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Head Coach: Ray Shovlain
Head Coach Ray Shovlain has always challenged the
student-athletes in all programs to be the best they can be.
The men's basketball program has been no exception.
The Fighting Bees have experienced tremendous success over the past 22 years that Coach Ray has been at the helm. This success starts with the quality, readiness, performance and community involvement that the men's basketball team has been able to achieve. Given that the foundation, success on the basketball court has followed...430 victories and fourteen 20-win seasons. The basketball program has earned nine NAIA National Tournament appearances and four Sweet 16 finishes under coach Shovlain, including the school's first and only trip to the Final Four in 2004, in which they set a school record for most victories in a single season with 32. This has been accomplished against an extremely competitive and challenging schedule which has included contests against NCAA Division I and II competition. The program has elected to schedule the best opponents possible. This year's schedule is no different. Well regarded by his peers, Shovlain has spoke at a number
of summer basketball camps at DePaul, Drake, Colorado State, Illinois
State, Louisville and Notre Dame. After the 1988-89 season, Shovlain
was named the recipient of the Paul Maaske Memorial Award, an award given
annually by the Iowa Basketball Coaches Association to the leading small
college coach in the state. Shovlain has been named the Midwest
Classic Conference Coach of the Year three times in the last five
years. Shovlain has also gained nationwide recognition as the activity director of the National Youth Sports Program (NYSP) at St. Ambrose. The NYSP is a summer youth program aimed to help economically disadvantaged children between 10-16 years of age in the Quad City area. The St. Ambrose University NYSP program was selected for the Silvio O. Conte Award in 1996, recognizing them as the top NYSP 2002-03 MCC Tournament Champions program in the country. A graduate of Clinton's St. Mary's High School, Shovlain led his team to the 1975 Iowa State Championship while earning All-State honors. As a four year letterman at St. Ambrose, Shovlain still holds the single game, season and career assist records and was inducted into the University's Athletic Hall of Fame in 1993. He went on to earn his Masters in Business Administration at St. Ambrose in 1982. In addition to coaching and serving as the school's Athletic Director, Shovlain's position at St. Ambrose allows him to fulfill one of his other passions...teaching in the College of Business. Shovlain was selected as Professor of the Year in 1989 and 1993. Shovlain and his wife Betsy live in Davenport. They are blessed with an eleven year old daughter, Katelyn Rae, and an eight year old son, Sean Michael.
Coach Shovlain with KWQC TV-6's Dan Pearson on media day.
Coach Shovlain with WHBF's Jay Kidwell on media day.
Shovlain with Dispatch writer Tom Johnston. |
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