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ATHLETICSNFL award named forDemon Joe DelaneyApro football award honoring a top NFL running back has beennamed in honor of Joe Delaney, the late Demon great who wasa two-sport All-American and NFL star. The Joe DelaneyAward will honor one of the NFL’s best running backs who alsodemonstrates admirable character and unselfishness, traits that wereembodied by Delaney.Atlanta Falcons veteran running back Warrick Dunn a Baton Rougenative, was chosen as the first recipient of The Joe Delaney Award by theeditors of profootballtalk.com.Delaney was a running back who drowned in June 1983, in a heroicattempt to rescue three drowning boys, one whom survived. Delaney is amember of the Kansas City Chiefs’ Hall of Fame, the College FootballHall of Fame, the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame and NSU’s Graduate NClub Hall of Fame.Soccer ReunionThirteen former Demon soccer players returned to campus for an April6 reunion that included a full field game against the current team.Among those returning to campus were 2007 Demon goalkeeper JohnnaKlohoker, who stood in as coach due to an injury, as well as 11 teamalumni who were part of at least one of the NCAA tournament teams.Romy Marroquin (2002) led the alumni team with 2006 alumniAshley Hadley and Stephanie Miller and 2006 Player of the Year HeatherPenico. Also participating were Katrina Pence, Carrie Crowell, MyaWalsh, Julie Zavala, Krystle Donaldson, Erin Hebert, NatalieWaguespack, and Tiffany Kawana-Waugh.The alumni proved to still have the talent they had as Demonplayers, as they held the game scoreless until the last 10 minutes whenjunior midfielder Gabby Assayag opened up the Demon scoring on abeautiful shot taken right under the 10-minute mark. Not too long after,freshman forward Rose Lawrence added the final goal of the game on aheader off a corner kick.Coach Jimmy Mitchell thanks every alumna for participating in thereunion weekend.Former Demon soccer players who returned tocampus for a spring reunion and matchupagainst the current team were, front row fromleft, Stephanie Miller (2005), NatalieWaguespack (2007), Carrie Crowell (2006),Katrina Pence (2004) and Romy Marroquin(2001). On the back row are Krystle Donaldson (2006), Heather Penico(2005), Tiffany Kawana-Waugh (2007), Erin Hebert (2007), JohnnaKlohoker (2007), Julie Zavala (2006), Ashley Hadley (2005) and MyaWalsh (2006).Chris Roper MemorialGolf TournamentFirst place winners in Chris Roper MemorialGolf Tournament sponsored by the NSUFoundation were, from left, Randy Robinson,Doyle Anderson, Charlie Ingalls, Danny Nolenand Kelvin Fee. The event raised over$8,000 for the Chris Roper MemorialScholarship Fund.The second place team in the April 26 ChrisRoper Memorial Gold Tournament were, fromleft, Rick Roper, father of the honoree; DonAshworth, Chad Burns and Mike Parting. Thetournament honors Chris Roper, a senior andtop golfer on the Demon squad, who waskilled in a traffic accident in 1982.The team consisting of Richard Tew, BillDecou, Danny Sullivan and Leonard Conville,from left, placed third in the 26th annualChris Roper Memorial Golf Tournament.Proceeds from the event will benefit the ChrisRoper Memorial Scholarship Fund, awardedannually to an NSU student majoring inhealth and human performance.2008 Demon head baseball coach J.P.Davis posed with 1998 Demons TomBatson, Ryan Anholt, Courtney Cowart,Brad Fontenot, Derek Nunn and PeteWardell and Director of Athletics GregBurke during a reunion in April.Alumni Columns Summer 2008 / 12Visit our website at:
ALUMNI UPDATESAlumniUpdatesCarlos TreadwayBy Leigh GentryAlumni Profile1940Lois B. Gellatly Salter isretired teacher and livesin Houston.1943Dorothy Lee Roach isretired and lives inRockwall, Texas.Sally Curry Hardenstein isretired and lives inDanville, Va.1951Billie Moss Westbrook isa retired teacher and livesNatchitoches.1952James Kenneth Howardis a retired teacher, writer,married and lives inShreveport.Dr. Darlene BennettBlackwell Thompson isretired, married and livesin Leesville.1954Suzanne SwannMiddleton is a retiredteacher, married to MeadMiddleton (’60) and livesin Germantown, Tenn.1957Reverend Hannah HayesHowe is an associatepastor at UnitedCongregational Church ofTolland, married and livesin Tolland, Conn.Sarah E. Ellison Heard isa retired nurse and livesin Logansport.1958Esther Rose KnouseTompkins is retired,married and lives inShreveport.1960Bob Johnson is retired,married and lives inBossier.1963James E. Smith Jr. isretired, married and livesin Gretna.Edgar Lee Johnson isretired and lives inAngleton, Texas.John Walter Mitchell Sr. isa retired math teacherand principal. He ismarried and lives inGarland, Texas andZwolle.1964Sandra Dean JoyceBullock is a retiredteacher, married and livesin Oxford, N.C.Linda Phenice Rogers isretired and lives inJennings.1965Linda Gauthier Amberg isretired, married and livesin Plaucheville.1966John B. Woodyard II iscurrently doing birdsurveys and Pinon Jayradio tracking for TheGreat Basin BirdObservatory. He ismarried and lives inBaker, Nev.1967Ginger Gail SmithEisenrod is the owner ofSoutheast RealtyEquities, married andlives in Coral Springs, Fla.Shirley Nell SimmonsWard is retired, married toJames Carlis Ward Sr.(’65) and lives inLeesville.1968Dr. Margaret Foster Landretired from Texas A&MUniversity-Kingsville. Sheis a co-owner of TexasEnvironmental Studies &Analysis and works as abiostatistician.Douglas Charrier isretired and lives inHessmer.1969Patricia Slifer Lane is anacademic advisingcoordinator at MontanaState University and livesin Bozeman, Mont.Janice Shivers Boley isretired, married and livesin Farmerville.Judy Hilburn Young isemployed by Van Eatonand Romero as a realestate agent and lives inLafayette.Carlos Treadway graduated from NSU inDecember of 1992 with a degree in businessadministration. He was able to pursue hiscollege football career as a tight end for the Demonsthanks to an athletic scholarship.Treadway chose business administration, becauseit was one of the best programs when he started in1988, and the program at NSU gave him a foundationthat allowed him to continue his education. Hegraduated with a masters in business with a concentration in finance from TexasChristian University.NSU prepared Treadway for his future career in more ways than one. Theuniversity’s small environment helped him to learn business skills, which wouldlater come in handy in graduate school as well as in his job. But what mostprepared him were the people with whom he attended class and played football.“They exposed me to different points of view,” he said.Treadway’s four years of college required him to balance the rigor of footballand schoolwork, he said, which prepared him for having to balance work, familyand life in the real world.Treadway works for Ford Motor Credit Company and has been with thecompany for 14 years. He is currently the director of Minority Dealer Relations& Multi-Cultural Affairs at Ford. As director Treadway manages programs forminority dealers and is responsible for advertising and marketing.Treadway, a native of Alexandria, lived in Texas for 10 years, dividedbetween Dallas and Houston, and later moved to Detroit where he lives with hiswife, Kim, and 19-month-old son Austyn.He fondly remembers the relationships he made at the university and on thefootball field, where he shined. He was one of the 13 honorary captains on the Top100 Demon Football Players of All-Time roster that was compiled last year.He misses the daily comradery of his teammates and the support of theuniversity and the whole Natchitoches community, he said.“You really come to appreciate Natchitoches even more after you leaveschool,” he said.1971Kenneth Michael Bates isretired from the UnitedStates Army, currently ateacher and coach. He ismarried to Donna E.Middleton Bates (’71) andlives in Natchitoches.Irene Morgel Robinson isthe president/owner ofKWCL-FM BroadcastingCo. and lives in Oakdale.1972Michael “Kirby” Ramsey isa professor of clinical labscience at the Universityof Louisiana at Monroe,married and lives inRuston.Charles William Boudreauis employed at VistaHealth, married and livesin Fayetteville, Ark.Captain John L. Taylor isthe owner of CaptainJohn L.’s Charters andlives in Buras.Curtis Wester is aregional operationscoordinator at LifetouchNational School Studiosand lives in Bulverde,Texas.1973Leonard Ford, Jr. isemployed by Region VIOffice for Citizens withDevelopmentalDisabilities as acommunity servicesspecialist supervisor,married and lives inAlexandria.1974Ronald Dale Carson isthe intensive care unitcharge nurse at PromiseHospital Bossier, marriedand lives in Bossier.Jerrie Ammons Choate isa teacher at MansfieldHigh School, married andlives in Mansfield.1975James E. Sanders isretired and lives in BatonRouge.Jesse Lee Nobles Jr. is abusiness math instructorat Richmond School ofHealth and Technology,married and lives inPetersburg, Va.Karen Mathies Keogh isthe manager of salestraining and developmentat Talecris Biotherapeuticsand lives in Glendale,Ariz.Stan Brouillette is thedirector of humanresources at RPC, Inc.,married and lives inHouma.1977Peggy Vidrine Brown isan accounting analyst atPPG Industries, Inc. andlives in Lake Charles.1978Charles H. Kern isemployed by the CaddoParish Indigent DefenderOffice as a juvenileinvestigator, married andlives in Bossier City.www.northwesternalumni.comAlumni Columns Summer 2008 / 13
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