7/13/05

LMC's Schaffer Named MCCAA Athletic Director of the Year

Photo caption: Lake Michigan College Athletic Director and Men's Basketball Coach Doug Schaffer (left) receives the 2004-2005 Michigan Community College Athletic Association Athletic Director of the Year award from Tom Horn, chair of the MCCAA Athletic Director of the Year committee and athletic director at Glen Oaks Community College.

BENTON TOWNSHIP, MI - Doug Schaffer, Lake Michigan College's athletic director and men's basketball head coach, has been named the Michigan Community College Athletic Association's (MCCAA) Athletic Director of the Year for 2004-2005. The MCCAA is comprised of 18 community college athletic programs throughout Michigan.

Schaffer joined LMC in 1998 as head coach of the men's basketball team. In 2001, he stepped into the roll of athletic director for the College. Under his guidance, LMC's athletic program has achieved excellence in the classroom and on the playing field. In the last three years, 81 percent of LMC's second year student athletes have graduated, transferred to four-year schools, or continued taking classes at LMC. 2004-2005 academic highlights include a combined 3.0 grade point average for the women's basketball team and 100 percent of sophomore softball players earning associate degrees.

As coach, Schaffer led the men's basketball team to its most wins in school history by posting a 27-7 record in 2004-2005. This year, the team also won the NJCAA Region XII, District 8 championship and finished 7th in the nation.

Other honors Schaffer received this year included being named Region XII, District 8 Coach of the Year and Men's Community College Coach of the Year by the Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan.