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Louisville The University and City

The University of Louisville attracts many of the nation’s best and brightest minds to its friendly,

park-like campus in the heart of Kentucky’s largest city.UofL’s incoming freshman class scored an aver-

age 25.3 on the ACT test in 2014, almost 4 points higher than the national average and the most dramatic jump in Kentucky over the past decade.

Since 2003, 79 UofL students have won presti-gious Fulbright awards, more than all other Kentucky universities combined and on par with prestigious universities such as Johns Hopkins and MIT. This success is based in part on the fact that UofL faculty not only are among the best in their fields, but that they take personal interest in students and push them to do their best.

Students at UofL are presented a wide range of study options – more than 170 fields in 11 schools and colleges – with many nationally ranked programs among them. UofL’s location in an area of more than a million people also is an asset, giving students many opportunities to apply the critical thinking skills they hone in the classroom to relevant, hands-on experiences in the community.

UofL students benefit from superb facilities, including a library system ranked among the top 100 research libraries in North America and one of the nation’s top 10 academic clean rooms, where work in bioengineering, nanotechnology and other high-demand fields occurs. New apartment-style housing and a sparkling, new $38 million, 128,000-square-foot student recreation center ensures first-class facilities for living and playing on campus.

UofL is committed to building a nurturing and challenging intellectual climate, a respect for diver-sity and a genuine understanding of how diversity enriches a vibrant metropolitan research university. One of the university’s goals is to give every arts

and sciences student the chance to study abroad at least once during his or her undergraduate career.

The university also is one of the fastest-grow-ing research institutions in the nation, yielding many milestone discoveries. UofL faculty conducted the world’s first successful implantation of a fully implantable artificial heart, developed the world’s first 100 percent effective cervical cancer vaccine, and completed the nation’s first successful hand transplant. University faculty currently are heading the world’s first FDA-approved clinical trial using adult cardiac stem cells to treat heart disease.

In 2009, UofL and the Commonwealth of Ken-tucky announced the establishment of the Conn Center for Renewable Energy Research and Envi-ronmental Stewardship. And UofL’s School of Public Health and Information Sciences received $2.3 mil-lion to lead research in preparation for, prevention of, and communication during pandemics.

Under the leadership of James Ramsey, UofL became Kentucky’s first university to take advantage of a process called tax increment financing, in which once taxes generated by a project surpass a certain threshold subsequent taxes are directed back into the project. UofL’s successful downtown develop-ment, NUCLEUS, already is returning millions of dollars to the university. A second project on the Belknap Campus is expected to have similar suc-cess in the future.

UofL also stands out in community service. In fact, it is ranked among the top 12 “Best Neighbor” schools in the nation. Based on its curricular engagement, outreach and partnerships, the university is ranked as a Carnegie Community

Engagement univer-

sity, one of fewer than 200 such institutions nationwide. In one year alone, UofL students, faculty and staff contributed more than $25.1 million to charitable organizations through volunteerism and direct donations.

UofL’s Signature Partnership, a project with com-munity organizations and businesses to improve the social, cultural, educational, health care and economic development services in a historically underserved area of Louisville, is considered a national model for community engagement.

UofL was environmentally minded long before “green” became a buzzword, co-founding the Partner-ship for a Green City several years ago with the city of Louisville and the Jefferson County Public Schools to reduce waste, increase energy efficiency and improve the health and education of area children.

UofL is a major player in the downtown arts scene, too, helping bring fine arts programming to Louisville to create a more vibrant city center. The Cressman Center for the Visual Arts is just one result of this effort. It features a glass hot shop, coldwork-ing metal and woodworking studios and three gal-leries open daily to the public. And back on Belknap Campus, its School of Music is home to the Cardinal Singers, the top-ranked choral group in the world.

But the greatest way in which UofL is making its mark is through the contributions its students make to society. They graduate to become valuable citizens such as current Republican Leader and U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell; former U.S. Sen. and presidential candidate Christopher Dodd; Sirius/XM Radio personality Bob Edwards; Howard Fineman, editorial director of the AOL Huffington Post Media Group; best-selling author Sue Grafton; and Sharon Darling, founder and president of the National Cen-ter for Family Literacy.

For these reasons and more, it’s truly a great time to be a Louisville Cardinal.

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The Louisville area owes its existence to the Falls of the Ohio, the only place where the 981-mile

Ohio River flows over bedrock. The falls were really a rapids where the river dropped about 27 feet in three miles, usually blocking passage by boat.

Early explorers recognized the strategic impor-tance of the Falls. George Rogers Clark established the first settlement there in 1778, to use as a base of his invasion of British territory in Southern Illinois and Indiana. Two years later that settlement became Louisville -- named for King Louis XVI of France, who was supporting the American Revolution.

Louisville quickly became a vital transportation center for the young nation. Ports were establish above and below the Falls. Passengers and freight moved overland around the rapids. Trails and roads connected the ports to inland settlements in Ken-tucky and Indiana. The steamboat brought prosper-ity and growth to the area; by 1850, Louisville was the 10th-largest city in the nation.

In the decades that followed, railroads greatly improved connections with cities throughout the nation, and Louisville became known as the “Gate-way to the South.” Businesses and industries were attracted by the strong and convenient transportation network and Louisville became an industrial center.

In recent years, the economy of the Louisville area has shifted from a heavy reliance on industry to an increasing emphasis on services, including earning a worldwide reputation as a transportation and dis-tribution center. Once again, location is a key factor. Louisville is located near the center of the eastern half

of the contiguous 48 states, with nearly half of the nation’s consum-er markets within a 500-mile radi-uws. The climate is mild enough that Louisville’s airport is rarely closed because of weather.

Climate, loca-tion and a good t ranspor ta t ion

system helped convince United Parcel Service to establish its national hub in Louisville in the early 1980s. UPS, in turn, is attracting businesses that depend on fast and efficient transportation of their goods to other parts of the nation and throughout the world.

The Kentucky Center for the Arts is one of the nation’s premier performing arts facilities, housing three spacious theatres.

Sports, including U of L athletics, are an important facet of life in the Louisville area. Churchill Downs has hosted three Breeders’ Cups and continues its traditional Run For The Roses -- the Kentucky Derby -- the first Saturday each May. The 1996, 2000 and 2014 PGA Championships were staged at Valhalla Golf Course in eastern Jefferson County, which was also the site of the 2008 Ryder Cup international competition. The Louisville Bats, the triple-A baseball team of the Cin-cinnati Reds, have drawn over 1 million fans to games in a single season with new Slugger Field

stationed on the downtown riverfront. Over 140 pub-lic parks, 20 public golf courses and 226 public tennis courts also provide outdoor entertainment.

Yet even though Louisville has changed through the years, it still has the flavor and gentleness of a Southern town. The Belle of Louisville steamboat still paddles its way up and down the Ohio River daily, mint juleps are still served under an old oak tree during the hot and muggy summers and fishing in the many lakes and rivers of Louisville and sur-rounding counties is still a favorite pastime.

Another favorite in Louisville is trying to figure out the correct pronunciation of the city. So if you’re a tourist, don’t say Louie-ville or Lewis-ville. Natives claim it’s Lou-a-vuhl. Either way, Louisville is still the same happy place.

"The Ville" has been labeled as the Best College

Sports Town in America

Cardinal fans participate in a rally at Fourth Street Live!, a downtown

entertainment area.

Louisville Slugger Museum


City of Louisville


Louisville Quick Facts

Louisville, Kentucky

Metropolitan area size: 2,179 square

miles (includes eight neighboring counties).

Population: approximately 1 million,

the nation’s 16th-largest urban area in

population.

Median Age: 32.5

Weather: average annual rainfall is 44

inches; average summer/fall temperature

is 84 degrees; winter/spring temp. is 64.

Louisville ranks among the top 25

convention cities in the United States.

More than 3.5 million visitors visit annually,

including over 700,000 convention

delgates.

Louisville is home to legendary Churchill

Downs and the Kentucky Derby, known as

“the greatest two minutes in sports.”

The Jefferson County Public School

System is the nation’s 25th largest public

school system, with 96,000 students.

Louisville’s top local manufacturers:

Ford Motor Company, General Electric

Company, Publishers Printing Company,

Brown-Forman Corp.

Kentucky Harvest, which collects surplus

food to feed the homeless and needy,

started in Louisville and spawned the

national USA Harvest.

The area’s largest private employer is

UPS, the worldwide shipping business

which uses Louisville International Airport

as a hub. Louisville’s airport ranks third in

the U.S. – and sixth in the world – in tons

of air freight handled.

Hillerich & Bradsby’s Louisville Slugger

baseball bats are a hit at ballparks.

“Most Livable City in America” (large

city category) by the U.S. Conference of

Mayors (2012).

One of the “Best Places to Live” by

Men’s Journal (2011).

Among the Top 10 “Best Cities For

Families” by Parenting Magazine (2011).

Second-best housing market in the

United States by Forbes.com (2010).

Eighth “Most Affordable City in the U.S.”

by Forbes (2014).

Third among “Top 30 City for Young

Entrepreneurs” by Livability.com (2012).

One of the “Top 10 Cities for Affordable

Vacations” by Under30CEO (2013).

“Manliest Town in America” by GQ

Magazine (2012).

Top 10 “Bike Friendly City” by USA Today.

Churchill Downs

Muhammad Ali Center



City of Louisville


University Administration


James R. RamseyPresident

The University of Louisville is on an upward trajectory under the leader-

ship of its 17th president, Dr. James Ramsey. Ramsey has worked aggres-sively to move the university toward its goal of becoming a “premier, nationally recognized, metropolitan research institu-tion,” as mandated by Kentucky’s Post-secondary Education Reform Act. Since he became president in 2002, UofL has made great strides in five strategic areas: Educational quality Extramural research Campus diversity Community partnerships Accountability Since 2002, the quality of UofL’s freshman class

has improved dramatically, with the average ACT score of incoming freshmen climbing to 25.3 in 2014, more than four points above the national average and five points above the state average. The university’s graduation rate has increased nearly 60 percent and the number of doctoral degrees awarded has more than doubled since 2002.

University of Louisville students are claiming a much larger share of the nation’s most prestigious academic honors. In 2013, student Evan Shepherd was the only Kentucky student chosen for a presti-gious Truman scholarship. Since 2003, UofL has been one of the nation’s top schools for producing Fulbright scholars. Seventy-nine UofL students have received Fulbrights, more than any other Kentucky college.

Ramsey also has created a university culture focused on research and innovation that seeks to improve the quality of life for people in Kentucky

and beyond. The approach already has led to major milestones in health-care, business and the environment. In 2014, UofL’s research funding is more than double what it was a decade ago and the university has become one of America’s fastest-growing research uni-versities in National Institutes of Health funding.

Ramsey has overseen dramatic physical changes to the campus as well. New residence halls built through

public-private partnerships have enabled the univer-sity to more than double its on-campus population from 2,300 when Ramsey became president to more than 5,000 this year. One project, The Cardinal Towne development, brought high-end student housing and successful retail venues and restaurants to Belknap Campus. A $38-million, 128,000-square-foot Student Recreation Center opened in October 2013, adding even more to student life at the university.

The university’s ties with its community have never been stronger. Not only has UofL been a major player in the award-winning Partnership for a Green City with Jefferson County Public Schools and Louisville Metro government, it has launched a Signature Partnership Initiative to improve education, health care, social services and economic opportunity in west Louisville, an area of the city that’s been left behind. UofL has earned the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching’s highest rating in the area of commu-nity engagement. UofL is one of only 119 schools nationwide and three schools in Kentucky to earn the designation in two areas, curricular engagement and outreach and partnerships. The school is also reaching out to men and women in the armed services, signing education, training and research agreements with Fort Knox and the Kentucky National Guard.

Under Ramsey’s leadership, the university enjoyed two historic events in 2014. In addition to joining the

prestigious Atlantic Coast Conference on July 1, the university announced in April that it had completed a $1 billion fundraising campaign called “Charting Our Course: A Campaign for Kentucky’s Premier Metropoli-tan Research University.”

A strong commitment to serving the community and state is nothing new for Ramsey. Before assum-ing UofL’s top post, he served as senior policy adviser and state budget director for Kentucky and senior pro-fessor of economics and public policy at UofL. He has served as vice chancellor for finance and administra-tion at both the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Western Kentucky University. He has been associate dean, assistant dean and director of public administration in the College of Business Administra-tion at Loyola University and research associate for the University of Kentucky’s Center for Public Affairs.

A tenured professor of economics, Ramsey has served on the faculties of UNC – Chapel Hill, WKU, UK, Loyola and Middle Tennessee State University.

A frequent national speaker and writer on eco-nomic issues in the public sector, Ramsey has received a number of honors and awards including the Louisville Central Community Centers Lifetime Achievement Award in 2014, Boy Scouts of America Silver Beaver Award in 2012, Greater Louisville Inc.’s Fleur-De-Lis Award in 2011 and 2012, Louisville Advertising Federation’s Louisvillian of the Year Award in 2010, Western Kentucky University Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame in 2010, Louisville Defender Outstanding Community Service Award in 2010, Business First Business Leader of the Year in 2007, University of Kentucky College of Business and Eco-nomics Alumni Hall of Fame in 2004, the Governor’s Association’s Outstanding Public Service Award in 2001, Kentucky’s Distinguished Economist of the Year in 1999 and the Fern Creek High School Hall of Fame in 1998.

A Kentucky native, he holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Western Kentucky University and master’s and doctoral degrees in eco-nomics from UK.

Sharing his love for public service is his wife, Jane Ramsey, who is involved in a host of community activities and organizations. She heads an effort to beautify UofL’s Belknap Campus and revitalize its sur-rounding south Louisville neighborhood.

The Ramseys’ two daughters attended UofL. Jenny, the oldest, holds a nursing degree, while Jacque has a degree in marketing as well as an MBA.

The Ramsey family:James, Jacque,Jane and Jenny.

Dr. James Ramsey



University Administration

Elaine WiseFaculty Athletics Representative

A member of the UofL faculty for many years, Elaine Wise is in her 16th year as UofL’s Faculty Athletics Repre-sentative. Appointed by the President, she serves as the university’s liaison between academics and athletics, responsible for the certification of stu-dent-athlete eligibility to the NCAA and providing academic and compliance oversight as Chair of the Committee on Academic Performance of the ULAA Board. As a member of the ACC FAR Council, she serves on the Infractions Review Committee. She also serves as the Provost’s Liaison for Athletics.

Chairperson of the Division of Humanities and Assistant Professor of English and Humanities, Wise has long been a member of the Athletic Associa-tion’s Board of Directors, serving as a member of all committees, and as chair of the Committee on Academic Performance. A lifelong resident of Louis-ville, Wise graduated from local Seneca High School,

a member of its first graduating class. She earned her bachelor’s degree in English from Agnes Scott College, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Following a stop at Indiana University, Bloomington, where she earned a master’s degree in English Literature on a Woodrow Wilson Fel-lowship, she joined the UofL faculty as an Instructor of English for three years. Having resumed her graduate studies, she returned to UofL to join the faculty

of the Freshman Symposium, an interdisciplinary program for first year students. In 1977, she was awarded tenure in the Division of Humanities.

Wise has served as Chair of the Division of Humanities since 1996, teaching courses in both the English and Humanities programs. Chaucer, Shake-speare, and Medieval/Renaissance Literature and Culture are her areas of academic specialization. In 1990, she was named the University’s Distinguished Teaching Professor for Undergraduate Instruction, in1995, she earned the Carnegie Foundation’ s Ken-tucky Professor of the Year Award, and in 2005, she

received the University of Louisville Trustees Award for her service to students. In 2009, she was the recipient of the Tower Award in Education.

An on-campus leader throughout her many years at UofL, Wise is a long time member of the Faculty Senate, and serves on the Executive Committee. She was the faculty liaison to Student Senate and advisor to Mortar Board Senior Honor Society for many years. In the community, she is active with the Montpellier Committee of Sister Cities of Louisville and serves on the Board of the English Speaking Union.

She is also the Graduate Advisor for the Human-ities master’s program and continues to consult with educators on the coordination and promotion of Arts and Humanities education in the region and Commonwealth.

Elaine and her husband, Barry, have one daugh-ter, Amanda, a graduate of Wellesley College and the UofL Brandeis School of Law, who resides in Chicago with husband Greg and children Matthew and Audrey; and a “Danish son,” Peter Preisler, a graduate of the University of Kentucky School of Architecture, who resides in Nashville with wife Melissa and children Sophia, Jackson, and Anabel.

Elaine Wise

Student-Athlete Advisory Council

Akoy AgauBasketball

Isaac BowlingTrack & Field

Chelsea BinghamTrack & Field

Taylor BradleyTrack & Field

Kalie BodeyCheer

Emma CoakleySwim & Dive

Whitney ArionSoftball

Courtney BoydLacrosse

Inger-Katrine BjerkeSoccer

Addison BraySwim & Dive

Olivia BoesingTennis

Carissa CorbettLacrosse

Sarah PierceLadybirds

Trevor SlumonGolf

Laura RestrepoGolf

Nick SolakBaseball

Amy SakalysCheer

Andrew StewartTrack & Field

Jerry RamirezSoccer

Nolan SmithSwim & Dive

Courtney RobisonVolleyball

Kayla SolesSoftball

Kim SharoSoccer

Sebastian StiefelmeyerTennis

Nolan TesoneSwim & Dive

Amanda ZalnoRowing

John WallaceFootball

Bre’Yana WashTrack & Field

Manuela VelasquezTennis

Cortnee WaltonBasketball

Aaron YoungSwim & Dive

Daniel KellerSoccer

Mangok MathiangBasketball

Leah KiyoharaTrack & Field

Jami MontesanoRowing

Colin LymanBaseball

Claire NoserCross Country

Antoine KeysTrack & Field

Roxanne McVeyVolleyball

Gus LundquistGolf

Marcus MotillTrack & Field

Rebecca MaddockField Hockey

Katie PetrinoGolf

Andrea CottrellSwim & Dive

Elisa GarciaField Hockey

Cortnee DaleyLacrosse

Emily HaasGolf

Maggie DeJongVolleyball

Samantha HundleyLadybirds

Leslie CourtneyCheer

Eleni GeorgiafandisVolleyball

Van DamrongsriTennis

Sara HammondBasketball

Royce DonovanFootball

Mady IngmireSwim & Dive


UofL Board of Trustees


Athletic Association Board of Directors

Note: Boards listed are as of Aug. 1, 2014.

Robert Benson Jonathan Blue Ron Butt

JosephPrather II

Stephen Campbell

CraigGreenberg

AngelaLewis-Klein

Brucie Moore

PamelaFeldhoff

Phoebe Ann Wood

Steven Wilson

MonaliHaldankar

Marie Abrams Larry Benz

Robert Rounsavall III

Will Armstrong Chip Blankenship Junior Bridgeman Monali HaldankarRon Butt

D. Harry Jones

Enid Trucios-Haynes

Bruce Kemelgor

Karen Turner

Eric Berson

Mary Hums

Robert Staat

Jim King

Bruce Henderson

Not Pictured: Dr. James Ramsey (chairman), Tom Jurich (ex-officio),

Elaine Wise (faculy athletics representative).

Carmine Esposito Ed Glasscock

Cynthia McClellan

Rebecca Maddock

Emily Bingham

KevinCosby

DouglasHall

Jessica Stumbo

Robert Hughes

BruceHenderson

Tom JurichVice President for Athletics/ Director of Athletics

Tom Jurich, Vice President and Direc-tor of Athletics for the University of

Louisville, has made a permanent mark on Cardinal athletics, leading a depart-ment that has enjoyed tremendous ath-letic and academic accomplishments, as well as experiencing an unprecedented period of growth during his tenure.

At a time of recent conference realignment, Jurich stabilized the Car-dinals when UofL was officially welcomed into the Atlantic Coast Conference on July 1, 2014, changing the outlook for the entire university for years to come.

His mission for the UofL athletics program is to compete and execute at the highest level – on the field, in the classroom, and in the community, while graduating student-athletes. The principles in which he believes include winning championships, graduat-ing all student-athletes, establishing a commitment to compliance for all NCAA rules, and being fiscally sound and efficient.

Since Jurich was hired Oct. 21, 1997, what he found is nothing like the dramatic progress seen today. Louisville has enjoyed some of its most dynamic eras on the playing field, and more importantly, has seen a complete transformation of the athletic department’s infrastructure that has improved not only the image of the athletic department, but the beautification of the entire campus. From the first day he arrived, he made major changes, and in the process, created an entire athletic department that has continued to “stay hungry and humble.”

For Jurich, the focus has been and always will be on Louisville’s nearly 750 student-athletes who have been successful in a culture established by Jurich and the entire department. With a tireless work ethic and engaging personality, Jurich has created new standards of excellence on the playing field and in academics, and those standards continue to be raised year after year. Jurich continues to stress to the department to look in the mirror each day and seek to get better, and that’s what the department has done since his arrival over 15 years ago.

Jurich’s desire and vision have led the Cardinals to unprecedented development and accomplishments. His efforts received national acclaim when he was selected as the 2007 Street & Smith’s Sports Busi-ness Journal/Sports Business Daily Athletic Director of the Year, and he became the award’s first two-time finalist in 2013. He was recently honored as the Kentucky Monthly Magazine 2013 Kentuckian of the Year.

UofL took a dramatic step toward maintaining that upward trend by signing Jurich to an unprecedented contract extension in December of 2006 and sub-sequent enhancements that will keep him with the Cardinals through 2023. In an unprecedented appointment, he was named Vice President for Ath-letics at UofL in 2003 and continues in that capacity.

From facilities to gender equity, from community involvement to national leadership, Jurich’s actions prompted one state media outlet to write that “it all shows yet again that the hiring of Tom Jurich, the architect of this Louisville emergence, as UofL AD in the fall of 1997 stands as one of the most significant events in our state’s modern sports history.” After just eight years working his constructive efforts, he was inducted into the state’s Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame in 2006.

During his outstanding tenure at Louisville, Jurich has overseen hun-dreds of millions of dollars in capital improvements, including completing Dr. Mark and Cindy Lynn Stadium, a state-of-the-art $18.5 million facil-ity for men’s and women’s soccer, and an expansion of softball’s Ulmer Stadium, both completed in 2014. A $4 million expansion of Jim Patterson Stadium was completed in 2013 and Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium’s seating capacity was recently expanded, as well as adding a new club area, club seating

and additional suites.Under Jurich’s watch, one of the premier facilities

in the country opened in 2010 when the men’s and women’s basketball programs moved downtown into the 22,000-seat KFC Yum! Center, perhaps the most spectacular arena in the nation. Those and other enhancements have changed the landscape of the entire campus and have benefitted all at UofL.

At the time, Jurich navigated one of the school’s biggest moves when Louisville was a member of the Big East Conference from 2005-13. The move translated into unprecedented success as the Car-dinals produced 58 Big East championships, which was second only to Notre Dame in that stretch. One year in the American Athletic Conference reaped 14 conference titles before UofL’s move to the ACC.

Under Jurich’s guidance on the field, Louisville’s athletic teams have produced unparalleled and unprecedented success. The football program has produced two BCS bowl wins, including a dominat-ing performance over third-ranked Florida to win the 2013 AllState Sugar Bowl and a win over Wake Forest in the 2007 FedEx Orange Bowl.

Under 13th-year head coach Rick Pitino, the men’s basketball program won the school’s third NCAA title and the program advanced to three Final Four appearances, while the women’s basketball team has reached the title game twice in the last six seasons. Jurich attracted Pitino to Louisville in 2001 when many deemed it impossible.

The baseball team made its third appearance in the College World Series in 2014 (also in 2014, 2007), while UofL’s softball program has advanced to 11 straight regionals. The men’s soccer team reached the national title game in 2010 and advanced to its third straight NCAA Elite Eight appearance in 2012, while the women’s soccer program advanced to the Sweet 16 in 2011. The women’s volleyball program has made three Sweet 16 appearances and has advanced to the NCAA Tournament for 17 straight seasons.

Individually, Louisville athletes have earned some of the highest honors the NCAA has to offer, including six national titles in track and field and two swimming titles in the last three years.

Jurich’s high energy, com-munity and family-minded approach have been conta-gious, infecting the univer-sity, city and UofL fans every-where with a positive outlook for the future of Cardinal Athletics. It is a formula that has provided a trail of suc-cess in each situation Jurich has touched.

Jurich has been active in the scope of college athletics on a national level, within conference issues, and in his local community. He served three years as a member of the NCAA Management Council, one of the top legislative bodies of the NCAA, and the NCAA Division I Baseball Committee. He sits on the Board of Directors for Republic Bank and American Heart Association.

Jurich has received the Louisvillian of the Year Award by the Louisville Advertising Federation; the Dan Mangeot Memorial Award, for contributions to the advancement of tourism and hospitality; and the Louisville Quarterback Club’s Sportsman of the Year. He shared UofL’s prestigious Hickman-Camp Award, presented for exemplary contributions to the athletic department, with his wife Terrilynn in 2007. He was named the 2007 Louisville Magazine Person of the Year.

Guiding Colorado State as its athletics director for the four years prior to his arrival at UofL, Jurich oversaw not only one of the most successful time periods in the school’s history in terms of on-field competitive-ness, but he was the force behind a successful capital campaign drive that included facility renovation.

Prior to his constructive efforts at Colorado State, Jurich operated as director of athletics for eight years at his alma mater, Northern Arizona. When appointed at NAU, he was the youngest director of athletics at the NCAA Division I level at the age of 29. He was honored as the NAU Alumnus of the Year in 2011.

He became athletic director at Northern Ari-zona in 1988, after previously serving as co-director (1986-88) and assistant director (`84-86) at NAU. He was inducted to the NAU Sports Hall of Fame in 1989. Jurich is among the finest football players in Northern Arizona history. A punter, placekicker and backup quarterback for the Lumberjacks, Jurich earned first-team Kodak All-America honors in 1977 -- the first collegiate kicker to make the Kodak honor list -- and also received All-America acclaim from The Sporting News. He is the only kicker in Big Sky Con-ference history to be named the league’s offensive player of the year (1977).

A 10th-round NFL draft pick of the Pittsburgh Steelers, Jurich later played with the Minnesota Vikings before a brief collegiate coaching stint at Minnesota.

He and his wife, Terrilynn, a former Miss Wyo-ming, have four children: sons Mark – senior associ-ate athletic director of development at UofL, who is married to wife Lainey, with children Jay Ryan, Thomas Jack and Anna Alexandra -- and Brian; and twin daughters, Haley and Lacey.

Tom Jurich

The Jurich Family: Mark, Jay Ryan, Lainey, Thomas Jack, Tom, Terrilynn, Haley, Lacey and Brian.



Athletic Administration




Kevin MillerExecutive Senior Associate Athletic Director

Kevin Miller, a veteran administrator in the Cardinal athletics department for the past 27 years, is in his sixth year as Executive Senior Asso-

ciate Athletic Director. He had served six years as Senior Associate Athletic Director, 11 years as Associate Athletic Director for Internal Operations and worked six years as assistant athletic director for business at UofL.

Miller oversees the athletic department financial and personnel operations while also supervising football and men’s basketball. He has served on the Cardinal Club Advisory Board of Directors and is currently overseeing the acquisition and renovation of the University of Louisville Golf Club. He serves on the ACC Finance Oversight Committee and previously served on the Big East Conference golf championship committee.

Since joining the Athletic Department, Miller has helped implement the long-term Financial Manage-ment Plan and Gender Equity Plan for the Athletic Association. He served on two NCAA Certification Steering Committees (1996-97 and 2002-03) and assisted in negotiating the Cards’ local media, Lou-isville arena lease and the Sports Marketing Agree-ments currently held by Learfield Sports.

Miller served as the athletic department represen-tative on UofL’s NCAA self-study steering committee. He has served as tournament manager for the 1992, 1993 and 1995 Metro Conference Tournaments; 2001 and 2003 C-USA tournaments; as well as the First and Second Rounds of the 1991 NCAA Tourna-ment hosted by UofL. He helped establish the UofL Student-Athlete Advisory Council in 1994.

Miller worked 11 years in the UofL controller’s office prior to joining the athletic department. He served in various capacities with the University Credit Union, including six years as a member of the union’s Board of Directors.

A native of Lebanon Junction, Ky., Miller earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Western Kentucky University in 1973.Miller and his wife Betty have two children — son Jeremy and daughter Jen-nifer Buckingham. Jennifer and husband David — both UofL graduates — have two children: Riley and Daylen. Jeremy and his wife Meghanne have two children: Ethan and Jordin.

John CarnsSenior Associate Athletic Director for Compliance

John Carns is in his 17th year with the Cardinals and his fifth as Senior Associate Ath-letic Director for Compliance.

He served seven years as Associate Athletic Director for Compliance after serv-ing as UofL’s Director of Compliance for four years. Carns is responsible for the development and implementation of the University’s policies and procedures in accordance with NCAA, ACC and University regulations. He supervises the Cardinals’ men’s and women’s tennis programs.

Carns joined the UofL staff in August of ‘98 after

nearly two years assisting in the compliance office at the University of Miami (Fla.).

Prior to his roles in athletics, Carns worked in government for the City of Binghamton (N.Y.). He was a community relations assistant for the mayor’s office (1986-88), an economic development assis-tant for two years (1988-90), the Highway Safety Program Director (1990-91) and a risk manager/paralegal of the Office of the Corporation Counsel (1991-93).

Carns earned a B.A. in Communications at State University College at Oswego (N.Y.) in 1985. He graduated with a juris doctor from the Thomas Cooley Law School in Lansing, Mich., in 1996, the same year he was admitted to the New York State Bar. He also earned a master’s degree in sports administration at St. Thomas University in Miami, Fla. in 1997.

A native of Binghamton, N.Y., Carns and his wife Patti have two children: Luke and Payton Ann.

Kenny KleinSenior Associate Athletic Director for MediaRelations/Sports Information Director

Kenny Klein is in his 32nd year at UofL, currently serving as Senior Associate Athletic Director

for Media Relations and as Sports Information Director.Klein joined the Cardinal staff in August of 1983,

after nearly two seasons as SID at Morehead State. Prior to that stint, Klein spent four years as an under-graduate and graduate assistant at Murray State, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism in 1981.At the time of his appointment at UofL, he was the youngest SID at an NCAA Division I football institution at 23.

Klein also worked one season as a student assistant in sports information at Austin Peay State University, and was a sports writer for the Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle.

He received the 2012 Katha Quinn Award, pre-sented by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association in recognition for providing outstanding service to the media covering college basketball.

Klein has coordinated the computerized statistics operation for the past 30 NCAA Final Fours. In his initial season with the Cardinals, Klein edited the 1983-84 UofL basketball media guide which was judged sec-ond in the nation by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Klein, who edited UofL’s basketball history book Above the Rim, has also received other publication awards while at UofL and Murray State.

He served as the media coordinator for the 1987 USA Pan American Games men’s basketball team, has served on the NCAA Final Four media coordination committee and annually assists in media operations for the Kentucky Derby. He was the local media center committee chairman for the 1996, 2000 and 2014 PGA Championships in Louisville, and served in a similar capacity for the 2008 Ryder Cup and 2004 and 2011 Senior PGA Championships. He assisted in the media operations at the 1999 Ryder Cup in Boston.

Klein, who grew up in Southside, Tenn., is married to the former Donna Graham. Klein has two sons: Alex, married in July 2014 to Beth, and Brady, a fresh-man at UofL.

Marvin MitchellSenior Associate Athletic Director for Student Services and Diversity

Marvin Mitchell has 22 years of athletic administration experi-ence and enters his 15th year as a part of Cardinal Athletics

senior administration. Mitchell serves as the department’s chief diversity

officer has oversight of academic services, continu-ing eligibility and student-athlete programming.

Mitchell was the school’s first Associate Athletic Director in the area of academics. He joined the athletic administration staff December 1999 as As-sistant Athletic Director of Academic Services after three years at East Carolina, where he directed their student development program. Prior to his stint at ECU, Mitchell worked five years at his alma mater Wake Forest in many roles, including serving as as-sistant director of academic services from 1994-96.

Under Mitchell’s leadership, academic success for student-athletes has flourished at UofL. More than half of all student-athletes are consistently named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for main-taining a 3.0 grade point average each semester. Graduation rates for student-athletes have improved to all-time highs. Computer access, tutorial services, objective-based study halls and a new student re-tention program are among the significant advance-ments since his arrival.

A four-year letterman for Wake Forest University (1987-91), Mitchell is an accomplished speaker and has delivered speeches at the National Association of Academic Advisors for Athletics (N4A) National Conventions, NCAA Life Skills National Convention, Nike All-America Camps and various universities, high schools and grade schools.

Active in the community, Mitchell has served on various boards including 100 Black Men of America, Clear Channel Communications, Amobi Okoye Foundation, National Collegiate 100 and Chestnut Street YMCA. He is a member of Black Coaches and Administrators (BCA), National Consortium for Academics and Sport (NCAS) and the N4A. He also serves as the primary advi-sor for the Collegiate 100, a mentoring organiza-tion he chartered at UofL in 2004.

A native of Eastville, Va., Mitchell graduated from Northampton High School and continued his edu-cation at Wake Forest University, where he earned both his bachelor’s (1992) and master’s (1995) degrees.

Mark JurichSenior Associate Athletic Director for Development

Mark Jurich, Senior Associ-ate Athletic Director for Devel-opment, is in his sixth year in athletics administration at UofL.

Jurch had served three years as Associate Athletic Director for Development and another as Assistant Athletic Director for Devel-opment. He oversees the development office and is the sport administrator for the Cardinals’ baseball, softball and men’s and women’s golf programs.

Jurich is leading a $45 million capital campaign




which includes expansions for baseball and softball facilities, an expansion of the football weight room, and a new soccer stadium and academic center.

Jurich’s fundraising efforts helped the Cardinals obtain the $5 million lead gift for the Dr. Mark and Cindy Lynn Stadium for soccer. Jurich successfully sought $4 million to fund an expansion of Jim Pat-terson Stadium, which was completed in 2013. He secured the $3 million lead gift for the Thornton’s Academic Center of Excellence, as well as a partner-ship with Maker’s Mark that generated $2.5 million toward the center.

Jurich joined the Cards’ athletic staff in 2008 after playing five seasons of professional baseball (2004-08) with the Atlanta Braves, which selected him in the 13th round of the MLB Draft. A two-time All-American as an outfielder for UofL, Jurich was twice selected first team All-Conference USA and was named to the C-USA All-Decade Team span-ning 1995 to 2005. He earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from UofL in 2004.

He was the first Louisville player to compete for the USA National Team, which won a silver medal at the 2002 FISU World University Baseball Cham-pionship and capturing the 2002 Haarlem Baseball Week Championship.

He and his wife Lainey have two sons, Jay Ryan and Thomas Jack and a daughter, Anna Alexandra.

Kim MaffetAssociate Athletic Director for Human Resources

Kimberly Black Maffet is in her fourth year on the UofL athletics staff as Associate Athletic Director for Human Resources.

Maffet moved from within the UofL administrative staff to athletics after serving since January 2009 as Interim Vice President for Human Resources and then as Special Assistant to the President and Provost.

During her tenure at UofL, she has led special projects, efficiency planning, new revenue oppor-tunities, University integration and leading the Great Places to Work initiative, as well as recruiting businesses from China. She has also worked on building human resources infrastructure for the UofL Foundation LLCs.

She began her career as a neonatal nurse at Kosair Children’s Hospital, where she specialized in congeni-tal heart defects in infants, including caring for infant heart transplant patients and extracorporeal mem-brane oxygenation (ECMO). In 1998, Maffet entered healthcare administration and focused on the business of healthcare including operations, human resources, and economic and workforce development.

Maffet is a member of the National Asso-ciation of Collegiate Women Athletic Administrators. She currently chairs the Kentucky Commission on Women Foundation. Her additional community involvement includes active memberships in the International Women’s Forum, the Louisville chapter of MBA Women International and the Fillies, Inc.

Maffet earned a baccalaureate degree in nursing from Kentucky in 1990 and a master’s in business administration from Bellarmine University in 2000. She resides in Louisville with her husband, R. Craig Maffet and daughter Katherine and attends South-east Christian Church..

Brent SeebohmAssociate Athletic Director for External Relations

Brent Seebohm is in his third year as UofL administrator, cur-rently serving as Associate Athlet-ic Director for External Relations.

Seebohm oversees market-ing/promotions, ticket sales, and creative services; as well as, continued management of the Cardinals’ licensing and merchandising programs, adidas part-nership, corporate partners programs and equipment rooms operations. Seebohm serves as the depart-ment’s strategic liaison with UofL advancement, alum-ni association, and on-campus marketing/branding.

In his 24th year working with sports administration, prior to joining the Cardinals’ senior staff Brent worked at University of Arizona for six years as associate athletic director, Host and IMG VP/GM, UA Revenue Consultant, and business school Sports Management Program Director roles. He previously worked with the Memphis and Wichita State athletic departments for three years each, as well as at Fresno State and the Colorado Rockies in the late 1990s. Seebohm worked for UofL VP/AD Tom Jurich during his time at his alma mater, Colorado State, in football operations and mar-keting and development from 1991-98.

He is a past national president of NACMA (National Association of Collegiate Marketing Administrators), leading the industry’s preeminent 1,100-member organization while representing 300 different universities. He completed his five-year leadership term in 2009, when he founded his small marketing/sports consulting business and enjoyed entrepreneurial success in selling the com-pany after two years of 20+ client partners.

Seebohm earned his master’s degree in sport administration from Wichita State’s nationally accred-ited program in 2002. A Fort Collins, Colo., native, Seebohm has been recognized as a top national alumni volunteer for Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity since 1999 and has served on the Louisville March of Dimes committee and Fellowship of Christian Ath-letes Board of Directors.

Christine SimatacolosAssociate Athletic Director for Student Life

Christine Simatacolos re-joined the University of Louis-ville athletic department in July 2013, assuming the title of As-

sociate Athletic Director for Student Life. In her current position, she is responsible for

overseeing the Life Skills Program, serving as the liai-son to the Dean of Students, and also acting as the administrator for the men’s and women’s swimming and diving programs and spirit teams.

Simatacolos is no stranger to UofL, having served as an Assistant Athletic Director for Compliance and Asso-ciate Director for Academic Counseling from 1998-05. She was a graduate assistant from 1994-96, while earn-ing her master’s degree in college personnel services.

Between her past and current stints at Lou-isville, she spent more than seven years at the NCAA office from 2006-13 working in the area of academic reform.

Prior to her time at Louisville, Simatacolos spent two years at the University of Florida as an academic coordinator and advisor.

A 1993 graduate of Northwestern, Simatacolos was a four-year letterwinner in swimming. She par-ticipated in the 1990 and 1991 NCAA Champion-ships, represented Lakeside Swim Team at the 1988 Olympic Trials, and competed at the 1989 Olympic Festival. She was recently selected to the Indiana High School Swimming and Diving Hall of Fame class that will be inducted April 2015.

A Carmel, Ind., native, the former Christine Sim-mons is married to former Louisville football player, Jim Simatacolos. They have three children: Eleni, John and Jason.

Matt BankerAssociate Athletic Director for Compliance

Matt Banker joined the Uni-versity of Louisville Athletics Department as Associate Ath-letic Director for Compliance in October of 2013.

Previously, he served as the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) Assistant Commissioner from January 2010 to October 2013. At the OVC, Banker oversaw the OVC’s compliance operations, academic performance moni-toring, and NCAA rules education. Banker managed the OVC’s NLI operations, review of Division I legislative proposals, and conducted NCAA compliance reviews for the OVC membership. Banker served as the primary liaison to the OVC’s Board of Faculty Athletics Represen-tatives, the academic services directors and the institu-tional athletics compliance staff. He also served as the sport administrator for OVC men’s and women’s tennis.

Banker served on the NCAA Division I Legislative Council from 2010-2013 and was elected Legisla-tive Council chair for 2013-14. Banker also served on the NCAA Division I Subcommittee on Legislative Relief and the NCAA Division I Football Champion-ship Subdivision Governance Subcommittee.

Banker served as the Assistant Dean for Student Affairs at the Indiana University School of Law in In-dianapolis from 2008-09. While with IU School of Law, Banker managed student services functions, in-cluding advising law students and student organiza-tions, organizing new student orientation and spring commencement, managing the annual budget, coor-dinating the administration of final exams and over-sight of the student handbook. Banker also served on the Dean’s senior leadership team, which managed strategic planning for the law school and serving on the law school’s ABA self-study committee.

Prior to working at the Indiana University School of Law, Banker worked at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) from 2002-08, first as the Associate Director of Membership Services and later at the NCAA Eligibility Center as the Associate Director of Academic Review.

His responsibilities with the NCAA included draft-ing NCAA legislation and publications such as the NCAA manuals and NCAA official notices. Banker also served as staff liaison to NCAA committees and councils tied to legislation and interpretations, finan-cial aid, recruiting and playing and practice seasons. From spring 2007 to July 2008, he managed the day-to-day operations of the NCAA Eligibility Center academic review team.




Banker received his Bachelor of Arts degree in print journalism from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minn. in December 1997. A member of the Omicron Delta Kappa Honor Society, Banker was a three-time letter winner for the Tommies football team. Banker received his Juris Doctorate from the Marquette Uni-versity Law School in May 2001. At Marquette he was the president of the St. Thomas More Society and a member of the Sports Law Society.

Banker has been an active volunteer with the Boys & Girls Club and the Big Brothers Big Sisters program. He is a member of the Wisconsin State Bar Association, the National Association of Academic Advisors (N4A), the National Association for Athletics Compliance (NAAC) and the National Association of Collegiate Di-rectors of Athletics (NACDA). He also serves as an ad-junct professor at Belmont University’s School of Law.

Carole BandaDirector of Olympic Sports Medicine

Carole Banda, Director of Olympic Sports Medicine, is in her 14th season at UofL. Based at the Cardinal Park athletic train-ing facility, she is responsible for

daily sports medicine operation for 21 of UofL’s sports.Supervising one associate and nine assistant

athletic trainers, Banda has travel responsibilities with field hockey. She has coordinated sports medicine coverage for conference championships in men’s bas-ketball, tennis, field hockey and track and field along with the NCAA Field Hockey National Championship.

Banda joined UofL in 2000 as the associate director of sports medicine. She was the associate athletic trainer from 1997 to 2000 at the University of Notre Dame after spending six years as the assis-tant athletic trainer. As the associate, she supervised seven assistant athletic trainers, coordinated volun-teer student athletic trainer program and traveled with football and women’s lacrosse.

Prior to her stint with the Fighting Irish, she served as assistant athletic trainer at Morehead State from 1986-1991 where she had teaching respon-sibilities and coordinated pre-season physicals. She began her athletic training at Eastern Illinois as the assistant athletic trainer and administrative assistant after spending a year as a graduate assistant.

She was a member of the Indiana Athletic Train-ers Associaton and is currently a member of the Kentucky Athletic Trainers’ Society. She is a NATA certified trainer with CPR certification.

A 1984 graduate of West Virginia University, with a bachelors of science in secondary education, she earned a master’s in health, physical education and recreation in 1985 from Eastern Illinois.

Brad BarberAssistant Athletic Director for Operations and Tickets

Brad Barber enters his 23rd year as Assistant Athletic Director for Operations and Tickets after serving as the Assistant Ticket Manager for

three seasons with UofL.Barber coordinates all football and basketball

season ticket sales, along with ticketing for all single

game and post-season events. He also coordinated all ticket sales for the expansion of Papa John’s Car-dinal Stadium as well as for the KFC Yum! Center. The UofL football team has maintained a substantial season ticket base including over 45,000 in season ticket sales since 2010. The KFC Yum Center is sold out on a season basis with about 22,000 tickets being sold per game. In addition to regular season events, he is also responsible for ticketing for all con-ference events along with NCAA post season events run by UofL. He also serves in the game manage-ment and operations aspect for all sports.

Before coming to UofL, Barber attended Rio Grande College for his undergraduate studies as well as Ohio University for his graduate work. While at Rio Grande College, he served as an assistant bas-ketball coach from 1982-1986. Upon completion of his schooling, he completed an internship at the Uni-versity of North Carolina in the athletic ticket office.

He is married to the former Kim Morgan for the last 28 years. They have three children: Ryan (22), a senior at UofL; Kyle (19), a sophomore at UofL; and Catie (17).

Amy Blevins-MorganAssistant Athletic Director for Licensing and Merchandising

Amy Blevins-Morgan, who has been associated with Car-dinal Athletics for 15 years, is in her first year at UofL as Assis-

tant Athletic Director for Licensing and Merchandis-ing after three years as Assistant AD for Marketing.

Before her current stint, Blevins-Morgan was the Director of Marketing for Nelligan Sports Marketing for seven years. There, she was responsible for fulfillment of all coporate sponsorships, as well as coordinating game management for football and men’s basketball. She originally joined the athletic department in 1997 as a promotions assistant before moving to the posi-tion of Promotions Director in 1999.

Prior to joining the UofL staff, she was the Coor-dinator of Group Sales with the Cincinnnati Bengals and was also an intern at Host Communications in the NCAA Corporate Partner program.

A native of Danville, Ky., Blevins-Morgan and her husband John have one son, Brady.

Rob Brawner, Jr.Assistant Athletic Director for Internal Affairs

Rob Brawner is in his 27th year on the UofL staff, including the last 21 as Assistant Ath-letic Director for Internal Affairs. He served as assistant athletic

director for operations and tickets his initial five years.Before joining the UofL staff, Brawner was the

Director of Admission Control for the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center, serving as the KEC liaison with the Ticketron corporation and operating the KEC Ticket Office.

A native of Springfield, Ill., Brawner received a B.S. degree from Cincinnati Bible College in 1977. He earned a Master’s Degree in Sports Administra-tion from Ohio University in 1985.

Brawner has also served as the Director of

Tickets of the Ohio High School class AAA, AA and A sectional, district and regional basketball tourna-ments. He served as assistant basketball coach at Cincinnati Bible College in 1978-79.

He is married to the former Lori Higgins. They have two children: Chris and Kelsey Morgan.

Amy CalabreseAssistant Athletic Director for Student-Athlete Development

Amy Calabrese, a former University of Louisville student-athlete and UofL’s Director of Student-Athlete Development for the past three years, was

elevated to Assistant Athletic Director for Student-Athlete Development in 2013.

In her new role, Calabrese will continue to man-age aspects of Louisville’s LCare program, including leadership development, educational programming, and the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. She will be the sport administrator for the Cards’ field hockey, rowing, women’s lacrosse, and men’s and women’s soccer programs.

Calabrese operated as Director of Student-Athlete Development at UofL from May of 2010 until accepting her current role. Her duties have included developing and implementing UofL’s life skills program for student-athletes, including leader-ship development, educational programming and career education. She has had oversight for the UofL Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, managed the department’s Performance Team, which provides support and mental health resources for student-athletes, managed multiple events, and implement-ed a senior seminar program and leadership groups.

She worked nearly three years as assistant direc-tor of student-athlete development and champion-ships from 2007-10. In that role, she aided in UofL’s efforts in serving as host for conference and NCAA championships, event management, community outreach projects and life skills program.

Calabrese first joined the UofL staff as a graduate assistant in development for nearly a year (Jan.-Oct. 2007). She assisted the Cardinal Athletic Fund with its annual fund, event management, game-day donor areas and student-athlete scholarship program. She also worked briefly as an intern with US Paralympics at the US Olympic Committee and as a sales repre-sentative for the Louisville Bats Triple-A baseball team.

Calabrese was a four-year letter winner for the Cardinals’ soccer team from 2003-06, earning Aca-demic All-America honors as a junior and senior. The stellar defender started all 77 matches of her career, playing every minute of every game but one as a junior, as the Cardinals won 43 games over her four years. A team captain her last two years, she was an All-Conference USA third-team selection as a sopho-more after coming to UofL from Centennial, Colo.

She earned her bachelor’s degree in sport admin-istration with a minor in business administration from UofL in 2007 and went on to earn a master’s degree in business administration, also from UofL, in 2009. She is active in the community, serving as a “Big” with Big Brothers Big Sisters and is a current board member for Girls on the Run in Louisville. She is a graduate of Ignite Louisville and member of Leader-ship Louisville as well as a member of NACWAA.

She married Rich Calabrese in May.




Josh HeirdAssistant Athletic Director for Facilities and Championships

Josh Heird, who joined the University of Louisville in 2007, serves as the assistant athletic director for facilities and championships. From

2009-12, he was the athletic department’s director of championships.

In his current role, Heird oversees all new con-struction projects, including recently completed proj-ects as the Jim Patterson Baseball Stadium expan-sion, the renovation of Ulmer Softball Stadium, and the construction of the Dr. Mark & Cindy Lynn Soccer Stadium. He also works with assistant ath-letic director for internal operations Rob Brawner Jr. on the day-to-day operations of all athletic facilities.

As the director of championships, a responsi-bility he continued to hold from his previous title, Heird is responsible for bid submission, manage-ment, and oversight of all NCAA and conference championships that UofL hosts. Notable champion-ship events that have taken place under Louisville’s supervision include the 2011 NCAA Field Hockey National Championship, the 2012 NCAA Men’s Bas-ketball Second and Third Rounds, the 2012 NCAA Cross Country Championships, and the 2012 NCAA Volleyball Championship.

Heird spent three years as a graduate assistant at Louisville, functioning in a variety of roles before joining the staff full-time. He assisted with market-ing and championships and in the business and ticket offices.

Prior to joining Louisville, Heird held multiple positions while working for members of both the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives. His titles ranged from legislative director to senior legislative assistant.

Heird graduated from Mississippi College, where he lettered in track and field, in 2002 with a bachelor’s in history. In 2009, he graduated from UofL with a master’s in business administration.

At Mississippi College, he was an academic all-conference selection each semester during his tenure and also garnered academic all-region acco-lades. In addition to securing all-conference honors in cross country, he won the American Southwest Conference 800m title in 2001.

He is married to the former Abbey Woolley, a UofL field hockey assistant coach from 2007-10.

Christine HerringSenior Woman Administrator/ Assistant Athletic Director

Christine Herring, a for-mer UofL student-athlete and member of the athletics staff since 2008, is in her second year as Assistant Athletic Di-

rector and serves as the Cardinals’ Senior Woman Administrator.

Herring has had a broad range of responsibili-ties at UofL over the last five years. Since January, she has served as Assistant Director of Development with the Cardinal Athletic Fund, where she solicited philanthropic gifts for the annual fund. She previ-ously served as the Cardinals’ Director of Special

events, overseeing and coordinating several events for sports’ teams and athletically related events for the department.

She will serve as the sport administrator for the Cardinals’ women’s basketball, volleyball, men’s and women’s cross country, and men’s and women’s in-door and outdoor track and field programs.

She operated as an assistant coach with the Uni-versity of Louisville track and field program for three seasons, including serving as recruiting coordinator for the last two. In addition to coaching, her respon-sibilities included overseeing travel, alumni relations, marketing and assisting with administrative duties.

A four-year letterwinner, Herring competed for the Cardinals from 2004-08 in events such as the heptathlon, high jump and hammer throw. She was a team captain during her last two seasons for the Cardinals and a member of the 2008 BIG EAST Women’s Outdoor Track and Field championship team, as well as the 2007 BIG EAST Women’s Out-door runner-up team when she finished in the top 10 of heptathlon. She finished in the top three of the high jump in six meets as a senior, recording a personal best of five feet, 8.75 inches (1.75 me-ters) to tie for first in the SIU Fast Start Invitational. In high school, Herring was a two-time Michigan state champion in the high jump and earned academic all-state honors as a junior and a senior.

A native of Big Rapids, Mich., Herring graduated from UofL with a bachelor’s degree in business administration with a concentration in marketing in 2008. She is the daughter of Jim and Arlene Krellwitz and has two sisters, Katie Clifford and Julie Weiss and a brother, Anthony Krellwitz. She and her husband Michael are expecting their first child.

Jim McGheeAssistant Athletic Director for Varsity Sports and Student Life

Jim McGhee, a member of the UofL athletic staff since 1977, is in his 20th year as Assistant Athletic Director for Varsity Sports and Student Life.

McGhee assists with the operation of nearly all UofL varsity sports programs (all except football and men’s basketball) and has a number of addi-tional duties. He operated the NCAA National Youth Sports Program, a summer program for at-risk boys and girls, for the athletic department for 20 years.

McGhee joined the UofL athletic department in 1977 as assistant athletic trainer and football equipment manager. After nine years in that role, he became UofL’s equipment and facilities manager in 1986, a position he held until his most recent appointment.

McGhee worked four years as assistant ath-letic trainer at Harvard University (1973-77) and a pair of two year stints as head athletic trainer and equipment manager at Texas Southern University (1971-73) and Mississippi Valley State University (1969-71).

McGhee earned a bachelor’s degree in physical education and science at Mississippi Valley State in 1969; and a master’s degree in human move-ment and physical education at Boston University in 1975.

He and his wife, the former Linda Bell, have one daughter: Veronica.

Michael OrtmanStadiums Manager

Michael Ortman is in his first year as UofL’s Stadiums Man-ager, overseeing Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium, Jim Patter-son Stadium and Dr. Mark and Cindy Lynn Soccer Stadium.

Before coming to the UofL, Ortman worked 17 years at Soldier Field in Chicago, serving as the Direc-tor of Operations for the past 12 years.Ortman over-saw all aspects of the facilities operations encom-passing the 98 acres of park land, parking structures and stadium. Ortman’s responsibilities included coor-dinating the operational needs for the 225+ events held annually in and around the stadium.

Overseeing and coordinating the staff of over 250 trades, cleaning, landscaping and facility opera-tions staff were part of Ortman’s focus. Additional responsibilities included the stadium life safety, operating systems and the lead contact for all media needs for the facility for every event.

On an annual basis, Ortman created and over-saw the stadium’s annual capital improvement pro-gram that accounted for projects that were done to maintain the original 1924 historic structure along with projects to continue to keep Soldier Field on the cutting edge of technology and fan amenities throughout the stadium.

During Ortman’s tenure, Soldier Field was recog-nized as the first stadium in the country to receive the certification of LEED-EB through the United States Green Building Council.

Ortman has also been part of the last 10 Super Bowls, working as the AFC team coordinator ensur-ing team access and needs were met both on the sidelines and in the locker room for the NFL.

Ortman earned his degree in animal science in 1995 and his masters in business administration in 1997, both from Western Illinois University.

Ortman and his wife Christine have three chil-dren: Samantha, Madison and Austin.

Phil PilewskiAssistant Athletic Director for Major Gifts

Phil Pilewski is in his third year as Assistant Athletic Direc-tor for Major Gifts.

Pilewski, who joined the Cardinals’ athletic staff in 2012,

oversees major gift fundraising and capital campaign strategies for the Cardinal Athletic Fund.

The Toledo, Ohio, native joined the Louisville staff after spending five years in fundraising at Washington (2007-12) and three years at NC State (2004-07).

Pilewski earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Toledo, where he was an All-Mid-American Conference selection and a two-time team captain for the Rockets’ baseball squad.

While a student-athlete, Pilewski was the Stu-dent-Athlete Advisory Committee president and served on Student Government Presidential Cabi-net one year. He earned a master’s degree in Sport Management from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.

He and his wife, Jenny, reside in Louisville.




Justin RuffinAssistant Athletic Director for Academic Services

Justin Ruffin is in his fifth year with UofL as Assistant Ath-letic Director for Academics. He is responsible for overseeing academics for the Cardinal foot-

ball team and supervises the academic staff housed in Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium Football Complex.

After serving five years in various capacities, most recently as assistant director for student ath-lete services, Ruffin came to the University of Louis-ville from James Madison University. He is a former student-athlete, earning All-Conference recognition as a defensive back for the football team and letter-ing three years on the baseball team.

In 2002, Ruffin graduated with a Bachelor’s of

Science in Integrated Science and Technology and he earned his Master of Arts in Athletic Administra-tion two years later in 2004.

A native of Norfolk, Va., Ruffin is a member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc, National Association Academic Advisors for Athletics (N4A) and Black Coaches and Administrators.

Ruffin and his wife Erika have three sons: Justin, Jayson and Joshua

Scott SalladeAssistant Athletic Director forStudent Services

Scott Sallade, Assistant Athletic Director for Student Services, is in his 19th year as a staff member of the Olga Peers Academic Center. He

works directly with the women’s soccer and soft-ball teams in addition to his many administrative duties including continuing eligibility and campus involvement.

He has been at UofL since 1987 and has worked in several areas of the university including Housing and Residence Life, Admissions and Ori-entation and Intramural and Recreational Sports. He currently serves as a part-time instructor for the Health, Physical Education and Sports Studies De-partment.

Sallade earned his B.S in Sport Administration (1992) and his Master of Education (1994), both from the University of Louisville.

He and his wife, Tami, have a son, Casey and a daughter, Kayla.

Rick PitinoMen’s Basketball

Rex EcarmaMen's Tennis

Sandy PearsallSoftball

Kellie YoungWomen's Lacrosse

Dan McDonnellBaseball

Ken LollaMen's Soccer

Jeff WalzWomen's Basketball

Mark CrabtreeMen's Golf

Derek CopelandWomen's Rowing

Karen Ferguson-Dayes

Women's Soccer

Anne KordesVolleyball

Courtney TrimbleWomen's Golf

Dale CowperTrack & Field/Cross Country

Arthur AlbieroSwimming

Bobby PetrinoFootball

Mark BeckhamWomen's Tennis

Justine SowryField Hockey

UofL Head Coaches



Louisville Sports Properties

Louisville Sports Properties is the dedicated spon-sorship sales entity representing the Cardinals.

In complete collaboration with the university, this local team is committed to extending U of L’s brand affinity to businesses and corporations of all sizes looking to align with the Cards’ loyal and passionate fan base. As exclusive multimedia rights holder for Louisville Athletics, Louisville Sports Properties man-ages all aspects of the rights relationship, providing corporate partners both traditional and new media opportunities through venue signage; event spon-sorships and promotion; corporate hospitality; tele-vision; digital engagement and visibility via GoCards.com and radio game broadcasts and coaches’ shows on the Louisville Sports Network.

Led by long-time associate John Penny, Louisville Sports Properties is a property of Learfield Sports, UofLAthletics’ partner since February 2014 when it acquired Nelligan Sports Marketing. Learfield is proud to team with Director of Athletics Tom Jurich and

the entire athletics administration in continuing to build upon Louisville’s legacy and to extend the great

work Nelligan Sports Marketing started in 2002. In its 40 years, Learfield has placed a great emphasis on developing trusted, long-term relationships with

some of the most revered institu-tions and associations in the world of college athletics and now man-ages multimedia rights for nearly 100 collegiate properties with prominence in all of the major athletic conferences. The com-pany also partners with NACDA (National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics) and USA Today to present the Learfield

Sports Directors’ Cup, which annually recognizes the top overall collegiate programs in the country.

“We’re pleased to have this terrific opportunity to represent the Louisville Cardinals, to build upon the exceptional traditions already established here and to work closely with Tom and his entire team to elevate the UofL brand even further,” said Learfield President and CEO Greg Brown.

Learfield Sports’ mission to “Build the Team, Grow the Company and Have Fun” is accentuated through a culture driven to exceed goals, serve partners enthusiastically, work as a team, celebrate successes, and do what is right and honest in every endeavor. Learfield remains unwavering in its com-mitment to ensure each and every relationship is served to the best of its ability, while building on the company’s history and strengths, striving to lead the way in college sports.

Jason OxfordAssoc. General Manager

Lisa TurnerAccount Executive

Louisville Sports Properties Staff

Dustin StinsonSales & Marketing Coor.

D’Marco LankesAccount Executive

Jason SucherAccount Executive

Brad PendergrassAccount Executive

John PennyGeneral Manager


Athletics Staff


Erika AemmerAsst. Ticket Manager

Nicole AldersonAsst. Dir.,

of Academic Services

John AndersonSenior Director of Ticket Sales

Kelly AndersonSpecial Assistant to AD

Lynne BarneyDirector of Career Services

Ronee BaxterDirector of Special Events

Robert BeahlVarsity Sports Operations

Antone BeltAsst. Dir., Academic Services

Chelsea BemisMarketing Coordinator

Jason BondComputer Systems

Stacey BoomershineDir. of Learning Services

Ray BrongerCoor. Facilities/Operations

Zach BrooksDirector of Development

Mary BurksTicket Office Assistant

Jonathan ButlerExec. Dir. of Ticket Sales/

Strategy

Mioshi CobbleAcademic Services

Kelly ConklinTicket Office Business

Manager

Maggie ConstantzDirector of Special Forces

Debbie CoxCardinal Park Training Room

Rick DantAthletic Fields

Dave DowFacilities Asst., PJCS

Michael DudasExecutive Director of

Development

Bruce DukesAthletic Fields

Brett EakinExecutive Director Marketing

& Branding

Susan ErnstCommunity Outreach /Liasion to VIP Hotels

Kevin EspositoBusiness Manager, ULGC

Kristen EstesCreative Director of Video

Dominick FitzgeraldSenior Director of Creative

Services

Scott FlavellTechnology Specialist/

Facilities

Vicky FrankAdministrative Asst./Baseball

Emily GarrCompliance Coordinator

Brandon GravesAssoc. Director

of Development

Daniel GossomAsst. Dir. of Compliance

Al GreenerAthletics Pep Band Director

Stanley HallCoor. Facilities/Operations

Lauren HarkinsHR Specialist

Mike HetzelAthletic Fields

Carlton HillAsst. Dir., Academic Services

Russell HillAssistant Business Manager

Dan CerwinskeSenior Dir. of Ticket Sales

Karen Howard-GossLearning Specialist

Terona HuffProgram Assistant/Academics



Athletics Staff

Luci JamesonULGC Accountant

Regina JohnsonAcademic Counselor

Terry KingProgram Asst./Wright

Natatorium

Katie KiperDir. of Marketing & Promotions

Brent LamkinAsst. Equipment/Facilities

Chris MayAssoc. Director/Office Manager Academics

Andrew McClungPJCS Operations Assistant

Olivia McMillenAsst. Academic Counselor

Scott MillerAssistant Business Manager

Sean MothSr. Dir. Advertising &

Broadcast/Promotions

Teena MurrayDir. of Olympic Sports

Performance

Miguel NegronAcademic Counselor

Opal NewtonAdmin. Asst./Business Office

Sandy ShortAdmin. Asst./Business Office

Scott NortonCardinal Park Equipment

Manager

Rachel OvertonAsst. Dir.,

Academic Services

Meg PeavyAssoc. Director Tennis

Center

Jason PradoDir. of Premium Services

Neil RohrerTicket Office Assistant

Lauren RustAsst. AD Compliance

Todd SharpSpirit Coach

Jonathan SmithExecutive Director Annual

Fund

Carole SnyderAdmin. Assoc./Business

Office

Jeff SpoelkerBusiness Manager

Nick StoverDir. of Social Media &

Engagement

Thomas TheobaldAthletic Fields

Angela ToddKEC Program Assistant

Brian U’SellisAsst. Dir. Marketing & Sales

Kamari WootenAsst. Dir., Academic Services

Mike ZehnderAquatics Director

Michael WernertAsst. Academic Counselor

Mike WinkenhoferSuperintendent Athletic Fields

Jeremiah LitzingerKEC Equipment Manager

Kyle Chettleburgh Ticket Office Assistant

David Hebermehl Golf Course Superintendent

Sam Hitner Membership Director, ULGC

Luci Jameson ULGC Accountant

Russ Johnson General Manager, ULGC

Samantha Keeton Ticket Office Assistant

John Piascik Head Golf Professional

Mary Ann VetterTicket Sales Coordinator

Christy WaltripSpecial Events Coordinator

Vickie WayAdministrative Assistant

Valerie WellsReceptionist

Chuck WaltersAthletic Fields

Melinda VanArsdaleTennis Center Business

Manager

Margaret WomackTrack/Cross Country

Admin. Asst.

Not Pictured


Cardinal Spirit Groups


CheerleadersThe University of Louisville coed cheerleading squad has

won 16 National Cheerleading Association Championships

(1985, '86, '89, '92, '94, '96, '98, '99, '03, '04, '05, '06, '07,

'08, '09, ’11), including eight of the last 12. The Cards' all-girl

squad has won 10 championships (2001-05, '07-'09, ‘11-12)

including five of the last seven titles. UofL also won the Small

Co-Ed national competition in 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011,

2013 and 2014. The Cardinals won their third USA Cheer stunt

national championship in 2013. The cheerleaders are coached

by James Speed (coed), Misty Hodges (all-girl) and Todd Sharp.

Members of the 2014-15 Large Coed Cheerleading squad

are (top photo, front, from left) Taylor Hardesty, Lexi Lucie,

Blayne Miles, Sabra Magruder, Leslie Courtney, Daria Daspin,

Kalie Bodey, Stephanie Saculles, Sharity Staser, Kristen Shaffer,

Katelyn Ursini, Calli Cantu. (back row) Davelle Cephas, Drew

Malone, Grant Walker, Kyle Pfaff, Sean Lara, Alex Shelton, Luke

Chochola, Nic Laracuente, Will Esteves, Tyler Spelane.

Members of the 2014-15 All-Girl Cheerleading squad are

(front, from left) Haley Miozza, Kelly Clifford, Kristen Pernile,

Morgan Hudgens, Megan Wilson, Kara Jordan, Katie Kramer,

Maddie Shelton, Tiffany Kasai, Alexa Wiggins, Sydney Newland.

Middle Row: Dani Mayo, Alissa Lacuesta, Jenna Wheeler, Jenny

Sell, Anjelica Cirone, Amy Sakalys, Molly Michaluk, Carlee Masters,

Mandy Lawonn, Hayley Stevens, Amanda Mannarino. Back Row:

Peyton Wulf, Jalyn Linkletter, Morgan Elfstrom, Mackenzie Pat-

terson, Adrianna Solorio, Hannah Powell, Jordan Mills, Samantha

Faulkner, Cassidy Bush, Kara Borella, Page Crooks.

LadybirdsThe University of Louisville Ladybirds dance team has won

11 national titles. The Ladybirds have won six of the last seven

national competitions, including the 2014 title, in the National

Cheerleading Association Championships in Daytona Beach,

Fla. The Laydbirds also added the 2014 Hip Hop national title

to their trophy case last year. UofL won the Universal Dance

Association title in 1995 and 1997. The Ladybirds have long

been successful, placing in the top five in their national competi-

tion 19 of the last 25 years. The group is under the direction

of Sheryl Knight and Todd Sharp.

Members of the 2014-15 Ladybirds are (front, from left)

Ashley Pearson, Sam Hundley, Sarah Pierce, Lauren Strobel,

Audrey Perkins, Lily Simmons, Chandler Antone, Sarah Sebo,

Chelsea Boles, Jalyn Williams, Heather Copas, Ashley Kattmann.

(middle row) Tia Grandy, Krista Vogt, Lauren Dale, Meredith

Ellis, Lauren Hooton, Caroline Bowman, Skylar Hermann, Kobie

Jarmon, Ashton Gettelfinger, Logan Hart, Miranda Hunt, Alexis

Dow. (back row) Taylor Journigan, Kylee Lowes, Samantha

Simmons, Rosie Crombie, Michelle Carpenter, Kayla Miller,

Ryleigh Vertes, Whitney Campbell, Marissa Hall, Madison Clark..

Cardinal Pride Pep BandThe Cardinal Pride Pep Band is in its seventh year under the

oversight of Cardinal Athletics. Under the direction of Al Greener

and program coordinator Mark Lynn, the musical cheerleaders

are a highly visible source of spirit and enthusiasm at Cardinal

basketball events. In addition to U of L men's basketball, the pep

band performs at an abundance of athletic events. The 1981-82

edition of the Cardinal Pep Band received special recognition

as the nation's best as chosen by NBC-TV analyst Al McGuire.

Coed Cheerleaders

All-Girl Cheerleaders

Ladybirds

Pep Band

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