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Interesting Tid-Bits For Each Program…(apologize for formatting I’m just copying and Pasting)…

Charlotte
GENERAL INFORMATION
Location: Charlotte, N.C.
Founded: 1946
Enrollment: 26,232
Nickname: 49ers
Chancellor: Philip L. Dubois
Athletics Director: Judy Rose
Football Stadium: McColl-Richardson Field (15,000)
Basketball Arena: Halton Arena (9,105)
Media Market: No. 25 Charlotte (1,140,900 TV HH)
Sponsored Sports: 17
MEN (9) - Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Soccer, Tennis, Indoor & Outdoor Track & Field
WOMEN (8) - Basketball, Cross Country, Soccer, Softball, Tennis, Indoor & Outdoor Track & Field, Volleyball
ON THE WEB
University –uncc.edu
Athletics – charlotte49ers.com
Twitter – @Charlotte49ers
Facebook – Charlotte 49ers
PROMINENT FACTS
e Charlotte has an enrollment of 26,232 and sponsors 16 sports, with football beginning competition in 2013 as a member of the Football Championship Series (FCS).
e The 49ers are making a return to C-USA, where they were members from 1995-2005. During that time, Charlotte went to eight NCAA Tournaments in men’s basketball, winning the C-USA Championship in 1999 and 2001.
e As a member of Conference USA, the men’s soccer team advanced to the 1996 NCAA College Cup. The 49ers made a return to that prestigious event in 2011.
e A research intensive university, UNC Charlotte is the fourth largest of the 16 institutions within the University of North Carolina system and the largest institution in the Charlotte region.
e The university comprises seven professional colleges and currently offers 19 doctoral programs, 64 master’s degree programs and 86 bachelor’s degrees. More than 900 full-time faculty comprise the university’s academic departments and the 2011 fall enrollment exceeded 25,000 students. UNC Charlotte boasts more than 90,000 living alumni and adds 4,000 to 4,500 new alumni each year.
NOTABLE ALUMNI
b CLAY AIKEN - Singer, Broadway star, American Idol runner- up
b EDDIE BASDEN - Former NBA Player & 2005 C-USA Player
of the Year
b CALVIN BROCK - Heavyweight boxer
b JON BUSCH - San Jose Earthquakes goalkeeper
b ROGER CANAFF - Nationally recognized Legal Expert,
Anti-violence Advocate, and Child-protection Specialist
b HEATHER CHILDERS - Fox News weekend anchor
b CHRIS HANEY - Kansas City Royals and Montreal Expos
Pitcher
b MATT HARDY - Pro wrestler
b BRYAN HARVEY - California Angels and Florida Marlins
pitcher
b DAVID HAUSER - Former Duke Energy CFO, Fairpoint
Communications Chairman and CEO
b DeMARCO JOHNSON - Professional basketball player
b JOHN MAINE - New York Mets and Miami Marlins pitcher
b CEDRIC MAXWELL - NBA great with the Boston Celtics and
commentator
b DAVE MOODY - Dove Award winning artist/producer/song
writer and indie filmmaker.
b THE MOODY BROTHERS - Grammy nominated artists/
musicians
b BENNY MOSS - Former UNC Wilmington head basketball
coach
b ROBERT A. NIBLOCK - Lowe’s Chairman, President, and
CEO
b JOE POSNANSKI - New York Times Best Selling Author,
Senior Writer at Sports Illustrated, Writer & NCB Sports
b ANNE TOMPKINS - U.S. Attorney for the Western District of
North Carolina
b MELVIN WATKINS - Former head basketball coach at
Charlotte and Texas A&M
b RODNEY WHITE - Professional basketball player

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East Carolina
GENERAL INFORMATION
Location: Greenville, N.C.
Founded: 1907
Enrollment: 26,900
Nickname: Pirates
Chancellor: Dr. Steve Ballard
Athletics Director: Jeff Compher
Football Stadium: Dowdy-Ficklen (50,000)
Basketball Arena: Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum (8,000)
Media Market: No. 99 Greenville-New Bern-Washington
(307,610 HH)
Sponsored Sports: 19
MEN (9) - Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Football, Golf,
Tennis, Swimming, Indoor & Outdoor Track & Field
WOMEN (10) – Basketball, Cross Country, Golf, Soccer,
Softball, Swimming & Diving, Tennis, Indoor & Outdoor Track
& Field, Volleyball
ON THE WEB
University – www.ecu.edu
Athletics – www.ecupirates.com
Twitter - @ECUAthletics
Facebook – ECUPirates
PROMINENT FACTS
e East Carolina, which captured back-to-back C-USA football titles in 2008 and 2009, has qualified for bowl appearances in seven of the last eight years.
e East Carolina baseball has advanced to the NCAA Regionals 12 of the last 13 years.
e The Pirates have consistently led Conference USA in football attendance, topping all turnstile counts each season since 2008 with an average of 46,529. Since the completion of a 7,000-seat expansion project in 2010 that pushed the capacity of Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium to 50,000, ECU has set back-to-back school records in total attendance and season average attendance with 300,069 and 50,012 figures in 2011, respectively. Nationally, East Carolina ranked 45th in 2012 with an attendance average of 47,013.
e The Pirate football program has also produced plenty of professional talent as 11 former players occupy various roster positions in the National Football League, including All-Pro performers RB Chris Johnson (Tennessee Titans) and FB Vonta Leach (Baltimore Ravens), as well as Super Bowl champions DT Linval Joseph (N.Y. Giants) and DE C.J. Wilson (Green Bay Packers). Former Pro Bowl and Super Bowl participants QB Jeff Blake, RB Earnest Byner, RB Tony Collins, QB David Garrard and LB Robert Jones, among others, also played collegiately at East Carolina.
NOTABLE ALUMNI
b RICK ATKINSON - Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian
b JEFF BLAKE – Former NFL Quarterback
b SANDRA BULLOCK - Oscar-winning actress
b RON CLARK - Former Disney Teacher of the Year and author
of the best-selling “The Essential 55”
b BETH GRANT - Actress
b CHRIS JOHNSON - Running back, Tennessee Titans
b VINCE & LINDA McMAHON - Creators of the WWE empire
b ROBERT MORGAN - Former U.S. Senator
b EMILY PROCTER - Actress
b SANDRA MIMS ROWE - Editor of The Oregonian (Portland)
b KEVIN WILLIAMSON - Creator of “Scream”, “I Know What You
Did Last Summer” and “Dawson’s Creek”
b KAY YOW - Highly successful women’s basketball coach at
North Carolina State

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Florida Atlantic
GENERAL INFORMATION
Location: Boca Raton, Fla.
Founded: 1961
Enrollment: 30,000
Nickname: Owls
President: Mary Jane Saunders
Athletics Director: Pat Chun
Football Stadium: FAU Stadium (30,000)
Basketball Arena: FAU Arena (5,000)
Media Market: No. 38 West Palm Beach-Ft. Pierce (794,310 HH)
Sponsored Sports: 19
MEN (8) - Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Soccer, Swimming & Diving, Tennis
WOMEN (11) – Basketball, Cross Country, Golf, Sand Volleyball, Soccer, Softball, Swimming & Diving, Tennis, Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field, Volleyball
ON THE WEB
University – fau.edu
Athletics – fausports.com
Twitter - @FAUOwlAthletics
Facebook – FAU Owl Athletics
PROMINENT FACTS
e Florida Atlantic is serving a record-high student body of 30,000 undergraduate and graduate students at sites throughout its six-county service region in Southeast Florida. Ten distinguished colleges offer more than 175 degree programs in fields that span the arts and humanities, the sciences, medicine, nursing, accounting, business, education, public administration, social work, architecture, engineering, computer science, and more. Academically accomplished students take advantage of honors programs offered on the Boca Raton and Jupiter campuses.
e A 30,000-seat football stadium opened on the Boca Raton campus in October 2011. The Florida Department of Tourism estimates game day local economic impact of $1.7 million.
e The College of Business, with more than 8,600 students, features the Adams Center for Entrepreneurship, which prepares students in business, science, engineering and other disciplines to become entrepreneurs through business ownership or venturing. The Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, opened in Fall 2011, has established relationships with several prominent area hospitals that are serving as sites for clerkships, hospital-based electives and residencies.
e With 44 percent of its student body classified as minority or international students, Florida Atlantic University ranks as the most racially, ethnically and culturally diverse institution in Florida’s State University System.
e Florida Atlantic University students come from all 50 states, every county in Florida and more than 180 countries. Enrichment opportunities include internships, hands-on research, study abroad experiences, and 310 clubs and campus organizations.
e Florida Atlantic is taking its place among the world’s great research centers and has been given the designation of a “High Research Activity” university by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. FAU faculty members won funding grants totaling more than $48 million in 2011-12.
e Florida Atlantic University is home to the Southeast National Marine Renewable Energy Center, a federally funded research facility that is developing technology to generate energy by harnessing the power of Florida’s ocean currents.
NOTABLE ALUMNI
b ANA M. AZCUY – First Hispanic anchor in South Florida,
three-time Emmy winner
b JEFF BELIVEAU - Chicago Cubs pitcher
b CHRIS CARRABBA –Singer-Songwriter, Dashboard
Confessional
b MARK DEAN – VP Technical Strategy & WorldWide
Operations, IBM Research
b ROB HOUSLER - Arizona Cardinals tight end
b LESTAR JEAN - Houston Texans wide receiver
b STEVE LeBRUN - FAU Hall of Fame member, played in the U.S.
Open
b PATRICIA McKAY – Executive VP and CFO, Office Depot
b ALFRED MORRIS - Washington Redskins running back
b MICKEY STOREY - Houston Astros pitcher
b STEVEN SWANSON – NASA Astronaut

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FIU
GENERAL INFORMATION
Location: Miami, Fla.
Opened: 1972
Enrollment: 48,000
Nickname: Panthers
President: Mark B. Rosenberg
Athletics Director: Pete Garcia
Football Stadium: Alfonso Field at FIU Stadium (20,000)
Basketball Arena: US Century Bank Arena (5,000)
Media Market: No. 16 Miami-Ft. Lauderdale (1,583,800 TV HH)
Sponsored Sports:
MEN (7) - Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Football,
Soccer, Indoor & Outdoor Track & Field
WOMEN (11) - Basketball, Cross Country, Golf, Soccer,
Softball, Swimming & Diving, Tennis, Indoor & Outdoor Track & Field, Sand Volleyball, Volleyball
ON THE WEB
University – fiu.edu
Athletics – FIUsports.com
Twitter – @FIUathletics
Facebook – FIU-SPORTS
PROMINENT FACTS
e With a student body of nearly 48,000, Florida International is one of the 25 largest public universities in the nation. It is Miami’s first and only four-year public research university.
e The school has more than 160,000 alumni More than 110,000 FIU alumni live and work in South Florida.
e There are more than 180 bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral programs are offered in such fields as engineering, international relations, architecture, law and medicine.
e In 2011, 89.6 percent of FIU College of Law graduates passed the Florida Bar, marking the highest passage rate of any college in Florida - nearly 10 percent better than the statewide average.
e FIU Athletics is home to more than 400 student-athletes competing in 18 varsity sports, including seven men’s and 11 women’s programs (men’s programs: football, baseball, soccer, indoor and outdoor track and field and cross country; women’s programs: basketball, golf, softball, soccer, tennis, volleyball, sand volleyball, swimming and diving, indoor and outdoor track and field and cross country).
e FIU’s Modesto A. Maidique and Biscayne Bay campuses are home to seven of the finest collegiate athletics venues in the state. FIU boasts its own on-campus football stadium, Alfonso Field at FIU Stadium, which was renovated in 2008 and expanded to 20,000 seats in 2012. U.S. Century Bank Arena, home to FIU men’s and women’s basketball and volleyball, also has become a model facility in the City of Miami annually hosting commencement, athletics and premium entertainment events. In January, FIU finished an 11,000-square foot addition to the Arena which included a suites level, picturesque grand entrance and several other new amenities.
e Since moving to Division I, FIU Athletics teams boast 42 NCAA Postseason Tournament appearances and 102 All-America honors.
e The FIU football program earned back-to-back bowl bids in 2010 (Little Caesars Bowl) and 2011 (Beef O’Brady’s Bowl). The Panthers won the 2010 Sun Belt Championship followed by a bowl victory over MAC Champion Toledo in its first-ever postseason appearance.
e The FIU men’s soccer team has been an affiliate member of Conference USA since 2005, advancing to the finals of the 2007 Championship. Men’s soccer head coach Kenny Arena inherited a program that has long been a champion on the FIU campus, from its earliest days winning the NCAA Division II National Championship (1982 and 1984), and into the Division I era where it boasts eight NCAA postseason tournament berths.
e FIU baseball has been to 10 NCAA Regionals since 1991.
e Under Cindy Russo, women’s basketball has advanced to 11 Division I postseason tournaments and has coached seven players who have competed professionally in the WNBA, ABL and USBL. Russo returns the NCAA scoring leader in senior Jerica Coley, who averaged 26.3 ppg in 2012-13.
NOTABLE ALUMNI
b OMAR BAEZ JR. - NASA launch director for Launch Services
Program at John F. Kennedy Space Center
b ANTWAN BARNES - Professional NFL American Football
Player
b DR. STEPHANIE BURNS - President & CEO of Dow Corning
b ANDY GARCIA - Academy Award nominated actor
b ADOLFO HENRIQUES - Chairman/CEO of Union Planters Bank-Florida
b DENNIS LEHANE - Author of Mystic River
b KIMBERLY LEEMANS - America’s Next Top Model contestant
b MIKE LOWELL - Major League Baseball player
b KEV MARCUS - Violinist: hip-hop, jazz, classical
b DAWN OSTROFF - CW Network president of entertainment
b DANNY PINO - actor on CBS’s Cold Case
b REGYNALD WASHINGTON - Disney Regional
Entertainment/ESPN Zone VP & GM

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Louisiana Tech
GENERAL INFORMATION
Location: Ruston, La.
Founded: 1894
Enrollment: 11,743
Nickname: Bulldogs and Lady Techsters
President: Daniel D. Reneau
Athletics Director: Bruce Van De Velde
Football Stadium: Joe Aillet - Ruston
(30,600); Independence - Shreveport (51,000)
Basketball Arena: Thomas Assembly Center (8,000)
Media Market: No. 83 Shreveport (386,150 TV HH)
Sponsored Sports: 16
MEN (7)-Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Football, Golf,
Indoor & Outdoor Track & Field
WOMEN (9)-Basketball, Bowling, Cross Country, Soccer,
Softball, Tennis, Indoor & Outdoor Track & Field, Volleyball
ON THE WEB
University – LaTech.edu
Athletics – latechsports.com
Twitter – @LATECHSports
Facebook – LA TECH Athletics
PROMINENT FACTS
e Louisiana Tech’s institution of selective admissions has resulted in high graduation rates: one of the highest in the state for the general student body as well as athletics.
e Louisiana Tech has cutting edge research facilities for nanotechnology, biomedical engineering and a Center for Entrepreneuship and Information Technology.
e More than $200 million has been spent on construction and renovation of campus facilities new Charles Wyly Athletic Center.
e The Institute for Micromanufacturing (IfM), the most significant research facility at Louisiana Tech, focuses on the creation of structures, devices, or systems which feature sizes on the order of nanometers and micrometers and include attention to design, fabrication, inspection, testing, assembly, and packaging.
e The Center for Biomedical Engineering and Rehabilitation Science (CyBERS) is located in a donated former hospital close to the main campus. This four-story, 22,000-square-foot complex contains classrooms, research and service laboratories, offices, and support facilities. The center’s research initiatives range from cardiopulmonary support systems and micro biomedical devices to technology-based services for people with disabilities.
e An extensive and growing research unit boasting an entrepreneurial edge offers a wide learning foundation for the Doctor of Business Administration degree (D.B.A.) in the College of Administration and Business (CAB). The CAB has a long-standing tradition of excellence, demonstrated by its 50-plus years of accreditation by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International). Over the past six years, CAB has achieved remarkable enrollment growth with a 44 percent increase in graduate and undergraduate students.
e The Louisiana Tech Lady Techster basketball program has participated in 27 NCAA Tournaments, including 25 straight, advancing to 13 Final Fours, playing in eight national championship games and winning three national titles.
e Former men’s basketball star Karl Malone is the second all-time leading scorer in the history of the NBA and was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
NOTABLE ALUMNI
b LEON BARMORE - Five-time Hall of Famer
b TERRY BRADSHAW - NFL Hall of Fame Quarterback, FOX
Sports television personality
b KIX BROOKS - American country music artist, half of the
duo Brooks & Dunn
b P.J. BROWN - Three-time NBA All-Defensive team honoree
b TIM FLOYD - UTEP head coach and former NBA head coach
b CHERYL FORD - 2003 WNBA Rookie of the Year
b KARL MALONE - Two-time NBA Most Valuable Player and
14-time NBA All-Star
b MIKE MCCALLISTER - CEO and Chairman of the Board,
Humana Corp
b WILLIE ROAF - Pro Football Hall of Fame (Summer, 2012);
Eight-time NFL Pro Bowl offensive tackle
b TERESA WEATHERSPOON - Five-time WNBA All-Star;
Olympic Gold Medalist
b CHARLES WYLY - CEO of Michaels Corp
b SAM WYLY - Founder of Bonanza Restaurants with Charles
Wyle

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Marshall
GENERAL INFORMATION
Location: Huntington, W.Va.
Founded: 1837
Enrollment: 13,814
Nickname: Thundering Herd
President: Dr. Stephen J. Kopp
Athletics Director: Mike Hamrick
Football Stadium: Joan C. Edwards Stadium (38,019)
Basketball Arena: Cam Henderson Center (9,043)
Media Market: No. 65 Charleston-Huntington (465,030)
Sponsored Sports: 16
MEN (6) - Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Football, Golf,
Soccer
WOMEN (10) – Basketball, Cross Country, Golf, Soccer,
Softball, Swimming & Diving, Tennis, Indoor & Outdoor Track
& Field, Volleyball
ON THE WEB
University – www.marshall.edu
Athletics – www.HerdZone.com
Twitter - @Herd_Zone
Facebook – Marshall University Athletics
PROMINENT FACTS
e The Vision Campaign is a historic and unprecedented $30 million facilities capital campaign at Marshall. It was created to enhance sports medicine and establish both academic and athletic centers of excellence that include an indoor practice facility with a NCAA-approved track, a Soccer Stadium Complex, a Sports Medicine Translational Research Center and a Student-Athlete Academic Center.
e Marshall boasts more than 100,000 living alumni.
e The Thundering Herd volleyball team swept the 2005 Conference USA regular season and tournament titles, while also winning the 2007 regular season title.
e Marshall is undergoing tremendous growth all across its 100-acre campus. In addition to the $30 million athletic renovations, there have also been several other openings on campus that include the School of Physical Therapy at the St. Mary’s Education Center (2012), the renovated Medical Education Building for School of Pharmacy (2012), the Erickson Alumni & Foundation Center (2010) and a 123,000-square-foot Recreation Center (2009).
e After winning the 1996 NCAA Division I-AA National Championship in 1996, Marshall moved up to the FBS and teams have gone to nine bowl games in that span.
e Marshall opened it’s Pharmacy School in 2012, with the first graduating class in 2016.
e In 2009, Marshall’s Forensic Science Graduate Program ranked No. 1 in the nation based upon scores on the Forensic Science Assessment Test (FSAT), which is a qualifying test offered by the American Board of Criminalistics. In 2011, the school’s Digital Forensics Program was the first program in the world to obtain full accreditation in digital forensics from the Forensic Science Education Programs Accreditation Commission (FEPAC).
NOTABLE ALUMNI
b BILLY CRYSTAL - Actor, comedian
b VERNA K. GIBSON - First woman to lead a Fortune 500
company (Limited Stores)
b HAL GREER - One of the 50 greatest players in NBA history,
member of the Hall of Fame
b JOE JOHNS - Award-winning NBC News correspondent
b BYRON LEFTWICH - NFL Quarterback
b J. MARK MCVEY - Broadway singer, most famous for his role
in “Les Miserables”
b CHAD PENNINGTON - Heisman Trophy finalist, former NFL
quarterback and current FOX analyst
b SOUPY SALES - Well-known television personality and
comedian
b MARVIN L. STONE - Former editor of U.S. News and World
Report
b F. SELBY WELLMAN - Former Senior Vice President with Cisco
Systems, Inc., a worldwide leader in networking for the
Internet

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Middle Tennessee
GENERAL INFORMATION
Location: Murfreesboro, Tenn.
Founded: 1911
Enrollment: 25,394
Nickname: Blue Raiders
President: Les Guice
Athletics Director: Chris Massaro
Football Stadium: Johnny “Red” Floyd (30,788)
Basketball Arena: Murphy Center (11,520)
Media Market: No. 29 Nashville (1,024,560 HH)
Sponsored Sports: 17
MEN (8) - Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Tennis, Indoor & Outdoor Track & Field
WOMEN (9) – Basketball, Cross Country, Golf, Soccer, Softball, Tennis, Indoor & Outdoor Track & Field, Volleyball
ON THE WEB
University – mtsu.edu
Athletics – GoBlueRaiders.com
Twitter - @mtathletics
Facebook – Blue Raider Athletics
PROMINENT FACTS
e Middle Tennessee is the No. 1 choice of Tennessee undergraduates and offers more than 200 student organizations.
e First University Honors College at a public university in Tennessee
e The University recently opened a new $65 million, 211,000-square-foot Student Union Building. It’s as long as one-and-one-half football fields and is a state-of-the-art conference and meeting center. But most important: it is a true gathering place for students, a place where they can hang out, collaborate and unwind.
e Work is underway on a new $147-million Science Building project. This 250,000-square-foot facility, to be ready in time for the spring semester in 2015, represents one of the most significant investments made toward the enhancement of science and technology education in Tennessee.
e MTSU’s new Doctor of Education in Assessment, Learning and School Improvement program, the first of its kind in Tennessee. It was designed by teachers and administrators and specifically focuses on tools and skills needed by leadership of today’s schools and districts.
e In 12 years in the Sun Belt Conference, Middle Tennessee won eight All-Sports trophies, 54 conference championships, had four Athletes of the Year and 38 Coach of the Year winners.
e Middle Tennessee Aerospace Department is one of the nation’s finest with fleet of more than 25 planes.
e The Aerospace Department has one of the largest university Air Traffic Collegiate Training Initiative (AT-CTI) programs in the country. This program allows graduates to be recommended to the FAA for the final segment of Air Traffic Controller Training and hiring. AT-CTI is independent of the five aerospace concentrations, allowing any MTSU Aerospace student to enter the program. Aerospace graduates hold responsible positions with companies throughout the United States and Internationally.
e MTSU is home to America’s premier concrete industry management program where job placement is better than 90 percent.
NOTABLE ALUMNI
b JAMES BUCHANAN - 1986 Nobel Laureate
b ALBERT GORE SR. - Former U.S. Senator
b REP. BART GORDON - Former U.S. Congressman
b KELLY HOLCOMB - Former NFL quarterback
b HILLARY SCOTT - Member of country music group
Lady Antebellum
b TERRY WEEKS - 1988 National Teacher of the Year
b CHRIS YOUNG - Country music artist
b ERIK WALDEN - Green Bay Packers
b RANDY WOOD - Founder of DOT Records

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North Texas
[size=78%]Location: Denton, Texas[/size]
Founded: 1890
Enrollment: 36,305
Nickname: Mean Green
President: V. Lane Rawlins
Athletics Director: Rick Villarreal
Football Stadium: Apogee Stadium (30,850)
Basketball Arena: Super Pit/Coliseum (10,500)
Media Market: No. 5 Dallas-Ft. Worth (2,571,310 TV HH)
Sponsored Sports: 16
MEN (6) - Basketball, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Indoor & Outdoor Track & Field
WOMEN (10) - Basketball, Cross Country, Golf, Soccer, Softball, Swimming & Diving, Tennis, Indoor & Outdoor Track & Field, Volleyball
ON THE WEB
University – unt.edu
Athletics – meangreensports.com
Twitter – @MeanGreenSports
Facebook – Mean Green Sports
PROMINENT FACTS
e UNT has 12 colleges and schools offering 214 degree programs. North Texas boasts the first jazz studies and undergraduate emergency administration and planning programs in the U.S.
e UNT’s Fall 2011 student body includes the most academically talented and largest freshman class, as well as the largest enrollment of doctoral students in UNT history.
e UNT is one of nine public universities in the nation with more than 5,000 Hispanic students and more than 4,000 African American students.
e As the nation’s 26th largest public university, UNT is the largest, most comprehensive university in the North Texas region.
e UNT has developed 15 collaborative, cross-disciplinary research clusters and six strategic research areas to carry out innovative, high-impact research to address scientific, environmental and societal problems. There are 68 research centers and institutes on campus.
e UNT is a 900-acre campus that includes Discovery Park, a 300-acre research park that is one of the largest university research parks in the North Texas region.
e UNT has been named a top Military Friendly School by G.I. Jobs and a Best for Vets School by Military Times EDGE two years in a row. More than 2,500 members of the military community and their families attend UNT.
e UNT has more than 1,300 students in its Honors College, which is the largest in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
e UNT’s alumni network includes more than 336,000 members, with more than 216,000 alumni living in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
e UNT was the first comprehensive training/research center for Spanish language media
e UNT boasts the first and only Ph.D. program in art education and only accredited professional journalism master’s program in Texas
e The medical librarianship graduate program ranked third nationally by U.S. News & World Report
e UNT named one of America’s 100 Best College Buys® for 16 consecutive years
e UNT named a Green College by The Princeton Review two years in a row
e Since 2003, North Texas has developed more than 12 new athletics facilities as part of a 200-acre Mean Green Village. Competition venues, training facilities and meeting space have been upgraded for all 16 sports since then, including the crown jewel - brand new $78 million state-of-the-art Apogee Stadium that opened in 2011.
e The North Texas men’s golf team has continued its historical success, winning its 28th conference championship in 2012. The team will be making its 30th NCAA Tournament appearance.
e The Mean Green’s women’s soccer program has never had a losing season since beginning the program in 1995. The team has advanced to eight of the last 12 Sun Belt Conference championship games and made two NCAA Tournament appearances since 2000. The North Texas men’s basketball program has won 20 games in five of the last six seasons and made two NCAA Tournament appearances during that span.
NOTABLE ALUMNI
b PAT BOONE – Singer; actor; entertainer
[size=78%]b BOB DOROUGH - Jazz musician, composer and music[/size]
director of Schoolhouse Rock
[size=78%]b PHYLLIS GEORGE - Miss America 1971; broadcaster with[/size]
NFL Today; entrepreneur
b “MEAN” JOE GREENE - NFL Hall of Fame; DL for the five-
time Super Bowl Champion Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1970s
b DON HENLEY - Grammy-winning singer and musician;
member of The Eagles and solo artist; environmental activist
b NORAH JONES - Grammy winning vocalist
b TOM “BONES” MALONE - Trombonist; member of the
original Saturday Night Live band; currently serves as the
principal arranger and trombonist for the Late Show with
David Letterman
b KERRY GAMMILL - Cartoonist; created Superman, Indiana
Jones and ROM comic strips
b LARRY MCMURTRY – Writer; Pulitzer Prize winner; shared
the Golden Globe for Best Screenplay and an Oscar for Best
Adapted Screenplay of Brokeback Mountain.
b BILL MOYERS - Television journalist; former chief
correspondent for CBS Reports and senior news analyst for
CBS News; former press secretary for President Lyndon
Baines Johnson
[size=78%]b ROY ORBISON - Singer and guitarist[/size]
b RON SHANKLIN - NFL Football player
[size=78%]b BRIAN WATERS - 2009 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year[/size]
and six-time Pro Bowler
b PETER WELLER - Actor; starred in Robocop and Buckaroo

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Old Dominion
GENERAL INFORMATION
Location: Norfolk, Va.
Founded: 1930
(as the Norfolk Division of the College of William and Mary)
Enrollment: 24,753
Nickname: Monarchs & Lady Monarchs
President: John R. Broderick
Athletics Director: Dr. Wood Selig
Football Stadium: Foreman Field at S.B. Ballard Stadium (19,872)
Basketball Arena: Ted Constant Convocation Center (8,472)
Media Market: No. 43 Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News
(718,750)
Sponsored Sports: 17
MEN (8) - Baseball, Basketball, Football, Golf, Soccer,
Swimming & Diving, Tennis, Wrestling
WOMEN (8) - Basketball, Field Hockey, Golf, Lacrosse, Rowing Soccer, Swimming & Diving, Tennis
COED (1) - Sailing
ON THE WEB
University – odu.edu
Athletics – odusports.com
Twitter – @odusports
Facebook – Old Dominion University Athletics
PROMINENT FACTS
e Old Dominion has an enrollment of 24,753 and sponsors 17 sports, including football being reinstated in 2009 member of the Football Championship Series (FCS).
e The Old Dominion football program has sold out every game since restarting the program in 2009 (after a 69 year absence), with 28 consecutive sellouts in four years.
e ODU invested over $55 million for the start-up of the football program in 2009, including a $24 million renovation of Foreman Field and construction of a 800-car parking deck; $17.5 million in the Powhatan Sports Complex, which includes offices, strength and conditioning, athletic training, and two Field Turf practice fields; and Title IX enhancement, including the start-up of women’s rowing, construction of the ODU Boathouse, and field hockey and lacrosse offices and stadium.
e Old Dominion University has had 42 alumni and coaches represent the United States or their native country in the Olympics since 1960.
e The Folkes-Stevens Tennis Center, completed in 2008, was voted the No. 1 tennis facility in the state of Virginia for 2011.
e The Ted Constant Convocation Center opened its doors in 2002 on the campus of ODU, has served as the site of 6 NCAA Women’s Basketball tournaments, and will host the NCAA women’s basketball regionals in March of 2012. The arena was voted among the top mid-size arenas in the world in 2011.
e The ODU football program is the most successful start-up program in FCS history, posting a 9-2 record in 2009, 8-3 in 2010 and 10-3 in 2012, advancing to the second round of the FCS championship.
e Old Dominion University has a long history of hosting NCAA events and will host the NCAA Field Hockey Final Four in 2012 and 2013. ODU served as the site of the first two NCAA women’s basketball tournaments, in 1982 and 1983. Alumnae Anne Donovan and Nancy Lieberman are both inductees in the Basketball Hall of Fame.
NOTABLE ALUMNI
b BEN BAILEY – Host of TV Show, Cash Cab
b CAL BOWDLER – Former NBA Player & first round selection
b MICHAEL BLOOMFIELD – Space Shuttle and ISS Astronaut
b ANNE DONOVAN – First Women’s Naismith College Player
of the Year selection (1983) and 1995 inductee into the
Basketball Hall of Fame; two-time Olympic gold medalist as a
player and coach; and former WNBA Coach, current head
coach at Seton Hall.
b CHRIS GATLING – Former NBA player & first round selection
b MILLS E. GODWIN JR. – Two-term Governor of Virginia
b JAY HARRIS – Professional sportscaster; ESPN SportsCenter
anchor
b WILBERT JAMES, JR. – President of Toyota Motor
Manufacturing
b NANCY LIEBERMAN – Basketball player and coach; silver
medalist in 1976 Olympics; 2000 inductee into Basketball Hall
of Fame
b TOMMY NEWSOM – Assistant Director of The Tonight Show
band
b BETH POLSON – Emmy award-winning producer of the
Barbara Walters Specials
b OLIVER PURNELL – Head men’s basketball coach at DePaul
b KENNETH SAMET – President & CEO of MedStar Health, the
largest not for profit healthcare delivery system in the
Baltimore-Washington, DC region.
b DEBORAH SHELTON – 1970 Miss USA; Actress
b ANNA TUNNICLIFFE – 2008 Olympic Gold Medalist for USA
Sailing
b JUSTIN VERLANDER – Pitcher for the Detroit Tigers, AL Cy
Young and MVP
b MARK WEST - Former NBA player & current Vice President of
Player Programs for the Phoenix Suns

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Rice
GENERAL INFORMATION
Location: Houston, Texas
Founded: 1891/1912
Enrollment: 6,082
Nickname: Owls
President: David W. Leebron
Athletics Director: Rick Greenspan
Football Stadium: Rice Stadium (47,000)
Basketball Arena: Tudor Fieldhouse (5,208)
Media Market: No. 10 Houston (2,215,650 HH)
Sponsored Sports: 16
MEN (8) - Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Football, Golf,
Tennis, Indoor & Outdoor Track & Field
WOMEN (8) – Basketball, Cross Country, Soccer, Softball,
Tennis, Indoor & Outdoor Track & Field, Volleyball
ON THE WEB
University – www.rice.edu
Athletics – www.RiceOwls.com
Twitter - @riceowlsdotcom
Facebook – RiceAthletics
PROMINENT FACTS
e Rice claimed the 2012 Armed Forces Bowl title with a 33-14 win over Air Force. It was the Owls’ third bowl appearance since joining Conference USA and 10th overall.
e Rice baseball has qualified for the last 18 NCAA Tournaments, including seven College World Series appearances and a 2003 National Championship title. The Owls have won either the regular season and/or tournament title in all seven years as a member of Conference USA. They have hosted an NCAA Regional in 10 of the last 12 seasons.
e The Rice Board of Trustees approved a $44.5 million project at Rice Stadium that will include construction of a two-story facility near the south end zone, eight suites, a plaza area and other deferred maintenance to the 61-year-old stadium. A $27 million renovation of Tudor Fieldhouse was also completed within the last five years.
e Rice’s small size allows personal interaction between students and professors, while the faculty fosters the intellectual excitement of a major research university. Undergraduates at all levels participate in cutting-edge research with world-class faculty in the humanities, social sciences, engineering and natural sciences. Premier architecture and music professors enhance classroom experiences with their exceptional talent and artistry.
e Rice offers a residential college system that builds communities that are both close-knit and diverse.
NOTABLE ALUMNI
b LANCE BERKMAN - St. Louis Cardinals, Houston Astros, Texas
Rangers and MLB All-Star
b RON BOZMAN - Academy Award-winning producer of
“Silence of the Lambs”; Executive producer for
“Philadelphia,” “Beloved”, and “For Love of the Game.”
b WILLIAM BROYLES - Former editor, Texas Monthly; former
editor-in-chief, Newsweek; screenwriter
b JAMES CASEY - Philadelphia Eagles Tight End
b ROBERT CURL - Nobel Laureate (1996)
b CHARLES DUNCAN - Former U.S. Secretary of Energy, former
president of Coca-Cola
b HENRY HERNANDEZ - Managing director, Soza International
b ROY HOFHEINZ - State legislator, judge, sports magnate,
circus owner, radio tycoon
b MARY E. JOHNSTON - Editor, Fortune; originated the Fortune
500
b LARRY McMURTRY - Pulitzer Prize winner; author,
“Lonesome Dove,” “Terms of Endearment” and “Last Picture
Show”
b JIM NEWMAN - NASA astronaut
b SAM REED - President and CEO of Keebler

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Southern Miss
GENERAL INFORMATION
Location: Hattiesburg, Miss.
Founded: 1910
Enrollment: 17,254
Nickname: Golden Eagles
President: Dr. Rodney Bennett
Athletics Director: Jeff Hammond
Football Stadium: M.M. Roberts Stadium (36,000)
Basketball Arena: Reed Green Coliseum (8,095)
Media Market: No. 167 Hattiesburg-Laurel (111,560 HH)
Sponsored Sports: 16
MEN (7) - Baseball, Basketball, Football, Golf, Tennis, Indoor
& Outdoor Track & Field
WOMEN (9) – Basketball, Cross Country, Golf, Soccer, Softball,
Tennis, Indoor & Outdoor Track & Field, Volleyball
ON THE WEB
University – www.usm.edu
Athletics – www.southernmiss.com
Twitter - @USMGoldenEagles
Facebook – Southern Miss Athletics
PROMINENT FACTS
e Southern Miss football compiled 18 straight winning seasons from 1994 to 2011. The Golden Eagles have also made 14 bowl appearances and won five league titles since becoming a member of Conference USA in 1996.
e The men’s basketball team advanced to the 2012 NCAA Championship as an at-large selection.
e The Golden Eagles baseball team made NCAA Regional appearances nine of the last 11 seasons, advancing to the College World Series in 2009. Southern Miss also claims three C-USA baseball championship titles.
e The University is continually recognized for having the highest graduation rate in the state among men’s athletic programs.
e Southern Miss was named a “Green College” by The Princeton Review for its commitment to sustainability. Additionally, students log more than 40,000 hours of community service each year.
e Southern Miss ranked among the nation’s top business school by U.S. News & World Report twice in the last three years.
e The Southern Miss softball team made back-to-back College World Series appearances in 1999 and 2000.
NOTABLE ALUMNI
b JIMMY BUFFETT - Singer, songwriter, author
b JIM “PEANUTS” DAVENPORT - Former manager of Major
League Baseball’s San Francisco Giants
b BRIAN DOZIER - Minnesota Twins Infielder
b BRETT FAVRE - First three-time NFL MVP, led the Green Bay
Packers to two consecutive Super Bowls
b GARY GRUBBS - Hollywood actor
b RAY GUY - Former NFL standout punter, was selected as NFL’s
top punter when the league selected its 75th anniversary
team
b EDWIN PITTMAN - Chief Justice of the Mississippi Supreme
Court
b CHUCK SCARBOROUGH - Anchor for WNBC News in New
York
b BRIGADIER GENERAL ROBERT L. STEWART - Director of Plans
for the United States Space Command and Commander of
the U.S. Army element, North American Aerospace Defense
NASA in 1978, qualifying as an astronaut the following year
b CLARENCE WEATHERSPOON - Former NBA star

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Tulane
GENERAL INFORMATION
Location: New Orleans, La.
Founded: 1834
Enrollment: 13,359
Nickname: Green Wave
Chancellor: Dr. Scott S. Cowen
Athletics Director: Rick Dickson
Football Stadium: Louisiana Superdome (69,703)
Basketball Arena: Devlin Fieldhouse (3,600)
Media Market: No. 51 New Orleans (643,660)
Sponsored Sports: 16
MEN (6) - Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Football,
Tennis, Outdoor Track & Field
WOMEN (10) – Basketball, Bowling, Cross Country, Golf, Sand
Volleyball, Swimming & Diving, Tennis, Indoor & Outdoor
Track & Field, Volleyball
ON THE WEB
University – www.tulane.edu
Athletics – www.TulaneGreenWave.com
Twitter - @GreenWaveNews
Facebook – Tulane Athletics
PROMINENT FACTS
e Tulane has undergone some major athletics facility improvements recently, including a major renovation of the Devlin Fieldhouse, home of the Green Wave men’s and women’s basketball and volleyball programs, and construction of the Hertz Center, one of the top basketball and volleyball practice facilities in the country. Tulane also completed Greer Field at Turchin Stadium, home of the Green Wave baseball team in 2008.
e Founded in 1834, Tulane is one of the most highly regarded and selective independent research universities in the United States and a member of the prestigious Association of American Universities, an association of 62 leading research universities in the United States and Canada.
e Over the last eight years, Green Wave student-athletes have been among the highest achievers in the nation in the classroom, according to the most recent multi-year Academic Performance Rates (APR).
e One of the top destination cities in the United States, New Orleans was listed as the top selection for “America’s Favorite City” by Travel & Leisure in 2012. New Orleans’ population of 1,337,726 ranks 35th nationally.
e Tulane baseball appeared in two College World Series, won four regular season and five C-USA Tournament titles.
e Tulane has served as the host institution for four NCAA Men’s Basketball Final Fours and will host the 2013 NCAA Women’s Final Four. New Orleans is also the host city for the 2013 Super Bowl.
NOTABLE ALUMNI
b MARTHA WALTERS BARNETT - First woman to chair the
American Bar Association’s policy-making body, the House of
Delegates
b CORRINE LINDY BOGGS - Former U.S. Ambassador to the
Vatican and member of the U.S. House of Representatives
b THOMAS HALE BOGGS - Former U.S. House of
Representatives Majority Leader
b DR. BOBBY BROWN - Former New York Yankee slugger and
American League President
b MICHAEL E. DeBAKEY, Ph.D - Pioneer in the field of heart
surgery and innovator of military MASH units
b DAVE DIXON - Instrumental in bringing an NFL franchise to
New Orleans, braintrust behind the construction of the
Louisiana Superdome, founder of the United States Football
League
b MATT FORTE - Running Back, Chicago Bears
b PAUL MICHAEL GLASER - Actor
b BRUCE PALTROW - Hollywood director/producer

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Tulsa
GENERAL INFORMATION
Location: Tulsa, Okla.
Founded: 1894
Enrollment: 4,187
Nickname: Golden Hurricane
President: Dr. Steadman Upham
Athletics Director: Dr. Derrick Gragg
Football Stadium: H.A. Chapman Stadium (30,000)
Basketball Arena: Donald W. Reynolds Center (8,355)
Media Market: No. 59 Tulsa (529,100 HH)
Sponsored Sports: 18
MEN (8) - Basketball, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Soccer,
Tennis, Indoor & Outdoor Track & Field
WOMEN (10) – Basketball, Cross Country, Golf, Rowing,
Soccer, Softball, Tennis, Indoor & Outdoor Track & Field,
Volleyball
ON THE WEB
University – www.utulsa.edu
Athletics – www.TulsaHurricane.com
Twitter - @TulsaHurricane
Facebook – Tulsa Golden Hurricane
PROMINENT FACTS
e Since joining the league, Tulsa has won 49 Conference USA championships. That is double of any other school in C-USA during that span. Already this 2012-13 season, Tulsa has claimed a football, women’s basketball, men’s cross country and men’s soccer championship, both the regular season and postseason titles in volleyball and the women’s soccer team advanced to the title game of the C-USA Championship.
e Tulsa football has been ranked among the Top 25 two of the last three seasons and have won two C-USA Championship (2005, 2012) and finished as runners-up in 2007 and 2008.
e The Golden Hurricane has also earned bowl berths seven of the last eight years as a member of Conference USA. That run includes winning the 2012 AutoZone Liberty Bowl with a 31-17 victory over Iowa State.
e Tulsa is nestled in the northeastern quadrant of Oklahoma, right in the heart of “Green Country.” The rolling green hills and wooded terrain of the city offers a temperate climate. Tulsans enjoy 227 days of sunshine a year and an average daily temperature of 61 degrees.
e TU’s approximately 4,200 students are engaged in 89 major fields of study and graduate programs in 25 disciplines, 10 of which lead to doctoral degrees. Administratively, the University is divided into a graduate school and four colleges: arts and sciences, business administration, engineering and natural sciences, and law. The average class size is 20, and the student to faculty ratio is 11 to 1.
NOTABLE ALUMNI
b MICHAEL BABCOCK - President and CEO, The Leslie Fay
Companies, based in New York
b BOB BROWN - Former reporter, ABC’s “20/20”
b S.E. HINTON - Author, “The Outsiders”; “Tex”; “Rumble Fish”;
“That Was Then”, “This is Now”
b STEVE LARGENT - Former U.S. Congressman and wide
receiver for the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks, member of the NFL
and TU Athletic Halls of Fame
b NANCY LOPEZ - Professional golfer and member, LPGA and
TU Athletic Halls of Fame
b RUE McCLANAHAN - Actress
b DREW PEARSON - President, Drew Pearson Enterprises,
former All-Pro wide receiver for the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys, TU
Athletics Hall of Fame
b MARY KAY PLACE - Actress, screenwriter and singer
b GAILARD SARTAIN - Actor/Artist, Movies include “Mississippi
Burning” and “Fried Green Tomatoes”

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UAB
GENERAL INFORMATION
Location: Birmingham, Ala.
Founded: 1969
Enrollment: 17,545
Nickname: Blazers
President: Dr. Ray L. Watts
Athletics Director: Brian Mackin
Football Stadium: Legion Field (72,000)
Basketball Arena: Bartow Arena (8,500)
Media Market: No. 39 Birmingham (738,790 HH)
Sponsored Sports: 18
MEN (6) - Baseball, Basketball, Football, Golf, Soccer, Tennis
WOMEN (11) – Basketball, Bowling, Cross Country, Golf,
Soccer, Sand Volleyball, Softball, Tennis, Indoor & Outdoor
Track & Field, Volleyball
COED (1) - Rifle
ON THE WEB
University – www.uab.edu
Athletics – www.uabsports.com
Twitter - @UABAthletics
Facebook – UAB Blazers
PROMINENT FACTS
e UAB men’s basketball has attained a large amount of success in a relatively short time frame. In just its 35th season, the Blazers have earned 14 NCAA berth and have participated in 11 NITs in the postseason. Eight of those 25 appearances have been in the last 10 years, advancing to four NCAA Championships (2004, 2005, 2006, 2011) and four NITs (2003, 2008, 2009, 2010). UAB is also on pace to records its 700th win in program history in 2013. The Blazers are ranked No. 26 among NCAA Division I all-time winningest men’s basketball programs in terms of winning percentage.
e Former UAB golfer and two-time Conference USA Player of the Year Graeme McDowell won the 2010 U.S. Open.
e UAB is Alabama’s largest single employer with more than 23,000 employees and an annual economic impact exceeding $5 billion.
e The Blazers have also enjoyed an abundance of success with their Olympic Sports. Among the program’s more recent Olympic Sports accomplishments include a Conference USA title and NCAA berth for baseball in 2012, six NCAA Championships for men’s soccer in the past 14 years and seven NCAA Regional and/or National Championship appearances for men’s golf in the past 14 years. UAB softball made its first NCAA appearance in 2010 and returned to the national tournament in 2011 and 2012.
e Within athletics, 15 of 16 UAB sports earned APR scores of 950 or better for the 2010-11 year with women’s golf just below that mark at 946. Six Blazer teams finished with perfect APR scores of 1,000 for the 2010-11 year.
e UAB has seen record overall enrollment for three consecutive years. In the fall of 2011, UAB welcomed 17,575 students and its largest freshman class of more than 1,600, with two-thirds of those freshman living on campus.
e Forbes lists UAB among the Top 20 percent of all U.S. institutions and The Princeton Review has ranked the University among the Top 10 nationally for three consecutive years.
e UAB is ranked 31st nationally for funding research and development funding, attracting more than $460 million in 2010.
NOTABLE ALUMNI
b DR. REGINA M. BENJAMIN - First African-American woman
and the first person younger than 40, to be elected to the
American Medical Association Board of Trustees
b LARRY J. DeLUCAS - Director of UAB’s Center for Biophysical
Sciences and Engineering. Was a payload specialist on a 1992
voyage of the space shuttle Columbia
b VONETTA FLOWERS - First African-American to win a gold
medal in a winter Olympics (bobsled)
b ALLEN FRANKLIN - CEO of Georgia Power
b GRAEME McDOWELL - Professional golfer, 2010 U.S. Open
winner
b SANDRA L. MELNICK - Chief of the analytic epidemiology
research branch of the National Cancer Institute
b CHARLES A. NOONEY - Instrumental in the launching of the
Toon Disney television network
b MICHAEL E. STEPHENS - Executive director of the
internationally renowned Lakeshore Rehabilitation Hospital
in Birmingham
b RODDY WHITE – NFL Pro Bowler and first round draft pick in
2005 for Atlanta Falcons

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UTEP
GENERAL INFORMATION
Location: El Paso, Texas
Founded: 1914
Enrollment: 22,640
Nickname: Miners
President: Dr. Diana Natalicio
Athletics Director: Bob Stull
Football Stadium: Sun Bowl (51,500)
Basketball Arena: Don Haskins Center (12,000)
Media Market: No. 91 El Paso (339,130 HH)
Sponsored Sports: 16
MEN (6) - Basketball, Cross Country, Football, Golf,
Indoor & Outdoor Track & Field
WOMEN (9) – Basketball, Cross Country, Golf, Soccer, Softball,
Tennis, Indoor & Outdoor Track & Field, Volleyball
COED (1) - Rifle
ON THE WEB
University – www.utep.edu
Athletics – www.utepathletics.com
Twitter - @UTEPAthletics
Facebook – UTEP Athletics
PROMINENT FACTS
e UTEP has won a combined of 25 NCAA Division I national championships while claiming 77 conference titles. Perhaps the most notable of the achievements was the men’s basketball team beating Kentucky to win the 1966 NCAA Basketball Championship. The game had a huge impact on race and sport, with the Miners becoming the first team to start five African Americans. UTEP remains the only Division I university in the state of Texas to win an NCAA men’s basketball national championship.
e Other national crowns for UTEP include 13 by men’s track & field and seven from men’s cross country.
e UTEP has won four C-USA Men’s Cross Country titles, including three consecutive from 2005-2007. The 2007 team record the league’s first perfect score of 15 by claiming the top five individual spots.
e UTEP was ranked by Washington Monthly magazine #12 in the U.S. (between #11 Harvard and #13 Michigan) for overall impact on students, surrounding region and the nation.
e UTEP’s research expenditures have grown steadily to more than $76 million per year.
e UTEP recently invested $400 million to build state-of-the-art facilities in research, teaching, student support and athletics.
NOTABLE ALUMNI
b NATE ARCHIBALD - NBA Hall of Famer, chosen as one of the
Top 50 Greatest NBA Players
b BOB BEAMON - Olympic gold medalist, world record holder
in track and field
b HANK COHEN - President, MGM Television
b ANTONIO DAVIS - Former NBA All-Star
b SAM DONALDSON - ABC News veteran
b MAJOR GENERAL STANLEY E. GREEN - U.S. Army
b TIM HARDAWAY - Former NBA All-Star, Olympic gold
medalist
b SHOSHANA JOHNSON - U.S. Army Specialist, former Iraq
POW
b SETH JOYNER - 1991 NFL Defensive Player of the Year,
two-time Super Bowl champion
b BOB O’REAR - One of the founders of Microsoft
b NOLAN RICHARDSON - Former collegiate men’s basketball
head coach

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UTSA
GENERAL INFORMATION
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Founded: 1969
Enrollment: 30,474
Nickname: Roadrunners
President: Dr. Ricardo Romo
Athletics Director: Lynn Hickey
Football Stadium: Alamodome (65,000)
Basketball Arena: Convocation Center (4,080)
Media Market: No. 36 San Antonio (881,050 TV HH)
Sponsored Sports:
MEN (8) - Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Tennis, Indoor & Outdoor Track & Field
WOMEN (9) - Basketball, Cross Country, Golf, Soccer,
Softball, Tennis, Indoor & Outdoor Track & Field, Volleyball
ON THE WEB
University – utsa.edu
Athletics – goutsa.com
Twitter – @UTSAAthletics
Facebook – UTSA Athletics
PROMINENT FACTS
e The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) is an emerging Tier One research institution specializing in health, energy, security, sustainability, and human and social development. With nearly 31,000 students, it is the largest university in the San Antonio metropolitan region.
e UTSA advances knowledge through research and discovery, teaching and learning, community engagement and public service. The university embraces multicultural traditions and serves as a center for intellectual and creative resources as well as a catalyst for socioeconomic development and the commercialization of intellectual property – for Texas, the nation and the world.
e In April 2012, UTSA publicly launched its inaugural capital campaign with an initial goal of $120 million. In May 2013, UTSA announced it met its capital campaign goal with two years to go. It has since extended the campaign goal to $175 million. The next phase of the campaign will focus on greater investment in graduate students who conduct research, undergraduate programs that bring top students to UTSA, faculty research that fuels innovation and discovery, and athletics facilities.
e One of the youngest athletics departments in the country, UTSA began competing in 1981 and boasts 64 conference championships, more than 20 NCAA postseason appearances, 28 All-Americans and 16 Academic All-Americans. As a member of the Southland Conference from 1991-2012, the department won 55 league titles and captured the Commissioner’s Cup in 2007-08 and 2010-11. The Roadrunners will join Conference USA on July 1, 2013, after spending one year in the Western Athletic Conference.
NOTABLE ALUMNI
b ROXANNE AUSTIN — Former President and COO of DirecTV
b MICHELLE BEADL — Sports reporter for NBC Sports and co-
host of Access Hollywood
b DEVIN BROWN — Eight-year NBA veteran
b JEFF CLARKE — Vice Chairman and President of Dell
b DAYNA DEVON — Journalist and co-host of the infotainment
show Extra
b JOHAN EDFORS — Professional golfer
b JOHN ENGATES — Chief Technology Officer of Rackspace
b MIKE GARCIA — CFO and Senior VP of Omni Hotels
b ARLEN GLENEWINKEL JR. — VP and Controller of Tesoro
b ROLANDO GOMEZ — Professional photographer & author
b CLAY KILLINGER — Senior VP and Controller of Valero
Energy Corporation
b WILLIAM E. MORROW — Founder of Grande
Communications
b GEORGE MULLER — Vice President of Imperial Sugar
b JAMES MBOWE NYONDO — Malawian lawyer,
development worker, and Presidential candidate of Malawi
b MARIO MARCEL SALAS — African-American civil rights
leader
b KIM SPRADLIN — Winner of CBS Survivor: One World

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[quote=“BleEDgreen49er, post:1, topic:27838”]Interesting Tid-Bits For Each Program…(apologize for formatting I’m just copying and Pasting)…

Charlotte
GENERAL INFORMATION
Location: Charlotte, N.C.
Founded: 1946
Enrollment: 26,232
Nickname: 49ers
Chancellor: Philip L. Dubois
Athletics Director: Judy Rose
Football Stadium: McColl-Richardson Field (15,000)
Basketball Arena: Halton Arena (9,105)
Media Market: No. 25 Charlotte (1,140,900 TV HH)
Sponsored Sports: 17
MEN (9) - Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Soccer, Tennis, Indoor & Outdoor Track & Field
WOMEN ( 8) - Basketball, Cross Country, Soccer, Softball, Tennis, Indoor & Outdoor Track & Field, Volleyball
ON THE WEB
University –uncc.edu
Athletics – charlotte49ers.com
Twitter – @Charlotte49ers
Facebook – Charlotte 49ers
PROMINENT FACTS
e Charlotte has an enrollment of 26,232 and sponsors 16 sports, with football beginning competition in 2013 as a member of the Football Championship Series (FCS).
e The 49ers are making a return to C-USA, where they were members from 1995-2005. During that time, Charlotte went to eight NCAA Tournaments in men’s basketball, winning the C-USA Championship in 1999 and 2001.
e As a member of Conference USA, the men’s soccer team advanced to the 1996 NCAA College Cup. The 49ers made a return to that prestigious event in 2011.
e A research intensive university, UNC Charlotte is the fourth largest of the 16 institutions within the University of North Carolina system and the largest institution in the Charlotte region.
e The university comprises seven professional colleges and currently offers 19 doctoral programs, 64 master’s degree programs and 86 bachelor’s degrees. More than 900 full-time faculty comprise the university’s academic departments and the 2011 fall enrollment exceeded 25,000 students. UNC Charlotte boasts more than 90,000 living alumni and adds 4,000 to 4,500 new alumni each year.
NOTABLE ALUMNI
b CLAY AIKEN - Singer, Broadway star, American Idol runner- up
b EDDIE BASDEN - Former NBA Player & 2005 C-USA Player
of the Year
b CALVIN BROCK - Heavyweight boxer
b JON BUSCH - San Jose Earthquakes goalkeeper
b ROGER CANAFF - Nationally recognized Legal Expert,
Anti-violence Advocate, and Child-protection Specialist
b HEATHER CHILDERS - Fox News weekend anchor
b CHRIS HANEY - Kansas City Royals and Montreal Expos
Pitcher
b MATT HARDY - Pro wrestler
b BRYAN HARVEY - California Angels and Florida Marlins
pitcher
b DAVID HAUSER - Former Duke Energy CFO, Fairpoint
Communications Chairman and CEO
b DeMARCO JOHNSON - Professional basketball player
b JOHN MAINE - New York Mets and Miami Marlins pitcher
b CEDRIC MAXWELL - NBA great with the Boston Celtics and
commentator
b DAVE MOODY - Dove Award winning artist/producer/song
writer and indie filmmaker.
b THE MOODY BROTHERS - Grammy nominated artists/
musicians
b BENNY MOSS - Former UNC Wilmington head basketball
coach
b ROBERT A. NIBLOCK - Lowe’s Chairman, President, and
CEO
b JOE POSNANSKI - New York Times Best Selling Author,
Senior Writer at Sports Illustrated, Writer & NCB Sports
b ANNE TOMPKINS - U.S. Attorney for the Western District of
North Carolina
b MELVIN WATKINS - Former head basketball coach at
Charlotte and Texas A&M
b RODNEY WHITE - Professional basketball player[/quote]

Isn’t McColl-Richardson Field currently at 15,300?

Where did you get all this stuff by the way?

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Should Bobby Lutz be added under notable alumni?

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tl;dr.

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Bleedgreen, I don’t see Kenneth Houck, Customer Service Extraordinaire on that list. Hmm… >:D