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INSIDE THIS ISSUE 

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

MSU-Illinois Matchup ........................................................................... 7 

Jon Misch Feature ............................................................................... 8 

J’Michael Deane Feature ..................................................................... 9 

Nick Bendzuck Feature ...................................................................... 10 

Alex Shackleton Feature .................................................................... 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 

1990 Big Ten Champions: 20th Anniversary ....................................... 68 

Meet the Illinois Fighting Illini ........................................................70-71 

MSU-Illinois Depth Charts .................................................................. 72 

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

Illinois Fighting Illini 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 

Athletics Director Mark Hollis 

Assoc. AD/Communications John Lewandowski 

Assoc. AD/External Relations Paul Schager 

Spartan Gameday Magazine Editor Ben Phlegar 

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GAME NOTES 

MICHIGAN STATE 

SPARTANS 

Welcome to Spartan Stadium for this afternoon’s 95th Homecoming game 

as No. 13/11 Michigan State plays host to Illinois. The Spartans improved 

to 6-0 (2-0 Big Ten) for the first time since 1999 with their 34-17 win at 

Michigan last weekend, while Illinois moved to 3-2 (1-1 Big Ten) with a 33- 

13 victory at Penn State. 

FIRST-AND-10 

• Today’s game marks the 44th meeting between Michigan State and 

Illinois. The Spartans lead the all-time series 24-17-2, including a 12- 

8-1 record in games played in Spartan Stadium. With its 24-14 win at 

Memorial Stadium last season, Michigan State has won 10 of the last 11 

meetings in the series. 

Edwin Baker rushed 22 times for 147 yards against Michigan, including a 61-yard TD run in the second quarter. 

• Michigan State is 61-30-3 (.665) in 94 Homecoming games, including 

a 4-4-1 record against Illinois. The Spartans have won three straight 

Homecoming games and 10 of their last 14. MSU has a 47-21-2 record 

(.686) in Homecoming contests played in October. 

VS 

ILLINOIS 

FIGHTING ILLINI 

OCT. 16, 2010 • sparTan sTadium • easT lansing, miCh. 

After missing the Northern Colorado and Wisconsin games for health reasons, Coach Dantonio returned for the Michigan 

game. Dantonio coached the game from the press box at Michigan Stadium. 

• Michigan State is 6-0 for just the seventh time in school history and the 

first time since 1999. The Spartans also started out 6-0 in 1913, 1951, 

1952, 1965, 1966 and 1999. MSU hasn’t started a season 7-0 since 

1966 and has only done so five times in program history (1913, 1951, 

1952, 1965, 1966). 

• With the win over No. 11 Wisconsin and No. 18 Michigan, it marks the 

first time MSU has defeated ranked teams on back-to-back Saturdays 

since 1974 (Nov. 2 vs. No. 20 Wisconsin; Nov. 9 vs. No. 1 Ohio State). 

It’s also the first time MSU has defeated ranked teams in back-to-back 

games since 1999 (Nov. 20 vs. No. 13 Penn State and Jan. 1 vs. No. 10 

Florida). 

• Michigan State ranks third in the Big Ten and No. 14 in the NCAA FBS 

in rushing offense, averaging 225.0 yards per game. Sophomore Edwin 

Baker (113.8 yards per game) and freshman Le’Veon Bell (91.5 ypg.) 

rank fourth and sixth, respectively, in the Big Ten in rushing, and MSU 

is one of only two teams in the FBS (Nevada) to have two running backs 

ranked among the top 40 nationally in rushing (Baker, 15th; Bell, 36th). 

With 249 yards on the ground as a team against Michigan, MSU has now 

run for more than 200 yards in five games this season. Under head coach 

Mark Dantonio, Michigan State is 13-2 in games it gains 200-plus yards 

rushing. 

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SPARTANS 

• Senior linebackers Greg Jones and Eric Gordon have combined for 684 

career tackles - the most by any active linebacker duo in the NCAA FBS 

(Connecticut’s Lawrence Wilson and Scott Lutrus rank second with 683 

combined stops). 

• Junior quarterback Kirk Cousins ranks among MSU’s all-time leaders 

in passing efficiency (first at 149.9), completion percentage (second 

at .638), touchdown passes (seventh at 31), passing yards (eighth at 

4,406) and pass completions (ninth at 329). Cousins also is listed among 

NCAA FBS active leaders in both passing efficiency (fifth) and completion 

percentage (ninth). 

• Michigan State ranks second in the Big Ten and tied for 13th in the nation 

with a +5 turnover margin. The Spartans recorded three interceptions in 

the win at Michigan and have nine total for the season after having just 

six all of 2009. In addition, MSU has forced 14 turnovers, which already 

equals last year’s total. 

• Dan Conroy made both of his field-goal attempts (38 yards and 28 yards) 

in the win over Michigan. He is now 10-for-10 in his career, becoming the 

first Spartan field goal kicker to make his first 10 attempts. Conroy is a 

perfect 9-for-9 on field-goal attempts this season. 

• Senior Aaron Bates currently ranks second in the Big Ten and No. 13 in 

the NCAA in punting with his 45.2-yard average. Bates is listed among 

MSU’s all-time leaders in punting yards (fourth at 9,426), punts (fourth at 

227) and punting average (seventh at 41.5). 

TRENTON ROBINSON NAMED BIG TEN 

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK 

Junior safety Trenton Robinson was named the Big Ten Defensive 

Player of the Week for his performance in MSU’s 34-17 win at Michigan 

last Saturday. Robinson recorded seven tackles, an interception and a pass 

breakup to help the Michigan State defense hold Michigan to season-lows 

Senior linebacker Eric Gordon takes down Michigan quarterback 

Denard Robinson for a 4-yard loss in the third quarter. The 

Spartans held Robinson to a season-low 86 rushing yards. 

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in points (17), rushing 

yards (162) and total 

yards (377). 

The Bay City, Mich., 

native ended the 

Wolverines’ opening 

drive by picking off a 

pass in the end zone. 

MSU’s Johnny Adams 

and Chris L. Rucker 

also had interceptions 

in the game for the 

Spartans. 

Robinson ranks 

first in the Big Ten 

and tied for third 

nationally in passes 

defended with eight 

(six pass break-ups, 

two interceptions). 

ILLINOIS 


Kirk Cousins completed 18-of-25 passes for 284 yards last Saturday as 

he became the first Spartan starting quarterback to beat Michigan twice 

since Jimmy Raye (1966-67). 

It marked the first time in his career Robinson had been named Big Ten 

Defensive Player of the Week. MSU has had either a Big Ten Player of the 

Week or a Big Ten Freshman of the Week every week this season. 

2010 BIG TEN PLAYER/FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK HONOREES-MSU 

Week 1: Le’Veon Bell (Freshman) 

Week 2: Dan Conroy (Special Teams) 

Week 3: Aaron Bates (Special Teams), Le’Veon Bell (Freshman) 

Week 4: Greg Jones(Defense) 

Week 5: Keshawn Martin (Special Teams) 

Week 6: Trenton Robinson (Defense) 

NOTES FROM THE MICHIGAN GAME 

• With the 34-17 win at Michigan last Saturday, Michigan State recorded its 

third-straight win over the Wolverines for the first time since 1965-67. It 

also marked the first time MSU has won back-to-back games in Michigan 

Stadium since 1965 (24-7) and 1967 (34-0); the Spartans won in 2008 

in Ann Arbor, 35-21. 

• Michigan State racked up 536 yards of total offense against the 

Wolverines, the most-ever by a MSU team against Michigan and the fifthmost 

allowed by Michigan in its history. 

• The 17-point margin of victory was the largest for MSU over Michigan 

since 1967 (34-0). 

• Coach Dantonio is now 3-1 against Michigan, joining Charlie Bachman as 

the only other MSU coach to beat Michigan in three of their first four tries. 

Bachman won four of his first five games against Michigan (1933-37). 

• MSU had five plays of 40-plus yards against the Wolverines: Edwin Baker 

61-yard TD run in second quarter; Le’Veon Bell 41-yard TD run in second 

quarter; Mark Dell 41-yard TD reception from Cousins in third quarter; 

Keith Nichol 42-yard reception from Cousins; Dell 44-yard reception from 

Cousins in fourth quarter. 

SCOUTING ILLINOIS 

Illinois is 3-2 on the season after recording its first-ever win at Penn State 

last week, 33-13, in Beaver Stadium. The Fighting Illini went 2-1 in nonconference 

play with wins over Northern Illinois and Southern Illinois while 

falling to Missouri. Illinois lost a hard-fought game to Ohio State, 24-13, in 

the Big Ten opener.


SPARTANS 

Michigan State 

(6-0, 2-0 Big Ten) 

Head Coach: Mark Dantonio (South Carolina, 1978) 

MSU Record: 28-17 (.622), fourth year 

Overall Record: 46-34 (.575), seventh year 

Sept. 4 WESTERN MICHIGAN ..............W, 38-14 

Sept. 11 vs. Florida Atlantic (1) ..............W, 30-17 

Sept. 18 NOTRE DAME ..................W, 34-31 (OT) 

Sept. 25 NORTHERN COLORADO ............W, 45-7 

Oct. 2 WISCONSIN ............................ W, 34-24 

Oct. 9 at Michigan .............................W, 34-17 

Oct. 16 ILLINOIS .................................... 12 p.m. 

Oct. 23 at Northwestern ........................ 12 p.m. 

Oct. 30 at Iowa ............................................TBA 

Nov. 6 MINNESOTA ....................................TBA 

Nov. 20 PURDUE ..........................................TBA 

Nov. 27 at Penn State ...................................TBA 

(1) Detroit, Mich. – Ford Field 

Team Statistics MSU OPP 

Scoring 215 110 

Points per game 35.8 18.3 

Rushing Yardage 1350 668 

Average per rush 5.8 3.5 

Average per game 225.0 111.3 

TDs rushing 15 4 

Passing Yardage 1489 1352 

Compt.-Att.-Int. 104-153-4 123-227-9 


TDs Passing 11 10 

Total Offense 2839 2020 


Fumbles-Lost 7-5 11-5 

Third Down Conversions 27/75 31/87 

Sacks By-Yards 6-57 13-104 

MICHIGAN STATE LEADERS 

Rushing Att. Yds. Avg. TD 

Edwin Baker 97 683 7.0 6 

Le’Veon Bell 71 549 7.7 8 

Passing Yards Comp. Att. Yds. TD 

Kirk Cousins 99 145 1416 10 

Receiving No. Yds. Avg. TD 

Keshawn Martin 22 288 13.1 1 

B.J. Cunningham 22 255 11.6 3 

Tackles Solo Asst. Total TFL 

Greg Jones 19 27 46 5.0 

Chris L. Rucker 24 16 40 3.0 

Eric Gordon 16 24 40 2.5 

Trenton Robinson 16 22 38 - 


Senior center John Stipek proudly holds the Paul Bunyan Trophy after the win over Michigan. 

Illinois’ defense is only allowing 17.0 points per game, 

which is third-fewest in the Big Ten and 21st nationally. In 

addition, the Illini rank third in the conference and 20th in the 

FBS in total defense (304.8 ypg.). Junior linebacker Martez 

Wilson is third in the league with 46 tackles, including five 

for losses (23 yards) and two sacks (18 yards). 

Offensively, the Illini feature a dual threat at quarterback as 

red-shirt freshman Nathan Scheelhaase has thrown for 640 

yards (128.0 ypg.) and four touchdowns while also gaining 

277 yards on the ground (55.4 ypg.) with two touchdowns. 

Junior Mikel Leshoure heads the rushing attack, as his 

119.4-yard average ranks second in the Big Ten and 11th 

in the nation. 

A GLANCE AHEAD 

Michigan State will travel to Evanston, Ill., to face the 

Northwestern Wildcats Saturday, Oct. 23 at 12 p.m. ET. The 

game will be televised on ESPN. 

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. 

ILLINOIS 


Illinois 

(3-2, 1-1 Big Ten) 

Head Coach: Ron Zook (Miami-Ohio, 1976) 

UI Record: 24-41 (.369), sixth year 

Overall Record: 47-55 (.461), ninth year 

Sept. 4 vs. Missouri (1) .........................L, 13-23 

Sept. 11 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS ................ W, 35-3 

Sept. 18 NORTHERN ILLINOIS .............. W, 28-22 

Oct. 2 OHIO STATE ..............................L, 13-24 

Oct. 9 at Penn State ...........................W, 33-13 

Oct. 16 at Michigan State ...................... 12 p.m. 

Oct. 23 INDIANA .................................... 12 p.m. 

Oct. 30 PURDUE ..........................................TBA 

Nov. 6 at Michigan .....................................TBA 

Nov. 13 MINNESOTA ....................................TBA 

Nov. 20 vs. Northwestern (2) ..............3:30 p.m. 

Dec. 3 at Fresno State ..................... 10:15 p.m. 

(1) St. Louis, MO – Edward Jones Dome 

(2) Chicago, IL – Wrigley Field 

Team Statistics UI OPP 

Scoring 122 85 

Points per game 24.4 17.0 

Rushing Yardage 1088 585 

Average per rush 4.9 3.7 


TDs rushing 7 3 

Passing Yardage 677 939 

Comp.-Att.-Int. 61-104-6 95-155-3 


TDs Passing 5 6 

Total Offense 1765 1524 


Fumbles-Lost 6-4 5-4 

Third Down Conversions 25/65 24/72 

Sacks By-Yards 12-88 8-39 

ILLINOIS LEADERS 

Rushing Att. Yds. Avg. TD 

Mikel Leshoure 104 597 5.7 3 

Nathan Scheelhaase 59 277 4.7 2 

Passing Yards Comp. Att. Yds. TD 

Nathan Scheelhaase 58 98 640 4 

Receiving No. Yds. Avg. TD 

A.J. Jenkins 20 282 14.1 3 

Jarred Fayson 20 161 8.1 0 

Tackles Solo Asst. Total TFL 

Martez Wilson 20 26 46 5.0 

Ian Thomas 17 17 34 4.0 

Nate Bussey 16 18 34 3.5 

Travon Bellamy 21 10 31 4.0 


Jon Misch: 

The Hidden Talent of the Defense 

By Brittany McCormick, MSU Athletic Communications Student Assistant 

Senior linebacker Jon Misch is good at using his hands. 

He can take down running backs, fight off tight ends, and 

record tackles. Or, he could just casually sit down to play a 

classical piece of Mozart on the piano. 

The 6-3, 207 pound, Waterford, Mich., native doubles 

as both a key player on the Spartan defense and a classical 

trained pianist. He is passionate and successful in both the 

football and musical aspects of his life, which he has been 

involved in for quite some time. 

Misch began his football career at the age of 7 when 

he played for the Multi Lake Gators. His love for the sport 

grew as he advanced throughout middle school and into high 

school. Misch attended Orchard Lake St. Mary’s high school 

where he recorded 122 tackles, including 15 sacks, in 12 

games as a senior and served as the captain of the varsity 

wrestling team. 

“I didn’t expect wrestling to help me out in football when 

I first started in seventh grade,” said Misch. “Once I got into 

high school and started doing well with it, it really helped 

me with working off of blocks. I was a defensive end in high 

school and it really helped me with dragging the arm over and 

making moves that I didn’t know before.” 

Misch eventually switched over to linebacker when he 

was recruited to come to Michigan State by former head 

coach John L. Smith. He redshirted during his first season 

for the Spartans but started the first six games of 2007 and 

compiled nine tackles in his collegiate debut against UAB. 

He saw action in all 12 regular-season games, registering 22 

tackles, but had to sit out the Champs Sports Bowl with a 

broken foot. 

Ready to make an impact as a sophomore in 2008, he 

broke his foot again, having to miss the first six games of 

the season. 

“Being injured, you kind of feel like you’re distanced and 

you don’t really know your plays because you have to sit on 

the sidelines,” said Misch. “Once I started getting back into 

the rotation it was like a dream come true.” 

Battling injuries has not been the hardest obstacle for 

Misch during his career for the Green and White. He faces 

criticism almost on a daily basis for being too small for his 

position. 

Misch said, “I have always prided myself in taking on 

challenges. Everybody will tell you I am too small to be a 

linebacker. I take pride in being the opposite of what they 

believe I am. Since I’m small I have to run through everything 

I hit, so I have to try to hit like I’m 240 pounds.” 

With his 68 career tackles so far at MSU, 18 coming from 

the first six games of his senior season, it’s evident that Misch 


hits just as well as some 

of the bigger linebackers. 

Misch has had his hand in 

some memorable plays for 

the Spartans, including a 

key stop in Michigan State’s 

2009 win at Purdue that 

secured a bowl bid. With the 

Boilermakers driving down 

the field late in the fourth 

quarter and MSU clinging to 

a 37-34 lead, Misch made a 

pivotal third-down tackle for 

no gain, forcing Purdue to 

kick a field goal for the tie. On 

the ensuing drive, MSU kicked 

the game-winning field goal 

for the 40-37 victory. 

Misch’s hard work and dedication to the team stands out 

to both the coaching staff and other players. When he is not 

out on the field with his teammates, he can be found playing 

an instrument – whether it’s the piano, which he has been 

playing since he was 12, or guitar, the newest instrument he 

taught himself how to play. 

“I learned how to play the piano from my cousin,” said 

Misch. “After five years I was playing concert level pieces 

and playing concerts at my high school. I’m the first person 

in my family to play. I pride myself on my piano. It means 

so much.” 

If he happens to find some downtime, Misch likes to 

tune up Guitar Hero since he was once ranked in the top 

one percent of the nation for his skill on the popular video 

game. Misch has also had the opportunity to showcase his 

musical talents to his teammates during the talent shows at 

bowl events. 

“It was kind of funny, no 

one on the team really knew 

I played piano going into the 

Champs Sports Bowl,” said 

Misch. “When I got up on stage 

I first played Mary Had a Little 

Lamb and then broke out in a 

concert piece. Everyone was 

surprised.” 

Misch will graduate with 

a degree in humanities and 

aspires to be back on the 

sidelines next fall as a graduate 

Jon Misch wowed the crowd as he played the piano at the 2007 Champs Sports Bowl luncheon. 

assistant for Coach Dantonio while pursing a master’s degree 

in sports administration. He already has some experience with 

coaching, after helping out with the team that got his career 

started in football – the Multi Lake Gators. Misch aided the 

coaching staff at some practices over the summer and was 

even honored as an honorary coach for their Homecoming 

game on Oct. 3. 

With the close of the 2010 season and Misch’s graduation, 

the Michigan State football team will be losing not only a 

strong linebacker and the team’s pianist, but a great leader 

on the field as well. 

“Everybody will tell you that this team is closer than we 

have ever been,” said Misch. “Everybody is best friends. It’s 

great just to come into practice because we are having a 

great time all the time. That’s what I’m going to miss the 

most – all my best friends just being able to come out here 

everyday and play.” 

GETTING TO KNOW JON: 

FaVOriTe plaCe On Campus: Spartan Stadium 

FaVOriTe T.V. shOW: Spongebob Squarepants 

FaVOriTe FOOd: “My mom’s homemade southwestern 

chicken egg rolls.” 

FaVOriTe dream VaCaTiOn spOT: Australia 

FaVOriTe spOrT OTher Than FOOTBall: Wrestling 

FaVOriTe COnCerT pieCe: Ballard in G Minor by Chopin

J’Michael Deane: 

Persistence Pays Off 

By Michael Caples, MSU Athletic Communications Student Assistant 

The first time J’Michael Deane ran through the Spartan 

Stadium tunnel, he needed some help from his teammates, in 

the form of a smack on the helmet. 

“I think the most people I had at one of my games was like 

400 people,” the fifth-year senior offensive tackle said. “The 

first time I came out the tunnel and seeing thousands upon 

thousands of people cheering for us, it was like, astonishing. 

It was overwhelming…it was pretty cool. 

“Basically I got hit in the head when I started slowing 

down. Somebody hit me in the head and I realized I had to 

get to the sidelines.” 

The shock of more than 70,000 people cheering them on 

is something new for every Spartan, but it was extra shocking 

for Deane, who grew up in Toronto, Ontario. Despite growing 

up in a country known primarily known for hockey, Deane 

found the sport he was destined for based off his struggles 

on the basketball court. 

“I just went from sport to sport to sport,” Deane said of his 

childhood search for the right sport. “I was playing basketball, 

and I always got fouled out because I was too rough. People 

said, ‘why don’t you come out and play football?’ So I went 

and tried it out, and I’ve loved it ever since.” 

Deane is the only current Spartan who did not grow up 

in the United States. Former coach John L. Smith and his 

staff discovered him during combine camps in Toronto. The 

offensive lineman, who was drafted by the Calgary Stampede 

of the Canadian Football League last year, said that besides 

an increased space between the two teams before each 

snap, there’s not much of a difference between American 

and Canadian football. 

“For a lineman in the trenches, it’s basically that you’ve 

got that yard off the ball,” Deane said. “Other than that, 

there’s different rules, but as a lineman, the only thing that 

changed for me is how close everything is. Back home, you 

have that little yard burst at the line of scrimmage, now it’s 

like, they’re right there, they’re right on the ball.” 

Adjusting off the field has been an enjoyable experience 

for the Spartan right tackle. 

“I really had no real problem,” Deane said of moving to 

East Lansing. “I thought it was pretty cool. I got a whole new 

start, meeting a whole new different culture of people. It’s 

more or less the same, but I don’t even know how to explain 

it. But I like the culture here, the atmosphere.” 

Deane credited former Spartan offensive tackle Jesse 

Miller for helping with the transition to college life in an 

American city. 

“He was my host actually when they recruited me, and he 

showed me a great time,” Deane said. “Since I’ve come up 

here, we’ve been best friends ever since. I guess basically 

having him around for the first three years, it helped me 

out a lot. He’s a great friend, a great teacher, a great role 

model; he’s helped me out a lot. I still hang out with him to 

this day.” 

One issue Deane did not have to deal with was parents 

trying to keep him home. Deane had a gigantic smile on his 

face as he described how his parents Art and Sheryl felt 

about their son moving to a different country for college. 

“I’m the first person in my family to get a full-ride 

scholarship playing football in a Big Ten school,” Deane said. 

“They were so proud. They haven’t been happier. Every time 

I come home, it’s just smiles, and they love coming out here 

to watch us play.” 

And Deane’s parents were in attendance for the Spartans’ 

season-opening win over Western Michigan to watch a 

significant milestone – Deane starting. Deane started one 

game last year, but this season, the offensive tackle position 

on the right side of the line was his to lose. The offensive 

lineman said that while he knew he had finally earned a 

starting spot, the reality didn’t set in until he heard the 

announcement on the Spartan Stadium speaker system 

during warm-ups. 

“It really didn’t settle in until the first 

game, when I saw it on the big screen,” 

Deane said. “They were saying ‘starting 

offensive lineman from Toronto, Canada, 

J-Michael Deane.’ I was like ‘wow’, that 

sent chills down my spine. I finally, at that 

moment, I finally made it.” 

Deane said that there was a time where 

he wondered if MSU was the right place for 

him. The fifth-year senior went through a 

position change (he started as a defensive 

lineman), a coaching change, and limited 

playing time the last three years. But the 

Toronto native said that he learned who was 

truly there for him during his rough times. 

“There was a point where I was like, 

‘am I good enough?’” Deane said. “I started 

wavering in confidence, and then I don’t 

know, just basically having the support group 

that I have, my friends, my family, telling you 

to keep going, it’s basically just handling 

adversity. We talk about handling adversity all the time…just 

keep on pushing, keep on fighting through. If you fight for 

what you want, you’re going to get it eventually.” 

Deane pointed to offensive line coach Dan Roushar and 

the MSU coaching staff for keeping him motivated, and 

showing him they wanted to succeed. 

“When you have a coach yelling at you, you know that 

he cares, that he’s trying to push you to get you to earn that 

spot,” Deane said. “After practice, if I’ve had a bad practice, 

he’ll come up to me and say, ‘J’Michael, I see great things 

coming for you, you just need to be more consistent.’ Just 

knowing that he cares and is pushing me to be better really 

helped a lot.” 

The yelling and screaming has paid off. Deane and the 

offensive line’s protection has allowed the Spartan offense to 

average 473.2 yards per game, including 225.0 yards on the 

ground. But Deane doesn’t take any credit himself, saying he 

is only part of one cohesive unit. 

“I don’t see myself as an individual anymore,” Deane said. 

“I’m Chris McDonald, I’m John Stipek, I’m Joel Foreman, 

I’m D.J. Young. We’re all one unit. I don’t think as myself 

as J’Michael Deane anymore, I just feel that I’m a Michigan 

State offensive lineman.” 

GETTING TO KNOW J’MICHAEL: 

FaVOriTe aThleTe: “I don’t have one…I just like 

watching the players go out there and compete 

and learn from them. I’m always watching what the 

offensive line is doing, I try to learn from what I’m 

seeing watching the line during Sunday games.” 

iF YOu COuld Trade plaCes WiTh anYOne, WhO 

WOuld iT Be? “I really like my life right now. I don’t 

think there’s anything else I’d rather be doing. I’m 

playing Big Ten football, and I’ve still got a lot of things 

to discover.” 

FaVOriTe sOng: Ludacris, “Get Out the Way” 

FaVOriTe mOVie: “I really like zombie movies, so 

either Land of the Dead or Dawn of the Dead.” 

pregame riTual: “I don’t really have one. I just come 

in, sit down, get dressed, hold my helmet, look at my 

helmet, and I chant in my head ‘dominate, dominate, 

dominate.’ 


Nick Bendzuck: 

A Rewarding Journey to a 

Big Ten Scholarship 

By Hannah Case, MSU Athletic Communications Student Assistant 

Michigan State senior fullback Nick Bendzuck has always 

dreamed of playing Big Ten football. After his freshman year 

at Division II Mercyhurst College in Erie, Pa., he decided to 

reach for those dreams. 

“I have always wanted to play football at a Big Ten school. 

And since that dream was still inside of me, I thought, ‘why 

not?’” said Bendzuck. 

Originally from Strongsville, Ohio, Bendzuck transferred 

to MSU his sophomore year with every intention of playing for 

head coach Mark Dantonio. He immediately realized the two 

schools were different in more ways than just the size of the 

student population. 

“Everything at MSU is a little bit faster and a little bit 

sharper,” Bendzuck said. “It took some time to get used to, 

but like everything, you adjust.” 

Bendzuck’s natural tendency to give it his all helped him 

adapt to the atmosphere of Big Ten football. Although he sat 

out all of 2007 because of transfer rules and played in just 

one game in 2008, he developed a role on the scout team 

during practice, being named Scout Team Player of the Week 

three times during those two seasons. 

As a junior in 2009, Bendzuck earned his way onto 

the playing field as a member of the special teams unit, 

appearing in 10 games to earn his first letter. He entered his 

senior season looking to contribute on special teams and as 

a back-up fullback on offense. But everything changed on 

Sept. 4 in the 2010 season opener. 

Fellow senior fullback Josh Rouse suffered a serious 

neck injury in the first quarter against Western Michigan, an 

unfortunate accident that has sidelined Rouse for the entire 

season. It was an emotional incident that initially rattled the 

Spartans, but eventually, has brought the team even closer. 


It also meant the team would now look to Bendzuck to fill the 

starting fullback position. 

“You never want to see a good teammate and a good friend 

get hurt,” said Bendzuck, who has played in every game this 

season, including starts against Notre Dame and Northern 

Colorado. “But in football they say you are always one play 

away. You never want an injury to be your opportunity, but 

when you are called upon you have to perform.” 

Bendzuck himself was injured last spring, so he 

understands how difficult it is when something important 

is taken away. Yet since that day, the relationship between 

Rouse and Bendzuck has been strengthened. From tips on 

the sideline to watching film during the week, Rouse has 

become his replacement’s personal cheering section. 

“He is probably my biggest supporter,” Bendzuck said. 

“We have a good rapport and that is a credit to his character. 

Although he is injured, he is still in good spirits and puts the 

team first.” 

The fullback’s “what have you done for me lately” attitude 

shows his determination to perform his best on every play. 

This mentality is one of the reasons Coach Dantonio offered 

him a full scholarship this year. When he heard the news of 

the scholarship, Bendzuck was surprised, but happy to know 

his diligence was being validated. He explained that the 

money was exciting; however, the respect and support he 

earned from his teammates was most important. 

“I was speechless. I almost thought I was daydreaming 

until Coach D told me to sign the papers,” said Bendzuck. 

“All the hard work, time, and effort I put in finally culminated 

into one big payoff.” 

The scholarship also brought another perk for him. No 

longer would he be located along “walk-on alley”, a row in 

Josh Rouse and Nick Bendzuck celebrate following MSU’s 

win at Michigan last Saturday. 

the locker room that’s typically filled with walk-ons. 

“I was there for three years and it’s a tough spot to get 

out of,” said Bendzuck. “Only a few can say they’ve moved 

on from walk-on alley.” 

Now that his dreams have come true and his time at 

Michigan State is closing in, Bendzuck recalls the message 

he gave in his memorable senior speech during preseason 

camp. Bendzuck emphasized to his teammates that they 

should respect every opponent, take the season one week at 

a time, and enjoy every day. 

“In general, we look ahead in life too much,” he said. “You 

might be so worried about an exam you have in three weeks, 

you won’t remember what you learned today.” 

After graduating this December with a finance degree, 

Bendzuck hopes he will leave an imprint on the Spartan 

football program. He wants to be remembered by his 

teammates as a blue-collar player who worked hard every 

day. 

“They might make the play, but I’m going to hit them 

while they’re doing it,” Bendzuck said, speaking like a true 

fullback. 

Although he is unsure where his dreams will take him 

next, Bendzuck is certain that sports – especially football – 

will always be a part of his life.

Alex Shackleton: 

Mastering the Art of Long Snapping 

By Bobby Busley, MSU Athletic Communications Student Assistant 

Alex Shackleton’s number 56 jersey is not sold at the 

Student Bookstore. His name is not familiar to the casual 

Spartan fan, and the position he plays is not one that kids 

mimic in their backyards like a touchdown catching receiver 

or a tackle-juking running back. 

Shackleton, a fifth-year senior and one-time walk-on 

from Breckenridge, Colo., is the long snapper. It is a position 

that requires consistent technical precision, steely nerves 

and offers little thanks, and Shackleton has met those 

responsibilities as a starter in every game of his eligibility. 

In every game since the 2007 season, each time a Spartan 

punter or field goal kicker has been on the field, so has 

Shackleton. 

“I’ve started every game,” Shackleton said after a recent 

practice. “I’m at 45 starts now.” 

Shackleton came to East Lansing as a preferred walkon 

to be the long snapper, a position he worked toward 

perfecting in high school. 

“I tried out for punter in high school, because my mom 

and dad told me they wanted me to be a kicker so that way I 

could not get hurt,” Shackleton said. 

After not being as good at punting as he would have hoped 

(says Shackleton: “I was terrible”), his coach suggested that 

he try his hand at long snapping. 

“All I got was the very basic how to throw between your 

legs kind of spiel from my coach,” Shackleton said. “I started 

throwing it back and was pretty good at it.” 

So good that after proving his ability during his 2007 redshirt 

freshman season, in which he appeared in all 13 games 

and earned a letter, Shackleton was awarded a scholarship 

before the next season began. He has been the anchor of the 

special teams corps ever since. 

Throughout his tenure as long snapper, the kicking game 

has been tops in the conference, with kicker Brett Swenson 

taking honors in 2009 as the Big Ten kicker with the most field 

goals (19) and points scored (101). This season, sophomore 

kicker Dan Conroy is the only Big Ten placekicker with zero 

field goal misses, going 9-for-9 so far. 

“Everybody says that Penn State is ‘Linebacker U’ – well, 

then we’re ‘Kicker U’, and that’s the way it’s been,” Shackleton 

said. “I just love being a part of that tradition. People know 

that the kicking game is going to be good here. Whether it’s 

the long snapper, the punter or the kicker, it’s going to be 

good, if not the best. That’s something to be proud of.” 

The long snapper position, while of utmost importance 

to the effectiveness of the special teams, is one that goes 

routinely unnoticed. This is a fact that Shackleton has come 

to accept and embrace. 

“It’s like they say, nobody notices me until I screw up,” 

he said. “Coming in, the first couple of years that I started 

that was a little difficult to deal 

with. Once I kind of made it my 

own thing I was just happy about 

being here and grateful that I’m 

here playing, that’s all I really care 

about anymore. I don’t care if I get 

any glory.” 

This season, not only has 

Shackleton been perfect with 

his snaps, but he was also a 

part of what may go down as 

one of Spartan Football’s most 

memorable plays – the gamewinning 

fake-field goal in overtime 

against Notre Dame. While holder Aaron Bates connected 

with a 29-yard pass to tight end Charlie Gantt, it couldn’t 

have happened without Shackleton getting the snap off just 

in time for the play to go forward. 

“[Coach Dantonio] made a comment early in the game: 

‘We’re going to play to win.’ And that’s why we ran that fake,” 

Shackleton said. “I remember having the ball and being 

confident that it was just going to go right where it needed 

to go because I knew exactly what was going to happen with 

the snap.” 

The consistency of Shackleton’s flawless execution and 

workmanlike approach to his position over the past four 

seasons was epitomized in that single snap. 

“I was so confident with myself that it was going to be 

perfect,” he said. “Being able to be a part of that play, I can’t 

explain it.” 

GETTING TO KNOW ALEX: 

maJOr: Geography 

FaVOriTe plaCe TO sKi: Breckenridge, Colo. 

FirsT Car: 1987 Saab 900S 

pregame rOuTine: “I don’t have one, but I make sure Dan 

Conroy listens to ‘Can I Kick It’ by A Tribe Called Quest.” 

FaVOriTe spOrT OTher Than FOOTBall: Golf 

FaVOriTe TV shOW: South Park 

FaVOriTe prO aThleTe: Tanner Hall 


5 Johnny Adams 

CB • So. 

Akron, Ohio 

24 Le’Veon Bell 

RB • Fr. 

Reynoldsburg, Ohio 

94 Taylor Calero 

DE • Fr. 

Beverly Hills, Mich. 

8 Kirk Cousins 

QB • Jr. 

Holland, Mich. 

65 Michael Dennis 

OL • Fr. 

Carey, Ohio 


2010 MICHIGAN STATE SPARTANS 

28 Denicos Allen 

LB • R-Fr. 

Hamilton, Ohio 

42 Nick Bendzuck 

FB • Sr.-5 

Strongsville, Ohio 

22 Larry Caper 

RB • So. 

Battle Creek, Mich. 

3 B.J. Cunningham 

WR • Jr. 

Westerville, Ohio 

71 John Deyo 

OT • So. 


87 Todd Anderson 

DE • Jr. 

Jackson, Mich. 

22 Josh Bodell 

CB • Sr.-5 

Frankfort, Mich. 

85 Garrett Celek 

TE • Jr. 

Cincinnati, Ohio 

65 Doug Curtis 

DT • So. 

Weston, Conn. 

12 Dana Dixon 

CB • R-Fr. 

Detroit, Mich. 

4 Edwin Baker 

RB • So. 

Highland Park, Mich. 

6 Joe Boisture 

QB • Fr. 

Goodrich, Mich. 

87 Milton Colbert 

WR • Jr. 

Villa Park, Ill. 

77 J’Michael Deane 

OT • Sr.-5 

Toronto, Ontario 

52 Denzel Drone 

DE • R-Fr. 

Plant City, Fla. 

79 David Barrent 

OT • R-Fr. 

Clive, Iowa 

34 Andre Buford 

RB • So. 

Waterford, Mich. 

4 Dan Conroy 

K • So. 

Wheaton, Ill. 

2 Mark Dell 

WR • Sr. 

Farmington Hills, Mich. 

27 Kurtis Drummond 

S • Fr. 

Masury, Ohio 

18 Aaron Bates 

P • Sr. 

New Concord, Ohio 

40 Max Bullough 

LB • Fr. 

Traverse City, Mich. 

73 Henry Conway 

OT • R-Fr. 

Shaker Heights, Ohio 

31 Darqueze Dennard 

DB • Fr. 

Dry Branch, Ga. 

41 Kyler Elsworth 

LB • So. 

Goodrich, Mich.

19 Danny Folino 

S • R-Fr. 

Okemos, Mich. 

49 TyQuan Hammock 

LB • R-Fr. 

Fort Wayne, Ind. 

11 Marcus Hyde 

S • Sr.-5 

Fostoria, Ohio 

69 Shawn Kamm 

OL • Fr. 

Saginaw, Mich. 

83 Charlie Gantt 

TE • Sr.-5 

Farmington Hills, Mich. 


67 Joel Foreman 

OG • Jr. 

Highland, Mich. 

2 Mylan Hicks 

DB • Fr. 


63 Travis Jackson 

OL • Fr. 

New Albany, Ohio 

83 R.J. Kelly 

DE • So. 

East Lansing, Mich. 

50 Steve Gardiner 

LB • So. 

Dublin, Ohio 

13 Bennie Fowler 

WR • R-Fr. 

Bloomfield, Mich. 

20 Nick Hill 

RB • Fr. 

Chelsea, Mich. 

61 Antonio Jeremiah 

OG • Jr. 

Hilliard, Ohio 

72 Nate Klatt 

C • R-Fr. 

Clinton, Ohio 

2 William Gholston 

LB • Fr. 


97 Dan France 

DT • R-Fr. 

North Royalton, Ohio 

84 Derek Hoebing 

TE • So. 

Vermilion, Ohio 

26 Jesse Johnson 

S • Sr.-5 

Durand, Mich. 

54 Connor Kruse 

OL • Fr. 

Lowell, Mich. 

92 Andrew Gleichert 

TE • Fr. 

Ann Arbor, Mich. 

55 Corey Freeman 

DE • So. 

Cleveland Heights, Ohio 

91 Tyler Hoover 

DE • So. 

Novi, Mich. 

53 Greg Jones 

LB • Sr. 


33 Jeremy Langford 

RB/WR • Fr. 

Wayne, Mich. 

43 Eric Gordon 

LB • Sr.-5 


47 Jeremy Gainer 

LB • R-Fr. 


74 Zach Hueter 

OG • So. 

Columbiaville, Mich. 

23 Jairus Jones 

S • So. 

Tampa, Fla. 

9 Isaiah Lewis 

S • Fr. 

Indianapolis, Ind. 


88 Brian Linthicum 

TE • Jr. 

Charlottesville, Va. 

75 Jared McGaha 

OT • Jr. 

Powell, Tenn. 

7 Keith Nichol 

WR • Jr. 

Lowell, Mich. 

96 Kevin Pickelman 

NT • Sr. 

Marshall, Mich. 

29 Chris L. Rucker 

CB • Sr. 

Warren, Ohio 



14 Tony Lippett 

WR • Fr. 


36 Jon Misch 

LB • Sr.-5 


17 Kyle Nichol 

WR • R-Fr. 

Lowell, Mich. 

73 Arthur Ray Jr. 

OL • Jr. 

Chicago, Ill. 

68 Ethan Ruhland 

OG • So. 

Lake Orion, Mich. 

89 Cam Martin 

WR • Jr. 

Tampa, Fla. 

51 Steve Moore 

SN • So. 

Pinconning, Mich. 

10 Chris Norman 

LB • So. 


60 Micajah Reynolds 

OL • R-Fr. 

Lansing, Mich. 

45 Marcus Rush 

DE • Fr. 


82 Keshawn Martin 

WR • Jr. 

Inkster, Mich. 

17 Kevin Muma 

K • So. 

Troy, Mich. 

69 Blake Pacheco 

DL • Jr. 

Salinas, Calif. 

39 Trenton Robinson 

S • Jr. 

Bay City, Mich. 

3 Mike Sadler 

P • Fr. 

Grand Rapids, Mich. 

10 Andrew Maxwell 

QB • R-Fr. 

Midland, Mich. 

25 Keith Mumphery 

WR • Fr. 

Vienna, Ga. 

38 Niko Palazeti 

FB • Fr. 

Northville, Mich. 

44 Josh Rouse 

FB • Sr.-5 

Newtown, Conn. 

58 Jordan Sanders 

DL • Fr. 

Rochester, Mich. 

62 Chris McDonald 

OG • So. 

Sterling Heights, Mich. 

89 Colin Neely 

DE • Sr.-5 

Bethlehem, Pa. 

14 Chase Parker 

CB • Jr. 

Mason, Mich. 

16 Chris D. Rucker 

CB • Jr. 


70 Skyler Schofner 

OL • Fr. 

Sunbury, Ohio

26 David Spears 

RB • So. 

Muskegon, Mich. 

20 Kyle Selden 

P • Jr. 


93 Blake Treadwell 

NT • So. 

East Lansing, Mich. 


15 Donald Spencer 

WR • R-Fr. 

Ypsilanti, Mich. 

47 Adam Setterbo 

FB • Jr. 

Spring Lake, Mich. 

98 Anthony Rashad White 

DT • So. 


58 Hugh Stangeland 

OL • R-Fr. 

Ridgefield, Conn. 

56 Alex Shackleton 

SN • Sr.-5 

Breckenridge, Colo. 

32 Mitchell White 

CB • So. 

Livonia, Mich. 

48 Drew Stevens 

FB • So. 

Delaware, Ohio 

86 Fred Smith 

FB • So. 


99 Jerel Worthy 

DT • So. 

Huber Heights, Ohio 

66 John Stipek 

C • Sr.-5 

Macomb Township, Mich. 

81 Brad Sonntag 

WR • Jr. 


59 D.J. Young 

OT • Sr.-5 


57 Johnathan Strayhorn 

DE • Jr. 



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 


BOARD OF TRUSTEES 

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, Chairman 

Michigan State University Board of Trustees 

Joel I. Ferguson 

Chairman • 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 cofounder 

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 Byrum 

OnOnDaga 

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 Foster 

ViCe 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. mCnamara 

OKemOs 

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 reelected 

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.

DonalD W. nugent 

FranKFOrt 

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 Perles 

east 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. 

BOARD OF TRUSTEES 

Faylene oWen 

east 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 WooDarD 

BrOWnstOWn 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. 


UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT 

lou anna k. simon, Phd 

Lou Anna K. Simon is the 20th president of Michigan State University, 

leading the university in advancing the common global good. Her commitment 

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 Civitas, 

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 education. 

Under Simon’s leadership, in 2009, MSU opened its Detroit Center, a 

22,000-square-foot facility to foster and to enhance 21st-century learning 

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 student 

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 nonpartisan, 

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 externally 

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 approximately 

$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 international 

student enrollment, and is the sixth largest all-time producer 

of Peace Corps volunteers. 


ATHLETICS DIRECTOR 

maRk Hollis 

This is the vision Mark Hollis has for the Michigan State Athletics Department. 

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 directordesignate 

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, either 

at the school or conference level. His well-rounded background has led 

to his knowledge of all areas within an athletics department, including marketing, 

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 Committee. 

Hollis, a 1985 MSU graduate, returned to his alma mater in 1995. Since 

then, he has been a critical component of the athletic department executive 

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 tournament 

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 Championships. 

One of Hollis’ major goals upon becoming athletics director was accomplished 

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 collaborative 

effort between the athletics department and Nike that included 

input from university and athletic administration, coaches and studentathletes. 

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 previous 

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-toback 

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 


We gather and engage our 

community to teach, support and 

celebrate our student-athletes in 

their quest for excellence. 

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 facility 

expansion and upgrade. The Skandalaris Football Center includes new 

team, staff and position meeting rooms, coaches’ offices and a hall of history. 

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 donation 

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 Department 

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 between 

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 50,000watt 

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.


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 collegiate 

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, became 

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 nation’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 firstteam 

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 nationally. 

He also led the team and ranked among the national leaders 

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 cornerback 

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 attack 

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 record 

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 touchdown 

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 allconference 

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, earning 

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 Tennessee 

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 Baldwin 

(Chicago Bears, seventh round). 

From his first day on the job, Dantonio has pledged to support studentathletes 

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 undergraduate 

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 upand-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 schedule 

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, Dantonio’s 

Bearcats finished the 2006 regular season ranked among the NCAA 

leaders in six statistical categories. Six Bearcats earned All-BIG EAST honors 

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 backto-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 Associated 

Press. 

Dantonio came to Michigan State following four seasons under Glen Mason 

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 Sparrow 

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.

FOOTBALL STAFF 

Don treaDWell 

OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR 

WIDE RECEIVERS COACH 

Years at miChigan state: 

Seventh overall. Rejoined staff on Nov. 30, 2006, 

from Cincinnati. 


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 College 

(1997-98); running backs coach at North 

Carolina State (1999); receivers coach at Michigan 

State (2000-02); receivers coach and offensive 

coordinator at Ball State (2003); offensive 

coordinator at Cincinnati (2004-06). 

eDUCatiOn: 

Bachelor’s degree in physical education from 

Miami-Ohio in 1982. 


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 narDuzzI 

DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR 


Fourth. Joined staff on Dec. 6, 2006, from Cincinnati. 


College - Graduate assistant coach (1990-91) 

and receivers coach (1992) at Miami-Ohio; linebackers 

(1993-97) and defensive coordinator 

(1998-99) at Rhode Island; linebackers coach at 

Northern Illinois (2000-02); defensive coordinator 

at Miami-Ohio (2003); defensive coordinator 

at Cincinnati (2004-06). 

eDUCatiOn: 


Rhode Island in 1990; master’s degree in sports 

psychology from Miami-Ohio in 1992. 


College - Three-year starter at linebacker at 

Rhode Island (1987-89); one year at linebacker 

at Youngstown State (1985). 


Coach - 2003 GMAC Bowl, 2004 Fort Worth 

Bowl, 2007 Champs Sports Bowl, 2009 Capital 

One Bowl, 2010 Valero Alamo Bowl. 

harlon Barnett 

SECONDARY COACH 




College - Graduate assistant coach at LSU (2003); 

secondary coach at Cincinnati (2004-06). 

eDUCatiOn: 

Bachelor’s degree in communication from Michigan 

State in 1990. 


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, including 

stints with the Cleveland Browns (1990-92), 

New England Patriots (1993-94) and Minnesota 

Vikings (1995-96). 


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.


ted gill 

deFenSive Line cOAch 

YEARS AT MICHIGAN STATE: 

Fourth. Joined staff on Nov. 30, 2006, from Cincinnati. 

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 defensive 

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 Alouettes 

(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 




dan RoushaR 

OFFenSive Line cOAch 




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); quarterbacks 

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: 


Northern Illinois in 1984. 


College - Two-year letterwinner as a quarterback 

at Northern Illinois (1981-82). 


Coach - 1988 NCAA Division II Playoffs, 1991 

NCAA Division II Playoffs, 2007 Champs Sports 

Bowl, 2009 Capital One Bowl, 2010 Valero Alamo 

Bowl. 

BRad saleM 

Running BAckS cOAch 


First. Joined staff on Feb. 19, 2010, from Augustana 

(S.D.) College. 


College - Graduate assistant coach at Michigan 

State (1994-95); offensive and recruiting coordinator 

at Luther (Iowa) College (1997-98); passing 

game and recruiting coordinator at South 

Dakota (1999-2001); quarterbacks coach at 

Augustana College (2003); offensive coordinator 

at Augustana College (2004); head coach at 

Augustana College (2005-09). 

EDUCATION: 

Bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Augustana 

College in 1992; master’s degree in athletic 

administration from South Dakota in 1996. 


College – Quarterback at Northern Arizona 

(1988-89); quarterback and wide receiver at 

Augustana (1990-92). 


Coach – 1995 Independence Bowl, 2008 Mineral 

Water Bowl, 2009 Mineral Water Bowl.

MaRk staten 

TighT endS 

RecRuiTing cOORdinATOR 




College - Graduate assistant coach at Miami- 

Ohio (2001); graduate assistant coach at Ohio 

State (2002-03); tight ends/tackles and recruiting 

coordinator at Cincinnati (2004-06). 

EDUCATION: 

Bachelor’s degree in elementary education from 

Miami-Ohio in 2001. 


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). 


Coach - 2003 Fiesta, 2004 Fiesta, 2004 Fort 

Worth, 2007 Champs Sports Bowl, 2009 Capital 


Mike tRessel 

LineBAckeRS 

SpeciAL TeAmS cOAch 




College - Graduate assistant coach at South 

Dakota (1996-97); offensive line coach (1998- 

2000) and offensive coordinator/quarterbacks 

coach (2001) at Wartburg (Iowa) College; graduate 

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. 


College - Four-year starter in the secondary at 

Cornell (Iowa) College (1992-95). 


Coach - 1999 NCAA Division III Playoffs, 2003 

Fiesta Bowl, 2004 Fiesta Bowl, 2004 Fort Worth 




dave WaRneR 

QuARTeRBAckS cOAch 


Fourth. Joined the staff on Dec. 1, 2006, from 

Cincinnati. 


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 physical 

education from Syracuse in 1984. 


College - Three-year letterwinner as a quarterback 

at Syracuse (1979-81). 


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 allen 

diRecTOR OF FOOTBALL 

OpeRATiOnS 


Third. Joined staff on June 13, 2008, from Minnesota. 

COACHING EXPERIENCE: 

College - Wide receivers coach (1982-83) and 

defensive backs coach/special teams coordinator 

(1984-85) at Bethel College; defensive graduate 

assistant (1986), administrative assistant for 

football operations (1987) and director of football 

operations (1988-96) at Kansas; assistant athletics 

director for football operations at Minnesota 

(1997-2006). 

EDUCATION: 

Bachelor of Science in health, physical education 

and recreation from Bethel College in 1986. 


College - Two-year letterman as a wide receiver 

at Bethel College. 


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. 


ken Mannie 

heAd STRengTh & 

cOndiTiOning cOAch 


16th. Joined staff on Dec. 8, 1994, from Toledo. 


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 education 

from Akron in 1974; master’s degree in 

health and physical education with an emphasis 

in exercise science from Ohio State in 1985. 


College - Three-year letterman and two-year 

starter at offensive guard at Akron (1971-73). 


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. 

toMMy hoke 

ASSOciATe heAd STRengTh & 

cOndiTiOning cOAch 


Seventh. Joined staff on April 26, 2004, from Appalachian 

State. 


College - assistant track and field coach at UNC 

Wilmington (1991); assistant strength and conditioning 

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: 


UNC Wilmington in 1990; master’s degree in exercise 

science from Appalachian State in 1993. 


College - Lettered in track and field at UNC Wilmington 

(1990). 


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 Folino 

diRecTOR OF peRSOnneL/pLAyeR 

deveLOpmenT & ReLATiOnS 


16th overall. Rejoined staff in 2002. 


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); defensive 

backs coach at Rice (1986-87); defensive 

backs coach at Michigan State (1988-94); defensive 

backs coach at Albion College (1995-96); 

defensive coordinator at Alma College (1997); 

defensive backs coach and defensive coordinator 

at Vanderbilt (1998-2001). 

EDUCATION: 

Bachelor’s degree in education from Villanova in 

1971; master’s degree in educational administration 

from Ohio State in 1975. 


College – Three-year starter at free safety for 

Villanova. 


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 lunsFoRd 

diRecTOR OF execuTive 

FOOTBALL OpeRATiOnS 


Fourth on full-time staff as director of executive 

football operations. 

EXPERIENCE: 

College – Assistant to the recruiting coordinator 

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 administration 

from Michigan State in 2005. 


2007 Champs Sports Bowl, 2009 Capital One 

Bowl, 2010 Valero Alamo Bowl. 

Randy gillon 

SPEED COACH 

Zak Willis 

OFFENSIVE GR. ASST. 

aRChie Collins 

DEFENSIVE GR. ASST. 

Billy BuRghaRdt 

STR./COND. GR. ASST. 

PaM henning 

ASST. COACHES SECRETARY 

Reed sChuiteMa 

FOOTBALL OPS. GR. ASST. 

niCk siatRas 

VIDEO INTERN/DEFENSE 

JeFF duvendeCk 

VIDEO INTERN/OFFENSE 

Matt MuelleR 

OPS./RECRUITING INTERN 

niCk RuFFing 

STR./COND. GR. ASST. 

Cindy MeJoRado 

OFFICE ASST. 

siMone lavoie 

SPORTS OPS. ASST.

SuppORT STAFF 


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. 

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. 

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.

SPARTANS 

WILL. 

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

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.

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 

How do SpartanS 

fIghT poverTy 

and CLIMatE CHanGE? 

IN A NUTSheLL 

trEES. 

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.

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 

wHEn SpartanS JaM, 

MUSIC LeSSoNS 

tUrn Into 

LIfe LeSSoNS. 

epIC opporTUNITIeS ANd IMpACT 

16 years at No. 1 

Nation’s top-ranked 

graduate programs 

in elementary and 

secondary 

education 

Among the 

TOP 100 

universities 

in the world 

25 

national 

titles in 

athletics 

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. 

One of the 

nation’s 

TOP FIVE 

most sustainable 

campuses 

MORE THAN 

420,000 

ALUMNI 

WORLDWIDE

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 

Selected by 

U.S. Department 

of Energy for the 

$600 MILLION 

FACILITY FOR 

RARE ISOTOPE 

BEAMS 

No. 14 

Top places 

to work 

in academia 

wHat’S 

The SeCreT 

to KEEpInG tHE worLd’S watEr HEaLtHY? 

ASK A fISh. 

National leader in 

STUDY ABROAD 

among public 

universities for 

five straight years 

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. 

7,500 works 

spanning 5,000 

years in the 

university’s art 

museum 

No. 1 

in the nation 

NUCLEAR 

PHYSICS 

graduate program

SPARTAN 

EVERY SPARTAN 

EVERY 

BeTTer WorLd? 

BegIN WITh BeTTer 

drAINS. 

William Wenk 

Alumnus 

BS, landscape architecture, 1969 

Founder, 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. 

How 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?

SAGA 

HAS A SAGA 

A HAS 

Michigan 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 

TAKINg edUCATIoN 

To heArT. 

Jasmine Gary 

Alumna 

BA, social relations, 2006 

Program monitoring specialist, 

West Bay Collaborative and 

Rhode Island Department of 

Education 

Providence, 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.

Demmer Family Hall of History 

Entrance to Team Meeting Room 


The Pentecost Team Meeting Room

Duffy Daugherty 

BuilDing & 

SkanDalariS 

fOOtBall 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 


STUDENT-ATHLETE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM 

The mission of the Student-Athlete Development Program is to provide a 

systematic personal development program designed to reach each studentathlete 

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 & OUTREACH 

The PACT (Putting Athletes & Communities Together) program is designed 

to give student-athletes more opportunities to interact with the Greater 

Lansing community. 

• Telethon for Children’s Miracle Network 

• Relay for Life 

• Shoot for a Cure 

• March is Reading Month 

• Speaking Engagements/Special Requests 

• D.A.R.E. Graduations 

• Spartan Buddies 

• Teams for Toys 

CAREER DEVELOPMENT 

• Partner with MSU Career Center 

- Resumes 

- Cover Letters 

- Internships 

- Interviewing 

- Career Fairs 

• Spartan Career Network 

- network of contacts for 

student-athletes looking for job 

shadowing, internship, or job 

placement 


• Career Courses 

• Partnerships with Career 

Placement Companies 

- Game Theory Group 

- Career Athletes 

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT 

• Programming in the areas of: 

- Drug and Alcohol Awareness 

- Anti-Hazing 

-“Branded a Leader” 

- Mentors in Violence Prevention 

- Responsible Computing 

• Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) – representatives from each 

team work together to provide a voice to the Athletics Department and 

university administration as well as the NCAA 

ACADEMIC AWARDS & RECOGNITION 

• Annual Academic Excellence Gala • Student-Athlete of the Month 

• Champions in the Classroom • 4.0 Club 

• Academic All-Big Ten • Academic All-American 

• NCAA Woman of the Year • Great 8 Award 

• NCAA Post-graduate scholarships • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar 

MULTICULTURAL PROGRAMS 

Our 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.

STUDENT-ATHLETE SUPPORT SERVICES 

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 studentathlete’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 information 

and build an academic profile on each student-athlete, assessing his or 

her needs in advance. We also stay informed on the daily progress of each 

student-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: 

• Priority registration 

• Track academic progress 

• Monitor grades 

• Provide an individualized program for each student-athlete 

• Conduct eligibility meetings 

• Provide Learning Specialists Services 


Academic 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 SuCCeSS 

From 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.

aCaDeMiC 

all-aMeriCanS 


1952 

John Wilson, B (1st) * 

1953 

Donald Dohoney, E (1st) 

Carl Diener, E (2nd) 

1954 

Donald Kauth, E (2nd) 

1955 

Carl Nystrom, G (1st) 

1957 

Blanche Martin, B (1st) 

Robert Jewett, E (2nd) 

1958 

Richard Barker, E (2nd) 

Ellison Kelly, G (2nd) 

Blanche Martin, B (honorary) 

1960 

Edward Ryan, ROV (2nd) 

1964 

Eugene Washington, E (2nd) 

Richard Gordon, B (2nd) 

1965 

Donald Japinga, B (1st) 

Donald Bierowicz, T (1st) 

1966 

Patrick Gallinagh, T (1st) 

Allen Brenner, E (2nd) 

1968 

Allen Brenner, E/S (1st) 

1969 

Ronald Saul, G (1st) 

Richard Saul, E (1st) 

1973 

John Shinsky, T (1st) 

Richard Pawlak, T (2nd) 

1974 

Richard Baes, B (2nd) 

WHITE 2009 

1975 

Thomas Standal, MG (2nd) 

1976 

David Duda, DB (2nd) 

1977 

James Sciarini, G (2nd) 

Craig Fedore, LB (2nd) 

1979 

Alan Davis, DB (1st) 

1985 

Dean Altobelli, DB (1st) 

Shane Bullough, LB (2nd) 

1986 

Dean Altobelli, SS (1st) 

Shane Bullough, LB (1st) 

1989 

Chris Willertz, DE (2nd) 

1992 

Steve Wasylk, SS (1st) 

1993 

Steve Wasylk, SS (1st) 

1996 

Matt Beard, C (2nd) 

2000 

Josh Thornhill, LB (2nd) 

2001 

Josh Thornhill, LB (2nd) 

2005 

Chris Morris, C (2nd) 

Drew Stanton, QB (2nd) 

2009 

Blair White,WR (1st)

2010 ValerO alaMO BOwl 

Spartan 

BOwl hiStOry 

• Michigan State football teams have appeared in 20 postseason bowl games, including eight New 

Year’s Day games after earning a bid to the 2009 Capital One Bowl against No. 16 Georgia. The 

Spartans are 7-13 in bowl games. 

• MSU has earned a bid to three straight bowl games (2007 Champs Sports Bowl, 2009 Capital 

One Bowl, 2010 Alamo Bowl), a first for the program since 1995-97. 

• Mark Dantonio, who led the Spartans to the 2007 Champs Sports Bowl, became just the third 

first-year coach in MSU history to earn a postseason bowl bid, joining Nick Saban (1995 Independence 

Bowl vs. LSU) and John L. Smith (2003 Alamo Bowl vs. Nebraska). 

• Michigan State’s 37-34 win over No. 10 Florida in the 2000 Florida Citrus Bowl marked its first 

New Year’s Day bowl victory since the 1988 Rose Bowl. 

• Michigan State has made four appearances in the Rose Bowl, posting a 3-1 record. The Spartans 

defeated UCLA in 1954 and 1956, and USC in 1988. 

• During his 12-year tenure (1983-94), George Perles took Michigan State to seven bowl games, 

including four straight trips from 1987-90 (1988 Rose, 1989 Gator, 1989 Aloha and 1990 Sun). 


1988 rOSe BOwl 

2009 Capital One BOwl 

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 Southern Cal W 20-17 

1989 Jan. 1 Gator Georgia L 27-34 

1989 Dec. 25 Aloha Hawai’i W 33-13 

1990 Dec. 31 Sun Southern Cal 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 Silicon Valley Fresno State 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

Spartan 

traDitiOn 

THE 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 contestwinning 

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 college 

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 

Jim Hasselman of Information Services to see if entries still remained from the contest. When 

informed 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 figure 

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 Demonstration 

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, including 

the plaza. 

SPARTY MASCOT 

Michigan State’s beloved Sparty has won three national championships in the last seven years at the Universal 

Cheer Association’s mascot competition at Walt Disney World in Orlando, 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 finishing 

third in the 2006 competition, Sparty reclaimed the national championship in 2007. 

In March 2008, Sparty was selected to appear on the cover of NCAA Football 09 for the Nintendo Wii. 

EA Sports conducted an on-line poll, asking college football fans to vote and determine which college 

mascot 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, 

Washington State, Auburn, LSU, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa State, Alabama and Penn State. 

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 apparently 

debuted in 1955 courtesy of Theta Xi. 

Other versions were introduced from time to time. In 1984, Sigma Phi Epsilon introduced the first 

“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. 


NCAA Coaching Positions 

The NCAA limits the number and type of coaches that 

can be employed, or volunteer, for each varsity athletic team. 

Functionality and areas of responsibility help differentiate 

coaching categories. Any athletics department staff member, 

who participates in the coaching of a team either in practices, 

games, or organized activities directly related to the sport, 

counts against the coaching limitations of that sport. There 

are few exceptions to this rule. 

CoaChing Categories 

Under NCAA legislation, there are five coaching categories: 

Head Coach, Assistant Coach, Volunteer Coach, 

Graduate Assistant Coach (football and rowing only), and 

Undergraduate Assistant Coach. Coaching designations are 

assigned by the athletic department and certified by the 

institution. Pursuant to NCAA definition, an individual who 

coaches and either is uncompensated or receives compensation 

or remuneration of any sort from an NCAA member 

institution, even if such compensation or remuneration is not 

designated for coaching, must be classified into one of the 

five coaching categories. 

Head and Assistant Coaches are hired by MSU and designated 

to perform specific coaching duties on a paid basis. 

A Volunteer Coach, permitted in all sports but football and 

basketball, cannot receive compensation or remuneration 

from the athletic department or any organization associated 

with the athletic department and is prohibited from recruiting 

activities. A volunteer coach can receive two complimentary 

tickets to home athletic events in the sport in which he or 

she coaches, as well as complimentary meals incidental to 

organized team activities, but not training table meals. 

A Graduate Assistant (GA) Coach, only allowed in the 

sports of football and rowing, is any coach who has received 

a baccalaureate degree and is actively enrolled as a graduate 

student as defined by the institution. A graduate assistant 

coach typically is enrolled in at least 50 percent of the institution’s 

minimum regular graduate student course load each 

academic semester. Compensation for a graduate assistant 

is limited to the value of a full grant-in-aid for a full-time 

graduate student, based on the residency status (in-state 

or out-of-state) of the individual. A GA may be awarded no 

more than four complimentary tickets to MSU football and/or 

basketball games. A GA Coach is not allowed to evaluate or 

contact prospective student-athletes off-campus and cannot 

serve as a recruiting coordinator. The only recruiting exception 

for GA Coaches applies to those who successfully pass 

the NCAA Certification Exam. For those coaches, telephone 

contact with prospective student-athletes is permitted. 

An Undergraduate Assistant Coach is any coach who is 

an undergraduate student-athlete who has exhausted his or 

her eligibility in the sport or has become injured to the point 

that he or she is unable to practice or compete ever again. An 

Undergraduate Assistant Coach can only serve at the institution 

at which they participated in intercollegiate athletics and 

receives no compensation, beyond financial aid. A student 

coach must be enrolled in a full time program of study and 

cannot evaluate or contact prospective student-athletes off- 


by Michael L. Kasavana, Ph.D., 

CHTP NAMA Professor in Hospitality 

Business 

Faculty Athletics Representative, 

Michigan State University 

campus nor serve as a recruiting coordinator. 

It is important to note that a high school or 

two year college coach cannot be employed or 

appointed to an institutional coaching position 

in the same sport he or she is currently coaching. 

Volunteer CoaChes 

In sports other than football and basketball, 

a volunteer coach is any coach who does not 

receive compensation or remuneration from the 

institution’s athletics department. Allowable 

sports are limited to one volunteer coach per 

academic year with the following exceptions: 

• Rowing: 4 volunteer coaches 

• Swimming and Diving: 2 volunteer coaches 

• Cross Country/Track & Field: cross country, 

indoor track & field and outdoor track & field 

are considered three separate sports and 

may use one volunteer coach for each team. 

The volunteer coach may coach studentathletes 

in any of the three sports throughout 

the academic year. Note: there is a special 

provision for Pole Vaulting that allows the 

use of one volunteer coach to coach both 

men and women vaulters. 

An individual designated in a coaching category 

assumes that position for the duration 

of the academic year unless the coach was 

temporarily replaced due to extenuating circumstances 

or through normal attrition. 

DANTONIO 

reCruiting exam 

Since 1993, coaches at NCAA Division 

I institutions, in all sports, must complete 

and pass an annual certification exam to be 

eligible to recruit off-campus. Big Ten Conference 

policy mandates that the institution’s 

faculty athletic representative administer the 

exam. The exam focuses on recent legislative 

changes, commonly occurring violations, and 

technical matters of interpretation primarily 

related to recruiting. Why recruiting? Since a 

disproportionate number of NCAA rules violations 

occur in the recruitment of prospective 

student-athletes. 

Once an eligible coach passes the online 

certification exam, he or she is certified to contact 

or evaluate a prospective student-athlete off-campus. 

The NCAA examination is a standardized test consisting of 

40 questions. The examination includes multiple-choice and 

true or false questions. There are four versions of the exam: 

football, men’s basketball, women’s basketball, and coaches 

of all other sports. Since many recruiting restrictions vary by 

sport, sports specific versions of the exam focus on areas of 

differentiation by sport. In other words, a tennis or volleyball 

coach will receive a different set of questions than a football 

or basketball coach. The exam is an open-book exam and is 

constrained to 80 minutes. The minimum passing score is 80 

percent; in other words, a coach must score at least 32 out of 

40 to be certified to recruit off-campus. The exam specifically 

includes NCAA legislation in four areas: recruiting; freshman 

academic requirements; transfer regulations; and the terms 

and conditions of awarding athletically-related financial aid. 

The annual certification period is Aug. 1st through July 31st. 

Coaches who have medically or professionally diagnosed 

learning disabilities may apply to the Big Ten Conference 

office for an alternative test-administration option (e.g. 

extended time, oral exam, etc.). Once an examination is completed, 

scores are immediately reported to the test taker and 

automatically stored in the NCAA database linked to a password 

protected NCAA website. All scores are subsequently 

relayed to the Big Ten Conference office. This process enables 

a coaching staff member, certified at MSU for example, 

to re-locate to a second NCAA institution and remain certified 

for the duration of the annual certification cycle. There 

simply is no need for a coach who moves from one NCAA 

institution to another to be re-certified – the NCAA database 

maintains the test record. It is important to note that multisport 

coaches (e.g. cross country, indoor and outdoor track) 

are only required to pass one exam per annum. 

In a typical year, more than eighty MSU staff members 

take the NCAA Certification Exam. Nearly three-quarters of 

the MSU test takers score 90 percent or higher on the test 

with approximately 10 percent achieving a perfect score 

(40/40). During the current testing season no MSU coach 

failed the exam.

20TH ANNIVERSARY: 

1990 BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON 

The 1990 Michigan State Spartans, who won the 

school’s sixth Big Ten Championship, will be honored during 

this afternoon’s game as the team celebrates its 20th 

anniversary. 

Led by head coach George Perles, the Spartans went 

8-3-1 overall and 6-2 in the league to win Perles’ second 

Big Ten title. Michigan State shared the championship with 

Illinois, Iowa and Michigan that season in the league’s only 

ever four-way tie for first. 

MSU opened the year with a 1-2-1 record, but the season 

turned around with a historic 28-27 win over top-ranked 

Michigan at Michigan Stadium on Oct. 13, marking MSU’s 

second victory over a No. 1 team in school history. Although 

the Spartans fell to Illinois the next week, MSU closed the 

season with six consecutive victories, including a 17-16 win 

over No. 21 Southern California in the John Hancock Bowl. 

The 1990 Spartans featured 16 All-Big Ten selections 

and six players went on to be chosen in the 1991 NFL Draft. 

The cover of the Lansing State Journal following MSU’s win over No. 1 Michigan at 

Michigan Stadium. 


Tico Duckett led the Spartans in rushing, averaging 116.2-yards 

per game. 

Dan Enos is the only Spartan quarterback to win two bowl games 

(1989 Aloha, 1990 John Hancock). 

Hyland Hickson ran for two touchdowns and 90 yards in the victory 

against top-ranked Michigan. 

REGULAR SEASON 

DATE RESULT ................................ OPPONENT 

Sept. 15 T, 23-23 ............................... at Syracuse 

Sept. 22 L, 19-20 ................... No. 1 NOTRE DAME 

Sept. 29 W, 34-10 .................................at Rutgers 

Oct. 6 L, 7-12 ............................................ IOWA 

Oct. 13 W, 28-27 ..................... at No. 1 Michigan 

Oct. 20 L, 13-15 ............................at No. 8 Illinois 

Oct. 27 W, 55-33 ............................PURDUE (HC) 

Nov. 3 W, 45-20 ................................... INDIANA 

Nov. 10 W, 28-16 .............................at Minnesota 

Nov. 17 W, 29-22 ........................at Northwestern 

Nov. 24 W, 14-9 ................................ WISCONSIN 

JOHN HANCOCK BOWL 

Dec. 31 W, 17-16 .........No. 21 Southern California 

1990 AWARD WINNERS/ 

1991 NFL DRAFT 

WR James Bradley NFL Draft 7th round 

(No. 181 overall), Indianapolis 

LB Chuck Bullough Second-Team All-Big Ten (Media) 

P Josh Butland Honorable Mention All-Big Ten 

RB Tico Duckett First-Team All-Big Ten (Media) 

LB Dixon Edwards Honorable Mention All-Big Ten 

NFL Draft 2nd round 

(No. 37 overall), Dallas 

QB Dan Enos Honorable Mention All-Big Ten 

DB Alan Haller Honorable Mention All-Big Ten 

WR Courtney Hawkins Honorable Mention All-Big Ten 

RB Hyland Hickson Honorable Mention All-Big Ten 

NFL Draft 10th round 

(No. 265 overall), Tampa Bay 

DE Bill Johnson Honorable Mention All-Big Ten 

OT Jim Johnson First-Team All-Big Ten (Media) 

LB Carlos Jenkins First-Team All-Big Ten (Coaches) 

NFL Draft 3rd round 

(No. 65 overall), Minnesota 

K John Langeloh First-Team All-Big Ten (Coaches) 

G Eric Moten First-Team All-Big Ten (Consensus) 

NFL Draft 2nd round 

(No. 47 overall), San Diego 

C Jeff Pearson Honorable Mention All-Big Ten 

DT Bobby Wilson Second-Team All-Big Ten (Consensus) 

NFL Draft 1st round 

(No. 17 overall), Washington 

TE Duane Young Second-Team All-Big Ten (Media)

71 Jeff Allen 

OL • Jr. 

Chicago, Ill. 

26 Justin Green 

DB • So. 

Louisville, Ky. 

5 Mikel Leshoure 

RB • Jr. 

Champaign, Ill. 

78 Ryan Palmer 

OL • Sr. 

Canton, Ohio 

2 Nathan Scheelhaase 

QB • r-Fr. 

Kansas City, Mo 


31 Travon Bellamy 

DB • Sr. 

Greenbelt, Md. 

9 Trulon Henry 

DB • Jr. 

Washington, D.C. 

93 Corey Liuget 

DL • Jr. 

Miami, Fla. 

46 Zak Pedersen 

LS • So. 

Joliet, Ill. 

94 Akeem Spence 

DL • r-Fr. 

Ft. Walton Beach, Fla.. 

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 

99 Michael Buchanan 

DL • So. 

Homewood, Ill 

38 Ian Thomas 

LB • Jr. 

Berwyn Heights, Md. 

RON ZOOK - HEAD COACH 

18 Nate Bussey 

LB • Sr. 

Washington, D.C 

72 Hugh Thornton 

OL • So. 

Oberlin, Ohio 

13 Derek Dimke 

PK • Jr. 

Rockford, Ill. 

66 Randall Hunt 

OL • Sr. 

Hightstown, N.J. 

15 Darius Millines 

WR • Fr. 

Boynton Beach, Fla. 

76 Graham Pocic 

OL • So. 

Lemont, Ill. 

2 Martez Wilson 

LB • Jr. 

Chicago, Ill. 

11 Jarred Fayson 

WR • Sr. 

Tampa, Fla 

8 A.J. Jenkins 

WR • Jr. 

Jacksonville, Fla. 

97 Clay Nurse 

DL • Sr. 

Beltsville, Md. 

87 Anthony Santella 

P • Sr. 

Wauconda, Ill. 

3 Tavon Wilson 

DB • Jr. 

Washington, D.C.

Junior Linebacker 

martez wiLson 


2010 ILLINOIS QUICK FACTS 

Location ............................................ Champaign, Ill. 

Enrollment .....................................................41,298 

Nickname ............................................. Fighting Illini 

Colors ............................................. Orange and Blue 

Home Field ...................................Memorial Stadium 

Capacity ........................................................62,870 

Head Coach ............................................... Ron Zook 

Alma Mater ...................................Miami-Ohio, 1976 

Record at UI ................................. 24-41 (sixth year) 

Overall Record (Years) ...................47-55 (ninth year) 

2009 Overall Record ............... 3-9 (2-6 Big Ten, 9th) 

Junior running Back 

mikeL Leshoure 


OFFENSE 

X 2 MARK DELL (6-2, 199, Sr.) OR 

7 KEITH NICHOL (6-2, 222, Jr.) 

LT 59 D.J. YOUNG (6-5, 298, Sr.-5) 

79 David Barrent (6-8, 308, R-Fr.) 

LG 67 JOEL FOREMAN (6-4, 310, Jr.) 

68 Ethan Ruhland (6-5, 288, So.) 

C 66 JOHN STIPEK (6-5, 285, Sr.-5) 

72 Nate Klatt (6-4, 292, R-Fr.) 

RG 62 CHRIS MCDONALD (6-5, 295, So.) 

60 Micajah Reynolds (6-5, 295, R-Fr.) 

RT 77 J’MICHAEL DEANE (6-5, 312, Sr.-5) 

75 Jared McGaha (6-6, 300, Jr.) 

TE 83 CHARLIE GANTT (6-5, 260, Sr.-5) 

88 Brian Linthicum (6-5, 238, Jr.) 

Z 82 KESHAWN MARTIN (5-11, 185, Jr.) OR 

3 B.J. CUNNINGHAM (6-2, 220, Jr.) 

QB 8 KIRK COUSINS (6-3, 202, Jr.) 

10 Andrew Maxwell (6-3, 200, R-Fr.) 

FB 42 NICK BENDZUCK (6-2, 240, Sr.-5) 

49 TyQuan Hammock (6-0, 255, R-Fr.) 

RB: 4 EDWIN BAKER (5-9, 208, So.) OR 

24 LE’VEON BELL (6-2, 230, Fr.) 

OFFENSE 

OT 71 JEFF ALLEN (6-5, 305, Jr.) 

73 Jack Cornell (6-5, 315, Jr.) 

OG 72 RANDALL HUNT (6-6, 315, Sr.) 

72 Hugh Thornton (6-5, 310, So.) 

C 76 GRAHAM POCIC (6-7, 305, So.) 

67 Jake Feldmeyer (6-4, 280, R-Fr.) 

OG 73 JACK CORNELL (6-5, 315, Sr.) 

55 Anterio Jackson (6-2, 300, Sr.) 

OT 78 RYAN PALMER (6-7, 310, Sr.) 

79 Craig Wilson (6-5, 320, Jr.) 

QB 2 NATHAN SCHEELHAASE (6-3, 195, R-Fr.) 

16 Miles Osei (5-11, 200, Fr.) 

H-BACK 5 MIKEL LESHOURE (6-0, 230, Jr.) 

21 Jason Ford (6-0, 235, Jr.) 

FB 35 JAY PROSCH (6-0, 250, Fr.) 

49 Chris Willett (6-2, 235 So.) 

WR 11 JARRED FAYSON (6-0, 215, Sr.) 

17 Fred Sykes (6-0, 190, Jr.) 

WR 8 A.J. JENKINS (6-0, 185, Jr.) 

Chris James (6-0, 195, Sr.) 

WR 10 EDDIE MCGEE (6-4, 210, Sr.) 

15 Darius Millines (5-11, 180, Fr.) 

TE 89 EVAN WILSON (6-6, 240, Fr.) 

88 Justin Lattimore (6-3, 220, R-Fr.) 

X-Wide Receiver 

Z-Wide Receiver 

LT-Left Tackle 

LG-Left Guard 

C-Center 

RG-Right Guard 


RT-Right Tackle 

TE-Tight End 

QB-Quarterback 

FB-Fullback 

RB-Running Back 

DE-Defensive End 

MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY 

DEFENSE 

RUSH 91 TYLER HOOVER (6-7, 260, So.) OR 

52 DENZEL DRONE (6-2, 250, R-Fr.) 

DT 99 JEREL WORTHY (6-3, 305, So.) 

98 Anthony Rashad White (6-2, 320, So.) 

NT 96 KEVIN PICKELMAN (6-4, 285, Jr.) OR 

93 BLAKE TREADWELL (6-3, 277, So.) 

DE 89 COLIN NEELY (6-1, 258, Sr.-5) OR 

57 JOHNATHAN STRAYHORN (6-0, 275, Jr.) 

SAM 43 ERIC GORDON (6-0, 232, Sr.-5) 

50 Steve Gardiner (6-1, 222, So.) 

MIKE 53 GREG JONES (6-1, 240, Sr.) 

40 Max Bullough (6-3, 235, Fr.) 

STAR 10 CHRIS NORMAN (6-1, 220, So.) OR 

36 JON MISCH (6-3, 207, Sr.-5) 

FC 5 JOHNNY ADAMS (5-11, 170, R-So.) 

31 Darqueze Dennard (5-11, 175, Fr.) 

FS 39 TRENTON ROBINSON (5-10, 195, Jr.) 

9 Isaiah Lewis (5-11, 191, Fr.) 

SS 11 MARCUS HYDE (6-0, 200, Sr.-5) 

23 Jairus Jones (6-1, 208, R-Fr.) 

BC 31 DARQUEZE DENNARD (5-11, 175, Fr.) 

32 Mitchell White (6-1, 170, So.) 

DEFENSE 

DE 97 CLAY NURSE (6-3, 260, Sr.) 

85 Whitney Mercilus (6-3, 265, So.) 

DT 94 AKEEM SPENCE (6-1, 310, R-Fr.) 

98 Daryle Ballew (6-1, 310, Jr.) 

DT 93 COREY LIUGET (6-3, 300, Jr.) 

47 Glenn Foster (6-4, 260, So.) 

BANDIT 54 JUSTIN STAPLES (6-4, 230, So.) 

99 Michael Buchanan (6-6, 225, So.) 

WLB 38 IAN THOMAS (6-0, 205, Jr.) 

42 Aaron Gress (6-0, 220, Sr.) 

MLB 2 MARTEZ WILSON (6-4, 250, Jr.) 

51 Evan Frierson (6-2, 230, So.) 

SLB 18 NATE BUSSEY (6-2, 220, Sr.) 

25 Ashante Williams (5-10, 205, So.) 

CB 31 TRAVON BELLAMY (6-0, 205, Sr.) 

4 Pat Nixon-Youman (5-10, 175, So.) 

FS 9 TRULON HENRY (6-2, 225, Jr.) 

5 Steve Hull (6-2, 195, R-Fr.) 

SS 3 TAVON WILSON (6-0, 205, Jr.) 

6 Joelil Thrash (6-0, 200, So.) 

CB 26 JUSTIN GREEN (5-11, 195, So.) 

1 Terry Hawthorne (6-0, 185, So.) 

DT-Defensive Tackle 

NT-Nose Tackle 

SAM- Strong Side 

Linebacker 

MIKE-Middle Linebacker 

WILL-Weak Side Linebacker 

TWO-DEEP 


TWO-DEEP 

BC-Boundary Corner 

FC-Field Corner 

FS-Free Safety 

SS-Strong Safety 

KO-Kickoffs 

PK-Place Kicker 

SPECIAL TEAMS 

KO 17 KEVIN MUMA (6-0, 186, R-Fr.) 

4 Dan Conroy (5-10, 185, So.) 

PK 4 DAN CONROY (5-10, 185, So.) 

17 Kevin Muma (6-0, 186, R-Fr.) 

P 18 AARON BATES (6-0, 198, Sr.) 

20 Kyle Selden (6-5, 200, Jr.) 

SN 56 ALEX SHACKLETON (6-2, 240, Sr.-5) 

66 John Stipek (6-5, 285, Sr.-5) 

HLD 18 AARON BATES (6-0, 198, Sr.) 

8 Kirk Cousins (6-3, 202, Jr.) 

KR 82 KESHAWN MARTIN (5-11, 185, Jr.) 

24 LE’VEON BELL (6-2, 230, Fr.) 

PR 82 KESHAWN MARTIN (5-11, 185, Jr.) 

2 Mark Dell (6-2, 199, Sr.) 

SPECIAL TEAMS 

PK 13 DEREK DIMKE (6-0, 180, Jr.) 

84 Matt Eller (6-2, 205, Jr.) 

P 87 ANTHONY SANTELLA (6-2, 190, Sr.) 

LS 46 ZAK PEDERSEN (6-2, 220, So.) 

H 87 ANOTHONY SANTELLA (6-2, 190, Sr.) 

KR 26 JUSTIN GREEN (5-11, 195, So.) 

19 Jack Ramsey (5-11, 200, So.) 

PR 19 JACK RAMSEY (5-11, 200, So.) 

11 Jarred Fayson (6-0, 215, Sr.) 

P-Punter 

SN-Snapper 

HLD-Holder 

KR-Kick Returner 

PR-Punt Returner

no. name Pos. ht. Wt. elig. Cl. exp. hometown (Previous school) 

2 Mark Dell WR 6-2 199 Sr. Sr. 3L Farmington Hills, Mich. (Harrison) 

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

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

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

4 Edwin Baker RB 5-9 208 So. So. 1L Highland Park, Mich. (Oak Park) 

4 Dan Conroy K 5-10 185 So. Jr. SQ Wheaton, Ill. (Wheaton Warrenville South) 

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

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

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

8 Kirk Cousins QB 6-3 202 Jr. Sr. 2L Holland, Mich. (Holland Christian) 

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

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

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

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

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

13 Bennie Fowler WR 6-1 206 Fr. So. RS Bloomfield, Mich. (Detroit Country Day) 

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

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

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

16 Chris D. Rucker WR 5-10 175 Jr. Sr. 2L Detroit, Mich. (Detroit Country Day) 

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

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

18 Aaron Bates P 6-0 198 Sr. Sr. 3L New Concord, Ohio (John Glenn) 

19 Danny Folino S 5-9 190 Fr. So. RS Okemos, Mich. (East Lansing) 

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

20 Kyle Selden P 6-5 200 Jr. Sr. SQ Waterford, Mich. (Our Lady of the Lakes) 

22 Larry Caper RB 5-11 220 So. So. 1L Battle Creek, Mich. (Battle Creek Central) 

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

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

24 Le’Veon Bell RB 6-2 230 Fr. Fr. HS Reynoldsburg, Ohio (Groveport Madison) 

25 Keith Mumphery WR 6-1 200 Fr. Fr. HS Vienna, Ga. (Dooly County) 

26 Jesse Johnson S 5-10 186 Sr. Sr.-5 3L Durand, Mich. (Durand Area) 

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

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

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

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

30 Mike Sadler P 6-1 185 Fr. Fr. HS Grand Rapids, Mich. (Forest Hills Northern) 

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

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

33 Jeremy Langford RB/WR 6-0 185 Fr. Fr. HS Wayne, Mich. (John Glenn) 

34 Andre Buford RB 5-8 184 So. Jr. SQ Waterford, Mich. (Detroit Country Day) 

36 Jon Misch LB 6-3 207 Sr. Sr.-5 3L Waterford, Mich. (Orchard Lake St. Mary’s) 

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

39 Trenton Robinson S 5-10 195 Jr. Jr. 2L Bay City, Mich. (Bay City Central) 

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

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

42 Nick Bendzuck FB 6-2 240 Sr. Sr.-5 1L Strongsville, Ohio (Mercyhurst College) 

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

44 Josh Rouse+ FB 6-3 240 Sr. Sr.-5 3L Newtown, Conn. (Valley Forge Military Acad.) 

45 Marcus Rush DE 6-3 240 Fr. Fr. HS Cincinnati, Ohio (Archbishop Moeller) 

47 Jeremy Gainer LB 6-1 225 Fr. So. RS Detroit, Mich. (Clarenceville) 

47 Adam Setterbo FB 6-3 232 Jr. Sr. SQ Spring Lake, Mich. (Spring Lake Senior) 

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


MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY 

NUMERICAL ROSTER 

no. name Pos. ht. Wt. elig. Cl. exp. hometown (Previous school) 

49 TyQuan Hammock LB 6-0 255 Fr. So. RS Fort Wayne, Ind. (Bishop Luers) 

50 Steve Gardiner 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 Denzel Drone DE 6-2 250 Fr. So. RS Plant City, Fla. (Plant City) 

53 Greg Jones LB 6-1 240 Sr. Sr. 3L Cincinnati, Ohio (Archbishop Moeller) 

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

55 Corey Freeman DE 6-2 240 So. So. HS Cleveland Heights, Ohio (Cleveland Heights) 

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

57 Johnathan Strayhorn DE 6-0 275 Jr. Sr. 2L Detroit, Mich. (Oak Park) 

58 Hugh Stangeland OL 6-6 280 Fr. So. RS Ridgefield, Conn. (Milford Academy) 

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

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

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

61 Antonio Jeremiah OG 6-5 360 Jr. Sr. 2L Hilliard, Ohio (Hilliard Darby) 

62 Chris McDonald OG 6-5 295 So. Jr. 1L Sterling Heights, Mich. (Henry Ford II) 

63 Travis Jackson OL 6-4 265 Fr. Fr. HS New Albany, Ohio (St. Francis DeSales) 

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

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

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

66 John Stipek C 6-5 285 Sr. Sr.-5 2L Macomb Township, Mich. (Dakota) 

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

68 Ethan Ruhland OG 6-5 288 So. Jr. 1L Lake Orion, Mich. (Lake Orion) 

69 Blake Pacheco DL 6-1 272 Jr. Sr. SQ Salinas, Calif. (Monterey Peninsula College) 

69 Shawn Kamm OL 6-7 293 Fr. Fr. HS Saginaw, Mich. (Nouvel Catholic Central) 

70 Skyler Schofner OL 6-7 315 Fr. Fr. HS Sunbury, Ohio (Big Walnut) 

71 John Deyo OT 6-6 294 So. Jr. 1L Battle Creek, Mich. (Gull Lake) 

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

73 Henry Conway OT 6-6 304 Fr. So. RS Shaker Heights, Ohio (Shaker Heights) 

73 Arthur Ray Jr.+ OL 6-3 314 Jr. Jr. HS Chicago, Ill. (Mount Carmel) 

74 Zach Hueter+ OG 6-6 315 So. Jr. SQ Columbiaville, Mich. (North Branch) 

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

77 J’Michael Deane OT 6-5 312 Sr. Sr.-5 1L Toronto, Ontario (Newtonbrook Seco. School) 

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

81 Brad Sonntag WR 5-8 175 Jr. Sr. SQ Saginaw, Mich. (Nouvel Catholic Central) 

82 Keshawn Martin WR 5-11 185 Jr. Jr. 2L Inkster, Mich. (John Glenn) 

83 Charlie Gantt TE 6-5 260 Sr. Sr.-5 3L Farmington Hills, Mich. (Brother Rice) 

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

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

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

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

87 Milton Colbert WR 6-4 203 So. Jr. SQ Villa Park, Ill. (Willowbrook) 

88 Brian Linthicum 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 Cam Martin WR 6-4 188 Jr. Sr. SQ Tampa, Fla. (H.B. Plant) 

91 Tyler Hoover 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 Kevin Pickelman NT 6-4 285 Jr. Sr. 2L Marshall, Mich. (Marshall) 

97 Dan France DT 6-6 296 Fr. So. RS North Royalton, Ohio (North Royalton) 

98 Anthony Rashad White DT 6-2 320 So. So. JC Battle Creek, Mich. (Fort Scott CC) 

99 Jerel Worthy DT 6-3 305 So. Jr. 1L Huber Heights, Ohio (Wayne) 

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

no name Pos ht Wt Yr elig. hometoWn/PreVious sChool 

1 Terry Hawthorne DB 6-0 185 So. 4-3 East St. Louis, Ill./East St. Louis 

2 Nathan Scheelhaase QB 6-3 195 r-Fr. 4-4 Kansas City, Mo./Rockhurst 

2 Martez Wilson LB 6-4 250 Jr. 2-2 Chicago, Ill./Simeon 

3 Tavon Wilson DB 6-0 205 Jr. 3-2 Washington, D.C./H.D. Woodson 

4 Patrick Nixon-Youman DB 5-10 175 So. 4-3 Jacksonville, Fla./Middleburg 

5 Steve Hull DB 6-2 195 r-Fr. 4-4 Cincinnati, Ohio/Sycamore 

5 Mikel Leshoure RB 6-0 230 Jr. 3-2 Champaign, Ill./Centennial 

6 Chris James WR 6-0 195 Sr. 1-1 Chicago, Ill./Morgan Park 

6 Joelil Thrash DB 6-0 200 So. 4-3 Washington, D.C./H.D. Woodson 

7 Supo Sanni DB 6-3 220 Jr. 3-2 Chicago Heights, Ill./Homewood-Flossmoor 

7 Chandler Whitmer QB 5-11 190 Fr. 5-4 Downers Grove, Ill./Downers Grove South 

8 Brandon Denmark LB 6-3 220 Fr. 5-4 Tallahassee, Fla./James Rickards 

8 A.J. Jenkins WR 6-0 185 Jr. 3-2 Jacksonville, Fla./Terry Parker 

9 Trulon Henry DB 6-2 225 Jr. 3-2 Washington, D.C./Woodrow Wilson/College of DuPage 

10 Eddie McGee WR 6-4 210 Sr. 1-1 Washington, D.C./H.D. Woodson 

11 Jarred Fayson WR 6-0 215 Sr. 1-1 Tampa, Fla./Hillsborough/University of Florida 

12 Patrick Dunn P 5-9 175 Fr. 5-4 Chicago, Ill./Nazareth Academy 

12 Ryan Lankford WR 5-11 160 Fr. 5-4 Jacksonville, Fla./Terry Parker 

13 Derek Dimke PK 6-0 180 Jr. 3-2 Rockford, Ill./Rockford Boylan 

13 Sean McGushin QB 6-2 215 So. 4-3 St. Charles, Ill./North 

14 Sean Anderson QB 6-4 200 Jr. 2-2 Tinley Park, Ill./Andrew 

14 Miami Thomas DB 5-11 180 Jr. 2-2 Chicago, Ill./Morgan Park 

15 Darius Millines WR 5-11 180 Fr. 5-4 Boynton Beach, Fla./American Heritage 

16 Miles Osei QB 5-11 200 Fr. 5-4 Mt. Prospect/Prospect 

17 Fred Sykes WR 6-0 190 Jr. 3-2 Tampa, Fla./Chamberlain 

18 Nate Bussey LB 6-2 220 Sr. 2-1 Washington, D.C./Dunbar 

19 Jack Ramsey WR 5-11 200 So. 3-3 Chicago, Ill./Simeon 

20 Fritz Rock DB 6-0 200 Fr. 5-4 Plymouth, Minn./Wayzata 

21 Jason Ford RB 6-0 235 Jr. 3-2 Belleville, Ill./Althoff 

22 Nick Forzley DB 5-10 185 Fr. 5-4 Lemont, Ill./Lemont 

23 Bud Golden RB 6-0 205 r-Fr. 4-4 Cincinnati, Ohio/Sycamore 

23 Ben Mathis DB 6-3 190 So. 4-3 Springfield, Ill./Springfield 

24 Earnest Thomas LB 6-2 200 Fr. 5-4 Orchard Lake, Mich./St. Mary’s 

25 Ashante Williams LB 5-10 205 So. 3-3 Mayfield, Ohio/Mayfield 

26 Justin Green DB 5-11 195 So. 4-3 Louisville, Ky./Male 

27 Antonio Gully DB 6-1 190 Sr. 1-1 St. Louis, Mo./Cardinal Ritter 

27 Ronald Stewart RB 5-6 180 Sr. 3-2 Chicago, Ill./Gage Park 

28 Tisunge Mkwezalamba DB 5-11 190 So. 4-3 Champaign, Ill./Central 

28 Troy Pollard RB 5-8 190 Jr. 2-2 Jacksonville, Fla./Andrew Jackson 

29 Kaeman Mitchell DB 5-9 180 So. 4-3 Champaign, Ill./Centennial 

30 Houston Bates LB 6-3 245 Fr. 5-4 Covington, La./St. Paul’s 

31 Travon Bellamy DB 6-0 205 Sr. 1-1 Greenbelt, Md./Eleanor Roosevelt 

32 Ean Days DB 5-11 200 Fr. 5-4 Kingsland, Ga./Camden County 

34 Alex Porter LB 6-0 235 Fr. 5-4 Kenilworth, Ill./New Trier 

35 Jay Prosch FB 6-0 250 Fr. 5-4 Mobile, Ala./UMS-Wright 

36 Brad Janitz P 6-5 215 Fr. 5-4 Cincinnati, Ohio/Walnut Hills 

37 Nick Immekus PK 6-0 235 Fr. 5-4 Wheaton, Ill./Wheaton Warrenville South 

38 Ian Thomas LB 6-0 240 Jr. 2-2 Berwyn Heights, Md./DeMatha 

39 Abraham Oliver LS 5-11 160 So. 3-3 Philadelphia, Pa./Germantown 

40 Beau Sullivan LB 5-11 205 So. 4-3 Decatur, Ill./Maroa-Forsyth 


NUMERICAL ROSTER 

no name Pos ht Wt Yr elig. hometoWn/PreVious sChool 

41 Zach Becker FB/TE 6-3 250 Jr. 3-2 Homer, Ill./St. Joseph-Ogden 

42 Aaron Gress LB 6-0 220 Sr. 2-1 Exeter, Calif./Exeter/College of the Sequoias 

43 James Hallendorff TE 6-2 200 So. 3-3 Vernon Hills, Ill./Vernon Hills 

44 Austin Teitsma DL 6-2 240 Fr. 5-4 Glen Ellyn, Ill./Glenbard South 

45 Jonathan Brown LB 6-1 235 Fr. 5-4 Memphis, Tenn./Christian Brothers 

46 Zak Pedersen LS 6-2 210 So. 3-3 Joliet, Ill./Joliet Catholic 

47 Glenn Foster DL 6-4 260 So. 3-3 Chicago, Ill./Mt. Carmel 

48 Nate Palmer LB 6-3 220 So. 3-3 Chicago, Ill./Simeon 

49 Chris Willett FB 6-2 235 So. 3-3 Liberty, Mo./Liberty/University of Missouri 

51 Evan Frierson LB 6-2 230 So. 3-3 Washington, D.C./H.D. Woodson 

52 Alex Hill OL 6-3 340 Fr. 5-4 Slidell, La./Slidell 

53 Dustin Jefferson LB 6-0 240 Sr. 1-1 Kankakee, Ill./Kankakee 

54 Justin Staples DL 6-4 230 So. 3-3 Lakewood, Ohio/St. Edward 

55 Anterio Jackson OL 6-2 300 Sr. 1-1 Chicago, Ill./Fenger 

56 Shawn Afryl OL 6-3 310 Fr. 5-4 Skokie, Ill./NIles West 

58 Andrew Carter OL 6-4 290 r-Fr. 4-4 Tallahassee, Fla./Leon 

59 Tim Kynard DL 6-3 255 r-Fr. 4-4 Toledo, Ohio/St. John’s 

61 Tyler Sands OL 6-5 305 So. 3-3 Boyertown, Pa./Boyertown Area Senior 

64 Nate Swanson OL 6-8 325 r-Fr. 4-4 Manilus, Ill./Bureau Valley 

65 Joe VanderHeyden OL 6-3 280 Fr. 5-4 Rockford, Ill./Guilford 

66 Randall Hunt OL 6-6 315 Sr. 1-1 Hightstown, N.J./Hightstown/Valley Forge 

67 Jake Feldmeyer OL 6-4 280 r-Fr. 4-4 Centerville, Ohio/Centerville 

68 Simon Cvijanovic OL 6-5 280 Fr. 5-4 Cleveland, Ohio/Benedictine 

70 Corey Lewis OL 6-6 305 Jr. 3-2 Cresco, Pa./East Stroudsburg South 

71 Jeff Allen OL 6-5 305 Jr. 3-2 Chicago, Ill./King 

72 Hugh Thornton OL 6-5 310 So. 4-3 Oberlin, Ohio/Oberlin 

73 Jack Cornell OL 6-5 315 Jr. 2-2 Quincy, Ill./Quincy Notre Dame 

74 Michael Heitz OL 6-5 260 Fr. 5-4 Vermont, Ill./VIT 

76 Graham Pocic OL 6-7 305 So. 3-3 Lemont, Ill./Lemont 

78 Ryan Palmer OL 6-7 310 Sr. 1-1 Canton, Ohio/Glen Oak 

79 Craig Wilson OL 6-5 320 Jr. 2-2 Harvey, Ill./Thornton Township/Hargrave Military 

80 Spencer Harris WR 6-3 180 Fr. 5-4 Greenwood, Ark./Greenwood 

81 Jake Kumerow WR 6-4 180 Fr. 5-4 Bartlett, Ill./South Elgin 

82 Anthony Williams WR 6-4 200 Fr. 5-4 Chesapeake, Va./Atlantic Shores 

83 Eddie Viliunas TE 6-4 245 So. 3-3 LaGrange Park, Ill./Lyons Township 

84 Matt Eller PK 6-2 205 Jr. 2-2 Jacksonville, Fla./Bishop Kenny 

85 Whitney Mercilus DL 6-3 265 So. 3-3 Akron, Ohio/Garfield 

86 Tim Russell WR 6-5 215 r-Fr. 4-4 St. Charles, Ill./St. Charles 

87 Anthony Santella P 6-2 190 Sr. 1-1 Wauconda, Ill./Wauconda/University of Utah 

88 Justin Lattimore TE 6-3 220 r-Fr. 4-4 Tampa, Fla./Gaither 

89 Evan Wilson TE 6-6 240 Fr. 5-4 Woodstock, Ga./Woodstock 

90 D.J. Woods DL 6-3 215 Fr. 5-4 Tampa, Fla./Robinson 

93 Corey Liuget DL 6-3 300 Jr. 3-2 Miami, Fla./Hialeah 

94 Akeem Spence DL 6-1 305 r-Fr. 4-4 Ft. Walton Beach, Fla./Ft. Walton Beach 

95 Jake Howe DL 6-1 270 Fr. 5-4 McHenry, Ill./McHenry 

96 Wisdom Onyegbule DL 6-3 280 Jr. 2-2 Bolingbrook, Ill./Bolingbrook 

97 Clay Nurse DL 6-3 260 Sr. 1-1 Beltsville, Md./High Point 

98 Daryle Ballew DL 6-1 310 Jr. 2-2 Cincinnati, Ohio/Withrow 

99 Michael Buchanan DL 6-6 225 So. 4-3 Homewood, Ill./Homewood-Flossmoor 


SCORES & STANDINGS 

ILLINOIS 

Sep 4 Missouri L,12-23 

Sep 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 12:00 pm 

Oct 23 Indiana 12:00 pm 

Oct 30 Purdue TBA 

Nov 6 at Michigan TBA 

Nov 13 Minnesota TBA 

Nov 20 at Northwestern 3:30 pm 

Dec 3 at Fresno State 10:15 pm 

INDIANA 

Sep 2 Towson W,51-17 

Sep 18 at Western Kentucky W,38-21 

Sep 25 Akron W,35-13 

Oct 2 Michigan L,35-42 

Oct 9 at Ohio State L,10-38 

Oct 16 Arkansas State 12:00 pm 

Oct 23 at Illinois 12:00 pm 

Oct 30 Northwestern TBA 

Nov 6 Iowa TBA 

Nov 13 at Wisconsin TBA 

Nov 20 Penn State TBA 

Nov 27 at Purdue TBA 

IOWA 

Sep 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 3:30 pm 

Oct 23 Wisconsin 3:30 pm 

Oct 30 Michigan State TBA 

Nov 6 at Indiana TBA 

Nov 13 at Northwestern TBA 

Nov 20 Ohio State TBA 

Nov 27 at Minnesota TBA 


OVERALL CONFERENCE 

TEAM WINS LOSSES WINS LOSSES 

MICHIGAN STATE 6 0 2 0 

OHIO STATE 6 0 2 0 

IOWA 4 1 1 0 

PURDUE 3 2 1 0 

WISCONSIN 5 1 1 1 

MICHIGAN 5 1 1 1 

NORTHWESTERN 5 1 1 1 

ILLINOIS 3 2 1 1 

INDIANA 3 2 0 2 

PENN STATE 3 3 0 2 

MINNESOTA 1 5 0 2 

MICHIGAN 

Sep 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 3:30 pm 

Oct 30 at Penn State 8:00 pm 

Nov 6 Illinois TBA 


Nov 20 Wisconsin TBA 

Nov 27 at Ohio State TBA 


Sep 4 Western Michigan W,38-14 

Sep 11 vs. Florida Atlantic W,30-17 

Sep 18 Notre Dame W,34-31 

Sep 25 Northern Colorado W,45-7 

Oct 2 Wisconsin W,34-24 

Oct 9 at Michigan W,34-17 

Oct 16 Illinois 12:00 pm 

Oct 23 at Northwestern 12:00 pm 

Oct 30 at Iowa TBA 

Nov 6 Minnesota TBA 

Nov 20 Purdue TBA 

Nov 27 at Penn State TBA 

MINNESOTA 

Sep 2 at Middle Tennessee W,24-17 

Sep 11 South Dakota L,38-41 

Sep 18 USC L,21-32 

Sep 25 Northern Illinois L,23-34 

Oct 2 Northwestern L,28-29 

Oct 9 at Wisconsin L,23-41 

Oct 16 at Purdue 12:00 pm 

Oct 23 Penn State 12:00 pm 

Oct 30 Ohio State 8:00 pm 

Nov 6 at Michigan State TBA 

Nov 13 at Illinois TBA 


NORTHWESTERN 

Sep 4 at Vanderbilt W,23-21 

Sep 11 Illinois State W,37-3 

Sep 18 at Rice W,30-13 

Sep 25 Central Michigan W,30-25 

Oct 2 at Minnesota W,29-28 

Oct 9 Purdue L,17-20 

Oct 23 Michigan State 12:00 pm 

Oct 30 at Indiana TBA 

Nov 6 at Penn State TBA 


Nov 20 Illinois 3:30 pm 

Nov 27 at Wisconsin TBA 

OHIO STATE 

Sep 2 Marshall W,45-7 

Sep 11 Miami (FL) W,36-24 

Sep 18 Ohio W,43-7 

Sep 25 Eastern Michigan W,73-20 

Oct 2 at Illinois W,24-13 

Oct 9 Indiana W,38-10 

Oct 16 at Wisconsin 7:00 pm 

Oct 23 Purdue 12:00 pm 

Oct 30 at Minnesota 8:00 pm 

Nov 13 Penn State TBA 

Nov 20 at Iowa TBA 

Nov 27 Michigan TBA 

PENN STATE 

Sep 4 Youngstown State W,44-14 

Sep 11 at Alabama L,3-24 

Sep 18 Kent State W,24-0 

Sep 25 Temple W,22-13 

Oct 2 at Iowa L,3-24 

Oct 9 Illinois L,13-33 

Oct 23 at Minnesota 12:00 pm 

Oct 30 Michigan 8:00 pm 

Nov 6 Northwestern TBA 

Nov 13 at Ohio State TBA 

Nov 20 at Indiana TBA 

Nov 27 Michigan State TBA 

PURDUE 

Sep 4 at Notre Dame L,12-23 

Sep 11 Western Illinois W,31-21 

Sep 18 Ball State W,24-13 

Sep 25 Toledo L,20-31 

Oct 9 at Northwestern W,20-17 

Oct 16 Minnesota 12:00 pm 

Oct 23 at Ohio State 12:00 pm 

Oct 30 at Illinois TBA 

Nov 6 Wisconsin TBA 

Nov 13 Michigan TBA 

Nov 20 at Michigan State TBA 

Nov 27 Indiana TBA 

WISCONSIN 

Sep 4 at UNLV W,41-21 

Sep 11 San Jose State W,27-14 

Sep 18 Arizona State W,20-19 

Sep 25 Austin Peay W,70-3 

Oct 2 at Michigan State L,24-34 

Oct 9 Minnesota W,41-23 

Oct 16 Ohio State 7:00 pm 

Oct 23 at Iowa 3:30 pm 


Nov 13 Indiana TBA 

Nov 20 at Michigan TBA 

Nov 27 Northwestern TBA

MSU News Briefs 

EPA grAnts focus on rEstoring 

grEAt LAkEs wAtErwAys e The 

Environmental Protection Agency has given Michigan 

State University more than $3 million to help restore 

Great Lakes waterways. 

The research efforts will 

range from better beach 

testing to controlling 

harmful algal blooms. 

U.S. Sen. Debbie 

Stabenow joined MSU 

President Lou Anna K. Simon and Cameron Davis, 

a senior adviser with the Environmental Protection 

Agency, on Sept. 24 on MSU’s campus to talk about the 

federal Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. 

The $475 million plan is the largest investment in 

the Great Lakes in two decades, Stabenow said. It calls 

for aggressive efforts to address the cleanup of toxins, 

combat invasive species such as Asian carp, promote 

near-shore health and restore wetlands and other 

habitats. 

Water security is an increasingly urgent global issue 

and a core competency of MSU’s research portfolio, 

Simon said. 

“These seven grants illustrate the depth and breadth 

of MSU’s expertise,” she said. “From the science of 

understanding contamination in our lakes, streams, 

fish and groundwater to the plans and policies that 

can protect them and the outreach and education 

necessary to support those policies, MSU faculty are 

deeply engaged across the board. We are very pleased 

to work with the EPA on this new set of projects.” 

For a detailed list of the MSU projects, go to news. 

msu.edu/story/8352. 

Msu nAMEs 10 sEniors to 2010 

HoMEcoMing court e Michigan State 

University has named 10 outstanding seniors to its 

2010 Homecoming Court. 

Members, who 

were nominated by 

an individual or an 

organization, were 

chosen through 

a highly selective 

process. Nominees 

were evaluated based 

on leadership, community involvement, academic 

excellence and Spartan pride. 

A group of MSU faculty, staff, alumni and students 

conducted personal interviews with students to select 

the final 10 court ambassadors. 

In addition to representing the MSU community 

during homecoming week, members will continue their 

commitment to help the community and carry on the 

tradition of Spartan pride. 

“They understand the honor and responsibility that 

comes with representing the student body of MSU, and 

they are excited for the opportunity to serve MSU and 

passionate about their love for the Spartans,” said Jodi 

Roberto Hancock, homecoming court co-coordinator. 

This year’s homecoming theme is “Spartan Space 

Odyssey 2010,” in celebration of MSU’s contribution to 

space exploration and astrophysics. 

The 2010 court ambassadors are: kevin fleury, 

of Marshall; Brianna gardner, of Dearborn; Megan 

gebhart, of Gillette, Wyo.; Megan Hodges, of Plymouth; 

sarah Meyer, of Portage; Amy k. Miller, of Blissfield; 

Emily nichols, of Ludington; Emma Perot, of Lancaster, 

N.Y.; nicholas Pfost, of Coldwater; and Alice topping, 

of Flint. 

tEAM AwArdEd $14 MiLLion to 

idEntify BrEAst cAncEr risk 

fActors e A team of researchers led by a 

Michigan State University scientist has been awarded 

$14 million to identify risk factors for breast cancer in 

young women, focusing on growth, diet, physical activity 

and body size during a woman’s lifetime. 

The five-year study, funded by the National Institutes 

of Health and led by Ellen Velie of the College of Human 

Medicine’s Department of Epidemiology, will include 

the largest sample in the United States of black women 

younger than 50 diagnosed with breast cancer. 

“Risk factors for breast cancer vary by age and 

tumor characteristics, and there hasn’t been enough 

research on breast cancer in young women,” Velie 

said. “Breast cancer in these women often is more 

aggressive and associated with a worse prognosis.” 

Though white women and wealthier women (both 

white and black) are at a higher risk for breast cancer 

after age 50, black women (and it also appears poorer 

women) are at increased risk before age 40. 

“We don’t yet have a clear picture about what causes 

these distinct patterns,” Velie said. 

By looking at risk factors such as early life growth 

patterns, physical activity, diet, body size and related 

genes during a woman’s lifetime, Velie and her team 

hope to identify why women develop tumors with 

specific characteristics. 

“Research shows that early life events, especially 

during puberty, can impact later risk,” she said. 

That information then can be used to develop 

interventions to help women prevent the disease. 

The researchers will study 2,000 women diagnosed 

with breast cancer between 2010 and 2014 in 

metropolitan Detroit and Los Angeles County. Another 

2,000 women without breast cancer will be randomly 

selected from these two areas. 

nEw rEPort finds urc 

contriButEs to EconoMic 

rEsurgEncE e As the state and U.S. 

economies sank, Michigan’s University Research 

Corridor grew in areas critical to the state’s resurgence: 

educating more students and boosting research and 

technology gains, according to a new benchmark study. 

The 2010 Empowering 

Michigan report shows URC 

partners Michigan State 

University, the University of 

Michigan and Wayne State 

University have improved in key benchmarks since the 

first study in 2007. The study, comparing Michigan’s 

URC with leading innovation clusters around the world, 

was conducted by the Anderson Economic Group, 

building on data collected over the past three years. 

“The URC has been a bright spot in the state’s 

economic picture, even in the teeth of the recession,” 

said URC Executive Director Jeff Mason. “Michigan 

has the third fastest research and development growth 

rate among competitive innovation clusters. Just as 

importantly, we’re getting stronger relative to the 

competition, which puts us in a good position to help 

propel the state’s economic growth in the future.” 

“Even as state support has dropped, Michigan’s 

research universities remain the No. 1 cluster in the U.S. 

in terms of enrollment and No. 3 in terms of high-tech 

degrees,” said Patrick Anderson, founder and principal 

of Anderson Economic Group. “These universities 

provide a net benefit to the state that is 16 times the 

cost to taxpayers. This gives Michigan the talented work 

force we need for the jobs of tomorrow.” 

Read the full 2010 report at urcmich.org/news/ 

pdf/2010econimpact-report.pdf. 

For more news go to news.msu.edu 

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SPARTAN MARCHING BAND 

BOOGIE 

WONDERLAND 

By Mary Platt 

The all-American musical form now called “boogie” began its life as “boogie-woogie,” a form of blues, in the early 

1900s. A hard-driving or swinging repetitive “walking” bass line is characteristic of the style, which was picked up by the 

big bands in the 1930s and ‘40s and popularized throughout the nation. Starting in the ‘50s and continuing on, the style 

blended with rock, country, jazz and disco to create a uniquely danceable sound – saluted by the Spartan Marching Band 

in today’s boogie-liscious halftime show! 

Coming off the line with the swingin’ theme from the old “American Bandstand” show, “Bandstand Boogie” (arranged 

by A. Thad Hegerberg), the Spartan Band segues into Earth, Wind and Fire’s smash hit “Boogie Wonderland” (arranged 

by graduate assistant Colin McKenzie), a staple of the disco era. Watch for the MSU Dance Team giving us their finest 

dance-floor moves! Then it’s on to “Boogie Shoes” – gotta remember KC and the Sunshine Band (arranged by graduate 

assistant Richard Frey). The grand finale is Al Jarreau’s unforgettable 1983 hit “Boogie Down,” arranged by Spartan 

Band alumnus J.R. Trimpe. 

Today’s drill was designed by Dr. Cormac Cannon, with color guard design by Orlando Suttles and percussion arranged 

by graduate assistant Steve Wulff. 

For much more information about the MSU Spartan Marching Band, including news, photos, video, history and more, 

we invite you to visit http://spartanband.net. To join the Spartan Band Fan Club, go to www.SpartanBand.net/giving. 

html. 

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


MSU SPARTAN MARCHING BAND 2010 

MSU Spartan Marching Band Director: John T. Madden 

MSU Director of Bands: Dr. Kevin Sedatole 

MSU Assistant Director of Bands: Dr. Cormac Cannon 

Visual and Field Coordinator: Glen Brough 

Percussion Coordinator: Dr. Jon Weber 

Percussion Assistant: Steve Wulff 

Derek Koning 

Graduate Assistants: Jamal Duncan 

Paul Crockett 

Richard Frey 

Colin McKenzie 

Armond Hall 

Color Guard Coordinator: Orlando Suttles 

Visual Assistant: John Schwarz 

Drum Major: Rachel Linsmeier 

Simon Holowieko 

Feature Twirler: Lacey Sekar-Anderson 

Sarah Bennett 

Kristen Scali 

Band Manager: Dani Payne 

“The Voice of the Spartan Band”: Peter Clay 

Recording Engineer – Dean Bredwell

HISTORY: COACHES 

Henry Keep 

1897-98 

Albert M. Barron 

1921-22 

Darryl Rogers 

1976-79 

CoaCh (alma mater) Period Years G W-l-t PCt. 

No established coach 1896 (1) 4 1-2-1 .375 

Henry Keep 1897-98 (2) 14 8-5-1 .609 

Charles O. Bemies (West Theo. Sem.) 1899-1900 (2) 11 3-7-1 .318 

George E. Denman (West Theo. Sem.) 1901-02 (2) 17 7-9-1 .441 

Chester L. Brewer (Wisconsin) 1903-10 (8) 70 54-10-6 .814 

John F. Macklin (Pennsylvania) 1911-15 (5) 34 29-5 .853 

Frank Sommers (Pennsylvania) 1916 (1) 7 4-2-1 .642 

Chester L. Brewer (Wisconsin) 1917 (1) 9 0-9 .000 

George E. Gauthier (Michigan State) 1918 (1) 7 4-3 .571 

Chester L. Brewer (Wisconsin) 1919 (1) 9 4-4-1 .500 

George “Potsy” Clark (Illinois) 1920 (1) 10 4-6 .400 

Albert M. Barron (Penn State) 1921-22 (2) 18 6-10-2 .389 

Ralph H. Young (Chicago-W&J) 1923-27 (5) 41 18-22-1 .451 

Harry G. Kipke (Michigan 1925) 1928 (1) 8 3-4-1 .437 

James H. Crowley (Notre Dame 1925) 1929-32 (4) 33 22-8-3 .712 

Charles W. Bachman (Notre Dame 1917) 1933-46 (13) 114 70-34-10 .658 

Clarence “Biggie” Munn (Minnesota 1932) 1947-53 (7) 65 54-9-2 .857 

Hugh Duffy Daugherty (Syracuse 1940) 1954-72 (19) 183 109-69-5 .609 

Dennis E. Stolz (Alma 1955) 1973-75 (3) 33 19-13-1 .591 

Darryl D. Rogers (Fresno State 1957) 1976-79 (4) 44 24-18-2 .568 

Frank “Muddy” Waters (Michigan State 1950) 1980-82 (3) 33 10-23 .303 

George J. Perles (Michigan State 1960) 1983-94 (12) 139 68-67-4 .503 

Nick Saban (Kent 1973) 1995-99 (5) 59 34-24-1 .585 

Bobby Williams (Purdue 1982) 2000-02 (3) 33 16-17 .485 

Morris Watts (Tulsa 1981) 2002 * 3 1-2 .333 

John L. Smith (Weber State 1971) 2003-06 (4) 48 22-26 .458 

Mark 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 


Charles O. Bemies 

1899-1900 

Ralph Young 

1923-27 

Frank “Muddy” Waters 

1980-82 

George Denman 

1901-02 

Harry Kipke 

1928 

George Perles 

1983-94 

Chester Brewer 

1903-10, 1917, 1919 

Jim Crowley 

1929-32 

Nick Saban 

1995-99 

John F. Macklin 

1911-15 

Charles Bachman 

1933-46 

Bobby Williams 

2000-02 

Frank Sommers 

1916 

Clarence “Biggie” Munn 

1947-53 

Morris Watts 

2002 

George E. Gauthier 

1918 

Hugh Duffy Daugherty 

1954-72 

John L. Smith 

2003-06 

George “Potsy” Clark 

1920 

Dennis Stolz 

1973-75 

Mark Dantonio 

2007-

HISTORY: NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS 

NatioNal ChampioNs (9-0-0) 

Selectors: Billingsley, Helms, Poling. 


Selector: Boand 


Selectors: Consensus – UPI, NFF, FWAA, Berryman, Billingsley, DeVold, Dunkel, FB News, Helms, Litkenhous, Poling, 

Sagarin, Sagarin (ELO-Chess). 



Selectors: Consensus – AP, UPI, Boand, DeVold, Dunkel, Football Research, Helms, Litkenhous, National 

Championship Foundation, Sagarin, Williamson. 


Selectors: Dunkel 


Selectors: Consensus – NFF, Football Research, Helms, Poling.

JONES 

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Spartan 

all-americanS 

Flozell adams - 1997 

#76, OT, 6-7, 330 

Bellwood, Ill. 

eriC allen - 1971 

#24, TB, 5-9, 161 

Georgetown, S.C. 

morten andersen - 1981 

#8, PK, 6-2, 195 

Struer, Denmark 

BoB aPisa - 1965, 66 

#45, FB, 6-1, 212 

Honolulu, Hawaii 

ed BaGdon - 1949 

#65, G, 5-10, 200 

Dearborn, Mich. 

BANKS 

Carl Banks - 1983 

#54, OLB, 6-6, 235 

Flint, Mich. 

harlon Barnett - 1989 

#36, CB, 6-0, 192 


dave Behrman - 1961, 62 

#51, OT, 6-4, 247 

Dowagiac, Mich. 

leroY Bolden - 1953 

#39, HB, 5-7 1/2, 163 

Flint, Mich. 

mark Brammer - 1978 

#91, TE, 6-4, 225 


art Brandstatter - 1936 

#31, FB, 5-11, 175 

Ecorse, Mich. 

allen Brenner - 1968 

#86, DB, 6-1, 194 

Niles, Mich. 

ed Budde - 1962 

#79, OT, 6-4, 243 


James BurrouGhs - 1981 

#28, CB, 6-1, 190 

Pahokee, Fla. 

roBert CareY - 1951 

#88, E, 6-5, 215 

Charlevoix, Mich. 

lYnn Chandnois - 1949 

#14, HB, 6-2, 195 

Flint, Mich. 

deandra CoBB - 2003 

#21, KR, 5-10, 186 

Las Vegas, Nev. 

don Coleman - 1951 

#78, T, 5-10, 185 

Flint, Mich. 

ron Curl - 1971 

#94, DT, 6-1, 250 

Chicago, Ill. 

dan Currie - 1957 

#55, C, 6-3, 225 


JerrY daPrato - 1915 

FB, 170 

Iron Mountain, Mich. 

Joe delamielleure - 1972 

#59, OG, 6-3, 242 

Center Line, Mich. 

don dohoneY - 1953 

#80, E, 6-1, 193 

Ann Arbor, Mich. 

al dorroW - 1951 

#47, QB, 6-0, 175 

Imlay City, Mich. 

dorne diBBle - 1950 

#82, E, 6-2, 198 

Adrian, Mich. 

ellis duCkett - 1952 

#32, E, 5-10, 176 

Flint, Mich. 

BillY Joe duPree - 1972 

#89, TE, 6-4, 216 

West Monroe, La. 

Paul edinGer - 1998 

#1, PK, 5-10, 175 

Lakeland, Fla. 

James ellis - 1951, 52 

#11, DB, 5-11, 175 


Brandon Fields - 2004 

#8, P, 6-6, 234 

Toledo, Ohio 

larrY FoWler - 1953 

#70, T, 6-1, 200 


kirk GiBson - 1978 

#23, WR, 6-2, 210 


ron Goovert - 1965 

#61, LB, 5-10, 205 

Ferndale, Mich. 

sonnY Grandelius - 1950 

#24, FB, 6-0, 195 

Muskegon Heights, Mich. 

roGer Grove - 1930 

QB, 6-1, 185 

Sturgis, Mich. 

herB haYGood - 2001 

#2, KR, 6-0, 190 

Sarasota, Fla. 

Clint Jones - 1965, 66 

#26, HB, 6-0, 206 

Cleveland, Ohio 

GreG Jones - 2009 

#53, LB, 6-1, 228 


steve JudaY - 1965 

#23, QB, 6-0, 178 

Northville, Mich. 

Walt koWalCzYk - 1957 

#14, HB, 6-0, 205 

Westfield, Mass. 

RINGER 

BoB kula - 1989 

#63, OT, 6-4, 282 

West Bloomfield, Mich. 

Frank kush - 1952 

#60, G, 5-9, 180 

Windber, Pa. 

earl lattimer - 1963 

#76, G, 5-11, 218 

Dallas, Texas 

sherm leWis - 1963 

#20, HB, 5-9, 154 

Louisville, Ky. 

dean look - 1959 

#24, QB, 5-10, 175 


harold luCas - 1965 

#51, MG, 6-2, 257 


tonY mandariCh - 1987, 88 

#79, OT, 6-6, 315 

Oakville, Ontario 

don mason - 1949 

#60, G, 5-10, 195 

Wayne, Mich. 

norm masters - 1955 

#57, T, 6-2, 225 


don mCauliFFe - 1952 

#40, HB, 6-1, 190 

Chicago, Ill. 

Blake miller - 1915 

E, 160 

Tonawanda, N.Y. 

ralF moJsieJenko - 1983 

#2, P, 6-3, 198 

Bridgman, Mich. 

GreG montGomerY - 1986, 87 

#23, P, 6-4, 210 

Shrewsbury, N.J. 

earl morrall - 1955 

#21, QB, 6-1, 180 

Muskegon, Mich. 

Carl nYstrom - 1955 

#68, G, 5-10, 194 

Marquette, Mich. 

Julian Peterson - 1999 

#98, LB, 6-4, 235 

Hillcrest Heights, Md. 

John PinGel - 1938 

#37, HB, 6-0, 178 

Mt. Clemens, Mich. 

Gerald Planutis - 1955 

#45, FB, 5-11, 175 

West Hazelton, Pa. 

Javon rinGer - 2008 

#23, RB, 5-9, 202 

Dayton, Ohio 

VAN PELT 

andre rison - 1988 

#1, WR, 5-11, 195 

Flint, Mich. 

Charles roGers - 2002 

#1, WR, 6-4, 205 


GeorGe saimes - 1962 

#40, FB, 5-10, 186 

Canton, Ohio 

ron saul - 1969 

#70, OG, 6-2, 239 

Butler, Pa. 

sCott shaW - 1997 

#73, OG, 6-4, 297 

Sterling Heights, Mich. 

Bill simPson - 1973 

#29, DB, 6-1, 185 

Royal Oak, Mich. 

Charles “BuBBa” smith - 1965, 66 

#95, DE, 6-7, 268 

Beaumont, Texas 

roBaire smith - 1998 

#91, DE, 6-5, 268 

Flint, Mich. 

PerCY snoW - 1988, 89 

#48, MLB, 6-3, 240 

Canton, Ohio 

raY staChoWiCz - 1979, 80 

#19, P, 6-0, 190 

Broadview Heights, Ohio 

diCk tamBuro - 1952 

#52, C, 6-1, 200 

New Kensington, Pa. 

Brad van Pelt - 1971, 72 

#10, S, 6-5, 221 

Owosso, Mich. 

sidneY WaGner - 1935 

#17, G, 5-11, 186 


Gene WashinGton - 1965, 66 

#84, WR, 6-3, 218 

LaPorte, Texas 

GeorGe WeBster - 1965, 66 

#90, ROV, 6-4, 218 

Anderson, S.C. 

JerrY West - 1966 

#77, OT, 5-11, 218 

Durand, Mich. 

lorenzo White - 1985, 87 

#34, TB, 5-11, 204 

Fort Lauderdale, Fla. 

sam Williams - 1958 

#88, E, 6-5, 225 

Dansville, Mich. 

tom YeWCiC - 1952 

#41, QB, 5-11, 180 

Conemaugh, Pa. 


Spartan 

RECORDS 

PASSING • CAREER 

Pass attemPts 

1. Jeff Smoker 2000-03 1,150 

2. Brian Hoyer 2005-08 896 

3. Drew Stanton 2003-06 846 

4. Ed Smith 1976-78 789 

5. Dave Yarema 1982-86 767 

Pass ComPletions 

1. Jeff Smoker 2000-03 685 

2. Drew Stanton 2003-06 543 

3. Brian Hoyer 2005-08 500 

4. Jim Miller 1990-93 467 

5. Dave Yarema 1982-86 464 

interCePtions throWn 

1. Jeff Smoker 2000-03 39 

2. John Leister 1979-82 35 

3. Todd Schultz 1994-97 33 

Dave Yarema 1982-86 33 

5. Ed Smith 1976-78 32 

Pass ComPletion PerCentaGe (Min. 100 Atts.) 

1. Drew Stanton (543-846) 2003-06 .642 

2. Jim Miller (467-746) 1990-93 .626 

3. Dan Enos (297-478) 1987-90 .621 

4. Kirk Cousins (230-371) 2008- .620 

5. Todd Schultz (360-593) 1994-97 .607 

PassinG Yards 

1. Jeff Smoker 2000-03 8,932 

2. Drew Stanton 2003-06 6,524 

3. Brian Hoyer 2005-08 6,159 

4. Dave Yarema 1982-86 5,809 

5. Ed Smith 1976-78 5,706 

touChdoWn Passes 

1. Jeff Smoker 2000-03 61 

2. Bill Burke 1996-99 46 

3. Dave Yarema 1982-86 43 

Ed Smith 1976-78 43 

5. Drew Stanton 2003-06 42 

PassinG eFFiCienCY (Min. 100 Atts.) 

1. Kirk Cousins 2008- 143.0 

2. Gene Glick 1946-49 142.3 

3. Earl Morrall 1953-55 140.5 

4. Drew Stanton 2003-06 138.7 

5. Jim Ninowski 1955-57 136.0 

RINGER 

22 TOUCHDOWNS - 2008 

RUSHING • CAREER 

rushinG attemPts 

1. Lorenzo White 1984-87 1,082 

2. Javon Ringer 2005-08 843 

3. Tico Duckett 1989-92 836 

4. Blake Ezor 1986-89 800 

5. Sedrick Irvin 1996-98 755 

rushinG Yards 

1. Lorenzo White 1984-87 4,887 

2. Javon Ringer 2005-08 4,398 

3. Tico Duckett 1989-92 4,212 

4. Blake Ezor 1986-89 3,749 

5. Sedrick Irvin 1996-98 3,504 

rushinG averaGe (Min. 150 atts.) 

1. George Guerre 1946-48 6.75 

2. Lynn Chandnois 1946-49 6.52 

3. Sherman Lewis 1961-63 6.21 

4. Sonny Grandelius 1948-50 6.09 

5. Derek Hughes 1978-81 6.04 

rushinG touChdoWns 

1. Lorenzo White 1984-87 43 

2. Jehuu Caulcrick 2004-07 39 


4. Javon Ringer 2005-08 34 

Blake Ezor 1986-89 34 

PASSING • SEASON 

Pass attemPts 

1. Jeff Smoker 2003 488 

2. Brian Hoyer 2007 376 

3. Bill Burke 1998 358 

4. Drew Stanton 2005 354 






4. Jim Miller 1993 215 

5. Dave Yarema 1986 200 

interCePtions throWn 

1. Bill Burke 1999 18 

2. Todd Schultz 1997 17 

3. Tony Banks 1995 15 

Dave Yarema 1984 15 


John Leister 1980 14 

Ed Smith 1977 14 

Pass ComPletion PerCentaGe (Min. 75 Atts.) 

1. Dave Yarema (200-297) 1986 .673 

2. Drew Stanton (236-354) 2005 .667 

3. Drew Stanton (141-220) 2004 .641 

4. Jim Miller (215-336) 1993 .640 

5. Jim Miller (122-191) 1992 .639 

PassinG Yards 

1. Jeff Smoker 2003 3,395 

2. Drew Stanton 2005 3,077 

3. Brian Hoyer 2007 2,725 

4. Kirk Cousins 2009 2,680 

5. Bill Burke 1998 2,595 




Jeff Smoker 2001 21 


Bill Burke 1999 20 

Ed Smith 1978 20 

PassinG eFFiCienCY (Min. 100 Atts.) 

1. Jeff Smoker 2001 166.4 

2. Dave Yarema 1986 154.1 

3. Drew Stanton 2005 153.4 

4. Jim Ninowski 1957 150.8 

5. Tom Yewcic 1952 150.6 

RUSHING • SEASON 


1. Lorenzo White 1985 419 

2. Javon Ringer 2008 390 


4. Blake Ezor 1988 322 

5. Marc Renaud 1995 312 

rushinG Yards 

1. Lorenzo White 1985 2,066 

2. Javon Ringer 2008 1,637 


4. Blake Ezor 1988 1,496 

5. Eric Allen 1971 1,494 

rushinG averaGe (Min.150 Atts.) 

1. DeAndra Cobb 2004 7.58 

2. Lynn Chandnois 1948 7.48 


4. George Guerre 1946 7.03 

5. Lynn Chandnois 1949 6.86 



2. Jehuu Caulcrick 2007 21 

3. Blake Ezor 1989 19 

4. Eric Allen 1971 18 

5. Scott Greene 1995 17 

Lorenzo White 1985 17 

HOYER 

6,159 CAREER PASSING YARDS 

2005-2008 

PASSING • SINGLE GAME 

Pass attemPts 

1. Brian Hoyer (30 comp.) Penn State 2006 61 

2. Jeff Smoker (35) Ohio State 2003 55 

3. Drew Stanton (29) Iowa 2004 54 

John Leister (18) Purdue 1980 54 

5. Brian Hoyer (26) Minnesota 2006 50 

Jeff Smoker (29) Penn State 2003 50 


1. Jeff Smoker (55 att.) Ohio State 2003 35 

2. Jeff Smoker (40) Indiana 2003 32 

John Leister (46) Michigan 1982 32 

4. Jim Miller (42) Ohio State 1993 31 

5. 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 Yards 

1. Bill Burke (21-36) Michigan 1999 400 

2. Jeff Smoker (22-32) Fresno State 2001 376 

3. Ed Smith (20-30) Indiana 1978 369 

4. Jim Miller (31-42) Ohio State 1993 360 

5. Jeff Smoker (29-50) Penn State 2003 357 


1. Drew Stanton Illinois 2005 5 

2. 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 • GAME 


1. Lorenzo White (292 yards) Indiana 1987 56 

2. Lorenzo White (244) Purdue 1985 53 

3. Lorenzo White (172) Minnesota 1985 49 

4. Javon Ringer (198) Indiana 2008 44 

Blake Ezor (250) Indiana 1988 44 

rushinG Yards 

1. Eric Allen (29 attempts) Purdue 1971 350 

2. Lorenzo White (56) Indiana 1987 292 

3. Lorenzo White (25) Indiana 1985 286 

4. Javon Ringer (43) Florida Atlantic 2008 282 

5. Clinton Jones (21) lowa 1966 268 


1. Blake Ezor Northwestern 1989 6 

2. Javon Ringer Eastern Michigan 2008 5 

3. 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 


THOMAS 

79 RECEPTIONS IN A SEASON 

2007 


RECEIVING • CAREER 

reCePtions 

1. Matt Trannon 2003-06 148 

2. Andre Rison 1985-88 146 

3. Courtney Hawkins 1988-91 138 

4. Charles Rogers 2001-02 135 

5. Gari Scott 1996-99 134 

reCeivinG Yards 

1. Andre Rison 1985-88 2,992 

2. Charles Rogers 2001-02 2,821 

3. Kirk Gibson 1975-78 2,347 

4. Courtney Hawkins 1988-91 2,210 

5. Plaxico Burress 1998-99 2,155 

Yards Per CatCh (min. 30 receptions) 

1. Kirk Gibson 1975-78 21.0 

2. Charles Rogers 2001-02 20.9 

3. Andre Rison 1985-88 20.5 

4. Mark Ingram 1983-86 20.5 

5. Daryl Turner 1980-83 20.2 

touChdoWn reCePtions 

1. Charles Rogers 2001-02 27 

2. Kirk Gibson 1975-78 24 

3. Plaxico Burress 1998-99 20 

Andre Rison 1985-88 20 

5. Gari Scott 1996-99 18 

SCORING • CAREER 

Points sCored 

1. Brett Swenson (164 PAT, 71 FG) 2006-09 377 

2. Dave Rayner (148 PAT, 62 FG) 2001-04 334 

3. John Langeloh (137 PAT, 57 FG) 1987-90 308 

4. Chris Gardner (125 PAT, 52 FG) 1994-97 281 

5. Morten Andersen (126 PAT, 45 FG) 1978-81 261 

all-PurPose Yards (Includes rushing, receiving and all returns) 

1. Javon Ringer 2005-08 5,426 

2. Lorenzo White 1984-87 5,152 

3. Derrick Mason 1993-96 5,114 

4. Sedrick Irvin 1996-98 4,833 

5. Tico Duckett 1989-92 4,511 

total touChdoWns 

1. Lorenzo White 1984-87 43 


3. Jehuu Caulcrick 2004-07 40 

4. Javon Ringer 2005-08 35 

5. Blake Ezor 1986-89 34 

total oFFense attemPts (Includes rushing and passing attempts) 

1. Jeff Smoker 2000-03 1,405 

2. Drew Stanton 2003-06 1,178 

3. Lorenzo White 1984-87 1,083 

4. Brian Hoyer 2004-08 1,001 

5. Dave Yarema 1982-86 960 

total oFFense Yards 

1. Jeff Smoker 2000-03 8,714 

2. Drew Stanton 2003-06 8,036 

3. Brian Hoyer 2004-08 5,930 

4. Ed Smith 1976-78 5,556 

5. Dave Yarema 1982-86 5,269 

total oFFense Yards Per attemPt (min. 200 attempts) 

1. Kirk Cousins 2008- 7.50 

2. Earl Morrall 1953-55 7.41 

3. Drew Stanton 2003-06 6.82 

4. Tom Yewcic 1951-53 6.64 

5. George Guerre 1946-48 6.57 

Spartan 

RECORDS 

RECEIVING • SEASON 

reCePtions 

1. Devin Thomas 2007 79 

2. Blair White 2009 70 

3. Charles Rogers 2002 68 


5. Plaxico Burress 1999 66 


1. Charles Rogers 2001 1,470 

2. Charles Rogers 2002 1,351 

3. Devin Thomas 2007 1,260 

4. Plaxico Burress 1999 1,142 

5. Courtney Hawkins 1989 1,080 

Yards Per CatCh (min. 20 receptions) 

1. Gene Washington 1966 25.1 

2. Andre Rison 1988 24.6 

3. Frank Foreman 1969 24.4 

4. Kirk Gibson 1977 24.1 

5. Octavis Long 1996 23.4 




3. Plaxico Burress 1999 12 

4. Blair White 2009 9 

5. Devin Thomas 2007 8 

Plaxico Burress 1998 8 

Andre Rison 1988 8 

Bob Carey 1949 8 

SWENSON 

377 CAREER POINTS SCORED 

2006-09 

SCORING • SEASON 

Points sCored 



3. Blake Ezor 1989 114 

4. Scott Greene 1995 112 

5. Eric Allen 1971 110 

all-PurPose Yards 

1. Devin Thomas 2007 2,590 


3. Javon Ringer 2008 2,051 

4. Derrick Mason 1995 1,994 

5. Eric Allen 1971 1,962 




3. Blake Ezor 1989 19 

4. Sedrick Irvin 1996 18 

Scott Greene 1995 18 

Eric Allen 1971 18 

total oFFense attemPts 




Bill Burke 1998 423 



1. Drew Stanton 2005 3,415 

2. Jeff Smoker 2003 3,279 

3. Kirk Cousins 2009 2,740 

4. Brian Hoyer 2007 2,620 

5. Jeff Smoker 2001 2,521 

total oFFense Yards Per attemPt (min. 200 attempts) 

1. Keith Nichol 2009 7.89 

2. Kirk Cousins 2009 7.63 

3. Jeff Smoker 2001 7.35 



RECEIVING • GAME 

reCePtions 

1. Matt Trannon Eastern Michigan 2006 14 

2. Devin Thomas Indiana 2007 13 

Plaxico Burress Florida 2000 13 

4. Blair White Northwestern 2009 12 

Mitch Lyons Michigan 1992 12 


1. Charles Rogers Fresno State 2001 270 

2. Plaxico Burress Michigan 1999 255 

3. Andre Rison Georgia 1989 252 

4. Charles Rogers Wisconsin 2001 206 

5. Mark Dell California 2008 202 


1. 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 • GAME 





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 sCored 



3. Scott Greene Illinois 1995 26 


15 other times 24 


1. Drew Stanton Minnesota 2004 410 

2. Drew Stanton Hawaii 2004 406 

3. Jeff Smoker Fresno State 2001 393 

4. Bill Burke Michigan 1999 383 

5. Drew Stanton Notre Dame 2005 375

Spartan 

RECORDS 

DEFENSE • CAREER 

taCkles 

1. Dan Bass 1976-79 541 

2. Percy Snow 1986-89 473 

3. Ike Reese 1994-97 420 

4. Josh Thornhill 1998-2001 395 

5. Chuck Bullough 1988-91 391 

taCkles For losses 

1. Julian Peterson (215 yards) 1998-99 48 

2. Larry Bethea (230) 1975-77 43 

3. Travis Davis (248) 1986-89 39 

4. Robaire Smith (169) 1997-99 38 

5. Greg Jones (169) 2007- 36.5 

QuarterBaCk saCks 

1. Larry Bethea (208 yards) 1975-77 33 

2. Julian Peterson (161) 1998-99 25 

3. Travis Davis (217) 1986-89 24 

Kelly Quinn (183) 1982-85 24 

5. Robaire Smith (140) 1997-99 22 

interCePtions 

1. Lynn Chandnois 1946-49 20 

2. Todd Krumm 1984-87 18 

3. Phil Parker 1982-85 16 

4. Kurt Larson 1985-88 14 

John Miller 1985-88 14 

Brad Van Pelt 1970-72 14 

interCePtion return Yards 

1. Lynn Chandnois 1946-49 410 

2. Brad Van Pelt 1970-72 268 

3. Phil Parker 1982-85 267 

4. Jesse Thomas 1948-50 212 

5. Todd Krumm 1984-87 198 

FumBle reCoveries 

1. Dan Bass 1976-79 12 

2. Larry Savage 1976-79 8 

3. 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 deFended 

1. Amp Campbell 1996-99 56 

2. Cedric Henry 1998-2000, 2002 42 

3. Broderick Nelson 1998, 2000-02 37 

4. Renaldo Hill 1998-2000 36 

5. Otis Wiley 2005-08 31 


PETERSON 

30 TACKLES FOR LOSS IN A SEASON 

1999 

DEFENSE • SEASON 

taCkles 

1. Chuck Bullough 1991 175 

2. Percy Snow 1989 172 

3. Chuck Bullough 1990 164 

Percy Snow 1988 164 

5. Dan Bass 1979 160 


1. Julian Peterson (140 yards) 1999 30 

2. Ervin Baldwin (89) 2007 18.5 

3. Julian Peterson (75) 1998 18 

Larry Bethea (93) 1977 18 

5. Mike Labinjo (64) 2001 17 

SNOW 

473 TACKLES IN A CAREER 

1986-89 


1. Larry Bethea (90 yards) 1977 16 

2. Julian Peterson (104) 1999 15 

3. Robaire Smith (58) 1997 12 

Travis Davis (105) 1987 12 

Kelly Quinn (84) 1984 12 

interCePtions 

1. Todd Krumm 1987 9 

2. Kurt Larson 1988 8 

John Miller 1987 8 

Jesse Thomas 1950 8 

5. Demetrice Martin 1994 7 

Phil Parker 1983 7 

Lynn Chandnois 1949 7 

interCePtion return Yards 

1. Phil Parker (7 interceptions) 1983 203 

2. Lynn Chandnois (7) 1949 183 

3. Todd Krumm (9) 1987 129 

Brad Van Pelt (4) 1971 129 

5. Cedric Henry (5) 2000 118 


1. George Chatlos 1966 7 

2. Tom Kronner 1973 5 

Tom Standal 1975 5 

Matt Vanderbeek 1989 5 

5. Myron Bell 1993 4 

Four other players 4 


1. Amp Campbell 1999 26 

2. Cedric Henry 2000 24 

3. Broderick Nelson 2001 20 

4. Broderick Nelson 2002 17 

5. Roderick Maples 2004 16 

Lemar Marshall 1998 16 

Ray Hill 1997 16 

DEFENSE • GAME 

taCkles 

1. Dan Bass Ohio State 1979 32 

2. Don Law Ohio State 1969 28 

3. Dan Bass Notre Dame 1979 24 

4. Percy Snow Illinois 1989 23 

5. 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 


1. Julian Peterson (42 yards) Ohio State 1998 7 

2. Julian Peterson (7) Oregon 1999 6 

3. 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 


1. Travis Davis (37 yards) Ohio State 1987 5 

2. 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 

interCePtions 

1. John Miller Michigan 1987 4 

2. Mark Anderson Notre Dame 1977 3 

Five other players 3 


1. Matt Vanderbeek Hawaii 1989 3 

Phil Hoag Illinois 1966 3 

Ernie Clark Illinois 1961 3 

4. Several players 2 


1. 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 

DAVIS 

5 QUARTERBACK SACKS VS. OHIO STATE 

1987

JULIAN PETERSON 

DETROIT LIONS 

FLOZELL ADAMS 

PITTSBURGH STEELERS 

KELLEN DAVIS 

CHICAGO BEARS 

KYLE COOK 

CINCINNATI BENGALS 

BRANDON FIELDS 

MIAMI DOLPHINS 

SPARTANS 

IN THE 

(Players on NFL rosters as of Aug. 26) 

Name, Pos. Team Years iN NFL 

Flozell Adams, OT Pittsburgh Steelers 13 

Trevor Anderson, DE Indianapolis Colts Rookie 

Chris Baker, TE Seattle Seahawks 9 

Ervin Baldwin, DE Indianapolis Colts 3 

Jehuu Caulcrick, FB San Francisco 49ers 3 

Kyle Cook, C Cincinnati Bengals 4 

Kellen Davis, TE Chicago Bears 3 

Brandon Fields, P Miami Dolphins 4 

David Herron, LB Kansas City Chiefs 4 

Renaldo Hill, S Denver Broncos 10 

Brian Hoyer, QB New England Patriots 2 

Brandon Long, LB San Francisco 49ers Rookie 

Derrick Mason, WR Baltimore Ravens 14 

Brandon McKinney, DT Baltimore Ravens 6 

Chris Morris, C Oakland Raiders 5 

Ogemdi Nwagbuo, DT San Diego Chargers 2 

Domata Peko, DT Cincinnati Bengals 5 

Julian Peterson, LB Detroit Lions 11 

Dave Rayner, K Cincinnati Bengals 5 

Javon Ringer, RB Tennessee Titans 2 

Clifton Ryan, DT St. Louis Rams 4 

Eric Smith, S New York Jets 5 

Robaire Smith, DE Cleveland Browns 11 

Drew Stanton, QB Detroit Lions 4 

Devin Thomas, WR Washington Redskins 3 

Kevin Vickerson, DT Seattle Seahawks 6 

Ross Weaver, CB Miami Dolphins Rookie 

Jeremy Ware, CB Oakland Raiders Rookie 

Blair White, WR Indianapolis Colts Rookie 

DAVID HERRON 

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS 

RENALDO HILL 

DENVER BRONCOS 


SPARTANS 

IN THE 

BRIAN HOYER 

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS 

OgEMDI NwAgBUO 

SAN DEGO CHARGERS 

ERIC SMITH 

NEW YORK JETS 


BRANDON McKINNEY 

BALTIMORE RAVENS 

DOMATA PEKO 

CINCINNATI BENGALS 

ROBAIRE SMITH 

CLEVELAND BROWNS 

DERRICK MASON 

BALTIMORE RAVENS 

JAVON RINgER 

TENNESSEE TITANS 

DREw STANTON 

DETROIT LIONS 

CLIFTON RYAN 

ST.LOUIS RAMS 

DEVIN THOMAS 

WASHINGTON REDSKINS

SPARTAN HEAD COACHES 

caThy geoRge 

Volleyball 

Damon Rensing 

Men’s Soccer 


Jake boss JR. 

Baseball 

suzy meRchanT 

Women’s Basketball 

maTT gianioDis 

Men’s & Women’s 

Swimming & Diving 

Tom saxTon 

Women’s Soccer 

Rick comley 

Ice Hockey 

Tom minkel 

Wrestling 

Tom izzo 

Men’s Basketball 

sTacy sloboDnik-sToll 

Women’s Golf 

maRk DanTonio 

Football 

gene oRlanDo 

Men’s Tennis 

Jacquie JosePh 

Softball 

Rolf van De keRkhof 

Field Hockey 

WalT DRenTh 

Director: Men’s & Women’s 

Track & Field/Cross Country 

sam PuRyeaR 

Men’s Golf 

kaThie klages 

Women’s Gymnastics 

maTT Weise 

Crew

THE SPARTAN 

MARCHINg 

BAND 

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.

MSU Fight Song 

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. 

History 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. 

Alma Mater: 

MSU Shadows 

MSU, we love thy shadows 

When twilight silence falls, 

Flushing deep and softly paling 

O’er ivy covered halls; 

Beneath the pines we’ll gather 

To give our faith so true, 

Sing our love for Alma Mater 

And thy praises MSU. 

When from these scenes we wander 

And twilight shadows fade, 

Our memory still will linger 

Where light and shadows played; 

In the evening oft we’ll gather 

And pledge our faith anew, 

Sing our love for Alma Mater 

And thy praises MSU. 


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

SPARTAN ATHLETICS 

On 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, 

OF 

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 BiBBs 

Men’s Track & Field Coach 1968-98 

Hometown – Ecorse, MI 

• First African-American head coach at 

Michigan State 

• During his tenure, Spartans earned 

two world records, 52 Big Ten titles 

and All-America honors 26 times 

• Tutored Judi Brown to the 1984 

Olympic silver medal in the 400meter 

hurdles 

dr. nELL Jackson 

Assistant Director of Athletics for Women 1973-81 

Women’s Track & Field Coach 1973-77, 1978-81 

Hometown – Athens, GA 

• Coached 13 athletes to All-America honors 

• Member of the Black Athletes Hall of Fame, Women’s Sports 

Foundation Hall of Fame and National Track & Field Hall of Fame 

• During her tenure as an administrator, Jackson pioneered quality 

and successful women’s athletic programs in nine sports 

• First African-American woman to coach Olympic track team and to 

serve on the U.S. Olympic Committee’s board of directors 

JuLius mccoy 

Basketball 1953-56 

Hometown – Farrell, PA 

• 1956 All-American 

• Second player in program history to 

surpass the 1,000-point total 

• Appeared in the 1956 College All-Star 

game 

• Drafted by the NBA’s St. Louis Hawks 

in 1956 


Ed BuddE 

Football 1960-62 

Hometown – Detroit, MI 


• First-round draft pick of both the AFL’s 

Kansas City Chiefs (then Dallas Stars) 

and the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles 

• Appeared in both the Senior Bowl and 

College All-Star Game following his 

senior season 

• Seven-time Pro Bowl selection and 

two-time first-team All-Pro 

PErcy snow 


Hometown – Canton, OH 

• Two-time First-Team All-American 

(1988-89) 

• First player to win both the Butkus 

and Lombardi Awards in the same 

year (1989) 

• Three-time First-Team All-Big Ten 

Selection (1987-1989) 

• Selected by the Kansas City Chiefs in 

the first round of the 1990 NFL Draft 

stEvE GarvEy 

Baseball/Football 1966-68 

Hometown – Tampa, FL 

• 1968 All-American in baseball 

• Four-time Gold Glove winner and 

1974 National League MVP 

• Appeared in 10 Major League All-Star 

games and five World Series 

• 1,207 consecutive games played 

ranks fourth all time in Major League 

Baseball history 

kEn waLsh 

Swimming 1965-67 

Hometown – Ponte Vedra, FL 

• 12-time All-American 

• 1967 NCAA Champion in the 100meter 

freestyle 

• Big Ten Champion: 1965 & 1967 

100-meter freestyle, 1967 200-meter 

freestyle and 400-meter freestyle 

relay 

• Gold medalist at the 1968 Olympics 

in the 400-meter relay and 400-meter 

freestyle relay; silver medalist in the 

100-meter freestyle 

Linda Gustavson 


Hometown – Santa Cruz, CA 

• 1968 Olympic gold medalist in the 

400-meter relay 

• 1970 AIAW National Champion in the 

50-meter freestyle 

• Earned a silver medal in the 400meter 

individual freestyle and bronze 

medal in 100-meter individual freestyle 

at 1968 Olympics 

ron mason 

Hockey Coach 1979-2002 

Director of Athletics 2002-2007 

Hometown – Blyth, Ontario 

• Winningest college hockey coach in history (924 victories) 

• Coached MSU’s two Hobey Baker Award winners – Kip Miller 

and Ryan Miller 

• Led MSU to an NCAA Championship, 17 CCHA regular-season 

and playoff titles, and guided an all-time record 23 teams overall 

to the NCAA Tournament. 

• Coached 35 All-Americans and 50 former Spartans who went on 

to establish careers in the National Hockey League 

LorEnzo whitE 


Hometown – Fort Lauderdale, FL 

• Two-time First-Team All-American 

(1985, 1987) 

• Finished fourth in the Heisman Trophy 

balloting in both 1985 and 1987 

• MSU’s all-time leading rusher with 

4,887 yards, including 23 100-yard 

games 

• Selected by the Houston Oilers in the 

first round of the 1988 NFL Draft


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FreD alDerMan 

Track and Field 1925-27 

Hometown - East Lansing, MI 

Hall of Fame Class - 1992 

• First Spartan to win Olympic gold 1927 

• NCAA Champion in 100 and 220 

• 1927 IC4A individual champion in 440 

eD BagDon 


Hometown - Dearborn, MI 



• 1949 Outland Trophy winner 

• Half of top guard tandem with Don Mason 

aMo Bessone 

Hockey Coach 1951-79 

Hometown - Sagamore, MA 


• 1966 National Coach of the Year 

• Five Big Ten Championships 

• U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame inductee 

• Led Spartans to first national title in 1966 

JaCk Breslin 

Football/Basketball/Baseball 1944-46 

Hometown - Battle Creek, MI 


• 1944 “Governor’s Award” football MVP 

• 30-year MSU administrator 

• Duffy Daugherty Award winner 

• MSU’s basketball arena named in his honor 

lauren Brown 

Cross Country/Track 1928-31 

Hometown - Detroit, MI 


• 1928 cross country All-American 

• Won the Central Collegiate Conference 

Championships in 1927 and 1929 

• Set school records in the steeplechase and 2-mile 

lynn ChanDnois 


Hometown - Flint, MI 



• 1950 Michigan Outstanding Amateur Athlete of the 

Year 

• 1949 All-American halfback 

• Three-time NFL All-Pro as Pittsburgh Steeler 

shirley Cook 

Field Hockey/Basketball/Track and Field 1955-58 

Hometown – Port Hope, MI 


• One of MSU’s pioneer female student-athletes 

• Founder of Women’s Varsity Alumni Club 

• Created an endowment in her name to promote 

women’s athletics 

ChuCk Davey 

Boxing 1943, 1947-49 

Hometown - Dearborn, MI 


• Only four-time NCAA boxing champion 

• Undefeated collegiate record 

• Member of 1948 U.S. Olympic team 

george alDerton 

Sports Editor 1923-62 

Hometown - Saginaw, MI 


• Covered Spartans for 39 years 

• Nicknamed “The Spartans” in 1926 

• First Michigan Sportswriter and 

Sportscaster Hall of Fame inductee 

gloria BeCksForD 

Softball 1975-76; Softball Coach 1981-93 

Hometown - Holland, MI 


• Pitched MSU to 1976 College World Series title 

• First female athlete with number retired 

• 1986 Big Ten Coach of the Year 

art BranDstatter, sr. 





• 1961 Selection to Sports Illustrated’s Silver Anniversary 

All-America Team 

• 1990 Jack Breslin Lifetime Achievement Award winner 

Chester Brewer 

Athletics Director/Coach 

1903-10, 1917, 1919-22 

Hometown - Owosso, MI 


• MAC’s first full-time athletics director 

• Coached football, basketball, baseball and track teams 

• Football team went undefeated in 43-straight home 

games (1903-10) 

leanDer Burnett 

Baseball/Track 1889-92 

Hometown - Harbor Springs, MI 


• Three-time all-around MIAA track champion 

• Won 37 individual events at MIAA field days 

• Earned nine varsity letters in baseball and track 

Don ColeMan 




• First Spartan to have his number retired 

• MSU’s first unanimous All-American 

• 1975 College Football Hall of Fame inductee 

Jerry DaPrato 


Hometown – Iron Mountain, MI 

Hall of Fame Class – 2001 

• First Football All-American (1915) 

• Led nation in scoring (1915), running for 15 touchdowns, 

booting 28 extra points and converting two field 

goals for 124 points. 

• Set single-game and season scoring records 

Joe DelaMielleure 


Hometown - Center Line, MI 


• 1972 Football All-American 

• 1971 and 1972 All-Big Ten First Team 

• 2003 Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee 

• Six-time NFL All-Pro 

dAUGHERTY 

Inducted 1992 

Chet auBuChon 

Basketball 1939-40, 42 

Hometown - Gary, IN 


• Called the “Houdini of the Hardwood” 

• Spartans’ first basketball All-American 

riCharD Berry 

Fencing 1952-53 

Hometown - Highland Park, MI 



• 1952 NCAA runner-up in individual epee 

• Two-time Big Ten Champion 

(1952 Epee /1953 Foil) 

• 1959 Pan American Games 

Molly Brennan 

Track 1979-82 

Hometown - Waterford, MI 


• 1982 Rhodes Scholar 

• 1981-82 All-American sprinter 

• 1982 Sportswoman of the Year 

JuDi Brown 

Track 1980-83 



• 1983 NCAA Champion in 400-meter hurdles 

• Three-time All-American 

• 12-time Big Ten Champion 

• Member of world record-setting sprint 

medley relay 

BoB Carey 

Football/Basketball/Track 1949-52 

Hometown - Charlevoix, MI 


• 1951 shot put All-American 

• 1951 football All-American 

• Three-year basketball starter 

FenDley Collins 

Wrestling Coach 1930-62 

Hometown - Headrick, OK 


• 1961 Big Ten Championship 

• Coached individuals to 13 NCAA titles 

• Coached individuals to 14 Big Ten titles 

• NCAA runner-up three times (1941, ‘43, ‘48) 

DuFFy Daugherty 

Football Coach 1954-72 

Hometown - Barnesboro, PA 


• 1956 and 1965 National Coach of the Year 

• Coached 33 first-team All Americans 

• College Football Hall of Fame inductee 

Marshall Dill 




• 11-time Big Ten Champion; 1972 and 1973 All-American 

• 1973 NCAA outdoor champion in 220-yard dash 

• Won four-consecutive Big Ten titles in the outdoor 220yard 

dash and two straight in the outdoor 100-yard dash 

• Won three-straight Big Ten titles in the indoor 300-yard 

dash 



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gary Dilley 


Hometown - Huntington, IN 


• 1965-66 NCAA Champion in 100-yard 

and 200-yard backstroke 

• Eight-time Big Ten champion 

• 12-time All-American 

Julie Farrell-ovenhouse 

Swimming & Diving 1988-91 

Hometown – Holt, MI 


• 1990 NCAA champion on the one-meter board 

• 1991 NCAA champion on the three-meter board 

• Six-time All-American 

• Three-time Big Ten Diver of the Year (1989-91) 

riCharD Frey 


Hometown – Buffalo, NY 


• Captain of 1939 cross country NCAA Championship 

team, the first NCAA title won by a Spartan team 

• Four-time All-American (two-time cross country and 

two-time track) 

• Member of IC4A Championship team in 1937 

• Won freshman IC4A title in 1936 

kirk giBson 

Football/Baseball 1975-78 

Hometown - Waterford, MI 


• 1978 baseball and football All-American 

• No. 1 draft pick of Detroit Tigers in 1978 

• Key MLB veteran on two World Series 

Championship teams 

Johnny green 


Hometown - Dayton, OH 



• 1959 Big Ten MVP 

• Three-time All-Big Ten 

John hannah 

MSU President 1941-69 

Hometown - Grand Rapids, MI 


• Led MSU into the Big Ten Conference 

• Football jersey number retired for 46 years of service 

• Awarded USA Medal of Freedom for his civil rights 

work 

John horne 

Boxing 1958-60 

Hometown - Washington, D.C. 

Hall of Fame Class: 1996 

• Three-time NCAA Champion in 178-pound class 

• Competed without regular coach, program or 

sparring partner 

• Two-time All-American 

FreD Johnson 

Track 1947-50 

Hometown - Grandville, MI 


• 1949 NCAA Champion in broad jump 

• 1949 All-American in the broad jump and low hurdles 

• Shared world record in 65-yard low hurdles 


JiM ellis 


Hometown – Saginaw, MI 


• First Spartan to receive All-America honors in consecutive 

years (1951-52) 

• Named to All-Western first team in 1952 

• Captain of the 1953 Big Ten and 1954 Rose Bowl 

Championship team 

Dr. JaMes Feurig 

Team Physician 1953-75 

Hometown - Seymour, WI 


• MSU team physician for 22 years 

• Key researcher on the dangers of the crossbody block 

in football 

• 1968 Michigan State Medical Society Distinguished 

Service Award 

lyMan FriMoDig 

Basketball/Baseball/Football 1914-17 

Hometown - Calumet, MI 


• MSU’s only 10-time letterwinner 

• 41-year career as assistant athletic director and business 

manager 

• Co-author of Spartan Saga: A History of 

Michigan State Athletics 

Cheryl gilliaM 

Track 1978-81 



• 1981 indoor All-American in 60-meter dash 

• Won four-straight Big Ten titles in the outdoor 200meter 

dash 

• Set six individual and nine relay records 

george guerre 




• Led the Spartans in rushing for three-straight seasons 

from 1946-48 

• Averaged 6.75 yards per carry, the best career rushing 

average in school history 

• 1946 team MVP 

george M. “JuD” heathCote 

Basketball Coach 1976-95 

Hometown – Spokane, WA 


• 1979 NCAA Championship 

• Won three Big Ten titles (1978, 1979, 1990) 

• 2001 National Association of Basketball 

Coaches Golden Anniversary Award 

Burl Jennings 

Wrestling 1941-43 

Hometown - Tulsa, OK 


• Two-time NCAA Champion 

• 1943 co-captain with twin brother 

earvin “MagiC” Johnson 


Hometown - Lansing, MI 




• MVP of 1979 NCAA Tournament 

• Five NBA Championships 

gibson 

Inducted 1994 

sue ertl 

Golf 1977-80 

Hometown – Ionia, MI 



• 1977 and 1978 Big Ten Medalist 

• 1978 Runner-up Midwest AIAW 

Championships 

• 1988 National Collegiate Golf 

Hall of Fame 

Mary FossuM 

Golf Coach 1973-97 

Hometown - Green Bay, WI 


• Led the Spartans to five straight Big Ten titles from 

1974-78 plus 1982 crown 

• Guided team to six-consecutive AIAW National 

Championship appearances from 1973-78 

John Fuzak 

Faculty Athletics Representative 1959-79 

Hometown – Crewe, VA 


• Served as MSU’s Faculty Representative for 20 years 

(1959-79) 

• Twice served as chairman for the Big Ten Faculty 

Representatives 

• MSU’s Vice President of Student Affairs from 1961-66 

• NCAA President (1975-76) 

everett “sonny” granDelius 


Hometown - Muskegon Heights, MI 




• 1951 Hula Bowl MVP 

roger grove 

Football/Basketball 1928-31 

Hometown - Sturgis, MI 



• 1930 Basketball All-American 

• Led basketball team in scoring in 1929-30 

and 1930-31 

• MSU freshman pole vault record in 1928 

JaCk hePPinstall 

Athletic Trainer 1914-59 

Hometown - Durham County, England 


• MSU’s first athletic trainer 

• Served under five athletics directors and 12 head football 

coaches 

• National Athletic Trainers Association Hall of Fame 

inductee 

Merle Jennings 




• Two-time NCAA Champion 

• 1943 co-captain with twin brother 

• 1943 National AAU Champion 

JoyCe kazMierski 

Golf 1964-67 



• 1966 National Collegiate Golf Champion 

• Formed Women’s Golf Club at MSU 

• Played on LPGA tour from 1968 to 1985 

• 1986 inductee into National Golf Coaches 

Hall of Fame


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greg kelser 





• Three-time team MVP 

• 1979 First-team Academic All-American 

• Holds honorary doctorate from MSU 

gene kenney 

Soccer Coach 1956-69 

Hometown – Urbana, IL 


• Led MSU to back-to-back National Championships in 

1967-68 

• Teams made eight-straight trips to the NCAA 

Tournament from 1962-69 

• His .866 winning pct. is second in the NCAA 

Bonnie lauer 

Golf 1970-73 

Hometown - Walled Lake, MI 


• 1973 AIAW National Champion 

• First female athlete voted “Spartan of the Week” 

by the State News 

• 1976 LPGA Rookie of the Year 

Dean look 





• 1958 baseball team MVP and first-team All-Big Ten 

selection led the Spartans in runs, RBI, total bases, 

stolen bases, doubles and home runs 

• Spent 29 years as an official in the NFL 

roBert “BuCk” MCCurry 


Hometown - Lewiston, PA 


• Three-time team captain 

• Duffy Daugherty Award winner 

• All-American center 

• MSU Assistant Football Coach 1949-50 

Deanne Moore 

Softball 1981-84 

Hometown - Fenton, MI 


• 1983 All-American and 

GTE Academic All-American 

• 1984 All-Big Ten selection 

• 1984 Alderton Athlete of the Year 

gwen norrell Ph.D. 

Faculty Athletics Representative 1979-87 

Hometown - Eudora, AR 


• First woman to serve as Faculty Representative in Big 

Ten history 

• NCAA Vice-President (1983-84 and 1984-85) 

• MSU Athletic Council (two terms) 

• 1973 MSU Distinguished Faculty Award 

graDy Peninger 

Wrestling Coach 1963-1986 

Hometown – Ponca City, OK 


• First Big Ten Coach to win seven consecutive conference 

titles (1966-72) 

• During his tenure, Spartan wrestlers earned 10 NCAA 

titles, 40 Big Ten titles and garnered All-American 

honors 54 times 

• 1987 U.S. Wrestling Hall of Fame inductee 

CrawForD “ForDDy” kenneDy 


Hometown - Glasgow, Scotland 


• Three-time cross country All-American 

• 1958 NCAA cross country champion 

• 1959 Big Ten cross country and 

two-mile champion 

John koBs 

Baseball Coach 1925-63 

Hometown - Cavalier, ND 


• 576-377-16 record over 39 years 

• MSU’s baseball field named in his honor 

• Michigan Sports Hall of Fame inductee 

sherMan lewis 

Football/Track 1961-64 

Hometown – Louisville, KY 



• 1963 Football Co-captain 

• Finished third in Heisman Trophy balloting in 1963 

• 1963-64 Track Captain 

williaM MaCk 


Hometown - Palos Park, IL 


• 1950 All-American in mile run 

• Four-time cross country All-American (two at MSU) 

• Member of world record two-mile relay team 

gale Mikles 




• 1947 NCAA Champion at 155 pounds 

• 1945 AAU National Champion in 145-pound class 

• Long-time MSU coach and administrator 

earl Morrall 


Hometown - Muskegon, MI 



• 1955 All-Big Ten 

• 1968 NFL MVP 

• Quarterback for two Super Bowl Champions 

herB oDoM 

Boxing 1952-55 

Hometown – Flint, MI 


• Back-to-back NCAA Champion at 147 pounds (1954- 

55) 

• Led MSU to 1955 team National Championship 

• Two-time All-American (1954-55) 

• Compiled a 29-5-2 career record 

george Perles 


Hometown - Allen Park, MI 


• Led the Spartans to two Big Ten titles (1987 and 1990) 

and seven bowl appearances 

• Three of his teams finished among the nation’s Top 25, 

including the 1987 Big Ten championship team that 

ranked No. 8 in the final polls 

• Tutored nine first-team All-Americans 

munn 

Inducted 1992 

henry kenneDy 


Hometown - Glasgow, Scotland 


• Six-time letterwinner in cross country and track 

• 1955 Big Ten cross country champion 

• 1955-56 IC4A Champion 

Frank kush 


Hometown - Windber, PA 



• Anchored defensive line for 1952 Ntn’l Champions 

• MSU Centennial Super Squad 

• 1995 National Football Foundation College Hall of Fame 

inductee 

Danny litwhiler 

Baseball Coach 1964-82 

Hometown - Ringtown, PA 


• Two Big Ten Championship teams 

• Coached 13 future MLB players 

• 1942 All-Star with Philadelphia 

• Developed radar speed gun to time pitches 

Jane ManChester-Meyers 

Swimming/Diving 1972-74, 1976 

Hometown - Pompano Beach, FL 



• 1973-74 AIAW National Champion 

• 1973-74 Big Ten Champion 

Blake Miller 

Football/Baseball/Basketball 1912-15 

Hometown – Tonawanda, NY 


• Named to MSU’s all-time Old-Timers Football Team 

(pre-1940) in 1970 


• Earned All-Western honors in football (1913-14) 

• Won nine varsity letters at MSU: four in football, three 

in baseball and two in basketball 

ClarenCe “Biggie” Munn 


Athletic Director 1954-72 

Hometown - Minneapolis, MN 


• Posted an .857 winning percentage over seven years 

• 1952 National Coach of the Year 


welDon olson 

Hockey 1951-55 

Hometown – Marquette, MI 


• 1953 Hockey MVP 

• 1960 Olympic Ice Hockey Gold Medalist 

• 1956 Olympic Ice Hockey Silver Medalist 

• Olympic Hall of Fame 

• 1993 Distinguished Hockey Alumnus Award 

John Pingel 


Hometown - Mt. Clemens, MI 


• 1937-38 All-American punter 

• First round draft pick of Detroit Lions 

• National Football Foundation Hall of Fame inductee 



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Carlton rintz 

Gymnastics 1952-55 

Hometown - Quarryville, PA 


• Nine-time Big Ten Champion 

• 1954 NCAA Champion on pommel horse 

• 1955 NCAA Champion on parallel bars, horizontal bars 

and pommel horse 

ernestine russell-weaver 

Gymnastics 1957-60 

Hometown - Windsor, Ontario 


• 1955 AAU National Champion 

• Competed without a team at MSU 

• Member of 1956 and 1960 Canadian 

Olympic teams 

Clarke sCholes 




• 1952 Olympic Gold Medal in 100m freestyle 

• Five-time NCAA Champion 

• International Swimming Hall of Fame inductee 

giDeon “Charlie” sMith 



Hall of Fame Class: 1994 

• MAC’s first African-American football player 

• All-Star tackle on the 1913-15 MAC teams 

• Played pro football with Canton Bulldogs and Jim 

Thorpe 

valerie sterk keMPer 

Volleyball 1993-96 

Hometown – Byron Center, MI 


• First female team sport athlete at MSU to earn First- 

Team All-America honors (1995 and 1996) 

• Led nation with .449 hitting percentage in 1996 

• First Spartan volleyball player to earn First-Team All- 

Big Ten honors three times 

• 1996 Third-Team Academic All-American 

gene washington 

Football/Track 1964-67 

Hometown - LaPorte, TX 


• 1965-66 All-American 


• 1967 NFL first-round draft pick 

John D. wilson 


Hometown – Lapeer, MI 


• MSU’s first Rhodes Scholar 

• 1952 Academic All-American 

• 1952 North-South Football Game 

• 1989 GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame 


roBin roBerts 

Baseball/Basketball 1945-47 

Hometown – Springfield, IL 


• Selected to 100th anniversary College All-Star 

team in 1959 

• Recorded 286 wins in 10 Major League seasons 

• 1976 Baseball Hall of Fame inductee 

george saiMes 


Hometown - Canton, OH 



• Finished seventh in the Heisman Trophy 

balloting in 1962 

• Two-time All-Big Ten (consensus first team 1961-62) 

• NFL All-Pro from 1964-69 

sCott skiles 


Hometown – Plymouth, IN 


• Led Big Ten in scoring in 1985-86 to earn All-America 

honors 


• Became second Spartan to score more than 2,000 points 

steve sMith 




• 1990 and 1991 All-American 

• 1990 Big Ten Player of the Year 

• No. 21 jersey retired in 1999 

• 1991 NBA first-round draft pick (No. 5 overall) 

• 1994 Olympic Gold Medalist 

BraD van Pelt 

Football/Baseball/Basketball 1969-72 

Hometown - Owosso, MI 


• Three-sport athlete who won seven varsity letters 

• Two-time football All-American (1971-72) 

• First defensive back ever to receive Maxwell Award as 

nation’s top collegiate player (1972) 

• Played in five-straight NFL Pro Bowls from 1976-80 

herB washington 




• Four-time All-American 

• 1970 and 1972 NCAA Indoor Champion in 60-yard dash 

• Won seven Big Ten titles 

• 1997 NCAA Silver Anniversary Award 

toM yewCiC 


Hometown - Conemaugh, PA 



• 1954 Baseball All-American 

• 1954 College World Series MVP 

• Led MSU to share of Big Ten title in 1953 and a win in the 

1954 Rose Bowl 

smith 

Inducted 1992 

toM ross 


Hometown – Dearborn, MI 


• Holds MSU career records with 324 points, 138 goals 

and 186 assists 

• Scored at least one point in 79 consecutive games 

• Second college player to reach 300-point mark; ranks 

second all-time with 324 career points 

• NCAA record-holder with 72 power-play goals 

karl sChlaDeMan 

Track Coach 1941-59 

Hometown - Seafield, IN 


• Turned Michigan State Relays into a major event 

• Led the Spartans to three IC4A titles 

• Coached four Olympians 

Charles “BuBBa” sMith 


Hometown - Beaumont, TX 



• 1966 UPI Lineman of the Year 

• 1967 NFL No. 1 draft pick 

• 1988 College Football Hall of Fame inductee 

FreD staBley, Jr. 

Sports Information Director 1948-80 

Hometown - Dallastown, PA 


• 1962 Arch Ward winner for his work as Sports 

Information Director 

• Press box at Spartan Stadium named in his honor 

• Charter member of CoSIDA Hall of Fame in 1969 

Doug volMar 


Hometown - Cleveland Heights, OH 



• 1966 WCHA All-Star 

• Member of 1968 U.S. Olympic hockey team 

george weBster 


Hometown - Anderson, SC 


• 1965-66 All-American 


• Nine-year NFL veteran with three teams 

ralPh young 


Track and Field Coach 1924-40 

Athletic Director 1923-54 

Hometown - Crown Point, IN 


• Coached 27 track All-Americans and 

four Olympians 

• Michigan Sports Hall of Fame inductee 

• Served in Michigan Legislature from 1956 to 1962 

• MSU’s track is named in his honor

RALPH 

YOUNG 

FUND

The Department 

of Intercollegiate 

Athletics thanks 

the following 

donors. Their 

generosity 

allows us to 

build and sustain 

a competitive 

athletics program 

in the Big Ten 

Conference and the 

NCAA. 

ambassadors 

Donors of $50,000 or more 

Agriculture & Natural Resources 

Herman J & Sherry Arends 

Merrill Bailey 

Scott and Natalie Bernecker 

Dan and Sherry Bowen 

Craig and Vicki Brown 

The Christman Company 

Craig and Mary Helen Crooks 

Dean Trailways of Michigan - Mr. Kellie Dean 

Delta Dental Plan of Michigan 

Edward and Laura Demmer 

Marguerite Ann Demmer 

Mr. and Mrs. William A. Demmer 

Downtown Coaches Club 

John Dykema and Michele Maly Dykema 

Kris and Jennifer Elliott 

Foster, Swift, Collins and Smith P.C. 

Betty Gadaleto 

Michael & Jill Gantos 

Mr. and Mrs. William Guzy 

Philip and Reedy Hickey 

Jackson National Life Insurance Company 

Joe D. Pentecost Foundation 

Spencer Johnson 

David and Karen Jordan 

Terry and Cindy Lanzen 

Barb and Ben Maibach III 

Drayton and Elizabeth McLane 

David and Linda Mehney 

Todd R. and Marcia K. Moss 

Jim and Mary Nelson 

Trustee George J. and Sally A. Perles 

James and Janice Petcoff 

Trustee Randall Pittman 

Steve & Brenda Ramsby 

John and Mary Rayis 

Douglas and Carol Rearick 

Rebounders Club - MSU 

Peter F. Secchia and Joan P. Secchia 

Carol Shedd 

Bob Skandalaris 

Steve and Millie Smith 

Steve and Teresa St. Andre 

Jeff and Trisha Stanton 

Do Good Things Foundation 

Gary and Margaret Valade 

Jeffrey & Christine West 

Jill and Gary Witzenburg 

scholarship 

Donors of $10,000 up to $24,999 

Mike and Lorene Abel 

Dr. Christopher Abood 

Dr. Beth Alexander 

Darryl and Sharon Allen 

American Collegiate Marketing, Inc. 

Michael Anderson 

Mike and Carol Anderson 

Tom and Ellen Antaya 

B & J Moving and Storage 

Merrill Bailey 

Nathaniel Lake Jr. & Patricia Ann Baines-Lake 

Bert and Lisa Baker 

Ernie and Leanne Balcueva & Family 

Dennis and Donna Banks 

John and Maureen Beadle 

Richard E. Beckman 

Dick and Marie J. Belding 

Philip and Susan Bickel 

John and Marie Black 

Patricia and David Brogan 

Scott R. and Lynne M. Burnett 

champions circlE 

Donors of $25,000 or more 

Steven and Amy Almany 

American Physicians Assurance Corporation 

Ernie and Leanne Balcueva & Family 

Howard and Vivian Ballein 

Dick and Marie J. Belding 

Dennis and Cheryl Bhaskaran 

Kirk and Patricia Brannock 

Shane H. Bullough 

Norm and Rosemary Byrne 

Gary M. Ciampa 

Continental ID/Spartan Graphics 

Martin Louis Clemens 

Trustee Dolores M. and Byron J. Cook 

Doug and Valerie DeMartin 

Scott and Terri Devon 

Douglas J. Salon & Spa 

DTN Management Co 

Herbert and Carol Elfring 

Fastbreak Club 

Mr. and Mrs. Randy Fedewa 

Fincor Solutions 

Mr. and Mrs. Morton M. Finkelstein 

Thomas S. and Mickie Fox Family 

Dick and Janet Fullmer 

John and Sharon Garside 

Rick George 

Robert L. and Carol Gerbel 

Alan S & Rhona Gorosh 

Don and Phoebe Griffin 

Tom and Carol Harding 

Mark Castellani and Lisa Hildorf 

Jan Holcomb 

J.C. and Aurie Huizenga 

Michael Lindley 

Ilitch Holdings Inc. 

Rod Slobodian 

Mr. and Mrs. William G. Janis 

John Durr 

Richard and Tracy Johnson 

Michael E & Lanae Kettlewell 

David J. Kirkby 

Kreis Enderle 

Mr. and Mrs. Brian F. Larsen 

Business Machines Company Inc. 

John and Irene Cantlon 

James F. Carr, Jr. and Diane S. Carr 

Cars.com 

Mark D. Castellani 

Dale and Patty Chiara 

Joseph and Jane Cissell 

Gary M. Ciampa 

Martin Louis Clemens 

Stanford and Cynthia Compton 

Andy and Sandy Conner 

Roger and Shelia Conrad 

Cynthia M. Conway 

J.F. Cordes, MD 

Mr. Jay A. Craig 

Mr. and Mrs. James A. Currie 

Mike & Lorene Abel 

Dr. Christopher Abood 

Dr. Beth Alexander 

Darryl and Sharon Allen 

American Telephone & Telegraph Fdtn. 

Rick and Suzanne Lasch 

Edward K. Lee, D.O. and Gloria A. Wesley Lee 

Dan Loepp 

Clark and Kathleen Manning 

Harry W. Maxwell 

Alec McAree 

Michigan Millers Mutual Insurance Company 

Michigan Retailers Association 

Charles and Kay T. Miller 

MSU Club of West Michigan 

Craig and Lisa Murray 

George and LaWayne Napoles 

George and Marilyn Nugent 

Terrell R. Oetzel, MAI, CRE 

Daniel J & Anna Oginsky 

Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Otto 

Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Petty 

Roger M. and Kim L. Pitzer 

David and Joan Porteous 

Randy and Marci Ralph 

Darrel & Dawn Reece 

Steve and Laurie Shanker 

Mary Ellen Sheets & Tom Amiss 

Drs. Lou A. and Roy J. Simon 

Ron E. and Josephine Smith 

George P & Judith Spanske 

Jane & Gordon Spink 

Mr. and Mrs. Gordon L. Stauffer 

Lyle L Stephens 

Mr. and Mrs. David C. Stone 

Bret Story 

Dr. Thomas and Teresa Tarn 

Mary E. Tatter 

The Insurance Offices 

The Vista Group 

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Thomas 

Tom and Mary Jo Tuori 

Universal Forest Products 

Herb and Gisele Washington 

Ken and Marilyn Way 

Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. White 

Sharon Wicker and Nick Popp 

Jim & Sue Williams 

Tom and Ellen Antaya 

Sedric L. Audas and Nancy Mesko 

AXA Foundation 

Bert and Lisa Baker 

Art C. Baryames 

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Bauer 

John A & Maureen Beadle 

Richard E. Beckman 

Brian T. Bertsch 

Philip and Susan Bickel 

John and Marie Black 

William A. and Julie A. Boettcher 

Mr. and Mrs. Carl L. Bollman 

I J Breckenfeld 

Patricia & David Brogan 

Jeffrey G. Buday 

Dr. Don Burkhardt 

Scott R. and Lynne M. Burnett 

James F. Carr, Jr. and Diane S. Carr 

Jeffrey Casey 

Cawood Building Company 


scholarship cont’d 

Donors of $10,000 up to $24,999 

Loyal Spartan Fan 

Joseph & Carolyn Clark 

Robert Cleland 

Kelly P. Coffey 

Jeffrey S & Cathy Cole 

Stanford and Cynthia Compton 

Andrew & Sandra Conner 

Roger and Shelia Conrad 

Consumers Energy 

Cynthia M. Conway 

Donald & Diane Cook 

J.F. Cordes, MD 

Mr. Jay A. Craig 

Mr. and Mrs. James A. Currie 

Dan Henry Distibuting 

Diana E. D’Angelo and Martin C. Hawley 

Mark and Becky Dantonio 

David & Sheryl Livingston Family Foundation 

Jack and Susan Davis 

Mark L. Davis, D.O. 

John & Marnie Demmer 

Tim & Carol Dent 

Mr. and Mrs. Milo R. DeVries 

Dewling, James R & Marlene 

Frederick R & Jane Dibbern 

John and Joan Dobben 

Lynette & Tim Drumhiller 

Thomas Duncan and Leslie DeVera-Duncan 

David S. Durant 

Mr. and Mrs. William Ebbert 

James and Deborah Epolito 

Mr. and Mrs. William Featherstone 

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fisher 

Herbert and Christine Fluharty 

Paul Gale 

Dr. and Mrs. James B. Gallagher 

Carole Sorenson and Martin Gibbs 

Ashley and Ron Glah 

Gordon Food Service 

Michael K & Merry Achors Grady 

Alton and Jan Granger 

Gary and Pam Granger 

Dr. and Mrs. James M. Grannell 

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Grimes 

The Growney Family 

Gunthorpe Plumbing & Heating, Inc. 

Gil and Susanna Harrell 

David E. Havrilla 

Dr. and Mrs. Greg Hazen 

HBC Contracting 

Andrew & Sherri Henry 

James and Susan Herman 

dirEctor’s club 

Donors of $5,000 up to $9,999 

Mr. & Mrs. Matthew J. Abel 

Alan and Debbie Abraham 

Gerald and Julie Abraham 

Ken and Linda Adams 

Dr. and Mrs. Steven C. Ajluni 

Dr. Mark Alsager and Dr. Judi Fleischaker 

Roberta Myers 

Kathy and Mike Anderson 

Mike and Carol Anderson 

John Ruth 

Dr. and Mrs. William Athens, Jr. 

Michael and Beverly Austin 

B & J Moving & Storage 

David D & Carol Baker 

James C & Lori Baker 

Ken & Mary Baldwin 

Ed Barant 

Lawrence and Laurie Bass 


Jerry and Peggy Hodak 

John and Louise Hoekstra 

John and Patricia Hollenbeck 

Fred Hubacker 

Mr. and Mrs. David Huff 

Duane and Nancy Huffine 

Robert Hughes 

Arthur & Mary Irish 

Dr. Thomas K. Jamieson 

JCT Foundation 

Tom and Mary Johnston 

Paul D. Joliat 

Gregory J & Holly Jozwiak 

Kenneth and Marilyn Kaestner 

Mr. and Mrs. William R. Kahl 

Ann Kauffman 

Michael and Peggy Kelley 

Paul and Rebecca Kennedy 

John and Cheryl Kiple 

Gregory M. Kopacz 

David and Colleen Krause 

Scott & Kristine Kuhnert 

Nathaniel Lake Jr. & Patricia Ann Baines-Lake 

Jeff and Katy Lambert 

Alan D. Lang 

Eric & Linda Lannes 

Thomas and Lucy Larsen 

Thomas Law and Rita Richardson 

Al & Charlene Lazette 

Patrick & Sally LeBlanc 

Irv Lesher 

Carl and Margaret Liedholm 

Kathryn E. Lindahl 

J. William and Wanda J. Luurtsema 

Michael J. and Patricia A. Lynd 

Michael and Susan Maasberg 

Vincent & Karen Magi 

Frederick M & Gwendoline Maisch 

Thomas Mall and Cathy Mall 

Darryl R & Julie Massa 

Betsy Barkwell Mathiesen 

Mark and Vicki Matthews 

Bruce and Sheryl McCristal 

Kevin McIntyre 

John B. McKay 

McLaren Health Plan 

James McVittie 

Kirk Mercer 

Al Miller 

Mr. Michael and Dr. Anna Miller 

Philip and Sandra Miller 

Garrett Morelock 

John S & Rosina Beadle 

Michael M & Sara Bell 

Bob and Val Bernecker 

Clark O. Berry 

Dr. and Mrs. Bez 

Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Biggs 

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan 

Foundation 

Blue Line Club 

Ed Bobit 

Mark T. and Yvonne J. Bodley 

Tim & Amamda Booth 

James and Sharon Bradow 

Dennis and Alexis Branoff 

Gregory and Marilyn Bria 

Bullpen Club 

Kathleen A. Buran M.D. 

LeAnn and Randy Burch 

Jeffrey F & Catherine Monroe 

Sam Monte 

James and Annette Morin 

Robert L & Susan Morris 

Motor City Bowl 

MSU Alumni Club Genesse Co 

MSU Alumni Club of Mid-Michi 

MSU Alumni Club of Oakland C 

MSU Alumni Club of Kalamazoo County 

MSU Orange County Alumni Club 

MSU Development 

MSU Federal Credit Union 

MSU Sideout Club 

Vinh D Nguyen 

Tom and Deni Nihra 

Mr. and Mrs. Patrick M. O’Keefe 

Oral Surgery Associates of Lansing 

Linda Orlans 

Patrick J & Nancy Paige 

Dr. Joseph and Linda Palazeti 

Lou and Cheryl Panciatici 

Leslie E. Papke and Jeffrey M. Wooldridge 

Jim and Anne Parker 

Tim and Jill Parker 

Robert and Nancy Pawelski 

Mark and Cindy Pentecost 

Roger Petersen 

Pfizer Foundation 

Richard M Pinke 

Thomas J. and Marilyn E. Pinnavaia 

Dr. Gregory Piro 

Dr. E. James and Geri Potchen 

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen A. Powers 

Dan Marsh 

Lori L Purkey 

R S Engineering LLC 

Douglas Raedy 

Mark S & Paula Reister 

Ramon Ricondo 

Pat and Trisha Riley 

George and Marjorie Robertson 

Harold and Tina Rutila 

Dr. John and Gayle Sauchak 

Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Schaberg 

Dorothy Schaeff 

Daniel P. Schafer 

Glenn and Sue Schafer 

Tim and Barb Schowalter 

Dr. and Mrs. John S. Schuster 

Joe & Julie Serra 

Peter & Cristina Serra 

Timothy and Judyth Shank 

Dr. John and Janice Burchfield 

Business Machines Co 

Alan and Amy Campbell 

John and Irene Cantlon 

David and Donna Carpenter 

Cars.com 

George R & Fran Caruso 

John and Barbara Case 

Eldon E & Patricia Cassell 

Comcast Spotlight 

Chuck & Lisa Conaway 

Anthony J Conniff 

Dr. & Mrs. Daniel Conquest 

Edward C Cook 

Eric D & Wendy Cook 

Craig P & Iris Cooley 

Cooper S Jonathan 

Hub Copp 

Lawrence Shanker 

Roger Shepard 

In Memory of Martin J. Sherman By Peggy Sherman 

Nicholas and Karen Sherman 

Mrs. Arlene E. and Dr. Lawrence Sierra 

Mr. Clifford Simmons & Dr. Christine West 

Ronald H. and Mary E. Simon 

John W Sims 

Neil Sitko 

Siwek Construction 

Jason & Gary Johnson 

William J. & Mary Lou Somerville 

Jim and Linda St. John 

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stoddard 

Gary L. Stone 

Robin A. Storm 

Mr. and Mrs. B. Thomas Stover 

Mr. Michael W. Straus 

Noel W. Stuckman & Sandra Clarkson Stuckman 

The Honorable Richard F. Suhrheinrich & Mrs. Suh 

Vincent D. Foster 

Superior Materials, Inc. 

Dennis A & Kathleen Swan 

Sweda Family 

Michael P & Christy Swords, D.O. 

Joni and John Sztykiel 

Chuck and Nancy Theis 

Michael L. Thomson 

Dr. Fred C. & Janet E. Tinning 

TNG Worldwide 

Michael & LeAnn Turner 

David L & Shawn Vallier 

Tom VanCamp 

Paul and Judy VanderVeen 

Dr. and Mrs. Henry M. Vaupel 

Judy & Duane Vernon 

Richard and Shari Walicki 

Mr. and Mrs. James S. Ware 

Dr. Charles and Philippa Webb 

George H & Peggy Wedgworth 

Mr. & Mrs. Alton Wendzel 

Bruce L Whetter 

Dr. John White 

James and Melissa Wiaduck 

Mark and Regina Wickard & Family 

Stephen M. Wickens 

Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey H. Wilner 

Karen Wilson 

W.K. Kellogg Foundation 

Dean Yeotis 

Don & Fran Young 

Shelly and Bob Corl 

Ed and Rita Corlett 

Country Fresh LLC 

Mr. and Mrs. J. Robert Courtney 

Dennis and Sarah DaPra 

John and Maureen Darling 

James F & Margreta Dart 

R. Jeff and Jill M. Dean 

Robert J & Deborah Dery 

Dr. Luciano M. DiCarlo 

Dr. Douglas Dietzel 

Mr. William J. DiGiulio 

Bradford W & Nancy Dlouhy 

Gary and Peggy Doty 

Cullen and Helena DuBose 

Dan and Kim Dudley 

John and Becky Duffey 

Kenneth R. and Linda L. Dyer

dirEctor’s club cont’d 

Sue Eareckson and Tosh Imai 

Eaton Corp 

Gregory Eaton 

Peter J. Eckel and Jance C. Eckel 

David and Patricia Edwards 

Dennis J Erickson 

Jason M Evans 

Exxon Mobil Foundation 

Douglas and Beverly Federau 

Community First Bank 

Larry and Jackie Fleis 

Theodore J & Mary Lynn Fosdick 

Bill Yeoman and Terry Fossum 

Edward C. Fox, Jr. and Patricia A. McKay 

Richard and Robin Gaines-Franks 

Bill and Sally Freeman 

Nicholas R Thines & Barbara Frey 

Louis and Beverly Frey 

Ronald and Katie Gantner 

Connie K. Gaugier 

Barry Gaukel 

Dr. Patricia A. Gerras 

Al and Mary Geurink 

Richard J Ghersi 

Mr. Brad Ginsberg 

David & Julia Slater 

Walt and Eleanor Goff 

Max Gonzenbach 

Dr. Kelvin Grant 

Bill & Susan Grant 

Andrew Greenlee 

James and Myrna Greer 

Robert P & Traci Guerre 

Mrs. Phyllis G. Haas 

Ross and Sue Hansen 

Barrett J. and Sandra S. Harrison 

Jeff & Sally A Harrold 

Kurt and Madelon Hassberger 

Mr. and Mrs. Frederick L. Hasselback 

Mr. William Haupricht & Dr. Kerry Ann Rockquemor 

Thomas and Karen Healy 

Stephen L. and Sheri M. Hefty 

Drs. Timothy and Christine Heilman 

Edward T & Charlene Helble 

David L & Madelyn Henderson 

Peter and Sue Hendrick 

John and Kwang Cha Heppen 

James M & Martha Hering 

Wally and Laura Heuser 

Joseph Hildebrand 

Richard E & Lori Hinkley 

Jeffrey and Rhonda Hodgkins 

Charlie and B. J. Holton 

Michael P & Lynn Hood 

Robert and Mary Hopkins 

Larry and Connie Hudas 

David & Cheryl Hughes 

Jeffery and Kristine Hynes 

Richard W. Iding 

Indian Trails, Inc. 

Indiana Michigan Power 

Dennis A. Jewett 

Shirley Pentecost 

Dave and Lynne Johnson 

James D & Lynn Johnson 

Mike and Donna Jones 

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen A. Juday 

Mark E & Lorene Kappler 

Steven L. and Nancy E. Karas 

Dr. and Mrs. Michael Karkkainen 

Sylvia B Thompson 

Alan J. and Sue Kaufman 

Russell and Beverly Kelly 

Rick and Kathy King 

Ken and Marla Knas 

Raymond Knott 

Frank R & Elaine Knox 

John H. Kobs 

Kevin W & Kathryn Korpi 

Kevin and Chris Kovanda 

John E. Kraeer, III 

Mr. and Mrs. Pete and Stephanie Kramer 

Ron and Marty Kreinbrink 

Blake and Mary Krueger 

Mr. and Mrs. Rick Krugh 

Ron, Kathy and Nick Shaheen 

Andrew P. Kwyer 

Mary Jane Lacks 

Dr. Richard and Sharon Lanier 

Lansing State Journal 

Richard L. Lawrence 

Don C Laws 

Joe and Teri LeBeau 

Bruce Leech 

A. Michael and Susan I. Leffler 

Alfred W & Kathryn Lenz 

Curtis Leszczynski 

Alfred Berkowitz Foundation 

Mr. Bernard Levy 

Stephen and Iris Linder 

Dawn & Roy Link 

Thomas J. Linsmeier and Frances J. Malloy 

Mr. and Mrs. Gary Long 

Miriam and James Longcore 

Jeffrey Padnos 

Mr. and Mrs. Calvin ‘Pete’ Lutz 

Christopher M Lutz 

Mick & Aileen Lutz 

Lee and Mary Maccani 

Joseph P & Jeanne Maguire 

Timothy Lee Main 

Will and Sarah Maldonado 

Donald and Kathleen Marshall 

Robert and Audrey Martin 

David and Mary Anne Marvin 

Joe and Liz Marx 

Russ Mawby 

Tom and Julie McCall 

James P. McClure 

Tom and Nina McCormick 

McDonald Modular Solutions Inc. 

D. Douglas and Beth M. McGaw 

Gene and Melissa McKay 

McKay Properties, LLC 

Mr. and Mrs. Patrick and Victoria McPharlin 

Alec & Karen McPherson 

Bill and Carol Mechanic 

Medical Weight Loss Clinic 

Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth A. Mehall 

Roy J & Christine Meland 

Michel and Rita Metzner 

Michigan Educ Spec Servs Assn 

Chris and JoAnne Miller 

Mr. & Mrs. Larry A. Miller 

Mr. and Mrs. Lyle W. Miller 

Terrence and Caren Miller 

Mr. Tom Miller 

Ron and Pat Millis 

Mr. and Mrs. Matthew W. Mills 

David S. Mittleman and Jill P. Mittleman 

Dr. and Mrs. Robert M. Monczka 

Moore Trosper Const Co 

Randal A & Catherine Moore 

Electro-Matic Products Inc. 

Kristopher A & Julie Moulds 

Michael J & Tamara Moutsatson 

Don Silver 

MSU College of Law 

Mr. and Mrs. John Muije 

Thomas B. Mulder 

Murphy & Murphy DDS 

Mark and Elizabeth Murray 

Craig R & Kristin Myers 

Thomas E & Cynthia Nadeau 

Chip and Karen Nemesi 

Karen and David Noe 

David and Marilyn Nussdorfer 

Dr. Logan A. Oney 

Joan M. Palinski 

Stephan and Moira Parks 

Roy & Diane Parrott 

Ernie and Micki Pasteur 

Mr. and Mrs. Donald A. Payne 

Peary & Linda Pearson 

Grant T & Branden Pecor 

Daniel Perillo 

Mr. and Mrs. John W. Perles 

Richard W & Judith Peterson 

Lance Piedmonte 

Mark and Susan Piersma 

Mrs. Isabel J. Pingel 

James and Linda Pivarnik 

Mr. and Mrs. James R. Postma 

Brian A & Fabienne Potestivo 

Mr. and Mrs. Brian D. Potter 

Mark & Patti Prendeville 

Price Waterhouse Foundation 

Dave & Marge Prior 

Thomas Hoisington 

Joyce and Jim Putnam 

Robert & Amy Maruca 

Richard C & EileenRaines 

Michael P & Mary Ellen Ramsby 

Mr. and Mrs. George Rastelli 

James E & Rebecca Ray 

Bob and Joni Reinhart 

Robert A. Renton, D.V.M. & Susan R. Berg, D.V.M. 

Request Foods 

John D & Susan Rice 

Drs. Daniel and Melissa Richardson 

Remus and Ruth Rigg 

Robert J. and Suzanne G. Robinson 

Armin “Doc” Roe 

Paul and Carol Rose 

Tony Rosenthal and Ruth Ganister 

Carolyn L. Ross 

Mr. & MRs. Steve & Erika Rothwell 

Mr. & Mrs. Ron Sakowski 

Judith & Thomas Scheidt 

Dr, and Mrs. William Schimpke 

Kenneth C Schultz 

Brian and Cristy Schulz 

Marc and Jeanne Schupan 

Cindy Schweitzer 

Scofes & Assoc Consulting Inc 

Michael and Elaine Serling 

Matthew & Kelly Sesti 

Barbara J. Seymour 

Joe Shackelton 

Shaya Family 

Michael Shingles 

Mr. Eric Simmons & Dr. Carol Miskell Simmons 

Dr. and Mrs. Trevor Singh 

Donald J & Karlene Siwek 

Stephen C & Elizabeth Slajus 

George W & Nancy Smith 

Mary Smith 

Dr. Duane M. Smith 

Richard and Sharon Smith 

Scott and Cassie Smith 

Mr. and Mrs. Webb A. Smith 

Mike and Mary Beth Smykowski 

Mr. and Mrs. David R. Snyder 

Courtney Sokoloski 

Mr. and Mrs. Louis R. Somers 

Spartan Sports Network Inc. 

Charles T. Stanley 

Michael Stechschulte 

Scott and Julie Stevenson 

Jean & Greg Stock 

Mr. Ralph V. Stoner, Jr. 

Dan and Joanne Strong 

Summit Holdings Limited Partnership 

James and Lawren Susan 

Charles and Joyce Taylor 

Steve and Carol Terry 

Ron Teuber 

Dow Chemical Company 

The Tiscornia Foundation 

Mr. and Mrs. Albert A. Thiess, Jr. 

Joel & Wendy Thompson 

Jack Holtzer 

John E. Tower, D.O. and Kelly A. Allen, Esq. 

Dr. and Mrs. Mark Traill 

Robert A. Tyler, J.D. 

Michael and Darcie Uckele 

Patrick and Tammy Valade 

Kevin VanDyke 

Grace V. Vanderbeek 

Joseph M & Kim VanderKelen 

Eldon and Carol VanSpybrook 

Dr. and Mrs. Philip Van Vranken 

Gerald F & Carol Vedder 

Vinckier Foods, Inc. 

Helen and Dale Waldo 

Mr. Tom Watson 

Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Watts 

Tawnya Rowden Jim Weigand 

Carol Welch 

Wells Fargo Bank 

Wells Fargo Bank, NA 

Steven W & Amy Wendt 

Randy Wertheimer 

Kurt J & Debra Westermann 

Howard and Kay Weyers 

Jim and Sue Whaley 

Bessie Wheeler 

Richard E. Whitmer 

John and Camille Wirtz 

L.A. Wisne 

Richard and Joan Witter 

Nicholas J. and Cynthia M. Wittner 

Larry J Woods 

Billie V. and Mary L. Wooley 

Wayne M. Wrobel 

Mr. and Mrs. E. A. (Ted) Wynant 

Mark A. Young 

Mr. and Mrs. James (Jim) Zawacki 

Kenneth and Kirsten Zisholz 

Dr. James and Paula Zito 

Robert J. Zurek 


ATHLETICS STAFF 

Fred Poston 

VP Finance/ 

Operations Treasurer 

Jim Pignataro 

Associate AD/ 

SASS Dir. 

Bob Armstrong 

Video Producer/ 

Athletic Communications 

Jim Donatelli 

Assistant Director/ 


Seth Kesler 

Director/Events & 

Championships 

Dr. Randy Pearson 

Football Primary 

Care Physician 

Mark Hollis 

Athletics Director 

Paul Schager 

Associate AD/ 

External Relations 

Holly Baumgartner 

Compliance Coordinator 

Todd Edwards 

Assistant Dir. of SASS/Dir. of 

Football Academic Services 

Bob Knickerbocker 

Athletic Equipment 

Coordinator 

Ben Phlegar 

Assistant Director/Athletic 

Communications 


Greg Ianni 

Deputy Athletics Director 

Jennifer Smith 

Associate AD/ 

Compliance & Human 

Resources 

Kasey Carter 

Event Coordinator/ 

Stadium Tower 

Dave Ellis 



Dr. Jeff Kovan 

Sports Medicine 

Director 

Bill Ratliff 

Athletic Grounds 

Supervisor 

Shelley Appelbaum 

Sr. Associate AD/ 

Sr. Women’s Administrator 

Tim Stedman 

Associate AD/ 

Development 

Mandy Chandler 

Academic Coordinator 

Amy Fouty 

Sports Turf Manager 

Matt Larson 

Director of New Media/ 


Joe Rood 

Assistant Director/ 

Sales & Marketing, 

Chuck Sleeper 

Sr. Associate AD/ 

Dir. of Development 

Rick Atkinson 

Assistant AD/ 

Facility & Event 

Management 

Rick Church 

Director of Broadcast 

Technology 

Jill Gainey 

Assistant Compliance 

Coordinator 

Dylan Marinez 

Assistant Equipment 

Manager 

Bernie Rosendahl 

Website Manager 

Peggy Brown 

Associate AD/ 

Business Operations 

Richard Bader 

Assistant AD/ 

Sport Administration 

Nate Colon 

Asst. Dir. of Multicultural 

Student-Athlete 

Programming 

Matt Harper 

Football Video 

Coordinator 

Jill Mason 

Coordinator of Events & 

Spirit Teams 

Mark Schoenl 

Associate Director of 

Development, 

Director of Major Gifts 

Alan Haller 

Associate AD/ 

Administration 

Wendy Brown 

Assistant AD/ 

Ticket Manager 

Elliott Daniels 

Academic Coordinator/ 

Asst. Dir. of Football 

Academic Services 

Bryan Hoch 

Assistant Ticket Manager 

Dorn McGaw 

Director of Sales & 

Premium Seating 

Tom Shepard 

Football Video 

Coordinator 

Karen Langeland 

Associate AD/Sports Mngt. & 

Summer Sports Camps 

Jeff Monroe 

Assistant AD/ 

Head Athletic Trainer 

Dr. Doug Dietzel 

Team Orthopedic 

Surgeon 

Angela Howard 

Director/Student-Athlete 

Development 

Dr. Sally Nogle 

Associate Athletic 

Trainer 

Dr. Mike Shingles 

Team Orthopedic 

Surgeon 

John Lewandowski 

Associate AD/ 

Communications 

Scot Schlesinger 

Assistant AD/ 

Sales & Marketing 

David Diffenderffer 



Jacob Huber 



Dean Olson 

Computer Network 

Services Coordinator 

Jamie Weir-Baldwin 

Director 

Athletic Communications

COMPLIANCE INFORMATION 

Recruiting Do’s And Don’ts 

Only MSU coaches may be involved 

in the recruiting process. Boosters 

MAY NOT make any recruiting 

contacts with prospective studentathletes. 

Boosters are prohibited 

from the following: 

• DO NOT telephone, write or 

make in-person contact with a 

prospect for recruiting purposes. 

This includes contact via e-mail, 

Instant Message, text message, 

chat rooms, blogs and social 

networking websites. 

• DO NOT contact a prospect’s 

coach, principal or counselor 

in an attempt to evaluate the 

prospect. 

• DO NOT become involved in 

making arrangements for a 

prospect, the prospect’s relatives 

or friends to receive money or 

financial aid of any kind. 

• DO NOT visit a prospect’s school 

to acquire films or transcripts 

in an attempt to evaluate the 

prospect’s academic eligibility or 

athletics ability. 

• DO NOT have contact with a 

prospect, their relatives or friends 

during any of their visits to MSU’s 

campus. 

• DO NOT contact student-athletes 

enrolled in other four-year 

institutions regarding the 

possibility of transferring to MSU. 

Even though there are many rules 

prohibiting your involvement with 

prospects and the recruiting process, 

as a booster you are permitted to do 

the following: 

• Notify MSU coaching staff about 

noteworthy prospects in your 

area. 

• Attend a prospect’s athletics 

event on your own initiative, 

provided no contact with the 

prospect, the prospect’s parents 

or coach occurs. 

• Continue existing friendships, 

provided solicitation of a 

prospect’s enrollment does not 

occur. 


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, studentathletes 

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. Studentathletes 

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, studentathlete 

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/.

Welcome to 

Spartan Stadium 

Spartan Stadium will enter its 87th season as 

home to Michigan State football in 2010. Since its 

opening in 1923, Michigan State has won nearly 69 

percent of its games played in Spartan Stadium. 

In 2005, the natural grass playing surface in 

Spartan Stadium earned Field of the Year honors 

from the Sports Turf Managers Association 

(STMA). 

Spartan Stadium represents a tribute to Michigan 

State’s football past and a vote of confidence in its 

future. A $64 million expansion project completed 

prior to the start of the 2005 football season 

features the addition of nearly 3,000 seats, including 

24 suites and a 193-seat press box, bringing the 

current stadium capacity to 75,005. “The Spartan” 

statue has been relocated to the atrium of the new 

structure. The 200,000-square-foot addition also 

houses the MSU Alumni Association, University 

Development and other units. The MSU Board of 

Trustees approved the major addition and expansion 

project of Spartan Stadium in September 2003. 

Prior to the 2002 season, ESPN.com’s Mel Kiper 

Jr. ranked Spartan Stadium No. 8 on his list of the 

nation’s most scenic venues. 

Natural grass returned to Spartan Stadium in 2002 

after a 33-year absence, with the installation of a 

modular field. The new playing surface, planted in 

May of 2001 at MSU’s Hancock Turfgrass Research 

Center, is comprised of a blend of nine varieties 

of Kentucky bluegrass. The original switch from 

natural grass to artificial turf came in time for the 


1969 season. 

Since 1957, capacity crowds have attended 152 

games in Spartan Stadium, including the singlegame 

record 80,401 fans who witnessed MSU’s 

20-19 loss to top-ranked Notre Dame on Sept. 22, 

1990. The Spartans have ranked among the NCAA’s 

top 25 in attendance each of the last 54 seasons, 

including 18th in 2009, averaging 74,741 fans per 

game. 

Season-ticket sales have topped the 60,000 mark 

five times in Spartan football history, with an alltime 

record 61,479 season tickets purchased in 

2000. 

A series of projects paralleling the Spartans’ rise 

to national football prominence enlarged the steeland-concrete 

facility from its original 14,000 seats 

in 1923 to its present size in 1957. 

The first came in 1935, the year in which the 

stadium was officially named Macklin Field, boosting 

the capacity to 26,000. The 1948 enlargement 

raised the total to 51,000. After 9,000 new seats 

upped the capacity to 60,000 in 1956, the upper 

decks were added to the east and west stands 

in 1957, bringing the capacity to 76,000. It also 

became Spartan Stadium that year. Renovations 

during the summer of 1994 improved sightlines and 

comfort for fans, while reducing the capacity to its 

current 75,005. 

On Oct. 6, 2001, Spartan Stadium added another 

chapter 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 

were added to the north end zone. The CRT video 

display measures 21 feet x 27 feet and it is operated 

from a digital production control room in the Breslin 

Center. The video display board shows live game 

action, replays and special features. In addition, a 

concert-quality 50,000-watt sound system was 

installed. 

In 1998, Spartan Stadium celebrated its 75th 

anniversary plus it reached another milestone that 

season when it played host to its 400th game, a 

29-5 MSU victory over Northwestern on Oct. 31. 

With its 49-14 victory over No. 4 Wisconsin in 

the 2004 home finale, Michigan State recorded its 

300th win in Spartan Stadium. Michigan State has 

compiled a 320-142-13 record (.687) since taking 

up residency in Spartan Stadium (formerly Macklin 

Field) in 1923. 

The Spartans have gone undefeated at home 16 

times since the stadium opened, including a perfect 

6-0 mark in 1999. It marked MSU’s first undefeated 

home record since 1966 (5-0-1) and its first 

unbeaten and untied home slate since 1965 (5-0- 

0). In addition, Michigan State has suffered only one 

home loss during a season 28 times. 

Michigan State’s longest home winning streak 

is 19 games from Oct. 14, 1950, through Nov. 21, 

1953.

GuEST SERvICES 

The Guest Services window, available for general information, is located in the west 

stadium concourse between Gates G & H, behind Section 26. 

TICkETS 

All 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 CAll 

The 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. 

COnCESSIOnS 

Concession stands are located on the stadium concourse and ramp levels. 

REST ROOmS 

Rest 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 SERvICE 

In 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 SEATInG 

Accessible 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. 

PROGRAmS 

Programs are sold inside and outside the stadium at various locations. 

PROHIBITED ITEmS 

Alcoholic 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 BOOTH 

Located on the East concourse opposite section 8. 

lOST AnD FOunD ARTIClES 

Items 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). 

REGulATIOnS 

For the safety and enjoyment of all fans, we ask that you observe the following 

regulations. 

PERSOnAl AnnOunCEmEnTS 

Announcements 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 FIElD 

Field 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 COnDuCT 

The 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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