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N O. 3 3 | WINTER 2015
M AG A Z I N E
BULLDOGS DEFEAT ILLINOIS, 35-18
YA GOTTA
LOVE IT!
CONTENTS
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION 12
OFFICERS
Caroline Wilkerson Reaves, President
Brennan Easley, Vice President 3 7 13
2 From the 16th Floor 4 5 8 10
Dave Matthiesen, Treasurer
2 9
Cathi Cox-Boniol, Member-at-Large
Jason Bullock, Past President 3 Uncle Champ Wants You! 11 14
Leslie K. Guice, Ex-Officio
15
12 ‘Cool’ Summer School
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Paula Hampton Aultman, Ed Chavanne,
Philip Cole, Tony Corley,
A Word from the 13 Let’s GO 6
Study Abroad is now Tech Travels
Lacie Frasier Covington, Lee Denny, ALUMNI DIRECTOR 16
Remerson Edwards, Ben Erwin, 14 Mickie DeMoss 1
Kelly Harp Haber, Eric Johnson, Since becoming Director of Alumni Relations in July, I have already gotten to be involved 17
Brandie McNabb Martin, with some really great events, and along the way I have had the pleasure of meeting many of Q&A with a Techster Original 18
Paige Baughman Oliver, Phillip Parker, you, our loyal alumni and friends.
15 Three To Get Ready, And Four To… Go?
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Cynthia Aillet Pettiette, Greg Ross, 2014 was a very exciting year for Tech, capped off with an outstanding performance by
Mark Shoffner, Stuart Snook, Chris Stegall, the Bulldogs and a victory in the Heart of Dallas Bowl, and 2015 looks to be even more #Let’sDance?
Kim Ashy Swart, Jeff Thompson, promising. For the first time, we have a recruiter stationed in Dallas spreading the good word
Linda Simonetti Turner, Ray Weaver, about Louisiana Tech (read about Daniel Dupuy on page 3), the construction of the new 16 @LATechSports Roundup
Keith Welch, Barry West, James Wilkerson, south end zone facility is a constant reminder of growth and advancement at Tech, and we are
Trey Williams, Becky Turner Wilson, moving closer each year to achieving the 2020 goals set by President Guice.
Jason Zavala
20 It’s Fun To Be An Alum
The spring will be filled with opportunities to hear from the President and others as we
finalize our plans for “Tech’s in Town” events in several cities. Check online at LaTechAlumni.
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION STAFF
Corre Anding Stegall
org for our plans concerning events at the Conference USA basketball tournament in
Birmingham the second week in March. And don’t forget to plan for the spring football game
22 News Around Campus
Straight to the Heart
– Vice President for University Advancement in April; we’ll soon have details for a pregame event. 27 Bulldog Bookshelf 1. Hunter Lee 7. Josh Gaston 13. Kylin Thomas
Corre@LaTechAlumni.org I hope you can find time to come back to Tech this spring and check out your alumni brick 2. Dillon Williams 8. Nick Thomason 14. Sterling Griffin
Wes Cavin at Centennial Plaza. Also join us for some of our events away from campus. Contact me if you 28 Faculty and Staff We Love 3. Conner Smith 9. Lloyd Grogan 15. Vontarrius Dora
– Director of Alumni Relations have questions or suggestions. Elenora Cawthon, Eddie McLane 4. Jens Danielsen 10. Andre Taylor 16. Trent Taylor
Wes@LaTechAlumni.org Thank you so much for your support of this great University; it’s a great day to be a 5. Eddie Johnson 11. Kenneth Dixon 17. D.J. St. Julien
Jimmy Washington
Bulldog! 30 Foundation Spotlight 6. Houston Bates 12. Bowl Trophy! 18. Bryson Abraham
– Coordinator of Advancement Programs Linette Culpepper, Tom Jr. and Sharon Scott Heart of Dallas Bowl MVP Houston Bates had a career afternoon.
Jimmy@LaTechAlumni.org
Kenneth Dixon broke the school’s career rushing record and made the
Barbara Britt Swart 32 News About You play of the game – on defense. And Bulldog fans got just what they
– Administrative Coordinator Wes Cavin (’10) wanted on the day after Christmas as Tech bowled over Illinois, 35-18.
Barbara@LaTechAlumni.org 40 Techipedia
Lisa Graves Smith
– Director of Advancement Services
Lisa@LaTechAlumni.org
UNIVERSITY
COMMUNICATIONS CONNECT WITH TECH
Dave Guerin
– Executive Director
Marbury Alumni Center LaTechAlumni.org
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Teddy Allen Louisiana Tech University Alumni Association, University Foundation and LTAC.
– Writer/Editor P.O. Box 3183
Mark Coleman Ruston, LA 71272
LaTech.edu
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Bill Cox
From the 16th Floor Uncle Champ wants YOU!
Louisiana Tech is proud to boast of alumni who live out the call to
Planning with purpose: The Tech of Tomorrow
better serve others because of the opportunities they’ve had to earn “We” – alumni, students, friends and supporters – really ARE Louisiana Tech, and each of us is
a quality education at a University that will always care about them an active recruiter for the Tech of tomorrow.
and be there for them. Tech is fortunate to be blessed with so many The University is at a crossroads of opportunity. Your work, gifts and support, along with
givers. strategic planning to benefit each student as well as the University as a whole, have helped
If you haven’t met Bill Cox – and that’s hard for me or anyone else position Tech for growth in key areas, and for all the right reasons.
associated with Tech for any length of time to imagine – you can on As we reach our goal of 15,000 students by 2020, Tech will realize more opportunities
Page 10. Our Alumnus of the Year, Bill is a blueprint for anyone who to lead, to connect, to compete and to advance. Reaching the goal will bring the University
wishes to make meaningful service a part of everyday life. increased financial stability, enhanced educational offerings, and extra resources to
Also it was our pleasure to recognize Jamie Adams, an ’04 compete for and reward an even more effective student body, faculty and staff.
graduate in the ever-important and crucial area of computer Total enrollment is now 11,271 students, an increase of 257 from last year. An average
information systems, as our Young Alumnus of the Year. Our ACT score of 24.7 for Tech’s most recent freshman class is the highest ever at Tech and
Distinguished Alumni of each college are also featured; we are far exceeds the national average of 21. Four freshmen are National Merit Scholars and
grateful for them all. 113 have an ACT score of 32 or higher.
Dr. F.J. Taylor and Dr. Dan Reneau each believed that any school Tech is growing with purpose and with its tradition of success and service.
with its eye on becoming a national doctoral university would gain We, the Tech Family, can make this happen. Spread the good word. By working
life and energy and recognition if it had the same goals and support together to achieve this strategic priority, Tech will be able to increase its positive
for its athletic life. That commitment continues to pay off, and what impact on the community, region and state, and on each student that becomes a
a reward that commitment was for friends, fans and the Bulldog part of Tech.
football team this year. Picked in preseason to make little noise
during the season, Tech won both its Conference USA division and
the Zaxby’s Heart of Dallas Bowl, a wonderful present for Bulldogs
everywhere on the day after Christmas. That surprising season is We have a man on the scene…
captured in this issue too. A fourth generation Louisiana Tech graduate is recruiting students in what is becoming
Read on for highlights from the individual colleges, news from known as a portion of Bulldog Country – Dallas.
your Alumni Association and Foundation, and opportunities we Daniel Dupuy (below), coordinator of targeted programs, most often spends his days
have for alumni and for prospective students. While we can’t print contacting counselors, visiting with high school students and offering insight on Tech.
every accomplishment from the past six months in one magazine, we “Any Dallas-area students that have admissions questions – or any questions about Louisiana
can remind you to check LaTech.edu and LaTechSports.com daily for Tech – are definitely recommended to go through me,” said Dupuy, a 2013 Tech alumnus. “That
updates. I hope you’ll make it a habit. way I can build that relationship with them in Dallas to link back to campus. We have a lot of
Finally, you’ve been hearing about a state budget shortfall and the great alums over this way.”
challenges we in higher education face because of it. We are working Dupuy’s assignment is a pilot study for a university that has never managed a remote
with our Board of Regents, the University of Louisiana System office, workforce. Instead of a centralized model of recruiting, Tech has now identified other markets –
other higher education leaders, as well as our political and business particularly in north Houston and south Louisiana – that align well with Tech in terms of degree
leaders, to make sure our progress is not impeded as we strive to offerings and academic preparation.
build the workforce essential for the future of our region and state. Dupuy is Tech’s first satellite recruiter in the Tech-heavy Dallas area, where roughly 5,000 alums
Rest assured that I will keep you posted through my blog, through reside. A recruiting event alongside the Alumni Association’s pregame tailgate at the Heart of Dallas
addresses and meetings with you, and know that we will, in the Bowl was an opportunity for prospective Tech students to experience a “game day” atmosphere,
with Dupuy as host.
meantime, continue both to pursue the goals we’ve set and to provide
“I like to look at it as a way for me to hopefully give back to the great university that has given
our students with the quality of education and attention they expect
me so much,” said Dupuy, who is helping
and need from a Tier One national research university.
north Louisiana’s national research university
expand its markets as it forges
ahead toward its Tech 2020
goals. The quality of students
who meet Tech’s admissions
Leslie K. Guice criteria, the diverse population
of students and the number of
students who meet the criteria
Follow Dr. Guice on his blog for the Bulldog Out-of-State Fee Scholarship make Tech just as
at GuiceBlog.LaTech.edu and competitive as many of the top institutions in Texas.
on twitter @LKGuice. “Our admissions office and campus departments do a great
job of on-campus recruitment when these students make the
trip over for a personal visit,” Dupuy said. “I’ve heard many say that
they really gained a greater perception of the Tech Family, and instantly knew
that Tech was home.”
Contact Daniel Dupuy in Dallas at 817-403-0633 or at DDupuy@LaTech.edu
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Straight
Behind a record-setting performance from Illinois transfer
Houston Bates, the Bulldogs out-duked the Fightin’ Illini, 35-18,
to win the Zaxby’s Heart of Dallas Bowl and cap a season filled
to the
Heart
with (mostly good) surprises.
GAME (AND NAME?) CHANGER: A
supercharged Bates (94) led a defense
that totaled six sacks, 43 yards in losses
and a pick six. He set the tone early with
this first-quarter sack – one of his bowl-
record 4.5 – a performance that left
some spectators suggesting he change
his name from Houston to Dallas.
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N
o friend or fan of Louisiana games at Oklahoma and Auburn, each ranked starting job in the fall, was an encouraging of Dallas Bowl, Tech’s first
Tech football knows who Jihad in the AP’s preseason Top 5 – and three of 14 of 18 in the second half. He’d gotten hit bowl appearance since 2011
Ward is. those were in the season’s first 13 days. Of 20 hard in the first quarter and, despite that, and Tech’s first choice for its
And that’s a good thing, seniors, only six had been with the program responded well as the game progressed in his postseason, win or lose in
because you almost did. For longer than 18 months. first real playing time since 2010-11 when Huntington.
all the wrong reasons, Mr. Ward would have Knowing that, it was hard to realistically he starred at Scottsdale (Ariz.) Community Dallas, home to more
been hard to forget. expect more than 4-8 again. Maybe 5-7 if College and broke many of the passing records than 5,000 Tech alums, fertile
With less than nine things went just right. Possibly 6-6 if a couple held by former Tech star and current Bulldog recruiting ground, only three
minutes to go in of teams forfeited. wide receivers coach Tim Rattay. hours and a couple of football
Tech’s season, Ward, But what nobody knew was how well Iowa An understandable underdog the next fields away from Ruston.
a 6-7, 286-pound transfer quarterback Cody Sokol would play, weekend at in-state rival Louisiana-Lafayette, Tech felt at home,
defensive tackle for or how well the mix-and-match offensive the preseason pick to win the Sun Belt even on the road
Illinois, was within line would perform, or how much faster Conference, Tech won 48-20, ignited by during the holidays.
roughly two seconds Tech was than the year before, or how many a 99-yard touchdown run by junior back Bowl Week in
and 16 yards that gambles new coordinator Manny Diaz would Kenneth Dixon. An underdog on the road Dallas, the Bulldogs watched
gray December 26 be willing to take – and how many he would in the next game, a Thursday nighter against former Tech great Paul
afternoon of ruining win – with his single-minded, semi-obsessed C-USA Western Division preseason favorite Millsap and his Atlanta Hawks
your Christmas, defense. North Texas, Tech built another blowout, beat the Mavericks in American
your bowl game, five Sometimes the Bulldogs played like the 42-21. Sokol threw five touchdown passes to Airlines Center, participated in
fun days in Dallas team most people thought they’d be, losing four different receivers, and Tech’s defense a “Give Back to Dallas” event at
and a wonderfully to an FCS program (Northwestern State) and held the Mean Green to 26 offensive plays and a food pantry, were inspired
surprising autumn for a team still officially in transition from the only 26 yards in the first half. by a visit from former
a Tech team picked FCS (Old Dominion). And other times, well, But nine days later, the Bulldogs learned Dallas Cowboys greats
in August to finish they weren’t the ’67 Packers, but they did beat how humbling the game can be. Five Drew Pearson and Randy
BOWLED OVER ILLINI:
below .500 overall, UTEP by 52 points, Western Kentucky by 49 turnovers in the home opener led to a loss White, practiced daily at Lake Linebacker Mitch Villemez led
mid-pack or worse in and Rice by 45. Three losses were by a total of to Northwestern State, 30-27. The next week Highlands High (the home field of former the Bulldogs in tackles with
STIFF-ARMED AND 10, a big part of a gambling
DANGEROUS: Dixon, Tech’s Conference USA. nine points: one in overtime (ODU), one at at Auburn, Tiger quarterback Nick Marshall Tech great and CFL Hall of Famer Matt defense that kept the Illinois
career leader in 100-yard Instead, the Bulldogs spent December the final horn (NSU) and one at Marshall in proved to be the best player on the field in a Dunigan), and enjoyed Christmas dinner offense on its heels most of the
rushing games (17) and overall playing for the conference championship, the league’s title game. 45-17 Auburn victory. together as a team. afternoon.
touchdowns (61) and the
program’s all-time rushing then practiced for and won the Zaxby’s Heart A chaotic fall, you ask? Does a bear live in Then the streak started. Five straight wins And then it was time to play Illinois, a 6-6
leader, turned a pass in the of Dallas Bowl, 35-18, over Illinois in the the woods? The Bulldogs kept you wondering against C-USA opponents, highlighted by a bunch and a touchdown underdog, a team
flat into an 80-yard tightrope
touchdown run down the historic Cotton Bowl. More about Ward and if they were going to win by three touchdowns 59-10 drubbing of Western Kentucky. Tech that had gamely won its final two
sideline and a 14-3 Tech lead at his Big Ten buddies in a moment. or lose by three points. Even the bookmakers scored 21 points off five turnovers to start a games to become bowl eligible.
the end of the first quarter.
First, how did the Bulldogs get to couldn’t figure out the ’Dogs, whose 11-3 streak of forcing at least four turnovers in four What happened in the first
December anyway? And finish 9-5? With a record against the spread was second-best in of the final five games. quarter of that ’14 Heart of Dallas
bowl trophy? After all, the team that finished the nation to TCU’s (11-2). Then came another of those “bad” Bowl sums up, in retrospect,
4-8 the fall before came out of spring camp Sometimes the cake popped out of the pan surprises. A big favorite at Old Dominion, what happened most of the
unsettled at quarterback, unproven in and sometimes it came out in pieces. “Do I the Bulldogs lost 30-27 in overtime, the same afternoon. Tech blitzed early
its offensive line, unsteady at receiver, clap – or wring my hands?!” Say this for the score as the loss to NSU. To win the West and often, causing the Illini to
and unpredictable defensively with a Bulldogs though: they usually made things Division of C-USA, Tech would have to beat commit penalties on four of their
new coordinator and its two best interesting. Rice in the regular season’s final game. first 10 snaps. Houston Bates, the
linemen gone to the NFL. The season opener in Norman, Okla., The Bulldogs did with a season-high point Covington native who’d graduated
Four of the first five games was over at halftime; Tech trailed 31-0. But output, 76-31. Illustrating what helped Tech from Illinois and transferred to
for this team were on Sokol, who’d graduated from Iowa, transferred turn things around from last year’s dismal Tech for his senior season, came up
the road – including to Tech as a fifth-year senior and won the autumn, the Bulldogs scored 21 points off with two sacks. And Dixon, who’d
four forced turnovers against Rice, a team become Tech’s all-time leader in
that had just three turnovers in its other seven career rushing yards earlier in the
conference games combined. quarter, turned a swing pass from
Winning the West with a 7-1 record sent Sokol into an 80-yard touchdown,
TRANSFER RULES: Tech’s new white the Bulldogs to play at Marshall, which started his 53rd at Tech, also a school
helmets and new QB, a fifth-year transfer the season 10-0, earned a Top 20 ranking, record.
senior from Iowa, were both big hits
this season. Although slowed by a bad won the East easily and had figured to be in Tech led, 14-3.
shoulder in the final two games, Sokol the C-USA title game all along. On a cold and And so it went. Tech blitzing.
completed at least 20 passes in eight wet day in Huntington, W.Va., the Thundering Tech safety Xavier Woods picking NICK OF TIME: Nick Thomason
games, passed for at least 200 yards in came up huge for Tech’s short-
nine games, helped Tech become the Herd scored with 1:50 left to take their first off a pass and returning it 69 yards for a handed defense in the title
fifth most-improved scoring offense in lead of the day, 26-23. That’s the way it ended. touchdown. Tech getting a 59-yard punt from game loss at Marshall, starting
the country (from 19.5 points per game the game and leading the team
in 2013 to 37.5 a game this year) and was Six Bulldogs had been ruled academically backup Gerald Shouse – and from his own
with a dozen tackles. He had
named the league’s Newcomer of the Year. ineligible the week of the title game and end zone, too. Tech appearing to be in control. a quarterback hurry against
didn’t play; they’d also sit out the Heart Yet with nine minutes left to play in the Illinois; Tech’s defense had six
of those on the day and 12
(continued) behind-the-line tackles for 64
yards in losses.
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game and Tech
leading by only
21-18 after an
was this: “Get’im, Kenneth! Get ’im get’im
get’im!”
“Kenneth” was Dixon, Tech’s best offensive
Bulldog Banquet
Illinois touchdown
midway through
player who would in this crucial moment
become Tech’s best defensive player. “I was
January 9, 2015, The TONK
the third and a just not giving up on the play,” said Dixon. He Dr. Les Guice Academic Award – Michael Mims, *Xavier Woods
field goal early in caught a running-wide-open Ward inside the Davison Family Community Service Award – *Hunter Lee
the fourth, the 20 and, using his right arm and fist as a sledge Karl Malone Strength & Conditioning Award – Paul Turner
Bulldogs almost hammer, knocked the ball out of Ward’s thick
Willie Roaf Lineman of the Year – Houston Bates
let it get away. left arm. Sokol, also not giving up on the play,
Back to pass recovered at the 16. Mercy. Wayne Smith Offensive Lineman of the Year – Kirby Wixson
on third-and-13 First down Bulldogs. The Illini had lost a Troy Edwards Offensive Skill Player of the Year – Trent Taylor
from the Tech
45, Sokol was
big chance. They lost the game in the next five
plays, which included a 17-yard scoop catch
Terry Bradshaw Offensive Player of the Year – Cody Sokol
TRENT
TAYLOR
Tramon Williams Defensive Skill Player of the Year – Le’Vander Liggins
hit by LaKeith by senior Hunter Lee, a 70-yard pass to speedy Fred Dean Defensive Player of the Year – Xavier Woods
Walls and Carlos Henderson and a one-yard touchdown
Matt Stover Special Teams Player of the Year – Jabari Prewitt, Mike Schrang
fumbled just as run from an exhausted Dixon for a 28-18 Tech
he’d cocked to lead with five minutes left. * Repeat winner from 2013 season
throw. And you On Illinois’ next play from scrimmage,
know who recovered it? That guy, Jihad there was Bates again, getting another sack, OFFENSIVE AWARDS
Ward, the Illini’s top junior college transfer. the exclamation point on a four-minute span Scout Team Award – Frasier Hogan
FORT DIXON: Tech’s junior
running back led the league in And you know what he did? Started running that summed up the Bulldogs’ season. Don’t
Toughness Award – Kenneth Dixon
scoring and made the play of down an open field toward the goal line and give up. Make a big play. Get in the other
the bowl game -- on defense. an Illinois lead. team’s backfield. Keep ’em guessing. Make the Effort Award – Kenneth Dixon
Dixon chased down the bound-
to-score Ward and forced a You could not hear Tech coach Skip most of every opportunity.
fumble in the fourth quarter;
although obviously gassed,
Holtz on the sidelines at the time because of “I can’t think,” said Bates, “of a better DEFENSIVE AWARDS
Dixon scored from the 1 five the 31,297 fans screaming. But what Holtz ending.” Scout Team Award – Price Wilson
plays later. The Bulldogs added remembers saying, or at least thinking, loudly, Toughness Award – Kentrell Brice
a bonus 28-yard touchdown run
by Texan Blake Miller (Lovejoy Effort Award – Terrell Pinson
High in Lucas) with 1:36 left
to play to ice Tech’s first bowl
victory since 2008.
SPECIAL TEAM AWARDS
Scout Team Award – Kylin Thomas HUNTER LEE
Toughness Award – Dillon Williams
Effort Award – Michael Mims
VICTORS CLUB
SMART MOVE: Only a sophomore and already a two-time winner of Graded ‘a winner’ by coaching staff in at least eight games
the team’s academic award (see opposite page), Woods set a school
record with 230 interception return yards, including a 46-yard weaving Bryson Abraham Vontarrius Dora Michael Mims Paul Turner
‘pick six’ at ULL and a 69-yard beauty in the bowl, capped off by a dive
at the pylon that had Tech fans jumping. Tech forced four turnovers Houston Bates Beau Fitte Jabari Prewitt Mitch Villemez
in four of its final six games – including two worth 14 points against
Illinois – and led the nation in points off turnovers with 178. Mitchell Bell Sterling Griffin Michael Schrang Kirby Wixson
Kentrell Brice Lloyd Grogan Conner Smith Xavier Woods
Aaron Brown Tony Johnson Cody Sokol
Vernon Butler Hunter Lee Trent Taylor
Kenneth Dixon Le’Vander Liggins Nick Thomason
KIRBY N
2015 LA TECH BULLDOGS SCHEDULE
Sept. 5 Southern Oct. 24 Middle Tennessee*
WIXSO
Sept. 12 at Western Kentucky* (Bowling Green) Oct. 31 at Rice* (Houston)
Sept. 19 at Kansas State (Manhattan) Nov. 7 North Texas*
Sept. 26 FIU* Nov. 14 BYE
Oct. 3 Louisiana-Lafayette Nov. 21 at UTEP* (El Paso)
Oct. 10 at UTSA* (Alamodome) Nov. 28 Southern Miss*
Oct. 17 at Mississippi State (Starkville) Dec. 5 C-USA Championship Game TBD
*Denotes C-USA game
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Bill Cox
ALUMNUS OF THE YEAR
’59 Jamie Adams
YOUNG ALUMNUS OF THE YEAR
’04
In late summer Bill Cox opened a letter from after working at the University for 12 years. He then worked for It took him a couple of years at Tech to get a clear also co-founder of RollKoll Technologies. Adams co-founded
Louisiana Tech and read that he’d been named the University’s Cedar Creek School in Ruston from 1996-2007. vision of what he wanted to do professionally. Since then, Jamie RollKoll in 2014, a company dedicated to bringing efficiency and
Alumnus of the Year. He’s hardly slowed down. Cox is a much-sought-after cook Adams has proved to be adept at looking into the future without transparency to the off-duty security industry, making it easier for
“I thought it was a joke,” said Cox. “Somebody up there’s who’s never met a pregame tailgate he didn’t like. ignoring the challenges and opportunities of the day-to-day. agencies to connect with police officers looking for off-duty work
messing with me. You know, I’ve been messed with before.” He’s been honored with two dozen awards and recognitions for “He was on top of his studies as a student, always an all- and then providing oversight. Then in March of 2014, Adams took
No argument that Cox has been one of Ruston’s biggest light- service to Tech, to Cedar Creek and to the Ruston community. around great guy,” said Selwyn Ellis, Tech’s Balsley-Whitmore on the additional role of senior vice president at Scorpion.
hearted pranksters since his arrival as a freshman from Smackover, He received the Robert E. Russ Award in 2001 and the Bill Best Endowed Professor in its College of Business, and one of Adams’ At Tech, he went back and forth between science and business
Ark., in the mid-1950s. And no question he’s been the object of a Humanitarian Award in 2007 – two of Lincoln Parish’s highest mentors. “Since he’s been out of school, he’s been with two start-up for a while. “It was obvious that technology was disrupting
few practical jokes too. distinctions. The City of Ruston honored him with a “Bill Cox companies; now he’s doing really well in Dallas with a web design industries and business models,” he said. “…Ultimately I loved
But not this time. One of Tech’s most loyal friends is now Day” in 1996, which included a proclamation by then-Louisiana and hosting company (Scorpion Design). technology and I loved studying business. I believed CIS would
officially one of its most honored alums. Governor Mike Foster, and the Louisiana State Senate Award for “What he’s got a lot of is what I call ‘social capital,’” Ellis said. give me the best opportunity to have a successful career in both.”
Bill Cox once said that everything good in his life could be dedicated service to the community, University and state. “He’s a hard worker, sure. But he’s got relationships with people and Adams is kept busy by technological advances and by his
traced back to Louisiana Tech and to Ruston. The record shows A member of the Rotary Club of Ruston since 1984 and a treats them right and really gets to know them. The most valuable entrepreneurial, innovative spirit. But he still makes time for Tech.
he’s done his part to earn his keep. deacon at Temple Baptist Church, Cox includes the University’s asset of any company is its people; Jamie understands that.” When the Bulldogs played at North Texas State in basketball in
The 1959 geology graduate ran Cox’s Shell Service Station – it “Top Dog” Award among his many other honors. Each is richly After beginning his career as a senior consultant at Deloitte & January, he was in the stands.
was more like two circus tents than two service bays – from the deserved. No joke. Touche, Adams became director of the ReachLocal Auto Division “Jamie was one of those students who you knew loved being at
time of his Tech graduation until 1984. He retired as Tech’s director as well as vice president of sales within the Home Services Vertical Tech,” said Tech management and information systems professor
of athletic promotions and director of athletic facilities in 1996 Division, and vice president of the Strategic Partnerships Division. Tony Inman, another of Adams’ mentors. “Apparently, he still loves
Today he is senior vice president of sales at Scorpion; he’s it as much as ever.”
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Cool summer ‘schools’
Spread the word to today’s high schoolers and tomorrow’s
Tech students about upcoming opportunities on campus
Louisiana Tech is the site of several camps each summer.
Some are still in the planning stages and some are set. Some have its Study Abroad
The world has a lot to offer. Through
been around a while; some have been revamped and some are e sure its students,
program, Louisiana Tech wants to mak
brand new. Some are even available at no cost to the student (or, a single opportunity.
alumni, faculty and friends don’t miss
in some cases, to high school teachers). More information for branded Tech
The 50-year-old-plus program – now
each is available online or by calling the appropriate college or the pos sibility of new
Travels – has expanded to explore
department. edu catio nal opportunities
trips to “new” places, and new
Also, the Lambright Sports .
for students in any field
& Wellness Center is the Tech to France is
A trip from the College of Business
recreation site for each College of Liberal
scheduled this spring. A trip from the
camp, for fun outside the mer.
Arts to Madrid is planned for this sum
classroom as well as in. pass ed, but planning
The deadlines for those trips have
This is a partial but alum s aren ’t left out: you’re
for other trips is constant. And
not complete list of camps d” to
never too old or “too educate
Tech will offer. Camps in
travel.
the College of Business and
The best way to stay up-do-date is
the School of Forestry, for at
through the Tech Travels web page
instance, are being considered, els.LaTec h.ed u; click on the
TechTrav
but details aren’t yet complete. y
Facebook icon there for continuousl
PRE-SCHOOL: Summer events like Design Camp (above) give students updated travel plans.
a window into what they can expect, both in a profession and in Spread the news! And pack your
how courses are taught in college. Even Tech students are involved in
“camps,” like the cyberspace security competition called Cyber Storm bags.
(left) each spring.
Contact Information
SPORTS CAMPS ACADEMIC CAMPS JONATHAN DONEHOO
Go to the staff directory at LaTechSports.com for contact For camps through SciTEC – camps regarding various STEAM Studies Abroad Coordinator
information concerning a specific sport. (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics) teacher College of Liberal Arts
professional projects and residential and non-residential camp GTM, First Floor
BASEBALL: Contact J.D. Hulse at LaTechBSBCamps@gmail.com opportunities, summer science camps through the IDEA Place, and (318) 257-4784
for more information. LA Tech Baseball offers multiple camps year- teacher workshops and summer recruiting camps related to the new JDonehoo@LaTech.edu
round for players of all ages and abilities. Whether participants UTEACH project – contact SciTEC Center director Lindsey Vincent TechTravels.LaTech.edu
are looking for quality instruction from a Division I coaching staff 318-257-2866, lbkv@LaTech.edu.
or want to showcase their skills with the hopes of playing college
baseball, LA Tech baseball camps offer something for every player. Contact either the College of Liberal Arts (318-257-4805) or the
College of Engineering and Science (318-257-4647) for more
LADY TECHSTER BASKETBALL: Contact Eric Burton at 318- information about the following camps:
257-5515 beginning in April, when camp schedules should be Cyber Discovery: June 1-6, for rising sophomores and teachers;
complete. there is the possibility of a second camp June 8-13.
Cyber Discovery 2.0: July 20-25, for high school rising juniors and
LADY TECHSTER SOFTBALL: Contact Emerald Doria at 318- teachers.
257-5327 beginning in May. STEM-Discovery: June 15-20, a “pilot” engineering design camp for
high school juniors and seniors; an additional contact is the College
FOOTBALL: of Business (318-257-4526).
Kids Camp: June 10-12, 8 a.m.-noon.
One-Day Camps: May 31 Ruston; June 4, New Orleans; June 5, Design Camp in the School of Design (architecture, interior design,
Baton Rouge; June 7, Lake Charles; June 14, Shreveport; July 18,graphic design, studio art) in the College of Liberal Arts; July 12-17;
Ruston. for high school students who have completed their sophomore
year or above; $745 camp cost includes housing, meals, studio
For camp sites and more information, contact Lance Basler, 318- supplies and materials; meet students with similar professional and
257-3669, lbasler@LaTech.edu, for Kids Camp and Thomas Graham, educational interests as you learn about design, live on campus and
318-257-4970, tgraham@LaTech.edu, for One-Day Camps. experience great instruction by faculty and students in either art or
architecture; for more information, visit design.LaTech.edu/camp or
contact Brad Deal, braddeal@LaTech.edu.
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Mickie DeMoss: Q&A with a Lady Techster Original EVERYTHING’S GOOD IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD: Appleby’s baseline drive
and dunk against Western Kentucky on Jan. 29 was No. 1 on ESPN’s Plays of
the Day and helped give the Bulldogs their 23rd straight home win and their
42nd in 43 home games since Feb 16, 2012. Kyser (bottom), the program’s
On Tech’s 1974 inaugural team, career leader in blocked shots, “Speedy” Smith (4), Tech’s career leader in
both steals and assists, and Appleby, one of the program’s Top 10 all-time
Delhi’s DeMoss has since been a scorers, have tripled the fun for fans at the TAC these past four record-
breaking seasons.
six-time national champion at
Tennessee, an SEC Coach of the Year
at Kentucky and a WNBA champ at
Indiana. Now the associate head
coach of the program that gave her
Three to get ready
a start, DeMoss is far from finished.
For reasons of the heart, this might
and four to… GO?
be her most memorable and
fulfilling ride yet.
A trio of seniors have
Q: What are some of your earliest memories of
the program?
sparked the Bulldogs
A: How excited I was as a freshman when I heard to what could be the
we were going to have a program the next
year, just knowing we’d have a team. Then our winningest stretch in
first big trip was to Houston. Coach (Sonja)
Hogg got someone to donate a luxury van or bus we could
program history. But
use, and I remember being so excited we’d get to go all the way
PURPLE WITH PURPOSE: To honor her friend during “I Back Pat” night,
Jan. 10 at the Thomas Assembly Center, DeMoss and fans wore the official a goal will remain
to Houston to play in a tournament. Most of our games were
in-state, and now we’re going to get to play the University of
color of the Pat Summitt Foundation. To learn more about the grant-making
foundation dedicated to winning the fight against Alzheimer’s disease, visit unreached if their final
Texas and some other teams.
PatSummitt.org and, on Twitter, #WeBackPat.
game together isn’t in the
Q: Are you surprised what this program has been able to accomplish? Q: What’s your specific role now? NCAA Tournament.
A: We were very lucky. We’d put together a solid team in those A: I like to call myself the senior advisor; I enjoy that role. This is
days. Sonja Hogg and Leon Barmore were able to build on that my chance to give back a lot of the knowledge I’ve gained and to Raheem Appleby. Michale Kyser.
little early success we had; they were able to keep the good use my experiences of 40 years in the game to help others learn. Kenneth “Speedy” Smith.
in-state players, then branch out regionally and then nationally. I do a little of everything, but ‘senior advisor’ is the best way to They showed up not long after
Then with Sonja and Coach Barmore, one of the best coaches sum it up. Coach Mike White did, in 2011.
ever in women’s basketball, they were able to get the most out Although late in the recruiting season,
of them and keep them on the right track. Louisiana Tech was Q: Don’t you think you’re in a unique situation concerning head
THE program for a long, long time. I was always very proud to coach Tyler Summitt, that you might be in a position to help White signed each one – “’Til this day
say I was a Lady Techster. him in ways no one else could right now? it still blows my mind that they were
A: (Tyler’s mother) Pat is one of my all-time dearest, dearest best available,” he says – and together they’ve
friends. This situation has been very difficult for me personally, won 74 games in three seasons. Twenty-four wins this year will make 98 total,
and I know the pain Tyler has gone through as well. This was one better than the 97 the four teams of 1983-87 won. This year’s trio could
an opportunity for me to help someone I love dearly, in Pat, replace Robert Godbolt and Roderick Hannibal as the winningest Bulldogs ever.
through someone I love dearly, in Tyler. There’s a level of trust They’ve made the National Invitation Tournament twice. They’ve also won
here that I don’t know he’d get with anyone else right now.
two conference championships – the Western Athletic Conference in 2012-13 and
Q: How is today’s Lady Techster team progressing? Conference USA last season. But each of the three years most recent, the season
A: We felt we needed to change the culture first, get things moving has ended short of the NCAA Tournament because of conference tournament
in another direction after the past couple of years. Once we losses.
got that in place, we started individual workouts. I feel we are Each has made his own mark as a player on the program. Each has helped lift
definitely on the right track. I felt we had a good early recruiting the level of excitement in Thomas Assembly Center. And each has had a college
season. We signed five who we think are good players and
career any player would be proud of.
we’re working hard to keep the talent level up. If we can keep
progressing with the style of play we want and the intensity, we But …
can keep building on this early success. “Obviously,” said White in early November, “this season’s goal is pretty simple.”
Q: What’s the best way for Tech fans to support the team?
A: Just be there. Coming to the games in person helps as much as
anything. Our players get to see that our fans care that much Get your tickets to the C-USA Postseason Tournaments…
to come out and spend their time to watch us play. Of course, March 11-14 in Birmingham at Legacy Arena (men’s tournament) and Bartow
anytime someone can donate to women’s basketball or to Arena (women’s tournament; semifinals and finals move to Legacy Arena).
athletics, that helps us in our recruiting efforts, in our travel;
that’s one of the most vital things that keeps us competitive in Tickets available by calling the Tech Ticket Office at (318) 257-3631, by emailing
INSIDE SCOOP: Sophomore center Kevione Moten is one of the real
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success stories this season. Under the direction of Summitt and DeMoss, the
former Ouachita High School prep star has taken major steps forward and is often we as coaches can see someone play. But just being there games are $180.
becoming an inside force for the Lady Techsters. means a lot to us.
14 | LOUISIANA TECH MAGAZINE LATECH.EDU | 15Lady Techster Softball: Spring a time to step up after the fall
Tech posted a 7-1 record and outscored its opponents, 75-27, conference SAAC representatives.
during the fall season. It was “just” the fall, but that record, along “This award,” said Tech athletics director Tommy McClelland,
with offseason workouts and attitude, are cause for high hopes for “represents what coaching on the collegiate level is all about –
the spring season. molding student-athletes into champions on and off the field.”
Victor’s not all “Our captains have really provided leadership and helped us
that’s left get off to a great start in practice,” said coach Mark Montgomery.
“They are truly vested and want the program to improve. Bianca
Southpaw golfer Victor Lange of South (Duran), Janine (Godwin), Anna (Cross) and Pauline (Tufi) have
Africa won’t ever forget Oct. 21, 2014, at set the bar high in practice and how we as a team approach the
Squire Creek Country Club. daily grind.”
“That was the best round of my life,”
Tech’s roster boasts 10 letter winners and eight newcomers, and
said the Tech junior, who shot a final-round
62 in the Jim Rivers Intercollegiate to set a the chemistry during the fall was a positive sign to the upcoming
tournament record, match the course record season.
and tie the school record set by Roy Pace “We are definitely more talented from top to bottom,”
in 1962, more than three decades before Montgomery said. “We have quality depth, and that is evident.
Lange was born. Lange last spring became That always makes a coach feel more comfortable. The culture also
the program’s first golfer to earn an NCAA seems to be a lot more team-oriented. As of now, we couldn’t be
Regional berth.
happier with the way things are going.”
But the former first-team All-Louisiana
and all-conference lefty isn’t the only player Another sign that the program is heading in the right direction:
Tech coach Jeff Jenkins has in his bag. Among Montgomery was in January selected as the Conference USA
others expected to contribute to Tech’s success Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) Coaches Choice
this spring are lettermen Ben Robinson and Award winner for 2013-14. The award recognizes a coach
Brandon Newton, transfer Chuck Spears and committed to fostering student-athlete development and welfare SLIDING INTO SPRING: Tech senior Janine Godwin and her Techster
redshirt Mitchell Haddox, who finished tied through a positive athletic and academic atmosphere. Each C-USA teammates have 32 home games scheduled this spring. Go to
for sixth in the Jim Rivers at 4-under par. LATechSports.com for complete schedules of all spring sports and daily
institution selects a nominee and then voting is done by the updates.
Lady Techster Tennis: National relevance a solid goal
Louisiana Coach of the Year as a rookie Camper still has a wealth of experience played primarily at the No. 5 and No. 6
last spring, Tech’s Chad Camper guided on the team led by his trio of juniors – slots, combining for a 22-7 dual match
the Lady Techsters to a 15-7 record in the Alexandra Starkova, Manoela Chiacchio record in singles. The sophomore duo
school’s first season in Conference USA, and Taly Merker. of Jazmin Britos and Marta Sramkova
a program-record 11 straight wins and a Starkova earned First Team All- look to build off their impressive rookie
ranking of seventh in the ITA Southern Conference USA honors last season, performances. Camper brought in three
Region. playing predominately at the No. 1 position. freshmen to round out the eight-person
LA Tech tennis is certainly on the rise She finished with a team-best 15-6 singles roster – Tarrannum Handa, Taylor
and the excitement level is arguably at an record with four of those wins being match Capannolo and Haley Ballinger.
Whole New Ballgame all-time high going into the 2015 spring
season.
clinchers.
Chiacchio and Merker provide
LA Tech tennis faces six nationally-
ranked opponents this season.
Bulldog Baseball has struggled in recent seasons. But “I think once they got back the first day important depth to the lineup as the two
nothing says “new beginning” like springtime, and that’s or two after the fall season, you could see
just what Tech is hoping for on J.C. Love Field at Pat that excitement building,” Camper said. “I
Patterson Park. think there are more expectations now on
First-year Tech coach Greg Goff has been in Ruston myself and the team, and that this will be a
since June when he was hired on the heels of seven year that we really break through.”
successful seasons as head coach at Campbell University A goal of relevancy, not just regionally
in North Carolina, where his teams earned three but nationally, was accelerated in the fall
consecutive 40-win seasons. when the team went in as a sleeper at the
LA Tech returns 19 players from last year’s team Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA)
(15-35, 5-25), including 12 seniors and the team’s Southern Regionals tournament and came
leading hitter, junior shortstop Taylor Love (right) of out as an impressive up-and-coming
Shreveport (.320 and a team-best 11 steals), a former program. Tech posted 10 total singles wins
District MVP at C.E. Byrd High in Shreveport. over players from Mississippi State, LSU,
Senior pitchers Phil Maton, Austin Greer, Laetten Tulane, Auburn and South Alabama.
Galbraith and Jared Keating are back, along with LOVE TO WIN: The Bulldogs’ leader in batting average (.320), hits (56), runs Even with no seniors on the roster,
underclassmen Adam Derouen, Braden Bristo and Mark (24), doubles (12) and stolen bases (11) last season as a sophomore, preseason
Baughman. Twenty Bulldogs, including 14 juniors and six All-CUSA shortstop Love is no new ’Dog – but his head coach and 20 of his TENNIS TEAM TECHSTERS: (L to R) Coach Chad
teammates are. “The inexperience of the guys in our system is the biggest Camper, Taylor Capannolo, Tarrannum Handa,
freshmen, are new to the roster. obstacle we’ve faced,” Goff said as the season approached. “But we have to win. Jazmin Britos, Manoela Chiacchio, Marta Sramkova,
Twenty-nine of the Bulldogs’ 55 games are at home. Winning is the most important thing for us and we have to find a way to make Alexandra Starkova, Taly Merker, Haley Ballinger,
that happen. assistant coach Vivian ten Dolle
16 | LOUISIANA TECH MAGAZINE LATECH.EDU | 17A tip of the hat to Stanley Reneau: From 1-AA to 1-A to a place in the Hall
As a 5-10, 112-pound football player at his tiny high school in
Mississippi, Dan Reneau never dreamed of being in an athletic hall
of fame. “When I retired from Tech, I never dreamed it either,” said
Heading into his 27th year as head the former president (1987-2013), who in January became the 88th
coach of track and field and cross country and most recent member of the University’s Athletic Hall of Fame.
– he came to Tech in 1982 as a graduate “When Dr. Guice called and told me, I have to admit complete
assistant – Gary Stanley (right) has and total surprise and shock,” said Tech’s President Emeritus,
faithfully given credit to his loyal assistants, who retired in June of 2013 after half a century at the University
to the University’s administration and to as a student (chemical engineering, ’63, ’64), professor and
the hard-working members of his teams, administrator.
some of them Olympians and dozens of Prior to the enshrinement of the 2013 class, the Louisiana Tech
them conference champions. Athletics Hall of Fame Committee voted to induct a five-member
But in the most measurable of all sports, class every other year; the next five-member class will be selected
the numbers say that Stanley has done his and inducted in 2015. The committee also decided that in alternate
share and then some. Little things done years, either a team or a significant individual (not a Tech athlete)
right over a long period of time have would be inducted. This is the first year such rules have been in
added up to 21 coach of the year titles and place.
19 conference championships. “Many deserve it more than I do, but I’m not going to turn it
Most notable in that impressive tale of down,” said Reneau, who maintains an office on campus and lives
the tape is the domination of the women’s with wife Linda in Choudrant. “Linda was very pleased and happy;
program when Tech was in the Western she knows how much time we put in on athletics. She’s a fan; I’ve HALL PASS: University President Emeritus Dan Reneau and wife Linda flank
Athletic Conference: 13 of 14 WAC got the bruises from sitting beside her at games to prove it.” Terry Bradshaw, a member of the inaugural Tech Athletics Hall of Fame Class
championships, including seven straight The University moved up from what was then I-AA football of ’84.
outdoor titles from 2005-11 and, during to Division I-A – now called the Football Bowl Subdivision – “The fun part all those years was building up to I-A level, those
that same time period, six out of seven and continued to make strides on the conference level, from wins over California, the two over Alabama, slowly seeing things
indoor titles. Independent (1989-92) to the Big West (1993-95), back to come together,” he said. “The hardest thing was the setbacks –
Plus, he’s guided athletes to 44 All- Independent (1996-00), and finally to the Western Athletic finding the money for the program – which is a constant situation
America honors, 19 of those in the past second leg. recorded personal best marks in the final Conference (2001-13), a major move that put the Bulldogs in what and always will be – and finding the appropriate conference we
four years. At the same meet, Gotch beat the three events of the five-event pentathlon was at the time a solid conference. Membership in the WAC helped should join. We made some of the right moves, but they were hard
Stanley now tries to coach his athletes to school record by almost four inches in the competition and set a school record with spread the program’s name out West and get the team on television moves. It was worth it; I’m very pleased by where we are today.”
a first title in his fifth league, Conference long jump with a mark of 26-2.75 (7.99 3,302 points scored. Watson improved her regularly. Tech joined Conference USA on July 1, 2013, Reneau’s
USA. Expected to lead this year’s teams meters), a mark that at the time ranked previous best 800 meters time by more first official day of retirement.
are Charla Craddock and Jarvis Gotch, first in the nation and third in the world. than 30 seconds, but her most impressive “In 1987 I thought we could move to become a Tier 1 university, Willie Roaf, who played tackle ferociously at Tech from 1990-
who each earned a C-USA Athlete of the Gotch scored 14 of Tech’s 20 points in the mark in the pentathlon actually came in although it was going to take time,” Reneau said. “When you 92 and was a consensus first-team All-America in his final season,
Week honor early in the indoor season in team-scored meet. The Carencro native the long jump; her effort of 18-8.5 (5.70 look across the nation at other respected doctoral universities, was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame at the 57th
January. broke his own school record by five inches meters) topped a previous personal best almost all had a respected I-A athletic program. We came to the National Football Foundation Dinner in December at the Waldorf
At the Texas A&M Team Invitational, a week later in Nashville; at the time, his jump by more than a foot. realization that athletics is to a university the same as apple pie and Astoria Hotel in New York City. He and the other members of
Craddock ran a pair of league-leading 26-7.75 was the season’s best in the world. The annual Jim Mize Invitational will be motherhood is to America. Big-time athletics goes with big-time the Class of ’14 will be permanently enshrined in the new College
times, 24.34 in the 200 meters and 3:44.30 At Nashville in the Vanderbilt Indoor held March 21 at Jim Mize Track & Field academics; they tie together. Not everybody wanted to move up; I Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta. Roaf played 11 Pro Bowl seasons
in the 4x400 meters relay; she ran the Invitational in January, Laticia Watson Complex on the Tech campus. got a lot of advice on why we should NOT do it. But I sure am glad in a 13-year NFL career before joining Tech alums Terry Bradshaw
we did. and Fred Dean in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
NICE RUN
Coach of the Year Honors (21) 2007 Women’s Outdoor Western Athletic 2000 Women’s Indoor Sun Belt
1986 Men’s Cross CountrySouthland 2008 Women’s Indoor Western Athletic 2005 Women’s Indoor Western Athletic Soccer nets state’s top honors, first postseason victory
1990 Men’s Cross Country American South 2009 Women’s Indoor Western Athletic 2005 Women’s Outdoor Western Athletic The Lady Techsters soccer team, picked to finish 12th in the C-USA and tied a single-season program
1990 Men’s Indoor American South 2009 Women’s Outdoor Western Athletic 2006 Women’s Indoor Western Athletic 14-team Conference USA, finished 13-6-3 overall, earned its record. The Kansas City, Mo., native
1990 Men’s Outdoor American South 2010 Women’s Indoor Western Athletic 2006 Women’s Outdoor Western Athletic way into the semifinals of the league tournament, and scored the became just the third Lady Techster to
1991 Men’s Indoor American South 2010 Women’s Outdoor Western Athletic 2007 Women’s Outdoor Western Athletic program’s first-ever postseason victory – an upset of No. 3-seed reach double digit goals in a single season
1999 Men’s Indoor Sun Belt 2011 Women’s Indoor Western Athletic 2008 Women’s Indoor Western Athletic Texas-El Paso. and was responsible for four of the eight
1999 Women’s Outdoor Sun Belt 2011 Women’s Outdoor Western Athletic 2008 Women’s Outdoor Western Athletic The team’s performance is evident in Tech’s sweep of the state’s goals scored in conference regular season
2000 Women’s Indoor Sun Belt 2009 Women’s Indoor Western Athletic top honors from the Louisiana Sports Writers Association. Kevin play. She also had six assists.
Conference Championships (19)
2004 Women’s Outdoor Western Athletic 2009 Women’s Outdoor Western Athletic Sherry was named Coach of the Year – he earned the same honor in A junior from Keller, Texas, Beddow
1986 Men’s Cross Country Southland
2005 Women’s Indoor Western Athletic 2010 Women’s Indoor Western Athletic 2012 – and sophomore Kathryn Sloan (right) is Player of the Year. scored seven goals and tied a single-
1990 Men’s Cross Country American South
2005 Women’s Outdoor Western Athletic 2010 Women’s Outdoor Western Athletic Junior midfielder Brittany Beddow joins Sloan on the first team; season school record with eight assists.
1990 Men’s Outdoor American South sophomore goalkeeper Kylee Seto earned honorable mention. She played a huge role down the stretch, helping the Lady Techsters
2006 Women’s Indoor Western Athletic 1999 Men’s Indoor Sun Belt 2011 Women’s Indoor Western Athletic
2006 Women’s Outdoor Western Athletic 2011 Women’s Outdoor Western Athletic Sloan was also named second team All-Conference USA and qualify for postseason play with a game-winning penalty kick
1999 Women’s Outdoor Sun Belt third team All-Central Region. The striker led the Lady Techsters against Marshall and a goal in the first overtime versus Florida
with 11 goals and 28 points. Her five game-winning goals led Atlantic.
18 | LOUISIANA TECH MAGAZINE LATECH.EDU | 191. Dan and Barbara Brown of Colfax celebrated both
Dan’s 50-Year Class Reunion and Homecoming ’14
on Nov 1. They plan to return this fall for Barbara’s
50-year reunion.
2. Some early-arriving fans enjoy Alumni Association-
organized tailgating in Argent Pavilion before a
Bulldog Football game.
3
3 & 4. Among the many Tech faithful in Dallas who
1 joined the Guices (3) for a Mexican supper on
Christmas Night (and Heart of Dallas Bowl Eve)
were Jeff and Shelley Parker (4).
2 5. You don’t want to miss Breakfast with Champ,
especially if you’re a young fan. Or if you’re Tech
XXI.
4 6. The annual Happening never disappoints.
7. A loyal friend of Tech Athletics, Blue Bell makes
every game taste better.
8. It’s always fun to welcome Tech alums back to
campus; during halftime of a home football game
this fall, Tech AD Tommy McClelland (in sunglasses)
escorted NFL quarterback and former Bulldog QB
Luke McCown and his family onto a familiar field.
6 9. Good luck finding Tech fans more loyal than
Shreveport’s Jeff Pace of Allstate and his family –
7 Truett, Katherine and Caroline Pace – who, along
with the Adam Bass Agencies, sponsor “Bulldog
5 Village.”
10. F ans who’d worked up a pregame appetite
tailgated in the shadow of the Cotton Bowl
8 before the Bulldogs thumped Illinois, 35-18, Dec.
26 in Dallas.
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