66WMU FOOTBALL ALL-TIME CAPTAINS1900’s1906 “Tubby” Myers, HB1907 “Tubby” Myers, HB1908 “Tubby” Myers, HB1909 John McGuiness, T1910 Alvin Berger, HB1910’s1911 Glenn Mayer, FB1912 Edgar Roper, E1913 Graham Barker, E1914 William Anderson, G1915 Bob McKay, T1916 Scott Burke, QB1917 Warren Allen, T1918 Frank Thomas, QB1919 Walt Olsen, QB1920’s1920 Grant Westgate, E1921 Reed Waterman, T1922 Leo Redmond, C1923 Harry Potter, HB1924 Oscar Johnson, T1925 Walter Farrer, QB1926 Frank Banach, FB1927 George Fulgoni, HB/C1928 Dick Frankowski, C1929 Herman Seborg, HB1930’s1930 Clarence Frendt, HB1931 Al Briggs, FB1932 Trueman Pippel, T1933 Maurice Tingstad, C1934 John Miller, HB1935 Frank Secory, GHarold Reynolds, QB1936 George Ockstadt, HB1937 George Bond, QB1938 Walter Oberlin, CDale Morris, HB1939 Art Guse, C1940’s1940 Wayne Falan, GHarold Benge, G/QB1941 Bob Metzger, E1942 Bill Yambrick, C1943 Bob Mellen, HB1944 Dick Leahy, G1945 None1946 Clinton Brown, T1947 Al Bush, HB1948 Art Gillespie, FBEmerson Grossman, G1949 Bob Carlson, G1950’s1950 Pat Clysdale, EBill Zabonick, DE1951 Bill Pitkin, T1952 Chuck Higgins, QB1953 Floyd Stollsteimer, G1954 Les Koster, T1955 Jim Devine, GJerry Ganzel, QB1956 Bob Soderman, C1957 Bob Mason, QB1958 Jack Krueger, GJim Eger, C1959 Dick Olmsted, G1960’s1960 Leroy Repischak, C1961 Mike Snodgrass, CKen Reasor, G1962 Mike Maul, CRoger Theder, QB1963 Allen Gibbs, HBBill Somerville, E1964 Troy Allen, QBPaul Rakow, TTom Titcomb, E1965 Jim Reid, CNelson Jackson, G1966 Bob Rowe, DTGary Crain, HB1967 Bill Devine, HBOrv Schneider, LB1968 Jerry Collins, DETim Majerle, FB1969 Mike Siwek, DTPaul Minnis, T1970’s1970 Vern Davis, SGreg Flaska, TE1971 Ted Grignon, QBTom Elias, LB1972 Bernard Thomas, DTKeith Pretty, TE1973 Larry Cates, FBDominic Riggio, LB1974 Greg Crowser, TEPaul Jorgensen, QB1975 Duncan McKerracher, LBJim White, FB/MG1976 Dave Gapinski, DHBPepper Powers, QB1977 Howard Nevins, LBKeith Rogien, FB1978 Jerome Persell, TBKeith Rogien, FBGreg Williams, S1979 Tom Henry, TEMatt Murphy, DT1980’s1980 Jim Hinkle, DEBud Sitko, T1981 Reggie Hinton, WBJohn Schuster, LB1982 Les Garrett, LBDave Knapp, DT/MGDuane Wilson, T1983 Kurt Barterian, FBDemetrius Jones, DHB1984 Jeff Kacmarek, DTTom Toth, T1985 Chris Conklin, QBSam Culbert, SJohn Offerdahl, LB1986 Chris Conklin, QBSam Culbert, GMark Garalczyk, DT1987 Bert Henderson, DLBJim Kramer, DTJim Kreutzer, SScott Sypniewski, C1988 Tony Kimbrough, QBKevin Haverdink, TEric Hoffman, LBWillie Berrios, S1989 Vernon Coakley, TE/SBDoug Miller, CJoel Smeenge, DEKevin Thomas, LB1990’s1990 Allan Boyko, SETerry Crews, DEDon Eastman, GSean Mulhearn, LB1991 Derrick Copeland, OLBGreg Kelley, LBMark Nabozny, DTCorey Sylve, RBBrad Tayles, QB1992 Brad Tayles, QBPaul Hutchins, OLPaul Davis, DBDave Cutlip, DE1993 Pierre Hixon, CBTom Nütten, GAndrew Schorfhaar, QBPeter Tuffo, LB1994 Jay McDonagh, QBTom Nutten, TTony Tiefenbach, DEPeter Tuffo, LB1995 Jay McDonagh, QBDean Polce, OLBBill Chopp, OLBJim Vackaro, HBAndre Vaughn, LB1996 Bill Chopp, OLBJim Holland, TEZak Kemp, PPat Kennedy, CJoe Lewandowski, TRick Lucas, OLBChris Rawson, DT1997 Jim DeWald, CRick Lucas, OLBTarrence McEvans, SSSteve Roon, LB1998 Tim Lester, QBDan Falcon, DTMike Kershner, TBrandon Brown, FS1999 Tim Lester, QBJake Moreland, TEScott Niles, LBBrad Selent, K2000’s2000 Josh Bush, PRMario Evans, LBPaul Lambert, OTGarrett Soldano, LB2001 Jeff Welsh, QBJosh Bush, WRRonald Rogers, CBJason Babin, ST2002 Carlos Smith, FSJake Gasaway, CBryan Lape, LBJason Feldpausch, WS2003 Jason Feldpausch, WSPhil Reed, RBJason Babin, DEKendrick Mosley, WR2004 Greg Jennings, WRMark Ottney, OGJack Gitler, DEAdam Anderson, P2005 Ryan Cubit, QBGreg Jennings, WRPaul Moersch, NG2006 Ryan Cubit, QBDominic Moran, OLJimmie Vincent, DB2007 Louis Delmas, FSAnthony Gebhart, FSRobbie Krutilla, CJim Laney, P2008 EJ Biggers, CBLouis Delmas, FSTim Hiller, QBBranden Ledbetter, TE2009 Justin Braska, DETim Hiller, QBMatt Pickens, LB2010’s2010 Mario Armstrong, DBAlex Carder, QBJohn Potter, K2011 Alex Carder, QBJohn Potter, KAaron Winchester, DB<strong>2012</strong> WMU FOOTBALL RECORD BOOK
MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE67THIS IS THE MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCEProviding leadership in education and diversity, the Mid-AmericanConference moves into its 66th year of service to the studentathlete.Since its inception in 1946, the Mid-American Conference hasprogressively grown and developed into one of the most aggressiveDivision I conferences in the country. One of only 11 <strong>football</strong> BowlSubdivision (FBS) conferences, the MAC named Dr. Jon A. Steinbrecheras its eighth commissioner in March of 2009.The league has grown its commitment to championships by expandingto six its number of neutral site post season events – <strong>football</strong>(Ford Field, Detroit), volleyball (SPIRE Academy, Geneva, Ohio),men’s and women’s basketball (Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland),softball (Firestone Stadium, Akron) and baseball (All Pro FreightStadium, Avon, Ohio).In 2011, the MAC set a conference <strong>record</strong> with a 4-1 <strong>record</strong> in bowlgames and won the prestigious ESPN Bowl Challenge Cup for thebest FBS conference <strong>record</strong> in bowl games. The MAC also tied aconference <strong>record</strong> for bowl invitations in a single season as thefive bowl invitations marked the fourth time in conference history(2004, 2008, 2009, 2011). The five MAC programs that wereextended bowl invitations included: Temple (Gildan New MexicoBowl), Ohio (Famous Idaho Potato Bowl), <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Michigan</strong> (LittleCaesars Pizza Bowl), Toledo (Military Bowl presented by NorthropGrumman) and Northern Illinois (GoDaddy.com Bowl).The 2011 season also witnessed Northern Illinois win the 2011Marathon MAC Football Championship Game with a 23-20 win overOhio. MAC programs were a combined 4-0 against Army last season(wins by Northern Illinois, Miami, Ball State and Temple), whileTemple had an impressive 38-7 win at Maryland (ACC), <strong>Western</strong><strong>Michigan</strong>’s 38-31 win at UConn (Big East), Ohio’s 44-7 win overMarshall (Conference USA) and Ball State’s 27-20 win over Indiana(Big Ten).For the first time in its history, the MAC will have seven bowlrelationships--three primary and four secondary. The three primaryagreements are with the Little Caesar’s Pizza Bowl (Detroit, Mich.),GoDaddy.com Bowl (Mobile, Ala.) and Famous Idaho Potato Bowl(Boise, Ida.). In addition, the MAC has secured secondary agreementswith the BBVA Compass Bowl (<strong>2012</strong>-2013), the Gildan NewMexico Bowl (<strong>2012</strong>-2013), the Beef O’Brady’s St. Petersburg Bowl(<strong>2012</strong>-13) and the TicketCity Bowl (<strong>2012</strong>).In its partnership with ESPN, the MAC is in the fourth year of itseight-year rights agreement (through 2016-2017 academic years)for <strong>football</strong>, as well as men’s and women’s basketball. The dealis the most extensive in the 66-year history of the conference.The agreement calls for a minimum of 25 events annually to beproduced and aired on an ESPN platform including the men’s andwomen’s basketball championships, a regular-season MAC presenceon ESPN, the Marathon MAC Football Championship Gameand a minimum of 11 regular-season <strong>football</strong> games.In men’s basketball, the MAC tied a conference <strong>record</strong> as sixprograms received invites to postseason tournaments, highlightedby Ohio’s run to the NCAA Sweet 16 and an overtime loss to No.1 seed North Carolina. Ohio reached the Sweet 16 of the NCAAChampionship after tournament wins over <strong>Michigan</strong> and SouthFlorida. The Bobcats became the first No. 13 seed to advance tothe Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament since Bradley in 2006. TheBobcats also became the first team from the MAC to advance tothe Sweet 16 since 2002. Ohio finished No. 25 in the ESPN/USAToday Coaches Poll, marking the first time the Bobcats have beenranked to end a season. The MAC had a total of six men’s basketballprograms reach the postseason in 2011-12: Ohio (NCAA),Akron (NIT), Bowling Green (CIT), Buffalo (CIT), Toledo (CIT) andKent State (CIT). Buffalo’s Mitchell Watt was named an honorablemention All-America by the Associated Press.In baseball, Kent State won the MAC championship and earned anautomatic bid to the NCAA baseball tournament and advanced tothe College World Series in Omaha for the first time in program historyand the first program from the MAC since 1976 (Eastern <strong>Michigan</strong>).The Golden Flashes began the postseason with a dramatic7-6 win over No. 2 seed Kentucky in 21 innings in the Gary, Ind. Regional.Kent State went on to defeat Purdue and Kentucky for thesecond time to advance to the Super 16 Regional in Eugene, Ore.Kent State continued its dominance by winning the best-of-threegame series over host Oregon to advance to the College WorldSeries. In Omaha, Kent State opened with an 8-1 loss to SouthCarolina before defeating No. 1 seeded Florida, 5-4 to knock theGators out of the postseason. Kent State finished with a 4-1 lossto South Carolina. In the process, Kent State finished the seasonranked No. 6 in the nation by College Baseball and No. 8 by theESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll. A total of 18 MAC student-athleteswere selected in Major League Baseball’s <strong>2012</strong> Draft – includingBuffalo C Tom Murphy (Colorado, 3rd Rd., 105th overall), Ohio RHPSeth Streich (Oakland, 6th Rd., 199th overall) and Kent State LHPDavid Starn (Atlanta, 7th Rd., 239th overall).During the 2011-12 academic year, the <strong>University</strong> of Akron men’ssoccer team witnessed sophomore Darren Mattocks and juniorScott Caldwell earn All-America status as the Zips made theirfourth consecutive appearance in the NCAA postseason Round of16 with wins over Northwestern and SMU. Northern Illinois wonthe MAC Championship with a 1-0 win over <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Michigan</strong>,and earned an appearance in the NCAA tournament and defeated<strong>Western</strong> Illinois before falling to Creighton. The MAC announcedthe addition West Virginia as an affiliate member in men’s soccerfor the <strong>2012</strong>-13 academic year as eight teams will compete inconference play.In wrestling, Central <strong>Michigan</strong> won its eleventh consecutive MACchampionship, while the MAC sent 24 wrestlers to the NCAA DivisionI Wrestling Championship. In addition, three grapplers secured