2011 detroit titans men's golf yearbook

7-Time Horizon League Champions * 5-NCAA Regional Appearances 1

2011 University of Detroit Mercy Men’s Golf YearbookMen’s Golf Yearbook

“A Tradition Unlike Any Other”“A Tradition Unlike Any Other”

2010 All-Horizon League 2010 All-Horizon League & HL All-Tournament& HL All-Tournament

Sr. Britt PronkSr. Britt Pronk

2010 HL2010 HLAll-TournamentAll-TournamentSr. Jeff ClarridgeSr. Jeff Clarridge

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2011 Titans’ Men’s Golf Yearbook2

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Quick Facts

Yearbook CreditsThe 2010-11 Detroit Titans Men’s Golf Yearbook is a production of the Detroit Sports Information Offi ce. The guide was written, designed and edited by Assistant SID P.J. Gradowski. Editorial assistance provided by the UDM Sports Information offi ce and Mark Engel. Photos by Tim Busch, Engel, Joe Raymond and UDM Sports Info.

The Titans on the InternetRegular updates and information on the Titan Golf

program, along with Detroit’s other 18 varsity teams, are available throughout the year at UDM’s offi cial athletics

website: www.DetroitTitans.com


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2010-11 Roster

L-R: Assistant Coach Luke LaFave, Jeff Clarridge, Brendan Leonard, Britt Pronk,

Simon Reyers, Kyle Benford, Mark Hicks, Sheldon Keyte, Head Coach Mark Engel

Simon Reyers

So.

Kingston, ON

Jeff Clarridge

Sr.

Barrie, ON

Kyle Benford

Fr.

Amherstview, ON

Mark Hicks

Jr.

Niagara-On-The-Lake, ON

Sheldon Keyte

So.

Portage, MI

Brendan Leonard

Fr.

Cambridge, ON

Britt Pronk

Sr.

London, ON


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2010-11 Schedule

Supporting Titan GolfThe Titans would like to thank the many generous alumni, family members and friends of the men’s golf program whose donations to the Titan Club directly contribute to the success of the team. Funds designated to support UDM Golf are used in a variety of ways by the Titans, including tournament travel, practice and equipment purchases. Please contact Coach Mark Engel for more information on how you can support Titans Golf.

2010 Horizon League Player of the Year David Byrne


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Jr. Mark Hicks


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Coach Engel’s Accomplishments21st Season6 Horizon League Championships5 NCAA Regionals20 Tournament Championships18 Medalists14 All-Conference Honorees4 HL Players of the Year6 HL Newcomers of the Year4-Time HL Coach of the Year8 All-America Scholars26 HL Academic Honor Roll Recipients


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Head Coach Mark Engel

1993 Motor City Invitational1994 Sandhills Collegiate1994 Motor City Invitational1997 Oakland Invitational1999 MCC Championship1999 Kangaroo’s Colonial Classic1999 Wright State Invitational2000 Ohio Collegiate Classic2001 MCC Championship2002 RMU/Duquesne Invitational

2002 Horizon League Championship2005 Joe Cole Invitational2005 Horizon League Championship2006 IPFW Fall Classic2007 Horizon League Championship2007 DePaul John Dallio Memorial2007 IPFW Fall Classic2008 Fort Lauderdale Spring Classic2008 Detroit Titans Invitational2010 Horizon League Championship

Tournament Wins Under Coach Engel


Coach Engel’s Medalists

David Byrne

2006 IPFW Classic2007 HL Championship2009 Titans Invitational

Jason Hartman

1999 MCC ChampionshipKevin Kinney

1992 St. Clair InvitationalBrent McClung

2002 RMU/Duquesne Invitational

Brian McMahon

1995 Dayton InvitationalKevin Michalik

1990 Dayton InvitationalJason Paholsky

1993 Motor City Invitational1994 Sandhills Collegiate

Jeremy Rothenberger

1994 Duquesne Invitational1996 Motor City Invitational

1997 Titans Invitational

Mark Sommerfeld

2007 Ft. Lauderdale Classic2008 First Mkt. Bank

Intercollegiate2008 Titans Invitational

Brad Spears

1997 Wright StateInvitational

Adam Walicki

1999 Detroit TitansInvitational


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Asst. Coach Luke LaFave

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Clarridge Up Close:A good ball striker who has been a fi xture in the Detroit playing rotation since arriving on campus as a freshman... Brought a great deal of tournament experience with him to the Titans, accelerating his quick adjustment to Division I college golf... Has generally proven to be a steady, consistent player for UDM… Has already posted 10 sub-par rounds and 12 Top 10 fi nishes heading into the home stretch of his college career… Was voted an All-America Scholar by the Golf Coaches Association of America at the end of his junior season…

2010 Fall:Played in all fi ve events posting a 75.7 stroke average, good for second on the team…His best fi nish came at the Bruce Fossum Invitational where he was the top Titan, tying for third with a 148 (73, 75) in the rain-shortened event…His 36-hole low was at Georgetown as he tallied a 222 (75, 71, 76) for 37th in the tournament…His best round was in the dual against Oakland as he shot a 68, good for a share of third, as the Titans defeated their rivals, 274-276…

2009-10:Earned a berth on the Horizon League All-Tournament Team as he tied for third place while helping Detroit to the 2010 conference championship… Also tied for third at the Titan Invitational last spring… Posted a low 54-hole score of 214, equaling his career-best, at Michigan State’s Spartan Classic… Shot a personal-best 18-hole score of 4-under 68 in the fi rst round of the MSU tournament… One of three players to see action in every one of UDM’s events last season… Finished the year third on the team with a 74.9 stroke average…

2008-09:As a sophomore, matched his career-low round of 69 while closing in a third-place tie individually at the Spartan Classic, helping Detroit to a runner-up fi nish as a team… Was also UDM’s top individual at Georgetown, in the fi nal tournament of the fall season, and twice in the spring as well – at the Treasure Coast Classic and Indiana… Was named both Horizon League Golfer and Scholar-Athlete of the Week following his sixth-place fi nish (71-72–141) at the Treasure Coast Classic… Ended up second on the team with a 74.6 stroke average…

2007-08:Became the third Titan in four years to be voted Horizon League Newcomer of the Year when he received the award as a freshman in 2008… Finished third on the team, and fi fth in the league, with a 74.1 stroke average… Was Detroit’s top individual fi nisher when he claimed a share of 10th place at the Georgetown Intercollegiate… Had a career-low 54-hole total of 214 at Ball State and IPFW… Registered his 18-hole low round of 69 at both of those tournaments as well as at Georgetown…

Personal:Has put together an impressive list of accomplishments during summer play in his native Ontario… Tied for fi fth place at the 2010 Ontario Men’s Amateur, his best fi nish ever at the provincial championship, and 22nd at the Canadian Amateur… Also fi nished third at the Hamilton Invitational and 11th at the Champion of Champions… Was a quarter-fi nalist at the 2009 Ontario Match Play Championship… Also fi nished 11th at the Glencoe Amateur, 14th at the Toronto Star Amateur, 43rd at the Ontario Am and 45th at the Canadian Championships… Won a hotly-contested 2008 Toronto Star Amateur title with a clutch eight-foot par putt on the fi nal hole… Also fi nished 21st at the Ontario Amateur and 14th at the Canadian Am that summer… Finished the year ranked 11th among men’s amateurs by the Golf Association of Ontario… Signed with Detroit in November of 2006... Put together an impressive resume prior to arriving at UDM, too... Finished fourth at the 2007 Ontario Junior Tournament of Champions, 14th at the Ontario Junior Boys Championship and 77th at the Canadian Juniors...Was also 67th at the Ontario Men’s Amateur and reached the semi-fi nals of the Men’s Match Play… Finished runner-up at the inaugural Greens and Dreams Invitational in his fi nal junior tournament at summer’s end... Was the individual medalist at the 2006 Williamson Cup competition as Ontario won the team title for the eighth time in the 43-year history of the international event... Current UDM teammate Britt Pronk was a member of that winning team as well... Clarridge also fi nished tied for fourth at the 2006 Ontario Junior Championship, and was 26th at the Canadian Junior and 43rd at the Ontario Men’s Amateur as well.... In addition, reached the quarter-fi nals of the Ontario Junior Boys Match Play Championship that summer... Ended the 2006 summer season as the 11th-ranked junior in Ontario, while standing 46th on the Royal Canadian Golf Association’s national Order of Merit... His sister, Tori, was an All-Mountain West Conference swimmer at New Mexico... Majoring in Business Administration and a 2010 inductee into the Beta Gamma Sigma honor society…

Your Titan Golfers

Jeff ClarridgeSenior

Barrie, ONBear Creek


Clarridge’s Career Stats Clarridge’s Career Stats TopTop Year Rounds Strokes Avg. 10/20 Low 18 Low 54 Year Rounds Strokes Avg. 10/20 Low 18 Low 54 2007-08 27 2001 74.1 4/8 69 (3 times) 214 (Yestingsmeier, IPFW) 2007-08 27 2001 74.1 4/8 69 (3 times) 214 (Yestingsmeier, IPFW) 2008-09 25 1866 74.6 3/5 69 (Spartan) 220 (Hoosier) 2008-09 25 1866 74.6 3/5 69 (Spartan) 220 (Hoosier) 2009-10 29 2172 74.9 3/7 68 (Spartan) 214 (Spartan) 2009-10 29 2172 74.9 3/7 68 (Spartan) 214 (Spartan) Fall 2010 12 909 75.7 2/2 68 (Dual vs. OU) 222 (Georgetown) Fall 2010 12 909 75.7 2/2 68 (Dual vs. OU) 222 (Georgetown) Totals 93 6948 74.7 12/22 68 (2 times) 214 (3 times) Totals 93 6948 74.7 12/22 68 (2 times) 214 (3 times)

Best Career Finishes: Best Career Finishes: T-3rd at 2008 Spartan Classic (69) T-3rd at 2008 Spartan Classic (69) T-3rd at 2009 Titan Invitational (72, 73, 76-221) T-3rd at 2009 Titan Invitational (72, 73, 76-221) T-3rd at 2010 Horizon League Championships (75, 69, 73-217) T-3rd at 2010 Horizon League Championships (75, 69, 73-217) T-3rd at 2010 Bruce Fossum Invitational (73, 75-148) T-3rd at 2010 Bruce Fossum Invitational (73, 75-148)

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Pronk Up Close:A three-year Titan starter who really blossomed as a junior... Made his second straight appearance on the Horizon League All-Tournament Team and was voted by the HL coaches to their All-League team in 2010 as well… The team’s lone lefthander and another product of coach Engel’s highly-successful Ontario-to-Detroit pipeline... Has soft hands around the greens and one of the best swings on the team... Has broken par in 13 rounds and recorded 11 Top 10 fi nishes so far as a Titan… Was voted an All-America Scholar by the Golf Coaches Association of America at the end of his junior season…

2010 Fall:Finished as the top Titan twice in fi ve events, as well as posting the team’s best stroke average at 74.2 in 12 rounds of action…Tied for fourth at the John Dallio Memorial with a 219 (72, 73, 74)…Went on to claim a share of 23rd at the Georgetown Intercollegiate, carding a season-low three-round total of 218 (76, 67, 75)…Took home medalist honors in the dual against Oakland, tying for fi rst with a 67, his second round under 70 in the fall… He also secured Detroit’s victory over the Golden Grizzles with a birdie on the fi nal hole…

2009-10:Really came on during the spring season as he either paced the Titans, or tied for the team individual lead, in six of their last seven events… Matched his personal best fi nish as he claimed second place at the Mission Inn Spring Fling… Immediately followed with successive Top 10 fi nishes at Ball State (T-7) and Indiana (T-7) and later went to share third place with teammate Jeff Clarridge at the HL Championship, helping the Titans to the team title… Opened the adidas Hoosier Classic at Indiana with a career-low round of 67, one better than his previous 18-hole best… Finished the year second among the Titans with a 73.9 stroke average…

2008-09:Grabbed some tournament hardware for the fi rst time as he took second place at DePaul’s John Dallio Memorial early in his sophomore season… Shot a still-career-best fi ve-under-par 211 for 54 holes with rounds of 72, 71 and a then career-low 68 in leading Detroit to third place as a team… Was named Horizon League Scholar-Athlete of the Week following that performance in Chicago… Cracked the Top 20 at the Detroit Titans Invitational with an 18th-place fi nish, the capped off the season by tying for fourth place at the 2009 Horizon League Championship to earn a berth on the All-Tournament Team… Move up that leader board on the fi nal day with a clutch, even-par round of 72… Finished the season with a 75.3 stroke average to rank third among the Titans…

2007-08:Played in all of Detroit’s 11 tournaments as a freshman and fi nished the year with a 75.5 stroke average… Had four Top 20 fi nishes that season, with a personal best of 11th place at the Horizon League Championship… Was also 12th at the Fort Lauderdale Spring Classic, 16th at DePaul and 18th at Wright State… Shot an 18-hole low round of 70 at Ball State and IPFW…

Personal:Came up big during his Summer ’10 schedule as he reached the quarter-fi nals of the Ontario Men’s Match Play Championship, and fi nished 22nd at the Canadian Men’s Amateur, 24th at the Ontario Amateur, 12th at the Toronto Star Amateur and 51st at the Glencoe Invitational... Made a great showing at the 2009 Toronto Star Amateur, fi nishing in sixth place… Broke through with a big win a year earlier when he captured the 2008 Ontario Champion of Champions title… Also fi nished 13th at the Toronto Star… Ended that year ranked 31st among men’s amateurs in his native province by the Golf Association of Ontario… Signed with UDM in November of 2006, early in his fi nal year in high school... From the same hometown as 2008 Titan co-captain Mikhial Pasic... Finished the 2007 summer season ranked 15th in Canada on the RCGA Junior Boys Order of Merit... Finished seventh at the Ontario Junior Boys Championship and 10th at the Canadian Junior in 2007... In men’s amateur competition, came in 39th at the Ontario Am, while reaching the second round of match play at the Canadian Championships... Went to a playoff for medalist at the Highland Amateur in 2007, a year after fi nishing runner-up in the same London-area tournament... Was runner-up at the WOSSA championship in his fi nal high school golf season... Ended the summer of 2006 ranked 14th among junior boys by the Golf Association of Ontario... Finished eighth at the 2006 Ontario Junior, 13th at the Junior Tournament of Champions and 17th at the Ontario Future Links Championship, while also helping Team Ontario win the annual Williamson Cup matches... Current Titan teammate Jeff Clarridge was also a member of that victorious Ontario squad... Finished 57th at the Ontario Men’s Amateur that summer as well... Won the 2002 Ontario Bantam Championship as a 13-year-old, and is also a past winner of the Tyson Tour, a championship previously claimed by Pasic as well as current PGA Tour standout Mike Weir... Captained his high school ice hockey team... His brother, Blake, played college hockey at Queens University before moving on to a professional career in The Netherlands... Pronk’s father, Bob, was a fi ve-time Canadian wrestling champion... Majoring in Business Administration and was inducted into the Beta Gamma Sigma honor society in 2010…

Your Titan Golfers

Britt PronkSenior

London, ONSt. Thomas Aquinas


Pronk’s Career Stats Pronk’s Career Stats TopTop Year Rounds Strokes Avg. 10/20 Low 18 Low 54 Year Rounds Strokes Avg. 10/20 Low 18 Low 54 2007-08 30 2265 75.5 0/4 70 (2 times) 215 (IPFW) 2007-08 30 2265 75.5 0/4 70 (2 times) 215 (IPFW) 2008-09 25 1883 75.3 2/4 68 (Dallio) 211 (Dallio) 2008-09 25 1883 75.3 2/4 68 (Dallio) 211 (Dallio) 2009-10 29 2142 73.9 6/7 67 (Hoosier) 216 (Hoosier) 2009-10 29 2142 73.9 6/7 67 (Hoosier) 216 (Hoosier) Fall 2010 12 891 74.2 3/3 67 (2 times) 218 (G-Town) Fall 2010 12 891 74.2 3/3 67 (2 times) 218 (G-Town) Totals 96 7181 74.8 11/18 67 (3 times) 211 (Dallio) Totals 96 7181 74.8 11/18 67 (3 times) 211 (Dallio)

Best Career Finishes: Best Career Finishes: T-1st at 2010 Dual vs. Oakland (67) T-1st at 2010 Dual vs. Oakland (67) T-2nd at 2010 Mission Inn Spring Fling (77, 69-146) T-2nd at 2010 Mission Inn Spring Fling (77, 69-146) T-2nd at 2008 John Dallio Memorial (72, 71, 68-211) T-2nd at 2008 John Dallio Memorial (72, 71, 68-211)

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Hicks Up Close:On the comeback trail as he tries to work his way back into the Titan lineup… Saw regular duty as a freshman but playing time diminished last year as he battled a shoulder malady… Perhaps the longest hitter on the UDM roster, and still has the ability to make birdies in bunches…

2010 Fall:Totaled an even 74.0 stroke average after taking part in three events… His best fi nish came at the Georgetown Intercollegiate, where he was the top Titan in sharing 19th place with a 217 (69, 72, 76)…The highlight of that tournament was his double eagle, putting in the second shot on the 530-yard, par-5 hole No. 1 at the Members Club at Four Streams…His 69 in the fi rst round was his fi rst of two rounds under 70 in the fall as he also tallied an even-par 68 in the dual against Oakland…

2009-10:Cracked the starting lineup four times as a sophomore, including the fi rst three events of the fall schedule… Posted his best 54-hole score of the season, a 229, at Michigan State’s Spartan Classic to open the campaign… His top placing on the individual leader board came in Detroit’s next event, at DePaul, when he tied for 35th place… Shot an 18-hole season low of 75 at Michigan State as well as at the Mission Inn Spring Fling… Finished the year with a 79.0 stroke average…

2008-09:Played in all 10 of the Titans’ tournaments as a freshman… Really broke from the gates quickly as he tied with teammate David Byrne for seventh place individually at the season-opening John Piper Intercollegiate at Bowling Green… Shot 221 at the Piper, still his best 54-hole score at Detroit… His second-round 70 was the lowest 18-hole card he put together in his fi rst college season… Took 14th place at the Horizon League Championship – his second career Top 20 fi nish – after closing the tournament with an even-par fi nal round… Finished the season fourth on the team with a 76.6 stroke average…

Personal:Comes off a summer tournament schedule in which he again qualifi ed for the Ontario Match Play Championship, where he advanced to the third round in 2010, and the Men’s Amateur as well… Arrived at UDM in the Fall of 2008 after

standing out in his fi nal season of junior golf… Tied for seventh at the Ontario Junior Championship, 11th at the RCGA Future Links Ontario and 41st at the Canadian Junior in ’08… Finished runner-up at the 2007 provincial high school championships after fi nishing fi fth in Ontario as a junior… Led his high school to the OFSSA team championship on each of those occasions… Won the 2006 Ontario Junior Match Play Championship… En route to the victory, Hicks defeated his future college teammate Jeff Clarridge – a current UDM senior – in the quarter-fi nals of that tournament… Hicks fi nished eighth at the RCGA Future Links Quebec Championship in 2007, and 73rd at the Canadian Junior the same summer... Majoring in Business Administration…

Your Titan Golfers

Mark Hicks Junior

Niagara-On-The-Lake, ONNiagara


Hicks’ Career Stats Hicks’ Career Stats TopTop Year Rounds Strokes Avg. 10/20 Low 18 Low 54 Year Rounds Strokes Avg. 10/20 Low 18 Low 54 2008-09 25 1914 76.6 1/3 70 (Piper) 221 (Piper) 2008-09 25 1914 76.6 1/3 70 (Piper) 221 (Piper) 2009-10 13 1027 79.0 0/0 75 (2 times) 229 (Spartan) 2009-10 13 1027 79.0 0/0 75 (2 times) 229 (Spartan) 2010 Fall 6 444 74.0 1/2 68 (Dual vs. OU) 217 (Georgetown) 2010 Fall 6 444 74.0 1/2 68 (Dual vs. OU) 217 (Georgetown) Totals 44 3385 76.9 1/3 Totals 44 3385 76.9 1/3 68 (Dual vs. OU)68 (Dual vs. OU) 217 (Georgetown)217 (Georgetown)

Best Career Finishes: Best Career Finishes: T-3rd at 2010 Dual vs. Oakland (68) T-3rd at 2010 Dual vs. Oakland (68)

T-7th at 2008 John Piper Intercollegiate (73, 70, 78-221)T-7th at 2008 John Piper Intercollegiate (73, 70, 78-221)

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Keyte Up Close:A talented sophomore who fi gures to benefi t from the year of college golf he now has under his belt… Brought a solid all-around game with him to UDM… Can hit it long off the tee, and has shown a consistent ability to get up-and-down on the greens…

2010 Fall:Competed in one fall event, shooting a 75 in the Titans victory over Oakland at the Detroit Golf Club… 2009-10:Cracked the starting lineup on six occasions as a freshman, beginning with the final tournament of the fall schedule… Posted a season-low tally of 75 in the fi rst round of that event, the Georgetown Intercollegiate… Later matched that number in The Battle of the Warren as Detroit took on Notre Dame in a dual match on the Fighting Irish’s home course… Best tournament fi nish was a tie for 25th place at the Mission Inn Spring Fling, an event hosted by St. John’s which opened the Titans’ spring schedule… Finished the year with a 78.4 stroke average… Personal:A three -t ime winner of the Kalamazoo Junior Golf Association Player of the Year Award (2006, 2008, 2009), making him the fi rst-ever multiple winner in KJGA history… Also won the 2009 Kalamazoo Men’s City Championship… Was a three-time All-State selection in high school… Finished his prep career in great fashion, leading Kalamazoo Hackett to its fi rst state golf championship in 33 years… Individually, he lost in a three-hole playoff for Division 4 medalist… A year earlier, as Hackett finished third in Division 3, Keyte ended up

third individually as well… An all-conference choice all four years in high school… Signed with the Titans in November of 2008, bringing an impressive junior golf resume with him to UDM… Scored a pair of Top 10 fi nishes in American Junior Golf Association tournaments (second at the Woodward Video Junior at the Greenbrier and ninth at the Randy Wise Junior Open in Flint) earlier that year… Missed qualifying for the U.S. Junior by just one shot… Was sixth at the Michigan PGA Junior… Finished the year ranked 117th nationally by the AJGA and 163rd by the National Junior Golf Scoreboard… In addition to golf, also played high school basketball… Majoring in Business Administration…

Your Titan Golfers

Sheldon Keyte SophomorePortage, MI

Hackett


Keyte’s Career Stats Keyte’s Career Stats TopTop Year Rounds Strokes Avg. 10/20 Low 18 Low 54 Year Rounds Strokes Avg. 10/20 Low 18 Low 54 2009-10 14 1097 78.4 1/1 75 (2 times) 236 (Cardinal Classic) 2009-10 14 1097 78.4 1/1 75 (2 times) 236 (Cardinal Classic) 2010 Fall 1 75 75.0 0/1 75 (Dual vs. OU) n/a 2010 Fall 1 75 75.0 0/1 75 (Dual vs. OU) n/a Totals 15 1172 78.1 1/2 75 (3 times) Totals 15 1172 78.1 1/2 75 (3 times) 236 (Cardinal Classic)236 (Cardinal Classic)

Best Career Finishes: Best Career Finishes: T-7th at 2010 Battle at the Warren (75) T-7th at 2010 Battle at the Warren (75)

T-28th at 2009 Georgetown Intercollegiate (75, 76-151)T-28th at 2009 Georgetown Intercollegiate (75, 76-151)

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Reyers Up Close:A talented sophomore who is expected to make significant contributions again this season at UDM… At 6-4, the tallest of the Titans can take it deep off the tee, and he has a solid short game to match… Diligent in his practice habits…

2010 Fall:Third on the team with a 76.0 stroke average in 12 rounds of competition…The top Titan in the clubhouse at the D.A. Weibring Intercollegiate, ending with a 236 (82, 77, 77), tying him for 47th place…Shot a 231 (76, 77, 78) for a share of 33rd at the John Dallio Memorial…His best three-round total was a 221 (80, 69, 72), which placed him in a tie for 32nd at the Georgetown Intercollegiate…In that event, he carded his best 18-hole total of the fall with a 69 in the second round…Helped UDM defeat Oakland with a birdie on the 18th hole…

2009-10:Was in the starting lineup right from the beginning of his freshman campaign… Posted three Top 20 fi nishes during the year as he came home with a share of 15th place at DePaul’s Dallio Memorial, third at UDM’s own Titan Invitational and 10th at the Horizon League Championship… Helped Detroit to the HL team title as he shot a season-low 69 in the fi nal round of the tournament… Finished the year fourth among the Titans with a 75.3 stroke average…

Personal:Posted some solid finishes during the summer months, incluing his third straight win at the Kingston District Championship... Also took 50th place at the 70th annual Monroe Invitational in New York while qualifying for the Ontario Amateur and Ontario Match Play Championships as well… Also won the individual championship at the St. Lawrence Team Matches in Potsdam, NY… Arrived at UDM with impressive credentials… Finished third at the 2009 Ontario Better Ball Championship, a two-man team event, and 34th at the Ontario Men’s Amateur… Also qualifi ed for the Canadian Am… Signed with Detroit in November of 2008, following some stellar play during his fi nal year of junior golf… Placed 17th at the Ontario Junior Classic, 20th at the RCGA Ontario Future Links Championship, 59th at the Ontario Men’s Amateur and 19th at the Ontario Junior Am… Culminated his summer with a

44th-place fi nish at the Canadian Junior… Also won the 2008 Kingston District Men’s Amateur and his third straight Kingston Junior title… Ended the summer ranked 28th among Ontario junior golfers by the GAO… Later took 14th place at the provincial high school championships, joining current UDM teammate Kyle Benford in helping Holy Cross to a third-place team fi nish… Majoring in Business Administration…

Your Titan Golfers

Simon Reyers Sophomore

Kingston, ONHoly Cross


Reyers’ Career Stats Reyers’ Career Stats TopTop Year Rounds Strokes Avg. 10/20 Low 18 Low 54 Year Rounds Strokes Avg. 10/20 Low 18 Low 54 2009-10 27 2034 75.3 2/4 69 (Horizon) 220 (NCAA Central Reg.) 2009-10 27 2034 75.3 2/4 69 (Horizon) 220 (NCAA Central Reg.) 2010 Fall 12 912 76.0 1/1 69 (Georgetown) 221 (Georgetown) 2010 Fall 12 912 76.0 1/1 69 (Georgetown) 221 (Georgetown) Totals 39 2946 75.5 3/5 Totals 39 2946 75.5 3/5 69 (2 times)69 (2 times) 220 (NCAA Central Reg.)220 (NCAA Central Reg.)

Best Career Finishes: Best Career Finishes: T-3rd at 2010 Titan Invitational (75, 72, 74-221) T-3rd at 2010 Titan Invitational (75, 72, 74-221)

T-7th at 2010 Dual vs. Oakland (71)T-7th at 2010 Dual vs. Oakland (71)

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Benford Up Close:Another Ontario-to-Detroit addition who brings a great deal of desire and experience with him to the Titans… Combines length off the tee with a good touch around the greens… Should immediately challenge for playing time in the Detroit starting lineup…

2010 Fall:Played in three of Detroit’s four events…Had a 78.2 stroke average in his nine rounds…Made his collegiate debut at the Bruce Fossum Invitational, carding a 164 (81, 83) for a share of 72nd…Best fi nish was a tie for 37th at the John Dallio Memorial as he shot a 232 (80, 74, 78)…His low round of the fall was a three-over 71 in the victorious dual vs. Oakland at the Detroit Golf Club…

Personal:Comes to UDM from the same hometown and high school as current Titan sophomore Simon Reyers… In his last year of junior golf, won the 70th annual Whig-Standard Eastern Ontario Invitational and the Kingston Junior Championship - following in Reyers’ footsteps with that victory - while also fi nishing 23rd at the GAO Junior Spring Classic and 15th at the 2010 Ontario Junior Championship… Signed with Detroit in November of 2009 after adding to a stellar resume… Was ranked 50th nationally by the RCGA at the end of that summer after he came in third at the CN Future Links Quebec Championship and 36th at the Canadian Junior… Was also a quarter-fi nalist at the Ontario Junior Boys Match Play Championship and fi nished fourth at the Eastern Ontario Amateur... Finished sixth individually at the 2009 OFSSA provincial championships, leading Holy Cross to a tie for second place as a team… A long-time ice hockey goalie who fi nally gave up the sport to concentrate solely on golf… Majoring in Business Administration…

Your Titan Golfers

Kyle Benford Freshman

Amherstview, ONHoly Cross


Benford’s Career Stats Benford’s Career Stats TopTop Year Rounds Strokes Avg. 10/20 Low 18 Low 54 Year Rounds Strokes Avg. 10/20 Low 18 Low 54 2010 Fall 9 704 78.2 1/1 71 (Dual vs. OU) 232 (Dallio) 2010 Fall 9 704 78.2 1/1 71 (Dual vs. OU) 232 (Dallio)

Best Career Finishes: Best Career Finishes:T-7th at 2010 Dual vs. Oakland (71)T-7th at 2010 Dual vs. Oakland (71)

T-37th at 2010 John Dallio Memorial (80, 74, 78-232) T-37th at 2010 John Dallio Memorial (80, 74, 78-232)

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Leonard Up Close:A talented newcomer who is making up quickly for waiting until well into his teens to start playing golf… Comes to UDM as the fi rst Titan ever to have registered a victory in an American Junior Golf Association tournament… Has shown he knows how to grind it out when the swing is a bit balky… Along with fi ve other members of the Titans, competed in the 2010 Ontario Match Play Championship, winning his fi rst two matches, while later testing the fi eld in the Toronto Star Amateur…

2010 Fall:Saw action in four fall tournaments…Fourth on the club with a 76.1 stroke average in his 10 rounds…Made his collegiate debut ending in a tie for 24th with a 229 (72, 79, 78) at the John Dallio Memorial…Best three-round score was a 222 (75, 72, 75) for a share of 37th at the Georgetown Intercollegiate, while his best 18-hole eff ort was a 71 in the dual vs. Oakland...

Personal:Signed with UDM in November of 2009 following a successful fi nal year of junior golf in Canada… Finished 18th on the RCGA’s national Junior Order of Merit thanks to a string of 2009 successes… Was runner-up at the International Junior Masters that summer after reaching the semi-fi nals one year earlier... Was also sixth at the Ontario Junior Spring Classic, sixth at the International Greens and Dreams Invitational, 10th at the CN Future Links Ontario and 11th at the Ontario Junior Championship in 2009... Additionally, crossed into the U.S. to capture the 2009 AJGA Flossmoor Junior Open in his fi rst entry into an AJGA event and against a fi eld which boasted players from 14 states in the U.S., Canada, Chile, Guatemala, Mexico and Thailand... Played high school ice hockey… Majoring in Business Administration…

Your Titan Golfers

Brendan Leonard Freshman

Cambridge, ONSt. Benedict


Leonard’s Career Stats Leonard’s Career Stats TopTop Year Rounds Strokes Avg. 10/20 Low 18 Low 54 Year Rounds Strokes Avg. 10/20 Low 18 Low 54 2010 Fall 10 761 76.1 1/1 71 (Dual vs. OU) 222 (Georgetown) 2010 Fall 10 761 76.1 1/1 71 (Dual vs. OU) 222 (Georgetown)

Best Career Finishes: Best Career Finishes:T-7th at 2010 Dual vs. Oakland (71)T-7th at 2010 Dual vs. Oakland (71)

T-24th at 2010 John Dallio Memorial (72, 79, 78-229) T-24th at 2010 John Dallio Memorial (72, 79, 78-229)


The 2010 season ended the way a majority of seasons has ended for the Detroit Titans men’s golf team in the last 12 years - with a Horizon League Championship.

Detroit won its sixth league title in the last 12 years as the team carded an 875 (295-292-288) in winning the trophy by six strokes over Green Bay at Kearney Hill Golf Links in Lexington, KY.

Green Bay opened a three-shot lead over UDM after 18 holes, but the Titans came back to take a one-stroke advantage by the end of the 36-hole fi rst day of competition. Following a fi ve-hour rain delay on Day 2, Detroit shot an even par round of 288 to win the championship after having fi nished runner-up each of the two previous years.

The Titans then advanced to their fi fth NCAA Regional playing in the Central Regional at the Warren Golf Club in South Bend, IN. UDM ended the year with a 12th-place fi nish, while recording their best-ever round at a regional with a 285 on the fi nal 18.

The Titans said goodbye to two seniors who played key roles in the championship run. David Byrne ended his collegiate career as one of the most decorated players in HL history. He was a four-time All-League honoree who started his career as the HL’s Newcomer of the Year as a freshman and ended it with the conference’s Player of the Year accolade as a senior. He was twice tabbed to the All-America Scholar Team and won the 2010 President’s Award as UDM’s most-outstanding senior student-athlete.

Brian Sparks earned the Coaches Award at the end of the year after he showed his class, character and work ethic in the spring. After not playing the Titans fi rst seven events of the year, Sparks saw action in the fi nal four tournaments, including the Horizon League Championship and the NCAA Central Regional. He came up big with a pair of impressive scores in the fi rst 36 holes of the

HL championship. With some of the top guys struggling in the early rounds, Sparks lifted the Titans to stay in contention with a 75 in round one and a 74 in round two, and ultimately taking 22nd place. At the NCAA Regional, Sparks was at it again tallying a team-best 72 in the fi rst round of play.

Detroit also had another pair of golfers earn awards at the conference championship with Jeff Clarridge and Britt Pronk taking All-Tournament honors, with Pronk also adding All-Horizon League accolades to his resume.

The year started out with the Titans fi nishing no lower than sixth in their four fall events. Detroit opened with a fi fth-place tally at MSU’s Spartan Classic. UDM was then in the title hunt after that taking runner-up at the John Dallio Memorial and tying for third at D.A. Weibring Intercollegiate, before ending the fi rst part of the season with a sixth-place showing in the rain shortened Georgetown Intercollegiate. That sixth-place fi nish would actually end up being their lowest fi nish all year until the NCAA regional. Byrne put in a bid for two medalists honors settling for runner-up eff orts at Dallio and Georgetown.

The spring started with back-to-back fourth place fi nishes at the Mission Inn Spring Fling in Florida and Ball State’s Cardinal Classic. Pronk just missed winning the Mission Inn taking second with a two-round 146 total.

UDM got a look at the Warren Golf Club a bit early by taking on Notre Dame in a dual match, giving Detroit a great preview of the course for the NCAA Central Regional. The Titans shot a 298 for their fi rst time on the course, while the Fighting Irish carded a 292.

It was back to business after that for one last tune-up before the HL tournament as the red, white and blue took third at their Titan Invitational, played at the prestigious Prestwick Village Golf Club in Highland.

2010 Season In Review

Brian Sparks provided two key rounds propelling

Detroit to the 2010 Horizon League Championship.

2010 Season In A Glance2010 Horizon League ChampionsNCAA Central Regional Participants2010 Horizon League Player of the YearHorizon League Coach of the YearTwo All-Horizon League GolfersTwo All-HL All-Tournament GolfersThree Titans Receive All-America Scholar HonorsPresident’s Special Recognition status by the Golf Coaches Association of America

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David ByrneDavid Byrne

Simon ReyersSimon Reyers

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Britt PronkBritt Pronk

The 2010 Horizon League ChampionsThe 2010 Horizon League Champions2010 NCAA Central Regional 2010 NCAA Central Regional

Warren Golf Club,Warren Golf Club,South Bend, INSouth Bend, IN

7,020-yard, par-707,020-yard, par-70


TEAM TOURNAMENT RESULTSDate Tournament Result Top Detroit PlayerSept. 19-20 Spartan Classic (The Kingsley Club, Kingsley, MI) 5th of 13 - 864 (281-285-298) Byrne - T3 (208)Sept. 27-28 John Dallio Memorial (Ruffl ed Feathers GC, Lemont, IL) 2nd of 16 - 898 (305-289-304) Byrne - T2 (218)Oct. 11-12 D.A. Weibring Intercollegiate (Weibring GC, Normal, IL) T-3rd of 15 - 905 (302-297-306) Byrne - T3 (218)Oct. 19-20 *Georgetown Intercoll. (Members Club, Beallsville, MD) 6th of 12 - 597 (299-298) Byrne - T2 (144)Mar. 12-14 *Mission Inn Spring Fling (El Campeon GC, Howey-in-the-Hills, FL) 4th of 10 - 604 (307-297) Pronk - 2 (146)Mar. 27-28 BSU Cardinal Classic (Sultan’s Run GC, Jasper, IN) 4th of 15 - 899 (295-301-303) Byrne/Pronk - T7 (221)Apr. 3-4 adidas Hoosier Cl. (IU Championship GC, Bloomington, IN) 5th of 19 - 882 (289-296-297) Pronk - T7 (216)Apr. 14 Battle at the Warren (Warren GC, Notre Dame, IN) 2nd of 2 - 298 Pronk - 4 (71)Apr. 16-17 Titans Invitational (Prestwick Village GC, Highland, MI) T-3rd of 14 - 900 (297-293-310) Clarridge/Reyers - T3 (221)Apr. 26-27 Horizon League Champ. (Kearney Hill Links, Lexington, KY) 1st of 8 - 875 (295-292-288) Pronk/Clarridge - T3 (217)May 20-22 NCAA Central Regional (Warren Golf Club, Notre Dame, IN) 12th of 14 - 871 (297-289-285) Pronk - T43 (217)*Shortened due to weather

INDIVIDUAL TOURNAMENT RESULTSGolfer Spartan Dallio Weibring Georgetown Mission InnByrne 208(66-66-76)* T3 218(78-66-74)* T2 218(73-72-73)* T3 144(72-72)* T2 156(79-77)* T31Clarridge 214(68-72-74)* T10 233(78-75-80)* T29 225(76-73-76)* T15 157 (81-76) * 50 154 (72-82) * T18Hicks 229 ( 76-75-78) * 56 234(76-77-79)* T35 245(76-84-85)* T80 DNP 155(80-75)* T25Istvan DNP DNP DNP DNP DNPKeyte DNP DNP DNP 151(75-76)* T28 155(79-76)* T25Pronk 218(73-74-71)* 23 220(72-73-75)* T6 236(81-79-76)* T65 150(74-76)* T20 146(77-69)* 2Reyers 224(74-73-77)* T36 228(77-75-76)* T15 231(77-73-81)* T44 152(78-74)* T33 WDSparks DNP DNP DNP DNP DNPWatkins DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP

Golfer Cardinal Hoosier Warren Titan Horizon NCAA CentralByrne 221 (71-74-76) * T7 218 ( 74-71-73) * T11 75 * T7 228(76-73-79)* T23 224(73-75-76)* T15 219(78-71-70)* T48Clarridge 225(75-75-75)* T19 226(75-78-73)* T43 79* T14 221(72-73-76)* T3 217(75-69-73)* T3 221(76-72-73)* 56Hicks DNP DNP DNP DNF(82-82-WD) DNP DNPIstvan DNP DNP DNP 245 (76-82-87) * 66 DNP DNPKeyte 236(78-81-77)* T51 237(82-76-79)* T73 75* T7 243(81-81-81)* T63 DNP DNPPronk 221 (74-72-75) * T7 216 (67-73-76) * T7 71 * 4 230 ( 74-75-81)* T33 217(72-75-70)* T3 217(76-71-70)* T43Reyers 235(75-80-80)* T49 224(73-76-75)* T35 77* T11 221(75-72-74)* T3 222(79-74-69)* T10 220(73-75-72)* T52Sparks DNP DNP 80 * T16 228 (74-79-75) * T23 229(75-74-80)* T22 229(72-78-79)* 70Watkins DNP DNP DNP 248 (81-83-84) * T72 DNP DNP

2009-10 TITAN AVERAGESGolfer Rounds Strokes Avg. Low 18 Low 54David Byrne 29 2129 73.4 66 (Spartan, Dallio) 208 (Spartan)Britt Pronk 29 2142 73.9 67 (Hoosier) 216 (Hoosier)Jeff Clarridge 29 2172 74.9 68 (Spartan) 214 (Spartan)Simon Reyers 27 2034 75.3 69 (Horizon) 220 (NCAA Regional)Brian Sparks 10 766 76.6 72 (NCAA) 228 (Titan)Sheldon Keyte 14 1097 78.4 75 (Georgetown, Warren) 236 (Cardinal)Mark Hicks 13 1027 79.0 75 (Spartan, Mission) 229 (Spartan)Adam Istvan 3 245 81.7 76 (Titan) 245 (Titan)Alex Watkins 3 248 82.7 81 (Titan) 248 (Titan)Team 29 8593 296.3 281 (Spartan) 864 (Spartan)

2010 Season In Review


2010 Fall ReviewTEAM TOURNAMENT RESULTSDate Tournament Result Top Detroit PlayerSept. 11-12 *Bruce Fossum Invitational (Forest Akers West, East Lansing, MI) 5th of 15 - 610 (306, 304) Clarridge - T3 (148)Sept. 25-26 John Dallio Memorial (Ruffl ed Feathers GC, Lemont, IL) 3rd of 13 - 901 (292, 301, 308) Pronk - T4 (219)Oct. 2-3 D.A. Weibring Intercollegiate (Weibring GC, Normal, IL) T-14th of 18 - 944 (324, 311, 309) Reyers - T47 (236)Oct. 15 Dual vs. Oakland (Detroit GC, Detroit, MI) W, 274-276 Pronk - T1 (67)Oct. 18-19 Georgetown Intercollegiate (Members Club, Beallsville, MD) 9th of 12 - 872 (295, 279, 298) Hicks - T19 (217)*Shortened due to weather

INDIVIDUAL TOURNAMENT RESULTSGolfer Fossum Dallio Weibring Dual vs Oakland GeorgetownBenford 164 (81, 83) * T72 232 (80, 74, 78) * T37 237 (79, 77, 81) * T51 71 * T7 DNPClarridge 148 (73, 75) * T3 229 (72, 77, 80) * T24 242 (84, 79, 79) * T73 68 * T3 222 (75, 71, 76) * T37Hicks 159 (81, 78) * T59 DNP DNP 68 * T3 217 (69, 72, 76) * T19Keyte DNP DNP DNP 75 * 11 DNPLeonard DNP 229 (72, 79, 78) * T24 239 (82, 82, 75) * T64 71 * T7 222 (75, 72, 75) * T37Pronk 150 (76, 74) * T9 219 (72, 73, 74) * T4 237 (81, 78, 78) * T51 67 * T1 218 (76, 67, 75) * T23Reyers 153 (76, 77) * T25 231 (76, 77, 78) * T33 2 36 (82, 77, 77) * T47 71 * T7 221 (80, 69, 72) * T32

2010-11 TITAN AVERAGESGolfer Yr Hometown/High School Rounds Strokes Avg. Low 18 Low 54Britt Pronk Sr. London, ON/St. Thomas Aquinas 12 891 74.2 67 (2x, last at Georgetown) 218 (Georgetown)Jeff Clarridge Sr. Barrie, ON/Bear Creek 12 909 75.7 68 (Dual vs. Oakland) 222(Georgetown)Simon Reyers So. Kingston, ON/Holy Cross 12 912 76.0 69 (Georgetown) 221 (Georgetown)Brendan Leonard Fr. Cambridge, ON/St. Benedict 10 761 76.1 71 (Dual vs. Oakland) 222 (Georgetown)Kyle Benford Fr Amherstview, ON/Holy Cross 9 704 78.2 71 (Dual vs. Oakland) 232 (Dallio)Mark Hicks Jr Niagara-On-The-Lake, ON/Niagara 6 444 74.0 68 (Dual vs. Oakland) 217 (Georgetown)Sheldon Keyte So Portage, MI/Hackett 1 75 75.0 75 (Dual vs. Oakland) n/aTeam 12 3601 300.0 274 (Dual vs. Oakland) 872 (Georgetown)

After the fall campaign, the Titans of last year and this year got together to raise their Horizon League-best

seventh banner during a men’s basketball game at Calihan Hall.


54-Hole Team Tournament Total832 – 2007 IPFW Fall Classic – Deer Track GC (270-275-287)848 – 2007 Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational – Delaware CC (280-285-283)848 – 2006 Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational – Delaware CC (286-274-288)851 – 2000 Ohio Collegiate Classic – Beechwood GC (282-281-288)856 – 2000 MCC Championship – Detroit Golf Club (285-285-286)864 – 2009 Spartan Classic – Kingsley Club (281-285-298)865 – 2001 Titans Invitational – Arbor Hills CC (290-281-294)867 – 2005 Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational – Delaware CC (289-292-286)867 – 1999 The McLaughlin – Bethpage Park GC (296-286-285)871 – 2010 NCAA Central Regional – Warren Golf Club (297-289-285)872 – 2010 Georgetown Intercollegiate – Members Club (295, 279, 298)875 – 2008 John Dallio Memorial – Ruffl ed Feathers GC (290-300-285)875 – 2004 APSU Intercollegiate – Links at Novadell (291-283-301)875 – 2010 Horizon League Championship – Kearney Hill Links (295-292-288)878 – 2008 Detroit Titans Invitational –Golden Fox GL (294-2880296)879 – 2004 John Piper Intercollegiate – Stone Ridge GC (293-287-299)880 – 2007 John Dallio Memorial – Ruffl ed Feathers GC (270-275-287)880 – 2003 Eastern Kentucky Invitational – Arlington GC (297-292-291)881 – 2001 Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational – The Players Club (290-289-302)882 – 2008 Bullock Intercollegiate – Greene CC (295-294-293)882 – 2010 adidas Hoosier Classic – IU Championship GC (289-296-297)882 – 1999 MCC Championship – Quail Hollow GC (292-293-297)883 – 2004 Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational – Delaware CC (294-293-299)884 – 2005 John Piper Intercollegiate – Stone Ridge GC (289-290-305)887 – 2007 NCAA West Regional – Karsten GC (297-297-293)887 – 2006 John Dallio Memorial – Prairie Landing GC (305-293-289)

36-Hole Team Tournament Total560 – 2006 IPFW Fall Classic – Deer Track GC (281-279)567 – 2008 Ft. Lauderdale Classic – Grande Oaks GC (284-283)576 – 2008 First Market Bank Intercollegiate – Kingsmill Resort (290-286)578 – 2007 Fort Lauderdale Classic – Grande Oaks GC (296-282)589 – 2007 William & Mary Invitational – Kingsmill Resort (294-295)592 – 2009 Treasure Coast Classic – Indian Hills GC (298-294)592 – 2001 Florida A&M Invitational – Hilaman GC (300-292)593 – 1999 Wright State Invitational – NCR CC/Greene CC (288-305)593 – 1998 Wright State Invitational – NCR CC/Greene CC (290-303)594 – 2006 Fort Lauderdale Classic – Grande Oaks GC (301-293)

18-Hole Round Total270 – 2007 IPFW Fall Classic – Deer Track GC (1st round)274 – 2006 Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational (2nd)275 – 2007 IPFW Fall Classic – Deer Track GC (2nd)279 – 2006 IPFW Fall Classic – Deer Track GC (2nd)279 – 2010 Georgetown Intercollegiate – Members Club (2nd)280 – 2007 Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational – Delaware CC (1st)281 – 2006 IPFW Fall Classic – Deer Track GC (1st)281 – 2009 Spartan Classic – Kingsley Club (1st)281 – 2001 Titans Invitational – Arbor Hills CC (2nd)281 – 2000 Ohio Collegiate Classic – Beechwood GC (2nd)282 – 2007 Fort Lauderdale Classic – Grande Oaks GC (2nd)282 – 2000 Ohio Collegiate Classic – Beechwood GC (1st)283 – 2008 Ft. Lauderdale Classic – Grande Oaks GC (2nd)283 – 2007 Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational – Delaware CC (3rd)283 – 2004 APSU Intercollegiate – Links at Novadell (2nd)284 – 2008 Ft. Lauderdale Classic – Grande Oaks GC (1st)285 – 2010 NCAA Central Regional – Warren Golf Club (3rd)

Tournament Records

Mikhial Pasic

Luke LaFave

Adam Walicki


Individual records54-Hole Individual Totals205 – Kyler Murphy, 2005 Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational – Delaware CC (67-69-69)206 – David Byrne, 2007 IPFW Fall Classic – Deer Track GC (66-68-72)207 – Mark Sommerfeld, 2007 Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational – Delaware CC (66-68-73)208 – David Byrne, 2009 Spartan Classic – Kingsley Club (66-66-76)208 – Mark Sommerfeld, 2007 IPFW Fall Classic – Deer Track GC (65-68-75)209 – Mikhial Pasic, 2007 IPFW Fall Classic – Deer Track GC (69-67-73)210 – Kyler Murphy, 2006 Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational – Delaware CC (70-70-70)210 – Kyler Murphy, 2004 APSU Intercollegiate – Links at Novadell (71-67-72)211 – Britt Pronk, 2008 John Dallio Memorial – Ruffl es Feathers GC (72-71-68)211 – Mark Sommerfeld, 2006 Horizon League Ch. – Plum Creek GC (69-69-73)211 – Johnny Strawser, 2001 Titans Invitational – Arbor Hills CC (69-68-74)211 – Brent McClung, 2000 Ohio Collegiate Classic – Beechwood GC (69-68-74)211 – Brad Spears, 2000 Ohio Collegiate Classic – Beechwood GC (69-68-74)211 – Johnny Strawser, 2000 MCC Championship – Detroit Golf Club (68-73-70)211 – Brad Spears, 1999 The McLaughlin – Bethpage Park GC (70-73-68)212 – Adam Walicki, 2001 Titans Invitational – Arbor Hills CC (73-70-69)213 – Mark Sommerfeld, 2008 Detroit Titans Invitational – Golden Fox GL (69-70-74)213 – Mark Sommerfeld, 2006 John Dallio Memorial – Prairie Landing GC (74-69-70)213 – Mark Sommerfeld, 2005 John Piper Intercoll. – Stone Ridge GC (68-71-74)213 – Adam Walicki, 1999 Titans Invitational – Arbor Hills CC (72-73-68)

36-Hole Individual Totals135 – David Byrne, 2006 IPFW Fall Classic – Deer Track GC (65-70)136 – Mark Sommerfeld, 2007 Fort Lauderdale Classic – Grande Oaks GC (70-66)137 – Mark Sommerfeld, 2008 First Market Bank Intercoll. – Kingsmill Resort (68-69)138 – Mark Sommerfeld, 2008 Ft. Lauderdale Classic – Grande Oaks GC (68-70)139 – Mark Sommerfeld, 2007 William & Mary Invitational – Kingsmill Resort (70-69)140 – David Byrne, 2008 Ft. Lauderdale Classic – Grande Oaks GC (71-69)141 – David Byrne, 2008 First Market Bank Intercollegiate – Kingsmill Resort (72-69)141 – Mark Sommerfeld, 2007 Cincinnati Invitational – Hueston Woods GC (67-74)141 – Mikhial Pasic, 2006 IPFW Fall Classic – Deer Track GC (72-69)142 – Mark Sommerfeld, 2006 IPFW Fall Classic – Deer Track GC (73-69)142 – Kyler Murphy, 2006 IPFW Fall Classic – Deer Track GC (71-71)143 – Jeff Clarridge, 2009 Treasure Coast Classic – Indian Hills GC (71-72)143 – David Byrne, 2007 William & Mary Invitational – Kingsmill Resort (77-66)143 – David Byrne, 2007 Fort Lauderdale Classic – Grande Oaks GC (76-67)143 – Adam Walicki, 2002 Florida A&M Invitational – Hilaman GC (68-75)143 – Brad Spears, 1998 Wright State Invitational – Greene CC (70-73)

18-Hole Round Totals65 – Mark Sommerfeld, 2007 IPFW Fall Classic – Deer Track GC (1st)65 – David Byrne, 2006 IPFW Fall Classic – Deer Track GC (1st)66 – David Byrne, 2009 John Dallio Memorial – Ruffl ed Feathers GC (2nd)66 – David Byrne, 2009 Spartan Classic – Kingsley Club (1st)66 – David Byrne, 2009 Spartan Classic – Kingsley Club (2nd)66 – David Byrne, 2007 IPFW Fall Classic – Deer Track GC (1st)66 – Mark Sommerfeld, 2007 Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational – Delaware CC (1st)66 – David Byrne, 2007 William & Mary Invitational – Kingsmill Resort (2nd)66 – Mark Sommerfeld, 2007 Fort Lauderdale Classic – Grande Oaks GC (2nd)67 – on 13 occasions

Kyler Murphy

David Byrne

Johnny Strawser


Men’s golf was reinstated as a varsity sport at Detroit in the fall of 1977 and, since that time, has become one of UDM’s strongest intercollegiate programs. With its title in 2010, UDM has now won seven Horizon League golf titles, the most by any conference member in HL history.

Part of the great tradition in recent years is that every four-year player since 1999 has left Detroit with at least one championship ring on their fi nger.

The Titans have reached a zenith in the last 12 years, dominating the Horizon League by winning their conference championship six times while fi nishing second on three occasions and third still another.

Just last April on Kearney Hill Links in Lexington, KY, Detroit rebounded from a slow start to roar back and overtake Green Bay to win by six strokes with an 875 scorecard (295-292-288), which included a tournament-best 288 for even par in round three to clinch the title.

Besides the championship trophy, three Titans were honored by the league as senior David Byrne was named the HL Player of the Year. Joining him on the All-League team for the fi rst time in his career was junior Britt Pronk, while head coach Mark Engel was honored along with Green Bay’s Bill Lindmark as Co-Coaches of the Year.

Pronk and junior Jeff Clarridge also earned All-Tournament honors. Freshman Simon Reyers played brilliantly in the fi nal 18 to help clinch the title, ending the day with a 3-under 69, which included four birdies, 13 pars and just one bogey. Senior Brian Sparks was a key member of the championship run with a pair of qualifying scores in the fi rst two rounds of play (75, 74).

The 2010 title marked the fi rst championship since 2007, when Detroit led from start-to-fi nish en route to the coveted crown.

Detroit crowded the top of the leader board – medalist David Byrne, Mark Sommerfeld and Mikhial Pasic finished 1-3-4 individually – as the threesome each made the All-Tournament squad and propelled the Titans to a berth in the West Regional at Arizona State.

Detroit’s recent conference trophy haul began in 1999, when the Titans won their initial MCC (as the Horizon League was originally known) Championship under coach Mark Engel, and second ever. The win was claimed at Quail Hollow Country Club, near Cleveland, by a staggering 27 strokes. Detroit paced that tournament from start-to-fi nish, too. The ’99 Titans placed three players – Jason Hartman, Brad Spears and current UDM assistant coach Luke LaFave – on the all-conference team for the fi rst time ever. Hartman fi red a one-under-par 215 to become UDM’s fi rst individual conference champion.

In 2001, Detroit earned its fi rst-ever automatic bid to the NCAA Golf Regionals – UDM would fi nish 24th in the West at Oregon State that year – after capturing another conference crown. The Titans led wire-to-wire at Cog Hill Country Club’s famed Dubsdread Course – longtime home of the PGA Tour’s Western Open – and

Titan Golf TraditionThe Titans’ Trophy Case

All-Conference TitansBob Beyer – 1988David Byrne – 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010Mike Cairns – 1987, 1988Norm Dickson – 1987, 1988Jason Hartman – 1998, 1999Dan Janssen – 1986Luke LaFave – 1999Jesse Maytham – 2004John Minnich – 1984Kyler Murphy – 2006Jason Paholsky – 1992, 1995Britt Pronk – 2010Jeremy Rothenberger – 1996Corey Spanke – 1991Brad Spears – 1999, 2000Mark Sommerfeld – 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008Johnny Strawser – 2000, 2002, 2003Adam Walicki – 2001, 2002

Conference MedalistDavid Byrne – 2007Jason Hartman – 1999

Player of the YearMark Sommerfeld – 2006, 2007, 2008David Byrne – 2010

Coach of the YearMark Engel – 1992, 1999, 2007, 2010Brad Kinsman – 1987

Newcomer of the YearDavid Byrne – 2007Jeff Clarridge – 2008Luke LaFave – 1999Brent McClung – 2001Jason Paholsky – 1992Mark Sommerfeld – 2005Johnny Strawser – 2000

All-Tournament TeamDavid Byrne – 2007, 2008, 2009Jeff Clarridge – 2010Sean Hutchison – 2005Luke LaFave – 2002Brent McClung – 2001Jesse Maytham – 2001Kyler Murphy – 2004, 2005Mikhial Pasic – 2007Britt Pronk – 2009, 2010Mark Sommerfeld – 2005, 2006, 2007Johnny Strawser – 2002, 2003Adam Walicki – 2001


Titan Golf Traditiont h e y e n d e d u p topping Green Bay by six shots. Titans B r e n t M c C l u n g , Jesse Maytham and Adam Walicki each fi nished in the top six individually to make the All- Tournament Team.

A season later, the Titans – using the same starting five as a year earlier – captured a second s t r a i g h t l e a g u e title, coming in 10 strokes ahead of the field at Green Bay

Country Club. LaFave and Johnny Strawser

fi nished 2-3 in the individual standings to earn All-Tournament honors as the Titans went on to their second straight berth in the NCAA West Regionals, held that spring at New Mexico.

After a three-year absence from the top of the standings, Detroit retooled successfully and added another HL championship in 2005. This time, the Titans came from off the pace as they grabbed the lead with a blistering second round and extended their margin over the last 18 holes for a 10-shot victory. Three Titans – Kyler Murphy, Sean Hutchison and Sommerfeld – made the All- Tournament Team en route to the championship and a berth in the NCAA Central Regionals at Notre Dame.

Looking back past the start of the recent run, the 1999 championship was actually the Titans’ second MCC golf title ever. The fi rst came in 1987, when they won the school’s initial MCC championship in any men’s sport. Under coach Brad Kinsman, Detroit led wire-towire over 54 holes at the Golf Club of Indiana, paced by sophomore Mike Cairns, who came in second place individually.

In addition to their six league golf championships, the Titans have also fi nished second in the conference fi ve diff erent times (1986, 1988, 2000, 2008 and 2009) and placed third on three other occasions (1989, 1992 and 2005).

Seventeen diff erent Titans have earned All-League honors in the past, with Sommerfeld, a 2008 senior, the fi rst to do it four straight times. Byrne joined him in 2010 with his fourth straight All-HL selection, while Strawser received the honor three times. Seven others – Hartman, Cairns, LaFave, Spears, Walicki, Norm Dickson and Jason Paholsky – have all accepted the award twice.

In 2006, Sommerfeld became the fi rst Titan to be named Horizon League Player of the Year, and he repeated the award in each of the next two years. Additionally, seven UDM golfers have been named Newcomer of the Year since 1992.

The “original” era of Titans golf, which spanned the period of 1926 to ’61, saw the team make three entries into the NCAA Championships. Their best showing came in 1951, when the Titans were fourth in the tournament staged at Ohio State’s Scarlet Course. Detroit junior Sam Kocsis was the qualifying medalist that year, earning the Number 1 seed for the match play tournament which determined the individual national champion.

Kocsis is one of six individuals with golf ties who are now members of the University’s Sports Hall of Fame. Also included are Walicki, who was inducted in 2010; Kinsman, who coached the Titans for 13 seasons and served as athletic director for 25 years; Bob Babbish, the 1938 Western Amateur winner who was a match play semi-fi nalist the next year at the national college championships; Tom Watrous, who was a three-year qualifi er for the NCAA Tournament and was also one of the top senior golfers in the state; and Prof. William Kelley Joyce, the team’s coach for 26 years. The Titan golf MVP has received an award in his name since 1980.

Three-time HL Player of the Year

Mark Sommerfeld

Prof. William Kelly Joyce Men’s Golf MVP Award Winners

1980 — Mickey Jacob1981 — Mickey Jacob1982 — John Minnich1983 — John Minnich1984 — Allan Brink1985 — Bob Schmid1986 — Bob Siminski1987 — Dan Janssen1988 — Mike Cairns1989 — Norm Dickson1990 — Bob Beyer1991 — Kevin Michalik1992 — Corey Spanke1993 — Kevin Kinney1994 — Jason Paholsky1995 — Jason Paholsky1996 — Jeremy Rothenberger1997 — John Golen1998 — Jeremy Rothenberger1999 — Brad Spears2000 — Adam Walicki2001 — Brent McClung2002 — Adam Walicki, Johnny Strawser2003 — Johnny Strawser2004 — Jesse Maytham2005 — Mark Sommerfeld2006 — Mark Sommerfeld2007 — Mark Sommerfeld2008 — Mark Sommerfeld2009 — David Byrne2010 — David Byrne, Britt Pronk


1987Site: Golf Club of Indiana (Lebanon, IN)Lineup: Bob Beyer, Mike Cairns, Norm Dickson, Dan Jans-sen, Scott SosnowskiCoach: Brad KinsmanRunner-Up/Margin of Victory: Dayton, 12 strokes

1999Site: Quail Hollow Resort (Concord, OH)Lineup: Jason Hartman, Chris Hicks, Luke LaFave, Adin Lohry, Brad SpearsCoach: Mark EngelRunner-Up/Margin of Victory: Wright State, 27 strokes

2001Site: Cog Hill Golf and Country Club/Dubsdread Course (Lamont, IL)Starters: Luke LaFave, Brent McClung, Jesse Maytham, Johnny Strawser, Adam WalickiCoach: Mark EngelRunner-Up/Margin of Victory: Green Bay, 6 strokes

2002Site: Green Bay Country Club (Green Bay, WI)Lineup: Luke LaFave, Brent McClung, Jesse Maytham, Johnny Strawser, Adam WalickiCoach: Mark EngelRunner-Up/Margin of Victory: Wright State, 10 strokes

Titans Seven Championships


Titans Seven Championships

2005Site: Royal American Links (Galena, OH)Lineup: Sean Hutchison, Kyler Murphy, Mikhial Pasic, Mark Sommerfeld, Mitch StarrCoach: Mark EngelRunner-Up/Margin of Victory: Wright State, 6 strokes

2007Site: Shaker Run Golf Club (Lebanon, OH)Lineup: David Byrne, Kyler Murphy, Mikhial Pasic, Mark Sommerfeld, Brian SparksCoach: Mark EngelRunner-Up/Margin of Victory: Green Bay, 16 strokes

2010Site: Kearney Hill Links (Lexington, KY)Lineup: David Byrne, Jeff Clarridge, Britt Pronk, Simon Reyers, Brian SparksCoach: Mark EngelRunner-Up/Margin of Victory: Green Bay, 6 strokes


Since NCAA Golf ’s post-season format initiated automatic qualifi cation for all Division I conference champions in 2000, the Detroit Titans have made fi ve Regional appearances.

The fi rst came in 2001, when UDM won its third-ever Horizon League Championship to earn a selection to the NCAA West Regional, hosted at Oregon State. Led by All-League golfer Adam Walicki and Horizon League Newcomer of the Year Brent McClung, the Titans stood 13th after a stellar fi rst round before fi nishing 24th at the end of 54 holes.

Walicki, McClung and the other three golfers who represented UDM at Oregon State – Luke LaFave, Jesse Maytham and Johnny Strawser – all made an NCAA return trip in 2002, competing in the

West Regional at the University of New Mexico.

The Titans have also played in the 2005 Central Regional at Notre Dame, the 2007 West Regional at Arizona State, and, most recently, at the 2010 Central Regional at Notre Dame.

Playing on the home course of the Fighting Irish, the Warren Golf Club, the Titans posted their best ever regional score in a round and overall as Detroit fi nished 12th in a star-studded fi eld at the Central Regional. The competition included the likes of Stanford, Florida, Florida State, Duke and LSU, all ranked in the top 60 in the country by Golfstat.

UDM carded a 285 on the final 18 for its lowest team total in their fi ve Regional appearances. Overall, Detroit totaled an 871 (297, 289, 285) for their best 54-hole scorecard.

The Titan line-up included 2010 HL Player of the Year David Byrne, 2010 All-HL performer Britt Pronk as well as Jeff Clarridge, Simon Reyers and Brian Sparks.

Pronk made history himself as he ended the event with the program’s best individual fi nish (T-43) as well as the best three-round score (217-76, 71, 70). Byrne was one stroke back for 48th-place and both golfers tied a school mark with a 70 in the fi nal round of play.

The “original” era of Detroit golf, which ended in 1961 when the program was disbanded for nearly two decades, saw the Titans make three appearances in the NCAA Championship – 1947, 1951 and 1955. Detroit junior Sam Kocsis was the 1951 qualifying medalist.

Postseason History

Detroit’s NCAA Regional HistoryYear Regional Location Finish Low Titan2001 West Trysting Tree GC - Corvallis, OR 24th Brent McClung, Jesse Maytham (231)2002 West UNM Championship GC - Albuquerque, NM 26th Johnny Strawser (228)2005 Central Warren GC - South Bend, IN 26th Mark Sommerfeld (226)2007 West Karsten GC - Tempe, AZ 25th Mark Sommerfeld (219)2010 Central Warren GC - South Bend, IN 12th Britt Pronk (217)

Regional Record BookIndividual Low Round: 70 Jesse Maytham (2001 West Regional, 1st round) 70, David Byrne (2007 West Regional, 2nd round) 70, David Byrne (2010 Central Regional, 3rd round) 70, Britt Pronk (2010 Central Regional, 3rd round)Team Low Round: 285 (2010 Central Regional, 3rd round)Individual 54-Hole Score: 76-71-70–217, Britt Pronk (2010 Central Regional)Team 54-Hole Score: 297-289-285–871 (2010 Central Regional)Individual Finish: T-43, Britt Pronk (2010 Central Regional)Team Finish: 12th (2010 Central Regional)

The 2001 Horizon League Champion Titans, Detroit’s fi rst men’s

golf team to advance to the NCAA Regionals.


HORIZON LEAGUEEntering its 32nd season of operation in

the 2010-11 academic year, the Horizon League continues to aspire toward its goal of being one of the nation’s leading athletics conferences while being recognized as a leader in the development of student-athletes as leaders and role models.

The Horizon League membership features ten public and private institutions that have impressive academic reputations and a storied tradition of broad-based athletic programs. Current membership includes Butler University, Cleveland State University, the University of Detroit Mercy, the University of Illinois at Chicago, Loyola University Chicago, Valparaiso University, the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Wright State University and Youngstown State University.

The Horizon League’s primary focus is on adding value to the educational experience through its four platforms: athletic performance, academic achievement, community outreach, and personal responsibility and accountability. It is the League’s belief that athletics is a powerful and visible resource tool that can be used to enhance student-athletes’ collegiate experience. The Horizon League’s goals are to enhance the holistic university experience for the student-athlete, to create an affi liation of institutions with similar athletic goals, and to adhere to the principals of integrity, diversity, excellence and growth. The Horizon League sponsors competition in 19 sports - nine for men (baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, swimming and diving, indoor track and fi eld, outdoor track and fi eld and tennis) and ten for women (basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, indoor track and fi eld, outdoor track and fi eld, tennis and volleyball).

The League receives automatic bids to NCAA championships in baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s golf, men’s and women’s soccer, softball, men’s and women’s tennis, women’s volleyball, and for the fi rst time in League history, women’s golf. The Horizon League is headquartered in Indianapolis, the “Amateur Sports Capital of the World,” with offi ces in the Pan American Plaza (201 S. Capitol Avenue), located a block from Lucas Oil Stadium and just minutes from Conseco Fieldhouse, the State Capitol Building, Victory Field (home of the Indianapolis Indians) and the NCAA national offi ce.

A PROUD HISTORYFounded on June 16, 1979, as the Midwestern City Conference

with six charter members, the League changed its name to the Midwestern Collegiate Conference in 1985 and added women’s sports for the 1986-87 academic year. Charter members of the conference included current members Butler and Loyola as well as the University of Evansville, Oklahoma City University, Oral Roberts University and Xavier University.

Among other current members, Detroit joined in 1980, and Cleveland State, UIC, Green Bay, Milwaukee and Wright State came aboard in 1994 (along with Northern Illinois University) in the largest non-merger conference expansion in history. Youngstown State joining in 2001 and Valparaiso in 2007.

On June 4, 2001, the Horizon League unveiled its current name and ushered in a new dynamic direction that has brought the League closer to its stated goal of being one of the nation’s top ten collegiate athletic conferences with a focus on enhancing the student-athletes’ experience by upgrading the League’s market and competitive positions.

ATHLETIC SUCCESSIn the past few years, the Horizon League has enjoyed

unprecedented success on the national stage, highlighted by Butler’s 2010 NCAA men’s basketball championship game appearance where the Bulldogs fell to Duke, 61-59. The Horizon League has compiled a 10-7 record in the past fi ve years in the NCAA tournament, ranking sixth among all collegiate conferences for winning percentage.

Green Bay’s women’s basketball team became the league’s fi rst at-large bid to the NCAA Championship in 2010 with Cleveland State receiving the automatic nod. The Phoenix knocked off No. 5 seed Virginia in the fi rst round before falling to Elite Eight participant Iowa State, 60-56.

Men’s soccer has tasted victory in seven out of the last eight years (Milwaukee 2002-05, UIC 2006-08), with UIC just one win away from the College Cup in 2007. In softball, League teams won a game in the national tournament four straight years earlier in the decade (UIC 2002, 2004; Wright State 2003; Green Bay 2005) while advancing into the second round in women’s soccer three of the last six seasons (Detroit 2004, Milwaukee 2005-06). Butler’s Victoria Mitchell became the League’s fi rst NCAA individual champion when she won the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the 2005 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

The Horizon League


ACADEMIC SUCCESSHorizon League student-athletes also excel in the classroom

as more than 500 have been named to the Academic Honor Roll each of the past seven semesters for carrying a grade-point average of 3.2 or better, including more than 600 for the last four semesters. Twenty-seven student-athletes were named to ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District teams in 2009-10, while 10 earned Academic All-America honors.

COMMUNITY SERVICEIn addition to its athletics success, the Horizon League has secured

a well-earned reputation for its community service initiatives. Each January, member institutions partner with local elementary schools for an art, music and essay contest highlighting the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with winners recognized at League games on the weekend of MLK Day.

The Horizon League Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) also has continued a tradition of working with youth in Indianapolis during its annual summer meeting. In addition, several League men’s basketball coaches coached barefoot to support Samaritan’s Feet, and the League’s schools and fans donate to Komen for the Cure for breast cancer awareness during its annual women’s basketball championship.

On campus, student-athletes have raised money and awareness for such causes as breast cancer, diabetes and hurricane relief, while hosting blood drives, neighborhood clean-ups, Big Brother/Big Sister programs and more.

SPORTSMANSHIPOne of the Horizon League’s points of emphasis is fostering

collegial environments for competition among student-athletes, coaches, administrators and fans in a pro-active approach. Among the vehicles is the Ethical Conduct Pledge, which is signed each season by student-athletes, coaches, offi cials, and campus and

League administrators. Its purpose is to make all the involved groups aware of the Horizon League expectations of behavior during conference events.

DEMOGRAPHICSHorizon League institutions boast a combined enrollment of

more than 130,000 plus nearly a quarter-million living alumni centered in the League’s Midwest footprint. League media markets include fi ve of the nation’s top 35 in Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Indianapolis and Milwaukee, covering more than ten million television households and encompassing more than nine percent of the nation’s television audience.

GOVERNANCEThe Horizon League is governed by a Board of Directors

comprised of the ten member institutions’ chief executive offi cers. Dr. Bobby Fong, President of Butler, serves as Board Chair through June 30, 2011. Barry Collier, Director of Intercollegiate Athletics at Butler, serves as chair of the Executive Council, and Elaine Jacobs, Associate Athletic Director/Senior Woman Administrator at Youngstown State, is the Vice Chair and Joseph Kirsch of Butler serves as chair of the Faculty Athletics Representatives.

LEADERSHIPJonathan B. (Jon) LeCrone is in his 19th year as Commissioner of

the Horizon League, having been named to the position on May 11, 1992, and is the fi fth-longest tenured commissioner among the 31 Division I conferences. He is the fi fth commissioner in League history, succeeding Daniel B. “Tucker” DiEdwardo (1989-92), James W. Shaff er (1984-89), Cecil N. Coleman (1980-84) and James J. McCaff erty (1979-80).

LeCrone is in the second year of a four-year term on the NCAA Division I Leadership Council after completing a fi ve-year term on the Division I Men’s Basketball Committee.

The Horizon League

The Mission Inn Resort in Howey-in-the-Hills, FL, will serve as the site for the

2011 Horizon League Championships


Detroit...Detroit...• is home to the Motown sound founded by Berry Gordy Jr. in 1957• is home to the Motown sound founded by Berry Gordy Jr. in 1957• is home to the first Van Gogh painting in a public collection in • is home to the first Van Gogh painting in a public collection in

the U.S. at the Detroit Institute of Arts, “Self Portrait,” Vincent Van the U.S. at the Detroit Institute of Arts, “Self Portrait,” Vincent Van Gogh, 1887Gogh, 1887

• installed the first mile of paved concrete road, just north of the • installed the first mile of paved concrete road, just north of the Model T plant, on Woodward Avenue between McNichols and 7 Mile Model T plant, on Woodward Avenue between McNichols and 7 Mile Roads in 1909Roads in 1909

• built the nation’s first urban freeway, the Davison, in 1942• built the nation’s first urban freeway, the Davison, in 1942• is home to the oldest state fair in the nation — the Michigan State • is home to the oldest state fair in the nation — the Michigan State

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II, can be found on the Detroit RiverII, can be found on the Detroit River• shares the world’s first auto traffic tunnel between two nations – • shares the world’s first auto traffic tunnel between two nations –

the Detroit/Windsor Tunnelthe Detroit/Windsor Tunnel• is home to the second tallest hotel in North America – the Detroit • is home to the second tallest hotel in North America – the Detroit

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cist James Vernor in 1862. Detroit is also home to Sanders hot fudge, cist James Vernor in 1862. Detroit is also home to Sanders hot fudge, Better Made Potato Chips, Faygo soda pop and Stroh’s Ice CreamBetter Made Potato Chips, Faygo soda pop and Stroh’s Ice Cream

• has the most registered bowlers in the United States• has the most registered bowlers in the United States• was the first city in the nation to assign individual telephone • was the first city in the nation to assign individual telephone

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Having celebrated its tricentennial in 2001, Greater Detroit has the best of the old and the most promising of the new. From Greektown to Bricktown, Detroit has it all.

The oldest city in the Midwest, Detroit was discovered in 1701 and has since become the center of business and recreation for millions. It is the largest city in Michigan and the 11th largest in the United States. Encompassing three counties — Wayne, Oakland and Macomb — the Metropolitan Detroit area spans 2,026 square miles and is home to 4.4 million people, nearly one million of whom live within the City of Detroit.

Detroit’s vibrant, 75-acre Civic Center is a riverfront mecca for convention, entertainment, festival and sporting activities. Home to Cobo Conference/Exhibition Center and Arena, Joe Louis Arena and Philip A. Hart Plaza, the Civic Center is adjacent to some of the area’s fi nest hotels, top-notch restaurants and the famous Renaissance Center.

Cobo Conference/Exhibition Center underwent a $200 million expansion, which was completed in 1989 and increased the facility’s exhibit space to 720,000 square feet, making it one of the nation’s largest convention centers.

Renaissance Center, now the world headquarters for General Motors, is the city’s largest offi ce complex, with seven gleaming towers of activity located on the Detroit riverfront. The 73-story Marriott Hotel is housed within this symbol of downtown development.

Long known as the automobile capital of the world, the Detroit area is headquarters to all of the major automobile companies. While a lot of the area’s industry centers around the “horseless carriage,” Detroit is more than a smokestack town. Home to 16 of the Fortune 1000 fi rms, greater Detroit ranks sixth among U.S. cities in total spendable income.

A short walk from the riverfront and the rigors of business is the enjoyment of exciting ethnic nightlife, known to Detroiters as Greektown. A two-block area of authentic Greek food and entertainment, Greektown became an even more invigorating locale in recent years with the addition of the Greektown Casino, one of three major casinos operating near downtown.

One can enjoy art and scan the shelves that house 2.5 million books in the Detroit Public Library; and experience Michigan’s Underground Railroad movement at the Museum of African-American History.

Americana at its fi nest is displayed at Dearborn’s Henry Ford and Greenfi eld Village. While The Henry Ford is a museum that displays artifacts and implements used in earlier times, Greenfi eld Village demonstrates how these items were used and how they affected lifestyles.

About Detroit

Ford Field is home to the NFL’s Detroit Lions, while Comerica Park serves as the

home venue for MLB’s Detroit Togers.


Music for every taste abounds in Greater Detroit. The Detroit symphony is world-renowned. Jazz greats join local performers at the annual Montreaux Jazz Festival. Popular music fans are entertained at several area music houses including the Royal Oak Music Theater, Orchestra Hall and the Fox Theatre.

Detroit is a great sports town, known throughout the country for its enthusiastic fans. The Detroit Tigers play in Comerica Park, which opened in 2000 and hosted the 2005 Major League All-Star Game as well as 2006 World Series contests. Immediately adjacent to the Tigers’ home, the NFL Lions play in another wonderful new facility, Ford Field, which hosted Super Bowl XL in 2006 and will host the 2010 NCAA Frozen Four. The 2008 NCAA Men’s Basketball Midwest Regional was played in Ford Field as will be the 2009 Final Four, both of the event, incidentally, hosted by UDM.

The 2008 Stanley Cup Champion Red Wings call Joe Louis Arena home. The NBA Detroit Pistons play in the Palace of Auburn Hills.

Two-thirds of a mile across the Detroit River lies Windsor, Ontario, Canada. To celebrate the friendship and independence of the two nations, the International Freedom Festival is held for two weeks each summer, with activities in both countries.

About Detroit

The Renaissance Center & GM World Headquarters is located

right along the Detroit River in downtown Detroit.

Campus Martius is home to many activities, including ice skating during the winter months in the Motor City


The main goal of the Strength and Conditioning Department is to help the student-athlete improve physically and mentally in their respective sport. This will be accomplished in such a way that is safe and effi cient for each individual athlete. As the student-athlete participates in these activities we will work to lessen the possibility of injury or re-injury. If an injury should occur, we will work with the Sports Medicine Staff and the student-athlete to complete rehabilitation.

Each team will have an individualized program based on their particular sport. Each program takes into account the intensity level, the physical demands, and skill involved in each individual sport and also each individual student-athlete. All teams and individuals will be subject to performance tests that will help design each program and also will help to determine the success of the program.

The Strength and Conditioning Staff will work with each individual coach at all times. Each coach will receive updated attendance, evaluation, and comments on a regular basis about each student-athlete. Communication is the key to success in the weight room and on the playing fi eld.

The Titans condition and train in the Larry Bleach Weight Room, located in Calihan Hall. All UDM student-athletes are trained under the supervision of two full-time certifi ed strength and conditioning coaches, as well as two intern assistants. Every member of the Titan strength and conditioning staff is assigned a team, which allows daily interaction

between the athletes and the coaches. Such interaction is a tremendous asset when developing a program that best serves the athlete and the team.

In the past three years, the fi tness center expanded by over 400 square feet. Olympic style platforms, squat racks, stretch and other auxiliary speed equipment have also been added, all designed and implemented to improve the Titans’ speed and power. The center also features the ONS Performance nutritional shake, which is designed to help every athlete recover from training and conditioning with a supplement increase in their protein and carbohydrate intake.

The UDM strength and conditioning staff has not only helped the Titan student-athletes, but professional athletes as well. UDM graduate and current New Orleans Hornets guard Willie Green

comes back to use the facilities during the offseason as well as former Detroit Tigers’ left-hander Nate Robertson.

In what has become an annual event, the department started the very successful “Cardio for a Cause”. The fundraiser showcases 216 participants from student-athletes, UDM athletic department staff and members of the community as each ride a stationary bike for ten minutes, pedaling through the day and night and keeping the bike going for 24 consecutive hours. The 2011 event will help raise money for the Detroit Titan Strength & Conditioning program and the V Foundation for Cancer Research.

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At the University of Detroit Mercy, the sports medicine staff is committed to providing the best care to all Titan athletes. Director of Sports Medicine and Head Athletic Trainer Michael Miller coordinates and oversees the sports medicine services at UDM for over 250 student-athletes.

The sports medicine staff is responsible for assessing athletic injuries and illnesses, administering fi rst aid and CPR care, making medical referrals, and preventing and rehabilitating athletic injuries that occur during the school year.

The sports medicine department is under the guidance of Dr. Michael Workings, a family practice physician from the Henry Ford Health System. Dr. Workings also acts as the Team Physician for the Detroit Tigers. Joining him for the 2010-11 year is Team Orthopedic Dr. Terrence Lock and Dr. Rehal Bhojani and Dr. Patrick Jean-Pierre, who will provide clinic and game coverage.

The athletic training facility is located at Calihan Hall. This training facility is equipped with a taping and fi rst aid station, treatment and modality tables, hydrotherapy whirlpools, and rehabilitative equipment.

The goals of the University of Detroit Mercy Sports Medicine Department is to prevent athletic injuries as much as possible through effective injury prevention programs, and to return injured athletes to their previous competitive status in the safest and quickest manner possible.

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When talking about students who compete in a varsity sport, the term typically used is “student-athlete.” The word “student” comes fi rst, and that’s the way the University of Detroit Mercy approaches all of its athletic team members. Although performance in competition is important, they are students fi rst, and athletes second, with their performance in the classroom plenty important in Titan Territory.

UDM’s Center for Student-Athlete Development, one of the fi rst of its kind, offers programs for academic classes, drug education, student enhancement and works to improve communication skills. All 19 varsity teams are encouraged to take full advantage of the programs offered at the center. The center also heads up the NCAA Life Skills Program, which focuses on the student in student-athlete and how to deal with issues that all student-athletes today must face. Through seminars, guest speakers and NCAA videos, student-athletes are made aware of issues such as gambling and drug and alcohol abuse, and how to deal with these concerns.

The center is made possible, in part, by a grant from the NCAA. In conjunction with the staff of the University Learning Center, members of the center’s staff teach UAS 107, “Athletes in Transition,” each year. All freshman and transfer student-athletes must take this course during their studies at UDM. The course deals with how student-athletes can make the transition from high school to college. This important class teaches student-athletes to deal with time and stress management, study skills and the importance of good nutritional habits. Another example of Detroit’s commitment to its

student-athletes’ academic excellence is the Athletic Academic Coordinator’s post. Since the position was created, UDM’s graduation rate for student-athletes has steadily risen. Assistant Athletic Director For NCAA Compliance Steve Corder, no stranger to collegiate athletics as he played soccer for Detroit from 1994-98, and his staff carefully track each Titan’s academic progress to make sure they are on the right path toward graduation. In addition, student-athletes are helped with their tutorial needs through the use of the student-run Learning Center, where professors and students donate their time as tutors.

The student-athletes’ academic progress is closely monitored and study table is set up to assist the Titans with any and all academic areas, including providing tutors and a writing lab. The center is open daily and also has evening hours to work around a student-athlete’s busy schedule. All freshmen must take part in the study table, as well as other student-athletes who have not yet achieved a 2.75 GPA.

The University of Detroit Mercy is committed to the principles of institutional control in operating

our athletic department. We are responsible for adhering to the rules, regulations and spirit of the NCAA, Horizon League and the University.

The University of Detroit Mercy Compliance Offi ce directs this effort and acts a primary resource concerning NCAA rules, regulations and compliance issues. We ensure that our institution complies with all NCAA standards and we are responsible for monitoring all athletic programs to assure compliance.

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-A-Richard Abdoo (Retired President & CEO, Wisconsin Energy) .............. BusAdm’69-B-Anita Barone (Actress) ................................................................................. LAE ’86Stephanie Bergeron (Ret. VP & Treasurer, Goodyear Tire & Rubber) ........ BusAdm ’81Emil Brolick (President, YUM! Brands) ............................................BusAdm ’69, ’70-C-Cynthia Canty (Radio Personality, WMGC-FM) ........................................... LAE ’75Thomas Capo (Chairman, Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group) ..........BusAdm ’73, ’75, ’80Michael F. Cavanagh (Justice, Michigan Supreme Court)............... LAE ’62, LW ’66Maura Corrigon (Justice, Michigan Supreme Court) ......................................LW ’73Matthew Cullen (President & COO Rock Enterprises) .......................... BusAdm ’83-D-Christopher Darga (Actor) ............................................................................ LAE ‘80Thomas Denomme (Ret. Vice Chair & CAO, DaimlerChrysler) ............ BusAdm ’61-E-Michael Evans (President Loyola High School, MI)...................................... LAE ‘75 -F-W. James Farrell (Retired Chairman & CEO, Illinois Tool Works) ................E&S ’68Robert Ficano (Executive, Wayne County) ....................................................LW ’77-G-Eugene A. Gargaro (Sr. Vice President, Masco Corporation) ........................LW ’67Robert Goodenow (Former Executive Director, NHL Players Assoc.) ............LW ’79Roman S. Gribbs (Former Mayor, City of Detroit) .................... BusAdm ’52, LW ’54-H-John P. Hayes (Retired Chairman & CEO, National Gypsum) .............. BusAdm ’43Robert Hendry (Retired CFO, General Motors) ..................................... BusAdm ’69Sister Mary Ellen Howard (Director, St. Frances Cabrini Clinic).................. CHP ’68William Hermann (Managing Partner, Plante & Moran)......................... BusAdm ‘72-K-Frank Kelley (Attorney General Emeritus, State of Michigan) ........................LW ’51David Patrick Kelley (Actor) .......................................................................... LAE ‘77John C. Kennedy (President & CEO, Autocam Corp.) .......................... BusAdm ’79James Kokas (President/Owner, Opus One) ............................................... LAE ‘73-L-James D Lark (Owner, The Lark) ................................................................. LAE ‘52 Elmore Leonard (Author/Screenplay Writer) ................................................ LAE ’50Albert Lorenzo (President, Macomb County CC) ............................BusAdm ’65, ’66-M-Thaddeus McCotter (Congressman, US House of Representatives) ...... LAE ’87, LW ’90Isaiah McKinnon (Former Chief of Police, City of Detroit) .................... LAE ‘75, ‘78William Morrow (Executive Vice President, Crain Communications) .........BusAdm ’68Peter Munoz (Director, Michigan State Police) ............................................. LAE ’76-N-Benny Napoleon (Sheriff, Wayne County) .................................................... LAE ‘82 Joseph Nathan (Retired President & COO, Compuware Corp.) .......LAE ’74, BusAdm ’78 James Norrod (President, Segway) ...................................................... BusAdm ‘75-O-James O’Sullivan (Pres. & CEO, Mazda North American Oper.) .......BusAdm ’76, ’84-P-L. Brooks Patterson (Executive, Oakland County) .......................... LAE ’61, LW ’67Marlena Lazar-Peleo (Chief Creative Offi cer, McDonald’s Corp.) ................ LAE ‘72-R-Arlene Robinson (CEO, Girl Scouts of Metro Detroit) .................................. LAE ’75Louis Rossetti (Chairman & CEO, Rossetti Associates).................................AR ’59-S-David Schembri (President, Smart USA)............................................... BusAdm ‘75David Stangis (VP Corp Social Responsibilitiy, Campbell Soup) ...............E & S ‘87Robert Soulliere (President & CEO, ThyssenKrupp) ............................. BusAdm ‘85-V-Andy Vazzano (President & Managing Partner, SmithGroup) ............... BusAdm ’80-Y-William C. Young (President, Absopure Water Co.) ....................................E&S, ’66

A former Horizon League Player of the Year as well as the

fourth all-time scorer in Titan history,

Willie Green graduated with an education degree in 2003.

Allison Payne is a seven time Emmy

award winning anchor at CW affi liate and cable superstation

WGN-TV in Chicago. She graduated

Magna Cum Laude in Liberal Arts from the

University of Detroit in 1985.

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UDM established its Sports Hall of Fame in 1977 in order to honor those student-athletes, coaches and administrators who have helped develop the successful tradition of Titan Athletics. The Hall of Fame now has 112 members, following the 10 latest additions made on Homecoming Weekend on Jan. 26, 2010.

The 2002 induction dinner was truly one to remember. The inductees included two of the Titans’ former basketball All-Americans, Terry Tyler and John Long – or Thunder and Lightning, as they were affectionately known during their playing days – as well as the 1960 Titan football team as a unit. Additionally, the beautiful new Hall of Fame display in the Calihan Hall lobby was unveiled that night for a crowd which would fi ll the arena’s main fl oor during the induction dinner.

Long and Tyler were part of one of the winningest eras of Titan basketball, having helped their team to an 86-25 record over their four years combined. They helped the Titans to an NCAA Tournament berth in 1977, and an NIT appearance one year later.

Long was the only player ever to lead the Titans in scoring for four straight varsity seasons, and he’s still the second-leading point producer in school history. Tyler, meanwhile, is the all-time Detroit leader for blocked shots in a game, a season and a career. He is also second in career fi eld goal percentage and sixth in scoring.

The pair’s old coach, none other than Dick Vitale, was the keynote speaker at his former players’ induction dinner. The present-day ESPN/ABC telecaster kept the audience captivated for more than an hour with his memories of coaching the Titans.

The 1960 football squad became the fi rst team ever to be inducted into the Hall of Fame en masse. That team fi nished the season 7-2 – the winningest U-D record of the post-World War II era. Two of those victories, over Cincinnati and Xavier, came by shutout. Future pro stars Larry Vargo, Bruce Maher, Steve Stonebreaker and Jerry Gross were all part of the 1960 Titan roster.

The most recent induction class included four former basketball players – Joe Kopicki, Jermaine Jackson, Rashad Phillips and, from the women’s team, Cassandra Pack – as well as former stars from baseball (Pat Adams and Mike Pesci), cross country/track and fi eld (Ken Dubois and Kim Jess), golf (Adam Walicki) and tennis (Maria Pandele).

L-R: Adam Walicki, Joe Kopicki, Kim Jess, Pat Adams, Ken Dubois, Mike Pesci, Maria Pandele (Not Pictured: Jermaine Jackson, Rashad Phillips, Cassandra Pack) The 2010 Titan Hall of Fame Class was inducted at

halftime of the men’s basketball game against Wright State on Jan. 26.

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Inductee Sport YearThe 1960 Titan Football Team 2001Harry Ackermann Swimming 1986Pat Adams Baseball 2010Grady Alderman Football 1979Bob Babbish Golf 1980Chuck Baer Football Coach 1980Vince Banonis Football 1977Ed Barbour Football Player, Coach 1980Al Baumgart Football 1989Joseph Beer Football 1985Paul Bibeau Baseball 1982John Biringer Football 1982Larry Bleach Basketball 1980Lloyd Brazil Football 1977Dad Butler Trainer, Coach 1977Bob Calihan Basketball 1977Dan Cantillon Fencing 1980Pudge Cavanaugh Tennis 1988Mary (Lillie) Cicerone Basketball 2007Earl “Dutch” Clark Football Coach 1978Earl Clark Jr. Tennis Player, Coach 1985Tom Connell Football 1980John Conti Football 1984Frank Corej Baseball 1986Pete Craig Baseball 1980Cindy Crosbie Softball 2007Earl Cureton Basketball 2007Bill Daly Track 1987Coretta Daniels Basketball 1989Dave DeBusschere Basketball 1977Gus Dorais Football Coach 1977Ken Dubois Cross Country, Track 2010Terry Duerod Basketball 1993Dick Dzik Basketball 1983Bill Ebben Basketball 1978Andy Farkas Football 1977George Fefl es Basketball 1988Tim Finnin Football 1980Cindy Fix Soccer 2007Al Ghesquiere Football 1981William Giovan Fencing 1980Ralph Goldstein Basketball 1982Nate Goodnow Football 1980Bob Greiner Football 1986Jerry Gross Football 1980Wally Gruber Football, Track 1983Ken Hamann Baseball 1988Spencer Haywood Basketball 1993Fred Hooker Fencing 1986Bob Ivory Football 1981Jermaine Jackson Basketball 2010Kim Jess Track 2010William Kelly Joyce Golf Coach 1981Mike Kaysserian Football 1980Howard Keating Football 1984Kal Kaliszewski Soccer 2007John Kirwan Basketball 1981

Inductee Sport YearBrad Kinsman Athletic Director 2007Greg Kocab Fencing 1987Sam Kocsis Golf 1986Joe Kopicki Basketball 2010Robert Koval Football 1988Jack Kurkowski Football 1982Harold Lauer Football 1981John Long Basketball 2001Ed Lukas Basketball Player, Coach 1983Dick Lutz Football 1981Bruce Maher Football 1979Gene Malinowski Football 1981Ted Marchibroda Football 1983James Massey Football 1986Art Masucci Football 1981Denny McCotter Football 1988Pat McDonald Fencing 1981Brendan McNamara Basketball 1982Bob Miller Baseball 1979Cheryl (Williams) Miller Basketball 2005Dorie Murrey Basketball 1984John Mulroy Administration 2005Charley North Basketball 2005Doug Nott Football 1980Brakie Orr Baseball 1984Cassandra Pack Basketball 2010Terry Page Basketball 1985Ed Palumbo Football 1983Maria Pandele Tennis 2010Bud Payne Football 1984Richard Perry Fencing Coach 1980Mike Pesci Baseball 2010Rashad Phillips Basketball 2010Walter Poff Basketball 1981Mike Polvi Baseball 1989Bob Prendergast Baseball 1981Al Rappaport Track 1987Bruce Rodwan Basketball 1987Harold Ryan Track 1988Larry Salci Basketball 1986John Shada Football Player, Coach 1980Tyrone Simmons Fencing 1982Steve Stonebreaker Football 1987Gerry Surowiec Fencing 1989Norm Swanson Basketball 1980Tom Thornton Football 1981Bill Turkington Baseball 1987Terry Tyler Basketball 2001Larry Vargo Football 1987Dick Vitale Basketball Coach 1993Tillie Voss Football, Basketball 1978Tom Watrous Golf 1984Adam Walicki Golf 2010Mike Walsh Basketball, Baseball 1989Bonnie (Fitzpatrick) Wood Cross Country/Track 2007Ed Wood Football 1983Joe Wright Football/Basketball/Baseball 1980

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Keri Gaither was appointed as the University of Detroit Mercy’s director of athletics in May of 2007.

Keri Gaither was appointed as University of Detroit Mercy’s Director of Athletics in May of 2007, less than six months after being asked to serve as Interim Director of Athletics.

Soon after taking the helm of Titan athletics, Gaither announced the

expansion of the Detroit Titans Division I sports program from 16 to 19 teams with the addition of men’s lacrosse, women’s lacrosse and men’s tennis, all of which began play in 2008-09. In her fi rst two years, Gaither also expanded the athletic staff by adding eight full-time positions to the department, directed the building and completion of a new $1.6 million all-purpose synthetic turf fi eld and track, and was responsible for the hiring of men’s basketball coach Ray McCallum, women’s basketball coach Autumn Rademacher, and softball coach Sunny Jones. Gaither recently completed a successful fundraising campaign for the renovation of the men’s basketball offi ce suite and recently completed tennis complex that includes eight new tennis courts, a tennis pavilion and a new grass practice fi eld for the lacrosse and soccer teams.

Gaither was recognized for her strong leadership as UDM’s Director of Athletics when she was appointed to the University of Detroit Mercy’s (UDM) senior leadership team as a member of the Associate Vice President’s group in June of 2007.

For the three years preceding her appointment as A.D., Gaither served as second in command for the Detroit Titans Athletic Department and also supervised nine Titan women’s varsity sports as the Senior Associate Athletic Director. During her tenure as Senior Associate A.D., Gaither played an instrumental role in the planning and implementation of women’s golf in 2004 when it became UDM’s 16th varsity team. Prior to her selection as A.D., Gaither had served in several key administrative roles for the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics including stints as Senior Woman Administrator and Director of Business Operations.

Gaither Chaired the Detroit Local Organizing Committee (DLOC) for the 2009 NCAA Men’s Basketball Final Four which was played in front of a record-setting crowd of 72,922 at Ford Field in Detroit as the University of Detroit Mercy served as the host institution. As the DLOC Chair, Gaither provided strong leadership for the DLOC and maintained ultimate responsibility for the local operations of the Final Four event. Gaither held the same position, in addition to being designated Tournament Director, for the 2008 NCAA Men’s Basketball Midwest Regional.

As a current member of the Horizon League’s Executive Council, Gaither is actively involved with League operations. She currently serves on the League’s Men’s Basketball Strategic Planning Committee and has served on both the fi nance and television committees.

In July of 2010, Gaither was appointed a new member of the Executive Committee of the Division I-AAA Athletics Directors Association. She is one of just 13 members serving on the Executive Committee, which works on behalf of the membership of the D1-AAA, in addition to its President and fi ve other offi cers.

Gaither was also appointed to the NCAA Minority Opportunities and Interests Committee (MOIC) in September of 2009. As one of six Division I members on the 15-person committee, Gaither is currently in year two of a four-year term. The MOIC was formed to review issues related to the interests of ethnic minorities and women with a focus on education and welfare of minority student-athletes, as well as the enhancement of opportunities for ethnic minorities and women in coaching, athletics administration, offi ciating and the NCAA governance structure.

In March of 2008, Gaither was presented with the Phenomenal Women’s Ashley Gray Legacy Award by the University of Detroit Mercy’s Student Programming Board. This award was presented for her outstanding contribution toward the growth and development of students as the Director of Athletics at UDM. Gaither was also honored in September of 2008 when she was named one of Crain’s Detroit Business’ “2008 Women to Watch” for her goals and initiatives in the Detroit Titans athletics program and her leadership in serving as chair of Detroit’s Local Organizing Committee for the 2009 NCAA Final Four.

While a member of the 2006 UDM Self-Study Steering Committee for NCAA Athletic Certifi cation, Gaither also served on the Equity and Student-Athletic Welfare Sub-Committee and was designated the campus liaison during the certifi cation process. Shortly after the University received its full certifi cation in April of 2007, Gaither was asked by the NCAA to serve as a Peer-Review Team Member.

She also participated as a member of the Tourism Action Group (TAG) Hospitality Committee, a group organized by the Detroit Metro Convention & Visitor Bureau dedicated to training the hospitality industry for Detroit-area events such as the 2005 MLB All Star Game, Super Bowl XL, as well as future major events.

In 2006, the Titan AD completed the NCAA’s inaugural Leadership Institute for Ethnic Minority Females, a leadership development program sponsored by the NCAA Offi ce for Diversity and Inclusion and the Minority Opportunities and Interests Committee. The Leadership Institute, designed to address the critical shortage of senior-level minority administrators at NCAA member institutions and conference offi ces, prepares diverse leaders through a 12-month leadership training and skills development experience.

Gaither served as a past steering committee member of the Women’s Leadership Symposium for Intercollegiate Athletics and recently assisted in coordinating its national leadership conference. Gaither is also a member of the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA), the National Association of Collegiate Women Athletic Administrators (NACWAA), the Minority Opportunities Athletic Association (MOAA), and the Black Coaches Association (BCA).

Graduating magna cum laude from the University of Detroit Mercy, Gaither earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics. During her undergraduate studies, she was a two-time recipient of the College of Liberal of Arts’ Economics Student of the Year Award.

Gaither and her husband, Brad Trombley, reside in Pleasant Ridge with their two children, Elliott (20), a junior on the University of Detroit Mercy fencing team, and daughter Kennedy (13).

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Stacey Barns Men’s

Basketball Offi ce

Manager

Lorena Carithers Athletic Training Intern

Tanya CarperCheer Team

Coach

Dennis CarlessoDir. of Develop-ment For Athlet-

ics & Student Facilities

Steve CorderAsst. AD for

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Anita FosterOlympic Sports

Offi ce Manager

Keri GaitherAssociate V.P. &

Athletic Director

Adam Gentry Strength and Conditioning

Assistant

P.J. GradowskiSenior Asst. Sports Info

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Greg Haapala Director of

Ticket Sales & Fan Experience

Dean HaddadPep Band Director

Chris Hinderliter

Asst. Director of Sports Medicine

Casey HornungEquipment &

Facilities Intern

Teri KromreiAssociate AD for Business Opera-

tions/SWA

Jeff Latinen Asst. AD for Facilities &

Special Events

Nic Ryan Assistant Director of

Athletic Facilities

Joe Tofferi Asst. AD for Strength & Conditioning

Phuong LeAssistant Busi-ness and Ticket

Manager

Jessica Liebner

Compliance Intern

Brandon LongmeierDir. of Athletic Marketing & Promotions

Mike MillerAsst. AD for

Sports Medicine

Daron MontgomerySr. Associate

Athletic Director

Amy PalingAsst. Director of Compliance/Academic Cord.

Jordan Sames Director of

Concessions & Merchandising

Adam Siero Athletic

Training Intern

Alyssa Starkey Athletic

Administration Intern

Kit StetzelAsst. Sports Information

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Harvey TheeckAthletic

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Ashley VanMeterAsst. Director

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Emily Vannice Dir. of Ticket

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Victoria Vintevoghel

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Nick WilsonAsst. Strength & Conditioning

Coach

Eli WarrenGraduate Asst. For Academic

Services

Joel WalrathSports Info.Assistant

Mitch WignessSports

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titan athletic staff


Terri Anthony-Ryan

Women’s GolfHL-2010

Grant AsherMen’s Tennis

Nicholas DerenMen’s Soccer

Todd DressellFencing

MFC - 2009

Mark EngelMen’s Golf

HL- 1992-1999-2007-2009-2010

Matt HoltzMen’s Lacrosse

Sunny JonesSoftball

Mike LupenecWomen’s SoccerHL- 1995-1996-

2005

Ray McCallumMen’s Basketball

Mary Ann Meltzer

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Guy MurrayTrack & Field/CC

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2003

Sam PooleWomen’s Tennis

Autumn Rademacher

Women’s BasketballHL-2010

Detroit’s 13 current varsity head Detroit’s 13 current varsity head coaches have been named Coach of coaches have been named Coach of

the Year in their respective conference the Year in their respective conference on 17 different occasions during their on 17 different occasions during their

celebrated careers. And, they have celebrated careers. And, they have brought 20 conference tournament brought 20 conference tournament

championships back to Detroit. On the championships back to Detroit. On the fi eld of play, and in the classroom...fi eld of play, and in the classroom...

AT UDM, WE WANT GREAT AT UDM, WE WANT GREAT THINGS FOR YOUTHINGS FOR YOU

titan head coaches


DETROIT RECEIVE HIGH MARKS IN NCAA’S APR

No less than eight Titan athletic teams brought home perfect scores in the NCAA Division I Academic Progress Rate report issued in June for 2008-09.

At the same time, every one of Detroit’s varsity teams registered a multi-year APR above the minimum standard (925) established by the NCAA. And no contemporaneous or historical penalties were cited against UDM as all varsity teams met NCAA standards. Eight teams which received perfect 1000’s for 2008-09 are men’s and women’s fencing, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s tennis, men’s track and fi eld and softball.

ACADEMIC ACCOLADES KEEP ROLLING IN FOR DETROIT

Senior women’s basketball player Brigid Mulroy was named an honorable mention member of the 2010 Division I-AAA Athletic Directors Association Scholar-Athlete Team.

Three members of the 2010 Horizon League Champion Detroit Titans men’s golf team – David Byrne, Jeff Clarridge and Britt Pronk– were named to the Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholars Team, while Alex Aversa, Rachel McHenry, Alainna Stefan, Marni Achterhoff and Collette Hansen were honored by the National Golf Coaches Association as members of its All-American Scholar Teams.

The Detroit men’s and women’s track and fi eld teams were recognized for its work in the classroom as both programs were named one of the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Association’s (USTFCCA) All-Academic Scholar Teams of the Year for the 2009-10 season, while the men’s and women’s cross country programs earned All-Academic Team status for 2009.

The men’s and women’s tennis teams earned ITA All-Academic Teams in the summer of 2010, while Alex Latosinsky, Nick Tolomei, Patrick Troy, Melanie Capuano, Svetlana Flankova, Carolina Salas Espinosa and Sophie Sjoberg-Sundstrom were all ITA Scholar-Athletes.

Over 65 percent of all Detroit student-athletes were named to the AD Honor Roll, which marked the 19th consecutive semester in which over 50 percent of the University’s student-athletes have achieved a 3.0 or better. More than 100 student-athletes were listed on the Horizon League’s fall and spring Academic Honor Roll, while 18 Titans were selected to the HL All-Academic Teams. For the Titans competing out of the Horizon League, six men’s lacrosse players landed on the All-MAAC Academic Team, while a conference-best fi ve women lacrosse players were selected to the All-NLC Academic Team

TITANS SEES HALL OF FAME GROW TO 112 MEMBERS

The ranks of the Detroit Titans Sports Hall of Fame swelled by 10 with the 2010 Induction Class – which includes former Horizon League Men’s Basketball Players of the Year Jermaine Jackson and Rashad Phillips – was inducted.

The class also includes two other former Detroit basketball greats (Cassandra Pack and Joe Kopicki) as well as former stars from baseball (Pat Adams and Mike Pesci), cross country/track and fi eld (Ken Dubois and Kim Jess), golf (Adam Walicki) and tennis (Maria Pandele).

UDM OUT IN THE COMMUNITY A number of the UDM Titan athletic programs and student-athletes were involved in community service projects throughout the year. The Student-Athlete Advisory Committee

(SAAC) was busy handing out meals to the homeless as part of its “Sandwich Bus” initiative.

The women’s lacrosse team helped raise money for the Ovarian Cancer National Alliance during one of its home games, while the men’s team played at the Annual Nick Colleluori Classic, a fall scrimmage, to benefi t cancer awareness.

The women’s basketball squad visited GESU Elementary School for a reading exercise for grades kindergarten through sixth grade, and the men’s program visited God Land Church in Detroit to help distribute Thanksgiving Day dinners to families in need before the Thanksgiving holiday.

UDM INKS PARTNERSHIP DEAL WITH NIKE

The Detroit Titans Athletic Department announced an exclusive agreement with Nike last October– Nike will now provide apparel for all 19 of the Titans’ Division I varsity teams as part of the deal. In the near future, Titan fans will be able to “Wear What the Titans Wear” by purchasing offi cially-licensed Detroit Titan Logoed Nike products on-line and at Calihan Hall in the Titan Gift Shop. The partnership features multiple revenue opportunities for Titan Athletics, including a VIP program that will allow Titan Club members an exclusive opportunity to purchase a variety of non-UDM Nike items through the Titan website at a signifi cant discount, with a portion of the proceeds coming back to the University.

points of pride

2011 detroit titans men's golf yearbook

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