1.27.2012 | Men's Track and Field, Women's Track and Field
1.27.2012 | Men's Volleyball
1.27.2012 | Men's Track and Field, Women's Track and Field
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Sat, Jan. 28, 2012
Baseball
vs Alumni Day
11 a.m.
Women's Swimming and Diving
vs Northern Arizona
1 p.m.
Men's Basketball
at BYU-Hawai'i
10:30 p.m.
Live Audio
Men's Track and Field
at Mountain T's Invitational
Preview
Women's Track and Field
at Mountain T's Invitational
Preview
Dominique Daniels - BMX
at Sooner Nationals
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Did You Know...
Jessica McKay
Jessica McKay was the first women’s golfer to qualify for the NCAA Championships. She finished 26th in 2008. She was joined by Georgina Dunn in 2010, who tied for 34th place in Mesa, Arizona and Tiffany Hewetson in 2011, who tied for 23rd in Allendale, Michigan.
Erica Ehlo
Women’s volleyball standout Erica Ehlo is the daughter of former NBA standout Craig Ehlo.
Director of Athletics
Grand Canyon University Director of Athletics B. Keith Baker pitched on the school's first three NAIA National Championship baseball teams (1980-82). He also holds the distinction of throwing the program's most recent no-hitter against Nebraska Wesleyan University on March 11, 1982.
Petar Draksin 2
Since 1982, GCU head men’s soccer coach Petar Draksin has coached boys and girls age groups in the Arizona Youth Soccer Association. He served as president of AYSA in 2007-08. His teams have captured more than 30 state championships and five regional crowns, and four have advanced to the Final Four.
Kris Naber
With 236 wins, GCU women’s volleyball coach Kris Naber is the winningest coach in school history. Naber, then Kris Belcher, is also one of the program’s all-time leaders in assists and digs.
Rosalyn Nelson
GCU guard Rosalyn Nelson is the program’s all-time leader in both assists and steals. She became the steals leader during her sophomore season.
B. Keith Baker
Athletic Director Keith Baker guided the GCU men’s golf team to three straight NCAA Division II tournaments from 2006-08. The team finished 10th in the country in 2007 after winning the PacWest Conference championship and placing second at the NCAA West Regional. In 2008 Ryan Sperry won the NCAA West Region individual title.
Geordie Hackett
Grand Canyon University head athletic trainer Geordie Hackett played for three years on the Springfield College men’s soccer team. He remains competitive by racing mountain bikes. He finished 11th out of 50 racers in the state of Arizona for his age group and race category in 2008 and 2009.
Cory Cole
During his playing days at Oklahoma Christian University, women’s basketball assistant coach Cory Cole became the school’s all-time leader in scoring and rebounding.
Steve Schaffer
In only three years of existence, two under current head coach Steve Schaffer, the Grand Canyon University swimming program has reached national rankings for both men’s and women’s programs.
R.C. LaHaye
Grand Canyon University head wrestling coach R.C. LaHaye was a three-time NCAA Division II All-American and team captain for Western State College of Colorado. He was one of the finest wrestlers to ever pass through the storied Payson High School program, finishing with a 130-9 record and winning three state championships.
Anthony Boone
Grand Canyon University assistant men’s basketball coach Anthony Boone is one of only two Ole Miss student-athletes to have his number retired. The first was quarterback Archie Manning, a New Orleans Saints great and father of NFL quarterbacks Peyton and Eli Manning.
Russ Pennell
Grand Canyon University head men’s basketball coach Russ Pennell guided the University of Arizona to a 21-14 record and Sweet 16 appearance in the NCAA Tournament in 2008-09, while serving as interim head coach.
Men’s Golf Program
GCU men’s golf program has qualified for four straight NCAA Division II National Championships (2006-2009) and was national runner-up in 2000. Twenty-two players have earned either NAIA or NCAA All-American honors.
Antelope Gymnasium
Antelope Gymnasium opened in 1994 and hosts all of Grand Canyon University’s NCAA contests in men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s volleyball, wrestling and dozens of amateur tournaments, concerts and other year-round events.
Trent Bruns
GCU libero Trent Bruns was the first Antelope men’s volleyball player to earn weekly honors in the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association when he was honored as Defensive Player of the Week, Feb. 1, 2010.
Mark Nelson
In the summer of 2002, Grand Canyon University assistant men’s basketball coach Mark Nelson was selected as a coach for the U.S. Junior National Team, which included future NBA stars Carmelo Anthony, Chris Bosh and Deron Williams. He was the junior-college coach of Tony Allen, who also went on to the NBA.
Student Recreation Center
Grand Canyon University’s new student recreation center will be a 55,000-square-ft facility featuring three basketball courts and practice facilities for wrestling, basketball and volleyball. The facility will feature men’s and women’s locker rooms, athletic training facilities and a student fitness center.
Stapleton-Pierson Stadium
Stapleton-Pierson Stadium is the home of the Grand Canyon University softball program. It is named for then-athletic director John Pierson and then-head baseball coach Dave Stapleton in honor of their efforts and determination in building the facility.
Soccer Field
The Grand Canyon University Soccer Field is the home of both the men’s and women’s soccer programs, as well as the lacrosse team.
Matt Brase
Grand Canyon University men’s basketball graduate assistant Matt Brase is the grandson of legendary former University of Arizona head coach Lute Olson. He played for his grandfather as a walk-on at the U of A in 2003-04 and 2004-05, and spent the 2008-09 season as an assistant coach there under Russ Pennell, now GCU’s head coach.
NAIA Championships
Along with four NAIA championships, the Grand Canyon University baseball program has graduated 13 players to the major leagues, most notably Angels’ great Tim Salmon and Yankees’ World Series star Chad Curtis.
National Championship Teams
GCU’s Antelope Gym boasts four banners recognizing nine national championship teams: Men’s Basketball NAIA National Champs (1975, 1978, 1988), Baseball NAIA National Champs (1980-82, 1986), Men’s Soccer NCAA Division II National Champs (1996) and Women’s Tennis NAIA National Champs (1981).
Women’s Basketball Program
GCU’s women’s basketball program has had three 1,000-point scorers and two are current players. Guards Samantha Murphy and Rosalyn Nelson rank No. 1 and No. 3 on the all-time list.
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Men's soccer coach Petar Draksin was the co-coach at Apollo High School in Phoenix from 1985-1994, during which time Apollo made the postseason every year, advanced to the Final Four five straight years (1989-92) and won the 5A state championship in 1993.
Grand Canyon University
Grand Canyon University provides an exciting campus lifestyle that includes a Student Union, Latte Dah Café, movie nights, a recreational pool, a wide variety of sports, a fully equipped exercise facility and strong spiritual life that includes chapel, The Gathering (a contemporary evening chapel), community ministries and mission trips.
Phil Cullen
Grand Canyon University University assistant men’s basketball coach Phil Cullen made seven consecutive three-pointers in a first-round NCAA Tournament game against Indiana in 2002, tying a tournament record on the way to a 25-point performance. The 6-foot-9 Cullen played collegiately at the University of Utah.
Brazell Stadium
Brazell Stadium is the home of the Grand Canyon University baseball team and is named after legendary coach Dave Brazell, the founder and developer of the program and the head coach for one of the program’s NAIA national titles.
Petar Draksin
Grand Canyon University head men’s soccer coach Petar Draksin has been actively involved with the Arizona Sahuaros, the premier men’s team in the state, leading them to a MPSL championship in 2003 and a runner-up finish in 2004. In 2008, the Sahuaros went to the Final Four and finished second in the nation.
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