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2015-16 WOMEN’S ROWING TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Head Coach Gerry Quinlan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Assistant Coaches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Robert Gillin, Jr. Boathouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 2015-16 Roster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 2015-16 Hawks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-10 2014-15 Year in Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 40 Years of Rowing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 Atlantic 10 Championship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Dad Vail Regatta Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 A Proud Tradition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15-16 All-Time Honors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 All-Time Roster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 Administration/The Hawk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 Saint Joseph’s University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
The University Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Philadelphia, Pa. 19131 Founded. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1851 Enrollment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,650 Denomination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roman Catholic (Jesuit) Nickname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hawks Colors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Crimson and Gray Athletic Affiliation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NCAA Division I Home Course . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Schuylkill River The Team Head Coach . . . . . Gerry Quinlan (Notre Dame ‘91) – 17th Season Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . gquinlan@sju.edu Rowing Office. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610-660-1730 Robert M. Gillin, Jr. Boathouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610-660-1700 Assistant Coaches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Brianna Lampman (Saint Joseph’s ‘06) - 6th Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Patti Scinto (Saint Joseph’s ‘98) - 3rd Season Captains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Delaney McGuire, Brittany Stokes Athletic Communications Associate Athletic Director/Communications . . . . . Marie Wozniak (Rowing Contact) Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . mwozniak@sju.edu Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610-660-1727 Fax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610-660-1724
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CREDITS The 2015-16 Saint Joseph's University Women’s Rowing Media Guide was designed by Joe Greenwich and Jack Jumper and was written and edited by Marie Wozniak, with editorial assistance from Jack Jumper, Joe Greenwich and Nikki Philpot. Photos by Greg Carroccio of Sideline Photos, Robert MacTurk, Colin P. Varga, Will Schneekloth, Douglas Stewart, and U.S. Rowing.
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HEAD COACH GERRY QUINLAN
Head Coach Notre Dame ‘91 - 17th Season Gerry Quinlan is in his 17th season as head women’s rowing coach at Saint Joseph’s University and has developed the Hawks into one of the East’s most competitive programs. Including his tenure at Saint Joseph’s, Quinlan has amassed more than two decades of collegiate head coaching experience. For the past three seasons, the Hawks have continued to post solid results and at the 2014 Atlantic 10 Championships, earned a bronze medal in the Varsity 8 as well as the Third Varsity 8. Saint Joseph’s medaled in three events at the 2012 Atlantic 10 Championships, and at the Aberdeen Dad Vail Regatta, the defending champion Second Varsity 8 earned a bronze medal for its third consecutive medal in the prestigious event. At the 2012 Dad Vails, Quinlan was presented with the Matthew Ledwith Coach’s Award, which is given to the outstanding coach from the previous year’s regatta. Quinlan’s 2011 crew had one of the best seasons in school history, highlighted by two firsts for the program - a gold medal at the Aberdeen Dad Vail Regatta and the team title in the Atlantic 10 Championships. The Hawks’ Second Varsity 8 captured the program’s first Dad Vail gold medal and the Varsity 4 took home a silver, to help SJU finish second in the team standings. Saint Joseph’s won the Freshman 8 at the conference meet, and earned top-three finishQUINLAN’S RÉSUMÉ es in three other events to give the Hawks the league’s team crown for the first time ever. In 2010, the Hawks maintained their status as one of the top teams in the Atlantic 10 Conference, turned in medal-winning performances (one Head Rowing Coach silver, two bronze) at the Aberdeen Dad Vail Regatta, and ended the year with a trip to the prestigious Henley Royal Saint Joseph’s (W) 1999-Present Regatta for the second time in school history. SJU’s Varsity 8 also set a record in becoming the only team to advance La Salle (M&W) 1997-98 to the Grand Final at the Dad Vail Regatta for six consecutive years. Northwestern (M&W) 1991-97 The 2009 Hawks earned a number of firsts for the program. Saint Joseph’s won its first-ever Atlantic 10 titles as the Notre Dame (W) 1989-91 Varsity 8 and Quad boats earned the gold medals at the conference championships. Quinlan was recognized as the Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year for the first time in his career, while the Hawks matched their best-ever team result with Assistant Rowing Coach a third-place finish. The Hawks earned a bronze medal, which gave them the most medals of any team in the previous Saint Joseph’s (M&W) 1998-99 four years. SJU’s Freshman 8 also advanced to the Grand Final for the seventh consecutive season. In 2008, Quinlan’s charges placed a then best-ever third as a team at the Atlantic 10 Championship. The Varsity 8 boat earned its first-ever medal at A-10s, placing second, while also taking first at the Jesuit Invitational and the Kelly Cup. The rest of the Hawks also dominated at the city-wide Kelly Cup races, taking first place in every contest. Quinlan guided the Hawks to victory in the Varsity 8 at the 2006 Dad Vail Regatta while that crew earned the school’s first-ever trip to the Henley Royal Regatta in England. The Hawks rowed to a silver-medal finish in the Dad Vail Varsity 8 in 2007 while the Freshman 8 took silver in 2008. During his tenure the Hawks have won three gold medals, six silvers, and five bronze medals at the Dad Vail Regatta. SJU has finished second in the women’s point trophy standings twice and combined with the Hawks’ men’s team to win the Dad Vail Overall Points Trophy in 2005, 2006 and 2010. Since his arrival at SJU in 1999, Quinlan has been one of the driving forces behind the growth of both the women’s and men’s rowing programs, nearly doubling participation during his tenure. Quinlan has been active in the development of the Robert M. Gillin, Jr. Boathouse, which opened in 2002, while maintaining alumni support and coordinating several local regattas, including the Jesuit Invitational Regatta. Quinlan’s résumé includes a six-year stint as the head coach of Northwestern University’s men’s and women’s programs and a three-year stretch as the head women’s coach at the University of Notre Dame. His teams have won medals at the Dad Vail Regatta, the Champion International Collegiate Regatta and the Head of the Charles, and have competed in the Henley Royal Regatta and the Mexico City International Championships. A 1991 graduate of Notre Dame, Quinlan spent his prep career rowing at Monsignor Bonner High School in Drexel Hill, Pa. He and his wife Linda, a former Hawks’ assistant coach, reside in Philadelphia with their daughters, Maeve and Tess.
Gerry Quinlan was named the 2009 Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year after guiding the Hawks to wins in the Varsity 8 and the Quad at the league championship.
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ASSISTANT COACHES BRIANNA LAMPMAN
Assistant Coach Saint Joseph’s ‘06 - 6th Season Former Saint Joseph’s standout Brianna (Kearns) Lampman, a 2006 graduate, is in her sixth season as assistant coach and recruiting coordinator with the Hawks. Lampman stroked the Varsity 8 for three years, including the boat that won the gold medal at the 2006 Dad Vail Regatta and made the Hawks' first-ever trip to the Henley Royal Regatta. In 2003, she rowed for the Freshman 8 that earned silver medals at both the Atlantic 10 Championships and the Dad Vail Regatta. She previously served as a graduate assistant coach at Barry University in Miami Shores, Fla., from 2008 to 2010. She helped lead the team to a 2010 Sunshine State Conference Championship Title and an appearance at the NCAA Division II Championship, where the Varsity 8 earned third place. Lampman earned a master's degree from Barry University in movement science, with a concentration in sport and exercise psychology, and later published her thesis on "The Prevalence of Eating Disorders among Division 1 Rowers". She spent two years on the coaching staff at Philadelphia University prior to graduate school, starting with its inaugural season in 2006. The Women's Novice 8 claimed the Sarah Vaughn Trophy in its first-ever Dad Vail Regatta appearance (2007). The following year the Varsity 8 earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Division II Championship, where they earned a fourth-place finish in the Grand Final. Lampman is a US Rowing Level II certified coach and a native of Northfield, N.J., who previously rowed for Mainland Regional High School. She and her husband Russ, a former SJU rower and 2006 graduate, live in Conshohocken, Pa.
PATTI SCINTO
Assistant Coach Saint Joseph’s ‘98 - 3rd Season Former SJU rower and assistant coach Patti Scinto is in her third season with the Hawks after having returned to the Saint Joseph's coaching staff in 2013-14. Scinto previously worked as an assistant coach with the Hawks from 1999 to 2008. A four-year rower at Saint Joseph's, Scinto (nee Kryst) served as the Hawks' team captain in 1997-98. She earned her master's degree in education from Saint Joseph's in 1999. Scinto currently resides in Drexel Hill, Pa., with her husband, Sal, and their three children.
The Hawks travel to Miami every January for their winter training trip.
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GILLIN BOATHOUSE The Robert M. Gillin, Jr. Boathouse was dedicated in June 2002 as the home of the Saint Joseph’s University men’s and women’s rowing teams. The 15,540 square foot state-of-the-art boathouse includes four heated boat bays with capacity for 42 eights, 14 fours/quads, and 14 small boats. The boathouse sits on 20,381 square feet of land at the 1,000-meter mark of the famed Schuylkill River race course. The boathouse serves as SJU’s home base for all of its home regattas, including the Dad Vail Regatta, Murphy Cup, and various dual races. The 750-square foot deck is a perfect viewing area for families, fans, and alumni. The second floor of the boathouse includes locker rooms, showers, etc as well as a large common area for ergs, team meetings, and video review. The Gillin Boat Club joined the Schuylkill Navy on September 20, 2004, by unanimous vote of the delegates of the Schuylkill Navy's 10 member clubs. In addition to serving as the home of Hawk rowing, the Gillin Boathouse also hosts several summer camps including the Saint Joseph’s University/Fairmount Park Commission's Community Rowing Program. The first floor: • 8,860 square feet • four bays • access to the floating dock • adjoining 270 square foot veranda
DIRECTIONS TO GILLIN BOATHOUSE (2200 Kelly Drive, Philadelphia)
The second floor: • 6,680 square feet • common areas for meeting and out-of-water instruction • wireless internet / satellite television • locker and bathroom facilities • 750 square foot second-floor deck • large windows • elevator
From the East: Follow I-76 West to Exit 340 (Lincoln Drive/Kelly Drive) on the right. Take Exit 340 and get into the left lane, following signs for Kelly Drive. Move to right lane and merge right at the bottom of the Exit ramp. Take Kelly Drive past four traffic lights. Turn right into the first parking lot on the right. The boathouse is located at the end of the parking lot.
From the Northeast or South: Follow I-95 to I-76 West to Exit 340 (Lincoln Drive/Kelly Drive) on the right. Take Exit 340 and get into the left lane, following signs for Kelly Drive. Move to right lane and merge right at the bottom of the Exit ramp. Take Kelly Drive past four traffic lights. Turn right into the first parking lot on the right. The boathouse is located at the end of the parkFairmount Park Community Rowing Program In addition to serving as the home of Hawk rowing, the Gillin Boathouse ing lot. also hosts the Fairmount Park Commission's Community Rowing Program. The first step in a long-term partnership between the University and the From the West: Follow I-76 East to Exit 340 (Lincoln Drive/Kelly Drive) on the Fairmount Park Commission, the program is designed to provide an experi- left. Take Exit 340 and get into the left lane, following signs for Kelly Drive. ence for youth in the city of Philadelphia who have not had the opportunity Move to right lane and merge right at the bottom of the Exit ramp. Take Kelly Drive past four traffic lights. Turn right into the first parking lot on the right. to experience the sport of rowing. The boathouse is located at the end of the parking lot.
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2015-16 ROSTER Name Madeline Beirne Maria Biancaniello Anna Birmingham * Valentina Caicedo Cailyn Charlesworth * Alana Cianciulli Sara Clark * Jess Crosby * Maura Daly Fiona Devine Nicole DiPietro Katie Erwin Meghan Flood Cassie Francis Anjelica Grebenschikoff Samantha Haines Caitlin Kennedy Natalie Krebsbach Madeline Kuntz Maura Mahoney Nazel Malhani * Amelia Martinie Cailin McCully Brynn McGillin Delaney McGuire Margot Merrill Dominique Millilio Anne Monte Maggie Mueller Jess Pareja Briege Pilch * Katherine Robb Kerri Roman Emer Ryle Phoebe Sheahan Natalie Simms Lauren Slattery Brittany Stokes Brianna Stone Caroline Strauss Olivia Sullivan Rose Tavianini Alyssa Vanni Bridget Welsh Eileen Welsh
Year Freshman Junior Sophomore Freshman Freshman Freshman Freshman Freshman Junior Freshman Freshman Freshman Freshman Freshman Junior Freshman Freshman Sophomore Junior Senior Junior Freshman Sophomore Freshman Senior Junior Sophomore Freshman Senior Sophomore Sophomore Sophomore Sophomore Sophomore Freshman Sophomore Sophomore Senior Freshman Freshman Freshman Sophomore Sophomore Junior Junior
Hometown Berwyn, Pa. Newtown Square, Pa. Avondale, Pa. Drexel Hill, Pa. Haddon Township, N.J. Abington, Pa. Narberth, Pa. Glen Mills, Pa. Broomall, Pa. Woodbine, N.J. Egg Harbor Township, N.J. Atlanta, Ga. Glen Mills, Pa. Gloucester City, N.J. Margate City, N.J. Glen Mills, Pa. Bethlehem, Pa. Glendale, Calif. Villanova, Pa. Los Altos, Calif. Potomac, Md. Cochranville, Pa. Northfield, N.J. Warrington, Pa. Phoenixville, Pa. Westhampton, N.J. Philadelphia, Pa. Hawley, Pa. Bel Air, Md. Odenton, Md. Manhasset, N.Y. Roswell, Ga. Galloway, N.J. Paoli, Pa. Santa Rosa, Calif. Ambler, Pa. Egg Harbor Township, N.J. Philadelphia, Pa. Atlantic City, N.J. Medway, Mass. Lutherville Timonium, Md. Nazareth, Pa. Newtown, Pa. Lafayette Hill, Pa. Philadelphia, Pa.
High School Conestoga Academy of Notre Dame de Namur Kennett Haverford Haddon Township Mount Saint Joseph Academy Lower Merion Padua Academy Archbishop Carroll Ocean City Egg Harbor Township Durham School (England) Villa Maria Academy Gloucester City Atlantic City Padua Academy Liberty Cresenta Valley Lancaster Country Day Los Altos Winston Churchill Avon Grove Charter Holy Spirit Mount Saint Joseph Academy Archbishop Carroll Rancocas Valley Regional John W. Hallahan Catholic Wallenpaupack Notre Dame Prep Archbishop Spalding Our Lady of Mercy Academy Marist School Absegami Conestoga Cardinal Newman Mount Saint Joseph Academy Holy Spirit Academy of Notre Dame de Namur Holy Spirit Montrose Notre Dame Prep Nazareth Area Council Rock North Mount Saint Joseph Academy Nazareth Academy
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Head Coach: Gerry Quinlan (Notre Dame ‘91) – 17th season Assistant Coach: Brianna Lampman (Saint Joseph’s ‘06) – 6th season Assistant Coach: Patti Scinto (Saint Joseph’s ‘98) – 3rd season Captains: Delaney McGuire, Brittany Stokes
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SENIORS/JUNIORS Maura Mahoney
Senior Los Altos, Calif. • Los Altos
2015-16: Named to the SJU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll... 2014-15: Helped the Second Varsity 8 to a silver medal in the Atlantic 10 Championship, as SJU finished third in the team standings...Member of 2V8 that placed second at the Kelly Cup...Boat also won two races at the GW Invitational and placed fifth at the Aberdeen Dad Vail Regatta... 2013-14: Selected to the A-10 AllConference Second Team... 2012-13: Rowed for the Varsity 4 in the meet with Penn and GW... Personal: Helped Los Altos crew to two gold medals in the Southwest Regattas in the Quad and V4+...Took fourth in the Lightweight 8 at the San Diego Crew Classic...Named Most Inspirational as a senior...Voted the Most Improved in both sophomore and freshman seasons...Grandfather, Jerome Sheehan, played minor league baseball for the Grand Island A's...Father, Richard, was a member of the rowing teams at both Drexel and Cambridge...Business major.
Delaney McGuire
Senior Phoenixville, Pa. • Archbishop Carroll 2015-16: Team co-captain...Named to the SJU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll... 2014-15: Member of the Varsity 8 that placed first in the Petite Final at the Dad Vail Regatta and won the third final at the San Diego Crew Classic...Boat also won the Jesuit Invitational and took fourth at the Kelly Cup...Varsity 8 swept its races at the GW Invitational for the first time ever... 2013-14: Member of the 2nd Varsity 8 that placed third at the Kelly Cup...Rowed for the 2nd Varsity 8 that placed fourth at the Atlantic 10 Championships... 2012-13: Member of Freshman 4 that took second at the Kelly Cup... Personal: Helped Archbishop Carroll to a silver medal in the Philadelphia City championship in 2012...Placed seventh overall in the Second Varsity 8 at the Stotesbury Regatta...Was team's MVP as a senior...Also lettered in basketball...Named to the A-10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll...Art education major.
Maggie Mueller
Senior Bel Air, Md. • Notre Dame Prep 2015-16: Named to the SJU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll... 2014-15: Helped the Second Varsity 8 to a silver medal in the Atlantic 10 Championship, as SJU finished third in the team standings...Member of 2V8 that placed second at the Kelly Cup...Boat also won two races at the GW Invitational and placed fifth at the Aberdeen Dad Vail Regatta... 2013-14: On 2nd Varsity 8 that placed third at the Kelly Cup... Helped 2nd Varsity 8 to fourth-place finish at A-10 Championship... 2012-13: Member of Freshman 4 that took second at the Kelly Cup... Personal: Interdisciplinary health services major.
Brittany Stokes
Senior Philadelphia, Pa. • Academy of Notre Dame de Namur 2015-16: Team co-captain...Named to the SJU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll... 2014-15: Atlantic 10 All-Conference First Team selection, helping the team placed third in the A10 Championship...Earned the team’s Leahy Award... Member of the Varsity 8 that placed first in the Petite Final at the Aberdeen Dad Vail Regatta and won the third final at the San Diego Crew Classic...Boat also won the Jesuit Invitational and took fourth at the Kelly Cup...Varsity 8 swept its races at the GW Invitational for the first time ever... 2013-14: Member of Varsity 8 that catpured a bronze medal at the A-10 Championship...Helped the Varsity 8 to second place at the Kelly Cup...On Varsity 8 that competed at the Aberdeen Dad Vail Regatta... 2012-13 (at Marietta College): Member of team that won Division III Mid-Atlantic Championship...Member of Marietta’s gold-medal crew at the Knecht Cup...Earned a spot on the Mid-Atlantic Conference All-Novice Team... Personal: Lettered in rowing at the Academy of Notre Dame de Namur...Interdisciplinary health services major.
Maura Daly
Junior Broomall, Pa. • Archbishop Carroll
2015-16: Named to the SJU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll... 2014-15: Member of the Varsity 8 that placed first in the Petite Final at the Aberdeen Dad Vail Regatta and won the third final at the San Diego Crew Classic...Boat also won the Jesuit Invitational and took fourth at the Kelly Cup...Varsity 8 swept its races at the GW Invitational for the first time ever... 2013-14: Earned bronze medal in the A-10 Championships a a member of the Varsity 8... Rowed for Varsity 8 that took second at the Kelly Cup... Personal: Helped Archbishop Carroll to Catholic League title...Member of Varsity 8 that placed fifth at Stotesbury Regatta Cup in 2013...Rowed for the Varsity 8 on Carroll's inaugural crew team in 2012...Boat took second at the City Championships...Letterwinner in crew and swimming...Accounting major.
Anjelica Grebenschikoff
Junior Margate City, N.J. • Atlantic City 2015-16: Named to the SJU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.. 2014-15: Member of the Varsity 4 that earned a bronze medal in the Atlantic 10 Championship, as SJU finished third in the team standings...Helped the Hawks win the Varsity 4 at the Kelly Cup...Boat also swept three races at the GW Invitational... 201314: Member of the 2nd Varsity 8 that placed third at the Kelly Cup...Rowed for the 2nd Varsity 8 that placed fourth at the Atlantic 10 Championships... Personal: Three-year letterwinner at Atlantic City High School...Team finished third at Greenhead Sprints in 2011...Also earned two letters in swimming...Majoring in communication studies.
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JUNIORS/SOPHOMORES Madeline Kuntz
Junior Villanova, Pa. • Lancaster Country Day 2015-16: Transferred back to Saint Joseph's after one year at Alabama...Named to SJU Athletic DIrector’s Honor Roll... 2014-15 (Univ. of Alabama): Member of Varsity 8 that finished first at the Chattanooga Head Race...Recorded the top 6k erg score on team... 2013-14: Rowed for SJU’s Second Varsity 8 that placed second at the Murphy Cup and third at the Kelly Cup...That boat also took fourth at the A-10 Championship... Personal: Selected to the U.S. National Team for the 2015 World University Games in South Korea...Family consists of SJU basketball Hall of Famers Matt Guokas, Sr. (great grandfather) and Matt Guokas, Jr. (grandfather), as well as former player Matt Guokas, III (uncle)...Sports marketing major.
Nazel Malhani
Junior • Coxswain Junior Potomac, Md. • Winston Churchill 2014-15: Coxswain for the Varsity 4 that earned a silver medal in the Atlantic 10 Championship, as SJU finished third in the team standings...Helped the Hawks win the Varsity 4 at the Kelly Cup...Boat also swept three races at the GW Invitational... 2013-14: Coxswain of the Freshman 8 at the Aberdeen Dad Vail Regatta...Was the cox for the Varsity 4 “B” boat in its win over Duquesne at the GW Invitational... Personal: Rowed and also served as coxswain for Churchill crew...International business major.
Margot Merrill
Junior Westhampton, N.J. • Rancocas Valley Regional 2015-16: Named to the SJU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll... 2014-15: Helped the Second Varsity 8 to a silver medal in the Atlantic 10 Championship, as SJU finished third in the team standings...Member of 2V8 boat that placed second at the Kelly Cup...Boat also won two races at the GW Invitational and placed fifth at the Aberdeen Dad Vail Regatta... 2013-14: Earned a bronze medal in the A-10 Championship as a member of the 3rd Varsity 8...Rowed for the Freshman 8 at the Abderdeen Dad Vail Regatta... Personal: Served as captain of the field hockey and swimming teams at Rancocas Valley Regional...Was the field hockey team's Rookie of the Year...Food marketing major.
Katherine Robb
Junior Roswell, Ga. • Marist School
2015-16: Named to the SJU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll and the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll... 2014-15: Earned the team’s Academic Award...Recognized on the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll... Personal: Accounting major.
Bridget Welsh
Junior Lafayette Hill, Pa. • Mount Saint Joseph 2014-15: Member of the Freshman 8 that placed third at the Kelly Cup...Rowed for the Freshman 4 that defeated Rutgers.. Personal: Psychology major.
Eileen Welsh
Junior Philadelphia, Pa. • Nazareth Academy 2015-16: Named to SJU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll and the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll... 2014-15: Helped the Second Varsity 8 to a silver medal in the Atlantic 10 Championship, as SJU finished third in the team standings...Member of 2V8 boat that placed second at the Kelly Cup...Boat also won two races at the GW Invitational and placed fifth at the Aberdeen Dad Vail Regatta... 2013-14: Earned a bronze medal in the Atlantic 10 Championship as a member of the Hawks' 3rd Varsity 8...Rowed for the Freshman 8 at the Abderdeen Dad Vail Regatta...Member of the Varsity 4 that placed fourth at the Kelly Cup... Personal: Business major.
Maria Biancaniello
Sophomore Newtown Sq., Pa. • Academy of Notre Dame de Namur 2014-15: Member of the Varsity 8 that placed first in the Petite Final at the Aberdeen Dad Vail Regatta and won the third final at the San Diego Crew Classic...Boat also won the Jesuit Invitational...Rowed for the Second Varsity 8 that took fourth in the Kelly Cup...Helped Varsity 8 swept its races at the GW Invitational for the first time ever... Personal: Two-year team captain at Notre Dame de Namur...Rowed for the Senior Double which took third place at both the Stotesbury Cup Regatta and the SRAA Nationals and was an invitee to the US Rowing Youth Nationals...Member of JV Quad that took second at the SRAA Nationals...Chemistry major.
Anna Birmingham
Sophomore • Coxswain Sophomore Avondale,Pa. • Kennett 2015-16: Named to the SJU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll... 2014-15: Coxswain for Freshman 8...Boat took third at both the Murphy Cup and Kelly Cup...Member of Third Varsity 8 that defeated Rutgers in a tri-meet with Rutgers and Navy... Personal: Business major.
Natalie Krebsbach
Sophomore Glendale, Calif. • Cresenta Valley 2014-15: Rowed for the Freshman 8 that placed third at both the Murphy Cup and Kelly Cup...Member of Third Varsity 8 that took fourth place in the Atlantic 10 Championship... Personal: Four-year letterwinner in water polo and swimming at Cresenta Valley High School in California...Won the league championship in both sports all four years...Captured the state title in water polo in 2013...Marketing major.
Cailin McCully
Sophomore Northfield, N.J. • Holy Spirit 2015-16: Named to SJU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll... 2014-15: Helped the Second Varsity 8 to a silver medal in the Atlantic 10 Championship, as SJU finished third in the team standings...Member of 2V8 boat that placed second at the Kelly Cup...Boat also won two races at the GW Invitational... Personal: Humanities major.
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SOPHOMORES Dominique Millilio
Sophomore Philadelphia, Pa. • John W. Hallahan Catholic 2014-15: Rowed for the Freshman 4 "B" boat at the Kelly Cup... Personal: English major.
Jess Pareja
Sophomore Odenton, Md. • Archbishop Spalding 2015-16: Named to SJU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll... 2014-15: Rowed for the Freshman 8 that placed third at the Kelly Cup...Member of Freshman 4 that scored a win over Rutgers... Personal: Lettered in soccer and ice hockey at Archbishop Spalding...Business major.
Briege Pilch
Sophomore • Coxswain Sophomore Manhasset, N.Y. • Our Lady of Mercy 2014-15: Coxswain for Freshman 4 "B" boat that defeated Rutgers... Led that same boat at the Kelly Cup... Personal: Served as coxswain for all four years at Our Lady of Mercy...Member of varsity boat that placed sixth in the state in 2014, and fifth in 2013...Humanities major.
Natalie Simms
Sophomore Ambler, Pa. • Mount Saint Joseph Academy 2015-16: Named to SJU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll... 2014-15: Member of the Varsity 8 that placed first in the third final at the San Diego Crew Classic...Boat also won the Jesuit Invitational and took fourth at the Kelly Cup...Varsity 8 swept its races at the GW Invitational for the first time ever... Personal: Psychology major.
Lauren Slattery
Sophomore Egg Harbor Township, N.J. • Holy Spirit 2015-16: Named to SJU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll and the A-10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll... 2014-15: Helped the Second Varsity 8 to a silver medal in the Atlantic 10 Championship, as SJU finished third in the team standings... Member of 2V8 boat that placed second at the Kelly Cup... Boat also won two races at the GW Invitational...Rowed for the Freshman 8 that placed third at both the Murphy Cup...Named to the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll... Personal: Rowed for Holy Spirit's crew that captured titles at the Stotesbury Regatta, SRAA Nationals, Garden State Championship, the Philadelphia City Championship and the Atlantic County Championship in 2014...Team was four-time county champion...Took third place in the Philadelphia Youth Regatta in 2014... Elementary education major.
Rose Tavianini
Sophomore Nazareth, Pa. • Nazareth Area
Kerri Roman
Sophomore Galloway,N.J. • Absegami 2015-16: Named to SJU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll... 2014-15: Helped the Second Varsity 8 to a silver medal in the Atlantic 10 Championship, as SJU finished third in the team standings...Member of 2V8 boat that placed second at the Kelly Cup...Boat also won two races at the GW Invitational...Rowed for the Freshman 8 that placed third at the Murphy Cup... Personal: Interdisciplinary health services major.
2014-15: Rowed for the Freshman 8 that placed third at both the Murphy Cup and Kelly Cup...Member of Third Varsity 8 that took fourth place in the Atlantic 10 Championship... Personal: Biology major.
Alyssa Vanni
Sophomore Newtown, Pa. • Council Rock North
Emer Ryle
Sophomore Paoli, Pa. • Conestoga 2015-16: Named to SJU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll... 2014-15: Rowed for the Freshman 8 that placed third at both the Murphy Cup and Kelly Cup... Member of Third Varsity 8 that took fourth place in the Atlantic 10 Championship... Named to the A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll... Personal: Rowed for Conestoga's Varsity 4 that took first place at the the Stotesbury Cup Regatta and the Philadelphia City Championships...Also member of the Quad that took first at the SRAA Nationals and placed fifth in the B final at the 2014 US Rowing Nationals...Four-year letterwinner in cross country...Participates in the Dean’s Leadership Program at SJU...Psychology major.
2014-15: Rowed for the Freshman 8 that placed third at both the Murphy Cup and Kelly Cup... Personal: Business major.
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FRESHMEN Madeline Beirne
Freshman Berwyn, P a. • Conestoga
Personal: Rowed for Conestoga's Varsity Quad that placed first at Stotesbury, at the SRAA Nationals and the Philadelphia City Championships...Took 11th at USRowing Youth Nationals...As a junior, helped the JV Quad to first at Stotesbury, SRAA Nationals and the City Championships...Earned the school's Most Improved Female Athlete Award.. Social science major.
Valentina Caicedo
Freshman Drexel Hill, Pa. • Haverford Personal: Majoring in business intelligence and analytics.
Cailyn Charlesworth
Freshman • Coxswain Haddon Twp., N.J. • Haddon Twp. Personal: Coxswain for Haddon Township's Boys' Lightweight 4+ that placed first at the Head of the Passaic... Helped crew take first in the Girls' Varsity A 4+ at the Baltimore Invitational and third place in the Women's Varsity 8+ at the Baltimore Invitational...Member of the Girls' Varsity 8 that qualified for the Junior Nationals...Marketing major.
Alana Cianciulli
Freshman Abington, Pa. • Mount Saint Joseph Academy 2015-16: Named to the SJU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll and A-10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll... Personal: Threeyear letterwinner at Mount Saint Joseph Academy...Biology major.
Sara Clark
Freshman • Coxswain Narberth, Pa. • Lower Merion Personal: Three-year varsity letterwinner at Lower Merion...Captain of the team as a senior...Earned the team's spirit award as a sophomore...Elementary education major.
Jess Crosby
Freshman • Coxswain Glen Mills, Pa. • Padua Academy
Personal: Business major.
Fiona Devine
Freshman Woodbine, N.J. • Ocean City 2015-16: Named to the SJU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll... Personal: Helped Ocean City's Varsity 8 take a bronze at the city championship, silve at the state championship and bronze at the county meet...Also placed fourth at Stotesbury Cup Regatta and fourth at Nationals...Four-year letterwinner...Sports marketing major..
Nicole DiPietro
Freshman Egg Harbor Twp., N.J. • Egg Harbor Twp. 2015-16: Named to the SJU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll... Personal: Marketing major.
Katie Erwin
Freshman Atlanta, Ga. • Durham School (England) 2015-16: Named to the A-10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll... Personal: Attended the Durham School in England...Raced with the Varsity 4+ at the Henley Regatta and the National Schools Regatta...Was a member of the first crew from the Durham School to advance to the quarterfinals at Henley...Two-year varsity letterwinner...International relations major.
Meghan Flood
Freshman Glen Mills, Pa. • Padua Academy 2015-16: Named to the SJU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll... Personal: Food marketing major.
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FRESHMEN Cassie Francis
Freshman Gloucester City, N.J. • Gloucester City Personal: Competed in field hockey, basketball and track at Gloucester City High School...Served as captain of the track team...Pharmaceutical marketing major.
Samantha Haines
Freshman Glen Mills, Pa. • Padua Academy
Personal: Natural science major.
Caitlin Kennedy
Freshman Bethlehem, Pa. • Liberty
Personal: Captain of the lacrosse team at Liberty High School...Biology major.
Amelia Martinie
Freshman Cochranville, Pa. • Avon Grove Charter 2015-16: Named to the SJU Athletic DIrector’s Honor Roll and A-10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll... Personal: Helped her team to a third-place finish at the USRowing MidAtlantic Regionals and a 16th-place finish at the USRowing Nationals...Served as team captain as a senior...Psychology major.
Brynn McGillin
Freshman Warrington, Pa. • Mount Saint Joseph Academy Personal: Four-year letterwinner at Mount Saint Joseph Academy...Business major.
Anne Monte
Freshman Hawley, Pa. • Wallenpaupack
Personal: Lettered in cross country and track at Wallenpaupack...Sports marketing major.
Phoebe Sheahan
Freshman Santa Rosa, Calif. • Cardinal Newman Personal: Accounting major.
Brianna Stone
Freshman Atlantic City, N.J. • Holy Spirit Personal: Rowed for New Jersey state champion Holy Spirit crew...Team was three-time Atlantic County champion... As a junior, helped team to fifth at Stotesbury Cup Regatta... In 2013, team took second at SRAA Nationals... Earned three varsity letters...Criminal justice major.
Caroline Strauss
Freshman Medway, Mass. • Acad. of Notre Dame de Namur 2015-16: Named to the SJU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll... Personal: Earned the Most Valuable Player award in softball at Montrose High School.. Business administration major.
Olivia Sullivan
Freshman Lutherville Timonium, Md. • Notre Dame Prep 2015-16: Named to the SJU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll and the A-10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll... Personal: Served as team captain for Notre Dame Prep as a senior...Team was the top-ranked crew in Baltimore...Majoring in autism behavioral studies.
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2014-15 YEAR IN REVIEW • Saint Joseph’s placed third in the team standings at the Atlantic 10 Championships for the second year in a row, matching the team’s highest finish since winning the title in 2011.
DATE 3/14
EVENT Jesuit Invitational # Varsity 8 2nd Varsity 8 Freshman 8 Varsity 4 3rd Varsity 8 4th Varsity 8
3/21
1st 3rd 4th 3rd 3rd 2nd
George Washington, Penn # Varsity 8 2nd Varsity 8 3rd Varsity 8 Varsity 4 Varsity 4 “B”
6:44.4 6:50.2 7:00.6 7:52.1 8:11.6
2nd 2nd 2nd 3rd 2nd
3/28
Murphy Cup % Freshman 8
7:47.26
3rd
3/28-29
San Diego Crew Classic Varsity 8 (Petite Final)
7:13.61
1st
4/10
GW Invitational vs. Dayton Varsity 8 2nd Varsity 8 Varsity 4 Varsity 4 “B”
6:32.8 6:52.1 NTT 7:55.3
1st 1st 1st 1st
4/11
GW Invitational vs. MIT Varsity 8 2nd Varsity 8
NTT 6:40.1 7:13.10 7:21.80 7:24.6
1st 1st 3rd 1st 2nd
4/11
GW Invitational vs. Georgetown Varsity 8 6:28.30 2nd Varsity 8 6:46.6 7:18.0 Varsity 4 7:39.3
1st 2nd 3rd 1st
4/18
Navy, Rutgers # Varsity 8 2nd Varsity 8 Varsity 4 3rd Varsity 8 2nd Varsity 4
6:44.8 6:53.6 7:43.8 7:08.8 8:01.1
2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd
4/25
Kelly Cup # Varsity 8 2nd Varsity 8 Freshman 8 Varsity 4 Freshman 4/2nd V4 - “A” Freshman 4/2V4 “B”
6:45.67 6:53.07 7:17.32 7:40.02 7:47.18 8:23.05
4th 2nd 3rd 1st 1st 5th
5/4
Atlantic 10 Championships % Varsity 8 2nd Varsity 8 Varsity 4 3rd Varsity 8
7:06.84 7:02.05 7:45.30 7:16.53
5th 2nd 3rd 4th
5/10-11
Dad Vail Regatta # Varsity 8 (Petite Final) Second Varsity 8
6:47.62 6:50.41
1st 5th
• Saint Joseph’s posted its best-ever finish at the GW Invitational by taking second place. The Hawks swept the three Varsity 8 races at GW and also swept A-10 foe Dayton in four races against the Flyers. • The Hawks picked up two first-place finishes at the Kelly Cup, winning the Varsity 4 and the Freshman 4/Second Varsity 4 race. SJU’s Second Varsity 8 also took second place. • At the Aberdeen Dad Vail Regatta, the Varsity 8 placed first in the Petite Final. The Second Varsity 8 reached the semifinals and finished fifth in the Grand Final. • The team earned an NCAA Public Recognition Award for its Academic Progress Rates scores ATLANTIC 10 MEDALISTS
Second Varsity 8 (Silver) MaryKate Gibbons, Maura Mahoney, Natalie Simms, Maggie Mueller, Eileen Welsh, Margot Merrill, Cailin McCully, Kerri Roman, Lauren Slattery Varsity 4 (Bronze) Nazel Malhani, Emily Coldren, Anjelica Grebenschikoff, Emma Callahan, Colleen Tritt
2014-15 HONORS Atlantic 10 All-Conference First Team: Amanda McEvoy, Brittany Stokes Atlantic 10 All-Conference Second Team: Taylor Biesiada NCAA Public Recognition Award: Team TEAM AWARDS Most Outstanding Performer: Amanda McEvoy Vasquez Award: Taylor Biesiada Dorie Leahy Award: Brittany Stokes Scholar-Athlete Award: Megan Michaels Academic Award: Katherine Robb
FINISH
6:51.4 6:28.1 6:53.3 7:11.7 6:46.1 6:36.2
• The Hawks’ Second Varsity 8 earned a silver medal at the A-10 Championships while the Varsity 4 took the bronze medal. • Senior Amanda McEvoy and junior Brittany Stokes were named to the Atlantic 10 All-Conference First Team with Taylor Biesiada receiving All-A-10 Second Team honors. All three rowers were members of SJU’s Varsity 8.
TIME
Varsity 4
4/11 5/2
TEAM FINISHES GW Invitational Atlantic 10 Championships %
# Schuylkill River (Philadelphia, Pa.) ^ Occoquan River (Fairfax Station, Va.)
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2nd 3rd
% Cooper River (Pennsauken, N.J.)
40 YEARS OF HAWK ROWING The Saint Joseph’s women’s rowing program celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2015. Organized in the spring of 1975, the Hawks were the only women’s crew team in the city other than Penn at that time. Saint Joseph’s rowed out of the Vesper Boat Club and competed in its first Dad Vail Regatta in 1975. The program has grown tremendously over the 40 years and owns a proud tradition. In addition to having its own boathouse- the Gillin Boathouse - Saint Joseph’s competes nationally and has twice participated in the Royal Henley Regatta in England.
The 1978 Hawks at Philadelphia’s famed Boathouse Row on their home course, the Schuylkill River.
Saint Joseph’s first women’s rowing team in 1975.
The 1996 Hawks were the first Saint Joseph’s team to compete in the Atlantic 10 Championships.
The Varsity 8 celebrates its gold medal at the 2006 Dad Vail Regatta.
Saint Joseph’s captured its first-ever team title at the Atlantic 10 Championships in 2011.
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ATLANTIC 10 CHAMPIONSHIP Past Atlantic 10 Championship Results
2015 Atlantic 10 Championship May 4 Cooper River Park - Pennsauken, N.J. Team Standings 1. Massachusetts 2. Rhode Island 3. Saint Joseph’s 4. George Washington 5. Fordham 6. Duqusene 7. Dayton 8. George Mason 9. La Salle
52 50 36 35 27 26 21 17 6
Varsity 8 1. Massachusetts 2. Rhode Island 3. Saint Joseph’s 4. George Washington 5. Dayton 6. Duquesne
7:26.00 7:31.13 7:33.78 7:34.89 7:46.23 7:49.76
Second Varsity 8 1. Rhode Island 2. Massachusetts 3. Fordham 4. Saint Joseph’s 5. George Washington 6. Duquesne
7:30.30 7:47.93 7:51.61 7:53.61 8:00.48 8:12.43
Third Varsity 8 (non-scoring) 1. Rhode Island 7:46.80 2. George Washington 7:58.07 3. Saint Joseph’s 8:09.53 4. Fordham 8:23.79 Varsity 4 1. Massachusetts 2. Rhode Island 3. George Washington 4. Duquesne 5. George Mason 6. Fordham
8:23.50 8:38.45 8:48.12 9:05.01 9:06.76 9:15.20
Varsity 4 Petite Final 1. Saint Joseph’s 2. Dayton 3. La Salle
9:05.50 9:39.51 9:50.97
Atlantic 10 All-Conference First Team Amanda McEvoy Brittany Stokes Atlantic 10 All-Conference Second Team Taylor Biesiada
Team Standings Year Finish Location 2015 3rd Cooper River 2014 3rd Cooper River 2013 7th Cooper River 2012 6th Cooper River 2011 1st Cooper River 2010 3rd-T Cooper River 2009 3rd Cooper River 2008 3rd Cooper River 2007 4th Cooper River 2006 2nd Cooper River 2005 5th-T Cooper River 2004 3rd Cooper River 2003 4th Cooper River 2002 6th Cooper River 2001 3rd Cooper River 2000 3rd Cooper River 1999 3rd Cooper River 1998 6th Cooper River 1997 5th Cooper River 1996 5th-T Schuylkill RIver Varsity 8 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1997
5th 3rd 6th 5th 2nd 2nd 1st 2nd 4th 5th 4th 4th 5th 1st (Petite) 5th 5th 4th 6th
Second Varsity 8 2015 2nd 2014 4th 2013 2nd (Petite) 2012 6th 2011 3rd 2010 5th 2009 2nd 2008 3rd 2007 5th 2006 5th 2005 1st (Petite) 2004 3rd 2003 5th 2002 4th 2000 3rd 1999 3rd
Pts 38 36 18 30 45 39 110 113 24 33 23 24 28 15 23 26 19 14 15 10
7:06.84 7:33.78 7:31.8 7:15.3 8:04.4 6:42.4 6:42.0 7:11.9 6:52.5 8:14.1 7:05.6 7:02.7 7:38.1 7:30.17 7:46.08 7:16.8 7:16.44 7:45.10 7:02.05 7:53.61 7:52.3 7:29.27 8:46.0 6:58.0 6:58.8 7:20.2 7:16.1 9:21.8 8:17.6 7:04.2 7:57.4 7:25.05 7:58.5 7:31.62
Third Varsity 8 (non-scoring) 2015 4th 7:16.53
Saint Joseph’s Second Varsity 8 earned a silver medal at the 2015 Atlantic 10 Championships.
Lightweight 8 2001 1st 2000 1st
7:25.15 7:32.80
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1998 1996
3rd 4th
7:03.51 7:21.66
Lightweight 4 2009 2nd 2008 3rd 2006 3rd 2003 2nd 1997 1st
8:10.4 8:34.7 11:14.2 8:23.9 8:06.97
Novice 8 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1997 1996
8:39.8 7:18.08 7:22.6 7:20.8 7:34.0 9:02.9 8:11.1 7:36.4 7:28.9 7:38.00 7:31.81 7:56.0 7:53.57 7:30.07 7:24.03
1st 2nd 4th 1st 3rd 2nd 6th 5th 2nd 3rd 5th 3rd 5th 4th 4th
Second Novice 8 2005 3rd 2003 2nd 1998 5th
8:01.1 8:05.8 8:45.18
Quad 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998
1st 1st 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 2nd 4th 2nd 5th 4th 3rd
7:14.06 7:20.0 8:42.1 7:50.0 9:32.0 8:21.5 8:09.0 8:15.6 8:29.38 8:05.77 8:27.9 8:28.87 8:27.60
Varsity 4 2013 2012 2011 2009 2008 2007 2006 2004 2001 1998
2nd (Petite) 3rd 3rd 1st (Petite) 4th 2nd (Petite) 1st 2nd 6th 4th
9:07.6 8:25.08 10:03.3 8:37.5 8:49.0 8:43.9 9:44.0 8:17.1 9:05.05 7:58.56
Novice 4 2008 2007 2006 2005 2002
2nd 2nd 1st 1st 4th
8:48.1 8:15.3 9:33.0 8:32.9 8:59.23
1996
4th
8:49.30
DAD VAIL REGATTA Saint Joseph’s All-Time Dad Vail Results Dad Vail M/W Overall Points Trophy 2010 1st 2007 2nd 2006 1st 2005 1st 2004 2nd 2000 T-2nd 1999 2nd
45 31 47 40 48 32 41
Women’s Points Trophy 2011 2nd 2010 2nd 2009 4th 2008 4th 2007 T-3rd 2006 2nd 2005 3rd 2004 2nd
17 20 16 14 17 16 13 20
Varsity 8 Finals 2011 4th 2010 2nd 2009 3rd 2008 6th
6:45.10 7:05.77 6:46.77 6:45.45
2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2000 1999
2nd 1st 2nd (Petite) 4th 1st (Petite) 5th 5th
6:34.49 6:40.02 7:25.02 7:02.40 6:47.10 6:51.62 7:01.02
Lightweight Varsity 8 Finals 2001 4th 2000 3rd 1998 2nd
7:41.00 7:03.60 4:33.99
Second Varsity 8 Finals 2012 3rd 2011 1st 2010 3rd 2008 5th 2007 5th 2004 2nd 2003 5th 2002 4th 2000 4th 1999 3rd
7:13.47 6:49.10 8:14.38 6:50.62 7:05.93 7:07.30 7:18.60 7:04.37 7:07.05 7:57.16
Freshman 8 Finals 2010 3rd 2009 6th 2008 2nd 2007 4th 2006 3rd 2005 4th 2004 2nd 2003 2nd 2002 2nd 1998 5th
7:06.72 7:43.90 6:44.32 7:15.21 7:08.59 7:54.41 6:54.40 6:52.20 7:08.00 n/a
Lightweight Freshman 8 Finals 2005 1st 8:05.47 1998 5th 4:40.54 Varsity 4+ Finals 2011 3rd
7:30.33
Lightweight 4 Finals 1998 3rd
5:10.17
The Hawks advanced all of their eights to the Grand Finals at the 2010 Aberdeen Dad Vail Regatta. SJU owns the regatta record for reaching the Varsity 8 Grand Final for six consecutive years.
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A PROUD TRADITION The Saint Joseph’s rowing programs have a proud history of success on the water, but a number of alums have achieved a great amount of post-graduate success in the sport as well. Mike Teti ’78, Teresa Zarzeczny Bell ’88 and Renee Hykel ’01 are three SJU legends that have gone on to even greater successes since their days on Hawk Hill. All three have taken their rowing careers to the highest levels of international competition, making the SJU rowing program a cradle of champions. Arguably the best-known oarsman in America, Mike Teti was a top Hawk rower, graduating from SJU with a sociology degree in 1978. “Saint Joseph’s gave me the opportunity to compete and also the opportunity for a great education,” Teti says. “I owe SJU a great debt for all of the opportunities I received.” From 1977-93, Teti rowed on 11 national teams, including three trips to the Olympic Games. He won 24 national championships, a gold medal in the men’s eight at the 1987 World Championships and a bronze medal in the same event at the 1988 Olympics. He was named the 1987 United States Rowing Male Athlete of the Year. Teti achieved even greater notoriety as a coach, guiding the U.S. men’s open eight squad to an unprecedented three straight world championships. He also coached the men’s four with coxswain to world championship gold. In 1996 he led the lightweight men’s four to an Olympic bronze medal before being named USRowing’s Head Men’s Sweep Coach, the highest coaching honor in the country, in October of that year. Teti became the U.S. Olympic coach following the 2000 Games, and led the men’s eight boat to gold in Athens in 2004, a feat that the United States had not achieved since 1964 when another coach with Hawk ties, Al Rosenberg, led the Americans to victory. He also guided the U.S. Men to the bronze medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. Teti is currently the head coach of the men’s crew team at the University of California and was inducted into the National Rowing Federation’s Hall of Fame in 2010. Teresa Bell is no stranger to success on the international level, either. Her Olympic dream began in the fall of 1992 when the International Olympic Committee announced that her event, the lightweight double sculls, would be a part of the Olympic Games in 1996. In truth, Bell’s journey really began back in 1985. In that year the sophomore joined the Saint Joseph’s women’s rowing club team. By 1988, she was a part-time member of the varsity squad, and her Hawk Hill career culminated in victory in the women’s singles event at the prestigious Dad Vail Regatta. Bell later went on to be a member of both the Crescent Boat Club and the Fairmount Rowing Club, for whom she still rows when she is in Philadelphia. In 1996, Bell was preparing for Olympic competition with intense workouts three times a day. She put in most of her work in Tennessee, the home
of the United States Women’s Rowing Center. She also spent time training in Georgia in preparation for the Olympic Trials. Before the Olympic Games, she spent a month rowing in Europe before returning home for the Atlanta games. This exhausting routine helped prepare Bell for the rigors of the highest level of international competition, but all of the work paid off in the end as Bell and her partner, Lindsay Burns, took the silver medal in the lightweight double sculls. From Hawk Hill to the Olympic medal stand, Bell never forgot her roots. “I enjoyed my experience at Saint Joseph’s,” Bell says. “It made me who I am today. Teresa Bell was a silver medalist Besides rowing, Saint Joseph’s taught me to in the 1996 Olympic Games. be open-minded and that has really helped me.” Following the Olympics, Bell placed fifth in the same event at the 1997 World Championships. She was inducted, along with Teti, as a member of the inaugural class on the Saint Joseph’s Athletics Hall of Fame in 1999. More recently, Bell was inducted into the National Rowing Foundation Hall of Fame in 2016. SJU’s influence is still being felt in the rowing community as Class of one of the top names in the sport. She is a five-time member of the U.S. National Team and competed at the World Championships every year from 2003 to 2006. In 2005, the former Saint Joseph’s walk-on took silver in the lightweight double sculls at the World Championships in Gifu, Japan. In 2007, Hykel was the U.S. National Champion in the lightweight single sculls. The year 2008 marked Hykel’s first trip to the Olympic Games as she traveled to Beijing to compete in the lightweight double sculls event, the same event Teresa Bell took silver in at the 1996 Games. Hykel and her partner, former SJU assistant rowing coach Jen Goldsack, just missed the medal final after reaching the A/B semifinal. Teti, Bell and Hykel are just three of more than a dozen Hawks to compete internationally, as athletes such as Sean Drea and the Flanigan brothers, Donald and Richard, have done Saint Joseph’s proud at the highest levels of the sport. In addition to these individuals, the Saint Joseph’s rowing program continues to write new chapters in its ever-expanding legacy. Since 1999, the Hawk men’s and women’s teams have combined to finish first or second in the race for the coveted Jack Bratton Trophy, awarded to the Dad Vail Regatta’s overall points champion, four times, most recently in 2010. The women’s program, meanwhile, has developed into one of the region’s most formidable. The 2006 season was a banner one for the Hawk program as a whole, as SJU turned in its then-best-ever finishes at the San Diego Crew Classic and Atlantic 10 Championships, and winning gold in the Varsity 8 at the Dad Vail Regatta. The 2006 team also competed in the prestigious Henley Royal Regatta in the United Kingdom, a first for Saint Joseph’s. In 2009, the Hawks’ Varsity 8 set a record in becoming the only team to advance to the Grand Final of the Dad Vail Regatta for five consecutive years and increased that mark to six straight in 2010. SJU’s Freshman 8 also advanced to the Grand Final for eight years in a row. The 2010 season culminated with Saint Joseph’s competing at Henley for the second time in school history, while in 2011, the Hawks won their first Atlantic 10 Conference team championship.
The Hawks have made two trips to the Henley Royal Regatta, with the most recent being in 2010.
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A PROUD TRADITION (Left) Saint Joseph’s took first place in the Varsity 8 at the 2006 Dad Vail Regatta. The Hawks also won the men’s and women’s combined overall points trophy in 2005, 2006 and 2010.
(Middle) The Hawks competed at the prestigious Henley Royal Regatta in 2006 (pictured) and then again in 2010. (Bottom left) Saint Joseph’s Varsity 8 took the Cal Cup at the 2008 San Diego Crew Classic for the first time in school history.
(Above) Saint Joseph’s alum Renee Hykel ‘01 has had great success at the international level and rowed for the United States in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. She was inducted into the Saint Joseph’s Athletics Hall of Fame in 2010.
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ALL-TIME HONORS NATIONAL/REGIONAL Atlantic 10 All-Conference 2015 Amanda McEvoy (1st Team) Brittany Stokes (1st Team) Taylor Biesiada (2nd Team) 2014 Myra McCann (1st Team) Amanda McEvoy (1st Team) Maura Mahoney (2nd Team) 2013 Brittany Roth (1st Team) 2012 Ariana McDevitt (1st Team) 2011 Danielle Brady (1st Team) Brianne Kammerman (1st Team) Colleen Smith (1st Team) Clare Burns (2nd Team) 2010 Christina DiSanto (1st Team) Colleen Greway (1st Team) Tina Regan (2nd Team) 2009 Debbie Bateman (1st Team) Lauren Sysol (1st Team) Colleen Greway (2nd Team) 2008 Alicia Easby-Smith (1st Team) Liz Sauter (1st Team) Debbie Bateman (2nd Team)
Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area Team 2014 Alexa Lawson, Maura Mahoney, Angela Smith 2013 Brittany Roth 2012 Bridge Dempsey, Ariana McDevitt 2011 Angela Acuña, Danielle Brady, Alex Karls 2010 Colleen Greway, Katie Herdmann, Lauren Rozsits 2009 Debbie Bateman, Danielle Brady, Colleen Greway, Katie Herdmann, Lauren Rozsits 2008 Debbie Bateman, Kristen Bonnici, Colleen Greway, Caitlin Twaddell 2007 Debbie Bateman 2006 Brianna Kearns, Katie Parry, Elise Tosatti
Vasquez Award (Jesuit Values)* 2015 Taylor Biesiada 2014 Nicola O’Donnell 2013 Gabriella Parker 2012 Brittany Roth 2011 Angela Acuña 2010 Tina Regan 2009 Lauren Sysol 2008 Alicia Easby-Smith 2007 Meghan Henry 2006 Maureen Owston 2005 Jenn Linck 2004 Bernice McPherson 2003 Laurie Sparano 2002 Karen Rensman 2001 Megan McLaughlin
UNIVERSITY/TEAM Athletics Hall of Fame 2013 Laura Barry ‘79 2010 Renee Hykel ‘01 2000 Anne Gallagher ‘78 1999 Teresa Zarzeczny Bell ‘88
Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year 2009 Gerry Quinlan
Class of 1950 Award 2011 Danielle Brady 2010 Colleen Greway 2009 Debbie Bateman
Leahy Award (Loyalty)* 2015 Brittany Stokes 2014 Alexa Lawson 2013 Katie Messina 2012 Bridget Dempsey 2011 Brianne Kammerman 2010 Christina DiSanto 2009 Liz Golden 2008 Kelly McKinley 2007 Alicia Easby-Smith 2000 Renee Hykel
Atlantic 10 Rowing Student-Athlete of the Year 2009 Debbie Bateman 2008 Debbie Bateman Atlantic 10 Academic All-Conference 2013 Brittany Roth 2011 Danielle Brady 2010 Danielle Brady, Colleen Greway, Katie Herdmann, Lauren Rozsits 2009 Debbie Bateman, Colleen Greway 2008 Debbie Bateman 2007 Debbie Bateman 2006 Katie Parry 2005 Katie Parry Dad Vail Regatta Matthew Ledwith Coaches Award 2012 Gerry Quinlan Collegiate Rowing Coaches of America All-Mid Atlantic Region 2009 Debbie Bateman (1st Team) Collegiate Rowing Coaches of America Scholar-Athlete 2006 Katie Parry Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area Performer of the Year 2013 Brittany Roth 2011 Danielle Brady 2009 Debbie Bateman 2008 Debbie Bateman 2007 Debbie Bateman
Most Outstanding Performer* 2015 Amanda McEvoy 2014 Amanda McEvoy 2013 Brittany Roth 2012 Ariana McDevitt 2011 Danielle Brady 2010 Colleen Greway 2009 Debbie Bateman 2008 Liz Sauter 2007 Debbie Bateman 2006 Amanda Holland & Jenn Linck 2005 Amanda Holland 2004 Megan Nechanicky 2003 Amy Platt 2002 Lauren Sumser 2001 Renee Hykel 2000 Erin Brown Scholar-Athlete Award* 2015 Megan Michaels 2014 Kelly Rupert 2013 Angeline Nocella 2012 Bridget Dempsey 2011 Colleen Smith 2010 Danielle Brady 2009 Colleen Greway 2008 Tina Sadowski 2007 Debbie Bateman 2006 Elise Tosatti 2005 Elise Tosatti 2004 Katie Parry 2003 Stephanie Smith 2002 Karen Rensman
Academic Award* 2015 Katherine Robb 2014 Angela Smith 2013 Brittany Roth 2012 Megan Michaels 2011 Alex Karls 2010 Erin Butler & Katie Herdmann 2008 Katie Herdmann 2002 Karen Rensman 2001 Cheryl Maslanek 2000 Cheryl Maslanek * lists incomplete
Amanda McEvoy ‘15 was a two-time All-Atlantic 10 First Team selection. She was also the Hawks’ Most Oustanding Performer for two consecutive seasons.
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ALL-TIME ROSTER A Angela Acuña Carissa Adams Marci Armetta. Hilary Armstrong B Lauren Bair Sarah Banfer Gina Barbone Jessica Barsky Debbie Bateman Sarah Bell Kara Beres Catherine Best Maria Biancaniello Taylor Biesieda Deanna Bigford Anna Birmingham Kaitlin Bonaskiewich Kristen Bonnici Danielle Brady Carrianne Brogan Jenni Broring Erin Brown Caroline Buckley Clare Burns Erin Butler Jess Buzas C Kim Caccese Emma Callahan Madeleine Campbell Jackie Castorino Corey Cella Rebecca Celotto Paige Cesky Jennfer Ciglar Megan Coakley Emily Coldren Erin Coleman Katie Comerer Julie Conroy Colleen Cooney Debbie Cosmetis Melissa Craig Dawn Critchfield Courtney Cronauer Rachel Cruse Jen Cunningham Sarah Curran D Elizabeth Daly Maura Daly Stephane D’Angelo Jane Day Lisa DeBerardinis Shannon Deegan Maureen Demer Tracy Demorest Bridget Dempsey Jen DiBona Maria DiGiacomo Christina DiSanto Sarah Donahue Melissa Doyle Jennifer Drum E Alicia Easby-Smith Laken Ethun Deanna Ettore F Kristen Fiorino Kate Fratantoro Rachel Fonorow Jordan Foster Mary Cate Fox Heather Franz Danielle Frolow
2008-11 1995 2001-04 2005-08 2002-03 2001-03 2006 2005-07 2006-08 2010 2001 2005-07 20142012-15 2008 20142006 2006-08 2008-11 1993-94 2010-13 1997-2000 2014 2008-11 2009-10 2000-01 1997 2014-15 1996-97 2009-12 2007 2001-04 2011-14 1998-99 2001-02 2012-15 2014 2012-15 2001-02 1996 1998-99 2008 1997-99 2003-04 1992-93 1994-95 1996-99 2003-06 20142007 1993 1995-97 2001-03 2002-04 1995-96 2009-12 1995-97 2014-15 2007-10 2014-15 1998-2001 1992 2005-08 2011-12 2001 1998 2001 2003-04 1999-2001 2008-10 1999-2001 1996-99
G Allison Gallagher Lauren Gallagher Tara Garrett Maria Gaudio Shelly Germana Kristin Giacchino Mary Kate Gibbons Samantha Gitman Ashley Glidden Liz Golden Felicia Gojmerac Anjelica Grebenschikoff Kristin Greenbaum Colleen Greway H Tai Haluszka Emma Harmon Kate Harron Andi Hartfield Erin Hartshorn Caroline Hatten Marie Haughton Gabby Hazzouri Karen Hellberg Meghan Henry Katie Herdmann Emily Hicken Laura Hill Cynthia Hoffman Amanda Holland Tracey Howard Renee Hykel J Sharon Jacob Alison Jacobs Mary Jameson Diana Janik Molly Johnson K Brianne Kammerman Brianna Kearns Natalie Krebsbach Kelly Koritko Patti Kryst L Stephanie Lang Kelsely Larzelere Kristen Lauber Molly Lawrence Alexa Lawson Juliet Lee Martha Limbach Jenn Linck Anissa Liska Kim Lonergan Jessica Lytle Genevieve Lynch M Katie MacTurk Shannon Maguire Maura Mahoney Nazel Malhani Jenn Malsbury Carolyn Manion Nicole Marchese Emily Martin Anna Martucci Lauren Marvello Cheryl Maslanek Taylor Mason Marissa Mazza Jennifer McBreaty Meg McCabe Myra McCann Maria McCann Carolyn McCloskey Cailin McCully Ariana McDevitt Amanda McEvoy
2006-08 2002-04 1994, 1996 2007 1999 1997 2012-15 2004 2007 2006-08 2011-12 20142004-05 2007-10 2007 2007-08 2002-03 2007-10 1995 1992-93 1993-94 2007-08 1992-94 2004-07 2008-10 2014-15 2003-04 1995 2003-06 1992 1998-2001 1999 2009-11 2001-04 2001 1999-00 2008-11 2003-06 20141997-2000 1995-98 2006 2011-12 2005-06 2011-12 2011-14 2008-10 2001-04 2003-06 1993 1996-97 2001 1992-94 2006-09 1992 201320141996-98 1995-97 2014 2003-04 2009-10 2000-02 1998-2001 2013-14 2005-07 1999-2000 2010-11 2012-15 2000-01 1997, 1999 20142009-12 2012-15
Johanna McGovern Delaney McGuire Kathleen McHugh Kelly McKinley Tara McLaren Meghan McLaughlin Cheryl McNamara Bernice McPherson Emily McVan Margot Merrill Katie Messina Megan Michaels Sue Migliaccio Elise Miller Dominique Millilio Ashley Milspaw Natalia Molina Kerry Moore Erin Moran Allison Morrison Ashley Morrison Brigid Morrison Bonnie Mueller Maggie Mueller Molly Murray N Melisa Nagurny Joanne Nasife Sonia Navarro Megan Nechanicky Nancy Neves Dina Nicolosi Angeline Nocella O Debra Occhipinti. Corrinne O’Connell Honora O’Connell Nicola O’Donnell Erin O’Hanlon Carrie O’Rourke Jennifer Olbrich Maureen Owston P Jess Pareja Elizabeth Parker Gabriella Parker Katie Parry Theresa Penetar Jill Perkins Suzanne Phillips Briege Pilch Amy Platt R Kathleen Radebaugh Kaitlin Reehill Tina Regan Karen Rensman Meredith Richter Rebecca Riegert Katherine Robb Rebecca Roberts Kerri Roman Jess Romano Brittany Roth Lauren Rozsits Beth Ruiz Kelly Rupert Dominique Russo Erin Ryan Emer Ryle S Jamie Sabella Tina Sadowski Mary Sangemino Liz Sauter Moira Schanne Kaitlin Scher Meaghan Scher Jennifer Schorn MaryBeth Schulte
2014 20131999-2001 2005-08 1997 1998-2001 1993-95 2002-04 2010 20142010-13 2012-15 1996-97 2010 20142002-03 1994 2001 1996 2007-08 2006 2003-04 1991-92 20132010-11 1994 1997 1994 2002-04 1996-99 1992 2012-14 1997-2000 1995-96 1992-94 2011-14 2003-06 1996-97 1992-93 2003-06 20142012-15 2010-13 2003-06 2008 2011-13 2000-03 20142000-03 2005-08 2006-07 2007-10 1999-2002 2003-04 1998-2000 20141993 20142010-12 2010-13 2007-10 2000-01 2012-14 2007 1994 20141998-2001 2005-08 1996-97 2005-08 2010-11 2010 2010-12 1992-94 1996
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Kelsey Schranze Christina Scollin Mary Seery Faith Seher Emily Serkes Julianne Shillington Rachel Shustack Caterina Silvestrini Francesca Simms Natalie Simms Lauren Slattery Angela Smith Colleen Smith Janine Smith Stephanie Smith Tara Smith Laurie Sparano Jamie Speranzo Meaghan Stanton Jennifer Steel Victoria Stewart Brittany Stokes Amanda Stooks Alana Storr Christine Stopyra Lauren Sumser Christie Sweet Lauren Sysol Maddie Szabo T Michelle Tacconelli Dawn Tancredi Kate Tarpey Claire Tedesco Sue Telesca Carla Tesoro Sheryl Tharp Megan Thomas Betsy Thompson Kelly Thompson Lindsay Thompson Laura Thornton Kathleen Tierney Raelene Tiz Sarah Toman Allison Toner Elisa Tosatti Donna Tozer Sarah Trainer Colleen Tritt Caitlin Twaddell V Alyssa Vanni Ashley Varghese Allison Vaughn W Jeanne Wells Bridget Welsh Eileen Welsh Kathleen Welsh Kaitlyn Weston Beth Whelan Margaret Whiteman Jenn Wilson Samantha Wilson Rebecca Wintz Jen Wolfe Ashley Wollman Marrisa Woodland Y Aleena Yobbi Z Tori Zunino
2012 2005-06 2006 1999-2002 2014-15 2009-12 2009-12 2002-03 2014-15 201420142012-15 2008-11 1997-2000 2000-03 2002-03 2000-03 2005-06 2005-07 2001-03 2011-12 20142008 2014-15 2008 1999-2002 1999-2001 2006-09 2014 1998-2001 1994-96 2004-06 2012-14 1994 1996-97 1998 1997-2000 2009-11 1999 2005-06 2007-08 1996-98 1996-97 1999 2006-07 2005-07 1994-97 2008 2013-14 2005-08 20142014-15 2002-04 2005-08 201420142010 2005-07 1995-97 2014 2001-04 2008 2001 1996-97 2008-10 1999 2012-14 2002-03
• Years listed are spring seasons; for example, “2013” indicates 2012-13 academic year • All athletes listed have earned at least one varsity letter
ADMINISTRATION
Dr. Mark C. Reed
Don DiJulia
University President
Vice President for Athletics Athletic Director
ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT DIRECTORY Vice President for Athletics/Athletic Director. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Don DiJulia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610-660-1707 Senior Associate Athletic DIrector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jim Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610-660-1726 Associate Vice President/Athletic Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . Katie Shields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610-660-1231 Associate Athletic Director/Varsity Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Renie Shields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610-660-2584 Associate Athletic Director/Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Al Pendleton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610-660-3292 Associate Athletic Director/Marketing/Corporate Partnerships . . Tim Curran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610-660-1702 Associate Athletic Director/Communications (Rowing Contact) . . Marie Wozniak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610-660-1727 Assistant AD/Recreation & Intramurals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Corey Shannon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610-660-3052 Assistant Athletic Director/Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joe DeLacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610-660-1720 Director of Educational Support Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Janet Greder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610-660-1728 Director of Sports Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lori Sweeney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610-660-1699 Athletics Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610-660-1707 Athletics Fax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610-660-1716
THE HAWK
SAINT JOSEPH’S UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS MISSION STATEMENT The Mission of the Athletics Department at Saint Joseph’s University reflects the Mission of the University by using the programs within Athletics as a way to develop the whole person and preparing men and women for others. • To educate the whole person by complementing the academic experience with athletic and recreational programs and activities outside the classroom. • To create an environment for personal growth through openness, respect, and a concern for others. • To communicate the value of community and family through team work and sportsmanship. • To provide opportunities for students to learn self-discipline, responsibility, decision-making, and attainment of goals. • To provide opportunities for students to participate and compete in a first-class manner. • To provide equitable opportunities for all students and staff, including women and minorities. • To advance the University regionally and nationally through intercollegiate athletics.
The Saint Joseph’s Hawk mascot has been flapping its wings for 60 years. One of the most famous mascots in college sports, the Hawk is best known for staying in constant motion by flapping its wings throughout every basketball game and representing the Saint Joseph’s motto, “The Hawk Will Never Die”. Saint Joseph’s athletic teams have been recognized with the nickname “Hawks” since 1929. At that time, the school’s yearbook editor initiated a contest among the student body for a symbol. More than 100 submissions were narrowed, with “Hawks” winning out over “Grenadiers” by a slim margin. The name was appropriate because it typified “the fighting spirit of our crimson and gray athletes and it is suggestive of the aerial attack which has made our football team famous.” Football, ironically, was discontinued at SJU following the 1939 season. The Hawk mascot has garnered numerous accolades in its 60-year history, and in 2013, it was named “College Basketball’s Best Tradition” by NCAA.com. . It has been selected as the nation’s top mascot by The Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Sports Illustrated for Kids, Street & Smith’s Basketball Yearbook and ESPN College Basketball magazine and was a nominee for the 2008 Mascot Hall of Fame.
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THE UNIVERSITY How do Hawks live greater? The will to live greater exists in all of us. At Saint Joseph’s University (SJU), we use a Jesuit word, magis, roughly translated as “more,” to describe how we are pushed to think more, learn more and be more. We find magis in the classroom, through service, athletic competition, and in how we treat one another. Above all, living greater unites us as one — one university, one common cause, one powerful force for good in the world. Caitlin Walley ’15, a food marketing major, earned a business degree while also keeping her love of theater close to her heart. When she wasn’t busy mesmerizing audiences with her leading roles, she was building a better SJU by founding the Iota Rho chapter of Phi Sigma Sigma sorority. At the same time, she singlehandedly launched her career by attending large-scale tradeshows with food industry leaders in Chicago, Ill., and interning at Merck, one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. Caitlin chose to make her time matter at SJU. Brian Lafferty ’15, a criminal justice major, changed his own life and the lives of fellow Hawks. He made an impact on the SJU community as vice president of the student government and a resident assistant, all while excelling in academics and achieving membership in three honor societies. His passion for helping others and his SJU pride flourished as a Hawk Host tour guide and an orientation leader. And, as a leader of SJU’s off-campus ministry programs, he discovered how to help others live greater, while at the same time exciting audiences at every basketball game as the Hawk mascot. To see more about how SJU students and alumni strive to change themselves and the world, visit sju.edu/mymagis. More about SJU History: Founded in 1851, Saint Joseph’s University is a Jesuit, Catholic institution. Rankings: We consistently rank among the top 15 schools in the Regional/North category for U.S. News & World Report.
Location: Our 114-acre campus is in a beautiful, green, residential neighborhood on the border of the city of Philadelphia and Lower Merion Township in Pennsylvania. We’re just minutes from the historical landmarks of Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell.
Graduate Success: Ninety-seven percent of the Class of 2014 was employed, engaged in graduate study or involved in full-time service within six months of graduation. The average starting salary for recent graduates: $49,000.
Students: 4,850 undergraduates from 46 states and 36 countries.
Are you ready to be a Hawk?
Student/Faculty Ratio: 14:1, average class size of 23 Programs: More than 50 undergraduate programs; an Honors program; pre-medical, prelaw, pre-dental and pre-veterinary medicine tracks; allied health joint degree programs with Jefferson University; interdisciplinary learning opportunities and many study abroad options. Experiential Learning: Students at Saint Joseph’s University know that the classroom can only take them so far when it comes to preparing for the workplace and the world. Through service learning, internships, work study and cooperative education, Hawks from all majors find ways to apply their studies in professional settings before they graduate.
SJU offers two nonrestrictive, non-binding admissions programs for students applying directly from high school: Early Action and Regular Decision. SAT and ACT scores are optional. The admitted profile of the incoming Class of 2019 calculated as of June 1, 2015 is: middle 50% GPA: 3.21–3.90, ACT: 24–29, SAT 1080–1250. All admitted freshman students have until May 1 to confirm their intent to enroll by submitting a nonrefundable enrollment deposit. Transfer student applications and decisions are accepted on a rolling basis. SJU’s Hawk Hosts would love to show you around. Schedule a visit now at sju.edu/visit, learn more about what it’s like to be a student here at sju.edu/magis or submit your application at sju.edu/apply.
Athletics: 20 varsity sports, NCAA D-1, Atlantic 10 and Philadelphia Big 5. Financial Aid: 97% of the incoming class of 2019 received grants and scholarships. Visit sju.edu/scholarships and sju.edu/financialaid to learn more.
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live greater. that’s the magis. sju.edu/livegreater
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