former president of the Organization of School Administrators and Supervisors. Additionally, Woodard is a former member of the board of directors of School of the 21st Century. Woodard graduated from Michigan State in 1973 with a bachelor’s in education and received a master’s degree in 1979 from Wayne State University, which awarded her the Distinguished Alumni Award in 2003. www.msuspartans.com

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UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT lou anna k. simon, Phd Lou Anna K. Simon is the 20th president of Michigan State University, leading the university in advancing the common global good. Her commitment to applying knowledge to benefit society is reflected in her key initiatives and detailed in Embracing the World Grant Ideal: Affirming the Morrill Act for a Twenty-first-century Global Society, a monograph available online at worldgrantideal.msu.edu.

Simon has a distinguished history with Michigan State University, from earning her doctorate in administration and higher education from MSU in 1974 to her appointment as president by the MSU Board of Trustees in January 2005.

Simon’s dedication to advancing Michigan’s economic future has been a hallmark of her presidency. She is a member of the Michigan Strategic Economic Investment and Commercialization Board and serves on the board of directors for Business Leaders for Michigan and for Prima Civitas, mid-Michigan’s economic development foundation. She also has led MSU’s participation in the University Research Corridor, a partnership with the University of Michigan and Wayne State University, to improve Michigan’s economy through innovation, technology transfer, and education.

Under Simon’s leadership, in 2009, MSU opened its Detroit Center, a 22,000-square-foot facility to foster and to enhance 21st-century learning and partnerships that will serve as catalysts for future prosperity.

To address the state’s physician shortage, MSU’s Colleges of Human Medicine and Osteopathic Medicine have expanded to Grand Rapids, Detroit, and Macomb County, which has doubled MSU’s medical student enrollment. For her support of medical advancement, the Michigan Health Information Technology Commission awarded Simon its 2010 Leadership Award.

Simon also has helped extend MSU’s reach in the nation and around the world. She is a member of the Council on Competitiveness, a nonpartisan, nongovernmental organization working to ensure U.S. prosperity; the board of directors for the American Council on Education; and the executive committee of the Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa.

Under Simon’s tenure, MSU received more than $400 million in externally sponsored research in 2008–09. In the past two years, MSU was chosen by the U.S. Department of Energy as the site for the approximately $600-million Facility for Rare Isotope Beams and selected by IBM to host a global application development center. The university opened the Energy and Automotive Research Laboratories and was named one of the nation’s top five campuses for sustainability by the National Wildlife Federation. MSU leads U.S. public universities in study abroad participation, ranks among the nation’s top 10 public universities for international student enrollment, and is the sixth largest all-time producer of Peace Corps volunteers.

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AT H L E T I C S D I R E C T O R MARK HOLLIS This is the vision Mark Hollis has for the Michigan State Athletics Department. A Michigan State graduate and veteran Spartan athletics administrator, Hollis assumed the role of MSU’s 18th athletics director on Jan. 1, 2008, succeeding Ron Mason. Hollis was named athletics directordesignate on Sept. 12, 2007, and teamed with Mason in the transition throughout the fall of 2007.

Hollis has more than 20 years of athletics administration experience, either at the school or conference level. His well-rounded background has led to his knowledge of all areas within an athletics department, including marketing, financial administration, television negotiations, fund-raising, game operations, facility management, personnel policy, corporate interaction, sports management and public relations. In addition, Hollis currently serves on the NCAA Amateurism Cabinet and Men’s Basketball Issues Committee.

Hollis, a 1985 MSU graduate, returned to his alma mater in 1995. Since then, he has been a critical component of the athletic department executive management staff, helping guide the department through short- and long-range plans.

On the playing field, Michigan State proved again in 2009-10 to be one of the most consistent athletic departments in the country, finishing 39th in the Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup standings, marking the 11th time in the past 12 years the department has placed in the top 40. Highlights included the men’s basketball team advancing to the Final Four for the sixth time in the last 12 years and winning its second straight Big Ten regular-season title, field hockey capturing both the Big Ten regular-season and tournament championships, and the football team appearing in its third-straight bowl game. Overall, 11 sports participated in their respective team NCAA Championships, while individuals competed in four more NCAA Championships.

One of Hollis’ major goals upon becoming athletics director was accomplished this past spring when he unveiled the new brand and identity program for the athletics department. All of Michigan State’s uniforms now incorporate consistent use of colors, logos, lettering and numerals along with standardization for logos. Throughout the project, equal attention was devoted to maintaining an appreciation for the traditions of the past, while positioning the athletics program for the future. The brand and identity program for Michigan State Athletics was a result of nearly a two-year collaborative effort between the athletics department and Nike that included input from university and athletic administration, coaches and studentathletes.

During Hollis’ tenure, Michigan State student-athletes have excelled not only in competition, but in the classroom as well. In 2009-10, Spartan student-athletes posted 3.0 or higher semester GPAs in record numbers, as a school-record 365 student-athletes achieved that mark in the spring semester, breaking the previous record of 356 which was set just the previous semester in the fall. In 2008-09, the department posted the highest cumulative GPA in program history at 3.0052 for the second consecutive year; it also marked the first time the department has ever had back-toback years with a cumulative GPA of over a 3.0.

In Hollis’ first full season as athletics director in 2008-09, Michigan State enjoyed one of its most successful years of the decade with a 27th-place finish in the Directors’ Cup, the best showing for the department since 2003 and the third highest in the department’s history. Ten teams earned bids to their respective NCAA Championships, led by the men’s basketball team, which reached the national title game against North Carolina while also winning the Big Ten regular-season championship.

Prior to his official appointment as athletics director, Hollis played a lead role in two significant head coaching searches during the 2006-07 year. He spearheaded the effort to hire Mark Dantonio as football coach, which has resulted in three consecutive bowl appearances for the program, including a bid to the 2009 Capital One Bowl. He also provided major assistance in the hiring of women’s basketball coach Suzy Merchant in the spring of 2007, who led the Spartans to the Sweet 16 in 2009. Hollis’ first hire as athletics director arrived on July 2, 2008, when he tabbed Jake Boss Jr. to direct the Spartan baseball program.

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We gather and engage our community to teach, support and celebrate our student-athletes in their quest for excellence.

2008, the Spartans moved into one of the nation’s finest football facilities, as a $15 million expansion and renovation project for the Duffy Daugherty Football Building was completed. MSU alumni Robert and Julie Skandalaris of Bloomfield Hills, Mich., donated $5 million as the lead gift for the facility expansion and upgrade. The Skandalaris Football Center includes new team, staff and position meeting rooms, coaches’ offices and a hall of history. In addition, an expanded weight room was finished in September 2008 that increased the facility in size from 9,000 to 16,500-square feet. Also in 2008, the men’s and women’s soccer programs opened DeMartin Stadium, a state-of-the-art 2,500-seat facility that enables MSU to host conference and national tournaments. In spring 2009, the baseball program played its inaugural season in McLane Baseball Stadium following a $4 million donation to the 2,500-seat ballpark by Houston Astros owner Drayton McLane Jr., and a new softball stadium is scheduled to be completed in December 2010.

One of Hollis’ greatest strengths is his ability to “dream big” in an effort to create greater exposure, not just for the Michigan State Athletics Department but for Michigan State University as a whole. He conceptualized “The BasketBowl,” establishing a then-world record attendance of 78,129 for a basketball game between Michigan State and Kentucky at Detroit’s Ford Field. Similarly, he executed the “Cold War” ice hockey game between Michigan State and Michigan, drawing a then-world record crowd of 74,554 to an outdoor hockey game in Spartan Stadium.

On Oct. 13, 2005, Michigan State University and WJR - 760 AM announced a five-year agreement to carry Spartan football and men’s basketball games, along with coaches’ radio shows. The successful partnership led to the announcement on Jan. 19, 2010, of a 10-year extension through 2020.

Hollis played a leading role in finding MSU athletics a home on the 50,000watt Detroit radio station, known as the “Great Voice of the Great Lakes.”

The agreement has benefited more than just athletics as WJR regularly promotes the academic accomplishments of the university in addition to broadcasting sporting events.

Hollis earned his bachelor of arts degree in communication from Michigan State in 1985, where he served as a basketball team manager under Jud Heathcote. In 1992, he earned his MBA in business administration from the University of Colorado. He and his wife Nancy, have a daughter, Katy, and two sons, T.R. and Michael.

In just three seasons, Mark Dantonio has restored the pride and tradition of Michigan State football. A Zanesville, Ohio, native with Midwest ties, Dantonio has 27 years of collegiate coaching experience and coached in his 14th bowl game as the Spartans faced Texas Tech in the 2010 Valero Alamo Bowl. He has led Michigan State to three-straight bowl appearances – a first for the program since 1995-97 – and has already won 22 games, the second most by any Spartan head coach in his first three seasons.

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antonio, who served as head coach at Cincinnati for three seasons prior to his return to East Lansing, became Michigan State University’s 24th head football coach on Nov. 27, 2006. He previously spent six years as an assistant coach at Michigan State from 1995-2000. During his career, Dantonio has worked for some of the top coaches in the game, including Nick Saban, Jim Tressel and Earle Bruce.

Riding the momentum generated by his first three seasons, Dantonio and his coaching staff have put together back-to-back recruiting classes in 2009-10 that analysts rank among the nation’s Top 25.

Led by All-America linebacker Greg Jones and one of the most explosive offenses in the Big Ten, the Spartans earned their third consecutive bowl bid in 2009. A consensus firstteam All-American, Jones became the first Spartan to win Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year accolades after recording 154 tackles, finishing first in the conference and third nationally. He also led the team and ranked among the national leaders in tackles for loss (14 for 69 yards) and sacks (9 for 53 yards). Jones was rated the No. 1 linebacker in the nation

by CollegeFootballNews.com and earned the Linebacker Trophy (Linebacker of the Year) by the College Football Performance Awards.

In addition, defensive tackle Jerel Worthy was named a Freshman All-American, marking the third straight year a Spartan has landed on a Freshman All-America Team, and cornerback Jeremy Ware was chosen by the Oakland Raiders in the seventh round of the 2010 NFL Draft.

Offensively, Michigan State featured the No. 2 passing attack in the Big Ten, averaging nearly 270 yards per game.

The Spartans also finished second in the league in scoring (29.7 points per game) and third in total offense (406.2 ypg.).

MSU established a school record with 28 touchdown passes in 2009, and the 3,502 passing yards ranked second in the school record book. Sophomore quarterback Kirk Cousins, an honorable mention All-Big Ten pick by the media, finished the regular season ranked among the Top 10 Spartan single-season leaders in passing yards (2,680 – fourth), pass completions (198 – sixth) and touchdown passes (19 – tied for seventh).

The Spartan passing game was built around wide receiver Blair White, who A degree is going to have the greatest was a first-team All-Big Ten selection impact in their lives. That is why they come by the coaches while recording career highs in receptions (70), TD catches (9) to college. All of the academic resources and receiving yards (990), all of which rank among MSU’s Top 10 single-season are here, so we expect our student-athletes leaders. Fifth-year center Joel Nitchman to invest the time and effort to succeed earned second-team All-Big Ten honors from the coaches and five other Spartans in the classroom. If they’re willing to make received All-Big Ten honorable mention.

MSU’s special teams featured the that committment in the academic arena, all school’s all-time leading kicker in Brett of the hard work will pay off in the end.

Swenson, who scored 377 career points.

A first-team All-Big Ten selection and Lou Groza Award semifinalist, Swenson also became MSU’s career leader in field goals (71 made) and extra points (164 made) during the 2009 season. He closed out his career ranked among the www.msuspartans.com

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Big Ten’s all-time leaders in kick scoring (second), field goals (tied for third), total points (fourth) and extra points (sixth).

One of 15 semifinalists for the George Munger Coach of the Year Award, Dantonio had his most successful season as a head coach in 2008. Under his leadership, the Spartans went 9-3 in the regular season and compiled a 6-2 record in the Big Ten, the best league mark for the program since 1999.

It also marked just the third time since 1966 and 10th overall that Michigan State has won at least nine games in a season. Michigan State defeated five bowl-bound teams, with victories over Florida Atlantic, Notre Dame, Iowa, Northwestern and Wisconsin. The Spartans, who made their eighth New Year’s Day Bowl appearance and their first in nine seasons, finished the season ranked No. 24 in both the Associated Press and USA Today Polls.

Three Michigan State players were named first-team All-Big Ten by the league’s head coaches: senior running back Javon Ringer, senior safety Otis Wiley and sophomore linebacker Greg Jones. The three first-team allconference selections were the most for the Spartans since five players received first-team honors in 1999. A total of 15 Spartans received All-Big Ten recognition on the first team, second team or honorable mention.

Ringer became MSU’s first consensus All-American since 2004, earning first-team accolades from Walter Camp and the Associated Press. The Doak Walker Award finalist had one of the finest seasons in Spartan history, scoring a school-record 22 touchdowns and rushing for 1,637 yards, which ranked second in the school record books. Ringer was selected by the Tennessee Titans in the fifth round of the 2009 NFL Draft.

In his first season as head coach at Michigan State, Dantonio sparked a three-game turnaround as the Spartans finished the 2007 regular season with a 7-5 record, securing the program’s first bowl bid in four years with a berth against Boston College in the Champs Sports Bowl in Orlando, Fla. Dantonio became just the third first-year coach in Michigan State history to earn a postseason bowl bid, joining Saban (1995 Independence Bowl vs.

LSU) and John L. Smith (2003 Alamo Bowl vs. Nebraska).

Michigan State (7-6 overall) produced seven victories despite playing one of the nation’s most demanding schedules, as the Spartans’ 2007 oppo-

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nents had a combined record of 75-57 (.568) during the regular season.

The Spartans went 4-3 in games played against bowl-bound teams in 2007.

Michigan State lost six games by a combined total of 31 points, including two in overtime (Northwestern and Iowa). All six games were decided by seven points or less.

Michigan State finished the year strong, winning its final two games of the regular season for the first time since 1999 with victories at Purdue and over Penn State, both bowl-bound teams. Dantonio became the first coach in Spartan history to begin his initial season 4-0, as Michigan State opened the 2007 campaign with wins over UAB, Bowling Green, Pittsburgh and Notre Dame. With the 31-14 victory over the Irish, the Spartans became the first opponent to win six straight games in the 77-year history of Notre Dame Stadium.

Three Spartans from the 2007 team were selected in the 2008 NFL Draft: wide receiver Devin Thomas (Washington Redskins, second round), tight end Kellen Davis (Chicago Bears, fifth round) and defensive end Ervin Baldwin (Chicago Bears, seventh round).

From his first day on the job, Dantonio has pledged to support studentathletes as they pursue excellence, both in the classroom and on the playing field. In his first three seasons, 30 Spartans have earned Academic All-Big Ten honors, including 2009 Academic All-American Blair White. In addition, 47 Michigan State football student-athletes have earned their undergraduate degrees, including 75 percent of his players who have completed their eligibility.

The 54-year old Dantonio established himself as one of the nation’s upand-coming coaches during his three-year tenure at Cincinnati, where he compiled an 18-17 overall record and led the program in its transition from Conference USA to the BIG EAST Conference.

In 2006, Dantonio led the Bearcats to a 7-5 overall record and a 4-3 BIG EAST mark, making Cincinnati bowl eligible for the second time in three years. Dantonio accomplished the feat against the second-toughest schedule in the country, as UC’s opponents compiled a 69-42 record. His Bearcats

upset then-No. 7 Rutgers, 30-11, on Nov. 18, handing the Scarlet Knights their first loss of the season and marking the highest-ranked opponent ever defeated by UC. Highly respected as one of the top defensive coaches in the country, Dantonio’s Bearcats finished the 2006 regular season ranked among the NCAA leaders in six statistical categories. Six Bearcats earned All-BIG EAST honors in 2006, including three first-team selections: defensive tackle Terrill Byrd, linebacker Kevin McCullough and free safety Dominic Ross.

In 2004, he became the first head coach in 23 years to direct a team to a winning season in his first year at UC. Dantonio also became only the second head coach in Cincinnati history (along with Sid Gillman) to take the Bearcats to a bowl game in his first season. The Bearcats’ went 7-5 in 2004, including a 5-3 mark in Conference USA to finish second in the league standings, and defeated Marshall (32-14) in the Fort Worth Bowl.

Three players were chosen in the 2005 NFL Draft (defensive end Trent Cole, linebacker Tyjuan Hagler and cornerback Daven Holly).

In his three seasons at Cincinnati, 21 of Dantonio’s players earned All-BIG EAST honors and 40 received academic all-conference recognition. In backto-back years (2006-07), Cincinnati’s program was presented the American Football Coaches Association Academic Achievement Award for attaining a graduation rate of at least 70 percent for its student-athletes.

Prior to his appointment at Cincinnati, Dantonio served as the defensive coordinator at Ohio State for three seasons, where his defensive unit helped the Buckeyes to a combined record of 32-6. Dantonio assembled the defense which led Ohio State to the 2002 National Championship, as the Buckeyes ranked second in the NCAA in scoring defense (13.1 ppg) and third in rushing defense (77.7 ypg.). Six Buckeye defenders were named first-team All-Big Ten during his tenure and 13 were drafted by the pros, including a pair of first-round selections in 2004 (defensive end Will Smith and cornerback Chris Gamble).

Dantonio is quite familiar with East Lansing, as he spent six years (19952000) as Michigan State’s secondary coach, including five seasons under Saban and one under Bobby Williams. He was promoted to associate head coach in 2000. During his six-year tenure as an assistant, the Spartans compiled a 39-30-1 record. Under his supervision, the Spartan secondary ranked among the NCAA leaders in pass efficiency defense in three of his last four years, finishing No. 10 (101.6) in 1998, No. 16 (103.9) in 1997 and No. 22 (104.5) in 2000.

Dantonio contributed to Michigan State’s successful 1999 season, during which the Spartans went 10-2, won the Florida Citrus Bowl, led the Big Ten in total defense and ranked No. 7 in the final polls. He tutored cornerback Amp Campbell, who earned third-team All-America honors from the Associated Press.

Dantonio came to Michigan State following four seasons under Glen Mason at Kansas (1991-94) where he coached the defensive secondary. In 1992, the Jayhawks produced an 8-4 record and defeated BYU, 23-20, in the Aloha Bowl.

Dantonio previously spent five years at Youngstown State under Tressel, helping the Penguins to three trips to the NCAA I-AA playoffs. While serving as defensive coordinator in 1990, Youngstown State posted a perfect 11-0 regular-season record and ranked second nationally.

Dantonio earned three letters as a defensive back for Coach Jim Carlen at South Carolina (1976-78). He earned a bachelor’s degree in education from South Carolina in 1979. Dantonio later earned a master’s degree in education from Ohio U. in 1980.

In their first two years as honorary co-chairs, Dantonio and his wife Becky have helped raise $1.52 million for the Children’s Miracle Network at Sparrow Children’s Center.

Born March 9, 1956, in El Paso, Texas, Mark and his wife Becky have two daughters, Kristen (17) and Lauren (15).

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PERSONAL DATA: Born Mark Dantonio in El Paso, Texas, on March 9, 1956. Family: wife Becky and two daughters, Kristen (17) and Lauren (15).

PREVIOUS COACHING EXPERIENCE: College - Graduate assistant at Ohio U. (1980); graduate assistant at Purdue (1981); defensive coordinator at Butler (Kan.) Junior College (1982); graduate assistant at Ohio State (1983-84); defensive secondary coach at Akron (1985); defensive secondary coach and defensive coordinator at Youngstown State (1986-90); defensive secondary coach at Kansas (1991-94); defensive secondary coach (1995-2000) and associate head coach (2000) at Michigan State; defensive coordinator at Ohio State (2001-03); head coach at Cincinnati (2004-06).

COACHING RECORD: 40-34 (.541) in six years as a college head coach; 18-17 in three years at Cincinnati (2004-06); 22-17 (.564) in three seasons at Michigan State (2007-).

EDUCATION: Bachelor’s degree in education from South Carolina in 1979; master’s degree in education from Ohio U. in 1980.

PLAYING EXPERIENCE: College - Three-year letterman as a defensive back at South Carolina (197678).

BOWL/POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE: Coach - 1987 NCAA I-AA playoffs, 1989 NCAA I-AA playoffs, 1990 NCAA I-AA playoffs, 1983 Fiesta Bowl, 1984 Rose Bowl, 1992 Aloha Bowl, 1995 Independence Bowl, 1996 Sun Bowl, 1997 Aloha Bowl, 2000 Florida Citrus Bowl, 2002 Outback Bowl, 2003 Fiesta Bowl, 2004 Fiesta Bowl, 2004 Fort Worth Bowl, 2007 Champs Sports Bowl, 2009 Capital One Bowl, 2010 Valero Alamo Bowl.

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don treadwell

pat narduzzi

harlon barnett

offensive coordinator Wide receivers coach

defensive coordinator

secondary coach

YEARS AT MICHIGAN STATE: Seventh overall. Rejoined staff on Nov. 30, 2006, from Cincinnati.

YEARS AT MICHIGAN STATE: Fourth. Joined staff on Dec. 6, 2006, from Cincinnati.

YEARS AT MICHIGAN STATE: Fourth. Joined staff on Dec. 1, 2006, from Cincinnati.

PREVIOUS COACHING EXPERIENCE: College - Quarterbacks, receivers, running backs coach and offensive coordinator at Youngstown State (1986-91); running backs and receivers coach at Miami-Ohio (1992-93); receivers coach at Cincinnati (1994); running backs coach at Stanford (1995-96); co-offensive coordinator, quarterbacks and receivers coach at Boston College (1997-98); running backs coach at North Carolina State (1999); receivers coach at Michigan State (2000-02); receivers coach and offensive coordinator at Ball State (2003); offensive coordinator at Cincinnati (2004-06).

PREVIOUS COACHING EXPERIENCE: College - Graduate assistant coach (1990-91) and receivers coach (1992) at Miami-Ohio; linebackers (1993-97) and defensive coordinator (1998-99) at Rhode Island; linebackers coach at Northern Illinois (2000-02); defensive coordinator at Miami-Ohio (2003); defensive coordinator at Cincinnati (2004-06).

PREVIOUS COACHING EXPERIENCE: College - Graduate assistant coach at LSU (2003); secondary coach at Cincinnati (2004-06).

EDUCATION: Bachelor’s degree in physical education from Miami-Ohio in 1982.

PLAYING EXPERIENCE: College - Three-year starter at linebacker at Rhode Island (1987-89); one year at linebacker at Youngstown State (1985).

PLAYING EXPERIENCE: College - Four-year starter as a wide receiver at Miami-Ohio (1978-81) and named captain as a senior.

POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE: Coach - 1987 NCAA I-AA Playoffs, 1989 NCAA I-AA Playoffs, 1990 NCAA I-AA Playoffs, 1991 NCAA I-AA National Champions, 1995 Liberty Bowl, 1996 Sun Bowl, 2000 Florida Citrus Bowl, 2001 Silicon Valley Football Classic, 2004 Fort Worth Bowl, 2007 Champs Sports Bowl, 2009 Capital One Bowl, 2010 Valero Alamo Bowl.

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EDUCATION: Bachelor’s degree in physical education from Rhode Island in 1990; master’s degree in sports psychology from Miami-Ohio in 1992.

POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE: Coach - 2003 GMAC Bowl, 2004 Fort Worth Bowl, 2007 Champs Sports Bowl, 2009 Capital One Bowl, 2010 Valero Alamo Bowl.

EDUCATION: Bachelor’s degree in communication from Michigan State in 1990.

PLAYING EXPERIENCE: College - Four-year letterwinner as a defensive back at Michigan State (1986-89) and named captain as a senior. Professional - Spent seven seasons in the National Football League, including stints with the Cleveland Browns (1990-92), New England Patriots (1993-94) and Minnesota Vikings (1995-96).

POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE: Player - 1985 All-American Bowl, 1988 Rose Bowl, 1989 Gator Bowl, 1989 Aloha Bowl, 1994 NFL Playoffs, 1996 NFL Playoffs. Coach - 2004 Sugar Bowl, 2004 Fort Worth Bowl, 2007 Champs Sports Bowl, 2009 Capital One Bowl, 2010 Valero Alamo Bowl.

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ted gill

Dan Roushar

BRAD SALEM

defensive line coach

Offensive Line Coach

Running Backs Coach

YEARS AT MICHIGAN STATE: Fourth. Joined staff on Nov. 30, 2006, from Cincinnati.

YEARS AT MICHIGAN STATE: Fourth. Joined staff on Nov. 30, 2006, from Cincinnati.

YEARS AT MICHIGAN STATE: First. Joined staff on Feb. 19, 2010, from Augustana (S.D.) College.

PREVIOUS COACHING EXPERIENCE: College - Graduate assistant coach at Idaho State (1971-73); offensive line coach at Utah (1974-76); defensive line coach at New Mexico State (1977); defensive coordinator and defensive line coach at Ball State (1978-81); defensive coordinator at Cornell (1982); defensive line and linebackers coach at Army (1983); defensive line and linebackers coach at North Carolina (198487); defensive line coach at Rice (1988-89); defensive line and linebackers coach at Iowa (1990-94); defensive coordinator at Oklahoma State (1995); defensive line coach at Cincinnati (2003-06). Professional - Defensive line coach at NFL’s Carolina Panthers (1996-98); defensive line coach at XFL’s Los Angeles Extreme (2001); defensive coordinator at CFL’s Montreal Alouettes (2002).

PREVIOUS COACHING EXPERIENCE: College - Offensive backfield coach (1986-88) and offensive coordinator/offensive line coach (1989-92) at Butler; offensive line coach at Rhode Island (1993); offensive coordinator/ quarterbacks coach at Ball State (1994); quarterbacks coach (1995) and offensive tackle/tight ends coach (1996) at Illinois; offensive line coach (1997) and offensive coordinator/offensive line coach (1998-2002) at Northern Illinois; running backs coach (2003) and offensive coordinator/ running backs coach (2004) at Illinois; offensive line coach at Cincinnati (2005-06).

PREVIOUS COACHING EXPERIENCE: College - Graduate assistant coach at Michigan State (1994-95); offensive and recruiting coordinator at Luther (Iowa) College (1997-98); passing game and recruiting coordinator at South Dakota (1999-2001); quarterbacks coach at Augustana College (2003); offensive coordinator at Augustana College (2004); head coach at Augustana College (2005-09).

EDUCATION: Bachelor’s degree in education from Idaho State in 1973.

PLAYING EXPERIENCE: College - Two-year letterwinner as a quarterback at Northern Illinois (1981-82).

PLAYING EXPERIENCE: College - Two-year letterwinner as a linebacker and nose tackle at Idaho State (1968-69).

POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE: Coach - 1988 NCAA Division II Playoffs, 1991 NCAA Division II Playoffs, 2007 Champs Sports Bowl, 2009 Capital One Bowl, 2010 Valero Alamo Bowl.

POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE: Coach - 1986 Aloha Bowl, 1991 Rose Bowl, 1991 Holiday Bowl, 1993 Alamo Bowl, 2004 Fort Worth Bowl, 2007 Champs Sports Bowl, 2009 Capital One Bowl, 2010 Valero Alamo Bowl.

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EDUCATION: Bachelor’s degree in physical education from Northern Illinois in 1984.

EDUCATION: Bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Augustana College in 1992; master’s degree in athletic administration from South Dakota in 1996.

PLAYING EXPERIENCE: College – Quarterback at Northern Arizona (1988-89); quarterback and wide receiver at Augustana (1990-92).

POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE: Coach – 1995 Independence Bowl, 2008 Mineral Water Bowl, 2009 Mineral Water Bowl.

F O O T B A L L S TA F F

Mark Staten

Mike Tressel

Dave Warner

Tight Ends Recruiting Coordinator

Linebackers Special Teams Coach

Quarterbacks Coach

YEARS AT MICHIGAN STATE: Fourth. Joined staff on Nov. 30, 2006, from Cincinnati.

YEARS AT MICHIGAN STATE: Fourth. Joined staff on Dec. 1, 2006, from Cincinnati.

YEARS AT MICHIGAN STATE: Fourth. Joined the staff on Dec. 1, 2006, from Cincinnati.

PREVIOUS COACHING EXPERIENCE: College - Graduate assistant coach at MiamiOhio (2001); graduate assistant coach at Ohio State (2002-03); tight ends/tackles and recruiting coordinator at Cincinnati (2004-06).

PREVIOUS COACHING EXPERIENCE: College - Graduate assistant coach at South Dakota (1996-97); offensive line coach (19982000) and offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach (2001) at Wartburg (Iowa) College; graduate assistant linebackers coach at Ohio State (2002-03); linebackers and special teams coach at Cincinnati (2004-06).

PREVIOUS COACHING EXPERIENCE: College - Graduate assistant at Syracuse (1982-83); running backs coach (1984-85) and quarterbacks coach (1986-87) at Kent State; quarterbacks coach at Kansas (1988-96); quarterbacks coach at Bucknell (1997); passing game coordinator at Wyoming (1998); offensive coordinator at Connecticut (1999-2000); passing game coordinator at Houston (2001-02); wide receivers coach at Southern Miss (2003-04); quarterbacks coach at Cincinnati (2006).

EDUCATION: Bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Miami-Ohio in 2001.

PLAYING EXPERIENCE: College - Four-year starter as a defensive tackle at Miami-Ohio (1989-92). Professional - Spent parts of two seasons in the National Football League, with the Cincinnati Bengals (1993) and New England Patriots (1993-94).

POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE: Coach - 2003 Fiesta, 2004 Fiesta, 2004 Fort Worth, 2007 Champs Sports Bowl, 2009 Capital One Bowl, 2010 Valero Alamo Bowl.

EDUCATION: Bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Cornell (Iowa) College in 1996; master’s degree in sports administration at South Dakota in 1998.

PLAYING EXPERIENCE: College - Four-year starter in the secondary at Cornell (Iowa) College (1992-95).

POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE: Coach - 1999 NCAA Division III Playoffs, 2003 Fiesta Bowl, 2004 Fiesta Bowl, 2004 Fort Worth Bowl, 2007 Champs Sports Bowl, 2009 Capital One Bowl, 2010 Valero Alamo Bowl.

EDUCATION: Bachelor’s degree in speech communications from Syracuse in 1982; master’s degree in physical education from Syracuse in 1984.

PLAYING EXPERIENCE: College - Three-year letterwinner as a quarterback at Syracuse (1979-81).

POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE: Player - 1979 Independence Bowl. Coach - 1992 Aloha Bowl, 1995 Aloha Bowl, 2003 Liberty Bowl, 2004 New Orleans Bowl, 2007 Champs Sports Bowl, 2009 Capital One Bowl, 2010 Valero Alamo Bowl.

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F O O T B A L L S TA F F

Tim Allen

Ken Mannie

Tommy Hoke

Director of Football Operations

Head Strength & Conditioning Coach

Associate Head Strength & Conditioning Coach

YEARS AT MICHIGAN STATE: Third. Joined staff on June 13, 2008, from Minnesota.

YEARS AT MICHIGAN STATE: 16th. Joined staff on Dec. 8, 1994, from Toledo.

YEARS AT MICHIGAN STATE: Seventh. Joined staff on April 26, 2004, from Appalachian State.

COACHING EXPERIENCE: College - Wide receivers coach (1982-83) and defensive backs coach/special teams coordinator (1984-85) at Bethel College; defensive graduate assistant (1986), administrative assistant for football operations (1987) and director of football operations (1988-96) at Kansas; assistant athletics director for football operations at Minnesota (1997-2006).

EDUCATION: Bachelor of Science in health, physical education and recreation from Bethel College in 1986.

PLAYING EXPERIENCE: College - Two-year letterman as a wide receiver at Bethel College.

POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE: Coach - 1984 NAIA Division II playoffs, 1992 Aloha Bowl, 1995 Aloha Bowl, 1999 Sun Bowl, 2000 MicronPC.com Bowl, 2002 Music City Bowl, 2003 Sun Bowl, 2004 Music City Bowl, 2005 Music City Bowl, 2006 Insight Bowl, 2009 Capital One Bowl, 2010 Valero Alamo Bowl.

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COACHING EXPERIENCE: College - Graduate assistant at Ohio State (1984); head strength and conditioning coach at Toledo (1985-94). Also coached and taught at the high school level for 10 years.

EDUCATION: Bachelor’s degree in health and physical education from Akron in 1974; master’s degree in health and physical education with an emphasis in exercise science from Ohio State in 1985.

PLAYING EXPERIENCE: College - Three-year letterman and two-year starter at offensive guard at Akron (1971-73).

POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE: Coach - 1985 Rose Bowl, 1995 Independence Bowl, 1996 Sun Bowl, 1997 Aloha Bowl, 2000 Florida Citrus Bowl, 2001 Silicon Valley Football Classic, 2003 Alamo Bowl, 2007 Champs Sports, 2009 Capital One Bowl, 2010 Valero Alamo Bowl.

COACHING EXPERIENCE: College - assistant track and field coach at UNC Wilmington (1991); assistant strength and conditioning coach at Appalachian State (1992-95); assistant strength and conditioning coach at Texas Tech (1995-96); assistant strength and conditioning coach at Appalachian State (19961998); head strength and conditioning coach at Appalachian State (1999-2003).

EDUCATION: Bachelor’s degree in physical education from UNC Wilmington in 1990; master’s degree in exercise science from Appalachian State in 1993.

PLAYING EXPERIENCE: College - Lettered in track and field at UNC Wilmington (1990).

POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE: Coach - 1998 NCAA I-AA playoffs, 1999 NCAA I-AA playoffs, 2000 NCAA I-AA playoffs, 2001 NCAA I-AA playoffs, 2002 NCAA I-AA playoffs, 2007 Champs Sports Bowl, 2009 Capital One Bowl, 2010 Valero Alamo Bowl.

F O O T B A L L S TA F F

Dino Folino

Brad Lunsford

Director of Personnel/Player Development & Relations

Director of Executive Football Operations

YEARS AT MICHIGAN STATE: 16th overall. Rejoined staff in 2002.

YEARS AT MICHIGAN STATE: Fourth on full-time staff as director of executive football operations.

COACHING EXPERIENCE: College – Graduate assistant at Ohio State (197475); defensive backs coach at New Hampshire (1976); defensive backs coach at Cincinnati (1977-80); defensive backs coach at Pittsburgh (1981-84); defensive coordinator/defensive backs coach at Pennsylvania (1985-86); defensive backs coach at Rice (1986-87); defensive backs coach at Michigan State (1988-94); defensive backs coach at Albion College (1995-96); defensive coordinator at Alma College (1997); defensive backs coach and defensive coordinator at Vanderbilt (1998-2001).

EDUCATION: Bachelor’s degree in education from Villanova in 1971; master’s degree in educational administration from Ohio State in 1975.

PLAYING EXPERIENCE: College – Three-year starter at free safety for Villanova.

POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE: Coach – 1975 Rose Bowl, 1976 Rose Bowl, 1976 NCAA Division II Playoffs, 1982 Sugar Bowl, 1983 Cotton Bowl, 1984 Fiesta Bowl, 1989 Gator Bowl, 1989 Aloha Bowl, 1990 Sun Bowl, 1993 Liberty Bowl, 1996 NC AA Division III Playoffs, 2003 Alamo Bowl, 2007 Champs Sports Bowl, 2009 Capital One Bowl., 2010 Valero Alamo Bowl.

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RANDY GILLON

NICK SIATRAS

SPEED COACH

Video Intern/Defense

ZAK WILLIS

JEFF DUVENDECK

OFFENSIVE GR. ASST.

VIDEO INTERN/OFFENSE

ARCHIE COLLINS

MATT MUELLER

Defensive Gr. Asst.

OPS./RECRUITING INTERN

EXPERIENCE: College – Assistant to the recruiting coordinator at Michigan State (2000-2003); assistant director of football operations at Michigan State (2004-05); assistant athletics director/director of football operations at Delaware State (2006).

EDUCATION: Bachelor’s degree in public policy from Michigan State in 2004; master’s degree in sports administration from Michigan State in 2005.

BILLY BURGHARDT

NICK RUFFING

STR./COND. GR. ASST.

STR./COND. GR. ASST.

POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE: 2007 Champs Sports Bowl, 2009 Capital One Bowl, 2010 Valero Alamo Bowl.

PAM HENNING

CINDY MEJORADO

ASST. COACHES SECRETARY

OFFICE ASST.

REED SCHUITEMA

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FOOTBALL OPS. GR. ASST.

SPORTS OPS. ASST.

S UPP O R T S TA F F EQUIPMENT STAFF: Front Row (L-R): Joel Kuntzman, Eric Swanson, A.J. Yunker, Kam Bouchard, Rikin Shah, Will Slanger-Grant, and Blake Wilmore.

Back Row (L-R): Bob Knickerbocker, David Lawrence, Johnny Kent, Peter Gaglio, Eric Hendrickson, Justin Sucher, Landon Ginsberg, Nate Ruffing, Nick White, Brian Japinga, and Dylan Marinez.

VIDEO STAFF: Front Row (L-R): Eric Opiela, Blake Mortellaro, Alex Gabriel, Cody Cox, Tom Stacy, Eric Ferrigan.

Back Row (L-R): Tom Shepard, Travis Brauker, Justin Martin, Jake Evans, Ben Mathers, Matt Harper.

STRENGTH & CONDITIONING STAFF: (L-R): Freddie Walker, Bill Burghardt, Randy Gillon, Nick Ruffing, Tommy Hoke, Ken Mannie, Mike Vorkapich, Tim Wakeham, Brian Whiting, Mike Bucata, Aaron McLaurin, Molly Munz.

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SPARTANS WILL.

Spartans work every day to advance the common good in uncommon ways.

Together, with tireless determination, we tackle some of the world’s toughest challenges to find solutions that make life better—from a lifesaving cancer drug to better breeds of crops to alternative energy and more efficient engines.

We teach. We explore and discover. We collaborate and lead. We innovate, inspire, and empower. We achieve our potential and create circumstances that help our students and others achieve theirs.

We’re good at it, and we’ve been at it for more than

150 years.

The nation’s pioneer land-grant university, Michigan State University began as a bold experiment that democratized higher education and helped bring science and innovation into everyday life. The revolutionary concept soon became a model for the nation. It changed lives and began to change the world.

Today, MSU is one of the top greenest campuses in the country.

research universities in the world—on one of the biggest,

It’s a powerful force that brings together a vast array of facilities and resources with some of the world’s brightest minds and best programs—from nuclear physics, elementary education, and jazz to study abroad and service-learning. And it’s home to a diverse community of dedicated and resourceful students and scholars, athletes and artists, scientists and leaders.

Crossing disciplines, cultures, and continents, we work side by side with individuals and fellow universities and with corporations, communities, and countries in partnerships

that produce enduring

commitments and awe-inspiring results.

In ways both practical and profound, we work to create and to nurture a stronger, more sustainable, and more hopeful future for all.

That’s who we are and what we do. It’s an attitude and a spirit. It’s our history. And it’s our destiny.

How do SpartanS

fIghT poverTy and CLIMatE CHanGE?

IN A NUTSheLL trEES. MSU researchers who set out to study the world’s carbon cycle discovered that making smarter crop choices could mean raising the standard of living for some of the world’s poorest farmers and reducing greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change.

By working with farmers, researchers, and government agencies in 10 Asian and African countries, the MSU Carbon2Markets project team is helping integrate high-value perennial tree crops that naturally sequester carbon into

the mix of traditional annual crops currently grown using sustainable methods.

Keeping more carbon in the vegetation and soil means less carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, and farmers can earn money from carbon offset credits in global carbon markets as well as from products produced by the crops—like nuts, fruit, and oil.

Boosting farmers’ incomes, in turn, boosts rural economies and national exports. And the environmental benefits are priceless.

wHEn SpartanS JaM,

MUSIC LeSSoNS tUrn Into

LIfe LeSSoNS. has guided hundreds of disadvantaged youths to discover a love of America’s greatest music through partnerships with schools that bring students to campus for jazz camps and workshops.

Music has that rare ability to bring people together despite their differences.

For Rodney Whitaker, director of jazz studies at MSU, his gift for collaboration has made him one of the world’s leading double bass jazz performers—playing with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and the likes of Wynton Marsalis and Chick Corea and teaching master classes.

In addition to helping make MSU’s jazz program one of the strongest in the country, Whitaker

Studies show youths who play instruments have greater success in their studies and demonstrate enhanced critical thinking skills.

And music lessons turn into life lessons as young people learn not only how to play music but how to work together in harmony—a critical step in creating solutions of all kinds.

epIC opporTUNITIeS ANd IMpACT

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16 years at No. 1 Nation’s top-ranked graduate programs in elementary and Among the secondary TOP 100 education

universities in the world

national titles in athletics

One of the nation’s

TOP FIVE most sustainable campuses

MORE THAN

420,000 ALUMNI WORLDWIDE

wHat’S

The SeCreT to KEEpInG tHE worLd’S watEr HEaLtHY?

ASK A fISh. data. The fish will carry sensors that record temperature and oxygen levels and detect pollutants to provide a more consistent level of data collection than has previously been possible.

We look to our doctors for early detection of health problems. But to whom should we turn when it comes to monitoring the health of our water supplies? One answer: robotic fish being created and tested by a dynamic duo of MSU researchers.

The fish could play an important role in Great Lakes restoration efforts—a high-priority component of MSU’s comprehensive commitment to understanding, protecting, and restoring water resources and their sustainable use—and promise to bring environmental monitoring to a whole new level.

Engineering assistant professor Xiaobo Tan and zoology assistant professor Elena Litchman are working to develop schools of robotic fish that communicate wirelessly to provide researchers and resource managers with a steady flow of water quality

No. 14 Top places to work in academia Selected by

U.S. Department of Energy for the

$600 MILLION

FACILITY FOR RARE ISOTOPE BEAMS

7,500 works

spanning 5,000 years in the university’s art museum

National leader in

STUDY ABROAD among public universities for five straight years

No. 1

in the nation

NUCLEAR PHYSICS

graduate program

EVERY

SPARTAN How much of a difference can nearly 500,000 people make? Especially if they’re at work on every continent and rise to practically every challenge imaginable?

BeTTer WorLd? BegIN WITh BeTTer drAINS. William Wenk Alumnus BS, landscape architecture, 1969 Founder, Wenk Associates Inc. Denver, Colorado I wanted to redesign the storm drain, which is that thing in the street that everyone ignores except when it doesn’t work. And that sort of lowly element that is literally everywhere in the city, that is so ubiquitous, is really a metaphor for rethinking how we treat urban water so that it’s no longer a waste.

HAS A

SAGA

Michigan State University is collecting the stories of the Spartans—alumni, students, faculty, and staff.

Whether far or near, famous or known only to family and friends, one thing is clear: every day, Spartans contribute to the common good in ways both big and small, proving again and again that SPARTANS WILL.

ShAre yoUr SAgA Visit the Spartan Sagas Web site to see the newest Sagas, to nominate Spartans to be featured, or to tell your own Saga. spartansagas.msu.edu

TAKINg edUCATIoN To heArT. Jasmine Gary Alumna BA, social relations, 2006 Program monitoring specialist, West Bay Collaborative and Rhode Island Department of Education Providence, Rhode Island I applied for Teach for America, which is a teaching corps of recent college graduates, and when I entered the corps my placement was New York. One key reason why I even really decided to teach was that I know I want to make a difference in policy in the system of education, but I refuse to be a policy maker who has no clue what happens in the classroom.

Demmer Family Hall of History

Entrance to Team Meeting Room

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The Pentecost Team Meeting Room

Duffy Daugherty Building & Skandalaris FOOTBALL Center The Michigan State football team moved into the $15.5 million Skandalaris Football Center in 2008, giving the Spartans one of the nation’s finest college football facilities.

The 25,000-square-foot addition to the Duffy Daugherty Football Building took 14 months to complete.

The addition was made possible through the generous donation of MSU alumni Robert and Julie Skandalaris of Bloomfield Hills, Mich., who donated $5 million as the lead gift for this $12.5 million phase of the project. The structure features new team, staff and position meeting rooms, coaches’ offices and The Demmer Family Hall of History.

Former Spartan head coach George Perles and his wife Sally contributed $500,000 for the construction of a $1 million plaza outside the Duffy Daugherty Football Building.

Another renovation to the Duffy Daugherty Building was completed in 2009 as the program opened the spacious 1,800-square foot Henry and Lou Ann Bullough – Football Players Association Player Lounge.

The Henry and Lou Ann Bullough – Football Players Association Players Lounge

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STUDENT-ATHLETE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM The mission of the Student-Athlete Development Program is to provide a systematic personal development program designed to reach each studentathlete based on his or her individual needs. The focus of the program is on the individual as a whole person — academically, athletically, and emotionally — and on the changing needs of that individual during college and in the years after graduation. MSU implements and expands on the vision of the NCAA Student-Athlete Affairs Program by using university and community resources to provide student-athletes with the best possible resources in the following areas: COMMUNITY SERVICE & OUTREACH The PACT (Putting Athletes & Communities Together) program is designed to give student-athletes more opportunities to interact with the Greater Lansing community.

• Telethon for Children’s Miracle Network • Relay for Life • Shoot for a Cure • March is Reading Month • Speaking Engagements/Special Requests • D.A.R.E. Graduations • Spartan Buddies • Teams for Toys

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT • Programming in the areas of: - Drug and Alcohol Awareness - Anti-Hazing -“Branded a Leader” - Mentors in Violence Prevention - Responsible Computing • Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) – representatives from each team work together to provide a voice to the Athletics Department and university administration as well as the NCAA ACADEMIC AWARDS & RECOGNITION • Annual Academic Excellence Gala • Student-Athlete of the Month • Champions in the Classroom • 4.0 Club • Academic All-Big Ten • Academic All-American • NCAA Woman of the Year • Great 8 Award • NCAA Post-graduate scholarships • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar

CAREER DEVELOPMENT • Partner with MSU Career Center - Resumes - Cover Letters - Internships - Interviewing - Career Fairs • Spartan Career Network - network of contacts for student-athletes looking for job shadowing, internship, or job placement 54

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• Career Courses • Partnerships with Career Placement Companies - Game Theory Group - Career Athletes

MULTICULTURAL PROGRAMS Our mission is to provide student-athletes with inclusive cultural and diversity experiences that enhance their professional growth and develop their leadership skills; collaborate with campus resources that elevate the academic success and campus involvement of student-athletes; and create a positive partnership with the community, facilitate learning and provide comprehensive programming.

STUDENT-ATHLETE SUPPORT SERVICES Academic, personal, and professional support is essential to college success. At MSU, Student-Athlete Support Services helps student-athletes reach their full potential.

Our philosophy is to offer an academic support program that will assist all student-athletes with the transition to college and integrate with the total university. This all-encompassing support continues throughout the studentathlete’s collegiate career, until the day he or she receives a diploma, lands a job, or enters graduate school and beyond.

Academic counseling, career exploration, planning and placement, and academic assistance through tutorial programs are just some of the ways we encourage student success.

Being proactive rather than reactive, our staff does not wait for an academic crisis to occur. We gather important background information and build an academic profile on each student-athlete, assessing his or her needs in advance. We also stay informed on the daily progress of each student-athlete.

Freshmen and transfer student-athletes encounter a major transition when making the switch from high school or community college to a university.

These students, while adjusting to their new routines, receive extra attention and support.

College is not easy. But with hard work and dedication from both the student-athlete and the support staff, the student-athlete can have a successful college experience.

There are a total of 13 staff members to assist in and work with the following: • Priority registration • Track academic progress • Monitor grades • Provide an individualized program for each student-athlete • Conduct eligibility meetings • Provide Learning Specialists Services

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Academic All-American Blair White was the 2009-10 male recipient of the MSU President’s Award, which is given to a graduating senior with the highest grade-point average.

ACADEMIC SUCCESS From his first day on the job, Coach Dantonio has pledged to support student-athletes as they pursue excellence, both in the classroom and on the playing field. In his first two seasons, 47 Spartans have earned their undergraduate degrees while 30 players have earned Academic All-Big Ten honors.

WHITE 2009

academic all-americans 1952 John Wilson, B (1st) *

1953 Donald Dohoney, E (1st) Carl Diener, E (2nd) 1954 Donald Kauth, E (2nd) 1955 Carl Nystrom, G (1st) 1957 Blanche Martin, B (1st) Robert Jewett, E (2nd) 1958 Richard Barker, E (2nd) Ellison Kelly, G (2nd) Blanche Martin, B (honorary) 1960 Edward Ryan, ROV (2nd)

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1964 Eugene Washington, E (2nd) Richard Gordon, B (2nd) 1965 Donald Japinga, B (1st) Donald Bierowicz, T (1st) 1966 Patrick Gallinagh, T (1st) Allen Brenner, E (2nd) 1968 Allen Brenner, E/S (1st) 1969 Ronald Saul, G (1st) Richard Saul, E (1st) 1973 John Shinsky, T (1st) Richard Pawlak, T (2nd) 1974 Richard Baes, B (2nd)

1975 Thomas Standal, MG (2nd)

1992 Steve Wasylk, SS (1st)

1976 David Duda, DB (2nd)

1993 Steve Wasylk, SS (1st)

1977 James Sciarini, G (2nd) Craig Fedore, LB (2nd)

1996 Matt Beard, C (2nd)

1979 Alan Davis, DB (1st) 1985 Dean Altobelli, DB (1st) Shane Bullough, LB (2nd) 1986 Dean Altobelli, SS (1st) Shane Bullough, LB (1st) 1989 Chris Willertz, DE (2nd)

2000 Josh Thornhill, LB (2nd) 2001 Josh Thornhill, LB (2nd) 2005 Chris Morris, C (2nd) Drew Stanton, QB (2nd) 2009 Blair White, WR (1st)

1988 ROSE BOWL

2010 VALERO ALAMO BOWL

Spartan bowl history

2009 CAPITAL ONE BOWL

• Michigan State football teams have appeared in 20 postseason bowl games, including eight New Year’s Day games after earning a bid to the 2009 Capital One Bowl against No. 16 Georgia. The Spartans are 7-13 in bowl games.

• MSU has earned a bid to three straight bowl games (2007 Champs Sports Bowl, 2009 Capital One Bowl, 2010 Alamo Bowl), a first for the program since 1995-97.

• Mark Dantonio, who led the Spartans to the 2007 Champs Sports Bowl, became just the third first-year coach in MSU history to earn a postseason bowl bid, joining Nick Saban (1995 Independence Bowl vs. LSU) and John L. Smith (2003 Alamo Bowl vs. Nebraska).

• Michigan State’s 37-34 win over No. 10 Florida in the 2000 Florida Citrus Bowl marked its first New Year’s Day bowl victory since the 1988 Rose Bowl.

• Michigan State has made four appearances in the Rose Bowl, posting a 3-1 record. The Spartans defeated UCLA in 1954 and 1956, and USC in 1988.

• During his 12-year tenure (1983-94), George Perles took Michigan State to seven bowl games, including four straight trips from 1987-90 (1988 Rose, 1989 Gator, 1989 Aloha and 1990 Sun).

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Year 1938 1954 1956 1966 1984 1985 1988 1989 1989 1990 1993 1995 1996 1997 2000 2001 2003 2007 2009 2010

Date Bowl Opponent Result Score Jan. 1 Orange Auburn L 0-6 Jan. 1 Rose UCLA W 28-20 Jan. 2 Rose UCLA W 17-14 Jan. 1 Rose UCLA L 12-14 Dec. 22 Cherry Army L 6-10 Dec. 31 All-American Georgia Tech L 14-17 Jan. 1 Rose Southern Cal W 20-17 Jan. 1 Gator Georgia L 27-34 Dec. 25 Aloha Hawai’i W 33-13 Dec. 31 Sun Southern Cal W 17-16 Dec. 28 Liberty Louisville L 7-18 Dec. 29 Independence Louisiana State L 26-45 Dec. 31 Sun Stanford L 0-38 Dec. 25 Aloha Washington L 23-51 Jan. 1 Citrus Florida W 37-34 Dec. 31 Silicon Valley Fresno State W 44-35 Dec. 29 Alamo Bowl Nebraska L 3-17 Dec. 28 Champs Sports Bowl Boston College L 21-24 Jan. 1 Capital One Bowl Georgia L 12-24 Jan. 2 Alamo Bowl Texas Tech L 31-41

Spartan TRADITION THE NICKNAME - SPARTANS

SPARTY

In 1926, Michigan State’s first southern baseball training tour provided the setting for the birth of the “Spartan” nickname.

It all came about when a Lansing sportswriter imposed the silent treatment on a contestwinning nickname and substituted his own choice, the name that has lasted through the years.

In 1925, Michigan State College replaced the name Michigan Agricultural College. The college sponsored a contest to select a nickname to replace “Aggies” and picked “The Michigan Staters.”

George S. Alderton, then sports editor of the Lansing State Journal, decided the name was too cumbersome for newspaper writing and vowed to find a better one. Alderton contacted Jim Hasselman of Information Services to see if entries still remained from the contest. When informed that they still existed, Alderton ran across the entry name of “Spartans” and then decided that was the choice. Unfortunately, Alderton forgot to write down who submitted that particular entry, so that part of the story remains a mystery.

Rewriting game accounts supplied by Perry Fremont, a catcher on the squad, Alderton first used the name sparingly and then ventured into the headlines with it. (Incidentally, after two days of spelling the name incorrectly with an “o”, Mr. Alderton changed it to Spartan on a tip from a close friend.) Dale Stafford, a sports writer for the Lansing Capitol News, a rival of the State Journal, picked up the name for his paper after a couple of days. Alderton called Stafford and suggested that he might want to join the Spartan parade and he did.

As Mr. Alderton explains: “No student, alumnus or college official had called up the editor to complain about our audacity in giving the old school a new name, so we ventured into headlines with it. Happily for the experiment, the name took. It began appearing in other newspapers and when the student publication used it, that clinched it.”

“The Spartan” statue, designed and produced by MSU assistant art professor Leonard D. Jungwirth, has a permanent home inside the atrium of the Spartan Stadium tower. The 9-foot-7 ceramic figure weighs approximately 6,600 pounds, including its base. In 2005, the sculpture was relocated to protect it from the elements.

“The Spartan” was dedicated on June 9, 1945, at the intersection of Red Cedar Road, Kalamazoo Street and Chestnut Road. Popularly known as “Sparty,” the statue remains one of the favorite photo subjects of campus visitors.

In 2005, an exact replica of the original terra cotta sculpture – now cast in bronze – took up residency on the plaza located at the north end of Demonstration Hall Field. The molds for the bronze statue were made from the original sculpture. The new statue was cast in bronze at the Artworks Foundry in Berkeley, Calif.

As part of MSU’s sesquicentennial celebration, the bronze “Sparty” was dedicated on Oct. 8, 2005.

Donors contributed approximately $500,000 to pay for all work related to the new sculpture, including the plaza.

SPARTY MASCOT Michigan State’s beloved Sparty has won three national championships in the last seven years at the Universal Cheer Association’s mascot competition at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla. In January 2004, Sparty became the first Big Ten mascot to claim the UCA national title, and in 2005, he defended his national championship, beating Goldy the Gopher and Bucky the Badger in the finals. After finishing third in the 2006 competition, Sparty reclaimed the national championship in 2007.

In March 2008, Sparty was selected to appear on the cover of NCAA Football 09 for the Nintendo Wii. EA Sports conducted an on-line poll, asking college football fans to vote and determine which college mascot would have the honor of being depicted on the game’s cover. Fans went online and cast more than 700,000 votes and Sparty won the tight contest race, beating out mascots from Central Florida, Washington State, Auburn, LSU, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa State, Alabama and Penn State.

Made of hi-tech materials, including a vinyl chest plate and fiberglass molds like the ones used for making Muppets, the seven-foot costume weighs a total of 40 pounds, allowing enough flexibility for playful gestures and animation. Sparty is a far cry from the many paper-mache heads that have popped up since the 1950’s, mostly from fraternity efforts. The first official paper-mache Sparty head apparently debuted in 1955 courtesy of Theta Xi. Other versions were introduced from time to time. In 1984, Sigma Phi Epsilon introduced the first “gruff” Sparty head-sporting the unshaven look that still adorns many sweatshirts and jackets.

By contrast, the current Sparty costume is a state-of-the art, full-bodied uniform that costs $12,000.

Today, Sparty aspirants must be between 5-10 and 6-2 in height. Candidates who fit the physical needs are chosen after a hands-on process that includes tryouts and interviews.

The Sparty Mascot Program is run and funded by the Student Alumni Foundation (SAF).

Those interested in having Sparty at their event can submit a request online at www. saf.msu.edu by clicking the Request Sparty link or contact the SAF office at 517-3554458. Those who wish to donate to the Sparty mascot fund can contact University Development at 517-355-8257. www.msuspartans.com

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MSU Athletes as Students: All-Big Ten Performers

by Michael L. Kasavana, Ph.D., CHTP NAMA Professor in Hospitality Business Faculty Athletics Representative, Michigan State University

During the 2009-10 academic year, the Big Ten Conference recognized a record number of its student-athletes with Academic All-Big Ten honors. Overall, 2,292 studentathletes earned the award, the highest total in the past 16 seasons, eclipsing the previous best of 2,255 set last year. Ohio State topped the Big Ten for the seventh straight year with 346 honorees, followed by Minnesota with 250, and Penn State with 235 Academic All-Big Ten honorees. Michigan State placed fifth with its largest contingent in history; 224 student-athletes from among its 25 varsity sports teams.

Academic Overall School All Big Ten 2009-10 Rank Illinois 149 11 Indiana 227 4 Iowa 178 7 Michigan 166 9 MSU 224 5 Minnesota 250 2 Northwestern 183 6 Ohio State 346 1 Penn State 235 3 Purdue 151 10 Wisconsin 173 8 Eligibility

To be eligible for Academic All-Big Ten selection, a student-athlete must be a letterwinner in at least their second academic year (no freshman are considered) and achieve a minimum cumulative grade-point average (GPA) of 3.00 on a 4.00 grading scale. Conference academic recognition awards are issued three times per year, for fall sports (men’s and women’s cross country, field hockey, football, men’s and women’s soccer, and volleyball), winter sports (men’s and women’s basketball, gymnastics, men’s and women’s swimming and diving, and wrestling), and spring sports (baseball, men’s and women’s golf, ice hockey, rowing, softball, men’s and women’s tennis, and men’s and women’s outdoor track and field).

Season Summaries

FALL 2009 – Seventy-three Michigan State student-athletes in seven sports were named Academic All-Big Ten for the fall athletic season. Eleven football players were named to the academic team, including Blair White, who earned first-team CoSIDA Academic

All-America honors for his 3.89 GPA in human biology.

White became the first Academic All-America firstteam selection for the football program since 1993.

Senior linebacker Adam Decker and senior fullback Andrew Hawken were also named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District second team.

In addition, Michigan State field hockey player Corey Block (So., Kinesiology) was one of eight Big Ten student-athletes to maintain a 4.0 GPA. The Spartan women’s cross country team placed 21 members on the Academic All-Big Ten team, following by women’s soccer (19), field hockey (10), men’s soccer (five), volleyball (four) and men’s cross country (four).

Overall, 680 Big Ten student-athletes were honored with Academic All-Big Ten distinction in the fall.

WINTER 2010 – The Big Ten recognized a total of 536 winter sports athletes by naming them Academic All Big Ten, including 56 student-athletes from Michigan State.

Two Spartan swimmers (Sarah Mory, Sr., Mathematics; Brian Rockwell, Sr., Mechanical Engineering) were among five Big Ten student-athletes in the winter to maintain an unblemished 4.0 GPA. Women’s swimming and diving led the way with 19 honorees for MSU, while the men’s team had 13 honorees. Gymnastics (eight), wrestling (seven), women’s basketball (six) and men’s basketball (three) also placed student-athletes on the Academic All-Big Ten team.

On the court, three-time Academic All-Big Ten selection Allyssa DeHaan earned women’s basketball Defensive Player of the Year honors.

SPRING 2010 – For spring 2010, the conference welcomed 1,037 spring and at-large sports studentathletes who were named to the Academic All-Big Ten team.

Michigan State rower Breanne Walkowiak, a sophomore majoring in Kinesiology, was honored for maintaining her 4.0 GPA. The Spartans had 96 members on the spring Academic All-Big Ten team: women’s track and field (30), men’s track and field (14), rowing (nine), baseball (eight), ice hockey (seven), men’s tennis (seven), women’s tennis (seven), men’s golf (six), softball (five) and women’s golf (three)

BATES BIG TEN Distinguished Scholar Award

The conference office also presented the Distinguished Scholar Award at the end of the academic year. Student-athletes eligible for the Distinguished Scholar Award must be letterwinners in at least their second year in residence at their institution. Qualifying student-athletes must have earned a GPA of 3.7 or higher for the current academic year, excluding summer school. The Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award was established by conference Faculty Representatives for the 2009-10 season as an addition to the conference’s Academic All-Big Ten program.

In its second year, the conference recognized 484 student-athletes that earned the Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award. Included in the list were 51 Michigan State student-athletes, the third-highest total among Big Ten schools.

In all, 68 Big Ten student-athletes accomplished a perfect 4.0 GPA, including four Spartans - football’s Aaron Bates, gymnastics’ Megan Bergland, baseball’s Brandon Eckerle and men’s golf’s Dave Ellis. Eckerle was also named a third-team CoSIDA Academic AllAmerican.

2009 MSU FOOTBALL ACADEMIC ALL-BIG TEN Student Year Major Aaron Bates Nick Bendzuck Kirk Cousins Adam Decker Joel Deyo Joel Foreman Andrew Hawken Brian Linthicum Keith Nichol Ethan Ruhland Blair White

Senior Senior Junior Senior Sophomore Junior Senior Junior Junior Sophomore Senior

General Management Finance Kinesiology Finance Agribusiness Management Criminal Justice Supply Chain Management General Management Supply Chain Management Human Biology Human Biology

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In football, everyone called me a bruiser and I loved the contact and the combat of the sport. All of that translates very well into boxing.

Seth “Mayhem” Mitchell: From the Gridiron to the Ring

Photos by Tom Hogan, Hoganphotos.com

By Katie Koerner More than seven years after his final football game in Spartan Stadium and some 630 miles from East Lansing, former MSU linebacker Seth “Mayhem” Mitchell carries his Spartan pride as if he still resides on campus. While the venue Mitchell competes in has changed drastically, it is his Spartan attitude of pure dedication and unwillingness to lose that has remained the same.

Originally from Brandywine, Md., the ex-football player turned professional boxer even battles in Spartan green with the number 48 on his shorts, the same number that was embroidered on his football jersey. After only his second fight, Mitchell signed with boxing powerhouse Golden Boy, and in less than three years in professional boxing, Mitchell has already tabulated an impressive 18-0-1 record, including 12 knockouts and a 15-match winning streak.

Long before Mitchell found success in the boxing ring, he was ranked as one of the nation’s top linebackers out of high school. Recruited by current head coach, Mark Dantonio, Mitchell became one of MSU’s most highly touted linebackers.

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the Big Ten’s smash-mouth style of play.

“When I was being recruited I developed a great rapport with Coach Dantonio,” Mitchell said. “I felt like he was really being honest and sincere with me, and that’s why I chose Michigan State.”

Unfortunately for Mitchell, the big-hit specialist suffered a left knee injury his first season in East Lansing that resulted in ligament and bone damage so severe that bone from his hip was taken in repair.

After a series of surgeries and a medical redshirt in 2001, Mitchell had to sit out the first five games of 2002 with inflammation in his knee. He did work his way onto the field during the second half of the season, playing in six games, including five starts, while recording 29 tackles.

Following another off-season of heavy therapy and conditioning, things began to look up for Mitchell as he entered the 2003 season. As a redshirt sophomore, Mitchell quickly made his presence on the field felt. Literally. Mitchell recorded 103 tackles during that season and led the team with 85 in Big Ten play—averaging 10.6

per game. He was also second on the team in defensive production points with 154, even though he sat out two games early in the season. Mitchell compiled 15 tackles against both Michigan and Wisconsin and pulverized Ohio State ball carriers with a career-high 17 tackles, including two for losses.

With what seemed like another promising two years of eligibility and unlimited opportunities to come, Mitchell entered his junior year as a preseason All-Big Ten selection and was expected to lead the Spartan defense. Due to soreness and injury, however, Mitchell was forced to the sideline once again and sat out the first two games of the 2004 season. Former head coach John L. Smith announced that what was left of Mitchell’s football career was once again in doubt.

After a total of seven operations and extensive rehab, Mitchell had run out of options. He announced that his football career was over prior to the start of the 2005 season.

“It was so hard to make that decision but I knew I had done everything in my power and ability to try and compete at that level,” Mitchell said. “Of course I wish I could have continued my football career, but I was able to walk away without any regrets or bitterness.”

With his football career officially over, Mitchell was at peace leaving MSU not only as an athlete but as an MSU alumnus as well. In four years, Mitchell completed his bachelor’s degree in criminal justice, something he credits to the competitive nature athletics installed in him.

“I knew a lot of people thought I wasn’t going to graduate so I took that as a personal challenge and I got my degree,” Mitchell said. “There are a lot of athletes who only rely on their athletic talents, but no matter what venue you compete in, you always have to have something to fall back on.”

Once a standout linebacker in a Division I collegiate program, Seth “Mayhem” Mitchell soon realized he had more than his diploma to fall back on. Upon returning home to Maryland, Mitchell watched former Notre Dame safety and current Baltimore Raven Tom Zbikowski box in his professional debut on television.

“He got my competitive juices flowing again and I thought to myself, if he can do that, so can I,” said Mitchell.

From there, Mitchell enlisted the help of his former high school football coach Maurice Banks and boxing trainer Andre Hunter to help kick start the next step in his athletic career and the next chapter of this life— becoming a professional heavyweight boxer.

“It took about two weeks for me to see what I was working with,” Hunter said. “With his speed and his power he was knocking down pro boxers when he was still an amateur. I have never seen anything like it.”

After spending much of his life on the gridiron, Mitchell made the unique transformation from one of the most team-oriented sports to one strictly individual.

“In team sports sometimes not everyone is on the same page,” he said. “Even though you are doing your part, everyone else may not be doing theirs. But in boxing, if I get tired, it’s because I didn’t put my road miles in or didn’t train hard enough.”

For Coach Banks, the ease of Mitchell’s transformation came as no surprise.

“Everything he has ever done, he has done with passion and a hatred to lose, so it’s like an instinct for

him,” Banks said. “Though he played a team sport, he prepared himself individually each week. Now, there are not 11 guys around him, but he still prepares like he always has.”

Mitchell admits it has taken a lot of hard work, but due to his disciplined personality and focused demeanor, he said it was easier for him to make the transformation than the average person.

“In football, everyone called me a bruiser and I loved the contact and the combat of the sport,” Mitchell said.

“All of that translates very well into boxing.”

Along with a new sport also came new challenges regarding Mitchell’s training and workout routines.

Instead of bulking up with serious weight lifting as most linebackers do, Mitchell’s training has shifted into doing more calisthenics and into polymetric based workouts.

“I was already bulked up from my football background, so I had to focus on keeping my muscles elongated so I wouldn’t get tired in the ring as quick,” Mitchell said.

Whatever he is doing must be working. In his most recent bout on July 31, Mitchell dominated competitor Derek Bryant at The Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. Only 1:45 into the first round, Mitchell recorded his 12th career knockout with a series of left hooks wreaking havoc on Bryant’s body.

But Mitchell’s impressive resume does not stop there. While spending his days vying for the next heavyweight boxing title, Mitchell’s true joy comes from being a father and spending time with his three-year-old daughter, Ariel. Mitchell and his wife have mastered a daily schedule with family at its core. Everyday Mitchell wakes up around 4:30 a.m. to start his six-mile morning run. Upon his return, Mitchell’s wife begins her busy day of work and law school while Mitchell is able to treasure a morning of father-daughter time.

“I make (Ariel) breakfast and we get to eat together and play around the house,” Mitchell said. “She is my princess and very special to me. I love being a parent. I wouldn’t trade it for the world.”

During a typical summer afternoon leading up to his July 31 fight, Mitchell’s wife returns home in time for him to head off to his second workout of the day at the Dream Team Boxing Gym in Clinton. He spends hours inside the gym, training so relentlessly sweat sprays from his shoes as he bobs and weaves back and forth.

After another day of rigorous training on a hot July day inside what most people would consider a garage, Mitchell admits that the hardest part about boxing isn’t the workload or the physical demand on his body; instead, it’s the loneliness.

“I miss the team camaraderie that’s a part of football,” Mitchell said. “I miss being able to slap fives when someone makes a good play.”

Along with waiting to hear the words “…and the new heavyweight champion is Seth ‘Mayhem’ Mitchell” to ring in his ears, Mitchell has another goal he is waiting to accomplish – being featured in a boxing match inside the Breslin Center on campus.

“It would be crazy,” he said. “After I win, I would screen “go green!” and everyone else would scream, “go white!” It’s something I hope to make happen and think everyone would enjoy.”

Although several aspects of his life has changed since his time at MSU, Mitchell said he has vivid mem-

ories of the traditional game-day walk from the Kellogg Center to Spartan Stadium still fresh in his mind. Now, next to his family on his couch, Mitchell watches Greg Jones at the linebacker position smash opponents on the field just as he did seven years prior.

“I am so thankful for what God has given me,” Mitchell said. “Some good things are happening right now. I feel so blessed and am just excited for the future.”

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MSU launches entrepreneurial education and support network

by Mark Fellows Earn a degree and get a job—that was oldschool career planning. As it prepares students to compete in a very different economy, Michigan State University now encourages them to get an idea and start a company … maybe before the diploma.

A new student business incubator and an entrepreneurship certificate program announced recently will help anchor MSU ENet, a new program connecting university and community resources into an innovation ecosystem for entrepreneurs.

“This project for the university is an entrepreneurial renaissance,” said Eric Jorgenson, a senior double-majoring in economics and business. “We’re gathering and making connections between entrepreneurial resources all over the university, city and community to create a thriving environment for entrepreneurs and other ‘starters.’”

Jorgenson is helping open a student enterprise incubator called The Hatch in the East Lansing Technology Innovation Center, known as the TIC. The Hatch will be a prominent component of MSU ENet, which will connect programs and resources on and off campus.

“It’s not just for students, but for anyone in the community,” said ENet director Bryan Ritchie, a professor in MSU’s James Madison College and co-director of the Michigan Center for Innovation and Economic Prosperity. “This program itself is entrepreneurial. We don’t have a new center – we are linking existing centers, courses, faculty and students into a flat organizational structure and network, connecting MSU and community service providers and firms into a just-in-time access point.”

Entrepreneurs can tap ENet to access business development resources on campus offered by the Institute for Entrepreneurship at the Eli Broad College of Business, the MSU BioEconomy Network and others, as well as community programs such as LEAP, the TIC and the statewide Small Business and Technology Development Center.

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MSU seniors Megan Gebhart, Eric Jorgenson and Chelsey Frank, from left, at the East Lansing Technology Innovation Center business incubator Aug. 19, at the rollout of the MSU ENet entrepreneurial support and education program.

“Venture Creation and the Innovative Mindset,” which will be highly interactive and tap instructors from several MSU colleges. Enrollees can earn a Certificate in Entrepreneurship with more coursework and, perhaps, entrepreneurial experience.

Students also now can seek funding up to $5,000 to take such experiential learning from idea to prototype, thanks in large measure to a $600,000 endowment from the Rollin M. Gerstacker Foundation in Midland. The university is working to secure other endowments to help back student enterprises, officials said at ENet’s Aug. 19 rollout at the TIC in downtown East Lansing.

“We’re looking to invest in students who have serious entrepreneurial ideals,” explained Associate Provost Douglas Estry, dean for undergraduate education. “We have a commitment that includes both industry and faculty representatives who will look at proposals that come in and listen to students’ pitches.”

The Hatch will allow students to launch new ventures for their entrepreneurial capstone projects under the mentorship of ENet. That facility is a collaborative effort between the Lansing Economic Area Partnership, MSU and the city of East Lansing to provide incubation space to student entrepreneurs that is tightly connected to university and community services.

“ENet and The Hatch will impact Michigan’s

economy in one of two ways,” Hatch co-director Megan Gebhart said. “Students will be launching Michigan-based companies that can scale and create jobs.

“Of course, not all students will start successful ventures, but the lessons they learn during the entrepreneurial process will be applicable to any job, which means ENet is helping prepare students for successful careers,” said Gebhart, a marketing senior. “Because ENet involves many members of the community, the ties created have the potential to keep those talented students in Michigan.”

“These exciting initiatives are major components of MSU’s evolving entrepreneurship ecosystem, designed to create a comprehensive, integrated system of internal and community resources,” said Ian Gray, MSU vice president for research and graduate studies. “It will accelerate successful commercialization of MSU technologies, educate MSU students for successful entrepreneurial careers and partner with the entrepreneurial community to create a close exchange of ideas, resources and opportunities.”

For more information about ENet, click entrepreneurship.msu.edu/ and follow it on Twitter at twitter.com/msuENet.

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1 Doug Wiggins FS • Jr. North Miami Beach, Fla.

6 Damond Smith CB • So. Inkster, Mich.

12 Robert Arnheim WR • Sr. Orlando, Fla.

13 Chleb Ravenell WR • Sr. Mt. Pleasant, S.C.

17 John Potter K • Jr. Grand Haven, Mich.

23 Aaron Winchester RB • Jr. North Miami Beach, Fla.

24 Lewis Toler CB • So. New Castle, Del.

34 Jamail Berry SS • Sr. New Castle, Del.

35 Deauntay Legrier LB • Jr. Rochelle, Ga.

37 Ben Armer P • Sr. Janesville, Wis.

42 Dex Jones LB • Jr. Bolingbrook, Ill.

47 Mitch Zajac LB • Jr. Holt, Mich.

60 Nick Mitchell OL • Sr.-5th Palatine, Ill.

61 Nick Clemens OL • Sr.-5th Waunakee, Wis.

65 Phillip Swanson OL • Sr.-5th Grand Haven, Mich.

68 Dann O’Neill OL • Jr. Grand Haven, Mich.

72 Anthony Parker OL • Sr. Miami, Fla.

81 Juan Nunez WR • Sr. Miami, Fla.

83 Jordan White WR • Sr.-5th Cleveland, Ohio

85 Blake Hammond TE • Jr. Mokena, Ill.

92 Drew Nowak DT • Jr. Green Bay, Wis.

96 Weston Peiffer DE • Jr. Chaska, Minn.

97 Freddie Bishop DE • Jr. Inkster, Mich.

99 Paul Hazel DE • So. Miami, Fla.

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2010 WESTERN MICHIGAN QUICK FACTS Location: ...........................................Kalamazoo, Mich.

Enrollment: ........................................................ 24,576 Nickname: ........................................................Broncos Colors: ................................................. Brown and Gold Conference: ..........................Mid-American Conference Home Field: ...........................................Waldo Stadium Capacity: ........................................................... 30,200 Head Coach: ................................................... Bill Cubit Alma Mater: . ...................................... Delaware (1975) Record at Western Michigan: ............ 34-27 (Sixth year) Overall Record (Years): . ................. 68-45-1 (10th year) 2009 Overall Record: ..............................5-7 (4-4 MAC) Senior Safety

JAMAIL BERRY

Senior Wide Receiver

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7 LT 59

79 LG 67

68 C 66

72 RG 62

60 RT 77

75 TE 83

88 Z 82

3 QB 8

10 FB 44

86 TB 22

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MARK DELL (6-2, 199, Sr.) OR KEITH NICHOL (6-2, 222, Jr.) D.J. YOUNG (6-5, 298, Sr.-5) David Barrent (6-8, 308, R-Fr.) JOEL FOREMAN (6-4, 310, Jr.) Ethan Ruhland (6-5, 288, So.) JOHN STIPEK (6-5, 285, Sr.-5) Nate Klatt (6-4, 292, R-Fr.) CHRIS MCDONALD (6-5, 295, So.) Micajah Reynolds (6-5, 295, R-Fr.) J’MICHAEL DEANE (6-5, 312, Sr.-5) Jared McGaha (6-6, 300, Jr.) CHARLIE GANTT (6-5, 260, Sr.-5) Brian Linthicum (6-5, 238, Jr.) KESHAWN MARTIN (5-11, 185, Jr.) OR B.J. CUNNINGHAM (6-2, 220, Jr.) KIRK COUSINS (6-3, 202, Jr.) Andrew Maxwell (6-3, 200, R-Fr.) JOSH ROUSE (6-3, 240, Sr.-5) Fred Smith (6-2, 240, So.) LARRY CAPER (5-11, 220, So.) OR EDWIN BAKER (5-9, 208, So.)

DEFENSE RUSH 91

52 DT 99

98 NT 96

93 DE 89

87 SAM 43

36 MIKE 53

50 STAR 10

28 FC 5

31 FS 39

9 SS 11

23 BC 29

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TYLER HOOVER (6-7, 260, So.) OR DENZEL DRONE (6-2, 250, R-Fr.) JEREL WORTHY (6-3, 305, So.) Anthony Rashad White (6-2, 320, So.) KEVIN PICKELMAN (6-4, 285, Jr.) OR BLAKE TREADWELL (6-3, 277, So.) COLIN NEELY (6-1, 258, Sr.-5) OR TODD ANDERSON (6-2, 242, Jr.) ERIC GORDON (6-0, 232, Sr.-5) Jon Misch (6-3, 207, Sr.-5) GREG JONES (6-1, 240, Sr.) Steve Gardiner (6-1, 222, So.) CHRIS NORMAN (6-1, 220, So.) Denicos Allen (5-10, 212, R-Fr.) JOHNNY ADAMS (5-11, 170, R-So.) Darqueze Dennard (5-11, 175, Fr.) TRENTON ROBINSON (5-10, 195, Jr.) Isaiah Lewis (5-11, 191, Fr.) MARCUS HYDE (6-0, 200, Sr.-5) Jairus Jones (6-1, 208, R-Fr.) CHRIS L. RUCKER (6-2, 200, Sr.) Mylan Hicks (5-11, 175, Fr.)

SPECIAL TEAMS KO/PK 4 DAN CONROY (5-10, 185, So.) OR

17 KEVIN MUMA (6-0, 186, R-Fr.) P 18 AARON BATES (6-0, 198, Sr.)

20 Kyle Selden (6-5, 200, Jr.) SN 56 ALEX SHACKLETON (6-2, 240, Sr.-5)

66 John Stipek (6-5, 285, Sr.-5) HLD 18 AARON BATES (6-0, 198, Sr.)

8 Kirk Cousins (6-3, 202, Jr.) KR 82 KESHAWN MARTIN (5-11, 185, Jr.)

39 TRENTON ROBINSON (5-10, 195, Jr.) PR 82 KESHAWN MARTIN (5-11, 185, Jr.)

2 Mark Dell (6-2, 199, Sr.)

WE STE R N M I CH I GAN U N IVE R S IT Y T WO - D E E P OFFENSE X 81

82 WR 12

8 LT 72

67 LG 65

64 C 60

62 RG 61

79 RT 68

77 TE 85

11 Z 83

10 QB 14

2 RB 23

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DEFENSE LDE 35

96 DT 55

90 DT 92

58 RDE 99

91 WILL 42

38 MIKE 47

51 ROV 34

28 FCB 24

25 FS 1

31 SS 33

3 BCB 6

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DEAUNTAY LEGRIER (6-2, 244, So.) Weston Peiffer (6-4, 270, Jr.) TRAVONTE BOLES (5-11, 308, Fr.) John Rice (6-0, 272, Jr.) DREW NOWAK (6-4, 292, Jr.) Andrew Sharp (6-4, 255, Jr.) PAUL HAZEL (6-5, 204, So.) Cory Sueing (6-4, 247, R-Fr.) DEX JONES (6-0, 249, So.) Chris Prom (6-3, 223, So.) MITCH ZAJAC (6-1, 227, Jr.) Desmond Bozeman (6-0, 225, Fr.) JAMAIL BERRY (6-1, 205, Sr.) Keith Dixson (6-1, 191, Jr.) LEWIS TOLER (5-10, 175, R-Fr.) Maurice Roberts (5-10, 172, Fr.) DOUG WIGGINS (5-10, 202, Jr.) Scott Hinds (6-2, 194, So.) MARIO ARMSTRONG (6-0, 192, Sr.) Johnnie Simon (6-0, 173, Fr.) DAMOND SMITH (5-11, 181, So.) Tronic Williams (6-1, 184, R-Fr.)

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Linebacker MIKE-Middle Linebacker WILL-Weak Side Linebacker

BC-Boundary Corner FC-Field Corner FS-Free Safety SS-Strong Safety KO-Kickoffs PK-Place Kicker

SPECIAL TEAMS K 17 JOHN POTTER (6-1, 226, Jr.)

26 Caleb Morris (5-11, 224, Sr.) P 37 BENN ARMER (5-10, 211, Jr.)

26 Caleb Morris (5-11, 224, Sr.) HLD 12 ROBERT ARNHEIM (6-2, 198, Jr.)

83 Jordan White (6-0, 215, Sr.) SN 87 MIKE FAMIGLIETTI (5-9, 182, Fr.)

66 Kirk Nakama (5-7, 218, R-Fr.) KR 8 ANSEL PONDER (6-1, 183, So.)

22 Dareyon Chance (5-4, 160, Fr.) PR 83 JORDAN WHITE (6-0, 215, Sr.)

12 Robert Arnheim (6-2, 198, Jr.)

P-Punter SN-Snapper HLD-Holder KR-Kick Returner PR-Punt Returner

M I CH I GAN STATE U N IVE R S IT Y NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. 2 Mark Dell WR 6-2 2 William Gholston LB 6-7 2 Mylan Hicks DB 5-11 3 B.J. Cunningham WR 6-2 4 Edwin Baker RB 5-9 4 Dan Conroy K 5-10 5 Johnny Adams CB 5-11 6 Joe Boisture QB 6-5 7 Keith Nichol WR 6-2 8 Kirk Cousins QB 6-3 9 Isaiah Lewis S 5-11 10 Andrew Maxwell QB 6-3 10 Chris Norman LB 6-1 11 Marcus Hyde S 6-0 12 Dana Dixon CB 6-2 13 Bennie Fowler WR 6-1 14 Tony Lippett WR 6-3 14 Chase Parker CB 5-9 15 Donald Spencer WR 6-2 16 Chris D. Rucker WR 5-10 17 Kevin Muma K 6-0 QB 5-9 17 Kyle Nichol 18 Aaron Bates P 6-0 19 Danny Folino S 5-9 20 Nick Hill RB 5-6 20 Kyle Selden P 6-5 22 Larry Caper RB 5-11 22 Josh Bodell CB 6-1 23 Jairus Jones S 6-1 24 Le’Veon Bell RB 6-2 25 Keith Mumphery WR 6-1 26 Jesse Johnson S 5-10 26 David Spears RB 5-10 27 Kurtis Drummond S 6-2 28 Denicos Allen LB 5-10 29 Chris L. Rucker CB 6-2 30 Mike Sadler P 6-1 31 Darqueze Dennard DB 5-11 32 Mitchell White CB 6-1 33 Jeremy Langford RB/WR 6-0 34 Andre Buford RB 5-8 36 Jon Misch LB 6-3 38 Niko Palazeti FB 6-2 39 Trenton Robinson S 5-10 40 Max Bullough LB 6-3 41 Kyler Elsworth LB 6-1 42 Nick Bendzuck FB 6-2 43 Eric Gordon LB 6-0 44 Josh Rouse FB 6-3 45 Marcus Rush DE 6-3 47 Jeremy Gainer LB 6-1 47 Adam Setterbo FB 6-3 48 Drew Stevens FB 6-4 49 TyQuan Hammock LB 6-0

Wt. 199 250 175 220 208 185 170 212 222 202 191 200 220 200 173 206 185 176 200 175 186 185 198 190 182 200 220 192 208 230 200 186 200 198 212 200 185 175 170 185 184 207 250 195 235 207 240 232 240 240 225 232 230 255

Elig. Cl. Sr. Sr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Sr. So. So. So. Jr. So. Jr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. So. So. Sr. Sr.-5 Fr. So. Fr. So. Fr. Fr. Jr. Sr. Fr. So. Jr. Sr. Fr. So. Fr. So. Sr. Sr. Fr. So. Fr. Fr. Jr. Sr. So. So. Sr. Sr.-5 Fr. So. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Sr. Sr.-5 So. Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. Sr. Sr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. Jr. Fr. Fr. So. Jr. Sr. Sr.-5 Fr. Fr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. Sr. Sr.-5 Sr. Sr.-5 Sr. Sr.-5 Fr. Fr. Fr. So. Jr. Sr. So. Jr. Fr. So.

Exp. Hometown (Previous School) 3L Farmington Hills, Mich. (Harrison) HS Detroit, Mich. (Southeastern) HS Detroit, Mich. (Renaissance) 2L Westerville, Ohio (Westerville South) 1L Highland Park, Mich. (Oak Park) SQ Wheaton, Ill. (Wheaton Warrenville South) 1L Akron, Ohio (Buchtel) HS Goodrich, Mich. (Saline) 1L Lowell, Mich. (Oklahoma) 2L Holland, Mich. (Holland Christian) HS Indianapolis, Ind. (Ben Davis) RS Midland, Mich. (Midland) 1L Detroit, Mich. (Renaissance) 3L Fostoria, Ohio (Fostoria) RS Detroit, Mich. (Renaissance) RS Bloomfield, Mich. (Detroit Country Day) HS Detroit, Mich. (Crockett) SQ Mason, Mich. (Mason) RS Ypsilanti, Mich. (Ypsilanti) 2L Detroit, Mich. (Detroit Country Day) RS Troy, Mich. (Troy) RS Lowell, Mich. (Lowell) 3L New Concord, Ohio (John Glenn) RS Okemos, Mich. (East Lansing) HS Chelsea, Mich. (Chelsea) SQ Waterford, Mich. (Our Lady of the Lakes) 1L Battle Creek, Mich. (Battle Creek Central) SQ Frankfort, Mich. (Frankfort) RS Tampa, Fla. (Wharton) HS Reynoldsburg, Ohio (Groveport Madison) HS Vienna, Ga. (Dooly County) 3L Durand, Mich. (Durand Area) SQ Muskegon, Mich. (Muskegon) HS Masury, Ohio (Hubbard) RS Hamilton, Ohio (Hamilton) 3L Warren, Ohio (Warren G. Harding) HS Grand Rapids, Mich. (Forest Hills Northern) HS Dry Branch, Ga. (Twiggs County) 1L Livonia, Mich. (Stevenson) HS Wayne, Mich. (John Glenn) SQ Waterford, Mich. (Detroit Country Day) 3L Waterford, Mich. (Orchard Lake St. Mary’s) HS Northville, Mich. (Detroit Catholic Central) 2L Bay City, Mich. (Bay City Central) HS Traverse City, Mich. (St. Francis) RS Goodrich, Mich. (Goodrich) 1L Strongsville, Ohio (Mercyhurst College) 3L Traverse City, Mich. (Traverse City West) 3L Newtown, Conn. (Valley Forge Military Acad.)

HS Cincinnati, Ohio (Archbishop Moeller) RS Detroit, Mich. (Clarenceville) SQ Spring Lake, Mich. (Spring Lake Senior) 1L Delaware, Ohio (Olentangy) RS Fort Wayne, Ind. (Bishop Luers)

No. Name Pos. Ht. 5 0 Steve Gardiner LB 6-1 51 Steve Moore SN 6-2 52 Denzel Drone DE 6-2 53 Greg Jones LB 6-1 54 Connor Kruse OL 6-4 55 Corey Freeman DE 6-2 56 Alex Shackleton SN 6-2 57 Johnathan Strayhorn DE 6-0 58 Hugh Stangeland OL 6-6 58 Jordan Sanders DL 6-2 59 D.J. Young OT 6-5 59 Ty Hamilton LB 6-1 60 Micajah Reynolds DT 6-5 61 Antonio Jeremiah OG 6-5 62 Chris McDonald OG 6-5 63 Travis Jackson OL 6-4 64 Cameron Jude DL 6-3 65 Michael Dennis OL 6-7 65 Doug Curtis DT 6-2 66 John Stipek C 6-5 67 Joel Foreman OG 6-4 OG 6-5 68 Ethan Ruhland 69 Blake Pacheco DL 6-1 69 Shawn Kamm OL 6-7 70 Skyler Schofner OL 6-7 71 John Deyo OT 6-6 72 Nate Klatt C 6-4 73 Henry Conway OT 6-6 73 Arthur Ray Jr. OL 6-3 74 Zach Hueter OG 6-6 75 Jared McGaha OT 6-6 77 J’Michael Deane OT 6-5 79 David Barrent OT 6-8 80 Dion Sims TE 6-5 81 Brad Sonntag WR 5-8 82 Keshawn Martin WR 5-11 83 Charlie Gantt TE 6-5 86 Derek Hoebing TE 6-7 85 Garrett Celek TE 6-5 86 Fred Smith FB 6-2 87 Todd Anderson DE 6-2 87 Milton Colbert WR 6-4 88 Brian Linthicum TE 6-5 89 Colin Neely DE 6-1 89 Cam Martin WR 6-4 91 Tyler Hoover DE 6-7 92 Andrew Gleichert TE 6-5 93 Blake Treadwell NT 6-3 94 Taylor Calero DE 6-3 96 Kevin Pickelman NT 6-4 97 Dan France DT 6-6 98 Anthony Rashad White DT 6-2 99 Jerel Worthy DT 6-3

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Wt. 222 221 250 240 300 240 240 275 280 275 298 220 295 360 295 265 253 295 257 285 310 288 272 293 315 294 292 304 314 315 300 312 308 285 175 185 260 258 245 240 242 203 238 258 188 260 235 277 230 285 296 320 305

Elig. Cl. So. Jr. So. So. Fr. So. Sr. Sr. Fr. Fr. So. So. Sr. Sr.-5 Jr. Sr. Fr. So. Fr. Fr. Sr. Sr.-5 Fr. Fr. Fr. So. Jr. Sr. So. Jr. Fr. Fr. So. Jr. Fr. Fr. So. So. Sr. Sr.-5 Jr. Sr. So. Jr. Jr. Sr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. Jr. Fr. So. Fr. So. Jr. Jr. So. Jr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Sr.-5 Fr. So. So. So. Jr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Sr. Sr.-5 Fr. So. Jr. Sr. So. Jr. Jr. Sr. So. Jr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Sr.-5 Jr. Sr. So. Jr. Fr. Fr. So. So. Fr. Fr. Jr. Sr. Fr. So. So. So. So. Jr.

Exp. Hometown (Previous School) 1L Dublin, Ohio (Coffman) HS Pinconning, Mich. (Pinconning Area) RS Plant City, Fla. (Plant City) 3L Cincinnati, Ohio (Archbishop Moeller) HS Lowell, Mich. (Lowell) HS Cleveland Heights, Ohio (Cleveland Heights) 3L Breckenridge, Colo. (Summit) 2L Detroit, Mich. (Oak Park) RS Ridgefield, Conn. (Milford Academy) HS Rochester, Mich. (Adams) 1L Lansing, Mich. (Bowling Green) HS Fenton, Mich. (Fenton) RS Lansing, Mich. (Sexton) 2L Hilliard, Ohio (Hilliard Darby) 1L Sterling Heights, Mich. (Henry Ford II) HS New Albany, Ohio (St. Francis DeSales) SQ Chesterfield, Va. (Manchester) HS Carey, Ohio (Carey) HS Weston, Conn. (Weston) 2L Macomb Township, Mich. (Dakota) 2L Highland, Mich. (Milford) 1L Lake Orion, Mich. (Lake Orion) SQ Salinas, Calif. (Monterey Peninsula College) HS Saginaw, Mich. (Nouvel Catholic Central) HS Sunbury, Ohio (Big Walnut) 1L Battle Creek, Mich. (Gull Lake) RS Clinton, Ohio (Northwest) RS Shaker Heights, Ohio (Shaker Heights) HS Chicago, Ill. (Mount Carmel) SQ Columbiaville, Mich. (North Branch) 1L Powell, Tenn. (Powell) 1L Toronto, Ontario (Newtonbrook Seco. School) RS Clive, Iowa (Valley) 1L Detroit, Mich. (Orchard Lake St. Mary’s) SQ Saginaw, Mich. (Nouvel Catholic Central) 2L Inkster, Mich. (John Glenn) 3L Farmington Hills, Mich. (Brother Rice) RS Vermilion, Ohio (Vermilion) 2L Cincinnati, Ohio (LaSalle 1L Detroit, Mich. (Southeastern) SQ Jackson, Mich. (Napoleon) SQ Villa Park, Ill. (Willowbrook) 1L Charlottesville, Va. (Clemson) 2L Bethlehem, Pa. (Freedom) SQ Tampa, Fla. (H.B. Plant) 1L Novi, Mich. (Novi) HS Ann Arbor, Mich. (Huron) 1L East Lansing, Mich. (East Lansing) HS Beverly Hills, Mich. (Southfield Christian) 2L Marshall, Mich. (Marshall) RS North Royalton, Ohio (North Royalton) JC Battle Creek, Mich. (Fort Scott CC) 1L Huber Heights, Ohio (Wayne)

EXP. KEY – HS: High School; RS: Red-shirted; JC: Junior College; TR: Transfer; SQ: Squad Member; L: Letters Earned

WE STE R N M I CH I GAN U N IVE R S IT Y NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos Ht 1 Doug Wiggins • FS 5-10 2 Tyler VanTubbergen QB 6-3 3 Johnnie Simon S 6-0 4 Jamelle Murray WR 5-8 4 Demetrius Pettway ^ S 5-10 5 Zack Wynn QB 6-2 6 Damond Smith • CB 5-11 7 Raheam Buxton S 6-0 8 Ansel Ponder • WR 6-1 9 Tronic Williams CB 6-1 10 Trey Smith • WR 6-4 11 Dallas Walker TE 6-5 12 Robert Arnheim •• WR 6-2 13 Chleb Ravenell • WR 6-0 14 Alex Carder QB 6-2 15 Mike Perish QB 6-3 16 Alex Jagels #^ QB 6-3 16 Garrett Smith CB 5-9 17 John Potter •• K 6-1 18 Drew Burdi WR 6-1 19 Josh Price •• FS 5-11 19 David Stout #^ QB 6-3 20 Brian Fields RB 5-8 21 Antoin Scriven RB 5-11 22 Dareyon Chance RB 5-4 23 Aaron Winchester • RB 5-6 24 Lewis Toler CB 5-10 25 Maurice Roberts CB 5-10 26 Jon Henry CB 5-11 26 Caleb Morris #^ K 5-11 27 Vernon Stewart #• SS 5-10 28 Keith Dixson • SS 6-1 30 Dervon Wallace • WR 5-11 31 Scott Hinds • SS 6-2 32 James O’Neill TE 6-5 33 Mario Armstrong ••• SS 6-1 33 Tevin Drake ^ RB 6-1 34 Jamail Berry •• SS 6-1 35 Curtis Cannon #^ RB 5-8 35 Deauntay Legrier • LB 6-2 37 Ben Armer • P 5-11 37 C.J. Thomas #^ SS 5-11 38 Chris Prom • LB 6-3 39 Darius Green #^ RB 5-9 39 Waymon Ross DE 6-1 40 Kyle Lark LB 6-1 41 Jordan Brooks # TE/RB 6-2 41 Jamaal Thomas #^ SS 5-10 42 Dex Jones LB 6-0 43 Chris Blair TE 6-3 43 Mark Fritz #^ P 6-1 45 Calvin Smith # RB 6-1 46 Clark Mussman TE 6-3

Wt Yr Hometown (Previous School) 204 Jr./Jr. North Miami Beach, Fla. (North Miami Beach) 191 RFr./So. Holland, Mich. (West Ottawa) 173 Fr./Fr. West Palm Beach, Fla. (Palm Beach Lakes) 179 Sr./5th Delray, Fla. (Atlantic) 177 Fr./Fr. Homestead, Fla. (Homestead Senior) 224 Fr./Fr. Hudson, Fla. (Hudson) 181 So./So. Inkster, Mich. (Inkster) 174 Fr./Fr. Pahokee, Fla. (Pahokee) 183 So./So. Bluefield, W. Va. (Hargrave Military Acad.) (Bluefield) 187 RFr./So. Fort Myers, Fla. (South Fort Myers) 222 So./So. Perry, Ga. (Perry) 234 Jr./Jr. Madison, Miss. (Georgia MC) (Madison-Ridgeland Academy) 195 Jr./Sr. Orlando, Fla. (Edgewater) 194 Sr./Sr. Mt. Pleasant, S.C. (Georgia Military College) (Wando) 219 So./Jr. Shawnee, Kan. (Shawnee Mission NW) 208 Fr./Fr. Frankfort, Ill. (Marist) 206 Sr./5th Rochester, Mich. (Rochester) 161 Fr./Fr. Pompano, Fla. (Cardinal Gibbons) 215 Jr./Jr. Grand Haven, Mich. (Grand Haven) 214 Sr./5th Downers Grove, Ill. (Downers Grove) 197 Jr./Jr. Jacksonville, Fla. (Terry Parker) 227 RFr./So. Escondido, Calif. (Calvin Christian) 188 RFr./So. New Castle, Del. (William Penn) 204 RFr./So. Inverness, Fla. (Citrus) 160 Fr./Fr. Lauderhill, Fla. (Cardinal Gibbons) 181 Jr./Jr. North Miami Beach, Fla. (North Miami Beach) 174 RFr./So. New Castle, Del. (William Penn) 172 Fr./Fr. Immokalee, Fla. (Immokalee) 174 Fr./Fr. Kentwood, Mich. (East Kentwood) 225 Sr./5th Coudersport, Pa. (Maryland) (Couldersport) 202 Jr./Sr. Canton, Mich. (Plymouth) 191 Jr./Sr. Flint, Mich. (Harmony Prep) (Carman –Ainsworth) 194 Jr./Sr. Decatur, Ga. (Tower) 192 So./Jr. Fort Myers, Fla. (Fort Myers) 235 Sr. /5th Grand Haven, Mich. (Grand Havcn) 193 Sr./Sr. Warner Robbins, Ga. (Northside) 210 Fr./Fr. Brooksville, Fla. (Nature Coast Technical) 206 Sr./Sr. New Castle, Del. (Coffeyville CC) (William Penn) 191 So./Jr. Bellwood, Ill. (Nazareth Academy) 248 So./Jr. Rochelle, Ga. (Wilcox Country) 213 Jr./Sr. Janesville, Wis. (Parker) 168 RFr./So. Kalamazoo, Mich. (Kalamazoo Central) 226 So./Jr. Saukville, Wis. (Port Washington) 229 So./Jr. St. Paul, Minn. (Boise State) (South Campus (Minn.))

218 So./Jr. Marathon, Fla. (Marathon) 225 RFr./So. Alma, Mich. (Alma) 243 So./Jr. Carole Stream, Ill. (Glenbard North) 175 Fr./Fr. Grand Rapids, Mich. (East Kentwood) 245 So./Jr. Bolingbrook, Ill. (Wisconsin) (Montini Catholic) 232 RFr./So. Grand Rapids, Mich. (East Grand Rapids) 188 Fr./Fr. Johnstown, Pa. (Bishop McCourt) 242 Fr./Fr. Monee, Ill. (Joliet Catholic) 234 RFr./So. Ogden Dunes, Ind. (Portage)

No. Name 47 Mitch Zajac • 50 Dylan Crowley # 51 Desmond Bozeman 51 T.J. Hogan #^ 52 Nick Galvin 53 Michael Liedtke 55 Travonte Boles 56 T.J. Lynch • 57 Manny Diaz 58 Andrew Sharp # 59 Matt Finnin 60 Nick Mitchell •• 61 Nick Clemens ••• 62 Kevin Galeher 63 Ruurd Amelita # 64 Sam Jaeger • 65 Phillip Swanson ••• 66 Kirk Nakama # 66 Nick Norton #^ 67 Terry Davisson 68 Dann O’Neill 69 Brendon Gannon

Pos Ht LB 6-1 LB 6-2 LB 6-0 LB 6-2 LB 5-11 DE 6-3 DT 5-11 DE 6-3 DE 6-3 DT 6-3 OL 6-6 OL 6-2 OL 6-4 OT 6-3 OL 6-3 OL 6-4 OL 6-4 LS 5-7 DE 6-1 OL 6-5 OL 6-7 DT 6-2

Wt Yr Hometown (Previous School) 233 Jr./Jr. Holt, Mich. (Holt) 219 RFr./So. Arlington Heights, Ill. (Prospect) 225 Fr./Fr. Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (Dillard) 220 RFr./So. Cedarburg, Wisc. (Cedarburg) 218 Fr./Fr. Cincinnati, Ohio (Moeller) 250 Fr./Fr. Woodstock, Ill. (Woodstock) 308 Fr./Fr. Vero Beach, Fla. (Vero Beach) 247 Jr./Sr. Blythe, Ga. (Georgia Military College) (Hephzibah) 217 Fr./Fr. Hialeah, Fla. (Hialeah Miami Lakes) 262 Jr./Sr. Ann Arbor, Mich. (Ann Arbor Pioneer) 304 Fr./Fr. Crete, Ill. (Crete Monee) 291 Sr./5th Palatine, Ill. (William Fremd) 310 Sr./5th Waunakee, Wisc. (Waunakee) 314 So./Jr. Evergreen Park, Ill. (St. Rita) 363 Jr./Jr. Santa Ana, Calif. (Santa Ana) 326 So./Jr. Westville, Ind. (Chesterton) 312 Sr./5th Grand Haven, Mich. (Grand Haven) 226 RFr./So. Santa Clara, Calif. (St. Francis) 228 So./Jr. Holt, Mich. (Northern Michigan)(Holt) 288 RFr./So. Rensselaer, Ind. (Rensselaer Central) 297 So./Jr. Grand Haven, Mich. (Michigan) (Grand Haven) 261 Fr./Fr. Halethorpe, Md. (Wyoming Seminary (Pa.)) (Cardinal Gibbons)

69 70 71 72 73 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99

LS OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL WR WR WR WR TE TE WR LS WR DT DE DT DT DE DT DE DE DT DE

225 323 265 332 262 305 349 318 316 338 195 181 218 211 212 242 196 185 202 275 249 296 296 248 289 274 252 271 202

Jake Rawlins #^ Mark Zielinski Jon Hoffing Anthony Parker •• Greg Peterson Josh Hadel Ali Kassem Ben Samson John Buwalda Jonathan Jack • E.J. Riley # Juan Nunez ••• Josh Schaffer Jordan White •• Peter Terrana Blake Hammond • Eric Monette # Mike Famiglietti # Michael Johnson John Rice Cory Sueing Drew Nowak •• Paul Dreher Matt Cutler # Pat Driscoll Weston Peiffer • Freddie Bishop David Box Paul Hazel •

6-1 6-4 6-5 6-4 6-5 6-5 6-6 6-6 6-8 6-5 6-0 6-1 6-2 6-0 6-4 6-4 6-6 5-9 6-0 6-0 6-4 6-4 6-5 6-3 6-2 6-4 6-3 6-2 6-5

RFr./So. Lexington, S.C. (Lexington) RFr./So. Winnetka, Ill. (New Trier) Fr./Fr. Libertyville, Ill. (Libertyville) Jr./Sr. Miami, Fla. (North Miami Beach) RFr./So. Waukesha, Wisc. (Waukesha West) RFr./So. Gladstone, Mich. (Gladstone) Fr./Fr. Cincinnati, Ohio (Moeller) So./So. Long Grove, Ill. (Adlai E. Stevenson) RFr./So. Kalamazoo, Mich. (Kalamazoo Christian) Jr./Sr. Matteson, Ill. (Marian Catholic) So./Jr. Portage, Mich. (Portage Central) Sr./Sr. Miami, Fla. (Miami Carol City) RFr./So. Naperville, Ill. (Neuqa Valley) Sr./5th Cleveland, Ohio (North Ridgeville) Fr./Fr. St. Petersburg, Fla. (Northeast) So./Jr. Mokena, Ill. (Lincoln Way East) So./Jr. Portage, Mich. (Portage Central) Fr./Fr. Muskego, Wis. (Muskego) Fr./Fr. Detroit, Mich. (Clintondale) Jr./Jr. Starkville, Miss. (East Mississippi CC) (East Oktibbeha) RFr./So. Grand Rapids, Mich. (Ottawa Hills) Jr./Jr. Green Bay, Wis. (De Pere) So./Jr. Buchanan, Mich. (Niles) RFr./So. Kalamazoo, Mich. (Portage Central) Fr./Fr. Lemont, Ill. (Lemont) Jr./Jr. Chaska, Minn. (Chaska) Inkster, Mich. (Carleton Airport) So./Jr. RFr./So. Milan, Mich. (Milan) So./So. Miami, Fla. (South Miami)

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Western Michigan Florida Atlantic Notre Dame Northern Colorado Wisconsin at Michigan Illinois at Northwestern at Iowa Minnesota Purdue at Penn State

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at Vanderbilt Illinois State at Rice Central Michigan at Minnesota Purdue Michigan State at Indiana at Penn State Iowa Illinois at Wisconsin

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Marshall Miami (FL) Ohio Eastern Michigan at Illinois Indiana at Wisconsin Purdue at Minnesota Penn State at Iowa Michigan

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Youngstown State at Alabama Kent State Temple at Iowa Illinois at Minnesota Michigan Northwestern at Ohio State at Indiana Michigan State

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at Notre Dame Western Illinois Ball State Toledo at Northwestern Minnesota at Ohio State at Illinois Wisconsin Michigan at Michigan State Indiana

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at UNLV San Jose State Arizona State Austin Peay at Michigan State Minnesota Ohio State at Iowa at Purdue Indiana at Michigan Northwestern

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MSU News Briefs REsEaRch tEam awaRdEd $9.1 millioN to battlE malaRia iN malawi o As part of the effort to eliminate

the scourge of malaria in the African nation of Malawi, an MSU-led team will use a $9.1 million grant to create new prevention and control strategies in the country.

Terrie Taylor, a University Distinguished Professor of internal medicine and an osteopathic physician, is leading the project, which aims to establish self-sustained research that implements and evaluates anti-malaria strategies.

The project is funded by the National Institutes of Health.

“Successful malaria prevention and elimination activities require sustained, effective and welltargeted interventions,” said Taylor, who spends six months each year working at the Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre, Malawi.

There she treats malaria patients - predominantly children - and conducts research on the disease that kills as many as 1 million children in subSaharan Africa every year.

Using new tools in conjunction with established approaches, the team will study patients, malaria parasites, the mosquitoes that infect people with the parasite, and the individuals who carry the parasite and infect mosquitoes but manifest no symptoms themselves. The work will be carried out in three ecologically varied locations.

The coordination among all the team’s partners, Taylor said, ensures research findings are translated to policy.

bRoad aRt musEum staRtiNg to takE shapE o The Eli and Edythe

Broad Art Museum construction site is beginning to take on the “Z” shape of the innovative building design by worldrenowned architect Zaha Hadid. Looking at the excavated area on Grand River next to Berkey Hall, one can clearly see the

start of the foundation for what will be a worldclass museum.

The museum, which broke ground March 16, is expected to open spring 2012 and will feature more than 70 percent gallery space. The primary focus of the museum will be contemporary art.

For more information, including live construction site webcams, visit broadmuseum. msu.edu.

NEaRly 1 millioN childREN potENtially misdiagNosEd with adhd o Nearly 1 million children are

potentially misdiagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder simply because they are the youngest – and most immature – in their kindergarten class, an MSU study found.

These children are significantly more likely than their older classmates to be prescribed behaviormodifying stimulants such as Ritalin, said Todd Elder, assistant professor of economics. Such inappropriate treatment is worrisome because of the unknown impacts of long-term stimulant use on children’s health, he said. It also wastes an estimated $500 million a year on unnecessary medication.

The study found many children are being misdiagnosed with ADHD simply because they are younger than their classmates and their teachers perceive them to have symptoms.

“If a child is behaving poorly, if he’s inattentive, if he can’t sit still, it may simply be because he’s 5 and the other kids are 6,” Elder said. “There’s a big difference between a 5-year-old and a 6-yearold, and teachers and medical practitioners need to take that into account.”

oNE book, oNE commuNity pRogRam kicks off o MSU and the

city of East Lansing are coming together this fall with a series of events surrounding the 2010 One Book, One Community selection, “Zeitoun,” by Dave Eggers.

The annual program encourages individuals to read the same book and discuss its themes

in a variety of settings. The book is an assigned reading for incoming MSU freshmen.

“Zeitoun” tells the true story of one man’s struggle to survive in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina amidst the chaos that overtook New Orleans.

Eggers spoke to the MSU and the community Aug. 2930. Also, Abdulrahman and Kathy Zeitoun will discuss their first-hand account of the story shared in “Zeitoun,” at 7 p.m.

Sept. 19 at the Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center. Admission is free.

Additional community and campus events are planned. For more, visit onebookeastlansing. com.

fiRst REsEaRch tRip acRoss wEstERN amazoN yiElds suRpRisiNg REsults o During his

unprecedented expedition into the heart of the Amazon, Michigan State geographer Bob Walker discovered surprising evidence that many of the Brazilian government’s efforts to protect the environment are working.

As expected, Walker and two fellow scientists – the first research team to travel the Transamazon Highway in the western Amazon basin – confirmed the existence of illegal logging and gold-mining operations that threaten further damage to the world’s largest rainforest.

But the researchers also found massive areas of undisturbed forest in the form of nationally protected areas and indigenous reserves – as well as examples of where the government had halted unofficial road building.

“There seems to be an emerging Brazilian will to fulfill the intentions of protected areas,” Walker said. “There are still many environmental concerns, but one thing they’re not doing is giving people a complete license to deforest the Amazon.”

For more news go to news.msu.edu

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By Mary Platt Animated cartoons – have they ever been more popular? “The Simpsons” heralded the rise of prime-time cartoons, followed by such hits as “Family Guy” and the advent of the Cartoon Network – not to mention the popularity of Japanese anime and the never-ending children’s paradise of Saturday morning cartoon programming. Today the MSU Spartan Marching Band opens its 2010 season with a salute to cartoons new and old.

The 308-member band includes 99 new members, who are making their debut appearance today after a rigorous Preseason Drill camp that ran from August 21-30, teaching them the basics of Spartan marching style and performance. Note also the larger Spartan tuba section – this year, there are 24 shiny tubas, up from 16 in previous years, so that big bass sound should be more magnificent than ever!

Halftime opens with the theme from “Family Guy,” arranged by Asssistant Director of Bands Cormac Cannon. Then it’s yabba-dabba-doo time with “The Flintstones,” arranged by Spartan Band alumnus Sean Spicer, who also arranged the next tune, the theme from “Cowboy Bebop.” Feel free to hum along next to a classic cartoon medley, featuring “Looney Tunes,” “Merry Melodies,” “Dudley Do-Right,” “Underdog,” “Sponge Bob” and “Popeye,” arranged by alumnus Jeff Kressler. That’s all, folks!

Today’s drill was designed by Spartan Marching Band Director John T. Madden, with color guard design by Orlando Suttles. The percussion was arranged by Jon Weber and Steve Wulfe.

For more information about the MSU Spartan Marching Band, including news, photos, video, history and much more, go to http://spartanband.net/.

For information on joining the Spartan Band Fan Club, visit www.SpartanBand. net/giving.html.

Mary Platt, a Spartan Band trumpet alumna, is a publicist and entertainment writer in Los Angeles.

MSU SPARTAN MARCHING BAND 2010 MSU Spartan Marching Band Director: John T. Madden MSU Director of Bands: Dr. Kevin Sedatole MSU Assistant Director of Bands: Cormac Cannon Visual and Field Coordinator: Glen Brough Percussion Coordinator: Dr. Jon Weber Percussion Assistant: Steve Wulfe

Devon Koning Graduate Assistants: Jamal Duncan

Paul Crockett

Richard Frey

Colin McKenzie

Armond Hall Color Guard Coordinator: Orlando Suttles Visual Assistant: John Schwarz Drum Major: Rachel Linsmeier

Simon Holowieko Feature Twirler: Lacey Sekar-Anderson

Sarah Bennett

Kristen Scali Band Manager: Dani Payne “The Voice of the Spartan Band”: Peter Clay Recording Engineer – Dean Bredwell

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HISTORY: COACHES Coach (Alma Mater)

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W-L-T

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No established coach Henry Keep Charles O. Bemies (West Theo. Sem.) George E. Denman (West Theo. Sem.) Chester L. Brewer (Wisconsin) John F. Macklin (Pennsylvania) Frank Sommers (Pennsylvania) Chester L. Brewer (Wisconsin) George E. Gauthier (Michigan State) Chester L. Brewer (Wisconsin) George “Potsy” Clark (Illinois) Albert M. Barron (Penn State) Ralph H. Young (Chicago-W&J) Harry G. Kipke (Michigan 1925) James H. Crowley (Notre Dame 1925) Charles W. Bachman (Notre Dame 1917) Clarence “Biggie” Munn (Minnesota 1932) Hugh Duffy Daugherty (Syracuse 1940) Dennis E. Stolz (Alma 1955) Darryl D. Rogers (Fresno State 1957) Frank “Muddy” Waters (Michigan State 1950) George J. Perles (Michigan State 1960) Nick Saban (Kent 1973) Bobby Williams (Purdue 1982) Morris Watts (Tulsa 1981) John L. Smith (Weber State 1971) Mark Dantonio (South Carolina 1979)

1896 1897-98 1899-1900 1901-02 1903-10 1911-15 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921-22 1923-27 1928 1929-32 1933-46 1947-53 1954-72 1973-75 1976-79 1980-82 1983-94 1995-99 2000-02 2002 2003-06 2007-

(1) (2) (2) (2) (8) (5) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (2) (5) (1) (4) (13) (7) (19) (3) (4) (3) (12) (5) (3) * (4) (3)

4 14 11 17 70 34 7 9 7 9 10 18 41 8 33 114 65 183 33 44 33 139 59 33 3 48 39

1-2-1 8-5-1 3-7-1 7-9-1 54-10-6 29-5 4-2-1 0-9 4-3 4-4-1 4-6 6-10-2 18-22-1 3-4-1 22-8-3 70-34-10 54-9-2 109-69-5 19-13-1 24-18-2 10-23 68-67-4 34-24-1 16-17 1-2 22-26 22-17

.375 .609 .318 .441 .814 .853 .642 .000 .571 .500 .400 .389 .451 .437 .712 .658 .857 .609 .591 .568 .303 .503 .585 .485 .333 .458 .564

TOTALS

1896-2007

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Henry Keep 1897-98

Charles O. Bemies 1899-1900

George Denman 1901-02

Chester Brewer 1903-10, 1917, 1919

John F. Macklin 1911-15

Albert M. Barron 1921-22

Ralph Young 1923-27

Harry Kipke 1928

Jim Crowley 1929-32

Charles Bachman 1933-46

Darryl Rogers 1976-79

Frank “Muddy” Waters 1980-82

George Perles 1983-94

Nick Saban 1995-99

Bobby Williams 2000-02

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Frank Sommers 1916

Clarence “Biggie” Munn 1947-53

Morris Watts 2002

George E. Gauthier 1918

George “Potsy” Clark 1920

Hugh Duffy Daugherty 1954-72

Dennis Stolz 1973-75

John L. Smith 2003-06

Mark Dantonio 2007-

HISTORY: NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS

National Champions (9-0-0)

Selectors: Billingsley, Helms, Poling.

National Champions (9-1-0)

Selector: Boand

National Champions (10-1-0)

Selectors: Consensus – UPI, NFF, FWAA, Berryman, Billingsley, DeVold, Dunkel, FB News, Helms, Litkenhous, Poling, Sagarin, Sagarin (ELO-Chess).

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National Champions (9-0-0)

Selectors: Consensus – AP, UPI, Boand, DeVold, Dunkel, Football Research, Helms, Litkenhous, National Championship Foundation, Sagarin, Williamson.

National Champions (8-1-0)

Selectors: Dunkel

National Champions (9-0-1)

Selectors: Consensus – NFF, Football Research, Helms, Poling.

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Spartan all-americans Don Coleman - 1951 #78, T, 5-10, 185 Flint, Mich.

Bob Kula - 1989 #63, OT, 6-4, 282 West Bloomfield, Mich.

Eric Allen - 1971 #24, TB, 5-9, 161 Georgetown, S.C.

Ron Curl - 1971 #94, DT, 6-1, 250 Chicago, Ill.

Frank Kush - 1952 #60, G, 5-9, 180 Windber, Pa.

Morten Andersen - 1981 #8, PK, 6-2, 195 Struer, Denmark

Dan Currie - 1957 #55, C, 6-3, 225 Detroit, Mich.

Earl Lattimer - 1963 #76, G, 5-11, 218 Dallas, Texas

Bob Apisa - 1965, 66 #45, FB, 6-1, 212 Honolulu, Hawaii

Jerry DaPrato - 1915 FB, 170 Iron Mountain, Mich.

Sherm Lewis - 1963 #20, HB, 5-9, 154 Louisville, Ky.

Ed Bagdon - 1949 #65, G, 5-10, 200 Dearborn, Mich.

Joe DeLamielleure - 1972 #59, OG, 6-3, 242 Center Line, Mich.

Dean Look - 1959 #24, QB, 5-10, 175 Lansing, Mich.

Don Dohoney - 1953 #80, E, 6-1, 193 Ann Arbor, Mich.

Harold Lucas - 1965 #51, MG, 6-2, 257 Detroit, Mich.

Charles Rogers - 2002 #1, WR, 6-4, 205 Saginaw, Mich.

Al Dorrow - 1951 #47, QB, 6-0, 175 Imlay City, Mich.

Tony Mandarich - 1987, 88 #79, OT, 6-6, 315 Oakville, Ontario

George Saimes - 1962 #40, FB, 5-10, 186 Canton, Ohio

Dorne Dibble - 1950 #82, E, 6-2, 198 Adrian, Mich.

Don Mason - 1949 #60, G, 5-10, 195 Wayne, Mich.

Ron Saul - 1969 #70, OG, 6-2, 239 Butler, Pa.

Ellis Duckett - 1952 #32, E, 5-10, 176 Flint, Mich.

Norm Masters - 1955 #57, T, 6-2, 225 Detroit, Mich.

Scott Shaw - 1997 #73, OG, 6-4, 297 Sterling Heights, Mich.

Billy Joe DuPree - 1972 #89, TE, 6-4, 216 West Monroe, La.

Don McAuliffe - 1952 #40, HB, 6-1, 190 Chicago, Ill.

Bill Simpson - 1973 #29, DB, 6-1, 185 Royal Oak, Mich.

Paul Edinger - 1998 #1, PK, 5-10, 175 Lakeland, Fla.

Blake Miller - 1915 E, 160 Tonawanda, N.Y.

Charles “Bubba” Smith - 1965, 66 #95, DE, 6-7, 268 Beaumont, Texas

Carl Banks - 1983 #54, OLB, 6-6, 235 Flint, Mich.

James Ellis - 1951, 52 #11, DB, 5-11, 175 Saginaw, Mich.

Ralf Mojsiejenko - 1983 #2, P, 6-3, 198 Bridgman, Mich.

Robaire Smith - 1998 #91, DE, 6-5, 268 Flint, Mich.

Harlon Barnett - 1989 #36, CB, 6-0, 192 Cincinnati, Ohio

Brandon Fields - 2004 #8, P, 6-6, 234 Toledo, Ohio

Greg Montgomery - 1986, 87 #23, P, 6-4, 210 Shrewsbury, N.J.

Percy Snow - 1988, 89 #48, MLB, 6-3, 240 Canton, Ohio

Dave Behrman - 1961, 62 #51, OT, 6-4, 247 Dowagiac, Mich.

Larry Fowler - 1953 #70, T, 6-1, 200 Lansing, Mich.

Earl Morrall - 1955 #21, QB, 6-1, 180 Muskegon, Mich.

Ray Stachowicz - 1979, 80 #19, P, 6-0, 190 Broadview Heights, Ohio

LeRoy Bolden - 1953 #39, HB, 5-7 1/2, 163 Flint, Mich.

Kirk Gibson - 1978 #23, WR, 6-2, 210 Waterford, Mich.

Carl Nystrom - 1955 #68, G, 5-10, 194 Marquette, Mich.

Dick Tamburo - 1952 #52, C, 6-1, 200 New Kensington, Pa.

Mark Brammer - 1978 #91, TE, 6-4, 225 Traverse City, Mich.

Ron Goovert - 1965 #61, LB, 5-10, 205 Ferndale, Mich.

Julian Peterson - 1999 #98, LB, 6-4, 235 Hillcrest Heights, Md.

Brad Van Pelt - 1971, 72 #10, S, 6-5, 221 Owosso, Mich.

Art Brandstatter - 1936 #31, FB, 5-11, 175 Ecorse, Mich.

Sonny Grandelius - 1950 #24, FB, 6-0, 195 Muskegon Heights, Mich.

John Pingel - 1938 #37, HB, 6-0, 178 Mt. Clemens, Mich.

Sidney Wagner - 1935 #17, G, 5-11, 186 Lansing, Mich.

Allen Brenner - 1968 #86, DB, 6-1, 194 Niles, Mich.

Roger Grove - 1930 QB, 6-1, 185 Sturgis, Mich.

Gerald Planutis - 1955 #45, FB, 5-11, 175 West Hazelton, Pa.

Gene Washington - 1965, 66 #84, WR, 6-3, 218 LaPorte, Texas

Ed Budde - 1962 #79, OT, 6-4, 243 Detroit, Mich.

Herb Haygood - 2001 #2, KR, 6-0, 190 Sarasota, Fla.

JAVON RINGER - 2008 #23, RB, 5-9, 202 Dayton, Ohio

George Webster - 1965, 66 #90, ROV, 6-4, 218 Anderson, S.C.

James Burroughs - 1981 #28, CB, 6-1, 190 Pahokee, Fla.

Clint Jones - 1965, 66 #26, HB, 6-0, 206 Cleveland, Ohio

Robert Carey - 1951 #88, E, 6-5, 215 Charlevoix, Mich.

Greg Jones - 2009 #53, LB, 6-1, 228 Cincinnati, Ohio

Lynn Chandnois - 1949 #14, HB, 6-2, 195 Flint, Mich.

Steve Juday - 1965 #23, QB, 6-0, 178 Northville, Mich.

DeAndra Cobb - 2003 #21, KR, 5-10, 186 Las Vegas, Nev.

Walt Kowalczyk - 1957 #14, HB, 6-0, 205 Westfield, Mass.

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RINGER

Flozell Adams - 1997 #76, OT, 6-7, 330 Bellwood, Ill.

VAN PELT Andre Rison - 1988 #1, WR, 5-11, 195 Flint, Mich.

Jerry West - 1966 #77, OT, 5-11, 218 Durand, Mich.

Lorenzo White - 1985, 87 #34, TB, 5-11, 204 Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Sam Williams - 1958 #88, E, 6-5, 225 Dansville, Mich.

Tom Yewcic - 1952 #41, QB, 5-11, 180 Conemaugh, Pa. www.msuspartans.com

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6,159 CAREER PASSING YARDS 2005-2008

PASSING • CAREER

PASSING • SEASON

Pass Attempts 1. Jeff Smoker 2000-03 2. Brian Hoyer 2005-08 3. Drew Stanton 2003-06 4. Ed Smith 1976-78 5. Dave Yarema 1982-86 Pass Completions 1. Jeff Smoker 2000-03 2. Drew Stanton 2003-06 3. Brian Hoyer 2005-08 4. Jim Miller 1990-93 5. Dave Yarema 1982-86 Interceptions Thrown 1. Jeff Smoker 2000-03 2. John Leister 1979-82 3. Todd Schultz 1994-97 Dave Yarema 1982-86 5. Ed Smith 1976-78 Pass Completion Percentage (Min. 100 Atts.)

1. Drew Stanton (543-846) 2003-06 2. Jim Miller (467-746) 1990-93 3. Dan Enos (297-478) 1987-90 4. Kirk Cousins (230-371) 2008- 5. Todd Schultz (360-593) 1994-97 Passing Yards 1. Jeff Smoker 2000-03 2. Drew Stanton 2003-06 3. Brian Hoyer 2005-08 4. Dave Yarema 1982-86 5. Ed Smith 1976-78 Touchdown Passes 1. Jeff Smoker 2000-03 2. Bill Burke 1996-99 3. Dave Yarema 1982-86 Ed Smith 1976-78 5. Drew Stanton 2003-06 PassING EFFICIENCY (Min. 100 Atts.)

1. Kirk Cousins 2008- 2. Gene Glick 1946-49 3. Earl Morrall 1953-55 4. Drew Stanton 2003-06 5. Jim Ninowski 1955-57

Pass Attempts 1. Jeff Smoker 2003 2. Brian Hoyer 2007 3. Bill Burke 1998 4. Drew Stanton 2005 5. Brian Hoyer 2008 Pass Completions 1. Jeff Smoker 2003 2. Drew Stanton 2005 3. Brian Hoyer 2007 4. Jim Miller 1993 5. Dave Yarema 1986 Interceptions Thrown 1. Bill Burke 1999 2. Todd Schultz 1997 3. Tony Banks 1995 Dave Yarema 1984 5. Jeff Smoker 2003 John Leister 1980 Ed Smith 1977 Pass Completion Percentage (Min. 75 Atts.)

1. Dave Yarema (200-297) 1986 2. Drew Stanton (236-354) 2005 3. Drew Stanton (141-220) 2004 4. Jim Miller (215-336) 1993 5. Jim Miller (122-191) 1992 Passing Yards 1. Jeff Smoker 2003 2. Drew Stanton 2005 3. Brian Hoyer 2007 4. Kirk Cousins 2009 5. Bill Burke 1998 Touchdown Passes 1. Drew Stanton 2005 2003 2. Jeff Smoker Jeff Smoker 2001 4. Brian Hoyer 2007 Bill Burke 1999 Ed Smith 1978 PassING EFFICIENCY (Min. 100 Atts.)

1. Jeff Smoker 2001 2. Dave Yarema 1986 3. Drew Stanton 2005 4. Jim Ninowski 1957 5. Tom Yewcic 1952

1,150 896 846 789 767 685 543 500 467 464 39 35 33 33 32 .642 .626 .621 .620 .607 8,932 6,524 6,159 5,809 5,706 61 46 43 43 42 143.0 142.3 140.5 138.7 136.0

PASSING • SINGLE GAME 488 376 358 354 353 302 236 223 215 200 18 17 15 15 14 14 14 .673 .667 .641 .640 .639 3,395 3,077 2,725 2,680 2,595

Pass Attempts 1. Brian Hoyer (30 comp.)

2. Jeff Smoker (35) 3. Drew Stanton (29) John Leister (18) 5. Brian Hoyer (26) Jeff Smoker (29) Pass Completions 1. Jeff Smoker (55 att.)

2. Jeff Smoker (40) John Leister (46) 4. Jim Miller (42) 5. Brian Hoyer (61) Jeff Smoker (46) Jim Miller (39) Dave Yarema (45) Passing Yards 1. Bill Burke (21-36) 2. Jeff Smoker (22-32) 3. Ed Smith (20-30) 4. Jim Miller (31-42) 5. Jeff Smoker (29-50) Touchdown Passes 1. Drew Stanton 2. Brian Hoyer Brian Hoyer Jeff Smoker Damon Dowdell Bill Burke Bill Burke Ed Smith Mike Rasmussen Gene Glick

Penn State 2006 Ohio State 2003 Iowa 2004 Purdue 1980 Minnesota 2006 Penn State 2003

61 55 54 54 50 50

Ohio State 2003 Indiana 2003 Michigan 1982 Ohio State 1993 Penn State 2006 Minnesota 2003 Michigan 1991 Northwestern 1986

35 32 32 31 30 30 30 30

Michigan 1999 Fresno State 2001 Indiana 1978 Ohio State 1993 Penn State 2003

400 376 369 360 357

Illinois 2005 Penn State 2007 Notre Dame 2007 Penn State 2003 Indiana 2002 Iowa 1999 C. Michigan 1998 Wisconsin 1978 Indiana 1970 Iowa State 1948

5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

22 21 21 20 20 20 166.4 154.1 153.4 150.8 150.6

RINGER 22 TOUCHDOWNS - 2008

RUSHING • CAREER

RUSHING • SEASON

Rushing Attempts 1. Lorenzo White 2. Javon Ringer 3. Tico Duckett 4. Blake Ezor 5. Sedrick Irvin Rushing Yards 1. Lorenzo White 2. Javon Ringer 3. Tico Duckett 4. Blake Ezor 5. Sedrick Irvin Rushing Average (Min. 150 atts.)

1. George Guerre 2. Lynn Chandnois 3. Sherman Lewis 4. Sonny Grandelius 5. Derek Hughes Rushing Touchdowns 1. Lorenzo White 2. Jehuu Caulcrick 3. Sedrick Irvin 4. Javon Ringer Blake Ezor

Rushing Attempts 1. Lorenzo White 2. Javon Ringer 3. Lorenzo White 4. Blake Ezor 5. Marc Renaud Rushing Yards 1. Lorenzo White 2. Javon Ringer 3. Lorenzo White 4. Blake Ezor 5. Eric Allen Rushing Average (Min.150 Atts.)

1. DeAndra Cobb 2. Lynn Chandnois 3. Drew Stanton 4. George Guerre 5. Lynn Chandnois Rushing Touchdowns 1. Javon Ringer 2. Jehuu Caulcrick 3. Blake Ezor 4. Eric Allen 5. Scott Greene Lorenzo White

1984-87 2005-08 1989-92 1986-89 1996-98

1,082 843 836 800 755

1984-87 2005-08 1989-92 1986-89 1996-98

4,887 4,398 4,212 3,749 3,504

1946-48 1946-49 1961-63 1948-50 1978-81

6.75 6.52 6.21 6.09 6.04

1984-87 2004-07 1996-98 2005-08 1986-89

43 39 35 34 34

RUSHING • GAME

1985 2008 1987 1988 1995

419 390 357 322 312

1985 2008 1987 1988 1971

2,066 1,637 1,572 1,496 1,494

2004 1948 2004 1946 1949

7.58 7.48 7.16 7.03 6.86

2008 2007 1989 1971 1995 1985

22 21 19 18 17 17

Rushing Attempts 1. Lorenzo White (292 yards) 2. Lorenzo White (244) 3. Lorenzo White (172) 4. Javon Ringer (198) Blake Ezor (250) Rushing Yards 1. Eric Allen (29 attempts) 2. Lorenzo White (56) 3. Lorenzo White (25) 4. Javon Ringer (43) 5. Clinton Jones (21) Rushing Touchdowns 1. Blake Ezor 2. Javon Ringer 3. Ashton Leggett Jehuu Caulcrick T.J. Duckett Sedrick Irvin Scott Greene Craig Thomas Craig Thomas Tico Duckett Blake Ezor Steve Smith Derek Hughes Eric Allen Eric Allen Clinton Jones

Indiana 1987 Purdue 1985 Minnesota 1985 Indiana 2008 Indiana 1988 Purdue 1971 Indiana 1987 Indiana 1985 Florida Atlantic 2008 lowa 1966

56 53 49 44 44 350 292 286 282 268

Northwestern 1989 Eastern Michigan 2008 Western Michigan 2009 UAB 2007 Penn State 1999 Indiana 1996 Illinois 1995 Central Michigan 1993 Indiana 1992 Purdue 1990 Indiana 1989 Northwestern 1980 Minnesota 1979 Purdue 1971 Minnesota 1971 lowa 1965

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THOMAS 79 RECEPTIONS IN A SEASON 2007

RECEIVING • CAREER

RECEIVING • SEASON

Receptions 1. Matt Trannon 2003-06 2. Andre Rison 1985-88 3. Courtney Hawkins 1988-91 4. Charles Rogers 2001-02 5. Gari Scott 1996-99 Receiving Yards 1. Andre Rison 1985-88 2. Charles Rogers 2001-02 3. Kirk Gibson 1975-78 4. Courtney Hawkins 1988-91 5. Plaxico Burress 1998-99 Yards Per Catch (min. 30 receptions) 1. Kirk Gibson 1975-78 2. Charles Rogers 2001-02 3. Andre Rison 1985-88 4. Mark Ingram 1983-86 5. Daryl Turner 1980-83 Touchdown Receptions 1. Charles Rogers 2001-02 2. Kirk Gibson 1975-78 3. Plaxico Burress 1998-99 Andre Rison 1985-88 5. Gari Scott 1996-99

Receptions 1. Devin Thomas 2007 2. Blair White 2009 3. Charles Rogers 2002 4. Charles Rogers 2001 5. Plaxico Burress 1999 Receiving Yards 1. Charles Rogers 2001 2. Charles Rogers 2002 3. Devin Thomas 2007 4. Plaxico Burress 1999 5. Courtney Hawkins 1989 Yards Per Catch (min. 20 receptions) 1. Gene Washington 1966 2. Andre Rison 1988 3. Frank Foreman 1969 4. Kirk Gibson 1977 5. Octavis Long 1996 Touchdown Receptions 1. Charles Rogers 2001 2. Charles Rogers 2002 3. Plaxico Burress 1999 4. Blair White 2009 5. Devin Thomas 2007 Plaxico Burress 1998 Andre Rison 1988 Bob Carey 1949

148 146 138 135 134 2,992 2,821 2,347 2,210 2,155 21.0 20.9 20.5 20.5 20.2 27 24 20 20 18

RECEIVING • GAME 79 70 68 67 66 1,470 1,351 1,260 1,142 1,080 25.1 24.6 24.4 24.1 23.4 14 13 12 9 8 8 8 8

Receptions 1. Matt Trannon 2. Devin Thomas Plaxico Burress 4. Blair White Mitch Lyons Receiving Yards 1. Charles Rogers 2. Plaxico Burress 3. Andre Rison 4. Charles Rogers 5. Mark Dell Touchdown Receptions 1. Devin Thomas Plaxico Burress Plaxico Burress Plaxico Burress Andre Rison Mark Ingram Gene Washington

Eastern Michigan 2006 Indiana 2007 Florida 2000 Northwestern 2009 Michigan 1992 Fresno State 2001 Michigan 1999 Georgia 1989 Wisconsin 2001 California 2008

14 13 13 12 12 270 255 252 206 202

Penn State, 2007 Florida 2000 Northwestern 1999 Iowa 1999 Georgia 1989 lowa 1986 Indiana 1965

3 3 3 3 3 3 3

Northwestern 1989 Eastern Michigan 2008 Western Michigan 2009 UAB 2007 Penn State 1999 Penn State 1997 Indiana 1996 Purdue 1996 Illinois 1995 C. Michigan 1993 Indiana 1992 Purdue 1990 Indiana 1989 Northwestern 1980 Minnesota 1979 Purdue 1971 Minnesota 1971 lowa 1965 Hawaii 1947

6 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

SWENSON 377 CAREER POINTS SCORED 2006-09

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SCORING • SEASON

SCORING • GAME

Points Scored 1. Brett Swenson (164 PAT, 71 FG) 2006-09 377 2. Dave Rayner (148 PAT, 62 FG) 2001-04 334 3. John Langeloh (137 PAT, 57 FG) 1987-90 308 4. Chris Gardner (125 PAT, 52 FG) 1994-97 281 5. Morten Andersen (126 PAT, 45 FG) 1978-81 261 All-Purpose Yards (Includes rushing, receiving and all returns) 1. Javon Ringer 2005-08 5,426 2. Lorenzo White 1984-87 5,152 3. Derrick Mason 1993-96 5,114 4. Sedrick Irvin 1996-98 4,833 5. Tico Duckett 1989-92 4,511 Total Touchdowns 1. Lorenzo White 1984-87 43 2. Sedrick Irvin 1996-98 42 3. Jehuu Caulcrick 2004-07 40 4. Javon Ringer 2005-08 35 5. Blake Ezor 1986-89 34 Total Offense Attempts (Includes rushing and passing attempts) 1. Jeff Smoker 2000-03 1,405 2. Drew Stanton 2003-06 1,178 3. Lorenzo White 1984-87 1,083 4. Brian Hoyer 2004-08 1,001 5. Dave Yarema 1982-86 960 Total Offense Yards 1. Jeff Smoker 2000-03 8,714 2. Drew Stanton 2003-06 8,036 3. Brian Hoyer 2004-08 5,930 4. Ed Smith 1976-78 5,556 5. Dave Yarema 1982-86 5,269 Total Offense Yards Per Attempt (min. 200 attempts) 1. Kirk Cousins 2008- 7.50 2. Earl Morrall 1953-55 7.41 3. Drew Stanton 2003-06 6.82 4. Tom Yewcic 1951-53 6.64 5. George Guerre 1946-48 6.57

Points Scored 1. Javon Ringer 2008 132 2. Jehuu Caulcrick 2007 126 3. Blake Ezor 1989 114 4. Scott Greene 1995 112 5. Eric Allen 1971 110 All-Purpose Yards 1. Devin Thomas 2007 2,590 2. Lorenzo White 1985 2,094 3. Javon Ringer 2008 2,051 4. Derrick Mason 1995 1,994 5. Eric Allen 1971 1,962 Total Touchdowns 1. Javon Ringer 2008 22 2. Jehuu Caulcrick 2007 21 3. Blake Ezor 1989 19 4. Sedrick Irvin 1996 18 Scott Greene 1995 18 Eric Allen 1971 18 Total Offense Attempts 1. Jeff Smoker 2003 551 2. Drew Stanton 2005 475 3. Brian Hoyer 2007 423 Bill Burke 1998 423 5. Lorenzo White 1985 420 Total Offense Yards 1. Drew Stanton 2005 3,415 2. Jeff Smoker 2003 3,279 3. Kirk Cousins 2009 2,740 4. Brian Hoyer 2007 2,620 5. Jeff Smoker 2001 2,521 Total Offense Yards Per Attempt (min. 200 attempts) 1. Keith Nichol 2009 7.89 2. Kirk Cousins 2009 7.63 3. Jeff Smoker 2001 7.35 4. Drew Stanton 2004 7.24 5. Drew Stanton 2005 7.19

Total Touchdowns 1. Blake Ezor 2. Javon Ringer 3. Ashton Leggett Jehuu Caulcrick T.J. Duckett Sedrick Irvin Sedrick Irvin Sedrick Irvin Scott Greene Craig Thomas Craig Thomas Tico Duckett Blake Ezor Steve Smith Derek Hughes Eric Allen Eric Allen Clinton Jones Bud Crane

(The above are modern-day records. George E. “Carp” Julian, scored seven TDs in a 75-6 win over Akron in 1914.)

Points Scored 1. Blake Ezor Northwestern 1989 36 2. Javon Ringer Eastern Michigan 2008 30 3. Scott Greene Illinois 1995 26 4. Ashton Leggett Western Michigan 2009 24 15 other times 24 Total Offense Yards 1. Drew Stanton Minnesota 2004 410 2. Drew Stanton Hawaii 2004 406 3. Jeff Smoker Fresno State 2001 393 4. Bill Burke Michigan 1999 383 5. Drew Stanton Notre Dame 2005 375

SPARTAN

RECORDS PETERSON 30 TACKLES FOR LOSS IN A SEASON 1999

DEFENSE • CAREER Tackles 1. Dan Bass 2. Percy Snow 3. Ike Reese 4. Josh Thornhill 5. Chuck Bullough Tackles For Losses 1. Julian Peterson (215 yards) 2. Larry Bethea (230) 3. Travis Davis (248) 4. Robaire Smith (169) 5. Greg Jones (169)

DEFENSE • GAME

DEFENSE • SEASON

1976-79 1986-89 1994-97 1998-2001 1988-91

541 473 420 395 391

1998-99 1975-77 1986-89 1997-99 2007-

48 43 39 38 36.5

Tackles 1. Chuck Bullough 2. Percy Snow 3. Chuck Bullough Percy Snow 5. Dan Bass Tackles for Losses 1. Julian Peterson (140 yards) 2. Ervin Baldwin (89) 3. Julian Peterson (75) Larry Bethea (93) 5. Mike Labinjo (64)

1991 1989 1990 1988 1979

175 172 164 164 160

1999 2007 1998 1977 2001

30 18.5 18 18 17

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473 TACKLES IN A CAREER 1986-89

Quarterback Sacks 1. Larry Bethea (208 yards) 1975-77 2. Julian Peterson (161) 1998-99 3. Travis Davis (217) 1986-89 Kelly Quinn (183) 1982-85 5. Robaire Smith (140) 1997-99 Interceptions 1. Lynn Chandnois 1946-49 2. Todd Krumm 1984-87 3. Phil Parker 1982-85 4. Kurt Larson 1985-88 John Miller 1985-88 Brad Van Pelt 1970-72 Interception Return Yards 1. Lynn Chandnois 1946-49 2. Brad Van Pelt 1970-72 3. Phil Parker 1982-85 4. Jesse Thomas 1948-50 5. Todd Krumm 1984-87 Fumble Recoveries 1. Dan Bass 1976-79 2. Larry Savage 1976-79 3. Carlos Jenkins 1987-90 Smiley Creswell 1980-82 John McCormick 1977-80 Mel Land 1975-78 George Chatlos 1966-67 Passes Defended 1. Amp Campbell 1996-99 2. Cedric Henry 1998-2000, 2002 3. Broderick Nelson 1998, 2000-02 4. Renaldo Hill 1998-2000 5. Otis Wiley 2005-08

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Quarterback Sacks 1. Larry Bethea (90 yards) 1977 2. Julian Peterson (104) 1999 3. Robaire Smith (58) 1997 Travis Davis (105) 1987 Kelly Quinn (84) 1984 Interceptions 1. Todd Krumm 1987 2. Kurt Larson 1988 John Miller 1987 Jesse Thomas 1950 5. Demetrice Martin 1994 Phil Parker 1983 Lynn Chandnois 1949 Interception Return Yards 1. Phil Parker (7 interceptions) 1983 2. Lynn Chandnois (7) 1949 3. Todd Krumm (9) 1987 Brad Van Pelt (4) 1971 5. Cedric Henry (5) 2000 Fumble Recoveries 1. George Chatlos 1966 2. Tom Kronner 1973 Tom Standal 1975 Matt Vanderbeek 1989 5. Myron Bell 1993 Four other players Passes defended 1. Amp Campbell 1999 2. Cedric Henry 2000 3. Broderick Nelson 2001 4. Broderick Nelson 2002 5. Roderick Maples 2004 Lemar Marshall 1998 Ray Hill 1997

Tackles 1. Dan Bass Ohio State 1979 2. Don Law Ohio State 1969 3. Dan Bass Notre Dame 1979 4. Percy Snow Illinois 1989 5. Ty Hallock Minnesota 1992 Shane Bullough Indiana 1985 Brad Van Pelt Notre Dame 1971 Doug Barr Ohio State 1969 Don Law Indiana 1967 Tackles For Losses 1. Julian Peterson (42 yards) Ohio State 1998 2. Julian Peterson (7) Oregon 1999 3. Josh Shaw (14) Wisconsin 2000 Julian Peterson (32) Florida 2000 Travis Davis (37) Ohio State 1987 Rich Saul (14) Iowa 1968 Quarterback Sacks 1. Travis Davis (37 yards) Ohio State 1987 2. Matthias Askew (28) Western Michigan Julian Peterson (30) Ohio State 1998 Kelly Quinn (26) Northwestern 1984 Rich Saul (13) Iowa 1969 Interceptions 1. John Miller Michigan 1987 2. Mark Anderson Notre Dame 1977 Five other players Fumble Recoveries 1. Matt Vanderbeek Hawaii 1989 Phil Hoag Illinois 1966 Ernie Clark Illinois 1961 4. Several players Passes defended 1. Jeremy Ware Northwestern 2008 Indiana 2002 Broderick Nelson Broderick Nelson Wisconsin 2001 Cedric Henry Marshall 2000 Amp Campbell Northwestern 1999 Renaldo Hill Minnesota 1998

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JULIAN PETERSON DETROIT LIONS

FLOZELL ADAMS

KYLE COOK

PITTSBURGH STEELERS

CINCINNATI BENGALS

KELLEN DAVIS

BRANDON FIELDS

CHICAGO BEARS

MIAMI DOLPHINS

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DOMATA PEKO

DERRICK MASON

BALTIMORE RAVENS

JAVON RINGER

CINCINNATI BENGALS

TENNESSEE TITANS

ROBAIRE SMITH

DREW STANTON

CLEVELAND BROWNS

DETROIT LIONS

CLIFTON RYAN ST.LOUIS RAMS

DEVIN THOMAS

WASHINGTON REDSKINS

SPARTAN HEAD COACHES

Jake Boss Jr. Baseball

Cathy George Volleyball

Matt Gianiodis Men’s & Women’s Swimming & Diving

Suzy Merchant Women’s Basketball

Damon Rensing Men’s Soccer

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Rick Comley Ice Hockey

Tom Izzo Men’s Basketball

Tom Minkel Wrestling

Tom Saxton Women’s Soccer

Mark Dantonio Football

Jacquie Joseph Softball

GENE ORLANDO Men’s Tennis

Stacy Slobodnik-Stoll Women’s Golf

Walt Drenth Director: Men’s & Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country

Kathie Klages Women’s Gymnastics

Sam Puryear Men’s Golf

Rolf van de Kerkhof Field Hockey

Matt Weise Crew

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Marching band

The 300-member Spartan Marching Band, which enters its 140th season in 2010, is one of the oldest and most recognized university marching bands in the country. The Director of the Spartan Marching Band is John T. Madden, who is in his 22nd season leading the group.

The Spartan Marching Band was founded in 1870 as a 10-member student group. All of the original members were Civil War veterans.

The Spartan Marching Band was a military unit connected with the college ROTC for most of its existence. Until 1952, the band members wore military khaki uniforms. When Michigan State began playing Big Ten football in 1953, the band received its first green and white uniforms. Most of the strict military uniform codes are still adhered to today with squad leaders holding routing inspections before every performance.

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E-flat cornets play the high “woodwind-like” parts.

The Spartan Marching Band has entertained five U.S. Presidents: Theodore Roosevelt (1907), Herbert Hoover (1930), Franklin D. Roosevelt (1936), Lyndon Johnson (1965) and Bill Clinton (1996 and 2001).

The Spartan Marching Band has performed at 16 bowl games, including four Rose Bowls (1954, ’56, ’66 and ’88). In addition, the band has made appearances at the 1964 New York World’s Fair, ’84 New Orleans World’s Fair, ’84 World Series in Detroit and ’93 Coca-Cola Bowl in Tokyo, Japan.

The Spartan Marching Band was the 1988 recipient of the Louis Sudler Trophy for collegiate marching bands, administered by the John Philip Sousa Foundation.

In 1995, ABC Sports selected the Spartan Marching Band to record its theme music for college football.

MSU Fight Song On the banks of the Red Cedar, There’s a school that’s known to all; Its specialty is winning, And those Spartans play good ball; Spartan teams are never beaten, All through the game they’ll fight; Fight for the only colors, Green and White.

Go right through for MSU, Watch the points keep growing.

Spartan teams are bound to win, They’re fighting with a vim.

Rah! Rah! Rah! See their team is weakening, We’re going to win this game.

Fight! Fight! Rah! Team, Fight!

Victory for MSU.

(Original Lyrics) On the banks of the Red Cedar, There’s a school that’s known to all; Its specialty is farming, And those farmers play football; Aggie teams are never beaten, All through the game they’ll fight; Fight for the only colors, Green and White.

Smash right through that line of blue, Watch the points keep growing.

Aggie teams are bound to win, They’re fighting with a vim.

Rah! Rah! Rah! See their team is weakening, We’re going to win this game.

Fight! Fight! Rah! Team Fight!

Victory for MAC.

History of the MSU Fight Song Yellmaster Francis Irving Lankey, a civil engineering major at Michigan Agricultural College, composed the school’s Fight Song in the spring of 1915. His friend Arthur L. Sayles, also a MAC student, wrote most of the words to the Fight Song. The football team’s back-to-back road wins over national powers Michigan and Wisconsin in 1913 inspired Lankey to compose the MAC Fight Song because he felt those two schools had great fight songs. “Lank”, as his friends called him, was a very popular and talented piano player.

Following graduation, he worked for the highway department and later became an instructor for the Army Air Corps. In a volunteer air demonstration in 1919, he crashed while attempting to land. Months after his untimely death, a girlfriend published his song.

Members of the football team sold 770 copies of the song for 50 cents at the 1919 Homecoming pep assembly. When it sold out in less than 30 minutes, everyone knew the Fight Song was a winner. In 1920, the Military Band played the MAC Fight Song at home football games. With slight variations to the original words, like changing Aggie to Spartan and MAC to MSU, it has been played ever since.

Alma Mater:

MSU Shadows

MSU, we love thy shadows When twilight silence falls, Flushing deep and softly paling O’er ivy covered halls; Beneath the pines we’ll gather To give our faith so true, Sing our love for Alma Mater And thy praises MSU. When from these scenes we wander And twilight shadows fade, Our memory still will linger Where light and shadows played; In the evening oft we’ll gather And pledge our faith anew, Sing our love for Alma Mater And thy praises MSU.

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SPARTAN CHEER & DANCE TEAM

Back row (Cheer) left to right: Tyler Jones, Avi Kotte, Courtney Alexander, Ben Lees, Brent Money, Nick Moritz, Erik VanTongeren, RonJon Casanova-Smith, Jarriel Keys, James Kauserud, Chad Osier, Ryan Schoen, Dan Roush, Jon Evans, Andrew Tetloff, Andy Wang Middle Row (Dance Team) left to right: Hayley Laird, Lindsey Little, Lauren Blaine, Christen Coleman, Sarah Sorensen, Sarah Mullen, Paige Pennycook, Leah Shipley, Amy Kwiatkowski, Jamie Capodieci, Lindsay Bacigalupo, Jill Szymczak, Mackenzie Moffatt, Kara Otto, Monica Moorman, Emma Cole, Janelle Fox, Melanie Brown Bottom Row (Cheer) from left to right: Callie Marcinkowski, Kayla Rigdon, Kailey Forbes, Sam Sarracco, Kalee Vannest, Storm Garfield, Torri Mills, Taylor Young, Crystal Bruns, Daniela Schroeck, Stephanie Lewis, Lauryn Przeslawski, Nicole DeMarco, Preeya Dalian, Katelynn Andreen

SPARTAN ATHLETICS

On Oct. 1, 1999, Michigan State University unveiled its new Athletics Hall of Fame. Located in the Clara Bell Smith StudentAthlete Academic Center, the $250,000 Hall of Fame displays key moments in Spartan athletic history as well as plaques of the inductees. The charter class of 30 former Spartan athletes, coaches and administrators was inducted in 1992 and included former football players and coaches Jack Breslin, Bob Carey, Don Coleman, Duffy Daugherty, Lyman Frimodig, Earl Morrall, Bubba Smith, Gene Washington, George Webster and Ralph Young.

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Jim Bibbs Men’s Track & Field Coach 1968-98 Hometown – Ecorse, MI • First African-American head coach at Michigan State • During his tenure, Spartans earned two world records, 52 Big Ten titles and All-America honors 26 times • Tutored Judi Brown to the 1984 Olympic silver medal in the 400meter hurdles

Ed Budde Football 1960-62 Hometown – Detroit, MI • 1962 All-American • First-round draft pick of both the AFL’s Kansas City Chiefs (then Dallas Stars) and the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles • Appeared in both the Senior Bowl and College All-Star Game following his senior season • Seven-time Pro Bowl selection and two-time first-team All-Pro

Steve Garvey Baseball/Football 1966-68 Hometown – Tampa, FL • 1968 All-American in baseball • Four-time Gold Glove winner and 1974 National League MVP • Appeared in 10 Major League All-Star games and five World Series • 1,207 consecutive games played ranks fourth all time in Major League Baseball history

Dr. Nell Jackson

Ron Mason

Assistant Director of Athletics for Women 1973-81 Women’s Track & Field Coach 1973-77, 1978-81 Hometown – Athens, GA • Coached 13 athletes to All-America honors • Member of the Black Athletes Hall of Fame, Women’s Sports Foundation Hall of Fame and National Track & Field Hall of Fame • During her tenure as an administrator, Jackson pioneered quality and successful women’s athletic programs in nine sports • First African-American woman to coach Olympic track team and to serve on the U.S. Olympic Committee’s board of directors

Julius McCoy Basketball 1953-56 Hometown – Farrell, PA • 1956 All-American • Second player in program history to surpass the 1,000-point total • Appeared in the 1956 College All-Star game • Drafted by the NBA’s St. Louis Hawks in 1956

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Linda Gustavson Swimming 1969-72 Hometown – Santa Cruz, CA • 1968 Olympic gold medalist in the 400-meter relay • 1970 AIAW National Champion in the 50-meter freestyle • Earned a silver medal in the 400meter individual freestyle and bronze medal in 100-meter individual freestyle at 1968 Olympics

Hockey Coach 1979-2002 Director of Athletics 2002-2007 Hometown – Blyth, Ontario • Winningest college hockey coach in history (924 victories) • Coached MSU’s two Hobey Baker Award winners – Kip Miller and Ryan Miller • Led MSU to an NCAA Championship, 17 CCHA regular-season and playoff titles, and guided an all-time record 23 teams overall to the NCAA Tournament.

• Coached 35 All-Americans and 50 former Spartans who went on to establish careers in the National Hockey League

Percy Snow Football 1986-1989 Hometown – Canton, OH • Two-time First-Team All-American (1988-89) • First player to win both the Butkus and Lombardi Awards in the same year (1989) • Three-time First-Team All-Big Ten Selection (1987-1989) • Selected by the Kansas City Chiefs in the first round of the 1990 NFL Draft

Ken Walsh Swimming 1965-67 Hometown – Ponte Vedra, FL • 12-time All-American • 1967 NCAA Champion in the 100meter freestyle • Big Ten Champion: 1965 & 1967 100-meter freestyle, 1967 200-meter freestyle and 400-meter freestyle relay • Gold medalist at the 1968 Olympics in the 400-meter relay and 400-meter freestyle relay; silver medalist in the 100-meter freestyle

Lorenzo White Football 1984-87 Hometown – Fort Lauderdale, FL • Two-time First-Team All-American (1985, 1987) • Finished fourth in the Heisman Trophy balloting in both 1985 and 1987 • MSU’s all-time leading rusher with 4,887 yards, including 23 100-yard games • Selected by the Houston Oilers in the first round of the 1988 NFL Draft

SPARTAN ATHLETICS dAUGHERTY

Inducted 1992

of Fred Alderman

George Alderton

Chet Aubuchon

Track and Field 1925-27 Hometown - East Lansing, MI Hall of Fame Class - 1992 • First Spartan to win Olympic gold 1927 • NCAA Champion in 100 and 220 • 1927 IC4A individual champion in 440

Sports Editor 1923-62 Hometown - Saginaw, MI Hall of Fame Class - 1993 • Covered Spartans for 39 years • Nicknamed “The Spartans” in 1926 • First Michigan Sportswriter and Sportscaster Hall of Fame inductee

Basketball 1939-40, 42 Hometown - Gary, IN Hall of Fame Class - 1996 • Called the “Houdini of the Hardwood” • Spartans’ first basketball All-American

Ed Bagdon

Gloria Becksford

Richard Berry

Football 1946-49 Hometown - Dearborn, MI Hall of Fame Class - 1996 • 1949 All-American • 1949 Outland Trophy winner • Half of top guard tandem with Don Mason

Softball 1975-76; Softball Coach 1981-93 Hometown - Holland, MI Hall of Fame Class - 1992 • Pitched MSU to 1976 College World Series title • First female athlete with number retired • 1986 Big Ten Coach of the Year

Fencing 1952-53 Hometown - Highland Park, MI Hall of Fame Class - 2000 • 1952 All-American • 1952 NCAA runner-up in individual epee • Two-time Big Ten Champion (1952 Epee /1953 Foil) • 1959 Pan American Games

Amo Bessone

Art Brandstatter, Sr.

Molly Brennan

Hockey Coach 1951-79 Hometown - Sagamore, MA Hall of Fame Class - 1992 • 1966 National Coach of the Year • Five Big Ten Championships • U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame inductee • Led Spartans to first national title in 1966

Football 1934-36 Hometown - East Lansing, MI Hall of Fame Class - 1994 • 1936 All-American • 1961 Selection to Sports Illustrated’s Silver Anniversary All-America Team • 1990 Jack Breslin Lifetime Achievement Award winner

Track 1979-82 Hometown - Waterford, MI Hall of Fame Class - 1993 • 1982 Rhodes Scholar • 1981-82 All-American sprinter • 1982 Sportswoman of the Year

Jack Breslin

Chester Brewer

Judi Brown

Football/Basketball/Baseball 1944-46 Hometown - Battle Creek, MI Hall of Fame Class - 1992 • 1944 “Governor’s Award” football MVP • 30-year MSU administrator • Duffy Daugherty Award winner • MSU’s basketball arena named in his honor

Athletics Director/Coach 1903-10, 1917, 1919-22 Hometown - Owosso, MI Hall of Fame Class - 2000 • MAC’s first full-time athletics director • Coached football, basketball, baseball and track teams • Football team went undefeated in 43-straight home games (1903-10)

Track 1980-83 Hometown - East Lansing, MI Hall of Fame Class - 1995 • 1983 NCAA Champion in 400-meter hurdles • Three-time All-American • 12-time Big Ten Champion • Member of world record-setting sprint medley relay

Lauren Brown

Leander Burnett

Bob Carey

Cross Country/Track 1928-31 Hometown - Detroit, MI Hall of Fame Class - 2003 • 1928 cross country All-American • Won the Central Collegiate Conference Championships in 1927 and 1929 • Set school records in the steeplechase and 2-mile

Baseball/Track 1889-92 Hometown - Harbor Springs, MI Hall of Fame Class - 1995 • Three-time all-around MIAA track champion • Won 37 individual events at MIAA field days • Earned nine varsity letters in baseball and track

Football/Basketball/Track 1949-52 Hometown - Charlevoix, MI Hall of Fame Class - 1992 • 1951 shot put All-American • 1951 football All-American • Three-year basketball starter

Lynn Chandnois

Don Coleman

Fendley Collins

Football 1946-49 Hometown - Flint, MI Hall of Fame Class - 1992 • 1948 “Governor’s Award” football MVP • 1950 Michigan Outstanding Amateur Athlete of the Year • 1949 All-American halfback • Three-time NFL All-Pro as Pittsburgh Steeler

Football 1949-51 Hometown - Flint, MI Hall of Fame Class - 1992 • First Spartan to have his number retired • MSU’s first unanimous All-American • 1975 College Football Hall of Fame inductee

Wrestling Coach 1930-62 Hometown - Headrick, OK Hall of Fame Class - 1996 • 1961 Big Ten Championship • Coached individuals to 13 NCAA titles • Coached individuals to 14 Big Ten titles • NCAA runner-up three times (1941, ‘43, ‘48)

Shirley Cook

Jerry DaPrato

Duffy Daugherty

Field Hockey/Basketball/Track and Field 1955-58 Hometown – Port Hope, MI Hall of Fame Class - 2007 • One of MSU’s pioneer female student-athletes • Founder of Women’s Varsity Alumni Club • Created an endowment in her name to promote women’s athletics

Football 1912-15 Hometown – Iron Mountain, MI Hall of Fame Class – 2001 • First Football All-American (1915) • Led nation in scoring (1915), running for 15 touchdowns, booting 28 extra points and converting two field goals for 124 points.

• Set single-game and season scoring records

Football Coach 1954-72 Hometown - Barnesboro, PA Hall of Fame Class - 1992 • 1956 and 1965 National Coach of the Year • Coached 33 first-team All Americans • College Football Hall of Fame inductee

Chuck Davey

Joe DeLamielleure

Marshall Dill

Boxing 1943, 1947-49 Hometown - Dearborn, MI Hall of Fame Class - 1992 • Only four-time NCAA boxing champion • Undefeated collegiate record • Member of 1948 U.S. Olympic team

Football 1970-72 Hometown - Center Line, MI Hall of Fame Class - 2003 • 1972 Football All-American • 1971 and 1972 All-Big Ten First Team • 2003 Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee • Six-time NFL All-Pro

Track and Field 1972-75 Hometown – Detroit, MI Hall of Fame Class - 2007 • 11-time Big Ten Champion; 1972 and 1973 All-American • 1973 NCAA outdoor champion in 220-yard dash • Won four-consecutive Big Ten titles in the outdoor 220yard dash and two straight in the outdoor 100-yard dash • Won three-straight Big Ten titles in the indoor 300-yard dash www.msuspartans.com

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Jim Ellis

Swimming 1965-67 Hometown - Huntington, IN Hall of Fame Class - 1995 • 1965-66 NCAA Champion in 100-yard and 200-yard backstroke • Eight-time Big Ten champion • 12-time All-American

Football 1951-53 Hometown – Saginaw, MI Hall of Fame Class - 2007 • First Spartan to receive All-America honors in consecutive years (1951-52) • Named to All-Western first team in 1952 • Captain of the 1953 Big Ten and 1954 Rose Bowl Championship team

Julie Farrell-Ovenhouse Swimming & Diving 1988-91 Hometown – Holt, MI Hall of Fame Class - 2005 • 1990 NCAA champion on the one-meter board • 1991 NCAA champion on the three-meter board • Six-time All-American • Three-time Big Ten Diver of the Year (1989-91)

Richard Frey Cross Country/Track 1936-40 Hometown – Buffalo, NY Hall of Fame Class - 2007 • Captain of 1939 cross country NCAA Championship team, the first NCAA title won by a Spartan team • Four-time All-American (two-time cross country and two-time track) • Member of IC4A Championship team in 1937 • Won freshman IC4A title in 1936

Kirk Gibson Football/Baseball 1975-78 Hometown - Waterford, MI Hall of Fame Class - 1994 • 1978 baseball and football All-American • No. 1 draft pick of Detroit Tigers in 1978 • Key MLB veteran on two World Series Championship teams

Johnny Green Basketball 1957-59 Hometown - Dayton, OH Hall of Fame Class - 1992 • Three-time All-American • 1959 Big Ten MVP • Three-time All-Big Ten

John Hannah MSU President 1941-69 Hometown - Grand Rapids, MI Hall of Fame Class - 1992 • Led MSU into the Big Ten Conference • Football jersey number retired for 46 years of service • Awarded USA Medal of Freedom for his civil rights work

John Horne Boxing 1958-60 Hometown - Washington, D.C. Hall of Fame Class: 1996 • Three-time NCAA Champion in 178-pound class • Competed without regular coach, program or sparring partner • Two-time All-American

Fred Johnson Track 1947-50 Hometown - Grandville, MI Hall of Fame Class - 1993 • 1949 NCAA Champion in broad jump • 1949 All-American in the broad jump and low hurdles • Shared world record in 65-yard low hurdles

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Sue Ertl Golf 1977-80 Hometown – Ionia, MI Hall of Fame Class – 2001 • 1979 All-American • 1977 and 1978 Big Ten Medalist • 1978 Runner-up Midwest AIAW Championships • 1988 National Collegiate Golf Hall of Fame

Dr. James Feurig

Mary Fossum

Team Physician 1953-75 Hometown - Seymour, WI Hall of Fame Class - 2000 • MSU team physician for 22 years • Key researcher on the dangers of the crossbody block in football • 1968 Michigan State Medical Society Distinguished Service Award

Golf Coach 1973-97 Hometown - Green Bay, WI Hall of Fame Class - 2003 • Led the Spartans to five straight Big Ten titles from 1974-78 plus 1982 crown • Guided team to six-consecutive AIAW National Championship appearances from 1973-78

Lyman Frimodig

John Fuzak

Basketball/Baseball/Football 1914-17 Hometown - Calumet, MI Hall of Fame Class - 1992 • MSU’s only 10-time letterwinner • 41-year career as assistant athletic director and business manager • Co-author of Spartan Saga: A History of Michigan State Athletics

Faculty Athletics Representative 1959-79 Hometown – Crewe, VA Hall of Fame Class - 2005 • Served as MSU’s Faculty Representative for 20 years (1959-79) • Twice served as chairman for the Big Ten Faculty Representatives • MSU’s Vice President of Student Affairs from 1961-66 • NCAA President (1975-76)

Cheryl Gilliam Track 1978-81 Hometown - Detroit, MI Hall of Fame Class - 2003 • 1981 indoor All-American in 60-meter dash • Won four-straight Big Ten titles in the outdoor 200meter dash • Set six individual and nine relay records

Everett “Sonny” Grandelius Football 1948-50 Hometown - Muskegon Heights, MI Hall of Fame Class - 1995 • 1950 All-American • 1950 “Governor’s Award” football MVP • 1951 Hula Bowl MVP

George Guerre

Roger Grove

Football 1946-48 Hometown - Flint, MI Hall of Fame Class - 2007 • Led the Spartans in rushing for three-straight seasons from 1946-48 • Averaged 6.75 yards per carry, the best career rushing average in school history • 1946 team MVP

Football/Basketball 1928-31 Hometown - Sturgis, MI Hall of Fame Class - 2000 • 1930 Football All-American • 1930 Basketball All-American • Led basketball team in scoring in 1929-30 and 1930-31 • MSU freshman pole vault record in 1928

George M. “Jud” Heathcote Basketball Coach 1976-95 Hometown – Spokane, WA Hall of Fame Class – 2001 • 1979 NCAA Championship • Won three Big Ten titles (1978, 1979, 1990) • 2001 National Association of Basketball Coaches Golden Anniversary Award

Burl Jennings Wrestling 1941-43 Hometown - Tulsa, OK Hall of Fame Class - 1995 • Two-time NCAA Champion • 1943 co-captain with twin brother

Earvin “Magic” Johnson Basketball 1978-79 Hometown - Lansing, MI Hall of Fame Class - 1992 • 1979 All-American • 1979 Big Ten MVP • MVP of 1979 NCAA Tournament • Five NBA Championships

Jack Heppinstall Athletic Trainer 1914-59 Hometown - Durham County, England Hall of Fame Class - 1994 • MSU’s first athletic trainer • Served under five athletics directors and 12 head football coaches • National Athletic Trainers Association Hall of Fame inductee

Merle Jennings Wrestling 1941-43 Hometown - Tulsa, OK Hall of Fame Class - 1995 • Two-time NCAA Champion • 1943 co-captain with twin brother • 1943 National AAU Champion

Joyce Kazmierski Golf 1964-67 Hometown - Detroit, MI Hall of Fame Class - 1994 • 1966 National Collegiate Golf Champion • Formed Women’s Golf Club at MSU • Played on LPGA tour from 1968 to 1985 • 1986 inductee into National Golf Coaches Hall of Fame

SPARTAN ATHLETICS munn Inducted 1992

of Greg Kelser

Crawford “Forddy” Kennedy

Henry Kennedy

Basketball 1976-79 Hometown - Detroit, MI Hall of Fame Class - 1996 • 1979 All-American • Three-time team MVP • 1979 First-team Academic All-American • Holds honorary doctorate from MSU

Cross Country/Track 1957-59 Hometown - Glasgow, Scotland Hall of Fame Class - 1992 • Three-time cross country All-American • 1958 NCAA cross country champion • 1959 Big Ten cross country and two-mile champion

Cross Country/Track 1955-58 Hometown - Glasgow, Scotland Hall of Fame Class - 1992 • Six-time letterwinner in cross country and track • 1955 Big Ten cross country champion • 1955-56 IC4A Champion

Gene Kenney Soccer Coach 1956-69 Hometown – Urbana, IL Hall of Fame Class - 2005 • Led MSU to back-to-back National Championships in 1967-68 • Teams made eight-straight trips to the NCAA Tournament from 1962-69 • His .866 winning pct. is second in the NCAA

John Kobs

Frank Kush

Baseball Coach 1925-63 Hometown - Cavalier, ND Hall of Fame Class - 1993 • 576-377-16 record over 39 years • MSU’s baseball field named in his honor • Michigan Sports Hall of Fame inductee

Football 1950-52 Hometown - Windber, PA Hall of Fame Class - 2000 • 1952 All-American • Anchored defensive line for 1952 Ntn’l Champions • MSU Centennial Super Squad • 1995 National Football Foundation College Hall of Fame inductee

Bonnie Lauer

Sherman Lewis

Danny Litwhiler

Golf 1970-73 Hometown - Walled Lake, MI Hall of Fame Class - 1992 • 1973 AIAW National Champion • First female athlete voted “Spartan of the Week” by the State News • 1976 LPGA Rookie of the Year

Football/Track 1961-64 Hometown – Louisville, KY Hall of Fame Class – 2001 • 1963 All-American • 1963 Football Co-captain • Finished third in Heisman Trophy balloting in 1963 • 1963-64 Track Captain

Baseball Coach 1964-82 Hometown - Ringtown, PA Hall of Fame Class - 1994 • Two Big Ten Championship teams • Coached 13 future MLB players • 1942 All-Star with Philadelphia • Developed radar speed gun to time pitches

Dean Look

William Mack

Jane Manchester-Meyers

Football/Baseball 1957-59 Hometown - Lansing, MI Hall of Fame Class - 2007 • 1959 football All-American • 1958 baseball team MVP and first-team All-Big Ten selection led the Spartans in runs, RBI, total bases, stolen bases, doubles and home runs • Spent 29 years as an official in the NFL

Cross Country/Track 1948-50 Hometown - Palos Park, IL Hall of Fame Class - 1996 • 1950 All-American in mile run • Four-time cross country All-American (two at MSU) • Member of world record two-mile relay team

Swimming/Diving 1972-74, 1976 Hometown - Pompano Beach, FL Hall of Fame Class - 1992 • Three-time All-American • 1973-74 AIAW National Champion • 1973-74 Big Ten Champion

Robert “Buck” McCurry Football 1946-48 Hometown - Lewiston, PA Hall of Fame Class - 1993 • Three-time team captain • Duffy Daugherty Award winner • All-American center • MSU Assistant Football Coach 1949-50

Gale Mikles Wrestling 1945-48 Hometown - Tulsa, OK Hall of Fame Class - 1992 • 1947 NCAA Champion at 155 pounds • 1945 AAU National Champion in 145-pound class • Long-time MSU coach and administrator

Blake Miller Football/Baseball/Basketball 1912-15 Hometown – Tonawanda, NY Hall of Fame Class - 2005 • Named to MSU’s all-time Old-Timers Football Team (pre-1940) in 1970 • 1915 football All-American • Earned All-Western honors in football (1913-14) • Won nine varsity letters at MSU: four in football, three in baseball and two in basketball

Deanne Moore

Earl Morrall

Clarence “Biggie” Munn

Softball 1981-84 Hometown - Fenton, MI Hall of Fame Class - 1996 • 1983 All-American and GTE Academic All-American • 1984 All-Big Ten selection • 1984 Alderton Athlete of the Year

Football 1953-56 Hometown - Muskegon, MI Hall of Fame Class - 1992 • 1955 All-American • 1955 All-Big Ten • 1968 NFL MVP • Quarterback for two Super Bowl Champions

Football Coach 1947-53 Athletic Director 1954-72 Hometown - Minneapolis, MN Hall of Fame Class - 1992 • Posted an .857 winning percentage over seven years • 1952 National Coach of the Year • College Football Hall of Fame inductee

Gwen Norrell Ph.D.

Herb Odom

Weldon Olson

Faculty Athletics Representative 1979-87 Hometown - Eudora, AR Hall of Fame Class - 2000 • First woman to serve as Faculty Representative in Big Ten history • NCAA Vice-President (1983-84 and 1984-85) • MSU Athletic Council (two terms) • 1973 MSU Distinguished Faculty Award

Boxing 1952-55 Hometown – Flint, MI Hall of Fame Class - 2005 • Back-to-back NCAA Champion at 147 pounds (195455) • Led MSU to 1955 team National Championship • Two-time All-American (1954-55) • Compiled a 29-5-2 career record

Hockey 1951-55 Hometown – Marquette, MI Hall of Fame Class – 2001 • 1953 Hockey MVP • 1960 Olympic Ice Hockey Gold Medalist • 1956 Olympic Ice Hockey Silver Medalist • Olympic Hall of Fame • 1993 Distinguished Hockey Alumnus Award

Grady Peninger Wrestling Coach 1963-1986 Hometown – Ponca City, OK Hall of Fame Class - 2007 • First Big Ten Coach to win seven consecutive conference titles (1966-72) • During his tenure, Spartan wrestlers earned 10 NCAA titles, 40 Big Ten titles and garnered All-American honors 54 times • 1987 U.S. Wrestling Hall of Fame inductee

George Perles Football Coach 1983-94 Hometown - Allen Park, MI Hall of Fame Class - 2007 • Led the Spartans to two Big Ten titles (1987 and 1990) and seven bowl appearances • Three of his teams finished among the nation’s Top 25, including the 1987 Big Ten championship team that ranked No. 8 in the final polls • Tutored nine first-team All-Americans

John Pingel Football 1936-38 Hometown - Mt. Clemens, MI Hall of Fame Class - 1993 • 1937-38 All-American punter • First round draft pick of Detroit Lions • National Football Foundation Hall of Fame inductee

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of Carlton Rintz Gymnastics 1952-55 Hometown - Quarryville, PA Hall of Fame Class - 1992 • Nine-time Big Ten Champion • 1954 NCAA Champion on pommel horse • 1955 NCAA Champion on parallel bars, horizontal bars and pommel horse

Tom Ross Hockey 1973-76 Hometown – Dearborn, MI Hall of Fame Class - 2007 • Holds MSU career records with 324 points, 138 goals and 186 assists • Scored at least one point in 79 consecutive games • Second college player to reach 300-point mark; ranks second all-time with 324 career points • NCAA record-holder with 72 power-play goals

Ernestine Russell-Weaver

George Saimes

Gymnastics 1957-60 Hometown - Windsor, Ontario Hall of Fame Class - 1992 • 1955 AAU National Champion • Competed without a team at MSU • Member of 1956 and 1960 Canadian Olympic teams

Football 1959-62 Hometown - Canton, OH Hall of Fame Class - 2000 • 1962 All-American • Finished seventh in the Heisman Trophy balloting in 1962 • Two-time All-Big Ten (consensus first team 1961-62) • NFL All-Pro from 1964-69

Clarke Scholes Swimming 1950-52 Hometown - Detroit, MI Hall of Fame Class - 1992 • 1952 Olympic Gold Medal in 100m freestyle • Five-time NCAA Champion • International Swimming Hall of Fame inductee

Gideon “Charlie” Smith Football 1913-15 Hometown - Lansing, MI Hall of Fame Class: 1994 • MAC’s first African-American football player • All-Star tackle on the 1913-15 MAC teams • Played pro football with Canton Bulldogs and Jim Thorpe

Valerie Sterk Kemper Volleyball 1993-96 Hometown – Byron Center, MI Hall of Fame Class - 2007 • First female team sport athlete at MSU to earn FirstTeam All-America honors (1995 and 1996) • Led nation with .449 hitting percentage in 1996 • First Spartan volleyball player to earn First-Team AllBig Ten honors three times • 1996 Third-Team Academic All-American

Gene Washington Football/Track 1964-67 Hometown - LaPorte, TX Hall of Fame Class - 1992 • 1965-66 All-American • College Football Hall of Fame inductee • 1967 NFL first-round draft pick

John D. Wilson Football 1950-52 Hometown – Lapeer, MI Hall of Fame Class – 2001 • MSU’s first Rhodes Scholar • 1952 Academic All-American • 1952 North-South Football Game • 1989 GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame

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Robin Roberts Baseball/Basketball 1945-47 Hometown – Springfield, IL Hall of Fame Class - 1992 • Selected to 100th anniversary College All-Star team in 1959 • Recorded 286 wins in 10 Major League seasons • 1976 Baseball Hall of Fame inductee

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Scott Skiles Basketball 1983-86 Hometown – Plymouth, IN Hall of Fame Class - 2007 • Led Big Ten in scoring in 1985-86 to earn All-America honors • 1986 Big Ten MVP • Became second Spartan to score more than 2,000 points

Karl Schlademan Track Coach 1941-59 Hometown - Seafield, IN Hall of Fame Class - 1995 • Turned Michigan State Relays into a major event • Led the Spartans to three IC4A titles • Coached four Olympians

Charles “Bubba” Smith Football 1964-66 Hometown - Beaumont, TX Hall of Fame Class - 1992 • 1966 All-American • 1966 UPI Lineman of the Year • 1967 NFL No. 1 draft pick • 1988 College Football Hall of Fame inductee

Steve Smith

Fred Stabley, Jr.

Basketball 1988-91 Hometown – Detroit, MI Hall of Fame Class – 2001 • 1990 and 1991 All-American • 1990 Big Ten Player of the Year • No. 21 jersey retired in 1999 • 1991 NBA first-round draft pick (No. 5 overall) • 1994 Olympic Gold Medalist

Sports Information Director 1948-80 Hometown - Dallastown, PA Hall of Fame Class - 1992 • 1962 Arch Ward winner for his work as Sports Information Director • Press box at Spartan Stadium named in his honor • Charter member of CoSIDA Hall of Fame in 1969

Brad Van Pelt

Doug Volmar

Football/Baseball/Basketball 1969-72 Hometown - Owosso, MI Hall of Fame Class - 2000 • Three-sport athlete who won seven varsity letters • Two-time football All-American (1971-72) • First defensive back ever to receive Maxwell Award as nation’s top collegiate player (1972) • Played in five-straight NFL Pro Bowls from 1976-80

Hockey 1965-67 Hometown - Cleveland Heights, OH Hall of Fame Class - 1992 • 1966 All-American • 1966 WCHA All-Star • Member of 1968 U.S. Olympic hockey team

Herb Washington Track and Field 1969-72 Hometown - Flint, MI Hall of Fame Class - 2000 • Four-time All-American • 1970 and 1972 NCAA Indoor Champion in 60-yard dash • Won seven Big Ten titles • 1997 NCAA Silver Anniversary Award

Tom Yewcic Football/Baseball 1951-54 Hometown - Conemaugh, PA Hall of Fame Class - 2003 • 1952 Football All-American • 1954 Baseball All-American • 1954 College World Series MVP • Led MSU to share of Big Ten title in 1953 and a win in the 1954 Rose Bowl

George Webster Football 1964-66 Hometown - Anderson, SC Hall of Fame Class - 1992 • 1965-66 All-American • 1966 “Governor’s Award” football MVP • Nine-year NFL veteran with three teams

Ralph Young Football Coach 1923-27 Track and Field Coach 1924-40 Athletic Director 1923-54 Hometown - Crown Point, IN Hall of Fame Class - 1992 • Coached 27 track All-Americans and four Olympians • Michigan Sports Hall of Fame inductee • Served in Michigan Legislature from 1956 to 1962 • MSU’s track is named in his honor

RALPH YOUNG FUND

ambassadors The Department of Intercollegiate Athletics thanks the following donors. Their generosity allows us to build and sustain a competitive athletics program in the Big Ten Conference and the NCAA.

Champions CIRCLE

Donors of $50,000 or more

Donors of $25,000 or more

Agriculture & Natural Resources Herman J & Sherry Arends Merrill Bailey Scott and Natalie Bernecker Dan and Sherry Bowen Craig and Vicki Brown The Christman Company Craig and Mary Helen Crooks Dean Trailways of Michigan - Mr. Kellie Dean Delta Dental Plan of Michigan Edward and Laura Demmer Marguerite Ann Demmer Mr. and Mrs. William A. Demmer Downtown Coaches Club John Dykema and Michele Maly Dykema Kris and Jennifer Elliott Foster, Swift, Collins and Smith P.C. Betty Gadaleto Michael & Jill Gantos Mr. and Mrs. William Guzy Philip and Reedy Hickey Jackson National Life Insurance Company Joe D. Pentecost Foundation Spencer Johnson David and Karen Jordan Terry and Cindy Lanzen Barb and Ben Maibach III Drayton and Elizabeth McLane David and Linda Mehney Todd R. and Marcia K. Moss Jim and Mary Nelson Trustee George J. and Sally A. Perles James and Janice Petcoff Trustee Randall Pittman Steve & Brenda Ramsby John and Mary Rayis Douglas and Carol Rearick Rebounders Club - MSU Peter F. Secchia and Joan P. Secchia Carol Shedd Bob Skandalaris Steve and Millie Smith Steve and Teresa St. Andre Jeff and Trisha Stanton Do Good Things Foundation Gary and Margaret Valade Jeffrey & Christine West Jill and Gary Witzenburg

Steven and Amy Almany American Physicians Assurance Corporation Ernie and Leanne Balcueva & Family Howard and Vivian Ballein Dick and Marie J. Belding Dennis and Cheryl Bhaskaran Kirk and Patricia Brannock Shane H. Bullough Norm and Rosemary Byrne Gary M. Ciampa Continental ID/Spartan Graphics Martin Louis Clemens Trustee Dolores M. and Byron J. Cook Doug and Valerie DeMartin Scott and Terri Devon Douglas J. Salon & Spa DTN Management Co Herbert and Carol Elfring Fastbreak Club Mr. and Mrs. Randy Fedewa Fincor Solutions Mr. and Mrs. Morton M. Finkelstein Thomas S. and Mickie Fox Family Dick and Janet Fullmer John and Sharon Garside Rick George Robert L. and Carol Gerbel Alan S & Rhona Gorosh Don and Phoebe Griffin Tom and Carol Harding Mark Castellani and Lisa Hildorf Jan Holcomb J.C. and Aurie Huizenga Michael Lindley Ilitch Holdings Inc. Rod Slobodian Mr. and Mrs. William G. Janis John Durr Richard and Tracy Johnson Michael E & Lanae Kettlewell David J. Kirkby Kreis Enderle Mr. and Mrs. Brian F. Larsen

Rick and Suzanne Lasch Edward K. Lee, D.O. and Gloria A. Wesley Lee Dan Loepp Clark and Kathleen Manning Harry W. Maxwell Alec McAree Michigan Millers Mutual Insurance Company Michigan Retailers Association Charles and Kay T. Miller MSU Club of West Michigan Craig and Lisa Murray George and LaWayne Napoles George and Marilyn Nugent Terrell R. Oetzel, MAI, CRE Daniel J & Anna Oginsky Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Otto Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Petty Roger M. and Kim L. Pitzer David and Joan Porteous Randy and Marci Ralph Darrel & Dawn Reece Steve and Laurie Shanker Mary Ellen Sheets & Tom Amiss Drs. Lou A. and Roy J. Simon Ron E. and Josephine Smith George P & Judith Spanske Jane & Gordon Spink Mr. and Mrs. Gordon L. Stauffer Lyle L Stephens Mr. and Mrs. David C. Stone Bret Story Dr. Thomas and Teresa Tarn Mary E. Tatter The Insurance Offices The Vista Group Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Thomas Tom and Mary Jo Tuori Universal Forest Products Herb and Gisele Washington Ken and Marilyn Way Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. White Sharon Wicker and Nick Popp Jim & Sue Williams

Business Machines Company Inc. John and Irene Cantlon James F. Carr, Jr. and Diane S. Carr Cars.com Mark D. Castellani Dale and Patty Chiara Joseph and Jane Cissell Gary M. Ciampa Martin Louis Clemens Stanford and Cynthia Compton Andy and Sandy Conner Roger and Shelia Conrad Cynthia M. Conway J.F. Cordes, MD Mr. Jay A. Craig Mr. and Mrs. James A. Currie Mike & Lorene Abel Dr. Christopher Abood Dr. Beth Alexander Darryl and Sharon Allen American Telephone & Telegraph Fdtn.

Tom and Ellen Antaya Sedric L. Audas and Nancy Mesko AXA Foundation Bert and Lisa Baker Art C. Baryames Mr. & Mrs. Robert Bauer John A & Maureen Beadle Richard E. Beckman Brian T. Bertsch Philip and Susan Bickel John and Marie Black William A. and Julie A. Boettcher Mr. and Mrs. Carl L. Bollman I J Breckenfeld Patricia & David Brogan Jeffrey G. Buday Dr. Don Burkhardt Scott R. and Lynne M. Burnett James F. Carr, Jr. and Diane S. Carr Jeffrey Casey Cawood Building Company

scholarship Donors of $10,000 up to $24,999 Mike and Lorene Abel Dr. Christopher Abood Dr. Beth Alexander Darryl and Sharon Allen American Collegiate Marketing, Inc. Michael Anderson Mike and Carol Anderson Tom and Ellen Antaya B & J Moving and Storage Merrill Bailey Nathaniel Lake Jr. & Patricia Ann Baines-Lake Bert and Lisa Baker Ernie and Leanne Balcueva & Family Dennis and Donna Banks John and Maureen Beadle Richard E. Beckman Dick and Marie J. Belding Philip and Susan Bickel John and Marie Black Patricia and David Brogan Scott R. and Lynne M. Burnett

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scholarship cont’d Donors of $10,000 up to $24,999 Loyal Spartan Fan Joseph & Carolyn Clark Robert Cleland Kelly P. Coffey Jeffrey S & Cathy Cole Stanford and Cynthia Compton Andrew & Sandra Conner Roger and Shelia Conrad Consumers Energy Cynthia M. Conway Donald & Diane Cook J.F. Cordes, MD Mr. Jay A. Craig Mr. and Mrs. James A. Currie Dan Henry Distibuting Diana E. D’Angelo and Martin C. Hawley Mark and Becky Dantonio David & Sheryl Livingston Family Foundation Jack and Susan Davis Mark L. Davis, D.O. John & Marnie Demmer Tim & Carol Dent Mr. and Mrs. Milo R. DeVries Dewling, James R & Marlene Frederick R & Jane Dibbern John and Joan Dobben Lynette & Tim Drumhiller Thomas Duncan and Leslie DeVera-Duncan David S. Durant Mr. and Mrs. William Ebbert James and Deborah Epolito Mr. and Mrs. William Featherstone Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fisher Herbert and Christine Fluharty Paul Gale Dr. and Mrs. James B. Gallagher Carole Sorenson and Martin Gibbs Ashley and Ron Glah Gordon Food Service Michael K & Merry Achors Grady Alton and Jan Granger Gary and Pam Granger Dr. and Mrs. James M. Grannell Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Grimes The Growney Family Gunthorpe Plumbing & Heating, Inc. Gil and Susanna Harrell David E. Havrilla Dr. and Mrs. Greg Hazen HBC Contracting Andrew & Sherri Henry James and Susan Herman

Jerry and Peggy Hodak John and Louise Hoekstra John and Patricia Hollenbeck Fred Hubacker Mr. and Mrs. David Huff Duane and Nancy Huffine Robert Hughes Arthur & Mary Irish Dr. Thomas K. Jamieson JCT Foundation Tom and Mary Johnston Paul D. Joliat Gregory J & Holly Jozwiak Kenneth and Marilyn Kaestner Mr. and Mrs. William R. Kahl Ann Kauffman Michael and Peggy Kelley Paul and Rebecca Kennedy John and Cheryl Kiple Gregory M. Kopacz David and Colleen Krause Scott & Kristine Kuhnert Nathaniel Lake Jr. & Patricia Ann Baines-Lake Jeff and Katy Lambert Alan D. Lang Eric & Linda Lannes Thomas and Lucy Larsen Thomas Law and Rita Richardson Al & Charlene Lazette Patrick & Sally LeBlanc Irv Lesher Carl and Margaret Liedholm Kathryn E. Lindahl J. William and Wanda J. Luurtsema Michael J. and Patricia A. Lynd Michael and Susan Maasberg Vincent & Karen Magi Frederick M & Gwendoline Maisch Thomas Mall and Cathy Mall Darryl R & Julie Massa Betsy Barkwell Mathiesen Mark and Vicki Matthews Bruce and Sheryl McCristal Kevin McIntyre John B. McKay McLaren Health Plan James McVittie Kirk Mercer Al Miller Mr. Michael and Dr. Anna Miller Philip and Sandra Miller Garrett Morelock

Jeffrey F & Catherine Monroe Sam Monte James and Annette Morin Robert L & Susan Morris Motor City Bowl MSU Alumni Club Genesse Co MSU Alumni Club of Mid-Michi MSU Alumni Club of Oakland C MSU Alumni Club of Kalamazoo County MSU Orange County Alumni Club MSU Development MSU Federal Credit Union MSU Sideout Club Vinh D Nguyen Tom and Deni Nihra Mr. and Mrs. Patrick M. O’Keefe Oral Surgery Associates of Lansing Linda Orlans Patrick J & Nancy Paige Dr. Joseph and Linda Palazeti Lou and Cheryl Panciatici Leslie E. Papke and Jeffrey M. Wooldridge Jim and Anne Parker Tim and Jill Parker Robert and Nancy Pawelski Mark and Cindy Pentecost Roger Petersen Pfizer Foundation Richard M Pinke Thomas J. and Marilyn E. Pinnavaia Dr. Gregory Piro Dr. E. James and Geri Potchen Mr. and Mrs. Stephen A. Powers Dan Marsh Lori L Purkey R S Engineering LLC Douglas Raedy Mark S & Paula Reister Ramon Ricondo Pat and Trisha Riley George and Marjorie Robertson Harold and Tina Rutila Dr. John and Gayle Sauchak Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Schaberg Dorothy Schaeff Daniel P. Schafer Glenn and Sue Schafer Tim and Barb Schowalter Dr. and Mrs. John S. Schuster Joe & Julie Serra Peter & Cristina Serra Timothy and Judyth Shank

Lawrence Shanker Roger Shepard In Memory of Martin J. Sherman By Peggy Sherman Nicholas and Karen Sherman Mrs. Arlene E. and Dr. Lawrence Sierra Mr. Clifford Simmons & Dr. Christine West Ronald H. and Mary E. Simon John W Sims Neil Sitko Siwek Construction Jason & Gary Johnson William J. & Mary Lou Somerville Jim and Linda St. John Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stoddard Gary L. Stone Robin A. Storm Mr. and Mrs. B. Thomas Stover Mr. Michael W. Straus Noel W. Stuckman & Sandra Clarkson Stuckman The Honorable Richard F. Suhrheinrich & Mrs. Suh Vincent D. Foster Superior Materials, Inc. Dennis A & Kathleen Swan Sweda Family Michael P & Christy Swords, D.O. Joni and John Sztykiel Chuck and Nancy Theis Michael L. Thomson Dr. Fred C. & Janet E. Tinning TNG Worldwide Michael & LeAnn Turner David L & Shawn Vallier Tom VanCamp Paul and Judy VanderVeen Dr. and Mrs. Henry M. Vaupel Judy & Duane Vernon Richard and Shari Walicki Mr. and Mrs. James S. Ware Dr. Charles and Philippa Webb George H & Peggy Wedgworth Mr. & Mrs. Alton Wendzel Bruce L Whetter Dr. John White James and Melissa Wiaduck Mark and Regina Wickard & Family Stephen M. Wickens Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey H. Wilner Karen Wilson W.K. Kellogg Foundation Dean Yeotis Don & Fran Young

director’s club Donors of $5,000 up to $9,999 Mr. & Mrs. Matthew J. Abel Alan and Debbie Abraham Gerald and Julie Abraham Ken and Linda Adams Dr. and Mrs. Steven C. Ajluni Dr. Mark Alsager and Dr. Judi Fleischaker Roberta Myers Kathy and Mike Anderson Mike and Carol Anderson John Ruth Dr. and Mrs. William Athens, Jr. Michael and Beverly Austin B & J Moving & Storage David D & Carol Baker James C & Lori Baker Ken & Mary Baldwin Ed Barant Lawrence and Laurie Bass

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John S & Rosina Beadle Michael M & Sara Bell Bob and Val Bernecker Clark O. Berry Dr. and Mrs. Bez Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Biggs Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation Blue Line Club Ed Bobit Mark T. and Yvonne J. Bodley Tim & Amamda Booth James and Sharon Bradow Dennis and Alexis Branoff Gregory and Marilyn Bria Bullpen Club Kathleen A. Buran M.D. LeAnn and Randy Burch

Dr. John and Janice Burchfield Business Machines Co Alan and Amy Campbell John and Irene Cantlon David and Donna Carpenter Cars.com George R & Fran Caruso John and Barbara Case Eldon E & Patricia Cassell Comcast Spotlight Chuck & Lisa Conaway Anthony J Conniff Dr. & Mrs. Daniel Conquest Edward C Cook Eric D & Wendy Cook Craig P & Iris Cooley Cooper S Jonathan Hub Copp

Shelly and Bob Corl Ed and Rita Corlett Country Fresh LLC Mr. and Mrs. J. Robert Courtney Dennis and Sarah DaPra John and Maureen Darling James F & Margreta Dart R. Jeff and Jill M. Dean Robert J & Deborah Dery Dr. Luciano M. DiCarlo Dr. Douglas Dietzel Mr. William J. DiGiulio Bradford W & Nancy Dlouhy Gary and Peggy Doty Cullen and Helena DuBose Dan and Kim Dudley John and Becky Duffey Kenneth R. and Linda L. Dyer

director’s club cont’d Sue Eareckson and Tosh Imai Eaton Corp Gregory Eaton Peter J. Eckel and Jance C. Eckel David and Patricia Edwards Dennis J Erickson Jason M Evans Exxon Mobil Foundation Douglas and Beverly Federau Community First Bank Larry and Jackie Fleis Theodore J & Mary Lynn Fosdick Bill Yeoman and Terry Fossum Edward C. Fox, Jr. and Patricia A. McKay Richard and Robin Gaines-Franks Bill and Sally Freeman Nicholas R Thines & Barbara Frey Louis and Beverly Frey Ronald and Katie Gantner Connie K. Gaugier Barry Gaukel Dr. Patricia A. Gerras Al and Mary Geurink Richard J Ghersi Mr. Brad Ginsberg David & Julia Slater Walt and Eleanor Goff Max Gonzenbach Dr. Kelvin Grant Bill & Susan Grant Andrew Greenlee James and Myrna Greer Robert P & Traci Guerre Mrs. Phyllis G. Haas Ross and Sue Hansen Barrett J. and Sandra S. Harrison Jeff & Sally A Harrold Kurt and Madelon Hassberger Mr. and Mrs. Frederick L. Hasselback Mr. William Haupricht & Dr. Kerry Ann Rockquemor Thomas and Karen Healy Stephen L. and Sheri M. Hefty Drs. Timothy and Christine Heilman Edward T & Charlene Helble David L & Madelyn Henderson Peter and Sue Hendrick John and Kwang Cha Heppen James M & Martha Hering Wally and Laura Heuser Joseph Hildebrand Richard E & Lori Hinkley Jeffrey and Rhonda Hodgkins Charlie and B. J. Holton Michael P & Lynn Hood Robert and Mary Hopkins Larry and Connie Hudas David & Cheryl Hughes Jeffery and Kristine Hynes Richard W. Iding Indian Trails, Inc. Indiana Michigan Power Dennis A. Jewett Shirley Pentecost Dave and Lynne Johnson James D & Lynn Johnson Mike and Donna Jones Mr. and Mrs. Stephen A. Juday Mark E & Lorene Kappler Steven L. and Nancy E. Karas Dr. and Mrs. Michael Karkkainen Sylvia B Thompson Alan J. and Sue Kaufman Russell and Beverly Kelly Rick and Kathy King Ken and Marla Knas

Raymond Knott Frank R & Elaine Knox John H. Kobs Kevin W & Kathryn Korpi Kevin and Chris Kovanda John E. Kraeer, III Mr. and Mrs. Pete and Stephanie Kramer Ron and Marty Kreinbrink Blake and Mary Krueger Mr. and Mrs. Rick Krugh Ron, Kathy and Nick Shaheen Andrew P. Kwyer Mary Jane Lacks Dr. Richard and Sharon Lanier Lansing State Journal Richard L. Lawrence Don C Laws Joe and Teri LeBeau Bruce Leech A. Michael and Susan I. Leffler Alfred W & Kathryn Lenz Curtis Leszczynski Alfred Berkowitz Foundation Mr. Bernard Levy Stephen and Iris Linder Dawn & Roy Link Thomas J. Linsmeier and Frances J. Malloy Mr. and Mrs. Gary Long Miriam and James Longcore Jeffrey Padnos Mr. and Mrs. Calvin ‘Pete’ Lutz Christopher M Lutz Mick & Aileen Lutz Lee and Mary Maccani Joseph P & Jeanne Maguire Timothy Lee Main Will and Sarah Maldonado Donald and Kathleen Marshall Robert and Audrey Martin David and Mary Anne Marvin Joe and Liz Marx Russ Mawby Tom and Julie McCall James P. McClure Tom and Nina McCormick McDonald Modular Solutions Inc. D. Douglas and Beth M. McGaw Gene and Melissa McKay McKay Properties, LLC Mr. and Mrs. Patrick and Victoria McPharlin Alec & Karen McPherson Bill and Carol Mechanic Medical Weight Loss Clinic Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth A. Mehall Roy J & Christine Meland Michel and Rita Metzner Michigan Educ Spec Servs Assn Chris and JoAnne Miller Mr. & Mrs. Larry A. Miller Mr. and Mrs. Lyle W. Miller Terrence and Caren Miller Mr. Tom Miller Ron and Pat Millis Mr. and Mrs. Matthew W. Mills David S. Mittleman and Jill P. Mittleman Dr. and Mrs. Robert M. Monczka Moore Trosper Const Co Randal A & Catherine Moore Electro-Matic Products Inc. Kristopher A & Julie Moulds Michael J & Tamara Moutsatson Don Silver MSU College of Law Mr. and Mrs. John Muije Thomas B. Mulder

Murphy & Murphy DDS Mark and Elizabeth Murray Craig R & Kristin Myers Thomas E & Cynthia Nadeau Chip and Karen Nemesi Karen and David Noe David and Marilyn Nussdorfer Dr. Logan A. Oney Joan M. Palinski Stephan and Moira Parks Roy & Diane Parrott Ernie and Micki Pasteur Mr. and Mrs. Donald A. Payne Peary & Linda Pearson Grant T & Branden Pecor Daniel Perillo Mr. and Mrs. John W. Perles Richard W & Judith Peterson Lance Piedmonte Mark and Susan Piersma Mrs. Isabel J. Pingel James and Linda Pivarnik Mr. and Mrs. James R. Postma Brian A & Fabienne Potestivo Mr. and Mrs. Brian D. Potter Mark & Patti Prendeville Price Waterhouse Foundation Dave & Marge Prior Thomas Hoisington Joyce and Jim Putnam Robert & Amy Maruca Richard C & EileenRaines Michael P & Mary Ellen Ramsby Mr. and Mrs. George Rastelli James E & Rebecca Ray Bob and Joni Reinhart Robert A. Renton, D.V.M. & Susan R. Berg, D.V.M. Request Foods John D & Susan Rice Drs. Daniel and Melissa Richardson Remus and Ruth Rigg Robert J. and Suzanne G. Robinson Armin “Doc” Roe Paul and Carol Rose Tony Rosenthal and Ruth Ganister Carolyn L. Ross Mr. & MRs. Steve & Erika Rothwell Mr. & Mrs. Ron Sakowski Judith & Thomas Scheidt Dr, and Mrs. William Schimpke Kenneth C Schultz Brian and Cristy Schulz Marc and Jeanne Schupan Cindy Schweitzer Scofes & Assoc Consulting Inc Michael and Elaine Serling Matthew & Kelly Sesti Barbara J. Seymour Joe Shackelton Shaya Family Michael Shingles Mr. Eric Simmons & Dr. Carol Miskell Simmons Dr. and Mrs. Trevor Singh Donald J & Karlene Siwek Stephen C & Elizabeth Slajus George W & Nancy Smith Mary Smith Dr. Duane M. Smith Richard and Sharon Smith Scott and Cassie Smith Mr. and Mrs. Webb A. Smith Mike and Mary Beth Smykowski Mr. and Mrs. David R. Snyder Courtney Sokoloski Mr. and Mrs. Louis R. Somers

Spartan Sports Network Inc. Charles T. Stanley Michael Stechschulte Scott and Julie Stevenson Jean & Greg Stock Mr. Ralph V. Stoner, Jr. Dan and Joanne Strong Summit Holdings Limited Partnership James and Lawren Susan Charles and Joyce Taylor Steve and Carol Terry Ron Teuber Dow Chemical Company The Tiscornia Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Albert A. Thiess, Jr. Joel & Wendy Thompson Jack Holtzer John E. Tower, D.O. and Kelly A. Allen, Esq. Dr. and Mrs. Mark Traill Robert A. Tyler, J.D. Michael and Darcie Uckele Patrick and Tammy Valade Kevin VanDyke Grace V. Vanderbeek Joseph M & Kim VanderKelen Eldon and Carol VanSpybrook Dr. and Mrs. Philip Van Vranken Gerald F & Carol Vedder Vinckier Foods, Inc. Helen and Dale Waldo Mr. Tom Watson Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Watts Tawnya Rowden Jim Weigand Carol Welch Wells Fargo Bank Wells Fargo Bank, NA Steven W & Amy Wendt Randy Wertheimer Kurt J & Debra Westermann Howard and Kay Weyers Jim and Sue Whaley Bessie Wheeler Richard E. Whitmer John and Camille Wirtz L.A. Wisne Richard and Joan Witter Nicholas J. and Cynthia M. Wittner Larry J Woods Billie V. and Mary L. Wooley Wayne M. Wrobel Mr. and Mrs. E. A. (Ted) Wynant Mark A. Young Mr. and Mrs. James (Jim) Zawacki Kenneth and Kirsten Zisholz Dr. James and Paula Zito Robert J. Zurek

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ATHLETICS STAFF

Fred Poston VP Finance/ Operations Treasurer

Mark Hollis Athletics Director

Greg Ianni Deputy Athletics Director

Shelley Appelbaum Sr. Associate AD/ Sr. Women’s Administrator

Jim Pignataro Associate AD/ SASS Dir.

Paul Schager Associate AD/ External Relations

Jennifer Smith Associate AD/ Compliance & Human Resources

Tim Stedman Associate AD/ Development

Peggy Brown Associate AD/ Business Operations

Alan Haller Associate AD/ Administration

Karen Langeland Associate AD/Sports Mngt. & Summer Sports Camps

Rick Atkinson Assistant AD/ Facility & Event Management

Richard Bader Assistant AD/ Sport Administration

Wendy Brown Assistant AD/ Ticket Manager

Mandy Chandler Academic Coordinator

Rick Church Director of Broadcast Technology

Nate Colon Asst. Dir. of Multicultural Student-Athlete Programming

Elliott Daniels Academic Coordinator/ Asst. Dir. of Football Academic Services

Dr. Doug Dietzel Team Orthopedic Surgeon

David Diffenderffer Video Producer/ Athletic Communications

Jeff Monroe Assistant AD/ Head Athletic Trainer

John Lewandowski Associate AD/ Communications

Scot Schlesinger Assistant AD/ Sales & Marketing

Bob Armstrong Video Producer/ Athletic Communications

Holly Baumgartner Compliance Coordinator

Jim Donatelli Assistant Director/ Athletic Communications

Todd Edwards Assistant Dir. of SASS/Dir. of Football Academic Services

Dave Ellis Video Producer/ Athletic Communications

Amy Fouty Sports Turf Manager

Jill Gainey Assistant Compliance Coordinator

Matt Harper Football Video Coordinator

Bryan Hoch Assistant Ticket Manager

Angela Howard Director/Student-Athlete Development

Jacob Huber Video Producer/ Athletic Communications

Seth Kesler Director/Events & Championships

Bob Knickerbocker Athletic Equipment Coordinator

Dr. Jeff Kovan Sports Medicine Director

Matt Larson Director of New Media/ Athletic Communications

Dylan Marinez Assistant Equipment Manager

Jill Mason Coordinator of Events & Spirit Teams

Dorn McGaw Director of Sales & Premium Seating

Dr. Sally Nogle Associate Athletic Trainer

Dean Olson Computer Network Services Coordinator

Dr. Randy Pearson Football Primary Care Physician

Ben Phlegar Assistant Director/Athletic Communications

Bill Ratliff Athletic Grounds Supervisor

Bernie Rosendahl Website Manager

Mark Schoenl Associate Director of Development, Director of Major Gifts

Tom Shepard Football Video Coordinator

Dr. Mike Shingles Team Orthopedic Surgeon

Jamie Weir-Baldwin Director Athletic Communications

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Kasey Carter Event Coordinator/ Stadium Tower

Chuck Sleeper Sr. Associate AD/ Dir. of Development

Joe Rood Assistant Director/ Sales & Marketing,

COMPLIANCE INFORMATION Recruiting Do’s And Don’ts Only MSU coaches may be involved in the recruiting process. Boosters MAY NOT make any recruiting contacts with prospective studentathletes. Boosters are prohibited from the following: • DO NOT telephone, write or make in-person contact with a prospect for recruiting purposes.

This includes contact via e-mail, Instant Message, text message, chat rooms, blogs and social networking websites.

• DO NOT contact a prospect’s coach, principal or counselor in an attempt to evaluate the prospect.

• DO NOT become involved in making arrangements for a prospect, the prospect’s relatives or friends to receive money or financial aid of any kind.

• DO NOT visit a prospect’s school to acquire films or transcripts in an attempt to evaluate the prospect’s academic eligibility or athletics ability.

• DO NOT have contact with a prospect, their relatives or friends during any of their visits to MSU’s campus.

• DO NOT contact student-athletes enrolled in other four-year institutions regarding the possibility of transferring to MSU. Even though there are many rules prohibiting your involvement with prospects and the recruiting process, as a booster you are permitted to do the following: • Notify MSU coaching staff about noteworthy prospects in your area.

• Attend a prospect’s athletics event on your own initiative, provided no contact with the prospect, the prospect’s parents or coach occurs.

• Continue existing friendships, provided solicitation of a prospect’s enrollment does not occur.

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The Michigan State University Office of Compliance Services is committed to a comprehensive compliance program that educates student-athletes, prospective student-athletes, institutional employees, community members and boosters about the importance of adhering to NCAA, Big Ten and institutional rules. The commitment to compliance ensures institutional control over the department of athletics. The existence of a successful compliance program depends on the willingness of coaches, administrators, staff, studentathletes and boosters to be cognizant of NCAA, Big Ten and institutional rules.

What Is Compliance?

At Michigan State University, the Office of Compliance Services works within the department of athletics and the University to ensure MSU’s compliance with all applicable NCAA, Big Ten and institutional rules. In doing so, the compliance office is charged with the following tasks: • Educating administrators, coaches, staff, prospective student-athletes, current student-athletes and boosters about NCAA, Big Ten and institutional rules; • Developing monitoring systems to ensure compliance with NCAA, Big Ten and institutional rules (e.g., recruiting, academic eligibility, financial aid, awards and benefits, amateurism and agents).

• Investigating and reporting violations of NCAA, Big Ten and institutional rules.

Are You A Booster?

You are a booster if you are or ever have: • Been a member of a booster organization that supports MSU athletics (e.g., Downtown Coaches Club, Rebounders Club, Fastbreak Club); • Made any financial contributions to the athletics department (e.g., Spartan Fund); • Been involved in promoting MSU’s athletics program; • Been a season ticket holder; or • Provided benefits to enrolled student-athletes or their relatives or friends.

You can become a booster if you provide benefits to prospects, student-athletes, their relatives or friends and any of the following statements are true: • The relationship between the athlete (or parents of the athlete) and the individual providing the benefits developed as a result of the athlete’s participation in athletics or their reputation as an athlete; • The relationship began only after the athlete become a prospect; • The relationship began only after the athlete had achieved notoriety due to his or her athletic ability or reputation; • The pattern of benefits increased after the athlete attained notoriety as a talented athlete.

Once A Booster Always A Booster.

Once an individual is identified as a booster, the person retains that identity FOREVER! This is true even if the individual no longer contributes to, or is involved with MSU’s athletics program.

Who Is A Prospective Student-Athlete?

A prospective student-athlete (prospect) is a student who has started classes for the ninth grade. Studentathletes enrolled in preparatory schools and two-year colleges are also considered prospects. An individual remains a prospect even after he/she signs a National Letter of Intent.

What Is An Extra Benefit?

An extra benefit is any special arrangement by a MSU employee or booster to provide a prospect, studentathlete or their relatives or friends a benefit not expressly authorized by the NCAA. Examples of impermissible benefits include, but are not limited to, the following: • Gifts of cash, clothing, equipment or any other tangible item; • A special discount, payment arrangement or credit on any purchase or service; • Loan of money or cosigning of loans; • A vehicle, use of a vehicle, or any transportation expenses; • Free or reduced-cost services, purchases or rentals; • Entertainment on- or off-campus; or • Free or reduced-cost rent or housing.

What Are The Consequences?

MSU is responsible for the actions of its boosters. If a booster provides an impermissible benefit to a prospect, student-athlete, their relatives or friends, MSU may be subject to penalties from the NCAA and Big Ten Conference. When a violation occurs, regardless of intention, it can: • Jeopardize the eligibility of prospective and current student-athletes; • Result in the MSU athletics program being penalized by the NCAA and/or Big Ten Conference; and • Cause you to lose benefits or privileges associated with the athletics department (i.e., booster club membership, ticket privileges).

Questions?

The above information is a brief overview of compliance and rules pertaining to boosters and their interactions with prospective student-athletes. If you have any questions about any NCAA, Big Ten or institutional rules, please contact the Office of Compliance Services at (517) 4325510. For more information on compliance and boosters, please visit the Office of Compliance Services’ website at www.msu.edu/user/msuncaa/.

Welcome to Spartan Stadium Spartan Stadium will enter its 87th season as home to Michigan State football in 2010. Since its opening in 1923, Michigan State has won nearly 69 percent of its games played in Spartan Stadium.

In 2005, the natural grass playing surface in Spartan Stadium earned Field of the Year honors from the Sports Turf Managers Association (STMA).

Spartan Stadium represents a tribute to Michigan State’s football past and a vote of confidence in its future. A $64 million expansion project completed prior to the start of the 2005 football season features the addition of nearly 3,000 seats, including 24 suites and a 193-seat press box, bringing the current stadium capacity to 75,005. “The Spartan” statue has been relocated to the atrium of the new structure. The 200,000-square-foot addition also houses the MSU Alumni Association, University Development and other units. The MSU Board of Trustees approved the major addition and expansion project of Spartan Stadium in September 2003.

Prior to the 2002 season, ESPN.com’s Mel Kiper Jr. ranked Spartan Stadium No. 8 on his list of the nation’s most scenic venues.

Natural grass returned to Spartan Stadium in 2002 after a 33-year absence, with the installation of a modular field. The new playing surface, planted in May of 2001 at MSU’s Hancock Turfgrass Research Center, is comprised of a blend of nine varieties of Kentucky bluegrass. The original switch from natural grass to artificial turf came in time for the

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1969 season.

Since 1957, capacity crowds have attended 152 games in Spartan Stadium, including the singlegame record 80,401 fans who witnessed MSU’s 20-19 loss to top-ranked Notre Dame on Sept. 22, 1990. The Spartans have ranked among the NCAA’s top 25 in attendance each of the last 54 seasons, including 18th in 2009, averaging 74,741 fans per game.

Season-ticket sales have topped the 60,000 mark five times in Spartan football history, with an alltime record 61,479 season tickets purchased in 2000.

A series of projects paralleling the Spartans’ rise to national football prominence enlarged the steeland-concrete facility from its original 14,000 seats in 1923 to its present size in 1957.

The first came in 1935, the year in which the stadium was officially named Macklin Field, boosting the capacity to 26,000. The 1948 enlargement raised the total to 51,000. After 9,000 new seats upped the capacity to 60,000 in 1956, the upper decks were added to the east and west stands in 1957, bringing the capacity to 76,000. It also became Spartan Stadium that year. Renovations during the summer of 1994 improved sightlines and comfort for fans, while reducing the capacity to its current 75,005.

On Oct. 6, 2001, Spartan Stadium added another chapter to its storied history as a then-world-record crowd of 74,554 attended the MSU-Michigan

outdoor hockey game.

Prior to the 1998 season, a Mitsubishi Diamond Vision was installed in the south end zone and a new scoreboard and black and white message board were added to the north end zone. The CRT video display measures 21 feet x 27 feet and it is operated from a digital production control room in the Breslin Center. The video display board shows live game action, replays and special features. In addition, a concert-quality 50,000-watt sound system was installed.

In 1998, Spartan Stadium celebrated its 75th anniversary plus it reached another milestone that season when it played host to its 400th game, a 29-5 MSU victory over Northwestern on Oct. 31.

With its 49-14 victory over No. 4 Wisconsin in the 2004 home finale, Michigan State recorded its 300th win in Spartan Stadium. Michigan State has compiled a 320-142-13 record (.687) since taking up residency in Spartan Stadium (formerly Macklin Field) in 1923.

The Spartans have gone undefeated at home 16 times since the stadium opened, including a perfect 6-0 mark in 1999. It marked MSU’s first undefeated home record since 1966 (5-0-1) and its first unbeaten and untied home slate since 1965 (5-00). In addition, Michigan State has suffered only one home loss during a season 28 times.

Michigan State’s longest home winning streak is 19 games from Oct. 14, 1950, through Nov. 21, 1953.

Guest Services The Guest Services window, available for general information, is located in the west stadium concourse between Gates G & H, behind Section 26.

Tickets All persons, including children of all ages, must have a ticket for admission to Spartan Stadium. Re-entry is prohibited at Spartan Stadium. Once you exit the stadium, you may not re-enter. Gates open 1 1/2 hours prior to the scheduled game time. The Tower, for access to the suites and the Spartan Club, will open two hours before the game. For tickets call the MSU athletic ticket office at (517) 355-1610 or 1-800-GO-STATE.

ProHIBITED ITEMS Alcoholic beverages; smoking in the seating area; large cameras; video cameras; radios; TV sets; bells, whistles, sirens and horns; banners and signs; umbrellas; seatbacks; strollers; binocular/camera cases; containers of any kind; bags larger than 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 x 2. The use of a ticket to an event authorizes an inspection at the point of entry to ensure the absence of prohibited materials. Admission will be denied to anyone carrying any of the prohibited items.

Police Information Booth Located on the East concourse opposite section 8.

Will Call The Ticket Will Call is located on the west side of the stadium between Gates G & H, behind Section 26, and opens 1 1/2 hours before the scheduled game time. Proper identification is required before the release of tickets.

Lost and Found Articles Items should be reported to the Usher Room located inside Gate G no later than 45 minutes after the game. Later inquiries should be directed to the Lost and Found Department, Student Union Building (517-355-3497).

Concessions Concession stands are located on the stadium concourse and ramp levels.

Regulations For the safety and enjoyment of all fans, we ask that you observe the following regulations.

Rest Rooms Rest rooms are located beneath sections 6, 11, 21, 26, 105 and 112. Additional rest rooms are located on the Upper West concourse.

First Aid Emergency Service In the case of illness or accident, contact the nearest police officer or usher. Nurses are on duty during the game at units in the East concourse (opposite section 8), West concourse (opposite section 20) and Upper West concourse (opposite section 123).

Accessible Seating Accessible seating is available in the north end zone and is accessible from ramps through sections 1, 2 and 30. Additional seating is available on the west side of the stadium between sections 21 and 22 and is accessible from the ramp through section 21. Please go to the Ticket Will Call – located on the west side of the stadium between Gates G & H, behind Section 26 – for assistance.

Programs Programs are sold inside and outside the stadium at various locations.

Personal Announcements Announcements are made over the public address system only in cases of grave emergency. Physicians anticipating emergency calls can arrange message services by contacting attendants at the information booth under section 8. This service cannot be extended to the general public.

Field Level Exits and the Playing Field Field level exits are for the use of authorized personnel only. Spectators must remain off the field before and after the game. Please exit through the ramp and section exits only.

Code of Conduct The Department of Intercollegiate Athletics promotes good sports-like conduct and encourages fans to exhibit the highest level of sportsmanship by supporting the participants in a positive manner. Any disruptive or intimidating behavior will not be tolerated. These actions are considered grounds for removal from the stadium and may preclude the offender from purchasing tickets to future Spartan Athletic events.

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