2009 Radford Men's Soccer Media Guide

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CREDITS: The 2009 Radford University Men’s Soccer Guide was written and edited by Patrick Reed and designed and edited by the Radford Universitat y Offi ce of Athletic Communications. Cover designs/university pages created by Steven May. Photos by J. Brett Whitesell, WG Sports Photos, Mike Anderson and Patrick Reed. The publication was designed using InDesign and Photoshop CS3. The guide was printed by B&B Printing in Richmond, Va. Special thanks to Martin Sayer, Mark Simpson and Gene Hyde, archivist at Radford University’s McConnell Library.

RADFORD UNIVERSITY 2009 MEN’S SOCCERQUICK FACTS / TEAM INFORMATION

Quick Facts ............................................1Season Preview .................................. 2-3Head Coach Spencer Smith ............... 4-5Assistant Coach Chris Barrett ................6The 2009 Highlanders ............................7Player Profi les .................................. 8-172008 Season Review ...................... 18-20Radford Soccer History ........................21Program Records ..................................22Records vs. All Opponents ...................23Award and Honors ...............................24Season-by-Season Results ............. 25-28Patrick D. Cupp Memorial Stadium .....29This is Radford University ............. 30-31Radford University Athletics ......... 32-33Athletic Training / Academics .............34Strength & Conditioning ......................35Big South Conference ..........................36

RADFORD UNIVERSITYLocation ...................................................................................... Radford, Va.Founded................................................................................................... 1910Enrollment .............................................................................................. 9,230Nickname .....................................................................................HighlandersColors .......................................................................................Red and WhiteAffi liation ............................................................................ NCAA Division IConference ...................................................................................... Big SouthPresident ...............................................Penelope W. Kyle (Guilford College)Director of Athletics ........................ Robert Lineburg (Roanoke College ’91)

MEN’S SOCCER INFORMATIONStadium .................................................. Patrick D. Cupp Memorial StadiumCapacity ................................................................................................. 5,000Head Coach ..............................................................................Spencer SmithAlma Mater ...............................................................................Tennessee ’87Record at Radford (Years) .................................................... 131-130-27 (15)Career Record (Years) ........................................................... 165-181-33 (20)Soccer Offi ce Phone ............................................................... (540) 831-7821Email ............................................................................. [email protected] Coach ...........................................................................Chris Barrett2007 Overall Record .............................................................................7-10-22007 Big South Record (Finish) ....................................................3-4-1 (7th)Starters Returning / Lost ............................................................................ 6/5Letterwinners Returning / Lost .............................................................. 16/11Newcomers ..................................................................................................11

PROGRAM HISTORYFirst Year ..................................................... 1975 (Joined Division I in 1984)All-Time Record ...........................................................................298-274-56All-Time Big South Record ..............................................................99-59-11Conference Titles (Last) .....................................................................3 (2000)NCAA Appearances (Last) ................................................................2 (2000)Result ..................................................................L at Furman, 1-2 (11/12/00)

ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONSAssistant A.D. ...............................................................................Joey BeelerOffi ce Phone ........................................................................... (540) 831-5726Cell Phone ...............................................................................(540) 257-1126Email ........................................................................... [email protected] Director/Men’s Soccer .................................................Patrick ReedOffi ce Phone ............................................................................(540) 831-5211Cell Phone .............................................................................. (540) 815-6587Email ............................................................................. [email protected] Director .......................................................................Brian StanleyEmail .........................................................................bmstanley@radford.eduIntern ............................................................................................Curt CassellEmail ............................................................................ctcassell@radford.eduOffi ce Fax ............................................................................... (540) 831-5556Website ................................................................www.RadfordAthletics.comMailing Address ......................................P.O. Box 6913, Radford, VA 24142Overnight Address ......................... 101 Dedmon Center, Radford, VA 24142

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

2009 Radford Men’s Soccer2

As much as Division I athletics are about winning, it shouldn’t be forgotten that in an academic environment, learning is part of the on-fi eld experience as well. Radford men’s soccer coach Spencer Smith is mak-ing that part of his curriculum in 2009 and giving his upperclassmen a lab session in leadership. Though there are no credit hours to fulfi ll or grades to be handed out, Smith is putting his group to the test by assigning Highlander veterans to each of the 11 newcomers this season. “We wanted to give each of the incoming players a ‘big brother,’ so to speak, this season,” Smith says. “Just to help the new guys take care of some of the little things that might be taken for granted.” Smith wanted his returning players to lend a hand, even when it comes to the most basic tasks. “It’s things like getting things moved into a room, getting a bank account set up,” he says. “Basically, just helping these guys get settled in.” While being a “big brother” may be about lending an everyday hand, it’s also about trying to jump start a program that fi nished 7-10-2 in 2008 and 3-4 in Big South action. Radford closed out the season without fi nding the win column and scoring just twice in a six-game span. Smith characterized last season as one where his group lacked chemistry. In his effort to reverse the trend, he brought back his “big brother” program, some-thing the current Highlanders have never experienced in their careers. And so far, the response has been positive, across the board. “They’ve been really good so far,” Smith says. “They’re able to connect with the new guys and make them feel welcome.” While generating positive vibes off the fi eld, it shouldn’t go unnoticed that there are building blocks for success on the pitch in 2009. The Highlanders, picked fi fth in the Big South preseason poll, return six starters

including key veterans Brendan Shaffer and Justin Zim-mer. Shaffer, who played in every minute of every match in 2008 as a central defender, is a vital cog in Smith’s leadership movement as team captain. “So far, he’s done a great job for us,” says Smith. “He’s not only done the job vocally, but he’s played a big part in keeping us organized. He’ll be a big part of our success.” In addition, Shaffer played all of 2008 with a cast on his left arm, while helping the Highlanders to the league’s best goals-against average. “That’s defi nitely something that will help him psy-chologically this year,” Smith says. “His mobility will be better without the cast, but it’s defi nitely something that will make him better from a mental standpoint.” On the other side of the fi eld, Zimmer returns after playing a full season in 2008. A second team all-con-ference pick and a Big South Player of the Week (Sept. 14), Zimmer scored two goals and helped on four while starting in all 19 games. “Z did some good things for us last year, and we’re expecting more production from him this year,” says Smith. Radford also has the distinction of returning the Big South Freshman of the Year in Iyiola Awosika, who be-gan his college career with a bang by netting six tallies. However, the Highlanders’ leading scorer slowed down as the season progressed. “He was a marked man,” Smith says. “And when he was slowed down, we couldn’t fi nd the net.” Despite his production and potential, Smith doesn’t expect Awosika to carry the load in 2009. With a group of 11 newcomers and a renewed sense of sharing the responsibilities, Smith and Radford are much closer to fi nding a winning combination. “It’s defi nitely been a lot more competitive this preseason. We’ve brought some guys in that have really been pushing the returning players.”

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MEN’S SOCCER 2009: “BIG BROTHER” IS WATCHING

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2009 SCHEDULEDay Date Opponent Location TimeThu. Aug. 20 King College (exh) Bristol, Tenn. 5:30Tue. 25 JAMES MADISON (exh) RADFORD 7:00Tue. Sept. 1 Xavier Cincinnati, Ohio 4:00 Fri. 4 Appalachian State Boone, N.C. 7:00Tue. 8 Longwood Farmville, Va. 7:00Fri. 11 EAST TENNESSEE STATE RADFORD 7:00Wed. 16 DAVIDSON RADFORD 7:00Sat. 19 Liberty* Lynchburg, Va. 7:00Sat. 26 GARDNER-WEBB* RADFORD 6:00Tue. 29 NORTH CAROLINA RADFORD 7:00Sat. Oct. 3 Presbyterian* Clinton, S.C. 2:00Tue. 6 VIRGINIA TECH RADFORD 7:00Sat. 10 UNC ASHEVILLE* RADFORD 7:00Sat. 17 Winthrop* Rock Hill, S.C. 3:00Wed. 21 VMI* RADFORD 7:00Fri. 30 ELON RADFORD 7:00Tue. Nov. 3 HIGH POINT* RADFORD 7:00Sat. 7 Coastal Carolina Conway, S.C. 7:00Thu.-Sun. 12-15 Big South Tournament High Point, N.C. TBA

Home matches in BOLD CAPS* Denotes Big South Conference match

Of the 11 players the Highlanders added to the roster, only fi ve are true freshmen and fi ve have been with other teams at the collegiate level. The list includes a pair of Division II scorers, Thomas George (2 goals, 5 points at Concord) and Anthony Payne (22 points, Mount Olive’s leading scorer), and two former Big East players in Ryan Stinnett (UConn) and Mike Handlin (Rutgers). One spot on the fi eld the Highlanders will work to replace is at goal-keeper, where stalwart Zach Roszel manned the fi eld for three seasons as a one of the league’s top keepers. Headlining a group of three keepers in 2009 is Ryan Taylor, who started fi ve games last season. “Ryan’s looked good in training,” Smith says. “He’s a different player from Zach, but he has a high level of maturity and he’s not a guy we’ll have a whole lot of highs and lows with, which is the mindset we want back there.” The even-tempered, focused mindset is something Smith is looking for from his entire team in 2009, part of his on-going assignments in leader-ship and chemistry. And while a balanced group of new and experienced players tries to fi nd their way to a winning formula, Smith doesn’t want to them to sleep during his most important lessons. “We’re trying to make them a family and family members help other family members out.”

The Highlanders host 2008 NCAA College Cup runner-up North Carolina on Sept. 29 at Patrick D. Cupp Memorial Stadium, along with New River Valley rival and 2007 Col-lege Cup participant Virginia Tech Oct. 6.

2009 Radford Men’s Soccer

Spencer Smith, the man with the most victories in Radford men’s soccer history and among the best in Big South annals, will continue to build on the program’s winning ways in 2009. Through the 2008 season, his 15th, Smith has 131 wins in his Radford career and is the architect of eight winning seasons in the New

River Valley. The veteran coach has also led the school’s only two NCAA Tour-nament sides, as the Highlanders appeared in both the 1999 and 2000 brackets. Among Big South coaches, Smith’s win total at Radford is fourth-best in the 26-year history of the conference, and third among active coaches. His 55 league victories are fourth-best, all-time. His success with individual student athletes is among the best of any Rad-ford program. Under Smith’s guidance, Ian Spooner earned Big South Player of the Year honors in 1994 and ’95, and Troy Washington took home POY honors in 1998. Both Spooner and Washington were named to the National Soccer Coach-es’ Association of America (NCSAA) All-Region teams those seasons. Three of his former players were named to NCSAA all-region teams as well, including Sacha Drouin (1996), T.J. Rolfi ng (2002) and Omar Zinoveev (2004-05). Since 1994, 30 of Smith’s players have been named to one of the Big South post-season all-conference teams. Smith’s athletes have also excelled in the classroom during his 15 years. Highlighting those achievements is Patrick Colas, the recipient of an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship in 2005 and a two-time College Sports Information Di-rectors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-American (third team – 2004, second team – 2005). Colas was also a two-time Big South Men’s Soccer Scholar Athlete of the Year. Mike Ginsburg (1997-98) and Scott Hance (2000) also earned confer-ence men’s soccer scholar athlete of the year honors, and Justin Zimmer earned academic all-district honors in 2008. In recent seasons his team’s academic accolades have Radford among elite company, nationally. The NSCAA recognized Radford in 2008, for the second straight year, as one of its Team Academic Award winners, an honor given to pro-grams with a team grade point average of 3.0 or better. Among men’s programs, Radford was one of just two Big South institutions, one of 35 NCAA Division I teams, and one of 106 four-year colleges across the country to earn the distinction in 2008. Smith’s Highlanders fi rst earned the honor in 2007. Upon arriving in southwest Virginia in 1994, Smith inherited a Radford program that fi nished 4-13-3 and was shut out eight times, the worst mark in the program’s Division I history. Smith’s new-look Highlanders, which included 15 freshmen and sophomores, got off to a 3-0-2 start and fi nished 6-1 in Big South regular season play. Despite a fi rst-round conference tournament upset loss against Liberty, the Highlanders were rewarded for their 11-7-2 turnaround, as Smith took home Big South Coach of the Year honors and junior striker Ian Spooner picked up the fi rst of his two straight player of the year accolades. That 1994 campaign set the tone for the Radford program’s future, as the Highlanders posted ten or more victories in the next four seasons, culminating with an 11-4-3 mark in 1998, and the program’s fi rst Big South regular season title. With a deep and experienced side, the Highlanders went 6-2-1 in their fi rst nine games and handed defending Big South regular-season champion Liberty a 4-0 loss in the conference opener. On Oct. 3 at UNC Asheville, Smith picked up his 50th win, becoming the fastest coach in program history to reach that point. Radford rolled through league action, posting a 5-0-1 record, before falling in the conference tournament to eventual champion South Alabama. Once again, Smith

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was honored as Big South Coach of the Year, and guided six players to all-league honors including 14-goal-scorer Troy Washington, the conference player of the year. However, in 1999 the Highlanders were forced to replace their fi ve all-con-ference seniors and the young Radford squad stumbled to a 3-10-3 regular season mark. The turnaround came at the perfect time though and Smith’s team, led by Big South Tournament MVP Greg Anderson, picked up three tournament wins to advance to the program’s fi rst NCAA Tournament. After winning in penalty kicks against Liberty in the championship game, Radford earned the right to face Fur-man in the play-in game of the tournament where the Highlanders fell, 1-0. Smith and the Highlanders returned to their winning ways in 2000, posting a 12-10-0 record and earning a second-straight Big South Tournament title and appearance in the NCAAs. Radford took the championship on the strength of two overtime wins in the tournament and a 2-0 blanking of Elon in the title game. Four-and-a-half seasons later, Smith reached another Radford milestone, earning his 86th Radford win with a 2-1 victory at home against VMI on Sept. 17, 2003, passing his predecessor Don Staley. Radford is the third head coaching stop in 19 years for Smith. After begin-ning his career as an assistant at Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate, Tenn., Smith took over the program in 1989. In two years with the Railsplitters, Smith had 14 wins, including an 8-8-3 season in 1990. He led the program at North Carolina Wesleyan for the next three seasons, posting 20 wins and the only .500 season over an eight year stretch (1990-97) for the Battlin’ Bishops by going 8-8-3 in 1993, his fi nal season before heading to Radford. In the course of his 20 years as a collegiate head coach, Smith is 165-181-41. A 1987 graduate of the University of Tennessee, Smith was a four-year starter for the Volunteers, and a captain as a junior and senior. Smith also earned most valuable player honors in 1986. Following college, his professional career took him to Sheffi eld, England and included training with Sheffi eld United F.C., as well as time with Stannington Village F.C. A native of Baltimore, Smith was head coach of the Virginia Olympic Development Program U-18 team from 1994-98. He was also the chairman of the NSCAA South Atlantic Regional Rankings Committee and a member of the NCAA Regional Selection Committee. Smith lives in Radford with his wife Julie and their three children – Alyssa, Landon and Merric.

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PERSONALBirthplace ............................................................Baltimore, Md.High School .............................................................Loch RavenCollege ...............................................................Tennessee (‘87)Playing Experience ........................ Univ. of Tennessee 1983-86................................................................... Sheffi eld United F.C...............................................................Stannington Village F.C.

BY THE NUMBERSCareer Record .......................................................... 165-181-33Record at Radford .................................................... 131-130-27Big South Record ........................................................... 55-47-9Big South Coach of the Year Honors ........................ 1994, 1998NCAA Tournament Appearances .............................. 1999, 2000

COLLEGIATE COACHING CAREER1994-Current ............................................. Head coach, Radford1991-93 ..........................Head coach, North Carolina Wesleyan 1989-90 ..................................... Head coach, Lincoln Memorial 1988.....................................Assistant coach, Lincoln Memorial

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Smith guided the Highlanders to their only NCAA Tournament appearances in 1999 and 2000.

THE SPENCER SMITH FILE

SMITH AT RADFORDYEAR OVERALL BIG SOUTH

1994.........................11-7-2 ...................... 6-2-0

1995.........................11-5-3 ...................... 4-2-1

1996...................... 10-10-1 ...................... 4-3-0

1997.........................11-8-1 ...................... 4-2-0

1998.........................11-4-3 ...................... 5-0-1

1999.........................5-11-4 ...................... 2-4-1

2000...................... 12-10-0 ...................... 4-3-0

2001........................ 4-14-0 ...................... 3-4-0

2002........................ 7-12-1 ...................... 3-3-1

2003.......................... 8-9-2 ...................... 2-4-1

2004.......................... 7-6-4 ...................... 3-3-1

2005.......................... 8-9-0 ...................... 5-2-0

2006.......................... 8-6-4 ...................... 4-1-2

2007.........................11-9-0 ...................... 3-3-0

2008........................ 7-10-2 ...................... 3-4-1

TOTALS.....124-120-25 .................55-40-9


ASSISTANT COACHFOURTH SEASON AT RADFORD

CHRIS BARRETT

Carrying a resume that includes extensive experi-ence across all levels of soccer, Chris Barrett is in his fi fth season as an assistant coach for Radford. Barrett’s roots with Radford run deep: not only was he a four-year standout with the Highlanders, his de-velopment as a coach began and continues at his alma

mater. The 1996 Radford graduate made his return to campus in 2006 and began molding the Highlander defense into one of the Big South’s best. He was promoted to a full-time top assistant in 2007, with an emphasis on coaching goalkeepers, recruiting, scheduling, scouting, and practice and game preparation. Under Barrett’s guidance in 2008, Zach Roszel posted the league’s top save percentage (.821) and fought through an injury-plagued season to post the Big South’s second-best goals against average (0.92). As a team, Radford allowed the league’s fewest goals (20 in 19 games) in 2008. Before making his return to the New River Valley, Barrett’s coaching career has included stops at the college, professional, club and high school levels in locations from Christiansburg to Georgia. His impact has been felt throughout southeastern soccer, most notably during his four years in Greenville, S.C. Barrett was co-director of Green-ville FC, as well as the program’s director of player development. His former players with GFC include former Radford captain Devan Cooley and Taylor Rowe, an All-Big South honoree during his time with the Highlanders. Barrett’s experience in the Palmetto State also included time at the pro-fessional and high school levels. He was an assistant coach and goalkeeper trainer for three seasons with the Greenville Lions, a former United Soccer League D3 Pro club. With help from Barrett, the Lions advanced to the 2001

league title game. Barrett was also a head varsity coach at Greenville High School. From Greenville, Barrett moved on to Conyers, Ga., where he worked as the youth academy director for the Rockdale Youth Soccer Association for two years. In his fi nal stop prior to Radford, Barrett’s career in the youth ranks continued in Wilmington N.C. as the director of coaching and soccer opera-tions for the Port City Soccer Club while working as a staff coach for the Cape Fear Soccer Association. Barrett also logged experience at the Division I collegiate level, working as an assistant coach at UNC Wilmington where Barrett helped the Seahawks to a Colonial Athletic Association semifi nal trip in 2005 under current head coach Aidan Heaney. His sideline experience also includes time as an assistant coach at West Virginia, and as the head coach at nearby Christiansburg High School. Bar-rett has also worked with Olympic Development Programs in Virginia, West Virginia, South Carolina and Georgia. On the fi eld, Barrett was a team captain in 1993 and 1994 with the High-landers, and a Second Team All-Big South selection in 1994. Barrett was a freshman when Radford posted its best-ever regular season record (15-4-2) in 1991 and was a senior when current head coach Spencer Smith arrived. Heading into the 2009 season, Barrett is fi fth on Radford’s all-time saves list with 207. Right after his playing days concluded, Barrett’s coaching career began as an assistant to Smith. Under Smith and Barrett’s guidance from 1995-98, the Highlanders won 43 games and claimed their fi rst Big South regular season title. Barrett also volunteered his time as a goalkeeper’s coach for the Radford women’s team. Barrett earned his bachelor’s from Radford in leisure services. He is currently working towards a teaching certifi cate in physical and health education. He and his wife, Angie Skipper, live in Floyd with their daughter Seyda.

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NUMERICAL ROSTERNO. NAME YR. POS. HT. WT. HOMETOWN/HIGH SCHOOL PREV.1 Ryan Taylor So. GK 6-0 180 Midlothian, Va./Midlothian2 Aldo Macias R-So. MF 5-10 155 Dumfries, Va./Edison3 Brendan Shaffer Jr. D 5-10 185 Haymarket, Va./Battlefi eld4 Myles Jones Fr. MF 6-3 190 Redditch, England/Studley5 Daryn Patricio Sr. D 5-8 167 Johannesburg, South Africa/King Edward VII6 Robert Thomsen Sr. D 5-11 158 Charlottesville, Va./Western Albemarle7 Ben Fuentes R-So. MF 6-0 180 Fairfax, Va./W.T. Woodson8 Justin Zimmer Sr. F 5-7 126 Chesapeake, Va./Hickory10 Manuel Chavez R-Sr. MF 5-11 140 Woodbridge, Va./Gar-Field11 Iyiola Awosika So. F 5-9 161 London, England/Aylesbury Grammar12 Camden Brown Jr. F 5-5 146 Knoxville, Tenn./Karns13 T.J. Eaton Fr. F 5-10 145 Garland, Texas/Sachse 14 Joe Baxter So. MF 6-0 174 Richmond, Va./James River15 Anthony Payne So. MF 6-0 180 Manassas, Va./Osbourn Park (Mount Olive)16 James Leith Jr. MF 5-10 171 Herndon, Va./Oakton17 Ryan Stinnett R-So. MF 5-7 150 Woodbridge, Va./Woodbridge (Connecticut)18 James Jordan Fr. F 6-0 161 Dartford, England/Dartford Grammar19 Carter Mills So. F 6-1 175 Culpeper, Va./Culpeper County20 Brian Gwanzura Fr. MF 6-3 165 Harare, Zimbabwe/Harare21 Ian Aquino Jr. D 5-9 158 Burke, Va./Lake Braddock22 Franco Buzzalino Fr. F 5-11 177 Haymarket, Va./Battlefi eld23 Thomas George So. M 5-9 168 Pearisburg, Va./Giles County (Concord)24 Kevin Fleming R-Fr. D 6-2 170 Centreville, Va./Westfi eld25 Mike Handlin Jr. D/MF 5-9 150 Opal, Va./Liberty-Bealeton (Rutgers)27 Chris Lee Jr. MF 5-7 152 Woodbridge, Va./Woodbridge28 Pete Smetanick R-Jr. GK 6-2 203 Berryville, Va./Clarke County29 Mike Madigan Fr. GK 6-0 160 Bristow, Va./Brentsville30 Joey Dennis R-Fr. GK 6-2 180 Manassas, Va./Osbourn Park (Mount Olive)

HEAD COACH: Spencer Smith, 16th season ( Tennessee ’87)ASSISTANT COACH: Chris Barrett, 4th season (Radford ‘96)ATHLETIC TRAINER: Jamie Best, 3rd season

ALPHABETICAL ROSTERNO. NAME YR. POS.21 Ian Aquino Jr. D11 Iyiola Awosika So. F14 Joe Baxter So. MF12 Camden Brown Jr. F22 Franco Buzzalino Fr. F10 Manuel Chavez R-Sr. MF30 Joey Dennis R-Fr. GK13 T.J. Eaton Fr. F24 Kevin Fleming R-Fr. D 7 Ben Fuentes R-So. MF23 Thomas George So. M20 Brian Gwanzura Fr. MF25 Mike Handlin Jr. D/MF4 Myles Jones Fr. MF18 James Jordan Fr. F27 Chris Lee Jr. MF16 James Leith Jr. MF2 Aldo Macias R-So. MF29 Mike Madigan Fr. GK19 Carter Mills So. F5 Daryn Patricio Sr. D15 Anthony Payne So. MF3 Brendan Shaffer Jr. D28 Pete Smetanick R-Jr. GK17 Ryan Stinnett R-So. MF1 Ryan Taylor So. GK6 Robert Thomsen Sr. D8 Justin Zimmer Sr. F

FORWARDSBY POSITION PRONUNCIATIONS

Aldo Macias .............................. All-DOH Muh-SEE-usDaryn Patricio .....................................................DarrenManuel Chavez .......................................... Man-WELLIyiola Awosika ....................... EYE-OLA Uh-woh-sickaJames Leith ...........................................................LEEthIan Aquino ...................................................Ah-KEY-noFranco Buzzalino .............................. BOO-zah-LEENORyan Stinnett ...................................................STINN-it

2009 RADFORD MEN’S SOCCER ROSTER

MIDFIELDERS DEFENDERS GOALKEEPERS8 Justin Zimmer Sr.11 Iyiola Awosika So.12 Camden Brown Jr.13 T.J. Eaton Fr.18 James Jordan Fr.19 Carter Mills So.22 Franco Buzzalino Fr.

2 Aldo Macias R-So.4 Myles Jones Fr.7 Ben Fuentes R-So.10 Manuel Chavez R-Sr.14 Joe Baxter So.15 Anthony Payne So.16 James Leith Jr.17 Ryan Stinnett R-So.20 Brian Gwanzura Fr.23 Thomas George So.

3 Brendan Shaffer Jr.5 Daryn Patricio Sr.6 Robert Thomsen Sr.21 Ian Aquino Jr.24 Kevin Fleming R-Fr.25 Mike Handlin Jr.

30 Joey Dennis R-Fr.28 Pete Smetanick R-Jr.29 Mike Madigan Fr.1 Ryan Taylor So.

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MANUEL CHAVEZ

DARYN PATRICIO

102008 HIGHLIGHTS• Made his fi rst career start in the Highlanders’ home win over Xavier (Sept. 5) • Started in a road tie at Clemson (Sept. 7)• Played in his fi rst of four Big South contests in

Radford’s win over Liberty (Sept. 12)

2007 HIGHLIGHTS• Appeared in two games for the Highlanders• Saw a season-high 11 minutes in a loss at Appalachian State (Sept. 22)• Played in an overtime win against USC Upstate (Sept. 2)

2006 HIGHLIGHTS• Saw action in two games as a redshirt freshman• Made his Highlander debut in a win over Charleston, W.Va. (Oct. 14)• Played in a career-high 16 minutes in a loss at Elon (Oct. 22)

2005 HIGHLIGHTS• Joined the Highlanders as walk-on and redshirted

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB• Before moving to the U.S., he played for Academy El Progreso (club) in El Salvador for coach Emanuel Alfaro; his team fi nished second in the nation

PERSONAL• Born April 11, 1984• Son of Teresa and Manuel Chavez and has two brothers: Jorge and Henry• Majoring in economics with a fi nance minor

CHAVEZ SEASON-BY-SEASONYEAR GP GS G A PTS SH GW2006 2- 0 0 0 0 1 0 2007 2- 0 0 0 0 2 0 2008 12- 2 0 0 0 4 0 TOTAL 16- 2 0 0 0 7 0

2008 HIGHLIGHTS• Played in every minute of every match for the High-landers• Helped Radford post the Big South’s best goals against average (1.02) and fewest goals allowed (19)

• Peppered the offensive end from the backfi eld, posting two or more shots in six games

2007 HIGHLIGHTS• Made 20 appearances for the Highlanders, starting 18 times• Helped anchor a Radford backfi eld that allowed 1.4 goals per game• Scored his fi rst career goal in a win over VMI (Oct. 24)• Had his fi rst assist in a win over Elon (Oct. 30)

2006 HIGHLIGHTS• Named to the Big South All-Freshman Team• Played with a Radford defensive unit that allowed 1.28 goals per game, second-best in the Big South• Made his Highlander debut by starting in a conference win over Liberty (Sept. 5)

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB• Played for coach Kevin Peyper at King Edward VII• Earned Colours and Provincial honors as a senior, and Provincial accolades as a junior

PERSONAL • Born Feb. 14, 1987• Son of Angela and Jorge Patricio and has two siblings: Toni and Dean• Majoring in sports administration

PATRICIO SEASON-BY-SEASON

5DEFENDER / SENIOR5-8, 167JOHANNESBURG, SFAKING EDWARD VII

MIDFIELDER / R-SENIOR5-11, 140WOODBRIDGE, VA.GAR-FIELDACADEMY EL PROGRESO

YEAR GP GS G A PTS SH GW 2006 16- 15 0 0 0 12 0 2007 20- 18 1 1 3 26 0 2008 19- 19 0 0 0 21 0 TOTAL 55 52 1 1 3 59 0


ROBERT THOMSEN

62008 HIGHLIGHTS• Started in 12 games for Radford before missing time towards the end of the season with an injury • Helped Radford post the Big South’s best goals against average (1.02) and fewest goals allowed (19)

2007 HIGHLIGHTS• Central defender that started in all 20 games for the Highlanders• Key player in a Radford backfi eld that allowed 1.4 goals per game• Played 90 or more minutes in 17 matches

2006 HIGHLIGHTS• Appeared in 12 games for the Highlanders• Helped on a Radford defensive unit that allowed 1.28 goals per game, second-best in the Big South• Made his fi rst career start in a loss against Virginia Tech (Oct. 3)

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB• As a senior at Western Albemarle, he was named First Team All-Jefferson District, Second Team All-Region II, honorable mention all-state, team MVP and First Team All-Central Virginia• Earned Second Team All-Jefferson District honors as a junior

PERSONAL• Born April 25, 1987• Son of Jackie and Richard Thomsen and has two brothers: Porter and Will; Will played at Radford from 2003-07• Majoring in sports medicine

THOMSEN SEASON-BY-SEASON

DEFENDER / SENIOR5-11, 160CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA.WESTERN ALBEMARLE HSSOCA

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JUSTIN ZIMMER

2008 HIGHLIGHTS• Second Team All-Big South and Big South All-Aca-demic Team selection• ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Second Team Academic All-District pick; VaSID Academic All-State selection

• Named Big South Player of the Week on Sept. 14• Netted the equalizer in the 75th minute of Radford’s win over Liberty (Sept. 12)• Assisted on the game-winning goals in Radford wins over Xavier (Sept. 5) and Mount St. Mary’s (Sept. 14)• Scored the golden goal in overtime of a win over regionally-ranked Apppalachian St. (Sept. 27)

2007 HIGHLIGHTS• Hampered by injuries; played in 15 matches for the Highlanders• Netted the game-winning goal as a substitute in Radford’s Big South Tournament opener against VMI (Nov. 15)• Assisted on the golden goal in a win against VMI in the regular season (Oct. 24), and logged all 108 minutes in that game

2006 HIGHLIGHTS• Named to the Big South All-Freshman Team• Scored his fi rst career goal, a game-winner, at VMI (Sept. 20)• Scored in a regular season win over High Point (Oct. 25)• Had two assists, a 2006 season team-high, in a win over Coastal Carolina (Oct. 7)• Made his fi rst career assist in a loss at Davidson (Sept. 10)

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB• Started and lettered all four years at Hickory High School• As a senior was named First Team All-Tidewater, First Team All-Eastern Region and First Team Southeastern District• Helped the Hawks to three Southeastern District Championships, and two Eastern All-Regional Semifi nal appearances

PERSONAL • Born Oct. 1, 1987• Son of Wendy and Roger Zimmer• Majoring in exercise, sports and health education• Recipient of Radford’s Turk Scholarship, a grant awarded to students that display leadership qualities in campus activities

ZIMMER SEASON-BY-SEASON

8FORWARD / SENIOR5-7, 130CHESAPEAKE, VA.HICKORY HSBEACH FC

YEAR GP GS G A PTS SH GW2006 12- 1 0 0 0 2 0 2007 20- 20 0 0 0 0 0 2008 15- 12 0 0 0 3 0 TOTAL 47 33 0 0 0 5 0

YEAR GP GS G A PTS SH GW2006 18- 12 2 3 7 11 1 2007 15- 5 1 1 3 10 1 2008 19- 19 2 4 8 5 1 TOTAL 52 36 5 8 18 26 3


IAN AQUINO

CAMDEN BROWN

212008 HIGHLIGHTS• Made his fi rst career start for the Highlanders in a win at UNC Asheville (Oct. 11)• Came off the bench in 11 straight games for Radford between Sept. 12 and Oct. 22

2007 HIGHLIGHTS• Made his Radford debut in a loss at Appalachian State (Sept. 22)• Saw his fi rst Big South action in a regular season loss at Coastal Carolina (Nov. 10)

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB• Played for head coach Joe Soos at Lake Braddock High School

PERSONAL• Born July 1, 1989• Son of Marilyn and Medardo Aquino and has a brother, Alexander• Majoring in physics and is a part of Radford’s pre-engineering program

AQUINO SEASON-BY-SEASON

2008 HIGHLIGHTS• Made starts in each of Radford’s games at the UNLV Rebel Classic, the fi rst two of his career• Picked up his fi rst career assist in the Highlanders’ home win over Xavier (Sept. 5)

2007 HIGHLIGHTS• Appeared in 18 games as a substitute• Scored his fi rst career goal and played a season-high 73 minutes in a regular sea-son win against VMI (Oct. 24)• Played 40 or more minutes in six games off of the bench

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB• Earned all-district and all-region honors as a junior at Karns High School• Garnered team MVP and Best Offensive Player honors as a junior and senior• Named team rookie of the year as a sophomore• Played for former Radford assistant Frankie Delgado with the Smokey Mountain Soccer Club

PERSONAL• Born Sept. 9, 1989• Son of Cynthia Brown and Lyndon Graves• Majoring in criminal justice

BROWN SEASON-BY-SEASON

12FORWARD / JUNIOR5-5, 146KNOXVILLE, TENN.KARNS HSSMOKEY MOUNTAIN CLUB

DEFENDER / JUNIOR5-9, 158BURKE, VA.LAKE BRADDOCK HSRESTON FC

10

YEAR GP GS G A PTS SH GW 2007 2- 0 0 0 0 0 0 2008 15- 2 0 0 0 6 0 TOTAL 17 2 0 0 0 6 0

YEAR GP GS G A PTS SH GW 2007 18- 0 1 1 3 2 0 2008 14- 3 0 1 1 9 0 TOTAL 32 3 1 2 4 11 0


CHRIS LEE

272009 SEASON• Will miss the season with a knee injury

2008 HIGHLIGHTS• Appeared in four Big South games as a substitute for the Highlanders

2007 HIGHLIGHTS• Saw time in four matches• Logged a season-high 37 minutes in his Radford debut, a loss at Georgia South-ern (Sept. 16)• Made his Big South debut in a regular season loss at Liberty (Sept. 26)

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB• Played for coach Don Allen at Woodbridge High School• Earned varsity letters in soccer and indoor track in his freshman and sophomore seasons

PERSONAL• Born March 30, 1989 in Panama City, Panama • Son of Vikki and Corey Lee and has two sisters: Jennifer and Elizabeth• Double-majoring in political science and business

LEE SEASON-BY-SEASONYEAR GP GS G A PTS SH GW 2007 4- 0 0 0 0 0 0 2008 8- 0 0 0 0 3 0 TOTAL 12 0 0 0 0 3 0

MIDFIELDER / JUNIOR5-7, 152WOODBRIDGE, VA.WOODBRIDGE HSPWSI SPARTANS

JAMES LEITH

2008 HIGHLIGHTS• Started 14 of the fi nal 15 games of the season for the Highlanders• Made the start in all but one Big South game (Oct. 22 at VMI)

• Found the cage with shots on goal in three games

2007 HIGHLIGHTS• Named to the Big South All-Freshman team• Scored his fi rst career goal and assisted on another in a tournament win over Coastal Carolina (Nov. 16)• Had his fi rst career assist in the win over North Carolina State (Oct. 6)• Assisted on the game-winner against UNC Asheville (Oct. 13)• Played 100 or more minutes four times

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB• Played for coach T.J. White at Oakton High School• Named All-Concorde District as a senior, sophomore and junior

PERSONAL• Born March 28, 1989• Son of Ann and William Leith and has a sister, Maria• Majoring in business

LEITH SEASON-BY-SEASONYEAR GP GS G A PTS SH GW 2007 20- 20 1 3 5 9 0 2008 18- 14 0 0 0 6 0 TOTAL 38 34 1 3 5 15 0

16MIDFIELDER / SENIOR5-10, 171HERNDON, VA.OAKTON HSRESTON FC

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BRENDAN SHAFFER

2009 SEASON• Will serve as team captain for the Highlanders in 2009

2008 HIGHLIGHTS• Logged every minute of every game at the central back

position for the Highlanders• Helped Radford post the Big South’s best goals against average (1.02) and fewest goals allowed (19) • Played the entire season with a broken wrist suffered in the 2008 offseason

2007 HIGHLIGHTS• Radford went 5-1 in a stretch of games from October 4-24 in which he started• Earned his fi rst career assist in a win over UNC Asheville (Oct. 13)• Made his fi rst career start in a loss at Georgia Southern (Sept. 16)• Logged 90 or more minutes in seven games

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB• Named Cedar Run District Player of the Year and All-Met by the Washington Post as a senior at Battlefi eld• Scored 12 goals and helped the Bobcats to a 13-2 record in the regular season during his fi nal year• First-Team All-Northwestern Region as a junior

PERSONAL• Born March 31, 1989• Son of Denise and Glen Shaffer and has two sisters: Kaylyn and Allie• Majoring in business management

SHAFFER SEASON-BY-SEASONYEAR GP GS G A PTS SH GW 2007 18- 12 0 1 1 9 0 2008 19- 19 0 0 0 12 0 TOTAL 37 31 0 1 1 21 0

3DEFENDER /JUNIOR5-10, 185HAYMARKET, VA.BATTLEFIELD HSPWSI SPARTANS

PETE SMETANICK

2008 HIGHLIGHTS• Did not see game action for the Highlanders

2007 HIGHLIGHTS• Made his collegiate debut as a substitute at Towson

(Sept. 7)• Had four saves in 17-plus minutes against the Tigers

2006 HIGHLIGHTS• Redshirted in 2006 for Radford

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB• Member of back-to-back Group A state championship teams at Clarke County High School in 2005 and 2006• Named to All-Bull Run District, All-Region C, and all-state teams as both a junior and senior

PERSONAL• Born Nov. 30, 1987• Son of Ann and Patrick Smetanick• Majoring in English

SMETANICK SEASON-BY-SEASONYEAR GP GS MIN GA GAA SV W L T SHO2007 2- 0 17:04 3 15.82 4 0 0 0 0TOTAL 2- 0 17:04 3 15.82 4 0 0 0 0

28GOALKEEPER / R-JUNIOR6-2, 203BERRYVILLE, VA.CLARKE COUNTY

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IYIOLA AWOSIKA

112008 HIGHLIGHTS• Big South Freshman of the Year and Second Team All-Big South Selection• The only Radford freshman to start in each game• Was the fi rst freshman to lead the Highlanders in

scoring since 1999• Scored his fi rst career goal in a loss at UNLV (Sept. 1)• Netted the equalizer with less than four minutes remaining in regulation in Rad-ford’s tie at Clemson (Sept. 7)• Scored the game-winner in the 77th minute at home against Liberty (Sept. 12), giving the Highlanders a victory in their Big South opener• Buried the game-winning goal at UNC Asheville (Oct. 11)

HIGH SCHOOL• Member of the English Schools’ Football Association (ESFA) U-18 National Team during his fi nal year at Aylesbury Grammar in 2007-08• English team fi nished second to Republic of Ireland in the U-18 Centenary Shield standings• Played at historic Wembley Stadium in April of 2008 against Scotland• Was a district champion in the 100-meter dash in high school

PERSONAL• Born Jan. 25, 1990• Son of Tola and Ayo Awosika and has four siblings: Ronke, Ifedayo, Iti and Lydin• Double-majoring in business management and fi nance

AWOSIKA SEASON-BY-SEASONYEAR GP GS G A PTS SH GW 2008 19- 18 6 0 12 25 2 TOTAL 19 18 6 0 12 25 2

FORWARD / SOPHOMORE5-9, 161LONDON, ENGLANDAYLESBURY GRAMMAR

JOE BAXTER

2008 HIGHLIGHTS• Made his debut for the Highlanders in a tie at Clemson (Sept. 7)• Played as a substitute in each of the Highlanders’ last 11 games of the season

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB• Earned Second Team All-Dominion District honors as a junior and senior at James River High School

PERSONAL• Born Nov. 15, 1988 in Northallerton, England• Son of Mary and Tim Baxter and has three brothers: Jack, Harry and Tom• Majoring in sports medicine

BAXTER SEASON-BY-SEASONYEAR GP GS G A PTS SH GW 2008 14- 0 0 1 1 9 0TOTAL 14 0 0 1 1 9 0

14MIDFIELDER / SOPHOMORE6-0, 174RICHMOND, VA.JAMES RIVER HSRICHMOND KICKERS

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BEN FUENTES


HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB• Helped lead Woodson to numerous post-season suc-

cesses, including a 2004 Group AAA state championship• Was also a part of a Group AAA runner-up in 2005, and a state semifi nal team in 2006• Earned First Team All-Liberty District honors as a junior and senior; Northern Region Honorable Mention as a senior

PERSONAL• Born Nov. 2, 1988• Son of Carmen Rojas and Juan Carlos Fuentes• Enrolled in Radford’s sports medicine program

7MIDFIELDER / R-SOPHOMORE6-0, 180FAIRFAX, VA.W.T. WOODSON HSMcLEAN FC

CARTER MILLS

2008 HIGHLIGHTS• Played his fi rst minutes for the Highlanders in a Big South win over Presbyterian (Oct. 3)• Four of his fi ve appearances were in Big South action

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB• Named First Team All-Cedar Run District as a senior captain at Culpeper County• Earned his team’s Best Offensive Player award as a junior and senior• A second team all-district pick as a freshman, sophomore and junior• Free Lance Star All-Area as a junior and senior• Named team MVP in his junior and senior years• Was a varsity starter all four years at Culpeper County• His club team, SOCA Lightning, won a 2006 Super Clubs U-17 National Cham-pionship

PERSONAL• Born Feb. 9, 1990• Son of Robie and Butch Mills• Majoring in sports administration

MILLS SEASON-BY-SEASONYEAR GP GS G A PTS SH GW 2008 5- 0 0 0 0 5 0 TOTAL 5 0 0 0 0 5 0

19FORWARD / SOPHOMORE6-1, 175CULPEPER, VA.CULPEPER COUNTY HSSOCA

ALDO MACIAS

2008 HIGHLIGHTS• Made his fi rst career start in a home win over Xavier (Sept. 5)• Assisted on the game-winning goal in the 77th minute of Radford’s home win over Liberty (Sept. 12)


HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB• Named First Team All-National District at Edison High School as a senior• Earned second team all-district as a junior and a sophomore• Part of a National District championship team as a freshman• Played on the Edison varsity team all four years

PERSONAL• Born March 4, 1989 in Aquascalientes, Mexico• Became a U.S. citizen on Aug. 18, 2007• Son of Ernestina and Santiago Macias and has one brother, Omar• Majoring in fi nance

MACIAS SEASON-BY-SEASONYEAR GP GS G A PTS SH GW 2008 14- 1 0 1 1 3 0 TOTAL 14 1 0 1 1 3 0

2MIDFIELDER / R-SOPHOMORE5-10, 155DUMFRIES, VA.EDISON

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RYAN TAYLOR

12008 HIGHLIGHTS• Started in fi ve games for the Highlanders• Saw his fi rst collegiate minutes in the Highlanders’ Big South win over Presbyterian (Oct. 3)• Made his fi rst career start, replacing an injured Zach

Roszel, in a 1-0 loss at Virginia Tech and held the Hokies scoreless for the fi rst 89 minutes while recording six saves (Oct. 7)• Picked up his fi rst career win and made six saves in his fi rst Big South start at UNC Asheville (Oct. 11)

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB• First Team All-Dominion District, and a Second Team All-Central Region and All-Metro pick as a senior at Midlothian• Participated in the VHSCA All-Star Game for the East Team as a senior• Earned the Midlothian High School Captain’s Award as a junior

PERSONAL• Born June 15, 1990• Son of Cindy and Doug Taylor and has a brother, Shaun• Majoring in sports medicine

TAYLOR SEASON-BY-SEASONYEAR GP GS MIN GA GAA SV W L T SHO2008 6- 5 488:37 8 1.47 20 1 4 0 0TOTAL 6 5 488:37 8 1.47 20 1 4 0 0

GOALKEEPER / SOPHOMORE6-0, 180MIDLOTHIAN, VA.MIDLOTHIAN HSFC RICHMOND MAGIC

THOMAS GEORGE

2008 HIGHLIGHTS• Started in 10 games as a freshman for Concord• Scored his fi rst career goal on a penalty kick and assisted on another in a 4-0 win over Shepherd on Sept. 30• Netted the game-winner in Concord’s 2-0 win over Ap-

palachian Bible on Oct. 14

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB• Earned First Team All-Region C, First Team Three Rivers District, and Second Team All-Group A honors as a junior at nearby Giles High School• Played for Giles County United club team, scoring 19 goals in 12 games as a senior• Part of a district championship team his freshman year at Upper Darby High School in Drexel Hill, Pa.

PERSONAL• Born Sept. 24, 1988 in Monrovia, Liberia• Son of Esther Morffi ah and has three brothers: Gerald, Wade and Stephen• Majoring in accounting/fi nance

23MIDFIELDER / SOPHOMORE5-9PEARISBURG, VA.GILES HSCONCORD UNIVERSITY

newcomers

GEORGE SEASON-BY-SEASONYEAR GP GS G A PTS SH GW2008 15- 10 2 1 5 24 1 TOTAL 15- 10 2 1 5 24 1

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MIKE HANDLIN

2008 HIGHLIGHTS• Appeared in nine games as a substitute for the Scarlet Knights• Came off the bench in four Big East games

2007 HIGHLIGHTS• Saw action in fi ve games as a true freshman

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB• First Team All-Cedar Run District, all-county and Washington Post Honorable Mention All-Met selection as a senior at Liberty• Competed with Virginia’s Olympic Development Program from 2002-07, and was part of a team that played in Germany during his sophomore year

PERSONAL• Son of Valerie Pyle and Magnum Handlin, and has two siblings: Bill and Jenny• Majoring in psychology

MIDFIELDER / JUNIOR5-9, 150OPAL, VA.LIBERTY (BEALETON) HSRUTGERS UNIVERSITY 25

HANDLIN SEASON-BY-SEASONYEAR GP GS G A PTS SH GW 2007 5- 1 0 0 0 0 0 2008 9- 0 0 0 0 1 0 TOTAL 14 1 0 0 0 1 0


RYAN STINNETT

2008 HIGHLIGHTS• Played as a substitute in three games for the Huskies• Made his fi rst Big East appearance at St. John’s Sept. 26

2007 HIGHLIGHTS• Redshirted as a true freshman at UConn

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB• Lettered three years at Woodbridge • Served as a team captain as a junior and senior• Earned second team all-district honors as a sophomore• Captured three Virginia State Championships with club team, PWSI Courage 88 Red, in 2002, 2005 and 2006

PERSONAL• Born Sept. 1, 1988• Son of Donna Bond, Mike Stinnett and Beth Stinnett, and has two brothers: Paul and Zac• Undecided on a major

17MIDFIELDER / R-SOPHOMORE5-7WOODBRIDGE, VA.WOODBRIDGE HSUNIV. OF CONNECTICUT

STINNETT SEASON-BY-SEASONYEAR GP GS G A PTS SH GW2008 3- 0 0 0 0 0 0 TOTAL 3- 0 0 0 0 0 0

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FRANCO BUZZALINO

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB• NCSAA All-Star team selection as a senior• Two-time Washington Post All-Met selection (2009, ’08)• Named all-Cedar Run District in each of his four

years at Battlefi eld; fi rst team as a sophomore, junior and senior• Twice named to the All-Northwest Region second team• Part of the 2004 national team pool

PERSONAL• Born March 22, 1991• Son of Patricia and Fernando Buzzalino• Majoring in biology; pre-med student

22FORWARD / FRESHMAN5-11HAYMARKET, VA.BATTLEFIELD HSPOTOMAC ACADEMY

KEVIN FLEMING

2008 HIGHLIGHTS• Joined the Highlanders as a walk-on in spring of 2009

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB• Member of a Concorde District championship team as

a sophomore at Westfi eld• Four-year member of Westfi eld’s track & fi eld team

PERSONAL• Born Sept. 2, 1990• Son of Tracy and Dean Fleming, and has two siblings: Kayla and Korey• Majoring in business management

24DEFENDER / R-FRESHMAN6-2CENTREVILLE, VA.WESTFIELD HSSYC JUNIOR ROYALS

ANTHONY PAYNE

2008 HIGHLIGHTS• First Team All-Conference Carolinas selection; fi rst Mount Olive freshman since 2003 to be named all-conference• Led the Trojans in goals, assists and points as a sub-

stitute in 18 games, and fi nished second in Conference Carolinas in assists and fi fth in points• Scored in the 55th minute of his fi rst collegiate start Nov. 4 in a conference tourna-ment game at Anderson (S.C.)• Twice posted two-goal games, including a pair of goals and assists in the Trojans’ 5-1 win over St. Andrews, which clinched their spot in the Conference Carolinas Tournament Oct. 30

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB• First Team All-Cedar Run District, First Team All-Northwest Region and all-area selection as a senior at Osbourn Park• High school teammate of Joey Dennis

PERSONAL• Born June 10, 1990• Son of Antoinette and John Payne• Undecided on a major

15MIDFIELDER / SOPHOMORE6-0MANASSAS, VA.OSBOURN PARK HSMOUNT OLIVE COLLEGE

PAYNE SEASON-BY-SEASONYEAR GP GS G A PTS SH GW2008 19- 1 7 8 22 26 1 TOTAL 19 1 7 8 22 26 1

JOEY DENNIS

2008 HIGHLIGHTS• Redshirted as a true freshman at Mount Olive College

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB• Northwest Region Player of the Year, Washington Post First Team All-Met selec-tion, Journal Messenger Player of the Year, and fi rst team all-state pick as a senior• Two-time fi rst team all district selection (junior, senior seasons)• High school teammate of Anthony Payne at Osbourn Park

PERSONAL• Born May 4, 1990• Son of Kathleen and Rusty Dennis• Majoring in exercise, sport and health education

30GOALKEEPER / R-FRESHMAN6-2, 180MANASSAS, VA.OSBOURN PARK HSMOUNT OLIVE COLLEGE


BRIAN GWANZURA

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB• Competed on Zimbabwe’s U17 National Team as a junior in high school• National School Select player at the U13, U15 and U17 levels

PERSONAL• Born Oct. 24, 1987• Majoring in accounting

20MIDFIELDER / FRESHMAN6-3HARARE, ZIMBABWEHARARE HSMANINGI FC

MYLES JONES

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB• Twice named a team captain at Studley

PERSONAL• Born Sept. 8, 1990• Son of Cynthia and Dean Jones, and has a sister, Shannon• Majoring in marketing

4MIDFIELDER / FRESHMAN6-3, 190REDDITCH, ENGLANDSTUDLEY HSKIDDERMINSTER HARRIERS

MIKE MADIGAN

High School/Club• First Team All-Northwestern District, Second Team All-Region II and Washington Post All-Met Honorable Mention as a senior at Brentsville

Personal• Born Feb. 6, 1991• Son of Colleen and Thomas Madigan, and has three brothers: Chris, Tommy and Jeffrey• Majoring in criminal justice

29GOALKEEPER / FRESHMAN6-0BRISTOW, VA.BRENTSVILLEARLINGTON TITANS

JAMES JORDAN

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB• Played for a Kent Youth Cup championship squad in 2008-09• West Ham United academy player as a freshman and sophomore

PERSONAL• Born Jan. 6, 1991• Son of Julia and Ken Jordan, and had a brother, Nick• Majoring in business management

FORWARD / FRESHMAN6-0DARTFORD, ENGLANDDARTFORD GRAMMARDARTFORD FC 18

T.J. EATON

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB• Co-district MVP, and team offensive MVP at Sachse as a senior• Two-time fi rst team all-district performer for the Mustangs

PERSONAL• Born April 15, 1991• Son of Melissa and Tom Eaton and has a sibling, Casey• Majoring in economics• Recipient of a Dean’s Scholarship from Radford

13FORWARD / FRESHMAN5-10, 145GARLAND, TEXASSACHSE HSNORTH TEXAS STRIKERS


NSCAA HONORS MEN’S SOCCER WITH ACADEMIC AWARD

The National Soccer Coaches’ Association of America (NSCAA) recognized Radford for the second straight year as one of its 2008 Team Academic Award winners, an honor given to programs with a team grade point average of 3.0 or better. Among men’s programs, Radford was one of just two Big South institutions (Winthrop), one of 35 NCAA Division I teams, and one of 106 four-year colleges across the country to earn the distinction in 2008. “This is a great honor for our team,” said head coach Spencer Smith. “Our guys continue to show a commitment in the classroom and pride themselves in being quality student-athletes.” The 2008 season marked the second straight year and sec-ond time overall that Radford has earned the recognition under Smith.

RADFORD EARNS BIG SOUTH SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD

Radford’s men’s soccer team was awarded a fall season team sportsmanship award by the Big South Conference. The honor was the fi rst ever for the program under 15th-year head coach Spencer Smith. It’s the ninth time a Radford program has claimed the award. Team awards are voted on by Big South student-athletes and are awarded at the end of each competitive season. Teams cannot vote for themselves. Each institution ranks and votes for its top three. Teams receive three points for a fi rst-place ranking, two points for a second-place ranking and one point for a third-place ranking. The honor is part of the Big South’s Sportsmanship Awards program that began in 2005-06.

AWOSIKA, ZIMMER EARN BIG SOUTH HONORS Following their accomplished campaigns for Radford in 2008, Iyiola Awosika and Justin Zimmer earned Big South Conference men’s soccer honors. Awosika earned Big South Freshman of the Year honors and a spot on the all-freshman team, while Zimmer was named second team all-conference and to the all-academic team. Awosika started all 19 games for the Highlanders at the forward position. He led the team and ranked among the league leaders with 12 points on six goals. Awosika is the fi rst Radford freshman since 1999 to lead the team in scoring and his six goals are the most for a Highlander frosh since the 1999 campaign. Zimmer was a top contributor for the Highlanders, with two goals, four assists and eight points in 19 games. Zimmer earned Big South Player of the Week honors (week of Sept. 8-14) after netting the equalizer in a 2-1 win over Liberty,

and assisting on the game-winner in a 1-0 win over Mount St. Mary’s. His golden goal in the fi fth minute of overtime lifted Radford to a 1-0 win over regionally-ranked Appalachian State on Sept. 27.

ZIMMER EARNS ACADEMIC ALLDISTRICT DISTINCTION

In addition to his on-fi eld contributions for the Highlanders in 2008, Justin Zimmer was awarded a spot on the ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District Second Team. Zimmer carried a 3.54 grade point average while majoring in exercise, sport & health education. He’s also a recipient of Radford University’s Turk Scholarship, a grant awarded to un-dergraduate students that demonstrate leadership while being involved with campus activities. The senior forward is also an academic coach in athletics study hall.

HIGHLANDERS AMONG REGION’S BEST Radford found its way into the NSCAA Mid-Atlantic Re-gion rankings several times over the course of the 2008 season, rising as high as ninth on two occasions. In Weeks 3 and 5 of the poll, the Highlanders earned that ninth spot. Twice during the campaign, Radford was ranked 10th (Weeks 6 and 7) and twice the Highlanders received votes (Weeks 2 and 4).

ZIMMER GOLDEN AGAINST REGIONALLYRANKED APPALACHIAN STATE

Justin Zimmer’s golden goal in the fi fth minute of over-time lifted Radford past regionally-ranked Appalachian State, 1-0, at Cupp Stadium. Midway through the overtime period, Zimmer created a breakaway opportunity in the middle of the fi eld and let go of a shot just inside the penalty box. Appalachian’s goalkeeper reached down to make the save, but the ball went through his hands and into the net, giving the Highlanders the win.

DELPINO’S TWO GOALS GIVE RADFORD NEW RECORD WINNING STREAK

A pair of goals from Jeremy Delpino lifted Radford to a 3-1 victory over Presbyterian, and pushed Radford’s school-record home winning streak to 11 games and its Big South home unbeaten string to nine. Delpino delivered his second game-winner in as many out-ings that night on a free kick opportunity in the 36th minute, when he drilled a bending shot from 25 yards out to the top right corner of the goal, giving the Highlanders a 2-0 advantage. His second of the night came in the 55th minute, when a ball deep in Blue Hose territory was defl ected out to Delpino, who buried a chance from eight yards out to make it 3-1.

2008 SEASON HEADLINES

DEVAN COOLEY

JEREMY DELPINO

ZACH ROSZEL

CHRIS WERNER

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RADFORD PLAYS TO DOUBLE OT DRAW AT CLEMSON

Iyiola Awosika’s goal in the 87th minute forced overtime and helped Radford gain a 1-1 double overtime draw at Clemson. With the Highlanders trailing 1-0 with less than four minutes remaining, Awosika netted the equalizer. The Tigers had a pair of corner kick situations in the fi nal 30 seconds of regulation, but were unable to fi nd the back of the net.

HIGHLANDERS RALLY TO EDGE LIBERTY IN BIG SOUTH OPENER

Iyiola Awosika’s goal in the 77th minute broke a 1-1 tie and pushed the Radford past Liberty, 2-1, in the Big South opener. A thru ball in the middle from Aldo Macias found Awosika, who dribbled around Liberty goalkeeper Paul Gilbert and tapped the ball into the net from 15 yards out to give the Highlanders the 2-1 lead. Following a scoreless fi rst half, the Flames got on the board fi rst, but with less than 20 minutes left, Radford knotted things up in th 75th when Emmanuel Joseph’s crossing pass from the right side of the fi eld defl ected out to Justin Zimmer, who took the open look from 15 yards out and buried the equalizer.

DELPINO NAMED BIG SOUTH PLAYER OF THE WEEK Jeremy Delpino’s three goals in two games lifted the Radford men’s soccer team to a pair of victories over Longwood and Presbyterian, earning him Big South Player of the Week honors on Oct. 7. Delpino came off the bench to deliver a pair of game-winners for the Highland-ers and help extend the team’s school-record 11-game winning streak at home and program-best nine-game home Big South unbeaten streak. His fi rst game-clincher came against Longwood, as he converted on a penalty kick in the 53rd minute to lift Radford to a 1-0 win. In a 3-1 Big South win over Presbyterian, Delpino gave Radford all it needed in the 36th minute, when his free kick from 25 yards bended into the goal to give the Highlanders a 2-0 lead. He added an insurance goal in the 55th minute.

ZIMMER NAMED BIG SOUTH PLAYER OF THE WEEK For scoring the game-tying goal in a win over Liberty and assisting on the game-winner at Mount St. Mary’s, Justin Zimmer was named Big South Conference Men’s Soccer Player of the Week (Sept. 8-14). With Radford trailing 1-0 in the 75th minute of the conference opener against Liberty, Zimmer collected a loose ball in the Flames’ penalty box and netted a shot from 15 yards out to tie the game, which the Highlanders eventually won 2-1. Zimmer came through again at Mount St. Mary’s, when in the 90th minute he fed a pass to Shane Butler, who buried a shot that propelled the Highlanders to a 1-0 win over the Mountaineers.

Overall: 7-10-2 Big South: 3-4-1 Home: 5-1-1 Away: 2-8-1 Neutral: 0-1-0Date Opponent Score Overall Big SouthAug. 30 vs Western Illinois # L 0-2 0-1-0 0-0-0 Sept. 1 at UNLV # L 1-2 0-2-0 0-0-0 72’ AWOSIKA, Iyiola (unassisted) Sept. 5 XAVIER W 2-0 1-2-0 0-0-0 30’ JOSEPH, Emmanuel (ZIMMER, Justin) 38’ JOSEPH, Emmanuel (BROWN, Camden) Sept. 7 at Clemson T O2 1-1 1-2-1 0-0-0 87’ AWOSIKA, Iyiola (McCRARY, Josh) Sept. 12 LIBERTY * W 2-1 2-2-1 1-0-0 75’ ZIMMER, Justin (unassisted) 77’ AWOSIKA, Iyiola (MACIAS, Aldo) Sept. 14 at Mount St. Mary’s W 1-0 3-2-1 1-0-0 90’ BUTLER, Shane (ZIMMER, Justin) Sept. 20 at Gardner-Webb * L 0-1 3-3-1 1-1-0 Sept. 27 APPALACHIAN STATE W OT 1-0 4-3-1 1-1-0 95’ ZIMMER, Justin (unassisted) Oct. 1 LONGWOOD W 1-0 5-3-1 1-1-0 52’ DELPINO, Jeremy (penalty kick) Oct. 3 PRESBYTERIAN * W 3-1 6-3-1 2-1-0 13’ AWOSIKA, Iyiola (JOSEPH, Emmanuel) 36’ DELPINO, Jeremy (unassisted) 56’ DELPINO, Jeremy (unassisted) Oct. 7 at Virginia Tech L 0-1 6-4-1 2-1-0 Oct. 11 at UNC Asheville * W 2-1 7-4-1 3-1-0 5’ JOSEPH, Emmanuel (ZIMMER, Justin) 31’ AWOSIKA, Iyiola (JOSEPH, Emmanuel) Oct. 15 at High Point * L 1-2 7-5-1 3-2-0 69’ AWOSIKA, Iyiola (BAXTER, Joe) Oct. 18 WINTHROP * L 0-3 7-6-1 3-3-0Oct. 22 at VMI * L 0-1 7-7-1 3-4-0Oct. 26 COASTAL CAROLINA * T O2 1-1 7-7-2 3-4-1 19’ DELPINO, Jeremy (BUTLER, Shane;ZIMMER, Justin) Nov. 1 at Elon L 0-1 7-8-2 3-4-1Nov. 8 at East Tennessee State L OT 0-1 7-9-2 3-4-1Nov. 13 at Coastal Carolina ^ L 0-1 7-10-2 3-4-1

Home games in CAPS | * Denotes Big South Conference Game ^ Denotes Big South Conference Tournament | # Denotes UNLV Rebel Classic

2008 SCHEDULE/RESULTS

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2008 SEASON HEADLINES


PLAYER GP GS G A PTS SH SH% SOG SOG% YC RC GW PK AAWOSIKA, Iyiola 19- 18 6 0 12 25 .240 16 .640 2- 0 2 0- 0DELPINO, Jeremy 19- 5 4 0 8 18 .222 8 .444 1- 0 2 1- 1JOSEPH, Emmanuel 15- 14 3 2 8 19 .158 9 .474 7- 0 1 0- 0ZIMMER, Justin 19- 19 2 4 8 5 .400 5 1.000 4- 0 1 0- 0BUTLER, Shane 7- 2 1 1 3 2 .500 2 1.000 0- 0 1 0- 0McCRARY, Josh 17- 15 0 1 1 24 .000 4 .167 2- 0 0 0- 0BAXTER, Joe 14- 0 0 1 1 9 .000 4 .444 1- 0 0 0- 0BROWN, Camden 14- 3 0 1 1 9 .000 5 .556 0- 0 0 0- 0MACIAS, Aldo 14- 1 0 1 1 3 .000 0 .000 2- 0 0 0- 0PATRICIO, Daryn 19- 19 0 0 0 21 .000 9 .429 4- 0 0 0- 0WERNER, Chris 19- 19 0 0 0 13 .000 3 .231 1- 0 0 0- 0SHAFFER, Brendan 19- 19 0 0 0 12 .000 4 .333 2- 0 0 0- 0AQUINO, Ian 15- 2 0 0 0 6 .000 3 .500 1- 0 0 0- 0LEITH, James 18- 14 0 0 0 6 .000 3 .500 1- 0 0 0- 0COOLEY, Devan 19- 18 0 0 0 6 .000 1 .167 2- 0 0 0- 0MILLS, Carter 5- 0 0 0 0 5 .000 2 .400 0- 0 0 0- 0CHAVEZ, Manuel 12- 2 0 0 0 4 .000 1 .250 0- 0 0 0- 0LEE, Chris 8- 0 0 0 0 3 .000 2 .667 0- 0 0 0- 0THOMSEN, Robert 15- 12 0 0 0 3 .000 0 .000 0- 0 0 0- 0HATCHER, Lucas 4- 0 0 0 0 2 .000 1 .500 0- 0 0 0- 0FUGATE, Hunter 12- 7 0 0 0 1 .000 1 1.000 0- 0 0 0- 0BISHOP, Chris 1- 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0- 0 0 0- 0ZEBALLOS, Sammy 3- 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0- 0 0 0- 0RADFORD 19 16 11 43 196 .082 83 .423 31 0 7 1 1OPPONENTS 19 20 17 57 237 .084 95 .401 27 1 10 0 0

GOALKEEPERS GP GS MIN GA GAA SV PCT W L T SHOROSZEL, Zach 14- 14 1271:48 12 0.85 55 .821 6 6 2 4TAYLOR, Ryan 6- 5 488:37 8 1.47 20 .714 1 4 0 0RADFORD 19 1760:25 20 1.02 75 .789 7 10 2 4OPPONENTS 19 1760:25 16 0.82 67 .807 10 7 2 8

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DARYN PATRICIO

TEAM W L T PTS PCT W L T PCT HOME ROAD NEU Winthrop 6 2 0 18 .750 15 6 1 .705 6-2-0 5-3-0 4-1-0Coastal Carolina 5 2 1 16 .688 10 10 1 .500 7-5-0 2-2-1 1-3-0Gardner-Webb 5 3 0 15 .625 6 12 0 .333 4-2-0 1-8-0 1-2-0High Point 4 2 2 14 .625 9 8 3 .525 6-1-2 3-4-1 0-3-0Liberty 4 3 1 13 .562 10 5 3 .639 5-2-1 4-3-1 1-0-1 UNC Asheville 3 3 2 11 .500 7 8 4 .474 4-3-1 1-5-2 2-0-1Radford 3 4 1 10 .438 7 10 2 .421 5-1-1 2-8-1 0-1-0 VMI 1 6 1 4 .188 2 14 1 .147 2-5-1 0-8-0 0-1-0 Presbyterian 0 6 2 2 .125 2 14 3 .184 0-5-1 1-7-2 1-2-0

BIG SOUTH CONFERENCE

RADFORD’S BIG SOUTH HONORSSecond Team All-Conference ..............Iyiola Awosika..............................................................Justin ZimmerAll Freshman Team ............................. Iyiola Awosika All-Academic Team .............................Justin Zimmer Freshman of the Year .......................... Iyiola Awosika

BIG SOUTH HONORSPlayer of the Year ................Daniel Revivo, WinthropFreshman of the Year ........... Iyiola Awosika, RadfordCoach of the Year ..............Rich Posipanko, WinthropScholar-Athlete of the Year ........ Mike Gelatt, Liberty

RADFORD IN THE BIG SOUTH STATISTICSIND. STAT RANK PLAYER NO.

Points..............9...........Iyiola Awosika ........................12Goals ..............7...........Iyiola Awosika ..........................6Assists ...........10..........Justin Zimmer ..........................4GAA ...............2...........Zach Roszel .........................0.82Save % ...........1...........Zach Roszel ..........................821Saves ..............7...........Zach Roszel ............................55Shutouts..........3...........Zach Roszel ..............................4

TEAM STAT RANK TOTAL

Shots ....................5................... 196GAA ....................1.................. 1.02Saves ...................5..................... 75Shutouts.............T-4 ..................... 4

THURSDAY, NOV. 13Game 1: #5 Liberty 2, #4 High Point 1

Game 2: #1 Winthrop 7, #8 VMI 1Game 3: #6 UNC Asheville 4, #3 Gardner-Webb 2

Game 4: #2 Coastal Carolina 1, #7 Radford 0FRIDAY, NOV. 14 SEMIFINALS

Game 5: #1 Winthrop 1, #5 Liberty 1 (WU Advances 5-4 PK)Game 6: #2 Coastal Carolina 1, #6 UNC Asheville 0

SUNDAY, NOV. 16Game 7: #1 Winthrop 4, #2 Coastal Carolina 3 (2OT)

2008 BIG SOUTH MEN’S SOCCER TOURNAMENT HOSTED BY COASTAL CAROLINA

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2008 SEASON REVIEWINDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

IYIOLA AWOSIKA

JUSTIN ZIMMER


The most decorated player in Radford and Big South men’s soccer history, Dante Washing-ton (1988-92) turned in a Radford career unlike any other player before or since. The Big South highlighted his achievements in its countdown of the conference’s top 25 moments, teams and people in celebration of its 25th anniversary.• As a freshman in 1988, Washington led the High-landers to the Big South Tournament championship with a school-record 27 goals scored and 22 assists for a Big South single-season record 76 points – a Conference record that still stands today. • The all-conference selection also led the nation in scoring in 1988.

• Washington missed the 1989 season due to a broken ankle, but came back in 1990 and picked up where he left off as he tallied 23 goals and 18 assists for 64 total points to again lead all of NCAA Division I in scoring..• In 1991, Washington led the Highlanders to a school-best 15-4-2 overall re-cord and the regular season Big South championship. He was voted Big South Player of the Year after leading the league in scoring for the third time, and his 16 goals and 14 assists for 46 points made him the Big South’s all-time leading goal scorer and point scorer during that season. • He became Radford’s fi rst Division I consensus First-Team All-American in 1991 and was also Virginia’s Player of the Year. • Washington also participated on the U.S. U-23 team in 1991 and became the fi rst African-American to score a goal for the U.S. National Team. • In the summer of 1992 he played for the U.S. Olympic Men’s Soccer Team at the Barcelona Olympic Games, where he led the team with six goals in qualify-ing action. • Washington concluded his collegiate career later that fall with 13 goals and 11 assists in his senior season to fi nish his brilliant career with 82 goals scored, 66 assists and 230 total points – all Radford and Big South Conference records. His 82 goals scored still rank second all-time in NCAA history.• Following his Radford career he spent eight seasons in Major League Soccer with the Columbus Crew (1996, 2000-05), FC Dallas (1996-99) and Real Salt Lake (2005) scoring 52 goals and dishing out 30 assists in 170 games.• A two-time MLS all-star (1997, 2000), Washington is fi fth all-time on the Crew’s goal scoring list.(Biographical information courtesy of Mark Simpson, Big South Conference)

SEASON-BY-SEASON RESULTS #9 DANTE WASHINGTON

Dante Washington’s uniform No. 9 is retired by Radford soccer, the program’s only retired number.

ALL-TIME COACHING RECORDS

NCAA APPEARANCES

RADFORD MEN’S SOCCER HISTORY

YEAR COACH OVERALL CONF.1975 Ivo Ravnik 3-9-0 N/A1976 Peter Howes 3-10-1 N/A1977 John Harves 8-7-0 N/A1978 John Harves 10-3-3 N/A1979 John Harves 11-6-1 N/A1980 Tom Lillard 8-4-3 N/A1981 Tom Lillard 8-7-2 N/A1982 Tom Lillard 4-12-0 N/A1983 Tom Lillard 7-9-0 N/A1984 Tom Lillard 10-10-0 2-2-01985 Tom Lillard 10-9-2 5-1-01986 Don Staley 9-9-1 6-3-01987 Don Staley 9-7-3 5-1-01988 Don Staley 12-7-5 5-1-01989 Don Staley 13-6-3 4-2-01990 Don Staley 15-8-0 4-2-01991 Don Staley 15-4-2 6-0-01992 Don Staley 8-11-0 4-3-01993 Don Staley 4-13-3 3-4-21994 Spencer Smith 11-7-2 6-2-01995 Spencer Smith 11-5-3 4-2-11996 Spencer Smith 10-10-1 4-3-01997 Spencer Smith 11-8-1 4-2-01998 Spencer Smith 11-4-3 5-0-11999 Spencer Smith 5-11-4 2-4-12000 Spencer Smith 12-10-0 4-3-02001 Spencer Smith 4-14-0 3-4-02002 Spencer Smith 7-12-1 3-3-12003 Spencer Smith 8-9-2 2-4-12004 Spencer Smith 7-6-4 3-3-12005 Spencer Smith 8-9-0 5-2-02006 Spencer Smith 8-6-4 4-1-22007 Spencer Smith 11-9-0 3-3-02008 Spencer Smith 7-10-2 3-4-1TOTALS 29827156 995911

COACH YEARS RECORDSpencer Smith 1994-pres. (14) 124-120-25Don Staley 1986-93 (8) 85-65-17Tom Lillard 1980-85 (6) 47-51-7John Harves 1977-79 (3) 29-16-4Ivo Ravnik 1975 (1) 3-9-0Peter Howes 1976 (1) 3-10-1

1999 Big South Championship (11/7) ............... at Liberty - T, 0-0 4 OT (4-3 PKs)NCAA Tournament Play-In (11/13) .....................................at Furman - L, 0-1

November 13, 1999 | Stone Stadium, Greenville, S.C. Radford (5-11-4) .........0..........0............ 0 Furman (19-1-1) ..........0..........1............ 1

Scoring: Furman - Goldsmith (Hill, Nusum) 45:26Shots: RU - 4, FU - 6; Corner Kicks: RU - 3, FU - 2; Saves: RU - 1, FU - 0;

Fouls: RU 16, FU 14

2000 Big South Championship (11/4) ............................................. at Elon - W, 2-0NCAA Tournament Play-In (11/12) .................................... at Furman - L, 0-2

November 12, 2000 | Stone Stadium, Greenville, S.C. Radford (12-10-0) .......0..........0............ 0 Furman (17-3-2) ..........1..........1............ 2

Scoring: Furman - Tanner (Raad, Junot) 3:23Furman - Nusum (unassisted) 77:06

Shots: RU - 7, FU - 14; Corner Kicks: RU - 1, FU - 4; Saves: RU - 6, FU - 3; Fouls: RU 18, FU 10


FIRST TEAMDante Washington ........................................... 1990

PATRICK COLAS

BIG SOUTH PLAYER OF THE YEAR

NCAA POSTGRAD SCHOLARSHIP

ALLCONFERENCE

ALLAMERICA

Ian Spooner ........................................... 1994, 1995Dante Washington ........................................... 1991Troy Washington ............................................. 1998

Patrick Colas ................................................... 2005

FIRST TEAMChris Baker ..................................................... 1987Paul Caruso ..................................................... 2007Mike DeSamo ................................................. 1987Sacha Drouin ................................................... 1998Franklin Elimbi ..................................... 2006, 2007Jon Fosu ................................................ 2001, 2002Jonathan Frias ................................................. 2000Jason Gvozdas ................................................. 1998Scott Hance ..................................................... 2000Che Henderson ................................................ 1995Kevin Kelly ..................................................... 1997Jeff Majewski .............................................1988-91Graham Perkovich ................................ 1991, 1992Magnus Ramquist ........................................... 1987T.J. Rolfi ng ...................................................... 2001Frederic Rondeau .................................. 1989, 1991Taylor Rowe .......................................... 2005, 2006Ian Spooner ........................................... 1994, 1995Dante Washington ......................................1988-92Troy Washington ............................................. 1998Stephen White ....................................... 1985, 1986Edwardo Wissar .............................................. 1995Omar Zinoveev ..................................... 2004, 2005

HONORS / AWARDSSECOND TEAM

Mike Adeyemi ................................................. 1999Iyiola Awosika ................................................ 2008Chris Barrett .................................................... 1994Ryan Canton .................................................... 2001Angel Cardozo ................................................ 1998Paul Caruso ..................................................... 2006Patrick Colas ..............................................2003-05Brian Eagon .................................................... 1987Kevin Gealt ........................................... 1994, 1995Scott Hance ..................................................... 1998Davorin Husadzinovic .................................... 2007Doug Majewski ............................................... 1987Lee Morton ............................................ 1994, 1996Joe Odum ........................................................ 1999T.J. Rolfi ng ............................................ 2000, 2002Zach Roszel ..................................................... 2006Richard Shepherd ............................................ 1996Erik Sokolik .................................................... 2003Adrian Snell .................................................... 2003Kevin Terne ..................................................... 1997Michael Von Essen .......................................... 2002Troy Washington ................................... 1996, 1997Edwardo Wissar .............................................. 1994Joe Young ........................................................ 1997Justin Zimmer ............................................... 2008

BIG SOUTH ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

Iyiola Awosika ................................................ 2008James Leith .................................................... 2007Daryn Patricio ............................................... 2006Taylor Rowe .................................................... 2003Jonathan Smith ................................................ 2003David Stannard ................................................ 2004

Justin Zimmer ............................................... 2006Iyiola Awosika ................................................ 2008

Kevin Kelly ..................................................... 1995Greg Anderson ................................................ 1999Ryan Canton .................................................... 2001Angel Cardazo ................................................ 1997Paul Caruso ..................................................... 2007David Cossaboon ............................................ 1988Mike DeSamo ................................................. 1987Sacha Drouin ................................................... 1996Jon Fosu .......................................................... 2001Jonathan Frias ....................................... 1999, 2000Billy Gerber .......................................... 1984, 1985Scott Hance ..................................................... 1999Geraldo Hernandez ......................................... 2000Davorin Husadzinovic .................................... 2007Whitney Keiller ............................................... 1989Kevin Kelly ..................................................... 1997Doug Majewski ............................................... 1988Jeff Majewski .............................. 1988, 1989, 1991Josh McCrary .................................................. 2007Lee Morton ...................................................... 1996Sean Peay ........................................................ 1988T.J. Rolfi ng .................................. 1999, 2000, 2002Jonathan Smith ................................................ 2004Adrian Snell .................................................... 2003

BIG SOUTH ALLTOURNAMENT

BIG SOUTH ALLFRESHMAN

BIG SOUTH TOURNAMENT MVP

Ian Spooner ..................................................... 1991Kevin Terne ..................................................... 1996John Tierney .................................................... 1994Michael Von Essen .......................................... 2000Chris Waltz ...................................................... 2002Dante Washington ........................................... 1988Troy Washington ............................................. 1998Stephen White ............................................1984-86

Jeff Majewski .................................................. 1988Greg Anderson ................................................ 1999Jonathan Frias ................................................. 2000

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INDIVIDUALGoals Scored6...................................................... Dante Washington ................................... vs. Atlantic Christian, 10/22/88.........................................................vs. UMES, 9/9/90Most Assists 4.................. Dante Washington vs. Augusta, 10/15/88Most Points15.................................................... Dante Washington ................................... vs. Atlantic Christian, 10/22/88........................................................ vs. UMES, 9/9/90Most Shots16....... Magnus Ramquist vs. Atl. Christian, 10/22/88Most Saves21............. Frederic Rondeau at Boca Raton, 10/13/89

TEAMMost Goals Scored15.................................Twice, last vs. UMES (9/9/90)Most Assists 11 ............................... vs. Atlantic Christian, 10/22/88Most Shots Taken 59............................... vs. Atlantic Christian, 10/22/88Most Goals Allowed 8.................................................................Three times

GOALS1. Dante Washington .......... 1988 ............................ 272. Dante Washington .......... 1990 ............................ 233. Ian Spooner .................... 1995 ............................ 204. T.J Rolfi ng ...................... 2002 ............................ 19T5. Dante Washington ........ 1991 ............................ 16 Ian Spooner ................. 1991 ............................ 16 Ian Spooner ................. 1994 ............................ 16 Jeff Majewski .............. 1990 ............................ 16T9. Stephen White.............. 1985 ............................ 15T9. Magnus Ramquist ........ 1987 ............................ 15

ASSISTS1. Dante Washington .......... 1988 ............................ 222. Dante Washington .......... 1990 ............................ 233. Ian Spooner .................... 1995 ............................ 204. T.J. Rolfi ng ..................... 2002 ............................ 19T5. Dante Washington ........ 1991 ............................ 16 Ian Spooner .................. 1991 ............................ 16 Ian Spooner .................. 1994 ............................ 16 Jeff Majewski ............... 1990 ............................ 169. Stephen White ................ 1985 ............................ 1510. Magnus Ramquist ........ 1987 ............................ 15

POINTS1. Dante Washington .......... 1988 ............................ 762. Dante Washington .......... 1990 ............................ 643. Ian Spooner .................... 1995 ............................ 494. Dante Washignton .......... 1991 ............................ 465. T.J. Rolfi ng ..................... 2002 ............................ 436. Magnus Ramquist .......... 1988 ............................ 427. Jeff Majewski ................. 1987 ............................ 418. Magnus Ramquist .......... 1987 ............................ 399. Ian Spooner .................... 1991 ............................ 3810. Dante Washington ........ 1992 ............................ 37

SAVEST1. Frederick Rondeau ....... 1989 .......................... 118 John White .................. 1980 .......................... 1183. Justin Bryant .................. 1986 .......................... 1024. Frederick Rondeau ......... 1990 ............................ 915. Omar Zinoveev .............. 2004 ............................ 89T6. Sacha Drouin ............... 1997 ............................ 85T6. Jeff Brown ................... 1998 ............................ 858. Zach Roszel .................... 2007 ............................ 769. Matt Barnett ................... 1993 ............................ 7510. Mike DeSarno .............. 1987 ............................ 74

GOALS AGAINST AVERAGE(1200 minutes played)

1. Jeff Brown ....................(1988) ...................... 0.7002. Frederick Rondeau .......(1989) ...................... 0.8803. Zach Roszel ...................(2008) ...................... 0.8503. Frederick Rondeau .......(1990) ...................... 1.0984. Sascha Drouin ..............(1996) ...................... 1.1235. Frederick Rondeau .......(1991) ...................... 1.141

SAVE PERCENTAGE1. Jeff Brown ....................(1988) ...................... 0.8852. Frederick Rondeau .......(1989) ...................... 0.8683. Zach Roszel ..................(2008) ...................... 0.8214. Omar Zinoveev ............(1994) ...................... 0.8025. Frederick Rondeau .......(1990) ...................... 0.785

GOALS1. Dante Wasington ......... 1988-92 ........................ 82 2. Ian Spooner ................. 1991-94 ......................... 58 3. Magnus Ramquist ....... 1986-89 ......................... 40 4. Jeff Majewski .............. 1988-91 ......................... 35 5. Stephen White ............. 1983-86 ......................... 33 6. T.J. Rolfi ng .................. 1999-02 ......................... 32 7. Whitney Keiller ........... 1989-92 ......................... 28 8. Che Henderson ............ 1992-95 ......................... 27 9. Randy Jones ................ 1979-82 ......................... 25 10. Patrick Colas ............. 2003-05 ......................... 22

ASSISTS1. Dante Wasington ........ 1988-92 ......................... 662. Ian Spooner ................. 1991-95 ......................... 52 3. Magnus Ramquist ...... 1986-89 ......................... 41 4. Jeff Majewski ............. 1988-91 ......................... 23 5. Whitney Keiller .......... 1989-92 ......................... 16 T.J. Rolfi ng .................. 1999-02 ......................... 16T6. Eric Sokolik ............. 2000-03 ......................... 15 Eric Sigurdson .......... 1984-87 ......................... 15 Che Henderson ......... 1992-95 ......................... 15 Eduardo Wissar ........ 1994-95 ......................... 15 Jason Gvozdas .......... 1995-98 ......................... 15T9. Dennis Gunson ......... 1978-81 ......................... 14 Stephen White .......... 1983-86 ......................... 14 Sean Peay ................. 1987-90 ......................... 14

POINTS1. Dante Washington ....... 1988-92 ....230 (82G, 66A)2. Ian Spooner ................. 1991-95 ....168 (58G, 52A)3. Magnus Ramquist ....... 1986-89 ....121 (40G, 41A)4. T.J. Rolfi ng .................. 1999-02 ....106 (45G, 16A)5. Jeff Majewski .............. 1988-91 .....93 (35 G, 23A)6. Stephen White ............. 1983-86 ......80 (33G, 14A)7. Whitney Keiller ........... 1989-92 ......72 (28G, 16A)8. Randy Jones ................ 1979-82 ......69 (27G, 15A)9. Troy Washington ......... 1995-98 ......62 (25G, 12A)10. Patrick Colas ............. 2003-05 ........52 (22G, 8A)

SAVES1. John White .................. 1978-81 ....................... 4752. Frederic Rondeau ........ 1989-92 ....................... 3083. Sacha Drouin ............... 1995-98 ....................... 2464. Justin Bryant ............... 1984-86 ....................... 2295. Chris Barrett ................ 1991-94 ....................... 2076. Zach Roszel ................. 2005-08 ....................... 1747. Mike DeSarno ............. 1987-88 ....................... 1468. Omar Zinoveev ........... 2003-05 ....................... 1399. Fran Henry .................. 1983-86 ....................... 12610. Jeff Brown ................. 1984-85 ......................... 99

SINGLE GAME RECORDS INDIVIDUAL CAREER RECORDS INDIVIDUAL SEASON RECORDS

Most Wins .........................................15 (1990, 1991)Most Losses ................................................13 (1993)Most Ties .......................................................5 (1989)Consecutive Wins (Season) ............................8 (1991)Consecutive Wins ......................................9 (1988-89)Consecutive Home Wins ............... 11(9/2/07-10/3/08)Most Consecutive Losses ............................. 11 (1976)Most Goals Scored ......................................71 (1988)Fewest Goals Scored ...................................16 (1982)Most Goals Allowed ...................................49 (1992)Fewest Goals Allowed ................................16 (1979)Fewest Goals Scored ...................................16 (1982)Most Assists ................................................60 (1988)Most Shots ................................................518 (1989)Most Shutouts .............................................10 (1991)Most Times Shutout ......................................8 (1993)Consecutive Shutouts ....................................4 (1979)Consecutive Times Shutout .................3 (1993, 2008)Consecutive Games Scoring ..................21 (1977-78)

MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS

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PROGRAM RECORDS

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Alabama A&M ................................................... 1-3-0Adelphi ............................................................... 1-0-0Appalachian State ............................................ 5-7-1Appalachian ....................................................... 1-0-0Armstrong State ................................................. 1-0-0Atlantic Christian ............................................... 1-0-0Augusta .............................................................. 6-0-0Averett ................................................................ 3-4-1Birmingham-Southern ........................................ 1-3-2Binghamton ........................................................ 0-1-0Bluefi eld ............................................................. 1-0-0Cal State-Bakersfi eld ......................................... 1-0-0Campbell .......................................................... 7-12-0Carson-Newman ................................................ 1-0-0Central Florida ................................................... 3-0-0Central Michigan ............................................... 1-0-0Charleston Southern ........................................ 20-2-1Charleston (W.Va.) ............................................. 4-1-0Charlotte ............................................................. 1-3-3Christopher Newport .......................................... 3-0-0The Citadel ......................................................... 1-0-0Clemson ............................................................. 0-1-1Coastal Carolina ........................................... 12-13-2College of Charleston ........................................ 1-0-0Davidson............................................................ 2-6-1Delaware ............................................................ 0-1-0District of Columbia .......................................... 4-2-1Dowling.............................................................. 0-1-0Duke ................................................................... 1-4-1Eastern Mennonite ............................................. 3-1-1East Carolina ...................................................... 2-0-0East Tennessee State ........................................ 0-1-0Elon.................................................................... 8-4-1Florida Atlantic .................................................. 0-2-0Florida International ........................................... 1-0-0Furman ............................................................... 1-3-0Georgia Southern ............................................... 1-1-1

Gardner-Webb ................................................. 2-3-0George Mason .................................................... 1-4-0George Washington ............................................ 0-6-1Georgia State ...................................................... 0-1-0Hampden-Sydney ............................................... 1-1-0High Point ......................................................... 8-4-1Howard ............................................................... 5-3-1Iowa .................................................................... 0-0-1Jacksonville ........................................................ 1-0-0James Madison ................................................... 3-5-3King.................................................................... 1-1-0Lenoir-Rhyne ..................................................... 1-0-0Liberty ...........................................................11-17-6Limestone ........................................................... 1-0-0Lincoln Memorial .............................................. 3-0-0Long Island ........................................................ 1-0-0Longwood.......................................................... 5-4-1Louisville ........................................................... 1-0-0Loyola (Md.) ...................................................... 0-2-0Lynchburg .......................................................... 1-3-0Marshall ............................................................. 4-2-2Mary Washington ............................................... 2-0-0Maryland ............................................................ 1-0-0UMBC ................................................................ 5-4-0UMES ................................................................ 1-0-0Memphis ............................................................ 1-0-0Mercer ................................................................ 3-0-0Mount St. Mary’s ............................................... 2-0-1Navy ................................................................... 1-1-1North Carolina State .......................................... 3-5-0North Carolina ................................................. 2-4-1Old Dominion .................................................... 0-4-0Penn State ........................................................... 0-1-0Pfeiffer ............................................................... 2-1-0Pitt-Johnstown.................................................... 1-0-0Presbyterian ...................................................... 1-0-0Randolph-Macon ................................................ 1-3-0

Richmond ........................................................... 3-4-1Roanoke ............................................................. 1-3-2Robert Morris ..................................................... 2-3-0Rutgers-Camden ................................................ 1-1-0San Diego ........................................................... 0-1-0Shenandoah ........................................................ 1-0-0Shepherd ............................................................ 4-0-0South Alabama ................................................... 2-1-0USC Upstate ...................................................... 1-0-0South Florida ...................................................... 0-0-1St. Francis (Pa.) .................................................. 1-0-0Saint Peter’s ....................................................... 1-0-0Stetson ................................................................ 1-0-0Tennessee ........................................................... 1-1-0Towson ............................................................... 2-2-0UNC Asheville................................................. 21-7-1UNC Greensboro ............................................... 1-7-1UNLV ................................................................. 0-1-0Vanderbilt ........................................................... 4-0-0Virginia............................................................... 0-9-0Virginia Tech .................................................. 9-17-2VCU ................................................................... 3-7-1VMI ................................................................. 16-2-2West Virginia Tech ............................................. 1-0-0Wake Forest........................................................ 0-4-0Washington & Lee ............................................. 5-0-1West Virginia ...................................................... 1-4-1Western Kentucky .............................................. 0-1-1Western Illinois .................................................. 0-1-0West Virginia Wesleyan ..................................... 1-2-1Wilkes ................................................................ 1-0-0William & Mary ................................................. 0-2-1Winthrop ....................................................... 12-12-2Xavier ................................................................ 1-0-0

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The 1999 Highlanders celebrate with the New River Rock, which was award-ed to the winner of the annual meeting between Virginia Tech and Radford.


HEAD COACH: Tom Lillard | 10-10-0 (2-2-0) A Richmond W, 3-2 A James Madison L, 0-2 A Charleston (W.Va.) W, 2-0 A Baptist* W, 4-1 A Campbell* L, 1-2 A George Mason L, 0-3 A North Carolina L, 1-7 H Virginia L, 0-5 A Randolph-Macon L, 1-5 H Liberty Baptist W, 1-0 H District of Columbia W, 2-1 A Marshall W, 4-2 A Averett L, 0-1 A Virginia Tech L, 1-2 H Longwood W, 3-2 H Roanoke L, 0-1 H VMI W, 5-1 A Washington & Lee W, 3-0 H UNC Asheville^ W, 9-0 H Winthrop^ L, 1-3

ALL-TIME RESULTS1984

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1991

HEAD COACH: Tom Lillard | 10-9-2 (5-1-0) 9/8/85 A Old Dominion L, 2-39/14/85 A Liberty T, 1-19/18/85 A UNC Asheville* W, 6-19/20/85 A George Mason L, 0-49/21/85 N West Virginia Wesleyan W, 2-19/25/85 H Campbell* W, 2-110/1/85 A Virginia L, 0-510/5/85 H Randolph-Macon W, 2-1 (OT)10/8/85 H King W, 5-310/11/85 H James Madison W, 2-010/15/85 H Virginia Tech L, 1-210/19/85 A George Washington L, 2-310/23/85 A Longwood L, 0-1 (OT)10/26/85 H VCU T, 2-2 (OT)10/28/85 A Baptist* W, 2-010/30/85 A VMI W, 3-111/1/85 H Richmond L, 3-511/5/85 A North Carolina State L, 1-211/16/85 A Augusta^ W, 4-011/21/85 A Winthrop^ W, 2-1 (OT)11/23/85 A Campbell^ L, 1-3

HEAD COACH: Don Staley | 9-9-1 (6-3-0) 9/9/86 James Madison T, 1-19/17/86 King L, 1-29/24/86 Virginia L, 0-19/26/86 Winthrop* L, 1-210/1/86 Campbell* L, 1-510/4/86 Armstrong State* W, 11-010/5/86 UNC Asheville* W, 5-110/6/86 Virginia Tech L, 1-210/10/86 Coastal Carolina* W, 1-010/15/86 Richmond L, 0-210/19/86 George Washington L, 0-410/21/86 Pfeiffer W, 2-110/25/86 Augusta* W, 5-010/29/86 VMI W, 2-1 (OT)11/1/86 VCU L, 2-3 (OT)11/3/86 Baptist* W, 2-111/6/86 Liberty W, 3-211/10/86 Baptist^ W, 2-111/13/86 Coastal Carolina^ L, 5-2

HEAD COACH: Don Staley | 9-7-3 (5-1-0) 9/1/87 A Old Dominion L, 0-39/2/87 A Loyola L, 1-39/10/87 H Virginia Tech T, 1-1 (OT)9/12/87 H VCU W, 3-19/16/87 H Baptist* W, 4-29/19/87 H Winthrop* L, 1-2 (OT)9/23/87 A Virginia L, 0-79/26/87 H Campbell* W, 3-09/30/87 H District of Columbia W, 5-210/6/87 A Liberty T, 1-1 (OT)10/13/87 H Richmond L, 2-310/17/87 A Augusta* W, 3-210/21/87 A North Carolina State L, 1-410/24/87 H UNC Asheville* W, 7-010/27/87 A Coastal Carolina* W, 4-010/29/87 A VMI W, 7-210/31/87 H Howard T, 2-211/4/87 H James Madison W, 2-0 (OT)11/5/87 A Coastal Carolina^ L, 1-3

BIG SOUTH CHAMPIONS HEAD COACH: Don Staley | 12-7-5 (5-1-0) 9/1/88 H Loyola L, 1-29/3/88 N Duke L, 2-39/4/88 A North Carolina State L, 0-39/13/88 A Virginia Tech L, 1-2 (OT)9/15/88 A Richmond T, 2-2 (OT)9/17/88 H Christopher Newport W, 3-29/19/88 A Baptist* W, 4-19/21/88 A Virginia L, 0-39/24/88 H Lincoln Memorial W, 5-19/27/88 A Winthrop* W, 4-010/1/88 A Howard L, 0-110/2/88 H District of Columbia T, 3-3 (OT)10/5/88 A James Madison T, 0-010/8/88 H Coastal Carolina* W, 5-010/11/88 A Campbell* L, 0-110/15/88 H Augusta* W, 6-210/18/88 H Liberty T, 0-0 (OT)10/22/88 H Atlantic Christian W, 15-110/26/88 A William & Mary T, 1-1 (OT)10/29/88 A UNC Asheville* W, 4-010/30/88 H Lenoir-Rhyne W, 6-110/31/88 H VMI W, 4-111/4/88 N UNC Asheville^ W, 2-011/5/88 N Baptist^ W, 3-1 (OT)

HEAD COACH: Don Staley | 13-6-3 (4-2-0) 9/2/89 H Limestone W, 8-09/3/89 H Lincoln Memorial W, 3-29/6/89 H Gardner-Webb W, 10-09/10/89 A Vanderbilt W, 6-19/13/89 A Liberty T, 1-1 (2OT)9/16/89 H Campbell* L, 0-2 (2OT)9/20/89 H Virginia Tech W, 1-09/23/89 N Central Michigan W, 1-09/24/89 A Western Kentucky T, 1-1 (2OT)9/27/89 A East Carolina W, 7-19/30/89 H Pitt-Johnstown W, 2-010/7/89 A Coastal Carolina* L, 0-210/10/89 A Old Dominion L, 0-110/13/89 A Boca Raton T, 2-2 (2OT)10/14/89 A Florida Atlantic L, 2-4 (2OT)10/15/89 A Central Florida W, 3-210/17/89 H Winthrop* W, 1-010/18/89 A North Carolina State L, 0-410/21/89 H Baptist* W, 6-0

HEAD COACH: Don Staley | 15-8-0 (4-2-0) 8/28/90 A Virginia L, 1-39/1/90 A Robert Morris W, 5-09/3/90 A Penn State L, 1-3 (OT)9/8/90 H Shepherd W, 8-09/9/90 H UMES W, 15-19/12/90 A Campbell* W, 3-19/16/90 A Howard W, 1-09/22/90 H St. Francis (Pa.) W, 4-09/27/90 A Wake Forest L, 0-29/29/90 H Augusta* W, 4-29/30/90 H Vanderbilt W, 1-010/3/90 A North Carolina L, 1-410/6/90 H Coastal Carolina* L, 1-210/10/90 A Baptist* W, 3-010/13/90 H East Carolina W, 7-010/17/90 A Winthrop* W, 2-010/20/90 H Marshall W, 5-110/21/90 H Memphis State W, 2-010/24/90 A UNC Asheville* L, 1-210/26/90 H Liberty L, 0-110/28/90 A Maryland W, 2-110/30/90 H Davidson^ L, 1-211/7/90 A Virginia Tech W, 2-0

10/25/89 H Augusta* W, 2-110/28/89 H UNC Asheville* W, 2-011/1/89 H Campbell^ L, 2-1 (3OT)

HEAD COACH: Don Staley | 15-4-2 (6-0-0) 9/7/91 H Robert Morris L, 1-29/8/91 H Alabama A&M W, 4-2 (OT)9/14/91 H Campbell* W, 2-09/18/91 H UNC Asheville* W, 1-09/20/91 A UNC Greensboro W, 5-49/22/91 A North Carolina L, 0-39/26/91 A VMI W, 6-19/28/91 H Howard W, 1-010/2/91 H Davidson* W, 2-110/6/91 A Vanderbilt W, 4-110/9/91 H VCU W, 2-010/12/91 H Shepherd W, 9-1

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9/19/29/19/19/19/19/29/29/310/10/10/10/10/10/10/10/11/11/

9/19/39/49/19/19/19/19/29/29/210/10/10/10/10/10/10/10/10/10/10/10/11/11/

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(SINCE JOINING DIVISION I IN 1984)

Coming off his appearance on the U.S. Olympic Team at the 1992 Barcelona Games, Dante Washington capped off his brilliant career for the Highlanders with 37 points that fall.


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10/16/91 A Coastal Carolina* W, 2-0 (OT)10/19/91 H Charleston Southern* W, 3-110/22/91 A Marshall T, 3-3 (OT)10/24/91 A Central Florida W, 4-010/27/91 A Boca Raton L, 0-410/31/91 H Winthrop* W, 3-111/5/91 H Liberty^ W, 5-011/8/91 H Campbell^ L, 0-111/14/91 H Virginia Tech T, 3-3 (OT)

HEAD COACH: Don Staley | 8-11-0 (4-3-0) 9/7/92 H VMI W, 5-09/11/92 H West Virginia W, 3-19/13/92 H Appalachian State L, 0-49/16/92 A Campbell* L, 0-69/18/92 A UNC Charlotte L, 1-69/22/92 H UMBC* L, 0-19/26/92 H Towson State* W, 2-19/30/92 H Liberty* L, 0-110/3/92 H Vanderbilt W, 2-110/7/92 A UNC Greensboro L, 6-7 (OT)10/10/92 A UNC Asheville* W, 3-110/14/92 A Winthrop* W, 1-010/17/92 A Howard L, 0-110/20/92 A VCU L, 0-110/22/92 A Charleston Southern* W, 2-110/28/92 A Alabama A&M L, 0-611/1/92 A Robert Morris W, 5-311/4/92 A Campbell^ L, 1-311/12/92 A Virginia Tech L, 3-5

HEAD COACH: Don Staley | 4-13-3 (3-4-2) 9/4/93 A Clemson L, 0-89/6/93 A Appalachian State L, 0-1 (OT)9/8/93 A VMI L, 0-29/11/93 A West Virginia L, 1-29/12/93 A Robert Morris L, 0-49/15/93 H VCU L, 0-49/18/93 H UNC Greensboro* L, 0-19/22/93 H UNC Charlotte T, 1-1 (OT)9/25/93 A Towson State* L, 0-39/29/93 A Liberty* L, 1-210/1/93 H Shepherd W, 2-010/9/93 A UMBC* L, 2-6

10/13/93 H Winthrop* T, 1-1 (OT)10/16/93 H Charleston Southern* W, 1-010/17/93 H Howard L, 1-210/20/93 A Virginia L, 0-210/23/93 H Campbell* W, 2-110/27/93 H UNC Asheville* W, 1-010/30/93 A Coastal Carolina* T, 3-311/11/93 H Virginia Tech L, 1-2

HEAD COACH: Spencer Smith | 11-7-2 (6-2-0) 9/3/94 A Shepherd W, 4-09/5/94 H Appalachian State W, 4-39/8/94 H VMI W, 6-19/11/94 A Georgia Southern T, 0-0 (OT)9/14/94 H West Virginia T, 2-29/16/94 A Davidson L, 3-59/19/94 A Charleston Southern* W, 5-19/21/94 A VCU L, 0-69/24/94 H Winthrop* L, 1-29/30/94 H Lincoln Memorial W, 8-110/2/94 H Robert Morris L, 1-2 (OT)10/5/94 H Marshall W, 4-010/8/94 A UMBC* W, 2-010/12/94 H Liberty* W, 3-210/15/94 A UNC Asheville* W, 2-010/19/94 A UNC Greensboro* L, 1-310/22/94 H Towson State* W, 1-010/29/94 H Coastal Carolina* W, 5-011/3/94 H Liberty^ L, 1-311/10/94 A Virginia Tech L, 0-1

HEAD COACH: Spencer Smith | 11-5-3 (4-2-0) 9/2/95 A Central Florida W, 4-1 (OT)9/3/95 N Mercer W, 3-09/7/95 H Davidson T, 1-1 (OT)9/9/95 H Georgia Southern W, 4-19/11/95 A Appalachian State L, 2-49/16/95 N Howard W, 6-29/23/95 A Winthrop* W, 1-09/27/95 A Liberty* W, 4-2 (OT)9/30/95 H Pfeiffer W, 6-010/4/95 A VMI W, 3-010/7/95 H UNC Asheville* W, 1-010/10/95 H Virginia Tech W, 4-1 (OT)

10/14/95 H UMBC* L, 1-210/15/95 A North Carolina L, 2-310/18/95 H UNC Greensboro* T, 3-3 (OT)10/21/95 H Charleston Southern* W, 6-010/25/95 A James Madison T, 1-1 (OT)10/28/95 A Coastal Carolina* L, 1-2 (OT)11/2/95 H Liberty^ L, 0-3

HEAD COACH: Spencer Smith | 10-10-1 (4-3-0) 8/30/96 A Virginia Tech L, 1-29/1/96 A Marshall T, 1-1 (OT)9/7/96 A Davidson L, 0-19/8/96 H Appalachian State W, 3-29/14/96 H Saint Peter’s W, 5-19/15/96 H Howard W, 4-1 (OT)9/17/96 H James Madison L, 0-39/21/96 A UNC Greensboro* L, 0-39/25/96 H Liberty* W, 1-09/27/96 H San Diego L, 0-39/29/96 H Navy W, 3-110/3/96 H Pfi effer L, 0-110/5/96 A UMBC* W, 2-010/12/96 A UNC Asheville* L, 0-110/18/96 H Winthrop* W, 1-010/19/96 H Campbell L, 2-3 (OT)10/26/96 H Coastal Carolina* L, 1-210/30/96 A North Carolina W, 1-011/2/96 A Charleston Southern* W, 4-011/8/96 H UMBC^ W, 1-011/9/96 A UNC Greensboro^ L, 0-2

HEAD COACH: Spencer Smith | 11-8-1 (4-2-0) 8/30/97 A James Madison L, 0-59/3/97 H Appalachian State W, 2-1 (OT)9/5/97 A Wake Forest L, 0-29/10/97 H VMI T, 3-39/12/97 H VCU L, 0-29/16/97 H Davidson W, 2-1 (OT)9/19/97 A North Carolina W, 1-09/21/97 H UNC Greensboro L, 0-19/28/97 H Virginia Tech W, 3-210/4/97 H UMBC* W, 1-010/7/97 H UNC Asheville* W, 3-010/11/97 H South Alabama* W, 2-0

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2002

1998

1999

10/15/97 A Liberty* L, 1-2 (OT)10/18/97 A Winthrop* L, 0-510/21/97 A North Carolina State W, 4-110/25/97 A Coastal Carolina* W, 3-210/29/97 A Campbell W, 3-2 (OT)11/1/97 H Charleston Southern* L, 1-2 (OT)11/6/97 H UMBC^ W, 3-2 (OT)11/7/97 H Charleston Southern^ L, 0-2

HEAD COACH: Spencer Smith | 11-4-3 (5-0-1) 9/1/98 A Appalachian State L, 0-19/4/98 N South Florida T, 3-3 (2OT)9/6/98 A Florida International W, 2-19/9/98 A VMI W, 3-09/12/98 A Virginia Tech W, 2-19/15/98 H Wake Forest L, 1-39/19/98 H Liberty* W, 4-09/21/98 A South Alabama* W, 1-0 (OT)9/24/98 H Longwood W, 3-110/1/98 A Duke L, 1-2 (OT)10/3/98 A UNC Asheville* W, 2-1 (OT10/10/98 H Winthrop* W, 2-010/17/98 A Charleston Southern* T, 2-2 (2OT)10/20/98 H North Carolina T, 0-0 (2OT)10/24/98 H Coastal Carolina* W, 2-110/28/98 H High Point W, 3-2 (OT)10/31/98 A Elon W, 5-311/6/98 H South Alabama^ L, 1-2

BIG SOUTH CHAMPIONSNCAA TOURNAMENT

HEAD COACH: Spencer Smith | 5-11-4 (2-4-1) 9/1/99 H Navy T, 3-3 (2OT)9/4/99 A Liberty* L, 0-59/10/99 N VCU L, 1-69/12/99 N Iona T, 3-3 (2OT)9/17/99 N Old Dominion L, 0-19/18/99 A William & Mary L, 0-1

9/21/99 A High Point* L, 1-39/24/99 H Virginia Tech W, 4-19/29/99 A Winthrop* L, 1-210/2/99 H Charleston Southern* W, 4-110/5/99 A Wake Forest L, 2-510/9/99 H Campbell L, 1-510/16/99 H Elon* W, 5-210/23/99 A Coastal Carolina* L, 1-2 (2OT)10/28/99 H West Virginia L, 3-4 (OT)10/30/99 H UNC Asheville* T, 2-2 (2OT)11/4/99 N Charleston Southern^ W, 3-111/5/99 N UNC Asheville^ W, 1-0 (OT)11/7/99 A Liberty^ T, 0-0 (4OT)11/13/99 A Furman# L, 0-1

BIG SOUTH CHAMPIONSNCAA TOURNAMENT

HEAD COACH: Spencer Smith | 12-10-0 (4-3-0) 9/1/00 A UMBC L, 2-49/3/00 A Howard W, 5-29/5/00 H Virginia Tech W, 2-09/8/00 H Carson-Newman W, 3-2 (OT)9/16/00 A Elon* L, 1-39/20/00 H High Point* L, 1-29/23/00 H Richmond L, 1-29/27/00 A Duke W, 3-29/30/00 A VCU L, 1-210/4/00 H Winthrop* W, 3-2 (OT)10/7/00 A Charleston Southern* W, 2-1 (OT)10/8/00 H Buffalo L, 1-210/10/00 H UNC Greensboro L, 0-110/14/00 H West Virginia L, 1-210/17/00 A Campbell W, 5-010/21/00 H Coastal Carolina* W, 4-3 (OT)10/25/00 H Liberty* W, 2-010/28/00 A UNC Asheville* L, 0-111/1/00 A UNC Asheville^ W, 3-2 (OT)11/2/00 A High Point^ W, 2-1 (2OT)11/4/00 A Elon^ W, 2-011/12/00 A Furman# L, 0-2

HEAD COACH: Spencer Smith | 4-14-0 (3-4-0) 9/2/01 A West Virginia L, 2-3 (OT)9/7/01 N The Citadel W, 2-09/8/01 H Gardner-Webb L, 1-2 (OT)9/16/01 A Davidson L, 1-49/19/01 H Duke L, 0-29/23/01 A George Washington L, 1-39/29/01 H Charleston Southern* W, 2-110/4/01 A Virginia Tech L, 0-410/6/01 A High Point* W, 2-110/13/01 H Elon* W, 1-010/14/01 H Alabama A&M L, 0-310/20/01 A Coastal Carolina* L, 0-110/24/01 A Winthrop* L, 1-310/27/01 H UNC Asheville* L, 0-210/31/01 A James Madison L, 0-611/4/01 H Birmingham-Southern L, 1-211/9/01 A Liberty* L, 1-211/15/01 N Coastal Carolina^ L, 0-1

HEAD COACH: Spencer Smith | 7-12-1 (3-3-1) 8/31/02 H Charlotte W, 1-09/6/02 A Louisville W, 2-09/8/02 N Western Kentucky L, 0-49/14/02 A Elon* T, 1-1 (2OT)9/18/02 A Duke L, 2-39/22/02 H George Washington L, 1-39/24/02 H Virginia Tech W, 2-09/30/02 A Charleston Southern* W, 5-010/2/02 A North Carolina State L, 1-510/5/02 H Coastal Carolina* L, 0-410/12/02 H Davidson L, 1-310/17/02 H James Madison L, 2-310/22/02 H Liberty* L, 1-210/26/02 A Birmingham-Southern L, 3-410/28/02 A Alabama A&M L, 0-2

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Radford advanced to the NCAA Tournament in 1999 for the fi rst time in school history, defeating Liberty 4-3 in penalty kicks to win the Big South Championship.



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10/30/02 A Winthrop* L, 6-711/2/02 H High Point* W, 3-011/7/02 A UNC Asheville* W, 3-111/14/02 N UNC Asheville^ W, 4-311/15/02 N Winthrop^ L, 3-4 (OT)

HEAD COACH: Spencer Smith | 8-9-2 (2-4-1) 8/29/03 H Mercer W, 1-08/31/03 H Delaware L, 1-29/6/03 A George Washington L, 2-49/12/03 N Georgia Southern L, 0-29/14/03 N Appalachian State W, 2-19/17/03 H VMI* W, 2-19/20/03 H Elon W, 2-09/24/03 A Charlotte T, 2-2 (2OT)9/27/03 H Longwood W, 4-010/4/03 A Liberty* L, 1-210/7/03 H UNC Asheville* L, 0-110/11/03 H Averett W, 5-010/15/03 A High Point* L, 2-310/22/03 A Virginia Tech L, 1-510/25/03 A Coastal Carolina* L, 0-211/1/03 H North Carolina State W, 1-011/4/03 H Winthrop* W, 4-211/9/03 H Birmingham-Southern* T, 3-3 (2OT)11/13/03 H Birmingham-Southern^ L, 1-2

HEAD COACH: Spencer Smith | 7-6-4 (3-3-1) 9/1/04 A Elon W, 3-09/4/04 H Charlotte T, 1-1 (2OT)9/11/04 H George Washington T, 1-1 (2OT)9/15/04 A UNC Asheville* L, 2-39/22/04 A VMI* T, 1-1 (2OT)9/25/04 H Virginia Tech L, 0-39/29/04 A Longwood W, 4-010/2/04 A Birmingham-Southern* L, 2-410/6/04 H Coastal Carolina* W, 2-110/9/04 H High Point* W, 1-010/13/04 H Winthrop* W, 2-110/17/04 A George Mason W, 2-110/20/04 A Appalachian State T, 1-1 (2OT)10/26/04 H Liberty* L, 0-110/31/04 A Marshall L, 1-2

11/6/04 H Furman W, 1-011/11/04 N Liberty^ L, 1-2

HEAD COACH: Spencer Smith | 8-9-0 (5-2-0) 9/2/05 H Mount St. Mary’s W, 1-09/7/05 A High Point* W, 3-19/10/05 H Appalachian State L, 0-19/16/05 N Stetson W, 1-09/17/05 N Gardner-Webb L, 0-19/21/05 A Charlotte L, 2-39/24/05 H Elon W, 1-010/1/05 H VMI* W, 4-010/4/05 A Coastal Carolina* W, 2-110/8/05 H UNC Asheville* W, 3-110/16/05 H Birmingham-Southern* W, 2-110/19/05 A Liberty* L, 0-310/23/05 A Furman L, 1-2 (OT)10/26/05 A Virginia Tech L, 0-410/30/05 A Winthrop* L, 1-211/2/05 H Marshall L, 0-311/10/05 N VMI^ L, 1-2

HEAD COACH: Spencer Smith | 8-6-4 (4-1-2) 8/26/06 H Long Island W, 2-18/26/06 H Appalachian State L, 0-29/5/06 H Liberty* W, 3-19/8/06 A Charlotte L, 2-49/10/06 N Davidson L, 1-49/15/06 N Mercer W, 1-09/16/06 N Jacksonville W, 2-19/20/06 A VMI* W, 1-09/24/06 A Birmingham-Southern* T, 1-1 (2OT)9/30/06 A UNC Asheville* L, 1-210/3/06 H Virginia Tech L, 0-110/7/06 H Coastal Carolina* W, 5-210/10/06 H Longwood T, 0-0 (2OT)10/14/06 H Charleston (W.Va.) W, 2-010/18/06 H Winthrop* T, 1-1 (2OT)10/22/06 A Elon L, 0-210/25/06 H High Point* W, 4-011/2/06 H High Point^ T, 1-1 (3OT!)! - HPU wins shootout, 3-2

HEAD COACH: Spencer Smith | 11-9-0 (3-3-0) 9/1/07 H Binghamton L, 0-19/2/07 H USC Upstate W, 2-1 (2 OT)9/7/07 A Towson L, 2-79/9/07 N Adelphi W, 1-09/14/07 N Gardner-Webb W, 1-09/16/07 N Georgia Southern L, 0-19/22/07 A Appalachian State L, 0-39/26/07 A Liberty * L, 0-310/4/07 H Cal State-Bakersfi eld W, 1-010/6/07 A North Carolina State W, 2-110/13/07 H UNC Asheville* W, 2-010/16/07 H High Point* W, 2-1 (2 OT)10/21/07 A Winthrop* L, 0-210/24/07 H VMI * W, 3-2 (2 OT)10/30/07 H Elon W, 2-1(2 OT)11/3/07 A Longwood L, 0-111/9/07 A Coastal Carolina* L, 0-111/15/07 N VMI^ W, 2-111/16/07 N Coastal Carolina^ W, 3-111/18/07 N Liberty^ L, 1-2

HEAD COACH: Spencer Smith | 7-10-2 (3-4-1) 8/30/08 N Western Illinois L, 0-29/1/08 A UNLV L, 1-29/5/08 H Xavier W, 2-09/7/08 A Clemson T, 1-1 (2 OT)9/12/08 H Liberty* W, 2-19/14/08 A Mount St. Mary’s W, 1-09/20/08 A Gardner-Webb* L, 0-19/27/08 H Appalachian State W, 1-0 (OT)10/1/08 H Longwood W, 1-010/3/08 H Presbyterian* W, 3-110/7/08 A Virginia Tech L, 0-110/11/08 A UNC Asheville* W, 2-110/15/08 A High Point* L, 1-210/18/08 H Winthrop* L, 0-310/22/08 A VMI* L, 0-110/26/08 H Coastal Carolina* T, 1-1 (2 OT)11/1/08 A Elon L, 0-111/8/08 A East Tennessee State L, 0-1 (OT)11/13/08 A Coastal Carolina^ L, 0-1

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Penelope Ward Kyle became Radford University’s sixth, and first female, president when she took office on June 1, 2005. She came to RU with more than 30 years of experience in state government, the corporate and legal worlds, and higher education.

Upon assuming the presiden-cy, President Kyle immediately focused on leading the univer-sity’s initiative to become one of the top 50 masters universi-ties in the nation. The Rad-

ford University strategic plan “7-17”, completed in 2007 at her direction, identifies four strategic directives -- the investment in people, programs, global and local society and the future of Rad-ford University.

Under President Kyle’s leadership, the univer-sity also added its first doctoral program with an emphasis in rural mental health and launched an initiative to grow graduate college student enrollment by offering additional doctoral and masters level programs. She hired the university’s first provost and created two new vice presiden-tial areas of responsibility, Information Technolo-gy and University Relations. The Radford Univer-sity Board of Visitors, at President Kyle’s request, has increased its membership by four positions to provide an opportunity for more diversity and leadership innovation within the governing body.

A native of southwest Virginia, President Kyle is a product of the Galax public schools system. She graduated from Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina and did her postgraduate stud-ies in English at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. She received her Juris Doctorate from the University of Virginia School of Law and later earned her MBA from the College of William and Mary.

President Kyle served as Executive Director of the Virginia Lottery for 11 years, under three suc-cessive governors. First appointed by Governor George Allen in 1994, she was reappointed by Gov-ernor James Gilmore, and then reappointed once again by Governor Mark Warner. Previously, Ms. Kyle was employed by CSX Corporation, an interna-tional transportation company, where she became the company’s first female officer. Before join-ing CSX Corporation, she was an attorney with McGuire, Woods, LLP in Richmond. She also taught English for six years at Thomas Nelson Community College in Hampton, Virginia.

President Kyle serves in leadership positions on numerous educational, civic, cultural, profes-sional, financial and volunteer organizations. She served on the Board of Visitors at James Madi-son University from 1984 until 1992 and on the JMU Foundation Board 1992 until 1994. She also served on the Virginia Commonwealth University Foundation Board from 1994 until 2000 and on the Board of Governors of Saint Christopher’s School

from 1999 until 2005. President Kyle is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the Roanoke Regional Chamber of Commerce and is a member of the Board of Directors of PRA, Inc., a publicly traded company.

Ms. Kyle is married to Charles L. Menges, an attorney and partner with McGuire, Woods, LLC. They are the parents of a son, Kyle Ward Menges, and two daughters, Penelope Whitley Menges, and Patricia Lee Menges.

RADFORD UNIVERSITY FAST FACTS- Located in the in the New River Valley of Southwest Virginia

- 177-acre main campus; 78-acre RU West campus

- 9,230 Students (60% female, 40% male)

- Students originate from 45 states and Wash-ington D.C.; 47 countries

- Student-to-faculty ratio of 19:1

- 83% of faculty hold doctorate or terminal degrees in their fields

- 93% of RU students obtain employment or continue education within 3-8 months of graduation


Radford University blends the rich, diverse curriculum of a major university with a small town atmosphere con-ducive to learning and personal enrichment. By emphasizing student learning as the core of its mission, Radford challenges students and helps them develop academically, socially, physically, culturally and morally. The univer-sity recognizes that in our rapidly changing global society today’s technology is tomorrow’s history and what endures is the ability to learn, think logically and communicate clearly.

Radford is a successful, popular university that has quickly grown in stature as an innovator in higher educa-tion. Its growth in reputation has been paralleled by a growth in numbers and diversity. The school enrolls some 9,230 students from throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia, from 45 other states and from 47 foreign coun-tries.

A state-supported institution founded in 1910, Radford offers more than 140 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in seven colleges. The institution offers Bachelor of Arts, Science, Fine Arts, Business Administration, Mu-sic Therapy, Master of Science, Arts and Educational Specialists degrees. Army ROTC is available.

Radford is, and will continue to be, a community in which all members participate actively and communicate openly. It is a community that values diversity and is responsive to change and new ideas. Most importantly, it is a community that is committed to the teaching and learning process and maintains service to students as its high-est priority and most enduring value.


ROBERT LINEBURGDIRECTOR OF

ATHLETICS

Since being introduced as Rad-ford University’s Director of Ath-letics in the fall of 2007, Radford native Robert Lineburg has helped usher in a new era of Highlander athletics, marked by unprecedent-ed on-and off-field improvements and successes.

In his short time with the department, Lineburg has been the catalyst for a number of changes, particularly in areas such as facilities, personnel and strategic planning.

His most visible influence to date has been on the Dedmon Center, where Lineburg has been

involved with major renovations to the centerpiece of Radford athletics for more than 25 years. Beginning in the spring of 2008,

the facility underwent transformations to the arena, including a new steel-supported roof, a new basketball floor, renovated athletic offices, a new-look natatori-um, and improved athletic locker, training, and medi-cal facilities.

Lineburg has also overseen the hires of four new head coaches, as well as five new athletic administra-tors. His hires include women’s basketball head coach Taj Njongba, head volleyball coach Marci Jenkins, wom-en’s head golf coach Jeff Beeler, and the promotion of track and field interim director Brent Chumbley to head coaches’ status. Among the administrators added in Lineburg’s tenure are executive associate A.D. Randy Butt, head athletic trainer David Jager, assistant A.D. for communications Joey Beeler, director of student-athlete support services/SWA Stephanie Ballein, and as-sociate A.D. for external operations Greg Herring.

As a result of the changes, Radford achieved a ban-ner year in 2008-09: women’s soccer, men’s basketball, men’s tennis and softball claimed Big South confer-ence crowns and advanced to NCAA Tournament play. Women’s soccer advanced to its fourth tournament, men’s basketball won the Big South regular-season and tournament to advance to the NCAAs for the first time since 1998, men’s tennis made its third-straight appear-ance, and softball appeared for the first time and won Radford’s first NCAA tournament game in any sport.

He and his staff have also been responsible for creating a five-year strategic plan for the Radford athletic department and building an athletics facilities

master plan. Additional achievements include usher-ing in a new athletics Internet site (RadfordAthletics.com), and helping implement a new ticket system (Ticket Return). Lineburg and his staff have also hosted top-level competition, with three Big South championships taking place on the Radford campus in 2008-09 (men’s basketball, track & field and softball).

In addition to making an impact on Radford athlet-ics, Lineburg is also involved in a number of different organizations and committees. He is the chairman of the Big South Conference Subcommittee on Basketball Improvement, a member of the Big South ad-hoc Com-mittee on Basketball Issues, and a member of the selec-tion committee to select Radford University’s Vice President for Advancement.

Prior to becoming Radford’s third Director of Ath-letics, Lineburg’s corporate knowledge was groomed as a marketing associate with Peloton Real Estate Partners in Dallas, Texas.

Along with his business experience, Lineburg spent 15 seasons as a college basketball coach, including time as Southern Methodist’s (Dallas, Texas) interim head coach. Prior to serving as the Mustangs interim head coach, Lineburg spent eight years as an assistant coach at SMU. Following his interim tenure, he served two more seasons as an assistant at Southern Methodist.

Lineburg’s coaching resume also includes assistant coaching positions with the men’s basketball pro-grams at James Madison University and Emory & Henry College, as well as with the Dallas Mavericks summer league team. His coaching experience also took him through the Big South, as he spent time on the sideline at UNC Greensboro.

A 1991 graduate of Roanoke College, Lineburg started his collegiate basketball career as a Radford Highlander, where he was a two-year letterman before transferring to nearby Roanoke College to play his final two years.

He earned his Bachelor’s Degree in political science with a minor in history. In 1995, he received a Master’s Degree in education from Virginia Tech, where he was also a graduate assistant on the men’s basketball staff.

Lineburg is the son of retired Radford High School football coach and athletic director Norman Lineburg and the brother of Dr. Mark Lineburg, the Assistant Superintendent of Amherst Country Schools, Paul Lineburg, the Assistant Principal at Cave Spring H.S. and Wayne Lineburg, who is in his second season as the wide receivers coach at the University of Virginia.

He is married to the former Mary Parish, also a na-tive of Radford.

DR. BETTY DORENCAA FACULTY

REPRESENTATIVE

RANDY BUTTEXECUTIVE ASSOC.

ATHLETICS DIRECTOR

KELLY UNDERWOODDIR. OR ADVANCEMENT

FOR ATHLETICS

DR. ROBBIE DAVISASSISTANT A.D. FOR

COMPLIANCE

GREG HERRINGASSISTANT A.D. FOREXTERNAL AFFAIRS

JOEY BEELERASSISTANT A.D. FOR

ATHL. COMMUNICATIONS



A COMPONENT THAT IS VITAL TO THE RADFORD ATHLETIC PROGRAM IS THE STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING PROGRAM DIRECTED BY STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING COACH MAX APPLEBY.

HIGHLANDER ATHLETICS HAVE LONG BEEN RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE LEADERS AMONG MID ATLANTIC SCHOOLS IN ITS CONDITIONING AND STRENGTH TRAINING. IT HAS BEEN AN INSTRUMENTAL PART IN THE SUCCESS OF RADFORD UNIVERSITY SPORTS THROUGH THE YEARS. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF APPLEBY AND ASSISTANT STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING COACH KIM FAULKNER, THE PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO HELP EACH STUDENTATHLETE REACH HIS OR HER FULL POTENTIAL IN THEIR RESPECTIVE SPORT.

EACH RADFORD UNIVERSITY STUDENTATHLETE HAS STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING PROGRAMS UNIQUE TO THEIR GOALS AS A PLAYER. THIS PROGRAM, DEVELOPED BY APPLEBY, HELPS PREPARE RADFORD STUDENTATHLETES FOR THE LONG AND RIGOROUS INSEASON SCHEDULE.

THE STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING STAFF AT RADFORD UNIVERSITY IS COMMITTED TO EXCELLENCE IN COMPETITION AND IN LIFE.


STEPHANIE BALLEIN DIRECTOR OF STUDENT-

ATHLETE SUPPORT

DAVE JAGERHEAD ATHLETIC

TRAINER

The department of sports medicine at Radford University is deeply concerned with both the short-term and long-term effects of intercollegiate competition on the physical and mental well being of the student-athlete.

The sports medicine department is committed to providing quality health care to all varsity student-athletes, which begins with injury prevention. It is a priority to work with coaches, physicians, and the rest of the medical com-munity to ensure that student-athletes are physically and men-tally prepared for practice and

competition. Additionally, the sports medicine

staff is responsible for the treat-ment and rehabilitation of all athletically related injuries. It is the staff’s goal to return the athlete to a level equal or above that of their pre-injury status; no athlete will return to play until his or her highest post-injury level of function has been achieved.

Lastly, the concern from the physical well being of the student-athlete includes the opposition to the use of all illegal and NCAA-banned chemical substances by student-athletes. It is the responsibility of the sports medicine staff to provide athletes with information on the ill effects of drug use and to provide deter-rents through periodic, random drug testing by the institution and the NCAA.

The mission of the Student-Ath-lete Support Services (SASS) office for Radford University Athletics is to promote, assist, and provide counsel to all student-athletes. Its primary, constant goal is to de-velop graduates and outstanding citizens who have contributed in the areas of athletic competition during their tenures of educa-tion.

Located in the Dedmon Ath-letic Center, the newly established Learning Enhancement Center is equipped with computers, tutorial rooms, and a study lounge.

The Learning Enhancement Center provides direction for student-athletes via academic counseling in conjunction with advisors from the respective col-

leges at Radford University. Academic support services such as tutoring and supervised study hall are provid-ed, as well as career planning, monitoring of eligibil-ity status, and a host of other guidance and advisory services.


Since its founding in 1983, the Big South Conference has matured into a competitive leader in college ath-letics, actively pursuing excellence on the field of play and in the class-room. The League’s growing pres-ence as an NCAA Division I athletic conference is evident by athletic accomplishments on the national stage, innovative marketing and me-dia partnerships, increased television packages, and quality athletic com-petition while intentionally foster-ing the academic, personal, social, athletic and leadership development of each student-athlete.

The Big South Conference was formed on August 21, 1983, when Charleston Southern Athletic Director Howard Bagwell and Augusta President George Chris-tenberry began recruiting members into the Big South, receiving initial commitments from Augusta, Charles-ton Southern, Campbell, Coastal Carolina and Winthrop. One month later, Dr. Edward M. Singleton was selected as the League’s first Com-missioner and continued to solicit new members. His efforts led to the additions of Armstrong State, Rad-ford and UNC Asheville, giving the Big South more than the required six members to constitute an official conference. The Big South’s first year of competition was in the Fall of 1984, and in September 1986, the Big South Conference was granted full-fledged NCAA Division I status.

In August 1996, Kyle B. Kallander

replaced Sasser as the League’s third Commissioner, and in his 13 years at the helm of the Big South, Kallander has been instrumental in aggressive-ly promoting the Conference to new levels. The Conference has enjoyed record levels in marketing revenue during the past several years, he has brought television coverage to Big South women’s basketball, baseball and softball for the first time in Conference history, as well as in-creased national television exposure to the League as a whole through aggressive and unique tV packages.

Under Kallander’s leadership, the Big South developed and initi-ated its first long-range strategic plan, re-affirming the League’s vision as a distinctive athletic Confer-ence committed to the quality of institutional life through athletic competition. He also spearheaded the efforts to add football as a championship sport, which came to fruition in 2002, and has solidified Conference membership with the ad-ditions of High Point, Gardner-Webb and Presbyterian, and in 2011-12, the return of charter member Campbell University. Kallander’s long range vision has also included technolog-ical advancements, as the Confer-ence introduced its first live event video streaming in 2005 and has since expanded its video offerings to more than 600 events annually through a partnership with the member in-stitutions, as well as the creation of several online and social media platforms.

In the last 15 years alone, the Big South has experienced monumen-tal growth and success in nearly

every sport. During this time, the Conference has had two individual National Champions, more than 200 All-Americans, has reached the “Sweet 16” in men’s soccer, women’s basketball and baseball, has received national Top 25 rankings in men’s soccer, men’s basketball, women’s basketball, baseball, men’s outdoor track & field, and men’s golf, had an individual selected to play in the NCAA Singles Championship four times in addition to the first men’s tennis doubles at-large selection, had the No. 1 ranked men’s golfer in the country, has had the nation’s top scoring men’s basketball team three consecutive years as well as the national men’s basketball scor-ing leader twice, received an at-large playoff berth in the Football Championship Subdivision in 2006, and had an institution finish fifth in the NCAA Men’s Golf Champion-ships – the Conference’s highest-ever team finish in an NCAA event.

The Conference’s tagline, “Devel-oping Leaders Through Athletics” was unveiled in 2008-09 in conjunc-tion with the Conference’s 25th An-niversary. The League also honored its heritage with the Top 25 “Best of the Best” moments in League history from 1983-2008, with Liberty Universi-ty’s 10-year women’s basketball cham-pionship run from 1996-2007 being crowned the No. 1 moment in the Big South’s first 25 years. The league has had more than 95 academic all-Americans in its quarter-century of existence.

Aug. 20 King College ^ 5:30Aug. 25 JAMES MADISON ^ 7:00Sept. 1 Xavier 4:00 Sept. 4 Appalachian State 7:00Sept. 8 Longwood 7:00Sept. 11 EAST TENNESSEE STATE 7:00Sept. 16 DAVIDSON 7:00Sept. 19 Liberty* 7:00Sept. 26 GARDNER-WEBB* 6:00Sept. 29 NORTH CAROLINA 7:00Oct. 3 Presbyterian* 2:00Oct. 6 VIRGINIA TECH 7:00Oct. 10 UNC ASHEVILLE* 7:00Oct. 17 Winthrop* 3:00Oct. 21 VMI* 7:00Oct. 30 ELON 7:00Nov. 3 HIGH POINT* 7:00Nov. 7 Coastal Carolina 7:00Nov. 12-15 Big South Tournament# TBA

Home matches in CAPS^ Denotes exhibition match

* Denotes Big South Conference match# High Point, N.C.

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