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50 NCAA College Cup 2003 & 2005FSU is one of only two schools to play in two of the last three College Cups

This is FSU Soccer

ONE OF THE NATION’SBEST PROGRAMS

Florida State soccer has come a long waysince the program played its first game in 1995.In just 11 years, the FSU soccer program hasbecome one of the premiere destination’s forthe United States and the world’s bestwomen’s soccer players. FSU has blossomedinto one of a handful of collegiate powers thisdecade.

With its trip to the College Cup in 2005,Florida State is one of just two schools to playin soccer’s version of the final four twice in thelast three seasons. This decade the Seminoleshave been to six straight NCAA Tournaments,four sweet 16’s, two College Cups and twoACC Tournament finals. Only 5% of the 301schools competing in Division I soccer havebeen to the last six NCAA Tournaments andFSU is one of those schools.

ACC POWERHOUSEFSU has not only become a player on the

national stage but the program has grown intoone of the most successful teams in thenation’s best soccer conference. Florida Stateand North Carolina are the only ACC teams toplay in a College Cup since 1992. Over the last

ACC TEAMS ALL-TIMECOLLEGE CUPAPPEARANCESNorth Carolina .................................. 21Florida State ............................. 2NC State ............................................... 2Virginia ................................................... 1Duke ...................................................... 1

NCAA TOURNEY WINPERCENTAGE(teams with 10 or more games)North Carolina ....................... .930Portland .................................... .766Notre Dame ............................ .745UCLA ........................................ .736Santa Clara ............................... .711Penn St ...................................... .700Florida State .................. .694Florida ....................................... .652Tennessee ................................. .625Nebraska .................................. .620

ROUND OF 16 SINCE 2000Santa Clara ............................................ 6UNC ...................................................... 6UCLA .................................................... 6Portland ................................................. 6Connecticut .......................................... 5Texas A&M ............................................ 5Penn State ............................................. 5Florida State ............................. 4Notre Dame ......................................... 4Virginia ................................................... 4Nebraska ............................................... 4

ACC WINS ACC WINS ACC FINALS SWEET 16’SSINCE 2003 SINCE 2001 SINCE 2000 SINCE 2000 OVERALL WINSUNC ......... 25 UNC ...... 36 UNC ......... 6 UNC........... 6 UNC ............. 138FSU ........ 17 UVA ....... 26 FSU ......... 2 FSU .......... 4 FSU ............. 92UVA .......... 17 FSU ...... 24 UVA ........... 2 UVA ............ 4 UVA ................ 88DUKE ....... 15 CLEM ..... 20 CLEM ........ 1 CLEM ......... 2 CLEM ............. 78CLEM ........ 12 DUKE .... 19 DUKE ........ 1 BC ............... 2 DUKE ............. 74WFU ........... 8 UMD ...... 14 ...................... UMD .......... 1 WFU............... 62UMD ........... 8 WFU ...... 13 ...................... DUKE ......... 1 UMD .............. 56NCST.......... 4 NCST ........ 6 ...................... ........................ NCST ............. 46

five seasons only one school in the ACC hasmore overall wins than the Seminoles and inthe last three seasons only one team has wonmore ACC games than Florida State. TheSeminoles are also making their impact felt inthe top of the ACC standings. Last season FSUfinished second in the conference, marking thefifth straight year in the top four of the ACC.Once again Florida State and North Carolinaare the only two schools to each finish in thetop four of the ACC in each of the last fiveseasons.

The Seminoles success in the NCAATournament is also among the best in theACC. On top of going to more College Cupsthan anyone in the conference besides NorthCarolina, FSU has the second-best all-timeNCAA Tournament winning percentage amongACC schools and the second-most round of16 appearances since 2000. Playing at FloridaState is not just about being in the ACC, it isabout excelling in the ACC.

HEAD COACHMARK KRIKORIAN

Florida State Head Coach Mark Krikoriancame into to Tallahassee in 2005 and in his firstseason he led FSU to its best record in school

51NCAA Tournament: 2000-2005 • Round of 16: 2000 & 2002ACC Championship Final: 2001 & 2004

ALL-ACC FRESHMEN TEAM SELECTIONSVirginia .......................................................................................... 12Florida State ............................................................. 11North Carolina ........................................................................... 11Duke ............................................................................................... 9Clemson ......................................................................................... 7Maryland ........................................................................................ 6Wake Forest .................................................................................. 5

ALL-ACC FIRST TEAM SELECTIONS (since 2000)North Carolina ........................................................................... 16Clemson ....................................................................................... 11Duke ............................................................................................. 10Florida State ............................................................... 9Virginia ............................................................................................ 9Wake Forest .................................................................................. 4Maryland ........................................................................................ 4

NCAA TOURNAMENT WINNING PERCENTAGENorth Carolina ........................................................................ .929Florida State .......................................................... .687Boston College ........................................................................ .667Maryland ................................................................................... .500Duke .......................................................................................... .478NC State ................................................................................... .472Virginia ....................................................................................... .453Clemson .................................................................................... .429Wake Forest ............................................................................. .321Miami ......................................................................................... .000Virginia Tech .............................................................................. .000

TOP FOUR FINISHES IN THE ACC (since 2000)North Carolina ............................................................................. 6Florida State ............................................................... 5Virginia ............................................................................................ 5Clemson ......................................................................................... 4Duke ............................................................................................... 3

history, its longest winning streak, its longest ACC winning streak, itmost wins and most goals as well. Krikorian became one of just fivecoaches to lead his team to a College Cup in his first year on the joband he is the only Division I coach ever to take a team to the CollegeCup after that squad did not win an NCAA Tournament game the yearbefore. For his efforts Krikorian was named the National Coach of theYear by Soccer America and Soccer Buzz and FSU’s first-ever ACCWomen’s Soccer Coach of the Year. The awards were nothing new forKrikorian who has been named coach of the year 15 times in his careeron top of winning two National Championships at Franklin Pierce.

PLAYING ON THE BIGGEST STAGEEvery year FSU soccer has reached new heights and the program

has now taken its place among the elite in the nation. But being aSeminole and playing at FSU means so much more than just on the fieldaccomplishments.

Being a member of the Florida State soccer team means you getto play in some of the most electric atmospheres in the nation. In 2005FSU played in front 6,701 fans in College Station, TX at the College Cup.On three other occasions the Seminoles took the field in front of morethan 2,500 fans and when FSU played in the Seminole Soccer Complex,the Tallahassee community continually filled the stadium with an energyunlike any in the nation. Florida State played in front of more than 900fans per game, a new school record and the Seminoles have now rankedamong the nation’s attendance leaders for six consecutive years.

ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITIESBeing a Seminole means you are presented with once in a lifetime

opportunities. In the summer of 2004 the Seminole soccer team spenttwo weeks traveling through Australia where they played three gamesversus the Australian Olympic team. The squad visited Sydney, Canberra,the Gold Coast, Brisbane and South Standbroke Island. The Seminolessurfed the Gold Coast, visited the Sydney Opera House and the SydneyHarbour Bridge. They got up close and personal with koala bears,kangaroos, wallabies and all types of exotic birds at Currumbin WildlifeSanctuary. The team also explored the waterfalls of SpringbrookNational Park and even paid a visit to the Australia rain forest.

Playing soccer at Florida State also means making memories onthe field that will last a lifetime and sharing those memories with playersand staff in a family atmosphere. It means calling up a teammate 10years later and remembering the penalty kick win over North Carolinaat Chapel Hill that sent the team to its second College Cup. Going overthose last 20 seconds when a golden goal sent you and your teammatesto the Elite Eight for the first time ever. Or remembering what it felt likeas you counted off the last five seconds at Percy Beard Stadium.Knowing you had just gone on the road to Gainesville, defeated a highlyranked Gator team and made history by taking FSU to its first CollegeCup. It’s the excitement the players felt in the pits of their collectivestomachs as they left the locker room to take the field in the nationalsemifinal in 2003 and 2005. Games that were televised to millions ofhomes on ESPN.

SUPPORTING OUR ATHLETESPlaying soccer at Florida State also means that you get to have all

those experiences while surrounded by a support staff that is in placeto help you succeed in every way. Whether it is the Academic Supportdepartment providing an environment which facilitates the academicsuccess of each student-athlete or the strength and conditioning staffwhose goal is to maximize the on-field performance of each student-athlete while reducing the risk of injury. Florida State’s Student Servicesand the N.O.L.E.S. Program (New Opportunities For Leadership,Education and Service) is dedicated to the total growth of the student-athlete and focuses on personal growth issues such as values clarifica-tion, goal setting, fiscal planning, decision-making and personal responsi-bility.

NATION’S BEST FACILITIESOne of the reasons those support groups can provide FSU’s

student-athletes with everything they need to succeed is the newMoore Athletic Center, which opened in the fall of 2004. The 176,000square foot home of the Florida State Athletic Department houses all ofFSU’s support services under one roof allowing Seminole athletes a

central location where they can get the help they need to thrive in allaspects of college life.

The Roger Holler Champions Training Complex is a 15,000 squarefoot training room with custom-built FSU equipment, platforms andweights. Academic Support’s new offices include 32 computer labs forstudent-athletes, 10 private tutorial rooms and a five-station “LearningCenter” for student-athletes with learning deficiencies and/or disabili-ties. The Don Fauls Athletic Training Room is 15,000 square feet and isused by all 19 Seminole varsity teams. Some of the features of the state-of-the-art training room are an in-house pharmacy, a 4,000 square footrehabilitation room, an 8’ x 40’ in-ground workout pool, a 9’ x 16’ in-ground warm and cold whirlpool and nine extremity whirlpools.

With the unprecedented success on the field, brand new multi-million dollar facilities and unmatched levels of support, there has neverbeen a better time to play soccer at Florida State University.


In 1995, Florida State introduced women’ssoccer as its 17th varsity sport. As a newstate-of-the-art complex was in the

planning stages, the team played its first threeseasons on a renovated intramural field whileTully Gym housed the Seminole locker room.By the spring of 1998, Florida State’s dream ofa new complex started to become a reality, asground was broken for the new facility andconstruction began. Although the new facilitywas not completed, the Seminoles beganplaying on their new field in the fall of 1998.The 1999 season marked the first full seasonin the new Seminole Soccer Complex, which is

Seminole Soccer Complex

RECORD ATTENDANCESn Six of the 10 records for the largest crowds in Florida

State soccer history have all been set in the last threeseasons.

n Seminole soccer has attracted over 41,000 fans the lastfour years. Last season Florida State attracted a schoolrecord 934 fans per game.

n In 2006, FSU had its largest crowd in school history when1,912 fans came to see the Seminoles battle the Tar Heels.Florida State also set a new single game record for adaytime crowd when 1,360 fans watched the BostonCollege game.

n FSU is 52-14-2 (.779) at the Seminole Soccer Complexsince the 2000 season.

regarded as one of the nation’s best with itsnew top-playing surface.

”I have had a chance to travel around theUS for years and I don’t believe I have seen abetter facility in the country than the one wehave here at Florida State,” said head coachMark Krikorian. “It is part of what attractedme to come here and it is a reflection on thecommitment the athletic department has toexcellence and to this soccer program. Theplaying surface is beautiful and plays like someof the greatest stadiums anywhere. It is anintimate setting with gorgeous locker roomsand amazing offices for the coaches. If there is

a better athletic facility in the country, I haven’tseen it as of yet.”

The state-of-the-art Seminole SoccerComplex includes ticket and concessionbuildings and a spacious press box, includingpress seating, radio/television booths and high-speed Internet access. The two-level Mary AnnStiles & Barry Smith Team Building houses thecoaches’ offices which overlook the soccerfield, a reception area, a combined workroom,large team and coaches locker rooms, visitingteam locker rooms and training and equipmentrooms.

Although the Seminole Soccer Complexis still one of the newest facilities on theFlorida State campus, FSU’s commitment tothe success of the soccer program continuesto show with the latest upgrade to the facility.Florida State will unveil a brand new videoscoreboard for the 2006 season. The boarduses the same technology that is used at mostoutdoor professional stadiums. The ProStar iscapable of displaying video clips, live video,animation, player headshots, graphics andstatistics in 4.3 trillion colors.

The Seminole Soccer Complex, which isadjacent to the FSU Softball Complex, islocated between Dick Howser BaseballStadium and Mike Long Track on Chieftan Way.The facility can be accessed from bothChieftan Way and Stadium Drive.


Home Attendance Year-By-YearYEAR DATES TOTAL AVERAGE1995 5 2,922 5841996 10 5,106 5111997 6 3,064 5111998 11 4,598 4181999 8 2,958 3702000 11 8,799 8002001 8 4,515 5642002 15 12,422 8282003 10 8,651 8652004 14 11,171 7982005 10 9345 934

All-Time RecordsYEAR HOME AWAY NEU ACC(h) NCAA(h) TOT1995 2-3-0 0-8-1 2-3-0 0-2-0 NA 4-14-11996 6-4-0 6-2-0 0-1-1 2-2-0 NA 12-7-11997 4-2-0 3-9-0 1-1-0 0-2-0 NA 8-12-01998 3-6-2 3-4-1 1-1-0 0-3-0 NA 7-11-31999 5-3-1 4-6-0 0-1-0 0-2-1 NA 9-10-12000 9-2-0 5-4-1 0-2-1 2-2-0 1-0-0 14-8-22001 8-0-0 5-5-0 2-3-1 3-0-0 0-0-0 15-8-12002 8-5-2 4-1-1 1-1-0 1-3-0 2-0-0 13-7-32003 8-2-0 6-4-1 3-2-0 3-0-0 2-0-0 17-8-12004 10-4-0 2-1-1 0-0-2 4-2-0 2-1-1 12-5-32005 9-1-0 8-1-1 3-2-0 5-1-0 1-0-0 20-4-1

72-32-5 46-45-7 13-17-5 20-19-1 8-1-1 131-94-6

Top 10 Home AttendancesDATE TEAM RESULT ATT09/22/05 North Carolina L 4-1 1,91209/27/02 Florida W 2-1 1,60310/17/00 North Carolina W 3-2 1,58210/22/04 North Carolina L 0-4 1,50410/09/05 Boston College W 3-0 *1,36009/24/04 Virginia L 0-1 1,30708/25/00 Florida W 3-2 1,28208/27/04 Arizona State W 3-2 1,24710/21/05 Wake Forest W 4-1 1,14310/23/96 Florida L 3-0 1,123*Largest daytime crowd in FSU soccer history


ACC TOURNAMENTRESULTSCary, NC, Nov. 2, 4 & 6Quarterfinals#2 Virginia d. #7 Wake ............. 2-1#3 FSU d. #6 Clemson .......... 4-0#1 N Carolina d. #8 Md .......... 3-1#4 Duke d. #5 BC .................... 2-0SemifinalsN Carolina d. Duke .................. 2-1Virginia d. FSU .................... 2-0FinalsN Carolina d. Virginia ............... 4-1

ACC ALL-TOURNAMENTTEAMDarby Kroyer ........................... DUKacey White, ............ UNC (MVP)Holly Peltzer .................. FSUChristina de Vries ................... UVaJaime Gilbert .......................... UNCSarah Huffman ......................... UVaElizabeth Guess .....................UNCJen Redmond ........................... UVaHeather O’Reilly ................... UNCJess Rostedt ............................. UVaLindsay Tarpley .......................UNC

NCAA TOURNAMENTRESULTSNov. 10-Dec. 4 (Final Four,Dec. 2-4, Cary, NC)First RoundBC d. Dartmouth ...................... 2-1Duke d. Fairfield ........................ 4-0FSU d. FAU ............................... 3-0N Carolina d. W Carolina ....... 2-0Virginia d. Liberty ...................... 4-0Va Commonwealth d. CU ....... 3-1Tennessee d. Wake .................... 5-2Second RoundBC d. Boston U ......................... 1-0FSU d. Illinois ............................ 2-1N Carolina d. Va Com .............. 6-2Virginia d. Tennessee ................. 3-0Yale d. Duke ............................... 2-1

This Is ACC SoccerFLORIDA STATE - NCAA TOURNAMENT SEMIFINALISTNorth Carolina - ACC Champion & NCAA Tournament QuarterfinalistVirginia - NCAA Tournament QuarterfinalistBoston College - NCAA Tournament Third RoundDuke - NCAA Tournament Second RoundClemson - NCAA Tournament First RoundWake Forest - NCAA Tournament First Round

TEAM .......................................... W L T PCT FOR OPP W L T PCT FOR OPPNorth Carolina ........................................ 9 1 0 .900 32 7 23 1 1 .940 90 15Virginia ....................................................... 8 2 0 .800 15 4 18 6 1 .740 57 24Florida State ................................. 8 2 0 .800 25 10 20 4 1 .820 65 22Duke ........................................................... 6 4 0 .600 13 7 14 6 1 .690 34 13Boston College ........................................ 5 4 1 .550 10 12 13 6 2 .667 25 17Clemson..................................................... 4 5 1 .450 11 16 9 9 2 .500 26 29Wake Forest ............................................. 4 6 0 .400 12 17 9 9 1 .500 33 30Maryland .................................................... 3 5 2 .400 6 14 5 11 3 .342 13 31NC State .................................................... 2 8 0 .200 8 16 6 12 0 .333 17 22Miami .......................................................... 2 8 0 .200 5 21 8 11 1 .425 22 30Virginia ....................................................... 1 7 2 .200 8 21 6 10 3 .395 18 28

Record vs. Non-ACC Opponents: 72-26-8, .717

CONFERENCE OVERALL

Third RoundFSU d. California ....................... 2-1N Carolina d. Pepperdine ....... 6-0Va d. Cal State Fullerton ......... 2-1Santa Clara d. BC ...................... 2-1QuarterfinalsFSU t. N Carolina .................... 1-1Florida State advances on penaltykicks, 5-4UCLA d. Virginia ........................ 5-0SemifinalsUCLA d. FSU ...................... 4-0

NCAAALL-TOURNAMENT TEAMIndia Trotter.... Florida State

ALL-ACC TEAMSFirst TeamLaura Georges ........................... BCCarolyn Ford ............................ DURebecca Moros ........................ DUSel Kuralay ..................... FSUViola Odebrecht ............ FSUIndia Trotter................... FSUNikki Resnick ............................ MDLori Chalupny ........................UNCHeather O’Reilly ................... UNCSarah Huffman ......................... UVaNoelle Keselica ....................... UVaSecond TeamCourtney Foster ...................... CUAllison Graham ........................ CUAshley Phillips ........................... CUDarby Kroyer ........................... DUKimmy Francis .......................... MDKendall Fletcher .................... UNCLindsay Tarpley .......................UNCKacey White .......................... UNCJess Rostedt ............................. UVaBecky Sauerbrunn ................... UVaSarah Kozey .............................. WF

ACCALL-FRESHMEN TEAMCaroline Walden ....................... BC

Lindsay Vera ............................. NCSChristie McDonald .................. DUNikki Krzysik ........................... UVaKelly Quinn .............................. UVaJess Rostedt ............................. UVaKatrin Schmidt .............. FSUMami Yamaguchi ........... FSUSarah Wagenfuhr .......... FSULaurie Beth Puglisi .................... VTYael Averbuch ........................ UNC

ACC OffensivePlayer of the YearHeather O’Reilly ................... UNCACC DefensivePlayer of the YearCarolyn Ford ......................... DukeACC Freshman of the YearJess Rostedt ....................... VirginiaACC Coach of the YearMARK KRIKORIAN ............... FSU

ACC Players of the WeekAug 29 ........... Elizabeth Remy, WFSep 5 ....... Heather O’Reilly, UNCSep 12 ............. Sel Kuralay, FSU

Heather O’Reilly, UNCSep 19 ......... Holly Peltzer, FSUSep 26 ......... Christina de Vries, VaOct 3 .................... Jess Rostedt, VaOct 10 ...... Rebecca Moros, DukeOct 17 .......... Carolyn Ford, DukeOct 24 ........ Courtney Foster, CU

Mallory Soldner, VaTOct 31 ............ Sel Kuralay, FSU

All-AmericansLori Chalupny, M, N Carolina –

NSCAA (1st Tm); SoccerAmerica MVP

Carolyn Ford, D, Duke – NSCAA(2nd Tm)

Heather O’Reilly, F, N Carolina –NSCAA (2nd Tm)

India Trotter, F, FSU – NSCAA(2nd Tm)

2005 FINAL STANDINGS

Sarah Huffman, M, Va – NSCAA(3rd Tm), Soccer AmericaMVP

Laura Georges, D, BC – NSCAA(3rd Tm)

Noelle Keselica, M, Va – NSCAA(3rd Tm)

Sel Kuralay, F, FSU – SoccerAmerica MVP

CoSIDA AcademicAll-AmericanHeather O’Reilly, UNC .......... 2ndRachel Rose-Cohen, Duke ..... 3rdLindsay Tarpley, UNC .............. 3rd

NSCAA ScholarAll-America TeamCarolyn Ford, Duke .................. 1stIndia Trotter, FSU ............. 1stAllison Graham, Clemson ...... 2nd

National Coach of the YearMark Krikorian .............. FSU(Soccer America, Soccer Buzz)

All-ACC Academic TeamMolly Dane ................................. BCHeather Ferron ......................... BCMadeleine Johnson ................... BCJennifer Maurer ......................... BCLindsey McArdle ....................... BCAllison Graham ........................ CUCandice Hein ............................ CUMolly Johnson ........................... CUBritten Meyer ........................... CULydia Vandenbergh ................... CUCarmen Bognanno .................. DUCarolyn Ford ............................ DUChristie McDonald .................. DURachel Rose-Cohen ................ DUAli Mims ......................... FSUViola Odebrecht ............ FSUKatrin Schmidt .............. FSUSimone Dekker ........................MDKimmy Francis .......................... MDNikki Resnick ............................ MD


Lindsay Curtin .......................... UMAshley Durkee .......................... UMPaulette Ricks-Chambers ....... UMYael Averbuch ........................UNCLori Chalupny ........................UNCKendall Fletcher .................... UNCHeather O’Reilly ................... UNCLindsay Tarpley .......................UNCTami Krzeszewski .................. NCSMichelle Massey ..................... NCSMandela Schumacher-Hodge ... NCSChristina de Vries ................... UVaBecky Sauerbrunn ................... UVaHeather Hallberg ...................... VTAshley Kinser ............................ VTMolly McCall .............................. VTMallory Soldner ......................... VTJayme Cargnoni ........................ WFCamelyn Dillion ....................... WFSarah Kozey .............................. WFElizabeth Remy ......................... WFMelanie Schneider ................... WF

COMPOSITE RECORDS All Games (Since 1987) Conference Games ACC Regular Season Finishes

School Years W L T Pct. Won Lost Tie Pct. 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11thBoston College (1) 2005 13 6 2 .667 5 4 1 .550 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Clemson (12) 1994-05 167 79 12 .671 46 38 4 .545 1 0-2 0-5 0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0Duke (18) 1988-05 220 140 20 .605 49 51 10 .491 1 2-2 0-3 6 0 1 2 1 0 0 0Florida State (11) 1995-05 131 94 17 .576 29 47 6 .390 0 1-1 1-1 0-1 0 0-1 1-1 3 0 0 0Maryland (19) 1987-05 192 170 31 .528 33 70 11 .338 0 1 0-2 1-1 7-2 2 0 3 0 0 0Miami (2) 2004-05 11 24 1 .319 3 16 0 .158 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 1 0North Carolina (19) 1987-05 444 15 15 .953 104 6 3 .933 16 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0NC State (19) 1987-05 221 150 27 .589 36 61 11 .384 1 4-1 2-2 0 0-1 3-1 0-1 2 1-1 0 0Virginia (19) 1987-05 257 110 32 .684 65 41 8 .605 0 4-5 4-5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Virginia Tech (2) 2004-05 17 19 3 .474 5 12 2 .316 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1Wake Forest (12) 1994-05 133 95 18 .577 30 54 4 .364 0 0-1 0-1 1 0-2 0 5-2 0 0 0 0

2005 INDIVIDUAL ACCSTATISTICAL LEADERSPoints Scored Per GameLindsay Tarpley, UNC ............. 2.05Goals Scored Per GameHeather O’Reilly, UNC ......... 0.75Assists Per GameKacey White, UNC................. 1.00Goals Against AverageAly Winget, UNC .................... 0.58Save Per GameNikki Resnick, Maryland ........ 6.39

2005 TEAM ACCSTATISTICAL LEADERSScoring OffenseUNC ....................... (90 goals) 3.60Scoring DefenseUNC ....... (15 goals allowed) 0.60ShutoutsVirginia ......................................... 14

Final Soccer America Poll1. Portland2. North Carolina3. Penn State4. UCLA5. Notre Dame6. Virginia7. FLORIDA STATE8. California9. Texas A&M

10. Santa Clara11. Duke12. Connecticut13. Marquette14. Tennessee15. Pepperdine16. Southern Cal17. Cal State Fullerton18. Stanford19. Gonzaga20. Brigham Young21. Boston College22. West Virginia23. Vanderbilt24. Wisconsin25. Yale

Final NSCAA Poll1. Portland2. Penn State3. UCLA4. FLORIDA STATE5. North Carolina6. Notre Dame7. Santa Clara8. Virginia9. California

10. Boston College11. Texas A&M12. Cal State Fullerton13. Yale14. Marquette15. Tennessee16. Duke17. Arizona18. Pepperdine19. West Virginia20. Illinois21. Nebraska22. Colorado23. Southern Cal24. Florida25. Connecticut

CHAMPIONSHIPS BY SCHOOLNorth Carolina = 17 • NC State = 1 • Virginia = 1

CHAMPIONSHIPS BY COACHAnson Dorrance, UNC = 17 • Larry Gross, NCS = 1 • Steve Swanson, Va = 1

ALL GAMES (Since 1979)School Years Won Lost Tie Pct.Boston CollegeClemson (12) 1994-05 167 79 12 .671Duke (18) 1988-05 220 140 20 .605Florida State (11)1995-05 131 94 17 .576Maryland (19) 1987-05 192 170 31 .528Miami (8) 1998-05 71 76 6 .484North Carolina (27) 1979-05 602 27 18 .944NC State (22) 1984-05 259 163 36 .605Virginia (21) 1985-05 265 125 34 .665Virginia Tech (13) 1993-05 102 128 14 .447Wake Forest (14) 1994-05 133 95 18 .577

ACC TOURNAMENT RECORD (Since 1988)School Years Won Lost Tie Pct.North Carolina (18) 1988-05 46 0 1 .989Duke (18) 1988-05 11 18 2 .387Clemson (12) 1994-05 9 11 2 .455Maryland (18) 1988-05 8 18 2 .321Virginia (18) 1988-05 10 14 3 .426NC State (18) 1988-05 5 14 2 .295Wake Forest (12) 1994-05 4 9 3 .344Florida State (11)1995-05 4 10 3 .324Virginia Tech (2) 2004-05 1 1 0 .500Boston College (1) 2005 0 1 0 .000Miami (2) 2004-05 0 1 0 .000

NCAA TOURNAMENT RECORD (Since ACC Membership)School Tourneys Won Lost Tie Pct.North Carolina 19 72 5 1 .929Virginia 18 13 16 3 .453Duke 12 10 11 2 .478Florida State 6 12 5 2 .687Maryland 9 8 8 1 .500Clemson 12 8 11 2 .429

NC State 9 8 9 1 .472Wake Forest 10 4 9 1 .321Boston College 1 2 1 0 .667Virginia Tech 1 0 1 0 .000Miami 0 0 0 0 .000Totals 96 137 76 13 .635

NCAA TOURNAMENT RECORD (Since 1982)School Tourneys Won Lost Tie Pct.North Carolina 24 86 6 1 .930Virginia 18 13 16 3 .453Florida State 6 12 5 2 .684Duke 12 11 11 2 .500NC State 11 10 11 1 .477Clemson 12 8 11 2 .429Maryland 9 8 8 1 .500Boston College 9 7 9 1 .441Wake Forest 10 4 9 1 .321Miami 1 0 1 0 .000Virginia Tech 1 0 1 0 .000Totals 105 159 80 14 .656

NON-CONFERENCE RECORD (1289-373-87, .762)1987 ......................................................... 52-13-1 .................................................... .7951988 ......................................................... 60-14-8 .................................................... .7801989 ......................................................... 57-18-4 .................................................... .7461990 ......................................................... 55-14-4 .................................................... .7811991 ......................................................... 62-23-0 .................................................... .7261992 ........................................................... 67-8-4 .................................................... .8731993 ......................................................... 56-16-4 .................................................... .7631994 ......................................................... 69-16-6 .................................................... .7911995 ......................................................... 79-18-7 .................................................... .7841996 ......................................................... 85-20-4 .................................................... .7981997 ......................................................... 76-24-5 .................................................... .7481998 ......................................................... 66-32-1 .................................................... .6721999 ......................................................... 74-29-1 .................................................... .7122000 ......................................................... 73-21-2 .................................................... .7712001 ......................................................... 68-19-6 .................................................... .7632002 ......................................................... 75-24-6 .................................................... .7652003 ...................................................... 78-18-10 .................................................... .7832004 ......................................................... 65-20-6 .................................................... .7472005 ......................................................... 72-26-8 .................................................... .717


This Is Florida StateFrom its pre-Civil War beginnings as the

Seminary West of the Suwannee to anearly four-decade stint as the Florida

State College for Women to its return tocoeducational status as a university, FloridaState University has developed into aninternationally acclaimed research institutionwith excellence in teaching, research andpublic service.

The university enrolls almost 40,000undergraduate, graduate and professionalstudents. Of these, 24.5 percent are minorities.Students are from all 50 states and the Districtof Columbia, as well as 137 foreign countries.

Florida State offers an impressive breadthof academic degree programs. Students maytake courses of study leading to abaccalaureate degree in 94 programs, amaster’s degree in 107 degree programs, adoctorate in 73 degree programs, a specialistcertification in 28 degree programs and aprofessional designation in two degreeprograms. Courses are offered through 16schools and colleges — Arts and Sciences;Business; Communication; Criminology andCriminal Justice; Education; Engineering;Human Sciences; Information; Law; Medicine;Motion Picture, Television and Recording Arts;Music; Nursing; Social Sciences; Social Work;and Visual Arts, Theatre and Dance.Students have the opportunity to work andstudy alongside members of the prestigiousNational Academy of Sciences, members of theAmerican Academy of Arts and Sciences,winners of the Pulitzer Prize and a Nobellaureate. Florida State faculty also lead severalscholarly fields in citations of published work.

Several members of the Florida Statefaculty were recognized with major awards inthe 2005-2006 academic year, including twonew members elected to the prestigiousNational Academy of Sciences; four Fulbrightfellowships; two new fellows of the AmericanPhysical Society; the 2006 Medalist Award fromthe Florida Academy of Sciences; a Sloan

Research Fellowship; and one professor, thelegendary ballerina Suzanne Farrell, rewardedwith Kennedy Center Honors.

Florida State has many academicprograms that consistently rank among thoseat the nation’s top 25 public universities,including programs in business, chemistry,creative writing, criminology, ecology andevolutionary biology, information, law,meteorology, oceanography, physics, politicalscience, psychology, public policy, sociology andstatistics.

The university had many noteworthyachievements during the 2005-2006 academicyear. Among them:■ Florida State launched the Pathways to

Excellence Initiative, which takesadvantage of the university’s uniquestrengths with significant new investmentsin research and graduate education. It isdesigned to target and hire 200 topfaculty members who are national andinternational leaders in their respectivefields to complement FSU’s highlyrespected faculty, and to bring addedvalue to the university’s world-classresearch groups and centers throughsubstantial investments in new facilitiesand enhancements to graduate education,particularly Ph.D. programs.

■ The FSU CONNECT Campaign,launched in October 2001, officiallyconcluded, having raised more than $630million to support the university.

■ Sarasota philanthropist Dr. Helga Wall-Apelt’s multi-tiered gift devoted to Asianart is the largest yet received by the Johnand Mable Ringling Museum of Art andthe largest single gift to FSU, expected toexceed a total value of $50 million.

■ U.S. News & World Report ranked theCollege of Information master’s program10th in the nation; the College of Arts andSciences’ nuclear physics program was13th, as was its analytical chemistry


Dr. T.K. Wetherell congratulates Garrett Johnsonon winning the Rhodes Scholarship

program; and the College of Law’senvironmental law program was 14th, aswas the higher education administrationprogram in the College of Education. Inaddition, Hispanic Business magazine againranked the law school among the Top 10in the nation for Hispanics.

■ The National High Magnetic FieldLaboratory unveiled two world-recordmagnets that offer potential for scientificbreakthroughs in a variety of fields.Standing 16 feet tall and weighing morethan 15 tons, a 900-megahertz,superconducting NMR magnet wasbrought online following 13 years ofdesign, development and testing. Scienceperformed using this magnet will helpscientists understand the workings ofbiological molecules, as well as theworkings of the cell and the brain. Inaddition, a 35-tesla magnet, the highest-field “resistive” magnet in the world, wasunveiled. It will be used primarily forphysics and materials science research.

■ An international reputation of excellenceearned the Learning Systems Institute a$6.2 million grant from the U.S.Department of Homeland Security todevelop national performance standardsand a training curriculum for portsecurity and other personnel to prevent,deter and respond to terrorist acts alongthe 95,000 miles of U.S. shoreline.

■ Student-athlete Garrett Johnson, anoutstanding graduate student studyingpublic administration and one of the bestshot putters in the world, won a RhodesScholarship — just one of many FSUstudents furthering their educationsthrough prestigious academic awards.

Students at Florida State have theopportunity to conduct research in specializedinterdisciplinary centers, such as the NationalHigh Magnetic Field Laboratory, the Instituteof Molecular Biophysics, and the School ofComputational Science; to participate ininterdisciplinary work across campus, such asprograms that integrate economics, geography,

climate forecasting, law and other environmen-tal courses and programs; and to work withfaculty to forge new relationships betweendisciplines, including medicine, the physicalsciences, engineering, business and law.

Students also are encouraged toparticipate in international education throughthe university’s programs in England, Italy,Switzerland, France, Panama, China, Costa Rica,Spain, Russia, the Czech Republic, Greece,Croatia, Germany, Ireland and the Caribbean.The university’s study sites in London, theRepublic of Panama, Valencia, Spain, andFlorence, Italy, are considered by many to beamong the nation’s best. In 2006, Florida Statesigned a cooperative agreement with thenewly formed International ValencianUniversity in Spain, becoming its NorthAmerican partner — another example ofFlorida State’s growing prominence in theinternational academic community.

Florida State’s main campus is spreadover 450.5 acres in Tallahassee. Within thestate, the university maintains facilities inPanama City, at its Coastal and MarineLaboratory on the Gulf of Mexico, and at theAsolo Performing Arts Center in Sarasota.Also in Sarasota, Florida State operates theRingling Center for the Cultural Arts, whichincludes the John and Mable Ringling Museumof Art, the largest museum/university complexin the nation.

Extensive credit and non-creditcontinuing education programs are offeredstatewide via Academic and ProfessionalProgram Services, housed in the Augustus B.Turnbull III Florida Conference Center on theedge of the Florida State campus. In addition,library holdings at Florida State include 2.8million book titles and 9.1 million microforms.The university’s library holdings rank amongthe top 30 public research universities in theUnited States.

The university’s main library facility, theRobert M. Strozier Library, is linked bycomputer to other state university andnational research libraries. Florida State alsomaintains science, music, library andinformation science, medicine, engineering and

law libraries, as well as the Mildred and ClaudePepper Library, which houses the papers,photographs, audio recordings, video record-ings and memorabilia of the longtimecongressman from Florida. Library materialsand services also are available at theuniversity’s Panama City campus, as well as atthe international study centers, and acollection of art and related materials is ondisplay at the John and Mable Ringling Museumof Art in Sarasota. Collectively, the FloridaState libraries are a member of the Associationof Research Libraries, an association of the topresearch university libraries in the UnitedStates.


BACKGROUND: The Florida State University is oneof eleven units of the Division of Colleges andUniversities of the Florida Board of Education…Itwas established as the Seminary West of theSuwannee by an act of the Florida Legislature in 1851and first offered instruction at the postsecondarylevel in 1857…Its Tallahassee campus has been thesite of an institution of higher education longer thanany other site in the state…In 1905, the BuckmanAct reorganized higher education in the state anddesignated the Tallahassee school as the FloridaFemale College…In 1909, it was renamed FloridaState College for Women…In 1947, the schoolreturned to co-educational status, and the namewas changed to The Florida State University…It hasgrown from an enrollment of 2,583 in 1946 to anenrollment of 39,652 in the Fall Semester 2005.

ENROLLMENT (FALL, 2005): Total, 39,652…76.7%undergrad, 20.0% grad, 3.0% unclassified…78.8%in-state…93.4% from the United States…studentsfrom all 50 states and the District of Columbia arein attendance…19 states contributed over 100students each…22 foreign countries contributedover 25 students each…female, 56.6%…male,43.4%…minority, 24.6%…international, 3.4%.

ACREAGE: Main Campus: 451.2 acres in Tallahassee,Leon County (main campus)…Panama City Branch:25.6 acres in Panama City, Bay County…The uni-versity owns a total of 1,521 acres in Leon, Bay,Franklin, Sarasota, & Gadsden counties…Sites areleased in Marion and Leon counties in Florida, andother locations overseas.

COLLEGES/DEGREE PROGRAMS: With 16 col-leges and schools, students may take courses ofstudy leading to the baccalaureate degree in 95degree programs, to the master’s degree in 109degree programs, to the advanced master’s degreein one program, to the specialist degree in 27 degreeprograms, to the doctorate degree in 73 degreeprograms, and to the professional degree in twodegree programs. The academic divisions are theColleges of Arts and Sciences, Business, Communi-cation, Criminology and Criminal Justice, Education,Engineering, Human Sciences, Information, Law,Medicine, Music, Social Science, Social Work andVisual Arts, Theatre and Dance; and the Schools ofMotion Picture, Television, and Recording Arts andNursing.

OPERATING BUDGET (2005-06): $970,714,026DEGREES AWARDED FOR 2004-05: Bachelor,

6,856…Masters, 1,681…Doctorate, 276…Special-ist, 44…Judge Doctorate, 274, Total, 9,158.

ENTERING FRESHMAN FACTS (FALL, 2005):The middle 50 percent High School GPA, 3.3-3.9;SAT score 1070-1250, ACT score 23-27. Therewere 55 National Merit Scholars, 24 NationalAchievement Scholars, and 58 Hispanic Scholarsenrolled as undergraduate students during the Fall2005 term.

RETENTION RATE: First year, 100%…second year,86.2%…third year, 75.7%…fourth year, 71.8%.

FACULTY/STAFF: Total 2,239…FSU’s faculty in-cludes some past graduates, such as former astro-nauts Dr. Norm Thagard, who teaches ElectricalEngineering, and Winston Scott who serves as VicePresident of Student Affairs…FSU’s faculty hasincluded six dynamic Nobel Laureates: 11 memberselected to National Academy of Sciences…10members of the American Academy of Arts andSciences.

EDUCATIONAL ADVANTAGES: Florida StateUniversity has a uniqueness in providing programsthat are consistent in excellence across the board,from fine arts and humanities to the hardsciences…The balance of programs is based onFSU’s long tradition as a leading liberal arts institu-tion combined with its position as one of the top 10universities in generating research-basedrevenues…FSU is the most wired campus in Florida,and was recently ranked 18th most connecteduniversity in the nation by Yahoo! Internet Life.

University Facts

EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES ABROAD:FSU offers a variety of overseas study opportunitiesfor students during the regular academic year. FSUhas study centers located in Florence, Italy; PanamaCity, Republic of Panama; Valencia, Spain; andLondon, England. Courses at the study centers areoffered each semester and cover a wide range ofsubject areas perfect for meeting general and liberalstudies requirements. International Programs alsooffers study programs, some general and somemajor specific, in: Tianjin, China; San Jose, CostaRica; Dubrovnik, Croatia; Prague, Czech Republic;London, England; Paris, France; Dublin, Ireland;Moscow, Russia; and Leysin, Switzerland. A summerLaw program is offered in Oxford, England. Thereis one Linkage Institute, FLORICA, in Costa Rica,and Beyond Borders programs in Turrialba, CostaRica, Kingston, Jamaica, and Dresden, Germany.

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES: FSU hasnearly 300 student organizations that allow studentsto find their own niche.

FINANCIAL AID: FSU offers two types of financialassistance: need-based and merit-based…Over $160million is given away for financial assistance eachyear.

STUDENT/FACULTY RATIO: 23-1…Many of thegeneral education classes are large, lecture classes;however, over 70 percent of major classes have lessthan 40 students.

RESEARCH: The Florida State University has built areputation as a strong research center in both thesciences and the humanities. It is expected thatmore than $100 million in external funds will begenerated this year by the university faculty andadministration as supplements to state funds usedfor research. These external funds are in the formof contracts and grants from private foundations,industries, and government agencies, and are usedto support research, improve research facilities, andprovide stipends for graduate students.

SPONSORED RESEARCH (2005-06):$173,605,359

LIBRARY HOLDINGS: The University Library Sys-tem contains over 2.8 million volumes, of whichmore than 245,000 are available electronically as e-books. The libraries subscribe to more than 42,000current serials including academic journals, profes-sional and trade journals, and major newspapersfrom around the country and the globe in bothpaper and electronic formats. The libraries alsosubscribe to more than 300 databases. The FSULibraries include 8 libraries on campus: The RobertManning Strozier Library, Paul A. M. Dirac ScienceLibrary, Mildred and Claude Pepper Library, WarrenAllen Music Library, Harold Goldstein Library andInformation Science Library, College of Law Library,College of Medicine Medical Library, and the Collegeof Engineering Library. Library materials and servicesare also available at the FSU Panama City Campus,as well as International Programs study centers inLondon, Florence, and Panama, and a collection ofart and related materials at the John and MableRingling Museum of Art in Sarasota, Florida.

Florida State Boardof Trustees

JIM SMITHChairmanTallahassee, FL

HAROLD KNOWLESVice ChairmanTallahassee, FL

DERRICK BROOKSTampa, FL

SUSANBUSCH-TRANSOUMidway, FL

LESLIE PANTIN, JR.Miami, FL

DR. T.K. WETHERELLFSU President

RICHARD MCFARLAINTallahassee, FL

DR. E. ANN MCGEEWinter Springs, FL

MANNY GARCIAWinter Springs, FL

EMILYFLEMING DUDAOviedo, FL

DAVID FORDNew York, NY

JIM COBBETallahassee, FL

CHRISTOPHER EVANSStudent GovernmentAssociation President

10 Leading States ofOrigin (Enrollment)Florida .................................................. 31,259Georgia ..................................................... 965Virginia ....................................................... 414New York ................................................. 339Texas ......................................................... 303Pennsylvania ............................................. 278North Carolina ........................................ 249Maryland ................................................... 217New Jersey ............................................... 206Illinois ......................................................... 194


Prominent Alumni

Actor Burt Reynolds with formerSeminole Warrick Dunn

Shape Magazine Editor-In-ChiefBarbara Harris

ESPN GameDay’s Lee Corso

OTHER DISTINGUISHEDALUMNI:Reubin Askew, former Governor of

FloridaPaul Azinger, professional golferAlan Ball, award-winning writer, received

the 1999 Academy Award for BestOriginal Screenplay for “AmericanBeauty”

John W. Bradley, actor, “The NewAdventures of Robin Hood”

Clifton Campbell, playwrightDavis Gaines, performer, “The Phan-

tom of the Opera”Jane Geddes, professional golferPaul Gleason, actor, “Trading Places,”

“The Breakfast Club”Parris Glendenning, former Governor

of MarylandHubert Green, professional golferTara Dawn Holland Christensen, Miss

America 1997Linda Keever, Editor in Chief Florida Trend

MagazineTony LaRussa, Manager, St. Louis Car-

dinalsDoug Marlette, Pulitzer Prize winner

for editorial cartooningDeLane Matthews, actressMichael Piontek, actorHenry Polic, actorCharles G. Rex, New York PhilharmonicVictor Rivers, actor and spokesperson

for The National Network To EndDomestic Violence

Stephen J. Rothman, theatre directorWinston Scott, former NASA astronautSteven Sears, writer and producerRandy Ser, theatrical directorSonny Shroyer, actor, “The Dukes of

Hazard”Richard Simmons, diet and exercise

guruRobert Urich, actor, “Vega$,” “Spencer

For Hire”Dr. Valint Vazsonyi, international con-

cert pianistClaudia Waite, award-winning sopranoEllen Taaffe Zwillich, first woman to win

Pulitzer Prize in musicLinda Zoghby, opera singer

RITA COOLIDGERita Coolidge, a two-time Grammy Award winner, has worked with Joe

Cocker on his “Mad Dog and Englishman” tour and also toured and recorded withthe likes of Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, Leon Russell and Stephen Stills.

LEE CORSOLee Corso, a college football analyst for ESPN, joined the network in 1987

after 28 years of football coaching experience at the college and professional levels.He is a game analyst for Thursday night telecasts and is a studio analyst for CollegeGameDay.

BARBARA HARRISBarbara Harris is the Editor-In-Chief of SHAPE Magazine, the largest national

monthly health and fitness publication for women in the United States. She letteredin volleyball at FSU from 1974-77.

TRAYLOR HOWARDTraylor Howard is an actress best known for her role as “Sharon” in the ABC

TV series “Two Guys and a Girl.” Her feature film credits include “Me, Myself &Irene,” with Jim Carey (2000), “Dirty Work,” and “Confessions of a Sexist Pig.” Sheis currently featured as “Natalie” in the series “Monk” on the the USA Network.

JOHN MARKSJohn Marks, Mayor of the City of Tallahassee, is the managing partner of the

Tallahassee office of Adorno & Yoss. He is on the Board of Directors of FringeBenefits Management Company, a privately held financial services company. Hecurrently serves on the Board of Directors of the Florida League of Cities, theTallahasse Economic Development Council, the Tallahassee/Leon County CivicCenter Authority, the Sunshine State Governmental Financing Commission, andthe Economic Club of Florida. He received his B.S. degree in 1969 from the FloridaState University School of Business and his Juris Doctor degree in 1972 from theFSU College of Law. Mr. Marks also served four years in the U.S. Air Force as a JudgeAdvocate.

GABRIELLE REECEGabrielle Reece began modeling in 1989 and has appeared on numerous magazine

covers. She is internationally recognized as a top fashion model and spokesperson forseveral companies, including Nike. Reece co-wrote a book with Karen Karbo (July 1997)about her life as a pro volleyball player “Big Girl in the Middle.”

BURT REYNOLDSBurt Reynolds, who has as enjoyed enormous success as an actor and director

in feature films, television and stage productions, is a Golden Globe winner, Oscarnominee, Emmy Award winner, winner of 12 People's Choice Awards including fivefor favorite motion picture actor and three for favorite all-round male entertainer.

DR. TONEA STEWARTDr. Tonea Stewart is a

professional actress, tenured Pro-fessor and Director of Theatre Artsat Alabama State University. As anactor, she is best known for herrecurring role in “In the Heat of theNight” as Aunt Etta Kibbe.

NORM THAGARDFormer NASA Astronaut,

Norm Thagard, logged over 140days in space during five space flights.He was a mission specialist on STS-7 in 1983 on Orbiter Challenger,the flight engineer on STS-51B in1985, aboard Challenger and STS-30 in 1989, on Orbiter Atlantis, thepayload commander on STS-42 in1992, aboard the Shuttle Discoveryand was the cosmonaut researcheron the Russian Mir 18 mission in1995. He is currently on Faculty atFSU in the College of Engineering.

Tallahassee MayorJohn Marks


This is Tallahassee

ClimateTallahassee has the mild, moist

climate characteristics of the GulfStates and experiences a subtropicalsummer similar to the rest of Florida.In contrast to the Florida peninsula,however, the panhandle, of whichTallahassee is a part, experiences fourseasons.

Annual January temperature: 40-63°F

Annual July temperature: 72-91° FYearly average maximum tempera-

ture: 78.7°Yearly average minimum tempera-

ture: 55.7°Yearly average days above 90 de-

grees: 91.0Yearly average days below 32 de-

grees: 35.7

PopulationCity of Tallahassee: 153,658Leon County: 244,208Metropolitan Area: 327,869

With the Gulf of Mexico just 25 milessouth and the Georgia border only 14 milesnorth, Tallahassee rests between the foothillsof the Appalachian Mountains and the junctureof Florida’s panhandle and peninsula in an areaknown as “The Big Bend.” Nearer in miles toAtlanta than to Miami, Tallahassee more closelyresembles its’ Georgia neighbor than Florida intopography, climate and lifestyle.

Like the city itself, the story of howTallahassee was chosen as the state capital isrich in history. In 1823, two explorers set out— one on horseback from St. Augustine andthe other by boat from Pensacola — toestablish a permanent, central location for theseat of government. The two met at a beautifulsite that the Creek and Seminole Indians called“tallahassee” — derived from the words“talwa,” meaning town, and “ahassee,” meaningold. This historic meeting place remainsFlorida’s capital today.

The New Capitol building rises at thecenter of Tallahassee’s downtown as a sleekmodern structure, juxtaposed next to the OldCapitol, built in the more classic domed style.A gallery atop the 22-story New Capitolprovides a sweeping view of the hilly city andits tree-lined streets. From it, you can see allthe way to Georgia, 20 miles away.

Around the capitol complex, a 10-blockhistoric district spreads, preserving the town’sgracious old homes along a linear park andholding a historic inn, bars and restaurantspatronized by Senators and sophomores alike.With no shortage of culture, downtown alsooffers museums, theater and art galleries.Artists have turned the old warehouses ofDowntown Industrial Park into the studios

Among low, rolling hills, down moss-draped canopy roads, withinpicturesque historical districts, and

across seas of flowering azaleas lies a magicalpart of the Sunshine State —Tallahassee —Florida’s capital city. With its intriguingcombination of power-play politics and classiccharacter splashed with a twist of beauty andcharm, Tallahassee is a genteel Southern bellewith good manners, old plantation homes andy’all-come hospitality — a side of Florida fewexpect to find.


Dolly Parton

“Thoroughly ModernMillie”

Donald L.Tucker Center

The Donald L. TuckerCenter is a multi-purposeconvention and entertain-ment facility featuring a12,100 seat arena, LuxurySuites and Club Seats andover 52,000 sq. ft. of meetingand exhibition space plus anarena view restaurant,Spotlight Grille. The CivicCenter hosts a wide varietyof concerts, family shows,Broadway shows, ice showsand sporting events includ-ing FSU basketball.

It is easy to understandwhy over one million peoplea year flock to the DonaldL. Tucker Center, what withthe varied array of attrac-tions it offers. Some peoplego to the Tucker Center toenjoy the sounds of rock,country, pop and urbanconcerts. Some go for thethrills of basketball, rodeosand three-ring spectaculars.While others come forconventions, banquets,expositions, or consumerand trade shows.

Located downtown onPensacola Street, the TuckerCenter is only two blocksfrom the Capitol building.

Cathy Rigby as “Peter Pan”

and cafes of Railroad Square. TheMuseum of Florida History,nearby, is highly acclaimed for itsscan of the state’s past, and TheMary Brogan Museum of Art &Science, along with changing artexhibits, brings learning to a kid’slevel with hands-on exhibits.Other sightseeing favoritesinclude the floral masterpiece ofAlfred B. Maclay State Gardens;Bradley’s Country Store; FAMUBlack Archives; and the TallahasseeAntique Car Museum.

The area surroundingTallahassee reveals numerousother historic and archaeologicaltreasures, such as De Soto StateArchaeological and Historical Site,Lake Jackson State ArchaeologicalSite, Mission San Luis, NaturalBridge Battlefield and San Marcosde Apalache. Visitors can exploreprehistoric Florida at the Museumof Florida History, where they aregreeted by a giant 12,000-year-oldmastodon pulled from nearbyWakulla Springs.

On the shores of WakullaSprings, alligators still laze underthe watchful eyes of “snake birds”perched on twisted cypress trees.The site of many underwaterscenes in “Tarzan” movies, it’s oneof the world’s deepest freshwatersprings. Glass-bottomed boattours across these mysticalwaters are available.

Nearby small towns offerfascinating excursions to placessuch as Pebble Hill Plantation,Florida Caverns State Park,Monticello Opera House and St.George Island.


THE TRADITION

Consistency. It is the mark of trueexcellence in any endeavor.However, in today’s intercollegiate

athletics, competition has become so balancedand so competitive that it is virtuallyimpossible to maintain a high level ofconsistency.

Yet the Atlantic Coast Conference hasdefied the odds. Now in its 54th year ofcompetition, the ACC has long enjoyed thereputation as one of the strongest and mostcompetitive intercollegiate conferences in thenation. And that is not mere conjecture, thenumbers support it.

Since the league’s inception in 1953, ACCschools have captured 100 national champion-ships, including 52 in women’s competition and48 in men’s. In addition, NCAA individual titleshave gone to ACC student-athletes 130 timesin men’s competition and 71 times in women’saction.

The conference made an immediateimpact in women’s soccer on the nationalcollege scene in the fall of 1987 when NorthCarolina captured the first of what wouldeventually be 13 national titles for the ACC.Since becoming a league sponsored sport, theTar Heels have laid claim to 13 of the last 19national championships, including eightconsecutive titles between 1987 and 1994.

In 2005, the ACC Championship wouldpit the top two seeds in No. 1 North Carolinaversus No. 2 Virginia, a rematch of last year’schampionship final, at the SAS Soccer Complexin Cary, N.C. The Tar Heels reclaimed theleague crown with a 4-1 win over the Cavaliersfor their 16th conference title.

The ACC led all conferences with seventeams selected to the 2005 NCAATournament, including ACC newcomer BostonCollege, Clemson, Duke, Florida State, NorthCarolina, Virginia and Wake Forest. It markedthe fourth time in the last five years that atleast seven teams from the ACC received a bidinto the national tournament. Four schools,Duke, Florida State, North Carolina andVirginia, all earned national seeds, tying aleague-high, set back in 2003. Florida State,North Carolina and Virginia each advanced tothe quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament,while the Seminoles made it to the semifinalsof the Women’s College Cup under first-yearhead coach Mark Krikorian. The Seminoleshave appeared in the College Cup twice overthe last three years, the most by any otherteam in the ACC and the second most in thenation.

Five teams finished in the top 25 of threemajor polls (Soccer America, Soccer Buzz andNSCAA). North Carolina, Florida State andVirginia each finished in the top 10 of all threepolls, while the Eagles of Boston Collegefinished the 2005 season ranked No. 10 byNSCAA. The Tar Heels’ Heather O’Reilly wasnamed a finalist for the Honda Award, whileteammate Lori Chalupny, Virginia’s SarahHuffman and Florida State’s Sel Kuralay earnedSoccer America MVP accolades. Krikorian wasnamed National Coach of the Year by Soccer

America and Soccer Buzz.The 11 schools that take to the field this

fall under the ACC banner have garnered 102first, second or third team NSCAA All-America distinctions, 47 National Player of theYear titles and 12 National Rookie of the Yearhonors. The ACC has also amassed 34Academic All-Americans since 1986.

2005-06 IN REVIEWThe 2005-06 academic year concluded

with the league pocketing an all-time high sixnational team titles and 15 individual NCAAcrowns. In all, the ACC has won 57 nationalteam titles over the last 16 years. The ACC haswon two or more NCAA titles in 24 of thepast 26 years.

2005-06 NATIONALCHAMPIONSHIPSField Hockey .......................................... MarylandMen’s Soccer ......................................... MarylandWomen’s Basketball ............................. MarylandMen’s Lacrosse ......................................... VirginiaWomen’s Golf ..............................................DukeMen’s Outdoor Track & Field ....... Florida State

THE CHAMPIONSHIPSThe conference will conduct

championship competition in 25 sports duringthe 2006-07 academic year - 12 for men and13 for women.

The first ACC championship was held inswimming on February 25, 1954. Theconference did not conduct championships incross country, wrestling or tennis during thefirst year.

The 12 sports for men include football,cross country, soccer, basketball, swimming,indoor and outdoor track, wrestling, baseball,tennis, golf and lacrosse. Fencing, which wasstarted in 1971, was discontinued in 1981.Women’s sports were initiated in 1977 withthe first championship meet being held intennis at Wake Forest University.

Championships for women are currentlyconducted in cross country, volleyball, fieldhockey, soccer, basketball, swimming, indoorand outdoor track, tennis, golf, lacrosse, softballand rowing.

A HISTORYThe Atlantic Coast Conference was

founded on May 8, 1953, at the Sedgefield Innnear Greensboro, N.C., with seven chartermembers - Clemson, Duke, Maryland, NorthCarolina, North Carolina State, South Carolinaand Wake Forest - drawing up the conferenceby-laws.

The withdrawal of seven schools fromthe Southern Conference came early on themorning of May 8, 1953, during the SouthernConference’s annual spring meeting. On June14, 1953, the seven members met in Raleigh,N.C., where a set of bylaws was adopted andthe name became officially the Atlantic CoastConference.

Suggestions from fans for the name of thenew conference appeared in the region’s

newspapers prior to the meeting in Raleigh.Some of the names suggested were: Dixie,Mid South, Mid Atlantic, East Coast, Seaboard,Colonial, Tobacco, Blue-Gray, Piedmont,Southern Seven and the Shoreline.

Duke’s Eddie Cameron recommendedthat the name of the conference be theAtlantic Coast Conference, and the motionwas passed unanimously. The meetingconcluded with each member institutionassessed $200.00 to pay for conferenceexpenses.

On December 4, 1953, conferenceofficials met again at Sedgefield and officiallyadmitted the University of Virginia as theleague’s eighth member. The first, and only,withdrawal of a school from the ACC came onJune 30, 1971, when the University of SouthCarolina tendered its resignation.

The ACC operated with seven membersuntil April 3, 1978, when the Georgia Instituteof Technology was admitted. The Atlantaschool had withdrawn from the SoutheasternConference in January of 1964.

The ACC expanded to nine members onJuly 1, 1991, with the addition of Florida StateUniversity.

The conference expanded to 11members on July 1, 2004, with the addition ofthe University of Miami and VirginiaPolytechnic Institute and State University. OnOctober 17, 2003, Boston College accepted aninvitation to become the league’s 12thmember starting July 1, 2005.

SCHOOL AFFILIATIONSBOSTON COLLEGE — Charter member of the Big East

Conference in 1979; joined the ACC in July, 2005.CLEMSON — Charter member of the Southern

Intercollegiate Athletic Association in 1894, acharter member of the Southern Conference in1921, a charter member of the Atlantic CoastConference (ACC) in 1953.

DUKE — Joined the Southern Conference in December,1928; charter member of the ACC in 1953.

FLORIDA STATE — Charter member of the DixieConference in 1948; joined the Metro Conference inJuly, 1976; joined the ACC July, 1991.

GEORGIA TECH — Charter member of the SouthernIntercollegiate Athletic Association in 1894, chartermember of Southern Conference in 1921, chartermember of the SEC in 1932, joined the ACC in April,1978.

MARYLAND — Charter member of the SouthernConference in 1921, charter member of the ACC in1953.

MIAMI — Charter member of the Big East FootballConference in 1991; joined the ACC in July, 2004.

NORTH CAROLINA — Charter member of the SouthernIntercollegiate Athletic Association in 1894, chartermember of the Southern Conference in 1921,charter member of the ACC in 1953.

NC STATE — Charter member of the SouthernConference in 1921; charter member of the ACC in1953.

VIRGINIA — Charter member of the SouthernIntercollegiate Athletic Association in 1894, chartermember of the Southern Conference in 1921,resigned from Southern Conference in December1936, joined the ACC in December, 1953.

VIRGINIA TECH — Charter member of the SouthernConference in 1921; withdrew from the SouthernConference in June, 1965; became a chartermember of the Big East Football Conference in Feb.5, 1991; joined the ACC in July, 2004.

WAKE FOREST — Joined the Southern Conference inFebruary, 1936, charter member of the ACC in1953.

This Is The ACC


Soccer Endowed Scholarships

From Miami to Minneapolis, and fromWarsaw to Walla Walla, young men andwomen come to Florida State University

to embrace its educational excellence, and tocompete as a Seminole. Many would not havethe opportunity to receive that collegeeducation without their athletic scholarship.These young people work hard, and proudlyrepresent Florida State as a winner on thenational stage, attracting the attention to ourUniversity that winners bring.

Florida State Athletics provides each ofour men’s and women’s teams with themaximum number of scholarships allowed bythe NCAA. In addition to the fieldcompetitors, scholarships are also provided tostudent trainers, managers and graduateassistants who are vital to an athletic program.

The last fifteen years have seen a three-fold rise in the cost of athletic scholarships atFlorida State. Today, more than $300,000 isneeded to permanently endow a Florida stateathletic scholarship. Most of the top publicuniversities with whom Florida State competesand to whom we are compared, have endowedall of their athletic scholarships.

Established in 1986 under the directionof William M. Parker of Clearwater, theSeminole Boosters Endowed ScholarshipProgram is the final step toward perpetualfunding of all scholarships for student-athletesat Florida State. Those individuals whocontribute to the endowment fund for athleticscholarships at Florida State University gainmembership in the Seminole HeritageFoundation.

Thanks to the efforts of Les and RuthAkers, Charles and Diane Morris and HunterMcIntosh an effort has now begun to ensurethe endowment of the Florida State soccerprogram.

CHARLES & DIANE MORRIS SCHOLARSHIPA 1970 West Point graduate, Colonel

Charles A. Morris, Ed.D. FSU 1994, honorablyserved our nation over a distinguished 27-yearArmy career. Diane faithfully served FSU from1990-94 as an honored academic advisor in theDepartment of Psychology while Chuckcommanded the Army ROTC SeminoleBattalion. They returned to FSU in 1997 andChuck began work in the Department ofAthletics. Chuck and Diane became fans ofFlorida State soccer and recognized theimportance of providing scholarships for future

generations of student-athletes. As an expression of their loyalty, commitment, and admirationfor FSU, they have endowed the outside right forward position.

LES & RUTH AKERS SCHOLARSHIPSuccessful businessman, tireless fundraiser for Seminole

Athletics, and leader in all areas of FSU alumni involvement, LesAkers and his wife Ruth, holder of a graduate degree in music,have expressed their love for the University by endowing ascholarship for soccer.

HUNTER McINTOSHAfter playing professional

tennis for several years, formerFSU student-athlete HunterMcIntosh decided to endow anathletic scholarship for soccer to

show his support for women’s athletics here at Florida StateUniversity. Throughout his lifetime, he never lost his love orcommitment to Seminole Athletics. Hunter’s feeling for FloridaState Univeristy can be summed up in his own words of “Once aNole, always a Nole”.

Enthusiastic Tallahasseebusiness leaders formed the firstSeminole Boosters organizationin the summer of 1951. Theirpurpose was to support anambitious Seminole football

program rapidly growing in popularity. A brand new stadium andincreasing program costs motivated the Boosters to make fundraisingtheir first priority, a priority that remains our primary purpose.

The Seminole Boosters experienced great success through HeadFootball Coach Bill Peterson’s tenure (1960-1970). From 1971 through1973 Boosters served as the reorganized National Seminole Club. In thewinter following the winless 1973 season, local leaders again respondedto the challenge of University President Dr Stan Marshall, and re-incorporated the Seminole Boosters. In March, 1975 Andy Millerbecame chief operating officer of the organization, the post he still holds.

Today, Seminole Boosters, Inc. is one of the leading collegiate athleticfundraising organizations in America. Contributors account for morethan $10 million in annual funds, plus at least $10 million per year incapital gifts. The Seminole Boosters Scholarship Endowment has nearly$26 million under management, and the Boosters are involved with awide range of enterprises including affinity programs, logos & licensing,gameday parking, concessions, the University Center Club, skyboxmanagement and the construction of athletic facilities.

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