2011 uab men's soccer information guide

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Contents & Credits ................................................................................................ 1Schedule/Brag Facts ............................................................................................... 22011 NCAA College Cup ...................................................................................... 3Blazers In The Pros .............................................................................................4-5West Campus Field ................................................................................................ 6Quick Facts, Team Information, Media Information .............................................. 7UAB “Soccer For A Cure” Classic .......................................................................8-92011 Outlook .................................................................................................10-122011 Roster Breakdown ....................................................................................... 13THE COACHES ........................................................................................14-20Mike Getman ..................................................................................................14-16Coach Mike Getman Q&A.................................................................................. 17 Justus Griffin ........................................................................................................ 18Joel Wallace .......................................................................................................... 19Michael Biggs/Support Staff ................................................................................. 20THE PLAYERS ..........................................................................................21-39Returning Players ............................................................................................21-32Newcomers .....................................................................................................33-39THE OPPONENTS ...................................................................................40-432011 Opponents .................................................................................................. 40Record vs. All Opponents ...............................................................................41-432010 SEASON IN REVIEW ......................................................................44-482010 Season Notebook ...................................................................................44-452010 Statistics & Results ...................................................................................... 462010 Conference USA Standings & Honors ........................................................ 47C-USA: Dedicated To Excellence ......................................................................... 48HISTORY AND RECORDS .....................................................................49-64UAB Men’s Soccer Year-by-Year/Head Coaches .................................................... 49Career Records ..................................................................................................... 50Season & Single Match Records ........................................................................... 51All-Time Honors/Awards ................................................................................52-54All-Time Results .............................................................................................55-58All-Time Letterwinners ...................................................................................56-60Postseason History ..........................................................................................61-62THIS IS UAB ............................................................................................63-82UAB At A Glance ...........................................................................................63-65President/Athletic Director ................................................................................... 66FAR/UAB Head Coaches ..................................................................................... 67Academic Support Services ..............................................................................68-69Sports Medicine ..............................................................................................70-71Strength & Conditioning ................................................................................72-73Proud Past/Bright Future ................................................................................74-76Gene Bartow ........................................................................................................ 77Excellence At The Next Level ............................................................................... 78All-Americans ....................................................................................................... 79Blazer Highlights .................................................................................................. 80Campus Recreation Center .................................................................................. 81Birmingham The Magic City ............................................................................... 82

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Norm ReillyAssociate AD/Media RelationsPhone: (205) 934-0722E-Mail: [email protected]

Aaron Jordan (Men’s Soccer)Associate Director ofMedia Relations Phone: (205) 934-0722Cell: (205) 410-3134E-mail: [email protected]

Tyson Mathews Assistant Director ofMedia RelationsPhone: (205) 934-0722E-Mail: [email protected]

Ben WarnickAssistant Director ofMedia RelationsPhone: (205) 934-0722E-mail: [email protected]

Mailing AddressBartow Arena - West Tower1530 Third Avenue South

Birmingham, AL 35294-1160

Lauren RupertMedia Relations AssistantPhone: (205) 934-0722E-mail: [email protected]

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The 2011 UAB Men’s Soccer Media Guide was compiled, designed, written and edited by Aaron Jordan and is the property of the UAB Athletic Media Relations Office. Editorial assistance provided by Mike Getman and Norm Reilly. Additional assistance by Gage Smith and Randolph Pettway. “This is UAB” section designed by UAB Creative Services and Provations Group.

Photography: Ashley Fleming; Steve Wood; Nik Layman, Dave Klotz; Hal Yeager, Birmingham News, Ron Holt/Atlanta Silverbacks, Brian Kersey/WireImage.com, Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers.

C R E D I T SThe University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) has been an autonomous member of the University of Alabama system since 1969, and has had an intercollegiate athletic program since 1977. The UAB name is often altered by various media, opponents, merchandisers, etc.Please note that there are only two correct versions of our name, the acro-nym “UAB,” or the full “University of Alabama at Birmingham.”

We are: UABUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham

We are not: Alabama-Birmingham, Ala.-Birm., Ala.-Birmingham, UA-Birmingham,

U.A.B.ON THE COVER: The 2011 UAB men’s soccer senior class: Front (L to R): Tucker Stone, Ken Tabata, Babayele Sodade. Back (L to R): Carl Woszczynski, Josh Stewart, Chris Williams.

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2011 UAB Brag Facts/Schedule

The University of Alabama at Birmingham men’s soccer pro-gram is widely considered as one of the most prolific soccer

programs in the Southeast Region. That is backed up by the below facts. Consider:

• The Blazers have been to the NCAA Tournament five times in the program’s history (1994, 1999, 2001, 2002 and 2006); all of which came under head coach Mike Getman’s tenure.

• UAB has been ranked in the national poll in 15 of the last 17 seasons, including a highest ranking of No. 3 in 2004.

• UAB head coach Mike Getman has the most wins in Confer-ence USA men’s soccer history (86).

• The Blazers have won four conference championships; Con-ference USA in 1999 and 1995, and Great Midwest in 1994.

• UAB’s West Campus Field is one of the most imposing home fields in college soccer, as the Blazers have an overall record of 116-36-9 (.748) on their home turf.

• Over the past eight seasons, the Blazers have twice finished among the top-50 in the nation in total attendance (2003: 25th, 2006: 43rd) and average attendance (2003: 16th, 2006: 31st).

• In 2006, a West Campus Field regular-season record crowd of 2,755 fans witnessed UAB topple then-No. 1 and previously unbeaten SMU, 2-1. Last season, the Blazers hosted Clemson in a 3-0 exhibition win in front of a record crowd of 3,481 fans.

• Getman ranks as one of the top coaches in NCAA Division I. Now in his 25th season as a head coach and 20th season at UAB, Getman owns an overall record of 254-157-38 (.608). He ranks 39th win winning percentage among winningest active coaches and is 21st in victories among actives coaches.

Date Day Opponent TimeAugust15 Mon. BELHAVEN (Exhibition) 7 p.m.20 Sat. LIPSCOMB (Exhibition) 7 p.m.27 Sat. CLEMSON 7 p.m.

September1 Thurs. at Mercer 5 p.m.4 Sun. ILLINOIS-CHICAGO 7 p.m.9 Fri. ORAL ROBERTS 7 p.m.11 Sun. GEORGIA STATE 6 p.m.

UAB Soccer For A Cure Classic 16 Fri. VCU 7:30 p.m. Gardner Webb v. Milwaukee 5 p.m.18 Sun. MILWAUKEE 2:30 p.m. VCU v. Gardner Webb 12 p.m.

Washington Huskie Classic23 Fri. vs. Portland 7:30 p.m. 25 Sun. at Washington 2:30 p.m. October4 Tues. SOUTH CAROLINA* 7 p.m.8 Sat. at Kentucky* 6 p.m.12 Wed. AMERICAN 7 p.m.15 Sat. UCF* 7 p.m.19 Wed. MEMPHIS* 7 p.m.22 Sat. at Marshall* 6 p.m.26 Wed. at SMU* 7 p.m.29 Sat. FIU* 7 p.m.

November4 Fri. at Tulsa* 7 p.m.9-13 Wed.-Sun. C-USA Tournament (Tulsa, OK)

December9-11 Fri.-Sun. NCAA College Cup (Hoover, Ala./Regions Park)

* - Conference USA Matches.CAPS indicates home matches at UAB’s West Campus Field.All times central.

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2011 NCAA College Cup

The NCAA Division I Men’s Soccer Committee selected the Birmingham-Hoover metropolitan area of Alabama to serve as the host for the 2011 NCAA Division I Men’s Soccer Championship.

Hosted by UAB, along with the Alabama Sports Foundation, the 2011 NCAA Men’s College Cup will be played at Regions Park on Dec. 9 and 11. The state of Alabama will be hosting the Division I Men’s Soccer Championship for the first time.

“UAB together with the Alabama Sports Foundation and the City of Hoover put together a great championship bid,” said John Diffley, chair of the Division I Men’s Soccer Committee and senior associate athletic director for administration at St. John’s University (New York). “We are excited to bring the event to a different part of the country and feel Regions Park will present an outstanding experience for the student-athletes and the fans. The committee is also confident everyone on the UAB and Alabama Sports Foundation staffs will be dedicated to making the championship a huge success.”

“We are honored that UAB has the opportunity to serve as the host school for the NCAA Men’s College Cup,” said Brian Mackin, athletics director at UAB. “This is the premier event in collegiate soccer and we’re excited to have a national championship coming to the Birmingham-Hoover metropolitan area. The NCAA Men’s College Cup will be a great platform to showcase our community and promote UAB athletics. We look forward to hosting a first-class event that the NCAA, student-athletes and soccer fans will be proud of and enjoy.”

“The Alabama Sports Foundation is extremely excited to be part of such a prestigious event,” said Gene Hallman, executive director of the Alabama Sports Foundation. “Hav-ing served as a host city for the 1996 Olympic Soccer Tournament, World Cup Qualifiers, and numerous International Friendlies over the past decade, we are confident that our strong local soccer community will embrace this tournament.”

“We are very pleased that the selection committee has chosen Hoover, Ala., as the location for the 2011 NCAA Men’s College Cup,” said Hoover Mayor Tony Petelos. “This soccer championship is a prestigious event that will bring thousands of visitors to our area and provide the opportunity to showcase our community and attractions. We look forward to partnering with UAB and the Alabama Sports Foundation on this event.”

Tony McManus (UAB 1999-2003) Chicago Fire (MLS) Sixth round pick (69th overall) Atlanta Silverbacks (USL) Portland Timbers (USL-1) FC Tampa Bay (NASL) Carolina Railhawks (USL-2)

Rumbani Munthali (UAB 1997-2000) Montreal Impact (A-League) Richmond Kickers (A-League) Toronto Lynx (A-League) Nanchang Bayi Football Club (China)

Sandy Gbandi (UAB 2002-06) FC Dallas (MLS) Puerto Rico Islanders (USL-1) NSC Minnesota Stars (NASL)

Two-Boys Gumede (UAB 2005-06; 08-09) NSC Minnesota Stars (USL-1)

Maurice Hughes (UAB 2003-05) Atlanta Silverbacks (USL) Northern Virginia Royals (USL-2)

Dejan Jakovic (UAB 2004-06) Red Star Belgrade (Serbia 1st Division) D.C. United (MLS)

MLS SUPER DRAFT ONLYYEAR PLAYER RD PICK1999 Peter Byaruhanga 2 3(15)2004 Marin Pusek 4 10(46)2004 Tony McManus 6 9(59)

2006 Leandro de Oliveira 1 11(11)2007 Jerson Monteiro 1 8(8)2007 Sandy Gbandi 7 9(55)2010 Curtis Ushedo 6 4(40)2010 Michal Mravec 6 10(46)

Michal Mravec (UAB 2007-10) FC Emmen (Holland)

Kevin Sawchak (UAB 2007-10) Pepo Lappeenranta (Finland)

Curtis Ushedo (UAB 2007-10) Chivas USA (MLS)

William Giummarra (UAB 1994-95) Montreal Impact (A-League) Toronto Lynx (A-League) Toronto Stars (CISL) Harrisburg Heat (NPSL)

Justus Griffin (UAB 1992-94) Chattanooga Express (EISL)

Erik Kuster (UAB 1996-98) Kansas City Comets (MISL) Croatia Cakonee (European 1st Divi-sion)

Jason McLaughlin (UAB 2000-05) Atlanta Silverbacks (USL) 2006 All-Star Portland Timbers (USL-1)

Joe Mattacchione (UAB 1994-97) Toronto Lynx (A-League)

Jerson Monteiro (UAB 2003-06) Chicago Fire (MLS) First round pick (8th overall)

Flavio Monteiro (UAB 1999-2002) Calgary Storm (A-League)

Roberto Najarro (UAB 1997-2000) Dallas Burn (MLS) Atlanta Silverbacks (A-League)

Rogerio Oliveira (UAB 2001-04) Milwaukee Wave (MISL)

Loukas Papaconstantinou (UAB 1993-96) Worcester Wildfire (A-League) Darlington (English Third Division)

Justin Pratt (UAB 1995-99) Indiana Blast (A-League) El Paso Patriots (A-League)

Clint Baumstark (UAB 2001-02) Dallas Burn (MLS) Colorado Rapids (MLS)

Peter Byaruhanga (UAB 1998-99) Kansas City Wizards (MLS) 15th overall pick (1st UAB pick ever) 2000 MLS Championship Team

David Clemente (UAB 1997-2000) Toronto Lynx (A-League) Atlanta Silverbacks (A-League)

Leandro de Oliveira (UAB 2003-05) New England Revolution (MLS) First round pick (11th overall)

Joe Draganic (UAB 1994-97) Toronto Lynx (A-League)

Igor Fuentes (UAB 1994-96) Municpal de las Condes (Chile)

Marin Pusek (UAB 2000-03) San Jose Earthquake (MLS) Fourth round pick (46th overall)

Brantley Spillman (UAB 1998-2001) Indiana Blast (A-League)

Mark Tracy (UAB 1993-96) Tupelo Hound Dogs (EISL)

Erik White (UAB 1993-95) Worcester Wildfire (A-League)

Chris Wilson (UAB 1991-94) Chattanooga Express (EISL)

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One of the most imposing home fields in all of college soccer, UAB’s West Campus Field is in its 19th season of service to the Blazers in 2011.

The facility was expanded in 1999 to include a practice field behind the game sur-face. This, along with other major structural improvements, have given UAB one of the best overall soccer facilities in the nation.

Prior to the 1998 season, several improvements were made to the facility, including stadium seating for men’s and women’s soccer. The stadium seating holds 1,500 spec-tators to push the maximum capacity of West Campus Field to over 2,500.

“West Campus Field is a tremendous facility,” UAB head coach Mike Getman said. “The addition of the stadium and the practice field area make it one of the top fields in college soccer. We thank all those who were involved in the effort to make the improvements a reality.”

UAB’s men’s soccer games returned to campus for the 1993 season. Since that time, the Blazers have a record of 116-36-9 (.748) at WCF. UAB posted a school record 25-match unbeaten streak (24-0-1) at home that stretched from Oct. 17, 1993 through Oct. 6, 1996.

The facility has seen championship play as UAB hosted the Elite Eight and first rounds of the NCAA Championship in 1999 and 2006. The Blazers also hosted the 1999 and 2007 Conference USA Championships and the 1994 Great Midwest Conference Championship. First round games of the Conference USA Champion-ship have also been played at West Campus Field.

The field has also received international attention as the United States National Team trained at WCF and took on the Blazer men’s soccer team in a scrimmage in the spring of 2000. UAB became the first ever collegiate program to scrimmage the full National Team. The Blazers took on the U.S. U-17 squad in an exhibition match in 2004 as well. West Campus Field was also the sight for the U.S. National Team’s training for their 2005 World Cup Qualifier against Guatemala. UAB also hosted the

Colorado Rapids in an exhibition game in the spring of 2005.

Additionally, the Blazers have been one of the top draws in NCAA men’s soccer. When UAB defeated then-No. 1 and previously undefeated SMU on Oct. 25, 2006, a regular-season record crowd of 2,755 fans witnessed the Blazers’ 2-1 victory.

The Blazers set an all-time attendance record on Aug. 22, 2009 when they took on Clemson in an exhibition contest to begin the 2009 season. WCF saw an all-time record of 3,481 fans pack the stadium for the 3-0 victory.

In fact, over the past six seasons, the Blazers have twice finished among the top-50 in the nation in total attendance (2003: 25th, 2006: 43rd) and average attendance (2003: 16th, 2006: 31st).

Opponent .................UAB Record Vs.Alabama A&M ................................ 9-1Alabama-Huntsville ......................... 0-1American ......................................... 0-0Arkansas-Little Rock ....................... 1-0Belmont .......................................... 3-0Birmingham-Southern .................... 5-0California ........................................ 1-0Centenary ....................................... 5-0Charlotte ......................................5-1-1Cincinnati ....................................3-2-1Clemson ........................................... 0-0Coastal Carolina .............................. 1-0College of Charleston ...................... 1-0Dayton ............................................ 2-0DePaul .........................................5-0-1Drake .............................................. 0-1East Carolina ................................2-0-1Eastern Illinois .............................0-0-1Evansville ........................................ 1-0Florida Atlantic ............................... 1-0Florida International ........................ 2-1Furman ........................................... 1-1Georgia State .................................... 2-1Georgia Southern ............................ 1-0Hartford .......................................... 1-0Huntingdon .................................... 1-0Illinois Chicago ................................ 0-1Jacksonville ..................................... 0-1Kentucky ......................................... 2-2Lincoln Memorial ........................... 1-0Lipscomb ........................................ 1-0Louisville ......................................4-0-1Marquette ....................................... 7-2

Opponent .................UAB Record Vs.Martin Methodist ............................ 1-0Marshall .......................................... 3-0Massachusetts .................................. 1-0Memphis .......................................... 8-2Mercer ..........................................5-1-1Milwaukee ....................................... 0-0North Carolina ............................... 1-0North Florida .................................. 1-0Oakland .......................................... 0-1Oral Roberts ..................................... 0-0Pittsburgh ....................................... 1-0Rhode Island ................................... 0-1Saint Francis (Pa.) ........................... 1-0Saint Louis ...................................... 5-2Santa Clara ...................................... 0-1South Alabama .............................2-0-1South Carolina ................................. 1-2SMU ............................................... 1-2Southwest Missouri ......................... 1-0SIU-Edwardsville ............................ 2-0TCU ............................................... 1-0Tulsa ............................................... 0-5UC Irvine .....................................0-0-1UCF ................................................ 3-0UMKC ............................................ 1-0UNC Greensboro ............................ 0-1USF ................................................ 3-3Vanderbilt ....................................... 3-0VCU ................................................ 0-0Western Kentucky ........................... 2-0Western Illinois ............................... 0-1Wright State .................................... 1-0Totals ........................116-36-9 (.748)Italics denote 2011 home opponent

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UAB VS. OPPONENTS AT WEST CAMPUS FIELD (1993-PRESENT)

FROM THE NORTH: Take Interstate 65 South to Exit 259B (4th Avenue South). Make the first right immediately after coming off the exit (11th Street South). Cross University (the field is on the right) behind the Best Western Medical Center.

FROM THE EAST/NORTHEAST/BIRMINGHAM AIRPORT: Take Interstate 20 West/Interstate 59 South to Exit 124A (Interstate 65 South). Follow directions above.

FROM THE SOUTHWEST: Take Interstate 20 East/59 North to Exit 124A (Interstate 65 South). Follow directions above.

FROM THE SOUTH: Take Interstate 65 North to Exit 259 (University Boulevard). Get in the right lane and proceed one block to 11th Avenue South. Turn right on 11th Avenue South and the field is on the right.

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(Area Code 205, unless indicated) UABSports.com is the most compre-hensive sports web site for the Blazers’ athletic programs. The site provides fans with the lat-est news, results and features on all 17 UAB athletic teams. The site pro-vides fans with a look at student-athlete and coach-ing staff biogra-phies, all the latest news, game notes/

weekly releases, press conference transcripts, rosters, statistics, feature stories and much more. Fans can watch all Blazer home matches in 2011 via live video webcasts. Fans can log on and watch the Blazers live by subscribing to Blazers All-Access ($49.95 per year or $6.95 per month). A subscription to Blazers All-Access allows fans to view UAB athletic events that are streamed live, highlights, inter-views, press conferences and exclusive subscriber-only features. Follow UAB men’s soccer all year long online at UABSports.com!

Media Information/2011 Quick FactsU A B S P O R T S . C O MM E D I A D I R E C T O R Y

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2 0 1 1 Q U I C K FA C T SGENERALLocation: Birmingham, Ala. 35294Founded: 1969Enrollment: 17,543Nickname: BlazersSchool colors: Forest Green and Old GoldFacility Name: West Campus FieldCapacity: 2,500Affiliation: NCAA D-IConference: Conference USAPresident: Dr. Carol Z. Garrison(North Carolina, 1974)Athletics Director: Brian Mackin (UAB, 1983)

HISTORYFirst Year of Sport: 1979All-time record: 297-250-45 (.539)Number of years in NCAA Tournament: 5Last Appearance: 2006 First Round - tied Gardner-Webb, 1-1 (GW won 3-1 in shootout)

COACHING STAFFHead Coach: Mike GetmanAlma Mater/Yr: Indiana, 1982Record at School:212-131-29, .609 (19 yrs.)Career Record:254-157-38, .608 (24 yrs.)Assistant Coaches: Justus GriffinJoel Wallace (MacMurray, 1991)

Overall home away neutralRecord last year: 10-7-1 5-3 3-3-1 2-1-0 2010 Conference USA Record/Finish: 4-4/5th2010 Conference USA Tournament Finish: QuarterfinalsStarters returning/lost: 6/5Letterwinners returning/lost: 12/9

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The 2011 season marks the 13th year of the UAB “Soccer For A Cure” Classic. This year, UAB plays host to UW-Milwaukee, Gardner-Webb and VCU, who are each making their first appearance in the event, on Friday, Sept. 16, and Sunday, Sept. 18.

“The ‘Soccer For A Cure Classic’ is always a great event and it will be no different this season,” UAB head coach Mike Getman said. “It’ll be four good teams and it may be the most competitive tournament we have ever hosted.”

The 2011 season marks the fourth straight year that the tournament has been tabbed the “Soccer For A Cure” Classic. When the event first began in 2008, it was the first tournament of its kind in the nation. The event will raise money to help aid cancer victims through the sport of soccer. The money that is raised by the event will remain in Birmingham and be divided among cancer research facilities. Last year, the event raised several thousand dollars for families affected by cancer.

This year’s event should be another exciting tournament, featuring three squads who each have a legitimate chance to earn a spot in this year’s NCAA Tourna-ment field. The highlight of this year’s tournament will certainly be the Blazers’ opening contest against VCU on Friday night at 7:30 p.m., which will pit mentor vs. pupil. Rams’ head coach Dave Giffard, who spent five seasons (2000-04) as an assistant coach under Blazers’ head coach Mike Getman at UAB, is now in his second season at VCU. Giffard brings seven starters and 12 letterwinners back from last season’s 8-5-6 team.

Prior to the Blazers and Rams taking the pitch, the tournament will kick off with UW-Milwaukee facing Gardner-Webb at 5 p.m. It will mark the first appearance by GW at West Campus Field since taking on the Blazers in the opening round of the 2006 NCAA Tournament. The Bulldogs and Blazers tied that contest 1-1; however, Gardner-Webb advanced to the second round on penalty kicks.

On the tournament’s final day, Gardner-Webb will square off against VCU at noon, followed by UAB taking on UW-Milwaukee in the Classic’s finale at 2:30 p.m. The Panthers return six started and 11 letterwinners from last season’s 6-10-3 squad.

UAB captured the tournament title in 2010, marking the seventh time in the 13 years the Blazers have won the event. UAB has now won Classic titles in 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007 and 2010.

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Cl a s s i C Re C o R d s

GOALS

Individual Game: 3, twice: Vicente Arze (Mercer) vs. B’Ham-Southern, 2006 David Sarabia (UMKC) vs. Memphis, 2009Team: 8 by: Memphis (6) vs. North Florida, 2010Teams Combined: 7, twice: UAB (3) vs. Tulsa (4), 1999 Memphis (4) vs. Drake (3), 2009Tournament Combined: 18, twice: Last in 2010:(UAB 6, Memphis 6, Charlotte 5, UNF 1)

ASSISTS

Individual Game: 2, 16 times: Last by: Kevin Sawchak (UAB) vs. North Florida, 2010Team: 7 by: Memphis vs. North Florida, 2010Teams Combined: 7, three times: Last by: Memphis (7) vs. North Florida (0), 2010Tournament Combined: 21 in 1999: (South Florida 7, Tulsa 6, Furman 5, UAB 3)

SHOTS

Individual Game: 10 by: Eric Lukin (UIC) vs. Charleston, 2000Team: 33 by: UIC vs. Charleston, 2000Teams Combined: 45 by: UNC Greensboro (26) vs. UAB (19), 2005Tournament Combined: 141 in 2004:(Charlotte 41, UAB 40, BSC 29, WKU 33)

SAVES

Individual: 11, twice: Last by: Bobby Pipech (St. Francis [Pa.]) vs. UAB, 2003Teams Combined: 20 by: USF vs. Furman, 1999

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Cl a s s i C Ye a R -BY -Ye a R Re s u lt s

1998CHAMPION: UAB

Hartford 1, Saint Louis 0UAB 4, California 2

Saint Louis 2, California 0UAB 2, Hartford 1

1999CHAMPION: FURMANFurman 2, South Florida 1

Tulsa 4, UAB 3South Florida 4, Tulsa 2Furman 1, UAB 0 (OT)

2000CHAMPION: UAB

N. Carolina 4, Illinois-Chicago 1UAB 3, Charleston 0

Illinois-Chicago 1, Charleston 1UAB 2, N. Carolina 1

2001CHAMPION: UAB

Fla. Atlantic 2, B’ham-Southern 1UAB 1, Pitt 0

B’ham-Southern 3, Pitt 2 (OT)UAB 5, Fla. Atlantic 0

2002CHAMPION: CHARLOTTE

Charlotte 2, Rhode Island 1UAB 3, B’ham-Southern 2

Charlotte 4, B’ham-Southern 0Rhode Island 3, UAB 2 (OT)

2003CHAMPION: UAB

UMass 5, B’ham-Southern 0UAB 1, St. Francis (Pa.) 0

B’ham-Southern 5, St. Francis (Pa.) 1UAB 4, UMass 0

2004CHAMPION: UAB

B’ham-Southern 4, Western Ky. 1UAB 4, Charlotte 1

Charlotte 2, B’ham-Southern 1UAB 5, Western Kentucky 0

2005CHAMPION: UNC GREENSBORO

B’ham-Southern 4, Evansville 1UNC Greensboro 3, UAB 1

UNC Greensboro 3, B’ham-Southern 0UAB 2, Evansville 1

2006CHAMPION: MERCER

Wright State 2, B’ham-Southern 0Mercer 0, UAB 0

Mercer 3, B’ham-Southern 0UAB 3, Wright State 2

2007CHAMPION: UAB

Mercer 2, Alabama A&M 1UAB 3, B’ham-Southern 0

Alabama A&M 2, B’ham-Southern 0UAB 1, Mercer 0 (OT)

2008CHAMPION: WESTERN ILLINOIS

Western Illinois 1, Memphis 0UAB 2, UC Irvine 2

UC Irvine 3, Memphis 1Western Illinois 1, UAB 0

2009CHAMPION: UMKCUMKC 3, Memphis 1

Drake 2, UAB 1Memphis 4, Drake 3

UAB 2, UMKC 1

2010CHAMPION: UAB

Memphis 6, North Florida 0UAB 2, Charlotte 1

Charlotte 4, Memphis 0UAB 4, North Florida 1

UAB “Soccer For A Cure” ClassicWhat is Soccer For A Cure?

The objective of these initiatives are to raise aware-ness of and donations to cancer related organizations in Georgia, Florida, and Alabama that are helping families in their battle against cancer. It’s also a way to build a support group of volunteers across the United State that are willing to reach out and help families dealing with cancer in their community.

“Soccer For A Cure” is a not for profit organization. Its purpose is to serve as a place where all levels of the Soccer nation (youth, club, high school, college, adult, and professional) can “Stand Together as a Team” to help families fight the battle against all types of cancer.

Why was it started?It was started in January, 2008 by Charlie Corbitt, a cancer survivor and warrior advocate for others af-fected with cancer. He has been involved in college and high school soccer since 1993 and is currently the manager of the “SIS College Soccer Scoreboard” and the “National High School Soccer Scoreboard”. His hope is that the soccer nation will one day “Stand To-gether Hand in Hand as One” and become pro-active in the fight against cancer.

UAB “Soccer For A Cure” ClassicThe objective is to raise awareness of the battle that families deal with daily when a child has cancer. Ad-ditionally, the organization wants to raise as much as possible for the Alabama Children’s Hospital by ask-ing thousand of families in Alabama.

This year’s praticipating teams include tournament host UAB, VCU, UW-Milwaukee and Gardner Webb. Prior to the start of the tournament, selected student-athletes and coaches from each participating team will make a visit to the Children’s Hospital on the UAB Campus. The group will spend a day visiting with children, signing autographs and playing games, among other things, with children who may not have a chance to come see any of the weekend soccer ac-tion.

It is not required, but fans in attendance are asked to make a modest donations (we suggest $5.00) during the UAB “Soccer For A Cure” Classic in September.

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2011 Season Outlook

The 2011 version of the UAB men’s soccer team could be poised to reach new heights, according to head coach Mike Getman. With a savvy group of returning letterwinners that includes six start-ers from last season’s 10-7-1 squad, Getman feels that this team has the potential to be one of the best to ever step on the West Campus Field pitch.

“Obviously I’m very excited for this upcoming season,” Getman said. “I think we have a very tal-ented team. We have depth at every position and I think we’re going to be one of the more athletic teams in the country.”

Even more exciting is the fact the UAB will serve as the host institution for the 2011 NCAA Col-lege Cup. The event will be held at Regions Park in Hoover, Ala. on Dec. 9-11.

While Getman admits it would be a dream sce-nario to be playing for a national championship on home soil, he remains cautious of looking too far in the future.

“It is certainly a dream opportunity to host the national championship and play in that national championship,” Getman said. “There’s a balance between the pressure that comes from hosting it and the excitement of just simply getting to be the host. We want to keep that excitement and focus on the opportunity, but not put too much pres-sure on our players and not force our freshman coming in to expect to be in the College Cup. We are certainly hoping to be there and it is a team goal for sure, but it’s an opportunity we’re going to work toward rather than a pressure we’re going to shy away from.”

In order to reach the goals this year’s squad has set, Getman knows that two things have to happen. The Blazers must develop a good team chemistry and the upperclassmen will have to provide leadership for the younger players.

“The key challenge is for us to become a true team,” Getman said. “With 12 new players join-ing our team – and I expect a lot of those players to play a significant role for us – we have to be a true team. Sometimes things come together very quickly and everything fits smoothly, and sometimes things take a while to work out. If we can become a team quickly and develop the understanding of how we all fit together, then I think this team really has a shot.”

FORWARDSUAB’s offensive attack was a strength a year ago and it seems that should be another area the Blaz-ers will excel this season. Getman returns his top two scorers in preseason all-conference honoree Babayele Sodade (9g, 2a) and Kofi Gyawu (6g, 1a), who combined to score 15 of the team’s 35 goals last season. Together, the duo helped the Blazers rank among the nation’s scoring leaders.

“Up front, we return two players with a great deal of experience in Kofi and Babyele,” Get-man said. “Both of them are big, strong, skillful, athletic and they have everything that we want in a forward.”

Another returning player who could factor into the mix up front is sophomore Atak Yai. Last season, Yai, who played mainly in the attacking midfield position, saw action in 17 contests while gaining valuable experience on the pitch.

Getman feels Yai can play a big role for the Blaz-ers during the upcoming season.

“Atak gained a lot of valuable experience playing with us last year,” Getman said. “I think he has a lot of talent and is ready to have a terrific season.”

Five newcomers are each capable of playing an important role in the forward position.

Diego Navarrete, a native of Santiago, Chile, has had success on the international level and is some-one who Getman feels can step in immediately and play an important role up top. Navarrete is considered a terrific finisher and very good in the final third of the field.

Karl Chester was tabbed an ESPN Rise First Team All-State honoree in 2010 and is someone who has a knack for finding the back of the net. He finished his senior year with 50 goals, which set the school record for goals scored in a season.

Cole Iverson is another forward who comes to UAB after being ranked as the No. 4 player in the south region by Top Drawer Soccer a year ago. Iverson was among the pool players for the United States Youth National Team and was also selected to the Elite Soccer Player Program in 2008.

Chase Wickham is an attacking forward out of Vancouver, British Columbia. The rising sopho-more spent one season at Trinity Western Uni-versity where he scored three goals in 15 contests. Wickham played his prep career at H.J. Cambie Secondary School where he scored a team-leading 22 goals.

Another forward who could play a significant role is Alex Clay, a native of Huntsville, Ala. who can play both the forward and midfield positions. Clay comes to UAB after spending a season at Kentucky, but did not play in any games.

“We have a lot of younger guys joining them, all of whom can contribute right away,” Getman said. “There’s a lot of things we’ll have to figure out up front, but what’s so exciting is that, more so than any other year, we’ve got a boat load of goal scorers.”

Blazers Hope Mix of experienced returning letter-winners along witH talented newcoMers is a recipe

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MIDFIELDERSThe biggest question mark heading into the season will be at the midfield position. The Blaz-ers lost three players due to graduation. two of whom have since gone on to sign professional contracts (Michal Mravec-Holland and Kevin Sawchak-Finland). Despite the loss of so many skilled players, Getman feels confident that this year’s midfield will still be a strength.

“Midfield will be different from last year, with three starters having graduated,” Getman said. “But I’m very confident in our returning players as well as our newcomers to pick up where we left off a year ago.”

Getman will have to turn towards his four return-ing players who have experience at the position. Leading the way will be a pair of seniors in Josh Stewart and Chris Williams.

After a two-year career at South Carolina, Stewart transferred to UAB prior to the start of last season and made an immediate impact. He saw action in 17 contests, while making 10 starts. Stewart recorded a goal and an assist on the year, playing primarily in the defensive midfield role. He is the most experienced midfielder on the roster, having played in 60 career collegiate games and made 35 career starts.

Another experienced player in the Blazer midfield is Williams, a three-year letterwinner who has

played in 37 contests at UAB. After playing all 18 contests last season, Williams could be an impor-tant factor in 2011.

In addition to Yai’s experience in the midfield, another sophomore who expects to play an increaased roll is Norris Howze. As a true fresh-man, Howze played in 12 contests and showed glimpses of a bright future. He is someone who Getman feels can play an increased role during the upcoming season.

In addition to Clay, who is capable of playing both as a holding midfielder or forward, two other newcomers will vye for playing time on the Blazer midfield.

Leading the list is Moses Adeniran, who has collegiate experience after playing last season at Alabama A&M. The sophomore-to-be started 10 of the team’s 11 contests on the year and led his squad with three assists.

True freshman Javier Alvial is someone else who has seen a lot of international experience and could play a big role in the Blazer midfield.

“Every one of these players has the opportunity to start for us,” Getman said. “I think we have the ability and the depth to make it through a long college season and be successful.”

DEFENDERSOne area where Getman does have a better feel is in the final third of the field. The UAB defense will have return three starters from a year ago; however, it will also have to make up for the loss of Curtis Ushedo who graduated last spring.

Ushedo, who was considered by many as one of the top defenders in Conference USA last year, was drafted in the MLS Supplemental draft over the summer. He was a three-time all-conference honoree and a two-time NSCAA First Team All-Region recipient.

“With Curtis graduating, it certainly leaves a big void on the back line,” Getman said. “I think he was one of the top players in college soccer last year. However, we return three starters and we have a lot of depth in that area, so I think we will have a very strong defensive unit this season.”

Juniors Reed Matte and Mladen Lemez will look to anchor the back four this season. Both play-ers started all 18 contests a year ago. Lemez led the team in minutes played last season (1,381), while Matte ranked second on the squad (1,378). Together, the duo became a force in the central defensive spot.

“Reed had a great sophomore season,” Getman

said. “He played almost every minute of every game and we expect him to have another good season. Mladen had a great year for us as a center back. Now with a year of experience I think he’s going to become a leader for this team.”

Getman will look to a variety of seasoned veterans and newcomers to help fill the other spots. Fifth-year senior Ken Tabata played in 14 contests and made seven starts a year ago. He has terrific size, athleticism and brings a plethora of experience to the back line.

Milan Milinkovic is another player who could step on the pitch and make an immediate contri-bution this season. Milinkovic was forced to sit out the 2010 campaign but is eligible to suit up for the Green and Gold this year.

Getman feels both of theses players can make big contributions to the UAB defense in 2011

“Ken started for us at left back and played a ton of minutes, so he’s that much more experienced and ready to go,” Getman said. “Milan is a little bit older player who has played for Bosnia’s national team. He brings a lot of experience and is very athletic. I expect him to add a lot.”

Michael Brody is another returning player who Getman feels has great potential. At 6-2, 190, Brody is one of the bigger players on the team and does have a year of collegiate experience under his belt.

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Newcomers Darion Copeland, Ian Michalak and Stewart Abrahart are each talented freshmen who could see immediate playing time. Getman feels that each are capable of competing for minutes and possibly a starting job on the back line.

“Darion is an unbelievable athlete who is smart, skillful and will compete for a starting position,” Getman said. “Ian is big, tough, skillful and I expect him to make an impact. Stewart is an especially gifted player. He’s has a load of skill and great size at 6-3, 185 pounds.”

GOALKEEPERSQuite possibly the area of least concern is the goalkeeper position. With the return of two expe-rienced goalkeepers, as well as two top freshman netminders, the future of the position not only looks bright for this season, but for years to come.

The first person that comes to mind when dis-cussing the UAB goalkeeper position is senior Carl Woszczynski. The two-time all-conference honoree has a chance to break numerous UAB career records in his final year for the Green and Gold.

Coming off a record-breaking 2010 season in which he earned first-team all-conference and sec-ond-team all-region honors, Woszczynski fought his way through nagging injuries in 2010 and still turned in a stellar campaign. He finished the year with 58 saves and a 1.21 GAA on his way to third-team all-conference accolades.

Now completely healthy entering his senior sea-son, Getman says of his 6-5 senior captain that he considers him to be “...the best goalkeeper in college soccer.”

Backing up Woszczysnki entering the season is Tucker Stone, who is another fifth-year senior. Getman feels Stone is capable of starting on many Division I teams and if he is called upon this season, the Blazers won’t lose anything at the position.

“I don’t know if you can have too many good players in one position but we come darn close,” Getman said. “I think Carl Woszczynski is the best goalkeeper in college soccer. I think another one of the best is Tucker Stone. Both are fifth-year seniors, both are big, athletic and very experienced. Either one is capable of being a great player.”

Redshirt freshman Chase Bullman and true fresh-man Jack Falle are two goalies who Getman feels, with time, could develop into another Woszczyn-ski/Stone-like tandem.

“We have Chase Bullman, who gained valuable experience in practice and had a great spring, and Jack Falle is a true freshman who we felt like was the best goalkeeper in this year’s class. We’re excited to have him joining our team.”

SCHEDULEA total of 13 home games, which include contests against traditional powerhouse programs such as Clemson, SMU, South Carolina and Illinois-Chicago, highlight the 2011 UAB men’s soccer schedule.

In addition to the quality home contests, UAB is going to be the host school for the 2011 Men’s Soccer College Cup National Championship, which will take place Dec. 9-11 at Regions Park in Hoover, Ala.

“This is one of the best schedules we have ever had,” Getman said. “Great games, 13 home matches, and competition that will challenge us to be the best we can be. We are very excited about getting the season started.

“Hosting the National Championship is another great challenge,” Getman continued. “I know our community is going to be excited by this event. One of our goals this year is to make sure we are on the field and not watching from the stands.”

UAB has an opportunity to start the season on a great note as it will play six of its first seven

regular-season matches at the friendly confines of West Campus Field. The Blazers boast an all-time winning percentage of over 75 percent on their home pitch since the facility opened in 1993.

After a pair of exhibition contests against Bel-haven (Aug. 15) and Lipscomb (Aug. 20), the Blazers will begin regular season play at home against Clemson on Aug. 27. It marks the second consecutive year UAB will take on an ACC oppo-nent in the season opener. Last year, the Blazers traveled to do battle with then-defending national champion Virginia.

After a road game at Mercer (Sept. 1), the Blazers will have five consecutive home games beginning with the UIC Flames on Sept. 4, followed by Oral Roberts (Sept. 9), then Georgia State (Sept. 11).

The 14th annual UAB “Soccer For A Cure” Clas-sic, which will take place on Sept. 16-18 at West Campus Field, rounds out the home stretch. This year’s Classic should be another exciting one as the Blazers welcome Gardner-Webb, VCU and UW Milwaukee to this year’s tournament. UAB’s first game in the event will be an intriguing one, as former UAB assistant coach and current VCU head coach Dave Giffard will lead his Rams against the Blazers on Friday night. On Sunday, UAB will conclude the event with a contest against UW Milwaukee. The following weekend, UAB will travel to the northwest corner of the nation to compete at the Washington Huskie Classic in Seattle, Wash. The Blazers open the event against Portland (Sept. 23) and will conclude it vs. tournament host Wash-ington (Sept. 25). It will mark the first time the Huskies and Blazers have met on the pitch since an epic quadruple overtime contest during the 2000 NCAA Tournament, which Washington won, 1-0.

The Blazers will close out the non-conference portion of their schedule on Oct. 12, when it hosts American University.

The nine-team Conference USA, which had four NCAA Tournament representatives last season (Tulsa, SMU, UCF and South Carolina), should be as competitive, if not better, in 2011. The Blazers will play home league contests against South Carolina (Oct. 4), UCF (Oct. 15), Mem-phis (Oct. 19) and FIU (Oct. 29). UAB will have conference road games at Kentucky (Oct. 8), Marshall (Oct. 22), SMU (Oct. 22) and Tulsa (Nov. 4).

The 2011 Conference USA Tournament will be held Nov. 9-13 in Tulsa, Okla.

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13 Stewart Abrahart D 16 Moses Adenarin MF 11 Javier Alvial MF 4 Michael Brody D 00 Chase Bullman GK 3 Karl Chester F 21 Alex Clay MF 22 Darion Copeland D 26 Jack Falle GK

15 Kofi Gyawu F 14 Norris Howze M 24 Cole Iverson F 6 Mladen Lemez D 2 Reed Matte D/M 23 Ian Michalak D 5 Milan Milinkovic D 12 Diego Navarrete F 7 Babayele Sodade F

19 Joshua Stewart M 0 Tucker Stone GK 17 Ken Tabata D 9 Chase Wickham F 10 Chris Williams M 1 Carl Woszczynski GK 8 Atak Yai F

NO. NAME POS HT WT CL HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL00 Chase Bullman GK 6-2 190 RS Fr. Brandon, Miss./Jackson Prep0 Tucker Stone GK 6-2 190 Sr. Fairview, N.C./AC Reynolds HS1 Carl Woszczynski GK 6-5 210 Sr. Columbus, Ind./Columbus North HS2 Reed Matte F/D 6-1 170 Jr. Birmingham, Ala./John Carroll HS3 Karl Chester F 5-10 155 Fr. Kathleen, Ga./Perry HS4 Michael Brody D 6-2 190 So. Dallas, Texas/Marcus HS5 Milan Milinkovic D 5-10 165 Jr. Sarajevo, Serbia/University of Sarajevo6 Mladen Lemez D 6-5 200 Jr. Sarajevo, Serbia/University of Novi Sad7 Babayele Sodade F 6-3 195 Sr. Windsor, Ontario/Holy Names8 Atak Yai F 5-9 120 So. Jackson, Miss./Murrah HS9 Chase Wickham F 5-10 155 So. Vancouver, British Columbia/Trinity Western University10 Chris Williams MF 6-2 190 Sr. Pearl, Miss./Pearl HS11 Javier Alvial MF 5-11 150 Fr. Iquique, Chile/Homeschooled12 Diego Navarrete F 5-11 165 Fr. Santiago, Chile/SSCC Manquehue (Chile)13 Stewart Abrahart D 6-3 185 Fr. Duluth, Ga./Greater Atlanta Christian School14 Norris Howze MF 6-0 170 So. Hoover, Ala./Hoover HS15 Kofi Gyawu F 6-3 170 Jr. Lilburn, Ga./Parkview HS16 Moses Adeniran MF 5-11 160 So. Houston, Texas/Alabama A&M17 Ken Tabata D 6-1 195 Sr. Houston, Texas/Clear Lake HS19 Joshua Stewart MF 6-0 180 Sr. Birmingham, Ala./South Carolina21 Alex Clay MF 6-0 160 So. Huntsville, Ala./Randolph HS22 Darion Copeland D 6-0 175 Fr. Stockbridge, Ga./Dutchtown HS23 Ian Michalak D 6-2 190 Fr. Collierville, Tenn./St. George’s Independant School24 Cole Iverson F 5-11 160 Fr. Decatur, Ala./Decatur HS26 Jack Falle GK 6-4 205 Fr. Lilburn, Ga./Parkview HS

Head Coach: Mike Getman (Indiana, 1982) Assistant Coaches: Justus Griffin (UAB, 1994), Joel Wallace (MacMurray College, 1991)

2011 Roster Breakdown

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P R O N U N C I AT I O N G U I D EMoses Adenarin ...........................Ad-uh-NEER-anJavier Alvial .................................Hav-EE-air Al-VEE-allJack Falle .....................................Fah-LEEKofi Gyawu .................................KO-fee JEE-ah-WOOMladen Lemez ............................Muh-LAH-den Reed Matte .................................MaddyIan Michalak ...............................Muh-ha-lick

Milan Milinkovic ........................Mih-Lan Mih-LINK-oh-vichDiego Navarrete ..........................Nav-uh-reh-TAYBabayele Sodade ..........................Bah-bye-elle-EE Sho-Dahd-DAYKen Tabata ..................................Tuh-BAH-tahCurtis Ushedo .............................You-SHAY-dohCarl Woszcsynski .........................Wuh-Zyn-SKEEAtak Yai .......................................Ah-TOCK Yie

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Head Coach Mike Getman

Mike Getman has seen his dream of a UAB soccer program that would compete for con-ference titles and NCAA Tournament berths come true.

Getman, now in his 20th season as UAB’s head coach, has led the Blazers to five NCAA Tournament appearances, including a spot in the Elite Eight in 1999 and Sweet 16 in 2001. Additionally, he has led UAB teams to five regular season and tournament champi-onships and has been selected the conference coach of the year on three different occa-sions.

It is a far cry from when Getman accept-ed the job of turning the Blazer program around. He inherited a program in 1992 that had just three winning records in its first 13 seasons.

Getman set goals for the program and Blazer fans know that many of those original goals have been met or exceeded. Consider…

• The Blazers have won 208 matches since 1993 for an average of over 11 wins per season.

• Five trips to the NCAA Tournament – 1994, 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2006 (The Elite Eight in ‘99 and Sweet 16 in ‘01).

• Five conference titles, including three regular-season championships (C-USA in ‘95 and ‘99 and Great Midwest in ‘94) and two conference tournament championship crowns (C-USA in ‘99 and Great Midwest in ‘94).

• The Blazers have been ranked in the national poll in 13 of the last 15 seasons,

including a highest ranking of No. 3 in 2003 and highest finish of eighth in 1999.

• Defeated three No. 1-ranked teams in SMU (2006), North Carolina (2000) and UCLA (1997).

• Victories over t r a d i t i o n a l national pow-ers and ranked teams, such as No. 10 UIC and No. 13 Kentucky in 2009, No. 3 Indiana in 2007; No. 1 SMU and No. 17 Ken-tucky in 2006; No. 11 USF in 2004; No. 3 Saint Louis, No. 9 USF, No. 13 Furman (twice) and No. 20 South Carolina in 2001; No. 1 North Carolina and No. 6 Fur-man in 2000; No. 2 Saint Louis (twice), No. 5 South-west Missouri State, No. 17 SMU, and No. 18 Santa Clara, all in 1999 and No. 1 UCLA in 1997.

• 96 all-conference honorees.

• Six conference Newcomer of the Year awards.

• The building of a top-flight soccer facil-ity on campus, West Campus Field. The facility attracts large crowds for not only UAB matches, but serves as a site for inter-national soccer events. The Blazers became the first collegiate program to ever compete against the U.S. National Team in March 2000. UAB has won nearly 80 percent of all its matches at WCF.

• Getman is the winningest coach in Confer-ence USA history with a record 77 league wins.

• More than 100 conference academic honor roll members over the last 20 years.

THE GETMAN RECORDYear School Overall Conference Highlights1987 Harvard 14-1-3 6-0-1 (1st) NCAA Final Four1988 Harvard 8-3-4 5-1-1 (3rd)1989 Harvard 7-8-0 4-3-0 (4th)1990 Harvard 6-7-1 3-4-0 (5th)1991 Harvard 7-7-1 3-3-1 (T-4th)1992 UAB 4-15-1 0-5-0 (6th)1993 UAB 11-7-2 4-1-1 (2nd) GMC Coach of the Year1994 UAB 15-4-1 5-1-0 (1st) GMC Champions GMC Tournament Champions NCAA First Round1995 UAB 15-4-1 7-0-1 (1st) C-USA Champions C-USA Coach of the Year1996 UAB 13-6-1 5-3-0 (4th)1997 UAB 10-8-1 4-3-1 (4th)1998 UAB 12-6-0 5-3-0 (T-3rd)1999 UAB 17-6-0 7-1-0 (T-1st) C-USA Co-Champions C-USA Tournament Champions NCAA Elite Eight C-USA Coach of the Year2000 UAB 14-5-2 5-1-2 (2nd) NCAA First Round2001 UAB 15-6 7-3-0 (T-2nd) NCAA Sweet Sixteen2002 UAB 9-7-3 4-4-2 (6th)2003 UAB 10-5-5 4-3-2 (T-4th) 2004 UAB 12-7 7-2-0 (2nd)2005 UAB 10-7-1 5-3-1 (3rd) 2006 UAB 10-6-4 4-3-1 (T-4th) NCAA First Round2007 UAB 7-11-1 2-6-0 (T-7th)2008 UAB 6-10-3 2-5-1 (8th)2009 UAB 12-4-2 5-2-1 (3rd)2010 UAB 10-7-1 4-4 (5th) Overall Conferenceat Harvard (5) 42-26-9, .604 21-11-3, .643 (Ivy)at UAB (19) 212-131-29, .609 86-53-13, .608 (C-USA & Great Midwest)Totals (24) 254-157-38, .608 107-64-16, .615

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• Three Academic All-Americans.

With all of those accomplishments, Getman is not satisfied. “We want to be a national contender every year,” he said. “We play in one of the toughest conferences in the nation, Conference USA, and we feel that our schedule helps us to prepare for post-season play.”

In 2005, Getman was named the C-USA Coach of the Decade for his accom-plishments during his coaching tenure at UAB. Furthermore, Getman has been named conference Coach of the Year three times. He holds a 244-150-37 (.609) mark in 23 seasons as a head coach and a 202-124-28 (.610) record in 18 seasons at UAB. Even more impressive is the total of 91 all-conference selections he has coached at UAB, including six of the last 16 Freshman (Conference USA) and Newcomer (Great Midwest) of the Year award winners.

For the last four years (2008-11), Getman has served on the NCAA Men’s Soccer Committee. He has also played a big part in bringing the 2011 NCAA Men’s College Cup to Birmingham.

Furthermore, Getman is ranked among col-

lege soccer’s top men’s active coaches (39th in winning per-centage and 21st in victories). Getman is among a handful of coaches who both played for and coached a team to the NCAA College Cup, accom-plishing the feat twice as a player and once as a coach.

Getman’s players’ successes extend off the field as well. Over 90 percent of student-athletes who have played four years during his tenure as head coach completed their degree requirements. He now boasts over 100 C-USA honor roll members (3.0 GPA or above), 17 C-USA academic medal of honor recipients (3.75 GPA or above) and three academic All-Americans.

Getman has further improved his already impressive academic standards over the past few years, as three Blazers have been tabbed the C-USA Scholar Ath-lete of the Year, with all three honor-ees coming over the last six seasons (Lukasz Kwapisz in 2004, Jeremy Drake in 2006 and Wes Johnson in 2008).

In fact, in 2006, Drake was tabbed the league’s Scholar Athlete of the Year for men’s soccer, while Lukasz Kwapisz earned the post-graduate scholarship award for men’s soccer. The duo were the only UAB student-athletes to earn the prestigious awards in any sport.

UAB fans have responded to the pro-gram’s winning ways as home atten-dance average at West Campus Field over the past few years is close to 1,000. In 2003, UAB was 16th in the nation in average attendance (1,077/game) and 25th in the nation in total attendance (7,545). During the 2006 campaign, UAB ranked 31st in average attendance (853/game) and 43rd in total attendance (5,972). In

2009, UAB ranked 48th in total attendance (6,779).

In 2009, a West Campus Field record crowd of 3,481 witnessed UAB’s 3-0 exhibition vic-tory over Clemson. Even though that match did not count in the Blazers’ overall record, it served as a catalyst for the rest of the year and what was to come. Getman guided his 2009 squad to a 12-4-2 overall record, including road victories over No. 10 UIC (3-1) and No. 13 Kentucky (1-0). Despite the disappointment in missing the NCAA Tournament, Getman still managed to reach the 10-win plateau for the 14th time in his 18 seasons as head coach at UAB.

The Blazers last reached the NCAA Tourna-ment in 2006, which capped a stretch of four NCAA Tournament appearances over an eight-year span. The campaign was high-lighted when previously undefeated and then-No. 1-ranked SMU invaded West Campus Field. In front of a then-record crowd of 2,755 fans, the Blazers stunned the Mustangs, 2-1, to set off an impressive run of 3-0-2 to end the campaign. UAB

MIKE GETMAN: WINNER

Winningest Active NCAA Division I Coaches (Pct.) Name Yrs. Won Lost Ties .Pct1. Caleb Porter, Akron 5 90 12 11 .8452. Ray Reid, Connecticut 22 346 87 49 .7693. Dennis Currier, Dayton 18 251 84 30 .7294. Dave Masur, St. John’s (N.Y.) 24 343 111 70 .721 39. Mike Getman, UAB 24 254 157 38 .608

Winningest Active NCAA Division I Coaches (Wins) Name Yrs. Won Lost Ties .Pct1. Mark Berson, South Carolina 34 441 180 58 .6922. Tom Martin, James Madison 34 440 169 58 .7033. Ralph Lundy, Col. of Charleston 35 406 263 43 .6004. Bob Gray, Marshall 34 403 215 46 .6425. Bob Warming, Penn State 33 397 188 65 .661 21. Mike Getman, UAB 24 254 157 38 .608

Winningest C-USA Coaches by League Wins Name Won Lost Ties .Pct 1. Mike Getman, UAB 77 46 12 .615 2. John Tart, Charlotte 45 36 5 .552 3. Steve Adlard, Marquette 43 39 4 .523 4. Richie Grant, Memphis 38 55 10 .417 5. Tom McIntosh, Tulsa 29 11 9 .684

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The Getman family (L to R): Ethan, Rena, Nathan, Mike and Eli.

also defeated No. 10 Notre Dame (1-0), No. 16 South Carolina (3-2), No. 18 Kentucky (1-0/ot) and No. 24 UNC Greensboro (3-2) during the season.

Getman had three all-conference perform-ers, while Jerson Monteiro and Dejan Jakov-ic earned NSCAA All-Region accolades. Furthermore, Monteiro became the highest Blazer ever drafted in the MLS, as the Chi-cago Fire took him as the No. 8 overall pick in 2006. Additionally, Sandy Gbandi was taken in the first round of the supplemental draft by FC Dallas that same season.

The 2005 season was highlighted by Lean-dro de Oliveira’s selection as the No. 11 overall pick in the MLS Draft by the New England Revolution. The Brazillian mid-fielder was a two-time All-American stand-out for Getman at UAB.

The 2004 Blazers were Conference USA run-ners-up in both the regular season and post-season tournament.

In 2001, UAB made a third consecutive trip to the NCAAs. The Blazers opened tourna-ment play with a 1-0 overtime victory over Furman, then defeated region hosts South Carolina, 3-2, to earn a trip to the Sweet 16 for a second time in three years. Despite dropping a 3-2 double overtime heartbreaker to Clemson, UAB finished 15-6, runner-up in C-USA, and set a school record with eight players selected to all-conference teams.

In 2000, the Blazers fell to Washington in a four-overtime match that is arguably the most exciting NCAA Tournament match ever played. It was UAB’s first appearance in the tournament as an at-large team and the first back-to-back appearance in school history.

In 1999, the Blazers had the most success-ful season in UAB men’s soccer history by advancing to the NCAA quarterfinals. The Blazers won both the Conference USA regu-lar season and tournament championships, finished eighth in the final NSCAA national poll and posted a 17-6 overall record for the program’s seventh straight winning season. The Blazers set the school record for wins in a season and had a school record 13-match

winning streak.

Getman came to Birmingham from Har-vard, where he was head coach from 1987-91. During his time at the Cambridge, Mass., school, his teams posted a 42-26-9 (.604) record, including a 21-11-3 (.643) mark in Ivy League play. In his first season at Harvard, he led his team to the 1987 NCAA Final Four, as the Crimson went 14-1-3 and captured the Ivy League title. He became the youngest coach (28) to lead a team to the Division I Final Four. The following season, Harvard was ranked No. 1 for the first time in the school’s history. While at Harvard, Getman developed 21 all-Ivy League players, nine all-New England performers and two All-Americans.

He started his coaching career at his alma mater, Indiana, where he served as an assis-tant coach from 1984-86. In those three seasons, the Hoosiers were in the NCAA Tournament twice and played in the 1984 title game.

Getman played professionally as a defender for the Detroit Express of the American Soc-

cer League from 1982-83. He was the team’s Rookie of the Year in 1982, as the Express won the ASL championship.

A three-year letterwinner at Indiana, he played fullback for the Hoosiers from 1977-81, during which time IU finished as an NCAA Division I national finalist in 1978 and 1980.

A native of Bloomington, Ind., he earned his bachelor’s degree in economics from Indiana in 1982 and his master’s in athletic adminis-tration from IU in 1987.

Involved in all facets of soccer, Getman has been South Region coach for the U.S. Soccer Festival. He was the chairman of the soccer games committee for the 1996 Birmingham Olympic Soccer Committee. He has also served as a guest columnist on the 1998 World Cup Tournament for the Birmingham Post-Herald.

He and his wife, Rena, reside in Homewood. They have three children, Nathan (17), Eli (12) and Ethan (11).


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Q&A With Coach GetmanWhat are your overall thoughts on the upcoming season?“Obviously I’m very excited. I think we have a very talented team, depth at every position, and I think we’re going to be one of the more athletic teams in the country. Each of the last two years, we had great sea-sons but couldn’t close the deal at the end of the year. We can blame it on injuries, we can blame it on bad luck, it doesn’t matter. We didn’t get the job done the last week of the season each of the last two years. We certainly think that we’re a deeper, stronger team where one injury or two might not end our season the way it has in the past.”

What are your team’s overall strengths?“Last year we led the nation in goal scoring until we lost Anthony King to an injury. But what people don’t know is that both Kofi Gyawu and Babayele Sodade had injuries all season long, both of them had surgeries in the spring and both of them are fully healthy and fit. So we certainly think they’re both going to have great years and score a lot of goals. But we’ve also brought in a number of attacking players that I think can give us the extra punch we need. I don’t know if we’ll lead the nation in scoring again but I expect this to be a very exciting offensive team. We are also a big, athletic and skillful team, which is a very powerful tool. We look for the best play-ers we can find, and it just happens they’re tall. I think a lot of coaches will look at the roster and think, ‘Wow, that’s a big team,’ but what I think is, “Wow, that’s an athletic team.’”

How important is senior leadership and team chemistry on this year’s team?“We have 12 new players, so we’re going to need senior leadership. We’re fortunate to have six players who are not just good players but are great leaders. Carl is a natural leader, Tucker is a natural leader. Babyele is a leader is many different ways. Josh is a quiet leader. We have a lot of guys who have played a lot of college soccer but also are going to do a good job of helping our team build the proper chemistry. If we develop good chemistry quickly, we will have a good season. We have great players and people here, and the new guys coming in are going to fit in very well.”

Is the midfield area a concern for you entering the season?“I wouldn’t say [midfielders] is an area of concern; it’s an area of change. We started most games last year with Michal Mravec, Victor Sambade, and Kevin Saw-chak. Obviously two of those three are now playing professional soccer in Europe. So we graduated three terrific players, and that would appear to leave a void in the middle of the field. However, we return Josh Stewart, who has a great deal of experience and is more than ready to step in and play a major role. We return Chris Williams. who is ready to have a great senior year. We have a number of other people who can and will play in midfield. So we return two very experienced players in midfield, and we have four or five new players who I’m confident can step in and do a good job for us.”

What should be fans expectations for this year’s team?“I think fans can expect a very exciting team. I expect us to be very athletic, very dynamic going forward. We have players who are a little bit inexperienced in some places, so at some times there will be a lot of new players on the field. But as the season goes on and we get more comfort-able, I think this is going to be a very good team, with a chance to be one of the best teams we’ve ever had.”

How exciting is it to be the host institution for the 2011 NCAA Men’s College Cup? “As a state, there have been very few national championships played here. So for us to be selected, it’s a great honor for our team, and for our univer-sity. I also think it’s a statement about what the NCAA thinks of Alabama: that this is the best place in the United States to bring this national championship. We’re

very excited. I think it will showcase the sport of soccer; I think it gives us a chance to showcase our university, our city, and our state to the world.”

Who are the all-star candidates on this year’s team?“For sure the person who is going to draw the most attention is our goalkeeper Carl Woszczynski, who had a great season and should be an All-American candidate. I think he’s going to be one of the top seniors in soccer and so we’re expecting great things from him. I think Babayele, going into his senior year, will be great. He’s healthy for the first time. I think he’s going to have a season that really gets him noticed. There’s so many others, though. I think because those two are seniors they really get noticed, but Kofi has been one of our leading scorers for the last two years and I don’t see that changing. I think Josh Stewart is going to have a great year for us. Mladen Lemez had a great year last year and will have a great year this year. But I think there are legitimately 15 more players who can all be more than just a good soc-cer player. For that reason, I think this is going to be one of the deepest teams we’ve

ever had.”

How do you feel about this year’s schedule?“We built this schedule with two goals in mind. First, play as many difficult games at the start of the year as we could to help our new players develop to the level they need to be at by the time conference season starts. Part two is we sched-ule as many good games throughout the year to give ourselves the best chance to play in the NCAA tourna-ment and go as far as we can. And so this schedule gives us exactly those two things. Then it’s into the conference schedule and C-USA is a great confer-ence with a number of

very good teams. And by the time we get through all

that, we should be ready to be suc-cessful in the NCAA tournament.”

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Justus Griffin, who has been a part of the UAB men’s soccer program since head coach Mike Getman’s first season back in 1992, begins his 17th season with the Blazers’ staff. He assists with on-the-field coaching and the general administration of the program.

“Justus has been with our program as a player and as a coach for over 20 years and he is a big part of our success,” Get-man said. “I am very fortunate to have an assistant who understands our team and what we expect so well.”

Griffin is involved in all aspects of the program, including recruiting, sched-uling and coordinating trav-el.

During his tenure, UAB has achieved unprecedented suc-cess with five NCAA tourna-ment appearances, including an Elite Eight and two Sweet 16 teams.

Griffin was a three-year let-terwinner for the Blazers (1992-94) as a defender. He helped lead the Blazers to the program’s first conference championship and NCAA Tournament in 1994.

He finished his playing

career having started 59-of-60 matches in his three seasons. He scored one goal and tallied 10 assists and was selected to the Great Midwest All-Newcomer team in 1992.

After his career with the Blazers, Griffin signed a contract to play with the Chat-tanooga Express of the EISL in 1994. He played one year with the Express before returning to the UAB program at the beginning of the 1995 campaign.

Prior to coming to Birmingham, he played one season (1991) at Hinds Community College in Raymond, Miss., where he was selected the team’s Best Defensive Player.

Griffin received his United States Soc-cer Federation (USSF) “B” license and is a member of the Alabama ODP staff. He resides in Birmingham.


Justus GriffinAssistant Coach

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Assistant Coach Justus Griffin

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Joel Wallace, a former UAB assistant who spent 11 years as the head men’s soccer coach at Westminster (Mo.) Col-lege, enters his third season in his second stint on the Blazers’ staff.

Wallace specializes in working with goal-keepers and assumes that role in his posi-tion with the Blazers. UAB head coach Mike Getman feels Wallace is an excel-lent asset to his staff and for his players.

“Coach Wallace brings a lot of energy and experience to our team,” Getman

said. “I am very excited to have such an outstanding coach in our program. His primary responsibility is coaching our goalkeepers, but he will have a hand in all aspects of UAB Soccer.”

Wallace, who boasts 20 years of colle-giate soccer coaching experience, was the head men’s coach at Westminster from 1998-2008. Additionally, he coached the women’s soccer team from 2005-08. Wallace was an assistant coach at UAB under Getman from 1994-96.

Wallace left the Westmin-ster men’s p r o g r a m as the win-ningest soc-cer coach in school his-tory, racking up an 11-year record of 105-85-16. Additionally, he guided the Blue Jays to the school’s first confer-ence title in soccer and its first-ever NCAA tournament appearance in

2002. Including his one year spent as a head coach at his alma mater, MacMur-ray (Mo.) College, Wallace has compiled a career record of 121-91-17 during his 12-year head coaching career.

Prior to becoming a collegiate head coach, Wallace spent five seasons as an assistant coach at MacMurray College (1992-94) and Connecticut (1997), as well as with the Blazers. While at UAB, Wallace also earned his master’s degree in athletic administration.

Wallace is a graduate of MacMurray College where he earned first-team all-conference and all-region honors in the net. During his playing days (1988-91), Wallace helped lead MacMurray to the NCAA Division III Sweet 16 (1990) and Elite Eight (1991). He was also tabbed a two-time Prairie College Conference Most Valuable Player (1989 and 1990). He still holds several school records, including most career shutouts (40), most shutouts in a season (18 in 1991) and most consecutive shutouts (7). His 18 shutouts during the 1991 campaign also are an NCAA Division III record.

Wallace and his wife Patty Wallace, have two children, a daughter, Ryli (16), and a son, Kevin (13).


Assistant Coach Joel Wallace

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Juan Carlos CruzManager

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Former UAB men’s soccer player Michael Biggs enters his fourth season with the UAB men’s soc-cer program, and his second year as a volunteer assistant coach. Biggs served as an administrative assistant in the men’s soccer office from 2007-09.

“Michael was a great leader and one of the hard-est working players we have ever had,” UAB head coach Mike Getman said. “My expectation is that those same character traits will rub off on this group of players and that his leadership and guidance will help our players understand what it

takes to truly be successful.”

Biggs, who is also in his fourth season as the youth soccer coach for Vestavia Hills Soccer Club, is expected to be an on-field coach, handle adminis-trative duties, as well as play a role in almost every major aspect of the program except off-campus recruiting.

Biggs certainly has the expertise and experience to make an impact. He was a four-year letterwinner (2003-06) and was voted by his teammates as

captain as a senior.

Biggs, who graduated from UAB in 2007 with a degree in mathematics, played in 65 games dur-ing his four-year career. He scored two goals as a defender and also tallied an assist.

Behind Biggs’ leadership, the Blazers earned an at-large berth to the NCAA Tournament in 2006 and hosted the first round contest against Gardner-Webb. He also led the Blazers to their last C-USA Championship game appearance (2004), as well as a win over then-No. 1 SMU (Oct. 25, 2006), who entered the game as the only unbeaten team in the country.

Biggs is one of only a handful of players to earn the Coaches Award twice, which is given by the coaching staff at the end of the season to the play-er who demonstrates the best attitude and work ethic. He garnered the recognition individually in 2005 and as part of the entire senior class in 2006.

Biggs, who was born and raised in Birmingham, attends graduate school at UAB, and is concen-trating on a masters in business administration.

Greg MytykAssistant Athletic Trainer

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Drew BarnetteAcademic Advisor

Fourth Season


Derek RiosAdministrative Assistant

First Season


Aaron JordanAssociate Athletic Media Relations

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Stacey TormanStrength & Conditioning Coach

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Michael BiggsVolunteer Assistant Coach

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Volunteer Assistant Coach Michael Biggs

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Meet The Blazers

Freshman Season (2010)Saw action in three contests ... made first career appearance with 14 minutes of action against North Florida (9/11) ... lone shot of the season came against Alabama A&M (9/26).

High School A four-year letterwinner out of Marcus High School where he played under head coach John Gall ... helped lead his team to back-to-back state championships (2007, 2008) ... also part of team that set the state record for consecutive wins (32).

Other Soccer InfoPlayed his club soccer for the Dallas Texans, coached by current SMU men’s soccer head coach Tim McClements.

MiscellaneousBorn Michael Arthur Brody on Dec. 5, 1991 in Hartford, Conn. ... favorite

website is Facebook.com ... if he were to play another sport, it would be swimming ... favorite movie is Remember The Titans ... his biggest influ-ence on his career was his dad, Peter Brody ... chose UAB because of “the high quality of soccer and the business school.”

Michael Brody6-2 | 190 | So. | Defender

Dallas, Texas | Marcus HS

4BRODY’SPERSONALFILE Full Name Michael Arthur Brody

Birthdate Dec. 5, 1991

Birthplace Hartford, Conn.

Parents Peter and Karen Brody

Brother Bryan

Sister Kristen

Major Business

H.S. Coach John Gall

Club Coach Tim McClements

Michael Brody’s Career Statistics

YEAR GP-GS G A Pts Shots .Shot% SOG .SOG% GW2010 3-0 0 0 0 1 .000 1 1.000 0TOTAL 3-0 0 0 0 1 .000 1 1.000 0

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Sophomore Season (2010) A third-team all-conference performer ... ranked second on the team and ninth in C-USA with six goals on the season ... also ranked second on the squad in points

(13), shots (35) and shots on goal (17) ... his four game-winning goals on the year not only led the Blazers, but also ranked second in the league ... named to the UAB “Soccer For A Cure” Clas-sic All-Tournament team ... helped lead team to the Classic’s champion-ship by scoring a pair of goals against North Florida (9/11) ... in addition to the game-winner against the Ospreys, he also recorded game-winning tal-lies against Lipscomb (9/19), Alabama A&M (9/26) and Kentucky (10/9) ... recorded a goal and an assist, to go along with a season-best four shots on goal, at South Carolina (10/2).

Freshman Season (2009) Burst onto the scene during his first season with the Green and Gold, earn-ing a spot on the Conference USA All-Freshman team ... despite making only one start in 18 appearances during the season, Gyawu finished the year tied for the team lead in total goals with seven and ranked second on the team with 16 points (7g, 2a) ... recorded the first UAB hat trick since 2003 when he

scored three goals in a 7-1 win over FIU (10/10) ... had a career-best five shots on goal against the Golden Panthers ... earned his first career league offensive player of the week for his efforts against FIU ... finished eighth in C-USA in goals and was ninth in goals per game (0.39) ... also tied for team lead with a pair of game-winning goals this season ... scored both goals in a 2-1 win over Central Arkansas (9/18) ... also had a game-winning tally against Houston Baptist (9/27) in what was his lone start of the season ... led team in shot percentage (.259) and shots on goal percentage (.704) ... closed the year with 27 shots and 19 shots on goal.

High SchoolPlayed at Parkview High School under head coach Michael Tolmich ... listed as an All-American performer by NSCAA and was a third team All-American by ESPNRISE.com ... a four-time, all-county first-team hon-oree ... also tabbed to the Gwinnett County Super Six in each of the last three seasons ... 2007 Gwinnett County Player of the Year ... leading scorer in Parkview school history with 69 goals throughout career ... a four-year starter on the varsity team ... was the MVP of the Georgia state all-star game ... captain of 2008 and 2009 teams.

Kofi Gyawu6-3 | 195 | Jr. | Forward

Lilburn, Ga. | Parkview HS

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GYAWU’SPERSONALFILE Full Name Kofi Agyeman GyawuBirthdate Aug. 22, 1991Birthplace Atlanta, Ga.Parents Emmanuel and Elizabth GyawuBrother Yaw Sister BessieMajor PsychologyH.S. Coach Michael TolmichClub Coach Tony Annan

HONORS/AWARDS2010 C-USA Third Team All-Conference

2009 C-USA All-Freshman TeamC-USA Offensive POW (10/12)

Kofi Gyawu’s Career Statistics

YEAR GP-GS G A Pts Shots .Shot% SOG .SOG% GW2009 18-1 7 2 16 27 .259 19 .704 22010 18-18 6 1 13 35 .171 17 .486 4TOTAL 36-19 13 3 29 62 .210 36 .581 6

Other Soccer InfoPlayed club soccer for Norcross Fury 91 under head coach Tony Annan ... led team to a pair of championships in 2008 (Score of the Shore and Region III Premier League) ... was second in scoring in Region Premier League in 2007 (12 goals in 11 games) and first in scoring in 2008 (8 goals in 8 games).

MiscellaneousBorn Kofi Agyeman Gyawu on Aug. 22, 1991 in Atlanta, Ga. ... favorite television show is Fresh Prince of Bel Air ... lists favorite food as his mother’s African food, primarily a dish called jollof rice ... his biggest influence on his career has been his father, who always told him to work hard and stay posi-tive ... the person he would most like to meet is Thierry Henry ... the reason he decided to come to UAB is because of the coaching staff and the campus.

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Freshman Season (2010)Saw action in 12 contests ... scored first career goal in the win over Belmont (9/17) ... played a season-best 29 minutes vs. Alabama A&M (9/26) ... recorded

three shots on the year.

High School Four-year varsity starter at Hoover High School in Birmingham where he was coached by Kris Keplinger ... ranked as the No. 6 player in the South by TopDrawerSoccer.com ... earned a spot in the North-South All-Star contest ... helped team to the 2010 state cham-pionship game ... was named all-metro and all-state following his senior season.

Other Soccer Info Played his club soccer with the Birming-ham United Academy Team coached by Eric Dade and Robert Starr ... helped club to the USSDA National Cham-pionship.

MiscellaneousBorn Norris Thurgood Howze II on Sept. 20, 1991 in Hoover, Ala. ... favorite website is Facebook.com ... favorite movie is inception, while his favorite actor is Denzel Washington and favorite actress is Angelina Jolie ... if he played another sport, it would be cricket ... most interesting thing about him is he plays the violin and piano ... the biggest influence on his career has been his parents.

Norris Howze6-0 | 170 | So. | Midfielder

Hoover, Ala. | Hoover HS

14HOWZE’SPERSONALFILE Full Name Norris Thurgood

Howze II

Birthdate Sept. 20, 1991

Birthplace Hoover, Ala.

Parents Norris Murdine

Brother Nic

Major Health Relations

H.S. Coach Kris Keplinger

Club Coach Eric Dade and

Robert Starr

Norris Howze’s Career Statistics

YEAR GP-GS G A Pts Shots .Shot% SOG .SOG% GW2010 12-0 1 0 2 3 .333 1 .333 0TOTAL 12-0 1 0 2 3 .333 1 .333 0

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Sophomore Season (2010)Only newcomer to start all 18 contests a year ago ... led all field players in min-utes played with 1,381 ... helped the UAB defense to hold the opposition to 1.08 goals against average ... the first goal scored of his career was the game-winning tally on senior night against Marshall (11/3) ... also recorded an assist in the victory over North Florida (9/11) ... finished the season with seven shots, three of which came on frame.

Other Soccer Info A big, strong and athletic defender who made long trek from Serajevo, Bosnia to compete for UAB ... attended the University of Novi Sad for one year, where he studied business management ... also competed for the Bosnian Youth National Team ... competed for the club team FC Slavija in his home country.

MiscellaneousBorn Mladen Lemez on Jan. 25, 1990 in East Sarajevo, Bosnia. ... favorite food is chicken ... favorite movie is Armagedon ... favorite musician is Red Hot Chilli

Peppers ... his sisters have had the biggest influence on his career ... he chose UAB because he “wanted to have a good education and play soccer.”

Mladen Lemez6-5 | 200 | Jr. | Defender

Serajevo, Bosnia | Univ. of Novi Sad

6LEMEZ’SPERSONALFILE Full Name Mladen Lemez

Birthdate Jan. 25, 1990

Birthplace East Serajevo

Parents Vidoje and Ljiljana Lemez

Sisters Danka and Milena

Major Business

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Sophmore Season (2010) One of just three returning players to have started all 18 contests ... ranked second on team in total minutes played with 1,378 ... despite playing on the back

line, he ranked second on the squad with four assists on the year ... had a pair of assists against North Florida (9/11) ... also had assists against Bel-mont (9/17) and South Carolina (10/2) ... finished with 13 shots on the year, four of which came on frame ... named to C-USA Commissioners Honor Roll.

Freshman Season (2009)Played in 16 games during rookie sea-son with the Blazers ... made solid contributions off the bench, collecting 12 shots, four of which came on frame ... had a season-best two shots on three different occasions.

High School Four-year starter at John Carroll High School under head coach David DiPi-azza ... tabbed an honorable mention All-American by ESPNRISE.com ...

selected by the Birmingham News as the 2009 Alabama Player of the Year ... a three-time first-team all-state performer (2007, 2008 and 2009) ... selected to the 2008 and 2009 All-Metro squads and tabbed the Metro Player of the Year this past season ... helped lead team to two state cham-pionships in 2008 and 2009 ... tallied 105 goals and 69 assists during his four seasons at JCHS ... along with teammate Alex Kuklinski (111 goals at JCHS), the duo became first teammates in the nation since 1971 to each score 100 career goals for their school ... also now holds the Alabama state record for most assists in a career ... led team to a final ranking of No. 6 in the nation in 2009.

Other Soccer InfoPlayed club soccer under Luke Whittle with the Vestavia Steamers ... was the team captain of his club team ... led team to 2009 state championship ... the same squad also earned the Region III championship and finished with a national ranking of No. 16.

MiscellaneousBorn Reed Anderson Matte on Aug. 7, 1991 in Birmingham, Ala. ... his father, Frank, played at UAB from 1983-84 ... favorite television show is Mythbusters ... favorite movie is The Goonies ... favorite food is Cin-namon Toast Crunch ... favorite musical group is Staind ... person who has been the biggest influence in his career has been his twin brother

Reed Matte6-1 | 170 | Jr. | Midfielder/Defender

Irondale, Ala. | John Carroll HS

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MATTE’SPERSONALFILE Full Name Reed Anderson Matte

Birthdate Aug. 7, 1991

Birthplace Birmingham, Ala.

Parents Frank and Marcie Matte

Brothers Frank and Justin

Sister Adelaide

Major Environmental Science

H.S. Coach David DiPiazza

Club Coach Luke Whittle

HONORS/AWARDS2010 C-USA Commissioners Honor Roll

Justin ... the reason he came to UAB is because “my dad played at UAB and I wanted to follow in his footsteps and I think we can win a national championship.”

Reed Matte’s Career Statistics

YEAR GP-GS G A Pts Shots .Shot% SOG .SOG% GW2009 16-0 0 0 0 12 .000 4 .333 02010 18-18 0 4 4 13 .000 4 .308 0TOTAL 18-18 0 4 4 25 .000 8 .320 0

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Selected to the preseason all-conference team for a second-straight season ... invit-ed to participate in the Canadian Olym-pic Men’s National Team training camp in January of 2010, along with former Blazer

standout Curtis Ushedo.

Junior Season (2010) Named as an NSCAA Second-Team All-Region and second-team all-con-ference honoree, marking the second consecutive season he has earned the recognition ... led team and ranked fifth in the league with nine goals a year ago ... also led UAB and ranked seventh in C-USA with 20 points (9g, 2a) ... scored a goal in each of the Blaz-ers’ first five games to start the year ... also lead the team in shots (44) and shots on goal (23) ... converted 3-of-4 penalty kicks on the campaign ... had a goal and an assist in the win over Belmont (9/17) ... scored two game-winning goals on the year against Charlotte (9/10) and Belmont (9/17) ... was named to the UAB “Soccer For A Cure” Classic and Lipscomb Classic all-tournament teams ... a preseason all-conference honoree.

Sophomore Season (2009) Had a breakout season on his way to second team all-conference and second team all-region honors ... ap-

peared in all 18 contests making 16 starts ... led the squad in nearly every offensive category including goals (7), points (18), shots (51) shots on goal (25) and game-winning goals (2) ... finished in a tie for second on the team in assists with four ... ranked among the league leaders in shots (2nd), shots per game (4th), points (T7th), goals (8th), goals per game (T9th) and points per game (T9th) on the season ... earned his first-ever C-USA player of the week award after scoring twice, including the game-winning goal, to upset then-No. 10 UIC (9/4) ... scored the game-winner in a 1-0 win over Vermont (9/20) ... recorded a goal and an assist in the 3-0 win over South Carolina (10/28) ... also had a goal and an assist in the win over FIU (10/10) ... assisted the game-winning goal in the 1-0 victory over Memphis (10/14).

Freshman Season (2008) Saw action in 16 contests, making one start ... earned first start of his UAB career in a 1-0 win over SIU Edwardsville (10/25) ... made first-ever ap-pearance in the 1-0 win over Mercer (9/7) ... had 10 shots on the season and four shots on goal ... recorded a career-high two shots against Marshall

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Babayele Sodade6-3 | 195 | Sr. | Forward

Windsor, Ontario | Holy Names

Meet The Blazers

SODADE’SPERSONALFILE Full Name Babayele SodadeBirthdate July 26, 1990Birthplace Onley, Md.Parents Babatunde and Olubunmi SodadeBrother BabatumiSister AyolekaMajor AccountingH.S. Coach Dave KoloffClub Coach Frank Chiandussi

HONORS/AWARDS2010 NSCAA Second Team All-RegionC-USA Second Team All-Conference

2009 NSCAA Second Team All-RegionC-USA Second Team All-Conference

C-USA Offensive POW (9/8)

Babayele Sodade’s Career Statistics

YEAR GP-GS G A Pts Shots .Shot% SOG .SOG% GW2008 16-1 0 0 0 10 .000 4 .400 02009 18-16 7 4 18 51 .137 25 .490 22010 18-18 9 2 20 44 .205 23 .523 2TOTAL 52-35 16 6 28 105 .152 52 .495 4

(11/7), both of which came on frame. High SchoolWas a four-year starter for Dave Koloff at Holy Names ... was named team MVP in 2006, 2007 and 2008 ... tabbed a first-team all-city per-former in 2006 and 2008 ... led team to a silver medal at the Ontario Championships ... an honor roll student who also competed in football and basketball.

Other Soccer InfoPlayed for Windsor FC Nationals under head coach Frank Chiandussi ... led team to a finalist appearance in the 2007 Ontario Cup ... also helped team capture the 2006 South Region Soccer League championship. MiscellaneousBorn Babayele Sodade on July 26, 1990 in Onley, Md. ... favorite televi-sion show is My Wife And Kids ... favorite movie is Iron Man ... his father had the biggest influence on his soccer career ... during his free time, he likes to relax and watch movies or play video games ... chose UAB because “I love the atmosphere around campus and it is the right place for me to accomplish my goals.”

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Junior Season (2010)Made an immediate impact during his first season at UAB, playing in 17 contests while making 10 starts ... had a goal and an assist on the year while playing primar-

ily in the defensive midfield role ... his only goal of the year was a game-winning tally against FIU (10/16) ... also recorded an assist in the win over Alabama A&M (9/26) ... recorded 10 shots on the year with four coming on goal.

South Carolina (2007-09)Stewart, the younger brother of recent graduate and four-year letterwinner Jonah Stewart, played three seasons (2007, 2008 and 2009) for South Carolina before transferring to UAB ... redshirted the 2009 season after an injury six games into the season ... played and started all 19 contests for the Gamecocks during his fresh-man season ... during his three years there, Stewart played in 43 contests and made 25 starts ... lone assist of his career came during his freshman season in 3-1 Gamecock victory over Marshall (Oct. 27) ... combined for 13 shots in his two seasons ... named as a two-time honoree on the C-USA Academic Honor Roll, as well as twice

earning SEC Academic Honor Roll recognition.

High SchoolPlayed for coach Rick Grammar at Vestavia Hills High School ... a 2004 and 2005 first-team all-state selection ... named second-team all-metro in 2004 and first-team all-metro in 2005.

Other Soccer Info Former member of the United States Youth National Team pool, Region III Olympic Development Program (ODP) team and Alabama state team ... played club soccer for the Vestavia Steamers and coach Luke Whittle ... named Offensive Most Valuable Player of the Lakeshore Shootout ... helped the ‘87 club to two state championships (2001 and 2004) and two runner-up finishes (2002 and 2003) ... helped ‘89 team win the 2005 state championship and finish second in 2006.

Miscellaneous:Born Joshua Lamont Stewart on Sept. 22, 1988 in Birmingham, Ala.`. ... favorite television show is Entourage ... favorite movie is Role Models ... his favorite website is ESPN.com ... his parents have had the biggest influ-

Josh Stewart5-10 | 180 | Sr. | Midfielder

Birmingham, Ala. | South Carolina

19STEWART’S PERSONALFILE Full Name Joshua Lamont

Stewart


Birthplace Birmingham, Ala.

Parents Marvin and Felicia

Stewart

Brother Jonah and Joel

Major Finance

H.S. Coach Rick Grammar

Club Coach Luke Whittle

HONORS/AWARDS 2008

C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll

2007


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Josh Stewart’s Career Statistics

YEAR GP-GS G A Pts Shots .Shot% SOG .SOG% GW2007 19-19 0 1 1 7 .000 2 .286 02008 18-6 0 0 0 6 .000 1 .167 02009 6-0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 02010 17-10 1 1 3 10 .100 4 .400 1TOTAL 60-35 1 2 4 23 .043 7 .304 1

ence on his career ... the best player he has ever played against was Brian McBrice ... chose UAB because “I want to win championships.”

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Junior Season (2010)Saw action in four contests and finished with a 0.36 goals against average ... made a pair of starts at FIU (10/16) and at Ameri-

can (10/26) ... recorded a shutout in both games he started, including mak-ing a career-best seven saves against American ... is just the third player in program history to earn four con-secutive Conference USA Academic Medal ... also named to the Confer-ence USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll for a fourth-straight season ... selected as the 2010 C-USA Spirit of Service recipient for his work in the classroom in and in the community.

Sophomore Season (2009)Did not appear in any games during sea-son ... earned the Conference USA Ac-ademic Medal for a third consecutive season ... also named to the Confer-ence USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll for the third time in three years. Freshman Season (2008)Appeared in two games during season ... first start of career came against SIU Edwardsville (10/25) in which he recorded three saves on his way to a 1-0 shutout win ... also saw ac-tion in the 4-1 win over Alabama A&M (10/8) ... earned the Confer-ence USA Academic Medal ... also named to the Conference USA Com-missioner’s Honor Roll.

Redshirt Season (2007)Redshirted for season ... awarded Conference USA Academic Medal, awarded to student-athletes with a cu-mulative GPA of 3.75 or above during the academic year ... also named to the C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

High SchoolFour-year letterwinner at AC Reynolds High School under head coach Pat-rick Gladys ... named all-state in 2006 ... Western N.C. All-Region first team and honorable mention in 2005 ... tabbed all-conference in 2005 and 2006 ... selected to the N.C. East-West All-Star game ... holds school

Tucker Stone6-2 | 190 | Sr. | Goalkeeper

Fairview N.C. | A.C. Reynolds HS

record for most career shutouts in both regular season and playoff games ... also helped lead team to two conference championships ... graduated in the top-15 of class with a 4.7 GPA ... a regular on the A-B Honor Roll and recipient of the National Acheivement Scholarship.

Other Soccer InfoPlayed at Highland Football Club for eight years under head coach Trei Morrison ... team finished second in state cup in 2005 ...team captain for four years ... also played for ODP team in 2006.

MiscellaneousBorn Tucker Norris Stone on Aug. 27, 1989 in Fairview, N.C. ... favorite movie is the Mask Of Zorro ... favorite musician is Paul Simon ... favorite television show is Wizards of Waverly Place ... his club coach, Trei Morri-son, had the biggest influence on his career ... came to UAB because it had “a great soccer team and great people coaching and playing it.”

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0STONE’SPERSONALFILE Full Name Tucker Norris Stone


Birthplace Fairview, N.C.

Parents Pat and Becky Stone

Brother Nate

Sisters Jesse and Sammy

Major Economics

H.S. Coach Patrick Gladys

Club Coach Trei Morrison

HONORS/AWARDS 2010

C-USA Spirit of Service Award

C-USA Academic Medal


2009


C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll 2008





Tucker Stone’s Career Statistics

YEAR GP-GS Minutes GA GaAvg Saves W L T Sho2008 2-1 103:44 1 0.87 5 1 0 0 12009 0-0 00:00 0 0 0 02010 4-2 247:13 1 0.36 9 1 0 1 2TOTAL 6-3 350:57 2 0.51 14 2 0 1 2

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Graduated in August of 2011 with a de-gree in mathematics and minor in chem-istry ... currently pursuing his MBA this fall.

Junior Season (2010)Saw action in 14 contests on the year, making seven starts ... earned his first career start in the win over North Florida (9/11) ... recorded five shots on the seaon, including two on frame ... named to the Con-ference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll for a fourth-straight season. Redshirt Season (2009)Sat out as a redshirt during the 2009 season ... named to the Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll for a third-straight season.

Sophomore Season (2008)Made five appearances throughout season ... had one shot on the season which came against Charlotte (9/21) ... named to the Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

Freshman Season (2007)Played in nine contests during cam-paign ... had one shot during season which came on goal at Tulsa (11/9) ... named to the Conference USA Com-missioner’s Honor Roll.

High SchoolFour-year starter and captain at Clear Lake High School under head coach Jered Shriver ... earned all-district in each of his four seasons ... was voted

the District 25-5A offensive MVP in 2007, on his way to helping lead team to the district championship ... tabbed to the all-greater Houston team ... voted team MVP in 2007 ... led the district in goals scored ... was featured in RISE sports magazine ... selected as the MVP at the UAB soccer camp ... a member of the student council for three years ... also competed in basketball, football and track in high school ... was also a member of the National Honor Society and the president of the National Technical Honor Society.

Other Soccer InfoPlayed for the nationally-ranked Texas Soccer Club under head coach Scott Dymond ... led team in goals scored ... was a member of the South Texas State ODP team for five years and the Region III ODP team ... team won state three times, as well as the Disney Showcase on two oc-casions.

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TABATA’SPERSONALFILE Full Name Ken Ryan Tabata

Birthdate June 18, 1989

Birthplace Houston, Texas

Parents Chuck and Carolyn Tabata

Brother James

Sister Mika

Major Mathematics

Minor Chemistry

Grad School MBA

H.S. Coach Jered Shriver

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Ken Tabata’s Career Statistics

YEAR GP-GS G A Pts Shots .Shot% SOG .SOG% GW2007 9-0 0 0 0 1 .000 1 1.000 02008 5-0 0 0 0 1 .000 1 1.000 02009 Did not play - Redshirt 2010 14-7 0 0 0 5 .000 2 .400 0TOTAL 28-7 0 0 0 7 .000 4 .571 0

Ken Tabata6-1 | 195 | Sr. | Defender

Houston, Texas | Clear Lake HS

MiscellaneousBorn Ken Ryan Tabata on June 18, 1989 in Houston, Texas ... favorite show is Entourage ... favorite type of food is Mexican ... his favorite thing to do when relaxing is playing the drums ... he won the Guitar Center City Drumoff in 2006 ... his biggest influence on his career was his par-ents because of their encouragement ... he came to UAB because “I like the soccer program, coaches and the school.”

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Junior Season (2010)Played in all 18 contests during the season ... made his only start of the year, and first-ever start at UAB, in the win over then-nationally ranked UCF

(10/29) ... only points of the season came when he found the back of the net against Alabama A&M (9/26) ... finished the campaign with 13 shots and 4 shots on goal ... recorded a career-high three shots against North Florida (9/11).

Sophomore Season (2009)Had an important role off the bench, seeing action in 14 contests through-out the season ... scored first career goal in a 7-1 victory over FIU (10/10) ... played a career-best 59 minutes against the Golden Panthers ... also recorded first career assist in the 3-0 victory over South Carolina (10/28) ... had a career-best two shots in the C-USA Tournament game against Marshall (11/13).

Freshman Season (2008)Played in five contests on the season ... made first-ever UAB appearance with

13 minutes of action against Bradley (8/31) ... played a season-high 19 minutes against Marshall (11/7).

High SchoolFour-year starter at Pearl High School under head coach Andy Kivlan ... selected as the Gatorade Player of the Year for the state of Mississippi as a senior ... earned 4A Player of the Year accolades as a senior as well ... tabbed first-team all-state in back-to-back seasons (2007 and 2008) ... chosen as second-team all-state as a sophomore ... set state high school record during sophomore season with 39 assists on the year ... led team to four consecutive state championships ... finished high school career with 62 goals and 70 assists ... was named team MVP following both junior and senior seasons.

Other Soccer InfoPlayed for Chicago Fire Juniors under head coach Kenny White and Chad Hampton ... collected 86 goals and 121 assists during his nine-year span with the team ... helped lead team to three straight state cup championships (2004, 2005 and 2006).

MiscellaneousBorn Christopher Joseph Williams on Oct. 30, 1989 in Flowood, Miss.

Chris Wil l iams6-2 | 190 | Sr. | Midfielder

Pearl, Miss. | Pearl HS

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Chris Williams’ Career Statistics

YEAR GP-GS G A Pts Shots .Shot% SOG .SOG% GW2008 5-0 0 0 0 1 .000 1 1.000 02009 14-0 1 1 3 5 .200 1 .200 02010 18-1 1 0 2 13 .077 4 .308 0TOTAL 37-1 2 1 5 19 .105 6 .316 0

WILLIAMS’PERSONALFILE Full Name Christopher Joseph

Williams

Birthdate Oct. 30, 1989

Birthplace Flowood, Miss.

Parents Terry and Daphne Williams

Brother Chase

Major Biology

H.S. Coach Andy Kivlan

Club Coach Kenny White

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... favorite television show is Jersey Shore ... favorite movie is Boondock Saints ... his favorite thing to do when he has time to relax is to play FIFA ... favorite internet site is ESPN.com ... his biggest influence on his career has been his parents.

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Selected as one of 30 candidates nation-wide fot the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award ... award honors NCAA Division I seniors who have notable achievements in four ar-eas of excellence - community, classroom, character and competition.

Junior Season (2010)Earned third-team all-conference honors despite battling injuries throughout the year ... started 16 contests on the season ... made 58 saves and owned a goals against average of 1.21 ... collected a career-best eight saves in the season opener at then-top-ranked and defending national champion Virginia (9/3) ... recorded a pair of shutouts on the year (at Lipscomb on 9/19 and vs. Marshall on 11/3) ... now has 11 career shutouts which is fifth on the school’s all-time list ... named to the Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll for a fourth straight season.

Sophomore Season (2009)Had a breakthrough season, turning in one of the greatest single-season efforts by a goalkeeper in school history ... a first-team all-conference and second-team all-region honoree ... set a single-season school record with 0.83 goals allowed average, which also ranked second in Conference USA ... recorded a league-leading eight shutouts which tied for the second-most in school history ... his 12 wins on the season also ranked as the sixth-most in program lore ... made a career-high seven saves in the sea-son-opening contest against Oakland (9/1) ... earned three C-USA Defensive Player of the Week honors ... with his three awards on the season, Woszczynski was honored by the league more times in one season than any previous UAB player in school history ... lead the league in save percentage (.805), shutouts and shutouts per game (0.44) ... made six saves in a 1-0 shutout victory over then-No. 13 Kentucky (10/4) ... named to the Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll for a third consecutive season.

Redshirt Season (2008)Received medical redshirt after seeing action in four games during season be-fore an injury ended his campaign early ... recorded first win and first shut-out with a 1-0 victory over Mercer (9/7) ... finish the season with a 1-1-2 record ... named to the Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

Freshman Season (2007)Played in four contests during season ... only start of career came in a 1-0 overtime loss at Alabama A&M ... made 13 saves in his four appearances (283 minutes) and had a 0.63 GAA ... named to the Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll. High SchoolFour-year starting goalkeeper at Columbus North High School under head coach David Green ... earned third-team all-state accolades in 2005 and 2006

Carl Woszczynski6-5 | 210 | R-Sr. | Goalkeeper

Columbus, Ind. | North HS

... tabbed first-team all-conference and all-area in each of his four seasons at CNHS ... also tabbed all-district in 2004-06 and honorable mention all-state in 2005 ... started 80 varsity contests and recorded 42 career shutouts ... boasted a career goals allowed average of .80 ... named The Republic’s Area Player of the Year in 2006 ... recorded six goals and seven assists from the goalkeeper position ... also a terrific student who was named academic all-state in 2005 and 2006 ... named to honor roll every semester ... a member of the National Honor Society.

Other Soccer InfoStarting goalkeeper for the Atlanta Blackhawks PDL team in 2009 and 2010 ... played club ball for the Fort Wayne Fever where he started in net in 2007 and 2008 ... led team to the Indiana state cup tournament title in 2007 ... also helped lead team to the 2005 Las Vegas Coaches Classic title, the 2006 Ohio Col-lege Showcase title and 2006 Carmel College Showcase crown ... also selected to the Indiana ODP team for seven straight seasons ... selected to the ODP Region II players pool in 2005 and 2006 ... was starting keeper for the Indiana Invaders PDL team ... named team captain in 2002 and 2005 of the Indiana state ODP team.

MiscellaneousBorn Carl Matthew Woszczynski on April 18, 1988 in Columbus, Ind. ... favorite website is UABSports.com ... if he were to play another sport, it would be cricket ... favorite musician is Lyfe Jennings ... his biggest influence on his career was his high school coach, David Green ... chose UAB because of “the combination of great soc-cer, a great engineering program and warm weather.”

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Carl Woszczynski’s Career Statistics

YEAR GP-GS Minutes GA GaAvg Saves W L T Sho2007 4-1 283:53 2 0.63 13 0 2 0 02008 4-4 406:15 6 1.33 19 1 1 2 12009 18-18 1629:44 15 0.83 63 12 4 2 82010 16-16 1414:32 19 1.21 58 9 6 0 2TOTAL 42-39 3734:24 42 1.01 153 22 13 4 11

WOSZCZYNSKI’SPERSONALFILE

Full Name Carl Matthew WoszczynskiBirthdate April 18, 1988Birthplace Columbus, Ind.Parents Stan and Laura WoszczynskiSister KristenMajor Mechanical EngineeringH.S. Coach David GreenClub Coach Massoud Roushandel

HONORS/AWARDS2010C-USA Third Team All-ConferenceUAB Student-Athlete of the Week (10/26)C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll2009 NSCAA Second Team All-RegionC-USA First Team All-ConferenceC-USA Defensive POW (10/26)C-USA Defensive POW (10/5)C-USA Defensive POW (9/28)C-USA All-Academic TeamC-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll2008 C-USA Defensive POW (9/8)C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll2007C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll

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Freshman Season (2010)Saw action in 17 of team’s 18 contests during the season ... tallied two shots on goal ... played a season-best 68 minutes at American (10/26).

High SchoolEarned all-state honors while playing under head coach Abraham Rubert-Schewel at Murrah HS ... also earned the team’s most valuable player award following his senior season.

Other Soccer InfoPlayed for the Chicago Fire Juniors of Mississippi under head coach Kenny White ... was teammates of current Blaz-ers Chase Bullman and Gentry Smith ... the trio helped lead the team to the Premier League Championship and state championship ... earned a spot on the Region III First Team.

MiscellaneousBorn Atak Yai on Dec. 12, 1991 in the country of Sudan. ... favorite televi-sion show is Hannah Montana ... favorite movie is The Other Guy ... if he played another sport, it would be basketball ... 10 years from now, he would either like to be playing professional soccer or be a doctor.

Atak Yai5-9 | 120 | So. | Forward/Midfielder

Jackson, Miss. | Murrah HS

8YAI’SPERSONALFILE Full Name Atak Yai

Birthdate Dec. 12, 1991

Birthplace Sudan

Brothers Mabior and Yai

Major Undecided

H.S. Coach Abraham

Rubert-Schewel


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Alabama A&M (2010) Played one season under head coach

Salah Yousif at Alabama A&M ... started and played in 10 of the team’s

11 contests on the year ... led the Bulldogs with three assists ... also collected four shots on the year.

Other Soccer Info Competed for Dallas Texan Hous-ton ‘92 Red, coached by Carl Flem-ing ... helped team to the 2010 Texas state club championship ... also played for his father on the AYSA Flying Eagles ... helped that team to the Arsenal International Soccer Festival championship in 2008.

Coach Getman On Moses:“Moses is a very technical and ath-letic center midfielder. He comes

to us with a year of Division I experience and I expect for him to compete for a starting position right away.”

Moses Adeniran5-11 | 160 | So. | Midfielder

Houston, Texas | Alabama A&M

16ADENARIN’SPERSONALFILE Full Name Moses Ayodeji Adeniran

Birthdate July 9, 1992

Birthplace Brooklyn, N.Y.

Parents Adebisi and Bunani Aderniran

Brothers Victor and Samuel

Sister Victoria

Major Exercise Science

College Coach Salah Yousif

H.S. Coach Adebisi Adeniran

Club Coach Carl Fleming

High School A four-year starter under head coach Thom Jacquet at Greater Atlanta Christian School ... was selected as an ESPN Rise All-State honoree in 2010 ... helped lead team to a state championship in 2011.

Other Soccer Info He played his club soccer for Alpharetta Ambush under head coach David Eristavi ... played alongside a pair of other Blazer sign-ees (Karl Chester and Darion Cope-land) ... captained the Ambush to state and regional titles, along with USYSA National Championship in 2010 ... also helped team reach the national finals in 2011 ... was selected to the Chelsea All-Star Team at the 2010 Disney Showcase.

Coach Getman On Stewart:“Stewart is the complete package. He is big, smart, athletic and skillful. I expect him to play a big role in our team right away.”

Stewart Abrahart6-4 | 170 | Fr. | Defender

Duluth, Ga. | Greater Atlanta Christian

13ABRAHART’SPERSONALFILE Full Name Stewart Bradley

Abrahart


Birthplace Dagenham, England

Parents James and Jacqui Abrahart

Brother James

Sisters Sam and Abbie

Major Business Management

H.S. Coach Thom Jacquet

Club Coach David Eristavi

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Other Soccer Info Was home schooled but has com-peted for clubs all around the world ... signed last spring and, along with teammate Diego Navarrete, is now

one of three Chilean-born player to play soccer for the Blazers in pro-gram history (Jose-Luis Jaramillo, who played at UAB in 1988, and current Blazer Diego Navarrete) ... competed at both the Univer-sidad Catolica in Chile, as well as the Alpharetta Ambush U-19 team ... played a key role in lead-ing Catolica to a pair of national championships ... also helped his team capture the Copa Chile Youth Tournament last year.

Coach Getman On Javier:“Javier is extremely skillful and will add some flair to our midfield. His

ability to control the ball while under pressure will be a big asset. I expect Javier to battle for a starting position right away.”

Javier Alvial5-11 | 150 | Fr. | Midfielder

Inquique, Chile | Home Schooled

11ALVIAL’SPERSONALFILE Full Name Javier Andrés Alvial


Birthplace Fairfax, Va.

Parents Jorge and Elizabeth Alvial

Brother Jorge

Sister Isabel

Major Business

Club Coach Romero

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Redshirt Season (2010)Sat out season as a redshirt.

High School Attended Jackson Preparatory School where he was a four-year letterwin-ner under head coach John Marcus Duncan ... helped his team to four state championship games during his four seasons ... recorded 11 shutouts during his senior season ... tabbed first-team all-state in 2009 and sec-ond-team all-state in 2008 ... also earned a spot on the all-star game for the state of Mississippi.

Other Soccer Info Played for the Chicago Fire Juniors of Mississippi under head coach Kenny White ... was teammates of current Blazer Atak Yai ... the duo

helped lead the team to the Premier League Championship and state championship

Coach Getman On Chase:“Chase is an extremely athletic goalkeeper with a great work rate. We feel Chase will make our goalkeeping situation even more competitive.”

Chase Bullman6-2 | 200 | R-Fr. | Goalkeeper

Brandon, Miss. | Jackson Prep

00BULLMAN’SPERSONALFILE Full Name Chase Barrett Bullman


Birthplace Jackson, Miss.

Parents Craig and Joyce Bullman

Brother Cody

Major Accounting

H.S. Coach John Marcus Duncan


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High SchoolA four-year letterwinner under head coach Sam Said at Perry High School ... was tabbed an ESPN Rise First

Team All-State honoree in 2010 ... finished his senior year with 50 goals, which set the school record for goals scored in a season ... named the Region’s Most Valuable Player in 2011 ... participated in the Georgia state all-star game in 2011 ... selected as team’s most valuable player following his junior season ... also tabbed as a two-time team captain by his teammates and coaches.

Other Soccer Info He played his club soccer for Alpharetta Ambush under head

coach David Eristavi ... played alongside a pair of other Blazer signees (Stewart Abrahart and Darion Copeland) ... helped lead the team to state and regional titles, along with USYSA National Championship in 2010 ... was voted MVP of National Cham-pionship, as he scored seven goals in four games at the National Championship Tournament ... also helped team reach the finals of the 2011 national championship.

Coach Getman On Karl:“Karl has great pace and a great touch around the goal. I expect him to make an immediate impact. His hard work and nose for the goal could potentially make him one of the more dangerous finishers in the country.”

Karl Chester5-10 | 155 | Fr. | Forward

Kathleen, Ga. | Perry HS

3CHESTER’SPERSONALFILE Full Name Karl Luther Chester

Birthdate Nov. 28, 1992

Birthplace Savage, Minn.

Parents Harvee and Gisela Chester

Sister Elena

Major Radiology

H.S. Coach Sam Said


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High School Attended Randolph High School where he was a four-year letterwinner under head coaches Matt Holmes and Sean Cooper ... played on the varsity team since eighth grade ... helped lead team to state title in ninth grade and ninth grade ... was named the MVP of the state tournament as a ninth grader ... led team in scoring as a 10th grader with 23 goals.

Other Soccer Info Played his club soccer at Birming-ham United Soccer Assocation under head coach Eric Dade ... led his team in scoring ... helped team to reach the National Playoffs in 2010.

Coach Getman On Alex:“Alex is an Alabama product who spent a year at Kentucky, decided he wanted to transfer to UAB, and

we’re very excited to have him in our program. He’s big, he’s ath-letic, he’s skillful, he’s very versatile, and I can see him playing in number of roles for us.”

Alex Clay6-0 | 160 | So. | Midfielder

Hunstville, Ala. | Randolph HS

21CLAY’SPERSONALFILE Full Name Alexander Harris Clay

Birthdate April 11, 1992

Birthplace Huntsville, Ala.

Parents Richard and Susan Clay

Sister Ashley

Major Undecided

H.S. Coach Sean Cooper

Matt Holmes

Club Coach Eric Dade

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High SchoolA four year letterwinner under head coach Justin Smith at Dutchtown HS ... was tabbed as a two-time county

and region player of the year in 2010 and 2011 ... named to the all-region first team in each of his last three seasons ... selected as the team’s most valuable player in 2009 and 2011 ... also named the fresh-man offensive player of the year in 2008 ... played both defender and forward positions while at Dutch-town ... was team captain going into his senior season after leading his team and region in scoring as a junior ... honored with the Dutch-town Academic Award as a senior.

Other Soccer Info He played his club soccer for

Alpharetta Ambush under head coach David Eristavi ... played alongside a pair of other Blazer signees (Karl Chester and Stewart Abrahart) ... named to the national championship’s Best 11 for his performance at the 2011 USYSA National Championship in which his team finished runner-up ... helped lead team to the USYSA National Championship in 2010 ... also helped capture the state and regional titles in back-to-back seasons (2010 and 2011).

Coach Getman On Darion:“Darion is a great defender with all the tools. He has size, speed, skill and a great brain for the game. I expect Darion to make an immediate impact. We went looking for the top center back in the country and I think we found him.”

Darion Copeland6-0 | 175 | Fr. | Defender

Stockbridge, Ga. | Dutchtown HS

22COPELAND’SPERSONALFILE Full Name Darion Copeland

Birthdate March 8, 1991

Birthplace Brooklyn, N.Y.

Parents Gary and Nicole Copeland

Brother Jeremy

Sister Ashley

Major Business

H.S. Coach Justin Smith


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High School A four-year letterwinner under head coach Michael Tolmich at Parkview High School, which is the same school that produced recent UAB graduate and goalkeeper Wes John-son and current forward Kofi Gyawu ... a two-year team captain for high school team ... was ranked as one of the top goalkeepers in the nation by Top Drawer Soccer and also was voted by the website TopDrawerSoc-cer.com as the No. 43 overall player in the nation ... selected as a Gwin-nett County Super Six performer and an all-county honoree in 2010 and 2011 ... tabbed the region’s Goalkeeper of the Year as a senior (2011) ... helped lead team to the Region 8 state semifinals ... gradu-ated with honors.

Other Soccer Info Competed for the GSA Phoenix coached by Nuno Piteira ... was team captain for club team which won the National League Cham-pionship in 2010 ... led team to the finals of the USYSA National Championship in 2011 ... member of the Under 14-15 Boys U.S. National Team ... competed for the ODP State Team in each of the last five years.

Coach Getman On Jack:“We have had a long tradition of great goalkeepers at UAB, and Jack fits right in to the mold. He is big, agile and works very hard. He is going to be a great college goalkeeper.”

Jack Fal le6-4 | 205 | Fr. | Goalkeeper

Lilburn, Ga. | Parkview HS

26FALLE’SPERSONALFILE Full Name Jack Gregory Falle

Birthdate Feb. 15, 1993

Birthplace Atlanta, Ga.

Parents Jim and Janna Falle

Sister Marah

Major Business

H.S. Coach Michael Tolmich

Club Coach Nuno Piteira

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High SchoolAttended Decatur High School but did not play soccer ... ranked as the No. 4 player in the south region by

Top Drawer Soccer ... was among the pool players for the United States Youth National Team ... was also selected to the Elite Soccer Player Program in 2008 and also was a member of the Academy Select Team in 2009 .. a member of the A/B honor roll all four years. Other Soccer Info He played his club soccer for Bir-mingham United Soccer Academy under head coach Oliver Weiss ... helped team to five consecutive Alabama state championships ... was team captain in 2010 and 2011 ... helped lead team to U.S. Acad-

emy playoffs in 2009 and 2010.

Coach Getman On Cole:“Cole has all the tools to be successful. He is big, athletic, skill-ful, but most importantly he works incredibly hard every day. He brings a great spirit to the team. His mentality will make our entire team better.”

Cole Iverson5-11 | 160 | Fr. | Forward

Decatur, Ala. | Decatur HS

24IVERSON’SPERSONALFILE Full Name Cole Davis Iverson


Birthplace Decatur, Ala.

Parents Jody and Kim Iverson

Brother Phoenix, Noah,

Colt and Deacon

Major Accounting


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High School A four-year letterwinner under head coach Tony Whicker at St. George’s Independent School ... helped lead his team to the 2008 state champion-ship and state semifinals in 2009 and 2010 ... was selected as an all-state and all-region performer in 2010 and 2011 ... owns high school record for total points in a season (37), career goals (39) and career points (99) ... was named the 2001 District MVP ... was named the Memphis Commercial Appeal’s Male Scholar Athlete of the Year and is a National Merit finalist ... also awarded the Wendy’s Heisman Trophy ... a mem-ber of the National Honor Society and the Cum Laude Society.

Other Soccer Info Played his club ball for the Tennessee Rush under head coach Ross Paule

... helped lead his club team to five consecutive state champion-ships ... a member of the Tennessee Olympic Development Team.

Coach Getman On Ian:“Ian is a big and agile defender who has the skills to be a threat on the offensive side of the ball. Ian plays with a big heart and will become a leader on our team.”

Ian Michalak6-2 | 190 | Fr. | Defender

Collierville, Tenn. | St. George’s Independant

23MICHALAK’SPERSONALFILE Full Name Ian Wetzel Michalak


Birthplace Dayton, Ohio

Parents Rick and Amy Michalak

Sisters Mia and Calla

Major Engineering/Pre Med

H.S. Coach Tony Whicker

Club Coach Alex Williams/

Ross Paule

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Meet The Blazers

Other Soccer Info A skillful and athletic defender who made long trek from Serajevo, Bosnia to compete for UAB ... attended the

University of Serajevo for one sea-son ... competed for the club team FC Slavija in his home country ... also competed for the Bosnian Youth National Team.

Coach Getman On Milan:“Milan is fast, skillful and smart. He is a great 1v1 defender but also likes to get into the attack. With his national team experience, I expect him to make an immediate impact on our team.”

Milan Mil inkovic5-10 | 165 | Jr. | Defender

Serajevo, Bosnia | Univ. of Serajevo

5MILINKOVIC’SPERSONALFILE Full Name Milan Milinkovic


Birthplace East Sarajevo

Mother Snezana Milinkovic

Brother Ognjen

Major Journalism

Originally signed with Akron, but did not play ... came to Akron for the spring, 2011 semester ... will have four years of eligibility remaining at UAB.

Other Soccer Info Signed last spring and is now one of just three Chilean-born player to play soccer for the Blazers in pro-gram history (Jose-Luis Jaramillo, who played at UAB in 1988, and current teammate Javier Alvial) ... was teammates with Javier Alvial at both the Universidad Catolica in Chile ... had a starring role in lead-ing Catolica to a pair of national championships ... also helped his team capture the Copa Chile Youth Tournament in 2009.

Coach Getman On Diego:“Diego is transferring to us from the University of Akron, Division I champions. He didn’t play for the team, but he was certainly capable had he had the opportunity. He’s a proven goal scorer, he’s athletic, he’s skillful, he’s smart. He’s the complete package and I expect him to make an immediate impact in Conference USA.”

Diego Navarrete5-11 | 160 | Fr. | Forward

Santiago, Chile | SSCC Manquehue

12NAVARRETE’SPERSONALFILE Full Name Diego Felipe Navarrete

Birthdate June 6, 1992

Birthplace Santiago, Chile

Parents Victor Navarrete

Brother Mauricio and Pablo

Major Business

H.S. Coach Cristan Olave

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Trinity WesternSpent one season at Trinity West-ern University where he scored three goals in 15 contests ... coached by

Pat Rohla.

High SchoolPlayed his prep career at H.J. Cam-bie Secondary School where he was coached by Paul Balbo ... voted as team captain as a senior ... scored a team-leading 22 goals during his senior season was named the school’s athlete of the year in each of his last three seasons ... also competed in track and field where he was the champion in the 800m, 1500m and 3000m in 2006, 2007 and 2008 ... an honor roll graduate.

Other Soccer Info He played his club soccer for Rich-mond United under head coaches Doug Long, Roberto Sciascia and

Craig Burnham ... helped team to the 2011 Nations Cup Champi-onship ... also a member of the squad that won the 2003 Privinicial and Coastal Cup Championship.

Coach Getman On Chase:“Chase brings great quickness and athleticism to our team. He has the ability to beat players 1v1 but he is also a superb passer. His high level of skill allows him to play in the center of midfield or out wide. I expect Chase to compete for a starting position right away.”

Chase Wickham5-10 | 155 | So. | Forward

Vancouver, B.C. | Trinity Western Univ.

9WICKHAM’SPERSONALFILE Full Name Chase Jordan Wickham

Birthdate Feb. 6, 1991

Birthplace Vancouver, B.C.

Parents Casey and Mary-Anne

Wickham

Brother Clint

Sister Desirae

Major Business

College Coach Pat Rohla

H.S. Coach Paul Balbo

Club Coach Doug Long

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2011 Opponent InformationAmerican EaglesHead Coach: .............................................Todd WestAmerican Record/Years: ................ 99-90-25/11 yearsOverall Record/Years: ....................................... Same2010 Team Record: ...........................................7-9-3Starters Returning/Lost: ...................................... 8/3Letterwinners Returning/Lost: .......................... 17/9Men’s Soccer SID: ...............................Howard SmithOffice Phone: .....................................(202)885-3079E-Mail: [email protected]: .........................................www.aueagles.com

Clemson TigersHead Coach: ........................................Mike NoonanClemson Charlotte Record/Years: ......... 5-9-4/1 yearOverall Record/Years: ............... 229-125-45/22 years2010 Team Record: ...........................................5-9-4Starters Returning/Lost: ...................................... 9/2Letterwinners Returning/Lost: .......................... 12/9Men’s Soccer SID: .............................. Sam BlackmanOffice Phone: ....................................(864) 656-1924E-Mail: [email protected]: ..........................www.clemsontigers.cstv.com

FIU Golden PanthersHead Coach: ......................................Munga EketebiFIU Record/Years: ............................. 22-45-5/4 yearsOverall Record/Years: ....................................... Same2010 Team Record: .........................................7-10-0Starters Returning/Lost: ...................................... 7/4Letterwinners Returning/Lost: ........................ 17/14Men’s Soccer SID: ....................................Mat RatnerOffice Phone: ....................................(305) 348-1496E-Mail: ............................................ [email protected]: ......................................www.FIUsports.com

Georgia State PanthersHead Coach: ....................................... Brett SurrenayGSU Charlotte Record/Years: ................ 7-7-3/1 yearOverall Record/Years: ....................................... Same2010 Team Record: ...........................................7-7-3Starters Returning/Lost: ...................................... 9/2Letterwinners Returning/Lost: ............................NAMen’s Soccer SID: ................................. Justin GloverOffice Phone: ....................................(404) 413-4033E-Mail: .................................. [email protected]: ...................................georgiastatesports.com

Kentucky WildcatsHead Coach: ............................................ Ian CollinsKentucky Record/Years: ........... 188-123-36/17 yearsOverall Record/Years: ............... 199-154-45/19 years2010 Team Record: ...........................................7-8-4Starters Returning/Lost: ......................................NALetterwinners Returning/Lost: ............................NAMen’s Soccer SID: .................................Brent IngramOffice Phone: ....................................(859) 257-3838E-Mail: ................................... [email protected]: ...................................www.UKathletics.com

Illinois-Chicago FlamesHead Coach: ..........................................Sean PhillipsICU Record/Years: ...................................7-10/1 yearOverall Record/Years: ....................................... Same2010 Team Record: ............................................ 7-10Starters Returning/Lost: .................................... 11/1Letterwinners Returning/Lost: .......................... 17/7Men’s Soccer SID: ............................... John JaramilloOffice Phone: .....................................(312)996-5880E-Mail: ................................................... [email protected]: .......................................www.uicflames.com

Marshall Thundering HerdHead Coach: .............................................. Bob GrayMarshall Record/Years: ............. 148-139-21/17 yearsOverall Record/Years: ............... 403-215-46/35 years2010 Team Record: ...........................................9-5-4Starters Returning/Lost: ...................................... 7/4Letterwinners Returning/Lost: .......................... 18/5Men’s Soccer SID: ....................................David PiferOffice Phone: ....................................(304) 696-5276E-Mail: ............................... [email protected]: ....................................... www.herdzone.com

Memphis TigersHead Coach: ......................................... Richie GrantMemphis Record/Years: .............. 107-94-17/12 yearsOverall Record/Years: ............... 160-124-19/16 years2010 Team Record: .........................................5-11-1Starters Returning/Lost: .................................... 10/1Letterwinners Returning/Lost: .......................... 15/9Men’s Soccer SID: .......................Bryan McEldowneyOffice Phone: ................................... (901)-678-5182E-Mail: [email protected]: ......................................www.gotigersgo.com

Mercer BearsHead Coach: ............................................Brad RuzzoMercer Record/Years: ........................ 19-28-8/3 yearsOverall Record/Years: ....................................... Same2010 Team Record: .........................................10-6-1Starters Returning/Lost: ...................................... 8/3Letterwinners Returning/Lost: .......................... 11/9Men’s Soccer SID: .................................Jason FarhadiOffice Phone: ....................................(478) 301-5218E-Mail: [email protected]: ...................................www.mercerbears.com

Milwaukee PanthersHead Coach: ....................................... Chris WhalleyWilwaukee Record/Years: .................... 6-10-3/1 yearOverall Record/Years: ..................... 78-32-14/6 years2010 Team Record: .........................................6-10-3Starters Returning/Lost: ...................................... 6/5Letterwinners Returning/Lost: .......................... 11/8Men’s Soccer SID: ..................................... Chris ZillsOffice Phone: ......................................414-229-4593E-Mail: ..............................................czills@uwm.eduWebsite: ..........................www.uwmpanthers.cstv.com

Oral Roberts EaglesHead Coach: ........................................... Steve HayesORU Record/Years: ..................... 95-114-22/13 yearsOverall Record/Years: ....................................... Same2010 Team Record: ...........................................5-8-6Starters Returning/Lost: ......................................NALetterwinners Returning/Lost: ............................NAMen’s Soccer SID: .................................... Cris BelvinOffice Phone: ....................................(918) 495-7181E-Mail: ............................................ [email protected] ..............................www.orugoldeneagles.com

Portland PilotsHead Coach: ...............................................Bill IrwinPortland Record/Years: ................... 75-62-26/8 yearsOverall Record/Years: ....................................... Same2010 Team Record: ...........................................9-4-6Starters Returning/Lost: ...................................... 8/3Letterwinners Returning/Lost: .......................... 18/5Men’s Soccer SID: .............................Adam LinnmanOffice Phone: ......................................503-943-7731E-Mail: ............................................linnman@up.eduWebsite ................................ www.portlandpilots.com

SMU MustangsHead Coach: ..................................Tim McClementsSMU Record/Years: ........................... 32-16-6/3 yearsOverall Record/Years: ............... 116-114-18/12 years2010 Team Record: .........................................16-2-2Starters Returning/Lost: ...................................... 6/5Letterwinners Returning/Lost: .......................... 13/7Men’s Soccer SID: ...........................Herman HudsonOffice Phone: ....................................(214) 768-1304E-Mail: [email protected]: .............................. www.SMUmustangs.com

South Carolina GamecocksHead Coach: ......................................... Mark BersonUSC Record/Years: ................... 430-175-58/33 yearsOverall Record/Years: ............... 441-180-58/34 years2010 Team Record: .........................................13-7-2Starters Returning/Lost: ...................................... 5/6Letterwinners Returning/Lost: .......................... 17/9Men’s Soccer SID: .................................Emily FeeneyOffice Phone: ....................................(803) 777-7743E-Mail: ................................. [email protected]: ...........................www.gamecocksonline.com

Tulsa Golden HurricaneHead Coach: ...................................... Tom McIntoshTulsa Record/Years: ................... 179-115-28/16 yeatsOverall Record/Years: ....................................... Same2010 Team Record: .........................................12-7-2Starters Returning/Lost: ...................................... 5/6Letterwinners Returning/Lost: .......................... 12/8Men’s Soccer SID: ...............................Stephanie HallOffice Phone: ....................................(918) 631-2163E-Mail: .............................. [email protected]: ............................. www.TulsaHurricane.com

UCF KnightsHead Coach: ...............................Bryan CunninghamUCF Record/Years: ........................... 29-35-8/4 yearsOverall Record/Years: ....................................... Same2008 Team Record: .........................................12-5-3Starters Returning/Lost: ......................................NALetterwinners Returning/Lost: ............................NAMen’s Soccer SID: .............................Brian OrmistonOffice Phone: ....................................(407) 823-2409E-Mail: .......................... [email protected]: .................................www.UCFathletics.com

Virgina Commonwealth RamsHead Coach: ........................................David GiffardVCU Record/Years: ................................ 8-5-6/1 yearOverall Record/Years: ....................................... Same2010 Team Record: ...........................................8-5-6Starters Returning/Lost: ...................................... 6/5Letterwinners Returning/Lost: .......................... 12/7Men’s Soccer SID: ................................. Josh LehmanOffice Phone: ....................................(804) 828-7000E-Mail: [email protected]: .................................... www.vcuathletics.edu

Washington HuskiesHead Coach: ........................................... Jamie ClarkWashington Record/Years:.......................First seasonOverall Record/Years: ....................... 39-15-3/3 years2010 Team Record: .........................................11-6-1Starters Returning/Lost: ...................................... 6/5Letterwinners Returning/Lost: .......................... 11/6Men’s Soccer SID: ........................... Alyssa ChambersOffice Phone: ....................................(206) 685-3119E-Mail: [email protected]: ........................................www.gohuskie.com

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All-Time Series RecordsAkron (0-1)9/2/07 L 0-1 N

Alabama-Huntsville (7-4)9/18/85 L 1-8 H10/11/87 L 0-1 A9/28/88 W 3-2 H10/8/89 W 3-1(ot) A10/4/90 W 3-1 H9/15/91 W 3-1(ot) A10/30/91 W 1-0 H9/6/92 W 2-1(ot) H10/3/92 L 1-2 A 9/5/93 W 4-0 A8/31/97 L 3-4 H

Alabama A&M (12-13-1)10/10/79 L 0-8 H10/26/80 L 0-7 A1981 L 0-7 H1982 L 0-10 A10/24/84 L 0-12 A10/23/85 L 2-3 H9/10/88 L 1-2 A10/4/89 L 0-2 H10/16/91 L 0-2 H9/30/92 L 1-6 A10/13/93 L 2-3 H10/16/94 L 0-1 A10/8/95 W 4-3(ot) H10/6/96 W 3-1 H9/7/97 W 6-0 H9/6/97 W 7-1 H9/26/99 W 8-0 H11/1/00 W 3-2(2ot) H10/7/01 W 2-0 H10/15/03 T 1-1 A9/29/04 W 1-0 H9/9/05 W 3-2 N10/24/07 L 0-1(2ot) A10/8/08 W 4-1 H11/1/09 W 1-0 A9/26/10 W 4-0 N

American (0-0-1)10/26/10 T 0-0 A

Appalachian State (0-1)9/30/84 L 0-12 A

Arkansas-Little Rock (1-0)9/4/95 W 5-0 H

Army (1-0)9/14/03 W 3-0 N

Auburn-Montgomery (5-6)1980 W 16-1 H1981 L 0-2 H

9/7/85 W 1-0 H9/15/85 L 1-2 A10/10/86 W 3-1 A10/21/87 W 7-1 H9/11/89 L 2-5 A9/5/90 L 0-3 H10/5/90 L 1-5 A11/3/91 W 2-1 H10/15/92 L 2-4 A

Belhaven (0-3)1981 L 0-5 H1982 L 1-7 A10/17/84 L 1-8 A

Belmont (4-0)8/29/97 W 3-1 H10/21/98 W 8-0 H11/5/99 W 10-1 H9/17/10 W 4-1 N

Berry (0-2)10/20/79 L 2-4 A9/8/87 L 0-5 A

Birmingham-Southern (16-5-3)1981 T 2-2 H1981 W 5-1 A1982 W 2-0 H1982 W 2-0 A1983 W 4-0 H1983 W 3-0 A9/25/84 T 1-1 H10/19/84 W 2-0 A10/25/85 L 2-3 A11/4/85 W 1-0 H10/31/86 W 1-0 A11/1/87 L 1-6 H9/2/89 L 0-3 A9/9/90 L 1-4 A9/28/91 T 0-0 A10/29/93 W 1-0 A10/28/94 W 2-0 H9/15/95 W 3-2 A9/24/99 W 2-0 H9/20/00 W 4-1 A9/6/02 W 3-0 H10/1/03 L 1-2 A10/22/04 W 4-0 H9/14/07 W 3-0 H

Bowling Green (0-1)9/19/93 L 0-1 A

Bradley (0-1)8/31/08 L 1-2 N

Brown (1-0)9/21/01 W 2-0 N

Bryan (Ga.) (0-1)1982 L 0-2 A

California (1-1)9/11/98 W 4-2 H9/24/05 L 1-3 N

Coastal Carolina (2-0)10/2/00 W 3-1 H8/31/01 W 2-0 H

Carson-Newman (1-0)10/27/89 W 6-0 A

Centenary (6-0)10/18/86 W 2-1(ot) H11/7/99 W 3-0 H10/22/03 W 6-1 H10/4/06 W 2-1 H9/9/07 W 4-0 H9/7/09 W 2-0 H

Central Arkansas (1-0)9/18/09 W 2-1 N

Central Michigan (2-0)10/13/91 W 2-1(ot) N9/17/93 W 5-0 N

Charlotte (9-13-2)9/11/79 L 0-5 A11/1/79 L 2-6 N1980 L 1-6 A1982 L 1-4 N9/29/84 L 0-7 A11/1/84 L 0-5 N10/11/85 L 1-6 H10/10/88 L 1-4 H9/29/90 L 1-6 A9/17/95 W 1-0 H11/10/95 L 0-2 N!10/9/96 L 0-3 A9/28/97 W 1-0 H11/9/97 L 0-2 H!9/26/98 W 2-1 A10/7/99 W 3-1 A9/17/00 T 1-1 H9/30/01 W 2-1(2ot) A10/5/02 W 4-0 H10/11/03 T 2-2 A9/18/04 W 4-1 H11/13/04 W 1-0(2ot) N!9/21/08 L 0-1 A9/10/10 W 2-1(ot) H

Cincinnati (8-5-2)9/14/91 T 1-1 H11/8/91 L 0-2 N10/10/92 L 1-5 N

10/8/93 W 2-1 A9/30/94 W 3-0 H9/29/95 W 2-0 H9/20/96 W 3-1 A10/17/97 W 2-0 A10/16/98 L 1-2 H10/29/99 W 3-2 A!10/22/00 T 0-0 H10/28/01 L 2-3 A11/9/02 L 1-2 H11/1/03 W 1-0 A10/2/04 W 1-0 H

Clemson (0-1)11/2/02 L 2-3(2ot) A*

College of Charleston (3-1)10/27/96 W 4-2 N10/31/98 W 3-2 A9/1/00 W 3-0 H9/15/06 L 2-4 N

Columbus (Ga.) (2-0)10/10/89 W 3-0 H10/9/90 W 8-1 A

Davidson (0-2-1)9/10/79 L 0-1 A9/12/04 L 0-1 (ot) A9/19/08 T 2-2 N

Dayton (2-0)9/12/93 W 4-2 H10/2/94 W 7-1 H

DePaul (11-2-1)10/9/91 L 0-1 A9/27/92 L 1-3 N9/26/93 T 1-1 H9/18/94 W 5-3 A10/29/95 W 4-1 H9/29/96 W 3-2(ot) A9/19/97 W 4-0 A9/18/98 W 2-1(ot) H10/10/99 W 3-0 A9/24/00 W 7-0 H10/20/01 W 4-0 A10/19/02 W 3-2 H10/25/03 W 2-0 A11/4/04 W 4-0 H

Drake (0-1)9/11/09 L 1-2 H

Duke (0-2)9/4/94 L 1-4 N9/8/95 L 1-4 A

East Carolina (3-1-1)11/9/01 L 0-2 A9/28/02 T 1-1 H9/21/03 W 4-3 A10/16/04 W 1-0 H10/7/05 W 4-0 H

Eastern Illinois (0-0-1)10/3/07 T 2-2(2ot) H

Emory (1-1)1981 L 0-2 A1982 W 1-0 H

Evansville (1-0)9/18/05 W 2-0 H

Florida Atlantic (1-1)9/7/00 L 0-2 A9/9/01 W 5-0 H

Florida International (3-4)10/24/97 L 0-4 A9/9/00 L 2-3 (ot) A10/30/05 W 3-0 H10/28/06 W 2-1 A10/12/07 L 1-2 (2ot) H11/1/08 L 1-2 A10/10/09 W 7-1 H10/16/10 W 2-0 A

Furman (3-2)9/1/98 L 0-1 A9/5/99 L 0-1(ot) H10/8/00 W 2-1(ot) A10/14/01 W 2-1 H11/23/01 W 1-0(ot) N* Gardner-Webb (0-0-1)11/11/06 T 1-1(1-3pk) H*

Georgia-Southern (1-0-1)10/27/93 T 2-2 A9/23/94 W 3-0 H

Georgia State (8-11)9/28/79 L 1-3 N10/21/79 L 0-6 A10/1/80 L 2-5 H11/6/80 L 1-3 A1981 L 0-7 A1982 L 0-5 H1983 L 0-6 A10/26/84 L 0-7 H10/27/85 L 0-4 A10/18/89 L 0-5 H10/2/91 W 2-0 A9/29/93 L 1-2 H9/21/94 W 8-3 (ot) A

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All-Time Series Records10/27/95 W 3-0 H9/1/96 W 2-1 A10/17/99 W 3-0 A10/29/00 W 3-1 H11/3/02 W 3-0 A9/11/05 W 7-0 N

Gonzaga (1-0)9/4/04 W 1-0 N

Hartford (1-0)9/13/98 W 2-1(ot) H

Hartwick (0-1)8/31/07 L 1-3 N

Houston Baptist (1-0)9/27/09 W 1-0 N

Huntingdon (4-3-1)9/21/86 T 2-2 N9/22/87 W 3-0 H9/15/88 W 4-1 A9/24/89 L 2-3 H9/12/92 L 2-3 A10/20/92 L 0-2 H10/3/93 W 2-0 H9/11/94 W 8-0 A

Illinois-Chicago (1-1)9/5/08 L 0-1 H9/4/09 W 3-1 A

Indiana (1-1-2)9/15/96 T 1-1 N8/30/03 T 0-0 A8/27/06 L 1-2 N9/21/07 W 2-1 A

IPFW (1-0)9/14/96 W 8-0 A

Jacksonville (Fla.) (1-3)1982 L 0-2 A11/6/86 W 1-0 N9/17/90 L 0-5 A9/23/07 L 0-1 H

Kentucky (3-4)10/30/04 L 1-2 H10/23/05 L 1-4 A10/14/06 W 1-0 (ot) H10/6/07 L 0-1 A10/18/08 L 2-1 (ot) H10/4/09 W 1-0 A10/9/10 W 2-1 H

LaGrange (Ga.) (1-0)10/12/89 W 2-0 H

Lincoln-Memorial (4-0-1)10/28/89 T 3-3 A10/26/90 W 3-1 H9/25/91 W 4-2 A10/31/92 W 6-1 H9/4/93 W 2-0 H

Lipscomb (2-0)9/7/07 W 3-0 H9/19/10 W 4-0 A

Louisville (10-1-3)11/3/95 W 2-0 A11/9/95 W 2-0 N9/22/96 W 2-0 H10/19/97 T 0-0 A10/18/98 W 1-0(ot) H10/3/99 W 2-1 H11/5/00 W 3-2(ot) A11/10/00 W 2-0 N!10/12/01 W 2-1 H10/12/02 T 0-0 A11/15/02 L 0-1 N!10/18/03 T 0-0 H11/12/03 W 2-1(ot) N!11/3/04 W 2-1 A

Loyola (Md.) (2-0)9/6/96 W 2-1 N10/26/97 W 1-0(ot) N

Maine (1-0)9/4/05 W 3-1 N

Marquette (10-9)10/10/91 L 0-7 A9/26/92 L 0-2 A11/6/92 W 1-0 N9/24/93 W 3-1 H9/16/94 L 0-4 A11/13/94 W 5-1(ot) H!9/24/95 W 2-1 H9/27/96 L 0-2 A11/12/96 L 0-2 H!9/21/97 L 1-2 A9/18/98 W 2-1 H11/8/98 L 1-3(2ot) H!9/12/99 W 2-1 H10/27/00 W 2-1(ot) A9/28/01 W 2-1 H11/16/01 L 1-4 N!10/27/02 L 1-2(2ot) A9/27/03 W 3-2 H9/25/04 W 2-1 A

Marshall (5-2-1)9/12/03 W 2-1 N10/21/05 W 1-0 A9/23/06 W 2-1 H

10/20/07 L 0-1 A11/7/08 W 3-0 H11/7/09 L 2-3 A11/13/09 T 0-0(3-4 pk) N!11/3/10 W 2-0 H

Massachussets (1-0)9/6/03 W 4-0 H

Martin Methodist (1-0)9/2/95 W 9-0 H

Memphis (15-17)1982 W 3-2 H1983 L 1-2 A10/5/84 L 2-3 H10/4/85 L 0-4 A10/12/86 L 1-2 H9/25/87 L 2-3 A10/19/88 L 0-6 H9/21/91 L 1-2 A10/4/92 L 1-4 H11/7/92 L 0-4 N10/24/93 W 3-1 A11/5/93 L 1-2 N10/23/94 W 3-2 H11/11/94 W 2-1 H10/15/95 W 1-0 A10/20/96 W 3-1 H10/10/97 W 2-1 H10/9/98 W 2-0 A10/14/99 W 5-1 H10/18/00 W 2-1(2ot) A10/17/01 L 2-3 H10/23/02 W 2-1 A10/8/03 L 0-1 H10/27/04 L 0-2 A11/14/04 L 2-3 N!10/15/05 W 2-1 H11/9/05 L 1-2 N!10/11/06 L 2-3 A11/3/07 W 1-0(2ot) H9/27/08 W 2-0 A10/14/09 W 1-0 H11/5/10 L 0-2 A

Mercer (Atlanta) (2-0)10/4/80 W 5-0 A10/13/80 W 3-1 H

Mercer (Macon) (10-1-2)9/27/80 W 7-0 H10/15/80 W 13-0 A10/28/92 T 1-1 A10/31/93 W 3-1 H10/30/94 W 4-2 A10/1/95 W 2-0 H11/3/96 W 1-0 A9/5/97 W 5-0 H

10/3/00 W 3-2 A9/1/06 T 0-0 H9/16/07 W 1-0(ot) H9/7/08 W 1-0 (ot) H10/6/10 L 0-1 H

Millsaps (4-0)1982 W 1-0 H1982 W 4-1 A9/30/88 W 4-1 A10/1/89 W 3-0 H

Missouri State (1-1)9/14/97 L 1-2(ot) N11/21/99 W 2-1 H*

Mobile College (0-1)10/7/92 L 0-5 H

Morehead State (1-0)9/15/84 W 4-0 N

Navy (1-0)9/15/02 W 1-0 N

New Orleans (7-8-1)9/15/79 W 3-1 H9/16/79 W 4-2 H10/27/79 W 2-1 A9/1/80 L 1-4 A9/4/80 L 4-6 A9/28/80 W 2-0 H1981 L 0-5 A1981 L 1-3 H1928 L 0-1 H1982 L 2-4 A1983 L 2-3 A1983 W 2-1 H9/21/84 W 1-0 A10/21/84 T 4-4 H9/27/85 W 1-0 A10/20/85 L 2-3 H

Nicholls State (6-5-1)1982 W 3-1 A1982 W 2-0 H1983 L 2-3 A1983 W 2-0 H9/23/84 L 0-2 A9/29/85 L 1-4 A11/3/85 L 1-3 H9/14/86 T 1-1 A11/16/86 W 4-1 H9/20/87 W 6-2 H10/4/87 L 2-3 A9/24/88 W 5-3 H

North Carolina (1-1)9/19/99 L 2-5 A

9/3/00 W 2-1 H

UNC Greensboro (1-3)10/25/96 L 3-4(ot) N9/18/99 W 2-1 N9/10/04 L 2-4 N9/16/05 L 1-3 H

N.C. State (1-1)9/3/94 W 1-0(ot) A9/10/95 L 1-6 N

North Florida (1-0)9/11/10 W 4-1 H

Northeast Louisiana (0-1-1)10/9/80 T 2-2 H1981 L 0-9 A

Notre Dame (1-0-1)8/29/03 T 0-0 N8/25/06 W 1-0 (2ot) A

Oakland (0-1)9/1/09 L 0-1 H

Oglethorpe (3-0-4)9/18/79 T 1-1 A10/13/79 T 1-1 H9/25/80 W 4-2 A10/11/80 T 1-1 H10/3/86 W 4-0 A9/9/89 W 2-1(ot) A9/21/90 T 2-2 H

Old Dominion (0-4)11/7/85 L 0-4 A11/7/86 L 0-2 N10/12/90 L 0-2 H10/27/91 L 0-3 A

Oral Roberts (1-0)8/29/08 W 2-1 N

Pittsburgh (1-0)9/8/01 W 1-0 H

Portland (0-1)9/6/04 L 0-1 A

Rhodes (Tenn.) (3-1-1)11/11/84 W 4-2 H10/6/85 L 1-3 A10/29/86 T 1-1 H9/27/87 W 3-1 A10/30/88 W 3-0 H

Rhode Island (1-1)9/8/02 L 2-3(2ot) H

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All-Time Series Records9/2/05 W 3-1 A

Saint Francis (Pa.) (1-0)9/5/03 W 1-0 H

Saint Louis (5-11-1)10/12/91 L 0-1 N10/11/92 L 0-3 N10/10/93 L 1-5 A10/9/94 W 4-0 H10/20/95 T 0-0 A10/18/96 W 2-1 H10/12/97 L 0-3 H10/11/98 L 0-2 A10/24/99 W 3-2(2ot) H11/14/99 W 4-0 H!9/30/00 L 0-1 A11/12/00 L 1-2 A!10/24/01 W 1-0 H9/21/02 L 0-3 A11/8/03 L 1-3 H11/14/03 L 1-5 N!10/9/04 L 1-2 A

Samford (10-0)1982 W 3-2 H1982 W 3-2 A1982 W 5-1 A1983 W 6-1 A1983 W 4-1 H1983 W 3-0 A9/11/84 W 4-2(ot) H10/3/84 W 2-0 A9/10/85 W 3-0 H10/18/85 W 3-2 A

San Diego (0-1)9/2/02 L 1-2 N

Santa Clara (0-1)12/5/99 L 2-3(ot) H*

SIU Edwardsville (2-0)10/17/93 W 2-1 H10/25/08 W 1-0 H

South Alabama (9-14-1)9/29/79 W 2-1 A10/4/79 W 2-0 H10/28/79 W 2-1 A10/5/80 W 3-2 H10/6/80 W 3-1 H1981 L 0-8 H1981 L 0-5 A1981 L 1-7 N1982 L 0-1 H1983 L 2-4 A10/7/84 L 0-2 H9/22/85 L 0-5 A

10/13/85 L 0-3 H9/22/86 W 2-1 A10/19/87 L 1-4 N10/16/88 L 1-6 H10/15/89 L 0-15 A10/21/90 L 1-2 H11/1/91 L 1-4 A10/23/92 L 2-4 A10/12/94 T 2-2(ot) H11/1/96 W 2-0 A10/31/97 W 2-1 H9/4/98 W 2-0 H

South Carolina (3-8)10/22/95 L 0-2 N11/1/98 L 0-1 N11/25/01 W 3-2(ot) N*10/9/05 L 1-2 H9/27/06 L 2-3 A11/1/06 W 3-2 N!9/29/07 L 0-1 H10/29/08 T 1-1 A 10/28/09 W 3-0 H10/2/10 L 2-3 A11/10/10 L 1-2 N!

SMU (2-4-2)11/27/99 W 2-0 A*9/30/05 L 1-2 A10/25/06 W 2-1 H11/3/906 T 1-1(1-3 pk) N! 10/17/07 L 1-2 A10/22/08 L 0-2 H9/25/09 T 1-1 A9/24/10 L 2-3 H

Southwestern (0-2)9/30/79 L 0-4 N1983 L 1-3 A

Stanford (0-1)9/25/05 L 0-1 A

Stetson (1-0)9/17/06 W 2-0 N

TCU (2-0)11/2/01 W 2-1 H10/16/02 W 4-0 A

Tennessee (1-1)9/12/85 L 1-3 A11/2/86 W 1-0 H

Tennessee Tech (2-0)10/25/87 W 5-1 A10/8/88 W 1-0 H

Tennessee Wesleyan (2-1)9/22/79 L 1-3 A1982 W 1-0 A1983 W 2-1 H

Tougaloo (Miss.) (1-0)9/7/86 W 3-0 H

Tulsa (1-8-1)9/1/99 L 3-4 H9/23/02 W 2-1 A10/2/05 T 2-2 A10/21/06 L 3-4 H11/9/07 L 0-2 A11/15/07 L 0-1 N!10/4/08 L 1-2(ot) H11/12/08 L 2-4 N!10/17/09 L 1-5 A10/23/10 L 0-1(2ot) H

UC Irvine (0-0-2)8/31/02 T 1-1 A9/12/08 T 2-2 H

UCF (4-1-1)10/28/05 W 1-0 H10/7/06 T 2-2 A10/27/07 W 2-1 H10/11/08 L 0-1 A10/24/09 W 2-0 H10/29/10 W 2-1 A

UCLA (1-1)11/20/94 L 2-3(ot) A*9/12/97 W 2-0 N

UMKC (1-0)9/13/09 W 2-1 H

University of the South (3-7)1982 L 0-4 A1983 L 0-2 H10/10/84 L 1-2 A10/29/85 L 0-2 H10/24/86 W 3-2 A10/14/87 W 4-1 H9/13/88 L 0-2 A9/26/89 L 1-4 H9/26/90 L 2-5 A9/11/91 W 1-0 H

USF (5-11)1983 L 1-8 N10/18/87 L 1-3 N10/14/88 L 0-4 H10/21/89 L 1-10 N9/15/90 L 0-6 A10/6/95 W 2-1 A10/13/95 L 1-4 H

10/3/97 L 1-3 H10/2/98 L 2-3 A9/29/99 L 2-3 A11/12/99 W 4-0 H!10/15/00 W 2-0 H10/5/01 W 3-0 A11/1/02 L 0-1(2ot) H10/4/03 L 1-2 A10/20/04 W 4-3 H

Vanderbilt (5-6-1)10/6/79 W 2-0 A10/23/88 T 1-1 A10/22/89 L 1-2 H10/28/90 L 0-4 A9/20/92 L 1-3 H9/8/93 L 0-1 A10/7/94 W 1-0 H10/13/95 W 3-2 A10/4/96 W 3-1 H11/2/97 L 1-2 A10/25/98 W 2-1 H9/9/99 L 0-1 A

Valdosta State (2-0)10/14/79 W 5-0 H10/21/83 W 14-0 H

Vermont (1-0)9/20/09 W 1-0 N

Virginia (0-1)9/3/10 L 1-2(ot) A

Virginia Tech (1-0)9/5/10 W 3-1 N

Virginia Commonwealth (0-2)11/8/80 L 0-3 N10/14/90 L 0-4 H

Wake Forest (1-2)10/7/79 W 3-1(ot) H9/10/80 L 1-3(ot) A9/8/96 L 1-2 A

Washington (0-1)11/17/00 L 0-1(4ot) N*

West Florida (1-2)10/26/88 L 0-2 A10/6/91 W 3-2(ot) H10/24/92 L 2-5(ot) A

Western Carolina (1-0)9/17/80 W 2-0 H

Western Kentucky (5-5-1)9/16/84 W 2-1(ot) A

9/1/85 L 2-4 H9/27/86 L 0-6 A9/12/87 T 2-2 H10/2/88 W 1-0(ot) A9/15/89 L 0-7 H9/7/90 L 0-3 A10/19/93 L 3-4(ot) A10/20/94 W 5-2 H9/13/02 W 3-2 N9/19/04 W 5-0 H

Western Illinois (0-1)9-14-08 L 0-1 H

William Carey (2-3-1)10/4/86 W 3-0 H10/2/87 T 1-1 A10/21/88 L 1-2(ot) A9/20/89 L 0-5 H10/19/90 L 1-7 A9/16/92 W 1-0 A

Wilmington (Ohio) (0-1)9/21/79 L 0-1 N

Wright State (1-0)9/3/06 W 3-2 H

Xavier (Ohio) (0-1)9/28/86 L 0-3 N

Yale (0-1)9/23/01 L 1-2(2ot) N

TOTALS: 305-257-46 (.539)

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2010 Season In ReviewTwo Blazers Selected In MLS Draft UAB men’s soccer players Curtis Ushedo and Michal Mravec were each selected in the third round of the 2011 Major League Soc-cer Supplemental Draft. Ushedo, the 40th overall selection, was taken by Chivas USA, while Mravec was taken by Sporting Kansas City with the 46th overall pick. It marks the third time that UAB has had a pair of players chosen in the MLS draft in the same year. In 2004, Marin Pusek and Tony McManus were selected, while Jerson Monteiro and Sandy Gbandi were each cho-sen in the 2007 Draft.

Pair Of Blazers Earn All-Region Accolades UAB defender Curtis Ushedo and for-ward Babayele Sodade were named as Na-tional Soccer Coaches Association of Amer-ica (NSCAA) All-Region performers last season. Ushedo earned NSCAA First Team All-Region honors, while Sodade was tabbed to the second team. The duo, who each earned second-team all-region accolades in 2010, become the seventh and eighth players in program history to garner all-region nods in back-to-back years.

Five Blazers Earn All-Conference Awards UAB defender Curtis Ushedo earned First-Team All-Conference USA recognition. Ushedo was one of five Blazer men’s soccer players honored with postseason awards, as voted on by the league’s nine head coaches. In addition to Ushedo’s nod, forward Ba-bayele Sodade was tabbed as a second-team performer, while midfielder Michal Mravec, forward Kofi Gyawu and goalkeeper Carl Woszczynski each were named to the league’s third team. It marked the third-straight year that at least five Blazers have earned all-conference accolades.

Tucker Stone Earns Spirit of Service Award Junior goalkeeper Tucker Stone was named the Conference USA Spirit of Service Award honoree for UAB, as announced by league commissioner Britton Banowsky. The C-USA Spirit of Service Award is de-signed to recognize the community service efforts of the league’s student-athletes, based upon significant community service, good

academic standing and participation in their elected sport.

UAB In National Rankings UAB spent time ranked among the na-tion’s top-25 last season. In doing so, the Blazers have now been ranked in the national polls in 15 of the last 17 seasons. UAB was ranked for three consecutive weeks last year and received votes in nearly every national weekly poll. The Blazers were ranked as high as No. 23 in the nation (Soc-cer Times). In addition to its national ranking, UAB also was regionally-ranked by NSCAA throughout the year. The Blazers finished the season at No. 4 in the Midwest Region by the NSCAA.

Kevin Sawchak Named C-USA Offensive Player of the Week Senior midfielder Kevin Sawchak was tabbed the Conference USA Offensive Player of the Week for the week of Nov. 1. It was the first weekly award of the season given to a UAB player and it also marked the first league recognition for Sawchak in his career. Sawchak recorded his first career multi-

goal game to help lift UAB to a 2-1 road vic-tory at 18th-ranked and league-leading UCF on Oct. 29. The Atlanta, Ga. native got the Blazers started on a good note when he re-corded the fastest goal of the season for the Green and Gold, connecting on a rebound just 2:11 into the contest to give UAB an ear-ly lead. Sawchak wasn’t done there as he hit the game-winning goal at the 52:15 mark, less than six minutes after UCF had tied the game.

Four of Seven Losses Came Against Top-20 Teams UAB ended the 2010 season with an overall mark of 10-7-1. But when breaking down the schedule, two of UAB’s losses last year came against teams ranked in the top 10 in the nation, while four of the seven defeats were against nationally-ranked opponents. The Blazers opened the season with a 2-1 defeat at then-No. 2 Virginia (Sept. 3) and also fell, 3-2, to then-No. 6 SMU (Sept. 24). UAB also lost to then-No. 20 South Caro-lina, 3-2, on Oct. 3 and then-No. 14 Tulsa, 1-0, in double overtime on Oct. 23. In their 13 other contests, the Blazers owned a record of 9-3-1 and outscored the competition by a

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combined total of 28-10.

One Of Nation’s Top Scoring Teams UAB head coach Mike Getman thought that his team’s offense was going to be a strength of last year’s team and he certainly was not disappointed. The Blazers netted 35 goals last season. That number ranked near the top of Conference USA, but also ranked 21st in the NCAA. Additionally, the Blazers’ 2.13 goals per game average was 17th-best in the nation.

Best Start Since 2005 With a 5-1 overall record through its opening six contests last season, UAB had its best start to a campaign since 2005. Dur-ing that stretch, the Blazers captured wins against powerhouses such as Virginia Tech (W, 3-1 on Sept. 5) and Charlotte (2-1 in overtime on Sept. 10). UAB also captured a pair of tournament titles in the Soccer For A Cure Classic and the Lipscomb Classic on back-to-back weekends.

Getman Concludes 19th Season At UAB UAB head coach Mike Getman conclud-ed his 19th season at the helm of the Blazers’

men’s soccer team. He ended the year with 212 victories (212-131-29) during his tenure at UAB. Now in his 25th season as a head coach, Getman boasts an overall career re-cord of 254-157-38 (.608). Getman’s success is tangible, as he enters the year ranked among college soccer’s top men’s active coaches (39th in winning per-centage and tied for 21st in victories).

All-Tournament Blazers UAB captured a pair of tournament titles last season. The first tournament crown this year came when the Blazers won the UAB ‘Soccer For A Cure’ Classic held on Sept. 9-11 at West Campus Field. Goalkeeper Carl Woszczynski was named to the all-tourna-ment team, while Babayele Sodade, Curtis Ushedo and Kofi Gyawu were named all tournament. UAB also won the Lipscomb Classic on Sept. 17-19 in Nashville, Tenn. Anthony King was tabbed the MVP, while Woszczynski, Ushedo and Sodade were tabbed all-tournament performers.

C-USA Statistics(2010 Final Stats)

INDIVIDUALGoals T5. Babayele Sodade 9T9. Kofi Gyawu 6Goals Per Game T4. Babayele Sodade 0.50T4. Anthony King 0.50Assists T6. Flo Liu 6Assists Per Game T7. Flo Liu 0.33Points T7. Babayele Sodade 20Points Per Game 4. Anthony King 1.308. Babayele Sodade 1.11Shots 9. Babayele Sodade 44Shots Per Game 9. Babayele Sodade 2.44Game Winning Goals T2. Kofi Gyawu 4Goals Against Average 5. Carl Woszczynski 1.21Saves 8. Carl Woszczynski 58Saves Per Game 6. Carl Woszczynski 3.62Save Percentage 6. Carl Woszczynski .753Shutouts T8. Carl Woszczynski 2T8. Tucker Stone 2Shutouts Per Game 9. Carl Woszczynski 0.12

TEAMGoals 4. UAB 35Goals Per Game 4. UAB 1.94Assists 4. UAB 28Assists Per Game 4. UAB 1.56Points 4. UAB 98Shots 7. UAB 237Saves T7. UAB 68Fouls T6. UAB 222Shutouts T3. UAB 5Corners 8. UAB 79Goals Allowed T2. UAB 20

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2010 Combined Stats

Date Opponent W/L Score Att.Sep 03 at #2 Virginia L 1-2 2418Sep 05 vs. Virginia Tech W 3-1 -Sep 10 CHARLOTTE% W OT 2-1 879Sep 11 NORTH FLORIDA% W 4-1 502Sep 17 vs. Belmont W 4-1 114Sep 19 at Lipscomb W 4-0 216Sep 24 #9 SMU*# L 2-3 1219Sep 26 ALABAMA A&M# W 4-0 245Oct 02 at South Carolina* L 2-3 1470Oct 06 MERCER L 0-1 625Oct 09 KENTUCKY* W 2-1 659Oct 16 at FIU* W 2-0 281Oct 23 #17 TULSA* L O2 0-1 890Oct 26 at American T O2 0-0 283Oct 29 #18 UCF* W 2-1 521Nov 03 MARSHALL* W 2-0 407Nov 05 at Memphis* L 0-2 866Nov 10 vs. South Carolina^ L 1-2 -% - UAB Soccer For A Cure Classic (Birmingham, Ala.)# - SMU Classic (Dallas, Texas)* - C-USA Opponent^ - C-USA Tournament (Tulsa, Okla.)

## PLAYER GP-GS MIN G A Pts Sh .Shot% SOG .SOG% GW PK-ATT 7 SODADE, Babayele 18-18 1097 9 2 20 44 .205 23 .523 2 3-4 15 GYAWU, Kofi 18-18 1052 6 1 13 35 .171 17 .486 4 0-0 26 KING, Anthony 10-10 485 5 3 13 18 .278 9 .500 1 2-2 10 SAWCHAK, Kevin 18-18 1289 3 3 9 25 .120 10 .400 1 1-1 12 SMITH, Gentry 18-2 477 3 2 8 17 .176 12 .706 0 0-0 16 LIU, Flo 18-12 950 0 6 6 7 .000 4 .571 0 0-0 18 USHEDO, Curtis 18-18 1358 2 1 5 7 .286 3 .429 0 0-0 3 SAMBADE, Victor 18-13 981 1 2 4 20 .050 5 .250 0 0-0 2 MATTE, Reed 18-18 1378 0 4 4 13 .000 4 .308 0 0-0 19 STEWART, Josh 17-10 924 1 1 3 10 .100 4 .400 1 0-0 6 LEMEZ, Mladen 18-18 1381 1 1 3 7 .143 3 .429 1 0-0 13 WILLIAMS, Chris 18-1 525 1 0 2 13 .077 4 .308 0 0-0 14 HOWZE, Norris 12-0 172 1 0 2 3 .333 1 .333 0 0-0 9 MRAVEC, Michal 17-17 1013 0 2 2 6 .000 3 .500 0 0-0 17 TABATA, Ken 14-7 624 0 0 0 5 .000 2 .400 0 0-0 21 WALL, Patrick 5-0 103 0 0 0 4 .000 1 .250 0 0-0 8 YAI, Atak 17-0 398 0 0 0 2 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 24 BRODY, Michael 3-0 37 0 0 0 1 .000 1 1.000 0 0-0 23 PLAKORUS, George 1-0 20 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 20 JETTON, Hudson 10-0 104 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 11 COLEMAN, Michael 9-0 168 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 Total............... 18 - 35 28 98 237 .148 108 .456 6-7 222 Opponents........... 18 - 20 17 57 230 .087 88 .383 2-2 195

## GOALTENDERS GP Minutes GA Avg Save .Pct W L T Shutouts 0 STONE, Tucker 4-2 247:13 1 0.36 9 .900 1 0 1 2 1 WOSZCZYNSKI, Carl 16-14 1414:32 19 1.21 58 .753 9 6 0 2 TEAM 0-0 0:00 0 0.00 1 1.000 0 0 0 1 Total............... 18 1661:45 20 1.08 68 .773 10 6 1 5 Opponents........... 18 1661:45 35 1.90 73 .676 6 10 1 4

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TEAM STATISTICS UAB OPP SHOT STATISTICS Goals-Shot attempts 35-237 20-230 Goals scored per game 1.94 1.11 Shot pct. .148 .087 Shots on goal-Attempts 108-237 88-230 SOG pct. .456 .383 Shots/Game 13.2 12.8 CORNER KICKS 79 89 PENALTY KICKS 6-7 2-2 OFFSIDES 42 22 PENALTIES Yellow cards 17 13 Red cards 1 4 ATTENDANCE Total 5426 6055 Dates/Avg Per Date 8/678 7/865 Neutral Site #/Avg 3/38

Team Statistics

Results

2010 UAB MEN’S SOCCERUAB Combined Team Statistics (FINAL STATISTICS)

R E C O R D : O V E R A L L H O M E AW AY N E U T R A L A l l G a m e s 1 0 - 7 - 1 5 - 3 - 0 3 - 3 - 1 2 - 1 - 0 C o n f e r n e c e 4 - 4 - 0 2 - 2 - 0 2 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 N o n - C o n f e r n e c e 6 - 3 - 1 3 - 1 - 0 1 - 1 - 1 2 - 1 - 0

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CONFERENCE OVERALL Team W-L-T .Pct Pts W-L-T .Pct Home Away Neutral Strk xSMU 7-1-0 .875 21 16-2-2 .850 8-0-1 4-1-1 4-1-1 -UCF 4-1-3 .688 15 12-5-3 .675 8-1-0 3-3-3 1-1-0 -Kentucky 4-2-2 .625 14 7-8-4 .474 4-2-4 3-3-0 0-3-0 -ySouth Carolina 4-3-1 .562 13 13-7-2 .636 6-2-2 3-5-0 4-0-0 -UAB 4-4-0 .500 12 10-7-1 .583 5-3-0 3-3-1 2-1-0 -Tulsa 3-3-2 .500 11 12-7-2 .619 5-2-2 3-4-0 4-1-0 -Marshall 3-4-1 .438 10 9-5-4 .611 5-2-1 4-3-2 0-0-1 -Memphis 1-6-1 .188 4 5-11-1 .324 4-4-0 0-5-1 1-2-0 -FIU 1-7-0 .125 3 7-10-0 .412 3-4-0 4-6-0 0-0-0- - x- 2010 C-USA Men’s Soccer Regular Season Championy- 2010 C-USA Men’s Soccer Tournament Champion

2010 C-USA Standings

Co-Most Valuable PlayerBlake Brettschneider, South CarolinaArthur Ivo, SMU

Offensive Player of the YearBlake Brettschneider, South CarolinaArthur Ivo, SMU

Defensive Player of the YearDaniel Withrow, Marshall

Freshman of the YearJuan Castillo, SMU

Coach of the YearTim McClements, SMU

All‐Conference First TeamF: Blake Brettschneider, South CarolinaF: Nik Robson, UCFMF: Arthur Ivo, SMUMF: Ashley McInnes, TulsaMF: Warren Creavalle, UCFD: Will Traynor, South CarolinaD: Justin Chavez, TulsaD: Hunter Christiansen, TulsaD: Curtis Ushedo, UABD: Kevan George, UCFGK: Daniel Withrow, Marshall

All‐Conference Second TeamF: Juan Castillo, SMUF: Babayele Sodade, UABMF: Matt Lodge, KentuckyMF: Josue Soto, SMUMF: Kekoa Osorio, SMU

D: Anthony Hobbs, FIUD: Dylan Asher, KentuckyD: Jordan Hilgefort, MarshallD: Leone Cruz, SMUD: Yaron Bacher, UCFGK: Jimmy Maurer, South Carolina

All‐Conference Third TeamF: Michael Muehseler, FIUF: Tyler Riggs, KentuckyF: Tom Jackson, MarshallF: Bradlee Baladez, South CarolinaF: Austin Neil, TulsaF: Kofi Gyawu, UABMF: Sammy Boateng, MarshallMF: Michal Mravec, UABD: Nicholas Chase, FIUD: Kendall Sutton, MarshallD: Chris Taylor, TulsaGK: Tyler Beadle, KentuckyGK: Carl Woszczynski, UABGK: Shawn Doyle, UCF

All‐Freshman TeamNicholas Rodriguez‐Fraile, F, FIUDylan Asher, D, KentuckyTyler Beadle, GK, KentuckyTravis Brent, D, MarshallAnthony Virgara, M, MarshallZach Barnes, M, SMUJuan Castillo, F, SMURobert Derschang, M, SMUBradlee Baladez, F, South CarolinaChipper Root, M, South CarolinaOmar Mata, M, TulsaSteven Lamberta, M, UCF

2010 C-USA Honors

C-USA MEN’S SOCCER HISTORY

• Conference USA has produced 33 NCAA Men’s Soccer Championship appearances during its 16-year history, with three teams advancing to the College Cup.

• Six C-USA schools (Charlotte, Saint Louis, SMU, Tulsa, UAB and USF) have combined to make eight trips to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Championship.

• C-USA has sent multiple teams to the NCAA Championship in four of the last six seasons.

• In 2010, four C-USA teams earned tournament berths, equaling 1997 for the most bids in league history.

• SMU is the third Conference USA team to reach the quarter-finals of the NCAA Division I Men’s Soccer Championship during the previous six seasons.

• Conference USA has advanced a team to the College Cup three times (SMU in 2005, Saint Louis in 1997 and Char-lotte in 1996).

• Conference USA head coaches have combined for more than 150 years of experience on the sidelines, with South Carolina’s Mark Berson and Marshall’s Bob Gray leading the group with nearly 70 years between them.

• C-USA boasts three of the top 25 winningest active coaches: Mark Berson of South Carolina (1st), Marshall’s Bob Gray (4th) and Mike Getman of UAB (21st).

• The nine men’s soccer teams that now comprise C-USA have combined to make 76 NCAA Tournament appearances all-time.

• Nine different schools (Charlotte, Cincinnati, Marquette, Memphis, Saint Louis, SMU, Tulsa, UAB and USF) have won at least a share of the regular season championship in the league’s 16 seasons.

• C-USA players Arthur Ivo and Juan Castillo of SMU, UCF’s Warren Creavalle and Tulsa’s Justin Chavez have been named to the 2011 Men’s MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List.

• Sixty C-USA players have earned All-America honors during the league’s 16 seasons. Thirty-three players have earned Academic All-America honors during that time.

• Conference USA has placed 114 players on Soccer America’s Team of the Week since 1995.

• Four C-USA players were honored in 2010 as national Players of the Week.

• Twenty-one C-USA men’s soccer players earned a spot on an NSCAA All-Region Team following the 2010 season.

• Conference USA returns 21 All-Conference players for the 2011 season and 100 percent of All-Freshmen selections.

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Conference USA

After marking its 15-year milestone during the 2009-10 season, Conference USA is still going strong. From the beginning, dedication to excellence has been the league’s guiding principle and remains today a common thread for a promising future. C-USA is home to 12 nationally prominent, tradition-rich members in East Carolina, Houston, Marshall, Mem-phis, Rice, SMU, Southern Miss, Tulane, Tulsa, UAB, UCF and UTEP. This combina-tion enhances men’s and women’s programs that are immersed in athletic success and academic prowess. Together, we are commit-ted to excellence, integrity and leadership in athletics, academics and in our communities.

All C-USA institutions sponsor Division I-A football, along with several other men’s and women’s athletic programs, many of which compete regularly for NCAA Championships. C-USA sponsors competition in 20 sports - nine for men (baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer, tennis and indoor and outdoor track and field) and 11 for women (basketball, cross country, golf, rowing, softball, soccer, swimming and diving, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and field and volleyball).

The league sponsors numerous academic awards, including the Commissioner’s Honor Roll and the Commissioner’s Academic Medal, indicative of outstanding achievement in the classroom.

C-USA annually awards 12 postgraduate scholarships, along with the Sport Academic Award, Scholar Athletes of the Year and the Institutional Academic Excellence Award. Conference USA also added a Spirit of Service Award, recognizing student-athletes three times a year for a combination of significant community service efforts, good academic standing and participation in their elected sport.

SUCCESS ON THE PLAYING FIELDConference USA performers have achieved great success in competition, placing the league among the top conferences in the nation.

Football• 62 teams have earned bowl bids • Member of the Bowl Championship Series• Bowl tie-ins with the AutoZone Liberty Bowl, Beef ‘O’ Brady’s St. Petersburg Bowl, Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl, Military Bowl, R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl, Sheraton Hawai’i Bowl and the TicketCity Bowl

Men’s Basketball• Consistently rated as one of the top basketball leagues in the country• 97 postseason teams (47 NCAA, 39 NIT, 6 CBI, 5 CIT)• One National Championship title game appearance• Three Final Four teams• Seven Elite Eight NCAA Tournament teams• One NIT Champion and four NIT semifinalists• Inaugural CBI Champion

Women’s Basketball• 46 NCAA Tournament appearances• 36 WNIT appearances• One team in the NCAA Sweet 16• Two WNIT semifinalists• One WBI Champion

Baseball• 53 NCAA appearances• Six College World Series appearances (2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005 and 2001), including five of the last seven• 13 Super Regional appearances• Has produced at least four NCAA teams in eight of the last 10 seasons

In addition, 35 volleyball teams, 55 men’s and women’s soccer teams and 30 softball teams have earned NCAA Tournament bids. C-USA has sent three men’s soccer teams to the NCAA College Cup, five softball teams to the Women’s College World Series and three volleyball teams to the Sweet 16. The league has also had six national cham-

pions in NCAA track and field competition, one national champion in diving and numerous NCAA individual and team competitors in cross country, golf, swimming, tennis and track and field. Overall, Conference USA teams and individuals have made more than 600 NCAA appearances.

SUCCESS OFF THE FIELDC-USA institutions are among the nation’s best in academic performance among student-athletes, bolstered by the fact that student-athletes at league schools have a higher graduation rate than the general student population. Among C-USA’s 5,000 student-athletes, there are champions off the playing field as well. In 15 years, 153 student-athletes earned national ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America honors, while 541 were named All-District. In addition, more than 20,000 student-athletes have been named to the Commissioner’s Honor Roll or received the Commissioner’s Academic Medal, indicative of outstanding achievement in the classroom.

C-USA ON TVC-USA enjoys significant television exposure through a multi-tiered selection process that is rooted in partnerships with FOX Sports Media Group and CBS Sports Net-work. By partnering with FOX Sports Media Group and extending an existing part-nership with CBS Sports Network, the league has substantially increased the number of national and regional appearances for football, men’s and women’s basketball, and all other conference sports.

C-USA DIGITAL NETWORKThe C-USA Digital Network will officially launch in August of 2011. Network programming will include live streaming of non-televised events, video on demand, a weekly C-USA studio show, podcasting, regular season and championship event highlights and C-USA produced feature stories. Monthly and yearly subscriptions will offer access to events offered on all 12 of the C-USA member institution’s athletic websites as well as C-USA network programming.

C-USA IN THE COMMUNITYThe conference’s footprint is concentrated with 12 members in nine states and a com-bined area population of nearly 17 million. More than 1.1 million living alumni rep-resent C-USA schools across the nation. With a renewed commitment to community involvement, the conference has begun development of several initiatives to maintain strong ties in C-USA cities, as well as with fans and alumni across the country. C-USA schools also place a priority on giving back to their communities through volunteer service with local and national organizations.

GOVERNANCEAlong with the ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-10 and SEC, Conference USA is one of the seven conferences having significant representation in the NCAA gov-ernance structure. The Presidents of the member institutions serve as the league’s Board of Directors.

A PROUD HISTORY; A PROMISING FUTUREConference USA was formed in 1995 and quickly emerged as one of the nation’s top conferences. The conference unveiled its name, logo and commissioner on April 24, 1995 in Chicago. The league’s charter members included Charlotte, Cincin-nati, DePaul, Houston, Louisville, Marquette, Memphis, Saint Louis, Southern Miss, Tulane, UAB and USF. Eleven of the institutions began athletic participation in 1995, while Houston joined competition in the fall of 1996.

The league’s headquarters were established in Chicago and after nine years, relocated to the current office in Irving, Texas. Britton Banowsky was named Commissioner in October 2002, succeeding Mike Slive, the league’s first commissioner.

C-USA added East Carolina (September, 1996) and the United States Military Acad-emy (March, 1997) as football members. ECU began league competition in 1997; Army in 1998 and UAB began football play in 1999. The league added TCU and ECU (1999) for all sports and they began competition in 2001. USF started C-USA football in 2003.

After celebrating its 10th Anniversary during the 2004-05 season, C-USA began a new chapter in 2005-06 when its current membership came together to form the new look of the league.

Since its formation, C-USA has established a strong foundation, an identity and a history that reflects the league’s national presence. Fifteen years of remarkable history has reinforced the league’s position in collegiate athletics, setting the course for the next decade and beyond.

Britton BanowskyC-USA Commissioner

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Tim Hamer1979-80

21-18-4 (.535)

UAB Year-By-Year

UAB All-Time Head Coaches

Bob Norman1981-89

63-85-10 (.430)

Mick Payne1990-91

11-23-3 (.463)

Mike Getman1992-present

212-131-29 (.609)

2000 UAB BlazersNCAA Tournament Participant

1999 UAB BlazersNCAA Tournament Eli te Eight Team

2006 UAB BlazersNCAA Tournament Participant

2001 UAB BlazersNCAA Tournament Sweet 16 Team

1994 UAB BlazersFirst NCAA Tournament Participant

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Year Overall Conference Postseason/Titles1979 9-10-2 1980 12-8-2 1981 1-11-1 1982 12-10-0 1983 8-8-0 1984 7-10-2 1985 5-17-0 1986 11-4-3 1987 6-7-2 1988 7-8-1 1989 6-10-1 0-3-0 (4th)1990 3-14-1 0-7-0 (5th)1991 8-9-2 0-4-1 (6th)1992 4-15-1 0-5-0 (6th)1993 11-7-2 4-1-1 (2nd) GMC Regular Season Runners Up1994 15-4-1 5-1-0 (1st) GMC Regular Season Champs GMC Tournament Champs NCAA First Round1995 15-4-1 7-0-1 (1st) C-USA Regular Season Champs1996 13-6-1 5-3-0 (4th)1997 10-8-1 4-3-1 (4th)1998 12-6-0 5-3-0 (T-3rd)1999 17-6-0 7-1-0 (T-1st) C-USA Regular Season Co-Champs C-USA Tournament Champs NCAA Elite Eight2000 14-5-2 5-1-2 (2nd) C-USA Regular Season Runners Up C-USA Tournament Runners Up NCAA First Round2001 15-6-0 7-3-0 (T-2nd) C-USA Regular Season Runners Up NCAA Sweet Sixteen2002 9-7-3 4-4-2 (6th)2003 10-5-5 4-3-2 (T-4th) 2004 12-7-0 7-2-0 (2nd) C-USA Regular Season Runners Up C-USA Tournament Runners Up2005 10-7-1 5-3-1 (3rd)2006 10-6-4 4-3-1 (T-4th) NCAA First Round2007 7-11-1 2-6 (T-7th) 2008 6-10-3 2-5-1 (8th)2009 12-4-2 5-2-1 (3rd)2010 10-7-1 4-4-0 (5th)

Totals Overall Conference 307-257-46 86-67-14 (.541) (.557)

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Points per game (minimum 30 games)3.09 Dan Gaitan (43 games) 1979-801.81 Peter Byaruhanga (37 games) 1998-991.71 William Giummarra (38 games) 1994-951.69 Flavio Monteiro (45 games) 1999-021.32 Mats Hagedorn (53 games) 1993-95

Goals per game (minimum 30 games)1.32 Dan Gaitan (43 games) 1979-800.70 Peter Byaruhanga (37 games) 1998-990.67 Flavio Monteiro (45 games) 1999-020.61 William Giummarra (38 games) 1994-950.55 Mats Hagedorn (53 games) 1993-95

Assists per game (minimum 30 games)0.50 William Giummarra (38 games) 1994-950.45 Dan Gaitan (42 games) 1979-800.41 Peter Byaruhanga (37 games) 1998-990.39 Leandro de Oliveira (39 games) 2003-050.36 Flavio Monteiro (45 games) 1999-02

Shots attempted169 William Giummarra (23 goals) 1994-95162 Jerson Monteiro (34 goals) 2003-06 154 Brian Corcoran (18 goals) 1994-97146 Martin Rey (27 goals) 1998-01135 Brent O’Keefe (21 goals) 1991-95

Shots per game (minimum 30 games)4.45 William Giummarra (38 games) 1994-952.97 Peter Byaruhanga (37 games) 1998-992.71 Leandro de Oliveira (49 games) 2003-042.36 Erik Kuster (56 games) 1996-982.32 Frank Matte (34 games) 1983-84

Shots on goal* 92 Jerson Monteiro (34 goals) 2003-0659 Lukasz Kwapisz (11 goals) 2003-0657 Leandro de Oliveira (13 goals) 2003-0552 Babayele Sodade (16 goals) 2008-1048 Two-Boys Gumede (11 goals) 2005-06, 08-09

SOG per game (minimum 30 games)*1.19 Jerson Monteiro (77 games) 2003-061.16 Leandro de Oliveira (49 games) 2003-051.00 Babayele Sodade (52 games) 2008-101.00 Kofi Gyawu (36 games) 2009-100.81 Lukasz Kwapisz (73 games) 2003-06

* Denotes records kept since 2000 season.

Games PlayedTony McManus (1999-2003) 79Danny Ziannis (1993-96) 79Rogerio Oliveira (2001-04) 78Chris Wilson (1991-94) 78Jerson Monteiro (2003-06) 77Dean Sorrell (2006-09) 76Rumbani Munthali (1997-2000) 76Loukas Papaconstantinou (1993-96) 76John Sherringham (1993-96) 76Brantley Spillman (1998-2001) 76

Career Scoring List

Career Individual Records

WilliamGiummarra

Jerson Monteiro

Team Records

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Saves354 Loukas Papaconstantinou (101 GA) 1993-96303 David Clemente (85 GA) 1997-00253 Harvey Torman (72 GA) 1983-84,86230 Robert Starr (116 GA) 1988-91218 A.J. Robles (54 GA) 2003-05160 Fred LaRoche (0 GA) 1979158 Clint Baumstark (39 GA) 2001-02153 Carl Woszczynski (42 GA) 2007-pr.141 Wes Johnson (47 GA) 2006-09131 Mike Spurlin (29 GA) 1991

Saves per game (minimum 30 games)6.17 Harvey Torman (41 games) 1983-84,865.61 Robert Starr (41 games) 1988-914.66 Loukas Papaconstantinou (76 games) 1993-964.27 Clint Baumstark (37 games) 2001-024.25 Jeremy Drake (28 games) 2003-06

Goals against avg (min. 1000 minutes)0.94 Tim Estepp (11 GA, 1054 min) 1995-971.01 Carl Woszczynski (42 GA, 3734 min) 2007-pr1.02 Clint Baumstark (39 GA, 3457 min) 2001-021.15 David Clemente (85 GA, 6637 min) 1997-001.19 Wes Johnson (47 GA, 352 7min) 2006- 09

Most wins51 Loukas Papaconstantinou (51-20-5) 1993-9646 David Clemente (46-22-3) 1997-0024 A.J. Robles (24-15-4) 2003-0523 Clint Baumstark (23-10-3) 2001-0222 Carl Woszczynski (22-13-4) 2007-pr.

Most ties5 Loukas Papaconstantinou (51-20-5) 1993-964 Carl Woszczynski (13-7-4) 2007-pr.4 Wes Johnson (16-8-4) 2006-09 4 A.J. Robles (24-15-4) 2003-054 Jeremy Drake (11-8-4) 2003-063 Clint Baumstark (23-10-3) 2001-023 David Clemente (46-22-3) 1997-00

Most shutouts22 Loukas Papaconstantinou 1993-9615 David Clemente 1997-0013 Clint Baumstark 2001-0212 A.J. Robles 2003-0511 Carl Woszczynski 2007-pr.

Bold-Italic denotes current player

Career Goalkeeping Records

Points in Match .............. 36 vs. Belmont, 11/5/99Goals in Match ........................ 16 vs. AUM, 1980Goals Allowed ............ 15 at S. Alabama, 10/15/89Assistst in Match ............. 16 vs. Belmont, 11/5/99Saves in Match ............ 23 at Ala. A&M, 10/24/84Points in Season .....................................277, 1998Goals in Season ........................................85, 1980Goals Allowed in Season .........................70, 1984Assists in Season ......................................78, 1999Saves in Season ......................................196, 1984Shutouts in Season ..................................11, 1999Consecutive Shutouts ................................4, 2001Most Wins ................................................17, 1999Most Losses ..............................................17, 1985Most Ties .................................................5, 2003Longest Win Streak .......... 13 (10/3/99-11/27/99)Home Win Streak ............. 17 (10/20/94-10/6/96)Road Win Streak ................. 5 (10/7/99-11/27/99) ............................................ 5 (10/3/86-11/6/86)Conference Win Streak ......... 10 (9/18/94-10/15/95)Unbeaten Streak................ 13-0 (10/3/99-11/27/99)Home Unbeaten ........24-0-1 (10/17/93-11/27/99)Road Unbeaten ................ 5-0 (10/7/99-11/27/99) ....................................4-0-1 (9/15/95-10/20/95) ......................................... 5-0 (10/3/86-11/6/86)Conference Unbeaten ......... 14-0-1 (9/18/94-9/22/96)Matches Not Shutout ....................... 21 (10/79-10/80)

Goals57 Dan Gaitan 1979-8034 Jerson Monteiro 2003-0630 Flavio Monteiro 1999-0229 Mats Hagedorn 1993-9527 Martin Rey 1998-0126 Peter Byaruhanga 1998-9923 William Giummarra 1994-9521 Brent O’Keefe 1991-9521 Emmanuel Eloundou 1996-9820 Paul Britton 1986-8820 Erik Kuster 1996-98

Assists25 Brian Corcoran 1994-9722 Joe Mattacchione 1994-9722 Brent O’Keefe 1991-9520 Josh Brinkley 1995-9919 Leandro de Oliveira 2003-0519 William Giummarra 1994-9519 Dan Gaitan 1979-8018 Two-Boys Gumede 2005-06, 08-0918 Justin Pratt 1995-96, 98-9917 Andrew Mugalla 1990-93

Points133 Dan Gaitan (57g 19a) 1979-8084 Jerson Monteiro (34g 16a) 2003-0676 Flavio Monteiro (30g 16a) 1999-0270 Mats Hagedorn (29g 12a) 1993-9569 Martin Rey (27g 15a) 1998-0167 Peter Byaruhanga (26g 15a) 1998-9965 William Giummarra (23g 19a) 1994-9564 Brent O’Keefe (21g 22a) 1991-9561 Brian Corcoran (18g 25a) 1994-9753 Erik Kuster (20g 13a) 1996-9849 Emmanuel Eloundou (21g 7a) 1996-98

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Goals35 Dan Gaitan 198022 Dan Gaitan 197919 Peter Byaruhanga 199918 Bill Carl 198014 Jerson Monteiro 200614 Martin Rey 200114 Flavio Monteiro 1999

Assists14 Dan Gaitan 198011 Brian Corcoran 199411 Peter Byaruhanga 199910 Andrew Mugalla 199310 William Giummarra 1994

Points84 Dan Gaitan (35g 14a) 198049 Peter Byaruhanga (19g 11a) 199949 Dan Gaitan (22g 5a) 197943 Bill Carl (18g, 7a) 198036 Flavio Monteiro (14g 8a) 199935 Jerson Monteiro (14g 7a) 2006

Points per game (minimum 10 games)4.00 Dan Gaitan (21 games) 19802.45 Peter Byaruhanga (20 games) 19992.40 Dan Gaitan (21 games) 19792.40 Flavio Monteiro (15 games) 19992.15 Bill Carl (20 games) 19801.83 William Giummarra (18 games) 1995

Goals per game (minimum 10 games)1.67 Dan Gaitan (21 games) 19801.05 Dan Gaitan (21 games) 19790.95 Peter Byaruhanga (20 games) 19990.93 Flavio Monteiro (15 games) 19990.90 Bill Carl (20 games) 19800.73 Dan Morris (15 games) 19820.72 Mats Hagedorn (18 games) 1993

Assists per game (minimum 10 games)0.67 Dan Gaitan (21 games) 19800.56 Andrew Mugalla (18 games) 1993

0.55 Peter Byaruhanga (20 games) 19990.55 Brian Corcoran (20 games) 19940.53 Flavio Monteiro (15 games) 19990.53 Joe Mattacchione (17 games) 1995

Shots attempted87 William Giummarra (12 goals) 199582 William Giummarra (11 goals) 199471 Peter Byaruhanga (19 goals) 199971 Leandro De Oliveira (5 goals) 200366 Scott White (10 goals) 1983

Shots per game (minimum 10 games)4.83 William Giummarra (18 games) 19954.50 Eric Lee (14 games) 19834.12 Scott White (16 games) 19834.10 William Giummarra (20 games) 19943.55 Leandro De Oliveira (20 games) 2003

Shots on goal34 Jerson Monteiro (14 goals) 200631 Leandro De Oliveira (5 goals) 200330 Lukasz Kwapisz (7 goals) 200626 Jerson Monteiro (8 goals) 200325 Babayele Sodade (7 goals) 2009

SOG per game (minimum 10 games)1.70 Jerson Monteiro (20 games) 20061.55 Leandro De Oliveira (20 games) 20031.50 Lukasz Kwapisz (20 games) 20061.39 Babayele Sodade (18 games) 20091.31 Flavio Monteiro (16 games) 2002

Single-Season Records

Goalkeeping

David Clemente

Clint Baumstark Loukas Papaconstantinou

Dan Gaitan Peter Byaruhanga

Lukasz Kwapisz

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Single-Game Records

Saves174 Harvey Torman (52 GA) 1984174 Mark Costopoulos (43 GA) 1980160 Fred LaRoche NA 1979131 Mike Spurlin (29 GA) 1991117 Joe Wall (35 GA) 1988

Saves per game (minimum 10 games)9.16 Harvey Torman (19 games) 19848.70 Mark Costopoulos (20 games) 19807.80 Joe Wall (15 games) 19887.62 Fred LaRoche (21 games) 19796.89 Mike Spurlin (19 games) 1991

Goals against avg (minimum 400 minutes)0.83 Carl Woszczynski (15 GA, 1629 min) 20090.96 Clint Baumstark (18 GA, 1692 min) 20010.96 David Clemente (23 GA, 2159 min) 20001.03 A.J. Robles (13 GA, 1134 min) 20031.07 Clint Baumstark (21 GA, 1765 min) 2002

Most wins17 David Clemente (17-6-0) 199915 Loukas Papaconstantinou (15-4-1) 199514 Clint Baumstark (14-4-0) 200114 David Clemente (14-5-2) 200013 Loukas Papaconstantinou (13-3-1) 1994

Most ties3 Clint Baumstark (9-6-3) 20023 A.J. Robles (6-3-3) 20032 Six Times, last by: Carl Woszczynski (12-4-2) 2009

Most shutouts9 Clint Baumstark 20018 Carl Woszczynski 20098 Loukas Papaconstantinou 19956 Loukas Papaconstantinou 19945 David Clemente 19995 Loukas Papaconstantinou 1993

Most goals7 Dan Gaitan (Valdosta State, Oct. 20, 1980)5 Dan Gaitan (BSC, Nov. 13, 1980)5 Dan Gaitan (Mercer-Macon, Sept. 27, 1980)5 Dan Gaitan (Auburn, Sept. 21, 1980)3 Kofi Gyawu (FIU, Oct. 10, 2009)3 Jerson Monteiro (Centenary, Oct. 22, 2003)3 Lane Knight (Belmont, Nov. 5, 1999)3 William Giummarra (at Huntingdon, Sept. 11, 1994)3 William Giummarra (at Georgia St., Sept. 21, 1994)3 Brent O’Keefe (Memphis, Oct. 23, 1994)3 Brian Corcoran (vs. Marquette, Nov. 13, 1994)3 Dan Gaitan (Wake Forest, Oct. 7 1979)3 Dan Gaitan (New Orleans, Sept. 15, 1979)

Most assists4 Martin Rey (DePaul, Sept. 24, 2000)4 Dan Gaitan (Auburn, Sept. 21, 1979)3 Jason McLaughlin (FIU, Oct. 30, 2005)3 Joseph DiNardo (Belmont, Oct. 21, 1998)3 Brian Rowland (Martin Methodist, Sept. 2, 1995)3 William Giummarra (Alabama A&M, Oct. 8, 1995)3 Dan Gaitan (South Alabama, Oct. 5, 1980)

Most points14 Dan Gaitan (Valdosta State, Oct. 20, 1980)14 Dan Gaitan (Auburn, Sept. 21, 1980)12 Dan Gaitan (B’ham Southern, Nov. 13, 1980)10 Dan Gaitan (Mercer-Macon, Sept. 27, 1980)8 Martin Rey (DePaul, Sept. 24, 2000)8 Brent O’Keefe (Memphis, Oct. 23, 1994)6 9x, last by Kofi Gyawu (FIU, Oct. 10, 2009)

Most shots11 Lukasz Kwapisz (vs. Gardner-Webb, Nov. 11, 2006)9 Jerson Monteiro (at Memphis, Oct. 11, 2006)8 Leandro de Oliveira (USF, Oct. 20, 2004)7 Leandro de Oliveira (vs Marshall, Sept. 12, 2003)7 Jermie Frankson (DePaul, Oct. 19, 2002)7 Jose Rayo (BSC, Sept. 6, 2001)

Most saves18 Harvey Torman (at Ala. A&M, Oct. 24, 1984)15 Jeremy Drake (at UCF, Oct. 7, 2006)12 A.J. Robles (vs Gonzaga, Sept. 4, 2004)12 A.J. Robles (at Portland, Sept. 6, 2004)12 D. Clemente (vs Washington, Nov. 17, 2000)12 L. Papaconstantinou (at Ala. A&M, Oct. 16, 1994)

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NCAA RECORDSFastest Goal To Start A MatchT2. 0:09 – Josh Brinkley vs. Belmont, 11/5/99

Fastest Hat Trick3. 3:39 – Lane Knight vs. Belmont, 11/5/99

Longest Consecutive Games With At Least One Goal2. 14 Games - Peter Byaruhanga, 1999

ALL-AMERICANSNSCAA2009Two-Boys Gumede .................................. Second Team2003Leandro de Oliveira................................. Second TeamTony McManus ......................................... Third Team2000Rumbani Munthali ................................... Third TeamLane Knight ......................................... Scholar Athlete1996Loukas Papaconstantinou ......................... Scholar Athlete

Soccer America2003Leandro de Oliveira................................. Second TeamTony McManus ......................................... Third Team2001Clint Baumstark ...................... Freshman All-American1999Flavio Monteiro ...................... Freshman All-American

College Soccer News2002Marin Pusek ..................................Honorable Mention

National Strength & Conditioning Association (NSCA)2008 Mark Stachelski ............................... Athlete of the Year2004Tony McManus ............................... Athlete of the Year2001Houston Smith ............................... Athlete of the Year1995Mats Hagedorn ............................... Athlete of the Year

Collegiate Soccer.com2000Rumbani Munthali ................................. Second Team

College Soccer Online1999Peter Byaruhanga .........................................First Team

ALL-REGION AWARDSNSCAA2010Curtis Ushedo ......................................... First TeamBabayele Sodade ................................. Second Team2009Two-Boys Gumede .......................................First TeamBabayele Sodade .................................. Second TeamCurtis Ushedo ......................................... Second TeamCarl Woszczynski ................................. Second Team2008Two-Boys Gumede .......................................First Team2007Dejan Jakovic ...............................................First Team2006Dejan Jakovic ...............................................First TeamJerson Monteiro ...................................... Second Team2005Jason McLaughlin ..................................... Third Team2004Leandro de Oliveira......................................First TeamSandy Gbandi ........................................... Third Team2003Marin Pusek .................................................First Team

Leandro de Oliveira......................................First TeamTony McManus ............................................First Team2002Marin Pusek .................................................First Team2001Marin Pusek .................................................First TeamBrantley Spillman .................................... Second Team2000Rumbani Munthali ......................................First TeamDavid Clemente ...................................... Second Team1998Peter Byaruhanga .........................................First TeamMartin Rey ................................................ Third Team1996Loukas Papaconstantinou .......................... Third TeamEssa Tabi ................................................... Third Team1995Willliam Giumarra .......................................First TeamLoukas Papaconstantinou .............................First Team1994William Giumarra ..................................... Third Team1993Mats Hagedorn ......................................... Third TeamAndrew Mugalla ........................................ Third Team

CONFERENCE USAPlayer of the YearPeter Byaruhanga .................................................1999

Freshman of the YearAustin Neil ...........................................................2008Clint Baumstark ...................................................2001Flavio Monteiro ...................................................1999Rumbani Munthali ..............................................1997Erik Kuster ...........................................................1996

Offensive Player of the YearTwo-Boys Gumede ...............................................2009

Defensive Player of the YearTony McManus ....................................................2003David Clemente ...................................................2000Loukas Papaconstantinou .....................................1995

Most Valuable ForwardPeter Byaruhanga .................................................1999

Most Valuable DefenderNed Crancer.........................................................1999

Most Valuable GoalkeeperDavid Clemente ...................................................1999

Coach of the YearMike Getman .......................................................1999Mike Getman .......................................................1995

All-Decade TeamPeter Byaruhanga

Co-Coach of the DecadeMike Getman

All-Conference2010Curtis Ushedo ......................................... First TeamBabayele Sodade ................................. Second TeamMichael Mravec .................................... Third TeamKofi Gyawu .......................................... Third TeamCarl Woszczynski .................................. Third Team2009Two-Boys Gumede .......................................First TeamCarl Woszczynski .....................................First TeamCurtis Ushedo ......................................... Second TeamBabayele Sodade .................................. Second TeamMichal Mravec .......................................... Third Team2008Two-Boys Gumede .......................................First TeamTrey Gregory ............................................. Third TeamDean Sorrell .............................................. Third TeamMichal Mravec .......................................... Third Team2007Dejan Jakovic ...............................................First TeamTrey Gregory ........................................... Second Team2006Jerson Monteiro ...........................................First TeamDejan Jakovic ...............................................First TeamTwo-Boys Gumede .................................. Second Team2005Sandy Gbandi ......................................... Second TeamDejan Jakovic .......................................... Second TeamJason McLaughlin ................................... Second TeamMaurice Hughes ........................................ Third TeamJerson Monteiro ........................................ Third TeamA.J. Robles ................................................ Third Team2004Leandro de Oliveira......................................First TeamSandy Gbandi ..............................................First TeamJoe Klosterman .......................................... Third TeamRogerio Oliveira ........................................ Third Team2003Leandro de Oliveira......................................First TeamMarin Pusek .................................................First TeamTony McManus ............................................First TeamJerson Monteiro ........................................ Third TeamNnamdi Ngwe .......................................... Third Team2002Clint Baumstark ...........................................First TeamFlavio Monteiro ...........................................First TeamMarin Pusek .................................................First TeamTony McManus ......................................... Third Team2001Nelson Mata ........................................... Second TeamFlavio Monteiro ...................................... Second TeamMarin Pusek ............................................ Second TeamMartin Rey .............................................. Second TeamBrantley Spillman .................................... Second TeamClint Baumstark ........................................ Third TeamBubba Garcia ............................................ Third Team2000David Clemente ...........................................First TeamRumbani Munthali ......................................First TeamHouston Smith ......................................... Third TeamRoberto Najarro ........................................ Third Team

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1999Peter Byaruhanga .........................................First TeamRumbani Munthali ......................................First TeamDavid Clemente ...................................... Second TeamFlavio Monteiro ...................................... Second Team1998Peter Byaruhanga .................................... Second TeamRumbani Munthali ................................. Second TeamChris Howie .............................................. Third TeamErik Kuster ................................................ Third Team1997Joe Mattacchione .........................................First TeamBrian Corcoran ....................................... Second TeamEmmanuel Eloundou ............................. Second TeamRumbani Munthali ................................. Second TeamJoe DiNardo .............................................. Third Team1996Emmanuel Eloundou ..................................First TeamJoe Mattacchione .........................................First TeamErik Kuster .............................................. Second TeamLoukas Papaconstantinou .......................... Third TeamEssa Tabi ................................................... Third TeamDanny Ziannis .......................................... Third Team1995William Giummarra .....................................First TeamLoukas Papaconstantinou .............................First TeamBrian Corcoran ....................................... Second TeamMats Hagedorn ....................................... Second TeamJoe Mattacchione .................................... Second TeamDanny Ziannis ........................................ Second Team

All-Freshman TeamKofi Gyawu.......................................................2009Andrew Barsalona ...............................................2008Curtis Ushedo ......................................................2007Two-Boys Gumede ...............................................2005Joe Klosterman .....................................................2004Jerson Monteiro ...................................................2003Clint Baumstark ...................................................2001Rogerio Oliveira ...................................................2001Marin Pusek .........................................................2000Flavio Monteiro ...................................................1999Brantley Spillman .................................................1998Rumbani Munthali ..............................................1997Erik Kuster ...........................................................1996

GREAT MIDWESTNewcomer of the YearWilliam Giummarra .............................................1994

Mats Hagedorn ....................................................1993

Coach of the YearMike Getman .......................................................1993

Championship Offensive MVPBrian Corcoran ....................................................1994

All-Conference1994William Giummarra .....................................First TeamMats Hagedorn ............................................First TeamMark Tracy ...................................................First TeamBrent O’Keefe ......................................... Second TeamLoukas Papaconstantinou ........................ Second Team1993Andrew Mugalla ...........................................First TeamMats Hagedorn ............................................First TeamJoe Ayema ............................................... Second TeamLoukas Papaconstantinou ........................ Second TeamChris Wilson ........................................... Second Team1992Andrew Mugalla ...........................................First TeamDavid Denise .......................................... Second Team1991Mike Spurlin ................................................First TeamDavid Denise .......................................... Second Team

All-Newcomer TeamBrian Corcoran ....................................................1994William Giumarra ................................................1994Joe Mattachione ...................................................1994Mats Hagedorn ....................................................1993Loukas Papaconstantinou .....................................1993Danny Ziannis .....................................................1993Justus Griffin ........................................................1992

SUN BELTCoach of the YearBob Norman ........................................................1986

All-Conference1990Houssam Rafeh ....................................... Second Team1988Richard Butler ......................................... Second Team1987Richard Butler ......................................... Second Team1986Harvey Torman .............................Honorable Mention1985Fuad Mohd Rasdl ................................... Second Team1984Frank Matte ..................................Honorable Mention

SOCCER AMERICALeague Most Valuable PlayerPeter Byaruhanga .................................................1999

Freshman Most Valuable PlayerFlavio Monteiro ...................................................1999

Player of the Week2007Dejan Jakovic .................................................. Sept. 252004Leandro de Oliveira..........................................Oct. 252003Tony McManus ................................................. Sept. 2Leandro de Oliveira......................................... Sept. 222002Oswaldo Gallegos ............................................ Sept. 302001Martin Rey .......................................................Oct. 10Flavio Monteiro ...............................................Oct. 17Clint Baumstark ...............................................Oct. 302000Lane Knight .......................................................Oct. 9

1999Roberto Najarro ...............................................Oct. 26

UMBRO SELECTCollege All-StarMarin Pusek .........................................................2003Tony McManus ....................................................2003Brantley Spillman .................................................2001David Clemente ...................................................2000Rumbani Munthali ..............................................2000Peter Byaruhanga .................................................1999William Giummarra .............................................1995

ACADEMIC AWARDSNSCAA Scholar Athlete All-AmericaLane Knight .........................................................2000Loukas Papaconstantinou .....................................1996

C-USA Spirit of Service Award Tucker Stone ....................................................... 2010Dean Sorrell .........................................................2008

C-USA Scholar Athlete of the Year Wes Johnson ........................................................2008Jeremy Drake .......................................................2006Lukasz Kwapisz ....................................................2004

C-USA Post-Graduate Scholarship Lukasz Kwapisz ....................................................2006

C-USA Academic All-Conference2009Dean Sorrell .................................................First TeamCarl Woszczynski .....................................First Team 2008Dean Sorrell .................................................First Team

Adidas/ISAA Scholar Athlete (South Region)2000Lane Knight .................................................First TeamHouston Smith ....................................... Second Team1998Josh Brinkley ................................................First Team1995Brent O’Keefe ..............................................First TeamLoukas Papaconstantinou .............................First Team

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1994Brent O’Keefe ......................................... Second Team

CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America2006Lukasz Kwapisz ............................................First Team2005Lukasz Kwapisz .............................Honorable Mention

CoSIDA/GTE Academic All-District2008Wes Johnson ................................................First Team Dean Sorrell .................................................First Team 2006Jeremy Drake ...............................................First Team Lukasz Kwapisz ............................................First Team 2001Flavio Monteiro ...................................... Second Team2000Houston Smith ....................................... Second Team1995Brent O’Keefe ..................................... Second TeamLoukas Papaconstantinou ........................ Second Team

NSCAA Scholar Athlete All-AmericanLoukas Papaconstantinou .....................................1996

COMMISSIONER’S HONOR ROLLConference USAIan Backstrom ............................................2003, 2004Andrew Barsalona ................................................2008Sam Bierster .........................................................2008Michael Biggs .......................................................2003Sam Bierster .........................................................2008Owen Blake ...............................................1996, 1997Josh Brinkley ..........................1996, 1997, 1998, 1999Darnell Brown ...........................................2006, 2007Paul Bucherich .................................1996, 1997, 1998Carl Bussey ..........................................................1997Bobby Chanthongphio .........................................2004Michael Coleman ................................................2010Brian Copham .................................1996, 1997, 1998Ned Crancer...........................1996, 1997, 1998, 1999Jeremy Drake .........................2003, 2004, 2005, 2006Emmanuel Eloundou .................................1997, 1998Tim Estepp ................................................1996, 1997Randy Fortenberry ...............................................1997Jermie Frankson ...................................................1999Oswaldo Gallegos .................................................2002Mike Garcia .........................................................2000Kyle Gilbreath ............................................2006, 2007Ryan Hathcock ..........................................2004, 2005Wes Johnson ............... 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009Joe Klosterman .................................2004, 2005, 2006Drew Knaub ..............................................2006, 2007Lane Knight .....................................1997, 1999, 2000Erik Kuster .................................................1996, 1997Lukasz Kwapisz ......................2003, 2004, 2005, 2006Flo Liu .................................................................2010Reed Matte ........................................................2010Jason McLaughlin ................................................2004 Tony McManus ....................................................2003Rumbani Munthali ..............................................1997Zach Musgrave ...........................................1998, 1999Amechi Ngwe ........................2000, 2001, 2002, 2003Brent O’Keefe ......................................................1995Loukas Papaconstantinou ...........................1995, 1996Justin Pratt .................................................1997, 1998Derick Radcliffe ...................................................2003 Jesse Roth .............................................................1998Ryan Sanz ............................................................1996Kevin Sawchak ...........................................2007, 2008Carlo Schiavoni ....................................................2005Tonny Segero .......................................................1998Houston Smith ......................1997, 1998, 1999, 2000Dean Sorrell ................ 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009Jonah Stewart .......................................................2009Tucker Stone ...................... 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010

Ken Tabata .................................. 2007, 2008, 2010Angelo Thompson ............................2001, 2002, 2003Curtis Ushedo ......................................................2007Chris Williams .................................................2010Carl Woszczynski ............... 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010John Ziannis ..........................1996, 1997, 1998, 1999

C-USA Academic Medal of HonorDrew Knaub ..............................................2006, 2007Ian Backstrom ............................................2003, 2004Jeremy Drake .........................2003, 2004, 2005, 2006Lukasz Kwapisz ......................2003, 2004, 2005, 2006Tucker Stone ...................... 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Angelo Thompson ......................................2001, 2002

Great Midwest Academic Honor RollAndrew Louloudiadis ...........................................1994Loukas Papaconstantinou .....................................1994Ola Hansson ........................................................1993Cory Turner .........................................................1993Jeremy Jowers .......................................................1992Jeremy Long .........................................................1991Brent O’Keefe ........................1991, 1992, 1993, 1994Chris Waldrip.......................................................1991

Great Midwest Academic Medal of HonorWolf Kirsten .........................................................1991

BLAZER TEAM AWARDS2010Most Valuable Player ...................................Curtis UshedoMost Improved Player .................................... Josh StewartCoaches Award .............................................Tucker Stone2009Most Valuable Player ...........................Two-Boys GumedeMost Improved Player .................................Anthony KingCoaches Award ..............................................Dean Sorrell

2008Most Valuable Player ........................................Derek RiosMost Improved Player ................................Michal MravecCoaches Award ........................................ Mark Stachelski2007Most Valuable Player .....................................Frank BrownMost Improved Player .................................Curtis UshedoCoaches Award ......................................... Joe Klosterman2006Most Valuable Player ................................ Jerson MonteiroMost Improved Player ..................................Chris HansonCoaches Award .............................................Senior Class*2005Most Valuable Player .............................Jason McLaughlinMost Improved Player ...................................Trey GregoryCoaches Award .............................................Michael Biggs2004Most Valuable Players ...............................Leandro de Oliveira ............................................................Sandy GbandiMost Improved Player .........................Robert SheringhamCoaches Award .............................................. Jarbas Carlos2003Most Valuable Player ...........................Tony McManusMost Improved Player ......................Jason McLaughlinCoaches Award ......................................Nnamdi Ngwe2002Most Valuable Player ...........................Flavio MonteiroMost Improved Player .............................Chris O’NealCoaches Award ....................................Tony McManus2001Most Valuable Player ..................................Martin ReyMost Improved Player .........................Kareem MorganCoaches Award ..................................Jonathan Weimer2000Most Valuable Player .......................... David ClementeMost Improved Player .............................. Lane KnightCoaches Award .....................................Houston Smith1999Most Valuable Player .........................Peter ByaruhangaMost Improved Player ..........................Houston SmithCoaches Award ........................................ Senior Class*1998Most Valuable Player .................................Tony SegeroMost Improved Player ..........................Houston SmithCoaches Award ......................................Brian Copham1997Most Valuable Player ......................... Joe MatticchioneMost Improved Player ............................. Josh BrinkleyCoaches Award .........................................Chris Howle1996Most Valuable Player ......................... Joe MatticchioneMost Improved Player ............................. Josh BrinkleyCoaches Award ............................................ Ryan Pratt1995Most Valuable Player ............ Loukas PapaconstantinouMost Improved Player ...........................Brian RowlandCoaches Award ............................................Erik White1994Most Valuable Player ....................William Giummarra1993Most Valuable Player ........................... Mats HagedornMost Improved Player ............................ Jon Vansword1992Most Valuable Player .......................... Andrew MugallaMost Improved Player ...........................Brian Rowland

*Coaches Award in 1999 and 2006 went to entire senior class: 1999 - Josh Brinkley, Peter Byaruhanga, Ned Crancer Zach Musgrave, Justin Pratt and John Ziannis.2006 - Michael Biggs, Jeremy Drake, Sandy Gban-di, Chris Hanson, Lukasz Kwapisz, Jerson Monteiro and Derick Radcliffe.

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1979 (9-10-2) Coach: Tim Hamer9/10 at Davidson L 0-19/11 at UNC Charlotte* L 0-59/15 NEW ORLEANS* W 3-19/16 NEW ORLEANS* W 4-29/18 at Oglethorpe T 2OT 1-19/21 vs. Wilmington (Ohio) 1 L 0-19/22 at Tennessee Wesleyan 1 L 1-39/28 vs. Georgia State 2 L 1-39/29 at South Alabama 2 W 2-19/30 vs. Southwestern 2 L 0-410/4 SOUTH ALABAMA* W 2-010/6 at Vanderbilt W 2-010/7 WAKE FOREST W OT 3-110/10 ALABAMA A&M L 0-810/13 OGLETHORPE T 2OT 1-110/14 VALDOSTA STATE W 5-010/20 at Berry L 2-410/21 at Georgia State* L 0-610/27 at New Orleans* W 2-110/28 at South Alabama* W 2-111/1 at UNC Charlotte 3 L 2-6*-Sun Belt Conference matches1-Superior Soccer Classic (Athens, Tenn.)2-Port City Classic (Mobile, Ala.)3-Sun Belt Tournament (Atlanta, Ga.)

1980 (12-8-2) Coach: Tim Hamer at Wake Forest L OT 1-3 at UNC Charlotte* L 1-6 WESTERN CAROLINA W 2-0 at New Orleans* L 1-4 at New Orleans* L 4-6 AUM W 16-1 at Oglethorpe W 4-29/27 MERCER (Macon) 1 W 7-09/28 NEW ORLEANS* 1 W 2-010/1 GEORGIA STATE* L 2-510/4 at Mercer (Atlanta) W 5-010/5 SOUTH ALABAMA* W 3-210/6 SOUTH ALABAMA* W 3-110/9 NORTHEASTERN (La.) T 2OT 2-210/11 OGLETHORPE T 2OT 1-1 MERCER (Atlanta) W 3-1 at Mercer (Macon) W 13-0 VALDOSTA STATE W 14-010/26 at Alabama A&M L 0-711/3 B’HAM SOUTHERN W 12-011/6 at Georgia State* L 1-3 vs. Va. Commonwealth 2 L 0-3*-Sun Belt Conference matches1-Magic City Classic (Birmingham, Ala.)2-Sun Belt Tournament (Charlotte, N.C.)

1981 (1-11-1) Coach: Bob Norman at New Orleans L 0-5 at Northeast Louisiana L 0-9 ALABAMA A&M L 0-7 BELHAVEN L 0-5 NEW ORLEANS L 1-3 B’HAM-SOUTHERN T 2-2 AUM L 0-2 at Emory L 0-2 at Birmingham-Southern W 5-1 SOUTH ALABAMA L 0-8 at Georgia State L 0-7

at South Alabama L 0-5 vs. South Alabama 1 L 1-71-Sun Belt Tournament (Tampa, Fla.)

1982 (12-10) Coach: Bob Norman SAMFORD W 3-2 SOUTH ALABAMA L 0-1 at New Orleans L 2-4 at Nicholls State W 3-1 B’HAM-SOUTHERN W 2-0 NEW ORLEANS L 0-1 MEMPHIS W 3-2 at Tennessee Wesleyan W 1-0 at University South L 0-4 at Alabama A&M L 0-10 MILLSAPS W 1-0 at Birmingham-Southern W 2-0 at Samford W 3-2 at Bryan College L 0-2 at Belhaven L 1-7 at Millsaps W 4-1 EMORY W 1-0 NICHOLLS STATE W 2-0 GEORGIA STATE L 0-5 at Samford W 5-1 at Jacksonville L 0-2 vs. UNC Charlotte 1 L 1-41-Sun Belt Tournament (Tampa, Fla.)

1983 (8-8) Coach: Bob Norman at Samford W 6-1 TENN. WESLEYAN W 2-1 B’HAM-SOUTHERN W 4-0 at Memphis L 1-2 at Southwestern L 1-3 UNIV. OF THE SOUTH L 0-2 at New Orleans L 2-3 at Nicholls State L 2-3 SAMFORD W 4-1 at Georgia State L 0-6 NICHOLLS STATE W 2-0 at Birmingham-Southern W 3-0 NEW ORLEANS W 2-1 at Samford W 3-0 at South Alabama L 2-4 vs. South Florida 1 L 1-81-Sun Belt Tournament (Norfolk, Va.)

1984 (7-10-2) Coach: Bob Norman9/11 SAMFORD W OT 4-29/15 vs. Morehead State 1 W 4-09/16 at Western Kentucky 1 W OT 2-19/21 at New Orleans W 1-09/23 at Nicholls State L 0-29/25 B’HAM-SOUTHERN T 2OT 1-19/29 at UNC Charlotte L 0-79/30 at Applachian State L 0-1210/3 at Samford W 2-010/5 MEMPHIS L 2-310/7 SOUTH ALABAMA L 0-210/10 at University South L 1-210/17 at Belhaven L 1-810/19 at Birmingham-Southern W 2-010/21 NEW ORLEANS T 2OT 4-410/24 at Alabama A&M L 0-1210/26 GEORGIA STATE L 0-7

11/1 vs. UNC Charlotte 2 L 0-511/11 RHODES COLLEGE W 4-21-WKU ’Topper Classic (Bowling Green, Ky.)2-Sun Belt Tournament (Mobile, Ala.)

1985 (5-17) Coach: Bob Norman9/1 WESTERN KENTUCKY L 2-49/7 AUM W 1-09/10 SAMFORD W 3-09/12 at Tennessee L 1-39/15 at AUM L 1-29/18 UAH L 1-89/22 at South Alabama L 0-59/27 at New Orleans W 1-09/29 at Nicholls State L 1-410/4 at Memphis State L 0-410/6 at Rhodes College L 1-310/11 UNC CHARLOTTE L 1-610/13 SOUTH ALABAMA L 0-310/18 at Samford W 3-210/20 NEW ORLEANS L 2-310/23 ALABAMA A&M L 2-310/25 at Birmingham-Southern L 2-310/27 at Georgia State L 0-410/29 UNIV. OF THE SOUTH L 0-211/3 NICHOLLS STATE L 1-311/4 B’HAM-SOUTHERN W 1-011/7 at Old Dominion 1 L 0-41-Sun Belt Tournament (Norfolk, Va.)

1986 (11-4-3) Coach: Bob Norman9/7 TOUGALOO (Forfeit) W 3-09/14 at Nicholls State T 2OT 1-19/21 vs. Huntingdon 1 T 2-29/22 at South Alabama 1 W 2-19/27 at Western Kentucky 2 L 0-69/28 vs. Xavier (Ohio) 2 L 0-310/3 at Oglethorpe W 4-010/4 WILLIAM CAREY W 3-010/10 at AUM W 3-110/12 MEMPHIS STATE L 1-210/18 CENTENARY W OT 2-110/24 at Univ. of the South W 3-210/29 RHODES COLLEGE T 2OT 1-110/31 at Birmingham-Southern W 1-011/2 TENNESSEE W 1-011/6 vs. Jacksonville 3 W 1-011/7 vs. Old Dominion 3 L 0-211/16 NICHOLLS STATE W 4-11-Port City Classic (Mobile, Ala.)2-Western Ky. Invit. (Bowling Green, Ky.)3-Sun Belt Tournament (Tampa, Fla.)

1987 (6-7-2) Coach: Bob Norman9/8 at Berry L 0-59/12 WESTERN KENTUCKY* T 2 OT 2-29/20 NICHOLLS STATE W 6-29/22 HUNTINGDON W 3-09/25 at Memphis L 2-39/27 at Rhodes College W 3-110/2 at William Carey T 2 OT 1-110/4 at Nicholls State L 2-310/11 at UAH L 0-110/14 UNIV. OF THE SOUTH W 4-110/18 vs. South Florida 1 L 1-310/19 vs. South Alabama 1 L 1-4

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10/21 AUM W 7-110/25 at Tennessee Tech W 5-111/1 B’HAM-SOUTHERN L 1-6*-Sun Belt Conference match1-Sun Belt West Div. Tourn. (Bowling Green, Ky.)

1988 7-8-1 (1-3/4th) Coach: Bob Norman9/10 at Alabama A&M L 1-29/13 at UniversitySouth L 0-29/15 at Huntingdon W 4-19/24 NICHOLLS STATE W 5-39/28 UAH W 3-29/30 at Millsaps W 4-110/2 at Western Kentucky* W OT 1-010/8 TENN. TECH (Forfeit) W 1-010/10 UNC CHARLOTTE* L 1-410/14 SOUTH FLORIDA 1 L 0-410/16 SOUTH ALABAMA 1 L 1-610/19 MEMPHIS L 0-610/21 at William Carey L OT 1-210/23 at Vanderbilt T 2 OT 1-110/26 at West Florida L 0-210/30 RHODES COLLEGE W 3-0*-Sun Belt Conference matches1-Sun Belt West Div. Tourn. (Birmingham)

1989 6-10-1 (0-3/4th) Coach: Bob Norman9/2 at Birmingham-Southern L 0-39/9 at Oglethorpe W OT 2-19/11 at AUM L 2-59/15 WESTERN KENTUCKY* L 0-79/20 WILLIAM CAREY L 0-59/24 HUNTINGDON L 2-39/26 UNIV. OF THE SOUTH L 1-410/1 MILLSAPS W 3-010/4 ALABAMA A&M L 0-210/8 at UAH W OT 3-110/10 COLUMBUS COLLEGE W 3-010/12 LaGRANGE COLLEGE W 2-010/15 at South Alabama* L 0-1510/21 vs. South Florida* 1 L 1-1010/22 VANDERBILT L 1-210/27 at Carson-Newman W 6-010/28 at Lincoln Memorial T 2OT 3-3*-Sun Belt Conference matches1-at Georgia State (Atlanta, Ga.)

1990 3-14-1 (0-7/5th) Coach: Mick Payne9/5 AUM L 0-39/7 at Western Kentucky* L 0-39/9 at Birmingham-Southern L 1-49/15 at South Florida* L 0-69/17 at Jacksonville* L 0-59/21 OGLETHORPE T 2 OT 2-29/26 at University outh L 2-59/29 at UNC Charlotte* L 1-610/4 UAH W 3-110/5 at AUM L 1-510/9 at Columbus College W 8-110/12 OLD DOMINION* L 0-210/14 VA. COMMONWEALTH* L 0-410/18 GEORGIA STATE L 0-510/19 at William Carey L 1-710/21 SOUTH ALABAMA* L 1-210/26 LINCOLN MEMORIAL W 3-110/28 at Vanderbilt L 0-4

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1991 8-9-2 (0-4-1/6th) Coach: Mick Payne9/11 UNIV. OF THE SOUTH W 1-09/14 CINCINNATI* T 2 OT 1-19/15 at UAH W OT 3-19/21 at Memphis* L 1-29/25 at Lincoln Memorial W 4-29/28 at Birmingham-Southern T 2 OT 0-010/2 at Georgia State W 2-010/6 WEST FLORIDA W OT 3-210/9 at DePaul* L 0-110/10 at Marquette* L 0-710/12 vs. Saint Louis* 1 L 0-110/13 vs. Central Michigan 1 W OT 2-110/16 ALABAMA A&M L 0-210/27 at Old Dominion L 0-310/30 UAH W 1-011/1 at South Alabama L 1-411/3 AUM W 2-111/8 vs. Cincinnati 2 L 0-2*-Great Midwest Conference matches1-McDonald’s Cup (Milwaukee, Wis.)2-Great Midwest Champ. (St. Louis, Mo.)

1992 4-15-1 (0-5/6th) Coach: Mike Getman9/6 UAH W OT 2-19/12 at Huntingdon L 2-39/16 at William Carey (Forfeit) W 1-09/20 VANDERBILT L 1-39/26 at Marquette* L 0-29/27 vs. DePaul* 1 L 1-39/30 at Alabama A&M L 1-610/3 at UAH L 1-210/4 MEMPHIS* L 1-410/7 MOBILE COLLEGE L 0-510/10 vs. Cincinnati* 2 L 1-510/11 vs. Saint Louis* 2 L 0-310/15 at AUM L 2-410/20 HUNTINGDON L 0-210/23 at South Alabama L 2-410/24 at West Florida L OT 2-510/28 at Mercer T 2 OT 1-110/31 LINCOLN MEMORIAL W 6-111/6 vs. Marquette 3 W 1-011/7 vs. Memphis 3 L 0-4*Great Midwest Conference matches1-Milwaukee, Wis.2-Memphis, Tenn.3-Great Midwest Tournament (St. Louis, Mo.)

1993 11-7-2 (4-1-1/2nd) Coach: Mike Getman9/4 LINCOLN MEMORIAL W 2-09/5 at UAH W 4-09/8 at Vanderbilt L 0-19/12 DAYTON* W 4-29/17 vs. Central Michigan 1 W 5-09/19 vs. Bowling Green 1 L 0-19/24 MARQUETTE* W 3-19/26 DEPAUL* T 2 OT 1-19/29 GEORGIA STATE L 1-210/3 HUNTINGDON W 2-010/8 at Cincinnati* W 2-110/10 at Saint Louis L 1-510/13 ALABAMA A&M L 2-310/17 SIU-EDWARDSVILLE W 2-1

10/19 at Western Kentucky L OT 3-410/24 at Memphis W 3-110/27 at Georgia Southern T 2 OT 2-210/29 at Birmingham-Southern W 1-010/31 MERCER W 3-111/5 at Memphis 2 L 1-2*-Great Midwest Conference matches1-at Western Ky. Classic (Bowling Green, Ky.)2-Great Midwest Tournament (Memphis, Tenn.)

1994 15-4-1 (5-1/1st) Coach: Mike GetmanGreat Midwest Tournament ChampionGreat Midwest Regular Season ChampionsNCAA Participant9/3 at N.C. State 1 W OT 1-09/4 vs. Duke 1 L 1-49/11 at Huntingdon W 8-09/16 at Marquette* L 0-49/18 at DePaul* W 5-39/21 at Georgia State W OT 8-39/23 GEORGIA SOUTHERN W 3-09/30 CINCINNATI* W 3-010/2 DAYTON* W 7-110/7 VANDERBILT W 1-010/9 SAINT LOUIS* W 4-010/12 SOUTH ALABAMA T 2 OT 2-210/16 at Alabama A&M L 0-110/20 WESTERN KENTUCKY W 5-210/23 MEMPHIS* W 3-210/28 B’HAM-SOUTHERN W 2-010/30 at Mercer W 4-211/11 MEMPHIS 2 W 2-111/13 MARQUETTE 2 W OT 5-111/20 at UCLA 3 L OT 2-3*-Great Midwest Conference matches1-at Wolfpack/adidas Classic (Raleigh, N.C.)2-Great Midwest Championship (Birmingham)3-NCAA Tournament (Los Angeles, Calif.)

1995 15-4-1 (7-0-1/1st) Coach: Mike GetmanConference USA Regular Season Champions9/2 MARTIN METHODIST W 9-09/4 ARK.-LITTLE ROCK W 5-09/8 at Duke 1 L 1-49/10 vs. N.C. State 1 L 1-69/15 at Birmingham-Southern W 3-29/17 UNC CHARLOTTE* W 1-09/24 MARQUETTE* W 2-19/29 CINCINNATI* W 2-010/1 MERCER W 2-010/6 at South Florida* W 2-110/8 ALABAMA A&M W OT 4-310/13 at Vanderbilt W 3-210/15 at Memphis* W 1-010/20 at Saint Louis* 2 T 2OT 0-010/22 vs. South Carolina 2 L 0-210/27 GEORGIA STATE W 3-010/29 DEPAUL* W 4-111/3 at Louisville* W 2-011/9 vs. Louisville 3 W 2-011/10 vs. UNC Charlotte 3 L 0-2*-Conference USA matches1-at adidas/MetLife Classic (Durham, N.C.)2-at Umbro Classic (St. Louis, Mo.)3-at C-USA Championship (Milwaukee, Wis.)


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1996 13-6-1 (5-3/4th)Coach: Mike Getman9/1 at Georgia State W 2-19/6 vs. Loyola (Md.) College 1 W 2-19/8 at Wake Forest 1 L 1-29/14 at IUPU-Fort Wayne 2 W 8-09/15 vs. Indiana 2 T 2OT 1-19/20 at Cincinnati* W 3-19/22 LOUISVILLE* W 2-09/27 at Marquette* L 0-29/29 at DePaul* W OT 3-210/4 VANDERBILT W 3-110/6 ALABAMA A&M W 3-110/9 at UNC Charlotte* L 0-310/13 SOUTH FLORIDA* L 1-410/18 SAINT LOUIS* W 2-110/20 MEMPHIS* W 3-110/25 at UNC Greensboro 3 L OT 3-410/27 vs. College of Charleston 3 W 4-211/1 at South Alabama W 2-011/3 at Mercer W 1-011/12 MARQUETTE 4 L 0-2 *-Conference USA matches1-at Wake Forest Classic (Winston-Salem, N.C.)2-at Three Rivers Classic (Fort Wayne, Ind.)3-at Vanderbilt Puma Cl. (Nashville, Tenn.)4-C-USA Championship (Birmingham)

1997 10-8-1 (4-3-1/4th) Coach: Mike Getman8/29 BELMONT W 3-18/31 UAH L 3-49/5 MERCER W 5-09/7 ALABAMA A&M W 6-09/12 vs. UCLA 1 W 2-09/14 vs. Southwest Missouri St. L OT 1-29/19 at DePaul* W 4-09/21 at Marquette* L 1-29/28 UNC CHARLOTTE* W 1-010/3 SOUTH FLORIDA* L 1-310/10 MEMPHIS* W 2-110/12 SAINT LOUIS* L 0-310/17 at Cincinnati* W 2-010/19 at Louisville* T 2OT 0-010/24 at Florida International 2 L 0-410/26 vs. Loyola (Md.) College 2 W OT 1-010/31 SOUTH ALABAMA W 2-111/2 at Vanderbilt L 1-211/9 UNC CHARLOTTE 3 L 0-2*-Conference USA matches1-at Saint Louis Umbro Cl. (St. Louis, Mo.)2-at FIU BellSouth Classic (Miami, Fla.)3-C-USA Championship (Birmingham)

1998 12-6 (5-3/T-3rd) Coach: Mike Getman9/1 at Furman L 0-19/4 SOUTH ALABAMA 1 W 2-09/6 ALABAMA A&M 1 W 7-19/11 CALIFORNIA 2 W 4-29/13 HARTFORD 2 W OT 2-19/18 DE PAUL* W OT 2-19/20 MARQUETTE* W 2-19/26 at UNC Charlotte* W 2-110/2 at South Florida* L 2-310/9 at Memphis* W 2-010/11 at Saint Louis* L 0-210/16 CINCINNATI* L 1-210/18 LOUISVILLE* W OT 1-0

10/21 BELMONT W 8-010/25 VANDERBILT W 2-110/31 at College of Charleston 3 W 3-211/1 vs. South Carolina 3 L 0-111/8 MARQUETTE 4 L OT 1-3* - Conference USA matches1 - Alabama Power Governor’s Cup (B’ham)2 - UAB Nike Classic (Birmingham)3 - at Nike/Mt. Pleasant Inv. (Charleston, S.C.)4 - Conference USA Champ. (Birmingham)

1999 17-6 (7-1/T-1st)Coach: Mike GetmanConference USA Tournament ChampionsConference USA Regular Season ChampionsNCAA Tournament Elite Eight 9/1 Tulsa 1 L 3-49/5 FURMAN 1 L OT 0-19/9 at Vanderbilt L 0-19/12 MARQUETTE W 2-19/18 vs. UNC Greensboro 2 W 2-19/19 at #24 North Carolina 2 L 2-59/24 B-HAM-SOUTHERN W 2-09/26 Alabama A&M 3 W 8-09/29 at South Florida* L 2-310/3 LOUISVILLE* W 2-110/7 at UNC Charlotte* W 3-110/10 at DePaul* W 3-010/14 Memphis* W 5-110/17 at Georgia State W 3-010/24 #2 SAINT LOUIS* W OT 3-2 10/29 at #25 Cincinnati* W 3-211/5 BELMONT W 10-111/7 CENTENARY W 3-011/12 SOUTH FLORIDA 4 W 4-011/14 #4 SAINT LOUIS 4 W 4-011/21 #4 SMSU 5 W 2-111/27 at #17 SMU 6 W 2-012/5 #18 Santa Clara 7 L OT 2-3 * - Conference USA matches1 - UAB Nike Classic (Birmingham, Ala.)2 - UNC Nike Classic (Chapel Hill, N.C.)3 - Ala. Power Governor’s Cup (Birmingham, Ala.)4 - C-USA Tournament (Birmingham, Ala.)5 - NCAA Championship (Birmingham, Ala.) 6 - NCAA Championship (Dallas, Texas)7 - NCAA Championship (Birmingham, Ala.)

2000 14-5-2 (5-1-2/2nd)Coach: Mike GetmanNCAA Tournament Participant9/1 COLL. OF CHARLESTON W 3-0 9/3 NORTH CAROLINA W 2-1 9/7 vs Florida Atlantic L 0-29/9 at Florida International L OT 2-39/17 CHARLOTTE* T 2OT 1-1 9/20 at Birmingham-Southern W 4-19/24 DEPAUL* W 7-0 9/30 at Saint Louis* L 0-110/2 COASTAL CAROLINA W 3-1 10/3 at Mercer W OT 3-210/8 at Furman W OT 2-1 10/15 SOUTH FLORIDA* W 2-0 10/18 at Memphis* W 2OT 2-110/22 CINCINNATI* T 2OT 0-010/27 at Marquette* W 2OT 2-1 10/29 GEORGIA STATE W 3-111/1 at Alabama A&M W 2 OT 3-211/5 at Louisville* W OT 3-2

11/10 vs Louisville 1 W 2-0 11/12 at Saint Louis 1 L 1-211/17 at Washington 2 L 4OT 0-1* Conference USA Match1 - Conference USA Tournament (St. Louis, Mo.)2 - NCAA Tournament (Seattle, Wash.)

2001 15-6 (7-3/T-2nd)Coach: Mike GetmanNCAA Tournament Participant8/31 at Coastal Carolina 1 W 2-09/8 PITTSBURGH 1 W 1-09/9 FLORIDA ATLANTIC W 5-09/21 va. Brown 2 W 2-09/23 at Yale 2 L 2OT 1-29/28 MARQUETTE* W 2-19/30 at Charlotte* W 2OT 2-110/5 at South Florida* W 3-010/7 ALABAMA A&M W 2-010/12 LOUISVILLE* W 2-110/14 FURMAN W 2-110/17 MEMPHIS* L 2-310/20 at DePaul* W 4-010/24 SAINT LOUIS* W 1-010/28 at Cincinnati* L 2-311/2 TCU* W 2-111/9 at East Carolina* L 0-211/16 MARQUETTE 3 L 1-411/23 vs. Furman 4 W OT 1-011/25 at South Carolina 4 W OT 3-212/2 at Clemson 5 L 2OT 2-3*Conference USA Match1 - UAB Nike Classic (Birmingham, Ala.)2 - Yale Classic (New Haven, Conn.)3 - Conference USA Tournament (St. Louis, Mo.)4 - NCAA Tournament (Columbia, S.C.)5 - NCAA Tournament (Clemson, S.C.)

2002 9-7-3 (4-4-2/6th)Coach: Mike Getman8/31 at UC Irvine 1 T 2OT 1-19/2 vs. San Diego 1 L 1-29/6 B-HAM-SOUTHERN 2 W 3-09/8 RHODE ISLAND 2 L 2OT 2-39/13 vs. Western Kentucky 3 W 3-29/15 vs. Navy 3 W 1-09/21 at Saint Louis* L 0-39/23 at Tulsa W 2-19/28 EAST CAROLINA* T 2OT 1-110/5 CHARLOTTE* W 4-010/12 at Louisville* T 2OT 0-010/16 at TCU* W 4-010/19 DE PAUL* W 3-210/23 at Memphis* W 2-110/27 at Marquette* L 2OT 1-211/1 SOUTH FLORIDA* L 2OT 0-111/4 at Georgia State W 3-011/9 CINCINNATI* L 1-211/14 vs. Louisville 4 L 0-1*Conference USA Match1 - UC-Irvine Tournament (Irvine, Calif.)2 - UAB Nike Classic (Birmingham, Ala.)3 - BSC Puma Classic (Birmingham, Ala.)4 - Conference USA Tournament (St. Louis, Mo.)

2003 10-5-5 (4-3-2/T-5th)Coach: Mike Getman8/29 vs. Notre Dame 1 T 2OT 0-08/31 at Indiana 1 T 2OT 0-0


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9/5 ST. FRANCIS (PA.) 2 W 1-09/6 UMASS 2 W 4-09/12 vs. Marshall 3 W 2-19/14 vs. Army 3 W 3-09/21 at East Carolina* W 4-39/27 MARQUETTE* W 3-210/1 at Birmingham-Southern L 1-210/4 at USF* L 1-210/8 MEMPHIS* L 0-110/11 at Charlotte* T 2OT 2-210/15 at Alabama A&M T 2OT 1-110/18 LOUISVILLE* T 2OT 0-010/22 CENTENARY W 6-110/25 at DePaul* W 2-011/1 at Cincinnati* W 1-011/8 SAINT LOUIS* L 1-311/12 vs. Louisville 4 W OT 2-111/13 vs. Saint Louis 4 L 1-5*Conference USA Match1 - Indiana Adidas Classic (Bloomington, Ind.)2 - UAB La Quinta Classic (Birmingham, Ala.)3 - BSC Puma Classic (Birmingham, Ala.)4 - Conference USA Tournament (Memphis, Tenn.)

2004 12-7 (7-2/2nd)Coach: Mike Getman9/4 vs. Gonzaga 1 W 1-09/6 at #19 Portland 1 L 0-19/12 vs. #7 UNC Greensboro 2 L 2-49/12 at Davidson 2 L OT 0-19/18 CHARLOTTE* 3 W 4-19/19 WESTERN KENTUCKY 3 W 5-09/25 at Marquette* W 2-19/29 ALABAMA A&M W OT 1-010/2 CINCINNATI* W 1-010/9 at Saint Louis* L 1-210/16 EAST CAROLINA* W 1-010/20 #11 USF* W 4-310/22 B-HAM-SOUTHERN W 4-010/27 at #20 Memphis* L 0-210/30 KENTUCKY L 1-211/3 at Louisville* W 2-111/4 DE PAUL* W 4-011/13 vs. Charlotte 4 W 2OT 1-011/14 vs. #11 Memphis 4 L 2-31 - Portand Invitational (Portlant, Ore.)2 - Davidson Classic (Davidson, N.C.)3 - UAB LaQuinta Classic (Birmingham, Ala.)4 - Conference USA Tournament (Louisville, Ky.)

2005 10-7-1 (5-3-1/3rd)Coach: Mike Getman9/2 at Rhode Island 1 W 3-19/4 vs. Maine 1 W 3-19/9 vs. Alabama A&M 2 W 3-29/11 vs. Georgia State 2 W 7-09/16 UNC GREENSBORO 3 L 1-39/18 EVANSVILLE 3 W 2-09/24 vs. #5 California 4 L 1-3 9/25 at Stanford 4 L 0-1 9/30 at SMU* L 1-210/2 at #17 Tulsa* T 2OT 2-210/7 EAST CAROLINA* W 4-010/9 SOUTH CAROLINA* L 1-210/15 MEMPHIS* W 2-110/21 at Marshall* W 1-010/23 at Kentucky* L 1-410/28 UCF* W 1-010/30 FIU* W 3-0

11/9 vs. Memphis 5 L 1-21 - URI Classic (Kingston, R.I.)2 - BSC Fall Classic (Birmingham, Ala.)3 - UAB Classic (Birmingham, Ala.)4 - Stanford Classic (Palo Alto, Calif.) 5 - Conference USA Tournament (Dallas, Texas)

2006 10-6-4 (4-3-1/T-4th)Coach: Mike GetmanNCAA Tournament Participant8/25 at #10 Notre Dame 1 W 2OT 1-08/27 vs #12 Indiana 1 L 1-29/1 MERCER 2 T 2OT 0-0 9/3 WRIGHT STATE 2 W 3-2 9/8 at #24 UNC Greensboro 3 W 3-29/10 vs Elon 3 L 0-29/15 vs Charleston 4 L 2-49/17 vs Stetson 4 W 2-0 9/23 MARSHALL* W 2-19/27 at #6 South Carolina* L 0-210/3 CENTENARY W 2-110/7 at UCF* T 2OT 2-2 10/11 at Memphis* L 2-310/14 #18 KENTUCKY* W OT 1-0 10/21 TULSA* L 3-410/25 #1 SMU* W 2-110/28 at FIU* W 2-111/1 vs #16 South Carolina 5 W 3-211/3 vs #2 SMU 5 T 3OT 1-1 11/11 vs Gardner-Webb 6 T 2OT 1-1 1 - IU Credit Union Classic (Bloomington, Ind.)2 - UAB Classic (Birmingham, Ala.)3 - UNC Greensboro Classic (Greensboro, N.C.) 4 - BSC Fall Classic (Birmingham, Ala.)5 - Conference USA Tournament (Tulsa, Okla.)6 - NCAA Tournament (Birmingham, Ala.)

2007 7-11-1 (2-5/T7th)Coach: Mike Getman8/31 vs. Hartwick 1 L 1-39/2 at Akron 1 L 0-19/7 LIPSCOMB W 3-09/9 CENTENARY W 4-09/14 B-HAM-SOUTHERN 2 W 3-09/16 MERCER 2 W OT 1-09/21 at #10 Indiana W 2-19/23 JACKSONVILLE L 0-19/29 SOUTH CAROLINA* L 0-110/3 EASTERN ILLINOIS T 2OT 2-210/6 at Kentucky* L 0-110/13 FIU* L 2OT 1-210/17 at #6 SMU* L 1-210/20 at Marshall* L 0-110/24 at Alabama A&M L 2OT 0-110/27 UCF* W 2-111/3 MEMPHIS* W 2OT 1-011/9 at #7 Tulsa* L 0-211/15 vs. #9 Tulsa 3 L 0-11 - Westfield Cup (Akron, Ohio)2 - UAB Classic (Birmingham, Ala.)3 - Conference USA Tournament (Birmingham, Ala.)

2008 6-10-3 (2-5-1/8th)Coach: Mike Getman8/29 vs. Oral Roberts 1 W 2-18/31 vs. #21 Bradley 1 L 1-29/5 #16 ILLINOIS-CHICAGO L 0-19/7 MERCER W 1-09/12 UC-IRVINE 2 T 2OT 2-2

9/14 WESTERN ILLINOIS 2 L 0-19/19 vs Davidson 3 T 2-29/21 at Charlotte 3 L 0-19/27 at Memphis* W 2-010/4 #15 TULSA* L 1-210/8 ALABAMA A&M W 4-110/11 at UCF* L 0-110/18 KENTUCKY* L 1-210/22 #24 SMU* L 0-210/25 SIU-EDWARDSVILLE W 1-010/29 at South Carolina* T 2OT 1-111/1 at FIU* L 1-211/7 MARSHALL* W 3-011/12 vs. #6 Tulsa 4 L 2-41 - Diadora Classic (Memphis, Tenn.)2 - UAB Classic (Birmingham, Ala.)3 - Nike Classic (Charlotte, N.C.)4 - Conference USA Tournament (Dallas, Texas)

2009 12-4-2 (5-2-1/3rd)Coach: Mike Getman9/1 OAKLAND L 0-19/4 at #10 UIC W 3-19/7 CENTENARY W 2-09/11 DRAKE 1 L 1-29/13 UMKC 1 W 2-19/18 vs. Central Arkansas 2 W 2-19/20 vs. Vermont 2 W 1-09/25 at SMU* 3 T 2OT 1-19/27 vs Houston Baptist 3 W 1-010/4 at #13 Kentucky* W 1-010/10 FIU* W 7-110/14 MEMPHIS* W 1-010/17 at #20 Tulsa* L 1-510/24 UCF* W 2-010/28 SOUTH CAROLINA* W 3-011/1 at Alabama A&M W 1-011/7 at Marshall* L 2-311/13 vs. Marshall 4 T 2OT 0-01 - UAB Classic (Birmingham, Ala.)2 - Memphis Classic (Memphis, Tenn.)3 - SMU Classic (Dallas, Texas)4 - Conference USA Tournament (Tulsa, Okla.)

2010 10-7-1 (4-4/5th)Coach: Mike Getman9/3 at #2 Virginia 1 L 1-2 9/5 vs. Virginia Tech 1 W 3-19/10 CHARLOTTE 2 W OT 2-19/11 NORTH FLORIDA 2 W 4-19/17 vs. Belmont 3 W 4-1 9/19 at Lipscomb 3 W 4-0 9/24 #9 SMU* L 2-3 9/26 ALABAMA A&M W 4-0 10/2 at South Carolina* L 2-3 10/6 MERCER L 0-1 10/9 KENTUCKY* W 2-1 10/16 at FIU* W 2-0 10/23 #17 TULSA* L O2 0-1 10/26 at AMERICAN T O2 0-0 10/29 at #18 UCF* W 2-1 11/3 MARSHALL* W 2-0 11/5 at Memphis* L 0-2 11/10 vs South Carolina 4 L 1-2 1 - Virginia Classic (Charlottesville, Va.)2 - UAB Classic (Birmingham, Ala.)3 - Lipscomb Classic (Nashville, Tenn.)4 - Conference USA Tournament (Memphis, Tenn.)


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ACasey Adams ..................................1982David Anderson .............................1982Logan Alexander ........................2005-08Jody Aloia ......................................1987Afshin Arjomand ............................1979Christian Awogbade ........................1993Greg Ayanwale ...............................1980Joe Ayema .................................1991-93

BIan Backstrom ............................2003-04Derek Barry ...................................1986Andrew Barsalona ...........................2008Raymond Bates ..............................1984Clint Baumstark .........................2001-02Peter Beattie ..............................1983-85Michael Biggs .............................2003-06Jarrod Blake ....................................1998Owen Blake ..............................1996-98Brannon Boegner ...........................1992Keith Borgner .................................2002Rolando Bogran .............................1979Keith Bose .................................1979-80David Bradley ................................1990Josh Brinkley ..............................1995-99Paul Britton ..............................1986-88Michael Brody ........................2010-pr.Alandus Brooks ............. 2005-06, ‘08-09Alan Brouillette ..............................1988Darnell Brown ................................2007Frank Brown ..............................2007-08Jack Brymer ..............................1978-80Paul Bucherich ...........................1995-99Gerald Buchwald ...........................1982Carl Bussey .....................................1997Richard Butler ...........................1987-90Peter Byaruhanga .......................1998-99

CJuan Camacho ................................1979William Carl ..................................1980Jarbas Carlos .............................2001-04Scott Carlson ............................1983-84Todd Carroll ..............................1995-97Shawn Casey .............................1984-87Bobby Chanthongphio ...............2004-07Frank Cicio ....................................1984Charlie Clanton ........................1989-90Roger Clark ...............................1982-85Andy Clarke ...................................1984David Clemente .....................1997-2000Michael Coleman ............................2010Tom Condone ................................1989Brian Copham ...........................1997-98Chip Corbitt ..................................1992Brian Corcoran ..........................1994-97

Mark Costopoulos .........................1980Tommy Cox ...................................1979Ned Crancer .............................1996-99Marshall Croy ................................1988

DDavid Daigle ...................................1998George Dakooh ...............................1994Don Dishen ...................................1979Doug Dearien ...........................1984-85Roger Decoud .................................1999David Denise ............................1989-92Juan Carlos Deras ..................1998-2001Joe DiNardo ...............................1997-98Jimmy Dobbs ............................1982,84Garry Dodson ...........................1987-88Matt Domenick ..............................2000Denis Donovan ..............................1986Joe Draganic...............................1994-97Jeremy Drake .............................2003-06Lestley Drake .................................1989

EEmmanuel Eloundou .................1996-98Shane Elsner ...............................2004-08Tim Estepp ...............................1995-97

FRich Feinberg ............................1982-83Scott Finkernagel ...........................1980Randy Fortenberry ..........................1998Jermie Frankson .....................1999-2002Igor Fuentes ...............................1994-96

GDaniel Gaitan ...........................1978-80Oswaldo Gallegos .......................2000-03Brian Garcia ....................................2005Bubba Garcia .........................1999-2002Mike Garcia ...........................2000-2001Jafar Gavdari ..................................1980Sandy Gbandi ............................2003-06Ken Gentle .....................................1982Kyle Gilbreath .................................2007William Giummarra ...................1994-95Omer Glkturk ................................1980Hunter Gray ........................1989-90,92Trey Gregory ..............................2005-08Justus Griffin .............................1992-94Stephen Grooms .............................2007Roy Grund .....................................1980Two-Boys Gumede ......... 2005-06, 08-09Kofi Gyawu .............................2009-pr.

HJim Haberstroh ...............................1981Mats Hagedorn ..........................1993-95

Ola Hansson ..............................1993-94Roger Harris .............................1978-79John Hashemi ................................1992Mike Hastings ................................1988Ryan Hathcock ..........................2004-05Pat Hazzard ...............................1987-88Scott Hooker ..................................1985Eddie Horn ....................................1983Ken Horton ...................................1987Chris Howle ...............................1995-98Norris Howze ..........................2010-pr.Maurice Hughes .........................2004-05Terry Hunt ......................................1982Mohamed Hussein ................1978-80,82

JSteve Jacobson ................................1979Dejan Jakovic .............................2005-07Melford James ............................2003-05Jose-Luis Jaramillo ..........................1988Hudson Jetton .................................2010Curt Johnson ............................1978-79Wes Johnson ..............................2006-09Joe Joiner .......................................1985Sam Jones ...................................2001-02Jason Jowers ..............................1992-94Jeremy Jowers .................................1992

KJ.R. Kenny .................................2001-02Jon Kimerling ................................1983Anthony King ............................2007-10Wolf Kirsten .............................1989-91Joe Klosterman ...........................2004-07Drew Knaub ...................................2007Lane Knight ...........................1997-2000Ben Knox ...............................1999-2001Adeniyi Koiki .................................1984Mike Kpadeh .................................1980Lukasz Kwapisz ..........................2003-06Dave Kudlak ..................................1980Erik Kuster ................................1996-98

LFred LaRoche .................................1979Eric Lee ................................1982-84,86Tony Lees ..................................1978-79Mladen Lemez ........................2010-pr.Henry Lemos .................................1980Jobell Lima .................................2002-04John Linn ..................................1978-81Flo Liu ............................................2010Robert Loboda ..........................1991-92Jeremy Long ...................................1992Andrew Louloudiadis .................1994-95Jason Lynn ......................................1995

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MChris MacMillan .......................1984-85Sibusiso Macwele .......................2007-09John Markey ..............................2007-09Eric Marsalis ..................................1991John Martin ..........................1999-2000Nelson Mata ..............................2000-01Joe Mattacchione .......................1994-97Frank Matte ..............................1983-84Reed Matte .............................2009-pr.Eric McCurdy ...........................1991-93Peter McDonald .............................1985Sam McDonald ....................1982,84-86Robert McGrath ............................1990Loyd McIntosh .........................1990-91Jeremy McLane ..........................2003-05Jason McLaughlin ................2000, 02-05Tony McManus ..........................1999-03Kevin McNamara ......................1980,84Anoshirvan Mehrabi ......................1979Flavio Monteiro .........................1999-02Jerson Monteiro .........................2003-06Kareem Morgan .........................2000-03Dan Morriss .........................1980,82-83Michal Mravec ...........................2007-10Matt Mueller ..................................1984Andrew Mugalla ........................1990-93Rumbani Munthali ................1997-2000Zach Musgrave .....................1995-96, 99

NRoberto Najarro .....................1997-2000Amechi Ngwe ............................2000-03Nnamdi Ngwe ...........................2000-03David Nowak .................................1982

OTrey O’Banion ...............................1989Declan O’Beirne .......................1986-89Ronan O’Beirne ........................1986-89Brent O’Keefe ......................1991,93-95Chris O’Neal ..............................2001-03Martin O’Rourke ...........................1986Leandro de Oliveira....................2003-05Rogerio Oliveira .........................2001-04Tony Oliver ....................................1983

PSteve Pachan ............................1980, 82Ricky Page .....................................1979Barry Palmertree .......................1991-92Loukas Papaconstantinou ...........1993-96Clarence Pate ............................1984,89Gianluca Piatti ...............................1991Ivan Piola ..................................1978-79Frank Pitt ..................................1989-92Tony Plunkett ...........................1985-86

Justin Pratt .................................1995-99Ryan Pratt ..................................1993-96Marin Pusek ...............................2000-03

RDerick Radcliffe .........................2003-06 Houssam Rafeh .........................1989-90Daniel Ramirez .........................1985-87Alec Ramonell ................................1989Mohd Fuad Rasdl .....................1984-85Jose Rayo ...................................2000-03Mick Reavey .............................1987-88Martin Rey .............................1998-2001Mark Riemer .............................1985-88Derek Rios .................................2005-08Juan Rivera ................................1991-93Ken Roberts ...................................1989Alberto (A.J.) Robles ..................2003-05Jesse Roth ...............................1998-2001Brian Rowland .....................1992,94-96Mike Russell ..................................1992

SVictor Sambade ..........................2009-10Sterling Samudio .......................1986-87Kevin Sawchak ...........................2007-10Carlo Schiavoni ..........................2005-08Chris Schmidt ...........................1979-81Stuart Schulman .......................1983-85John Sheringham .......................1993-96Robert Sheringham ....................2002-05Tonny Segero ..................................1998Chris Seymour ...............................1992Greg Sfakianos ................................1994Ahmad Sleiman .........................1979-80Gentry Smith ..................................2010Houston Smith ......................1997-2000Chris Smithson ..............................1991Babayele Sodade .....................2008-pr.Dean Sorrell ...............................2006-09Manny Soutullo .............................1987Brantley Spillman ...................1998-2001Micheal Spitzer ..........................2000-03Mike Spurlin ..................................1991Mark Stachelski ..........................2005-08Scott Stachelski ......................1997-2001Robert Starr ..............................1988-91Jonah Stewart .............................2006-09Joshua Stewart ........................2010-pr.Matt Stewart .............................1991-92Garrick Stone ............................1987-90Tucker Stone ...........................2008-pr.Mike Stuckel ..................................1982

TKen Tabata ..............................2007-pr.Essa Tabi ....................................1995-96

Angelo Thompson ......................2001-03Chip Thornton ..........................1994-95Dale Toney .....................................1980Harvey Torman ....................1982-84,86George Turley ............................1982-85Bert Turner ......................................1994Cory Turner ...............................1993-94Mark Tracy .................................1993-96

UDennis Umanzor .............................2002Curtis Ushedo ............................2007-10

VJon Vansword .......................1990,92-94

WJohn Waddell .................................1983Chris Waldrip ................................1991Joe Wall .....................................1987-88Patrick Wall .....................................2010Bill Wallace ...............................1989-90Brian Wallace ............................1989-90Richard Warren .........................1979-80Jonathan Weimer .......................1999-02Rick Wells ......................................1991Erik White .................................1993-95Scott White ....................................1983Mike Widra ..............................1986-88David Wiggins ..........................1988-91Tyler Wilcox ....................................2001Chris Williams ........................2008-pr.Chris Wilson .............................1991-94Carl Woszczynski ....................2008-pr.Greg Wood ...............................1984-85Kevin Wood ...................................1979David Wynne ............................1986-89Scott Wynne .............................1984-87

YAtak Yai...................................2010-pr.Mel Young ................................1979-80

ZDanny Ziannis ...........................1993-96John Ziannis .............................1996-99David Zieverink ........................1985-88

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1994 - BLAZERS FALL TO UCLA

UAB went into the game in Los Angeles with a school best 15-3-1 record. UCLA was 15-4 and ranked No. 7 in the nation after earning an at-large bid.

UAB struck first at the 37:59 mark on a rebound shot goal by Mats Hage-dorn. UCLA answered with a goal less than five minutes later by Robbie LaBelle. The Bruins took at 2-1 lead in the second half when Tahj Jakins poked a shot in at the 64:42 mark. Mark Tracy scored on a breakaway to tie the game just two minutes after UCLA had taken the lead. The score stayed that way until the 115th minute of the game, when Ante Razov took a cross pass and put it in for the Bruins win.

1994 NCAA Championship – First Round 1 2 OT O2 FUAB 1 1 0 0 2UCLA 1 1 0 1 3Nov. 20, 1994, Los Angeles, Calif.

SCORING SUMMARY:37:59 UAB Hagedorn (Corcoran)42:25 UCLA LaBelle (Frye)64:42 UCLA Jenkins (Lewis, Frye)66:45 UAB Tracy (O’Keefe)114:22 UCLA RazovShots: UAB 15, UCLA 19Saves: UAB 6 (Papaconstantinou 6), UCLA 4 (Snitko 4)

1999 - UAB MAKES ELITE EIGHT RUN

It had been five years since the Blazers’ first trip to the NCAA Tournament. This time UAB had won the title of a different league, Conference USA. The Blazers went 15-5 and won the C-USA regular season title and the C-USA tournament.

UAB hosted its first NCAA match, against Southwest Missouri, a team with a 20-game unbeaten streak and a 17-0-3 record. UAB extended its streak to 12 straight wins, however, as C-USA Player of the Year Peter Byarahunga and Flavio Monteiro scored, and UAB won, 2-1.

UAB then knocked off SMU on the road in round two. Monteiro and Josh Brinkley scored in the 2-0 win.

The Blazers’ run ended on their home field as Santa Clara’s Michael Goeh-ring scored his second goal of the match in the 103rd minute to lift the Broncos to a 3-2 win over UAB and advance to the Men’s College Cup in Charlotte, N.C. Monteiro and Byarahunga scored for the Blazers.

1999 NCAA Championship – First Round 1 2 FSouthwest Missouri 1 0 1UAB 1 1 2Nov. 21, 1999, Birmingham, Ala.

SCORING SUMMARY:4:03 SMSU Lwali (Williams, Watson)11:47 UAB Monteiro (Byaruhanga, Deras)50:53 UAB Byaruhanga (Smith)Shots: SMSU 25, UAB 12Saves: SMSU 2 (Modersohn 2), UAB 4 (Clemente 4)

1999 NCAA Championship – Second Round 1 2 FUAB 1 1 2SMU 0 0 0Nov. 27, 1999, Dallas, Texas

SCORING SUMMARY:7:30 UAB Monteiro (Pratt, Brinkley)89:54 UAB Brinkley (unassisted)Shots: UAB 11, SMU 24Saves: UAB 9 (Clemente 9 ), SMU 4 (Foss 4)

1999 NCAA Championship – Third Round 1 2 OT FSanta Clara 1 1 1 3UAB 0 2 0 2Dec. 5, 1999, Birmingham, Ala.

SCORING SUMMARY:41:55 SCU Davis (Percell)61:57 UAB Monteiro (unassisted)78:56 SCU Goehring (Callahan)88:33 UAB Byaruhanga (unassisted)102:22 SCU Goehring (Canel)Shots: SCU 21, UAB 13Saves: SCU 2 (Johnson 2), UAB 6 (Clemente 6)

2000 - BLAZERS DROP 4 OT MATCH

UAB and Washington battled in what may have been the most exciting NCAA Tournament game ever – a four-overtime thriller won by the Hus-kies. Washington defender Bryn Ritchie scored at the 141:57 mark to give the Huskies the win. The goal came off a corner kick from Mark Hogen-hout. The Blazers were making their first ever appearance as an at-large team in the tournament.

2000 NCAA Championship - First Round 1 2 OT O2 O3 O4 FUAB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Washington 0 0 0 0 0 1 1Nov 17, 2000, Seattle, Wash.

SCORING SUMMARY:141:57 WASH Ritchie (Hogenhout)Shots: UAB 16, Washington 34Saves: UAB 12 (Clemente 12), Washington 6 (Olsen 6)

2001 - BLAZERS MAKE SECOND SWEET 16

For the third consecutive year, the UAB men’s soccer team appeared in the NCAA Tournament. The Blazers opened tournament play in Columbia, S.C., against Furman. C-USA Freshman of the Year Clint Baumstark stole the show, making six saves on his way to a single-season school record ninth shutout. Martin Rey converted a penalty kick 13 minutes into the first overtime to give UAB the win.

The Blazers then played region host South Carolina. Rey scored two goals and Flavio Monteiro scored seven minutes into overtime to send UAB to its second Sweet 16 in three years.

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UAB moved on to play No. 5 overall seed Clemson in Clemson, S.C. Mon-teiro and Rey scored in the 40th and 50th minute, respectively, to give UAB a two-goal lead. Clemson scored its first goal of the game with 10:06 remain-ing and tied the game with 1:38 left in regulation. Clemson All-American Oguchi Onyewu scored his second goal of the match two minutes into the second overtime.

2001 NCAA Championship – First Round 1 2 OT FUAB 0 0 1 1Furman 0 0 0 0Nov. 23, 2001, Columbia, S.C.

SCORING SUMMARY:102:30 UAB Rey (Penalty Kick)Shots: UAB 11, Furman 17Saves: UAB 6 (Baumstark 6), Furman 5 (Blount 5)

2001 NCAA Championship – Second Round 1 2 OT FUAB 1 1 1 3South Carolina 0 2 0 2Nov. 25, 2001, Columbia, S.C.

SCORING SUMMARY:11:09 UAB Rey (Unassisted)48:16 USC Daley (Penalty Kick)75:07 UAB Rey (Unassisted)76:01 USC Quinn (Barber)96:47 UAB Monteiro (Off corner kick)Shots: UAB 10, USC 15Saves: UAB 3 (Baumstark 3), USC 4 (Bachmeyer 4)

2001 NCAA Championship - Third Round 1 2 OT O2 FUAB 1 1 0 0 2Clemson 0 2 0 1 3Dec. 2, 2001, Clemson, S.C.

SCORING SUMMARY:39:59 UAB Monteiro (Mata)49:06 UAB Rey (Garcia)79:54 CLEM Rivera (Hilgenbrinck, Branan)88:22 CLEM Onyewu (Gibson, Souders)106:55 CLEM Onyewu (Bringsved)Shots: UAB 5, CLEM 23Saves: UAB 9 (Baumstark 8), CLEM 2 (Warren 2)

2006 - BLAZERS RETURN TO NCAAs

For the fourth time in the last eight years, and fifth time overall in program history, the UAB men’s soccer team made an appearance in the NCAA Men’s Soccer Tournament. The Blazers also hosted an NCAA Tournament game for just the third time in program history. Unfortunately, the appearance was a short one as the No. 23-ranked UAB men’s soccer team played to a 1-1 tie with Gardner-Webb. However the Bulldogs advanced to the next round after out-shooting the Blazers, 3-1, on penalty kicks.

UAB redshirt-freshman goalkeeper Wes Johnson gave up an early goal before going on to shut down the Bulldogs throughout the rest of the contest. Junior forward Shane Elsner scored UAB’s only goal of the game off an assist

from senior forward Jersen Monteiro. The Blazers led Gardner-Webb, 23-11, in shots with senior forward/midfielder Lukasz Kwapisz getting most of the looks with 11 shots, five of which were on goal. Sophomore midfielder Two-Boys Gumede had three shots for the game.

2006 NCAA Championship – First Round 1 2 OT O2 FGardner-Webb 1 0 0 0 1 (PK 3-1)UAB 1 0 0 0 1Nov. 11, 2006, Birmingham, Ala.

SCORING SUMMARY:2:46 GW Godfrey (Salvaggione, Pinzon)39:48 UAB Elsner (Monteiro)Shots: UAB 23, Gardner-Webb 11Saves: UAB 4 (Johnson 3), Gardner-Webb 9 (Kettering 9)

Lukasz Kwapisz had a school record 11 shots in the 2006 NCAA Tour-nament first round game against Gardner-Webb.

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Top-Quality Health Care• UAB Hospital is the largest in the state and among the largest and most complex in the nation (1,146 beds), and the only Alabama hospital listed for 22 straight years in the U.S. News & World Report “Best Hospitals” issue, which lists only 3 percent of hospitals nationwide. In the current issue, UAB has six medical specialties in the top 25.

• UAB is the largest academic medical center in Alabama and one of the top four largest academic medical centers in the United States, treating 1,187,230 patients last year.

• UAB provides vital resources and services that are offered nowhere else in Alabama, such as an adult level 1 trauma center, a burn center, and a Level III (highest level) regional neonatal intensive care unit.

• UAB’s Comprehensive Cancer Center was one of the nation’s first such centers designated by the National Cancer Institute and remains the only one in Alabama and a six-state region.

• The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has designated UAB as one of only six Diabetes Research and Training Centers in the country, putting the university at the forefront in development of new methods to treat, prevent and, ultimately, cure diabetes.

• The UAB School of Health Professions provides advanced opportunities and is one of the largest schools of its type in the nation, with 21 innovative programs at the baccalaureate, masters and doctoral degree levels within six departments: Critical Care, Diagnostic and Therapeautic Sciences; Health Services Administration; Nutrition Sciences; Occupational Therapy; and Physical Therapy. U.S. News & World Report ranks several SHP programs among the nation’s top 25.

• UAB Kirklin Clinic is a state-of-the-art, full-service clinic that furnishes a full range of adult outpatient care. Housing more than 25 specialties and more than 700 specialists under one roof, UAB Kirklin Clinic conveniently provides in-house diagnostic testing, surgery services, a pharmacy and educational seminars.

• Several graduate programs at UAB have been recognized for excellence nationally. In the most recent ranking by U.S. News & World Report of graduate programs, the School of Nursing ranks 26th overall, with the School of Medicine being 27th and the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics 58th. Individual programs also have been cited, with the AIDS program within the School of Medicine ranked 5th and the School of Health Profession’s health administration program ranked 7th.

• UAB is ranked 31st nationally for federal research and development funding, attracting over $460 million in 2010, and is 21st in funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

• UAB is among a handful of universities classified by the Carnegie Foundation for both “high research activity” and “community engagement,” which suggests how effectively the university harnesses that research to benefit the community—in terms of the economy, education, better health, and quality of life.

• Recent breakthroughs include a novel bio-coating for cardiac stents that significantly reduces the need for follow-up surgery; using remote satellite imaging to discover ancient ruins in Egypt, featured in a recent BBC documentary; a new collaboration with HudsonAlpha (Huntsville) investigating the genetic roots of Parkinson’s disease; the opening the Materials Processing and Application Development (MPAD) facility, the largest academic research facility of its kind in the nation, offering the rare capability of developing both metals and composites under one roof.

• Innovation Depot, in which UAB is a founding partner, was recently named the Top High-Tech Business Incubator in the nation by the National Business Incubation Association. As the largest incubator in the Southeast, the Depot was responsible for 75 tenant companies and $274 million in sales impact in 2010 (and $1.4 billion in sales impact over the past five years).

• Physician-researchers are at the top of their fields, serving as editors-in-chief of 25 peer-reviewed scientific and medical journals, and in high-level national posts—UAB faculty are currently serving as President of the American Cancer Society and President-elect of the American Heart Association, and an alumna, Dr. Regina Benjamin, is U.S. Surgeon General.

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• UAB is one of only two academic institutions available nationwide receiving requests for Crew Robotics and Vehicle Equipment (CRAVE) for NASA’s International Space Station, space shuttles, and beyond. Lee Moradi, CRAVE program manager in the Center for Biophysical Science and Engineering, says UAB will design, test, and manufacture high-precision research instruments and thermal carriers, he also foresees additional work to develop extravehicular activity and robotics equipment, crew health and conditioning systems, and environmen-tal control and life-support technology.

• The men’s soccer team advanced to the NCAA Championships for the fifth time overall in 2006. The team won the 1999 C-USA Championship and advanced to the NCAA Final 8.

• The UAB women’s soccer team has won the C-USA Tournament title twice (2004 and 2006), earning NCAA trips both years. In 2003, the UAB women captured the C-USA regular season title.

• The Blazers field 18 intercollegiate teams as a Division I member of the NCAA and a founding member of Conference USA.

• Vonetta Flowers, a former UAB track & field All-American, made history in February of 2002 when she won a Gold Medal at the Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City. Flowers became the first Winter Olympics Gold Medalist ever from Alabama when she teamed with Jill Bakken to cap-ture the two-woman bobsled competition.

• Former UAB men’s golfer Graeme McDowell (right) won the U.S. Open in 2010. At UAB, he was the nation’s No. 1-ranked collegiate golfer in 2002.

• In 33 seasons of competition, the Blazer men’s basketball team has enjoyed 29 winning seasons, has made 25 trips to postseason tournaments (14 NCAA, 11 NIT), and has won eight conference championships. With the 2011 NCAA berth, the Blazers have reached postseason play in eight of the past nine years (4 NCAA, 4 NIT). UAB advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16 in 2004, knocking off tournament No. 1 seed Kentucky in the second round.

• The UAB softball team made its first NCAA tournament appearance in 2010 and made a return trip in 2011. The Blazers defeated Florida State in the first round of the 2011 Athens Regional for their first ever NCAA tourney win.

• The Blazer volleyball team has made two NCAA tournament appearances in the past five years (2006 and 2008). The program earned its first NCAA tourna-ment victory in 2008 with a first-round win over Missouri State.

• Blazer football earned its first postseason bowl appearance with a berth in the 2004 Sheraton Hawaii Bowl. The Blazers have finished as Conference USA run-ner-up three times since they became a football-playing member of the league.

• UAB offers one-of-a-kind programs, such as the only undergraduate biomedical engineering degree, the only industrial distribution degree in the Southeast, and one of only four forensic accounting and IT concentrations in the nation.

• UAB also offers unrivaled research and scholarship opportunities for students at all levels, ranking 1st among all public universities in fed-eral research funding per incoming freshman. Of the 138 undergradu-ates enrolled in the Science and Technology Honors Program (part of the acclaimed UAB Honors Academy) in 2010-11, 35 were published in peer-reviewed scientific journals.

• In the U.S. News & World Report rankings of graduate programs, UAB has 13 programs in the top 25 and five in the top 10: Master’s in health administration, 5th; School of Medicine’s AIDS program, 6th; Medicine’s primary care, 10th; nurse practitioner (adult), 10th; nurs-ing service administration, 10th.

• The Scientist ranked UAB 22nd nationally (and 6th among public universities) in its “Best Places to Work as a Postdoctoral Fellow” issue.

• UAB’s Alys Stephens Center is celebrating its 15th anniversary as Birmingham’s “home for the performing arts,” housing a 1,330-seat concert hall, intimate recital hall and state-of-the-art theatres. With 24 Steinway pianos in its music department, UAB is Alabama’s first “All-Steinway School” and one of only 125 in the world.

• The School of Nursing is designated as a World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Center for International Nursing, one of only 10 such centers in the U.S. and 45 in the world.

• Just in the past three years, UAB students earned 8 Goldwater Scholarships, 7 Fulbright scholarships, 3 Phi Kappa Phi Fellowships and an NIH-Oxford-Cambridge Scholarship (one of only 15 in the nation).

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UAB President and alumna Carol Garrison has had an extraordinary view of her alma mater. She took her first full-time job in UAB Hospital, during the uni-versity’s formative years in the 1970s, then earned her master’s degree from UAB.

When she returned to campus in fall 2002, as UAB’s sixth president, the young, dynamic institution had evolved into a world-renowned research university and medical center. A Montclair, New Jersey native, Dr. Garrison earned her bachelor’s (1974) and Ph.D. in epidemiology (1982) from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. She was a faculty member, department chair, dean

and provost at the University of South Carolina (1982-1997). She joined the University of Louisville as provost in 1997 and was appointed interim president there in early 2002. As president of UAB, Dr. Garrison also chairs the board of the UAB Health System, which includes UAB Hospital, The Kirklin Clinic, and other of UAB’s nationally ranked patient care facilities. During Dr. Garrison’s tenure, UAB has enjoyed remarkable growth and development. Recent years have seen the opening of state-of-the-art facilities such as the North Pavilion of UAB Hospital and the Shelby Inter-disciplinary Biomedical Research Building, Heritage Hall and the burgeoning Campus Green along Univer-sity Boulevard, and most recently, the UAB Women & Infants Center and Hazelrig-Salter Radiation-Oncology Facility.

The growth of the physical campus and academic programs has been guided by UAB’s Strategic Plan. Developed with campus-wide participation in 2003, the Strategic Plan has led to the recruitment of interna-tionally known faculty and physicians, and the creation of innovative new curricula and honors programs for undergraduates. In 2011, UAB saw its largest enroll-ment ever (17,575). UAB has also recently been ranked among the top 15 percent of all U.S. universities in The Princeton Review (5th in diverse student population and 11th in student satisfaction). Now in her 10th year as president, Dr. Garrison continues working in partnership with the campus and the community towards an extraordinary vision for UAB and for Birmingham.

Dr. Carol Garrison, President

B rian Mackin was named UAB’s Direc-

tor of Athletics on February 14, 2007. He moved into the position after spending five years as senior associate athletic director for external affairs for the Blazers. A former UAB base-ball letterman, Mackin has a deep-rooted passion for

the University and its athletics program. With an eye on the future, his commitment to continue to grow the program has been clear in the time since he became athletics director. He has made success in the classroom and improv-ing athletic facilities two of his top priorities. Mackin was able to secure the first-ever naming rights for the athletics program with the generous gift from Don and Marsha Hire for the Hoke Hire Student-Athlete Academic Center. With the opening of the Academic Center, an abundance of new computer equipment has been added. Mackin has also strengthened the aca-demic area by creating additional staff positions. Under Mackin’s watch, the Academic Reform Group (ARG) was initiated. This group is made up of athletics staff members and academic support staff. With its mission to create an environment of academic excellence in the department, the group addresses every aspect of a student-athlete’s experience while at UAB. Mackin has also demonstrated his commitment to academic success by initiating a penalty structure for student-athletes and making them accountable if they miss classes or tutorial sessions. Mackin’s commitment to academics has shown positive results. For the 2009-10 academic year, UAB

student-athletes accounted for nearly 25 percent of Conference USA Scholar-Athletes of the Year, awards that are handed out annually to the top student-athlete in each sport that the league sponsors. Since Mackin became athletics director, he has made facility improvements another objective of emphasis. A new 10,000-square foot weight room has opened for Blazer teams, as well as a new, spacious, state-of the-art athletic training facility which opened in the fall of 2008. With the renovation of the Ullman Building, the Blazers’ Olympic sports coaches have been able to relocate into brand new offices. Other facilities improvements have included the resurfacing of the track for the Blazers’ track and field team. In spring 2010, the first phase of the new, on-campus UAB softball facility was completed. The improvements haven’t gone unnoticed as UAB has been named as host site for the 2012 Conference USA Soft-ball Championship. The baseball and softball programs also enjoy the hitting and pitching facility additions that were com-pleted in spring 2010. New state-of-the-art video boards are now in place in Bartow Arena, Young Memorial Field and the new softball facility. The upgrades and progress of the program under Mackin have not been limited to facilities and academ-ics. In the last three years, the athletics program entered an agreement with Nike that provides apparel and equipment for all of UAB’s athletics teams. Mackin came on board at UAB in the spring of 2002 as senior associate AD for external affairs. In that role, he was responsible for fund-raising, corporate sup-port and marketing for the athletic department. In 2006, Mackin was named Division I-A Fund-raiser of the Year by the National Association of Athletic

Development Directors. Under Mackin’s leadership, contributions to UAB athletics nearly tripled from $1.3 million in 2001 to about $3.7 million in 2006. Additionally, he has been responsible for the creation of several affinity groups including the Athletic Inves-tors Group, the Champion Club, and the Blazer Club, which brought together the two annual funds support-ing football and men’s basketball. Prior to joining UAB, Mackin served as Manager of Corporate Business Development at Vulcan Materi-als, where he was responsible for examining potential new markets for business development and locating growth opportunities in the industry. Mackin earned his bachelor’s degree in finance from UAB in 1983. He was a member of the Blazer baseball team four seasons and then moved into the Houston Astros baseball organization for one season. Mackin then joined Vulcan Materials, where he held management positions in sales and market analysis. In 1990, he joined Southern Ready Mix as sales man-ager before joining Dunn Construction in 1993 where he rose to vice president in 1999. His responsibilities included business development, sales and project man-agement. Mackin’s community activities include the Bir-mingham Tip-Off Club, which hosts the State High School Final Four, the Monday Morning Quarterback Club and the Birmingham Rotary Club. He has served as the president of the Birmingham Tip-Off Club. Mackin and his wife, Sally, have five children: Ragland (23), Brian Jr. (21), Ferrell (18), Mary Aileen (17), and Ella (14).

Brian Mackin, Athletics Director

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Senior Administrative Staff

Shannon EalySenior Associate AD

External Affairs

Derita RatcliffeSenior Associate AD

Senior Woman Administrator

Danez MarrableAssociate AD

Student Services

Timothy GarnerAssociate AD

Financial Affairs

Coleman BarnesAssociate AD

for Development

Brad SmithAssistant AD

Marketing

Norm ReillyAssociate AD

Media Relations

Stacey TormanDirector of

Strength and Conditioning

Matt WildtAssociate AD

Ticket Operations &Football Administration

Mike JonesAssistant AD

Athletic Training

Reid AdairAssistant AD

Facilities and Operations

Dr. Frank M. Mes-sina, professor and

chair of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Department of Accounting and Infor-mation Systems (ACIS) in the UAB School of Business, was named fac-

ulty athletics representative in 2008. He has been on staff at the university for 16 years.

Messina has been chair of ACIS since 2002 and is the school’s Ernst & Young Scholar. A Birmingham native, he came to UAB in 1993 as an assistant professor in accounting.

He received a doctorate in business adminis-tration (D.B.A.) from Mississippi State Univer-sity (MSU) in 1993, a master’s in professional

accountancy at MSU in 1990 and a bachelor’s in business administration at the University of West Alabama in 1986.

Messina and his wife, Natalie, have two sons: Taylor (18) and TJ (8). A third son, Thomas, passed away in the spring of 2010 at the age of 15.

Dr. Frank Messina, Faculty Athletics Representative

UAB Administration

Corey BrayAssociate AD Compliance

Associate Athletic Director for Student Ser-vices Danez M.

Marrable oversees a staff of eight full-time advi-sors, a learning specialist, reading and writing spe-cialist and five assistants in the Don M. & Mar-sha Hoke Hire Student-Athlete Academic Cen-ter. Their mission is to provide the highest qual-ity of academic support, counseling and guidance to UAB student-athletes by promoting academic excellence, self-responsi-bility, personal and pro-fessional growth.

Marrable and her staff act as a liaison between the student-athlete, coaches and UAB’s academic communities and ensures that student-athletes comply with academic rules established by the university, the NCAA and Conference USA. The staff also coordi-nates academic programs designed to assist the stu-dent-athletes in acquiring a quality education as well as programs to promote personal and career development.

UAB’s Student Services program wants to make certain that student-athletes succeed to their highest academic ability. Inherent in the pro-gram is the philosophy that student-athletes take responsibility for their own growth and development while receiving maximum support. The academic unit’s goals are to prepare student-athletes for viable careers, to assist them in secur-ing degrees and to produce responsible citizens.

The athletic advisors, in conjunction with specific major advisors, work with student-athletes on a regular basis on necessary requirements for their chosen degree. The advisors also help plan class schedules, keeping in mind academic standing, practice, travel and competition schedules. In

addition, athletic advisors regularly review the performance and class attendance of all student-athletes to help them keep on pace toward graduation.

In addition, the Life Skills program is run through this office. This NCAA program centers around the five commitments (academics, ath-letics, personal development, career development and community ser-vice) and was created to support the student-athlete development initiatives and enhance the quality of the student-athlete experience within the context of higher education.

Finally, the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) is advised through the stu-dent services offices. This group, the ‘voice’ of the student-athletes, is com-p o s e d of rep-r e s e n -t a t i v e s from each

team. At UAB, this group works to promote UAB athletics, orga-nizes community service efforts, provides admin-istration with the voice of the student-athletes and works to ensure student-athlete welfare and success in the Birmingham com-munity.

UAB’s commitment to academic excellence got a boost in the summer of 2008 with the completion of the Don M. & Marsha Hoke Hire Student-Ath-lete Academic Center. Under the direc-tion of athletics director Brian Mackin, and with a generous donation from Don M. & Marsha Hoke Hire, UAB was able

to completely renovate the academic center and provide first-class facilities to the Blazers’ student-athletes.

Sitting in the middle of UAB’s athletic complexes, including Bartow Arena and the football practice facilities, the Hoke Hire Student-Athlete Aca-demic Center serves as the home for overseeing the educational development and progress toward graduation for all student-athletes.

Academics(Student-athletes achieving

cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better)

Michael Coleman

Flo Liu

Reed Matte

Tucker Stone

Ken Tabata

Chris Williams

Carl Woszczynski

2010-11 C-USA Commissioner’s

Honor Roll

(L-R) Marsha and Don Hire, Mr. Charles J. Hoke and UAB Athletics Director Brian Mackin cut the ribbon on

the new Academic Center in 2008.

Danez Marrable

Associate Athletic Direc-tor for Student Services

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Sidney Ball

Academic Advisor

Drew Barnette

Academic Advisor

Mary Kathryn Borland

Academic Advisor

Christina Harris

Academic Advisor

Greg GreenCoordinator of

Football Academics

• Completed in the Summer of 2008

• Houses a director, a learning specialist, sevenfull-time advisors and five assistants

• More than 50 tutors and mentors

• Over 40 computers available for student use

• Computer lab for general student use

• Learning lab

• Laptops for student-athlete checkout

• Mentor meeting room

• Nine small group and one-on-one tutor rooms

• Five large group study areas

• Staff conference room

• Tutor/mentor resource library

Don M. & Marsha Hoke Hire Student-Athlete Academic Center

Fall 2010 student-athlete graduates.

Spring 2011 student-athlete graduates.

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Sharon Johnson

Academic Advisor

Peggy Weiss

Learning Specialist

Josh Watson

Academic Advisor

Wayne Hamberger

Learning Specialist

Charlie Hogan

Academic Advisor

The Sports Medicine staff provides for all 17 varsity teams and 350 University of Alabama at Birming-ham student-athletes with high quality health care. Student-athletes have access to the leading sports medicine and health care professionals.

The Sports Medicine staff consists of team physi-cians, dentists, athletic trainers and a sports nutri-tionist. The daily care, prevention, evaluation and treatment of injuries is supervised by a staff of seven full-time and five graduate assistants that have been certified by the National Athletic Trainers Associa-tion (NATA) and licensed by the state of Alabama.

The Sports Medicine program is under the direc-tion of Mike Jones; his full-time athletic trainers are Melissa Adams, Laurie Fincher, Bryan Koch, Gerald Mickler, Greg Mytyk and Jennifer Wallace. Gradu-ate assistant trainers Seong Choi, Matt Fisher, Betsy Ostrowski, Ryan Richardson, Daniel Springer and Dani Stephenson complete the staff.

Team physicians are affiliated with the acclaimed UAB Health System, health professional school and the UAB Sports Medicine. U.S. News & World Report and other national publications consistently rank UAB’s innovative programs and expert spe-

cialists among the best in America. The Medical Director of UAB Sports Medicine is Dr. William Garth, an orthopedic surgeon. He is responsible for all services provided to student-athletes. General medical care is provided by Dr. Brenda Baumann and Dr. Marshall Crowther.

In the fall of 2008, the Wallace Building Ath-letic Training Room opened. The 9,000 square foot state-of-the-art facility offers the finest therapeutic modalities and rehabilitative equipment. It has an extensive collection of therapeutic and rehabilita-tion equipment including a BTE isokinetic testing machine and hydrotherapy tanks. The Wet Room features two free standing dual-tank consoles that offer whole-body and extremity immersion in either warm or cold hydrotherapy. UAB has the largest dual-tank console that has a stainless steel tank with a capacity of 1,450 gallons of water and can accom-modate up to 25 football student-athletes at a time.

In addition to the Wallace Building Facility, auxil-iary athletic training rooms are located in Bartow Arena and in Young Memorial Field.

SportsMedicine

Bryan KochAssociate

Athletic Trainer

Mike JonesAssistant AD

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Dr. Brenda Baumann Team Physician

Dr. Marshall Crowther Team Physician

Dr. William Garth

Team Physician

In the fall semester, 2008, the Wallace Building Athletic Training Room opened its doors. UAB student-athletes began enjoying a brand-new, state of the art athletic training facility. The new 9,000 square foot center allows the athletic

training staff to work more efficiently and gives the student-athletes a much more comfortable facility.

Gerald MicklerAssistant

Athletic Trainer

Jen WallaceAssistant

Athletic Trainer

Laurie FincherAssistant

Athletic Trainer

Greg MytykAssistant

Athletic Trainer

Melissa AdamsAssistant

Athletic Trainer

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UAB’s Strength and Conditioning pro-gram, the Blazers’ staff and student-

athletes can now boast of having one of the finest facilities around.

The new center opened in January of 2008 and houses a 10,000 square-foot weight room that features more than 40,000 pounds of free weights.

Strength and conditioning coach Stacey Torman and her staff works with members of the Blazer men’s soccer team to develop training programs and enhance each ath-

lete’s performance.Torman has more than 20 years of

experience in the area of strength and con-ditioning at UAB. She has helped produce numerous NSCA All-Americans.

Torman’s work is instrumental in the team’s fitness level and preparation for the school.

Torman and the Blazers moved into their new strength and conditioning area in Bell Gymnasium, more than tripling the size of the area they had utilized previ-

ously in Bartow Arena. The bright and spacious weight room area includes state-of-the-art equipment for weight training, stretching and conditioning workouts.

Torman and the staff use a variety of techniques to assist the Blazers in achiev-ing maximum performance and potential. With a heavy emphasis on Olympic style weightlifting, the program concentrates on speed, power, and strength.

Strength &Conditioning

Stacey TormanMen’s Soccer Strength &

Conditioning Coach

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Summer, 1977: Coach Gene Bartow is hired as UAB’s first intercollegiate Athletics Director and head basketball coach. Preparations begin for the hiring of coaches and sup-port staff, recruitment of student-athletes, establishment of the Golden 100 scholarship foundation, scheduling, etc.

Fall, 1978: UAB athletic teams begin intercollegiate competition for the first time; the university begins an 11-year association with the Sun Belt Conference.

Nov. 24, 1978: The UAB men’s basketball team plays its first game, a 66-54 loss to Nebraska before a crowd of 14,800 at the Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center; UAB has gone on to win 20 or more games 15 times, appear in 11 NCAA Tournaments and eight NITs.

March, 1981: The Blazer men’s basketball team defeats Kentucky in the NCAA Mid-east Regional, and reaches the NCAA “Sweet 16.” This appearance marks the beginning of a streak of seven consecutive NCAA Tournaments for UAB (1981-87).

March, 1982: UAB adds to its amazing basketball success story, defeating Indiana and Virginia in the Southeast Regional, and reaching the NCAA “Elite Eight.” The Southeast Regional in Birmingham is the first of five NCAA Tournament events to be hosted by UAB (’82, ’84, ’85, ’87, ’88).

March, 1989: Blazer basketball reaches the NIT Final Four, defeating Michigan State for third place at Madison Square Garden.

Fall, 1989: The UAB club football team is orga-nized; the team goes 0-6 in its first season.

1990-91: The Blazer baseball team wins its first Sun Belt Conference Championship and becomes the first UAB team other than men’s basketball to participate in the NCAA Tournament. Men’s tennis wins the first of five consecutive conference championships in the Sun Belt and Great Midwest Conferences. Volleyball wins the first of three consecutive championships in the Sun Belt and Great Midwest conferences and makes its first of four consecutive post-season appearances.

1991-92: UAB begins competition in the Great Midwest Conference. The UAB football team begins its first season of varsity play at the Divi-sion III level. Blazer volleyball and baseball win the first Great Midwest Championship. UAB places its first men’s tennis players, Frank Schaff-ner and Karl Steffen, in NCAA Tournament play.

1992-93: Men’s basketball reaches the NIT Final Four, defeating Alabama, Clemson, Southwest Missouri State and Providence. The nationally-ranked UAB men’s tennis team participates in the NCAA Tournament for the first time. Blazer volleyball, cross country and tennis teams all win Great Midwest Conference cham-pionships.

January, 1993: UAB announces that its football program will compete at the NCAA I-AA level, beginning with the 1993 season.

1993-94: Blazer teams win six league championships, and UAB wins the Great Midwest Conference Commissioner’s Cup, awarded to the university with the most successful overall athletics program. The Blazer basketball team goes 14-0 vs. GMW opponents and makes its first appearance in the NCAA Tournament. Men’s basket-ball is nationally-ranked and participates in the NCAA Tournament.

August, 1994: UAB announces that its football program will compete at the NCAA I-A level and that the school will field a women’s soccer team beginning with the 1996 season.

1994-95: UAB soccer wins the Great Midwest Conference championship and partici-pates in the NCAA Tournament. UAB wins GMW championship in men’s and women’s

Proud Past Bright Future

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tennis, women’s indoor track & field, women’s outdoor track & field and men’s golf. April 24, 1995: UAB becomes a charter member of Conference USA.March 26, 1996: One era ends and another begins as coach Gene Bartow steps

down as head men’s basketball coach. November 14, 1996: Conference USA announces that UAB has been admitted as

a football-playing member; the Blazers will begin C-USA play in 1999.1997-98: UAB freshman Mirela Vladulescu takes the women’s collegiate tennis world

by storm, winning both the ITA Clay Court National Championship and Riviera Women’s All-America Championship; she is the first UAB tennis player to win a collegiate grand slam event. Vladulescu will later be the top-ranked player in the NCAA rankings for much

of the 1997-98 season. The men’s golf team receives a bid to the NCAA Tourna-ment for the first time in school history.

1998-99: The men’s basketball team makes its 10th appearance in the NCAA Tournament. Mirela Vladulescu returns to the NCAA Tournament

for the second consecutive year, despite an injury-plagued season.1999-00: UAB athletics has arguably its best season to date. The

UAB football team becomes an official member of Conference USA and goes 4-2 in conference play during its inaugural sea-son. The UAB men’s soccer team wins the Conference USA Championship and reaches the NCAA “Elite Eight”. Synchro-

nized swimming finishes fourth in the country at the U.S. Collegiate Championships in its inaugural season. Women’s basketball reaches the “Sweet 16,”

the men’s tennis team makes its fifth NCAA Tournament appearance and men’s golf makes its second NCAA Tournament appearance in three years.

July 10, 2000: Gene Bartow announces his retirement as athletics director after 23 years of service to the university.

August 22, 2000: Herman Frazier is named UAB’s second athletics director.

Sept. 23, 2000: In what was arguably the greatest win in UAB football history, the Blazers go to Baton Rouge, La. and upset SEC foe LSU, 13-10, on a game-winning field goal by Rhett Gallego in the waining seconds.

2000-01: Led by sophomore All-American Graeme McDowell, the men’s golf team finished ninth in the NCAA Tournament and advanced to its first NCAA Championship at Duke University, where it garnered a tie for 12th place. Senior women’s tennis player Mirela Vladulescu finished off a four-year career as one of the most successful athletes in UAB history. The men’s soccer team made it to the NCAA Tournament for the second straight year. The foot-ball team finished 7-4 overall, becoming the first “bowl-eligible” Blazer squad since UAB moved to the NCAA I-A level in 1996. The women’s basketball team, led by junior All-American Deanna Jackson, finished the season 20-11

and advanced to the WNIT. In just its second season, the synchronized swimming team placed fourth at the U.S. Collegiate Championships and eighth at the U.S. Nationals.

2001-02: Led by All-American Graeme McDowell, who was the No. 1-ranked golfer in the nation, the UAB men made their third consecutive appearance (fourth overall) in the NCAA Tournament. The Blazer football squad again boasted another “bowl eligible” season, as the team went 6-5 in 2001. The men’s soccer team made its third consecutive trip (fourth overall) to the NCAA Tournament, advancing to the “Sweet 16.” The UAB softball team had its best season to date, advancing to the C-USA Championship game and boasting a 39-22 overall record. Denise Peters and Lisa Nowoslawski of the women’s soccer team were both named Verizon Academic All-Americans. In addition, Peters was named the C-USA Women’s Soccer Scholar Athlete of the Year. Synchronized swimming earned its highest finish to date at the U.S. Collegiate Championships, taking third. Four swimmers received Academic All-America honors and three swimmers were named All-Americans by the U.S. Synchronized Swimming Coaches Committee.

April 4, 2002: Athletics Director Herman Frazier and UAB President Ann Reyn-olds announce the hiring of Mike Anderson as UAB’s third men’s basketball coach.

November 21, 2002: Watson Brown is named UAB‘s third athletics director.2002-03: In his first season at the helm of the men’s basketball program, Mike Ander-

son guided the Blazers to a 21-win season and a quarterfinal finish in the NIT. Lisa Nowo-slawski capped off her career for the women’s soccer program by earning several prestigious academic awards, including an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship, the C-USA Postseason Scholarship Award and first-team Verizon / CoSIDA Academic All-America honors for the second straight year. The synchronized swimming team posted its second straight third-place finish at the U.S. Collegiate Championships and recorded a fourth place finish, its highest to date, at the U.S. National Championships. Six swimmers received Academic All-America honors and three swimmers were named All-Americans by the U.S. Synchronized Swimming Coaches Committee.

The final score read 13-10 as the UAB football program earned its signature

victory at LSU on Sept. 23, 2000.

Mirela Vladulesu took the collegiate tennis world by storm and was the top-ranked women’s tennis player in the country

for much of the 1997-98 season.

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Sept. 4, 2003: The UAB football team plays host to Southern Miss in front of the biggest crown in UAB history, and the most people ever to watch a Conference USA football game when 44,669 people flocked to Legion Field.

October 31, 2003: With a dominat-ing 2-0 win on the road against USF, the UAB women’s soccer team earned its first Conference USA Championship and set the school record for shutouts in a season with nine. The Blazers’ Tara Kidwell and Jill Knottek each scored second half goals to lead UAB to its momentous victory.

March, 2004: The UAB men’s basketball team shocks the college basketball world with its 76-75 upset over top-seeded Kentucky to advance to the “Sweet 16” of the NCAA Tournament. The Blazers would finish the season with a 22-10 overall record and ranked No. 23 in the country. Also, the Blazers’ 12-4 record in Conference USA earned them a share of the first C-USA regular season championship. Head coach Mike Ander-son was also named the 2004 Conference USA Coach of the Year.

Spring, 2004: The synchronized swim-ming team posted is third straight third-place finish at the U.S. Collegiate Championships and recorded a fifth-place finish at the U.S. National Championships.

Fall, 2004: The UAB women’s soccer team claimed the C-USA Tournament title with a thrilling 2-1 victory over host and regular-season champion Saint Louis in St. Louis, Mo., to earn its first NCAA Tournament berth in school his-tory. The UAB football team made its first bowl game appearance in school history as the Blaz-ers faced Hawai’i in the 2004 Sheraton Hawai’i Bowl. The Blazers fell to the Warriors, 59-40, on Christmas Eve in Honolulu, Hawai’i.

Spring, 2006: The UAB men’s basketball team earned its third consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament after finishing as Conference USA regular season and tournament runner-up. The synchronized swimming team took fourth place at the U.S. Collegiate Nationals. The Blazer softball team turned in one of its finest seasons in program history as the team won 31 games during the season to finish as the C-USA runner-up. Head coach Marla Townsend was named the C-USA Coach-of-the-Year.

April 7, 2006: Mike Davis named as the fourth head basketball coach in the program’s 28-year history.

Fall, 2006: UAB’s fall sports teams made three NCAA Tournament appearances, claimed three C-USA titles and beat the No. 1 team in the country. The UAB cross country team won the conference championship and head coach Ray Stanfield was named C-USA Coach of the Year. The women’s soccer team ran through the C-USA Tournament, and earned a berth in the NCAA Tournament. UAB’s men’s soccer team beat the No. 1 team in the country during the regular season and hosted a first-round NCAA Tournament game. To conclude the fall sports season, the Blazer volleyball squad won its first-ever Conference USA Tournament title and made its first appearance in the NCAA Tournament.

December 17, 2006: Former Georgia offensive coordinator Neil Callaway was chosen to lead the UAB football team, becoming the third coach in the program’s history, and the second coach to lead the Blazers since becom-ing a Division I program in 1996.

Spring, 2007: Zack Sucher matched UAB’s highest finish ever at the NCAA Men’s Golf Championships, closing the tournament tied for fourth place with a five-under 275 during four rounds of play. Sucher became just the fourth UAB men’s golfer in program history to earn All-American status, nabbing a spot on the honor-able mention All-America team. In addition, the men’s golf team made its fifth NCAA Regional appearance in the past eight years.

February 14, 2007: Former UAB baseball player and alumnus Brian Mackin was selected as the program’s fourth full-time Athletics Director.

Spring, 2008: UAB men’s golf team cap-tures the program’s first-ever Conference USA Championship. The Blazers went on to make the program’s seventh NCAA Regional and third NCAA National Championship appearances. Zack Sucher was tabbed second-team All-America and captured four individual titles during the 2007-08 men’s golf season.

May 21, 2008: The UAB baseball team made history by recording the program’s first-ever win over the then-No. 5 Rice Owls, 8-2, in the opening round of the Conference USA Tourna-ment. Not only did the Blazers defeat the Owls for the first time in 10 tries, but it also was the second-highest ranked opponent the baseball team has defeated in program history. The Blazers would go on to match their best-ever result in the C-USA Tournament, making it to the semifinals.

2009-10: The softball team capped arguably the most successful season in program history with 37 wins and its first ever NCAA tournament berth. The men’s basketball team also Participated in the postseason, advancing to the NIT quarter-finals and hosting defending national champion

North Carolina at Bartow Arena. Individu-ally, football’s Joe Webb and men’s soc-cer’s Two-Boys Gumede were selected as C-USA Offensive Players of the Year for

their sports. Jala Harris became the first C-USA women’s bas-ketball player ever to earn Freshman and Sixth Player

of the Year honors in the same season.

Feb. 23, 2010: The UAB softball team opened

i t s new, on-campus facility, drawing a school-record crowd of 1,323 to its contest with Alabama.

Spring, 2011: The UAB men’s bas-

ketball team captured the program’s first-ever out-

right Conference USA regular season championship. The Blazers

were also selected to the NCAA Tournament, marking their first

NCAA tournament appear-ance since 2006 and the

program’s 14th NCAA selection in its 32-year history. The softball

team earned its second NCAA berth in as many seasons as well. Furthermore,

women’s tennis standout Jenny Cape became the first Academic All-American for her sport, while track and field also received its first Academic All-America selections, as Nora Mehl and Rhiannon Johns received the nod.

The 2006 UAB volleyball team won the Conference USA Tournament title and competed in the program’s first-ever

NCAA Division I Tournament.

In 2011, the UAB men’s basketball team secured the program’s first outright Conference USA regular season

championship.

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One of the most respected figures in intercol-legiate athletics, Gene Bartow, forged the UAB

athletic program into a well-rounded organization with outstanding teams in several sports. Bartow, considered the “founding father” of UAB athletics, grew the intercollegiate sports program there from its infancy into one that featured 17 sports and an annual operating budget of more than $8 million by the time he retired from the position in 2000.

Among his achievements were guiding the pro-gram through three conference changes, growing the football team from a club sport into a Division I-A program, and adding several women’s sports to the uni-versity’s athletics roster.

Bartow was at the helm of the UAB men’s basketball program for 18 seasons, compiling a record of 366-203 (.643) during his tenure. He led the Blazers to the NIT in the program’s second year of existence, and followed that up with seven straight NCAA Tournament appearances, including trips to the Sweet 16 in 1981 and the Elite Eight in 1982. In all, he led UAB to 14 postseason appearances, nine of which were NCAA Tournaments.

In addition to his time at UAB, Bartow is one of the top col-lege basketball coaches of all time. By the time he retired from collegiate coaching in 1996, he had led teams for 34 years at six universities (Central Missouri State, Valparaiso, Memphis State, Illinois, UCLA and UAB), compiling 647 wins, 15 NCAA Tournament appearances, two Final Four appear-ances, one national title game appearance and one national Coach of the Year Award (both with Memphis State in 1973), and no probation problems with the NCAA.

The Browning, Missouri native coached 34 years at six universities. He coached at Central Missouri State University from 1961-64, Valparaiso University from 1964-1970, Memphis State University from 1970-74, and he led the Tigers to the ‘73 NCAA national champion-ship game and consecutive Missouri Valley Conference titles in the ‘71-’72 and ‘72-’73 seasons. In 1974 Bartow accepted the head coaching position at the University of Illinois. Illinois finished 8-18 in his only season coaching the Fighting Illini, and Bartow left his position to suc-ceed John Wooden as the head coach of UCLA. Bartow coached at UCLA from 1975 to 1977, guiding them to a 52-9 record, including a berth in the 1976 Final Four. Bartow left UCLA after the 1977 season to take over the job of creating an athletic program at UAB.

Bartow retired from coaching in 1996, and in 1997, UAB renamed its basketball venue, Bartow Arena, in his honor. The Birmingham News has voted him one of the top 10 most influential figures in Alabama sports for the past century.

Bartow and his wife, the former Ruth Huffine, have three children, Mark, Beth and Murry, who is the head men’s basketball coach at East Tennessee State.

Gene BartowAlabama Sports Hall Of Fame ’89

National College Basketball Hall Of Fame ’09

• UAB head basketball coach (1977-96)• UAB’s first Athletics Director (1977-2000)• Nine NCAA Tournament appearances at UAB• 14 postseason appearances during 18-year

coaching career at UAB• 11 20-win seasons during UAB coaching

career tenure• 647 career coaching victories• 366 victories at UAB• Led UAB to NCAA Sweet 16 in 1981 and

Elite Eight appearance in 1982 • Voted by the Birmingham News as one of the

top-10 influential figures in Alabama sports over the past century

“Founding Father” of UAB Athletics

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Graeme McDowellYears At UAB: 1999-2002

• Captured the 2010 U.S. Open Cham-pionship – the first major title by a former UAB golfer and the first U.S. Open win by a European player in nearly 40 years

• Has won six professional tournaments, five of which have come on the European

Tour• A member of Europe’s Ryder Cup

Team in 2008 and helped lift his team to the trophy in 2010

• Named 2010 ASWA Pro-fessional Athlete of the Year and GWAA Golfer of the Year

• Ranked as high as No. 4 in the world golf rankings

• First-team All-America selection and C-USA Golfer of the Year in 2001 and 2002

• Winner of the 2002 Fred Haskins Award, given annually to the nation’s top collegiate golfer

Roddy WhiteYears At UAB: 2001-04

• Drafted No. 27 overall by the Atlanta Falcons in 2005

• Was named as an NFL All-Pro wide receiver in 2010

• Became the first UAB alum to earn an invitation to the NFL Pro Bowl, receiving the nod in three con-

secutive seasons (2008-2010)• First Falcon ever to have 80 catches and

1,100-plus yards in four straight seasons (2007-10)• Collected 71 receptions for an NCAA-leading

and C-USA-record 1,452 yards and a C-USA-record 14 touchdowns as a senior in 2004• Ranks second in the UAB record books in

career receptions (163), receiving yards (3,112) and receiving touchdowns (26)

Vonetta (Jeffrey) FlowersYears At UAB: 1992-95

• Inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in 2010

• Made history at the 2002 Winter Olym-pics in Salt Lake City, becoming the first and only former UAB athlete to earn an Olympic Gold Medal

• Captured the Gold in the bobsled as the first black athlete (male or female in any country) to win a gold medal at the Winter Olympics

• Selected to carry the American flag in the 2002 closing ceremonies

• Honored as the 2002 USOC Team of the Year with teammate Jill Bakken

• All-American in track & field at UAB, where she still holds numerous school records

Deanna JacksonYears At UAB: 1998-2002

• First and only UAB player selected in the WNBA Draft, chosen eighth overall by the Cleveland Rock-ers in 2002

• Competed with USA Basketball on the 2000 Jones Cup Team that won the Gold in Taipei

• Only women’s basketball player in C-USA and UAB history to record more than 2,000 career points and

1,000 career rebounds• Two-time C-USA Player of the Year (2000-01, 2001-02)

and the league’s Freshman of the Year in 1999• UAB career leader in rebounds (1,118) and ranks second

in school history in points (2,144)

Bryan ThomasYears At UAB: 1998-2001

• Selected No. 22 overall by the New York Jets in 2002, becoming the Blazers’ highest-ever NFL draft pick

• Entering his 10th year as a Jet with 141 career games played, compiling 91 starts, 404 tackles, 31 sacks, seven forced fumbles and five fumble recoveries

• Ranks as UAB’s all-time leader in career sacks (36) and tackles for loss (56)

• Led the “Steel Shield” defense in 2001, which topped the nation in rushing defense (57.3 yards per game) and was ranked No. 5 in the nation in total defense (265.9 yards per game)

Dejan JakovicYears At UAB: 2005-07

• A starting defender for D.C. United in Major League Soccer

• Formerly played for Red Star Belgrade in Serbia’s First Division

• Has made 16 international appearances for the Canadian Nation-al Team

• A three-time all-conference selection at UAB

• Twice earned first-team all-region honors

Chris HammondYears At UAB: 1985

• Drafted in 1986 by Cincinnati Reds and made major league debut in 1990

• Pitched 14 seasons in the major leagues, including four with the Reds and five with the Florida Marlins, finishing his career with an overall record of 66-62 and a 4.14 ERA

• Pitched in the 2003 World Series with the New York Yankees

• Known more as a hitter at UAB, posting a .275 average with 32 runs scored and 16 RBI in 1985

EXCELLENCE

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At The Next Level

Men’s BasketballAaron JohnsonJerome MincySteve MitchellOliver Robinson

FootballRodregis BrooksCedrick BuchannonJosh EvansKerry FrazierRobert LeslieDerrick IngramJohn WhitcombRoddy White

Women’s BasketballWanda HightowerDeanna Jackson

BaseballShayne CarnesJay ColeMitch JonesRyan Keedy

Men’s SoccerClint BaumstarkPeter ByaruhangaLeandro de OliveiraTony McManusFlavio MonteiroRumbani MunthaliMarin PusekHouston Smith

Women’s SoccerTara Kidwell

Men’s TennisGerd AlbiezMike KirstenPaul RosnerFrank SchaffnerVaughn SnymanMartin Woisetschläger

Women’s TennisMirela Vladulescu

Track/ Cross CountryElizabeth AmbrusVonetta FlowersAngela King

Men’s GolfPaul DickinsonGraeme McDowellGarrett OsbornZack Sucher

Synchronized SwimmingMorgan ClarkeMeryl GrandiaAmanda HaeuserStephanie JacksonStacey JacksonMargareta JakovacStacy LeikerSara PetrovHallie ToddBogdana Zareva

VolleyballIvana BozicSam SerleyNevena Stefanov

All-AmericansUAB

Steve Mitchell

Elizabeth Ambrus

Flavio Monteiro

Ryan Keedy

BaseballBrent Laircey

Men’s BasketballCarter Long

FootballJohnny Rea

VolleyballSuzie JohnsonPatti Schroder

Men’s TennisSebastian FalkFrank SchaffnerMartin Woisetschläger

Women’s TennisJenny Cape

Men’s SoccerLane KnightLoucas PapaconstantinouLukasz Kwapisz

Women’s SoccerDanielle BlairBrianna McCartyLisa NowoslawskiDenise PetersJill PortoVanessa Woodward

Synchronized SwimmingVanessa DashAndrea DashKelli DickersonAmanda HaeuserFrances HalloranStacey JacksonStephanie Jackson

Rebecca JohnsonKristen KramerStacy LeikerKaren MeyerSara PetrovSarah PikalMoraine RuddickHallie Todd

SoftballAmanda ByrneAllison DavisAmanda EllisCandice HitheKris LaraEmily ScarbroughMegan Stephenson

Track/Cross CountryRhiannon JohnsNora Mehl

Academic All-Americans

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Men’s Basketball

• 14 NCAA Tournament and 10 NIT appearances

• Eight conference championships• 28 winning seasons in 33 years• 21 20-win seasons in 33 years• Three Sweet 16 appearances• Four All-Americans

Football

• First bowl game appearance in 2004 (7-5 record)

• First “bowl-eligible” season with 7-4 overall record in 2000

• Played first season at Division I-A level in 1996; now competes as a member of Conference USA

• Roddy White selected in first round of 2005 NFL draft (No. 27 overall)

• Bryan Thomas selected in first round of 2002 NFL draft (No. 22 overall)

• Eight All-Americans

Men’s Soccer

• NCAA Tournament participant (1994, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2006)

• 1999 NCAA Tournament Elite Eight and 2001 NCAA Tourna-ment Sweet 16

• Three conference championships (1994, 1995, 1999)

• Eight All-Americans

Women’s Basketball

• 2000 NCAA Sweet 16 participant• Four conference championships

(1990, 1991, 1992, 1994)• NCAA Tournament participant

(1994, 2000)• Four-time WNIT participant

(1990, 1991, 2001, 2007)• 2011 WBI Champions• Four All-Americans

Baseball

• Three conference championships (1991, 1992, 1994)

• 1991 NCAA Tournament participant

• Shayne Carnes (1998) and Ryan Keedy (2008) named All-Ameri-cans by multiple publications

• Four All-Americans

Men’s Tennis

• Six All-Americans• Three Academic All-Americans• Five NCAA Tournament

appearances (1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000)

• Top-30 ranking from 1993-2000• Five conference championships

(1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995)

Women’s Tennis

• Four conference championships (1993, 1994, 1995, 1996)

• Six national rankings (1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001)

• Top-ranked singles player in nation (Mirela Vladules-cu-1997-98)

• One All-American

Volleyball

• Two-time NCAA Tournament participant (2006 and 2008)

• Four conference championships (1990, 1991, 1992, 2006)

• Five WIVC postseason appearances (1989, 1990, 1991, 1992)

• Two Academic All-Americans• Three AVCA All-America honor-

able mention honorees

Men’s Golf

• 2001, 2002 and 2008 NCAA Championship Participant

• NCAA Regional Participants 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2008

• 2008 Conference USA Champions

• 1995 Great Midwest Conference Champions

• No. 1-ranked golfer and Fred Haskings Award winner (Graeme McDowell)

• Six All-Americans

Track & Field/

Cross Country

• 2002 Cross Country NCAA All-Academic Team

• 1995 Great Midwest Conference Women’s Indoor & Outdoor Champions

• Three All-Americans• 1992 Women’s Great Midwest

Conference Cross Country Champions

• Two Olympic Trials Qualifiers• Cross Country conference

champions, 2006• 2005 Individual Cross Country

C-USA Champion• Eight-time USTFCCCA

All-Academic Team

Softball

• Two-time NCAA Tournament participant (2010 and 2011)

• 18 NFCA All-American Scholar Athletes

• Five athletes named Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I All-Region

Rifle

• One C-USA Shootout third place finisher

• 1997-98 Individual fifth place finisher at C-USA Championship

Women’s Golf

• Seven All-Conference USA Selections

• C-USA Freshman of the Year

Women’s Soccer

• UAB Academic Award (1997, 1998, 2000)

• Five All-Americans• Three conference championships

(2003, 2004, 2006)• Two NCAA Tournament appear-

ances (2004, 2006)

HighlightsBlazer

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The state-of-the-art, $25 million Campus Recreation Center has covered all the

bases. It boasts 18,000 square feet of weight and fitness space outfitted with all-new equipt-ment and a one-eighth-mile oval running track that juts out of the building, curving toward University Boulevard and 15th Street South to provide panoramic views of the campus. And just to make sure no one gets bored, planners added a five-story, rock-climbing wall.

The facility features four basketball courts, five racquetball courts, one of which converts to a squash court and a multi-purpose court that can be used for indoor soccer, volleyball, floor hockey or badminton. There are also four aerobic rooms and a swimming pool with four lap lanes and leisure and physical rehabilitation areas.

The handicap-accessible pool has many spe-cial features. A continuous current in the “lazy river” carries swimmers around the outer edge of the pool in inner tubes – the ride ends under a waterfall – or individuals can walk against the flow as a part of a physical rehabilitation program. For more intense resistance training, center members can use the “vortex,” a circular area within the pool with forceful water jets.

One of the four aerobics rooms is dedicated to spinning; the others host Pilates, general aer-obics, yoga, step, and kickboxing classes along with other specialty offerings.

The facility also includes the Kids Zone, a supervised area – equipped with toys, books, and movies – where parents can drop off chil-dren while they work out. The center also has

a juice bar, wireless internet access, and an Out-door Pursuits Center that rents camping gear and leads backpacking, rafting, and skiing trips to desitnations around the United States. The first floor houses a wellness center that coor-dinates with UAB groups to offer nutritional counseling, body-fat measurements, personal training, and general fitness assessments.

Campus Recreation Center

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W ith a population of more than 230,000 (more than one million in the metro-

politan area), Birmingham has a strong, diverse, service-oriented economy and is recognized as a Southeast leader.

Founded shortly after the Civil War, Birming-ham rapidly became known as “The Magic City” because of its phenomenal

rate of industrial growth in its beginning. Its mountainous strata and forest surrounding the city are rich with ore deposits, and it was that natural wealth that quickly transformed young Birmingham into a bustling steel metropolis.

Today, Birmingham continues to earn the dis-tinction, “The Magic City,” but this tribute is due to the city’s economic competitiveness, technolog-ical advancements and quality of life — offerings which are sought after by professionals with an eye toward the future.

Birmingham has been recognized as one of America’s “Most Livable Cities” by the U.S. Conference of Mayors — as recently as 1993. Bir-mingham’s strategic location and diverse economy position the city as one of tremendous opportu-nity and growth.

Centrally located and the largest municipal-ity in Ala bama, the city is home to a number of renowned individuals who have made an impres-sion on the nation and the world in music and entertainment, education, medicine and sports, to name a few.

There is never a lack of cultural entertainment in “The Magic City”. Dozens of neighborhood and city-wide festivals, museums, parks, sports compe-titions and much more provide unlimited activity and amusement.

Residents and visitors to Birmingham enjoy the city’s recreational and historical attractions such as the Birmingham Zoo, Birmingham Botanical Gardens, Vulcan Park, Sloss Furnaces, Southern Museum of

Flight and the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame.Sports enthusiasts will never be at a loss for

activity at the heart of the “Football Capital of the South.” UAB plays all of its home football games at historic Legion Field, which also was the site of preliminary round soccer matches at the 1996 Summer Olympic Games. Professional athletic teams in the area include the Class-AA Birmingham Barons (baseball).

Several annual fests are held in Birmingham. The biggest is City Stages, held each spring in the downtown City Center. City Stages attracts nearly a quarter of a million people for a three-day weekend of unlimited music.

All of this and more makes Birmingham “The Magic City” to residents and visitors year-round.

BIRMINGHAMThe Magic City

The statue of Vulcan — Roman God of Fire and Iron — is the

symbol of the city of Birmingham.

The Birmingham Civil Rights Museum stands as a reminder of the past and a

beacon of hope for the future.

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