Ray Tompkins Report: Fall 2017

Ray Tompkins Report Ray Tompkins Report Celebrating Excellence Fall 2017 Season

2017 Blue Leadership Ball 2017 Award Recipients

On Friday, November 17, hundreds of Bulldog faithful gathered in New Haven to celebrate Yale Athletics and to proudly honor the 2017 recipients of the George H.W. Bush Lifetime of Leadership Award Recipients: Abigail Disney ’82, Dick Jauron ’73, Carole Stanyar ’78, Dr. Geoff Tabin ’78, and Joseph Tsai ’86. Each of these outstanding individuals were honored for their personal and professional leadership contributions to their respective fields.

The evening featured a festive, pre-dinner reception with signature cocktails, a vibrant silent auction, and a moving program with featured honoree videos. It also included a reflection of Tom Beckett’s time at Yale from President Peter Salovey followed by a moving tribute video. It was a special evening for all of Yale Athletics, honoring the many proud leaders among our ranks.

President Peter Salovey welcomes the crowd

Ivy League Football

Champions

The crowning of the 2017 Ivy League Champions came after a dominating defensive performance before a crowd of 51,426 in the 134th edition of The Game. Yale, which earned its first outright league title since 1980 and its first Ivy crown since 2006, sacked Harvard quarterbacks six times and limited its offense to 164 total yards in a 24-3 victory over the Crimson.

The Bulldogs, whose consecutive wins in The Game are the first for the school since 1999 and 2000, had champagne and cigars after putting together a complete, team effort that brought their record to 9-1, 6-1 Ivy. The Yale Bulldogs had eight players named to the All-Ivy League first-team, the most since the 1977 champions placed the same number on the top team. Four on both sides of the line were named to the Ancient Eight's first squad, and one of them, running back Zane Dudek, was rookie of the year.

The Bulldogs' first-team picks on offense were offensive linemen Jon Bezney and Karl Marback, tight end Jaeden

Graham and Dudek. The defense included secondary members Spencer Rymiszewski and Hayden Carlson, lineman John Herubin and linebacker Matthew Oplinger.

Senior linebacker, Matthew Oplinger, was announced as the Asa S. Bushnell Cup recipient. The last time a Yale defensive player was the most valuable player in the Ivy League was 37 years ago.

The senior was the leader of and most dominant player on the league's top defensive team, one that ranked 8th in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) with just over 15 points allowed per game. He led the Ancient Eight and was second in the country in sacks.

Yale, which had 20 overall picked by the league coaches for all-star honors, and earned a national ranking of No. 24 in the FCS STATS and FCS Coaches polls.

Volleyball Yale Volleyball won its sixth Ivy League Volleyball title in the last eight years. It was the eighth conference title in the last 15 years for the Bulldogs. Unfortunately, Yale dropped the Ivy League Playoff match against Princeton to earn the Ivy League's automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament.

Junior Kate Swanson was named Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year, first-year Kathryn Attar was named Rookie of the Year. Swanson, who earned an All-Ivy spot for the second straight year, has a 4.58 digs per set average for 2017 that stands to be the seventh highest single-season average in Yale history. Attar closed out the conference regular season third in the Ivy League with 3.29 kills per set and averaged 4.00 kills per set over Yale's last six matches with a conference title on the line. Attar is the sixth Bulldog to earn Ivy League Rookie of the Year under head coach Erin Appleman.

A total of five members of the 2017 Ivy League Champion Bulldogs were named All-Ivy selections. Swanson and Attar were also named First Team All-Ivy, while sophomores Franny Arnaurou and Tristin Kott were named to the second team. Junior Kelley Wirth was an honorable mention.

Head coach Erin Appleman completed her 15th season at the helm of the Bulldogs with a career record of 270-103. In her time at Yale, the Bulldogs own the best 167-43 conference record among all Ancient Eight volleyball programs.

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Ray Tompkins House

Carol Roberts Field House

In September alumni, friends and family of Yale Athletics gathered to celebrate the groundbreaking of Carol Roberts Field House. Both the softball and field hockey teams joined supporters for a ceremony honoring the special facility which will become the home of their programs. The field house will include spacious locker rooms, a training room, a satellite coaches' office, a team meeting space and a second-story observation roof deck featuring a glass-walled event space. It is set to open in 2018.

Baseball and Softball Facilities Updates This fall the facilities for the baseball and softball programs received a major upgrade with the installation of field turf. The work on Yale Field and DeWitt Family Field began in earnest in November, and both facilities are set to be completed before the start of the spring seasons. The update will allow our programs to defy the limits of weather in New England and offer the best training and competition experience for our student-athletes.

Farewell to Nadine Logan

Handsome Dan Turns 1!

The announcement of Nadine Logan’s retirement in August was bittersweet.

Nadine has served Yale Athletics with steadfast devotion for 29 years, starting first with Varsity Sports and then moving on to the Athletics Development Office. We wish her well and express our gratitude for her years of outstanding service to Yale. Congratulations, Nadine!

Our beloved Walter celebrated his first birthday on September 23! Festivities included a party on Cross Campus and the Yale Football home season opener against Cornell.

Image courtesy of Mike Marsland, Yale University Photographer

2017 Fall

Honors

CROSS COUNTRY (MEN’S)

Trevor Reinhart ’19: All-Region Honors

CROSS COUNTRY (WOMEN‘S) Andrea Masterson ’19: All-Ivy Honors; All-Region Honors; Qualified for NCAA National Championships

FIELD HOCKEY Bridget Condie ’20: Second Team All-Ivy League Imogen Davies ’21: Second Team All-Ivy League Carol Middough ’18: Second Team All-Mideast Region; First team All-Ivy League; Alternate for NFHCA Senior Game; Sept. 4: Ivy League Player of the Week Sydney Terroso ’21: First team All-Ivy League; Sept. 25: Ivy League Rookie of the Week

FOOTBALL Jason Alessi ’18: All-Ivy League Honorable Mention Jon Bezney ’18: First Team All-Ivy; All-Ivy Academic Team; CoSIDA Academic All-District; Charles Callender ’20: Second Team All-Ivy Hayden Carlson ’18: First Team All-Ivy League; All- New England; Columbia: Ivy League Honor Roll; Harvard: College Sports Madness Ivy Player of Week Malcolm Dixon ’20: All-Ivy League Honorable Mention Zane Dudek ’21: Finalist for Jerry Rice Award; Ivy League Rookie of the Year; First Team All-Ivy League; All-New England; Second Team All-ECAC; New Haven Gridiron Club’s Harry Jacunski Award; 6x Ivy Rookie Player of the Week; Lehigh: Hero Sports Candidate, Ivy League Honor

Tony Reno

Joel E. Smilow '54 Head Coach of Football New England Football Writers Division I Coach of Year; Boston Gridiron Club Division I Coach of Year

Matthew Oplinger ‘18 Bushnell Cup Winner (Ivy Defensive MVP)

Buck Buchanan Award Finalist; First Team All-Ivy League; Second Team All-ECAC; All-New England; Numerous All-America Teams

Roll, STATS FCS National Rookie of the Week; Cornell: Ivy League Rookie of the Week; Penn: Ivy League Rookie of the Week; Columbia: STATS FCS National Rookie of the Week, Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week, Ivy League Rookie of the Week, College Sports Madness Ivy Player of the Week; Brown: Ivy League Rookie of the Week, STATS FCS Honorable Mention, College Sports Madness Ivy Player of the Week; Princeton: Ivy League Rookie of the Week, STATS FCS Honorable Mention, College Sports Madness Ivy Player of the Week; Harvard: Ivy Rookie of Week Dieter Eiselen ’20: All-Ivy League Honorable Mention Alex Galland ’19: Second Team All-Ivy League Jaeden Graham ’18: First Team All-Ivy League; First Team All-ECAC John Herubin ’18: First Team All-Ivy League; Anders Huizenga ’18: Second Team All-Ivy League; Karl Marback ’18: First Team All-Ivy League; First Team All-ECAC; All-New England Kyle Mullen ’19: Second Team All-Ivy League Foyesade Oloukun ‘18: Second Team All-Ivy League; Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week, College Sports Madness Ivy Player of the Week; Harvard: Ivy Defensive Player of Week Kurt Rawlings ‘20: All-Ivy League Honorable Mention; Lehigh: Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week, STATS FCS Honorable Mention, College Football Performance Awards, College Sports Madness Ivy Player of the Week, College Sports Madness Ivy Player of the Week; Holy Cross: Ivy League Honor Roll; Princeton: Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week

Spencer Rymiszewski ’18: First Team All-Ivy; Yale Football Captains Award Deshawn Salter ‘18: All-Ivy League Honorable Mention; Cornell: Ivy League Honor Roll; Fordham: Ivy League Honor Roll Michael Siragusa Jr. ‘18: All-Ivy Academic Team Sterling Strother ’20: Second Team All-Ivy Christopher Williams-Lopez ‘18: Dartmouth: Ivy League Honor Roll

SOCCER (WOMEN’S) Michelle Alozie ’19: United Soccer Coaches All-East Second Team; Ivy League Co-Offensive Player of the Year; 1st Team All-Ivy Carlin Hudson ’18: Selected to NEWISA Senior Bowl; 1st Team All-Ivy; Candidate for the 2017 Women's Soccer Senior CLASS Award Sarah McCauley ’18: Selected to NEWISA Senior Bowl Noelle Higginson ’20: 1st Team All-Ivy Christine Oberhausen ’21: Ivy League Rookie of Week, 10/2 Ciara Ostrander ’21: Ivy League Rookie of Week, 9/11 Sarah Jordan ’21: Ivy League Rookie of Week, 9/4

SOCCER (MEN‘S) Kyle Kenagy ’19: 2nd Team All-Ivy

Rudy Meredith

Loring Family and Rudolph L. Meredith Head Coach of Women's Soccer

Archie Kinnane ’18: Honorable Mention All-Ivy Cameron Riach ’19: Honorable Mention All-Ivy Miguel Yuste ’20: Honorable Mention All-Ivy Tom Wallenstein ’21: Ivy League Rookie of Week, 10/9 Aldo Quevedo ’21: Ivy League Rookie of Week, 9/4

VOLLEYBALL Franny Arnautou ‘20: Second Team All-Ivy League; Sept 2: Yale Invitational All-Tournament Team Kathryn Attar ‘21: Ivy League Rookie of the Year; First Team All-Ivy League; Nov 13: Ivy League Rookie of the Week; Oct 9: Ivy League Rookie of the Week; Oct 2: Ivy League Rookie of the Week; Sept 2: Yale Invitational All-Tournament Team Yurika Boyd ’21: Oct 23: Ivy League Rookie of the Week Tristin Kott ’20: Second Team All-Ivy League Izzy Simqu ’20: Sept 16: Penn State Classic All-Tournament Team Kate Swanson ‘19: AVCA All-East Region Honorable Mention; Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year; First Team All-Ivy League Kelley Wirth ‘19: Honorable Mention All-Ivy League; Sept 20: UC Santa Barbara Thunderdome All-Tournament Team; Sept 16: Penn State Classic All-Tournament Team; Sept 4: Ivy League Player of the Week; Sept 2: Yale Invitational Tournament MVP; Yale Invitational All-Tournament Team

New England Soccer Journal New England Coach of the Year

2017 Fall

Honors

Supporting

Excellence

Ray Tompkins Associates As the Fall season comes to a conclusion here at Yale, we reflect on the incredible accomplishments of our student-athletes and coaches. We saw a number of records broken, team and individual accomplishments, and success stories throughout the year. The participation and support of our committed alumni, parents and friends is critical to their success and makes Yale Athletics a truly special place.

The Ray Tompkins Associate Athletic Directors Fund addresses the top annual needs across all sports. Please consider making a gift in support of the RTA fund (instructions included below). Join us in celebrating and supporting the many successes across the department, even those outside of your own sport -- we are One Yale.

NEW GIVING WEBSITE! www.yale.edu/giveathletics This fall, Yale unveiled a new online giving platform.

Making a gift to support your favorite team is now easier than ever!

The new website is easy to navigate and offers many different ways to make a gift, including one-time gifts, establishing a new pledge, and scheduling recurring payments. It also features a new athletics theme!

To make a gift online: • Visit www.yale.edu/giveathletics • Enter gift amount • Select ‘Ray Tompkins Associates - Athletics General Use’ • Fill out the rest of the form

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Please mail to:Yale Athletics, PO Box 1844, New Haven, CT 06511.

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