Painting the Town Maroon - McMurry University

ATHLETICS
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UPDATE
FALL REVIEW
Football
In his first year as head coach, Hal Mumme didn’t
disappoint. With the promise of overhauling a struggling
program, McMurry posted a 4-6 record in 2009. The
four wins was more than the previous two seasons
combined and Mumme’s “Air Raid” offense set several
single-game and single-season records. After an 0-4 start,
McMurry won four-straight games (East Texas Baptist,
Sul Ross State, Howard Payne and Texas Lutheran).
Then, in the final two games of the season, McMurry
lost a hard-fought battle with Hardin-Simmons 21-
10 and fell to Louisiana College in the finale playing
without record-setting quarterback Jake Mullin. Mullin
set several records in 2009 including the single-game
passing yardage record (479 vs. Trinity) and the singleseason
passing yardage record (2,749). Senior linebacker
Drew Wallace, junior wide receiver Marcus Franklin and
sophomore free safety Will Morris were named to the
all-American Southwest Conference first team while five
other players garnered all-ASC honors.
Volleyball
An up-and-down season ended
with McMurry making its thirdconsecutive
trip to the American
Southwest Conference Postseason
Tournament. McMurry defeated East
Texas Baptist in the opening round
before falling to Hardin-Simmons in
the semi-finals round for the second
time in three years, and head coach
Cammie Petree and the team finished
with an 18-12 record. This was Petree’s
seventh consecutive winning season
(2001-05, 2008-
09) in her second
season back and
her third stint as
head coach. Five
players were honored by the ASC for their performances
in 2009. Terah Brown was both an all-ASC selection and
an ASC West first-team selection before she eventually
was named AVCA honorable mention all-region.
Freshman M.J. Vickers was a first-team all-ASC West
Division selection while Danielle Kelton, Sarah Anding
and Bailey Marcum were all named to the ASC West
Division second team. Kelton was the only senior and
finished her career as the only player in school history to
record at least 1,000 kills and 1,000 digs in her career; in
addition, Kelton was just the second player in the history
of the ASC to accomplish that feat.
Men’s & Women’s Soccer
In his third season as head coach, Tim Grove and the
McMurry men’s soccer team finished the season with a
2-12-3 record, and McMurry’s highlight came September
11th when it beat the University of Dallas, snapping UD’s
28-match home win streak. Humberto Sepulveda and
Miguel Rodriguez each made the honorable mention all-
American Southwest Conference squad.
On the women’s side, McMurry suffered its
third-straight season without a win. Grove took over
the program prior to 2009 and the women showed
improvement, but finished 0-14-1. However, Jazmyn
Colon’s all-conference selection was a highlight for
the team as Colon was the first all-ASC selection for
McMurry’s women since the 2006 season.
Men’s & Women’s
Cross Country
The return of Carla Lewis to the women’s
cross country team, after one season off,
propelled the McMurry women to a
second-place finish at the American
Southwest Conference Championships
and a 14th place finish at the NCAA
Division III South/Southeast
Regional Championships.
First-year quarterback Jake Mullin had a solid sophomore
season for first-year head coach Hal Mumme setting seven
school records in nine games. – Photo by Brian Schmidt