Entering his 18th year with Valdosta State, Mike Helfer has established himself as one of the top coaches in the nation. he has recorded a 337165 record, including 14 winning seasons, and he has repeatedly established his program as one of the most exciting teams in the Gulf South Conference, South Region, and nationwide.
Helfer has guided the red and black to eight NCAA tournament appearances along with five-straight Gulf South Conference regular season titles. Helfer also led the 2020-21 Blazers to the prgoram’s first Gulf South Conference Tournament Championship. He has won 20 or more games four of the last five years and eight times during his time in Titletown. Helfer has also gone 93-37 over the last five years, marking the most wins in a five-year stretch in program history.
In 2020-21, the Blazers finished on top of the GSC East Division with a 14-4 overall record. Helfer reached his 500th career victory during a 91-87 win against Auburn Montgomery in 24 seasons of coaching. Helfer and the Blazers reached the GSC Tournament Final for the second year in-a-row last season. Helfer coached three All-Tournament Team players last season, along with the Most Outstanding Player Burke Putnam. The Blazers’ GSC Tournament win solidified the four seed in the NCAA South Region before the team finished the season ranked 24th nationally.
In 2018-19, the Blazers clinched their third-straight league regular season title, finishing the season 24-7 and 16-4 in the GSC. With a senior-led team, including standout Beau Justice, the Blazers reached the Gulf South Conference semifinal round and earned a berth into the NCAA South Regional. Justice finished his career as the all-time leader in made 3-pointers with 257, while he finished with 1,754 points for fourth alltime in school history in just three seasons at VSU. In addition, Helfer’s squad set the school-record for points in a season (2,782), three-pointers made (320), free throw percentage (.765) and assists (554).
Prior to his time as a head coach, Helfer spent seven years as an assistant coach. He began his career at his alma mater, Division III Capital University, where he served as an assistant for two years. Upon leaving Capital, Helfer joined the coaching staff at Division I Kent State in 1991 and worked with the school through the 1994-95 season. He also served as an assistant with Division II Grand Valley State during the 1996-97 season, helping the Lakers to a 23-6 record and the NCAA Division II tournament.
Records Broken Under Helfer Victories in a Season 2009-10: 28 Points in a Season 2018-19: 2,782 Free Throw Attempts in a Season 2009-10: 812 Three-Pointers in a Season 2018-19: 320 Three-Pointers in a Game (February 28, 2015 at West Florida): 21 Assists in a Season 2018-19: 554
Blocked Shots in a Season 2012-13: 212 Season Records 2005-2006: 17-11 (7-7 GSC) 2006-2007: 20-9 (8-4 GSC) 2007-2008: 18-11 (8-4 GSC) 2008-2009: 24-7 (9-3 GSC) 2009-2010: 28-5 (9-1 GSC) 2010-2011: 21-9 (7-5 GSC) 2011-2012: 11-16 (3-11 GSC) 2012-2013: 19-10 (9-9 GSC) 2013-2014: 16-12 (9-11 GSC) 2014-2015: 10-18 (5-17 GSC) 2015-2016: 17-11 (13-9 GSC) 2016-2017: 26-6 (19-3 GSC) 2017-2018: 26-5 (18-2 GSC) 2018-2019: 24-7 (16-4 GSC) 2019-2020: 26-4 (18-2 GSC) 2020-2021: 17-5 (14-4 GSC) 2021-2022: 11-16 (7-13 GSC)
Deandra Shirmer led the Lady Blazers to their first Elite Eight appearance since 1984 last season as the team ended the year with a 26-5 record and a 17-2 mark in the Gulf South Conference. The Lady Blazers upset the No. 1-ranked Union last season to clinch a berth into the Elite Eight.
in 2021, the Lady Blazers finished 13th in the final Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Top 25 to end the 2021 campaign. Schirmer improved her record to 3615 overall and 26-12 in GSC play, while graduate transfer Kwajelin Farrar earned GSC East Division Player of the Year honors, multiple all-region honors and became the first Lady Blazer since 1995 to earn WBCA First Team All-America accolades in 2021. Farrar became the seventh Lady Blazer to earn WBCA All-America honors in program history. Farrar finished the season leading the team in scoring at 14.2 points per game. Farrar was 134 of 226 from the field for a 59.3 average from the floor for ninth nationally and second in the GSC. Her 134 field goals made were good for fourth in the GSC and 35th nationally, while her 11 double-doubles put her tenth nationally and third in the league. Her 9.7 rebounds per game put her 33rd nationally and sixth in the league. She had a team-high 23 blocks for the season in 22 games played and 22 starts.
In her first season in Titletown, Schirmer guided the Lady Blazers to an 18-11 record overall and a 10-10 mark in Gulf South Conference play. Schirmer brought in a couple of key transfers this season in Cheray Saunders and Saniah Simpson-Patu. Schirmer’s squad also had junior Kayla Bonilla who eclipsed the 1,000 career point mark as the 27th player in school history to do so. Schirmer had her biggest win of the season as the Lady Blazers upset then-No. 4-ranked Lee 74-68 on Dec. 17, 2019. Bonilla earned second team all-conference honors this season. As a team, VSU finished third in the league in free throws made (408) for 61st nationally and was fourth in the league in free throws attempted (576) for 74th nationally. The Lady Blazers also were fourth in 3-point field goal shooting at a 33.3 clip for 78th nationally. Schirmer guided the team to its fourth-straight appearance in the Gulf South Conference Tournament.
Valdosta State Athletic Director Herb Reinhard announced Saturday, May 3, 2019, the hiring of Deandra Shirmer as the next women’s basketball coach at VSU.
Schirmer had been an assistant coach at Eckerd College in Florida for the past five years prior to coming to VSU and was elevated to Associate Head Coach in 2018. She also served as recruiting coordinator for the Tritons where her leadership and player development has helped produce the three most successful seasons in program history. Prior to Schirmer’s arrival at EC, the Tritons had not earned a NCAA postseason bid in the 32-year history of the program.
She began her playing career at Cloud County Community College (Kan.), earning allconference and all-region honors. While at Cloud County, she helped lead the team to a 26-7 record as a sophomore and was named Jayhawk Conference Western Division Second Team and was an all-region selection.
Shirmer earned her bachelor’s degree from USCA in business marketing and earned a master’s degree of sports administration from Georgia State.
2022-23 Valdosta St. Men's Basketball Season Box Score All games Page 1/1 as of Dec 09, 2022
Record
ALL GAMES 6-4 3-1 1-1 2-2 CONFERENCE 3-2 2-1 1-1 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 3-2 1-0 0-0 2-2
11 FOFANA, Mohamed 10-8 281:58 28.2 66-111 .595 4-17 .235 32-42 .762 10 33 43 4.3 23 0 22 20 1 16 168 16.8
33 BOSER, Caden 10-10 294:36 29.5 50-90 .556 20-43 .465 31-35 .886 8 35 43 4.3 25 1 13 20 1 7 151 15.1
1 OWENS, Jacolbey 10-10 330:32 33.1 39-112 .348 9-27 .333 44-60 .733 4 21 25 2.5 12 0 66 27 3 15 131 13.1
20 BLACK, Ryan 10-2 229:14 22.9 37-84 .440 29-72 .403 5-5 1.000 9 33 42 4.2 14 0 8 6 3 7 108 10.8
0 RUCKER, Jay 10-8 291:30 29.1 38-68 .559 3-14 .214 14-28 .500 22 40 62 6.2 26 0 14 11 17 7 93 9.3
2 GORDON, Maurice 10-10 269:47 27.0 35-65 .538 13-28 .464 8-19 .421 18 47 65 6.5 20 0 11 10 14 7 91 9.1
3 HAMILTON, Cam 10-2 176:33 17.7 26-72 .361 17-49 .347 9-13 .692 4 17 21 2.1 19 1 17 10 0 19 78 7.8
12 SELDERS, Cam 10-0 102:51 10.3 9-15 .600 2-3 .667 1-1 1.000 3 7 10 1.0 14 0 11 5 1 7 21 2.1
24 WILLIAMS, JJ 4-0 15:07 3.8 3-6 .500 1-3 .333 0-2 .000 0 2 2 0.5 2 0 1 3 0 3 7 1.8
21 CONNOR, Chris 3-0 10:17 3.4 2-4 .500 0-2 .000 0-2 .000 2 1 3 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.3
32 LAVAN, Jace 3-0 07:31 2.5 2-5 .400 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 3 1 4 1.3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.3
15 WALKER, Kelan 8-0 30:29 3.8 3-8 .375 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 3 5 8 1.0 3 0 4 1 2 2 7 0.9
22 GARRINGTON, Dylan 4-0 09:35 2.4 0-4 .000 0-3 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0 Team 13 12 25 1 Total 10 2050 310-644 .481 99-263 .376 144-207 .696 99 254 353 35.3 160 2 167 114 42 93 863 86.3 Opponents 10 2050 309-664 .465 87-254 .343 91-134 .679 122 263 385 38.5 178 5 155 155 19 58 796 79.6
1 FRANCIS, Tamiya 7-7 222:12 31.7 26-66 .394 14-37 .378 5-9 .556 6 6 12 1.7 12 0 20 17 0 14 71 10.1 20 TANNER, Kate 7-7 135:60 19.4 23-49 .469 1-1 1.000 19-35 .543 13 19 32 4.6 28 3 10 18 1 8 66 9.4
13 SEARCEY, Taylor 7-7 218:55 31.3 21-54 .389 2-8 .250 21-25 .840 22 27 49 7.0 15 0 17 26 2 19 65 9.3
3 MARTIN, Emma 7-2 127:55 18.3 22-42 .524 18-34 .529 1-2 .500 1 5 6 0.9 6 0 3 1 4 4 63 9.0
15 LONG, Lili 7-6 203:58 29.1 14-40 .350 5-21 .238 18-23 .783 7 27 34 4.9 25 1 10 18 0 5 51 7.3
30 BOLLMER, Kendall 5-0 90:41 18.1 11-27 .407 9-25 .360 0-0 .000 3 2 5 1.0 3 0 5 5 0 3 31 6.2
4 JORDAN, India 7-0 106:59 15.3 12-34 .353 3-11 .273 13-18 .722 2 9 11 1.6 9 0 2 5 0 6 40 5.7 00 ARDS, Jirah 6-6 198:05 33.0 11-42 .262 2-13 .154 2-2 1.000 6 17 23 3.8 9 0 15 5 1 9 26 4.3
32 CURRY, Aleisha 5-0 45:10 9.0 4-7 .571 0-0 .000 5-6 .833 3 3 6 1.2 4 0 4 6 1 1 13 2.6
22 BEYER, Grace 2-0 07:51 3.9 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.0 5 NELSON, Shanice 6-0 35:22 5.9 1-6 .167 1-4 .250 0-0 .000 1 6 7 1.2 4 0 0 5 0 1 3 0.5 23 FREY, Kayla 1-0 06:52 6.9 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 2 2 2.0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 Team 19 16 35 14 Total 7 1400 146-370 .395 55-154 .357 84-120 .700 83 140 223 31.9 117 4 86 121 9 70 431 61.6 Opponents 7 1400 132-327 .404 40-114 .351 76-114 .667 70 149 219 31.3 130 6 63 146 24 47 380 54.3
2022-23 Union (TN) Men's Basketball Season Box Score All games
ALL GAMES 4-4 2-3 1-1 1-0 CONFERENCE 3-1 2-1 1-0 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 1-3 0-2 0-1 1-0
33 PARKS, Tylandrius 7-7 222:49 31.8 48-94 .511 20-40 .500 25-28 .893 19 34 53 7.6 17 1 11 18 1 9 141 20.1
11 NGUIDJOL, Boe 8-7 228:06 28.5 35-81 .432 6-25 .240 22-37 .595 12 62 74 9.3 17 0 16 18 16 3 98 12.3
1 DEBUCK, Justin 8-8 253:05 31.6 30-66 .455 10-25 .400 9-15 .600 2 12 14 1.8 19 1 31 22 0 11 79 9.9
20 LITTLEPAGE, Jeremiah 8-8 221:58 27.7 29-61 .475 0-2 .000 15-20 .750 10 28 38 4.8 16 0 13 14 14 7 73 9.1
5 JOHNSON, Jalen 8-8 229:42 28.7 20-59 .339 10-35 .286 14-17 .824 4 25 29 3.6 15 0 16 19 0 8 64 8.0
15 SARVER, Layne 8-2 146:06 18.3 7-22 .318 4-16 .250 5-7 .714 7 14 21 2.6 9 0 4 2 2 3 23 2.9
24 DJORDJEVIC, Dusan 8-0 87:32 10.9 7-15 .467 0-1 .000 4-4 1.000 2 6 8 1.0 10 0 3 5 2 2 18 2.3
22 NEWSOME, Emmanuel 8-0 75:45 9.5 8-23 .348 1-5 .200 0-1 .000 7 11 18 2.3 5 0 6 12 0 4 17 2.1
23 PRUG, Ivan 8-0 95:45 12.0 5-25 .200 4-20 .200 0-0 .000 1 8 9 1.1 6 0 10 1 1 2 14 1.8
13 CLAUSI, JC 3-0 34:14 11.4 2-7 .286 1-4 .250 0-0 .000 0 2 2 0.7 4 0 3 2 0 0 5 1.7
32 VICK, Garrett 1-0 02:36 2.6 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
21 JACKSON, Will 1-0 02:23 2.4 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 Team 18 16 34 7 Total 8 1600 191-453 .422 56-173 .324 94-129 .729 82 218 300 37.5 118 2 114 120 36 49 532 66.5 Opponents 8 1600 198-488 .406 52-163 .319 71-115 .617 90 190 280 35.0 118 1 113 97 22 64 519 64.9
2022-23 Union (TN) Women's Basketball Season Box Score All games
1 LUCAS, Shanique 5-5 115:15 23.0 23-40 .575 5-13 .385 11-11 1.000 7 12 19 3.8 9 0 11 11 0 11 62 12.4
32 CAUBLE, Leah 5-0 101:38 20.3 17-33 .515 10-22 .455 8-10 .800 6 2 8 1.6 5 0 2 4 1 5 52 10.4
4 THOMPSON, Samariah 5-5 102:09 20.4 17-36 .472 7-19 .368 8-11 .727 7 6 13 2.6 10 0 14 6 0 5 49 9.8
20 DILLARD, Bethany 5-5 81:08 16.2 15-34 .441 12-28 .429 3-3 1.000 0 3 3 0.6 3 0 4 1 1 6 45 9.0
12 WINNEN, Ally 5-5 58:04 11.6 11-22 .500 0-0 .000 11-17 .647 11 13 24 4.8 9 0 3 7 1 3 33 6.6
13 WEST, Lauren 5-0 76:44 15.3 11-23 .478 8-19 .421 1-2 .500 3 8 11 2.2 7 0 3 5 1 4 31 6.2
23 LITTLE, Jordan 5-0 65:23 13.1 9-22 .409 6-14 .429 0-0 .000 0 1 1 0.2 12 1 8 6 0 2 24 4.8
34 VAN NES, Naomi 5-0 48:32 9.7 10-13 .769 0-0 .000 3-10 .300 4 9 13 2.6 5 0 1 4 1 1 23 4.6
25 CHURCH, Leah 4-0 54:13 13.6 5-20 .250 4-18 .222 2-3 .667 2 3 5 1.3 5 0 1 2 0 3 16 4.0
15 MORRISON, Shylee 5-0 69:51 14.0 7-13 .538 0-3 .000 6-6 1.000 5 7 12 2.4 8 0 13 6 0 3 20 4.0
2 LUCAS, Keisharna 5-5 91:13 18.2 7-23 .304 4-11 .364 1-2 .500 7 14 21 4.2 11 0 11 8 2 8 19 3.8
10 MCCREDY , Anna 5-0 48:30 9.7 4-13 .308 0-1 .000 4-10 .400 3 8 11 2.2 12 1 2 4 2 4 12 2.4
22 ROBINSON, Kieli 5-0 79:07 15.8 4-8 .500 0-0 .000 3-6 .500 4 12 16 3.2 7 0 7 8 1 6 11 2.2
21 STEDMAN, Sierra 2-0 08:13 4.1 0-2 .000 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 2 0 2 1.0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0.0 Team 3 13 16 5 Total 5 1000 140-302 .464 56-150 .373 61-91 .670 64 111 175 35.0 104 2 82 78 10 61 397 79.4 Opponents 5 1000 94-247 .381 10-58 .172 63-92 .685 47 105 152 30.4 93 1 48 117 15 35 261 52.2
2022-23 Christian Brothers Men's Basketball Season Box Score All games
ALL GAMES 1-6 1-4 0-2 0-0 CONFERENCE 1-3 1-2 0-1 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 0-3 0-2 0-1 0-0
10 MONROE, Madison 6-6 177:16 29.5 34-57 .596 10-16 .625 10-13 .769 7 20 27 4.5 14 1 6 8 1 2 88 14.7
20 DEIFEL, Nick 7-7 199:03 28.4 32-61 .525 10-21 .476 3-6 .500 13 31 44 6.3 12 0 16 11 3 4 77 11.0
21 JOHNSON, Darell 7-4 115:08 16.4 24-43 .558 0-0 .000 13-25 .520 16 20 36 5.1 13 0 6 8 2 6 61 8.7
12 VICK, Kam 7-7 185:34 26.5 14-42 .333 7-23 .304 7-7 1.000 0 13 13 1.9 8 0 26 17 1 3 42 6.0
5 RUTHSATZ, Aiden 7-1 144:57 20.7 15-39 .385 7-21 .333 4-4 1.000 2 5 7 1.0 11 0 19 14 0 7 41 5.9
24 LOOS, Daniel 6-3 103:05 17.2 16-37 .432 0-0 .000 1-8 .125 15 15 30 5.0 21 2 4 11 2 1 33 5.5
2 NNEBEDUM, Nmeso 7-6 141:15 20.2 11-36 .306 8-28 .286 0-0 .000 2 6 8 1.1 12 1 8 3 1 0 30 4.3
13 GDOWSKI, Luke 7-1 97:05 13.9 8-15 .533 2-4 .500 10-15 .667 5 16 21 3.0 3 0 8 2 3 3 28 4.0
23 DANIELS, David 7-0 60:27 8.6 10-23 .435 0-0 .000 5-7 .714 5 5 10 1.4 7 0 1 2 1 2 25 3.6
11 CHAMPAGNE, Charlie 7-0 73:43 10.5 9-21 .429 4-12 .333 0-0 .000 2 8 10 1.4 5 0 2 7 2 4 22 3.1
4 ETIENNE, Keeving 6-0 30:20 5.1 2-5 .400 0-0 .000 4-8 .500 3 4 7 1.2 2 0 1 2 1 0 8 1.3
1 PHILLIPS, Ragi 2-0 08:58 4.5 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 0.5 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1.0
15 GARMANY, Slate 7-0 55:54 8.0 2-5 .400 1-4 .250 0-0 .000 1 5 6 0.9 6 0 6 3 0 1 5 0.7
0 JONES, Trae 1-0 07:14 7.2 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 3 0 1 2 0 1 0 0.0
Team 10 14 24 10 Total 7 1400 178-388 .459 49-129 .380 57-93 .613 81 163 244 34.9 118 4 105 100 17 34 462 66.0 Opponents 7 1400 181-380 .476 61-153 .399 80-116 .690 55 146 201 28.7 91 0 103 72 20 44 503 71.9
13 MONTGOMERY, Jeremia 7-7 203:11 29.0 44-76 .579 8-19 .421 24-31 .774 16 33 49 7.0 17 0 7 14 5 12 120 17.1 15 JONES, Emily 7-7 228:54 32.7 32-79 .405 7-26 .269 34-39 .872 11 22 33 4.7 21 0 22 33 0 5 105 15.0
32 COLEMAN, Yaya 7-7 205:34 29.4 30-76 .395 6-22 .273 20-28 .714 7 39 46 6.6 11 0 13 20 1 9 86 12.3
4 PRUITT, Selena 7-7 230:57 33.0 28-58 .483 5-22 .227 8-19 .421 4 14 18 2.6 9 0 17 17 0 8 69 9.9
0 DORAN, Darcy 7-7 211:51 30.3 12-41 .293 4-20 .200 3-7 .429 9 20 29 4.1 16 0 5 10 8 9 31 4.4
20 SEARCY, Kallie 6-0 84:32 14.1 6-10 .600 0-0 .000 4-8 .500 4 12 16 2.7 12 0 1 8 2 2 16 2.7
12 BATES, Karlee 6-0 102:19 17.1 3-12 .250 1-7 .143 0-0 .000 0 7 7 1.2 14 0 7 4 0 2 7 1.2
42 CUMMINGS, Bailey 6-0 24:16 4.0 2-2 1.000 1-1 1.000 1-2 .500 1 0 1 0.2 3 0 0 1 0 0 6 1.0
10 JONES, Isabella 7-0 44:30 6.4 1-5 .200 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000 2 4 6 0.9 9 0 0 3 0 1 4 0.6
14 CRAWFORD, Chloe 5-0 18:38 3.7 1-4 .250 0-3 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0.4
5 MCMATH, Braylee 4-0 31:16 7.8 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 2 3 0.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
11 PEARSON, Leanna 2-0 03:24 1.7 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0
55 PONTNOU, Mariona 2-0 06:10 3.1 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
21 EHALA, Anna 2-0 07:30 3.8 0-2 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 0.5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0
Team 8 13 21 6 Total 7 1403 159-368 .432 32-123 .260 96-136 .706 63 167 230 32.9 118 0 74 120 16 48 446 63.7 Opponents 7 1400 168-425 .395 45-158 .285 66-111 .595 94 157 251 35.9 131 2 87 110 15 60 447 63.9
2022-23 Palm Beach Atl. Men's Basketball Season Box Score All games
ALL GAMES 4-2 4-0 0-2 0-0 CONFERENCE 1-2 1-0 0-2 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 3-0 3-0 0-0 0-0
0 LEE, Will 6-6 179:15 29.9 33-68 .485 18-41 .439 15-16 .938 4 23 27 4.5 13 0 31 13 0 9 99 16.5 5 COOPER, Jalen 6-6 164:11 27.4 38-70 .543 2-7 .286 5-13 .385 9 32 41 6.8 21 2 13 14 7 6 83 13.8
3 LASKEY, Bryce 6-1 118:30 19.7 31-53 .585 13-27 .481 5-9 .556 4 11 15 2.5 4 0 8 4 1 1 80 13.3
12 MONTALVO, Marcus 6-6 185:20 30.9 25-54 .463 8-26 .308 14-19 .737 4 21 25 4.2 8 0 27 8 3 14 72 12.0
21 HESTER, Jakob 1-1 20:41 20.7 4-4 1.000 1-1 1.000 2-3 .667 2 2 4 4.0 0 0 1 5 2 1 11 11.0
11 CLAFLIN, Ryan 6-6 153:23 25.6 16-39 .410 10-24 .417 6-8 .750 5 14 19 3.2 19 0 9 9 4 7 48 8.0
33 RAKIC, Aleksa 5-4 96:34 19.3 14-28 .500 2-8 .250 1-2 .500 10 9 19 3.8 9 0 4 7 0 3 31 6.2
23 MCNAIR, Trent 6-0 116:35 19.4 8-22 .364 5-11 .455 5-7 .714 3 12 15 2.5 5 0 4 6 1 3 26 4.3
2 ASHE, Kolbe 6-0 100:49 16.8 7-16 .438 3-9 .333 2-2 1.000 1 10 11 1.8 5 0 12 4 0 2 19 3.2
24 ELLIS, Broderick 4-0 38:33 9.6 3-9 .333 1-5 .200 2-2 1.000 2 4 6 1.5 3 0 1 4 1 1 9 2.3
4 BROWN, Pedro 3-0 24:53 8.3 2-5 .400 0-0 .000 1-1 1.000 1 8 9 3.0 6 0 2 6 2 2 5 1.7
15 SCOTT, Jack 1-0 01:16 1.3 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Team 9 10 19 Total 6 1200 181-368 .492 63-159 .396 58-82 .707 54 156 210 35.0 93 2 112 80 21 49 483 80.5 Opponents 6 1200 153-342 .447 36-114 .316 73-103 .709 47 146 193 32.2 74 0 80 88 12 43 415 69.2
2022-23 Women's Basketball Union (TN), Jackson, TN No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. 1 Shanique Lucas SR G 5-8 2 Keisharna Lucas SO F 5-11 4 Samariah Thompson SR G 5-7 10 Anna McCredy SO F 6-3 11 Bailey Augustine SO G 5-11 12 Ally Winnen SO F 6-1 13 Lauren West JR G 5-11 15 Shylee Morrison SO G 5-6 20 Bethany Dillard SO G 5-10 21 Sierra Stedman SO G 6-1 22 Kieli Robinson SR G 6-0 23 Jordan Little SR G 5-8 25 Leah Church JR G 5-8 32 Leah Cauble SR G 5-10 34 Naomi Van Nes SR C 6-6
2022-23 Men's Basketball Union (TN), Jackson, TN
No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. 1 Justin Debuck JR G 6-1 5 Jalen Johnson SR G 6-1 11 Boe Nguidjol SR F 6-8 13 JC Clausi SR G 6-4 15 Layne Sarver FR G 6-6 20 Jeremiah Littlepage JR F 6-7 21 Will Jackson FR G 6-4 22 Emmanuel Newsome SO G 6-0 23 Ivan Prug FR F 6-8 24 Dusan Djordjevic JR F 6-8 32 Garrett Vick SO G 6-0 33 Tylandrius Parks SR G 6-4 35 Jake Messer FR G 6-5
Christian
No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht.
0 Darcy Doran SR G 5-10
4 Selena Pruitt SR G 5-6 5 Braylee McMath SO G 5-3 10 Isabella Jones JR G 5-11 11 Leanna Pearson SO G 5-7 12 Karlee Bates JR G 5-7 13 Jeremia Montgomery SO F 6-0 14 Chloe Crawford SO G 5-6 15 Emily Jones JR G 6-1 20 Kallie Searcy JR C 6-3 21 Anna Ehala SR F 5-11 32 Yaya Coleman SR G 5-10 40 Sophie Roston SO F 6-2 42 Bailey Cummings JR F 5-10 55 Mariona Pontnou JR F 6-1
Christian Brothers, Memphis, TN
No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht.
0 Trae Jones JR G 6-3
1 Ragi Phillips SO G 6-2 2 Nmeso Nnebedum JR G 6-3 3 Christian Jones SR G 6-2 4 Keeving Etienne JR F 6-7 5 Aiden Ruthsatz SR G 5-9 10 Madison Monroe JR G 6-3 11 Charlie Champagne SO G 6-3 12 Kam Vick JR G 6-0 13 Luke Gdowski SO G 6-3 15 Slate Garmany SR G 6-0 20 Nick Deifel SR G 6-3 21 Darell Johnson JR F 6-7 23 David Daniels SR F 6-6 24 Daniel Loos SO F 6-6 25 Reese Gurner FR G 6-1 30 Hunter Pratt FR F 6-7
# Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Hometown/HS/Previous School 0 Will Lee G 5-11 So. Woodside, N.Y. / Blue Ridge HS / McCook CC 2 Kolbe Ashe G 6-0 Fr. Hayesville, N.C. / Hayesville HS 3 Bryce Laskey G 6-4 R-Jr. Uniontown, Pa. / Laurel Highlands HS / Saint Francis University (Pa.) 4 Pedro Brown F/C 6-8 Fr. Delray Beach, Fla. / Grandview Preparatory School 5 Jalen Cooper G/F 6-6 So Holiday, Fla. / Anclote HS 11 Ryan Claflin G 6-6 Jr. Forestville, Wis. / Southern Door / University of Wisconsin – Green Bay 12 Marcus Montalvo G 6-2 Jr. Miami, Fla. / Westminister Christian / Ave Maria 14 Dawson Wagner G 6-0 Fr. Jonesborough, Tenn. / Jonesborough HS 15 Jack Scott F 6-7 So. Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. / William T. Dwyer HS 21 Jakob Hester F 6-7 So. Holiday, Fla. / Anclote HS 23 Trent McNair G 6-5 Fr. Nashville, Tenn. / Brentwood Academy 24 Broderick Ellis F 6-8 Fr. Cary, N.C. / GBB Academy
JJ Hayes G 6-4 Fr. Hilton Head, S.C. / Hilton Head Prep
Aleksa Rakic C 6-8 Jr. Belgrade, Serbia / Mihajlo Pupin
The Complex serves as the home to the Valdosta State basketball programs as well as Blazer volleyball. One of the rowdiest arenas in the NCAA Division II ranks, The Complex seats 5,350 fans for each Blazer home event. The venue nearly reached it’s capacity during the 2009-10 men’s basketball season, when a record 4,616 fans gathered on February 27, 2010 to watch Valdosta State take on the West Georgia Wolves.
The Complex has undergone several renovations since its opening in 1983 and is today one of the top arenas in the Gulf South Conference. The most recent update and perhaps one of the largest to the facility was a complete renovation of the lobby area in 2013. Locker room renovations were also implemented that same year. Prior to the 2006-07 season, the lower level seating along each sideline was replaced with new cushioned armchair-style seats. The entire south side seating in the lower level, as well as selected rows on the north side, are reserved seating for Valdosta State’s season ticket holders. Meanwhile, the lower end zone seating area, as well as the entire upper bowl, features bench style seating.
The benches for athletic events are located along the side sideline of the arena. Meanwhile, the west end zone bleachers are used to seat the Valdosta State cheerleaders, Red Hots dance team and pep band as well as the student-run Complex Crazies. The Complex also serves as a concert venue for select shows throughout the year, and graduation ceremonies are also often held in the arena.
In addition to the arena, The Complex also houses newly renovated locker rooms for Valdosta State’s two basketball teams, the volleyball program and the school’s two tennis teams. The south hall of the building also features two visiting team locker rooms as well as faculty locker rooms.
Offices housing Valdosta State’s Athletic Department are located along the east corridor of the facility while the University’s Kinesiology and Physical Education Department, a branch of VSU’s College of Education, is housed along the north hall. Classrooms, utilized by both the Athletic Department and KSPE Department, can also be found along both the north and south halls.
One of Valdosta State’s four Athletic Training Rooms, which features a full line of equipment for the needs of Blazer athletes, can be found along the north hall while the upper bowl of the arena also includes an indoor walking/running track.
Evidence of Valdosta State’s athletic dominance can be found throughout The Complex as the Athletic Department trophy case is located across the south hall from the Athletic Department offices. The trophy cases houses four of Valdosta State’s seven national championship trophies as well a a multitude of Gulf South Conference AllSport trophies and each of the school’s 24 GSC championship trophies along with numerous other momentos from VSU’s athletic past and present. Meanwhile, hanging in the rafters of the arena are banners commemorating some of the best teams in Valdosta State athletic history.
The home to the Valdosta State football and women's soccer programs is the Valdosta State Athletic Fieldhouse. The 41,000 square foot Fieldhouse opened in January 2009 at a cost of $5.8 million, giving the Blazer program one of the top athletic facilities in the nation.
Beyond football and soccer, the fieldhouse also houses the 7,690 square foot Jessie Tuggle Weight Room and a 2,437 square foot state-of-the-art Athletic Training Room that is used by all VSU teams. The Tuggle Weight Room, which encases nearly 10 times the space of its predecessor, is one of, if not the top, weight facilities among NCAA Division II schools nationwide. It featJessie Tuggle Weight Room ures 10 brand new eight-post stations as well as a reinforced medicine ball wall. New self-contained dumbbell stations were also added to the area while a 30-yard speed track was included in the design of the floor. The Jesse Tuggle Weight Room also features elliptical machines and two stationary bikes for cardio workouts and a built-in microphone/stereo system to aid the strength and conditioning staff while working with large groups of VSU athletes. Additionally, each of the 10 eightpost stations has also been pre-wired for video recording, which will be added in the near future, for further evaluation and instruction by the strength and conditioning staff. The newest addition to the facility are two Cognisens "caves," which allow for an increased mental training to provide Blazer athletes with an additional edge in competition. Valdosta State is the only university on any level in the nation to own the Cognisens machines, with additional owners including Manchester United and multiple NHL hockey teams.
Next door to the Tuggle Weight Room is the Athletic Training Room. The area includes offices for the Valdosta State Athletic Training staff and a private physician exam room as well as a hydrotherapy room for rehabilitation work. The main Athletic Training area features six taping stations as well as six additional treatment areas plus a cardiovascular/rehabilitation area featuring stationary bikes.
Additionally, outside of the facility are two lighted football practice fields and a soccer stadium.
The Athletic Fieldhouse features many amenities that will aid the football team as it endures the rigors of a football season. A 3,265 square foot locker room is the centerpiece of the project and is lined with 126 lockers, enough to house all members of the VSU football squad. Adjacent to the locker room is a 2,100 square foot equipment room with secure “Football Locker Roompass-through” equipment bins that allow managers to address the equipment needs of all the Blazers while keeping each player’s equipment separated.
The remainder of the Athletic
Fieldhouse includes a 3,458 square foot office suite for the football coaches as well as 2,200 square feet of meeting rooms, each equipped with state-of-the-art video equipment. The academic needs of the student-athlete is also addressed as a 1,500 square foot computer lab is equipped with 19 computers.
Academic excellence and a leadership role in NCAA’s Division II make the Gulf South Conference (GSC) something special. Entering its 51st year, the GSC is a charter Division II member that prides itself as one of the first conferences to be created and administered by its CEOs. We take pride in our 50-plus National Team Championships in 13 sports, one individual men’s cross country champion, five men’s golf individual champions, and one track and field champion, as well as more than 150 regional titles, especially because there is no sacrifice on the academic side, where GSC student-athletes graduate at a much higher rate than the general student body. The conference saw all 13 full-time institutions either earn a conference title or advance to NCAA Championship action in 2021-22. The GSC sponsors 19 sports, including 18 championship events. Official sponsored sports include baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s cross country, football, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s soccer, softball, men’s and women’s tennis, men’s and women’s track and field, and volleyball. Prior to the 2020-21 academic year, the conference officially added women's lacrosse after three seasons as an emerging sport. Inthesummerof1970,sixcollegepresidentsmettodiscussathleticsandwhenthemeetingended,anewleagueemerged—theMid-SouthConference.Delta State,FlorenceState(nowNorthAlabama),JacksonvilleState,Livingston(nowWestAlabama),Tennessee-Martin(UTM)andTroyState(TSU)werethechartermembers,butschedulingproblemsforthe1970-71academicyearlimitedtheconferencetoonlyfootball.SoutheastLouisiana(SELA)andNichollsState(NSU)joinedin 1971andtheleagueopenedanofficeinHammond,La.,changeditsnametotheGulfSouthConference,andbeganchampionshipsinninemen’ssports.Mississippi College(MC)andNorthwesternLouisiana(NWLA,nowNorthwesternState)joinedin1972andtwoyearslater,NWLAleftforDivisionI,followedbySELAandNSUin1979.
The conference continued with seven teams until 1981, when the CEOs admitted Valdosta State and West Georgia (1983). In 1991, UTM and TSU went Division I, briefly dropping the GSC back to seven members, but an aggressive expansion resulted in 10 new members: Lincoln Memorial (1992-93); Alabama Huntsville, Henderson State, Central Arkansas and Mississippi University for Women (MUW, 1993-94); West Florida (1994-95); and ArkansasMonticello, Arkansas Tech, Montevallo and Southern Arkansas (1995-96). Jacksonville State moved to Division I at the end of 1992-93. MC dropped to Division III at the end of 1995-96, and was replaced by Christian Brothers to keep the conference at 16 schools. In July 2000, the GSC welcomed Harding University and Ouachita Baptist University, making it the largest NCAA-playing conference at any level with 18 schools. MUW dropped its athletics program at the end of the 2002-03 season, decreasing the membership to 17. Central Arkansas reclassified to Division I and Lincoln Memorial moved to the South Atlantic Conference following the 2006-07 year. Montevallo’s departure for the Peach Belt Conference dropped the number to 14 in 2009-10. North Alabama completed its final year with the GSC in 2017-18, as the Lions accepted an invitation to go Division I and join the Atlantic Sun Conference. The GSC moved away from divisional play after the 2010-11 season after its six Arkansas members broke away, dropping the membership to eight.The league implementedafive-yearexpansionplanin2012resultingintheadditionofnewmembersShorterUniversity(2014-15),UnionUniversity(2014-15),LeeUniversity (2015-16)andAuburnUniversityatMontgomery(2019-20)alongwiththereturnofMississippiCollege(2016-17)andMontevallo(2017-18).AuburnMontgomery becameaprovisionalmemberin2017-18astheyadvancedthroughtheNCAAmembershipprocess.TheWarhawksareontracktobeafullmember,eligibleforall
Baseball (6)
West Florida (2011)
Delta State (2004)
Women's Golf (3)
Troy State (1984, '86, '89)
Women's Gymnastics (2) Troy State (1986, '87) Jacksonville State (1984, '85)
Jacksonville State (1990, '91)
Men's Basketball (3)
Men's Hockey (2)
North Alabama (1979, '91) Alabama-Huntsville (1996, '98)
Jacksonville State (1985)
Women's Soccer (2)
Women's Basketball (7) West Florida (2012)
Delta State (1975, '76, '77, '89, '90, '92) Christian Brothers (2002)
Southeastern Louisiana (1977)
Football (13)
Softball (2)
Valdosta State (2012)
Valdosta State (2004, '07, '12, '18) North Alabama (2015)
Delta State (2000)
West Alabama (1971)
Men's Tennis (6)
West Florida (2019) West Florida (2004, '05', '14, '17)
North Alabama (1993, '94, '95) Valdosta State (2006, '11)
Jacksonville State (1992)
Troy State (1984, '87)
Men's Golf (5)
West Florida (2001, '08)
Men's Track and Field (1) Southeastern Louisiana (1975)
Women's Volleyball (1)
Troy State (1976, '77, '84) North Alabama (2003)
Lee (2022)
* Mississippi College vacated national title in 1989 / Men's Hockey not GSC Sponsored Sport
