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— TABLE OF CONTENTS — 1 Arena Information 6 Dr. Christopher B. Howard, President 10 Craig Coleman, M.D., Director of Athletics 15 Head Coach Charlie Buscaglia 20 Assistant Coaches 28 2017-18 Spotter Chart 29 2017-18 Robert Morris Roster 31 2017-18 Women’s Basketball Schedule 32 UPMC Events Center 39 Colonials In The Pros 45 All-NEC / ECAC Metro Conference Honors 46 1,000-Point Club 49 500-Rebound Club 55 About Robert Morris University 56 RMU Athletics 59 RMU’s Conference Champions Credits: “Independence Day Magazine” is a publication of the Robert Morris University media relations office. The magazine was written and edited by Jim Duzyk with special assistance from Ethan Woy and Marty Galosi. Design and typography by Juris Silenieks of JR Graphics. Photos by Jason Cohn and Glory Days Photography. Printing done by Reed & Witting Co., Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Dr. Christopher Howard President of Robert Morris University
Dr. Christopher B. Howard became the eighth president of Robert Morris University in suburban Pittsburgh on February 1, 2016. RMU is a nationally ranked university that combines academic excellence with a professional focus in more than 80 undergraduate and graduate degree programs across five academic schools. More than 5,000 undergraduate and graduate, nontraditional and online students from 48 states and 39 nations are enrolled at RMU, which sits on 230 scenic acres just 20 minutes from downtown Pittsburgh. Dr. Howard aims to make RMU the preferred strategic partner for corporations, organizations, professionals, and aspiring professionals in the Pittsburgh region and beyond. The university is now nationally ranked by U.S. News & World Report, which also rates RMU among the top 10 percent of universities for online bachelor’s degree programs in the nation. In January 2016, Dr. Howard announced that RMU would build the UPMC Events Center and a student recreation and fitness center, a $50 million capital project that is the largest in RMU’s history. Dr. Howard is a distinguished graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy, where he earned a B.S. in political science in 1991. A Rhodes Scholar, he earned his doctorate in politics at the University of Oxford and an M.B.A. with distinction from the Harvard Business School. He received the Campbell Trophy, the highest academic award in the country presented to a senior college football player, and was inducted into the Verizon Academic All-America Hall of Fame. He is a recipient of the NCAA Silver Anniversary Award, which recognizes distinguished individuals on the 25th anniversary of the conclusion of their college athletic careers. Dr. Howard is a member of the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics and one of 13 members of the College Football Playoff Selection Committee. A retired Air Force reserve lieutenant colonel, Dr. Howard served as a helicopter pilot after earning his doctorate, and then became an intelligence officer for the elite Joint Special Operations Command. Defense Secretary William Cohen asked Dr. Howard to accompany a 1999 U.S. delegation to South Africa as a political-military advisor. He
was called back to active duty during 2003 in Afghanistan, and was awarded the Bronze Star for his service. Dr. Howard also served as the Reserve Air Attaché to Liberia. Prior to his appointment as president of RMU, Dr. Howard for six years was the president of Hampden-Sydney College, a private, liberal arts college near Richmond, Va. During Dr. Howard’s tenure as president, enrollment, retention, and alumni giving all increased at Hampden-Sydney. Previously he served as vice president for leadership and strategic initiatives at the University of Oklahoma, where he also served as the director of the Honors College Leadership Center and a President’s Associates Presidential Professor. Dr. Howard enjoyed a successful career in the corporate world, working in General Electric’s Corporate Initiatives Group as well as Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Corporate Associates Program. At both companies, Dr. Howard’s responsibilities included sales, marketing, international project management, strategic planning, internal consulting, and business development. He has been featured in The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The Washington Post, ESPN. com, NPR’s “All Things Considered” and “On Being” and has been interviewed on CNN, PBS, and PRI’s “The Tavis Smiley Show.” OTHER HONORS AND APPOINTMENTS INCLUDE: ■ Member of the Board of Directors of the Allegheny Conference on Community Development. ■ Member of the Committee on Infrastructure & Transportation ■ Member of the Regional Transportation Alliance of Southwestern Pennsylvania ■ Former member of the “MyVA” Advisory Committee, appointed by then Secretary of Veteran Affairs Robert McDonald. ■ Founder, former chairman, and current trustee of the Impact Young Lives Foundation, a nonprofit organization that provides scholarship and travel opportunities for South African university students of color.
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■ Named one of “The 20 Most Interesting College Presidents” by The Best Schools.
■ Former member of the National Security Education Program Board, nominated by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the U.S. Senate.
■ National Council of Advisors of the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress. ■ Aspen Institute Henry Crown Fellow.
■ Former trustee of the Association of American Rhodes Scholars.
■ Graduate of the Harvard Seminar for New Presidents.
■ Former member of the National Intelligence University Board of Visitors.
■ One of the few college or university chief executives in the U.S. invited to join the Young Presidents’ Organization.
■ Selected by Steve Schwarzman to serve on the inaugural selection committee for the Schwarzman Scholars Program, a highly selective master’s program at Tsinghua University in Beijing aimed at fostering future international leaders.
■ Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Trustees of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.
■ Former member of the Board of Trustees of The Fessenden School in West Newton, Massachusetts.
■ Leadership Council for The Aspen Institute’s Franklin Project encouraging civic responsibility.
■ Former member of the Board of Trustees of Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Virginia.
■ 2012 Honoree, Dominion Power’s Strong Men and Women: Excellence in Leadership Series.
ATHLETICS-RELATED APPOINTMENTS:
■ 2010 African-American Trailblazer in Virginia History by the Library of Virginia.
■ Member of the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics.
■ Former member of Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe’s Commission to Ensure Integrity and Public Confidence in State Government.
■ Member of the NCAA Honors Selection Committee. ■ Member of the National Football Foundation Awards Committee.
■ Honorary Doctorates of Humane Letters from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Centre College, Ripon College, and the Rush University College of Medicine.
■ Former member of the Capital One Academic All-America Hall of Fame Selection Committee. ■ Former member of the NCAA Division III Presidents Council.
■ Honorary Doctorate of Laws from Christopher Newport University.
■ College Football Playoff Selection Committee.
■ Member of the Sigma Pi Phi, also known as the Boule, the oldest African American fraternity in the United States.
BUSINESS-RELATED ACHIEVEMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS:
■ Honorary member of Beta Gamma Sigma, the international honor society serving AACSBaccredited business schools.
■ Co-author with David Snider of the 2010 book Money Makers: Inside the New World of Finance and Business.
■ Honorary member of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars.
■ Member of the OLO Systems Advisory Board and formerly on the Board of Directors of Converge, an IT de-manufacturing firm.
■ Gift made in the Howards’ honor at HampdenSydney College to create the Chris and Barbara Howard Chair in Rhetoric.
■ Former Senior Advisor on African Affairs at the Albright Stonebridge Group, an international advisory firm for Fortune 1000 companies.
EDUCATION-RELATED APPOINTMENTS:
■ Served as the youngest member of the annual Washington Post-Harvard University “America’s Best Leaders” selection committee.
■ Higher Education Working Group on Global Issues of the Council on Foreign Relations.
■ Former acting Managing Director of Endeavor South Africa, a global initiative that supports entrepreneurs in the developing world.
■ Advisory Board of the Morehouse College Research Institute. ■ Board of the Olmstead Foundation, which provides young military leaders the opportunity to achieve fluency in a foreign language and pursue their graduate studies at an overseas university.
PERSONAL
■ Future of Independent Higher Education steering committee for the Council of Independent Colleges. ■ Former member of the Board of Regents at Baylor University. ■ Former member of the Board of Directors at the American Council on Education.
Dr. Howard is married to Barbara Noble Howard from Johannesburg, South Africa. Barbara is a Temple University graduate, Director of the Impact Young Lives Foundation, a member of the Virginia War Memorial Board of Directors, and a Trustee of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. The Howards have two sons, Cohen and Joshua. Cohen is a 2016 graduate of Sewanee: The University of the South, and Joshua is a junior at Middlebury College.
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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 13th academic year as Director of Athletics at Robert Morris in 2017-18. 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 2016-17, as the women’s ice hockey claimed the College Hockey America (CHA) Tournament championship, while women’s basketball claimed its second consecutive Northeast Conference (NEC) Tournament title. Both teams earned automatic bids to the NCAA Tournament, with women’s ice hockey earning its first appearance in program history. The success the two programs had for Robert Morris in 2016-17 marked the fourth consecutive year RMU has sent a pair of programs to an NCAA Tournament. Away from competition, the department of athletics continued to excel in the classroom with Coleman at the helm. Student-athletes who competed in 16 sports combined to post a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.391 during the 2016-17 academic year, with a total of 14 of RMU’s 16 programs finishing with team GPA’s of 3.0 or higher. The continued success for the Colonials in recent years is just part of a period of unparalleled growth for the department of athletics under Coleman’s leadership. In 2015-16, both volleyball and women’s basketball advanced to the NCAA Tournament. The year before, men’s basketball and men’s golf team earned automatic bids, while in 2013-14, women’s basketball and men’s ice hockey teams played in the NCAA Tournament. That year marked the first time in school history a pair of teams earned automatic berths to the NCAA Tournament. During the 2012-13 campaign, men’s basketball and softball claimed NEC regular-season championships. The 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 crowd in school history. The women’s ice hockey team claimed its first College Hockey America (CHA) Tournament championship 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 football team earned the NEC’s inaugural bid to the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) Playoffs, the 12th straight year a program from Robert Morris earned an automatic bid in an NCAA Tournament. In addition, 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). Overall in Coleman’s 12 years as director of athletics at Robert Morris, programs have claimed a total of 22 regular-season championships and earned 15 automatic berths to the NCAA Tournament. RMU’s exploits academically during Coleman’s tenure have been just as impressive. In his first year as director of athletics in 200506, Robert Morris placed a total of nine studentathletes covering six sports on the ESPN The Magazine District II Academic All-America Team, the most in school history. RMU also earned the NEC Institutional Academic Award in both 2012 and 2014. Coleman oversaw the development of a new Robert Morris athletics logo and mascot as well as the launching of the official website of RMU athletics at www.RMUColonials.com. Nine head coaches have been hired by Coleman, including a pair of men’s basketball head coaches (Mike Rice and Andrew Toole) and two in women’s rowing (Midge McPhail and Nelle Stahura). Also hired by Coleman are Dale Starr (volleyball), Paul
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Colontino (women’s ice hockey) and Caitlin Cotter (cross country and track & field). All the while, Coleman has built a winning softball program at Robert Morris over the past 27 years. During that period, RMU has won eight NEC regular-season championships and six NEC Tournament titles. In 2014, Coleman won his 600th career game when the Colonials earned a 10-0 victory in six innings in the first game of a doubleheader split at Mount St. Mary’s on April 6. Prior to his arrival as head coach in 1991, the Colonials posted just 19 victories in the previous three seasons. During his 27 years as head coach, the Colonials have posted an overall record of 674611-5 (.524), including a record of 294-125-2 (.701) 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 NEC 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 18 Capital One District II Academic All-Americans, six NEC ScholarAthletes of the Year for softball and numerous NEC Academic Honor Roll selections.
In the spring of 2011, former Colonial Annie Dubovec (2008-11) 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). Under Coleman’s watch, the Colonials finished in the top five in Division I in team GPA six consecutive years from 2009 to 2014 according to the NFCA, including the top mark in 2009, 2010 and 2012. Overall, Robert Morris has finished in the top five of team GPA a total of seven times since the 1999-2000 academic year. 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 impatient 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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Charlie Buscaglia HEAD COACH • 15th season at RMU (second as HC) – Manhattan ’03 Charlie Buscaglia recently completed his first season as head coach of the Robert Morris University women’s basketball team. Coach B, as he is respectfully called, is no stranger to the Colonials’ basketball program, however. The long-time assistant spent 13 seasons on the RMU coaching staff before taking over the head coaching role, and served as the associate head coach from 2008-09 to 2015-16. “Charlie has been an integral part of the success of our program with increasing responsibilities over the years,” said RMU Director of Athletics Craig Coleman. “We are grateful that we will be able to maintain continuity in the program under Charlie’s leadership to ensure that we will have great success in years to come.” Coach B continued the program’s recent run of success in his first season in charge as the Colonials advanced to their fifth NCAA Tournament
following a 65-52 victory over Bryant in the NEC Championship Game and final contest at the Charles L. Sewall Center. Robert Morris entered the NEC Tournament as the number one seed after claiming the league regularseason title and finished the 2016-17 campaign with a 22-11 overall record and 14-4 mark in conference. In addition to the team accolades, the Colonials brought home quite the haul in NEC awards. Buscaglia was named Brenda Reilly NEC Coach of the Year after posting the best record for a first-year head coach in program history, while Anna Niki Stamolamprou took home NEC Player of the Year honors. Megan Smith claimed a spot on the All-NEC Third Team and Nneka Ezeigbo was named to the All-NEC Rookie Team.
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Buscaglia has always believed that recruiting is the lifeline of a program. After taking over as recruiting coordinator in 2003, he went in search of the best talent both near and far, connecting with athletes from not only all over the country, but all over the world. “Most people assume you are a great recruiter when you sign great talent,” said Buscaglia. “What I have learned over my years as a coach, however, is that recruiting talent – along with a strong work ethic – is what separates one from the others. My mission will always be for my staff to bring in student-athletes that work hard on the court and in the classroom.” Coach B’s rundown of All-NEC players is an impressive list of who’s who among the league’s stars. The all-star cavalcade began with the signing of Sugeiry Monsac in 2004. Monsac was the 2004-05 NEC Player of the Year who went on to play in the Israeli Division I League and was inducted into the RMU Athletics Hall of Fame. She was followed by a pair of 2006 All-NEC selections in Psyche Butler and Natasha Summerville. His strong recruiting record received national recognition in 2006-07 when the RMU class was ranked as one of the Top 50 classes by the Adidas All-Star Report. Buscaglia pulled off another recruiting coup when he signed University of Kentucky recruit Sade Logan in the 2006 class. Logan, who was a Top 20 player coming out of high school, earned NEC Player of the Year honors in 2009 and tied the NCAA Division I record for three-pointers with 126. Another 2006 recruit, Chinata Nesbit, was a twotime All-NEC First Team pick and was twice the NEC Tournament MVP. Not as well known when she was recruited out of Monroe College, Angela Pace was a diamond in the rough, using her athleticism to become the only
player in league history to earn both NEC Player of the Year and NEC Defensive Player of the Year. More recently, Coach B’s recruiting tendrils have gone international with impressive results. Artemis Spanou, a native of Greece, was a two-time NEC Player of the Year and is the team’s all-time leading scorer and rebounder. The first NEC Rookie of the Year in team history, she was quickly joined by Italian native Ashley Ravelli, who earned the plaudits in 2013. The list doesn’t end there. Anna Niki Stamolamprou was an All-NEC Rookie Team selection in 2014 and All-NEC pick in 2015, 2016, and 2017. Stamolamprou is also a twotime NEC Tournament MVP after helping the Colonials collect league titles in 2016 and 2017. Megan Smith and Mikalah Mulrain continued the tradition of freshmen making an immediate impact, joining the growing list of All-Rookie Team selections at RMU in 2015. Nneka Ezeigbo later added her name to that wall with her All-Rookie Team selection in 2017. Buscaglia came to Robert Morris from Manhattan College, the 2003 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) champions and NCAA Tournament participant, where he was an assistant from 1998 to 2003. While at Manhattan, Buscaglia focused mainly on recruiting and developing the perimeter players. He signed Rosalee Mason, who averaged a double-double for the Lady Jaspers and finished her career as Manhattan’s all-time leading scorer and rebounder. She is one of the many players Coach B has signed that has played professionally in Europe. “The entire Robert Morris community continually strives to fulfill all the needs of its students and student-athletes, which is beneficial to building a winning tradition,” stated Buscaglia. “The university has given me tremendous support in my quest to recruit top student-athletes, which has helped RMU to build a tradition of not only being a Northeast Conference contender, but a nationally competitive program.” Aside from recruiting, Buscaglia has helped run summer basketball camps and clinics at the University of Buffalo from 1994 to 1998, and was a camp coordinator at Manhattan during his tenure there. A native of Buffalo, N.Y., Buscaglia graduated from Manhattan in 2003 with a Bachelor of Science degree in general studies. Buscaglia and his wife, Roseline, currently reside in Moon Township, Pa.
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Charlie Buscaglia’s Recruits NNEKA EZEIGBO 2017 All-NEC Rookie Team
ANNA NIKI STAMOLAMPROU 2017 NEC Player of the Year 2017 NEC Tournament MVP 2016 NEC Tournament MVP 2017 All-NEC First Team 2017 All-NEC Tournament Team 2016 All-NEC Second Team 2016 All-NEC Tournament Team 2015 All-NEC First Team 2015 All-NEC Tournament Team 2014 All-NEC Rookie Team 2014 All-NEC Tournament Team
MIKALAH MULRAIN
ANNA NIKI STAMOLAMPROU
2015 All-NEC Rookie Team
MEGAN SMITH
VEGA GIMENO-MARTINEZ
2017 All-NEC Third Team
2010 All-NEC Rookie Team
2017 All-NEC Tournament Team
MONET JOHNSON
2015 All-NEC Rookie Team
2009 All-NEC Second Team
ASHLEY RAVELLI
SADE LOGAN
2013 NEC Rookie of the Year
NCAA Three-Point Record Holder
2016 All-NEC Tournament Team
2008 NEC Player of the Year
2013 All-NEC Rookie Team
2009 All-NEC First Team
ARTEMIS SPANOU
2008 All-NEC First Team
2014 NEC Player of the Year
CHINATA NESBIT
2014 NEC Tournament MVP
2008 NEC Tournament MVP
2013 NEC Player of the Year
2007 NEC Tournament MVP
2011 NEC Rookie of the Year
2008 All-NEC First Team
2014 All-NEC First Team
2007 All-NEC First Team
2014 All-NEC Tournament Team 2013 All-NEC First Team
PSYCHE BUTLER
2012 All-NEC First Team
2006 All-NEC First Team
2011 All-NEC Second Team
SUGEIRY MONSAC
2011 All-NEC Rookie Team
2005 NEC Player of the Year
YOHANNA MORTON
2007 All-NEC Second Team 2005 All-NEC First Team
2011 All-NEC Second Team 2011 All-NEC Tournament Team
NATASHA SUMMERVILLE
ANGELA PACE
2006 All-NEC Second Team
2010 NEC Player of the Year
DeSHEYNA PERRY
2010 NEC Defensive Player of the Year
2005 All-NEC Second Team
2010 All-NEC First Team
SARAH BRADLEY
2010 All-NEC Tournament Team
2004 All-NEC Rookie Team
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Assistant Coaches SCOTT SCHNEIDER
ASAMI MORITA
ASSISTANT COACH
ASSISTANT COACH
Eighth season at RMU (fourth as asst.) – Robert Morris ’11
Fourth season at RMU – Kansai University ’07
Scott Schneider is in his fourth season as an assistant coach and eighth season overall with Robert Morris University in 2017-18. He previously served as a student assistant from 2009-11 and a graduate assistant from 2012-14. In addition to producing opponent scouting reports, Schneider has taken on an increased role with recruiting and scheduling. In his three seasons as a full-time assistant at Robert Morris, the Colonials have made a trio of NEC Tournament championship games, winning back-to-back titles in 2016 and 2017. During that time frame, RMU has gone 59-39 and has notched 38 victories in league play. Schneider was an assistant coach at Wheeling Jesuit University in 2011-12. While there, he was pivotal in upgrading the team’s scouting services, helping develop practice schedules, and providing on the court instruction. Before coming to Robert Morris, Schneider played for Central Christian College of Kansas during his junior season. He averaged 12 points per game for the Tigers and was an NCCAA Academic All-American in 2009. Prior to that, Schneider played two seasons at Barton County (Kan.) Community College and was a member of the 2006-07 team that finished runner-up in Region VI and earned a No. 9 national ranking. Schneider played high school basketball for Great Bend (Kan.) High School, winning back-toback state championships in 2005 and 2006, the first championships in school history. He earned All-WAC First Team honors in consecutive seasons and was a Hutch News All-6A/5A First Team AllState selection after leading the Panthers to a 45-5 record over those two campaigns. Schneider graduated Magna Cum Laude from Robert Morris in 2011 with a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration.
Asami Morita is in her fourth season as an assistant coach at Robert Morris University in 201718. In three seasons at Robert Morris, the Colonials have made a trio of NEC Tournament championship games, winning back-to-back titles in 2016 and 2017. RMU has gone 59-39 during that timeframe and has notched 38 wins in league play. Most recently, Morita was an assistant coach for the Shiga Lakestars, a professional men’s basketball team in the Basketball Japan League. Morita also served the head coach at Kansai University in Osaka, Japan, from February 2011 through April 2013. She led her squad to its first Sweet 16 appearance in both the All Kansai Women’s Basketball Championship and the Western Japan Women’s Intercollegiate Basketball Championship. Kansai also had second-place conference finishes in 2011 and 2012, posting marks of 7-1 both seasons with Morita at the helm. The Japanese native cut her teeth in the coaching ranks at Arizona Western College in Yuma, Ariz., where she was an assistant under Patrick Cunningham during the 2009-10 season. Morita was responsible for all aspects of video, breaking down individual performance, opponent scouting, and film exchange. In addition, she monitored student-athlete academic progress, team travel, and budget. Morita graduated in 2007 with a degree in commerce from Kansai University, where she was also a student assistant with the women’s basketball team. She went on to do her postgraduate work at Idaho State, earning a Master of Physical Education in athletic administration in 2009.
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AMANI FRANKLIN
JANKO POPOVIC
ASSISTANT COACH
DIRECTOR OF BASKETBALL OPERATIONS
First season at RMU – Kentucky ’10
First season at RMU – LeMoyne-Owen ’14
Amani Franklin is in her first season as an assistant coach at Robert Morris University after being hired in September of 2017. “We are very excited about the addition of Coach Franklin to our staff,” said head coach Charlie Buscaglia. “When getting to know Coach Franklin, I was easily able to learn that she possessed a great deal of passion for being an NCAA Division I assistant coach. What truly separated Coach Franklin was her exceptional humility throughout the process. That is the top pillar for our program, and that match in this process is absolutely essential.” Franklin spent the last season at Winthrop as the director of women’s basketball operations. Before that, she spent two years as a staff support associate at her alma mater Kentucky. In that position, her duties included management of day-to-day operations, overseeing the women’s basketball booster organization, travel arrangements, and special events. As a player, Franklin helped lead Kentucky to the 2010 NCAA Tournament Elite Eight. She appeared in 127 games over her four seasons in a Wildcats uniform, starting 76 of them. Franklin averaged 7.3 points, 6.3 rebounds, and 1.3 steals per contest as a senior in 2009-10, and tallied a career-high 11.3 points per game in her junior season. Following her collegiate career, Franklin played professional basketball in Germany and Finland from 2011 to 2013. Franklin graduated from Kentucky in 2010 with a Bachelor’s degree in agricultural economics with a minor in business.
The 2017-18 season marks the first for Janko Popovic as director of basketball operations with Robert Morris University. “We are very excited to have Janko on staff,” said head coach Charlie Buscaglia. “He brings great energy, work ethic, and passion to our program. We will continue to put a great deal of effort into our organization in all areas, and our video editing. We will look for Janko to serve very strongly in these areas for the program.” Popovic arrives in Moon Township after spending the last two seasons as a graduate assistant with Winthrop. His duties at Winthrop included scouting opponents, compiling all the video and written scouting reports, clipping and making practice and game bits that were shown to players for teaching purposes, and running the video during recruiting visits and scout presentations. Popovic worked with Schaquilla Nunn, a third round pick by the San Antonio Stars in the 2017 WNBA Draft, at Winthrop in 2015-16, and also coached the 2015-16 Big South Defensive Player of the Year in Aliyah Kilpatrick and 2016-17 All-Big South First Team selection Erica Williams. Prior to coaching at Winthrop, Popovic played basketball for two seasons at Glenville State before completing his junior and senior seasons at LeMoyne-Owen. A native of Belgrade, Serbia, Popovic arrived in the United States in 2009 and played high school basketball at Mountain State Academy in West Virginia. Popovic graduated from LeMoyne-Owen in 2014 with a Bachelor of Science degree in information technology. He later earned a Master of Business Administration degree from Winthrop in 2017.
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2017-18 Spotter Chart
#0 Shakema Dashiell
#1 Jocelynne Jones
#2 Nia Adams
#10 Laura Carrasco
Senior • Guard
Senior • Forward
Junior • Guard
Freshman • Guard
#12 Nina Augustin
#13 Megan Callahan
#14 Irekpitan Ozzy-Momodu
#20 Honoka Ikematsu
Freshman • Guard
Freshman • Guard
Freshman • Center
Freshman • Guard
#21 Mikalah Mulrain
#22 Megan Smith
#32 Nadège Pluviose
#33 Nneka Ezeigbo
Senior • Center
Senior • Forward
Sophomore • Forward
Sophomore • Center
Charlie Buscaglia
Scott Schneider
Asami Morita
Amani Franklin
Janko Popovic
Head Coach
Assistant Coach
Assistant Coach
Assistant Coach
Director of Basketball Operations
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ROBERT MORRIS ROSTER
No. Name
Year
Ht.
Pos.
0 Shakema Dashiell
Sr.
5-9
G
Hometown / Last Team
1 Jocelynne Jones
Sr.
6-0
F
Sicklerville, N.J. / Winslow Township
2 Nia Adams
Jr.
5-10
G
Paterson, N.J. / Paterson Eastside
Salisbury, Md. / Mardela
10 Laura Carrasco
Fr.
5-9
G
Madrid, Spain / Colegio Legamar
12 Nina Augustin
Fr.
5-6
G
Helsinki, Finland / Mäkelänrinteen lukio
13 Megan Callahan
Fr.
5-8
G
Bristow, Va. / Stonewall Jackson
14 Irekpitan Ozzy-Momodu
Fr.
6-2
C
London, England / Southwark
20 Honoka Ikematsu
Fr.
5-6
G
Kumamoto, Japan / Kumamoto Kokufu
21 Mikalah Mulrain
Sr.
6-3
C
Brampton, Ontario / Ascension
22 Megan Smith
Sr.
6-1
F
Barrie, Ontario / Eastview
32 Nadège Pluviose
So.
6-0
F
Montreal, Quebec / College Montmorency
33 Nneka Ezeigbo
So.
6-2
C
Ewing, N.J. / Notre Dame
Head Coach: Charlie Buscaglia (15th season at RMU*; Manhattan ’03) Assistant Coach: Scott Schneider (eighth season at RMU^; Robert Morris ’11) Assistant Coach: Asami Morita (fourth season at RMU; Kansai University ’07) Assistant Coach: Amani Franklin (first season at RMU; Kentucky ’10) Director of Basketball Operations: Janko Popovic (first season at RMU; LeMoyne-Owen ’14) * second season as head coach |^fourth season as assistant coach)
PRONUNCIATIONS #0 Shakema Dashiell – sha-KEY-ma dash-ill | #2 Nia Adams – KNEE-ah #10 Laura Carrasco – LAH-rah ka-RAS-ko | #14 Irekpitan Ozzy-Momodu – EE-ray ozzie MOM-oh-doo #20 Honoka Ikematsu – HON-uh-ka ee-KAY-mot-sue | #21 Mikalah Mulrain – mole-RAIN #32 Nadège Pluviose – nuh-DEJZ plew-vee-OS | #33 Nneka Ezeigbo – NECK-uh uh-ZEE-bo HC Charlie Buscaglia – BOO-scal-ya | AC Asami Morita – a-SAW-me mor-EE-ta DBO Janko Popovic – YAHN-ko POP-oh-vich
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2017-18 SCHEDULE
NOVEMBER DECEMBER
DATE OPPONENT
SITE
TIME
11 (Sat.) 16 (Thurs.) 21 (Tues.) 24 (Fri.) 25 (Sat.) 29 (Wed.)
@ Michigan State BOWLING GREEN @ Northern Kentucky @ Cal Poly 1 vs. San Francisco 1 YOUNGSTOWN STATE
East Lansing, Mich. Moon Township, Pa. Highland Heights, Ky. San Luis Obispo, Calif. San Luis Obispo, Calif. Moon Township, Pa.
4:00 p.m. 10:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m.
3 (Sun.)
MONMOUTH
Moon Township, Pa.
1:00 p.m.
6 (Wed.) 9 (Sat.) 16 (Sat.) 19 (Tues.) 29 (Fri.) 31 (Sun.)
@ Delaware State LAFAYETTE CLARION KENT STATE @ Fairleigh Dickinson * @ Sacred Heart *
Dover, Del. Moon Township, Pa. Moon Township, Pa. Moon Township, Pa. Teaneck, N.J. Fairfield, Conn.
5:30 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 10:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m. Noon
JANUARY
6 (Sat.) 8 (Mon.) 13 (Sat.) 20 (Sat.) 22 (Mon.) 27 (Sat.) 29 (Mon.)
LIU BROOKLYN 2 * ST. FRANCIS BROOKLYN * SAINT FRANCIS U * @ Wagner * @ Mount St. Mary’s * BRYANT * CENTRAL CONNECTICUT *
Pittsburgh, Pa. Moon Township, Pa. Moon Township, Pa. Staten Island, N.Y. Emmitsburg, Md. Moon Township, Pa. Moon Township, Pa.
1:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m.
3 (Sat.) 10 (Sat.) 12 (Mon.) 17 (Sat.) 19 (Mon.) 24 (Sat.) 26 (Mon.)
@ Saint Francis U * (ESPN3) @ LIU Brooklyn * @ St. Francis Brooklyn * FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON * SACRED HEART * (ESPN3) @ Bryant * @ Central Connecticut *
Loretto, Pa. Brooklyn, N.Y. Brooklyn Heights, N.Y. Moon Township, Pa. Moon Township, Pa. Smithfield, R.I. New Britain, Conn.
2:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m.
2 (Fri.) 4 (Sun.) 7 (Wed.) 8 (Thurs.) 11 (Sun.)
WAGNER * MOUNT ST. MARY’S * NEC Tournament Quarterfinal NEC Tournament Semifinal NEC Tournament Final
Moon Township, Pa. Moon Township, Pa. TBA TBA TBA
7:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. TBA TBA TBA
FEBRUARY MARCH
All home games in BOLD CAPS | All times Eastern Home games played at the North Athletic Complex, unless otherwise noted | * Northeast Conference contest 1 ShareSLO Holiday Beach Classic (@ Cal Poly) | 2 Contest played at PPG Paints Arena
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UPMC EVEN
Coming Jan
Robert Morris University announced Jan. 10, 2017, the addition of the UPMC Events Center, a 140,000-square foot complex for the Colonials NCAA Division I basketball and volleyball teams, which will play in Peoples Court. The UPMC Events Center is the main part of a $50 million project that also includes a student recreation and fitness center on RMU’s Moon Township campus. The project will be funded largely through individual donations and corporate sponsorships, including sponsorships from UPMC, Peoples, Eat’n Park Hospitality Group, PJ Dick, and PNC. The project also has received a grant through the Pennsylvania Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program.
NTS CENTER
nuary 2019
In addition to the 4,000-plus-seat Peoples Court, a practice court, locker rooms, a strength and conditioning center, offices for athletics, concessions and a souvenir shop, the UPMC Events Center will feature 11,000 square feet of conference and meeting space for campus events and outside organizations. Plans call for the center to open in January 2019. “With a new venue of this quality and size, RMU cements its status as a university on the rise,” said RMU President Chris Howard. “Not only is it a significant regional asset, it’s a facility worthy of the success for our athletics programs and reflective of our status as a nationally ranked university. This is a great day for the Colonial Nation.” Continued ➞
“UPMC is thrilled to be a leading partner with Robert Morris University in this exciting endeavor that will provide long-lasting health and wellness benefits to not only the RMU community but also to people and businesses in this entire region. We applaud and share RMU’s commitment to provide our communities with nothing less than world-class care and facilities,” said Jeffrey Romoff, president and CEO of UPMC. As part of a broader strategic collaboration with RMU, UPMC will become the exclusive provider of sports medicine to the university’s 16 NCAA Division I sports programs, and the UPMC Health Plan will administer the university’s employees’ health insurance benefits. UPMC already provides health care to RMU students at UPMC MyHealth@School, an on-campus health and wellness center that opened in the fall. The UPMC Events Center will bring the Airport Corridor an attractive new venue for public speakers, conventions, expos, concerts, graduation ceremonies and other family entertainment options. It also will host the university’s annual convocation and commencement ceremonies, which have outgrown their current location. All three teams that will play at Peoples Court — men’s and women’s basketball and women’s volleyball — have won the Northeast Conference title and advanced to the NCAA tournament in the last three years.
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Colonials In The Pros Player
Team
League (Country)
Barking Abbey Crusaders
Women’s British Basketball League (England)
Fizzy Muraltese
Ligue Nationale A Feminine (Switzerland)
Trogylos Priolo
Serie B (Italy)
London Mets
English Basketball League 3rd Division (England)
Harringey Angels
English Basketball League 3rd Division (England)
Gran Canaria
Liga Femenina (Spain)
Rivas Ecopolis
Liga Femenina (Spain)
Segle XXI Barcelona
Liga Femenina 2nd Division (Spain)
Kelly Hartwell
Wolfpack Wolfenbuettel
2. Basketball Bundesliga (Germany)
Monet Johnson
ŽKK Željezničar Sarajevo
Bosnian League Division I (Bosnia)
Southern Lady Generals
Women’s Universal Basketball Association (United States)
DJK Brose Bamberg
2. Basketball Bundesliga (Germany)
HoNsU Jyvaskyla
SM-Sarja (Finland)
Athinaikos AS
A1 Ethniki (Greece)
Panathinaikos Athens
A1 Ethniki (Greece)
Sade Logan
Snaefell
Domino’s Delid Kvenna (Iceland)
Lou Mataly
U.S. Colomiers Basket
Nationale Féminine 1 (France)
Rocio Medrano
Aguilas de Tabasco
Liga Nacional de Basquetbol Feminina (Mexico)
Sugeiry Monsac
Maccabi Tel Kabir Tel Aviv
Ligat ha’Al 2nd Division (Israel)
Aguilas de Guachupita
Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Femenino (Dominican Republic)
Engerga Torun
Polska Liga Koszykówki (Poland)
Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv
Ligat ha’Al 2nd Division (Israel)
Distrito Olimpico Plenilunio
Liga Femenina (Spain)
Femenino Caceres
Liga Femenina 2nd Division (Spain)
Grupo EM Leganes
Liga Femenina (Spain)
Rebeca Navarro
Leicester Riders
Women’s British Basketball League (England)
Angela Pace
TuS Bad Aibling Fireballs
Basketball Bundesliga (Germany)
GiroLive Panthers Osnabruck
2. Basketball Bundesliga (Germany)
BBV Leipzig Eagles
2. Basketball Regionalliga (Germany)
Ashley Ravelli
Pallacanestro Femminile Broni
Serie A1 (Italy)
Kristine Silaraja
Vega 1/Liepaja
Latvijas Sieviešu Basketbola Liga (Latvia)
SK Cesis
Latvijas Sieviešu Basketbola Liga (Latvia)
Spar Citylift Girona
Liga Femenina (Spain)
Istanbul Universitesi SK
Türkiye 1. Kadınlar Basketbol Ligi (Turkey)
Washington Mystics
Women’s National Basketball Association (United States)
Anna Niki Stamolamprou
Helios VS Basket
Championnat Ligue Nationale A Feminine (Switzerland)
Natasha Summerville
Dallas Lady Diesel
Women’s Blue Chip Basketball League [Semi-pro] (United States)
Franziska Worthmann
TG Neuss
2. Basketball Bundesliga (Germany)
Rheinstars Koeln
1. Basketball Regionalliga (Germany)
Mary Durojaye
Vega Gimeno-Martinez
Anna Kavasila
Yohanna Morton
Artemis Spanou
(italics denotes active in 2017-18)
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Colonial All-Northeast / ECAC Metro Conference Honors PLAYER OF THE YEAR Sugeiry Monsac (2004-05) Sade Logan (2007-08) Angela Pace (2009-10) Artemis Spanou (2012-13, 2013-14) Anna Niki Stamolamprou (2016-17)
THIRD TEAM Megan Smith (2016-17) ALL-NEWCOMER TEAM Laura Lindak (1989-90) Michele Witt (1993-94) Elise James (1996-97) Missy Spangler (2001-02) Sarah Bradley (2003-04) Vega Gimeno-Martinez (2009-10) Artemis Spanou (2010-11) Ashley Ravelli (2012-13) Cassie Oursler (2013-14) Anna Niki Stamolamprou (2013-14) Megan Smith (2014-15) Mikalah Mulrain (2014-15) Nneka Ezeigbo (2016-17)
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR Angela Pace (2009-10) ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Artemis Spanou (2010-11) Ashley Ravelli (2012-13) BRENDA REILLY COACH OF THE YEAR Sal Buscaglia (2004-05) Sal Buscaglia (2009-10) Sal Buscaglia (2013-14) Charlie Buscaglia (2016-17)
ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM Lee Rapasky (1986-87) Kathy Frederick (1987-88) JoAnn Beatty (1988-89) Lydia Womack (1988-89) Noelle Chiodo (1990-91) Laura Lindak (1990-91) Tess Cooley (2004-05) Sugeiry Monsac (2004-05, 2006-07) Chinata Nesbit (2006-07, 2007-08) Sade Logan (2007-08) Angela Pace (2009-10) Yohanna Morton (2010-11) Artemis Spanou (2013-14) Anna Niki Stamolamprou
FIRST TEAM Lee Repasky (1986-87) Maebeth Schalles (1991-92) Laura Lindak (1992-93, 1993-94) Sheri Horvath (1996-97) Elise James (1998-99, 1999-00) Sugeiry Monsac (2004-05) Psyche Butler (2005-06) Chinata Nesbit (2006-07, 2007-08) Sade Logan (2007-08, 2008-09) Angela Pace (2009-10) Artemis Spanou (2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14) Anna Niki Stamolamprou (2014-15, 2016-17) SECOND TEAM JoAnne Beatty (1986-87, 1988-89) Kathy Frederick (1986-87, 1987-88) Kelly Sabol (1989-90, 1990-91) Laura Lindak (1990-91) Maebeth Schalles (1992-93) Sheri Horvath (1994-95, 1995-96) Stacey Ritter (1996-97) Elise James (1997-98) DeSheyna Perry (2004-05) Natasha Summerville (2005-06) Sugeiry Monsac (2006-07) Monet Johnson (2008-09) Artemis Spanou (2010-11) Yohanna Morton (2010-11) Anna Niki Stamolamprou (2015-16)
(2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17)
Ashley Ravelli (2015-16) Megan Smith (2016-17) TOURNAMENT MVP JoAnn Beatty (1987-88) Maebeth Schalles (1990-91) Chinata Nesbit (2006-07, 2007-08) Artemis Spanou (2013-14) Anna Niki Stamolamprou (2015-16, 2016-17)
Note: The ECAC Metro Conference became the Northeast Conference just prior to the 1988-89 season on August 1, 1988.
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1,000-Point Club 1. ARTEMIS SPANOU – 2,124
8. SADE LOGAN – 1,314
Years G FGM 3FG FTM PTS AVG 2010-11........ 30 147 38 60 392 13.1 2011-12........ 32 182 44 131 539 16.8 2012-13........ 29 191 28 143 553 19.1 2013-14........ 33 223 23 171 640 19.4
Years G FGM 3FG FTM PTS AVG 2007-08........ 33 305 126 79 815 24.7 2008-09........ 24 117 79 66 499 20.8
Totals............ 124 743 133 505 2,124 17.1
9. MISSY WALLS – 1,275
2. ANNA NIKI STAMOLAMPROU – 1,815 Years G FGM 3FG FTM PTS AVG 2013-14........ 29 132 59 38 361 12.4 2014-15........ 32 179 81 48 487 15.2 2015-16........ 33 166 70 51 453 13.7 2016-17........ 31 188 73 65 514 16.6 Totals............ 125 665 283 202 1,815 14.5 3. LAURA LINDAK – 1,614 Years G FGM 3FG FTM PTS AVG 1989-90........ 24 89 4 36 218 9.1 1990-91........ 30 126 26 94 372 12.4 1991-92 *...... 6 36 5 34 111 18.5 1992-93........ 25 139 41 75 394 15.8 1993-94........ 27 164 63 128 519 19.2 Totals............ 112 554 139 367 1,614 14.4 * Suffered season-ending injury after six games
4. ELISE JAMES – 1,563 Years G 1996-97........ 25 1997-98........ 26 1998-99........ 26 1999-00........ 28
FGM 3FG FTM 100 0 41 178 0 88 168 0 117 174 0 77
Totals............ 105
620
0
PTS AVG 241 9.6 444 17.1 453 17.4 425 15.2
323 1,563
14.9
5. SHERI HORVATH – 1,408
Totals............ 57 482 205 145 1,314 23.1
Years G FGM 3FG FTM PTS AVG 1981-83........ 55 -- -- -- 651 11.8 1983-84........ 28 152 0 70 374 13.4 1984-85........ 24 102 0 46 250 10.4 Totals............ 107 -- -- -- 1,275 11.9 10. LEE REPASKY – 1,263 Years G FGM 3FG FTM 1984-85........ 24 93 0 26 1985-86........ 28 263 0 42 1986-87........ 27 209 0 31 Totals............ 79 565
PTS AVG 212 8.8 568 20.3 483 18.0
0 99 1,263 16.0
11. MAEBETH SCHALLES – 1,209 Years G 1989-90........ 23 1990-91........ 29 1991-92........ 27 1992-93........ 26
FGM 3FG FTM 76 0 47 103 1 47 163 0 112 115 1 87
Totals............ 105
457
2
PTS AVG 199 8.7 254 8.8 438 16.2 318 12.2
293 1,209
11.5
12. JOANN BEATTY – 1,188 Years G 1986-87........ 28 1987-88........ 26 1988-89........ 29
FGM 3FG FTM 174 0 89 144 0 46 171 1 111
Totals............ 83 489
PTS AVG 437 15.6 334 11.9 417 14.4
1 246 1,188 14.3
Years G FGM 3FG FTM PTS AVG 1992-93........ 23 -- -- -- 283 12.3 1994-95........ 20 112 0 44 268 13.4 1995-96........ 25 149 0 60 358 14.3 1996-97........ 28 193 0 113 499 17.8
13. SUGIERY MONSAC – 1,177
Totals............ 96 -- -- -- 1,408 14.7
Totals............ 67 441 23 272 1,177 17.6
6. KIM MONG – 1,346
14. DEBBIE SUTTERLIN – 1,168
Years G FGM 3FG FTM PTS AVG 1981-82........ 28 -- -- -- 375 13.4 1982-83........ 27 -- -- -- 303 11.2 1983-84........ 27 116 0 72 304 11.3 1984-85........ 24 153 0 58 364 15.2
Years G 1985-86........ 28 1986-87........ 28 1987-88........ 28 1988-89........ 28
FGM 3FG FTM 102 0 50 78 0 45 125 0 84 141 4 93
Totals............ 106 -- -- -- 1,346 12.6
Totals............ 112
446
7. STACEY RITTER – 1,339
15. SANDY MATICH – 1,147
Years G FGM 3FG FTM PTS AVG 1992-93........ 29 105 2 79 297 10.2 1993-94........ 32 -- -- -- 402 12.6 1994-95........ 27 95 8 97 295 10.9 1995-96........ 27 104 11 126 345 12.8
Years G FGM 3FG FTM PTS AVG 1978-81........ 78 443 0 261 1,147 14.7
Years G FGM 3FG FTM PTS AVG 2004-05........ 30 218 15 151 602 20.1 2005-06........ 5 21 0 15 57 11.4 2006-07........ 32 202 8 106 518 16.2
Totals............ 115 -- -- -- 1,339 11.6
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PTS AVG 254 9.0 201 7.1 334 11.9 379 13.5
4 272 1,168
10.4
16. CANDACE JOHN – 1,133
20. BETSY PUSKAR – 1,035
Years G FGM 3FG FTM PTS AVG 1999-00........ 28 66 21 35 188 6.7 2000-01........ 26 104 36 91 335 12.9 2001-02........ 24 51 18 45 165 6.9 2002-03........ 26 149 78 69 445 17.1
Years G FGM 3FG FTM PTS AVG 1982-83........ 28 -- -- -- 122 4.4 1983-84........ 27 89 0 26 204 7.6 1984-85........ 21 98 0 14 210 10.0 1985-86........ 28 214 0 71 499 17.8
Totals............ 104 370 153 240 1,133 10.9
Totals............ 104 -- -- -- 1,035 10.0
17. KATHY FREDERICK – 1,127
21. NOELLE CHIODO – 1,031
Years G 1984-85........ 22 1985-86........ 28 1986-87........ 28 1978-88........ 28
FGM 3FG FTM 20 0 15 108 0 102 108 0 154 117 0 148
Totals............ 106
353
0
PTS AVG 55 2.5 318 11.4 372 13.2 382 13.6
419 1,127
10.6
Years G FGM 3FG FTM PTS AVG 1988-89........ 28 55 28 11 149 5.3 1989-90........ 27 78 26 38 220 8.1 1990-91........ 30 101 51 57 310 10.3 1991-92........ 27 103 53 93 352 13.0 Totals............ 111 337 156 197 1,031 9.2
18. ASHLEY RAVELLI – 1,116
22. MARY DUROJAYE – 1,009
Years G FGM 3FG FTM PTS AVG 2012-13........ 29 109 59 25 302 10.4 2013-14........ 33 94 53 51 292 8.8 2014-15........ 29 94 41 30 259 8.9 2015-16........ 33 90 43 40 263 8.0
Years G FGM 3FG FTM 2008-09........ 26 18 0 10 2009-10........ 30 97 0 53 2010-11........ 30 118 0 68 2011-12........ 32 157 0 98
Totals............ 124 387 196 146 1,116 9.0
Totals............ 118
19. CHINATA NESBIT – 1,083 Years G FGM 3FG FTM PTS AVG 2006-07........ 32 227 14 145 613 19.2 2007-08........ 31 163 2 142 470 15.2 Totals............ 63 390
16 287 1,083 17.2
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390
0
PTS AVG 46 1.8 247 8.2 304 10.1 412 12.9
229 1,009
8.6
500-Rebound Club 1. ARTEMIS SPANOU – 1,563 Years
14. SANDY MATICH – 571
G No. Avg.
2010-11......... 30 2011-12......... 32 2012-13......... 29 2013-14......... 33
Years
G No. Avg.
287 9.6 345 10.8 451 15.6 480 14.5
1977-81......... 78 571 7.3
Totals.............. 124 1,563 12.6 2. ELISE JAMES – 1,120
1981-83......... 40 202 5.1 1983-84......... 28 220 7.9 1984-85......... 21 143 6.8
Years
Totals.............. 89 565 6.3
15. CAROL DENNISTON – 565 Years
G No. Avg.
1996-97......... 25 1997-98......... 26 1998-99......... 26 1999-00......... 28
175 7.0 291 11.2 287 11.0 367 13.1
16. WINNIE LANE – 565 Years
3. MAEBETH SCHALLES – 892 Years
G No. Avg.
161 7.0 164 5.7 303 11.2 264 10.2
Totals.............. 105 892
8.5
4. KIM MONG – 822 Years
G No. Avg.
1981-83......... 55 408 7.4 1983-84......... 27 216 8.0 1984-85......... 24 198 8.3 Totals.............. 106 822
7.8
5. MARY DUROJAYE – 783 Years
G No. Avg.
2008-09......... 26 2009-10......... 30 2010-11......... 30 2011-12......... 32
72 216 236 259
Totals.............. 118 783
2.8 7.2 7.9 8.1 6.6
6. JoANN BEATTY – 763 Years
G No. Avg.
1986-87......... 28 234 8.7 1987-88......... 26 232 8.9 1988-89......... 29 297 10.2 Totals.............. 83 763 9.2 7. SUGIERY MONSAC – 689 Years
G No. Avg.
9. ANNA NIKI STAMOLAMPROU – 633 Years
G No. Avg.
2013-14......... 29 2014-15......... 32 2015-16......... 33 2016-17......... 31
94 180 180 179
Totals.............. 125 633
3.2 5.6 5.5 5.8 5.1
G No. Avg.
1982-83......... 28 1983-84......... 27 1984-85......... 21 1985-86......... 28
105 3.8 126 4.7 108 5.1 293 10.5
Totals.............. 104 632
6.1
11. LAURA LINDAK – 628 Years
G No. Avg.
1989-90......... 24 104 4.3 1990-91......... 30 153 5.1 1991-92 *....... 6 35 5.8 1992-93......... 25 134 5.4 1993-94......... 27 202 7.5 Totals.............. 112 628
5.6
* Medical redshirt following season-ending injury
12. CHINATA NESBIT – 620 Years
G No. Avg.
2006-07......... 32 331 10.3 2007-08......... 31 289 9.3
Totals.............. 67 689 10.3
Totals.............. 63 620 9.8
8. PSYCHÉ BUTLER – 637
13. MISSY WALLS – 613
G No. Avg.
Years
5.4
17. SHERI HORVATH – 552 Years
G No. Avg.
1992-93......... 23 1994-95......... 20 1995-96......... 25 1996-97......... 28
33 139 162 251
0.1 7.0 6.5 9.0
Totals.............. 94 585 6.2
Years
G No. Avg.
1978-82......... 78 551 6.3 19. MAUREEN O’HARE – 545 Years
G No. Avg.
1992-93......... 20 1993-94......... 27 1994-95......... 29 1995-96......... 24
83 149 185 128
Totals.............. 100 545
4.2 5.5 6.4 5.3 5.5
20. MEGAN SMITH – 514 Years
G No. Avg.
2014-15......... 30 140 4.7 2015-16......... 33 187 5.7 2016-17......... 31 187 6.0 Totals.............. 94 514 5.5 21. ANGELA PACE – 508 Years
G No. Avg.
2007-08......... 33 237 7.2 2008-09......... 8 46 5.8 2009-10......... 32 225 7.0 Totals.............. 73 508 7.0
G No. Avg.
2005-06......... 27 274 10.1 2006-07......... 28 173 6.2 2007-08......... 30 190 6.3
1981-83......... 55 319 5.8 1983-84......... 28 162 5.8 1984-85......... 24 132 5.5
Totals.............. 85 637 7.5
Totals.............. 107 613
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2.4 7.0 5.7 5.6
18. DONNA TUSTIN – 551
10. BETSY PUSKAR – 632 Years
51 194 159 161
Totals.............. 105 565
ARTEMIS SPANOU
2004-05......... 30 348 11.6 2005-06......... 5 35 7.0 2006-07......... 32 306 9.6
Years
G No. Avg.
1984-85......... 21 1985-86......... 28 1986-87......... 28 1987-88......... 28
Totals.............. 105 1,120 10.7
1989-90......... 23 1990-91......... 29 1991-92......... 27 1992-93......... 26
G No. Avg.
5.7
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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 institution changed its name 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 Pittsburgh locations, including the William Penn Hotel, the school purchased a building of its own in 1959 at 600 Fifth Ave. Soon after that, in response to a new requirement that Pennsylvania accounting students have a college degree in order to become CPAs, Robert Morris became a nonprofit institution and junior college. At the same time, responding to a development boom near the new airport and Parkway West, Robert Morris acquired Pine Hill Manor, the Moon Township estate of Oliver Kaufmann, and began building a residential campus in 1963. The first students on campus lived in the Kaufmann
mansion, where today sits Massey Hall. By the end of that decade, Robert Morris had become a four-year college. The school continued to grow and expand, joining the NCAA Division I for intercollegiate athletics in 1977 and adding graduate degree programs and more bachelor’s programs as well. For decades, some students commuted or lived on the Moon campus and took classes there exclusively, while others studied entirely at the downtown building, usually in the evenings after work. The Fifth Avenue building was sold in 2010, though the university still offers classes in the Golden Triangle at its RMU Downtown location. In 2002, following approval by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, the college became Robert Morris University. While alumni from the early days may still recognize some of the original buildings, a spate of recent and ongoing new construction — from academic buildings to residence halls to the football stadium — ensure that the institution continues to provide students with a vibrant, attractive residential campus community for living and learning.
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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. RMU offers 16 intercollegiate athletics programs, 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 41 years, the Colonials have claimed 45 conference regular-season championships and 46 league tournament titles. A total of 13 of RMU’s intercollegiate athletic programs have earned at least one tournament championship, with men’s basketball leading the way with eight Northeast Conference (NEC) Tournament titles. Men’s basketball has also claimed 11 NEC regular-season championships, the most in school history, while softball owns eight and football and volleyball have each claimed six. For the fourth consecutive year in 2016-17, Robert Morris had a pair of programs earn automatic berths in the NCAA Tournament, as women’s hockey and women’s basketball each qualified. For hockey, it marked the program’s first NCAA Tournament appearance in school history after earning their second College Hockey America (CHA) Tournament championship, while women’s basketball earned its second straight, third in the last four years and
fifth overall. Individually in 2016-17, senior guard Anna Niki Stamolamprou concluded arguably the most impressive career in school history in any sport. During her four seasons in an RMU uniform, Stamolamprou helped the Colonials win three NEC Tournament championships and subsequent bids to the NCAA Tournament. Named the 2017 NEC Player of the Year, Stamolamprou was a two-time NEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year (2016, 2017) for women’s basketball and was also the nominee for NCAA Woman of the Year by both Robert Morris and the NEC. Redshirt junior forward Brittany Howard was selected as the 2017 CHA Player of the Year, the first student-athlete from RMU to garner the top honor, while also claiming the CHA Scoring Trophy. While Stamolamprou and Howard were named the top players in their respective leagues, a total of five student-athletes from Robert Morris were named their league’s top rookie. Freshman forward Jaycee Gebhard of women’s hockey was selected as the CHA Rookie of the Year, while Lilly Harnish (outdoor track & field), Max Palmer (golf), Annie Sachs (women’s lacrosse) and Ryan Smith (men’s lacrosse) took the top rookie accolade in the NEC. It marks the most rookie honors in a single season in school history. The exploits of the intercollegiate athletic
program in 2016-17 has continued a trend that RMU has established since its move to Division I four decades ago. Since 1982, Robert Morris has sent 26 teams to the NCAA Tournament. Men’s basketball has made an NEC record eight appearances, while volleyball has participated in six. The Colonial men’s basketball program qualified for the NCAA Tournament in 1982, 1983, 1989, 1990, 1992, 2009, 2010 and 2015, while volleyball made five straight appearances from 1999 to 2003 before earning the automatic bid in 2015. The women’s basketball team has appeared in five NCAA Tournaments (2007, 2008, 2014, 2016, 2017), while men’s soccer has appeared three times (1993, 1994, 2005). Softball (2005), men’s ice hockey (2014) and men’s golf (2015) have also earned automatic bids to the NCAA Tournament. Other programs to have claimed an NEC Tournament championship during that span include three in men’s golf (1995, 1996, 2015), two in men’s cross country (1986, 1987), men’s indoor track & field (1999, 2000) and women’s indoor track & field (1998, 2000) and one each in women’s tennis (1996) and men’s outdoor track & field (2000). The trend of success should come as no surprise. The men’s basketball program has appeared in a national postseason tournament seven times in the last 10 years, including three NCAA Tournaments (2009, 2010, 2015), three NIT’s (2008, 2013, 2014) and the 2012 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT). In 2013, Robert Morris 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, in the first round of the NIT. In 2012, women’s ice hockey 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 football team earned the inaugural berth for the NEC in the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) Playoffs in 2010 by claiming its sixth NEC regular-season title. In 2000, football finished 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 stadium, named Joe Walton Stadium in honor of the program’s first 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 nonscholarship ranks, the 1997 football team placing third and the 1999 football squad finishing No. 1.
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RMU’S CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS — Team — REGULAR-SEASON CHAMPIONS (45) Sport
Year(s)
Men’s Basketball
1982, 2010, Women’s Basketball 2007, Football 1996, Men’s Ice Hockey # 2015, Women’s Ice Hockey * 2017 Men’s Lacrosse 2012 Men’s Soccer 1992, Softball 1997, Volleyball 1999,
1983, 2013, 2008, 1997, 2016
1984, 1989, 1990, 1992, 2008, 2009, 2014 2010, 2014, 2017 1998, 1999, 2000, 2010
1994, 1995, 1996, 2001 1998, 2005, 2006, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008
TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS (46) Sport
Year(s)
Men’s Basketball 1982, Women’s Basketball 1988, Men’s Cross Country 1986, Men’s Golf 1995, Men’s Ice Hockey # 2014 Women’s Ice Hockey * 2012, Men’s Soccer 1993, Softball 1991, Women’s Tennis 1996 Men’s Indoor Track & Field 1999, Women’s Indoor Track & Field 1998, Men’s Outdoor Track & Field 2000 Volleyball 1992,
1983, 1989, 1990, 1992, 2009, 2010, 2015 1991, 2007, 2008, 2014, 2016, 2017 1987 1996, 2015 2017 1994, 2005 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2005 2000 2000 1993, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2015
Note: All regular season and tournament championships were claimed in the Northeast Conference (NEC) unless otherwise noted. # Atlantic Hockey championship | * College Hockey America (CHA) championship Continued ➞
— Individual — MEN’S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD (39) 55-Meter Tony Bunbury (1988) 55-Meter Hurdles DeLonte Perkins (1998) • Jim Baughman (1999) 200-Meter William Blake (1999) 500-Meter Jim Baughman (1999, 2000) • Joe Wagner (2005)
1999 VOLLEYBALL
MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY (1)
Mile Mike Booth (2006)
Steve Uhing (1987)
3,000-Meter Mike Booth (2006)
MEN’S GOLF (3) Paul Snyder (1986) • Bart Mease (1996) C.G. Mercatoris (2011)
WOMEN’S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD (30)
High Jump Jarrad Pencek (1999, 2000, 2001) Jeff Witmyer (2005, 2007, 2008)
55-Meter Hurdles Jackie Gray (1991) • Genita Dickey (2000)
Long Jump Jarrad Pencek (2000, 2001, 2002)
60-Meter Hurdles Genita Dickey (2001) • Jordhanna White (2008)
Triple Jump Elliott Constantine (1989) • Cory Hunt (1993) Jarrad Pencek (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002) Nasim Siddeeq (2008)
200-Meter Genita Dickey (2001)
Pole Vault Eric White (2000, 2001, 2002) Josh Ghaly (2007) • Chris Spataro (2008, 2010) Jarad George (2009)
300-Meter Tiphani McKee (2001) 500-Meter Genita Dickey (2000, 2001)
Shot Put Patrick Mangan (1989) • Steve Mitchell (2014)
800-Meter Laura Rivera (1994) • Kerry McKinney (2002) 5,000-Meter Merel Van Steenbergen (2011)
4x400-Meter Relay Robert Morris (1999, 2000, 2001, 2014)
High Jump Michele Roth (2004) • Lilly Harnish (2017)
Distance Medley Relay Robert Morris (2006)
Long Jump Melitta Brown (2008) Triple Jump Brittany Humphress (2007) Yulia Vasilyeva (2013, 2014) Pole Vault Jessica Cooper (2000, 2001) Erica Schmidt (2010) • Casey Folga (2012) Olivia Loy (2013) • Bethany Ledford (2014, 2015) Weight Throw Nicole Downing (2004, 2005) Gabriella Rinehart (2010) • Rachel Boody (2017) 4x400-Meter Relay Robert Morris (2000, 2001)
C.G. MERCATORIS — 60 —
RACHEL BOODY
GENITA DICKEY
COURTNEY LENART
JARRAD PENCEK
WOMEN’S OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD (40)
MEN’S OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD (38)
100-Meter Hurdles Jackie Gray (1992) • Genita Dickey (2000) Jordhanna White (2008)
110-Meter Hurdles DeLonte Perkins (1998) Jim Baughman (2000)
400-Meter Hurdles Jackie Gray (1992, 1993) Genita Dickey (1999, 2000) Samantha Simile (2009)
400-Meter Hurdles Frank Bruno (1998, 1999) Jim Baughman (2000) 3,000-Meter Steeplechase Phillips Thompson (2008)
5,000-Meter Ericka Suhy (2001)
High Jump Brad Bruno (1991) Jarrad Pencek (1999, 2000, 2001) Mark Caskey (2006) • Jeff Witmyer (2008)
High Jump Ericka Frazee (2006) Long Jump Melitta Brown (2008) • Tara Van Schie (2014)
Long Jump Jarrad Pencek (2000, 2001, 2002) Christian Lemke (2004)
Triple Jump Michelle Gawaldo (1998) Brittany Humphress (2005, 2006) Yulia Vasilyeva (2014) • Lilly Harnish (2017) Pole Vault Jessica Cooper (2000, 2001) Erica Schmidt (2009, 2010) • Casey Folga (2011) Bethany Ledford (2012, 2015)
Triple Jump Jarrad Pencek (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002) Adam Woodford (2005) • Nasim Siddeeq (2008) Richard Njenga (2014)
Discus Laura Buzzard (1999) • Nicole Downing (2004) Christina Roadman (2005) Aubree Ray (2012, 2014) • Rachel Boody (2017) Shot Put Jessica Guyett (2016) Hammer Throw Nicole Downing (2003, 2004, 2005) Gabriella Rinehart (2009)
Pole Vault Eric White (2002) • Josh Ghaly (2007) Anthony Trunzo (2010) Discus Marcus McCaleb (1997) • Collin Ray (2011 Hammer Throw Kevin Argauer (2009) • Steve Mitchell (2011) Brendan Morales (2013) Javelin Scott Fath (1993) • Chris Carper (2013, 2014) 4x100-Meter Relay Robert Morris (2001, 2004)
Javelin Courtney Lenart (2004, 2005) Stephanie Kuhn (2006, 2007)
4x400-Meter Relay Robert Morris (2001)
4x800-Meter Relay Robert Morris (2017)
4x800-Meter Relay Robert Morris (2014) — 61 —
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“Go Colonials” — RMU FIGHT SONG — 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!
RMU Alma Mater 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!