 Close proximity to
Nashville and Memphis
 Minutes from Kentucky,
and Missouri
 4 hours or less from
Louisville, St. Louis, and
Little Rock
Jason James has been at the helm of The University of Tennessee at Martin men's basketball program since
2009-10. After spending seven seasons as an assistant coach at The University of Tennessee at Martin,
including the role of associate head coach during the 2008-09 Ohio Valley Conference championship
season, James was named the program's eighth head coach on June 5, 2009.
James, a native of St. Louis, Mo., is one of the nation's youngest NCAA Division-I men's basketball head
coach, but his experience in the UT Martin program has prepared James for the challenge
During the 2011-12 campaign, James coached OVC Freshman of the Year Myles Taylor. Taylor also earned
OVC All-Newcomer accolades after taking home the league's Freshman of the Week award five times during
the season
Over his tenure at UT Martin as an assistant coach, James was directly responsible in the recent resurgence of
the Skyhawk program over the last several seasons. Since his first season on the Skyhawk bench in 2002,
James has coached seven of UT Martin's 15 all-time 1,000 point scorers. He also recruited two of UT Martin's alltime great Division-I players in Jared Newson and Lester Hudson.
In Hudson, James found a diamond in the rough that became one of the best all-around players in the NCAA
and eventually would be chosen by the Boston Celtics in the 2009 NBA Draft. In Hudson's collegiate debut, he
torched eventual national runner-up Memphis for 35 points, but the legend of Hudson was just getting started.
Just eight days later, Hudson grabbed national headlines when he became the first-ever NCAA Division-I
men's basketball player to record a quadruple-double (25 points, 12 rebounds, 10 assists, 10 steals) vs. Central
Baptist on Nov. 13, 2007. Later that season, Hudson became the first-ever UT Martin player to be named an
All-American since the program joined the Division-I ranks in 1992.
That season, James helped guide the Skyhawks to a school-record for OVC wins in one season (11), as UT
Martin won the OVC regular season championship for the first time ever. The Skyhawks also hosted and won a
first-round OVC Tournament game for the first time in UT Martin history, before falling to eventual-tournament
champion Austin Peay by a single point (78-77).
In that 2008-2009 season the Skyhawks broke or tied 12 team and individual game/season records, including
most wins in a single season (22), and longest winning streak (11 games from Jan. 10 through Feb. 18). After
winning its first-ever OVC regular-season championship, the Skyhawks earned a trip to the National Invitation
Tournament (NIT), the first postseason appearance for a UT Martin team in its brief Division-I history. In that
game, the Skyhawks hung tough with SEC member Auburn on Auburn's home floor before falling 87-82
Cornelius Jackson
Assistant Head Coach
Lance Egnatz
Assistant Coach
Andres Irarrazabal
Assistant Coach
Mark Halsell
Graduate Assistant
Ohio Valley All-Conference Players
Myles Taylor
2011-12 OVC Freshman of the year
2011-12 OVC All-Newcomer Team
Lester Hudson
 2 time Division I All American
 2 time First Team All OVC selection
 2 time OVC All-Tournament team selection
 2 time OVC Player of the Year
 2 time OVC Male Athlete of the Year
 2007-08 OVC All-Newcomer team
Jared Newson
 2003-04 OVC All-Conference selection
 2005-06 OVC First team All-Conference Selection
Delrico Lane
2008-2009 OVC All- Newcomer team
Gerald Robinson
 2006-07 OVC All-Newcomer team
 2007-08 OVC All-Conference selection
Brian Foster:
2 time OVC All-Conference selection, 2000 -01 Newcomer of the Year
Joey Walker:
2002-03 Third team OVC All-Conference selection
Earl Bullock:
2002-03 Third Team OVC All-Conference selection, 2002-03 Newcomer of the Year
Jeremy Sargent:
2001-2 Third Team OVC All-Conference selection
Okechi Egbe:
1999-00 OVC Freshman of the Year
Michael Hart:
1994-95 OVC All-Newcomer team, 1994-95 OVC Newcomer of the Year, 2 time OVC All-Conference selection
Ryan DeMichael:
2 time OVC All-Conference selection
DeWayne Powell:
1992-93 OVC All-Newcomer team, 3 time OVC All-Conference selection,
Tim Britt:
1992-93 Second Team OVC All-Conference selection
Lester Hudson
Benzor Simmons
Jared Newson
“Coach James is a great friend, better coach, 6am morning
sessions when I was just learning to be good was what did it.”
Jared Newson
Jeremy Kelly
Djero Riedewald
Gerald Robinson
“Coach James helped me to develop my game and blossom as a basketball player. Knowing
his passion to make players better through individual workouts, he was the coach who was
always willing to help me. His tough love made me become a better man, while his infamous
quotes continue to inspire me to give this game my all.”
-Benzor Simmons
Cleve Woodfork
Reuben Clayton
Olajide Hay
The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful, is the man
who will win.
-Roger Bannister (First to run a mile under 4 min)
Dominque Mpondo
Zerek Knight
Kenan Asceric
Love never fails, character never quits, and with patience and
PERSISTENCE, DREAMS DO COME TRUE!
-Pete Marovich (The Pistol)
Jermi Hampton
Byron Benton
Andrae Betts
Tim Britt
Joe Crumby
Ryan DeMichael
Lorenzo Dorse
Tyler George
Spencer Harris
Michael Hart
Jeremy Kelly
Will Lewis
Jair Peralta
Ned Rolsma
Jeremy Sargent
James Sipes
Bubba Tolliver
Joey Walker
David Wilkerson
The University of Tennessee at Martin men's and women's
basketball teams play all of their home games in Skyhawk
Arena. Skyhawk Arena is part of the Kathleen and Tom Elam
Center, a facility that surpasses those of equal-sized
universities. The nearly 7,000-seat arena is also home to UT
Martin's summer basketball camps.
The air-conditioned facility has more than 145,000 square
feet of space. The arena area alone has 48,000 square feet
of Bursaturf. The bleachers on every side of the arena are
movable and allow room for six regulation basketball courts
and 15 badminton courts.
The Elam Center was named in honor of long-time UT Trustee
Col. Tom Elam and his wife, Kathleen. A graduate of UT and
a native of Union City, Col. Elam supported UT Martin
athletics for a number of years.
18 Wood Lockers
 Leather office chair in
each locker
 Stereo with IPOD connection
Lounge area includes 3
leather couches, 60 inch
flat screen, cable television,
hardwood flooring, DVD player
The weight room includes several
squat racks, flat benches, incline
benches, decline benches, and
free weights along with other
supplementary workout
equipment.
Our Olympic size swimming pool (25
yards by 50 meters) has a water
depth of 3.5 to 5.0 feet in the shallow
area, 6 feet in the mid-section (lap
swim area), and 12 feet in the diving
well, which has a one-meter diving
board. The temperature is kept at 84
degrees Fahrenheit throughout the
year.
University Village
Phase II
The NEWEST of our University
Village Apartments
86- Four Bedroom Apartments
2 - Three Bedroom Apartments
6 - Two Bedroom Apartments
Buildings have swipe card
access for security
Study lounges on the 1st floor of
every building
Elevator access
Wi-Fi
Premium cable package
24 Hour visitation
Full-time professional staff and
Community Advisors
Bedroom
XL Twin height adjustable bed
Desk with chair
Open closet
Dresser
Ethernet internet connection
Cable TV connection
Stackable storage unit
Night stand/Filing cabinet
Boling University
Center
The University Center is a
full range event center
offering everything from
state of the art technology
to fine dining to support the
programming needs of the
campus and community.
Our event space ranges
from a 550 seat auditorium
to an 8 person private
conference room. We
encourage you to explore
this site to learn what the
Boling University Center has
to offer and how we can
help you meet your
programming goals.
Boling University
Center features:
 Chick-fil-a
 Lo Mein Chinese
 Sandella’s Flat Bread
 State of the art
theatre
 Cafeteria
 Convenience Store
 Game lounge
 MAC computer
lounge
 Conference rooms
The Student Recreation Center offers students, faculty, and staff the best opportunities for fitness in the area. The
Fitness Program is here to help you reach your goals of a healthy lifestyle. The anchor is the almost 10,000 sq. ft.
state of the art Fitness Center with an expanded line of cardiovascular equipment, free weights and strength
training machines . Group Exercise classes are free and offered in the Group Fitness and Multipurpose Room.
Weight Room
The Weight Room offers 7,568 sq. ft. of strength
equipment. Some of the highlights are 25+
selectorized strength training machines, 12,000
lbs. plus in dumbbells (5lbs. to 100lbs), 9 Olympic
Benches (3 flat,
2 military, 2 incline, 2
decline), 2 Hammer Strength
multi-racks with 8X8 platforms, and Smith
Machine.
Cardio Fitness
Cardio Fitness provides over 55 pieces of cardiovascular
equipment; everything you need to increase cardio
respiratory fitness, burn calories and improve overall health
and wellness. A majority of the equipment includes T.V.
touch screens with cable connections, iPod docks and USB
jump drive ports for saving your personal workouts
With the official opening on June 9, 1995, the Paul Meek Library began a new era of service to the students, faculty and staff
at the University of Tennessee at Martin. The library, expanded from 65,000 to 120,000 square feet, features an Innovative Interfaces
automated system with an online catalog (OPAC), an after-hours study area equipped with a CCTV surveillance system; a Special
Collections area, containing among other holdings the congressional papers of Ed Jones and the legislative papers of Governor
Ned Ray McWherter, along with replicas of their offices; faculty research rooms and group-study rooms; a student computer lab and
an instructional technology lab. The Steven E. Rogers Media Center area is also located in the library and is the home of cable
channel 66.
The Paul Meek Library features an all-night study area, a student computer lab and 12 group-study rooms. The library
collection contains almost a half-million volumes, 33,000 electronic books, 5,000 videotapes, 1000 DVD's, 1,100 print periodical
subscriptions, and access to nearly 100 electronic databases indexing more than 10,000 full text journals. The library's media
department also offers a picture-scanning service, wireless laptop computers for student use and a multimedia production station.
The library staff invites you to come visit our beautiful Paul Meek Library and make use of our excellent collection of materials.
Captain’s Coffee shop in Paul
Meek Library
Paul Meek technology
Laptops for Checkout
The Steven E. Rogers Media Center has 21 PC laptops that
can be checked out to UTM students for in-library use
only. They must be returned 10 minutes before the library
closes.
Wireless connection is available for visitors with their own
computers. Inquire at the Reference Desk for an access
code.
Kindles
Kindles can be checked out for 2 weeks at the Steven E.
Rogers Media Center. There are a number of texts already
downloaded onto each Kindle, and patrons can use these
Kindles to access books through their own Amazon
account.

The University of Tennessee at Martin was founded in
1900 as Hall-Moody Institute.

Beautiful wooded campus

Almost 9,000 students enrolled for the 2012 fall semester

UT Martin offers baccalaureate degrees, majors,
concentrations and options in more than 100 specialized
fields

Over 50 academic and athletic facilities

Average class size is 28 students
 UT Martin is listed as a top-tier university among southern, master's level
institutions in the 2012 edition of America's Best Colleges compiled by U.S.News
& World Report.
 The Princeton Review lists UT Martin as A Best Southeastern College for 2012.
 For the sixth consecutive year, Institutional Research & Evaluation Inc. lists UT
Martin among America’s 100 Best College Buys.
 The Princeton Review named UT Martin among the nation’s “Best Value”
colleges and universities in the book The Best Value Colleges: 2012 Edition. UT
Martin was one of two public universities in Tennessee included in the listing.
 UT Martin is one of the most environmentally responsible colleges in the United
States and Canada, according to the second annual edition of The Princeton
Review’s Guide to 311 Green Colleges: 2011 Edition. UT Martin is one of three
public institutions in Tennessee included in the guide.
 UT Martin is an All-Steinway School, one of 113 such schools in the world.
 The Carnegie Foundation selected UT Martin for the 2010 Community
Engagement Classification.
 The university was named to the 2012 President’s Higher Education Community
Service Honor Roll, the highest federal recognition a college or university can
receive for its commitment to volunteering, service learning and civic
engagement.
 UT Martin is among the safest public college campuses in Tennessee based on
crime statistics released by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.
 4 International Colleges and Universities ranked UT Martin’s official website sixth
out of 47 Tennessee colleges and universities in its 2011 website popularity
ranking.
The Skyhawks compete at the division I level,
Ohio Valley Conference:
Men’s Basketball
Women’s Basketball
Baseball
Football
Soccer
Softball
Volleyball
Golf
Women’s Tennis
Cross-country
Equestrian
Rifle
Rodeo
Elam Center
Skyhawk Fieldhouse
Hardy M. Graham
Stadium
Skyhawk Field
Skyhawk Park
Bettye Giles
Softball Field
Ned McWherter
Agricultural Complex
Rhodes Golf Center
“A team attitude comes from a group of individuals obsessed with improvement and not afraid to challenge each other.”
-Tom Crean
“A team attitude comes from a group of individuals obsessed
with improvement and not afraid to challenge each other.”