Independence Day Magazine

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Dr. Christopher B. Howard, President of Robert Morris University

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Chris King, Vice President and Director of Athletics

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Robert Morris University Athletics

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Bernard Clark, Jr., Head Coach

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Robert Morris 2020 Football Numerical Roster

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2000 Northeast Conference Champions

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2010 Northeast Conference Champions

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DR. CHRISTOPHER B. 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 combines academic excellence with a professional focus in more than 90 undergraduate and graduate degree programs across four academic schools. A nationally ranked, doctoral granting institution, RMU enrolls approximately 5,000 students.

Under Dr. Howard’s leadership, RMU has become a preferred strategic partner for corporations, organizations, and professionals in the Pittsburgh region and beyond. Under its latest strategic plan, RMU 100, the university is using Gallup research and powerful new technologies to boost retention and graduations rates so as to launch students into great careers. In May 2019 the university opened the UPMC Events Center, the largest capital project in the university’s history that also included a separate Student Recreation and Fitness Center. The UPMC Events Center includes the Peoples Court, home of RMU’s NCAA Division I basketball and volleyball teams.

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 CoSIDA 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 has received the Armed Forces Merit Award from the Football Writers Association of America.

He 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 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 politicalmilitary advisor. He was called back to active duty during 2003 in Afghanistan, and was awarded the Bronze Star. 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, near Richmond, Va. During Dr. Howard’s tenure as president, enrollment, retention, and alumni giving increased. 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 at General Electric and Bristol-Myers Squibb. At both companies, Dr. Howard’s responsibilities included sales, marketing, international project management, strategic planning, internal consulting, and business development.

Dr. Howard is highly sought after as a speaker by the nation’s premiere higher education organizations, including the College Board, the Education Advisory Board, Ruffalo Noel Levitz, and the National Association of College and University Business Officers. He has been featured in the Chronicle of Higher Education and Inside Higher Ed. Dr. Howard has taught

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n Graduate of the Harvard Seminar for New Presidents. n One of the few college or university chief executives in the U.S. invited to join the Young Presidents’ Organization. n Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Trustees of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. n Leadership Council for The Aspen Institute’s Franklin Project encouraging civic responsibility. n 2012 Honoree, Dominion Power’s Strong Men and Women: Excellence in Leadership Series. n 2010 African-American Trailblazer in Virginia History by the Library of Virginia. n Former member of Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe’s Commission to Ensure Integrity and Public Confidence in State Government. seminars in the Harvard Graduate School of Education Management Development Program and spoken at the Arizona State University-Georgetown University Academy for Innovative Higher Education Leadership.

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.

OTHER HONORS AND APPOINTMENTS INCLUDE n Member of the Board of Directors of the Allegheny Conference on Community Development and a member of its Next 75 Steering Committee. n Chair of the NCAA Honors Committee. n Former member of the “MyVA” Advisory Committee, appointed by then Secretary of Veteran Affairs Robert McDonald. n Founder, former chairman, and current trustee of the Impact Young Lives Foundation, a nonprofit organization that provides scholarship and travel African university students of color. n Named one of “The 20 Most Interesting College Presidents” by The Best Schools. n National Council of Advisors of the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress. n Aspen Institute Henry Crown Fellow.

n Honorary Doctorates of Humane Letters from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Centre College, Ripon College, and the Rush University College of Medicine. n Honorary Doctorate of Laws from Christopher Newport University. n Member of the Sigma Pi Phi, also known as the Boule, the oldest African American fraternity in the United States. n Honorary member of Beta Gamma Sigma, the international honor society serving AACSB-accredited business schools. n Honorary member of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars. n Gift made in the Howards’ honor at Hampden-Sydney College to create the Chris and Barbara Howard Chair in Rhetoric. n Member of the Rotary Club of Pittsburgh. n Advisory Board member of the ‘With Honor’ initiative providing bipartisan support to veterans running or serving in the U.S. House of Representatives. n Member of the NCAA Board of Governors Ad Hoc Committee on Sports Wagering. n Member of the Duquesne Club Board of Directors. n Member of the Pittsburgh International Airport Terminal Modernization Program Advisory Group. n Member of the National Defense University Board of Visitors. n Member of the St. Clair Hospital Board of Directors.

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EDUCATION-RELATED APPOINTMENTS n Higher Education Working Group on Global Issues of the Council on Foreign Relations. n Advisory Board of the Morehouse College Research Institute. n Board of the Olmstead Foundation. n Future of Independent Higher Education steering committee for the Council of Independent Colleges. n Former member of the Board of Regents at Baylor University. n Former member of the Board of Directors at the American Council on Education. n Former member of the National Security Education Program Board, nominated by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the U.S. Senate. n Former trustee of the Association of American Rhodes Scholars. n Former member of the National Intelligence University Board of Visitors. n Selected by Steve Schwarzman to serve on the inaugural selection committee for the Schwarzman Scholars Program. n Former member of the Board of Trustees of The Fessenden School in West Newton, Massachusetts.

n Former member of the Board of Trustees of Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Virginia. n Member of the Institute of International Education Centennial Fellowships selection committee.

BUSINESS-RELATED ACHIEVEMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS n Co-author with David Snider of the 2010 book Money Inside the New World of Finance and Business. n Member of the OLO Systems Advisory Board and formerly on the Board of Directors of Converge, an IT demanufacturing firm. n Former Senior Advisor on African Affairs at the Albright Stonebridge Group, an international advisory firm for Fortune 1000 companies. n Served as the youngest member of the annual Washington Post-Harvard University “America’s Best Leaders” selection committee. n Former acting Managing Director of Endeavor South Africa, a global initiative that supports entrepreneurs in the developing world.

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CHRIS KING ’94

Vice President and Director of Athletics RMU named Chris King ’94 Vice President and Director of Athletics May 6, 2019, and he was formally introduced at a press conference at the UPMC Events Center May 7, 2019.

The 2020-21 season marks his second year leading the Colonials.

In his first season at RMU in 201920, King oversaw the successful debut of the UPMC Events Center, with each of the three programs that occupy the facility claiming championships. The volleyball and women’s basketball teams each claimed Northeast Conference (NEC) regular-season championships, while men’s basketball and women’s basketball each won NEC Tournament titles.

The first basketball game at the UPMC Events Center saw a sell-out crowd of 4,034 fans witness the Colonials take on Pitt, while the final game of the season saw the RMU men’s basketball team post a 77-67 win over Saint Francis U in the 2020 NEC Tournament championship game, again in front of a sellout crowd of 4,034 patrons.

In addition to the success of the volleyball and basketball programs, the RMU football team posted its first winning season since 2010, recording an overall record of 7-5 (.583), including a mark of 6-1 (.857) in the NEC. The Colonials finished second in the league standings as eight Colonials garnered All-NEC plaudits and head coach Bernard Clark, Jr., was named the 2019 NEC CoCoach of the Year. In addition, RMU claimed the 2019 NEC Sportsmanship Award.

While success in the realm of competition is well documented, RMU’s work in the classroom in King’s first year was equally impressive. As a department during the 2019-20 academic year, the 16 programs combined to post a 3.476 grade point average (GPA), a department record.

Bolstered by Whitney Brown (volleyball)

and Jaycee Gebhard (women’s hockey) each being named to the CoSIDA Academic All-America® Team, a total of 15 of RMU’s 16 intercollegiate programs posted a team GPA of 3.00 or higher in 2019-20.

“Our vision is to win,” King said. “Win on the court, ice and fields of play, win in the classroom, win in the community and win in the lives of the people we touch.

We are going to put our student-athletes in a position where they can have success at the highest levels in academics, athletics and preparation for excellence in life. We are going to provide opportunities for every student-athlete at RMU to be successful as they want to be and as competitive as they aspire to be.”

King enacted a number of initiatives in 2019-20 to invest in the student-athlete experience, including the development of the Colonial Champions Fund and partnerships with RealRecruit, Taymar, ARMS Software, HelperHelper and Forward Progress. He capped the year by accepting an invitation for RMU to join the Horizon League in 10 of its 16 programs, while football joined the Big South as an associate member and women’s lacrosse the MidAmerican Conference (MAC) as an affiliate member.

King, a native of Apollo, Pa., is a 1994 graduate of Robert Morris University’s sport management program.

“I’m honored and humbled to serve as the next director of athletics at Robert Morris University,” said King. “As an alumnus, I’m excited to have the opportunity to guide an athletics department with a championship culture and a history of success, and to be part of a team making a significant impact as part of a nationally ranked doctoral university.”

Prior to being named Vice President and Director of Athletics at RMU, King served

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as director of intercollegiate athletics at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV), formerly the University of TexasPan American, from 2009 to 2019. Last year, King won the NACDA Under Armour Division I-AAA Athletic Director of the Year Award. Previously an independent NCAA Division I institution, under King’s leadership UTRGV joined the Western Athletic Conference in 2013. The men’s basketball team has made two straight postseason appearances, while the women’s basketball team has reached the postseason in four of the last five years.

King led the athletics department through a strategic plan that improved facilities and fundraising, elevated the UTRGV Athletics brand, and helped student athletes win championships while achieving academic success. UTRGV ranked third in the Western Athletic Conference Commissioner’s Cup standings in 2018-19.

The volleyball and women’s tennis teams won WAC tournament championships and advanced to their first NCAA tournaments in 2016 and also claimed WAC championships in 2018. Since joining the conference, UTRGV has won four team and 32 individual WAC Championships.

“Chris King will take RMU Athletics to the next level,” said Robert Morris University President Chris Howard. “He prizes above all else the student-athlete experience, and his achievements at UTRGV and throughout his career will bring an unparalleled level of leadership to our athletics program.”

RMU has 16 NCAA Division I sports, and the Colonials have claimed 49 regularseason championships and 50 league tournament titles. Fourteen RMU teams have won at least one conference championship.

This year, the women’s basketball team, the women’s ice hockey team, the men’s lacrosse team and the men’s golf team each won a conference title. Women’s basketball, men’s lacrosse and men’s golf won NEC Tournament championships and qualified for the NCAA Tournament, the first time in RMU history that three sports earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Since 1998, 29 Colonials have been named NEC Scholar Athletes of the Year, and RMU has placed 55 student athletes on District II Academic All-America Teams according to the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

On May 1, RMU opened the UPMC Events Center, a 161,000-square foot multipurpose facility that is the new home of men’s and women’s basketball and women’s volleyball.

The UPMC Events Center was funded entirely through corporate sponsorships and donations, and will also host concerts, conferences, and other entertainment events.

“RMU offers the best combination of aligned values, academic excellence, competitive tradition, outstanding facilities and support from donors, alumni and the community,” said King.

King previously worked at two of the nation’s premier NCAA Division I programs: the University of Central Florida, where he was assistant athletic director for compliance and assistant athletic director, and the University of Alabama, where he was associate athletic director of compliance and associate athletic director for administration. At Alabama, he was hired to lead the institution and its athletics department through a five-year NCAA probation sentence.

“Chris has got a lot of energy,” said Oliver Luck, CEO and commissioner of the XFL and a former NCAA executive vice president who was also director of athletics at West Virginia University. “He’s very personable. He thrives on having big initiatives and carrying those out.” Luck co-chaired a football feasibility committee that King formed at UTRGV. King is a member of the RMU Sport Management Advisory Board and is a member of the RMU Sport Management Hall of Fame.

“We should not overlook that Chris has achieved this impressive level of success as an RMU graduate, and his accomplishments reflect the excellence of the sport management program,” said Howard. “We are thrilled that he has returned to Colonial Country.”

King was among 100 candidates RMU considered to succeed Craig Coleman, M.D., who stepped down in December 2018 after 13 years as director of athletics. In addition to his bachelor’s degree in sport management from RMU, King has a master’s in education from Campbell University. He and his wife, Alicia, have two daughters, Kylie and Mackenzie.

“RMU played a profound role in my professional career and trajectory, and I am confident I would not be working in college athletics without the education and opportunities this institution provided to me 25 years ago,” said King. “My family and I are thankful to President Howard and the selection committee for providing the opportunity to represent my alma mater.”

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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 RMU go hand-in-hand.

RMU offers 16 intercollegiate athletics programs, including the only men’s and women’s NCAA Division I hockey teams and men’s lacrosse program in the Pittsburgh region. Over the last 44 years, the Colonials have claimed 51 conference regular-season championships and 52 league tournament titles.

A total of 14 of RMU’s intercollegiate athletic programs have earned at least one tournament championship, with men’s basketball leading the way with nine. Men’s basketball has also claimed 11 conference regular-season championships, the most in school history. Softball owns eight regularseason titles, volleyball seven and football six.

The 2019-20 academic year continued to prove that RMU is a department on the rise.

The university celebrated the opening of the UPMC Events Center in grand fashion, with each of the three programs occupying the facility earning championships. Volleyball and women’s basketball each won Northeast

Conference (NEC) regular-season titles, while men’s and women’s basketball claimed NEC Tournament crowns.

RMU opened the UPMC Events Center in front of a sold-out crowd of 4,034 as the men’s basketball team took on Pitt and in the final event of the year at the venue, RMU punched its ticket to the 2020 NCAA Tournament in men’s basketball with a 77-67 win over Saint Francis U in front of 4,034 fans.

In addition to its success in competition, the RMU Department of Athletics enacted a number of initiatives to further improve the student-athlete experience, including the Colonial Champions Fund, which is dedicated to funding student-athlete success and welfare. The Colonials Champions Fund is made up of six main areas, including counseling and mental health and wellness resources, nutrition, sports performance, sports medicine and strength & conditioning, academic support and retention, recruiting and leadership development and career preparation.

In July of 2020, RMU joined the Horizon League for 10 of its 16 programs, while the football program joined the Big South as

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an associate member. In addition, RMU women’s lacrosse joined the Mid-American Conference (MAC) as an affiliate member.

The exploits of RMU intercollegiate athletics in 2019-20 has continued a trend that RMU has established since its move to Division I over four decades ago.

During the 2018-19 season, three teams claimed automatic berths to the NCAA Tournament EMMA for the first time in GRANGER department history.

Women’s basketball claimed its third NEC Tournament title in four years, men’s golf won its first tournament championship since 2015 and men’s lacrosse successfully defended its tournament crown in claiming back-to-back titles.

The RMU men’s lacrosse program became the fifth in department history to claim consecutive NEC Tournament championships, joining men’s basketball, men’s soccer, volleyball and women’s basketball.

Since 1982, Robert Morris has sent 32 teams to the NCAA Tournament. Men’s basketball has earned nine automatic bids, women’s basketball seven and volleyball six.

The Colonial men’s basketball program qualified for the NCAA Tournament in 1982, 1983, 1989, 1990, 1992, 2009, 2010, 2015 and 2020, while volleyball made five straight appearances from 1999 to 2003 before earning the automatic bid in 2015. The women’s basketball team has qualified for seven NCAA Tournaments (2007, 2008, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020) in the last 14 years.

The RMU men’s soccer team has appeared in the NCAA Tournament three times (1993, 1994, 2005), while men’s golf (2015, 2019) and men’s lacrosse (2018, 2019) have each emerged in a pair. Softball (2005), men’s ice hockey (2014) and women’s ice hockey (2017) have also earned automatic bids to the NCAA Tournament.

Other programs to have claimed an NEC Tournament championship during that span include 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).

Individually, former hockey student-athlete

Brittany Howard (2013-18), a two-time College Hockey America (CHA) Player of the Year and CHA Scoring Trophy winner (2017, 2018), became the first RMU student-athlete to be honored by Dapper Dan Charities, as she was named the 2017 Sportswomen of the Year at the 82nd annual Dapper Dan Dinner & Sports Auction in February of 2018.

The men’s basketball program has qualified for a national postseason tournament nine times in the last 13 years, including four NCAA Tournaments (2009, 2010, 2015, 2020), three NIT’s (2008, 2013, 2014) and two spots in the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) (2012, 2019).

In 2013, RMU 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 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 regularseason 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 (51) Sport

Year(s)

Men’s Basketball

1982, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1990, 1992, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014

Women’s Basketball

2007, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020

Football

1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2010

Men’s Ice Hockey #

2015, 2016

Women’s Ice Hockey *

2017, 2018, 2019

Men’s Lacrosse

2012

Men’s Soccer

1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2001

Softball

1997, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015

Volleyball

1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2019

TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS (52) Sport

Year(s)

Men’s Basketball

1982, 1983, 1989, 1990, 1992, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2020

Women’s Basketball

1988, 1991, 2007, 2008, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020

Men’s Cross Country

1986, 1987

Men’s Golf

1995, 1996, 2015, 2019

Men’s Ice Hockey #

2014

Women’s Ice Hockey *

2012, 2017

Men’s Lacrosse

2018, 2019

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, 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

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BERNARD CLARK, JR. Head Coach • Miami ’89

A new era has begun for RMU football, and the latest chapter to be written will be authored by Bernard Clark, Jr., who is in his third season leading the Colonials.

Clark, a native of Tampa, Fla., was named the third head coach in program history at a press conference at Joe Walton Stadium Dec. 19, 2017.

“One of the things that is important about working with the young men at Robert Morris is helping them grow in more ways than just as football players,” Clark said. “We’re trying to build better men, better husbands, better fathers.”

In his second season leading the Colonials in 2019, Clark presided over one of the best turnarounds in program history. RMU opened the season 0-3 but won seven of its final nine games of the year to record its first winning season since 2010 with an overall mark of 7-5 (.583). Included in that record was a ledger of 6-1 (.857) in the Northeast Conference (NEC) as RMU finished second in the league standings.

For those efforts, Clark was tabbed the 2019 NEC Co-Coach of the Year and was also a finalist for the Eddie Robinson Award, one of the STATS NCAA Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) legacy awards and given annually to the NCAA FCS Coach of the Year.

RMU also claimed the 2019 NEC Sportsmanship Award for the first time in program history. The award is designed to acknowledge the team in each conference sport that, in the opinion of its peers, most closely demonstrates good sportsmanship based on the NEC Principles of Sportsmanship and Standards of Conduct.

Voting is conducted at the conclusion of each season by each team and head coach, as teams are ranked within the conference based on a set of criteria.

A total of eight Colonials earned All-NEC honors in 2019 under Clarke’s tutelage, the most since nine Colonials were honored in 2013.

Included among the group of All-NEC performers for RMU in 2019 was linebacker Aniello Buzzacco, who established a new single-season school record for tackles with 131, an average of 10.9 per game. Buzzacco led the NEC in stops and ranked fifth in the NCAA FCS. Also earning AllNEC honors in 2019 under Clark were kicker Nick Bisceglia, tight end Matthew Gonzalez, safety Mason Gray and running back Alijah Jackson, who each garnered first team accolades. Joining Buzzacco in earning AllNEC Second Team plaudits in 2019 were offensive linemen Trevor Hicks and Bussy Remaley and defensive back Heavon Price.

Gray ranked third in the NEC in tackles with an average of 8.3 per game, finishing with an even 100 stops, including a teamhigh 49 solo takedowns. Gray also tied an NCAA FCS single-game record by returning two interceptions for touchdowns in a 4121 victory over Duquesne at Joe Walton Stadium.

Jackson ranked second in the NEC in rushing (88.3 yards per game) and third in all-purpose yards (103.5 ypg), registering five 100-yard rushing efforts. He also became the fifth student-athlete in program history to rush for at least 100 yards in four consecutive games.

In his first two seasons as head coach at RMU, Clark oversaw the development of tight end Matthew Gonzalez, who concluded his career with 96 receptions for 1,473 yards and 17 touchdowns. Gonzalez ranks fifth alltime in both receptions and receiving yards and is tied for fourth in the career record book for touchdown catches.

Gonzalez was named to the 2019 STATS

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FCS All-American Third Team, a year after being tabbed to the 2018 Associated Press FCS All-American Second Team.

He became the first student-athlete in program history to earn NCAA FCS AllAmerican accolades in consecutive years.

“The greatest information I’ve learned in leading up to being a head coach is stay the course,” Clark said. “Even if it’s not going your way, whatever you believe in, you make sure you stay the course. I believe in discipline and enthusiasm. I’m going to stay the course with that.”

Clark is in his first head coaching position after spending four years at the University of Albany, a member of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA), from 2014-17.

In 2014, Clark served as the assistant head coach and linebackers coach for the Great Danes before being promoted to associate head coach, defensive coordinator and linebackers coach in 2015.

While at Albany, Clark’s defense ranked ninth in the NCAA FCS in 2017, holding opponents to an average of just 282.1 yards game. That number was bolstered by a run defense (107.0) that ranked 15th in the country and a pass defense (175.1) that ranked 20th.

The Great Danes allowed an average of just 17.7 points per game in 2017, which ranked 17th in the NCAA FCS ranks. Led

by Clark, the Albany defense finished in the top 20 in eight different categories, while three players earned All-CAA for the defense.

“We’re close friends, and we’ve been doing this together for a long time,” Albany head coach Greg Gattuso said. “He’s a talented coach and definitely ready to be a head coach. I’m excited for him that he’s getting this opportunity. He’s going to do a great job at Robert Morris.”

In 2016, Clark’s defense at Albany ranked first in the CAA with a +1.45 turnover margin and 32 forced fumbles, leading to a scoring defense of 18.8 points per game, which ranked second in the league. Three Great Danes earned All-CAA honors on the defensive side of the ball, including Michael Nicastro, who garnered All-CAA First Team accolades after compiling 126 tackles and three fumble recoveries. Both of those individual totals ranked in the top four in the NCAA FCS. In his first season at Albany, Clark’s defense led the nation in turnover margin (+1.25) and fumble recoveries (20), while Nicastro earned All-CAA Third Team plaudits.

A 1989 graduate of the University of Miami with a Bachelor of Arts degree in business administration, Clark was a key contributor at linebacker for the Hurricanes as they claimed national championships in both 1987 and 1989.

As a sophomore, Clark was named the MVP of the 1988 Orange Bowl after helping lead Miami to a 20-14 victory over Oklahoma and the national title. Clark finished with 14 tackles against the Sooners, including 12 solo takedowns. That game featured Jimmy Johnson as head coach of the Hurricanes and Barry Switzer as the head coach of the Sooners. The contest marked the only time opposing head coaches from a college national championship game each later served as head coach of the same professional football team. Both Johnson and Switzer won the Super Bowl with the Dallas Cowboys.

Clark was a third round pick of the Cincinnati Bengals in the 1990 NFL Draft and played two seasons with the Bengals as well as one year with the Seattle Seahawks. He also spent time in the Arena Football League (AFL) with the Orlando Predators.

The defensive coordinator for Santa Fe Catholic High School in Lakeland, Fla., in 1997, Clark began his collegiate coaching career at James Madison in 1998. He spent two seasons with the Dukes coaching the defensive ends before moving to Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va. Clark spent four years with the Flames from 2000-03, tutoring the linebackers and special teams.

In 2004, Clark began the first of two stints with Florida International University. He served as the defensive coordinator for the 2004 and 2005 seasons before joining the coaching staff at the University of South Florida in 2006, coaching the defensive line. That season, the Bulls posted a 24-7 victory over East Carolina in the inaugural PapaJohns.com Bowl in Birmingham, Ala. Clark returned to FIU as a defensive assistant in 2007 and 2008 and also served as defensive coordinator for Hampton University in 2009 and linebackers coach at the University of Pittsburgh in 2010. While an assistant with the Panthers, Clark helped the defense finish in the top 10 of the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS).

In 2011, Clark coached the linebackers at Colorado State before returning to Hampton to serve as defensive coordinator in 2012 and 2013.

Clark and his wife, Tammy, reside in Clinton, Pa.

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ROBERT MORRIS

2020 FOOTBALL NUMERICAL ROSTER #

Name

Pos. Ht.

Wt.

Yr.

1

Tavin Harville

DB

195

R-Sr.

Detroit, Mich. / Dakota

RB

5-9

165

R-Jr.

Englewood, N.J. / Paramus Catholic

S

6-0

190

R-Jr.

Punta Gorda, Fla. / Charlotte Punta Gorda, Fla. / Charlotte (McNeese State)

6-1

Hometown / High School (Previous School)

2

Alijah Jackson

4

Jacob White

5

D’Andre Hicks

WR

5-11

180

R-Jr.

6

Jordan Johnson

RB

5-10

215

Jr.

Plantation, Fla. / American Heritage

7

Geno Pellegrini

QB

6-0

165

So.

Charleroi, Pa. / Charleroi Area

8

James Westry

WR

5-9

170

Fr.

Newark, N.J. / Hillside

9

Demonte Martin

WR

6-5

210

So.

Wrightsville, Pa. / Eastern York

10

Daevon Robinson

WR

6-3

225

Jr.

Medford, N.J. / Shawnee (Rutgers)

11

Jalen Thomas

DB

6-0

170

Fr.

Sunrise, Fla. / Piper

12

Ceneca Espinoza

S

6-1

215

R-Sr.

13

AJ Darr

QB

6-1

200

Fr.

Leesburg, Va. / Riverside

14

Cole Bouve

QB

6-4

190

Fr.

Corpus Christi, Texas / Flour Bluff

15

Bryce Bevins

WR 6-0

185

R-Fr.

17

George Martin

QB

6-4

225

R-Jr.

Monongahela, Pa. / Ringgold

18

Jerry Hanks Jr.

WR 6-4

185

R-Sr.

Kansas City, Kan. / Leavenworth

19

Euline Lorenzo

S

6-1

180

Fr.

West Columbia, S.C. / Palmetto Prep Academy

20

Dakarai Cabell

DB

6-1

195

Fr.

Fort Lauderdale, Fla. / Dillard

21

Sydney Audiger

DB 5-10

175

Jr.

Tamarac, Fla. / Piper (Ellsworth C.C.)

22

Jake Kupchella

QB

6-3

196

So.

Russell, Pa. / Warren Area

23

Qu’ran Powe

DB

5-9

170

R-Jr.

24

Jonathan Wynn

RB

5-10

175

So.

Leonardtown, Md. / St. Mary’s Ryken Corona, Calif. / Centennial (Fullerton College)

Washington, D.C. / Washington & Lee (Liberty)

Vero Beach, Fla. / John Carroll

Pittsburgh, Pa. / Keystone Oaks

25

Reggie Whitfield

DB

5-11

175

Jr.

26

Alek Kwasniewski

DB

6-0

190

R-Jr.

27

Tawfiq Smalley

DB 5-10

165

Fr.

Philadelphia, Pa. / Simon Gratz

Kings Mill, Ohio / Kings

28

Brandon Walker

S

6-1

185

Fr.

Germantown, Md. / Northwest

29

Darrell Mason

LB

6-1

205

Jr.

Pittsburgh, Pa. / Penn Hills

30

Devyn Charles

DL

5-11

210

Sr.

Riverside, Calif. / Redlands

31

Matthew Larks

DB 5-10

165

R-Jr.

32

Amauri Floyd

LB

5-11

170

Fr.

Miami, Fla. / North Miami Beach

33

Amir Jordan

RB

5-8

175

So.

Clinton, Md. / The Avalon School

Vallejo, Calif. / Benicia

34

Aaron Green

LB

6-0

190

So.

Gaithersburg, Md. / Quince Orchard

35

Colyn Webster

DB

6-2

190

Fr.

Leonardtown, Md. / St. Mary’s Ryken

36

Aniello Buzzacco

LB

6-1

230

Jr.

North Lima, Ohio / South Range

37

David Swartzentruber

RB

5-10 180

R-Fr.

Lexington, Ky. / Paul Lawrence Dunbar

38

Quamir Jenkins

RB

5-10 180

Fr.

Syracuse, N.Y. / Syracuse High School

39

Jacob Thomas

DB

6-3

190

40

Garret Fairman

DE

6-2

230 R-So.

Brady Ours

LB

6-2 200

41

R-Jr.

Jr.

Pittsburgh, Pa. / Brentwood Pleasant Hills, Pa. / Thomas Jefferson Keyser, W. Va. / Keyser Continued on next page

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Wt.

Yr.

Hometown / High School (Previous School)

42

#

Matthew Holmes

Name

Pos. Ht. DE

6-2

250

Sr.

Imperial, Pa. / West Allegheny

43

Josh Dahl

RB

5-11

210

Jr.

Orchard Park, N.Y. / Orchard Park (Fork Union)

44

Olivier Pageotte-Andre

LB

6-0

215

Jr.

Saint Augustine, Fla. / Bartram Trail

46

Nick Lindelow

K

5-8

165

Fr.

King of Prussia, Pa. / Upper Merion

47

Mike Benson

K

6-3

190

Jr.

Jackson, Ohio / Jackson

48

Ethan Frenchik

WR 6-0

186

So.

Monroeville, Pa. / Gateway

49

Nick Bisceglia

K

5-11

170

Sr.

New Kensington, Pa. / Kiski Area

50

Eric McAllister

OL

6-1

280

R-Sr.

Pittsburgh, Pa. / Central Catholic

51

Tiheem Crocker

LB

5-11

205

So.

Glenwood, N.J. / Blair Academy

52

Mason Washington

LB

6-0 205

Fr.

Dublin, Ohio / St. Francis DeSales

53

Jamar Shegog

LB

6-1

230

R-Fr.

54

Michael Allain

DE

6-4

255

Jr.

Acton, Ontario / Mercyhurst Prep

Pittsburgh, Pa. / Seton LaSalle

55

Daunte Boudy

DT

6-3

275

Jr.

Vail, Ariz. / Cienega (Scottsdale C.C.)

56

Cole Perry

LB

5-10 200

So.

Charleroi, Pa. / Charleroi Area

57

Ike Schannauer

OL

6-2

260

Sr.

West Lawn, Pa. / Wilson (Phoenix College)

58

EJ Olexa

DL

6-2

190

Fr.

Coraopolis, Pa. / Our Lady of Sacred Heart

59

Alex Colangelo

DL

6-1

260

Fr.

Medina, Ohio / St. Edward

60

Trevor Renfro

OL

6-3

280

Jr.

Peoria, Ariz. / Centennial (Mesa)

61

Trevor Hicks

OL

6-5

295

Sr.

Washington Courthouse, Ohio / Washington

63

Donovan Bair

OL

6-1

250

Fr.

Dillsburg, Pa. / Northern York

64

Diego Turcios

OL

6-3 300

Fr.

Germantown, Md. / Quince Orchard

65

Riley Kemper

OL

6-4

280

Fr.

Burgettstown, Pa. / Burgettstown Area

66

Matt Humphreys

DE

6-0

232

So.

Ray, Ohio / Jackson

67

Kyle Wittenrich

LS

5-11

210

Fr.

Cuba, N.Y. / Cuba-Rushford

68

Henry Cates

DL

6-6

245

Fr.

Manhattan, N.Y. / Brooklyn Tech

69

Hayden Baron

OL

6-3

270

Fr.

Perryopolis, Pa. / Belle Vernon

70

Keivon Anderson

DL

6-1

275

Fr.

Windsor Mill, Md. / Loyola Blakefield

71

Bussy Remaley

OL

6-3

275

R-Jr.

72

Spencer Goldberg

OL

6-4

310

Greensburg, Pa. / Hempfield

Jr.

Charlotte, N.C. / Plainview-Old Bethpage (Independence C.C.)

73

Jacob Wilson

LS

6-0 200

Jr.

Pittsford, N.Y. / Pittsford Mendon

74

Dylan Young

OL

6-4

305

Sr.

Coral Springs, Fla. / Taravella

76

Chucky Morris

OL

6-3

295

Jr.

Jackson, Ohio / Jackson

77

Brady Bithell

OL

6-5 300

Fr.

Saxton, Pa. / Bishop Guilfoyle

78

Adam Sedzmak

OL

6-5

305

R-Jr.

79

Anthony Youngo

LS

5-11

220

Fr.

80

Garrett Houser

WR 5-10 190

R-So.

Akron, Ohio / Archbishop Hoban

Chris Charles

WR

R-Fr.

Trenton, N.J. / Hamilton West

81

6-3 200

Struthers, Ohio / Struthers Harrison City, Pa. / Penn-Trafford

82

Mike Evans

WR 6-0

190

R-Fr.

Delmont, Pa. / Franklin Regional

83

Jackson Mayer

TE

215

Fr.

Saint John’s, Fla. / Bartram Trail

84

Erik Sherkel

WR 5-10 194

Sr.

Houtzdale, Pa. / Moshannon Valley

85

Jack Oedekoven

WR 6-4

190

Fr.

Erie, Pa. / Cathedral Prep

86

Dylan Smith

TE

6-1

200

Jr.

Camp Hill, Pa. / Mechanicsburg

87

Montavious Brini

TE

6-0 230

So.

Pembroke Pines, Fla. / IMG Academy

88

Marcus Ademilola

TE

6-4

6-3

245

R-Sr.

Jackson, N.J. / Jackson Memorial (Bucknell)

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Name

Pos. Ht.

Wt.

Yr.

Hometown / High School (Previous School)

89

#

Sam English

WR 5-10 190

Fr.

Columbus, Ohio / Worthington Kilbourne

90

Joshua Sweat

DL

Fr.

Accokeek, Md. / Oxon Hill

91

Pete Matthews

K

92

Bryce Fontana

DE

6-1

270

R-Jr.

Vail, Ariz. / Cienega (Scottsdale)

93

George Souders III

P

6-5

195

Jr.

Waynesboro, Pa. / Waynesboro

94

Alex Avakian

DE

6-1

245

Sr.

Apache Junction, Ariz. / Apache Junction

95

Ricardo Watson

DL

6-0 250

96

Victor Solarin

DL

6-1

250

6-2

260

5-10 200 R-So.

R-Fr.

Newburgh, N.Y. / Newburgh

Tampa, Fla. / Armwood (Florida State)

Sr.

Newark, N.J. / Barringer (Orange Coast) Ewa Beach, Hawaii / St. Francis (Pima)

97

Supilani Mailei

DE

6-1

295

Sr.

98

Izon Pulley

DL

6-4

275

R-Jr.

99

Ezra Tupuola

DL

6-0 308

Sr.

Germantown, Md. / Our Lady of Good Counsel Laie, Hawaii / Kahuku High and Intermediate

DUPLICATE JERSEY #’S # 31

Name Ryan Moore

Pos. Ht.

Wt.

Yr.

Hometown / High School (Previous School)

TE

6-2

190

Fr.

McMurray, Pa. / Peters Township

35

Parker Fetterman

WR

5-9

165

Fr.

Findlay, Ohio / Findlay

38

Jackson Stefanelli

WR

5-8

175

Fr.

Rockville, Md. / Our Lady of Good Counsel

46

Feyisayo Oluleye

WR

6-2

185

Fr.

Harrisburg, Pa. / Bishop McDevitt

47

Mason Miller

DL

6-2

220

Fr.

Tamaqua, Pa. / Marian Catholic

76

Sam Santoro

DL

6-1

225

Fr.

Mars, Pa. / Mars Area

79

Chase Nicomatti

DE

6-2 200

Fr.

McKeesport, Pa. / South Allegheny

91

Bernadin Fleurima

DL

6-0 260

Fr.

Valley Stream, N.Y. / Valley Stream North (Fork Union)

COACHING STAFF Head Coach (position; season at RMU; alma mater) • Bernard Clark Jr. (third season as head coach, third at RMU; Miami ’89) Assistant Coaches (position; season at RMU; alma mater) • Rod Holder (associate head coach / offensive line; third season at RMU; Miami ’90) • Gabe Luvara (offensive coordinator / quarterbacks; third season at RMU; IUP ’01) • Dave Plungas (assistant head coach / defensive coordinator / linebackers; third season at RMU; Albany ’13) • Nick Alaimalo (run game coordinator; second season at RMU; New Mexico Highlands ’08) • Greg Hardin (receivers; third season at RMU; North Dakota ’14) • John Faircloth (defensive run game coordinator / defensive line; third season at RMU; Mars Hill ’12) • Delbert Tyler (tight ends / recruiting coordinator; third season at RMU; Hampton ’14) • Bart Tanski (safeties; third season at RMU; Bowling Green ’13) • Glenn Davis (defensive pass game coordinator / cornerbacks; second season at RMU; South Florida ’01) • Mason Werner (football data analyst; second season at RMU; West Liberty ’14) • Donnie Militzer (defensive quality control; third season at RMU; Robert Morris ’04) • Rahsaan Laurel (defensive assistant; first season at RMU; Bowling Green ’18) • Jacob Bayha (defensive assistant/assistant linebackers; first season at RMU; Washington & Jefferson ’17) • Jim D’Aniello (assistant offensive line; second season at RMU; Robert Morris ’17) • Maggie Nicolella (assistant to the head coach; first season at RMU; Robert Morris ’19) Strength and Conditioning • Rob Day (strength and conditioning; third season at RMU; Lynchburg ’12)

— PRONUNCIATION GUIDE — #14 Cole Bouvé – boo-VAY | #1 Tavin Harville – TAY-vin #23 Qu’ran Powe – KERR-on | #26 Alek Kwasniewski – KWAS-nez-ski #36 Aniello Buzzacco – ah-NELL-oh | #44 Olivier Pageotte-Andre – oh-LIVE-ee-aye PAH-zhott on-DRAY #49 Nick Bisceglia – bih-SEG-lee-ah | #54 Michael Allain – ah-LANE #55 Daunte Boudy – BO-dee | #71 Bussy Remaley – ri-MAY-lee #78 Adam Sedzmak – SAIDS-mack | #85 Jack Oedekoven – O-duh-KO-ven #98 Izon Pulley – EYE-zonn

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2000 NORTHEAST CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS

Perfection.

Not many programs have the opportunity to throw that word around, but the 2000 RMU football team has it tucked away safely in its pocket.

Twenty years ago the Colonials put together the only undefeated season in the history of the RMU department of athletics, claiming their fifth consecutive Northeast Conference championship by going a perfect 10-0.

The season wasn’t without drama.

The first test of the year came in midOctober when the Colonials traveled to Dayton. Entering the game with a 4-0 mark and having outscored its opponents, 159-27, to that point, RMU had never won at Welcome Stadium. Trailing, 6-0, entering the second half, the Colonials fell behind, 13-3, with 5:03 to play in the third quarter after a one-yard run from David George gave the Flyers the double-digit advantage.

RMU responded on its next possession, as a 67-yard kickoff return by Opio Gary set up a 15-yard touchdown run from Dante Settles to close the deficit to 13-10. The Colonials went ahead for good, 17-13, on a five-yard touchdown run early in the fourth quarter from Nick Daniel, and Joe Austin sealed

the victory with by intercepting Dayton quarterback Kelly Spiker at the RMU fiveyard line with 1:29 remaining.

Two weeks later, again on the road, the Colonials erased a 14-point deficit in the fourth quarter to earn a 38-31 overtime win over Wagner on Staten Island. RMU tied the game, 31-31, with 3:46 left in regulation when quarterback Tim Levcik hit tight end Brent Hockenberry for a 23-yard touchdown pass. Levick followed with a two-point conversation by hitting Nick Daniel in the end zone, sending the game to overtime.

In the extra period, Daniel scored from six yards out to push the Colonials in front, and Wagner couldn’t capitalize on its possession.

The big play came on second-and-nine from the RMU 24-yard line, when Jemond Riffe sacked quarterback Aaron Smith for a 14yard loss.

The following week, the Colonials won another game in the fourth quarter. Trailing at Sacred Heart, 20-17, midway through the final period, Levcik again connected with Hockenberry for a huge touchdown, as his 12-yard strike put RMU in front for good, 2420. RMU sealed the win when Nick Downs posted a 58-yard interception return for a touchdown.

The win over the Pioneers set up the final home game of the season at Moon Stadium against Albany. In the highest scoring game ever in program history to that point, the two teams combined for 77 points, with the Colonials posting a 43-34 triumph as Levcik finished 18-for-35 passing for 302 yards and two touchdowns. Levcik hooked up with Hockenberry for another key score in the fourth quarter, as an 18-yard touchdown pass with 8:01 left concluded the scoring.

The win over the Great Danes left just one game between RMU and a perfect season.

Traveling to New York, the Colonials left no doubt, rolling to a 36-6 victory over Stony Brook to claim their fifth straight NEC title, including third outright.

RMU averaged 36.5 points per game during its perfect campaign while also holding opponents to just two touchdowns a contest. Levcik was named the 2000 NEC Offensive Player of the Year and was one of 13 Colonials to earn All-NEC honors, the most in a single season in program history.

Hockenberry, meanwhile, was tabbed the 2000 NEC Offensive Rookie of the Year.

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NICK DOWNS

TIM LEVCIK

2000 Results Date

Opponent

Result

9/2

BUFFALO STATE

W, 30-20

9/16

MONMOUTH *

W, 23-7

9/30

@ Saint Francis *

W, 63-0

10/7

@ St. John’s *

W, 43-6

10/14 @ Dayton

All-NEC First Team Name

W, 17-13

10/21 CENTRAL CONNECTICUT * W, 41-3 10/28 @ Wagner *

W, 38-31 (OT)

11/4

W, 31-20

@ Sacred Heart *

11/11

ALBANY *

W, 43-34

11/18

@ Stony Brook *

W, 36-6

Pos.

Jeff Carlo................................................... PK Sam Dorsett.............................................. RB Nick Downs............................................... DB Opio Gary.................................................. WR, KR Matt Grayson............................................ DL Brad Kirit.................................................... DL Tim Levcik.................................................. QB Mark Leyenaar......................................... OL Pat Linberg................................................ OL Ray Thomas.............................................. DB

* NEC Game

All-NEC Second Team Name

Pos.

Brent Hockenberry................................ TE Jemond Riffe............................................ LB Kevin Wachhaus..................................... OL

BRENT HOCKENBERRY

SAM DORSETT

NEC Postseason Awards NEC Offensive Player of the Year QB Tim Levcik (Jr.) NEC Offensive Rookie of the Year TE Brent Hockenberry (Fr.) — 25 —

2010 NORTHEAST CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS

Exactly 10 years after claiming the last of five consecutive Northeast Conference championships, Robert Morris returned to the top of the NEC in 2010 by posting an overall record of 8-3, including a 7-1 mark in league play.

The NEC regular-season title was significant, as it was the first year that the conference had an automatic bid to the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) Playoffs.

Despite opening the season with a 28-14 setback on the road at Dayton, the Colonials rebounded in their 2010 NEC opener in dramatic fashion, posting a 35-31 victory at Sacred Heart. After falling behind, 31-28, with just 59 seconds left, quarterback Jeff Sinclair engineered a five-play, 60-yard drive that was capped with an eight-yard touchdown pass to tight end Shadrae King to help lift Robert Morris to the victory.

The next week, playing its first home game of the season against nationally-ranked Liberty, RMU again won in dramatic fashion, as running back Myles Russ scored on a 12yard run with 22 seconds to play to lead the Colonials to a 30-23 win over the Flames.

The two wins seemed to bolster Robert Morris, as it began a streak of eight straight

victories that helped the Colonials clinch a share of the 2010 NEC regular-season title as well as the league’s inaugural berth to the NCAA FCS Playoffs.

Road victories at Wagner and Saint Francis followed RMU’s home win over Liberty, and one of the most dramatic wins of the year came Oct. 9, 2010, at Joe Walton Stadium against Monmouth.

Nursing a 17-10 advantage in the fourth quarter, the Hawks used a 15-play, 88-yard drive that was capped by an eight-yard touchdown pass from Kyler Frazier to Chris Hogan with 1:38 to play. However, Eric Spillane missed the extra point, keeping the Colonials in front, 17-16.

On the ensuing kickoff, the Hawks recovered the on-side kick and drove to the Robert Morris 11-yard line before calling timeout with six seconds left. Spillane came on to try and lift Monmouth to the victory, but his 28-yard field goal attempt was blocked by defensive lineman Cory Nolton, allowing the Colonials to earn the victory.

Just under a month later, again at Joe Walton Stadium, RMU and Central Connecticut State battled for the right to earn the league’s inaugural berth to the NCAA FCS Playoffs, with the Colonials

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jumping out to a 28-10 advantage en route to a 42-24 victory.

The Colonials eventually traveled to Fargo, N.D., to take on North Dakota State in the first round of the NCAA FCS Playoffs. RMU held a 7-6 halftime lead before the Bison erupted for 23 points in the fourth quarter to turn a one-possession game into a 43-17 victory.

During the championship campaign, running back Myles Russ became the program’s all-time leading rusher, finishing the season with 4,271 rushing yards. Russ was named the NEC Offensive Player of the Year, while linebacker Alex DiMichele took home NEC Defensive Player of the Year accolades and Joe Walton earned his fourth NEC Coach of the Year award.

NEC Postseason Awards NEC Offensive Player of the Year RB Myles Russ (Sr.) NEC Defensive Player of the Year LB Alex DiMichele (Sr.) NEC Coach of the Year Joe Walton

All-NEC First Team Name

Pos.

Alex DiMichele......................................... LB Shadrae King............................................ TE Corey Konycki.......................................... OL Michael Landers...................................... DB Elias Navarro............................................ LB Nolan Nearhoof....................................... DL Myles Russ................................................. RB Nick Schirtzinger.................................... P Jeff Sinclair............................................... QB

All-NEC Second Team Name

2010 Results Date

Opponent

Result

9/4

@ Dayton

L, 14-28

9/11

@ Sacred Heart *

W, 35-31

9/18

#15 LIBERTY

W, 30-23

9/25

@ Wagner *

W, 30-9

10/2

@ Saint Francis *

W, 35-14

10/9

MONMOUTH *

W, 17-16

10/16 ALBANY *

W, 38-0

10/30 DUQUESNE *

W, 34-11

Pos.

Carlos Andrade ...................................... OL Rolf Bathold ............................................ DB Logan Miles .............................................. OL

11/6

CENTRAL CONNECTICUT *

W, 42-24

11/13

@ Bryant *

L, 21-27

11/27

@ #25 North Dakota State # L, 17-43

* NEC Game; # NCAA FCS Playoffs

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