Soccer

2012Men’S

GENERAL FACTS:Institution: Spring Hill College

City/State/Zip: Mobile, AL 36608

Founded: 1830

Enrollment: 1,400

Nickname: Badgers

School Colors: Purple, white

Home Facility: Library Field

Capacity: 500

Affiliation: NAIA

Conference: Southern States Athletic

President: Rev. Richard P. Salmi, S.J.

Athletic Director: Jim Hall

Alma Mater: Grinnell College, 1995

Faculty Athletic Representative: David Dean, Ph.D.

Athletic Department Phone: 251-380-3485

Athletic Department Fax: 251-460-2196

Sports Information Director: Jim Stennett

Alma Mater: Mississippi State, 1990

SID Phone: 251-380-4468

SID Email: jstennett@shc.edu

Athletic Web Site: www.shcbadgers.com

Twitter: SHCBADGERS

Facebook: SHCAthletics

COACHING STAFF:Head Coach: Tim Brooks

Alma Mater: Cumberland College, 2003

Record at school: 14-21-1 (3rd season)

Career record: 38-37-2 (6th season)

Office Phone: 251-380-4475

Best time/day to reach coach: 10 a.m.

Assistant Coaches: M.J. Tehini & Kevin DeLange

Athletic Trainer: Brian Gronewold, ATC

Trainer’s Phone: 251-380-3493

TEAM INFORMATION:Overall Record Last Year: 10-9-0

Conference/Finish: 5-7-0 (8th SSAC)

Starters returning/lost: 9/3

SPRING HILL COLLEGEMobile, Alabama

Spring Hill College is ranked once again in the top

20 Southern universities and colleges, according to the

2011 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s “America’s

Best Colleges.”

Spring Hill is ranked 17th among the Southern colleges

and universities granting master’s degrees. The U.S. News

rankings are based on several quality measures including

academic reputation, graduation and retention rates, faculty

resources, student selectivity, peer assessment and graduation

rate performance. Colleges and universities are listed in various

categories depending on their size, location and other factors.

The college is ranked 11th among only 15 schools listed

in the South’s “Great Schools, Great Prices” category, colleges

that offer quality academic programs, affordable tuition and

significant financial aid.

Spring Hill College is also listed in the region’s “A-Plus

Schools for B Students” category, campuses where B students

thrive in an engaged student body.

ON THE COvER:

Nick Link (left), Tyler Hartlage (middle) & Patrick Culotta (right)

PHOTOS BY: Seth Laubinger

TIM BROOKS Beginning his third season as the SHC men’s soccer head coach, Tim Brooks has built a 14-21-1 record with the Badgers and a 38-37-2 overall mark in his five-year career. Prior to coming to Mobile, Brooks enjoyed a three-year tenure at the University of Great Falls in Montana where he held an overall record of 24-16-1.

At UGF, Brooks’ Argonauts squad was a finalist at NAIA Unaffiliated/Independent Conference Tournament in 2009 in only its third year of competition and finished with a 15-5 record. In 2008, UGF compiled an 8-8-1 record in its first full season of play and was a semifinalist at the UIC Tournament.

Before taking the reins at Great Falls, Brooks was the Assistant Men’s Soccer Coach/Goalkeepers Coach at the University of the Cumberlands from 2004 to 2007.

As a player, Brooks was a 2nd Team All American at Cumberland College and earned 1st Team All Conference accolades. He was chosen his team’s Most valuable player (MvP) and served as the football team’s kicker and punter in his senior year.

He completed his B.S. in Health, Movement and Leisure Studies from Cumberland College, in Williamsburg, Ky., in 2004 and earned a Masters degree in Organizational Management-Human Development from the University of Great Falls in 2009.

Tim and his wife, Misty, have a four year-old daughter, Faith, and a two year-old son, Isaac.

M.J. TEHINI M.J. Tehini is in his third season as the assistant coach at Spring Hill College. A 2008 graduate of Birmingham-Southern College with a degree in Computer Science and a minor in Business, he is currently working toward his M.B.A. at Spring Hill.

Over his four-year career at BSC, Tehini played in 31 matches as a midfielder. He prepped at Briarwood

Christian School in Birmingham, Alabama, where he was a 1st team All-State performer.

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KEvIN DELANGE Joining the Badgers for his first season on the SHC staff, DeLange is a well-known figure in the Mobile soccer community. He has worked with the Davidson High School boy’s soccer team since 2008 and previously worked with SHC teams in the 1990s and 2004. He holds two bachelor’s degrees from the University of Mobile, earning a B.S. in Psychology in 1997 and a B.S. in

Mathematics in 2008.

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When Spring Hill College men’s soccer head coach Tim Brooks arrived in Mobile three years ago, he brought with him a plan for success. The 2011 season was the first step toward achieving that goal as the Badgers built a 10-9 record and secured the first winning record in the program’s 20-year history. “My vision is to create a winning tradition,” Brooks says. “And one winning record does not create a tradition. It’s a nice start, but what I like about this year’s team is that they are adamant about building a legacy here.”

The 2012 Badgers will be a young team for the second consecutive year with 11 freshmen, 13 sophomores and four juniors on the roster. Brooks, however, likes having a young core at this point in the program’s development. “It’s actually very exciting,” he says. “Younger players bring passion to everything we do. Our juniors and sophomores built a winning season last year and they are instilling the passion and lessons of last year into the freshmen.”

It is unusual to think of a team dominated by freshmen and sophomores as being experienced, but several of the sophomores were fulltime starters in 2011. Sophomore forward Tyler Hartlage of Tampa, Fla., started 18 of 19 games last season and led the Badgers with eight goals and eight assists. “We’re looking for another big year from Tyler,” says Brooks. “And we also have junior Patrick Culotta (of New Orleans, La.) returning at another forward, so we should be improved on offense.” Sophomore Mario Escalante of Santa Cruz, Bolivia, started 16 matches for the Badgers in 2011 and will continue to play a vital part this season.

Sophomore Danny Ochoa of Miami, Fla., who played a major role off the bench in 2011, will contribute to the team’s offensive punch as an attacker in the midfielder. “We are still exploring some options on our outside midfielders, but we should be dangerous moving forward,” says Brooks. Sophomore Nick Smith of Huntsville, Ala., started all 19 games as a freshman in the midfield and he will be joined by freshman Jose Scheuren of Miami. “We’ve added depth in our midfield this year,” Brooks says. “We are going to have different ways of getting results this year and not appear so one dimensional.” Adding to the depth, sophomore Esteban Angel of Guayaquil, Ecuador, appeared in 17 matches with 11 starts in the Badger midfield last season.

Brooks is also confident in his defensive front. Junior Nick Link of Elizabethtown, Ky., is a three-year starter and Salvador Sanchis of Miami effectively converted from the midfield to defense last season. “Our interior defense will be experienced and strong,” says Brooks. “We are still experimenting on the outside, but that’s mainly due to the fact that we are now deeper at that position than last year.” Sophomore Jabu Thompson of Miami developed into a solid presence in 2011 with 13 starts and sophomore Dylan Gardner of Waterloo, Ill., appeared in 18 matches as a freshman.

The goalkeeping position will be a contest this season between sophomore Gabriel Jaramillo of Miami and freshman Jacob Files of Clinton, Miss. “Our goalkeepers have been playing well in the early practices,” says Brooks. “We’ll be happy with either player and we’ll just have to see how it pans out.” Sophomore Patrick Danner of Tampa who built a 3-1 record in four starts last season will also be a factor in goal for the Badgers.

In past seasons, Spring Hill tended to suffer a lack of quality depth in its reserve players, but Brooks has successfully added more talent to his bench with a strong recruiting class. Junior Andres Garcia of Navarre, Fla., returns with two-years of experience in the Badger offense while sophomore Tanyi Mubang of Tampa and freshmen Nico Olvera from Miami and Andrew McInnis of Mandeville, La., look to add punch to the Badgers “up top.” The midfield reserves include junior Stephen Ray of Panama City, Fla., sophomore Eric Schwing of Mandeville, freshman Seth Hagan of Covington, La., and freshman Grant Quinlan of New Iberia, La. On defense, sophomore Sam Keiser of Athens, Ala., will lead a group of five freshmen in Arturo Garcia from Guayaquil, Nick De Felice of Chicago, Ill., Lloyd Mohney of Peachtree City, Ga., Terence Hinton of Mobile’s Daphne High School and Samuel Grace of New Orleans.

With five Southern States Athletic Conference (SSAC) teams ranked in the NAIA Preseason Top 25, the 2012 schedule will be another tough trek for Spring Hill, but Brooks is not intimidated by the high rankings. “Last year four SSAC teams went to the NAIA National Championship Tournament and AUM, who could have been a Final 16 team, was left out,” he says. “That just shows how tough this conference is. As coaches, we like the challenge, but more importantly, our players now love the challenge of playing that caliber of talent.”

preVieW 2012

18Gabriel Jaramillo

GKSophmore • 5’10”

2Andres Garcia

FWD/MF Junior • 5’8”

3Eric Schwing

MF Sophmore • 5’6”

4Nick Smith

MF Sophmore • 6’0”

5Salvador Sanchis

MFSophomore • 6’0”

6Jabu Thompson

DEF Sophmore • 5’7”

13Nico Olvera

FWDFreshman • 5’11”

14Sam Keiser

DEF Sophomore • 5’11”

15Jose Scheuren

MF Freshman • 5’11”

16Stephen Ray

MF Junior • 5’10”

17Mario Escalante

FWD Sophmore • 5’7”

1Jacob Files

GK Freshman • 6’2”

26Grant Quinlan

MF Freshman • 5’9”

25 Terence Hinton

DEF Freshman • 6’0”

27 Andrew McInnis

FWD Freshman • 6’0”

2011reSuLtSDATE OPPONENT SITE RESULTAug. 27 Texas College Library Field W; 5-1Aug. 28 Lyon College Library Field W; 4-1Sept. 3 at Louisiana College Pineville, La. W; 1-0Sept. 9 Delta State University Library Field W; 2-1Sept. 14 at University of West Florida Pensacola, Fla. L; 1-2Sept. 18 *at Southern Polytechnic State Marietta, Ga. L; 0-1Sept. 23 *Lee University Library Field L; 2-5Sept. 24 *Shorter University Library Field W; 2-0Sept. 30 *at Truett-McConnell College Cleveland, Ga. W; 1-0Oct. 1 *at Southern Wesleyan University Central, S.C. W; 3-0Oct. 4 Huntingdon College Library Field W; 3-0Oct. 7 *Brewton-Parker College Library Field W; 2-0Oct. 8 *Emmanuel College Library Field W; 2-1Oct. 11 *at Auburn University Montgomery Montgomery, Ala. L; 2-5Oct. 15 *at Belhaven University Jackson, Miss. L; 0-1Oct. 18 *Faulkner University Library Field L; 3-4Oct. 25 *William Carey University Library Field L; 1-2Oct. 29 *at University of Mobile Univ. of Mobile L; 0-5Nov. 5 **at University of Mobile Univ. of Mobile L; 0-4

*-SSAC match **- 2011 SSAC Championship Tournament

28 Samuel Grace

DEF Freshman • 5’10”

19Seth Hagan

MF Freshman • 5’9”

21Patrick Culotta

MF/FWD Junior • 5’10”

20 Arturo Garcia

DEFFreshman • 6’0”

22Patrick Danner

GK Sophmore • 5’10”

23 Nick De Felice

DEF Freshman • 6’1”

7Dylan Gardner

DEFSophmore • 5’11”

8Danny Ochoa

MF Sophmore • 5’9”

9Tanyi Mubang

FWDSophmore • 5’9”

10Esteban Angel

MF Sophmore • 5’7”

11Tyler Hartlage

FWD Sophmore • 5’7”

12Nick Link

MF Junior • 6’0”

24Lloyd Mohney

DEF/MF Freshman • 5’8”

2012roSterNO. PLAYER CLASS POS. HT. WT. HOMETOWN1 JACOB FILES FR. GK 6-2 180 CLINTON, MISS./CLINTON HIGH2 ANDRES GARCIA JR. FWD/MF 5-8 160 NAvARRE, FLA./NAvARRE HIGH 3 ERIC SCHWING SO. MF 5-6 150 MANDEvILLE, LA./ST. PAUL’S4 NICK SMITH SO. MF 6-0 143 HUNTSvILLE, ALA./GRISSOM HIGH5 SALvADOR SANCHIS SO. MF 6-0 160 MIAMI, FLA./BELEN JESUIT PREP6 JABU THOMPSON SO. DEF 5-7 135 MIAMI, FLA./DORAL ACADEMY7 DYLAN GARDNER SO. DEF 5-11 142 WATERLOO, ILL./ST. LOUIS UNIvERSITY HIGH8 DANNY OCHOA SO. MF 5-9 136 MIAMI, FLA./DORAL ACADEMY9 TANYI MUBANG SO. FWD 5-9 158 TAMPA, FLA./JESUIT HIGH10 ESTEBAN ANGEL SO. MF 5-7 150 GUAYAQUIL, ECUADOR/CRUZ DEL SUR11 TYLER HARTLAGE SO. FWD 5-7 165 TAMPA, FLA./JESUIT HIGH12 NICK LINK JR. MF 6-0 165 ELIZABETHTOWN, KY./ELIZABETHTOWN HIGH 13 NICO OLvERA FR. FWD 5-11 160 MIAMI, FLA./BELEN JESUIT PREP14 SAM KEISER SO. DEF 5-11 155 ATHENS, ALA./EAST LIMESTONE HIGH15 JOSE SCHEUREN FR. MF 5-11 160 MIAMI, FLA./BELEN JESUIT PREP16 STEPHEN RAY JR. MF 5-10 165 PANAMA CITY, FLA./A. CRAWFORD MOSLEY HIGH 17 MARIO ESCALANTE SO. FWD 5-7 150 SANTA CRUZ, BOLIvIA/ST. BENEDICT’S PREP (N.J.)18 GABRIEL JARAMILLO SO. GK 5-10 165 MIAMI, FLA./CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS HIGH19 SETH HAGAN FR. MF 5-9 150 COvINGTON, LA./ST. PAUL’S20 ARTURO GARCIA FR. DEF 6-0 175 GUAYAQUIL, ECUADOR/NYACK COLLEGE (N.Y.)21 PATRICK CULOTTA JR. MF/FWD 5-10 145 NEW ORLEANS, LA./JESUIT HIGH 22 PATRICK DANNER SO. GK 5-10 154 TAMPA, FLA./JESUIT HIGH23 NICK DE FELICE FR. DEF 6-1 170 CHICAGO, ILL./LOYOLA ACADEMY24 LLOYD MOHNEY FR. DEF/MF 5-8 155 PEACHTREE CITY, GA./MCINTOSH HIGH25 TERENCE HINTON FR. DEF 6-0 165 MOBILE, ALA./DAPHNE HIGH26 GRANT QUINLAN FR. MF 5-9 155 NEW IBERIA, LA./CATHOLIC HIGH (NEW IBERIA)27 ANDREW MCINNIS FR. FWD 6-0 170 MANDEvILLE, LA./ST. PAUL’S28 SAMUEL GRACE FR. DEF 5-10 153 NEW ORLEANS, LA./JESUIT HIGH

HEAD COACH: TIM BROOKS - 6TH SEASON OvERALL (3RD SHC)ASSISTANT COACH: M.J. TEHINI - 3RD SEASON GOALKEEPER COACH: KEvIN DELANGE - 1ST SEASON ATHLETIC TRAINER: BRIAN GRONEWOLD, ATC

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2012 SprinG HiLL coLLeGe Men’S Soccer

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2011StandinGS

DATE OPPONENT SITE TIMEAUG. 25 AT WILEY COLLEGE LONGvIEW, TExAS 3:00 P.M.AUG. 26 AT WILEY COLLEGE LONGvIEW, TExAS 3:00 P.M.SEPT. 1 UNIvERSITY OF ST. THOMAS (TExAS) LIBRARY FIELD 1:00 P.M.SEPT. 5 MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE LIBRARY FIELD 4:00 P.M.SEPT. 9 CONCORDIA COLLEGE-SELMA LIBRARY FIELD 3:30 P.M.SEPT. 14 vS. WARNER UNIvERSITY THOMASvILLE, GA. 5:30 P.M.SEPT. 16 AT THOMAS UNIvERSITY (GA.) THOMASvILLE, GA. 2:00 P.M.SEPT. 21 *AT LEE UNIvERSITY CLEvELAND, TENN. 5:00 P.M.SEPT. 22 *AT SOUTHERN POLYTECHNIC STATE MARIETTA, GA. 4:30 P.M.SEPT. 28 *TRUETT-MCCONNELL COLLEGE LIBRARY FIELD 4:00 P.M.SEPT. 29 *SOUTHERN WESLEYAN UNIvERSITY LIBRARY FIELD 4:00 P.M.OCT. 3 *AT WILLIAM CAREY UNIvERSITY HATTIESBURG, MISS. 7:30 P.M.OCT. 6 *BELHAvEN UNIvERSITY LIBRARY FIELD 3:30 P.M.OCT. 11 *AT BREWTON-PARKER COLLEGE AILEY, GA. 3:30 P.M.OCT. 13 *AT EMMANUEL COLLEGE FRANKLIN SPRINGS, GA. 7:30 P.M.OCT. 20 *AUBURN UNIvERSITY MONTGOMERY LIBRARY FIELD 3:30 P.M.OCT. 25 *AT FAULKNER UNIvERSITY MONTGOMERY, ALA. 7:00 P.M.OCT. 27 *UNIvERSITY OF MOBILE LIBRARY FIELD 3:30 P.M.NOv. 3-10 AT SSAC TOURNAMENT MONTGOMERY, ALA. TBA

*-SSAC MATCH

School GCAC OverallMobile 10-1-1 16-3-1

Southern Poly 9-2-1 17-3-2

William Carey 8-1-3 16-4-3

Belhaven 9-3 16-5

AUM 8-2-2 12-5-4

So. Wesleyan 7-5 10-8

Lee 6-6 11-8

Spring Hill 5-7 10-9

Emmanuel 4-8 11-9

Shorter 3-8-1 7-10-1

Faulkner 2-9-1 4-11-2

Brewton-Parker 2-10 5-11-1

Truett-McConnell 0-11-1 1-15-1

continued GCAC Overall