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ACADEMIC AFFAIRS FOR ATHLETICS LIBERTY FLAMES TRACK & FIELD 60 2008 TRACK & FIELD Academic Affairs for Athletics Liberty student-athletes contin- ue to score high marks in the class- room, as well as on the playing field, due to the efforts of the Liberty University Academic Affairs for Athletics Department. Equipped with facilities at the Vines Center, Williams Football Operations Center and the Hancock Athletic Center, student-athletes have convenient locations to utilize the staff and resources. Student-athletes receive every- thing from computer use and tutorial services to lessons on study skills, time management and organization- al skills. Kristie Beitz Associate AD for Academic Affairs Liberty’s NCAA Division I CoSIDA Academic All-Americans 2006-07 Big South Presidential Honor Roll - Track & Field Members Women’s Team Andrea Beckles Kristie Bowler Rebekah Brown Lacey Cunningham Chenoa Freeman Danielle Harris Brittany Heath Kristine Kaiser Molly Morgan Piper Newby Katie Northey Ashley Osborne Reyna Quiroz Rebekah Ricksecker Sarah Roberts Tra’ Screen Caitlyn Sutterfield Jaime Watson Arlene Zelinskas Men’s Team Steve Barrett Andrew Bartels Joel Beck Travis Campbell Kevin Correa James Doak Josh Edmonds Nate Edwards Elliot Galeone Clendon Henderson Brandon Hoskins Clint Jackson Phil Leineweber Clarence Murray Daniel Newell Matt Parker Jared Picard Drew Ponder Justin Savini Matt Savini Matt Tarr Jordan Whitlock Jason Benham 1998 - Third Team (Baseball) Jay Cline 2005 - Second Team (Football) Kristin Colson 2005 - Second Team (Volleyball) Holly Deem 1998 - Third Team (Track) Jarrod Everson 1998 - First Team (Football) 1997 - Second Team (Football) Jennifer Hodges 1999 - Third Team (Women’s Soccer) Danielle McNaney 2005 - First Team (Track) 2004 - Second Team (Track) Heather Sagan 2002 - First Team (Track/Cross Country) Kristal Tharp 2005 - Second Team (Women’s Basketball) Cathy Williams 1998 - Third Team (Cross Country) Arlene Zelinskas 2007 - Second Team (Track) Left: Arlene Zelinskas receives the Big South Scholar-Athlete of the Year award. She became the fifth Liberty women’s cross country/track & field athlete to become a CoSIDA Academic All- American. Zelinskas was joined by Piper Newby, Ashley Osborne and Clendon Henderson on the USTFCC- CA Division I All-Academic Track & Field Team.

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ACADEMIC AFFAIRS FOR ATHLETICS

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Academic Affairs for AthleticsLiberty student-athletes contin-

ue to score high marks in the class-room, as well as on the playing field,due to the efforts of the LibertyUniversity Academic Affairs forAthletics Department.

Equipped with facilities at theVines Center, Williams FootballOperations Center and the HancockAthletic Center, student-athleteshave convenient locations to utilizethe staff and resources.

Student-athletes receive every-thing from computer use and tutorialservices to lessons on study skills,time management and organization-al skills.

Kristie BeitzAssociate AD forAcademic Affairs

Liberty’s NCAA Division I CoSIDA Academic All-Americans

2006-07 Big SouthPresidential Honor Roll -Track & Field Members

Women’s TeamAndrea BecklesKristie Bowler

Rebekah BrownLacey CunninghamChenoa FreemanDanielle HarrisBrittany HeathKristine KaiserMolly MorganPiper NewbyKatie Northey

Ashley OsborneReyna Quiroz

Rebekah RickseckerSarah Roberts

Tra’ ScreenCaitlyn Sutterfield

Jaime WatsonArlene Zelinskas

Men’s TeamSteve Barrett

Andrew BartelsJoel Beck

Travis CampbellKevin CorreaJames Doak

Josh EdmondsNate EdwardsElliot Galeone

Clendon HendersonBrandon Hoskins

Clint JacksonPhil LeineweberClarence Murray

Daniel NewellMatt Parker

Jared PicardDrew PonderJustin SaviniMatt SaviniMatt Tarr

Jordan Whitlock

Jason Benham

1998 - Third Team (Baseball)

Jay Cline

2005 - Second Team (Football)

Kristin Colson

2005 - Second Team (Volleyball)

Holly Deem

1998 - Third Team (Track)

Jarrod Everson

1998 - First Team (Football)1997 - Second Team (Football)

Jennifer Hodges

1999 - Third Team (Women’s Soccer)

Danielle McNaney

2005 - First Team (Track)2004 - Second Team (Track)

Heather Sagan2002 - First Team (Track/Cross Country)

Kristal Tharp

2005 - Second Team (Women’s Basketball)

Cathy Williams1998 - Third Team (Cross Country)

Arlene Zelinskas

2007 - Second Team (Track)

Left: Arlene Zelinskasreceives the Big SouthScholar-Athlete of theYear award. She becamethe fifth Liberty women’scross country/track & fieldathlete to become aCoSIDA Academic All-American.

Zelinskas was joined byPiper Newby, AshleyOsborne and ClendonHenderson on the USTFCC-CA Division I All-AcademicTrack & Field Team.

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Tolsma IndoorTrack Center

The Tolsma Indoor Track Center, located within

Liberty’s Campus North building, is a recent addition to

the Flames’ track & field program. The facility, dedicated

prior to the On Track Open meet on Jan. 28, 2006, is

named for current Liberty head track & field/cross coun-

try coach Brant Tolsma. Tolsma is in his 22nd season at

Liberty and has won 36 Big South Coach of the Year

awards.

The facility features a flat 200-meter oval with a

Mondo surface. The track includes four lanes around the

curves and an eight-lane straightaway. Also located in

the complex are a pair of long jump/triple jump runways,

a pole vault runway, a high jump apron and a throwing

circle. It also has seating for approximately 1,000 spec-

tators.

One of only five collegiate indoor track facilities in

the Commonwealth of Virginia, the Tolsma Indoor Track

Center gets ample use each winter. Liberty hosts numer-

ous collegiate and high school meets annually, including

the Virginia AA state meet.

A world record was set at one of the Tolsma Indoor

Track Center’s first meets, the Liberty Last Chance on

Feb. 18, 2006. Alisa Harvey ran the mile in 4:50.95 to set

a world masters (age 40 and over) record.

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The Matthes-Hopkins Track Complex, Liberty’s on-

campus outdoor track & field facility, was completed in

1989, the first year the Flames competed at the NCAA

Division I level. Located adjacent to Williams Stadium,

the complex is named for the founder of the Liberty track

& field program, Jake Matthes, and Liberty’s first

women’s track coach, Ron Hopkins.

The facility includes an eight-lane, 400-meter

polyurethane track as well as four long jump/triple jump

pits, three pole vault runways, a high

jump apron, two javelin runways, two

shot put rings and a new ham-

mer/discus cage. Located on the hill

overlooking the south end of the

track, the hammer/discus throwing

area was completed in time for the

2007 season.

Six of the 15 Big South Men’s

and Women’s Outdoor Track & Field

Championships have been held at

the Matthes-Hopkins Track Complex,

including the inaugural event in 1994.

The Flames and Lady Flames have

swept the conference team titles all

six times, most recently in 2007. The

facility also regularly plays host to

high school championship meets.

One of the most memorable moments in facility his-

tory came on March 31, 2007, when Liberty’s own Josh

McDougal ran a 3:57.46 mile, cracking the 4:00 barrier

for the first time.

Matthes-HopkinsTrack Complex

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When looking at the success of an athleticprogram, one aspect which needs to be consid-ered is the quality of its facilities. Student-ath-letes involved in Liberty University’s athleticprogram have the opportunity to showcasetheir talents in a number of fine athletic facili-ties. Like the program itself, these on-campusfacilities have improved tremendously since theprogram’s inception in 1973.

The Hancock Athletic Center, dedicatedon February 12, 1985, was donated by A.L.Williams and his wife, Angela, in honor of herparents, Sidney Lanier and Willemae GatesHancock. Offices housed in the HancockCenter include the administrative offices forathletics, the athletic media relations depart-ment, offices for the track, cross country andmen’s soccer, wrestling and tennis coachingstaffs. The Hancock Center also includes aspacious 8,500-square foot weight room, whichis utilized by the entire athletic program.

The weight room is furnished with the mostmodern equipment available for developingspeed, strength and endurance. The spacioustwo-tiered facility has a free weight area thatcontains over 10 tons of weights. High-techmachines crafted by the industry’s top manu-facturers, as well as other modern strength andconditioning apparatuses, are available toLiberty University student-athletes.

Williams Stadium, named in honor of A.L.Williams, is located near the entrance of thecampus and has been the home of the footballprogram since 1989. The football stadiumseats 12,000 with expansion capabilities up to36,000.

During the summer of 2006, a 60,000-square foot facility was completed in the Northend zone of the stadium, as the WilliamsFootball Operations Center became the foot-ball program’s new home off the field. The new,state-of-the-art facility gives Liberty one of thenicest FCS football facilities in the nation, hous-ing coaching and support staff offices, a spa-cious locker room, academic learning areas, atraining room and a weight room. The center-piece of the facility is a 3,000-square foot roomoverlooking Williams Stadium, where FlamesClub members can enjoy pre-game meals.

A final facility upgrade to Williams Stadiumwas completed just prior to the kickoff of the2006 season as FieldTurf was installed.

The Vines Convocation Center, home toall men’s and women’s basketball games andvolleyball matches, is an 8,500-seat facilitywhich was completed in 1990. In 1998, theVines Center hosted the 46th-best home atten-dance in the nation, as the women’s basketballteam averaged over 1,700 fans per contest.

Williams Stadium

Williams FootballOperations Center

Wrestling Complex

Campus EastVolleyball Facility

Hancock Athletic Center

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Basketball, volleyball and a number of otherindoor activities can take place in the versatileSchilling Center. The men's and women'sbasketball teams held their home games inwhat was then known as Liberty Gym in thisfacility from 1979 to 1990. The Schilling Centerhas two full-court areas that are also utilized forclass instruction, intramural events and specialactivities. In 2005, the facility was upgraded togive Liberty’s basketball programs two newpractice courts.

Wrestling and volleyball each received newfacilities during the 2006-07 school year. Thereinstated wrestling program turned the oldfootball field house in the south end zone ofWilliams Stadium into a state-of-the-artwrestling room. Volleyball moved its office intoa new facility on North Campus that includes itsvery own practice gym.

Home baseball games are played at thebeautiful Worthington Stadium. Recognizedby Sportsturf Magazine as the best field in thenation in 1998, the facility was named in honorof Al Worthington, who began the Flames’baseball program in 1974. He also served asthe Liberty athletics director from 1984-89.

The Crowder-Muckel Fieldhouse is locat-ed adjacent to Worthington Stadium. The club-house, which is one of the finest baseball facil-ities in the country, includes locker rooms forboth the Flames and the visiting teams, a teamroom, weight room, training room, umpires’locker room, public restrooms for the fans, skybox seating and full-length batting cages.

The Matthes-Hopkins Track Complex isthe home of the Flames’ successful track pro-gram. The track, which features a polyurethanesurface, is named after former track coachesJake Matthes and Ron Hopkins. The samefacility holds the Liberty Soccer Field, whereboth the men’s and women’s soccer teamsplay. In 1996, lights were added so gamescould be played at night.

Liberty’s tennis teams have been signifi-cantly enhanced by the recent addition of threenew tennis courts at the Esbenshade-Hershey Match Center, bringing the totalnumber of on-campus tennis courts to seven.The athletic department has recently renovateda facility in the center of the tennis courts to beused to further enhance the tennis program.

The Liberty softball program has played itshome games at the Liberty Softball Fieldsince 1994, the same year the program wasreinstated. Over the last two years, the facilityhas received numerous upgrades, including anew backstop and an enclosed hitting circuitwith two new batting cages.

Another recent athletic facility additionmade available to Liberty University student-athletes is the Tolsma Indoor Track Center,located in the heart of Liberty’s Campus Northbuilding. The indoor center is one of just threeindoor track facilities in the state of Virginia andfeatures a flat 200-meter oval with a Mondosurface. The track has a wide radius, a four-lane oval and an eight-lane straightaway.

Al Worthington Stadium Esbenshade-HersheyTennis Courts

Inside the Vines Center Liberty Softball Field

Vines Center exterior

LIBERTY UNIVERSITY

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In centuries gone by, "liberty" was just aconcept - an idea feared by tyrants anddreamed of by the opposed. In more recenthistory, "liberty" became a cause and adeeply held belief worth fighting and dyingfor. Today, Liberty University has become aplace where students call home … wherepeople dare to dream big dreams and thenwork to see those dreams come to pass …where old-fashioned values and morality stillsurvive and thrive in a world that appears tohave forgotten the meaning of the words…where the undeniable Truth of the Ages stillreigns supreme … where the whole person iseducated - body, mind and soul … a placewhere you can learn, grow and achievewholeness as you become all God createdyou to be.

The Mission To produce Christ-centered men and

women with the values, knowledge and skillsrequired to impact tomorrow's world … themission is carried out for resident students,through both undergraduate and graduateprograms, through a rigorous academic pro-gram and structured social environment …also, it is carried out externally for studentswho can't make the trek to the campus in acomparable academic program but withoutthe structure of the resident community,through the distance learning program.

A Brief History For more than 36 years, Liberty University

has produced graduates with the values,knowledge and skills required to impact theworld. Founded by Dr. Jerry Falwell and Dr.Elmer Towns in 1971, Liberty University is aprivate, coeducational, undergraduate andgraduate institution. The University offersover 60 programs of study that contribute tothe University’s standing as the world’slargest distinctively Christian, academicallyexcellent and spiritually vibrant institution.Our 5,000-acre campus serves over 25,000resident and external students with ourdiverse student body made up of individualsfrom all 50 states, Washington, D.C. and 81nations.

Liberty is truly a representation of whatGod can do with a dream and a heart thatdesires to honor Him.

Location Situated in Lynchburg, Va., Liberty

University is nestled in the foothills of thebeautiful Blue Ridge Mountains and locatedon the south bank of the historic James River,in a region rich in history, culture and outdoorrecreational opportunities.

DeMoss Learning Center

Liberty UniversitySchool of Law

Making Some Music

Listening to a Lecture LaHaye Student Center

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FacultyLiberty University’s over 350 full-time and

more than 300 part-time faculty are commit-ted to engaging with students in the chal-lenge of exploring vital links between faithand learning. There are over 450 institutionsof higher learning represented among thisimpressive group. Liberty’s commitment topersonalized education also ensures that thestudent to professor ratio is nicely balancedat 25:1.

Degree ProgramsIn higher education, the principal means of

ensuring quality is accreditation by a recog-nized accrediting body or agency. LibertyUniversity is regionally accredited by theSouthern Association of Colleges andSchools (SACS), and nationally accreditedby the Transnational Association of ChristianColleges and Schools (TRACS). Additionally,a number of specific programs are approvedby accrediting and licensing bodies for specif-ic disciplines (i.e. our Nursing, SportManagement and Education programs).SACS and TRACS, in turn, are both recog-nized accrediting bodies by the United StatesDepartment of Education.

Spiritual Life The Spiritual Life Department prepares

students to make a global impact for the gloryof God—wherever He leads them.

Life-changing Campus Church andConvocation services connect students withtheir Creator through passionate worship andpowerful Biblical messages custom designedfor this collegiate generation. These servicesgive Liberty students first-hand encounterswith the most influential Christians on theplanet.

Each semester the Campus Pastor’sOffice personally trains over 1,000 studentleaders who are the catalysts for the positivepeer pressure and Biblical community that isthe glue of Liberty University. Each yearthese student leaders minister personally totheir peers ad commit to love, pray for, praywith and personally disciple every student oncampus. Every student’s relationship withChrist is a priority.

Light Ministries facilitates Liberty’s globalvision by providing dozens of opportunitieseach year for the Liberty community to partic-ipate in cross-cultural missions experiences.Already over 7,000 students have boardedplanes to take the Gospel of Jesus Christ toover 3 million people.

The Spiritual Life Department is radicallycommitted to aligning the Liberty communitywith the Great Commandment and GreatCommission of Jesus Christ. As the spiritualfires are sparked in hearts—Spiritual Lifefans the flame.

R.C. Worley Prayer Chapel Enjoying a SpringAfternoon on Campus

Relaxing in the Dorms Campus East Dorms

LaHaye Ice Center

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Dr. Jerry FalwellLiberty University Founder and Former Chancellor (1933-2007)

At the age of22, having justgraduated from col-lege in June of1956, Jerry Falwellreturned to hishometown ofLynchburg, Va.,and startedThomas Road

Baptist Church with 35 members. The offering thatfirst Sunday totaled only $135.

Falwell often said about the first collection,“We thought we had conquered the world”. Today,Thomas Road Church has 24,000 members andthe total annual revenues of all the Jerry Falwellministries total over $200 million.

Within weeks of founding his new church in1956, Falwell began the Old-Time Gospel Hour, adaily local radio ministry and a weekly local televi-sion ministry. Nearly five decades later, this Old-Time Gospel Hour is now seen and heard in everyAmerican home and on every continent exceptAntarctica. Through the years, over three millionpersons have communicated to the Falwell min-istries they received Christ as Lord and Savior asa result of this radio and television ministry.

In 1967, Falwell implemented his vision tobuild a Christian educational system for evangeli-

cal youth. He began with the creation ofLynchburg Christian Academy, a Christ-centered,academically-excellent, fully-accredited Christianday school, providing kindergarten, elementaryand high school.

In 1971, Liberty University was founded.Today, over 27,000 students from 50 states and80 nations attend this accredited, liberal artsChristian university. Falwell’s dream has becomea reality. A pre-school child can now enter theschool system at age three, and 20 or more yearslater, leave the same campus with a Ph.D., with-out ever sitting in a classroom where the teacherwas not a committed follower of Jesus Christ.

Falwell was also publisher of the NationalLiberty Journal, a monthly newspaper which isread by over 200,000 pastors and Christian work-ers, and the Falwell Confidential, a weekly e-mailnewsletter to over 500,000 pastors and Christianactivists.

In June 1979, Falwell organized the MoralMajority, a conservative political lobbying move-ment which the press soon dubbed the "ReligiousRight." During the first two years of its existence,the Moral Majority attracted over 100,000 pastors,priests and rabbis and nearly seven million reli-gious conservatives who mobilized as a pro-life,pro-family, pro-Israel, and pro-strong nationaldefense lobbying organization.

The Moral Majority chose California GovernorRonald Reagan as "their candidate" for Presidentin 1980, registered millions of new voters, and setabout to inform and activate a sleeping giant - 80million Americans committed to faith, family, andJudeo-Christian values.

With the impetus of the newly organized MoralMajority, millions of people of faith voted for thefirst time in 1980 and helped elect Ronald Reaganand many conservative congressmen and sena-tors. Since 1979, about 30% of the American elec-torate has been identified by media polls as the"Religious Right". Most recent major media sur-veys have acknowledged these "faith and values"voters re-elected George W. Bush in November2004.

Though perhaps better known outsideLynchburg for political activism, Jerry Falwell'spersonal schedule confirmed his passion for beinga pastor and a Christian educator. He often statedhis heartbeat was for training young people forevery walk of life.

Falwell, who went home to be with the Lord atthe age of 73 on May 15, 2007, was married toMacel for 49 years and they have three grownchildren and eight grandchildren.

Jeff BarberDirector of Athletics

Jeff Barber wasnamed the Director ofAthletics at LibertyUniversity on Jan. 23,2006, becoming the10th Director ofAthletics in the historyof the University.

The University hascharged Barber with

the future leadership of the athletics departmentand the building of a strong financial basis for thedepartment which will guide Liberty University ath-letics into the ranks of the elite NCAA Division Iathletic programs in the nation.

Barber has wasted little time making an impactat Liberty, as in less than two years, he has beeninstrumental in guiding Liberty on a path to thenext level of collegiate athletics.

He has spearheaded facility improvement proj-ects in nearly every athletics venue, highlighted bychanges to Williams Stadium. During the summerof 2006, the football program’s on-campus playingfacility received the latest in playing surfaces asFieldTurf was installed, while numerous othersmaller projects were initiated to aestheticallyimprove the appearance of the facility.

However, Barber’s chief facility accomplish-ment since joining the Flames in 2005 was over-seeing the completion of the Williams FootballOperations Center. The new 48,000-square footstate-of-the-art home base for the football pro-gram is one of the nicest FCS (formerly I-AA) foot-ball-only facilities in the nation.

In addition to Barber’s athletic facility achieve-ments, the new Director of Athletics has spurred adramatic increase in Flames Club memberships

and season ticket sales for football and basket-ball.

Membership collections for the Flames Club,the Athletics Department’s booster club organiza-tion, reached an all-time new high during the2006-07 campaign as Liberty surpassed the$200,000 mark for the first time in the organiza-tion’s history. 2006 season ticket sales for footballwere four times as high as the previous year, put-ting Liberty on track to sell over 1,000 football sea-son tickets in 2007.

Barber brought a wealth of experience in theareas of athletic fundraising and administration toLiberty University, including 25 years in the athlet-ic industry.

Barber came to Liberty after spending 11 yearsat South Carolina, including his last three years asSenior Associate Athletic Director forDevelopment/Gamecock Club Executive Director.

Barber served on the senior managementteam at South Carolina for nine years, helpingraise more than $14 million annually, while work-ing closely with legendary football coaches LouHoltz and Steve Spurrier.

Barber supervised the solicitation and receiptof over $85 million during his tenure at SouthCarolina, setting records each year in annual giftsto the Gamecock Club, which was at 16,500 mem-bers when he finished. He was also responsiblefor all major gifts to the Gamecock Club whichexceeded $15,000 annually and developed thatlevel of giving from 21 members to 137 at his timeof departure.

Barber joined the athletics department atSouth Carolina in 1996 as an Assistant AthleticDirector for Development and was promoted toAssociate Athletic Director/Gamecock ClubExecutive Director in 1999.

Prior to his days at South Carolina, Barberserved five years at Furman in Greenville, S.C.,starting as Executive Director of the Paladin Club

in 1991, before being promoted to SeniorAssociate Athletic Director for External Affairs in1994.

While at Furman, Barber was responsible forthe collection of $14 million in revenue from annu-al giving, capital gifts and endowed gifts, whileguiding the Paladin Club to gifts totaling $3.75 mil-lion and set records for five-consecutive years. Hewas also the chairman of the Furman Pro-Am GolfEndowment Tournament, which totaled receipts of$6.5 million.

Barber got his start in collegiate athleticadministration at his alma mater as the AssistantDirector of East Carolina’s Pirate Club in 1987.While serving four years with the Pirates, Barberparticipated in the receipt of annual giving of $4million to the Pirate Club, while organizing andmanaging Pirate Club actions and Pirate Pro-Amfundraisers.

Before joining the staff at East Carolina,Barber served three years in major and minorleague baseball as he was the Assistant GeneralManager of the Columbia Mets in Columbia, S.C.(1985-86) and Director of Operations for theMontreal Expos Spring Training Camp in WestPalm Beach, Fla. (1986-87).

After graduating from East Carolina, Barberserved as a health and physical education teacherin Columbia, S.C. for four years (1981-85), whilecoaching football and basketball.

Barber graduated cum laude at East Carolinain 1981 with a bachelor of science degree inhealth, physical education and recreation. In1997, he continued his education with a degreefrom the Sports Management Institute, graduatingas class spokesman.

Barber, a native of Greenville, N.C., is marriedto the former Donna Dacus and the couple hasthree children – Katie (12), Lindsay (10) and Jay(9).

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Jerry Falwell, Jr.

Chancellor/President

Kevin Keys

Associate Athletics Director forExternal Operations

Carey Green

Women’s BasketballHead Coach

Shane Pinder

VolleyballHead Coach

Dr. Ronald M. Godwin

Executive Vice President/Chief Operating Officer

Todd Wetmore

Assistant Athletics Director forAthletic Media Relations

Bill Gillespie

Strength & ConditioningDirector

Chris Johnson

TennisHead Coach

James Price

Women’s SoccerHead Coach

Mickey Guridy

Senior Associate Athletics Director forInternal Operations

Dr. William Gribbin

NCAA FacultyAthletic Representative

Jesse Castro

WrestlingHead Coach

Ritchie McKay

Men’s BasketballHead Coach

Jeff Thomas

GolfHead Coach

Kristie Beitz

Associate Athletics Director -Academic Affairs for Athletics

Bob Good

Director of AthleticsDevelopment &

Flames Club

Jeff Alder

Men’s SoccerHead Coach

Danny Rocco

FootballHead Coach

Jim Toman

BaseballHead Coach

Meredith Hollyfield

Associate Athletics DirectorSenior Women’s Administrator

Mike Hagen

Director of Compliance

Anna Whitehurst

Assistant Athletics Director -Ticket Operations

Brant Tolsma

Track and Cross CountryHead Coach

Paul Wetmore

SoftballHead Coach

Chris Casola

Head Athletic Trainer

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Sports MedicineThe student-athlete at Liberty

University has the luxury of havingone of the most dedicated sportsmedicine teams in the country. Thestaff is headed by Chris Casola,Head Athletic Trainer who overseesmedical care for the Flames footballteam. Barry Finke, Madeline Bosek,Jesse Cops, Laura Koster, ScottLawrenson, Aaron Schreiner andSteve Woof are Athletic CertifiedTrainers (ATC) serving as AssistantAthletic Trainers under Casola. Inconjunction with services availablethrough Team Physicians Dr. GreggAlbers and Dr. Richard Lane at LightMedical, the Liberty UniversityAthletic Training staff utilizes twohospitals, Lynchburg GeneralHospital and Virginia Baptist, for anyemergency or general medicalneeds. Liberty is also fortunate tohave team orthopeadic services

from Central Virginia Orthopaedicsalong with assistance and consulta-tion from Rehab Associates ofCentral Virginia.

Housed in the beautiful 3,200-square foot Football Training Roomlocated in the Football OperationsCenter, the main athletic trainingroom is a modern facility complete

with the latest equipment. Satelliteathletic training rooms are located inthe Field House at WilliamsStadium, located at the south end ofthe football complex, the HancockAthletic Center, the Vines Centerand the Crowder-Muckel Fieldhouseneighboring Worthington Stadium.

Chris CasolaHead Athletic

Trainer

Steve WoofAssistant Athletic

Trainer(Cross Country,

Track, Tennis, Golf)

Top Left: Williams FootballOperations Center TrainingRoom

Bottom Left: Hydroworks under-water treadmill at WilliamsFootball Operations Center

Above: Assistant Athletic TrainerSteve Woof (top right) assistsan injured track & field athlete.