2007-08 Schedule - GoSeawolves.com

GENERAL INFORMATION
Name: University of Alaska Anchorage
Website: www.GoSeawolves.com
Address: 3211 Providence Dr.
Anchorage, AK 99508
Founded: 1977
Enrollment: 19,692
Nickname: Seawolves
Colors: Green & Gold
Website: GoSeawolves.com
Home Court: Wells Fargo Sports Complex
Opened: 1977
Capacity: 1,250
Affiliation: NCAA Division II
Conference: Great Northwest Athletic Conference
Chancellor: Fran Ulmer
Athletics Director: Dr. Steve Cobb
Athletic Dept. Phone: 907-786-1250
BASKETBALL STAFF
Head Coach: Rusty Osborne (Texas, ’88)
UAA/Career Record: 49-37, 4th season
Office: 907-786-1042
Email: [email protected]
Fax: 907-786-1142
Associate Head Coach: Shane Rinner (Biola, ’94)
Office: 907-786-4808
Email: [email protected]
Assistant Coach: Bryan Weakley (Biola, ’02)
Office: 907-786-1286
Email: [email protected]
Volunteer Assistant Coach: Krehg Perez
Office: 907-786-1562
Sports Information: Nate Sagan
Office: 907-786-1295
Email: [email protected]
SID Fax: 907-563-4565
HISTORY
First year of basketball: 1977-78
All-time record: 536-335 (.613)
NCAA Appearances: 13 (Last: 2007)
NCAA Div. II Final Fours: 1 (1988)
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All photos © Michael Dinneen Photography
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7.3
11.1
Anchorage Men’s Basketball program has
become synonymous with success –
23 winning seasons, 13 NCAA Division
II Tournaments, 45 victories over
Division I teams.
• 13 NCAA Tournaments
Now head coach Rusty Osborne
• 1988 NCAA Runner-Up
and his staff faces the challenge of
• 9 All-Americans
improving upon that record. In their
• 23 winning seasons in 30 years
29 seasons, the Seawolves have won
at a 68 percent clip against Division II
opponents, while also posting victories
over such D-I powers as Wake Forest,
Michigan (in its NCAA title season),
Texas and Washington. Since 1984,
UAA has ­produced nine All-Americans
and advanced as far as the 1988 NCAA
Division II title game.
And when the Seawolves take the
Junior swingman Cameron Burney emerged as
court, Anchorage’s fans take notice,
one of UAA’s top offensive threats at the end of
filling the 8,700-seat Sullivan Arena
last season.
every Thanksgiving for the
Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout, and packing the 1,250-seat Wells
Fargo Sports Complex for regular-season games.
With one of the most dynamic, young ­coaching staffs in college
­basketball and a talent-packed roster, the Seawolves seem poised to write
the next chapter of success at UAA.
2007-08 Seawolf Roster
RPG
6.9
3.0
2.1
4.3
Other
89% FT
55% FG
8.2 apg
60% FG
POS HT WT YREXP HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL/PREVIOUS TEAM)
1Kevin White
G 6-4 195 Fr. TR Manly, Australia (Scots College/San Diego Christian)
2Chris Bryant
G 6-4 200 Sr. TR Metlakatla (MHS/Drake)
3Lonnie Ridgeway
G 6-3 195 Fr. RS Anchorage (Heritage Christian HS)
11Doug Hardy
G 5-11 185 Jr. RS Anchorage (Bartlett HS/Idaho State)
14Luke Cooper
G 6-0 165 Sr. 3V Melbourne, Australia (Parade College/Eltham Wildcats)
21Cameron Burney
F 6-7 185 Jr. 1V Steamboat Springs, Colo. (SSHS/Otero JC)
22Phillip Hearn
Letterwinners Returning (4)
Pos
F
F
G
F
Over the years, the University of Alaska
NO NAME
TEAM INFORMATION
2006-07 Record: 19-9
2006-07 GNAC Record: 10-6 (T-3rd)
2007 Postseason: NCAA 1st Round
NO PLAYER
34 Carl Arts
21 Cameron Burney
14 Luke Cooper
23 McCade Olsen
SEAWOLF BASKETBALL
Proven Winner, Rising Power
G/F6-6 200 Fr. HS Anchorage (West HS)
23McCade Olsen
F 6-8 215 Sr. 1V Riverton, Utah (RHS/Eastern Wyoming College)
25Jeremiah Trueman
C 6-9 210 Jr. TR Stratford, New Zealand (San Diego Christian)
30Kyle Doerr
F 6-7 205 Fr. HS Rapid City, S.D. (St. Thomas More HS)
32Colin Voreis
F 6-7 230 Fr. HS Vermilion, Ohio (VHS)
34Carl Arts
F 6-6 210 Sr. 3V Valdez (VHS)
45Jared Kettler
C 6-6 220 Sr. 2V Dana Point, Calif. (St. Margaretís School)
RSKenny Barker
G 6-3 210 Sr. TR San Diego, Calif. (Clairemont HS/Alaska Fairbanks)
Seniors & Returning Players
Luke Cooper - Sr.
Carl Arts - Sr.
• 2006-07 1st Team All-GNAC
• 2008 Cousy Award nominee
• 8.2 apg in ‘06-07 No. 2 in D-II
• UAA career assists leader (570)
• Preseason honorable mention All-American (Sporting News)
• 2006-07 2nd Team All-GNAC
• 15.5 ppg, 6.9 rpg as junior
• 88.7% FT ranked 7th in D-II
• 2006 Shootout All-Tournament
• Preseason honorable mention All-American (Sporting News)
Chris Bryant - Sr.
Jared Kettler - Sr.
McCade Olsen - Sr.
Cameron Burney - Jr.
Doug Hardy - Jr.
Lonnie Ridgeway - Fr.
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• 3-year squad member
• 2006-07 Team Academic
Award (3.67 GPA)
• 13 career games
Transfer from D-I Drake
120 career 3FG at DU
25 career double-digit outings
3A All-State at Metlakatla (‘04)
• 4.1 ppg, 3.0 rpg in 2006-07
• 55% FG, 60% 3FG as soph.
• 06-07 Most Improved Player
• Team’s No. 3 scorer (11.1) &
No. 2 rebounder (4.3) in ‘06-07
• 59.8% FG led GNAC
• 19 pts in win over D-I UMKC
• 2006-07 redshirt
• 2005-06 Alaska 3A Player of
Year at Heritage Christian
• 2-time state champ at Heritage
• 2006-07 redshirt after transfer
from D-I Idaho State
• 37 career games at ISU
• 2-time state champ at Bartlett HS
Seawolf Newcomers
Kenny
Barker
Kyle
Doerr
Phillip
Hearn
Jeremiah
Trueman
Colin
Voreis
Kevin
White
2007-08 Schedule
NOVEMBER
3 at Cal State Bakersfield (exh.)
4 at Pacific (exh.)
16 BREVARD COLLEGE
17 BREVARD COLLEGE
Standing (left-to-right): Lonnie Ridgeway, Phillip Hearn, Colin Voreis, Jeremiah Trueman,
Cameron Burney, Kyle Doerr, Kenny Barker. Sitting (l-r): Kevin White, Chris Bryant, McCade
Olsen, Carl Arts, Luke Cooper, Jared Kettler, Doug Hardy.
7 pm
7 pm
1-24 CARRS/SAFEWAY GREAT ALASKA SHOOTOUT^
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22 TEXAS TECH (ESPN360)
5 pm
23 W. KENTUCKY or GONZAGA
2 or 8 pm
24 MICHIGAN, BUTLER, VIRGINIA TECH
or E, WASHINGTON
12, 2, 6 or 8:30 pm
DECEMBER
7 TEXAS-PERMIAN BASIN
8 TEXAS-PERMIAN BASIN
17 at BYU-Hawaii
19 at Chaminade
21 at Hawaii-Hilo
8-29 AT&T ALASCOM JAMBOREE
2
28 FERRIS STATE
29 CHRISTIAN BROTHERS
7:30 pm
7 pm
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7 pm
7 pm
JANUARY
3 at Western Oregon*
5 at Saint Martin’s*
12 ALASKA FAIRBANKS*
17 CENTRAL WASHINGTON*
19 WESTERN WASHINGTON*
24 at Seattle*
26 at Montana State-Billings*
31 SEATTLE PACIFIC*
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FEBRUARY
2 NORTHWEST NAZARENE*
9 at Alaska Fairbanks*
14 at Western Washington*
16 at Central Washington*
21 MONTANA STATE-BILLINGS*
23 SEATTLE*
28 at Northwest Nazarene*
7 pm
7:30 pm
6 pm
6 pm
7 pm
7 pm
5 pm
MARCH
1 at Seattle Pacific*
6 SAINT MARTIN’S*
8 WESTERN OREGON*
2007-08 Alaska Anchorage Seawolf Men’s Basketball Team
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3:30 pm
Home games in BOLD CAPS
All non-Shootout home games at
Wells Fargo Sports Complex
^ at Sullivan Arena — Anchorage
* Great Northwest Athletic Conference game
All times Alaska
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Alaska Anchorage Coaching Staff
Head Coach
assistant Coach
Education: B.S., Education,
University of Texas, 1988;
M.A., Educational Admin.
SW Texas State, 1990
Phone: 907-786-1042
Email: [email protected]
Education: B.S., Physical Education, Biola, 2002
Phone: 907-786-1286
Email: [email protected]
Rusty Osborne
After back-to-back NCAA Tournament
appearances in his second and third seasons
as UAA’s head coach, Rusty Osborne is looking for even bigger things for the Seawolves
embark on the 2007-08 campaign.
Under Osborne’s leadership, UAA has
gone 38-21 over the past two seasons,
including victories over NCAA I power
Southern Illinois and four top-25 Div. II
teams.
In the same span, Osborne’s teams have
finished among the NCAA Div. II top 10 statistically in seven categories - assists (twice),
field-goal pct., three-point pct. (twice), and
free throw pct. (twice).
From 1991-2004, Osborne spent 13
seasons as an assistant at UAA, including
11 years as the top assistant. In that time,
the Seawolves won more than 70 percent of
their games against non-Division I competition and made five trips to the NCAAs.
He was responsible for the recruitment of
five All-Americans, 12 All-West Region players, 28 all-conference performers and five
league Players of the Year. In addition, 14
of his players have gone on to play professional basketball in the U.S. and abroad.
During his tenure, players who completed their eligibility at UAA have a graduation
rate of over 85 ­percent and have earned
numerous academic honors.
“Rusty’s best quality is that he has always
had the respect of the players,” said former head coach Harry Larrabee, who hired
Osborne at UAA in 1991. “He is firm, yet
fair, a communicator and a motivator, but
also a listener. And Rusty strongly emphasizes the importance of graduation.”
Before coming to UAA, Osborne spent
three seasons (1988-91) as an assistant at
Southwest Texas State and one year at Hyde
Park Baptist High School in Austin, Texas.
Osborne and his wife Staci are the parents of five children – sons Sagan (14),
Austin (12) and Kylan (9), and daughters
Jalyn (7) and Kadyn (4).
Bryan Weakley
assOC. HEAD Coach
Shane Rinner
Education: B.A., Education,
Biola University, 1994
Phone: 907-786-4808
Email: [email protected]
Anchorage native Shane Rinner begins his
fifth year on the Seawolf men’s basketball
staff in 2007-08, his fourth in the role of
associate head coach.
The program’s chief recruiter, Rinner
came to UAA as an assistant in 2003-04
and has been instrumental in helping the
Seawolves to 50 victories and a pair of
NCAA Tournament berths.
A former all-state high school player
at Anchorage Christian School, Rinner
has ­previous coaching experience at the
NCAA Division I, NAIA, junior college and
­professional levels.
From 1994-96, he coached at his alma
mater, NAIA Biola (Calif.) University, and
returned there for a second stint from ­
2000-02. From 1996-98, he coached at
Division I Liberty University in Virginia,
before moving on to Marshalltown (Iowa)
Junior College in 1998-99. In 1999-2000, he
was the head coach for the Glostrup Giants
in Copen­hagen, Denmark.
Rinner played two seasons at Biola,
­graduating with a bachelor’s degree in
­education in 1994. He also played two
­seasons at Southwestern (Calif.) Junior
College.
He and his wife Amanda, a former volleyball player at Fresno State, were married
in summer 2005.
Bryan Weakley enters his fourth season as
an assistant coach with the Seawolf men’s
basketball staff in 2007-08. His duties
include player development, recruiting,
­conditioning and weight training, monitoring academics and organizing camps and
­clinics.
A former NAIA All-American at Biola
(Calif.) University, Weakley spent the 200304 season in England, serving as head
coach at Middlesex University and a developmental coach with the London Towers of
the British Basketball League. At Middlesex,
he coached and played in 30 games, leading the team to an undefeated record
and the school’s first-ever BUSU National
Tournament title.
Weakley was a two-time team captain at
Biola, where the Eagles made four straight
NAIA national tournaments, including a
2000 Final Four appearance, and went 10927 from 1998-2002. He scored 1,322 career
points and left as BU’s all-time leader in
three-pointers with 236.
Weakley earned his bachelor’s degree in
physical education from Biola in 2002, with
a minor in Biblical studies. He hails from
Columbus, Ohio, where he was an all-state
player at Worthington Christian High.
VOLUNTEER Coach
Krehg Perez
Phone: 907-786-1562
Email: [email protected]
Lifelong Alaskan Krehg Perez begins his
college coaching career in 2007-08 as a volunteer assistant on Rusty Osborne’s staff.
Perez’s primary duties include film
exchange, computer technology and onfloor instruction.
Perez is a 2000 graduate of Heritage
Christian High School, where he played two
years for the Eagles. He has since spent five
years as an assistant at Heritage, helping
the squad to two Class 3A state titles.
Facilities
The Seawolves open the
season at the 8,700-seat
Sullivan Arena in Midtown
Anchorage before
moving to the comfortable
confines of the oncampus Wells Fargo Sports
Complex for the regular
season.
The Sports Complex
is a multi-use facility that
also includes a complete
fitness ­center, weight
room, swimming pool and
indoor jogging track.
Stretching from Alaska to Oregon to Idaho and
now to Montana, the Great Northwest Athletic
Conference has quickly become one of the most
successful leagues in NCAA Division II.
Founded in 2001, the GNAC features 10 schools
– UAA, Alaska Fairbanks, Central Washington,
Montana State Billings, Northwest Nazarene, Saint
Martin’s, Seattle Pacific, Seattle, Western Oregon
and Western Washington. MSUB joins the league as
the newest member for the 2007-08 campaign.
The Seawolves sponsor seven of the GNAC’s 14
sports – men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and
women’s cross ­country, and men’s and women’s
track & field, and volleyball.
UAA hosts one of
college basketball’s
most prestigious
tournaments every
Thanksgiving week
when it brings seven
Division I teams north
for the Carrs/Safeway
Great Alaska Shootout.
For the 2007 tournament, Nov. 21-
24, the Seawolves welcome Butler,
Eastern Washington, Gonzaga,
Michigan, Texas Tech, Virginia Tech
and Western Kentucky. UAA will
open against Bob Knight and Texas
Tech live on ESPN360, marking the
Seawolves’ 17th all-time appearance
on the ESPN family of networks.
In 29 Shootouts, the Seawolves
have posted 28 wins against their
Carl Arts had 20 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists vs.
Hofstra in 2006 to earn Shootout All-Tournament honors. Division I competition, including six
victories in the past five years.
Giant Killers
Beginning with a 79-60 victory over Penn State in
1978, the Seawolves have a strong tradition of success
against the giants of Division I basketball. All-time
UAA has a total of 45 wins over 39 D-I programs,
including against such powers as Wake Forest, Texas,
Missouri, and Michigan in its national championship
season of 1988-89. Here is a complete list of the
Division I teams UAA has beaten:
Auburn
California
Canisius
Dayton
Drexel
Eastern Kentucky
Grambling State
High Point
Houston
Idaho
Iona
Jackson State
Lafayette
Maine
Miami, Fla.
Michigan
Missouri
Missouri-Kansas City
Montana
New Mexico
Nicholls State
Notre Dame
Pacific
Penn State
Rhode Island
Samford
San Francisco
Santa Clara
Southern Illinois
Southern Methodist
Tennessee
Texas
Texas Christian
Texas State
Texas Tech
Wake Forest
Washington
Weber State
Western Michigan
William & Mary
Luke Cooper dished
a school-record 16
assists in last year’s
victory over UMKC.
This is UAA!
ACADEMICS
The University of Alaska Anchorage is the state’s
largest, most comprehensive university, serving nearly 20,000 students through four primary campuses
and numerous other sites in southcentral Alaska and
the Aleutian chain.
Academic units located on the Anchorage campus
include the College of Arts and Sciences; College
of Technical and Community Education; College
of Health Education and Social Welfare; College
of Business and Public Policy, and the School of
Engineering.
Organized research units at UAA complement the
academic programs and reflect the special character
of the Univer­sity’s mission in Alaska. Research units
include the Alaska Center for International Business,
the American Russian Center, the Environment and
Natural Resources Institute, the Center of Alcohol
and Addic­tion Studies, the center for Economic
Education, the Institute for Circumpolar Health
Studies, the Center for Human Development, the
Institute of Social and Economic Research and the
Justice Center.
UAA operates on a semester system. Fifteen
semester credits are a normal class load and a
minimum of 120 credits are required to complete a
bachelor’s degree.
The attractive, wooded campus is an urban oasis
with residential wildlife populations of moose, waterfowl and birds.
ATHLETICS
Nicknamed the Seawolves, UAA’s ­ athletic teams
compete as members of NCAA Division I in hockey
and gymnastics and NCAA Division II in all other
sports, including basketball, volleyball, skiing, track
& field, and cross country. UAA annually hosts
the Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout men’s and
women’s basketball tournament – recognized as one
of the top ­ in-season tournaments in the nation – as
well as the Nye Frontier Classic hockey tournament.
Over the last three decades, the University of
Alaska Anchorage has become a perennial national
power in many of its sports. A total of 116 Seawolves
have earned All-America honors since 1984 and UAA
has produced several ­individual national champions.
UAA athletes have enjoyed unprecedented success
in the classroom.The entire UAA Athletic Department
has compiled a cumulative GPA of 3.0+ in 10 of the
last 13 years.