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2008 Newberry Men’s Soccer Administration Dr. Mitchell Zais President of Newberry College Dr. Mitchell (Mick) M. Zais has been president of Newberry College since August of 2000. He earned an engineering degree from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point; a Master of Arts degree in military history from the School for Advanced Military Studies at Leavenworth, Kansas; and Master of Science and Ph.D. degrees in social psychology and organizational behavior from the University of Washington. He is also a graduate of the National Defense University where he was a post-doctoral research fellow in national security affairs. Dr. Zais has been appointed by Governor Mark Sanford to represent the state’s 20 private colleges and universities on the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education. He also serves as a member of the Governor’s Council for Educational Reform of secondary education in South Carolina. He is a member of the Newberry Opera House Foundation, the Greater Columbia Chamber of Commerce, the Lutheran Education Conference of North America, and the Southeastern Region of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans. In the South Atlantic (athletic) Conference, he serves as Chairman of the Presidents’ Council. He also represents the private college and university presidents of the southeastern United States on the Board of Directors of the national Foundation for Independent Higher Education. Dr. Zais also serves as Chairman of the Lieutenant Governor’s advisory council on aging. Dr. Zais has written and published extensively in the fields of organizational behavior, curriculum design, stress, military history and doctrine, and leadership and management, in such professional journals as the Journal of Applied Psychology, Armed Forces Journal International, Military Review, Parameters, etc. His opinion-editorial pieces, written while President of Newberry College, have appeared in newspapers across the state. Before becoming Newberry College’s 20th president, Dr. Zais served his country for over 30 years as an officer in the United States Army, attaining the rank of brigadier general. As an assistant professor at West Point, he taught management consulting, organizational behavior, and leadership. A paratrooper and Ranger, Dr. Zais served in a wide variety of infantry units, in Vietnam, the United States, and Korea. He commanded two rifle companies, an infantry battalion, a light infantry brigade, and served as deputy commanding general at Fort Riley, Kan. His experience is in military plans and operations, having worked as chief of operations, plans, and training for an infantry battalion; war plans officer for a corps; and Chief of War Plans for the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff. Dr. Zais was a White House aide and served in Panama as executive assistant to the four-star commander of all U.S. forces in Central and South America. In Kuwait, he was commanding general of U.S. and Allied forces. He also served as commanding general of Operation Provide Refuge, the task force that cared for the 4,000 Kosovo refugees who entered the United States. Prior to coming to Newberry College, Zais was the Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army Reserve Command, the headquarters that administers more than 200,000 military members of the Army Reserve. Dr. Zais’s military awards and decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal, the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star, the Meritorious Service Medal, the Air Medal, the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, the Humanitarian Service Medal, the Ranger, Airborne, and Combat Infantryman’s Badges, and the South Carolina Meritorious Service Medal. His wife, the former Susan Fincher, is from Columbia and a graduate of the University of South Carolina. Susan’s great-great-great-grandfather was a founding member of the Newberry College Board of Trustees. They have two children: Bradley is an infantry soldier in Iraq; Ashley, is an intern coordinator for presidential hopeful John McCain. Andy Carter Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics Andy Carter is entering his seventh year as the Newberry College Director of Athletics, having joined the Newberry family in August of 2002. Since taking the helm, Carter has tackled several projects in order to turn Newberry Athletics into one of the premier programs in Division II. Carter came to Newberry after a 15-year tenure at Missouri Baptist College. Upon receiving his undergraduate degree from the NAIA institution, he began his career as an admissions recruiter and assistant baseball coach while working on his master’s of business administration at Lindenwood University. His degree completion led him to a faculty position as a professor of business administration and economics at Missouri Baptist, while at the same time serving the school as head baseball coach. Carter took over as baseball coach in 1991, a position he held for nine seasons. Seven years into a successful coaching career, highlighted by seven consecutive conference championships, he also took over as Missouri Baptist’s athletic director. He served in both roles for two years before leaving coaching in order to devote all his attention to administrative duties. Almost immediately upon his arrival at Newberry, Carter presented the faculty with the “Newberry College Athletic Initiative”, a long-term plan to secure future athletic success, while maintaining Newberry’s excellent academic record for its athletics teams. Since Carter’s arrival, Newberry has undergone an overhaul of its athletic program, instituting a stringent evaluation process for all varsity sports. The results were almost immediate, as the scarlet and gray have nearly doubled South Atlantic Conference victories in consecutive years under Carter’s reign. Also, for the first time since 1999, Newberry enhanced its offering of varsity sports, adding wrestling and competitive cheerleading. Another stage of Carter’s plan is a complete upgrade of Newberry’s facilities in order to showcase the college’s new athletic vision. Ground was broken in the summer of 2004 on the Newberry College Athletic Complex, which will be the future home to Newberry baseball and other teams. Also, the Newberry basketball and volleyball teams began playing last season on a new gym floor, powered by a brand new, state-of-the art lighting system. Future plans include new facilities for the men’s and women’s tennis teams, and determining the best course of action to give the football facilities at Seltzer Field its first facelift in almost 20 years. In addition to his duties at Newberry, Carter is an appointee to the NCAA National Division II Baseball Committee, where he serves as chairman for the South Region. He serves on the Newberry President’s Cabinet, under Dr. Zais. He is also a member of the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics. Carter is married to his wife of 23 years, Rena. They have seven children: Aaron (20), a senior cadet at USMA-West Point, Becca (19), Beth (16), Jake (14), Rachel (12), Caleb (10), and Micah (8).
2008 Newberry Men’s Soccer Season Outlook The Newberry College men’s soccer team enters the 2008 season with expectations of having a successful season and positioning itself for postseason success. According to head coach Sam Okpodu, the team will need to finish the season stronger than they have in the past. “The South Atlantic Conference is a very competitive league and we want to able to position ourselves in the top four teams so that we will be able to host a first round game,” said Okpodu. “We definitely have the talent to challenge for a top four ranking in the SAC tournament, it just depends upon if our team will play together throughout the season.” Newberry’s schedule sets up to be its toughest yet with matches against traditional powers Limestone, Lincoln Memorial, Tusculum and Wingate. Coach Okpodu believes this season will be the most competitive the SAC has ever been and will create great matches between Newberry and their opponents. The senior offensive trio of Debola Ogunseye (Lagos, Nigeria), Kwame Gyamfi (Accra, Ghana) and Shane Abbott (Myrtle Beach, S.C.) will lead the Newberry attack against their opponents. The trio returns from last year when they combined for 30 goals and 13 assists. All three players were named to all-South Atlantic Conference squads following the 2007 season. If they can build upon on their previous success, they should end the 2008 season on the same list. “I need them to play more as a team with more one- and two-touch play this season. They need to look to set up goal-scoring opportunities for one another, but at the same time in certain situations they need to be selfish when they have opportunities to score,” Okpodu said of the trio. The style of play for the team won’t differ much from previous seasons. Newberry will try to possess the ball as much as possible and take full advantage of scoring opportunities by getting shots on goal and finishing around the goal. Coach Okpodu added, “If teams are able to stop or slow down our scoring attack we are going to posses the ball and be cautious with our attack to prevent us from being vulnerable on the defensive end.” The midfield will be led by Abbott and returning starter Brandon Baker (Conway, S.C.). They will be the foundation for possessing the ball and distributing scoring opportunities to Ogunseye and Gyamfi. The midfield will also be helped by the addition of several talented incoming players that will push for starts and playing time. “Shane has a serious role to play in the midfield for us this year. He will be a leader for our team, but also a distributor because his ability to hold the ball is simply incredible,” Coach Okpodu stated. Newberry’s defense will be anchored by returning starter Jeff Bell (North Augusta, S.C.). The defense will look to improve upon last year’s goal against average of 2.10. Last year’s reserves will need to step up and fill holes left in the defensive line by the 2007 senior class. The final line of defense for Newberry will be returning goalkeeper Will Dieterich (Tampa, Fla.), who started all of 2007’s games. Dieterich recorded four shutouts while leading Newberry to a 9-10 record. Dieterich, who already has the record for career shutouts, will need a good year in goal to make up for a inexperienced defense. Incoming players as always will need to adjust to the speed of the college game if they wish to play a significant role on the team. However, Coach Okpodu expects Trey Boyd, Stephan Bass, Jason Large and Justin Blomdahl to challenge for considerable playing time and possible starting positions. All in all, the Newberry men’s soccer team should have another exciting fall season and will be in serious contention to compete for one of the coveted top four positions in the SAC under the direction of coach Okpodu.
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