2014 JMU Football Game Program - Saint Francis

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TODAY’S GAME INFOStarting the Home Campaign: James Madison will start the home portion of its 2014 schedule today, hosting the Saint Francis Red Flash. This will be the only regular season non-conference home game this fall.

The Coaches: James Madison Head Coach Everett Withers (Appalachian State, ‘86) is in his first season at JMU with a 1-1 mark and second as a head coach overall with an 8-7 record. Saint Francis Head Coach Chris Villarrial (Indiana (Pa.), ’96) is in his fifth year with the Red Flash and as a head coach overall, sporting a 19-28 record.

History With Saint Francis: This will be the third time that JMU and Saint Francis have met on the football field, with the Dukes taking the first two meetings. Both games were played at Bridgeforth Stadium, with last year’s a close 24-20 decision in favor of the home team.

vs. Saint Francis JMU leads 2-0 (Home 2-0)

Date Location W/L Score9/1/2012 Home W 55-79/14/2013 Home W 24-20

Calling Long Distance: In last Saturday’s thrilling win at Lehigh, the Dukes put together a pair of extremely long drives. On the second scoring drive of the final half, Madison marched 99 yards in nine plays to tie a school-record long drive. Then on the eventual game-winning possession, JMU took 11 plays to go 98 yards, capped off by redshirt-senior Jauan Latney’s six-yard run. In all, all five of the Dukes’ scoring drives were 65 yards or more, with four of them eight plays or more.

Putting Together Offense at Lehigh: JMU had some dynamic play at times on the offensive side of the ball against the Mountain Hawks. The Dukes put together 322 yards of rushing (averaging 7.5 yards per carry) while connecting on 284 yards of passing (7.7 yards per attempt) to total 606 yards of total offense. The 322 yards of rushing for JMU was the most since the 2012 season opener when it racked up 377 yards and five touchdowns against Saint Francis. That game was also the last time that Madison had 600-plus yards of total offense, finishing with 602. It was also the most since the 2004 regular-season starter against Lock Haven on Sept. 4, when the Dukes amassed 609 yards of total offense. Individually, freshman running back John Miller had his first career 100-yard game with 106 yards and one score on 16 carries. Through the air, junior Vad Lee had 284 yards passing and two scores, with 123 of those and both touchdowns going to sophomore Rashard Davis, a career-high for the wide receiver.

Earning CAA Weekly Honors: JMU picked up its first two weekly honors from the CAA, as freshman Jimmy Moreland was named Special Teams Player of the Week and John Miller earned Rookie of the Week. Moreland blocked the Lehigh field goal attempt to seal the win, while Miller rushed for 106 yards and one touchdown of the bench in the road victory (see the CAA page for the story).

The First at Home Tends To Be Good: Bridgeforth Stadium has been the home to many happy openings for the Dukes. Since its start in 1973, JMU is now 31-10 (.757) in the first home game of the year, including the current 11-game winning streak. The only home opener loss under Matthews was in the 2002 season, a tough 31-28 defeat to Hampton.

Game FactsSeries: JMU leads 2-0 (2-0 at home) Last Meeting - 2013 - at JMU 24, SFU 20Stadium (Capacity/Surface): Bridgeforth Stadium (24,877/FieldTurf)TV Coverage: NoneRadio Coverage: JMU/nTelos Wireless Broadcast Network - WSVA 550AM (Harrisonburg) Radio Announcers: Mike Schikman (Play-by-Play), Clint Estes (Color)Video Stream: MadiZONE (outside of region)Announcers: Curt Dudley (Play-by-Play), Houston Stutz (Analyst)

Saint Francis InformationLocation .................................... Loretto, Pa.Nickname .................................... Red FlashEnrollment......................................... 2,300Colors .......................Cardinal Red and WhitePresident ................. Rev. Gabriel Zeis, T.O.R.Athletics Director .......................Bob KrimmelStadium .....................................Degol Field .................................. (3,500/FieldTurf)Conference ....................Northeast Conference

Team InformationJames madisonHead Coach: Everett Withers (Appalachian State, ’86) at James Madison: 1-1 (First year) Overall: 8-7 (Second year)Internet Site: www.JMUSports.com

Saint FranciS

Head Coach: Chris Villarrial (Indiana (Pa.), ‘96) at Saint Francis: 19-28 (Fifth year) Overall: SameInternet Site: www.sfuathletics.com

Tale of the TapeJMU SFU1-1 (0-0) Record (League) 1-1 (0-0)Multiple Primary Offense Pro Style3-4 Primary Defense Multiple19.0 Scoring Offense 25.040.0 Scoring Defense 32.5241.5 Rushing Offense 197.5212.5 Passing Offense 61.0286.0 Rush Defense 188.5201.5 Pass Defense 135.5


TODAY’S GAME INFOWithers Takes the Reins: Head Coach Everett Withers has taken over the leadership of the JMU football program for the 2014 season . Withers is just the sixth head coach in the program’s 42-year history . JMU Coaching History• Challace McMillin (1972-84) • Joe Purzycki (1985-90) • Rip Scherer (1991-94) • Alex Wood (1995-98) • Mickey Matthews (1999-2013)• Everett Withers (2014)

Can It BE Any Tougher?: JMU sports one of the toughest schedules in FCS football, with four opponents currently ranked in the top 25 of both polls and two others among the receving votes in each .

Dukes in the Show: JMU is well represented in the NFL on the 2014 rosters entering the season . The Dukes have four former players that are on the opening day 53-man rosters for their respective teams . Linebacker Akeem Jordan is now a backup at middle linebacker with the Washington Redskins . Starting his fifth season in the NFL is former defensive end turned linebacker Arthur Moats (Pittsburgh Steelers) . Additionally,second-year offensive lineman Earl Watford is backup at right guard with the Arizona Cardinals . From last year’s squad, offensive tackle Josh Wells recently made the 53-man roster with the Jacksonville Jaguars while defensive lineman Jordan Stanton is on the practice squad with the New York Giants .

Newcomers Making an Impact: Looking at the two-deep for James Madison to start the 2014 season, there are a lot of new faces for the Dukes and first-year Head Coach Everett Withers . On the offensive side of the ball, five slated starters are Football Bowl Subdivision transfers into the program this year, with four total freshmen and eight transfers total (including one junior college) on the two-deep . For the defense, two transfers are among the starters while seven other freshmen add to the depth of the lineup . For the first game of the year at Maryland, five offensive and five defensive players made their first start for the Dukes, including six making their first ever at the college level . Additionally, 13 others made their debuts with JMU, with 10 playing in their first college football game .

FBS Transfers to JMU on Two-Deep(including former school and year)

Offense: 2 Vad Lee - Georgia Tech (2014) 6 Sean Tapley - North Carolina (2014) 13 Ishmael Hyman - Kansas (2014) 30 Alden Hill - Tennessee (2014) 61 A .J . Bolden - Toledo (2014) 69 Nick Appel - North Carolina (2014) 77 Austin Lane - Syracuse (2011) Defense: 1 Titus Till - Maryland (2012) 21 Jeremiah Wilson - Maryland (2012) 95 Xavier Gates - Kansas State (2014)


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TODAY’S MATCHUP James Madison Opponent TEAM STATS Saint Francis Opponent 38 80 Total Points 50 65 19 .0 40 .0 Scoring Average 25 .0 32 .5 47 60 First Downs 34 33 87 99 Rushing Attempts 106 71 483 572 Rushing Yards 395 377 241 .5 286 .0 Rushing Per Game 197 .5 188 .5 36-74-2-2 38-69-4-1 Pass Comp .-Att .-TD-Int 14-31-0-0 24-51-4-1 425 403 Passing Yards 122 271 212 .5 201 .5 Passing Per Game 61 .0 135 .5 908 975 Total Offense 517 648 454 .0 487 .5 Total Off . Per Game 258 .5 324 .0 3-2 3-0 Fumbles-Lost 4-2 1-1 18-172 13-102 Penalties-Yards 22-205 16-160

JAMES MADISONRushing Att. Yds. Avg. TDKhalid Abdullah 29 153 5 .3 0John Miller 22 135 6 .1 2Vad Lee 18 95 5 .3 0Jauan Latney 7 61 8 .7 1

Passing Comp. Att. Yds TD/IntVad Lee 36 74 425 2/2

Receiving Rec. Yds. Avg. TDRashard Davis 5 123 24 .6 2Sean Tapley 10 111 11 .1 0DeAndre’ Smith 1 46 46 .0 0

Punting No. Yds. Avg. LongGunnar Kane 14 570 40 .7 55

Kickoff Returns No. Yds. Avg. LongSean Tapley 3 67 22 .33 27Rashard Davis 2 36 18 .0 19

Punt Returns No. Yds. Avg. LongSean Tapley 1 1 1 .0 1

Scoring TD FG PAT TotalJohn Miller 2 0 0 12Rashard Davis 2 0 0 12Connor Arnone 0 1 5 8

Tackles Solo Total TFL SacksKyre Hawkins 16 18 1 .0-3 0 .0Aaron Peak 16 16 0 .0 0 .0Dean Marlowe 10 12 0 .0 0 .0Titus Till 6 10 0 .0 0 .0

SAINT FRANCISRushing Att. Yds. Avg. TDKhairi Dickson 58 392 6 .8 4Marcus Bagley 18 37 2 .1 1Anthony Abeid 10 27 2 .7 0Max Ward 11 -18 -1 .6 1

Passing Comp. Att. Yds TD/IntMax Ward 8 19 59 0/0Zack Drayer 5 10 49 0/0

Receiving Rec. Yds. Avg. TDFranklyn Williamson 2 21 10 .5 0Anthony Bowman 2 21 10 .5 0Anthony Abeid 2 18 9 .0 0

Punting No. Yds. Avg. LongZack Drayer 13 475 36 .5 48

Kickoff Returns No. Yds. Avg. LongLorenzo Jerome 5 101 20 .2 39Anthony Abeid 3 42 14 .0 26

Punt Returns No. Yds. Avg. LongLorenzo Jerome 2 29 14 .5 22

Scoring TD FG PAT TotalKhairi Dickson 4 0 0 24Lance Geesey 0 3 5 14M . Bagley/M . Ward 1 0 0 12

Tackles Solo Total TFL SacksLorenzo Jerome 11 15 1 .0-3 0 .0Somomon Leano 3 15 2 .0-4 0 .0Bishop Neal 7 11 1 .5-2 0 .0Shane Morris 4 9 1 .0-2 0 .0

2014 STATISTICAL LEADERS

Saint Francis Red Flash(1-1 • 0-0 NEC)

Aug . 30 at Fordham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .L, 23-52Sept . 6 CLARION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W, 27-13Sept . 13 at James Madison . . . . . . . . . . . .4 p .m .Sept . 20 at Youngstown State . . . . . . . . . .7 p .m .Sept . 27 VIRGINIA OF LYNCHBURG .4 p .m .Oct . 11 at Wagner* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 p .m .Oct . 18 BRYANT* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 p .m .Oct . 25 at Sacred Heart* . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 p .m .Nov . 1 DUQUESNE* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 p .m .Nov . 15 at Robert Morris* . . . . . . . . . . 12 p .m .Nov . 22 CENTRAL CONN . STATE* . 12 p .m .

* Northeast Conference Opponent

James Madison Dukes(1-1 • 0-0 CAA)

Aug . 30 at Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L, 7-52Sept . 6 at Lehigh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W, 31-28Sept . 13 SAINT FRANCIS (PA .) . . . . . . .4 p .m .Sept . 20 at Villanova* . . . . . . . . . . . .12:30 p .m .Sept . 27 DELAWARE* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 p .m .Oct . 4 at Albany* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 p .m .Oct . 11 TOWSON* . . . . . . . . . . . . .12:30 p .m . Oct . 25 at Charlotte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 p .m .Nov . 1 WILLIAM & MARY* . . . . . . 3:30 p .m .Nov . 8 at Stony Brook* . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 p .m .Nov . 15 at Richmond* . . . . . . . . . . .12:30 p .m .Nov . 22 ELON* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 p .m .

* Colonial Athletic Association Opponent

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Mr. Jonathan R. Alger is the sixth president of James Madison University taking office on July 1, 2012. He previously served as the Senior Vice President and General Counsel at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey.

Mr. Alger is a nationally recognized scholar and speaker on higher education policy and law and has given hundreds of presentations across the U.S. and abroad on a wide range of topics such as access and opportunity, diversity, student and faculty recruitment and retention, management of financial challenges, student organizations, shared governance, intellec-tual property and academic freedom. He has taught courses at both the undergraduate and graduate level.

Mr. Alger recently served as the President and Chair of the Board of Directors of the National Association of College and University Attorneys. He has also served on national advisory boards for the Association of American Universities, College Board Access and Diversity Collaborative, American Association for the Advancement of Science Diversity Project, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Center for Excellence in Higher Education Law and Policy at Stetson University College of Law Mr. Alger has chaired national conferences on diversity, dis-crimination, technology and academic freedom.

Mr. Alger was born and raised outside Rochester, New York. He received his B.A. in political science major, history minor and public policy concentra-tion with High Honors and Phi Beta Kappa from Swarthmore College and his J.D. with Honors from Harvard Law School. His wife Mary Ann is a busi-ness consultant with a B.S. from Auburn University and an M.B.A. from the University of Miami. Their daughter Eleanor is a sophomore at Harrisonburg High School. The family enjoys college sports, music, theatre, travel, history, tennis and hiking.

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Senior Vice President Academic Affairs

Nick LangridgeVice President

University Advancement

Charles W. King, Jr.Senior Vice President

Administration and Finance

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Student Affairs and University Planning

Vice Presidents

Donna HarperVice President

Access and Enrollment Management

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Jonathan alger



Everett Withers is in his first season as the head football coach at James Madison University. “We are so thrilled to welcome Coach Withers and his family to James Madison,” Jeff Bourne

Director of Athletics said. “Everett is a proven winner and has shown his ability to lead, having spent time as a head coach. The entire committee was incredibly impressed when we met with him, and I have no doubt that he will be a great leader for our football program and mentor to our student-athletes for many years to come.”“Coach Withers impressed us greatly not only with his experience on the field, but also with

his strong commitment to the student-athlete,” JMU President Jonathan Alger said. “Coach With-ers is dedicated to JMU’s educational mission and believes that his team’s success begins in the classroom. He and his wife Kara have also emphasized the importance of being active partici-pants in the community. I am confident that Coach Withers, his wife Kara, and their two chil-dren Tia and Pierce will be valuable additions to the JMU family and the community at large.”A 26-year coaching veteran, Withers comes to the Shenandoah Valley from Ohio State Univer-

sity, where he served as assistant head coach, co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach for the past two years. During his time with the Buckeyes, he has been a part of a school-record 24-game win streak and a 24-1 mark heading into the upcoming Discover Orange Bowl against No. 12 Clemson. In 2012, OSU compiled a perfect 12-0 record and finished No. 3 in the national rankings. The undefeated 2012 slate was only the sixth unbeaten/untied season in school history, as Ohio State ranked second in the Big Ten with 14 interceptions and all four starting defensive backs earned All-Big Ten Conference recognition.During his career, Withers has split time between the collegiate and professional coaching

ranks, having worked in the NCAA Division I level for 19 years and in the National Football League for seven seasons. Withers’ collegiate coaching resume includes 11 years as a defensive coordinator with a vast majority of his time - 17 seasons - spent also coaching the defensive backfield.Prior to accepting his position with

Ohio State in December 2012, With-ers spent four years at the University of North Carolina. He was promoted to interim head coach at the school in July 2011 and he led the Tar Heels to a 7-6 overall record and to a berth in the Independence Bowl against Missouri. His Tar Heel defenses were top notch. His first unit - 2008 - ranked eighth in the country with 20 interceptions, a number that was just one off the UNC single-season record. His 2009 defense was among the nation’s elite, ranking sixth in total defense, 10th against the run, 13th in scoring and 14th in pass defense. His 2010 unit ranked fourth in the Atlan-tic Coast Conference and 30th nationally. Five play-ers off that unit were taken

everett WithersHead Football Coach

everett’s resumeFirst Season at JMU

Coaching BackgroundYears in Coaching: 26

Assistant Coach/Defensive Coordinator Austin Peay, 1988-89

Assistant Coach Austin Peay, 1990

Assistant Coach Tulane, 1991

Assistant Coach Southern Mississippi, 1992-93

Assistant Coach New Orleans (NFL), 1994

Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator Louisville, 1995-97

Assistant Coach Texas, 1998-2000

Assistant Coach Tennessee (NFL), 2001-06

Assistant Coach/Defensive Coordinator Minnesota, 2007

Assistant Coach/Defensive Coordinator North Carolina, 2008-10

Head Coach North Carolina, 2011

Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator Ohio State, 2012-13

Head Coach James Madison, 2014

PersonalHometown: Charlotte, N.C.

High School: Charlotte Senior

Alma Mater: Appalachian State, 1986

Wife: Kara

Children: Daughter, Tia and Son, Pierce

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in the NFL draft, including first-round pick Robert Quinn. In his final season in 2011, the Tar Heels ranked 14th nationally against the run. Additionally, Withers’ UNC defenses picked off 71 passes in four seasons.Withers spent one year as defensive coordinator at the University of Minnesota prior to

his North Carolina position. He also has been an assistant coach at the University of Texas (1998-2000; defensive backs), Louisville (1995-97; defensive coordinator/assis-tant head coach/defensive backs), Southern Mississippi (1992-93; defensive backs/as-sistant special teams), Tulane (1991; outside linebackers) and Austin Peay (1988-90; defensive coordinator/defensive backs; tight ends/special teams).In the NFL, Withers spent six years (2001-06) as a defensive backs coach with the

Tennessee Titans and then-head coach Jeff Fisher, who is now the leader of the St. Louis Rams. In his tenure in Nashville, Withers was a part of an AFC South cham-pionship in 2002 and two playoff berths in 2002 and 2003. He coached All-AFC selections in Lance Schulters (2002) and Adam “Pacman” Jones (2005), as three times the Titans’ defense ranked in the top five in the NFL in rushing yards against. While he was the defensive backs coach of the Titans, the squad ranked among the top-10 defenses in 2002, his first season with the Titans. From 2002 to 2004, the Titans grabbed 57 interceptions, the best ever for a three-year span for the franchise, fourth best in the AFC and eighth best in the NFL. The Titans tallied 21 picks in 2004, with 16 coming from the Withers’ coached secondary. Withers also spent the 1994 season with the New Orleans Saints as a defensive quality control coach.A native of Charlotte, N.C., Withers attended Appalachian State University and

was a four-year letter-winner as a defensive back. He served as team captain in 1984.Withers and his wife, Kara, have a daughter, Tia, and a son, Pierce.

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John BoWersAsst. Head Coach/Tight Ends/Fullbacks/

Recruiting Coordinator

John Bowers returns to Harrisonburg for his first season as the assistant head coach, tight ends and fullbacks coach and recruiting coordinator for the James Madison University football program.

With more than 30 years of coaching experience, Bowers returns to the Shenandoah Valley where he was a standout player for the Dukes in the early years, serving as the team captain two seasons for Challace McMillian’s squad and earning the team’s offensive MVP award in 1977 and Bob Yetzer Leadership Award in 1978. A three-year letterwinner at JMU, he led the team in scoring in 1977 with seven touchdowns and posted a 13-7 record as the quarterback his final two years.

Most recently, he was a recruiting assistant at Ohio State for the 2013 season and had previously been an assistant coach at Bothell High School in Washington. He has spent his coaching career at both the high school and college ranks, including collegiate stints at Western Washington, Bowling Green, Eastern Michigan, Kent State, Eastern Il-linois, Illinois State, Austin Peay, Shepherd College and Washington & Lee.

A native of Hagerstown, Maryland, Bowers lettered in both football and baseball at JMU and graduated with his bachelor’s degree in 1979 and earned his master’s in education in 1980 after serving as a graduate assistant coach with the football program.

He is married to Joanne, who is starting her eighth season as head coach of the University of Washington’s nationally-ranked women’s gymnastics team, and they have two sons, David (30) and Ross (17).

John’s resumeFirst Season at JMU

PersonalHometown: Hagerstown, Maryland

Alma Mater: James Madison, 1979, 1980

Brad Davis is in his first year with the James Madison University foot-ball program, serving as the co-offensive coordinator and offensive line coach.

Davis has spent the last five years on the staff at Portland State, serving most recently as the run-game coordinator and offensive line coach as part of the program’s pistol offense. Davis helped the Vikings to suc-cessful seasons in two of the last three years and had 10 players earn All-Big Sky Conference honors while ranking among the nation’s leaders in fewest sacks allowed during that time. In 2013, senior tackle Mitch-ell Van Dyk was named First Team All-Big Sky as well as The Sports Network Third Team All-American. This past season, Davis helped lead Portland State’s offense to the top team in the Big Sky in total offense, second in rushing offense and third in scoring offense, while ranking third in FCS football in rushing offense and total offense. The team also set school records this season of 6,486 total yards, 3,330 rushing yards, a 277.7 rushing average, 540.5 total offense average and 36 rushing touchdowns.

Prior to Portland State, Davis held a similar position at North Carolina where he worked in 2008. He also spent two years as a defensive line graduate assistant at Texas A&M, as well as coaching at Doane College and Wayne State.

Davis is a 2003 graduate of the University of Oklahoma where he was a starting offensive lineman for Bob Stoops. He competed on two Big XII Championship teams and the 2000 National Championship squad and played in the Independence Bowl (1999), Orange Bowl (2000), Cotton Bowl (2001) and Rose Bowl (2002). Davis was the team’s Most Valuable Offensive Lineman in 2002.

Davis earned a bachelor’s degree in social studies education from Oklahoma in 2003. He earned a master’s in kinesiology and sports management from Texas A&M in 2008. He and his wife Anecia have a son, Bradley, born September 2012.

Brad davisCo-Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line

Brad’s resumeFirst Season at JMU

PersonalHometown: Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Alma Mater: Oklahoma, 2003, Texas A&M 2008

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dreW MehringerCo-Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks

Drew Mehringer is in his first year at James Madison University, serv-ing as the co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.

Mehringer has spent the past two seasons on staff with Withers at Ohio State, working as a graduate assistant with the offensive line in 2013 and with the tight ends and wide receivers in 2012. Prior to that, he spent the 2010 and 2011 seasons working with the wide receivers at Iowa State University. He worked for Ohio State offensive coordina-tor/quarterbacks coach Tom Herman while at Rice and also at Iowa State. A native of Arlington, Texas, Mehringer attended Rice University on scholarship as a quarterback, playing for former Texas standout Major Applewhite before an injury sidelined him, where he served as a student assistant with the quarterbacks with Herman, graduating in 2010 with a degree in political science. He graduated with his master’s degree in sports management at Ohio State in 2013.

drew’s resumeFirst Season at JMU

PersonalHometown: Arlington, Texas

Alma Mater: Ohio State, 2013

Brandon Staley is in his first year as the defensive coordinator and line-backers coach for the James Madison football program.

Staley spent the last season as the defensive coordinator at John Carroll University, where he helped lead the Blue Streaks to a 9-2 overall record, 8-1 in Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) play and a berth in the Division III national playoffs for the first time since 2002. His defense averaged giving up just 9.1 points and 228.4 yards per game, while forcing 27 turnovers, earning him OAC Co-Assistant Coach of the Year. Senior cornerback Randy Greenwood was named a Second Team All-America selection, while five defensive players earned All-OAC honors.

Prior to his time at John Carroll, Staley worked one year at Tennessee, serving as defensive graduate assistant in charge of inside linebackers as well as special teams assistant. He also spent the 2010 and 2011 seasons at Hutchinson (KS) Community College as the associate head coach and was the defensive coordinator. Additionally, Staley held duties of linebackers coach and special teams assistant, as the team won two Salt Bowl cham-pionships. He also coached nine players that signed Division I scholarship offers on defense and special teams, including Cordarrelle Patterson, the eventual first-round NFL draft pick of the Minnesota Vikings.

In 2009, Staley was at the University of St. Thomas, a Division III power-house in Minnesota. The team went 11-2 and reached the NCAA quarter-finals as he served the program as its defensive line and assistant special teams coach.

Staley landed his first coaching job at Northern Illinois. From 2006-08, he was part of two postseason bowls (2006 Poinsettia vs. TCU, 2008 Indepen-dence vs. Louisiana Tech). He was a defensive graduate assistant working with the secondary (2006-07) and linebackers (2008) and special teams (all three years).

Staley was a three-year letterwinner at quarterback for the Dayton, serving as captain the Flyers in his senior season of 2004. He posted a 16-5 career record in two seasons as a starter, including a 9-2 mark his junior year when Dayton was ranked fifth in the country by Football Gazette. He grad-uated from Dayton in 2005 with a bachelor’s degree in political science.

Staley and his wife Amy reside in Harrisonburg.

Brandon staleyDefensive Coordinator/Linebackers

Brandon’s resumeFirst Season at JMU

PersonalHometown: Perry, Ohio

Alma Mater: Dayton, 2005

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Parker fleMingWide Receivers/Special Teams

Parker Fleming is in his first season as the wide receivers and special teams coach with the James Madison University football program.

Fleming has spent the past two seasons also on the staff at Ohio State, working with the offense and the special teams in 2013. Prior to his time at Ohio State, spent the 2010 year coaching quarterbacks at his high school - Decatur (Ga.) - and then he worked at Capital Univer-sity in Bexley, Ohio, in 2011, also as quarterbacks coach. A native of Atlanta, Ga., Fleming is a 2010 graduate of Presbyterian College with a degree in political science. He lettered as a quarterback for the Blue Hose while playing between 2007-09.

Parker’s resumeFirst Season at JMU

PersonalHometown: Atlanta, Georgia

Alma Mater: Presbyterian College, 2010

Zak Kuhr is in his first season as the running backs coach for the James Madison University football program.

Last year at Old Dominion, Kuhr worked as a graduate assistant with the Monarchs, serving as the running backs coach and assistant special teams coordinator. Before ODU, he coached two seasons at Ohio State as an intern involved with the same groups of personnel. Also, Kuhr assisted in developing game strategies for the special teams and against opposing defenses for the Buckeyes’ offense.

Prior to his tenure at OSU, Coach Kuhr spent the previous two years at Edwards College as special teams coordinator and quarterbacks coach, from February 2009 to April 2011. His coaching career originated as an assistant at Mandarin and N.B. Forrest high schools, including serving as offensive coordinator at Forrest. Kuhr is a University of Florida gradu-ate, earning his bachelor’s degree in sports management in 2013.

Zak kUhrRunning Backs

Zak’s resumeFirst Season at JMU

PersonalHometown: Jascksonville, Florida

Alma Mater: Florida, 2013

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JUles MontinarSecondary

Jules Montinar is in his first year with the James Madison football pro-gram, serving as the secondary coach.

Montinar comes to JMU from Alabama where he spent the past two years working with the Crimson Tide defense assisting Nick Saban, Greg Brown and Jeremy Pruitt. This past season, he helped the Crimson Tide go 11-2 with a berth in the Sugar Bowl. He was also part of the 2013 National Championship team that handled Notre Dame in the championship game, 42-14, in Miami, Fla . That season, the Tide de-fense posted four shutouts and held six opponents to 10 points or less, as well as leading the nation in rush defense (76.36 ypg), total defense (250.00 ypg) and scoring defense (10.93 ppg).

Montinar arrived at Alabama from Purdue, where he was a graduate assistant. Prior to that, Montinar was the defensive backs coach and as-sistant special teams coach at Lake Erie College in 2010.

Upon graduation from Eastern Kentucky, Montinar remained at EKU and began his coaching career working with the linebackers and defen-sive ends from 2007-2009.

Montinar played college ball at West Virginia and EKU. While at EKU, he won an OVC title as a player in 2007 and as a coach in 2008. As a player at WVU, he participated in two Gator Bowls.

Montinar graduated from Eastern Kentucky in 2009 with both a bach-elor’s and master’s degree in sports management.

Jules’ resumeFirst Season at JMU

PersonalHometown: Naples, Florida

Alma Mater: Eastern Kentucky, 2009

Steve Sisa is in his first year with the James Madison University foot-ball program, coaching the linebackers.

Sisa has spent the last two seasons on the coaching staff at Western Carolina as the secondary coach for both seasons and special teams co-ordinator in 2013. Prior to that, he was on the North Carolina coaching staff with Withers for two years, serving as his safeties coach in 2011 and working in player development in 2010. In 2011, he helped guide UNC to the AdvoCare V100 Independence Bowl, as the Tar Heel safe-ties accounted for six of North Carolina’s 14 interceptions and forced five of the 13 fumbles on the year.

Prior to coaching at North Carolina, Sisa served two seasons (2008-09) as a graduate assistant at Southern Mississippi with the Golden Eagles making back-to-back appearances in the New Orleans Bowl during his tenure. Sisa helped tutor the Southern Miss secondary under defensive coordinator Todd Bradford and head coach Larry Fedora.

A native of Manassas, Va., Sisa got his start at the collegiate ranks as a quality control coach at the University of Illinois in 2007 where he worked primarily with the team’s linebackers. Illinois was 9-3 that sea-son and advanced to the Rose Bowl for the first time since 1984.

Following his graduation from Virginia Tech, Sisa began his coaching career at Ed White High School in Jacksonville, Fla., under head coach Dan Disch, currently the defensive coordinator at North Carolina. Sisa worked as the secondary coach in 2003 and the defensive coordinator from 2004-06. He additionally served as the team’s NCAA recruiting liaison for prospective student-athletes and also was the Shrine Bowl defensive coordinator in 2006.

A linebacker at Bridgewater College in Bridgewater, Va., in 1997, Sisa’s career was cut short by a shoulder injury. He transferred to Virginia Tech where he earned a bachelor’s degree in political science in 2001. He received a master’s degree in sports management in 2009 from Southern Miss.

Sisa is married to the former Lisa Taylor of Jacksonville, Fla., and the couple has a son, Taylor (1).

steve sisaSafeties

steve’s resumeFirst Season at JMU

PersonalHometown: Manassas, Virginia

Alma Mater: Virginia Tech, 2001; Southern Mississippi, 2009

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antoine sMithDefensive Line

Antoine Smith is in his first year as the defensive line coach for the James Madison University football program.

Smith has spent the past three years at Holy Cross, serving as the de-fensive line coach. He coached three All-Patriot League selections during his time with the Crusaders. Smith came to Holy Cross after spending two seasons as the defensive line coach at Miami (Ohio). During the 2010 campaign, Smith helped lead the RedHawks to the Mid-American Conference title, and a victory in the GoDaddy.com Bowl. In addition, defensive tackle Austin Brown earned Second Team All Mid-American Conference honors in 2010.

Prior to his time at Miami (Ohio), Smith served as the defensive line coach at Youngstown State from 2006-2008, with the Penguins win-ning the 2006 Gateway Conference championship and advancing to the NCAA semifinals. His unit had six All-Missouri Valley Conference selections in his three seasons, including a Third Team All-American in defensive tackle Mychal Savage.

Smith was previously the defensive line coach at Lafayette from 2004-2005, helping the Leopards to a pair of Patriot League co-championships and two NCAA playoff appearances. During the 2005 campaign, he helped to direct a defense which ranked ninth in the nation in scoring defense, 11th in total defense, 19th in pass defense and 28th in rush defense.

Before moving to Lafayette, Smith spent the 2003 season as the defen-sive line coach at Maine. The Black Bears finished with a 7-5 mark, while Smith’s entire front-line unit received All-Atlantic 10 accolades.

Smith previously spent the 2002 season as the defensive line coach and strength and conditioning coordinator at Minot State in North Dakota. He helped guide Minot State to the 2002 Dakota Athletic Conference cham-pionship, a 9-2 record and a berth in the NAIA playoffs, the Beavers’ first since 1994.

Smith earned his bachelor’s degree in physical education and kinesiol-ogy from Maine in 2001, and his master’s degree in health and human performance from Minot State in 2004. He was a three-year starter at defensive tackle and a four-year letterwinner for Maine from 1996-1999.

antoine’s resumeFirst Season at JMU

PersonalHometown: Syracuse, New York

Alma Mater: Maine, 2001; Minot State, 2004

John Streicher is in his first year at James Madison University, serving as the special assistant to the head coach with an operations role.

Streicher has spent the past six seasons on staff at Ohio State, work-ing as an equipment manager for the first four seasons, and spending his final two seasons as a student assistant with the defensive staff. He worked directly under JMU Head Coach Everett Withers for two years at Ohio State, working with the defensive secondary.

Streicher earned his bachelor’s degree in animal science at Ohio State and completed in Dec. 2013 his masters in community leadership. A native of Cincinnati, Ohio by way of Oak Hills High School, he is the youngest of three with parents Jack and Debbie Streicher.

John streiCherSpecial Assistant to the Head Coach

John’s resumeFirst Season at JMU

PersonalHometown: Cincinnati, Ohio

Alma Mater: Ohio State, 2013

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advisingacademic

Challace McMillin academic Center

• Student-athlete computer lab with more than 30 computers

• Tutoring and meeting facilities for large and small groups

• Offices for each of JMU’s academic advisers

Casey Carter• Associate athletics director for student-athlete services

• Originated JMU’s office of student-athlete ser-vices, one of the first of its kind in the nation

• Directs academic advising, JMU’s life skills pro-gram, and progress toward graduation

• Coordinates tutoring and special academic ser-vices

• Has developed a transition program for freshmen and transfers and a career development program for all student-athletes


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sPortsm e d i c i n e JMU staff “sets the standard” for

student-athlete Care• Multi-skilled professionals use current re-search, educational knowledge, and state-of-the-art equipment and technology to provide a comprehensive and progressive approach to assure the holistic well-being of student-athletes

• Staff includes 20 board-certified and li-censed athletic trainers

• Team physicians include Dr. Kent Diduch (board-certified family practice physician) and orthopedic surgeon Dr. Mark Miller, a nationally renowned fellowship-trained or-thopedist from the University of Virginia

• Local chiropractors, physical therapists, sport psychologists, nutritionists, and ortho-tists are available to assist in the health care needs of student-athletes


Providing JMU football players with the “total PaCkage”

• Players work directly with a full-time strength train-ing and conditioning coach assigned to the football program

• Staff of three that assists with strength and condition-ing

• Staff works on the field with players at each posi-tion performing drills adapted from their playbooks. Offensive players execute positional blocking tech-niques and run paths and pass routes; defensive players simulate various stunts, cover-age routes and pursuit drills.

• Workouts are in the Plecker Athletic Performance Center which features a 7,000-square-foot weight room

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2014 Players

32 – Khalid AbdullahSo., TB, 5-10, 206, Newport News, Va./

Heritage

93 - Andrew AnkrahR-Fr., LB, 6-4, 234, Gaithersburg, Md./ Quince Orchard

69 - Nick AppelR-Sr., OL, 6-6, 316,

Vienna, Va./ Bishop O’Connell (North Carolina)

42 - Connor ArnoneR-Jr., P/K, 6-0, 210, Williamsport, Md./

Williamsport

26 - Abdul BanguraR-Jr., CB, 5-9, 189,

Riverdale, Md./ Eleanor Roosevelt

(Ole Miss)

34 - Justin BetheaFr., CB, 5-10, 165,

Leesburg, Va./ Heritage

61 - A.J. BoldenR-Fr., OL, 6-3, 305,

Winchester, Va./ Millbrook (Toledo)

36 - Logan BoydR-Fr., WR, 6-5, 200, Virginia Beach, Va./

Bayside

47 - Marzae BrooksR-Jr., LB, 5-11, 225, Mechanicsville, Va./

Hanover

84 - Brandon BrownR-Fr., TE, 6-3, 260,

Chester, Va./ Matoaca

10 - Daniel BrownR-Sr., WR, 6-5, 225,

Windsor, Va./ Isle of Wight

44 - Jordan BrownR-Fr., S, 6-2, 190,

Pittsburgh, Pa./ Seneca Valley

45 - Zoauntarrious BruntFr., S, 6-4, 185, Lincolnton, N.C./

Lincolnton

72 - Erik BuchholzR-Sr., OG, 6-6, 300,

Malvern, Pa./ Great Valley

52 - Tye BurrisFr., LB, 6-0, 214, Mechanicsville, Va./

Atlee

37 - Deane CheathamR-Jr., TE, 6-1, 235, Mechanicsville, Va./

Hanover

8 - Andre CobleR-Jr., WR, 5-10, 187,

Richmond, Va./ Meadowbrook (Fork Union)

67 - Tay CrutchfieldFr., DL, 6-0, 245,

Broadnax, Va./ Brunswick

60 - Matt CunninghamR-Sr., OL, 6-4, 295,

Alexandria, Va./ West Potomac

88 - Javonn CurryFr., WR, 6-3, 184, Burtonsville, Md./

Paint Branch

31 - Rashard DavisSo., WR, 5-9, 180, Charlottesville, Va./

Charlottesville

79 - Taylor DeanFr., OL, 6-6, 270, Alexandria, Va./

Bishop Ireton

82 - Ryan DixonR-Sr., WR, 6-0, 195, Union Bridge, Md./

Linganore

86 - Nick EdwardsR-Fr., TE, 6-4, 255, Virginia Beach, Va./

Kellam

64 - Hunter EtheridgeFr., QB, 6-3, 214,

Clayton, N.C./ Woodberry Forest (Va.)

96 - Ryan EtheridgeFr., LB, 6-2, 231,

Clayton, N.C./ Blue Ridge (Va.)

46 - David EzeagwuFr., LB, 6-3, 225,

Stafford, Va./ Colonial Forge

98 - K.J. FordFr., NG, 6-1, 284,

Bluffton, S.C./ Bluffton

64 - Matt FrankR-So., NG, 6-3, 285,

Fairfax, Va./ Fairfax

78 - Wray FucciR-Jr., OL, 6-7, 305, Oyster Bay, N.Y./

Holy Trinity

95 - Xavier GatesR-Jr., NG, 6-3, 311,

Harrisburg, Pa./ John Harris (Kansas State)

85 - Daniel GlymphFr., WR, 6-0, 188,

Richmond, Va./ Atlee

40 - Raven GreeneSo., S, 5-11, 205, Virginia Beach, Va./

First Colonial

13 - Tre’ HamerFr., S, 6-0, 189,

Brooklandville, Md./ St. Paul’s

3 - Sage HaroldSr., DL, 6-4, 245, Virginia Beach, Va./

Ocean Lakes (Fork Union Military)



2014 Players

83 - Derek HartR-Jr., TE, 6-4, 237,

Manheim, Pa./ Manheim Central

29 - Kyre HawkinsR-Fr., LB, 6-0, 220,

Baltimore, Md./ Dunbar

49 - Brandon HerefordFr., LB, 6-0, 226, Glen

Allen, Va./ Glen Allen

30 - Alden HillR-So., RB, 6-0, 225,

Alliance, Ohio/ Marlington (Tennessee)

55 - Josh HoganR-Sr., OL, 6-1, 283,

Fairfax, Va./ Woodson

13 - Ishmael HymanR-Fr., WR, 6-0, 185,

Manalapan, N.J./ St. John Vianney (Kansas)

48 - Ascene JacquesR-Jr., LB, 6-1, 245,

Springdale, Md./ C.H. Flowers

92 - Jonathan JerezFr., K/P, 6-2, 181,

Jupiter, Fla/ Jupiter

19 - Rhasheed JilesFr., CB, 5-11, 170, Cape Coral, Fla./

Cape Coral

25 - Cardon JohnsonR-Fr., TB, 5-9, 195, Newport News, Va./

Warwick

35 - Marcell JohnsonFr., S, 6-2, 193, Knightdale, N.C./

Knightdale

58 - Tom JoyceR-Jr., LB, 5-10, 222,

E.Wantagh, N.Y./ Douglas MacArthur

27 - Pat KagelFr., S, 6-2, 220,

Virginia Beach, Va./ Kellam

99 - Gunnar KaneR-So., K/P, 6-1, 215, Virginia Beach, Va./

Kellam

76 - Mitchell KirschR-So., OL, 6-6, 300,

Kensington, Md./ St. John’s Coll. HS

91 - Jonathan Kloosterman

Fr., TE, 6-3, 241, Strasburg, Va./Strasburg

59 - Casey KrollR-Jr., OL, 6-5, 293,

Warrenton, Va./ Kettle Run (Fork Union)

77 - Austin LaneR-Sr., OL, 6-6, 305, Clifton Park, N.Y./

Shenendehowa (Syracuse)

23 - Jauan LatneyR-Sr., TB, 5-11, 222, Fredericksburg, Va./

Massaponax

50 - Brandon LeeR-Sr., DL, 6-2, 268,

Sterling, Va./ Park View

2 - Vad LeeR-Jr., QB, 6-1, 225,

Durham, N.C./ Hillside (Georgia Tech)

39 - Ryan MaglioR-Jr., P/K, 5-10, 179,

Midlothian, Va./ Cosby

43 - Eric MagruderR-Sr., S, 5-11, 200,

Petersburg, Va./ Petersburg

16 - Dean MarloweSr., S, 6-2, 205, Queens, N.Y./

Holy Cross

54 - Jake MartenR-So., DE, 6-1, 241,

Chesterfield, Va./ Manchester

89 - Taylor McNelisR-Jr., WR, 5-9, 195,

Colorado Springs, Colo./ St. Mary’s (Troy)

63 - Nick MichalskiR-Fr., LB, 6-1, 213,

Chesapeake, Va./ Great Bridge

28 - John MillerFr., TB, 5-10, 180,

Columbia, S.C./ Spring Valley

17 - Jimmy MorelandFr., CB, 5-10, 175,

Royal Palm Beach, Fla./ Royal Palm Beach

90 - Alex MosleyR-Jr., NG, 6-1, 290, Highland Springs, Va./

Highland Springs

18 - Rob NittoloFr., QB, 6-1, 210, Hillsborough, N.J./

Hillsborough

65 - Evans OsujiR-Fr., DL, 6-3, 270, Maplewood, N.J./

West Orange

41 - Aaron PeakFr., CB, 5-9, 198, Blythewood, S.C./

Blythewood

11 - Brandon RavenelSo., WR, 6-0, 190,

Stafford, Va./ North Stafford

14 - Taylor ReynoldsR-So., CB, 6-0, 195,

Newark, De./ Newark



2014 Players

51 - AB RhodesFr., LB, 6-3, 230, Richmond, Va./ Mills E. Godwin

75 - Dominick Richards

R-Jr., OL, 6-5, 280, Jim Thorpe, Pa./ Marian Catholic

62 - Kyle RigneyR-So., OL, 6-3, 273,

Wirtz, Va./ Franklin County

74 - Simeyon Robinson

R-Fr., DL, 6-1, 275, Virginia Beach, Va./

First Colonial

73 - Stephen RootFr., OT, 6-5, 265, Purcellville, Va./

Woodgrove

15 - Daniel SchieleSo., QB, 6-5, 230,

Yorktown, Va./ Tabb

17 - Bryan SchorFr., QB, 6-2, 213,

Milford, Pa./ Delaware Valley (Lackawanna CC)

41 - Brett SiegelR-So., LB, 6-2, 225,

Leesburg, Va./ Fork Union

5 - Dejor SimmonsR-Sr., WR, 5-8, 195, Virginia Beach, Va./

Green Run

9 - DeAndre’ SmithSr., WR/CB, 5-10, 190, District Heights, Md./

Wise

7 - Rhakeem StallingsR-So., LB, 6-1, 223,

Chesapeake, Va./ Oscar Smith

33 - Gage SteeleR-So., LB, 6-1, 230,

Front Royal, Va./ Warren

12 - Blaine StewartR-Fr., WR, 6-1, 205, Morgantown, W.Va./

Morgantown

70 - Aaron StinnieR-Fr., DL, 6-3, 273, Charlottesville, Va./ St. Anne’s-Belfield

6 - Sean TapleyR-Sr., WR, 6-0, 195,

Jacksonville, Fla./ Raines (North Carolina)

1 - Titus TillR-Sr., LB, 6-2, 225, Upper Marlboro, Md./

Wise (Maryland)

94 - Cornell Urquhart

Fr., DL, 6-4, 255, Richmond, Va./ Benedictine Prep

97 - Kevin WeimanFr., K/P, 6-3, 192,

Pasadena, Md./ Severn

24 - Justin WellonsR-So., S, 6-1, 205, Chesapeake, Va./ Western Branch

38 - Kwe’shon Williams

R-So., CB, 5-9, 176, Norfolk, Va./

Norview

53 - Matt WilliamsR-Sr., OL, 6-3, 290,

Glen Mills, Pa./ Cardinal O’Hara

21 - Jeremiah WilsonR-Sr., CB, 5-10, 200,

Winchester, Va./ Handley (Maryland)

20 - Taylor WoodsFr., TB, 5-9, 190, Havelock, N.C./

Havelock

22 - Marquis Woodyard

R-Sr., WR, 5-10, 190, Frederick, Md./

Johnson

71 - Richard XuFr., OL, 6-5, 275,

Ashburn, Va./ Stone Bridge


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Mike Schikman is the radio play-by-play voice of the Dukes and celebrates 29 years of covering the Dukes. Clint Estes provides color commentary for games at Bridgeforth Stadium and Curt Dudley travels to provide insight for road games.

Schikman’s career includes two stints of JMU sports coverage, and he has been in the broadcast booth each season since 1991. He was a network commentator from 1981-86, and he handled the network’s in-station broadcast responsibilities in 1989 and 1990. Dudley, the JMU athletics department’s director of multimedia communications, assists in the coordination of network operations and productions and is the play-by-play voice for MadiZONE HD SportsNet, the Internet source for JMU sports video and audio productions. He has broadcast at various times since joining the JMU staff in 1988, and has been a regular since the 2000 football season. Estes is in his fifth season on the network and comes with 30-plus years of radio sports broadcasting experience from the central Virginia area, working for WJMA in Orange, and WINA and ESPN 840 of Charlottesville.

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FOOTBALL SUPPORT

Front Row (left to right): Alyssa Ritner, Brittany Dybel, Kim Wilson, Danielle Gemignani

Back Row: Associate Athletic Trainer John Kaltenborn, Randy Ashe, Mike Rice, Sam Buscher, Liam Forstein, Associate Athletic Trainer Scott Cook

(Not Pictured: Danielle Scanlon)

2014 JMU Football Sports Medicine Staff

2014 JMU FootballAdministrative Staff

Front Row (left to right): Adriana Kania, Nicolette Kline, Cole Potridge, Cynthia Amaya

Back Row: Head Football Equipment Manager Pete Johnson, Ashley Adams, Sean Evaro, Mitch Beauregard, Brian Gallagher

2014 JMU Football Equipment Staff

Left to Right: Administrative Assistant Patty Dorfer, Football Operations Manager Denise Lough

2014 JMU FootballStrength & Conditioning Staff

Left to Right: Associate Director Jake Patten,Director Aaron Burkart


COACHING STAFF


CAA FOOTBALL UPDATEWeekly League HonorsOffensive Player of the WeekJohn Robertson, QB, Villanova• In less than three quarters of action, completed 17 of 24 passes for 216

yards and three touchdowns, leading Villanova to an impressive 50-6 win over Fordham.

• Also rushed 14 times for 61 carries and another score.• Moved into second place all-

time at Villanova with 35 career touchdowns.

Defensive Player of the WeekAirek Green, LB, William & Mary• Finished with six tackles, four

tackles-for-loss and two sacks in William & Mary’s 42-14 win at Hampton. The four tackles-for-loss set a career high and the pair of sacks matched a career best.

• Also forced a fumble and blocked a punt in the game.

• Helped the Tribe’s defense allow just 3.7 yards-per-attempt on Hampton’s 29 rushes.

Special Teams Player of the WeekJimmy Moreland, CB, James Madison• Blocked a potential 27-yard

game-tying Lehigh field goal in the game’s final minute, clinch-ing the win for James Madison.

• The play marked JMU’s first blocked kick since 2012.

• Added eight tackles for the Dukes’ on defense.

Rookie of the WeekJohn Miller, TB, James Madison• Led James Madison in rushing

with 106 yards on 16 carries in the Dukes’ 31-28 victory against Lehigh.

• Recorded a nine-yard touchdown run early in the second half, spark-ing a comeback after JMU trailed 21-10 at the break.

• His 36-yard run on JMU’s final drive was key in setting up the Dukes’ eventual game-winning score.

Rushing Team Cl G Att Yds Avg TD Long Yds/G1. Omar Osbourne ALBANY JR 2 55 195 3.5 0 15 97.52. Mikal Abdul-Saboor WM JR 2 28 192 6.9 3 40 96.03. John Robertson VU JR 2 48 176 3.7 1 24 88.04. B.J. Bennett ELON SO 1 13 87 6.7 1 28 87.05. Stacey Bedell SBU SO 2 42 169 4.0 0 11 84.56. Jalen Randolph DELAWARE SO 2 23 138 6.0 2 46 69.07. John Miller JMU FR 2 22 135 6.1 2 36 67.58. Nigel Jones MAINE JR 1 25 67 2.7 0 10 67.09. Darius Victor TOWSON SO 2 27 132 4.9 1 23 66.010. Tracey Coppedge ELON JR 1 15 65 4.3 0 14 65.0

Passing Average/Game Team Cl G Att Cmp Int Pct. Yds TD Avg/G1. Sean Goldrich UNH JR 1 39 27 0 69.2 291 2 291.02. Michael Strauss RICHMOND SR 2 59 41 2 69.5 525 3 262.53. Vad Lee JMU JR 2 74 36 2 48.6 425 2 212.54. John Robertson VU JR 2 51 33 0 64.7 415 4 207.55. Mike Quinn ELON SR 1 38 19 0 50.0 190 0 190.06. Will Fiacchi ALBANY SR 2 59 32 1 54.2 345 3 172.57. Steve Cluley WM SO 2 37 17 0 45.9 243 0 121.58. Mack Lowrie URI FR 1 28 17 1 60.7 111 1 111.09. Michael Rocco RICHMOND SR 2 24 14 2 58.3 214 1 107.010. Trent Hurley DELAWARE SR 2 34 23 3 67.6 191 0 95.5

Receive Yards/Game Team Cl G Rec Yds TD Long Avg/C Yds/G1. R.J. Harris UNH SR 1 9 149 1 35 16.6 149.02. Stephen Barnette RICHMOND SR 2 16 200 1 39 12.5 100.03. Poppy Livers VU SR 2 13 168 2 31 12.9 84.04. Kierre Brown ELON SR 1 5 70 0 34 14.0 70.05. Rashad Ponder RICHMOND SR 2 12 133 0 29 11.1 66.56. Adrian Coxson SBU SR 2 4 127 1 61 31.8 63.57. Reggie Diggs RICHMOND JR 2 6 126 0 36 21.0 63.08. Rashard Davis JMU SO 2 5 123 2 76 24.6 61.59. Brian Parker ALBANY SR 2 8 118 1 32 14.8 59.010. Sean Tapley JMU SR 2 10 111 0 33 11.1 55.5

Kick Return Average Team Cl G Ret Yds TD Long Avg1. Derrick Joseph TOWSON SR 2 7 178 0 37 25.42. Kierre Brown ELON SR 1 7 174 0 47 24.93. Donnell Lewis TOWSON JR 2 4 89 0 38 22.24. Lyle McCombs URI SR 1 3 57 0 20 19.0 Stacey Bedell SBU SO 2 5 95 0 23 19.06. Josh Gontarek ALBANY FR 2 4 62 0 34 15.5

Tackles (All positions) Team Cl G Pos Solo Ast Total Avg/G Sack1. Christophe Mulumba T MAINE SO 1 LB 3 11 14 14.0 0.0 Andrew Bose URI SR 1 LB 3 11 14 14.0 0.03. James Simms TOWSON FR 2 LB 5 17 22 11.0 0.0 Donnell Lewis TOWSON JR 2 DB 18 4 22 11.0 0.0 Tim Wienclaw URI JR 1 DB 6 5 11 11.0 0.06. Jonathan Spain ELON SR 1 LB 3 7 10 10.0 0.0 Julius Moore ELON JR 1 DB 2 8 10 10.0 0.0 Daniel Rowe UNH JR 1 DB 8 2 10 10.0 0.0 Donovan Walker URI SR 1 DB 5 5 10 10.0 0.010. Michael Nicastro ALBANY SO 2 LB 10 9 19 9.5 0.011. Kyre Hawkins JMU FR 2 LB 16 2 18 9.0 0.0 Christian Ricard SBU SR 2 DB 11 7 18 9.0 3.0 Nick Cefalo UNH SR 1 DB 8 1 9 9.0 0.0

2014 CAAStandings Conference Overall W-L W-LAlbany 0-0 2-0Maine 0-0 1-0James Madison 0-0 1-1Richmond 0-0 1-1Villanova 0-0 1-1William & Mary 0-0 1-1Delaware 0-0 0-1Elon 0-0 0-1New Hampshire 0-0 0-1Rhode Island 0-0 0-1Stony Brook 0-0 0-2Towson 0-0 0-2

CAA In ActionLast Weekat Connecticut 19, Stony Brook 16James Madison 31, at Lehigh 28at Virginia 45, Richmond 13at Villanova 50, Fordham 6at Delaware 27, Delaware State 9William & Mary 42, at Hampton 14Albany 19, at Central Conn. St. 0at Marshall 48, Rhode Island 7at West Virginia 54, Towson 0

This WeekRhode Island at Fordham ........ 1:00 p.m.Maine at Bryant.................. 1:00 p.m.Towson at Delaware State ....... 2:00 p.m.Lehigh at New Hampshire ....... 3:30 p.m.Saint Francis at James Madison .. 4:00 p.m. North Carolina A&T at Elon...... 6:00 p.m. American Int’l at Stony Brook .... 6:00 p.m. Colgate at Delaware ............. 6:00 p.m. Hampton at Richmond ........... 6:00 p.m. Norfolk State at William & Mary . 7:00 p.m.

Next WeekJames Madison at Villanova* ....12:30 p.m.Albany at Rhode Island* ......... 1:00 p.m.New Hampshire at Richmond* .. 4:00 p.m.North Carolina Central at Towson 6:00 p.m.Stony Brook at North Dakota .... 7:00 p.m.Lafayette at William & Mary ..... 7:00 p.m.Charlotte at Elon ................. 7:00 p.m.Maine at Boston College ................ TBA


JMU ROSTER No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School (Previous) 1 Titus Till** R-Sr . LB 6-2 225 Upper Marlboro, Md ./Wise (Maryland) 2 Vad Lee R-Jr . QB 6-1 225 Durham, N .C ./Hillside (Georgia Tech) 3 Sage Harold*** Sr . DL 6-4 245 Virginia Beach, Va ./Ocean Lakes (Fork Union Military) 5 Dejor Simmons*** R-Sr . WR 5-8 195 Virginia Beach, Va ./Green Run 6 Sean Tapley R-Sr . WR 6-0 195 Jacksonville, Fla ./Raines (N . Carolina) 7 Rhakeem Stallings* R-So . LB 6-1 223 Chesapeake, Va ./Oscar Smith 8 Andre Coble** R-Jr . WR 5-10 187 Richmond, Va ./Meadowbrook (Fork Union) 9 DeAndre’ Smith*** Sr . WR 5-10 190 District Heights, Md ./Wise 10 Daniel Brown** R-Sr . WR 6-5 225 Windsor, Va ./Isle of Wight 11 Brandon Ravenel So . WR 6-0 190 Stafford, Va ./North Stafford 12 Blaine Stewart R-Fr . WR 6-1 205 Morgantown, W .Va ./ Morgantown 13 Ishmael Hyman R-Fr . WR 6-0 185 Manalapan, N .J ./St . John Vianney (Kansas) ̂ 13 Tre’ Hamer Fr . S 6-0 189 Brooklandville, Md ./St . Paul’s 14 Taylor Reynolds* R-So . CB 6-0 195 Newark, De ./Newark 15 Daniel Schiele* So . QB 6-5 230 Yorktown, Va ./Tabb 16 Dean Marlowe*** Sr . S 6-2 205 Queens, N .Y ./Holy Cross 17 Bryan Schor Fr . QB 6-2 213 Milford, Pa ./Delaware Valley (Lackawanna CC)^ ̂17 Jimmy Moreland Fr . CB 5-10 175 Royal Palm Beach, Fla ./Royal Palm Beach 18 Rob Nittolo Fr . QB 6-1 210 Hillsborough, N .J ./Hillsborough 19 Rhasheed Jiles Fr . CB 5-11 170 Cape Coral, Fla ./Cape Coral ̂ 19 Chris Simpson R-Fr . TB 6-1 198 Mechanicsville, Va ./Lee-Davis (Appalachian State) 20 Taylor Woods Fr . TB 5-9 190 Havelock, N .C ./Havelock 21 Jeremiah Wilson** R-Sr . CB 5-10 200 Winchester, Va ./Handley (Maryland) 22 Marquis Woodyard*** R-Sr . WR 5-10 190 Frederick, Md ./Johnson 23 Jauan Latney*** R-Sr . TB 5-11 222 Fredericksburg, Va ./Massaponax 24 Justin Wellons* R-So . S 6-1 205 Chesapeake, Va ./Western Branch 25 Cardon Johnson R-Fr . TB 5-9 195 Newport News, Va ./Warwick 26 Abdul Bangura* R-Jr . CB 5-9 189 Riverdale, Md ./Eleanor Roosevelt (Ole Miss) 27 Pat Kagel Fr . S 6-2 220 Virginia Beach, Va ./Kellam 28 John Miller Fr . TB 5-10 180 Columbia, S .C ./Spring Valley 29 Kyre Hawkins R-Fr . LB 6-0 220 Baltimore, Md ./Dunbar 30 Alden Hill R-So . RB 6-0 225 Alliance, Ohio/Marlington (Tennessee) 31 Rashard Davis* So . WR 5-9 180 Charlottesville, Va ./Charlottesville 32 Khalid Abdullah* So . TB 5-10 206 Newport News, Va ./Heritage 33 Gage Steele* R-So . LB 6-1 230 Front Royal, Va ./Warren 34 Justin Bethea Fr . CB 5-10 165 Leesburg, Va ./Heritage 35 Marcell Johnson Fr . S 6-2 193 Knightdale, N .C ./Knightdale 36 Logan Boyd R-Fr . WR 6-5 200 Virginia Beach, Va ./Bayside 37 Deane Cheatham* R-Jr . TE 6-1 235 Mechanicsville, Va ./Hanover 38 Kwe’shon Williams* R-So . CB 5-9 176 Norfolk, Va ./Norview 39 Ryan Maglio R-Jr . P/K 5-10 179 Midlothian, Va ./Cosby 40 Raven Greene* So . S 5-11 205 Virginia Beach, Va ./First Colonial 41 Aaron Peak Fr . CB 5-9 198 Blythewood, S .C ./Blythewood ̂ 41 Brett Siegel R-So . LB 6-2 225 Leesburg, Va ./Fork Union 42 Connor Arnone** R-Jr . P/K 6-0 210 Williamsport, Md ./Williamsport 43 Eric Magruder*** R-Sr . S 5-11 200 Petersburg, Va ./Petersburg 44 Jordan Brown R-Fr . S 6-2 190 Pittsburgh, Pa ./Seneca Valley 45 Zoauntarrious Brunt Fr . S 6-4 185 Lincolnton, N .C ./Lincolnton 46 David Ezeagwu Fr . LB 6-3 225 Stafford, Va ./Colonial Forge 47 Marzae Brooks** R-Jr . LB 5-11 225 Mechanicsville, Va ./Hanover 48 Ascene Jacques** R-Jr . LB 6-1 245 Springdale, Md ./C .H . Flowers 49 Brandon Hereford Fr . LB 6-0 226 Glen Allen, Va ./Glen Allen 50 Brandon Lee*** R-Sr . DL 6-2 268 Sterling, Va ./Park View 51 AB Rhodes Fr . LB 6-3 230 Richmond, Va ./Mills E . Godwin 52 Tye Burris Fr . LB 6-0 214 Mechanicsville, Va ./Atlee 53 Matt Williams*** R-Sr . OL 6-3 290 Glen Mills, Pa ./Cardinal O’Hara 54 Jake Marten R-So . DE 6-1 241 Chesterfield, Va ./Manchester 55 Josh Hogan** R-Sr . OL 6-1 283 Fairfax, Va ./Woodson 57 Ian Fisher R-So . OL 6-6 260 Brunswick, Md ./Brunswick 58 Tom Joyce R-Jr . LB 5-10 222 E .Wantagh, N .Y ./Douglas MacArthur 59 Casey Kroll* R-Jr . OL 6-5 293 Warrenton, Va ./Kettle Run (Fork Union) 60 Matt Cunningham*** R-Sr . OL 6-4 295 Alexandria, Va ./West Potomac 61 A .J . Bolden R-Fr . OL 6-3 305 Winchester, Va ./Millbrook (Toledo) 62 Kyle Rigney* R-So . OL 6-3 273 Wirtz, Va ./Franklin County 63 Nick Michalski R-Fr . LB 6-1 213 Chesapeake, Va ./Great Bridge 64 Matt Frank* R-So . NG 6-3 285 Fairfax, Va ./Fairfax

No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School (Previous) ^64 Hunter Etheridge Fr . QB 6-3 214 Clayton, N .C ./Woodberry Forest (Va .) 65 Evans Osuji R-Fr . DL 6-3 270 Maplewood, N .J ./West Orange 67 Tay Crutchfield Fr . DL 6-0 245 Broadnax, Va ./Brunswick 69 Nick Appel R-Sr . OL 6-6 316 Vienna, Va ./Bishop O’Connell (North Carolina) 70 Aaron Stinnie R-Fr . DL 6-3 273 Charlottesville, Va ./St . Anne’s-Belfield 71 Richard Xu Fr . OL 6-5 275 Ashburn, Va ./Stone Bridge 72 Erik Buchholz** R-Sr . OG 6-6 300 Malvern, Pa ./Great Valley 73 Stephen Root Fr . OT 6-5 265 Purcellville, Va ./Woodgrove 74 Simeyon Robinson R-Fr . DL 6-1 275 Virginia Beach, Va ./First Colonial 75 Dominick Richards** R-Jr . OL 6-5 280 Jim Thorpe, Pa ./Marian Catholic 76 Mitchell Kirsch R-So . OL 6-6 300 Kensington, Md ./St . John’s Coll . HS 77 Austin Lane* R-Sr . OL 6-6 305 Clifton Park, N .Y ./Shenendehowa (Syracuse) 78 Wray Fucci** R-Jr . OL 6-7 305 Oyster Bay, N .Y ./Holy Trinity 79 Taylor Dean Fr . OL 6-6 270 Alexandria, Va ./Bishop Ireton 82 Ryan Dixon*** R-Sr . WR 6-0 195 Union Bridge, Md ./Linganore 83 Derek Hart** R-Jr . TE 6-4 237 Manheim, Pa ./Manheim Central 84 Brandon Brown R-Fr . TE 6-3 260 Chester, Va ./Matoaca 85 Daniel Glymph Fr . WR 6-0 188 Richmond, Va ./Atlee 86 Nick Edwards R-Fr . TE 6-4 255 Virginia Beach, Va ./Kellam 88 Javonn Curry Fr . WR 6-3 184 Burtonsville, Md ./Paint Branch 89 Taylor McNelis R-Jr . WR 5-9 195 Colorado Springs, Colo ./St . Mary’s (Troy) 90 Alex Mosley** R-Jr . NG 6-1 290 Highland Springs, Va ./Highland Springs 91 Jonathan Kloosterman Fr . TE 6-3 241 Strasburg, Va ./Strasburg 92 Jonathan Jerez Fr . K/P 6-2 181 Jupiter, Fla/Jupiter 93 Andrew Ankrah R-Fr . LB 6-4 234 Gaithersburg, Md ./Quince Orchard 94 Cornell Urquhart Fr . DL 6-4 255 Richmond, Va ./Benedictine Prep 95 Xavier Gates R-Jr . NG 6-3 311 Harrisburg, Pa ./John Harris (Kansas State) 96 Ryan Etheridge Fr . LB 6-2 231 Clayton, N .C ./Blue Ridge (Va .) 97 Kevin Weiman Fr . K/P 6-3 192 Severn, Md ./Archbishop Spalding 98 K .J . Ford Fr . NG 6-1 284 Bluffton, S .C ./Bluffton 99 Gunnar Kane R-Fr . K/P 6-1 215 Virginia Beach, Va ./Kellam

2014 James Madison Coaching StaffHead Coach

Everett Withers (First Year)

Assistant CoachesJohn Bowers (Asst . Head Coach/Tight Ends/Fullbacks/Recruiting Coord .)

Brad Davis (Co-Off . Coord ./Offensive Line)Drew Mehringer (Co-Off . Coordinator/Quarterbacks)

Brandon Staley (Defensive Coord ./Linebackers)Parker Fleming (Wide Receivers/Special Teams)

Zak Kuhr (Running Backs)Jules Montinar (Secondary)

Steve Sisa (Safeties)Antoine Smith (Defensive Line)


COACHING STAFF


WHEN JMU HAS THE BALL

WR10 Daniel BrownR-Sr. • 6-5 • 22531 Rashard DavisSo . • 5-9 • 180

TE37 Deane CheathamR-Jr. • 6-1 • 235

91 Jonathan KloostermanFr . • 6-3 • 241

RT76 Mitchell KirschR-So. • 6-6 • 300

78 Wray FucciR-Jr . • 6-7 • 305

RG55 Josh Hogan

R-Sr. • 6-1 • 28361 A .J . Bolden

R-Fr . • 6-3 • 305

C53 Matt WilliamsR-Sr. • 6-3 • 290

62 Kyle RigneyR-So . • 6-3 • 273

LG77 Austin Lane

R-Sr. • 6-6 • 30572 Erik BuchholzR-Sr . • 6-6 • 300

LT69 Nick Appel

R-Sr. • 6-6 • 316 60 Matt CunninghamR-Sr . • 6-4 • 295

6 Sean TapleyR-Sr. • 6-0 • 19513 Ishmael HymanR-Fr . • 6-0 • 185

QB2 Vad Lee

R-Jr. • 6-1 • 22517 Bryan SchorFr . • 6-2 • 213

TB

32 Khalid AbdullahSo. • 5-10 • 206

28 John MillerFr . • 5-10 • 180

30 Alden HillR-So . • 6-0 • 225

WR

James Madison’s Specialists42 Connor ArnoneR-Jr. • 6-0 • 21097 Kevin WeimanFr . • 6-3 • 192

K/KO17 Bryan SchorFr. • 6-2 • 21315 Daniel SchieleSo . • 6-5 • 230

HLD83 Derek Hart

R-Jr. • 6-4 • 237^41 Brett Siegel

R-So . • 6-2 • 225

SS

99 Gunnar KaneR-Fr. • 6-1 • 21542 Connor ArnoneR-Jr . • 6-0 • 210

83 Derek HartR-Jr. • 6-4 • 237^41 Brett Siegel

R-So . • 6-2 • 225

6 Sean TapleyR-Sr. • 6-0 • 19511 Brandon Ravenel So . • 6-0 • 190

6 Sean TapleyR-Sr. • 6-0 • 19531 Rashard DavisSo. • 5-9 • 180

11 Brandon Ravenel So . • 6-0 • 1905 Dejor SimmonsR-Sr . • 5-8 • 195

KOR

P PRLS

WR8 Andre Coble

R-Jr. • 5-10 • 18711 Brandon Ravenel So . • 6-0 • 190

LCB14 DaQuan MinterJr. • 5-11 • 1704 Corey Leonard

R-Sr . • 6-0 • 185

DE94 Shane MorrisSr. • 6-3 • 270

99 Brody Maughan-EvansonR-Sr . • 6-0 • 287

NT56 Lorenzo Coscarelli

Sr. • 6-1 • 28672 Terrace BourneSr . • 6-0 • 319

LOLB7 Dave Coleman

R-Jr. • 5-11 • 21044 Dylan Bear

Sr . • 6-2 • 217

DE75 Kaena Moose

R-Sr. • 6-1 • 27592 T .J . DoughertyJr . • 6-2 • 260

17 Mike DennisSr. • 5-9 • 17023 Malik DuncanFr . • 5-10 • 180

FS1 Lorenzo JeromeSo. • 5-11 • 18528 Khalid JonesSr . • 5-9 • 189

BUCK9 Wesley NagaseuSo . • 6-0 • 2408 Brandon Small

R-Jr . • 5-10 • 220

ROLB10 Semo Sila

Jr. • 6-1 • 1966 Max Ma’afala-Maiava

Jr . • 6-0 • 230

MIKE5 Solomon LeaenoSo. • 5-11 • 22020 Marcus PickensSo . • 5-11 • 220

SS11 Bishop Neal

Sr. • 5-11 • 19137 Cody ReimersSr . • 5-11 • 191

CB


WHEN SFU HAS THE BALL

WR

Saint Francis' Specialists

3 Anthony AbeidJr. • 5-8 • 17516 William MartinR-Jr . • 5-8 • 167

TE

40 Cole BushSo. • 6-2 • 23041 Matt CamillettiJr . • 6-2 • 205

or 84 John WatsonR-So . • 6-3 • 283

RT52 Colin Gdula

R-Sr. • 6-4 • 28463 Evan Ferguson Fr . • 6-6 • 302

RG76 Bryn KaufmanR-Fr. • 6-4 • 26055 Mederick Flavius

Fr . • 6-3 • 275

C66 Brandon BuntingR-Sr. • 6-2 • 27877 Michael BoydSo . • 6-1 • 291

LG68 Jimmy MarksSo. • 6-2 • 27574 Garrett LucasR-Jr . • 6-4 • 285

LT67 Thurston KinoR-Sr. • 6-3 • 29070 John Watson

R-So . • 6-3 • 283

6 Terell SmithR-Jr. • 6-0 • 194

9 Franklyn WilliamsonSr . • 6-2 • 205

QB8 Max Ward

R-So. • 6-1 • 2067 Zack Drayer

So . • 6-3 • 215

RB

1 Khairi Dickson Jr. • 6-0 • 1822 Marcus Bagley

Fr . • 5-10 • 203

WR

LCB14 Taylor ReynoldsR-So. • 6-0 • 195

38 Kwe’shon WilliamsR-So . • 5-9 • 176

DE65 Evans Osuji

R-Fr. • 6-3 • 27050 Brandon Lee

R-Sr . • 6-2 • 268

NG95 Xavier Gates

R-Jr. • 6-3 • 31174 Simeyon RobinsonR-Fr . • 6-1 • 275

OLB48 Ascene JacquesR-Jr. • 6-1 • 245

1 Titus TillR-Sr . • 6-2 • 225

DE90 Alex Mosley

R-Jr. • 6-1 • 29094 Cornell Urquhart

Fr . • 6-4 • 255

17^ Jimmy MorelandFr. • 5-10 • 17521 Jeremiah WilsonR-Sr . • 5-10 • 200

S40 Raven GreeneSo. • 5-11 • 205

41 Aaron PeakFr . • 5-9 • 198

WLB7 Rhakeem StallingsR-So. • 6-1 • 223

1 Titus TillR-Sr . • 6-2 • 225

OLB 3 Sage HaroldSr. • 6-4 • 24546 David EzeagwuFr . • 6-3 • 225

MLB29 Kyre HawkinsR-Fr. • 6-0 • 22047 Marzae BrooksR-Jr . • 5-11 • 225

FS16 Dean MarloweSr. • 6-2 • 20543 Eric Magruder

R-Sr . • 5-11 • 200

RCB

12 Lance GeeseyR-So. • 5-10 • 18018 Eric BofenkampFr . • 6-0 • 175

K41 Matt CamillettiJr. • 6-2 • 205

15 Capri ThompsonR-So . • 6-2 • 190

HLD44 Dylan BearSr.• 6-2 • 21733 Tyler HeiseyFr . • 6-0 • 180

SS

7 Zack DrayerSo. • 6-3 • 21512 Lance Geesey

R-So . • 5-10 • 180

44 Dylan BearSr.• 6-2 • 21733 Tyler HeiseyFr . • 6-0 • 180

3 Anthony AbeidJr. • 5-8 • 175

or 1 Lorenzo JeromeSo. • 5-11 • 185

3 Anthony AbeidJr. • 5-8 • 1751 Lorenzo JeromeSo. • 5-11 • 185

KOR

P PRLS

FB25 Anthony BowmanR-Sr. • 5-10 • 23334 Anthony Damiano

Jr . • 6-1 • 237


COACHING STAFF


SAINT FRANCIS ROSTER No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School (Previous) 1 Khairi Dickson Jr . RB 6-0 182 Cleveland, Ohio/Central Catholic 1 Lorenzo Jerome So . DB 5-11 185 Sunrise, Fla ./J .P . Taravella 2 Marcus Bagley Fr . RB 5-10 203 Cleveland Heights, Ohio/ Cleveland Heights 2 Erik Walker R-So . LB 6-3 245 Clairton, Pa ./Clairton 3 Anthony Abeid Jr . RB 5-8 175 Youngstown, Ohio/Youngstown Christian 4 Corey Leonard R-Sr . WR 6-0 185 Sewickley, Pa ./Quaker Valley 5 Myles Brooker R-So . WR 6-0 180 Philadelphia, Pa ./Germantown 5 Solomon Leaeno So . LB 5-11 220 Kapolei, Hawaii/James Campbell 6 Max Ma’afala-Maiava Jr . LB 6-0 230 Pearl City, Hawaii/Aiea 6 Terell Smith R-Jr . WR 6-0 194 West Haverstraw, N .Y ./North Rockland 7 Dave Coleman R-Jr . DB 5-11 210 Montclair, N .J ./Montclair 7 Zack Drayer So . QB 6-3 215 Hershey, Pa ./Hershey 8 Brandon Small R-Jr . LB 5-10 220 Clairton, Pa ./Clairton 8 Max Ward R-So . QB 6-1 206 Steelton, Pa ./Middletown 9 Wesley Nagaseu So . LB 6-0 240 Waipahu, Hawaii/Waipahu 9 Franklyn Williamson Sr . WR 6-2 205 Bowie, Md ./Bishop McNamara 10 Freddy Bopst Fr . QB 6-3 205 Jarrettsville, Md ./Boys Latin 10 Semo Sila Jr . LB 6-1 196 Honolulu, Hawaii/Farrington 11 Bishop Neal Sr . LB 5-11 191 Clairton, Pa ./Clairton 11 Josiah Williams So . WR 6-2 183 Dewitt, N .Y ./Jamesville Dewitt 12 Lance Geesey R-So . K 5-10 180 Harrisburg, Pa ./Cumberland Valley 12 Rashawn Pascal So . WR 6-0 170 Fort Lauderdale, Fla ./Fort Lauderdale 13 Kordel McInnis R-Jr . WR 6-1 200 Sewell, N .J ./Washington Twp . 13 Kory Pearson Fr . DB 6-3 210 Cleveland Heights, Ohio/Cleveland Heights 14 Chase Keller Fr . QB 6-3 194 Connellsville, Pa ./ Greensburg Central Catholic 14 DaQuan Minter Jr . DB 5-11 170 Johnstown, Pa ./Greater Johnstown 15 DaVon McGant R-Sr . DB 6-0 192 Brandywine, Md ./Gwynn Park 15 Capri Thompson R-So . QB 6-2 190 Clairton, Pa ./Clairton 16 William Martin R-Jr . WR 5-8 167 Burlington, N .J ./Burlington Twp . 17 Rodriquez Alexander So . WR 6-0 170 Miramar, Fla ./Everglades 17 Mike Dennis Sr . DB 5-9 170 Teaneck, N .J ./Teaneck 18 Eric Bofenkamp Fr . K/P 6-0 175 Warren, Ohio/John F . Kennedy 18 Jordan Millberry Fr . ATH 5-6 155 Harrisburg, Pa ./Susquehanna Township 20 Marcus Pickens So . LB 5-11 220 Oxon Hill, Md ./Potomac 21 Delondo Boyd Fr . ATH 6-0 185 Indian Head, Md ./Henry E . Lackey 22 Ricky Jordan Jr . DB 5-11 170 Wheeling, W .Va ./Linsly 23 Malik Duncan Fr . DB 5-10 180 Cleveland, Ohio/Central Catholic 24 James Oliver Fr . RB 5-11 190 Tyrone, Pa ./Tyrone 24 Ter’Shaudney Phillips R-So . DB 5-11 170 Deland, Fla ./Deland 25 Anthony Bowman R-Sr . FB 5-10 233 Damascus, Md ./Our Lady of Good Counsel 25 Glenn Cross So . DB 5-11 185 Matawan, N .J ./Matawan Regional 26 Kadarrius Campbell So . RB 5-11 210 Leonardtown, Md ./St . Mary’s Ryken 27 Alek Schultz Fr . RB 5-8 180 Herndon, Va ./Oak Crest 27 Jalen Wells Fr . DB 6-1 175 Westerville, Ohio/Thomas Worthington 28 Khalid Jones Sr . DB 5-9 189 Philadelphia, Pa ./Episcopal Academy 28 Jermaine Ponder Fr . WR 6-2 160 Rochester, N .Y ./Bishop Kearney 29 Jarrod Smith Fr . RB 6-0 185 Canton, Ohio/Canton McKinley 30 Jarrod Thompson Fr . DB 5-8 178 Clarksburg, Md ./Clarksburg 31 Alex Woicehovich Fr . LB 6-2 220 Macedonia, Ohio/Nordonia 32 Maurice Hubbard Fr . DB 5-9 175 Galloway, N .J ./Absegami 33 Tyler Heisey Fr . FB/LB 6-0 180 Mechanicsburg, Pa ./Cumberland Valley 34 Anthony Damiano /Jr . FB 6-1 237 Tamaqua, Pa ./Marian Catholic 34 Tymiere Griffin Fr . DB 5-8 170 Middletown, Del ./St . Georges Tech 35 Brian McNally Fr . TE 6-1 205 Girard, Pa ./Girard 36 Cody Sampson Fr . RB 5-10 187 Hammonton, N .J ./St . Joseph 36 Andre Wilson Fr . LB 5-11 205 Rochester, N .Y ./Bishop Kearney 37 Cody Reimers Sr . DB 5-11 191 Wilson, N .Y ./Wilson Central 38 Zane Stewart Fr . LB 6-1 215 Chambersburg, Pa ./Chambersburg 39 Nickolas Rounceville Sr . FB 6-1 221 Fayetteville, Pa ./Waynesboro Area 40 Cole Bush So . RB 6-2 230 Apollo, Pa ./Burrell 41 Matt Camilletti Jr . TE 6-2 205 Bangor, Pa ./Pius X 41 Angelo Perrucci Jr . DB 6-0 185 Easton, Pa ./Wilson Area 42 James Cleveland Fr . DL 6-2 220 Toms River, N .J ./Monsignor Donovan 43 Ryan Siwy Fr . LB 6-1 190 Johnstown, Pa ./Bishop McCourt 44 Dylan Bear Sr . LB 6-2 217 Mars, Pa ./Mars Area 45 Frank Failace R-So . TE 6-2 225 Wayne, N .J ./Don Bosco Prep 46 Zachary Rohland Fr . TE 6-3 238 Carlisle, Pa ./Cumberland Valley 47 Luke Weiss Fr . LB 6-3 230 Verona, N .J ./Verona 49 Kyle Solecky Fr . LB 5-11 205 Wilmington, Del ./Delaware Military Acad . 51 Abu Fofanah Jr . DL 6-3 260 Westminster, Md ./Westminster

No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School (Previous) 52 Colin Gdula R-Sr . OL 6-4 284 Dunlo, Pa ./Forest Hills 53 Austin Gray Fr . DL 6-2 285 Egg Harbor Township, N .J ./ Egg Harbor Township 54 Roger Cooley Fr . OL 5-11 235 Germantown, Md ./Northwest 55 Mederick Flavius Fr . OL 6-3 275 Oakland Park, Fla ./Northeast 56 Lorenzo Coscarelli Sr . DT 6-1 286 Millstone Township, N .J ./ Red Bank Catholic 59 John Honeycutt Fr . LB 6-1 210 Baltimore, Md ./Perry Hall 62 Tim Hornick Jr . DL 5-11 250 Johnstown, Pa ./Bishop McCort 63 Evan Ferguson Fr . OL 6-6 302 Sterling, Va ./Dominion 66 Brandon Bunting R-Sr . OL 6-2 278 Champion, Pa ./Mount Pleasant Area 67 Thurston Kino R-Sr . OL 6-3 290 Honolulu, Hawaii/Punahou 68 Jimmy Marks So . OL 6-2 275 Middletown, Pa ./Lower Dauphin 69 Brandon Taylor So . DT 6-1 270 Montclair, N .J ./Montclair 70 John Watson R-So . OL 6-3 283 New Washington, Pa ./ Calvary Christian Academy 71 Damian Smith So . OL 6-0 300 Altoona, Pa ./Altoona 72 Terrace Bourne Sr . DT 6-0 319 Wilmington, Del ./Alexis I . Dupont 73 Mitchell Boyd So . OL 6-1 303 Honolulu, Hawaii/Farrington 74 Garrett Lucas R-Jr . OL 6-4 285 Johnstown, Pa ./Westmont Hilltop 75 Kaena Moose R-Sr . DL 6-1 275 Honolulu, Hawaii/Iolani School 76 Bryn Kaufman R-Fr . OL 6-4 260 New Wilmington, Pa ./Wilimington 77 Michael Boyd So . OL 6-1 291 Honolulu, Hawaii/Farrington 79 Ryan Cox Fr . OL 6-2 255 Tyrone, Pa ./Tyrone 80 Sam Bohnert So . WR 6-4 205 Morris, N .J ./North Penn 81 Taylor White So . WR 5-9 175 Baltimore, Md ./Mount Saint Joseph’s 82 Steve Schmitt Sr . WR 6-0 193 Greensburg, Pa ./Hempfield 83 Chris Prowell-White Fr . ATH 6-0 170 Canton, Ohio/Canton McKinley 85 Junior Ajayi Fr . WR 5-10 165 Delran, N .J ./Holy Cross 86 Shawn McCord Fr . DL 6-2 230 Aberdeen, N .J ./Red Bank Catholic 87 Sean Allen Fr . TE 6-2 210 88 Byron Johnson Fr . ATH 5-9 185 Germantown, Md ./Northwest 89 Sebastian Hofmann So . WR 5-11 170 Warren, N .J ./Immaculata 90 Ricardo Johnson Fr . DL 6-1 297 Baltimore, Md ./Archbishop Curley 91 Michael Brucker So . DE 6-2 230 Bethel Park, Pa ./Bethel Park 92 T .J . Dougherty Jr . DL 6-2 260 West Chester, Pa ./West Chester Rustin 93 Roberto Harris-Barron Jr . DL 5-10 244 Philadelphia, Pa ./Roman Catholic 94 Shane Morris Sr . DL 6-3 270 Revloc, Pa ./Central Cambria 96 Brandon Robinson So . DT 6-2 255 Cleveland, Ohio/Glenville 97 Andrew Julius So . DL 6-1 315 Kapolei, Hawaii/Kapolei 99 Brody Maughan-Evanson R-Sr . DL 6-0 287 Mars, Pa ./Mars Area

2014 Saint Francis Coaching StaffHead Coach

Chris Villarrial (Fifth Year)

Assistant CoachesEric Long (Offensive Coordinator)

Michael Craig (Defensive Coordinator)Kevin Parker (Running Backs)Brian Wright (Wide Receivers)

Brian White (Offensive Line/Run Game Coordinator)Josh Hutchison (Tight Ends)

Matt Gueguen (Defensive Line)Scott Lewis (Linebackers/Special Teams Coordinator)

Dick Mock (Outside Linebackers)Marco Pecora (Defensive Backs)

by Andrew Wilson JMU Athletics Communications

Twenty-nine years have passed since Tom Martin, af-fectionately known around much of JMU athletics as “Doc”,

was named the head coach of the men’s soccer program here at James Madison . In that span, 29 team pictures have been taken . Not one of them features the team’s head coach .

That’s just a small part of his philosophy .

“You won’t find me in one team picture . It’s not go-ing to happen,” Martin said .

“This is a plural program . It always has been . It’s about ‘we’ and the players . I’ve made a lot of people unhappy from time to time because of it but I always put the players first .”

Martin has been around Harrisonburg and the JMU men’s soccer program for nearly three decades now . In that period, he’s seen the University grow exponentially . For example, the Convocation Center was the only JMU build-ing that side of I-81 when he got here with nothing but trees between it and Valley Mall .

Through his career, Martin has amassed 469 career wins, 350 of them at James Madison, which makes him the winningest active coach in NCAA Division I men’s soccer . It also makes him far and away the winningest coach in JMU men’s soccer history .

While Harrisonburg, James Madison and the surround-ing area has changed drastically, the values and foundation his program was built on have not waivered .

“It’s not about wins a losses . It’s about the players,” he said . “ Soccer is the vehicle to get them here but it’s what you can do to help these young adults find their niche and get to a really good place in life . It’s nice to produce kids that go on to be professional players but that’s not the mission here . We want to make them professional pro-fessionals . It may take them a little while after they leave here but as long as they get the message somewhere along the way, that’s the most important thing and we’ve accomplished what we set out to do .”

Martin’s run at JMU all started in 1986 . Through nine seasons at Tri-State University (now Trine State) and West Virginia Wesleyan, Martin compiled a 119-35-10 record . Generally, marks like that earns a coach a promotion to another stop on the way to soccer’s highest levels . Instead, Martin was after consistency and a place to settle down even in his mid-30s .

“The administration here at the time took a chance on me,” Martin said . “They didn’t have to take a chance on the guy from the small school, and I’m sure they had some conversations that didn’t go, ‘He’s the one .’ But I told them I was looking for a permanent move and not somewhere to be a stepping stone . I told them I wanted to watch some-thing grow and you could tell even then, this place was going to grow .”

The stem of finding a place to grow came from his wife, Cherylen, and his son, Sean, who is an assis-tant coach under Tom here at JMU . The move to James Madison wasn’t a power move, but a comfort move .

“This was a family move 100 percent,” he said . “I loved West Virginia and I loved where I was, but Sean was born and we both made a conscious decision that we wanted to be in the same area as long as we could . As good as West Virginia was, that wasn’t where we wanted to be .”

Twenty-nine years later, Martin may have grown up a little more and a few hairs may have turned gray, but his philosophy and tenacity for the program is still as great as it was three decades ago .

“When I’m done coaching, I’ll be their biggest fan,” he said . “If they ever need any advice to bounce off me, it’s a small enough community that they know where I live and my number is in the book, but it’ll be somebody else’s deal . If I can help, great . If I can be confident, and I am, that I’m

leaving the program in a better place than I found it, and it’s not all because of me, but because of the sup-port people, the facilities, all that stuff, that makes me feel really good and I’ll know I did my job .”


MEN’S SOCCER’S “DOC”


COACHING STAFF


SOFTBALL EXCELLENCE The James Madison softball team is coming off a special year, which saw the Dukes produce quite the amount of success, as well as some firsts . Head Coach Mickey Dean, who will enter his third year at the helm this coming season, touched on a few accomplishments that made 2014 as special as it was . “A few things made last year special,” Dean said . “First was winning the reg-ular-season and tournament championships . Secondly, we won the tournament championship as the host institution on our home field in front of a great crowd . Finally, JMU made back-to-back appearances in the NCAA Championship, which will hopefully build a tradition .” The Dukes completed the year with a 45-15 overall record, setting a program record for wins and fewest losses in the same season . After capturing the CAA tournament title and receiving the league’s automatic bid to the NCAA Cham-pionship, JMU defeated DePaul in its opening game at the Lexington Regional, marking the first time it ever advanced to the winner’s bracket at NCAAs . But it wasn’t until its final tournament road trip, which took the team nearly 5,000 miles, that their season changed, and for the better . After opening the year with a 10-8 record through their first four tournaments, the Dukes took a two-week, two-tournament road trip to Hawai’i – a trek which Dean believes was the turning point for the rest of their season . JMU would go 9-1 over the two tournaments, giving up only five runs up-ping its record to 19-9 entering conference play . “The trip to Hawaii was where I felt the direction of our team and our program turned,” Dean said . “We became ef-ficient as a team off the field which carried into our play on the field . The team really came together and we were able to carry that momentum forward .” From there, the Dukes would take 11 of 12 home games the rest of the season and finish 15-3 during conference play to claim the Colonial Athletic Association regular-season title

and the right to host the CAA Champion-ship . “We were reward-ed with home field advantage by winning the regular-season championship and we wanted to reward our family and friends by winning the tourna-ment championship

in front of our home crowd,” Dean noted . Three wins later, the Dukes did just that and were NCAA bound . After going 1-2 dur-ing the Lexington Regional and seeing their special season come to an end, the post-season awards came in bunches . Most notably, Jailyn Ford became the first Duke to garner softball All-America laurels when she was named to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-America Second Team .

Ford finished her sophomore season with a 24-7 record in the circle with a 1 .26 ERA in 41 appearances . She tallied 21 complete games with nine shutouts, two combined shut-outs and four saves . She also struck out 233 batters against 40 walks in 228 2/3 innings . At the plate, Ford hit .268 with a team-high nine home runs with 36 runs scored . She also contributed nine doubles and broke the school record for single-season walks with 34 . Ford also posted a .986 fielding percentage on 144 opportuni-ties . Coach Dean and his staff were also honored by the NFCA as the Region Coaching Staff of the Year for the second consecutive season . They will be honored in December at the NFCA annual conven-tion . At the CAA level, JMU swept the major awards as Caitlyn Sandy was named Player of the Year, Ford won Pitcher of the Year, Erica Field was honored as Co-De-fensive Player of the Year, Niki Prince was named Rookie of the Year and Dean was tabbed Coach of the Year . JMU had 17 total accolades at the CAA level, by far besting any other team in the league . So how does JMU prepare itself for the 2015 season with aspirations to continue the building of tradition, as well as its rise in the national realm of collegiate softball? Dean stated that the Dukes will prepare themselves “with an understand-ing that each year of play is independent of itself .” He continued, “When players graduate and a new freshman class comes in, there is a great deal to work on, especially chemistry . Everything begins with building trusts throughout the program, from each player to the coaching staff, and the support staff . We have a saying . ‘Work done . Work to do .’”

JMU’s First All-American Jailyn Ford

Head Coach Mickey Dean



July 17, 1972Athletic director Dean

Ehlers announced that JMU would start football in 1972 and named Challace McMillin head coach. JMU played five games, including two with junior varsity teams and two with military schools. Most of the 1972 team was recruited from the school’s fall registration lines.

Oct. 7, 1972JMU lost 6-0 to

Shepherd’s junior varsity in its first game, played on what is now a

practice field adjacent to Godwin Hall. The game was to have been played at Harrisonburg High School but wasn’t because of wet conditions. JMU finished 1972 with a 0-4-1 record and without scoring.

Sept. 22, 1973JMU posted its first win, 34-8 over Anne Arundel

(Md.) Community College at Harrisonburg High School. JMU finished the year 4-5, again playing mostly junior varsity and military teams.

Sept. 21, 1974JMU began its first varsity season with a 24-22 win at

Washington and Lee.

Oct. 12, 1974JMU beat Bridgewater 41-13 in the first game at

Bridgeforth Stadium/Zane Showker Field. An astroturf field had been completed during the 1973-74 school year, and temporary seating was used until 1975.

1975JMU was 9-0-1 with a season-

opening scoreless tie at Glenville (W.Va.) its only blemish. JMU won the Virginia College Athletic Association title and won seven straight games by seven or fewer points.

Sept. 18, 1976JMU beat Towson 28-26 at home,

raising its record to 3-0 and its win-ning streak to 12 games and earning a tie for first place (with C.W. Post) in the NCAA Division III poll.

Sept. 25, 1976JMU played in the first Division III regular-season

game televised by a major network (ABC), losing 21-14 at Hampden-Sydney.

Oct. 16, 1976JMU won 17-12 at Davidson, its first win over a

Division I foe.

Oct. 14, 1978JMU’s Board of Visitors unanimously approved

moving football to Division I. The Board met in Williamsburg, where JMU lost 32-7 to William and Mary in its first game with an in-state Division I foe. JMU went to Division II in 1979 and to Division I-AA in 1980.

Nov. 11, 1978JMU won 42-12 at Emory and Henry to finish the

year 8-2 and ranked ninth nationally in Division III.

Dec. 18, 1978JMU announced it would offer 25 scholarships in

1979. Quarterback Frankie Walker and fullback Joe Curro, transfers from Lees-McRae (N.C.) College, were announced as JMU’s first scholarship signees Jan. 17, 1979.

1982JMU was 8-3 and appeared in the Division I-AA top

20 poll for seven straight weeks, reaching ninth mid-way through the season. JMU defeated Virginia 21-17 in Charlottesville (Sept. 18), the Dukes’ first win over a Division I-A opponent.

Jan. 4, 1984Wide receiver Gary Clark became the first JMU

player drafted 0by a professional football team when Jacksonville made him its first choice (sixth pick overall) in the United States Football League draft. Jacksonville was an expansion team, and he was its initial draft choice.

Dec. 20, 1984Joe Purzycki became JMU’s second head

coach, replacing Challace McMillin.

April 29, 1986Linebacker Charles Haley, JMU’s initial

Division I-AA first-team All-America, became the first Duke selected in the National Football League draft (fourth round, San Francisco).

1987JMU enjoyed its most successful scholarship

season to date, going 9-3 and reaching the NCAA Division I-AA playoffs for the first time. JMU was nationally ranked for nine straight weeks and was ranked as high as third.

Dec. 14, 1990Rip Scherer became JMU’s third head coach, replac-

ing Joe Purzycki.

1991The 9-4 Dukes reached the second round of the

NCAA Division I-AA playoffs for the first time. They were nationally ranked for nine straight weeks, and they beat four nationally ranked opponents, three on the road.

1993JMU first played in the Yankee Conference after join-

ing the league in 1991.

1994JMU set a team record for wins (10-3 record) and

reached the second round of the NCAA Division I-AA playoffs for the second time. JMU was nationally ranked for 10 of the regular-season’s last 11 weeks and beat four of five ranked foes it faced.

Jan. 23, 1995Alex Wood became JMU’s fourth head coach, replac-

ing Rip Scherer, who became head coach at Memphis.

1995The 8-4 Dukes returned to the playoffs for the second

straight year and were nationally ranked in every poll during the season by The Sports Network.

1997The Atlantic 10 Football Conference assumed the

Yankee Conference’s operations

March 19, 1999Mickey Matthews

became JMU’s fifth head coach. He was introduced at a March 22 press conference, and he succeeded Alex Wood, who resigned March 15 to accept a coaching assis-tant’s position with the NFL’s Minnesota Vikings.

1999JMU tied for the

Atlantic 10 title, its first Division I crown, and returned to the NCAA playoffs. Mickey Matthews was the Division I-AA coach of the year by The Sports Network; Curtis Keaton was the Atlantic 10 offensive player of the year and a fourth-round draft choice by the

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Challace McMillin, JMU's first head coach, confers with a player during the Dukes' first football game in 1972

John Kent (79) and coaches Brent Good (left) and Challace McMillin celebrate JMU's 1982 win at Virginia

Frankie Walker was among JMU's first group of football scholarship signees in 1979

JMU’s unbeaten team of 1975 (9-0-1)

Mickey Matthews was Division I-AA national coach of the year in 1999, 2004, 2008


Cincinnati Bengals; and Chris Morant was the Atlantic 10 defensive player of the year.

2000JMU’s Delvin Joyce became the first Division I-AA

player to reach the 1,000-yard career mark in each of the statistical categories of rushing (1,260), receiv-ing (1,009), kickoff returns (1,902) and punt returns (1,488).

2001JMU linebacker Derrick Lloyd won the Buck

Buchanan Award, sponsored by The Sports Network, as Division I-AA’s top defensive player.

June 6, 2003Ground was broken on the on the Robert and Frances

Plecker Athletic Performance Facility adjacent to Bridgeforth Stadium/Zane Showker Field.

2004JMU won the NCAA Division I-AA national title by

beating Montana 31-21 Dec. 17 in Chattanooga, Tenn. The 13-2 Dukes set a team record for wins and became the first Division I-AA team to win three road playoff games during the same season. Mickey Matthews was Division I-AA coach of the year by the American Football Coaches Association.

2006The 9-3 Dukes made their second playoff appearance

in three seasons and were nationally ranked in every poll during the season by The Sports Network, includ-ing in the top 10 in the final seven polls.

2007The Colonial Athletic Association assumed the

Atlantic 10’s operations.The 8-4 Dukes made their third NCAA playoff ap-

pearance in four seasons and were nationally ranked in every poll during the season by The Sports Network and the FCS coaches.

2008JMU won the CAA title with an 8-0 record, was the

top seed for the NCAA playoffs, and finished 12-2. The playoff appearance was the team’s fourth in five seasons and Mickey Matthews was national coach of the year by The Sports Network and Liberty Mutual.

2013Everett Withers became JMU’s sixth head coach on

December 20.

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Everett Withers was named JMU’s sixth head coach in 2014.



Jeff bOurNeJeff Bourne is in his second decade as JMU’s athlet-

ics director, having already overseen a period of dra-matic enhancements on behalf of all of the university’s student-athletes and coaches. At JMU, Bourne leads a program that is competitive within the Colonial Athletic Association as well as at regional and national levels and that has positioned itself to continue to play a major role in intercollegiate athletics.

Bourne has overseen processes to ensure the academic, athletic and social success of all JMU student-athletes. In the most recent release, JMU saw its Graduation Success Rate remain above 82 percent for the ninth straight year, with a 100 percent degree completion rate. When Bourne arrived at JMU, the graduation rate among student-athletes was 71 percent and the overall student rate 79 percent. Annual fundraising has improved dramatically under Bourne’s leadership, with an overall increase of more than 400 percent during the past eight years. Student-athlete support services and facility improvements also have been highlights of the past 10 years.

JMU enjoys a tremendous academic reputation nationally as evidenced by its continued placement among national and regional publications. For the 16th consecutive year the university ranked as the top public, master’s-level university in the South in the highly regarded annual poll on academic quality conducted by U.S. News & World Report for its guide-book, 2010 America’s Best Colleges.

During Bourne’s tenure more than 1,600 confer-ence academic honors have been given to JMU student-athletes, including CAA scholar-athletes, CAA commissioner’s academic award winners and ECAC scholar-athletes of the year. JMU also has had four student-athletes receive NCAA post-graduate scholar-ships. Over the last three years, more than 2,500 academic awards, including Dean’s List, President’s List and the CAA Commissioners Awards, have been presented to JMU student-athletes.

Perhaps the best measure of success is the NCAA’s Academic Progress Rate. JMU has ranked well above the NCAA minimum standard for each of the pro-gram’s rating periods, and no JMU teams have been subject to APR-related penalties.

Providing outstanding athletics facilities is a primary focus, and JMU will continue to make significant prog-ress in this front during the coming year. In 2009-10, the new Veterans Memorial Stadium complex for base-ball and softball was completed; work was recently completed in summer of 2011 on the first phase of the new University Park, including practice and competi-tion facilities for soccer, lacrosse, track and field and cross country with field hockey to follow in the near future; and the $62 Million, 20-month process to reno-vate Bridgeforth Stadium/Zane Showker Field finished prior to the 2011 season.

The football stadium expansion project increased seating at the facility to nearly 25,000 and featured major enhancements, including private suites and club level seating, improved concessions and restroom facilities, improved lighting, and a new media facility.

Under Bourne, JMU has developed an enhanced volunteer fundraising network and a point-priority system to recognize donor participation and has implemented programs to increase game attendance and address the needs of athletics infrastructure. These efforts have resulted in unprecedented levels of suc-cess in fundraising while driving football attendance to all-time records.

Major program enhancements in student-athlete

services and academic advis-ing, sports medicine and strength and conditioning have added to the overall quality of the student-athlete experience as demon-strated in annual senior exit interviews and peer program evaluations. Annual evaluation and information data also is incorporated into a strategic planning and reporting process to enhance the organizational structure of the athletics division with the primary focus on meeting the needs of student-athletes and coaches.

“We’re very proud of the accomplishments we’ve had and I am quite fortunate to work with and serve a tremendous group of coaches and a talented sup-port team. We will continue to work together toward the common goals of ensuring the success of our student-athletes in all of their endeavors -- academi-cally, athletically and socially,” Bourne said. “Our goals are to win conference championships and to advance our teams to post-season play while adhering to NCAA and conference guidelines and to graduate our student-athletes.

“We continue to strengthen the infrastructure and facilities of the athletics program,” Bourne continued. “Our support centers and athletics personnel are dedi-cated to providing student-athletes with the best expe-rience possible at the intercollegiate level. We also are extremely pleased with the construction of the Robert and Frances Plecker Athletic Performance Center, which benefits all of our student-athletes with state-of-the-art academic facilities and serves as an entrance and focal point for our football stadium. Other athlet-ics facilities construction that is being planned and implemented on campus -- immediately new baseball and softball stadiums and enhancement of our football facility and later upgrades for other programs -- will provide JMU with outstanding competition sites.”

The Plecker Performance Center, which opened in 2005, was the first significant facility project funded primarily through private resources in JMU athletics’ history. The $10 mil-lion facility is adjacent to Bridgeforth Stadium/Zane Showker Field and features support areas for football and areas for entertaining during home football games and for JMU’s athletic hall of fame. Also included is the Challace McMillin Academic Center that benefits performers in all JMU sports programs. Advising and counseling for all of JMU student-athletes take place at the facility, which also includes an outstanding computer lab and strength training and sports medi-cine facilities.

Bridgeforth Stadium/Zane Showker Field, the home of JMU’s football program, has a large electronic videoboard with live game action and video replay capabilities, an

outstanding FieldTurf playing surface and an enhanced sound system added in recent years.

Prior to arriving at JMU in 1999, Bourne served in several athletics roles at Virginia Tech from 1986-97 and was senior associ-ate athletics director at Georgia Tech from 1997-99. At Georgia Tech, he supervised finance, marketing and promotions, ticket-ing, sports information, and radio and television broadcasts and production. He also was liaison to the Alexander-Tharpe fund, the university’s development arm, and administered baseball and golf.

At Virginia Tech, he was associate athlet-ics director during his final two years, and he co-chaired a committee that reviewed

gender equity at the school. The committee developed and implemented a plan that brought the school into compliance with federal guidelines and ranked it fifth nationally in compliance.

A Salem, Va., native, Bourne was Virginia Tech’s athletics business manager and then associate athletics director for administration and finance.

Bourne received his Bridgewater College degree in business administration and accounting in 1981 and completed his master’s degree in education and sports management at Virginia Tech in 1994. He worked for four years in public accounting and received his certification in public accountancy before moving to Virginia Tech, where he first was an internal auditor and a consultant to the athletic business office. He is a 1994 graduate of the Sports Management Institute Executive Program from the University of North Carolina and the University of Southern California.

The Bourne family bleeds purple and gold. Bourne’s wife, the former Mary Lou Garber, is a Harrisonburg native,Bridgewater graduate, and received a master’s degree at JMU in integrated science and technology in 2004. She serves as the Director of Technology Innovation at James Madison. They have two sons: Jason, a 2011 JMU graduate is employed at JMU as a Special Gifts Fundraising Officer, while his fiancee Megan Martin, also a 2011 JMU graduate, is the Social Media and Marketing Coordinator for JMU Office of Residence Life. Kyle graduated from JMU in 2014 and works for Goldman Sachs in New York City.

athletics director

• Named in honor of Robert & Frances Plecker

• A $10 million state-of-the-art athletic support facility

• 7,000-square foot strength and conditioning center with flat-screen televisions for indi-vidual instruction

• 5,000-square foot sports medi-cine facility

• Computer lab with more than 30 work stations

• Tutoring and small group meeting facilities

• JMU’s Athletic Hall of Fame

• Student-athlete lounge


pleckerathletic performance center

“We are extremely pleased with the Robert and Frances Plecker Athletic Performance Center, which benefits all of our student-athletes with state-of the-art academic facilities and serves as a focal point for our athletics program.” - Jeff Bourne, JMU director of athletics



• 24,877-seat lighted facility in the center of campus, features a FieldTurf playing surface, a state-of-the-art support facility in the south end zone, and a 24-by-60 videoboard above the south end zone

• Construction began following the 2009 season and was completed prior to the 2011 campaign

• Stadium is named for William E. Bridgeforth of Winchester, Va., a longtime JMU supporter and board of visitors member whose family remains very active with JMU

• Playing field is named for Harrisonburg-area businessman Zane Showker, a longtime JMU supporter and university board rector and for whom JMU’s business school facility is named• Originally constructed in three phases. A synthetic playing surface was installed in 1973-74, the east stands (near Godwin Hall, JMU’s athletics/kinesiology facility) in 1975 and the previous west stands in 1981

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Linton Townes (’82)

JMU’s Athletic Hall of Fame honors individuals who by excellence of their athletic achievements or their connection with athletics as a competitor, coach, administrator or interested individual have brought recognition and esteem to themselves and JMU.Individuals nominated for their athletic achievements must have made significant contributions to the JMU program as members of a

varsity team and have earned a baccalaureate degree from JMU or left the university in good academic standing. JMU coaches, JMU administrators, and other individuals who have distinguished themselves in various athletics-related activities may be considered. Included may be JMU alumni who have brought distinction to the university and non-JMU alumni who have distinguished them-selves in JMU athletics-related areas.Individuals nominated for their achievements as student-athletes are eligible for consideration for induction

following a period of 10 years after competing. Individuals nominated for their contributions as employ-ees of JMU may be considered three years after honorable termination of employment from the university. Others may be considered as deemed appropriate by the selection committee.Nominations may be made at any time but must be received by Sept. 30 for consideration during that aca-

demic year. Nominations should be made to JMU Athletic Hall of Fame, Athletics Communications, MSC 0404, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 22807. Nominations should be in the form of a letter that documents the credentials for the individual to be considered for induction.JMU’s Athletic Hall of Fame members include the following:

1988Mary Lou Carroll ’56

Field Hockey, Basketball, High School Coach

Katherine Johnson ’77Basketball

Althea Loose JohnstonCoach Basketball

Alan Mayer ’74Soccer

Billy Sample ’77Baseball

1989Sherman Dillard ’78

Basketball

Christine Shelton ’70Basketball, Field Hockey,

Tennis

1990Dorothy V. Harris ’53

Basketball, Field Hockey, Swimming, Sports Psychologist

Robert W. Ryder ’75Archery

1991George Toliver ’73

Basketball

Gracie VanDyck ’47Basketball, Field Hockey, High

School Coach

1992L. Leotus Morrison

Administrator, Coach Basketball, Field Hockey

Scott Norwood ’82Football

1993Pat Dosh ’78

Basketball

Ray Laroche ’75Soccer

Dee McDonough ’73Field Hockey, Lacrosse

Susan Shreckhise Slater ’83Track & Field

Ron Stith ’77Football

1994Mendy Childress ’79

Basketball

Gary Clark ’84Football

Maria Grosz-Pope ’81Swimming & Diving

Challace McMillinCoach Football, Cross

Country, Track & Field

1995Les Branich ’76

Football

Janet McCullough Gerard ’83

Archery

Margaret HornCoach Archery

1996Charles Haley ’86

Football

Carol Horton ’68Basketball, Field Hockey High

School Coach, Official

Caroline SinclairAdministrator, Coach Fencing

1997Dean Ehlers

Administrator, Coach Basketball, Cross Country

1998Brad Babcock

Coach Baseball

Sydney Beasley ’88Basketball

Floretta Jackson ’87Basketball

Bernard Slayton ’77Football

Linton Townes ’82Basketball

1999Marjorie Berkley ’45

Administrator, Coach

Lou CampanelliCoach Basketball

Mark Carnevale ’82Golf

Pat Dean ’ 61Basketball, Field Hockey High

School Coach

2000Cindy Gilbert-Bevilacqua ’84

Archery

Jeff Bowyer ’87Wrestling

Julianne Hull Elicker ’79Field Hockey, Lacrosse

Dzalya Manns ’89Track & Field

Dan Ruland ’83Basketball

2001Warren Marshall ’87

Football

Shelia MoormanCoach Basketball

Sandy Wilson ’87Field Hockey

2002Juli Speights Henner ’92

Cross Country, Track & Field

Steve Stielper ’80Basketball

Bob VanderwarkerCoach Soccer

Dr. Ronald Carrier

Alan Mayer (‘74)

Floretta Jackson (’87)

2003Kim Arehart ’90

Archery

Lorenzo Bundy ’82Baseball

Linton Townes ’82

2004Woody Bergeria ’78

Football

Julie Franken ’87Basketball

Christy MorganCoach Field Hockey

Adam Wheatcroft ’04Archery

2005Charles “Lefty” Driesell

Coach Basketball

Steve Hood ’91Basketball

Tiombé Hurd ’95Track & Field

2006Mark Gabriele ’95

Swimming & Diving

Alisa Harris ’88Basketball

Matt Holthaus ’95Track & Field

Carole Thate ’96Field Hockey

2007Jim Barbe ‘77

Baseball

Brent S. Bennett ‘95Soccer

Eupton C. Jackson ‘91Football

Diane Buch Traynor ‘88Field Hockey, Lacrosse

2008Gary Butler ’73

Basketball

E. Ashley Williamson ’96Soccer

Kaarlo Kankkunen ’95Soccer

Nora Maguire White ’92Lacrosse

2009Dr. Ronald E. Carrier

University President

Lynn Craun ’82Lacrosse

Missy Dudley-Heft ’89Basketball

Bethany Eigel ’00Cross Country/Track & Field

Todd Winterfeldt ’78)Baseball

2010Samantha Bates Floyd ‘98

Women’s Cross Country/Track & Field

Lindsay Collingwood ‘00Volleyball

Ryan Frost ‘97Men’s Swimming & Diving

Clyde Hoy ‘82Football

Shelley Klaes-Bawcombe ‘97

Lacrosse

Patrick McSorley ‘96Men’s Soccer

Brooks TealMen’s Swimming & Diving,

Coach

2011Eileen Arnaldo

Field Hockey

Mike Cawley Football

Curtis Keaton Football

Megan Riley Lacrosse

Aimee Vaughan Sharp

tWomen’s Soccer, Lacrosse

Jason Long Cross Country/Track

& Field

2012Charles Fisher

Men’s Basketball

Russ ColemanCross Country/Track & Field

Cindy Slagle FlickingerCross Country/Track & Field

LeAnn Buntrock Cross Country/Track & Field

Eriq WilliamsFootball

Paul MorinaWrestling

2013JW Mitchell

Baseball

Kent Culuko Men’s Basketball

Tony Booth Football

Jess Marion Lacrosse

Jen Ulehla Coach Lacrosse

Ben Cooke Track and Field


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Ryan Frost (‘10)

Eileen Arnaldo ‘11

Paul Morina ‘12

2014 iNDucteeS

gail Decker Lacrosse

Mike fox Men’s Cross Country/

Track & Field

Delvin JoyceFootball

lisa StaedtLacrosse

1994 field hockey team



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woody bergeria (1974-77)Defensive LineKodak first-team All-America and JMU’s defensive MVP in 1977… key player on JMU’s 9-0-1 team in 1975.

charles haley (1982-85)LinebackerJMU’s career tackles leader and first Division I-AA first-team All-America and NFL draftee (San Francisco, 1986)… first five-time Super Bowl winner.

les branich (1972-76)QuarterbackQuarterback on JMU’s first four teams, including its 9-0-1 squad in 1975… All-Virginia in 1974.

challace McMillin (1972-84)CoachLed JMU for 13 years, starting the program and rebuilding it at the scholarship level… had a 64-52-1 JMU record.

bernard Slayton (1973-76)Running BackRan for 2,161 yards and 21 TDs while sharing time with hall of famer Ron Stith… member of JMU’s 9-0-1 team in 1975.

ron Stith (1973-76)Running BackRan for 2,308 yards and 23 TDs while sharing time with hall of famer Bernard Slayton… member of JMU’s 9-0-1 team in 1975.

Mike cawley (1993-95)QuarterbackLed the Dukes to two NCAA playoff appearances in 1994 and 1995… set JMU season passing records during each of his three seasons… drafted by the Indianapolis Colts.



warren Marshall (1982-86)Running BackJMU’s career (4,168) and game (264) rushing yards leader… had 20 100-yard games and three 1,000-yard years.

gary clark (1980-83)Wide ReceiverHad 155 JMU receptions and more than 600 professional catches, mostly with the Washington Redskins with whom he won two Super Bowls.

Scott Norwood (1978-81)PlacekickerHad 32 JMU field goals, including 15 in 1980… all-pro with the Buffalo Bills with whom he scored more than 600 points.

eupton Jackson (1987-90)SafetyTeam captain, state defensive player of the year and named to four All-America first teams as a 1990 senior… member of JMU’s 1987 playoff team… had 362 career tackles.

curtis keaton (1998-99)QuarterbackSet and matched multiple school records during his JMU career… Atlantic 10 and ECAC Offensive Player of the Year in 1999… selected in the fourth round of the 2000 NFL Draft by the Cincinnati Bengals.

eriq williams (1989-92)QuarterbackHolds JMU’s career record for total offense with 7,678 yards and career rushing touchdowns with 32… Also is the leader in combined rushing/passing touchdowns with 72… Third on JMU’s career passing yards and career touchdown passes lists and fourth on career scoring list.

tony booth (1995-98)SafetyRecorded 292 career tackles with nine interceptions and five tackles for loss… Drafted in the seventh round of the 1999 NFL draft by the Carolina Panthers.

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Delvin Joyce (1997-2000)TailbackA four-year letterwinner for the Dukes… Led the team to an 8-4 mark in 1999, an Atlantic 10 co-championship and a berth in the NCAA Playoffs… Was only the third player in NCAA history with 1,000 career yards in rushing, receiving and returns, finishing with a then school-record 5,659 career all-purpose yards… A two-time All-American as well as two-time First Team All-Atlantic 10 honoree.

James Madison University football in 2004 made history at the team and national levels.

The 13-2 Dukes won the NCAA Division I-AA title with a playoff effort that became increasingly impressive as the postseason pro-gressed. JMU took the national crown without hosting a playoff game, becoming the first Division I-AA team to win three playoff road contests in a season.

JMU won with depth and balance, consistent play that included Division I-AA’s second-ranked run defense (86.8 yards per game), good special teams play, and an offense that developed a power-ful running attack and avoided mistakes. The Dukes won seven games by 10 or fewer points and were particularly effective late in contests.

JMU won 17-0 at Villanova after a scoreless first 36 minutes and beat Massachusetts 28-7 after a scoreless first 40 minutes. The Dukes won 24-20 at Maine with a touch-down with 0:48 left and beat Delaware 20-13 with an 87-yard punt return for a score with 3:04 left and by stopping the Hens after they had a first-down-and-goal situation from the three during the next drive.

After tying for the Atlantic 10 title (7-1 record), JMU was disappointed not to get a home playoff game. However, the Dukes responded with a 14-13 first-round win at Lehigh and then won by the same score at Furman, driving 74 yards during the final 5:11 for the decisive touchdown.

JMU avenged its lone Division I-AA loss of the year by winning 48-34 at William & Mary in a nation-ally televised (ESPN) Friday night game and beat Montana 31-21 for the NCAA title the following Friday in Chattanooga, Tenn., before another national television audience.

The Dukes took a 21-0 lead at William & Mary, fell behind 26-21 early in the second half, and then dominated play with 28 straight points in an 18-minute period.

JMU was equally effective during the last three quarters against Montana, running for 314 yards over-all and holding the ball for 36:13 of the game’s 60 minutes.

JMU’s play helped Mickey Matthews gain Division I-AA coach of the year honors from the American Football Coaches Association, and several Dukes received major awards.

Offensive guard Matt Magerko and free safety Tony LeZotte led the award recipients. Magerko was first-team All-America by Associated Press, and LeZotte was first-team by I-AA.org, second team by Associated Press and Football Weekly and third-team by The Sports Network. Linebacker Kwynn Walton was third-team All-America by The Sports Network, and safety Rodney McCarter was a Football Foundation All-America. LeZotte was the Atlantic 10 co-rookie of the year.

Tailback Raymond Hines was team MVP after running for 1,038 yards. He became a starter at mid-season when Alvin Banks and Maurice Fenner were hurt and became only the fourth Duke to run for 1,000 yards during a season. Fenner (117 yards at William & Mary, 164 vs. Montana) and Banks (88 yards vs. Montana) stepped back into the spotlight for the final two playoff games after Hines was hurt at William & Mary.

Quarterback Justin Rascati threw for 2,045 yards and 14 touch-downs, ran for 10 scores, and was intercepted only five times in 283 passes.

Team defensive MVP Trey Townsend and Walton as linebackers, LeZotte, and McCarter led the defense. LeZotte set a team freshman record with 144 tackles, Townsend had 102 tackles and five inter-ceptions, McCarter had 92 stops, and Walton had 88 tackles.

Cornerback Clint Kent, who had 73 tackles for the season, returned an interception 69 yards for a score at Wiliam & Mary and sealed JMU’s title-game win over Montana with an interception.


2004 JMu results

JMU 62, Lock Haven 7JMU 17, Villanova 0West Virginia 45, JMU 10JMU 31, Hofstra 21JMU 28, Massachusetts 7JMU 24, Maine 20JMU 26, Richmond 20JMU 41, VMI 10JMU 20, Delaware 13William & Mary 27, JMU 24JMU 31, Towson 17JMU 14, Lehigh 13JMU 14, Furman 13JMU 48, William & Mary 34JMU 31, Montana 21

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DukeSJames Madison . . . . . . . . . 14 furman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 1 2 3 4 ScoreJMU 0 7 0 7 14 Furman 0 7 6 0 13

Greenville, S.C., Dec. 4, 2004

James Madison . . . . . . . . . 48 william & Mary . . . . . . . . . 34 1 2 3 4 ScoreJMU 21 0 20 7 48 William & Mary 0 20 6 8 34

Williamsburg, Va., Dec. 10, 2004

James Madison . . . . . . . . . 31 Montana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 1 2 3 4 ScoreJMU 0 10 14 7 31 Montana 7 0 14 0 21

Chattanooga, Tenn., Dec. 17, 2004

James Madison . . . . . . . . . 14 lehigh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 1 2 3 4 ScoreJMU 7 7 0 0 14 Lehigh 0 10 3 0 13

Bethlehem, Pa., Nov. 27, 2004



“And now, presenting ‘Virginia’s Finest,’ The James Madison University Marching Royal Dukes!”

This familiar announcement begins each exciting halftime as one of America’s premier college marching bands takes the field. From humble beginnings in 1972, the Marching Royal Dukes have quickly become recognized as one of the top college march-ing band programs in the country. With a membership made up primarily of non-music majors, the band is one of the largest and most visible student organizations on campus. As a class, the MRDs rehearse five days a week, perform at all home football games, travel to away game to support the Dukes, and also play an active role in community events and perform extensively around Virginia and the Mid-Atlantic region as an exhibition band for band contests and other events.

During their short history, the band has established an impressive resume of performances and awards. The MRDs have performed at NFL games in Pittsburgh, Baltimore, and Washington. In 1983, they were the featured halftime show for the NFC title game between Washington and Dallas. Additionally they have performed for Walt Disney Productions, and have made several appearances as the premier band for the Richmond Christmas Parade. In 1988

and 1991, they were the featured exhibition at the Bands of America Grand National Championships in Indianapolis, Indiana.

In 1994 the John Philip Sousa Foundation named the Marching Royal Dukes the recipients of the Sudler Trophy, a prestigious award known as “the Heisman Trophy of college marching bands.” In 1997 and 2001, the MRDs were featured in the inaugural parades for Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. Additionally in 2002, 2006, and 2010 respectively they have performed at the inauguration ceremonies for Virginia Governors Mark Warner, Tim Kaine, and Bob McDonnell. Over the past forty-two years the band has established a strong tradition

as ambassadors of the university and community. The Marching Royal Dukes have taken five trips abroad: their first European tour in 1997, where they performed for the closing ceremonies of the 700th anniver-sary of the Grimaldi Family in Monaco. In December 2000, the MRDs performed at a New Year’s celebration in Athens before an audience of more than 500,000. In December of 2003 and 2006, the band was the feature band for the New Year’s celebration in Dublin, Ireland. The MRDs took their fifth tour abroad in 2010, with a trip to London and Paris where they performed in the 25th Anniversary London New Year’s Day Parade. In 2014 they will tour Italy and perform at the Vatican for the Rome New Year’s Day Parade and Festival. The MRDs have made three appearances in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day

Parade in 2001, 2008, and 2013. Scott Rikkers is the Director of the Marching Royal Dukes. Chad Reep is

an Assistant Director of the Marching Royal Dukes and Director of the JMU Pep Band. J.R. Snow is an Assistant Director of the Marching Royal Dukes and the Visual Coordinator. Steve Cash is the Drumline Instructor and Percussion Coordinator, Michael Overman is the Front Ensemble Instructor, and Hunter Desper is the Percussion Assistant. Carly Philp, Erin Fairchild, and Laura Milford are the Colorguard Instructors. Julia Urban is the coach of the JMU Dance Team, the “Dukettes”. The JMU band program is also staffed by Connie Driscoll, Administrative Assistant, Drew Ross, Graduate Assistant, and Elizabeth Keene, Band Assistant.

The 2014 Marching Royal Dukes Drum Majors are Lindsey Martin, Ciara Middleton, John Nye, Nick Pope, and Nathan Saxman.

AND NOw, preSeNtiNg “VirgiNiA’S fiNeSt,”

the JAMeS MADiSON uNiVerSity MArchiNg rOyAl DukeS!

MArchiNgr o ya l d u k e s

Athleticfa c i l i t i e s

James Madison University has made a commitment to its athletics program and the facilities needed to give the teams the best opportunity to succeed in the confer-ence, regionally and nationally.

convocation centerBasketball

Sinclair gymnasium

Volleyball

eagle field at Veterans Memorial park

Baseball

Short game facililty Golf

field hockey complexField Hockey


Veterans Memorial park

Softball

university parkLacrosse, Soccer, Track & Field

tennis courts

Savage NatatoriumSwimming & Diving

New Market battlefieldCross Country




FIELD HOCKEY Q&A When James Madison Univer-sitry was searching for a new field hockey coach this winter, there was no doubt the search would look for someone with great knowledge of the sport and proven connections with student-athletes, on and off the field . What was found was the most legend-ary name in JMU field hockey history, as Christy Morgan is back for her sec-ond tenure with the Dukes after having led the program to the 1994 National Championship . We caught up with Morgan for an update on her travels as well as being back in Harrisonburg .

JMU: What have you been up to since your first stay at JMU?

CM: I initially left JMU not because something was wrong but because I had gotten really sick and they couldn’t figure it out . I went to Florida for a bunch of years and a good friend of mine called and said, “you’ve got to get back into head coaching because it’s who you are,” and I agreed completely . So after they found out that I had celiac disease and I healed for a couple of years, I jumped back into the college scene and I absolutely loved it . I was at Wake Forest for three years and built the team up to one of the top eight teams in the nation . To be back at James Madison means everything – my heart bleeds purple and it always has . When the opportunity came about, I was clear that this is where I wanted to be . I think there’s no better place for me . I see how JMU has grown, I see the passion in the people here, I see the potential in the programs and I want to be a part of that . I’m really happy to be back and get it going .

JMU: What made your assistants the right fit for the culture you’re trying to build with JMU Field Hockey?

CM: I know how important it is to create and bring together the best staff to really support your program, so I was looking for the hardest workers out there . I was looking for the most positive people out there . And I was looking for the most loyal people out there – and I found them . Matt Johl is so committed to the details and so committed to this program . He does the detail work, so I get to sit back and be the visionary of the program then pass that along to him . Jennifer Johnstone is my recruit-ing coordinator and she loves her job, she’s out there and connected to great high school coaches who are connected to their great players and we’re attracting a lot of great players at this point so we’re really excited about that . I was fortunate enough to attract Bronwen, who was a great goalkeeper at Wake when I was there, she went on to be an assistant coach and do her graduate work . She has just added so much because she’s so eager to learn and so eager to do . To have somebody that un-derstands the goalie position that can take care of them and give them the extra attention that they need is wonderful . I’m happy to have all three of them and together we are the family that supports our family .

JMU: How would you describe your coach-ing style and how has that helped you shape the culture you’re building within the program?

CM: I coach more from the heart than I do the head . I think it’s absolutely imperative that you connect with your players as people and you grow their character . When you do that and give them the tools for success, I think they not only have success on the field but success off the field . That to me is really important . I don’t want to go through and

win a national championship, then have people that are floundering in the world . I want our student-athletes to absolutely enjoy the experi-ence, absolutely reach their potential to be the best they can be and then go on to be the change in the world, and I think we’re on that path .

JMU: With your 2014 squad, how are they adapting to the changing culture and your coaching style?

CM: It takes a while to really trust, and I think they know that I’m with them . I think they know the things that I do, whether off the wall crazy or whatever it is, is for them not to them . I think now that they’re buying in, they’re going to work a little harder and do it . You can see the growth already . I’m so excited about who they are . I think the bottom line of it is, I love these kids . They work hard and they want something they’ve never had before . They play for something bigger than them . They’re not playing for the name on the back of the jersey, their personal name, they’re playing for the name on the front of the jersey and that’s JMU . They know it’s a special place and they’re committed to playing hard for that special place . It’s a great group, they’re in a great place and we’re going places .

JMU: Speaking of national championships, 2014 is the 20th anniver-sary of the 1994 National Championship that you were the coach for, what memories do you still keep from that season?

CM: The most powerful memory I have of that group is that we were so connect-ed and we played together as a team . We had some great individual players but we played as a team . And not only did we win, but we enjoyed every day . We communicated and we had a lot of fun . We did a lot of crazy things off the field; we were rock-climbing and mountain biking Reddish Knob . I think those experiences and those challenges we faced helped bring us together and helped us understand each other as people first . How important are the alumni to you and your program?Anybody involved in our program past, present or future has the po-tential to bring energy into the present . Whether I coached alumni that played here or I didn’t, I want them to be involved . I want them to buy into who we are and where we’re going . I want our present players to recognize who they [alumni] are and where they’ve been and what they’ve given to the program . I think it’s so important . I think that col-lective energy is powerful and could give us the extra kick we need to go from good to great .

JMU: What is one thing the JMU nation should know about the JMU Field Hockey family?

CM: It’s a family that really cares . It’s a fam-ily that’s really together . It’s a family that’s willing to fight for something bigger than them . It’s a family that’s going to get it done . It’s a family that accepts other people into our family who want to give energy and be-lieve in where we’re going . The more peo-ple that want to buy in and be a part, hey, our arms are open to people stepping into our family to be a part of where we’re going .

Saint Francis (Pa.)Aug . 30 at Fordham . . . . . . . . . . . .L, 23-52Sept . 6 Clarion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W, 27-13Sept. 13 at James Madison . . . . . . . . . 4 p.m.Sept . 20 at Youngstown State . . . . . . . 7 p .m .Sept . 27 Virginia of Lynchburg . . . . . . 4 p .m .Oct . 11 at Wagner* . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 p .m .Oct . 18 Bryant* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 p .m .Oct . 25 at Sacred Heart* . . . . . . . . . . 1 p .m .Nov . 1 Duquesne* . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 p .m .Nov . 15 at Robert Morris* . . . . . . . . 12 p .m .Nov . 22 Central Connecticut State* . . 12 p .m .

ElonAug . 30 at Duke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .L, 13-52Sept . 13 North Carolina A&T . . . . . . . 6 p .m .Sept . 20 Charlotte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 p .m .Sept . 27 at Coastal Carolina . . . . . . . . 7 p .m .Oct . 4 New Hampshire* . . . . . . .1:30 p .m .Oct . 11 at Delaware* . . . . . . . . . .3:30 p .m .Oct . 18 Stony Brook* . . . . . . . . . .1:30 p .m .Oct . 25 Richmond* . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 p .m .Nov . 1 at Towson* . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 p .m .Nov . 8 at William and Mary* . . . .3:30 p .m .Nov . 15 Maine* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 p .m .Nov. 22 at James Madison* . . . . . . . 12 p.m.

James Madison (Aug . 30 at Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . .L, 7-52Sept . 6 at Lehigh . . . . . . . . . . . . . W, 31-28Sept . 13 Saint Francis (Pa .) . . . . . . . . . 4 p .m .Sept . 20 at Villanova* . . . . . . . . . 12:30 p .m .Sept . 27 Delaware* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 p .m .Oct . 4 at Albany* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 p .m .Oct . 11 Towson* . . . . . . . . . . . . 12:30 p .m . Oct . 25 at Charlotte . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 p .m .Nov . 1 William & Mary* . . . . . . .3:30 p .m .Nov . 8 at Stony Brook* . . . . . . . . . . 1 p .m .Nov . 15 at Richmond* . . . . . . . . . 12:30 p .m .Nov . 22 Elon* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 p .m .

LehighSept. 6 James Madison . . . . . . . . . L, 28-31Sept . 13 at New Hampshire . . . . . .3:30 p .m .Sept . 20 at Yale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 p .m .Sept . 27 Monmouth* . . . . . . . . . . 12:30 p .m .Oct . 11 Bucknell* . . . . . . . . . . . 12:30 p .m .Oct . 18 at Cornell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 p .m .Oct . 25 Fordham* . . . . . . . . . . . 12:30 p .m .Nov . 1 at Georgetown* . . . . . . . . . 12 p .m .Nov . 8 at Holy Cross* . . . . . . . . 12:30 p .m .Nov . 15 Colgate* . . . . . . . . . . . . 12:30 p .m .Nov . 22 vs . Lafayette . . . . . . . . . . .3:30 p .m . (Yankee Stadium)

MarylandAug. 30 James Madison . . . . . . . . . .W, 52-7Sept . 6 at South Florida . . . . . . . . W, 24-17Sept . 13 West Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . 12 p .m .Sept . 20 at Syracuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBASept . 27 at Indiana* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBAOct . 4 Ohio State* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBAOct . 18 Iowa* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 p .m .Oct . 25 at Wisconsin* . . . . . . . . . . 12 p .m .Nov . 1 at Penn State* . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBANov . 15 Michigan State* . . . . . . . . . . 8 p .m .Nov . 22 at Michigan* . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBANov . 29 Rutgers* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBA

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VillanovaAug . 29 at Syracuse . . . . . . . . . L-2ot, 26-27Sept . 6 Fordham . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W, 50-6Sept. 20 James Madison . . . . . . . .12:30 p.m.Sept . 27 at Penn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 p .m .Oct . 4 at Maine . . . . . . . . . . . . 12:30 p .m .Oct . 11 Rhode Island . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 p .m .Oct . 18 at William & Mary . . . . . .3:30 p .m .Oct . 25 Morgan State . . . . . . . . . .3:30 p .m .Nov . 1 at Richmond . . . . . . . . . 12:30 p .m .Nov . 8 Towson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 p .m .Nov . 15 Albany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 p .m .Nov . 22 at Delaware . . . . . . . . . . . 12 p .m .

William & MaryAug . 30 at Virginia Tech . . . . . . . . . .L, 9-34Sept . 6 at Hampton . . . . . . . . . . . W, 42-14Sept . 13 Norfolk State . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 p .m .Sept . 20 Lafayette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 p .m .Sept . 27 at Stony Brook* . . . . . . . . . . 6 p .m .Oct . 11 at New Hampshire* . . . . .3:30 p .m .Oct . 18 Villanova* . . . . . . . . . . . .3:30 p .m .Oct . 25 Delaware* . . . . . . . . . . . 12:30 p .m .Nov. 1 at James Madison* . . . . . 3:30 p.m.Nov . 8 Elon* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:30 p .m .Nov . 15 at Towson* . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 p .m .Nov . 22 Richmond* . . . . . . . . . . .7:30 p .m .

AlbanyAug . 30 Holy Cross . . . . . . . . . . . W, 14-13Sept . 6 at Central Connecticut St . . .W, 19-0Sept . 20 at Rhode Island* . . . . . . . . . . 1 p .m .Sept . 27 Columbia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 p .m .Oct. 4 James Madison* . . . . . . . . . . 6 p.m.Oct . 11 Richmond* . . . . . . . . . . .3:30 p .m .Oct . 18 at Maine* . . . . . . . . . . . 12:30 p .m .Oct . 25 Colgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:30 p .m .Nov . 1 at New Hampshire* . . . . . . . 6 p .m .Nov . 8 Delaware* . . . . . . . . . . . .3:30 p .m .Nov . 15 at Villanova* . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 p .m .Nov . 22 Stony Brook* . . . . . . . . . .3:30 p .m .

RichmondAug . 30 Morehead State . . . . . . . . W, 55-10Sept . 6 at Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . .L, 13-45Sept . 13 Hampton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 p .m .Sept . 20 New Hampshire* . . . . . . . . . 4 p .m .Oct . 4 at Liberty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 p .m .Oct . 11 at Albany* . . . . . . . . . . . .3:30 p .m .Oct . 18 Rhode Island* . . . . . . . . .3:30 p .m .Oct . 25 at Elon* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 p .m .Nov . 1 Villanova* . . . . . . . . . . . 12:30 p .m .Nov . 8 at Maine* . . . . . . . . . . . 12:30 p .m .Nov. 15 James Madison* . . . . . . .12:30 p.m.Nov . 22 at William and Mary* . . . .7:30 p .m .

Stony BrookAug . 28 Bryant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .L, 7-13Sept . 6 at Connecticut . . . . . . . . . .L, 16-19Sept . 13 American International . . . . . 6 p .m .Sept . 20 at North Dakota . . . . . . . . . . 7 p .m .Sept . 27 William and Mary* . . . . . . . . 6 p .m .Oct . 4 at Towson* . . . . . . . . . . .3:30 p .m .Oct . 11 Maine* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 p .m .Oct . 18 at Elon* . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:30 p .m .Oct . 25 at New Hampshire* . . . . . . . 3 p .m .Nov. 8 James Madison* . . . . . . . . . . 1 p.m.Nov . 15 Rhode Island* . . . . . . . . . . . 1 p .m .Nov . 22 at Albany . . . . . . . . . . . .3:30 p .m .

TowsonAug . 30 Central Connecticut State . . .L, 27-31Sept . 6 at West Virginia . . . . . . . . . .L, 0-54Sept . 13 at Delaware State . . . . . . . . . 2 p .m .Sept . 20 North Carolina Central . . . . . 6 p .m .Sept . 27 Maine* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 p .m .Oct . 4 Stony Brook* . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 p .m .Oct. 11 at James Madison* . . . . .12:30 p.m.Oct . 18 at Delaware* . . . . . . . . . 12:30 p .m .Nov . 1 Elon* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 p .m .Nov . 8 at Villanova* . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 p .m .Nov . 15 William and Mary* . . . . . . . . 3 p .m .Nov . 22 at Rhode Island* . . . . . . . 12:30 p .m .

CharlotteAug . 28 at Campbell . . . . . . . . . . . .W, 33-9Sept . 6 Johnson C . Smith . . . . . . . .W, 56-0Sept . 13 at North Carolina Central . . . . 5 p .m .Sept . 20 at Elon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 p .m .Sept . 27 Charleston Southern . . . . . . 12 p .m .Oct . 4 at Gardner-Webb . . . . . . .1:30 p .m .Oct . 11 at The Citadel . . . . . . . . . . . 2 p .m .Oct. 25 James Madison . . . . . . . . . . 12 p.m.Nov . 8 Coastal Carolina . . . . . . . . . 12 p .m .Nov . 15 Wesley College . . . . . . . . . 12 p .m .Nov . 22 Morehead State . . . . . . . . . 12 p .m .

DelawareAug . 30 at Pittsburgh . . . . . . . . . . . . .L, 0-62Sept . 7 Delaware State . . . . . . . . . .W, 27-9Sept . 13 Colgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 p .m .Sept. 27 at James Madison* . . . . . . . . 4 p.m.Oct . 4 Sacred Heart . . . . . . . . . .3:30 p .m .Oct . 11 Elon* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:30 p .m .Oct . 18 Towson* . . . . . . . . . . . . 12:30 p .m .Oct . 25 at William and Mary* . . . 12:30 p .m .Nov . 1 Rhode Island* . . . . . . . . . . 12 p .m .Nov . 8 at Albany* . . . . . . . . . . . .3:30 p .m .Nov . 15 at New Hampshire* . . . . . . . 1 p .m .Nov . 22 Villanova* . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 p .m .


T&F’S NEW LEADERS The James Madison University women’s cross country/track and field program has undergone transition with the retirement of long-time coach and Director of Track and Field Bill Walton . Former Head Track and Field Coach Ta’ Frias has taken over as the director, while Chereé Hicks has joined the staff as the new track and field coach . “I would like to thank Jeff Bourne and Kevin White for the oppor-tunity they’ve given me to lead this pro-gram,” Frias said . “I would also like to thank Coach Walton for his mentorship and guidance throughout my four years at JMU . I look forward to continuing the rich tradition JMU Track and Field and Cross Country has established over the past two decades .” “We are thrilled to have Ta’ taking over the lead of the program,” Bourne commented . “She has shown a dedication to the student-athletes, both personally as a coach and with the perspective from her days as a highly successful athlete . Her passion for their experience and growth will no doubt continue to enhance the program in the years to come .” Frias has been the head track and field coach for JMU for the last five seasons . In 2012, in just her third sea-son at JMU, Frias was selected the Colonial Athletic Association Coach of the Year by a vote of the league’s head track and field coaches . Frias earned the CAA honor after guiding the Dukes to their first con-ference title in May 2012 . JMU captured individual titles in six different events (high jump, long jump, 100 meters, 800 meters, 1,500 meters, 5,000 meters) en route to winning the CAA crown . In addition to winning the CAA team title, the 2011-12 JMU team tied for eighth place at the Eastern College Athletic Conference Indoor Champi-onships . That tied for the second-best ECAC indoor finish in school history and the program’s best performance at the ECAC meet since placing third in 1998 . Frias came to JMU after nine years of coaching experience as an assis-tant men’s and women’s track and field coach at Stephen F . Austin (Texas) from 2001-08 and at Richmond from 1998-00 . At Stephen F . Austin Frias coached 13 Southland Conference champi-ons and 77 all-conference performers . Her athletes set 25 school records and won four NCAA all-region honors . She coached four NCAA national qualifiers, one USA Olympic Trials qualifier and one Team USA athlete who competed in the 2006 Under-23 North America, Central America and Caribbean Athletic Association (NACAC) Games . While Frias was coaching at Stephen F . Austin, the SFA women’s team won Southland Conference Championships in 2002, 2003 and 2005 and the men’s team won the SLC indoor team title in 2005 .

Frias is a 1998 graduate of North Carolina, where, competing as Ta’ Bingham, she was a three-time All Atlan-tic Coast Conference selection in the hep-tathlon . She was a member of eight ACC champion teams . She holds a bachelor’s degree in biology and is USA Track and Field Lev-el II certified in the sprints and jumps . A native of

Richmond, Va ., Frias was inducted into the Collegiate High School Ath-letic Hall of Fame in Richmond in October 2008 . She is married to Jaime Frias and has two children, Azari and Jaime Dhani .

Hicks comes to JMU after spending the last two years at the helm of the women’s track and field program at Northern Michigan University . The Marquette, Mich ., native holds an International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Level V certification in jumps, a USA Track and Field (USATF) Level II certification in throws and a U .S . Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) sprint, hurdle and relay specialist certification . “I am honored to have been selected to join the JMU track and field team as the Head Coach,” Hicks said . “I feel privileged to work alongside such a great group of administrators, coaches, staff and student-athletes .” “We are very excited to have Cheree join our staff,” Frias said . “She brings a great deal of passion and exper-tise to the position . Her experiences as a successful student-athlete, an assistant coach, and most recently as a head coach made her an undeniable choice to lead our track and field program .” While at Northern Michigan, Hicks led her student-athletes to 17 school re-cords while coaching three NCAA Divi-sion II All-Americans in both indoor and outdoor competition . She also coached five NCAA Division II qualifiers and five USTFCCCA all-region performers . Dur-ing her time at NMU, the track and field student-athletes earned a combined five Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Con-ference (GLIAC) individual event champi-onship titles, earned four All-GLIAC per-former awards and 19 All-GLIAC honorable mentions . Prior to her time at NMU, Hicks made three stops spanning 11 years as an assistant track and field coach at Miami (Fla .) (2005-12), Syracuse (2002-2005) and Portland State (2001-02) . Before going on to NMU, Hicks spent seven seasons at Miami focus-ing on throwers under head coach Amy Deem, who served as the head women’s track and field coach for Team USA at the 2012 Olympic Games in London . While at Miami, Hicks coached an athlete who qualified for the NCAA Championship four of her seven years with the program . She also coached Miami’s first discus All-American, Khadija Talley, while helping the program garner two Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Team Champion-ships, five ACC individual championships and 18 All-ACC honorees . At Syracuse, Hicks coached student-athletes to nine Big East Confer-ence Indoor Championship individual titles, 17 All-Big East honors and four school records in women’s hammer and women’s weight throw . While with the program, Hicks helped develop Johvonne Hernandez, who set a Big East record while earning All-American honors in the hammer throw in 2004 . Hicks also helped Kristen Michalski to the 2003 USATF Junior Nationals hammer championship . Previously, Hicks served one season as the assistant coach at Portland State . “Chereé Hicks is a great hire for JMU,” Kevin White, the associate athletic director for sports programs, said . “She will bring a great recruit-ing base, great energy and a strong ability to develop young women in the throws area . We are fortunate to attract a quality individual who’s core values are aligned with the department to help evaluate the Track and Field program .” Prior to coaching, Hicks had a decorated career as a student-athlete as Syracuse and Cal State Northridge (CSUN) . During the 2000 season at Syracuse, she finished second in shot put at the NCAA Indoor Championships and finished second in both shot put and discus in the NCAA outdoor meet . In that same season, Hicks set a Big East Indoor Championship record in the shot put and Big East Outdoor Championship records in both the shot put and discus . Overall, she was a six-time All-American at Syracuse and won six Big East Conference cham-pionships (indoor shot put twice, outdoor shot put twice, discus twice) . While at CSUN, Hicks was a four-time All-Big Sky Conference selec-tion and won the Big Sky championship in discus in 1998 . She holds the school record in discus . Hicks earned her bachelor’s degree in public relations from Syracuse in 2000 and completed her masters degree in liberal studies at Miami in 2011 .

Ta’ Frias

Chereé Hicks


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UPCOMING JMU EVENTSSaturday, Sept. 13Women’s Cross Country hosts JMU Invitational (New Market, Va .) 10 AMMen's Tennis at ECU Fall Shootout (Greenville, N .C .) All DayWomen's Volleyball vs . UTSA (Milwaukee, Wisc .) 3 PMFootball hosts Saint Francis (Pa .) 4 PMWomen's Volleyball vs . Rice (Milwaukee, Wisc .) 7 PMSunday, Sept. 14Field Hockey vs . Northwestern (Winston-Salem, N .C .) 10 AMMen's Soccer at Lipscomb 12 PMWomen's Soccer at La Salle 1 PM

Friday, Sept. 19Women's Tennis at Bill & Sandra Moore Invite (Annapolis, Md .) All DayWomen's Cross Country at Longwood Invitational (Farmville, Va .) 1 PMWomen's Volleyball vs . Princeton (Piscataway, N .J .) 2:30 PM Women's Volleyball vs . Akron (Piscataway, N .J .) 5 PMWomen's Soccer hosts Appalachian State 5 PM Field Hockey hosts Missouri State 7 PM Men's Soccer hosts Robert Morris 7:30 PMSaturday, Sept. 20Women’s Tennis at Bill & Sandra Moore Invite (Annapolis, Md .) All DayFootball at Villanova 12:30 PMWomen's Volleyball at Rutgers 12:30 PMSunday, Sept. 21Women’s Tennis at Bill & Sandra Moore Invite (Annapolis, Md .) All DayWomen's Soccer at UNCG 1:00 PM

Monday, Sept. 22Men's Golf at VCU Shootout (Manakin Sabot, Va .) All DayTuesday, Sept. 23Men’s Golf at VCU Shootout (Manakin Sabot, Va .) All DayMen's Soccer hosts West Virginia 7 PMFriday, Sept. 26Men's Tennis vs Elon Fall Invitational All DayField Hockey at VCU 3 PMWomen’s Soccer at Towson 3 PMDuke Club Scholarship Auction (Bridgeforth Stadium Club Room) 6:30 PMWomen’s Volleyball at William and Mary 7 PMMen’s Soccer at Furman 7 PMSaturday, Sept. 27Men’s Tennis at Elon Fall Invitational All DayFootball hosts Delaware 4 PM Sunday, Sept. 28Men’s Tennis at Elon Fall Invitational All DayMen's Golf at Patriot Intercollegiate (Lorton, Va .) All DayField Hockey at Old Dominion 1 PM Women's Soccer at Richmond 4 PM

Mon., Sept. 29Men’s Golf at Patriot Intercollegiate (Lorton, Va .) All DayWomen's Golf at UNCG Fall Classic (Greensboro, N .C .) All DayTue., Sept. 30Women’s Golf at UNCG Fall Classic (Greensboro, N .C .) All DayMen's Soccer at Virginia 7 PMThursday, Oct. 2Women's Volleyball hosts Elon 7 PMFriday, Oct. 3 Women's Tennis at Hokie Fall Invite (Blacksburg, Va .) All DayMen's Tennis at UVA Fall Classic (Charlottesville, Va .) All DayWomen’s Golf at Nittany Lion Invite (State College, Pa .) All DayWomen’s Soccer at Hofstra 7 PMWomen’s Volleyball hosts UNCW 6 PM Field Hockey hosts Delaware 7 PM Saturday, Oct. 4Women’s Tennis at Hokie Fall Invite (Blacksburg, Va .) All DayMen’s Tennis at UVA Fall Classic (Charlottesville, Va .) All DayWomen’s Golf at Nittany Lion Invite (State College, Pa .) All DayWomen's Cross Country at Paul Short Invitational (Bethlehem,Pa .) 10 AMFootball at Albany 6 PMSunday, Oct. 5Women’s Tennis at Hokie Fall Invite (Blacksburg, Va .) All DayMen’s Tennis at UVA Fall Classic (Charlottesville, Va .) All DayWomen’s Golf at Nittany Lion Invite (State College, Pa .) All DayWomen's Soccer at Northeastern 1 PMField Hockey hosts Towson 1 PMWomen's Volleyball hosts College of Charleston 1 PM

Wednesday, Oct. 8Field Hockey at Davidson 6 PMMen's Soccer at Delaware 7 PMFriday, Oct. 10Men's Tennis at 49ers Invitational (Charlotte, N .C .) All DayWomen's Soccer hosts College of Charleston 7 PMWomen's Volleyball at Towson 7 PMSaturday, Oct. 11Men’s Tennis at 49ers Invitational (Charlotte, N .C .) All DayFootball hosts Towson (Family Weekend) 12:30 PM Men's Soccer hosts UNCW 7 PMSunday, Oct. 12 Men’s Tennis at 49ers Invitational (Charlotte, N .C .) All DayWomen's Volleyball at Delaware 1 PMWomen's Soccer hosts UNCW 1 PM Field Hockey hosts William and Mary 2 PM

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2014 JMU Football Game Program - Saint Francis