2015-16 Eastern florida Winter Sports Media Guide

2015-16 Eastern florida Winter Sports Media Guide Eastern Florida State College

Table of Contents 2015-16 EASTERN FLORIDA WINTER SPORTS MEDIA GUIDE The College... 1 Athletics... 1 2014-2015 Winter Season in Review... 2 Eastern Florida Athletics Winter Coaching Staffs... 4 Women s basketball: Head coach: Jim Grimes.... 4 Men s basketball: Head Coach: Jeremy Shulman... 5 EFSC Winter Athletic Teams Schedules... 8 2015-16 Eastern Florida Men's Basketball Schedule... 8 2015-16 Eastern Florida Men's Basketball Schedule (Continued)... 9 2015-2016 EFSC Women's Basketball Schedule... 10 2015-2016 EFSC Women's Basketball Schedule (Continued)... 11 2015-16 EFSC Winter Athletic Team Rosters... 12 Women s basketball... 12 2015-16 EFSC Winter Athletic Team Rosters (Continued)... 13 Men s basketball... 13 Athletics Interviews Procedure and Contact Information... 14 i

The College Eastern Florida State College, located in the heart of Florida s Space Coast, is a co-educational, publicly supported post-secondary institution that adopted its current name on July 1, 2013 with the addition of four-year Bachelor's Degrees. Established in 1960 as Brevard Junior College, the first students and 31 faculty members met in the old Cocoa High school building off Forrest Avenue, since demolished. Also established in 1960 was Carver Junior College, another twoyear, publicly supported, postsecondary institution that provided educational opportunities to Brevard County s African-American residents. The two schools merged in 1963 and BJC moved to 87 acres adjacent to Clear Lake in Cocoa. The College was renamed Brevard Community College in 1970 when the state of Florida created a system of two-year colleges. Like many of the other Florida community colleges, BCC expanded its educational mission to provide affordable Bachelor's Degree programs, beginning with two business-related bachelor s programs in 2013 that prompted the name change to EFSC. More than 25,000 students attend classes at the college annually. Eastern Florida offers more than 100 programs including Bachelor Degrees, Associate Degrees and certificate programs. It has four campuses: Cocoa, Melbourne, Palm Bay and Titusville. Athletics Eastern Florida State College sponsors 11 intercollegiate athletics programs all competing at the NJCAA Division I level and within the Florida College System Activities Association Southern Conference. 1

The college s 11 sports men s and women s basketball, men s and women s soccer, men s and women s tennis, volleyball, men s and women s golf, baseball and softball - are the most of the 24 institutions competing in the FCSAA. 2014-2015 Winter Season in Review: Men s basketball won its third consecutive FCSAA Southern Conference title, tied the school record for victories in a season finishing 29-5, extended its Titan Field House winning streak to 47 games and gave head coach Jeremy Shulman his 100th victory as a Titan. Men s basketball finished its season ranked sixth nationally. Women s basketball finished at 22-8 overall after finishes of 3-27 and 7-23 the previous two seasons. Women s basketball was ranked 19 th nationally. Men s basketball sophomore Kyle Meyer was an honorable mention All-America. Meyer also was the FCSAA Southern Conference Player of the Year and Shulman the conference coach of the year for the third straight time. Women s basketball head coach Jim Grimes won Southern Conference Coach of the Year honors. Meyer and women s basketball sophomore Jessica Doyle were FCSAA All-State picks. Also, Eastern Florida this year introduced its top athletics award, the Heart of a Titan and presented it to men s basketball sophomore Landus Anderson. Men s basketball FCSAA honorees were: First team: Sophomore Demetrius McReynolds, who also was a first-team pick in 2014; sophomore Payton Hulsey; freshman Djordje Beronja. Second team: 2

sophomore Jermohn Queen. Honorable mention: freshmen Daishon Smith and Marcus Barham; sophomore Landus Anderson. Women s basketball FCSAA honorees were: First team: sophomore Rachelle Aupont; freshman guard Nene Johnson. Second team: freshmen Crystal Townsend and Paola Vasquez. 3

Eastern Florida Athletics Winter Coaching Staffs: Women s basketball: Head coach: Jim Grimes. grimesj@easternflorida.edu Jim Grimes has been head coach of the Eastern Florida State College women's basketball team since March 18, 2013. Grimes previously served as associate head coach of the men's basketball team for the 2012-2013 season after joining the program and head coach Jeremy Shulman as an assistant coach for the 2010-2011 season. Coach Grimes brings a wealth of experience in the Melbourne area. As the athletic director and head coach at Covenant Christian School for eight years, Coach Grimes turned that program around. Playing with a varsity team that included eight freshman, Covenant won only two games in Coach Grimes' debut season, but the team immediately improved to 12 wins in his second season, followed up by a 20 win season and a top 10 state ranking in his third campaign. Assistant coaches: Olivia Atwell: Coach Atwell is in her third year as a women s basketball assistant coach. She was a two-sport athlete for all four years at Vero Beach High School, participating in basketball and golf before graduating in 2011. Coach Atwell played two years of basketball at Brevard Community College (now Eastern Florida State College). In her freshman year in 2011-2012 she appeared in all 30 games shooting 35 percent from the 3-point line while averaging nine points per game. In her sophomore year, she was named Titans Female Student-Athlete of the Week twice. She averaged 12 points per game while appearing in 25 games. Gary Woodmansee: Gary Woodmansee begins his first season as an assistant coach. He previously served as the assistant boys' basketball coach at Covenant Christian School for 15 years. He 4

established the girls elementary basketball program, focused on player skills development, and for eight years was assistant to boys head coach Jim Grimes. Coach Woodmansee has been attending the high school basketball state tournament for approximately 30 years and has eye for identifying player potential. Mckenzie Brisson: Mckenzie Brisson begins her first season as an assistant coach. Brisson played collegiately at Palm Beach State College and Warner University. She is a 2011 graduate of Citrus High School in Inverness, Florida where she was honored as the 2011 Citrus County Female Player of the Year and Athlete of the Year. Brisson was a three-sport athlete in high school, playing basketball, golf and softball. Men s basketball: Head Coach: Jeremy Shulman shulmanj@easternflorida.edu Coach Shulman joined Eastern Florida in 2010 and has revitalized the program, winning 118 games in his five-year tenure, including 79 games in the last three seasons (26 in 2012-13, 24 in 2013-14 and 29 in 2014-15, tying the school record). He won 21 games in 2011-2012 and 18 games in 2010-2011, the most since 2000. The 2014-15 Titans won their third consecutive Florida College System Activities Association Southern Conference Championship, and in 2012-13 and 2014-15 advanced to the championship game of the NJCAA Region 8/FCSAA tournament, losing both times to the eventual national champion, the College of Central Florida in 2013 and Northwest Florida in 2015. The Titans have advanced to the region tournament in four of Shulman s five seasons and in 2015 advanced to the NJCAA Men s Division I National Championship tournament for the first time since 2000. They finished the season ranked sixth nationally. Shulman was named Southern Conference Coach of the Year in 2012-13, 2013-14 and 2014-15. Sophomores Addison Spruill, Torrance 5

Rowe and Kyle Meyer received Conference Player of the Year honors in 2012-13, 2013-14 and 2014-15 respectively. Nineteen players in Shulman s previous three years have moved on to play Division I college basketball. Assistant coaches Reggie Freeman: Reggie Freeman begins his first season as assistant coach. Freeman played NCAA college basketball at the University of Texas. He had a prolific career at Texas, making All-Conference First Team in both his junior and senior seasons. Freeman played professionally in several countries on three continents. Basketball club KK FMP from Serbia retired his Number 5 jersey for the great contributions he had made during his tenure with the team. He was the third all-time leading scorer in Texas Longhorn history. He started his select AAU basketball program Austin Rain in 2010 while finishing his degree in education. Lynn Cundiff: Harold Lynn Cundiff, PhD, begins his first season as assistant coach. Cundiff brings extensive athletic and academic experience having coached Independence, Kansas Community College to the 1978 NJCAA men s national championship. He also coached a National Junior College all-star team to victory. He was named National Junior College Coach of the Year, coached 11 All- Americas and 13 professional draft choices. Anthony Jackson: Coach Jackson is entering his third season as an assistant coach for Eastern Florida. He grew up in South Carolina where he played basketball for and graduated from Sumter High School. Coach Jackson attended Francis Marion University before joining the Air Force in 2008 where he worked in the pharmacy field and was a physical training leader. He also coached Little League. Coach Jackson ended his career with the Air Force at Patrick Air Force Base before joining the Eastern Florida staff. Chris Ronan: Coach Ronan joined the Titans coaching staff for the 2012-13 season and also is completing his associate degree studies at Eastern Florida. Ronan joined Eastern Florida after having assisted in numerous youth leagues, from PAL to AAU. Coach Ronan will be 6

involved with recruiting and day-to-day operations with the Titans. He doubles as EFSC s men s basketball recruiting coordinator. Greg Gage: Greg Gage assumes new duties as director of basketball analytics. Previously he served as a basketball and football coach for three seasons at Satellite High School. A graduate of Brevard Community College (now Eastern Florida) and the University of Central Florida, Gage holds a bachelor's degree in sport and exercise science with a specialization in coaching. Gage teaches physical education and health classes at a charter school in Palm Bay. Before entering teaching he was a personal trainer at Patrick Air Force Base and was promoted to sports manager. Coach Gage was also a PAL basketball coach while in high school and college. 7

EFSC Winter Athletic Teams Schedules Men s and women s basketball compete in the Florida College System Activities Association Southern Conference. The men compete with Palm Beach State, Indian River State, Miami Dade and Broward. The women compete with Palm Beach State, Indian River State, Miami Dade, Broward and St. Petersburg College. 2015-16 Eastern Florida Men's Basketball Schedule Date Day Opponent SITE TIME Oct. 3 Sat. Tallahassee Jamboree * Tallahassee, FL TBA Oct. 21 Wed. *Barry* Miami, FL 6:30 PM Oct. 24 Sat. University of Tampa * Tampa, FL 2:00 PM Oct 30-31: Eastern Florida Halloween Classic Oct. 30 Fri. vs. USC-Salkahatchie Melbourne, FL 7:00 PM Oct. 31 Sat. vs. Atlanta Metro Melbourne, FL 2:00 PM Nov. 4 Wed. Red Devil Academy Melbourne, FL 7:00 PM Nov. 6 Fri. Central Florida Melbourne, FL 7:00 PM Nov. 12-14: Snow College Classic Nov. 12 Thur. Eastern Wyoming Richfield, UT 5 PM (MT) Nov. 13 Fri. @ Snow College (UT) Richfield, UT 7 PM (MT) Nov. 14 Sat. Tohona O'dham (AZ) Richfield, UT 1 PM (MT) Nov. 20-21: South GA State Classic Nov. 20 Fri. South Georgia Tech Waycross, GA 6:00 PM Nov. 21 Sat. @ South Georgia State Waycross, GA 4:00 PM Nov. 24 Tue. St. Petersburg Melbourne, FL 4:00 PM Dec. 2 Wed. St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, FL 7:00 PM Dec. 9 Wed. TAAG Melbourne, FL 7:00 PM Continued next page... o Denotes Southern Conference Game * Denotes pre-season scrimmage or jamboree 8

2015-16 Eastern Florida Men's Basketball Schedule (Continued) Date Day Opponent SITE TIME Dec. 12-13: Florida JUCO Shootout Dec. 12 Sat. Gulf Coast Gainesville, FL 1:00 PM Dec. 13 Sun. Polk State Gainesville, FL 5:00 PM Jan. 2 Sat. Harcum (PA) Melbourne, FL 4:00 PM Southern Conference Jan. 6 Wed. @ Palm Beach Lake Worth, FL 7:00 PM Jan. 9 Sat. Broward Melbourne, FL 4:00 PM Jan. 13 Wed. ASA-Miami Melbourne, FL 7:00 PM Jan. 16 Sat. Indian River Melbourne, FL 4:00 PM Jan. 20 Wed. @ Miami Dade Kendall, FL 7:00 PM Jan. 23 Sat. Palm Beach Melbourne, FL 2:00 PM Jan. 25 Mon. @ Broward Davie, FL 7:00 PM Jan. 27 Wed. @ ASA-Miami Miami, FL 7:30 PM Jan. 30 Sat. @ Indian River Ft. Pierce, FL 2:00 PM Feb. 2 Tue. Miami Dade Melbourne, FL 6:00 PM Feb. 6 Sat. @ Palm Beach Lake Worth, FL 2:00 PM Feb. 9 Tue. Broward Melbourne, FL 7:00 PM Feb. 13 Sat. ASA-Miami Melbourne, FL 4:00 PM Feb. 16 Tue. Indian River Melbourne, FL 7:00 PM Feb. 18 Thur. @ Miami Dade Kendall, FL 7:00 PM Feb. 20-22 Southern Conference Tournament TBA TBA Mar. 2-5 FCSAA State/Region 8 Tournament Ocala, FL TBA Mar. 14-19 NJCAA National Tournament Hutchinson, KS TBA Southern Conference Game * Pre-season scrimmage or jamboree 9

2015-2016 EFSC Women's Basketball Schedule Date Day Opponent Site Time Oct. 4 Sat. Southern Challenge Jamboree # Tallahassee, FL TBA Oct. 10 Sat. Southeast Juco Jamboree # Albany, GA TBA Oct. 24 Sat. Southeastern # Melbourne, FL 2:00 PM Oct. 31 Sat. ASA - Miami Melbourne, FL 4:00 PM Nov. 6 Fri. Santa Fe Gainesville, FL 4:00 PM Nov. 10 Tues. College of Central Florida Melbourne, FL 5:30 PM Nov. 13 Fri. Hillsborough Melbourne, FL 5:30 PM Nov. 17 Tues. Florida State College - Jacksonville Jacksonville, FL 6:00 PM Nov. 23 Mon. Skagit Valley Melbourne, FL 5:30 PM Nov. 27 Fri. Northwest Florida Panama City, FL 12:00 PM Nov. 28 Sat. Gulf Coast Panama City, FL 4:00 PM Dec. 2 Wed. College of Central Florida Ocala, FL 5:30 PM Dec. 4 Fri. College of Central FL vs. Gulf 5:00 PM Coast Melbourne, FL 7:00 PM Eastern Florida vs. Chipola Dec. 5 Sat. Chipola vs. College of Central FL Eastern Florida vs. Gulf Coast 10 Melbourne, FL 2:00 PM 4:00 PM Dec. 7 Mon. Vic County (Australia) Melbourne, FL 5:30 PM Dec. 16 Wed. ASA-Miami Miami, FL TBA Dec. 19 Sat. Hillsborough Tampa, FL 4:00 PM Jan. 2 Sat. Daytona State Daytona, FL 12:00 PM Jan. 6 Wed. St. Petersburg* St. Petersburg, FL 5:30 PM Jan. 9 Sat. Miami Dade* Melbourne, FL 2:00 PM Jan. 12 Tues. Broward Davie, FL 5:30 PM Jan. 16 Sat. Palm Beach* Melbourne, FL 2:00 PM Jan. 20 Wed. St. Petersburg* Melbourne, FL 5:30 PM Jan. 23 Sat. Indian River* Ft. Pierce, FL 2:00 PM Jan. 26 Tues. Broward* Melbourne, FL 5:30 PM Jan. 30 Sat. Miami Dade* Kendall, FL 2:00 PM Feb. 1 Mon. Palm Beach* Melbourne, FL 5:30 PM Feb. 3 Wed. Indian River Melbourne, FL 5:30 PM Continued next page... # Scrimmage * Southern Conference games

2015-2016 EFSC Women's Basketball Schedule (Continued) Date Day Opponent Site Time Feb. 6 Sat. Palm Beach* Lake Worth, FL 2:00 PM Feb. 9 Tues. St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, FL 5:30 PM Feb. 13 Sat. Miami Dade* Melbourne, FL 2:00 PM Feb. 17 Wed. Broward* Davie, FL 5:30 PM Feb. 20 Sat. Indian River Melbourne, FL 2:00 PM Mar. 2-5 Mar. 16-19 Wed - Sat Mon - Sat # Scrimmage * Southern Conference games FSCAA Tournament Ocala, FL TBA NJCAA Tournament Lubbock, TX TBA 11

2015-16 EFSC Winter Athletic Team Rosters: Women s basketball: # NAME YR POS HT HOMETOWN HIGH SCHOOL 2 Nene Johnson SO G 5'9 Stuart, FL Martin County High 3 Zoi Thompson FR G 5'7 St. Petersburg, FL Northeast High 4 Emma Grimes SO G 5'8 Melbourne, FL St. Thomas University 10 Brittany Wells SO G 5'4 Conway, S.C. Conway High 11 Chelsea Long SO F 5'11 Melbourne, FL Palm Bay High 12 Kienya Jones FR F 5'11 Skokie, IL North Niles High 13 Paola Vazquez SO G 5'8 Ciales, Puerto Rico Florida Air Academy 15 Jovana Vukovic SO C 6'4 Bar, Montenegro FSCJ Jacksonville 21 Crystal Townsend FR G/F 5'8 Cape Coral, FL Cape Coral High 22 Chardonay Aldrich FR G 5'7 Palm Harbor, FL Palm Harbor University High 23 Bria McKinney FR G 5'9 Houston, TX Alief Taylor High 24 Trudy Walker FR F 5'11 Fort Pierce, FL Westwood High 25 Mari Petitfrere FR F 5'9 Merritt Island, FL Merritt Island High 32 Dysheka Price FR G/F 5'10 Cocoa, FL Cocoa High 34 Evey Sagner FR G/F 6' Port St. Lucie, FL Treasure Coast High Head coach: Jim Grimes Assistant coach: Olivia Atwell Assistant coach: Mckenzie Brisson Assistant coach: Gary Woodmansee 12

2015-16 EFSC Winter Athletic Team Rosters (Continued): Men s basketball: # NAME YR POS HT WT HOMETOWN HIGH SCHOOL 1 Zavier Peart SO C 6'9 270 Miami, FL Coral Reef HS 2 Kareem Brewton FR G 6'3 190 Snellville, GA Shiloh HS 4 Joan Duran FR F 6'7 225 Santo Domingo, DR Hamilton Heights 5 Keoni Wallington FR PG 5'10 190 Melbourne, FL Holy Trinity HS 10 CJ Jackson FR PG 6'2 170 Charlotte, NC Montverde Prep 11 Will Gibson SO PG 6'1 170 Melbourne, FL Holy Trinity Episcopal 12 Jalen Glover FR G 6'3 175 Covington, GA TAAG Academy 13 Jon Martin FR PG/SG 6'4 170 Manchester, NH Manchester Central 15 Joey Martin FR G 6'4 180 Manchester, NH Manchester Central 20 Ivan Gavrilovic FR F 6'8 215 Cacak, Serbia 22 Richard Gaines FR G/F 6'5 205 Louisville, KY Pleasure Ridge Park 23 Austin Awad FR G/F 6'6 200 Melbourne, FL Melbourne High 24 BJ Gladden SO G/F 6'6 210 Charlotte, NC U. Akron 32 Djordje Beronja SO F 6'7 250 Novi Grad, Bosnia Head coach: Jeremy Shulman Assistant coach: Reggie Freeman Assistant coach: Lynn Cundiff Assistant coach: Anthony Jackson Assistant coach: Chris Ronan Director of basketball analytics: Greg Gage Manager basketball operations: Michael Barre 13

Athletics Interviews Procedure and Contact Information: Interviews with EFSC's coaches and student-athletes are encouraged, and every effort will be made to accommodate media requests. All requests for interviews of any student-athlete or coach must be made through the EFSC Athletic Communications Office. Mark DeCotis, Manager, Athletic Communications, Eastern Florida State College Melbourne Campus, 3865 North Wickham Road, Melbourne, FL 32935 Office: Building 6 (gym), Room 109A Office phone: 321-433-5700; Cell phone: 321-759-4540 Email: decotism@easternflorida.edu www.easternflorida.edu/ www.easternflorida.edu/go/titans 14