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2004 LAURIER

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2004 GOLDEN HAWK FOOTBALL

2004 Golden Hawk Schedule September 6 September 11 September 18 September 25 October 2 October 9 October 16 October 23 October 30 November 6 November 13 November 20 November 27

Toronto at Laurier Windsor at Laurier Laurier at Western McMaster at Laurier Laurier at Waterloo Laurier at Guelph O awa at Laurier Laurier at York OUA Quarter-Final OUA Semi-Final Yates Cup Uteck Bowl Vanier Cup

7:00 pm 2:00 pm 2:00 pm 2:00 pm 7:00 pm 2:00 pm 2:00 pm 2:00 pm 2:00 pm 1:00 pm 1:00 pm 1:00 pm 3:00 pm

2004 Wilfrid Laurier University Football Facts QUICK FACTS School: Wilfrid Laurier University Location: Waterloo, Ontario Enrollment: 9,734 (full-time) Founded: 1911 University President: Dr. Robert Rosehart Director of Athletics: Peter Baxter Teamname: Golden Hawks Colors: Purple and Gold Conference: Ontario University Athletics, OUA FOOTBALL INFORMATION First Year of Varsity Football: 1961 All-Time Record: 233-120-7-1 (0.644) Stadium: University Stadium Stadium Capacity: 6000 Turf: Artificial Turf MANAGER OF FOOTBALL OPERATIONS AND HEAD COACH Gary Jeffries Years at Laurier: Beginning Second Record at Laurier: 8-2-0-1 (0.727) Home: 2-1-0-1 (0.500) Away: 4-0-0-0 (1.000) Playoffs: 2-1-0-0 (0.667)

ASSISTANT COACHES Stefan Ptaszek, Offensive Coordinator Wally Gabler, Special Teams Coordinator, Quarterbacks Coach

Ron VanMoerkerke, Defensive Coordinator Blaine Beck, Defensive Line Brian Canton, Offensive Line Barry Pyear, Running Back Coach Brian Breckles, Offensive Line Coach Jamie Hitchen, Offensive Line Asst Coach Dwayne Cameron, Defensive Backs Coach Pat Crabbe, Scout Team Coach Kevin MacNeill, Scout Team Coach Brent McFarlane, Speed Agility Conditioning (SAC) Coach SUPPORT STAFF Chuck Classen, Equipment Manager Teresa Hussey, Athletic Therapist 2004 TEAM INFORMATION Offensive Formation: Spread Defensive Formation: 3-4 Starters Returning / Lost: 14/10 Offensive Starters R / L: 8/4 Defensive Starters R / L: 6/6

2003 SEASON IN REVIEW Overall Record: 8-2-0-1 Home: 3-1-0-1 Away: 5-1-0-0 Final CIS Ranking #7 SPORTS INFORMATION DEPARTMENT Phone: (519) 884-1970 ext. 3888 Fax Number: (519) 884-0203 Sports Information - Director: Ari Grossman (agrossman@laurierathletics.com) Athletic Development Officer: Roly Webster (rwebster@wlu.ca) Mailing Address: Sports Information Department Wilfrid Laurier University 75 University Ave. W. Waterloo, Ont. N2L 3C5 Internet Site: h p://www.laurierathletics.com

TABLE OF CONTENTS

2003 Season in Review

Game Summaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54-65 Regular Season Statistics. . . . . . . . . . . 66-69 Post Season Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70-72 Golden Hawk Honours. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 OUA in Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 CIS in Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Laurier Athletic Directory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

2004 Outlook

Outlook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7 Rosters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9 Opponents Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Media Coverage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Meet the Golden Hawks

Unit Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Returning Player Bios . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-32 Dressing Freshmen Bios . . . . . . . . . . . 33-43

Coaching Staff Gary Jeffries, Manager of

Football Operations & Head Coach . . . . . 45

Assistant Head Coaches

Stefan Ptaszek, Wally Gabler, Ron VanMoerkerke .

. . . 46 Assistant Coaches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47-49 Therapy Staff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Support Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Sports Information Department. . . . . . 52-53

The Record Book

Scoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Passing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Rushing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Receiving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Punting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Punt Returns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Kickoff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Kickoff Returns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Interceptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 History of WLU Football . . . . . . . . . . 85-95 WLU versus Opponents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Final National Rankings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Awards and Honors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Golden Hawk Hall of Fame . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Championships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Credits This media guide has been prepared to assist the media in its coverage of Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawk Football. It is also intended for alumni, fans, and prospective students of Wilfrid Laurier University.

Comments regarding the Laurier Football Guide are welcome. Inquires on additions or corrections should be directed to the Sport Information Office (sportinfo@laurierathletics.com)

Version: 2004-9-28

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Wilfrid Laurier University

The City of Waterloo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Dr. Robert Rosehart, President. . . . . . . . 104 David McMurray, Dean of Students . . . 105 Peter Baxter, Director of Athletics . 106-108

Media Information Sports Information Assistance The Golden Hawk Sports Information Office is at your service to assist you with your coverage of Laurier Football. Sports Information Director (SID) Ari Grossman will be happy to serve you during the 2004 season. For information regarding credentials, team and player information, interviews, statistics, pictures, and press releases, please call the SID office (519-884-0710 ext. 6483).

Sports Information Office The Wilfrid Laurier University Sports Information Offices are in Rooms 226 and 227 in the Athletic Complex. These rooms are to the le when entering the building’s main entrance.

Media Credentials All requests for press or photo credentials should be directed to Ari Grossman, Sports Information Director at least one day prior to the game via phone or email. Due to press box space constraints, visiting media are asked to request as soon as possible.

Context Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Contributing Staff: Mike Whitehouse, Carla Quinteros, Kenneth Tam, Sean Conroy, Ma De Feria, Ari Grossman and Roland Webster.

Special Thanks to Paul Caporicci ‘02 for the framework and original design of this media guide, the University of Michigan for their impressive media guide which was used as a model for this guide. Additional thanks to University of Notre Dame, Florida State University, and the University of Nebraska for their prompt responses in sending their media guides. An extra special thanks to Rich Newbrough and Tuffy Knight for their tremendous help in relaying in-depth information for the history section.

Additional Thanks to our Print Shop Don Doyle, Jim Degen, Caroline Williamson Wilfrid Laurier Printing Services

Interview Policy During the season, all interviews should be made through Manager of Football Operations and Head Coach Gary Jeffries. Following games, all players and coaches will be available for comment.

Stadium Directions To reach Laurier from Highway 401, take exit 278B (coming from London) or 278 (coming from Toronto) and follow Highway 8 West to Highway 86 North Waterloo and continue to University Avenue; follow University Avenue West past campus to Albert Street.

Turn le on Albert, then right on Seagram Drive. The Stadium is on the le hand side.

Game Day Information One hour before the beginning of each game, media guides and game notes packages (game preview, lineups, current statistics, and depth charts) will be available in the stadium’s press box. Official statistics will be available approximately 30 minutes a er the game, as well as on the OUA website (h p:// www.oua.ca) within two hours of completion of the game.

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WILFRID LAURIER ATHLETIC DIRECTORY

Laurier Athletic Directory Administration

School Phone Number: (519) 884-0710 President Dr. Robert Rosehart (rrosehar@wlu.ca) - ext. 2250 Director of Athletics and Recreation Peter Baxter (pbaxter@wlu.ca) - ext. 2216 Manager of Interuniversity Athletics and Student Athlete Development Wayne Gowing (wgowing@wlu.ca) - ext. 2384

Coaches Baseball Male - Paul Reidal (goldenhawk_baseball@hotmail.com) Basketball Male - Peter Campbell (pcampbel@wlu.ca) - ext. 2188 Female - Stu Julius (sjulius@wlu.ca) - ext. 3504 Cheerleaders Male & Female - Tonya Reesor (treesor@yahoo.com) Cross Country Male & Female - Jeff Beech (beech@hotmail.com)

Coordinator of Facilities, Events & Sponsorship Roly Webster (rwebster@wlu.ca) - ext. 3289

Curling Male & Female - Wayne Gowing - ext. 2384

Co-ordinator, Programs Anita Gardner (agardner@laurierathletics.com) - ext. 2466

Figure Skating Female - Jada Evere (jada_evere @hotmail.com) - Donna Willard (gdwillard@sympatico.ca)

Sports Information Coordinator Ari Grossman (agrossman@laurierathletics.com) - ext. 6483

Football Male - Gary Jeffries (gjeffrie@wlu.ca) - ext. 2180

Administrative Assistant Agnes Pitsch (apitsch@wlu.ca) - ext. 2184

Golf Male - Mike Belanger (mbelange@wlu.ca) - ext. 3188

Head Athletic Therapist Jamie Carlson (jcarlson@wlu.ca) - ext. 2178

Hockey Male - Steve Martell (smartell@wlu.ca) - ext. 2465 Female - Rick Osborne (rosborne@wlu.ca) - ext. 2182

Athletic Therapist Jenn Childs (jchilds@wlu.ca) - ext. 2178

Lacrosse Female - Lyn Orth (laxorth@aol.com)

Hawk Desk ext 3803

Rugby Male - Josh Windsor (josh_windsor@wrdsb.on.ca) Female - Heather Seiling (hseiling@hotmail.com)

Stadium A endant ext 3427 Recreation Office ext. 3164

All general inquiries should be directed to Agnes Pitsch, Athletic Administrative Assistant ext. 2184

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Soccer Male & Female - Barry MacLean (bmaclean@wlu.ca) - ext. 3508 Swimming Male & Female - Dean Boles (dboles31@aol.com) - ext. 3596 Tennis Female - Dennis Huss (husscon@kw.igs.net) Volleyball Male - Shayne White (swhite@wlu.ca) - ext. 3515 Female - Dave McIntyre (dmcintyr@wlu.ca) - ext. 3855

2004 Outlook

2004 OUTLOOK

2004 Golden Hawk Outlook

The Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks surprised many critics in 2003, as they turned 2002’s 1-7 record on its head with a superb 8-2-0-1 year, topped off by a run to the Yates Cup. That performance has set a high bar for the 2004 Hawks - one which the team plans to meet and exceed.

The season promises to one of high drama and exciting action, as the Hawks welcome a new core of rookies to their ranks, and face some stiff regular season opposition. Opponents during 2004’s regular season play include classic rivals, the Western Mustangs, and for the Laurier Homecoming game, the Yates Cup Champions of 2003, the McMaster Marauders, who did not face the Hawks last year in regular season play.

OFFENSE Laurier’s offense features eight returning starters from last year’s squad. The a ack boasts a number of quality wide receivers, while the back field has the ability to pound the ball up the middle hard, they are also versatile in catching the short route passes, a favourite of Hawk offense.

Last season fumbles became a problem,

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causing turnovers. This year, they want to focus more on protecting the ball, and thus protecting possession.

to the Hawks’ rushing a ack, and can be expected to deliver as the season wears on.

Quarterbacks Ryan Pyear is coming off the best season of his career. Not only did he throw for over 1200 yards, but he was good on 60% of his passes and 14 touchdowns. A strong showing in the late August camps can only help the one time OUA Rookie of the Year.

Pyear’s back-up for the past two seasons has been Jamie Partington.

Although he may not have seen that much action, the few snaps he now has under his belt, should prove to help. Out of the recruiting class comes Dante

Luciani. The highly touted quarterback out of Oakville has the potential to be a top flight signal caller under the tutelage of both the quarterbacks ahead of him, and Coach Jefferies.

Kicker Brian Devlin put 106 points on the board for the Hawks through the 2003 regular and post season.

Running Backs The Hawks have always boasted a strong running game, and this year the tradition continues. Already in the backfield are veteran Running Backs Nick Cameron and Bryon Hickey, but for 2004, Hawk scouts have brought in fresh legs with Ryan Lynch and Brodie Legein.

Although the two freshmen may not lead the rush for the Hawks in the season’s earlier games, they add depth

Receiver Joel Wright looks to build on his his superb 2003 season with 446 yards and 6 touchdowns.

Receivers With Stefan Ptaszek, a former Laurier wide receiver, calling the plays up in the booth, one can certainly expect play to be spread across the field. This year’s receiving corps is up to the challenge of that sort of play.

Veterans like Andrew Agro and Joel Wright are both coming off of career-best years in 2003, while Andrew Baechler enters his second season a er an excellent freshman year. Aided by the presence of Mike Maurice, Will Northcote and Bryon Hickey in the back field, and this receiving unit will give Stefan Ptaszek a plethora of options on the offensive side of the ball.

Offensive Line Offensive line took the hardest hit in the off-season; with the loss of veteran Hawks like Bill Girt, Owen Thompson and Steve Skells, only veteran starters Mitch Zappitelli and Ryan Jeffrey remain to anchor the line. Recruiting has served to fill in some of the gaps, securing the presence

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of Andrew Dietrich, Kyle Weston, and Laurier’s top recruit of the off-season, Markham native Wayne Brock.

With exceptional skill and the benefit of experienced guidance, these first year players are hoped to help close the gap le by the graduates of 2003.

Kicking Game Third year kicker Brian Devlin has se led nicely into the shoes of Hawk Ed Becker, a er taking over the third down duties only last season. Good on 56% of his kicks last season, Devlin had a punt average of 34.2, and those are both numbers he intends to improve upon in training camp and throughout the season.

DEFENSE The Hawks return six starters from last year’s impressive defensive squad, and will continue to play their pass-aggressive 4-3 scheme. Last year, Coach Jeffries clearly had his Defensive squads ready for action; this year will be no different. There have been some notable losses, however, including big run stopping defensive tackle Josh Alexander, and rover David Agro, who last year accounted for five interceptions.

Defensive Line Not only have the Hawks lost their run stopper, in Alexander, they are also losing their two starting defensive ends in AllCanadian Justin Shakell and Tony Bretney.

Looking to come up and fill the vacancies is a mix of youth and experience.

Players such as Adrian Houwer and Klye Armour are the most likely of candidates to be starters this season. However, don’t count out Dave Montoya, who dressed for the first time last season a er being redshirted in his freshmen year. Also making the move to the line this season is Brandon Keks. The class of fresh faces coming in this year also boasts a few potential gems including James Cranston and Andrew Fla .

Defensive Back Ian Logan will take a leadership role with the Hawks secondary.

Linebackers The loss of Kevin MacNeill may hurt the Hawks in the short term, but the team’s depth promises a filling of the graduated Hawk’s shoes. Taking the lead in 2004 will be veteran Hawks Yanick Carter and Lee Maggiacomo, who combined for 45 tackles last season, and notched three interceptions and a sack. Joining those two starters from last season is a strong field of talented players who move up to starting postions for 2004. Jesse Alexander, Gavin Cond, Brandon Keks and Brian Sloot will all be fielded for the Hawks, and their ability can be relied on to bolster the new line.

Defensive Backfield Despite the departure of David Agro, the Hawks still have one of the best defensive backfields in the conference.

Ian Logan anchors the DB’s, starting one of the two safety positions.

On his other side will likely be Steve Surya, who had a breakout season last year. At the corners it will be fi h-year Steve Frake and sophomore Josh Maltin, who last year was a wide receiver, and only since switched DB when he came out to practice half way through the year wearing the wrong jersey.

Finding a replacement for David Agro will be a more daunting prospect, and it will likely come down to a camp ba le between Yanick Carter and Bobby Kootstra. Adding to the already strong secondary will be Jeff Smeaton and Blair Ryan.

Laurier is looks in 2004 to build upon what truly was a spectacular 2003 season. The defense will not need long to find its footing, and once it does it will prove a formidable adversary, and will consistently stop the run.

Defensive backs will be able to do their job and create turnovers. A similar approach will dominate the Hawks’ offensive game; they will run the ball consistently while avoiding turnovers, such as fumbles. This will open up the passing game, and bring into play the Hawks’excellent receiving corps.

Last year they proved the Laurier Golden Hawks announced their return to the upper echelon of the OUA. This year they’ll remind the league just how deserving a member they are.

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2004 OUTLOOK

2004 Golden Hawk Rosters Alphabetical Roster

Numerical Roster

No. Player

Pos.

1

Wright, Joel

WR

3

Agro, Andrew SB

4

Maurice, Mike WR

7

Pyear, Ryan

9

Healey, Conor DB

QB

No. 3 56 95

11 Kootstra, Bobby DB

88 81 66 58 32 42

12 Luciani, Dante QB

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10 Hickey, Brent

13 Ryan, Blair

DB

REC

15 Northcote, Will WR 16 Logan, Ian

LB

17 Partington, Jamie QB 18 Devlin, Brian

K/P

19 Phillips, Kyle

DB

20 Hickey, Bryon RB 22 Surya, Steve

DB

25 Frake, Steven

DB

26 Smeaton, Jeff

LB

27 Maltin, Josh

DB

28 Gmaz, Mike

DB

30 Coates, Jon

WR

32 Cameron, Nick RB 36 McBride, Daniel RB 38 Lynch, Ryan

48

RB

40 Maggiacomo, Lee LB

18 60

68 25 28

9 10 20 55 62 38 11 59

41 Keks, Brandon LB 42 Carter, Yannick DB 44

Maggiacomo,Anthony LB

48 Cond, Gavin

8

LB

16 12 41 44

Player Agro, Andrew Alexander, Jesse Amadio, Aaron Armour, Kyle Ashe, Shawn Bablak, Mark Baechler, Andrew Branting, Ryan Braun, Stephen Brock, Wayne Cameron, Nick Carter, Yanick Clark, Ian Coates, Jon Coker, Ben Cond, Gavin Cormack, Stephen Cranston, James Cressy, Gary Devlin, Brian Dietrich, Andrew Dimacakos, George Dulmage, David Duru, Joshua Felber, Tyler Fla , Andrew Frake, Steven Franzini, Andrew Frye , Bradley Gmaz, Mike Golding, Josh Gooding, Don Gooding, Joel Gow, Sean Healey, Conor Hickey, Brent Hickey, Bryon Houwer, Adrian Jeffrey, Ryan Keks, Brandon Kootstra, Bobby Labenski, Joe Leach, Troy Legein, Brodie Levan, Chris Logan, Ian Luciani, Dante Lynch, Ryan Maddocks, Peter Maggiacomo, Anthony

Pos. SB LB LB DL S LB WR REC OL OL RB LB DB WR RB LB DL DL OL K/P OL DB LB SB OL DL DB DB LB DB RB DB RB LB DB DB RB DL OL DL DB DL WR RB FB DB QB RB QB LB

Ht. 5’10 6’0 5’9 6’1 5’11 6’2 5’10 5’11 6’0 6’2 5’11 6’1 6’0 5’9 5’9 5’11 6’1 6’1 6’3 6’0 6’2 5’11 6’0 5’10 6’2 6’0 6’1 5’11 6’1 5’11 6’3 5’10 6’0 6’0 5’11 5’10 6’2 6’0 6’4 6’4 5’11 6’1 6’0 5’8 5’10 5’9 6’0 5’9 6’1 6’1

Wt. 185 240 177 285 185 225 170 190 255 255 210 185 180 180 185 195 260 240 275 190 280 165 195 180 230 245 190 190 185 180 255 173 195 195 185 175 215 260 275 230 185 280 170 175 230 185 190 190 180 210

Yr. 4 3 1 4 2 2 2 1 4 1 4 2 1 3 1 3 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 1 2 1 5 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 3 2 4 4 5 3 3 2 1 1 1 4 1 1 2 2

Elig.

4 3 1 3 1 1 2 3 2 1 4 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 3 1 4 3 5 3 2 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 2

Hometown (High School) Burlington (Notre Dame) Kitchener (Eastwood) Sault Ste. Marie (St. Mary’s) Kitchener (Resurrection) Kitchener (Eastwood) St. Catharines (St.Francis) Ayr (Southwood) Toronto (St. Albert) Toronto (Newtonbrook) Markham (Markham) Norland (Fenelon Falls) Pickering (St.Mary’s) Hamilton (Westdale) London (Banting) Oakville (Loyola) Sault Ste. Marie (Sir James Dunn)

Waterloo (St. David) Ancaster (Ancaster) Mississauga (Meadowvale) Sarnia (St.Patrick’s) Waterloo (Kitchener C.I.) Brampton (Chinguacousy) Belleville (Moira) Welland (Notre Dame) Waterloo (Bluevale)

King City(St. Thomas of Villanova)

Toronto (Silverthorn)

Mississauga (St. Francis Xavier)

Hagersville (Hagersville) Welland (Notre Dame) Windham Centre (Delhi) Sarnia (Northern) Kitchener (Preston) Oakville (Holy Trinity)

Guelph (Our Lady of Lourdes)

Burlington (Notre Dame) Burlington (Notre Dame) Cayuga (Cayuga) Lyn (Brockville C.I.) Coquitlam, BC (Pinetree) Sarnia (Northern) Welland (Notre Dame) Barrie (Barrie Central) Ancaster (St. Mary’s) Point Edward (S.C.I.T.S.) Waterloo (Waterloo C.I.) Oakville (Berkshire Prep) Waterloo (WCI) Chatham (Kent) Cambridge (Jacob Hespeler)

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Alphabetical Roster 40 27 4 36 50 15 17 52 19 7

13 63 80 54 26 22

65 90

1 57

Maggiacomo, Lee Maltin, Josh Martin, Nicholas Ma hias, Cory Maurice, Mike McBride, Daniel McLean, Andrew Montoya, David Murray, Chris Northcote, Will Nytschyk, Ma Partington, Jamie Partridge, Jason Phillips, Justin Phillips, Kyle Pinder, Luke Premo, Ma hew Pyear, Ryan Rigby, Warren Robertson, Duncan Rushton, Noah Ryan, Blair Salo, Erik Schaus, Jordan Scheerer, Adam Shedden, Eric Sloot, Bryan Smart, Brad Smeaton, Jeff Surya, Steve Swystun, Daniel Turner, Steve Vlowianitis, Chris Warner, Brock Weston, Kyle White, Craig White, Timothy Williams, Steve Wiwchar, Dave Wright, Joel Zappitelli, Mitch

LB DB QB OL REC RB REC DL OL WR REC QB FB LB DB LB WR QB LB DB REC REC OL LB REC OL LB DB DB DB DB RB WR OL OL DL LB QB DB WR OL

6’1 5’11 5’11 5’11 6’5 6’4 5’11 6’1 6’2 6’5 5’11 6’3 6’0 6’3 6’2 6’3 6’3 5’11 6’0 6’2 6’3 5’10 6’0 6’0 6’3 6’1 5’11 5’10 5’10 6’0 5’8 5’8 5’11 6’0 6’3 5’11 6’0 5’10 5’6 5’11 6’5

200 180 190 195 210 230 168 230 240 230 185 200 255 225 200 203 190 180 200 185 190 190 285 190 200 255 230 185 185 180 165 175 175 260 270 250 205 190 180 195 320

5 2 1 1 4 4 2 3 2 3 1 3 1 2 3 1 1 4 1 1 1 3 4 1 2 1 4 3 4 3 1 1 1 1 3 4 1 1 4 3 4

5 2 1 1 4 3 1 2 1 3 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 3 3 1 2 1 3 1 4 3 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 2 3 4

Numerical Roster Cambridge (Jacob Hespeler) Sarnia (Northern)

50 Montoya, David DL

Orillia (Orillia Collegiate) Mississauga (Lorne Park)

54 Sloot, Brian

Kingston (Kingston Collegiate)

Georgetown (Bishop Reding)

London (AB Lucas) Burlington (Notre Dame) Waterloo (Kitchener C.I.) Barrie (Innisdale) Ancaster (St. Mary’s) Stoney Creek (Saltfleet) North Bay (West Ferris) Kitchener (Sacred Heart) O awa (A.Y. Jackson) Kitchener (Preston)

Sault Ste. Marie (White Pines)

Belleville (Centennial) Nobleton (King City) Chatham (Chatham Kent)

Sault Ste. Marie (White Pines)

Halifax, NS (Q.E.H.) Markham (Markham) Waterloo (WCI) Stratford (Stratford Central) Pickering (St. Mary) Toronto (Malvern) Oshawa (Paul Dwyer) Brantford (North Park) Burlington (Notre Dame) Sault Ste. Marie (White Pines)

Oakville (Holy Trinity)

52 Phillips, Justin LB LB

55 Houwer, Adrian DE 56 Alexander, Jesse LB 57 Zappitelli, Mitch OL 58 Brock, Wayne

OL

59 Labenski, Joe

DL

60 Dietrich, Andrew OL 62 Jeffrey, Ryan

OT

63 Salo, Erik

OL

65 Weston, Kyle

OL

66 Braun, Stephen OL 68 Felber, Tyler

OL

80 Scheerer, Adam WR 81 Branting, Ryan REC 88 Baechler, Andrew SB 90 White, Craig

DL

95 Armour, Kyle

DT

Mississauga (St. Francis Xavier)

Belleville (Quinte) Sarnia (St. Christopher)

Mississauga (Father Michael Goetz) Freeport, Bahamas (Ridley College)

Vancouver (Handsworth) Caledon (Mayfield) Stoney Creek (Saltfleet) Orleans (St. Mathew’s)

The Golden Hawks are members of Ontario University Athletics, a regional conference of Canadian Interuniversity Sport

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2004 OUTLOOK 2004 Team and Game Notes Sept. 6 - Toronto at Laurier - 7:00 pm

Opponent: Toronto Varsity Blues Head Coach: Steve Howle 2003 Record: 0-8 (10th in the OUA) All-Time vs. Laurier: 13-23 Current streak: Laurier 7 wins Outlook for 2004: In their season start against the Toronto Varsity Blues, the Golden Hawks should find a good warm up. For the past two years, the University of Toronto team has managed only to maintain an 0-8 record, and while they are determined to be er that showing in 2004, the Hawks are poised to open the season with a win. Now in his second year, Blues head coach Steve Howle has brought in 40 new recruits, and the optimism surrounding this, Howle ’s first recruiting class, is high.

Sept. 11 - Windsor at Laurier - 2:00 pm

Opponent: Windsor Lancers Head Coach: Mike Morencie 2003 Record: 4-4 (5th in the OUA) All-Time vs. Laurier: 11-28-2 Current streak: Laurier 1 win Outlook for 2004: The Windsor Lancers were defeated by the Golden Hawks in the closing eight seconds of their 2003 meeting. Ending their season at 4-4, the Lancers carved their place in the middle of the OUA field; this year they intend to improve their performance. The Lancers are returning 18 starters including the deadly duo of QB Jon Dent and WR Arjei Franklin.

RB Daryl Stephenson will also make an immediate impact in his first year to complement the a ack of the Blue & Gold. Big things are also expected from a veteran-laden defence including 6’3” 205lbs safety and 2003 second team OUA All-Star DB Sasha Glavic.

Sept. 18 - Laurier at Western - 2:00 pm

Opponent: Western Mustangs Head Coach: Larry Haylor 2003 Record: 5-3 (4th in the OUA) All-Time vs. Laurier: 34-18 Current streak: Western 3 wins Outlook for 2004: In 2003’s Homecoming matchup, the Western Mustangs defeated the Golden Hawks in overtime. The London-based team went on to a season record of 5-3, and was knocked out of the Yates Cup run by the Windsor Lancers. Now entering its third and final season, the Mustang partnership of record se ing QB Chris Hessel and receiving sensation Andy Fantuz is ready to run wild in 2004. Hessel has already set Western records in all of the primary passing categories and Fantuz is on track to become the country’s all-time interuniversity leader in receiving yards by the end of the season.

Sept. 25 - McMaster at Laurier - 2:00 pm

Opponent: McMaster Marauders Coach: Marcello Campanaro 2003 Record: 8-0 (1st in the OUA) All-Time vs. Laurier: 10-34-1 Current streak: McMaster 4 wins Outlook for 2004: Reigning Yates Cup champions, the McMaster Marauders only met the Golden Hawks once in 2003 - and that was at the provincial championship game. This year the Marauders and Hawks will meet before the playoffs, with the Hamilton team benefiting from the presence of their star fourth year, CIS All-Canadian running back, Jesse Lumsden. Lumsden set an OUA record for most yards rushing in a season last year with 1,497 yards, and tied an OUA record for most touchdowns in a season with 20. The Marauders are a clear threat to repeat their championship in 2004.

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Oct. 2 - Laurier at Waterloo - 7:00 pm

Opponent: Waterloo Warriors Head Coach: Chris Triantafilou 2003 Record: 2-6 (8th in the OUA) All-Time vs. Laurier: 14-31-1 Current streak: Laurier 1 win Outlook for 2004: The Waterloo Warriors had a disappointed 2-6 season in 2003, and they fell to the Golden Hawks by a stunning 50-14 margin. However, it was a young, freshmen-laden team that took to the field in 2003, and which ba led hard all year through injuries to several key players to finish the season with a first round playoff loss. The 2004 edition of the Warriors looks to build on a solid group of freshmen performers from last year sprinkled with the return of a number of defensive players like John Sullivan, who returns from the CFL.

Oct. 9 - Laurier at Guelph - 2:00 pm

Opponent: Guelph Gryphons Head Coach: Tom Arno 2003 Record: 2-6 (9th in the OUA) All-Time vs. Laurier: 11-32 Current streak: Laurier 1 win Outlook for 2004: The Gryphon’s ultimate goal for 2004 is to build a consistent season. Finishing for the second straight year at 2-6 in 2003, the Guelph Gryphons will hope to pull their team’s record up in 2004. Heading the effort to improve will be Quarterback Kevin Adam, now entering his second year as quarterback, and he will be backed by the likes of Adam Zuccato -- one of the team’s fastest runners and a significant outside threat -- and veteran Trevor Small, who led the team last year in interceptions.

Oct. 16 - O awa at Laurier - 2:00 pm

Opponent: O awa Gee Gees Head Coach: Denis Piché 2003 Record: 3-4-0-1 (6th in the OUA) All-Time vs. Laurier: 10-35-1 Current streak: Laurier 1 win Outlook for 2004: Last season the Hawks began with a 30-20 victory over the O awa Gee-Gees, and that traditional powerhouse team ultimately fell to a somewhat uncharacteristic 3-5-0-1 on the year. The Gee-Gees are confident that the 2004 season will be a more successful. If last season had seen them scoring just 11 more total points in 3 close losses their record would have been 6-2. This year they are returning 65 out of 70 players, and they were also able to bring in another 45 top high school, CEGEP and Junior players, and key CIS transfers to bolster their ranks.

Oct. 23 - Laurier at York - 2:00 pm

Opponent: York Lions Head Coach: Tom Gretes 2003 Record: 3-5 (7th in the OUA) All-Time vs. Laurier: 5-27 Current streak: Laurier 1 win Outlook for 2004: In 2003, the York Lions finished with a 3-5 record, and fell by a disastrous margin of 39-8 to the Hawks.

This year York returns 17 players with starting experience, nine on offense and eight on defense, from last year’s team. The Lions will build their offense around a solid offensive line, a returning starter at quarterback in second-year pivot Bart Zemanek, a 1,000-yard rusher in sophomore Andre Durie and the return of receiver Ian De Coteau (37 catches for 686 yards and seven touchdowns in 2002). Defensively, York returns four of its top five tacklers from last year.

2004 OUTLOOK

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Quarterbacks

Team Captains

Defensive Backs

Recievers

Defensive Line

Running Backs

Linebackers

Offensive Line

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MEET THE GOLDEN HAWKS

Player Pronounciation Guide

Andrew Agro

#3

Slotback

Forth Year (Forth Year Elig.)

5-10, 185 Burlington (Notre Dame)

2003: … dressed all 11 games … had 1 fumble recovery … had a total of 50 points (8 touchdowns, 1 2-pt convert) … had 40 receptions for a total of 611 yards (average 15.27) with a long of 42 … rushed 4 times for a total of 29 yards (average 7.25) and a long of 16 yards … played in the 2004 East/West Bowl All-Star Game

Player. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pronounciation Andrew Agro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ae-grow Kyle Armour. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . armer Andrew Baechler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . beck-ler Mike Gmaz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ge-maz Jeff Kadoguchi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . cad-o-gucci Dylan Koch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . coach A./L. Maggiacomo . . . . . . . ma-gia-coe-moe Ryan Pyear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pier Andrew Sachkiw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . sach-cue Dave Wiwchar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . wichar

2002: ... dressed 7 games and started 6 ... missed homecoming game against Toronto due to injury 2001: ... dressed last 4 games High school: ... MVP at Hamilton Tiger-Cat HS Recruit Camp, McMaster and WLU All-Canadian football camps ... third team all-canadian, third team all-academic team, second team all-eastern Canada team (allcanadagridiron) ... Toronto Star GTA all-star defensive back ... Metro Bowl finalist (Notre Dame HS) Personal: ... born on October 5, 1982 ... enrolled in Honours Kinesiology and Physical Education ... father played for the Hawks in 1966 and brother is a starting defensive back for the Golden Hawks

Jesse #56 Alexander Linebacker

Third Year (Third Year Elig.)

6-0, 240 Kitchener (Eastwood)

2003: … dressed all 11 games … had 21 total tackles (17 solo and 4 assisted) and 1 fumble recovery … returned 2 kickoffs for 11 yards (average: 5.5) with a long of 10 yards… received WLU Special Teams Player of the Year Award 2002: ... dressed 8 games ... had 7 total tackles (5 solo and 2 assisted) High school: ... three time defensive player MVP Senior Football ... MVP Senior Rugby ... Most Valuable Male Athlete ... 20 total touchdowns as fullback/linebacker ... 1st and 2nd team All-Star Personal: ... born on May 8th, 1981 ... enrolled in General Arts ... brother Josh Alexander currently plays WLU football ... cousin Aaron Hardy also played

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Kyle Armour

#95

Defensive Line

Forth Year (Third Year Elig.)

6-1, 285 Kitchener (Resurrection)

2003: … dressed 3 games … had 3 total tackles (1 solo and 2 assisted) 2002: ... dressed 8 games, started 3 of them ... had 11 tackles (5 solo, 6 assisted) 2001: ... redshirted freshman ... named defensive Scout Team MVP High school: ... defensive MVP grade 12 Personal: ... born on January 22, 1982 ... enrolled in Honours Kinesiology and Physical Education...won two championships with the TriCity Vipers

Andrew Baechler

#88

Receiver Second Year (Second Year Elig.)

5-10, 170 Ayr (Southwood) 2003: … dressed all 11 games … had 30 receptions for a total of 585 yards (average 19.5 yards) and a long of 79 yards … rushed 2 times for a total of 15 yards with a long of 9 yards … had a total of 24 points (4 touchdowns) … completed 6 kickoff returns for a total of 139 yards (average 23.16) and a long of 43 yards … completed 20 punt returns for a total of 135 yards (average 6.75) with a long of 30 yards … had 1 solo tackle and 1 fumble recovery … received WLU Rookie of the Year Award Highschool: … played WR, RB, QB, FS … 2-time Senior WCSAA All-Star (Offense) Personal: … born January 2nd 1984 … enrolled in Political Science … two brothers played football in the OUA

Mark Bablack Linebacker

Second Year (First Year Elig.)

6-2, 225 St.Catharine’s (St. Francis)

Stephen Braun

#66

Offensive Lineman

Forth Year (Second Year Elig.)

6-0, 255 Toronto (Newtonbrook)

2003: … redshirted freshman

2003: … dressed 3 games

High school: … MVP of Football Team …

Captain of Football Team … played MLB for 5 years

2002: ... did not play due to illness ...played varsity rugby for Wilfrid Laurier

Personal: … born September, 17 1984 … enrolled in General Arts

2001: ... redshirted freshman High school: ... 2000 GLFL All-Star Personal: ... born on May 19, 1982 ... enrolled in Honours Arts with a major in Political Science

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Nick Cameron

#32

Running Back

Forth Year (Forth Year Elig.)

5-11, 210 Norland (Fenelon Falls)

2003: … dressed all 11 games … rushed 89 times for a total of 476 yards (average 5.5 yards) and a long of 26 yards … had a total of 24 points (4 touchdowns) … had 3 receptions for a total of 42 yards (average 14) with a long of 17 … completed 4 kickoff returns for a total of 65 yards (average 16.25 yards) with a long of 25 yards … scored a touchdown in first overtime of semi-final game against Queens to send game into double overtime 2002: ... dressed 3 games started 2 of them ... stepped away from team for personal/family related issues ... rushed 26 times for 45 yards (average 1.73) with a long of 8 ... scored 1 touchdown 2001: ... dressed all 9 games ... rushed 45 times for 250 yards (average: 5.6) with a long of 53 ... two of those rushes were for touchdowns ...returned 9 kickoffs for 148 yards (average: 16.4) with a long of 24 High school: ... team MVP for football, rugby and basketball team for three years straight ... captain of rugby, basketball and football team ... led the league in rushing, touchdowns and tackles in the same year ... started tailback for the Kawartha West all-star team Personal: ... born on October 20, 1982 ... enrolled in Honours Arts with a major in Geography and a minor in History

Yanick Carter

#42

Linebacker Second Year (Second Year Elig.)

6-1, 185 Pickering (St. Mary’s) 2003: … dressed 5 games … had a total of 12 tackles (7 solo and 5 assisted) … had 1 interception High School: … played free safety … was GTA All-Star for 3 years … played for TeamCanada in 2002-03 … was defensive MVP in high school for 2002-03 Personal: … born February 5th 1984 … enrolled in Economics

Jon Coates

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Running Back

ThirdYear (Second Year Elig.)

5-9, 180 London (Banting)

2003: … dressed 3 games … rushed 5 times for a total of 7 yards (average 1.4 yards) with a long of 3 2002: ... was redshirted as a freshman High school: ... Offensive MVP ... Senior Bowl Running Back, coach Chris Marcus ... played running back, defensive back ... Thames Valley AllStar Personal: ... born on April 25th, 1983 ... enrolled in General Arts with a major in History

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Gavin Cond

#48

Linebacker

Third Year (Second Year Elig.)

5-11, 195

Sault Ste. Marie (Sir James Dunn)

2003: … dressed 10 games … had a total of 5 solo tackles 2002: ... was redshirted as a freshman High school: ... All-Star Linebacker ... defensive captain ... OVFL Sabercats Team MVP Personal: ... born on June 25, 1983 ... enrolled in General Arts majoring in Kinesiology ... brother Lee Cond plays WLU football ... father played basketball at Laurier

Brian Devlin

#18

Kicker/Punter Third Year (Forth Year Elig.)

6-0, 190 Sarnia (St. Patrick’s) 2003: … dressed all 11 games … had 82 punts for 2709 yards (average 33.03) with a long of 73 yards … made 20 field goals of his 34 a empted with a long of 45 yards … made all 41 converts of 41 a empted as well as 5 singles … had 49 kickoffs for a total of 2263 yards (average 46.18) with a long of 84 yards … completed 1 pass a empt for a total of 9 yards in semi-final game versus Queen’s … had 1 solo tackle High school: … two-time Metro Bowl Champion and three-time city champion… was Sarnia city all-star for football … was two time city champion in soccer … named soccer MVP … received football scholarship to Simon Fraser University for 3 years … did volunteer work for St. Benedict’s Elementary School in Sarnia Personal: ... born July 5th 1978 ... enrolled in Honours arts with a major in Sociology

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Andrew Dietrich

#60

Offensive Line Second Year (First Year Elig.)

6-2, 280 Kitchener (Kitchener C.I.) 2003: … redshirted freshman High school: … played centre, guard, and tackle … received Coach’s Award in 2002 … named team captain all five years … father played football for 4 years at Laurier and was dra ed by Toronto Argonauts Personal: ... born December 2nd, 1984 ... enrolled in Honours Arts with a major in English

Steven Frake

#25

Defensive Back

Fi h Year (Fi h Year Elig.)

6-1, 190 Toronto (Silverthorn)

2003: … dressed all 11 games … had 19 total tackles (16 solo and 3 assisted) … had 1 forced fumble, 1 fumble recovery, and 3 interceptions for 17 yards (average 5.67) 2002: ... dressed all 8 games, started 4 of them ... had 13 total tackles (10 solo, 3 assisted) 2001: ... dressed 4 games, started 2 of them as a reciever ... had 1 reception for 12 yards ... switched to defensive back in spring camp 2000: ... dressed 2 games ... had 1 tackle (1 assisted)

Tyler Felber

#68

Offensive Line Second Year (First Year Elig.)

6-2, 230 Waterloo (Bluevale) 2003: … redshirted freshman High school: … played two year on all-star team … received two best linesman awards … won junior football championship Personal: ... born March 15th, 1984 ... enrolled in Business Administration

High school: ... junior Athlete of the Year in grade 9 ... team captain and offensive MVP for football in grade ten (played receiver and corner) ... MVP for senior baseball in grade eleven (played center field) ... senior Athlete of the Year in grade twelve ... assistant captain in hockey for the last three of the five years (played defence) ... team captain and offensive MVP for football in grade thirteen (played quarterback, corner, outside linebacker and special teams) ... played senior hockey and senior baseball all five years ... played football for four years Personal: ... born on April 29, 1981 ... enrolled in Honours Kinesiology and Physical Education

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Mike Gmaz

#28

Defensive Back Second Year (Second Year Elig.)

5-11, 180 Welland (Notre Dame) 2003: … dressed 1 game High school: … named Senior Rookie of the Year in 2000 … named Senior MVP in 2002 Personal: ... born March 17th, 1984 ... enrolled in Business Administraion

Don Gooding

Defensive Back Second Year (Second Year Elig.)

5-10, 173 Sarnia (Northern) 2003: ... dressed 1 game High school: … named league MVP … named Canada Cup All-Star and MVP … named OAC Athlete of the Year … Western Bowl Finalists Personal: ... born June 30th, 1984 ... enrolled in Kinesiology

Joshua Golding

Running Back Second Year (First Year Elig.)

6-3, 255 Windham Centre (Delhi) 2003: … redshirted freshman High school: … played FB, LB, K/P … named MVP and playoff MVP in 2001 … received “Guts” award in 2002 Personal: ... born August 16th, 1984 ... enrolled in General Arts

Conor Healey

#9

Defensive Back

Third Year (Third Year Elig.)

5-11, 185

Guelph (Our Lady of Lourdes) 2003: … took the year off of school … was dra ed by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and played on their practice squad over the summer 2002: … dressed all 8 games … had 25 total tackles (20 solo and 5 assisted) … had 1 interception 2001: ... dressed and started first 6 games ... did not play the rest of the season due to a broken ankle ... had 18 total tackles (17 solo, 1 assisted) ... had 2 interceptions for a total of 27 yards High school: ... was team captain and MVP in last year ... was league All-Star kicker and defensive back Personal: ... born on October 1st, 1979 ... enrolled in General Arts with a major in Anthropology

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Brent Hickey

#10

Defensive Back Second Year (First Year of Elig.)

5-10, 175 Burlington (Notre Dame) 2003: … redshirted freshman High school: ... Junior Football Offensive MVP ... Senior Football defensive MVP ...

Senior Football MVP ... Senior Athlete of the Year Personal: ... born September 6th, 1985 ... enrolled in Mathematics ... brother Bryon Hickey is a running back for WLU Football

Bryon Hickey

#20

Receiver Forth Year (Forth Year Elig.)

6-2, 215 Burlington (Notre Dame)

2003: … dressed all 11 games … had 18 receptions for a total of 307 yards (average 17.05) with a long of 40 yards … rushed 47 times for a total of 240 yards (average 5.11 yards) with a long of 27 yards … had a total of 84 points (12 touchdowns rushing and 2 touchdowns receiving) … had 3 total tackles (2 solo and 1 assisted) … played in the 2004 East/West Bowl All-Star Game 2002: ... dressed all 8 games, started 1 ... had a total of 28 points (4 touchdowns, 2 2-pt converts) ... had 11 receptions for a total of 107 yards (averge 9.72) with a long of 45 yards ... rushed 53 times for a total of 221 yards (average 4.17) and a long of 195 yards ... made 2 solo tackles ... returned 2 kickoffs for 35 yards (17.5 average) and a long of 21 yards 2001: ... dressed 3 games ...

High school: ... Offensive MVP in 1999 and 2000 ...

2000-01 Athlete of the Year ... Toronto Star GTA AllStar (DB) ... First-Team All-Canadian, First-Team All-East Running Back (canadagridiron.com) Personal: ... born on July 1, 1982 ... enrolled in Honours Kinesiology and Physical Eduction

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Adrian Houwer

#45

Brandon Keks

#38

Defensive Lineman

Defensive Lineman

Forth Year (Third Year Elig.)

6-0, 260 Cayuga (Cayuga)

Third Year (Third Year Elig.)

6-4, 230

Coquitlam, BC (Pinetree Secondary)

2003: … dressed 10 games … had a total of 8 tackles (6 solo and 2 assisted) … complete 1 total sack 2002: ... dressed all 8 games ... played special teams ... had 9 tackles total (7 solo, 2 assisted) ... won Special Teams Player of the Game against Windsor 2001: ... redshirted freshman High school: ... Athlete of the Year in grade 9, 10, 11, 12 and OAC ... MVP for Soccer in grade 12 and OAC ... Coaches Award for football in grade 12...winner of Johnny Edwards Scholarship

2003: … dressed 7 games … had 7 total tackles (5 solo and 2 assisted) 2002: ... dressed 5 games High school: ... played DE, DT, MLB, FB ... in 1999 was Junior Captain and awarded Junior MVP ... in 2001 was Senior Captain and awarded Senior MVP also named to the provincial 2nd team allstar defensive line Personal: ... born on March 25, 1984 ... enrolled in general arts with a major in history

Personal: ... born on March 23, 1982 ... enrolled in Honours Kinesiology and Physical Eduction

Ryan Jeffrey

#62

Offensive Tackle

Fourth Year (Fourth Year Elig.)

Bobby Kootstra

#11

Defensive Back

Third Year (Second Year Elig.)

6-4, 275 Lyn (Brockville)

5-11, 185 Sarnia (Northern)

2003: … dressed all 11 games … had 1 assisted tackle

2003: … dressed 9 games … had 18 total tackles (13 solo and 5 assisted) … had 1 interception for 35 yards

2002: ... dressed and started all 8 games ... named to the OUA 2nd Team All-Star roster 2001: ... dressed all 9 games, started all of them 2000: ... dressed last 8 games, started all of them High school: ... won Lineman of the Year Award in grade 11 and OAC ... played Junior “B” hockey Personal: ... born on August 7, 1981 ... enrolled in General Arts program with a major in Sociology

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2002: ... redshirted as a freshman ... received ACL surgery in early 2003 High school: ... two time league all-star for football ...

OVFL nominee for Quarterback of the Year Personal: ... born on April 19, 1983 ... enrolled in General Arts and majoring in Psychology

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Joe Labenski

Defensive Line Second Year (First Year Elig.)

6-1, 280 Welland (Notre Dame) 2003: … redshirted freshman High school: ... played DE, DT, OT, MLB … named best defensive player Personal: ... born September 26th, 1984 ... enrolled in Economics... brother graduated from WLU in 2000

Ian Logan

#16

Defensive Back

Forth Year (Forth Year Elig.)

5-9, 185 Waterloo (Waterloo CI)

2003: … dressed all 11 games … had 69 total tackles (48 solo and 21 assisted) … completed 13 kickoff returns for a total of 272 yards (average 20.92) with a long of 38 yards … completed 12 punt returns for a total of 123 yards (average 10.25) with a long of 40 yards … had 1 forced fumble, 2 fumble recoveries, and 2 interceptions for a total of 65 yards (average 32.5) …was two-time CIS Defensive Player of the Week for playoff games versus Guelph and Queen’s … was OUA 1st Team All-Star … received WLU Football MVP Award … played in the East/West Bowl All-Star game for second consecutive year 2002: ... dressed and started all 8 games ... scored 1 touchdown for a total of six points ... had 2 receptions for 28 yards (average 14) and a long of 17 ... had 39 total tackles (33 solo, 6 assisted) ... had 4 kickoff returns for 88 yards (average 17) and a long of 21 yards ... had 2 punt returns for a total of 86 yards (average 43) long of 83 yards ... played in the East/West Bowl All-Star game ... returned 83 yard punt for a TD againste Guelph 2001: ... dressed all 9 games, started last 7 ... had 41 total tackles (35 solo, 6 assisted) and 1 sack and 1 forced fumble ... had 2 interceptions for a total of 21 yards ... returned 6 kickoffs for 119 yards (average: 19.8) with a long of 26 ... returned 21 punts for 136 yards (average: 6.5) with a long of 31 High school: ... Winner of Doug Shuh award (MVP of WCSAA football league, 1999) ... MVP of WCI football team in grade 12 and OAC ... received player recognition award for offense in grade 9, 11, 12 and OAC ... WCSAA Football Champions in 1999 ... WCI Athlete of the Year at 2001 ... Football Rookie of the Year in grade 11 Personal: ... born on August 19, 1982 ... enrolled in Honours Business Administration

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Peter Maddocks

Quarterback Second Year (First Year Elig.)

6-1, 180 Chatham (Chatham Kent) 2003: … redshirted freshman High school: ... 70% completion percentage (Chatam Kent) no pics thrown all season… nominated for Quarterback MVP of Leauge (OVFL) ... had one pic all season in OVFL Personal: ... born December 6th, 1984 ... enrolled in Honours Arts with a major in Psychology

Lee #40 Maggiacomo Linebacker

Fi h Year (Fi h Year Elig.)

6-1, 200 Cambridge (Jacob Hespeler) 2003: … dressed 10 games … had 33 total tackles (16 solo and 17 assisted) … had 1 sack, 2 fumble recoveries, and 2 interceptions for 19 yards (average 9.5) … recovered from sprained knee in playoffs to start in Yates Cup 2002: ... dressed all 8 games, started 5 of them ... had 19 total tackles (14 solo, 5 assisted) and one forced fumble 2001: ... dressed all 9 games, started the last 5 ... had 35 total tackles (23 solo, 12 assisted) ... had 1 interception for 3 yards 2000: ... dressed all 10 games ... had 10 tackles (5 solo, 5 assisted)

Anthony #44 Maggiacomo Linebacker Second Year (Second Year Elig.)

6-1, 210 Cambridge (Jacob Hespler) 2003: … dressed 1 game High school: ... played LB and FB … WCSSAA first team defensive all-star 2001-03 … named team captain Personal: ... born on April 25th, 1984 ... enrolled in Honours Arts with a major in Kinesiology and Physical Education ... brother Lee is a linebacker with the Golden Hawks

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High school: ... was MVP and team captain ... offensive MVP Personal: ... born on August 10, 1981 ... taking an Honours Arts degree with major in American History ...enjoys skateboarding and surfing...nick name is “MAGIC”

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Josh Maltin

#27

Defensive Back Second Year (Second Year Elig.)

5-11, 180 Sarnia (Northern) 2003: … dressed 8 games … had 19 total tackles (17 solo and 2 assisted) … had 1 interception for 41 yards … missed 3 regular season games due to injury

Dan McBride

#36

Offensive Lineman Second Year (First Year Elig.)

6-4, 230 Georgetown (Bishop Reding) 2003: … took the year off of school 2002: ... dressed 1 game

High school: ... Western Bowl Finalists … named Lambton Conference MVP and Conference finals MVP … first team all OVFL defence … named high school Athlete of the Year Personal: ... born January 29th, 1984 ... enrolled in Bachelor of Business Administration

Mike Maurice

#4

Wide Reciever

Forth Year (Forth Year Elig.)

6-5, 210 Mississauga (Lorne Park)

2003: … dressed 9 games … had 8 receptions for a total of 110 yards (average 13.75) with a long of 52 yards… had a total of 10 points (1 touchdown and 2 2-pt conversions) 2002: ... dressed 4 games, started 1 of them ... had 3 receptiuons for 27 yards with a long of 13 yards ... missed last 4 games due to injury

Andrew McLean

Receiver Second Year (First Year Elig.)

5-11, 168 London (A.B. Lucas) 2003: … redshirted freshman High school: ... senior team captain … MVP receiver at All-Canada Camp 2001-02 Personal: ... born on March 1st, 1984 ... enrolled in Honours Geography

2001: ... dressed the last 3 games High school: ... LPSS Senior Football Rookie of the Year in 1999 ... 2000 Peel All-Star, GTA All-Star ... 2000 2nd Team All-East, 3rd Team All-Canadian, 3rd Team All-Academic (allcanadagridiron) ... 2000 Offensive MVP at Hamilton Tiger-Cats Highschool Camp Personal: ... born on January 26, 1982 ... enrolled in Honours Arts with a major in Geography and the Administration Option

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David Montoya

#50

Defensive Lineman

Third Year (Second Year Elig.)

6-1, 230 Burlington (Notre Dame)

Will #15 Northcote Reciever

Third Year (Third Year Elig.)

6-5, 220 Barrie (Innisdale)

2003: … dressed 8 games … had 8 total tackles (6 solo and 2 assisted) … completed 1 kickoff return for 40 yards

2003: … dressed all 11 games … had 3 receptions for a total of 53 yards (average 17.67) with a long of 33 yards … had 1 solo tackle

2002: ... redshirted freshman ... received award for Defensive Scout Team MVP

2002: ... dressed 6 games started 5 of them ... had a total of 12 points (two touchdowns) ... had 5 receptions for a total of 74 yards (average 14.8) and a long of 43 yards ... missed 2 games due to knee injury ... switched to QB to fill in a er injuries subsided

High school: ... recipient of the Peter Visser Award in 2002 ... team MVP in 2001 ... OVFL MVP Nominee ... five time Halton Champion (ND) ... Metrobowl Finalists Personal: ... born on May 3rd, 1983 ... enrolled in Kinesiology and Physical Education, minoring in Sociology and Religion and Culture

High school: ... played football, basketball, hockey and rugby through highschool ... was Athlete of the Year in grade nine and also Junior Athlete of the Year ... played quarterback for five years also played punter/ kicker Personal: ... born on March 12, 1984 ... enrolled in Business Administration

Chris Murray

Offensive Line Second Year (First Year Elig.)

6-2, 240 Kitchener (Kitchener C. I.) 2003: … redshirted freshman High school: ... played le guard … named a 2002 Junior OVFL All-Star … two-time Junior OVFL Offensive Lineman of the Year Nominee Personal: ... born August 29th, 1985 ... enrolled in Honours Arts with a double major in English and Film Studies ...coached Tyke Football

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Jamie #17 Partington Quarterback

Third Year (Third Year Elig.)

6-3, 200 Stoney Creek (Saltfleet)

2003: ... dressed all 11 games … completed 13 of 22 a empts for 265 yards with a completion average of 59.09 and a long of 52 yards … threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception for a passing rating of 101.04 … rushed 7 times for a total of 31 yards (average 4.42) with a long of 16 yards 2002: ... dressed 4 games and started 1 completed 14 of 29 a empts for 197 yards with a completion average of 48.28 and a long of 32 yards ... threw 2 interceptions and had a passing rate of 41.88 ... had one rushing a empt and one fumble ... missed half the season due to a torn MCL High school: ... was quarterback and captain leading the league in touchdown passes and passing yardage ... won championship in final year Personal: ... born on October 22nd, 1981 ... enrolled in General Arts ... played in the CJFL for Hamilton and Windsor

Justin Phillips

#52

Linebacker Second Year (First Year Elig.)

6-3, 225 O awa (Sacred Heart) 2003: … redshirted freshman High school: ... named Rookie of the Year … received awards for best linebacker, best defensive player, and two-time MVP … older brother Kyle plays for Laurier Personal: ... born on April 24th, 1985 ... enrolled in Political Science ... older brother Kyle plays for the Hawks

Kyle Phillips

#19

Defensie Back

Third Year (First Year Elig.)

6-2, 200 O awa (A.Y. Jackson) 2003: … redshirted

2002: ... was redshirted as a freshman ... injured le knee High school: ... NCAFA (O awa) Bell Warriors (pee wee, bantam) ... Best Defensive Player (pee wee) ... Best Defensive Player (bantam) ... revieved the Bantam AllStar Game Most Outstading Defensive Player Award ... Kanata Knights Midget (Larry Cates - head coach) ... nominated for the all-star game despite being injured for the majority of the year Personal: ... born on August 19, 1983 ... enrolled in Honours Arts Sociology ... younger brother plays footbal at WLU ... coached house league basketball for Goulbourn ... referee for elemetary school basketball tournaments ... volunteered at the St. Patrick’s old age home ... co-operative education work at Guardian Angels Elementary School, teachers assistant

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Ryan Pyear

#7

Quarterback

Forth Year (Forth Year Elig.)

5-11, 180 Belleville (Centennial)

2003: ... dressed all 11 games … completed 131 of 240 a empts for 1956 yards with a completion average of 54.58 and a long of 79 yards… threw 20 touchdowns and 9 interceptions for a pass rating of 97.33 … rushed 32 times for a total of 193 yards (average 6.03) with 1 touchdown and a long of 16 yards … finished 4th in the CIS in QB passing efficiency with a rating of 149 … elected Player of the Game in semi-final double-overtime victory over Queen’s 2002: ... dressed and started 3 games ... completed 28 of 57 a empts for a total of 329 yards with a completion average 49.12 and a long of 43 yards ...passing 3 touchdowns and 2 interceptions for a passing rate of 69.99 ... had 10 rushes for 94 yards (average 9.4) with a long of 46 ... in game 4 Pyear suffered a season ending injury and subsequently missed the remainder of the season (torn ACL) 2001: ... dressed all 9 games, started all of them ... took every offensive snap that season ... completed 76 of 167 a empts for 1031 yards with a completion average of 45.5 and a long of 42 ... threw 6 touchdowns and 5 interceptions for a pass rating of 65.2 ... rushed 41 times for 200 yards (average: 4.9) with 1 touchdown and a long of 41 ... was WLU and OUA Rookie of the Year High school: ... 1999 Junior Athlete of the Year ...

1999 COSSA Champions ... 2000 National Capital Bowl Champions ... City Athlete of the Year ... 2000 Senior Bowl Offensive MVP ... 2000-01 Track MVP ...

2001 Athlete of the Year ... High School All-Canadian (allcanadagridiron) Personal: ... born on Febuary 21, 1982 ... enrolled in Honours Kinesiology and Physical Education with Business Administration Option

Pyear’s 2003 Statistics Passing Opponent A Cmp Pct Yds TD Int Regular Season O awa 19 12 63.16 135 1 2 Guelph 16 8 50.00 121 2 1 Windsor 28 13 46.43 134 1 2 Waterloo 10 8 80.00 135 2 0 Western 21 13 61.90 237 3 0 York 21 11 52.38 190 1 1 Queen’s 29 18 62.07 188 2 1 Toronto 5 5 100.0 86 2 0 Total 149 88 59.06 1226 14 7 Post Season O awa 24 16 66.67 263 1 0 Queen’s 37 12 32.43 237 4 0 McMaster 30 15 50.00 230 1 2 Total 91 43 47.25 730 6 2

Blair Ryan

#13

Receiver

Third Year (Third Year Elig.)

5-10, 190 Halifax, NS (Queen Elizabeth High) 2003: … dressed 10 games … had 4 total tackles (2 solo and 2 assisted) … had 1 interception 2002: ... dressed all 8 games ... had one tackle and one fumble return ... switched early in the season from receiver High school: ... played running back and reciever ...

1700 + yards rushing in senior season ... had 19 touchdowns ... leader in province for both rushing and touchdowns ... recieved provincial title in grade 11 and was runner up in grade 12 ... was 1st team all-star running back ... member of the bronze medal winning team which represented Nova Scotia at U-19 championships Personal: ... born on October 8th, 1981 ... enrolled in Honours Arts

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Erik Salo

#63

Offensive Lineman

Forth Year (Third Year Elig.)

6-0, 285 Markham (Markham) 2003: … dressed 2 games

Bryan Sloot

#54

Linebacker

Fourth Year (Third Year Elig.)

5-11, 230 Toronto (Malvern)

2002: ... dressed for 3 games

2003: … dressed all 11 games … had 15 total tackles (11 solo and 4 assisted) … received WLU Player of the Week Honours for games versus Guelph and Toronto

2001: ... redshirted freshman

2002: ... dressed 5 games

High school: ... Team Captain for the 2000 season

2001: ... redshirted freshman

Personal: ... born on Febuary 25, 1982 ... enrolled in Honours Science with a major in Psychology

High school: ... won two league championships Personal: ... born on June 12, 1980 ... enrolled in General Arts with a major in Communication Studies

Adam Scheerer

#80

Receiver Second Year (Second Year Elig.)

6-3, 200 Stratford (Stratford Central) 2003: … dressed 10 games … had 2 receptions for 38 yards (average 14) with a long of 27 yards … had a total of 6 points (1 touchdown) … completed 2 punt returns for a total of 20 yards (average 10) with a long of 10 yards … rushed 2 times for 7 yards (average 3.5) with a long of 5 yards … had 2 solo tackles High school: ... played wide receiver … nominee for Receiver of the Year for OVFL in 2003 … ranked 2nd in the OVFL in 2003 Personal: ... born on March 27th, 1984 ... enrolled in Arts … volunteered to coach basketball and was a trainer for hockey … president of Central Athletic

Brad Smart

Defensive Back

Third Year (First Year Elig.)

5-10, 185 Oshawa (Paul Dywer) 2003: … redshirted 2002: ... was redshirted as a freshman

High school: ... was MVP in both senior football and hockey ... played linebacker, defensive back and tailback Personal: ... born on May 17th, 1983 ... enrolled in Honours Kinesiology ... volunteers in community hockey programs

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Jeff Smeaton

#26

Defensive Back

Forth Year (Forth Year Elig.)

5-10, 185 Brantford (North Park)

2003: … dressed all 11 games … had 16 total tackles (8 solo and 8 assisted) … had 1 interception for 23 yards 2002: ... dressed and started 7 games ... had a total of 6 points with one touchdown ... made 30 tackles (26 solo, 4 assisted) and 1 sack ... had 3 interceptions and returned an impressive total of 81 yards (average 27) ... returned 3 punts for a total of 25 yards average of (8.33) with a long of 20 yards ... missed one game due to concussion 2001: ... dressed 5 games ... had 1 solo tackle High school: ... 1999 Offensive Player of the Year ...

1999-00 Male Athlete of the Year ... 2000 Defensive Player of the Year Personal: ... born on November 11, 1981 ... enrolled in Kinesiology and Physical Education ... 2000, 2001 Special Teams MVP as well as 2001 MVP for for the Bisons

Steve Surya

#22

Defensive Back

Third Year (Third Year Elig.)

6-0, 180 Burlington (Notre Dame)

2003: … dressed all 11 games … had 25 total tackles (23 solo and 2 assisted) … had 1 interception for 37 yards … completed 1 kickoff return for 13 yards … completed 1 punt return for 8 yards 2002: ... dressed 7 games High school: ... was defensive back at Notre Dame in Burlington ... won two Halton Senior titles ... also played rugby Personal: ... born on July 4th, 1983 ... enrolled in Honours Biology

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Kyle Weston

#65

Offensive Linemen

Third Year (Third Year Elig.)

6-3, 270 Sarnia (St. Christopher’s) 2003: … dressed 4 games 2002: ... dressed and played 6 games

High school: ... a ended OFFSAA for wrestling in grade 12 and OAC, placed TOP 15 ... was co-captain of Lambton Lions OVFL Personal: ... born on March 26th, 1983 ... enrolled in Honours Arts with a double major in Sociology and Psychology

Craig White

#90

Defensive Linemen

Forth Year (Second Year Elig.)

5-11, 250

Mississauga (Fthr. Michael Goetz) 2003: … dressed 1 game … suffered from a knee injury for most of the season 2002: ... dressed 1 game High school: ... MVP three years straight ... Region of Peel All-Star for 2 years Personal: ... born on June 5th, 1982 ... enrolled in Honours Business

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#1

Dave Wiwchar

Joel Wright

Forth Year (Second Year Elig.)

Third Year (Third Year Elig.)

Defensive Back

5-6, 180 Caledon (Mayfield) 2003: … redshirted

2002: ... dressed 4 games ... had 3 total tackles (2 solo, 1 assisted) 2001: ... redshirted freshman ... was WLU Offensive Scout Player of the Year High school: ... was team MVP and captain for football ... althete of the year in last year ... was rugby captain and MVP for 3 years Personal: ... born on Febuary 18, 1982 ... enrolled in Kinesiology and Physical Education

Wright’s 2003 Statistics Passing Opponent Regular Season O awa Guelph Windsor Waterloo Western York Queen’s Toronto Total Post Season O awa Queen’s McMaster Total

Rec

Yds

TD Long

3 2 4 2 4 2 3 1 21

15 21 49 24 63 18 32 11 233

0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 4

9 12 37 19 25 12 27 11 37

4 4 5 13

85 84 44 213

0 2 0 2

31 35 19 35

Reciever

5-11, 195 Stoney Creek (Saltfleet)

2003: … dressed all 11 games … had 34 total receptions for 446 yards (average 13.12) with a long of 37 yards … had a total of 24 points (6 touchdowns) … completed 6 kickoff returns for 309 yards (average 51.5) with a long of 57 yards … completed 14 punt returns for 81 yards (average 5.79) with a long of 13 yards … rushed 1 time for 4 yards … completed 2 passes of 2 a empted for 75 yards (average 37.5) with a long of 41 yards … had 1 solo tackle and 1 fumble recovery … made game winning catch in second overtime of semi-final game versus Queen’s to send WLU to Yates Cup 2002: ... dressed 8 games and started 7 of them ... had 1 touchdown and 1 2-pt convert for a total of 8 points ... had 26 receptions for a total of 255 yards (average 9.8) and a long of 26 ... had 22 punt returns for a total of 173 yards returned (averave 7.86) and a long of 37 ... 1 punt for 16 yards High school: ... Junior and Senior Athlete of the Year ... was MVP for basketball, football, rugby and volleyball ... played wide reciever, punter, kicker, punt and kick returner and safety Personal: ... born on August, 27th 1980 ... enrolled in General Arts with a major in Sociology

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Mitch #57 Zappitelli Offensive Lineman

Forth Year (Forth Year Elig.)

6-5, 320 Orleans (St. Ma hews)

2003: ‌ dressed all 11 games ‌ played in the East/ West Bowl All-Star Game 2002: ... dressed 8 games and started 7 of them 2001: ... dressed last 4 games High school: ... won Best Offensive Lineman in senior year Personal: ... born on July 20, 1982 ... enrolled in General Arts with a major in Mathematics

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2004 Dressing Freshmen Recruits No. 81 12 41

Player Branting, Ryan Luciani, Dante Lynch, Ryan

Pos. REC QB RB

Ht. 5’ 11” 6’0” 5’ 9”

Aaron Amadio Linebacker

First Year (First Year Elig.)

5-9, 177 Sault Ste. Marie (St. Mary’s) High School: ... a ended St. Mary’s High School… named Defensive Player of the Year … won 2002 and 2003 Championships for city, HOSSA, and Central Bowl with St. Mary’s Personal: … born January 4, 1985 … enrolled in General Arts with a major in History

Wt. 190 190 190

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Hometown (Highschool) Toronto (St. Albert) Oakville (Berkshire Prep) Waterloo (WCI)

Sean Ashe Safety

Second Year (First Year Elig.)

5-11, 185 Kitchener (Eastwood) High School: … a ended Eastwood Collegiate … played quarterback, wide receiver, and defensive back Personal: … born October 27, 1980 … enrolled in General Arts … played 4 years with the Tri-City Vipers … played 2003/2004 seasons in the NFC summer league with the Tri-City Outlaws … was named NFC Rookie of the Year in 2003

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Ryan Branting Receiver

#81

First Year (Third Year Elig.)

5-11, 190 Toronto (St. Albert) High School: … a ended St. Albert High School Personal: …enrolled in Honours Business Administration … was PFC All-Star in 1999 and 2000 … was CJFL All-Canadian in 2000 … was PFC Conference stats leader in receiving

Wayne Brock Defensive Lineman

First Year (First Year Elig.)

6-2, 255 Markham (Markham) High School: … a ended Markham District High School … played defensive end and fullback … was MVP for school and York Region … played summer league football for the Toronto Thunder and received team MVP Personal: … born October 26, 1985 … enrolled in General Arts with a major in Sociology

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Ian Clark Defensive Back

First Year (First Year Elig.)

6-0, 180 Hamilton (Westdale) High School: … a ended Westdale High School … received team MVP for 1998, 1999, and 2000 … received Most Dedicated Player award in 2001 Personal: …born October 30, 1981 … enrolled in Criminology

Ben Coker Running Back

First Year (First Year Elig.)

5-9, 185 Oakville (Loyola) High School: … a ended St. Ignatius of Loyola … played fullback and linebacker … played summer league football for the Burlington Stampede and won 7 provincial championships Personal: …born July 24, 1986 … enrolled in Honours Arts with a major in Communications

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Stephen Cormack Defensive Lineman

First Year (First Year Elig.)

6-1, 260 Waterloo (St. David) High School: … a ended St. David’s Secondary School … played defensive end, defensive tackle, fullback, tight end, tailback, and offensive tackle …was team MVP … was WCSSA 1st Team All-Star …

Personal: …born June 14, 1985 … enrolled in General Arts

James Cranston Defensive Lineman

First Year (First Year Elig.)

6-1, 240 Ancaster (Ancaster)

Gary Cressy Offensive Lineman

First Year (First Year Elig.)

6-3, 275 Mississauga (Meadowvale) High School: … a ended Meadowvale Secondary School … was team MVP in 2003 … was team captain in 2001 and 2003 … was Peel All-Star from in 2001, 2002, and 2003 Personal: … born September 26, 1986 … enrolled in Honours Arts with a major in Kinesiology

George Dimacakos Defensive Back

First Year (First Year Elig.)

5-11, 165 Brampton (Chinguacousy)

High School: … a ended Ancaster High School … played linebacker, fullback, and tight end … was team MVP … played for Team Ontario in 2003/04 … was Canada Cup Tournament All-Star in 2004 … was Team Ontario Defensive Line MVP in 2004

High School: … a ended Chingvacousey Secondary School … played hal ack, cornerback, and punter … was team MVP in 2003 and 2004 … was Peel All-Star in 2003 and 2004 … was Male Athlete of the Year in 2003

Personal: … born November 12, 1985 … enrolled in General Arts with a major in History

Personal: … born February 13, 1986 … enrolled in Honours Arts with a major in Kinesiology

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David Dulmage Linebacker

First Year (First Year Elig.)

6-0, 195 Belleville (Moira) High School: …a ended Moira Secondary School … played linebacker, running back, long snapper … won team MVP twice … was school Junior and Senior Athlete of the Year … won award for Most Improved Athlete Personal: …born November 5, 1985 … enrolled in General Arts … relative of former Golden Hawk Justin Shakell dra ed by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats

Joshua Duru Slotback

First Year (First Year Elig.)

5-10, 180 Welland (Notre Dame) High School: … a ended Notre Dame … played running back, and slot back Personal: …born April 2, 1985 … enrolled in Honours Business Administration

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Andrew Fla Defensive Lineman

First Year (First Year Elig.)

6-0, 245 King City (Villanova) High School: … a ended St. Thomas of Villanova … was MVP for hockey in grade 9, 10, and 12 … was Defensive MVP for football in grade 12 Personal: … born July 5, 1986 … enrolled in General Arts

Andrew Franzini Defensive Back

First Year (First Year Elig.)

5-11, 190 Mississauga (St. Francis Xavier) High School: … a ended St. Francis Xavier … played linebacker, safety, and fullback … was team MVP in grades 10, 11, and 12 Personal: … born May 12, 1985 … enrolled in General Arts

MEET THE GOLDEN HAWKS

Bradley Frye Linebacker

Joel Gooding Runningback

High School: … a ended Hagersville Secondary School … played running back … was team MVP … was Male Athlete of the Year

High School: … a ended Preston Secondary School … played running back …

First Year (First Year Elig.)

6-1, 185 Hagersville (Hagersville)

First Year (First Year Elig.)

6-0, 195 Kitchener (Preston)

Personal: … born March 15, 1986 … enrolled in Honours Arts with a major in History

Sam Gardner Slotback

First Year (First Year Elig.)

6-1, 200 Kitchener (Forest Heights) High School: … a ended Forest Heights … was team captain for grades 12 and OAC ... won WCSSAA Championship in grade 11 Personal: … born June 9, 1981 … enrolled in General Arts with a major in Communications … was captain and won 2 championships with the Tri-City Vipers

Sean Gow Linebacker

First Year (First Year Elig.)

6-1, 185 Oakville (Holy Trinity) High School: … a ended Holy Trinity … played linebacker, slot back, tight end, corner half, and punter … received Player of the Game honours Personal: … born November 26, 1985 … enrolled in General Arts with a major in History

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Troy Leach Wide Receiver

First Year (First Year Elig.)

6-1, 185 Hagersville (Hagersville) High School: …a ended Barrie Central … played football, rugby, and basketball … was MVP for football … was All-Star for football and basketball … was Junior and Senior Athlete of the Year Personal: … born June 26, 1985 … enrolled in Honours Arts with a major in History

Brodie Legein Runningback

First Year (First Year Elig.)

5-8, 175 Ancaster (St. Mary’s) High School: … a ended St. Mary’s High School … played running back … was team MVP … was Offensive MVP for Team Ontario Personal: … born December 23, 1985 … enrolled in General Arts with a major in Sociology

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Chris Levan Running Back

First Year (First Year Elig.)

5-10, 230 Point Edward (SCITS) High School: … a ended SCITS … played running back, fullback, linebacker, defensive end, and long snapper … was team MVP as well as league All-Star Personal: … born December 17, 1985 … enrolled in General Arts with a major in History … coached minor league football

Dante Luciani Quarterback

#12

First Year (First Year Elig.)

6-0, 190 Oakville (Berkshire Prep) High School: … a ended Berkshire Prep … played quarterback … was team captain and MVP in 2003 … was team Defensive MVP in 2002 … played football, cross country, basketball, badminton, and track & field … played for Team Canada in 2004 … named Boston Globe NEPSAC All-Star in 2003 Personal: … born September 1, 1985 … enrolled in Honours Arts … uncle Rich Agro played Golden Hawk Football as well as in the CFL … cousin Dave Agro played Golden Hawk Football … cousin Andrew Agro currently plays Golden Hawks Football … father Joe Luciani graduated from WLU

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Ryan Lynch Runningback

#41

First Year (First Year Elig.)

5-9, 190 Waterloo (WCI) High School: …a ended Waterloo Collegiate … was Senior Football Rookie of the Year … received award for Senior Football Recognition … was WCSSAA 1st Team AllStar Personal: … born December 14, 1985 … enrolled in General Arts

Nicholas Martin Quarterback

First Year (First Year Elig.)

5-11, 190 Kingston (Kingston Collegiate) High School: … a ended Kingston Collegiate … was team MVP in 2003 … received award in 2000 for Most Dedicated Player … was Rookie of the Year in 1999 Personal: … born July 2, 1985 … enrolled in Honours Arts with a major in Kinesiology … trained in grades 12 and 13 with Craig Spear and Tom Denison from Queen’s

Cory Ma hias Offensive Lineman

First Year (First Year Elig.)

5-11, 195 Orillia (Orillia Collegiate) High School: … a ended Orillia District Collegiate … played linebacker, fullback, halfback, tackle, guard, center, slot back, and defensive tackle … was Defensive MVP Personal: … born September 23, 1985 … enrolled in General Arts with a major in History

Ma Nytschyk Receiver

First Year (First Year Elig.)

5-11, 185 Ancaster (St. Mary’s) High School: … a ended St. Mary’s High School … played tight end, wide receiver, center, free safety, and linebacker Personal: … born March 21, 1985 … enrolled in General Arts with a major in Sociology

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Jason Partridge Full Back

First Year (First Year Elig.)

6-0, 255 North Bay (West Ferris) High School: … a ended West Ferris Secondary … played fullback … received award for Dedication to Football Personal: … born December 15, 1984 … enrolled in General Arts with a major in History

Luke Pinder Linebacker

First Year (First Year Elig.)

6-3, 203 Kitchener (Preston) High School: … a ended Preston High School … played linebacker and tight end … lead team in defensive points and receiving yards … was team MVP in 2003 … received Top Hit award in 2003 … was Defensive Player of the Year in 2003 … was WCSSAA MVP in 2003 Personal: … born February 16, 1985 … enrolled in General Arts

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Ma hew Premo Wide Receiver

First Year (First Year Elig.)

6-3, 190 Sault Ste. Marie (White Pines) High School: … a ended White Pines … played slot back … was team MVP and league All-Star … played on the OVFL AllStar Team Personal: … born August 17, 1985 … enrolled in General Arts

Warren Rigby Linebacker

First Year (First Year Elig.)

6-0, 200 Nobleton (King City) High School: … a ended King City Secondary … was team Defensive MVP in 2002 … was Athlete of the Year in 2002 Personal: … born November 12, 1984 … enrolled in General Arts … cousin Kevin MacNeill played Golden Hawk Football

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Duncan Robertson Defensive Back

First Year (First Year Elig.)

6-2, 185 Chatham (Chatham Kent) High School: … a ended Chatham Kent Secondary School … played cornerback, safety, quarterback, wide receiver, outside linebacker, and punter … received Jon McCubbin Memorial Award for contribution to varsity football … received award for Most Dedicated Senior Male Athlete … was Kent County All-Star

Jordan Schaus Linebacker

First Year (First Year Elig.)

6-0, 190 Waterloo (WCI) High School: … a ended Waterloo Collegiate … was All-Star for football, rugby, and hockey … received nomination for school Athlete of the Year Personal: … born September 2, 1985 … enrolled in General Arts

Personal: … born December 6, 1985 … enrolled in Financial Math

Noah Rushton Receiver

First Year (First Year Elig.)

6-3, 190 Sault Ste. Marie (White Pines) High School: … a ended White Pines … received Rocky Dieperro Award twice for best receiver in the league … in 1st year made 19 catches for 340 yards with 6 touchdowns as well as 24 tackles (5 game season) … in 2nd year made 26 catches for 348 yards with 5 touchdowns as well as 35 tackles (5 game season) … named to All-Star team twice

Eric Schedden Offensive Lineman

First Year (First Year Elig.)

6-1, 255 Pickering (St. Mary’s) High School: … A ended St. Mary’s High School … played right tackle, center, and right guard … was team captain as well as Offensive MVP in 2003 … was Rookie of the Year for the Oshawa Hawkeyes (OVFL) in 2003 Personal: … born October 8, 1985 … enrolled in Honours Arts with a major in Geography

Personal: … born July 18, 1985 … enrolled in Honours Arts with a major in Geography … coached minor league football

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MEET THE GOLDEN HAWKS

Daniel Swystun Defensive Back

First Year (First Year Elig.)

5-8, 165 Sault Ste. Marie (White Pines) High School: … a ended White Pines … rushed for 850 yards, had 9 touchdowns, and 35 tackles in 2003 season … was league AllStar in 2003 … was OVFL Defensive Player of the Week Personal: … born September 14, 1985 … enrolled in Honours Arts with a major Political Science

Steve Turner Runningback

First Year (First Year Elig.)

5-8, 175 Oakville (Holy Trinity) High School: … a ended Holy Trinity … played running back, receiver, cornerback, kick-off returner, punt-returner, and special teams … was named Offensive Player of the Year … was Senior Athlete of the Year Personal: … born August 16, 1985 … enrolled in Honours Business Administration

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Chris Vlowianitis Wide Receiver

First Year (First Year Elig.)

5-11, 175 Mississauga (St. Francis Xavier) High School: … a ended St. Francis Xavier … played wide receiver and defensive back … was Offensive MVP in 2003/2004 … won ROPSSAA Championship … was ROPSSAA All-Star in 2003/2004 … had most touchdowns and yards in 2003/2004 Personal: … born November 21, 1985 … enrolled in General Arts

Brock Warner Offensive Lineman

First Year (First Year Elig.)

6-0, 260 Belleville (Quinte) High School: … a ended Quinte Secondary … played offensive line, defensive line, and long snapper … was team captain twice … two-time Senior All-Star … three-time Lineman of the Year … received Paul and Val Paddor Commitment to Athletics award Personal: … born September 30, 1985 … enrolled in General Arts with a major in English … coached minor league football

Timothy White Linebacker

First Year (First Year Elig.)

6-0, 205 Freeport, Bahamas (Ridley) High School: … a ended Ridley College … played defensive end and linebacker … was named Defensive Lineman of the Year in 2003 Personal: … born May 3, 1985 … enrolled in General Arts

Steve Williams Quarterback

First Year (First Year Elig.)

5-10, 190 Vancouver, BC (St. Mathew’s) High School: … a ended Handsworth Secondary School … was BC Provincial All-Star quarterback … was BC Provincial Player of the Week … was named Conference Offensive MVP Personal: … born January 8, 1986 … enrolled in Kinesiology … worked for the BC Lions

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Coaching Staff

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MANAGER OF FOOTBALL OPERATIONS & HEAD COACH

Manager of Football Operations & Head Coach

Gary Jeffries Gary Jeffries enters his 27th season as part of the Golden Hawk football coaching staff.

It was not until 1970 that Gary Jeffries would find his home at Wilfrid Laurier University. He played football for 2 years from 1970-1971 where he was an All-Star Defensive Half-Back and Rookie of the Year. A er his career at Laurier he was dra ed by the Toronto Argonauts in 1972 and in 1973 he signed with the Hamilton TigerCats but didn’t report.

In 1973 he was hired at WLU as an assistant football coach and recreation director. From 1984-1988 Jeffries was also the women’s basketball coach at WLU. In 1989 he took a break from football and coached the men’s basketball team until 1996. In 1994 Rick Zmich convinced Jeffries to return to the game which he loves so much.

Gary has coached 26 football seasons at WLU, with 17 as Defensive Coordinator. He was named the interim head coach mid way through the ‘02 season and was named the full time head coach in 2003. In those years he has coached in 16 Yates Cups, has been part of 146 total victories, coached 26 All-Canadian defensive players and has had the number one defense in the country 6 times.

Coach Jeffries has coached close to 700 games in total for WLU (both Football and Basketball), yet his passion for WLU sport remains undying.

Gary resides in Southampton in the off-season with his girlfriend Jill. He has four children Jonathan, Jodie, Jaime, and Ryan and four beautiful grandchildren.

PROFILE: G A RY J E F F R I E S Date of Birth: May 13, 1946 Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario High School: Nelson (Burlington) University: Wilfrid Laurier University Degree: Bachelor of Arts - Political Science

Coaching Experience: (all at WLU) - 1972-1980: Defensive Line / Linebackers Coach for Tuffy Knight - 1981-1983: Defensive Coordinator for Tuffy Knight - 1984-1988: Defensive Coordinator for Rich Newbrough - 1994-2002: Defensive Coordinator for Rick Zmich - 2003-2004: Head Coach and Manager of Football Operations

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ASSISTANT COACHES

Stefan Ptaszek

Offensive Coordinator Stefan returns to the Golden Hawk Coaching Staff for a second season a er an outstanding career with the Hawks from 1990-94. Following graduation in 1994 with an Honours Bachelor of Business Administration degree, Stefan then pursued a CFL career with B.C. and Hamilton, before retiring to a end teachers college at the University of Toronto in 1996. Following completion of his Bachelor of Education degree, he then taught at Southwood Secondary in Cambridge for 3 years, during which time he re-joined the CFL, this time with the Toronto Argonauts in 1999.

A er two seasons with the Argos, Stefan then traveled to the University of British Columbia to take his MBA. Stefan

completed his MBA in Finance in 2002 and has most recently been working as a financial analyst with Accenture in Toronto.

During Stefan’s various academic and job commitments, Stefan always found time to feed his love of coaching.

As an assistant coach with the Nelson Lords of Burlington in 1995-96, as the offensive coordinator with Southwood in 1997-98 that captured a Waterloo County Title, and as a receivers coach with Laurier, and most recently as the Special Teams Coordinator/Co-Offensive Coordinator with the UBC Thunderbirds. Stefan presently resides in Campbellville, Ontario with his wife Karen, a producer for TSN.

Wally Gabler Jr.

Special Teams Coordinator & Quarterbacks Coach Wally enters his sixth year as a full time Assistant Coach at Laurier. Wally will move back to the offensive side of the ball to coach the Quarterbacks this season, a position he held from 1999-2001.

He will also return as the special teams coordinator, a position he has held for the Hawks since 2001. In addition to his coaching duties, Wally will coordinate the recruiting efforts for the Golden Hawks.

Wally began his coaching career at Centennial High School in Guelph in 1993.

In 1995, he joined the coaching staff at the University of Guelph where he enjoyed a successful playing career as a quarterback and punter winning two Yates Cups (1992

Defensive Coordinator Ron is in his sixth year coaching with the Golden Hawks. This year he moves to the role of Defensive Coordinator, having called the Defensive plays for the team in the 2003 season. Ron’s track record with Laurier is a long and storied one; he played in the late 80’s and was on the 1987 Yates Cup championship team. In 1989, Ron was named an OUA First-Team All-Star Linebacker and team MVP. At present, Ron is a teacher and the Head of Social Science at Eastwood Collegiate high school in Kitchener. Over the past several years, he has coached Eastwood’s football team, and has also

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and 1996). During his four years as a coach with the Gryphons, Wally coached the quarterbacks, running backs, special teams and served as Offensive Coordinator in 1997 and 1998.

Wally resides in Waterloo with his wife Alison and his three children, Camille (10), Elliot (5) and Eva (3).

Ron VanMoerkerke served as coach for the Galt Collegiate high school football team.

Ron lives with his wife Karen and their newborn daughter Grace in West Montrose.

THE COACHING STAFF

Assistant Coaches Offensive Line Coach

Running Backs Coach

Brian Breckles

Barry Pyear Coach Pyear returns to his place as

This season Brian returns to the coaching squad to assist the Hawks’ Offensive Line. A former Golden Hawk from 1985-89, Breckles is also an All-Canadian and CFL Dra Choice. Brian is also the Director of Alumni Relations for Wilfrid Laurier University. A member of the Golden Hawk Hall of Fame, he currently resides in Waterloo with his wife Leanne and daughters Abby and Melissa.

running backs coach in his second full time year with the Hawks. He has 30 years experience as a head coach in the Belleville area, and most recently helped guide the 2000 National Capital Bowl Champion and undefeated Centennial Chargers. He is father of the Hawks’ quarterback Ryan Pyear.

Defensive Line Coach

Offensive Line Coach

Blaine Beck

Brian Canton

Coach Beck enters his tenth season as part of the Laurier coaching staff. He is a graduate of the University of Waterloo where he played on the defensive line. Blaine is a teacher at Glenview Park Secondary School.

Brian is in his fourth year with the Golden Hawk coaching staff, a er many years of coaching high school football at Applewood Heights School in Mississauga.

Coach Canton also coached at York University for 4 years as the defensive line coach. Brian is also a graduate of WLU.

Offensive Line Assistant Coach

Jamie Hitchen

Jamie Hitchen, a Communications and Kinesiology graduate, started every game during his four years at WLU, and was twice an OUA All-star. Rookie of the Year in 1997, he participated in two Yates Cups and was a 1st Team All-Canadian in 2000, and met his wife Summer when she sang the national anthem at a Hawk home game. Hitchen is a Hawk to the core, and a proud member of the coaching staff.

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THE COACHING STAFF

Defensive Back Coach

Scout Team Coach

Dwayne Cameron

Pat Crabbe

Speed Agility Conditioning (SAC) Coach

Scout Team Coach

Br e n t M c F a r l a n e

Kevin MacNeill

Dwayne joins the coaching staff for his first season in 2004. A 1996 dra pick for the Hamilton Ti-Cats, Dwayne has served as Defensive Coordinator for St. James in Guelph, and interim Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Toronto Raptors in 2002.

He is the father of one son, Gregory, who is four years old.

Brent joined the Golden Hawk lineup in 2002, bringing a wealth of experience from over 35 years of international coaching, including 4 Olympic Games (Canadian Head Track and Field Coach in Sydney) and 3 World Championships in Track and Field.

Recently in 2000 he has turned his expertise to Speed-Agility-Conditioning (SAC) for athletes in the NFL, CFL, CIS, OUA football and NHL hockey. He coaches and supports the Hawks in the area of SAC training offering a 7 week summer program. Brent has been a CIS, OUA coach of the year in cross country and 3 time coach of the year in track and field.

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Pat joins the Golden Hawk coaching staff this season, and he brings a wealth of experience to the team, having coached amateur football since 1970 in Mississauga, Guelph, and Windsor. He now resides in Waterloo, and he has three grown children, Chuck, Collin and Julia.

He looks forward to a great season of outstanding Golden Hawk football

Kevin joins the Golden Hawk coaching staff a er a four year Golden Hawk career at Linebacker.

Last season MacNeill was an OUA first team All-Star and a second team CIS All Canadian. This year, he will work with the Hawks as a Scout Team coach.

THE COACHING STAFF

Video Coach

Equipment Manager

Chris Thom

Chuck Classen

Chris is a veteran Hawk, who is in his second year with the coaching staff supporting its video capabilities. Having assisted both the Men’s and Women’s Golden Hawk Hockey teams with their video systems, and with extensive high school, minor league, and OVFL football coaching experience, Chris will help the Hawks track their progress on the field.

Chuck has been assisting the football equipment staff on the sidelines for 28 years. He was a student at WLU, where he was the manager for the basketball team. Chuck is a retired school teacher, who now commits most of his time to the Laurier Football Team.

Scouting Staff ROGER MACLEOD

London Region Tel: (519) 645-2000 E-Mail: rogermc@golden.net

P ETER BI LLI NGSLE Y

Dufferin/Wellington Region Tel: (519) 843-1985 E-Mail: jbillingsley@sympatico.ca

DON WILSON

DAVE FE SS

Haldiman County Tel:(905) 765-3123 E-Mail: fesster@symptacio.ca

ALF LEBAR

Kitchener-Waterloo Region Tel: (519) 885-4637 E-Mail: alf.lebar@freedom55financial.com

T I M BI SC I

Haldiman County Tel: (905) 772-5850 E-Mail: dawilson@netcom.ca

Welland/St. Catharines Region Tel: (905) 734-6056 E-Mail: linebacker_blitz@hotmail.com

D AN BOVAI R

C L ARKE E AD Y

Halton Region Tel: (905)-334-3436 E-Mail: dbovair@jonesneonsigns.com

Ajax-Pickering Tel: (905) 982-6295 E-Mail: coacheady@hotmail.com

PAT CRABBE

D AVE RO BE RT SO N

K-W Region Tel: (519) 501-7282 E-Mail: patrickcrabbe@hotmail.com

O awa Region Tel: (613) 278-2183

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THE COACHING STAFF

Therapy Staff Athletic Therapist

Student Trainer

Teresa Hussey

Jackie McCarl

program.

Teresa joins the Football staff this season as head of therapy. A certified Athletic Therapist, Teresa spent two years with Laurier’s Men’s Hockey program before moving across to Football. She holds a BSc from York University and graduated from Sheridan College’s Sports Injury Management

Jackie graduated from Laurier’s Kinesiology program two years ago and is currently a ending Sheridan College. She has returned for a third season to support the team. Her therapy experience also includes work with the Guelph Bears of OVFL and with Laurier Volleyball. Her career plans include becoming a certified athletic therapist.

Student Trainer

Student Trainer

JenniferJennifer Abbiss joins the football program

Lindsay Brown Lindsay is a third year Kinesiology

therapy team this year. Currently a student of Sheridan College’s Athletic Therapy program, she holds a Bachelor of Health Sciences & Kinesiology from the University of Western Ontario.

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and Physical Education student who is in her second year with the football program therapy team. Her long term goal is either to become a certified Athletic Therapist or to become a teacher.

SUPPORT STAFF

Support Staff Team Manager

Facilities & Event Staff

Katie Ziegler

Ted Collins

Katie is a third year communications studies student. Katie will assist the Laurier Football Team as a Team Manager. Katie has been involved with Laurier Athletics for five years first as a co-op student from Resurrection Secondary School and now as a student at WLU. She hopes to pursue a job in Sports Broadcasting.

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SPORTS INFORMATION DEPARTMENT

Sports Information Department Sports Information Director

Sports Information Assistant

Ari Grossman

Kenneth Tam

Sports Information Assistant

Sports Information Assistant

Carla Quinteros

Mike Whitehouse

Ari is a honours graduate in Political Science from Laurier and has worked for the Department of Athletics and Recreation since 1999. A two-time winner of Laurier’s “Male Contributing Most to Athletics” award, Ari is now responsible for the Golden Hawks Sports Information department and will be working closely with the administration, coaches, students and alumni in the promotion of Laurier’s various intercollegiate sports teams.

Carla is a second year Honours Sociology and Communications student at WLU. This is her forth year helping out with Sports Information as she first began working in the Athletic Complex through her high school co-op program at Resurrection Catholic Secondary School. Having played many sports in her high school career, she looks forward to helping out with Laurier Athletics and is excited about the year

Entering his third year of studies in Laurier’s honours History program, Kenneth currently serves as the Sports Information Assistant responsible for Athletics’ Graphics and Publications. Now a published science fiction author, he particularly enjoys studying military history, naval history, and the history of international relations.

Ultimately, he hopes to continue writing, and to become a professor of history.

Mike is a part-time computing student who is starting his 4th year with Sports Information and is a Technical Support Represenative for PRISM. Last year he worked as a Sport Information Assisant and Web Producer in Athletics, a Technical Support person at Broda Seating and a ended classes. Currently, Mike is responsible for maintaining Laurierathletics.com, enhancing coverage of varsity sports and assisting the Athletic & Recreation Department in an Information Technology capacity.

SPORTS INFORMATION DEPARTMENT

Sports Information Department Sports Information Assistant

Sports Information Assistant

Ma De Faria

Sean Conroy

Ma is a third year Honours Business Administration student here at Wilfrid Laurier.

This is his third year helping out on the Sports Information Team. He will be working more specifically with the Football program, helping out at home games, and producing game day materials.

The recent grad from Iona Catholic Secondary School in Mississauga looks to graduate with a Business degree, and eventually work in the sports industry in some capacity. Overall Ma hopes for a good season from the Purple and Gold.

Sports Information Assistant

Gloria Lau

Gloria is a second year Communications stident from Mississauga. She joins the Golden Hawk Sports Information team for her first season in 2004.

Sean is a third year Communications student from Huntsville, Ontario, in his first year with the Sports Information Team. Sean will be covering a broad range of the Golden Hawk teams by working as a one of the editorial staff. A er graduating from Laurier Sean plans on working in professional sports as a broadcast/journalist.

2003 Season In Review

2003 REGULAR SEASON GAME REVIEW

2003 Season in Review SCORING

GAME 1

Laurier 30 - O awa 20 September 1 Frank Clair Stadium - O awa, ON Laurier O awa

1st 2nd 7 6 7 4

“Hawks Golden in Win over Gee Gee’s”

by Ari Grossman OTTAWA - The Golden Hawks opened up the 2003-2004 season on a strong note with a big 30 20 win over the O awa Gee Gee’s at Frank Clair Stadium. Today’s win marks the first for Gary Jeffries in his new role of Manager of Football Operations and Head Coach.

Kevin MacNeill (London, ON) started off the a ernoon for the Hawks as he got his hand on a lateral pitch from David Azzi and was able to knock it down.

This allowed David Agro (Burlington, ON) to grab the fumble and walk in to the end zone to put the Hawks up by 7. Brian Devlin (Sarnia, ON) added to the offense as he hit two field goals, including a 45-yarder to keep the Golden Hawks ahead of the Gee Gee’s 13-11 as they entered the half.

O awa’s Louis-Philippe Larouche, was able to move the Gee Gee’s ahead for what would be the only point in the game, when he scored a touchdown midway through the third.

Derek Medler (Kitchener, ON) proved his rushing capabilities once again as

3rd 4th 7 10 7 2

Final 30 20

he carried for most of a 50+ yard drive, culminating with the first offensive touchdown of the game.

Rookie Andrew Baechler (Ayr, ON) made a spectacular catch along the sidelines with only 8 minutes le to move the Golden Hawks to first and goal. Slotback Andrew Agro (Burlington, ON) finished off the drive with a catch from QB Ryan Pyear (Belleville, ON), making the score 30-18.

Later in the game, Laurier gave up a safety to make the final score 30-20.

Pyear finished the game completing 12 of 19 for a total of 135 yards. Medler finished the game carrying 220 yards over 34 carries.

The 34 carries ties the Golden Hawk record for carries in a game, set by Alex Torrie in Sept 2001.

It also places him in the

WLU - D. Agro fumble recovery (Devlin kick) OTT - Azzi run (Lee-Yaw kick) WLU - Devlin field goal (23 yrd) WLU - Devlin field goal (45 yrd) OTT - Lee-Yaw missed field goal (single) OTT - Lee-Yaw field goal (32 yrd) OTT - Larouche pass from Azzi (LeeYaw kick) WLU - Medler run (Devlin kick) WLU - Devlin field goal (32 yrd) WLU - A. Agro pass from Pyear (Devlin kick) OTT - Safety

TEAM STATISTICS First Downs Rushed-Yards Passing Yards Passes (A/C/I) Sacks Total Offense Punts-Yards Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards

WLU OTT 21 16 42-257 23-156 144 125 20-13-2 27-9-3 0 2 369 281 5-150 8-292 3-3 3-2 5-71 6-75

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS WLU - Medler 34-220; Pyear 4-33; Wright 1-4; Tasse 2-3; Cameron 1--3 OTT - Belvedere 14-107; Azzi 9-49 Passing: WLU - Pyear 19-12-135-1-2; Partington 1-1-9-0-0 (A/C/Y/T/I) OTT - Azzi 27-9-125-1-3 Receiving: WLU - A. Agro 6-58; Baechler 1-41; Hickey 1-17; Wright (C/Y) 3-15; Medler 1-8; Maurice 1-5 OTT - Larouche 4-59; Thompson 2-47; Belvedere 2-14; Asselin 1-5 Defense: WLU - Thomson 5-0-0-0; MacNeill 3-2-0-0; D. Agro (T/A/S/I) 2-2-0-1; Frake 2-0-0-1; Smeaton 1-1-0-1 OTT - Wagner 6-2-0-0; Hall 5-1-0-0; Milburn 5-1-0-0; Rozum 3-1-1-0; A. Plante-Ajah 2-1-0-1; Lindor 1-2-0-1; Moskal 2-0-1-0 Rushing: (A/Y)

top 5 in the OUA in that catagory.

Defensively for the Hawks the veterans led the way.

David Agro led the group with 2 tackles, 2 assists a fumble recovery and an interception. Kevin MacNeill made 3 tackles and 2 assists. Linebacker Jason Thomson (Cambridge, ON) added another 5 tackles and Defensive Lineman Justin Shakell (Belleville, ON) had a great game applying a ton of pressure and making 3

tackles and an assist. The other two interceptions for the Hawks were made by Steven Frake (Toronto, ON) and Jeff Smeaton (Brantford, ON).

The Budweiser Player of the Game is Derek Medler (6 points). Defensive Player of the Game is David Agro (6 points). The Special Teams Player of the Game is Brian Devlin (12 points).

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GAME 2

Guelph 36 - Laurier 61

September 6 University Stadium-Waterloo, ON 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Laurier 10 17 14 20 61 Guelph 1 0 14 21 36

“Laurier Takes Home Opener over Guelph”

By Ma De Faria WATERLOO - With Laurier closing out Orientation Week, an a endance of 4,316 freshmen and Golden Hawk fans alike came out to cheer on the Purple and Gold. The Hawks failed to disappoint, running over the Guelph Gryphons in a shoot-out 61-36.

Laurier once again showed an impressive offensive a ack, led by the running game. Derek Medler rushed for 127 yards on 14 carries, while back up Nick Cameron came in and shone with a solid 128 yards on 22 touches. However, ‘Offensive Player of the Game’ goes to Bryon Hickey who in a dual role hauled in 2 Pyear passes over 28 yards, while rushing 4 times over 27 yards, including two that went as touchdowns.

Despite their spectacular games, the secondary came through as the real gamebreakers. Ian Logan was named the ‘Defensive Player of the Game’ as well as the ‘Bud Player of the Game’ due to his outstanding play, accumulating 5 tackles and 2 interceptions, both of which he ran back for touchdowns. In total, Steve Frake, David Agro, Blair Ryan, and Bobby Kootstra all combined for 10 tackles and 4 interceptions.

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Special teams was also key for Hawks as kicker Brian Devlin not only connected on all 7 converts but was also 4 of 5 on field goals with a long of 30 yards. Not to mention the Hawks holding the Gryphons return team to li le or no yards.

A major contributor to this was ‘Special teams Player of the Game’ Brain Sloot.

The game started slow as both teams felt each other out, up until the fourth minute of the first quarter, when the Hawks drew first blood on a Brian Devlin field goal to go up 3-0. The Gryphons bounced back with a rouge (one point for a missed field goal), but were held at bay up until the third quarter, while the Hawks shi ed into second gear. First Hickey had a one yard score, then Logan picked one of his two interceptions for a touchdown, followed up by a Ryan Pyear to Andrew Agro combination, capped by another Brian Devlin field goal, and all of a sudden at the half the Hawks were enjoying a 27-1 lead.

The second half saw Guelph put up the first score, as Drew Davenport caught a Kevin Adam pass cu ing into the Laurier lead. As Coach Jefferies decided to utilize his bench in the second half, new players got a chance to show their stuff. This

SCORING

WLU - Devlin field goal (29 yrd) UG - Degduw punt (single) WLU - Hickey run (Devlin kick) WLU - Logan INT return (Devlin kick) WLU - A. Agro pass from Pyear (Devlin kick) WLU - Devlin field goal (14 yrd) UG - Davenport pass from Adam (Kooistra kick) WLU - Hickey run (Devlin kick) WLU - A. Agro pass from Pyear (Devlin kick) UG - Davenport pass from Adam (Kooistra kick) WLU - Devlin field goal (27 yrd) WLU - Logan INT return (Devlin kick) UG - Cou s run (Kooistra kick) UG - Poynter pass from Adam (Kooistra kick) WLU - Devlin field goal (30 yrd) WLU - Cameron run (Devlin kick) UG - Bryans pass from Adam (Kooistra kick) Adam (Kooistra kick)

WLU - Hickey run (Devlin kick) WLU - A. Agro pass from Pyear (Devlin kick)) UG - Davenport pass from Adam (Kooistra kick) WLU - Devlin field goal (27 yrd) WLU - Logan INT return (Devlin kick) UG - Cou s run (Kooistra kick)

TEAM STATISTICS First Downs Rushed-Yards Passing Yards Passes (A/C/I) Sacks Total Offense Punts-Yards Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards

WLU 27 43-280 164 21-10-2 0 431 3-116 1-1 12-105

UG 22 19-117 223 40-21-6 1 350 9-322 0-0 14-103

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS WLU - Cameron 22-128; Medler 12-127; Hickey 4-27; Pyear 1--1; Maltin 1--1 UG - Adam 3-29; Poynter 10-27; Manning 1-24; Bryans 1-19; Donato 3-16; Cou s 1-2 Passing: WLU - Pyear 16-8-121-2-1; D. Agro 1-1-26-0-0; (A/C/Y/T/I) Partington 4-1-17-0-1 UG - Adam 36-20-231-4-5; Bryans 4-1-2-0-1 Receiving: WLU - A. Agro 5-89; Hickey 2-28; Bretney 1-26; Wright 2-21 (C/Y) UG - Davenport 8-85; Drake 5-68; Poynter 4-34; Bryans 3-31; Cou s 1-15 Defense: WLU - MacNeill 5-2-0-0; Smeaton 2-4-0-0; Logan; 2-3-0-2; (T/A/S/I) D. Agro 2-2-0-1; Kootstra 2-1-0-1; Surya 2-0-0-1; Ryan 0-1-0-1 UG - Small 8-1-0-1; Noble 7-1-1-0; VanKerreBroeke 4-3-0-0; Lazar 4-1-0-0; Russell 4-1-0-0; Degouw 3-1-0-1 Rushing: (A/Y)

included freshman Bobby Kootstra chipping in with his first career interception.

With the score 51-15 in favour of the Hawks, an a empted comeback by the Gryphons was looking up as Dan Coa s and Chris Poynter each caught Kevin Adam passes, and all of a sudden it was 51-29. However, the comeback was shut down with a Nick Cameron 6 yard touch-

down run, pu ing the game completely out of reach.

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GAME 3

Windsor 16 - Laurier 20 September 13 University Stadium-Waterloo, ON Laurier Windsor

1st 2nd 3 0 0 10

“Hawks remain Undefeated on last second Touchdown”

by Ma De Faria WATERLOO - With 8 seconds le on the clock, quarterback Ryan Pyear took the snap, rolled out to his right, and found wide receiver Joel Wright in the corner of the end zone, who made an amazing over the shoulder catch to secure the win for the Golden Hawks, 20-16 over the Windsor Lancers. The game, a ended by 1,131 fans, was definitely one to remember, as it had all the ingredients of a classic tilt, two strong teams, back and forth action and a nail biting finish.

Derek Medler once again led the offense, totaling 105 rushing yards over 22 carries on the day. Bryon Hickey also pitched in on the running, carrying the ball 6 times over 23 yards on the ground, included a crucial third and goal touchdown run that put the Hawks right back in the game in the third quarter.

The receiving core pair of Andrew Baechler and Joel Wright both had outstanding games, catching the bulk of Ryan Pyear’s passes. Baechler grabbed 6 balls for 63 yards, enough for him to be named the ‘Offensive Player of the Game’, while Wright had 4 catches for 49 yards, not to mention the game winner.

Despite the big games had by these two, Pyear’s numbers throwing the ball were 13 for 28 totaling 134 yards, a touchdown and 2 interceptions.

3rd 4th 10 7 1 5

Final 20 16

Despite the fact that it was the offense which gets all the accolades for the come from behind win, it was the defense which stood tall through out the game. Led by the linebacking tandem of Kevin MacNeill and Lee Maggiacomo, the Hawks were able to pressure the Lancer offense into several key mistakes. MacNeill, the fi h year leader of the Hawks, had 9 tackles (7 solo, 2 assists) on the day, and seemed to be all over the field chasing down opponents.

Maggiacomo was right there whenever MacNeill was not, accumulating 7 tackles (3 solo, 4 assists) of his own, while adding an interception to his totals, enough for him to be named the ‘Defensive Player of the Game.’

The secondary was strong as usual, as defensive backs David Agro and Nail Both each had interceptions of their own.

Special teams wizard, freshman Josh Maltin was named the not only the ‘Special Teams Player of the Game’ but also the ‘Bud Player of the Game’ as he a ributed 3 tackles, all of which were key stops for the Hawks, pinning the Lancers deep in their own territory.

SCORING WLU - Devlin field goal (24 yrd) UW - Turner pass from Dufour (Reider kick) UW - Reider field goal (25 yrd) UW - Reider missed field goal (single) WLU - Hickey run (Maurice 2pt conv. from Pyear) WLU - Safety touch UW - Reider field goal (49 yrd) UW - Safety touch WLU - Wright pass from Pyear (Devlin kick)

TEAM STATISTICS First Downs Rushed-Yards Passing Yards Passes (A/C/I) Sacks Total Offense Punts-Yards Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards

WLU UW 14 16 31-128 19-75 134 279 28-13-2 38-19-3 0 2 232 321 12-495 9-411 0-0 2-2 12-120 7-80

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS WLU - Medler 22-105; Hickey 6-23 UW - Uwagboe 6-28; Bridge 7-27; Henderson 1-9; Cooper 1-6; Mendez 1-4; Dent 2-1 Passing: WLU - Pyear 28-13-134-1-2 (A/C/Y/T/I) UW - Dent 37-18-276-0-3; Dufour 1-1-3-1-0 Receiving: WLU - Baechler 6-63; Wright 4-49; A. Agro 2-17; (C/Y) Maurice 1-5 UW - Franklin 9-225; Turner 5-35; Vernon 1-12; Beer 2-5; Bridge 2-2 Defense: WLU - MacNeill 7-2-0-0; Shakell 3-5-0-0; (T/A/S/I) L. Maggiacomo 3-4-0-1; Logan 4-1-0-0; Both 0-2-0-1; D. Agro 1-0-0-1 UW - Cruciano 5-4-1-0; Weekes 5-2-0-0; Lasorda 5-1-0-0; Glavic 4-2-0-1; Horricks 1-3-1-0; Ladd 3-0-0-1 Rushing: (A/Y)

The first quarter saw a defensive struggle, as the only scoring done was a Brian Devlin field goal at the end of the quarter to put the Hawks up by three. As the game progressed it was a ba le of field position, as the two teams went back and forth.

Every time Geoff Keen of the Hawks or Arjei Franklin of the Lancers would break one into enemy terrain, the respective defenses would hold, forcing a change in possession. This held true up until 9:10 of the second quarter where Windsor sustained a two and a half minute drive, where Bryan Dufour rolled out and found Gregg Turner for a quick 3 yard score. A late Kevin Reider field goal with two seconds le put Windsor up by a score of 10-3 at the half.

The second half was more of the same from both teams, a back and forth ba le of field position and defenses. The Lancer offense struck first with a rouge (one point for a missed field goal a empt) at 7:47 of the third quarter.

Then, at 11:48, on a crucial third and goal play, Bryon

Hickey plunged in from one yard out giving the Hawks life, and pu ing them right back in the game, cu ing the score to 11-9. Coach Jefferies then elected to go for the two point convert, which was successful on a 5 yard bullet into the hands of Mike Maurice, tying the game at 11.

Fast forward now to the final minutes of the fourth quarter, the score is now 16-13 in favour of Windsor. Following a Ryan Henderson punt, the Hawks now have the ball on the Lancer 53 yard line, with 1:27 le on the clock.

A er a mix of a few runs, a number of Pyear passes and two key Windsor penalties, the offense finds themselves 9 yards from victory and 8 seconds from the end of the game. With the crowd on their feet intensely watching, Pyear rolled out and found Joel Wright for the winning score, and the prefect end to a well fought game.

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SCORING

GAME 4

Laurier 50 - Waterloo 14 September 20 University Stadium-Waterloo, ON Laurier Waterloo

1st 2nd 24 19 0 1

“Hawks Run Roughshod over Warriors in Ba le of Waterloo”

by Ari Grossman WATERLOO - The Ba le of Waterloo was no ba le.

In front of 2,893 fans at University Stadium, the #7 CIS ranked Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks overpowered the University of Waterloo Warriors 50-14 in the annual Ba le of Waterloo.

The first drive of the game lasted only 4:55 as the Hawks marched down to Waterloo’s 19 yard line for Kicker Brian Devlin (Sarnia, ON) to hit his first of four successful field goals. Not even 2 minutes later, the Golden Hawks were able to bring in their first of what would be five touchdowns.

The Warriors scrounged up their first point on a botched 35-yard field goal by Ma Armstrong midway through the second.

Responding to the single was quarterback Ryan Pyear (Belleville, ON) who connected to Joel Wright (Stoney Creek, ON) on a 5-yard touchdown pass. At the half it was evident that the Hawks’ offense was superior to Waterloo’s both in rushing (316 to -7) and passing (135-86).

The second half saw the Golden Hawks pulling many of their starters, allowing for some of the younger players like quar-

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terback Jamie Partington (Stoney Creek, ON) to go 5 for 6, 95 yards and rookie receiver Adam Scheerer (Stratford, ON) 1-11, to step in, and gain some experience on the turf. Waterloo took a major hit when their kicker/punter Ma Armstrong was taken out of the game as a result of an alleged shoulder injury when he stopped Ian Logan (London, ON) on a punt return which would have had the Hawks collecting another touchdown. Warrior Travis Gellatly finished off the scoring in the game with Waterloo’s only touchdown on a 68-yardrun midway through the fourth.

Pyear completed 8 of 10 for 135 yards, including 2 touchdowns and a 33 yard pass in the first half. This week’s Budweiser Player of the Game and Ray Owens MVP was running back Derek Medler (Cambridge, ON). Medler was able to keep his 100+ yards/game (for the fourth time this season) going as he held the ball 7 times for 155 yards and a touchdown. Nick Cameron (Norland, ON) followed behind Medler carrying 20 times for 116 yards.

The game wouldn’t have ended up as it did without some of the amazing plays made by both the Golden Hawk and Warrior defense.

David Agro (Burlington,

WLU - Devlin field goal (19 yrd) WLU - Cameron run (Devlin kick) WLU - Hickey run (Devlin kick) WLU - Wright pass form Pyear (Devlin kick) WLU - Medler run (Devlin kick) WLU - Devlin field goal (20 yrd) WLU - Safety touch UW - Armstrong missed field goal (single) WLU - Maurice pass from Pyear (Devlin kick) UW - Armstrong field goal (53 yrd) WLU - Devlin field goal (28 yrd) WLU - Devlin missed field goal (single) UW - Armstrong missed field goal (single) UW - Armstrong field goal (24 yrd) WLU - Devlin field goal (45 yrd) UW - Gellatly run (2pt conv. failed)

TEAM STATISTICS First Downs Rushed-Yards Passing Yards Passes (A/C/I) Sacks Total Offense Punts-Yards Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards

WLU 26 48-373 231 16-13-0 0 575 7-229 1-1 5-35

UW 14 18-154 185 32-14-3 3 319 4-194 1-1 4-49

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS WLU - Medler 7-155; Cameron 20-116; Hickey 8-38; Tasse 4-34; Pyear 4-20; Partington 3-10 UW - Gellatly 8-102; Hadjinian 5-33; Morbey 2-11; Ballaway 3-8 Passing: WLU - Pyear 10-8-135-2-0; Partington 6-5-96-0-0 (A/C/Y/T/I) UW - Morbey 15-7-104-0-3; Hadjinian 17-7-81-0-0 Receiving: WLU - Maurice 3-68; Baechler 3-64; Hickey 2-43; Wright (C/Y) 2-24; Northcote 1-11; Scheerer 1-11; Medler 1-10 UW - Nosal 2-56; Forde 5-44; Reid 3-39; Gellatly 1-21; Brown 2-16; Gobran 1-9 Defense: WLU - D. Agro 4-1-0-1; Kootstra 4-1-0-0; Maltin 2-0-0-1; (T/A/S/I) L. Maggiacomo 0-1-0-1 UW - Sullivan 9-2-0-0; Bingeman 5-2-2-0; Pyear 5-2-0-0; Waymouth 5-1-0-0; Bieronski 5-0-0-0; Ross 4-1-0-0; Svec 3-2-1-0; Everest 3-2-0-0; Popkey 2-3-0-0 Rushing: (A/Y)

ON) nailed his 4th pick of the season as one of the three made this a ernoon. Lee Maggiacomo (Cambridge, ON) and Josh Maltin (Sarnia, ON) had the other two. Golden Hawk captain Kevin MacNeill (London, ON) was named the Defensive Player of the Game as he applied pressure to the Warrior offense.

The Special Teams Player of the Game was Jesse Alexander (Kitchener, ON), who played a very physical game as well as recovering a fumble to put the Hawks in scoring position. The CIS leader in tackles John Sullivan, made some key plays for the Warriors as he added 9 solo tackles, 2 assists and a fumble recovery to his record. Alex Bingeman and Dan Waymouth both continued to take down the Laurier offense as they both collected 5 solo tackles.

The Ba le of Waterloo is

also known as the Ray Owens Memorial Game.

The game commemorates Ray Owens, a former ombudsmen at Waterloo and graduate student/ assistant coach for the Golden Hawks.

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GAME 5

Western 31 - Laurier 28 September 27 University Stadium-Waterloo, ON Laurier Western

1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Final 0 21 0 7 0 28 0 7 4 17 3 31

WLU - Wright pass from Pyear (Devlin kick) WLU - Andrew Agro pass from Pyear (Devlin kick) WLU - Medler run (Devlin kick) UWO - LeRoux pass from Hessel (Pikula kick) UWO - Pikula punt (single) UWO - Pikula field goal (24 yrd) UWO - Soleyn run (Pikula kick) WLU - Baechler pass from Pyear (Devlin kick) UWO - Pikula field goal (32 yrd) UWO - Keeping pass from Hessel (Pikula kick) UWO - Pikula field goal (12 yrd)

TEAM STATISTICS First Downs Rushed-Yards Passing Yards Passes (A/C/I) Sacks Total Offense Punts-Yards Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards

WLU 28 51-372 237 22-13-0 0 491 7-220 5-4 11-111

UWO 25 28-163 294 41-18-0 2 357 7-302 2-2 3-33

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

“Football Hawks lose Heartbreaker in OT, Medler has Career Game”

by Ma De Faria WATERLOO - The Homecoming Weekend clash between bi er rivals Laurier and Western started sweetly for Golden Hawk fans, and ended leaving a sour taste in their mouths.

In front of 5,324 strong, the Hawks, and especially Derek Medler, put up huge numbers in the first half, as they dominated the on-field play, before being shocked at the end by the never-say-die Mustangs, who took the game in overtime, 31-28.

The first quarter was back and forth between sides as each team’s kickers exchanged punts. It was in the second quarter where the Hawks exploded with three straight scores. It all started about a minute in, with a 25 yard bomb by Ryan Pyear into the waiting arms of Joel Wright. This was followed six minutes later by another Pyear touchdown. This time only 6 yards to slot-back Andrew Agro. The scoring barrage was capped by a near record se ing run by Derek Medler. Deep in their own territory, Pyear hands off to Medler and all of a sudden he breaks away from the crowd and into the endzone, totaling 105 yards on the play, the second longest run in OUA history, missing tying the record by a mere yard. With 37 seconds le before the half-time whistle, Western quarterback Chris Hessel and Guillaume LeRoux hooked up for a last minute score to cut into the Laurier lead. At the half it was the Hawks up by two scores 21-7.

The second half saw much of the same as the first quarter, as each team ba led for field position, and there was very li le scoring. Western scored the only points of the third, the first was on a 76 yard punt for a rouge (one point) and the second was a 24 yard field goal

by Rob Pikula late in the quarter. Going into the final frame the Hawks were still holding onto a 21-11 lead. However, the lead was short-lived, as Western marched down the field to start the fourth quarter and running back Drew Soleyn plunged in for a five yard run to put things really close, 21-18.

Cue Andrew Baechler. A er being contained all first half for only short yardage, he exploded, as Pyear found him open behind the safeties, and made no mistake for a 79 yard touchdown, restoring the Hawks 10 point lead. Amidst all of this was Derek Medler’s run at another OUA record. On a short run, all of a sudden, he broke 300 yards on the day, only the second such time in regular season OUA history this had ever been done. Back to Western, following a Laurier fumble, they went down field to put up another field goal to cut the lead to a touchdown.

Fast-forward to three minutes le , Western prepares to punt, and on the return, the ball takes a funny bounce in Hawk territory, and the Mustangs somehow recover. Making quick work on the drive, Hessel, with lots of time in the pocket, finds wide out Jeff Keeping, and before you know it, we’ve got a tie game on our hands.

The combination of Pyear and Medler on the Hawks final drive of the game was simply

Rushing: (A/Y)

WLU - Medler 34-310; Pyear 6-31; Hickey 6-29; Tasse 1-2; Cameron 1-0 UWO - McAuley 10-81; Soleyn 12-63; Hessel 1-15; Bonk 4-6; Heffernan 1--2 Passing: WLU - Pyear 21-13-237-3-0; D. Agro 1-1-0-0-0 (A/C/Y/T/I) UWO - Hessel 41-18-294-2-0 Receiving: WLU - Baechler 3-96; Wright 4-63; A. Agro 3-51; (C/Y) Hickey 1-10; Northcote 1-9; Maurice 1-8 UWO - Fantuz 5-90; Keeping 3-65; Taylor 3-42; LeRoux 2-34; Leroy 1-27; Bonk 3-26; Heffernan 1-10 Defense: WLU - Thomson 5-2-0-0; MacNeill 4-3-0-0; Logan 3-3-0-0; (T/A/S/I) Kootstra 3-2-0-0 UWO - We laufer 7-3-0-0; Leetch 5-4-0-0; Cook 5-3-0-0; Rowan 3-5-0-0; Henderson 5-1-0-0; Kordic 4-2-1-0; Ullerick 4-1-0-0; Doezel 1-1-1-0

awesome as they took the boys down to the 20 yard line of the ‘Stangs with 30 some seconds le . However, a lost fumble on a failed trap run play gave the ball back to Western, and all but guaranteed overtime would be played. In overtime Western took the ball first and promptly kicked a short field goal to put them up by three. On Laurier’s possession, a missed first pass a empt le them with a tough 2nd and 10, where Pyear found Will Northcote who stretched, but was short of the first down by one yard. Coach Jefferies sent the kicking team out to a empt to tie the game back up. Nevertheless, any thoughts of a tie game were over a er a missed snap, and therefore a missed field goal a empt.

The ‘Bud Player of the Game’ and subsequently ‘Offensive Player of the Game’ Derek Medler made a run at the record books, se ing a Laurier record for most rushing yards in a game with 310 yards, putting him third in OUA history in that category. His huge game can be partially accredited to the Hawks O-line which played extremely well. Anchored by center Jeff Melis, tackle Ryan Jeffery and Guard Mitch Zapp-

itelli, the line opened huge holes for Medler to run through.

Medler’s game really overshadowed the excellent play of quarterback Ryan Pyear who was dodging tacklers all day. Pyear passed for 237 yards, going 13 for 21, adding 3 touchdowns.

Andrew Baechler (3 catches, 96 yards), Joel Wright (4 catches, 63 yards) and Andrew Agro (3 catches, 51 yards) were Pyear’s favorite targets on the day, all of who caught touchdown passes.

The ‘Defensive Player of the Game’ was Josh Maltin who shut down which ever of the Western wide outs he was covering, totaling 3 tackles on the day, a er only playing the first half. Linebackers Kevin MacNeill and Jason Thomson came up big on the day too. Captain MacNeill had 7 tackles, while Thomson had 7 tackles of his own. Special teams was strong today for the Hawks, as standouts Brandon Keks and ‘Special Teams Player of the Game’ Gavin Cond both collected a pair of solo tackles each, shutting down both the Mustangs punt and kickoff returners.

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GAME 6

Laurier 39 - York 8 October 4 York Stadium, Toronto, ON Laurier York “Laurier Football Lions in Toronto”

by Ma De Faria

1st 2nd 14 13 0 8 Stomps

TORONTO - “We came here, we were able to run the ball well, and run it consistently, and we le with the two points,” Coach Jefferies said as his Hawks walked off the York Stadium field with a 39-8 victory over the York Lions. “We’re now focusing our a ention on next week’s home game against Queen’s,” he continued, as the Hawks face another tough test next week at home to the Golden Gaels. However, with this win, the Hawks have solidified themselves a spot in this year’s version of the OUA playoffs.

It was a windy day in Toronto, however, that failed to stop the Golden Hawks from dominating the York Lions. Derek Medler also was able to get the 150 yards he needed to break the school rushing record. The game opened in the first quarter with two scores by Laurier, making it 14-0 in a hurry.

Bryon Hickey accounted for both scores, running the ball in both times. Despite the two touchdown effort by Hickey, the story of the first quarter was the Hawk defense. Every time J.P. Marchello and the rest of the Lion offense took to the field it was two and out. Their ability to get the ball back in the hands of the offense was stellar on the day. The second quarter started promising with a Steven Frake interception; however the drive was foiled by the Lions, forcing a field goal a empt into the wind.

On the ensuing play, kicker Brian Devlin was short on

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his a empt, but it was good enough to hit the end zone and count for one point. The only dent in the defenses’ armour came on the following drive by the Lions, as running back Andre Durie broke off a 62 yard run into the end zone.

A er points were exchanged back and forth, the score heading into hal ime had Laurier ahead by a score of 27-8.

The second half started with the dominating presence of the Laurier defense, which stopped the York offense every time they stepped on the field.

It came to the point where the York defense was on the field more times than not, giving the Hawk offense a chance to just wear down the Lions by pounded the ball at them, and that’s just what they did.

The third quarter was just one big steady dosage of Medler, Cameron, Hickey and Tasse. However, despite excellent field position and no shortage of chance, the weather conditions had not changed much since the first half, and it remained windy, reeking havoc over Brian Devlin’s kicking game, who missed two field goals to start the second half. No less, in the late third quarter, the ‘Special Teams Player of the Game’ David Agro took over. On a botched punt deep in York territory, he grabbed the ball off a funny bounce, and he was gone, into the endzone, consequently crushing any hopes of a comeback.

Although the offense put 39 points up on the board, and Derek Medler had a stellar day, the defense was truly the

WLU - Hickey run (Devlin kick) WLU - Hickey pass from Pyear (Devlin kick) WLU - Brian Devlin missed field goal (single) YU - Durie run (Persaud kick) WLU - Safety YU - Persaud missed field goal (single) WLU - Devlin field goal (35 yrd) WLU - Pyear run (Devlin kick) WLU - Brian Devlin missed field goal (single) WLU - Brian Devlin missed field goal (single) WLU - D. Agro punt return (Devlin kick) WLU - Devlin field goal (23 yrd)

TEAM STATISTICS First Downs Rushed-Yards Passing Yards Passes (A/C/I) Sacks Total Offense Punts-Yards Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards

WLU 20 49-340 190 22-11-1 2 530 6-201 1-1 7-60

YU 5 29-167 18 14-1-1 0 185 11-312 1-0 7-51

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS WLU - Medler 20-173; Tasse 6-67; Cameron 13-50; Pyear 3-31; Hickey 4-15; Scheerer 1-2; Partington 2-2 YU - Durie 16-123; Courcelles 3-27; Wheatle 4-8; Akpata 4-7; Marchello 1-1; Maki 1-1 Passing: WLU - Pyear 21-11-190-1-1; Partington 1-0-0-0-0 (A/C/Y/T/I) YU - Maki 9-1-18-0-0; Marchello 4-0-0-1; Zemanek 1-0-0-0 Receiving: WLU - Baechler 4-88; Hickey 3-58; Wright 2-18; (C/Y) Cameron 1-14; A. Agro 1-12 YU - Legault 1-18 Defense: WLU - MacNeill 5-0-1-0; Frake 0-0-0-1 (T/A/S/I) YU - O’Leary 7-1-0-0; Thomson 7-0-0-0; Zaerian 6-1-0-0; Carter 5-2-0-0; Faria 5-0-0-0; Ifejika 5-0-0-0; Opaleye 5-0-0-0; Osei 4-0-0-0 Rushing: (A/Y)

star of the show in this game.

This is the first time all year that this team has held its opponents to under 10 points.

It was also the first time on the year that the Hawks have recorded a sack. The secondary was strong once again, holding the Lions passing game to a mere one completion, a true accomplishment.

Defensive backs Ian Logan (4 tackles), David Agro (3 tackles) and Steven Frake (1 interception) were the standouts in the defensive backfield. While ‘Defensive Player of the Game’ Kevin MacNeill (5 tackles, 1 sack, and a fumble recovery) and fellow linebacker Lee Maggiacomo (3 tackles, 1 sack) were all over the field and all over anyone in a red jersey.

It was a homecoming of sorts for Golden Hawks fullback OJ Tasse, who grew up in the Toronto area, and fully equipped with his own cheering section, he failed to disappoint. Tasse on the day had 6 carries for 67 yards and an 11.2 yards/rush average. Following the game Tasse felt that the boys played a good all around ball game saying, “It went really well today. We worked hard together as a

team, and had all 3 aspects, offense, defense, and special teams clicking.”

‘Offensive Player of the Game’ quarterback Ryan Pyear did not play the whole game, as Coach Jefferies gave him the fourth quarter off. Compiling his second straight excellent game, going 11 for 21 over 190 yards passing, he also called his own number 3 times, carrying for 31 yards adding a touchdown. Sophomore sensation, running back Derek Medler quietly broke the 26 year old Golden Hawk single season rushing record. His 173 rushing yards puts him at 1090 on the season with two games remaining, breaking Jim Reid’s 1078 yards back in the 1977 season. Rookie wide out Andrew Baechler led the receiving core in receptions with 4 and in yards with 88. While running back Bryon Hickey also put together a very strong game grabbing 3 catches for 58 yards, running the ball 4 times for 15 yards and not to mention his two touchdowns which set the tone for the Hawks and for the rest of the game.

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GAME 7

Queen’s 26 - Laurier 23

October 11 University Stadium - Waterloo, ON 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Laurier 8 0 0 15 23 Queen’s 0 9 7 10 26

Queen’s pivot Tommy

First Downs Rushed-Yards Passing Yards Passes (A/C/I) Sacks Total Offense Punts-Yards Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards

WLU QU 23 22 35-182 18-44 229 271 30-19-1 44-27-0 3 2 396 290 9-272 8-330 5-2 1-1 12-115 7-55

Rushing: (A/Y)

WATERLOO - One second le on the clock, one second away from another overtime challenge, one second away from a possible win.

Laurier would grab another seven points on a five-yard run by Bryon Hickey (Burlington, ON) and Devlin’s convert before the end of the opening quarter. But Queen’s, held to one yard rushing in the entire first half, capitalized on Laurier penalties and turnovers, to lead 9-8 at hal ime.

TEAM STATISTICS

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS WLU - Medler 22-139; Hickey 4-11; Pyear 3-10; A. Agro 1-9; Tasse 1-8; Cameron 1-5 QU - Denison 7-30; Crawford 5-11; Hendry 1-3; Smith 1-1; Patone 1--1 Passing: WLU - Pyear 29-18-188-2-1; Wright 1-1-41-0-0 (A/C/Y/T/I) QU - Denison 44-27-271-2-0 Receiving: WLU - A. Agro 10-122; Baechler 4-49; Wright 3-32; (C/Y) Tasse 1-16; Hickey 1-10 QU - Spear 9-68; McKinnion 3-58; Joyner 2-54; Crawford 6-52; Fleming 3-25; Smith 2-8; Bagg 1-3; Rogan 1-3 Defense: WLU - Surya 8-0-0-0; MacNeill 2-5-1-0; Both 5-1-0-0; (T/A/S/I) Bretney 2-4-0-0; Alexander 3-0-1-0; Shakell 2-1-0.5-0; Houwer 0-0-0.5-0 QU - Smith 6-4-0-0; McLellan 4-4-0-0; Champagne 3-4-0-0; Calvert 4-2-0-0; Patone 4-1-0-0; Mitchell 3-2-0-0; Moad 1-1-1-0; Corley 0-0-1-0

“Gaels Squeeze by in Ba le of Golden Teams”

by Ari Grossman

It wasn’t to be as Queen’s kicked a 37-yard field goal, as time elapsed, to squeeze by Laurier 26-23 in a thrilling OUA game played before almost 2,000 at University Stadium.

The Golden Hawks (5-2-0-1) took control early as Brian Devlin (Sarnia, ON) had the opening kickoff sail 84 yards forcing Queen’s (6-1-0-1) to give up a single point before they touched the ball.

SCORING WLU - Devlin kickoff (single) WLU - Hickey run (Devlin kick) QU - Spear pass from Denison (Napoli kick blocked) QU - Napoli field goal (31 yrd) QU - Joyner pass from Denison (Napoli kick) QU - Smith run (Napoli kick) WLU - A. Agro pass from Pyear (Devlin kick) WLU - Wright pass from Pyear (A. Agro 2pt conv. from Pyear) QU - Napoli field goal (37 yrd)

Denison to make sure he was on edge.

Denison, the top university player in Canada last year (sacked three times by a gutsy Laurier defensive squad), threw a TD strike to Andrew Joyner while Andrew Smith bulled over from the one-yard line, to give the Golden Gaels a 23-8 lead with just about 10 minutes le in the game.

The Golden Hawk defense, especially Defensive Player of the Game, Justin Shakell (Belleville, ON) continuously put pressure on

However, Ryan Pyear (Belleville, ON) caught Queen’s in a deep snooze firing touchdowns to Andrew Agro, then to Joel Wright (Stoney Creek, ON) - on a third down gamble - to cause a stir. Agro, selected as the Bud Player of the Game - had 10 catches for 122 yards - then appeared to force OT with a twopoint convert to tie the game at 23-23.

Denison then marched 52 yards on seven plays leading to the game-winning field goal.

Pyear connected 18 of 29 times for 188 yards including two touchdowns while Derek Medler (Cambridge, ON) ran for 139 yards on 22 carries - bringing

him to within 100 yards of the OUA record set by McMaster’s Kojo Aidoo in 2000. For Medler, only in his second year, it was the seventh consecutive game that the two-time OUA athlete of the week cracked the 100-yard-a-game mark.

Brian Devlin, Special Team’s Player of the Game, was able to think on his feet as he made several amazing plays to get the ball off before the Queen’s special teams could move in.

The Golden Hawks, known for rushing, were not only able to vary their offense with an aerial a ack that included five receivers, but also had a net offense of 396 compared to Queen’s who could only muster 290.

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GAME 8

Laurier 62 - Toronto 7 October 18 Varsity Stadium, Toronto, ON Laurier Toronto

1st 2nd 21 21 0 0

“Golden Hawks Finish Off Varsity Blues in Season Closer”

By Ari Grossman TORONTO - The Men’s Football team finished off their regular season with a convincing 62-7 win over the winless University of Toronto Blues on Saturday.

In the game, running back Derek Medler (Cambridge, ON) grabbed the OUA yards rushing in a season record and held it until the end of hal ime when he was pulled from the game.

“We pulled him because we had secured the win.

Everything was according to our plan,” said Manager of Football Operations and Head Coach Gary Jeffries. Medler’s competition, McMaster’s Jesse Lumsden played the third quarter of his game and was able to rack up a couple

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more yards to lockup the record.

The first half saw Budweiser and Offensive Player of the Game Bryon Hickey (Burlington, ON) rush for three touchdowns over four carries while Medler did most of the moving on his own (191 yards on 24 carries). Quarterback Ryan Pyear (Belleville, ON) completed all five passes he made for a total of 86 yards as well as two touchdown passes.

Adam Scheerer (Stratford, ON) and Andrew Agro (Burlington, ON) were the two receivers that Pyear hit. Laurier backup QB Jamie Partington (Stoney Creek, ON) also saw some time in the first as he went three for four including his first touchdown pass as a Golden Hawk to Andrew Baechler (Ayr, ON).

The second half of the

SCORING WLU - Hickey run (Devlin kick) WLU - Hickey run (Devlin kick) WLU - A. Agro pass from Pyear (Devlin kick) WLU - Baechler pass from Pyear (Devlin kick) WLU - Hickey run (Devlin kick) WLU - Scheerer pass from Partington (Devlin kick) WLU - Hickey run (Devlin kick) WLU - MacNeill interception (Devlin kick missed) WLU - Cameron run (Devlin kick) UT - Livingstone run (Kicinski kick)

First Downs Rushed-Yards Passing Yards Passes (A/C/I) Sacks Total Offense Punts-Yards Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards

WLU 30 47-351 162

UT 25 29-120 242

10-9-1

35-18-3

0 511 3-100 0-0 10-58

0 310 5-115 2-1 7-70

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS WLU - Medler 24-191; Hickey 5-53; Cameron 8-43; Tasse 2-33; A. Agro 1-16; Coates 5-7; Scheerer 1-5; Parting ton 1-3 UT - Makhlouf 20-98; Riff 3-18; Polyzois 1-9; Livingstone 4-2; Watson 1--7 Passing: WLU - Pyear 5-5-86-2-0; Partington 4-3-80-1-0; D. Agro 1-1(A/C/Y/T/I) -4-0-0 UT - Livingstone 35-18-242-0-3 Receiving: WLU - A. Agro 2-47; Hickey 1-37; Baechler 2-28; (C/Y) Scheerer 1-27; Keen 1-16; Wright 1-11; L. Maggiacomo 1--4 UT - Riff 9-142; Watson 4-54; Merkle 5-46 Defense: WLU - D. Agro 5-0-0-1; Smeaton 2-2-0-1; MacNeill 3-0-0-1; (T/A/S/I) Thomson 2-0-0-1 UT - Wheeler 12-4-0-0; Appiah 4-3-0-0; Vranich 4-2-0-0; Henderson 3-3-0-0 Rushing: (A/Y)

game seemed to drag on and on, as most of the Golden Hawk starters took a seat on the bench and let some of the younger players gain some experience. Although that was the case, the Varsity Blues’ offense still had a great deal of trouble scoring. It was not until 48 seconds le in the game when QB Carter Livingstone snuck in for the six points. Scoring in the second half for the Golden Hawks were Bryon Hickey on a run in, Kevin MacNeill (London, ON) on an interception and Nick Cameron on a rush.

Offensively the Hawks ran over the Varsity Blues, 511 to 330. The majority of the yards for the Golden Hawks were on the ground 351 to the pass a ack of 162. Brian Devlin (Sarnia, ON) was 8 for 8 on converts while the ninth was a botched snap and didn’t result in an a empt.

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Defensively, there were 23 players that contributed to the 55 tackles (only 6 assisted), a forced fumble, a fumble recovery and 4 interceptions in the game.

Most notable in the game was Defensive Player of the Game Jason Thomson (Cambridge, ON) who recorded two tackles and an interception, David Agro (Burligton, ON) with five tackles and an interception as well as Kevin MacNeill with his three tackles, fumble recovery, forced fumble and interception. Brian Sloot also played extremely well on special teams, being named the Special Teams Player of the Game.

2003 PLAYOFF GAME REVIEW

2003 Playoffs in Review OUA Quarter-Finals

O awa 17 - Laurier 38 October 25 University Stadium-Waterloo, ON Laurier O awa

1st 2nd 17 12 0 0

“Hawks Win, Book Tickets to Kingston”

by Ma De Faria WATERLOO - Laurier Football is moving into the OUA Semi-Finals, with an impressive showing at home to the O awa Gee-Gee’s, 38-17. This marks the first time since the 2000 season that the Golden Hawks have secured a spot.

Despite the overcast and generally poor weather, 1,056 supporters still showed up to cheer the Hawks on to victory.

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“We’re thrilled just to participate in the OUA playoffs, and to have the opportunity to host a game here at Laurier,” said Coach Jefferies following the win. The Hawks now travel to Kingston to face off against Queen’s. “We’re all excited now at the chance to make up for the loss to the Gaels in week 7,” Coach Jeff continued. In week 7 the Hawks suffered a stunning last second loss at the hands of Queen’s 26-23.

Laurier exploded out of the gate grabbing a quick 29-0 lead entering hal ime. Quarterback Ryan Pyear (16 for 24, 263 yards, 3 rushes, 22 yards) - named the ‘Bud and Offensive Player of the Game’ and slot back Andrew Agro (5 catches, 83 yards) opened the festivities with a 29 yard pass and catch just three minutes and 29 seconds into the game. Followed six and a half minutes later by a long drive by the Hawks relentless offense, capped off by a oneyard plunge by Bryon Hickey for 6. Meanwhile, on the other side of the ball, the Gee-Gee’s usually strong offense was stifled by the Hawk defenders, holding O awa to 2 and outs the whole first quarter.

Kicker and ‘Special Teams Player of the Game’ Brian Devlin kicked one of his five field goals on the day to end the first quarter. The Hawk scoring barrage continued into the second with another Bryon Hickey score, one-yard out of the end-zone.

SCORING WLU - A. Agro pass from Pyear (Devlin kick) WLU - Hickey run (Devlin kick) WLU - Devlin field goal (12 yrd) WLU - Hickey run (Devlin kick) WLU - Safety WLU - Devlin field goal (15 yrd) WLU - Devlin field goal (32 yrd) OTT - Riley pass from Thompson (Lee-Yaw kick) OTT - Lee-Yaw field goal (39 yrd) WLU - Devlin field goal (42 yrd) OTT - Azzi pass from Thompson (Lee-Yaw kick) WLU - Devlin field goal (17 yrd)

TEAM STATISTICS First Downs Rushed-Yards Passing Yards Passes (A/C/I) Sacks Total Offense Punts-Yards Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards

WLU 29 41-244 263 24-16-0 4 507 6-187 4-2 14-110

OTT 19 16-72 263 39-19-3 1 290 9-303 0-0 16-131

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS WLU - Cameron 15-100; Medler 13-52; Tasse 4-35; Hickey 6-35; Pyear 3-22 OTT - Thompson 3-29; Belvedere 5-26; Knibbs 3-15; Mathieu 1-2 Passing: WLU - Pyear 24-16-263-1-0 (A/C/Y/T/I) OTT - Thompson 39-19-263-2-3 Receiving: WLU - Wright 4-85; A. Agro 5-83; Cameron 2-28; Medler (C/Y) 1-24; Baechler 2-20; Tasse 1-17; Hickey 1-6 OTT - Riley 5-97; Azzi 6-84; Asselin 3-44; Branco 2-20; Larouche 1-16; Mathieu 1-4; Belvedere 1--2 Defense: WLU - Logan 5-5-0-0; MacNeill 2-6-1-0; D. Agro 3-2-0-1; (T/A/S/I) Surya 4-0-0-1; Carter 0-2-0-1; Shakell 0-0-2.5-0; Houwer 0-00.5-0 OTT - Lindor 5-6-1-0; Bostic-Seguin 4-5-0-0; Dugas 3-4-0-0; Moskal 2-5-0-0; Ulley 2-3-0-0; Hakim 1-4-0-0; Schwartz 0-5-0-0 Rushing: (A/Y)

With four minutes remaining in the first half the Gee-Gee offense finally crossed center, but to no avail as the half ended with another Devlin field goal, and a Laurier lead of 29-0. On that final drive was the last time Derek Medler (13 rushes, 52 yards) touched the ball on the day, as Jefferies opted to give him the third and fourth quarters off for the fourth time this season, leaving the rushing duties in the capable hands of Nick Cameron (15 rushes, 100 yards).

The third quarter saw the first score on the day for the GeeGee’s as quarterback Nathan Thompson hooked up with Andrew Riley (5 catches, 97 yards) on a 27 yard connection to put the first points up on the board for O awa. Meanwhile with Cameron running the ball consistently, and Pyear converting second and longs into firsts, the Hawks had lots of opportunities to score.

Brian Devlin continued on his

kicking assault, pu ing two more through the up rights, making the score at the end of the third 35-10. The fourth opened with another O awa score as current QB Nathan Thompson again, found former QB David Azzi (6 catches, 84 yards) over 13 yards just out of the reach of defensive back Ian Logan’s out stretched arms, into Azzi’s hands. However, the Defense, guys like ‘Defensive Player of the Game’ Justin Shakell (2.5 sacks), Kevin MacNeill (8 tackles, 1 sack), Ian Logan (10 tackles), Steve Surya (4 tackles, 1 interception) and the reliable David Agro (5 tackles, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovery) held down the fort, and kept the Gee-Gee’s at bay. The game was pronounced pre y much over on a long, six minute drive by the Hawks, filled with a steady dose of Nick Cameron, and topped off with Devlin’s fi h and final field goal of the game.

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2003 PLAYOFF GAME REVIEW

OUA Semi-Finals

Laurier 36 - Queen’s 33 November 1 Richardson Stadium, Kingston, ON

1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT1 OT2 Final Laurier 7 7 0 10 6 6 36 Queen’s 10 0 7 7 6 3 33 “Yates Bound.... Hawks Win Semi-Final Ba le”

By Ari Grossman KINGSTON - Ryan Pyear completed a 35-yard pass to Joel Wright to clinch a double overtime victory as the CIS #7 ranked Golden Hawks (8-2-0-1) defeated the CIS #4 ranked Queen’s Golden Gaels (8-2-0-1) in OUA Semi Final Action earlier today.

Overtime in CIS football could not have been more exciting then what was seen at Richardson Stadium in front of 5,214 as well as radio and television.

In the first round, the Golden Hawks were given the opportunity to strike first, at the hands of the coin-toss. The drive didn’t move close enough in and as a result Brian Devlin (Sarnia, ON) came out on to the field to grab the three points on a third and three. Devlin’s field goal was blocked only to have it end up in his hands again where he was able to connect to Brian Hickey (Burlington, ON), who got the first down on the 1 yard line. Nick Cameron (Norland, ON) ran the ball in for the six-points. Devlin’s kick for a convert was blocked and ended up in his hands again, however this time unable to connect to a player. Tommy Denison came onto the field and

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moved the ball up from the 35 and was able to connect to Craig Spear on a 9-yard pass in order to tie the game up again. The Hawk defense as well as bad snap put some pressure on Chris Napoli and his kick missed low.

Overtime number two had the Gaels taking the offense first. Denison was unable to move the ball up and le Chris Napoli at the 32-yard line where he was able to put the ball between the posts to put the Gaels up by three. The Hawks needed a touchdown to win it, and Ryan Pyear (Belleville, ON) and Joel Wright (Stoney Creek, ON) stepped up.

Pyear’s 35-yard pass surprised the crowd only to have them in shock as Joel Wright finished the connection, his second of the a ernoon, in the end zone to finish the game.

The Hawks were able to come out of a 10 point hole late in the game when Devlin kicked it off by hitting a 19-yard field goal.

Andrew Agro’s (Burlington, ON) 30-yard reception kept the momentum on the Hawks side as Ryan Pyear was able to connect with Andrew Baechler with only 32 seconds le in the game to tie it at 24. Baechler ended up with four receptions on the game for 82 yards as well as a major.

The Golden Hawk defense

SCORING WLU - Wright pass from Pyear (Devlin kick) QU - Napoli field goal (17 yrd) QU - Fleming pass from Denison (Napoli kick) WLU - A. Agro pass from Pyear (Devlin kick) QU - Crawford run (Napoli kick) QU - Hendry run (Napoli kick) WLU - Devlin field goal (19 yrd) WLU - Baechler pass from Pyear (Devlin kick) WLU - Cameron run (2pt conv. failed) QU - TD Craig Spear #8 (Napoli kick missed) QU - Napoli field goal (32 yrd) WLU - Wright pass from Pyear

TEAM STATISTICS First Downs Rushed-Yards Passing Yards Passes (A/C/I) Sacks Total Offense Punts-Yards Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards

WLU QU 20 27 25-151 19-78 246 390 38-13-0 51-32-0 3 4 371 407 15-509 12-407 1-0 4-4 12-94 12-100

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS WLU - Medler 11-67; Cameron 8-37; Tasse 1-18; Baechler 2-15; Pyear 1-11; Hickey 1-5; A. Agro 1--2 QU - Crawford 10-46; Denison 6-32; Hendry 2-2; Navo 1--2 Passing: WLU - Pyear 37-12-237-3-0; Devlin 1-1-9-0-0 (A/C/Y/T/I) QU - Denison 51-32-390-2-0 Receiving: WLU - Wright 4-84; Baechler 4-82; A. Agro 3-52; Maurice (C/Y) 1-19; Hickey 1-9 QU - Spear 7-109; Crawford 7-77; Joyner 6-74; Fleming 4-52; Bagg 3-38; McKinnion 3-27; Navo 2-13 Defense: WLU - Logan 8-5-0-0; MacNeill 6-1-0-0; D. Agro 5-3-0-0; (T/A/S/I) Alexander 5-2-1-0; Surya 5-2-0-0; Frake 6-0-0-0; Carter 4-2-0-0; Thomson 4-1-0-0; Bretney 3-1-1.5-0; Shakell 2-00.5-0 QU - Trudeau 5-4-1-0; Haskell 4-5-0-0; Patone 6-1-1-0; Schwieg 6-1-0-0; McLellan 5-1-0-0; Hazle 4-2-0-0; Gaudreau 4-1-1-0; Mitchell 2-3-0-0; Thompson 1-1-1-0 Rushing: (A/Y)

was making amazing plays as they forced three fumbles, recovered two - which resulted in touchdowns and made over 60 tackles in the game. Ian Logan (Waterloo, ON) played all around solid game making 11 tackles (8 solo) as well as forcing one of the fumbles and recovering another.

Honourable mentions to go Ryan Pyear - named The RCA Lyra Player of the Game (4TD passes 237 yards) Andrew Baechler, the Offensive Player of the Game (1TD four receptions for 82 yards), Brian Devlin, the Special Teams Player of the Game and Ian Logan the Budweiser Player of the Game and Defensive Player of the Game.

2003 PLAYOFF GAME REVIEW

SCORING

96th Yates Cup

Laurier 17 - McMaster 41 November 8 Ivor Wynne Stadium, Hamilton, ON Laurier McMaster

1st 2nd 7 3 10 14

“A Spectacular Season”

by Ari Grossman HAMILTON - Despite the bi er cold, a crowd of 12,464 packed out the north side of Ivor Wynne Stadium and watched the McMaster Marauders defeat the Golden Hawks 41-17 in the 96th Yates Cup. “Turnovers are what hurt us today,” said Gary Jeffries a er the final whistle blew. This game proved to be the exact opposite of the OUA Semi-Final as this time around it was McMaster picking up the points everywhere they could. The play that hurt the Hawks most was Brandon Li le’s kick off return for a 109-yard run/touchdown. Li le’s run took place immediately a er Bryon Hickey snagged Laurier’s first major of the a ernoon and helped bring a halt to the Hawks momentum. Unfortunately that momentum never shi ed back. At the half time break the score was 24-10 in favor of the Marauders.

At the end of the day, Laurier’s net offense of 372, was five yards more than the Marauders; however the team could not shake their turnovers curse and were unable to convert

3rd 4th 0 7 7 10

Final 17 41

those yards to points on the board. The second half of the game saw a McMaster Field Goal and Touchdown’s from Jon Behie and Jesse Lumsden. The Hawk’s Jaime Partington would connect to Andrew Baechler for the final major of the game, but it was only a drop in the bucket as Laurier finished short by 24 points.

The Golden Hawks turned out to be the Cinderella team of the season. With a previous season record of 1-7 haunting them, a 6-2-0-1 team emerged, resulted in a very successful playoff run and an appearance at the Ontario Final.

The first year Manager of Football Operations and Head Coach was emotional at the end of the game, “I’m proud of these guys… they’ve played their hearts out today… and this season.” Jeffer-

MAC - Pyear run (Ray kick) MAC - Ray field goal (21 yrd) WLU - Safety MAC - Swart pass from Behie (Ray kick) WLU - Hickey pass from Pyear (Maurice 2pt conv. from Pyear) MAC - Li le kickoff return (Ray kick) MAC - Ray field goal (22 yrd) MAC - Behie run (Ray kick) MAC - Lumsden run (Ray kick) WLU - Baechler pass from Partington (Devlin kick)

TEAM STATISTICS First Downs Rushed-Yards Passing Yards Passes (A/C/I) Sacks Total Offense Punts-Yards Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards

WLU MAC 15 23 16-75 47-263 327 119 37-19-2 22-10-0 1 3 372 367 8-268 9-234 2-2 2-1 6-30 6-56

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS WLU - Pyear 7-36; Partington 1-16; Tasse 1-8; A. Agro 1-6; Medler 3-5; Hickey 3-4 MAC - Pyear 23-134; Lumsden 18-104; Behie 5-25; Andrade 1-0 Passing: WLU - Pyear 30-15-230-1-2; Partington 6-3-63-1-0; (A/C/Y/T/I) Wright 1-1-34-0-0 MAC - Behie 19-9-100-1-0; Archibald 3-1-19-0-0 Receiving: WLU - Hickey 5-89; A. Agro 3-80; Baechler 2-54; Wright (C/Y) 5-44; Northcote 1-33; Medler 2-24; Maurice 1-5 MAC - Swart 5-67; Gloge 3-31; Puear 1-24; Andrade 1-7 Defense: WLU - Logan 11-3-0-0; MacNeill 6-2-0-0; L. Maggiacomo (T/A/S/I) 3-3-0-0; J. Alexander 4-1-0-0; D. Agro 2-3-0-0; Bretney 1-3-1-0 MAC - Card 6-0-0-0; Armstrong 3-0-0-1; Furtado 2-1-0-1; Robertshaw 1-2-2-0; Blake 1-0-1-0 Rushing: (A/Y)

ies has much to be proud of. Every one of his 87 players and 15 staff put together a spectacular season.

“To the eleven guys who are graduating, congratulations on successful seasons with the Hawks. I know they will do well in the future.” Gary Jeffries made sure recognition for the eleven graduates took place two weeks ago in front of a home crowd and was sure to mention how proud he was today of their performances as

Golden Hawks. David Agro, Josh Alexander, Tony Bretney, Lee Cond, Todd Galloway, Geoff Keen, Kevin MacNeill, Jeff Melis, Justin Shakell, Owen Thompson and Jason Thomson will all be moving on a er successful years with the Golden Hawk football program.

All the best to each of them.

The Golden Hawk football program has now ended their 2003 run, but on a very positive note; a 6-2-0-1 record, a Double Overtime Victory against Queen’s in the SemiFinals, 10 OUA All-Stars and an OUA Coach of the Year. To the many alumni, friends and fans, we thank you for your support and hope to see you next season for another exciting round of OUA Football.

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2003 FINAL REGULAR SEASON STATISTICS

2003 Regular Season Statistics 2003 Schedule and Results

DATE Sept. 1 Sept. 6 Sept. 13 Sept. 20 Sept. 27 Oct. 4 Oct. 11 Oct. 18

Overall Record: 6-2-0-1 Home: 2-2-0-1 Away: 4-0-0-0

OPPONENT at O awa Guelph Windsor at Waterloo Western at York Queen's at Toronto

W/L W W W W OTL W L W

Scoring By Quarters Team Laurier Opponents

1st 87 9

2nd 97 38

3rd 67 40

SCORE 30-20 61-36 20-16 50-14 31-28 39-8 26-23 62-7

RADIO 570 NEWS 570 NEWS 570 NEWS 570 NEWS

Scoring 4th 62 71

Total 313 158

Player TD FGs PATs 2-Pt. Saf Sng Pts Brian Devlin 0 14 34 0 0 5 81 Bryon Hickey 11 0 0 0 0 0 66 Andrew Agro 6 0 0 1 0 0 38 Joel Wright 4 0 0 0 0 0 24 Derek Medler 3 0 0 0 0 0 18 Ian Logan 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 David Agro 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 Nick Cameron 3 0 0 0 0 0 18 Mike Maurice 1 0 0 1 0 0 8 Andrew Baechler 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 Ryan Pyear 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 Adam Scheerer 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 Kevin MacNeill 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 LAURIER TEAM 0 0 0 0 3 0 6 Total Opponents

37 17

14 10

34 15

2 1

3 1

5 7

313 158

Team Statistics Category Scoring Points Per Game First Downs Rushing Passing Penalty Rushing Yardage Rushing A empts Average Per Rush Average Per Game Touchdowns Rushing Passing Yardage A -Comp-Int. Average Per Pass Average Per Catch Average Per Game Touchdowns Passing

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Laurier 313 39.1 189 109 74 6 2283 337 6.8 285.4 17 1491 169-101-8 8.8 14.8 186.4 15

Opponent 158 19.8 146 51 82 13 996 179 5.6 124.5 7 1647 271-127-20 6.1 13.0 205.9 10

Category Total Offense Total Plays Average Per Play Average Per Game Kickoff Returns: #-Yards Kickoff Return Average Punt Returns: #-Yards Punt Return Average Interception Returns: #-Yards Interception Return Average Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Average Per Game Punts-Yards Average Per Punt Sacks Touchdowns Scored Field Goals-A empts PAT Kicks-A empts

Laurier 3774 506 7.5 471.8 28-537 19.2 54-491 9.1 20-364 18.2 16-12 74-675 9.3 52-1783 34.3 5 37 14-25 34-34

Opponent 2643 450 5.9 330.4 37-556 15.0 37-402 10.9 8-40 5.0 12-9 55-516 6.9 61-2278 37.3 12 17 10-18 15-16

2003 FINAL REGULAR SEASON STATISTICS

Rushing Player Derek Medler Nick Cameron Bryon Hickey OJ Tasse Ryan Pyear Andrew Agro Jamie Partington Adam Scheerer Jon Coates Joel Wright LAURIER TEAM Josh Maltin

No 177 66 37 16 21 2 6 2 5 1 3 1

Yrds 1420 339 196 147 124 25 15 7 7 4 0 -1

Avg 8.0 5.1 5.3 9.2 5.9 12.5 2.5 3.5 1.4 4.0 0.0 0.0

Td 3 3 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Fmb 3 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Long 105 26 27 29 16 16 10 5 3 4 0 -1

Total Opponents

337 179

2283 996

6.8 5.6

17 6

9 4

105 68

Receiving Player Andrew Baechler Andrew Agro Joel Wright Bryon Hickey Mike Maurice Tony Bretney Will Northcote Derek Medler OJ Tasse Geoff Keen Nick Cameron Adam Scheerer Lee Maggiacomo Total Opponents

No 23 29 21 11 6 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 101 127

Yrds 429 396 233 203 86 26 20 18 16 16 14 38 -4 1491 1647

Avg 18.7 13.7 11.1 18.5 14.3 26.0 10.0 9.0 16.0 16.0 14.0 19.0 0.0 14.8 13.0

Td 2 6 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15 10

Long 79 42 37 37 52 26 11 10 16 16 14 27 -4 79 45

Passing Player Ryan Pyear Jamie Partington Joel Wright David Agro

A 149 16 1 3

Cmp 88 10 1 2

Yrds 1226 202 41 22

Cmp% 59.06 62.50 100.00 66.67

Td 14 1 0 0

Int 7 1 0 0

Long 79 52 41 26

“NFL” QB Rating 97.33 101.04 118.75 88.19

Total Opponents

169 271

101 127

1491 1647

59.76 46.86

15 10

8 20

79 45

101.33 58.71

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Defensive Player Kevin MacNeill Ian Logan David Agro Jason Thomson Justin Shakell Lee Maggiacomo Nail Both Bobby Kootstra Jeff Smeaton Tony Bretney Steve Surya Steven Frake Jesse Alexander Josh Alexander Josh Maltin Brian Sloot Brandon Keks Adrian Houwer Sco Evans Elliot Forwell Lee Cond Gavin Cond Dave Montoya Yanick Carter Bryon Hickey Blair Ryan Kyle Armour Joel Wright Adam Scheerer Will Northcote Bill Girt Brian Devlin Andrew Baechler Chris Scherer Ryan Jeffery Andrew Agro Derek Medler Total Opponents

Tackles 45 32 28 26 25 25 19 18 16 15 14 14 13 12 11 10 7 6 6 6 6 5 5 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0

Solo 31 24 21 20 16 13 13 13 8 10 14 12 10 10 9 7 5 5 4 4 4 5 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0

Assisted 14 8 7 6 9 12 6 5 8 5 0 2 3 2 2 3 2 1 2 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0

Fumbles Forced 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Fumbles Recovered 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1

384 536

274 390

110 146

2 4

12 12

2003 FINAL REGULAR SEASON STATISTICS

Sacks Player Kevin MacNeill Josh Alexander Lee Maggiacomo Adrian Houwer Justin Shakell

Interceptions Sacks 2 1 1 0.5 0.5

Total Opponents

5 12

Player David Agro Steven Frake Ian Logan Lee Maggiacomo Josh Maltin Bobby Kootstra Jeff Smeaton Nail Both Blair Ryan Kevin MacNeill Jason Thomson

No 5 3 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1

Yrds 109 17 65 19 41 35 28 15 0 32 3

Avg 21.8 5.7 32.5 9.5 41.0 35.0 14.0 15.0 0.0 32.0 3.0

Long 78 14 33 10 41 35 23 15 0 32 3

Td 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Total Opponents

20 8

364 40

18.2 5.0

78 26

4 0

Punting

Field Goals

Player Brian Devlin Justin Shakell

No 51 1

Yrds 1745 38

Avg 34.2 38.0

Long 73 38

Total Opponents

52 61

1783 2278

34.3 37.3

73 70

Player Brian Devlin

FG 14

A 25

FG % 56.00

Long 45

Total Opponents

14 10

25 18

56.00 55.56

45 53

Punt Returns

Kickoff Returns

Player Geoff Keen Ian Logan Andrew Baechler Joel Wright David Agro Adam Scheerer Steve Surya

No 22 11 10 6 2 2 1

Yrds 192 116 77 38 40 20 8

Avg 8.7 10.5 7.7 6.3 20.0 10.0 8.0

Long 34 40 30 13 40 10 8

Td 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

Total Opponents

54 37

491 402

9.1 10.9

40 83

1 0

Player Geoff Keen Andrew Baechler Dave Montoya OJ Tasse Nick Cameron Jesse Alexander Ian Logan Steve Surya

No 11 6 1 3 1 2 3 1

Yrds 212 139 40 30 6 11 86 13

Avg 19.3 23.2 40.0 10.0 6.0 5.5 28.7 13.0

Long 40 43 40 19 6 10 38 13

Td 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Total Opponents

28 37

537 556

19.2 15.0

43 71

0 0

2003 FINAL PLAYOFF STATISTICS

2003 Final Playoff Statistics 2003 Schedule and Results

DATE

OPPONENT

W/L

SCORE

MEDIA

W

38-17

Nov. 1

OUA SEMI FINALS at Queen's

570 NEWS/ ROGERS

W

36-33

Nov. 8

96th YATES CUP at McMaster

570 NEWS/ THE SCORE

L

41-17

570 NEWS/ THE SCORE

OUA QUARTER FINALS Oct. 25 O awa

Overall Record: 2-1 Home: 1-0 Away: 1-1

Scoring

Scoring By Quarters Team Laurier Opponents

1st 31 20

2nd 22 14

3rd 6 24

4th 32 33

Total 91 91

Player TD FGs PATs 2-Pt. Saf Sng Pts Brian Devlin 0 6 7 0 0 0 25 Bryon Hickey 3 0 0 0 0 0 18 Andrew Agro 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 Joel Wright 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 Andrew Baechler 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 Nick Cameron 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 LAURIER TEAM 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 Mike Maurice 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 Total Opponents

10 11

6 5

7 10

1 0

2 0

0 0

91 91

Team Statistics Category Scoring Points Per Game First Downs Rushing Passing Penalty Rushing Yardage Rushing A empts Average Per Rush Average Per Game Touchdowns Rushing Passing Yardage A -Comp-Int. Average Per Pass Average Per Catch Average Per Game Touchdowns Passing

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Laurier 91 30.3 64 18 38 8 470 82 5.7 156.7 3 836 99-48-2 8.4 17.4 278.7 7

Opponent 91 30.3 69 29 35 5 413 78 5.3 137.7 5 772 112-61-3 6.9 12.7 257.3 5

Category Total Offense Total Plays Average Per Play Average Per Game Kickoff Returns: #-Yards Kickoff Return Average Punt Returns: #-Yards Punt Return Average Interception Returns: #-Yards Interception Return Average Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Average Per Game Punts-Yards Average Per Punt Sacks Touchdowns Scored Field Goals-A empts PAT Kicks-A empts

Laurier 1306 181 7.2 435.3 15-292 19.5 23-145 6.3 3-49 16.3 7-4 32-234 10.7 29-964 33.2 8 10 6-9 7-7

Opponent 1185 190 6.2 395.0 11-234 21.3 22-191 8.7 2-22 11.0 6-5 34-287 11.3 29-944 32.6 8 11 5-5 10-11

2003 FINAL PLAYOFF STATISTICS Rushing Player Nick Cameron Derek Medler Ryan Pyear OJ Tasse Bryon Hickey Jamie Partington Andrew Baechler Andrew Agro

No 23 27 11 6 10 1 2 2

Yrds 137 124 69 61 44 16 15 4

Avg 6.0 4.6 6.3 10.2 4.4 16.0 7.5 2.0

Td 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0

Fmb 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0

Long 22 30 13 26 23 16 9 6

Total Opponents

82 78

470 413

5.7 5.3

3 5

4 2

30 21

Receiving Player Joel Wright Andrew Agro Andrew Baechler Bryon Hickey Derek Medler Will Northcote Nick Cameron Mike Maurice OJ Tasse

No 13 11 8 7 3 1 2 2 1

Yrds 213 215 156 104 48 33 28 24 17

Avg 16.4 19.5 19.5 14.9 16.0 33.0 14.0 12.0 17.0

Td 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0

Long 35 34 51 40 24 33 17 19 17

Total Opponents

48 61

836 772

17.4 12.7

7 5

51 37

Passing Player Ryan Pyear Jaime Partington Joel Wright Brian Devlin

A 91 6 1 1

Cmp 43 3 1 1

Yrds 730 63 34 9

Cmp% 47.25 50.00 100.00 100.00

Td 6 1 0 0

Int 2 0 0 0

Long 51 33 34 9

“NFL” QB Rating 89.36 127.08 118.75 104.17

Total Opponents

99 112

48 61

836 772

48.48 54.46

7 5

2 3

51 37

96.77 76.90

Punting

Field Goals

Player Brian Devlin

No 29

Yrds 964

Avg 33.2

Long 47

Player Brian Devlin

FG 6

A 9

FG % 66.67

Long 42

Total Opponents

29 29

964 944

33.2 32.6

47 48

Total Opponents

6 5

9 5

66.67 100.00

42 39

Punt Returns

Kickoff Returns

Player Andrew Baechler Joel Wright Geoff Keen Ian Logan

No 10 8 4 1

Yrds 58 43 37 7

Avg 5.8 5.4 9.3 7.0

Long 14 9 14 7

Td 0 0 0 0

Total Opponents

23 22

145 191

6.3 8.7

14 30

0 0

Player Ian Logan Geoff Keen Nick Cameron

No 10 2 3

Yrds 186 47 59

Avg 18.6 23.5 19.7

Long 28 29 25

Td 0 0 0

Total Opponents

15 11

192 234

19.5 21.3

29 109

0 1

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Defensive Player Ian Logan Kevin MacNeill David Agro Jason Thomson Steve Surya Josh Alexander Steven Frake Jesse Alexander Yanick Carter Josh Maltin Tony Bretney Lee Maggiacomo Justin Shakell Brian Sloot Elliot Forwell Lee Cond Sco Evans Dave Montoya Adrian Houwer Blair Ryan Adam Scheerer Joel Wright Total Opponents

Tackles 37 23 18 12 11 11 9 9 9 8 8 8 5 5 5 4 4 3 2 1 1 0

Solo 24 14 10 6 9 6 8 7 5 8 4 3 4 4 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 0

Assisted 13 9 8 6 2 5 1 2 4 0 4 5 1 1 3 2 2 1 1 0 0 0

Fumbles Forced 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Fumbles Recovered 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

193 189

123 110

70 79

4 5

5 5

Sacks Player Justin Shakell Tony Bretney Kevin MacNeill Josh Alexander Adrian Houwer Total Opponents

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Interceptions Sacks 3 2.5 1 1 0.5 8 8

Player Steve Surya David Agro Yanick Carter Total Opponents

No 1 1 1

Yrds 37 12 0

Avg 37.0 12.0 0.0

Long 37 12 0

Td 0 0 0

3 2

49 22

16.3 11.0

37 22

0 0

2003 HONOURS AND AWARDS

2003 Golden Hawk Honours Team

- 9 OUA All-Stars (5 First-Team, 4 Second-Team) - OUA Coach of the Year - Gary Jefferies - 4 CIS All-Canadians (1 First-Team, 3 Second-Team) - CIS Coach of the Year - Gary Jefferies OUA First-Team All-Stars Offense Jeff Melis - Center Ryan Jeffrey - Offensive Tackle Defense Justin Shakell - Defensive End Kevin MacNeill - Linebacker Ian Logan - Defensive Back Second-Team All-Stars Offense Mitch Zappitelli - Guard Defense Josh Alexander - Defensive Tackle Tony Bretney - Defensive End David Agro - Safety CIS First-Team All-Canadians Defense Justin Shakell - Defensive End Second-Team All-Canadians Offense Jeff Melis - Center Ryan Jeffrey - Offensive Tackle Defense Kevin MacNeill - Linebacker

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2003 FINAL STANDINGS

2003 OUA Review 2003 Final Standings School McMaster Queen’s Laurier Western Windsor O awa York Waterloo Guelph Toronto

GP 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8

W 8 7 6 5 4 3 3 2 2 0

L 0 0 1 3 4 4 5 6 6 8

T 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OTL 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

PTS 16 15 13 10 8 7 6 4 4 0

OUA Quarter-Finals OUA Semi-Finals York @ Queen’s (6-27) Laurier @ Queen’s (36-33) Waterloo @ McMaster (7-70) Windsor @ McMaster (15-55) O awa @ Laurier (17-38) Windsor @ Western (21-18)

PF 424 361 313 306 242 230 163 142 161 42

PA 87 134 158 257 231 201 265 328 285 438

Yates Cup Laurier @ McMaster (17-41)

2003 CIS Review

2003 CIS Football Polls

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Week 1 SMU Saskatch.

McMaster Queen’s McGill Laval Regina Calgary Manitoba St. FX

Week 2 Week 3 SMU SMU Saskatch. Saskatch.

McMaster McMaster Queen’s Queen’s Laval Laval Calgary Calgary St. FX Laurier Manitoba St. FX Concordia Calgary Laurier Concordia

Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 SMU SMU SMU Saskatch. Saskatch. Saskatch.

McMaster McMaster McMaster Laval Laval Queen’s Queen’s Queen’s Concordia Calgary Concordia Laval Laurier Laurier Laurier Concordia Alberta Alberta Alberta Montreal Montreal Montreal Calgary SFU

CIS Semi-Finals St. Mary’s vs Simon Fraser (60-9) Laval vs McMaster (36-32)

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Week 7 SMU Saskatch.

McMaster Queen’s Concordia Laval Laurier Alberta Montreal SFU

Week 8 Saskatch.

McMaster Laval Queen’s SMU Concordia Laurier Alberta Montreal Western

Vanier Cup Laval vs. St. Mary’s (14-7)

Week 9 Saskatch.

McMaster Laval Queen’s SMU Concordia Laurier SFU Alberta Regina

The Record Book

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WLU RECORDS

Scoring Total Points Name Jim Reid Stefan Ptaszek Brian Devlin John Katsaouni Spiros Anastasakis Andre Talbot Name Jerry Gulyes Jim Reid Steve Rainey Justin Praamsma Stefan Ptaszek

Field Goals

Regular Season Points 96 86 81 77 72 70

Year 1977 1994 2003 1999 1991 2000

Name Jerry Guyles Spiros Anatasakis Roy Kurtz John Katsaouni Brian Devlin Sco O’Hara

Regular Season Field Goals 15 15 14 14 14 13

Year 1978 1991 1983 1999 2003 1998

Career Points 218 200 196 188 186

Years 1975-79 1975-78 1985-88 1997-00 1990-94

Name Steve Rainey Jerry Guyles Sco O’Hara Spiros Anatasakis

Career Field Goals 38 37 33 25

Years 1985-88 1975-79 1995-98 1991-92

Touchdowns

Converts

Name Jim Reid Stefan Ptaszek Bryon Hickey Andre Talbot Jim Reid Randy Rybansky

Regular Season Touchdowns 16 14 11 11 10 10

Year 1977 1994 2003 2000 1976 1983

Name Jim Reid Stefan Ptaszek Andy Cecchini Justin Praamsma Andre Talbot

Career Touchdowns 33 31 30 30 25

Years 1975-78 1990-94 1987-91 1997-00 1997-00

Singles Name Ed Becker Ed Becker Roy Kurtz Pat O’Leary Ed Becker

Regular Season Singles 14 11 10 9 8

Year 2000 2001 1983 1993 2002

Name Ed Becker Roy Kurtz Ian Dunbar Jerry Gulyes Steve Rainey

Career Singles 41 17 17 14 10

Years 1998-02 1981-83 1980-83 1975-79 1985-87

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Name Brian Devlin John Katsaouni Ed Becker Sco O’Hara Spiros Anatasakis John Wintermeyer Name Jerry Gulyes Steve Rainey Ed Becker Brian Devlin Ian Dunbar Roy Kurtz

Regular Season Converts 34 31 28 26 25 24

Year 2003 1999 2000 1998 1992 1974

Career Converts 92 50 57 34 31 27

Years 1975-79 1976-78 1998-02 2003 1980-83 1981-83

One of many of Jim Reid’s touchdowns which has entrenched him in the number one position for career touchdowns. This one gave WLU a 19-15 victory over Western in the 1978 Ontario Championship.

WLU RECORDS

Passing Pass Attempts Name Bill Kubas Bill Kubas Kevin McDonald Kevin McDonald

Name Bill Kubas Mike Wilson Adam Lane Kevin McDonald Rod Philp

Regular Season A empts 246 240 225 212 Career A empts 991 655 462 451 429 Season

Passing Yards Year 1993 1994 1996 1995

Years 1990-94 1982-86 1998-00 1994-96 1984-88

Name Bill Kubas Bill Kubas Kevin McDonald Bill Kubas Rod Philp Name Bill Kubas Mike Wilson Adam Lane Rod Philp Ryan Pyear Kevin Taylor

Pass Completions Name Bill Kubas Bill Kubas Rod Philp Kevin McDonald Adam Lane Name Bill Kubas Mike Wilson Rod Philp Adam Lane Ryan Pyear Kevin Taylor

Regular Season Yards 2295 1905 1688 1675 1604

Year 1994 1993 1995 1991 1987

Career Yards 8424 5281 3984 3496 2849 2325

Years 1990-94 1982-86 1998-00 1984-88 2001-03 1997-98

Passing Touchdowns

Regular Season Completions 142 136 115 109 103

Year 1993 1994 1987 1996 2000

Name Bill Kubas Adam Lane Adam Lane Ryan Pyear Bill Kubas Rod Philp

Regular Season Touchdowns 23 18 15 14 13 12

Year 1994 2000 1999 2003 1992 1987

Career Completions 546 357 261 246 208 159

Years 1990-94 1982-86 1984-88 1998-00 2001-03 1997-98

Name Bill Kubas Adam Lane Mike Wilson Ryan Pyear Rod Philp Kevin Taylor

Career Touchdowns 65 37 27 24 24 19

Years 1990-94 1998-00 1982-86 2001-03 1984-88 1997-98

Longest Completion

Completion Percentage Name Rod Philp Mike Wilson Adam Lane Sco Leeming Ryan Pyear Bill Kubas

Season Percentage 67.6% 61.7% 60.9% 60.8% 59.1% 57.8%

Year 1987 1986 2000 1981 2003 1993

Name Rod Philp Bill Kubas Mike Wilson Sco Leeming

Career Percentage 60.8% 56.6% 54.0% 52.4%

Years 1984-88 1990-94 1982-86 1978-81

Name Rod Philp Mike Wilson Mike Wilson Rod Philp Mike Wilson

Regular Season Length 106 91 90 89 85

Year 1987 1985 1983 1987 1986

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Rushing Rushing Carries Name Jim Reid Justin Praamsma Derek Medler Alex Torrie Randy Rybansky Andy Cecchini

Regular Season Carries 163 157 144 144 128 122

Year 1977 2000 2002 2001 1983 1989

Name Andy Cecchini Justin Praamsma Jim Reid Chuck McMann Randy Rybansky

Career Carries 523 521 379 257 256

Years 1987-91 1997-99 1976-78 1973-78 1981-84

Yards Rushing Name Jim Reid Justin Praamsma Justin Praamsma Derek Medler Justin Praamsma Paul Nastasiuk

Regular Season Yards 1078 1066 876 871 843 748

Year 1977 2000 1999 2002 1998 1983

Name Justin Praamsma Andy Cecchini Jim Reid Chuck McMann Rick Chalupka

Career Yards 3793 3061 2316 1926 1530

Years 1997-00 1987-91 1975-78 1973-75 1973-76

Name Jim Reid Justin Praamsma Andy Cecchini Bryon Hickey Randy Rybansky

Career Touchdowns 32 30 27 17 16

Years 1976-78 1997-99 1987-91 2001-03 1981-84

Average Gain per Rush Name Wayne Parizeau Phil Colwell Gord Taylor Paul Falzon Justin Praamsma

Regular Season Average 12.3 9.8 8.9 8.7 7.8

Year 1975 1978 1974 1979 1999

Regular Season

Longest Run Name Paul Falzon Mike Weiler Jim Bendick Paul Falzon Justin Praamsma Career Name Phil Colwell Chuck McMann Wayne Parizeau Rick Chalupka Justin Praamsma

Length 100 98 89 88 86

Year 1977 1974 1976 1980 1999

Average 7.7 7.6 7.6 7.5 7.3

Years 1977-79 1973-75 1974-76 1973-76 1997-00

Touchdowns Name Jim Reid Bryon Hickey Randy Rybansky Jim Reid Andy Cecchini Justin Praamsma

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Regular Season Touchdowns 16 11 10 9 8 8

Year 1977 2003 1983 1976 1987 1999

Justin Praamsma fights for that extra yard. All those extra yards eventually ended up with Praamsma topping the career record for yards rushing.

WLU RECORDS

Receiving Pass Receptions

Average Receiving Gain

Name Andre Talbot Stefan Ptaszek Stefan Ptaszek Stefan Ptaszek Ken Evraire

Regular Season Receptions 54 52 50 46 39

Year 2000 1993 1994 1992 1987

Name Stefan Ptaszek Andre Talbot Joe Nastasiuk Ken Evraire Zach Treanor

Career Receptions 186 122 117 102 97

Years 1990-94 1997-00 1984-88 1985-87 1993-97

Regular Season Name Average Andrew Scharshmidt 25.5 Peter Hwang 24 Joe Nastasiuk 22 Harvey Stables 21.8 Joe Nastasiuk 21.7 Name Zach Treanor Joe Nastasiuk Brent Stucke Brian McClure

Pass Receiving Yards

Career Average 20.3 19.4 17.8 17.5

Year 1991 1993 1988 1999 1985 Years 1993-97 1984-87 1989-94 1993-97

Longest Receptions

Name Stefan Ptaszek Andre Talbot Stefan Ptaszek Andre Talbot Joe Nastasiuk

Regular Season Yards 916 890 865 757 705

Year 1994 2000 1992 1999 1988

Name Stefan Ptaszek Joe Nastasiuk Andre Talbot Zach Treanor Ken Evraire

Career Yards 3126 2275 2124 1975 1695

Years 1990-94 1984-88 1997-00 1993-97 1985-87

Name Ken Evraire Ken Evraire Paul Nastasiuk Ken Evraire Brent Stucke

Regular Season Length 106 91 90 85 82

Year 1987 1983 1985 1986 1990

Receiving Touchdowns Name Stefan Ptaszek Andre Talbot Andre Talbot Stefan Ptaszek Joe Nastasiuk Andrew Agro

Regular Season Touchdowns 13 11 9 7 7 6

Year 1994 2000 1999 1992 1987 2003

Name Stefan Ptaszek Andre Talbot Joe Nastasiuk Ken Evraire Brent Stucke

Career Touchdowns 31 24 17 15 10

Years 1990-94 1997-00 1984-88 1985-87 1990-91

Stefan Ptaszek dominated the wide receiver position unlike any other at WLU.

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WLU RECORDS

Punting Punts Name Ed Becker Ed Becker Luc Gerritsen Jarre Luke Ed Becker Ken Evraire Name Ed Becker Jarre Luke Jerry Gulyes Ken Evraire Pat O’Leary

Regular Season Punts 88 77 71 67 66 64 Career Punts 397 183 171 160 146

Punt Average Year 2001 2002 1984 1995 1999 1985

Name Roy Kurtz Ed Becker Ken Evraire Ian Dunbar Roy Kurtz

Regular Season Average 42.1 41.5 41.3 41.2 40.9

Year 1983 1999 1985 1981 1982

Years 1998-02 1995-97 1975-79 1985-87 1991-94

Name Roy Kurtz Ken Evraire Ed Becker Pat O’Leary Ian Dunbar

Career Average 41.5 38.9 39.2 38.6 38.4

Years 1981-83 1985-87 1998-02 1991-94 1980-83

Punting Yards

Longest Punt

Name Ed Becker Ed Becker Ed Becker Ken Evraire Ian Dunbar Luc Gerritsen Jerry Gulyes

Regular Season Yards 3376 3121 2742 2646 2469 2419 2401

Year 2001 2002 1999 1985 1980 1984 1979

Name Ed Becker Jarre Luke Jerry Gulyes Ken Evraire Pat O’Leary

Career Yards 15551 6835 6423 6237 5542

Years 1998-02 1995-97 1975-79 1985-87 1991-94

Name Roy Kurtz John Tavares Ed Becker Ian Dunbar Ken Evraire

Regular Season Length 83 83 83 82 78

Year 1983 1981 1999 1981 1985

In his career Ed Becker amassed over 15,500 career yards punting.

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Punt Returns Punt Returns

Punt Return Average

Name Corey Grant Steve Clark Dave Lovegrove Stefan Ptaszek Steve Clark

Regular Season Returns 49 44 44 42 40

Year 1995 1979 1985 1992 1989

Name Dave Lovegrove Stefan Ptaszek Corey Grant Steve Clark

Career Returns 122 111 108 90

Years 1981-85 1992-94 1995-98 1978-80

Name Paul Benne Lonny Taylor Larry Uteck Anthony Ahmad Andre Talbot Name Paul Benne Kevin Johnson Tom Dewey Geoff Keen Andre Talbot

Punt Return Yards Name Paul Benne Corey Grant Stefan Ptaszek Kevin Johnson Name Dave Lovegrove Corey Grant Stefan Ptaszek Kevin Johnson Steve Clark

Regular Season Average 20.8 19.2 17.6 16.5 16.2

Year 1976 1992 1973 1994 1998

Career Yards 20.7 13.0 11.5 9.9 9.5

Years 1976-?

1998-00 1972-74 2000-01 1997-00

Longest Punt Returns

Regular Season Yards 686 616 425 421

Year 1976 1995 1992 1998

Career Yards 1171 1124 1053 896 840

Years 1981-85 1995-98 1990-94 1998-00 1978-80

Name Lonny Taylor Bill Hogan Kevin Johnson Paul Benne

Regular Season Length 120 113 111 107

Year 1992 1971 1998 1976

Corey Grant’s punt returns made him one of the most dangerous weapons on the field. It was these tremendous returns which vaulted him to being the 1995 CIAU Rookie of the Year

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WLU RECORDS

Kickoffs Kickoffs Name John Katsaouni Ed Becker Jerry Gulyes Jerry Gulyes Pat O’Leary Name Jerry Gulyes Pat O’Leary Ed Becker Steve Rainey Ian Dunbar

Kickoff Average

Regular Season Kickoffs 43 43 37 36 36

Year 1999 2000 1978 1976 1994

Name Steve Rainey Jerry Gulyes Pat O’Leary Jerry Gulyes Jerry Gulyes

Regular Season Average 62.2 56.9 56.4 55.7 54.3

Year 1985 1979 1991 1978 1977

Career Kickoffs 143 137 90 72 61

Years 1975-79 1990-94 1998-02 1985-87 1980-83

Name Ed Becker Jerry Gulyes Roy Kurtz Steve Rainey Gary Mueller

Career Average 54.7 54.4 53.4 53.4 50.6

Years 1998-02 1975-79 1981-83 1985-87 1973-74

Kickoff Yards Name John Katsaouni Ed Becker Jerry Gulyes Pat O’Leary Jerry Gulyes Name Jerry Gulyes Pat O’Leary Ed Becker Steve Rainey Ian Dunbar

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Longest Kickoff

Regular Season Yards 2313 2098 2063 1975 1913

Year 1999 2000 1978 1991 1976

Career Yards 7787 6521 4922 3847 2834

Years 1975-79 1990-94 1998-02 1985-87 1980-83

Name Jerry Gulyes Jerry Gulyes Granville Mayers Brian Devlin John Katsaouni Jarre Luke

Regular Season Length 85 85 85 84 85 83

Year 1977 1979 1997 2003 1999 1995

WLU RECORDS

Kickoff Returns Kick Returns Regular Season Name Returns Dave Lovegrove 15 Andrew Scharshmidt 13 Dave Rose 12 Anthony Ahmad 12 Dave Lovegrove 11 Geoff Keen 11 Name Justin Praamsma Dave Lovegrove Andrew Scharshmidt Geoff Keen Anthony Ahmad Tom Dewey

Career Returns 47 37 30 29 26 25

Kick Return Average Year 1985 1991 1981 1996 1982 2003 Years 1997-00 1981-85 1991-94 2000-03 1995-98 1971-74

Kick Return Yards Regular Season Name Yards Dave Rose 288 Dan Bovair 284 Dave Lovegrove 261 Andrew Scharschmidt 257 Dan Bovair 245 Name Justin Praamsma Dave Lovegrove Dan Bovair Geoff Keen Andrew Scharschmidt Dave Rose

Career Yards 813 704 643 577 568 519

Year 1981 1975 1985 1991 1974

Name Dave Lovegrove Corey Grant Justin Praamsma J.P. Small Dan Bovair Name Dan Bovair Ken Evraire Dave Rose Steve Clark Geoff Keen

Regular Season Average 33.0 32.5 31.6 28.5 28.4

Year 1982 1998 2000 1996 1975

Career Yards 29.2 22.7 22.5 21.5 19.9

Years 1974-76 1985-87 1980-82 1978-80 2000-03

Longest Kick Returns Name Dan Bovair Justin Praamsma J.P. Small Corey Grant Rod Carss

Regular Season Length 105 76 55 55 51

Year 1974 2000 1996 1998 1972

Years 1997-00 1981-85 1974-76 2000-03 1991-94 1980-82

David Lovegrove was a kick off return specialist. His 33.0 average in the season of 1982 will be hard to match.

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WLU RECORDS

Interceptions Interceptions Name Donnie Ruiz Dave Lovegrove Barry Quarrell Kevin Johnson David Agro Name David Agro Dave Lovegrove Donnie Ruiz Bob Stacey Barry Quarrell John Tavares

Regular Season Interceptions 7 6 6 6 6 Career Interceptions 16 16 15 14 12 9

Yards Returned Year 1998 1982 1981 1998 2002 Years 1999-03 1981-85 1997-00 1977-79 1978-81 1988-90

Touchdowns Name Ian Logan Wally Parker Larry Uteck Stacey Coray

Regular Season Touchdowns 2 2 2 2

Year 2003 1973 1973 1971

Donnie Ruiz made his presence known to the CIS in 1998. His 7 picks were a Golden Hawk Seasonal Record

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Name Rohan Dove Barry Quarrell Stacey Coray Donnie Ruiz Bob Stacey

Regular Season Yards 185 181 174 140 118

Year 1986 1981 1972 1998 1979

Name Stacey Coray Bob Stacey Donnie Ruiz David Agro Rohan Dove Barry Quarrell

Career Yards 276 231 216 215 211 211

Years 1971-72 1977-79 1997-00 1999-03 1986-87 1978-81

ALL-TIME SCORES

History of WLU Football

Football has been played at the University level in Canada since 1906 with the formation of the Canadian Interuniversity Athletic Union (CIAU) being the first league created. The first varsity football team at Waterloo Lutheran competed in 1961.

The Celeri Years 5 Seasons Regular Season: 23-7-1

1963 Coach: Bob Celeri McMaster at WUC Loyola College at WUC WUC at Ontario Agriculture College WUC at O awa Waterloo at WUC Regular Season Record: 4-2

Record: 4-2 8-7 6-22 28-7 35-12 13-12

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1961 Coach: Bob Celeri Record: 5-0-1 Ryerson Institute of Technology at WUC 8-16 Royal Military College at WUC 1-48 WUC at Hamilton Institute of Technology 35-8 Hamilton Institute of Technology at WUC 7-54 WUC at Royal Military College 46-1 WUC at Ryerson Institute of Technology 14-14 Regular Season Record: 5-0-1

1962 Coach: Bob Celeri Record: 6-0 WUC at Waterloo 7-6 Ryerson at WUC 0-3 WUC at Royal Military College 40-6 WUC at Hamilton Institute of Technology 44-1 Royal Military College at WUC 1-10 Ryerson at WUC 20-36 Regular Season Record: 6-0 Based on their past record the Hawks have been accepted into the Ontario-Quebec Athletic Association Football League. The other members of this league are Loyola University, Carleton, O awa, Royal Military College, Ontario Agriculture College and McMaster University.

Coach: Bob Celeri Ontario Agriculture College at WUC McMaster at WUC WUC at O awa WUC at RMC Carelton at WUC WUC at Waterloo Regular Season Record: 3-3

Record: 3-3 6-22 24-9 11-19 27-0 28-27 19-18

In 1965 the Vanier Cup trophy was first presented by invitation.

1965 Coach: Bob Celeri O awa at WUC McMaster at WUC WUC at Carelton WUC at Guelph WUC at Loyola WUC at Waterloo RMC at WUC Regular Season Record: 5-2

Record: 5-2 21-0 10-11 12-27 26-13 6-19 29-8 0-38

The “Tuffy� Years 19 Seasons Regular Season: 87-33-5 (0.725) Playoff: 14-13 (0.519) Overall: 101-46-5 (0.687)

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1966 Coach: David “Tuffy” Knight WLU at Laurentian Montreal at WLU Carelton at WLU WLU at Loyola Waterloo at WLU WLU at McMaster Royal Military College at WLU Regular Season Record: 7-0

Record: 7-1 30-7 7-36 0-29 46-1 7-17 13-9 0-41

College Bowl: St F.X. 14-40 Playoff Record: 0-1 In 1967, the Ontario Intercollegiate Football Conference and the O awa St. Lawrence Athletic Association merged as one Conference named the Central Canadian Intercollegiate Football Conference.

1967 Coach: David “Tuffy” Knight WLU at Guelph Loyola at WLU WLU at Laurentian Bishops at WLU WLU at Waterloo WLU at O awa McMaster at WLU Regular Season Record: 5-2 Playoff Record: 0-0

Record: 5-2 12-10 1-27 52-0 0-56 8-12 0-22 0-18

In 1968 the Central Canada Intercollegiate Football Conference split into two divisions (east and west). WLU was in the west along with Carleton, Guelph, Laurientian, O awa and Windsor.

1968 Coach: David “Tuffy” Knight Carleton at WLU O awa at WLU WLU at Windsor Laurentian at WLU WLU at Guelph WLU at Windsor Regular Season Record: 6-1 Semi-Finals: Loyola 40-0 Anlantic Bowl: St. Mary’s 37-7 College Bowl: Queen’s 14-42 Playoff Record: 2-1

1969 Coach: David “Tuffy” Knight Laurentian at WLU O awa at WLU WLU at Carelton WLU at York Guelph at WLU WLU at Windsor Regular Season Record: 4-2-1 Playoff Record: 0-0

Ontario Intercollegiate Football Conference Champions 1966

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Record: 8-2 13-20 8-6 32-26 10-52 10-8 43-13

Record: 4-2-1 51-0 37-7 14-14 15-9 12-17 10-16

ALL-TIME SCORES

Central Canada Intercollegiate Football Champions 1968 Atlantic Bowl Champions - National Finalists

1970 Coach: David “Tuffy” Knight Windsor at WLU WLU at O awa WLU at Laurentian York at WLU WLU at Guelph Carleton at WLU Regular Season Record: 4-1-1 Playoff Record: 0-0

1972 Record: 4-1-1 7-36 28-28 23-6 2-44 0-22 14-39

In 1971, the Ontario Universities Athletic Association (OUA) was born and divided their Conference into two sections and four divisions. WLU was in the Western, Central division along with Guelph and McMaster.

Record: 7-3 27-7 11-26 29-17 35-4 7-16 44-8

OUA Semi-Final: O awa 23-10 OUA Final: Western 38-27 CIAU Semi-Final: Saint Mary’s 50-17 Vanier Cup: Alberta 7-20 Playoff Record: 3-1 In 1973 Waterloo Lutheran University became Wilfrid Laurier University.

1971 Coach: David “Tuffy” Knight McMaster Guelph Guelph Western Windsor O awa McMaster Waterloo Regular Season Record: 3-5 Playoff Record: 0-0

Coach: David “Tuffy” Knight York Windsor McMaster Guelph Western Waterloo Regular Season Record: 4-2

Record: 3-5 34-13 34-16 32-1 3-13 18-21 10-17 10-33 7-19

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1973 Coach: David “Tuffy” Knight McMaster Windsor York Waterloo O awa Windsor Western Western Regular Season Record: 7-1

1974 Record: 8-2 9-3 14-25 38-7 39-7 19-16 31-9 22-0 28-6

OUA Finals: O awa 48-4 CIAU Semi-Finals: Saint Mary’s 17-19 Playoff Record: 1-1

Coach: David “Tuffy” Knight McMaster Guelph Waterloo Windsor Western York Loyola Regular Season Record: 6-1 OUA Semi-Finals: McMaster 40-2 OUA Finals: Western 8-19 Playoff Record: 1-1

In 1974 the Conference membership changed again and the Ontario-Quebec Intercollegiate Football Conference was split in two divisions. WLU was in the West division along with Guelph, McMaster, Waterloo, Western Ontario, Windsor and York.

Ontario Universities Athletic Association Football Champions 1972 Yates Cup Champions - Atlantic Bowl Champions - National Finalists

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Record: 7-2 24-6 33-9 41-7 29-2 22-24 90-15 21-10

ALL-TIME SCORES

Ontario Universities Athletic Association Football Champions 1973 Yates Cup Champions - Atlantic Bowl Finalists

1975 Coach: David “Tuffy” Knight Toronto Toronto Waterloo Western Guelph Windsor McMaster Regular Season Record: 4-3 OUA Semi-Finals: Guelph 32-15 OUA Finals: Windsor 8-65 Playoff Record: 1-1

1976 Record: 5-4 3-10 17-21 34-1 39-15 61-9 6-21 52-11

Coach: David “Tuffy” Knight York Toronto Waterloo Western McMaster Windsor Guelph Regular Season Record: 5-2

Record: 6-3 41-9 16-7 41-14 31-36 11-4 14-20 45-24

OUA Semi-Finals: Toronto 23-22 OUA Finals: Western 14-28 Playoff Record: 1-1

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1979

1977 Coach: David “Tuffy” Knight York Toronto Waterloo Western Windsor McMaster Guelph Regular Season Record: 5-1-1

Record: 6-2-1 17-1 13-17 15-8 19-17 25-25 28-10 85-21

OUA Semi-Finals: Toronto 25-11 OUA Finals: Western 17-22 Playoff Record: 1-1

Record: 7-3 39-10 32-14 35-15 9-15 31-16 23-33 78-15

In 1980 the Ontario-Quebec Intercollegiate Football Conference (OQIFC) split their divisions into two separate conferences. The east conference remained in the OQIFC, while the west conference became the Ontario Universities Athletic Association.

OUA Semi-Finals: Waterloo 30-23 OUA Finals: Western 19-14 CIAU Semi-Finals: UBC 16-25 Playoff Record: 2-1

Ontario Universities Athletic Association Football Champions 1978 Yates Cup Champions - Western Bowl Finalists

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Record: 7-1-1 30-7 28-19 45-0 20-14 32-6 6-4 23-23

OUA Semi-Finals: Windsor 31-17 OUA Finals: Western 12-28 Playoff Record: 1-1

1978 Coach: David “Tuffy” Knight Waterloo Toronto Windsor Western Toronto Western Windsor Regular Season Record: 5-2

Coach: David “Tuffy” Knight Guelph Western McMaster York Waterloo Toronto Windsor Regular Season Record: 6-0-1

ALL-TIME SCORES

1980 Coach: David “Tuffy” Knight Toronto Guelph McMaster Western Windsor York Waterloo Regular Season Record: 4-3

The Newbrough Years Record: 5-4 22-24 7-9 21-22 15-12 36-23 43-12 14-13

OUA Semi-Finals: Toronto 30-0 OUA Finals: Western 28-51 Playoff Record: 1-1

1981 Coach: David “Tuffy” Knight Toronto McMaster York Waterloo Western Windsor Guelph Regular Season Record: 4-3

Record: 4-4 21-45 34-7 28-10 31-14 9-32 32-12 5-8

OUA Semi-Finals: Western 11-53 Playoff Record: 0-1

1982 Coach: David “Tuffy” Knight Toronto York Western McMaster Waterloo Guelph Windsor Regular Season Record: 3-3-1

Record: 3-3-1 17-3 1-19 0-23 26-26 21-16 1-22 45-7

1983 Coach: David “Tuffy” Knight Waterloo McMaster Toronto Western Windsor Guelph York Regular Season Record: 6-1 OUA Semi-Finals: McMaster 27-43 Playoff Record: 0-1

Record: 6-2 18-3 29-18 19-7 26-16 37-23 9-28 34-24

10 Seasons Regular Season: 47-23 (0.671) Playoff: 8-7 (0.533) Overall: 55-30 (0.647)

1984 Coach: Rich Newbrough Guelph McMaster Toronto Waterloo Western Windsor York Regular Season Record: 2-5

Record: 2-5 24-31 6-32 16-18 26-11 7-18 36-22 0-16

1985 Coach: Rich Newbrough Guelph McMaster Toronto Waterloo Western Windsor York Regular Season Record: 6-1

Record: 7-2 45-32 21-19 33-10 48-0 5-22 38-21 21-19

OUA Semi-Finals: York 27-10 OUA Finals: Western 16-19 Playoff Record: 1-1

1986 Coach: Rich Newbrough Guelph McMaster Toronto Waterloo Western Windsor York Regular Season Record: 4-3

Record: 4-4 15-30 23-22 38-31 38-2 10-19 21-48 30-10

OUA Semi-Finals: Guelph 15-36 Playoff Record: 0-1

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1989

1987 Coach: Rich Newbrough Guelph McMaster Toronto Waterloo Western Windsor York Regular Season Record: 6-1

Record: 8-2 37-18 54-11 44-17 43-0 9-23 38-15 29-0

OUA Semi-Finals: Windsor 32-13 OUA Finals: Guelph 28-15 CIAU Semi-Finals: UBC 31-33 Playoff Record: 2-1

Record: 7-2 27-20 23-11 38-5 29-0 14-27 19-7 20-11

Coach: Rich Newbrough Guelph McMaster Toronto Waterloo Western Windsor York Regular Season Record: 4-3 OUA Semi-Finals: Western 18-23 Playoff Record: 0-1

OUA Semi-Finals: Guelph 31-24 OUA Finals: Western 16-27 Playoff Record: 1-1

Ontario Universities Athletic Association Football Champions 1987 Yates Cup Champions - Western Bowl Finalists

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Record: 3-4 11-13 8-31 12-14 6-7 11-4 26-17 33-2

1990

1988 Coach: Rich Newbrough Guelph McMaster Toronto Waterloo Western Windsor York Regular Season Record: 6-1

Coach: Rich Newbrough Guelph McMaster Toronto Waterloo Western Windsor York Regular Season Record: 3-4

Record: 4-4 29-28 24-11 14-32 29-8 9-22 12-21 31-6

ALL-TIME SCORES

Canadian Inter-University Athletic Union National Champions Ontario Universities Athletic Association Football Champions 1991 Yates Cup Champions - Churchill Bowl Champions - Vanier Cup Champions

1991 Coach: Rich Newbrough Guelph McMaster Toronto Waterloo Western Windsor York Regular Season Record: 5-2

1993 Record: 9-2 27-23 37-14 18-0 7-34 37-56 63-7 42-9

OUA Semi-Finals: Waterloo 35-5 OUA Finals: Western 13-12 CIAU Semi-Finals: Queen’s 42-22 Vanier Cup: Mt. Allison 25-18 Playoff Record: 4-0

Record: 5-3 33-14 20-10 21-45 35-43 31-7 55-6 19-7

OUA Semi-Finals: Toronto 20-27 Playoff Record: 0-1

The Zmich Years

1992 Coach: Rich Newbrough Guelph McMaster Toronto Waterloo Western Windsor York Regular Season Record: 6-1

Coach: Rich Newbrough Guelph McMaster Toronto Waterloo Western Windsor York Regular Season Record: 5-2

Record: 6-2 35-27 80-14 19-28 12-9 32-24 47-13 36-6

9 Seasons Regular Season: 42-28-1 (0.592) Playoff: 4-8 (0.333) Overall: 46-36-1 (0.554) NOTE: Zmich coached only 3 games in the 2002 season, due to the WLUSA labour debate.

OUA Semi-Finals: Western 31-34 Playoff Record: 0-1

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1994

1997

Coach: Rich Zmich Guelph McMaster Toronto Waterloo Western Windsor York Regular Season Record: 6-1

Record: 7-2 39-7 51-15 26-17 35-16 22-24 46-6 42-23

OUA Semi-Finals: Waterloo 29-26 (OT) OUA Finals: Western 36-38 (OT) Playoff Record: 1-1

Record: 8-1-1 17-7 42-13 33-10 46-16 23-23 25-22 18-9 35-3

Coach: Rich Zmich Guelph McMaster Toronto Waterloo Western Windsor York Regular Season Record: 5-3

37-6

Record: 5-4 26-15 56-29 42-15 14-33 30-38 34-6 6-13

1999

1996 Record: 4-5 10-13 22-0 10-13 26-10 17-25 8-49 41-7 31-21

OUA Semi-Finals: Waterloo 23-26 (OT) Playoff Record: 0-1

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OUA Semi-Finals: Waterloo 6-45 Playoff Record: 0-1

OUA Semi-Finals: Waterloo 10-32 Playoff Record: 0-1

OUA Semi-Finals: Toronto 32-8 OUA Finals: Western 9-10 Playoff Record: 1-1

Coach: Rich Zmich Guelph McMaster Toronto Waterloo Western Windsor York Regular Season Record: 4-4

Record: 3-6 10-39 53-25 32-8 1-24 17-40 44-3 18-28

1998

1995 Coach: Rich Zmich Guelph McMaster Toronto Waterloo Western Windsor York Regular Season Record: 7-0-1

Coach: Rich Zmich Guelph McMaster Toronto Waterloo Western Windsor York Regular Season Record: 3-5

Coach: Rich Zmich Guelph McMaster Toronto Waterloo Western Windsor York O awa Regular Season Record: 6-2 OUA Semi-Finals: McMaster 42-27 OUA Finals: Waterloo 20-32 Playoff Record: 1-1

Record: 7-3 20-0 53-27 60-3 36-15 6-39 49-0 22-20 27-34

ALL-TIME SCORES

2000 Coach: Rich Zmich WLU at Guelph York at WLU WLU at McMaster Western at WLU Windsor at WLU WLU at Toronto Queen’s at WLU WLU at Waterloo Regular Season Record: 7-1

2002 Record: 8-2 27-19 13-17 15-47 37-38 3-27 55-1 7-67 26-18

1 Season Regular Season: 6-2-0-1 (0.750) Playoff: 2-1 (0.670) Overall: 8-3-0-1 (0.727)

2001

OUA Quarter-Finals: Queen’s 27-29 Playoff Record: 0-1

Record: 1-7 16-18 5-7 20-17 0-58 25-43 9-12 22-6 14-15

The Jeffries Years

OUA Semi-Finals: Western 30-6 OUA Finals: McMaster 23-48 Playoff Record: 1-1

Coach: Rich Zmich WLU at Waterloo Windsor at WLU WLU at Western WLU at Toronto McMaster at WLU Queen’s at WLU WLU at O awa Guelph at WLU Regular Season Record: 3-5

Coach: Rich Zmich WLU at Waterloo WLU at Windsor Western at WLU Toronto at WLU WLU at McMaster WLU at Queen’s York at WLU WLU at Guelph Regular Season Record: 1-7

Record: 3-6 7-16 3-11 10-35 19-10 15-9 30-8 14-16 13-26

2003 Coach: Gary Jefferies Record: 6-2-0-1 WLU at O awa Guelph at WLU Windsor at WLU WLU at Waterloo Western at WLU WLU at York Queen’s at WLU WLU at Toronto Regular Season Record: 6-2-0-1

30-20 36-61 16-20 50-14 31-28 39-8 26-23 62-7

OUA Quarter-Finals: O awa 38-17 OUA Semi-Finals: Queen’s 36-33 OUA Finals: McMaster 17-41 Playoff Record: 2-1

2003 Yates Cup Finalists

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ALL-TIME SCORES

WLU versus Opponents Versus OUA

Versus CIS Alberta

Guelph

Regular Season: 28-11 Playoffs: 3-1 Overall: 31-12

(0.718) (0.725) (0.721)

McMaster Regular Season: 31-9-1 Playoffs: 2-3 Overall: 33-12-1

Playoffs: 0-1

(0.000)

Bishops Regular Season: 1-0

(0.756) (0.400) (0.717)

(1.000)

Carelton Regular Season: 4-1-1

Concordia

Ottawa Regular Season: 3-7-1 Playoffs: 3-0 Overall: 6-7-1

(0.273) (1.000) (0.429)

Regular Season: 4-1 Playoffs: 1-0 Overall: 5-1

(0.800) (1.000) (0.833)

Laurentian

Queen’s Regular Season: 1-3 Playoffs: 2-1 Overall: 3-4

(0.250) (0.667) (0.429)

Toronto Regular Season: 20-11 Playoffs: 4-1 Overall: 24-12

Regular Season: 4-1

Montreal

Playoffs: 1-0

Regular Season: 5-0

Ryerson

(0.297) (0.333) (0.308)

(1.000)

Saint Francis Xavier Playoffs: 0-1

(0.000)

Saint Mary’s

Windsor (0.711) (0.667) (0.707)

Playoffs: 2-1

(0.839) (1.000) (0.844)

(0.667)

British Columbia Playoffs: 0-2

York

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(1.000)

Regular Season: 3-0-1

Western

Regular Season: 26-5 Playoffs: 1-0 Overall: 27-5

(1.000)

Royal Military College (0.718) (0.429) (0.674)

Regular Season: 27-9-2 Playoffs: 2-1 Overall: 29-10-2

(1.000)

Mount Allison

Waterloo

Regular Season: 11-25-0-1 Playoffs: 5-10 Overall: 16-35-0-1

(0.800)

Regular Season: 1-0 (0.645) (0.800) (0.667)

Regular Season: 28-10-1 Playoffs: 3-4 Overall: 31-14-1

(0.800)

(0.000)

ALL-TIME RANKINGS

All-Time Final National Rankings 1996 FINAL 1. Saskatchewan 2. Guelph 3. St F Xavier 4. O awa 5. Waterloo 6. Mount Allison 7. British Columbia 8. McGill 9. Western Ontario 10. Alberta

1997 FINAL 1. St. Francis Xavier 2. Western Ontario 3. Waterloo 4. O awa 5. Queen’s 6. British Columbia 7. Calgary 8. Mount Allison 9. Saskatchewan 10. Guelph

1998 FINAL 1. Western Ontario 2. Saskatchewan 3. Concordia 4. Acadia 5. Waterloo 6. British Columbia 7. Mount Allison 8. Laval 9. Wilfrid Laurier 10. McMaster

1999 FINAL 1. UBC 2. Saskatchewan 3. Laval 4. Wilfrid Laurier 5. Saint Mary’s 6. Waterloo 7. Western 8. Concordia 9. Acadia 10. McMaster

2000 FINAL 1. Laval 2. Saint Mary’s 3. O awa 4. McMaster 5. Wilfrid Laurier 6. Manitoba 7. Calgary 8. Western 9. Waterloo 10. McGill

2001 FINAL 1. SMU 2. McMaster 3. Manitoba 4. O awa 5. Laval 6. Regina 7. Saskatchewan 8. Western 9. Queen’s 10. Concordia

2002 FINAL: 1. McMaster 2. Queen’s 3. McGill 4. SMU 5. Regina 6. St. FX 7. Concordia 8. Saskatchewan 9. Manitoba 10. Laval

2003 FINAL: 1. Saskatchewan 2. McMaster 3. Laval 4. Queen’s 5. SMU 6. Concordia 7. Wilfrid Laurier 8. Simon Fraser 9. Alberta 10. Regina

During a 2000 regular season match-up Laurier’s bench erupts a er beating Western on the last play of the game

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AWARDS AND HONOURS

Awards and Honours All Canadians

All Canadians

FIRST TEAM

SECOND TEAM

Mike McMahon ‘69 Paul Pa erson ‘69 Terry Harvey ‘70 Ted Passmore ‘72 Rob Etherington ‘72 Wally Parker ‘72 Doug Smith ‘73 Rich Griffiths ‘74 Rich O ‘75 Gord Taylor ‘75 Paul Benne ‘76 Mike Sitko ‘76 Jim Reid ‘77, ‘78 John Miller ‘77 Rich Payne ‘79, ‘80 Barry Quarrell ‘80 Alex Troop ‘83,‘84,‘85 Todd Turnbull ‘83 Ken Evraire ‘86, ‘87 Veron Stiliadis ‘87, ‘88 Brian Breckles ‘89 Bill Madden ‘89 Clive Tharby ‘90 Fred Grossman ‘91 Reinhardt Keller ‘91,‘92 Stefan Ptaszek ‘92,‘93,‘94 Pete Gisborn ‘93 Bill Kubas ‘93 Chris Redguard ‘95 Donnie Ruiz ‘98, ‘99, ‘00 Dino DiMarino ‘99 Andre Talbot ‘99, ‘00 Kojo Millington ‘99 Jamie Hitchen ‘00 Justin Praamsma ‘00 Justin Shakell ‘03

Kevin Holliday ‘86 Tim Purdy ‘87 Veron Stiliadis ‘87, ‘88 Mike Choma ‘87 Andy Cecchini ‘87, ‘88 Jon Graffi ‘88 Joe Nastasiuk ‘88 Brian Breckles ‘88 Bill Madden ‘88 Hugh Lawson ‘92 Lonny Taylor ‘93 Mike Chevers ‘94 Gerry Smith ‘95 Robbie Symons ‘96 Alan Ruby ‘98 Kevin Johnson ‘98 Kevin Taylor ‘00 Kojo Millington ‘00 Jeff Melis ‘03 Ryan Jeffrey ‘03 Kevin MacNeill ‘03

OUA MVP Jim Reid ‘77 Ken Evraire ‘87 Bill Kubas ‘91

OUA Rookie Jim Reid ‘76 Phil Colwell ‘77 Dave Shouldice ‘80 Kris Keillor ‘82 Paul Nastasiuk ‘83 Ken Evraire ‘85 Andy Cecchini ‘87 Bill Kubas ‘91 Corey Grant ‘95 John Katsaouni ‘99 Ryan Pyear ‘01

OUA Lineman John Miller ‘77 Veron Stiliadis ‘88 Reinhardt Keller ‘93 Kojo Millington ‘99

OUA Defensive Player Rich Payne ‘80 Alex Troop ‘84 Clive Tharby ‘90 Fred Grossman ‘91 Donnie Ruiz ‘99

OUA Coach Dave Knight ‘72,’79,’80 Rich Newbrough ‘85 Gary Jefferies ‘03

CIS MVP Bill Kubas ‘94

CIS Rookie Jim Reid ‘76 Paul Nastasiuk ‘83 Bill Kubas ‘90

CIS Defensive Player Richard Payne ‘80

CIS Coach Dave Knight ‘72, ‘79 Rich Newbrough ‘91 Rick Zmich ‘95 Gary Jefferies ‘03

TSN Russ Jackson Josh Alexander ‘01

Current CFL Players Corey Grant [Saskatchewan] Andre Talbot [Toronto] Donnie Ruiz [O awa]

CIS Lineman

Veron Stiliadis ‘88

Donnie Ruiz (le ) and Corey Grant (right) played together at Orchard Park Secondary School, and again at Wilfrid Laurier University. Now they play against each other in the CFL.

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HALL OF FAME

Golden Hawk Hall of Fame

The Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawk Hall of Fame was established to recognize those persons who have made significant contributions as athletes, coaches and administrators to the tradition of Golden Hawk athletics and, in doing so, have enhanced the image and reputation of Wilfrid Laurier University.

The following is a list of former members of a Golden Hawk Football Team who have earned this prestigious honor.

Team Teams The 1966 Football Team The 1968 Football Team The 1973 Football Team The 1991 Football Team

Year Inducted 1996 1998 1999 2001

Builders Builders Dave “Tuffy” Knight Rich Newbrough

Year Inducted 1986 1998

Players Players Wayne Allison Tim Bisci Brian Breckles Gary Brohman Andy Cecchini Rob Etherington Ken Evraire Ted Favot Peter Gisborn John Glassford Fred Grossman Jerry Gulyes Terry Harvey Reinhardt Kellar Dave Knetchel John Kruspe Bill Kubas Paul Markle Fred McLean Mike McMahon Chuck McMann Joe Nastasiuk Paul Nastasiuk Rich O Wally Parker Ted Passmore Rich Payne Rod Philp Stefan Ptaszek Jim Randle Jim Reid Doug Smith Veron Stiliadis Gord Taylor Alex Troop Ed Turek John Watson Mike Wilson

Year Inducted 1993 2003 2002 1996 1996 1988 1993 1986 2001 1991 1996 1992 1999 1998 1987 1986 1999 1993 1992 1987 1991 1994 2000 1991 2002 1989 1989 1994 1999 1987 1986 1988 1994 1990 1991 1986 2001 1992

David “Tuffy” Knight is a legend in the history of OUA football. For many years, Tuffy held the all-time CIAU record for most wins by a coach.

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CHAMPIONSHIPS

Championships

Churchill Bowl 1978

Vanier Cup

1987

St. F.X. 40 Waterloo Lutheran 14 St. Francis Xavier quarterback Terry Dolan marshalled a 40-14 victory over Waterloo Lutheran (now Wilfrid Laurier) in the second and final invitational Vanier Cup Game.

Dolan completed 12 out of 19 passes for 4 touchdowns and 284 yards. Receiver Terry Gorman caught 6 of them for 131 yards and 3 TDs, se ing a Vanier Cup record and earning the Ted Morris Trophy.

1991

1966

1968

Queen’s 42 Waterloo Lutheran 14 Queen’s rambled to a 42-14 romp over Waterloo Lutheran, utilizing powerful aerial and ground a acks. On the ground it was Keith Eaman running for 93 yards and 2 TDs and Don McIntyre was on the receiving end of two of three Don Bayne TD passes. Bayne finished the game with 250 yards passing and was selected MVP. 1972

Alberta 20 Waterloo Lutheran 7 The Cup went West again as Alberta defeated Waterloo Lutheran 20-7. The Golden Bears used three quarterbacks to secure the win with appearances by Gary Weisbrot, Terry Cairnes and Roy Beechey. Waterloo Lutheran’s Gerry Blacker scored a touchdown and rushed for 134 yards in a solid performance as the Golden Hawks suffered their third Vanier Cup loss.

1991

Laurier 25 Mt. Allison 18 The Laurier Golden Hawks took home the Vanier Cup for the first time with a 25-18 victory over the Mount Allison Mounties before more than 30,000 fans at the SkyDome.

Laurier running back Andy Cecchini carried 22 times for 130 yards and tied a Vanier Cup record with three touchdowns. The Golden Hawks, OUA and Churchill Bowl champions, jumped out to an early 11-0 lead in the first quarter as Cecchini ran one yard for his first touchdown.

The AUAA champion Mounties cut the margin to a converted touchdown by hal ime on a 38-yard field goal and a 28-yard single by Eric Deegan. Laurier took a large lead in the third quarter on a two-yard run by Cecchini and a 19-yard pass from QB Bill Kubas to Cecchini to make the score 24-4. The Mounties, however, staged a spirited comeback as Grant Keaney ran 27 yards for a touchdown and slotback Mark Huys caught a 33-yard touchdown pass from Sean Hickey. The Laurier defense tightened up late in the game and preserved the victory. Cecchini won the Ted Morris Trophy as the game’s outstanding player.

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UBC 25 Laurier 16 UBC 33 Laurier 31 Laurier 42 Queen’s 22

Atlantic Bowl 1966 1968 1972 1973

Waterloo Lutheran St. F.X. Waterloo Lutheran 37 Saint Mary’s 7 Waterloo Lutheran 50 Saint Mary’s 17 Saint Mary’s 19 Laurier 17

Yates Cup 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1985 1987 1988 1991 1994 1995 1999 2000 2003

Waterloo Lutheran (defeated Western) Laurier (defeatede O awa) Laurier (lost to Western) Laurier (lost to Windsor) Laurier (lost to Western) Laurier (lost to Western) Laurier (defeated Western) Laurier (lost to Western) Laurier (lost to Western) Laurier (lost to Western) Laurier (defeated Guelph) Laurier (lost to Western) Laurier (defeated Western) Laurier (lost to Western) Laurier (lost to Western) Laurier (lost to Waterloo) Laurier (lost to McMaster) Laurier (lost to McMaster)

NOTE: Championships are denoted by bold text.

The Hawks won their first Vanier Cup in 1991. They beat Mt. Allison by a score of 25-18 to give them the title of National Champions.

Wilfrid Laurier University

WATERLOO

The City of Waterloo

The City of Waterloo is an exciting place to live. With its foundations solidly rooted in the past, a community oriented mindset and appropriate means to have a strong future; this city has something for everyone. Concerned with moving into the future with a strong sense of “community”, the Imagine Waterloo campaign is taking the city by storm. This is a proud community, determined to broaden the horizons and opportunities for all who reside here.

The college and universities promote the city with a good reputation, having a variety of jobs, economic growth and the ongoing influx of young people that continues to keep the city vibrant and dynamic. In a recent pole held within the community, the presence of the universities made the top five likes within the city.

Also included in the top five likes were the parks, especially Waterloo Park which is located with vehicle entrances off Albert Street, Westmount Road and Seagram Drive. Uptown Waterloo, (another top five) is conveniently located for the university students. With the reliable transit system or a good pair of walking shoes the shopping centers, grocery stores, bars and pubs are accessible to all.

The businesses in the area are appreciative of

Everything you may need is a short walk from campus.

Banking, coffee shops, and restaurants are a few of the businesses that are downtown Waterloo.

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Waterloo Park is accessible and friendly. Take a walk on the paths, lie in the grass or play a game of baseball.

This park has something for everyone.

the universities because they help the economy, provide students who are available for part time employment and they help draw people into the city. The entertainment factor within the city is very alive. Take a drive up to Conestoga Mall for some shopping or stop by the new Galaxy Theatres to see a flick.

The bar scene on University Avenue is the place to be in the evenings with choices of Fiasco’s, Loose Change, Molly Bloom’s and McGuiness.

Recreation in Waterloo is on the rise with the new addition of RIM Park located off University Avenue East. This new 500-acre recreational facility will house 18 outdoor playing fields and the first municipal 18-hole golf course.

Also included is a Multi-Use Recreational facility which houses 4 Olympic size ice rinks, 2 double gymnasiums and much more. Closer in proximity to the universities is the Waterloo Recreation Complex, a facility that includes an Olympic size ice rink, indoor running track and a swimming pool…home of Golden Hawks hockey.

Waterloo is no doubt a great place to live. As a key center in Canada’s Technology Triangle, the place to go for a famous Oktoberfest sausage, or the place to study for a PhD or Mba Waterloo is the city of choice.

WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY

Wilfrid Laurier University

Laurier offers a high quality undergraduate education in the Liberal Arts, Science, Business and Music. We pride ourselves on the strength of our graduates, which we feel reflect the quality of our university and its programs. Laurier grads get jobs, with 95% of our recent graduates securing employment within six months a er graduating, Laurier’s employment rates are among the highest in the province.

Our innovative programs a ract the best and brightest students from across the world. Last year, 85.37 % of our first year students had an incoming average of 75% or higher. Our co-op programs within the Faculty of Arts, the Faculty of Science, and the School of Business and Economics, present students with the opportunity to pair quality work experience with their academics.

Laurier is known across the country as an institution with high quality students and professors, and a community environment that fosters academic and personal growth. We consistently come out strong in reputational surveys such as Maclean’s Annual Rankings of Universities and the Globe and Mail Rankings.

The University Stadium which seats 6000 people is the home to many Golden Hawk Varsity Teams.

Laurier is in top spot among Ontario’s universities in the Primarily Undergraduate category of the Maclean’s Annual Rankings of Universities, and is second overall in the country in the reputational ranking.

Laurier finished fi h overall in the Primarily Undergraduate category, up two spots from last year’s seventh place ranking. The university is Ontario’s top performer in key student-related categories such as Average Entering Grade and Proportion of Students with (entering averages of ) 75% or higher. Laurier also improved in Student Services as a Percentage of Budget, and retained its second place finish overall in Scholarships and Bursaries.

The university had its best-ever showing in reputation, finishing second overall in the country. In the individual reputational categories, Laurier finished third in Highest Quality, third in Most Innovative, third in Leaders of Tomorrow, and second in Best Overall.

The John Aird Center, which acts as the main entrance to the campus, was built in 1988. Visit the Robert Langen Art Gallery for a touch of art and stop by the Maureen Forrester Recital Hall to hear the internationally renowned Penderecki String Quartet.

Laurier was also strong in the Globe and Mail Rankings, placing first in school spirit and sense of community, and second in quality of teaching, faculty feedback and overall university atmosphere

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WLU PRESIDENT

Dr. Robert Rosehart, President

His interest are in economic development, science and technology policy, and government policy, and he has served as an environmental and public policy consultant to both the federal and provincial governments. Currently, Dr. Rosehart is Chair, Ontario Commission on Interuniversity Athletics, serves as a member of the Region of Waterloo, Economic Development Corporation and of the Selection Commi ee for the Amethyst Awards, Government of Ontario.

Bob Rosehart is President and Vice-Chancellor of Wilfrid Laurier University. He assumed this position on September 1, 1997 having served the previous thirteen years as President and Vice-Chancellor of Lakehead University in Thunder Bay. Wilfrid Laurier University enrols over 8,500 full-time undergraduate and graduate students in the Faculties of Arts, Science, Music, Social Work and the School of Business and Economics. It is known for its a ention to students as individuals, its academic excellence, scholarly research and its extra curricular activities including athletic and recreational programs.

Founded in 1911 as a Lutheran College it became in 1973 a public university, Wilfrid Laurier University. The Lutheran Seminary remains part of the University to this day.

Born in Owen Sound, Ontario, Bob Rosehart holds B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc., and PhD degrees in chemical engineering from the University of Waterloo. He was a professor of chemical engineering at Lakehead University during the 1970’s, prior to beginning his administrative career as Dean of Lakehead’s University Schools in 1977.

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DEAN OF STUDENTS

David McMurray, Dean of Students

David McMurray is Assistant Vice-President Student Services and Dean of Students at Wilfrid Laurier University. He assumed this position July 1, 1997 a er a career in student services at the University of Windsor. He has served as Chair of the Ontario Commi ee on Student Affairs, has been President of the Student Affairs and Services Association, serves on the faculty of the Canadian Institute on Student Affairs and Services and is currently the President of the Canadian College and University Student Services Association.

Born in Windsor, Ontario, David spent most of his early days growing up in Thunder Bay Ontario where he excelled in many sports including football, basketball, baseball, track, tennis, hockey and skiing. A severe knee injury ended his active participation in sport. “I had a very difficult time giving up the contact variety of athletics but was able to make the adjustment to aerobic activities like swimming and long distance biking which have become life long.”

Word has it he can handle the golf course pre y well too!

David’s interest in Golden Hawks football goes back to two games he fondly recalls in the mid-seventies. While at the University of Wind-

sor he recalls an exceptional Lancer team that beat the Hawks in Windsor by a score of 63 to 7. That was extraordinary but short lived as a Tuffy Knight thoroughly motivated Hawks squad returned the following year turning the tables on the Lancers with a 77-6 thrashing.

Since arriving at Laurier several years ago David is regularly seen in purple and gold. He not only never misses a game but has masterminded a strong strategy for the long-term success of Athletics and Recreation at Laurier. The keys to his strategy of “building champions” comes from investing in management, coaching, student athlete development, facilities, equipment, recruitment, program development, sponsorship and fundraising. The outcomes have been obvious in this short time and the Golden Hawks are in great shape for the future!

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DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS

Peter Baxter, Director of Athletics

Peter Baxter’s years as Athletic Director at Wilfrid Laurier University have provided many noteworthy highlights.

- He has shepherded the renewal of the Athletics Program at Laurier that raised the bar for all varsity sports to become competitive at the national level. Invest in People, Improve the Product, and Win is the vision that Varsity teams have followed and have resulted in improved performances across the board as well as Top Ten Rankings in 1999-2000 in Football, Men’s and Women’s Hockey, Swimming, and Men’s Soccer. Under his tenure Golden Hawk teams have won four OUA titles in Women’s Hockey, Women’s Curling, Women’s Field Lacrosse, and Men’s Soccer. In 2000 & 2001 Coach Barry MacLean team also won the CIS National Championship, a first for WLU Men’s Soccer.

- He has overseen the $3 Million Athletic Complex renovation that has modernized the strength training and gymnasium facilities as well as creating a new Athletic therapy Clinic.

Renovation to the Stadium has included the new football team room, Coaches’ Offices, and Film Room for the Golden Hawk Football Operations. He has also secured student support for a major expandsion of the WLU fitness and

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weight room facility which will triple in size by 2005. This past year he and Roly Webster successfully created the weeky one hour magazine show hosted by award winning journalist David Grossman entitled ‘Laurier Hawk Talk’ . 570 News as well as the broadcasts of several home football games.

- He has placed his own managerial imprint on the University’s athletic Plant, reorganizing the administrative involvement with the over 20 varsity teams to ensure accountability and results. Starting with the best possible raw material -- people with the best skills.

Baxter has focused on acquiring Top quality coaches. In the past year Baxter has hired Gary Jeffries in Football, as a Manager of Football Operations and Head Coach. Key hires in Women’s Basketball, Stu Julius, and Women’s Hockey, Bill Bowker has added national team experienced coaches instantly to those respective sports. In 2000, he created instant credibility for WLU Men’s Basketball with the appointment of Coach Peter Campbell formerly of Laurentian and the World University Games Head Coach for Canada. Dave McIntyre, an assistant coach on the 2001 Junior National Under 22 Women’s Volleyball, took the reigns of the women’s Volleyball team following a successful run by respected Russ Woloshyn.

- Together with key Athletic Alumni, Baxter has established the Golden Hawk Club and it’s sport chapters including the 5th Quarter Club for Football.

- He assisted Golden Hawk Swim Coach Dean Boles in establishing the National Swim Center for Ontario at Wilfrid Laurier.

- He has seen a record number of Golden Hawk student athletes earn honours both on the field and in the classroom. In 1998-99, 17 Golden Hawks earned OUA and CIAU Academic All-Canadian Honours compared to 42 Golden hawks in 2002-03.

- He has seen the addition of Women’s Rugby and Women’s Lacrosse to Varsity Status

DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS

that began OUA play in 1999 as well as the Men’s Baseball program which achieved varsity status in 2003.

- He has quickly found himself in the midst of the OUA and CIS league mix as a member of the OUA Executive Commi ee and as Chair of the 2001 CIAU University Cup Hockey held in Kitchener. In 2001, he negotiated and initially produced the first radio show for the OUA, “The University Sport Report” with host David Grossman heard weekly Sunday mornings on the FAN 590 showcasing student-athletes across all sports. As well, Peter currently is the OUA Convenor for Football.

The Valedictorian for his ‘82 Physical and Health Education Class at U of T, this former Executive with the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Association (OFSAA) and more recently former Director of Athletics and Recreation at the University of Toronto at Mississauga (Erindale College), brought a wealth of experience in athletic administration, facility management, and finance to his new role as the new Boss Hawk at Wilfrid Laurier.

At U of T’s Erindale College, Baxter convinced the Toronto Argonauts to establish their Football Operations on the back of his football field, a deal worth $1,000,000 to Erindale College. A $1,000,000 complex was constructed the summer of 1996 at Erindale that housed the team’s dressing room, athletic therapy, and coaches’ offices for the entire year. Baxter not only worked with Don Mathews and his coaching staff day to day but also was able to be part of two Grey Cup Championship years for the Argos. Argo President Bob Nicholson honored Baxter for his support to the Argonaut Organization. Looking for the challenge of winning a Vanier Cup, Baxter set his sights on Laurier with its rich football tradition. Baxter has maintained his relationship with the Toronto Argonauts who provide professional development

opportunities and advice to our Golden Hawk football coaches, athletic therapists and equipment personnel.

For over a decade Peter served as Football Official (Level 4), refereeing in some years over 120 football games within Toronto High School Boys Tackle and Girls Flag, as well as Provincial Senior Touch Football. Peter has officiated at Four Provincial and two National Senior Touch Football Championships.

Baxter has served as Manager of the Canadian Senior Canoe Team in ‘86 and ‘87 and a ended the Canadian Olympic Academy in 1988. He has earned awards for his contributions to High School Sport by OFSAA and he was granted the honour of placing the hood on Mr. Rick Hansen Honorary Degree Recipient, University of Toronto Convocation.

Both he and wife Wendy reside in Waterloo with son Mark 11 years and daughter Haley 10 years.

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CONTENT INDEX

Content Index

All-Canadians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 All-Time Rankings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 All-Time Scores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85-95 Assistant Coaches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47-49 Athletic Department Directory . . . . . . . . . 4

Baxter, Peter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106-107 Biographies, 2004 Coaching Staff . . . . 45-49 Biographies, 2004 Freshman Players 33-43 Biographies, 2004 Veteran Players . . 15-32

OUA Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Outlook, 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7 Passing Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Player Pronounciation Guide. . . . . . . . . . . 15 Ptaszek, Stefan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Punting Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Punt Returns Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

CFL, Current Players . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Championships, Vanier Cup . . . . . . . . . 100 Championships, Yates Cup . . . . . . . . . . 100

Receiving Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Record vs. Opponents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Rosehart, Dr. Robert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Rosters, 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9 Rushing Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Final CIS Rankings, 2003. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Final OUA Results, 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Final Regular Season Statistics, 2003 66-69 Final Post Season Statistics, 2003 . . . . . 70-72

Schedule, 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Scoring Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Sports Information Department . . . . 52-53 Support Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Gabler, Wally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Game Summaries, 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . 54-65 General Information, 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Therapy Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Hall of Fame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 History of WLU Football . . . . . . . . . . 85-95 Honours, 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

VanMoerkerke, Ron. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Interception Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Jeffries, Gary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Kickoff Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Kickoff Return Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Leagues, Hawks Participate within. . . . . . . 9 McMurray, David . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Media Coverage (Game by Game) . . . . . . 11 Media Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Notes, 2004 (Opponent) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

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