Independence Day Magazine (Oct. 19, 2013)

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Colonials vs. Duquesne

Joe Walton Stadium • Oct. 19, 2013

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Contents 1 Stadium Information

53 RMU 2013-14 Cheerleaders

4 About Robert Morris University

54 All-Time NEC Players of the Week

7 Gregory G. Dell’Omo, Ph.D., President

58 All-NEC Selections

Concessions: The refreshment stand is located in the plaza on the back side of Joe Walton Stadium.

8 Craig Coleman, M.D., Director of Athletics

60 NEC Year-by-Year Standings

10 RMU Athletics

64 All-Time Uniform Numbers

15 Joe Walton Stadium

66 RMU Year-by-Year Leaders

Handicapped Seating: Areas are designated at the top of the bleachers. See a member of the event staff for assistance.

16 The Northeast Conference

68 RMU Year-by-Year Results

19 The Brenda Weare Commissioner’s Cup

74 RMU Athletic Hall of Fame

20 Head Coach Joe Walton

77 RMU Athletic Hall of Fame Members

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26 Assistant Coaches

79 2013 Football Support Staff

31 2013 Robert Morris Colonials

83 Athletic Administration / Head Coaches

44 2013 RMU Team Photo

84 Joe Walton Celebrity Spring Classic

45 Today’s Game

86 RMU All-Sports Banquet

Smoking: This is a non-smoking facility.

Smoking areas are designated on either end of the plaza located on the back side of Joe Walton Stadium.

46 Opponent Roster

90 Academic Success

47 Robert Morris Roster

92 RMU Fight Song and Alma Mater

48 RMU Insider

93 The Tim Hall Memorial Scholarship

50 RMU Football Record Book

95 Index of Advertisers

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Ticket Information: To purchase single game or season tickets, please contact the RMU Athletic Ticket Office at (412) 397-4949 or visit www.rmucolonials.com.

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Credits: “Independence Day Magazine” is a publication of the Robert Morris University sports information office.

The magazine was written and edited by Jim Duzyk with special assistance from Marty Galosi and Spencer Kowitz.

Design and typography by Juris Silenieks of JR Graphics.

Photos by Paul Berewsill, Jason Cohn, Tom Drost, Dave Hiteshue, Christopher Horner, Sylvan “Sly” Landers, Jim Schafer, Connie Karaffa and Peggy Shultheis. Printing done

by Reed & Witting Co., Pittsburgh, Pa.

52 Around the NEC

2013 Schedule DATE OPPONENT TIME

Aug. 29

@ Eastern Kentucky 7 p.m.

Sept. 7

MORGAN STATE Noon

Sept. 14

DAYTON Noon

Sept. 28

@ VMI

Oct. 5

@ Monmouth

1 p.m.

Oct. 19

DUQUESNE * #

6 p.m.

Oct. 26

@ Wagner *

Nov. 2

BRYANT * Noon

Nov. 9

@ Central Connecticut State *

1:30 p.m.

Noon Noon

Nov. 16 SACRED HEART * Noon Nov. 23

@ Saint Francis *

Noon

Home games bold and all CAPS | * Northeast Conference Game | # Homecoming

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About Robert Morris University Robert Morris University was founded in 1921 in downtown Pittsburgh as the Pittsburgh School of Accountancy. The school’s founder, educator and accountant Andrew Blass, rented classroom space in the Blackstone Building. In 1935, the school’s president, Richard Khuen III, changed the name of the institution to the Robert Morris School of Business in honor of the founding father popularly known as the financier of the American revolution.

After leasing space at several other Pittsburgh locations, including downtown’s famed William Penn Hotel, Robert Morris purchased a building of its own in 1959, the Rust Engineering Building at 600 Fifth Ave. in downtown Pittsburgh. Three years later, Robert Morris acquired the estate of Oliver Kaufmann in Moon in order to build its first residential campus. The first students on campus lived in the Kaufmann mansion, where today sits Massey Hall. A record 1,800 students lived at the Moon Township campus during the the 2012-13 academic year.

In 1961, Robert Morris became a nonprofit institution so that it could become a junior college, a change

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necessitated by a decision of the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants to require candidates for the CPA exam to earn a college degree. The following year, the name of the school changed to Robert Morris Junior College, and then in 1969, it became Robert Morris College.

Robert Morris continued to grow throughout the next three decades, expanding to include graduate degree programs and adding more bachelor’s programs as well. In 1977, Robert Morris joined the NCAA Division I for interscholastic athletics, and with 23 Division I sports, RMU now has more than any other university in the Pittsburgh region.

In 2002, following approval by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, the school became Robert Morris University.

The university welcomed the largest

freshman class in its history in the fall of 2010 with 900 new students. That year, RMU sold the Pittsburgh Center – the former Rust building – to Duquesne University. In 2011, Robert Morris opened a new School of Business Building at the Moon campus, and the next year the university unveiled the Wheatley Center for the School of Communications and Information Systems. RMU also offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs at RMU Downtown and RMU Cranberry.

RMU FYI

• Overall enrollment at RMU has increased 15 percent over the past five years (5,413 in Fall 2013 vs. 4,711 in Fall 2008).

• The university has a 93-percent placement rate, meaning that 86 percent of students have a job and seven percent are enrolled in graduate schools a year after graduation. Most of those who are employed are working their field of study.

• Approximately 93 percent of undergraduate students receive financial aid from RMU. • The RMU School of Business is accredited by AACSB International-The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. Only five percent of business schools worldwide share this prestigious designation.

• RMU was one of the first 10 universities to be named a Center of Actuarial Excellence by the Society of Actuaries for its actuarial science program. Currently only 21 universities in North America have earned this designation. High school students who want to enter RMU’s program must score at least a 650 on the mathematics portion of the SAT. • Robert Morris offers the only four-year nuclear medicine technology program in western Pennsylvania, as well as the region’s only bachelor’s degree in manufacturing engineering.

• Eighty-two percent of RMU students complete at least one internship before they graduate, and most of them are paid.

• RMU offers the only ABET-accredited bachelor’s degree in manufacturing engineering in western Pennsylvania.

RMU BY THE NUMBERS

Founded: 1921 Location: Moon Township, Pa. Enrollment: 5,413 (4,468 undergraduate, 945 graduate) Student Population: 53% male, 47% female, from 37 states and 37 nations Resident Students: 2,070 Full-time instructional faculty: 196 Total full-time employees: 571 Academic Schools: • School of Business • School of Communications and Information Systems • School of Education and Social Sciences • School of Engineering, Mathematics, and Science • School of Nursing and Health Sciences Athletic Affiliation: NCAA Division I Varsity Sports: 23 Nickname: Colonials Colors: Navy blue, white and red

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Gregory G. Dell’Omo, Ph.D. President of Robert Morris University Gregory G. Dell’Omo, Ph.D. has been president of Robert Morris University since 2005. Taking the reins of the university during a period of unparalleled growth, Dell’Omo quickly developed a clear vision for RMU as a place that provides transformational experiences for students through engaged learning. The university articulated this vision in its 2007 strategic plan, which spelled out RMU’s core values: For more than 90 years, RMU has delivered academic excellence with a professional focus. Today, we emphasize engaged learning and promote a global perspective.

Above all, we believe that individuals matter. Because of all this, RMU is changing lives.

These values are reflected in the university’s increased emphasis during Dell’Omo’s presidency on internationalism in student experiences, faculty research, and academic programs. A commitment to academic excellence is seen in major accreditations earned by RMU over the past six years, including AACSB International – The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business; the Teacher Education Accreditation Council; the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education; re-accreditations for engineering and computer science

by ABET; and re-accreditation of the university at large by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. The university’s actuarial science program was one of the original 10 Centers of Actuarial Excellence, designated by the Society of Actuaries.

During Dell’Omo’s tenure, Robert Morris’s endowment has grown from $16 million to $26 million. The university

recently concluded a $40 million fundraising campaign, the largest in its history. Gifts include $5 million from the Richard King Mellon Foundation and $900,000 from The Heinz Endowments to launch the RMU Research Center on Black Male Educational Student Success.

Other achievements include creation of the Student Engagement Program and Transcript, and an increase in the number of RMU students studying abroad, as well as in the number of international students studying at RMU. Under Dell’Omo, the university added several degree programs and expanded its honors program.

RMU also has experienced tremendous enrollment growth: a 38-percent increase in freshman enrollment and a 3.7-percent increase in graduate enrollment since 2006.

Nearly 60 percent of students now live on campus.

Dell’Omo has overseen a transformation of RMU’s 230-acre campus, part of a 20year master plan developed in conjunction with the strategic plan. Highlights include the construction of new buildings for the School of Business and School of Communications and Information Systems; apartment-style residence halls; a nursing simulation laboratory; and renovated dining, athletic, and recreational facilities.

Dell’Omo sits on the boards of the Magee-Women’s Hospital Foundation, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and the Pennsylvania Economy League of Southwestern Pennsylvania. He is secretary/treasurer of the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Pennsylvania and chairman of the Presidents’ Council of the Pittsburgh Council on Higher Education. He is also chair of the Finance Committee of the Pennsylvania Campus Compact and a member of the major gifts committee of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. He is chairman of the Northeast Conference Presidents’ Council and previously represented the Northeast Conference on the NCAA DI Board of Directors. He is a member of the NCAA’s Presidents’ Advisory Group and the Football Championship Subdivision CEO Group.

Dell’Omo holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Montclair State University, a master’s degree in industrial relations from Rutgers, and a Ph.D. in industrial relations/human resource management from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

He held previous academic positions at Canisius College and Saint Joseph’s University, where he was dean of the Haub School of Business and then vice president for external affairs.

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Craig Coleman, M.D. Director of Athletics At the forefront of RMU’s golden age of intercollegiate athletics is Craig Coleman, M.D., who is in his ninth academic year as Director of Athletics at Robert Morris in 2013-14. He was named to the position Feb. 15, 2005.

Led by Coleman’s guidance, the RMU department of athletics has continued to progress on both a regional and national level.

Robert Morris continued its successful run in 2012-13, as the men’s basketball and softball teams claimed Northeast Conference (NEC) regular-season championships. The RMU men’s basketball squad also became the center of the college basketball universe when it defeated defending national champion Kentucky in the first round of the 2013 National Invitation Tournament (NIT) in front of 3,444 fans at the Charles L. Sewall Center, the largest home basketball crowd in school history.

Away from competition, the department of athletics continued to excel in the classroom with Coleman at the helm.

A total of 20 of RMU’s 23 athletics programs finished with team GPA’s of 3.0 or higher in 2012-13, with six teams posting the highest team GPA amongst NEC institutions, a league high. The Robert Morris women’s volleyball squad posted a 3.649 team GPA in 2012-13, the highest among its 23 programs and ranking second in the NEC. Also honored with the top team GPA’s in 2012-13 for the Colonials were softball (3.562), men’s cross country (3.467), women’s lacrosse (3.404) and men’s indoor and outdoor track & field (3.299).

Robert Morris had a pair of studentathletes named the NEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year in their respective sport in 201213, while three men’s ice hockey studentathletes were tabbed Atlantic Hockey Association (AHA) Student-Athletes of the Year and Katelyn Scott of the women’s ice hockey squad was honored as College Hockey America (CHA) Student-Athlete of the Year.

In addition, senior Una Japundza of the Robert Morris volleyball team became the third female student-athlete in seven years

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to be named the NEC Female StudentAthlete of the Year, which is bestowed annually by the league’s Faculty Athletic Representatives. Japundza, a management major, maintained a perfect 4.00 cumulative GPA throughout her time at RMU. Robert Morris also successfully hosted the 2013 NCAA Men’s Frozen Four at CONSOL Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Pa., as Yale claimed its first national championship in hockey. A total of 35,612 fans were in attendance for the two sessions of the 2013 NCAA Frozen Four as Quinnipiac, St. Cloud State and UMassLowell rounded out the field.

The roots of hosting the NCAA Frozen Four go back to the addition of hockey as a Division I program at Robert Morris in 2003 but came to fruition under Coleman’s watch, when the NCAA awarded the 2013 NCAA Frozen Four to the city of Pittsburgh in the summer of 2010. The 2013 NCAA Frozen Four marked the first time in NCAA history a national championship in a major team sport was decided in Pittsburgh.

The success for the Colonials in 201213 is just part of a period of unparalleled growth for the department of athletics under Coleman’s leadership.

During the 2011-12 campaign, a total of six programs either tied or established new school records for victories, including

the men’s basketball program, which finished with 26 wins and advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2012 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) thanks to road victories over Indiana State and Toledo.

The RMU women’s ice hockey team also claimed its first CHA Tournament championship in seven years as a Division I program in 2012. The Colonials snapped Mercyhurst’s streak of nine straight titles thanks to a 3-2 victory over the Lakers in the championship game of the 2012 CHA Tournament at the RMU Island Sports Center.

In 2010, the RMU football team earned the NEC’s inaugural bid to the NCAA Football Championships Subdivision (FCS) Playoffs, the 12th straight year a program from Robert Morris earned an automatic bid in an NCAA Tournament.

In addition, the Robert Morris women’s basketball squad made its inaugural appearance in the Women’s National Invitation Tournament (WNIT), while the men’s lacrosse program, in just its sixth year of existence, earned its first national ranking by the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA).

In his first year as director of athletics in 2005-06, Robert Morris placed a total of nine student-athletes covering six sports on the ESPN The Magazine District II Academic All-America District II Team, the most in school history.

Coleman has also overseen the development of a new Robert Morris athletics logo and mascot as well as the launching of the official website for RMU athletics at www.rmucolonials.com.

Seven head coaches have been hired

by Coleman, including a pair of men’s basketball head coaches in Mike Rice and Andrew Toole. Also hired by Coleman are Midge McPhail (women’s rowing), Jeff Layman (men’s and women’s tennis), Olivia Netzler (field hockey), Dale Starr (volleyball) and Paul Colontino (women’s ice hockey).

All the while, Coleman has built a winning softball program at Robert Morris over the past 23 years. During that period, RMU has won seven Northeast Conference

regular-season championships and six NEC Tournament titles.

In 2013, Coleman led the softball program to its third straight NEC regular-season title and seventh overall with a record of 16-4 (.800). Overall the Colonials posted a record of 30-17-1 (.635), marking the first time RMU posted consecutive 30-win seasons since Coleman’s first two years at the helm of the program in 1991 and 1992.

In 2005, Robert Morris finished with a record of 17-3 (.850) in league play to claim the NEC regular-season championship, followed by a perfect 3-0 record in the NEC Tournament to claim its sixth title and earn its first bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Prior to his arrival as head coach in 1991, the Colonials posted just 19 victories in the previous three seasons. During his 23 years as head coach, the Colonials have posted an overall record of 582-498-5 (.539), including a record of 257-98-2 (.723) against NEC foes.

In his first four years as head coach, Coleman guided the Colonials to an overall record of 119-62 (.657) and four conference championships. In 1994, Robert Morris received its first national ranking in school

history, regardless of sport, when the Colonials were ranked as high as No. 23 in the USA Today / National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) poll.

Coleman’s success as head softball coach has come not only on the field, but in the classroom, as well. His players include 15 Capital One District II Academic AllAmericans, five NEC Scholar-Athletes of the Year for softball and numerous NEC All-Academic Honor Roll selections.

In the spring of 2011, former Colonial Annie Dubovec (2008-2011) became the first female student-athlete in Robert Morris history to be named to the Capital One Academic All-America First Team by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

In 2009, Robert Morris achieved the highest cumulative team grade point average among all Division I softball programs according to the NFCA, finishing with a 3.610 grade point average. It marked the second time under Coleman’s watch Robert Morris finished in the top five, as in 2000 the Colonials finished second with a 3.409 team grade point average, behind only Louisiana Tech (3.571).

Prior to being hired as RMU’s Director of Athletics, Coleman worked as an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine from 1988 to 2005. He served as the Medical Director of several inpatient units, residential treatment facilities and partial hospital programs at UPMC. Coleman earned his medical degree from The Pennsylvania State University School of Medicine in Hershey in 1983.

In 1979, he earned an undergraduate degree in psychology from the University of Pennsylvania. He is a native of Philadelphia, Pa.

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Robert Morris University Athletics From its fertile beginning as a men’s basketball junior college powerhouse to one of the most diverse athletic programs in the tri-state area, intercollegiate athletics and success at Robert Morris University go hand-in-hand.

Since moving to NCAA Division I with its men’s basketball program in 1976-77, Robert Morris has witnessed its intercollegiate athletics program grow to 23 sports, including the only men’s and women’s Division I ice hockey squads and Division I men’s lacrosse team in the Pittsburgh region.

Over the last 37 years, the Colonials have claimed 38 Northeast Conference regularseason championships and 38 league tournament titles among 23 sports. A total of 12 of RMU’s intercollegiate athletic programs have earned at least one NEC Tournament championship, with men’s basketball and volleyball leading the way with seven each.

The men’s basketball program has also claimed 10 regular-season championships, while softball owns seven and football and volleyball six each.

The 2012-13 academic year saw the Colonials continue to rank near the top of their respective conferences, as the men’s basketball team claimed its 10th NEC regular-

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season title, while the softball program earned its third straight NEC regular-season crown and seventh overall.

Robert Morris earned its second berth in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) in program history for men’s basketball and became the center of the college basketball world by defeating defending national champion Kentucky in front of 3,444 fans at the Charles L. Sewall Center, the largest crowd in school history.

RMU also continued its progression in the sport of hockey, as the men’s team established a new program record for victories with 20 and won the inaugural Three Rivers Classic at CONSOL Energy Center. Also in hockey action, the Robert Morris Department of Athletics hosted the 2013 Men’s NCAA Frozen Four in conjunction with the Pittsburgh Penguins, CONSOL Energy Center and Visit Pittsburgh.

In track & field in 2013, juniors Chris Carper and Rachael Kotula earned All-America Honorable Mention accolades, as each competed in the javelin at the 2013 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon.

Carper became the first male student-athlete to qualify for the meet, while Kotula became the second female student-athlete to turn the trick.

The exploits of the intercollegiate athletic program in 2012-13 has continued a trend that Robert Morris has established since its move to Division I three and-a-half decades ago.

Since 1982, Robert Morris has sent 19 teams to the NCAA Tournament. Men’s basketball has made an NEC record seven appearances, while volleyball has participated in five. The Colonial men’s basketball program qualified for the NCAA Tournament in 1982, 1983, 1989, 1990, 1992, 2009 and 2010, while volleyball made five straight appearances from 1999 to 2003.

The RMU men’s soccer team has also appeared in the NCAA Tournament three times (1993, 1994 and 2005), while women’s basketball has earned a pair of automatic bids (2007, 2008) and softball one (2005).

The Robert Morris football team, which celebrates its 20th season in 2013, claimed the inaugural berth for the NEC in the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) Playoffs in 2010 by claiming its sixth NEC regular-season title.

Other programs to have claimed an NEC Tournament championship during that span include two in both men’s cross country (1986, 1987) and men’s golf (1995, 1996) and

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one each in women’s tennis (1996), men’s indoor track & field (2000), women’s indoor track & field (2000) and men’s outdoor track & field (2000).

In addition, former student-athlete Stephanie Kuhn (2003-07) of the women’s track & field squad became the first student-athlete in school history to qualify for the NCAA Championships when she qualified in the javelin in outdoor track & field as both a freshman (2004) and a senior (2007).

In the spring of 2011, former men’s golfer C.G. Mercatoris (2007-11) became the first student-athlete in school history to take part in the NCAA Tournament, finishing 31st individually at the NCAA Colorado Regional.

The 2011 NEC Golfer of the Year, Mercatoris claimed the individual title at the 2011 NEC Championships to claim a spot in the NCAA Tournament.

The trend of success by Colonial athletics should come as no surprise.

In 2012, the RMU women’s ice hockey team claimed its first College Hockey America (CHA) Tournament championship thanks to a 3-2 victory over Mercyhurst in the championship game at the RMU Island Sports Center.

The Robert Morris softball team claimed its second straight, and sixth overall, NEC regular-season championship by posting a record of 15-5 (.750) against league foes and also established a school record for victories (35), while the men’s lacrosse squad finished a perfect 5-0 in the NEC to claim its first regular-season title.

A total of six programs at Robert Morris either tied or established a new school record for victories in 2011-12, including men’s basketball, which finished 26-11 (.703) overall.

The RMU men’s basketball program has appeared in a national postseason tournament five times in the last six years, including two NCAA Tournaments (2009, 2010), two NIT’s (2008, 2013) and the 2012 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT).

In 2000, the RMU football squad finished a perfect 10-0, the first perfect campaign for any sport at RMU. In the process, the team won its second straight NCAA I-AA Mid-Major National Championship, according to Don Hansen’s National Football Weekly Gazette.

The program moved into its own on-campus football stadium, named Joe Walton Stadium in honor of the program’s only head coach, in 2005.

The women’s rowing team claimed two straight Margaret McNiff Trophies in the varsity four classification at the prestigious Dad Vail Regatta in Philadelphia, Pa., in 2000 and 2001.

Five teams achieved national rankings during the 1990s, with the 1994 softball team reaching No. 23, the 1994 men’s soccer team peaking at No. 16, the 1996 football squad finishing second in the NCAA I-AA non-scholarship ranks, the 1997 football team placing third and the 1999 football squad finishing No. 1.

Robert Morris University has also had several student-athletes continue their athletic career in the professional ranks. The late Tim Hall (1994-95) was drafted by the Oakland Raiders in the sixth round of the 1996 National Football League (NFL) Draft as a running back. In 2001, former offensive lineman Hank Fraley (1996-1999) became the starting center for the Philadelphia Eagles after being signed to the practice squad during the 2000 season. Fraley was a 10-year veteran of the NFL with the Eagles, Cleveland Browns and St. Louis Rams.

Men’s soccer player Musa Shannon (1997) was drafted by the Tampa Bay Mutiny of Major League Soccer (MLS) as the 28th overall pick in the 1997 MLS College Draft. Shannon is one of 21 former Colonials that have played professional soccer after their career at Robert Morris, including Rhian Dodds (2003), who played for Kilmarnock Football Club of the Scottish Premier League.

In addition to former RMU student-athletes playing in the professional ranks, inaugural women’s ice hockey goaltender Brianne McLaughlin (2005-09), who finished her career as the NCAA all-time saves leader, earned a silver medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia.

She will take part in her second Olympics, as in June of 2013 she was tabbed to the 25-player national team roster by USA Hockey for the 2014 games in Sochi, Russia.

Athletes are not the only ties that RMU athletics has to the professional ranks. Head football coach Joe Walton came to the Colonials after 35 years of experience in the NFL,

Artemis Spanou

including seven years as the head coach of the New York Jets.

Alongside Walton is another NFL alum in John Banaszak, who has served as the program’s assistant head coach since 2008 and will succeed Walton after he retires after the 2013 campaign. Banaszak was a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers when the team won Super Bowls X, XIII and XIV. Banaszak replaced former assistant head coach Dan Radakovich, who spent 48 years in the coaching profession in both the college and NFL ranks, including 13 at Robert Morris, before retiring.

Former Colonial men’s soccer head coach John Kowalski also served as the head coach for the Pittsburgh Spirit of the Major Indoor Soccer League, the Tampa Bay Mutiny of MLS and the Pittsburgh Riverhounds of the A-League. He has come full circle, as he is in his 12th season as head coach of the Colonial women’s team, a program that began in 1992.

RMU’S NEC REGULAR-SEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS (38)

Men’s Basketball – 1982, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1990, 1992, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013 Women’s Basketball – 2007, 2008, 2010 Football – 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2010 Men’s Lacrosse – 2012 Men’s Soccer – 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2001 Softball – 1997, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2011, 2012, 2013 Volleyball – 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008 RMU’S TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIPS (38)

Men’s Basketball – 1982, 1983, 1989, 1990, 1992, 2009, 2010 Women’s Basketball – 1988, 1991, 2007, 2008 Men’s Cross Country – 1986, 1987 Men’s Golf – 1995, 1996 Women’s Ice Hockey – 2012 * Men’s Soccer – 1993, 1994, 2005 Softball – 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2005 Women’s Tennis – 1996 Men’s Indoor Track & Field – 1999, 2000 Women’s Indoor Track & Field – 1998, 2000 Men’s Outdoor Track & Field – 2000 Volleyball – 1992, 1993, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 Note: All regular season and tournament championships were claimed in the Northeast Conference (NEC) unless otherwise noted. * College Hockey America (CHA) championship

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RMU’S 2012-2013 ALL-CONFERENCE HONORS Conference Legend

NEC – Northeast Conference | AHA – Atlantic Hockey Association | CHA – College Hockey America

MAJOR AWARDS

Football Nolan Nearhoof – 2012 NEC Defensive Player of the Year Marcelis Branch – 2012 NEC Defensive Rookie of the Year Women’s Basketball Artemis Spanou – 2013 NEC Player of the Year Ashley Ravelli – 2013 NEC Rookie of the Year Women’s Ice Hockey Robert Morris – 2013 CHA Team Sportsmanship Award Men’s Lacrosse Sean Meagher – 2013 NEC Defensive Player of the Year

Men’s Golf Brock Pompeani – All-NEC Second Team Men’s Lacrosse Eric Rankel – All-NEC First Team Jake Hayes – All-NEC Second Team Tyler Digby – All-NEC Second Team Ben Lewis – All-NEC Second Team Luc Magnan – All-NEC Second Team Sean Meagher – All-NEC Second Team Eric Rankel – All-NEC Rookie Team Luke Laszkiewicz – All-NEC Rookie Team Nicholas Beaudoin – All-NEC Rookie Team

Men’s Outdoor Track & Field Michael Smith – 2013 NEC Coach of the Year

Men’s Outdoor Track & Field Chris Carper – All-NEC First Team (javelin) * Brandon Morales – All-NEC First Team (hammer throw) * Steve Mitchell – All-NEC Second Team (shot put) Dorian Rumble – All-NEC Second Team (800-meter)

Volleyball Lindsey Monger – All-NEC First Team Becky Jay – All-NEC Second Team

Men’s Basketball Velton Jones – All-NEC First Team Lucky Jones – All-NEC Third Team Women’s Basketball Artemis Spanou – All-NEC First Team Ashley Ravelli – All-NEC Rookie Team Lou Mataly – All-NEC Rookie Team

Women’s Lacrosse Brittany Byerly – All-NEC First Team Brittany Byerly – All-NEC Rookie Team Jessica Karwacki – All-NEC Rookie Team

Field Hockey Jamie Hartley – All-NEC Second Team Michelle Lewthwaite – All-NEC Second Team

Women’s Soccer Johanna Kadam – All-NEC Second Team

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* NEC Champion

Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Rachael Kotula – All-NEC Second Team (javelin) Yulia Vasilyeva – All-NEC Second Team (triple jump) Bethany Ledford – All-NEC Second Team (pole vault) Aubree Ray – All-NEC Second Team (discus) Jessica Guyett – All-NEC Rookie Team (shot put)

NORTHEAST CONFERENCE (NEC)

Brock Pompeani

Women’s Indoor Track & Field Olivia Loy – All-NEC First Team (pole vault) * Yulia Vasilyeva – All-NEC First Team (triple jump) * Olivia Loy – All-NEC Rookie Team

* NEC Champion

Softball Nicole Sleith – 2013 NEC Pitcher of the Year Samantha Santillo – 2013 NEC Golden Glove Award Ashley Gerhart – 2013 NEC Rookie of the Year

Football Nolan Nearhoof – All-NEC First Team Marcelis Branch – All-NEC Second Team

Men’s Indoor Track & Field Steve Mitchell – All-NEC Second Team (weight throw) Collin Ray – All-NEC Second Team (shot put)

Softball Nicole Sleith – All-NEC First Team Ashley Gerhart – All-NEC First Team Haileigh Stocks – All-NEC First Team

Chris Carper

ATLANTIC HOCKEY ASSOCIATION (AHA)

Men’s Ice Hockey Adam Brace – All-AHA Second Team COLLEGE HOCKEY AMERICA (CHA)

WOMen’s Ice Hockey Rebecca Vint – All-CHA First Team Jamie Joslin – All-CHA Second Team

Sean Meagher

Nicole Sleith

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Joe Walton Stadium After 11 years of playing its football games less than a mile up the street at Moon Stadium, Robert Morris University opened Joe Walton Stadium in 2005, the first oncampus football field named in honor of the only head coach the program has ever known.

The Colonials hosted Butler in the inaugural game at Joe Walton Stadium Sept.

17, 2005, in front of a standing-room-only crowd of 3,516, defeating the Bulldogs, 4913. The 49 points scored by Robert Morris are the most ever scored by the program in a home opener.

Robert Morris cruised in the contest, scoring five touchdowns in the first half in building a 35-0 halftime lead. Four different Colonials scored touchdowns on the afternoon, including a five-yard touchdown catch by former tight end Jeremy Wise. That reception was the only catch in his four-year career.

Built over the course of 13 months and at a cost of $10 million by Mosites Construction Company, Joe Walton Stadium owns a capacity of 3,000 and features a 36,000-square-foot athletic administration building that holds office space for the football coaching staff, athletic administration and Olympic sport coaches.

Also included in the building is a state-of-

the-art weight room, equipment room, two locker rooms, three classrooms, lobby, press box and President’s box.

The Joe Walton Stadium field covers 97,000 square feet, with the surface field turf. The turf consists of sand, rubber and film polyethylene grass-like fabric with secondary backing of high polyurethane.

The field is lined for both football and soccer and also hosts field hockey and lacrosse games. The scoreboard for the stadium was provided by Institutional Specialties,

The following occurred during the first football game at Joe Walton Stadium

Captains: OL Clifton Jean-Jacques (O), LB James Noel (D), WR Rob Meyer (ST) Pass Completion: Drew Geyer seven-yard completion to Devin Wilson

a distributor of Daktronics, located in Pittsburgh, Pa. The music and public address system was provided by Hollowood Music and Sound in McKees Rocks, Pa., and Joe Walton Stadium also includes a portal and plaza. The portal includes 160 pavers to recognize donors to the campaign to raise funds for Joe Walton Stadium, while the plaza includes three kiosks, one each for tickets, concessions and the Barnes & Noble bookstore.

Joe Walton Stadium Records

Rushing

Attempts: 49 – Justise Hairston, Central Conn. State (10/14/06)

Yards: 256 – Justise Hairston, Central Conn. State (10/14/06)

Touchdowns: 4 – Dominique Williams, Wagner (11/12/11)

Touchdown: Wilson on a four-yard rush to the left (10:28 left in 1st quarter)

Receiving Receptions: 13 – Mark Ross, Lafayette (9/29/12)

Touchdown Pass: Geyer 56 yards to Tyjuan Massey (3:04 left in 1st quarter)

Yards: 272 – Tyjuan Massey, RMU (11/12/05)

Fumble Recovery: DL Jason Forrest with 4:08 to go in the third quarter

Touchdowns: 4 – Tyjuan Massey, RMU (10/29/05) 4 – Lynell Suggs, Stony Brook (10/29/05)

Passing

Completions: 25 – Andrew Shoop, Lafayette (9/29/12)

Yards: 411 – Josh Dudash, Stony Brook (10/29/05)

Touchdown Passes: 5 – Josh Dudash, Stony Brook (10/29/05) 5 – Drew Geyer, RMU (10/29/05)

Tackles

19 – Alex DiMichele, RMU (9/13/08)

Penalty: Personal foul with 10:28 to go in the first quarter Victory: 49-13 vs. Butler

Note: Players bold still active.

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The Northeast Conference What is #NECPride #NECPride is about having pride in your team, your school and the will to succeed both on and off the field. #NECPride is about achievement, ambition, perseverance, community, passion, respect, determination, unity and teamwork.

Northeast Conference History It is with great pride and anticipation that the Northeast Conference (NEC) enters its 33rd year as an NCAA Division I athletic conference. Ten strong and committed to strengthening the conference from within, the NEC comes off the most successful year in league history in terms of athletic and academic success. Poised for a new era of growth, innovation and achievement under the leadership of Noreen Morris, the Conference will continue to build around the theme of #NECPride.

The NEC and its member institutions are committed to providing opportunities for student-athletes to achieve their fullest potential both in athletic competition and in the classroom. Likewise, the Conference continually strives to be an NCAA Division I leader for student-athlete achievement, academic excellence, integrity, sportsmanship, equity and diversity, community partnership and national engagement.

When the Northeast Conference (NEC) was first established as the ECAC-Metro Conference back in 1981, the league’s founders had one goal in mind: to create a competitive NCAA Division I men’s basketball conference for unaffiliated schools on the Eastern seaboard. A single-sport entity at its inception, the NEC has grown far beyond expectations over the past three plus decades, having transformed itself into a 10-member, 22-sport conference.

The remarkable success story of the conference began to unfold in 1985, when the league began sponsoring additional sports.

Three years later, a change of name was in order and the Northeast Conference as we know it today was born. With membership and sport sponsorship continuing to grow over the years, the NEC now enjoys qualification or play-in access to 14 different NCAA Championships (baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, football, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s lacrosse, men’s and women’s soccer, softball, men’s and women’s tennis and women’s volleyball).

Though the NEC has featured various incarnations since its inception, charter 16 | Robert Morris University

members Fairleigh Dickinson, LIU Brooklyn, Robert Morris, St. Francis Brooklyn, Saint Francis U. and Wagner remain part of the current 10-school alignment. They are joined

by Mount St. Mary’s (admitted in 1989), Central Connecticut (1997), Sacred Heart (1999) and Bryant (2012). The NEC’s sixstate geographic footprint includes access to such major media markets as New York City, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Hartford and Providence.

NEC member institutions now compete in 22 championship sports: baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, women’s bowling, men’s and women’s cross country, football, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s indoor track and field, men’s and women’s lacrosse, men’s and women’s outdoor track and field, men’s and women’s soccer, softball, women’s swimming, men’s and women’s tennis, and women’s volleyball.

An Innovative Leader The NEC has embraced new and social media to convey its message to a growing fan base.

The conference has attracted a loyal following in recent years on its Twitter, Facebook and YouTube pages, and the NEC Overtime! blog continues to grow in popularity.

Attempting to revolutionize the way its fans follow and interact with their favorite teams, the Conference launched NEC Front Row at the start of the 2012 fall season.

The online digital network with free multiplatform access features a rich set of content, including live events, on-demand video, highlight packages, coaches shows, features, original programming and access to league’s extensive digital library, all free of charge to users. The network gives fans inside access to the NEC and its student-athletes on the field, in the classroom, across campus, and in the community. By the end of May, over 700 events had been broadcast on NEC Front Row with viewership approaching 200,000 for the year.

All NEC championship webcasts in 201213 were produced in HD for the first time.

Championships broadcast in their entirety were men’s and women’s soccer, field hockey, women’s volleyball, women’s swimming and diving, men’s and women’s lacrosse, softball and baseball. The NEC also aired portions of the women’s bowling championship and two women’s basketball semifinal games.

NEC Front Row proudly presented its first documentary short, #NECPride, Moon Magic, in April, recounting the events of a 48hour period in March that culminated with

Robert Morris defeating defending national champion Kentucky in the Postseason NIT. The NEC Front Row studio set made its debut last winter two new segments.

A weekly NEC on the Run video podcast spotlighted the best and brightest in NEC men’s and women’s hoops and featured and the popular NEC9 countdown of the week’s top plays from around the league. The conference also debuted NEC Now, a segment devoted to breaking news and current hot topics in and around NEC sports.

For the first time in more than a decade, the NEC hosted a basketball preseason media day, but with a special twist. Combining social media and a state-of-the-art venue, the NEC hosted “Social” Media Day last October at the brand-new Barclay’s Center on Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn. The festivities aired live on NEC Front Row and a tape-delayed broadcast received multiple airings on Fox College Sports. The Front Row broadcast was an interactive one during which fans were encouraged to tweet comments and questions with the best making it on air.

NEC Front Row was there when the basketball season tipped off at “Social” Media Day, and returned for the climax as well via NEC Front Row Live! presented by Pilot Pen. The online digital network was on the scene at the men’s and women’s title games, providing live pre- and post-game coverage via an ESPN-style floor level set.

Providing an alternate take on the world of NEC sports, the NEC Overtime! blog continued to grow its following during the 2012-13 academic year. The blog, along with the league’s Facebook page, served as the home for numerous fan-based contests throughout the year, including #NECRoadTrip and #SweetGetaway promotions. The blog also served to reward the most rabid NEC fans who participated in social mediarelated activities (#NEC13 Sixth Man Award, #NECPridePix, #NECElite) throughout the NEC Basketball Tournament.

The NEC continued its partnership with sports talk stations WFAN Sports Radio 66 (New York) and KDKA 93.7 FM “The Fan” (Pittsburgh) to air 60-secondNEC Notebook radio spots throughout the basketball season.

With increased support through the NEC’s basketball enhancement fund, the conference was also able to add new markets in Baltimore (CBS Radio/ESPN Radio), Hartford (ESPN Radio/Fox Sports Radio) and Altoona (ESPN Radio) to its radio advertising mix last winter and help increase the league’s exposure in these areas.

Over the last five years, the NEC has regionally televised over 125 basketball and football games, as the league’s coverage area has expanded to over 50 million homes.

Along with flagship station MSG Network, other regional television partners include Root Sports-Pittsburgh, MASN and Cox Sports. The NEC has also partnered with ESPNU, ESPN3 and Fox College Sports to bring games to a national audience. In 2013, ESPN2 broadcast the NEC men’s basketball championship game for the 26th straight year, while ESPNU carried the women’s championship for the sixth year in a row.

Northeast Conference Football All-Time Records School

Year Joined Since Joining NEC

Pct.

vs. NEC

Pct.

Bryant

2009

23-21

.523

17-15

.531

Central Conn. State

1996

89-90

.497

61-53

.535

Duquesne

2008

27-27

.500

19-20

.487

Robert Morris

1996

97-81

.545

71-44

.617

Sacred Heart

1998

74-86

.463

43-65

.398

Saint Francis

1996

32-149

.177

17-98

.148

Wagner

1996

95-88

.519

57-59

.491

Success in the Classroom The NEC and its member institutions raised the bar once again with respect to the academic excellence displayed by the 4,800+ student-athletes who represented the Conference during the 2012-13 academic year.

NEC student-athletes averaged a recordhigh 3.18 GPA for the 2012-13 academic year and nine of the 10 core member institutions finished the year with at least a 3.0 GPA. A record 2,339 student-athletes, nearly half of the league’s competitors, were named to the NEC Academic Honor Roll in 2012-13, while an all-time high 585 were tabbed to the Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll with GPAs of 3.75 or higher. Likewise, eight NEC student-athletes were tabbed Capital One Academic All-Americans.

Additionally, the NCAA honored 44 NEC teams with public recognition awards for exceptional academic performance with respect to their latest Academic Progress Rate scores. The 44 teams earning Public Recognition established a new league record.

NEC institutions also ranked among the nation’s elite in Graduation Success Rate (GSR) figures released by the NCAA with 42 teams achieving a perfect 100 percent GSR in their respective sports and nearly 40 percent earning a GSR of over 90 percent. Studentathletes at Wagner posted an NEC all-time high 3.31 GPA to win the 2012-13 NEC Institutional Academic Award.

On Campus & In The Community The NEC welcomed the class of 2016 to campus last summer as part of its annual outreach program designed to raise awareness and develop the league’s growing fan base. Over 10,000 freshman students were introduced to the conference with a promotional gift bag and informative NEC Fan Guide.

The NEC, its member institutions and student-athletes have made community involvement an important piece of its mission. In 2012-13, the NEC Student

Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) were instrumental in spearheading Hurricane Sandy relief efforts in their communities and met in New York City during the holiday season to donate toys to the Toys for Tots program. The SAAC also participated in a “Penny Wars” fundraiser for a fourth straight year that resulted in a significant donation to the Cancer Recovery Foundation. To assist in raising breast cancer awareness, NEC women’s volleyball teams supported “Dig Pink” and women’s basketball teams participated in the WBCA’s “Pink Zone” promotion.

For the third straight year, Sacred Heart was awarded the NEC Building Communities award. The award recognizes the institution that demonstrates the highest dedication to making an impact in the community through the efforts of its student-athletes, coaches and administrators. Over the course of the 2012-13 academic year, Sacred Heart donated over 8,100 hours of community service. In total, Conference members logged over 20,000 hours of community service.

Commitment to Sportsmanship The NEC continued its participation in the NCAA’s Respect Campaign, an effort to promote an environment of respect and integrity at conference events.

The NEC Team Sportsmanship Award program recognized those teams and studentathletes who adhere to the principles of sportsmanship and pursue victory with honor. Saint Francis U. finished the year with a league-high five NEC Team Sportsmanship awards. The Red Flash have led the NEC in sportsmanship honors in each of the five years since the program was instituted in 2008-09.

What’s Next?

The NEC opened the 2013-14 academic year by introducing a modernized version of its primary and secondary marks, giving the conference a fresh, yet familiar look moving

forward.

In recent years, the NEC has taken aim at elevating the brand awareness of the league, elevating the caliber of its championship events and enhancing the opportunities and experiences for student-athletes that compete in the Conference.

The NEC has raised its commitment to basketball through a host of strategic initiatives, most notably via a Brand and Basketball Enhancement fund, revised scheduling parameters and the implementation of state-of-the-art LED signage at all arenas. The NEC has also provided each institution with a basketball marketing grant that resulted in the highest attendance on the men’s side in 15 years and the highest per-game average in women’s basketball history last season.

The next evolution of NEC Front Row will come this fall with the debut of HD quality webcasts around the league.

Likewise, with HD Tricasters being provided to each institution, schools will be able to record games in broadcast quality high definition from multiple angles. With this long-term upgrade, highlights from Front Row broadcasts can be fed to local news stations, regional sports networks and ESPN (SportsCenter Top-10), or used during NECTV games. The equipment will also come bundled with an HD replay system to be implemented for the 2013-14 basketball season.

Beginning in the fall of 2013, the NEC’s online digital network will also have its own iPhone/iPad application that can be downloaded at no cost. Live and on-demand events will also be free of charge, and fans can take part in the conversation through the app’s built-in social media capabilities.

Coming off the success of its #NECPride, Moon Magic documentary short, the NEC also plans to go back and revisit some of the greatest teams, student-athletes and moments that have shaped the league’s history, all under the #NECPride film banner.

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The Brenda Weare Commissioner’s Cup The NEC Commissioner’s Cup was instituted during the 1986-87 season with LIU Brooklyn winning the inaugural award. Fairleigh Dickinson and Monmouth lead all NEC schools with six Cups to their credit. Cup points are awarded in each NEC sponsored sport. For men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s soccer, women’s volleyball, football, softball, field hockey, women’s lacrosse and baseball, the final regular season standings are used to determine Cup points. In all other sports, points are awarded based on the finish at NEC Championship events. In June of 2009, the NEC Commissioner’s Cup was renamed in honor of former commissioner Brenda Weare, who passed away after a courageous battle with synovial cell sarcoma, a rare form of cancer.

Johanna Kadam

Michelle Lewthwaite

2012-13 Brenda Weare Commissioner’s Cup

2012-13 NEC Commissioner’s Cup

Overall Standings

Men’s Standings

2012-13 Joan Martin Commissioner’s Cup

Women’s Standings

1. Monmouth...................................... 215.94 2. Sacred Heart................................... 202.74 3. Saint Francis U............................... 186.67 4. Bryant............................................. 184.54 5. Central Conn. State........................ 178.68 6. LIU Brooklyn.................................. 175.66 7. Robert Morris................................. 168.91 8. Quinnipiac...................................... 166.38 9. Mount St. Mary’s............................ 141.22 10. Fairleigh Dickinson........................ 138.63 11. Wagner............................................ 121.01 12. St. Francis Brooklyn....................... 82.76

1. Monmouth...................................... 96.03 2. Bryant............................................. 91.52 3. Sacred Heart................................... 84.86 4. Robert Morris................................. 78.72 5. Central Conn. State........................ 74.80 6. Wagner............................................ 67.15 7. LIU Brooklyn.................................. 66.58 8. Mount St. Mary’s............................ 64.00 9. Fairleigh Dickinson........................ 62.48 10. Quinnipiac...................................... 61.60 11. Saint Francis U............................... 59.07 12. St. Francis Brooklyn....................... 41.01

1. Saint Francis U............................... 127.60 2. Monmouth...................................... 119.91 3. Sacred Heart................................... 117.88 4. LIU Brooklyn.................................. 109.08 5. Quinnipiac...................................... 104.78 6. Central Conn. State........................ 103.88 7. Robert Morris................................. 90.19 8. Bryant............................................. 90.02 9. Mount St. Mary’s............................ 77.22 10. Fairleigh Dickinson........................ 76.15 11. Wagner............................................ 53.86 12. St. Francis Brooklyn....................... 41.75

2012-13 Brenda Weare Commissioner’s Cup Final Standings Sport BRY CCSU FDU LIU MU MSM QU RMU SHU SFC SFU WC Field Hockey 7.71 ---- ---- ---- 10.08 ---- 10.08 6.14 4.57 ---- 13.22 ---Men’s Cross Country 4.10 14.00 3.00 ---- 12.90 8.50 11.80 5.75 10.70 9.60 5.75 7.40 Women’s Cross Country 11.80 9.60 3.00 ---- 10.70 8.50 14.00 7.40 12.90 4.10 5.20 6.30 Women’s Soccer 9.60 7.40 3.55 14.80 12.90 5.75 8.50 5.75 10.70 ---- 14.00 3.55 Men’s Soccer 7.40 10.70 15.90 3.00 11.80 4.65 14.00 4.65 9.05 6.30 9.05 ---Women’s Volleyball 7.13 11.25 5.75 17.00 ---- ---- 3.00 12.63 8.50 4.38 9.88 ---Football 9.19 4.38 ---- ---- 11.25 ---- ---- 6.44 3.00 ---- 9.19 13.32 Women’s Swimming 10.33 8.50 ---- ---- ---- 6.67 ---- ---- 4.83 3.00 14.00 12.17 Men’s Indoor Track 3.00 11.80 5.20 12.90 14.00 9.60 ---- 8.50 10.70 6.30 4.10 7.40 Women’s Indoor Track 4.00 7.00 6.00 13.00 14.00 8.00 9.00 10.00 12.00 3.00 11.00 5.00 Women’s Basketball 7.50 10.00 6.00 4.00 12.00 10.00 17.00 5.00 13.00 7.50 10.00 3.00 Men’s Basketball 12.00 8.00 3.00 15.00 4.50 9.50 9.50 14.00 6.00 7.00 4.50 12.00 Women’s Bowling ---- ---- 14.00 10.33 4.83 ---- ---- ---- 4.83 6.67 10.33 ---Women’s Golf ---- 12.90 11.80 14.00 8.50 4.10 7.40 5.20 10.70 3.00 9.60 6.30 Men’s Tennis 12.78 ---- 14.00 ---- 7.28 10.95 10.95 7.28 7.28 3.61 7.28 3.61 Women’s Tennis 7.95 ---- 14.00 11.25 4.10 7.95 12.90 7.95 11.25 4.10 7.95 4.10 Men’s Golf 9.05 7.40 11.80 12.90 9.05 5.20 ---- 10.70 6.30 3.00 14.00 4.10 Women’s Lacrosse 10.95 12.78 ---- 3.00 17.00 10.95 8.50 6.67 8.50 ---- 4.22 5.44 Men’s Lacrosse 17.00 ---- ---- ---- ---- 5.20 9.60 9.60 9.60 ---- ---- 3.00 Men’s Outdoor Track & Field 3.00 10.70 5.20 12.90 14.00 7.40 ---- 11.80 9.60 5.20 5.20 8.50 Women’s Outdoor Track & Field 4.00 8.00 3.00 11.00 14.00 9.00 7.00 10.00 12.00 6.00 13.00 5.00 Softball 9.05 16.45 9.05 10.70 11.80 6.30 7.40 13.45 4.10 ---- 5.20 3.00 Baseball 17.00 7.82 4.38 9.88 11.25 3.00 5.75 ---- 12.63 ---- ---- 7.82 Total Men Women

184.54 178.68 138.63 175.66 215.94 141.22 166.38 168.91 202.74 82.76 186.67 121.01 94.52 74.80 62.48 66.58 96.03 64.00 61.60 78.72 84.86 41.01 59.07 67.15 90.02 103.88 76.15 109.08 119.91 77.22 104.78 90.19 117.88 41.75 127.60 53.86

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Joe Walton Head Coach At the forefront of the football renaissance at Robert Morris University throughout its 19-year history is Joe Walton, who has built the Colonials from a fledgling program into one of the top Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) teams in the region.

The one constant associated with the program, Walton was named the first head coach July 27, 1993. He started the program from scratch, completing everything from hiring assistant coaches to purchasing equipment to recruiting student-athletes for the team’s inaugural season in 1994.

Walton’s fingerprints are all over the football program, and to prove that, the Colonials have played their home games since 2005 in a stadium that bears his name.

During his tenure, Walton led Robert Morris to the first Northeast Conference championship in 1996, guided RMU to a perfect 10-0 season in 2000 and in 2010 helped lead the Colonials to the NEC’s inaugural bid to the NCAA FCS Playoffs with their league-high sixth regular-season championship.

“It’s hard to believe,” Walton speaks on how fast time has elapsed. “I’ve said this many times before, and I mean it when I say that this situation is one of the best

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things that has ever happened to me in my life. It happened at the right time. Before this position became available, I felt I was too young to quit coaching, but I wasn’t anxious to get back into pro football. When this came along, it was the perfect fit. This situation was the perfect opportunity for me to continue to do what I like to do, and I’ve loved every minute of it.”.

Under Walton’s tutelage, the Colonials have claimed outright NEC regular-season titles three times (1997, 1999, 2000) while sharing three others (1996, 1998, 2010).

Walton led Robert Morris to back-to-back ECAC Bowl victories in 1996 and 1997, and in 1999 and 2000 he guided RMU to a pair of NCAA I-AA mid-major national crowns according to Don Hansen’s National Weekly Football Gazette.

In 2010, Walton added to his legacy by engineering the Colonials on an eightgame winning streak for a share of the NEC regular-season title and the NEC’s first bid in the NCAA FCS Playoffs. In the process he picked up his 100th career victory in the collegiate ranks.

Walton enters his 20th season at the helm of the program in 2013. At the conclusion of the year, he will step down as head coach of the Colonials and serve as a special assistant to the director of athletics at RMU. “I wanted to coach 20 years with this program, because it really has been the love of my life, and that’s what’s important,” Walton said. “I’m confident that John Banaszak will carry on the tradition of Robert Morris football. I’m also extremely excited to stay on and help Dr.

Coleman and the department of athletics in any way that I can.”.

Thanks to Walton, the blueprint for success has been established, and with every year a new set of challenges arises.

“One thing about football is that it’s a constant challenge,” Walton said.

“Whether it’s the next game, or the next season, or the next group of players, there is always going to be a challenge, and that’s something that I enjoy. There’s always something you’re shooting for. The biggest challenge is getting the team back up when it’s down. Nobody likes to lose, but the most satisfaction is seeing players develop, not only on the field but as young men.”.

In 1994, after 35 years in the National Football League, Walton took 64 freshmen at a school that never had football in its 73 years of existence and posted a 7-1-1 record 13 months after being named RMU’s first head coach. That team won its first game 21 days after the start of training camp and won five straight to start the season.

The following season Robert Morris went 6-4, after which the Oakland Raiders drafted running back Tim Hall in the sixth round of the NFL Draft. Walton led RMU to Northeast Conference and ECAC Bowl titles in 1996 and 1997 with 9-2 and 8-3 marks, respectively.

The 1998 Colonials, with 12 first-year starters, dipped to 4-6, yet Robert Morris shared the NEC title. In 1999, RMU posted an 8-2 record, a fourth straight NEC championship and a final No. 1 ranking at the NCAA I-AA (now FCS) midmajor level according to Don Hansen’s National Weekly Football Gazette. That was followed by a 2000 campaign that saw the squad finish a perfect 10-0, the first undefeated season for any program at

RMU. In the process, the team won its fifth straight NEC championship and another No. 1 ranking at the NCAA I-AA (now FCS) mid-major level according to the Football Gazette.

The Robert Morris 2001 squad finished with a record of 6-3 and missed out on its sixth straight NEC title, but the Colonials rebounded to post six straight victories after starting 0-3. In 2002, with 13 players in the starting lineup either freshmen or sophomores thanks in large part due to injuries, RMU finished 3-7, then rebounded to post a 6-4 record in its 10th anniversary season in 2003.

In 2004 the Colonials finished with a 6-5 record, and despite a 2005 season in which Robert Morris posted a record of 2-8, the club rebounded to post a record of 7-4 in 2006. Despite finishing 4-6 in 2007 and with identical 5-6 records in both 2008 and 2009, RMU rebounded with one of its best seasons in school history in 2010, claiming its sixth NEC regular-season championship and the program’s first bid to the FCS Playoffs.

Even with posting records of 2-9 in 2011 and 4-7 in 2012, the future remains bright.

The addition of Joe Walton Stadium and the program’s run to an NEC championship in 2010 pays dividends in recruiting.

Prior to RMU, Walton was out of football from 1991 to 1993, and it didn’t sit well

TheY SAID IT

“I owe my mom and dad a lot for giving me a foundation as a young man, but from a football perspective, I owe everything, and I mean everything, to Joe Walton. He made me the football player I was. Joe Walton was a surrogate dad.

He’s my best friend in the world, a man that I can truly say I love. I’m delighted that Joe’s name will be forever attached to the football stadium at Robert Morris.”

— Former Washington Redskins quarterback Joe Theismann

with him. So he came back. He and his staff canvass the country in recruiting, and that work has paid off. RMU wins almost 60 percent of the time with Walton on the sideline.

“Our number one priority is to attract as many student-athletes as we can,” he said when appointed. “I enjoy young people. I missed teaching and coaching and I wanted to stay in the area. When the opportunity arose, this seemed perfect. The campus is behind us 100 percent.”

This not being the NFL, Walton had some unfamiliar tasks at first. He helped convert John Jay Center into a facility to house football operations. He set out on the recruiting trail in the fall, much as he prepared for every draft day from 1964-91.

By the same token, the familiar was easy to retrieve. His first appointee was Dan Radakovich, a defensive wizard who was an assistant when Walton was head coach of the New York Jets and was with Walton for 13 of the first 14 years RMU had a football program.

When Radakovich retired in 2008, Walton promoted another alumnus of the NFL, John Banaszak, to be RMU’s assistant head coach. Banaszak won three Super Bowl championships with the Pittsburgh Steelers and has been an assistant on Walton’s staff since 2003.

Walton had his most recent NFL duty in 1990-91, when he served two years as Chuck Noll’s offensive coordinator for the Pittsburgh Steelers. When Noll retired in 1991, a new staff came aboard, and Walton went into the moving business.

From 1983-89, Walton led the Jets. Also among his years in the NFL were two seasons as offensive coordinator for the Jets (1981-82), seven with the Washington Redskins (offensive coordinator 1978-80;

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Joe Walton’s NFL Head Coaching Record Year Team Record

Pct.

1983 N.Y. Jets (AFC) 1984 N.Y. Jets (AFC) 1985 N.Y. Jets (AFC) 1986 N.Y. Jets (AFC) 1987 N.Y. Jets (AFC) 1988 N.Y. Jets (AFC) 1989 N.Y. Jets (AFC) 7-Year Career Totals

.438 T-4th AFC East .438 3rd AFC East .688 2nd AFC East / First Round .625 2nd AFC East / Second Round .400 5th AFC East .531 4th AFC East .250 5th AFC East .482 Two Playoff Appearances

7-9 7-9 11-5 10-6 6-9 8-7-1 4-12 53-57-1

Finish/Playoffs

Joe Walton’s NFL Playoff Coaching Record Year Team Record Results

1985 N.Y. Jets (AFC) 0-1 1986 N.Y. Jets (AFC) 1-1

New England 26, Jets 14 Jets 35, Kansas City 15 Cleveland 23, Jets 20 (2OT)

Joe Walton’s College Football Coaching Record Year Team Record

running backs 1974-77) and five with the New York Giants (wide receivers 1969-73).

Walton was twice an All-American at the University of Pittsburgh at tight end and was drafted by the Washington Redskins in the second round (14th overall selection) of the 1957 NFL Draft. He spent seven years in the NFL as a tight end from 1957 to 1963 with both the Redskins (195760) and the New York Giants (1961-63), compiling 178 receptions for 2,628 yards and 28 touchdowns. Upon retiring in 1964, he spent four seasons as a scout with the Giants.

Since returning to the area in 1990, Walton has lived in Beaver Falls, Pa., with his wife, Ginger, who passed away in September of 2007. He has two daughters, Jodi and Stacey, and one son, Joe. Walton married his second wife, Patty Sheehan, Dec. 10, 2011, and the couple reside in Beaver Falls.

Walton’s NFL protégés include Rich Kotite, Bud Carson, Joe Theismann, Fran Tarkenton, Norm Snead, Ken O’Brien and Richard Todd.

The Walton File Who: Joseph Frank Walton Born: Dec. 15, 1935 (Beaver Falls, Pa.) Residence: Beaver Falls, Pa. Wife: Ginger (46 years who passed away 9/5/07) Second Wife: Patty (Married 12/10/11) Daughters: Jodi (49), Stacey (47) Son: Joe (40) NFL Stats: 8 years, 178 receptions, 2,628 yards, 28 TD Alma Mater (Year): Pittsburgh (1957) Degree: History High School: Beaver Falls

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1994 Robert Morris 7-1-1 .833 1995 Robert Morris 6-4 .600 1996 Robert Morris 9-2 .818 1997 Robert Morris 8-3 .727 1998 Robert Morris 4-6 .400 1999 Robert Morris 8-2 .800 2000 Robert Morris 10-0 1.000 2001 Robert Morris 6-3 .667 2002 Robert Morris 3-7 .300 2003 Robert Morris 6-4 .600 2004 Robert Morris 6-5 .545 2005 Robert Morris 2-8 .200 2006 Robert Morris 7-4 .637 2007 Robert Morris 3-6* .333 2008 Robert Morris 5-6 .455 2009 Robert Morris 5-6 .455 2010 Robert Morris 8-3 .727 2011 Robert Morris 2-9 .182 2012 Robert Morris 4-7 .364 19-Year Career Totals 109-86-1* .559 * Walton missed RMU’s 20-17 victory @ Monmouth (9/8/07) due to the passing of his wife, Ginger.

Dan Radakovich served as head coach in his absence.

Joe Walton’s College Postseason Coaching Record ECAC Bowl NCAA FCS Playoffs

1996 – Robert Morris 28, Duquesne 26 1997 – Robert Morris 35, Georgetown 13

2010 – North Dakota State 43, Robert Morris 17

Walton and RMU vs. All-Time Foes Albany............................. 6-8 Bethany........................... 2-0 Bryant............................. 0-5 Bucknell.......................... 0-2 Buffalo State................... 5-3 Butler.............................. 4-0 C.W. Post......................... 1-0 Central Conn. State...... 14-5 Dayton........................... 2-13 Duquesne........................ 7-7 Gannon............................ 3-2

Georgetown..................... 1-0 Liberty............................. 1-1 Mercyhurst...................... 2-2 Monmouth.................... 10-8 Morehead State............... 2-0 New Haven..................... 0-1 North Dakota State......... 0-2 Rowan............................. 1-1 Sacred Heart................... 8-7 Saint Francis............ 15-3-1 Saint Peter’s.................... 2-0

St. John’s......................... 2-0 Stony Brook.................... 6-2 Towson............................ 1-2 Valparaiso........................ 0-2 VMI................................. 0-2 Wagner.......................... 12-7 Waynesburg.................... 2-0 Total............ 110-86-1 (.561)

Note: 2013 opponents in bold

Robert Morris Athletic Hall of Fame

Joe Walton Class of 2013 The 23rd annual class of inductees into the Robert Morris University Athletic Hall of Fame features just one individual, as the latest to garner the honor as the Class of 2013 is head football coach Joe Walton.

The only head coach the program has ever known, the 2013 campaign will be Walton’s 20th on the sidelines at RMU. At the conclusion of the season, Walton will step down as head coach and serve as special assistant to the athletic director at Robert Morris.

In 19 years guiding the Colonials, Walton has compiled an overall record of 109-86-1 (.559), including a mark of 70-44 (.614) in the Northeast Conference. Included in that 17-year stretch against league foes are six NEC regular-season championships (1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2010).

The one constant associated with the program, Walton was named the first head coach July 27, 1993. He started the program from scratch, completing everything from hiring assistants to purchasing equipment to recruiting student-athletes for the program’s inaugural season in 1994. His fingerprints are all over the program, and to prove that, Robert Morris has played its home games since 2005 in a stadium that bears his name.

Under Walton’s tutelage, the Colonials have claimed outright NEC regular-season titles three times (1997, 1999, 2000) while sharing three others (1996, 1998, 2010). Walton led RMU to back-to-back ECAC Bowl victories in 1996 and 1997, and in 1999 and 2000 he guided Robert Morris to a pair of

NCAA I-AA mid-major national crowns according to Don Hansen’s National Weekly Football Gazette.

In 2010, Walton secured his legacy by engineering the Colonials on an eight-game winning streak for a share of the NEC regular-season title and the NEC’s inaugural bid in the NCAA FCS Playoffs. In the process he picked up his 100th career victory in the collegiate ranks.

Over the last 20 years, Walton has also helped a fledgling program send a pair of its brightest stars to the National Football League (NFL). Inaugural running back Tim Hall (1994-95) was drafted by the Oakland Raiders in the sixth round (183rd player overall) of the 1996 NFL Draft, while former offensive lineman Hank Fraley (1996-99) spent 10 years in the NFL with the Philadelphia Eagles, the Cleveland Browns and the St. Louis Rams.

Also to see time in NFL camps from Robert Morris under Walton include former wide receiver DeLonte Perkins (Green Bay Packers), former quarterback Tim Levcik (Miami Dolphins, Pittsburgh Steelers) and former defensive back Robb Butler (San Diego Chargers, Baltimore Ravens, Kansas City Chiefs).

Walton becomes just the second inductee ever to be active at Robert Morris at the time of enshrinement, joining 2012 RMU Athletic Hall of Fame honoree Chris Shovlin, RMU’s radio play-by-play announcer for football and men’s basketball who enters his 27th season behind the microphone in 2013-14.

Walton will be inducted Friday, Nov. 15, 2013, with the inaugural RMU Athletic Hall of Fame Dinner, which will take place at the Marriott Pittsburgh Airport. Cocktails will be served at 6:00 p.m., followed by dinner at 7:00 p.m., and the emcee of the event will be former Washington Redskins quarterback Joe Theismann. For more information regarding the inaugural RMU Athletic Hall of Fame Dinner, please visit www.rmu.edu/hof.

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Assistant Coaches John Banaszak is in his 11th season as a member of the Robert Morris football coaching staff, including his fifth serving as assistant head coach.

In January of 2012, Banaszak was named as RMU’s Coach-In-Waiting. He will take over the head coaching reigns of the program at the conclusion of the 2013 season, when current head coach Joe Walton steps down after 20 years at the helm to serve as a special assistant to the athletic director at RMU. Among his duties with the program, Banaszak tutors the Colonial defensive line and special teams unit. Prior to RMU, Banaszak served as the 30th head coach in Washington & Jefferson College football history, leading the Presidents to a record of 38-9 (.809) in his four seasons on the sidelines between 1999 and 2002. In each of those four campaigns he was named the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Coach of the Year and ranks fourth on the college’s all-time victory list. A graduate of Eastern Michigan, Banaszak signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers prior to the 1975 season and owns three Super Bowl rings (X, XIII & XIV).

In his 12th season with the RMU coaching staff is Scott Farison. The 2013 campaign also marks his seventh as the program’s defensive coordinator, and he also serves the RMU’s recruiting coordinator. A native of Marion, Ohio, Farison is a 2001 graduate of Mercyhurst University, where for three years he played quarterback for the Lakers after transferring from Arizona State in 1998. During his senior season in 2001, Farison threw for 1,065 yards and four touchdowns in seven games.

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The 2013 campaign marks the fifth season for Bill Hurley as an assistant coach at Robert Morris.

A 1980 graduate of Syracuse and a native of Kenmore, N.Y., Hurley coaches the Colonial secondary. Hurley spent four seasons as defensive backs coach at Duquesne from 2004-07, and the secondary he coached during his tenure featured 13 All-Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) honorees, including four each in 2005 and 2006. Hurley was a four-year starter at quarterback for Syracuse, establishing 23 school records and being honored as the 1979 ECAC Offensive Player of the Year.

As a senior with the Orange, Hurley helped lead Syracuse to the Independence Bowl, the program’s first bowl appearance in 12 years.

In his seventh season as an assistant coach for Robert Morris is Andrew Richardson, who is responsible for coaching the offensive line. In January of 2009, Richardson joined the Colonial coaching staff full time after spending the 2007 and 2008 seasons as a graduate assistant coach. He also serves as the program’s corecruiting coordinator. A 2005 graduate of Penn State University and a native of Pittsburgh, Pa., Richardson was a fouryear letterwinner for the Nittany Lions at offensive tackle. In 2005, Richardson started the final seven games at right tackle for a Penn State club that finished 11-1 and garnered a 26-23 triple overtime victory over Florida State in the 2006 FedEx Orange Bowl.

The 2013 campaign marks the 11th year for Bob Morris as an assistant coach with the Colonials.

He is responsible for coaching the receivers. Morris joined the RMU staff with 19 years of experience as a head coach at the high school level and 25 seasons of coaching experience overall.

A graduate of Findlay University, Morris was the head football coach at Toronto High School in Toronto, Ohio, from 198288 and again from 1995-2002. He guided the Red Knights to the 1998 Ohio Valley Conference championship and owns 78 career victories, the most in school history.

In his fifth season with the RMU coaching staff in 2013 is Patrick Shepard, who coaches the tight ends.

A native of Pittsburgh, Pa., Shepard spent two seasons at Robert Morris as a graduate assistant coach, earning a Master of Science degree in communications and information systems. Shepard was a three-year letterwinner at Miami (Ohio) University, appearing in 37 games as a tight with the Red Hawks. Primarily a blocking tight end, Shepard finished his career with five receptions for 34 yards.

Paul Mulbah is in his second season as an assistant coach with RMU in 2013, and he assists in coaching the secondary. A 2008 graduate of Duquesne University with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in finance, Mulbah appeared in 40 games as a defensive back for the Dukes from 2004 to 2007. He finished his career with 129 career tackles, including a career-high 49 as a senior in 2007. Mulbah, a native of Greenbelt, Md., also compiled a pair of interceptions and nine pass breakups in earning four varsity letters at Duquesne.

2013 Robert Morris Coaching Staff Front Row (l-r): Alex DiMichele (Defensive Line), Paul Mulbah (Assistant Secondary), Scott Farison (Defensive Coordinator), Joe Walton (Head Coach), John Banaszak (Assistant Head Coach), Patrick Shepard (Tight Ends), Bob Morris (Receivers) Back Row (l-r): Myles Russ (Running Backs), Nick McVay (Football Intern), Andrew Richardson (Offensive Line), Bill Hurley (Secondary), Jeff Sinclair (Quarterbacks), Tanner Schultheis (Football Intern)

In his second season at Robert Morris as a graduate assistant coach is Myles Russ, who is responsible for tutoring the RMU running backs.

One of the most decorated players in school history, the Boca Raton, Fla., native finished his career as the program’s all-time leading rusher by compiling 4,271 yards from 2007 to 2010.

Named the 2010 Northeast Conference Offensive Player of the Year after helping lead the Colonials to a share of the regularseason championship and the league’s inaugural berth in the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) Playoffs, Russ also owns the Robert Morris career school record for all-purpose yards (4,651).

He is currently pursuing a Master of Science degree in instructional leadership.

The 2013 campaign marks the second year as a graduate assistant coach at Robert Morris for Alex DiMichele, who coaches the defensive line. In three seasons at RMU after transferring from Temple University, DiMichele registered 330 tackles at linebacker, which ranks second all-time in the career record book. In his first season with the Colonials in 2008, DiMichele established the singleseason school record for stops with 116. He was tabbed the 2010 Northeast Conference Defensive Player of the Year after helping guide Robert Morris to a share of the regular-season title and the league’s inaugural berth in the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) Playoffs. He is currently pursuing a Master of Science degree in communications and information systems.

In his first year as an assistant coach with RMU is former quarterback Jeff Sinclair. A native of Natrona Heights, Pa., Sinclair concluded a four-year career with the Colonials in 2012 by completing 50.7 percent (444-for-876) of his attempts for 5,831 yards and 57 touchdowns. He also rushed for 858 yards and 17 career touchdowns, the most rushing touchdowns by a Robert Morris quarterback in school history. Sinclair, who helps tutor the RMU quarterbacks, helped lead the Colonials to a share of the 2010 Northeast Conference regular-season championship and a spot in the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) Playoffs. He graduated from Robert Morris in 2013 with a Bachelor of Science degree in management.

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2013 Colonials

#2 Paul Jones

Quarterback • 6-4 • 265 • Jr. McKees Rocks, Pa.

#3 Donte Jeter

Wide Receiver • 6-1 • 160 • Sr. Pittsburgh, Pa.

#4 Marcelis Branch

Defensive Back • 5-11 • 180 • So. Homestead, Fla.

#5 Deontae Howard

Running Back • 5-8 • 190 • Sr. Clairton, Pa.

#7 Duane Mitchell

#8 Malik Johnson

Wide Receiver • 6-1 • 210 • Jr. Monroe Falls, Ohio

#9 Chad Dawgiello

Defensive Back • 5-9 • 190 • Sr. Pittsburgh, Pa.

Donte Jeter

Marcelis Branch

Wide Receiver • 6-2 • 185 • Jr. Pittsburgh, Pa.

#11 Eric Lowry

Defensive Back • 6-0 • 195 • R-Sr. Johnstown, Pa.

#6 Antwan Eddie

Cornerback • 5-10 • 180 • Jr. Homestead, Fla.

#10 Adrian Perez

Defensive End • 6-2 • 240 • Sr. Los Angeles, Calif.

#12 Derik Abbott

Quarterback • 5-11 • 195 • So. Orlando, Fla.

#13 Evan Taylor

Running Back • 5-10 • 180 • Sr. Redding, Calif.

#13 Brian Jones

Defensive Back • 5-10 • 175 • So. Monroeville, Pa.

#13 Luke Brumbaugh Quarterback • 6-3 • 185 • Fr. McDonald, Pa.

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#14 Sean Gavin

Wide Receiver • 5-11 • 175 • So. Glenshaw Pa.

#15 Kimani Smith

Linebacker • 6-3 • 220 • So. Erie, Pa.

#15 Joe Carroll

Quarterback • 6-3 • 190 • Fr. Jefferson Hill, Pa.

#16 Clay Ilkin

Defensive Back • 5-11 • 165 • R-Sr. Pittsburgh, Pa.

#18 D.J. Hayes

#19 Marcus Prather

Wide Receiver • 5-11 • 170 • So. West Mifflin, Pa.

#20 Jake Skinner

Quarterback • 6-3 • 210 • So. Steubenville, Ohio

Kimani Smith

Mike Cook

Linebacker • 6-0 • 200 • Sr. North Versailles, Pa.

#21 David Taylor

Defensive Back • 5-11 • 180 • So. Deland, Fla.

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#17 Luke Centofanti

Wide Receiver • 5-11 • 185 • So. West Mifflin, Pa.

#20 Kenny Davis

Running Back • 5-7 • 170 • So. Cincinnati, Ohio

#22 Ryan Thermil

Fullback • 5-11 • 240 • Jr. Fort Washington, Md.

#23 D.J. Myers

Defensive Back • 5-11 • 185 • Sr. Aliquippa, Pa.

#24 Samuel Collins

Defensive Back • 6-1 • 200 • Sr. Germantown, Md.

#25 Warren Fields

Wide Receiver • 5-10 • 175 • So. Miami, Fla.

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#26 Sam Woods

Defensive Back • 5-11 • 185 • Fr. North Canton, Ohio

#29 Keith O’Kelly

Cornerback • 5-9 • 165 • Jr. Waldorf, Md.

#34 Corey Garry

Fullback • 6-0 • 250 • So. McDonald, Pa.

#39 Marty Thomas Fullback • 5-10 • 205 • Jr. Amherst, Ohio

#27 Travis Gregg

Running Back • 5-11 • 190 • So. Byron Center, Mich.

#30 Logan Kelleher

Defensive Back • 5-11 • 185 • Fr. Cincinnati, Ohio

#35 Andy Smigiera

Defensive Back • 6-0 • 190 • Fr. West Seneca, N.Y.

#40 Mike Stojkovic

Linebacker • 6-2 • 210 • Jr. Katy, Texas

#28 Wayne Graves

Defensive Back • 6-1 • 210 • Jr. McKeesport, Pa.

#31 Mike Cook

Linebacker • 6-0 • 235 • R-Sr. Victoria, Minn.

#36 Phil Peckich

Defensive Back • 5-10 • 190 • Jr. McKees Rocks, Pa.

#41 Luke Zearing

Fullback • 5-10 • 245 • So. Ebensburg, Pa.

#28 Caleb Stennis

Running Back • 5-9 • 180 • Fr. Frederick, Md.

#32 Zach Cooper

#29 Hunter Khaleghi

Kicker/Punter • 5-10 • 175 • Jr. San Diego, Calif.

#33 Codi Casper

Linebacker • 5-8 • 180 • Fr. Hurricane, W.Va.

Defensive Back • 5-9 • 190 • Jr. Carrollton, Ohio

#37 Erich Maine

#38 Tony LaMancusa

Running Back • 6-1 • 230 • Fr. Delray Beach, Fla.

#42 Nic Lamica

Linebacker • 6-4 • 220 • Fr. Grand Rapids, Mich.

P • 5-10 • 200 • Jr. Tonawanda, N.Y.

#43 Nick Sponyoe

Fullback • 5-9 • 245 • Fr. Frederick, Md.

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#44 Kyle Cooper

Linebacker • 6-1 • 230 • R-Sr. Hurricane, W.Va.

#46 T.J. Matrascia

Defensive Line • 6-3 • 280 • Jr. Jefferson Hills, Pa.

#47 Connor Shennan K • 6-2 • 195 • Fr. Plymouth, Mich.

#48 Matthew Fox

Linebacker • 6-2 • 240 • Sr. Jamestown, N.Y.

#50 Jimmy Masson

#51 R.J. Cook

Linebacker • 6-0 • 195 • Fr. Boca Raton, Fla.

#52 Anthony Lucian

Defensive Line • 5-11 • 295 • R-Sr. Beaver, Pa.

Luke Mueller

Andrew Smith

Offensive Line • 6-4 • 265 • So. New Market, Md.

#54 Todd-Jamal Waters Linebacker • 6-4 • 250 • Fr. Philadelphia, Pa.

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#49 Luke Mueller

Linebacker • 6-1 • 200 • Sr. Cranberry Township, Pa.

#53 Zack Zamiska

Defensive Tackle • 6-4 • 290 • Fr. Avon Lake, Ohio

#55 Mark Centofanti Linebacker • 6-1 • 240 • Sr. West Mifflin, Pa.

#57 Jonah Tyus

Offensive Line • 6-5 • 310 • So. Pittsburgh, Pa.

#58 Jake Tkach

Linebacker • 6-0 • 225 • Jr. West Mifflin, Pa.

#59 Zac Bennett

Defensive Line • 6-1 • 255 • Jr. Newark, Ohio

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#60 Max Onyenwe

Defensive Tackle • 6-1 • 295 • Fr. Washington, D.C.

#68 Nick Faraci

Offensive Line • 6-2 • 275 • Jr. McDonald, Pa.

#74 Vince Mongelluzzo Offensive Line • 6-3 • 265 • Sr. Delmont, Pa.

#80 Justin Kempka

Tight End • 6-3 • 240 • So. Greensburg, Pa.

#61 Dylan Knight

Offensive Line • 6-5 • 280 • Jr. Dover, Ohio

#69 Dalton Raab

Long Snapper • 6-2 • 190 • So. Pittsburgh, Pa.

#76 A.J. Dalton

Offensive Tackle • 6-4 • 280 • Sr. Carrollton, Ohio

#81 D.J. Pearson

Tight End • 6-5 • 235 • Sr. New Brighton, Pa.

#63 Carlton Watson

Offensive Line • 6-4 • 260 • Fr. Pittsburgh, Pa.

#71 Jon Hill

Offensive Line • 6-5 • 275 • Sr. Lake Orion, Mich.

#77 Max Robertson

Offensive Line • 6-3 • 305 • So. Deland, Fla.

#82 Andrew Smith

Tight End • 6-3 • 240 • Sr. Cranberry Township, Pa.

#65 Chris O’Connor

Offensive Line • 6-6 • 300 • Fr. Warminster, Pa.

#72 Josh Thiel

Offensive Line • 6-3 • 280 • So. Liberty Township, Ohio

#78 Blake Chambliss

Offensive Line • 6-5 • 285 • Fr. Cincinnati, Ohio

#83 Chris Rivers, Jr.

Wide Receiver • 5-11 • 185 • Sr. Worthington, Ohio

#67 Luke Sweeney

Defensive End • 6-5 • 250 • Sr. Allison Park, Pa.

#73 Drew Garbenis

Offensive Line • 6-5 • 315 • Fr. West Chester, Ohio

#79 Riley Feenan

Offensive Line • 6-7 • 305 • Fr. Delta, British Columbia

#84 Alex Caratelli

Wide Receiver • 6-3 • 195 • Fr. Beaver Falls, Pa.

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#85 Uyi Akpan

Wide Receiver • 5-11 • 180 • Jr. Voorhees, N.J.

#87 Jordan Blackmon

Wide Receiver • 5-10 • 170 • Fr. Pittsburgh, Pa.

#88 Tyler Digby

Tight End • 6-4 • 255 • R-Sr. New Westminster, British Columbia

#89 Chaq Nettles

Wide Receiver • 6-1 • 175 • Fr. Williamsville, N.Y.

#91 Ryan Lewis

#92 Tyler Potts

Defensive End • 6-4 • 250 • Fr. McKees Rocka, Pa.

#93 Farren Mason

Defensive End • 6-6 • 260 • Sr. Aliquippa, Pa.

Chris Thompkins

Forrest Mason

Defensive Tackle • 5-11 • 285 • R-Sr. Monroeville, Pa.

#95 Chris Thompkins

Defensive Line • 6-2 • 270 • Sr. Webster, N.Y.

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#90 Forrest Mason

Defensive Line • 6-3 • 265 • Jr. Union Bridge, Md.

#94 A.J. Holderman

Defensive Line • 6-3 • 240 • R-Sr. Chagrin Falls, Ohio

#96 Michael Woltz

Defensive End • 6-2 • 230 • Fr. Pittsburgh, Pa.

#97 Henry Jartu

Defensive Line • 6-0 • 290 • Sr. Lake Worth, Fla.

#98 Ryan Budny

Defensive End • 6-5 • 215 • Fr. Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio

#99 Zach Sampson

Punter/Kicker • 6-0 • 215 • Fr. Irondequoit, N.Y.

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2013 Promotional Schedule Sept. 7 vs. Morgan State (Noon) Band Day presented by Hometown Pizza (magnetic schedule giveaway to first 1,500 fans)

Sept. 14 vs. Dayton (Noon) Youth Football Day presented by Trib Total Media (youth football giveaway to first 700 fans age 12 and under)

Oct. 19 vs. Duquesne (6:00 p.m.)

Homecoming presented by Clearview Federal Credit Union (postgame fireworks)

Nov. 2 vs. Bryant (Noon) Military Appreciation Day presented by Hampton Inn Pittsburgh Airport (RMU football legends poster to first 1,000 fans)

Nov. 16 vs. Sacred Heart (Noon) Senior and Hall of Fame Day presented by Allegheny Health Network (Joe Walton Bronze Mini Statue to first 1,000 fans) * * Special ticket price of $25 for adult general admission, $15 of which goes to the Joe Walton Scholarship

Today’s Game

Antwan Eddie

Duquesne (3-2 / 1-0 NEC) vs.

Robert Morris (2-3 / 0-0 NEC) Saturday, Oct. 19, 2013 at 6:00 p.m.

Joe Walton Stadium (3,000) - Moon Township, Pa. Radio: 970 ESPN Radio (Chris Shovlin - pxp & Brian Cleary - color) Video: www.rmucolonials.com The Robert Morris University football team returns to familiar surroundings and Joe Walton Stadium this evening by hosting Duquesne in a 6:00 p.m. kickoff as part of the University’s Homecoming festivities.

The Colonials are coming off their second bye week of the 2013 campaign, and RMU enters its tilt with the Dukes sporting an all-time record of 16-6-1 (.717) when playing after a bye, including a 1-0 mark so far this season. Robert Morris also owns a record of 14-4 (.778) all-time when playing on homecoming.

RMU closed out a two-game road swing in its last contest, dropping a 35-9 decision @ Monmouth (10/5). The Colonials jumped out to an early 7-0 lead over the Hawks thanks to a 12-yard touchdown pass from junior quarterback Paul Jones to senior tight end D.J. Pearson, but Monmouth responded with three consecutive touchdowns, as Neal Sterling hauled in scoring receptions of nine, 13 and 41 yards. The Hawks eventually entered the half with a 21-9 advantage en route to the win.

Jones finished 18-for-33 passing for 183 yards, a touchdown and an interception against the Hawks, while Pearson finished with a team-high six receptions for 63 yards and a score.

Defensively against Monmouth, RMU was paced by senior linebacker Mike Cook, who recorded nine tackles, including eight solo stops.

Robert Morris also received a solid performance

from senior defensive lineman A.J. Holderman, who posted a career-high six takedowns, a forced fumble and a quarterback hurry. Of his six tackles, three were for losses that totaled 10 yards, including a sack.

The Colonials opened their two-game swing in exciting fashion, posting a 37-31 double overtime victory @ VMI (9/28), as senior running back Deontae Howard’s 17-yard touchdown scamper helped lift RMU to the win.

A back-and-forth affair all afternoon, Robert Morris climbed out of a 10-point deficit in the second half and owned a 31-24 edge on the Keydets with under four minutes to play, but VMI sent the game to overtime when Eric Kordenbrock hit Matthew Nicholson with a 39yard touchdown pass with just one second left on the clock in regulation.

Jones had his most productive day in an RMU uniform @ VMI, completing 22 of his 43 passing attempts for 321 yards and two touchdowns.

Senior wide receiver Donte Jeter led the receiving corps with eight catches for 112 yards and a touchdown, while junior wide receiver Duane Mitchell hauled in six receptions for 90 yards.

Howard paced the Colonials on the ground, amassing 100 yards on 18 carries, an average of 5.6 yards per rush. RMU’s biggest highlight of the contest, however, belonged to junior Antwan Eddie. Knotted, 7-7, early in the second quarter, Eddie returned a VMI punt 88 yards for a touchdown to give the Colonials a 14-7 edge. It marks the longest punt return in school history, eclipsing a 56-yard punt return former Colonial Dante Settles recorded in a 23-12 victory over Saint Peter’s Oct. 30, 2004.

Eddie enters tonight’s game against Duquesne leading the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) in punt return average at 22.4 yards per return. Cook, meanwhile, ranks third in the FCS in tackles per game with an average of 11.8. Through five games, Cook has compiled 59 stops and is on pace for 130 this season, which would establish a new RMU single-season record.

The Colonials return to the road after hosting the Dukes this evening, visiting Staten Island, N.Y., Saturday, Oct. 26, for a Noon kickoff against Wagner.

TODAY’S OFFICIALS Referee – Jeffrey Lane Umpire – Tim Linnartz Linesman – Anthony Ciccaglione Line Judge – Phil DiDomenico Field Judge – Matt Brewer Side Judge – Williams Schoen Back Judge – J.T. Noll Clock Operator – John Piuri Play Clock – Bill Heidkamp

PROBABLE STARTERS When the Dukes have the ball …

Robert Morris Defense

LE 95 Chris Thompkins (6-2, 270, Sr.) NG 51 R.J. Cook (5-11, 295, R-Sr.) RE 90 Forrest Mason (6-3, 265, Jr.) OLB 15 Kimani Smith (6-3, 220, So.) ILB 44 Kyle Cooper (6-1, 230, R-Sr.) ILB 31 Mike Cook (6-0, 235, R-Sr.) OLB 40 Mike Stojkovic (6-2, 210, Jr.) CB 6 Antwan Eddie (5-10, 185, Jr.) SS 34 D.J. Myers (6-0, 190, Sr.) WS 35 Andy Smigiera (6-0, 190, Fr.) CB 4 Marcelis Branch (5-11, 175, So.) P 38 Tony LaMancusa (5-10, 200, Jr.) Duquesne offense

WR 2 Gianni Carter (6-2, 212, Sr.) LT 60 Dan Buchholz (6-4, 294, So.) LG 58 Ezek Suivaaia (6-3, 311, Jr.) C 66 Nick Redden (6-2, 293, Sr.) RG 70 Frank Balmaceda (6-1, 308, Sr.) RT 62 Larson Graham (6-4, 289, So.) TE 86 Kyle Shuman (6-5, 245, Jr.) QB 5 Dillon Buechel (6-3, 176, Fr.) RB 22 Ryan Ho (5-7, 190, Jr.) FB 39 Ethan Dorsey (5-10, 257, Jr.) WR 1 Noel Oduho (6-4, 200, Jr.) PK 73 Austin Crimmins (5-11, 179, Fr.) When the Colonials have the ball …

Duquesne Defense

DE 90 Dane O’Driscoll (6-3, 259, So.) DT 69 Zach Zidian (6-1, 315, So.) DE 45 Reggie Eiland (6-2, 259, Sr.) OLB 43 Christian Kuntz (6-2, 210, So.) ILB 56 Aaron Reed (5-10, 218, Fr.) ILB 48 Sam Martello (6-0, 209, So.) OLB 7 Dorian Bell (6-1, 217, Sr.) CB 6 Devin Williams (5-9, 184, Jr.) FS 13 Rich Piekarski (6-2, 192, Jr.) SS 4 Chris Johnson (5-10, 203, Jr.) CB 24 Nick Floyd (5-9, 178, Sr.) P 64 Aaron Fleck (5-11, 186, Jr.) Robert Morris Offense

SE 7 Duane Mitchell (6-0, 210, Jr.) LT 76 A.J. Dalton (6-4, 280, Sr.) LG 77 Maxwell Robertson (6-3, 305, So.) C 68 Nick Faraci (6-2, 275, Jr.) RG 74 Vince Mongelluzzo (6-3, 265, Sr.) RT 71 Jon Hill (6-5, 275, Sr.) TE 88 Tyler Digby (6-4, 255, R-Sr.) QB 2 Paul Jones (6-4, 265, Jr.) FB 22 Ryan Thermil (5-11, 240, Jr.) HB 5 Deontae Howard (5-8, 190, Sr.) FL 3 Donte Jeter (6-1, 160, Sr.) PK 29 Hunter Khaleghi (5-10, 175, Jr.)

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Duquesne 2013 Numerical Roster No. Name

1 2 3 4 5 6 6A 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69

Pos. Ht.

Noel Oduho.................. WR Gianni Carter................ WR Sean Brady................... WR Chris Johnson............... DB Dillon Buechel............. QB Devin Williams............. DB Michael LoPresti.......... QB Dorian Bell................... LB Dave Thomas................ WR Marcus Hughes............. RB Chavas Rawlins............ WR Chris Jones.................... LB Jason Douglas............... RB Rich Piekarski.............. DB Marty Mitchell............. QB Devin Rahming............. WR Malik Shegog................ DB Patrick Dill................... QB Charles Lipp................. DB Chris King..................... WR Sterling Parks............... DB Brandon Martin............ DB Ryan Ho........................ RB Tamir Turpin................ RB Nick Floyd.................... DB Brian Pommerer........... TE Xavier Nelson............... WR Juan Johnson................ RB Ken Egu........................ DB Josh Jordan................... DB Jake Szolis.................... RB Kosec, E.J...................... DB Mania, Paul.................. LB Clopton, Adam............. DB Bly, Andrew.................. RB Randy Morris................ RB Don Hursey III.............. DB Brendan Montgomery.. DB Mickey Jacobs............... DB Ethan Dorsey................ RB Stephan Osong............. DB Brian Hall..................... DB Zach DeNardo.............. RB Christian Kuntz............ LB Anthony Alimenti........ DB Reggie Eiland................ DL Shareef Shabazz........... DB Ben Groll...................... TE Sam Martello................ LB Austin Whalen............. LB Mitchel Geib................. OL Toby Thuer................... DL Kyle Egan...................... LB Eric Modie.................... OL Rich Myers, Jr............... LB William Osley............... LB Aaron Reed................... LB Rheid Skipps................ OL Ezek Suivaaia............... OL Bryan Small.................. OL Dan Buchholz............... OL Spencer Chisholm........ LB Larosn Graham............. OL Tim Wood..................... OL Aaron Fleck.................. PK/P Brad Campbell.............. LB Nick Redden................. OL Scott Barlek.................. OL Ryan Grady................... OL Zach Zidian.................. DL

6-4 6-2 6-0 5-10 6-3 5-9 6-2 6-1 5-8 5-9 6-3 6-0 5-6 6-2 6-1 5-11 5-10 6-2 6-0 6-1 5-11 5-9 5-7 6-1 5-9 6-3 5-9 5-9 6-0 5-8 5-6 6-0 6-2 5-11 5-11 5-10 5-11 5-11 6-2 5-10 6-0 5-10 5-10 6-2 5-8 6-2 5-11 6-4 6-0 5-11 6-1 6-2 6-1 6-5 5-11 6-0 5-10 6-4 6-3 6-2 6-4 6-0 6-4 6-4 5-11 6-1 6-2 6-3 6-2 6-1

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Wt. Yr.

Hometown/High School or Junior College

No. Name

200 212 189 203 176 184 194 217 167 191 207 230 175 192 225 172 158 208 195 206 185 169 190 201 178 225 150 191 200 160 162 208 233 193 225 217 180 172 198 257 197 180 193 210 204 259 185 241 209 200 292 243 231 249 202 211 218 268 311 287 294 229 289 250 186 214 293 240 245 315

Erie, Pa. / Cathedral Prep Eugene, Ore. / Marist (Montana State) Orchard Park, N.Y. / Canisius Ocala, Fla. / Trinity Catholic (Florida) McKees Rocks, Pa. / Montour Concord, Calif. / De La Salle Fairfax, Va. / James Robinson (James Madison) Monroeville, Pa. / Gateway (Ohio State) Ocala, Fla. / Trinity Catholic Falls Church, Va. / Falls Church Monessen, Pa. / Monessen (West Virginia) Washington, D.C. / H.D. Woodson (Lackawanna) Opa-locka, Fla. / Cypress Bay (Fullerton) Hudson, Ohio / Hudson Dearborn, Mich. / Divine Child Miami, Fla. / Coral Reef (Yuba) Aliquippa, Pa. / Aliquippa Mechanicsburg, Pa. / Milford Academy Beaver Falls, Pa. / Blackhawk Crofton, Md. / DeMatha Catholic Upper Marlboro, Md. / Milford Academy Canton, Ohio / GlenOak Pearl City, Hawaii / Kamehameha Schools Orange, N.J. / East Orange Campus (ASA Institute, N.Y.) San Diego, Calif. / Grossmont (Southwestern) Malvern, Pa. / Great Valley Sliver Spring, Md. / Springbrook Seattle, Wash. / Ingraham (Yuba) Concord, Calif. / De La Salle (Washington) Hueytown, Ala. / Hueytown Pittsburgh, Pa. / Avonworth Poland, Ohio / Poland Seminary Flemington, N.J. / Hunterdon Central Pickerington, Ohio / Pickerington Central Allison Park, Pa. / Hampton Cranberry Township, Pa. / Seneca Valley (Pittsburgh) Washington, D.C. / H.D. Woodson (Lackawanna) Pittsburgh, Pa. / Pittsburgh Central Catholic Cheswick, Pa. / Fox Chapel Sykesville, Md. / Liberty Clarksville, Md. / River Hill District Heights, Md. / Gwynn Park Pittsburgh, Pa. / Baldwin Pittsburgh, Pa. / Chartiers Valley Churchville, Pa. / Council Rock South Accokeek, Md. / Gwynn Park Cleveland, Ohio / Glenville Murrysville, Pa. / Franklin Regional Westlake, Ohio / St. Edward Las Vegas, Nev. / Palo Verde (L.A. Pierce) Las Vegas, Nev. / Palo Verde (L.A. Pierce) Aliquippa, Pa. / Hopewell Danville, Calif. / San Ramon Valley (Diablo Valley) North Royalton, Ohio / North Royalton Bordentown, N.J. / Florence Township Memorial Kendall Park, N.J. / South Brunswick McKees Rocks, Pa. / Montour Torrance, Calif. / South (Los Angeles Harbor) Waipahu, Hawaii / Leilehua (NM Military Institute) Ithaca, N.Y. / Ithaca Malvern, Pa. / Great Valley Harrisburg, Pa. / Central Dauphin Wyoming, Ohio / Wyoming Pittsburgh, Pa. / North Catholic Oakdale, Pa. / West Allegheny Clarksburg, Pa. / Apollo-Ridge Clearfield, Pa. / Clearfield Area Sewickley, Pa. / Avonworth Camp Hill, Pa. / Trinity Youngstown, Ohio / Boardman

Jr. Sr. Sr. Jr. R-Fr. Jr. So. Sr. So. Jr. Fr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Jr. So. Fr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Sr. Sr. R-Fr. Jr. Jr. So. So. Jr. So. So. Jr. Gr. Jr. So. R-Fr. Sr. Fr. So. R-Fr. So. R-Fr. Sr. Fr. R-Fr. So. Jr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Jr. R-Fr. Jr. Jr. Sr. So. Fr. R-Fr. Jr. Jr. R-Fr. Sr. So. Fr. So.

70 71 72 73 74 75 78 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 90 91 93 94 95 96 97 99

Pos. Ht.

Frank Balmaceda.......... OL 6-1 Kevin Franko................ OL/LS 6-1 Mike Mondzelewski..... OL 6-3 Austin Crimmins.......... PK/P 5-11 Brent Calvin................. LS 5-11 Jordan McNally............ OL 6-2 Hunter Manning........... OL 6-2 Tommy Berexa.............. WR 5-8 Tony DeVivo................. TE 6-0 Bobby Gustine.............. WR 5-8 Davin Reynolds............ WR 5-11 Kevin Enright............... TE 6-3 Reggie McKnight.......... WR 6-1 Kyle Shuman................ TE 6-5 Andrew Spanos............ WR 5-8 Dane O’Driscoll............ DL 6-3 Darius Roper................. DL 6-1 Ryan Patrick................. PK 6-3 Jake Radziukinas.......... DL 6-1 Andrew Spicher........... DL 6-1 Sean Cultrera................ DL 6-0 Luis Quintana............... DL 6-1 Joseph Crosby............... RB 5-8

Wt. Yr.

Hometown/High School or Junior College

308 233 283 179 209 285 274 194 205 160 175 244 186 245 179 259 235 214 284 235 243 269 187

Miami, Fla. / G. Holmes Braddock (ASA Institute, N.Y.) Fanwood, N.J. / Seton Hall Prep Upper St. Clair, Pa. / Upper St. Clair Ebensburg, Pa. / Central Cambria Gibsonia, Pa. / Pine-Richland Loveland, Ohio / Loveland Jacksonville, Fla. / Providence School Gibsonia, Pa. / Pine-Richland Freeport, Pa. / Freeport Pittsburgh, Pa. / Canevin Norristown, Pa. / Milford Academy Stow, Ohio / Walsh Jesuit Dania, Fla. / Hollywood Hills Edinboro, Pa. / General McLane Mechanicsburg, Pa. / Mechanicsburg Area Hudson, Ohio / Walsh Jesuit Jersey City, N.J. / St. Anthony’s Clarks Summit, Pa. / Abington Heights Upper St. Clair, Pa. / Upper St. Clair Falls Creek, Pa. / DuBois Area Mont Vernon, N.H. / Souhegan Miami, Fla. / Columbus West Chester, Pa. / Bayard Rustin

Sr. Fr. Fr. R-Fr. So. R-Fr. R-Fr. So. Fr. R-Fr. Fr. R-Fr. R-Fr. Jr. Fr. So. Fr. Fr. R-Fr. Jr. So. So. So.

Coaching Staff Head Coach (year at Duquesne; alma mater): Jerry Schmitt (ninth season; Westminster ’83) Assistant Coaches (position; year at Duquesne; alma mater): Dave Opfar (defensive coordinator; fourth season; Penn State ’83), Michael Dunn (offensive coordinator; third season; California, Pa. ’95), Mike Silianoff (assistant head coach/offensive line; seventh season; Westminster ’82), Michael Craig (secondary/special teams; fourth season; Saint Francis, Pa. ’06), Anthony Doria (quarterbacks; third season; Saint Francis, Pa. ’07), Ryan Lehmeier (running backs; first season; Slippery Rock ’10), Matt Raich (linebackers; first season; Wetminster ’94), Darnel Richardson (receivers; fourth season; Marshall ’96), Zach Richert (outside linebackers; first season; Duquesne ’12), John Rosato (football operations; 28thh season; Duquesne ’73), Jeremy McCullough (defensive backs; fourth season; Duquesne ’07)

2013 SCHEDULE 8/31 ALBANY.......................................................... W, 35-24 9/7 @ Dayton.......................................................... L, 20-23 9/21 @ Youngstown State........................................ L, 17-59 10/5 WEST LIBERTY............................................... W, 27-14 10/12 WAGNER *...................................................... W, 34-7 10/19 @ Robert Morris *........................................... 6 p.m.

10/26 @ Bryant *........................................................ 1 p.m.

11/2 SAINT FRANCIS *.......................................... 6 p.m.

11/9 @ Sacred Heart *.............................................. Noon 11/16 CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE *............. Noon 11/23 @ Monmouth................................................... Noon * Northeast Conference game

RMU 2013 Numerical Roster No. Name

Pos. Ht.

Wt.

Yr. Hometown/High School or Junior College

2 Paul Jones........................... QB 6-4 265 Jr. McKees Rocks, Pa. / Sto-Rox (Penn State) 3 Donte Jeter **..................... WR 6-1 160 Sr. Pittsburgh, Pa. / Oliver 4 Marcelis Branch *.............. DB 5-11 180 So. Homestead, Fla. / Miami Southridge 5 Deontae Howard **............ RB 5-8 190 Sr. Clairton, Pa. / Clairton 6 Antwan Eddie **............... CB 5-10 180 Jr. Homestead, Fla. / South Dade 7 Duane Mitchell **.............. WR 6-1 210 Jr. Monroe Falls, Ohio / Stow 8 Malik Johnson **............... DB 5-9 190 Sr. Pittsburgh, Pa. / Pittsburgh Central Catholic 9 Chad Dawgiello.................. WR 6-2 185 Jr. Pittsburgh, Pa. / Seton-La Salle 10 Adrian Perez *.................... DE 6-2 240 Sr. Los Angeles, Calif. / Santee (West Los Angeles J.C.) 11 Eric Lowry ***................... DB 6-0 195 R-Sr. Johnstown, Pa. / Bishop McCort 12 Derik Abbott....................... QB 5-11 195 So. Orlando, Fla. / Freedom 13 Brian Jones *...................... DB 5-10 175 So. Monroeville, Pa. / Gateway 14 Sean Gavin......................... WR 5-11 175 So. Glenshaw Pa. / Shaler Area 15 Kimani Smith *.................. LB 6-3 220 So. Erie, Pa. / Erie Cathedral Prep 16 Clay Ilkin *......................... DB 5-11 165 R-Sr. Pittsburgh, Pa. / Upper St. Clair (Ohio) 17 Jake Skinner....................... LB 6-0 200 Sr. North Versailles, Pa. / East Allegheny 18 D.J. Hayes *........................ WR 5-11 170 So. West Mifflin, Pa. / West Mifflin 19 Marcus Prather................... QB 6-3 210 So. Steubenville, Ohio / Steubenville (Akron) 20 Kenny Davis....................... RB 5-7 170 So. Cincinnati, Ohio / Walnut Hills 21 David Taylor....................... DB 5-11 180 So. Deland, Fla. / Deland 22 Ryan Thermil *................... FB 5-11 240 Jr. Fort Washington, Md. / St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes 23 D.J. Myers ***.................... DB 5-11 185 Sr. Aliquippa, Pa. / Pittsburgh Central Catholic 24 Samuel Collins **.............. DB 6-1 200 Sr. Germantown, Md. / Clarksburg 25 Warren Fields..................... WR 5-10 175 So. Miami, Fla. / Killian 26 Sam Woods......................... DB 5-11 185 Fr. North Canton, Ohio / Hoover 27 Travis Gregg........................ RB 5-11 190 So. Byron Center, Mich. / South Christian

(Grand Valley State) 28 Caleb Stennis...................... RB 5-9 180 Fr. Frederick, Md. / Tuscarora (Atlanta Sports Academy) 29 Hunter Khaleghi................. K/P 5-10 175 Jr. San Diego, Calif. / La Jolla Country Day 30 Logan Kelleher................... DB 5-11 185 Fr. Cincinnati, Ohio / Archbishop Moeller 31 Mike Cook **..................... LB 6-0 235 R-Sr. Victoria, Minn. / Eden Prairie (Winona State) 32 Zach Cooper....................... LB 5-8 180 Fr. Hurricane, W.Va. / Hurricane 33 Codi Casper........................ DB 5-9 190 Jr. Carrollton, Ohio / Carrollton 34 Corey Garry........................ FB 6-0 250 So. McDonald, Pa. / Fort Cherry 35 Andy Smigiera................... DB 6-0 190 Fr. West Seneca, N.Y. / West Seneca East 36 Phil Peckich....................... RB 5-10 190 Jr. McKees Rocks, Pa. / Montour (Pittsburgh) 37 Erich Maine........................ RB 6-1 230 Fr. Delray Beach, Fla. / Village Academy 38 Tony LaMancusa **........... P 5-10 200 Jr. Tonawanda, N.Y. / St. Joseph’s 39 Marty Thomas.................... FB 5-10 205 Jr. Amherst, Ohio / Amherst Steele 40 Mike Stojkovic................... LB 6-2 210 Jr. Katy, Texas / Valley Forge Military Academy

(North Texas) 41 Luke Zearing...................... FB 5-10 245 So. Ebensburg, Pa. / Central Cambria 42 Nic Lamica......................... LB 6-4 220 Fr. Grand Rapids, Mich. / Forest Hills Central 43 Nick Sponyoe..................... FB 5-9 245 Fr. Frederick, Md. / Governor Thomas Johnson 44 Kyle Cooper **................... LB 6-1 230 R-Sr. Hurricane, W.Va. / Hurricane 46 T.J. Matrascia...................... DL 6-3 280 Jr. Jefferson Hills, Pa. / Thomas Jefferson 47 Connor Shennan................ K 6-2 195 Fr. Plymouth, Mich. / Canton 48 Matthew Fox *................... LB 6-2 240 Sr. Jamestown, N.Y. / Maple Grove 49 Luke Mueller *................... LB 6-1 200 Sr. Cranberry Township, Pa. / Seneca Valley (Thiel) 50 Jimmy Masson.................... LB 6-0 195 Fr. Boca Raton, Fla. / West Boca 51 R.J. Cook ***...................... DL 5-11 295 R-Sr. Beaver, Pa. / Beaver 52 Anthony Lucian................. OL 6-4 265 So. New Market, Md. / Linganore 53 Zack Zamiska..................... DT 6-4 290 Fr. Avon Lake, Ohio / Avon Lake 54 Todd-Jamal Waters............. LB 6-4 250 Fr. Philadelphia, Pa. / West Catholic (Navy Prep Academy) 55 Mark Centofanti **............ LB 6-1 240 Sr. West Mifflin, Pa. / West Mifflin 57 Jonah Tyus.......................... OL 6-5 310 So. Pittsburgh, Pa. / Carrick (California University) 58 Jake Tkach.......................... LB 6-0 225 Jr. West Mifflin, Pa. / West Mifflin 59 Zac Bennett........................ DL 6-1 255 Jr. Newark, Ohio / Newark 60 Max Onyenwe.................... DT 6-1 295 Fr. Washington, D.C. / St. John’s 61 Dylan Knight...................... OL 6-5 280 Jr. Dover, Ohio / Dover 63 Carlton Watson................... OL 6-4 260 Fr. Pittsburgh, Pa. / City Charter 65 Chris O’Connor.................. OL 6-6 300 Fr. Warminster, Pa. / Archbishop Wood 67 Luke Sweeney **............... DE 6-5 250 Sr. Allison Park, Pa. / Hampton

No. Name

Pos. Ht.

Wt.

Yr. Hometown/High School or Junior College

68 Nick Faraci *...................... OL 6-2 275 Jr. McDonald, Pa. / South Fayette 69 Dalton Raab........................ LS 6-2 190 So. Pittsburgh, Pa. / West Allegheny (Slippery Rock) 71 Jon Hill *............................ OL 6-5 275 Sr. Lake Orion, Mich. / Lake Orion 72 Josh Thiel........................... OL 6-3 280 So. Liberty Township, Ohio / Cincinnati Hills Christian 73 Drew Garbenis.................... OL 6-5 315 Fr. West Chester, Ohio / Lakota West 74 Vince Mongelluzzo ***.....OL 6-3 265 Sr. Delmont, Pa. / Greensburg Salem 76 A.J. Dalton ***................... OT 6-4 280 Sr. Carrollton, Ohio / Carrollton 77 Max Robertson *................ OL 6-3 305 So. Deland, Fla. / Deland 78 Blake Chambliss................. OL 6-5 285 Fr. Cincinnati, Ohio / Archbishop Moeller 79 Riley Feenan....................... OL 6-7 305 Fr. Delta, British Columbia / Notre Dame Regional

Secondary 80 Justin Kempka.................... TE 6-3 240 So. Greensburg, Pa. / Greensburg Central Catholic 81 D.J. Pearson........................ TE 6-5 235 Sr. New Brighton, Pa. / New Brighton (Akron) 82 Andrew Smith ***............. TE 6-3 240 Sr. Cranberry Township, Pa. / Seneca Valley 83 Chris Rivers, Jr.................... WR 5-11 185 Sr. Worthington, Ohio / Worthington Christian

(Georgia Military) 84 Alex Caratelli..................... WR 6-3 195 Fr. Beaver Falls, Pa. / Blackhawk 85 Uyi Akpan.......................... WR 5-11 180 Jr. Voorhees, N.J. / Eastern 86 Luke Centofanti.................. WR 5-11 185 So. West Mifflin, Pa. / West Mifflin 87 Jordan Blackmon................ WR 5-10 170 Fr. Pittsburgh, Pa. / North Hills 88 Tyler Digby **.................... TE 6-4 255 R-Sr. New Westminster, British Columbia /

New Westminster 89 Chaq Nettles....................... WR 6-1 175 Fr. Williamsville, N.Y. / Williamsville South 90 Forrest Mason *.................. DL 6-3 265 Jr. Union Bridge, Md. / Frederick

(Hargrave Military Academy) 91 Ryan Lewis......................... DE 6-4 250 Fr. McKees Rocka, Pa. / Montour (Milford Academy) 92 Tyler Potts........................... DE 6-6 260 Sr. Aliquippa, Pa. / Aliquippa (Geneva College) 93 Farren Mason ****............ DT 5-11 285 R-Sr. Monroeville, Pa. / Gateway 94 A.J. Holderman ***............ DL 6-3 240 R-Sr. Chagrin Falls, Ohio / Kenston 95 Chris Thompkins ***........ DL 6-2 270 Sr. Webster, N.Y. / Webster 96 Michael Woltz.................... DE 6-2 230 Fr. Pittsburgh, Pa. / Peters Township 97 Henry Jartu *...................... DL 6-0 290 Sr. Lake Worth, Fla. / Park Vista 98 Ryan Budny........................ DE 6-5 215 Fr. Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio / Walsh Jesuit 99 Zach Sampson.................... P/K 6-0 215 Fr. Irondequoit, N.Y. / Irondequoit Duplicate Jersey #’s No. Name

Pos. Ht.

Wt.

Yr. Hometown/High School or Junior College

6d Luke Brumbaugh............. QB 6-3 185 Fr. McDonald, Pa. / Seton LaSalle 13d Evan Taylor **................ RB 5-10 180 Sr. Redding, Calif. / Shasta 15d Joe Carroll........................ QB 6-3 190 Fr. Jefferson Hills, Pa. / Thomas Jefferson PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Brumbaugh: Broom-baw Caratelli: CARE-ah-tell-E Dawgiello: Daw-GELL-o Deontae: D-ON-tay Faraci: Far-ah-chee Jeter: JEET-er Khaleghi: Kha-leg-E Kimani: K-mahn-E Lamica: La-MEEK-ah Malik: Ma-leak Masson: Mason Matrascia: Ma-tray-sha Mongelluzzo: MON-ga-LOSE-O Mueller: Mue-ler Onyenwe: On-YEN-way Prather: Pray-ther Smigiera: Smig-EAR-ah Sponyoe: Spon-YO Stojkovic: Stock-O-vick Thiel: Thee-uhl Tkach: TACK * letters earned; “d” denotes duplicate number

Coaching Staff Head Coach (position; year at RMU; alma mater): Joe Walton (offensive coordinator; 20th year; Pittsburgh ’57) Assistant Coaches (position; year at RMU; alma mater): John Banaszak (assistant head coach; 11th year; Eastern Michigan ‘75), Scott Farison (defensive coordinator; 12th year; Mercyhurst ‘01), Andrew Richardson (offensive line; seventh year; Penn State ’05), Bill Hurley (secondary; fifth year; Syracuse ’80), Bob Morris (receivers; 11th year; Findlay ’75), Patrick Shepard (tight ends; fifth year; Miami University ’09), Paul Mulbah (assistant secondary; second season; Duquesne ’08), Jeff Sinclair (quarterbacks; first year) Graduate Assistants (position; year at RMU; alma mater): Myles Russ (running backs; second year; Robert Morris ’11); Alex DiMichele (defensive line; second year; Robert Morris ’11)

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RMU Insider Veteran sportswriter, member of the WDVE Morning Show and hockey aficionado Mike Prisuta has been covering the Pittsburgh sports scene for over 20 years. He has covered Pittsburgh sports as a reporter for the Beaver County Times and as a columnist for the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review while having his pulse on the happenings of each of the professional organizations and college programs in the area. A graduate of Michigan State University, Prisuta got

his start in the profession covering the Spartan hockey program and possesses knowledge of the college hockey world unmatched in the region.

Throughout the 2013-14 season, Prisuta will serve up weekly stories surrounding Colonial hockey as well as the latest notes and news around college hockey. His stories can be found on the official website of the Robert Morris University Colonials at RMUColonials.com

They’ve Had Their Moments

By Mike Prisuta Moon Township, Pa. - They’ve had their moments and then some in their first nine NCAA Division I campaigns on ice.

Relatively upstart hockey teams from Robert Morris have beaten established brandname institutions along the way to winning tournaments (Boston University in the Nye Frontier Classic in 2007 in Alaska and Miami in the Three Rivers Classic last season at CONSOL Energy Center).

They’ve beaten nationally-ranked and nonconference opponents alike with regularity, including the No. 1 team in the nation on one glorious, back-to-back occasion (Miami in 2010).

They’ve received recognition in the

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Cody Wydo

national polls and they’ve begun to populate the professional ranks with their alumni.

The Colonials even remained under legitimate consideration for an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament after having been eliminated from the Atlantic Hockey Association postseason tournament last season, a previously unimaginable development.

But to celebrate the 10th anniversary of RMU Hockey head coach Derek Schooley wants more.

“Close isn’t good enough anymore,” Schooley announced. “You could say we’ve done a lot of very good things. Now it’s time for us to take the next step.”

The quest to take that next step officially

began last weekend at Lake Superior State.

The Atlantic Hockey portion of the Colonials’ schedule commences on Oct. 19 against 2012-13 regular-season champion Niagara, one of two AHA teams to qualify for last season’s NCAA Tournament (along with AHA tournament champ Canisius).

The Colonials warmed up for what’s ahead with a 2-0 exhibition victory over Toronto, Oct. 6, at the Island Sports Center.

“The ultimate goal of every team going into the season is to win your league,” Schooley said. “That’s a goal of our program. I think we were close last year. We have a great group of returners that knows what it felt like to be close.

Greg Gibson

Jeff Jones

“Yes, we graduated some important pieces but we have a lot of important pieces coming back. You supplement it with some guys taking steps as they get older. You supplement it with some new freshmen coming in.”

Despite beginning last season with 10 freshmen and 11 new faces, the Colonials wound up setting a school record for victories. RMU’s 20-14-4 overall record included a 5-1-1 non-conference mark and a 6-3 record against teams that ultimately qualified for the NCAA Tournament.

Schooley wants to see steps taken in AHA play this season after a 13-11-3, fifth-place finish in 2012-13.

The top four teams in the regular season receive a first-round bye in the conference tournament and home-ice advantage in the second round, the path of least resistance to winning the conference tournament and the accompanying automatic NCAA bid.

But as Niagara proved a season ago, a strong regular season can get a team there even if it comes up short in conference tournament play.

RMU’s group of returnees includes established core players such as captain Colin South and fellow forwards Cody Wydo and Scott Jacklin, and defensemen Andrew Blazek and Tyson Wilson.

The group that appears poised to take the next step in terms of individual development includes forwards Jeff Jones, Zac Lynch, David Friedmann, Greg Gibson and Brandon Denham.

Overall, seven of last season’s top 10 scorers return, as do seven of nine defensemen.

The big question is in net.

Record-setter Eric Levine and his 2,068

Scott Jacklin

minutes and 45 seconds of ice time have departed.

Sophomore Terry Shafer (1-2-0, 3.08 goalsagainst average, .888 save percentage) is the only experienced returnee.

Freshmen Dalton Izyk and Brandon Lane are also in the mix in the crease.

“We have a lot of experience back,” Schooley said. “The strength of our team is the depth at forward and the depth on defense.

“One of those (goaltenders) has to step up and take the ball. If it’s two, that’s a good problem to have. If it’s three, we’ll figure it out.

“But we can’t have a .860 save percentage and be successful.”

RMU Tabbed Seventh in AHA Coaches Poll The Robert Morris University men’s ice hockey team was chosen to finish seventh in the Atlantic Hockey Association (AHA) for the upcoming 2013-14 season according to a poll of the conference’s head coaches.

The Colonials will look to replicate their success from a season ago when they would win a program-record 20 games. RMU also earned a national ranking after shutting out fifth-ranked Miami University to win the inaugural Three Rivers Classic. Despite bowing out of the conference tournament

in the quarterfinals, Robert Morris had a chance to earn its first-ever birth to the NCAA Tournament.

RMU will have to replace five departed seniors, including goaltender Eric Levine who is currently attending the NHL training camp of the Nashville Predators. Head coach Derek Schooley brings in a group of six freshmen – two forwards, two defensemen, and two goaltenders – that will look to mesh with a rather young lineup that also includes nine sophomores.

This year’s squad will be led by senior captain Colin South who served as an assistant captain last season. A defensive squad featuring four seniors will be counted on to ease the burden on the three Colonial netminders, all of whom are underclassmen.

The crop of forwards will be supported by South and four juniors including Cody Wydo.

Wydo is second amongst all juniors, behind Boston College’s Johnny Gaudreau, in goals scored with 34.

2013-14 AHA Preseason Coaches Poll School (First-Place Votes)

Points

1. Niagara (3).................................... 102 2. Mercyhurst (4).............................. 98 Air Force (2)................................. 98 4. Canisius (3)................................... 92 5. RIT................................................ 81 6. Connecticut.................................. 79 7. Robert Morris............................... 66 8. Holy Cross.................................... 59 9. Bentley.......................................... 53 10. Army............................................. 28 11. American International................ 22 12. Sacred Heart................................. 16

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RMU Football Record Book SINGLE-GAME RECORDS Rushing Attempts — Myles Russ – 37 vs. Duquesne (10/11/08) Rushing Touchdowns — Tim Hall – 4 vs. Bethany (11/5/94) Rushing Yards Yards

Att.

TD

1. Tim Hall................... 278 2. Tim Hall................... 250 3. Myles Russ............... 246 4. Tim Hall................... 235 5. Tim Hall................... 214

Name

22 34 37 20 32

4 3 2 3 3

Opponent

Date

Bethany Saint Francis Duquesne Central Conn. State @ Bethany

11/5/94 11/11/95 10/11/08 9/30/95 11/4/95

Receptions Name

Dante Settles Rec Yards TD Opponent

1. Tyjuan Massey.........

Sherrod Evers..........

3. J.T. Kirk....................

Brent Hockenberry..

Dante Settles............

Shadrae King...........

Shadrae King...........

10 10 9 9 9 9 9

272 159 111 196 153 110 104

1 1 1 1 1 2 2

Yards Rec.

TD

1. Tyjuan Massey......... 272 10 2. Brent Hockenberry.. 196 9 3. Tyjuan Massey......... 177 4 4. Dante Settles............ 167 7 5. Alvin Hill................. 164 7

1 1 1 2 0

Sacred Heart Morehead State @ Central Conn. State @ Buffalo State @ Duquesne @ Central Conn. State @ Monmouth

11/12/05 9/6/08 9/25/99 9/1/01 11/15/03 10/10/09 10/1/11

Opponent

Date

Sacred Heart @ Buffalo State Albany Saint Francis @ Morehead State

11/12/05 9/1/01 11/6/04 9/29/01 9/22/07

Receiving Yards Name

Touchdown Receptions — Tyjuan Massey – 4 vs. Stony Brook (10/29/05)

Points — Tim Hall – 24 vs. Bethany (11/5/94) Tim Hall – 24 @ Duquesne (9/16/95) Tyjuan Massey – 24 vs. Stony Brook (10/29/05) All-Purpose Yards — Tyjuan Massey – 349 vs. Sacred Heart (11/12/05) Passing Attempts — Drew Geyer – 49 @ Stony Brook (11/9/02) Pass Completions — Rich Demaio – 33 @ Duquesne (11/15/03) Touchdown Passes — Drew Geyer – 6 vs. Buffalo State (9/4/04) Passing Yards Name

Yards PC-PA

444 363 330 313 311

33-45 26-35 14-24 20-35 23-47

TD

3 4 2 5 2

Opponent

Date

@ Duquesne Stony Brook @ Wagner Stony Brook @ Wagner

11/15/03 11/3/01 10/3/98 10/29/05 10/28/00

Field Goals Made — Jeff Carlo – 3 @ Duquesne (11/21/98) Jeff Carlo – 3 vs. Albany (10/30/99) Jeff Carlo – 3 vs. Buffalo State (9/2/00) Nathan DiLorenzo – 3 vs. Saint Peter’s (10/30/04) Garrett Clawson – 3 @ Bucknell (9/12/09) Garrett Clawson – 3 vs. Sacred Heart (10/31/09) Garrett Clawson – 3 vs. Wagner (11/14/09) Extra Points Made — Jeff Carlo – 9 @ Saint Francis (9/30/00) 50 | Robert Morris University

Tackles (Total) Name

Tackles Solo Loss (Yds.)

1. Reggie Chambers.. 20 Jordan Howard...... 20 3. Chad Wengert....... 19 Alex DiMichele..... 19 Alex DiMichele..... 19

7 5 4 7 7

2 (-6) 2 (-4) 2 (-2) - 1 (-4)

Opponent

Date

@ Albany @ Central Conn. State @ Central Conn. State Bucknell @ Saint Francis

11/10/01 10/13/07 10/13/07 9/13/08 10/2/10

Tackles (Solo) — Jason Hempstead – 14 vs. Sacred Heart (9/22/01) Interceptions — Brian Dunn – 3 vs. Duquesne (10/8/94) Quarterback Sacks — Jason Spencer – 5 vs. Saint Francis (11/8/97) Note: Players bold still active

CAREER RECORDS Rushing Yards Name

Touchdowns — Tim Hall – 4 vs. Bethany (11/5/94) Tim Hall – 4 @ Duquesne (9/16/95) Tyjuan Massey – 4 vs. Stony Brook (10/29/05)

1. Rich Demaio................

2. Tim Levcik...................

3. Tim Levcik...................

4. Drew Geyer..................

5. Tim Levcik...................

Jason Hempstead

Date

Yards

Att.

Avg.

TD

1. Myles Russ (2007-10)................................ 4,271 2. Sam Dorsett (1999-2003)........................... 3,847 3. Tim Hall (1994-95)..................................... 2,908 4. Archie Wannamaker (1996-98)................. 2,462 5. Devin Wilson (2002-05)............................. 1,762

818 724 393 427 429

5.2 5.3 7.4 5.8 4.1

21 29 27 20 15

Rushing Attempts Myles Russ – 818 (2007-10)

Rushing Touchdowns Sam Dorsett – 29 (1999-2003)

100-Yard Rushing Games Sam Dorsett – 19 (1999-2003)

200+ Yard Rushing Games Tim Hall – 6 (1994-95)

Receptions Name

No.

1. Shadrae King (2008-11)............................. 145 2. Tyjuan Massey (2002-05)........................... 112 3. Rupert Rickards (2002-05)........................ 107 4. Sherrod Evers (2006-09)............................ 94 5. Fred Parker (1996-98)................................ 86

Avg./G

TD

1,698 39.5 2,119 62.3 1,435 35.9 1,408 50.3 1,495 49.8

Yards

21 21 10 11 20

Receiving Yards Name

Yards

1. Tyjuan Massey (2002-05)........................... 2,119 2. Shadrae King (2008-11)............................. 1,698 3. Fred Parker (1996-98)................................ 1,495 4. Rupert Rickards (2002-05)........................ 1,435 5. Sherrod Evers (2006-09)............................ 1,408

Rec.

112 145 86 107 94

Avg./C

TD

18.9 11.7 17.4 13.4 15.0

21 21 20 10 11

SINGLE-SEASON RECORDS Rushing Yards Tim Hall – 1,572 (1995)

Rushing Attempts Tim Hall – 239 (1995)

Rushing Touchdowns Tim Hall – 16 (1995)

100-Yard Rushing Games Tim Hall – 8 (1995)

200-Yard Rushing Games Tim Hall – 4 (1995)

Receptions Shadrae King – 51 (2010)

Receiving Yards Tyjuan Massey – 899 (2005)

Touchdown Receptions Tyjuan Massey – 10 (2005)

Passing Attempts Drew Geyer – 361 (2004)

Pass Completions Drew Geyer – 187 (2004)

Passing Yards Drew Geyer – 2,601 (2004)

Touchdown Passes Tim Levcik – 22 (2001) Jeff Sinclair – 22 (2010)

200-Yard Passing Games Drew Geyer – 9 (2004)

Touchdowns Tim Hall – 20 (1995)

Points Tim Hall – 120 (1995)

Field Goals Garrett Clawson – 14 (2009)

Extra Points Made Jeff Carlo – 40 (2000)

100-Yard Receiving Games Tyjuan Massey – 4 (2005)

Tackles (Total) Tackles (Solo) Alex DiMichele – 116 (2008) John O’Connell – 57 (1997)

Corey Oaks

All-Purpose Yards Tim Hall – 1,905 (1995)

Quarterback Sacks Jason Spencer – 11 (1997) Ray Gensler – 11 (2006)

Interceptions Brian Dunn – 7 (1997) Nick Downs – 7 (2000) Corey Oaks – 7 (2002) Note: Players bold still active

Nick Downs

Touchdown Receptions Tyjuan Massey – 21 (2002-05) Shadrae King – 21 (2008-11)

100-Yard Receiving Games Tyjuan Massey – 7 (2002-05)

Passing Attempts Tim Levcik – 970 (1998-2001)

Pass Completions Tim Levcik – 537 (1998-2001)

Touchdown Passes Tim Levcik – 76 (1998-2001)

Passing Yards Tim Levcik – 7,222 (1998-2001)

200+ Yard Passing Games Drew Geyer – 17 (2002-05) Erik Cwalinski – 17 (2005-08)

300+ Yard Passing Games Tim Levcik – 4 (1998-2001)

Name

Tackles Solo

1. James Noel (2002-05)............................................................ 437 2. Alex DiMichele (2008-10).................................................... 330 3. Nate List (1994-97)............................................................... 309 4. Reggie Chambers (1998-2001).............................................. 299 5. Michael Landers (2006-10).................................................. 277 Tackles (Solo) James Noel – 179 (2002-05)

179 140 130 151 133

Quarterback Sacks Nolan Nearhoof – 26.5 (2009-12)

Interceptions

Touchdowns Points Tim Hall – 34 (1994-95) Jeff Carlo – 250 (1998-2001) All-Purpose Yards Myles Russ – 4,651 (2007-10) Field Goals Made Jeff Carlo – 35 (1998-2001)

Extra Points Made Jeff Carlo – 145 (1998-2001)

Punts Nick Schirtzinger – 230 (2007-10)

Punting Yards Nick Schirtzinger – 9,290 (2007-10)

Tackles (Total)

Name

No.

1. Brian Dunn (1994-97)............................................................................ 19 2. Mike Niklos (2003-07)........................................................................... 16 3. Nick Downs (1997-2000)....................................................................... 14 4. Michael Landers (2006-10)................................................................... 12 5. Nate List (1994-97)................................................................................ 11 Note: Players bold still active

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Aroundthe the Northeast Northeast Conference Around Conference 2013 Standings (as of Oct. 12)

2013 NEC Weekly Honor Roll (Oct. 14, 2013) NEC

Pct.

Overall

Pct.

Streak Home

Away

1. Duquesne............................. 1-0

1.000

3-2

.600 W2

3-0

0-2

Bryant.................................. 1-0

1.000

3-3

.500

L2

2-1

1-2

3. Sacred Heart........................ 1-1

.500

6-1

.857 W1

3-1

3-0

Central Conn. State............. 1-1

.500

2-5

.286

L1

1-1

1-4

5. Wagner................................. 1-2

.333

2-5

.286

L1

1-2

1-3

6. Robert Morris...................... 0-0

.000

2-3

.400

L1

1-1

1-2

7. Saint Francis........................ 0-1

.000

2-4

.333 W1

2-1

0-3

2013 Northeast Conference Football Composite Schedule Thursday, August 29 No. 19 Eastern Kentucky 38, Robert Morris 6 Saturday, August 31 Duquesne 35, Albany 24 Wagner 28, Georgetown 21 Bryant 17, Holy Cross 16 Sacred Heart 37, Marist 21 No. 15 James Madison 38, Central Conn. State 14 Friday, SEPTEMBER 6 Merrimack 42, Wagner 41 Saturday, SEPTEMBER 7 Robert Morris 31, Morgan State 14 Lehigh 51, Central Connecticut State 44 Dayton 23, Duquesne 20 Bryant 34, Assumpton 7 Sacred Heart 26, Lafayette 24 Georgia Southern 59, Saint Francis 17 Saturday, SEPTEMBER 14 Dayton 21, Robert Morris 14 Maine 35, Bryant 22 Syracuse 54, Wagner 0 No. 17 James Madison 24, Saint Francis 20 Sacred Heart 42, Lincoln 3 Holy Cross 52, Central Connecticut State 21 Saturday, SEPTEMBER 21 Sacred Heart 78, Chowan 28 Saint Francis 38, Lincoln 7 Youngstown State 59, Duquesne 17 Delaware 49, Wagner 9 Central Connecticut State 20, Albany 17 Saturday, SEPTEMBER 28 Fordham 38, Saint Francis 20 Rhode Island 42, Central Connecticut State 7 Bryant 47, Wagner 28 * Robert Morris 37, VMI 31 (2 OT) Sacred Heart 16, Bucknell 0

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Saturday, OCTOBER 5 Duquesne 27, West Liberty 14 Central Connecticut State 38, Saint Francis 29 * Wagner 23, Sacred Heart 20 * Monmouth 35, Robert Morris 9 Stony Brook 21, Bryant 13 Saturday, OCTOBER 12 Saint Francis 28, Monmouth 10 Bryant 41, Brown 14 Sacred Heart 59, Central Connecticut State 36 * Duquesne 34, Wagner 7 * Saturday, OCTOBER 19 Sacred Heart @ Bryant *.................................. 1 p.m.

Duquesne @ Robert Morris *.......................... 6 p.m.

Saturday, OCTOBER 26 Robert Morris @ Wagner *.............................. Noon Sacred Heart @ Saint Francis *........................ Noon Duquesne @ Bryant *...................................... 1 p.m.

Saturday, NOVEMBER 2 Bryant @ Robert Morris *................................ Noon Central Conn. State @ Wagner *..................... 1 p.m.

Monmouth @ Sacred Heart............................. 1 p.m.

Saint Francis @ Duquesne *............................ 6 p.m.

Saturday, NOVEMBER 9 Duquesne @ Sacred Heart *............................. Noon Robert Morris @ Central Conn. State *........... Noon Saint Francis @ Bryant *.................................. Noon Monmouth @ Wagner....................................... Noon Saturday, NOVEMBER 16 Wagner @ Saint Francis *................................. Noon Sacred Heart @ Robert Morris *..................... Noon Monmouth @ Bryant........................................ Noon Central Conn. State @ Duquesne *.................. Noon Saturday, NOVEMBER 23 Duquesne @ Monmouth................................... Noon Robert Morris @ Saint Francis *..................... Noon Bryant @ Central Conn. State *....................... 1 p.m. * NEC Game

NEC Offensive Player of the Week

Keshaudas Spence, Sacred Heart Jr., RB, 5-11, 230, Dorchester, Mass. / Catholic Memorial Spence produced the first 200-yard rushing performance in Northeast Conference play this season, finishing with 23 carries for 211 yards as part of Sacred Heart’s 522-yard effort against Nutmeg State rival Central Connecticut State. Averaging 9.2 yards per carry, Spence ran for five first downs and two touchdowns. The third-year Pioneer broke off scoring runs of 29 and 27 yards to quell CCSU’s attempt at a second-half comeback. Through Week 7, Spence ranks second on the NEC leader board in both rushing yards (823) and yards per carry (6.4).

NEC Defensive Player of the Week

Asalemo Fruen, Saint Francis Sr., LB, 6-2, 250, Waipahu, Hawaii / Waipahu Fruean spearheaded a defensive effort that was at the core of Saint Francis’ convincing victory over FCS Independent Monmouth. The senior linebacker totaled eight tackles, including two sacks, a quarterback hurry and a pass break-up as the Red Flash limited the Hawks to 81 pass yards over the course of the 28-10 win. Accomplishing something that not even nationally-ranked Montana State and Lehigh were able to do during their wins over Monmouth, Saint Francis held the Hawks under 200 yards of total offense (191).

NEC Special Teams Player of the Week

Devin Rahming, Duquesne Jr., WR, 5-11, 172, Miami, Fla. / Coral Reef Rahming did something no student-athlete had done in more than 15 years as Duquesne opened Northeast Conference play with a victory over defending champion Wagner. The wide receiver produced Duquesne’s first punt return for a touchdown since November 1, 1997. With the Dukes clinging to a 20-7 lead midway through the fourth quarter, Rahming salted away the win by fielding A.J. Firestone’s punt and taking it 62 yards for the score. It was only the second punt return for a touchdown by an NEC player this season and the first during conference play. In all, Rahming returned six kicks for a total of 107 yards in the 34-7 victory.

NEC Rookie of the Week

RJ Noel, Sacred Heart R-Fr., QB, 6-1, 190 lbs., Lowell, Mass. / Lowell Noel was responsible for five touchdowns and 310 yards of total offense in Sacred Heart’s bounce-back win over Nutmeg State rival Central Connecticut State. The rookie quarterback rushed for one score and finished the game 17-of-25 passing for 297 yards and four touchdowns. By the early minutes of the second quarter, Sacred Heart held a 28-6 lead over CCSU and Noel already had three touchdowns to his credit. His 16-yard touchdown pass to Moses Webb opened the game’s scoring 3:49 into the first quarter. Noel scored on a 1-yard rush with 11 seconds remaining in the opening period and added a 30-yard scoring strike to Greg Moore with only 2:11 having gone by in the second quarter.

Cyndi Hadfield

Sarah Ambrosini

Head Coach

Cassie Anderson

Heather Basilone

Marisa Bellemare

Colonial Cheerleaders

Maggie Conoscuito

Tori Della Valle

Holly Goodwin

Brittany Full

Annie Heisler

Lindsey Howard

Emily Hughes

Chelsea Gibson

Haley Johnson

Emily Kella

Alyssa Kortze

Brittany Kroh

Dariane Maietta

Kelsey Marshall

Maura McCarthy

Molly Metcalf

Morgan Mundell

Danielle Pennington

Taryn Pontious

Cody Redmond

Emily Remo

Alexis Samber

Vince Seger

Chanel Seiders

Joseph Vaerewyck

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All-Time NEC Players of the Week Offensive Player of the Week

Defensive Player of the Week

Special Teams Player of the Week

1996 Jake Newman (Sept. 8)

Jake Newman (Nov. 24)

1996 John O’Connell (Sept. 14)

John O’Connell (Sept. 21)

John O’Connell (Oct. 27)

2002 None

1997

2004 None

1997 Jake Newman (Sept. 15)

Ralph Clark (Oct. 6)

Jake Newman (Nov. 24) 1998 Archie Wannamaker (Sept. 28)

Archie Wannamaker (Oct. 5) *

Donald Dorsey (Nov. 23) 1999

Donald Dorsey (Oct. 25) Donald Dorsey (Nov. 1) Donald Dorsey (Nov. 8) Donald Dorsey (Nov. 22)

2000

Sam Dorsett (Sept. 18) Tim Levcik (Oct. 2) Sam Dorsett (Oct. 9) Tim Levcik (Nov. 13) Sam Dorsett (Nov. 20)

Brian Dunn (Sept. 7) John O’Connell (Sept. 22) * John O’Connell (Sept. 29) John Rochford (Oct. 20) John Rochford (Oct. 27) Jason Spencer (Nov. 10)

1998 Nick Downs (Sept. 8)

John O’Connell (Nov. 9)

Brad Miller (Nov. 23) 1999 Chris Young (Sept. 20)

Jason Hempstead (Sept. 27)

Jemond Riffe (Nov. 22) 2000 Nick Downs (Sept. 4)

Jemond Riffe (Oct. 30)

2003 Tyjuan Massey (Oct. 6)

2005 None 2006 None 2007 Michael Walser (Sept. 10) 2008 Nick Schirtzinger (Sept. 9) 2009 Garrett Clawson (Nov. 2)

Garrett Clawson (Nov. 9)

Garrett Clawson (Nov. 16) 2010 Nick Schirtzinger (Sept. 20) 2011 None 2012 None

2001

Brent Hockenberry (Sept. 3) Tim Levcik (Oct. 1) Tim Levcik (Oct. 29) Tim Levcik (Nov. 5) Tim Levcik (Nov. 12)

2001 None 2002 Corey Oaks (Sept. 9) 2003 None

2002 None

2004 Jonathan LeDonne (Sept. 13)

2003 Sam Dorsett (Sept. 9)

2005 Jeff Rommes (Oct. 10)

2004 Drew Geyer (Sept. 13)

2006 Chad Wengert (Oct. 2)

Jeff Rommes (Oct. 16)

Mike Niklos (Oct. 30)

2005 None 2006 None 2007 Alvin Hill (Sept. 24) 2008 Myles Russ (Oct. 13) 2009 None 2010

Myles Russ (Sept. 20) Myles Russ (Oct. 18) Myles Russ (Nov. 1) * Myles Russ (Nov. 8)

2007 Chad Wengert (Sept. 17)

Chad Wengert (Nov. 12) 2008 Michael Landers (Oct. 27)

Michael Landers (Nov. 3) 2009 Alex DiMichele (Sept. 8)

Rolf Bathold (Oct. 19)

Elias Navarro (Nov. 9) *

2011 Shadrae King (Oct. 3)

2010

2012 None

2011 None

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Elias Navarro (Sept. 13) * Michael Landers (Sept. 27) * Alex DiMichele (Oct. 4) Alex DiMichele (Nov. 8)

2012 Marcelis Branch (Oct. 1)

Cameron Chadwick (Nov. 12)

Drew Geyer

Rookie of the Week

1996

Archie Wannamaker (Sept. 14) Archie Wannamaker (Sept. 28) Archie Wannamaker (Nov. 3) Archie Wannamaker (Nov. 10) Archie Wannamaker (Nov. 17)

1997 Nick Downs (Sept. 7) 1998

Tim Levcik (Sept. 8) Tim Levcik (Sept. 14) Tim Levcik (Sept. 28) Tim Levcik (Oct. 5) Tim Levcik (Oct. 19) Tim Levcik (Nov. 9) Tim Levcik (Nov. 23)

1999 Sam Dorsett (Sept. 27) 2000

Dante Settles (Oct. 16) Brent Hockenberry (Oct. 23) Brent Hockenberry (Oct. 30) Brent Hockenberry (Nov. 6)

2001 Stephen McNair (Oct. 22)

Stephen McNair (Nov. 5) 2002 James Noel (Sept. 9)

James Noel (Sept. 30)

Drew Geyer (Nov. 11) 2003 Mike Niklos (Sept. 9) 2004 None 2005 Erik Cwalinski (Nov. 14)

2006 None 2007 Myles Russ (Sept. 17)

Nick Schirtzinger (Sept. 24) 2008

James O’Quinn (Oct. 13) Shadrae King (Oct. 27) James O’Quinn (Nov. 3) James O’Quinn (Nov. 17)

2009 Jeff Sinclair (Nov. 23) 2010 None 2011 None 2012 Marcelis Branch (Oct. 1)

Marcelis Branch (Oct. 22) * Co-player of the week

Notes: Former quarterback Tim Levcik (1998-2001) owns the league record by earning seven NEC Rookie of the Week honors during the 1998 campaign … Levcik was also named NEC Offensive Player of the Week a school record six times during his career … Former linebacker John O’Connell (1995-98) was named NEC Defensive Player of the Week a school record six times over the course of his career.

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2013-14 Robert Morris Cheerleaders

Front Row (l-r): Haley Johnson, Chanel Seiders, Tori Della Valle, Brittany Kroh, Taryn Pontious, Cassie Anderson, Heather Basilone, Morgan Mundell, Sarah Ambrosini, Molly Metcalf, Emily Remo, Maura McCarthy Middle Row (l-r): Danielle Pennington, Brittany Full, Annie Heisler, Marisa Bellemare, Lindsey Howard, Alyssa Kortze, Dariane Maietta, Kelsey Marshall, Holly Goodwin, Emily Kella, Alexis Samber, Chelsea Gibson, Emily Hughes Back Row (l-r): Joseph Vaerewyck, Cody Redmond, Vince Seger

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All-Northeast Conference Selections Robert Morris has placed 71 players on the All-NEC First and Second Teams a total of 124 times since joining the league in 1996. A look at RMU’s year-by-year All-NEC selections: 1996

Brian Dunn.............................................. DB Nate List................................................... LB John O’Connell........................................ LB Dante Payne............................................. DB Deodis Powell.......................................... OL 1997

1999

Donald Dorsey (1st)................................. RB Nick Downs (1st)..................................... DB Hank Fraley (1st)..................................... OL Shawn George (1st).................................. OL Tim Levcik (1st)....................................... QB Mark Leyenaar (1st)................................. OL Brad Kirit (1st)......................................... DL J.T. Kirk (1st)............................................ WR Ray Thomas (1st)..................................... DB Jeff Carlo (2nd)......................................... PK Brad Miller (2nd)..................................... LB Jemond Riffe (2nd).................................. LB

Brian Cleary............................................. OL Brian Dunn.............................................. DB Hank Fraley............................................. OL Nate List................................................... LB John O’Connell........................................ LB Fred Parker.............................................. WR Dante Payne............................................. DB Jason Spencer.......................................... DL Archie Wannamaker................................ RB

Dante Payne 2001

Reggie Chambers (1st)............................. LB Sam Dorsett (1st)..................................... RB Brent Hockenberry (1st).......................... TE Tim Levcik (1st)....................................... QB Mark Leyenaar (1st)................................. OL Pat Linberg (1st)....................................... OL Kevin Wachhaus (1st).............................. OL Jeff Carlo (2nd)......................................... PK Corey Oaks (2nd)..................................... DB

1998

Chris Beene.............................................. DB Jeff Carlo.................................................. PK Donald Dorsey......................................... RB Hank Fraley............................................. OL Tim Levcik............................................... QB Chris Longo.............................................. P Brad Miller............................................... LB Fred Parker.............................................. WR

2002

Corey Oaks (1st)....................................... DB Stephen McNair (2nd)............................. WR James Noel (2nd)..................................... LB Rupert Rickards (2nd)............................. TE 2003 Corey Oaks 2000

Jeff Carlo (1st).......................................... PK Sam Dorsett (1st)..................................... RB Nick Downs (1st)..................................... DB Opio Gary (1st)........................................ WR Matt Grayson (1st)................................... DL Brad Kirit (1st)......................................... DL Tim Levcik (1st)....................................... QB Mark Leyenaar (1st)................................. OL Pat Linberg (1st)....................................... OL Ray Thomas (1st)..................................... DB Brent Hockenberry (2nd)......................... TE Jemond Riffe (2nd).................................. LB Kevin Wachhaus (2nd)............................ OL Pat Linberg

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James Noel (1st)....................................... LB Sam Dorsett (2nd).................................... RB Jason Forrest (2nd).................................. DL Kevin Wachhaus (2nd)............................ OL Will Weathers (2nd)................................ DL 2004

Jason Forrest (1st).................................... DL James Noel (1st)....................................... LB Babafemi Odumeru (1st)......................... DL Rupert Rickards (1st)............................... TE Dante Settles (1st).................................... RS Nathan DiLorenzo (2nd).......................... PK Clifton Jean-Jacques (2nd)....................... OL Josh Marino (2nd).................................... DB Tyjuan Massey (2nd)............................... WR

2005

NEC Major Awards

Jason Forrest (1st).................................... DL Tyjuan Massey (1st)................................. RS James Noel (1st)....................................... LB Tyjuan Massey (2nd)............................... WR

Joe Walton........................... 1996-97, 1999, 2010

2006

Tim Levcik.......................................... 2000, 2001 Myles Russ.................................................... 2010

Matt Brunck (1st)..................................... DL Ray Gensler (1st)...................................... DL Mario Hines (1st)..................................... RS Mike Niklos (1st)..................................... DB Jarvis Powers (1st)................................... TE Colyn Haugh (2nd).................................. DL James Kazil (2nd)..................................... DB Jeff Rommes (2nd)................................... LB John Steilner (2nd).................................. OL Chad Wengert (2nd)................................. LB 2007

Mike Niklos (1st)..................................... DB Chad Wengert (1st).................................. LB Mario Hines (2nd)................................... RS Nick Schirtzinger (2nd)........................... P John Steilner (2nd).................................. OL Mark Szymanski (2nd)............................ DL

Coach of the Year

Offensive Player of the Year

Defensive Player of the Year Tyjuan Massey 2010

Alex DiMichele (1st)............................... LB Shadrae King (1st)................................... TE Corey Konycki (1st)................................. OL Michael Landers (1st).............................. DB Elias Navarro (1st)................................... LB Nolan Nearhoof (1st)............................... DL Myles Russ (1st)....................................... RB Nick Schirtzinger (1st)............................ P Jeff Sinclair (1st)...................................... QB Carlos Andrade (2nd).............................. OL Rolf Bathold (2nd)................................... DB Logan Miles (2nd).................................... OL

2008

Defensive Rookie of the Year

Murray Poole (co-)........................................ 1996 James Noel.................................................... 2002 Mike Niklos.................................................. 2003 Marcelis Branch............................................ 2012

2012........................ 2 2003...................... 5 2011........................ 6 2002...................... 4 2010...................... 12 2001...................... 9 2009........................ 5 2000.................... 13 2008........................ 5 1999.................... 12 2007........................ 6 1998...................... 8 2006...................... 10 1997...................... 9 2005........................ 4 1996...................... 5 2004........................ 9

2009

Garrett Clawson (1st)............................... PK Rolf Bathold (2nd)................................... DB Shadrae King (2nd).................................. TE Michael Landers (2nd)............................ DB Nick Schirtzinger (2nd)........................... P

Offensive Rookie of the Year

Archie Wannamaker..................................... 1996 Tim Levcik.................................................... 1998 Brent Hockenberry....................................... 2000 James O’Quinn.............................................. 2008

All-NEC Picks by Year

Michael Landers (1st).............................. DB Alex DiMichele (2nd).............................. LB Sherrod Evers (2nd)................................. WR Myles Russ (2nd)..................................... RB Mark Szymanski (2nd)............................ DL

Carlos Andrade 2011

Nolan Nearhoof (1st)............................... DL Brad Rodgers (1st)................................... OL Cameron Chadwick (2nd)....................... DB Anthony Coleman (2nd).......................... RS Shadrae King (2nd).................................. TE Logan Miles (2nd).................................... OL 2012

Nolan Nearhoof (1st)............................... DL Marcelis Branch (2nd)............................. DB

Michael Landers

James Noel.................................................... 2004 Chad Wengert............................................... 2007 Alex DiMichele............................................. 2010 Nolan Nearhoof............................................ 2012

Notes: The All-NEC Second Team was added in 1999 … Placekicker Jeff Carlo, quarterback Tim Levcik and linebacker James Noel are the only Colonials to be named All-NEC four consecutive years … Tyjuan Massey earned All-NEC First Team honors at return specialist and All-NEC Second Team accolades at wide receiver in 2005.

All-NEC Picks by Position

Offense 29 players 51 times Offensive Line 13 players 22 times Quarterback 2 players 5 times Running Back 4 players 8 times Tight End 4 players 8 times Wide Receiver 6 players 8 times Defense 34 players 58 times Defensive Line 11 players 17 times Defensive Back 13 players 22 times Linebacker 10 players 19 times Special Teams 9 players 15 times Placekicker 3 players 6 times Punter 2 players 4 times Return Specialist 4 players 5 times

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Northeast Conference Year-by-Year Standings 1996 Final Standings

NEC (Pct.)

1. Robert Morris * #..........

Monmouth *..................

3. Central Conn. State.......

Wagner...........................

5. Saint Francis.................

3-1 (.750) 3-1 (.750) 2-2 (.500) 2-2 (.500) 0-4 (.000)

All (Pct.) Streak

9-2 (.818) 8-3 (.700) 3-7 (.300) 5-5 (.500) 3-7 (.300)

W3 W2 L2 L1 W1

Home

Away

5-0 4-2 3-2 3-2 2-4

4-2 3-1 0-5 3-2 1-3

Home

Away

3-2 2-2 5-0 3-2 1-4

5-1 3-2 1-4 2-3 1-5

* Co-Champions; #ECAC Bowl Champions

1997 Final Standings

NEC (Pct.)

1. Robert Morris #.............

2. Monmouth.....................

3. Wagner...........................

4. Central Conn. State.......

5. Saint Francis.................

4-0 (1.000) 3-1 (.750) 2-2 (.500) 1-3 (.250) 0-4 (.000)

All (Pct.) Streak

8-3 (.727) 5-4 (.556) 6-4 (.600) 5-5 (.500) 2-9 (.182)

W3 W3 L2 L1 W1

# ECAC Bowl Champions

1998 Final Standings

NEC (Pct.)

1. Robert Morris *.............

Monmouth *..................

3. Wagner...........................

Central Conn. State.......

5. Sacred Heart..................

6. Saint Francis.................

4-1 (.800) 4-1 (.800) 3-2 (.600) 3-2 (.600) 1-4 (.200) 0-5 (.000)

All (Pct.) Streak

Home

Away

L2 L1 W1 L1 W1 L10

2-3 2-3 2-3 2-2 1-4 0-5

2-3 3-2 5-0 2-4 1-4 0-5

All (Pct.) Streak

Home

Away

5-0 2-2 3-1 4-1 3-2 0-4 1-4 2-3

3-2 5-0 2-4 1-4 1-4 2-4 1-5 0-6

Home

Away

5-0 6-1 3-3 3-1 3-2 4-1 2-3 1-4 0-5

5-0 4-0 3-2 2-5 2-4 0-5 3-3 1-4 0-6

4-6 (.400) 5-5 (.500) 7-3 (.700) 4-6 (.400) 2-8 (.200) 0-10 (.000)

* Co-Champions

1999 Final Standings

NEC (Pct.)

1. Robert Morris $.............

2. Albany...........................

3. Wagner...........................

4. Stony Brook...................

5. Central Conn. State.......

6. Monmouth.....................

7. Saint Francis.................

8. Sacred Heart..................

7-0 (1.000) 6-1 (.857) 5-2 (.714) 4-3 (.571) 3-4 (.429) 2-5 (.286) 1-6 (.143) 0-7 (.000)

8-2 (.800) 7-2 (.778) 5-5 (.500) 5-5 (.500) 4-6 (.400) 2-8 (.200) 2-9 (.182) 2-9 (.182)

W7 W1 L1 W1 W2 L2 L2 W1

$ Mid-Major National Champions

2000 Final Standings

NEC (Pct.)

1. Robert Morris $.............

2. Sacred Heart..................

3. Wagner...........................

4. Albany...........................

5. Monmouth.....................

6. Central Conn. State.......

7. St. John’s........................

8. Stony Brook...................

9. Saint Francis.................

All (Pct.) Streak

8-0 (1.000) 10-0 (1.000) 7-1 (.875) 10-1 (.909) 6-2 (.750) 6-5 (.545) 5-3 (.625) 5-6 (.455) 4-4 (.500) 5-6 (.455) 3-5 (.575) 4-6 (.400) 2-6 (.250) 5-6 (.455) 1-7 (.125) 2-8 (.200) 0-8 (.000) 0-11 (.000)

$ Mid-Major National Champions

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W10 W2 L2 L2 W2 W2 W1 L7 L11

2001 Final Standings

NEC (Pct.)

1. Sacred Heart # $............

2. Robert Morris................

3. Albany...........................

Monmouth.....................

5. Stony Brook...................

Wagner...........................

7. Central Conn. State.......

8. St. John’s........................

9. Saint Francis.................

All (Pct.) Streak

Home

Away

W11 W6 L2 L1 W2 L3 L1 L8 L10

4-0 3-2 3-2 3-2 3-2 2-2 0-3 1-5 0-4

7-0 3-1 4-1 4-1 0-4 1-4 2-4 0-4 0-6

All (Pct.) Streak

Home

Away

6-0 5-0 5-1 4-0 4-1 3-1 2-3 1-5

2-4 3-2 2-2 3-4 1-5 0-6 0-5 1-3

Home

Away

5-0 4-1 3-1 4-1 2-2 4-2 1-3 0-4

5-2 3-3 3-3 2-3 4-3 2-3 2-5 1-5

8-0 (1.000) 11-0 (1.000) 6-1 (.857) 6-3 (.667) 5-2 (.714) 7-3 (.700) 5-2 (.714) 7-3 (.700) 3-5 (.375) 3-6 (.333) 3-5 (.375) 3-6 (.333) 2-5 (.286) 2-7 (.222) 1-6 (.143) 1-9 (.100) 0-7 (.000) 0-10 (.000)

# ECAC Classic Champions; $ Mid-Major National Champions

2002 Final Standings

NEC (Pct.)

1. Albany #........................

2. Stony Brook...................

Sacred Heart..................

4. Wagner...........................

5. Central Conn. State.......

6. Robert Morris................

Monmouth.....................

8. Saint Francis.................

6-1 (.857) 5-2 (.714) 5-2 (.714) 4-3 (.571) 3-4 (.429) 2-5 (.286) 2-5 (.286) 1-6 (.143)

8-4 (.667) 8-2 (.800) 7-3 (.700) 7-4 (.636) 5-6 (.455) 3-7 (.300) 2-8 (.200) 2-8 (.200)

W2 W5 W4 W1 W1 L6 L1 W1

# ECAC Classic Champions

2003 Final Standings

NEC (Pct.)

1. Monmouth *..................

Albany *........................

3. Robert Morris................

Stony Brook...................

5. Sacred Heart..................

Wagner...........................

7. Central Conn. State.......

8. Saint Francis................. * Co-Champions

6-1 (.857) 6-1 (.857) 4-3 (.571) 4-3 (.571) 3-4 (.429) 3-4 (.429) 2-5 (.286) 0-7 (.000)

All (Pct.) Streak

10-2 (.833) 7-4 (.636) 6-4 (.600) 6-4 (.600) 6-5 (.545) 6-5 (.545) 3-8 (.273) 1-9 (.000)

L1 L1 L2 W3 L4 W2 L2 L5

2004 Final Standings

2008 Final Standings NEC (Pct.)

1. Monmouth*...................

Central Conn. State *....

3. Albany...........................

4. Sacred Heart..................

Robert Morris................

Wagner...........................

7. Stony Brook...................

8. Saint Francis.................

6-1 (.857) 6-1 (.857) 4-3 (.571) 3-4 (.429) 3-4 (.429) 3-4 (.429) 2-5 (.286) 1-6 (.143)

All (Pct.) Streak

10-1 (.909) 8-2 (.800) 4-7 (.364) 6-4 (.600) 6-5 (.545) 6-5 (.545) 3-7 (.300) 3-8 (.273)

W7 W2 L2 W1 L1 L1 W1 L6

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5-1 5-0 2-3 4-1 4-3 3-1 1-4 3-3

5-0 3-2 2-4 2-3 2-2 3-4 2-3 0-5

* Co-Champions

NEC (Pct.)

1. Central Conn. State *....

Stony Brook *................

3. Monmouth.....................

Albany...........................

5. Wagner...........................

Sacred Heart..................

Saint Francis.................

8. Robert Morris................

5-2 (.714) 5-2 (.714) 4-3 (.571) 4-3 (.571) 3-4 (.429) 3-4 (.429) 3-4 (.429) 1-6 (.143)

All (Pct.) Streak

7-4 (.636) 6-5 (.545) 6-4 (.600) 5-6 (.455) 6-5 (.545) 4-6 (.400) 3-8 (.273) 2-8 (.200)

L1 L1 W1 W1 W1 W1 L2 L5

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4-1 4-2 3-1 2-2 3-3 2-3 2-3 2-3

3-3 2-3 3-3 3-4 3-2 2-3 1-5 0-5

* Co-Champions

NEC (Pct.)

6-1 (.857) 5-2 (.714) 5-2 (.714) 5-2 (.714) 4-3 (.571) 2-5 (.286) 1-6 (.143) 0-7 (.000)

All (Pct.) Streak

10-2 (.833) 7-4 (.636) 7-4 (.636) 5-6 (.455) 8-3 (.727) 3-8 (.273) 2-9 (.182) 4-7 (.364)

L1 L1 W1 L1 W2 W1 L6 L7

Home

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5-2 3-2 2-3 2-2 4-0 3-3 2-4 2-3

5-0 4-2 5-1 3-4 4-3 0-5 0-5 2-4

Home

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W8 W2 L2 W2 W1 L1 L4 L11

5-0 3-2 4-2 5-0 3-3 2-3 1-4 0-5

4-3 4-2 4-1 2-4 2-3 1-4 2-4 0-6

7-1 (.875) 6-2 (.750) 5-3 (.625) 5-3 (.625) 4-4 (.500) 4-4 (.500) 2-6 (.250) 2-6 (.250) 1-7 (.125)

All (Pct.) Streak

Home

Away

4-0 4-1 3-2 3-2 3-2 2-3 2-3 2-3 2-3

5-3 3-3 3-3 2-4 2-4 3-3 1-5 0-5 0-6

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Away

5-0 5-0 5-1 6-1 3-1 3-2 2-4 2-3 1-3

3-3 3-3 2-3 1-3 3-4 2-4 1-4 2-4 0-7

Home

Away

5-0 3-2 4-2 0-6 2-3 2-4 2-3 1-4 2-3

4-2 5-2 3-2 5-0 2-4 3-2 2-4 1-5 0-6

Home

Away

4-1 5-1 2-2 3-1 2-4 3-2 3-2 2-3 1-3

5-1 4-3 3-3 2-5 2-3 2-4 1-5 0-5 1-6

9-3 (.750) 7-4 (.636) 6-5 (.545) 5-6 (.455) 5-6 (.455) 5-6 (.455) 3-8 (.273) 2-8 (.200) 2-9 (.182)

L1 W1 L2 W5 W2 L2 L1 L1 L3

NEC (Pct.)

1. Central Conn. State *....

Robert Morris * %........

3. Duquesne.......................

4. Bryant............................

Albany...........................

6. Wagner...........................

Monmouth.....................

8. Sacred Heart..................

9. Saint Francis.................

7-1 (.875) 7-1 (.875) 5-3 (.625) 4-4 (.500) 4-4 (.500) 3-5 (.375) 3-5 (.375) 2-6 (.250) 1-7 (.125)

All (Pct.) Streak

8-3 (.727) 8-3 (.727) 7-4 (.636) 7-4 (.636) 6-5 (.545) 5-6 (.455) 3-8 (.273) 4-7 (.364) 1-10 (.091)

W2 L2 W2 L1 W3 L2 L4 W1 L8

* Co-Champions; % NCAA FCS Playoffs Automatic Bid

2007 Final Standings NEC (Pct.)

1. Albany...........................

2. Central Conn. State.......

3. Wagner...........................

Monmouth.....................

Robert Morris................

6. Saint Francis.................

7. Sacred Heart..................

All (Pct.) Streak

9-3 (.750) 7-4 (.636) 8-3 (.727) 7-4 (.636) 5-6 (.455) 3-7 (.300) 3-8 (.273) 0-11 (.000)

NEC (Pct.)

1. Central Conn. State.......

2. Albany...........................

3. Wagner...........................

Robert Morris................

5. Bryant............................

Monmouth.....................

7. Duquesne.......................

Sacred Heart..................

9. Saint Francis.................

1. Monmouth.....................

2. Albany...........................

Robert Morris................

Stony Brook...................

5. Central Conn. State.......

6. Saint Francis.................

7. Sacred Heart..................

8. Wagner...........................

7-0 (1.000) 6-1 (.857) 4-3 (.571) 4-3 (.571) 4-3 (.571) 2-5 (.286) 1-6 (.143) 0-7 (.000)

2010 Final Standings

2006 Final Standings

NEC (Pct.)

1. Albany...........................

2. Monmouth.....................

3. Sacred Heart..................

Central Conn. State.......

Robert Morris................

6. Duquesne.......................

7. Wagner...........................

8. Saint Francis.................

2009 Final Standings

2005 Final Standings

6-0 (1.000) 4-2 (.667) 3-3 (.500) 3-3 (.500) 3-3 (.500) 2-4 (.333) 0-6 (.000)

All (Pct.) Streak

8-4 (.667) 6-5 (.545) 7-4 (.636) 4-6 (.400) 4-6 (.400) 3-7 (.300) 3-8 (.273)

L1 L2 W1 W1 W1 W2 L3

Home

Away

3-1 4-2 3-3 1-3 2-3 0-5 2-3

5-3 2-3 4-1 3-3 2-3 3-2 1-5

2011 Final Standings

NEC (Pct.)

1. Duquesne *....................

Albany * %....................

3. Bryant............................

4. Monmouth.....................

Wagner...........................

6. Sacred Heart..................

Central Conn. State.......

8. Robert Morris................

9. Saint Francis.................

7-1 (.875) 7-1 (.875) 5-3 (.625) 4-4 (.500) 4-4 (.500) 3-5 (.375) 3-5 (.375) 2-6 (.250) 1-7 (.125)

All (Pct.) Streak

9-2 (.818) 8-4 (.667) 7-4 (.636) 5-6 (.455) 4-7 (.364) 5-6 (.455) 4-7 (.364) 2-9 (.182) 2-9 (.182)

W5 L1 L1 L2 W3 L3 W2 L6 L2

* Co-Champions; % NCAA FCS Playoffs Automatic Bid

2012 Final Standings

NEC (Pct.)

1. Albany *........................

Wagner * %...................

3. Monmouth.....................

4. Saint Francis.................

Bryant............................

6. Duquesne.......................

Robert Morris................

8. Central Conn. State.......

9. Sacred Heart..................

7-1 (.875) 7-1 (.875) 4-3 (.571) 4-4 (.500) 4-4 (.500) 3-5 (.375) 3-5 (.375) 2-5 (.286) 1-7 (.125)

All (Pct.) Streak

9-2 (.818) 9-4 (.692) 5-5 (.500) 5-6 (.455) 4-7 (.364) 5-6 (.455) 4-7 (.364) 2-8 (.200) 2-9 (.182)

W2 L1 W1 W2 L1 L4 L1 L2 L5

* Co-Champions; % NCAA FCS Playoffs Automatic Bid

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All-Time Uniform Numbers (1994-2012)

The Robert Morris all-time uniform number list is listed in chronological order. To be included, a student-athlete must have earned at least one varsity letter. Numbers in parenthesis following an individual’s name denote other uniform numbers worn by those players during their career with RMU. 1 * John Mihalik.......................... 1994 Chris Longo......................... 1995-98 Jemond Riffe (10)............ 1999-2001 Robb Butler......................... 2002-03 2 Fred Manalac (19)............... 1995-96 Brian Williams.................... 1997-98 Sam Dorsett..................... 1999-2003 Rupert Rickards (5, 32)............ 2005 T.J. Green............................. 2008-10 Rickeem Jackson...................... 2011 3 Tory Rockett........................ 1995-96 Tim Levcik...................... 1998-2001 Mario Hines (9)........................ 2004 Josh O’Bannon (34)............. 2005-06 Myles Russ.......................... 2007-10 Antwan Smith......................... 2011 Donte Jeter (13)....................... 2012 4 Myles Davis............................. 1996 Jeff Carlo......................... 1998-2001 Josh Weight (20).................. 2002-03 Nathan DiLorenzo (17)....... 2004-06 Toheeb Akinola (16)................ 2007 Anthony Coleman.............. 2008-11 Marcelis Branch....................... 2012 5 DeLonte Perkins (36).......... 1996-97 Donald Dorsey.................... 1998-99 Brandon Morgan...................... 2001 Rupert Rickards (2, 32)....... 2003-04 Moises Hernandez (41)....... 2005-06 Deontae Howard................. 2011-12 6 Jeff Cohn............................. 1994-95 Brandon Baldwin............... 1996-97 Derry Williams......................... 1998 Aaron Stewart.......................... 1999 Doug Lewis.............................. 2002 Jason Bennett........................... 2004 Jonathan Robinson............. 2005-07 Alex DiMichele................... 2008-10 Jamar Cromwell (23)................ 2011 Antwan Eddie (19).................. 2012 7 Jerel Freeman........................... 1994 Ralph Clark (20).................. 1995-97 Joe DeMaria (21)...................... 1998 Michael Monz.......................... 1999 Shawn Martin (16).............. 2000-02 Erik Cwalinski.................... 2005-08 Shadrae King (29)............... 2009-11 Duane Mitchell (27)................. 2012

Drew Geyer......................... 2002-05 Mario Hines (3)................... 2006-07 James Snider (16)..................... 2009 Jamie Cobb.......................... 2010-11 10 Andy Scruggs...................... 1994-95 Kelly Pierre (31)....................... 1996 Jemond Riffe (1)....................... 1998 Allen Mangus.......................... 2000 Andre Reid (25)....................... 2001 Jabbar Graham.................... 2004-05 Michael Rogers (85)................. 2006 Harry Girting....................... 2007-09 Adrian Perez............................ 2012 11 Robert Frazier................ 1994, 1996 Antoine Lee (11)...................... 1997 Chris Beene.............................. 1998 Nick Downs (36)............. 1999-2000 Ed Brown............................ 2001-02 Justin Larson............................ 2004 Rob Baier.................................. 2005 Mike Niklos (20)................. 2006-07 Camdin Crouse (19)............ 2008-09 Eric Lowry (29)................... 2010-11 12 Jake Newman...................... 1994-97 Steve Tryon.............................. 1999 Brent Marstellar....................... 2000 Nick Schirtzinger (92)............ 2007 Raphael Johnson (29)......... 2008-10 Matt Layman............................ 2011 13 Fred Parker......................... 1996-98 Ed Herriott (40)................... 2001-02 Justin Marino (40).................... 2004 Kevin Drakeford, Jr. (31).......... 2006 Troy Cree............................. 2007-08 Donte Jeter (3)......................... 2011 Evan Taylor (40)...................... 2012 14 Jason Hempstead............ 1999-2002 Ron Ball................................... 2007 Jeff Sinclair......................... 2009-12 15 Brad Trezona............................ 1995 Donald Walker......................... 1997 Antoine Lee (11)................. 1998-99 Rich Demaio............................ 2003 Jacky Candy............................. 2006 Kyle McCallister...................... 2007 16 Shawn Martin (7)..................... 1999 David Bourne...................... 2000-01 Toheeb Akinola (4)............. 2005-06 James Snider (9).................. 2007-08 17 Gary Kifer................................. 1994 B.B. Broughton........................ 2001 Nathan DiLorenzo (4).............. 2003 Alvin Hill............................ 2005-07 Michael Richards................ 2008-10 Zach Washington..................... 2012

8 Ben Davis................................. 1996 Jonathan LeDonne (50)....... 2002-04 Michael Walser................... 2005-07 Adam Lawrence (56, 33).... 2008-09 Monte Ashby........................... 2010 Malik Johnson (43).................. 2012

18 JeVarn O’Neal...................... 1996-97 J.T. Kirk............................... 1998-99 Vladimir St. Surin.............. 2001-03 Shola Fajemisin (54)................ 2004 Nathan Argenta......... 2006-07, 2009 Ben Ridgeley....................... 2010-12

9 Greg Busse............................... 1994 Deryl Witten........................ 1995-96 Ray Thomas.................... 1997-2000 Corey Oaks (24)....................... 2001

19 Fred Manalac (2)...................... 1994 Tai Alli................................ 1995-97 Jon Watts.................................. 2000 Damian Jackson.................. 2001-02

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Camdin Crouse (11)................. 2007 Garrett Clawson.................. 2008-10 Antwan Eddie (6).................... 2011 20 Ralph Clark (7)......................... 1994 Pat Nolan............................ 1995-98 Josh Weight (4)......................... 2001 Mike Niklos (11)................. 2003-04 Greg Langer......................... 2010-12 21 Tim Smith................................ 1994 Joe DeMaria (7)........................ 1996 Josh Marino......................... 2001-04 Austin Weaver......................... 2005 James O’Quinn......................... 2008 Marvin McCalla.................. 2009-10 William Quarles.................. 2011-12 22 Dante Payne........................ 1994-97 Ian Greenlee............................. 1998 Nick Daniel (26).............. 1999-2001 Develand Campbell................. 2002 Jason Trivisono........................ 2005 Stuart Ayers (30)...................... 2006 Josh Kiel.............................. 2007-10 Ryan Thermil........................... 2012 23 Jeff Garner................................ 1997 Shaun Butler............................ 1998 Kevin Felix.............................. 2002 James Kazil......................... 2004-07 Jesse Kastelic........................... 2008 Jamar Cromwell (6)............. 2009-10 Justin Brooks............................ 2011 Brian Jones............................... 2012 24 Conte’ Bolden.......................... 1994 Mike Scott................................ 1995 Corey Oaks (9)......................... 2002 JaJonelle DeJarnette............ 2003-04 Michael Landers................. 2007-10 Samuel Collins................... 2011-12 25 Brian Dunn......................... 1994-97 Micah Riley............... 1998-99, 2002 Andre Reid (10)....................... 2000 Shane Gosnell.......................... 2005 Daron Jones.............................. 2007 Sanchez Faugue.................. 2009-12 26 Josh Buxton.............................. 1996 Nick Daniel (22)....................... 1998 Joe Ward (34)........................... 2001 Nelson Walker (29).................. 2002 Nick Ebert................................ 2005 Rion Listhrop (40).............. 2006-07 Barry Nowell............................ 2008 27 Brian DeVivo............................ 1994 Joe Austin....................... 1999-2001 Devin Wilson...................... 2002-05 Ryan Smith.............................. 2007 Duane Mitchell (7)................... 2011 Clay Ilkin................................. 2012 28 Matt Stasko.............................. 1998 Dante Settles....................... 2000-04 Rolf Bathold........................ 2007-10 29 Amon Harrod...................... 1996-98 Mike Romeo............................. 2000 Richard Bailey......................... 2002 Nelson Walker (26)............. 2003-05 Raphael Johnson (12).............. 2007 Shadrae King (7)...................... 2008

Eric Lowry (11)....................... 2009 30 John Hepler......................... 1994-97 Monroe Hillsman............ 1999-2000 Stuart Ayers (22)................. 2003-04 Jason Davis............................... 2006 David Pittman..................... 2008-09 Mike Cook (31)........................ 2011 31 Kelly Pierre (10)....................... 1995 Steve Carbonara.................. 1996-97 Jermaine Cuyler.............. 1998-2001 Kevin Drakeford, Jr. (13).......... 2004 Ian Milanak (59)................. 2007-09 A.J. Holderman (77, 94)........... 2010 C.J. Jackson.............................. 2011 Mike Cook (30)........................ 2012 32 Steve Tharp......................... 1994-95 Milton Sanders........................ 2001 Rupert Rickards (2, 5).............. 2002 Jeff Rommes........................ 2003-06 Mark Szymanski (53).......... 2007-09 Nick Groat (44)................... 2010-12 33 Wesley Johnson.................. 1994-96 Terrance McCall....................... 1997 Ryan Swofford................ 1999-2001 Nic Horting.............................. 2003 Brian Pruitt......................... 2005-06 Adam Lawrence (56, 8)........... 2007 Brad Banas.......................... 2009-12 34 Tim Hare.................................. 1994 Joe Ward (26)........................... 1998 Jeremy Cigola........................... 2000 Derek Huey.............................. 2002 Josh O’Bannon (3)............... 2003-04 Jeff Link............................... 2007-10 D.J. Myers (38).................... 2011-12 35 Garth White........................ 1994-97 Brad Miller...................... 1998-2000 Victor Silva............... 2001-03, 2005 Alex Tarr............................. 2009-11 36 DeLonte Perkins (5)................. 1995 Nick Downs (11)................. 1997-98 Andrew Fiorante (39).............. 2002 Jake Nulph.......................... 2003-04 Karey Murray...................... 2006-08 Vince Mongelluzzo (74).......... 2010 Cameron Chadwick............ 2011-12 37 Kevin Jordan....................... 2000-01 Kimani Smith.......................... 2012 38 Drew Dorsey............................ 1994 Greg James............................... 1998 Mike Keister.................... 1999-2000 Sam Fiorante....................... 2002-05 D.J. Myers (34)......................... 2010 Tony LaMancusa................. 2011-12 39 D’Shawn Henry.................. 1997-99 Andrew Fiorante (36).............. 2003 Matt Brunck (98)...................... 2004 Joey Wines.......................... 2008-09 Ky Kenyon............................... 2012 40 Brandon Fellinger............... 1994-95 Darnell Baldwin...................... 1998 Ed Herriott (13)........................ 1999 Justin Marino (13)............... 2001-03 Rion Listhrop (26)................... 2005

John Jackson....................... 2006-07 Erik Frund................................ 2008 Evan Taylor (13)...................... 2010 41 Harry Leber.............................. 1998 Dustin Holt (44)....................... 2002 Moises Hernandez (5)......... 2003-04 Anthony Caperelli.............. 2008-11 42 Brian Gehrig............................. 1995 Archie Wannamaker........... 1996-98 Vince Magnone................... 2004-06 Dan Mignogna..................... 2011-12 43 John Rochford..................... 1994-97 Michael Schlaepfer............. 2002-04 Jacob DaGrava..................... 2006-08 Kyle Cooper (44)..................... 2009 Malik Johnson (8).................... 2010 44 Piante Crew.............................. 1994 Mo Baptiste......................... 1996-97 Dustin Holt (41)....................... 2003 Chad Wengert..................... 2004-07 Nick Groat (32)........................ 2009 Kyle Cooper (43)...................... 2011 45 * Tim Hall.............................. 1994-95 46 Todd Geissler...................... 1994-96 Doug Brandow......................... 1998 Andy Gill........................ 1999-2001 Jordan Potter............................ 2007 John Melnick........................... 2011 47 Andy Dubinsky (54)................ 1995 Parrish Johnson....................... 1997 Reggie Chambers............ 1998-2001 Matt Daniel.............................. 2002 Jordan Howard.................... 2004-07 48 John O’Connell................... 1995-98 James Noel.......................... 2002-05 Matthew Fox............................ 2012 49 Marcus McCaleb...................... 1995 Elias Navarro (51).................... 2007 Nick England...................... 2008-10 Luke Mueller........................... 2012 50 Nate List.............................. 1994-97 Jonathan LeDonne (8).............. 2001

Anthony Berger.................. 2001-02 Adam Lawrence (33, 8)........... 2006 Ryan Nearhoof.................... 2007-10 Andrew Douglass............... 2011-12 57 Mark Cuda (97)........................ 1995 Brice Fritts...................... 1999-2001 Rinaldo Policicchio................. 2003 Ian Margerum..................... 2006-08 Brian Bevilacqua................ 2009-11 Mike Neilson........................... 2012 58 Pat Stage.............................. 1995-96 Craig Herlan.................... 1998-2000 Louis St. Felix..................... 2002-04 Robert Williams.................. 2008-10 59 Mike Melynk....................... 1997-98 Greg Harteis........................ 2003-05 Ian Milanak (31)...................... 2006 60 Dwayne Smith......................... 1994 Brian Murphy.......................... 1996 Ini Bassey................................. 1998 Carlos Andrade (70)................ 2007 Alex Kirsch.............................. 2012 61 Aaron Doolittle........................ 1994 Deodis Powell..................... 1995-96 Trevor Lang.............................. 1997 Mark Leyenaar................ 1998-2001 Babafemi Odumeru............ 2003-04 Shannon Smoot.................. 2006-08 Chris Thompkins (95)............. 2010 62 Mike Stosic.............................. 1997 Adam Sauers (97)........... 1999-2000 Lawrence Tolson...................... 2002 Tyler DeChellis........................ 2007 63 Doug Ahlum....................... 1994-95 Abu Sesay (66)......................... 1997 Chris Young (72)............. 1999-2001 Clifton Jean-Jacques............ 2002-05 64 Darrick Godbott....................... 1995 Robin Cole, Jr...................... 1996-99 John Meerdo....................... 2000-03 Edgar Hunt.......................... 2006-07 R.J. Cook (51)...................... 2009-10 65

Dave Coleman.......................... 2007

Jon Hill..................................... 2012

Tyler Digby.......................... 2011-12

72 Mike Horgos............................. 1996 Chris Young (63)...................... 1998 Phil Rossomando (70)............. 2002 Matt Williams..................... 2004-05 Logan Miles........................ 2008-11

89 Opio Gary (80)......................... 1998 Tim Donnelly........................... 1999 Alan Ruperto........................... 2002 Sean McElhinny...................... 2007 D.J. Hayes................................. 2012

73 Jeff Munoz........................... 1995-96 Scott Konchek................. 1999-2002 Colyn Haugh (70)................ 2005-06 Sam Miller.......... 2008-09, 2011-12

90 Brian Karavish......................... 1994 Carl Crennel........................ 1995-96 Michael Grell........................... 1997 Charles Jones........................... 2002 Michael Crandle................. 2003-05 Gavin Marshall................... 2008-10 Forrest Mason.......................... 2012

74 Isaiah Hollins........................... 1995 Shawn George.......................... 1999 Andre Sanders............... 2003, 2005 Vince Mongelluzzo (36)..... 2011-12 75 * Hank Fraley........................ 1997-99 76 Pat Lines.................................. 1994 Pat Linberg...................... 1998-2001 Joe Setticase........................ 2006-08 Chris Setticase......................... 2011 77 Keith Stewart...................... 1994-97 Bryan Mullins..................... 2005-06 Corey Konycki.................... 2007-10 A.J. Holderman (31, 94).......... 2011 Max Robertson......................... 2012 78 Odist Felder........................ 1994-97 Dan Zimmerman...................... 2000 Jason Edwards......................... 2001 79 Brian Cleary........................ 1994-97 Gus Alonso......................... 2003-06 80 Tom Carchedi........................... 1995 Opio Gary (89)................ 1999-2000 Rob Meyer........................... 2003-05 Chris Molnar............................ 2007 81 Eric Dudek............................... 1994 Brent Hockenberry............. 2000-01 Chris Kozak......................... 2007-08 D.J. Zalewski....................... 2009-10 82 Tim Matthews (84)................... 1997 Thomas Grow.......................... 1999 Ricky Daldo........................ 2001-03 Julian Ellison........................... 2007 Andrew Smith.................... 2010-12

51 Matt Mihalyi............................ 2001 John Stanley............................. 2003 Elias Navarro (49)............... 2008-10 R.J. Cook (64)........................... 2012

66 Abu Sesay (63)......................... 1998 Kevin Wachhaus................. 2000-03 John Steilner....................... 2004-07 Nate Hargraves.................... 2011-12

52 Ed Sanchez.............................. 1994 Adam Thermann................ 1995-98 William Weathers (55)............. 2000 Marc Anderson........................ 2002 Anthony Rada..................... 2005-06 Jonathan Krepps................. 2008-11

67 Mark Baldino...................... 1994-96 Chris Roberts (98)............... 2008-09 Luke Sweeney..................... 2011-12

84 Anthony West.......................... 1996 Tim Matthews (82)................... 1998 Sherrod Evers........... 2006, 2008-09

68 Eric Hendershot.................. 1995-98 Josh Gibson.............................. 2003 A.J. Dalton (70)........................ 2010 Nick Faraci............................... 2012

85 Gary Gregory....................... 1995-98 Rob Quaranta...................... 2001-02 Michael Rogers (10)................. 2005

53 Adam Kmetz............................ 1994 Vincent Romo................ 2003, 2005 Mark Szymanski (32)............... 2006 Vince Volpe.............................. 2007 Steve Mitchell..................... 2009-12 54 Andy Dubinsky (47)........... 1996-98 Marlin Thrower.............. 1999-2001 Shola Fajemisin (18)........... 2002-03 Ray Gensler......................... 2004-06 55 Jack Whaley........................ 1994-97 William Weathers (52)........ 2001-03 James Murphy..................... 2007-09 Mark Centofanti.................. 2011-12 56

Eugene Wright......................... 1996

69 Joe Parlette (92)........................ 1995 Jon Consoli............................... 2005 Brad Rodgers....................... 2008-11 70 Jon Bealles............................... 1994 Kevin Neill.......................... 1995-96 Phil Rossomando (72)............. 2001 Colyn Haugh (73)..................... 2004 Bill Romango........................... 2007 Carlos Andrade (60)........... 2008-10 A.J. Dalton (68)................... 2011-12 71 Scott Remaley.......................... 1994 Justin Martin....................... 1996-98 Joel Travitz.......................... 2004-05

83 Paul Speier.......................... 1996-98 Tyjuan Massey.................... 2002-05 Quinton Pirl............................. 2012

86 Jason Spencer..................... 1994-97 Isi Mataele................................ 2001 Donald Zalewski...................... 2003 Jarvis Powers...................... 2004-06 Regis Flowers (94).............. 2007-08

91 Darnell Gardener..................... 1996 Brad Kirit........................ 1997-2000 Alex Wilson........................ 2001-03 Scott Schade....................... 2005-06 Nolan Nearhoof.................. 2009-12 92 Joe Parlette (69)................... 1996-97 Mike Rosatone................ 1999-2000 Kelvern Grant..................... 2005-07 Nick Schirtzinger (12)........ 2008-10 93 Mike Cortes......................... 1994-96 Brandon Martin....................... 2006 Farren Mason...................... 2009-12 94 Billie Jones.......................... 1996-97 Ron Blue.................................. 2002 Regis Flowers (86)................... 2006 Michael Lovely................... 2009-10 A.J. Holderman (31, 77)........... 2012 95 Matt Grayson.................. 1998-2001 Sean Crisman........................... 2002 Ryan Catley.............................. 2008 Chris Thompkins (61)........ 2011-12 96 Brian Quaranta........................ 1994 Ken Pingatore.......................... 2003 Eric Jewell........................... 2005-07 Cory Nolton........................ 2010-11 97 Mark Cuda (57)........................ 1994 Paul Leonard............................ 1996 Jeff Stingi................................. 1997 Adam Sauers (62).................... 1998 Andy Walton....................... 2006-08 Henry Jartu............................... 2012 98 Jason Henley....................... 1994-95 Murray Poole.................. 1996-2000 Eric Fontana............................. 2002 Matt Brunck (39)................. 2005-06 Mike Burkett....................... 2007-09 Chris Roberts (67).................... 2010 99 John Bose................................. 1994 Chris Riley...................... 1999-2001 Jason Forrest....................... 2002-05 Richard Nagy...................... 2006-07 Connor Sullivan................. 2010-12 * retired jersey

87 Dwan Walker........................... 1997 Ryan Fulmer................... 1999-2000 Stephen McNair.................. 2001-02 Paul Evans.......................... 2010-12 88 Justin Starr............................... 1994 Jason Tomaszewski............. 1996-98 Dean Jackson............................ 2000 Jeremy Wise........................ 2002-05 Frankie Probst.......................... 2006

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Year-by-Year Leaders Rushing Year Name

1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Passing Att. Yards

Tim Hall................................

154 1,336 Tim Hall................................ 239* 1,572* Archie Wannamaker............. 90 735 Archie Wannamaker............. 198 976 Archie Wannamaker............. 139 751 Donald Dorsey...................... 181 1,070 Sam Dorsett........................... 217 1,219 Sam Dorsett........................... 195 1,166 Develand Campbell.............. 104 406 Sam Dorsett........................... 228 1,064 Devin Wilson........................ 173 703 Devin Wilson........................ 176 743 Brian Harden........................ 126 399 Myles Russ............................ 155 594 Myles Russ............................ 215 1,255 Myles Russ............................ 212 1,059 Myles Russ............................ 236 1,363 Deontae Howard................... 98 386 Evan Taylor........................... 183 847

Avg. TD Long

8.7* 11 6.6 16* 8.2 8 4.9 7 5.4 5 5.9 9 5.6 9 6.0 10 3.9 2 4.7 6 4.1 5 4.2 9 3.2 1 3.8 3 5.8 6 5.0 2 5.8 10 3.9 1 4.6 0

95t 82t 70 40 85t 67t 50t 36t 79 77t 33 48t 41 57 68t 60t 53 23 65

Receptions Year Name

1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

382 407 512 507 540 634 514 661 395 415 763 899* 421 521 506 668 531 524 631

13.6 12.3 17.1 16.4 17.4 16.7 14.7 16.9 13.2 12.6 17.7 23.1* 12.6 14.9 14.9 14.2 12.3 10.3 17.1

7 4 6 6 6 7 7 6 2 3 7 10* 5 3 4 6 7 5 5

47 37 59 43 40t 94t 55t 67t 27t 36 93t 79t 65t 50 56 55t 35t 31 77t

Receiving Yards 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Cmp. Yards Pct. TD Long

117 71 112 126 133 110 142 152 83 101 167* 108 157 135 144 78 128 116 122

1,723 52.0 911 48.6 1,420 53.8 1,717 49.6 1,726 55.2 1,461 56.4 1,925 53.2 2,110 56.9 1,195 49.4 1,451 52.3 2,601* 51.8 1,468 51.9 2,066 58.1 1,838 49.6 2,206 49.5 828 53.8 1,920 49.8 1,373 50.0 1,710 50.4

17 79t 10 68 17 59 20 56 19 94t 14 44t 21 65t 22* 67t 5 74t 10 75t 20 93t 15 74t 19 65t 12 62t 18 81t 9 53t 22* 67t 11 54 15 77t

Year Name

1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Rush Rec. PR KOR IR Yards

Tim Hall......................... 1,336 Tim Hall......................... 1,572 Archie Wannamaker...... 735 Archie Wannamaker...... 976 Donald Dorsey............... 604 Donald Dorsey............... 1,070 Sam Dorsett.................... 1,219 Sam Dorsett.................... 1,166 Stephen McNair............. 4 Sam Dorsett.................... 1,064 Dante Settles.................. 61 Tyjuan Massey............... 51 Mario Hines................... 21 Mario Hines................... 14 Myles Russ..................... 1,255 Myles Russ..................... 1,059 Myles Russ..................... 1,363 Anthony Coleman......... 0 Evan Taylor.................... 847

460 0 0 0 1,796 333 0 0 0 1,905* 11 76 225 0 1,047 184 16 131 0 1,307 99 0 328 0 1,031 205 2 168 0 1,445 107 0 0 0 1,326 87 0 0 0 1,253 450 76 288 0 818 45 0 0 0 1,109 346 264 464 0 1,135 899 133 615 0 1,698 341 203 490 0 1,055 456 277 441 0 1,188 83 0 0 0 1,338 106 0 0 0 1,165 132 0 0 0 1,495 399 85 952 0 1,436 35 71 0 0 953

Scoring Yards Rec. Avg. TD Long

Tim Hall................................

460 28 17.7 3 79t Drew Dorsey.........................

407 33 12.3 4 37 Fred Parker...........................

512 30 17.1 6 59 DeLonte Perkins...................

507 31 16.4 6 43 Fred Parker...........................

540 31 17.4 6 40t J.T. Kirk.................................

634 38 16.7 7 94t Brent Hockenberry...............

624 34 18.4 8 65t Brent Hockenberry...............

661 39 16.9 6 67t Robb Butler...........................

459 29 15.8 0 68 Tyjuan Massey......................

457 30 15.2 4 71t Tyjuan Massey......................

763 43 17.7 7 93t Tyjuan Massey......................

899* 39 23.1* 10* 79t Jarvis Powers........................

421 31 12.6 5 65t Alvin Hill..............................

521 35 14.9 3 50 James O’Quinn......................

622 27 23.0 6 81t Sherrod Evers.......................

668 47 14.2 6 60t Shadrae King........................

531 43 12.3 7 35t Shadrae King........................

524 51* 10.3 5 31 Donte Jeter............................

631 37 17.1 5 77t

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Att.

Jake Newman................. 225 Jake Newman................. 146 Jake Newman................. 208 Jake Newman................. 254 Tim Levcik..................... 241 Tim Levcik..................... 195 Tim Levcik..................... 267 Tim Levcik..................... 267 Shawn Martin................ 168 Drew Geyer.................... 193 Drew Geyer.................... 361* Drew Geyer.................... 208 Erik Cwalinski............... 270 Erik Cwalinski............... 272 Erik Cwalinski............... 291 Jeff Sinclair.................... 145 Jeff Sinclair.................... 257 Jeff Sinclair.................... 232 Jeff Sinclair.................... 242

All-Purpose No. Yards Avg. TD Long

Robert Frazier....................... 28 Drew Dorsey......................... 33 Fred Parker........................... 30 DeLonte Perkins................... 31 Fred Parker........................... 31 J.T. Kirk................................. 38 Opio Gary.............................. 35 Brent Hockenberry............... 39 Rupert Rickards.................... 30 Rupert Rickards.................... 33 Tyjuan Massey...................... 43 Tyjuan Massey...................... 39 Jarvis Powers........................ 31 Alvin Hill.............................. 35 Sherrod Evers....................... 34 Sherrod Evers....................... 47 Shadrae King........................ 43 Shadrae King........................ 51* Donte Jeter............................ 37

Year Name

Year Name

1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Year Name

Pos.

Pts

How Scored

1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

RB RB RB WR PK PK PK RB WR RB PK PK RB PK PK PK PK RB PK PK

88 120* 56 48 51 74 73 66 18 18 39 69 68 42 45 40 64 66 58 42

14 TD; 2 PAT 20 TD 9 TD; 1 PAT 8 TD 6 FG; 33 PAT 12 FG; 38 PAT 11 FG; 40 PAT 11 TD 3 TD 3 TD 6 FG; 21 PAT 13 FG; 30 PAT 11 TD; 1 PAT 4 FG; 30 PAT 9 FG; 18 PAT 4 FG; 28 PAT 14 FG; 22 PAT 11 TD 12 FG; 22 PAT 7 FG; 21 PAT

Tim Hall............................................

Tim Hall............................................

Archie Wannamaker.........................

Fred Parker.......................................

Jeff Carlo...........................................

Jeff Carlo...........................................

Jeff Carlo...........................................

Sam Dorsett.......................................

Stephen McNair................................

Develand Campbell..........................

Nathan DiLorenzo............................

Nathan DiLorenzo............................

Devin Wilson....................................

Nate DiLorenzo.................................

Michael Walser.................................

Garrett Clawson................................

Garrett Clawson................................

Myles Russ........................................

Greg Langer.......................................

Greg Langer.......................................

Kickoff Returns (Yardage Leaders) Year Name

1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Tackles

No. Yards Avg. TD Long

Jeff Cohn............................... 10 Jeff Cohn............................... 11 Archie Wannamaker............. 8 Antoine Lee.......................... 9 Donald Dorsey...................... 13 Antoine Lee.......................... 13 Opio Gary.............................. 14 Corey Oaks............................ 14 Stephen McNair.................... 13 Tyjuan Massey...................... 14 Dante Settles......................... 18 Tyjuan Massey...................... 20 Mario Hines.......................... 20 Mario Hines.......................... 22 James O’Quinn...................... 14 Anthony Coleman................ 27 Anthony Coleman................ 34 Anthony Coleman................ 41* Brian Jones............................ 33

219 258 225 271 328 227 369 296 288 353 464 615 490 441 320 240 708 952* 547

21.9 0 23.5 0 37.5* 1 30.1 1 25.2 0 17.5 0 26.4 0 21.1 0 22.2 0 25.2 1 25.8 0 30.8 0 24.5 0 20.0 0 22.9 0 20.3 0 20.8 0 23.2 0 16.6 0

38 32 85t 93t 58 26 75 30 49 94t 64 70 59 53 64 58 33 49 34

Punt Returns (Yardage Leaders) Year Name

1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Brian Dunn........................... 13 Brian Dunn........................... 17 Brian Dunn........................... 19 Brian Dunn........................... 25 Nick Downs.......................... 11 Nick Downs.......................... 14 Nick Downs.......................... 18 Corey Oaks............................ 6 Corey Oaks............................ 12 Tyjuan Massey...................... 17 Dante Settles......................... 18 Tyjuan Massey...................... 17 Mario Hines.......................... 28* Mario Hines.......................... 17 Chris Kozak........................... 14 Anthony Coleman................ 28* Evan Taylor........................... 13 Anthony Coleman................ 20 Evan Taylor........................... 14

Year Name

Solo

Piante Crew........................................... 39 Mike Cortes........................................... 30 Nate List................................................ 40 John O’Connell..................................... 57* John O’Connell..................................... 39 Ray Thomas.......................................... 35 Ray Thomas.......................................... 35 Reggie Chambers.................................. 52 James Noel............................................ 50 James Noel............................................ 37 James Noel............................................ 51 James Noel............................................ 41 Jeff Rommes.......................................... 34 Chad Wengert....................................... 43 Alex DiMichele..................................... 45 Alex DiMichele..................................... 50 Alex DiMichele..................................... 45 Cameron Chadwick.............................. 32 Mike Cook............................................. 22

Asst. Total Avg.

39 78 8.7 42 72 7.2 49 89 8.1 40 97 8.8 41 80 8.0 36 71 7.1 45 80 8.0 56 108 12.0* 58 108 10.8 70 107 10.7 64 115 10.5 66 107 10.7 41 75 6.8 69 112 11.2 71* 116* 11.6 59 109 9.9 60 105 9.5 48 80 7.3 66 88 8.0

Interceptions No. Yards Avg. TD Long

130 112 212 245 173 120 229 60 90 134 264 133 203 277* 45 240 199 85 71

10.0 6.6 11.2 9.8 15.7 8.6 12.7 6.7 7.5 7.9 14.7 7.8 7.2 16.3* 3.2 8.6 15.3 4.2 5.1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

22 29 28 43 31 32 36 20 34 24 56t 54 48t 52 22 37 37 30 16

Punting 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Year Name

1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Year Name

1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

2008 2009

2010 2011 2012

No. Yards Avg. TD Long

Piante Crew........................... 5 Nate List................................ 5 Brian Dunn........................... 4 Brian Dunn........................... 7* Derry Williams...................... 3 Nick Downs.......................... 5 Nick Downs.......................... 7* Corey Oaks............................ 3 Corey Oaks............................ 7* Mike Niklos.......................... 6 Josh Marino........................... 6 James Kazil........................... 3 Mike Niklos.......................... 5 James Kazil........................... 3 Mike Niklos.......................... 3 Michael Landers................... 5 Rolf Bathold.......................... 3 Elias Navarro........................ 3 Michael Landers................... 5 Alex Tarr............................... 2 Marcelis Branch.................... 3

28 52 50 92 17 0 174 9 130 53 41 39 23 9 0 41 80 47 66 39 0

5.6 10.4 12.5 13.1 5.7 0.0 24.9 3.0 18.6 8.8 6.8 13.0 4.6 3.0 0.0 8.2 26.7 15.7 13.2 19.5 0.0

0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

23 42t 37 37 17 3 58t 9 59t 28t 35 21 23 9 0 24 49 47 41 39 0

No. Yards Avg. I20 Long

Jon Mihalik........................... 42 Chris Longo........................... 56 Chris Longo........................... 45 Chris Longo........................... 44 Chris Longo........................... 38 Michael Schmitt................... 21 Jeff Carlo............................... 20 Jeff Carlo............................... 31 Michael Schlaepfer............... 60 Michael Schlaepfer............... 56 Michael Schlaepfer............... 54 Michael Walser..................... 38 Michael Walser..................... 52 Nick Schirtzinger.................. 61 Nick Schirtzinger.................. 53 Nick Schirtzinger.................. 63 Nick Schirtzinger.................. 53 Tony LaMancusa................... 58 Tony LaMancusa................... 66*

1,510 1,863 1,653 1,746 1,579 670 732 1,082 2,240 1,858 1,926 1,328 1,751 2,524* 2,125 2,468 2,173 2,022 2,511

36.0 33.3 36.7 39.7 41.6* 31.9 36.6 34.9 37.3 33.2 35.7 34.9 33.7 41.4 40.1 39.2 41.0 34.9 38.0

0 0 3 12 6 3 3 8 7 16 15 8 12 16 9 21* 18 6 12

68 56 59 77 66 56 53 62 62 71 66 61 57 69 60 74 66 49 53

Sacks Year Name

1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

No. Yards TFL Yards

Fred Manalac........................................ 8 58 10 63 Fred Manalac........................................

5 43 7 51 John O’Connell..................................... 7 44 10 63 Jason Spencer....................................... 11* 54 13 61 Matt Grayson........................................ 7.5 32 11 53 Brad Kirit.............................................. 7.5 54 12 66 Brad Kirit..............................................

5 33 5 33 Matt Grayson........................................

2.5 19 8.5 37 Jonathan LeDonne................................

2.5 17 5.5 26 Will Weathers....................................... 5.5 34 12 43 Babafemi Odumeru..............................

5 28 9 37 Ray Gensler........................................... 7.5 56 13 70 James Noel............................................

4.5 23 7.5 26 Ray Gensler........................................... 11* 89* 17.5 106* Mark Szymanski................................... 7 42 15 61 Adam Lawrence.................................... 3.5 24 9 32 Adam Lawrence.................................... 5.5 32 12.5 44 Nolan Nearhoof.................................... 5.5 19 6 22 Nolan Nearhoof.................................... 7.5 47 12.5 59 Nolan Nearhoof....................................

10.5 49 13.0 55

* single-season school record

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All-Time Results 1994 — Record: 7-1-1 • Home: 4-0 • Road: 3-1-1 • Head Coach: Joe Walton Date Opponent Score

Sept. 3 Sept. 10 Sept. 17 Sept. 24 Oct. 8 Oct. 15 Oct. 29 Nov. 5 Nov. 12

@ Waynesburg Monmouth @ Central Conn. State Gannon Duquesne @ Wagner @ Saint Francis Bethany @ Mercyhurst

W, 24-19 W, 26-19 W, 24-17 W, 28-0 W, 28-6 L, 21-38 T, 14-14 W, 38-14 W, 37-27

Att. Stadium

2,275 5,335 2,745 3,330 8,016 5,346 1,178 4,102 1,001

College Field Moon Stadium Arute Field Moon Stadium Moon Stadium Fischer Field Pine Bowl Moon Stadium Veterans Stadium

1995 — Record: 6-4 • Home: 4-1 • Road: 2-3 • Head Coach: Joe Walton Date Opponent Score

Sept. 2 Sept. 9 Sept. 16 Sept. 30 Oct. 6 Oct. 14 Oct. 21 Oct. 28 Nov. 4 Nov. 11

Waynesburg @ Monmouth @ Duquesne Central Conn. State @ Gannon Wagner Mercyhurst @ Towson State @ Bethany Saint Francis

W, 41-6 L, 13-16 W, 38-20 W, 45-3 L, 29-30 W, 18-16 L, 19-21 L, 14-34 W, 32-7 W, 21-6

Att. Stadium

2,275 3,246 4,267 3,526 1,668 483 2,322 3,588 796 1,109

Moon Stadium Kessler Field Rooney Field Moon Stadium Veterans Stadium Moon Stadium Moon Stadium Minnegan Stadium Rine Field Moon Stadium

1996 — Record: 9-2 (3-1 NEC) • Home: 5-0 • Road: 4-2 • Head Coach: Joe Walton Date Opponent Score

Sept. 7 Sept. 14 Sept. 21 Sept. 28 Oct. 5 Oct. 12 Oct. 26 Nov. 2 Nov. 9 Nov. 16 Nov. 23

@ Mercyhurst Butler Towson State @ Central Conn. State * Gannon @ Dayton Monmouth * @ Wagner * @ Saint Francis * C.W. Post @ Duquesne #

W, 20-0 W, 38-0 W, 7-0 W, 35-13 W, 40-7 L, 21-31 W, 43-6 L, 35-38 W, 16-15 W, 35-6 W, 28-26

Att. Stadium

1,850 2,116 3,756 1,875 2,944 7,364 2,681 551 475 964 4,321

Mercyhurst Field Moon Stadium Moon Stadium Arute Field Moon Stadium Welcome Stadium Moon Stadium Fischer Field Pine Bowl Moon Stadium Rooney Field

1997 — Record: 8-3 (4-0 NEC) • Home: 3-2 • Road: 5-1 • Head Coach: Joe Walton Date Opponent Score

Sept. 6 Sept. 13 Sept. 20 Sept. 27 Oct. 4 Oct. 18 Oct. 25 Nov. 1 Nov. 8 Nov. 15 Nov. 22

Buffalo State @ Butler Dayton @ Central Conn. State * Wagner * @ Towson State @ Monmouth * Mercyhurst Saint Francis * @ Gannon @ Georgetown #

W, 35-23 W, 26-21 L, 13-16 W, 44-21 W, 21-9 L, 30-33 W, 41-20 L, 10-17 W, 34-7 W, 17-13 W, 35-13

Att. Stadium

1,856 3,410 2,336 860 3,448 3,525 2,311 921 1,555 500 931

Moon Stadium Butler Bowl Moon Stadium Arute Field Moon Stadium Minnegan Stadium Kessler Field Moon Stadium Moon Stadium Veterans Stadium Kehoe Field

1998 — Record: 4-6 (4-1 NEC) • Home: 2-3 • Road: 2-3 • Head Coach: Joe Walton Date Opponent Score

Sept. 5 Sept. 12 Sept. 26 Oct. 3 Oct. 10 Oct. 17 Oct. 24 Nov. 7 Nov. 14 Nov. 21

@ Buffalo State @ Dayton Central Conn. State * @ Wagner * Valparaiso Sacred Heart * Monmouth * @ Saint Francis * New Haven @ Duquesne

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L, 20-30 L, 22-31 W, 42-17 W, 42-17 L, 17-19 W, 44-7 L, 26-27 W, 35-3 L, 24-26 L, 22-24

Att. Stadium

762 4,376 2,673 1,194 1,649 1,081 1,258 819 1,192 2,872

Coyer Field Welcome Stadium Moon Stadium Fischer Field Moon Stadium Moon Stadium Moon Stadium Pine Bowl Moon Stadium Rooney Field

1999 — Record: 8-2 (7-0 NEC) • Home: 5-0 • Road: 3-2 • Head Coach: Joe Walton Date Opponent Score

Sept. 4 Sept. 11 Sept. 18 Sept. 25 Oct. 2 Oct. 16 Oct. 23 Oct. 30 Nov. 6 Nov. 20

@ Buffalo State Dayton @ Valparaiso @ Central Conn. State * Wagner * Sacred Heart * @ Monmouth * @ Albany * Saint Francis * Stony Brook *

L, 20-32 W, 34-7 L, 13-17 W, 27-24 W, 23-21 W, 48-0 W, 34-16 W, 30-20 W, 49-0 W, 50-19

Att. Stadium

904 3,959 2,009 875 4,126 2,231 3,266 4,824 5,348 2,572

Coyer Field Moon Stadium Brown Stadium Willow Brook Park Moon Stadium Moon Stadium Kessler Field University Field Moon Stadium Moon Stadium

2000 — Record: 10-0 (8-0 NEC) • Home: 5-0 • Road: 5-0 • Head Coach: Joe Walton Date Opponent Score

Sept. 2 Sept. 16 Sept. 30 Oct. 7 Oct. 14 Oct. 21 Oct. 28 Nov. 4 Nov. 11 Nov. 18

Buffalo State Monmouth * @ Saint Francis * St. John’s * @ Dayton Central Conn. State * @ Wagner * @ Sacred Heart * Albany * @ Stony Brook *

W, 30-20 W, 23-7 W, 63-0 W, 43-6 W, 17-13 W, 41-3 W, 38-31 (OT) W, 31-20 W, 43-34 W, 36-6

Att. Stadium

2,151 1,004 1,231 2,867 9,615 1,259 1,782 1,236 3,346 499

Moon Stadium Moon Stadium Pine Bowl Moon Stadium Welcome Stadium Moon Stadium Wagner Stadium Campus Field Moon Stadium Seawolves Field

2001 — Record: 6-3 (6-1 NEC) • Home: 3-2 • Road: 3-1 • Head Coach: Joe Walton Date Opponent Score

Sept. 1 Sept. 8 Sept. 22 Sept. 29 Oct. 13 Oct. 20 Oct. 27 Nov. 3 Nov. 10 Nov. 24

@ Buffalo State Dayton Sacred Heart * Saint Francis * @ St. John’s * @ Central Conn. State * Wagner * Stony Brook * @ Albany * @ Monmouth *

L, 27-33 L, 9-37 L, 31-44 W, 41-7 W, 28-0 W, 38-18 W, 49-30 W, 45-19 W, 42-31 cancelled

Att. Stadium

1,723 1,329 936 2,119 614 2,015 1,114 2,236 1,769

Coyer Field Moon Stadium Moon Stadium Moon Stadium DaSilva Field Arute Field Moon Stadium Moon Stadium University Field

2002 — Record: 3-7 (2-5 NEC) • Home: 3-1 • Road: 0-6 • Head Coach: Joe Walton Date Opponent Score

Sept. 7 Sept. 14 Sept. 21 Sept. 28 Oct. 5 Oct. 12 Oct. 26 Nov. 2 Nov. 9 Nov. 16

Buffalo State @ Dayton Central Conn. State * Monmouth * @ Sacred Heart * @ Wagner * @ Gannon Albany * @ Stony Brook * @ Saint Francis *

W, 41-12 L, 10-24 W, 14-0 W, 15-10 L, 0-34 L, 0-29 L, 21-49 L, 7-32 L, 13-23 L, 7-14 (OT)

Att. Stadium

1,238 4,369 1,033 1,974 2,417 1,083 1,000 938 4,672 707

Moon Stadium Welcome Stadium Moon Stadium Moon Stadium Campus Field Wagner Stadium Gannon Field Moon Stadium LaValle Stadium Pine Bowl

2003 — Record: 6-4 (4-3 NEC) • Home: 3-1 • Road: 3-3 • Head Coach: Joe Walton Date Opponent Score

Sept. 6 Sept. 13 Sept. 20 Sept. 27 Oct. 4 Oct. 11 Oct. 18 Oct. 25 Nov. 8 Nov. 15

@ Buffalo State @ Monmouth * @ Saint Peter’s Saint Francis * Stony Brook * @ Central Conn. State * Sacred Heart * Wagner * @ Albany * @ Duquesne

W, 33-23 L, 10-17 W, 31-24 W, 36-6 W, 23-20 W, 27-17 L, 20-24 W, 31-28 L, 7-27 L, 28-33

Att. Stadium

1,445 2,106 523 1,317 1,638 1,946 1,033 1,008 1,270 4,219

Coyer Field Kessler Field Bill Cochrane Field Moon Stadium Moon Stadium Arute Field Moon Stadium Moon Stadium University Field Rooney Field

2004 — Record: 6-5 (3-4 NEC) • Home: 4-3 • Road: 2-2 • Head Coach: Joe Walton Date Opponent Score

Sept. 4 Sept. 11 Sept. 18 Sept. 25 Oct. 2 Oct. 9 Oct. 16 Oct. 23 Oct. 30 Nov. 6 Nov. 13

Buffalo State Duquesne Monmouth * @ Saint Francis * @ Stony Brook * Central Conn. State * Dayton @ Wagner * Saint Peter’s Albany * @ Sacred Heart *

W, 47-10 W, 34-14 L, 27-29 W, 28-10 W, 31-24 L, 21-34 L, 12-29 L, 17-20 W, 23-12 W, 34-7 L, 3-24

Att. Stadium

1,168 4,152 1,034 910 5,740 1,872 1,573 2,211 1,019 1,024 1,662

Moon Stadium Moon Stadium Moon Stadium Pine Bowl LaValle Stadium Moon Stadium Moon Stadium Wagner Stadium Moon Stadium Moon Stadium Campus Field

2009 — Record: 5-6 (5-3 NEC) • Home: 3-2 • Road: 2-4 • Head Coach: Joe Walton Date Opponent Score

2005 — Record: 2-8 (1-6 NEC) • Home: 2-3 • Road: 0-5 • Head Coach: Joe Walton Date Opponent Score

Sept. 3 Sept. 17 Sept. 24 Oct. 1 Oct. 8 Oct. 15 Oct. 22 Oct. 29 Nov. 5 Nov. 12

@ Duquesne Butler @ Rowan Saint Francis * Wagner * @ Central Conn. State * @ Monmouth * Stony Brook * @ Albany * Sacred Heart *

L, 12-23 W, 49-13 L, 28-35 (OT) L, 28-35 W, 38-30 L, 14-21 L, 0-14 L, 37-38 L, 17-20 L, 20-27

Att. Stadium

4,861 3,516 2,713 3,784 1,604 1,268 1,882 1,439 1,875 1,231

Rooney Field Joe Walton Stadium John Page Field Joe Walton Stadium Joe Walton Stadium Arute Field Kessler Field Joe Walton Stadium University Field Joe Walton Stadium

2006 — Record: 7-4 (5-2 NEC) • Home: 2-3 • Road: 5-1 • Head Coach: Joe Walton Date Opponent Score

Sept. 2 Sept. 9 Sept. 16 Sept. 23 Sept. 30 Oct. 7 Oct. 14 Oct. 21 Oct. 28 Nov. 4 Nov. 11

@ Dayton Duquesne @ Butler Rowan @ Saint Francis * @ Wagner * #19 Central Conn. State * Monmouth * @ Stony Brook * Albany * @ Sacred Heart *

Att. Stadium

L, 14-21 3,719 L, 7-27 3,246 W, 35-14 1,536 W, 21-0 1,642 W, 45-13 1,394 W, 14-10 3,204 W, 23-17 (2OT) 2,843 L, 7-16 2,143 W, 21-6 1,893 L, 6-16 2,148 W, 41-21 1,836

Welcome Stadium Joe Walton Stadium Butler Bowl Joe Walton Stadium DeGol Field Wagner Stadium Joe Walton Stadium Joe Walton Stadium LaValle Stadium Joe Walton Stadium Campus Field

2007 — Record: 4-6 (3-3 NEC) • Home: 2-3 • Road: 2-3 • Head Coach: Joe Walton $ Date Opponent Score

Sept. 1 Sept. 8 Sept. 15 Sept. 22 Sept. 29 Oct. 6 Oct. 13 Oct. 20 Nov. 3 Nov. 10

Dayton @ Monmouth * Saint Francis * @ Morehead State VMI Wagner * @ Central Conn. State * @ Duquesne @ Albany * Sacred Heart *

L, 12-23 W, 20-17 W, 28-14 W, 9-8 L, 13-40 L, 13-20 L, 10-16 L, 14-17 L, 17-45 W, 41-31

Att. Stadium

2,246 2,444 1,784 4,719 2,157 2,895 3,349 1,311 2,283 1,368

Joe Walton Stadium Kessler Field Joe Walton Stadium Jayne Stadium Joe Walton Stadium Joe Walton Stadium Arute Field Rooney Field University Field Joe Walton Stadium

$ Dan Radakovich served as interim head coach in RMU’s 20-17 victory @ Monmouth (9/8/07)

2008 — Record: 5-6 (4-3 NEC) • Home: 3-3 • Road: 2-3 • Head Coach: Joe Walton Date Opponent Score

Morehead State Bucknell @ Dayton Monmouth * @ Sacred Heart * Duquesne * @ Bryant @ Wagner * Central Conn. State * Albany * @ Saint Francis *

@ VMI @ Bucknell Dayton Bryant * @ Duquesne * @ Central Conn. State * Saint Francis * Sacred Heart * @ Albany * Wagner * @ Monmouth *

L, 13-14 L, 23-26 L, 14-21 L, 13-20 L, 20-34 L, 21-42 W, 28-0 W, 9-7 W, 13-10 W, 37-10 W, 23-9

W, 27-13 L, 14-17 L, 14-31 L, 26-34 L, 28-31 W, 34-27 L, 7-20 W, 35-3 W, 27-14 L, 7-41 W, 35-20

Att. Stadium

1,763 2,347 3,595 1,553 3,019 3,942 5,630 1,013 1,078 1,021 943

Joe Walton Stadium Joe Walton Stadium Welcome Stadium Joe Walton Stadium Campus Field Joe Walton Stadium Bulldog Stadium Wagner Stadium Joe Walton Stadium Joe Walton Stadium DeGol Field

Att. Stadium

6,084 4,172 2,455 1,442 2,577 2,654 1,647 1,024 2,518 1,279 1,291

Foster Stadium Mathewson Stadium Joe Walton Stadium Joe Walton Stadium Rooney Field Arute Field Joe Walton Stadium Joe Walton Stadium University Field Joe Walton Stadium Kessler Field

2010 — Record: 8-3 (7-1 NEC) • Home: 5-0 • Road: 3-3 • Head Coach: Joe Walton Date Opponent Score

Sept. 4 Sept. 11 Sept. 18 Sept. 25 Oct. 2 Oct. 9 Oct. 16 Oct. 30 Nov. 6 Nov. 13 Nov. 27

@ Dayton @ Sacred Heart * #15 Liberty @ Wagner * @ Saint Francis * Monmouth * Albany * Duquesne * Central Conn. State * @ Bryant * @ #25 North Dakota State %

L, 14-28 W, 35-31 W, 30-23 W, 30-9 W, 35-14 W, 17-16 W, 38-0 W, 34-11 W, 42-24 L, 21-27 L, 17-43

Att. Stadium

3,377 2,076 2,893 2,410 2,338 2,104 3,078 2,873 2,789 2,207 12,202

Welcome Stadium Campus Field Joe Walton Stadium Wagner Stadium DeGol Field Joe Walton Stadium Joe Walton Stadium Joe Walton Stadium Joe Walton Stadium Bulldog Stadium Fargodome

2011 — Record: 2-9 (2-6 NEC) • Home: 1-4 • Road: 1-5 • Head Coach: Joe Walton Date Opponent Score

Sept. 3 Sept. 10 Sept. 17 Oct. 1 Oct. 8 Oct. 15 Oct. 22 Oct. 29 Nov. 5 Nov. 12 Nov. 19

Dayton @ #24 Liberty @ Morgan State @ Monmouth * Saint Francis * @ Albany * Bryant * Sacred Heart * @ Central Conn. State * Wagner * @ Duquesne *

L, 13-19 L, 7-38 L, 12-13 W, 23-20 W, 45-14 L, 17-28 L, 27-34 L, 15-27 L, 24-31 L, 17-38 L, 10-45

Att. Stadium

1,981 15,805 4,782 2,896 4,384 5,878 1,932 1,514 2,125 2,237 2,410

Joe Walton Stadium Williams Stadium Hughes Stadium Kessler Field Joe Walton Stadium University Field Joe Walton Stadium Joe Walton Stadium Arute Field Joe Walton Stadium Rooney Field

2012 — Record: 4-7 (3-5 NEC) • Home: 3-2 • Road: 1-5 • Head Coach: Joe Walton Date Opponent Score

in the place of the absent Joe Walton

Sept. 6 Sept. 13 Sept. 20 Sept. 27 Oct. 4 Oct. 11 Oct. 18 Oct. 25 Nov. 1 Nov. 8 Nov. 15

Sept. 5 Sept. 12 Sept. 19 Sept. 26 Oct. 3 Oct. 10 Oct. 17 Oct. 31 Nov. 7 Nov. 14 Nov. 21

Sept. 1 Sept. 8 Sept. 15 Sept. 29 Oct. 6 Oct. 13 Oct. 20 Oct. 27 Nov. 3 Nov. 10 Nov. 17

@ #2 North Dakota State Albany * @ Dayton Lafayette @ Saint Francis * @ Bryant * Central Conn. State * @ Wagner * Duquesne * @ Sacred Heart * Monmouth *

L, 0-52 L, 10-35 L, 14-20 W, 31-28 L, 3-10 L, 35-38 W, 37-31 L, 13-23 W, 17-13 W, 21-17 L, 21-26

Att. Stadium

18,769 1,068 3,116 3,524 1,726 3,682 1,020 2,072 2,028 1,336 1,043

Fargodome Joe Walton Stadium Welcome Stadium Joe Walton Stadium DeGol Field Bulldog Stadium Joe Walton Stadium Wagner Stadium Joe Walton Stadium Campus Field Joe Walton Stadium

Note: Opponent rankings according to The Sports Network * NEC Game | # ECAC Bowl | % FCS Playoffs

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Robert Morris Athletic Hall of Fame The Robert Morris University Athletic Hall of Fame was established in 1991 to honor those who have made an outstanding contribution to Robert Morris athletics. Nominations are solicited and individuals selected by the Hall of Fame Committee.

Players, coaches and administrators are eligible for selection five years after they have concluded their career at Robert Morris, and each year a veteran’s choice is selected for induction. A veteran’s choice is an individual that has concluded their career for at least 20 years.

The Robert Morris football program has had 11 former student-athletes inducted into the RMU Athletic Hall of Fame, while head coach Joe Walton will be enshrined with the inaugural RMU Athletic Hall of Fame Dinner Friday, Nov. 15, at the at the Marriott Pittsburgh Airport. Cocktails will be served at 6:00 p.m., followed by dinner at 7:00 p.m., and the emcee of the event will be former Washington Redskins quarterback Joe Theismann.

For more information regarding the inaugural RMU Athletic Hall of Fame Dinner, please visit www.rmu.edu/hof.

To read and learn more about any of the former student-athletes, coaches or administrators in the RMU Athletic Hall of Fame, or if you would like to nominate a former student-athlete, coach or administrator, please visit the official website of Colonial athletics at www.rmucolonials.com.

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Football Players in the Robert Morris University Athletic Hall of Fame

Tim Hall (1994-95) Running Back • Induction Year: 1998 The program’s inaugural running back, Hall established every rushing record at Robert Morris in his two years with the program. He rushed for 2,908 yards on his career, which ranks second all-time, and a single-season record 1,572 yards in 1995. Hall also owns the singlegame record for rushing yards, accumulating 278 yards against Bethany Nov. 5, 1994. Hall established the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) record by averaging 8.7 yards per carry in 1994, and his career average of in 7.4 yards per attempts is an FCS career mark.

In 1995, Hall was named an NCAA I-AA AllAmerican according to The Associated Press. He passed away in September of 1998.

Brian Dunn (1994-97) Defensive Back • Induction Year: 2003 A native of Havorford, Pa., Dunn owns the Robert Morris singlegame, single-season and career records for interceptions as a four-year starter at free safety for the Colonials. In a 28-6 victory over Duquesne at Moon Stadium Oct. 8, 1994, Dunn finished with three interceptions, which stands as the single-game school record.

As a senior in 1997, Dunn established the singleseason record for interceptions with seven, a record that has since been tied twice. On his career, Dunn finished with 19 picks. He also owns the school record for career punt return yards (711). Dunn was named to the 1995 AllECAC Team and the 1996 All-America Second Team by Don Hansen’s National Weekly Football Gazette. An All-Northeast Conference selection in both 1996 and 1997, Dunn was a first team All-American and All-ECAC pick in 1997.

Nate List (1994-97) Linebacker • Induction Year: 2003 List was a four-year starter for Robert Morris at linebacker and held the program record for career tackles with 309 before linebacker James Noel (2002-05) eclipsed it in 2004. A native of Industry, Pa., and a member of ECAC Bowl winning teams in 1996 and 1997, List owns the longest interception return in school history, a 97-yard return for a touchdown at Dayton in 1996. List was named an AllAmerican by Don Hansen’s National Weekly Football Gazette three times, one of only two Colonials ever to earn the distinction that many times. An All-NEC pick in both 1996 and 1997, List also earned All-ECAC accolades in 1995, 1996 and 1997.

Jake Newman (1994-97) Quarterback • Induction Year: 2004 A native of Powell, Ohio, Newman served as RMU’s inaugural quarterback from 1994 to 1997, leading the Colonials to a pair of Northeast Conference championships (1996, 1997) and a pair of ECAC Bowl victories (1996, 1997). Newman owns the Robert Morris record for career starts with 38. As the starting quarterback for the Colonials, Newman posted a record of 28-9-1 (.750), the best winning percentage in school history. Over his four years, Newman completed 426 of his 833 passing attempts (51.1 percent) for 5,771 yards and ranks second all-time at Robert Morris with 64 career touchdown passes.

John O’Connell (1995-98) Linebacker • Induction Year: 2004 A four-year letterwinner at linebacker for Robert Morris, O’Connell finished his career with 272 tackles, which ranks sixth in the RMU career record book. A native of Ronkonkoma, N.Y., O’Connell was named a First Team All-American by Don Hansen’s National Weekly Football Gazette and garnered All-Northeast Conference First Team honors in both 1996 and 1997.

Hank Fraley (1996-99) Offensive Line • Induction Year: 2006 Fraley was a three-year starter for Robert Morris on the offensive line and spent 11 years in the National Football League (NFL) with the Philadelphia Eagles, Cleveland Browns and St. Louis Rams. An All-Northeast Conference selection at offensive tackle in 1997, 1998 and 1999, he helped guide RMU to NEC championships each of those years as well as the 1999 mid-major national championship according to Don Hansen’s National Weekly Football Gazette. Fraley became the second Colonial football student-athlete in school history to have his jersey number retired, as his No. 75 was enshrined prior to RMU’s game against Sacred Heart on Sept. 22, 2001. Fraley was the starting center for five seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles, playing in four NFC Championship games and starting in Super Bowl XXXIX. A native of Gaithersburg, Md., he spent the 2012 season as a coach with the University of San Diego and will enter his first year as a coach with San Jose State in 2013.

Brian Cleary (1994-97) Offensive Line • Induction Year: 2008 A native of Glassport, Pa., Cleary was a four-year letterwinner for Robert Morris as a member of the offensive line. He started 38 career games from 1994 to 1997 at either offensive guard or tackle. An AllNortheast Conference and All-ECAC selection in

1997, Cleary was also tabbed a I-AA Mid-Major All-American by Don Hansen’s National Weekly Football Gazette. He helped lead the Colonials to back-to-back victories in the ECAC Bowl (1996 & 1997) and was also a member of the outdoor track and field team at Robert Morris, competing in the javelin. He currently serves as the color analyst for RMU football broadcasts alongside play-by-play announcer and RMU Athletic Hall of Famer Chris Shovlin.

Tim Levcik (1998-2001) Quarterback • Induction Year: 2008 Arguably the greatest quarterback to don a Robert Morris uniform in the program’s short history, Levcik owns almost every passing record in the RMU record book. A native of Ford Cliff, Pa., Levcik owns RMU career records for completions (537), attempts (970), passing yards (7,222) and touchdown passes (76). His 22 touchdown passes as a senior in 2001 stands as the single-season school mark, while he owns three of the top five totals for passing yards in a game. His career high came in a 45-19 victory over Stony Brook (11/3/01), when he passed for 363 yards, a total that stood as the single-game record until being broken in 2003. A two-time NEC Offensive Player of the Year (2000, 2001) as well as the 1998 NEC Offensive Newcomer of the Year, Levcik led the Colonials to a 26-10 (.722) record over his four seasons as the starting quarterback, including a perfect 10-0 record in 2000.

Sam Dorsett (1999-2003) Running Back • Induction Year: 2009 A native of Hollywood, Fla., Dorsett served as the program’s all-time leading rusher from 2003 to 2010, finishing his career with 3,847 yards rushing on 724 carries, an average of 5.3 yards per attempt. He owns RMU career school records for rushing touchdowns (29) and 100-yard rushing games (19) and ranks second all-time in all-purpose yards (4,255). A threetime All-Northeast Conference selection (2000, 2001, 2003), Dorsett is in his first season as an assistant coach at Monmouth in 2013 after stints at Robert Morris (2006-11) and Saint Francis (2012).

Nick Downs (1997-2000) Defensive Back • Induction Year: 2010 A four-year letterwinner as a member of the Robert Morris secondary from 1997 to 2000, Downs was a part of RMU’s ECAC Bowl win over Georgetown in 1997 and a member of two I-AA Mid-Major National Championship teams (1999, 2000) according to Don Hansen’s National Weekly Football Gazette.

A native of Hughesville, Md., Downs ranks second all-time at Robert Morris with 14 career interceptions and during RMU’s undefeated season in 2000 tied the single-season school mark with seven. Downs returned four of his 14 career interceptions for touchdowns, the most in school history, and over his four years with the program the Colonials posted an overall record of 30-11 (.732).

Ray Thomas (1997-2000) Defensive Back • Induction Year: 2012 The third member of the Robert Morris secondary to join the RMU Athletic Hall of Fame, Thomas was a four-year letterwinner from 1997 to 2000. He was a part of RMU’s ECAC Bowl win over Georgetown in 1997 as well as a member of a pair of I-AA Mid-Major National Championship teams (1999, 2000) according to Don Hansen’s National Weekly Football Gazette. Thomas led the Colonials in tackles in both 1999 and 2000, finishing with 71 and 80 takedowns, respectively. Over his four-year career, Thomas compiled 240 tackles, which ranks 10th all-time at RMU. A native of Jamaica, N.Y., Thomas earned All-Northeast Conference First Team honors in both 1999 and 2000 and also added career totals of five forced fumbles, six fumble recoveries and three interceptions.

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RMU Athletic Hall of Fame Members Name

Class Sport/Position

Years

Name

Class Sport/Position

Years

Jim Baughman..................................... 2005 Track & Field

1996-00

John Kuziel........................................... 2005 Basketball

1964-66

JoAnn Beatty....................................... 1998 Basketball

1987-89

Rachel Leitch...................................... 2010 Volleyball

2001-04

Megan Bell........................................... 2011 Volleyball

2002-05

Richard Lesnak.................................. 1998 Athletic Director

Andre Boyd.......................................... 2002 Basketball

1987-91

Tim Levcik............................................. 2008 Football

Tony Bunbury..................................... 1996 Soccer/Track & Field

1985-89

Laura Lindak-Murray..................... 1999 Basketball

1989-94

Kali Byers............................................. 2011 Softball

2003-06

Nate List................................................ 2003 Football

1994-97

Ricky Cannon...................................... 2010 Basketball

1989-92

Don Mackey *...................................... 2010 Basketball

1963-65

Donna Chiodo..................................... 1996 Tennis

1980-84

Damian Mackman.............................. 2011 Golf

2001-05

Brian Cleary........................................ 2008 Football

1994-97

Jonathan Marshall......................... 2011 Basketball

1970-72

Roco Coniglio..................................... 1997 Bowling Coach

1963-98

Sandy Matich-Veseleny.................. 1997 Basketball

1977-81

1994-2000

Molly McCann..................................... 2002 Volleyball

1991-94

Dr. Bruce Corrie................................. 2011 Athletic Director

1965-72 1998-2001

Earl Cureton...................................... 1991 Basketball

1975-77

Bart Mease........................................... 2004 Golf

1995-99

Buddy DeLuca...................................... 1997 Bowling

1969-73

Keri Meyer............................................ 2012 Softball

2003-06

Anthony Dickens............................... 1995 Basketball

1985-90

Darcey Miller..................................... 2012 Volleyball

2001-04

Genita Dickey...................................... 2006 Track & Field

1997-2001

Kelli Miller-Dimidjian..................... 2004 Softball

1990-93

Lauren Dickinson.............................. 2007 Softball

1999-2002

Kim Mong-Main................................... 1992 Basketball

1981-85

Rhian Dodds......................................... 2011 Soccer

1998-2002

Brianne Morgan *............................. 2002 Softball

1997-98

Sam Dorsett........................................ 2009 Football

1999-2003

Jodee Muskovich................................ 2006 Rowing

1996-2000

Nicole Downing.................................. 2010 Track & Field

2001-05

Gene Nabors........................................ 2005 Basketball

Nick Downs........................................... 2010 Football

1997-2000

Jake Newman....................................... 2004 Football

Katie Dugan......................................... 2008 Soccer

1999-2002

Katie Noble.......................................... 2008 Volleyball

Brian Dunn........................................... 2003 Football

1994-97

Jarrett Durham................................. 2009 Basketball Coach Cleve Edwards.................................... 2007 Basketball

1995-00 1994-97 1999-2002

John O’Connell................................... 2004 Football

1995-98

1984-96

Tom Parks............................................. 1993 Basketball

1979-83

1967-69

Marco Patitucci................................. 2010 Soccer

Bob Erwin.............................................. 1993 WBB / Volleyball Coach, IM

1968-92

Jarrad Pencek..................................... 2008 Track & Field

1991-94 1999-2002

Troy Fabiano...................................... 2001 Soccer

1990-93

Doug Petras......................................... 2000 Soccer

Joe Falletta......................................... 2004 Basketball

1988-92

Kristen Pries........................................ 2006 Rowing

1990-93

Heather Ferrari-Urbansky........... 2000 Softball

1991-94

Craig Prosser...................................... 1995 Basketball

1972-74

Hank Fraley........................................ 2006 Football

1996-99

Tera Prosser-Howe........................... 1999 Softball

1991-94

Kathy Frederick................................ 1995 Basketball

1984-88

John Rech.............................................. 1993 Golf

1964-68

Matt Furjanic..................................... 2007 Basketball Coach

1979-84

Lee Repasky.......................................... 1996 Basketball

1983-87

Don Genalo.......................................... 1991 Bowling

1977-80

Maebeth Schalles............................ 2002 Basketball

1989-93

Forest Grant...................................... 1996 Basketball

1980-84

Erica Schwanke-List........................ 2003 Softball

1995-98

Jackie Gray........................................... 2000 Track & Field

1991-93

Musa Shannon................................... 2002 Soccer

1990-94

1996-2000

Courtney Haase................................ 2006 Rowing

1998-2002

Tim Hall................................................. 1998 Football

1994-95

Nicole Snyder..................................... 2006 Rowing

Chipper Harris.................................... 1995 Basketball

1980-84

Paul Snyder......................................... 2008 Golf

1983-86

Ron Hightower................................... 1998 Basketball

1970-72

Jennifer Stankewicz-Rochford.... 2007 Tennis

1993-97

Bill Hodge *.......................................... 2010 Track & Field Coach

1995-99

Christine Suto.................................... 1993 Tennis

1983-87

Dr. Susan Hofacre *......................... 2005 Athletic Director

2000-05

Dan Swalga......................................... 2006 Basketball Coach

Sheri Horvath-Scanlon.................. 2009 Basketball

1994-97

Ray Thomas.......................................... 2012 Football

Chris Hultquist................................. 2009 Soccer

1992-95

Wade Timmerson................................ 2007 Basketball

1988-92

Cory Hunt............................................. 2003 Track & Field

1991-95

Kristie Tuxford.................................. 2001 Volleyball

1992-95

Elise James............................................ 2005 Basketball

1996-00

Steve Uhing.......................................... 1994 Cross Country / Track

1985-89

Perry Johnson..................................... 2009 Basketball

1967-69

Tom Underman................................... 1992 Basketball

1981-85

Dwight Kenner................................... 2006 Basketball

1969-71

Myron Walker.................................... 1999 Basketball

1990-94

Katie Kirsten....................................... 2006 Rowing

1997-2001

Chris Shovlin...................................... 2012 Play-by-Play Announcer 1987-present

1978-91 1997-2000

Mark Wallace.................................... 2005 Tennis

1992-95 1981-85

John Kowalski.................................... 2000 Soccer Coach

1989-96

Missy Walls......................................... 1997 Basketball

Gus Krop *............................................. 1991 Basketball Coach

1963-76

Joe Walton........................................... 2013 Football Coach

Stephanie Kuhn.................................. 2012 Track & Field

2004-07

1997-2001

1994-2013

Note: Names in bold italics members of RMU Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2013 | * deceased

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2013 Robert Morris Support Staff

Front Row (l-r): Shannon Murphy (Athletic Training), Nicole Jankowski (Athletic Training), Emily Tong (Assistant Athletic Trainer), Erica Gadelmeyer (Assistant Athletic Trainer), Mike Vittorino (Head Athletic Trainer), Sara Woodring (Athletic Training), Ian Shadle (Athletic Training), Andre Fyre (Athletic Training) Middle Row (l-r): Brian O’Herlihy (Video), Matt Gornal (Equipment Room), Dom Siciliano (Equipment Room), Ray Butter (Head Equipment Manager), Jesse Kirkling (Equipment Room), Max Witten (Equipment Room) Back Row (l-r): Charles Huffman (Equipment Room), Bobbie Jo Belus (Football Office Coordinator), Erik Senst (Video)

Bobbie Jo Belus

Ray Butter

Mike Vittorino

Football Office Coordinator

Head Equipment Manager

Head Athletic Trainer

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Robert Morris University Department Of Athletics Mission Statement The Department of Athletics at Robert Morris University provides opportunities for our student-athletes to receive a quality experience both in the classroom and in intercollegiate athletic competition.

Athletics enhances the intellectual, social and personal development of our student-athletes, helping them to grow through their experience at the University and to prepare for meaningful careers and lives.

Toward this purpose, the Department of Athletics promotes academic achievement, good sporting and ethical conduct, and equitable opportunity for students and staff, including women and minorities.

The guiding principle of the University is to focus on academics first; therefore we view our success based not on wins and losses but as linked to the educational mission of the University and the welfare of our student-athletes.

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RMU Department of Athletics Administrative Staff

Head Coaches

Craig Coleman

Marty Galosi

Addie Muti

Sean Simmons

Sal Buscaglia

Craig Coleman

Paul Colontino

Bill Denniston

Athletic Director

Sr. Associate Athletic Director

Associate Athletic Director/SWA

Associate Athletic Director

Women’s Basketball

Softball

Women’s Ice Hockey

Men’s Soccer

Don Smith

Ryan Fleischer

Mike Vittorino

Jim Duzyk

John Kowalski

Cyndi Hadfield

Drew McMinn

Midge McPhail

Associate Athletic Director

Assistant Athletic Director

Head Athletic Trainer

Sports Information Director

Women’s Soccer

Cheerleading

Men’s Lacrosse

Women’s Rowing

Ray Butter

Scott Branvold

Jason Daley

Erica Gadelmeyer

Olivia Netzler

Katy Phillips

Jeff Layman

Derek Schooley

Head Equipment Manager

Faculty Athletic Representative

Assistant Athletic Trainer

Assistant Athletic Trainer

Field Hockey

Women’s Lacrosse

Men’s and Women’s Tennis

Men’s Ice Hockey

Stacey Ogden

Emily Tong

Ken Baker

Spencer Kowitz

Michael Smith

Dale Starr

Jerry Stone

Assistant Athletic Trainer

Assistant Athletic Trainer

Assistant Sports Information Director

Assistant Sports Information Director

Track & Field / Cross Country

Volleyball

Men’s and Women’s Golf

Mike Wagner

Ethan Woy

Allie Patton

Linda Young

Andrew Toole

Joe Walton

Sports Information Graduate Assistant

Sports Information Graduate Assistant

Marketing & Ticketing Graduate Assistant

Athletic Secretary

Men’s Basketball

Football

Dawn Geregach

Bobbie Jo Belus

Athletic Secretary

Football Office Coordinator

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The Joe Walton Celebrity Spring Classic Head Coach Joe Walton’s scramble tournament and clambake returns to Beaver Valley Country Club on May 19, 2014. All proceeds from this annual event benefit the Robert Morris football program.

Save the date for the 21st annual Joe Walton Celebrity Spring Classic golf outing, as it is sure to be as prestigious and fun filled as in years past. Registration fees and/or a sponsorship includes all day food & beverages, greens fees with cart, goodie bag, skills games, a celebrity in each foursome and the opportunity to support the RMU football program.

Past tournament fields have included Rocky Bleier, Mel Blount, Robin Cole, Hugh Green, L.C. Greenwood, Louis Lipps, Joe Namath, Andy Russell, Lynn Swann, Joe Theismann, Lynn Swann, Phil Villapiano, Kellen Winslow, Sr., Steve Blass, Kent Tekulve and former RMU offensive line Hank Fraley. Various sponsorship packages are available.

Mel Blount and Joe Theismann with Coach Walton

For more information on the Joe Walton Celebrity Spring Classic, please contact Bobbie Jo Belus in the Robert Morris

football office at (412) 397-4935 or via e-mail at belus@rmu.edu. Save the date and register early.

Robert Morris wishes to thank the following 2013 tournament sponsors. They are: Fruehauf Manufacturing Group, LLC • Chappy Andrews • Amerinox Processing, Inc. • Axiom Real Estate Management PNC Bank • L.D. Astorino & Associates, LTD • Barnes & Noble • Mark Baldino • Jim Billy • Heinz World Headquarters Greenbriar Treatment Center • The Nutrition Shoppe Wellness Centers • Parkhurst Dining Services / Eat’N Park Stifel Nicolaus & Co., Inc. • RMU Institutional Advancement • Max Chan • Brian Cleary • Cushman & Wakefield, Inc. John Colavincenzo, M.D. • Rob Cook • DeBartolo Holdings, LLC • Vincent DeGiaimo • Tax Credits, LLC • A.C. Dellovade, Inc. Ed DeRose • Dieter Home Construction, Inc. • Centimark Corporation • Gene Farison • Dr. Leonard Fichter, Inc. Prudential Preferred Realty • Todd Geissler • Gottschalk & Gottschalk • PGT Trucking • FieldTurf • Jeff Groat Jerry Haney • Marshall Hargett • Richard Harshman • John Hepler • AAA East Central • Robert Hohman Bravo Consultants, LTD • NFL Alumni: Pittsburgh Chapter • Myers Coach Lines • Roger Kirchenbaum CTR Systems, Inc. (Lance Kledas) • Dean Hill • Highmark BCBS • Bruno DeGol • Innovative Sales Solutions International Metals Processing • Jack Lightbody • Nate List • William E. Logan, DMD • “The Long Island Four” Don A. Lowry, M.D. • William & Pamela Malinchak Foundation • Mario Manna • Jake Newman • U Cann Benefit Greater Pittsburgh Physical Therapy • Thomas McClave • Richard McMillen • Earl Mohr, Jr. • Olde Stonewall Golf Club Oxford Development Co. • Homer Nine & Sons, Inc. • Butterwood Properties, Inc. • Steeltech, Inc. • Chris Panarello Keith Paylo • Ronal Puntil • Pete & Gary Prestipino • Williams Richards • Joe Ridgeley • Riddell • Robert Ross Radisson Hotel Pittsburgh • RMU School of Business • Paul Scullion • Greg Shepard • Neal Silliman Jason Spencer • Del Stanley • Hefren-Tillotson, Inc. • Marcia & Art Talboo • Dave Thompson • Dale Venables Tyler Mountain Spring Water • Holiday Inn Pittsburgh Airport • Main Steel Polishing • Chuck Zimmerman

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RMU All-Sports Banquet

The Robert Morris University All-Sports Banquet will celebrate its 20th year in 2014 as the hallmark sporting event of the season.

The first 19 banquets, held in the Charles L. Sewall Center on the Moon Township Campus, drew better than 8,000 attendees combined.

The first six banquets featured a keynote speaker, which in the past has included former Steelers Robin Cole and Tunch Ilkin, former University of Pittsburgh football coach Johnny Majors, former Pirates All-Star shortstop Dick Groat, former Colonial Tony Gliozzo and amateur golf champion Carol Semple Thompson.

At the 2013 All-Sports Banquet, which was led by master of ceremonies Chris Shovlin, the play-by-play voice of Colonial athletics for the last 26 years, Robert Morris presented most valuable player plaques to each of its 23 intercollegiate sports, while 12 individuals and one team were also honored, respectively, with the Presidential ScholarAthlete Award, Highest Grade Point Average Award, Most Outstanding Senior Female and Most Outstanding Senior Male Award, the fifth annual Strength & Conditioning StudentAthlete of the Year accolade and StudentAthlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) Award.

Garnering the Presidential Scholar-Athlete Award, presented by RMU President Dr. Greg Dell’Omo, were senior Casey Folga of the

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women’s track & field team and senior Brad Banas of the football squad. Folga posted a 3.95 cumulative grade point average as an early childhood education major, while Banas compiled a 3.96 cumulative GPA as an engineering major.

In a new honor at the 2013 All-Sports Banquet, awards for owning the highest cumulative GPA were bestowed to a senior female and male student-athlete. Taking home the accolade were Una Japundza of the volleyball team and Ben Ridgeley from football.

Also awarded by Dr. Dell’Omo, Japundza has maintained a perfect 4.0 GPA as a management major throughout her career at Robert Morris, while Ridgeley carries a 3.98 cumulative GPA as an actuarial science major.

The RMU women’s cross country team earned the Team GPA award, presented by Robert Morris Assistant Director of Athletics Ryan Fleischer. The Colonials posted a 3.79 team GPA during the 2011-12 academic year, the highest of RMU’s 23 Division I programs.

The winners of the fifth annual Strength & Conditioning Student-Athletes of the Year were presented to a male and female by RMU head strength & conditioning coach Todd Hamer. Senior Mike Keegan of the lacrosse team earned the male honor, while the female award went to senior Britta Grafton, who plays for both the RMU basketball and

softball squad.

Presented by SAAC President and men’s soccer MVP Toba Bolaji, earning the annual SAAC Award were seniors Cobina Delaney and Kristen DiCiocco of the women’s ice hockey team.

Taking home the RMU Athletic Director Appreciation Award, handed out by RMU Senior Associate Athletic Director Marty Galosi, was RMU Director of IT Customer Service Dennis Jochmann.

Awarded annually to an individual or individuals from outside the athletic department that displays exemplary service, Jochmann is present at many athletic events throughout the course of a season both as a fan or to help with various information technology needs.

Galosi also handed out the honor of Outstanding Senior Female to DiCiocco and Co-Outstanding Senior Male to Nolan Nearhoof from football and Velton Jones of men’s basketball.

The 2014 banquet is slated for April 13, 2014, at 5:00 p.m., again in the Sewall Center. The purpose of this gathering is to honor graduating senior athletes, team most valuable players and overall excellence in athletics and academics. The space is limited, and tickets will go fast. For more information, contact the Department of Athletics at (412) 397-4913.

2012-13 RMU Most Valuable Players Name Sport

Year

Hometown / High School

Toba Bolaji Adam Brace Emily Carlo Chris Carper Shawna Cisko Andre Coiro Megan Coleman Ayana Davis Kristen DiCiocco Lindsay Erath Jamie Hartley Becky Jay Russell Johnson Bethany Ledford Richard Lednak Olivia Loy Kiel Matisz Steve Mitchell Lindsey Monger Carolina Mourao-Teixeira Nolan Nearhoof Brock Pompeani Aubree Ray Collin Ray Jenna Rinker Jeff Sinclair Nicole Sleith Artemis Spanou Yulia Vasilyeva Elizabeth Wenger

Sr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Jr. So. Sr. Sr. Jr. So. So. Sr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Sr. Sr. Sr. So. Sr. Jr. Fr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Fr. Jr. Jr. Sr.

Vaughn, Ontario / Maple Cobden, Ontario / Canisius Cranberry Township, Pa. / Seneca Valley Altoona, Pa. / Altoona Pittsburgh, Pa. / Baldwin Rio De Janeiro, Brazil Pittsburgh, Pa. / Northgate Mt. Laurel, N.J. / Holy Cross Niagara Falls, Ontario / Stoney Creek Jr. Sabres Aliquippa, Pa. / Hopewell Tamworth, Australia / University of Newcastle Parma, Ohio / Padua Franciscan Chester, Pa. / Chester Huntingdon, Pa. / Huntingdon Apollo, Pa. / Kiski Area Lemoyne, Pa. / Cedar Cliff Stoney Creek, Ontario / Saltfleet Pittsburgh, Pa. / Pittsburgh Central Catholic Rising Sun, Md. / Rising Sun Rio De Janeiro, Brazil Gibsonia, Pa. / Mars Area Aliquippa, Pa. / Hopewell Middletown, Pa. / Middletown Area Middletown, Pa. / Middletown Area Slippery Rock, Pa. / Slippery Rock Natrona Heights, Pa. / Highlands Smithton, Pa. / Yough Rhodes, Greece / 6th Senior HS of Nea Smyrni Volgograd, Russia Toledo, Ohio / Whitmer

Men’s Soccer Men’s Ice Hockey Women’s Lacrosse # Men’s Outdoor Track & Field # Cheerleading Men’s Tennis # Women’s Rowing Women’s Soccer Women’s Ice Hockey Women’s Cross Country Field Hockey Volleyball (Co-) Men’s Basketball Women’s Outdoor Track & Field (Co-) # Men’s Cross Country Women’s Indoor Track & Field (Co-) Men’s Lacrosse # Men’s Indoor Track & Field (Co-) Volleyball (Co-) Women’s Tennis # Football (Defense) Men’s Golf # Women’s Outdoor Track & Field (Co-) # Men’s Indoor Track & Field (Co-) Women’s Golf (Co-) # Football (Offense) Softball # Women’s Basketball Women’s Indoor Track & Field (Co-) Women’s Golf (Co-) #

# MVP for 2012 spring season

RMU All-Sports Banquet Award History PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLAR-ATHLETE

OUTSTANDING SENIOR MALE

OUTSTANDING SENIOR FEMALE

HIGHEST CUMULATIVE GPA

Year Name(s) Sport(s)

Year Name(s) Sport(s)

Year Name(s) Sport(s)

Awarded to Graduating Senior Student-Athlete

1995 1996 1997

1998

1999 2000 2001

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

2009 2010 2011 2012

2013

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

2002

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

2011

2012 2013

1995 1996

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

2008 2009 2010

2011 2012 2013

Tim Souders John Roach Sandy Dobran Christina Soster Jolene Streit Shannon Telenko Kristen Pries Tracy Frey Nicole Aloi Natalie Aloi Michelle Bartlett Amy Miller Julie Wolf Jonathan LeDonne Lauren Gombert Lisa Jaszka Joel Gasper Taryn Reichard Alaina Gibson Adam Lawrence Amanda Graham Alexa Bryson Kiel Matisz Casey Folga Brad Banas

Track & Field Soccer Softball Track & Field Basketball Soccer/Rowing Rowing Softball Softball Softball Volleyball Soccer Tennis Football Rowing Volleyball Ice Hockey Soccer Volleyball Football Volleyball Softball Lacrosse Track & Field Football

Cory Hunt Tim Hall Musa Shannon Jake Newman Bart Mease Gene Nabors Nick Downs Ray Thomas Tim Levcik Jarrad Pencek Rhian Dodds Aaron Thomas Jonathan LeDonne James Noel Ray Gensler Tony Lee Jeremy Chappell Sherrod Evers Rob Robinson Trevor Moore Myles Russ Denny Urban Shadrae King Nolan Nearhoof Velton Jones

Track & Field Football Soccer Football Golf Basketball Football Football Football Track & Field Soccer Basketball Football Football Football Basketball Basketball Football Basketball Lacrosse Football Ice Hockey Football Football Basketball

Dawn Bauer Softball Yolanda Shakespeare Track & Field Kristie Tuxford Volleyball Tina Friel Volleyball Erica Schwanke Softball Sara Headley Softball Elise James Basketball Genita Dickey Track & Field Lauren Dickinson Softball Katie Noble Volleyball Volleyball/Rowing Katie Radford Nicole Downing Track & Field Megan Bell Volleyball Jill Spargo Softball Sugeiry Monsac Basketball Chinata Nesbit Basketball Brianne McLaughlin Ice Hockey Melitta Brown Basketball Angela Pace Basketball Amanda Graham Volleyball Hannah Veith Volleyball Kristen DiCiocco Ice Hockey

Year Name(s) Sport(s)

2013 Una Japundza

Ben Ridgeley

Volleyball Football

TEAM GPA AWARD Year

team

1993-94 Women’s Tennis 1994-95 Women’s Soccer 1995-96 Men’s Tennis 1996-97 Women’s Cross Country 1997-98 Women’s Tennis 1998-99 Softball 1999-2000 Softball 2000-01 Women’s Track & Field 2001-02 Women’s Tennis 2002-03 Women’s Tennis 2003-04 Women’s Tennis 2004-05 Women’s Rowing 2005-06 Women’s Rowing 2006-07 Softball 2007-08 Volleyball 2008-09 Softball 2009-10 Softball 2010-11 Women’s Cross Country 2011-12 Women’s Tennis 2012-13 Women’s Cross Country

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Academic Success The Robert Morris University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics is not all about winning on the field, court or ice.

Success in the classroom through academics is as much a triumph as the athletic competitions themselves. Robert Morris University is committed to the total development of its student-athletes.

The 2012-13 academic year followed the trend set before it as 95 Colonials were named to the 2012 Northeast Conference (NEC) Fall Academic Honor Roll, 52 to the 2013 NEC Winter Academic Honor Roll and 116 to the 2013 NEC Spring Academic Honor Roll.

To be eligible for an NEC Academic Honor Roll, a student-athlete that participates in a sport must own a cumulative grade point average of 3.20 or better. Likewise, to be named to an NEC Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll, the student-athlete must have compiled a cumulative GPA of 3.75 or better.

For Robert Morris in 2012-13, 36 studentathletes were named to the 2012 NEC Fall Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll, 19 to the 2013 NEC Winter Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll and 31 to the 2013 NEC Spring Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll.

In addition in 2012-13, 21 student-athletes from the RMU women’s ice hockey team were named to the 2013 College Hockey America (CHA) Academic Team, while 25 Colonials from the Robert Morris men’s ice hockey squad were tabbed to 2013 Atlantic Hockey Association (AHA) All-Academic Team.

The Metro Atlantic Athletic Association (MAAC) also named 13 student-athletes from RMU to its 2013 Women’s Rowing AllAcademic Team, while a total of 24 Colonials from the women’s rowing squad were tabbed to the 2012 MAAC Academic Honor Roll.

As a department, Robert Morris posted an average cumulative team GPA of 3.30 among its 23 Division I programs. A total of 20 of RMU’s 23 athletics programs finished with team GPA’s of 3.0 or higher in 2012-13, with women’s volleyball (3.649), softball (3.562), men’s cross country (3.467), women’s lacrosse (3.404) and men’s indoor and outdoor track & field (3.299) posting the highest team GPA’s of any institution in the Northeast Conference.

Overall, nearly 70 percent of all of RMU’s 569 student-athletes posted a 3.0 or higher grade point average.

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student-athletes with the NEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year in their respective sport during the 2012-13 academic year, as Nolan Nearhoof garnered the honor for football and Sean Meagher for men’s lacrosse.

Katelyn Scott of the women’s ice hockey team was one of 11 student-athletes honored as the 2013 College Hockey America (CHA) StudentAthlete of the Year after compiling a perfect 4.00 GPA during the 2012-13 academic year.

For men’s ice hockey, senior Tyler Hinds and freshmen Brandon Denham and Zac Lynch were three of 11 student-athletes honored as the Atlantic Hockey Association (AHA) StudentAthletes of the Year after posting perfect 4.00 GPA’s during the 2012-13 academic year.

Additionally in 2012-13, Robert Morris had three student-athletes named to their respective Capital One District II Academic All-America Teams by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

Joining Nearhoof (football) and Hinds (men’s ice hockey) was Brad Banas (football).

Nearhoof went on to earn Capital One Academic All-America honors for the third straight year, earning first team accolades for the first time. Nearhoof is the first student-athlete in history to be tabbed a three-time Capital One Academic All-American. Banas was also bestowed Capital One Academic All-America accolades, earning second team honors.

RMU’s exploits in the classroom in 2012-13 should come as no surprise. Since 1988, a total of 23 Robert Morris student-athletes have been named the NEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year in their respective sports a total of 29 occasions.

Nearhoof became the second student-athlete in school history to earn a trio of NEC ScholarAthlete of the Year accolades thanks to his 2012 honor, joining former Colonial Jeff Witmyer (2004-08) of the men’s track & field squad.

Witmyer was tabbed the NEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year after the 2007 indoor track & field season and garnered the honor for both indoor and outdoor track & field in 2008.

The Robert Morris volleyball, football and softball programs have each had four studentathletes named the NEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year since 1988, which is tops among RMU’s 23 intercollegiate programs.

Robert Morris has also placed 47 student-athletes on Capital One District II Academic All-America Teams since 1992, including 21 individuals that were honored in consecutive years.

Football has led the way with 14 studentathletes named to the Capital One District II Academic All-America Team, followed by softball with 10 honorees and volleyball with six. CoSIDA’s District II covers Delaware, the District of Columbia, Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

A trio of former Robert Morris studentathletes also garnered the honor of being named the NEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year in the first seven years the award has been distributed. Sponsored by the league’s faculty athletic representatives, the award is bestowed annually upon the NEC male and female student-athlete who has exhausted his or her eligibility, graduated and has posted the highest cumulative grade point average at the conclusion of the academic year.

In June of 2013, Una Japundza of the volleyball program was honored after compiling a 4.00 GPA as a management major throughout her tenure at RMU. Japundza shared the honor with Carly Thibault of the Monmouth women’s basketball squad. Japundza joined former Colonials Tara Maxwell (2005-09) and Lisa Jaszka (2003-06) as a winner of the award.

Maxwell, who competed for the Robert Morris women’s track & field team, earned the honor in July of 2009 after compiling a 3.99 grade point average as a manufacturing engineering major throughout her four years at RMU. Maxwell was one of three NEC female student-athletes to earn the award in 2009, joining Kathleen Henry of the Sacred Heart cross country program and Erin Reifsteck of the Saint Francis (Pa.) field hockey team.

Jaszka was the inaugural winner of the accolade, earning the honor in 2007 for posting a perfect 4.00 GPA as an elementary education major while earning four varsity letters in volleyball during her career at Robert Morris.

The reason for RMU’s success in the classroom is simple. Colonial student-athletes receive the very best support when it comes to their academic curriculum. Evening study halls are monitored by the department’s student services personnel, and academic counseling is available from both the athletic department and the University’s enrollment management office.

Graduation is the goal, and Robert Morris University strives to ensure its student-athletes achieve that objective.

Capital One Academic All-America First Team Name

Year Sport

Annie Dubovec.................... 2011 Ray Gensler......................... 2006 Jonathan LeDonne............ 2004 Nolan Nearhoof............... 2012

Softball Football Football Football

Capital One Academic All-America Second Team Name

Year(s) Sport

Brad Banas.......................... 2012 Amanda Graham................ 2010 Ray Gensler......................... 2005 Christian Lemke................. 2004 Nolan Nearhoof............... 2010, 2011

Football Volleyball Football Track & Field Football

Capital One District II Academic All-America Honorees Name

Year(s) Sport

Christy Baldesberger..... 2009, 2010 Brad Banas.......................... 2010, 2011, 2012 Megan Bell........................... 2005 Toba Bolaji........................... 2010 Jace Buzek *.......................... 2006, 2007 Sandy Dobran..................... 1996, 1997 Jill Dorsch............................ 2006 Annie Dubovec.................... 2009, 2010, 2011 Mary Kate Egan *.............. 2009 Stephani Ehrenfeld......... 2000 Tracy Frey............................ 1998 Joel Gasper *........................ 2007, 2008 Ray Gensler......................... 2005, 2006 Alaina Gibson..................... 2007, 2008 Amanda Graham................ 2008, 2009, 2010 Tyler Hinds *....................... 2013 Lisa Jaszka........................... 2005, 2006 Mark Klabnik...................... 2006 Adam Lawrence.................. 2008 Jonathan LeDonne............ 2003, 2004 Christian Lemke................. 2004 Mark Leyenaar.................. 2000, 2001 Pat Linberg........................... 2000, 2001 Mike Lovely.......................... 2009, 2010 Josh Marino......................... 2004 Justin Marino...................... 2003 Kiel Matisz *........................ 2011 Logan Miles......................... 2011 Darcey Miller..................... 2004 Kelly Miller......................... 1992 Nolan Nearhoof............... 2010, 2011, 2012 Brooke Panepinto............. 2008, 2009 Allie Patton........................ 2011 Susan Perich........................ 2008, 2009 Leah Prentice...................... 2011 Taryn Reichard.................. 2006, 2007 Janette Schneider............. 2005, 2006 Matt Smith........................... 2001 Nicole Soster...................... 1997 Angela Story...................... 2005 Mark Szymanski................ 2007, 2008 Aaron Thomas.................... 2003 Jaci Timko.............................. 2010 Devin Wilson....................... 2005 Jeff Witmyer........................ 2007, 2008 Justin Wotus....................... 2004 Chris Young......................... 2000 * At-large selection

Women’s Soccer Football Volleyball Men’s Soccer Men’s Ice Hockey Softball Softball Softball Field Hockey, Lacrosse Softball Softball Men’s Ice Hockey Football Volleyball Volleyball Men’s Ice Hockey Volleyball Men’s Soccer Football Football Track & Field Football Football Football Football Football Men’s Lacrosse Football Volleyball Softball Football Softball Softball Softball Women’s Soccer Women’s Soccer Volleyball Men’s Basketball Track & Field Women’s Soccer Football Men’s Basketball Softball Football Track & Field Track & Field Football

Jonathan LeDonne

Ray Gensler

Nolan Nearhoof

Northeast Conference (NEC) Scholar-Athlete of the Year Awards Name

Year(s) Sport

Nicole Aloi...................... 2001 Jim Baughman................ 1999 Jim Baughman................ 2000 Jamie Dodds..................... 2002 Nicole Downing............. 2004 Annie Dubovec............... 2010, 2011 Mary Kate Egan............ 2009 Stephani Ehrenfeld.... 2000 Casey Folga.................... 2012 Ray Gensler.................... 2006 Alaina Gibson................ 2008 Amanda Graham........... 2009, 2010 John Horgan................... 1990 Adam Lawrence............. 2008 Jonathan LeDonne....... 2004 Kiel Matisz...................... 2011, 2012 Sean Meagher................ 2013 Darcey Miller................ 2003 Dennis Morgret............. 1993 Nolan Nearhoof.......... 2010, 2011, 2012 Taryn Reichard............. 2007 Jaci Timko......................... 2012 Hannah Veith................. 2011 Jeff Witmyer................... 2007, 2008 Jeff Witmyer................... 2008

Softball Men’s Indoor Track & Field Men’s Outdoor Track & Field Men’s Soccer Women’s Indoor Track & Field Softball Women’s Lacrosse Softball Women’s Indoor Track & Field Football Volleyball Volleyball Men’s Track & Field Football Football Men’s Lacrosse Men’s Lacrosse Volleyball Men’s Golf Football Women’s Soccer Softball Volleyball Men’s Indoor Track & Field Men’s Outdoor Track & Field

NEC Faculty Athletic Representative Scholar-Athlete of the Year Awards Name

Year Sport

Lisa Jaszka...................... 2007 Tara Maxwell............... 2009 Una Japundza................. 2013

Volleyball Track & Field Volleyball

Atlantic Hockey Association (AHA) Student-Athlete of the Year Awards Name

Year Sport

Brandon Denham......... 2013 Tyler Hinds..................... 2013 Jeff Jones.......................... 2012 Zac Lynch......................... 2013 Tyson Wilson................. 2012

Men’s Ice Hockey Men’s Ice Hockey Men’s Ice Hockey Men’s Ice Hockey Men’s Ice Hockey

College Hockey America (CHA) Student-Athlete of the Year Awards Name

Year Sport

Brianna Delaney.......... 2012 Katelyn Scott............... 2012, 2013

Women’s Ice Hockey Women’s Ice Hockey

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“Go Colonials”

RMU Alma Mater

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Everybody Cheer for Robert Morris Stand and show your spirit and your pride!

Let’s shout an R-M-U to help our team in blue bring out the fire from deep inside!

Let’s go Colonials take it for the win as you hear our shouts of loyalty!

We shout all out about our team together to the final victory!

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Hail to thee, dear Robert Morris let the anthem ring.

Hand in hand and with one voice, your praises we do sing.

At your knee we learn and grow, O, shining White and Blue, We salute our days together. Hail to RMU! Ideals high to guide us onward, paths ahead made clear.

Pride and loyalty forever, Alma Mater dear.

Memories made and lives are changed here, all held fond and true.

Hail to thee, dear Robert Morris! HAIL TO RMU!

The Tim Hall Memorial Scholarship Tim Hall came to Robert Morris University as an unheralded player. Yet from the inaugural 1994 season until being drafted by the Oakland Raiders in the sixth round of the 1996 NFL Draft, Hall entered his name beside virtually every Robert Morris rushing record, some of which still stand today.

In addition to his football skills, Hall was admired and respected by all those who came in contact with him. Tragically, in 1998, Hall was shot and killed in his home of Kansas City. In 2001, friends of Tim Hall established a scholarship in his honor. Each year gifts put toward this scholarship will result in an award to a minority running back at Robert Morris.

The Tim Hall Memorial Scholarship Fund is awarded to a minority football student-athlete who plays the running back position. The award can be renewed each year for four years, or until the student graduates, whichever comes first, as long as the following criteria are maintained.

The RMU football coaching staff will determine the recipient of the award.

In the summer of 2011, the inaugural Tim Hall Scholarship was awarded to redshirt senior running back Jamar Cromwell. The second student-athlete to earn the Tim Hall Scholarship was fullback Ryan Thermil, who was bestowed the honor in the summer of 2012. The 2013 season will be his second with the scholarship.

If you would like to contribute to the Tim Hall Memorial Scholarship Fund, please complete the form below and return it to:

Criteria • The awardee must continue to be a member of the Robert Morris football team • The awardee must maintain a minimum 2.50 grade point average • The awardee must maintain good standing with the football team and University • The awardee must demonstrate financial need

Robert Morris University Football Office Joe Walton Stadium 6001 University Boulevard Moon Township, PA 15108-1189

Name_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ In support of the Tim Hall Scholarship Fund at Robert Morris University, I am donating the sum of $________________________ I will pay this amount over a period of _______ years.

■ Enclosed is my check made payable to Robert Morris University ■ Charge $ _____________ to my credit card: ■ Mastercard ■ Visa Name on Card _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Account Number_____________________________________________________________________Exp. Date________________________ Balance as follows: $_______ 2013 $ ________ 2014 $ ________ 2015 $______ 2016 Signature____________________________________________________________________________ Address_____________________________________________________________________________ Daytime Phone_______________________________________________________________________ E-Mail Address______________________________________________________________________ My employer: ■ will ■ will not match my gift Employer’s Name____________________________________________________________________ Employer’s Address__________________________________________________________________ Employer’s Phone Number____________________________________________________________

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RMU Board of Trustees....................................... 70

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NEC Sportsmanship............................................ 25

RMU Institutional Advancement........................ 62

ESPN Radio 970................................................... 9

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RMU Radio.......................................................... 57

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RMU TV............................................................... 71

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Trib Total Media.................................................. 29

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Tyler Mountain Water......................................... 30

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University Sports Publications (Architects)....... 24

Hampton Inn Pittsburgh Airport........................ 56

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