Sports

Champions crowned at 2007 NIRSA National Flag Football Championships

Part of the National Campus Championship Series

2007 NIRSA National Flag Football Championships Tournament Officials and Officials Committee (blue shirts)

2007 NIRSA National Flag Football Championships Tournament Staff

University of Texas at Dallas Recreational Sports Staff

The University of Texas-Pan American (men's), Sam Houston State University (women's) and the University of West Florida (co-rec) snagged national titles in the first NIRSA National Flag Football Championships. Hosted by The University of Texas at Dallas January 4-7, a total of 53 teams from 18 different states and Washington, D.C. competed in the National Campus Championship Series event.

Led by tournament Most Valuable Player Ricardo Salinas, the University of Texas-Pan America defeated tournament favorite University of North Carolina-Charlotte 27-20. Salinas was joined by his brother Reynaldo Salinas and teammates Juan Aladape and Joacob Santa Maria on the all-tournament team. In the women’s division, Sam Houston State University beat rival University of West Florida 25-6. SHSU won every game at the tournament and placed four players on the all-tournament team: Tabitha Brown, Jessica Hatch, Annie Miller and tournament MVP April Ward. In the co-rec division, University of West Florida squared off with University of Nebraska, who had beaten UWF in a pool play game 12-9. However, UWF prevailed in the rematch, winning 31-25 in an up-and-down contest. Representing UWF on the all-tournament team was Shane Conti, Corey Gerdeman, Michael Methvin, and co-MVP Katherine Matheny.

The teams and staff battled wet and windy conditions early in the tournament before sunshine made its appearance for the Championship games. The tournament was played on 11 fields at the University of Texas at Dallas. UTD Recreational Sports Director Tricia Losavio served as Tournament Director and was assisted by a dedicated pool of students and professionals. The tournament staff included 46 student officials representing 30 institutions, 33 tournament staff representing 23 institutions, and 5 NIRSA representatives, including NSC National Campus Championship Series Committee Chair Dan Hazlett.

“On behalf of the NIRSA National Campus Championship Series Committee, I’d like to congratulate all the teams and players who joined us in Dallas for the inaugural NIRSA National Flag Football Championships,” said Hazlett. “The entire weekend was full of high energy and even higher commitment from the players, fans, and staff, all the way through to the final play in the final game. The NCCS would especially like to applaud Tricia Losavio, the entire University of Texas at Dallas Recreational Sports staff, the NIRSA National Office, the officials, and the plethora of NIRSA Members who traveled to the Championships. It is certainly a credit to our profession to see so many talented NIRSA Members volunteer their time and expertise to ensure a successful championship. The NCCS Committee would also like to acknowledge and thank both the NIRSA and the NIRSA Services Corporation Boards of Directors for their continued support of all NCCS events. The commitment and success in Dallas is directly correlated with the commitment from both boards, and we look forward to many more successful championship events under the NCCS umbrella.”

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Tournament Staff/Officials

Officials Committee

• Kurt Klier - Chair, University of Maryland - College Park
• Chad McKenzie, The University of Texas at Austin
• Dave Parker, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
• Jerrod Jackson, Texas A&M University
• Mike Medina, Quinnipiac University
• Bradley Petty, San Angelo State University
• Gary Cahen, University of Central Florida
• Chris Schmidt, University of Connecticut
• Ben Smith, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• Mark Salazar, University of Maryland - College Park

All-Tournament Committee

• Anna Castillo - Chair, Southwestern University
• Tara Fisher-Yesenski, Arizona State University
• James Wayne, Southeast Missouri State University
• Rusty Vineyard, University of Missouri - Columbia
• Mandy Adamson, Appalachian State University

Operations Committee

• Bill Conoley - Chair, The University of Texas at Dallas
• Mac Siner, The University of Texas at Dallas
• Steve Waden, University of Houston
• Jason Linsenmeyer, Oklahoma State University

Operations Staff

• Zach Broust, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
• April Goode, Georgia Institute of Technology
• Dru Jenkins, Georgia Institute of Technology
• Renee Kam, The Ohio State University
• Lisa Martinez, Texas State University - San Marcos
• Mike Siebrecht, Arizona State University
• Charles Smith, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Pool/Brackets Committee

• Mark Crager - Chair, The University of Southern Mississippi
• Ben Piper, The University of Texas at Dallas

Information and Technology Committee

• Megan Greene - Chair, The University of Texas at Dallas
• Stephanie Thompson, Texas State University - San Marcos

Hospitality and Registration Committee

• Liz Ramirez - Chair, The University of Texas at Dallas
• Justan Vanya, The University of Texas at Dallas
• Holly Worrell, The University of Texas at Dallas

NIRSA Representatives

• Chad Ellsworth, NSC Extramural Committee Chair
• Dan Hazlett, NSC NCCS Committee Chair
• Randall Ford, NSC Sport Club Championship Committee Chair
• Kevin Marbury, NIRSA Services Corporation Board of Directors
• Valerie McCutchan , Director of National Sport Programs

Officials

• Matt Barnes, Ohio University
• Michael Beadle, Arizona State University
• Aaron Brooks, University of Akron
• Aaron Brown, The Ohio State University
• Jason Buchta, Texas Tech University
• Brandon Bullock, Texas A&M University
• Kasey Dellinger, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
• Jake Donelan, University of Kentucky
• Thomas Eaton, University of Central Florida
• Aaron Epstein, University of Southern Mississippi
• Brandon Ferguson, University of Maryland - College Park
• Andrew Foederer, The University of Texas at Austin
• Chris Gormley, The University of Texas at Austin
• Jeremy Heney, Texas A&M University - Commerce
• Jason Hess, University of Maryland - College Park
• Anthony Jones, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
• Aaron Lint, Purdue University
• Andrew Magazine, University of Connecticut
• Andrew Maloney, Trinity University
• Matthew McDonald, University of Georgia
• Adam McKnight, Western Kentucky University
• Nick Ostronic, Ohio University
• Todd Peter , Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville
• Rosie Porreca, Western Kentucky University
• AJ Pratt, University of Kentucky
• Ryan Rickard, Georgia Southern University
• Katie Ringel, University of Connecticut
• Chris Rivers, Mississippi State University
• Dave Robinson, Ohio University
• Jason Schmitz, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Hunter Sellinger, University of Georgia
• Zach Shelton, Oklahoma State University
• Joe Sloan, University of Central Arkansas
• Kyle Smith, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
• Michael Soeder, Bowling Green State University
• Charlie Stein, New Mexico State University
• Tim Storch, Bowling Green State University
• Shea Taylor, University of Maryland - College Park
• Wes Thurton, University of Central Arkansas
• Mike Vierira, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
• Vladimir Voyard-Tadal, University of Central Florida
• Cody Wade, Western Illinois University
• Dan Waller, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
• Chris Williams, Georgia Southern University
• Jennifer Wood, University of Arkansas
• Tim Wrenholt, University of Nebraska - Lincoln