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07-22-09 Wyckoff Inks with Mustang Cross Country

Wyckoff Signs with Asst. Coach Waidmann at his side.

DETROIT, MI--Country head coach Lee Shaw added another student-athlete for the upcoming inaugural season on Monday. LeAvery Wyckoff from Detroit Communication & Media Arts High School signed a letter of intent to run this fall for the Mustangs.

Wyckoff comes to Marygrove after a well-rounded high school career in cross country, basketball and track. After experiencing success in every sport, Wyckoff decided cross country was his future and Marygrove became his choice. The two-time All-City distance runner led his team to city and regional championships (2008). Wyckoff’s impressive junior and senior campaign also led him to back-to-back trips to the state championship meet. Wyckoff’s track days landed him All-City honors in the 4x800 and a state qualifying time in the 4x400.

Coach Shaw on Wyckoff: LeAvery is a local athlete that showed he has a lot of potential. We are excited to coach LeAvery the next four years after seeing what LeAvery could do in two seasons of experience. The sky is the limit for an athlete with his skill and attitude.

04-16-09 Butler First to Sign with Cross Country

Butler shown with his mother and Coach Shaw at signing.

DETROIT, MI--Hot on the recruiting trail for months, Cross Country Head Coach Lee Shaw signed his first recruit in program history as Roosevelt High School’s Anthony Butler was the first to commit to the Mustang Cross Country Program.

Butler, a 5’11” distance runner from Wyandotte, makes for a compelling story as he has only run cross country for one season. Butler only competed in cross country his senior year at Roosevelt High. Showcasing the talent that he is, Butler was awarded Rookie of the Year by his coaching staff.

Exemplifying the true meaning of a student-athlete, Butler comes to Marygrove with an excellent high school GPA and was recently awarded a Presidential Scholarship to attend Marygrove College next fall.

“Anthony is a great addition to our new program. We are proud to have an excellent student-athlete like Anthony sign with us. With only one year of competition, Anthony is a raw talent that has a lot of untapped potential. I am confident Anthony will become the runner he has set out to be in our program,” said Cross Country Coach Lee Shaw.

05-02-08 Shaw Named Cross Country Head Coach

DETROIT, MI--The Marygrove College Mustangs welcomed Lee Shaw, left, to their athletic staff on Wednesday. Shaw, a graduate of Eastern Michigan University in Physical Education & Health, was named head coach of the Marygrove Mustang Cross Country program. Shaw, 33, will be taking on the task of building the men and women cross country teams from the bottom-up. Shaw admits being hired at this time of year puts him in a difficult spot recruiting for the 2008-09 season, however challenges are no stranger to him.

Most recently, Shaw started cross country at Plymouth High School and built it into a very successful and highly touted program. In only five short years at Plymouth, Shaw has taken a program with only three participants and turned it into a state team qualifier the last three years. He has also coached two individual state champions, including one to a MHSAA championships record while at Plymouth.

“Coming to Marygrove gives me an opportunity to start another program. I know what it takes to bring successful student-athletes into the intercollegiate athletic and academic arena”, Shaw said on Wednesday. Shaw is confident in his ability to recruit successful student-athletes due to his most recent volunteer position for Sienna Heights University. At Sienna Heights, Shaw’s main task was to recruit qualified student-athletes.

Shaw also comes to Marygrove College with a long list of personal accomplishments within the sport of Cross Country. He has been in the sport since the age of 7 and has been coaching since 1999. Shaw was an All-American scholarship athlete while competing at Sienna Heights University including fifteen times All-Conference.