Detroit Titans 2010-11 Men's Tennis Yearbook

Alex Latosinsky

Detroit Titans Men’s Tennis

2010-11 Yearbook

NickTolomei

Chris Cheung

Cesar EscobarSerrano

DavidStabley

The 2010-11 UDM Men’s Tennis Yearbook is a produc-tion of the Detroit Sports Information Department. The guide was written and designed by Sports Informa-tion Assistant Joel Walrath and edited by the Sports Information Department. Photos by Tim Busch and UDM Sports Info.

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Table of ContentsQuick Facts .........................................................32010-11 Schedule ..............................................4Men’s Tennis Roster ............................................5Coaching Staff ..................................................6-82010-11 Season Outlook ................................9-11Individual Player Bios ...................................12-202010-11 Team Picture ....................................... 212009-10 Season Review ................................22-24Year-by-Year Team Records ............................... 25Year-by-Year Team Results ...........................26-28All-Time Dual Series Records ............................ 29Team Records ...............................................29-30All-Time Roster .................................................. 31Titan Facilities ................................................... 32Horizon League .............................................33-34Titan Athletics ..............................................35-39The Athletic Director ......................................... 42Titan Staff ......................................................... 43Titan Head Coaches .......................................... 44Titan Points of Pride .......................................... 45

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UDM Quick FactsUNIVERSITY INFORMATIONSchool Name: .......................................................................... University of Detroit MercyLocation: ........................................................................................................Detroit, MIFounded: ...............................................................................................................1877Enrollment: ...........................................................................................................5,700Nickname: ............................................................................................................ TitansColors: .................................................................................................. Red, White, BlueAffiliation: ...............................................................................................NCAA Division IConference: ............................................................................................. Horizon LeagueRegion: ............................................................................................................. MidwestInterim President: .....................................................................................Michael Joseph

ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT INFORMATIONAthletic Director: ........................................................................................... Keri GaitherSenior Associate AD: ...........................................................................Daron MontgomeryAssociate AD for Business Ops./SWA: ..............................................................Teri KromreiAssistant AD for NCAA Compliance: ............................................................... Steve CorderAsst. AD for Facilities & Special Events: .............................................................Jeff LatinenDir. of Ticket Sales & Fan Experience: ............................................................Greg HaapalaDir. of Marketing & Promotions: ............................................................ Brandon LongmeierDir. of Ticket Ops. & Special Events: ............................................................. Emily VanniceAsst. AD for Sports Medicine:........................................................................Michael MillerAsst. AD for Strength & Conditioning: .................................................................Joe TofferiFaculty Athletic Representative: ..................................................................... Erick BarnesAthletic Department Phone: .........................................................................313-993-1700Fax: .........................................................................................................313-993-2449Mailing Address: ............................................................................4001 W. McNichols Rd............................................................................................................Detroit, MI 48221

SPORTS INFORMATION STAFFSports Information Director: ........................................................................Mitch WignessAsst. Sports Information Directors: ..............................................P.J. Gradowski, Kit StetzelSports Information Asst. (MTEN Contact): ........................................................Joel WalrathEmail: .....................................................................................Joel.Walrath@udmercy.eduSports Info. Office Phone: ...........................................................................313-993-1745Sports Info Office Fax: ................................................................................313-993-1765Website: ..............................................................................................DetroitTitans.com

MEN’S TENNIS INFORMATIONHead Coach: .................................................................................................Grant AsherAlma Mater, Year: ................................................................................Michigan State, ‘92UDM Record (Years): ................................................................................13-25 (2 Years)Office Phone: .............................................................................................313-595-0181Email: ........................................................................................... [email protected] Assistant Coach: ........................................................................ Pjotrs Necajevs2010 Record: .......................................................................................................... 8-122010 Conference Record (Finish): .......................................................................2-5 (6th)Letterwinners lost: .......................................................................................................3Newcomers: ................................................................................................................3

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Date Event Location Time

1/13/2011 @ Western Michigan Kalamazoo, MI 3:00 p.m.

1/14/2011 @ Illinois State Bloomington, IL 7:30 p.m.

1/15/2011 @ DePaul Chicago, IL 2:00 p.m.

1/21/2011 TOLEDO SOUTHFIELD,MI 7:00P.M.

1/28/2011 DAYTON SOUTHFIELD,MI 8:00P.M.

2/3/2011 WAYNESTATE SOUTHFIELD,MI 9:30P.M.

2/5/2011 @ Ball State Muncie, IN 2:00 p.m.

2/18/2011 @ IUPUI Indianapolis, IN 6:00 p.m.

2/19/2011 @ IPFW Fort Wayne, IN 7:00 p.m.

2/20/2011 vs. Chicago State (@ IPFW) Fort Wayne, IN 8:00 a.m.

2/26/2011 @ Michigan State East Lansing, MI 10:00 a.m.

3/18/2011 WRIGHTSTATE*(DH) SOUTHFIELD,MI 7:00P.M.

3/19/2011 BUTLER*(DH) SOUTHFIELD,MI 6:00P.M.

3/25/2011 @ Valparaiso* Valparaiso, IN TBD

3/26/2011 @ UIC* Chicago, IL 7:00 p.m.

4/2/2011 vs. Temple (DH @ Duquesne) Pittsburgh, PA 10:00 a.m.

4/3/2011 @ Duquesne (DH) Pittsburgh, PA 2:30 p.m.

4/8/2011 vs. Green Bay* (@ Marquette) Milwaukee, WI TBD

4/9/2011 @ Marquette Milwaukee, WI 1:00 p.m.

4/16/2011 @ Cleveland State* (DH) Cleveland, OH 11:00 a.m.

4/17/2011 @ Youngstown State* (DH) Youngstown, OH 8:00 a.m.

4/22-24/2011 Horizon League Championship Indianapolis, IN All Day

Home contests in bold and held at Franklin Athletic Club in Southfield, MI or at the

Titan Tennis Complex on the UDM campus; * Denotes Horizon League Contest; DH de-

notes doubleheader; Game dates and times are subject to change; All times are Eastern

Detroit Titans Tennis2010-11 Men’s Tennis Schedule


LEGENDName -

Yr. - Hometown/High School

Name Yr. Hometown/HighSchoolMike Basha^ RSo. Fort Gratiot, MI/Port Huron NorthernLarry Brown So. Shelby Township/MI / Eisenhower Dean Butts Fr. Grosse Pointe Woods, MI / Grosse Pointe North Christopher Cheung So. Mississauga, ON / ErindaleAlex Latosinsky So. Sarnia, ON / St. Christopher’s Pablo Nunez So. San Jose, Costa Rica / Educacion Abierta (East Carolina) Cesar Escobar Serrano So. Merliot, El Salvador / Education David Stabley Jr. Shelby Township, MI / Eisenhower Nick Tolomei Jr. Rochester, MI / Adams ^Will not compete until fall 2011

Head Coach: Grant Asher (3rd Year)Graduate Assistant Coach: Pjotrs Necajevs (1st Year)

Detroit Titans Tennis2010-11 Men’s Tennis Roster


Cesar Escobar Serrano

-Sophomore-Merliot, El

Salvador/Education

Larry Brown- Sophomore -

Shelby Township, MI/Eisenhower

Dean Butts - Freshman -Grosse Pointe Woods, MI/

Grosse Point North

Chris Cheung- Sophomore -

Mississauga, ON/Erindale

Alex Latosinsky-Sophomore-Sarnia, ON/

St. Christopher’s

David Stabley-Junior-

Shelby Township, MI/

Eisenhower

Pablo Nunez-Sophomore-

San Jose, Costa Rica/

Educacion Abierta (East Carolina)

Nick Tolomei-Junior-

Rochester, MI/Adams

Mike Basha^- RS. Sophomore - Fort Gratiot, MI/

Port Huron Northern

Head Coach

Grant Asher,

3rd Year

Titans Coaching

Staff

Graduate

Assistant Coach

Pjotrs Necajevs

1st Year


GrantAsher(3rdYear)MichiganState,‘92UDMRecord

13-25(2Years)

Men’s Tennis Coaching StaffGrant Asher begins his fourth year with the Titans and third as the head coach of the men’s tennis team after being hired in November of 2007 as the men’s leader. Asher was an assistant on the women’s team prior to working with the men.

In his three years as head coach, UDM has reached the Horizon League tournament each year. Under his direction, the Titans have claimed back-to-back HL Player of the Year honors with Pjotrs Necajevs taking the yearly honor in his two seasons in the Motor City. Asher also helped newcomer Cesar Escobar Serrano come in at mid-year to post a 6-1 league mark and earn second team All-League honors. He also saw Detroit get recognition from the Midwest coaches as his No. 1 doubles team of Ne-cajevs and Alex Latosinsky advanced to the quarter-finals of the 2009 ITA Midwest Regionals defeating the 12th-seeded Wiscon-sin tandem in the process.

In his first year, coach Asher quickly got to work recruiting the first men’s tennis team since 1995, forming a seven-man ros-ter. Working with five true freshmen and two transfer juniors, Asher led Detroit to a 5-13 record in the program’s first varsity campaign in 13 years. During the way, he helped mentor Pjotrs Necajevs to win five Horizon League Player of the Week honors as well as freshman Dustin Goldenberg take the weekly ac-colade once. Necajevs was ultimately named the conference’s Newcomer and Player of the Year after tallying a 25-4 singles, all at No. 1, including a perfect 7-0 mark in the league.

Asher teaches professionally at Franklin Athletic Club, the cur-rent indoor home for Titan tennis. He also spent seven seasons as head coach for Brother Rice High School in Birmingham. Prior to that, Asher had served as Director of Tennis at Court One Athletic Clubs in Okemos.

Asher played Number 1 singles and doubles for four years at Michigan State before graduating in 1992. He was named the team’s MVP for four consecutive years and earned the All-Big Ten Award. Following his collegiate playing days, Asher spent two years on the pro circuit, playing throughout the United States, Mexico and Europe.

The 42-year old Asher currently resides in Huntington Woods with his wife, Katie O’Connor, a senior attorney at Butzel Long in Detroit. The couple has seven-year-old twins, Colin and Payton.


Men’s Tennis Coaching Staff

GraduateAssistantCoachPjotrsNecajevs


One of the most highly decorated players in Horizon League his-tory returned to Detroit, this time as a coach as Pjotrs Necajevs was named a graduate assistant coach for the men’s and women’s tennis teams for the 2010-11 campaign.

“Pjotrs was a great player for us, but it was not just about the re-sults he gave us on the court. He really helped our young players grow and get ready for the college game during his two years and to be able to keep him around is great for the program,” said men’s head coach Grant Asher.

Necajevs is involved in on-court coaching as well as providing assis-tance to both the men’s and women’s programs in regards to recruit-ing, practice schedules, travel coordination, budget and equipment purchases. He will also assist with day-to-day office administration

for both teams and help the Athletic Department in the areas of marketing and promotions, group ticket sales and assist with the department’s special events.

Necajevs ended his two-year Titan career as just the third player in Horizon League history to win back-to-back Player of the Year awards after going 30-4 on the year and a perfect 7-0 in the confer-ence as a senior. He dominated conference play again with six of his seven wins in straight-set sweeps. In his Motor City career, he was 55-8 in singles, all from the top position, with a 14-0 record in conference meets.

He was the team MVP twice and earned the 2009 Titan Newcomer award at the annual UDM Presi-dent’s Athletic and Academic Honors Luncheon. Off the court, he was a member of Student Athletic Advisory Committee (SAAC), and earned academic honors by being named to the UDM Athletic Di-rector’s Honor Roll twice as well as to the Horizon League’s Academic Honor Roll. As a senior, he also received the Herb Foster Sportsmanship Award, which recognizes student-athletes who display ad-mirable conduct both on and off the courts.

Necajevs graduated from the University in May, 2010, with Bachelor’s Degree in Business and is currently enrolled in UDM’s MBA program.

2010-11 Men’s

Tennis Outlook

“We’ve got a young team and we feel our name is out

there not just in the Midwest, but also through-out the country and we feel

real good about the direction of the program”


“We want eight number one players. We want every-

one to feel like they are a top player for us.”

-Head Coach Grant Asher

In the four tournaments on Detroit’s fall slate, Alex Latosinsky went 8-6 overall in singles matches while Cesar Escobar Serrano and Pablo Nunez each totaled six wins. “I thought the fall went well. It was an oppor-tunity for us to establish who worked hard over the summer and who progressed and it gave our guys a chance to play and get mentally tough. I thought we performed well against some very stiff competition,” added Asher. At the last fall tournament in late October, the Wilson ITA Midwest Regional held at Notre Dame in South Bend, IN, the doubles pairing of Chris Cheung and Nunez topped Michigan State 8-4 before falling in the bracket to Wisconsin’s Marek Michalicka, the overall No. 2 seed in singles play, and Petr Satral, 8-2. The Titan squad that went 8-12 overall last season, 2-5 in the Horizon League, graduated seniors Patrick Troy and Pjotrs Necajevs, but Necajevs did not get far as he joins both the men’s and women’s team as a graduate assis-tant coach. The addition of Necajevs to the staff will help nurture a men’s team that features just two up-perclassmen in juniors David Stabley and Nick Tolomei. This year’s squad features the two ju-niors as well as five sophomores and one fresh-man. “Pjotrs really helped our young players devel-op and get ready for the college game while he played here for two years and to be able to keep him around is great for the program,” said head men’s coach Grant Asher. New to this year’s Titan team are Larry Brown who attended Macomb Community College as a freshman, Nunez who attended East Carolina as a freshman, and true freshman Dean Butts.


2010-11 Season Outlook

SophomoreAlexLatosinsky

SophomoreChrisCheung

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2010HorizonLeagueRecord-2-5(6th)Letterwinnerslost-3Newcomers-3

“With a new program, we were fortunate enough to have two transfers in Patrick and Pete, but now those seniors have graduated so instantly we’re a young team again which gener-ally full time programs don’t run into. On the flip side, next year we won’t lose anybody and with another year of competition, these guys should be more mature and disciplined with their ap-proach,” commented Asher. The 2010 dual season saw the Titans enter the Horizon League Tournament as the No. 6 seed and earn a date with No. 3 seed Wright State that would see the Raiders advance on a 4-1 victory. Sophomores Serrano and Latosinsky went 11-5 and 7-10 respectively in last year’s dual season with Serrano recording a 6-1 mark in Horizon League play and earning conference second team honors. “We want eight number one players. We want everyone to feel like they are a top player for us. We certainly look to our upperclassmen Nick and David to take over at certain times but we tend to have a rule-by-committee philosophy,” said Asher.

The Titans will also be helped by midseason transfer Mike Basha from Western Michigan. Ba-sha will not compete until fall 2011. Basha was a three-star prospect and the No. 4 ranked senior in Michigan by TennisRecruiting.net out of Port Huron Northern High School in 2008. With a 32-6 record his senior year, he was a finalist for the prestigious “Mr. Tennis” award given to a top Number One Senior Singles player in Michigan as awarded by the Michigan High School Tennis Coaches Association in addition to being named to the Division 1 All-State first team. Basha advanced to the Division 1 state finals in No. 1 singles each of his final three years making the semifinals as a senior, the quarterfi-nals as a junior and the round of 16 as a sopho-more. He was also named the Port Huron Times Herald Player of the Year three times. “We’ll get him for two years of competition and I think he is going to push us a step further not only going for a championship, but just the character of our program which is really impor-tant,” stated Asher.

2010-11 Season Outlook

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Detroit Titans Tennis

2009-10:Posted two wins in doubles play on the year while serving as the main reserve in singles matches…Garnered his two victories playing alongside sophomore teammate Nick Tolomei at the Ball State Fall Invitational…The duo surged past Cleveland State’s Aris Spirtos and Jay Jones, 8-6, and Tony Kanavos and Rodrigo Tamashiro of IPFW, 8-3…Participated in the qualifying round of the ITA Midwest Regional Championships dropping his first round match…Earned a spot on the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.

2008-09:Earned 10 wins on the year, with six in doubles play and four in singles…Won his first collegiate match defeating in-state rival Marlon Leone of Wayne State 6-1, ret. at the Detroit Titan Fall Invita-tional...Also scored a doubles victory with fellow freshman Gino Mc-Cathney at the home invite, downing IPFW’s Hermann Kuschke and Roberto Cabrini 9-7...That win came in the duo’s first-ever match together as the tandem would post four wins on the season…In the Titans first conference match of the season, the pair tallied their first HL win with an 8-7 (5) score against Tariq Ismail and Michael Kathary of Youngstown State, helping UDM to post its first Horizon League victory since 1993…Went on to garner two more doubles conference wins teaming with Dustin Goldenberg for a 9-8 (3) decision over Kevin DeHerrera and Kyle Stump of Valparaiso and a 9-7 triumph alongside Pjotrs Necajevs against Green Bay’s Eric Plaushines and Henning Jess at No. 1…His singles wins in the dual season came against Chicago State, IPFW and St. Francis (PA)…A member of the AD Honor Roll.

PriortoDetroit: A gritty and competitive netter on the court, Stabley was a four-year member of the Eisenhower varsity tennis team under coach Chris Layson…A three-time state qualifier, advancing to the No. 1 quarterfinals as a sophomore…Named the Macomb County Rookie of the Year as a freshman playing No. 4 singles…Selected to the Macomb Country Dream Team as a sophomore, junior and senior…Tabbed a

team captain as a junior and senior…A member of STAND-UP, a Christian Club-Community Outreach program.

Personal: Son of Carol and Mark Stabley... Hobbies in-clude snowboarding and playing electric guitar ... Lists his biggest thrill in sports as qualifying for states his senior year after having to serve underhand the whole season due to an elbow injury…Chose Detroit over Oakland and Western Michigan…His dad earned his undergrad from

U-D and went on to graduate from the U-D dental school…Has one brother Daniel (23)… Majoring in biology (pre-dental).

DavidStabley

Year: Junior

Hometown:

Shelby Township, MI-

HighSchool:

Eisenhower


SINGLES Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 Dual Tour

2008-09 4-21 -- -- 1-1 2-12 -- 0-1 3-14 1-7

2009-10 1-13 -- -- 0-1 0-3 -- 1-0 1-4 0-9

2010-11 1-10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1-10

Totals 6-44 -- -- 1-2 2-15 -- 1-1 4-18 2-26

DOUBLES Total 1 2 3 Dual Tour

2008-09 6-17 1-0 4-11 0-1 5-12 1-5

2009-10 5-9 -- -- 3-4 3-4 2-5

2010-11 4-8 -- -- -- -- 4-8

Totals 15-34 1-0 4-11 3-5 8-16 7-18

David Stabley Career Statistics


2009-10:Ended the year with 14 total victories under his belt, playing mostly No. 5 singles and No. 2 doubles…His 14 wins were split with seven apiece in singles and doubles, with three confer-ence single’s wins…He did garner a win at No. 3 singles with a dominating 6-0, 6-0 ledger over Chicago State’s Michael Chew…Defeated UIC’s, Valparaiso’s and Youngstown State’s No. 5 man in straight sets…Had a rousing come-back victory against IUPUI’s Joel Modesitt dropping the first set 6-0 before taking the match 7-5, 10-7…Dropped his only match in the qualifying round of the ITA Midwest Regional Championships…A member of the Detroit Athletic Director’s Honor Roll as well as the Horizon League Fall Academic Honor Roll.

2008-09:Was honored with the Coach’s Award after the season that saw him finish third on the team with 24 total victories and 11 singles wins…His 13 doubles wins, all of which came play-ing with Patrick Troy at No. 3, were also tied for the team lead…Played mostly at the No. 5 and 6 slots in singles…Earned his first win in his first-ever collegiate match against IPFW’s Francisco Sigaun, 6-3, 7-5...Went on to win two more individual matches at the Detroit Titan Fall Invitational, along with all three doubles contests to claim the No. 3 flight title...Took the Flight B conso-lation bracket at the Valpo Fall Classic with a pair of wins in the final day, defeating two conference opponents in Green Bay’s Matt Keesey (7-6, 3-6, 10-5) and Youngstown State’s Steve D’Angelo (6-1, 6-4)...Tolomei and Troy went on to reach the finals of the Flight D bracket at the 30th Annual Ball State Fall Invitational...That same Titan tandem went 3-2 in conference play with wins over Youngstown State, UIC and Wright State, along with regional victories against Michigan State and Toledo…Earned his first HL singles win with a 6-1, 6-0 tally over Pip Rehg of Wright State… Named to the AD Honor Roll.

PriortoDetroit: Earned four letters in tennis at Rochester Ad-ams High School…He left Adams third on the school’s all-time win

list with a 78-17 career record…Earned all-state hon-ors as a junior after reaching the state finals at the No. 2 position…That year he was the number one seeded player in the tournament…Led the Highlanders to three league championships…Named team MVP as a junior and senior as well as a scholar-athlete all four years.

Personal:Son of Mike and Cheryl Tolomei…Hobbies include playing cards, watching tv and sleeping ... Lists

his big-gest thrill in sports as plac-ing third at the SEMTA qualifier as a senior… Has an aunt who attended U-D in the 1980’s…Has two broth-ers Mike (22) and Joe (15)… Majoring in pre-med.

NickTolomei

Year: Junior

Hometown:

Rochester, MI

HighSchool:

Adams



2008-09 11-15 -- -- -- 1-0 2-9 1-3 4-12 7-3

2009-10 7-19 -- -- 1-0 1-4 5-7 -- 7-11 0-8

2010-11 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Totals 18-34 -- -- 1-0 2-4 7-16 1-3 11-23 7-11


2008-09 13-14 -- -- 6-11 6-11 7-3

2009-10 8-14 -- 4-6 1-3 5-9 3-5

2010-11 2-1 -- -- -- -- 2-1

Totals 23-29 --- 4-6 7-14 11-20 12-9

Nick Tolomei Career Statistics


2009-10:Made an immediate impact compiling 12 singles wins, third on the team, and 28 total wins, second on the Titans…Was in the line-up mostly at the No. 2 and 3 position…Gained recognition at the ITA Midwest Regionals advancing all the way to the quarterfinals in dou-bles playing with senior Pjotrs Necajevs… The Titan tandem defeated the 12th-seeded Wisconsin team of Michael Dieberger and Patrick Pohlmann, 8-5, as well as John Haley and Robert Fox of Cleveland State, 9-8 (2)…They then gave the second seeded, and 26th-ranked, Buckeye team of Chase Buchanan and Justin Kronauge a scare be-fore falling, 8-6…He also logged a tough three-set loss in the opening match of the singles qualifying round…Started the year with three vic-tories and a flight title at the IPFW Fall Invite, including a 6-1, 6-1 win over DePauw’s Jonathan Batuello for his first collegiate tally in his first collegiate match…Started the dual season with a thrilling 2-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-7) victory over Western Michigan’s Casey Cullen…His first Horizon League win was over Valparaiso’s Adam Whitmer 6-4, 2-6, 10-2…A member of the UDM’s AD’s Honor Roll.

PriortoDetroit:A top 10-ranked player in Ontario as well as a mem-ber of his provincial team at the Canadian National Championships...In his final season, he was ranked 37th nationally in U-18 singles...He won the 2008 Southwest Ontario high school championship, and fin-ished fourth at the provincial level one year earlier...He was the U-18 champion of the 2008 Dr. Joe Morris Memorial Classic while also ring-ing up a number of big wins on the ITA Summer Circuit…Named player of the year in his high school in 2005.

Personal:Son of Betty and Rob Latosin-sky... His hobbies include playing piano, ultimate Frisbee, skiing, going to the beach and listening to music …Has a sister Michelle (23) and Christopher (6)…Chose Detroit because of its location to home and academics and coaches…A biochemis-try major.

AlexLatosinsky

Year: Sophomore

Hometown:

Sarnia, ON

HighSchool:

St. Christopher’s



2009-10 12-14 -- 2-5 4-4 1-1 -- -- 7-10 5-4

2010-11 8-6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 8-6

Totals 20-20 -- 2-5 4-4 1-1 -- -- 7-10 13-10


2009-10 15-10 6-5 0-1 3-2 9-8 6-2

2010-11 5-9 -- -- -- -- 5-9

Totals 20-19 6-5 0-1 3-2 9-8 11-11

Alex Latosinsky Career Statistics


2009-10: A promising freshman campaign, Cheung was second on the squad with 13 singles wins and third on the team tallying 24 total victories…Had wins at No. 3 and No. 5, but did most of his damage in the singles department with six wins at No. 6…Won his opening match at the ITA Midwest Regional Championships qualifying rounds defeat-ing Jamie Firth of Eastern Illinois, 7-6 (2), 6-4… Partnered with Pjotrs Necajevs for three wins and a runner-up finish at the top doubles flight at the MSU Frank Beeman Invitational… Posted his first career win at the IPFW Fall Invite downing Joel Modesitt of IUPUI, 6-4, 5-7, 10-7… Had three singles wins in HL action with his first coming against Wright State’s Evan Neuman, 6-0, 7-6 (4)…His No. 3 winning singles effort came by way of a three-set effort over IPFW’s Luis Maselli, 6-2, 5-7, 7-6 (4)…Earned a spot on the University of Detroit Mercy Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.

PriortoDetroit:One of the top players in Mississauga, ON…Named a rising senior in the 2010 class by Tennisrecruiting.net…A lefty, Cheung participated in a number of junior events including the 2008 U18 ITF World Ranking Event 2 and the 27th All Canadian ITF Junior Champi-onships.

Personal:Son of Linda and Dennis Cheung... His hobbies include watching movies and listening to music…Has one sister Lauren (21)…Chose Detroit because it is a small school with a great academic reputation…A business major.

ChristopherCheungYear: SophomoreHometown:

Mississauga, ONHighSchool:

Erindale



2009-10 13-17 -- -- 1-0 0-1 1-0 6-10 8-11 5-6

2010-11 5-8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 5-8

Totals 18-25 -- -- 1-0 0-1 1-0 6-10 8-11 10-14


2009-10 13-15 5-3 -- 5-6 10-9 3-6

2010-11 5-10 -- -- -- -- 5-10

Totals 19-28 5-3 0-2 6-7 10-9 8-16

Chris Cheung Career Statistics


2009-10:Joined the Titans in January for the dual season…Se-lected to the All-Horizon League second team becoming the first Titan freshman to receive All-Conference accolades… Also named the team’s Newcomer of the Year…Finished the season fourth on the squad with 11 singles wins and was 6-1 in Horizon League ac-tion moving up in the lineup from No. 4 and 5 to start the year all the way to No. 2 in the Titans’ final two matches…He added eight more wins for UDM in doubles…Posted his first career win in sin-gles in come from behind fashion against Toledo’s Gursher Harika, 3-6, 6-2, 6-4, and also teamed with Patrick Troy for an 8-4 win in doubles…Defeated Wright State’s Jan Alafriz, 6-3, 6-2, in his first conference tilt, a win that started a six-match winning streak in HL play.

PriortoDetroit:One of the top players in El Salvador as well as one of the top ranked junior players in Central America in 2008…Won two of three Central American singles tournaments in 2008, defeating two ranked International Tennis Federation (ITF) play-ers…Also won in doubles at the ITF U18 G4 El Salvador Jr. Open and at the G5 COPA San Agustin in Monterrey, Mexico in 2009…Was honored twice with El Savador’s Sport Excellency award, given by the President of El Savador, Antonio Saca.

Personal: Son of Flor Maria Escobar Serrano and Manuel de Jesús Escobar Serrano... Has a sister Sara Maria Escobar Serrano (15) and brother Rocio Beatriz Escobar Serrano (5).…His hobbies in-clude going to the movies, playing soccer, listening to music and going to the beach…An electrical and computer engineering major.

CesarEscobar

Serrano

Year: Sophomore

Hometown:

Merliot, El Salvador

HighSchool:

Education



2009-10 11-5 -- 0-2 2-0 5-1 4-2 -- 11-5 --

2010-11 6-5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 6-5

Totals 17-10 -- 0-2 2-0 5-1 4-2 -- 11-5 6-5


2009-10 7-9 -- 4-6 3-3 7-9 --

2010-11 3-7 -- -- -- -- 3-7

Totals 10-16 -- 4-6 3-3 7-9 3-7

Cesar Escobar Serrano Career Statistics


PriortoDetroit:A transfer from East Carolina in Conference USA, where he posted a 5-3 record in singles and a 6-1 tally in doubles…He had a single victory at No. 3, a pair at No. 4 and added another at No. 6, while recording four of his double’s wins at No. 3… A member of the Costa Rican Davis Cup team since 2008…He was ranked the No. 1 junior player in Costa Rica in 2007 as he reached the semi-finals in the IFT Grade 3…He was also runner-up at the Panama ITF Champion-ships and was part of the doubles winning tandem at Copa Diana El Salvador Grade 4 ITF in 2009.

Personal:Full name is Pablo Nunez Palmieri…The son of Alfredo and Paulina Palmieri...Hobbies include soccer, television and surfing the internet....Majoring in business.

PabloNunez

Year: Sophomore

Hometown:

San Jose, Costa Rica

HighSchool:

(PreviousSchool)

Educacion Abierta

(East Carolina)



2010-11 6-6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 6-6

Totals 6-6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 6-6


2010-11 6-9 -- -- -- -- 6-9

Totals 6-9 -- -- -- -- 6-9

Pablo Nunez Career Statistics


PriortoDetroit:Attended Macomb Community College as a fresh-man…Earned two letters in tennis at Eisenhower… Named to the Ma-comb County singles first team as a senior, where he was ranked eighth in Macomb County and advanced to the regional semi-finals…Was the inaugural recipient of the USTA/Midwest Rick Van Horn Schol-arship in 2009 given to provide assistance to those with a passion to work in the tennis industry.…During the summer, he teaches tennis clinics for youth at the local park district.

Personal: Full name is Laurence Brown…Deb and Larry Brown... Has a younger brother, Chris (16)… His hobbies include playing soccer and fishing as well as working at tennis clinics…Played high school tennis with current Titan teammate David Stabley …A business major.

LarryBrown

Year: Sophomore

Hometown:

Shelby Township, MI

HighSchool:

Eisenhower



2010-11 2-9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2-9

Totals 2-9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2-9


2010-11 0-4 -- -- -- -- 0-4

Totals 0-4 -- -- -- -- 0-4

Larry Brown Career Statistics


PriortoDetroit:A four-year letterwinner at Grosse Pointe North…Served as team captain in his final three seasons, where he was also named All-MAC (Macomb Area Conference)…Reached the quarter-finals in the state championships at No. 3 singles as a junior and was honored with the Meli/Ciaramitaro Team Player Memorial Scholarship Award as a senior…Was President of Brotherhood (a men’s leadership group) and the Norsement Session council (leadership in sports).

Personal:The son of Ken and Mary Butts...Has three siblings, Grace, John and Bryan…Lists his biggest thrill in sports as setting a goal and working hard to achieve it... A business major.

DeanButts

Year: Freshman

Hometown:Grosse

Pointe Woods, MI

HighSchool:

Grosse Pointe North



2010-11 1-10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1-10

Totals 1-10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1-10


2010-11 1-8 -- -- -- -- 1-8

Totals 1-8 -- -- -- -- 1-8

Dean Butts Career Statistics


2010-11: Came to UDM as a midseason transfer from Western Michi-gan after an overall 11-9 record in the fall season at WMU....Will sit out the 2011 dual season to complete transfer requirements and will be eligible to compete with Detroit in the fall 2011 season.

2009-10: At Western Michigan, compiled overall records of 15-6 in singles, 5-8 in doubles, and 20-14 overall as a freshman.

HighSchool: Basha was a three-star prospect and the No. 4 ranked senior in Michigan by TennisRecruiting.net out of Port Huron Northern High School in 2008...Had a 32-6 record his senior year and was a finalist for the prestigious “Mr. Tennis” award given to a top Number One Senior Singles player in Michigan as awarded by the Michigan High School Tennis Coaches Association...Was named to the Division 1 All-State first team...Advanced to the Division 1 state finals in No. 1 singles each of his final three years making the semifinals as a senior, the quarterfinals as a junior and the round of 16 as a sophomore. He was also named the Port Huron Times Herald Player of the Year three times.

Personal: Son of Michael and Karen Basha...Has two younger sisters, Gabbi, and Franni...Father is a doctor and graduated from Otterbein, while mom, Karen, is a personal trainer and graduated from Michigan State.

MikeBasha

Year: RS Sophomore

Hometown:

Fort Gratiot, MI

HighSchool:

Port Huron Northern


2009-10* 15-6 -- -- -- -- 2-0 3-0 5-0 10-6

2010-11* 5-5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 5-5

Totals 20-11 -- -- -- -- 2-0 3-0 5-0 15-11


2009-10* 5-8 -- -- 0-1 0-1 5-7

2010-11* 6-4 -- -- -- -- 6-4

Totals 11-12 -- -- 0-1 0-1 11-11

*at Western Michigan University

Mike Basha Career Statistics



2010-11Men’sTennisFrontRow:(left to right) Head Coach Grant Asher, David Stabley, Alex Latosinsky, Cesar Escobar Serrano, Pablo

Nunez, Dean Butts, Nick Tolomei, Chris Cheung, Larry Brown, Graduate Assistant Coach Pjotrs Necajevs

1979-80DetroitMen’sTennis

FrontRow:(left to right) Mike Shaltry, Steve Morey, Dan

Horvath, Paul Korenkiewicz

BackRow: Head Coach Earl Clark Jr.,

David Lee, Peter Torres, Chris Bakriges


2009-10 Season Review Overall, UDM finished the year at 8-12, 2-5 in league play, an improvement from its 5-13, 1-6 Horizon League finish in 2008-09 in the first year in the rebirth of the program. Four of those losses were 4-3 setbacks, including three in confer-ence action as the Titans reached the first round of the Horizon League Tournament. On the court, Detroit was led by senior and Team MVP as well as Horizon League Player of the Year PjotrsNecajevs, his second straight league player of the year honors. In his two years at Detroit, Ne-cajevs was 55-8 and 14-0 in the Horizon League, all at No. 1 singles. He came to UDM and quickly gave the team respect-ability in the Midwest. That respect was seen at the ITA Midwest Regional Cham-pionships in October as he and freshman AlexLatosinsky reached the quarterfi-nals in doubles, defeating tandems from Cleveland State, Western Michigan and the 12th-seeded team from Wisconsin. Last year, senior PatrickTroy who helped set the program’s foundation, completed his time at UDM. Troy was the recipient of the team’s Scholar-Athlete award for the second straight year as he finished his collegiate career with over 40 total victories at the Division I level. He played No. 2, 3 and 4 singles in his two years and helped form one of the best Titan doubles tandems, playing alongside sophomore NickTolomei. There were six underclassmen on the eight-man roster, including four fresh-men. The group was led by second team All-Horizon League honoree CesarEs-cobarSerrano, who became the first Titan freshman to receive all-conference accolades. Serrano, who was also the team’s Newcomer of the Year, missed the fall campaign and a few dual matches in January, but still finished the year fourth

2010HorizonLeagueAwardWinnersAll-LeagueFirstTeam

Name School YearPjotrsNecajevs Detroit SeniorPhil Orno Cleveland State SeniorSebastian Lystad UIC SeniorBen Raynauld Butler SeniorNick Camilleri Wright State SeniorYannick Goossens Cleveland State Sophomore

All-LeagueSecondTeamName School YearPaul Swanson Green Bay SophomoreTore Waldhausen Wright State FreshmanCesarEscobar Serrano Detroit FreshmanRyan Hamning Cleveland State SeniorTariq Ismail Youngstown State SophomoreLuiz Gonzaga UIC Junior

2010FinalHorizonLeagueStandings Overall LeagueCleveland State 21-6 7-0UIC 15-11 5-2Wright State 14-9 4-3Butler 10-13 4-3Green Bay 13-9 4-3Detroit 8-12 2-5Valparaiso 5-13 2-5Youngstown State 1-14 0-7

FinalChampionshipResultsFirst Round(#3) Wright State 4, (#6) Detroit 1(#4) Butler 4, (#5) Green Bay 1Second Round(#2) UIC 4, Wright State 3(#1) Cleveland State 4, Butler 0

PlayeroftheYear:Pjotrs Necajevs, Detroit

NewcomeroftheYear:Tore Waldhausen, WSU

CoachoftheYear:Brian Etzkin, Cleveland State

HerbFosterSportsmanshipAward:Pjotrs Necajevs, DetroitBen Raynauld, Butler

2010HorizonLeagueAwardWinners


UDM 2009-10 Men's TennisDetroit Titans 2009-10 Season Results

Overall record: 8-12 • HL: 2-5 • Region: 5-6 • Home: 4-3 • Away: 3-7 • Neutral: 1-2vs National ranked: 0-1 • vs Regional ranked: 0-0

Date Opponent Score Overall HL Nation RegionSep 12-13, 2009 IPFW Fall Invitational All Day (Fort Wayne, IN)Sep 18-20, 2009 Frank Beeman Invitational All Day (East Lansing, MI)Sep 25, 2009 31st Annual Ball State Invitational All Day (Muncie, IN)Oct 15-19, 2009 ITA Midwest Regional Championships All Day (Ann Arbor, MI)Jan 15, 2010 DUQUESNE L 1-6 0-1 0-0

% Jan 22, 2010 IPFW W 5-2 1-1 0-0% Jan 24, 2010 at Western Michigan L 2-5 1-2 0-0

Jan 29, 2010 vs Northern Illinois L 3-4 1-3 0-0% Jan 30, 2010 at Michigan State L 1-6 1-4 0-0% Feb 7, 2010 at Toledo W 4-3 2-4 0-0

Feb. 7, 2010 at Case Western W 5-2 3-4 0-0Feb. 12, 2010 WAYNE STATE W 6-1 4-4 0-0Feb. 27, 2010 at Ball State L 1-6 4-5 0-0Mar 6, 2010 at IUPUI W 6-1 5-5 0-0

% Mar 15, 2010 CHICAGO STATE W 7-0 6-5 0-0% Mar 18, 2010 at #4 Ohio State L 0-7 6-6 0-0* Mar 19, 2010 at Wright State L 3-4 6-7 0-1* Mar 21, 2010 at Butler L 2-5 6-8 0-2

%* Mar 25, 2010 UIC L 3-4 6-9 0-3%* Mar 26, 2010 VALPARAISO W 7-0 7-9 1-3%* Apr 9, 2010 at Green Bay Phoenix L 3-4 7-10 1-4%* Apr 17, 2010 CLEVELAND STATE L 2-5 7-11 1-5%* Apr 18, 2010 vs Youngstown State W 5-2 8-11 2-5

Apr 23, 2010 vs Wright State L 1-4 8-12 2-5

2009-10 Season Reviewon the squad with 11 singles wins. He was also 6-1 in Horizon League action as he moved up the lineup going from No. 4 and 5 to start the year, all the way up to No. 2 in the Titans’ final two matches. He also added eight more wins for UDM in doubles. Detroit also got major contributions from two other rookies in Latosinsky and ChrisCheung. Aside from his play alongside Necajevs at the ITA Midwest Regional Championships, Latosinsky compiled 12 singles wins at the No. 2 and 3 position, while Cheung gave UDM a winning presence at the back end of the rotation with 13 wins. The final rookie on the team, ChrisDidio, came through as one of the hardest workers on the team. The sophomore class saw Tolomei make considerable strides in his second season, playing at No. 5 and ending the

HorizonLeagueAthletesoftheWeekJanuary 19 Luiz Gonzaga, UICJanuary26 PjotrsNecajevs,DetroitFebruary 2 Ryan Hamning, Cleveland StateFebruary 9 Yannick Goossens, Cleveland StateFebruary 16 Phil Orno, Cleveland StateFebruary 23 Luiz Gonzaga, UICMarch 2 Sebastian Lystad, Cleveland StateMarch 9 Evan Neuman, Wright StateMarch 16 Kevin DeHerrera, ValparaisoMarch 23 Paul Swanson, Green BayMarch 30 Phil Orno, Cleveland StateApril 6 Nick Camilleri, Wright StateApril 13 John Haley, Cleveland StateApril 20 Sebastian Lystad, UIC

year with 14 total victories. He had seven wins in singles and three in conference play. DavidStabley had three wins in doubles on the year and provided UDM a seasoned veteran as a reserve.


UDM 2009-10 Men's TennisDetroit Titans 2009-10 Season Statistics

Overall record: 8-12 • HL: 2-5 • Region: 5-6 • Home: 4-3 • Away: 3-7 • Neutral: 1-2vs National ranked: 0-1 • vs Regional ranked: 0-0

vs ranked LastSINGLES Overall Dual Tour HL 1 2 3 4 5 6 Nat'l Reg'l Strk 10 CareerCHEUNG, Chris 13-17 8-11 5-6 3-4 --- --- 1-0 0-1 1-0 6-10 0-0 0-0 L1 3-6 18-28DIDIO, Chris 1-8 0-2 1-6 0-0 --- --- --- --- --- 0-2 0-0 0-0 L4 1-8 1-8KOVAR, Russ 0-5 0-0 0-5 0-0 --- --- --- --- --- --- 0-0 0-0 L5 0-5 0-5LATOSINSKY, Alex 12-14 7-10 5-4 1-6 --- 2-5 4-4 1-1 --- --- 0-0 0-0 L3 2-7 20-23NECAJEVS, Pjotrs 30-4 18-2 12-2 7-0 18-2 --- --- --- --- --- 0-2 0-0 W8 9-1 55-8PATRICK, Troy 6-14 6-14 0-0 2-5 --- 2-9 4-3 0-2 --- --- 0-1 0-0 L1 3-7 6-14SERRANO, Cesar E. 11-5 11-5 0-0 6-1 --- 0-2 2-0 5-1 4-2 --- 0-0 0-0 L2 7-3 17-13STABLEY, David 1-13 1-4 0-9 0-0 --- --- 0-1 0-3 --- 1-0 0-0 0-0 W1 1-9 6-47TOLOMEI, Nick 7-19 7-11 0-8 3-4 --- --- 1-0 1-4 5-7 --- 0-0 0-0 W1 4-5 18-37TROY, Patrick 3-4 0-0 3-4 0-0 --- --- --- --- --- --- 0-0 0-0 L4 3-4 12-17Totals 85-103 59-59 26-44 22-20 18-2 4-16 12-8 7-12 10-9 8-12 0-3 0-0Percentage .452 .500 .371 .524 .900 .200 .600 .368 .526 .400 .000 .000

vs ranked LastDOUBLES TEAMS Overall Dual Tour HL 1 2 3 Nat'l Reg'l Strk 10LATOSINSKY, Alex/NECAJEVS, Pjotrs 12-6 6-5 6-1 1-1 6-5 --- --- 0-1 0-0 W1 5-5CHEUNG, Chris/STABLEY, David 3-5 3-2 0-3 0-0 --- --- 3-2 0-0 0-0 L1 3-5TOLOMEI, Nick/TROY, Patrick 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 --- --- --- 0-0 0-0 W1 1-0DIDIO, Chris/TOLOMEI, Nick 0-3 0-0 0-3 0-0 --- --- --- 0-0 0-0 L3 0-3CHEUNG, Chris/NECAJEVS, Pjotrs 8-5 5-3 3-2 4-1 5-3 --- --- 0-0 0-0 L1 5-5KOVAR, Russ/TROY, Patrick 1-2 0-0 1-2 0-0 --- --- --- 0-0 0-0 W1 1-2KOVAR, Russ/LATOSINSKY, Alex 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 --- --- --- 0-0 0-0 L1 0-1STABLEY, David/TOLOMEI, Nick 2-1 0-0 2-1 0-0 --- --- --- 0-0 0-0 L1 2-1CHEUNG, Chris/TOLOMEI, Nick 1-4 1-3 0-1 1-1 --- --- 1-3 0-0 0-0 W1 1-4KOVAR, Russ/STABLEY, David 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 --- --- --- 0-0 0-0 L1 0-1PATRICK, Troy/TOLOMEI, Nick 4-6 4-6 0-0 2-3 --- 4-6 --- 0-0 0-0 W1 4-6DIDIO, Chris/STABLEY, David 0-2 0-2 0-0 0-0 --- --- 0-2 0-0 0-0 L2 0-2CHEUNG, Chris/SERRANO, Cesar E. 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 --- --- 0-1 0-0 0-0 L1 0-1PATRICK, Troy/SERRANO, Cesar E. 4-5 4-5 0-0 1-1 --- 4-5 --- 0-0 0-0 W1 4-5CHEUNG, Chris/KOVAR, Russ 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 --- --- 1-0 0-0 0-0 W1 1-0LATOSINSKY, Alex/SERRANO, Cesar E. 3-3 3-3 0-0 3-2 --- 0-1 3-2 0-0 0-0 L1 3-3Totals 41-45 28-30 13-15 12-9 11-8 8-12 9-10 0-1 0-0Percentage .477 .483 .464 .571 .579 .400 .474 .000 .000

Date Opponent Score Overall HL Nation RegionSep 12-13, 2009 IPFW Fall Invitational All Day (Fort Wayne, IN)Sep 18-20, 2009 Frank Beeman Invitational All Day (East Lansing, MI)Sep 25, 2009 31st Annual Ball State Invitational All Day (Muncie, IN)Oct 15-19, 2009 ITA Midwest Regional Championships All Day (Ann Arbor, MI)Jan 15, 2010 DUQUESNE L 1-6 0-1 0-0

% Jan 22, 2010 IPFW W 5-2 1-1 0-0% Jan 24, 2010 at Western Michigan L 2-5 1-2 0-0

Jan 29, 2010 vs Northern Illinois L 3-4 1-3 0-0% Jan 30, 2010 at Michigan State L 1-6 1-4 0-0% Feb 7, 2010 at Toledo W 4-3 2-4 0-0

Feb. 7, 2010 at Case Western W 5-2 3-4 0-0Feb. 12, 2010 WAYNE STATE W 6-1 4-4 0-0Feb. 27, 2010 at Ball State L 1-6 4-5 0-0Mar 6, 2010 at IUPUI W 6-1 5-5 0-0

% Mar 15, 2010 CHICAGO STATE W 7-0 6-5 0-0% Mar 18, 2010 at #4 Ohio State L 0-7 6-6 0-0* Mar 19, 2010 at Wright State L 3-4 6-7 0-1* Mar 21, 2010 at Butler L 2-5 6-8 0-2

%* Mar 25, 2010 UIC L 3-4 6-9 0-3%* Mar 26, 2010 VALPARAISO W 7-0 7-9 1-3%* Apr 9, 2010 at Green Bay Phoenix L 3-4 7-10 1-4%* Apr 17, 2010 CLEVELAND STATE L 2-5 7-11 1-5%* Apr 18, 2010 vs Youngstown State W 5-2 8-11 2-5

Apr 23, 2010 vs Wright State L 1-4 8-12 2-5

UDM 2009-10 Men's TennisDetroit Titans Season Statistics (Through games of Jan 31, 2011)

vs rankedDOUBLES Overall Dual Tour HL 1 2 3 Nat'l Reg'lNECAJEVS, Pjotrs 20-11 11-8 9-3 5-2 11-8 --- --- 0-0 0-0TROY, Patrick 2-2 0-0 2-2 0-0 --- --- --- 0-0 0-0STABLEY, David 5-9 3-4 2-5 0-0 --- --- 3-4 0-0 0-0TOLOMEI, Nick 8-14 5-9 3-5 3-4 --- 4-6 1-3 0-0 0-0LATOSINSKY, Alex 15-10 9-8 6-2 4-3 6-5 0-1 3-2 0-0 0-0CHEUNG, Chris 13-15 10-9 3-6 5-2 5-3 --- 5-6 0-0 0-0DIDIO, Chris 0-5 0-2 0-3 0-0 --- --- 0-2 0-0 0-0KOVAR, Russ 2-4 1-0 1-4 0-0 --- --- 1-0 0-0 0-0PATRICK, Troy 8-11 8-11 0-0 3-4 --- 8-11 --- 0-0 0-0SERRANO, Cesar E. 7-9 7-9 0-0 4-3 --- 4-6 3-3 0-0 0-0Totals 41-45 28-30 13-15 12-9 11-8 8-12 9-10 0-1 0-0Percentage .477 .483 .464 .571 .579 .400 .474 .000 .000

2009-10 Season Review


Year WL T Conference HeadCoach1921 1 6 1 N/A N/A1922-24 No Varsity Tennis Team1925 2 1 0 N/A Allan Devine1926 5 4 0 N/A Allan Devine1927-29 No Varsity Tennis Team1930 3 1 0 N/A Fred Goodrich1931 6 1 0 N/A Fred Goodrich1932 0 3 0 N/A Robert Leion1933 1 1 0 N/A William F. Byrnes1934 1 6 0 N/A Arthur Boeringer1935 4 3 0 N/A Joseph George1936 0 7 0 N/A Joseph George1937 4 4 0 N/A Joseph George1938 0 4 0 N/A Joseph George1939 3 4 1 N/A Joseph George1940 5 4 0 N/A Dr. Peter Presta1941 1 7 0 N/A Dr. Peter Presta1942 2 5 0 N/A Dr. Peter Presta1943 4 4 0 N/A Chet Murphy1956 7 4 0 N/A Chet Murphy1957 4 9 0 N/A Herschel Fennimore1958 3 11 0 N/A Herschel Fennimore1978 4 8 0 N/A Earl Clark Jr.1979 4 18 0 N/A Earl Clark Jr.1980 5 12 0 N/A Earl Clark Jr.1981 7 17 0 5th in MCC Earl Clark Jr.1982 0 11 0 6th in MCC Earl Clark Jr. 1983 5 12 0 8th in MCC Earl Clark Jr.

1984 9 9 0 7th in MCC Earl Clark Jr.1985 7 10 0 8th in MCC Earl Clark Jr.1986 7 11 0 7th in MCC Earl Clark Jr.1987 5 12 0 5th in MCC Earl Clark Jr.1988 7 9 0 6th in MCC Earl Clark Jr.1989 8 9 0 5th in MCC Earl Clark Jr.1990 13 6 0 3rd in MCC Earl Clark Jr.1991 11 6 0 2nd in MCC Earl Clark Jr.1992 4 11 0 5th in MCC John Cochrane1993 5 10 0 5th in MCC John Cochrane1994 1 10 0 10th in MCC John Cochrane1995 0 12 0 10th in MCC Jeff Good1996-2008 No Varsity Tennis Team2009 5 13 0 8th in HL Grant Asher2010 8 12 0 6th in HL Grant Asher

Year-by-Year Records

ChrisRing(1985-88)


Membersofthe1940TitanTennisTeamfromlefttoright:FredCaumartia,JamesKelly,BillGoldsbury,andBillKro-

nner

1978 (4-8)Oakland L 0-9LIT W 9-0Wayne State L 0-9Ferris State L 0-9LIT W 8-0Spring Arbor L 3-6Eastern Michigan L 0-9Olivet W 6-3LIT W 9-0Hillsdale L 0-9

1979 (4-18)Northern Kentucky L 0-9Xavier L 2-7Milligan W 9-0Carson-Newman L 2-7Lincoln Memorial W 9-0Cincinnati L 0-9Central Michigan L 0-9Ball State L 0-9Northwood L 0-6Eastern Michigan L 0-9Spring Arbor L 2-7Aquinas L 2-7Grand Valley L 3-6Oakland L 1-8Albion L 2-7Olivet W 7-3Spring Arbor L 2-7Lawrence Tech W 9-0Hillsdale L 2-7Western Michigan L 0-9Eastern Michigan L 0-9Northern Illinois L 0-9

1980 (5-12)Cincinnati L 0-9North Kentucky L 1-8Xavier L 3-6Carson-Newman L 0-9Milligan W 8-1Olivet W 9-0Ferris State L 1-8Northern Michigan L 4-5

Wayne State L 2-7Aquinas L 3-6Albion L 3-6Spring Arbor W 8-1Hillsdale L 1-8Spring Arbor W 8-1Northwood L 1-8Eastern Michigan L 1-9

1981 (7-17)Xavier L 4-5Bellarmine L 4-5Lees-McRae L 3-6East Tennessee State L 0-9Milligan W 9-0Centre W 6-3Dayton L 3-6Illinois State L 1-8Olivet W 7-2Spring Arbor W 8-1Albion L 3-6Siena Heights W 9-0Northwood L 1-8Central Michigan L 0-9Grand Valley L 1-8Western Michigan L 1-8Hillsdale W 6-0Spring Arbor W 9-0Bowling Green L 0-9Toledo L 0-9Ball State L 0-9Eastern Michigan L 2-7MCC Conference - 5th of 6

1982 (0-11)Siena Heights L 0-9Olivet L 3-6Aquinas L 0-9Eastern Michigan L 0-9Spring Arbor L 1-8Hillsdale L 3-6Wayne State L 0-7Northwood L 0-9Hillsdale L 2-7

Aquinas L 0-9Spring Arbor L 0-9MCC Tournament - 6th of 6

1983 (5-12)Northern Kentucky L 4-5Bellarmine L 3-6Wabash L 1-5Xavier L 1-8Siena Heights W 5-4Walsh W 7-2U-M Dearborn W 7-2Hillsdale L 1-8Eastern Michigan L 0-9Wayne State L 2-7Spring Arbor W 5-4Ball State L 0-9Central Michigan L 0-9Bowling Green L 0-9Toledo L 0-9Hillsdale L 0-8U-M Dearborn W 5-4MCC Tournament - 8th of 8

1984 (9-9)Northern Kentucky W 5-4Wabash W 5-4Bellarmine L 3-4Xavier L 2-7Dayton L 3-6Siena Heights W 6-3Walsh W 9-0Wayne State W 6-3Butler W 7-2Evansville L 0-9Xavier L 3-6Toledo L 0-9Spring Arbor W 6-3Hillsdale W 6-3Oakland L 1-8Central Michigan L 2-7Eastern Michigan L 1-8Aquinas W 7-2MCC Tournament - 7th of 8

Year-by-Year Results (Since 1978)


1985 (7-10)Northern Kentucky W 8-1Wabash W 7-2Bellarmine L 3-5Xavier W 5-4Dayton L 4-5Toledo L 2-7Siena Heights W 7-2Xavier L 3-6Butler L 1-8Evansville L 0-9Hillsdale W 7-2Albion L 2-7Oakland L 2-7Alma W 5-2Central Michigan L 1-8Wayne State L 2-7Aquinas W 9-0MCC Tournament - 8th of 8

1986 (7-11)Thomas Moore W 5-4Bellarmine W 6-3Wabash L 4-5Xavier L 2-7Dayton L 2-7Siena Heights W 9-0Highland Park CC W 8-0Eastern Michigan L 0-9Wayne State L 0-9Akron L 3-6Xavier L 0-9Evansville L 0-9Butler L 1-8Oakland L 3-6Spring Arbor W 9-0Toledo L 0-9Henry Ford CC W 6-3Aquinas W 9-0MCC Tournament - 7th of 7

1987 (5-12)Cedarville L 0-9Xavier L 3-6Wabash L 4-5

Bellarmine W 9-0Northwood L 0-9Wayne State W 6-3Akron L 0-9Evansville L 1-8Saint Louis L 4-5Xavier L 2-7Butler L 1-8Spring Arbor W 9-0Calvin L 3-6Aquinas W 7-2Eastern Michigan L 0-9Toledo L 0-9Chicago State W 9-0MCC Tournament - 5th of 6

1988 (7-9)Toledo L 3-6Cleveland State W 5-4Cincinnati L 2-7Dayton W 5-4Ferris State L 0-9Wayne State W 6-3Northwood L 1-8Eastern Michigan L 1-8Wayne State W 8-2Butler L 2-7Xavier L 2-7Saint Louis W 5-4Aquinas W 8-1Hillsdale W 6-3Akron L 1-8Sinclair L 2-7MCC Tournament - 6th of 6

1989 (8-9)Toledo L 3-6Cleveland State W 8-1Akron L 3-6Cedarville L 1-8Dayton L 2-7Northwood L 2-7Wayne State L 3-5Dayton W 5-2Xavier L 3-5

Saint Louis W 7-2Evansville L 2-7Wayne State W 5-4Eastern Michigan L 3-6Henry Ford CC W 7-2Spring Arbor W 8-1Aquinas W 7-2Oakland W 7-2MCC Tournament - 5th of 8

1990 (13-6)Toledo L 3-6Sinclair W 5-4Cedarville L 3-6Siena Heights W 9-0Dayton W 9-0Northwood W 5-4Wayne State W 8-1Oakland W 8-0Butler W 7-2Xavier L 2-7Evansville W 6-3Saint Louis W 5-1Wayne State W 8-1Eastern Michigan L 3-6Youngstown State W 5-4Akron L 3-6Hillsdale W 7-2Aquinas W 9-0Kalamazoo CC L 3-6MCC Tournament - 3rd of 8

1991 (10-6)Toledo L 3-6Marquette L 4-5Bradley W 7-2West Carolina W 6-3Walsh W 8-1High Point W 6-3Appalachian State L 2-7Ferris State L 3-6Northwood L 2-7Wayne State W 6-3Butler W 6-3Xavier W 8-1



Dayton W 7-2Saint Louis W 6-3Eastern Michigan L 4-5Oakland W 9-0Aquinas W 9-0MCC Tournament - 2nd of 8

1992 (4-11)Western Michigan L 2-7Marquette L 0-9Illinois State L 0-9Ferris State L 2-7Dayton W 8-1Connecticut L 2-7Tennessee Tech L 3-6Penn State L 0-9Temple L 3-6Xavier L 2-7Northwood L 0-7Oakland W 6-3Wayne State W 6-3Eastern Michigan L 4-5Kalamazoo Valley W 6-3MCC Tournament - 5th of 6

1993 (3-10)Toledo L 0-9Western Michigan L 2-7Marquette L 0-9DePaul L 1-8Connecticut L 0-9Hamilton L 4-5Denison L 3-6Akron L 2-7Oakland W 8-1Butler L 0-9Dayton W 9-0Wayne State W 8-1Northwood L 0-6MCC Tournament - 5th of 8

1994 (1-10)Toledo L 1-6Western Michigan L 0-7Wright State L 0-7

Duquesne L 1-6UIC L 2-5Butler L 0-7IUPUI L 0-6Oakland W 7-1Valparaiso L 1-6Xavier L 0-7Eastern Michigan L 0-7MCC Tournament - 10th of 10

1995 (0-12)Toledo L 0-7Howard L 2-5George Mason L 0-7Wright State L 0-7Xavier L 0-7Butler L 0-7IUPUI L 0-5Western Michigan L 0-7Valparaiso L 1-6Duquesne L 0-7UIC L 0-7Eastern Michigan L 0-7MCC Tournament - 10th of 10

2008-09 (5-13,1-6HL)Detroit Fall Invite NTSValpo Fall Classic NTSBall State Invitational NTSITA Midwest Regionals NTSMichigan State L 0-7Western Michigan L 0-7Toledo L 2-5Youngstown State*W 4-3Ball State L 0-7Chicago State W 7-0Wayne State W 6-1IPFW W 4-3St. Francis (PA) W 6-1Illinois L 0-5Wright State* L 2-5UIC* L 2-5Butler* L 1-6Cleveland State* L 1-6Valparaiso* L 1-6

Green Bay* L 1-6UIC& L 0-4Valparaiso^ L 1-4

2009-10 (8-12,2-5HL)IPFW Fall Invite NTSMichigan State Invite NTSBall State Invite NTSITA Midwest Regionals NTSDuquesne L 1-6IPFW W 5-2Western Michigan L 2-5Northern Illinois L 3-4Michigan State L 1-6Toledo W 4-3Case Western W 5-2Wayne State W 6-1Ball State L 1-6IUPUI W 6-1Chicago State W 7-0Ohio State L 0-7Wright State* L 3-4Butler* L 2-5UIC* L 3-4Valparaiso* W 7-0Green Bay* L 3-4Cleveland State* L 2-5Youngstown State*W 5-2Wright State& L 1-4

(Records prior to 1978 are not complete and/or missing)

MCC = Midwestern City Conference & Midwestern Collegiate ConferenceHL = Horizon League*-Horizon League Match&-Horizon League Tournament First Round Match^-Horizon League Tourna-ment Second Round Match



Akron 0-5Albion 0-4Alma 1-0Appalachian State 0-1Aquinas 8-3Ball State 0-5Bellarmine 2-4Bowling Green 0-2Bradley 1-0Butler 3-9Calvin 0-1Carson Newman 0-2Case Western 1-0Cedarville 0-3Central Michigan 0-5Centre 1-0Chicago State 3-0Cincinnati 0-3Cleveland State 2-2Connecticut 0-2Dayton 6-5Denison 0-1DePaul 0-1Duquesne 0-3East Tennessee State 0-1

Eastern Michigan 0-17Evansville 1-5Ferris State 0-5Grand Valley 0-2Green Bay 0-2Hamilton 0-1Henry Ford 2-0High Point 1-0Highland Park 1-0Hillsdale 5-7Illinois 0-1Illinois State 0-2IPFW 2-0IUPUI 1-2Kalamazoo 0-2Kalamazoo Valley 1-0Lawrence Tech 4-0Lees-McRae 0-1Lincoln Memorial 1-0UM-Dearborn 2-0Michigan State 0-2Milligan 3-0Northern Illinois 0-2Northern Kentucky 2-3Northern Michigan 0-1

Northwood 1-10Oakland 6-5Ohio State 0-1Olivet 4-1Penn State 0-1Saint Louis 4-1St. Francis (PA) 1-0Siena Heights 6-1Sinclair 1-1Spring Arbor 9-5Tennessee Tech 0-1Temple 0-1Thomas Moore 1-0Toledo 1-14UIC 0-5Valparaiso 1-4Wabash 2-3Walsh 3-0Wayne State 12-7West Carolina 1-0Western Michigan 0-10Wright State 0-5Youngstown State 3-0Xavier 2-17

All-Time Dual Series Records (Since 1978)

Team Records

Singles Victories - Career

Pjotrs Necajevs 2009-10 55Jim Hafner 1989-92 44Chris Ring 1985-88 40Tony Whitt 1990-93 36Dan Horvath 1979-81 35Mark Garwood 1991-94 35Anthony Grassadonia 1989-91 26Ajay Sharma 1984-87 22John Schram 1985-86 22Chris McMican 1988-91 21

Singles Victories - Season

Pjotrs Necajevs 2010 30Pjotrs Necajevs 2009 25Matt Schupp 1981 17Jim Hafner 1991 16Anthony Grassadonia 1989 15Terry Beale 1981 13Chris Cheung 2010 13Glen Koeske 1991 13Chris Ring 1985 13Chris Ring 1986 13

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Doubles Victories - Career

Anthony Grassadonia 1989-91 44Chris McMican 1988-91 42Pjotrs Necajevs 2009-10 33Glen Koeske 1987-90 30Jim Hafner 1989-92 29Tony Whitt 1990-93 25Nick Tolomei 2009-Pre. 23Tom Burke 1984-86 22Sean Enright 1989-92 22Alex Latosinsky 2009-Pre. 21Ajay Sharma 1984-87 19Chris Ring 1985-88 16

Doubles Victories - Season

Pjotrs Necajevs 2010 20Jim Hafner 1991 18Alex Latosinsky 2009-Pre. 15Chris Cheung 2009-Pre. 13Dustin Goldenberg 2009 13Pjotrs Necajevs 2009 13Nick Tolomei 2009 13Patrick Troy 2009 13Anthony Grassadonia 1990 13Chris McMican 1990 13Sean Enright 1991 11Anthony Grassadonia 1989 11

Individual Records

Team Records

From the archives...


All-Time Roster-A-Ackermann, Neil 1987-90 New Albany, IN/Floyd Central-B-Backridges, Chris 1978-80 Detroit, MI/FinneyBaldwin, John 1983 Warren, MI/East DetroitBeale, Terry 1981 Royal Oak, MI/Brother RiceBrannan, Joe 1978-79 Liviona, MI/FranklinBrown, Larry 2011-Pre. Shelby Township, MI/ EisenhowerBurke, Tom 1984-86 Windsor, ON/SandwichButts, Dean 2011-Pre. Grosse Pointe Woods, MI/ Grosse Pointe North-C-Campbell, Clive 1982 Highland Park, MI/Highland ParkCheung, Chris 2010-Pre. Mississauga, ON/ErindaleClark, Ted 1988-89 Madison Heights, MI/LamphereClos, Mike 1985 St. Clair Shores, MI/LakeviewCook, Dan 1984 Jackson, MI/Lumen ChristiCraig, Michael 1984 Allen Park, MI/Southgate Aquinas-D-Didio, Chris 2009-10 Macomb, MI/De LaSalle-E-Eddy, Jeff 1992-94 Hazel Park, MI/Hazel ParkEnright, Sean 1989-92 River Rouge, MI/River Rouge-F--G-Garwood, Mike 1991-94 Detroit, MI/MumfordGrassadonia, Anthony 1989-92 Birmingham, MI/Brother RiceGreen, Pat 1986-87 Warren, MI/Notre DameGoeddeke, Steve 1982-84 Bath, MI/Catholic CentralGoldenberg,Dustin 2009 Bloomfield Hills, MI/W. Bloomfield-H-Hafner, Jim 1990-92 Clawson, MI/ClawsonHasserman, Kirby 1993 Coshocton, OH/CoschoctonHensen, Eric 1982 Bloomfield, MI/AndoverHorvath, Dan 1979-83 Livonia, MI/Stevenson-I--J-Jacobs, George 1979-83 Bay City, MI/All Saints-K-Koeske, Glen 1988-91 Fenton, MI/HollyKorenkiewicz, Paul 1980-81 Detroit, MI/De LaSalleKovar, Russ 2009-10 Ft. Gratiot, MI/Port Huron-L-Langinis, Todd 1984-87 Windsor, ON/SandwichLatosinsky, Alex 2010-Pre. Sarnia, ON/St. Christopher’sLaux, Joe 1978-79 Clawson, MI/ClawsonLee, David 1980-81 Southfield, MI/SouthfieldLevine, Mark 1994 Newark, OH/St. Peter and Paul-M-Matson, Chris 1993 Livonia, MI/Catholic Central

Masuda, Dean 2009 Dearborn, MI/DearbornMcCathney, Gino 2009 Livonia, MI/StevensonMcMican, Chris 1988-91 Allen Park, MI/Gabriel RichardMitchel, Alonzo 1978-79 Detroit, MI/Lutheran WestMitterman, Kevin 1983 Republic, MI/RepublicMoore, Dan 1994-95 Redford, MI/Catholic CentralMorey, Steve 1980 Detroit, MI/Finney-N-Necajevs, Pjotrs 2009-2010 Riga, Latvia/Herdera VidusskolaNiles, Dave 1978 Garden City, MI/GC WestNunez, Pablo 2011-Pre. San Jose, Costa Rica/ Educacion Abierta-O--P-Page, Pat 1978-79 Livonia, MI/BentleyPonkowski, Tim 1983 Lathrup Village, MI/UD Jesuit-Q--R-Riley, Peter 1982-85 Troy, MI/Troy AthensRing, Chris 1985-88 Dartmouth, NS/DartmouthRopposch, Bill 1986-88 Port Huron, MI/NorthernRussell, John 1991-94 Dearborn, MI/DearbornRydel, Robert 1993-94 Warsaw, Poland/Architecture Inst.-S-Salkbum, Bill 1982-83 Southfield, MI/SouthfieldSerrano, Cesar Escobar 2010-Pre. Merliot, El Savador/EducationShade, Chip 1993-95 Dearborn, MI/Catholic CentralShaya, Mike 1995 Redford, MI/Catholic CentralSchrom, John 1983-86 Livonia, MI/Catholic CentralSharma, Ajay 1984-87 Detroit, MI/Warren De LaSalleShaltry, Mike 1980-81 Saginaw, MI/St. Mary’sSmith, Idris 1995 Grand Rapids, MI/CentralStabley, David 2009-Pre. Shelby Township, MI/ Eisenhower-T-Tolomei, Nick 2009-Pre. Rochester, MI/AdamsTorres, Pete 1980 Washington, D.C./San Jose P.R.Troy, Patrick 2009-2010 Beverly Hills, MI/Brother Rice-U--V--W-Wade, Henry 1987-88 Croswell, MI/Cros-LexWhitt, Tony 1990-93 Flint, MI/Carman-AinsworthWilliams, Ray 1982 Orrville, RI/Keith-X--Y-Yochim, Jon 1989 Kalamazoo, MI/Loy NorrixYoung, Tom 1995 Lapeer, Mi/Lapper West-Z-Zeppa, John 1984 Southfield, MI/Southfield

BOLD = On active roster*Roster starts from the 1978 season, information is still being compiled for seasons prior to 1978.


Tennis Facilities The outdoor home of the Detroit Titans opened on Sept. 13, 2008 when the new Titan Tennis Complex, located im-mediately south of Calihan Hall, was unveiled.

Nearly a year after Titan Field was rennovated, Detroit welcomed a new varsity tennis complex, featuring eight hard courts and a viewing pavilion, as well as an additional ath-letic field.

The 4,000-square-foot cov-ered pavilion is located at the north end of the facility. The venue also serves as home for the University of Detroit Jesuit High School & Academy boy’s tennis team, as U of D Jesuit was a major financial contribu-tor to the overall project.

A formal blessing of the new tennis com-plex was conducted by UDM President Fr. Gerard Stockhausen, S.J. In attendance were members of the women’s and new men’s ten-nis teams, their families, UDM staff and many of the donors who made construction of the

new facility possible. The complex features eight varsity courts and a 4,000-square-foot viewing pavilion. TMP Architecture (Bloom-field Hills) served as the lead architect for the project, while The Monahan Company (East-pointe) served as general contractor.

The Franklin Athletic Club is considered one of the premier tennis and fitness clubs in the country. There are thirteen air-conditioned indoor courts available year-round with pro-grams offerred for the begin-ning player through the ad-vanced national level player. Franklin has received inter-national recognition not only for its facility, but also for our world renowned teaching staff, which includes Titans men’s head coach Grant Asher who teaches professionally at the indoor club.

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Entering its 32nd sea-son of operation in the 2010-11 academic year, the Horizon League con-tinues to aspire toward its goal of being one of the nation’s leading ath-letics conferences while being recognized as a leader in the develop-ment of student-athletes as leaders and role models.

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

The Horizon League’s primary focus is on adding value to the educational experience through its four platforms: athletic perfor-mance, academic achievement, community outreach, and personal responsibility and accountability. It is the League’s belief that athletics is a powerful and visible resource tool that can be used to enhance student-athletes’ collegiate experience. The Horizon League’s goals are to enhance the holistic university experience for the student-ath-lete, to create an affiliation of institutions with similar athletic goals, and to adhere to the principals of integrity, diversity, ex-cellence and growth. The Horizon League sponsors competition in 19 sports - nine for men (baseball, basketball, cross coun-try, golf, soccer, swimming and diving, in-door track and field, outdoor track and field and tennis) and ten for women (basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, swim-ming and diving, indoor track and field, outdoor track and field, tennis and volley-ball).

The League receives automatic bids to NCAA championships in baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s golf, men’s and women’s soccer, softball, men’s and women’s tennis, women’s volleyball, and for the first time in League history, wom-

en’s golf. The Horizon League is headquar-tered in Indianapolis, the “Amateur Sports Capital of the World,” with offices in the Pan American Plaza (201 S. Capitol Av-enue), located a block from Lucas Oil Sta-dium and just minutes from Conseco Field-house, the State Capitol Building, Victory Field (home of the Indianapolis Indians) and the NCAA national office.

A PROUD HISTORYFounded on June 16, 1979, as the Mid-western City Conference with six charter members, the League changed its name to the Midwestern Collegiate Conference in 1985 and added women’s sports for the 1986-87 academic year. Charter members of the conference included current mem-bers Butler and Loyola as well as the Uni-versity of Evansville, Oklahoma City Uni-versity, Oral Roberts University and Xavier University.

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

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

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

Green Bay’s women’s basketball team be-came the league’s first at-large bid to the NCAA Championship in 2010 with Cleveland State receiving the automatic nod. The Phoenix knocked off No. 5 seed Virginia in the first round before falling to Elite Eight participant Iowa State, 60-56.Men’s soccer has tasted victory in seven out of the last eight years (Milwaukee 2002-05, UIC 2006-08), with UIC just one win away from the College Cup in 2007. In softball, League teams won a game in the national tournament four straight years earlier in the decade (UIC 2002, 2004; Wright State 2003; Green Bay 2005) while advancing into the second round in women’s soccer three of the last six seasons (Detroit 2004, Milwaukee 2005-06). Butler’s Victoria Mitchell became the League’s first NCAA individual champion when she won the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the 2005 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

ACADEMIC SUCCESSHorizon League student-athletes also excel in the classroom as more than 500 have been named to the Academic Honor Roll each of the past seven semesters for carrying a grade-point average of 3.2 or better, includ-ing more than 600 for the last four semes-ters. Twenty-seven student-athletes were named to ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Aca-demic All-District teams in 2009-10, while 10 earned Academic All-America honors.

COMMUNITY SERVICEIn addition to its athletics success, the Hori-zon League has secured a well-earned repu-tation for its community service initiatives. Each January, member institutions partner with local elementary schools for an art, mu-sic and essay contest highlighting the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with winners rec-ognized at League games on the weekend of MLK Day.

The Horizon League Student-Athlete Advi-sory Committee (SAAC) also has continued a tradition of working with youth in India-napolis during its annual summer meeting.

In addition, sev-eral League men’s basketball coaches coached barefoot to support Samari-tan’s Feet, and the League’s schools and fans donate to Komen for the Cure for breast cancer awareness during its annual women’s basketball champi-onship.On campus, stu-dent-athletes have raised money and awareness for such causes as breast cancer, diabetes and hurricane relief, while hosting blood drives, neighbor-hood clean-ups, Big Brother/Big Sister pro-grams and more.

SPORTSMANSHIPOne of the Horizon League’s points of em-phasis is fostering collegial environments for competition among student-athletes, coach-es, administrators and fans in a pro-active approach. Among the vehicles is the Ethical Conduct Pledge, which is signed each sea-son by student-athletes, coaches, officials, and campus and League administrators. Its purpose is to make all the involved groups aware of the Horizon League expectations of behavior during conference events.

DEMOGRAPHICSHorizon League institutions boast a com-bined enrollment of more than 130,000 plus nearly a quarter-million living alumni centered in the League’s Midwest footprint. League media markets include five of the na-tion’s top 35 in Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Indianapolis and Milwaukee, covering more than ten million television households and encompassing more than nine percent of the nation’s television audience.

VISIBILITYThe Horizon League has enhanced its me-dia visibility with a number of initiatives. The League is in a three-year agreement with ESPN that includes selected regular-season men’s basketball action (ESPN2) and the men’s championship game (ESPN) and features increased exposures each year on ESPNU plus inclusion in the annual O’Reilly ESPNU BracketBusters, one of college bas-ketball’s premier in-season events.

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Welcome to Titan

Athletics

The main goal of the Strength and Condi-tioning Department is to help the student-athlete improve physically and mentally in their respected sport. This will be accom-plished in such a way that is safe and ef-ficient for each individual athlete. As the student-athlete participates in these activi-ties we will work to lessen the possibility of injury or re-injury. If an injury should occur, we will work with the Sports Medicine Staff and the student-athlete to complete reha-bilitation.

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

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

The Titans condition and train in the Larry

Bleach Fit-ness Center, located in Calihan Hall. All UDM stu-dent-athletes are trained under the supervision of two full-time certified strength and conditioning coaches. Ev-ery member of the Titan strength and conditioning staff is as-signed a team, which allows daily interac-tion between the athletes and the coaches. Such interaction is a tremendous asset when developing a program that best serves the athlete and the team.

In the past three years, the fitness center expanded by over 400 square feet. Olym-pic style platforms, squat racks, stretch and other auxiliary speed equipment have also been added, all designed and implemented to improve the Titans’ speed and power. The center also features the ONS Perfor-mance nutritional shake, which is designed

to help every athlete recover from training and conditioning with a supplement increase in their protein and carbohydrate intake.

The UDM strength and condi-tioning staff has not only helped the Titan student-athletes, but professional athletes as well. UDM graduate and current New Orleans Hornets’ guard Willie Green comes back to use the facilities during the offseason as well as major league pitcher and former Tiger Nate Robertson.

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

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

The sports medicine department is under the guidance of Dr. Michael Workings, a fam-ily practice physician from the Henry Ford Health System. Dr. Workings also acts as the Team Physician for the Detroit Tigers. Dr. Terrence Lock is back as the team orthope-dic, while joining the staff for the 2010-11 season is Dr. Rehal Bhojani and Dr. Pat-rick Jean-Pierre, who will provide clinic and game coverage.

The athletic training facility is located at Calihan Hall. This training facility is equipped with a taping and first aid station, treatment and modality tables, hydrotherapy whirl-pools, and rehabilitative equipment.

The goals of the University of Detroit Mercy Sports Medicine Department are to prevent athletic injuries as best pos-sible through effective injury prevention programs, and

to return injured athletes to their previ-ous com-petitive status in the safest and quick-est manner possible.

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

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

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

nutritional habits.

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

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

The University of Detroit Mercy is commit-ted to the principles of institutional control in operating our athletic department. We are responsible for adhering to the rules, regula-tions and spirit of the NCAA, Horizon League and the University.

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

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Notable Alumni A-Richard Abdoo (Retired President & CEO, Wisconsin Energy) BusAdm’69Thomas Angott (Chairman, CF Burger Creamery) BusAdm ’49-B-Anita Barone (Actress) LAE ’86Stephanie Bergeron (Ret. VP & Treasurer, Goodyear Tire & Rubber) BusAdm ’81Emil Brolick (President, YUM! Brands) BusAdm ’69, ’70-C-Cynthia Canty (Radio Personality, WMGC-FM) LAE ’75Thomas Capo (Chairman, Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group) BusAdm ’73, ’75, ’80Michael F. Cavanagh (Justice, Michigan Supreme Court) LAE ’62, LW ’66Maura Corrigon (Justice, Michigan Supreme Court) LW ’73Matthew Cullen (President & COO Rock Enterprises) BusAdm ’83-D-Richard Damman (Retired President Damman Hardware) BusAdm ‘68, ‘74Christopher Darga (Actor) LAE ‘80Thomas Denomme (Ret. Vice Chair & CAO, DaimlerChrysler) BusAdm ’61-E-Michael Evans (President Loyola High School, MI) LAE ‘75 -F-W. James Farrell (Retired Chairman & CEO, Illinois Tool Works) E&S ’68Robert Ficano (Executive, Wayne County) LW ’77Angelina Fiordellis (Actress) LAE ‘81-G-Eugene A. Gargaro (Sr. Vice President, Masco Corporation) LW ’67Robert Goodenow (Former Executive Director, NHL Players Assoc.) LW ’79Roman S. Gribbs (Former Mayor, City of Detroit) BusAdm ’52, LW ’54-H-John P. Hayes (Retired Chairman & CEO, National Gypsum) BusAdm ’43Robert Hendry (Retired CFO, General Motors) BusAdm ’69Sister Mary Ellen Howard (Director, St. Frances Cabrini Clinic) CHP ’68William Hermann (Managing Partner, Plante & Moran) BusAdm ‘72-K-Frank Kelley (Attorney General Emeritus, State of Michigan) LW ’51David Patrick Kelley (Actor) LAE ‘77John C. Kennedy (President & CEO, Autocam Corp.) BusAdm ’79James Kokas (President/Owner, Opus One) LAE ‘73-L-James D Lark (Owner, The Lark) LAE ‘52 Elmore Leonard (Author/Screenplay Writer) LAE ’50Albert Lorenzo (President, Macomb County CC) BusAdm ’65, ’66-M-Thaddeus McCotter (Congressman, US House of Representatives) LAE ’87, LW ’90Isaiah McKinnon (Former Chief of Police, City of Detroit) LAE ‘75, ‘78William Morrow (Executive Vice President, Crain Communications) BusAdm ’68Peter Munoz (Director, Michigan State Police) LAE ’76-N-Benny Napoleon (Sheriff, Wayne County) LAE ‘82 Joseph Nathan (Retired President & COO, Compuware Corp.) LAE ’74, BusAdm ’78 James Norrod (President, Segway) BusAdm ‘75-O-James O’Sullivan (Pres. & CEO, Mazda North American Oper.) BusAdm ’76, ’84-P-L. Brooks Patterson (Executive, Oakland County) LAE ’61, LW ’67Marlena Lazar-Peleo (Chief Creative Officer, McDonald’s Corp.) LAE ‘72-R-Arlene Robinson (CEO, Girl Scouts of Metro Detroit) LAE ’75Louis Rossetti (Chairman & CEO, Rossetti Associates) AR ’59-S-David Schembri (President, Smart USA) BusAdm ‘75David Stangis (VP Corp Social Responsibilitiy, Campbell Soup) E & S ‘87Robert Soulliere (President & CEO, ThyssenKrupp) BusAdm ‘85-V-Andy Vazzano (President & Managing Partner, SmithGroup) BusAdm ’80-Y-William C. Young (President, Absopure Water Co.) E&S, ’66

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Titan Hall Of FameUDM established its Sports Hall of Fame in 1977 in order to honor those student-athletes, coaches and administrators who have helped develop the successful tradition of Titan Athletics. The Hall of Fame now has 112 members, follow-ing the 10 latest addi-tions made on Home-coming Weekend on Jan. 26, 2010.

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

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

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

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

The 1960 football squad became the first team ever to be inducted into the Hall of Fame en masse. That team finished the season 7-2 – the winningest U-D record of the post-World War II era. Two of those victories, over Cincinnati and Xavier, came by shutout. Future pro stars Larry Vargo, Bruce Maher, Steve Stonebreaker and Jerry Gross were all part of the 1960 Titan roster.The most recent induction class included four former basketball players – Joe Kopicki, Jermaine Jackson, Rashad Phillips and, from the women’s team, Cassandra Pack – as well as former stars from baseball (Pat Adams and Mike Pesci), cross country/track and field (Ken Dubois and Kim Jess), golf (Adam Walicki) and tennis (Maria Pandele).

L-R:AdamWalicki,JoeKopicki,KimJess,PatAdams,KenDubois,MikePesci,MariaPandele(NotPictured:JermaineJackson,RashadPhillips,CassandraPack)

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

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


Athletic DirectorKeri Gaither was appoint-ed as the University of Detroit Mercy’s director of athletics in May of 2007.

Soon after taking the helm of the department, Gaither announced the expansion of the Detroit Titans Division I sports program from 16 to 19 teams with the addition of men’s lacrosse, women’s lacrosse and men’s tennis. In her first year, Gaither

also expanded the athletic staff by adding eight full-time positions to the department and directed the building and completion of a new $1.6 million all-purpose synthetic turf field and track. Gaither also led a successful fundraising campaign for the renovation of the men’s basketball office suite and oversaw the building of a new tennis complex that includes eight new courts and a tennis pavilion in addition to a new grass practice field for soccer and lacrosse.

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

Gaither also chaired the Detroit Local Organizing Committee for the 2009 NCAA Men’s Basketball Final Four, which was played at Ford Field in Detroit, as the University of Detroit Mercy served as the host insti-tution. As the committee’s Chair, Gaither provided strong leadership for the DLOC and maintained ulti-mate responsibility for the local operations of the Final Four event. Gaither held the same position, in addition to being designated Tournament Director, for the 2008 NCAA Men’s Basketball Midwest Regional which broke all previous NCAA Regional attendance records with over 57,000 people each day at Ford Field.

For the three years preceding her appointment as A.D., Gaither served as second in command for the Detroit Titans athletic department and also supervised nine Titan women’s varsity sports as the senior associ-ate athletic director. During her tenure in that position, Gaither played an instrumental role in the planning and implementation of women’s golf in 2004 when it became UDM’s 16th varsity team. Prior to her selec-tion as A.D., Gaither had served in several key admin-istrative roles for the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics including stints as senior woman administra-tor and director of business operations.

As a current member of the Horizon League’s Execu-tive Council, Gaither is actively involved with League operations. She has served on both the finance and television committees. She is also the council’s liaison to the track and cross country coaches and has served as the past liaison to the sports information directors.

While a member of the 2006 UDM Self-Study Steer-

ing Committee for NCAA Athletic Certification, Gaither also served on the Equity and Student-Athletic Welfare Sub-Committee and was designated the campus liai-son during the certification process. Shortly after the University received its full certification in April of 2007, Gaither was asked by the NCAA to serve as a Peer-Review Team Member.

Past University appointments include chairing UDM’s prioritization sub-committee and serving on various search committees. She is a past Board Member for the University of Detroit Mercy’s Women’s Studies Program and served on the Women’s Studies Program Development Sub-committee.

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

In 2006, Gaither completed the NCAA’s inaugural Leadership Institute for Ethnic Minority Females, a leadership development program sponsored by the NCAA Office for Diversity and Inclusion and the Mi-nority Opportunities and Interests Committee. The Leadership Institute, designed to address the criti-cal shortage of senior-level minority administrators at NCAA member institutions and conference offices, prepares diverse leaders through a 12-month leader-ship training and skills development experience.

Gaither served as a past steering committee member of the Women’s Leadership Symposium for Intercol-legiate Athletics and recently assisted in coordinating its national leadership conference. Gaither is also a member of National Association of Collegiate Women Athletic Administrators, National Association of Colle-giate Directors of Athletics and Minority Opportunities Athletic Association.

She currently serves on the NCAA’s the Minority Op-portunities and Interests Committee as well as the Executive Committee of the Division I-AAA Athletics Directors Association.

In March of 2008, Gaither was presented with the Phenomenal Women’s Ashley Gray Legacy Award by the University of Detroit Mercy’s Student Programming Board. This award was presented for her outstanding contribution toward the growth and development of students as the director of athletics at UDM.

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

Gaither and her husband, Brad Trombley, reside in Pleasant Ridge with their two children, Elliott (19), a junior in UDM’s pre-dentistry program, and Kennedy (12).


Titans Athletic Staff

StaceyBarnsMen’s

BasketballOfficeManager

LorenaCarithersAthleticTrainingIntern

TanyaCarper

CheerTeamCoach

SteveCorder

Asst.ADforNCAA

Compliance

AnitaFosterOlympicSportsOfficeManager

KeriGaitherAssociateV.P.&AthleticDirector

P.J.GradowskiSeniorAsst.Sports

InformationDirector

GregHaapalaDirectorofTicketSales&Fan

Experience

ChrisHinderliterAsst.DirectorofSportsMedicine

CaseyHornungEquipment&FacilitiesIntern

TeriKromreiAssociateADforBusinessOperations/

SWA

JeffLatinenAsst.ADforFacilities&SpecialEvents

PhuongLeAssistantBusinessandTicketManager

JordanSamesDirectorofConcessions&Merchan-dising

AshleyVanMeter

Asst.DirectorofSportsMedicine

JessicaLiebner

ComplianceIntern

BrandonLongmeierDir.ofAthleticMarketing&Promotions

MikeMillerAsst.ADforSportsMedicine

DaronMontgomerySr.AssociateAthleticDirector

AmyPalingAsst.Dir.ofCompliance/AcademicCoordinator

NicRyanAssistantDirectorofAthleticFacilities

AdamSieroAthleticTrainingIntern

AlyssaStarkeyAthleticAdministra-tionIntern

KitStetzelAsst.SportsInformationDirector

HarveyTheeckAthleticEquipmentManager

JoeTofferiAsst.ADforStrengthand

Conditioning

EmilyVannice

Dir.ofTicketOps.&Spe-cialEvents/Dance

VictoriaVintevoghelGraduateAsst.AthleticTrainer

JoelWalrathSports

InformationAssistant

NickWilsonAsst.

Strength&ConditioningCoach

MitchWignessSports

InformationDirector

EliWarrenGraduateAssistantforAcademicServices


Titan Head Coaches

TerriAnthony-Ryan

Women’sGolfHL-2010

GrantAsherMen’sTennis

NickDerenMen’sSoccer

ToddDressellFencing

MFC-2009

MarkEngelMen’sGolfHL-1992-1999-2007-2009-2010

MattHoltzMen’sLacrosse

SunnyJonesSoftball

MikeLupenecWomen’sSoccerHL-1995-1996-2005

RayMcCallumMen’s

Basketball

MaryAnnMeltzerWomen’sLacrosse

GuyMurrayTrack&Field/

CCHL-1996-1998-1999-2000-2002-2003

SamPooleWomen’sTennis

AutumnRademacherWomen’sBasketballHL-2010

Detroit’s13currentvarsityheadcoacheshavebeennamedCoachoftheYearintheirrespectiveconfer-enceon15differentoccasionsdur-ingtheircelebratedcareers(seeabove).And,theyhavebrought20conferencetournamentchampion-shipsbacktoDetroit.Onthefieldof

play,andintheclassroom...

ATUDM,WEWANTGREATTHINGSFORYOU!!


Titan Points Of PrideTITANS RECEIVE HIGH MARKS IN LATEST NCAA’S APR REPORTNo less than eight Titan athletic teams brought home perfect scores in the NCAA Division I Academic Progress Rate report issued in June for 2008-09.

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

ACADEMIC ACCOLADES KEEP ROLLING IN FOR DETROITThree members of the 2010 Ho-rizon League Champion Detroit Titans men’s golf team – David By-rne, Jeff Clarridge and Britt Pronk – were named to the Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholars Team, while five members of the 2010 Horizon League champion Titan women’s golf team - Alex Aversa, Rachel McHenry, Alainna Stefan, Marni Achterhoff Collette Hansen - were honored by the National Golf Coaches Association as members of its All-American Scholar Teams.

In addition, UDM women’s bas-ketball senior Brigid Mulroy was named an honorable mention member of the 2010 Division I-AAA Athletic Directors Association Scholar-Athlete Team.

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

The Titan men’s golf team was honored by the Golf Coaches As-sociation of America for having one

of the 10 highest Division I team grade point averages in the na-tion for 2010-11. With a 3.58 team GPA, the Titans were recognized as a President’s Special Recognition status for earning a team GPA of at least a 3.50.

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

Over 65 percent of all Detroit student-athletes were named to the AD Honor Roll, which marked the 19th consecutive semester in which over 50 percent of the University’s student-athletes have achieved a 3.0 or better. More than 100 student-athletes were listed on the Horizon League’s fall and spring Academic Honor Roll, while 18 Titans were selected to the HL All-Academic Teams. For the Ti-tans competing out of the Horizon League, six men’s lacrosse players landed on the All-MAAC Academic Team, while a conference best five women lacrosse players were selected to the All-NLC Academic Team DETROIT ATHLETICS INKS PART-NERSHIP DEAL WITH NIKEThe Detroit Titans Athletic Depart-ment announced an exclusive agreement with Nike last October– Nike will now provide apparel for all 19 of the Titans’ Division I varsity teams as part of the deal. In the near future, Titan fans will be able to “Wear What the Titans Wear” by purchasing officially-licensed Detroit Titan Logoed Nike products on-line and at Calihan Hall in the Titan Gift Shop.

UDM SEES HALL OF FAME GROW TO 112 MEMBERSThe ranks of the Detroit Titans Sports Hall of Fame swelled by 10 in January as the 2010 Induction Class – which includes former Hori-zon League Men’s Basketball Play-

ers of the Year Jermaine Jackson and Rashad Phillips – was inducted during halftime of the men’s bas-ketball game against Wright State.

The class also includes two other former Detroit basketball greats (Cassandra Pack and Joe Kopicki) as well as former stars from base-ball (Pat Adams and Mike Pesci), cross country/track and field (Ken Dubois and Kim Jess), golf (Adam Walicki) and tennis (Maria Pandele). Together, they will bring the num-ber of greats in the Hall of Fame to 112. UDM established its Sports Hall of Fame in 1977, during the University’s Centennial year, in order to honor those student-ath-letes, coaches and administrators who have helped develop the suc-cessful tradition of Titan Athletics.

TITANS OUT IN THE COMMUNITYA number of the UDM Titan athletic programs and student-athletes were involved in community service projects throughout the year. The Student-Athlete Advisory Commit-tee (SAAC) was busy handing out meals to the homeless in down-town Detroit as part of its “Sand-wich Bus” initiative.

The UDM women’s lacrosse team helped raise money for the Ovarian Cancer National Alliance during one of its home games, while the men’s team played at the Annual Nick Colleluori Classic, a fall scrimmage, to benefit cancer awareness.The women’s basketball squad vis-ited GESU Elementary School for a reading exercise for grades kinder-garten through sixth grade, and the men’s program visited God Land Church in Detroit to help distribute Thanksgiving Day dinners to fami-lies in need before the Thanksgiving holiday.


Documents

Detroit Titans 2010-11 Men's Tennis Yearbook