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TIME
12 P.M.
Jan. 11
at Providence*
1 p.m.
at West Virginia !
7 p.m.
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MARQUETTE* (BEDN)
7 P.M.
Nov. 22
at Penn State !
7 p.m.
JAN. 18
DEPAUL*
2 P.M.
NOV. 26
KENNESAW STATE
12 P.M.
Jan. 23
at Villanova* (FS1)
7 p.m.
NOV. 29
SAINT PETERS ^
12 P.M.
Jan. 25
at Georgetown*
NOV. 30
SAINT JOSEPH’S ^
2:30 P.M.
FEB. 1
ST. JOHN’S*
2 P.M.
Dec. 3
at Creighton * (FS1)
8 p.m.
FEB. 6
PROVIDENCE* (FS1)
7 P.M.
Dec. 5
at Fordham
7 p.m.
FEB. 8
CREIGHTON*
2 P.M.
DEC. 7
LAFAYETTE
2 P.M.
Feb. 13
at DePaul* (BEDN)
8 p.m.
DEC. 9
ILLINOIS (BEDN)
7 P.M.
Feb. 15
at Marquette*
3 p.m.
DEC. 18
FAIRFIELD
7 P.M.
FEB. 20
GEORGETOWN* (BEDN)
7 P.M.
DEC. 19
NJIT
7 P.M.
FEB. 22
VILLANOVA*
2 P.M.
DEC. 28
GEORGIA (BEDN)
2 P.M.
Feb. 27
at Xavier*
7 p.m.
DEC. 30
BUTLER*
7 P.M.
March 1
at Butler*
1 p.m.
Jan. 2
at St. John’s* (CBSSN)
6 p.m.
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XAVIER*
7 P.M.
SHUPIRATES.COM
12 p.m.
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Seton Hall University
26 Janee Johnson
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New York City
28 Daisha Simmons
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Team Spirit
30 Ka-Deidre Simmons
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Walsh Gymnasium
32 Chizoba Ekedigwe
10 Seton Hall Athletics History
34 Aleesha Powell
11 The BIG EAST Conference
36 Bra’Shey Ali
12 President A. Gabriel Esteban
38 Tiffany Jones
13 Director of Athletics Patrick Lyons
40 Jordan Mosley
14 Pirate Blue Athletic Fund
42 Tabatha Richardson-Smith
15 2014-15 Coaching Staff
44 Kathleen Egan
16 Head Coach Anthony Bozzella
46 Lubirdia Gordon
18 Assistant Coach Stephanie Oliver
48 Tara Inman
19 Assistant Coach Lauren DeFalco
50 Teresa Kucera
20 Assistant Coach Tiffany Jones-Smart
52 Samantha Bozzella
21 Director of Basketball Operations Marissa Flagg
54 Claire Lundberg
56 Jordan Molyneaux
Director of Player Development Nick DiPillo
22 Graduate Assistant Alexandra Maseko
58 Center for Sports Medicine
Video Coordinator Intern Allison Skrec
Women’s Basketball Support Staff
59 Academic Advising
Strength & Conditioning
23 2014-15 Seton Hall Women’s Basketball Roster
24 Meet the Pirates
60 Building a Championship Tradition
H.A.L.L. Program
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For the Mind
We offer more than 60 majors and
concentrations taught by 860 full-time faculty, in fiveundergraduate schools with practical, real-world emphasis.
For the Heart
We offer a compassionate, divers and
collaborative environment that focuses on academic and ethical development.
For the Spirit
Our faith and spiritual commitments
inspire faculty to educate students to become servant leaders in their personal and professional lives, in their community and in their global society.
In our valued-centered curricula,
programs and extracurricular activities,
SETON HALL CAMPUS Seton Hall University is a major Catholic university. In a diverse
of the individual. Our graduates continue to prove themselves as leaders in their professions and communities. Seton Hall
and collaborative environment, it focuses on academic and ethical
gives you all the resources you would find
development. Seton Hall students are prepared to be leaders in
in a large university. But, with only 5,200
their professional and community lives in a global society and are challenged by outstanding faculty, an evolving technologically advanced setting and values-centered curricula.
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we focus on academics and devleopment
undergraduates and a 15:1 student-faculty ratio, you get the personal attention of a small liberal arts college.
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MAJORS AT SETON HALL College of Arts and Sciences Africana Studies Anthropology Art Education Art History Asian Studies Biochemistry Biology Biomedical Engineering Broadcasting, Visual and Interactive Media Catholic Studies Chemical Engineering Chemistry Civil Engineering Classical Studies Communication Studies Computer Engineering Computer Science Creative Writing Criminal Justice Economics Electrical Engineering English Environmental Studies Fine Art French German Graphic, Interactive and Advertising Design History Industrial Engineering Italian Studies Italian Journalism and Public Relations Latin American and Latino/Latina Studies Liberal Studies Mathematics Mechanical Engineering Modern Languages Music/Music Education Music Performance Philosophy Physics (B.A.) Physics (B.S.) Political Science Pre-Dental Pre-Law
Pre-Medical Pre-Optometry Pre-Veterinary Psychology Religious Studies Russian Social and Behavioral Sciences Social Work Sociology Spanish Theatre and Performance Women and Gender Studies Stillman School of Business Accounting Business Administration Economics Finance Leadership Studies Legal Studies Management Information Systems Management Marketing Sport Management Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations Diplomacy and International Relations College of Education and Human Services Integrated Early Childhood, Elementary and Special Education Secondary Education Secondary and Special Education Elementary and Special Education with an M.S. in Speech Language Pathology School of Health and Medical Sciences Athletic Training Occupational Therapy Physical Therapy Physician Assistant College of Nursing Nursing Nursing for R.N. R.N. to B.S.N. (Online) Accelerated Nursing Program Second Degree Nursing Program
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NEW YORK CITY Seton Hall’s campus sits just 14 miles away from the heart of New York City and with a student-discounted New Jersey Transit ticket students are just a 30-minute train ride away from Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan. From there, train, bus or walk to the neighborhood of your choice. Time’s Square’s Theater District: plays and musicals. Upper Fifth Avenue, dubbed Museum Mile; venerable institutions like the Metropolitan and the Guggenheim. Visit the Empire State Building or the Statue of Liberty or head downtown to check out the financial district. Shop on Fifth Avenue or sample some of the greatest restaurants in the United States. 6
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NEW YORK PRO SPORTS TEAMS
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PIRATE SPIRIT What’s in a Name? On April 29, 1931 Seton Hall was trailing regional power Holy Cross by four runs in the ninth inning before a five run rally gave SHU the win and handed Holy Cross their first loss in four years. The outcome prompted a local sportswriter in attendance to exclaim, “This Seton Hall team is a gang of Pirates!” Upon hearing of the proclamation after the game, the SHU team decided that their newfound name was fitting, and that they would return to South Orange and be known as the Pirates thereafter. In many ways, the origin of the Pirate nickname is representative of the Seton Hall spirit. On that New England afternoon, the original gang of Pirates did not shy away in the face of adversity. Instead, they continued forward, rising to the occasion and emerging victorious. BIG EAST Conference Seton Hall University has been a proud member of the BIG EAST Conference since 1979, when it helped charter the league as one of seven founding members, along with Boston College, Connecticut, Georgetown, Providence, St. John’s and Syracuse; all prestigious college rich in both athletic and academic tradition. Since Seton Hall joined the BIG EAST as a proud founding member more than thirty years ago, SHU has seen all of its athletic programs grow in national prominence.
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Alma Mater Originally written by Charles A. Byrne in 1936, the Seton Hall University Alma Mater was officially adopted by the University in 1937 when the dean read it before the student body. The original music was composed by Nicola A. Montani and was revised by Walter Cohrssen in 1978. A new choral and brass arrangement was added by John Nowik in 2000. The alma mater is frequently sung at Seton Hall men’s and women’s basketball games and it is tradition for the song to be performed after each game. Fight Song Although there is no known date for the publishing of the most modern version of the Seton Hall University fight song, the cheer represents a culmination of a number of SHU chants and cheers dating all the way back to the 1920’s. The earliest version of the modern fight song dates back to that era of the 1920 just as athletics were becoming an important tradition in South Orange. One chant closely resembles today’s battle cry.
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WALSH GYM As the home court of the women’s basketball team, historic Walsh Gymnasium seats 2,600 fans in an on-campus setting. The recently renovated women’s basketball offices, team locker room and Walsh lobby give the facility a modern feel while honoring the gymnasium’s long-standing tradition. Walsh Gym, like Seton Hall’s library, is named for Rev. Thomas J. Walsh, Fifth Bishop of Newark and former President of the Board of Trustees.
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SETON HALL ATHLETICS NOTABLE ALUMNI Dick Vitale Sports Broadcaster Bob Ley Sports Broadcaster Sports Broadcaster Bill Raftery Andrew Valmon U.S. Olympian/Olympic Track Coach Mark Bryant Former NBA Player / Oklahoma City Thunder Asst. Coach Craig Biggio Former Major League Baseball Player Mo Vaughn Former Major League Baseball Player Samuel Dalembert NBA Player Adrian Griffin Former NBA Player
1882 Seton Hall and St. John’s (which eventually changed its name to Fordham) met for the first football game played between two Catholic affiliated colleges.
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1952 Andy Stanfield wins gold medals in the 100-meter and 200-meter dash at the Summer Olympic Games. He won two more gold medals at the 1956 games.
1991 The men’s basketball team won its first BIG EAST title and advanced to the NCAA Elite Eight for the second time in three seasons.
2001 For the first time since 1987 the SHU baseball team won the BIG EAST title, defeating Virginia Tech 5-2 in the championship game.
1953 The men’s basketball team defeated St. John’s University to win the NIT Championship, finishing the year with a 31-2 mark and ranked No. 2 in the nation.
1992 The men’s golf team edged Providence and Connecticut by a single stroke to win the first BIG EAST Championship in program history.
2004 The softball program began a two-year reign at the top of the BIG EAST thanks to a dominant pitching performance from Megan Meyer. The Pirates beat Notre Dame, 5-2, in the conference champion-ship game.
1979 On May 31, 1979, the BIG EAST Conference was formally introduced with Seton Hall as one of the founding members of the prestigious conference.
1993 One of the finest years in Seton Hall history, the men’s basketball team won the BIG EAST Championship while the men’s indoor track & field team captured its fourth conference title and the women’s outdoor track & field team won a BIG EAST Championship for the first time.
1982 Led once again by future Olympian Derrick Peynado, the men’s indoor track & field team repeated as BIG EAST Champions. 1986 Ian Hennessy was named the Most Outstanding Player at the BIG EAST Championship as the Pirates beat Syracuse, 3-2, to win their first men’s soccer conference crown.
1931 Seton Hall received its nickname following a baseball game at Holy Cross, when after the SHU squad erased a late deficit a sportswriter in attendance proclaimed the team was a “gang of Pirates!” The moniker followed the team back to South Orange and Seton Hall has been known as the Pirates ever since.
1987 The Pirates won the BIG EAST baseball and men’s soccer titles, with future major leaguers Maurice Vaughn, Craig Biggio and John Valentin leading on the diamond and Hennessy repeating at the conference championship Player of the Year for men’s soccer.
1940 Seton Hall defeated North Carolina and modern-day BIG EAST foe Notre Dame to capture the National Intercollegiate Fencing Championship.
1988 The men’s soccer team completed its hat trick, winning its third-straight BIG EAST Championship, this time under first-year head coach Manfred Schellscheidt.
1941 The Seton Hall fencing team posted a perfect 15-0 record en route to defending their fencing national title.
1989 The men’s basketball team turned in the finest season in school history advancing to the NCAA Championship game where it fell to Michigan in an 80-79 heartbreaker.
1994 The women’s basketball team finished as the BIG EAST runner-up and advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16 for the first time in program history, winning a program-best 27 games that season. The women’s track & field team won the BIG EAST indoor title. 1995 Seton Hall women’s basketball was the conference runner-up for a second-straight season and played into the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The Seton Hall wrestling program finished 18th in the nation. 1996 For a third-straight season the Pirates advanced to the BIG EAST Championship game, losing a tight contest to Notre Dame, 69-58. 2000 With Eugene Smith winning top individual honors the men’s golf team won its second BIG EAST title while the men’s basketball team made a captivating run to the Sweet 16.
2005 Megan Meyer earned BIG EAST Softball Championship Most Outstanding Player honors for a second-straight season as the Pirates repeated as conference champs. Meyer went on to earn Third-Team All-America honors. 2011 The baseball team returned to the top of the BIG EAST by beating St. John’s, 4-2, to complete a perfect conference tournament and secure its third BIG EAST title. 2013 Seven members of the BIG EAST Conference join with Creighton University, Butler University and Xavier University to forge a partnership with the goal of continuing the great tradition the BIG EAST Conference was founded on more than 30 years earlier. 2014 The Seton Hall women’s basketball team enjoyed its best season in nearly 20 years, posting a 20-14 overall record and advancing to the WNIT Third Round. It was the first postseason berth for the Pirates since 2007, and the first 20-win season since 1995.
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THE BIG EAST CONFERENCE The brainchild of former Providence College men’s basketball coach and athletic director Dave Gavitt, the BIG EAST Conference became a reality on May 31, 1979, as Providence, St. John’s, Georgetown, Syracuse, Seton Hall, Connecticut and Boston College formed the original seven-school alliance. While the membership has evolved, the focus of the BIG EAST has not wavered. The conference reflects a tradition of broad-based programs, led by administrators and coaches who place a steadfast emphasis on academic integrity. In 2012, the seven BIG EAST schools that do not compete in FBS football decided to return to the type of conference alignment that existed when Gavitt helped form the league in 1979 and quickly surged to national prominence as a college basketball force. On December 15, 2012, these seven institutions (DePaul University, Georgetown University, Marquette University, Providence College, St. John’s University, Seton Hall University and Villanova University) announced their intention to separate from the football-playing schools in the previous BIG EAST and form an independent association. On March 20, 2013, the seven schools reached an agreement that enabled them to keep the BIG EAST name and establish a new conference entity beginning on July 1, 2013. The schools also assumed the old conference’s long-term agreement with Madison Square Garden to host the BIG EAST Men’s Basketball Tournament, one of the premier events in college athletics. The schools also announced the addition of three distinguished institutions that share the same academic and athletic values -- Butler University, Creighton University and Xavier University -- and forged a landmark, long-term broadcast partnership with FOX Sports. FOX Sports and its recently established national cable network, FOX Sports 1, acquired the television rights to all BIG EAST contests in all sports in early 2013. The television agreement helped usher in the
new BIG EAST era by making the league accessible to a national audience with complete coverage of all BIG EAST men’s basketball regular-season and Tournament contests. A selection of regular-season women’s basketball games as well as the semifinals and final of the BIG EAST Tournament were all shown via the FOX Networks, which reaches 90 million homes. Soccer, lacrosse, softball and baseball also had their conference championships aired on the FOX Sports channels in 2013-14. Dividends were paid immediately as BIG EAST teams enjoyed a significant jump in the number of nationally televised games on their schedules, with many seen on countrywide broadcasts four times as frequently as seasons past. Starting in 2014-15, the BIG EAST and FOX Sports will launch a digital platform which will include 30 regular-season women’s basketball games and over 80 Olympic sport contests, including postseason championship coverage. Fans will be able to access the live broadcasts as well as feature content and highlights free of charge. BIG EAST institutions are located in seven of the nation’s top 35 largest media markets, including New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Indianapolis, Milwaukee and Cincinnati. Under the direction of Commissioner Val Ackerman, the BIG EAST moved its headquarters prior to the 2013-14 academic year from its original location in Providence, R.I., to Midtown Manhattan in New York City. Ackerman was named the BIG EAST’s fifth Commissioner on June 26, 2013, following Gavitt, the Conference’s first Commissioner who served until 1990, Michael Tranghese, John Marinatto and Mike Aresco. Tranghese was the league’s first fulltime employee and the right-hand man to Gavitt for 11 years, taking over for Gavitt as Commissioner until 2009. Marinatto was the third Commissioner of the BIG EAST, serving from 2009-2012, when he was succeeded by Aresco. It was with the BIG EAST’s founder and first commissioner in mind when Ackerman, who previ-
ously served as President of USA Basketball and was the founding President of the WNBA, teamed with Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany to establish the Gavitt Tipoff Games. Beginning in 2015-16, the Gavitt Tipoff Games will be an annual early-season series of eight men’s basketball games played between the two conferences. The BIG EAST will embark on its second year as a 10-team consortium in 2014-15. The league, which has always competed with integrity and sportsmanship at the highest levels of intercollegiate sports, began a new era in 2013-14, returning to its heritage, focusing athletically on basketball while forging into the future with leadership and vision. The 2013-14 academic year marked the BIG EAST’s first season since realignment. The conference crowned champions in 22 sports last year, the 35th season in its history, with its student-athletes achieving success in the classroom as well as the athletic arena. Eight different schools won regularseason titles, including first-year member Creighton, which claimed the baseball regular-season crown, and 10 different schools won BIG EAST postseason championships. Fellow newcomer Xavier won the BIG EAST Baseball Championship. Two BIG EAST teams and one individual performer won NCAA Championships in 2013-14, beginning with the Providence women’s cross country team. The Friars claimed their second national championship in program history, as three PC runners were tabbed All-Americans and 30th-year head coach Ray Treacy was named National Coach of the Year by the USTFCCCA. Affiliate member Connecticut won its third NCAA title in field hockey in 2013, with Nancy Stevens named NFHCA National Coach of the Year and Marie Elena Bolles National Player of the Year. Along with the Bluejays and Friars, Villanova and Xavier earned NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament bids, while on the women’s side, BIG EAST Tournament and regular-season champion DePaul punched its NCAA ticket, along with runner-up St. John’s. The
BIG EAST Women’s Basketball Tournament was held for the first time at Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Ill., as the Blue Demons claimed their first tourney title in league history in front of a hometown crowd. The triumphs enjoyed by the BIG EAST in 2013-14 add to an already illustrious legacy steeped in men’s basketball and expanded to other sports since the conference’s founding. BIG EAST men’s basketball teams have enjoyed extraordinary success over the years. Georgetown, Marquette and Villanova have won the national championship, and DePaul, Providence, St. John’s and Seton Hall have all made it to the Final Four. The BIG EAST placed three men’s basketball teams in the Final Four in 1985 - Georgetown, St. John’s and Villanova -- the only time this has occurred in NCAA history. Over the past 11 years, Butler, Georgetown, Marquette and Villanova have each reached the Final Four, with Butler making two trips (in 2010 and 2011). Xavier has also advanced to the Elite Eight twice and the Sweet 16 three other times. BIG EAST student-athletes have achieved recent success in other sports, as well. A BIG EAST team has won the NCAA women’s cross country championship four of the last five years (Villanova won twice; Providence and Georgetown once), with one runner-up finish (Providence). Creighton’s men’s soccer team has reached the NCAA College Cup in two of the past three seasons. Since opening its doors in 1979, the league has won 36 national championships in six different sports, and 138 student-athletes have won individual national titles through 2013-14. The league has long been considered a leader in innovative concepts in promotion and publicity, particularly regarding television. Those efforts have resulted in unparalleled visibility for the conference and BIG EAST student-athletes. BIG EAST studentathletes sport significantly high graduation rates, and the league has always been able to boast that many of its best students are also its best athletes.
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A. GABRIEL ESTEBAN UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT
A. Gabriel Esteban was appointed 20th president of Seton Hall
University in January 2011, after serving as interim president for six months. He has charged the University’s more than 900 faculty and 1,800 employees and nearly 10,000 undergraduate and graduate students to aspire to excellence in scholarship and service and is committed to the institution’s 155-year Catholic mission. 12
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Starting in 2007, Esteban was provost and chief academic officer of Seton Hall. In that office, he oversaw eight colleges and schools, University libraries and enrollment services. He has spearheaded the University’s strategic planning and campus master plan initiatives, collaborated with faculty and academic leaders on enhancing and adding undergraduate and graduate programs, establishing academic priorities and strengthening the centrality of academics at Seton Hall. He has also led the strategic changes in the enrollment management and financial aid strategies that will position the University through the current economic environment. When he was chief academic officer, Seton Hall won more international faculty fellowships and student scholarships (including the firstever Rhodes Scholarship, as well as numerous Fulbrights) than ever before. Prior to his leadership positions at Seton Hall, Esteban was provost and dean of faculty at The University of Central Arkansas. Dr. Esteban also served as dean of the College of Business and tenured professor of marketing at the University of Central Arkansas. During that time he served as chairman of the Conway (Arkansas) Area Chamber of Commerce and of the Women’s Shelter for Central Arkansas. He was associate vice president of academic affairs at Arkansas Tech University and an assistant professor at the University of Houston-Victoria. Esteban was also a fulltime instructor at the College of Business Administration of the University of the Philippines. He received a doctorate in administration from the Graduate School of Management of the University of California at Irvine and a master of science in Japanese business studies from Chaminade University in Honolulu. Esteban earned a master of business administration and a bachelor of science in mathematics from the University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City. He also received specialized training in
leading transformation and change at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education in addition to private sector work experience in the Philippines and Japan. Currently, Dr. Esteban is a founding board member and vice chairman of the Asian Pacific Islander American Association of Colleges and Universities, a new national organization established to advocate on behalf of minority-serving institutions that have significant numbers of Asian American and Pacific Islander American students. Esteban has served American higher education in a number of national roles, including membership on the Accreditation Review Council of the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) and work as team chair and consultantevaluator. Since 2012 he has been a member of the Commission on Inclusion, American Council of Education (ACE). Esteban serves as a board member of the Asian American and Pacific Islander Research in Education (CARE) Commission and the Asian Pacific Americans in Higher Education (APAHE), and has been selected to serve on the national task force for Voluntary System for Accountability (VSA) sponsored by American Association of State Colleges and Universities. For the past seven years, he has been an invited speaker and faculty member of the Leadership Development Program for Higher Education offered by Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics held at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, California. Most recently, Dr. Esteban has been nominated to the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem. He received the Servant Leader Award from St. Paul’s Outreach in April 2014. He is the first lay president of Seton Hall in a generation and a devoted fan of Pirate athletic programs. He and his wife, Josephine, have a daughter, Ysabella, ’12, who is studying medicine at Creighton University.
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PATRICK G. LYONS DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS
Patrick G. Lyons was named Vice President and Director of Athletics and Recreational Services at Seton Hall University on February 22, 2011. Since his arrival, Lyons has been dedicated in his efforts to implement his vision for Seton Hall’s athletics and recreation department by introducing a number of initiatives designed to enhance the college experience for Seton Hall’s 14 NCAA Division I athletics programs and the student body as a whole. In Lyons’ three full years as Director of Athletics, the Pirate Blue Athletic Fund, Seton Hall’s athletic fundraising vehicle, experienced the most success in its history. Pirate Blue received record contributions in consecutive years to fund critical initiatives to help ensure the Pirates will remain competitive in the BIG EAST conference and at a national level. When Lyons arrived at Seton Hall, he established improvements and upgrades to the Pirates’ athletic and recreation facilities as a primary goal. Thanks in large part to contributions to Pirate
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Blue and a commitment from the University to make athletics and recreation a priority for the student-body, Seton Hall has begun a large number of those enhancements. Among the most elaborate of the projects was a two-tiered student fitness center that opened in January 2014. With the help of the Pride & Excellence Campaign, a fund raising initiative Lyons launched to support facility enhancements, several other projects have come to fruition. The men’s basketball locker room and women’s basketball coaching suite were each renovated during the 2011-12 academic year. In March 2013, Owen T. Carroll Field, home to Seton Hall’s baseball and soccer programs, received a state-of-the-art LED video scoreboard. Five months later, Seton Hall opened its new training room, a cutting-edge on-site medical facility for student-athletes that features three 14-foot in-ground Hydro Worx tubs. The Charles W. Doehler Academic Center for Excellence opened its doors in October 2013. The modernized space dedicated to academic advisement services for student-athletes doubled the size of the previous academic center. Construction is underway for 12 brand-new varsity locker rooms, creating a dedicated space for each athletic team for the first time ever. Also in development is a brand-new performance training center/varsity weight room relocated in a space three times larger than the existing facility. A brand new team video room built in an amphitheater style is the third piece to the latest phase of the Pride & Excellence Campaign. Committed to enhancing the student-athlete experience, as well as personal and professional development, Lyons was the driving force behind the introduction of the H.A.L.L. (Helping Athletes Learn to be Leaders) Program in 2013. Built on five components (Leadership Development, Student-Athlete Welfare Enhancement, Academic and Athletic Success Initiatives, Community Enrichment, Spiritual Growth), the H.A.L.L. Program’s mission is to serve as the catalyst that transforms high school graduates into student-athlete leaders, and then leaders in the professional world. Seton Hall student-athletes have enjoyed tremendous academic success during Lyons’ tenure as well. The cumulative grade point average for student-athletes is currently at an all-time high. In addition, over his three full years at The Hall 521 studentathletes have earned BIG EAST Academic All Star recognition; 159
in 2011-12 (68 percent of student-athlete population), 171 in 2012-13 (73 percent of student-athlete population) and 191 in 2013-14 (77 percent of student-athlete population). The Pirates have also experienced a number of on field successes since Lyons came to Seton Hall. The men’s basketball team finished the 2011-12 season with a 21-13 overall mark, matching the program’s highest win total since the 2003-04 season and advancing to the second round of the National Invitational Tournament. The baseball team captured the BIG EAST Championship at the conclusion of the 2011 season, the third in program history and first since 2001. In its fourth year as a program, the women’s golf team captured the 2014 BIG EAST Championship and appeared in its firstever NCAA Regional. The men’s and women’s swimming & diving teams also captured six BIG EAST individual titles in 2013-14, while baseball recorded its most wins (39) since 2000. Lyons has instituted a number of new events to help honor both its current and former student-athletes. In addition to the annual SAAC Student-Athlete Awards Banquet, Seton Hall held its first annual Senior Awards Banquet in 2011-12 as a way to recognize its graduating seniors. He also refined annual Seton Hall University Athletics Hall of Fame Enshrinement Ceremony by hosting it in conjunction with a golf tournament at the Fairmount Country Club in Chatham, N.J. Commemorating the 25th anniversary of the 1988-89 men’s basketball program’s run to the national championship game, the 2014 ceremony was held in Historic Walsh Gymnasium, marking the first team to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. Seton Hall’s student-athletes have exhibited success in a number of ways off playing field as well, through community service initiatives and professional development opportunities. The Pirates’ community outreach programs demonstrated outstanding involvement from every varsity program in the last three years, as Seton Hall’s student-athletes participated in an array of activities to benefit the community. Seton Hall also instituted an Annual Student-Athlete Leadership Forum, providing its student-athletes with a chance to learn from and meet speakers from across the sports landscape. Lyons arrived at Seton Hall after spending seven years as Iona College’s Director of Athletics, establishing its department as one of the top programs in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.
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He was the chief administrator for the Gaels’ 21 NCAA Division I athletics programs. Lyons’ student-athlete centered vision was incorporated into several initiatives at Iona. Working closely with the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), Lyons emphasized a community service element for all of Iona’s 400+ student-athletes and also displayed a deep commitment to student-athlete development and academic standards through additional support services and facilities in both the compliance and academic services offices. Lyons oversaw significant facility improvements at Iona, most notably the opening of the Hynes Athletics Center and the Judge Student-Athlete Academic Center in 2006. The Hynes building houses a recreation center that serves the entire Iona community. It contains a multi-purpose gymnasium, cardio and weight rooms, core and aerobic studios as well as an office are for the school’s Division I athletic programs. The Academic Center was equipped with the necessary tools to assist in achieving academic success and reaching their full potential in the classroom. As a coach, Lyons led the Iona golf team to its most successful four-year span. At the helm of the Gaels from 1998-02, he directed the squad to three MAAC Championships and earned a berth in the NCAA Golf Championship in each of his three seasons. The team also won eight tournaments while maintaining one of the highest GPA’s for any male team at Iona. Lyons also served as assistant hockey coach from 1997-2000. As the top assistant, Lyons expanded Iona’s recruiting base and helped guide the Gaels’ to the 1999 MAAC Hockey League Championship game. A native of Providence, R.I., Lyons was a two-sport standout in hockey and golf. One of the most prolific scorers in school history, Lyons tallied 80 goals and 90 assists during his 86-game career and led all of NCAA Division I hockey in goals per game during the 1995-96 season. He captained the golf team during his junior and senior seasons and in 1996, received the Joseph O’Connell award, given annually to Iona’s most outstanding student-athlete. In 1999, Lyons earned his master’s degree in teaching from Iona and earned an MBA from the Hagan School of Business in 2004. Lyons has also served as an adjunct professor in both the Biology department at Iona and the Sports Business Management program at Manhattanville College. Lyons is married to the former Rachel Cintolo, DNP, who is a member of the faculty at Rutgers University.
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PIRATE BLUE ATHLETIC FUND Recognizing Seton Hall University’s long and distinguished athletic history, the Pirate Blue Athletic Fund was founded in 1985 by Pirate legend Richie Regan ’53 as the University’s athletic fundraising vehicle. Through annual contributions, Pirate Blue enables the University to fund critical initiatives such as recruiting, travel, equipment, facilities, and academic advising. The funds raised through Pirate Blue are essential in allowing Seton Hall to remain competitive in the BIG EAST Conference. Pirate Blue members have a special connection to the Seton Hall athletic program, as they receive exclusive benefits and invitations, while also playing a key role in the continuing advancement of our student-athletes.
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JOSHUA KARP Assistant Director
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The 2013-14 season saw Bozzella lead the Pirates to a 20-14 overall record and a berth to the WNIT. The postseason appearance was just the sixth in program history and the first since 2007, and The Hall advanced to the third round of the tournament for the first time. Additionally, Seton Hall reached the 20-win plateau for the first time in 19 years and only the eighth time in school history and had a winning record for the first time since 2008-09. The Pirates posted an 8-10 record in BIG EAST play, dispatching Providence College in the first round of the BIG EAST Tournament to advance to the league quarterfinals for the first time since 2002. SHU saw three players receive All-BIG EAST accolades, the first time that happened since 1995. Bozzella’s fast-paced offensive system and exciting style of play led to a 71.1 ppg scoring average in 2013-14, the third-highest single-season scoring display in the program’s history. As a result SHU’s top-two scorers both ranked in the top-four in the league in scoring.
ANTHONY BOZZELLA HEAD COACH Anthony Bozzella begins his second season as the head women’s basketball coach at Seton Hall University after guiding the Pirates to one of the most successful campaigns in program history in just his first year at the helm.
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Bozzella, a 1989 graduate of Seton Hall University, is the fourth women’s basketball coach in Seton Hall history. He brought 21 years of collegiate head coaching experience to South Orange, spending the previous 11 seasons at Iona College in New Rochelle, N.Y., where he resurrected the Gaels’ program into a perennial contender in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Over his final eight seasons at Iona, Bozzella’s impact really began to take shape. During that stretch he posted a 138-116 overall record, reaching three MAAC title games and earning four WNIT berths over a seven-year span. With a 20-13 overall record in 2012-13, Bozzella recorded his third 20-win season at Iona, reached the MAAC championship game for the third time and guided the Gaels to their fourth WNIT appearance. He coached a pair of MAAC Players of the Year, saw four of his players earn MAAC Rookie of the Year accolades, and had 21 players named All-MAAC from 2006-13. Bozzella’s 85-56 record in the MAAC over his final seven seasons at Iona was the second best mark in the league. He was named the Co-MAAC Coach of the Year in 2005-06, when
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he guided the Gaels to their first winning season in 23 years, tying for third place in the MAAC standings before advancing to the semifinals in the conference tournament. Exceptional academic achievement was a trademark for Bozzella during his tenure at Iona. He boasted a 100 percent graduation rate for all the players he recruited in addition to seeing 64 student-athletes earn MAAC All-Academic honors. The Iona women’s basketball program boasted a perfect NCAA Academic Progress Rate (APR) score in five of his last six seasons and received four-straight NCAA APR Public Recognition Awards. Prior taking the reins at Iona for the 2002-03 season, he commandeered an amazing turnaround in just two years at the head coach at Long Island University. There he coached a team that had not posted a winning record in 21 years to the Northeast Conference championship in just his first season, earning an automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament. In his second season at LIU the Blackbirds went 18-12 and reached the conference championship game for a second-straight year. Bozzella received his coaching start at Southampton College of Long Island University. In a similar fashion to the way resurrecting programs would come to define his career, Bozzella took over a program that never had a winning season and turned them into a consistent winner. It took him just three seasons to guide Southampton to the first winning record in program history and that started a streak of six-straight winning campaigns, culminating with a program-record 20-9 season in 1999-00. Bozzella and his wife, Maria, met at Seton Hall University and have been married for more than 20 years. They currently reside in West Orange, N.J., and have two children, Samantha, 18, and Joseph, 15.
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She came to Seton Hall from Bridgeport University where she served three seasons as the head coach for the Purple Knights. Oliver also had prior coaching stints with Stevens Institute of Technology and Caldwell College and was a standout player collegiately at Marist College. In three seasons at Bridgeport, Oliver posted a 43-42 overall record, going 18-10 overall and 12-6 in the East Coach Conference during her final season in 2012-13 while coaching a pair of First-Team All-ECC selections. In just her first season at Bridgeport she guided the team to 17-14 overall record and advanced to the ECC championship game. Oliver went to Bridgeport after spending two years as an assistant coach at Stevens, acting as the interim head coach for the Ducks to end the 2009-10 season. Collegiately Oliver was a standout studentathlete at Marist College where she scored 1,114
STEPHANIE OLIVER ASSISTANT COACH Stephanie Oliver (formerly Del Preore), a native of Livingston, N.J., begins her second season as an assistant coach at Seton Hall University.
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points and pulled down 670 rebounds, averaging 10.2 points and 6.2 rebounds per game in 109-career appearances. She graduated in 2004 as the program’s sixth all-time leading scorer and ranked fifth in career rebounds. She was a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) All-Rookie selection in 2000-01 and went on to earn Second-Team All-MAAC honors in 200304 when she was also named the Most Valuable Player of the MAAC Tournament while leading the Red Foxes to an NCAA Tournament berth. Following her collegiate career, Oliver played professionally for Club Irlandesas in Leioa, Spain, for one season, leading the team in scoring, rebounding and minutes. Her prep career at Livingston High School ended with her leaving the school as its all-time leading scorer (1,809 points) and rebounder (1,454 rebounds).
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Prior to joining Head Coach Anthony Bozzella’s staff at Seton Hall, DeFalco spent two seasons in the same capacity working with Bozzella at Iona College, and she served two seasons as a graduate assistant coach with the women’s basketball program at Sacred Heart University. As an assistant coach at Iona DeFalco’s specialization was with the Gaels’ guards while she also aided in recruiting and scouting duties. In her first season with Iona the Gaels went 13-18 overall and 8-10 in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC), falling in the second round of the MAAC Tournament. During her second year Iona would post a 20-win season, going 20-13 overall. The Gaels advanced to the MAAC Championship game and earned a berth into the WNIT, the fourth postseason appearance in program history.
Collegiately, DeFalco starred for four seasons as a player for Bozzella at Iona, helping guide the Gaels to several of the most successful campaigns in program history. She graduated as Iona’s alltime leader in three-point field goals and games played. During DeFalco’s junior and senior seasons Iona made back-to-back appearances in the MAAC Championship game and earned consecutive berths to the WNIT in 2007 and 2008. A native of New Brunswick, N.J., DeFalco was a prep basketball star at Immaculata High School before attending Iona.
LAUREN DeFALCO ASSISTANT COACH Lauren DeFalco is in her second season as an Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach at Seton Hall University. She works primarily with Seton Hall’s guards and also serves as the Pirates’ recruiting coordinator.
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She previously spent four seasons on the sidelines as an assistant coach for her alma mater, Saint Peter’s University, serving as the interim head coach during the 2012-13 season. At Saint Peter’s, Jones-Smart worked with the team’s guards in addition to taking on scouting and administrative duties as well as overseeing the program’s academic success. As the academic coordinator she helped the team achieve fourstraight semesters with a team GPA over 3.0. Jones-Smart was a Third-Team All-MAAC selection in 2005 after she led Saint Peter’s in scoring with 13.9 points per game and she ranks eighth in program history in scoring average (12.9 ppg) and first in three-point field goal percentage (.419).
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Tiffany Jones-Smart begins her second season as an assistant coach at Seton Hall University.
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She played professionally in Gottingen, Germany and Enschede, Holland, from 2006-07, before beginning her coaching career. JonesSmart graduated with a dual degree in criminal justice and psychology while maintaining a 3.4 grade point average. Jones-Smart was inducted into the Twinsburg High School Hall of Fame in January 2012.
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as the Coordinator of Basketball Operations during the 2013-14 season. As the Director of Basketball Operations, Flagg will assist Bozzella and the staff with scouting efforts, coordinating recruiting trips and team travel plans, arrangements and meals, in addition to aiding with the program’s transition to Under Armour apparel. Flagg was a standout player for Seton Hall head coach Tony Bozzella at Iona College from 2006-11. During her senior season for the Gaels she started in 29 of her 30 games played, averaging 6.6 points and 3.5 assists per game, ranking third in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) in assists and fifth in steals. Following graduation Flagg played one full season of international basketball, averaging 10 points, six assists and four steals per game for the San Juan Warriors in San Juan Puerto Rico in 2011, leading the league in steals and assists. While pursuing her Master’s of Business in Administration in Public Relations at Iona, Flagg was a customer service representative for the Aviator Sports and Events Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., and was a student associate for the Madison Square Garden - Garden of
Dreams Foundation. She was also the head coach of the St. Anthony’s High School (Melville, N.Y.) freshman girls’ basketball team for the 2012-13 season. During her prep career Flagg starred at Cardozo High School in Queens, N.Y., where she scored more than 1,000 points for the Lady Judges. She averaged 15.6 points and 5.1 assists per game as a senior when she was named a First-Team Daily News and Newsday All-Queens selection. Flagg graduated from Iona in 2011 with a degree in criminal justice. She earned a Master’s of Business in Administration in Public Relations from Iona in 2013.
With a coaching background in the professional and collegiate ranks, as the Director of Player Development, DiPillo will assist head coach Anthony Bozzella and his staff with scouting and video analysis, in addition to providing insight regarding player progression and improvement, game preparation, and overall strategy. Most recently, DiPillo spent four years on the sidelines as an assistant coach with the WNBA’s New York Liberty from 2005-09. He also was an assistant coach for the men’s basketball team at Kean University from 2003-05, helping the team post a 34-19 overall record over a two-year stretch. During the 2004 WNBA season, DiPillo gained his first professional experience, working as an advanced scout for the Liberty, with the team
posting an 18-16 record that year while qualifying for the postseason. DiPillo was a member of the men’s basketball team at Fairleigh Dickinson, graduating in 2003 with a degree in Sociology.
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Master’s of Diplomacy from the Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations. Maseko appeared in 93 games during her four-year career at Seton Hall, making 68 starts. She started all 31 games for the Pirates during her senior campaign in 2012-13, ranking third on the team in scoring and second in rebounding. Maseko scored a career-high 16 points in a victory over Pittsburgh on Jan. 5, 2013, and recorded three double-doubles. During her senior season she helped lead Seton Hall to five BIG EAST victories, the team’s most since 2007, and the Pirates reached the second round of the BIG EAST Championship for the first time since 2009. Seton Hall also earned signature victories over Rutgers and St. John’s during its 2013 conference campaign. An exemplary student-athlete at the Hall, Maseko was selected as one of seven finalists for the Rhodes Scholarship in her native country of Zimbabwe during the fall of 2012. She is a member of Chi Alpha Sigma, the National College Athlete Honor Society, and was tabbed as one of Seton Hall’s nominees for BIG EAST Scholar Athlete of the Year in 2013. Additionally Maseko was the Seton Hall Freshman Scholar Athlete of the Year in 2010 and was the recipient of the Pirates’ Top-Ten Student-Athlete Cumulative GPA award in 2011 and 2012.
Margeritte Carlson Assistant Athletic Trainer
ALLISON SKREC VIDEO COORDINATOR INTERN Allison Skrec begins her first season as a Video Coordinator Intern for the Seton Hall University women’s basketball program. Skrec, a former standout point guard at Manhattan College, is currently enrolled in the College of Education & Human Services at Seton Hall, pur-
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suing a master’s degree in Psychological Studies. As the Video Coordinator Intern for The Hall, Skrec will help coordinate game recording and film exchange while aiding the Seton Hall staff in scouting and film breakdown. At Manhattan College, Skrec was a three-time All-Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) AllAcademic Team honoree, starting all 30 games at the point for the Jaspers during her senior season in 2013-14. That year, she averaged 9.7 points and 6.2 assists per game, ranking second in the MAAC and 14th national in assists per game. Skrec also turned in an outstanding junior campaign when she started 22 games, finishing third on the team in scoring (8.7 ppg) and first in the league with five assists per contest. A New Jersey native, Skrec starred at Roselle Catholic where she was the two-time Union County Player of the Year (2009, 2010), helping lead Roselle Catholic to a pair of conference and Union County titles.
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2014-15 SETON HALL UNIVERSITY WOMEN’S BASKETBALL NUMERICAL ROSTER BY ELIGIBILITY No. 0 1 2 3 10 11 13 15 21 22 23 24 25 30 35 44
Name Daisha Simmons Tabatha Richardson-Smith Tiffany Jones Chizoba Ekedigwe Jordan Mosley Ka-Deidre Simmons Samantha Bozzella Aleesha Powell Kathleen Egan Teresa Kucera Tara Inman Bra’Shey Ali Jordan Molyneaux Claire Lundberg Lubirdia Gordon Janee Johnson
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Hometown (High School) Jersey City, N.J. (Alabama) (Gill St. Bernards) Bay City, Texas (Bay City) New York, N.Y. (ASA) (Nazareth) Laurel, Md. (St. Vincent Pallotti) Orlando, Fla. (La Salle) (Timber Creek) Newark, N.J. (Malcolm X. Shabazz) West Orange, N.J. (Half Hollow Hills East) Philadelphia, Pa. (Iona) (William Penn) Aberdeen, N.J. (St. John Vianney) Schwabisch Hall, Germany (Theodor Heuss Gymnasium) Holmdel, N.J. (Holmdel) Plainfield, N.J. (Nazareth (N.Y.)) Denver, Colo. (Regis Jesuit) Andover, Minn. (Anoka) Mount Vernon, N.Y. (West Virginia) (Mount Vernon) Matthews, N.C. (Gulf Coast CC) (Providence Day)
Name Bra’Shey Ali Samantha Bozzella Kathleen Egan Chizoba Ekedigwe Lubirdia Gordon Tara Inman Janee Johnson Tiffany Jones Teresa Kucera Claire Lundberg Jordan Molyneaux Jordan Mosley Aleesha Powell Tabatha Richardson-Smith Daisha Simmons Ka-Deidre Simmons
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Seniors (2): Chizoba Ekedigwe, Aleesha Powell Juniors (4): Bra’Shey Ali, Tiffany Jones, Jordan Mosley, Tabatha Richardson-Smith Sophomores (4): Kathleen Egan, Lubirdia Gordon, Tara Inman, Teresa Kucera Freshmen (3): Samantha Bozzella, Claire Lundberg, Jordan Molyneaux
BY POSITION Guards (5): Samantha Bozzella, Tara Inman, Jordan Mosley, Daisha Simmons, Ka-Deidre Simmons
2014-15 SETON HALL UNIVERSITY WOMEN’S BASKETBALL ALPHABETICAL ROSTER No. 24 13 21 3 35 23 44 2 22 30 25 10 15 1 0 11
Graduates (3): Janee Johnson, Daisha Simmons, Ka-Deidre Simmons
Hometown (High School) Plainfield, N.J. (Kentucky) (Nazareth (N.Y.)) West Orange, N.J. (Half Hollow Hills East) Aberdeen, N.J. (St. John Vianney) Laurel, Md. (St. Vincent Pallotti) Mount Vernon, N.Y. (West Virginia) (Mount Vernon) Holmdel, N.J. (Holmdel) Matthews, N.C. (Gulf Coast CC) (Providence Day) New York, N.Y. (ASA) (Nazareth) Schwabisch Hall, Germany (Theodor Heuss Gymnasium) Andover, Minn. (Anoka) Denver, Colo. (Regis Jesuit) Orlando, Fla. (Timber Creek) Philadelphia, Pa. (Iona) (William Penn) Bay City, Texas (Bay City) Jersey City, N.J. (Alabama) (Gill St. Bernards) Newark, N.J. (Malcolm X. Shabazz)
Head Coach: Anthony Bozzella (Seton Hall ‘89) - Second Season Assistant Coaches: Stephanie Oliver (Marist ’04), Lauren DeFalco (Iona ’08), Tiffany Jones-Smart (Saint Peter’s ’06) Director of Basketball Operations: Marissa Flagg (Iona ‘11) Director of Player Development: Nick DiPillo (Fairleigh Dickinson ‘03) Graduate Assistant: Alexandra Maseko (Seton Hall ‘13) Intern: Allison Skrec (Manhattan ’14)
Forwards (4): Bra’Shey Ali, Janee Johnson, Tiffany Jones, Tabatha Richardson-Smith Guard/Forward (3): Kathleen Egan, Teresa Kucera, Claire Lundberg Centers (3): Chizoba Ekedigwe, Lubirdia Gordon, Jordan Molyneaux
PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Chizoba Ekedigwe Chiz-OH-buh Eck-uh-DEEG-WAY Janee Johnson JAN-AY Bra’Shey Ali Brah-shay Ka-Deidre Simmons Kah-DEE-druh Teresa Kucera KU-chair-ah Tara Inman tear-ah Anthony Bozzella BO-zell-ah Lubirdia Gordon LUH-bird-ee-uh Jordan Molyneaux MOLL-in-aye Jordan Mosley MOSE-lee Daisha Simmons DAY-jah
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PIRATE PROFILE MAJOR: Public Relations FAVORITE PROFESSIONAL SPORTS TEAM: Carolina Panthers FAVORITE ATHLETE: Ray Allen WHY SETON HALL: It’s a unique place, with unique people, yielding a unique experience FAVORITE MOVIE: A Beautiful Mind FAVORITE TV SHOW: House of Cards FAVORITE CANDY: Toblerone FAVORITE MEAL OR PLACE TO EAT: Cuban Pete’s FUNNIEST PLAYER ON THE TEAM & WHY: Kat Egan. She’s just weird MY HOBBIES OUTSIDE OF BASKETBALL: Reading, playing my guitar, drawing
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PIRATE PROFILE MAJOR: Sport Management FAVORITE ATHLETE: Kevin Durant IF I COULD HAVE ONE SUPER POWER IT WOULD BE: Mindreading WHY SETON HALL: Close to home, MBA program FAVORITE MOVIE: Hoop Dreams FAVORITE TV SHOW: The Walking Dead BEFORE EVERY GAME I: Thank God for allowing me to do what I love FAVORITE CANDY: Ferrero Rocher FAVORITE MEAL OR PLACE TO EAT: Steak, Baked Potato or Chicken Parmesan MY HOBBIES OUTSIDE OF BASKETBALL: Reading books
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FAVORITE MUSICAL GROUP/SINGER: K. Michelle
IF I COULD HAVE ONE SUPER POWER, IT WOULD BE: Invisibility WHY SETON HALL: Close to home, perfect campus FAVORITE MOVIE: Twilight (entire series) FAVORITE TV SHOW: Love & Hip Hop
BEFORE EVERY GAME I: Tweet
WHEN I WAS A KID, MY FAVORITE TOY WAS: Game Boy FAVORITE CANDY: Now and Laters (pineapple flavor) FUNNIEST PLAYER ON THE TEAM & WHY: Tiffany Jones. The faces she makes and things she says are just funny.
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PIRATE PROFILE MAJOR: Social & Behavioral Sciences, Minor in Criminal Justice FAVORITE PROFESSIONAL SPORTS TEAM: Washington Wizards FAVORITE ATHLETE: Candace Parker IF I COULD HAVE ONE SUPER POWER IT WOULD BE: The ability to cure any type of cancer WHY SETON HALL: Location and the school’s reputation FAVORITE MOVIE: Friends With Benefits BEFORE EVERY GAME I: Listen to music and lay down FAVORITE TV SHOW: Keeping Up With the Kardashians WHEN I WAS A KID, MY FAVORITE TOY WAS: Hot Wheelz MY HOBBIES OUTSIDE OF BASKETBALL: Thrift shopping
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MAJOR: Spanish
FAVORITE ATHLETE: Stephen Curry
IF I COULD HAVE ONE SUPER POWER IT WOULD BE: Mindreading WHY SETON HALL: Great opportunities FAVORITE MOVIE: Dirty Dancing
WHEN I WAS A KID, MY FAVORITE TOY WAS: Sega Genesis FAVORITE CANDY: Snickers
FAVORITE MEAL OR PLACE TO EAT: Anything Caribbean FAVORITE COACH BOZZELLA QUOTE: “Everyone relax!” MY HOBBIES OUTSIDE OF BASKETBALL: Watching movies
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RS-JUNIOR / FORWARD / 6-0 HOMETOWN: PLAINFIELD, N.J. HIGH SCHOOL: NAZARETH (N.Y.)
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PIRATE PROFILE MAJOR: Social & Behavioral Science FAVORITE ATHLETE: Kobe Bryant IF I COULD HAVE ONE SUPER POWER IT WOULD BE: Invisibility WHY SETON HALL: Close to home and family. Friends can come to games. WHEN I WAS A KID, MY FAVORITE TOY WAS: Nintendo Gameboy FAVORITE CANDY: Gushers FAVORITE MEAL OR PLACE TO EAT: Fried Chicken, Macaroni & Cheese, Greens, Cornbread FAVORITE COACH BOZZELLA QUOTE: “I got it, I got it!” FUNNIEST PLAYER ON THE TEAM AND WHY?: Tiffany Jones. She never stops and always has jokes. MY HOBBIES OUTSIDE OF BASKETBALL: Shopping. Hanging out with friends and family.
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2 TIFFANY
JUNIOR / FORWARD / 6-3 HOMETOWN: NEW YORK, N.Y. HIGH SCHOOL: NAZARETH
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PIRATE PROFILE MAJOR: Criminal Justice FAVORITE ATHLETES: LeBron James and Candace Parker FAVORITE CELEBRITY: Meek Mill and Keyshia Cole IF I COULD HAVE ONE SUPER POWER IT WOULD BE: To bring my mother back WHY SETON HALL: Close to home MY FAVORITE MOVIES ARE: Friday, Set It Off and Paid in Full FAVORITE TV SHOW: Law & Order SVU WHEN I WAS A KID, MY FAVORITE TOY WAS: Yo-Yo FAVORITE MEAL OR PLACE TO EAT: Macaroni and Cheese & Chicken MY HOBBIES OUTSIDE OF BASKETBALL: Shopping
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1O JORDAN
RS-JUNIOR / GUARD / 5-9 HOMETOWN: ORLANDO, FLA. HIGH SCHOOL: TIMBER CREEK
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PIRATE PROFILE MAJOR: Social and Behavioral Sciences FAVORITE ATHLETE: Serena Williams FAVORITE CELEBRITY: Melanie Fiona FAVORITE MUSICAL GROUP/SINGER: Lauryn Hill and Drake WHY SETON HALL: Great school, the area, and the coaching staff FAVORITE MOVIE: Silver Linings Playbook FAVORITE CANDY: Snickers Bites WHEN I WAS A KID, MY FAVORITE TOY WAS: Bicycle FAVORITE COACH BOZZELLA QUOTE: “Come Ooooooonnnnnn!!!!” MY HOBBIES OUTSIDE OF BASKETBALL: Playing tennis and watching Netflix
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1 TABATHA
JUNIOR / GUARD / 6-0 HOMETOWN: BAY CITY, TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL: BAY CITY
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HARDSO PIRATE PROFILE
MAJOR: Communications
FAVORITE ATHLETE: Kevin Durant
FAVORITE CELEBRITY: Kevin Hart
MY FAVORITE MOVIES ARE: Baby Boy & Friday FAVORITE TV SHOW: SpongeBob SquarePants
WHEN I WAS A KID, MY FAVORITE TOY WAS: Basketball FAVORITE CANDY: Sour Cherries
FAVORITE MEAL OR PLACE TO EAT: Chipotle or Popeye’s FUNNIEST PLAYER ON THE TEAM AND WHY?: Kathleen Egan. She is sarcastic all the time. MY HOBBIES OUTSIDE OF BASKETBALL: Hanging out with family and relaxing
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SOPHOMORE / GUARD/FORWARD / 5-10 HOMETOWN: ABERDEEN, N.J. HIGH SCHOOL: ST. JOHN VIANNEY
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PIRATE PROFILE MAJOR: Biology FAVORITE PROFESSIONAL SPORTS TEAM: New York Yankees FAVORITE ATHLETE: Derek Jeter FAVORITE MUSICAL GROUP/SINGER: Janee Johnson WHY SETON HALL: Close to home and a great environment BEFORE EVERY GAME I: Straighten my hair WHEN I WAS A KID, MY FAVORITE TOY WAS: My dollhouse FAVORITE CANDY: Gummy Bears FUNNIEST PLAYER ON THE TEAM AND WHY?: Janee - she always has me laughing MY HOBBIES OUTSIDE OF BASKETBALL: Shopping, spending time with family and friends, and going to the beach
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35 LUBIRDIA
SOPHOMORE / CENTER / 6-4 HOMETOWN: MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. HIGH SCHOOL: MOUNT VERNON
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RDON PIRATE PROFILE
FAVORITE PROFESSIONAL SPORTS TEAM: Miami Heat FAVORITE ATHLETE: LeBron James
FAVORITE CELEBRITY: Gabrielle Union
IF I COULD HAVE ONE SUPER POWER IT WOULD BE: Flight FAVORITE CELEBRITY: Drake FAVORITE MOVIE: Love & Basketball
FAVORITE TV SHOW: Scandal
BEFORE EVERY GAME I: Pray WHEN I WAS A KID, MY FAVORITE TOY WAS: Trouble FAVORITE MEAL OR PLACE TO EAT: Chipotle
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23 TARA
SOPHOMORE / GUARD / 5-9 HOMETOWN: HOLMDEL, N.J. HIGH SCHOOL: HOLMDEL
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PIRATE PROFILE MAJOR: Business FAVORITE PROFESSIONAL SPORTS TEAM: Oklahoma City Thunder FAVORITE ATHLETE: Kevin Durant FAVORITE CELEBRITY: Victoria Beckham FAVORITE MUSICAL GROUP/SINGER: Calvin Harris FAVORITE TV SHOW: Criminal Minds WHEN I WAS A KID, MY FAVORITE TOY WAS: Barbies FAVORITE CANDY: War Heads FAVORITE MEAL OR PLACE TO EAT: Wings MY HOBBIES OUTSIDE OF BASKETBALL: Watching Netflix
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22 TERESA
SOPHOMORE / GUARD/FORWARD / 6-1 HOMETOWN: SCHWÄBISCH HALL, GERMANY HIGH SCHOOL: THEODOR HEUSS GYMNASIUM
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ERA PIRATE PROFILE
MAJOR: International Business and Marketing FAVORITE ATHLETES: Paul George, Usain Bolt and Neymar da Silva Santos Jr. FAVORITE MUSICAL GROUP/SINGERS: Beyoncé, Jennifer Lopez, Whitney Houston WHY SETON HALL: Women’s basketball team and academics MY FAVORITE MOVIES ARE: Taken and The Hunger Games FAVORITE TV SHOW: My Wife and Kids and Two & Half Men WHEN I WAS A KID, MY FAVORITE TOY WAS: Cars, Gameboy FAVORITE CANDY: Kinder (Swiss Chocolate) and Lindt Chocolate FAVORITE COACH BOZZELLA QUOTE: “I got it” MY HOBBIES OUTSIDE OF BASKETBALL: Drawing, listening to music and watching movies
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13 SAMANTHA
FRESHMAN / GUARD / 5-4 HOMETOWN: WEST ORANGE, N.J. HIGH SCHOOL: HALF HOLLOW HILLS EAST
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PIRATE PROFILE MAJOR: Biology FAVORITE ATHLETE: LeBron James FAVORITE MUSICAL GROUP/SINGER: Trey Songz FAVORITE MOVIE: Titanic FAVORITE TV SHOW: One Tree Hill FAVORITE CANDY: Skittles FAVORITE MEAL OR PLACE TO EAT: McDonald’s FAVORITE COACH BOZZELLA QUOTE: “You’re gonna give me a heart attack!” FUNNIEST PLAYER ON THE TEAM AND WHY?: Tabatha Richardson-Smith. She’s silly and always makes me laugh. MY HOBBIES OUTSIDE OF BASKETBALL: Shopping, watching Netflix
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30 CLAIRE
FRESHMAN / GUARD/FORWARD / 6-1 HOMETOWN: ANDOVER, MINN. HIGH SCHOOL: ANOKA
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MAJOR: Physics
FAVORITE PROFESSIONAL SPORTS TEAM: Minnesota Lynx FAVORITE CELEBRITY: Emma Watson
FAVORITE MUSICAL GROUP/SINGER: Coldplay
FAVORITE MOVIE: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows FAVORITE TV SHOW: Game of Thrones
BEFORE EVERY GAME I: Have a piece of gum
WHEN I WAS A KID, MY FAVORITE TOY WAS: Trampoline FAVORITE CANDY: Hershey bar FAVORITE MEAL OR PLACE TO EAT: Orzo with parmesan
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MOLYNEAUX FRESHMAN / CENTER / 6-2 HOMETOWN: DENVER, COLO. HIGH SCHOOL: REGIS JESUIT
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PIRATE PROFILE MAJOR: Sports Medicine and Biology FAVORITE ATHLETE: Chris Paul FAVORITE MUSICAL GROUP/SINGER: Beyoncé IF I COULD HAVE ONE SUPER POWER IT WOULD BE: Time travel WHY SETON HALL: Academics and athletics FAVORITE MOVIE: Juice FAVORITE TV SHOW: Grey’s Anatomy WHEN I WAS A KID, MY FAVORITE TOY WAS: Bratz Dolls FAVORITE CANDY: Sour Gummy Worms FAVORITE MEAL OR PLACE TO EAT: Chipotle
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CENTER FOR SPORTS MEDICINE The recently completed Center for Sports Medicine reopened in July 2013 after an extensive augmentation and renovation of the previous space. The new facility provides an outlet for Seton Hall student athletes to benefit from cutting-edge medical care without ever leaving campus. Perhaps the most significant advancement, the brand-new Hydrotherapy Room features three 14-foot in-ground Hydro Worx tubs, allowing the dedicated athletic training staff to best serve the student-athletes’ rehabilitation and recovery. Of these tubs, one is a “Polar Plunge” for cold therapy, one is a “Thermal Plunge,” for heat therapy and the third includes a state-of-the-art underwater treadmill. The third tub operates with variable water depths and includes a video system to monitor the student-athlete’s progress on the treadmill both above and beneath the water line. The training room is adorned with Seton Hall’s marks and also includes new treatment areas, tables and taping stations. It also includes an on-site office for the Pirates’ physicians.
STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING The 2,500-square foot varsity weight room inside the Richie Regan Athletics Center received a complete overhaul including a new appealing design, state-of-the-art equipment and marquee amenities. Dramatic improvements were made aesthetically to the facility as well, including graphics portraying current athletes and Seton Hall greats from yesteryear, flat screen televisions, and digital surround sound. Construction is currently underway to complete a brand new varsity strength & conditioning facility that will more than double the space currently dedicated to varsity teams. The facility will also include a brand new state of the art team meeting and video center.
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CHARLES W. DOEHLER CENTER FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE Named after former Pirate baseball studentathlete, coach, administrator and loyal supporter, Charles W. Doehler; the Academic Center for Excellence opened in the fall of 2013 and highlights Seton Hall’s commitment to the success of its student-athletes both on and off the playing field. The new space features a main study area, two group meeting spaces, two private tutoring rooms and offices for the department’s full-time academic advisors. The renovation created a state of the art environment to enhance students’ academic and personal development.
H.A.L.L. PROGRAM Seton Hall University is committed to the growth and wellbeing of our student-athletes. We have created The H.A.L.L. Program (Helping Athletes Learn to be Leaders). The H.A.L.L. Program works in conjunction with the NCAA CHAMPS/Life Skills program by focusing on building leaders within the Seton Hall community while enhancing the quality of the student-athlete experience as a whole. The mission of the H.A.L.L. Program is to over the course of the student-athletes’ time at Seton Hall University, be the catalyst that transforms high school graduates into studentathlete leaders, and then leaders in the professional world. The H.A.L.L. Program consists of five different components, each beneficial in their own way in aiding in the development of a future leader. The five components are Leadership Development, Student-Athlete Welfare Enhancement, Academic and Athletic Success Initiatives, Community Enrichment, and Spiritual Growth. Each of these components will provide the student-athletes with the skills and resources necessary to face and overcome potential challenges, on and off the playing surface, and to be as successful as they possibly can be inside the classrooms and in their future.
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BUILDING A CHAMPIO First 20-win season since 1995 First postseason berth since 2007 Advanced to WNIT Third Round – First time in program history First trip to BIG EAST Quarterfinals since 2002 Averaged 71.2 ppg – Third-highest scoring average in program history Longest home winning streak since 1993-95
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UA CLUTCHFIT™ DRIVE ENGINEERED WITH UA CLUTCHFIT™ TECHNOLOGY, A SECOND SKIN OF ADVANTAGES THAT ACTIVATES UNDER PRESSURE, LOCKING YOU IN WITH SUPERIOR FIT AND FEEL. BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE UNDER ARMOUR FUTURE SHOW.
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