2004 Cornell Volleyball Media Guide by Jeremy Hartigan

TABLE OF CONTENTS Message From The Coach/2004 Team Photo IFC Table of Contents ...................... 1 Deitre Collins, Head Coach .............. 2 Sarah Bernson, Assistant Coach ............ 3 Mike Forster, Volunteer Assistant Coach ..... 3 Volleyball Support Staff ................. 4 2004 Outlook ....................... 5-6 2004 Roster .......................... 7 Meet The Big Red .................. 8-18 Whitney Fair ....................... 8 Kelly Kramer ....................... 9 Rachel Adomat .................... 10 Elizabeth Bishop ................... 11 Hayley Grieve ..................... 12 Kristen Hughes .................... 13 Katie Rademacher ................. 14 Alaina Town ...................... 15 Joanna Weiss ...................... 16 Heather Young .................... 17 Amy Gordon ...................... 18 Anne Vanden Boom ................. 18 Kara Zaragoza .................... 18 2003 Season Review ................... 19 2003 Final Statistics and Results .......... 20 Cornell Volleyball Success ............... 21 All-Time Records .................. 22-23 This Is Cornell ..................... 24-25 This Is Ithaca, N.Y. ..................... 26 University Administration ............... 27 Athletic Administration ................ 28 Meet The Big Red Coaches .............. 29 The Ivy League ....................... 30 Strength and Conditioning .............. 31 Support Services ..................... 32 Athletic Training ...................... 33 Prominent Cornell Alumni .............. 34 Newman Arena ...................... 35 Athletic and Academic Success ........... 36 Commitment To Success ............... IBC 2004 Schedule ....................... B C

Cornell Quick Facts Location ............. Ithaca, N.Y. 14853 Founded ....................... 1865 Enrollment .................... 13,700 President ............. Jeffrey S. Lehman Colors ......... Carnelian Red and White Affiliation .................... NCAA I Conference ................. Ivy League Home Court ............ Newman Arena Athletics Administration AthleticDirector ....... J. Andrew Noel Jr. Associate AD/SWA ......... Anita Brenner Associate AD .......... Stephen P. Erber Director of Compliance ..... Patty Weldon Dir. Alumni Affairs & Develop. John Webster Director of Ticketing ...... Gene Nighman Director of Sports Marketing ..... JeffHall Volleyball Staff Head Coach .............. DeitreCollins e-mail ............ dec33@cornell.edu phone ............... (607) 255-3813 Assistant Coach .......... Sarah Bernson e-mail ............ sgb28@cornell.edu phone ............... (607) 254-4971 Volunteer Assistant Coach .... Mike Forster AthleticTrainer ........ Kenan Guilmette Strength Coach ........... Tom Howley Faculty Adviser ....... Dr. Robert Babcock Student-Athlete Services ... ChrisWlosinski Athletic Communications Staff Interim Director (VB Contact) Jeremy Hartigan e-mail ............. jh295@cornell.edu office phone ........... (607) 255-9788 home phone ........... (607) 257-7146 FAX .................. (607) 255-9791 AssistantDirector ........... Brian Kelley Athletic Communications Asst. Eric Lawrence Intern ................... Tyler Denison AdministrativeAssistant ...... ElliHarkness Accounts Rep. ......... Marlene Crockford Big Red Hotline ......... (607) 255-2385 Internet ....... www.CornellBigRed.com

The 2004 Cornell volleyball media guide was written and designed by Jeremy Hartigan, interim director of athletic communications. Edited by Elli Harkness and Leah Hultenschmidt. Photography by Tim McKinney, Patrick Shanahan, Darl Zehr and Jeremy Hartigan.

The Department of Athletics and Physical Education strives to provide students with powerful and meaningful participatory experiences that forge enduring bonds with Cornell, and to provide for the well-being of members of the faculty, staff, and community. We offer a diverse program of physical and outdoor education, recreational services, and intercollegiate athletic competition, equitably adminstered with special attention to the needs of women and members of under-represented minority groups. We foster the values of physical fitness, total well-being, and enduring participation in athletics; teach leadership skills, teamwork, responsibility, and accountability; and administer programs that can be critical to the educational and personal development of students in keeping with the high standards of Cornell, the Ivy League, the Eastern College Athletic Conference, and the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The department promotes pride and unity within the university community and provides opportunities to develop, strengthen and maintain ties to external audiences such as alumni, friends, the educational community, and the general public by attracting interest, recognition and support.

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Department of Athletics and Physical Education Mission Statement

HEAD COACH

DEITRECOLLINS

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First Year at Cornell Hawaii ‘95 The Wendy Schaenen ‘79 Head Coach of Volleyball

Deitre Collins, a two-time national collegiate player of the year, was named the eighth head volleyball coach at Cornell on June 1, 2004 by Director of Athletics and Physical Education Andy Noel. Collins is Cornell’s second Wendy Schaenen ’79 Head Coach of Volleyball since the position was endowed in March 2002. Collins spent the last eight seasons as head coach at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, earning Western Athletic Conference Coach of the Year in 1998 after picking up a dormant volleyball program and leading the Lady Rebels to a 23-8 record and a WAC tournament semifinal appearance. The all-time winningest coach in UNLV history, Collins posted an 89-136 (.396) career record. Her teams also had unprecedented success off the court, posting a team grade point average of 3.0 or better in each of the last eight seasons, including a Mountain West Conference record 10 academic all-conference selections in 2002. Prior to her stint at UNLV, Collins served as an assistant coach at South Alabama, Northern Arizona and Houston for one year each. Collins has plenty of international coaching experience as well. She served as head coach of the 1998 U.S. junior national team, directing her squad to a gold medal in the national qualifier. She served in the same capacity during the summer of 2000 (silver medal) and 2001 (bronze medal). In 1999, she was an assistant coach and was part of the selection committee to find a coach for the national team for the World University Games. She began her international coaching career as an assistant on the 1994 U.S. squad at the Goodwill Games in St. Petersburg, Russia, helping the team to a silver medal. A former member of the U.S. national team and a three-time AVCA All-American at the University of Hawaii, Collins was the starting middle blocker for the 1998 Olympic Team in Seoul, South Korea, and was an alternate for the 1992 team in Barcelona, Spain. She played in over Cornell’s head coaching position was endowed in March 2002 by Nelson Schaenen ‘50 thanks to a generous gift of $1.5 million to guarantee the future of the Big Red volleyball program at Cornell.

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The Collins File Education University of Hawaii B.A., Broadcast Communications, 1995 Head Coaching Experience Cornell University, 2004-present University of Nevada-Las Vegas, 1995-2003 U.S. Junior National Team, 1998, 2000-01 Playing Experience University of Hawaii, 1980-84 •1983-84 - Broderick Award Winner •1983 - Broderick Cup recipient •1982, 83 - National championship teams •1981-83 - AVCA first-team All-American U.S. National Team, 1985-88, 91-92 •1988, 92 - U.S. Olympic Team •1986 - Goodwill Games •1986 - World Championships •1987 - Pan-Am Games Professional, 1985-88, 91-92 •1988-89 - Conad Fano Volleyball Club •1989-91 - French Champion Racing Club

130 international matches and earned bronze medals at the 1986 Goodwill Games and the 1987 Pan-Am Games. As a collegian, Collins was a two-time Broderick Award honoree as the national player of the year (1983, 84) after leading the Rainbow Wahine to consecutive national titles and a 1105 record in her final three seasons. Collins capped off her career as the Broderick Cup recipient as the nation’s best collegiate athlete in all sports. She was twice named to the NCAA all-tournament team and still holds the record for solo blocks in one NCAA tournament (15 in 1982). Collins spent three years playing professionally in Europe before getting into the coaching ranks, playing one season for Conad Fano Volleyball Club in Italy (1988-89) and two years for French Champion Racing Club of France (198991). She helped her team to a fourth-place finish at the 1991 European championships. A 1995 graduate of Hawaii with a bachelor of arts in broadcast communications, Collins is a member of the USAVolleyball Coaching Accreditation Program and is a CAP level III accredited coach. She is also a member of the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA), the Black Coaches Association and is a Kaepa Gold Medal clinician.

ASSISTANT COACHES

S ARAH BERNSON First Year at Cornell Saint Mary’s (Calif.) ‘99 Assistant Volleyball Coach

Sarah Bernson joined the Big Red volleyball staff in July 2004 after spending three years as assistant coach at Cal State-Monterey Bay. Bernson helped guide the Otters to school records for wins in a season in 2003, earning a league playoff bid and winning their first postseason game. She helped Monterey Bay jump from ninth place in the league in her first year to a third-place finish in 2002. Her player development skills led to the program’s first all-conference players in 2003. In addition to assisting the Otter volleyball program, Bernson was the sports information, marketing, and promotional coordinator for the athletic department. She also started and operated the Monterey Volleyball Club, a youth development program geared to middle school and high school studentathletes. As club director, she incorporated Otter volleyball players as coaches for the program. Bernson played on the right side and outside at Saint Mary’s (Calif.) before a severe knee injury ended her collegiate career in 1998. She remained active as team captain as a senior before graduating in 1999 with a bachelor’s degree in English and art. During college, Bernson served as a coach for Albuquerque Elite and Lamorinda Volleyball Clubs. For Albuquerque, she assisted for two seasons for the 18-and-unders to regional titles along with wins at large tournaments such as the Colorado Crossroads. While on the coaching staff, she coached her sister, Nora, a former player under Deitre Collins at UNLV, and former Ivy League Player of the Year and Cornell grad Robin Moore ‘00. At Lamorinda, she worked with 16and-under athletes. Bernson was an all-state honoree as a middle blocker for St. Pius X High School in Albuquerque before moving on to Saint Mary’s.

MIKEFORSTER Third Year at Cornell Cornell ‘97 Volunteer Assistant Volleyball Coach

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Mike Forster is in his third year as a volunteer assistant coach with the Big Red andhis first year assisting new head coach Deitre Collins. Forster has been the head coach of the men’s volleyball club team for six years, leading the Big Red to a finish as high as No. 17 in the country. He also assisted the Ithaca High School girls’ program from 1997-2002 and was an under-18 coach for the Odyssey Volleyball Club Junior Olympic girls’ team. He was later elevated to the club’s coaching director position. As an undergraduate, Forster played for four seasons on Cornell’s club team, helping the squad to a third-place finish at the East Coast championships and earning all-tournament honors. He has competed in the Empire State Games on the open men’s volleyball team, earning two silvers and a bronze the past three years as team captain. Forster graduated from Cornell with a bachelor’s degree in physics in 1997 and earned his master’s degree in engineering physics a year later. He is a research support specialist in accelerator systems at Cornell’s Wilson Synchrotron Laboratory as part of the Lab of Elementary Particle Physics where he has worked for sixyears. Forster and his wife, Araceli, are married and lives in Ithaca.

SUPPORT STAFF

DR. ROBERTBABCOCK 10th Year at Cornell as Volleyball Faculty Adviser

Professor Emeritus Dr. Robert Babcock, who is in the College of Human Ecology's department of policy analysis and management, is beginning his 10th season as the volleyball program's faculty adviser. Some of Dr. Babcock's duties as faculty adviser include assisting the volleyball staff in coordinating university academic support resources, academic and career advising for the volleyball student-athletes and serving as a liaison between the coaching staff and the faculty. He can be seen at nearly every match and has also travelled to select tournaments with the team. The time he spends with the program allows him to give more personalized attention to each player. Dr. Babcock holds a bachelor's degree from the State University of New York, a master's degree from New York University and a doctorate from Cornell. His academic interests include organizational behavior, conflict management and career development. He received both the College of Human Ecology Distinguished Teaching Award and the Human Service Studies Department Teaching Award. Although he is professor emeritus, he is in the office daily and continues with many of his academic duties, especially those which are student oriented. Dr. Babcock’s love for athletics and the student-athletes goes beyond the volleyball program, as he also serves as a member of the athletic department’s faculty committee. An avid runner, Dr. Babcock has participated in several marathons, including competitions in Hawaii and Italy.

K ENANGUILMETTE

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First Year at Cornell Volleyball Athletic Trainer

Kenan Guilmette enters her first year as an athletic trainer at Cornell and will work with the Big Red volleyball program. Guilmette spent the last two years working as a graduate assistant athletic trainer at the University of Massachusetts, working directly with the women’s basketball program. She also assisted with spring football practices. During her two years at Amherst, Guilmette supervised athletic training students from Springfield College and taught an undergraduate athletic training course at UMass in addition to her office duties. She was responsible for coordinating athletic training coverage for the school’s 22 summer sports camps. As an undergraduate, Guilmette served as a student athletic trainer at the University of Wisconsin, working with football, track and field and softball. She provided coverage for summer camps and served as a teaching assistant for an introductory athletic training course. Guilmette also spent a semester working with the staff physical therapist. A member of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association and the Eastern Athletic Trainers’ Association, Guilmette earned her bachelor’s degree in kinesiology and exercise science with a concentration in athletic training in 2002 before earning a master’s in exercise science from Massachusetts in 2004. Guilmette and her husband, Dave, reside in Owego.

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2004 SEASON OUTLOOK And now for something completely different ... That famous “Saturday Night Live” line perfectly sums up the upcoming 2004 Big Red volleyball season. After finishing with the program’s most wins since 1989 and concluding the season with a runner-up finish in the Ivy League, Cornell will face all new types of challenges this year ... a new coach and the loss of four senior leaders who will be replaced by sophomores and juniors. The new face of the program is one very recognizable to collegiate volleyball fans, as two-time national player of the year Deitre Collins settles in for her first year as the Cornell mentor. Collins built up a dormant UNLV program into a contender in the tough Mountain West Conference and now looks to maintain the Big Red’s current success. The losses on and off the court are plentiful, as Cornell will attempt to replace four All-Ivy selections, including the school’s all-time leaders in kills and blocks and the single-season assist leader. There are plenty of pieces remaining, however, and Collins has the added luck of maintaining the team for two seasons thanks to the fact that there will be no seniors on the 2004 roster.

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On The Outside ... Sophomore Elizabeth Bishop stamped her name season and has the potential to beamong the all-time Cornell come an All-Ivy attacker in 2004. greats after just one year and Junior Rachel Adomat is a continued improvement is steady, heady player who is caexpected. The unanimous pable of playing on the outside Ivy League Rookie of the or the right side. A good athYear led the team and lete with solid all-around skills, ranked second in the Ivy Adomat brings energy to the League in kills (4.40 court. She saw significant imkpg.) while also postprovement in every area a seaing 3.89 digs and son ago and is expected to be 0.81 blocks per game a force again in 2004. to rank among the Sophomore Alaina Town Elizabeth team leaders. Elizabeth Bishop Bishop impressed as a freshman after Junior Hayley earning a walk-on spot on the Grieve had a team. Arguably the top athlete breakout season in 2003, on the squad, Town proved to splitting time with the be a tremendous prospect Heather Heather Young Young school’s all-time kills leader Anne Vanden Boom enters Debbie Quibell. A violent ather freshman season after a tacker, Grieve also has the destellar high school career that fensive skills to make a differincluded second-team allence on the court. She is an state honors in her final improved passer who contincampaign. She led the ues to upgrade her game each conference in both kills

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(200) and service aces (62) in leading Fayetteville-Manlius High School to a 15-3 mark.

season with injuries and looks to return back to the form she showed as a freshman. Hughes saw extensive time in the back row, especially with her tough serve, before breaking out toward the end of her season.

In The Middle ... A capable, yet unexperienced, group of middles will take over for the Big Red in 2004 Setting It All Up ... with the hopes of replacing All-Ivy selections Junior Whitney Fair brings two years of startJaime Lugo and Ashely Stover. Making up for ing experience to the setter position, as with a two of the Big Red’s top three all-time blockers younger team in 2004, that experience could might be a lot to ask, but Cornell will have sev- be key in repeating last year’s success. Fair coneral options to choose from. tinued her development into one of the AnJunior Heather Young is a defensive-minded cient Eight’s top setters a season ago, finishing middle who has proven to be one of the Ivy third in the Ivy League in assists (12.17 apg.) League’s top blockers. Young finished the 2003 while leading the Big Red offense to Ivy Leagueseason ranked third in the Ancient Eight in that highs of 15.12 kills per game and .271 hitting. category, behind just Lugo and Stover. She’s She also increased her dig and block total as a also a major weapon in the service game, rank- sophomore and looks for similar improvement ing among the league’s top 10 in each of her as the Big Red eyes an Ivy title. first two seasons. She improved her offensive Backing up Fair will be freshman Amy Gorgame a season ago despite havdon. A natural setter, the Highland Park, Ill., naing fewer opportunities. tive was a three-time all-conference player and One player who showed a four-year starter in high school. great potential before being injured was sophomore Katie In The Back Row ... Rademacher. Equal parts ofOne of the Big Red’s strengths in fense and defense, past seasons has been depth in the Rademacher has a back row, and the 2004 campaign well-rounded game should be more of the same. Junthat could earn her iors Hughes and Kelly Kramer, as time in the starting well as freshman Kara Zaragoza will lineup. vie for time in the back row as the Sophomore libero. Joanna Weiss was Kramer, a co-captain in 2004, another player who returns after posting one of the potentially could best seasons in school history develop into an Allfrom the back row. The San FranIvy type player. At 6cisco native has quick reflexes and 4, Weiss is a major obreads offenses well, putting herself stacle at the net who imin position to make a dig. As a priproved her offensive game mary passer, Kramer also excels at tremendously throughout getting the ball on target. Her 4.18 digs her rookie year. She also per game ranked second in the Ivy improved her lateral League and 46th nationally in setting a quickness and service school record. Whitney Whitney Fair Fair game over the summer, Zaragoza brings depth and addiallowing her more optional quickness as a defensive specialportunity on the ist. A solid passer, she will also have opcourt. portunities to break into the rotation. Junior In 2004, NCAA rule changes will Kristen allow liberos to serve for the first time, Hughes making Hughes an option as well. The missed the junior ranked sixth in the Ivy League entire 2003 in service aces as a freshman. 2004 VOLLEYBALL

2004 RROSTER OSTER NUMERICAL No. 1 2 *3 *4 ** 5 *6 *7 8 ** 9 * 10 * 11 * 12 * 13

Name Kara Zaragoza Anne Vanden Boom Katie Rademacher Joanna Weiss Whitney Fair Kristen Hughes Alaina Town Amy Gordon Kelly Kramer Heather Young Hayley Grieve Elizabeth Bishop Rachel Adomat

Pos. L OH MB MB S RS/MB OH S L MB OH OH OH

Cl. Fr. Fr. So. So. J r . J r . So. Fr. J r . J r . J r . So. J r .

Ht. 5-6 6-0 5-11 6-4 6-0 6-0 6-1 5-9 5-8 6-2 5-11 6-0 6-1

School/Hometown St. Mary’s HS/Stockton, Calif. Fayetteville-Manlius HS/Manlius, N.Y. Walled Lake Central HS/White Lake, Mich. Darien (Conn.) HS/Brewster, Mass. Calabasas HS/Calabasas, Calif. Fallbrook Union/Fallbrook, Calif. Jackson Hole (Wyo.) HS/Greeley, Colo. Highland Park HS/Highland Park, Ill. St. Ignatius Prep/San Francisco, Calif. Sycamore HS/Sycamore, Ill. La Costa Canyon (Calif.) HS/Tucson, Ariz. Jesuit HS/Portland, Ore. Westfield HS/Houston, Texas

Pos. OH OH S S OH RS/MB L MB OH OH MB MB L

Cl. J r . So. J r . Fr. J r . J r . J r . So. So. Fr. So. J r . Fr.

Ht. 6-1 6-0 6-0 5-9 5-11 6-0 5-8 5-11 6-1 6-0 6-4 6-2 5-6

School/Hometown Westfield HS/Houston, Texas Jesuit HS/Portland, Ore. Calabasas HS/Calabasas, Calif. Highland Park HS/Highland Park, Ill. La Costa Canyon (Calif.) HS/Tucson, Ariz. Fallbrook Union/Fallbrook, Calif. St. Ignatius Prep/San Francisco, Calif. Walled Lake Central HS/White Lake, Mich. Jackson Hole (Wyo.) HS/Greeley, Colo. Fayetteville-Manlius HS/Manlius, N.Y. Darien (Conn.) HS/Brewster, Mass. Sycamore HS/Sycamore, Ill. St. Mary’s HS/Stockton, Calif.

ALPHABETICAL No. * 13 * 12 ** 5 8 * 11 *6 ** 9 *3 *7 2 *4 * 10 1

Name Rachel Adomat Elizabeth Bishop Whitney Fair Amy Gordon Hayley Grieve Kristen Hughes Kelly Kramer Katie Rademacher Alaina Town Anne Vanden Boom Joanna Weiss Heather Young Kara Zaragoza

BREAKDOWN BY POSITION

BREAKDOWN BY CLASS

Setter (2) — Whitney Fair, Amy Gordon. Outside Hitter (5) — Rachel Adomat, Elizabeth Bishop, Hayley Grieve, Alaina Town, Anne Vanden Boom. Middle Blocker (4) — Kristen Hughes, Katie Rademacher, Joanna Weiss, Heather Young. Libero (2) — Kelly Kramer, Kara Zaragoza.

Senior (0) Junior (6) — Rachel Adomat, Whitney Fair, Hayley Grieve, Kristen Hughes, Kelly Kramer, Heather Young. Sophomore (4) — Elizabeth Bishop, Katie Rademacher, Alaina Town, Joanna Weiss. Freshman (3) — Amy Gordon, Anne Vanden Boom, Kara Zaragoza.

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Head Coach: Deitre Collins (Hawaii ‘95), first season Assistant Coach: Sarah Bernson Volunteer Assistant Coach: Mike Forster pro-nun-see-AY-shun Guide Athletic Trainer: Kenan Guilmette Strength & Conditioning Coach: Tom Howley Adomat .............. ADD-oh-matt Deitre ..................... DEE-tra Student-Athlete Services: Chris Wlosinski Rademacher ....... RADD-ah-mock-err Faculty Adviser: Dr. Robert Babcock Alaina ................. uh-LANE-uh Weiss ...................... WICE Zaragoza ............ zare-uh-GO-zuh

MEET THE CO-CAPTAINS

WHITNEYFAIR** Junior • Setter • 6-0 Calabasas, Calif. • Calabasas H.S. Human Development

At Cornell Fairprovedtobetheleaderthe BigRedwaslookingforatsetter a year ago, and this season she was rewarded by being named co-captain.Asteady,confidentperformer,Fairwillopen the season as the team’s starter at setter. She was outstanding while playing the role of quarterback for the Big Red offense in 2003, averaging 12.17 assists and 1.99 digs.Herassistaveragesetaschoolsingleseason record. Fair had a career-best 63 assists in a win over Yale and twice posted 60 assists in a match (Iona and Hartford). She was named the Ivy League and ECAC Player of the Week on Oct. 21 and was selected to the all-tournament team after helping Cornell to the title at the Albany Challenge. The offense averaged 15.12 kills on .271 hitting, and sported a .200 hitting percentage in 22 of 25 matches. As a freshman, Fair showed off her all-around game by ranking ninth in the Ivy League in assists (7.43 apg.) while also notching 44 digs,20kills,19blocksand10serviceaces. She was key in helping Cornell hand Ivy champion Penn its only loss of the season, dishing out a career-best 45 assists and adding five kills in the three-game sweep. Fair also recorded season highs of 13 digs against Harvard and four aces in a win over Binghamton. She is enrolled in Cornell’s College of Human Ecology.

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At Calabasas HS

Fair’s Match Highs Kills: Digs: Assists: Aces: Blocks:

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two times vs. Penn, 11/7/03 vs. Yale, 10/18/03 vs. Binghamton, 9/13/02 vs. Brown, 10/17/03

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22 84. FAIR’S CAREER STATISTICS Year GP Kills K/G 2002 44 20 0.45 2003 84 50 0.60 Career 128 70 0.55

6, 18, 63, 4, 8,

Att. 51 125 176

Pct. .235 .232 .233

Ast. 327 1022 1349

Aces 10 15 25

Digs 44 167 211

Blks. 19 54 73

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KELLYKRAMER** Junior • Libero • 5-8 San Francisco, Calif. • St. Ignatius Prep Communication

At Cornell Kramer is entrenched as the team’s libero after a tremendous sophomore season and will serve as team co-captain as a junior. The native of San Francisco, Calif., has quick feet and is a tremendous passer. She also brings a high level of intensity to games and practice. Kramer posted 4.18 digs per game, a school record, including a career-high 34-dig performance against Yale, falling just two shy of Meredith Doughty’s ‘93 single-game Cornell record set in 1992. Kramer led the team in digs in 14 matches and had double figures in 22 of the Big Red’s 25 matches. She helped the Big Red defense limit opponents to .154 hitting in 2003 and was the team’s ironwoman as the only player to see action in all 93 games. As a freshman, Kramer saw action in 42 games, collecting 66 digs, including 21 in a win over Howard. Both of her service aces on the year came against NCAA qualifier Robert Morris. She is enrolled in Cornell’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

Kramer’s Match Highs Kills: Digs: Assists: Aces:

1, 34, 2, 2,

five times vs. Yale, 10/18/03 five times at Robert Morris, 9/14/02

At St. Ignatius Prep Kramer was a first-team all-league selection as a senior at St. Ignatius Prep. A two-year captain, she earned all-tournament honors at two in-season events and was given the school’s highest award for a student-athlete—the Fighting Spirit Award. Her club team competed in the Junior Olympics for four consecutive years.

KRAMER’S CAREER STATISTICS Year GP Kills K/G 2002 42 2 0.05 2003 93 5 0.05 Career 135 7 0.05

Att. 10 15 25

Pct. .000 .267 .160

Ast. 4 16 20

Aces 2 0 2

Digs 66 389 455

Blks. 0 0 0

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Personal Kelly Marie Kramer is the daughter of Richard and Susan Kramer. A former ski racer, Kramer finished 14th in the Super-G in the 1999 USSA/Rolex Junior Olympics in Bogus Basin, Idaho. Born: 7-4-84.

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R ACHEL ADOMAT* Junior • Outside Hitter • 6-1 Houston, Texas • Westfield HS Engineering

At Cornell Adomat showed the potential to be a future All-Ivy player in her first two seasons on East Hill. A versatile hitter that can play on the outside or right side, Adomat has a powerful arm swing and has great timing on the block. She spent the summer improving on her strength and lateral quickness. Adomat was a productive addition to the lineup as the starting right side hitter in 2003, ranking fifth on the team in kills (2.02 kpg.) while also putting up 1.38 digs and 0.73 blocks per game. She quietly hit .229 and ranked second on the squad in service aces (21), ranking seventh in the Ivy League in the latter. The Houston, Texas, native posted career highs of 14 kills and four service aces in a win over Albany and had a career-high nine digs against Long Island. She averaged 1.56 kills on .243 hitting in limited time as a freshman in 2002. Adomat had a 10 kills in a win over Providence, while tallying four digs and three blocks against Brown. She is enrolled in Cornell’s College of Engineering.

Adomat’s Match Highs Kills: Digs: Assists: Aces: Blocks:

14, 9, 3, 4, 7,

at Albany, 9/19/03 vs. Long Island, 9/20/03 three times two times vs. Dartmouth, 10/10/03

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At Westfield HS A two-time all-district selection at Westfield HS, Adomat also started for two years on her Texas Elite club squad. Adomat earned Westfield’s top newcomer award as a sophomore and helped her squad to a district title. She was named the best offensive player at the University of Massachusetts summer camp two straight summers.

Personal Rachel Nicole Adomat is the daughter of Marty and Lasha Adomat, and she has a twin sister, Larissa, who plays volleyball at Northeastern. Born: 9-29-83.

ADOMAT’S CAREER STATISTICS Year GP Kills K/G 2002 27 42 1.56 2003 64 129 2.02 Career 91 171 1.88 2004 VOLLEYBALL

Att. 103 349 452

Pct. .243 .229 .232

Ast. 1 24 25

Aces 6 21 27

Digs 14 88 102

Blks. 5 47 52

MEET THE BIG RED

ELIZABETHBISHOP* Sophomore • Outside Hitter • 6-0 Portland, Ore. • Jesuit HS Undeclared

At Cornell Bishop was one of the most dominating players in the Ancient Eight in 2003, earning Ivy League Rookie of the Year honors and becoming the first player in school history to be named to the American Volleyball Coaches Association all-region team, earning honorable mention honors. The first-team All-Ivy pick and conferencerecord seven-time league Rookie of the Week selection led the team in kills (4.40 kpg., a Cornell record) and ranked second in hitting percentage (.322) and digs (3.89 dpg.). She ended the season ranked second in the Ancient Eight in kills per game, third in hitting percentage and seventh in digs. Bishop posted 20 matches with double-figure kills and 16 double-double efforts. She was named most valuable player in helping lead the Big Red to the Albany Challenge tournament title and was an all-tournament selection at the Seton Hall Spikefest. Bishop is enrolled in Cornell’s College of Arts and Sciences.

Bishop’s Match Highs Kills: Digs: Assists: Aces: Blocks:

25, 32, 5, 2, 6,

vs. Penn, 11/7/03 vs. Penn, 11/7/03 vs. Fairfield, 9/19/03 four times three times

Personal Elizabeth Lang Bishop is the daughter of Mary Lang and Mort Bishop, and she has a younger brother. Born: 9-24-84.

BISHOP’S CAREER STATISTICS Year GP Kills K/G 2003 85 374 4.40 Career 85 374 4.40

Att. 909 909

Pct. .322 .322

Ast. 25 25

Aces 11 11

Digs 331 331

Blks. 69 69

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At Jesuit HS A two-time Metro player of the year, Bishop was a three-time first-team allleague honoree at Jesuit HS. She led her Portland Volleyball Club team to top-five finishes at the Las Vegas Invitational each of the last four years. The four-year letter winner was also named to the all-state tournament squad each of the last two seasons.

MEET THE BIG RED

HAYLEYGRIEVE* Junior • Outside Hitter • 5-11 Tucson, Ariz. • La Costa Canyon (Calif.) HS Textiles and Apparel

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At Cornell Grieve had a breakout season as a sophomore and looks to improve even more as an upperclassman. A good athlete with a well-rounded game, Grieve can gain the team points with her offense, defense, blocking or serving. The Carlsbad, Calif., native averaged 2.52 kills and 2.99 digs, ranking third on the team in both categories. She also ranked among the team leaders in hitting percentage (.217), blocks (34) and service aces (15). She ranked third on the team with six double-doubles, including a 16-kill, 22-dig performance in helping hand Ivy champ Penn its only league loss of the season, followed by career highs of 19 kills and 22 digs the following day against Princeton. Despite earning inconsistent time as a freshman, Grieve totaled 41 kills and 85 digs. She recorded a season-best 14 kills in a win against Providence a day after tallying a career-best 11 digs against Howard. Her defense also helped the Big Red hand Penn its only Ivy League loss of the season, digging 10 attacks in the sweep of the Quakers. She is enrolled in Cornell’s College of Human Ecology.

Grieve’s Match Highs Kills: Digs: Assists: Aces: Blocks:

19, 22, 4, 4, 5,

vs. Princeton, 11/8/03 two times vs. Yale, 10/18/03 vs. Columbia, 10/4/03 vs. Penn, 11/7/03

At La Costa Canyon HS A four-year letter winner at La Costa Canyon (Calif.) HS, Grieve was the team’s most valuable player as a senior. A team captain her final year, Grieve was named first-team all-league and earned county allacademic honors. Grieve was a high school rival and club teammate of classmate Kristen Hughes. Personal Jennifer Hayley Grieve is the daughter of Jeff Grieve and Janet Gribble. She has an older brother, Garren, who played baseball at UC Riverside, and an older sister, Julie, who played volleyball at St. Mary’s (Calif.). Born: 12-20-83. GRIEVE’S CAREER STATISTICS Year GP Kills K/G 2002 62 41 0.66 2003 73 184 2.52 Career 135 225 1.67 2004 VOLLEYBALL

Att. 119 557 676

Pct. .151 .217 .206

Ast. 7 12 19

Aces 4 15 19

Digs 85 218 303

Blks. 6 34 40

MEET THE BIG RED

KRISTENHUGHES* Junior • Right Side Hitter/Middle Blocker • 6-0 Fallbrook, Calif. • Fallbrook Union HS Communication

At Cornell After missing the entire 2003 season with injuries, Hughes will look to compete for time on the right side and the middle. Hughes saw a majority of her action as a weapon in the service game off the bench as a freshman, seeing action in 49 games. Hughes ranked sixth in the Ivy League in service aces per game (0.37). In her most extended playing time of the season, Hughes recorded 10 kills and six blocks to help the Big Red to a win over Dartmouth in the 2002 season finale. She is enrolled in Cornell’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

Hughes’ Match Highs Kills: Digs: Assists: Aces: Blocks:

10, 5, 1, 3, 6,

vs. Dartmouth, 11/16/02 vs. Providence, 9/14/02 vs. Providence, 9/14/02 two times vs. Dartmouth, 11/16/02

At Fallbrook Union HS Hughes was named league most valuable player as a senior at Fallbrook Union HS. A San Diego Tribune Athlete of the Month, she also was named team captain and earned county all-academic accolades. Hughes was a high school rival and club teammate of classmate Hayley Grieve. Personal Kristen Nicole Hughes is the daughter of Bill and Lori Hughes, and she has a younger brother and sister. Her father played volleyball at Long Beach State, while her mother was a tennis player at Cal-Santa Barbara. Her sister, Heather, plays volleyball at Loyola Marymount. Born: 5-13-84.

Pct. .276

Ast. 1

Aces 18

Digs 16

Blks. 6

.276

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HUGHES’ CAREER STATISTICS Year GP Kills K/G Att. 2002 49 12 0.24 29 2003 Did not play - injured Career 49 12 0.24 29

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K ATIE RADEMACHER* Sophomore • Middle Blocker • 5-11 White Lake, Mich. • Walled Lake HS Undeclared

At Cornell Rademacher showed great potential to be an impact early in her freshman season before being injured and miss the remainder of the season. An intelligent player at the net, Rademacher has the attacking skills to keep a defense honest and tremendous timing and quick feet to be a force in the Big Red’s blocking schemes. Rademacher averaged 2.00 kills per game on .457 hitting to go along with 0.75 blocks per game. She posted career highs of seven kills and three blocks in an Ivy League home win over Columbia. She is enrolled in Cornell’s College of Arts and Sciences.

Rademacher’s Match Highs Kills: Digs: Assists: Aces: Blocks:

7, 1, 1, 1, 3,

vs. Columbia, 11/4/03 three times vs. Columbia, 11/4/03 two times vs. Columbia, 11/4/03

At Walled Lake HS Rademacher was a two-time all-state selection at Walled Lake Central HS. The academic all-state pick was a two-time all-conference, all-region, all-metro and all-area pick. During her four seasons, Walled Lake won four district and league crowns and three division championships. As a senior, Rademacher recorded 590 kills and 342 blocks. Rademacher also earned four letters in basketball.

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Personal Kathryn Georgia Rademacher is the daughter of Mark and Mary Rademacher, and she has an older sister. Born: 1-13-85.

RADEMACHER’S CAREER STATISTICS Year GP Kills K/G Att. 2003 12 24 2.00 46 Career 12 24 2.00 46 2004 VOLLEYBALL

Pct. .457 .457

Ast. 1 1

Aces 2 2

Digs 3 3

Blks. 9 9

MEET THE BIG RED

A LAINA TOWN* Sophomore • Outside Hitter • 6-1 Greeley, Colo. • Jackson Hole (Wyo.) HS Undeclared

At Cornell Town brought tremendous athleticism and energy to the team after joining the squad last fall as a walk-on. She quickly established herself as the team’s top athlete and will continue to make a bid for increased playing time on the outside. She ended her rookie campaign averaging 1.67 kills and 1.00 digs per game, including notching five kills in a sweep of Hartford at the Seton Hall Spikefest. She is enrolled in Cornell’s College of Arts and Sciences.

Town’s Match Highs Kills: Digs: Aces: Blocks:

5, 4, 1, 1,

vs. Hartford, 9/14/03 vs. Columbia, 10/4/03 two times three times

At Jackson Hole HS Town was a two-time all-state selection at Jackson Hole (Wyo.) HS, helping lead the team to a state runner-up finish as a junior. The conference player of the year and team MVP as a senior, Town also played for the Intermountain High Performance team in each of her last two seasons. As a senior, Town was presented with the Lady Bronc Award as the school’s top scholar-athlete. Personal Alaina Janine Town is the daughter of Mary Town and Phil Town, and she has an older sister. Born: 8-1185.

Att. 76 76

Pct. .158 .158

Ast. 0 0

Aces 2 2

Digs 12 12

Blks. 3 3

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TOWN’S CAREER STATISTICS Year GP Kills K/G 2003 12 20 1.67 Career 12 20 1.67

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JOANNAWEISS* Sophomore • Middle Blocker • 6-4 Brewster, Mass. • Darien (Conn.) HS Undeclared

At Cornell Weiss was the team’s most improved player as a freshman and will look to become even more of a force after an off-season of work. A tremendous blocker, Weiss averaged 0.91 blocks per game to help the Big Red finish second in the nation in that category. At 6-4, Weiss is more than just a big obstacle at the net. An improving attacker, she averaged nearly a kill per game while hitting a solid .255. Weiss posted a career-best seven blocks, five digs and two service aces against Hartford and notched six kills against Fairfield. She is enrolled in Cornell’s College of Arts and Sciences.

Weiss’ Match Highs Kills: Digs: Assists: Aces: Blocks:

6, 5, 1, 2, 7,

vs. Fairfield, 9/19/03 vs. Hartford, 9/14/03 four times vs. Hartford, 9/14/03 vs. Hartford, 9/14/03

At Darien HS Weiss was a two-time first-team all-state selection at Darien (Conn.) HS, helping the team to three state titles in her four seasons. The county MVP as a senior, Weiss capped off a career that featured two all-county selections by being named MVP of the 2002 Connecticut High School Coaches Association AllStar team. Weiss averaged 4.22 kills and 2.22 blocks per game while hitting .458 as a senior, including 17 matches with double-figure kills and nine with at least 10 blocks.

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Personal Joanna Mara Weiss is the daughter of Robert and Elizabeth Weiss, and she has a younger brother. Born: 11-30-85.

WEISS’ CAREER STATISTICS Year GP Kills K/G 2003 23 21 0.91 Career 23 21 0.91 2004 VOLLEYBALL

Att. 55 55

Pct. .255 .255

Ast. 4 4

Aces 2 2

Digs 12 12

Blks. 21 21

MEET THE BIG RED

H EATHER YOUNG* Junior • Middle Blocker • 6-2 Sycamore, Ill. • Sycamore HS Animal Sciences

At Cornell With the graduation of the school’s all-time leading blockers Jamie Lugo and Ashely Stover, Young will be expected the solidify the middle. A physically strong player, Young spent the summer improving her footwork and tightening her arm swing in an effort to capitalize on her natural abilities. Young continued to be among the league’s best blockers and servers, finishing third in the Ancient Eight in 2003 in blocks (1.09 bpg.) and second in aces (0.42 sapg.). She had a career-best 11 blocks in helping Cornell annihilate the school record for block assists in a match with 53 in a loss to Princeton. Despite playing a majority of the season as a blocking specialist, Young improved her offensive efficiency, improving her hitting percentage more than 100 points while averaging 0.74 kills per game. Young earned her first varsity letter and ranked among the Ivy League freshman leaders in several categories. Young averaged 1.39 kills per game while ranking second in the Ivy League in service aces per game (0.46 sapg.). Her 62 blocks also ranked her third on the team. Young earned Ivy League Rookie of the Week honors after her performance at the 2002 Big Red Invitational, where she had back-to-back double digit kill games and her first career double-double, an 11-kills, 10-dig effort in a win over Niagara. She is enrolled in Cornell’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

Young’s Match Highs Kills: Digs: Assists: Aces: Blocks:

11, 15, 4, 5, 11,

two times vs. Penn, 11/7/03 vs. Princeton, 11/8/03 at Dartmouth, 11/1/03 vs. Princeton, 11/8/03

Personal Heather Anne Young is the daughter of Richard and Barbara Young, and she has two older brothers. Born: 9-16-83.

YOUNG’S CAREER STATISTICS Year GP Kills K/G 2002 87 121 1.39 2003 53 39 0.74 Career 140 160 1.14

Att. 340 102 442

Pct. .082 .196 .109

Ast. 23 16 39

Aces 40 22 62

Digs 98 47 145

Blks. 62 58 120

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At Sycamore HS A three-time all-conference pick, Young was named league most valuable player as a senior at Sycamore HS. An honorable mention all-state pick in 2001, Young helped lead her club team to a fifth-place finish at the nationals in 2000.

MEET THE BIG RED

AmyGORDON Freshman • Setter • 5-9 Highland Park, Ill. • Highland Park HS Undeclared

At Highland Park HS Gordon was a three-time all-conference selection at Highland Park HS. She was a four-year starter, earning all-county honors each year. She was named team MVP and to the all-area team three times as well. Gordon served as team captain in each of her final three campaigns, as well as for five years on her Adversity Club team, which earned second place at the competitive Phoenix Invitational. Gordon also played varsity soccer at Highland Park. Personal Amy Elizabeth Gordon is the daughter of Rich and Julie Gordon, and she has a younger brother and sister. Born: 10-11-85.

A NNE VANDEN

BOOM

Freshman • Outside Hitter • 6-0 Manlius, N.Y. • Fayetteville-Manlius HS Undeclared

At Fayetteville-Manlius HS A second-team all-state selection as a senior, Vanden Boom was the league and section MVP as a senior at Fayetteville-Manlius HS. She led her team to a 15-3 mark by posting conference-bests of 200 kills, 62 aces and a .427 hitting percentage. Prior to her time at Fayetteville-Manlius, Vanden Boom was a two-year starter and letter winner at Carmel HS in Mundelein, Ill., earning all-conference honors as a junior. She posted 290 kills and 134 total blocks while helping her team to a two-year record of 42-27. Personal Anne Marie Vanden Boom is the daughter of Tom and Catherine Vanden Boom, and she has two brothers. Born: 3-10-86.

K A R A ZARAGOZA

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Freshman • Libero • 5-6 Stockton, Calif. • St. Mary’s HS Undeclared

At St. Mary’s HS A first-team all-league selection at St. Mary’s HS, Zaragoza was part of two league championship teams. The two-year volleyball letter winner also competed in soccer, track and field and basketball. Zaragoza was named the most inspirational player for the soccer team as a senior and was part of a state-title winning basketball team as a sophomore. Personal Kara Rose Zaragoza is the daughter of Frank and Barbara Zaragoza, and she has a younger brother and sister. Born: 1-25-86.

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2003 SEASON REVIEW

RECORD-SETTING SEASON ENDS JUST SHORT OF IVY TITLE

THE BIG RED WALL Cornell’s blocking was a key factor in its 21-4 record. The Big Red ranked second nationally in blocks per game, sending 3.52 attacks to the floor. Only Notre Dame at 3.72 blocks averaged more. Cornell broke the single-match record with 28 blocks against Princeton after matching the record three times previously. The block assists record was also broken five times in 2003 and was shattered when the Big Red piled up 53 against the Tigers, 21 more than the previous record of 32 set earlier in the year against Hartford. Cornell nearly tripled the blocking total of its opponents (327-113).

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The Cornell volleyball team set team and SENIOR SWAN SONG individual records and continued its steady Cornell’s four seniors (Jamie Lugo, Debbie climb up the Ivy League standings in 2003, Quibell, Rachel Rice, Ashely Stover) were instruheading into the final weekend of league play mental in the Big alive in the conference title race before finishRed’s volleyball reing in a tie for second place. Head coach Christie naissance, helping Roes’ squad used a balanced blend of youth guide Cornell to a and experience to reach numerous goals and 72-34 record in set a foundation for another run at the league their four seasons crown in 2004. and leaving their Seniors Jamie Lugo, Rachel Rice, Ashely Stonames scattered ver and Debbie Quibell provided the leadership throughout the Big and talented underclassmen like sophomores Red record book Rachel Adomat, Whitney Fair, Hayley Grieve and with 16 school records. Each was Kelly Kramer, as well as freshman Elizabeth named All-Ivy at Bishop filled in the gaps as Cornell posted the Cornell’s all-time kills some point in their most wins in a season since going 25-8 in 1989. leader Debbie Quibell. careers, with The Big Red put together a 14-game win Quibell earning first-team honors three times. streak that included a tournament title at the She also graduated as the school’s all-time Albany Challenge, as well as a 6-0 Ivy League leader in kills. start. For the second year in a row, the Big Red handed league champion Penn its only loss, this time pulling out a 3-2 victory over the Quakers at home. Cornell closed out half of its 14 conference games with 3-0 wins. The four seniors closed out their careers with a 72-34 record (.679) and 16 school records. Quibell led the way as the school’s all-time leader in kills (1,212) and digs per game (3.25). The twotime first-team All-Ivy selection was joined by Stover, who was named to the first team as a senior after leading the Ancient Eight in hitting percentage and ranking second in blocks. Lugo would finish first in the league and fourth nationally in blocks en route to second-team All-Ivy honors. Rice graduated third on the school’s all-time assist list and earned All-Ivy honors as a freshman. The Big Red newcomers were led by Ivy Rookie of the Year and AVCA All-Region selection Elizabeth Bishop. Bishop ranked second in the league in kills and seventh in digs. Sophomore Kelly Kramer stood 25th nationally in digs (fourth in the Ivy League), while Whitney Fair placed third in the Ancient Ivy League Rookie of the Year Elizabeth Bishop. Eightinassists.

2003 STATISTICS & RESULTS

2003 Final Statistics Player Elizabeth Bishop Ashley Stover Hayley Grieve Debbie Quibell Rachel Adomat Jamie Lugo Katie Rademacher Alaina Town Joanna Weiss Heather Young Whitney Fair Rachel Rice Kelly Kramer TEAM Cornell Totals Opponent Totals 12 14 11 2 13 1 3 7 4 10 5 8 9

G 85 83 73 56 64 82 12 12 23 53 84 25 93

K 374 254 184 136 129 165 24 20 21 39 50 5 5

K/G 4.40 3.06 2.52 2.43 2.02 2.01 2.00 1.67 0.91 0.74 0.60 0.20 0.05

E 81 69 63 57 49 47 3 8 7 19 21 2 1

93 1406 15.12 428 93 1387 14.91 746

TA 909 539 557 432 349 388 46 76 55 102 125 14 15

Pct A A/G .322 25 0.29 .343 18 0.22 .217 12 0.16 .183 13 0.23 .229 24 0.38 .304 11 0.13 .457 1 0.08 .158 0 0.00 .255 4 0.17 .196 16 0.30 .232 1022 12.17 .214 107 4.28 .267 16 0.17

SA 11 18 15 16 21 13 2 2 2 22 15 2 0

DIG 331 82 218 184 88 69 3 12 12 47 167 39 389

D/G 3.89 0.99 2.99 3.29 1.38 0.84 0.25 1.00 0.52 0.89 1.99 1.56 4.18 22 3608 .271 1269 13.65 139 1641 17.65 4151 .154 1253 13.47 148 1555 16.72

BS B A 10 59 21 97 2 32 4 23 7 40 16 116 0 9 0 3 4 17 11 47 3 51 0 4 0 0

Tot 69 118 34 27 47 132 9 3 21 58 54 4 0

B/G 0.81 1.42 0.47 0.48 0.73 1.61 0.75 0.25 0.91 1.09 0.64 0.16 0.00

78 498 29 169

327.0 113.5

3.52 1.22

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2003 Final Results (21-4, 11-3 Ivy League)

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Date

9/13 9/13 9/14 9/14 9/19 9/19 9/20 9/26 9/27 9/27 10/3 10/4 10/10 10/11 10/17 10/18 10/24 10/25 10/28 10/31 11/1 11/7 11/8 11/14 11/15

Opponent & & & & # # # $ * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

vs. Iona at Seton Hall vs. La Salle vs. Hartford at Albany vs.Fairfield vs. Long Island at Canisius vs. Fairleigh Dickinson at Niagara at Columbia COLUMBIA DARTMOUTH HARVARD BROWN YALE at Princeton at Penn at Colgate at Harvard at Dartmouth PENN PRINCETON atYale at Brown

Result W L W W W W W W W W W W W W W W L L W W W W L W W

Game Scores 3-2 2-3 3-0 3-1 3-1 3-0 3-2 3-1 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-1 3-1 3-2 1-3 0-3 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-2 2-3 3-0 3-0

(29-31,30-26,30-24,21-30,15-11) (21-30,31-29,30-26,22-30,10-15) (30-23,30-21,30-18) (33-31,28-30,30-12,30-26) (23-30,30-24,30-25,31-29) (30-20,30-18,34-32) (30-25,27-30,30-27,21-30,15-7) (30-26,25-30,30-22,30-27) (30-27,30-24,30-20) (30-23,30-19,30-25) (30-18,30-14,30-20) (30-20,30-19,30-24) (30-24,30-26,30-22) (30-24,26-30,30-21,30-28) (31-29,27-30,30-28,30-22) (30-18,21-30,28-30,30-20,15-8) (31-33,28-30,30-20,23-30) (17-30,26-30,25-30) (30-19,30-21,30-20) (30-16,30-28,30-24) (30-16,30-22,30-27) (31-29,28-30,27-30,30-28,15-13) (26-30,30-24,30-12,25-30,14-16) (30-25,30-27,30-23) (30-23,30-24,30-26)

* - Ivy League match & - at Seton Hall Spikefest (South Orange, N.J.); # - at Albany Challenge (Albany, N.Y.); $ - at Niagara University (Lewiston, N.Y.)

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BIG RED VOLLEYBALL HISTORY

Cornell Volleyball: A Story Of Success

.630 1 2 2 3 4 5 6 25 33 613

All-Time Winning Percentage NCAA Tournament Appearance Eastern District Tournament Titles Undefeated Ivy League Seasons Ivy League Tournament Titles Ivy League Players of the Year Ivy League Regular Season Titles New York State Tourney Titles Winning Seasons Seasons of Volleyball at Cornell All-Time Wins - 18.6 wins per year

The 1993 squad made the program’s first NCAA tournament appearance.

the coaching ranks, and led the Big Red to a 25-9 campaign and a New York state title. The following year, Cornell went 25-8 on the year, won its second consecutive New York state crown and went 7-0 against Ivy competition. In Nagel’s final year, the Big Red won its first Ivy League championship and qualified for the National Invitational Volleyball Championships. Nagel finished her Cornell career with an 8540 slate. In 1992, Merja Connolly took over the program and guided the Red to consecutive Ivy League championships. Her 1992 squad went 19-11 and participated in the NIVC, while the 1993 team went 17-10 and earned a berth to the NCAA championships, losing to Nebraska in the first round. Sue Medley took over the reins of the Big Red in 1994 and guided the squad to a 20-10 mark — its first 20-win campaign since 1989 — and a firstplace finish in the Ivy regular season in just her second year. Medley ended her tenure during the 1998 season and was replaced by Christie Roes. Roes guided the Big Red to a runner-up finish in the 2000 Ivy League tournament, helped develop 2000 Ivy League Player of the Year Robin Moore and directed 15 All-Ivy League players. She became the third-winningest coach in school history and recorded a pair of 20-win campaigns in her five full seasons with a league regular season runner-up finish in 2003. That team won 14 straight matches en route to a 21-4 record. Deitre Collins will look to continue the Big Red tradition of success in her first season.

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Volleyball, which has been a varsity sport at Cornell for 33 years, is one of the university’s most decorated women’s programs. Since hitting the hardwood in 1972, the Big Red has posted a 613359-7 record, with three Ivy League tournament titles, five first-place finishes during the regular season, six New York state crowns and a pair of Eastern championships. The Big Red made history in 1993 when it became the first Ivy League volleyball team to participate in the NCAA championship tournament. It all began when Sue Nattrass guided the Big Red to a 2-2 slate back in 1972. After dropping the first two matches, the spikers downed Colgate in five games and swept Eisenhower College in three. Debbie Nelson took over the program the following year, as the Big Red went 7-5 and placed sixth at the New York state tournament. Andrea Dutcher took over in 1974 and lasted 14 years, with the Red posting 346 victories against only 158 losses with seven ties. In just her third season, Dutcher guided the spikers to a 24-11 season and second-place finishes at the New York state, EAIAW and Ivy League tournaments. In 1981, Cornell posted a school record 47 wins with only six losses. The following year, Dutcher led the squad to its first of four straight New York state tournament championships, while posting a 40-8 campaign. That team also won its first EAIAW championship. The 1983 team went 41-4 to conclude a string of three straight 40win campaigns. Dutcher led her squad to two more New York state titles before ushering in Ivy League play in 1986 — the first year for round robin competition in the league. In 1988, Jolene Nagel was hired to 2000 Ivy League Player of the replace Dutcher, Year Robin Moore ‘01. who retired from

Cornell Volleyball By The Numbers . . .

ALL-TIME RECORDS

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INDIVIDUAL SEASON RECORDS Kills 405 Becky Merchant ...... 1987 400 Debbie Quibell ...... 2000 396 Alex Gross ......... 1990 382 Robin Moore ........ 2000 374 Elizabeth Bishop ..... 2003

Kills Per Game 4.40 Elizabeth Bishop ..... 4.18 Robin Moore ........ 4.00 Alex Gross ......... 3.87 Debbie Quibell ...... 3.80 Angela Barbera ......

2003 1999 1990 2002 2002

Attack Attempts 1,094 Debbie Quibell ...... 1,060 Alex Gross ......... 997 Robin Moore ........ 955 Jennifer Borncamp .... 950 Debbie Quibell ......

2000 1990 2000 2000 2002

Attack Percentage .343 Ashely Stover ....... .333 Vanessa Richlin ...... .330 Shelley Zierhut ...... .326 Rachel Rice ......... .326 Becky Merchant ......

2003 1997 1991 2000 1987

Assists 1,280 1,221 1,129 1,053 1,050

Rachel Rice ........ Adrienne Greve ..... Jen Strazza ........ Sara Thomas ...... Tere Duran ........

2000 1995 1991 1993 1987

Assists Per Game 12.17 Whitney Fair ....... 11.96 Rachel Rice ........ 10.94 Vanessa Richlin ..... 10.88 Jaimee Reynolds .... 10.55 Rachel Rice ........ 10.55 Vanessa Richlin .....

2003 2000 1999 2001 2002 1998

Service Aces 66 Ann Korioth ....... 63 Tere Duran ........ 60 Michele Scherer .... 58 Tere Duran ........ 51 Jen Strazza ........

1988 1988 1988 1987 1989

Digs 403 389 361 360 352

Tere Duran ........ Kelly Kramer ....... Jen Strazza ........ Jen Strazza ........ Alex Gross ........

1988 2003 1991 1992 1990

Digs Per Game 4.18 Kelly Kramer ....... 3.89 Elizabeth Bishop .... 3.73 Meredith Doughty ... 3.66 Robin Moore ....... 3.56 Alex Gross ........

2003 2003 1992 1999 1990

Block Solos 71 Becky Merchant ..... 67 Becky Merchant ..... 61 Becky Merchant ..... 50 Shelley Zierhut ..... 48 Shelley Zierhut .....

1987 1988 1989 1991 1989

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Block Assists 116 Jamie Lugo ........ 101 Jamie Lugo ........ 97 Ashely Stover ...... 97 Carol DeZwarte .... 82 Becky Merchant .....

2003 2001 2003 1995 1988

Total Blocks 149 Becky Merchant ..... 143 Carol DeZwarte .... 132 Jamie Lugo ........ 128 Becky Merchant ..... 127 Becky Merchant .....

1988 1995 2003 1989 1987

Blocks 1.61 1.42 1.26 1.24 1.23

2003 2003 1988 2001 1995

Per Game Jamie Lugo ........ Ashely Stover ...... Becky Merchant ..... Jamie Lugo ........ Carol DeZwarte ....

INDIVIDUAL CAREER RECORDS Kills 1,212 Debbie Quibell .... 2000-03 1,190 Robin Moore ...... 1997-00 1,052 Becky Merchant .... 1987-89 1,009 Jennifer Borncamp .. 1998-01 921 Alex Gross ....... 1987-90 Kills Per Game 3.52 Debbie Quibell .... 2000-03 3.28 Angela Barbera .... 2001-02 3.11 Robin Moore ...... 1997-00 3.07 Michelle Kizorek ..... 1993 3.06 Becky Merchant .... 1987-89 Active Players 4.40 Elizabeth Bishop ...... 2003 Attack Attempts 3,393 Debbie Quibell .... 2000-03 3,073 Robin Moore ...... 1997-00 2,979 Jennifer Borncamp .. 1998-01 2,800 Jenn Drais ........ 1990-93 2,491 Alex Gross ....... 1987-90 Attack Percentage .346 Rachel Rice ... 2000,02-03 .315 Becky Merchant ... 1987-89 .280 Carol DeZwarte ... 1994-96 .275 Jamie Lugo ...... 2000-03 .274 Jennifer McHarg .. 1999-01 Active Players .322 Elizabeth Bishop ..... 2003 Assists 3,572 Jen Strazza ...... 1989-92 2,927 Vanessa Richlin ... 1996-99 2,168 Rachel Rice ... 2000,02-03 2,159 Adrienne Greve ... 1992-95 1,697 Tere Duran ...... 1987-88 Active Players 1,349 Whitney Fair ..... 2002-03 Assists Per Game 10.52 Rachel Rice ... 2000,02-03 9.41 Vanessa Richlin ... 1996-99 9.38 Lisa Turner ........ 1996 8.65 Jen Strazza ...... 1989-92 7.13 Tere Duran ...... 1987-88 Active Players 10.54 Whitney Fair ..... 2002-03

Debbie Debbie Quibell Quibell â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;04 â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;04 Service Aces 139 Jen Strazza ...... 1989-92 131 Ann Korioth ..... 1988-90 127 Debbie Quibell ... 2000-03 124 Becky Merchant ... 1987-89 121 Tere Duran ...... 1987-88 Digs 1,271 1,118 1,077 996 952

Jen Strazza ...... 1989-92 Debbie Quibell ... 2000-03 Jenn Drais ....... 1990-93 Jennifer Borncamp . 1998-01 Leesa Gotko ..... 1995-98

Digs Per Game 3.25 Debbie Quibell ... 2000-03 3.21 Michelle Kizorek .... 1993 Vanessa Gonzalez-Vinas 1998-99 3.11 3.08 Jen Strazza ...... 1989-92 2.99 Jenn Drais ....... 1990-93 Active Players 3.89 Elizabeth Bishop ..... 2003 3.37 Kelly Kramer ..... 2002-03 Block Solos 199 Becky Merchant ... 1987-89 172 Shelley Zierhut 1989,91-93 105 Carol DeZwarte .. 1994-96 83 Ashely Stover .... 2000-03 79 Priya Vasudev .... 1992-95 Block Assists 323 Ashely Stover .... 2000-03 293 Jamie Lugo ...... 2000-03 205 Becky Merchant ... 1987-89 194 Shelley Zierhut 1989,91-93 194 Carol DeZwarte .. 1994-96 Total Blocks 406 Ashely Stover .... 2000-03 404 Becky Merchant ... 1987-89 366 Shelley Zierhut 1989,91-93 343 Jamie Lugo ...... 2000-03 299 Carol DeZwarte .. 1994-96 Blocks Per Game 1.24 Jamie Lugo ...... 2000-03 1.17 Becky Merchant ... 1987-89 1.14 Ashely Stover .... 2000-03 1.05 Carol DeZwarte .. 1994-96 1.00 Shelley Zierhut 1989,91-93 Active Players 0.86 Heather Young ... 2002-03

ALL-TIME RECORDS INDIVIDUAL MATCH RECORDS Kills 32 — Robin Moore (at Colgate, 10/25/99) Attempts 75 — Alexandra Gross (vs. Harvard, 10/12/90) 75 — Alexandra Gross (vs. Yale, 11/10/90) Service Aces 8 — Jennifer Borncamp (vs. St. Francis (Pa.), 11/4/00) 8 — Liz Downs (vs. Lehigh, 10/6/90) 8 — Ann Korioth (vs. St. Francis (Pa.), 10/8/88) Total Blocks 14 — Jamie Lugo (2-12) (vs. Princeton, 11/8/03) 14 — Ashely Stover (0-14) (vs. Princeton, 11/8/03) Solo Blocks 8 — Carol DeZwarte (vs. Morgan State, 9/13/96) 8 — Becky Merchant (vs. Harvard, 10/14/88) 8 — Becky Merchant (vs. Colgate, 9/16/88) Block Assists 14 — Ashely Stover (0-14) (vs. Princeton, 11/8/03) Digs 36 — Meredith Doughty (vs. Syracuse, 10/13/92) Assists 85 — Jen Strazza (vs. St. Bonaventure, 9/26/91)

TEAM MATCH Kills 98 — vs. Brown, 11/10/00

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Attempts 285 — vs. Brown, 11/10/00 Attack Percentage .508 — vs. Vermont, 9/8/95 (35-4-61) Service Aces 24 — vs. St. Francis (Pa.), 10/8/88 Total Blocks 28.5 — vs. Princeton, 11/8/03 (2 BS, 53 BA) Block Solos 17 — vs. Morgan State, 9/13/96 Block Assists 53 — vs. Princeton, 11/8/03 Digs 133 — vs. Syracuse, 10/13/92 133 — vs. Penn, 11/7/03 Assists 90 — vs. St. Bonaventure, 9/26/91 90 — vs. Yale, 11/10/90

TEAM SEASON RECORDS Kills 1656 ............ 2000 1489 ............ 1988 1468 ............ 1995 1460 ............ 1990 1437 ............ 1987

Service Aces Per Game 3.03 ............ 1988 2.45 ............ 1989 2.44 ............ 1987 2.24 ............ 1990 2.16 ............ 1993

Kills Per Game 15.12 ........... 2003 15.05 ........... 2000 15.04 ........... 2002 14.65 ........... 2001 14.16 ........... 1999

Digs 2260 ............ 1988 2087 ............ 1992 1830 ............ 1990 1796 ............ 1991 1778 ............ 1995

Attack Attempts 4422 ............ 2000 4310 ............ 1992 4223 ............ 1987 4136 ............ 1990 4038 ............ 1988

Digs Per Game 18.68 ........... 1988 18.47 ........... 1992 18.25 ........... 1999 17.65 ........... 2003 17.26 ........... 1990

Attack Percentage .271 (1406-428-3608) .247 (1468-487-3970) .222 (1238-436-3609) .217 (1399-627-3565) .211 (1656-724-4422)

2003 1995 1996 2002 2000

Solo Blocks 148 ............. 1996 143 ............. 1989 142 ............. 1988 141 ............. 1991 134 ............. 1987

Assists 1499 ............ 2000 1394 ............ 1988 1372 ............ 1990 1345 ............ 1987 1312 ............ 1991

Block Assists 498 ............. 2003 360 ............. 2001 349 ............. 2000 316 ............. 2002 316 ............. 1995

Assists Per Game 13.65 ........... 2003 13.63 ........... 2000 13.33 ........... 2002 13.04 ........... 2001 12.94 ........... 1990

Total Blocks 327.0 ........... 2003 290.0 ........... 1995 281.0 ........... 1988 272.5 ........... 1989 267.0 ........... 1996

Service Aces 367 ............. 1988 289 ............. 1989 285 ............. 1987 237 ............. 1990 216 ............. 1993

Blocks Per Game 3.52 ............ 2003 2.50 ............ 1995 2.50 ............ 1996 2.49 ............ 2001 2.43 ............ 2002

The 2003 Big Red volleyball team set 28 school records en route to a 21-4 record and a tie for second place in the Ivy League. Included were career marks for kills (Debbie Quibell, 1,212) and blocks (Ashely Stover, 406), as well as team marks for hitting percentage (.271) and blocks per game (3.52, second in NCAA Division I).

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Miscellaneous Team Records Most Matches: 54 by 1981 team (47-6-1) Most Wins: 47 by 1981 team (47-6-1) Most Losses: 21 by 1978 team (15-21-2) Most Ties: 2 1978 (15-21-2); 1974 (14-10-2) Longest Win Streak: 20 10/4 to 11/5/1983 Longest Unbeaten Streak: 21 9/19 to 10/10/81 Longest Losing Streak: 8 10/3 to 10/17/98 Fewest Points Allowed - Three Games: 47 vs. Colgate (30-17, 30-22, 30-8), (10/29/02) Fewest Points Allowed - Four Games: 89 vs. Dartmouth (30-23, 30-32, 30-16, 30-18), (10/19/01) Fewest Points Allowed - Five Games: 106 vs. Yale (30-18, 21-30, 28-30, 30-20, 15-8), (10/18/03)

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Cornell Cornell University/Realizing University/Realizing aa Bold Bold Dream Dream In the mid 1800s, two New York state senators, Graduate School of Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, shared Medical Sciences are the bold dream of founding a “truly great univerin New York City.) An sity.” Cornell, a plain-spoken inventor, wanted “an Ivy League university institution where any person can find instruction in that is also the land any study,” including the mechanical arts and aggrant institution of riculture. White, a scholarly graduate of Oxford New York state, and Yale, yearned to establish a university where Cornell is a unique “truth shall be taught for truth’s sake” in the arts combination of public and sciences. Together they created a nonsectarand private divisions ian university that was the first in the eastern committed to teachUnited States to admit women and ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ that pioneered the concept of elective courses. Their egalitarian vision and innovative ideas, which set Cornell apart at its opening in 1868, continue to guide the university today. Cornell includes 13 colleges and schools. On the ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Ithaca campus are the seven undergraduand 120 coun ing, research, and ate units— U.S. states 50 l al u om the Colcome fr e to where yo public service. s undergrads l areas, clos ra ru d an s, s lege of Today Cornell’ Cornell’s 13,700 rb lors, size cities, subu me in all co co Agricul- tries. They come from undergraduates ey Th ed e. hical. Gift nd the glob ture and and 6,000 gradual, philosop halfway arou litical, sexu po grew up or s, ou gi ets, farmers; ate and profesli po re , Life Sci— rs s to on ac si ua s, and pers , artist ap- sional students ences; the shapes ors, athletes financiers, cians, invent m engineers, ts is nt — come from all 50 ie sc rs College of students — musi , r organize s, professors tivistsm labo ac l Architecture, rising doctors, lawyer states and more ca ti mli ea inkers, dr analysts, po Art, and Planthan 100 councreative th ers, systems s, gn er si ev de hi l ac re pa outstanding e ning; the Coltries. Interdisciplinary study and ar ey Th . rk hard lege of Arts who wo research are Cornell hallmarks, as is attention to s. er ak sh d and Sciences; ers, movers an undergraduate education. The university’s the College of Engineering; the 2,200 faculty members are active teachers School of Hotel Administration; the College of Hu- as well as researchers—Nobel laureates ofman Ecology; and the School of Industrial and La- ten conduct introductory courses—and bor Relations—as well as four graduate and prothe lines of traditional disciplines fessional units: the Graduate School, the Law are easily crossed. Engineering School, the Johnson Graduate School of Manstudents dabble in photogagement, and the College of Veterinary Mediraphy; theatre arts stucine. (The Weill Medical College and the Weill dents explore the

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THIS IS CORNELL UNIVERSITY world of computers; physics majors learn landFour thouscape architecture. sand courses National Science Foundation studies on offered by programs in research and development at nearly 100 deU.S. universities consistently rank Cornell partments, among the top 10 or 11 in total research and more interdisdevelopment expenditures, and in federally ciplinary profinanced expenditures. Cornell ranks second grams than among U.S. universities in funds allocated by you’ll find at the National Science Foundation for programs any other in academic science and engineering. university in the country, research opportunities for unCornell has five national research centers: dergraduates in nearly every field, and faculty-guided the Center for High Energy Synchrotron Studindependent study give you the wherewithal to shape a ies, the Floyd R. Newman Laboratory of program that speaks to your interests and passions and Nuclear Studies, the National Astronomy and grows with you over your four years here. Ionosphere Center (which operates the world’s largest radio-radar telescope, in Arecibo, Puerto Rico), the Cornell Nanofabrication Facility, and the National Science and Technology American studies, engineering, entomology, the fine Center for Computer Graphics and Scientific Visuarts, hotel management, industrial and labor relaalization. The university also has four national retions, law, management, mathematics, music, the source centers: the Latin American Studies Prophysical sciences, and veterinary medicine. gram, the East Asia Program, the South Asia ProFamed for its woodlands, gorges, and waterfalls, gram, and the Southeast Asia Program. the 745-acre main campus is on a hilltop overlooking Cornell University Library’s 17 Ithaca-campus units Ithaca, a lively city of about 30,000 situated at the provide an array of reference, information, and insouthern end of 44-mile-long Cayuga Lake, in the Finstructional services. At the southeast edge of the Arts ger Lakes region of New York state. Campus attracQuad, Olin and Kroch libraries house the largest contions of special interest include the Johnson Museum of centration of resources in the humanities, social sciArt, the Cornell Plantations, and the Cornell Lab of ences, and area studies, including extensive Asia colOrnithology and Sapsucker Woods wildlife sanctuary. lections, and rare books, manuscripts, and archival The heart of New York state’s wine-growing region is materials. Mann Library, on the Ag Quad, has materiless than an hour away, as are the Corning Glass Cenals in agriculture, biology, biotechnology, and related ter and Museum and the Watkins Glen auto circuit. fields. Other libraries specialize in African and African New York City is about a four-hour drive from Ithaca.

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At a research institution, scholars don’t just acquire knowledge — they help create it. Cornell’s faculty members have garnered such prizes as the Nobel and the Pulitzer, not to mention MacArthur “genius” grants and countless other honors. These same luminaries teach undergraduate classes and include students on their research teams. Cornell serves as a land grant institution, receiving funding from New York state for its colleges of Human Ecology, Agriculture and Life Sciences and Veterinary Medicine and for its School of Industrial and Labor Relations. In return, the university offers reduced tuition to state residents in those colleges and helps citizens apply the research generated here to improve the state’s economy and the health of its people. A network of more than 200,000 alumni around the world supports the CORNELL’S UNDERGRADUATE COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS efforts of current students by College of Agriculture and Life Sciences sponsoring internships, offering career College of Architecture, Art, and Planning counseling and mentorship, and College of Arts and Sciences providing much of the financial College of Engineering support that maintains the university’s School of Hotel Administration College of Human Ecology world-classlibraries,laboratories,and School of Industrial and Labor Relations faculty.

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Ithaca, Ithaca, N.Y. N.Y. Nestled in the heart of New York state’s beautiful Finger Lakes region is Tompkins County, with Ithaca at its center. Long known for the excellence of its educational and research institutions, and more recently for its multitude of scenic wonders, Ithaca is indeed, “Gorges.” One of America’s first urban cartographers, an early home to America’s film inSimeon DeWitt, mapped Manhattan but settled dustry; its gorges were perfect for trolin Ithaca. It is a town that the Interstate never ley-car-over-the-bridge scenes, its rafound, which perfectly fine for most of the locals. vines ideal for the lost-in-the-wilds scenes. There But, as one restaurant hidden away on the waterare 15 screens in town (these run the gamut from front used to say, “Once you find us, you’ll love us.” huge cineplexes to tiny art-film rooms). On camIthaca is located in New pus, Cornell Cinema shows York state’s lush Finger Lakes almost 400 films a year. region, plunked down right Ithaca is also home to a at the southern tip of scenic ballet company, chamber City of Ithaca Population: 28,775 Cayuga Lake, which is a orchestra, baroque orchesTompkins County Population: 96,000 veritable magnet for tra, concert band, several outdoorspeople. The lake theatre groups, and the Elevation Above Sea Level: provides swimming, sailoldest small opera comhighest: 2,099 feet (Connecticut Hill) ing, kayaking, and fishing pany (it recently celebrated lowest: 382 feet (at Cayuga Lake) opportunities. In a cold year, its 50th birthday) in the State parks: 4 there’s even ice-fishing! And U.S. Should you manage to bring your boots – all of spend a summer here, Movie screens: 15 them. Ithaca is built on hills don’t miss the Ithaca FestiPerforming arts theatres: 8 and surrounded by forests, val, featuring food, dancproviding opportunities for ing, performances of all Restaurants: 145 cross-country skiing, kinds, and more food; and Houses of worship: more than 100 snowshoeing, hiking, bikour own world-music vering, and climbing. But just sion of Woodstock, the FinMuseums and galleries: 16 enjoying this gorgeous, ger Lakes GrassRoots Festiglacier-cut landscape is val of Music and Dance, sport enough for some. which draws thousands from around the planet. A couple of years back, the Utne Reader called And there’s no shortage of lounges, dance clubs, Ithaca “The Most Enlightened Town in America.” and sit-down joints. Love reggae, ska, heavy metal, They cited our civic involvement (in Ithaca, politics techno, hip-hop, blues, or do-it-yourself garage-band is a participation sport, and nearly everybody music? We’ve got them all. Restaurants range from plays), bookstores, natural-food supermarkets, and the country’s most famous vegetarian café, popular free-ranging farmers’ markets. We even Moosewood, to French traditional to Thai, Indian, and have our own monetary system based on barterJapanese, and taqueria to bagelry. Coffeehouses ing for good and services: Ithaca Hours. (Don’t abound, and Ithaca boasts several old-timey diners, worry, we accept U.S. currency, too.) two of them open round the clock. Eateries come in all But Ithaca is lots more than arguments and orflavors and price ranges, and you’ll find them along ganic tofu. There is a strong cultural component – the waterfront, tucked into the old Lehigh Valley Railmuseums, galleries, theatre, and film. Ithaca was road station, in umbrella’d pavilions on the Commons, and in high-energy Collegetown. And we have three humongous supermarkets – visitors from “the big city” take home trunkloads of comestibles. Despite its off-the-beaten path location, Victorian and Greek revival architecture, and the woods, farms, and vineyards that are only a few minutes’ drive out of town, Ithaca has a youthful energy and cosmopolitan outlook that make it a perpetually exciting place to be. It’s a mecca for students, intellectuals, inventors, artists, musicians, and computer geeks. Perhaps this is why, in this “community of passionate people,” some never achieve escape velocity, choosing to stay in this powerfully beautiful place instead of chasing the big bucks in bigger places.

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JEFFREY S.LEHMAN ‘77 Second Year at Cornell 11th President of Cornell University Jeffrey S. Lehman, Cornell’s 11th president, is a legal scholar and a Cornell alumnus who also holds the title of professor in the Cornell Law School. He took office on July 1, 2003, after serving for nine years as dean of the University of Michigan Law School. Lehman is the first alumnus to lead the University and also holds the faculty rank of professor of law at Cornell. Lehman has strong loyalties to both Cornell and Michigan, and he has a keen interest in intercollegiate athletics. At Michigan, he sometimes would be one of the few spectators wearing a Cornell sweatshirt at Wolverine football games. Fortunately, there was no conflict of commitment since Cornell has not played Michigan in football since 1952. At Cornell, Lehman will have even more use for his Cornell sweatshirt since his son Jacob Lehman, a Cornell junior, coxes for the Big Red’s lightweight crew. “I believe that intercollegiate athletics offers two important benefits to a university,” Lehman said. “It provides an opportunity for student-athletes to compete at a high level in their chosen sports, and it brings the community together, across backgrounds and professional interests, as few other activities can.” During his deanship at Michigan, Lehman emerged as an articulate spokesman on complex legal issues of national significance, including the use of affirmative action in university admissions. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the University of Michigan Law School’s approach to affirmative action in a landmark case in 2003. Lehman’s own research has addressed other issues at the intersection of law and public policy, including higher education finance, corporate taxation and welfare reform. At Michigan, he also won acclaim as an academic innovator who introduced significant changes at the Law School to foster public service and internationalism and to improve the teaching of legal writing. Lehman earned a bachelor of arts degree in mathematics from Cornell in 1977, his master’s degree from the University of Michigan Institute of Public Policy Studies in 1981 and his juris doctorate magna cum laude from the University of Michigan Law School the same year. While in law school, he served as editor-in-chief of the Michigan Law Review and was elected to the Order of the Coif. After earning his degrees, he served as law clerk to Chief Judge Frank M. Coffin of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and then as law clerk to Associate Justice John Paul Stevens of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was an associate in the Washington, D.C., law firm of Caplin and Drysdale before joining the Michigan law faculty in 1987. In 1995, The National Law Journal named him one of 40 “Rising Stars in the Law.”

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Susan H. Murphy has served Cornell University as vice president for student and academic services since July 1994. Under her direction are academic support, campus life, dean of students, Greek life, career services, public service, religious affairs, athletics and physical education and health services. A 1973 graduate of Cornell’s College of Arts and Sciences, Murphy majored in history. She subsequently completed master’s degrees at Stanford University and Montclair State College. In 1994, she earned a Ph.D. in educational administration from Cornell. Murphy joined the Cornell staff in 1978 following work as a guidance counselor and head of the guidance department at Chatham (N.J.) Borough High School. For 16 years, she worked in admissions and financial aid, including nine years as dean of admissions and financial aid. In addition to her responsibilities at Cornell, Murphy chairs the policy committee of the Council of Ivy Group Presidents. Previously, she has held state-wide and national positions in the College Board and the National Association of College Admission Counselors.

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J. ANDREWNOEL Jr. 24th Year at Cornell The Meakem!Smith Director of Athletics and Physical Education Andy Noel begins his sixth year as Cornell University’s director of athletics and physical education having led the Big Red athletics program to unprecedented success while setting a course for his vision of continued prosperity. His position was endowed in December 2003 by Jack ’58 and Diane ’61 Meakem and Scott Smith ’79. Jack is a former oarsman and member of Cornell’s Athletic Hall of Fame, while Scott wrestled under Noel during his time on East Hill. The Big Red teams have parlayed Noel’s accomplishments into success on and off the playing field. Cornell’s athletic teams have won 20 Ivy League team titles and six national championships during his tenure and have posted a cumulative .520 winning percentage or better in each of his first five seasons. The program’s 14 Ivy titles in the last two years is tied for the most ever at Cornell in a two-year span, increasing from a total of six in his first three years to seven in each of the last two seasons. Academically in 2003-04, better than 66 percent of student-athletes received a minimum of 3.0 grade point average, with 56 earning a 4.0 GPA for at least one semester. Noel accepted the appointment as director after serving three years as an associate director of athletics for the Big Red. Since becoming director, Noel has continued to hire top coaches and has also successfully upgraded a number of department facilities (including renovating Schoellkopf Hall and building the Friedman Wrestling Center). During his tenure, he has also been a member of the team that raised $66 million in support of capital projects and endowment, helping secure the financial future of the department. During the campaign, 21 coaching and staff positions were endowed, bringing the total number of endowed positions within the department to 30, the most of any school in the country. Noel was the Big Red’s head wrestling coach from 1974 to 1988 and then served two years as an assistant director in the department’s public affairs office, implementing the athletic department’s annual giving program. At Cornell, his wrestling teams won four Ivy League championships and placed second four times. Under Noel’s direction, the wrestling team established a strong network of support from alumni and friends. In 1990, he was recognized at the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association Championships for his distinguished coaching career at Cornell, and in 1992 he was inducted into the New York State Wrestling Coaches Association Hall of Fame. He is also a member of the Franklin and Marshall Sports Hall of Fame. In addition to his coaching and administrative career, Noel served on the wrestling committee of the National Collegiate Athletic Association from 1997-2001. He is currently a member of the NCAA Championships Cabinet and serves on both the Misconduct Appeals committee and the Playing Rules Oversight Panel. Noel is a past chairman of the Ivy League athletic directors’ committee on administration and serves on the Cornell President’s Council on Alcohol and Other Drugs. A native of Lancaster, Pa., he graduated from Franklin and Marshall College in 1972 with a bachelor of arts degree in history and received his master of arts degree in counseling and guidance from Colgate University in 1973. Noel is married to Dr. Betsy Mead Noel ‘86, and has a son Jonathan ‘04 and a daughter, Amanda ‘07.

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2004-05 Athletic Adminstrators

ANITA BRENNER ‘87

STEPHEN P. ERBER

FRANK ARANEO

AL GANTERT

JOHN W EBSTER

Assoc. AD/ Sr. Woman Admin.

Assoc. AD/ Programs

Assoc. AD/ Business & Finance

Assoc. AD/Dir. of Physical Education

Dir. of Athletic Alumni Affairs & Dev.

DALE STRAUF

JEFF HALL

GENE NIGHMAN ‘81

BERNIE DEPALMA

M ATT C OATS

Head Equipment Manager

Director of Cornell Sports Marketing

Director of Tickets & Events

Head Athletic Trainer

Athletic Operations Manager

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Compliance Coordinator

PAM

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Director of Facilities

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JEREMY HARTIGAN

Director of Human Resources

Interim Director of Athletic Comm.

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Meet Meet The The Big Big Red Red Coaches Coaches An An impressive impressive staff staff of of coaches coaches leads leads the the Big Big Red Red teams teams and and recruits recruits some some of of the the finest finest student-athletes student-athletes from from aa national national and and international international pool pool of of accomplished accomplished young young men men and and women. women. The The coaches coaches demondemonstrate strate aa commitment commitment to to teaching teaching and and aa willingness willingness to to share share their their own own competitive competitive experiences experiences with with their their teams. teams. Their Their individual individual achievements achievements and and accomplishments accomplishments include include playing playing and and coaching coaching time time in in the the professional professional and and international international ranks ranks as as well well as as numerous numerous all-star all-star performances performances during during their their own own collegiate collegiate careers. careers.

B ERHANE A NDEBERHAN Women’s Soccer

M ELODY

D AVIDSON

M ATT

B AUGHAN Golf

PAUL BECKWITH

DICK BLOOD

DEITRE COLLINS

TERRY CULLEN

Gymnastics

The Jan Rock Zubrow ’77 Head Coach of Softball

The Wendy Schaenen ’79 Head Coach of Women’s Volleyball

The Terry Cullen Head Coach of Sprint Football

LOU DUESING

DAVID ELDREDGE ‘81

The Robert E. Gallagher ’44 Head Coach of Men’s Basketball

The Alan B. ‘53 and Elizabeth Heekin Harris Women’s Track & Field and Cross Country Coach

The Peter B. Orthwein ‘69 Head Coach of Polo

LAURA GLITZ

JENNY GRAAP ‘86

The Carl Meinig ‘31 Head Coach of Women’s Tennis

Women’s Lacrosse

Women’s Swimming

Field Hockey

ROB KOLL

JOE LUCIA

CHRIS MITCHELL

The David Dunlop ’59 Head Coach of Wrestling

The Philip H. Bartels ’71 Head Coach of Men’s Swimming

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The Ted Thoren Head Coach of Baseball

RICK GILBERT The Richard W. Gilbert Head Coach of Diving

TODD KENNETT ‘91

JIM KNOWLES ‘87

The Robert B. Tallman ’41 Men’s Lightweight Rowing Head Coach

The Roger J. Weiss ’61 Head Coach of Football

AL PETERS

D AN R OOCK

BRYAN SCALES

Fencing

The Spirit of ’57 Director of Men’s Heavyweight Rowing

Men’s Soccer

To Be Announced ... The Staley Women’s Rowing Head Coach Men’s and Women’s Squash Coach

MIKE SCHAFER ‘86 The Jay R. Bloom ’77 Head Coach of Men’s Hockey

BARRY SCHOONMAKER The Richard Savitt ‘50 - Stephen Weiss ‘57 Head Coach of Men’s Tennis

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JEFF TAMRBONI

The Rebecca Quinn Morgan ’60 Head Coach of Women’s Basketball

The Richard M. Moran Head Coach of Men’s Lacrosse

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The George Heekin ’29 Head Coach of Men’s Track & Field and Cross Country

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STEVE DONAHUE

Women’s Ice Hockey

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The The Ivy Ivy League League Sponsoring conference championships in 33 men’s and women’s sports, and averaging more than 35 varsity teams at each school, the Ivy League provides intercollegiate athletic opportunities for more men and women than any other conference in the country. All eight Ivy schools are among the “top 20” of NCAA Division I schools in number of sports offered for both men and women. The most diverse intercollegiate competition in the country for both men and women is also among the best. In recent years, the Ivy League has been synonymous with national excellence in men’s and women’s soccer, lacrosse, rowing, fencing and squash, and individual Ivy athletes have regularly excelled as well in football, track and field, wrestling and swimming. Ivy teams have enjoyed significant success in the opening rounds of the NCAA Division I basketball championships. This successful competition in Division I national athletics is achieved by approaching athletics as a key part of the student’s regular undergraduate experience: with rigorous academic standards, the nation’s highest fouryear graduation rates (the same as those for non-athletes), and without athletics scholarships. Ivy athletic programs receive multi-million-dollar institutional support as part of each institution’s overall academic programs, independent of win-loss or competitive records and together with extensive programs of intramural and recreational athletics.

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The designation “Ivy League” first appeared at the typewriter of Caswell Adams of the New York Tribune in 1937. The tag, premature of any formal agreement, was immediately adopted by the press as a foreshadowing of an eastern football league which, at the time, was big news to everyone except the athletic directors involved. For years, the Ivy members had already been allied in leagues in basketball, ice hockey, baseball and swimming. Further common competition was found in the Heptagonal Games Association, which included Army and Navy, in the sports of baseball, track and field, and swimming. Through these other scheduling arrangements, the Ivy athletic directors were used to dealing with each other in matters of administration or the exchange of calculated confidences. As a result of these dealings, and through extensive presidential meetings and discussions, the first “Ivy Group Agreement” — addressing only football — was signed in 1945. While the 1945 statement did not address any scheduling issues, it did affirm the observance at the eight institutions of common practices in academic standards, eligibility requirements and the administration of financial aid for athletes. These tenets are what still bind the Ivies together today and all continue to be based on the desire to secure competition with others having like philosophies. The athletic directors, at the direction of the presidents, were then more formally organized as a committee for cooperative endeavor in the details of athletic administration and a dean from each school was appointed as a committee to exchange information on eligibility and to act for the presidents in cooperation

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Council of Ivy Group Presidents (The Ivy League) 228 Alexander St. Princeton, NJ 08544 Phone: (609) 258-6426 Fax: (609) 258-1690 Web Site: www.ivyleaguesports.com Executive Director: Jeffrey H. Orleans Sr. Associate Director: Carolyn Campbell-McGovern Associate Director: Charles Yrigoyen III Assistant Director: Brett Hoover Compliance Assistant: Mary Mulvenna Public Information Assistant: Eddy Lentz Public Information Assistant: Tyson Hubbard Office Coordinator: Jane M. Antis Administrative Assistant: Robin Patsey

IVY FAST FACTS Founded—1956; 48th season Student Population—51,525 Members—Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Pennsylvania, Princeton, Yale Ivy-Sponsored Championships—33

with the athletic directors. In February 1954, what is more commonly accepted as the founding date for the Ivy League, the Ivy Group Agreement was reissued to extend its philosophical jurisdiction to all sports and to foster, insofar as possible, intragroup competition. In layman’s terms, that meant a complete round robin schedule in football, beginning with the 1956 season. Such an agreement —assuring seven spots on an eight- to 10-game schedule to Ivy opponents —required numerous concessions from each institution and marked a high point in intercollegiate cooperation.

THE FUTURE The basic intent of the original Ivy agreement was to improve and foster intercollegiate athletics while keeping the emphasis on such competition in harmony with the educational purpose of the institutions. While football is where it started, the Ivy League today is nationally recognized for its level of success — absent of athletic scholarships — while rigorously maintaining its self-imposed high academic standards. The Ivy League has demonstrated a rare willingness and ability, given the current national pressures on intercollegiate success, to abide by these rules and still compete successfully in Division I athletics. Located on the campus of Princeton University, the Ivy League (still known officially as the Council of Ivy Group Presidents) continues to grow under the leadership and direction of Executive Director Jeffrey H. Orleans. Since taking the post in 1984, Orleans has become a respected voice on the national scene of intercollegiateathletics. (Editor'sNote:PortionsofthistextappearedinthefirstIvy League Football Guide in 1954 and were written by William H. McCarter, Director of Athletics at Dartmouth College from 1937-54.)

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The The Friedman Friedman Center Center Champions are crowned during the season, but championships are earned long before competition begins. Cornell’s 900 varsity athletes have exclusive access to one of the newest and best training facilities in the nation—the 8,000-square-foot Friedman Strength and Conditioning Center. Completed in June 1997, this impressive $2 million addition to Bartels Hall reflects the university’s strong commitment to athletic excellence. Coaches and team members alike credit the center, its world-class equipment, and firstrate staff with adding immensely to the success of the Big Red athletic program. The Friedman Center contains free-weight, selectorized, plyometric, and cardiovascular equipment and has been designed to meet the diverse training needs of Cornell’s athletes. The center can accommodate up to 100 users at a time without compromising safety or function. Its unique features include air-conditioning, a 175-watt stereo system, and damage-resistant flooring. Cornell’s varsity strength and conditioning program—nicknamed “Big Red Power”—focuses on enhancing performance and preventing injury. The new facility and equipment enable the staff to prescribe year-round sport-specific programs with variety and precision. Before the training programs are designed, the muscular and metabolic needs for each sport—and for each position within the sport—are analyzed. Athletes are then assessed to identify their individual strengths and weaknesses, and follow-up assessments are conducted at regular intervals. Comprehensive workouts are prescribed to address deficiencies and promote the development of skills used during competition. Injury prevention also is emphasized. Through resistance training, the number and the severity of injuries are reduced. If an injury does occur, the strength and conditioning staff works closely with the sports medicine staff to ensure a safe and complete rehabilitation. The objective is to allow the athlete to resume full participation as soon as possible.

TOMHOWLEY 10th Year at Cornell Head Strength and Conditioning Coach

Strength & Conditioning Staff TOM DILLIPLANE Asst. Strength Coach

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Tom Howley has been the strength and conditioning coach at Cornell University since July 1995. In that role, he oversees the design and implementation of athletic performance programs for Cornell’s 36 varsity sports. The comprehensive, year-round programs include strength and power development, mobility skill training and conditioning, and are implemented in a motivating, team-oriented environment. Prior to his arrival at Cornell, Howley was the assistant director of strength and conditioning at East Carolina University from 1991-1995. While there, the Pirates participated in two bowl games (1992 Peach Bowl and 1995 Liberty Bowl), qualified for the NCAA baseball regional tournament (1994) and played in the NCAA basketball tournament (1993). Howley was a graduate assistant strength and conditioning coach at Auburn University from 1989-91, where he earned his master’s degree in exercise physiology. The Tigers, the 1989 Southeastern Conference co-champions, were the 1990 Hall of Fame Bowl and the 1991 Peach Bowl champions, as Howley also served as an assistant coach with the special teams. A 1988 graduate of Tulane, Howley earned a bachelor of arts degree in history and was a three-year letterman and twoyear starting offensive lineman on the football team. The Green Wave played in the 1987 Independence Bowl his senior year. He was the recipient of the New Orleans Quarterback Club Student-Athlete Award as a senior. Howley is an active participant in the Cornell University/Ithaca College chapter of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. He and his wife, Amanda, reside in Ithaca with their daughter, Anna Corrine.

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Support Support Services Services Class of ‘44 Study Room Student-athletes at Cornell have access to the Class of ’44 Study Room. The room is furnished with study tables and chairs to comfortably accommodate 15-20 people in addition to the computers that are all equipped with internet access. Members of Cornell’s Class of 1944 contributed to the project, covering the expense of new furniture, computers, a printer, a lectern and a coat rack. The space is conveniently located in Bartels Hall and is accessible to studentathletes between classes and before and after practice. The room is open Monday to Thursday 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. and Fridays 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Academic Services

Academic counseling is provided in partnership with the studentathletes’ assigned academic advisers and college advising office. Academic contracts are developed in conjunction with the student-athlete to outline specific academic goals for the semester. Academic monitoring of current course grades and academic performance can be requested from instructors by coaches or studentathletes at anytime throughout the semester. The instructor will be asked to fill out a form and return it to Athletic Student Services Office. Once received, a follow-up meeting with the director allows the student-athlete to meet and discuss their academic progress. Tutoring services are available to all student-athletes as a supplement to existing tutorial services on campus. Student-athletes may request a tutor by completing a tutor request form that can be obtained from their coach or the form can be printed from www.CornellBigRed.com. Laptop computers are available for student-athletes to sign out on away athletic trips. You may request a laptop by contacting Chris Wlosinski. There is a limit of one per team and are available on a first-come first-serve basis. Study skills workshops can be arranged through the Athletic Student Services office. Referrals to the Center for Learning and Teaching provide additional support for individual academic and study skills support.

Support Services

For more information regarding Student-Athlete Support Services at Cornell, contact ...

Mailing Address Chris Wlosinski Department of Athletics — Cornell University Teagle Hall, Campus Road Ithaca, NY 14853-6501 Phone Number: (607) 254-7472 E-mail: cmw32@cornell.edu

Personal Needs Counseling Student-athletes are encouraged to schedule an appointment with the director when they have concerns regarding academic, athletic, or personal issues. Assistance will be provided and referrals will be made to appropriate support services on campus. Educational Seminars/Workshops Various seminars and workshops are given throughout the year and provide information relevant to student-athletes. Past workshops include topics such as nutrition and eating disorders, alcohol education, sports psychology, women’s health issues, and study skills. Career Development Services Career development services for student-athletes are coordinated with the University Career Center and each of the undergraduate colleges. Services including assistance with resume writing and conducting a job search is also available through the various Career Centers across campus. Student-Athlete Assistance Fund Money is available for Pell Grant recipients and to non-US citizens who have demonstrated need that is comparable to those qualifying for Pell grants and are receiving institutional aid. There is a $500 allowance for clothing and essentials and/or travel home and $100 for academic course supplies.

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Sixth Year at Cornell The Andrew ‘78 and Margaret Paul Director of Student-Athlete Support Services

Chris Wlosinski took over the role of the Andrew ‘78 and Margaret Paul Director of Student-Athlete Support Services in August 2001, assuming a dedicated role focused on student-athlete support. Cornell and its counterparts embrace a philosophy that includes the notion that student-athletes should experience a mainstream collegiate life, but the university also recognizes the extra demands placed on this special population. So in August of 1998, the position, the first of its kind in the Ivy League, was created, a role that asks Wlosinski to work as an available and reliable adviser who understands the lifestyle student-athletes lead and assists them in balancing their academic, athletic and personal challenges. In this capacity she also serves as a liaison with the colleges and directs student-athletes to appropriate campus-wide resources for academic and personal needs. When Wlosinski first joined the Big Red program, she worked collaboratively with the director of student-athlete support services, coaches and administrators to provide counseling and academic support services serving 36

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varsity sports. She developed and maintained personal contacts with administrators and professors throughout Cornell’s seven colleges, and she assisted the director in monitoring the academic progress of student-athletes. Most of Wlosinski’s time is devoted to personal meetings with student-athletes, and while the bulk of her work focuses on freshmen, sophomores and transfer students, she does assist athletes from all classes and across all colleges at Cornell. Wlosinski came to Cornell in August 1999 and worked in compliance, student services and event management. In June 2000, she accepted the position of associate director of alumni affairs and development for athletics where she served until assuming her current position. Prior to joining the Cornell staff, Wlosinski spent a year each as an athletics administrative intern at both Bates College and Plymouth State College. She also served as a special education teacher for the learning disabled for seven years in Lancaster, Pa. Wlosinski graduated from Millersville University in 1989 with a bachelor’s degree in special education and from Plymouth State College in 1999 with a master’s degree in education.

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Athletic Athletic Training Training

Athletic training at Cornell University is dedicated to providing all studentathletes in the department with the highest level of health care. The care given by the Big Red training staff goes well beyond the daily medical concerns that every Division I program has regarding injury prevention, treatment and rehabilitation. The total health care of the individual is the goal of the Cornell program.

B ERNIE DePALMA 24th Year at Cornell Doc Kavanagh Head Athletic Trainer/Physical Therapist

Bernie DePalma’s top priorities are the health and safety of the studentathletes, and providing them with a safe environment for training and competition. He has been an integral member of the athletic staff as head of physical therapy, athletic training and rehabilitation for Cornell University Health Services since August 1980 and head athletic trainer since 1983. Bernie graduated from Quinnipiac College with a bachelor of science degree in physical therapy in 1978 and received his master’s degree in athletic training-sports medicine from the University of Virginia in 1980. DePalma works with various coaching staffs in planning the contact and noncontact practice schedules to assist in the prevention of injuries. DePalma also works closely with the strength and conditioning staff to assist with injury prevention. Bernie was a founding member of the Cornell sports nutrition discussion group,

MARC CHAMBERLAIN, ATC

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JIMCASE 17th Year at Cornell Associate Athletic Trainer

DR. DAVIDWENTZEL 15th Year at Cornell Chief of Sports Medicine

KENAN GUILMETTE, ATC

LINDA HOISINGTON, ATC

ROSE HOWLAND, ATC

KATHY MACCHEYNE, EMT

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which examines the role nutrition plays in the student-athlete’s well-being and performance. He also manages programs he developed for graduate assistantships with Ithaca College and athletic trainer internships from Ithaca and other area colleges. He supervises seven full-time staff members and numerous part-time assistants. Bernie’s expertise impacts national athletics legislation. He has served on numerous NCAA committees, including the committee on competitive safeguards and medical aspects of sport safety, which he chaired; the NCAA special committee on student-athlete welfare, access and equity; and the national athletic trainer’s task force which developed medical coverage guidelines for all intercollegiate athletic programs. He was honored in 2001 by the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) with the Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer Award. The award recognizes the NATA’s certified members for their outstanding contributions to the profession of athletic training and to the association. Bernie and his wife, Mary, have a daughter, Taylor, and a son, Turner.

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Prominent Prominent Cornell Cornell Alumni Alumni AEROSPACE ED LU ’84 Mission specialist for the Space Shuttle Atlantis, which docked with the Russian Space Station Mir ARTS RICHARD MEIER ’57 Internationally known architect SUSAN ROTHENBERG ’67 Painter JASON SELEY ’40 Sculptor; Cornell faculty member PETER YARROW ’59 Musician; Peter, Paul & Mary

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BUSINESS ADOLPH ’07 AND JOSEPH COORS ’39 Founder/executives of the nation‘s largest single brewery PETER COORS ’69 President, Coors Brewing Company HERBERT F. ’22 AND SAMUEL C. JOHNSON ’50 Founder/executives of Johnson Wax Company SANFORD I. WEILL ’55 Financier and philanthropist; CEO of Citigroup EDUCATION AND HUMANITIES URIE BRONFENBRENNER ’38 Pioneer in human development studies; Cornell faculty member JEROME H. HOLLAND ’39, MS ’41 Former Ambassador to Sweden; former president of Hampton Institute and Delaware State University; businessman WILLIAM STRUNK PHD 1896 Educator and editor; co-author of Elements of Style

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ENTERTAINMENT ARTHUR LAURENTS ’37 Tony Award-winning playwright, screenwriter, director, and author; wrote West Side Story and directed La Cage Aux Folles BILL MAHER ’78 Comedian, author; host of Politically Incorrect panel show on ABC EDWARD M ARINARO ’72 Actor, Hill Street Blues, Sisters CHRISTOPHER REEVE ’74 Actor, Superman I, II, III and IV movies; award winning director; activist for medical research

GOVERNMENT SAMUEL (SANDY) R. BERGER ’67 International consultant; national security advisor 1993-2000 STEPHEN FRIEDMAN ’59 Assistant for economic policy to President George W. Bush, and director of the National Economic Council RUTH BADER GINSBURG ’54 U.S. Supreme Court Justice; member of National Women’s Hall of Fame JANET RENO ’60 U.S. attorney general, 1993-2000; member of National Women’s Hall of Fame LEE TENG-HUI PHD ’68 President of Taiwan LITERATURE KENNETH BLANCHARD ’61, PHD ’67 Author, The One-Minute Manager; management consultant TONI MORRISON ’55 Winner of 1988 Pulitzer Prize and 1993 Nobel Prize for literature KURT VONNEGUT JR. ’44 Author (Cats Cradle, Slaughter House Five); prisoner of war in Germany during World War II

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E. B. WHITE ’21 Author (Charlotte‘s Web, Stuart Little) and editor; co-author of Elements of Style MEDIA ANN H. COULTER ’84 Lawyer, political analyst, and author FRANK GANNETT 1898 Newspaper publisher; founder of the Gannett chain BILL NYE ’77 Award-winning popular-science media host and author KEITH OLBERMANN ’79 Television sports anchor and commentator DICK SCHAAP ’55 Emmy Award-winning television sports commentator , sports commentator, journalist, and author SCIENCE, MEDICINE AND HEALTH JOYCE BROTHERS ’47 Psychologist, author, and media personality HENRY HEIMLICH ’41, MD ’43 Developer of the Heimlich maneuver and of esophagoplasty C. EVERETT KOOP MD ’41 U.S. surgeon general 1981-89 CHRISTOPHER REEVE ‘74 BARBARA MCCLINTOCK ’23, ’25, PHD ’27 Genetics researcher; winner of the 1983 Nobel Prize in physiology/medicine DOUGLAS OSHEROFF MS ’71, PHD ’73 Co-winner of the 1996 Nobel Prize in physics STEVEN WEINBERG ’54 1991 National Medal of Science winner, and co-winner of the 1979 Nobel Prize in physics SPORTS JON ANDERSON ’71 1972 Olympian, track; winner of 1973 Boston Marathon BRUCE ARENA ’73 Coach of U.S. National soccer team; coached 1996 U.S. Olympic team GARY BETTMAN ’74 First National Hockey League commissioner KEN DRYDEN ’69 Former NHL player, Montreal Canadiens, 1971-79; inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame, 1983; current Vice Chairman, Toronto Maple Leafs AL HALL ’56 Four-time Olympian (1956, 1960, 1964, 1968), hammer throw ROBERT TRENT JONES ’30 Golf course architect; constructed over 450 courses around the world; inducted into PGA World Golf Hall of Fame, 1987 CHARLES H. MOORE ’51 1952 Olympic gold medalist (hurdles) GLENN “POP” and silver medalist (1600-meter relay); honored as Golden Olympian, 1996; WARNER 1894 Cornell Director of Athletics, 1994-99 JOE NIEUWENDYK ’88 Drafted in second round by the NHL Calgary Flames, 1985; currently plays for the Toronto Maple Leafs; three-time Stanley Cup winner; 1998 Olympian; 2002 Olympic gold medalist; 1999 Conn Smythe Trophy winner GLENN (POP) WARNER 1894 Football coach at Cornell, Georgia, Carlisle (where he coached Jim Thorpe), Pittsburgh, Stanford and Temple. Overall 44-year coaching record was 319-106-29.

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Big Big Red Red Facilities Facilities Set against a backdrop of the natural beauty of Cayuga Lake and the surrounding hills, an extensive array of facilities provides a tremendous environment for practice and competition for Cornell’s varsity teams. Schoellkopf Field and its distinctive crescent-shaped stadium may be Cornell’s most familiar sports venue, but since the mid-’90s, a number of new facilities have become landmarks as well. The Friedman Strength and Conditioning Center, a state-of-the-art facility dedicated to the support and improvement of athletes’ performances, is a place where all teams gather to train. The Kane Sports Complex, with its Berman Field for soccer and the Simon Track, and the Niemand•Robison Softball Field are also impressive facilities. The Reis Tennis Center, the Belkin Squash Courts, and the Oxley Equestrian Center, home of the equestrian and polo teams, are part of an expanding complex that will include new homes for other teams as Cornell continues to realize its plan for renovation and building of athletic facilities. Spacious and historic Barton Hall is home to the indoor track and field teams. The volleyball and basketball teams compete in Bartels Hall’s 4,473-seat Newman Arena and the fencing team’s home, the Stifel Fencing Salle, is located on the lower level of the facility. Adjacent to Bartels Hall is famed Lynah Rink, where the Big Red hockey teams perform before sellout crowds for most home games. The Friedman Wrestling Center, opened in 2002, is located to the north of Bartels. The gymnastics and swimming teams are housed in Teagle Hall where Cornell crews also train during the winter months. Just down the hill from campus are the Collyer Boat House and the Doris Robison Shell House, which are scheduled for renovation and expansion.

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The Cornell volleyball team entered the new millennium of play in Newman Arena, one of the finest facilities in the Ivy League. The facility is named for F. R. Newman (‘12), who was considered one of the nation’s foremost experts in industrial fuel-oil marketing. Helen Newman Hall, named for his wife of 36 years, is also part of his legacy and one of his many gifts to Cornell. Since opening its doors to play, the arena has hosted 345 basketball games and 143 volleyball N EWMAN A RENA matches, including the 1996 Ivy League volleyball (M&W BASKETBALL, VOLLEYBALL) tournament. The arena has also hosted the Harlem Globetrotter basketball team and has held speeches by world leaders such as Nobel Peace Prize winner, Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa, and Lee Teng-hui ‘68, President of Taiwan The arena provides seating for 4,473 fans, and features telescoping bleachers that allow for conversion to three courts for practice. In addition to the outstanding volleyball arena, Bartels Hall contains locker room facilities for the Big Red and its visiting teams. The building also houses offices for several of Cornell’s athletic programs. A 27,000square-footartificialturffieldprovides practice for the baseball, lacrosse, soccer and field hockey teams, and a playing field for the intramural, recreational and physical education programs.

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Success Success In In And And Out Out Of Of The The Classroom Classroom ... ...

To be a Cornellian is to be among the best and Cornell In 2003-04 ... University’sintercollegiateathleticprogramisnodifferent,rank• Cornell’s overall win percentage (all ing among the varsity sports) in 2003-04 was .521. DEPARTMENT OF ATHLETICS AND nation’s elite. • Big Red teams won seven Ivy champiPHYSICAL EDUCATION MISSION STATEMENT The Big Red onships in 2003-04 (men’s ice hockey, men’s lacrosse, softball, women’s indoor The Department of Athletics and Physical Education strives to protrack & field, men’s and women’s outvide students with powerful and meaningful participatory experiences competes at the door track & field and wrestling) and 14 that forge enduring bonds with Cornell, and to provide for the well-being highest level of in the last two years (tied for the most of members of the faculty, staff, and community. ever in a two-year span — 1976-77 and We offer a diverse program of physical and outdoor education, intercollegiate 1977-78). recreational services, and intercollegiate athletic competition, equitably adminstered with special attention to the needs of women and athletic compe- • The Big Red competed in five NCAA members of under-represented minority groups. We foster the values championship tournament or meets. of physical fitness, total well-being, and enduring participation in athtition as an • In all, 15 student-athletes earned Allletics; teach leadership skills, teamwork, responsibility, and accountNCAA Division I America honors in their respective ability; and administer programs that can be critical to the educational sports, four were named Academic Alland personal development of students in keeping with the high staninstitution.Rich Americans and 63 garnered first-team dards of Cornell, the Ivy League, the Eastern College Athletic ConferAll-Ivy honors. ence, and the National Collegiate Athletic Association. tradition and The department promotes pride and unity within the university • Cornell finished 78th among 327 Dicommunity and provides opportunities to develop, strengthen and history follow vision I schools in the United States maintain ties to external audiences such as alumni, friends, the educaCornellathletics Sports Academy Director’s Cup. tional community, and the general public by attracting interest, recog• The Big Red women’s polo team won nition and support. throughout the itsfifthstraightnationaltitleandits12th program history. The men’s polo team university’sstoriedhistory.Cornellianshavebeennationalcham- in finished as national runner-up, narrowly pions in ice hockey, lacrosse, polo, rowing, track and field and missing its 11th national crown. wrestling. They have also earned spots in halls of fame, on AllAmerica teams, on the Olympic medal podium and have written their names in record books as Wimbledon tennis champions and major leagueplayersinbaseball,basketball,football and hockey. More recently, Cornell has won 14 Ivy League titles in the last two years, tied for the most ever in a two-year span. That is only part of the equation. During the same time period, the Big Red has had seven student-athletes named Academic All-Americans, the most ofanyIvyschool. Cornell student-athletes give back to the local community through

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Winning percentage of Cornell varsity teams in 2003-04 Verizon/CoSIDA Academic All-America Hall of Fame members NCAA Woman of the Year finalists NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship recipients Cornellians who own major professional sports franchises Cornell athletes named Verizon/CoSIDA Academic All-Americans in 2003-04 NCAA tournament or championship meets Cornell participated in during 2003-04 Cornell student-athletes who have been awarded Rhodes Scholarships Ivy League team championships in 2003-04 Cornell athletes named Verizon/CoSIDA Academic All-District in 2003-04 Ivy League team championships the last two years (2nd among Ivy schools) Cornell All-Americans in 2003-04 Total NCAA individual and team national championships Olympic gold medalists First team Verizon/CoSIDA Academic All-Americans Varsity sports at Cornell Cornellians who have earned Olympic medals Total Cornell Verizon/CoSIDA Academic All-Americans Total national championships in all sports for the Big Red First-team All-Ivy selections in 2003-04 Total Ivy League team titles for the Big Red since 1956-57 Total Academic All-Ivy selections

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Straight A’s In the spring 2004 semester, 66 percent of student-athletes attained a 3.0 or higher. In 2003-04, women’s varsity athletes posted a 3.22 grade point average, while the men’s average GPA was a 3.08. In all, 56 student-athletes earned a 4.0 or above and were honored during the 400 Club Breakfast.

Men’s Men’s and and women’s women’s polo polo teams teams have have combined combined to to win win 22 22 national national titles. titles.