Basketball Game Program | Western State vs. NMHU & WNMU

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Fight, fi ght, fi ght, Western State!Fight, fi ght, fi ght, Mountaineers!

Fight on Western on to victory.We will back our team with loyalty.

Fight, fi ght, fi ght, Western State!Fight, fi ght, fi ght, Mountaineers!

We will fi ght, fi ght, fi ght, fi ght—Fight on to victory!

Western State Colorado University Profi le ................ 2Mountaineer Staff Directory ...................................... 5Paul Wright Gym ....................................................... 7Athletic Scholarship Awards ...................................... 8Mountaineer Coaching Staff ............................... 11-14RMAC Statistical leaders ......................................... 13Western men’s roster, schedule and stats ................. 16NMHU men’s roster, schedule and stats .................. 17WNMU men’s roster, schedule and stats ................. 18

RMAC Standings ..................................................... 21Western women’s roster, schedule and stats ............ 22NMHU women’s roster, schedule and stats ..................23WNMU women’s roster, schedule and stats ............ 24Mountaineer Athletic Association .......................26-27Mountaineers - A John Nelson Poem ....................... 28By The Numbers ...................................................... 29 Fall Schedules .......................................................... 31Rules for Boosters .................................................... 32

The basketball game program for the Western N.M. and N.M. Highlands games was produced by the Western Sports Informa-tion Offi ce for the purpose of educating and informing fans. Lay-out and content produced by Sports Information Director Garrett Finke with assistance from student Kali Kempkas. Photography by Finke, Sean Condon and Sandy Frankum. WNMU informa-tion provided by WNMU Sports Information Director Brian Kortz. NMHU information provided by the NMHU Sports Information Director Matt Lofton.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Featured Photo

WEEKEND’S OFFICIALSFriday Night

WomenMark VanGampleare,

Donovan Briggans, Rad CarterMen

Keith Woodfork, Mark Gregory,Nick Lave

Saturday NightWomen

Arnold Archuleta, David Malmquist, Steven Oswald

MenBrent Jones, Luke Dahlberg,

Randy Powell

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The new $30 million Mountaineer Field House was opened in the spring of 2014.

Western State Colorado University, the highest four-year institution of higher learning in the United States at 7,703 feet above sea level, opened its doors to students 103 years ago this fall and celebrated a century of educating educators three academic years ago.

Western is located in the heart of the Rocky Mountains, with academic programs that take advantage of the natural laboratory that surrounds campus. The college has the only college-based Mountain Rescue Team in the nation and is consistently ranked by National Geographic and Fly Rod and Reel Magazine as one of the top colleges for students to experience outdoor recreation.

Crested Butte Mountain Resort and Monarch Mountain are both within an hour drive of campus for winter sports, and Hartman Rocks features a range of activites in the summer. The City of Gunnison hosted the start of the “Queen’s Stage” of the USA Pro Cycling Tour, which several international cycling experts called one of the toughest stages to receive certifi cation.

The Mountaineers have maintained one of the top small college athletic programs in the nation, with the fourth-highest average in the history of the Learfi eld Sports Directors’ Cup. With 90 RMAC championships, 107 individual national championships and 15 national team championships, the Mountaineers have been building “Champions Out of Thin Air” since the college opened in 1911. The programs have maintained one of the top graduation rates in Division II when compared to the student body, with several programs outpacing the national average many times over.

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BASKETBALLMOUNTAINEER STAFF

JEN MICHELHead Cross Country Coach(970) [email protected]

JAS BAINSHead Football Coach (970) [email protected]

CHRIS BRADFORDHead Track & Field Coach (970) [email protected]

KEVEN JOHNHead Volleyball Coach (970) [email protected]

JASON CARMICHAELDirector of Athletics

BRADD SCHAFERHead Men’s Basketball Coach(970) [email protected]

AdministrationJason Carmichael .....Director of AthleticsJill Mahoney .............Assistant Athletic DirectorGarrett Finke ............Sports Information DirectorLoretta Szallar ..........Administrative AssistantCindy Drexel ............Faculty Athletic Representative

Athletic TrainingDon Mundell ............Head Athletic TrainerJanine Pleau .............Assistant Athletic Trainer

Cross CountryJennifer Michel ........Head CoachTony Nicolosi ...........Assistant CoachJesse Chettle .............Assistant CoachJosh Eberly ...............Assistant Coach

FootballJas Bains...................Head CoachRyan McDonough ....Assistant CoachKelly Ledwith ..........Assistant CoachJT Haddan ................Assistant CoachQuad Sanders ...........Assistant CoachJeff Williamson ........Assistant CoachAarrhon Flores .........Assistant CoachSean Corcoran ..........Assistant Coach

Men’s BasketballBradd Schafer ...........Head CoachDonta Richardson .....Assistant CoachTanner Stillwell ........Assistant CoachJohn McCarthy .........Assistant Coach

Track and FieldChris Bradford .........Head CoachJosiah Norville .........Assistant CoachTony Nicolosi ...........Assistant CoachJosh Eberly ...............Assistant Coach

VolleyballKeven John ...............Head CoachColton Reinholtz ......Assisant Coach

Women’s BasketballVan Girard ................Head CoachMaylinn Smith .........Assistant Coach

Women’s SoccerJeremy Clevenger .....Head CoachDaniel Geu ...............Assistant CoachMolly Keating ..........Assistant Coach

Women’s Swimming & DivingGeoff Hanson ...........Head Coach

WrestlingMiles Van Hee ..........Head CoachCharlie Pipher ..........Assistant CoachJesse Cruz .................Assistant CoachDonovan McMahill ..Assistant CoachCraig Otto .................Assistant Coach

VAN GIRARDHead W. Basketball Coach(970) [email protected]

JEREMY CLEVENGERHead W. Soccer Coach(970) [email protected]

MILES VAN HEEHead Wrestling Coach(970) [email protected]

GEOFF HANSONHead Swim/Dive Coach(970) 943-2084

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BASKETBALLPAUL WRIGHT GYMBuilt in 1951 and renovated sev-eral times since, Paul Wright Gym boasts a capacity of 1,800 specta-tors. At 7,728 feet above sea level, the facility is the highest collegiate gym in the world.

In 1960, the current swimming pool was added to the facility. In 1965, the wrestling room was added on the east side to help sup-port the back-to-back college divi-sion national championship teams of 1963 and 1964.

In 1998, a major 40,000 square foot renovation was completed that added a 2,500 square foot weight room and a locker facility for visiting teams and the Western State stu-dent body. Along with the south addition, six class-rooms were included that allowed the Recreation and Exercise Science Department to conduct all its classes in one building.

During the 1998 renovation, the Mountaineer Sports Hall of Fame Room was completed with meeting facilities and trophy cases.

In 2008, a new gym fl oor and retractable baskets were installed. New bleachers were installed in 2005.

The Mountaineer Field House resides on the southwest portion of the building. The facility features a com-petition size 200-meter track for collegiate and high school meets, expanded offi ce areas for the Mountain-eer Athletic Department, a new weight training facil-ity, an additional training room, a new High Altitude Performance Lab and a student recreation facility on the south end of the building.

The building is named after Paul W. Wright, who spent 38 years as a professor, coach and administrator at Western State. He also served as judge and mayor in Gunnison and was instrumental in establishing skiing as an NCAA sport.

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BASKETBALL 2014-15 ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS

PAUL W. WRIGHT MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP:Kalvin Winter-Senior-Football-Business Administration-Conifer, COMorgan Stansberry-Senior-Volleyball-Business Administration/Accounting-Montrose, COAnna Marshall-Senior-Cross Country/Track-Biology-Pueblo, CO

WILLIAM CHARLESWORTH MEMORIAL (Math & Science)Corbin Bennetts-Senior-Wrestling-Biology-Buena Vista, CO

RALPH E. PORTER ATHLETIC:Bennie Kirkwood-Senior-Track-Exercise & Sports Science-Santa Barbara, CA

ED RANDALL MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP (Education)Chase Cline-Senior-Football-History-Elizabeth, CO

PEDERSON/WRIGHT/BORAH MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPCorbin Bennetts-Senior-Wrestling-Biology-Buena Vista, CO

RMAC SCHOLAR-ATHLETES FOR 2009-10 (Scholarship is awarded for 2010-11)Anna Marshall- Senior-Cross Country/Track-Biology-Pueblo, COCorbin Bennetts-Senior-Wrestling-Biology-Buena Vista, CO

ETHEL M. RICE ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIPMargaret Zimmerman-Junior-W.Basketball-Biology-Denver, CO

TRACY BORAH MEMORIAL WRESTLING SCHOLARSHIPKyle Piatt-Junior-Wrestling-History-Olathe, CO

BOB DECKER BASKETBALL SCHOLARSHIPJalen Thompson-Sophomore-Men’s Basketball-Exercise & Sports Science-Aurora, CO

MCCARTHY/TORPEY MEN’S BASKETBALL SCHOLARSHIPBen Schmidt-Senior-M.Basketball-Math-Severance, CO

BUS RIDERS FOOTBALL SCHOLARSHIPVince Delmonico-Senior-Football-Business Administration-Morrison, CO

BUS MYERS MEMORIAL FOOTBALL SCHOLARSHIPMichael Lopez-Senior-Football-Psychology/Sociology-Aurora, COCole Wadsworth-Senior-Football-English-Johnstown, CO

KELLY LONG MEMORIAL SCHOLARHSHIPAustin Harris-Senior-Wrestling-Business Administration/Accounting-Windsor, CO

OKIE MARK FOOTBALL MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPChase Yaeger-Senior-Football-Geology-Riverview, FL

JOHN ROBERTS/JOHNNY SIEVERS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPElliot Copeland-Senior-Wrestling-Politics & Government-Bennett, CO

BRIAN KIEFER MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPTBA

KAPPA DELTA MU SCHOLARSHIPHailey Rehage-Senior-Volleyball-Interdisciplinary Studies/LA-Longmont, COJared Mendicino-Junior-Football-Sociology-Pueblo, CO

KEN MACLENNAN SCHOLARSHIPDylan Nicholson-Senior-Football-Exercise & Sports Science/Psychology-Sterling, CO

MACALLISTER PRESIDENTIAL ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIPHailey Rehage-Senior-Volleyball-Interdisciplinary Studies/LA-Longmont, CO

J.W. CAMPBELL MEMORIAL WRESTLING SCHOLARSHIPSam Mangum-Senior-Wrestling-Business Administration-McAllen, TX

DR. HERBERT J. AND MARIE H. KACZMAREK SCHOLARSHIPAnna Marshall- Senior-Cross Country/Track-Biology-Pueblo, COJake Engle-Junior-Football-Exercise & Sports Science-Eagle, CO

PAUL AND DOROTHY REID SCHOLARSHIPHailey Rehage-Senior-Volleyball-Interdisciplinary Studies/LA-Longmont, CO

CHAMPION LEADERSHIP & RESPONSIBILITY SCHOLARSHIPKatie Roos-Senior-Track-Biology/ESS-Centennial, CO

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Bradd Schafer takes the reins of the Western State Colorado University men’s basketball program for the fi rst time in 2014-15. Schafer was hired as the Mountaineers’ Head Coach on May 29, 2014 after a nation-wide search.

Schafer comes to Western after spending the past eight seasons, four of which as the Head Coach, at Black Hills State University. During those eight years at Black Hills, Schafer had an overall record of 133-105, and a head coaching record of 56-57. Schafer also led the Yellow Jackets during a transitional period as Black Hills State moved from the NAIA to the NCAA Division II and into the RMAC.

During the 2010-11 season, Schafer guided Black Hills State to a 27-6 overall record with a mark of 12-2 in the Dakota Athletic Conference (DAC). Black Hills State had three DAC All-Confer-ence players and two NAIA All-American selections. The Yellow Jackets won the DAC regular season title as well as the DAC Tournament Championship. Schafer then led the Yellow Jack-ets to the NAIA National Tournament Sweet Sixteen round and ended the season ranked fi fth in the nation.

From 2006 to 2010, Schafer assisted the Black Hills State Head Coach in all phases of the program, including daily operations, recruiting, practice, individual workouts and summer camps. In 2008-09, Schafer helped guide the Yellow Jackets to a 30-5 record and an appearance at the NAIA National Tournament Final Four.

Prior to Black Hills State, Schafer was an assistant coach at Colo-rado School of Mines in 2005-06. During his time in Golden, the Orediggers advanced to the fi nal four of the RMAC Shootout for the fi rst time in over a decade. They also ended Metro State’s 47 game home winning streak.

Before entering the college level, Schafer was an assistant coach for four years at Windsor High School in Windsor, Colorado,

where he helped guide the team to an 80-20 record including a trip to the state championship in 2002-03.

Originally from Gilcrest, Colorado, Schafer played his collegiate career at Western from 1996-01 under Bob Hofman, the win-ningest coach in Mountaineer men’s basketball history. He was a team captain in 2000-01, and led the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference in three-point fi eld goal percentage that same season. Schafer earned his bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology from West-ern in 2001, and a master’s degree in strategic leadership from Black Hills State in 2010.

BRADD SCHAFERHead Coach

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TANNER STILLWELLASSISTANT COACH

Tanner Stillwell begins his third year as an assistant men’s basketball coach at Western State in 2014.

Stillwell grew up in Steamboat Springs Colorado and played basketball for Coach Kelly Meek from 2003-2007 at Steamboat Springs High School. Upon high school graduation Tanner enrolled at Colorado State University and graduated in 2012 with a degree in history, a minor in business, and a Colorado teaching license.

During his last semester at CSU Stillwell student taught at Fort Collins High School where he was also an assistant with the basketball team. His responsibilities, this season with the basketball team, are numerous. As a second year coach he tries to bring energy and enthusiasm to everything he does and be an “energy giver” to the Western program.

JOHN McCARTHYASSISTANT COACH

John McCarthy is in his 23rd year as an assistant coach for the Mountaineers. A Western alumnus, “Coach Mac” began his time as an assistant to Hall of Fame Head Coach Jay Helman. During his tenure as an assistant, he has been on the bench for over 500 games and has been fortunate enough to have coached Western’s RMAC Championship team, 31 players that have garnered RMAC post season honors, and two players who have gone on to become members of the Western State Hall of Fame.

Prior to his involvement with Mountaineer basketball, McCarthy served as the basketball coach at Battle Mountain High School in Eagle-Vail, Colorado where he left as the Huskies all time winningest coach.

McCarthy is a retired history teacher from Gunnison High School where he was the department chair and taught Advanced Placement History courses. During his career, he was recognized on several occasions as an outstanding educator including as a recipient of the Dan Tredway Memorial Excellence in Teaching Award

and 2010 Colorado VFW Teacher of the Year Award.

McCarthy is married to Western alumna Melanie Torpey, a retired Physical Education teacher and gymnastics coach with the Gunnison Watershed School District.

DONTA RICHARDSONASSISTANT COACH

Donta Richardson enters his fi rst year as an assistant coach for the Mountaineer men’s basketball program in 2014-15.

Prior to Western, Richardson was an assistant for the men’s basketball program at Saint Martin’s University during the 2013-14 season.

Before starting his coaching career, Richardson played professional basketball in Europe for eight years (2003-11). He won three European Championships during that time and was a six-time all-star. He also played on the Detroit Pistons summer league team in 2003.

A graduate of the University of Wyoming, Richardson played for the Cowboys for two seasons (2001-03). During the 2001-02 season he earned third team All-Mountain West honors while guiding his team to a

conference championship. The Cowboys advanced to the second round of th NCAA Tournament that season. As a senior, he was a fi rst team All-Mountain West selection leading Wyoming to the quarterfi nals of the NIT.

Prior to his arrival at Wyoming, Richardson played two seasons a Sheridan College (1999-01). He earned fi rst team all-region honors and was named an All-American during in his fi nal season.

A native of Colorado Springs, Colorado and a 1999 graduate of Liberty High School, Richardson helped the Lancers to a 4A State Championship in 1999 and was named Mr. Basketball in his senior season.

Richardson received his bachelor’s of arts in social science from the University of Wyoming in 2013.

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BASKETBALLRMAC STATISTICSRMAC WOMEN’S STATSRMAC MEN’S STATS

R SCORING OFFENSE G W-L Pts Avg/G1. UCCS 8 8-0 729 91.12. Adams State University 5 3-2 452 90.43. Fort Lewis 8 6-2 676 84.54. CSU-Pueblo 7 4-3 575 82.15. MSU Denver 7 6-1 538 76.9

R SCORING DEFENSE G W-L Pts Avg/G1. MSU Denver 7 6-1 440 62.92. Colorado Mines 6 6-0 392 65.33. Colorado Christian 8 5-3 525 65.64. Chadron State 6 3-3 408 68.05. Colorado Mesa 8 6-2 551 68.9

R SCORING MARGIN G OFF. DEF. MAR.1. UCCS 8 91.1 69.1 22.02. MSU Denver 7 76.9 62.9 14.03. Colorado Mines 6 76.7 65.3 11.34. Adams State University 5 90.4 79.8 10.65. Fort Lewis 8 84.5 76.0 8.5

R SCORING POINTS AVG/G1. Ryan Stephan (Colorado Mesa) 197 24.62. Derrick White (UCCS) 191 23.93. Nicholas Kay (MSU Denver) 151 21.64. Alex Herrera (Fort Lewis) 170 21.35. Kendrick Nichols (N.M. Highlands) 105 21.06. Mitch McCarron (MSU Denver) 146 20.97. Mason Biddle (Western State) 109 18.28. Michael Brown (Colorado Christian) 145 18.19. Travante Williams (Adams State) 84 16.810. Shakir Smith (Adams State University) 84 16.8

R REBOUNDING TOTAL AVG/G1. Alex Herrera (Fort Lewis) 87 10.92. Caleb Waitsman (Colorado Mines) 50 8.33. Ryan Stephan (Colorado Mesa) 64 8.04. Bronson Moton (CSU-Pueblo) 55 7.95. Dexter Sienko (Regis University) 39 7.8

R ASSISTS G No. AVG/G 1. Derrick White (UCCS) 8 43 5.42. Kevin Marshall (Regis University) 5 26 5.23. Mitch McCarron (MSU Denver) 7 36 5.14. Trevor Ritchie (Colorado Mines) 6 29 4.85. Mason Biddle (Western State) 6 27 4.5

R SCORING OFFENSE G W-L Pts Avg/G1. UCCS 8 7-1 639 79.92. Western New Mexico 5 4-1 374 74.83. Colorado Mesa 6 4-2 436 72.74. Regis University 5 4-1 354 70.85. MSU Denver 5 4-1 347 69.4

R SCORING DEFENSE G W-L Pts Avg/G1. Western New Mexico 5 4-1 250 50.02. Fort Lewis 6 3-3 367 61.23. Regis University 5 4-1 306 61.24. Black Hills State 5 3-2 306 61.25. CSU-Pueblo 6 4-2 376 62.7

R SCORING MARGIN G OFF. DEF. MAR.1. Western New Mexico 5 74.8 50.0 24.82. UCCS 8 79.9 67.8 12.13. Regis University 5 70.8 61.2 9.64. Colorado Mesa 6 72.7 68.0 4.75. CSU-Pueblo 6 67.2 62.7 4.5

R SCORING POINTS AVG/G1. Abby Kirchoff (UCCS) 163 20.42. Bay’lee Purdy (Regis University) 100 20.03. Brittany Hernandez (UCCS) 148 18.54. Erin Reichle (Colorado Mesa) 110 18.35. Anngelina Sanchez (N.M. Highlands) 92 15.36. Deni Jacobs (MSU Denver) 75 15.07. Ashley Piper (CSU-Pueblo) 88 14.78. Georgia Ohrdorf (MSU Denver) 73 14.69. Taylor Torres (Colo. Christian) 99 14.110. Mary Brinton (Fort Lewis) 83 13.8

R REBOUNDING TOTAL AVG/G1. Brittany Hernandez (UCCS) 82 10.32. Taylor Helbig (Colorado Mines) 54 9.03. Georgia Ohrdorf (MSU Denver) 41 8.24. Leanndra Gilbert (Colorado Mesa) 32 8.05. Nalani Hernandez (Western N.M) 40 8.0

R ASSISTS G No. AVG/G 1. Laura Tyree (Colorado Mines) 7 42 6.02. RaTanya Newsome(Western N.M.) 5 27 5.43. Erin Reichle (Colorado Mesa) 6 30 5.04. Abby Kirchoff (UCCS) 8 35 4.45. Katie Nehf (CSU-Pueblo) 6 23 3.8

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BASKETBALL VAN GIRARDHead CoachVan Girard begins his third season at Western State Colorado

University in 2014.

Before coming to Western, Girard spent 24 seasons at the helm of the Cal State Dominguez Hills women’s basketball program.

The winningest women’s basketball coach in the history of Cal State Dominguez Hills, Girard put his trademark stamp of hard-nosed pressure defense to go along with an up-tempo style of play on the Carson campus.

Girard took over the reigns at Cal State Dominguez Hills in 1988. He turned the Toros into one of the top NCAA Division II programs on the West Coast. He led CSUDH to three total CCAA titles including a 2009 title, three runner-up fi nishes (including the 2004-05 campaign) and fi ve 3rd-place fi nishes in one of the strongest conferences in the country.

He also guided the Toros to the CCAA Tournament 10 times while earning fi ve NCAA West Region playoff berths, including the 2008-09 season in which the Toros lost a 66-65 heartbreaking buzzer-beater to perennial power UC San Diego.

Girard’s record speaks for itself. He is atop CSUDH’s all-time coaching record list, compiling a 302-350 mark en route to being named the CCAA Coach of the Year fi ve times, including a stretch of three-consecutive years (1994-96). On March 3, 2007, Girard achieved his milestone 250th win in an 83-56 victory over Cal State Monterey Bay.

Girard likes to play a very up-tempo style of basketball while incorporating his trademark man-to-man pressure defense. The opposition knows to expect a swarming high-pressure defense and a creative offense when they face Girard’s squad. Known as a teacher of fundamentals, Girard has coached one All-American, seven All-West Region players, three CCAA Conference MVPs and 42 all-conference players.

Prior to Cal State Dominguez Hills, Girard served as Assistant Athletics Director at Lynwood High School and the girl’s varsity basketball coach for ten years. During that span, he compiled an incredible 230-48 career record for an amazing winning percentage of .827. In creating a dynasty at Lynwood, Girard led his team to 10-straight playoff berths, seven-consecutive San Gabriel Valley Conference championships, two CIF championship appearances and two Southern Regional State playoff championships, with 1986 culminating in a CIF title.

During his tenure at Lynwood HS, he twice was honored as the

Los Angeles Times “4A Coach of the Year.” Even more impressive, Girard was honored as the California and CIF “Coach of the Year” in 1986. Fifteen players under his tutelage earned NCAA Division I or Division II athletic scholarships at the col-legiate level.

In a March 5, 2004, ceremony held at the Pyramid on the campus of Cal State Long Beach, Girard forever was immortalized for his achievements at the prep level. Along with Southern California coaching notables Ron Palmer (LB Poly), Gary Prestesator (San Dimas HS) and Cliff Warren (El Segundo, Rolling Hills, Redondo and Peninsula High Schools), the CSULB alumnus was inducted into the Southern California Interscholastic Basketball Coaches Association (SCIBCA) Hall of Fame for the legacy he left at Lynwood HS.

While at CSUDH, Girard worked closely with the local Boys & Girls clubs providing free coaches and team clinics. He also worked closely with the City of Carson Parks and Recreation Department, as well as the local Carson-Gardena YMCA in providing more opportunities for girls basketball.

Girard is a 1977 graduate of Long Beach State, earning his bachelor’s degree in History.

MAYLINN SMITHASSISTANT COACH

Maylinn Smith is in her fi rst year as the head assistant coach of the Western State women’s basketball team.

Smith fi nished a stellar playing career in 2014.

From 2010-13, Smith was a member of the Grand Canyon University women’s basketball team. While at GCU, Smith was named the

2012 PacWest Player of the Year, leading GCU and ranking among the

PacWest’s best in a number of categories. In 2012, Smith ranked fi rst in the conference and 11th among all Division II players with an 87.5 free throw percentage, was second in the PacWest with a 39.8 three-point percentage and third with 16.2 points per game. Smith garnered Daktronics Second-Team West Region honors as a sophomore and was named to the 2010-11 PacWest All-Conference honorable mention. Smith also helped lead GCU to three conference championships.

In 2013-14, Smith helped lead Southern Utah to a Big Sky Champion-ship.

A native of Mesa, Arizona, Smith graduated from Southern Utah in 2014.

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MEET THE MOUNTAINEER MEN

Date Opponent Time / Result11/8 at Weber State (exhib.) L, 63-7811/14 vs. Midwestern State L, 63-7711/15 vs. West Texas A&M W, 97-88 (2OT)11/18 at Wyoming (exhib.) L, 46-6111/22 at Air Force (exhib.) L, 60-9011/28 vs. Texas A&M Int. L, 67-7011/29 vs. Angelo State L, 73-8912/5 at Black Hills State* L, 57-64 (OT)12/6 at Chadron State* L, 57-7312/12 New Mexico Highlands* 7:30 p.m.12/13 Western New Mexico* 7:30 p.m.12/20 at Adams State* 7 p.m.12/21 at Fort Lewis* 5 p.m.1/2 Colorado Mines* 7:30 p.m.1/3 Colorado Christian* 7:30 p.m.1/9 at UC-Colorado Springs* 7:30 p.m.1/10 at CSU-Pueblo* 7:30 p.m.1/17 at Colorado Mesa* 7:30 p.m.1/23 Regis* 7:30 p.m.1/24 Metro State* 7:30 p.m.1/30 at Colorado Christian* 8 p.m.1/31 at Colorado Mines* 7 p.m.2/6 Chadron State* 7:30 p.m.2/7 Black Hills State* 7:30 p.m.2/13 at Western New Mexico* 7:30 p.m.2/14 at New Mexico Highlands* 7 p.m.2/21 Colorado Mesa* 7:30 p.m.2/27 Fort Lewis* 7:30 p.m.2/28 Adams State* 7:30 p.m.

*RMAC Contest

SCHEDULE (1-5, 0-2 RMAC)

2014-15 Western State Statistics

No. Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown / High School (Previous School)1 Sam Johnston Sr. G 5-9 160 Melbourne, Australia / Waverly High School (Ohio) (Sinclair CC)2 Jalen Thompson R-So. G 5-10 160 Denver, Colo. / Denver East High School 5 Mason Biddle Sr. G 6-1 175 Riverside, Calif. / Arlington High School 10 Dominique Wright Sr. G/F 6-5 185 Colorado Springs, Colo. / Fountain Fort Carson HS (Minn. Crookston)11 Lucas Adams So. G 5-11 165 Firestone, Colo. / Frederick High School20 Erik Damrell R-So. G 6-4 190 Greeley, Colo. / Greeley Central High School21 Chances Matlock Fr. G 6-4 180 Colorado Springs, Colo. / Falcon High School22 Danny Hopkins Jr. G 6-4 185 Riverside, Cailf. (Mt. San Jacinto College)23 Keenan Prochazka Jr. G 6-3 175 Moose Pass, Alaska / Seward High School25 Alex Eddy Jr. G 6-5 185 Phoenix, Ariz. (South Mountain College)32 Devin Kastrup Sr. F 6-8 210 Colorado Springs, Colo. / Pinecreek High School33 Ben Schmidt Sr. G 6-3 180 Windsor, Colo. / Windsor High School45 Spencer Fair Fr. F 6-6 200 Fruita, Colo. / Fruita Monument High School55 C.J. Schutt Jr. F 6-6 250 Yorkville, Ill. (Aurora University) Pablo Barreiro Fr. G 6-1 170 Chandler, Ariz. / Dobson High School Michael Feng R-So. F/C 7-0 205 Denver, Colo. / George Washington High School Curtis Neely Jr. F 6-7 245 Windsor, Colo. / Windsor High School (Wayne State)

Head Coach: Bradd SchaferAssistant Coaches: Donta Richardson, Tanner Stillwell and John McCarthy

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES........... (1-5) (0-0) (0-2) (1-3) CONFERENCE.......... (0-2) (0-0) (0-2) (0-0) NON-CONFERENCE...... (1-3) (0-0) (0-0) (1-3)

|---TOTAL---| |---3-PTS---| |----REBOUNDS----| ## Player GP-GS Min--Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 05 Mason Biddle....... 6-6 219 36.5 28-83 .337 0-13 .000 53-69 .768 9 26 35 5.8 16 0 27 20 1 9 109 18.2 22 Danny Hopkins...... 6-6 221 36.8 25-76 .329 11-40 .275 15-24 .625 10 24 34 5.7 13 0 14 21 0 2 76 12.7 55 CJ Schutt.......... 6-3 124 20.7 23-32 .719 0-0 .000 9-16 .563 12 13 25 4.2 15 0 2 3 1 5 55 9.2 10 Dominique Wright... 6-6 167 27.8 17-46 .370 3-20 .150 9-17 .529 5 13 18 3.0 15 1 3 11 1 1 46 7.7 32 Devin Kastrup...... 3-3 91 30.3 12-38 .316 2-10 .200 12-13 .923 3 12 15 5.0 9 0 0 4 1 3 38 12.7 25 Alex Eddy.......... 6-2 113 18.8 9-25 .360 4-15 .267 6-12 .500 3 18 21 3.5 16 0 2 6 0 0 28 4.7 23 Keenan Prochazka... 4-2 75 18.8 8-15 .533 8-13 .615 0-0 .000 4 11 15 3.8 4 0 7 5 0 1 24 6.0 02 Jalen Thompson..... 6-2 51 8.5 5-11 .455 5-9 .556 2-2 1.000 2 6 8 1.3 2 0 0 3 0 1 17 2.8 45 Spencer Fair....... 4-0 47 11.8 4-10 .400 0-0 .000 1-3 .333 5 5 10 2.5 9 1 0 2 0 0 9 2.3 20 Erik Damrell....... 3-0 23 7.7 2-3 .667 0-1 .000 1-3 .333 1 3 4 1.3 5 0 2 3 0 0 5 1.7 11 Lucas Adams........ 6-0 118 19.7 1-8 .125 1-6 .167 1-3 .333 1 9 10 1.7 6 0 7 3 0 2 4 0.7 21 Chances Matlock.... 5-0 25 5.0 1-5 .200 0-2 .000 1-3 .333 3 4 7 1.4 2 0 1 0 1 0 3 0.6 33 Ben Schmidt........ 2-0 1 0.5 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 TEAM............... 18 8 26 4.3 0 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total.............. 6 1275 135-352 .384 34-129 .264 110-165 .667 76 152 228 38.0 112 2 65 83 6 24 414 69.0 Opponents.......... 6 1274 172-387 .444 34-117 .291 83-122 .680 81 173 254 42.3 147 4 87 79 17 45 461 76.8

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Date Opponent Time / Result11/14 at Tarleton State L, 52-7211/15 vs. Texas A&M-Commerce L, 63-8211/25 at Arizona Christian L, 82-10412/5 Colorado Christian* L, 66-7712/6 Colorado Mines* L, 66-7812/12 at Western State* 7:30 p.m.12/13 at Colorado Mesa* 7:30 p.m.12/19 UC-Colorado Springs* 7 p.m.12/20 CSU-Pueblo* 7 p.m.1/2 at Metro State* 7 p.m.1/3 at Regis* 5 p.m.1/5 at New Mexico State 7 p.m.1/9 at Fort Lewis* 7:30 p.m.1/10 at Adams State* 7:30 p.m.1/16 Chadron State* 7 p.m.1/17 Black Hills State* 7 p.m.1/24 Western New Mexico* 4 p.m.1/30 at CSU-Pueblo* 7:30 p.m.1/31 at UC-Colorado Springs* 7:30 p.m.2/6 Adams State* 7 p.m.2/7 Fort Lewis* 7 p.m.2/13 Colorado Mesa* 7 p.m.2/14 Western State* 7 p.m.2/20 at Colorado Mines* 8 p.m.2/21 at Colorado Christian* 7 p.m.2/28 at Western New Mexico* 4 p.m.

*RMAC Contest


2014-15 New Mexico Highlands Statistics

No. Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown / Previous School0 Mines, Jonathon G 6-4 185 Jr. Brisbane, Australia / Western Wyoming2 Logan, Matthew G 6-2 185 Jr. Kiama Downs, Australia / Northeastern State3 George, Charles G 6-0 185 Jr. Chicago, Ill. / Kennedy King College4 Norris, Ricky G 6-2 200 So. Chicago, Ill. / Central Wyoming12 Vega, Erick F 6-6 230 Jr. Guadalajara, Mexico / Faith Christian Academy13 Wilson, Amal F/C 6-6 265 Jr. San Bernadino, Calif. / Western Wyoming15 Bustos, Justin G 6-3 185 R-So. Las Vegas, N.M. / Robertson HS20 Torres, Renato G 6-2 185 So. El Paso, Texas / Otero JC21 Herig, Drew G 6-1 185 Jr. Albuquerque, N.M. / Lamar CC23 Nichols, Kendrick G 6-3 200 Jr. Chicago, Ill. / Malcom X College31 Rodriguez-Quintana, Luis G 5-11 165 Sr. Parral, Mexico / Santa Teresa HS34 Anaya, Joe G 6-1 175 Fr. Albuquerque, N.M. / Valley HS35 Shane, Kaylen C 6-10 285 Jr. Chicago, Ill. / John A. Logan

Head Coach: Craig SnowAssistant Coaches: Brandon Mason, Stephen Miera

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRALALL GAMES 0-5 0-2 0-2 0-1CONFERENCE 0-2 0-2 0-0 0-0NON-CONFERENCE 0-3 0-0 0-2 0-1

Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds

## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg

23 Kendrick Nichols 5-5 157 31.4 34-76 . 4 4 7 18-42 . 4 2 9 19-31 . 6 1 3 5 11 16 3.2 10 0 7 8 3 5 105 21.000 Jonathon Mines 3-3 94 31.3 13-41 . 3 1 7 4-19 . 2 1 1 16-19 . 8 4 2 5 7 12 4.0 2 0 7 5 0 4 46 15.303 Charles George 5-3 105 21.0 12-37 . 3 2 4 4-16 . 2 5 0 14-19 . 7 3 7 5 15 20 4.0 15 0 19 8 1 5 42 8.412 Erick Vega 5-0 93 18.6 13-25 . 5 2 0 5-8 . 6 2 5 2-2 1.000 6 14 20 4.0 16 1 4 4 1 1 33 6.615 Justin Bustos 5-0 76 15.2 10-26 . 3 8 5 5-18 . 2 7 8 2-3 . 6 6 7 4 9 13 2.6 8 0 5 4 0 2 27 5.434 Joe Anaya 5-5 130 26.0 7-30 . 2 3 3 2-12 . 1 6 7 5-6 . 8 3 3 7 4 11 2.2 9 0 3 6 1 4 21 4.235 Kaylen Shane 5-5 121 24.2 7-15 . 4 6 7 0-0 . 0 0 0 3-6 . 5 0 0 15 23 38 7.6 22 2 6 15 3 0 17 3.420 Renato Torres 5-2 66 13.2 5-26 . 1 9 2 4-21 . 1 9 0 2-2 1.000 0 2 2 0.4 10 1 1 3 1 0 16 3.201 Marcus Stevens 3-0 47 15.7 3-13 . 2 3 1 1-9 . 1 1 1 1-4 . 2 5 0 0 3 3 1.0 4 0 3 3 0 0 8 2.713 Amal Wilson 2-0 15 7.5 1-1 1.000 0-0 . 0 0 0 2-5 . 4 0 0 5 3 8 4.0 4 0 1 1 0 1 4 2.002 Matthew Logan 5-2 70 14.0 3-9 . 3 3 3 2-6 . 3 3 3 0-0 . 0 0 0 3 6 9 1.8 6 0 7 3 0 2 8 1.621 Drew Herig 3-0 18 6.0 1-3 . 3 3 3 0-2 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.7 3 0 0 3 0 0 2 0.731 Luis Rod.-Quintana 2-0 9 4.5 0-1 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0.0

Team 14 8 22 1Total.......... 5 1001 109-303 . 3 6 0 45-153 . 2 9 4 66-97 . 6 8 0 69 107 176 35.2 109 4 64 66 11 25 329 65.8Opponents...... 5 1000 144-287 . 5 0 2 38-101 . 3 7 6 87-120 . 7 2 5 49 130 179 35.8 94 1 76 55 18 28 413 82.6

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Date Opponent Time / Result11/1 at New Mexico (exhib.) L, 45-8911/6 at Grand Canyon (exhib.) L, 47-7411/10 at N.M. State (exhib.) L, 39-10211/14 vs. Texas-Permian Basin L, 57-10111/15 vs. St. Mary’s L, 52-7711/22 vs. Eastern New Mexico L, 87-9412/1 Angelo State L, 52-8512/5 Colorado Mines* L, 59-6912/6 Colorado Christian* L, 57-6112/12 at Colorado Mesa* 7:30 p.m.12/13 at Western State* 7:30 p.m.12/19 CSU-Pueblo* 7:30 p.m.12/20 UC-Colorado Springs* 7:30 p.m.1/2 at Regis* 7:30 p.m.1/3 at Metro State* 7:30 p.m.1/9 at Adams State* 7:30 p.m.1/10 at Fort Lewis* 7:30 p.m.1/16 Black Hills State* 7:30 p.m.1/17 Chadron State* 7:30 p.m.1/24 at New Mexico Highlands* 4 p.m.1/30 at UC-Colorado Springs* 7:30 p.m.1/31 at CSU-Pueblo* 7:30 p.m.2/6 Fort Lewis* 7:30 p.m.2/7 Adams State* 7:30 p.m.2/13 Western State* 7:30 p.m.2/14 Colorado Mesa* 7:30 p.m.2/20 at Colorado Christian* 7:30 p.m.2/21 at Colorado Mines* 7:30 p.m.2/28 New Mexico Highlands* 4 p.m.

*RMAC Contest


2013-14 Western New Mexico Statistics

No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown / Previous School5 Roland Wyatt Fr. F 6-6 177 Los Angeles, CA / Juniper Serra HS10 Brandon Tanter So. G 6-2 175 Long Beach, CA / Los Angeles Prep14 Steven Loucks So. F/G 6-7 190 Yuma, AZ / Cibola HS20 Adam Saenz Fr. F 6-3 200 Benson, AZ / Benson HS22 Marcos Castrillo Sr. F 6-7 205 San Francisco, CA / Merritt College23 Tyler Shea Jr. C 6-8 220 Rancho Cucamunga, CA / Chaffey College24 Brandon Williams So. G 6-2 160 Long Beach, CA / Los Angeles Prep30 Terrez Scott Sr. PG 6-0 190 Santa Clarita, CA / College of the Canyons32 Gavin Wood Fr. G 6-3 195 Florence, AZ / Florence HS33 Wyatt Tuni Fr. G 6-2 170 Chinle, AZ / Chinle HS34 Adam Kesler Jr. G 6-0 165 Silver City, NM / Silver HS Matt Burton So. SG 6-4 196 Phoenix, AZ / Sandra Day O’ Connor HS Brandon Rosales Jr. SG 6-2 160 Las Cruces, N.M. / AIB College of Business

Head Coach: Jeff LawAssistant Coaches: Matt Enriquez, Eric Penrod, Troy Cooke




22 Marcos Castrillo 6-6 183 30.5 25-69 . 3 6 2 4-11 . 3 6 4 20-30 . 6 6 7 4 39 43 7.2 18 0 4 11 6 4 74 12.330 Terrez Scott 4-4 120 30.0 17-48 . 3 5 4 6-15 . 4 0 0 4-9 . 4 4 4 5 10 15 3.8 15 1 17 11 0 7 44 11.010 Brandon Tanter 6-6 183 30.5 19-51 . 3 7 3 3-12 . 2 5 0 14-22 . 6 3 6 3 16 19 3.2 18 2 12 16 1 5 55 9.232 Gavin Wood 6-0 103 17.2 12-36 . 3 3 3 9-31 . 2 9 0 12-12 1.000 0 14 14 2.3 4 0 3 1 1 1 45 7.523 Tyler Shea 6-6 141 23.5 9-29 . 3 1 0 0-1 . 0 0 0 25-37 . 6 7 6 4 18 22 3.7 21 2 4 8 3 2 43 7.224 Brandon Williams 6-2 164 27.3 13-29 . 4 4 8 3-7 . 4 2 9 10-16 . 6 2 5 3 7 10 1.7 15 1 10 9 0 5 39 6.505 Roland Wyatt 6-6 161 26.8 10-23 . 4 3 5 0-2 . 0 0 0 11-16 . 6 8 8 6 6 12 2.0 22 0 7 10 1 4 31 5.234 Adam Kesler 6-0 61 10.2 4-17 . 2 3 5 1-6 . 1 6 7 14-15 . 9 3 3 2 5 7 1.2 13 0 1 6 0 2 23 3.820 Adam Saenz 6-0 54 9.0 2-11 . 1 8 2 0-0 . 0 0 0 4-8 . 5 0 0 3 4 7 1.2 9 0 0 4 2 1 8 1.333 Wyatt Tuni 3-0 22 7.3 0-1 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 2-2 1.000 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0.714 Steven Loucks 1-0 8 8.0 0-1 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 2 2 2.0 5 1 1 0 0 2 0 0.0

Team 10 11 21 1 1Total.......... 6 1200 111-315 . 3 5 2 26-85 . 3 0 6 116-167 . 6 9 5 40 132 172 28.7 142 7 60 77 14 33 364 60.7Opponents...... 6 1200 159-309 . 5 1 5 45-107 . 4 2 1 124-180 . 6 8 9 50 188 238 39.7 151 - 90 91 24 41 487 81.2

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MEN’S STANDINGS

WOMEN’S STANDINGS

School Conf. CPct. Overall Pct. StreakUCCS 2-0 1.000 8-0 1.000 W8Colorado Mines 2-0 1.000 6-0 1.000 W6Colorado Christian 2-0 1.000 5-3 0.625 W4Chadron State 2-0 1.000 3-2 0.600 W2MSU Denver 1-0 1.000 6-1 0.857 W1Colorado Mesa 1-1 0.500 6-2 0.750 W1Fort Lewis 1-1 0.500 6-2 0.750 W1CSU-Pueblo 1-1 0.500 4-3 0.571 L1Black Hills State 1-1 0.500 3-5 0.375 L1Adams State 0-2 0.000 3-2 0.600 L2Regis 0-1 0.000 2-3 0.400 L1Western State 0-2 0.000 1-5 0.167 L4New Mexico Highlands 0-2 0.000 0-5 0.000 L5Western New Mexico 0-2 0.000 0-6 0.000 L6

School Conf. CPct. Overall Pct. StreakUCCS 2-0 1.000 7-1 0.875 W5Western New Mexico 2-0 1.000 4-1 0.800 W3CSU-Pueblo 2-0 1.000 4-2 0.667 W2Black Hills State 2-0 1.000 3-2 0.600 W3New Mexico Highlands 2-0 1.000 3-2 0.600 W3MSU Denver 1-0 1.000 4-1 0.800 W3Colorado Mesa 1-1 0.500 4-2 0.667 L1Chadron State 1-1 0.500 1-5 0.167 W1Regis 0-1 0.000 4-1 0.800 L1Colorado Mines 0-2 0.000 5-3 0.625 L2Fort Lewis 0-2 0.000 3-3 0.500 L2Western State 0-2 0.000 1-5 0.167 L3Adams State 0-2 0.000 0-6 0.000 L6Colorado Christian 0-2 0.000 0-8 0.000 L8

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Date Opponent Time / Result11/14 vs. Upper Iowa L, 68-7711/15 vs. Montana St.-Billings L, 57-9511/17 at Wyoming (exhib.) L, 29-10411/19 at Grand Canyon (exhib.) L, 52-7611/24 at Northern Colorado (exhib.) L, 37-8511/28 vs. McMurry W, 70-6711/29 vs. Simon Fraser L, 42-8612/5 at Black Hills State* L, 49-6112/6 at Chadron State* L, 62-7512/12 New Mexico Highlands* 5:30 p.m.12/13 Western New Mexico* 5:30 p.m.12/20 at Adams State* 5 p.m.12/21 at Fort Lewis* 3 p.m.1/2 Colorado Mines* 5:30 p.m.1/3 Colorado Christian* 5:30 p.m.1/9 at UC-Colorado Springs* 5:30 p.m.1/10 at CSU-Pueblo* 5:30 p.m.1/17 at Colorado Mesa* 5:30 p.m.1/23 Regis* 5:30 p.m.1/24 Metro State* 5:30 p.m.1/30 at Colorado Christian* 6 p.m.1/31 at Colorado Mines* 5 p.m.2/6 Chadron State* 5:30 p.m.2/7 Black Hills State* 5:30 p.m.2/13 at Western New Mexico* 5:30 p.m.2/14 at New Mexico Highlands* 5 p.m.2/21 Colorado Mesa* 5:30 p.m.2/27 Fort Lewis* 5:30 p.m.2/28 Adams State* 5:30 p.m.

*RMAC Contest


2014-15 Western State Statistics

No. Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Hometown / High School (Previous School)2 Margaret Zimmerman Sr. F 5-11 Denver, Colo. / Cherokee Trail5 Carra Jackson-Brown Fr. G 5-9 Denver, Colo. / Rangeview High School10 Azia Lacy Fr. G 5-10 Plano, Texas11 Stephanie Williams R-Fr. G 5-10 Cerritos, Calif. / St. Anthony High School14 Taylor Long Fr. G 5-8 Moreno Valley, Calif.15 Maricel Medina Sr. G 5-9 Albuquerque, N.M. / Del Norte HS (New Mexico State)20 Harlie Williams So. F 5-10 Norwood, Colo. / Norwood High School21 Madison Cruse R-Fr. G 5-7 Fullerton, Calif. / Sunny Hills High School22 Sydney Baker R-Fr. G 5-7 Montrose, Colo. / Delta Vision Charter Academy23 Ajai Ford Jr. G 5-7 Los Angeles, Calif.24 Sadie Stroup So. G 5-10 Foresthill, Calif. / Foresthill High School30 Katie Najvar Fr. F 6-1 Houston, Texas32 Kristi Vaninger So. F 5-10 Littleton, Colo. / Chatfi eld Senior High School33 Jade McIntosh Sr. F 5-10 Colorado Springs, Colo. / Sand Creek HS34 Mason Brainard-Fernandez R-Fr. G 5-5 Denver, Colo.42 Taylor Mayes Jr. F 6-1 Hutchinson, Kan.44 Sydnie Lengyel So. F 6-1 Tempe, Ariz. / Marcos De Niza High School

Head Coach: Van Girard Assistant Coaches: Maylinn Smith

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES........... (1-5) (0-0) (0-2) (1-3) CONFERENCE.......... (0-2) (0-0) (0-2) (0-0) NON-CONFERENCE...... (1-3) (0-0) (0-0) (1-3)

|---TOTAL---| |---3-PTS---| |----REBOUNDS----| ## Player GP-GS Min--Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 02 Margaret Zimmerman. 1-0 4 4.0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 05 Carra Jackson-Brown 3-0 15 5.0 4-8 .500 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 1 3 4 1.3 0 0 0 1 0 1 9 3.0 10 Azia Lacy.......... 4-0 33 8.3 2-7 .286 0-1 .000 1-2 .500 2 2 4 1.0 6 0 1 4 0 2 5 1.3 11 Stephanie Williams. 6-2 83 13.8 9-28 .321 2-3 .667 8-12 .667 11 7 18 3.0 12 0 7 11 2 5 28 4.7 14 Taylor Long........ 6-4 150 25.0 12-59 .203 3-20 .150 15-18 .833 7 5 12 2.0 22 2 8 7 0 15 42 7.0 15 Maricel Medina..... 6-4 63 10.5 6-12 .500 0-2 .000 0-1 .000 4 3 7 1.2 12 0 4 6 0 5 12 2.0 20 Harlie Williams.... 6-3 114 19.0 7-30 .233 3-12 .250 1-3 .333 5 8 13 2.2 11 0 8 15 2 4 18 3.0 21 Madison Cruse...... 6-0 66 11.0 3-12 .250 0-4 .000 7-8 .875 1 9 10 1.7 7 0 6 4 0 4 13 2.2 23 Ajai Ford.......... 6-1 109 18.2 17-34 .500 2-4 .500 13-25 .520 1 11 12 2.0 14 0 8 14 1 1 49 8.2 24 Sadie Stroup....... 6-3 138 23.0 10-39 .256 4-19 .211 10-15 .667 8 10 18 3.0 16 0 2 12 0 5 34 5.7 30 Katie Najvar....... 4-0 34 8.5 4-9 .444 0-0 .000 0-3 .000 3 6 9 2.3 1 0 0 2 0 1 8 2.0 32 Kristi Vaninger.... 2-1 6 3.0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 33 Jade McIntosh...... 6-6 182 30.3 25-68 .368 3-13 .231 17-21 .810 11 34 45 7.5 17 0 8 16 1 10 70 11.7 42 Taylor Mayes....... 6-6 113 18.8 11-31 .355 0-1 .000 10-14 .714 9 8 17 2.8 19 0 1 7 3 2 32 5.3 44 Sydnie Lengyel..... 6-0 90 15.0 11-27 .407 0-0 .000 6-14 .429 8 12 20 3.3 11 0 6 9 3 2 28 4.7 TEAM............... 13 18 31 5.2 0 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total.............. 6 1200 121-364 .332 18-82 .220 88-136 .647 84 137 221 36.8 148 2 59 109 12 57 348 58.0 Opponents.......... 6 1200 139-324 .429 49-131 .374 134-188 .713 77 186 263 43.8 118 1 95 113 18 60 461 76.8

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2014-15 New Mexico Highlands Statistics

Date Opponent Time / Result11/3 at Northern Arizona (exhib.) L, 53-8411/11 at Air Force (exhib.) L, 58-6611/19 West Texas A&M L, 73-8411/22 at Texas-Permian Basin L, 55-7611/29 at Southern Utah L, 64-8212/2 Texas-Permian Basin W, 70-6312/5 Colorado Christian* W, 78-7012/6 Colorado Mines* W, 75-6812/12 at Western State* 5:30 p.m.12/13 at Colorado Mesa* 5:30 p.m.12/19 UC-Colorado Springs* 5 p.m.12/20 CSU-Pueblo* 5 p.m.1/2 at Metro State* 5 p.m.1/3 at Regis* 3 p.m.1/9 at Fort Lewis* 5:30 p.m.1/10 at Adams State* 5:30 p.m.1/16 Chadron State* 5 p.m.1/17 Black Hills State* 5 p.m.1/24 Western New Mexico* 2 p.m.1/30 at CSU-Pueblo* 5:30 p.m.1/31 at UC-Colorado Springs* 5:30 p.m.2/6 Adams State* 5 p.m.2/7 Fort Lewis* 5 p.m.2/13 Colorado Mesa* 5 p.m.2/14 Western State* 5 p.m.2/20 at Colorado Mines* 6 p.m.2/21 at Colorado Christian* 5 p.m.2/28 at Western New Mexico* 2 p.m.

*RMAC Contest

No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Hometown / Previous School0 Miranda Martinez G 5-4 Jr. Las Vegas, N.M. / West Las Vegas HS4 Brittany Brown F 5-10 Jr. Norco, Calif. / San Bernadino Valley10 Eboni Jacobs G 5-6 Sr. Moreno Valley, Calif. / Citrus High School12 Jasmine Suarez G 5-4 Jr. Las Vegas, Nev. / Tohono O’Odham CC13 Jacinda Woodruff G 5-5 So. El Paso, Texas / Bel Air High School15 Anngelina Sanchez G 5-9 Sr. Summer, Wash. / Tacoma Community College22 Claudia Meneses G 5-9 Sr. Las Vegas, Nev. / Victor Valley College23 Kristy Marquez G 5-10 Sr. El Paso, Texas / University of the Southwest25 Katie Gannon G 5-10 Sr. Glendora, Calif. / Glendora High School32 Jenny Johnson G 5-10 Sr. Tualatin, Ore. / Clackamas Community College33 Giulia Simioni G 5-6 So. Zurich, Switzerland / Liceo Cantonale Locarno34 Kylee Reibel G 5-7 Rf. Phoenix, Ariz. / Millennium High School42 Michelle Tapia P 5-11 Rf. Las Vegas, N.M. / West Las Vegas HS44 Savannah Bix G 5-7 Rf. Flagstaff, Ariz. / Flagstaff High School50 Erin Carrica F 5-9 Fr. Rio Rancho, N.M. / Cleveland HS52 Emma Hart P 6-0 Sr. Los Lunas, N.M. / University of ScrantonRS Michelle Traynham G/F 5-11 Jr. Belen, N.M. / Valencia High School

Head Coach: Brianna FinchAssistant Coaches: Thomas Pool




15 Anngelina Sanchez 6-6 143 23.8 33-67 . 4 9 3 5-14 . 3 5 7 21-25 . 8 4 0 5 16 21 3.5 13 0 9 17 1 6 92 15.332 Jenny Johnson 6-6 155 25.8 18-44 . 4 0 9 7-19 . 3 6 8 21-25 . 8 4 0 1 19 20 3.3 15 0 15 14 2 3 64 10.704 Brittany Brown 6-5 165 27.5 19-42 . 4 5 2 11-23 . 4 7 8 5-9 . 5 5 6 7 21 28 4.7 13 0 5 10 0 5 54 9.022 Claudia Meneses 6-6 139 23.2 17-57 . 2 9 8 6-17 . 3 5 3 10-16 . 6 2 5 8 30 38 6.3 18 1 4 10 0 5 50 8.333 Giulia Simioni 6-6 183 30.5 16-32 . 5 0 0 6-13 . 4 6 2 6-9 . 6 6 7 2 7 9 1.5 9 0 22 18 0 4 44 7.342 Michelle Tapia 6-0 102 17.0 8-19 . 4 2 1 0-0 . 0 0 0 15-23 . 6 5 2 10 14 24 4.0 21 2 0 4 3 3 31 5.200 Miranda Martinez 6-0 102 17.0 6-22 . 2 7 3 3-11 . 2 7 3 11-12 . 9 1 7 11 12 23 3.8 6 0 18 13 0 7 26 4.325 Katie Gannon 6-1 42 7.0 5-13 . 3 8 5 3-8 . 3 7 5 6-6 1.000 1 4 5 0.8 0 0 1 3 0 0 19 3.213 Jacinda Woodruff 3-0 43 14.3 3-8 . 3 7 5 0-1 . 0 0 0 1-2 . 5 0 0 1 2 3 1.0 2 0 1 4 0 4 7 2.310 Eboni Jacobs 6-0 49 8.2 4-14 . 2 8 6 2-2 1.000 4-6 . 6 6 7 0 2 2 0.3 6 0 2 5 0 2 14 2.352 Emma Hart 6-0 63 10.5 4-8 . 5 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 5-6 . 8 3 3 7 3 10 1.7 14 0 1 2 2 1 13 2.234 Kylee Reibel 3-0 7 2.3 0-1 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 1-2 . 5 0 0 0 2 2 0.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.323 Kristy Marquez 3-0 7 2.3 0-1 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0

Team 12 18 30 2Total.......... 6 1200 133-328 . 4 0 5 43-108 . 3 9 8 106-141 . 7 5 2 65 150 215 35.8 119 3 78 102 8 40 415 69.2Opponents...... 6 1200 149-355 . 4 2 0 43-127 . 3 3 9 102-149 . 6 8 5 70 145 215 35.8 127 - 99 85 13 54 443 73.8

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2014-15 Western New Mexico Statistics

Date Opponent Time / Result11/1 at Idaho State (exhib.) L, 58-7511/3 at Utah State (exhib.) L, 66-8711/16 at Northern Arizona (exhib.) W, 58-5411/20 University of the Southwest W, 83-2611/22 vs. Eastern New Mexico L, 61-7712/1 at Sul Ross State W, 82-4612/5 Colorado Mines* W, 68-5012/6 Colorado Christian* W, 80-51 12/12 at Colorado Mesa* 5:30 p.m.12/13 at Western State* 5:30 p.m.12/19 CSU-Pueblo* 5:30 p.m.12/20 UC-Colorado Springs* 5:30 p.m.1/2 at Regis* 5:30 p.m.1/3 at Metro State* 5:30 p.m.1/9 at Adams State* 5:30 p.m.1/10 at Fort Lewis* 5:30 p.m.1/16 Black Hills State* 5:30 p.m.1/17 Chadron State* 5:30 p.m.1/20 Northern New Mexico 6 p.m.1/24 at New Mexico Highlands* 2 p.m.1/30 at UC-Colorado Springs* 5:30 p.m.1/31 at CSU-Pueblo* 5:30 p.m.2/6 Fort Lewis* 5:30 p.m.2/7 Adams State* 5:30 p.m.2/13 Western State* 5:30 p.m.2/14 Colorado Mesa* 5:30 p.m.2/20 at Colorado Christian* 5:30 p.m.2/21 at Colorado Mines* 5:30 p.m.2/28 New Mexico Highlands* 2 p.m.

*RMAC Contest

No. Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Hometown / Previous School1 RaTanya Newsome Sr. G 5-5 Tucson, AZ / Southern Oregon University2 Jordan Gutierrez So. G 5-3 Albuquerque, NM / Valley High School3 Kenzie Rinehart So. G 5-6 Deming, NM / Deming High School10 Ashley Witherspoon Sr. G 5-8 San Marcos, CA / Palomar College12 Audrey Oliver Rf. G 5-5 Las Cruces, NM / Mayfi eld High School15 Desiree Young Sr. G 5-9 North Ogden, UT / Weber High School20 My’Kale French Jr. G 5-6 Racine, WI / Lake Region State College22 Tessa Jones So. F 6-1 Truth or Consequences, NM / Hot Springs High School23 Stephanie Douthit Sr. G 5-9 Phoenix, AZ / Regis/Texas State25 Lucy Benning Fr. G 5-10 El Paso, TX / El Paso High School31 Jade Botelho Fr. F 5-10 Honolulu, HI / Iolani High School32 Ashley Mitchell Sr. G 5-10 Fort Defi ance, AZ / Cochise College33 Nalani Hernandez Sr. G/F 5-9 Tucson, AZ / Southern Oregon University34 Cristiana Yepa Jr. G/F 5-9 Dulce, NM / Ellsworth CC44 Taylor McCauley Fr. F 5-11 Cliff, NM / Cliff High School55 Stephanie Moore Sr. F/C 6-1 Anton, TX / South Plains CollegeRS Daniela Keenan Fr. G 5-6 El Paso, TX / Chapin High School

Head Coach: Rusty KennedyAssistant Coaches: Sasha Montez, Micaela Medina, Megan Placencia

Overall record: 4-1 Conf: 2-0 Home: 3-0 Away: 1-0 Neutral: 0-1



32 Ashley Mitchell 5-5 123 24.6 20-56 . 3 5 7 7-18 . 3 8 9 10-13 . 7 6 9 7 11 18 3.6 6 0 12 12 1 7 57 11.455 Stephanie Moore 5-5 93 18.6 17-34 . 5 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 10-12 . 8 3 3 8 7 15 3.0 6 0 2 3 0 4 44 8.833 Nalani Hernandez 5-5 126 25.2 17-28 . 6 0 7 0-0 . 0 0 0 6-11 . 5 4 5 6 34 40 8.0 7 0 6 4 3 10 40 8.023 Stephanie Douthit 5-0 66 13.2 13-34 . 3 8 2 8-25 . 3 2 0 6-8 . 7 5 0 2 4 6 1.2 6 0 2 4 0 1 40 8.001 RaTanya Newsome 5-5 123 24.6 13-32 . 4 0 6 3-5 . 6 0 0 7-16 . 4 3 8 3 13 16 3.2 13 0 27 16 0 9 36 7.231 Jade Botelho 5-0 68 13.6 17-30 . 5 6 7 0-3 . 0 0 0 1-1 1.000 3 9 12 2.4 8 0 4 4 1 6 35 7.002 Jordan Gutierrez 5-0 89 17.8 11-15 . 7 3 3 8-12 . 6 6 7 1-3 . 3 3 3 2 4 6 1.2 11 0 8 6 0 5 31 6.225 Lucy Benning 1-0 10 10.0 1-4 . 2 5 0 0-3 . 0 0 0 4-4 1.000 1 2 3 3.0 2 0 1 1 0 0 6 6.015 Desiree Young 5-2 75 15.0 8-18 . 4 4 4 3-9 . 3 3 3 1-3 . 3 3 3 5 5 10 2.0 0 0 9 2 0 2 20 4.044 Taylor McCauley 3-0 31 10.3 3-9 . 3 3 3 0-0 . 0 0 0 4-4 1.000 3 6 9 3.0 2 0 2 0 1 0 10 3.320 My'Kale French 5-0 41 8.2 6-14 . 4 2 9 0-4 . 0 0 0 3-8 . 3 7 5 0 4 4 0.8 1 0 6 6 1 3 15 3.022 Tessa Jones 5-0 50 10.0 7-16 . 4 3 8 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 7 7 14 2.8 5 0 1 1 0 2 14 2.810 Ashley Witherspoon 5-3 63 12.6 7-11 . 6 3 6 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-3 . 0 0 0 5 9 14 2.8 1 0 5 4 1 1 14 2.834 Cristiana Yepa 4-0 22 5.5 4-7 . 5 7 1 1-3 . 3 3 3 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 12 12 3.0 6 0 1 0 1 1 9 2.312 Audrey Oliver 1-0 7 7.0 1-1 1.000 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 1 1 1.0 0 0 2 1 0 2 2 2.003 Kenzie Rinehart 2-0 13 6.5 0-2 . 0 0 0 0-1 . 0 0 0 1-2 . 5 0 0 1 0 1 0.5 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0.5

Team 9 9 18Total.......... 5 1000 145-311 . 4 6 6 30-83 . 3 6 1 54-88 . 6 1 4 62 137 199 39.8 74 0 88 66 9 55 374 74.8Opponents...... 5 1000 96-278 . 3 4 5 11-62 . 1 7 7 47-67 . 7 0 1 53 118 171 34.2 72 - 57 98 15 32 250 50.0

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MOUNTAINEER ATHLETIC ASSOCIATIONAs a member of the Mountaineer Athletic Association, you receive benefi ts and privileges in accordance with the contri-bution level you choose. These benefi ts include all-sport passes, MAA regalia, reserved parking and invitations to social functions. Your contributions help provide educational opportunities for young student-athletes, assistance in achieving the margin of excellence which inspires Western athletes and coaches to competitive and exciting performances, and ingredient for the 2014-15 season.

Wayne BrownMAA President

2013-14 MAA BoardPresident: Wayne BrownVice President: Gene HillSecretary / Treasurer: Candi BorahChris AltonPhil ChamberlandChris ColemanScott FrazierMariah GreenCarol GreenleeDanny LefebvrePhil PerkinsJerry PiquetteMilt Voss

Advisory BoardCindy DrexelJason Carmichael

$15,000 PARTNERSChamberland Orthopaedics5 B’s BBQ / J & W Catering

$10,000 PARTNERSAlpine OrthopaedicsGunnison Energy CorporationHoliday Inn ExpressKEJJ / KPKE RadioPepsi-ColaWestern State Colorado University Foundation

$5,000 PARTNERSI Bar RanchMario’s Pizza & PastaMcDonald’sThe Paper ClipQuality InnSchmalz Construction and Gunnison ConstructionThe Sign Guys & GalSodexo Campus ServicesEconolodge

$2,500 PARTNERSBank of the WestComfort InnDays Inn & SuitesEmbroidered SportswearEquip CreativeFalcon Sports Shots - Sean

CondonGunnison Country TimesIsland Acres ResortPalisade’s RestaurantPower Stop / The HammerThe Inn at Tomichi VillageThree Rivers ResortWater Wheel InnWestern LumberWestern State BookstoreWet Grocer / Airport Self Storage

$1,000 PARTNERSB & B PrintersB & H SportsBank of Colorado - MontroseCastle Creek Guitar Company, LLCCliggett and Associates, P.C.Crested Butte Publishing and CreativeCritter Sitters and Gunnison Veterinary ClinicDove Graphics, Inc.Gene Taylor’s Sporting GoodsGentle Dental Care / Dr. Scott AndersonGreatLand Log HomesGunnison Bank & TrustGunnison Vitamin and Health Food StoreHoskin, Farina & Kampf, PC

John Roberts Motor WorksKBUT RadioLaw Of the RockiesMisty Mountain FloralMonty’s Auto Parts and Machine ShopMonarch Realty, Matt Robbins - BrokerO’Hayre, Dawson & Norris, PCParish Oil, Inc. / DBA Conoco Food Plaza & Car WashPat’s Screen PrintingRE/MAX Community BrokersRocky Mountain Frames and TrophiesScenic River ToursSherwin WilliamsShondeck Financial ServicesSpallone ConstructionSports WorldTrue Value HardwareWestern Music Department

HONORARY MEMBERSCamille BesseJan Borah Jean DeckerKaren Edstrom Ron FicklinRicky GlatiotisZeta Graham Clea Greenawalt Virginia L. Harris

Joyce HuntBetty Jardon Virginia JonesAnn Laguens Betty Light Sandra L. Mark Helen MarshallFrank OysterEthel RiceAnne Steinbeck

Nancy Tredway Nell WhitingNona Zahradka

MOUNTAINEER ($1,000 OR MORE)Rick D. BettgerBob DawsonBob & Cindy DrexelJeff & Laurie Garren

Carol Yanks GreenleeJim & Sue OatesGaar PotterTerry & Judy Sweet

2014-15 MAA CORPORATE PARTNERS

2013-14 MAA MEMBERS

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BASKETBALLMOUNTAINEER ATHLETIC ASSOCIATIONSLATE ($500-$999)Anejo Bistro & Bar - Lesly OcampoBrad & Sonja BacaBerfi elds Stage Stop - Randy & Linda BostonTerry & Mary BraceBuff’s Collision SpecialistsDallas EverhartGunnison BreweryF. James HahnJay & Karen HillTravis JuhlJason & Jenny LainDale & Jodie McDonoughBud & Karen NajvarDan & Linda PierceGary & Shelly PiersonJerry PiquetteSandler Holdings - Mark Mc-DonoughTomichi TireDr.’s Todd & Marin Wendell

CRIMSON ($300-$499)Michael T. BorahDon, Gena & Chris ColemanCritter Sitters - Jamee & Heath SmithDrake Woods - Mike PetersonLiz FullerGunnison Savings & LoanGunnison Vet Clinic - Tom & Polly VenardGunsmoke Travel Plaza & CaféH & H TowingRalph I. & Marilyn A. JohnsonLenny & Michelle LiljegrenBrett McDonoughRichard MinotMountain Windows - Ted & Kim BemisMary Lou OgdenDes PennartzPhil & Joan PerkinsJohn & Colette PerusekJohn & Leslie RandallPaul ReidBradd & Jada SchaferShipp & Spear Builders The Turquoise Junction - Brad & Judy TutorTraders Rendezvous - Randy & Ellen ClarkFrank & Marlene Zanetell

WESTERN ($150-$299)Seth AdamsAce & Andrea ApodacaAuto CorralRyan & Amanda AllenPerry & Teresa AndersonArmando & Ranae AvilaJas & Sukhi BainsMohan & Daljeet BainsJim & Judy BarryJim & Bonnie BarilChris Benedetti & Gillian LieMary Jo Bennetts

Bryan & Dawn BernhardRick & Gloria BeseckerGeorge & Joy BesseMenon BillingsleyKen & Shirley BlairGlenn & Leila CalkinsJason & Erin CarmichaelRob & Kathie CaseKen & Tracey ColemanColorado Specialties - Mike & Jodi CaseyJane & Bill CornFrank & Sarah CutronaDail FarmsRachel Dando Steve & Sharon DorzweilerPete & Susan DundaDan & Jane EmichCarrie Esquibel & Todd ShawSpencer & Arlene FickelFullmer’s AceRobert & Alice FultonDale & Clarissa GaubatzPeter & Nancy GaussLucas & Logan GerlockZeta & Don GrahamGunnison Auto GlassGunnison County ShopperGunnison Shipping - Kirk MuellerGunnison Valley Family PhysiciansDonna GranereWill HartGene HillLee & Val HitchcockJay & Thelma JenkinsRon & Karen KiblerRick & Linda KiefferDr. Kathleen KinkemaLeo & Judy KlinkerKirk & Coie LorimerJohn MalensekBarbara MarkelyJohn McCarthy & Melanie TorpeyJim McDonaldRyan McDonoughMiller FurnitureJim & Shannon MillsMochas CoffeehouseJames L. MontgomeryKaren & Dick MorganTom & Kristi MurtaughJon & Layne NelsonScott & Monica NewmanNesbitt & Company, LLCScott & Linda PickertJames & Antionette PleauTom & Shaunalee PratherAl & Cathy PryorDean & Sue RodewaldRomero Drywall - Leroy & Sally RomeroAlbert & Angela RoperJon Rosas FamilyBob & Mary Ann RuslerSteph RuybalJarral & Anne RyterDon & Dorothy SammonsJody Sawdo

Terry & Laura SchliesmanGary & Diana ShermanSean & Jennifer StansberryGeorge & Ann StowellDoug & Stacey SwinehartRay & Loretta SzallarMiles & Tonya Van HeeVilla Beaute - Kristi MedinaJyle VossMilt & Celia VossMick & Stephanie WarthWest Slope Garage Door - Gary & Linda AppletonWestern Slope Fire & SafetyWestern Wildfl owers - Sharon MendoncaRob & Vicki WheelerFran & Diana WickenhauserJim & Cori Woytek

CENTURY ($100-$149)Jacob AccolaRichard Almgren Insurance Agency, IncAlmont ResortEd & Sue BartschJoAnn Arai-BrownSkip Bennett & Draxy BuckleyCamille BesseCandi BorahMarques & Melissa BravoEd & Sue BartschTom Burbank & Janeen BerberianKen & MaryBeth ByrdClarke Agency Real Estate - Cathie ElliottDr. Marta ColemanCasey, Sarah & RC CoonsCulligan - Paul Hatfi eldSid & Audrey DickinsonSally DuckEddie’s BarbershopEd Evans IIIPam FrenchDan & Doris GonzalesGothic Cricket ClubChris & Mariah GreenVirginia HarrisJames & Terri HartFred & Leta HaverlyGinny HayesHouse of ChinaJan’s PlaceJC Services LLCCarl JonesAnn LaguensKelly & Laura LedwithSandra L. MarkBill MatthewsJessica Mitchell-LakeyMountain Valley DistributorsRick Nelson Agency - American Family InsuranceScott & Mary NordbergScott & Jayna PettyAshwin PatelMark & Michelle RileySue Ruffe

Jayme & Duane SchroderSchumacher & O’Loughlin, LLCAjay SinghSarbjit SinghPari & Diya ShergillPat SmartDennis & Cheelone SpritzerAnne SteinbeckSue’s Place - Sue MundellTimberlin Henderson FamilyBrian TurnerMichael ViereggeAdam & Chere WasserRick & Tina WilsonJoe & Sheila WinegardnerDoug & Jean WinterHal & Peg Yale

TENDERFOOTAdams, JordanAdams, Lukas AllenAmsberry, Brian SAtwood, JuliaBallard, Steven JamesBecic, MelanieBenitez, JorgeBerling, GeorgeBraddy, JacobCooke, JonathanCool, KalleeCraighead, JeremyDardis, KelsieDolson, MollyElmore, ShelbyHarms, JamilynHaro Sipes, ReneHartner, JoshuaHopkins, JosetteKeith, TaylorKessler, HillarieKirkwood, BenjaminKreis, E.J.McGinn, ZacharyMilan, AshleyMullikin, ElisaMunoz, CollinOeffl er, ChelseyOrtiz, CassandraPayne, RyanPieper, JohnnyRichardson, TaraSabatka, JeffreyScheller, TylerSchmidt, DemosthenesSchmidt, MichaelShepherd, TravisStephens, BrandonStuht, LaneSuchecki, LukeSzabo, BarbaraSzczepinski, KrzysztofVandahl, MichaelWalderman, CaraWalker, HollyWalton, JustinWilson, GarrettWolpern, Ali

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Up to the peaks and the pinnacles, high above the Black Canyon’s fl oor,through passes on trails where the peregrine sails and huge hearted eagles soar,comes men and women made for the mountains, athletes of prowess and fl air,to a place with a school where the elements rule, and champions are made from thin air.

And here the strong must grow stronger, and the weakest must get tough or die.In nature’s rule the fi ttest pull through, in this land of the bull elk’s battle cry.And, the fi ttest and toughest will thrive here, to summit peaks and podiums in strideon a mountain’s supply of endurance and try, and the Mountaineer spirit and pride.

Western State Colorado University is the proud home of the Mountaineers.Where high achievers abound and champions crowned form a legacy passed through the years.And, you may join them if you are up to the challenge. But, cast off your fears and all doubt.When you learn to believe, you can “over achieve.” That’s what “Mountaineer Magic” is about.

Then when you’ve put out the work and the effort, and you are sweating at twenty below,but you don’t think twice of rare air and the ice, then fi tness is something you know.That’s when that magic consumes you. When you are winning at dreams that come true, look west to the sky and contemplate why. Then give the mountains and University their due!

Up among the peaks and the pinnacles, you’ll feel blessed that you came to be here.But, know from the start it takes a mountain of heart, for the honor to be called Mountaineer!

MOUNTAINEERS - A poem by John Nelson

John Nelson is an accomplished professional cowboy poet with many published pieces of work. John Nelson wrote “Mountaineers” in honor of the 50-year anniversary of the Mountaineer Athletic Association.

A Western State student-athlete from 1966-1970, John was a two-sport athlete, participating in football and wrestling. John Nelson is also the owner of Gunnison Country Guide and Outfi tting, a long-time Mountaineer Athletic Association Corporate Partner.

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WOMEN’S STATISTICAL COMPARISON

MEN’S STATISTICAL COMPARISON

Category Western Highlands WNMUGames 6 6 5Points 58.0 69.2 74.8Points Allowed 76.8 73.8 50.0FG Percentage .332 .405 .466Opponent FG Percentage .429 .420 .345Three-Point FG Percentage .220 .398 .361Opponent Three-Point FG Percentage .374 .339 .177Free-Throw Percentage .647 .752 .614Rebounds 36.8 35.8 39.8Assists 9.8 13.0 17.6Turnovers 18.2 17.0 13.2

Blocks 2.0 1.3 1.8

Steals 9.5 6.7 11.0

Category Western Highlands WNMUGames 6 5 6Points 69.0 65.8 60.7Points Allowed 76.8 82.6 81.2FG Percentage .384 .360 .352Opponent FG Percentage .444 .502 .515Three-Point FG Percentage .264 .294 .306Opponent Three-Point FG Percentage .291 .376 .421Free-Throw Percentage .667 .680 .695Rebounds 38.0 35.2 28.7Assists 10.8 12.8 10.0Turnovers 13.8 13.2 12.8

Blocks 1.0 2.2 2.3

Steals 4.0 5.0 5.5

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2014-15 WESTERN WRESTLING DUAL SCHEDULE

DATE MEET LOCATION / RESULTS12/12 CSM Alumni Open Golden, Colo.1/16 Western State Opener Gunnison, Colo.1/22 Air Force Invite Colorado Springs, Colo.1/30 The Shootout Gunnison, Colo.2/6 Western State Alumni Open Gunnison, Colo.2/13 Husky Invite Seattle, Wash.2/14 ASU Qualifi er Alamosa, Colo.2/20 CSM Last Chance Golden, Colo.2/27 RMAC Championships Gunnison, Colo.3/13 NCAA DII Championships Birmingham, Ala.

2014-15 WESTERN INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD SCHEDULE

DATE OPPONENT RESULT/TIME11/5 Crimson & Slate Slate 20 - Crimson 111/8 vs. San Francisco State* 5 p.m.1/10 ^California Baptist* 10 a.m.1/10 ^Air Force 12 p.m.1/10 ^Grand Canyon 2 p.m.1/17 vs. Fort Hays State# 9 a.m.1/17 vs. Northern State# 11 a.m.1/17 at Nebraska - Kearney# 2 p.m.1/22 at Adams State* 7 p.m.

DATE OPPONENT RESULT/TIME1/29 at CSU-Pueblo* 7 p.m.1/31 at Chadron State* 1 p.m.2/5 at Colorado Mesa* 7 p.m.2/12 New Mexico Highlands* 7 p.m.2/18 Colorado Mines* 7 p.m.2/27 RMAC/Region IV Championships Pueblo, Colo.3/13 NCAA DII Championships St. Louis, Mo.

*RMAC Dual

WINTER SPORT SCHEDULES

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Everyone associated with the Western State Colorado University Athletics program (coaches, staff, student-athletes, boosters) has the responsibility to comply with NCAA rules involving pros-pects and student-athletes. Mountaineer athletic support groups are a very valuable part of the Western Athletic Department. All present and past members of these groups are considered boosters and therefore, are held to compliance with these standards. Please review the information on what boosters may or may not do, and ask before you act.

Recruiting GuidelinesA Booster may:• contact a prospect as long as the booster had an established relationship prior to the student becoming a prospect and as long as there is no attempt to recruit the prospect for Western;• watch a prospect’s athletic contest (but not have contact with that prospect or the prospect’s parents); and• provide names, statistics, newspaper articles, etc. of outstanding prospects from the booster’s local area to Western coaches and staff (but not contact that prospect’s coach or school offi cials in order to gather materials pertaining to the prospect’s athletic or academic abilities).

A Booster may not:• contact (telephone or in writing/e-mail) a prospect or his/her parents in person, for the purposes of recruiting the prospect;• make contact with a prospect or his/her parents on or off the Western campus for the purposes of recruiting his/her to Western;• mail anything to a prospect, including press releases, media guides, posters, schedule cards, etc.;• approach a Western coach who is with a prospect either on or off the Western campus;• contact or request anything (transcript, videotape) from a prospect’s counselor or coach in order to evaluate the athletic or academic ability of a prospect; and• provide any extra benefi t to a prospect or his/her family or friends.

Rules Regarding current Western Student-AthletesA Booster may:• provide an occasional family home meal to a student-athlete or an entire team. Such meal must take place in the home, not in a restaurant. The meal may be catered.• provide employment under certain circumstances to current student-athletes. Student-athletes must be paid the established rate (in the area for similar services) for work actually performed.

A Booster may not:• provide extra benefi ts to any student-athlete and his/her family;• use the name or picture of a student-athlete to directly or indi-rectly promote the sale or use of a commercial product or service;• provide free or reduced rate housing for a student-athlete or his/her family;

• hire a student-athlete to house-sit;• provide an honorarium to a student-athlete who has been ap-proved for a speaking engagement. Student-athletes may receive only actual and necessary travel expenses to pre-approved speak-ing engagements; and• provide any extra benefi t to a current student-athlete.

Student-Athlete EmploymentA student-athlete may be employed during or outside the academic year, provided:• The student-athlete’s compensation does not include any re-muneration for value or utility that the student-athlete may have for the employer because of the publicity, reputation, fame or personal following that he or she has obtained because of athlet-ics ability;• The student-athlete is compensated only for work actually performed;• The student-athlete is compensated at a rate commensurate with the going rate in that locality for similar services; and

Employer “Do’s” and “Don’ts”• The athletic department may arrange employment for prospects in the summer prior to their enrollment as freshmen and for enrolled student-athletes during all offi cial vacation periods (sum-mer, winter, spring) during the academic year.• Do not provide free transportation to and from jobs for student-athletes, unless such transportation is provided to all employees.• Do provide employment for prospective and currently enrolled student-athletes during permissible time periods and at regular pay rates for similarly qualifi ed non-athlete employees.

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