Men's Basketball

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

600 S. Clyde Morris Blvd - Daytona Beach, FL - 32114
Team Office: Tel: (904) 226-6553 Fax: (904) 226-6435
Team website: embryriddlesports.com/

Founded in 1926, Embry-Riddle is the world's oldest and largest university specializing in aviation and aerospace. If you want to learn to fly, Embry-Riddle is the place to go. Over 80% of the students are male. Touted has having one of the finest undergraduate programs in aerospeace engineering, the university offers over 20 Bachelor degree programs and seven Master's. Other majors offered include Meteorology, Business Admin., and Air Traffic Controller. US News 2008 report on America's Best Colleges ranked Embry-Riddle #13 among universities in the south offering a Master's degree.

The campus is located in Daytona Beach (pop.70k) about 100 miles south of Jacksonville.

School website
www.erau.edu

College Profile

Type:

Private, Co-educational

Religious Affiliation:

None

Enrollment:

4,400

Getting In:

Moderately difficult. SAT 25/75: 960-1210

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$35,000
Out-of-State: Same

Most Popular Majors

Aviation - Engineering - Business

Misc. Information

Head coach Steve Ridder completed his 19th season at Embry-Riddle in 2007-08. Ridder has become one of the nation's most successful and respected NAIA coaches. Under Ridder's watchful eye, the Eagles have advanced to the NAIA National Tournament on ten occasions, including six in a row from 1996-2001. In 2000 the Eagles won the NAIA National Championship. Additionally, his Embry-Riddle teams have garnered 11 regular-season titles and seven league tournament crowns. Not surprisingly, Ridder's squads appear regularly in the NAIA's top-25 national poll. Ridder was a standout player for Berea Collge (NAIA) and was an an assistant there for eight seasons. In 2007-08, the Eagles finished with an overall record of 27-7 but but lost in the first round of the NAIA tourney to Grace.

Team Name	Eagles
Colors	Royal Blue and Gold
Division	NAIA II
All-Time Record	n/a

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	27-7	24-9	31-3	95-35 (.730)
Conference	10-4	7-5	9-1	28-12 (.700)
Conf. Finish	2	3	1	1, 2, 2, 1, ?
Post Appear.	1st Rnd	n/a	Swt 16	NAIA 2x
Final 25 Rank	#15	NR	#1	2x

Coaches

Head Coach	Steve Ridder
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Embry-Riddle (FL)	1989-90
Contract Expires	?
Record as Head Coach	453-179 (.717)
Record at Embry-Riddle (FL)	453-179 (.717)
Coaching Awards	NAIA COTY (00), FSC COTY 2x

Asst. Coaches	Chad Keller, Jake Pickett

Recruiting Coordinator

Chad Keller, (386) 323-5007, chad.keller@erau.edu

Conference and Schedule

Embry Riddle plays in the Florida Sun Conference (www.fscsports.com) which is considered one of the strongest small conferences in the nation. It is comprised of six schools, all in Florida. Conference play comprises ten games with each team played twice, home and away. Conference play starts in January. Leagues games, more often than not, are played on Wednesday evenings and Saturday afternoons. The farthest conference away game is at Florida Memorial, some 250 miles away from campus. The season concludes with the FSC tourney which . . . (tbp, explain seeding)

Conference Opponents

Flagler, Florida Memorial, Warner Southern, Savannah A&D, and Webber.

Facilities

ICI Center
Capacity 1,968, Average attendance (?)

Style/Stats

In 2006-07, Embry Riddle was ranked #19 in defense, limiting opponents to 65.9 ppg.