WMU Tennis is ... Under head coach Dave Morin, the Western Michigan men’s tennis team has become the standardbearer of the Mid-American Conference and one of the top teams in the Midwest Region. The Broncos have won 21 MAC titles, more than any other school in the history of the conference The Broncos haven’t lost to a team in the MAC since 2006 and have claimed each of last three MAC championships and MAC Tournament titles. The Broncos have advanced to seven NCAA Tournaments since 1999, including the last four. In 13 years leading WMU, Morin has led WMU to six MAC championships. Individually, Morin has produced four MAC Players of the Year and four MAC Newcomers of the Year. Overall, Morin has tutored 19 different AllMAC performers and earned seven MAC Coach of the Year awards.
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WMU Tennis is ... WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY MEN’S TENNIS STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING PHILOSOPHY The Western Michigan University Men’s Tennis Strength and Conditioning Program is a year round effort to maintain a championship level of strength, power, speed and conditioning. The program is built to help each athlete play at their optimal level during practice and games, stay healthy and improve performance by incorporating explosiveness and intensity in each workout. Using a combination of Olympic exercises, functional training and tennis-specific speed and agility training, each Bronco Tennis student-athlete will be physically ready to make that championship run.
WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY ATHLETIC TRAINING The focus of the WMU athletic training staff is to prevent studentathlete injuries and facilitate an effective post-injury rehabilitation to ensure a safe return to competition. Five full-time athletic trainers oversee three graduate athletic trainers in providing comprehensive medical care to all of Western Michigan’s 16 varsity sports. In addition to its eight-person athletic training staff, the WMU athletic training staff is assisted by three full-time physicians and a sports medicine fellow.
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The Western Michigan men’s and women’s tennis teams play their outdoor matches on campus at Sorensen Courts, named for former men’s tennis coach Ray “Hap” Sorensen.
Sorensen Courts is one of the homes for the USTA Boys 18s and 16s National Championships each year and has also played host to the 2000 MidAmerican Conference Women’s Tennis Championships and 2001 and 2005 MAC Men’s Tennis Championships.
The complex includes 20 total courts in upper and lower tiers. The upper Sorensen Courts feature eight brand-new blue- On campus, the Broncos also have access to surfaced courts that were completed in July complete athletic training and strength and of 2006. The lower courts feature 12 brand conditioning facilities in Read Fieldhouse. new courts that were completed in July 2007. The entire facility is lighted for play deep into the night and features access to water and electricity for all courts.
When winter rolls in, the Western Michigan tennis teams play in one of the best indoor facilities in the state. Purchased in 1998 by the university, West Hills Athletic Club features nine hard courts, spacious viewing areas, an expansive weight room and excellent locker room facilities. The Broncos practice and play matches at West Hills during the season when forced indoors because of inclement weather.
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WMU Tennis is ... The Ellis Athletic Academic Advising Center is located on the second floor of Read Fieldhouse. The athletic academic services program exists to provide a comfortable and supportive environment in which studentathletes can strive to achieve academic success. The Ellis Center houses the academic services staff, computer labs, tutoring program, composition specialists, study table and the CHAMPS/Life Skills program. The mission of this athletic academic service program is to assist student-athletes in reaching their full potential by providing them with the necessary tools and skills to achieve academic success.
The court is not the only arena Western Michigan tennis has shown success during head coach Dave Morin’s tenure. The Broncos have been recognized as an ITA All-Academic Team each of the last six seasons and 11 total times during Morin’s time. Morin has mentored 25 different players onto the Academic AllMAC Team and ITA ScholarAthlete Team or both. Nearly every player that comes through the program has earned a degree under Morin. Morin also coached two-time Academic All-American Jeff Brink (1999, 2000), the only tennis Academic All-American in school history.
Coach Morin has produced seven different players that have earned 12 Academic All-District honors. Brady Crosby (below) was named to the first team in both 2006 and 2007. Other Academic All-District selections under Morin include Alex Birchmeier (2008), Tommy Dennis (2004), Ryan Maarschalk (2003, 2002), Fernando Garcia (2001), Jeff Brink (2000, 1999) and Kyle Gernhofer (2000, 1999).
Morin coached Jeff Brink (above), the only Academic AllAmerican in WMU men’s tennis history. He was named to the CoSIDA Academic All-America team in 1999 and 2000. He graduated with a 4.0 grade point average.
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In its 53 years of existence, the Mike Gary Athletic Fund has been the official fundraising arm of the WMU Athletic Department, raising over $4 million through annual gifts and major contributions. The Gary Fund has raised more than $1 million in each of the last two seasons. OUR MISSION To support the student-athletes of Western Michigan University in their pursuit of championships, academic excellence and personal growth as representatives of WMU, its alumni, fans and community members. “I want to personally thank all the members of the Mike Gary Athletic Fund who have contributed to the enhancement of our student-athletes. The Gary Fund and all its volunteers have helped us travel around the country to play the best competition available. The generosity and support of everyone associated with the Gary Fund is one of the most important factors in our team’s success.” — WMU Head Tennis Coach Dave Morin
MIKE GARY ATHLETIC FUND Founded in 1956 by a group of area businessmen and dedicated Broncos, the Mike Gary Athletic Fund was established to provide direct financial support to the athletic programs of Western Michigan University. The fund is named in honor of long-time athletic director, Bronco football coach and WMU Hall of Fame inductee, Mr. Mitchell “Mike” Gary.
The Broncos would like to thank the following Car Coaches for their support of WMU Athletics: Cole Century - Tom Cole (owner) DeNooyer Chevrolet - Bill DeNooyer (owner) Harold Zeigler Auto Group - Harold & Aaron Zeigler (owner) John Tapper Automotive - John Tapper (owner) Maple Hill Auto Group - Jim Vandenberg (owner) Metro Toyota - Jeff DeNooyer (owner)
GARY FUND EXCEEDS $1 MILLION FOR SECOND-STRAIGHT YEAR Gary Fund had another record-setting year with an overall goal of $1.0 million for the 2009 campaign. The Mike Gary Athletic Fund announced a two percent increase in donations with a total of $1,022,045. Last year’s record total was $1,002,749. The Gary Fund volunteers surpassed their calling period goal of $475,000 with a total of $477,962. The announcement was made at the Mike Gary Athletic Fund Celebration held at the Gilmore House hosted by Dr. and Mrs. Dunn. In attendance were the Gary Fund volunteers, the WMU Head Coaches and athletic staff. The chair for the 2009 campaign was Jim Hall and the Vice Chair was Jim Everts.
The Gary Fund supports all WMU athletic programs from basketball to volleyball to tennis and each and every student-athlete’s experience. The WMU student-athletes and teams are grateful to the Gary Fund donors and the volunteers.
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QUICK FACTS, ROSTER, SCHEDULE
QUICK FACTS
Name of School:..........................................................................Western Michigan University City/Zip:................................................................................. Kalamazoo, Mich. 49008-5406 Founded:............................................................................................................................1903 Enrollment:..................................................................................................................... 24,576 Nickname:.....................................................................................................................Broncos School Colors:...................................................................................................... Brown & Gold Facilities................................Sorensen Courts (Outdoor) & West Hills Athletic Club (Indoor) Affiliation:...........................................................................................................NCAA Division I Conference:............................................................................... Mid-American (West Division) President:.................................................................Dr. John M. Dunn (Northern Illinois, ‘67) Athletics Director:..................................................................... Kathy Beauregard (Hope, ‘79) Tennis AD:................................................................Dave Corstange (Western Michigan, ‘73) Faculty Athletics Representative:................................. Fred Sitkins (Western Michigan, ‘59)
MEN’S TENNIS INFORMATION
Head Coach:............................................................................... Dave Morin (Minnesota, ‘84) Record at WMU (Yrs):...........................................................................................223-110 (13) Career Record (Yrs):.............................................................................................265-157 (18) Assistant Coach:............................................................ Jose Orozco (Western Michigan, ‘06) Strength & Conditioning Coach:...............................Tim Herrmann (Western Michigan, ‘00) Athletic Trainer:......................................................................Kevin Lehmann (Charlotte, ‘01) Media Relations Contact:..................................................... Matt Holmes (Indianapolis, ‘02) Men’s Tennis Office Phone:............................................................................(269) 387-3125 2009 Overall Record (H/A/N):.................................................................. 18-9 (7-1/6-5/5-3) 2009 Conference Record (H/A):......................................................................... 5-0 (2-0/3-0) Conference Finish:................................................................................................................1st Letterwinners R/L:...............................................................................................................6/1 Newcomers:..............................................................................................................................3
TENNIS HISTORY
First year of men’s tennis:................................................................................................1923 MAC Tournament championships:.............. 7 (1999,2001,2004,2006,2007,2008, 2009) MAC Regular Season championships:......... 21 (1950,1952,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958 .... 1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1981,1999,2000,2004,2007,2008, 2009) Years in NCAA Tournament:........................ 7 (1999,2001,2004,2006,2007, 2008, 2009)
MEDIA RELATIONS
Assistant Athletics Director-Marketing, Publicity & Licensing:..........................Bob D’Amelio Director:....................................................................................................................Mat Kanan Associate Director/MTEN Contact:................................................................ Matt Holmes Office Phone:..................................................................................................269-387-3168 Cell Phone:.................................................................................................... 269-998-1638 Fax:................................................................................................................ 269-387-4139 Email:........................................................................................... matt.holmes@wmich.edu Assistant Director:................................................................................................Kristin Keirns Assistant Director:................................................................................................Adam Bodnar SID Mailing Address:...................................................................... 1903 W. Michigan Avenue .................................................................................................... Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5406 Athletics Website:.................................................................................www.wmubroncos.com
2009-10 WESTERN MICHIGAN MEN’S TENNIS ROSTER
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Name Michael Basha Simon Blomberg Michael Calderone Thomas Calderone Casey Cullen Kazuya Komada Zeyad Montasser Brad Noel Pablo Olivarez Head Coach: Assistant:
Class HT hometown (last school/high school) Fr. 6-1 Fort Gratiot, Mich. (Port Huron Northern) Fr. 6-0 Nykoping, Sweden Jr. 6-4 Grass Lake, Mich. (Jackson Lumen Christi) Fr. 6-3 Grass Lake, Mich. (Jackson Lumen Christi) Jr. 6-0 Beverly Hills, Mich. (Birmingham Seaholm) Jr. 5-9 Osaka, Japan (Kwansei) So. 6-1 Cairo, Egypt (Modern Education School) Jr. 5-10 Westlake, Ohio (Westlake) So. 5-8 Muntinlupa City, Philippines (Olivarez Coll.) Dave Morin (14th year) Jose Orozco (3rd year)
2009-10 SCHEDULE Sept. 18-20
IU Invitational
Bloomington, Ind.
Oct. 2-4
Wildcat Fall Invitational
Evanston, Ill.
Oct. 3-11
ITA All-American Champ.
Tulsa, Okla.
Oct. 15-19
ITA Midwest Regionals
Ann Arbor, Mich.
Oct. 30-Nov. 1 VREDEVELT INVITATIONAL
Kalamazoo, Mich.
Jan. 16-17
Boilermaker Invitational
W. Lafayette, Ind.
Jan. 24
DePAUL
Kalamazoo, Mich.
Jan. 24
DETROIT
Kalamazoo, Mich.
6 p.m.
Jan. 30
DAYTON
Kalamazoo, Mich.
9 a.m.
Jan. 30
IPFW
Kalamazoo, Mich.
1 p.m.
Jan. 30
VALPARAISO
Kalamazoo, Mich.
5:30 p.m.
Feb. 5
ILLINOIS STATE
Kalamazoo, Mich.
11 a.m.
Feb. 5
GREEN BAY
Kalamazoo, Mich.
6 p.m.
Feb. 7
at Northwestern
Evanston, Ill.
5 p.m.
Feb. 10
at Michigan State
E. Lansing, Mich.
6 p.m.
Feb. 20
NEBRASKA
Kalamazoo, Mich.
3 p.m.
Feb. 21
IOWA
Kalamazoo, Mich.
1 p.m.
Feb. 26
vs. Oklahoma State
Louisville, Ky.
Feb. 27
PURDUE
Kalamazoo, Mich.
1 p.m.
12 p.m.
2:30 p.m.
Feb. 27
KALAMAZOO COLLEGE
Kalamazoo, Mich.
6:30 p.m.
Feb. 28
BUTLER
Kalamazoo, Mich.
11 a.m.
Feb. 28
BRADLEY
Kalamazoo, Mich.
4:30 p.m.
Mar. 5-6
HEB Collegiate Team Chps
Corpus Christi, Texas
March 15
CHICAGO STATE *
Kalamazoo, Mich.
1 p.m.
March 15
FERRIS STATE
Kalamazoo, Mich.
6 p.m.
March 26
MINNESOTA
Kalamazoo, Mich.
1 p.m.
March 26
UIC
Kalamazoo, Mich.
6:30 p.m. 12 p.m.
March 28
XAVIER
Kalamazoo, Mich.
April 3
at Buffalo *
Buffalo, N.Y.
6 p.m.
April 4
vs. Binghamton
Buffalo, N.Y.
10 a.m.
April 10
BALL STATE *
Kalamazoo, Mich.
April 17
NORTHERN ILLINOIS *
Kalamazoo, Mich.
April 25
at Toledo *
Toledo, Ohio
April 29-May 1 MAC Championships
Muncie, Ind.
May 14-16
NCAA Regionals
Campus Sites
May 20-31
NCAA Championships
Athens, Ga.
1 p.m. 1 p.m. 12 p.m.
Home matches in BOLD and played outdoors at Sorensen Courts or indoors at West Hills Athletic Club tournaments in italics * indicates Mid-American Conference match All times ET and subject to change
2009-10 WMU MEN’S TENNIS MEDIA GUIDE CREDITS Editor/Layout:..................................................................................................................................Matt Holmes University Section:..........................................................................................................................Kristin Keirns Content Editing:................................................................................. Dave Morin, Matt Kulik, Kim Hemingway Cover Design:.................................................................................................................................Kristin Keirns Photography:...............................................................Gary Shook, Zolton Cohen, Casey Spring, Matt Holmes
7 NCAA TOURNAMENTS • www.wmubroncos.com • 21 MAC CHAMPIONSHIPS • www.wmubroncos.com • 7 MAC TOURNAMENT TITLES • www.w
• Went 32-0 as a senior, the fourth-most wins in Michigan history • Finished career on a 54-match winning streak, third in Michigan history • Four-time all-state selection • Two-time Junior Davis Cup member • Won the 2007 Fred Sidmore Memorial, the oldest continuous tennis tournament in Jackson, Mich. ... his dad, Craig, won in 1993 and he beat his younger brother, Thomas, in the semifinals • Played football for 2005 Lumen Christi state champions and basketball in 2006-07 when team went 18-4
MICHAEL
CALDERONE TEAM CAPTAIN 6-4 • Jr. Grass Lake, Mich. Jackson Lumen Christi Season 2007-08 2008-09 Totals
Singles 31-10 31-12 62-22
Doubles 29-13 27-16 56-29
Overall 60-23 58-28 118-51
Pct. .723 .674 .698
2007-08 • WMU Rookie of the Year • Named to the All-MAC Tournament Team • Led the team with 60 overall wins, second in a single season in WMU history • Posted a perfect 5-0 mark in MAC singles, 5-0 in MAC doubles and 3-0 in MAC Tournament • Only player on the team to post 20 dual match wins in singles (20-7) and doubles (22-5) • One of only two players (Alejandro Staub) to win 20 dual singles matches • MAC Player of the Week (1/23) after going 5-1 in matches against No. 41 Minnesota, No. 52 Drake and Purdue • Teamed with freshman Kazuya Komada to defeat Chris Madden and George Navas of Michigan, 9-8 (3), at three doubles in the NCAA Tournament to clinch the first NCAA Tournament point in WMU history • Finished the year on a 10-match winning streak with Komada • Won three straight matches to advance to the championship match of his flight at the UVa Invitational in his first collegiate tennis matches • Earned first letter High School • 2007 Michigan Mr. Tennis • Won the Division IV No. 1 singles state title in 2006 and 2007 and Division IV No. 1 doubles state title in 2004 • Helped Titans finish second in Division IV in 2004 and eighth in 2006
wmubroncos.com • 5 MAC PLAYERS OF THE YEAR • www.wmubroncos.com • 98 MAC INDIVIDUAL SINGLES & DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIPS
BRONCO BIOS
2008-09 • First Team All-MAC, Academic All-MAC • MAC Tournament MVP after winning the deciding point at No. 2 singles in the championship match • WMU Singles Player of the Year and team captain • Went 5-0 in MAC singles and 2-0 in the MAC Tournament, while going 4-1 in MAC doubles and 1-0 in the MAC Tournament • Led the team with 31 singles wins and 58 overall wins • Won back-to-back MAC Player of the Week awards (1/27, 2/4) after winning three matches against No. 16 Michigan and Xavier for the first one and went 4-0 on the road against Butler and Purdue for the second • Named MAC Male Scholar-Athlete of the Week (2/6) after his performance against Butler and Purdue • Ranked nationally No. 33 in doubles with Zeyad Montasser in Jan. 6 rankings • Defeated No. 34 Drew Daniel/George Navas of Michigan and No. 56 Skip Span/Daniel Tobar of Illinois State with Zeyad Montasser • Defeated No. 38 Ben Hartman/Austin Doerner of DePaul and No. 71 Johnny Parkes/ Miles Bugby of New Mexico with Kazuya Komada • Reached the finals of the Vredevelt Invitational and the semifinals of the Hoosier Invitational in the fall • Earned second letter
Personal • Majoring in recreation with a 3.30 GPA • Son of Craig and Peggy Calderone • Dad, Craig, is a tennis instructor and owns the Michigan Whitetail Hall of Fame Museum • Mom, Peggy, is the women’s tennis coach at Spring Arbor University • Has an older sister, Annie, and younger brother, Thomas, who is a freshman for the Broncos’ tennis team • Member of National Honor Society graduated with a 3.7 GPA • Born Aug. 3, 1988
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CASEY
CULLEN TEAM CAPTAIN 6-0 • Jr. Beverly Hills, Mich. Birmingham Seaholm
BRONCO BIOS
Season 2007-08 2008-09 Totals
Singles 16-6 15-10 31-16
Doubles 31-6 22-13 53-19
Overall 47-12 37-23 84-35
Pct. .797 .617 .706
2008-09 • Academic All-MAC and ITA Scholar-Athlete • WMU Most Improved Player • MAC Player of the Week (3/11) after going 3-1 at the H.E.B. Tournament in Corpus Christi, Texas, against No. 50 DePaul and No. 53 Middle Tennessee State • Went 4-1 at No. 1 doubles with Kevin Hayward and 8-2 at No. 3 doubles with Pablo Olivarez, including 2-0 at the MAC Tournament • Started the year ranked nationally No. 49 in doubles with Kevin Hayward • Reached the semifinals of the Vredevelt Invitational in singles and the semifinals of the Wildcat Fall Invitational in doubles with Olivarez • Earned second letter 2007-08 • WMU Doubles Team of the Year with Kevin Hayward after leading the team with a 28-4 doubles record, 18-4 in dual matches • Tied a 25-year-old school record with 19 consecutive doubles victories • Went undefeated in dual singles matches (7-0) • Posted the highest overall winning percentage on the team (.797) • Teamed with Hayward to defeat the No. 38 doubles team in the country, Jason Jung and Mike Sroczynski of Michigan, 8-6 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament • MAC Player of the Week (3/5) after going 2-1 at the 38th H.E.B. Collegiate Team Championships and tying the WMU consecutive doubles victories record • Earned first letter High School • Won Division II No. 1 singles state championship in 2006, semifinalist in 2007, quarterfinalist in 2005 • Led Maples to third place in Division II in 2006, fourth in 2007, seventh in 2005 • Two-year team captain was all-area and all-state and four-time team MVP • Won USTA Tim Gullikson Scholarship • Ranked No. 1 in Michigan and No. 3 in the Midwest by the USTA in 2007 • Ranked No. 75 in the country by TennisRecruiting.net in 2007 • Won Southeast Michigan Qualifier in 2007 & 2005, 2006 Midwest Indoor B18 Open Championship, 2006 Midwest Indoor Singles Championship, 2005 St. Louis Clay Court Doubles and 2005 New Mexico Open B18 • Finalist at 2005 B16 Doubles National Winter Championships • Three-year qualifier for the USTA Boys Nationals in Kalamazoo
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Personal • Majoring in marketing with a 3.72 GPA and interned for the Detroit Pistons/Shock in Summer ‘09 • Son of Keith and Sara Cullen ... both parents graduated from Ripon College • Dad, Keith, is a tennis pro • Has an older sister, Taylor • Born Feb. 6, 1989
7 NCAA TOURNAMENTS • www.wmubroncos.com • 21 MAC CHAMPIONSHIPS • www.wmubroncos.com • 7 MAC TOURNAMENT TITLES • www.w
Personal • Majoring in business with a 3.64 GPA • Son of Masahisa and Yumi Komada • Has an older brother, Takuya • Born Feb. 22, 1988
KAZUYA
KOMADA 5-9 • Jr. Osaka, Japan Kwansei Gakuin
Season 2007-08 2008-09 Totals
Singles 24-19 18-7 42-26
Doubles 30-10 15-13 45-23
Overall 54-29 33-20 87-49
Pct. .651 .623 .640
BRONCO BIOS
2008-09 • First Team All-MAC, Academic All-MAC, ITA Scholar-Athlete, All-MAC Tournament Team • WMU Hap Sorensen Coach’s Award • Went 5-0 in MAC singles at No. 2-3 and 2-0 in the MAC Tournament • Went 4-1 in MAC doubles at No. 1 and 1-0 in the MAC Tournament • Overall, went 7-2 at No. 2 and 11-4 at No. 3 singles • Compiled 9-4 overall record at No. 1 doubles • MAC Player of the Week (2/18) after earning five wins against Michigan State, Illinois State and Iowa • MAC Player of the Week (3/4) after going 3-1 vs. No. 48 Minnesota and No. 45 East Tennessee State • MAC Player of the Week (3/25) after winning at No. 1 doubles and No. 2 singles at Chicago State • Defeated No. 38 Ben Hartman/Austin Doerner of DePaul and No. 71 Johnny Parkes/ Miles Bugby of New Mexico with Michael Calderone • Earned second letter 2007-08 • Second Team All-MAC • MAC Player of the Week (2/27) after going 5-1 against No. 67 Michigan State, No. 68 Iowa and Cornell, including a win over the No. 25 player in the Midwest, Reinoud Haal of Iowa (3-6, 7-5, 7-6) • One of only two players (Michael Calderone) to win 20 or more doubles matches (21-5) • Teamed with Calderone to defeat Chris Madden and George Navas of Michigan, 9-8 (3), at three doubles in the NCAA Tournament to clinch the first NCAA Tournament point in WMU history • Finished the year on a 10-match winning streak with Calderone • Finalist in singles at the ITA Summer Circuit at Indiana and won the doubles championship with R.K. Bacalla in 2007 • Earned first letter High School • Ranked No. 19 in Japan in Boys 18s • Won the 2006 Ann Arbor Junior Open by beating five straight seeded players, including 2006 Michigan Division I No. 1 singles state champion Andy Gauthier • Played No. 1 singles in high school in 2004 and 2005 and No. 2 singles in 2003 • Reached the round of 16 in singles at the All Japan Junior Indoor in 2005 • Reached round of 32 in singles and round of 16 in doubles at the All Japan Junior Championships • Reached the round of 32 in singles at the All Japan High School Championships in 2004 and round of 32 in doubles in 2005 • Competed in 2004 ITF World Super Junior Tennis Championship
wmubroncos.com • 5 MAC PLAYERS OF THE YEAR • www.wmubroncos.com • 98 MAC INDIVIDUAL SINGLES & DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIPS
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BRAD
NOEL 5-10 • Jr. Westlake, Ohio Westlake
BRONCO BIOS
Season 2007-08 2008-09 Totals
Singles 7-6 16-14 23-20
Doubles 1-0 4-7 5-7
Overall 8-6 20-21 28-27
Pct. .571 .488 .509
2008-09 • ITA Scholar-Athlete • WMU team captain • Went 6-3 at No. 6 singles, including road wins at Butler and Purdue • Compiled singles wins in the fall vs. Michigan State (twice), Northwestern and Iowa • Advanced to the semifinals of the Vredevelt Invitational in singles and semifinals of the Wildcat Fall Invitational in doubles with Kevin Hayward • Earned second letter 2007-08 • WMU Most Improved Player • Won his only two dual matches against IPFW (1/13) with a 6-1, 6-2 win at No. 6 singles and 8-1 win at No. 2 doubles • Earned first letter High School • Went 126-6 in high school • Four-time Southwestern Conference No. 1 singles champion, sectional champion and state qualifier • Two-time district champion in 2006 and 2007 and finished in the top eight in the state of Ohio in 2005 and 2007 • 2006 and 2007 Cleveland Plain Dealer Boy’s Tennis Player of the Year • Played 2007 Junior Davis Cup • Led the Demons to an undefeated 18-0 record and the 2004 Southwestern Conference championship • Graduated with a Honors Diploma after being on the High Honor Roll every semester of high school Personal • Majoring in management with a 3.94 GPA • Son of Jim and Kathy Noel ... father graduated from Penn State • Dad, Jim, is the golf course superintendent at Lakewood Country Club • Has an older brother, James • Cousin, Brett Jodie, was a sixth round selection of the New York Yankees in the 1998 Amateur Draft and pitched for the Yankees and San Diego Padres in 2001 after playing collegiately at South Carolina • Born Sept. 2, 1988
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7 NCAA TOURNAMENTS • www.wmubroncos.com • 21 MAC CHAMPIONSHIPS • www.wmubroncos.com • 7 MAC TOURNAMENT TITLES • www.w
ZEYAD
MONTASSER 6-1 • So. Cairo, Egypt Modern Education School
Season 2008-09 Totals
Singles 23-18 23-18
Doubles 28-13 28-13
Overall 51-31 51-31
Pct. .622 .622
BRONCO BIOS
2008-09 • WMU Doubles Team of the Year with Kevin Hayward went 11-3 overall and 9-2 in dual matches all at No. 2, including 1-0 at MAC Tournament • Ranked nationally No. 33 in doubles with Michael Calderone in Jan. 6 rankings • Defeated No. 34 Drew Daniel/George Navas of Michigan and No. 56 Skip Span/Daniel Tobar of Illinois State with Michael Calderone • Tied for the team lead in doubles wins with 28 and had the best doubles winning percentage (.683) on the team • Compiled 14-2 mark at No. 2 doubles • Third on the team with 51 total wins • Fourth on the team with 23 singles wins • Won doubles flight championship with Calderone at Wildcat Fall Invitational • Defeated Stephen Vogl of Indiana and Tom Mroziewicz of Iowa in the qualifying draw of the ITA Midwest Regional • Lost in the championship match of the Hoosier Invitational in singles • Earned first letter 2007-08 • Joined the team in January and redshirted High School • Ranked career-high No. 153 in the world in the International Tennis Federation (1/1/08), including tournament victories in singles at Dec. 2007 event in Uganda and doubles in August 2007 event in Egypt • Ranked No. 1 U18 player in Egypt in May 2007 • Member of the Egyptian National Team competing in two Junior World Cups (2004, 2006) and two Junior African Championships (2004, 2006) • Won the doubles championship, runner-up in singles and helped Egypt clinch the team championship at the 2006 Junior Arab Championships • Won the All-Egyptian Tennis Tournament in 2006, runner-up in 2005 Personal • Majoring in management • Son of Mahmoud and Sawsan Montasser • Has an older sister, Reem • Born Feb. 12, 1990
wmubroncos.com • 5 MAC PLAYERS OF THE YEAR • www.wmubroncos.com • 98 MAC INDIVIDUAL SINGLES & DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIPS
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PABLO
OLIVAREZ 5-8 • So. Muntinlupa City, Philippines Olivarez College
BRONCO BIOS
Season 2008-09 Totals
Singles 25-14 25-14
Doubles 22-16 22-16
Overall 47-30 47-30
Pct. .610 .610
2008-09 • ITA Scholar-Athlete • WMU Rookie of the Year • Tied for second on the team with 25 singles wins, including 8-5 mark at No. 5 with a win in the MAC Tournament championship match vs. Toledo • Went 8-2 at No. 3 doubles with Casey Cullen, including 2-0 at the MAC Tournament • Went 4-1 in MAC singles and 3-1 in MAC doubles • Won singles flight at Vredevelt Invitational • Earned first letter High School • Ranked career-high No. 197 in the world in the International Tennis Federation (1/7/08) • Posted 88 career international victories (51 in singles, 37 in doubles) • Ranked No. 1 in the Philippines in all age groups • Ranked No. 8 in Philippines men’s tennis • Reached the World Group in the World Youth Cup ITF Czech Republic in 2003 • Reached the World Group in the Junior Davis Cup ITF in Barcelona in 2005 • Member of the Philippines Davis Cup Team in 2008 matches vs. Japan and Uzbekistan • Won Inter-school Tennis Association championship all four years of high school • High school’s athlete of the year • Also competed in chess and baseball in high school • Earned WMU Presidential Scholarship Personal • Majoring in civil engineering with a 3.74 GPA • Son of Edwin and Maria Victoria Olivarez • Has a younger brother, Edwin Jr., and younger sister, Christine • Fourth member of his extended family to play collegiate tennis after his cousin Melissa Orteza (Cornell) and aunts Edna Olivarez (Cal State Los Angeles) and Eva Olivarez (San Diego State) • Edna Olivarez won the NCAA Division II singles and doubles national championships in 1990 • Born Jan. 1, 1990
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7 NCAA TOURNAMENTS • www.wmubroncos.com • 21 MAC CHAMPIONSHIPS • www.wmubroncos.com • 7 MAC TOURNAMENT TITLES • www.w
MICHAEL
THOMAS
6-1 • Fr. Fort Gratiot, Mich. Port Huron Northern
6-3 • Fr. Grass Lake, Mich. Jackson Lumen Christi
BASHA
Personal • Majoring in history • Son of Michael and Karen Basha • Has two younger sisters Gabbi, 17, and Franni, 12 • Dad, Michael, is a doctor and graduated from Otterbein, while mom, Karen, is a personal trainer and graduated from Michigan State • Born Dec. 25, 1990
High School • 2008 Jackson Citizen Patriot Player of the Year • Went 24-4 as a senior • Named Division 4 All-State as a junior and senior after reaching the state quarterfinals each year • Led the Titans to third place in Division 4 as a senior and seventh as a junior • Played No. 2 singles for the Titans his first two years of high school • Coached by his father, Craig, during his last two years of high school • Traveled to Jamaica in Spring 2009 to build a community center Personal • Major is undecided • Son of Craig and Peggy Calderone • Dad, Craig, is a tennis instructor and owns the Michigan Whitetail Hall of Fame Museum • Mom, Peggy, is the women’s tennis coach at Spring Arbor University • Has an older sister, Annie, and older brother, Michael, who is a junior for the Broncos’ tennis team • Born July 14, 1990
BRONCO BIOS
High School • Advanced to the Division 1 state finals in No. 1 singles each of his final three years • Made the semifinals as a senior, quarterfinals as a junior and round of 16 as a sophomore • Compiled 32-6 record as a senior and was Division 1 finalist for Michigan Mr. Tennis • Led the Huskies to a pair of second place finishes as a junior and senior and fifth as a sophomore • Three-time MAC Red Conference champion at No. 1 singles • Three-time Port Huron Times Herald Player of the Year and First Team Division 1 All- State • Three-star prospect and No. 4 senior in Michigan by TennisRecruiting.net • Coached by former WMU standout Steve Pillon • Posted 3.5 GPA and was named to the Honor Roll and National Honor Society
CALDERONE
SIMON
BLOMBERG 6-0 • Fr. Nykoping, Sweden
High School • Trained at Ferrer-Peinado Tennis Academy in Javea, Spain, part-time beginning in 2005 and moved to the academy full-time in March 2008 • Coached by Mariano Peinado, former coach of ATP No. 4 David Ferrer, and former ATP professional Javier Ferrer • Won two matches to qualify for main draw of the F27 Spain Futures in Aug. 2009 • Won the 2008 Men’s Tournament Circuit Absolut in Sept. 2008 • Won the U18 Chocolates Valor in June 2008 in Spain • Won the U21 Torneo Nacional in July 2007 in Spain • Ranked as high as No. 10 in Sweden and tops in his age group, while reaching the quarters and semis of numerous Swedish Winter Tour events • Reached the finals in doubles at the 2006 Sweden ITF Junior Open Personal • Majoring in international business • Son of Goran and Liisa Blomberg • Dad, Goran, is the CEO of Hakon Invest • Born April 10, 1990
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MORIN HEAD COACH Minnesota, ‘84 14th Year WMU (223-110 .670) 19th Year Head Coach (265-157 .628)
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An eight-time Mid-American Conference Coach of the Year (1994, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009), Western Michigan head coach Dave Morin has had the Broncos consistently in the hunt for conference championships and NCAA Tournament appearances during his 13 seasons in Kalamazoo. Morin’s tenure has been highlighted by six regular season MAC championships (1999, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009) and seven MAC Tournament championships that led to NCAA Tournament appearances in 1999, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009. En route to those accomplishments, the Broncos have encountered the type of individual and team success often associated with Western Michigan’s proud tradition. The only coach to win MAC Coach of the Year honors at two different schools, Morin is 265-157 as a collegiate head coach with 223 of his wins coming at WMU. Morin’s teams have been especially dominant in the MAC with an 96-32 record in regular season and tournament play. The Broncos have advanced to the MAC title match 10 times in his 13 seasons as head coach at WMU. Individually, a total of 19 players have earned all-conference accolades during Morin’s tenure. Morin’s list also includes four MAC Rookies of the Year, an ITA Region IV Freshman of the Year, and the 1999, 2001, 2004 and 2009 MAC Player of the Year.
WMU also went a perfect 5-0 in the regular season to set a new MAC record with its 20th MAC men’s tennis championship. During the year, Morin claimed his 200th victory with a 4-3 upset of No. 63 William & Mary (4/4). The Broncos were led by four All-MAC players in Hayward, Alex Birchmeier, Kazuya Komada and MAC Tournament MVP Alejandro Staub, in addition to Birchmeier, Staub and Bryan Norville making the Academic All-MAC team. 2006-07 Morin led the Broncos to back-to-back NCAA Tournaments for the first time in school history in 2007. He led WMU to an undefeated Mid-American Conference regular season championship, the 19th MAC regular season title in school history, and then guided WMU to its second consecutive MAC Tournament championship and fifth overall. The team finished the year ranked No. 54 in the country and No. 7 in the Midwest Region, while juniors Alex Birchmeier and Bryan Norville finished the
In the classroom, Western Michigan has been named an Intercollegiate Tennis Association All-Academic Team for 10 of the past 11 seasons. The program was one of 11 NCAA Division I teams to earn that honor in 1999 after posting a school record 3.69 team GPA. There also have been 24 players who have been named to the Academic All-MAC roster. WMU players have also earned academic accolades at the national level, including two-time Academic All-America honoree Jeff Brink, who graduated with a 4.0 grade point average. 2008-09 The Broncos continued to maintain their superior position in the MAC by earning a third consecutive undefeated MAC championship and fourth consecutive MAC Tournament title to advance to play No. 13 Illinois in the program’s seventh NCAA Tournament. Morin was named Coach of the Year for the fourth year in a row after rallying the Broncos from 9-8 to 18-8 going into the NCAAs. Morin guided Kevin Hayward to MAC Player of the Year after finishing his career fifth all-time in wins (191). He was joined on the All-MAC First Team by Michael Calderone and Kazuya Komada, who also were on the Academic All-MAC Team with Casey Cullen.
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2007-08 This squad was highlighted by earning the first NCAA Tournament point in team history against No. 16 Michigan. Hayward and Cullen defeated the No. 38 tandem in the country and then freshmen Calderone and Komada won, 9-8, to give the Broncos the early advantage, 1-0, in the Broncos’ third consecutive NCAA appearance and sixth overall. The Broncos reached the NCAA Tournament by dispatching Ball State in the MAC Tournament finals and reaching 20 wins for only the eighth time in school history.
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in school history the Broncos had three players named First Team All-MAC and another was named to the second team. WMU finished with a 17-7 record, the eighthconsecutive year at .500 or better. 2003-04 The Broncos claimed the MAC regular season and tournament championships and earned a spot in the NCAA’s for the third time in the last six seasons. The roster featured the MAC Player of the Year (Ravi Pathanjali) and Newcomer of the Year (Brady Crosby) and four student-athletes garnered all-league accolades.
Head coach Dave Morin with his wife Gretchen (front) and daughters Kayla (far right) and Sophie at The Narrows in Zion National Park in Utah.
year ranked No. 60 in the country in doubles. Morin also helped Tim Bradshaw and Brady Crosby qualify for the NCAA National Doubles Championship, the first WMU representatives in the event in three decades. Four Broncos were named Academic All-MAC, three were named First Team All-MAC and one was named Second Team All-MAC as Morin was named MAC Coach of the Year for a sixth time. For a second straight season, Brady Crosby was named to the ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District IV Men’s At-Large First Team and Birchmeier made his first appearance on the prestigious team. 2005-06 Morin had his most successful season at WMU in 2006 when he led the Broncos to a school record 25 wins on their way to a MAC Tournament championship and the fourth NCAA Tournament appearance in school history. Morin has been at the helm for each of WMU’s previous NCAA Tournament trips (1999, 2001, 2004). The Broncos remained a consistent force in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s Midwest Region by going 15-2, but they also proved to be a national force. WMU went 4-1 against the Big Ten, 2-0 against the Big East and 1-1 against the Big XII while accumulating a 7-5 record against nationally-ranked competition. Morin also helped lead WMU to a No. 37 national ranking, the highest in program history, while also winning his 200th career match as coach and passing legendary head coach Hap Sorensen for second place in wins DAVE MORIN’S YEAR-BY-YEAR RECORD at Western Michigan. Season Overall MAC School 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 Totals
18-9 20-8 18-8 25-5 17-7 19-7 19-5 13-13 14-11 14-9 17-10 18-5 11-13 10-9 11-10 12-7 3-12 6-9 265-157
5-0/1st 5-0/1st 5-0/1st 4-1/2nd 4-1/2nd 5-0/1st 4-1/2nd 3-2/3rd 4-1/2nd 5-1/1st 8-2/1st 8-2/2nd 4-5/4th 3-3/4th 4-2/3rd 4-2/3rd 3-3/4th 3-2/3rd 81-28
WMU WMU WMU WMU WMU WMU WMU WMU WMU WMU WMU WMU WMU BGSU BGSU BGSU BGSU BGSU
1998-99 In just his third year as head coach, Morin led the Broncos to 17 wins, the most since 1985, and MAC regular season and tournament championships. The Broncos’ MAC Tournament victory put them in the NCAA Tournament for the first time in Western Michigan’s vaunted tennis history. Mohamed Dakki was named MAC Player of the Year and ITA Region IV Rookie of the Year, while Brink was named Academic AllAmerica. Dakki was joined on the all-conference team by Garcia.
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2000-01 The Broncos took second place in the MAC with a 4-1 record, but then stormed through the MAC Tournament to claim the program’s second NCAA Tournament berth. Fernando Garcia was named MAC Player of the Year and Ravi Pathanjail was named MAC Newcomer of the Year. Garcia was a First Team All-MAC honoree, while Pathanjali, Steve Pillon and Ryan Tomlinson were all named Second Team All-MAC.
Morin arrived in Kalamazoo in 1996 after directing the program at fellow MAC member Bowling Green for five seasons. While with the Falcons, Morin guided the team to three third-place MAC finishes, the school’s highest finish in over a decade. For his efforts, he was awarded MAC Coach of the Year in 1994. Prior to BGSU, Morin served as a volunteer assistant coach at his alma mater, the University of Minnesota, for one season. The Broncos’ success on the court and in the classroom mirrors Morin’s own collegiate career at Minnesota. A team captain as a senior, he was a Big 10 singles champion in 1982 and was a member of the 1981 Big 10 championship team. Morin was a member of a championship doubles team at the 1981 National Amateur Championships in Fitchburg, Mass. He also beat the former No. 1 doubles team in the world, Ken Flach and Robert Seguso, during his junior season as a Gopher. A native of White Bear Lake, Minn., he earned a pair of diplomas from Minnesota, graduating in 1984 with a business degree before completing the necessary course work in education two years later. Morin and his wife, Gretchen, a former volleyball player at UM, reside in Portage, Mich. The Morins’ have two daughters, Kayla, 14, and Sophie, 11.
The Broncos placed four athletes on the MAC all-conference teams, with three on the first team and one on the second team. WMU also placed four players on the Academic All-MAC Team. 2004-05 The 2004-05 season included a runnerup finish in the regular season and an appearance in the MAC Tournament championship match. For the first time
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JOSE
KEVIN
ASSISTANT COACH Western Michigan, ‘06 3rd Yr. at WMU
ATHLETIC TRAINER Charlotte, ‘01 2nd Yr. at WMU
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OROZCO
LEHMANN
Jose Orozco is entering his third year as an assistant coach for the Western Michigan men’s tennis program after leading the Broncos to back-to-back undefeated Mid-American Conference championships and two NCAA Tournament appearances.
Athletic trainer Kevin Lehmann is in his second season at Western Michigan working with the men’s basketball and men’s tennis programs after gaining experience at every level of sports from high school to the pros.
Orozco helped the Broncos finish the 2008-09 season with nine wins in a row to win a third consecutive undefeated MAC championship and defeat Toledo in the MAC Tournament finals for the program’s seventh NCAA Tournament appearance.
Prior to WMU, Lehmann spent the past three years as head athletic trainer at Savannah State University after stints from 2002-05 with the NFL’s Carolina Panthers, the University of Tennessee and Bryan County (Ga.) High School.
WMU won its 20th MAC regular season championship in 2007-08 and then won the MAC Tournament for the third year in a row to advance to the sixth NCAA Tournament in school history. The Broncos won the doubles point against No. 16 Michigan for the first NCAA Tournament point in school history and WMU reached 20 wins for only the eighth time ever.
A Kalamazoo native, Lehmann earned a bachelor’s in health and fitness from Charlotte in 2001 and a master’s in exercise science from Tennessee in 2002. He was also certified as a strength and conditioning specialist by the NSCA in 2007.
A native of Cali, Colombia, Orozco had a successful four-year playing career for the Brown & Gold. He finished with a 208-98 (.680) record, the third most wins in WMU history. He was named Second Team All-MAC in 2004 and First Team All-MAC in 2005 and 2006. He was the team’s most valuable player in 2005 and helped lead the Broncos to MAC Tournament championships in 2004 and 2006 and the accompanying automatic bids to the NCAA Tournament. WMU also won the MAC regular season championship with Orozco in the lineup in 2004. Orozco was ranked as high as No. 87 in the country in singles during the fall of his senior year and was ranked nationally in doubles with a couple of different partners throughout his career. He graduated from WMU with a bachelor’s degree in marketing in 2006 after twice being named Academic All-MAC and he is now pursuing a master’s in business administration (MBA). Orozco worked in marketing for Armstrong International in Three Rivers, Mich., and was a tennis pro at the indoor home of WMU, West Hills Athletic Club, before joining the coaching staff.
Lehmann is married to the former Alysia DeWitt and they have a son, Carter (4), and daughter, Addison (2).
TIM
HERRMANN STRENGTH & CONDITIONING COACH Western Michigan, ‘00 10th Yr. at WMU
Tim Herrmann oversees the strength and conditioning program for men’s basketball, baseball, volleyball, men’s soccer, women’s soccer, golf, men’s tennis, women’s tennis, dance and also works closely with the football team. The Santa Maria, Calif., native first joined the department as a strength and conditioning intern in 1999, later becoming a graduate assistant in 2000 and being elevated to a fulltime position in 2002. Over the last three seasons, Herrmann has produced three National Strength and Conditioning Association All-Americans in volleyball players Kathryn Babcock (2007) and Ashley Vogl (2009) and men’s basketball player Joe Reitz (2007). Herrmann oversees the daily operation of the Read Fieldhouse and Seelye Center weight rooms, where 15 of WMU’s 16 varsity programs train. He specifically develops and implements strength, speed and conditioning programs for men’s basketball, volleyball, baseball, men’s soccer, women’s soccer, golf and women’s tennis and assists with football. His numerous responsibilites also include daily scheduling of the weight rooms, overseeing the graduate assistant program and the maintenance and purchase of weight room equipment. A NSCA certified strength and conditioning specialist since 2000, Herrmann possesses a pair of degrees from Western Michigan. He earned his bachelor’s in exercise science in 2000 and was awarded a master’s in exercise physiology two years later.
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2008-09 INDIVIDUAL RECORDS
Name Michael Calderone Casey Cullen Kevin Hayward Kazuya Komada Zeyad Montasser Brad Noel Pablo Olivarez
Tournaments Singles Doubles 12-5 9-8 5-2 5-5 10-4 10-8 0-0 1-2 12-6 10-7 8-8 4-4 11-6 9-8
Duals Singles Doubles 19-7 18-8 10-8 17-8 15-11 18-8 18-7 14-11 11-12 18-6 8-6 0-3 14-8 13-8
MAC Singles Doubles 5-0 4-1 3-2 3-2 5-0 4-1 5-0 4-1 4-0 4-0 0-0 0-0 4-1 3-1
2008-09 BRONCO AWARDS
Team MVP: Team Singles Player of the Year: Michael Calderone Doubles Team of the Year: Kevin Hayward/Zeyad Montasser Most Improved Player: Casey Cullen Team Captains: Michael Calderone, Kevin Hayward, Brad Noel Rookie of the Year: Pablo Olivarez Hap Sorensen Coach’s Award: Kazuya Komada
Overall/MAC Record 1-0/0-0 2-0/0-0 3-0/0-0 3-1/0-0 4-1/0-0 5-1/0-0 6-1/0-0 6-2/0-0 7-2/0-0 8-2/0-0 8-3/0-0 8-4/0-0 8-5/0-0 8-6/0-0 9-6/0-0 9-7/0-0 9-8/0-0 10-8/0-0 11-8/1-0 12-8/2-0 13-8/2-0 14-8/3-0 15-8/4-0 16-8/5-0 17-8/5-0 18-8/5-0 18-9/5-0
1-2-3-4-5-6 W-L-W-W-W-W W-W-W-W-W-W W-W-W-W-W-W L-W-L-L-L-L W-W-L-L-W-Lf W-W-W-L-W-W L-W-W-L-L-W L-L-W-L-L-L W-W-W-W-W-W W-W-W-W-W-W L-L-L-L-L-L W-L-W-L-W-L L-W-L-L-L-W L-L-W-L-L-L L-W-W-L-L-W L-L-u-u-L-L L-L-L-W-W-W L-W-W-W-L-L W-W-W-W-W-Wf W-W-W-W-W-W W-W-W-W-W-W W-W-W-W-W-W W-W-W-L-L-W W-W-W-L-W-W W-W-W-u-L-L L-W-W-L-L-W L-L-L-u-u-u
Total 58-28 37-23 53-31 33-20 51-31 20-21 47-30 1-2-3 L-W-W W-W-W W-W-W L-W-L W-W-f W-W-L W-W-L W-L-L W-W-W W-W-W L-L-L L-L-L L-W-L W-L-L L-W-W W-W-u L-L-W W-W-L W-L-Wf L-W-W W-W-W W-W-W W-W-L W-W-W W-u-W u-W-W L-L-u
2008-09 YEAR IN REVIEW
2008-09 TEAM RESULTS
Date Opponent Score 1/10/09 WRIGHT STATE % W, 6-1 1/18/09 DETROIT % W, 7-0 1/18/09 IPFW % W, 7-0 1/24/09 at #16 Michigan % L, 1-6 1/25/09 XAVIER % W, 4-3 1/30/09 at Butler % W, 6-1 1/31/09 at Purdue % W, 4-3 2/11/09 MICHIGAN STATE % L, 1-6 2/11/09 FERRIS STATE W, 7-0 2/14/09 vs Illinois State % W, 7-0 2/15/09 at #57 Iowa % L, 0-7 2/20/09 at #75 DePaul % L, 3-4 2/21/09 at Northwestern % L, 2-5 2/28/09 at #48 Minnesota % L, 1-6 3/1/09 vs #45 East Tennessee State W, 4-3 3/6/09 vs #33 New Mexico # L, 1-4 3/6/09 vs #53 Middle Tennessee State # L, 3-4 3/7/09 vs #50 DePaul #% W, 4-3 3/20/09 at Chicago State %* W, 7-0 3/29/09 BUFFALO * W, 7-0 3/29/09 at Kalamazoo College W, 9-0 4/5/09 at Northern Illinois %* W, 7-0 4/11/09 at Ball State %* W, 5-2 4/19/09 TOLEDO %* W, 6-1 4/24/09 vs Ball State +% W, 4-2 4/25/09 vs Toledo +% W, 4-3 5/8/09 at #13 Illinois $% L, 0-4 # = H.E.B. Tournament of Champions College Tennis Championships (Corpus Christi, Texas) * = Mid-American Conference match % = ITA Midwest Region match + = Mid-American Conference Tournament (Buffalo, N.Y.) $ - NCAA Tournament (Urbana, Ill.) u - match did not finish r - match was won/lost when opponent retired
Overall Singles Doubles 31-12 27-16 15-10 22-13 25-15 28-16 18-7 15-13 23-18 28-13 16-14 4-7 25-14 22-16
2008-09 MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE HONORS First Team Name School Eduardo Pavia Ball State Jurica Grubisic Northern Ill. Jared Miller Toledo Michael Calderone W. Michigan Kevin Hayward W. Michigan Kazuya Komada W. Michigan
Year So. Fr. Sr. So. Sr. So.
Second Team Name School Jose Perdomo Ball State Cliff Morrison Ball State Marcello Mazzetto Buffalo Kirill Kolomyts Buffalo Pawel Poziomski Northern Ill. Javier Bernabe Northern Ill. Knot Likitkumchorn Toledo
Year Sr. Fr. So. Jr. Fr. Jr. So.
Academic Team Name School Javier Bernabe Northern Ill. Jared Miller Toledo Sven Burus Toledo Gursher Harika Toledo Knot Likitkumchorn Toledo Michael Calderone W. Michigan Casey Cullen W. Michigan Kazuya Komada W. Michigan
Year Jr. Sr. So. So. So. So. So. So.
Individual Honors Player of the Year: Kevin Hayward, Western Michigan Newcomer of the Year: Pawel Poziomski, Northern Illinois Jack Vredevelt Sportsmanship Award: Jared Miller, Toledo Coach of the Year: Dave Morin, Western Michigan
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NCAA TOURNAMENT HISTORY
1999 NCAA Tournament #1 UCLA 4, Western Michigan 0 Los Angeles, Calif. SINGLES 1. Jean-Noel Grinda (UCLA) def. Mohamed Dakki (WMU) 6-3, 6-0 2. Fernando Garcia (WMU) led Zach Fleishman (UCLA) 7-5, 2-3 3. Ryan Tomlinson (WMU) led Jason Cook (UCLA) 7-6, 1-0 4. Jong-Min Lee (UCLA) def. Steve Pillon (WMU) 6-3, 6-2 5. Brandon Kramer (UCLA) led Kyle Gernhofer (WMU) 6-4, 2-1 6. Marcin Rozpedski (UCLA) def. Jeff Brink (WMU) 6-1, 6-1
SINGLES 1. #5 Kevin Anderson (ILL) led Tim Bradshaw (WMU) 6-3, 2-6, 4-1 2. Brady Crosby (WMU) led #22 Ryan Rowe (ILL) 6-4, 5-5 3. Marc Spicijaric (ILL) def. Kevin Hayward (WMU) 6-3, 6-1 4. Ruben Gonzales (ILL) def. Alex Birchmeier (WMU) 6-2, 6-2 5. G.D. Jones (ILL) def. John Pelton (WMU) 7-6 (2), 7-5 6. Bryan Norville (WMU) tied Brandon Davis (ILL) 2-6, 7-6 (6)
DOUBLES 1. Tomlinson/Pillon (WMU) led Grinda/Lee (UCLA) 6-5 2. Cook/Kramer (UCLA) def. Dakki/Brink (WMU) 8-2 3. Chris Sands/Rozpedski (UCLA) def. Demain Pons/Gernhofer (WMU) 8-2
DOUBLES 1. #8 Anderson/Rowe (ILL) def. #55 Birchmeier/Norville (WMU) 8-3 2. Bradshaw/Hayward (WMU) tied Davis/Gonzales (ILL) 6-6 3. Jones/Spicijaric (ILL) def. Crosby/Pelton (WMU) 8-3
2001 NCAA Tournament #19 Pepperdine 4, Western Michigan 0 Terre Haute, Ind.
2008 NCAA Tournament #16 Michigan 4, Western Michigan 1 Varsity Tennis Center • Ann Arbor, Mich.
SINGLES 1. #21 Al Garland (PEP) def. Fernando Garcia (WMU) 6-4, 6-2 2. #39 Stefan Suter (PEP) def. Steve Pillon (WMU) 6-1, 6-2 3. Ryan Tomlinson (WMU) tied Sebastien Graeff (PEP) 6-2, 4-6, 1-1 4. Calle Hansen (PEP) led Ravi Pathanjali (WMU) 6-4, 1-3 5. Steve Racioppo (PEP) def. Ryan Maarschalk (WMU) 6-1, 6-2 6. Christian Brattström (WMU) led Gerold Wiring (PEP) 6-4. 2-2
SINGLES 1. #64 Matko Maravic (UM) def. Kevin Hayward (WMU) 6-3, 6-4 2. Alex Birchmeier (WMU) led Jason Jung (UM) 7-6 (1), 3-4 3. Andrew Mazlin (UM) def. Alejandro Staub (WMU) 7-5, 6-3 4. Kazuya Komada (WMU) tied Mike Sroczynski (UM) 6-4, 4-6, 1-1 5. Chris Madden (UM) def. Bryan Norville (WMU) 6-2, 6-4 6. George Navas (UM) def. Michael Calderone (WMU) 7-6 (3), 6-3
DOUBLES 1. #6 Suter/Graeff (PEP) def. Tomlinson/Maarschalk (WMU) 8-3 2. Ryan Redondo/Hansen (PEP) def. Pillon/Pathanjali (WMU) 8-3 3. Garland/Racioppo (PEP) led Garcia/Brattström (WMU 7-3
DOUBLES 1. Maravic/Mazlin (UM) def. Birchmeier/Norville (WMU) 8-5 2. Casey Cullen/Hayward (WMU) def. #38 Jung/Sroczynski (UM) 8-6 3. Calderone/Komada (WMU) def. Madden/Navas (UM) 9-8 (3)
2004 NCAA Tournament #1 Illinois 4, #60 Western Michigan 0 Atkins Tennis Center • Urbana, Ill.
2009 NCAA Tournament #13 Illinois 4, Western Michigan 0 Khan Outdoor Tennis Complex • Urbana, Ill.
SINGLES 1. #51 Phil Stolt (ILL) led #111 Ravi Pathanjali (WMU) 3-6, 6-3, 1-0 2. #121 Ryler DeHeart (ILL) def. Tommy Dennis (WMU) 6-0, 6-2 3. Michael Calkins (ILL) led Jose Orozco (WMU) 4-6, 6-1, 3-2 4. #95 Chris Martin (ILL) def. Brady Crosby (WMU) 6-4, 6-1 5. G.D. Jones (ILL) def. Justin Kates (WMU) 6-2, 6-4 6. Jeff French (WMU) led Evan Zeder (ILL) 7-5, 4-4
SINGLES 1. #73 Marc Spicijaric (ILL) def. Kevin Hayward (WMU) 6-3, 6-1 2. #50 Roy Kalmanovich (ILL) def. Michael Calderone (WMU) 6-3, 6-4 3. #39 Dennis Nevolo (ILL) def. Kazuya Komada (WMU) 6-2, 6-2 4. Marek Czerwinski (ILL) led Casey Cullen (WMU) 6-2, 5-1 5. Abe Souza (ILL) led Zeyad Montasser (WMU) 6-2, 4-2 6. Ruan Roelofse (ILL) led Pablo Olivarez (WMU) 6-1, 4-5
DOUBLES 1. #5 Brian Wilson/Stolt (ILL) led Pathanjali/Orozco (WMU) 7-3 2. Calkins/Martin (ILL) def. Dennis/Crosby 8-3 3. DeHeart/Jones (ILL) def. Dan Grupp/French 8-1
DOUBLES 1. #21 Nevolo/Roelofse (ILL) def. Calderone/Komada (WMU) 8-4 2. #41 Spicijaric/Czerwinski (ILL) def. Hayward/Montasser (WMU) 8-4 3. Meedo El Tabakh/Brian Livingston (ILL) led Cullen/Olivarez (WMU) 6-5
2006 NCAA Tournament #16 Florida 4, #56 Western Michigan 0 DeBois Tennis Complex • Stillwater, Okla. SINGLES 1. #38 Vladimir Obradovic (UF) def. Tim Bradshaw (WMU) 6-2, 6-3 2. #52 Greg Ouellette (UF) def. Brady Crosby (WMU) 6-1, 6-2 3. #75 Nestor Briceno (UF) led Jose Orozco (WMU) 6-3, 3-3 4. Janne Holmia (UF) led Kevin Hayward (WMU) 6-3, 4-3 5. #82 Chris Brandi (UF) def. Alex Birchmeier (WMU) 6-0, 6-3 6. Ryan Sherry (UF) led Jeff French (WMU) 6-3, 1-2
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2007 NCAA Tournament #10 Illinois 4, #54 Western Michigan 0 Atkins Tennis Center • Urbana, Ill.
DOUBLES 1. Obradovic/Holmia (UF) def. Bryan Norville/Crosby (WMU) 8-6 2. Birchmeier/Orozco (WMU) def. Brandi/Ouellette (UF) 8-6 3. Stefan Tell/Briceno (UF) def. Bradshaw/French (WMU) 9-8 (2)
NCAA Individual Tournament Prior to 1960 singles players and/or doubles teams had to reach the round of 16 in order to obtain one point toward the team championship. Beginning in 1978, regional coaches committees selected the participants. 1936: 1952: 1955: 1956: 1958: 1964: 1975: 1976: 1977: 2007:
Carl Fisher — Quarterfinalist — 2 points Ed Foster, Jack Vredevelt — no wins — 0 points Jim Farrell, Ed Foster, Jack Vredevelt, Bud Donnelly — Foster/Vredevelt won first round doubles — 0 points Denny Telder, Larry Yoder — no wins — 0 points John Cook — Round of 16 — 1 point Bob Gill, Mike Goodrich — Goodrich won two rounds of singles, together they won two rounds of doubles — 4 points, tied for ninth Tony Lamerato, Bob Learman — won first round doubles — 1 point Tony Lamerato — no wins — 0 points Bob Learman — won first round singles — 1 point Tim Bradshaw/Brady Crosby in doubles — no wins
Some information courtesy of former WMU men’s tennis coach Jack Vredevelt
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ALL-TIME SEASON RECORDS 2-1 2-0 2-2 6-2-1 5-1-1 6-0 10-0 12-1 7-1 12-1-1 6-2-1 13-1 9-4 11-3 10-6 6-5 8-7 12-2 1-5 7-4 3-5 1-5 3-4 6-4 6-7-1 4-8 1-8 6-6 5-5 8-5
1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982
5-7 13-0 14-2 11-2 8-7 9-4 11-4 10-3 7-7 5-8 6-8 6-11 9-7 3-11 7-6 9-7 3-11 4-9 3-14 3-12 3-9 8-8 12-10 14-7 17-2 21-6 18-7 19-9 20-9 22-8
1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Total
ALL-TIME SERIES RECORDS 22-5 20-6 22-5 10-13 13-10 12-12 16-8 11-15 16-8 8-14 13-8 9-11 12-11 13-8 11-13 18-5 17-10 14-9 14-11 13-13 19-5 19-7 17-7 25-5 18-8 20-8 18-9 910-556-5
Akron Alabama Albion American Appalachian St. Ball State Belmont Binghamton Boise State Bowling Green Bradley Brown Buffalo Butler Cal-Fullerton Cal-Northridge Calvin Centenary Central Florida Central Michigan Charlotte Chicago State Cincinnati The Citadel Colorado Cornell Davidson Dayton DePaul Detroit Duke Eastern Kentucky Eastern Illinois Eastern Michigan
10-0 1-2 12-0 2-0 2-1 20-28 2-0 1-0 0-1 31-14 4-0 0-1 13-0 13-0 3-0 1-0 7-0 1-0 1-0 15-2 2-0 3-0 10-11 2-0 0-1 2-0 1-1 6-0 9-5 24-1 1-1 7-2 1-0 24-2
East Tenn. St. Evansville Ferris State Florida Florida State Furman Georgia Grand Valley St. Green Bay High Point Hope Idaho Idaho State IPFW Illinois Illinois-Chicago Illinois State Indiana Indiana State Iowa IUPUI Jacksonville Kalamazoo College Kansas Kent State Kentucky LSU Lipscomb Louisiana-Lafayette Louisville Loyola (Ill.) Loyola Marymount Marshall Marquette
3-0 3-1 23-4 0-4 0-3 0-1 0-1 10-0 9-2 1-0 3-0 1-0 1-0 6-0 2-11 16-0 14-5 12-10 3-5 12-14 1-0 3-0 18-9 0-1 18-1 1-11 0-1 7-0 0-1 3-3 8-0 2-0 8-0 8-7
Memphis Mercer Miami (Ohio) Miami (Fla.) Michigan Michigan State Michigan Tech Middle Tenn. St. Minnesota Mississippi Morehead State Nebraska New Mexico Northern Illinois Northern Iowa North Carolina North Carolina St. Northwestern Northwood Notre Dame Oakland Ohio Ohio State Old Dominion Olivet Oral Roberts Oregon Pennsylvania Pepperdine Purdue Radford San Diego San Diego State South Alabama
2-0 1-0 15-22 0-2 8-51 27-55 1-0 1-4 0-2 4-2 2-0 4-1 0-2 27-10 1-0 0-2 1-0 5-45 5-2 21-39 2-0 18-9 2-5 0-3 3-0 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-1 21-21 1-0 1-1 0-1 0-1
South Carolina 0-1 Southern Illinois 1-7 Southern Miss. 1-0 St. Bonaventure 1-0 Tennessee 1-3 Tenn.-Chattanooga 0-2 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 1-0 Texas-Arlington 1-0 Texas Tech 0-2 Texas-San Antonio 0-1 Texas State 1-0 Toledo 51-8 Towson State 1-0 Tulane 0-4 UCLA 0-1 UC-Riverside 2-2 UC-San Diego 2-0 UNLV 1-0 Valdosta State 2-0 Valparaiso 20-0 Vanderbilt 12-13-1 Virginia Tech 0-1 Wake Forest 1-0 Wayne State 34-8 Western Illinois 2-0 Western Kentucky 0-2 West Virginia 0-1 Wichita State 1-0 William & Mary 3-0 Wisconsin 7-9 Wright State 3-0 Xavier 5-0 Youngstown State 5-0
BRONCO AWARDS Academic All-MAC 2009 Michael Calderone Casey Cullen Kazuya Komada 2008 Alex Birchmeier Bryan Norville Alejandro Staub 2007 Alex Birchmeier Brady Crosby Bryan Norville John Pelton 2006 Alex Birchmeier Brady Crosby Jeff French Jose Orozco 2005 Tommy Dennis Brady Crosby 2004 Tommy Dennis Jose Orozco 2003 Tommy Dennis Mike Findling Ryan Maarschalk Ravi Pathanjali 2002 Kai Blache Christian Brattström Erik Lindroos Ryan Maarschalk Ravi Pathanjali 2001 Fernando Garcia Ryan Maarschalk 2000 Jeff Brink Kyle Gernhofer Fernando Garcia 1999 Jeff Brink, 1st Tm. Kyle Gernhofer, 1st Fernando Garcia, 1st 1998 Jeff Brink, 1st Kyle Gernhofer, H.M.
1997 1994 1992 1990 1989 1987
Kevin Reed, H.M. Aleks Neubauer, 1st Dave Gennero, H.M. Scott Kilgren, H.M. Brent Dickman, H.M. Brandt Wegner, H.M. Brandt Wegner, H.M. Mike Kiewiet, 2nd
MAC Player of the Year 2009 Kevin Hayward 2004 Ravi Pathanjali 2001 Fernando Garcia 1999 Mohamed Dakki 1996 Dave Gennero MAC Newcomer of the Year 2005 Alex Birchmeier 2004 Brady Crosby 2001 Ravi Pathanjali 1998 Fernando Garcia Jack Vredevelt MAC Sportsmanship Award 2007 Brady Crosby 2002 Christian Brattström 2000 Kyle Gernhofer 1998 Kevin Reed 1996 Dave Gennero 1995 Kevin Foley MAC Coach of the Year 2009 Dave Morin 2008 Dave Morin 2007 Dave Morin 2006 Dave Morin 2004 Dave Morin 2000 Dave Morin
1998 1996 1991 1981 1975
Dave Morin Jack Vredevelt Jack Vredevelt Jack Vredevelt Jack Vredevelt
MAC Indoor Singles Champion 1996 Dave Gennero 1995 Dave Gennero 1990 Greg Winchester 1989 Brandt Wegner 1987 Mike Kiewiet ITA All-Academic Team 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998 ITA Scholar Athletes 2009 Casey Cullen Kazuya Komada Brad Noel Pablo Olivarez 2008 Alex Birchmeier Michael Calderone Casey Cullen Kazuya Komada Bryan Norville 2007 Alex Birchmeier Brady Crosby John Pelton Milan Petercak 2006 Alex Birchmeier Brady Crosby Bryan Norville John Pelton 2005 Alex Birchmeier Brady Crosby
2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999
Tommy Dennis Bryan Norville Tommy Dennis Justin Kates Jeff French Jose Orozco Tommy Dennis Mike Findling Ryan Maarschalk Kai Blache Ryan Maarschalk Fernando Garcia Jeff Brink Kyle Gernhofer Jeff Brink Kyle Gernhofer
ITA Region IV Rookie of the Year 1999 Mohamed Dakki CoSIDA Academic All-District IV 2008 Alex Birchmeier, 2nd 2007 Alex Birchmeier, 1st Brady Crosby, 1st 2006 Brady Crosby, 1st 2004 Tommy Dennis 2003 Ryan Maarschalk 2002 Ryan Maarschalk 2001 Fernando Garcia 2000 Jeff Brink Kyle Gernhofer 1999 Jeff Brink Kyle Gernhofer
2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997
Bronco MVP
Team Team Tim Bradshaw Brady Crosby Team Jose Orozco Ravi Pathanjali Ryan Maarschalk Ryan Maarschalk Team Team Mohamed Dakki Ondrej Holik Jeff Wheeler
TEAM RECORDS/AWARDS
1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952
Milwaukee Classic Doubles Champions 1984 R.J. Dunkle/Brian Herman Nat. Indoor Doubles Qualifier 1984 R.J. Dunkle/Brian Herman WMU Athletics Hall of Fame Name Yr. Inducted Hap Sorensen 1979 Jack Vredevelt 1991 John Cook 1992 Bud Donnelly 1995 Bob Gill 2001 R.J. Dunkle 2003 Mike Goodrich 2004 Denny Telder 2007 Steve Winsor 2009
CoSIDA Academic All-American 2000 Jeff Brink 1999 Jeff Brink
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ALL-TIME BRONCO WIN LIST (Overall Singles/Doubles Victories)
PLAYER/COACHING RECORDS
No. Player 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 8. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 24. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 32. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40.
R.J. Dunkle (1982-85) Ravi Pathanjali (2000-04) Jose Orozco (2002-06) Brady Crosby (2003-07) Kevin Hayward (2005-09) Mike Woody (1982-85) Kevin Reed (1994-98) Steve Winsor (1978-81) Alex Birchmeier (2004-08) Dave Gennero (1993-96) Ryan Tomlinson (1997-2001) Steve Pillon (1997-2001) Greg Winchester (1988-91) Jeff Brink (1996-2000) Doug Eyssautier (1984-87) Ryan Maarschalk (1999-2003) Tommy Dennis (2001-05) Bryan Norville (2004-present) Fernando Garcia (1997-2001) Dave Sommerville (1981-84) Tim Bradshaw (2004-07) Scott Spoerl (1978-81) Paul Walker (1979-82) Bob Learman (1975-78) Kyle Gernhofer (1996-2000) Brian Herman (1982-84) Tony Lamerato (1973-76) Kevin Foley (1991-94) Bryce Korowin (1983-86) Mike Kiewiet (1985-87) Brent Dickman (1988-91) Jeff Stassen (1981-83) Karl Krauter (1986-89) Jeff French (2003-06) Michael Calderone (2007-present) Jim Buck (1975-78) Jeff Wheeler (1995-97) Brandt Wegner (1988-90) Jim Panyard (1976-79) Jack Vredevelt (1952-55)
W 213 211 208 204 191 186 186 183 183 180 178 169 165 164 163 162 160 159 157 155 154 151 151 144 144 141 138 130 127 125 125 121 121 120 118 114 111 109 107 104
ALL-TIME BRONCO COACHING RECORDS L 51 105 98 99 85 74 126 65 91 102 123 103 114 82 100 128 98 90 89 74 63 56 68 50 111 50 30 127 75 66 113 66 124 60 51 81 83 81 48 28
PCT. .807 .668 .680 .673 .692 .715 .596 .738 .668 .638 .591 .621 .591 .667 .620 .559 .620 .639 .641 .677 .710 .729 .689 .742 .565 .738 .821 .506 .629 .654 .525 .647 .494 .667 .698 .585 .572 .574 .690 .788
oach (tenure) C Dave Morin (1996-present) Jack Vredevelt (1974-96) Ed Douma (1973) “Hap” Sorensen (1950-72) Kim Peterson (1948-49) Frank Householder (1943-47) Warren Byrum (1932-33) Lee Hart (1927-31) John Hoekje (1926) None (1923-25) Totals
Dave Morin
W 223 348 3 165 5 105 18 40 6 6 961
Jack Vredevelt - WMU Hall of Fame
L 110 200 9 156 16 62 3 3 2 3 611
T 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 5
PCT. .670 .635 .250 .514 .238 .628 .826 .920 .722 .667 .611
Hap Sorensen - WMU Hall of Fame
Kevin Hayward was the 2009 MAC Player of the Year and is fifth in career wins with 191.
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No one has won more than Jose Orozco’s 61 wins in 2002-03.
Ravi Pathanjali is No. 2 all-time in career wins at Western Michigan and was the 2004 MAC Player of the Year.
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Fernando Garcia, 1997-98 Mike Kiewiet, 1986-87
Career 110 109 105 104 103
Overall Victories
Doubles Victories Records
Singles Victories Records
Ravi Pathanjali, 2000-04 Jose Orozco, 2002-06 R.J. Dunkle, 1982-85 Kevin Hayward, 2005-09 Brady Crosby, 2003-07
Greg Winchester/Carl DeBeer, 1991
Career 108 101
R.J. Dunkle, 1982-85 Ravi Pathanjali, 2000-04 Brady Crosby, 2003-07
Season 61 60
Jose Orozco, 2002-03 Michael Calderone, 2007-08
Career 213
R.J. Dunkle, 1982-85
Career-Team 88 Ryan Tomlinson/Steve Pillon, 1997-2001 Longest Win Streak 19 19
R.J. Dunkle/Mike Woody, 1983 Casey Cullen/Kevin Hayward Sept. 28, 2007-Feb. 29, 2008 R.J. Dunkle - WMU Hall of Famer and career leader in wins.
NATIONAL RANKING HISTORY FINAL YEAR END TEAM RANKINGS 2007 2006 2004 2003 Highest ranking: #37 (March 7, 2006)
#54 #55 #59 #66
PLAYER RECORDS
Longest Win Streak 22 Jack Vredevelt; May 1953-May 1954 21 Mike Kiewiet; Jan-April 1987 20 Steve Winsor; April 11-May 16, 1980 20 Ravi Pathanjali; Feb-Sept 2001 18 Jeff French; Feb. 12-April 30, 2006
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HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS SINGLES Brady Crosby Jose Orozco Ravi Pathanjali
#52 (1/9/07) #87 (9/6/05) #72 (9/4/03)
DOUBLES Michael Calderone/Zeyad Montasser #33 (1/6/09) Kevin Hayward/Casey Cullen #50 (9/4/08) Alex Birchmeier/Bryan Norville #31 (9/7/07) Tim Bradshaw/Brady Crosby #21 (1/9/07) Crosby/Norville #51 (3/7/06) Crosby/Orozco #53 (9/6/05) Crosby/Tommy Dennis #56 (4/5/05 & 3/8/05) Pathanjali/Jeff French #27 (2/24/04) NOTE: Rankings are produced by Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Brady Crosby is fourth all-time in career wins and achieved the highest national rankings in singles and doubles during Morin’s coaching tenure.
Alex Birchmeier is tied for eighth all-time in career victories and was ranked as high as No. 31 nationally in doubles.
Tim Bradshaw was ranked No. 21 in the country in doubles with Brady Crosby and made the NCAA Individual Championships with him. He won 71 percent of all matches and was a three-time All-MAC honoree, including two times on the first team.
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ALL-MAC HONORS
ALL-MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004
Kevin Hayward, 1st Michael Calderone, 1st Kazuya Komada, 1st Alex Birchmeier, 1st Kevin Hayward, 1st Kazuya Komada, 2nd Alejandro Staub, 2nd Tim Bradshaw, 1st Brady Crosby, 1st Kevin Hayward, 1st Alex Birchmeier, 2nd Tim Bradshaw, 1st Brady Crosby, 1st Jose Orozco, 1st Alex Birchmeier, 2nd Brady Crosby, 1st Tommy Dennis, 1st Jose Orozco, 1st Tim Bradshaw, 2nd Tommy Dennis, 1st Ravi Pathanjali, 1st Brady Crosby, 2nd Jose Orozco, 2nd
2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995
Ryan Maarschalk, 1st Ravi Pathanjali, 1st Tommy Dennis, 2nd Ravi Pathanjali, 1st Ryan Maarschalk, 2nd nando Garcia, 1st Ravi Pathanjali, 2nd Steve Pillon, 2nd Ryan Tomlinson, 2nd Fernando Garcia, 1st Kyle Gernhofer, 2nd Steve Pillon, 2nd Ryan Tomlinson, 2nd Mohamed Dakki, 1st Fernando Garcia, 1st Ondrej Holik, 1st Kevin Reed, 2nd Jeff Wheeler, 1st Kyle Gernhofer, 2nd Kevin Reed, 2nd Dave Gennero Kevin Reed Dave Gennero
1994 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981
Dave Gennero Les Smith Carl DeBeer Greg Winchester Carl DeBeer Brandt Wegner Brandt Wegner Greg Winchester Karl Krauter Mike Kiewiet Doug Eyssautier Mike Kiewiet R.J. Dunkle Mike Kiewiet R.J. Dunkle R.J. Dunkle Brian Herman Dave Sommerville Scott Spoerl Steve Winsor
(Above) Steve Pillon (left) and Ryan Tomlinson won a school-record 88 matches as a doubles team. Tomlinson is 11th and Pillon is 12th in career wins at WMU. Dave Gennero (right) is 10th in career wins at Western Michigan and a three-time all-MAC honoree. Kevin Reed (below right) is tied for sixth in career wins at WMU and also received all-MAC recognition three times.
John Cook - WMU Hall of Fame
Steve Winsor - WMU Hall of Fame
Mike Woody
Bob Gill - WMU Hall of Fame
Bud Donnelly - WMU Hall of Fame
Denny Telder - WMU Hall of Fame
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SINGLES 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1978 1976 1975 1974 1972 1971 1968 1967 1966 1965 1964 1963
WMU MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS Craig Lehl, No. 6 R.J. Dunkle, No. 1 Bryce Korowin, No. 6 R.J. Dunkle, No. 1 Mike Woody, No. 5 Bryce Korowin, No. 6 Brian Herman, No. 1 R.J. Dunkle, No. 2 Brian Herman, No. 2 Mike Woody, No. 5 Steve Winsor, No. 1 Paul Walker, No. 2 Bob Learman, No. 1 Steve Winsor, No. 3 Mike Rose, No. 4 Tom Mitchell, No. 6 Tony Lamerato, No. 1 Scott Frew, No. 6 Tony Lamerato, No. 1 John Lamerato, No. 1 Pat Birney, No. 3 Roger Thurman, No. 4 Bill Richards, No. 6 Jack Sartore, No. 4 Ken Germain, No. 2 Mike Goodrich, No. 2 Norton Thomas, No. 3 Phil Campbell, No. 4 Bob Gill, No. 1 Mike Goodrich, No. 2 Mike Goodrich, No. 2 Norton Thomas, No. 3 Jack Barkenbus, No. 4
1962 1961 1960 1959 1958 1957 1956 1955 1954 1953 1952 1950
Jack Raffaelli, No. 4 Fred Zuidema, No. 2 Dick Crawford, No. 4 John Cook, No. 1 Doug Poort, No. 2 Kent Miller, No. 3 John Cook, No. 1 Doug Poort, No. 2 Fred Zuidema, No. 3 Kent Miller, No. 4 John Cook, No. 1 Larry Yoder, No. 2 Jack Raffaelli, No. 3 Denny Telder, No. 1 Larry Yoder, No. 2 Cliff Strong, No. 3 Jack Raffaelli, No. 4 Bud Donnelly, No. 1 Denny Telder, No. 2 Larry Yoder, No. 3 Jim Farrell, No. 2 Jack Vredevelt, No. 3 Bud Donnelly, No. 4 Jim Farrell, No. 1 Ed Foster, No. 2 Jack Vredevelt, No. 3 Bud Donnelly, No. 4 Jack Vredevelt, No. 1 Jack Vredevelt, No. 2 Yale Brandt, No. 3 Dave Kistler, No. 4 Yale Brandt, No. 3 Dave Kistler, No. 4
DOUBLES 1996 Dave Gennero/Kevin Reed, No. 1 1985 R.J. Dunkle/Mike Woody, No. 1 1984 Bryce Korowin/Dave Sommerville, No. 3 1983 R.J. Dunkle/Mike Woody, No. 1 1981 Scott Spoerl/Steve Winsor, No. 1 1979 Jim Panyard/Mike Rose, No. 2 1976 Tony Lamerato/Bob Learman, No. 1 Jim Buck/Fritz Dwyer, No. 2 1973 John & Tony Lamerato, No. 1 1971 Jerry Smith/Rick Westhoff, No. 1 1970 Pat Birney/Joel Voelkert, No. 3 1968 Phil Campbell/Ron Seifert, No. 2 Bill Richards/Norm Werner, No. 3 1967 Dick Johnson/Jack Sartore, No. 2 1965 Phil Campbell/Tally Ripelis, No. 3 1964 Bob Gill/Mike Goodrich, No. 1 1963 Bob Gill/Mike Goodrich, No. 1 1961 Kent Miller/Fred Zuidema, No. 1 1960 John Cook/Doug Poort, No. 1 Kent Miller/Fred Zuidema, No. 2 1959 John Cook/Doug Poort, No. 1 1958 John Cook/Larry Yoder, No. 1 1957 Denny Telder/Larry Yoder, No. 1 Jack Raffaelli/Cliff Strong, No. 2 1956 Bud Donnelly/Denny Telder, No. 1 1955 Bud Donnelly/Jim Farrell, No. 1 Ed Foster/Jack Vredevelt, No. 2 1954 Bud Donnelly/Jim Farrell, No. 1 Ed Foster/Jack Vredevelt, No. 2 1952 Ed Foster/Jack Vredevelt, No. 2 1950 Yale Brandt/Don Constant, No. 1 The MAC discontinued championship flights in singles and doubles in 1998
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MAC CHAMPIONS
(Above) Head coach Hap Sorensen led Western Michigan to 165 wins and 14 Mid-American Conference championships in 22 years as head coach. (Right) Fernando Garcia was the 1998 MAC Freshman of the Year and 2001 MAC Player of the Year. He was the first Bronco to win both of those awards.
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1950
6-6 overall
9-4 overall
L-R: Yale Brandt, Don Constant, Bill Sagin, Jim Jankowski, Charlie Walker, Dave Kistler, Coach Hap Sorensen
Back Row L-R: Coach Hap Sorensen, Ed Knuth, Doug Poort, Jack Raffaelli, Front Row: Larry Yoder, John Cook, Cliff Strong
1952
1959
MAC CHAMPIONS
8-5 overall Back Row L-R: Dave Kistler, Ed Foster, Jack Vredevelt, Yale Brandt Front Row: Coach Hap Sorensen, Bill Clink, Bob Nuding, Dick Hendershott
1954
13-0 overall Back Row L-R: Max Allen, Bud Donnelly, Jack Vredevelt, George Carpenter, Coach Hap Sorensen Front Row: Dick Norton, Vern Johnson, Ed Foster, Jim Farrell
1955
11-4 overall Back Row L-R: Coach Hap Sorensen, Dale Crawford, Jim Morris, John Moore Front Row: Fred Zuidema, Doug Poort, John Cook, Kent Miller
1960
10-3 overall Back Row L-R: Coach Hap Sorensen, Bob Foutz, Jon Scott, Denny Walton Front Row: Fred Zuidema, Kent Miller, Doug Poort, John Cook
1961
14-2 overall
7-7 overall
L-R: George Carpenter, Bud Donnelly, Cliff Strong, Ed Foster, Coach Hap Sorensen, Jim Farrell, Jack Vredevelt, Denny Telder
Back Row L-R: Coach Hap Sorensen, Bennett Hylkema, Dale Crawford, Mike Moran, Bob Foutz, Jim Teal Front Row: Kent Miller, Fred Zuidema
1956
1962
11-2 overall Back Row L-R: Coach Hap Sorensen, Jack Boot, Dan Christian, Dick Crawford Front Row: Larry Yoder, Bud Donnelly, Denny Telder
1957
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1958
8-7 overall L-R: Coach Hap Sorensen, Larry Yoder, Denny Walton, Denny Telder, Cliff Strong, Jeff Wayman, Jack Raffaelli
5-8 overall L-R: Bennett Hylkema, Jim Teal, Bob Foutz, Jack Raffaelli, Coach Hap Sorensen, Burt Wiersema, Bill Wolffis, Ed Wolfe, Mike Moran
1963
6-8 overall L-R: Jim Teal, Ken Stick, Burt Wiersema, Norton Thomas, Glenn Sykes, Coach Hap Sorensen, Jack Barkenbus, Mike Rosenow, Ugis Grinbergs, Bob Gill, Mike Goodrich
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1964
6-11 overall
2004
19-7 overall 5-0 MAC Tourney Champs
L-R: Mike Goodrich, Ken Stick, Burt Wiersema, Mike Rosenow, Glenn Sykes, Coach Hap Sorensen, Ugis Grinbergs, Mike Austrins, Stu Garthe, Bob Gill, Fred Wisser
L-R: Asst. Coach Patrick Fisher, Brady Crosby, Jeff French, Bryan Norville, Tommy Dennis, Diego Campello, Ravi Pathanjali, Jose Orozco, Justin Kates, Dan Grupp, Head Coach Dave Morin
1965
2006
9-7 overall
1981
20-9 overall Back Row L-R: Scott Spoerl, Dave Sommerville, Mark Swanson, Dan Kasson, Coach Jack Vredevelt Front Row: Joe Murray, Jeff Stassen, Steve Winsor, Paul Walker
1999
17-10 overall 8-2 MAC Tourn. Champs
L-R: Ryan Tomlinson, Fernando Garcia, Victor Capota, Steve Pillon, Kyle Gernhofer, Head Coach Dave Morin, Asst. Coach David Anderton, Mohamed Dakki, Jeff Brink, Demian Pons, Matt Wooster, Pekka Mikkonen
2000
14-9 overall 5-1 MAC L-R: Christian Brattström, Head Coach Dave Morin, Ryan Tomlinson, Kai Blache, Steve Pillon, Kyle Gernhofer, Ryan Maarschalk, Asst. Coach Andre Herke, Fernando Garcia, Jeff Brink
2001
L-R standing: Trainer Chuck Schenk, Alejandro Staub, John Pelton, Tim Bradshaw, Brady Crosby, Kevin Hayward, R.K. Bacalla, Bryan Norville Kneeling: Asst. Jacek Wolicki, Alex Birchmeier, Head Coach Dave Morin, Jose Orozco, Jeff French
2007
18-8 overall 5-0 MAC Tourney Champs
Head coach Dave Morin, Alejandro Staub, Kevin Hayward, John Pelton, Tim Bradshaw, Alex Birchmeier, Brady Crosby, Milan Petercak, R.K. Bacalla, Bryan Norville, assistant Jacek Wolicki
MAC CHAMPIONS
L-R: Steve Hughes, Tom Essenberg, Bob Gill, Gene Havrilenko, Coach Hap Sorensen, Norton Thomas, Tali Ripelis, Phil Campbell, Mike Goodrich
25-5 overall 4-1 MAC (2nd) Tourney Champs
2008
20-8 overall 5-0 MAC Tourney Champs Front Row: Bryan Norville, Casey Cullen, Kevin Hayward Back Row: Assistant Jose Orozco, Kazuya Komada, Alex Birchmeier, R.K. Bacalla, Michael Calderone, Ernesto Matos, Alejandro Staub, Brad Noel, Zeyad Montasser, Head coach Dave Morin
2009
18-9 overall 5-0 MAC Tourney Champs Players: Pablo Olivarez, Brad Noel, Michael Calderone, Kazuya Komada, Zeyad Montasser, Casey Cullen, Kevin Hayward Staff: Trainer Kevin Lehmann, Strength Coach Jordan Jacobs, Head Coach Dave Morin, Asst. Jose Orozco
14-11 overall 4-1 MAC (2nd) Tourn. Champs
Front: Erik Lindroos, Dan Grupp, Ryan Tomlinson, Fernando Garcia, Ravi Pathanjali, Justin Kates Back: Strength Coach Nick Juday, Head Coach Dave Morin, Ryan Maarschalk, Steve Pillon, Kai Blache, Christian Brattström, Miguel Perez, Assistant Coach Scott Petersen
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Kathy Beauregard, the Director of Athletics at Western Michigan University, has been involved with the Broncos in several capacities over the course of the past 29 years. She is the second-longest serving athletic director in the Mid-American Conference.
KATHY BEAUREGARD
Beauregard arrived in Kalamazoo as a coach before moving into administration and is entering her 12th season as mentor of one of the top programs in the MAC.
Along with four MAC titles (men’s basketball, men’s and women’s soccer and men’s tennis) in 2003-04, the Broncos also enjoyed an increased level of success in the classroom. WMU’s graduation rate of 83 percent in 2003 ranked eighth nationally and featured a program grade point average of nearly 3.00. On the playing field in 2002-03, the athletics campaign was highlighted by a pair of conference titles in women’s basketball and softball. The men’s basketball team also made a postseason appearance, competing in the National Invitation Tournament. Postseason appearances by the WMU football, volleyball and men’s tennis team highlighted the program’s 2000-01 athletic competition.
WMU athletic facilities have greatly improved under Beauregard’s leadership. The $8-million dollar Bill Brown Football Alumni Center and the $21-million Seelye Athletic Indoor Center have benefited numerous sports teams and provide top-notch facilities for Bronco student-athletes. The locker rooms at Lawson Ice Arena were renovated and completed over the past year and the department continues to raise funds for the Hyames Field Renovation Project. WMU is in the midst of building a two million dollar state-of-the-art facility and Field Turf was also installed at Waldo Stadium during the Summer of 2006.
The 1999-2000 campaign was highlighted by the football team’s West Division title and trip to the MAC Championship. The women’s tennis squad captured the MAC Tourney title and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the second-straight year and the women’s basketball squad made its second-consecutive appearance in the WNIT.
Heavily involved in her profession, Beauregard assumed the chair position of the NCAA Olympic Sports Liaison Committee in 2001, a position which she held for two years. She represented WMU as a member of the NCAA Championships Cabinet and NCAA Football Bowl Certification Committee and currently serves on the NCAA Diversity and Inclusion Committee.
Previously the senior associate athletic director (1993-97), she supervised all revenue sports, the University’s compliance with NCAA rules, academic services, student-athlete welfare, and athletic marketing and communications.
The 2008-09 year saw the Bronco volleyball and men’s tennis programs capture regular season MAC crowns. The volleyball team advanced to the round of 16 at the NCAA Tournament, while the Bronco football team participated in its second bowl in three seasons and the men’s basketball team won yet another MAC West title.
In just her second year (1998-99), Beauregard provided support which helped the Bronco men’s athletic squads jump from 10th to first place in the Reese Cup standings, giving Western Michigan a share of its first all-sports trophy in 17 years.
Beauregard initially came to WMU in 1979 as head women’s gymnastics coach. In nine seasons (1980-88), she produced two MAC title teams and was twice named the conference’s coach of the year. Beauregard has been active in numerous community service organizations, including Kalamazoo Rotary, the American Heart Association, Big Brothers/Big Sisters and the Glowing Embers Girl Scouts Council.
The 2007-08 academic year saw success within the department, on the playing field and in the classroom. WMU Athletics announced the renovation of historic Hyames Field. Heading into the future, the facility will be known as Robert J. Bobb Stadium and will undergo $2.0 million of work over the next year. Renovations to Sorensen Courts, Fran Ebert Field and upcoming work to the men’s basketball locker rooms all highlight Beauregard’s dedication to moving WMU Athletics forward.
Honored by numerous organizations throughout her career, Beauregard was awarded both the Woman of Achievement Award (YWCA) and Athena Award (Kalamazoo Chamber of Commerce) in 2002.
Athletically, WMU’s tennis programs found success yet again with both winning a regular season MAC title and the men’s program capturing the tournament title to earn a berth in the 2008 NCAA Tournament. Both Dave Morin and Besty Kuhle were named MAC Coaches of the Year for the second-straight season. The men’s basketball and women’s volleyball programs captured MAC West titles during the past athletic season. A pair of Bronco track student-athletes earned All-America honors with Becky Horn earning the nod during the indoor and outdoor seasons and finishing third in the 800m at the 2008 NCAA Outdoor Championships.
In 2000, Beauregard received the Hope College Distinguished Alumni Award from her alma mater.
Beauregard is a native of Kalamazoo and graduate of Loy Norrix High School. She earned a bachelor’s degree from Hope College in 1979 and a master’s degree from WMU in 1981.
She and husband, Rick, have a 18-year-old son, Brad, who will attend WMU in 2009. Rick retired from Kalamazoo Public Schools after 32 years of service and began Beauregard Home Services in the Fall of 2006.
Beauregard ensured the longevity of WMU’s football and men’s basketball programs by restructuring Bill Cubit’s and Steve Hawkins’ contracts in 2007 and 2008, respectively. WMU Athletics also welcomed Tasha McDowell as the fifth head coach of WMU’s women’s basketball program in 2008. Academically, WMU boasted a pair of Academic All-Americans in Anthony Gebhart (first team) and Joe Reitz (second team). Gebhart was the first football representative since 1998. Volleyball, baseball and gymnastics finished in the top 10 among other like programs in the APR and WMU football had the highest APR score in the MAC for the 2006-07 campaign. Overall, 415 student-athletes finished 2007-08 with a 3.0 or better cumulative GPA. In 2006-07, men’s and women’s tennis not only repeated as MAC Tournament champions but captured regular season titles as well. Both Morin and Kuhle earned MAC Coach of the Year honors. The WMU football team participated in the program’s first postseason bowl game since 1988. The Broncos boasted three NCAA statistical champions in five categories — Ameer Ismail (FB - sacks and tackles for loss); Carrie Moore (WBB - points per game) and Mark Letestu (HOCKEY - freshman scoring and short-handed goals). Western Michigan continued to pursue excellence in the classroom in 2006-07 as 26 student-athletes in 14 sports earned Academic All-MAC status. WMU had five of its programs honored as being in the top-10 percent in their respective sport in the announcement for their excellence in the classroom over the years identified in the most recent APR; baseball, men’s basketball, gymnastics, women’s tennis and volleyball. The Broncos boasted five academic all-district selections and a pair of academic all-americans in Joe Reitz and Carrie Moore. Moore and Ismail earned All-America status in their respective sports with Moore receiving honorable mention for Kodak All-American and Ismail earning Second Team AP All-American.
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In 2005-06, Beauregard oversaw a department that captured the Jacoby Cup Trophy, awarded to the top women’s program in the MAC based on sports standings. WMU has now won the Jacoby and Reese (men’s overall sports award) trophies during Beauregard’s tenure. The Broncos garnered three regular season titles — gymnastics, softball and women’s tennis and two MAC Tournament titles — gymnastics and women’s tennis. Under Beauregard’s direction, WMU also won its 100th MAC title all-time in 2005-06. The 2004-05 athletic campaign continued what has become common place at Western Michigan. Team and individual success began in the fall and continued through the spring, highlighted by a MAC Championship in women’s tennis. The strength of the women’s programs as a group allowed WMU to finish second in the Jacoby Cup.
WESTERN MICHIGAN MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS (108) Men’s Tennis (21) 2009, 2008, 2007, 2004, 2000, 1999, 1981, 1965, 1964, 1963, 1962, 1961, 1960, 1959, 1958, 1957, 1956, 1955, 1954, 1952, 1950 Men’s Outdoor Track & Field (18) 1996, 1995, 1985, 1980, 1976, 1971, 1970, 1969, 1968, 1966, 1965, 1964, 1963, 1962, 1961, 1960, 1959, 1958 Baseball (14) 1989, 1967, 1966, 1963, 1962, 1961, 1959, 1958, 1957, 1955, 1952, 1951, 1950, 1949 Men’s Cross Country (14) 1980, 1979, 1977, 1976, 1970, 1968, 1966, 1963, 1961, 1960, 1959, 1958, 1957, 1948 Women’s Tennis (11) 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1997, 1995, 1990, 1984
1983, 1982 Men’s Basketball (5) 2004, 1998, 1981*, 1976, 1952 Women’s Cross Country (4) 1993, 1986, 1985, 1984 Women’s Gymnastics (3) 2006, 1987, 1986 Softball (3) 2006, 1984, 1983 Football (2) 1988, 1966* Men’s Swimming & Diving (2) 1964, 1963 Women’s Outdoor Track & Field (1) 1985 Men’s Golf (1) 1949
Women’s Volleyball (9) 2008, 2000, 1988, 1987, 1986, 1985, 1984,
*shared title
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Dr. John M. Dunn became the eighth president of Western Michigan University on July 1, 2007. He was appointed by the WMU Board of Trustees following a nationwide search.
An educator for more than 35 years, Dr. Dunn was dean of the University of Utah’s College of Health before moving to SIUC, holding that post from 1995 to 2002. Before that, he was at Oregon State University for 20 years, last serving as associate provost there. His earlier positions at Oregon State included assistant dean of Health and Human Performance, chair of the Department of Exercise and Sport Science and director of the university’s Special Physical and Motor Fitness Clinic. Internationally known for his research and writing about the long-term health of individuals with disabilities, Dr. Dunn is the author of more than 50 professional papers and book chapters. He is a past president of the Research Consortium of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance; past editor of Quest, a professional publication for kinesiology scholars; and past president of the American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education. Since moving to Michigan, President Dunn has been actively engaged with state and community efforts that focus on quality-of-life issues and enhancing economic development. By appointment of Gov. Jennifer Granholm, he represents the University and West Michigan as a member of the Michigan Strategic Economic Investment and Commercialization Board. He also is a member of the boards of the Bronson Healthcare Group, First National Bank, Southwest Michigan First, the Gilmore Keyboard Festival and the WMU Foundation. He is also the 2009 chairman of the Greater Kalamazoo Area United Way campaign.
DR. JOHN M. DUNN
Prior to coming to WMU, President Dunn served as interim chancellor at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Earlier, he held the position of provost and vice chancellor at SIUC.
In early 2009, President Dunn led the Mid-American Conference search that resulted in the appointment of new MAC Commissioner Dr. Jon A. Steinbrecher. BOARD OF TRUSTEES Dennis W. Archer Jeanne H. Carlson Sarah L. DeNooyer William D. Johnston William J. Martin Kenneth V. Miller Daniel W. Pero Larry F. Tolbert UNIVERSITY SENIOR STAFF Dr. John M. Dunn Dr. Timothy J. Greene Lowell Rinker Carl M. “Bud” Bender Carol L.J. Hustoles Gregory J. Rosine Dr. Paula D. Kohler Dr. Diane K. Anderson Dr. James A. Gilchrist Dean K. Honsberger Robert G. Miller David A. Glenn Cheryl P. Roland Kathy B. Beauregard Jamie M. Jeremy Dr. Martha B. Warfield Kahler Scheumann Betty A. Kocher
Detroit, Mich. Novi, Mich. Kalamazoo, Mich. Portage, Mich. Battle Creek, Mich. Kalamazoo, Mich. Dimondale, Mich. Kalamazoo, Mich. President Provost & VP for Academic Affairs CFO, VP for Business and Finance VP for Development VP for Legal Affairs & General Counsel Senior VP for Advancement & Legislative Affairs Associate VP for Research VP for Student Affairs Vice Provost for Academic Operations, CIO Associate VP for Budget & Planning Associate VP for Community Outreach Associate VP for Institutional Equity Associate VP of University Relations Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Executive Director of Alumni Relations Assistant VP of the Div. of Multicultural Affairs Assistant to the President Secretary to the Board of Trustees
Dr. Dunn, who began his teaching at the University of Connecticut in 1972, earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Northern Illinois University in 1967 and 1969, respectively. He earned his doctoral degree from Brigham Young University in 1972. President Dunn and his wife, Linda, reside in Kalamazoo in the president’s official residence. They are the proud parents of three children, Matthew (married to Lesley), Michael and Kerry.
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WMU MEDIA RELATIONS
KANAN
DIRECTOR OF MEDIA RELATIONS Ohio, 1997 Fifth Season 269-387-4125/269-998-2259 mat.kanan@wmich.edu
MATT
HOLMES
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF MEDIA RELATIONS Indianapolis, 2002 Fifth Season 269-387-3168 matt.holmes@wmich.edu
KRISTIN
KEIRNS
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF MEDIA RELATIONS Heidelberg, 2005 Fourth Season 269-387-4123 kristin.keirns@wmich.edu
PRACTICES Players and coaches are available for interviews after practice, Monday through Friday. If there needs to be a special request made, please contact Matt Holmes at 269-3873168 or 269-998-1638.
TWITTER Follow Western Michigan Men’s Tennis on Twitter. twitter.com/holmeswmu
Media wishing to conduct interviews should call ahead to Matt Holmes at 269-387-3168 or 269-998-1638 and arrive 15-30 minutes before practice ends. Please observe the following rules when attending practices: • Photo journalists must shoot from along the sidelines, keeping a safe distance from players • Do not record audio except when an interview is under way • Phone interviews with student-athletes will be conducted on as needed basis MondayThursday • Phone interviews with Coach Munson are also available as needed
FACEBOOK Fans can also follow Bronco Men’s Tennis on Facebook. Go to Facebook.com and search Western Michigan Men’s Tennis.
CREDENTIALS Admission is free to all Western Michigan tennis matches. Please give your interview requests to the media relations representative at the match. WEB SITE The official WMU Athletic Web Site contains information on all 16 varsity sports. Each sport’s home page contains the latest news releases, statistics, roster, and schedule. It is necessary to have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer to view the PDF formatted news releases. Bronco fans can follow Live Stats of all WMU matches FREE. Simply go to www.wmubroncos.com, go to the men’s tennis home page and click Schedule. Clcik the camera icon to be taken to that particular match’s live stats and follow along.
WHAT’S IN A NAME? When referring to the football program or the conference, please used the following: • Western Michigan University • Western Michigan • WMU • Broncos • Mid-American Conference • MAC NOT • Western • MAC Conference
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ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF MEDIA RELATIONS Western Michigan, 2008 Second Season 269-387-4122 adam.e.bodnar@wmich.edu
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Robin Hook Assistant Athletic Director
Kyle Blecha Director of Medical Services
Dave Corstange Senior Associate Athletic Director
Jeff Stone Associate Athletic Director
Rob Hunt Director of Athletic Development
Monty Porter Associate Athletic Director
Amy Washington Assistant to Athletic Director & Senior Associate Athletic Director
Elains Russell Director of Marketing
Dennis Corbin Assistant Athletic Director
Bob D’Amelio Assistant Athletic Director
Dannie Alexander Director of Facilities
Don Beyer Director of Ticket Operations
Maria Sanchez Director of Academic Services & Compliance
Rachel Strassner Director of Corporate Relations
Stacy Vallier Director of Corporate Relations
Bill Cubit Head Coach Football
Jim Culhane Head Coach Hockey
Randy Ford Head Coach Baseball
Steve Hawkins Head Coach Men’s Basketball
Dave Kuzara Head Coach Gymnastics
Betsy Kuhle Head Coach Women’s Tennis
Kathy Leitke Head Coach Softball
ATHLETIC STAFF & COACHES
Kathy Beauregard Athletic Director
Suzie Grech Interim Head Coach Women’s Soccer
Kelly Lycan Head Coach Cross Country/Track & Field
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Tasha McDowell Head Coach Women’s Basketball
Dave Morin Head Coach Men’s Tennis
Colleen Munson Head Coach Volleyball
Stu Riddle Head Coach Men’s Soccer
Cindy Trout Head Coach Golf
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ATHLETIC STAFF DIRECTORY
ADMINISTRATION Kathy Beauregard Dave Corstange Monty Porter Jeff Stone Dennis Corbin Bob D’Amelio Robin Hook Amy Washington ACADEMIC & COMPLIANCE SERVICES Maria Sanchez Marshall Steward Rachel Strassner
FOOTBALL Bill Cubit Dave Cohen Mike Grant Ryan Cubit Tim Daoust Rich Nagy Jake Moreland Mike Sabock Bob Stanley Tim Knox Patrick Bracken
Head Coach Defensive Coord./Assistant Coach Assistant Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Director of Football Operations Coordinator of Video Operations
WOMEN’S GOLF Cindy Trout Clark Peterson
Head Coach Volunteer Coach
Director of Development for Athletics Secretary/Gary Fund
GYMNASTICS Dave Kuzara Kevin Anderson
Head Coach Assistant Coach
Head Equipment Manager Equipment Manager Equipment Manager
HOCKEY Jim Culhane Scott Robson Marc Fakler Lynn Ross Paul Schneider
Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Secretary Manager/Lawson Arena
MEN’S SOCCER Stu Riddle Ben Pirmann Allen Riddle
Head Coach Assistant Coach Director of Soccer Operations
Director of Athletic Academic Services Athletic Academic Advisor Director of Compliance
CHEERLEADING Christopher Wang
Head Coach
DANCE Kate Clark DEVELOPMENT Rob Hunt Mellissa Porter
FACILITIES Dannie Alexander Matt Kulik MARKETING & PROMOTIONS/LICENSING Elaine Russell Kim Stoebick MEDIA RELATIONS Mat Kanan Matt Holmes Kristin Keirns Adam Bodnar TICKET OFFICE Don Beyer Matt Folck TRAINING/STRENGTH STAFF Kyle Blecha Brian Bauer Kate Dornbos Lisa Hardy Kevin Lehmann Nate Peoples Tim Herrmann BASEBALL Randy Ford Scott Demetral Tom Grant
Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Coordinator of Basketball Operations Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Director of Basketball Operations
Financial Clerk/Business Operations Insurance Coordinator Computer Assistant
CORPORATE RELATIONS Stacy Vallier David Zolp
MEN’S BASKETBALL Steve Hawkins Clayton Bates Rick Carter Bacari Alexander Mike Murray WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Tasha McDowell Glenn Box Yvette Harris Phil Sayers Lindsey Hass
BUSINESS OFFICE Patty Moore Kim Hemingway Joe Armstrong
EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT Kenico Hines Dion Van Atter Joyce Fooy
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Director of Athletics Senior Associate AD Associate AD/Business Operations Associate AD/Academic & Compliance Services Assistant AD/Medical & Support Services Assistant AD/Marketing, Publicity & Licensing Assistant AD/Broadcasting & Corporate Sales Administrative Assistant to AD
Director of Corporate Relations Assistant Director Head Coach
Director of Athletic Facilities Assistant Director of Athletic Facilities Director of Sports Marketing Coordinator of Community Relations Athletic Media Relations Director Associate Media Relations Director Assistant Media Relations Director Assistant Media Relations Director Director of Ticket Operations Assistant Director of Ticket Operations Director of Medical Services Assistant Director of Medical Services Assistant Athletic Trainer Assistant Athletic Trainer Assistant Athletic Trainer Head Football Strength & Conditioning Coach Head Strength & Conditioning Coach Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach
WOMEN’S SOCCER Suzanne Grech
Head Coach
SOFTBALL Kathy Leitke Jamie Spitale Joe Mandarino
Head Coach Associate Head Coach Assistant Coach
MEN’S TENNIS Dave Morin Jose Orozco
Head Coach Assistant Coach
WOMEN’S TENNIS Betsy Kuhle Mark Henderson
Head Coach Assistant Coach
WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY/TRACK & FIELD Kelly Lycan Bill Griffey Taryn Sheehan
Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach
VOLLEYBALL Colleen Munson Ryan Manning Jason Reed Ashley Vogl
Head Coach Associate Head Coach Assistant Coach Director of Volleyball Operations
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GARY FUND DONOR LIST
Mike Gary Society $10,000 & above AVB Construction, LLC Robert J. Bobb Margaret Brown Willard A. Brown, Jr. Jeffrey R. Cavanaugh Cole Century, Inc. Thomas Cole The CSM Group David M. Dombrowski Steven A. East Tara T. East Catherine L. Graham Greenleaf Hospitality Group Greenleaf Trust William D. Johnston James Kalleward Tonia S. Kalleward Maple Hill Auto Group MPI Research National City Bank of the Midwest Radisson Plaza Hotel Karie Ross Gary G. Shook Spartan Paperboard Company, Inc. Ronda E. Stryker Jim Vanden Berg Harold Zeigler Auto Group Aaron J. Zeigler Bonita Zeigler Bonnie A. Zeigler Harold J. Zeigler
Charles O. Howey, Jr. John P. Hrycko Greg Jennings Foundation Gregory A. Jennings, Jr. Jeffrey D. Karns Sharon L. Karns Kelvin W. Keefer Maxine J. Keefer Noel J. Kott Howard F. Luckey Jamal Mayers Diane Meitz Donald C. Meitz Jerry L. Miller Pat Misch Teresa M. Misch Scott E. Niles Nobis Agri-Service, Inc. Ben Nobis Terry Nobis Carolyn J. Norris Larry E. Norris Pfizer Foundation ** Tamara Polmanteer Todd Polmanteer Holly S. Powell Jim R. Ross Lynn M. Ross Jerard M. Salame Garrett L. Soldano Jennifer E. Soldano State Farm Companies Foundation ** Lewis Walker Dean E. Webster Jolan A. Webster Whitaker-LaChance Insurance Agency, Inc. Lauri F. Wingle William E. Wingle Wolff Financial Management, LLC Matthew R. Wolff
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Margo J. Heystek Guy L. Hiestand III Sandra Hiestand Cora G. Hills Daniel P. Hills The Hinman Company Sandra Jo Hoffmann Jere T. Hoover Lynn A. Horton Robert L. Horton Kenneth L. Hosner Hospital Network, Inc. Lynda L. Hunt Gary J. Hurley Victoria M. Hurley Jon P. Hurry Mark J. Jaeger Safety Consulting Mark Jaeger Stephen E. Jefferson Terry Baxter Jefferson Frank H. Jeremy Jamie Jeremy Wendy M. Johnson Russell Kalis Sue Kalis Cindy L. Kalvin Greg Kalvin Bonnie J. Kellay Danny L. Kellay Gary Kent-Bracken Wendy L. Kent-Bracken Mike Kiewiet Knapp Energy Carol Knapp Robert D. Knapp Timothy A. Knox Timothy J. Kool Joan Koster Leslie N. Koster Joan M. Kowal Richard M. Kowal Marilyn J. Kribs Birgitta Kudlicki Elizabeth W. Kuhle Bryan Kuhtic Tiffany C. Kuhtic Gary B. Kushner Synthia H. Kushner James W. Lamborn Marilyn A. Lamborn Laurel Hill Swim and Tennis Club Sandra J. Lawrence L. Max Lee, II Yvonne A. Lee Janet L. LeRoy William LeRoy Levine & Levine Alan G. Lewandowski Bonnie Jean Lintz Ronald M. Lintz Don E. Lovejoy Brian E. MacDonell George F. Manley Gladys M. Manley Manning Enterprises Sherri Manning Steve Manning Patricia Marmon Paul Marmon Gaye A. McCormick Michael D. McCormick Dennis C. McCrumb Mary Swanson McCrumb Kevin K. McCully Brian McDavid James W. McIntyre III Michele C. McLaughlin Jerry Meinzinger Martha M. Meinzinger Bonnie J. Menzie Hal K. Menzie Blythe E. VanderHoff Mercer Tom Mercer Merrill Lynch & Company Foundation, Inc. ** Michigan Commerce Bank Allyn L. Miller David A. Miller Dorothy L. Miller John T. Miller Kellie K. Miller Diane L. Misner W. Craig Misner Richard E. Morehouse, Jr. Jake Moreland Guy W. Morgan Tristan Paul Moss Michael L. Mueller Sidney Mueller Mulder Waterproofing & Sealants, Inc. Edward Muller Marcella Muller David Robert Murdock Lisa Murdock James E. Murray Benefit Associates, Inc. Ken Nehring Network Real Estate, LLC Jane C. Nichols Gordie Niles
Sandra G. Niles Larry P. Nolan Vern L. Norris Jane Ann Norton Thomas W. Norton Jeffrey C. O’Brien Frances A. O’Connell Gerald John O’Connell Michael E. Osborn Ossewaarde, Anderson & Smith Investment Joan O’Toole Kevin E. O’Toole Nancy S. Owen Thomas L. Owen Pakk Pubs, Inc. Joan M. Palleschi Terence A. Palleschi Mary E. Palmer Susan K. Pappas William J. Pappas Margaret E. Parrott Eric M. Patterson Pediatric Dentistry Donald P. Penskar Alice Perrone Joseph V. Perrone Curt Petersen Barbara J. Piggott Walton Piggott, Jr. Richard Pins M. Montgomery Porter, III Mellissa L. Porter Evelyn A. Pratt Kenneth I. Pratt Bruce M. Prince Linda K. Prince Valdis J. Ragainis James R. Ralph Donald Ramlow Mary E. Ramlow Larry Lee Randall Neil Rankin Sandra M. Reece Thomas L. Reece Cathy Reed Steve L. Reed Joel H. Reinoehl Rhino’s Hometown Pub David B. Ricard David N. Rice Margaret Rice Gloria J. Richards Steve Richards Audrey A. Richter Richard S. Richter Donna Rickli John Rickli Kathleen Marie Rinker Lowell P. Rinker Dale E. Rowe David L. Rozelle Florence E. Rozelle Linda L. Rumble Roger A. Rumble Eric R. Russell Lynne Sage William V. Sage Roger Samson Steward Sandstrom Donald Sappanos Gary L. Sargent Roxanne Sargent Robert J. Sayfie Stephen J. Scafaria James T. Schaper Vickie Ann Schaper Richard Scheffers Joan Kay Schmidt Leta C. Schoenhals Dale P. Schreuder Elaine K. Schreuder Jane Schreuder John M. Schreuder Michael Shanahan Patricia J. Shanahan James R. Shinar Joanne K. Shinar Kevin A. Shugars Lori Ann Shugars Margie Shugars Wayne Shugars Dana Slocum Tami Slocum Ronn I. Sofen Raymond F. Sohn John T. Soule Raeanne Soule The Spirit Shoppe Raymond M. Sreboth Michael A. Steffes Nancy J. Steffes Ann M. Stevens Fred L. Stevens Brenda L. Stoddard James N. Stoddard Michael Stoddard Ruth Stoddard Anne K. Stone Jeffrey A. Stone
Nancy K. Strohs Robert F. Strohs Deb S. Studt-Scafaria Chris M. Sundberg Nancy Lynn Sundberg Dennis M. Taft Linda Taft Three Rivers Anodizing, Inc. Timber Ridge Ski Area A. John Todd, IV Cathy Todd TPC of Michigan Barbara J. Trolz Gerald A. Trolz Brian M. Tulik Randy L. Utting Shari L. Utting Kathryn N. Van Dis Robert W. Van Dis David W. Van Zoest Laura R. Van Zoest Carol VandenBos Roger A. VandenBos Louis R. VandenBosch Betty L. Vander Molen Richard Vander Molen Norbert Vander Steen Ronald J. Voelker Terry L. Vollmer Carolyn Nina Vredevelt Jack R. Vredevelt Wacker Chemical Corporation ** Leonard R. Wade Robert F. Wagner Susan J. Wagner James S. Ware Shelia D. Ware Debra Weber Steven Weber Joshua T. Weiner Daniel C. Weirick Debi Weirick Mark D. Weishaar Bryan Western Linda Western Carol A. Whearty Riley R. Whearty II Whelan and Company Judith A. White Louis J. White, Jr. Charles L. Wiles Douglas E. Wills Mary Evelyn Wills David P. Wilson Joyce Wilson N. Scotty Wilson Richard K. Wolfe Susan A. Wolfe Joseph L. Wood Judy L. Wood M. Diane Wood Michael C. Wood * John W. Woods, Jr. Todd C. Woods Workforce Strategies, Inc. Carole L. Wright Gerhard C. Wynbelt Patricia L. Wynbelt Yarrow Golf & Conference Center Brown & Gold Club $250 - $499 Elenora Adams Robert J. Adams Advance Recycling & Disposal, LLC Samuel J. Antonazzo Suzanne L. Antonazzo Herbert R. Ayres, III Pearl L. Bahre Frank R. Ballard III Bonita Bates Halbert Lee-Earl Bates, Sr. James S. Beadle Patricia M. Beadle Keith A. Beauregard Sue-Ellen Beauregard Timothy J. Bebber Susan Becker Bruce L. Bendix Susan L. Bendix A. Wayne Berger Imogene Berger Donald R. Beyer Marla M. Beyer Anne M. Bitzer Daniel E. Bitzer Kelley L. Blacken Paul F. Blacken Verne Bodine Anita C. Bondy Richard Allen Bondy Tracy H. Branson Brent D. Brekke Dennis D. Bridges Eugene Brink Jean Brink Kathleen C. Brinkman Norman D. Brinkman Richard A. Buckles
Richard T. Burke Allen S. Bush Mary L. Bush Lawrence M. Butler Sally A. Butler Arvon D. Byle Sally J. Byle Carrabba’s Italian Grill Robert J. Chant Sally A. Chant Glenn G. Cherup Susan M. Cherup Cynthia Ann Chesney Gregory R. Chesney Jerry L. Clancey Chris Clarke Scot R. Conant Consumers Credit Union David A. Corstange Karen Corstange Kay H. Coyne Joseph B. Creek Kathryn J. Creek Steven R. Cronkite Ryan William Cubit Ellen Curran Jeffrey Allen Dahley Stacie M. Dahley Diann L. Danhoff James L. Danhoff Joyce L. DeRight Pearl L. DeVries Ronald A. DeVries Harold D. Dishon Joyce Dishon Diane Donovan Mark R. Donovan Lawrence D. Dugan Steve J. Duke Cheryl A. Dundon William L. Dundon Shirley Gary Dunkin William Wesley Dunkin Mary Dunn Carolyn E. Everts James B. Everts Jeanne Ewing Bradley J. Fischer Ross E. Fitzpatrick John D. Fleckenstein, Jr. Mary Jane Flores Richard W. Flores, Sr. Donna J. Fogleson Bradley H. Fonger Linda Jean Fonger Patricia Ann Fosdick Roger E. Fosdick Randolph Theodore Foster Jerry F. Fuss Kathryn Fuss C. Edward Gasaway, Jr. Patricia A. Gasaway Debra L. Gaugier James W. Gaugier Jack S. Gesmundo Joseph L. Gesmundo Gary J. Giever Charles W. Glasner Bruce D. Goethe Carmen Green William A. Green John S. Griesbach Julie L. Griesbach Mark J. Griffith David M. Grinder Sue Grinder James K. Hackenberg Glenda Hall Randall Hall Michael P. Halpin Laura A. Hamann Norman L. Hamann Chantal Hanel Kenneth G. Hanel Al Harig Paul Hartwig Sterling Hartwig Nelda Sue Hayes Robert E. Hayes Kandace T. Higley William H. Higley Cynthia J. Hill John E. Hill Carol Ann Hindley Douglas O. Hindley Alfred K. Ho Hoekstra Roofing Company Evelyn L. Hogarth Grant G. Hogarth, Sr. Alan M. Holck Robert Hollander Dennis R. Hollar Jean C. Hollar Susan S. Hollar James F. Holtgreive Dean K. Honsberger Robin D. Hook Ruth Hook Erin M. Hunt
Robert E. Hunt II David A. Ikerd Theresa Ikerd Ike’s Painting Service Improved Funding Techniques-Michigan Infinity Sports, Inc. Amy Taylor Johnson Brian S. Johnson Howard A. Johnson Lowell Johnson Kalamazoo Community Foundation Kalamazoo Gazette Robert F. Kennedy Dan Kettenbeil Sherry Marie Kettenbeil James W. Key, Jr. Paige Key Scott A. Kilgren James Robert Kinney Marlin D. Kleckner Sherry V. Kleckner Anne P. Klimek Jeffrey P. Klimek Karen Louise Kocsondy Zoltan G. Kocsondy Jonathan P. Koets Karen Faith Koets Lois Koning William J. Koning Cheryl Krause Patrick Krause Janice L. Kuhagen Jerald W. Kuss Richelle F. Kuss David Roland LaLiberte Langeland Chapels David James Larson Gary M. LaTulip Kathleen A. LaTulip Jamie Lawlor John R. Lawlor Michael E. Lebednick John Michael Lee Lenora K. Lee Patrick Lennon Martha Lezotte Raymond L. Lezotte Mark S. Liberacki Pamela G. Liberacki Howard D. Linders Leatha M. Linders Steven Lins Anne L. Little Bonnie Locker James C. Locker James T. Long Mable Long Aija Lubavs Konrads V. Lubavs Jim Ludeman Peggy Ludeman Brian J. Lueth Colleen Lundgren Dennis D. Lundgren Lori I. Masnari Ray Edward Masnari Gary R. Mathews Edward J. Mayo William J. Maze, Jr. Alice McCarty Robert McCarty Tasha McDowell Ryan N. McGregor Cheryl A. McKenna Owen P. McKenna Kelly L. McKeough Kevin E. McKeough Mike Metzner Glenn Miller Lynne Miller Margaret L. Miller Richard Alan Miller Nancy Tenbosch Mills Robert E. Lee Mills, Jr. John G. Mizzi Kimberly A. Mizzi Modernistic Cleaning Services, Inc. Aylene Y. Moore Jack L. Moore Diane Marie Morea Scott Mulder Eric Munther Jan Munther Jeanette P. Nixon Theodore F. Nixon William R. Nobles Northern Trust Company ** Cindy L. Paavola Mike E. Page Helen M. Palleschi Lonnie L. Palleschi John Calvin Palmer III Rebecca L. Palmer Parker Hannifin Foundation ** Genevieve Dorothy Parker Harry Parker Barbara J. Parsons Michael H. Parsons Dave Patterson
Jill B. Patterson Carole Pawlowski Kenneth F. Pawlowski Hal Peacock Maureen Peacock Diane B. Pelc Ronald Pelc Erick D. Perry Derek F. Petrak Betsy Phillips Kevin A. Phillips Ken Pierce Nancy L. Pollard Robert C. Pollard David L. Pruis Bonnie Purlee George C. Purlee RE/MAX of Michigan Walter A. Robison Henry L. Rohs, Jr. Joan Carol Rohs Rugger’s Up & Under Berclay A. Ruschak William S. Ruschak Joan M. Russell Timothy D. Russell Andrew Anthony Rymsha Jose E. Santamaria Karen Trout Santamaria Allen D. Schau Jack Neff Schermerhorn Chris A. Schneider Louise Schneider Patricia Ann Schneider Paul Edward Schneider Heinz E. Schroeder Scott’s Pig Roast Avis L. Sebaly Ray Scott Shugars Sign Boys, LLC Carol D. Simpson J. Brooks Simpson Daniel R. Smith Judy A. Smith William J. Sprague Charlene M. Sprick Robert W. Sprick SPX Corporation Foundation ** Gregory Dale Staudacher Jamie L. Steenwyk Keith B. Steenwyk Ronald B. Stephens Wendy L. Stock Carol Strong Edwin C. Strong Janet Sutherland Verne E. Sutherland Judith S. Takemoto-Buckles Margaret M. Tanner Richard W. Tanner Tesar Printing Company Gary E. Tibble Patricia M. Tibble John W. Timko Linda L. Tolstyka Patrick J. Tolstyka Emil J. Tomanek, Jr. Nancy Tomanek Lawrence A. Ulmer Marsha R. Ulmer Roger E. Ulrich Melvin D. Van Dis Vivian Van Dis Ross VanderCook Susan E. VanderCook VanderMay Construction, Inc. Gary B. Walters Fran L. Washington Von H. Washington, Sr. J. William Weessies, Jr. Gary L. Wegenke Sandra S. Wegenke Sheri Marie Wegner John Weitzel Katie Weitzel G. Glen Weller Timothy W. Wenzel Donald C. Werme Patricia Werme Betty Weston Frances D. Winegar Marvin L. Winegar Judy Woizeschke Thomas A. Woizeschke Kathleen A. Wolf Thomas R. Wolf, Jr. Janice Elaine Wright R. Gerald Wright Richard D. Zane, Jr. Cynthia Marie Zerban Jason A. Zerban Frederick L. Zuidema Marie Zuidema * Deceased ** Matching Gift Donations
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