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1 LOYOLA BASKETBALL2 Academic Success3 Rambler Rowdies4 City of Chicago5 Chicago: A Great Sports City6 Strength and Conditioning

and Media Exposure7 Athletics Training and

Community Service8 Loyola University Chicago10 Horizon League11 Athletics Administration12 Gentile Center13 The Loyola Experience

15 COACHING STAFF16 Head Coach Jim Whitesell18 Assistant Coach Patrick

Baldwin19 Assistant Coach Kevin

Mondro20 Assistant Coach Bill Comar21 Operations Lou Chapman

23 THE RAMBLERS24 2009-10 Outlook26 2009-10 Roster28 Andy Polka30 Marcus Thomas32 Aric Van Weelden34 Geoff McCammon36 Ryan Sterling38 John Benkoske40 Walt Gibler42 Jordan Hicks44 Tom Neary

46 Courtney Stanley48 Shaun Adams48 Ben Averkamp49 Terrance Hill49 Gabe Kindred49 Charles Winborne50 2009-10 Spirit Teams

53 SEASON IN REVIEW54 2008-09 Season Review55 Statistics56 Results57 Boxscores65 Horizon League Standings

and Award66 Horizon League Individual

Statistics67 Horizon League Team

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69 TRADITION70 1963 NCAA Champions72 Postseason Teams75 Honor Roll76 Ramblers in the Pros77 Loyola in the Polls78 AP Ranked Games79 Loyola in Postseason Play80 Retired Jerseys81 Hall of Fame84 All-Time Roster

89 RECORDS BOOK90 All-Time Coaching Records93 Year-by-Year Results106 Series Records

109 Record vs. Opponents119 Annual Leaders124 1,000-Point Club128 500-Rebound Club131 Single-Season Records132 Career Records133 Single-Game Records134 Gentile Center Records135 Freshman Records

139 MEDIA INFORMATION140 Media Information141 Covering the Ramblers142 Opponent SID Directory143 2009-10 Horizon League

Schedule144 Staff Directory148 Loyola Radio/TV Roster

CREDITSThe 2009-10 Loyola University Chicago men’s basketball guide is a production of the Rambler Sports Information Office. Writ-ten and edited by Bill Behrns with assistance from Leo Krause, Bob Healy, Amy Hyerczyk and Dan Block. Layout and design by Uni-versity Sports Publications. Print-ing by Multi-Ad Services. Pho-tography by Steve Woltmann, Joe Oliver, Pete Wagner, Bud Bertog and Sandy Bertog.

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GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation ................................................... Chicago, Ill.President ............................ Fr. Michael Garanzini, S.J.Founded ........................................................... 1870Enrollment .....................................................15,545Athletics Director ................................ Dr. John PlanekSenior Woman Administrator .......... Carolyn O’ConnellFaculty Representative ......................Dr. Brian StankoNickname ................................................... RamblersColors .............................................Maroon and GoldAffiliation ...........................................NCAA Division IConference ........................................ Horizon LeagueHome Court (capacity) ............Gentile Center (5,200)Athletics Department Phone ............ (773) 508-2560

COACHING STAFFHead Coach (Alma Mater) .... Jim Whitesell (Luther, 1982)Record at Loyola (years) .................... 79-76 (5 years)Overall Record (years) .................357-270 (22 years)Assistant Coach ................................. Patrick BaldwinAssistant Coach ....................................Kevin MondroAssistant Coach .........................................Bill ComarCoordinator of Basketball Operations ... Lou ChapmanMen’s Basketball Office Phone ........ (773) 508-8818

TEAM INFORMATION2008-09 Record ..............................................14-182008-09 Conference Record/Finish. ...........6-12/8thLetterwinners Returning/Lost ............................. 10/5Starters Returning/Lost ....................................... 2/3

SPORTS INFORMATIONSports Information Director/MBB SID........ Bill BehrnsSports Information Office Phone ...... (773) 508-2575E-mail Address ................................ [email protected] Sports Information Director ........Leo KrauseE-mail Address .................................. [email protected] Information Intern ...........................Bob HealyPress Row Phone ............................ (773) 274-3550Fax .................................................. (773) 508-3855Athletics Website .................. www.loyolaramblers.com

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Executive V.P. - Operations .................... Jeff BotwinickExecutive V.P. - Business Development .... Martin LewisExecutive V.P. - Sales ............................ Steven FarkasExecutive V.P. - Team Relations .......... David GerschwerExecutive Vice President ............................ Julie Wong Production Manager ............................Lucy Nersesian

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fiRst-Rate academicsAttending a nationally acclaimed univer-

sity like Loyola not only provides individuals with an opportunity to play NCAA Division I basketball, but also allows them to take advantage of a wealth of academic oppor-tunities.

A diploma from Loyola will help open many doors to a successful career once your time on campus is over. Loyola and its coaches place a strong emphasis and prior-ity on academics and take pride in graduat-ing student-athletes.

For each of the last two seasons, Loyola has been saluted by the NCAA with a Public Recognition Award for having a multi-year Academic Progress Rate (APR) score in the top 10 percent of all men’s basketball teams in the country.

Loyola is one of only 24 men’s basketball programs in the country to receive a Public Recognition Award in each of the last two years.

Schools that received a NCAA Public Recognition Award in both 2007-08 and 2008-09

ArmyBelmont

Brigham YoungBrown

BucknellColumbiaDavidsonDaytonDrexelDukeElon

HarvardHoly Cross

IllinoisKansasLoyolaNavy

North CarolinaNorth Carolina-Wilmington

PennsylvaniaPrinceton

RiderVillanova

Yale

Loyola has a strong following of fans, none bigger than the student group known as the Rambler Rowdies, which is present at every game at the Gentile Center. The Rowdies, who are easily identifiable by their gold shirts, have proven in a very short time to be the “Sixth Man” that provides Loyola with a tremendous home-court advantage. Over 2,000 students sign up to be part of the Rowdies, which is an organized club, and the largest club on campus.


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The third-largest city in the United States, Chicago is sometimes lik-ened to a collection of small towns, since as you travel inland from Lake Michigan, you will find a patchwork of ethnic neighborhoods where many of the world’s languages are spoken on the streets.

• Sports: Chicago was voted the best sports town in America by The Sporting News in 2006 and boasts of professional teams such as the Cubs and White Sox (Major League Baseball), the Bulls (Na-tional Basketball Association), Bears (National Football League), Blackhawks (National Hockey League), Fire (Major League Soccer), Sky (WNBA) and Bandits (National Professional Fastpitch).

• Architecture: From the observation decks of the Sears Tower and John Hancock Building, sightseers can get a breathtaking view of the world’s architectural treasures in a city where the modern sky-scraper was invented.

• Recreation: Chicago has a long stretch of beaches and parks, which are easily accessible from most neighborhoods in the city.

• MuseumsandZoos:Chicago’s museum campus includes the Field Muse-um, Shedd Aquarium (the world’s largest aquarium) and Adler Planetarium and the city also features the Art Institute and Museum of Science and Industry. Chicago also is home to the world’s largest free public zoo, the Lincoln Park Zoo.

• Music: The birthplace of the electrified blues, Chicago is also famous for its jazz and reggae scenes and is home to the Lyric Opera and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

• Festivals:The world’s largest food festival, the Taste of Chicago, is staged every summer, along with numerous other street fests that feature unique dining, shopping and music.

• Shopping: Chicago’s downtown shopping, mostly located on Michigan Avenue, is known as the Magnificent Mile. Most major retail chains have stores downtown and a popular destination for many visitors is Niketown.

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Not only is Chicago a great city, but it is also the home of some of the best sports teams and fans in the country. In fact, Chicago’s place as a sports-minded metropo-lis was cemented when it was named Sporting News’ Best Sports City in 2006.

Chicago’s professional teams have enjoyed a great deal of recent success as the 2005 White Sox earned their first World Series title since 1917. The 2006 Chicago Bears won the National Football Conference title and advanced to the Super Bowl for the first time since 1986, thanks to the top defense in the National Football League. The Chicago Cubs made back-to-back playoff appearances (2007 and 2008) and the Chicago Bulls captured the No. 1 overall pick in the 2008 NBA Draft and reached the 2009 playoffs. Last winter, the Chicago Blackhawks reached the NHL Western Conference Finals.

Over the last four seasons, Loyola has done its part to bring success to the great city of Chicago by winning a total of 66 games.


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The Loyola basketball program is recognized on a national, regional and local level by both print and electronic media. In 2009-10, a minimum of nine Loyola basketball games will be carried by Lakeshore Public Television, which reaches 3.5 million households in the Chicago area and the ESPN family of networks will also carry a handful of Horizon League contests. All Horizon League contests that are not already carried on live television are available for free via the internet on the Horizon League Network.

Under the direction and supervision of the head strength and conditioning coach, the Loyola University Chicago training program is a compre-hensive system incorporating all aspects of athletic performance. The main goal of the program is to improve sport performance by improving the fundamental physical qualities and skills that are necessary to compete on the field or court.

The program is systematic in its approach in that all aspects of the program are interrelated. The program is not designed as a quick fix but rather a continuous process of stress and adaptation that will yield solid long-term results.

In the fall of 2005, Loyola added all new weight equipment including treadmills, free weights and dumbbells for use by all of the Ramblers’ student-athletes.

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TRAINING GOALS• Injury prevention• Improved conditioning• Strength, power and speed development

PHILOSOPHY• To design programs which meet the indi-

vidual needs of the student-athletes in rela-tion to the demands of Division I athletics and to provide for the progressive physical development of the student-athlete resulting in the enhancement of the physical qualities necessary to compete and win.


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Loyola makes a total commitment to protecting the health and well-being of its student-athletes and has four certified athletic trainers available in addition to student-trainers. At least one trainer is present at every practice and competition to ensure a prompt response in the event that medical attention is required.

Loyola’s training facilities are located in Alumni Gym, the same building which houses both home and visiting locker rooms, and are fully equipped with taping and first-aid tables, therapeutic whirl-pools and rehabilitation equipment.

In addition, physicians are available around the clock in ac-cordance with the Loyola University Medical Health Systems. They provide specialized medical care and also preside over preseason physicals, which are required for all student-athletes.

Members of the Loyola University Chicago men’s basketball team are visible in the Rogers Park community and take very seriously their status as role models for children. Throughout the course of the school year, Loyola student-athletes and coaches will pay visits to schools, hospitals and work closely with Misericordia, which is located just one mile west of campus. Misericordia is a service provider that cares for over 550 children and adults challenged by mental and physical disabilities.

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Athletics Training Staff (left to right): Amanda Buchanan, Chris Konior, Bryan Yonka, Tom Hitcho

LAKE SHORE CAMPUS• Acquired in 1906. State of Illinois issued charter that founded

Loyola University Chicago in 1909• Serves as main residential and undergraduate campus; home to

more than 3,000 students, and set along the shores of Lake Michi-gan

• Home to more than 40 buildings• Site of the Mundelein Center, a national historic landmark, and the

future home of a multi-purpose community fine arts and theatre programming center

• Location of the College of Arts and Sciences, the largest of the University’s ten schools and colleges; the Graduate School, offer-ing master’s and doctoral degree programs in a variety of areas; and the Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing, the first accredited collegiate nursing school in Illinois

WATER TOWER CAMPUS• Established in 1946, located just off Michigan Avenue, Chicago’s

famed “Magnificent Mile”• Downtown location offers invaluable access to internships, careers

and networking opportunities with locally and nationally recognized Fortune 500 companies

• Host to a majority of graduate-level classes, along with some un-dergraduate classes

• Home to the School of Business Administration, Graduate School of Business, School of Education, Loyola Law Center, School of Continuing and Professional Studies, School of Social Work, School of Communication and Institute of Pastoral Studies

• Houses Office of the President, along with other key University ad-ministrative offices

• Location of Loyola’s newest residence hall, the Rev. Raymond C. Baumhart, S.J., Residence Hall and Terry Student Center

MEDICAL CENTER CAMPUS• Opened in 1969• Home to Loyola University Health System, which includes Loyola

University Medical Center and 17 off-site facilities• 61-acre campus located in west suburban Maywood, Ill.• Leading academic medical center serves as major referral center

for heart disease, cancer, burn, trauma and neonatal care• Site of the Stritch School of Medicine and its more than 550 stu-

dents

THE JOHN FELICE ROME CENTER• Established in 1962• Provides more than 400 students a year with the cultural advantag-

es of studying abroad, making it one of the largest centers in West-ern Europe for international education in the arts and sciences

• Students live and study on five-acre campus on Via Massimi in Monte Mario, four miles from downtown Rome, Italy

• Alma mater of more than 13,000 alumni nationwide


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Why Loyola?

NATIONAL RECOGNITIONLoyola University Chicago is once again ranked by U.S. News & World Report among the top national universities recognized for offering a “best value” for a college edu-cation. The U.S. News America’s Best Colleges 2008 edition also continues Loyola’s consistent annual ranking among top national universities.

WORLDWIDE APPEALLoyola has three Chicago area campuses – Lake Shore Campus, Water Tower and Loyola University Health Systems – and the John Felice Rome Center in Italy. In addi-tion, Loyola also is a U.S. host university to the Beijing Center for Chinese Studies in Beijing, China.

DEGREE PROGRAMSA total of 71 undergraduate majors and 71 minors are offered at Loyola University Chicago. Furthermore, 85 master’s, 31 doctoral and 26 graduate-level certificate pro-grams are offered.

INDIVIDUAL INSTRUCTIONLoyola University Chicago’s student-faculty ratio of 14:1 is below the national average and offers students the opportunity for more personal interaction with professors.

LOYOLA IS CONNECTED TO CHICAGO, A WORLD-CLASS CITYLoyola is not only in the city, but also of the city. As part of our worldwide learning community, you’ll meet and interact with many different people and cultures, enhance your education through the city’s main rich resources, and become better prepared for the future in a global society.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIESLoyola’s Career Development Center offers services like resume critiquing and career self-assessment workshops to help students determine and articulate their strengths, values and interests as they relate to career areas and jobs. Numerous career op-portunities in the city contribute to the decision of 75% of Loyola students to remain in Chicago after graduation.

SERVICE-LEARNINGEducation at Loyola extends beyond the classroom. Many students expand their expe-rience by participating in service-learning projects, which combine academic instruc-tion with community-based learning by connecting learning objectives to service ob-jectives.

Notable Loyola Alums

Patrick Arbor (BUS ’58): former Chairman, Chicago Board of Trade

Brenda Barnes (GRAD ’78): CEO, Sara Lee Corporation

Phil Corboy (LAW ’49): founder and Senior Partner, Corboy and Demetrio

William M. Daley (A&S ’70): former US Secretary of Com-merce; former President, SBC Communications; Chairman of the Midwest Region, JP Morgan Chase & Co.

David Ferm (BUS ’69): former President, McGraw-Hill’s BusinessWeek Group; President of Magazines and Media, Primedia Inc.’s Consumer Magazine and Media Group

Richard Flanagan (GRAD ’82): former CEO, Borders Books and Music

Neil Hartigan (LAW ’62): former Illinois Appellate Court Justice; former Illinois Attorney General

Henry Hyde (LAW ’50): sixth district Congressman from the state of Illinois

Jeffrey D. Jacobs (LAW ’74): former President and General Counsel, Harpo Entertainment; Founder and Chairman, Civi-tas Initiative; Principal, Jacobs Endeavors

Lisa Madigan (LAW ’94): Illinois Attorney General

John Major (LAW ’73): former Chairman and CEO, Novatel Wireless; President, MTSG

Dr. Terry Mason (A&S ’74): newly appointed health commis-sioner for the city of Chicago

Mary Ann McMorrow (LAW ’53): Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court (first woman to hold the position)

Bob Newhart (BUS ’52): actor/comedian

Bob Parkinson (BUS ’73, GRAD ’75): Chairman and CEO, Baxter International

Tim Purpura (A&S ’84): Chief Operating Officer, Minor League Baseball

Michael Quinlan (A&S ’67, GRAD ’70): former Chairman and CEO, McDonald’s Corporation

Bill Rancic (A&S ’94): winner of “The Apprentice”; author, real estate developer; Founder and President, Cigars Around the World

Jack Rooney (GRAD ’69): President and CEO, US Cellular Corporation

Tom Schoewe (BUS ’74): Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Wal-Mart Stores

Yman Vien (Univ Coll ’85): President, American Metro Bank

John York (SSOM ’74): Co-owner of the San Francisco 49ers

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Entering its 31st season of operation in the 2009-10 academic year, the Horizon League continues to aspire toward its goal of being one of the nation’s leading athletics conferences while being recognized as a leader in the development of student-athletes as leaders and role models.

The Horizon League membership features ten public and private institutions that have impressive academic reputations and a storied tradition of broad-based athletic pro-grams. Current membership includes Butler University, Cleveland State University, the University of Detroit Mercy, the University of Illinois at Chicago, Loyola University Chicago, Valparaiso University, the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Wright State University and Youngstown State University.

The Horizon League’s primary focus is on adding value to the educational experience through its four platforms: athletic performance, academic achievement, community out-reach, and personal responsibility and accountability. It is the League’s belief that athlet-ics is a powerful and visible resource tool that can be used to enhance student-athletes’ collegiate experience. The Horizon League’s goals are to enhance the holistic university experience for the student-athlete, to create an affiliation of institutions with similar ath-letic goals, and to adhere to the principals of integrity, diversity, excellence and growth.

The Horizon League sponsors competition in 19 sports – nine for men (baseball, bas-ketball, cross country, golf, soccer, swimming and diving, indoor track and field, outdoor track and field and tennis) and ten for women (basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, indoor track and field, outdoor track and field, tennis and volleyball).

The League receives automatic bids to NCAA championships in baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s golf, men’s and women’s soccer, softball, men’s and women’s tennis, women’s volleyball, and for the first time in League history, women’s golf.

The Horizon League is headquartered in Indianapolis, the “Amateur Sports Capital of the World,” with offices in the Pan American Plaza (201 S. Capitol Avenue), located a block from Lucas Oil Stadium and just min-utes from Conseco Fieldhouse, the State Capitol Building, Victory Field (home of the Indianapolis Indians) and the NCAA national office.

A PROUD HISTORYFounded on June 16, 1979, as the Midwestern City Confer-

ence with six charter members, the League changed its name to the Midwestern Collegiate Conference in 1985 and added wom-en’s sports for the 1986-87 academic year. Charter members of the conference included current members Butler and Loyola as well as the University of Evansville, Oklahoma City University, Oral Roberts University and Xavier University.

Among other current members, Detroit joined in 1980, and Cleveland State, UIC, Green Bay, Milwaukee and Wright State came aboard in 1994 (along with Northern Illinois University) in the largest non-merger conference expansion in history, with Youngstown State joining in 2001 and Valparaiso in 2007.

On June 4, 2001, the Horizon League unveiled its current name and ushered in a new dynamic direction that has brought the League closer to its stated goal of being one of the nation’s top ten collegiate athletic conferences with a focus on enhancing the student-athletes’ experience by upgrading the League’s market and competitive positions.

ATHLETIC SUCCESSIn the past few years, the Horizon League has enjoyed unprecedented success on

the national stage, highlighted by three Sweet Sixteen appearances (Butler 2003, 2007; Milwaukee 2005) and nine wins in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship in the past seven seasons.

In other sports, League teams have won at least one game in their respective NCAA Championships each of the last seven seasons in men’s soccer (Milwaukee 2002-05, UIC 2006-08), with UIC just one win away from the College Cup in 2007. In softball, League teams won a game in the national tournament four straight years earlier in the decade (UIC 2002, 2004; Wright State 2003; Green Bay 2005) while advancing into the second round in women’s soccer three of the last five seasons (Detroit 2004, Milwaukee 2005-06).

Green Bay’s women’s basketball team added to that résumé with a victory in the 2007 NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship. Butler’s Victoria Mitchell became the League’s first NCAA individual champion when she won the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the 2005 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

ACADEMIC SUCCESSHorizon League student-athletes also excel in the classroom as more than 500 have

been named to the Academic Honor Roll each of the past seven semesters for carrying a grade-point average of 3.2 or better, including more than 600 for the last four semesters.

Twenty-five student-athletes were named to ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District teams in 2008-09, while eight earned Academic All-America honors.

COMMUNITY SERVICEIn addition to its athletics success, the Horizon League has secured a well-earned

reputation for its community service initiatives. Each January, member institutions partner with local elementary schools for an art, music and essay contest highlighting the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with winners recognized at League games on the weekend of MLK Day.

The Horizon League Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) also has continued a tradition of working with youth in Indianapolis during its annual summer meeting.

In addition, several League men’s basketball coaches coached barefoot to support Samaritan’s Feet, and the League’s schools and fans donate to Komen for the Cure for breast cancer awareness during its annual women’s basketball championship.

On campus, student-athletes have raised money and awareness for such causes as breast cancer, diabetes and hurricane relief, while hosting blood drives, neighborhood clean-ups, Big Brother/Big Sister programs and more.

SPORTSMANSHIPOne of the Horizon League’s points of emphasis is fostering collegial environments for

competition among student-athletes, coaches, administrators and fans in a pro-active ap-proach. Among the vehicles is the Ethical Conduct Pledge, which is signed each season by student-athletes, coaches, officials, and campus and League administrators. Its purpose is to make all the involved groups aware of the Horizon League expectations of behavior during conference events.

DEMOGRAPHICSHorizon League institutions boast a combined enrollment of

more than 130,000 plus nearly a quarter-million living alumni centered in the League’s Midwest footprint. League media markets include five of the nation’s top 35 in Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Indianapolis and Milwaukee, covering more than ten million television households and encompassing more than nine percent of the nation’s television audience.

GOVERNANCEThe Horizon League is governed by a Board of Directors

comprised of the ten member institutions’ chief executive officers. Dr. David Sweet, Presi-dent of Youngstown State, serves as Board Chair through June 30, 2010. Ron Strollo, Executive Director of Intercollegiate Athletics at Youngstown State, serves as chair of the Executive Council, and Christine Moeller, Assistant Athletic Director/Senior Woman Ad-ministrator at Cleveland State, is the Vice Chair and Sheila Patterson of Cleveland State serves as chair of the Faculty Athletics Representatives.

LEADERSHIPJonathan B. (Jon) LeCrone is in his 18th year as Commissioner of the Horizon League,

having been named to the position on May 11, 1992, and is the fifth-longest tenured commissioner among the 31 Division I conferences. He is the fifth commissioner in League history, succeeding Daniel B. “Tucker” DiEdwardo (1989-92), James W. Shaffer (1984-89), Cecil N. Coleman (1980-84) and James J. McCafferty (1979-80).

LeCrone is in the second year of a four-year term on the NCAA Division I Leadership Council after completing a five-year term on the Division I Men’s Basketball Committee.

VISIBILITYThe Horizon League has enhanced its media visibility with a number of initiatives. The

League is in a five-year agreement with ESPN that includes selected regular-season men’s basketball action (ESPN2) and the men’s championship game (ESPN) and features in-creased exposures each year on ESPNU plus inclusion in the annual BracketBusters, one of college basketball’s premier in-season events.

In addition, the Horizon League has partnered with CBS College Sports to provide the official web site at www.horizonleague.org, which offers the most comprehensive coverage of Horizon League teams on the net.

HORIZON LEAGUE NETWORKThe Horizon League is a recognized leader in video streaming, through the Horizon

League Network (HLN), having produced more than 1,200 free, live events in the past four years. HLN also features vignettes of all 19 League championships, weekly highlight vid-eos during the men’s and women’s basketball season and other special programming.

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Dr. John PlanekDirector of Intercollegiate Athletics

Dr. John Planek was named director of intercollegiate ath-

letics at Loyola University Chicago on Sept. 15, 1999 and has been at the helm for some of the most successful athletics seasons in school history. In 10 years under his direction, the Loyola University Chicago athletics department has enjoyed un-precedented success as the Ramblers have captured a total of

25 regular-season or tournament championships, with the women’s volleyball squad earning four trips to the NCAA Tournament, the women’s soccer program capturing three NCAA appearances, and the men’s soccer team making a pair of trips to the postseason.

At Loyola, Planek has overseen the construction of a new locker room facility at the soccer and softball fields, the installation of Field Turf and a new lighting system at the soccer/softball complex, the renovation of the weight room in Alumni Gym and the completion of a new outdoor track on Halas Field. Under his guidance, ground will be broken in Fall 2009 on the Intercollegiate Athletics Center, which will house new weight and athletic training rooms, locker rooms, offices and meetings spaces for all Loyola varsity teams. He was also instrumental in the move for the new athlet-ics logo that was unveiled in July 2000 and for improvements to the Gentile Center, most notably the addition of video boards.

Planek was also a driving force behind the creation of a Sports Management de-gree program at the undergraduate level, following the creation of a Sports Manage-ment Certificate Program. Furthermore, under Planek’s leadership, Loyola formulated a partnership with the Positive Coaching Alliance, a venture that has continued to flourish each year. He was a catalyst for Loyola becoming a host site of state high school playoff games in both soccer and basketball and was instrumental in helping add several full-time staff positions within the athletics department. In 2006, Loyola was one of only three schools to send both its men’s and women’s soccer teams to the NCAA Tournament via automatic bids, while the softball squad captured its fourth Horizon League regular-season title in the last seven years.

In 2002-03, Loyola earned regular-season titles in both women’s volleyball and softball and the volleyball squad finished No. 28 in the RPI, the highest mark in school history. The women weren’t the only volleyball players to experience success as the men’s team came within a match of the NCAA Final Four for the second con-secutive year as well. For the second straight year, the Ramblers finished in fourth-place, matching the best mark in school annals, in the McCafferty Trophy standings, an award given to the Horizon League’s all-sports champion. Loyola finished a mere half-point out of third place in 2002-03. In 2003-04, for the second straight year, the Ramblers placed second in the women’s standings for the McCafferty Trophy.

The 2001-02 season was one of the best in Loyola history as the Ramblers tallied their highest-ever point total in the Horizon League’s McCafferty Trophy stand-ings and were just one point shy of third place. Both the men’s and women’s cross country squads claimed first place at the Horizon League Championships and the women’s volleyball, men’s volleyball and softball teams each captured at least a share of the regular-season league title.

In four years as associate athletics director at DePaul University, Planek served as the department’s chief financial officer and oversaw the marketing, promotions, advertising and corporate sponsorship programs as well as the day-to-day opera-tions of the ticket office. There he was also responsible for the solicitation of new advertisers and sponsors as well as developing and controlling the annual budget and assisting in contract negotiation. Prior to serving as associate athletics director, Planek was DePaul’s assistant business manager.

Planek also has extensive championship experience at the Division I level. In 1997, he was the Conference USA Women’s Basketball Tournament Manager and he was also a NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament Manager in 1993. In 1992, he served as the Tournament Manager for the Great Midwest Men’s Basketball Tournament.

Prior to his appointment at Loyola, Planek was the athletics director at St. Ig-natius College Prep, where he was responsible for the administration of 19 inter-scholastic sports, including 60 coaches and more than 600 student-athletes on 46 teams. His responsibilities also included the oversight of facilities, intramurals and scheduling of all athletics contests.

Planek has a M.S. in sports administration from St. Thomas University in Miami, a B.S. in accounting from Illinois Institute of Technology, and recently earned his Ph.D. from Loyola. A graduate of Fenwick High School, he and his wife, Mary Alice, reside in Oak Park with their five children, Elizabeth (20), who is a junior at Loyola, Mary Kate (18), John (16), Thomas (14) and Margaret (9).

Carolyn O’ConnellSenior Associate Athletics Director/Senior Woman Administrator

In her 30th year with Loyola University Chicago Athletics, Carolyn Vellos O’Connell is vital to the day-to-day operations of the Loyola Department of In-tercollegiate Athletics. Her responsibilities as senior associate athletics director include those of senior woman administrator, a position she has held since 1984.

As senior associate athletics director, O’Connell is responsible for supervising various men’s and women’s sports programs, as well as the spirit program. Her other responsibilities include serving as the departmental liaison to the offices of admissions, residence life, student financial assistance and learning assistance, while also serving as the NCAA compliance officer for Loyola.

A well-respected administrator, O’Connell serves on numerous committees. She is a chair of the Horizon League Championships and Facilities Committee and serves on the Membership Com-mittee. She has also served on the Local Organizing Committee for all three Women’s Leadership Symposiums.

On campus, O’Connell has served as the chair of the Staff Affairs University Policy Committee, one of seven committees which comprise the President’s Shared Governance structure to assist in the process of creating policies that best advance the mission of the university. She was also appointed by the President to serve on the Commission of the Status of Women at Loyola University Chicago.

A former member of the NCAA Initial Eligibility Waiver Committee, O’Connell is in her seventh year of service as a member of the NCAA Division I Committee on Student-Athlete Reinstatement. She recently completed the 18-month-long NCAA Fellows Leadership Development Program, with professional presentations including Work/Life Balance in Intercollegiate Athletics at the 2007 NCAA Gender Equity and Issues Forum and Leadership in Intercollegiate Athletics at the 2009 Women’s Leadership Symposium. Additionally, O’Connell has presented workshops for high schools on NCAA Initial Eligibility Requirements and the recruiting process. O’Connell, who has served on three site visits as an NCAA Peer Review Team member, serves on the National Association of Collegiate Woman Athletic Administrators Membership Committee and is an active member of the National Association of Athletic Compliance Coordinators.

Prior to 1984, O’Connell also held the assistant athletics director position, the coordinator for women’s athletics, assistant women’s basketball coach and the head women’s volleyball coach titles. As volleyball coach at Loyola from 1979-83, she compiled an overall record of 173-87 and was named North Star Conference Coach of the Year in 1983, leading her team to the league champi-onship. She was an assistant coach for the Midwest men’s volleyball team at the National Sports Festival in Syracuse, N.Y.

Before joining the Loyola staff in 1979, O’Connell spent five years teaching and coaching at Res-urrection High School in Chicago. A 1974 graduate of DePaul University, she received her bachelor’s degree in education and is currently completing her master’s degree in educational administration and supervision at Loyola. A standout on the women’s volleyball team, she was inducted into DePaul’s Athletics Hall of Fame in 1993.

O’Connell and her husband Ray and two sons, Raymond and Peter, reside in Evanston.

Dr. Tom HitchoSenior Associate Athletics Director

Dr. Tom Hitcho is entering his 33rd year with the Loyola Athletics Depart-ment and is the longest-running staff member in the department, making him synonymous with Loyola athletics. He has been an associate athletics direc-tor since 1986, and was named senior associate athletics director in 2000. Hitcho also holds the head athletics trainer position.

“I enjoy working with the people in my department,” said Hitcho. “Throughout the years, the staff members and the coaches have been very good to me. I especially enjoy working with the student-athletes because they keep me young, and the Jesuit administration has always been cooperative with and supportive of athletics.”

Hitcho’s primary responsibilities include the purchasing of athletic equipment, making all travel arrangements, and fulfilling the financial obligations for the athletics department.

As head athletics trainer, a position he has held since he came to Loyola in 1977, Hitcho is in charge of the care and prevention of injuries for student-athletes, as well as overseeing the rehabilitation of athletes.

Hitcho was the last employee hired by former head men’s basketball coach and athletics director George Ireland, before his retirement. Before coming to Loyola, Hitcho was a graduate assistant in the physical education program at Indiana State University and received his M.S. in Sports Medicine from that university in 1977. He went on to earn a Ph.D. from Loyola in 1996.

A graduate of Youngstown State University with a B.S. in education, Hitcho entered the U.S. Navy and served as a member of a Flight Crew from 1971-1975. Hitcho, who resides in Chicago, was inducted into the Loyola Athletics Hall of Fame in 2006.


Loyola Basketball

josepH j. gentiLe centeRIn a short period of time, the Joseph J. Gentile Center went from being

one of the newest basketball facilities in the Midwest to being one of the toughest places for opponents to play.

This will be the 14th season Loyola has called the Gentile Center home. Since 1996, the Ramblers have compiled a 116-62 (.652) record at Gen-tile, including a school-record 13-3 mark in 2005-06. On Dec. 9, 2000, a Gentile Center record 5,513 fans packed the gym to see Loyola face defending NCAA National Champion Michigan State. In 2006-07, the Ram-blers posted a 12-4 ledger at home, marking the sixth time in 13 seasons they have won at least ten contests at the Gentile Center.

On November 23, 1996, the Loyola men’s basketball team played its first-ever game in its new home and the 5,200-seat arena was rocking as the team christened the building with a win over Eastern Kentucky.

One of the top practice facilities around, with three full-size courts and 18 baskets, the Gentile Center is tailor-made for the individual attention that student-athletes need.

The man with the vision was former Loyola President John J. Piderit, S.J., who made the decision to build a new multi-purpose facility that would be the men’s and women’s basketball teams’ new home. Then Joseph Gen-tile, a 1946 Loyola graduate, helped make the building a reality. Gentile graciously made a commitment with a total value of $3.5 million to cover nearly half the cost of the new facility that bears his name. He is the former owner of Joe Gentile Chrysler Plymouth in suburban Barrington, Ill. — the “Baron of Barrington” - and the pride of Loyola.

Gentile has been a long-time fan and supporter of the athletics de-partment at Loyola. For many years, he sponsored the television and radio broadcasts of Ramblers basketball games and has donated cars for raffles held by the Loyola Department of Intercollegiate Athletics.

The Chicago native, along with Gerry Nagel and John Rosich, was the main benefactor for the construction of the Gentile Center. Gentile was named the National Italian-American Sports Hall of Fame Man of the Year in 1990 and earned the Founders Award one year later.

The facility is easily the most visible symbol in the current rise of the Rambler men and women’s basketball teams. The Joseph J. Gentile Cen-ter replaced tradition-rich Alumni Gym, the legendary “Big Brown Box that Rocks,” as the Ramblers’ basketball home. The structure, located on the Lake Shore Campus, just east of Alumni Gym, is used for athletics, recre-ation and special events.

While the most visible tenants of this building are the Rambler bas-ketball teams, an equally important group uses the building — the Loyola student body. Whether for graduation, intramural activities or entertainment purposes such as concerts and speakers, the facility allows the Division of Student Development to greatly expand its offerings. The Gentile Center has also been the site of the Illinois High School Association boys and girls basketball supersectional rounds.

For the coming years, the 45,000-square-foot facility will be used not only for men’s and women’s basketball, but also for Loyola special events, as well as by the community in the Rogers Park-Edgewater neighborhood. Graduation, which used to be held downtown in Medinah Temple, also is held in the Gentile Center.

Prior to the 2006-07 season, the Gentile Center was outfitted with state-of-the-art video boards at each end of the basketball playing floor.

The architecture firm of Solomon, Cordwell, Buenz and Associates Inc., is responsible for the facility’s design. The same firm also designed the Simpson Living-Learning Center as well as the Lake Shore Campus parking facility.

TOP CROWDS AT THE JOSEPH J. GENTILE CENTER1. 5,513 vs. Michigan State (Dec. 2, 2000)2. 5,392 vs. UIC (Feb. 27, 2003)3. 4,723 vs. Butler (Jan. 25, 2007)4. 4,705 vs. UIC (Feb. 20, 1999)5. 4,682 vs. UIC (Feb. 24, 2007)6. 4,623 vs. Eastern Kentucky (Nov. 23, 1996)7. 4,572 vs. UIC (Jan. 24, 1998)8. 4,539 vs. UIC (Jan. 17, 2002)9. 4,221 vs. Butler (Jan. 31, 1998)10. 4,130 vs. Bradley (Nov. 27, 1999)


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tHe LoyoLa expeRience“During my recruiting process, I re-alized that Loyola is one of the best academic institutions in the Midwest. Being that Chicago is the basketball capitol, I knew I would have a better chance of continuing my basketball career versus going to another school. Go Ramblers!” – DaJuan Gouard

“Loyola helped me a lot when it came to becoming a professional player. It prepared me for the unexpected and to always have a back-up plan. The edu-cation I received from Loyola allowed me to be able to take my journey over-seas and have a positive experience.” – Blake Schilb

“My four years at Loyola are a time I will never forget. I received a great education both in the classroom and on the court, and am lucky to have had such an opportunity. Through the guidance of those around me, I learned to be disci-plined, how to manage my time, how hard I am capable of pushing myself on a daily basis, all while having a lot of fun. All of those experiences have helped me as I enter the working world for the first time. Plus, I formed great friend-ships with my teammates and coaches that will last a lifetime.” – Tom Levin

“Loyola played a major role in helping me develop and mature as a person. It was my first time being away from home and really having to learn how to adjust. My experience as a member of the basket-ball program was outstanding, of course, since we won the national championship, but my maturity was key. Sometimes it is easy to forget that be-cause I spent so much time with basketball, but my time at Loyola helped me mature both on and off the court.” - Jerry Harkness

“My time at Loyola provided me with experiences both on and off the court that I will carry with me for the rest of my life. Whether it was my teammates, the staff in the athletic department, faculty or fellow students, I developed rela-tionships that I will have for many years to come. It was a privilege to play at Loyola, a school with such a great basketball history, and even more so, it was an honor to gradu-ate from Loyola and possess a de-gree that will open many doors in the future.” – Kevin Clancy

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In five seasons under the leadership of Jim Whitesell, the Loyola men’s basketball program has experienced plentiful success both on and off the court. The long-time Chicago area head coach has guided the Ramblers to their only 20-plus-win season since 1985 and has twice had his program saluted by the NCAA with a Public Recognition Award for its Academic Prog-ress Report score.

Last year, Whitesell captained his squad to a 71-67 victory at No. 15 Butler for the program’s second win over a ranked team in the last three

seasons, the program’s only wins over ranked foes since 1986. Additionally, the Ramblers recorded their first win over a current member of the Southeast-ern Conference since 1964 whey they toppled Georgia, 74-53, in the opening round of the Dick’s Sporting Goods NIT Season Tip-Off. Loyola, which also played teams from the SEC, Big Ten and BIG EAST Conferences in the same season for the first time 1986-87, was the only Horizon League team to defeat the confer-ence’s top two finishers, Butler and Green Bay.

Whitesell has coached two of the top nine scorers in Loyola basketball an-nals in his short time as the bench boss in Rogers Park, and helped mold J.R. Blount into one of only five players in school history to produce over 1,500 points and 300 assists in his career. Blount also became the first player since Alfredrick Hughes, and only the third in Loyola history, to average 10.0 or more points in each of his four seasons of eligibility.

Under Whitesell’s watchful eye, Loyola has gone 4-1 in season openers and 4-1 in BracketBusters contests. Last season, his work on the bench helped the Ramblers excel in crunch time as they posted a 6-1 ledger in contests decided by five points or less. Furthermore, the 2008 senior class notched a total of 65 wins in its career, making it the winningest group since the Class of 1988 piled up 69 victories.

Turning programs around is Whitesell’s forte, but he has never turned around a program as quickly as Loyola’s. In three short seasons, the veteran head coach converted a nine-win team into a 21-win outfit, a remarkable 12-game improve-ment in only 36 months. Whitesell’s 53 victories in his first three seasons in Rogers Park were the most by a Loyola head coach since Tom Haggerty won 69 games from 1945-48.

In the process, Whitesell and his staff have brought new life and excitement to the campus and community. Whitesell and his staff guided the Ramblers to their first 20-win season since 1985 in 2006-07 and their most Horizon League wins (10) since that same 1985 campaign. The Iowa Falls, Iowa native is also the first bench boss in Loyola history to win eight or more Horizon League con-tests in each of his first three seasons on the job.

The 2006-07 season also featured several milestone victories for the Loyola program. Under Whitesell’s watchful eye, the Ramblers won at Detroit for the first time since 1992 and at Butler for the first time since 1989. In addition, the 75-71 win at No. 15 Butler was Loyola’s first victory over a ranked team since 1986. With 40 wins over a two-year period from 2005-07, good for the first consecutive winning seasons in over 20 years, Loyola ranked second among Horizon League schools, behind only Butler.

A staple of most successful Whitesell teams is the ability to shut down op-ponents and the 2006-07 season turned out to be one of Loyola’s best efforts in over half a century. The Ramblers yielded only 64.8 points per game, their best showing since 1950-51 and limited opponents to .415 shooting from the field, the best mark since 1965-66.

Under Whitesell’s tutelage, guard Blake Schilb became only the second player in Loyola history to earn first team all-league honors on three or more occasions and in 2006-07, Schilb earned National Association of Basketball Coaches First Team All-District 11 accolades in addition to Mid-Major All-Amer-ica status from collegeinsider.com.

Along the way to a 19-11 season in 2005-06, Loyola knocked off Bradley, Purdue and Butler, and for the first time in school history, swept the regular-season series from city and Horizon League rival UIC. The Ramblers also estab-lished a new single-season school record by converting .754 (447 for 593) of their tries from the foul line.

That season, Whitesell led Loyola to its best start to a year (7-1) since 1965-66, and was instrumental in developing Schilb into Loyola’s first All-America se-lection since Alfredrick Hughes in 1985. Schilb earned Honorable Mention All-America accolades in addition to First Team All-Horizon League and Third Team Mid-Major All-America honors. Majak Kou was selected to the Horizon League All-Defensive Team, while Leon Young was chosen to the All-Newcomer Team.

Recruiting is a major key to success, and Whitesell and his staff have brought in some highly talented players in their first four recruiting classes. Young be-came the first Loyola freshman in 10 years to lead the team in rebounding and guard J.R. Blount teamed with Young to give the Ramblers their first-ever freshman duo to average in double figures in the same season. In 2006-07, Andy Polka, the 2006 Mr. Basketball in the state of Wisconsin, made an im-mediate impact, becoming the second straight true freshman to lead the team in rebounding, as he grabbed 230 boards, the second-highest, single-season total ever by a Rambler true freshman. Last season, Jordan Hicks scored 23 points, the most by a Loyola true freshman in three years, in the Ramblers’ win at No. 15 Butler.

In 21 seasons as a head coach, Whitesell has accumulated a 357-270 (.569) record, helping six of his teams reach the NCAA Tournament. A proven winner, he has produced a winning record in 14 of those 22 campaigns, five

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times claiming at least 20 games. During his first year at the Lake Shore Campus in 2004-05, Whitesell guided

Loyola to a 13-win season, a four-game improvement from 2003-04, as the Ramblers earned the No. 4 seed and advanced to the semifinal round at the Horizon League Championship. Turning in arguably the finest coaching job in the conference, he captained Loyola to an 8-8 record in Horizon League ac-tion, equaling Gene Sullivan’s school record for most league wins by a first-year coach, while his 13 overall victories were the most since Sullivan also won 13 in his inaugural campaign in Rogers Park in 1980-81. Making Whitesell’s coaching job even more impressive was the fact that the Ramblers were picked to finish eighth in the annual preseason poll.

Loyola finished the season with a bang, winning nine of its final 13 contests, as it swept Green Bay, the second-place finisher in the Horizon League, and took two of three games from city foe UIC. Under Whitesell’s tutelage, Schilb blossomed, earning First Team All-Horizon League accolades, while all six of the Ramblers’ returning scholarship players established career highs in scoring aver-age. Despite the sub-.500 record, Loyola was in nearly every contest as nine of its losses were by seven points or less.

Whitesell was introduced as Loyola’s head coach on April 14, 2004. Whi-tesell, a 1982 graduate of Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, had served as the head coach at nearby Lewis University for the previous 12 seasons, compiling a

214-126 (.629) record there. In 2003-04, Whitesell guided Lewis to a 24-7 record and helped the Flyers

win the program’s first Great Lakes Valley Conference championship in 16 years. For his efforts, Whitesell was lauded as the GLVC Coach of the Year, National Association of Basketball Coaches Great Lakes Region Coach of the Year and, for the sixth time, the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Division II Coach of the Year. For the first time in school history, Lewis was the No. 1 seed in the region at the 2004 NCAA Tournament.

From 2001-04, Whitesell’s charges racked up a 72-22 (.766) record, the most successful three-year stint in program history, advancing to the NCAA Tournament each season. The 2002 Flyers equaled the school record with 25 victories and advanced to the Division II Sweet Sixteen.

Lewis made five trips to the Division II NCAA Tournament under Whitesell’s watchful eye and won at least 18 games on seven occasions. He produced 10 winning seasons in 12 years in Romeoville and his 2003-04 team was ranked as high as No. 11 in the nation.

Off the court, Whitesell’s players have been true student-athletes as over 95 percent of his pupils have graduated in his 22 seasons as a collegiate head coach. During his tenure at Lewis, Whitesell implemented several community and on-campus programs to bring support and awareness to the basketball program. Some of those initiatives included Midnight Madness and a Sixth Man

Club, a program to develop enthusiasm and support for the team among the student body.

A master at rebuilding programs, Whitesell revived Elmhurst College by guiding the Bluejays to a 19-9 record and the school’s first-ever NCAA Division III Championship berth in 1991-92. In five seasons at Elmhurst (1987-92), he turned around a program that had not posted a winning campaign in 17 previous years.

Prior to his appointment at Elmhurst, Whitesell served as an assistant coach at Minnesota State University (for-merly Mankato State) from 1985-87, at Wabash Valley Community College in 1984-85 and at Ellsworth Commu-nity College in 1983-84.

Whitesell graduated from Luther College in 1982 after attending Ellsworth Community College in Iowa Falls, Iowa. He earned a master’s degree in education from the Univer-sity of North Dakota in 1983.

Whitesell and his wife Connie, a partner with the hu-man resources consulting firm PW Associates, reside in Chicago.

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Year School Record1987-88 Elmhurst 6-201988-89 Elmhurst 12-141989-90 Elmhurst 15-111990-91 Elmhurst 12-141991-92 Elmhurst 19-9 $1992-93 Lewis 6-211993-94 Lewis 18-91994-95 Lewis 14-131995-96 Lewis 18-91996-97 Lewis 16-111997-98 Lewis 19-9 $1998-99 Lewis 21-8 $

Year School Record1999-00 Lewis 19-82000-01 Lewis 11-162001-02 Lewis 25-7 $2002-03 Lewis 23-8 $2003-04 Lewis 24-7 $2004-05 Loyola 13-172005-06 Loyola 19-112006-07 Loyola 21-112007-08 Loyola 12-192008-09 Loyola 14-18Overall 357-270 (.569)$ - NCAA Tournament appearance

Team W-L Butler 3-8Cleveland State 7-3Detroit 7-4Green Bay 5-5Milwaukee 4-10UIC 5-8Valparaiso 3-1Wright State 3-7Youngstown State 7-5Totals 44-51

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The longest tenured assistant coach on Jim Whitesell’s staff, Patrick Baldwin heads into his sixth season at Loyola but is hardly a stranger to Horizon League basketball or Chicago area hoops. The Leavenworth, Kan., native works primarily with the guards. In his five years in Rogers Park work-ing with the backcourt, Baldwin has mentored an Honorable Mention All-America selection, All-Ho-rizon League picks, All-Defensive Team honorees and two of the top nine scorers in the history of Loyola basketball.

Last year, Baldwin aided the Ramblers to a vic-tory at No. 15 Butler, the program’s second win

over a ranked team in the last three seasons, and a victory versus Georgia, for the first win versus a current member of the Southeastern Conference since 1964. Loyola also was the only Horizon League team to post victories over each of the top two teams in the League, Butler and Green Bay, during the regular season. His work with the post players helped Darrin Williams blossom into one of the better big men in the Horizon League as he posted career-high averages of 7.1 points, 4.9 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game, while Leon Young grabbed his 500th career rebound and finished his time at Loyola ranked 24th on the school’s career rebounding chart.

Baldwin’s work with guard J.R. Blount paid dividends as the prolific scorer ended his career as one of only five players in school history to accumulate over 1,500 points and 300 assists. Blount finished his career as one of only three players in Loyola annals to average at least 10.0 points per game in each of his four seasons of eligibility.

Baldwin’s influence helped Loyola record its first 20-win season since 1985 when it went 21-11 in 2006-07. The Ramblers also racked up 10 Horizon League victories, their most since 1985 as well, en route to a third-place finish in the regular-season standings. For the first time since 1986, Loyola toppled a nation-ally ranked team when it disposed of No. 15 Butler in Indianapolis in February, giving the Ramblers their first win over the Bulldogs at historic Hinkle Fieldhouse since 1989. The team also showed a marked improvement on the defensive end of the floor, allowing only 64.8 points per game, the lowest total by a Rambler squad since 1950-51.

Under Baldwin’s tutelage, senior guard Blake Schilb earned First Team All-Horizon League honors for the third straight season and also picked up National Association of Basketball Coaches First Team All-District 11 and Mid-Major All-America recognition. Schilb, who would go on to participate in the NABC All-Star Game, the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament and the NBA Pre-Draft Camp, finished his career as the only Rambler to ever accumulate over 1,000 points, 500 rebounds and 400 assists. Fellow senior guard Majak Kou also thrived while working with Baldwin, earning Horizon League All-Defensive Team accolades for the second straight campaign, while becoming the 36th player in school history to score 1,000 career points.

During the 2005-06 season, Baldwin helped Loyola to a 19-11 record as the team also got off to its best start since 1965-66, and picked up victories over Bradley, Butler and Purdue, among others. Under his watchful eye, Schilb blos-somed into the Ramblers’ first All-America selection since Alfredrick Hughes in 1984-85. Schilb also brought home First Team All-Horizon League and Third Team Mid-Major All-America honors, while Kou was named to the Horizon League All-Defensive Team and Leon Young was chosen to the All-Newcomer Team.

In his first season at Loyola, Baldwin helped the Ramblers improve by four games in the win column from the previous campaign. Picked to finish eighth in the Horizon League Preseason Poll, Loyola wound up tied for fourth and was the No. 4 seed in the conference tournament. The Ramblers closed out the season strong, winning nine of their last 13 outings, including six straight before falling to Milwaukee in the semifinal round of the Horizon League Championship.

Working with the guards, Baldwin helped DaJuan Gouard to his most productive season as a Rambler as the senior put up 16.0 ppg, well above his previous career best of 8.9 ppg in 2003-04. Kou also set a personal best by averaging 10.6 ppg

under Baldwin’s watchful eye. An injury to Gouard early in December forced Schilb to assume the duties at point guard and the 6-foot-7 guard blossomed, averaging 17.9 ppg and 4.0 apg en route to First Team All-Horizon League accolades.

While at Green Bay, Baldwin was part of the revitalization of the Phoenix pro-gram. In 2003-04, he helped the Phoenix to a 17-11 record and a third-place finish in the Horizon League, the team’s best overall showing since 1999 and most league victories in eight years. Green Bay’s eight-game, single-season improve-ment ranked among the top ten in the nation. After being picked to finish seventh in the Horizon League Preseason Poll, the Phoenix earned its best league finish in five seasons. In addition to his work with the guards, Baldwin also served as recruiting coordinator.

“Pat coordinates our recruiting efforts and has done a great job with that,” Whitesell said. “He brings great experience, both as a coach and as a player, to our program and works closely with our perimeter players. He is very organized, has a tremendous work ethic and has great people skills.”

Prior to his stint at Green Bay, Baldwin was the top assistant at Lincoln Univer-sity in Jefferson City, Mo.

Baldwin was a four-year starter at Northwestern University (1990-94), leading the Wildcats in steals all four campaigns. With 3.2 spg in 1990-91, he led the Big Ten and was the nation’s top freshman in that category. He holds team records for assists and steals in a season and graduated as the Wildcats’ career leader in both categories. Baldwin ranks 11th on the NU career scoring chart with 1,189 points.

After graduation, he spent three years as a business analyst for Dean Foods in Rosemont, Ill., then resumed his playing career. Baldwin played professionally in Bosnia and Croatia and during the 2000-01 season, he was an all-star in the Croatian Federation League, averaging 17.5 ppg.

Baldwin and his wife Shawn, are the proud parents of three children – Patrick Jr., Tatum and Brooke – and reside in Evanston.

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Hardly a stranger to Horizon League bas-ketball, former University of Detroit coach Kevin Mondro ventures into his second season as an assistant coach at Loyola. Mondro had spent the previous 11 years as part of the staff at Detroit and for part of the 2007-08 season served as interim head coach.

“Kevin was a big part of Detroit’s suc-cess over the last decade, helping teams to postseason play four times and he is

very knowledgeable about the Horizon League,” Loyola head coach Jim Whitesell said. “I have always had a tremendous amount of respect for (former Detroit coach) Perry Watson and his program. While being able to help our recruiting efforts in the Midwest, Kevin also understands the value of a Jesuit education, and in addition to being well-respected, will be well-liked by both our players and fans.”

In his first season at Loyola in 2008-09, Mondro aided the Ramblers to a victory at No. 15 Butler, the program’s second win over a ranked team in the last three seasons, and a victory versus Georgia, for the first win versus a current member of the Southeastern Conference since 1964. Loyola also was the only Horizon League team to post victories

over each of the top two teams in the League, Butler and Green Bay, during the regular season. Mondro’s work with guard J.R. Blount paid dividends as the prolific scorer ended his career as one of only five play-ers in school history to accumulate over 1,500 points and 300 assists. Blount finished his career as one of only three players in Loyola annals to average at least 10.0 points per game in each of his four seasons of eligibility.

At Detroit, Mondro worked primarily with the Titans’ perimeter players and his influence helped current Philadelphia 76ers guard Willie Green earn Horizon League Player of the Year accolades in 2003. In addition to his on-the-court coaching, Mondro played an active role in scouting and in scheduling, while also serving as the staff’s recruiting coordinator and director of the Perry Watson Basketball Camp.

After beginning his post-playing career as the director of basketball operations at Detroit, Mondro was elevated to assistant coach, before assuming associate head coach duties. In 2007-08, Mondro stepped in to serve as interim head coach for 16 games for the Titans and helped mold guard Jon Goode into a Second Team All-Horizon League perform-er and one of the most prolific scorers in UDM history. During his tenure on the Detroit staff, Mondro helped the Titans to a pair of NCAA Tourna-ment berths (1998 and 1999) and two trips to the National Invitation Tournament (2001 and 2002), including a trip to the NIT semifinals in New York in 2001.

As a member of the Detroit coaching staff, Mondro helped sculpt eight different players into All-Horizon League performers and over the last five seasons, the Titans also placed five players on the Horizon League All-Defensive Team.

A walk-on at Detroit, Mondro played three seasons for the Titans before an injury sidelined him for his senior campaign. Despite, the career-ending injury, he remained close to the program, serving as a color analyst on radio broadcasts.

Mondro and his wife, Liza, reside in Chicago.

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Bill Comar, a native of Wilmette, Ill., and a 1989 graduate of New Trier High School, embarks on his second season as an assis-tant on Jim Whitesell’s staff at Loyola. Co-mar had spent the previous seven seasons as the director of basketball operations at Xavier University.

“Being a Chicago area native, Bill knows the area very well and he has been a part of the great success Xavier has had, reach-ing the Elite Eight on a pair of occasions,”

Whitesell said. “He has also been a part of successful and tradition-rich programs at Dayton and Miami (Ohio) and brings a wealth of experience with him to Loyola.”

During the 2008-09 campaign, Comar’s work on the bench helped Loyola knock off No. 15 Butler for its second win over a ranked foe in the last three seasons, and the team also toppled Georgia in the opening round of the Dick’s Sporting Goods NIT Season Tip-Off for the program’s first win versus a current member of the Southeastern Conference since 1964. The Ramblers posted a 6-1 record in games decided by five points or less last season and were the only Horizon League squad to defeat Butler and Green Bay in the regular season, the top two finishers

in the League standings. Senior guard J.R. Blount finished his career as one of only three Ram-

blers to average at least 10.0 points per game in each of his four sea-sons on campus, and also wound up ninth of the school’s career-scoring chart with 1,603 points. Jordan Hicks developed into a bona-fide scorer as the year progressed and became the first Loyola true freshman since 2006 to score in double digits in four consecutive games. He tossed in 23 points in the victory at No. 15 Butler late in the 2008-09 season.

As a member of both Thad Matta’s and Sean Miller’s staffs at Xavier, Comar helped the Musketeers to six NCAA Tournament berths, including Elite Eight appearances in 2003-04 and 2007-08. During Comar’s ten-ure at Xavier, current New Orleans Hornets star David West was named National Player of the Year in 2003.

Prior to his stint at Xavier, Comar served four seasons on Oliver Pur-nell’s staff at the University of Dayton, including two seasons as an assistant coach (1998-99 and 2000-2001) and two years as the co-ordinator of basketball operations (1997-98 and 1999-2000). At Day-ton, Comar helped the Flyers to a pair of National Invitation Tournament berths and a NCAA Tournament appearance.

Comar also spent the 1996-97 season as an academic coordinator at Miami (Ohio) and was a member of the men’s basketball staff there for three years as an administrative assistant and academic advisor.

Comar played on New Trier’s 1989 team that advanced to the Elite Eight in the IHSA Tournament, then went on to attend Kenyon College where he played three seasons on the basketball team (1989-92) be-fore graduating magna cum laude in 1993 with a degree in psychology and a minor in sociology. He earned his master’s in sport studies from Miami (Ohio) in 1995.

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Donald “Lou” Chapman enters his first season as the coordinator of men’s basket-ball operations at Loyola University Chicago. Chapman, who has extensive ties to the Mil-waukee area and has coached or played at nearly every level of basketball, brings sev-eral years of experience to his new post and most recently served as an assistant coach at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.

“Everyone we talked to spoke glowingly of Lou,” Whitesell said. “Not only is he a

skilled coach, but he is also a great person who will be an excellent fit for and representative of our program at Loyola. We couldn’t be happier to add him to our staff.”

During the 2008-09 campaign, Chapman helped UW-Whitewater to a 23-6 overall record, including a spotless 13-0 mark at home. As a graduate assistant with the Warhawks program in 2006-07, he was part of a team that posted an 18-9 ledger. Chapman’s work last season was instrumental in developing guard Myles McKay into a Second Team All-America pick by D3hoops.com.

In addition to his experiences at UW-Whitewater, Chapman has also served as both a head coach and assistant coach at the high school level and was the head coach for Athletes For Youth club team, where he steered his squad to a 14-0 record.

Chapman began his collegiate playing career at Colby Community College before migrating to UNC-Wilmington, where he played for cur-rent DePaul head coach Jerry Wainwright. After one season at Wilming-ton, Chapman transferred to Missouri Western State University, where he completed his collegiate playing career in 2002-03.

Chapman and his wife Sheila, are the parents of three children – Jay-lin (9), Donald Jr. (5) and Daylana (4).

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Youth will be served on the Loyola men’s basketball team in 2009-10 as the Ramblers feature a roster of 10 freshmen or sophomores. Despite the relative inex-perience based on class, last year’s crop of freshmen all saw significant action, with three of those rookies starting at least one game and the three seniors on this year’s squad have all played significant roles in their Loyola careers.

One of the major challenges facing sixth-year head coach Jim Whitesell will be finding a way to replace 69 percent (43.6 points per game) of the team’s scoring output from a year ago, due to the loss of five key players, including leading scorer and team most valuable player, J.R. Blount (14.1 ppg).

In addition to the loss of Blount (14.1 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 3.3 apg, 1.2 spg), who closed out his career ranked ninth on Loyola’s all-time scoring chart with 1,603 points, the Ramblers will be looking to fill the voids left by graduated seniors Justin Cerasoli (11.2 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 2.9 apg, 2.1 spg), Leon Young (7.3 ppg, 5.0 rpg) and Darrin Williams (7.1 ppg, 4.9 rpg, 1.2 bpg) as well as Ross Forman (3.9 ppg, 2.5 rpg), whose career was cut short due to injury.

BACKCOURT

Whitesell has plenty of options and depth in the backcourt this season as the roster features eight guards, of which three are newcomers. Senior guards Marcus Thomas and Aric Van Weelden will provide on-court guidance for a youthful cast. In his first season at Loyola after transferring from Danville Area Community College, the sharp-shooting Thomas contributed 5.6 ppg and drained a team-best 44 shots from three-point range. Thomas has the ability to move into the upper echelon of long-range shooters in the Horizon League in his final season of college basketball. “Marcus had a very good summer and comes into this season in better shape,” Whitesell said. “If he can string together some consistency, he is capable of having a strong senior season.”

Arguably the team’s top defender and a steadying influence at the offensive end of the floor, Van Weelden contributed career bests of 3.4 ppg and 2.9 rpg, and dished out 50 assists to only 26 turnovers on the year in 2008-09.

“Aric does everything for us and keeps his composure on the floor,” Whitesell said. “He worked very hard on his shot during the offseason. He is our ‘glue’ guy.”

One player expected to help fill the scoring void is sophomore Jordan Hicks, who emerged late last season into a bona-fide scoring threat. The 6-foot-6 swing player tallied season highs of 23 points and eight rebounds to spearhead a victory at No. 15 Butler in mid-February and over the final seven games of the year accounted for 13.0 ppg, 5.1 rpg, 1.0 bpg and 1.4 spg, while shooting 54 percent from the field, including a sizzling 55 percent from three-point territory. After totaling 50 points in his first 24 appearances of the season, the Rochester, Minn., native registered 91 total points in the final seven outings of the year.

“Jordan finished the season with a flourish and has untapped potential,” Whi-tesell said. “Consistency and aggressiveness are big keys for him but he has the potential to be an outstanding player in the Horizon League.”

A pair of juniors and a sophomore will also be looking for expanded roles in the backcourt in 2009-10. Juniors Geoff McCammon and Ryan Sterling saw limited ac-tion but each still appeared in nearly two-thirds of the Ramblers’ games last season. The athletic McCammon showed flashes of his potential by scoring a career-best 10 points in only 10 minutes against Alcorn State, while Sterling proves to be a three-point threat each time he steps on the floor.

“Our goal this season is to utilize Geoff’s athleticism, quickness and strength and get him more quality minutes,” Whitesell said. “Ryan is the consummate team player. He is always ready for practices and games and his shooting ability helped him earn playing time as a sophomore.”

Point guard Courtney Stanley saw increased playing time in the final weeks of the season and responded by playing his best basketball of the year. Included in the sophomore’s performances was a nine-point effort versus Bradley, and a five-assists outing against Milwaukee at the Horizon League Championship.

“Courtney possesses great playmaking skills and quickness and worked endless hours to improve his shot and strength over the summer,” Whitesell said.

A trio of newcomers also will be seeking to earn playing time and each one brings impressive credentials to the Loyola program. Junior college transfer Terrance Hill, a 6-foot-4 guard, averaged 11.0 ppg, 4.7 rpg and 2.6 apg, while shooting 43 per-cent from three-point land, at Coffeyville Community College last winter. “We like Ter-rance’s versatility and toughness,” Whitesell said. “He is a good three-point shooter and will provide us with length on the perimeter and a more experienced and mature player in our incoming class.”

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Senior forward Andy Polka enters the 2009-10 season needing only two rebounds to become the 28th player in Loyola history to snag 500 or more boards in his career

Jordan Hicks finished his rookie year with a flourish, averaging 13.0 points and 5.1 rebounds over the final seven games of the 2008-09 season


Gabe Kindred joins the Loyola roster after a successful career at Worcester Acad-emy in Worcester, Mass. Named most valuable player of his team in 2008-09, the Oakland, Calif., native contributed 12 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists and a pair of steals per contest. “Gabe has exceptional leadership qualities and can adjust to numerous styles of play,” Whitesell said. “We think he can be an impact player and make an immediate contribution.”

The most decorated of the freshmen may be high-scoring Charles Winborne. One of only 67 players nationally to have ever scored 3,000 or more points in a prep career, the 6-foot-1 guard racked up 27.6 ppg, 6.9 rpg and 2.0 apg, while connect-ing on 52 percent of his shots from the field to earn first team all-state honors in Louisiana. Winborne, who was the 2007-08 Class 2A Player of the Year, and finished runner-up this past season, scored in double digits in all but one game as a senior and topped the 40-point plateau on six occasions. “Charles is a big-time scorer and is very athletic, quick and explosive,” Whitesell said. “We had a need for a player who could put the ball in the basket and he certainly has that ability.”

FRONTCOURT

Forward Andy Polka, one of the top rebounders in the Horizon League, is healthy after missing all but 11 games due to an ankle injury last season and provides the most experience in the Ramblers’ frontcourt. The 6-foot-7 senior averaged 7.5 points and 5.5 rebounds last year and enters the 2009-10 campaign needing only two boards to become only the 28th player in Loyola history to corral 500 rebounds for his career. Eleven times Polka has snagged 10 or more rebounds in a game and in last season’s 74-53 victory over Georgia in the Dick’s Sporting Goods NIT Season Tip-Off, he totaled 12 points and eight boards.

“We are anxious to get Andy back and healthy after he has battled injuries for the last two seasons,” Whitesell said. “He is a big part of our program.”

Another 2008-09 newcomer that provided immediate help and will be looked upon to shoulder a larger burden on the offensive end this winter is Walt Gibler. The 6-foot-7 forward, who started 17 contests as a rookie, reached double digits in scor-ing on three occasions a year ago, and notched 14 points and seven caroms versus Milwaukee in the Horizon League Tournament. The Cincinnati native’s versatility was proven by his 39 percent accuracy rate on shots from beyond the arc.

“Walt gained invaluable experience as a freshman and has played in a lot of big

games in his career,” Whitesell said.Six-foot-nine center John Benkoske, who tallied 1.4 ppg and 1.5 rpg a season

ago, developed into a valuable weapon off the bench late in the season and will be looked upon to provide the Ramblers with a presence in the paint. Walk-on Tom Neary looks to crack the rotation for playing time in the frontcourt after seeing limited action last season.

“Defensively, John gave us a good lift off the bench last season,” Whitesell said. “We will rely on him to provide a defensive presence again this season while also improving his offensive game. Tom adjusted to the Division I game last year and will be looking to earn more playing time this season.”

Whitesell and his staff will call upon a pair of newcomers to step up and poten-tially provide immediate contributions. Ben Averkamp is a skilled 6-foot-8 forward from Germantown High School in Germantown, Wis., where he accounted for 18.9 ppg and 12.0 rpg to help his club to a 21-3 overall record and an appearance in the state quarterfinals. “Ben can face up and score or score down low,” Whitesell said. “He is a team-oriented player, who can rebound and has the ability to score and make an immediate impact at Loyola.”

Six-foot-six-inch Liberty, Mo., native Shaun Adams signed during the spring after wrapping up his career as Liberty High School’s all-time leading scorer with 1,239 points. A tremendous all-around athlete, Adams put up 16.0 ppg, 8.0 rpg, 4.1 apg, 2.0 spg and 2.4 bpg as a senior to earn all-state and all-district accolades. “Shaun is a skilled player who can give us a different dimension than we have had here,” Whitesell said. “He is very athletic and has a bright future.”

SCHEDULELoyola will face a challenging schedule that features preseason Top 25 teams

Kansas State and Butler, as well as regional rivals such as Bradley and Western Michigan and fellow Jesuit institutions Holy Cross, Canisius and San Francisco. Whi-tesell’s crew will face a stiff challenge right off the bat as it tips off the 2009-10 campaign at Kansas State for the Ramblers’ first game versus a Big XII Conference foe since 2002.

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Walt Gibler started 17 contests in 2008-09 and shot 50 percent from the field in Loyola’s victories

Marcus Thomas scored in double figures on six occasions last season and led the team with 44 three-point field goals


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ALPHABETICALNo. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown/High School/College 4 Shaun Adams F 6-6 190 Fr. Liberty, Mo./Liberty24 Ben Averkamp F 6-8 230 Fr. Germantown, Wis./Germantown44 John Benkoske C 6-9 220 So. Oshkosh, Wis./Oshkosh West33 Walt Gibler F 6-7 230 So. Cincinnati, Ohio/St. Xavier 2 Jordan Hicks G/F 6-6 205 So. Rochester, Minn./Rochester Mayo14 Terrance Hill G 6-4 190 Jr. Kansas City, Mo./Hogan Prep/Coffeyville CC 1 Gabe Kindred G 6-1 165 Fr. Oakland, Calif./Worcester Academy (Mass.)23 Geoff McCammon G 6-4 200 Jr. Roselle, Ill./Conant13 Kevin Muldowney G 5-10 160 Fr. Western Springs, Ill./Lyons Township 5 Tom Neary F 6-7 195 So. Brookfield, Wis./Catholic Memorial32 Andy Polka F 6-7 240 Sr. Oshkosh, Wis./Oshkosh West10 Courtney Stanley G 6-1 165 So. Philadelphia, Pa./Roman Catholic30 Ryan Sterling G 6-4 205 Jr. Fishers, Ind./Cathedral22 Marcus Thomas G 6-2 190 Sr. Indianapolis, Ind./Warren Central/Danville Area CC12 Aric Van Weelden G 6-3 190 Sr. Munster, Ind./Munster25 Charles Winborne G 6-1 165 Fr. Bossier City, La./Loyola Prep

NUMERICALNo. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown/High School/College 1 Gabe Kindred G 6-1 165 Fr. Oakland, Calif./Worcester Academy (Mass.) 2 Jordan Hicks G/F 6-6 205 So. Rochester, Minn./Rochester Mayo 4 Shaun Adams F 6-6 190 Fr. Liberty, Mo./Liberty 5 Tom Neary F 6-7 195 So. Brookfield, Wis./Catholic Memorial10 Courtney Stanley G 6-1 165 So. Philadelphia, Pa./Roman Catholic12 Aric Van Weelden G 6-3 190 Sr. Munster, Ind./Munster13 Kevin Muldowney G 5-10 160 Fr. Western Springs, Ill./Lyons Township14 Terrance Hill G 6-4 190 Jr. Kansas City, Mo./Hogan Prep/Coffeyville CC22 Marcus Thomas G 6-2 190 Sr. Indianapolis, Ind./Warren Central/Danville Area CC23 Geoff McCammon G 6-4 200 Jr. Roselle, Ill./Conant24 Ben Averkamp F 6-8 230 Fr. Germantown, Wis./Germantown25 Charles Winborne G 6-1 165 Fr. Bossier City, La./Loyola Prep30 Ryan Sterling G 6-4 205 Jr. Fishers, Ind./Cathedral32 Andy Polka F 6-7 240 Sr. Oshkosh, Wis./Oshkosh West33 Walt Gibler F 6-7 230 So. Cincinnati, Ohio/St. Xavier44 John Benkoske C 6-9 220 So. Oshkosh, Wis./Oshkosh West

Head Coach: Jim Whitesell Assistant Coaches: Patrick Baldwin, Kevin Mondro, Bill ComarCoordinator of Basketball Operations: Lou Chapman

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Year G/GS FGM-FGA Pct. 3FGM-3FGA Pct. FTM-FTA Pct. Reb-Avg. A BLK ST PTS-Avg.2006-07 16/8 32-77 .416 0-0 .000 35-52 .673 115-7.2 20 8 5 99-6.22007-08 18/18 62-137 .453 11-33 .333 26-45 .578 130-7.2 42 10 11 161-8.92008-09 2/1 3-4 .750 0-0 .000 3-6 .500 6-3.0 2 1 0 9-4.5Totals 36/27 97-218 .445 11-33 .333 64-103 .621 251-7.0 64 19 16 269-7.5

Year G/GS FGM-FGA Pct. 3FGM-3FGA Pct. FTM-FTA Pct. Reb-Avg. A BLK ST PTS-Avg.2006-07 32/14 64-145 .441 1-1 1.000 74-109 .679 230-7.2 51 13 12 203-6.32007-08 31/31 100-226 .442 12-44 .273 46-77 .597 207-6.7 59 13 19 258-8.32008-09 11/9 29-62 .468 3-8 .375 21-42 .500 61-5.5 10 2 3 82-7.5Totals 74/54 193-433 .446 16-53 .302 141-228 .618 498-6.7 120 28 34 543-7.3

2008-09: Started nine of the first 10 games before suffering an ankle injury that would force him out of all but one more game the rest of the season…came off the bench in the season opener versus Rockhurst to record 10 points and seven rebounds…tallied a season-high 12 points, and hauled in eight boards, in a victory over Georgia at the NIT Season Tip-Off…in a win at Western Michigan, recorded seven points and 10 rebounds…scored 10 points and ripped down seven rebounds at St. John’s…notched eight points and a season-best 11 rebounds versus William & Mary…finished the year needing only two rebounds to become the 28th player in Loyola history to grab 500 or more boards in his career…in four true road games, contributed 7.8 ppg and 7.3 rpg…shot .526 (10 for 19) from the field in five appearances at home.

2007-08: Led the team and ranked first among all Horizon League sophomores with 6.7 rpg…is the first Rambler since Javan Goodman (1995-97) to haul in over 200 rebounds in both his freshman and sophomore campaigns…recorded a team-high three double-doubles…scored in double figures on 11 occasions and ripped down 10 or more rebounds six times…one of only two Ramblers to start all 31 games…contributed 8.8 ppg and 7.1 rpg over the final 17 contests of the year…in Loyola’s wins, averaged 8.8 ppg, 6.8 rpg and dished out 29 assists to 21 turnovers…in two appearances at the Horizon League Championship, averaged 7.0 ppg and 7.0 rpg…accounted for 13 points and 10 rebounds in a victory at Eastern Illinois…notched 10 points and eight caroms versus Green Bay in the Hori-zon League opener…tallied 13 points, seven boards, four assists, two blocks and a steal in an overtime win versus Northern Illinois…scored a season-high 14 points, one shy of his career best, and added eight boards and a steal in a home loss to No. 14 Butler…in the second meeting of the year with No. 15 Butler, tallied 13 points and 10 rebounds…recorded 11 points and 11 rebounds at Detroit for his third double-double of the season…went for 11 points, six boards, four assists and a pair of steals in a victory at Valparaiso…recorded seven points and 10 rebounds in a win against Valparaiso in the home finale…posted 10 points and five rebounds against UIC in the second round

of the Horizon League Championship.

2006-07: Made an immediate impact as a freshman, leading the team with 7.2 rpg to become the second straight rookie to pace the club in rebounding…his 230 rebounds are the second-most ever by a Loyola true freshman, behind only Kenny Miller’s 395, which led the nation in 1987-88…was the leading rebounder among Horizon League freshmen and ranked third overall in the circuit…scored in double digits on eight occasions and grabbed 10 or more rebounds four times…ripped down eight or more rebounds on 13 occasions…recorded his first career double-double with 12 points and 10 boards in a home victory versus Milwaukee…in the season opener versus Princeton at the BCA Classic, poured in 10 points and hauled in seven rebounds in 17 minutes despite coming off the bench…accounted for seven points and eight boards at No. 7 Ohio State…narrowly missed a double-double with 10 points and nine caroms in a home win over Green Bay…poured in a season-high 15 points and corralled seven rebounds to go with a pair of steals and assists in a victory over Northern Iowa…followed up that performance with 12 points, six boards and three assists at Bradley for his first back-to-back double-figure scoring outputs…registered 14 points and seven rebounds at UIC…notched 13 points and eight boards at Milwaukee and 10 points and eight rebounds versus Eastern Illinois…in two games at the Horizon League Championship, averaged 7.5 ppg, 11.0 rpg, 2.0 apg and 1.0 bpg…had seven points, a season-best 12 caroms, two assists and a pair of blocks against UIC at the Horizon League Champion-ship…scored eight points, hitting his first-ever three-point field goal, and contributed 10 rebounds and two assists versus Butler in the Horizon League semifinals.

High School: Earned Mr. Basketball Award in Wisconsin after leading Oshkosh West to an undefeated season (26-0) and the Division I state title in 2005-06…averaged 14.9 points and 11.2 rebounds per game, while also hitting 59 percent of his shots from the field, as a senior…earned First Team Milwaukee Journal Sentinel All-State honors…as a junior, posted 14.2 ppg and 11.3 rpg en route to first team all-conference accolades…attended the same high school as former Loyola forward Tom Levin and was coached as a junior and senior by former Loyola assistant Lance Randall…competed for the United States and averaged 4.6 ppg and 6.6 rpg in five contests at the Global Games in Dallas in the summer of 2006…helped the U.S. to a third-place finish at the 2006 Global Games…played AAU ball for Wisconsin Playground.

Personal: Son of Michael and Jean Polka…born February 3, 1988…majoring in finance/operations management.

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career highs game-by-game statistics2006-07Opponent FG-FGA 3FG-FGA FT-FTA REB PF TP A TO BLK S MINvs. Princeton (11/10) 3-4 0-0 4-5 7 3 10 0 1 0 0 17at Ohio State (11/11) 1-4 0-0 5-6 8 3 7 1 1 1 0 30vs. IUPUI (11/12) 2-3 0-0 0-0 5 2 4 3 2 0 1 18John Carroll (11/17) 1-5 0-0 0-0 8 3 2 1 2 0 0 21San Diego (11/20) 0-1 0-0 0-0 5 2 0 1 1 1 0 16at Fairfield (11/25) 0-1 0-0 3-4 3 3 3 1 2 0 0 20Saint Louis (11/29) 1-3 0-0 1-1 4 1 3 0 3 0 0 21Green Bay (12/2) 3-6 0-0 4-7 9 3 10 0 1 0 0 24at Purdue (12/5) 1-2 0-0 2-4 10 3 4 2 2 0 2 33Loyola (La.) (12/9) 4-6 0-0 1-4 7 0 9 3 0 0 1 19Northern Iowa (12/16) 4-8 0-0 7-11 7 4 15 2 3 0 2 31at Bradley (12/19) 4-5 0-0 4-4 6 0 12 3 1 0 0 28UC Irvine (12/22) 1-5 0-0 4-6 6 1 6 5 0 0 0 37at Youngstown State (12/30) 1-4 0-0 1-2 8 4 3 3 2 0 0 32Cleveland State (1/4) 1-6 0-0 7-10 8 2 9 4 3 2 1 27Milwaukee (1/6) 5-7 0-0 2-3 10 3 12 0 2 0 1 35at Wright State (1/10) 0-6 0-0 2-4 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 23at UIC (1/13) 5-7 0-0 4-6 7 3 14 0 2 0 0 35at Detroit (1/17) 1-4 0-0 2-2 6 2 4 0 2 0 1 19IPFW (1/20) 1-4 0-0 2-2 9 4 4 2 0 1 0 31Butler (1/25) 0-4 0-0 0-0 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 22Wright State (1/27) 2-4 0-0 0-0 7 0 2 4 2 0 0 31Youngstown State (1/29) 2-3 0-0 0-0 7 4 4 0 2 1 0 21at Cleveland State (2/1) 0-3 0-0 0-0 6 3 0 2 1 1 1 26Detroit (2/7) 1-2 0-0 4-6 7 3 6 1 0 1 0 27at Green Bay (2/10) 2-5 0-0 2-4 6 4 6 1 1 1 0 28at Milwaukee (2/14) 5-9 0-0 3-3 8 3 13 1 0 1 1 29Eastern Illinois (2/17) 3-5 0-0 4-6 8 0 10 3 2 0 0 23at Butler (2/22) 3-4 0-0 3-3 5 2 9 2 0 1 0 29UIC (2/24) 1-3 0-0 1-2 7 2 3 2 2 0 0 24vs. UIC (3/2) 3-6 0-0 1-2 12 3 7 2 3 2 1 30vs. Butler (3/3) 3-6 1-1 1-2 10 3 8 2 2 0 0 35

2007-08LeMoyne (11/10) 2-5 0-0 3-4 9 4 7 4 0 0 1 26at Eastern Illinois (11/13) 6-9 0-0 1-2 10 2 13 1 4 0 0 30Western Michigan (11/16) 2-6 0-1 2-4 5 4 6 3 1 0 1 34at Purdue (11/24) 1-4 0-1 1-2 4 3 3 1 4 0 0 28Bradley (11/28) 3-5 0-0 0-0 2 3 6 0 3 0 2 29at Northern Iowa (12/1) 3-7 0-1 0-0 5 4 6 0 2 0 0 34Green Bay (12/6) 4-7 1-1 1-2 8 1 10 3 4 0 0 35Milwaukee (12/8) 2-5 0-1 2-4 6 3 6 4 2 0 1 38Northern Illinois (12/15) 4-11 1-2 4-4 7 4 13 4 3 2 1 37at Saint Louis (12/19) 2-4 0-0 0-0 4 3 4 2 4 0 2 30at UMKC (12/22) 1-6 0-1 2-2 7 4 4 0 3 0 0 28Saint Mary’s (Minn.) (12/29) 5-7 0-0 3-6 5 1 13 0 1 1 1 19at Cleveland State (1/3) 4-8 2-3 0-0 5 4 10 1 2 0 0 29at Youngstown State (1/5) 4-10 0-1 0-2 10 5 8 3 2 0 0 37Butler (1/7) 4-6 1-1 5-8 8 1 14 0 3 0 1 35at UIC (1/12) 3-5 0-1 1-2 9 4 7 2 2 1 0 43Detroit (1/17) 3-6 1-2 1-1 1 4 8 3 0 1 2 36Wright State (1/19) 3-7 1-2 0-0 10 3 7 0 2 1 0 33at Butler (1/24) 5-10 1-2 2-2 10 4 13 1 2 0 0 36at Valparaiso (1/26) 4-9 1-3 2-3 6 3 11 4 3 0 2 33Youngstown State (1/31) 4-10 0-2 1-1 5 3 9 3 0 1 0 33Cleveland State (2/2) 3-12 0-1 1-2 9 3 7 2 2 1 1 27UIC (2/9) 4-7 0-2 0-0 4 2 8 2 1 1 0 36at Wright State (2/14) 2-7 1-3 1-3 4 1 6 4 2 0 0 30at Detroit (2/16) 3-8 0-3 5-7 11 0 11 2 1 0 1 28Valparaiso (2/20) 2-5 0-2 3-6 10 4 7 2 1 1 1 32at William & Mary (2/23) 3-7 0-1 2-4 5 2 8 0 1 0 0 28at Milwaukee (2/28) 5-8 1-1 0-0 5 2 11 2 0 1 1 32at Green Bay (3/1) 3-7 1-2 1-2 9 2 8 4 1 2 1 41at Milwaukee (3/4) 2-7 0-2 0-0 9 2 4 2 4 0 0 32vs. UIC (3/7) 4-11 0-2 2-4 5 3 10 0 1 0 0 33

2008-09Rockhurst (11/14) 4-5 0-0 2-3 7 3 10 0 1 0 0 34vs. Georgia (11/17) 5-9 0-2 2-4 8 0 12 2 2 0 0 34at Purdue (11/18) 2-8 0-0 2-2 6 2 6 0 2 0 0 26at Western Michigan (11/22) 1-5 1-1 4-8 10 2 7 2 0 0 0 30vs. Cornell (11/24) 4-9 0-1 1-3 3 2 9 0 1 0 1 26at St. John’s (11/25) 4-8 2-3 0-0 7 2 10 2 1 0 1 30Holy Cross (11/29) 1-2 0-0 6-11 1 3 8 1 2 1 0 28William & Mary (12/2) 4-7 0-1 0-4 11 3 8 1 4 0 1 34at UIC (12/6) 3-4 0-0 2-4 6 1 8 1 1 0 0 35UMKC (12/13) 1-5 0-0 1-1 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 12Butler (1/15) 0-0 0-0 1-2 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 4

Minutes 43 vs. UIC (1/12/08)Points 15 vs. Northern Iowa (12/16/06)Field Goals Made 6 vs. Eastern Illinois (11/13/07)Three-Point FG Made 2 on two occasionsRebounds 12 vs. UIC (3/2/07)Assists 5 vs. UC Irvine (12/22/06)Blocks 2 on four occasionsSteals 2 on six occasions



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Year G/GS FGM-FGA Pct. 3FGM-3FGA Pct. FTM-FTA Pct. Reb-Avg. A BLK ST PTS-Avg.2008-09 18/1 34-98 .347 27-73 .370 5-6 .833 28-1.6 7 0 9 100-5.6Totals 18/1 34-98 .347 27-73 .370 5-6 .833 28-1.6 7 0 9 100-5.6


2008-09: Played in all 32 contests and drew a pair of starting assignments…earned the starting nod for the season opener versus Rockhurst and again at Valparaiso…Loyola was 4-2 when he scored in double digits…came off the bench to produce nine points in a victory over Georgia at the NIT Season Tip-Off…tossed in 14 points in only 14 minutes in a win versus Alcorn State…scored in double digits in back-to-back games at Youngstown State (11 points) and versus Butler (12 points) in January…hit all three of his three-point attempts at Milwaukee in the regular season…dropped in 10 points in a home game versus Cleveland State…came off the bench to contribute 10 points in front of his hometown fans in a victory at No. 15 Butler…finished the year by hitting 36 of his final 96 attempts (.375) from three-point territory…Loyola went 9-5 when he scored six or more points…averaged 7.1 ppg and shot 38 percent from the field in the Ramblers’ wins, compared to 4.4 ppg and 27 percent shooting in its setbacks.

At Danville Area CC: During the regular season in 2007-08, averaged 16.1 points, 3.6 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game, while shooting 43 percent (172 for 404) from the field, 37 percent (83 for 222) from long range and 84 percent (105 for 125) from the charity stripe…helped Danville Area Com-munity College to a 23-10 overall record and fourth place in the national tournament…led the team in scoring in 2007-08…was a National Junior College Athletic Association Division II Second Team All-America selection as a sophomore and also earned first team all-region honors…during his freshman campaign at DACC, established a school record by shooting a blistering 48 percent from three-point territory…in 2007-08, set a DACC record with 83 triples.

High School: At Warren Central High School, averaged 14.8 points, 3.9 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.2 steals per game as a senior…also shot 41 percent from the field, including 35 percent (43 for 127) from long range, and 81 percent from the charity stripe during his final season…helped team to a 15-6 record and a No. 18 ranking in the final state poll as a senior in 2005-06…named team MVP and also picked up the squad’s Mental Attitude Award and Most Improved Player Award…team captain…two-year starter and was team’s leading scorer as a senior…earned all-conference honors, along with current NBA players Greg Oden, Michael Conley and Eric Gordon, as a senior.

Personal: Son of William and Lisa Thomas…born March 19, 1987…majoring in psychology.

Senior, 6-2, 190Indianapolis,Ind.(Warren Central/Danville Area CC)

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2008-09Opponent FG-FGA 3FG-FGA FT-FTA REB PF TP A TO BLK S MINRockhurst (11/14) 0-5 0-4 2-2 1 3 2 0 1 0 0 10vs. Georgia (11/17) 3-7 2-5 1-1 1 1 9 0 1 0 0 11at Purdue (11/18) 1-5 1-2 0-0 1 2 3 1 3 0 1 17at Western Michigan (11/22) 1-7 1-5 1-3 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 16vs. Cornell (11/24) 1-6 1-4 1-3 0 1 4 0 0 0 1 14at St. John’s (11/25) 1-6 1-5 0-0 0 2 3 1 3 0 2 17Holy Cross (11/29) 3-7 0-4 0-0 0 0 6 0 1 0 1 10William & Mary (12/2) 2-11 2-10 1-2 1 1 7 1 1 0 1 26At UIC (12/6) 0-2 0-2 0-0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 12UMKC (12/13) 2-3 1-2 1-3 2 1 6 0 1 0 0 10at Northern Illinois (12/20) 5-9 3-7 2-3 1 1 15 0 0 0 1 20SIU-Edwardsville (12/22) 1-6 0-2 2-2 2 2 4 1 1 0 1 20Alcorn State (12/30) 5-9 4-7 0-0 0 1 14 0 0 0 0 14Milwaukee (1/3) 3-6 3-4 0-0 3 1 9 0 2 0 0 20Green Bay (1/5) 2-6 1-4 0-0 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 14at Cleveland State (1/8) 2-9 1-7 0-0 4 0 5 2 2 0 1 27at Youngstown State (1/10) 4-8 3-4 0-0 3 2 11 0 1 0 2 13Butler (1/15) 4-8 4-8 0-0 2 2 12 1 0 0 1 24Valparaiso (1/17) 0-3 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8at Wright State (1/22) 1-1 1-1 0-0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 7at Detroit (1/24) 3-5 2-3 1-2 2 0 9 0 1 0 0 16at Milwaukee (1/28) 3-4 3-3 0-0 1 2 9 0 1 0 0 20at Green Bay (1/31) 1-8 1-5 2-2 2 3 5 0 3 0 0 17Youngstown State (2/5) 1-6 1-6 0-0 2 2 3 0 1 0 0 17Cleveland State (2/7) 4-9 2-6 0-0 1 1 10 1 2 0 0 29Wright State (2/10) 1-4 1-3 0-0 0 1 3 0 1 0 1 16at Valparaiso (2/13) 0-5 0-5 0-0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 16at Butler (2/15) 3-7 2-4 2-2 3 1 10 0 1 0 2 24Detroit (2/18) 0-2 0-2 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10Bradley (2/21) 1-5 1-4 0-0 1 2 3 2 1 0 0 12UIC (2/27) 2-5 2-4 0-0 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 13at Milwaukee (3/3) 0-4 0-3 0-0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 13

Minutes 29 vs. Cleveland State (2/7/09)Points 15 vs. Northern Illinois (12/20/08)Field Goals Made 5 on two occasionsThree-Point FG Made 4 on two occasionsRebounds 4 vs. Cleveland State (1/8/09)Assists 2 on two occasionsSteals 2 on three occasions



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2008-09: Started 21 contests and appeared in 28 games overall…owned a team-best 1.9 assist-to-turnover ratio…shot 50 percent (20 for 40) from the field and had 20 assists and only seven turnovers, in true road games…averaged 4.5 ppg and shot 50 percent from the field and 44 percent from three-point range in Loyola’s wins…over the final 12 games of the year, had 24 assists and only 10 turnovers…made his first start of the year versus UMKC and snagged six rebounds...recorded nine points, four assists, two steals, a block and a rebound in a victory over Green Bay…hit all four of his three-point attempts en route to a team and career-high 12 points in a victory at Youngstown State…corralled a personal-best 11 rebounds and dished out four assists in a victory versus Valparaiso...scored nine points at Green Bay…recorded eight points, three boards, two assists and a pair of steals at Valparaiso…posted six points and three helpers in a road win at No. 15 Butler…member of the Horizon League Academic Honor Roll.

2007-08: Played only 30 minutes as a freshman, but logged 428 minutes as a sophomore…Loyola went 10-4 when he scored at least one point…started six contests, averaging 2.7 ppg and 2.0 rpg, while shooting .455 (5 for 11) from the field, in those half dozen outings…in his final 19 appearances of the season, averaged 19.7 minutes per outing…Loyola went 3-1 when he scored five or more points…contrib-uted 2.2 ppg and 1.9 rpg in the Ramblers’ victories…made his first career start at Detroit and responded with a season-high nine points, two rebounds and an assist…posted five points, three boards and a steal in an overtime win versus Milwaukee…followed that up with five points, five rebounds and four assists against Northern Illinois…recorded five points and three boards in a thrilling, last-second victory over Youngstown State…averaged 2.5 ppg and 2.5 rpg in two games at the Horizon League Championship…shot .474 (9 for 19) from the field in his final 13 games.

2006-07: Played in 12 contests off the bench…saw his first action as a Rambler in the victory over John Carroll…scored his first collegiate points and added a rebound and an assist against Loyola New Orleans…handed out an assist at home against Cleveland State…snagged three rebounds in only two minutes at Wright State…had a steal versus Eastern Illinois.

High School: Two-time team MVP at Munster High School…as a senior, averaged 11.3 ppg, 6.0 rpg and 2.6 apg, helping Munster to a 20-4 record and a conference championship…Munster was ranked No. 11 in the final 2005-06 IBCA Coaches Poll…first team all-conference and all-area selection…rated as one of the Top 100 Seniors by Hoosier Basketball Magazine…two-time team captain…finished his career ranked 19th on the Munster career scoring list…high school coach was Mike Hackett…played AAU for Spiece Northwest.

Personal: Son of James and Joyce Van Weelden…born November 2, 1987…majoring in finance.

Senior, 6-3, 190Munster, Ind.

(Munster)

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game-by-game statistics2006-07Opponent FG-FGA 3FG-FGA FT-FTA REB PF TP A TO BLK S MINJohn Carroll (11/17) 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3Green Bay (12/2) 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1at Purdue (12/5) 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1Loyola (La.) (12/9) 1-3 0-1 0-0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 8at Bradley (12/19) 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3Cleveland State (1/4) 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 6Milwaukee (1/6) 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+at Wright State (1/10) 0-1 0-1 0-1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2IPFW (1/20) 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2Youngstown State (1/29) 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+at Green Bay (2/10) 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1Eastern Illinois (2/17) 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3

2007-08LeMoyne (11/10) 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 9at Eastern Illinois (11/13) 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 6Western Michigan (11/16) 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2Bradley (11/28) 0-2 0-1 0-0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 14at Northern Iowa (12/1) 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7Green Bay (12/6) 0-1 0-1 0-0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 7Milwaukee (12/8) 1-1 1-1 2-2 3 2 5 0 2 0 1 25Northern Illinois (12/15) 1-4 1-4 2-2 5 2 5 4 0 0 1 29at Saint Louis (12/19) 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11at UMKC (12/22) 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 6Saint Mary’s (Minn.) (12/29) 0-1 0-0 1-2 1 2 1 3 1 0 1 7Butler (1/7) 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1at UIC (1/12) 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 8Detroit (1/17) 0-3 0-3 1-2 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 27Wright State (1/19) 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 3 0 0 1 0 1 15at Butler (1/24) 1-1 1-1 0-0 2 2 3 0 1 0 1 14at Valparaiso (1/26) 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1 20Youngstown State (1/31) 1-2 1-2 2-2 3 0 5 1 0 0 0 13Cleveland State (2/2) 1-3 0-2 0-0 1 1 2 0 0 0 3 19UIC (2/9) 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 5at Wright State (2/14) 0-1 0-1 0-0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 26at Detroit (2/16) 3-4 2-3 1-2 2 2 9 1 1 0 0 32Valparaiso (2/20) 0-1 0-1 1-2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 15at William & Mary (2/23) 0-1 0-0 1-2 4 1 1 0 2 0 0 21at Milwaukee (2/28) 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 14at Green Bay (3/1) 0-0 0-0 1-3 0 4 1 0 1 0 1 26at Milwaukee (3/4) 1-1 0-0 0-0 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 24vs. UIC (3/7) 1-3 0-2 1-2 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 25

2008-09Rockhurst (11/14) 0-1 0-1 0-0 2 1 0 2 1 0 2 18at Purdue (11/18) 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 11vs. Cornell (11/24) 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 5William & Mary (12/2) 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 8at UIC (12/6) 2-3 0-1 0-0 2 3 4 1 0 1 0 22UMKC (12/13) 1-3 0-1 1-2 6 3 3 1 2 0 1 37at Northern Illinois (12/20) 1-2 0-0 0-0 5 4 2 2 2 0 0 26SIU-Edwardsville (12/22) 1-1 0-0 2-3 4 1 4 3 1 0 1 17Alcorn State (12/30) 1-4 0-1 0-0 3 0 2 2 1 1 2 24Milwaukee (1/3) 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 13Green Bay (1/5) 4-5 1-2 0-1 1 3 9 4 2 1 2 31at Cleveland State (1/8) 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 10at Youngstown State (1/10) 4-4 4-4 0-1 4 3 12 1 1 0 1 27Butler (1/15) 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10Valparaiso (1/17) 1-6 0-3 1-2 11 3 3 4 2 0 1 34at Wright State (1/22) 1-3 0-2 0-0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 26at Detroit (1/24) 2-4 0-1 0-0 5 2 4 4 1 0 1 28at Milwaukee (1/28) 2-5 0-2 2-2 3 2 6 1 0 1 1 23at Green Bay (1/31) 3-7 1-4 2-2 1 0 9 0 0 0 1 28Youngstown State (2/5) 1-7 1-6 2-2 3 1 5 2 1 0 1 28Cleveland State (2/7) 0-1 0-0 0-2 5 3 0 4 2 0 0 26Wright State (2/10) 1-4 0-1 1-3 5 2 3 1 0 0 0 22at Valparaiso (2/13) 2-5 1-2 3-4 3 3 8 2 0 0 2 27at Butler (2/15) 2-3 2-3 0-0 1 4 6 3 1 0 0 24Detroit (2/18) 2-5 0-1 0-0 5 0 4 2 2 0 1 29Bradley (2/21) 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 4 0 1 1 1 0 11UIC (2/27) 1-3 1-3 0-0 4 3 3 1 2 0 0 22at Milwaukee (3/3) 1-4 0-2 0-0 3 3 2 3 0 1 0 24

Minutes 37 vs. UMKC (12/13/08)Points 12 vs. Youngstown State (1/10/09)Field Goals Made 4 on two occasionsThree-Point FG Made 4 vs. Youngstown State (1/10/09)Rebounds 11 vs. Valparaiso (1/17/09)Assists 4 on five occasionsBlocks 1 on seven occasionsSteals 3 vs. Cleveland State (2/2/08)

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Year G/GS FGM-FGA Pct. 3FGM-3FGA Pct. FTM-FTA Pct. Reb-Avg. A BLK ST PTS-Avg.2007-08 4/1 1-3 .333 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-0.0 0 1 0 3-0.82008-09 12/0 6-17 .353 3-12 .250 2-6 .333 8-0.7 3 0 2 17-1.4Totals 16/1 7-20 .350 4-14 .286 2-6 .333 8-0.5 3 1 2 20-1.3


2008-09: Appeared in 21 contests off the bench and averaged 1.8 ppg…scored a career-best 10 points, in only 10 minutes of action, off the bench in a win over Alcorn State…tallied six points in only two min-utes versus SIU-Edwardsville…played a season-best 13 minutes at Cleveland State and hauled in a pair of rebounds…recorded six points in nine minutes in a home loss against No. 15 Butler…scored 31 of his 37 points on the season at home…Loyola went 2-1 when he scored six or more points.

2007-08: As a rookie, saw action in 10 contests and made three starts…averaged 1.0 ppg and 0.7 rpg in his three starting assignments…Loyola went 2-1 in games in which he earned the starting nod…in five minutes at Purdue in his collegiate debut, recorded two points, a rebound and an assist…registered three points, an assist and a rebound at Northern Iowa…made his first career start versus Milwaukee and responded with three points and a block in 14 minutes…grabbed a pair of rebounds versus Northern Illinois…had a point and two boards against Saint Mary’s (Minn.).

High School: Burst onto the scene as a senior, leading Conant High School to a 24-3 record, while averag-ing 16 points and six rebounds per outing…shot 41 percent from three-point range and 75 percent from the foul line in 2006-07…named to the Chicago Sun-Times All-Area Team…chosen Daily Herald All-Area Team captain…Second Team All-State pick by the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association (IBCA)…Mid-Suburban League Most Valuable Player…named MVP of the Jack Tosh Christmas Tournament at York High School…played in the Windy City All-Star Game and was the winner of the slam-dunk contest…selected to play in the IBCA All-Star Game following his senior season…tallied 29 points against St. Joseph’s High School, one of the top teams in the state in 2006-07…named Conant High School’s Athlete of the Year as a senior…McDonald’s All-America nominee…high school coach was Tom McCormack.

Personal: Son of Pat McCammon and Terry Richardson…born April 14, 1989…majoring in sports man-agement.

Junior, 6-4, 200Roselle, Ill. (Conant)

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2007-08Opponent FG-FGA 3FG-FGA FT-FTA REB PF TP A TO BLK S MINat Purdue (11/24) 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 5Bradley (11/28) 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1at Northern Iowa (12/1) 1-2 1-2 0-0 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 11Green Bay (12/6) 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1Milwaukee (12/8) 1-3 1-2 0-0 0 2 3 0 0 1 0 14Northern Illinois (12/15) 0-3 0-3 0-0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 12at Saint Louis (12/19) 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6Saint Mary’s (Minn.) (12/29) 0-3 0-1 1-2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 9Butler (1/7) 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+at Milwaukee (2/28) 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

2008-09at Purdue (11/18) 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5vs. Cornell (11/24) 1-1 1-1 0-0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 4at St. John’s (11/25) 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2Holy Cross (11/29) 0-0 0-0 1-2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1UMKC (12/13) 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1SIU-Edwardsville (12/22) 3-3 0-0 0-2 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 2Alcorn State (12/30) 4-7 2-4 0-0 0 1 10 0 0 0 0 10Milwaukee (1/3) 1-4 1-4 0-0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 10at Cleveland State (1/8) 0-2 0-1 0-0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 13at Youngstown State (1/10) 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2Butler (1/15) 2-3 2-3 0-0 1 0 6 1 0 0 0 9Valparaiso (1/17) 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+at Wright State (1/22) 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2at Milwaukee (1/28) 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4at Green Bay (1/31) 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 5Youngstown State (2/5) 1-2 0-0 0-1 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 5Wright State (2/10) 0-2 0-2 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6at Valparaiso (2/13) 0-1 0-1 1-4 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 5Detroit (2/18) 1-1 0-0 1-1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2Bradley (2/21) 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+at Milwaukee (3/3) 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1

Minutes 14 vs. Milwaukee (12/8/07)Points 10 vs. Alcorn State (12/30/08)Field Goals Made 4 vs. Alcorn State (12/30/08)Three-Point FG Made 2 vs. Alcorn State (12/30/08)Rebounds 2 on five occasionsAssists 1 on five occasionsBlocks 1 vs. Milwaukee (12/8/07)

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2008-09: Saw action in 19 contests off the bench…notched two points in a win over Georgia at the NIT Season Tip-Off…recorded three points against No. 11 Purdue…tossed in a career-best six points and added an assist in only eight minutes in a win versus Alcorn State…scored three points in a home loss to No. 15 Butler…played 16 minutes and registered three points, a pair of boards and a steal at Valparaiso…posted two points, a pair of rebounds and a block in a home victory versus Detroit…shot 46 percent (5 for 11) from the field and tallied 1.6 ppg in nine appearances at home.

2007-08: Walk-on appeared in nine games off the bench…grabbed a rebound at Purdue in his first collegiate appearance…had a steal at Saint Louis…hit a three-pointer, for his first career points, and added a steal against Saint Mary’s (Minn.)…blocked a shot at Green Bay.

High School: Over his last three seasons, averaged 12.9 points per game at Cathedral High School…four-year letterwinner for teams that compiled a 68-24 record…shot 43 percent from three-point range for his career…two-time team captain…as a senior, was named to Hoosier Basketball Magazine’s All-State First Team and earned second team honors as a junior…earned First Team All-Indianapolis as both a junior and senior as Cathedral won the city championship each season…three-time win-ner of Cathedral’s Mental Attitude Award…won the Richard Jennings Award at the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame Classic…shot 86 percent from the foul line in his career at Cathedral…led the team in rebounding (4.4 rpg) in 2006-07…member of the National Honor Society…honor roll student…named Cathedral’s German Student of the Year…owned a 4.0 grade-point average…high school coach was Scott Hicks…played AAU for Spiece Central Stars.

Personal: Son of Kent and Julie Sterling…born June 11, 1988…majoring in history…played for the Spiece Central Stars, a team that won 26 national and state tournaments and compiled a 255-32 ledger.

Junior, 6-4, 205Fishers,Ind.(Cathedral)

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game-by-game statistics2007-08Opponent FG-FGA 3FG-FGA FT-FTA REB PF TP A TO BLK S MINat Purdue (11/24) 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4Bradley (11/28) 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1at Saint Louis (12/19) 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1Saint Mary’s (Minn.) (12/29) 1-2 1-2 0-0 0 1 3 0 1 0 1 6Butler (1/7) 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+at Butler (1/24) 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1at Detroit (2/16) 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2at Milwaukee (2/28) 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2at Green Bay (3/1) 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 3

2008-09vs. Georgia (11/17) 0-0 0-0 2-2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1at Purdue (11/18) 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3vs. Cornell (11/24) 0-3 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5at St. John’s (11/25) 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1SIU-Edwardsville (12/22) 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 2Alcorn State (12/30) 3-6 0-1 0-1 0 0 6 1 1 0 0 8Milwaukee (1/3) 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1at Cleveland State (1/8) 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3Butler (1/15) 1-2 1-2 0-0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 6Valparaiso (1/17) 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+at Wright State (1/22) 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1at Milwaukee (1/28) 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 4at Green Bay (1/31) 0-1 0-1 1-2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2Youngstown State (2/5) 1-2 1-2 0-0 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 2Wright State (2/10) 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1at Valparaiso (2/13) 1-8 0-3 1-1 2 0 3 0 0 0 1 16at Butler (2/15) 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2Detroit (2/18) 0-0 0-0 2-2 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 6Bradley (2/21) 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1

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Minutes 16 vs. Valparaiso (12/13/09)Points 6 vs. Alcorn State (12/30/08)Field Goals Made 3 vs. Alcorn State (12/30/08)Three-Point FG Made 1 on five occasionsRebounds 2 on three occasionsAssists 2 vs. SIU-Edwardsville (12/22/08)Blocks 1 on two occasionsSteals 1 on three occasions



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2008-09: Saw time in 25 contests off the bench and emerged as a consistent contributor at the end of the year…averaged 2.6 ppg and 2.6 rpg over the final seven contests…after starting the year by hitting only 2 of his first 11 (.182) attempts from the field, converted 10 of his final 20 (.500) shots…drained 10 of 13 (.769) tries from the foul line in Horizon League action…tallied four points and one rebound in a NIT Season Tip-Off victory over Georgia…posted two points, four rebounds and a block in a victory over William & Mary…registered three points and two boards against SIU-Edwardsville…tossed in six points and added three rebounds and an assist in a home loss to Wright State…recorded two points, a season-high two blocks, and matched a season high with four rebounds in a victory at No. 15 Butler…also tallied six points and three rebounds in a home victory versus Detroit.

High School: As a senior at Oshkosh West, led the team in both scoring (11.7 ppg) and rebounding (8.0 rpg), while helping the team to the semifinal round of the state tournament…also chipped in 1.1 blocks per game and shot 63 percent (102 for 162) from the field in 2007-08…earned first team all-conference, all-defensive team and honorable mention all-state recognition as a senior…as a ju-nior, contributed 5.7 ppg and 5.8 rpg, while hitting 60 percent of his shots from the field…was a part of back-to-back state championship teams in 2006 and 2007…four-year varsity letterwinner…high school coach was Brad Clark…played AAU ball for Randolph Boys Club…graduated with high honors…also was coached in high school by former Loyola assistant coach Lance Randall and was a prep teammate of current Rambler Andy Polka.

Personal: Son of Mark and Nancy Benkoske…born July 10, 1990…majoring in finance.

Sophomore,6-9,220Oshkosh, Wis.

(Oshkosh West)

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game-by-game statistics2008-09Opponent FG-FGA 3FG-FGA FT-FTA REB PF TP A TO BLK S MINRockhurst (11/14) 0-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7vs. Georgia (11/17) 2-3 0-0 0-1 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 9at Purdue (11/18) 0-5 0-0 0-0 3 2 0 0 1 0 1 10at Western Michigan (11/22) 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 9vs. Cornell (11/24) 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 9at St. John’s (11/25) 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 8Holy Cross (11/29) 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 3 0 1 1 0 0 11William & Mary (12/2) 1-2 0-0 0-0 4 1 2 0 1 1 0 19at UIC (12/6) 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 8at Northern Illinois (12/20) 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4SIU-Edwardsville (12/22) 1-1 0-0 1-2 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 6Alcorn State (12/30) 1-1 0-0 0-0 2 1 2 0 1 1 0 12Butler (1/15) 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5Valparaiso (1/17) 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+at Wright State (1/22) 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1at Milwaukee (1/28) 1-1 0-0 0-0 3 5 2 0 1 1 0 10at Green Bay (1/31) 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 3Youngstown State (2/5) 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+Wright State (2/10) 1-2 0-0 4-4 3 1 6 1 1 0 0 14at Valparaiso (2/13) 0-2 0-0 2-2 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 8at Butler (2/15) 1-2 0-0 0-1 4 3 2 1 0 2 0 17Detroit (2/18) 1-2 0-0 4-6 3 0 6 0 0 0 0 14Bradley (2/21) 0-2 0-0 0-1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 12UIC (2/27) 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 9at Milwaukee (3/3) 1-2 0-0 0-0 2 3 2 1 0 1 0 10

Minutes 19 vs. William & Mary (12/2/08)Points 6 on two occasionsField Goals Made 2 vs. Georgia (11/17/08)Rebounds 4 on two occasionsAssists 1 on six occasionsBlocks 2 vs. Butler (2/15/09)Steals 1 vs. Purdue (11/18/08)



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2008-09: Made 17 starts and appeared in all but one game…missed the opener versus Rockhurst while nursing a leg injury…averaged 6.3 ppg, 4.1 rpg and shot 50 percent (10 for 20) from three-point range, in 17 starting assignments…Loyola was 2-1 when he scored in double figures…in Loyola’s wins, contributed 5.6 ppg, 3.4 rpg and shot 50 percent (25 for 50) from the field, 64 percent (7 for 11) from three-point range and 82 percent (22 for 27) from the foul line…made his Rambler debut and grabbed a rebound in a victory over Georgia at the NIT Season Tip-Off…tallied nine points, a half dozen rebounds, two steals and an assist at Northern Illinois in his first career start…recorded season bests of 19 points and eight rebounds in a victory over Alcorn State…had nine points and seven boards in a win against Valparaiso…scored nine points and snagged five boards at Wright State…chipped in 13 points, eight boards, two blocks and a steal in a victory at Detroit…accounted for 14 points and seven rebounds at Milwaukee in a first round game of the Horizon League Championship.

High School: During the 2007-08 campaign, posted 16.8 points, 6.5 rebounds and 1.0 blocks per game, while shooting 54 percent (130 for 241) from the field, 50 percent (11 for 22) from three-point range and 82 percent (165 for 202) from the free throw line…helped St. Xavier to a 23-3 overall record and the semifinal round of the state tournament as a senior…three-time First Team All-Greater Catholic League selection…voted team MVP in 2007-08…holds the GCL career record for most free throws (436) and finished his career as the second-leading scorer in St. Xavier history with 1,204 points…as a junior, averaged 16.1 ppg and 7.6 rpg en route to honorable mention all-state, First Team All-Cincinnati Enquirer and Associated Press Second Team All-District accolades…member of the Na-tional Honor Society and graduated in the top 5 percent in his class…honors student…high school coach was Scott Martin…played AAU ball for the Cincinnati Royals.

Personal: Son of Brian and Anne Marie Gibler…born October 9, 1989…majoring in psychology…father played basketball, and mother played softball, at Brown University.

Sophomore,6-7,230Cincinnati, Ohio

(St. Xavier)

waLt gibLeR #33 forward


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game-by-game statistics2008-09Opponent FG-FGA 3FG-FGA FT-FTA REB PF TP A TO BLK S MINvs. Georgia (11/17) 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2at Purdue (11/18) 1-2 0-0 1-2 3 1 3 2 1 1 0 12at Western Michigan (11/22) 1-5 0-0 2-2 4 2 4 0 0 0 1 17vs. Cornell (11/24) 0-1 0-0 4-4 0 1 4 0 1 1 1 14at St. John’s (11/25) 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 10Holy Cross (11/29) 1-1 0-0 2-2 0 1 4 0 0 0 1 15William & Mary (12/2) 0-2 0-0 0-0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 5at UIC (12/6) 2-4 0-1 1-1 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 9UMKC (12/13) 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 9at Northern Illinois (12/20) 2-5 1-1 4-4 6 3 9 1 1 0 2 29SIU-Edwardsville (12/22) 3-3 0-0 2-2 4 4 8 2 0 0 0 17Alcorn State (12/30) 8-11 2-3 1-1 8 0 19 2 1 0 2 25Milwaukee (1/3) 0-3 0-2 4-4 5 2 4 0 2 0 0 29Green Bay (1/5) 2-3 0-0 0-0 1 4 4 0 0 2 0 19at Cleveland State (1/8) 2-4 0-1 0-0 3 2 4 0 2 0 0 12at Youngstown State (1/10) 2-5 1-1 1-2 2 3 6 2 2 2 2 27Butler (1/15) 0-2 0-1 0-0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 13Valparaiso (1/17) 1-3 0-0 7-7 7 1 9 0 1 0 2 20at Wright State (1/22) 3-6 1-2 2-2 5 2 9 0 0 0 0 25at Detroit (1/24) 4-9 2-3 3-6 8 4 13 1 0 2 1 30at Milwaukee (1/28) 1-2 1-1 0-1 2 4 3 0 3 0 1 18at Green Bay (1/31) 1-3 1-2 4-4 3 3 7 1 2 0 0 17Youngstown State (2/5) 0-2 0-1 2-2 6 0 2 1 0 0 0 19Cleveland State (2/7) 1-6 1-2 5-6 3 3 8 0 0 0 0 19Wright State (2/10) 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8at Valparaiso (2/13) 1-3 0-0 0-0 3 2 2 1 0 0 1 19at Butler (2/15) 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2Detroit (2/18) 1-3 1-3 0-1 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 10Bradley (2/21) 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 5UIC (2/27) 0-1 0-1 1-2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 6at Milwaukee (3/3) 5-11 0-3 4-5 7 3 14 0 0 0 1 20

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Minutes 30 vs. Detroit (1/24/09)Points 19 vs. Alcorn State (12/30/08)Field Goals Made 8 vs. Alcorn State (12/30/08)Three-Point FG Made 2 on two occasionsRebounds 8 on two occasionsAssists 2 on four occasionsBlocks 2 on three occasionsSteals 2 on four occasions



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2008-09: Came on strong at the end of the year to contribute 13.0 ppg, 5.1 rpg, 1.0 bpg and 1.4 spg, while shooting 54 percent (34 for 63) from the field, 55 percent (12 for 22) from long distance, and 69 percent (11 for 16) from the foul line, over the final seven games of the year…appeared in 31 con-tests overall and made 11 starts…accounted for 8.2 ppg and 3.5 rpg and shot 51 percent (35 for 61) from the field in those 11 starting nods…had only 50 points in his first 24 appearances, but 91 points in the final seven games alone…shot a blistering 59 percent (32 for 54) from the field and 64 percent (14 for 22) from three-point land, in 14 true road games…scored in double digits on five occasions and led the team in scoring three times…totaled four points, the first of his collegiate career, at No. 11 Purdue…made his first career start versus Holy Cross…Loyola prevailed six of the first eight times he started a game…registered nine points at UIC…notched 14 points and three boards in only 13 min-utes off the bench at home versus Wright State…scored in double figures in four consecutive outings, Feb. 10-18, to become the first true freshman to accomplish the feat since Leon Young in 2006…had 11 points, hitting all four of his shots from the field, at Valparaiso…poured in a season-best 23 points and snagged a personal-best eight rebounds to lead Loyola to a victory at No. 15 Butler…his 23 points at Butler were the most by a Rambler true freshman since Leon Young had 23 points at Youngstown State on Feb. 25, 2006…posted 12 points, three rebounds, a pair of blocks and four steals in a home victory over Detroit…tallied 20 points and seven rebounds at Milwaukee in the opening round of the Horizon League Championship.

High School: Was a finalist for Minnesota’s Mr. Basketball Award…averaged 18.1 points, 8.1 rebounds, 3.3 steals and 1.4 blocks per game as a senior to help Mayo to a 24-5 record…shot 51 percent from the field and 41 percent from three-point range as a senior…three-time all-conference pick…tabbed Associated Press First Team All-State as a senior and helped Mayo to a sectional title and the Min-nesota Class AAAA State Tournament…earned honorable mention all-state accolades as a junior, while tallying 15 ppg and 7 rpg…also earned honorable mention all-state honors in football…high school coach was Shaun Lang…played AAU ball for 43 Hoops.

Personal: Son of Carla Hicks…born August 2, 1990…undecided on a major.

Sophomore,6-6,205Rochester, Minn. (Rochester Mayo)

jordan hicks #2 gUard/forward


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game-by-game statistics2008-09Opponent FG-FGA 3FG-FGA FT-FTA REB PF TP A TO BLK S MINRockhurst (11/14) 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 6vs. Georgia (11/17) 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4at Purdue (11/18) 2-4 0-1 0-0 1 0 4 0 0 1 0 8at Western Michigan (11/22) 2-3 1-2 0-0 0 2 5 1 1 0 1 9vs. Cornell (11/24) 0-1 0-1 1-3 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 11at St. John’s (11/25) 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 7Holy Cross (11/29) 2-2 0-0 0-0 2 2 4 0 1 0 0 13William & Mary (12/2) 0-3 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10at UIC (12/6) 4-5 1-2 0-0 1 0 9 0 1 1 0 17UMKC (12/13) 0-3 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7at Northern Illinois (12/20) 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6SIU-Edwardsville (12/22) 0-0 0-0 2-4 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 6Alcorn State (12/30) 2-4 1-3 0-0 4 0 5 3 0 0 0 13Milwaukee (1/3) 2-8 0-1 1-2 4 0 5 2 0 0 0 17Green Bay (1/5) 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2at Cleveland State (1/8) 0-0 0-0 0-0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 4at Youngstown State (1/10) 1-1 1-1 0-0 2 3 3 1 1 0 0 11Butler (1/15) 0-3 0-3 0-0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 16Valparaiso (1/17) 1-4 0-1 0-0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 9at Wright State (1/22) 0-4 0-1 3-4 5 0 3 1 1 1 1 18at Detroit (1/24) 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4at Milwaukee (1/28) 3-3 1-1 0-0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 6at Green Bay (1/31) 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 3 0 0 2 0 0 5Youngstown State (2/5) 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3Wright State (2/10) 5-8 0-1 4-4 3 1 14 0 2 0 1 13at Valparaiso (2/13) 4-4 3-3 0-0 4 0 11 0 4 1 1 18at Butler (2/15) 8-16 3-5 4-4 8 1 23 0 0 1 1 38Detroit (2/18) 5-10 2-3 0-1 3 2 12 0 3 2 4 30Bradley (2/21) 3-6 0-2 3-5 7 3 9 1 1 2 2 34UIC (2/27) 1-6 0-2 0-2 4 3 2 0 1 0 0 18at Milwaukee (3/3) 8-13 4-6 0-0 7 4 20 1 3 1 1 33

Minutes 38 vs. Butler (2/15/09)Points 23 vs. Butler (2/15/09)Field Goals Made 8 on two occasionsThree-Point FG Made 4 vs. Milwaukee (3/3/09)Rebounds 8 vs. Butler (2/15/09)Assists 3 vs. Alcorn State (12/30/08)Blocks 2 on two occasionsSteals 4 vs. Detroit (2/18/09)

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2008-09: Walk-on saw action in 10 games off the bench…played a season-high four minutes and snagged two rebounds in a victory over Alcorn State…hauled in his first career rebound in a victory over SIU-Edwardsville…had a rebound and a blocked shot at Cleveland State…also recorded a block at Valparaiso.

High School: During his senior campaign, averaged 15.5 points, 8.0 rebounds and 4.0 blocks per game to help Catholic Memorial to a share of the Classic 8 Conference title…first team all-conference and all-county selection in 2007-08…was a First Team Division 2 All-State pick by the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association in 2008…McDonald’s All-America Basketball Team nominee in 2008…high school coach was John Burns…played for the Milwaukee Spartans.

Personal: Son of Bill and Elizabeth Neary…born January 31, 1990…majoring in accounting…father was a starter on Marquette’s 1977 NCAA Championship team.

Sophomore,6-7,195Brookfield, Wis.

(Catholic Memorial)

tom neaRy #5 forward


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game-by-game statistics2008-09

Opponent FG-FGA 3FG-FGA FT-FTA REB PF TP A TO BLK S MIN

vs. Cornell (11/24) 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+

SIU-Edwardsville (12/22) 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1

Alcorn State (12/30) 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4

Milwaukee (1/3) 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+

at Cleveland State (1/8) 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1

Butler (1/15) 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+

Valparaiso (1/17) 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+

at Green Bay (1/31) 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

at Valparaiso (2/13) 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1

Detroit (2/18) 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Minutes 4 vs. Alcorn State (12/30/08)Rebounds 2 vs. Alcorn State (12/30/08)Blocks 1 on two occasions



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2008-09: Saw action in 30 games and made one start…made his first career start at home against Cleveland State…played 14 minutes and dished out four assists, to no turnovers, while adding three rebounds and a blocked shot in a victory over Georgia at the NIT Season Tip-Off…scored his first career points at No. 11 Purdue in the NIT Season Tip-Off…handed out four assists and added two points and a pair of rebounds versus Alcorn State…came off the bench to produce a season-high nine points, along with three rebounds and a pair of assists, against Bradley…dealt five assists and committed only one turnover, while adding two points, two rebounds and a pair of steals, versus Milwaukee in the Horizon League Championship…averaged 3.3 ppg, 1.8 rpg and 2.3 apg in the final four contests of the season…had only 11 points in his first 20 appearances of the year, but totaled 13 points over the final four games of the season…shot 53 percent (8 for 15) from the field at home.

High School: As a senior, averaged 10 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals per game…during his junior campaign, contributed 10 ppg and 8 rpg, while leading his team to the Catho-lic League Championship…two-time All-Catholic League selection…named all-city as a senior…helped lead Roman Catholic to the 2007 Alhambra title…first Loyola recruit from Pennsylvania in the post-World War II era…high school coach was Dennis Seddon…played AAU ball for Positive Image.

Personal: Son of David Stanley and Pamela Adams…born July 31, 1990…majoring in sports management.

Sophomore,6-1,165Philadelphia,Pa.(Roman Catholic)

CoUrtney stanLey #10 gUard


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game-by-game statistics2008-09Opponent FG-FGA 3FG-FGA FT-FTA REB PF TP A TO BLK S MINRockhurst (11/14) 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1vs. Georgia (11/17) 0-2 0-1 0-1 3 2 0 4 0 1 0 14at Purdue (11/18) 1-1 0-0 0-3 2 1 2 0 0 0 2 10at Western Michigan (11/22) 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3vs. Cornell (11/24) 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 5at St. John’s (11/25) 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5Holy Cross (11/29) 1-1 0-0 0-0 2 2 2 2 1 0 1 7William & Mary (12/2) 0-0 0-0 0-0 3 1 0 1 2 0 1 9UMKC (12/13) 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 2 0 1 2 0 1 10at Northern Illinois (12/20) 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4SIU-Edwardsville (12/22) 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 6Alcorn State (12/30) 1-1 0-0 0-1 2 1 2 4 0 0 0 9Milwaukee (1/3) 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1Green Bay (1/5) 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 2at Cleveland State (1/8) 1-2 0-0 0-2 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 7Butler (1/15) 1-4 0-2 1-1 2 0 3 1 1 0 1 14Valparaiso (1/17) 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+at Wright State (1/22) 0-0 0-0 2-2 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 2at Detroit (1/24) 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2at Milwaukee (1/28) 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4at Green Bay (1/31) 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7Youngstown State (2/5) 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0+Cleveland State (2/7) 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3Wright State (2/10) 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1at Valparaiso (2/13) 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 5at Butler (2/15) 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1Detroit (2/18) 1-2 0-0 0-0 2 1 2 2 1 1 0 11Bradley (2/21) 4-6 1-1 0-1 3 5 9 2 2 0 1 21UIC (2/27) 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3at Milwaukee (3/3) 1-3 0-0 0-0 2 1 2 5 1 0 2 16

Minutes 21 vs. Bradley (2/21/09)Points 9 vs. Bradley (2/21/09)Field Goals Made 4 vs. Bradley (2/21/09)Three-Point FG Made 1 vs. Bradley (2/21/09)Rebounds 3 on three occasionsAssists 5 vs. Milwaukee (3/3/09)Blocks 1 on two occasionsSteals 2 on three occasions


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High School: Finished his career as Liberty High School’s all-time scoring leader with 1,239 points, while also holding the school standards for assists and blocked shots…in his time at Liberty, he helped the team to a 76-32 overall record, including three conference and two district championships…as a senior, averaged 16.0 points, 8.0 rebounds, 4.1 assists, 2.0 steals and 2.4 blocks per game, while helping Liberty to a 23-6 record and the Missouri Class 5 quarterfinals…in 2008-09, earned first team all-state and all-district honors and was hailed as the Suburban Big 7 Conference Most Valuable Player…also was a standout baseball player, earning all-conference honors, batting .382 and posting a 4-1 record as a pitcher…member of the National Honor Society and the Spanish National Honor Society…played club ball for Spiece Mo-Kan…high school coach was Roger Stirtz.

Personal: Son of Mark and Julie Adams…born July 17, 1990…undecided on a major.

High School: Had a decorated prep career, finishing as Germantown’s all-time leader with 1,156 points, while also racking up 730 rebounds, 290 blocks and 232 assists…two-time North Shore Conference Player of the Year…as a senior, helped Germantown to a 21-3 overall record and the state quarterfinals…was one of three unanimous Division I Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association First Team All-State selections in 2008-09…during his senior campaign, tallied 18.9 points and 12.0 rebounds per contest en route to Gatorade Wisconsin Player of the Year recognition…as a junior, earned WBCA First Team All-State honors along with first team all-conference accolades, while helping Germantown to a 22-2 record and its first-ever state tournament appearance…contributed 16.4 ppg, 8.3 rpg, 5.0 bpg and 3.0 apg in 2007-08…high school coach was Steve Showalter…played AAU for Wisconsin Swing…academic all-state selection and was his class valedictorian…member of the National Honor Society.

Personal: Son of Rob and Janice Averkamp…born February 25, 1991…majoring in biology.

At Coffeyville CC: Earned First Team NJCAA Division I All-Region VI accolades as a sophomore…also named Second Team All-Kansas Jayhawk Community College in 2008-09 after recording 11.0 points, 4.7 rebounds, 2.6 assists and helping Coffeyville Community College to a 24-8 ledger…last season, shot 42 percent (118 for 281) from the field, 43 percent (46 for 108) from three-point land and 76 percent (70 for 92) from the foul line.

High School: Missouri Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association Class 3 First Team All-State selection as a senior in 2006-07 after averaging 18.0 ppg…posted four triple-doubles during his high school career at Hogan Prep…high school coach was Steve Stitzer…played AAU for KC Rocktown.

Personal: Son of Sylvia Hill…born April 17, 1989…majoring in communications.

Freshman,6-6,190Liberty, Mo.

(Liberty)

Freshman,6-8,230Germantown, Wis.

(Germantown)

Junior, 6-4, 190Kansas City, Mo. (Hogan

Prep/CoffeyvilleCC)

sHaUn adams #4 forward

ben aveRkamp #24 forward

terranCe hiLL #14 gUard


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High School: Joined select company in his final season at Worcester Academy in Worcester, Mass., when he was tabbed team MVP, an award previously won by players such as Jimmy Baron (Rhode Island), Obinna Ekezie (Maryland) and Jarrett Jack (Georgia Tech)…tallied 12.0 points, 3.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 2.0 steals in 2008-09 while serving as a team co-captain…in 2007-08 at Worcester Academy, ac-counted for 10.0 ppg, 4.0 apg and 2.0 spg…named to the Dean’s List…prep school coach was Ed Reilly…played AAU for the Oakland Rebels…also played high school ball at Fremont High School in California and was an all-city selection there.

Personal: Son of Amir Satterwhite and Rhonda Wikstrom…born December 19, 1989…undecided on a major.

High School: During his senior season at Lyons Township, averaged 14.7 points and 4.2 assists per game…earned all-conference, all-area and team most valuable player accolades…helped Lyons Township to regional championships in 2007 and 2008…high school coach was Tom Sloan…played AAU for Illinois Wolves…academic all-conference honoree.

Personal: Son of Tom and Jeannie Muldowney…born November 15, 1990…undecided on a major.

High School: One of the most prolific scorers in high school history not only in Louisiana, but also in the nation…wrapped up his career at Loyola Prep as one of only 67 players ever to score 3,000 or more points in a prep career, joining NBA greats Bill Bradley, Tom McMillian, Mike Bibby and Robert Parish, among others…as a senior in 2008-09, tallied 27.6 points, 6.9 rebounds and 2.8 assists per contest, while hitting 52 percent (324 for 615) of his shots from the field…first team all-state selection and was the runner-up for Class 2A Player of the Year honors in 2008-09…scored in double figures in all but one game as a senior and topped the 40-point plateau on six occasions…as a junior, was tabbed Louisiana Class 2A Player of the Year…four-time all-district and three-time all-city selection…high school coach was Willie Jackson…played AAU for Louisiana Roundballers.

Personal: Son of Will and Cheryl Winborne…born November 12, 1990…undecided on a major.

Freshman,6-1,165Oakland,Calif.

(Worcester Academy)

Freshman,5-10,160WesternSprings,Ill.

(LyonsTownship)

Freshman,6-1,165Bossier City, La. (LoyolaPrep)

gabe kindRed #1 gUard

kevin muLdowney #13 gUard

CHarLes winboRne #25 gUard


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Back Row: Charles Meehleib, Jonathan Lee, Jack Wyatt, Patrick Allen

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Middle Row: Jackie Ader, Ash-ley Streicher, Jordan Micek

Back Row: Julie Witkowski, Katrina Badowski, Dana Janisch, Katie Metzger

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