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MICHIGAN STATE vs. PURDUENOV. 20, 2010 • SPARTAN STADIUM • EAST LANSING, MICH.

GORDONERIC

LINEBACKER

BATESAARON

PUNTER

GREG JONESCincinnati, Ohio

MARK DELLFarmington Hills, Mich.

CHARLIE GANTTFarmington Hills, Mich.

AARON BATESNew Concord, Ohio

2010 SENIOR CLASS

MARCUS HYDEFostoria, Ohio

CHRIS L. RUCKERWarren, Ohio

COLIN NEELYBethlehem, Pa.

ALEX SHACKLETONBreckenridge, Colo.

D.J. YOUNGLansing, Mich.

NICK BENDZUCKStrongsville, Ohio

JESSE JOHNSONDurand, Mich.

JOSH BODELLFrankfort, Mich.

2010 SENIOR CLASS

J’MICHAEL DEANEToronto, Ontario

JON MISCHWaterford, Mich.

JOHN STIPEKMacomb Township, Mich.

ERIC GORDONTraverse City, Mich.

JOSH ROUSENewton, Conn.

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Today’s Game ...................................................................................5-7

MSU-Purdue Matchup .......................................................................... 7

Eric Gordon Feature ..........................................................................8-9

Aaron Bates Feature .....................................................................10-11

2010 MSU Football Team ..............................................................12-15

Football Coaching/Training Staff ......................................................... 17

Michigan State University Board of Trustees ..................................18-19

University President Lou Anna K. Simon ............................................. 22

Athletics Director Mark Hollis ............................................................. 24

MSU Spartan Head Coach Mark Dantonio .....................................27-30

Spartan Football Assistant Coaches ...............................................32-40

Spartan Football Support Staff ......................................................42, 44

Michigan State University Profile ...................................................46-51

Duffy Daugherty Building/Skandalaris Football Center ...................52-53

Student-Athlete Development Program .............................................. 54

Student-Athlete Support Services ...................................................... 56

Spartan Football Academic All-Americans .......................................... 58

Spartan Bowl History ......................................................................... 60

Spartan Tradition ................................................................................ 63

Dr. Kasavana Column ......................................................................... 66

Josh Rouse Feature ........................................................................... 68

Meet the Purdue Boilermakers ......................................................70-71

MSU-Purdue Depth Charts ................................................................. 72

Michigan State Spartans Numerical Roster ........................................ 74

Purdue Boilermakers Numerical Roster .............................................. 75

Big Ten Composite Schedule .............................................................. 76

University Spotlight ............................................................................ 78

Halftime Entertainment ...................................................................... 80

MSU Football All-Time Coaching Ledger ............................................. 82

Spartan Football National Champions ................................................. 84

Spartan Football All-Americans .....................................................86-87

Spartan Football Record Book .......................................................91-94

Spartans in the NFL ....................................................................99-100

MSU Athletics Head Coaches ........................................................... 102

Spartan Marching Band ................................................................... 105

Cheer/Dance Team .......................................................................... 108

Spartan Athletics Hall of Fame ..................................................112-120

Spartan Fund ............................................................................124-127

Michigan State Athletics Staff .......................................................... 128

Compliance Information ................................................................... 138

Spartan Stadium .......................................................................140-141

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Welcome to Spartan Stadium for the 2010 regular-season finale as No. 11/11 Michigan State plays host to Purdue in the 63rd meeting between the two schools. The Spartans, who are coming off a bye week, enter the contest tied for first in the Big Ten standings at 5-1 and are 9-1 overall. The Boilermakers lost to Michigan at home last week to fall to 4-6 (2-4 Big Ten).

FIRST-AND-10• Michigan State holds a slight edge in the all-time series, 31-28-3,

including an 18-12 record in games played in East Lansing. With its 40-37 victory over Purdue in West Lafayette last season, the Spartans have won three straight in the series. Mark Dantonio is the first Spartan head coach to win his first three games against the Boilermakers. Five of the last seven games in the series have been decided by 10 points or less.

• MSU is a perfect 6-0 at home this season and is looking to go 7-0 at Spartan Stadium for the first time in school history. The Spartans have gone undefeated at home 16 times since Spartan Stadium opened in 1923; the last time occurred in 1999, when MSU went 6-0. Michigan State has hosted at least seven games in Spartan Stadium eight times, including a school-record eight games in 2002. MSU is 21-6 (.778) in home games under Dantonio.

• A trademark of Mark Dantonio’s Michigan State teams have been their ability to produce wins late in the regular season. Under Dantonio, the Spartans are 7-3 (.700) in games played in November. In the four seasons (2003-06) prior to his arrival, Michigan State went just 2-11 (.154) in November. The last time the Spartans posted a perfect record in November came in 1999 when Michigan State closed out the regular season with three straight victories (over Ohio State, Northwestern and Penn State).

Coach Dantonio has already won 31 games in his first four years at Michigan State, which is the most by any Spartan head coach in his first four seasons.

Edwin Baker scored a career-high four touchdowns and rushed for 179 yards in the win over Minnesota.

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GAME NOTES

• MSU has reached nine wins for the second time in the last three years; it also marks the 11th time in school history that MSU has won at least nine games (1905, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1965, 1966, 1987, 1999, 2008, 2010). This season marks the first time Michigan State has won at least nine games twice within a three-season span since 1965-66. The Spartans have reached the 10-win milestone twice in school history (10-1 in 1965 and 10-2 in 1999).

• Coach Dantonio is the first coach in MSU history to win at least nine games twice in his first four seasons. He now has 31 wins in his first four years at Michigan State, which is the most by any Spartan head coach in his first four seasons (second, Chester Brewer with 30 wins from 1903-06).

• The Spartans are ranked No. 12 in the latest Bowl Championship Series Standings, released Sunday, Nov. 7. MSU was ranked No. 5 in Oct. 24 standings, its highest ranking ever in the BCS. In addition, Michigan State is ranked No. 11 in both The Associated Press and USA Today/Coaches’ Polls.

• Michigan State ranks among the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision leaders in scoring defense (No. 17 allowing 18.8 points per game), rushing defense (No. 18 allowing 119.0 yards per game), takeaways (tied for 21st with 21), turnover margin (tied for 21st at +0.60 per game), pass efficiency defense (No. 25 with a 115.45 rating), and total defense (No. 28 allowing 327.9 yards per game). The Spartans have not allowed a 100-yard rusher all season.

• Seniors Greg Jones and Eric Gordon have started more games at linebacker than any other duo in Michigan State history. Gordon has started 46 games in his career, while Jones has started 43. The two have started 37 consecutive games and have recorded 755 career tackles, more than any other active FBS duo in the nation.

• Jones will cap his illustrious career near the top of the Spartan record book in several defensive categories. A semifinalist for the Bednarik, Butkus and Lombardi Awards, Jones currently ranks second in school history with 44.5 tackles for loss, third with 446 tackles, and sixth with 16.5 sacks. Jones is first on the team and fourth in the Big Ten this season with 87 tackles; he is attempting to become only the second player in MSU history to lead the Spartans in tackles for four straight seasons (linebacker Dan Bass, 1976-79).

• Michigan State converted both of its fourth-down conversions in its last game against Minnesota and is now 10-for-14 (71 percent) on the season in fourth-down conversions, including four TDs (Gantt 29-yard reception vs. Notre Dame; Cunningham 1-yard reception vs. Wisconsin; Baker two 1-yard rushing TDs vs. Minnesota). The 71 percent success rate on fourth down is tied for 10th best in the nation.

A LOOK AT THE 2010 SENIOR CLASSSeventeen seniors will make their final appearance in Spartan Stadium

this afternoon against Purdue. The 2010 senior class consists of: Aaron Bates, Nick Bendzuck, Josh Bodell, J’Michael Deane, Mark Dell, Charlie Gantt, Eric Gordon, Jesse Johnson, Greg Jones, Marcus Hyde, Jon Misch, Colin Neely, Josh Rouse, Chris L. Rucker, Alex Shackleton, John Stipek and D.J. Young.

The 2010 senior class has helped Michigan State to a record of 31-18 (.633) since 2007, including three straight bowl bids (2007 Champs Sports, 2009 Capital One, 2010 Alamo) and a fourth appearance to be determined following the regular season. The 31 wins equal the class of 1990 (1987-90) as the winningest senior class in the history of Michigan State football.

Greg Jones is attempting to become only the second Spartan in program history to lead the team in tackles for four straight seasons. He currently ranks first on the team with 87 tackles through 10 games.

With 31 wins, the 2010 senior class is tied with the class of 1990 for the most victories ever recorded by a senior class in MSU’s 114-year football history.

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SCOUTING PURDUEAfter winning its first two conference games against

Northwestern and Minnesota, Purdue has dropped four straight Big Ten contests. The Boilermakers went 2-2 during the non-conference portion of their schedule with wins over Western Illinois and Ball State, and losses to Notre Dame and Toledo.

Unfortunately for the Boilermakers, several key players have missed a majority of the season with injuries, including 2009 First-Team All-Big Ten wide receiver Keith Smith, who tore his ACL in the Western Illinois game Sept. 11. Smith led the Big Ten in both receiving yards (1,100) and receptions (91) last year, and had 15 catches for 152 yards and a touchdown against the Spartans Nov. 14.

Purdue also lost its leading rusher from 2009, Ralph Bolden, to a knee injury in the season-opener against Notre Dame. Robert Marve, a transfer quarterback from Miami (Fla.), started the first four games of the season and completed 68 percent of his passes for 512 yards, but he too was also lost for the year with a knee injury he suffered against Toledo Sept. 25.

In turn, the Boilermakers have had to rely on a pair of young quarterbacks in red-shirt freshman Rob Henry and true freshman Sean Robinson. Henry has thrown for 555 yards and three TDs in nine games of action, while Sean Robinson has completed 48 percent of his passes for 301 yards and two TDs. Henry is also second on the team in rushing with 466 yards and a team-leading four touchdowns.

The ground attack is led by senior fullback Dan Dierking, who has collected a career-high 497 rushing yards (55.2. ypg.). The biggest threats in the receiving corps are senior tight end Kyle Adams and senior wideout Cortez Smith, who have 31 and 28 catches on the season, respectively.

Defensively, Big Ten Player of the Year candidate Ryan Kerrigan is having a monster year, ranking first nationally in tackles for loss (23.5 for 100 yards), and second in sacks (11.5 for 65 yards) and forced fumbles (5). Sophomore defensive tackle Kawann Short is fourth in the league with 12.5 tackles for loss, including six sacks, to go along with eight pass break-ups and two blocked kicks. As a team, the Boilermakers rank first in the Big Ten in both sacks and tackles for loss.

A GLANCE AHEADMichigan State will travel to State College, Pa., to face

Penn State Saturday, Nov. 27 in the regular-season finale. The game time will be determined by the Big Ten Conference on Monday, Nov. 22.

For all of the latest information on the Spartan football team, including videos, podcasts, notes and features, check out www.msuspartans.com, the official Michigan State Athletics website, and CoachDantonio.com, the official website of MSU head coach Mark Dantonio. Fans can also follow Spartan Football on Twitter at www.twitter.com/msu_football and Facebook at www.facebook.com/msuathletics.

Purdue(4-6, 2-4 Big Ten)

Head Coach: Danny Hope (Western Kentucky, 1981)PU Record: 9-13 (.409), second year

Overall Record: 44-35 (.557), seventh year

Sept. 4 WESTERN MICHIGAN ..............W, 38-14Sept. 11 vs. Florida Atlantic (1) ..............W, 30-17Sept. 18 NOTRE DAME ....................W, 34-31 OTSept. 25 NORTHERN COLORADO ............W, 45-7Oct. 2 WISCONSIN ............................ W, 34-24Oct. 9 at Michigan .............................W, 34-17Oct. 16 ILLINOIS ................................... W, 26-6Oct. 23 at Northwestern ..................... W, 35-27Oct. 30 at Iowa ...................................... L, 6-37Nov. 6 MINNESOTA ..............................W, 31-8Nov. 20 PURDUE .................................... 12 p.m.Nov. 27 at Penn State ...................................TBA(1) Detroit, Mich. – Ford Field

Team Statistics MSU OPPScoring 313 188 Points per game 31.3 18.8Rushing Yardage 1768 1190 Average per rush 5.0 3.4 Average per game 176.8 119.0 TDs rushing 22 8Passing Yardage 2400 2089 Compt.-Att.-Int. 181-280-8 185-328-14 Average per game 240.0 208.9 TDs Passing 16 14Total Offense 4168 3279 Average per game 416.8 327.9Fumbles-Lost 13-7 17-7Third Down Conversions 48/130 52/140Sacks By-Yards 19-123 18-143

MiChiGAn STATE LEADERSRushing Att. Yds. Avg. TDEdwin Baker 151 979 6.5 11Le’Veon Bell 101 585 5.8 8

Passing Yards Comp. Att. Yds. TDKirk Cousins 171 261 2277 15

Receiving no. Yds. Avg. TDMark Dell 41 653 15.9 4B.J. Cunningham 41 527 12.9 6

Tackles Solo Asst. Total TFLGreg Jones 37 50 87 8.0Marcus Hyde 37 34 71 -Eric Gordon 28 42 70 6.0Trenton Robinson 23 34 57 -

Michigan State(9-1, 5-1 Big Ten)

Head Coach: Mark Dantonio (South Carolina, 1978)MSU Record: 31-18 (.633), fourth year

Overall Record: 49-35 (.583), seventh year

Sept. 4 at Notre Dame ..........................L, 12-23 Sept. 11 WESTERN ILLINOIS .................W, 31-21 Sept. 18 BALL STATE ............................W, 24-13Sept. 25 TOLEDO................................... L, 20-31Oct. 9 at Northwestern ......................W, 20-17Oct. 16 MINNESOTA ............................W, 28-17Oct. 23 at Ohio State ............................. L, 0-49Oct. 30 at Illinois .................................. L, 10-44Nov. 6 WISCONSIN ..............................L, 13-34Nov. 13 MICHIGAN ................................L, 16-27Nov. 20 at Michigan State ...................... 12 p.m.Nov. 27 INDIANA .................................... 12 p.m.

Team Statistics PUR OPPScoring 174 276 Points per game 17.4 27.6Rushing Yardage 1683 1487 Average per rush 4.5 3.7 Average per game 168.3 148.7 TDs rushing 10 17Passing Yardage 1368 2157 Comp.-Att.-Int. 165-297-14 195-297-9 Average per game 136.8 215.7 TDs Passing 8 17Total Offense 3051 3644 Average per game 305.1 364.4 Fumbles-Lost 18-10 22-9Third Down Conversions 51/154 62/141Sacks By-Yards 31-179 18-104

PURDUE LEADERSRushing Att. Yds. Avg. TDDan Dierking 96 497 5.2 3Rob Henry 83 466 5.6 4

Passing Yards Comp. Att. Yds. TDRob Henry 54 106 555 3

Receiving no. Yds. Avg. TDKyle Adams 31 186 6.0 0Cortez Smith 28 287 10.2 2

Tackles Solo Asst. Total TFLLogan Link 58 21 79 2.0Dwayne Beckford 53 25 78 3.5Ryan Kerrigan 46 16 62 23.5Joe Holland 40 21 61 7.0


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When the senior class welcomes their family members onto the Spartan Stadium field today, linebacker Eric Gordon will be surrounded by his loved ones. However, if MSU security knew that the Gordon family was full of Wolverines, they might not be admitted.

“Yeah, a lot of my family members were all Michigan fans,” Gordon confessed. “My grandpa was on the only one who was a Spartan. My grandma that was married to him actually went to U of M too.”

Fortunately for Coach Mark Dantonio and Spartans everywhere, Gordon listened to the lone MSU alumnus in the family. It may have helped that his grandpa was Don Dohoney, a Spartan All-American in 1953, who helped Michigan State win its first Rose Bowl in program history with a 28-20 victory over UCLA on Jan. 1, 1954. Dohoney made sure his grandson was dressed in the right colors.

“He died when I was five years old, but growing up, I just remember him always having his Michigan State hat on, and him and my grandma always giving me Michigan State apparel,” said Gordon. “That’s just how it kind of got me going, and I’ve never looked back.”

Gordon said his family has grown used to the idea of their son playing for the green and white, as he is proud to claim that he went to “the green side” and brought his family with him.

“Now everyone’s pretty much green,” the native of Traverse City said. “But I still call my grandparents – my dad’s parents went to U of M too – and just give them a little grief. It’s just a good feeling when we beat them, it’s fun for the family. So many of them went there, I think it’s weird for them to actually think, ‘Oh, we’re rooting for the Spartans.’ Our grandparents used to always goof around with me when I first signed my letter of intent here.”

But the Gordon family can’t complain with the way things have turned out for the fifth-year senior. Along with three victories over the Wolverines, Gordon has recorded 309 tackles in his MSU career, which is good for 17th place on the Spartans’ all-time list, and second among active Big Ten players. Heading into today’s game, Gordon had started in 37 consecutive games for the No. 11 Spartans.

Even though he was a highly-touted recruit coming out of Traverse City West High School, Gordon said he could have never imagined having the

Always a SpartanEric Gordon:

By Michael Caples, MSU Athletic Communications Student Assistant


success he has earned with the Spartans.“In high school, the first thing you’re thinking is that you

just want a scholarship, just give me a scholarship and let me get there,” Gordon said. “Then I got here, and I was redshirted, so it was a hard year for me. It was the first year since sixth grade that I wasn’t playing. That was tough.

“Then Coach Dantonio comes in, and it just felt like I was new person, just started over. From then on, I never looked back. I always focus on one day at a time, one play at a time, and I’ve definitely had a lot of fun here. I’ve met some of my best friends here. So it’s everything I could have ever imagined, and more.”

One of those best friends happens to be the Spartan that Gordon will forever be linked with. All-America linebacker Greg Jones arrived at MSU in time to spend four years next to Gordon, forming one of the best linebacker duos in Spartan history. No two teammates actively playing college football on an FBS team have more combined tackles than Gordon and Jones’ 755 career stops.

“Since he set foot in here on this campus in 2007, we bonded,” Gordon said of Jones. “My high school coach is best friends with his high school coach, so I remember when he came on his official visit, I went up to him and started talking to him about his coach, and right there, we just clicked. For three years, we’ve roomed together in the Kellogg and all the away games.

“We’ve really gotten to know each other pretty well with our living styles. We’re able to talk about anything, football, off the field stuff, and it’s been fun playing with him. He’s a great player and a great friend.”

As Gordon prepares for one more start at Spartan Stadium with Jones, he said he couldn’t pick a single game that stood out as his favorite in a MSU jersey.

“I have to say all three of the Michigan games are definitely up there,” Gordon said. “Wisconsin in 2008 when Brett Swenson kicked the winning field goal, and Iowa in 2008 when Adam Decker had that fourth-and-one stop; those are ones that come to mind up until now. Every game has been fun and exciting. Hopefully I have a favorite game on January 1 in Pasadena, that’s our ultimate goal.”

The human resources major will graduate in December, and he said that outside of playing football, he would love to own his own business some day. Gordon’s dream job would be to own his own marina, after growing up on a 1973 Glastron Carlson, the boat his dad bought at age 18.

“My whole life, I’ve had coaching and been yelled at, and I’ve never been in charge yet. Someday, I want to be in charge,” Gordon joked.

But in the meantime, the Spartans’ No. 43 has been focused on his final home game in East Lansing.

“I think it will just make me even more excited,” Gordon said of Senior Day. “It will be my last time to play in the stadium, so I have to give it my all. I don’t want to think that I didn’t leave everything on the field.”

GETTING TO KNOW ERIC:FAVORITE PLAY OF HIS CAREER: “When I picked off Matt Ryan (in the 2007 Champs Sports Bowl against Boston College), that was my first interception. I’ve only had two, but it was my first, and it was probably one of the best rushes I’ve ever had too.”

DREAM JOB, OTHER THAN BEING A FOOTBALL PLAYER: “I would like to win the lottery and not even have to work. Or owning my own marina.”

FAVORITE SUPERPOWER: “The first thing I thought of always, I’ve been asked that before, I thought of being able to read people’s minds. But then I think that sometimes I wouldn’t want to know what everybody’s thinking, so the next thing would be flying.”

IF YOU COULD HANG OUT WITH ONE FAMOUS PERSON FOR A DAY, IT WOULD BE: “Jim Carrey – I don’t think I would ever stop laughing.”

WHO WOULD YOU WANT TO PLAY 1-ON-1 AGAINST IN ANY SPORT? “Sidney Crosby. I’d like to test my talents with him on the ice.”


Senior Aaron Bates is not your usual punter. Along with being the first of his position to be named captain in Michigan State football’s 114-year history, he also serves as the team’s holder. And then there’s his 100-percent completion percentage, going 3-for-3 for 68 yards in his career – good for a pass efficiency rating of 400.4.

“All the trick plays, those are the kinds of the things that I’ll always remember,” said Bates. “As a punter, not many people remember their pass plays or their fakes, but that is what I enjoy doing and I’m glad Coach Dantonio gives me the opportunity to do that. He has a lot of fun with it.”

The former high school quarterback has been a part of three wildly successful trick plays since he has been at Michigan State. He got his first chance to relive his quarterback days when he threw an 18-yard completion to tight end Charlie Gantt on a fake field goal in the 2010 Alamo Bowl against Texas Tech.

The two reconnected again on a fake field goal this season – in one of the greatest plays in Michigan State history – when Bates threw a 29-yard pass to Gantt in overtime against Notre Dame, giving the Spartans a thrilling 34-31 victory. He most recently completed a 21-yard pass to Bennie Fowler on a fake punt at Northwestern in MSU’s 17-point comeback win over the Wildcats.

Bates’ part in the “Little Giants” play against Notre Dame not only changed the outcome of the game, but also gave a spark to Michigan State’s season.

“Before the play happened I was just worried about getting it communicated to everybody, so I really didn’t have time to think about it,” Bates recalled. “So when I threw it and he caught it and I kind of realized that the game was over, I just kind of ran all around the field like a chicken with my head cut off. At the time when I went out there, I didn’t realize how big of a moment it was until after it happened. It was so fun.”

But as successful as he has been during his stints as quarterback, Bates has also made quite a name for himself with his punting skills. This season he has recorded a total of 41 punts for 1,858 yards and averages 45.3 yards per punt, which ranks second in the nation and 11th in the Big Ten. Bates kicked his career-high punt of 69 yards this season in Michigan State’s 34-17 win over Michigan.

“This year has been great,” said Bates. “All that hard work has paid off. It all starts when you first get here and you just want to be on the team and you just want to do your part. As you do better and keep getting better and improving, you want to be the best at what you do. That has been my journey and as a team it has been the same way.”

Far From the OrdinaryAaron Bates:

By Brittany McCormick, MSU Athletic Communications Student Assistant


The New Concord, Ohio, native has been moving up in Michigan State’s record books since his freshman year in 2007. Bates is ranked second in MSU history with 244 career punts, third with 10,200 punting yards, and seventh with a 41.8-yard career average.

“When I take the field I pretty much I see what I need to do, what direction I need to kick it, what the wind is doing,” explained Bates. “Mainly I just try to relax and try not to think about anything. I try to clear my head because usually when I am nice and clear that is when I kick best.”

Bates began his football career in seventh grade after playing soccer for a number of years. Throughout high school, he played baseball, basketball and dabbled in a variety of positions on his football team. Along with being his high school punter and quarterback, Bates also kicked field goals and played defensive back. It was his skills as a punter though that caught the eye of Spartan head coach Mark Dantonio.

“Coach Dantonio was a big reason why I chose to play at Michigan State,” said Bates. “Also being able to play as a freshman was a big reason and I thought that Michigan State had a little bit of everything that I wanted. They had good football, good academics, great campus. So it was just a little bit of everything.”

Bates has taken advantage of everything that MSU has been able to offer. The four-year starter not only excels on the football field, but also in the classroom. Continuing his academic excellence from high school (he graduated with a 4.0 GPA), he has been honored as a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar his sophomore and junior years.

“Academics is a big part of my life,” Bates said. “I just have been so competitive that I have to do well in that too. My competitiveness carries over into that.”

In his four years at Michigan State, Bates has also found time to give back to the community while balancing the rigors of football and academics. Bates participates in the Spartan Buddies program, which allows student-athletes to visit the pediatric ward of Sparrow Hospital and develop relationships with the children. He is also a member of Athletes in Action, which gives student-athletes opportunities to be involved in community outreach programs.

“I love doing community service things like that and that’s what you should use your platform for,” said Bates. “It’s the reason why God has given us this platform to stand on so we can reach out to others and that’s kind of been my motto.”

Bates will graduate in the spring with a degree in general management. He first is going to see where football takes him before pursuing a career in the sports industry. Bates aspires to continue to be involved in sports, hoping to do something in sports management after graduation, whether it is being an athletic director or working for the NCAA.

Not only will Bates’ impressive stats, trick play abilities and work ethic be remembered once he graduates from Michigan State, but his dedication and influence in the community will leave a lasting impact on the Spartan football program.

“MSU football has been a great opportunity and it’s something that has changed my life,” Bates said. “The discipline, the hard work, the ups and downs, it’s all stuff I’ll never forget and they will be with me forever.”

GETTING TO KNOW AARON:FAVORITE SUPERPOWER: “I’m going to go boring, but flying.”

FAVORITE CARTOON: Spongebob Squarepants

FAVORITE SEASON: Summer

FAVORITE MEAL HE COOKS: Salmon, brown rice & applesauce.

IF HE COULD LIVE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, IT WOULD BE: New Concord, Ohio

PRE-GAME RITUAL: “I watch Major League 2 the night beforeevery game.”

Aaron Bates celebrates after his game-winning touchdown pass to Charlie Gantt in overtime beat Notre Dame Sept. 18 in Spartan Stadium.


5 Johnny AdamsCB • So.

Akron, Ohio

24 Le’Veon BellRB • Fr.

Reynoldsburg, Ohio

94 Taylor CaleroDE • Fr.

Beverly Hills, Mich.

8 Kirk CousinsQB • Jr.

Holland, Mich.

65 Michael DennisOL • Fr.

Carey, Ohio

28 Denicos AllenLB • R-Fr.

Hamilton, Ohio

42 Nick BendzuckFB • Sr.-5

Strongsville, Ohio

22 Larry CaperRB • So.

Battle Creek, Mich.

3 B.J. CunninghamWR • Jr.

Westerville, Ohio

71 John DeyoOT • So.

Battle Creek, Mich.

6 Joe BoistureQB • Fr.

Goodrich, Mich.

85 Garrett CelekTE • Jr.

Cincinnati, Ohio

65 Doug CurtisDT • So.

Weston, Conn.

12 Dana DixonCB • R-Fr.

Detroit, Mich.

87 Todd AndersonDE • Jr.

Jackson, Mich.

22 Josh BodellCB • Sr.-5

Frankfort, Mich.

87 Milton ColbertWR • Jr.

Villa Park, Ill.

77 J’Michael DeaneOT • Sr.-5

Toronto, Ontario

52 Denzel DroneDE • R-Fr.

Plant City, Fla.

4 Edwin BakerRB • So.

Highland Park, Mich.

34 Andre BufordRB • So.

Waterford, Mich.

4 Dan ConroyK • So.

Wheaton, Ill.

2 Mark DellWR • Sr.

Farmington Hills, Mich.

27 Kurtis DrummondS • Fr.

Masury, Ohio

79 David BarrentOT • R-Fr.Clive, Iowa

18 Aaron BatesP • Sr.

New Concord, Ohio

40 Max BulloughLB • Fr.

Traverse City, Mich.

73 Henry ConwayOT • R-Fr.

Shaker Heights, Ohio

31 Darqueze DennardDB • Fr.

Dry Branch, Ga.

41 Kyler ElsworthLB • So.

Goodrich, Mich.

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19 Danny FolinoS • R-Fr.

Okemos, Mich.

83 Charlie GanttTE • Sr.-5

Farmington Hills, Mich.

49 TyQuan HammockLB • R-Fr.

Fort Wayne, Ind.

11 Marcus HydeS • Sr.-5

Fostoria, Ohio

69 Shawn KammOL • Fr.

Saginaw, Mich.

67 Joel ForemanOG • Jr.

Highland, Mich.

50 Steve GardinerLB • So.

Dublin, Ohio

2 Mylan HicksDB • Fr.

Detroit, Mich.

63 Travis JacksonOL • Fr.

New Albany, Ohio

83 R.J. KellyDE • So.

East Lansing, Mich.

92 Andrew GleichertTE • Fr.

Ann Arbor, Mich.

20 Nick HillRB • Fr.

Chelsea, Mich.

61 Antonio JeremiahOG • Jr.

Hilliard, Ohio

72 Nate KlattC • R-Fr.

Clinton, Ohio

13 Bennie FowlerWR • R-Fr.

Bloomfield, Mich.

2 William GholstonLB • Fr.

Detroit, Mich.

84 Derek HoebingTE • So.

Vermilion, Ohio

26 Jesse JohnsonS • Sr.-5

Durand, Mich.

54 Connor KruseOL • Fr.

Lowell, Mich.

97 Dan FranceDT • R-Fr.

North Royalton, Ohio

43 Eric GordonLB • Sr.-5

Traverse City, Mich.

91 Tyler HooverDE • So.

Novi, Mich.

53 Greg JonesLB • Sr.

Cincinnati, Ohio

33 Jeremy LangfordRB/WR • Fr.

Wayne, Mich.

55 Corey FreemanDE • So.

Cleveland Heights, Ohio

47 Jeremy GainerLB • R-Fr.

Detroit, Mich.

74 Zach HueterOG • So.

Columbiaville, Mich.

23 Jairus JonesS • So.

Tampa, Fla.

9 Isaiah LewisS • Fr.

Indianapolis, Ind.



88 Brian LinthicumTE • Jr.

Charlottesville, Va.

75 Jared McGahaOT • Jr.

Powell, Tenn.

7 Keith NicholWR • Jr.

Lowell, Mich.

96 Kevin PickelmanNT • Sr.

Marshall, Mich.

29 Chris L. RuckerCB • Sr.

Warren, Ohio

14 Tony LippettWR • Fr.

Detroit, Mich.

36 Jon MischLB • Sr.-5

Waterford, Mich.

17 Kyle NicholWR • R-Fr.

Lowell, Mich.

73 Arthur Ray Jr.OL • Jr.

Chicago, Ill.

68 Ethan RuhlandOG • So.

Lake Orion, Mich.

17 Kevin MumaK • So.

Troy, Mich.

10 Chris NormanLB • So.

Detroit, Mich.

60 Micajah ReynoldsOL • R-Fr.

Lansing, Mich.

45 Marcus RushDE • Fr.

Cincinnati, Ohio

89 Cam MartinWR • Jr.

Tampa, Fla.

51 Steve MooreSN • So.

Pinconning, Mich.

69 Blake PachecoDL • Jr.

Salinas, Calif.

39 Trenton RobinsonS • Jr.

Bay City, Mich.

3 Mike SadlerP • Fr.

Grand Rapids, Mich.

82 Keshawn MartinWR • Jr.

Inkster, Mich.

25 Keith MumpheryWR • Fr.

Vienna, Ga.

38 Niko PalazetiFB • Fr.

Northville, Mich.

44 Josh RouseFB • Sr.-5

Newtown, Conn.

58 Jordan SandersDL • Fr.

Rochester, Mich.

10 Andrew MaxwellQB • R-Fr.

Midland, Mich.

62 Chris McDonaldOG • So.

Sterling Heights, Mich.

89 Colin NeelyDE • Sr.-5

Bethlehem, Pa.

14 Chase ParkerCB • Jr.

Mason, Mich.

16 Chris D. RuckerCB • Jr.

Detroit, Mich.

70 Skyler SchofnerOL • Fr.

Sunbury, Ohio



20 Kyle SeldenP • Jr.

Waterford, Mich.

26 David SpearsRB • So.

Muskegon, Mich.

93 Blake TreadwellNT • So.

East Lansing, Mich.

47 Adam SetterboFB • Jr.

Spring Lake, Mich.

15 Donald SpencerWR • R-Fr.

Ypsilanti, Mich.

98 Anthony Rashad WhiteDT • So.

Battle Creek, Mich.

48 Drew StevensFB • So.

Delaware, Ohio

32 Mitchell WhiteCB • So.

Livonia, Mich.

56 Alex ShackletonSN • Sr.-5

Breckenridge, Colo.

58 Hugh StangelandOL • R-Fr.

Ridgefield, Conn.

66 John StipekC • Sr.-5

Macomb Township, Mich.

99 Jerel WorthyDT • So.

Huber Heights, Ohio

86 Fred SmithFB • So.

Detroit, Mich.

81 Brad SonntagWR • Jr.

Saginaw, Mich.

57 Johnathan StrayhornDE • Jr.

Detroit, Mich.

59 D.J. YoungOT • Sr.-5

Lansing, Mich.



COACHING STAFF:Front Row (L-R): Tim Allen, Dan Roushar, Don Treadwell, Mark Dantonio, Pat Narduzzi, Harlon Barnett, Dino Folino.Back Row (L-R): Tommy Hoke, Brad Salem, Dave Warner, Mark Staten, Mike Tressel, Ted Gill, Ken Mannie, Brad Lunsford.

ATHLETIC TRAINING STAFF:Front Row (L-R): Drew Parkhurst, Sharon Frank, Krisjon Vargas, Brandon Hall, Casey Madden, Josh Bates, Jenn Moeller.Back Row (L-R): Jeff Monroe, Dr. Lisa Falotico, Paige Lehmann, Nick Anthony, Dr. Randy Pearson, Dr. Michael Shingles, Dave Redman, Dr. Jason McHugh, Dr. Doug Dietzel, Sally Nogle.

COACHING/TRAINING STAFF


As members of the Board of Trustees of Michigan State University, we welcome you to our beautiful campus and to Spartan Stadium. While we eight trustees came to the board by different paths, from different backgrounds, and representing different political parties, we are, first and foremost, advocates for and proud members of Team MSU. When we arrived on the board, any partisanship was replaced by a full commitment to MSU. As the university’s policy-making body, the board works closely with President Simon and her team to provide MSU’s students, faculty, staff, alumni, and other supporters with the resources and advocacy they need and deserve. Our unified belief in the history and the future of MSU called us to serve. We are proud to have been elected by the people of Michigan to be part of a university that has set a standard for advancing knowledge and transforming lives around the globe.

Joel Ferguson, ChairmanMichigan State University Board of Trustees

Joel I. FergusonChairman • Lansing

Joel I. Ferguson was elected to the Board of Trustees in 1986 and re-elected twice. He is the co-founder of F & S Development Company, the developer of 14 multi-family residential complexes throughout Michigan. He is the co-founder of Lansing television station WFSL-TV (Channel 47) and the founder of Lansing’s WLAJ-TV (Channel 53) television station. He is also owner and developer of many major office buildings

in the Lansing area. Ferguson was one of the original organizers of Capitol National Bank, which has expanded to CNB Corp and is vice chair of the Blue Cross Foundation. A member of the Democratic National Committee from 1988-2009, he was appointed by President Clinton to the board of directors of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac). Ferguson, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, graduated from MSU in 1965 with a degree in elementary education.

DIanne ByrumOnOnDaga

Dianne Byrum’s eight-year term on the Board of Trustees began on Jan. 1, 2009. She is a partner with Byrum & Fisk Advocacy Communications, an East Lansing-based public relations firm that she founded in 2006. Prior to this enterprise, Byrum served as a member of the Ingham County Board of Commissioners from 1983 to 1990. She was elected to the Michigan House of Representatives in 1991 and to the

Michigan Senate in 1995. She returned to the House in 2002 as the first woman elected House Democratic Leader. Byrum served as co-director of the Michigan Public Leadership Program, an MSU program that trains future public policy leaders. She has received the Champion of Hope award from the Children’s Trust Fund and the Public Official of the Year award from Habitat for Humanity.

melanIe FosterViCe ChairpersOn • east Lansing

Melanie Foster was elected to the board in 2004, and previously served on the MSU Board of Trustees from 1991 to 1992. In 1997 she was appointed to the Board of Trustees of Central Michigan University and served until 2004. Upon graduating from MSU with a degree in ornamental horticulture, Foster returned home to Flat Rock to become CEO of a family landscape company that grew into a nationally recognized landscape

contracting firm with offices in four states. Foster spent six years on the Wharton Center Advisory Council and is currently on the Board of the Capitol Area United Way. She resides in East Lansing with her husband and three school-age children and currently manages a personal real estate portfolio.

Colleen m. mCnamaraOKemOs

Colleen M. McNamara is Executive Director of the Michigan Cable Telecommunications Association, which represents cable television companies throughout Michigan. She was elected to the MSU Board of Trustees to serve beginning Jan. 1, 1995, and was re-elected in 2002. She is chair of the board’s Policy Committee. She received a bachelor of arts degree in social science from MSU in 1974. Born in Detroit, and

raised in Livonia, McNamara and her daughter, Marissa, live in Okemos.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES


DonalD W. nugentFranKFOrt

Donald W. Nugent of Frankfort has served on the Board of Trustees since January 1995. He was re-elected in 2002 for a second eight-year term beginning Jan. 1, 2003. He and his wife, Gail, own and operate Nugent Farms, producing cherries in Benzie County. Nugent is president and CEO of Graceland Fruit Inc., president of Spartan Land Enterprises L.L.C., and chairman of the board of West Michigan Bank and Trust.

He serves on the board of directors of the Michigan Chamber of Commerce. He graduated from MSU in 1965 with his bachelor’s degree in agriculture.

george Perleseast Lansing

George Perles was elected to the board of his alma mater in 2007. An Army veteran, he received his bachelor’s degree in 1960, and a master’s degree in educational administration in 1961. Perles returned to MSU as head football coach in 1982. His career as football coach was highlighted by four Super Bowl victories, two Big Ten titles and a Rose Bowl victory. From 1990-1992, he served as director of athletics at MSU.

Cited often for his entrepreneurial leadership in public service activities, he is especially known for his long-time association with the Special Olympics. He is currently the Chief Executive Officer of the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl.

Faylene oWeneast Lansing

Faylene Owen’s term on the MSU Board of Trustees, where she serves as chair of the Finance Committee, began in 2007. Prior to her election, she founded her own business, Mica Corporation, which specializes in market research and communications. A community leader, Owen has served as chair of Child Abuse Prevention Services and the Sparrow Hospital Foundation. She has been a board member for MSU Safe

Place, the MSU Hillel Student Center, and the MSU Kaleidoscope program. Nationally, Owen served as a managing trustee of the Democratic National Committee and as the chair of the Clinton–Gore fundraising campaigns in Michigan in 1992 and 1996. Owen’s work was recognized by President Bill Clinton, who appointed her to the White House Fellows Commission.

DIann WooDarDBrOWnstOWn tOWnship

Diann Woodard was elected to the Michigan State University Board of Trustees in 2008. She is currently the International President of the American Federation of School Administrators (AFSA, AFL-CIO), the same organization from which she received the Administrator of the Year award in 2003. Woodard’s professional affiliations include serving as a national vice president of the national AFL-CIO and trustee of the

Michigan State AFL–CIO. She is the former president of the Organization of School Administrators and Supervisors. Additionally, Woodard is a former member of the board of directors of School of the 21st Century. Woodard graduated from Michigan State in 1973 with a bachelor’s in education and received a master’s degree in 1979 from Wayne State University, which awarded her the Distinguished Alumni Award in 2003.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES


Lou Anna K. Simon is the 20th president of Michigan State University, leading the university in advancing the common global good. Her com-mitment to applying knowledge to benefit society is reflected in her key initiatives and detailed in Embracing the World Grant Ideal: Affirming the Morrill Act for a Twenty-first-century Global Society, a monograph available online at worldgrantideal.msu.edu.

Simon has a distinguished history with Michigan State University, from earning her doctorate in administration and higher education from MSU in 1974 to her appointment as president by the MSU Board of Trustees in January 2005.

Simon’s dedication to advancing Michigan’s economic future has been a hallmark of her presidency. She is a member of the Michigan Strategic Economic Investment and Commercialization Board and serves on the board of directors for Business Leaders for Michigan and for Prima Civi-tas, mid-Michigan’s economic development foundation. She also has led MSU’s participation in the University Research Corridor, a partnership with the University of Michigan and Wayne State University, to improve Michigan’s economy through innovation, technology transfer, and edu-cation.

Under Simon’s leadership, in 2009, MSU opened its Detroit Center, a 22,000-square-foot facility to foster and to enhance 21st-century learn-ing and partnerships that will serve as catalysts for future prosperity. To address the state’s physician shortage, MSU’s Colleges of Human Medicine and Osteopathic Medicine have expanded to Grand Rapids, Detroit, and Macomb County, which has doubled MSU’s medical stu-dent enrollment. For her support of medical advancement, the Michigan Health Information Technology Commission awarded Simon its 2010 Leadership Award.

Simon also has helped extend MSU’s reach in the nation and around the world. She is a member of the Council on Competitiveness, a nonpar-tisan, nongovernmental organization working to ensure U.S. prosperity; the board of directors for the American Council on Education; and the executive committee of the Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa.

Under Simon’s tenure, MSU received more than $400 million in exter-nally sponsored research in 2008–09. In the past two years, MSU was chosen by the U.S. Department of Energy as the site for the approxi-mately $600-million Facility for Rare Isotope Beams and selected by IBM to host a global application development center. The university opened the Energy and Automotive Research Laboratories and was named one of the nation’s top five campuses for sustainability by the National Wildlife Federation. MSU leads U.S. public universities in study abroad participation, ranks among the nation’s top 10 public universities for in-ternational student enrollment, and is the sixth largest all-time producer of Peace Corps volunteers.

lou anna k. simon, Phd


U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S I D E N T

This is the vision Mark Hollis has for the Michigan State Athletics De-partment. A Michigan State graduate and veteran Spartan athletics administrator, Hollis assumed the role of MSU’s 18th athletics director on Jan. 1, 2008, succeeding Ron Mason. Hollis was named athletics director-designate on Sept. 12, 2007, and teamed with Mason in the transition throughout the fall of 2007.

Hollis has more than 20 years of athletics administration experience, ei-ther at the school or conference level. His well-rounded background has led to his knowledge of all areas within an athletics department, including mar-keting, financial administration, television negotiations, fund-raising, game operations, facility management, personnel policy, corporate interaction, sports management and public relations. In addition, Hollis currently serves on the NCAA Amateurism Cabinet and Men’s Basketball Issues Commit-tee.

Hollis, a 1985 MSU graduate, returned to his alma mater in 1995. Since then, he has been a critical component of the athletic department execu-tive management staff, helping guide the department through short- and long-range plans.

On the playing field, Michigan State proved again in 2009-10 to be one of the most consistent athletic departments in the country, finishing 39th in the Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup standings, marking the 11th time in the past 12 years the department has placed in the top 40. Highlights included the men’s basketball team advancing to the Final Four for the sixth time in the last 12 years and winning its second straight Big Ten regular-season title, field hockey capturing both the Big Ten regular-season and tourna-ment championships, and the football team appearing in its third-straight bowl game. Overall, 11 sports participated in their respective team NCAA Championships, while individuals competed in four more NCAA Champion-ships.

One of Hollis’ major goals upon becoming athletics director was ac-complished this past spring when he unveiled the new brand and identity program for the athletics department. All of Michigan State’s uniforms now incorporate consistent use of colors, logos, lettering and numerals along with standardization for logos. Throughout the project, equal attention was devoted to maintaining an appreciation for the traditions of the past, while positioning the athletics program for the future. The brand and identity program for Michigan State Athletics was a result of nearly a two-year col-laborative effort between the athletics department and Nike that included input from university and athletic administration, coaches and student-athletes.

During Hollis’ tenure, Michigan State student-athletes have excelled not only in competition, but in the classroom as well. In 2009-10, Spartan student-athletes posted 3.0 or higher semester GPAs in record numbers, as a school-record 365 student-athletes achieved that mark in the spring semester, breaking the previous record of 356 which was set just the previ-ous semester in the fall. In 2008-09, the department posted the highest cumulative GPA in program history at 3.0052 for the second consecutive year; it also marked the first time the department has ever had back-to-back years with a cumulative GPA of over a 3.0.

In Hollis’ first full season as athletics director in 2008-09, Michigan State enjoyed one of its most successful years of the decade with a 27th-place finish in the Directors’ Cup, the best showing for the department since 2003 and the third highest in the department’s history. Ten teams earned bids to their respective NCAA Championships, led by the men’s basketball team, which reached the national title game against North Carolina while also winning the Big Ten regular-season championship.

Prior to his official appointment as athletics director, Hollis played a lead role in two significant head coaching searches during the 2006-07 year. He spearheaded the effort to hire Mark Dantonio as football coach, which has resulted in three consecutive bowl appearances for the program, including a bid to the 2009 Capital One Bowl. He also provided major assistance in the hiring of women’s basketball coach Suzy Merchant in the spring of 2007, who led the Spartans to the Sweet 16 in 2009. Hollis’ first hire as athletics director arrived on July 2, 2008, when he tabbed Jake Boss Jr. to direct the Spartan baseball program.

Spartan athletic facilities have been upgraded at an unprecedented rate the past decade, and will only continue to improve under Hollis. In August

2008, the Spartans moved into one of the nation’s finest football facilities, as a $15 million expansion and renovation project for the Duffy Daugherty Football Building was completed. MSU alumni Robert and Julie Skandalaris of Bloomfield Hills, Mich., donated $5 million as the lead gift for the facil-ity expansion and upgrade. The Skandalaris Football Center includes new team, staff and position meeting rooms, coaches’ offices and a hall of his-tory. In addition, an expanded weight room was finished in September 2008 that increased the facility in size from 9,000 to 16,500-square feet. Also in 2008, the men’s and women’s soccer programs opened DeMartin Stadium, a state-of-the-art 2,500-seat facility that enables MSU to host conference and national tournaments. In spring 2009, the baseball program played its inaugural season in McLane Baseball Stadium following a $4 million dona-tion to the 2,500-seat ballpark by Houston Astros owner Drayton McLane Jr., and a new softball stadium is scheduled to be completed in December 2010.

One of Hollis’ greatest strengths is his ability to “dream big” in an effort to create greater exposure, not just for the Michigan State Athletics De-partment but for Michigan State University as a whole. He conceptualized “The BasketBowl,” establishing a then-world record attendance of 78,129 for a basketball game between Michigan State and Kentucky at Detroit’s Ford Field. Similarly, he executed the “Cold War” ice hockey game be-tween Michigan State and Michigan, drawing a then-world record crowd of 74,554 to an outdoor hockey game in Spartan Stadium.

On Oct. 13, 2005, Michigan State University and WJR - 760 AM announced a five-year agreement to carry Spartan football and men’s basketball games, along with coaches’ radio shows. The successful partnership led to the announcement on Jan. 19, 2010, of a 10-year extension through 2020. Hollis played a leading role in finding MSU athletics a home on the 50,000-watt Detroit radio station, known as the “Great Voice of the Great Lakes.” The agreement has benefited more than just athletics as WJR regularly promotes the academic accomplishments of the university in addition to broadcasting sporting events.

Hollis earned his bachelor of arts degree in communication from Michigan State in 1985, where he served as a basketball team manager under Jud Heathcote. In 1992, he earned his MBA in business administration from the University of Colorado. He and his wife Nancy, have a daughter, Katy, and two sons, T.R. and Michael.

We gather and engage our community to teach, support and celebrate our student-athletes in their quest for excellence.


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AT H L E T I C S D I R E C TO R

In just three seasons, Mark Dantonio has restored the pride and tradition of Michigan State football. A Zanesville, Ohio, native with Midwest ties, Dantonio has 27 years of colle-giate coaching experience and coached in his 14th bowl game as the Spartans faced Texas Tech in the 2010 Valero Alamo Bowl. He has led Michigan State to three-straight bowl appearances – a first for the program since 1995-97 – and has already won 22 games, the second most by any Spartan head coach in his first three seasons.


Dantonio, who served as head coach at Cincinnati for three seasons prior to his return to East Lansing, be-came Michigan State University’s 24th head football coach on Nov. 27, 2006. He previously spent six years as an assistant coach at Michigan State from 1995-2000. During his career, Dantonio

has worked for some of the top coaches in the game, including Nick Saban, Jim Tressel and Earle Bruce.

Riding the momentum generated by his first three seasons, Dantonio and his coaching staff have put together back-to-back recruiting classes in 2009-10 that analysts rank among the na-tion’s Top 25.

Led by All-America linebacker Greg Jones and one of the most explosive offenses in the Big Ten, the Spartans earned their third consecutive bowl bid in 2009. A consensus first-team All-American, Jones became the first Spartan to win Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year accolades after recording 154 tackles, finishing first in the conference and third nation-ally. He also led the team and ranked among the national lead-ers in tackles for loss (14 for 69 yards) and sacks (9 for 53 yards). Jones was rated the No. 1 linebacker in the nation by CollegeFootballNews.com and earned the Linebacker Trophy (Linebacker of the Year) by the College Football Performance Awards.

In addition, defensive tackle Jerel Worthy was named a Freshman All-American, marking the third straight year a Spartan has landed on a Freshman All-America Team, and cor-nerback Jeremy Ware was chosen by the Oakland Raiders in the seventh round of the 2010 NFL Draft.

Offensively, Michigan State featured the No. 2 passing at-tack in the Big Ten, averaging nearly 270 yards per game. The Spartans also finished second in the league in scoring (29.7 points per game) and third in total offense (406.2 ypg.). MSU established a school record with 28 touchdown passes in 2009, and the 3,502 passing yards ranked second in the school re-cord book. Sophomore quarterback Kirk Cousins, an honorable mention All-Big Ten pick by the media, finished the regular season ranked among the Top 10 Spartan single-season leaders in passing yards (2,680 – fourth), pass completions (198 – sixth) and touch-down passes (19 – tied for seventh).

The Spartan passing game was built around wide receiver Blair White, who was a first-team All-Big Ten selection by the coaches while recording career highs in receptions (70), TD catches (9) and receiving yards (990), all of which rank among MSU’s Top 10 single-season leaders. Fifth-year center Joel Nitchman earned second-team All-Big Ten honors from the coaches and five other Spartans received All-Big Ten honorable mention.

MSU’s special teams featured the school’s all-time leading kicker in Brett Swenson, who scored 377 career points. A first-team All-Big Ten selection and Lou Groza Award semifinalist, Swenson also became MSU’s career leader in field goals (71 made) and extra points (164 made) during the 2009 season. He closed out his career ranked among the

A degree is going to have the greatest impact in their lives. That is why they come to college. All of the academic resources are here, so we expect our student-athletes to invest the time and effort to succeed in the classroom. If they’re willing to make that committment in the academic arena, all of the hard work will pay off in the end.


Big Ten’s all-time leaders in kick scoring (second), field goals (tied for third), total points (fourth) and extra points (sixth).

One of 15 semifinalists for the George Munger Coach of the Year Award, Dantonio had his most successful season as a head coach in 2008. Under his leadership, the Spartans went 9-3 in the regular season and compiled a 6-2 record in the Big Ten, the best league mark for the program since 1999. It also marked just the third time since 1966 and 10th overall that Michigan State has won at least nine games in a season. Michigan State defeated five bowl-bound teams, with victories over Florida Atlantic, Notre Dame, Iowa, Northwestern and Wisconsin. The Spartans, who made their eighth New Year’s Day Bowl appearance and their first in nine seasons, finished the season ranked No. 24 in both the Associated Press and USA Today Polls.

Three Michigan State players were named first-team All-Big Ten by the league’s head coaches: senior running back Javon Ringer, senior safety Otis Wiley and sophomore linebacker Greg Jones. The three first-team all-conference selections were the most for the Spartans since five players received first-team honors in 1999. A total of 15 Spartans received All-Big Ten recognition on the first team, second team or honorable mention.

Ringer became MSU’s first consensus All-American since 2004, earn-ing first-team accolades from Walter Camp and the Associated Press. The Doak Walker Award finalist had one of the finest seasons in Spartan history, scoring a school-record 22 touchdowns and rushing for 1,637 yards, which ranked second in the school record books. Ringer was selected by the Ten-nessee Titans in the fifth round of the 2009 NFL Draft.

In his first season as head coach at Michigan State, Dantonio sparked a three-game turnaround as the Spartans finished the 2007 regular season with a 7-5 record, securing the program’s first bowl bid in four years with a berth against Boston College in the Champs Sports Bowl in Orlando, Fla. Dantonio became just the third first-year coach in Michigan State history to earn a postseason bowl bid, joining Saban (1995 Independence Bowl vs. LSU) and John L. Smith (2003 Alamo Bowl vs. Nebraska).

Michigan State (7-6 overall) produced seven victories despite playing one of the nation’s most demanding schedules, as the Spartans’ 2007 oppo-

nents had a combined record of 75-57 (.568) during the regular season. The Spartans went 4-3 in games played against bowl-bound teams in 2007. Michigan State lost six games by a combined total of 31 points, including two in overtime (Northwestern and Iowa). All six games were decided by seven points or less.

Michigan State finished the year strong, winning its final two games of the regular season for the first time since 1999 with victories at Purdue and over Penn State, both bowl-bound teams. Dantonio became the first coach in Spartan history to begin his initial season 4-0, as Michigan State opened the 2007 campaign with wins over UAB, Bowling Green, Pittsburgh and Notre Dame. With the 31-14 victory over the Irish, the Spartans became the first opponent to win six straight games in the 77-year history of Notre Dame Stadium.

Three Spartans from the 2007 team were selected in the 2008 NFL Draft: wide receiver Devin Thomas (Washington Redskins, second round), tight end Kellen Davis (Chicago Bears, fifth round) and defensive end Ervin Bald-win (Chicago Bears, seventh round).

From his first day on the job, Dantonio has pledged to support student-athletes as they pursue excellence, both in the classroom and on the playing field. In his first three seasons, 30 Spartans have earned Academic All-Big Ten honors, including 2009 Academic All-American Blair White. In addition, 47 Michigan State football student-athletes have earned their undergradu-ate degrees, including 75 percent of his players who have completed their eligibility.

The 54-year old Dantonio established himself as one of the nation’s up-and-coming coaches during his three-year tenure at Cincinnati, where he compiled an 18-17 overall record and led the program in its transition from Conference USA to the BIG EAST Conference.

In 2006, Dantonio led the Bearcats to a 7-5 overall record and a 4-3 BIG EAST mark, making Cincinnati bowl eligible for the second time in three years. Dantonio accomplished the feat against the second-toughest sched-ule in the country, as UC’s opponents compiled a 69-42 record. His Bearcats


upset then-No. 7 Rutgers, 30-11, on Nov. 18, handing the Scarlet Knights their first loss of the season and marking the highest-ranked opponent ever defeated by UC.

Highly respected as one of the top defensive coaches in the country, Dan-tonio’s Bearcats finished the 2006 regular season ranked among the NCAA leaders in six statistical categories. Six Bearcats earned All-BIG EAST hon-ors in 2006, including three first-team selections: defensive tackle Terrill Byrd, linebacker Kevin McCullough and free safety Dominic Ross.

In 2004, he became the first head coach in 23 years to direct a team to a winning season in his first year at UC. Dantonio also became only the second head coach in Cincinnati history (along with Sid Gillman) to take the Bearcats to a bowl game in his first season. The Bearcats’ went 7-5 in 2004, including a 5-3 mark in Conference USA to finish second in the league standings, and defeated Marshall (32-14) in the Fort Worth Bowl. Three players were chosen in the 2005 NFL Draft (defensive end Trent Cole, linebacker Tyjuan Hagler and cornerback Daven Holly).

In his three seasons at Cincinnati, 21 of Dantonio’s players earned All-BIG EAST honors and 40 received academic all-conference recognition. In back-to-back years (2006-07), Cincinnati’s program was presented the American Football Coaches Association Academic Achievement Award for attaining a graduation rate of at least 70 percent for its student-athletes.

Prior to his appointment at Cincinnati, Dantonio served as the defensive coordinator at Ohio State for three seasons, where his defensive unit helped the Buckeyes to a combined record of 32-6. Dantonio assembled the defense which led Ohio State to the 2002 National Championship, as the Buckeyes ranked second in the NCAA in scoring defense (13.1 ppg) and third in rushing defense (77.7 ypg.). Six Buckeye defenders were named first-team All-Big Ten during his tenure and 13 were drafted by the pros, including a pair of first-round selections in 2004 (defensive end Will Smith and cornerback Chris Gamble).

Dantonio is quite familiar with East Lansing, as he spent six years (1995-2000) as Michigan State’s secondary coach, including five seasons under Saban and one under Bobby Williams. He was promoted to associate head coach in 2000. During his six-year tenure as an assistant, the Spartans compiled a 39-30-1 record. Under his supervision, the Spartan secondary ranked among the NCAA leaders in pass efficiency defense in three of his last four years, finishing No. 10 (101.6) in 1998, No. 16 (103.9) in 1997 and No. 22 (104.5) in 2000.

Dantonio contributed to Michigan State’s successful 1999 season, during which the Spartans went 10-2, won the Florida Citrus Bowl, led the Big Ten in total defense and ranked No. 7 in the final polls. He tutored cornerback Amp Campbell, who earned third-team All-America honors from the As-sociated Press.

Dantonio came to Michigan State following four seasons under Glen Ma-son at Kansas (1991-94) where he coached the defensive secondary. In 1992, the Jayhawks produced an 8-4 record and defeated BYU, 23-20, in the Aloha Bowl.

Dantonio previously spent five years at Youngstown State under Tressel, helping the Penguins to three trips to the NCAA I-AA playoffs. While serving as defensive coordinator in 1990, Youngstown State posted a perfect 11-0 regular-season record and ranked second nationally.

Dantonio earned three letters as a defensive back for Coach Jim Carlen at South Carolina (1976-78). He earned a bachelor’s degree in education from South Carolina in 1979. Dantonio later earned a master’s degree in education from Ohio U. in 1980.

In their first two years as honorary co-chairs, Dantonio and his wife Becky have helped raise $1.52 million for the Children’s Miracle Network at Spar-row Children’s Center.

Born March 9, 1956, in El Paso, Texas, Mark and his wife Becky have two daughters, Kristen (17) and Lauren (15).

persOnaL Data: Born Mark Dantonio in El Paso, Texas, on March 9, 1956. Family: wife Becky and two daughters, Kristen (17) and Lauren (15).

preViOUs COaChing eXperienCe:College - Graduate assistant at Ohio U. (1980); graduate assistant at Purdue (1981); defensive coordinator at Butler (Kan.) Junior College (1982); graduate assistant at Ohio State (1983-84); defensive secondary coach at Akron (1985); defensive secondary coach and defensive coordinator at Youngstown State (1986-90); defensive secondary coach at Kansas (1991-94); defensive secondary coach (1995-2000) and associate head coach (2000) at Michigan State; defensive coordinator at Ohio State (2001-03); head coach at Cincinnati (2004-06).

COaChing reCOrD: 40-34 (.541) in six years as a college head coach; 18-17 in three years at Cincinnati (2004-06); 22-17 (.564) in three seasons at Michigan State (2007-).

eDUCatiOn: Bachelor’s degree in education from South Carolina in 1979; master’s degree in education from Ohio U. in 1980.

pLaYing eXperienCe: College - Three-year letterman as a defensive back at South Carolina (1976-78).

BOWL/pOstseasOn eXperienCe: Coach - 1987 NCAA I-AA playoffs, 1989 NCAA I-AA playoffs, 1990 NCAA I-AA playoffs, 1983 Fiesta Bowl, 1984 Rose Bowl, 1992 Aloha Bowl, 1995 Independence Bowl, 1996 Sun Bowl, 1997 Aloha Bowl, 2000 Florida Citrus Bowl, 2002 Outback Bowl, 2003 Fiesta Bowl, 2004 Fiesta Bowl, 2004 Fort Worth Bowl, 2007 Champs Sports Bowl, 2009 Capital One Bowl, 2010 Valero Alamo Bowl.


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Don treaDWellOFFENSIVE COORDINATORWIDE RECEIVERS COACH

Years at miChigan state:Seventh overall. Rejoined staff on Nov. 30, 2006, from Cincinnati.

preViOUs COaChing eXperienCe:College - Quarterbacks, receivers, running backs coach and offensive coordinator at Youngstown State (1986-91); running backs and receivers coach at Miami-Ohio (1992-93); receivers coach at Cincinnati (1994); running backs coach at Stanford (1995-96); co-offensive coordinator, quarterbacks and receivers coach at Boston Col-lege (1997-98); running backs coach at North Carolina State (1999); receivers coach at Michi-gan State (2000-02); receivers coach and offen-sive coordinator at Ball State (2003); offensive coordinator at Cincinnati (2004-06).

eDUCatiOn:Bachelor’s degree in physical education from Miami-Ohio in 1982.

pLaYing eXperienCe:College - Four-year starter as a wide receiver at Miami-Ohio (1978-81) and named captain as a senior.

pOstseasOn eXperienCe:Coach - 1987 NCAA I-AA Playoffs, 1989 NCAA I-AA Playoffs, 1990 NCAA I-AA Playoffs, 1991 NCAA I-AA National Champions, 1995 Liberty Bowl, 1996 Sun Bowl, 2000 Florida Citrus Bowl, 2001 Silicon Valley Football Classic, 2004 Fort Worth Bowl, 2007 Champs Sports Bowl, 2009 Capital One Bowl, 2010 Valero Alamo Bowl.

Pat narDuzzIDEFENSIVE COORDINATOR

Years at miChigan state:Fourth. Joined staff on Dec. 6, 2006, from Cin-cinnati.

preViOUs COaChing eXperienCe:College - Graduate assistant coach (1990-91) and receivers coach (1992) at Miami-Ohio; line-backers (1993-97) and defensive coordinator (1998-99) at Rhode Island; linebackers coach at Northern Illinois (2000-02); defensive coordina-tor at Miami-Ohio (2003); defensive coordinator at Cincinnati (2004-06).

eDUCatiOn:Bachelor’s degree in physical education from Rhode Island in 1990; master’s degree in sports psychology from Miami-Ohio in 1992.

pLaYing eXperienCe:College - Three-year starter at linebacker at Rhode Island (1987-89); one year at linebacker at Youngstown State (1985).

pOstseasOn eXperienCe:Coach - 2003 GMAC Bowl, 2004 Fort Worth Bowl, 2007 Champs Sports Bowl, 2009 Capital One Bowl, 2010 Valero Alamo Bowl.

harlon BarnettSECONDARY COACH

Years at miChigan state:Fourth. Joined staff on Dec. 1, 2006, from Cin-cinnati.

preViOUs COaChing eXperienCe:College - Graduate assistant coach at LSU (2003); secondary coach at Cincinnati (2004-06).

eDUCatiOn:Bachelor’s degree in communication from Michi-gan State in 1990.

pLaYing eXperienCe:College - Four-year letterwinner as a defensive back at Michigan State (1986-89) and named captain as a senior. Professional - Spent seven seasons in the National Football League, includ-ing stints with the Cleveland Browns (1990-92), New England Patriots (1993-94) and Minnesota Vikings (1995-96).

pOstseasOn eXperienCe:Player - 1985 All-American Bowl, 1988 Rose Bowl, 1989 Gator Bowl, 1989 Aloha Bowl, 1994 NFL Playoffs, 1996 NFL Playoffs. Coach - 2004 Sugar Bowl, 2004 Fort Worth Bowl, 2007 Champs Sports Bowl, 2009 Capital One Bowl, 2010 Valero Alamo Bowl.



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YEARS AT MICHIGAN STATE:Fourth. Joined staff on Nov. 30, 2006, from Cin-cinnati.

PREVIOUS COACHING EXPERIENCE:College - Graduate assistant coach at Idaho State (1971-73); offensive line coach at Utah (1974-76); defensive line coach at New Mexico State (1977); defensive coordinator and defen-sive line coach at Ball State (1978-81); defensive coordinator at Cornell (1982); defensive line and linebackers coach at Army (1983); defensive line and linebackers coach at North Carolina (1984-87); defensive line coach at Rice (1988-89); defensive line and linebackers coach at Iowa (1990-94); defensive coordinator at Oklahoma State (1995); defensive line coach at Cincinnati (2003-06). Professional - Defensive line coach at NFL’s Carolina Panthers (1996-98); defensive line coach at XFL’s Los Angeles Extreme (2001); defensive coordinator at CFL’s Montreal Alou-ettes (2002).

EDUCATION:Bachelor’s degree in education from Idaho State in 1973.

PLAYING EXPERIENCE:College - Two-year letterwinner as a linebacker and nose tackle at Idaho State (1968-69).

POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE:Coach - 1986 Aloha Bowl, 1991 Rose Bowl, 1991 Holiday Bowl, 1993 Alamo Bowl, 2004 Fort Worth Bowl, 2007 Champs Sports Bowl, 2009 Capital One Bowl, 2010 Valero Alamo Bowl.

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PREVIOUS COACHING EXPERIENCE:College - Offensive backfield coach (1986-88) and offensive coordinator/offensive line coach (1989-92) at Butler; offensive line coach at Rhode Island (1993); offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach at Ball State (1994); quar-terbacks coach (1995) and offensive tackle/tight ends coach (1996) at Illinois; offensive line coach (1997) and offensive coordinator/offensive line coach (1998-2002) at Northern Illinois; running backs coach (2003) and offensive coordinator/running backs coach (2004) at Illinois; offensive line coach at Cincinnati (2005-06).

EDUCATION:Bachelor’s degree in physical education from Northern Illinois in 1984.

PLAYING EXPERIENCE:College - Two-year letterwinner as a quarterback at Northern Illinois (1981-82).

POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE:Coach - 1988 NCAA Division II Playoffs, 1991 NCAA Division II Playoffs, 2007 Champs Sports Bowl, 2009 Capital One Bowl, 2010 Valero Alamo Bowl.

BRad saleMRunning BAckS cOAch

YEARS AT MICHIGAN STATE:First. Joined staff on Feb. 19, 2010, from Au-gustana (S.D.) College.

PREVIOUS COACHING EXPERIENCE:College - Graduate assistant coach at Michigan State (1994-95); offensive and recruiting coordi-nator at Luther (Iowa) College (1997-98); pass-ing game and recruiting coordinator at South Dakota (1999-2001); quarterbacks coach at Augustana College (2003); offensive coordina-tor at Augustana College (2004); head coach at Augustana College (2005-09).

EDUCATION:Bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Augusta-na College in 1992; master’s degree in athletic administration from South Dakota in 1996.

PLAYING EXPERIENCE:College – Quarterback at Northern Arizona (1988-89); quarterback and wide receiver at Augustana (1990-92).

POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE:Coach – 1995 Independence Bowl, 2008 Mineral Water Bowl, 2009 Mineral Water Bowl.



MaRk statenTighT endSRecRuiTing cOORdinATOR


PREVIOUS COACHING EXPERIENCE:College - Graduate assistant coach at Miami-Ohio (2001); graduate assistant coach at Ohio State (2002-03); tight ends/tackles and recruit-ing coordinator at Cincinnati (2004-06).

EDUCATION:Bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Miami-Ohio in 2001.

PLAYING EXPERIENCE:College - Four-year starter as a defensive tackle at Miami-Ohio (1989-92). Professional - Spent parts of two seasons in the National Football League, with the Cincinnati Bengals (1993) and New England Patriots (1993-94).

POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE:Coach - 2003 Fiesta, 2004 Fiesta, 2004 Fort Worth, 2007 Champs Sports Bowl, 2009 Capital One Bowl, 2010 Valero Alamo Bowl.

Mike tResselLineBAckeRSSpeciAL TeAmS cOAch

YEARS AT MICHIGAN STATE:Fourth. Joined staff on Dec. 1, 2006, from Cin-cinnati.

PREVIOUS COACHING EXPERIENCE:College - Graduate assistant coach at South Dakota (1996-97); offensive line coach (1998-2000) and offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach (2001) at Wartburg (Iowa) College; gradu-ate assistant linebackers coach at Ohio State (2002-03); linebackers and special teams coach at Cincinnati (2004-06).

EDUCATION:Bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Cornell (Iowa) College in 1996; master’s degree in sports administration at South Dakota in 1998.

PLAYING EXPERIENCE:College - Four-year starter in the secondary at Cornell (Iowa) College (1992-95).

POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE:Coach - 1999 NCAA Division III Playoffs, 2003 Fiesta Bowl, 2004 Fiesta Bowl, 2004 Fort Worth Bowl, 2007 Champs Sports Bowl, 2009 Capital One Bowl, 2010 Valero Alamo Bowl.

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YEARS AT MICHIGAN STATE:Fourth. Joined the staff on Dec. 1, 2006, from Cincinnati.

PREVIOUS COACHING EXPERIENCE:College - Graduate assistant at Syracuse (1982-83); running backs coach (1984-85) and quarterbacks coach (1986-87) at Kent State; quarterbacks coach at Kansas (1988-96); quarterbacks coach at Bucknell (1997); passing game coordinator at Wyoming (1998); offensive coordinator at Connecticut (1999-2000); passing game coordinator at Houston (2001-02); wide receivers coach at Southern Miss (2003-04); quarterbacks coach at Cincinnati (2006).

EDUCATION:Bachelor’s degree in speech communications from Syracuse in 1982; master’s degree in physi-cal education from Syracuse in 1984.

PLAYING EXPERIENCE:College - Three-year letterwinner as a quarter-back at Syracuse (1979-81).

POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE:Player - 1979 Independence Bowl. Coach - 1992 Aloha Bowl, 1995 Aloha Bowl, 2003 Liberty Bowl, 2004 New Orleans Bowl, 2007 Champs Sports Bowl, 2009 Capital One Bowl, 2010 Valero Alamo Bowl.



tiM allendiRecTOR OF FOOTBALL OpeRATiOnS

YEARS AT MICHIGAN STATE:Third. Joined staff on June 13, 2008, from Min-nesota.

COACHING EXPERIENCE:College - Wide receivers coach (1982-83) and defensive backs coach/special teams coordina-tor (1984-85) at Bethel College; defensive gradu-ate assistant (1986), administrative assistant for football operations (1987) and director of football operations (1988-96) at Kansas; assistant ath-letics director for football operations at Minne-sota (1997-2006).

EDUCATION:Bachelor of Science in health, physical education and recreation from Bethel College in 1986.

PLAYING EXPERIENCE:College - Two-year letterman as a wide receiver at Bethel College.

POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE:Coach - 1984 NAIA Division II playoffs, 1992 Aloha Bowl, 1995 Aloha Bowl, 1999 Sun Bowl, 2000 MicronPC.com Bowl, 2002 Music City Bowl, 2003 Sun Bowl, 2004 Music City Bowl, 2005 Music City Bowl, 2006 Insight Bowl, 2009 Capital One Bowl, 2010 Valero Alamo Bowl.

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YEARS AT MICHIGAN STATE:16th. Joined staff on Dec. 8, 1994, from Toledo.

COACHING EXPERIENCE:College - Graduate assistant at Ohio State (1984); head strength and conditioning coach at Toledo (1985-94). Also coached and taught at the high school level for 10 years.

EDUCATION:Bachelor’s degree in health and physical edu-cation from Akron in 1974; master’s degree in health and physical education with an emphasis in exercise science from Ohio State in 1985.

PLAYING EXPERIENCE:College - Three-year letterman and two-year starter at offensive guard at Akron (1971-73).

POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE:Coach - 1985 Rose Bowl, 1995 Independence Bowl, 1996 Sun Bowl, 1997 Aloha Bowl, 2000 Florida Citrus Bowl, 2001 Silicon Valley Football Classic, 2003 Alamo Bowl, 2007 Champs Sports, 2009 Capital One Bowl, 2010 Valero Alamo Bowl.

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YEARS AT MICHIGAN STATE:Seventh. Joined staff on April 26, 2004, from Ap-palachian State.

COACHING EXPERIENCE:College - assistant track and field coach at UNC Wilmington (1991); assistant strength and con-ditioning coach at Appalachian State (1992-95); assistant strength and conditioning coach at Texas Tech (1995-96); assistant strength and conditioning coach at Appalachian State (1996-1998); head strength and conditioning coach at Appalachian State (1999-2003).

EDUCATION:Bachelor’s degree in physical education from UNC Wilmington in 1990; master’s degree in ex-ercise science from Appalachian State in 1993.

PLAYING EXPERIENCE:College - Lettered in track and field at UNC Wilm-ington (1990).

POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE:Coach - 1998 NCAA I-AA playoffs, 1999 NCAA I-AA playoffs, 2000 NCAA I-AA playoffs, 2001 NCAA I-AA playoffs, 2002 NCAA I-AA playoffs, 2007 Champs Sports Bowl, 2009 Capital One Bowl, 2010 Valero Alamo Bowl.



dino FolinodiRecTOR OF peRSOnneL/pLAyeRdeveLOpmenT & ReLATiOnS

YEARS AT MICHIGAN STATE:16th overall. Rejoined staff in 2002.

COACHING EXPERIENCE:College – Graduate assistant at Ohio State (1974-75); defensive backs coach at New Hampshire (1976); defensive backs coach at Cincinnati (1977-80); defensive backs coach at Pittsburgh (1981-84); defensive coordinator/defensive backs coach at Pennsylvania (1985-86); defen-sive backs coach at Rice (1986-87); defensive backs coach at Michigan State (1988-94); de-fensive backs coach at Albion College (1995-96); defensive coordinator at Alma College (1997); defensive backs coach and defensive coordina-tor at Vanderbilt (1998-2001).

EDUCATION:Bachelor’s degree in education from Villanova in 1971; master’s degree in educational adminis-tration from Ohio State in 1975.

PLAYING EXPERIENCE:College – Three-year starter at free safety for Villanova.

POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE:Coach – 1975 Rose Bowl, 1976 Rose Bowl, 1976 NCAA Division II Playoffs, 1982 Sugar Bowl, 1983 Cotton Bowl, 1984 Fiesta Bowl, 1989 Gator Bowl, 1989 Aloha Bowl, 1990 Sun Bowl, 1993 Liberty Bowl, 1996 NC AA Division III Playoffs, 2003 Alamo Bowl, 2007 Champs Sports Bowl, 2009 Capital One Bowl., 2010 Valero Alamo Bowl.

BRad lunsFoRddiRecTOR OF execuTiveFOOTBALL OpeRATiOnS

YEARS AT MICHIGAN STATE:Fourth on full-time staff as director of executive football operations.

EXPERIENCE:College – Assistant to the recruiting coordina-tor at Michigan State (2000-2003); assistant director of football operations at Michigan State (2004-05); assistant athletics director/director of football operations at Delaware State (2006).

EDUCATION:Bachelor’s degree in public policy from Michigan State in 2004; master’s degree in sports admin-istration from Michigan State in 2005.

POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE:2007 Champs Sports Bowl, 2009 Capital One Bowl, 2010 Valero Alamo Bowl.

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Zak WillisOFFENSIVE GR. ASST.

aRChie CollinsDEFENSIVE GR. ASST.

Billy BuRghaRdtSTR./COND. GR. ASST.

PaM henningASST. COACHES SECRETARY

Reed sChuiteMaFOOTBALL OPS. GR. ASST.

niCk siatRasVIDEO INTERN/DEFENSE

JeFF duvendeCkVIDEO INTERN/OFFENSE

Matt MuelleROPS./RECRUITING INTERN

niCk RuFFingSTR./COND. GR. ASST.

Cindy MeJoRadoOFFICE ASST.

siMone lavoieSPORTS OPS. ASST.


STRENGTH & CONDITIONING STAFF:

(L-R): Freddie Walker, Bill Burghardt, Randy Gillon, Nick Ruffing, Tommy Hoke, Ken Mannie, Mike Vorkapich, Tim Wakeham, Brian Whiting, Mike Bucata, Aaron McLaurin, Molly Munz.

VIDEO STAFF:

Front Row (L-R): Eric Opiela, Blake Mortellaro, Alex Gabriel, Cody Cox, Tom Stacy, Eric Ferrigan.

Back Row (L-R): Tom Shepard, Travis Brauker, Justin Martin, Jake Evans, Ben Mathers, Matt Harper.

EQUIPMENT STAFF:

Front Row (L-R): Joel Kuntzman, Eric Swanson, A.J. Yunker, Kam Bouchard, Rikin Shah, Will Slanger-Grant, and Blake Wilmore.

Back Row (L-R): Bob Knickerbocker, David Lawrence, Johnny Kent, Peter Gaglio, Eric Hendrickson, Justin Sucher, Landon Ginsberg, Nate Ruffing, Nick White, Brian Japinga, and Dylan Marinez.

S u p p O R T S TA F F


Together, with tireless determination, we tackle some of the world’s toughest challenges to find solutions that

make life better—from a lifesaving cancer drug to better breeds of crops to alternative energy and more

efficient engines.

We teach. We explore and discover. We collaborate and lead. We innovate, inspire, and

empower. We achieve our potential and create circumstances that help our students and others achieve theirs.

We’re good at it, and we’ve been at it for more than 150 years.

The nation’s pioneer land-grant university, Michigan State University began as a bold experiment

that democratized higher education and helped bring science and innovation into everyday life. The

revolutionary concept soon became a model for the nation. It changed lives and began to change the world.

Today, MSU is one of the top research universities in the world—on one of the biggest,

greenest campuses in the country.

Spartans work every day to advance the common good in uncommon ways.

SPARTANS WILL.

It’s a powerful force that brings together a vast array of facilities and resources with some of the world’s

brightest minds and best programs—from nuclear physics, elementary education, and jazz to study abroad and

service-learning. And it’s home to a diverse community of dedicated and resourceful students and scholars,

athletes and artists, scientists and leaders.

Crossing disciplines, cultures, and continents, we work side by side with individuals and fellow universities

and with corporations, communities, and countries in partnerships that produce enduring commitments and awe-inspiring results.

In ways both practical and profound, we work to create and to nurture a stronger, more sustainable, and more

hopeful future for all.

That’s who we are and what we do. It’s an attitude and a spirit. It’s our history. And it’s our destiny.

MSU researchers who set out to study the world’s carbon cycle discovered that making smarter crop choices could mean raising the standard of living for some of the world’s poorest farmers and reducing greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change.

By working with farmers, researchers, and government agencies in 10 Asian and African countries, the MSU Carbon2Markets project team is helping integrate high-value perennial tree crops that naturally sequester carbon into

the mix of traditional annual crops currently grown using sustainable methods.

Keeping more carbon in the vegetation and soil means less carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, and farmers can earn money from carbon offset credits

in global carbon markets as well as from products produced by the crops—like nuts, fruit, and oil.

Boosting farmers’ incomes, in turn, boosts rural economies and national exports. And the environmental benefits are priceless.

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25 national titles in athletics

Music has that rare ability to bring people together despite their differences.

For Rodney Whitaker, director of jazz studies at MSU, his gift for collaboration has made him one of the world’s leading double bass jazz performers—playing with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and the likes of Wynton Marsalis and Chick Corea and teaching master classes.

In addition to helping make MSU’s jazz program one of the strongest in the country, Whitaker

has guided hundreds of disadvantaged youths to discover a love of America’s greatest music through partnerships with schools that bring students to campus for jazz camps and workshops.

Studies show youths who play instruments have greater success in their studies and

demonstrate enhanced critical thinking skills. And music lessons turn into life lessons as young people learn not only how to play music but how to work together in harmony—a critical step in creating solutions of all kinds.

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We look to our doctors for early detection of health problems. But to whom should we turn when it comes to monitoring the health of our water supplies? One answer: robotic fish being created and tested by a dynamic duo of MSU researchers.

Engineering assistant professor Xiaobo Tan and zoology assistant professor Elena Litchman are working to develop schools of robotic fish that communicate wirelessly to provide researchers and resource managers with a steady flow of water quality

data. The fish will carry sensors that record temperature and oxygen levels and detect pollutants to provide a more consistent level of data collection than has previously been possible.

The fish could play an important role in Great Lakes restoration

efforts—a high-priority component of MSU’s comprehensive commitment to understanding, protecting, and restoring water resources and their sustainable use—and promise to bring environmental monitoring to a whole new level.

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EVERY SPARTAN HAS A SAGA

BeTTer WorLd? BegIN WITh BeTTer drAINS.William WenkAlumnusBS, landscape architecture, 1969Founder, Wenk Associates Inc.Denver, Colorado

I wanted to redesign the storm drain, which is that thing in the street that everyone ignores except when it doesn’t work. And that sort of lowly element that is literally everywhere in the city, that is so ubiquitous, is really a metaphor for rethinking how we treat urban water so that it’s no longer a waste.

EVERY SPARTAN HAS A SAGAHow much of a difference can nearly 500,000 people make? Especially if they’re at work on every continent and rise to practically every challenge imaginable?

EVERY SPARTAN HAS A SAGA

TAKINg edUCATIoN To heArT. Jasmine GaryAlumnaBA, social relations, 2006Program monitoring specialist, West Bay Collaborative and Rhode Island Department of EducationProvidence, Rhode Island

I applied for Teach for America, which is a teaching corps of recent college graduates, and when I entered the corps my placement was New York. One key reason why I even really decided to teach was that I know I want to make a difference in policy in the system of education, but I refuse to be a policy maker who has no clue what happens in the classroom.

EVERY SPARTAN HAS A SAGAMichigan State University is collecting the stories

of the Spartans—alumni, students, faculty, and staff.

Whether far or near, famous or known only to family

and friends, one thing is clear: every day, Spartans

contribute to the common good in ways both big and

small, proving again and again that SPARTANS WILL.

ShAre yoUr SAgA Visit the Spartan Sagas Web site to see the newest Sagas, to

nominate Spartans to be featured, or to tell your own Saga. spartansagas.msu.edu

The Pentecost Team Meeting RoomDemmer Family Hall of History

Entrance to Team Meeting Room


Duffy DaughertyBuilDing &SkanDalariSfOOtBall Center

The Michigan State football team moved into the $15.5 million Skandalaris Football Center in 2008, giving the Spartans one of the nation’s finest college football facilities. The 25,000-square-foot addition to the Duffy Daugherty Football Building took 14 months to complete.

The addition was made possible through the generous donation of MSU alumni Robert and Julie Skandalaris of Bloomfield Hills, Mich., who donated $5 million as the lead gift for this $12.5 million phase of the project. The structure features new team, staff and position meeting rooms, coaches’ offices and The Demmer Family Hall of History.

Former Spartan head coach George Perles and his wife Sally contributed $500,000 for the construction of a $1 million plaza outside the Duffy Daugherty Football Building.

Another renovation to the Duffy Daugherty Building was completed in 2009 as the program opened the spacious 1,800-square foot Henry and Lou Ann Bullough – Football Players Association Player Lounge.

The Henry and Lou Ann Bullough – Football Players Association Players Lounge

Outdoor Practice Fields


The mission of the Student-Athlete Development Program is to provide a systematic personal development program designed to reach each student-athlete based on his or her individual needs. The focus of the program is on the individual as a whole person — academically, athletically, and emotionally — and on the changing needs of that individual during college and in the years after graduation. MSU implements and expands on the vision of the NCAA Student-Athlete Affairs Program by using university and community resources to provide student-athletes with the best possible resources in the following areas:

COMMUNITY SERVICE & OUTREACHThe PACT (Putting Athletes & Communities Together) program is designed

to give student-athletes more opportunities to interact with the Greater Lansing community.• TelethonforChildren’sMiracleNetwork• RelayforLife• ShootforaCure• MarchisReadingMonth• SpeakingEngagements/SpecialRequests• D.A.R.E.Graduations• SpartanBuddies• TeamsforToys

• CareerCourses• PartnershipswithCareer

Placement Companies- Game Theory Group- Career Athletes

STUDENT-ATHLETE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT• Programmingintheareasof:

- Drug and Alcohol Awareness- Anti-Hazing-“Branded a Leader”- Mentors in Violence Prevention- Responsible Computing

• Student-AthleteAdvisoryCommittee(SAAC)–representativesfromeachteam work together to provide a voice to the Athletics Department and university administration as well as the NCAA

ACADEMIC AWARDS & RECOGNITION• AnnualAcademicExcellenceGala • Student-AthleteoftheMonth• ChampionsintheClassroom • 4.0Club• AcademicAll-BigTen • AcademicAll-American• NCAAWomanoftheYear • Great8Award• NCAAPost-graduatescholarships • BigTenDistinguishedScholar

MULTICULTURAL PROGRAMSOur mission is to

provide student-athletes with inclusive cultural and diversity experiences that enhance their professional growth and develop their leadership skills; collaborate with campus resources that elevate the academic success and campus involvement of student-athletes; and create a positive partnership with the community, facilitate learning and provide comprehensive programming.

CAREER DEVELOPMENT• PartnerwithMSUCareerCenter

- Resumes- Cover Letters- Internships- Interviewing- Career Fairs

• SpartanCareerNetwork- network of contacts for

student-athletes looking for job shadowing, internship, or job placement


Academic, personal, and professional support is essential to college success. At MSU, Student-Athlete Support Services helps student-athletes reach their full potential.

Our philosophy is to offer an academic support program that will assist all student-athletes with the transition to college and integrate with the total university. This all-encompassing support continues throughout the student-athlete’s collegiate career, until the day he or she receives a diploma, lands a job, or enters graduate school and beyond.

Academic counseling, career exploration, planning and placement, and academic assistance through tutorial programs are just some of the ways we encourage student success.

Being proactive rather than reactive, our staff does not wait for an academic crisis to occur. We gather important background informationand build an academic profile on each student-athlete, assessing his or herneedsinadvance.Wealsostayinformedonthedailyprogressofeachstudent-athlete.

Freshmen and transfer student-athletes encounter a major transition when making the switch from high school or community college to a university. These students, while adjusting to their new routines, receive extra attention and support.

College is not easy. But with hard work and dedication from both the student-athlete and the support staff, the student-athlete can have a successful college experience.

There are a total of 13 staff members to assist in and work with the following:

•Priorityregistration•Trackacademicprogress•Monitorgrades•Provideanindividualizedprogramforeachstudent-athlete•Conducteligibilitymeetings•ProvideLearningSpecialistsServices

STUDENT-ATHLETE SUPPORT SERVICESAcademic All-American Blair White was the 2009-10 male recipient of the MSU President’s Award, which is given to a graduating senior with the highest grade-point average.

aCaDeMiC SuCCeSSFrom his first day on the job, Coach Dantonio has pledged to support student-athletes as they pursue excellence, both in the classroom and on the playing field. In his first two seasons, 47 Spartans have earned their undergraduate degrees while 30 players have earned Academic All-Big Ten honors.


aCaDeMiCall-aMeriCanS

1952 JohnWilson,B(1st)*

1953 DonaldDohoney,E(1st)CarlDiener,E(2nd)

1954 DonaldKauth,E(2nd)

1955 Carl Nystrom, G (1st)

1957 Blanche Martin, B (1st)RobertJewett,E(2nd)

1958 RichardBarker,E(2nd)EllisonKelly,G(2nd)Blanche Martin, B (honorary)

1960 EdwardRyan,ROV(2nd)

1964 EugeneWashington,E(2nd)Richard Gordon, B (2nd)

1965Donald Japinga, B (1st)Donald Bierowicz, T (1st)

1966 Patrick Gallinagh, T (1st)AllenBrenner,E(2nd)

1968 AllenBrenner,E/S(1st)

1969 Ronald Saul, G (1st)RichardSaul,E(1st)

1973 John Shinsky, T (1st)Richard Pawlak, T (2nd)

1974 Richard Baes, B (2nd)

1975 Thomas Standal, MG (2nd)

1976 David Duda, DB (2nd)

1977 James Sciarini, G (2nd)Craig Fedore, LB (2nd)

1979Alan Davis, DB (1st)

1985Dean Altobelli, DB (1st)Shane Bullough, LB (2nd)

1986Dean Altobelli, SS (1st)Shane Bullough, LB (1st)

1989ChrisWillertz,DE(2nd)

1992SteveWasylk,SS(1st)

1993SteveWasylk,SS(1st)

1996Matt Beard, C (2nd)

2000Josh Thornhill, LB (2nd)

2001Josh Thornhill, LB (2nd)

2005Chris Morris, C (2nd)Drew Stanton, QB (2nd)

2009BlairWhite,WR(1st)

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• MichiganStatefootballteamshaveappearedin20postseasonbowlgames,includingeightNewYear’sDaygamesafterearningabidtothe2009CapitalOneBowlagainstNo.16Georgia.TheSpartansare7-13inbowlgames.

• MSUhasearnedabidtothreestraightbowlgames(2007ChampsSportsBowl,2009CapitalOneBowl,2010AlamoBowl),afirstfortheprogramsince1995-97.

• MarkDantonio,wholedtheSpartanstothe2007ChampsSportsBowl,becamejustthethirdfirst-yearcoachinMSUhistorytoearnapostseasonbowlbid,joiningNickSaban(1995Indepen-denceBowlvs.LSU)andJohnL.Smith(2003AlamoBowlvs.Nebraska).

• MichiganState’s37-34winoverNo.10Floridainthe2000FloridaCitrusBowlmarkeditsfirstNewYear’sDaybowlvictorysincethe1988RoseBowl.

• MichiganStatehasmadefourappearancesintheRoseBowl,postinga3-1record.TheSpartansdefeatedUCLAin1954and1956,andUSCin1988.

• Duringhis12-yeartenure(1983-94),GeorgePerlestookMichiganStatetosevenbowlgames,includingfourstraighttripsfrom1987-90(1988Rose,1989Gator,1989Alohaand1990Sun).

Year Date Bowl opponent result score 1938 Jan. 1 Orange Auburn L 0-6 1954 Jan.1 Rose UCLA W 28-20 1956 Jan.2 Rose UCLA W 17-14 1966 Jan. 1 Rose UCLA L 12-14 1984 Dec. 22 Cherry Army L 6-10 1985 Dec. 31 All-American Georgia Tech L 14-17 1988 Jan.1 Rose SouthernCal W 20-17 1989 Jan. 1 Gator Georgia L 27-34 1989 Dec.25 Aloha Hawai’i W 33-13 1990 Dec.31 Sun SouthernCal W 17-16 1993 Dec. 28 Liberty Louisville L 7-18 1995 Dec. 29 Independence Louisiana State L 26-45 1996 Dec. 31 Sun Stanford L 0-38 1997 Dec.25 Aloha Washington L 23-51 2000 Jan.1 Citrus Florida W 37-34 2001 Dec.31 SiliconValley FresnoState W 44-35 2003 Dec. 29 Alamo Bowl Nebraska L 3-17 2007 Dec. 28 Champs Sports Bowl Boston College L 21-24 2009 Jan. 1 Capital One Bowl Georgia L 12-24 2010 Jan. 2 Alamo Bowl Texas Tech L 31-41

SpartanBOwl hiStOry

1988 rOSe BOwl

2010 ValerO alaMO BOwl

2009 Capital One BOwl


SpartantraDitiOnTHE NICKNAME - SPARTANS

In 1926, Michigan State’s first southern baseball training tour provided the setting for the birth of the “Spartan” nickname.

It all came about when a Lansing sportswriter imposed the silent treatment on a contest-winning nickname and substituted his own choice, the name that has lasted through the years.

In 1925, Michigan State College replaced the name Michigan Agricultural College. The col-lege sponsored a contest to select a nickname to replace “Aggies” and picked “The Michigan Staters.”

George S. Alderton, then sports editor of the Lansing State Journal, decided the name was too cumbersome for newspaper writing and vowed to find a better one. Alderton contacted JimHasselmanofInformationServicestoseeifentriesstillremainedfromthecontest.Wheninformed that they still existed, Alderton ran across the entry name of “Spartans” and then decided that was the choice. Unfortunately, Alderton forgot to write down who submitted that particular entry, so that part of the story remains a mystery.

Rewriting game accounts supplied by Perry Fremont, a catcher on the squad, Alderton first used the name sparingly and then ventured into the headlines with it. (Incidentally, after two days of spelling the name incorrectly with an “o”, Mr. Alderton changed it to Spartan on a tip from a close friend.) Dale Stafford, a sports writer for the Lansing Capitol News, a rival of the State Journal, picked up the name for his paper after a couple of days. Alderton called Stafford and suggested that he might want to join the Spartan parade and he did.

As Mr. Alderton explains: “No student, alumnus or college official had called up the editor to complain about our audacity in giving the old school a new name, so we ventured into headlines with it. Happily for the experiment, the name took. It began appearing in other newspapers and when the student publication used it, that clinched it.”

SPARTY“The Spartan” statue, designed and produced by

MSU assistant art professor Leonard D. Jungwirth, has a permanent home inside the atrium of the Spartan Stadium tower. The 9-foot-7 ceramic fig-ure weighs approximately 6,600 pounds, including its base. In 2005, the sculpture was relocated to protect it from the elements.

“The Spartan” was dedicated on June 9, 1945, at the intersection of Red Cedar Road, Kalamazoo Street and Chestnut Road. Popularly known as “Sparty,” the statue remains one of the favorite photo subjects of campus visitors.

In 2005, an exact replica of the original terra cotta sculpture – now cast in bronze – took up residency on the plaza located at the north end of Demon-stration Hall Field. The molds for the bronze statue were made from the original sculpture. The new statue was cast in bronze at the Artworks Foundry in Berkeley, Calif.

As part of MSU’s sesquicentennial celebration, the bronze “Sparty” was dedicated on Oct. 8, 2005.

Donors contributed approximately $500,000 to pay for all work related to the new sculpture, in-cluding the plaza.

SPARTY MASCOTMichigan State’s beloved Sparty has won three national championships in the last seven years at the Uni-

versalCheerAssociation’smascotcompetitionatWaltDisneyWorldinOrlando,Fla.In January 2004, Sparty became the first Big Ten mascot to claim the UCA national title, and in 2005, he

defended his national championship, beating Goldy the Gopher and Bucky the Badger in the finals. After finish-ing third in the 2006 competition, Sparty reclaimed the national championship in 2007.

InMarch2008,SpartywasselectedtoappearonthecoverofNCAAFootball09fortheNintendoWii.EASportsconductedanon-linepoll,askingcollegefootballfanstovoteanddeterminewhichcollegemascot would have the honor of being depicted on the game’s cover. Fans went online and cast more than 700,000 votes and Sparty won the tight contest race, beating out mascots from Central Florida, WashingtonState,Auburn,LSU,Nebraska,Kansas,IowaState,AlabamaandPennState.

Made of hi-tech materials, including a vinyl chest plate and fiberglass molds like the ones used for making Muppets, the seven-foot costume weighs a total of 40 pounds, allowing enough flexibility for playful gestures and animation. Sparty is a far cry from the many paper-mache heads that have popped up since the 1950’s, mostly from fraternity efforts. The first official paper-mache Sparty head appar-ently debuted in 1955 courtesy of Theta Xi.

Otherversionswere introducedfromtimeto time. In1984,SigmaPhiEpsilon introducedthefirst“gruff” Sparty head-sporting the unshaven look that still adorns many sweatshirts and jackets.

By contrast, the current Sparty costume is a state-of-the art, full-bodied uniform that costs $12,000.

Today, Sparty aspirants must be between 5-10 and 6-2 in height. Candidates who fit the physical needs are chosen after a hands-on process that includes tryouts and interviews.

The Sparty Mascot Program is run and funded by the Student Alumni Foundation (SAF).

Those interested in having Sparty at their event can submit a request online at www.saf.msu.edu by clicking the Request Sparty link or contact the SAF office at 517-355-4458. Those who wish to donate to the Sparty mascot fund can contact University Development at 517-355-8257.


The NCAA Football Issues Committee has granted licens-es to 35 postseason bowls for 2010-2014, including two new bowls: TicketCity Bowl (Dallas Football Classic) and New Era Pinstripe Bowl in Bronx, New York. The total is one more than the 34 bowl games played last season. For the first time, the committee licensed bowls on a four-year cycle instead of the traditional one-year (year-by-year) basis. The change aligns the licensing schedule with bowl conference agreements, which typically are completed on four-year cycles, but allows for an annual review by the committee.

While the NCAA does not administer or operate bowl games, there is a need for NCAA authorization and regula-tion to ensure student-athlete safety and well-being, thus creating a need for a postseason bowl licensing process to preserve the benefits that bowls traditionally provide to sponsoring communities, participating member schools, conferences and student-athletes. The committee based the total number of approved bowls on historical data regarding the number of teams that are typically bowl eligible and the licensing criteria used each year to assess the qualifications of the bowl candidates. Among other items, the committee reviewed conference commitments, sponsorships, revenue expectations, facility conditions, bowl management and com-munity support. In a related development, the NCAA recently revised its postseason bowl eligibility standard of a deserving team as one that has at least a .500 record against Football Bowl Subdivision opponents (previously the requirement was simply winning half its games).

BCS EligiBilityThe pool of eligible BCS teams include the six partner

conference champions (ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-10, and SEC), plus at-large FBS teams that have won at least nine regular season games and are ranked among the top 12 in the final BCS standings. In addition, consideration is given to any independent or member team from Conference USA, MAC, Mountain West, Sun Belt, or WAC conference so long as that team is ranked sixth or higher in the final BCS standings. The conferences whose champions have a guaranteed an-nual berth in one of the BCS bowls are subject to review and possible loss of the guaranteed berth should the conference champion not have an average ranking of 12 or higher over a four-year period. There is also a fifth BCS bowl game (added in 2006) that is played at the same site as the championship game but is played among the first BCS games of the series. This game features two BCS at-large teams, thereby qualify-ing 10 teams to participate in BCS games annually.

BCS gamESSince 1998, the BCS has relied on a combination of polls

and computer selection methods to determine relative team rankings, and to narrow the field to two teams to play in the BCS National Championship Game, the final game of the sea-

son. The winner of this game is crowned the BCS national champion, and is guaranteed at least a share of the national championship. These BCS games will be played following the 2010 season in chronological order:• Friday,Jan.1,2011-RoseBowlGamepresentedbyVizio

(Pasadena, Calif.)• Monday, Jan. 1, 2011 - Tostitos Fiesta Bowl (Glendale,

Ariz.)• Tuesday,Jan.3,2011-DiscoverOrangeBowl(Miami)• FridayJan.4,2011-AllstateSugarBowl(NewOrleans)• Thursday, Jan. 10, 2011 - BCS National Championship

Game (Glendale, Ariz.): BCS No. 1 vs. BCS No. 2.

Big tEn Bowl CommitmEntSThe 2010-11 Big Ten bowl agreements have been es-

tablished and include a record number of eight postseason opportunities. The agreements include three new affiliate bowl games – Gator Bowl, Texas Bowl, TicketCity Bowl (Dal-las Football Classic). The Big Ten’s highest ranked team will earn theRoseBowlunless itqualifies for theBCSnationalchampionship game. In addition, the Big Ten can have two teams selected to participate in BCS games. The 2011 Postseason Big Ten Bowl selection order fol-

lows: SelectionNo.1(champion):RoseBowl/BCSvs.Pac-10/

BCS,Jan.1,2011 SelectionNo.2:CapitalOneBowlvs.SEC,Jan.1,2011 SelectionNo.3:OutbackBowlvs.SEC,Jan.1,2011 SelectionNo.4:GatorBowlvs.SEC,Jan.1,2011 Selection No. 5: Insight Bowl vs. Big 12, Dec. 28, 2010 Selection No. 6: Texas Bowl vs. Big 12, Dec. 29, 2010 Selection No. 7: Dallas Classic vs. Conf. USA or Big 12,

Jan.1,2011 Selection No. 8: Little Caesars Pizza Bowl vs. MAC, Dec.

26, 2010With so many postseason spots available, Big Ten teams

that win at least six games are virtually assured of a bowl berth.

tiE BrEakErSThe Big Ten Conference adheres to the following tie

breaker procedures: BCS national Championship game: in the event the

conferencehasoneortwofootballteamsrankedNo.1and/or No. 2 in the final BCS poll, these conference team(s) shall participate in the BCS National Championship Game.

rose Bowl game: unless ranked No. 1 or No. 2 in the

final BCS poll, the Big Ten conference champion shall partici-pateintheRoseBowl.Thechampionshipshallbedeterminedon the percentage basis of conference games. If there is a tie for thechampionship, theRoseBowl representativewillbedetermined as follows:1. An ineligible team shall not be considered in the standings

for determination of the conference representative.2. If there is a tie for the championship, the winner of the

game between these two teams shall represent the con-ference.

3. If there is still a tie, or if the tied teams did not play each other, the representative shall be determined on the per-centage basis of all games played.

4. If there is still a tie, the highest-ranked team in the final BCS standings shall be the representative.

5. If more than two teams tie for the championship, the same selection procedures shall be followed with the following exceptions:a) If three teams are tied, and if one team defeated both

of the other teams, then that team shall be the repre-sentative.

b) If three teams are still tied, and if two of the three teams defeated the third team, the third team is elimi-nated, and the remaining two teams shall revert to the two-team tie procedure.

c) If three teams are still tied, and there is a tie game between two of the three teams, or if two or all three of the teams did not play each other, the representative shall be determined on a percentage basis of all games played.

d) If three teams are still tied, and one of the three teams is eliminated through the percentage basis of all games played, the remaining two teams shall revert to the two-team tie procedure.

e) If three teams are still tied, and all three teams have the same winning percentage of all games played, the highest-ranked team in the final BCS standings shall be the representative.

6. If four or more teams tie for the championship, the follow-ing selection procedure shall be followed:a) If one team defeated each of the other three teams,

then that team shall be the representative.b) If two of the four teams defeated each of the other two

teams, the latter two teams shall be eliminated, and the two remaining teams shall revert to the two-team tie procedure.

c) If three of the four teams defeated the fourth team, the fourth team is eliminated, and the remaining three teams shall revert to the three-team tie procedure.

d) If there is a tie game between two of the four teams, or if two of the four teams did not play each other, the representative shall be determined on a percentage basis of all games played.

e) If one of the four teams is eliminated through the per-centage basis of all games played, the remaining three teams shall revert to the three-team tie procedure.

f) If all four teams are still tied and have the same winning percentage of all games played, the highest-ranked team in the final BCS standings shall be the representative.

by Michael L. Kasavana, Ph.D.,

CHTP NAMA Professor in Hospitality Business

FacultyAthleticsRepresentative,Michigan State University

NCAA and Big Ten Football Postseason


OnemightsaythatthecareerofseniorSpartanfullbackJoshRousehasbeen a unique one.

Before even arriving at Michigan State, Rouse played football forthree teams in high school and prep school. He spent his freshman and sophomore seasons at Immaculate High School in Danbury, Conn., earned two varsity letters at his hometown Newton (Conn.) High School, then was a two-waystarter (tightendand linebacker)andcaptain forValleyForgeMilitary Academy in Wayne, Pa.

RecruitedbyformerSpartanheadcoachJohnL.Smithasalinebackerinthesigningdayclassof2006,Rouseappearedinninegameshisfreshmanseason in East Lansing, mainly playing on special teams. In his sophomore season in 2007, Rouse played in all 13 contests, recording nine totaltackles.

After showing consistency on special teams, Coach Mark Dantonio and thestaffdecidedtogiveRouseanaddedaroleinoffenseduringhisjuniorseason.Rousemadetheswitchtofullbackduringspringpracticein2008,and he went on to see action in every game in the fall as the Spartans went 9-4 and earned a berth in a New Year’s Day Bowl game, playing Georgia in the2009CapitalOneBowl.Rousescoredhisfirstcareertouchdowninthevictory over Michigan that season, catching a 7-yard pass from Brian Hoyer in the fourth quarter to give MSU a commanding 35-21 lead.

ButunfortunatelyforRouse,he’sonlyhadtheopportunitytoplayinoneshortenedgamesincetheCapitalOneBowlagainstGeorgia.

Rousesufferedatoeinjurypriortothe2009seasonthatwouldsidelinehim for the entire year, forcing him to take a redshirt and focus on his upcoming senior year in 2010.

“When I got injured last year I took the approach that I had another year toplay,soIworkedreallyhardintheweightroomandgotinshape,”Rousesaid. “I gained a lot of strength and knew there wasn’t a fullback coming back with much experience so I was pretty much the guy, and I had plenty of motivation to work hard and come back the next season ready to play.”

Rousedidjustthat.Heprovedtobeoneoftheleadersintheoffseason,from lifting weights in the winter, to spring practice, to summer conditioning, and entered this season as the undisputed starter at fullback.

But in theseasonopeneragainstWesternMichiganonSept.4,Rousesuffered an injury even worse then his toe injury in 2009. Attempting a tacklewhilecoveringapunt,Rouselandedonhisheadandbrokehisneck,ending both his season and football career as a Spartan.

“I was running down the field covering a punt, and I got a little excited and saw a pile,” he recalled. “I wanted to get in on a tackle so I jumped on the pile. But I flew over it and landed right on my forehead. I tried to get up but things weren’t working right. I started to run off the field, just hoping I

hadn’t broken my neck.” Althoughnumber44physicallywasn’tonthefieldthisseason,Rouse’s

role on the team has far from vanished, in large part due to the dedication he has for a program that has done so much for him.

“The motivation is really my teammates,” he said. “I feel like I have an obligation to them and I really care about them. I’ve spent a lot of time in this program and put a lot of work in. I just feel like coming to practice and being here for them is the least I can do.”

RousemissedthenextgameagainstFloridaAtlanticonSept.11,buthisteammates didn’t forget him. They each wore a prominent “44” decal on the back of their helmet as a tribute, and it’s stayed there all season.

He made a triumphant return for the Notre Dame game Sept. 18, representing the Spartans as one of the game captains against the Fighting Irish.

“It was a really special moment for me, going out there as a captain and representingmyschool,”Rousesaid.“Therecognitionfrommyteammatesmeant a lot after I got injured and knew that I wouldn’t play again this season.”

Sincethen,Rousehasfoundavaluableroleontheteamhelpingtocoachhis fellow Spartan fullbacks, most notably senior Nick Bendzuck.

“It’sbeengreat,andNickhasreallydoneanexcellentjob,”Rousesaid.“I’ve just tried to be a positive influence on everyone. Instruction from the coaches can get them kind of down or make them lose their confidence a little bit, so I just try and keep them positive and give them input when I can.”

Rouse’scontributionhasprovedtobemorevaluablethansimplyhelpinghis teammates on the football field.

“I’m not on the field, so I’m not so much an example but more of a symbol that what we do here on the field is temporary,” he said. “The things you do off the field and the way you conduct yourself is more permanent then your play on the field.”

As his career comes to a close, Rouse highlights the success of thisseason as one of his best moments, even despite his injury.

“The work we put in this summer and in the off-season has really shown how much closer we have grown together as a team,” he said. “I think it’s been the best year of my life watching my teammates play and I’m really happy for them. It’s just been an unbelievable season so far.”

WhileRouse’smarkontheSpartanfootballteamiscertainlydistinguished,he plans on taking away much more than his experiences on the gridiron.

“Obviouslythere’salotmoretolifethanfootball,”hesaid.“Idon’tthinkthe sport defines me as a person; I know there is a lot more out there. I just try to keep a positive outlook, and the support here has been unbelievable.”

An Unlikely PathJosh Rouse:

By mitch lex, mSU athletic Communications Student assistant

GETTING TO KNOW JOSH ROUSEFAVORITE ATHLETE: Bo Jackson

FAVORITE PLACE TO EAT: Schwartz’s Deli

IF YOU COULD TAKE A TRIP ANYWHERE, IT WOULD BE: Europe

FAVORITE MUSICAL ARTIST: Led Zeppelin

FAVORITE CLASS: Kinesiology 853, Athletic Administration


85 Kyle AdamsSr.•TE

Austin, Texas

13 Antavian EdisonSo.•WR

Fort Myers, Fla.

30JoeHollandJr.•LB

Indianapolis, Ind.

35 Logan LinkJr.•S

WestLiberty,Ohio

93 Kawann ShortSo.•DT

East Chicago, Ind.

21RicardoAllenFr.•CB

Daytona Beach, Fla.

32 Albert EvansJr.•S

Gary, Ind.

28JoshJohnsonSo.•CB

Dade City, Fla.

62 Nick MondekJr.•OT

Naperville, Ill.

7 Cortez SmithSr.•WR

Hooks, Texas

3 Dwayne BeckfordSo.•LB

Irvington,N.J.

68 Dennis KellyJr.•OT

Chicago Heights, Ill.

72JustinPierceSr.•OG

Tom Bean, Texas

73 Ken PlueJr.•OG

Rensselaer,N.Y.

42 Cody WebsterFr.•P

Harrisburg, Pa.

37 Carson WiggsJr.•K-P

Grand Prairie, Texas

24JasonWernerSr.•LB

Greenwood, Ind.

15 Charlton WilliamsJr.•CB

Tamarac, Fla.

6 Gary BushR-Fr.•WRMiami, Fla.

94RyanKerriganSr.•DE

Muncie, Ind.

25 Dan DierkingSr.•RB

Wheaton, Ill.

90 Bruce GastonFr.•DT

Chicago, Ill.

67 Peters DreySo.•C

Mobile, Ala.

2 Gerald GoodenJr.•DE

Hooks, Texas

PURDUE UNIVERSITY

DANNYHOPE-HEADCOACH


PURDUE UNIVERSITY2010 PURDUE QUICK FACTS

Location .....................................West Lafayette, Ind.

Enrollment .....................................................28,778

Nickname .............................................Boilermakers

Colors ......................................... OldGoldandBlack

Home Field .................................. Ross-AdeStadium

Capacity ........................................................62,500

Head Coach ........................................... Danny Hope

Alma Mater ......................... Western Kentucky, 1981

RecordatPU ...............................9-13 (second year)

OverallRecord(Years) ...............44-35 (seventh year)

2009OverallRecord ............ 5-7 (4-4 Big Ten, T-6th)Senior Tight EndKylE adamS

Senior defensive Endryan KErrigan


X-Wide ReceiverZ-Wide ReceiverLT-Left TackleLG-Left GuardC-CenterRG-Right Guard

RT-Right TackleTE-Tight EndQB-QuarterbackFB-FullbackRB-Running BackDE-Defensive End

DT-Defensive TackleNT-Nose TackleSAM- Strong Side LinebackerMIKE-Middle LinebackerWILL-Weak Side Linebacker

BC-Boundary CornerFC-Field CornerFS-Free SafetySS-Strong SafetyKO-KickoffsPK-Place Kicker

P-PunterSN-SnapperHLD-HolderKR-Kick ReturnerPR-Punt Returner

OFFENSE

WR 7 CORTEZSMITH(6-2,180,Sr.) 12 Tommie Thomas (6-2, 190, So.)WR 13 ANTAVIANEDISON(5-11,175,So.) 3 WaynelleGravesande(6-0,189,Jr.)LT 68 DENNISKELLY(6-8,301,Jr.) 77 RyanPrater(6-5,286,Sr.)LG 72 JUSTINPIERCE(6-4,320,Sr.) 76 RickSchmeig(6-3,315,So.)C 67 PETERSDREY(6-6,300,So.) 79 Andrew Brewer (6-3, 297, So.)RG 73 KENPLUE(6-7,358,Jr.) 63 JamesShepherd(6-5,306,Jr.)RT 62 NICKMONDEK(6-5,300,Jr.) 78 TrevorFoy(6-7,284,R-Fr.)TE 85 KYLE ADAMS (6-4, 251, Sr.) 86 Gabe Holmes (6-4, 223, Fr.)WR 6 GARYBUSH(6-0,175,R-Fr.) 12 Tommie Thomas (6-2, 190, So.)QB 15 ROBHENRY(6-2,200,R-Fr.) 10 SeanRobinson(6-3,208,Fr.)RB 25 DANDIERKING(5-10,195,Sr.) 1 Keith Carlos (6-1, 200, Sr.)

DEFENSE

DE 2 GERALDGOODEN(6-3,235,Jr.) 58 RobertMaci(6-4,241,So.)DT 90 BRUCEGASTON(6-2,300,Fr.) 61 RyanIsaac(6-5,260,Fr.)DT 93 KAWANNSHORT(6-4,305,So.) 55 BrandonTaylor(6-1,280,R-Fr.)DE 94 RYANKERRIGAN(6-4,263,Sr.) 49 AdamBrockman(6-3,260,Jr.)WLB 30 JOEHOLLAND(6-1,225,Jr.) 45 Will Lucas (5-11, 226, Fr.)MLB 3 DWAYNEBECKFORD(6-1,228,So.) 47 ChrisCarlino(6-2,226,Jr.)SLB 24 JASONWERNER(6-4,232,Sr.) 11 DaVarroGreaves(6-2,220,Jr.)CB 21 RICARDOALLEN(5-9,175,Fr.) 15 CharltonWilliams(6-2,197,Jr.)SS 35 LOGANLINK(6-1,204,Jr.) 29 Chris Quinn (5-11, 185, So.)FS 22 ALBERTEVANS(6-0,206,Jr.) 34 MaxCharlot(6-0,190,Jr.)CB 28 JOSHJOHNSON(5-11,191,So.) 31 Normando Harris (6-1, 180, Fr.)

SPECIAL TEAMS

P 42 CODYWEBSTER(6-2,190,Fr.)-OR- 37 CARSONWIGGS(6-0,197,Jr.)PK 37 CARSONWIGGS(6-0,197,Jr.) 42 Cody Webster (6-2, 190, Fr.)KO 37 CARSONWIGGS(6-0,197,Jr.) 42 Cody Webster (6-2, 190, Fr.)LS 96 JOHNFINCH(6-3,238,Sr.) 50 JesseSchmitt(6-2,225,Fr.)HLD 87 KRISSTAATS(6-1,203,Sr.) 83 KurtLichtenberg(6-1,185,Jr.)PR 3 WAYNELLEGRAVESANDE(6-0,189,Jr.) 28 JoshJohnson(5-11,191,So.)KR 5 AL-TEREKMCBURSE(6-0,195,So.) 27 T.J.Barbarette(5-6,165,So.)

OFFENSE

X 2 MARKDELL(6-2,199,Sr.)OR 7 KEITHNICHOL(6-2,222,Jr.)LT 59 D.J.YOUNG(6-5,298,Sr.-5) 79 DavidBarrent(6-8,308,R-Fr.)LG 67 JOELFOREMAN(6-4,310,Jr.) 68 EthanRuhland(6-5,288,So.)C 66 JOHNSTIPEK(6-5,285,Sr.-5) 72 NateKlatt(6-4,292,R-Fr.)RG 75 JAREDMCGAHA(6-6,300,Jr.)OR 62 CHRISMCDONALD(6-5,295,So.)RT 77 J’MICHAELDEANE(6-5,312,Sr.-5) 75 JaredMcGaha(6-6,300,Jr.)TE 83 CHARLIEGANTT(6-5,260,Sr.-5) 88 BrianLinthicum(6-5,238,Jr.)Z 82 KESHAWNMARTIN(5-11,185,Jr.)OR 3 B.J.CUNNINGHAM(6-2,220,Jr.)QB 8 KIRKCOUSINS(6-3,202,Jr.) 10 AndrewMaxwell(6-3,200,R-Fr.)FB 42 NICKBENDZUCK(6-2,240,Sr.-5) 49 TyQuanHammock(6-0,255,R-Fr.)RB: 4 EDWINBAKER(5-9,208,So.)OR 24 LE’VEONBELL(6-2,230,Fr.)

DEFENSE

LE 91 TYLERHOOVER(6-7,260,So.) 57 JohnathanStrayhorn(6-0,275,Jr.)DT 99 JERELWORTHY(6-3,305,So.) 98 AnthonyRashadWhite(6-2,320,So.)NT 93 BLAKETREADWELL(6-3,277,So.) 96 KevinPickelman(6-4,285,Jr.)RE 89 COLINNEELY(6-1,258,Sr.-5) 55 Corey Freeman (6-2, 240, So.)SAM 43 ERICGORDON(6-0,232,Sr.-5) 50 Steve Gardiner (6-1, 222, So.)MIKE 53 GREGJONES(6-1,240,Sr.) 40 Max Bullough (6-3, 235, Fr.)STAR 10 CHRISNORMAN(6-1,220,So.)OR 36 JONMISCH (6-3, 207, Sr.-5) FC 5 JOHNNYADAMS(5-11,170,R-So.) 31 Darqueze Dennard (5-11, 175, Fr.)FS 39 TRENTONROBINSON(5-10,195,Jr.) 9 Isaiah Lewis (5-11, 191, Fr.)SS 11 MARCUSHYDE(6-0,200,Sr.-5) 23 JairusJones(6-1,208,R-Fr.)BC 29 CHRISL.RUCKER(6-2,200,Sr.) 32 Mitchell White (6-1, 170, So.)

SPECIAL TEAMS

KO 17 KEVINMUMA(6-0,186,R-Fr.) 4 Dan Conroy (5-10, 185, So.)PK 4 DANCONROY(5-10,185,So.) 17 KevinMuma(6-0,186,R-Fr.)P 18 AARONBATES(6-0,198,Sr.) 20 KyleSelden(6-5,200,Jr.)SN 56 ALEXSHACKLETON(6-2,240,Sr.-5) 66 JohnStipek(6-5,285,Sr.-5)HLD 18 AARONBATES(6-0,198,Sr.) 8 KirkCousins(6-3,202,Jr.)KR 82 KESHAWNMARTIN(5-11,185,Jr.) 24 LE’VEONBELL(6-2,230,Fr.)PR 82 KESHAWNMARTIN(5-11,185,Jr.) 2 Mark Dell (6-2, 199, Sr.)

PURDUE UNIVERSITYTWO-DEEP


MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITYTWO-DEEP

no. name Pos. Ht. wt. Elig. Cl. Exp. Hometown (Previous School)2 MarkDell WR 6-2 199 Sr. Sr. 3L FarmingtonHills,Mich.(Harrison)

2 William Gholston LB 6-7 250 Fr. Fr. HS Detroit, Mich. (Southeastern)

2 MylanHicks DB 5-11 175 Fr. Fr. HS Detroit,Mich.(Renaissance)

3 B.J.Cunningham WR 6-2 220 Jr. Sr. 2L Westerville,Ohio(WestervilleSouth)

4 EdwinBaker RB 5-9 208 So. So. 1L HighlandPark,Mich.(OakPark)

4 DanConroy K 5-10 185 So. Jr. SQ Wheaton,Ill.(WheatonWarrenvilleSouth)

5 JohnnyAdams CB 5-11 170 So. Jr. 1L Akron,Ohio(Buchtel)

6 JoeBoisture QB 6-5 212 Fr. Fr. HS Goodrich,Mich.(Saline)

7 KeithNichol WR 6-2 222 Jr. Sr. 1L Lowell,Mich.(Oklahoma)

8 KirkCousins QB 6-3 202 Jr. Sr. 2L Holland,Mich.(HollandChristian)

9 Isaiah Lewis S 5-11 191 Fr. Fr. HS Indianapolis, Ind. (Ben Davis)

10 AndrewMaxwell QB 6-3 200 Fr. So. RS Midland,Mich.(Midland)

10 ChrisNorman LB 6-1 220 So. So. 1L Detroit,Mich.(Renaissance)

11 MarcusHyde S 6-0 200 Sr. Sr.-5 3L Fostoria,Ohio(Fostoria)

12 DanaDixon CB 6-2 173 Fr. So. RS Detroit,Mich.(Renaissance)

13 BennieFowler WR 6-1 206 Fr. So. RS Bloomfield,Mich.(DetroitCountryDay)

14 TonyLippett WR 6-3 185 Fr. Fr. HS Detroit,Mich.(Crockett)

14 ChaseParker CB 5-9 176 Jr. Sr. SQ Mason,Mich.(Mason)

15 DonaldSpencer WR 6-2 200 Fr. So. RS Ypsilanti,Mich.(Ypsilanti)

16 ChrisD.Rucker WR 5-10 175 Jr. Sr. 2L Detroit,Mich.(DetroitCountryDay)

17 KevinMuma K 6-0 186 Fr. So. RS Troy,Mich.(Troy)

17 KyleNichol QB 5-9 185 Fr. So. RS Lowell,Mich.(Lowell)

18 AaronBates P 6-0 198 Sr. Sr. 3L NewConcord,Ohio(JohnGlenn)

18 JordanBenton WR 6-0 182 Fr. So. RS LosAngeles,Calif.(Loyola)

19 DannyFolino S 5-9 190 Fr. So. RS Okemos,Mich.(EastLansing)

20 NickHill RB 5-6 182 Fr. Fr. HS Chelsea,Mich.(Chelsea)

20 KyleSelden P 6-5 200 Jr. Sr. SQ Waterford,Mich.(OurLadyoftheLakes)

21 JoshPerryman WR 6-3 175 Fr. Fr. HS Evanston,Ill.(EvanstonTownship)

22 LarryCaper RB 5-11 220 So. So. 1L BattleCreek,Mich.(BattleCreekCentral)

22 JoshBodell CB 6-1 192 Sr. Sr.-5 SQ Frankfort,Mich.(Frankfort)

23 JairusJones S 6-1 208 Fr. So. RS Tampa,Fla.(Wharton)

24 Le’VeonBell RB 6-2 230 Fr. Fr. HS Reynoldsburg,Ohio(GroveportMadison)

25 KeithMumphery WR 6-1 200 Fr. Fr. HS Vienna,Ga.(DoolyCounty)

26 JesseJohnson S 5-10 186 Sr. Sr.-5 3L Durand,Mich.(DurandArea)

26 DavidSpears RB 5-10 200 So. Jr. SQ Muskegon,Mich.(Muskegon)

27 KurtisDrummond+ S 6-2 198 Fr. Fr. HS Masury,Ohio(Hubbard)

28 DenicosAllen LB 5-10 212 Fr. So. RS Hamilton,Ohio(Hamilton)

29 ChrisL.Rucker CB 6-2 200 Sr. Sr. 3L Warren,Ohio(WarrenG.Harding)

30 MikeSadler P 6-1 185 Fr. Fr. HS GrandRapids,Mich.(ForestHillsNorthern)

31 Darqueze Dennard DB 5-11 175 Fr. Fr. HS Dry Branch, Ga. (Twiggs County)

32 MitchellWhite CB 6-1 170 So. Jr. 1L Livonia,Mich.(Stevenson)

33 JeremyLangford RB/WR 6-0 185 Fr. Fr. HS Wayne,Mich.(JohnGlenn)

34 AndreBuford RB 5-8 184 So. Jr. SQ Waterford,Mich.(DetroitCountryDay)

36 JonMisch LB 6-3 207 Sr. Sr.-5 3L Waterford,Mich.(OrchardLakeSt.Mary’s)

37 Chris Hessell FB 6-1 227 So. Fr. HS New Haven, Mich. (New Haven)

38 Niko Palazeti FB 6-2 250 Fr. Fr. HS Northville, Mich. (Detroit Catholic Central)

39 TrentonRobinson S 5-10 195 Jr. Jr. 2L BayCity,Mich.(BayCityCentral)

40 Max Bullough LB 6-3 235 Fr. Fr. HS Traverse City, Mich. (St. Francis)

41 KylerElsworth LB 6-1 207 Fr. So. RS Goodrich,Mich.(Goodrich)

42 NickBendzuck FB 6-2 240 Sr. Sr.-5 1L Strongsville,Ohio(MercyhurstCollege)

42 Ty Hamilton LB 6-0 223 Fr. Fr. HS Fenton, Mich. (Fenton)

43 Eric Gordon LB 6-0 232 Sr. Sr.-5 3L Traverse City, Mich. (Traverse City West)

44 JoshRouse+ FB 6-3 240 Sr. Sr.-5 3LNewtown,Conn.(ValleyForgeMilitaryAcad.)

45 JeffBobek FB 6-0 230 Fr. Fr. SQ Palatine,Ill.(WilliamFremd)

45 MarcusRush DE 6-3 240 Fr. Fr. HS Cincinnati,Ohio(ArchbishopMoeller)

no. name Pos. Ht. wt. Elig. Cl. Exp. Hometown (Previous School)47 JeremyGainer LB 6-1 225 Fr. So. RS Detroit,Mich.(Clarenceville)

47 AdamSetterbo FB 6-3 232 Jr. Sr. SQ SpringLake,Mich.(SpringLakeSenior)

48 DrewStevens FB 6-4 230 So. Jr. 1L Delaware,Ohio(Olentangy)

49 TyQuanHammock LB 6-0 255 Fr. So. RS FortWayne,Ind.(BishopLuers)

50 SteveGardiner LB 6-1 222 So. Jr. 1L Dublin,Ohio(Coffman)

51 Steve Moore SN 6-2 221 So. So. HS Pinconning, Mich. (Pinconning Area)

52 DenzelDrone DE 6-2 250 Fr. So. RS PlantCity,Fla.(PlantCity)

53 GregJones LB 6-1 240 Sr. Sr. 3L Cincinnati,Ohio(ArchbishopMoeller)

54 ConnorKruse OL 6-4 300 Fr. Fr. HS Lowell,Mich.(Lowell)

55 CoreyFreeman DE 6-2 240 So. So. HS ClevelandHeights,Ohio(ClevelandHeights)

56 Alex Shackleton SN 6-2 240 Sr. Sr.-5 3L Breckenridge, Colo. (Summit)

57 JohnathanStrayhorn DE 6-0 275 Jr. Sr. 2L Detroit,Mich.(OakPark)

58 HughStangeland OL 6-6 280 Fr. So. RS Ridgefield,Conn.(MilfordAcademy)

58 JordanSanders DL 6-2 275 Fr. Fr. HS Rochester,Mich.(Adams)

59 D.J.Young OT 6-5 298 Sr. Sr.-5 1L Lansing,Mich.(BowlingGreen)

60 MicajahReynolds DT 6-5 295 Fr. So. RS Lansing,Mich.(Sexton)

61 AntonioJeremiah OG 6-5 360 Jr. Sr. 2L Hilliard,Ohio(HilliardDarby)

62 ChrisMcDonald OG 6-5 295 So. Jr. 1L SterlingHeights,Mich.(HenryFordII)

63 TravisJackson OL 6-4 265 Fr. Fr. HS NewAlbany,Ohio(St.FrancisDeSales)

64 CameronJude DL 6-3 253 So. Jr. SQ Chesterfield,Va.(Manchester)

65 MichaelDennis OL 6-7 295 Fr. Fr. HS Carey,Ohio(Carey)

65 Doug Curtis DT 6-2 257 So. So. HS Weston, Conn. (Weston)

66 JohnStipek C 6-5 285 Sr. Sr.-5 2L MacombTownship,Mich.(Dakota)

67 JoelForeman OG 6-4 310 Jr. Sr. 2L Highland,Mich.(Milford)

68 EthanRuhland OG 6-5 288 So. Jr. 1L LakeOrion,Mich.(LakeOrion)

69 BlakePacheco DL 6-1 272 Jr. Sr. SQ Salinas,Calif.(MontereyPeninsulaCollege)

69 ShawnKamm OL 6-7 293 Fr. Fr. HS Saginaw,Mich.(NouvelCatholicCentral)

70 SkylerSchofner OL 6-7 315 Fr. Fr. HS Sunbury,Ohio(BigWalnut)

71 JohnDeyo OT 6-6 294 So. Jr. 1L BattleCreek,Mich.(GullLake)

72 NateKlatt C 6-4 292 Fr. So. RS Clinton,Ohio(Northwest)

73 HenryConway OT 6-6 304 Fr. So. RS ShakerHeights,Ohio(ShakerHeights)

73 ArthurRayJr.+ OL 6-3 314 Jr. Jr. HS Chicago,Ill.(MountCarmel)

74 ZachHueter+ OG 6-6 315 So. Jr. SQ Columbiaville,Mich.(NorthBranch)

75 JaredMcGaha OT 6-6 300 Jr. Sr. 1L Powell,Tenn.(Powell)

77 J’MichaelDeane OT 6-5 312 Sr. Sr.-5 1LToronto,Ontario(NewtonbrookSeco.School)

79 DavidBarrent OT 6-8 308 Fr. So. RS Clive,Iowa(Valley)

81 BradSonntag WR 5-8 175 Jr. Sr. SQ Saginaw,Mich.(NouvelCatholicCentral)

82 KeshawnMartin WR 5-11 185 Jr. Jr. 2L Inkster,Mich.(JohnGlenn)

83 CharlieGantt TE 6-5 260 Sr. Sr.-5 3L FarmingtonHills,Mich.(BrotherRice)

84 DerekHoebing TE 6-7 258 Fr. So. RS Vermilion,Ohio(Vermilion)

85 GarrettCelek TE 6-5 245 Jr. Sr. 2L Cincinnati,Ohio(LaSalle

86 FredSmith FB 6-2 240 So. Jr. 1L Detroit,Mich.(Southeastern)

87 ToddAnderson DE 6-2 242 Jr. Sr. SQ Jackson,Mich.(Napoleon)

87 MiltonColbert WR 6-4 203 So. Jr. SQ VillaPark,Ill.(Willowbrook)

88 BrianLinthicum TE 6-5 238 Jr. Sr. 1L Charlottesville,Va.(Clemson)

89 Colin Neely DE 6-1 258 Sr. Sr.-5 2L Bethlehem, Pa. (Freedom)

89 CamMartin WR 6-4 188 Jr. Sr. SQ Tampa,Fla.(H.B.Plant)

91 TylerHoover DE 6-7 260 So. Jr. 1L Novi,Mich.(Novi)

92 Andrew Gleichert TE 6-5 235 Fr. Fr. HS Ann Arbor, Mich. (Huron)

93 Blake Treadwell NT 6-3 277 So. So. 1L East Lansing, Mich. (East Lansing)

94 Taylor Calero DE 6-3 230 Fr. Fr. HS Beverly Hills, Mich. (Southfield Christian)

96 KevinPickelman NT 6-4 285 Jr. Sr. 2L Marshall,Mich.(Marshall)

97 DanFrance DT 6-6 296 Fr. So. RS NorthRoyalton,Ohio(NorthRoyalton)

98 AnthonyRashadWhite DT 6-2 320 So. So. JC BattleCreek,Mich.(FortScottCC)

99 JerelWorthy DT 6-3 305 So. Jr. 1L HuberHeights,Ohio(Wayne)

MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITYNUMERICAL ROSTER

+ Injured EXP. KEY – HS: High School; RS: Red-shirted; JC: Junior College; TR: Transfer; SQ: Squad Member; L: Letters Earned


no. name Cl. Pos. Ht. wt. Hometown (High School/Prev. College)1 KeithCarlos Sr. RB 6-1 200 Bridgeport,Conn.(LackawannaCollege)

2 GeraldGooden(c) Jr. DE 6-3 235 Hooks,Texas(Hooks)

2 JustinSiller Jr. WR 6-4 215 Detroit,Mich.(SaintMary’s)

3 DwayneBeckford So. LB 6-1 228 Irvington,N.J.(Irvington)

3 WaynelleGravesande Jr. WR 6-0 189 Irvington,N.J.(Irvington)

4 O.J.Ross Fr. WR 5-10 175 OrmondBeach,Fla.(Mainland)

5 Antwon Higgs So. LB 6-3 254 Pompano Beach, Fla. (Pompano Beach)

5 Al-TerekMcBurse So. RB 6-0 195 WinterSprings,Fla.(WinterSprings)

6 GaryBush R-Fr. WR 6-0 175 Miami,Fla.(ChristopherColumbus)

7 E.J.Johnson Fr. S 6-1 175 Cocoa,Fla.(Cocoa)

7 CortezSmith Sr. WR 6-2 180 Hooks,Texas(KilgoreCollege)

8 KeithSmith(c) 5th WR 6-2 226 FortHood,Texas(Shoemaker)

9 RobertMarve Jr. QB 6-1 210 Tampa,Fla.(UniversityofMiami)

10 MikeEargle Jr. CB 6-0 165 Elizabeth,N.J.(LackawannaCollege)

10 SeanRobinson Fr. QB 6-3 208 Springfield,Ill.(Rochester)

11 DeVarroGreaves Jr. LB 6-2 220 Folkston,Ga.(CharltonCounty)

12 TommieThomas So. WR 6-2 190 Robbins,Ill.(Richards)

13 AntavianEdison So. WR 5-11 175 FortMyers,Fla.(Dunbar)

14 JonathanLinkenheimer Fr. K-P 6-3 215 FlemingIsland,Fla.(Mainland)

15 RobHenry R-Fr. QB 6-2 200 Ocala,Fla.(TrinityCatholic)

15 CharltonWilliams Jr. CB 6-2 197 Tamarac,Fla.(CoralGlades)

16 JeffPanfil 5th TE 6-5 240 FortWorth,Texas(NorthCrowley)

17 CharlesTorwudzo Fr. WR 6-4 210 Brownsburg,Ind.(Brownsburg)

17 SpencerDawson Jr. QB 6-2 205 LaFontaine,Ind.(Southwood)\

18 Nnamdi Ezenwa So. LB 6-2 222 Acworth, Ga. (North Cobb)

18 SkylerTitus R-Fr. QB 6-2 228 Nappanee,Ind.(Northwood)

19 Caleb TerBush So. QB 6-5 222 Metamora, Ill. (Metamora Township)

20 GavinRoberts So. RB 6-0 214 Somerset,N.J.(Franklin)

21 RicardoAllen Fr. CB 5-9 175 DaytonaBeach,Fla.(Mainland)

21 JaveareWhite 5th RB 5-9 201 Louisville,Ky.(UniversityofLouisville)

22 IshmaelAristide R-Fr. S 5-11 199 Orlando,Fla.(MaynardEvans)

22 SeanMatti Jr. RB 6-0 224 Shoreview,Minn.(RosevilleArea)

23 RalphBolden Jr. RB 5-9 194 Folkston,Ga.(CharltonCounty)

24 JasonWerner(c) 6th LB 6-4 232 Greenwood,Ind.(Roncalli)

25 DanDierking(c) Sr. RB 5-10 195 Wheaton,Ill.(WheatonWarrenville)

26 Antoine Lewis Fr. CB 5-10 179 Broadview, Ill. (Proviso East)

26 ZackSigman So. WR 6-1 185 Montmorenci,Ind.(BentonCentral)

27 T.J.Barbarette So. WR 5-6 165 MountVernon,Ind.(MountVernon)

28 JoshJohnson So. CB 5-11 191 DadeCity,Fla.(Pasco)

29 Chris Quinn So. S 5-11 185 Miami, Fla. (Miami Southwest)

30 JoeHolland Jr. LB 6-1 225 Indianapolis,Ind.(BishopChatard)

31 Normando Harris Fr. CB 6-1 180 Miami, Fla. (Monsignor Pace)

32 AlbertEvans Jr. S 6-0 206 Gary,Ind.(Portage)

33 JarrettDieudonne R-Fr. S 6-1 189 FortLauderdale,Fla.(Dillard)

33 ReggiePegram Fr. RB 5-10 222 Terrell,Texas(JamesMadison)

34 Max Charlot So. S 6-0 190 Corona, Calif. (Fullerton College)

35 LoganLink Jr. S 6-1 204 WestLiberty,Ohio(WestLiberty-Salem)

36 RobertHarris R-Fr. K 6-0 205 Columbia,Tenn.(ColumbiaCentral)

36 ZackHeiniger So. LB 5-11 204 Fishers,Ind.(HamiltonSoutheastern)

37 CarsonWiggs Jr. K-P 6-0 206 GrandPrairie,Texas(SouthGrandPrairie)

38 Mike Lee Fr. LB 6-2 220 North Braddock, Pa. (Woodland Hills)

39 JohnHumphrey 5th LB 6-1 235 Youngstown,Ohio(Liberty)

40 DerekJackson So. FB 6-2 223 GlenAllen,Va.(DeepRun)

40 CollinLink Fr. LB 6-1 200 WestLiberty,Ohio(WestLiberty-Salem)

no. name Cl. Pos. Ht. wt. Hometown (High School/Prev. College)41 SeanCollins R-Fr. CB 5-7 170 Indianapolis,Ind.(Cathedral)

42 Cody Webster Fr. P 6-2 201 Harrisburg, Pa. (Central Dauphin East)

43 WalterWilliams Sr. CB 5-10 240 Columbus,Ohio(SaintCharlesPreparatory)

44 Landon Feichter Fr. S 6-0 173 Fort Wayne, Ind. (Bishop Dwenger)

45 Will Lucas Fr. LB 5-11 226 Lakeland, Fla. (Lakeland)

46 KevinBallinger Jr. LS 6-3 182 Bluffton,Ind.(Bluffton)

46 KurtFreytag R-Fr. FB 6-2 237 Carmel,Ind.(Carmel)

47 ChrisCarlino Jr. LB 6-2 226 Fishers,Ind.(HamiltonSoutheastern)

48 JaredCrank Jr. FB 6-2 232 Richardson,Texas(AmericanHeritage)

49 AdamBrockman Jr. DE 6-3 260 Lebanon,Ind.(EasternMichiganUniversity)

50 JesseSchmitt Fr. LS 6-2 236 Louisville,Ky.(Trinity)

51 KakpindiJamiru R-Fr. LB 5-9 225 Indianapolis,Ind.(Cathedral)

51 XavierMelton R-Fr. DT 6-3 291 Lakeland,Fla.(GeorgeJenkins)

52 HenryLorenzen R-Fr. C 6-2 284 Wilsonville,Ontario(ForkUnion[Va.]MilitaryAcademy)

53 DanBarry Jr. OG 6-2 295 Mentor,Ohio(LakeCatholic)

54 JackDeBoef Fr. OT 6-7 284 PennFurnace,Pa.(StateCollege)

55 BrandonTaylor R-Fr. DT 6-1 280 Aventura,Fla.(Dr.Krop)

57 JoeGilliam Fr. LB 6-1 205 Indianapolis,Ind.(Southport)

58 RobertMaci So. DE 6-4 241 Fishers,Ind.(Cathedral)

59 CodyDavis R-Fr. C 6-5 279 Spring,Texas(KleinOak)

60 Brad Niemeier So. DT 6-2 274 Evansville, Ind. (Mater Dei)

61 RyanIsaac Fr. DT 6-5 260 MichiganCity,Ind.(MichiganCity)

62 NickMondek Jr. OT 6-5 300 Naperville,Ill.(NapervilleCentral)

63 JamesShepherd Jr. OG 6-6 306 Crofton,Ky.(ChristianCounty)

65 AustenMoret Jr. C 6-2 293 WhitefishBay,Wis.(WhitefishBay)

67 Peters Drey So. C 6-6 300 Mobile, Ala. (McGill Toolen)

68 DennisKelly Jr. OT 6-8 301 ChicagoHeights,Ill.(MarianCatholic)

70 LaSalleCooks So. DT 6-3 267 Orlando,Fla.(PineCastleChristianAcademy)

72 JustinPierce 5th OG 6-4 320 TomBean,Texas(TomBean)

73 KenPlue Jr. OG 6-7 358 Rensselaer,N.Y.(MilfordAcademy)

74 ConnorSnapp R-Fr. OG 6-7 321 Valparaiso,Ind.(Valparaiso)

75 JoshDavis Fr. OT 6-5 291 PlainCity,Ohio(JonathanAlder)

76 RickSchmeig So. OG 6-3 315 Cincinnati,Ohio(OakHills)

77 RyanPrater 5th OT 6-5 286 Dallas,Texas(TrinityChristianAcademy)

78 TrevorFoy R-Fr. OT 6-7 284 Louisville,Ky.(SaintXavier)

79 AndrewBrewer So. C 6-3 297 Huntington,W.Va.(CabellMidland)

80 XavierReese R-Fr. WR 6-3 190 NorthLauderdale,Fla.(Northeast)

82 Crosby Wright So. TE 6-3 248 Carbondale, Ill. (Carbondale Community)

83 KurtLichtenberg Jr. WR 6-1 185 Warrenville,Ill.(WheatonWarrenville)

84 Eric Mebane So. DE 6-3 225 Grand Prairie, Texas (Bowie)

84 JustinSinz Fr. TE 6-4 242 Edgar,Wis.(Edgar)

85 Kyle Adams (c) 5th TE 6-4 251 Austin, Texas (Westlake)

86 Gabe Holmes Fr. TE 6-4 223 Miramar, Fla. (Saint Thomas Aquinas)

87 KrisStaats 5th WR 6-1 203 LaPorte,Ind.(LaPorte)

88 JeffLindsay 5th TE 6-3 245 Macomb,Mich.(L’AnseCreuseNorth)

90 BruceGaston Fr. DT 6-2 300 Chicago,Ill.(St.Rita)

91 JustinKitchens R-Fr. DT 6-4 271 WarnerRobins,Ga.(HoustonCounty)

92 RashadFrazier Fr. DE 6-5 235 Middletown,Ohio(Middletown)

93 Kawann Short So. DT 6-3 305 East Chicago, Ind. (Central)

94 RyanKerrigan(c) Sr. DE 6-4 263 Muncie,Ind.(MuncieCentral)

95 KevinPamphile R-Fr. DT 6-5 280 Miami,Fla.(MiamiCentral)

96 JohnFinch 5th LS 6-3 247 Carmel,Ind.(Carmel)

97 RyanRussell Fr. DE 6-5 241 Carrollton,Texas(Creekview)

98 EricMcDaniel R-Fr. DT 6-2 285 Calhoun,Ga.(Calhoun)

PURDUE UNIVERSITYNUMERICAL ROSTER


ILLINOISSep 4 Missouri L,12-23Sep 11 Southern Illinois W,35-3 Sep 18 Northern Illinois W,38-22 Oct 2 Ohio State L,13-24 Oct 9 at Penn State W,33-13 Oct 16 at Michigan State L,6-26 Oct 23 Indiana W,43-13 Oct 30 Purdue W,44-10 Nov 6 at Michigan L,65-67 Nov 13 Minnesota L,34-38 Nov 20 at Northwestern 3:30 pm Dec 3 at Fresno State 10:15 pm

INDIANASep 2 Towson W,51-17Sep 18 at Western Kentucky W,38-21Sep 25 Akron W,35-13Oct 2 Michigan L,35-42Oct 9 at Ohio State L,10-38Oct 16 Arkansas State W,36-34Oct 23 at Illinois L,13-43Oct 30 Northwestern L,17-20Nov 6 Iowa L,13-18Nov 13 at Wisconsin L,20-83Nov 20 Penn State 12 p.m.Nov 27 at Purdue 12 p.m.

IOWASep 4 Eastern Illinois W,37-7 Sep 11 Iowa State W,35-7 Sep 18 at Arizona L, 27-34 Sep 25 Ball State W,45-0 Oct 2 Penn State W,24-3 Oct 16 at Michigan W,38-28 Oct 23 Wisconsin L,30-31 Oct 30 Michigan State W,37-6 Nov 6 at Indiana W,18-13 Nov 13 at Northwestern L,17-21 Nov 20 Ohio State 3:30 p.m. Nov 27 at Minnesota TBA

MICHIGANSep 4 Connecticut W,30-10 Sep 11 at Notre Dame W,28-24 Sep 18 Massachusetts W,42-37 Sep 25 Bowling Green W,65-21 Oct 2 at Indiana W,42-35 Oct 9 Michigan State L,17-34 Oct 16 Iowa L,28-38 Oct 30 at Penn State L,31-41 Nov 6 Illinois W,67-65. Nov 13 at Purdue W,27-16 Nov 20 Wisconsin 12 p.m. Nov 27 at Ohio State 12 p.m.

MICHIGAN STATESep 4 Western Michigan W,38-14Sep 11 vs. Florida Atlantic W,30-17Sep 18 Notre Dame W,34-31Sep 25 Northern Colorado W,45-7Oct 2 Wisconsin W,34-24Oct 9 at Michigan W,34-17Oct 16 Illinois W,26-6 Oct 23 at Northwestern W,35-27 Oct 30 at Iowa L,6-37 Nov 6 Minnesota W,31-8 Nov 20 Purdue 12 p.m. Nov 27 at Penn State TBA

MINNESOTASep 2 at Middle Tennessee W,24-17Sep 11 South Dakota L,38-41Sep 18 USC L,21-32Sep 25 Northern Illinois L,23-34 Oct 2 Northwestern L,28-29Oct 9 at Wisconsin L,23-41Oct 16 at Purdue L,17-28Oct 23 Penn State L,21-33Oct 30 Ohio State L,10-52Nov 6 at Michigan State L,8-31Nov 13 at Illinois W,38-34Nov 27 Iowa TBA

NORTHWESTERNSep 4 at Vanderbilt W,23-21Sep 11 Illinois State W,37-3 Sep 18 at Rice W,30-13Sep 25 Central Michigan W,30-25Oct 2 at Minnesota W,29-28 Oct 9 Purdue L,17-20Oct 23 Michigan State L,27-35 Oct 30 at Indiana W,20-17Nov 6 at Penn State L,21-35Nov 13 Iowa W,21-17Nov 20 Illinois 3:30 pmNov 27 at Wisconsin TBA

OHIO STATESep 2 Marshall W,45-7Sep 11 Miami (FL) W,36-24Sep 18 Ohio W,43-7Sep 25 Eastern Michigan W,73-20Oct 2 at Illinois W,24-13Oct 9 Indiana W,38-10Oct 16 at Wisconsin L,18-31Oct 23 Purdue W,49-0Oct 30 at Minnesota W,52-10Nov 13 Penn State W,38-14Nov 20 at Iowa 3:30 p.m.Nov 27 Michigan 12 p.m.

PENN STATESep 4 Youngstown State W,44-14Sep 11 at Alabama L,3-24 Sep 18 Kent State W,24-0Sep 25 Temple W,22-13 Oct 2 at Iowa L,3-24 Oct 9 Illinois L,13-33 Oct 23 at Minnesota W,33-21 Oct 30 Michigan W,41-31 Nov 6 Northwestern W,35-21 Nov 13 at Ohio State L,14-38 Nov 20 at Indiana 12 p.m. Nov 27 Michigan State TBA

PURDUESep 4 at Notre Dame L,12-23Sep 11 Western Illinois W,31-21Sep 18 Ball State W,24-13 Sep 25 Toledo L,20-31 Oct 9 at Northwestern W,20-17 Oct 16 Minnesota W,28-17 Oct 23 at Ohio State L,0-49 Oct 30 at Illinois L,10-44 Nov 6 Wisconsin L,13-34 Nov 13 Michigan L,16-27 Nov 20 at Michigan State 12 p.m. Nov 27 Indiana 12 p.m.

WISCONSINSep 4 at UNLV W,41-21Sep 11 San Jose State W,27-14 Sep 18 Arizona State W,20-19Sep 25 Austin Peay W,70-3Oct 2 at Michigan State L,24-34Oct 9 Minnesota W,41-23Oct 16 Ohio State W,31-18 Oct 23 at Iowa W,31-30Nov 6 at Purdue W,34-13Nov 13 Indiana W,83-20Nov 20 at Michigan 12 p.m.Nov 27 Northwestern TBA

OVERALL CONFERENCETEAM WINS LOSSES WINS LOSSES

MICHIGAN STATE 9 1 5 1

WISCONSIN 9 1 5 1

OHIO STATE 9 1 5 1

IOWA 7 3 4 2

PENN STATE 6 4 3 3

MICHIGAN 7 3 3 3

NORTHWESTERN 7 3 3 3

ILLINOIS 5 5 3 4

PURDUE 4 6 2 4

MINNESOTA 2 9 1 6

INDIANA 4 6 0 6

S C O R E S & S TA N D I N G S


ReseaRcheRs discoveR how key dRug kills woRms in tRopical diseases e In a major breakthrough that comes after half a billion treatments, scientists have finally unlocked how a key anti-parasitic drug kills the worms brought on by the filarial diseases river blindness and elephantitis.

Understanding how the drug ivermectin works may lead to new treatments for the diseases, in which the body is infected with parasitic worms, said Charles

Mackenzie, a professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine. The diseases afflict 140 million people worldwide.

Elephantiasis is caused by worms spread via mosquitoes and results in severe swelling of the legs, arms and torso. River blindness is spread by

black flies, and after worms die in a person’s eye, they can cause blindness.

What the researchers discovered is ivermectin works by preventing worms from secreting proteins through pores. It is the secretions that normally block a person’s ability to kill the worm; after the drug prevents them, the host’s own immune system is able to kill the parasites.

“Understanding how the worms were avoiding the host’s immune responses will greatly enhance our ability to manipulate the immune system to the advantage of the host,” Mackenzie said.

smB takes the stage at nation’s Best RecRuiting event e What would Michigan State University football be without the band playing the Spartan Fight Song at every touchdown? Unthinkable says Spartan Marching Band Director John Madden. It’s a package deal.

So as the MSU football team experiences one of its best seasons, it’s fitting the band follow suit.

For the first time in its history, the Spartan Marching Band performed Nov. 12-13 at the most prestigious high school marching band competition in the country. The Bands of America Grand National Championships, held at Indianapolis’ Lucas Oil Stadium, is also one of the best college band recruiting events.

“It was a once-in-a-career opportunity,” said Madden, who has directed MSU’s 300-member band for 22 years “Our students typically perform for football, but now, thanks to this event, they could use their

talents and skills to perform for band connoisseurs.”

And these connoisseurs could be future Spartan

Marching Band members, he said. Students inspired by the opportunity to play with one of the oldest and most recognized university marching bands could choose MSU.

“This was a chance for people to feel the Spartan spirit,” Madden said. “Some kid’s life will be changed because of this. It’s what we do.”

msu pRepaRes students foR ‘gloBal centuRy’ e Michigan State University is among 32 colleges and universities across the country selected to take part in a national project designed to better prepare students for a “global century.”

The university was among 140 schools that applied to participate in “General Education for a Global Century,” a curriculum and faculty development project that is part of the Association of American Colleges and Universities’ Shared Futures initiative.

The project’s goal is to frame general education courses and programs in ways that address the knowledge and skills needed by a 21st-century college graduate.

“This project will require MSU to consider the role that general education plays on our campus,” said Doug Estry, MSU associate provost for undergraduate education. “We need to ask ourselves, from a global perspective, what do we want students to learn from general education at MSU?”

Much of the focus at MSU is how to shape general education requirements so they align better with the university’s global mission.

This fall and winter, MSU and the other participating schools will work on their general education reform strategies In the summer of 2011, the schools will come together to share their ideas.

BRoad aRt museum staRting to take shape e The construction site of MSU’s Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum is clearly beginning to take on the “Z” shape of the innovative building design by world-renowned architect Zaha Hadid. Looking at the construction site on Grand River next to Berkey Hall, one

can clearly see the foundation and the start of walls for what will be a world-class museum.

“It is very exciting to see such progress on the Broad Art Museum,” Hadid said. “Another of our art museum projects, the new MAXXI Museum in Rome, opened this summer. The local community is coming together and using the museum like a new Roman piazza. It has become a meeting place for everyone. I look forward to the Broad Art Museum serving everyone in the

community at MSU in the same way.”

The museum, which broke ground on March 16, is expected to open in the spring of 2012 and is on schedule and

within budget. When completed, it will feature more than 70 percent gallery space and room for large art works to be displayed.

More information about the project, including a live construction site webcam, can be found online at broadmuseum.msu.edu.

msu, ZipcaR foRm paRtneRship e In an effort to promote car pooling, commuting and increased use of mass transit, Michigan State University has partnered with Zipcar to launch a pilot car-sharing program.

The program will put six cars on campus and will officially launch in January.

Zipcar, the world’s leading car-sharing service, is an alternative transportation option that provides cars that

can be reserved by the hour or day, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Beginning in spring semester, students, faculty and staff will have access

to special membership rates. Reservations start at $8 per hour or $66 per day. Gas, insurance and up to 180 miles per day are included with each reservation.

“We would like to try this pilot to see if it can round out the suite of transportation options for our campus community,” said Jennifer Battle, assistant director for campus sustainability.

It’s estimated that each car shared replaces 15 cars on the road.

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The MSU Spartan Marching Band, founded in 1870, is one of the oldest and most lauded university marching bands in the nation. Befitting its vaunted place in the hierarchy of American bands, the Spartan Band cherishes its many traditions – and if you watch closely today, you’ll see many of these beloved traditions on display to our fans.

It starts with today’s halftime show, which, as is customary for the last home game show of the season, will feature musicselectedbytheband’sgraduatingseniorsfromamongthefavoriteshowsoftheirlastfouryears.Oftenit’sarocktune,butthisyeartheseniorswentreally,reallyretro:theychoseTchaikovsky’simmortal“1812Overture”from2007’s“LightClassics”halftimeshow.AndinasalutetoAmerica’sveterans(sincetherewasnogamelastweekonVeteran’sWeekend), the band will open the halftime show with a stirring “Armed Forces Medley.”

The band seniors’ names will be announced at halftime, in tribute to their four years of hard work, talent and dedication to the finest band in the land. After the game, you’re invited to follow the Spartan Marching Band on its postgame march to Adams Field to view more final-game traditions. The entire band will march once around the Sparty statue, and the seniorswillbreakrankstothrowaroseintotheRedCedarRiver.AttheendofthepostgameconcertatAdamsField,theentire band will sing the first verse of “MSU Shadows,” and then the seniors alone will sing the rarely heard second verse: “When from these scenes we wander, and twilight shadows fade, our memory still will linger where light and shadows played…”

Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your support this season! The Spartan Band will be back next fall, as always, with all its traditions intact and a fantastic new season of music and marching. Until then, please continue to visit www.SpartanBand.net and enjoy band news, announcements, message boards, photos and much more. See you at the bowl, and next fall!

Mary Platt, a Spartan Band trumpet alumna, is a publicist and entertainment writer in Los Angeles.

By Mary Platt

SALUTE TO TH EBAND SENIORS

SPARTAN MARCHING BAND MSU SPARTAN MARCHING BAND 2010MSUSpartanMarchingBandDirector:JohnT.MaddenMSU Director of Bands: Dr. Kevin SedatoleMSU Assistant Director of Bands: Dr. Cormac CannonVisualandFieldCoordinator:GlenBroughPercussionCoordinator:Dr.JonWeberPercussion Assistant: Steve Wulff Derek KoningGraduateAssistants: JamalDuncan Paul Crockett RichardFrey Colin McKenzie Armond HallColorGuardCoordinator:OrlandoSuttlesVisualAssistant:JohnSchwarzDrumMajor: RachelLinsmeier Simon HolowiekoFeature Twirler: Lacey Sekar-Anderson Sarah Bennett Kristen ScaliBand Manager: Dani Payne“TheVoiceoftheSpartanBand”:PeterClayRecordingEngineer–DeanBredwell


CoaCh (alma mater) Period Years G W-l-t PCt.No established coach 1896 (1) 4 1-2-1 .375Henry Keep 1897-98 (2) 14 8-5-1 .609Charles O. Bemies (West Theo. Sem.) 1899-1900 (2) 11 3-7-1 .318George E. Denman (West Theo. Sem.) 1901-02 (2) 17 7-9-1 .441Chester L. Brewer (Wisconsin) 1903-10 (8) 70 54-10-6 .814John F. Macklin (Pennsylvania) 1911-15 (5) 34 29-5 .853Frank Sommers (Pennsylvania) 1916 (1) 7 4-2-1 .642Chester L. Brewer (Wisconsin) 1917 (1) 9 0-9 .000George E. Gauthier (Michigan State) 1918 (1) 7 4-3 .571Chester L. Brewer (Wisconsin) 1919 (1) 9 4-4-1 .500George “Potsy” Clark (Illinois) 1920 (1) 10 4-6 .400Albert M. Barron (Penn State) 1921-22 (2) 18 6-10-2 .389Ralph H. Young (Chicago-W&J) 1923-27 (5) 41 18-22-1 .451Harry G. Kipke (Michigan 1925) 1928 (1) 8 3-4-1 .437James H. Crowley (Notre Dame 1925) 1929-32 (4) 33 22-8-3 .712Charles W. Bachman (Notre Dame 1917) 1933-46 (13) 114 70-34-10 .658Clarence “Biggie” Munn (Minnesota 1932) 1947-53 (7) 65 54-9-2 .857Hugh Duffy Daugherty (Syracuse 1940) 1954-72 (19) 183 109-69-5 .609Dennis E. Stolz (Alma 1955) 1973-75 (3) 33 19-13-1 .591Darryl D. Rogers (Fresno State 1957) 1976-79 (4) 44 24-18-2 .568Frank “Muddy” Waters (Michigan State 1950) 1980-82 (3) 33 10-23 .303George J. Perles (Michigan State 1960) 1983-94 (12) 139 68-67-4 .503Nick Saban (Kent 1973) 1995-99 (5) 59 34-24-1 .585Bobby Williams (Purdue 1982) 2000-02 (3) 33 16-17 .485Morris Watts (Tulsa 1981) 2002 * 3 1-2 .333John L. Smith (Weber State 1971) 2003-06 (4) 48 22-26 .458Mark Dantonio (South Carolina 1979) 2007- (3) 39 22-17 .564

totals 1896-2007 (113) 1085 616-425-44 .588* Served as interim head coach for the final three games of the 2002 season

Henry Keep1897-98

Charles O. Bemies1899-1900

George Denman1901-02

Chester Brewer1903-10, 1917, 1919

John F. Macklin1911-15

Frank Sommers1916

George E. Gauthier1918

George “Potsy” Clark1920

Albert M. Barron1921-22

Ralph Young1923-27

Harry Kipke1928

Jim Crowley1929-32

Charles Bachman1933-46

Clarence “Biggie” Munn1947-53

Hugh Duffy Daugherty1954-72

Dennis Stolz1973-75

Darryl Rogers1976-79

Frank “Muddy” Waters1980-82

George Perles1983-94

Nick Saban1995-99

Bobby Williams2000-02

Morris Watts2002

John L. Smith2003-06

Mark Dantonio2007-

HISTORY: COACHES


HISTORY: NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS


NatioNal ChampioNs (9-0-0)Selectors: Billingsley, Helms, Poling.

NatioNal ChampioNs (9-1-0)Selector: Boand

NatioNal ChampioNs (10-1-0)Selectors: Consensus – UPI, NFF, FWAA, Berryman, Billingsley, DeVold, Dunkel, FB News, Helms, Litkenhous, Poling, Sagarin, Sagarin (ELO-Chess).

NatioNal ChampioNs (8-1-0)Selectors: Dunkel

NatioNal ChampioNs (9-0-1)Selectors: Consensus – NFF, Football Research, Helms, Poling.

NatioNal ChampioNs (9-0-0)Selectors: Consensus – AP, UPI, Boand, DeVold, Dunkel, Football Research, Helms, Litkenhous, National Championship Foundation, Sagarin, Williamson.

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Spartanall-americanSFlozell adams - 1997#76, OT, 6-7, 330Bellwood, Ill.

eriC allen - 1971#24, TB, 5-9, 161Georgetown, S.C.

morten andersen - 1981#8, PK, 6-2, 195Struer, Denmark

BoB aPisa - 1965, 66#45, FB, 6-1, 212Honolulu, Hawaii

ed BaGdon - 1949#65, G, 5-10, 200Dearborn, Mich.

Carl Banks - 1983#54, OLB, 6-6, 235Flint, Mich.

harlon Barnett - 1989#36, CB, 6-0, 192Cincinnati, Ohio

dave Behrman - 1961, 62#51, OT, 6-4, 247Dowagiac, Mich.

leroY Bolden - 1953#39, HB, 5-7 1/2, 163Flint, Mich.

mark Brammer - 1978#91, TE, 6-4, 225Traverse City, Mich.

art Brandstatter - 1936#31, FB, 5-11, 175Ecorse, Mich.

allen Brenner - 1968#86, DB, 6-1, 194Niles, Mich.

ed Budde - 1962#79, OT, 6-4, 243Detroit, Mich.

James BurrouGhs - 1981#28, CB, 6-1, 190Pahokee, Fla.

roBert CareY - 1951#88, E, 6-5, 215Charlevoix, Mich.

lYnn Chandnois - 1949#14, HB, 6-2, 195Flint, Mich.

deandra CoBB - 2003#21, KR, 5-10, 186Las Vegas, Nev.

don Coleman - 1951#78, T, 5-10, 185Flint, Mich.

ron Curl - 1971#94, DT, 6-1, 250Chicago, Ill.

dan Currie - 1957#55, C, 6-3, 225Detroit, Mich.

JerrY daPrato - 1915FB, 170Iron Mountain, Mich.

Joe delamielleure - 1972#59, OG, 6-3, 242Center Line, Mich.

don dohoneY - 1953#80, E, 6-1, 193Ann Arbor, Mich.

al dorroW - 1951#47, QB, 6-0, 175Imlay City, Mich.

dorne diBBle - 1950#82, E, 6-2, 198Adrian, Mich.

ellis duCkett - 1952#32, E, 5-10, 176Flint, Mich.

BillY Joe duPree - 1972#89, TE, 6-4, 216West Monroe, La.

Paul edinGer - 1998#1, PK, 5-10, 175Lakeland, Fla.

James ellis - 1951, 52#11, DB, 5-11, 175Saginaw, Mich.

Brandon Fields - 2004#8, P, 6-6, 234Toledo, Ohio

larrY FoWler - 1953#70, T, 6-1, 200Lansing, Mich.

kirk GiBson - 1978#23, WR, 6-2, 210Waterford, Mich.

ron Goovert - 1965#61, LB, 5-10, 205Ferndale, Mich.

sonnY Grandelius - 1950#24, FB, 6-0, 195Muskegon Heights, Mich.

roGer Grove - 1930QB, 6-1, 185Sturgis, Mich.

herB haYGood - 2001#2, KR, 6-0, 190Sarasota, Fla.

Clint Jones - 1965, 66#26, HB, 6-0, 206Cleveland, Ohio

GreG Jones - 2009#53, LB, 6-1, 228Cincinnati, Ohio

steve JudaY - 1965#23, QB, 6-0, 178Northville, Mich.

Walt koWalCzYk - 1957#14, HB, 6-0, 205Westfield, Mass.

BoB kula - 1989#63, OT, 6-4, 282West Bloomfield, Mich.

Frank kush - 1952#60, G, 5-9, 180Windber, Pa.

earl lattimer - 1963#76, G, 5-11, 218Dallas, Texas

sherm leWis - 1963#20, HB, 5-9, 154Louisville, Ky.

dean look - 1959#24, QB, 5-10, 175Lansing, Mich.

harold luCas - 1965#51, MG, 6-2, 257Detroit, Mich.

tonY mandariCh - 1987, 88#79, OT, 6-6, 315Oakville, Ontario

don mason - 1949#60, G, 5-10, 195Wayne, Mich.

norm masters - 1955#57, T, 6-2, 225Detroit, Mich.

don mCauliFFe - 1952#40, HB, 6-1, 190Chicago, Ill.

Blake miller - 1915E, 160Tonawanda, N.Y.

ralF moJsieJenko - 1983#2, P, 6-3, 198Bridgman, Mich.

GreG montGomerY - 1986, 87#23, P, 6-4, 210Shrewsbury, N.J.

earl morrall - 1955#21, QB, 6-1, 180Muskegon, Mich.

Carl nYstrom - 1955#68, G, 5-10, 194Marquette, Mich.

Julian Peterson - 1999#98, LB, 6-4, 235Hillcrest Heights, Md.

John PinGel - 1938#37, HB, 6-0, 178Mt. Clemens, Mich.

Gerald Planutis - 1955#45, FB, 5-11, 175West Hazelton, Pa.

Javon rinGer - 2008#23, RB, 5-9, 202Dayton, Ohio

andre rison - 1988#1, WR, 5-11, 195Flint, Mich.

Charles roGers - 2002#1, WR, 6-4, 205Saginaw, Mich.

GeorGe saimes - 1962#40, FB, 5-10, 186Canton, Ohio

ron saul - 1969#70, OG, 6-2, 239Butler, Pa.

sCott shaW - 1997#73, OG, 6-4, 297Sterling Heights, Mich.

Bill simPson - 1973#29, DB, 6-1, 185Royal Oak, Mich.

Charles “BuBBa” smith - 1965, 66#95, DE, 6-7, 268Beaumont, Texas

roBaire smith - 1998#91, DE, 6-5, 268Flint, Mich.

PerCY snoW - 1988, 89#48, MLB, 6-3, 240Canton, Ohio

raY staChoWiCz - 1979, 80#19, P, 6-0, 190Broadview Heights, Ohio

diCk tamBuro - 1952#52, C, 6-1, 200New Kensington, Pa.

Brad van Pelt - 1971, 72#10, S, 6-5, 221Owosso, Mich.

sidneY WaGner - 1935#17, G, 5-11, 186Lansing, Mich.

Gene WashinGton - 1965, 66#84, WR, 6-3, 218LaPorte, Texas

GeorGe WeBster - 1965, 66#90, ROV, 6-4, 218Anderson, S.C.

JerrY West - 1966#77, OT, 5-11, 218Durand, Mich.

lorenzo White - 1985, 87#34, TB, 5-11, 204Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

sam Williams - 1958#88, E, 6-5, 225Dansville, Mich.

tom YeWCiC - 1952#41, QB, 5-11, 180Conemaugh, Pa.

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PASSING • CAREERPass attemPts

1. Jeff Smoker 2000-03 1,1502. Brian Hoyer 2005-08 8963. Drew Stanton 2003-06 8464. Ed Smith 1976-78 7895. Dave Yarema 1982-86 767

Pass ComPletions1. Jeff Smoker 2000-03 6852. Drew Stanton 2003-06 5433. Brian Hoyer 2005-08 5004. Jim Miller 1990-93 4675. Dave Yarema 1982-86 464

interCePtions throWn1. Jeff Smoker 2000-03 392. John Leister 1979-82 353. Todd Schultz 1994-97 33 Dave Yarema 1982-86 335. Ed Smith 1976-78 32

Pass ComPletion PerCentaGe (Min. 100 Atts.)1. Drew Stanton (543-846) 2003-06 .6422. Jim Miller (467-746) 1990-93 .6263. Dan Enos (297-478) 1987-90 .6214. Kirk Cousins (230-371) 2008- .6205. Todd Schultz (360-593) 1994-97 .607

PassinG Yards1. Jeff Smoker 2000-03 8,9322. Drew Stanton 2003-06 6,524 3. Brian Hoyer 2005-08 6,1594. Dave Yarema 1982-86 5,8095. Ed Smith 1976-78 5,706

touChdoWn Passes1. Jeff Smoker 2000-03 612. Bill Burke 1996-99 463. Dave Yarema 1982-86 43 Ed Smith 1976-78 435. Drew Stanton 2003-06 42

PassinG eFFiCienCY (Min. 100 Atts.)1. Kirk Cousins 2008- 143.02. Gene Glick 1946-49 142.33. Earl Morrall 1953-55 140.54. Drew Stanton 2003-06 138.75. Jim Ninowski 1955-57 136.0

PASSING • SEASONPass attemPts

1. Jeff Smoker 2003 4882. Brian Hoyer 2007 3763. Bill Burke 1998 3584. Drew Stanton 2005 3545. Brian Hoyer 2008 353

Pass ComPletions1. Jeff Smoker 2003 3022. Drew Stanton 2005 2363. Brian Hoyer 2007 2234. Jim Miller 1993 2155. Dave Yarema 1986 200

interCePtions throWn1. Bill Burke 1999 182. Todd Schultz 1997 173. Tony Banks 1995 15 Dave Yarema 1984 155. Jeff Smoker 2003 14 John Leister 1980 14 Ed Smith 1977 14

Pass ComPletion PerCentaGe (Min. 75 Atts.)1. Dave Yarema (200-297) 1986 .6732. Drew Stanton (236-354) 2005 .6673. Drew Stanton (141-220) 2004 .6414. Jim Miller (215-336) 1993 .6405. Jim Miller (122-191) 1992 .639

PassinG Yards1. Jeff Smoker 2003 3,3952. Drew Stanton 2005 3,0773. Brian Hoyer 2007 2,7254. Kirk Cousins 2009 2,6805. Bill Burke 1998 2,595

touChdoWn Passes1. Drew Stanton 2005 222. Jeff Smoker 2003 21 Jeff Smoker 2001 214. Brian Hoyer 2007 20 Bill Burke 1999 20 Ed Smith 1978 20

PassinG eFFiCienCY (Min. 100 Atts.)1. Jeff Smoker 2001 166.42. Dave Yarema 1986 154.13. Drew Stanton 2005 153.44. Jim Ninowski 1957 150.85. Tom Yewcic 1952 150.6

PASSING • SINGLE GAMEPass attemPts

1. Brian Hoyer (30 comp.) Penn State 2006 612. Jeff Smoker (35) Ohio State 2003 553. Drew Stanton (29) Iowa 2004 54 John Leister (18) Purdue 1980 545. Brian Hoyer (26) Minnesota 2006 50 Jeff Smoker (29) Penn State 2003 50

Pass ComPletions1. Jeff Smoker (55 att.) Ohio State 2003 352. Jeff Smoker (40) Indiana 2003 32 John Leister (46) Michigan 1982 324. Jim Miller (42) Ohio State 1993 315. Brian Hoyer (61) Penn State 2006 30 Jeff Smoker (46) Minnesota 2003 30 Jim Miller (39) Michigan 1991 30 Dave Yarema (45) Northwestern 1986 30

PassinG Yards1. Bill Burke (21-36) Michigan 1999 4002. Jeff Smoker (22-32) Fresno State 2001 3763. Ed Smith (20-30) Indiana 1978 3694. Jim Miller (31-42) Ohio State 1993 3605. Jeff Smoker (29-50) Penn State 2003 357

touChdoWn Passes1. Drew Stanton Illinois 2005 52. Brian Hoyer Penn State 2007 4 Brian Hoyer Notre Dame 2007 4 Jeff Smoker Penn State 2003 4 Damon Dowdell Indiana 2002 4 Bill Burke Iowa 1999 4 Bill Burke C. Michigan 1998 4 Ed Smith Wisconsin 1978 4 Mike Rasmussen Indiana 1970 4 Gene Glick Iowa State 1948 4

RUSHING • CAREERrushinG attemPts

1. Lorenzo White 1984-87 1,0822. Javon Ringer 2005-08 843 3. Tico Duckett 1989-92 8364. Blake Ezor 1986-89 8005. Sedrick Irvin 1996-98 755

rushinG Yards1. Lorenzo White 1984-87 4,8872. Javon Ringer 2005-08 4,3983. Tico Duckett 1989-92 4,2124. Blake Ezor 1986-89 3,7495. Sedrick Irvin 1996-98 3,504

rushinG averaGe (Min. 150 atts.)1. George Guerre 1946-48 6.752. Lynn Chandnois 1946-49 6.523. Sherman Lewis 1961-63 6.214. Sonny Grandelius 1948-50 6.095. Derek Hughes 1978-81 6.04

rushinG touChdoWns1. Lorenzo White 1984-87 432. Jehuu Caulcrick 2004-07 393. Sedrick Irvin 1996-98 354. Javon Ringer 2005-08 34 Blake Ezor 1986-89 34

RUSHING • SEASONrushinG attemPts

1. Lorenzo White 1985 4192. Javon Ringer 2008 3903. Lorenzo White 1987 3574. Blake Ezor 1988 3225. Marc Renaud 1995 312

rushinG Yards1. Lorenzo White 1985 2,0662. Javon Ringer 2008 1,6373. Lorenzo White 1987 1,5724. Blake Ezor 1988 1,4965. Eric Allen 1971 1,494

rushinG averaGe (Min.150 Atts.)1. DeAndra Cobb 2004 7.582. Lynn Chandnois 1948 7.483. Drew Stanton 2004 7.164. George Guerre 1946 7.035. Lynn Chandnois 1949 6.86

rushinG touChdoWns1. Javon Ringer 2008 222. Jehuu Caulcrick 2007 213. Blake Ezor 1989 194. Eric Allen 1971 185. Scott Greene 1995 17 Lorenzo White 1985 17

RUSHING • GAMErushinG attemPts

1. Lorenzo White (292 yards) Indiana 1987 562. Lorenzo White (244) Purdue 1985 533. Lorenzo White (172) Minnesota 1985 494. Javon Ringer (198) Indiana 2008 44 Blake Ezor (250) Indiana 1988 44

rushinG Yards1. Eric Allen (29 attempts) Purdue 1971 3502. Lorenzo White (56) Indiana 1987 2923. Lorenzo White (25) Indiana 1985 2864. Javon Ringer (43) Florida Atlantic 2008 2825. Clinton Jones (21) lowa 1966 268

rushinG touChdoWns1. Blake Ezor Northwestern 1989 62. Javon Ringer Eastern Michigan 2008 53. Ashton Leggett Western Michigan 2009 4 Jehuu Caulcrick UAB 2007 4 T.J. Duckett Penn State 1999 4 Sedrick Irvin Indiana 1996 4 Scott Greene Illinois 1995 4 Craig Thomas Central Michigan 1993 4 Craig Thomas Indiana 1992 4 Tico Duckett Purdue 1990 4 Blake Ezor Indiana 1989 4 Steve Smith Northwestern 1980 4 Derek Hughes Minnesota 1979 4 Eric Allen Purdue 1971 4 Eric Allen Minnesota 1971 4 Clinton Jones lowa 1965 4

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22 TOUCHDOWNS - 2008

6,159 CAREER PASSING YARDS2005-2008


RECEIVING • CAREERreCePtions

1. Matt Trannon 2003-06 1482. Andre Rison 1985-88 1463. Courtney Hawkins 1988-91 1384. Charles Rogers 2001-02 1355. Gari Scott 1996-99 134

reCeivinG Yards1. Andre Rison 1985-88 2,9922. Charles Rogers 2001-02 2,8213. Kirk Gibson 1975-78 2,3474. Courtney Hawkins 1988-91 2,2105. Plaxico Burress 1998-99 2,155

Yards Per CatCh (min. 30 receptions)1. Kirk Gibson 1975-78 21.02. Charles Rogers 2001-02 20.93. Andre Rison 1985-88 20.54. Mark Ingram 1983-86 20.55. Daryl Turner 1980-83 20.2

touChdoWn reCePtions1. Charles Rogers 2001-02 272. Kirk Gibson 1975-78 243. Plaxico Burress 1998-99 20 Andre Rison 1985-88 205. Gari Scott 1996-99 18

RECEIVING • SEASONreCePtions

1. Devin Thomas 2007 792. Blair White 2009 703. Charles Rogers 2002 684. Charles Rogers 2001 675. Plaxico Burress 1999 66

reCeivinG Yards1. Charles Rogers 2001 1,4702. Charles Rogers 2002 1,3513. Devin Thomas 2007 1,2604. Plaxico Burress 1999 1,1425. Courtney Hawkins 1989 1,080

Yards Per CatCh (min. 20 receptions)1. Gene Washington 1966 25.12. Andre Rison 1988 24.63. Frank Foreman 1969 24.44. Kirk Gibson 1977 24.15. Octavis Long 1996 23.4

touChdoWn reCePtions1. Charles Rogers 2001 142. Charles Rogers 2002 133. Plaxico Burress 1999 124. Blair White 2009 95. Devin Thomas 2007 8 Plaxico Burress 1998 8 Andre Rison 1988 8 Bob Carey 1949 8

RECEIVING • GAMEreCePtions

1. Matt Trannon Eastern Michigan 2006 142. Devin Thomas Indiana 2007 13 Plaxico Burress Florida 2000 134. Blair White Northwestern 2009 12 Mitch Lyons Michigan 1992 12

reCeivinG Yards1. Charles Rogers Fresno State 2001 2702. Plaxico Burress Michigan 1999 2553. Andre Rison Georgia 1989 2524. Charles Rogers Wisconsin 2001 2065. Mark Dell California 2008 202

touChdoWn reCePtions1. Devin Thomas Penn State, 2007 3 Plaxico Burress Florida 2000 3 Plaxico Burress Northwestern 1999 3 Plaxico Burress Iowa 1999 3 Andre Rison Georgia 1989 3 Mark Ingram lowa 1986 3 Gene Washington Indiana 1965 3

SCORING • CAREERPoints sCored

1. Brett Swenson (164 PAT, 71 FG) 2006-09 3772. Dave Rayner (148 PAT, 62 FG) 2001-04 3343. John Langeloh (137 PAT, 57 FG) 1987-90 3084. Chris Gardner (125 PAT, 52 FG) 1994-97 2815. Morten Andersen (126 PAT, 45 FG) 1978-81 261

all-PurPose Yards (Includes rushing, receiving and all returns)1. Javon Ringer 2005-08 5,4262. Lorenzo White 1984-87 5,1523. Derrick Mason 1993-96 5,1144. Sedrick Irvin 1996-98 4,8335. Tico Duckett 1989-92 4,511

total touChdoWns1. Lorenzo White 1984-87 432. Sedrick Irvin 1996-98 423. Jehuu Caulcrick 2004-07 404. Javon Ringer 2005-08 355. Blake Ezor 1986-89 34

total oFFense attemPts (Includes rushing and passing attempts)1. Jeff Smoker 2000-03 1,4052. Drew Stanton 2003-06 1,1783. Lorenzo White 1984-87 1,0834. Brian Hoyer 2004-08 1,0015. Dave Yarema 1982-86 960

total oFFense Yards1. Jeff Smoker 2000-03 8,7142. Drew Stanton 2003-06 8,0363. Brian Hoyer 2004-08 5,9304. Ed Smith 1976-78 5,5565. Dave Yarema 1982-86 5,269

total oFFense Yards Per attemPt (min. 200 attempts)1. Kirk Cousins 2008- 7.502. Earl Morrall 1953-55 7.413. Drew Stanton 2003-06 6.824. Tom Yewcic 1951-53 6.645. George Guerre 1946-48 6.57

SCORING • SEASONPoints sCored

1. Javon Ringer 2008 1322. Jehuu Caulcrick 2007 1263. Blake Ezor 1989 1144. Scott Greene 1995 1125. Eric Allen 1971 110

all-PurPose Yards1. Devin Thomas 2007 2,5902. Lorenzo White 1985 2,0943. Javon Ringer 2008 2,0514. Derrick Mason 1995 1,9945. Eric Allen 1971 1,962

total touChdoWns1. Javon Ringer 2008 222. Jehuu Caulcrick 2007 213. Blake Ezor 1989 194. Sedrick Irvin 1996 18 Scott Greene 1995 18 Eric Allen 1971 18

total oFFense attemPts1. Jeff Smoker 2003 5512. Drew Stanton 2005 4753. Brian Hoyer 2007 423 Bill Burke 1998 4235. Lorenzo White 1985 420

total oFFense Yards1. Drew Stanton 2005 3,4152. Jeff Smoker 2003 3,2793. Kirk Cousins 2009 2,7404. Brian Hoyer 2007 2,6205. Jeff Smoker 2001 2,521

total oFFense Yards Per attemPt (min. 200 attempts)1. Keith Nichol 2009 7.892. Kirk Cousins 2009 7.633. Jeff Smoker 2001 7.354. Drew Stanton 2004 7.245. Drew Stanton 2005 7.19

SCORING • GAMEtotal touChdoWns

1. Blake Ezor Northwestern 1989 62. Javon Ringer Eastern Michigan 2008 53. Ashton Leggett Western Michigan 2009 4 Jehuu Caulcrick UAB 2007 4 T.J. Duckett Penn State 1999 4 Sedrick Irvin Penn State 1997 4 Sedrick Irvin Indiana 1996 4 Sedrick Irvin Purdue 1996 4 Scott Greene Illinois 1995 4 Craig Thomas C. Michigan 1993 4 Craig Thomas Indiana 1992 4 Tico Duckett Purdue 1990 4 Blake Ezor Indiana 1989 4 Steve Smith Northwestern 1980 4 Derek Hughes Minnesota 1979 4 Eric Allen Purdue 1971 4 Eric Allen Minnesota 1971 4 Clinton Jones lowa 1965 4 Bud Crane Hawaii 1947 4(The above are modern-day records. George E. “Carp” Julian, scored seven TDs in a 75-6 win over Akron in 1914.)

Points sCored1. Blake Ezor Northwestern 1989 362. Javon Ringer Eastern Michigan 2008 303. Scott Greene Illinois 1995 264. Ashton Leggett Western Michigan 2009 2415 other times 24

total oFFense Yards1. Drew Stanton Minnesota 2004 4102. Drew Stanton Hawaii 2004 4063. Jeff Smoker Fresno State 2001 3934. Bill Burke Michigan 1999 3835. Drew Stanton Notre Dame 2005 375

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SWENSON377 CAREER POINTS SCORED2006-09

79 RECEPTIONS IN A SEASON2007


DEFENSE • CAREERtaCkles

1. Dan Bass 1976-79 5412. Percy Snow 1986-89 4733. Ike Reese 1994-97 4204. Josh Thornhill 1998-2001 3955. Chuck Bullough 1988-91 391

taCkles For losses1. Julian Peterson (215 yards) 1998-99 482. Larry Bethea (230) 1975-77 433. Travis Davis (248) 1986-89 394. Robaire Smith (169) 1997-99 385. Greg Jones (169) 2007- 36.5

QuarterBaCk saCks1. Larry Bethea (208 yards) 1975-77 332. Julian Peterson (161) 1998-99 253. Travis Davis (217) 1986-89 24 Kelly Quinn (183) 1982-85 245. Robaire Smith (140) 1997-99 22

interCePtions1. Lynn Chandnois 1946-49 202. Todd Krumm 1984-87 183. Phil Parker 1982-85 164. Kurt Larson 1985-88 14 John Miller 1985-88 14 Brad Van Pelt 1970-72 14

interCePtion return Yards1. Lynn Chandnois 1946-49 4102. Brad Van Pelt 1970-72 2683. Phil Parker 1982-85 2674. Jesse Thomas 1948-50 2125. Todd Krumm 1984-87 198

FumBle reCoveries1. Dan Bass 1976-79 122. Larry Savage 1976-79 83. Carlos Jenkins 1987-90 7 Smiley Creswell 1980-82 7 John McCormick 1977-80 7 Mel Land 1975-78 7 George Chatlos 1966-67 7

Passes deFended1. Amp Campbell 1996-99 562. Cedric Henry 1998-2000, 2002 423. Broderick Nelson 1998, 2000-02 374. Renaldo Hill 1998-2000 365. Otis Wiley 2005-08 31

DEFENSE • SEASON taCkles

1. Chuck Bullough 1991 1752. Percy Snow 1989 1723. Chuck Bullough 1990 164 Percy Snow 1988 1645. Dan Bass 1979 160

taCkles For losses1. Julian Peterson (140 yards) 1999 302. Ervin Baldwin (89) 2007 18.53. Julian Peterson (75) 1998 18 Larry Bethea (93) 1977 185. Mike Labinjo (64) 2001 17

QuarterBaCk saCks1. Larry Bethea (90 yards) 1977 162. Julian Peterson (104) 1999 153. Robaire Smith (58) 1997 12 Travis Davis (105) 1987 12 Kelly Quinn (84) 1984 12

interCePtions1. Todd Krumm 1987 92. Kurt Larson 1988 8 John Miller 1987 8 Jesse Thomas 1950 85. Demetrice Martin 1994 7 Phil Parker 1983 7 Lynn Chandnois 1949 7

interCePtion return Yards1. Phil Parker (7 interceptions) 1983 2032. Lynn Chandnois (7) 1949 1833. Todd Krumm (9) 1987 129 Brad Van Pelt (4) 1971 1295. Cedric Henry (5) 2000 118

FumBle reCoveries1. George Chatlos 1966 72. Tom Kronner 1973 5 Tom Standal 1975 5 Matt Vanderbeek 1989 55. Myron Bell 1993 4 Four other players 4

Passes deFended1. Amp Campbell 1999 262. Cedric Henry 2000 243. Broderick Nelson 2001 204. Broderick Nelson 2002 175. Roderick Maples 2004 16 Lemar Marshall 1998 16 Ray Hill 1997 16

DEFENSE • GAME taCkles

1. Dan Bass Ohio State 1979 322. Don Law Ohio State 1969 283. Dan Bass Notre Dame 1979 244. Percy Snow Illinois 1989 235. Ty Hallock Minnesota 1992 21 Shane Bullough Indiana 1985 21 Brad Van Pelt Notre Dame 1971 21 Doug Barr Ohio State 1969 21 Don Law Indiana 1967 21

taCkles For losses1. Julian Peterson (42 yards) Ohio State 1998 72. Julian Peterson (7) Oregon 1999 63. Josh Shaw (14) Wisconsin 2000 5 Julian Peterson (32) Florida 2000 5 Travis Davis (37) Ohio State 1987 5 Rich Saul (14) Iowa 1968 5

QuarterBaCk saCks1. Travis Davis (37 yards) Ohio State 1987 52. Matthias Askew (28) Western Michigan 4 Julian Peterson (30) Ohio State 1998 4 Kelly Quinn (26) Northwestern 1984 4 Rich Saul (13) Iowa 1969 4

interCePtions1. John Miller Michigan 1987 42. Mark Anderson Notre Dame 1977 3 Five other players 3

FumBle reCoveries1. Matt Vanderbeek Hawaii 1989 3 Phil Hoag Illinois 1966 3 Ernie Clark Illinois 1961 34. Several players 2

Passes deFended1. Jeremy Ware Northwestern 2008 5 Broderick Nelson Indiana 2002 5 Broderick Nelson Wisconsin 2001 5 Cedric Henry Marshall 2000 5 Amp Campbell Northwestern 1999 5 Renaldo Hill Minnesota 1998 5

Spartan

RECORDSPETERSON

30 TACKLES FOR LOSS IN A SEASON1999

SNOW473 TACKLES IN A CAREER1986-89

DAVIS5 QUARTERBACK SACKS VS. OHIO STATE1987


SPARTANSIN THE

(Players on NFL rosters as of Aug. 26)

Name, Pos. Team Years iN NFLFlozell Adams, OT Pittsburgh Steelers 13Trevor Anderson, DE Indianapolis Colts RookieChris Baker, TE Seattle Seahawks 9Ervin Baldwin, DE Indianapolis Colts 3Jehuu Caulcrick, FB San Francisco 49ers 3Kyle Cook, C Cincinnati Bengals 4Kellen Davis, TE Chicago Bears 3Brandon Fields, P Miami Dolphins 4David Herron, LB Kansas City Chiefs 4Renaldo Hill, S Denver Broncos 10Brian Hoyer, QB New England Patriots 2Brandon Long, LB San Francisco 49ers RookieDerrick Mason, WR Baltimore Ravens 14Brandon McKinney, DT Baltimore Ravens 6Chris Morris, C Oakland Raiders 5Ogemdi Nwagbuo, DT San Diego Chargers 2Domata Peko, DT Cincinnati Bengals 5Julian Peterson, LB Detroit Lions 11Dave Rayner, K Cincinnati Bengals 5Javon Ringer, RB Tennessee Titans 2Clifton Ryan, DT St. Louis Rams 4Eric Smith, S New York Jets 5Robaire Smith, DE Cleveland Browns 11Drew Stanton, QB Detroit Lions 4Devin Thomas, WR Washington Redskins 3Kevin Vickerson, DT Seattle Seahawks 6Ross Weaver, CB Miami Dolphins RookieJeremy Ware, CB Oakland Raiders RookieBlair White, WR Indianapolis Colts Rookie

FLOZELL ADAMSPITTSBURGH STEELERS

JULIAN PETERSONDETROIT LIONS

KELLEN DAVISCHICAGO BEARS

KYLE COOKCINCINNATI BENGALS

BRANDON FIELDSMIAMI DOLPHINS

DAVID HERRONKANSAS CITY CHIEFS

RENALDO HILLDENVER BRONCOS


ERIC SMITHNEW YORK JETS

OgEMDI NwAgBUOSAN DEGO CHARGERS

BRIAN HOYERNEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS

DREw STANTONDETROIT LIONS

JAVON RINgERTENNESSEE TITANS

ROBAIRE SMITHCLEVELAND BROWNS

DOMATA PEKOCINCINNATI BENGALS

DERRICK MASONBALTIMORE RAVENS

DEVIN THOMASWASHINGTON REDSKINS

CLIFTON RYANST.LOUIS RAMS

SPARTANSIN THE

BRANDON McKINNEYBALTIMORE RAVENS


Damon RensingMen’s Soccer

Tom saxTonWomen’s Soccer

sTacy sloboDnik-sTollWomen’s Golf

Rolf van De keRkhofField Hockey

maTT WeiseCrew

suzy meRchanTWomen’s Basketball

Tom minkelWrestling

gene oRlanDoMen’s Tennis

sam PuRyeaRMen’s Golf

WalT DRenThDirector: Men’s & Women’sTrack & Field/Cross Country

Jake boss JR.Baseball

Rick comleyIce Hockey

maRk DanTonioFootball

kaThie klagesWomen’s Gymnastics

caThy geoRgeVolleyball

maTT gianioDisMen’s & Women’s

Swimming & Diving

Tom izzoMen’s Basketball

Jacquie JosePhSoftball

SPARTAN HEAD COACHES


THE SPARTANMARCHINgBAND

The 300-member Spartan Marching Band, which enters its 140th season in 2010, is one of the oldest and most recognized university marching bands in the country. The Director of the Spartan Marching Band is John T. Madden, who is in his 22nd season leading the group.

The Spartan Marching Band was founded in 1870 as a 10-member student group. All of the original members were Civil War veterans.

The Spartan Marching Band was a military unit connected with the college ROTC for most of its existence. Until 1952, the band members wore military khaki uniforms. When Michigan State began playing Big Ten football in 1953, the band received its first green and white uniforms. Most of the strict military uniform codes are still adhered to today with squad leaders holding routing inspections before every performance.

No flutes or clarinets are used in the Spartan Marching Band, as these instruments are difficult to hear in the large Big Ten stadiums. Instead, tiny

E-flat cornets play the high “woodwind-like” parts.The Spartan Marching Band has entertained five U.S. Presidents: Theodore

Roosevelt (1907), Herbert Hoover (1930), Franklin D. Roosevelt (1936), Lyndon Johnson (1965) and Bill Clinton (1996 and 2001).

The Spartan Marching Band has performed at 16 bowl games, including four Rose Bowls (1954, ’56, ’66 and ’88). In addition, the band has made appearances at the 1964 New York World’s Fair, ’84 New Orleans World’s Fair, ’84 World Series in Detroit and ’93 Coca-Cola Bowl in Tokyo, Japan.

The Spartan Marching Band was the 1988 recipient of the Louis Sudler Trophy for collegiate marching bands, administered by the John Philip Sousa Foundation.

In 1995, ABC Sports selected the Spartan Marching Band to record its theme music for college football.


On the banks of the Red Cedar,There’s a school that’s known to all;Its specialty is winning,And those Spartans play good ball;Spartan teams are never beaten,All through the game they’ll fight;Fight for the only colors,Green and White.Go right through for MSU,Watch the points keep growing.Spartan teams are bound to win, They’re fighting with a vim.Rah! Rah! Rah!See their team is weakening,We’re going to win this game.Fight! Fight! Rah! Team, Fight!Victory for MSU.

(Original Lyrics)On the banks of the Red Cedar,There’s a school that’s known to all;Its specialty is farming,And those farmers play football;Aggie teams are never beaten,All through the game they’ll fight;Fight for the only colors,Green and White.Smash right through that line of blue,Watch the points keep growing.Aggie teams are bound to win,They’re fighting with a vim.Rah! Rah! Rah!See their team is weakening,We’re going to win this game.Fight! Fight! Rah! Team Fight!Victory for MAC.

MSU Fight SongHistory of tHe MsU figHt song

Yellmaster Francis Irving Lankey, a civil engineering major at Michigan Agricultural College, composed the school’s Fight Song in the spring of 1915. His friend Arthur L. Sayles, also a MAC student, wrote most of the words to the Fight Song. The football team’s back-to-back road wins over national powers Michigan and Wisconsin in 1913 inspired Lankey to compose the MAC Fight Song because he felt those two schools had great fight songs. “Lank”, as his friends called him, was a very popular and talented piano player.

Following graduation, he worked for the highway department and later became an instructor for the Army Air Corps. In a volunteer air demonstration in 1919, he crashed while attempting to land. Months after his untimely death, a girlfriend published his song.

Members of the football team sold 770 copies of the song for 50 cents at the 1919 Homecoming pep assembly. When it sold out in less than 30 minutes, everyone knew the Fight Song was a winner. In 1920, the Military Band played the MAC Fight Song at home football games. With slight variations to the original words, like changing Aggie to Spartan and MAC to MSU, it has been played ever since.

MSU, we love thy shadowsWhen twilight silence falls,Flushing deep and softly palingO’er ivy covered halls;Beneath the pines we’ll gatherTo give our faith so true,Sing our love for Alma MaterAnd thy praises MSU.When from these scenes we wanderAnd twilight shadows fade,Our memory still will lingerWhere light and shadows played;In the evening oft we’ll gatherAnd pledge our faith anew,Sing our love for Alma MaterAnd thy praises MSU.

Alma Mater:MSU Shadows


SPARTAN CHEER & DANCE TEAM

back row (cheer) left to right:Tyler Jones, Avi Kotte, Courtney Alexander, Ben Lees, Brent Money, Nick Moritz, Erik VanTongeren, RonJon Casanova-Smith, Jarriel Keys, James Kauserud, Chad Osier, Ryan Schoen, Dan Roush, Jon Evans, Andrew Tetloff, Andy Wang

middle Row (Dance Team) left to right:Hayley Laird, Lindsey Little, Lauren Blaine, Christen Coleman, Sarah Sorensen, Sarah Mullen, Paige Pennycook, Leah Shipley, Amy Kwiatkowski, Jamie Capodieci, Lindsay Bacigalupo, Jill Szymczak, Mackenzie Moffatt, Kara Otto, Monica Moorman, Emma Cole, Janelle Fox, Melanie Brown

bottom Row (cheer) from left to right:Callie Marcinkowski, Kayla Rigdon, Kailey Forbes, Sam Sarracco, Kalee Vannest, Storm Garfield, Torri Mills, Taylor Young, Crystal Bruns, Daniela Schroeck, Stephanie Lewis, Lauryn Przeslawski, Nicole DeMarco, Preeya Dalian, Katelynn Andreen

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SPARTAN ATHLETICSOn Oct. 1, 1999, Michigan State University unveiled its new Athletics Hall of Fame. Located in the Clara Bell Smith Student-Athlete Academic Center, the $250,000 Hall of Fame displays key moments in Spartan athletic history as well as plaques of the inductees. The charter class of 30 former Spartan athletes, coaches and administrators was inducted in 1992 and included former football players and coaches Jack Breslin, Bob Carey, Don Coleman, Duffy Daugherty, Lyman Frimodig, Earl Morrall, Bubba Smith, Gene Washington, George Webster and Ralph Young.

CLASS OF 2010

Jim BiBBsMen’s Track & Field Coach 1968-98Hometown – Ecorse, MI• FirstAfrican-Americanheadcoachat

Michigan State• Duringhistenure,Spartansearned

two world records, 52 Big Ten titles and All-America honors 26 times

• TutoredJudiBrowntothe1984Olympic silver medal in the 400-meter hurdles

Ed BuddE Football 1960-62Hometown – Detroit, MI

• 1962All-American• First-rounddraftpickofboththeAFL’s

Kansas City Chiefs (then Dallas Stars) and the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles

• AppearedinboththeSeniorBowlandCollege All-Star Game following his senior season

• Seven-timeProBowlselectionandtwo-time first-team All-Pro

stEvE GarvEy Baseball/Football 1966-68Hometown – Tampa, FL

• 1968All-Americaninbaseball• Four-timeGoldGlovewinnerand

1974 National League MVP• Appearedin10MajorLeagueAll-Star

games and five World Series• 1,207consecutivegamesplayed

ranksfourthalltimeinMajorLeagueBaseball history

Linda Gustavson Swimming 1969-72Hometown – Santa Cruz, CA• 1968Olympicgoldmedalistinthe

400-meter relay• 1970AIAWNationalChampioninthe

50-meter freestyle• Earnedasilvermedalinthe400-

meter individual freestyle and bronze medal in 100-meter individual free-style at 1968 Olympics

ron mason Hockey Coach 1979-2002Director of Athletics 2002-2007Hometown – Blyth, Ontario

• Winningestcollegehockeycoachinhistory(924victories)• CoachedMSU’stwoHobeyBakerAwardwinners–KipMiller

and Ryan Miller• LedMSUtoanNCAAChampionship,17CCHAregular-season

and playoff titles, and guided an all-time record 23 teams overall to the NCAA Tournament.

• Coached35All-Americansand50formerSpartanswhowentonto establish careers in the National Hockey League

dr. nELL JacksonAssistant Director of Athletics for Women 1973-81Women’s Track & Field Coach 1973-77, 1978-81Hometown – Athens, GA• Coached13athletestoAll-Americahonors• MemberoftheBlackAthletesHallofFame,Women’sSports

Foundation Hall of Fame and National Track & Field Hall of Fame• Duringhertenureasanadministrator,Jacksonpioneeredquality

and successful women’s athletic programs in nine sports• FirstAfrican-AmericanwomantocoachOlympictrackteamandto

serve on the U.S. Olympic Committee’s board of directors

JuLius mccoy Basketball 1953-56Hometown – Farrell, PA• 1956All-American• Secondplayerinprogramhistoryto

surpass the 1,000-point total• Appearedinthe1956CollegeAll-Star

game• DraftedbytheNBA’sSt.LouisHawks

in 1956

PErcy snow Football 1986-1989Hometown – Canton, OH• Two-timeFirst-TeamAll-American

(1988-89)• FirstplayertowinboththeButkus

and Lombardi Awards in the same year (1989)

• Three-timeFirst-TeamAll-BigTenSelection (1987-1989)

• SelectedbytheKansasCityChiefsinthe first round of the 1990 NFL Draft

kEn waLsh Swimming 1965-67Hometown – Ponte Vedra, FL• 12-timeAll-American• 1967NCAAChampioninthe100-

meter freestyle• BigTenChampion:1965&1967

100-meter freestyle, 1967 200-meter freestyle and 400-meter freestyle relay

• Goldmedalistatthe1968Olympicsin the 400-meter relay and 400-meter freestyle relay; silver medalist in the 100-meter freestyle

LorEnzo whitE Football 1984-87Hometown – Fort Lauderdale, FL• Two-timeFirst-TeamAll-American

(1985, 1987)• FinishedfourthintheHeismanTrophy

balloting in both 1985 and 1987• MSU’sall-timeleadingrusherwith

4,887 yards, including 23 100-yard games

• SelectedbytheHoustonOilersinthefirst round of the 1988 NFL Draft


Marshall DillTrack and Field 1972-75Hometown – Detroit, MIHall of Fame Class - 2007

• 11-timeBigTenChampion;1972and1973All-American• 1973NCAAoutdoorchampionin220-yarddash• Wonfour-consecutiveBigTentitlesintheoutdoor220-

yarddashandtwostraightintheoutdoor100-yarddash• Wonthree-straightBigTentitlesintheindoor300-yard

dash

ChuCk DaveyBoxing1943,1947-49Hometown - Dearborn, MIHall of Fame Class - 1992

• Onlyfour-timeNCAAboxingchampion• Undefeatedcollegiaterecord• Memberof1948U.S.Olympicteam

shirley CookFieldHockey/Basketball/TrackandField1955-58Hometown–PortHope,MIHall of Fame Class - 2007

• OneofMSU’spioneerfemalestudent-athletes• FounderofWomen’sVarsityAlumniClub• Createdanendowmentinhernametopromote

women’sathletics

JuDi BrownTrack1980-83Hometown-EastLansing,MIHall of Fame Class - 1995

• 1983NCAAChampionin400-meterhurdles• Three-timeAll-American• 12-timeBigTenChampion• Memberofworldrecord-settingsprint medleyrelay

BoB CareyFootball/Basketball/Track1949-52Hometown-Charlevoix,MIHall of Fame Class - 1992

• 1951shotputAll-American• 1951footballAll-American• Three-yearbasketballstarter

FenDley CollinsWrestlingCoach1930-62Hometown-Headrick,OKHallofFameClass-1996

• 1961BigTenChampionship• Coachedindividualsto13NCAAtitles• Coachedindividualsto14BigTentitles• NCAArunner-upthreetimes(1941,‘43,‘48)

Chester BrewerAthleticsDirector/Coach1903-10,1917,1919-22Hometown-Owosso,MIHall of Fame Class - 2000

• MAC’sfirstfull-timeathleticsdirector• Coachedfootball,basketball,baseballandtrackteams• Footballteamwentundefeatedin43-straighthome

games(1903-10)

leanDer BurnettBaseball/Track1889-92Hometown-HarborSprings,MIHall of Fame Class - 1995

• Three-timeall-aroundMIAAtrackchampion• Won37individualeventsatMIAAfielddays• Earnedninevarsitylettersinbaseballandtrack

Don ColeManFootball1949-51Hometown - Flint, MIHall of Fame Class - 1992

• FirstSpartantohavehisnumberretired• MSU’sfirstunanimousAll-American• 1975CollegeFootballHallofFameinductee

DuFFy DaughertyFootballCoach1954-72Hometown-Barnesboro,PAHall of Fame Class - 1992

• 1956and1965NationalCoachoftheYear• Coached33first-teamAllAmericans• CollegeFootballHallofFameinductee

JaCk BreslinFootball/Basketball/Baseball1944-46Hometown-BattleCreek,MIHall of Fame Class - 1992• 1944“Governor’sAward”footballMVP• 30-yearMSUadministrator• DuffyDaughertyAwardwinner• MSU’sbasketballarenanamedinhishonor

lauren BrownCrossCountry/Track1928-31Hometown - Detroit, MIHallofFameClass-2003

• 1928crosscountryAll-American• WontheCentralCollegiateConference Championshipsin1927and1929• Setschoolrecordsinthesteeplechaseand2-mile

lynn ChanDnoisFootball1946-49Hometown - Flint, MIHall of Fame Class - 1992

• 1948“Governor’sAward”footballMVP• 1950MichiganOutstandingAmateurAthleteofthe

Year• 1949All-Americanhalfback• Three-timeNFLAll-ProasPittsburghSteeler

Jerry DaPratoFootball 1912-15Hometown–IronMountain,MIHall of Fame Class – 2001

• FirstFootballAll-American(1915)• Lednationinscoring(1915),runningfor15touch-

downs,booting28extrapointsandconvertingtwofieldgoalsfor124points.

• Setsingle-gameandseasonscoringrecords

Joe DelaMielleureFootball 1970-72Hometown - Center Line, MIHallofFameClass-2003

• 1972FootballAll-American• 1971and1972All-BigTenFirstTeam• 2003ProFootballHallofFameinductee• Six-timeNFLAll-Pro

Chet auBuChonBasketball1939-40,42Hometown-Gary,INHallofFameClass-1996

• Calledthe“HoudinioftheHardwood”• Spartans’firstbasketballAll-American

riCharD BerryFencing1952-53Hometown-HighlandPark,MIHall of Fame Class - 2000

• 1952All-American• 1952NCAArunner-upinindividualepee• Two-timeBigTenChampion (1952Epee/1953Foil)• 1959PanAmericanGames

george alDertonSportsEditor1923-62Hometown-Saginaw,MIHallofFameClass-1993

• CoveredSpartansfor39years• Nicknamed“TheSpartans”in1926• FirstMichiganSportswriterand SportscasterHallofFameinductee

gloria BeCksForDSoftball1975-76;SoftballCoach1981-93Hometown - Holland, MIHall of Fame Class - 1992

• PitchedMSUto1976CollegeWorldSeriestitle• Firstfemaleathletewithnumberretired• 1986BigTenCoachoftheYear

FreD alDerManTrack and Field 1925-27Hometown-EastLansing,MIHall of Fame Class - 1992

• FirstSpartantowinOlympicgold1927• NCAAChampionin100and220• 1927IC4Aindividualchampionin440

eD BagDonFootball1946-49Hometown - Dearborn, MIHallofFameClass-1996

• 1949All-American• 1949OutlandTrophywinner• HalfoftopguardtandemwithDonMason

Molly BrennanTrack1979-82Hometown-Waterford,MIHallofFameClass-1993

• 1982RhodesScholar• 1981-82All-Americansprinter• 1982SportswomanoftheYear

art BranDstatter, sr.Football1934-36Hometown-EastLansing,MIHallofFameClass-1994

• 1936All-American• 1961SelectiontoSportsIllustrated’sSilverAnniversary

All-AmericaTeam• 1990JackBreslinLifetimeAchievementAwardwinner

aMo BessoneHockeyCoach1951-79Hometown-Sagamore,MAHall of Fame Class - 1992

• 1966NationalCoachoftheYear• FiveBigTenChampionships• U.S.HockeyHallofFameinductee• LedSpartanstofirstnationaltitlein1966

of

SPARTAN ATHLETICSdAUGHERTY

Inducted 1992


kirk giBsonFootball/Baseball1975-78Hometown-Waterford,MIHallofFameClass-1994

• 1978baseballandfootballAll-American• No.1draftpickofDetroitTigersin1978• KeyMLBveteranontwoWorldSeries Championshipteams

Johnny greenBasketball1957-59Hometown-Dayton,OHHall of Fame Class - 1992

• Three-timeAll-American• 1959BigTenMVP• Three-timeAll-BigTen

george M. “JuD” heathCoteBasketballCoach1976-95Hometown–Spokane,WAHall of Fame Class – 2001

• 1979NCAAChampionship• WonthreeBigTentitles(1978,1979,1990)• 2001NationalAssociationofBasketball CoachesGoldenAnniversaryAward

Burl JenningsWrestling1941-43Hometown-Tulsa,OKHall of Fame Class - 1995

• Two-timeNCAAChampion• 1943co-captainwithtwinbrother

earvin “MagiC” JohnsonBasketball1978-79Hometown-Lansing,MIHall of Fame Class - 1992

• 1979All-American• 1979BigTenMVP• MVPof1979NCAATournament• FiveNBAChampionships

John FuzakFacultyAthleticsRepresentative1959-79Hometown–Crewe,VAHall of Fame Class - 2005

• ServedasMSU’sFacultyRepresentativefor20years(1959-79)

• TwiceservedaschairmanfortheBigTenFacultyRepresentatives

• MSU’sVicePresidentofStudentAffairsfrom1961-66• NCAAPresident(1975-76)

everett “sonny” granDeliusFootball1948-50Hometown-MuskegonHeights,MIHall of Fame Class - 1995

• 1950All-American• 1950“Governor’sAward”footballMVP• 1951HulaBowlMVP

John hannahMSUPresident1941-69Hometown-GrandRapids,MIHall of Fame Class - 1992

• LedMSUintotheBigTenConference• Footballjerseynumberretiredfor46yearsofservice• AwardedUSAMedalofFreedomforhiscivilrights

work

John horneBoxing1958-60Hometown-Washington,D.C.HallofFameClass:1996

• Three-timeNCAAChampionin178-poundclass• Competedwithoutregularcoach,programor sparringpartner• Two-timeAll-American

FreD JohnsonTrack1947-50Hometown-Grandville,MIHallofFameClass-1993

• 1949NCAAChampioninbroadjump• 1949All-Americaninthebroadjumpandlowhurdles• Sharedworldrecordin65-yardlowhurdles

lyMan FriMoDigBasketball/Baseball/Football1914-17Hometown-Calumet,MIHall of Fame Class - 1992• MSU’sonly10-timeletterwinner• 41-yearcareerasassistantathleticdirectorandbusi-

nessmanager• Co-authorofSpartanSaga:AHistoryof MichiganStateAthletics

Cheryl gilliaMTrack1978-81Hometown - Detroit, MIHallofFameClass-2003• 1981indoorAll-Americanin60-meterdash• Wonfour-straightBigTentitlesintheoutdoor200-

meterdash• Setsixindividualandninerelayrecords

roger groveFootball/Basketball1928-31Hometown-Sturgis,MIHall of Fame Class - 2000

• 1930FootballAll-American• 1930BasketballAll-American• Ledbasketballteaminscoringin1929-30 and1930-31• MSUfreshmanpolevaultrecordin1928

JaCk hePPinstallAthleticTrainer1914-59Hometown-DurhamCounty,EnglandHallofFameClass-1994

• MSU’sfirstathletictrainer• Servedunderfiveathleticsdirectorsand12headfoot-

ballcoaches• NationalAthleticTrainersAssociationHallofFame

inductee

Merle JenningsWrestling1941-43Hometown-Tulsa,OKHall of Fame Class - 1995

• Two-timeNCAAChampion• 1943co-captainwithtwinbrother• 1943NationalAAUChampion

JoyCe kazMierskiGolf1964-67Hometown - Detroit, MIHallofFameClass-1994

• 1966NationalCollegiateGolfChampion• FormedWomen’sGolfClubatMSU• PlayedonLPGAtourfrom1968to1985• 1986inducteeintoNationalGolfCoaches Hall of Fame

riCharD FreyCrossCountry/Track1936-40Hometown–Buffalo,NYHall of Fame Class - 2007

• Captainof1939crosscountryNCAAChampionshipteam,thefirstNCAAtitlewonbyaSpartanteam

• Four-timeAll-American(two-timecrosscountryand two-timetrack)• MemberofIC4AChampionshipteamin1937• WonfreshmanIC4Atitlein1936

george guerre Football1946-48Hometown - Flint, MIHall of Fame Class - 2007• LedtheSpartansinrushingforthree-straightseasons

from1946-48•Averaged6.75yardspercarry,thebestcareerrushing

averageinschoolhistory•1946teamMVP

Mary FossuMGolfCoach1973-97Hometown-GreenBay,WIHallofFameClass-2003

• LedtheSpartanstofivestraightBigTentitlesfrom1974-78plus1982crown

• Guidedteamtosix-consecutiveAIAWNationalChampionshipappearancesfrom1973-78

Dr. JaMes FeurigTeamPhysician1953-75Hometown-Seymour,WIHall of Fame Class - 2000

• MSUteamphysicianfor22years• Keyresearcheronthedangersofthecrossbodyblock

in football• 1968MichiganStateMedicalSocietyDistinguished

ServiceAward

Julie Farrell-ovenhouseSwimming&Diving1988-91Hometown – Holt, MI Hall of Fame Class - 2005

• 1990NCAAchampionontheone-meterboard• 1991NCAAchampiononthethree-meterboard• Six-timeAll-American• Three-timeBigTenDiveroftheYear(1989-91)

gary DilleySwimming1965-67Hometown-Huntington,INHall of Fame Class - 1995

• 1965-66NCAAChampionin100-yard and200-yardbackstroke• Eight-timeBigTenchampion• 12-timeAll-American

sue ertlGolf1977-80Hometown – Ionia, MIHall of Fame Class – 2001

• 1979All-American• 1977and1978BigTenMedalist• 1978Runner-upMidwestAIAW Championships• 1988NationalCollegiateGolf Hall of Fame

JiM ellisFootball1951-53Hometown–Saginaw,MIHall of Fame Class - 2007•FirstSpartantoreceiveAll-Americahonorsinconsecu-

tiveyears(1951-52)•NamedtoAll-Westernfirstteamin1952•Captainofthe1953BigTenand1954RoseBowl

Championshipteam

of

SPARTAN ATHLETICSgibson

Inducted 1994


John PingelFootball1936-38Hometown-Mt.Clemens,MIHallofFameClass-1993

• 1937-38All-Americanpunter• FirstrounddraftpickofDetroitLions• NationalFootballFoundationHallofFameinductee

welDon olsonHockey1951-55Hometown–Marquette,MIHall of Fame Class – 2001

• 1953HockeyMVP• 1960OlympicIceHockeyGoldMedalist• 1956OlympicIceHockeySilverMedalist• OlympicHallofFame• 1993DistinguishedHockeyAlumnusAward

ClarenCe “Biggie” MunnFootballCoach1947-53AthleticDirector1954-72Hometown-Minneapolis,MNHall of Fame Class - 1992

• Postedan.857winningpercentageoversevenyears• 1952NationalCoachoftheYear• CollegeFootballHallofFameinductee

Blake MillerFootball/Baseball/Basketball1912-15Hometown–Tonawanda,NYHall of Fame Class - 2005

• NamedtoMSU’sall-timeOld-TimersFootballTeam(pre-1940)in1970

• 1915footballAll-American• EarnedAll-Westernhonorsinfootball(1913-14)• WonninevarsitylettersatMSU:fourinfootball,three

in baseball and two in basketball

Jane ManChester-MeyersSwimming/Diving1972-74,1976Hometown-PompanoBeach,FLHall of Fame Class - 1992

• Three-timeAll-American• 1973-74AIAWNationalChampion• 1973-74BigTenChampion

sherMan lewisFootball/Track1961-64Hometown–Louisville,KYHall of Fame Class – 2001

• 1963All-American• 1963FootballCo-captain• FinishedthirdinHeismanTrophyballotingin1963• 1963-64TrackCaptain

Bonnie lauerGolf1970-73Hometown-WalledLake,MIHall of Fame Class - 1992• 1973AIAWNationalChampion• Firstfemaleathletevoted“SpartanoftheWeek” bytheStateNews• 1976LPGARookieoftheYear

williaM MaCkCrossCountry/Track1948-50Hometown - Palos Park, ILHallofFameClass-1996

• 1950All-Americaninmilerun• Four-timecrosscountryAll-American(twoatMSU)• Memberofworldrecordtwo-milerelayteam

gale MiklesWrestling1945-48Hometown-Tulsa,OKHall of Fame Class - 1992

• 1947NCAAChampionat155pounds• 1945AAUNationalChampionin145-poundclass• Long-timeMSUcoachandadministrator

earl MorrallFootball1953-56Hometown-Muskegon,MIHall of Fame Class - 1992

• 1955All-American• 1955All-BigTen• 1968NFLMVP• QuarterbackfortwoSuperBowlChampions

herB oDoMBoxing1952-55Hometown – Flint, MIHall of Fame Class - 2005

• Back-to-backNCAAChampionat147pounds(1954-55)

• LedMSUto1955teamNationalChampionship• Two-timeAll-American(1954-55)• Compileda29-5-2careerrecord

Danny litwhilerBaseballCoach1964-82Hometown-Ringtown,PAHallofFameClass-1994

• TwoBigTenChampionshipteams• Coached13futureMLBplayers• 1942All-StarwithPhiladelphia• Developedradarspeedguntotimepitches

roBert “BuCk” MCCurryFootball1946-48Hometown-Lewiston,PAHallofFameClass-1993• Three-timeteamcaptain• DuffyDaughertyAwardwinner• All-Americancenter• MSUAssistantFootballCoach1949-50

Deanne MooreSoftball1981-84Hometown - Fenton, MIHallofFameClass-1996• 1983All-Americanand GTEAcademicAll-American• 1984All-BigTenselection• 1984AldertonAthleteoftheYear

gwen norrell Ph.D.FacultyAthleticsRepresentative1979-87Hometown-Eudora,ARHall of Fame Class - 2000• FirstwomantoserveasFacultyRepresentativeinBig

Tenhistory• NCAAVice-President(1983-84and1984-85)• MSUAthleticCouncil(twoterms)• 1973MSUDistinguishedFacultyAward

george Perles FootballCoach1983-94Hometown-AllenPark,MIHall of Fame Class - 2007

•LedtheSpartanstotwoBigTentitles(1987and1990)andsevenbowlappearances

•Threeofhisteamsfinishedamongthenation’sTop25,includingthe1987BigTenchampionshipteamthatrankedNo.8inthefinalpolls

•Tutoredninefirst-teamAll-Americans

graDy PeningerWrestlingCoach1963-1986Hometown–PoncaCity,OKHall of Fame Class - 2007• FirstBigTenCoachtowinsevenconsecutiveconfer-

encetitles(1966-72)• Duringhistenure,Spartanwrestlersearned10NCAA

titles,40BigTentitlesandgarneredAll-Americanhonors54times

• 1987U.S.WrestlingHallofFameinductee

Dean look Football/Baseball1957-59Hometown-Lansing,MIHall of Fame Class - 2007•1959footballAll-American•1958baseballteamMVPandfirst-teamAll-BigTen

selectionledtheSpartansinruns,RBI,totalbases,stolenbases,doublesandhomeruns

•Spent29yearsasanofficialintheNFL

John koBsBaseballCoach1925-63Hometown-Cavalier,NDHallofFameClass-1993

• 576-377-16recordover39years• MSU’sbaseballfieldnamedinhishonor• MichiganSportsHallofFameinductee

gene kenneySoccerCoach1956-69Hometown–Urbana,ILHall of Fame Class - 2005• LedMSUtoback-to-backNationalChampionshipsin

1967-68• Teamsmadeeight-straighttripstotheNCAA

Tournamentfrom1962-69• His.866winningpct.issecondintheNCAA

Frank kushFootball 1950-52Hometown-Windber,PAHall of Fame Class - 2000

• 1952All-American• Anchoreddefensivelinefor1952Ntn’lChampions• MSUCentennialSuperSquad• 1995NationalFootballFoundationCollegeHallofFame

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CrawForD “ForDDy” kenneDyCrossCountry/Track1957-59Hometown-Glasgow,ScotlandHall of Fame Class - 1992

• Three-timecrosscountryAll-American• 1958NCAAcrosscountrychampion• 1959BigTencrosscountryand two-milechampion

greg kelserBasketball1976-79Hometown - Detroit, MIHallofFameClass-1996• 1979All-American• Three-timeteamMVP• 1979First-teamAcademicAll-American• HoldshonorarydoctoratefromMSU

henry kenneDyCrossCountry/Track1955-58Hometown-Glasgow,ScotlandHall of Fame Class - 1992

• Six-timeletterwinnerincrosscountryandtrack• 1955BigTencrosscountrychampion• 1955-56IC4AChampion


gene washingtonFootball/Track1964-67Hometown - LaPorte, TXHall of Fame Class - 1992• 1965-66All-American• CollegeFootballHallofFameinductee• 1967NFLfirst-rounddraftpick

BraD van PeltFootball/Baseball/Basketball1969-72Hometown-Owosso,MIHall of Fame Class - 2000• Three-sportathletewhowonsevenvarsityletters• Two-timefootballAll-American(1971-72)• FirstdefensivebackevertoreceiveMaxwellAwardas

nation’stopcollegiateplayer(1972)• Playedinfive-straightNFLProBowlsfrom1976-80

herB washingtonTrackandField1969-72Hometown - Flint, MIHall of Fame Class - 2000• Four-timeAll-American• 1970and1972NCAAIndoorChampionin60-yarddash• WonsevenBigTentitles• 1997NCAASilverAnniversaryAward

toM yewCiCFootball/Baseball1951-54Hometown-Conemaugh,PAHallofFameClass-2003• 1952FootballAll-American• 1954BaseballAll-American• 1954CollegeWorldSeriesMVP• LedMSUtoshareofBigTentitlein1953andawininthe

1954RoseBowl

FreD staBley, Jr.SportsInformationDirector1948-80Hometown-Dallastown,PAHall of Fame Class - 1992• 1962ArchWardwinnerforhisworkasSports Information Director• PressboxatSpartanStadiumnamedinhishonor• ChartermemberofCoSIDAHallofFamein1969

John D. wilsonFootball 1950-52Hometown–Lapeer,MIHall of Fame Class – 2001• MSU’sfirstRhodesScholar• 1952AcademicAll-American• 1952North-SouthFootballGame• 1989GTEAcademicAll-AmericaHallofFame

steve sMithBasketball1988-91Hometown – Detroit, MIHall of Fame Class – 2001• 1990and1991All-American• 1990BigTenPlayeroftheYear• No.21jerseyretiredin1999• 1991NBAfirst-rounddraftpick(No.5overall)• 1994OlympicGoldMedalist

Doug volMarHockey1965-67Hometown-ClevelandHeights,OHHall of Fame Class - 1992• 1966All-American• 1966WCHAAll-Star• Memberof1968U.S.Olympichockeyteam

george weBsterFootball1964-66Hometown-Anderson,SCHall of Fame Class - 1992• 1965-66All-American• 1966“Governor’sAward”footballMVP• Nine-yearNFLveteranwiththreeteams

ralPh youngFootballCoach1923-27TrackandFieldCoach1924-40AthleticDirector1923-54Hometown-CrownPoint,INHall of Fame Class - 1992• Coached27trackAll-Americansand fourOlympians• MichiganSportsHallofFameinductee• ServedinMichiganLegislaturefrom1956to1962• MSU’strackisnamedinhishonor

giDeon “Charlie” sMithFootball1913-15Hometown-Lansing,MIHallofFameClass:1994• MAC’sfirstAfrican-Americanfootballplayer• All-Startackleonthe1913-15MACteams• PlayedprofootballwithCantonBulldogsandJim

Thorpe

Charles “BuBBa” sMithFootball1964-66Hometown-Beaumont,TXHall of Fame Class - 1992• 1966All-American• 1966UPILinemanoftheYear• 1967NFLNo.1draftpick• 1988CollegeFootballHallofFameinductee

Clarke sCholesSwimming1950-52Hometown - Detroit, MIHall of Fame Class - 1992• 1952OlympicGoldMedalin100mfreestyle• Five-timeNCAAChampion• InternationalSwimmingHallofFameinductee

sCott skilesBasketball1983-86Hometown–Plymouth,INHall of Fame Class - 2007• LedBigTeninscoringin1985-86toearnAll-America

honors• 1986BigTenMVP• BecamesecondSpartantoscoremorethan2,000points

valerie sterk keMPerVolleyball1993-96Hometown–ByronCenter,MIHall of Fame Class - 2007• FirstfemaleteamsportathleteatMSUtoearnFirst-

TeamAll-Americahonors(1995and1996)• Lednationwith.449hittingpercentagein1996• FirstSpartanvolleyballplayertoearnFirst-TeamAll-

BigTenhonorsthreetimes• 1996Third-TeamAcademicAll-American

george saiMesFootball1959-62Hometown-Canton,OHHall of Fame Class - 2000• 1962All-American• FinishedseventhintheHeismanTrophy ballotingin1962• Two-timeAll-BigTen(consensusfirstteam1961-62)• NFLAll-Profrom1964-69

ernestine russell-weaverGymnastics1957-60Hometown-Windsor,OntarioHall of Fame Class - 1992• 1955AAUNationalChampion• CompetedwithoutateamatMSU• Memberof1956and1960Canadian Olympicteams

karl sChlaDeManTrackCoach1941-59Hometown-Seafield,INHall of Fame Class - 1995• TurnedMichiganStateRelaysintoamajorevent• LedtheSpartanstothreeIC4Atitles• CoachedfourOlympians

Carlton rintzGymnastics1952-55Hometown-Quarryville,PAHall of Fame Class - 1992• Nine-timeBigTenChampion• 1954NCAAChampiononpommelhorse• 1955NCAAChampiononparallelbars,horizontalbars

andpommelhorse

roBin roBertsBaseball/Basketball1945-47Hometown–Springfield,ILHall of Fame Class - 1992• Selectedto100thanniversaryCollegeAll-Star team in 1959• Recorded286winsin10MajorLeagueseasons• 1976BaseballHallofFameinductee

toM rossHockey1973-76Hometown – Dearborn, MIHall of Fame Class - 2007• HoldsMSUcareerrecordswith324points,138goals

and186assists• Scoredatleastonepointin79consecutivegames• Secondcollegeplayertoreach300-pointmark;ranks

secondall-timewith324careerpoints• NCAArecord-holderwith72power-playgoals

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Ben PhlegarAssistant Director/Athletic

Communications

Bill RatliffAthletic Grounds

Supervisor

Bernie RosendahlWebsite Manager

Scot SchlesingerAssistant AD/

Sales & Marketing

Tom ShepardFootball VideoCoordinator

Dr. Mike ShinglesTeam Orthopedic

Surgeon

Joe RoodAssistant Director/Sales & Marketing,

Mark SchoenlAssociate Director of

Development,Director of Major Gifts

Jamie Weir-BaldwinDirector

Athletic Communications

Fred PostonVP Finance/

Operations Treasurer

Mark HollisAthletics Director

Chuck SleeperSr. Associate AD/

Dir. of Development

Peggy BrownAssociate AD/

Business Operations

Alan HallerAssociate AD/Administration

Greg IanniDeputy Athletics Director

Karen LangelandAssociate AD/Sports Mngt. &

Summer Sports Camps

John LewandowskiAssociate AD/

Communications

Jim PignataroAssociate AD/

SASS Dir.

Paul SchagerAssociate AD/

External Relations

Jennifer SmithAssociate AD/

Compliance & Human Resources

Tim StedmanAssociate AD/Development

Wendy BrownAssistant AD/

Ticket Manager

Jeff MonroeAssistant AD/

Head Athletic Trainer

Rick AtkinsonAssistant AD/

Facility & EventManagement

Kasey CarterEvent Coordinator/

Stadium Tower

Holly BaumgartnerCompliance Coordinator

Mandy ChandlerAcademic Coordinator

Rick ChurchDirector of Broadcast

Technology

Nate ColonAsst. Dir. of Multicultural

Student-AthleteProgramming

Elliott DanielsAcademic Coordinator/

Asst. Dir. of FootballAcademic Services

Dr. Doug Dietzel Team Orthopedic

Surgeon

Jim DonatelliAssistant Director/


Todd EdwardsAssistant Dir. of SASS/Dir. ofFootball Academic Services

David DiffenderfferVideo Producer/


Amy FoutySports Turf Manager

Jill GaineyAssistant Compliance

Coordinator

Matt HarperFootball VideoCoordinator

Angela HowardDirector/Student-Athlete

Development

Dave EllisVideo Producer/


Bryan HochAssistant Ticket Manager

Jacob HuberVideo Producer/


Seth KeslerDirector/Events &Championships

Bob KnickerbockerAthletic Equipment

Coordinator

Dr. Jeff KovanSports Medicine

Director

Dylan MarinezAssistant Equipment

Manager

Jill MasonCoordinator of Events &

Spirit Teams

Dr. Sally NogleAssociate Athletic

Trainer

Matt LarsonDirector of New Media/Athletic Communications

Dean OlsonComputer Network

Services Coordinator

Dr. Randy PearsonFootball PrimaryCare Physician

Bob ArmstrongVideo Producer/


ATHLETICS STAFF

Shelley AppelbaumSr. Associate AD/

Sr. Women’s Administrator

Richard BaderAssistant AD/

Sport Administration

Dorn McGawDirector of Sales & Premium Seating


The Michigan State University Office of Compliance Services is committed to a comprehensive compliance program that educates student-athletes, prospective student-athletes, institutional employees, community members and boosters about the importance of adhering to NCAA, Big Ten and institutional rules. The commitment to compliance ensures institutional control over the department of athletics. The existence of a successful compliance program depends on the willingness of coaches, administrators, staff, student-athletes and boosters to be cognizant of NCAA, Big Ten and institutional rules.

What Is Compliance?At Michigan State University, the Office of Compliance Services works within the department of athletics and the University to ensure MSU’s compliance with all applicable NCAA, Big Ten and institutional rules. In doing so, the compliance office is charged with the following tasks:• Educating administrators, coaches, staff, prospective

student-athletes, current student-athletes and boosters about NCAA, Big Ten and institutional rules;

• Developing monitoring systems to ensure compliance with NCAA, Big Ten and institutional rules (e.g., recruiting, academic eligibility, financial aid, awards and benefits, amateurism and agents).

• Investigating and reporting violations of NCAA, Big Ten and institutional rules.

Are You A Booster?You are a booster if you are or ever have:

• Been a member of a booster organization that supports MSU athletics (e.g., Downtown Coaches Club, Rebounders Club, Fastbreak Club);

• Made any financial contributions to the athletics department (e.g., Spartan Fund);

• Been involved in promoting MSU’s athletics program;• Been a season ticket holder; or• Provided benefits to enrolled student-athletes or their

relatives or friends.

You can become a booster if you provide benefits to prospects, student-athletes, their relatives or friends and any of the following statements are true:• The relationship between the athlete (or parents of

the athlete) and the individual providing the benefits developed as a result of the athlete’s participation in athletics or their reputation as an athlete;

• The relationship began only after the athlete become a prospect;

• The relationship began only after the athlete had achieved notoriety due to his or her athletic ability or reputation;

• The pattern of benefits increased after the athlete attained notoriety as a talented athlete.

Once A Booster Always A Booster.Once an individual is identified as a booster, the person

retains that identity FOREVER! This is true even if the individual no longer contributes to, or is involved with MSU’s athletics program.

Who Is A Prospective Student-Athlete?A prospective student-athlete (prospect) is a student

who has started classes for the ninth grade. Student-athletes enrolled in preparatory schools and two-year colleges are also considered prospects. An individual remains a prospect even after he/she signs a National Letter of Intent.

What Is An Extra Benefit?An extra benefit is any special arrangement by a MSU

employee or booster to provide a prospect, student-athlete or their relatives or friends a benefit not expressly authorized by the NCAA. Examples of impermissible benefits include, but are not limited to, the following:• Gifts of cash, clothing, equipment or any other

tangible item;• A special discount, payment arrangement or credit on

any purchase or service;• Loan of money or cosigning of loans;• A vehicle, use of a vehicle, or any transportation

expenses;• Free or reduced-cost services, purchases or rentals;• Entertainment on- or off-campus; or• Free or reduced-cost rent or housing.

What Are The Consequences?MSU is responsible for the actions of its boosters. If a

booster provides an impermissible benefit to a prospect, student-athlete, their relatives or friends, MSU may be subject to penalties from the NCAA and Big Ten Conference. When a violation occurs, regardless of intention, it can:• Jeopardize the eligibility of prospective and current

student-athletes;• Result in the MSU athletics program being penalized

by the NCAA and/or Big Ten Conference; and• Cause you to lose benefits or privileges associated

with the athletics department (i.e., booster club membership, ticket privileges).

Questions?The above information is a brief overview of compliance

and rules pertaining to boosters and their interactions with prospective student-athletes. If you have any questions about any NCAA, Big Ten or institutional rules, please contact the Office of Compliance Services at (517) 432-5510. For more information on compliance and boosters, please visit the Office of Compliance Services’ website at www.msu.edu/user/msuncaa/.

Recruiting Do’s And Don’tsOnly MSU coaches may be involved

in the recruiting process. Boosters MAY NOT make any recruiting contacts with prospective student-athletes. Boosters are prohibited from the following:

• DONOTtelephone,writeormake in-person contact with a prospect for recruiting purposes. Thisincludescontactviae-mail,InstantMessage,textmessage,chatrooms,blogsandsocialnetworking websites.

• DONOTcontactaprospect’scoach,principalorcounselorin an attempt to evaluate the prospect.

• DONOTbecomeinvolvedinmaking arrangements for a prospect,theprospect’srelativesor friends to receive money or financial aid of any kind.

• DONOTvisitaprospect’sschoolto acquire films or transcripts in an attempt to evaluate the prospect’sacademiceligibilityorathletics ability.

• DONOThavecontactwithaprospect,theirrelativesorfriendsduringanyoftheirvisitstoMSU’scampus.

• DONOTcontactstudent-athletesenrolled in other four-year institutions regarding the possibility of transferring to MSU.

Even though there are many rules prohibiting your involvement with prospectsandtherecruitingprocess,as a booster you are permitted to do the following:

• NotifyMSUcoachingstaffaboutnoteworthy prospects in your area.

• Attendaprospect’sathleticseventonyourowninitiative,provided no contact with the prospect,theprospect’sparentsor coach occurs.

• Continueexistingfriendships,provided solicitation of a prospect’senrollmentdoesnotoccur.

COMPLIANCE INFORMATION


Spartan Stadium will enter its 87th season as home to Michigan State football in 2010. Since its openingin1923,MichiganStatehaswonnearly69percent of its games played in Spartan Stadium.

In 2005, the natural grass playing surface inSpartan Stadium earned Field of the Year honors from the Sports Turf Managers Association (STMA).

Spartan Stadium represents a tribute to Michigan State’sfootballpastandavoteofconfidenceinitsfuture.A$64millionexpansionprojectcompletedprior to the start of the 2005 football season featurestheadditionofnearly3,000seats,including24 suites and a 193-seat press box, bringing thecurrentstadiumcapacityto75,005.“TheSpartan”statue has been relocated to the atrium of the new structure. The 200,000-square-foot addition alsohouses the MSU Alumni Association, UniversityDevelopment and other units. The MSU Board ofTrusteesapprovedthemajoradditionandexpansionprojectofSpartanStadiuminSeptember2003.

Prior to the2002season,ESPN.com’sMelKiperJr. ranked Spartan Stadium No. 8 on his list of the nation’smostscenicvenues.

Natural grass returned to Spartan Stadium in 2002 aftera33-yearabsence,with the installationofamodularfield.Thenewplayingsurface,planted inMayof2001atMSU’sHancockTurfgrassResearchCenter, is comprised of a blend of nine varietiesof Kentucky bluegrass. The original switch fromnatural grass to artificial turf came in time for the

1969season.Since 1957, capacity crowds have attended 152

games in Spartan Stadium, including the single-game record 80,401 fans who witnessed MSU’s20-19losstotop-rankedNotreDameonSept.22,1990.TheSpartanshaverankedamongtheNCAA’stop25 inattendanceeachof the last54seasons,including18th in2009,averaging74,741 fanspergame.

Season-ticketsaleshavetoppedthe60,000markfive times in Spartan football history, with an all-time record 61,479 season tickets purchased in2000.

AseriesofprojectsparallelingtheSpartans’riseto national football prominence enlarged the steel-and-concretefacilityfromitsoriginal14,000seatsin 1923 to its present size in 1957.

The first came in 1935, the year in which thestadiumwasofficiallynamedMacklinField,boostingthe capacity to 26,000. The 1948 enlargementraised the total to 51,000. After 9,000 new seatsupped the capacity to 60,000 in 1956, the upperdecks were added to the east and west stands in 1957, bringing the capacity to 76,000. It alsobecame Spartan Stadium that year. Renovationsduringthesummerof1994improvedsightlinesandcomfortforfans,whilereducingthecapacitytoitscurrent75,005.

OnOct.6,2001,SpartanStadiumaddedanotherchapter to its storied history as a then-world-record crowd of 74,554 attended the MSU-Michigan

outdoor hockey game. Prior to the 1998 season, a Mitsubishi Diamond

Vision was installed in the south end zone and a new scoreboard and black and white message board wereaddedto thenorthendzone.TheCRTvideodisplaymeasures21feetx27feetanditisoperatedfrom a digital production control room in the Breslin Center. The video display board shows live gameaction, replaysandspecial features. Inaddition,aconcert-quality 50,000-watt sound system wasinstalled.

In 1998, Spartan Stadium celebrated its 75thanniversary plus it reached another milestone that season when it played host to its 400th game, a29-5 MSU victory over Northwestern on Oct. 31.

With its 49-14 victory over No. 4 Wisconsin inthe2004homefinale,MichiganStaterecordedits300th win in Spartan Stadium. Michigan State has compileda320-142-13 record (.687) since takingup residency in Spartan Stadium (formerly Macklin Field) in 1923.

TheSpartanshavegoneundefeatedat home16timessincethestadiumopened,includingaperfect6-0markin1999.ItmarkedMSU’sfirstundefeatedhome record since 1966 (5-0-1) and its firstunbeatenanduntiedhomeslatesince1965(5-0-0).Inaddition,MichiganStatehassufferedonlyonehome loss during a season 28 times.

Michigan State’s longest home winning streakis19gamesfromOct.14,1950, throughNov.21,1953.

Welcome toSpartan Stadium


GuEST SERvICESThe Guest Services window, available for general information, is located in the west

stadium concourse between Gates G & H, behind Section 26.

TICkETSAll persons, including children of all ages, must have a ticket for admission to Spartan

Stadium. Re-entry is prohibited at Spartan Stadium. Once you exit the stadium, you may not re-enter. Gates open 1 1/2 hours prior to the scheduled game time. The Tower, for access to the suites and the Spartan Club, will open two hours before the game. For tickets call the MSU athletic ticket office at (517) 355-1610 or 1-800-GO-STATE.

WIll CAllThe Ticket Will Call is located on the west side of the stadium between Gates G & H,

behind Section 26, and opens 1 1/2 hours before the scheduled game time. Proper identification is required before the release of tickets.

COnCESSIOnSConcession stands are located on the stadium concourse and ramp levels.

REST ROOmSRest rooms are located beneath sections 6, 11, 21, 26, 105 and 112. Additional rest

rooms are located on the Upper West concourse.

FIRST AID EmERGEnCY SERvICEIn the case of illness or accident, contact the nearest police officer or usher. Nurses

are on duty during the game at units in the East concourse (opposite section 8), West concourse (opposite section 20) and Upper West concourse (opposite section 123).

ACCESSIBlE SEATInGAccessible seating is available in the north end zone and is accessible from ramps

through sections 1, 2 and 30. Additional seating is available on the west side of the stadium between sections 21 and 22 and is accessible from the ramp through section 21. Please go to the Ticket Will Call – located on the west side of the stadium between Gates G & H, behind Section 26 – for assistance.

PROGRAmSPrograms are sold inside and outside the stadium at various locations.

PROHIBITED ITEmSAlcoholic beverages; smoking in the seating area; large cameras; video cameras;

radios; TV sets; bells, whistles, sirens and horns; banners and signs; umbrellas; seatbacks; strollers; binocular/camera cases; containers of any kind; bags larger than 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 x 2. The use of a ticket to an event authorizes an inspection at the point of entry to ensure the absence of prohibited materials. Admission will be denied to anyone carrying any of the prohibited items.

POlICE InFORmATIOn BOOTHLocated on the East concourse opposite section 8.

lOST AnD FOunD ARTIClESItems should be reported to the Usher Room located inside Gate G no later than

45 minutes after the game. Later inquiries should be directed to the Lost and Found Department, Student Union Building (517-355-3497).

REGulATIOnSFor the safety and enjoyment of all fans, we ask that you observe the following

regulations.

PERSOnAl AnnOunCEmEnTSAnnouncements are made over the public address system only in cases of grave

emergency. Physicians anticipating emergency calls can arrange message services by contacting attendants at the information booth under section 8. This service cannot be extended to the general public.

FIElD lEvEl ExITS AnD THE PlAYInG FIElDField level exits are for the use of authorized personnel only. Spectators must remain off

the field before and after the game. Please exit through the ramp and section exits only.

CODE OF COnDuCTThe Department of Intercollegiate Athletics promotes good sports-like conduct

and encourages fans to exhibit the highest level of sportsmanship by supporting the participants in a positive manner. Any disruptive or intimidating behavior will not be tolerated. These actions are considered grounds for removal from the stadium and may preclude the offender from purchasing tickets to future Spartan Athletic events.

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