Wayne State University Athletics

Updated as of October 18, 2012

WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS QUICK FACTS

Location -- Detroit, Michigan 48202

Founded -- 1868

Enrollment -- nearly 30,000 students

Nickname -- Warriors

Colors -- Green (561) and Gold (1225)

President -- Allan D. Gilmour

Director of Athletics -- Rob Fournier

Faculty Athletics Representative -- Robert M. Ackerman

Athletics Phone -- 313-577-4280




2011-2012 WSU Athletic Accomplishments

• 39th nationally in NACDA Directors’ Cup

• Student-Athletes Overall GPA of 3.11

• 32 All-Americans

• 130 Conference All-Academic Selections

• 195 All-Americans in the last six years

• 2 National Coach-of-the-Year award recipients -- Sean Peters (women's swimming/diving), Paul Winters (football)



• 2011-12 NCAA Tournament Qualifiers (national finish)

1. Women’s Swimming/Diving (1st)

2. Football (2nd)

3. Men’s Swimming/Diving (7th)

4. Men’s Fencing (17th)

5. Baseball (36th)

6. Softball (49th)

7. Men’s Golf (73rd)



• Football

Paul Winters -- AFCA Coach-of-the-Year

Josh Renel -- 2011 GLIAC Jack H. McAvoy Award

30 GLIAC All-Academic selections, including 7 All-Academic Excellence

7 All-Americans

Joique Bell -- 2009 Division II Player of the Year (Harlon Hill Award winner) signed by the Detroit Lions


• Volleyball

Kristen Bulkiewicz -- AVCA All-Regional Honorable Mention

4 GLIAC All-Academic Excellence selections


• Men’s Swimming & Diving

11 All-Americans

16 GLIAC All-Academic selections, including 7 All-Academic Excellence

Andrey Seryy -- 3 time National Champion
     50 Freestyle (19.47)
     100 Freestyle (42.61; NCAA Record)
     200 Freestyle (1:35.61; NCAA record) – broke record again in 800 Freestyle Relay (1:35.05)


• Women’s Swimming & Diving

National Champions

10 All-Americans

14 GLIAC All-Academic selections, including 6 All-Academic Excellence

Catherine Leix -- First Team CoSIDA Academic All-American; CoSIDA At-Large Academic All-American of the Year

Kayla Scott   -- National Champion
     100 Breaststroke (1:01.58; NCAA Record, recorded in prelims)

Carly Sevald  -- National Champion
     3-Meter Diving (503.40)

Carol Azambuja -- National Champion
     200 Freestyle (1:48.16)
     200 Backstroke (1:57.08)


• Fencing

Men's fencing squad placed 14th in the men's competition with 19 victories at the NCAA Championship

Men's & women's fencing combined placed 17th at NCAA Championships


• Softball

10 GLIAC All-Academic selections, including 7 All-Academic Excellence

Alison Allen - First Team CoSIDA Academic All-American

Logan White - Third Team CoSIDA Academic All-American

Nikki Fulton - Third Team CoSIDA Academic All-American

GLIAC Tournament Champions


• Men’s Golf

6 GLIAC All-Academic selections, including 1 All-Academic Excellence



• Baseball

Andrew Ciennik- CoSIDA Academic All-American

20 GLIAC All-Academic selections, including 7 All-Academic Excellence



• Tennis

Oscar Gamarra - CoSIDA All-American

9 GLIAC All-Academic selections, including 7 All-Academic Excellence




Wayne State University Department of Athletics Mission Statement

Wayne State University believes that intercollegiate athletics are an important and wholesome adjunct to the principal purposes of the University: (1) the advancement of knowledge through research and investigation; and (2) the dissemination of knowledge through teaching. To that end, participants in intercollegiate athletics must be, first and foremost, students whose fundamental aim is to obtain a sound education.

A major mission of the University is to achieve an increasing level of excellence in the quality of its programs and to enhance the visibility and recognition of the University as a whole. Students who participate in intercollegiate athletics are directly involved in the implementation of this mission of excellence, and by such participation, provide a unifying objective of community and University.

Wayne State University believes that a well-balanced program in intercollegiate sports is important so long as it remains in proper focus as an ancillary of the real purposes of the University; so long as it remains under academic control; so long as the players are bona fide students; and so long as the coaches strive to instill qualities of honesty, sportsmanship and clean play.