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Class Senior
Age 23
Height 6'2"
Major Biology
Minor Chemistry
Hometown Petoskey, MI
High School Petoskey

Ben McMurray

Men's Track and Field - Middle Distance

Ben McMurray
High School: Ran for Don Dickmann at Petoskey High School...Led the Northmen to a regional championship and an 11th place finish at the state tournament and Big North Conference runner-up finish...Also a member of 2005 state championship ski team...Earned three varsity letters in cross country, three on the ski team and two on the track...Graduated Suma Cum Laude. Services/Volunteer Activities: Part of a mentoring group and an ER volunteer. College: Was on the Dean's List for 3 semesters...Earned 2 Varsity Letters in Cross Country and 1 Varsit Letter in Track...

Head Coach: Gordon Aldrich
Assistant Coaches: Grant Woodman, Matt Chovanec

 

Alma College's partnership with the Pine River Superfund Citizen Task Force, an EPA-sanctioned Community Advisory Group (CAG), received the 2008 Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Partnership Award for Campus-Community Collaboration, sponsored by Michigan Campus Compact. The Task Force is recognized as one of the most influential and active CAGs nationally and as having the largest membership of any CAG in the United States.

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Coach Profile

Terry Smith

Terry Smith

Smith graduated from Michigan State University with a B.S. in Physical Education in 1984. After graduating, Smith got his start in coaching when he was the boy’s basketball coach at Fulton High School while working as a teacher at Ithaca High School. From there he moved to Cedar Springs High School were he coached and taught and won his first district championship in 1987.

The following year, Coach Smith got his first taste of coaching in the college ranks when he was an assistant men’s basketball coach at Ferris State University and was part of the team that won a GLIAC Championship and advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA DII Tournament.

After a year at FSU, Coach Smith left for Lake Superior State University where he served for three years as an assistant coach before being promoted to the head coach position in 1991. In five years time, Coach Smith had turned around the LSSU program. In 1996 his team won the first League Championship for LSSU since joining the GLIAC in 1978. During this time, Coach Smith also earned his M.A. in Physical Education from Central Michigan University.

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