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WINTER 2007
IPFW Joins the
Mid-Continent Conference!
From the desk of Mark Pope, Director of Athletics
Welcome to the first-ever issue of
Mastodon Tracks! I’m happy to provide
you with special insight into IPFW
Athletics. I’ll always have my e-mail
address and phone number at the
bottom in case you have any questions
or comments about your Division I Athletics program.
What a great way to kick off this new column: IPFW is now a
member of the Mid-Continent Conference! This achievement
is something that we’ve been working on for more than five
years, and all of our hard work finally paid off.
What does conference affiliation mean to IPFW and our
community? Everything! Here are just a few benefits:
• Now, all of our 16 sports can play for a conference
championship—and an automatic berth to the
NCAA Championships. If an IPFW team wins the
Mid-Con Championship, the team is automatically
invited to play in the NCAA championships, whether
it’s basketball, soccer, tennis, baseball, softball,
volleyball, golf, track, or cross country.
• We will have much better schedules, with more
home games. Since we’re in a conference, we’ll
play “home and home” with all of our conference
members. Look for more games in our city.
• Our student-athletes will earn more honors, as
the conference names Players of the Week in
every sport. There are also Player of the Year
awards, academic honors,
and many other accolades
for our students.
Chancellor Michael Wartell and Mid-Con Commissioner Tom Douple
• We’ll develop great rivalries among our conference
members. IUPUI, our sister institution in Indianapolis,
is a Mid-Con member and will definitely be a good
rival in all sports. We’re already working on a trophy.
And that’s just a few of the many benefits coming
our way. The Mid-Continent Conference is comprised
of 10 institutions including IUPUI, Oakland University
(Michigan), Western Illinois University, University of
Missouri at Kansas City, North Dakota State University;
South Dakota State University, Oral Roberts University,
Centenary College, Southern Utah University, and us.
IPFW will match up well with these universities, both on
an academic and an athletic basis. And it all starts less
than one year from now.
This will be a lot of fun for us and for the community.
Come join us at our next home game.
Go Dons!
Mark A. Pope
Director of Athletics
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of any transportation, meals, clothes,
entertainment, preferential terms or other
benefits to a student-athlete unavailable to
the general student population. Simply put,
do not treat student-athletes any differently
than other students.
A representative of an institution is any
alumnus, parent, friend, or staff member.
IPFW Athletics’ Hall-of-Fame inaurgural class
IPFW Enshrines
First Hall-of-Fame Class
On Nov. 19, 2006, the inaugural class
of honorees was inducted into the IPFW
Athletics Hall of Fame in front of a standing
room-only crowd in the Appleseed Room of
the Memorial Coliseum. The Hall of Fame
has been established to celebrate the
accomplishments of IPFW student-athletes,
coaches, teams, and supporters who have
enhanced and reinforced the university’s
commitment to excellence.
“We are honored to announce our inaugural
class for the IPFW Athletics Hall of Fame,”
Class of 2006
Arnie Ball, Men’s Volleyball Coach
Lloy Ball, Men’s Volleyball
Kenneth J. and Linda S. Balthaser, Supporters
Laura Douglas, Women’s Volleyball
Lindy (Jones) Fuelling, Women’s Basketball
Loren Gebert, Men’s Volleyball
Sean Gibson, Men’s Basketball
Mike Harper, Men’s Soccer
Tami (Isch) Henry, Women’s Volleyball
Lawrence Jordan, Men’s Basketball
Lawrence A. Lee, Supporter
Clara (Schortgen) Meyer, Women’s Volleyball
Lisa (Miller) McBride, Women’s Basketball
Mike Mungovan, Baseball
Rhonda (Unverferth) Osterhage, Women’s Basketball
Raul Papeleo, Men’s Volleyball
Bronn Pfeiffer, Men’s Soccer
David “Doc” Skelton, Administrator
Hector Soto, Men’s Volleyball
Once an individual is identified as such
a representative, the person retains that
identity forever.
Anyone who knows high school or junior
college student-athletes who might be
interested in attending IPFW may not contact
them directly but may notify the appropriate
head coach.
If you have any questions regarding this
bylaw or any other NCAA rules, please
contact IPFW Assistant Athletic Director for
Compliance Abbie Renaker at 260-481-6661
or [email protected].
says IPFW Director of Athletics Mark Pope.
freely of their time, talents, and treasures
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to form the true foundation of our Athletics
NCAA Bylaw 13.01.5.1 states, “In
program. They are role models for all of us to
Division I, representatives of an institution’s
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Pre-Season
MIVA Favorite
follow. We are proud to display the plaques
athletic interests are prohibited from making
The IPFW men’s volleyball team has been
that honor their dedication to our university
in-person, on- or off-campus recruiting
in our new Hall of Fame Room in the Walb
contacts and/or written or telephone
Student Union, and I encourage all fans of
communications with a prospect’s relatives
Mastodon Athletics to visit this new addition
or legal guardians.”
“These outstanding individuals have given
selected by coaches in the Midwestern
Intercollegiate Volleyball Conference as the
pre-season favorite to win the conference.
to our campus.”
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Arnie Ball, Mike Fruchey, Kelley Hartley Hutton,
Lieselot Malfait, Jeff Marsh, Jennie Moppert,
Chris Paul, Mark Pope, Abbie Renaker,
Christy Sandmaier, and IPFW Media Relations
Additionally, a representative may not
IPFW finished second in the MIVA last season
provide any extra benefit to enrolled
with a record of 9–3, but won the conference
student-athletes and their families. An
championship and a berth to the NCAA
extra benefit would include provision
tournament. The Mastodons (23–7) fell in
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three to eventual national champion UCLA in
With six of the seven starters returning to the
The first week I went to school, I always had
the national semi-finals.
IPFW men’s volleyball team from last year’s
a headache from listening to my professors.
NCAA Final Four team, Coach Arnie Ball has
(It took a lot of energy to concentrate on
Three Mastodons have been selected All-
reason to be excited about the upcoming season.
MIVA Pre-Season. They are 2006 MIVA First-
what they were saying and then taking
notes.) I had the habit to translate everything
Teamer and AVCA/Sports Imports Second
This season’s home schedule is an exciting
Team All-America C.J. Macias, a junior
one with Penn State, Stanford (2 matches),
outside hitter, and 2006 All-MIVA Second-
UC Santa Barbara (2 matches), Ohio State,
Team selections Colin Lundeen and Josh
Loyola Chicago, Ball State, and Rutgers all
Stewart, a senior setter and junior middle
coming to the Gates Sports Center.
into Dutch. I started to get used to English
lectures, and in a way, I found my own
system of taking notes.
Going to school in a language you don’t
hitter, respectively.
IPFW was the only team to have three
The team looks forward to seeing all of you
really control is really scary, especially if you
this season!
expect yourself to have good grades. That’s
players selected for pre-season honors.
“It is an honor for our team to be recognized
as pre-season number one,” says IPFW
In Her Own Words
Meet Lieselot Malfait, Women’s Basketball
Men’s Volleyball Head Coach Arnie Ball, now
in his 27th season. “Now we need to work
why it takes me a bit more work than native
students to take notes, write papers, etc.
However, so far everything is going great.
As a member of the
hard to prove that, indeed. We deserve to be
Belgium National
In Belgium, women don’t get (media)
number one.”
Team, Lieselot Malfait
attention at all. Everybody is talking about
participated with the
soccer. I feel like a “star” here. (It is strange
team at the European
to me to hear other girls complaining about
Championship in 2006 in
how we don’t get enough attention.) We get
Hungary. Belgium placed 5th of 13 teams
at the championship. Born October 4, 1987,
a lot of clothes; everything is taken care of
(jerseys, etc.). I believe we get spoiled!
Malfait is the daughter of Patrick Malfait and
Marika Qasparowix and has two brothers,
Hannes and Aaron. Malfait plans on majoring
in education while at IPFW.
I have had to adjust to the kind of basketball
they play here. It is much faster, and there
is a lot more contact. The coaching staff is
Now, in her own words, Lieselot lets us in on
her IPFW experience on and off the court.
a lot more professional than overseas with
the team where I played. (I never had an
assistant coach before and now I have two.)
The language barrier scared me the most.
C.J. Macias, junior
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English is my third language (first Dutch,
Our team is super. My teammates really
then French, and last is English.)
made the transfer easier. Coming to this
I understand German, but I don’t really speak
country from overseas (a 10-hour flight to
it. I was worried I wouldn’t be able to express
Chicago) has been an adventure, but it is
myself; however, I adjusted to English much
scary to leave your secure environment
faster than I expected.
behind. I miss my family; however, everyone
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here is taking good care of me. I’m starting
to have some good bonds with some of my
teammates. I’m sure I’ll be making some
friends for life!
IPFW StudentAthletes Record
Highest GPA in
School History
Seventh Consecutive Semester over 3.0
I have some random thoughts. I hate
In Aug. 2006, IPFW student-athletes learned
public restrooms here! I don’t get why the
they were to become members of the Mid-
American toilets stalls have the crack. It
Continent Conference. This past fall, they
really bugs me; everyone can see you. That
accomplished a record-setting performance
is one of the things I miss—our “closed”
in the classroom, combining to post a
bathrooms. I have also had some problems
compiled a semester GPA of 3.0 or higher
this fall, with 24 individuals coming in with
a perfect 4.0 mark.
IPFW’s Faculty Athletics Representative
Elliott Blumenthal says academic success,
like conference affiliation, is the result of a
team effort. “It all starts with the studentathletes, but we have a very hard-working
and dedicated SAS Team, as well as
school record 3.1 (of a possible 4.0) grade-
coaches who stress academics every day,”
point average.
Blumenthal says. “We have also received
adjusting to the culture of American food.
great support from our faculty and so many
I’ve been raised pretty healthy, and that is
The 3.1 GPA surpasses the record 3.03
other offices throughout campus. It truly is
clearly not the American way of life. I try to
cumulative mark compiled by IPFW student-
a group effort, and it’s great to see those
avoid eating out at Wendy’s, McDonald’s,
athletes last spring. Fall semester 2006
efforts rewarded.”
Pizza Hut, etc. I have never seen so much
marks the seventh consecutive semester
unhealthy food in my life.
that IPFW student-athletes have achieved a
GPA of 3.0 or better. “Our student-athletes
People are generally much nicer here.
have responded to conference affiliation
by achieving unparalleled success in the
Belgium has a different culture of
classroom,” says IPFW Director of Athletics
approaching people; we are more by
Mark A. Pope.
Universities in Belgium don’t give you the
“These academic accomplishments reflect
feeling of unity. You feel like you are a part
the commitment of these extremely talented
of a bigger thing here. IPFW is a medium-
young people to excel as both students and
sized school, but it still approaches you
as athletes,” Pope says. “Our coaches and
in a personal way. Like when you see the
the staff of the Student-Athlete Services
it’s a fun feeling.
The 2006 season for the IPFW women’s
cross country team was very successful.
IPFW finished in third place or better in six of
ourselves. I love the “IPFW feeling.”
chancellor and your professors at the game,
Women’s Cross Country
Earns First-Ever
Regional Ranking
eight meets. This consistency of performance
earned the Dons their first-ever NCAA Great
Lakes Regional ranking.
Team have been essential to our continuing
efforts to maintain my stated goal of a 3.0
GPA and ensure that every student-athlete
This scholarship gives me the opportunity
to explore a different culture. For
example, I never celebrated Halloween or
achieves our ultimate goal of graduation.”
A record 14 of IPFW’s 16 sports teams
recorded team grade-point averages
Thanksgiving before. It makes you realize
of 3.0 or higher this fall. The women’s
that your culture and your country is not
cross country team once again led with a
everything. There is a big world out there.
semester mark of 3.45. The top men’s team
I get an opportunity to explore a little bit of
was men’s golf, with a 3.38. Individually,
that world by playing basketball.
136 of IPFW’s 210 student-athletes
Ashley Ritchey, senior
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During the NCAA Great Lakes Regional in
Bowling Green, Ohio, the IPFW harriers
ran to their highest finish in school
history: 16th place in a field with 30
teams. IPFW was led by freshman Mary
Ballinger (Chesterton, Ind./Chesterton) with
a 32nd place finish. Ballinger’s time of
Men’s Cross Country
Finishes Up Season
at Regional Meet
men’s team academically, too, with Fry
receiving All-American Scholar honors during
the 2005–06 year from the Golf Coaches
Association of America. Kelley finished
The IPFW men’s cross country team
his freshman year with a 4.0 grade-point
finished its season with a 29th place finish
average. Currently, the men’s team is on
in a field of 31 teams at the NCAA Great
track to improve its scoring average once
Lakes Regional.
again in its fourth year.
22:15.38 was just 17 seconds and seven
places away from qualifying for the NCAA
The men were led by IPFW junior Hunter
Paris with a time of 33:41. Paris placed
National Championship.
102nd. Other placers for the men were
Mike Ridenour (178th/35:41), Wes
“Mary really stepped it up. She gave a big
Kuhn (183rd/35:52), Andrew Gritzmaker
time performance in the biggest race of the
(186th/36:05), and Garret Bradtmueller
year,” Head Coach Mike Fruchey says. “I am
(199th/36:43).
Alison Rathsman and Jacque Speece and
freshman Jillian Speece. Rathsman also
received All-American Scholar honors from
the Golf Coaches Association of America
during her freshman year in 2005–06. The
women’s program is also on track to lower
so glad we have three more years to develop
her potential.”
The women’s team was led by sophomores
“The men got out there and competed
its scoring average again after only its third
well,” Head Coach Mike Fruchey says. “It
year in existence.
is extremely challenging at the Division I
Despite Ballinger’s phenomenal
level, and I think the men gave it a great
“I am very pleased with the progress of
performance, it was a bittersweet ending
effort.” The Dons hope to improve upon this
both teams, and we are looking forward to
for the Dons talented senior Ashley Ritchey
season, despite the loss of seniors Andrew
the spring portion of our schedule,” Head
(Leo, Ind./Leo). It was the first time all year
Gritzmaker and Mike Ridenour, and come out
Coach Jeff Marsh says. “The players are
that Ritchey did not finish first for the team.
strong for their Mid-Continent Conference
very excited about their play, and they are
Unfortunately, she was hampered by a bad
debut in 2007.
working very hard during the winter months
to prepare for the spring.”
case of the flu and struggled to finish 5th for
A Message from
Golf Coach Marsh
the team and 152nd overall.
Also placing for IPFW were sophomore twins
Both the men’s and women’s golf teams
Crystal Martinez (Valparaiso, Ind./Wheeler)
had very tough schedules to play during
at 93rd and Crystina Martinez (Valparaiso,
the fall portions of their schedules. Both
Ind./Wheeler) in 98th place. Junior Valerie
teams played very well during that stretch of
Hardesty (Auburn, Ind./DeKalb) finished at
tournaments. Their hard work throughout the
fall paid off as they played very well in their
112th, followed by Ritchey.
last two tournaments: the IPFW Fall Classic
and at Austin Peay State University.
For next season, the women expect to
The women’s team starts its spring schedule
at the end of February as it travels to
Louisiana to play at Centenary College.
The men’s team will start in March when it
travels to Jacksonville, Fla., for the Butler
North-South Tournament.
Women’s Soccer Stats
• Defeated Valparaiso 1–0, snapping an
eight game winning streak
build upon this season’s success as
Senior Matt Fry and sophomore Patrick
they compete for a Mid-Continent
Kelley, each having a fall scoring average
Week for our conference: Sept. 6; Oct.
Conference Championship.
of 75, lead the men’s team. They help the
10; and Nov. 1
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• Shannon Lynn: Defensive Player of the
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• Anika Apar: Offensive Player of the Week
for our conference: Nov. 1
• Team Record: 5–12–1 (USC 1–2–0)
United Soccer Conference
Tournament Recap
Williams found the ball and drilled a shot past
He was a rebound shy of a double-double with
IPFW goalkeeper Michael Knitter. That was
nine boards. Scott tied Egeric for game-high
the only ball that got past the Mastodons’
honors with 18, including four three-pointers
netminder. Knitter made seven saves to nail
of his own. Junior guard Demetrius Johnson
down the win for IPFW.
added 14 points, while junior forward Jaraun
Burrows added 11.
Tied at 1–1 after 90 minutes of regulation
in the opening round against Longwood
University. The contest couldn’t be decided
in the two extra overtime sessions, so
the match went to penalty kicks, with
The men finished the 2006 campaign with a
record of 2–15–1. The Dons will begin play
next season in the Mid-Continent Conference.
With the win, IPFW improved to 5–11.
Notes:
• The 107-point total was the largest for
IPFW since turning Division I.
The Dons advanced to the second round of
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the Floor
the conference tournament where they were
On Jan. 4, the men’s basketball team had
defeated 1–0 by North Dakota. Mastodon
its best shooting evening of the year in a
goalkeeper Shannon Lynn, playing her final
107–59 victory against Anderson University.
percentage were 54.7 percent vs.
collegiate match, made six saves.
The Mastodons shot 63.3 percent in the game,
Marygrove and 54.1 percent vs. Southeast
hitting on 38 of 60 shots from the floor. IPFW
Missouri State.
IPFW winning 4–3.
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Mastodons Win on Senior Day
got off to a scorching start, as junior forward
• IPFW scored more than 100 in a season
for the second time since the 1999–2000
season, when that team turned the trick
four times.
• IPFW’s previous season highs for FG
• Egeric’s 18-point effort was a career-high.
DeWitt Scott began firing from three-point
range early and often. Scott drilled three triples
Green 2–1 on Senior Day. Senior
Head Coach Dane Fife was able
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Starts 2007 Off Right,
Win Third Straight
forward Barry Morgan got IPFW
to get everyone some action
The women’s basketball team started 2007
on the board early in the match.
tonight, and each player on the
on the right foot Jan. 3 at Gates Sports Center.
Morgan tapped home a perfect
bench who dressed cracked the
Ashley Johnson connected for 22 points in the
cross from junior Evan Coss at
scoring column.
Dons 79–46 win against IU South Bend.
Highlights included freshman
The Mastodons made the first shot and held
forward Terry Jenkins’ three-
the lead all the way to the last buzzer in their
pointer, with slightly more than
third straight win to improve to 7–6 record on
seven minutes remaining in the
the season. In the first 1:17, the Dons were
game with the Dons controlling
off to a 5–0 lead. Just five minutes later, they
an 84–44 lead. Junior forward
were up by ten (17–7) after Natalie Roberts hit
Zeljko Egeric, who didn’t miss
a good lay-up. From there, IU South Bend hit
The men’s soccer team picked up its first-ever
and staked the Dons to a 50–27 halftime lead.
Mid-American Conference win dropping Bowling
the 2:43 mark. It was a fitting
beginning for the Dons.
The team added to its 1–0 lead
in the second half. At the 76:17
mark, senior defender Ben
Springman sent junior forward
Chas Perry in on a goal. Perry
had no trouble beating Falcon’s
Tyler Best, senior
goalkeeper Paul Shoemaker to
a shot in the game, hit the final
a few shots to keep the Dons under a double-
of his four triples with 3:01
digit lead for most of the next nine minutes
remaining to push the lead to
before the Dons surged.
the left side. Five minutes later, Bowling Green
99–52. Egeric finished with a co-game high of
found the back of the net. Off of a scrum at
18 points on 5–5 shooting from the floor, 4–4
During the next two minutes, the Dons went on
the top of the box, sophomore defender Kyle
from behind the arc, and 4–4 from the foul line.
a 7–0 run to put them up by double-digits. A
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three-pointer by Hannah
Thieke and two lay-ups
by Juliane Höhne pushed
the Dons ahead to
33–18. IPFW hit its largest
lead of the half after Johnson
hit two free throws to put
them up by 17. The Mastodons
another stellar campaign. The Mastodons
posted a 26–10 overall record en route
to winning the National Independent
Championship in Fargo, N.D. in Nov. 2006.
This marked the Dons’ fourth straight 20+ win
season, as they will look to make an instant
impact in the Mid-Continent Conference as
IPFW’s membership begins in 2007.
to the All-Independent Team. Roehm was
named Tournament MVP at the Independent
Championship and the All-Tournament Team
at the IPFW Invitational. Roehm was named
Newcomer of the Week three times in 2006.
Roehm averaged 2.33 kills/game at a .279
efficiency and on defense averaged 0.86
blocks/game.
took their largest lead of the
game with less than 30 seconds
left after Pavla Pletková’s good Ashley Johnson,
senior
shot put the Dons up by 35. IU
South Bend would hit one more shot to cut the
lead to 33 points at 79–46.
Johnson led all scorers with 22 points, a
season personal best. She was 9 of 19 from
the field and three of four at the line. Johnson
also added three assists, two steals, and five
boards. Thieke had a career night, posting 12
points, going three of six from beyond the arc
and three of five from the line. She also added
three assists and four steals against the Titans,
and Höhne connected for 10 points and three
boards. Off the bench, Roberts connected for
eight points and eight boards, while Lieselot
Malfait added seven boards in just 13 minutes.
“We had very high expectations heading into
this season, after finishing last season winning
five of our last six games,” says Chris Paul.
“So far, we are on schedule to have the most
successful season in IPFW history. We currently
stand at 7-7 halfway through the season. With
15 games to go — and nine of them at home
— we are very excited about the possibilities.”
IPFW Women’s
Volleyball Racks Up
Accolades in 2006
Five members of the IPFW women’s volleyball
team earned post-season accolades after
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Head Coach Kelley Hartley Hutton was named
Independent Coach of the Year for the third time
in five years. Hartley Hutton also had her 300th
career victory when the Dons defeated Buffalo
in October.
Senior middle hitter Claire Jackson was named
to the ESPN/CoSIDA Academic All-America
Second Team for Women’s Volleyball, as voted
on by members of CoSIDA. Jackson currently
holds a 4.0 GPA in biology at IPFW. She was
Junior libero Peachy Jankowski was named
Defensive Player of the Year and was named to
the First Team All-Independent. Jankowski was
named Defensive Player of the Week four times
in 2006 and was named to All-Tournament
teams at the Michigan/Nike Tournament and
the IPFW Invitational. Jankowski set two new
records in 2006. She had 742 digs this season
to break the previous single season digs record
of 505 set in 2000. Jankowski is just eight
digs away from the career record of 1,625.
Jankowski also set a new single match record
of 34 digs versus North Dakota State
on Oct. 7.
named to the District 5 All-Academic First Team
and has been on the Independent Women’s
Volleyball All-Academic Team three times.
“This is a tremendous accomplishment.
Claire Jackson has set the bar very high with
regard to what can be accomplished as an
IPFW student-athlete. This recognition is welldeserved, and our team is very proud of her,”
Hartley Hutton says.
Jackson set two records in her final
season at IPFW. She set a new block
assist record of 373. On Sept. 16
Junior Cynara Martins was
named to the Second Team AllIndependent. Martins averaged
3.23 kpg and 3.5 dpg for the
Dons in 2006. Martins was named
Tournament MVP at the IPFW
Invitational and named to the
Omni William Penn Invitational and
Independent Championship AllTournament Teams. She was named
Offensive Player of the Week for the
week of Oct. 31.
versus New Hampshire, Jackson
broke the previous record of 305
block assists. Jackson also set a new
single match hitting percentage of
.846 against Delaware State after
going 11 of 13 with no errors.
“I am incredibly honored to be
Jessica Dominiak,
senior
elected as a recipient of this award,”
Jackson says. “In conjunction with
a tremendous volleyball program, Coach
Hartley Hutton and IPFW have made education
Rebekah Roehm capped off her freshman
campaign by being named Honorable Mention
a top priority. I would not have been able to
accomplish this without their help.”
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Knowing your gift made an academic career
possible for a gifted, young athlete is the
greatest benefit of all. We thank you for your
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Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne
2101 E. Coliseum Blvd.
Fort Wayne, IN 46805-1499
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achieve greatness.
Did you know? IPFW receives no scholarship
monies from Indiana or Purdue. None. It must
all come from the generosity of individuals
like you. Your contribution makes it possible
to field the best and brightest studentathletes for IPFW. This is your chance to
support your athletes as they strive to
accomplish their dreams in the classroom
and in competition.
By becoming a Royal Don, you:
• Receive the satisfaction of knowing you
support student-athletes in 16 sports
who may not be able to afford college
without assistance.
• Assist IPFW in building one of the
fastest-growing Division I athletic
programs in the country.
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gracious support as we drive for success and
• Help generate great enthusiasm
and interest within our campus and
corporate community, faculty, and
students, as well as our regional and
national alumni.
Be the Team
Behind the Teams
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