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GOLDANDBLACK EXPRESS • VOLUME 25, EXPRESS 28 • 17 BY STACY CLARDIE SClardie@GoldandBlack.com W hen strength coach Doug Davis died last week after an illness, it was a blow to Purdue's football program. Players and coaches took to Twitter following the news, praising Davis' character, passion and energetic approach and mourning the significant loss. "Will always remember how much he cared about the guys," defensive lineman John Strauser tweeted of Davis, Purdue's senior associate director of sports performance. Darrell Hazell brought Davis to Purdue to work on the Boilermakers' strength staff with the football team in 2013, after Davis spent two seasons with Hazell at Kent State. Davis also worked at Ohio State as a strength assistant coach while Hazell was the receivers coach. "He will surely be missed," Hazell said in a release. "He was a great man, who worked tirelessly to make people better." Davis sat down with director of sports performance Duane Carlisle at the end of each season to structure offseason workout programs, as well as worked with players during season. He quickly earned respect of the staff and players. After their first season together, Carlisle's bond grew with Davis, who had prior experience with Hazell. Carlisle said then, "We're able to take the best of what each of us has to offer and blend it together to help support our student-athletes, to help support our players. We like to say one plus one equals three." Former Boilermaker tight end Dolapo Macarthy called Davis a "fiery guy" who "gets you pumped up" during an interview in February 2014. Tom Campbell Doug Davis died last week after complications from pneumonia. He was 33. www.MeetYouAtArnis.com LAFAYETTE • INDIANAPOLIS • GREENWOOD Visit one of our 18 Indiana locations Meet You At Arni's TM Celebrates Purdue's Student-Athletes SERVING BOILER FANS FOR 50 YEARS World Famous Pizza, Salads, Sandwiches Dan Monteroso Sophomore, Major in Organizational Leadership and Supervision Monteroso, a wide receiver from Saint Clairsville, Ohio, was one of 20 football players to be named academic All- Big Ten on Dec. 10. Seventy-one Purdue student-athletes received academic recognition, eclipsing last fall's total of 64. To be eligible for an academic All-Big Ten selection, student-athletes must be letterwinners, in at least their second year at their institution and carry a GPA of at least 3.0. Women's cross country was second only to football with number of honorees in the fall with 19. Women's soccer followed with 16, men's cross country had 11 members recognized and the volleyball team had five. F O OT BA L L : N E W S A N D N OT E S Davis Brought The 'Juice' Deceased strength coach remembered as great man