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The University of Connectictut ......................................... 178-179
Living The UConn Experience .............................................. 180-181
A Remarkable Transformation ........................................... 182-183
Top 10 Reasons To Attend UConn ....................................... 184-185
Prominent UConn Alumni ..................................................... 186-187
The "State" of UConn .......................................................... 188-189
Close To Storrs ................................................................... 190-191
Storrs Center Project ....................................................... 192
The City of Hartford and Greater Hartford Region ....... 193
UConn Athletics .................................................................... 194-195
Director of Athletics Jeffrey A. Hathaway .................. 196-197
Administrative Staff and Head Coaches ........................... 198
Husky Traditions .................................................................. 199
Rentschler Field ................................................................... 200-202
Athletic Facilites .................................................................. 203
J. Robert Donnelly Husky Heritage Sports Museum ....... 204
UConn Athletic Development Fund ..................................... 205
Radio Coverage .................................................................... 206
Television Coverage ............................................................ 207
Media Services ..................................................................... 208
LOCATION
• Main campus is located in Storrs, about 30 minutes from Hartford, the
state’s capital city.
• Within driving distance of Boston, New York City, and Providence.
• Regional campuses in ideal locations at Avery Point, Stamford, Torrington,
Waterbury, and West Hartford.
• Health Center in Farmington and Schools of Social Work, and Law in the
greater Hartford area complete the University of Connecticut’s high
quality programs available statewide.
ACADEMIC BREADTH
• UConn encompasses 14 schools and colleges offering eight undergraduate
degrees in more than 100 majors.
• The University grants 13 graduate degrees in more than 80 fields of study, and provides graduate professional programs in business, law,
medicine, dental medicine, pharmacy, and social work.
FACULTY
• UConn’s faculty members are among the most impressive scholars in the world. Many are recognized as leaders in education, research, and
scholarship:
• UConn faculty research in regenerative biology produced America’s first cloned calf
using non-reproductive cells, creating an international scientific and media
sensation;
• UConn faculty provided pivotal leadership for the historic UConn-African
National Congress Partnership;
DISTINCTIONS
• Faculty initiative created an unprecedented opportunity for UConn students to
study at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City;
• Ranked the top public university in New England for eight
consecutive years and now ranked among the top 20 percent
of public universities in the nation by US News and World
Report.
• UConn’s Neag School of Education is home to the renowned National Research
Center on the Gifted and Talented, and to the Accelerated Schools Project;
• Researchers in UConn’s School of Medicine have successfully isolated the gene that
causes the most common form of glaucoma, a breakthrough that could lead to
early detection and prevention of blindness.
• The only public university in New England with our own
schools of law, medicine, dental medicine and social work.
• Our professors strive to personalize the UConn experience. Presiding over classes
that average about 30 students, faculty members are dedicated to their roles as
teachers, student advisors, and mentors. Undergraduate students often have the
opportunity to participate in original research or receive a grant to work under the
direction of our renowned professors.
• School of Dental Medicine students have twice ranked first
among the country’s 55 dental schools on National Board
examinations;
•A comprehensive study of the nation’s hospitals published in
Soucient 100 Top Hospitals: National Benchmarks for Success
study for 2006 named the UConn Health Center as one of the
nation’s top hospitals;
• Median LSAT scores of entering students at UConn’s School
of Law have been increasing for the last decade.
• Founded in 1881, UConn is the only public university in
Connecticut to be designated a Carnegie Foundation Research
University, lauded for breadth and range of research.
• The National Science Foundation ranked UConn in the top
15 percent of public universities in garnering research funding.
Research awards to UConn faculty exceeded $180 million in
2006.
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LOCATION
• Main campus is located in Storrs, about 30 minutes from Hartford, the
state’s capital city.
• Within driving distance of Boston, New York City, and Providence.
• Regional campuses in ideal locations at Avery Point, Stamford, Torrington,
Waterbury, and West Hartford.
• Health Center in Farmington and Schools of Social Work, and Law in the
greater Hartford area complete the University of Connecticut’s high
quality programs available statewide.
ACADEMIC BREADTH
• UConn encompasses 14 schools and colleges offering eight undergraduate
degrees in more than 100 majors.
• The University grants 13 graduate degrees in more than 80 fields of study, and provides graduate professional programs in business, law,
medicine, dental medicine, pharmacy, and social work.
FACULTY
• UConn’s faculty members are among the most impressive scholars in the world. Many are recognized as leaders in education, research, and
scholarship:
• UConn faculty research in regenerative biology produced America’s first cloned calf
using non-reproductive cells, creating an international scientific and media
sensation;
• UConn faculty provided pivotal leadership for the historic UConn-African
National Congress Partnership;
DISTINCTIONS
• Faculty initiative created an unprecedented opportunity for UConn students to
study at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City;
• Ranked the top public university in New England for eight
consecutive years and now ranked among the top 20 percent
of public universities in the nation by US News and World
Report.
• UConn’s Neag School of Education is home to the renowned National Research
Center on the Gifted and Talented, and to the Accelerated Schools Project;
• Researchers in UConn’s School of Medicine have successfully isolated the gene that
causes the most common form of glaucoma, a breakthrough that could lead to
early detection and prevention of blindness.
• The only public university in New England with our own
schools of law, medicine, dental medicine and social work.
• Our professors strive to personalize the UConn experience. Presiding over classes
that average about 30 students, faculty members are dedicated to their roles as
teachers, student advisors, and mentors. Undergraduate students often have the
opportunity to participate in original research or receive a grant to work under the
direction of our renowned professors.
• School of Dental Medicine students have twice ranked first
among the country’s 55 dental schools on National Board
examinations;
•A comprehensive study of the nation’s hospitals published in
Soucient 100 Top Hospitals: National Benchmarks for Success
study for 2006 named the UConn Health Center as one of the
nation’s top hospitals;
• Median LSAT scores of entering students at UConn’s School
of Law have been increasing for the last decade.
• Founded in 1881, UConn is the only public university in
Connecticut to be designated a Carnegie Foundation Research
University, lauded for breadth and range of research.
• The National Science Foundation ranked UConn in the top
15 percent of public universities in garnering research funding.
Research awards to UConn faculty exceeded $180 million in
2006.
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STUDENT PROFILE
• More than 28,000 undergraduate and graduate students
enrolled, representing nearly every state in the nation and
more than 100 countries.
• Average SAT scores of incoming freshmen at Storrs are up
82 points since 1995 and are now 1195.
• Minority freshman enrollment at Storrs and the regional
campuses has more than doubled since 1995.
• Nearly 800 valedictorians and salutatorians have enrolled at
all campuses since 1995. Nearly 40 percent of the
freshmen entering the Storrs campus in fall 2006 were
ranked in the top 10 percent of their high school class and
more than 81 percent were in the top 25 percent of their
class.
• The 250 students UConn welcomed into our Honors
Program in 2006 ranked on average in the top four percent
of their high school classes and had SAT scores of almost
1400.
• More than 40 percent of student-athletes earned a 3.0 or
better grade point average last year and 14 had a 4.0 grade
point average in either the fall and spring semester, or in
both semesters.
• UConn is among the top 25 public universities in the
nation in freshmen retention rates; 93 percent of freshman
enrolled at Storrs in 2006 choose to continue their studies
here in 2007.
STUDENT LIFE
• UConn offers more than 300 clubs and organizations.
• UConn’s Study Abroad offers 200 study-abroad programs,
including travel to more than 65 countries.
• Cooperative education programs and internships integrate
classroom learning and work experience in business,
industry, and public service.
ATTRACTIONS
• In 2006, nearly 37,000 prospective students and their families launched their tours of the
UConn campus from the Lodewick Visitors Center, the gateway to the University’s
4,000-acre main campus. In 1995, only a third as many students visited the campus.
• Visitors may experience it all while lodging in the Nathan Hale Inn, a convenient hotel
and conference facility on the UConn campus.
• Chief among UConn’s dynamic academic facilities is the Homer Babbidge Library,
which contains more than 3.6 million volumes. The Chronicle of Higher Education has
recognized UConn’s Babbidge Library system as the top public research library in New
England.
• UConn’s Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts showcases the region’s most
noteworthy dramatic events. It stages professional touring attractions that range from
Broadway musicals to intimate cabarets.
• The collections of the William Benton Museum of Art, which includes the Human
Rights Gallery and the Evelyn Simon Gilman Gallery, contain more than 5,000 works
of art.
• The artifacts on display in UConn’s recently renovated Museum of Natural History
further enhance the University’s cultural environment.
• The Husky Heritage Sports Museum features photos, videos, plaques, banners, uniforms
and NCAA National championship trophies of the men’s and women’s basketball teams
and the men’s soccer team.
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STUDENT PROFILE
• More than 28,000 undergraduate and graduate students
enrolled, representing nearly every state in the nation and
more than 100 countries.
• Average SAT scores of incoming freshmen at Storrs are up
82 points since 1995 and are now 1195.
• Minority freshman enrollment at Storrs and the regional
campuses has more than doubled since 1995.
• Nearly 800 valedictorians and salutatorians have enrolled at
all campuses since 1995. Nearly 40 percent of the
freshmen entering the Storrs campus in fall 2006 were
ranked in the top 10 percent of their high school class and
more than 81 percent were in the top 25 percent of their
class.
• The 250 students UConn welcomed into our Honors
Program in 2006 ranked on average in the top four percent
of their high school classes and had SAT scores of almost
1400.
• More than 40 percent of student-athletes earned a 3.0 or
better grade point average last year and 14 had a 4.0 grade
point average in either the fall and spring semester, or in
both semesters.
• UConn is among the top 25 public universities in the
nation in freshmen retention rates; 93 percent of freshman
enrolled at Storrs in 2006 choose to continue their studies
here in 2007.
STUDENT LIFE
• UConn offers more than 300 clubs and organizations.
• UConn’s Study Abroad offers 200 study-abroad programs,
including travel to more than 65 countries.
• Cooperative education programs and internships integrate
classroom learning and work experience in business,
industry, and public service.
ATTRACTIONS
• In 2006, nearly 37,000 prospective students and their families launched their tours of the
UConn campus from the Lodewick Visitors Center, the gateway to the University’s
4,000-acre main campus. In 1995, only a third as many students visited the campus.
• Visitors may experience it all while lodging in the Nathan Hale Inn, a convenient hotel
and conference facility on the UConn campus.
• Chief among UConn’s dynamic academic facilities is the Homer Babbidge Library,
which contains more than 3.6 million volumes. The Chronicle of Higher Education has
recognized UConn’s Babbidge Library system as the top public research library in New
England.
• UConn’s Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts showcases the region’s most
noteworthy dramatic events. It stages professional touring attractions that range from
Broadway musicals to intimate cabarets.
• The collections of the William Benton Museum of Art, which includes the Human
Rights Gallery and the Evelyn Simon Gilman Gallery, contain more than 5,000 works
of art.
• The artifacts on display in UConn’s recently renovated Museum of Natural History
further enhance the University’s cultural environment.
• The Husky Heritage Sports Museum features photos, videos, plaques, banners, uniforms
and NCAA National championship trophies of the men’s and women’s basketball teams
and the men’s soccer team.
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The landmark UCONN 2000 construction program has created more than 8.1 million
square feet of new and renovated space for research, teaching, living, and learning.
Completed projects include:
• an award-winning building for the department of chemistry—the Chemistry Building is one of
the best-designed buildings in the world according to the International Architecture Yearbook;
• new buildings for the schools of Business, and Pharmacy;
• the modern Biology/Physics Building, Information Technologies Engineering Building, and
Agricultural Biotechnology Laboratory;
• additions to the Benton Museum;
• renovations to numerous facilities, including the Babbidge Library, the historic Wilbur Cross
Building, Museum of Natural History and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences;
• construction that includes the latest innovations in student residential communities, ranging
from traditional residence halls, to suites, to apartments;
• improving the quality of a UConn education throughout the state, as renovations touch every
University campus, resulting in new downtown campuses in Stamford and Waterbury, a
sophisticated marine science facility at our campus in Avery Point, and new buildings on our
Greater Hartford and Torrington campuses, as well as at the UConn Law School.
A CAMPUS
FOR THE
Forthcoming projects made possible by
UCONN 2000 include enhancements at the
Storrs campus that include new liberal arts
facilities, life sciences buildings, and the
entire fine arts complex.
21ST CENTURY
• UConn continues to renew, rebuild and enhance our campuses through
an unprecedented $2.8 billion, 20-year investment in the University’s
infrastructure. UCONN 2000 is the most ambitious publicly financed
university building program in the country. It’s an initiative The New York
Times reports as being, “a building boom that would be the envy of most
university presidents.”
• Now in its 13th year, UCONN 2000 has invigorated the University’s
living and learning environments, helped advance faculty research, and
stimulated public and private investment.
• This transformation revitalizes the state’s future by providing the means for
the University to attract high-achieving students, high-quality faculty, and
funding from public grants and private donors. Before the landmark
program, Connecticut was a state with one of the highest ratios of students
leaving the state for college. Today, that trend has been dramatically
reversed:
• Applications have increased for the 11th straight year and now approach
21,000 annually;
• Applications from out-of-state students continue to increase and more
than 10,000 out-of-state students applied for fewer than 1,000 seats in the
freshman class in 2006.
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The landmark UCONN 2000 construction program has created more than 8.1 million
square feet of new and renovated space for research, teaching, living, and learning.
Completed projects include:
• an award-winning building for the department of chemistry—the Chemistry Building is one of
the best-designed buildings in the world according to the International Architecture Yearbook;
• new buildings for the schools of Business, and Pharmacy;
• the modern Biology/Physics Building, Information Technologies Engineering Building, and
Agricultural Biotechnology Laboratory;
• additions to the Benton Museum;
• renovations to numerous facilities, including the Babbidge Library, the historic Wilbur Cross
Building, Museum of Natural History and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences;
• construction that includes the latest innovations in student residential communities, ranging
from traditional residence halls, to suites, to apartments;
• improving the quality of a UConn education throughout the state, as renovations touch every
University campus, resulting in new downtown campuses in Stamford and Waterbury, a
sophisticated marine science facility at our campus in Avery Point, and new buildings on our
Greater Hartford and Torrington campuses, as well as at the UConn Law School.
A CAMPUS
FOR THE
Forthcoming projects made possible by
UCONN 2000 include enhancements at the
Storrs campus that include new liberal arts
facilities, life sciences buildings, and the
entire fine arts complex.
21ST CENTURY
• UConn continues to renew, rebuild and enhance our campuses through
an unprecedented $2.8 billion, 20-year investment in the University’s
infrastructure. UCONN 2000 is the most ambitious publicly financed
university building program in the country. It’s an initiative The New York
Times reports as being, “a building boom that would be the envy of most
university presidents.”
• Now in its 13th year, UCONN 2000 has invigorated the University’s
living and learning environments, helped advance faculty research, and
stimulated public and private investment.
• This transformation revitalizes the state’s future by providing the means for
the University to attract high-achieving students, high-quality faculty, and
funding from public grants and private donors. Before the landmark
program, Connecticut was a state with one of the highest ratios of students
leaving the state for college. Today, that trend has been dramatically
reversed:
• Applications have increased for the 11th straight year and now approach
21,000 annually;
• Applications from out-of-state students continue to increase and more
than 10,000 out-of-state students applied for fewer than 1,000 seats in the
freshman class in 2006.
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4.
5.
WORLD-CLASS
FACULTY
UNLIMITED
OPPORTUNITIES FOR
INVOLVEMENT
From writers and scientists to human
rights activists and historians, our nearly
1,100 faculty members are committed
to classroom teaching. Fostering a dynamic learning environment, they share
research opportunities with high-achieving undergraduates. Our faculty includes
Regina Barreca, whose humor appears in nationally published columns, and Ben
Bahr, whose revolutionary research may unlock the mysteries of Alzheimer’s disease.
Amii Omara-Otunnu provides pivotal leadership for the UConn-African National
Congress Partnership. It is professors like these who inspire the minds of emerging
scholars.
6.
OUTSTANDING
RESIDENTIAL
FACILITIES
UConn has the highest percentage of
students living on campus of any
major public university in the United
States. Residential life at UConn offers a distinct sense of community, as well
as many social and cultural opportunities. We offer new students a range of
dining options and accommodations, while offering upper division students
the latest in suite-style and apartment living. Residence halls come complete
with study rooms, computer labs, and lounge areas to help students relax and
feel at home.
1. RANKED THE TOP PUBLIC UNIVERSITY IN NEW ENGLAND
For the eighth consecutive year, U.S. News and World Report ranked UConn the top public university in New England and among the very best public
universities in the nation. Comments published in the 2006 Fiske Guide to Colleges include, “It’s the perfect atmosphere to go to college in. The
academics are challenging and interesting, and the social setting is fun and diverse.” Bolstered by this national recognition and academic prestige, the
value of a UConn degree continues to soar.
2.
21ST CENTURY
AMENITIES
This is a tremendously exciting time
to attend UConn. A $2.8 billion
landmark building program is
dramatically transforming the places
where students live, learn and enjoy
life. Through new construction and renovation, we offer the latest innovations
nationally in university housing and dining and the best-equipped recreational
complexes. Classrooms and laboratories are being built at a remarkable rate,
placing our facilities at the forefront of public higher education and propelling
UConn to a position of national prominence.
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3.
THE RIGHT FIT
Our student/faculty
ratio is 17:1, and our
20,000 undergraduate
students receive personal
attention and feel a
sense
of
strong
community and belonging in classes that average 30 students.
Just the right size, UConn also offers the opportunities of a
premier research university, such as hands-on experience
working in labs with professors who not only teach our
courses, but who also are on the cutting edge of innovation
and discovery.
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Yoga. UConnTV. Fraternities and
Sororities. Student Film Organization.
Marching Band. Finance Society. Puppet Club. Skydiving. Dance Team.
Community Outreach. Choosing from more than 300 clubs and volunteer
organizations, UConn students actively participate in campus and
community life. Our students make governing decisions, plan events, organize
intramural teams, and run their own radio shows—to name just a few of the
leadership roles our students play.
7.
MORE THAN 100 MAJORS
Choices abound. Whether it’s education,
engineering, English, or environmental
science, UConn’s academic breadth
encompasses numerous educational
choices. Students select an established
major or design an individualized plan of
study to meet their specific needs. UConn
takes pride in offering all students, including those enrolled in our distinctive Honors
Program, the opportunity to earn a major in any of the University’s 100+ programs
of study. In addition to academic advisers, online study tools, and tutorial centers,
UConn offers career counseling workshops, study abroad programs, and many
internship programs that offer valuable experience. The University of Connecticut is
diverse enough to offer many academic choices, and remains committed to providing
students with the support needed to help them achieve their goals.
8.
9.
AN EXCEPTIONAL
LOCATION,
EDUCATIONAL VALUE LOCATION, LOCATION
Kiplinger’s Personal Finance ranks UConn
in the top 30 for best value in public colleges.
Whether long-range goals are career
preparation, pursuit of a graduate degree, or
attending medical or law school, “students
can receive a stellar education without graduating with a mountain of debt.” UConn
has a variety of programs to help many students financially, ranging from merit
scholarship opportunities to need-based financial aid packages, all designed to support
a large number of qualified students. The University also has many part-time campus
jobs with flexible hours that help students earn extra spending money or build their
résumé with hands-on work experience.
Our main campus is located in
Storrs. We’re a major academic
institution that values its small town
roots. Students enjoy the familiarity
of an intimate academic institution,
while being just a short drive from major cities. UConn’s unique campuses
are strategically placed across the state in Avery Point, Farmington,
Stamford, Torrington, Waterbury and West Hartford. Throughout
Connecticut, UConn offers a quality education to meet our student body’s
distinct needs.
10. H USKYMANIA
Division I in all sports, we have a variety of men’s and women’s varsity athletics. Home of Huskymania,
sports at UConn include baseball, basketball, field hockey, football, golf, ice hockey, lacrosse, rowing,
soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, indoor and outdoor track, and volleyball. UConn captured
seven NCAA national championships in the last nine years, including unprecedented dual men’s and
women’s basketball championships—the first University to do so in NCAA Division I history. This
UConn standard of athletic excellence carries on to the gridiron. Where the Huskies, winner of the 2004
Motor City Bowl, regularly play before sell-out crowds of 40,000 roaring fans at the ultra-modern
Rentschler Field.
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Kevin O’Connor ’92 Law John C. Severino ’59
Jim Abromaitis ’79, ’82
Former basketball player
Executive Director
Capital City Economic
Development Authority
Member of University of
Connecticut Board of Trustees
Matthew Adiletta ’85
Director of Communication
Processor Architecture
Intel, Inc.
Dr. Stanley Battle, ’75
Master’s
Chancellor
North Carolina A&T
University
Andy Bessette ’75
Andy Bessette ’75
Former men’s track and field
All-American
Executive Vice President and
Chief Administrative Officer
The Travelers Companies, Inc.
Roy Brooks ’72
Warren Distinguished
Professor of Laws
University of San Diego
Martin Buzas ’58
Senior Geologist and Curator
Department of Paleobiology
National Museum of Natural
History
Smithsonian Institution
James Calhoun ’89
James Calhoun ’89
Executive Vice President,
Global Apparel
Disney Consumer Products
Franklin Chang-Diaz
’73
Retired NASA astronaut who
is a veteran of seven space
flights
Robert Cizik ’53
Former Chairman of the
Board/Chief Executive Officer
of Cooper Industries Inc.
Dale R. Comey ’64
Former UConn basketball
player
Executive Vice President
ITT Corporation (retired)
Doug Elliott ’82
Fred Contrata ’90
Robert W. Fiondella ’68
Chief Financial Officer
Zurich Global Energy,
Bermuda
Chief Executive Officer
(Retired)
Phoenix Home Life Mutual
Insurance Co.
Founding Principal
JEROB Enterprises, LLC
Joe Courtney ’78 Law
United States Congressman
Second District – Connecticut
Scott Cowan ’68
Mark E. Freitas ’81
President and Chief Operating
Officer, Frank Crystal and
Company, Inc.
Former UConn football player
President, Tulane University
Marc D’Amelio ’91
Founder and CEO
Madsoul Clothing, Inc.
Dawn Denvir ’81
Chief of Civilian Training
Department of Peacekeeping
Operations United Nations
John DeStefano ’77, ’80
Mayor, City of New Haven,
Connecticut
Chris Donovan ’69
Television producer
Emmy-award nominee for
“Dinner for Five”
Walt Dropo ’48
1950 American League
Rookie-of-the-Year with the
Boston Red Sox
Owner of family fireworks
business
Kathleeen Dudzinski ’89
Founder, Dolphin
Communication Project
Patricia Gallup ’79
Chairman and CEO of PC
Connection, Inc.
J. Robert Galvin ’96 MPH
Commissioner
Connecticut Department of
Public Health
Marilda Gandara ’80 Law
President
Aetna Foundation
Sam Gejdenson ’71
Former United States
Congressman,
2nd District, Connecticut
Roger A. Gelfenbien ’65
Former Chairman, University
of Connecticut
Board of Trustee
Managing Partner of Andersen
Consulting, Inc. (retired)
David Grimaldi
Curator of Invertebrate
Zoology
Museum of Natural History
New York, N.Y.
Charles Duelfer ’74
Leader of Weapons of Mass
Destruction Search in Iraq for
the CIA
Eunice Groark ’65
Former Lieutenant Governor
State of Connecticut
Herb Dunn ’61
Senior Vice President, SmithBarney Co. (retired)
Richard J. Grossi ’57
Former President and CEO
United Illuminating
Executive Director
Science Park Development
Corporation
Doug Elliot ’82
President and Chief Executive
Officer
Hartford Steam Boiler
Inspection and Insurance
Company
Former baseball player
Edward A. Horrigan, Jr.
’50
President and CEO of R.J.
Reynolds (retired)
Former football player
Samuel Jaskilka ’42
Four-Star General (retired)
Commandant of United
States Marine Corps
Ned Kahn ’82
Nationally-prominent sculptor
and scientist
Robert Kaplan ’73
National Correspondent,
Atlantic Monthly
Tom Keegan ’84
Co-producer of Broadway
show “Little Women”
Animator, “Blues Clues”
children’s television series
John A. Klein ’71, ’77
Law
Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer
People’s United Bank
David M. Lee ’55
David P. Marks ’69, ’71
Executive Vice President/Chief
Investment Officer
CUNA Mutual Group, Inc.
Myles Martel ’65
President, Martel and
Associates, Villanova, Pa.
Highly-recognized leadership
communication advisor
Michael Maslin ’76
Cartoonist, New Yorker
magazine
Richard Mastracchio ’82
Mission Specialist for NASA
who flew his first mission, on
the Space Shuttle Atlantis, in
September of 2000
Aaron Ment ’58
Chief Court Administrator
(retired) of the Connecticut
Judicial System
Christopher Murphy ‘’02
Law
Managing Partner
Oak Hill Captial, Inc.
Denis J. Nayden ’76
Associate Managing
Editor/Syndicated Columnist,
Newsday
Pulitzer Prize Award Recipient
Joseph W. Polisi ’69
President of the Julliard
School
New York City
Narissa Ramdhani ’90
M.A.
Ifa Lethu Foundation
Groenkloof, South Africa
Gen. Robert RisCassi ’58
Former Vice President
Travelers Insurance Company
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Les Payne ’64
Georgina I. Lucas ’70
Group President
ING
Marilda Gandara ’80
Accomplished actor, best
known in role of “Horshack”
in the hit TV series
“Welcome Back Kotter”
William Ratchford ’56
Kathleen Murphy ’87
J.D.
Ron Paolillo ’72
(Graduate)
1996 Co-Winner of Nobel
Prize for Physics
Fifth District – Connecticut
United States Attorney –
District of Connecticut
Chief of Staff for United
States Attorney General
Alberto Gonzales
Congressman
Retired Vice Chief of Staff of
the United States Army
Thomas D. Ritter ’77
Former Speaker of the House
of Representatives
William P. Robinson ’71
(Master’s)
Associate Justice
Rhode Island Supreme Court
Lewis B. Rome ’54, ’57
LLB
Former Chairman
University of Connecticut
Board of Trustees
Partner, Rome Smith &
Associates
David Rudman ’85
Voice of many characters on
TV’s Sesame Street
Former President of CBS
Television Stations
Mark R. Shenkman ’65
President, Shenkman Capital
Management, Inc.
Patrick J. Sheehan ’67
Vice President, A.G. Edwards
& Sons
Major General Kevin
Sullivan ’74
Commander, Odgen Air
Logistics Center
Hill AFB, Odgen, Utah
Kevin Sullivan ’82
Huw Thomas ’86 (Pd.D.)
Dean, University of AlabamaBirmingham
School of Dentistry
William Trueheart ’66
Former President of Bryant
College, Smithfield, R.I.
President and CEO of The
Pittsburgh Foundation, a
community foundation to
establish charitable
endowment funds
Paige Turco ’88
Television and Film Actress
David Ushery ’89
Anchor and Reporter
WNBC-TV, New York
Robert M. Ward ’74
Minority Leader, House of
Representatives, State of
Connecticut (retired)
Thomas J. Wolff ’56
Chairman of the Board of
Wolff-Zackin Associates
Insurance Agency
John Yearwood ’86
World Editor
Miami Herald
Dona D. Young ’80 Law
Chairman, President and
The Phoenix Companies, Inc.
Carolyn Runowicz ’73
Director, Carole and Ray
Neag Comprehensive Cancer
Center
Health Center
President, American Cancer
Society
AND
A number of UConn alumni, some of who are former studentathletes, have established prominent careers working in the
sports industry.
Glenn Adamo ’77
Vice President of Media
Operations
National Football League
Former men’s hockey
student-athlete
Mike Aresco ’76 Law
Senior Vice President of
Programming
CBS Sports
Celia Bobrowsky ’80
Director of Community
Affairs
Major League Baseball
Janna Blais ’93
Associate Athletic Director
Senior Women’s
Administrator
Bowling Green State
University
Chairman, NCAA Division
I Softball Committee
Former softball player
Leigh Ann Curl ’85
Head Team Orthopedic
Surgeon
Baltimore Ravens
Former UConn women’s
basketball student-athlete
John Dorsey ’84
Former UConn Football
All-American and NFL
standout with the Green Bay
Packers
Director of College Scouting
for the Packers
Greg Economou ’88
Charlotte Bobcats Sports &
Entertainment
Charlie Eshbach ’74
President and General
Manager
Portland (Maine) Sea Dogs
(Double-A Affiliate of
Boston Red Sox)
Former President, Eastern
League
Bill Geist ’92 MBA
Senior Vice President,
Finance Programming and
Ad Sales
ESPN
Bristol, Conn.
Kirk Ferentz ’78
Head Football Coach
University of Iowa
Karl Hobbs ’85
Head Men’s Basketball
Coach
George Washington
University
Dan Iassogna ’91
Umpire
Leigh Montville ’65
Nationally known
sportswriter and author
Rebecca Lobo ’95
Former women's basketball
All-American and Academic
All-American
ESPN Announcer
Member, UConn Board of
Trustees
David Ushery ’89
Dave Ogrean ’74
Executve Director
USA Hockey
Steve Pikiell ’90
Head Basketball Coach
Stony Brook University
Jim Reynolds ’91
Umpire
Jennifer Rizzotti ’96
Head Women’s Basketball
Coach
University of Hartford
Michael Soltys ’81
Vice President for Domestic
Network Communications
ESPN
Paige Turco ’88
Harriet Sanford ’79
(Master’s)
President/Chief Executive
Officer
National Education
Association Foundation
Les Payne ’64
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Kevin O’Connor ’92 Law John C. Severino ’59
Jim Abromaitis ’79, ’82
Former basketball player
Executive Director
Capital City Economic
Development Authority
Matthew Adiletta ’85
Director of Communication
Processor Architecture
Intel, Inc.
Dr. Stanley Battle, ’75
Master’s
Chancellor
North Carolina A&T
University
Andy Bessette ’75
Andy Bessette ’75
Former men’s track and field
All-American
Executive Vice President and
Chief Administrative Officer
The Travelers Companies, Inc.
Roy Brooks ’72
Warren Distinguished
Professor of Laws
University of San Diego
Martin Buzas ’58
Senior Geologist and Curator
Department of Paleobiology
National Museum of Natural
History
Smithsonian Institution
James Calhoun ’89
James Calhoun ’89
Executive Vice President,
Global Apparel
Disney Consumer Products
Franklin Chang-Diaz
’73
Retired NASA astronaut who
is a veteran of seven space
flights
Robert Cizik ’53
Former Chairman of the
Board/Chief Executive Officer
of Cooper Industries Inc.
Dale R. Comey ’64
Former UConn basketball
player
ITT Corporation (retired)
Doug Elliott ’82
Fred Contrata ’90
Robert W. Fiondella ’68
Chief Financial Officer
Zurich Global Energy,
Bermuda
(Retired)
Phoenix Home Life Mutual
Insurance Co.
Founding Principal
JEROB Enterprises, LLC
Joe Courtney ’78 Law
Second District – Connecticut
Scott Cowan ’68
President and Chief Operating
Officer, Frank Crystal and
Company, Inc.
President, Tulane University
Marc D’Amelio ’91
Founder and CEO
Madsoul Clothing, Inc.
Dawn Denvir ’81
Chief of Civilian Training
Department of Peacekeeping
Operations United Nations
John DeStefano ’77, ’80
Mayor, City of New Haven,
Connecticut
Chris Donovan ’69
Television producer
Emmy-award nominee for
“Dinner for Five”
Walt Dropo ’48
1950 American League
Rookie-of-the-Year with the
Boston Red Sox
Owner of family fireworks
business
Kathleeen Dudzinski ’89
Founder, Dolphin
Communication Project
Chairman and CEO of PC
Connection, Inc.
J. Robert Galvin ’96 MPH
Commissioner
Connecticut Department of
Public Health
Marilda Gandara ’80 Law
President
Aetna Foundation
Sam Gejdenson ’71
Congressman,
2nd District, Connecticut
Roger A. Gelfenbien ’65
Former Chairman, University
of Connecticut
Board of Trustee
Managing Partner of Andersen
Consulting, Inc. (retired)
David Grimaldi
Curator of Invertebrate
Zoology
Museum of Natural History
New York, N.Y.
Charles Duelfer ’74
Leader of Weapons of Mass
Destruction Search in Iraq for
the CIA
Eunice Groark ’65
Herb Dunn ’61
Senior Vice President, SmithBarney Co. (retired)
Richard J. Grossi ’57
Former President and CEO
United Illuminating
Executive Director
Science Park Development
Corporation
Doug Elliot ’82
President and Chief Executive
Officer
Hartford Steam Boiler
Inspection and Insurance
Company
Former baseball player
Edward A. Horrigan, Jr.
’50
President and CEO of R.J.
Reynolds (retired)
Former football player
Samuel Jaskilka ’42
Four-Star General (retired)
Commandant of United
States Marine Corps
Ned Kahn ’82
Nationally-prominent sculptor
and scientist
Robert Kaplan ’73
National Correspondent,
Atlantic Monthly
Tom Keegan ’84
Co-producer of Broadway
show “Little Women”
Animator, “Blues Clues”
children’s television series
John A. Klein ’71, ’77
Law
Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer
People’s United Bank
David M. Lee ’55
David P. Marks ’69, ’71
Executive Vice President/Chief
Investment Officer
CUNA Mutual Group, Inc.
Myles Martel ’65
President, Martel and
Associates, Villanova, Pa.
Highly-recognized leadership
communication advisor
Michael Maslin ’76
Cartoonist, New Yorker
magazine
Richard Mastracchio ’82
Mission Specialist for NASA
who flew his first mission, on
the Space Shuttle Atlantis, in
September of 2000
Aaron Ment ’58
Chief Court Administrator
(retired) of the Connecticut
Judicial System
Christopher Murphy ‘’02
Law
Managing Partner
Oak Hill Captial, Inc.
Associate Managing
Editor/Syndicated Columnist,
Newsday
Pulitzer Prize Award Recipient
Joseph W. Polisi ’69
President of the Julliard
School
New York City
Narissa Ramdhani ’90
M.A.
Ifa Lethu Foundation
Groenkloof, South Africa
Gen. Robert RisCassi ’58
Former Vice President
Travelers Insurance Company
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Georgina I. Lucas ’70
Group President
ING
Marilda Gandara ’80
Accomplished actor, best
known in role of “Horshack”
in the hit TV series
“Welcome Back Kotter”
William Ratchford ’56
Kathleen Murphy ’87
J.D.
Ron Paolillo ’72
(Graduate)
1996 Co-Winner of Nobel
Prize for Physics
Fifth District – Connecticut
United States Attorney –
District of Connecticut
Chief of Staff for United
States Attorney General
Alberto Gonzales
Congressman
Retired Vice Chief of Staff of
the United States Army
Former Speaker of the House
of Representatives
William P. Robinson ’71
(Master’s)
Associate Justice
Rhode Island Supreme Court
Lewis B. Rome ’54, ’57
LLB
Former Chairman
Board of Trustees
Partner, Rome Smith &
Associates
David Rudman ’85
Voice of many characters on
TV’s Sesame Street
Former President of CBS
Television Stations
President, Shenkman Capital
Management, Inc.
Patrick J. Sheehan ’67
Vice President, A.G. Edwards
& Sons
Major General Kevin
Sullivan ’74
Commander, Odgen Air
Logistics Center
Hill AFB, Odgen, Utah
Kevin Sullivan ’82
Huw Thomas ’86 (Pd.D.)
Dean, University of AlabamaBirmingham
School of Dentistry
William Trueheart ’66
Former President of Bryant
College, Smithfield, R.I.
President and CEO of The
Pittsburgh Foundation, a
community foundation to
establish charitable
endowment funds
Paige Turco ’88
Television and Film Actress
David Ushery ’89
Anchor and Reporter
WNBC-TV, New York
Robert M. Ward ’74
Minority Leader, House of
Representatives, State of
Connecticut (retired)
Thomas J. Wolff ’56
Chairman of the Board of
Wolff-Zackin Associates
Insurance Agency
John Yearwood ’86
World Editor
Miami Herald
Chairman, President and
The Phoenix Companies, Inc.
Director, Carole and Ray
Neag Comprehensive Cancer
Center
Health Center
President, American Cancer
Society
AND
A number of UConn alumni, some of who are former studentathletes, have established prominent careers working in the
sports industry.
Glenn Adamo ’77
Vice President of Media
Operations
National Football League
Former men’s hockey
student-athlete
Mike Aresco ’76 Law
Senior Vice President of
Programming
CBS Sports
Celia Bobrowsky ’80
Director of Community
Affairs
Janna Blais ’93
Associate Athletic Director
Senior Women’s
Administrator
Bowling Green State
University
Chairman, NCAA Division
I Softball Committee
Former softball player
Leigh Ann Curl ’85
Head Team Orthopedic
Surgeon
Baltimore Ravens
Former UConn women’s
basketball student-athlete
John Dorsey ’84
Former UConn Football
All-American and NFL
standout with the Green Bay
Packers
Director of College Scouting
for the Packers
Greg Economou ’88
Charlotte Bobcats Sports &
Entertainment
Charlie Eshbach ’74
President and General
Manager
Portland (Maine) Sea Dogs
(Double-A Affiliate of
Boston Red Sox)
Former President, Eastern
League
Bill Geist ’92 MBA
Senior Vice President,
Finance Programming and
Ad Sales
ESPN
Bristol, Conn.
Kirk Ferentz ’78
Head Football Coach
University of Iowa
Karl Hobbs ’85
Head Men’s Basketball
Coach
George Washington
University
Dan Iassogna ’91
Umpire
Leigh Montville ’65
Nationally known
sportswriter and author
Rebecca Lobo ’95
Former women's basketball
All-American and Academic
All-American
ESPN Announcer
Member, UConn Board of
Trustees
David Ushery ’89
Dave Ogrean ’74
Executve Director
USA Hockey
Steve Pikiell ’90
Head Basketball Coach
Stony Brook University
Jim Reynolds ’91
Umpire
Jennifer Rizzotti ’96
Head Women’s Basketball
Coach
University of Hartford
Michael Soltys ’81
Vice President for Domestic
Network Communications
ESPN
Paige Turco ’88
Harriet Sanford ’79
(Master’s)
President/Chief Executive
Officer
National Education
Association Foundation
Les Payne ’64
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PUBLIC
AND
PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
The University maintains a wealth of partnerships with organizations and
private corporations across the state. UConn partners with:
Connecticut’s public sector, providing staff development services to state social
service agencies, and technical support to assist state and local agencies in
finding solutions to critical environmental, infrastructure, and social
problems;
Connecticut’s private sector, supporting and enhancing the competitiveness of
state businesses, enabling them to expand existing operations, launch
initiatives, create jobs, and expand the state’s tax base.
In fact, every state dollar allocated to UConn resulted in a $6.18 increase in
Connecticut’s gross state product.
RESEARCH
The University has more than 70 focused research centers that explore subjects
ranging from improving human health to enhancing public education and
protecting our natural resources. Faculty research at UConn provides direct
benefits to the Connecticut economy in the form of job creation, new
business development, and subcontracting work with state businesses.
QUALITY
OF
LIFE
UConn’s contributions to the quality of life in Connecticut are far-reaching.
They include enhancing public schools, improving the environment,
extending access to diverse cultural activities, and providing recreation and
entertainment. The University’s many contributions assist businesses in
attracting talented and high-quality individuals who strengthen and expand
our state’s economic health. Last year, more than 200,000 people attended
events, exhibitions and performances at UConn.
HUSKY PRIDE
THE STATE
OF
UCONN
University of Connecticut alumni rank seventh in the nation among public universities for alumni giving, according to U.S. News and World
Report. In 2006, UConn received $43.6 million dollars from more than 34,000 donors.
UConn Husky athletics annually draws more than 320,000 fans to Hartford for basketball games and nearly 225,000 people to East Hartford for
Division I-A football.
“Huskymania” is the singular and unifying source of pride for Connecticut residents as well as an economic force within the state. Major corporations
affiliate themselves with the University through their sponsorship of UConn athletics, and Connecticut-based vendors produce UConn branded
items that are sold in retail outlets throughout the state. These retail sales generate income for businesses and state sales tax revenues.
Without question, the University of Connecticut is instrumental in the state’s
quality of life and economic growth. Connecticut’s Center for Economic
Analysis documents that UConn annually generates nearly 38,00 jobs;
leverages $800 million in private and federal investments; and adds $3.1
billion to Connecticut’s gross state product.
PROFESSIONAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
Connecticut’s principal natural resource is human capital, and the University
of Connecticut is the state’s flagship institution of higher education for the
teaching and training of a professional workforce. Today, there are more than
102,000 UConn alumni who live and work in Connecticut. UConn also
serves as a key educational resource to businesses, government agencies, and
nonprofit organizations. It provides continuing education programs to keep
employees’ knowledge and skills current, improve productivity, and help
businesses deliver better and more efficient services to their clients and
customers.
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PUBLIC
AND
PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
The University maintains a wealth of partnerships with organizations and
private corporations across the state. UConn partners with:
Connecticut’s public sector, providing staff development services to state social
service agencies, and technical support to assist state and local agencies in
finding solutions to critical environmental, infrastructure, and social
problems;
Connecticut’s private sector, supporting and enhancing the competitiveness of
state businesses, enabling them to expand existing operations, launch
initiatives, create jobs, and expand the state’s tax base.
In fact, every state dollar allocated to UConn resulted in a $6.18 increase in
Connecticut’s gross state product.
RESEARCH
The University has more than 70 focused research centers that explore subjects
ranging from improving human health to enhancing public education and
protecting our natural resources. Faculty research at UConn provides direct
benefits to the Connecticut economy in the form of job creation, new
business development, and subcontracting work with state businesses.
QUALITY
OF
LIFE
UConn’s contributions to the quality of life in Connecticut are far-reaching.
They include enhancing public schools, improving the environment,
extending access to diverse cultural activities, and providing recreation and
entertainment. The University’s many contributions assist businesses in
attracting talented and high-quality individuals who strengthen and expand
our state’s economic health. Last year, more than 200,000 people attended
events, exhibitions and performances at UConn.
HUSKY PRIDE
THE STATE
OF
UCONN
University of Connecticut alumni rank seventh in the nation among public universities for alumni giving, according to U.S. News and World
Report. In 2006, UConn received $43.6 million dollars from more than 34,000 donors.
UConn Husky athletics annually draws more than 320,000 fans to Hartford for basketball games and nearly 225,000 people to East Hartford for
Division I-A football.
“Huskymania” is the singular and unifying source of pride for Connecticut residents as well as an economic force within the state. Major corporations
affiliate themselves with the University through their sponsorship of UConn athletics, and Connecticut-based vendors produce UConn branded
items that are sold in retail outlets throughout the state. These retail sales generate income for businesses and state sales tax revenues.
Without question, the University of Connecticut is instrumental in the state’s
quality of life and economic growth. Connecticut’s Center for Economic
Analysis documents that UConn annually generates nearly 38,00 jobs;
leverages $800 million in private and federal investments; and adds $3.1
billion to Connecticut’s gross state product.
PROFESSIONAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
Connecticut’s principal natural resource is human capital, and the University
of Connecticut is the state’s flagship institution of higher education for the
teaching and training of a professional workforce. Today, there are more than
102,000 UConn alumni who live and work in Connecticut. UConn also
serves as a key educational resource to businesses, government agencies, and
nonprofit organizations. It provides continuing education programs to keep
employees’ knowledge and skills current, improve productivity, and help
businesses deliver better and more efficient services to their clients and
customers.
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In addition to all that the city of Hartford and the state of Connecticut
has to offer, the region within two hours of Storrs is ripe with cultural
and entertainment possibilities.
SPRINGFIELD
(47 miles)
The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame is located less than an hour from Storrs in
Springfield, Mass., just minutes from the YMCA where Dr. James Naismith invented the game in
1891. A must-see for any fan of the hardwood, the Hall of Fame reopened in the fall of 2002 in a
brand new $45 million home just off of Interstate 91 in Springfield. The pinnacle of any basketball
career, the hall’s long list of inductees now includes UConn men’s basketball coach Jim Calhoun, a
2005 inductee, and women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma, a 2006 inductee. Once you finish
your tour of the Hall of Fame,
Springfield’s neighboring suburb of
Agawam is the home of Six Flags New
England, the region’s largest amusement
park.
NEW YORK CITY
(142 miles)
The United States’ largest city and “the media capital of the world,” New York City is located approximately
two hours from Storrs and offers a wide array of cultural opportunities. From the glitter of Times Square,
to the vast expanse of Central Park, to the majestic skyline, New York City is an incomparable destination
and one that can be easily reached by the Metro-North train lines that run into southern Connecticut.
UConn students also enjoy the city’s active sporting landscape. The BIG EAST Conference men’s basketball
tournament, played every March at fabled Madison Square Garden, is one of the country’s premier
collegiate conference championship events. The New York metro area also boasts 10 major professional
sports franchises, including the NFL’s New York Jets and Giants, Major League Baseball’s New York Mets
and Yankees, the NBA’s New York Knicks and New Jersey Nets, the NHL’s New York Islanders, New York
Rangers and New Jersey Devils and the WNBA’s New York Liberty.
BOSTON
(86 miles)
The birthplace of the American Revolution, Boston’s historic Freedom Trail is a living history textbook,
covering everything from the Battle of Bunker Hill to the midnight ride of Paul Revere. Meanwhile,
the city blends its old world charm with a cosmopolitan new world attitude that is evidenced by some
of the trendier shops and restaurants that line both historic Faneuil Hall Marketplace and the Back
Bay’s Newbury Street. One of the world’s foremost centers of education, Boston is home to over 50
colleges and universities; perhaps the entire world’s most concentrated collection of colleges. The
greater Boston area also includes the summer beach resorts on Cape Cod and the islands of Nantucket
and Martha’s Vineyard. A hub of sporting activity, the 2004 World Series Champion Boston Red Sox
have called fabled Fenway Park home since 1912. The NBA’s Boston Celtics and NHL’s Boston Bruins
also call Beantown home while the 2002, 2004 and 2005 Super Bowl Champion New England
Patriots and MLS’ New England Revolution play outside of the city in Foxboro’s Gillette Stadium.
PROVIDENCE
(51 miles)
Rhode Island’s capital city shows that one of the nation’s smallest states also has plenty to offer its
visitors. The multi-cultural capital city, which dates back to 1636, is the Ocean State’s centerpiece. The
best known hamlet on the Rhode Island shore, the ocean town of Newport is world famous for its
mansions and is a popular vacation destination for those seeking aquatic activities. Newport’s
renowned music festival is also a well-attended annual event.
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In addition to all that the city of Hartford and the state of Connecticut
has to offer, the region within two hours of Storrs is ripe with cultural
and entertainment possibilities.
SPRINGFIELD
(47 miles)
The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame is located less than an hour from Storrs in
Springfield, Mass., just minutes from the YMCA where Dr. James Naismith invented the game in
1891. A must-see for any fan of the hardwood, the Hall of Fame reopened in the fall of 2002 in a
brand new $45 million home just off of Interstate 91 in Springfield. The pinnacle of any basketball
career, the hall’s long list of inductees now includes UConn men’s basketball coach Jim Calhoun, a
2005 inductee, and women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma, a 2006 inductee. Once you finish
your tour of the Hall of Fame,
Springfield’s neighboring suburb of
Agawam is the home of Six Flags New
England, the region’s largest amusement
park.
NEW YORK CITY
(142 miles)
The United States’ largest city and “the media capital of the world,” New York City is located approximately
two hours from Storrs and offers a wide array of cultural opportunities. From the glitter of Times Square,
to the vast expanse of Central Park, to the majestic skyline, New York City is an incomparable destination
and one that can be easily reached by the Metro-North train lines that run into southern Connecticut.
UConn students also enjoy the city’s active sporting landscape. The BIG EAST Conference men’s basketball
tournament, played every March at fabled Madison Square Garden, is one of the country’s premier
collegiate conference championship events. The New York metro area also boasts 10 major professional
sports franchises, including the NFL’s New York Jets and Giants, Major League Baseball’s New York Mets
and Yankees, the NBA’s New York Knicks and New Jersey Nets, the NHL’s New York Islanders, New York
Rangers and New Jersey Devils and the WNBA’s New York Liberty.
BOSTON
(86 miles)
The birthplace of the American Revolution, Boston’s historic Freedom Trail is a living history textbook,
covering everything from the Battle of Bunker Hill to the midnight ride of Paul Revere. Meanwhile,
the city blends its old world charm with a cosmopolitan new world attitude that is evidenced by some
of the trendier shops and restaurants that line both historic Faneuil Hall Marketplace and the Back
Bay’s Newbury Street. One of the world’s foremost centers of education, Boston is home to over 50
colleges and universities; perhaps the entire world’s most concentrated collection of colleges. The
greater Boston area also includes the summer beach resorts on Cape Cod and the islands of Nantucket
and Martha’s Vineyard. A hub of sporting activity, the 2004 World Series Champion Boston Red Sox
have called fabled Fenway Park home since 1912. The NBA’s Boston Celtics and NHL’s Boston Bruins
also call Beantown home while the 2002, 2004 and 2005 Super Bowl Champion New England
Patriots and MLS’ New England Revolution play outside of the city in Foxboro’s Gillette Stadium.
PROVIDENCE
(51 miles)
Rhode Island’s capital city shows that one of the nation’s smallest states also has plenty to offer its
visitors. The multi-cultural capital city, which dates back to 1636, is the Ocean State’s centerpiece. The
best known hamlet on the Rhode Island shore, the ocean town of Newport is world famous for its
mansions and is a popular vacation destination for those seeking aquatic activities. Newport’s
renowned music festival is also a well-attended annual event.
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I
t has long been known as the “Insurance Capital of the World” and it serves as a
daily busy hub for some of the most dynamic corporations in the nation. It also serves
as the home for UConn football at Rentschler Field and a home-away-from-home for
the UConn men’s and women’s basketball teams at the Hartford Civic Center.
The City of Hartford and the Greater Hartford region is known worldwide for its
innovative, high technology industries as well as for its leadership in the insurance
industry. Hartford currently sports a strong foothold in the international marketplace
and is broadening that foothold in order to ensure the region’s economic growth well
into the 21st century.
The newest attraction in Hartford opened in 2005 with the debut of the
Connecticut Convention Center — a $230 million, 1.6 million-square-foot convention facility that is one of a series of projects that will bring new life to the city.
With scores of international companies like Aetna, United Technologies, The
Hartford, Gerber Scientific and ESPN headquartered here and boasting one of the nation’s most educated and productive workforces,
Hartford is an ideal place to work and to build a business.
The region ranks: #1 in gross domestic product per capita and #2 in labor productivity in the world; #3 nationally in both readiness
for the knowledge-based New Economy and for highest number of patents held; #5 in attracting venture capital; #17 in the top 40 real estate
markets for business expansion; and is the 12th most wired city and ranks in the top 60 cyber cities for high bandwidth.
The Hartford region offers access to 100 million consumers within an eight-hour drive. That’s access to 32% of U.S. retail sales and
33% of all manufacturing establishments.
Today, seven insurance giants have their corporate headquarters in the Greater Hartford area: Aetna Life and Casualty, St. Paul Travelers,
Connecticut Home Life Insurance Company, ITT/Hartford Insurance Group, CIGNA Corporation, Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance
Company and Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company. With its insurance companies and its numerous banks serving as a core of economic success, the City of Hartford is the fifth largest financial center in the entire country.
The artistic wealth and diversity of Hartford is portrayed in many ways—from its base as a home of an art museum of major significance (the Athenaeum), to a nationally recognized theater company (the Tony Award-winning Hartford Stage Company), to first-rate symphony and opera companies (respectively, the Hartford Symphony and the Connecticut Opera).
One of the hubs of downtown activity in Hartford is the Civc Cetner, which is also the home facility for the Hartford Wolfpack of the
American Hockey League. Each year, the finest golfers in the world compete at The Travelers Championship, which is played at Cromwell’s
Tournament Players Club at River Highlands and is part of the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup.
STORRS CENTER: A NEW TOWN CENTER
FOR
MANSFIELD, CONNECTICUT
M
ain Street is the heart and the soul of a community, a place to meet friends for lunch, to run daily errands, to enjoy the local music scene or to
buy a newspaper to read while sipping your morning coffee. Main Street is the magic that can transform a street into a neighborhood, buildings into
a village or a small town into a regional destination.
Plans for a new Main Street for the Town of Mansfield and the University of Connecticut are well underway! Storrs Center will be a new town
center in Mansfield, adjacent to the University. Master developer LeylandAlliance and its team are working closely with a consortium of civic, business, and university representatives that comprises the Mansfield Downtown Partnership, Inc. With the Partnership’s guidance and enthusiastic input,
the team is working together towards the creation of a great new town center.
Storrs Center will be a mixed-use village that will occupy about 15 acres of the overall 45-acre property, with the remainder of the site reserved
for open space. The town plan will knit architecture, pedestrian-oriented streets, small
lanes and public spaces into a series of small neighborhoods. Storrs Center will combine
retail, restaurant and office uses with a variety of residence types including town homes,
condominium apartments and rental apartments. Structured and surface parking will be
provided.
In addition to the numerous retail, restaurant, commercial and residential uses that will
make up Storrs Center, mixed use and free standing building types may include a variety of
civic and community spaces such as community meeting spaces, places of worship, postal
services, educational and classroom spaces and exhibition spaces. The project will be distinguished by the town square, small parks and terraces and the large, adjacent conservation
area. The project is surrounded by University and Town facilities including the Town Hall,
the community center, the high school, the fine arts complex, and existing churches.
Zoning approvals are anticipated in the summer of 2007, with construction of Phase
One of the Storrs Center project expected to commence in 2008. For more information,
please visit www.storrscenter.com or contact the Mansfield Downtown Partnership at
860-429-2740 or [email protected].
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t has long been known as the “Insurance Capital of the World” and it serves as a
daily busy hub for some of the most dynamic corporations in the nation. It also serves
as the home for UConn football at Rentschler Field and a home-away-from-home for
the UConn men’s and women’s basketball teams at the Hartford Civic Center.
The City of Hartford and the Greater Hartford region is known worldwide for its
innovative, high technology industries as well as for its leadership in the insurance
industry. Hartford currently sports a strong foothold in the international marketplace
and is broadening that foothold in order to ensure the region’s economic growth well
into the 21st century.
The newest attraction in Hartford opened in 2005 with the debut of the
Connecticut Convention Center — a $230 million, 1.6 million-square-foot convention facility that is one of a series of projects that will bring new life to the city.
With scores of international companies like Aetna, United Technologies, The
Hartford, Gerber Scientific and ESPN headquartered here and boasting one of the nation’s most educated and productive workforces,
Hartford is an ideal place to work and to build a business.
The region ranks: #1 in gross domestic product per capita and #2 in labor productivity in the world; #3 nationally in both readiness
for the knowledge-based New Economy and for highest number of patents held; #5 in attracting venture capital; #17 in the top 40 real estate
markets for business expansion; and is the 12th most wired city and ranks in the top 60 cyber cities for high bandwidth.
The Hartford region offers access to 100 million consumers within an eight-hour drive. That’s access to 32% of U.S. retail sales and
33% of all manufacturing establishments.
Today, seven insurance giants have their corporate headquarters in the Greater Hartford area: Aetna Life and Casualty, St. Paul Travelers,
Connecticut Home Life Insurance Company, ITT/Hartford Insurance Group, CIGNA Corporation, Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance
Company and Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company. With its insurance companies and its numerous banks serving as a core of economic success, the City of Hartford is the fifth largest financial center in the entire country.
The artistic wealth and diversity of Hartford is portrayed in many ways—from its base as a home of an art museum of major significance (the Athenaeum), to a nationally recognized theater company (the Tony Award-winning Hartford Stage Company), to first-rate symphony and opera companies (respectively, the Hartford Symphony and the Connecticut Opera).
One of the hubs of downtown activity in Hartford is the Civc Cetner, which is also the home facility for the Hartford Wolfpack of the
American Hockey League. Each year, the finest golfers in the world compete at The Travelers Championship, which is played at Cromwell’s
Tournament Players Club at River Highlands and is part of the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup.
STORRS CENTER: A NEW TOWN CENTER
FOR
MANSFIELD, CONNECTICUT
M
ain Street is the heart and the soul of a community, a place to meet friends for lunch, to run daily errands, to enjoy the local music scene or to
buy a newspaper to read while sipping your morning coffee. Main Street is the magic that can transform a street into a neighborhood, buildings into
a village or a small town into a regional destination.
Plans for a new Main Street for the Town of Mansfield and the University of Connecticut are well underway! Storrs Center will be a new town
center in Mansfield, adjacent to the University. Master developer LeylandAlliance and its team are working closely with a consortium of civic, business, and university representatives that comprises the Mansfield Downtown Partnership, Inc. With the Partnership’s guidance and enthusiastic input,
the team is working together towards the creation of a great new town center.
Storrs Center will be a mixed-use village that will occupy about 15 acres of the overall 45-acre property, with the remainder of the site reserved
for open space. The town plan will knit architecture, pedestrian-oriented streets, small
lanes and public spaces into a series of small neighborhoods. Storrs Center will combine
retail, restaurant and office uses with a variety of residence types including town homes,
condominium apartments and rental apartments. Structured and surface parking will be
provided.
In addition to the numerous retail, restaurant, commercial and residential uses that will
make up Storrs Center, mixed use and free standing building types may include a variety of
civic and community spaces such as community meeting spaces, places of worship, postal
services, educational and classroom spaces and exhibition spaces. The project will be distinguished by the town square, small parks and terraces and the large, adjacent conservation
area. The project is surrounded by University and Town facilities including the Town Hall,
the community center, the high school, the fine arts complex, and existing churches.
Zoning approvals are anticipated in the summer of 2007, with construction of Phase
One of the Storrs Center project expected to commence in 2008. For more information,
please visit www.storrscenter.com or contact the Mansfield Downtown Partnership at
860-429-2740 or [email protected].
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he University of Connecticut Division of Athletics sponsors 24 sports that
compete at the NCAA Division I level and is a member of the prestigious BIG EAST
Conference. UConn has won eight NCAA Championships since 1990 and has won
74 BIG EAST regular season or tournament championships. UConn student-athletes
bring great pride to the University and the entire state of Connecticut.
Kalana Greene helped lead the UConn
women’s basketball team to the NCAA
Elite Eight in 2007 and the BIG EAST
regular season championship. The
Huskies have won five national titles
in women’s basketball.
Jeff Adrien is a leading returner for the men’s
basketball team in 2007-08. The Huskies won
the national championship in 1999 and 2004
and are perennial title contenders.
Meghan Schnur is a key performer for the
UConn women’s soccer team. The Huskies are
just one of two teams that has played in every
NCAA Championship since it began in 1982.
Julius James is a two-time AllAmerican for the men’s soccer
team, which took part in the
NCAA Championship for the
ninth-straight year in 2006. The
Huskies have won three national
championships in that sport.
Jillian Sullivan earned AllAmerica honors in cross
country for UConn in 2006
and was one of three Husky
women’s track and field
performers to earn a spot in
the 2007 NCAA Outdoor
Championship.
Lizzy Peijs was an All-American in field
hockey as the Huskies advanced to the
NCAA national semifinals in 2006.
UConn field hockey has won two national
championships in its history.
Softball’s Micah Traux was an AllAmerican pick for the Huskies as she
was also named the BIG EAST
Conference player of the year.
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he University of Connecticut Division of Athletics sponsors 24 sports that
compete at the NCAA Division I level and is a member of the prestigious BIG EAST
Conference. UConn has won eight NCAA Championships since 1990 and has won
74 BIG EAST regular season or tournament championships. UConn student-athletes
bring great pride to the University and the entire state of Connecticut.
Kalana Greene helped lead the UConn
women’s basketball team to the NCAA
Elite Eight in 2007 and the BIG EAST
regular season championship. The
Huskies have won five national titles
in women’s basketball.
Jeff Adrien is a leading returner for the men’s
basketball team in 2007-08. The Huskies won
the national championship in 1999 and 2004
and are perennial title contenders.
Meghan Schnur is a key performer for the
UConn women’s soccer team. The Huskies are
just one of two teams that has played in every
NCAA Championship since it began in 1982.
Julius James is a two-time AllAmerican for the men’s soccer
team, which took part in the
NCAA Championship for the
ninth-straight year in 2006. The
Huskies have won three national
championships in that sport.
Jillian Sullivan earned AllAmerica honors in cross
country for UConn in 2006
and was one of three Husky
women’s track and field
performers to earn a spot in
the 2007 NCAA Outdoor
Championship.
Lizzy Peijs was an All-American in field
hockey as the Huskies advanced to the
NCAA national semifinals in 2006.
UConn field hockey has won two national
championships in its history.
Softball’s Micah Traux was an AllAmerican pick for the Huskies as she
was also named the BIG EAST
Conference player of the year.
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UConn Director of Athletics Jeff Hathaway joins the
1956 Yankee Conference champion Husky football team
at last year’s Wake Forest game on its 50th anniversary.
J
effrey A. Hathaway has played a vital role in the success story of athletics at the
University of Connecticut for 16 of the past 18 years.
Hathaway is in his fifth year as Director of Athletics at UConn and he was
the Executive Associate Director of Athletics at the school from 1990-2001.
In his only two years away from the Storrs campus, Hathaway enjoyed a
successful tenure as the Director of Athletics at Colorado State University from
2002-03.
His first four years as UConn’s Director of Athletics have arguably been the
most successful in school history.
During the 2006-07 academic year alone, the field hockey team advanced
to the NCAA national semifinals while the women’s basketball (Elite Eight) and
men’s and women’s soccer teams also took part in NCAA tournament action.
The field hockey team won the BIG EAST tournament title while the women’s
basketball team won the regular season championship. In addition, individuals
from the men’s and women’s cross country teams and the women’s indoor track
and field teams also took part in NCAA Championship competition.
Private fundraising for UConn athletics continues to reach great heights in
providing exceptional academic and athletic opportunities for student-athletes as The Hathaway family (left to right): Jeff, Meghan, Michael and Paula.
more than $62 million has been raised during Hathaway’s tenure as Director.
UConn secured a gift of $2.5 million from UConn graduate Mark Shenkman in 2004 for the building of the Mark R. Shenkman Training Center, an intercollegiate and
recreational services facility that now serves the entire UConn community.
Under Hathaway’s guidance, the UConn Division of Athletics received the Environmental Leadership Award from the University of Connecticut for the work performed at
The Burton Family Football Complex and the Mark R. Shenkman Training Center. The two buildings are the University’s first projects certified as meeting the Leadership in
Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards for “green” buildings.
Hathaway has helped ensure the long-term stability of the UConn athletic department as he oversaw the long-term contract extensions of men’s basketball coach Jim Calhoun,
women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma and football coach Randy Edsall in 2004-05. UConn now has the distinction of being the only school in the nation with two active
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame coaches in Calhoun (Class of 2005 inductee) and Auriemma (Class of 2006 inductee).
Hathaway was also a key factor in the opening of Rentschler Field in 2003 – the country’s newest and most modern BCS college football facility.
During Hathaway’s career, he has always made the student-athlete the top priority. In the spring and fall semesters of the 2006 calendar year, UConn’s student-athletes excelled
in the classroom as more than 40% of the 650 student-athletes achieved a 3.0 “B-or better” semester grade point average. In addition, the Division of Athletics has consistently
maintained a 99 percent retention rate among its student-athletes.
“My focus is on the student-athlete,” says Hathaway. “That’s the most important part of our program. Our primary mission is the continued academic success of our student-athletes. The challenge is to identify people early in the process and assist them in charting a career path. In addition, we want to provide a quality experience in intercollegiate athletics for our student-athletes.”
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The University of Connecticut was named to the National Consortium for Academics and Sports (NCAS) “Honor
Roll” for the second consecutive year in 2007 for its efforts to assist former student-athletes in earning their college degree.
In addition, UConn athletics was also saluted for its community service efforts by the NCAS.
Hathaway’s leadership has earned him respect and recognition both on the national and local levels.
In the summer of 2007, Hathaway was honored as the AstroTurf Athletic Director of the Year for Division I-A in the
Northeast region (which includes the New England states and New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and New Jersey) by the
National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA).
In 2004, The Sporting News named Hathaway to its “Power 100 List” – comprised of the 100 most powerful people
in sports. He received the Joseph J. Fontana Distinguished Service Award from the Connecticut High School Coaches
Association in the spring of 2005. In the winter of 2006, Hathaway received the General Robert R. Neyland Outstanding
Athletic Director Award from the All-American Football Foundation.
Hathaway represents the University on a number of NCAA and BIG EAST Conference committees providing the
school with a strong presence nationally.
In 2007-08, Hathaway begins a five-year term on the prestigious NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee representing the BIG EAST Conference.
During his tenure at both Colorado State and UConn, he was a member of the NCAA Division I
Championships/Competition Cabinet, as well as the Postseason Football Licensing Subcommittee, which is responsible for
issues involving postseason football competition and the certification of bowl games.
On the conference level, Hathaway is a member of the BIG EAST Athletic Directors Executive Committee. He is
also past chairman of the BIG EAST Championship and Competition Committee as well as the league’s Finance
Committee.
Hathaway has served as a guest presenter at both the NACDA and NACMA (National Association of Collegiate
Marketing Administrators) conventions in the past. In addition, he has also served as a lecturer at the IA Institute sponsored by the Division I-A Athletic Directors' Association, held annually in Dallas.
Hathaway originally came to Connecticut in November of 1990 as Senior Associate Athletic Director. In that role,
Jeff Hathaway was named the Director of Athletics at the
he oversaw the day-to-day operations of the Division of Athletics.
He also served internally as a program administrator for several sports, including men’s and women’s basketball and University of Connecticut on June 10, 2003.
men’s and women’s soccer at UConn as the Huskies won four national championships in those sports during his tenure –
two in women’s basketball (1995 and 2000) and one each in men’s basketball (1999) and men’s soccer (2000).
Hathaway was the program administrator for football and he played a key role in the upgrade of UConn’s football program to Division I-A status and the building of
Rentschler Field.
During Hathaway’s tenure at Colorado State, he oversaw a 15-sport program – nine women’s teams and six men’s. The
Ram football team made a pair of bowl appearances while Hathaway was at CSU. The men’s basketball team won the Mountain
UC ONN D IRECTORS OF A THLETICS
West Conference tournament in March of ‘03 and advanced to the NCAA tournament for the first time in 13 years. The
Thomas D. Knowles ..................1899-1901
women’s basketball team advanced to postseason play twice, including a trip to the second round of the NCAA tournament in
2002 and the semifinals of the 2003 Women’s NIT.
None Appointed ........................1901-1915
Hathaway was an extremely successful fundraiser during his time in Fort Collins. The school drew national attention for
Daniel E. Chase .........................1915-1917
a $15.2 million gift from the Bohemian Foundation and president Pat Stryker for football stadium renovations and expansion.
None Appointed ........................1917-1919
Prior to his first stint at UConn, Hathaway served in a number of capacities at his alma mater – the University of Maryland
Spencer Barlow....................................1919
– from 1982-90, including Assistant Athletics Director for Marketing and Promotions, Acting Assistant Athletics Director for
Roy J. Guyer ..............................1919-1936
Business Affairs, Athletics Business Manager and men’s basketball trainer.
George Van Bibber.....................1936-1950
Hathaway earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Athletic Administration from the University of Maryland in 1981.
He later received a Master’s Degree in General Administration (1991) from the University of Maryland and is currently continJ.O. Christian ............................1950-1966
uing work on a PhD in Educational Leadership from the University of Connecticut.
James B. Hickey.........................1966-1969
He attended The Sports Management Institute at the Universities of Notre Dame and Southern California. Hathaway
John L. Toner.............................1969-1987
also completed the Management Development Program at Harvard University.
Todd Turner...............................1987-1990
Born June 20, 1959, in Cheverly, Md., Hathaway and his wife Paula have two children: Meghan (October 15, 1991) and
Lew Perkins................................1990-2003
Michael (June 11, 1995).
Jeffrey A. Hathaway ................2003-Present
Jeff Hathaway is joined by (left to right) UConn football coach
Randy Edsall, women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma,
former President Philip Austin and men’s basketball coach Jim Calhoun.
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UConn Director of Athletics Jeff Hathaway joins the
1956 Yankee Conference champion Husky football team
at last year’s Wake Forest game on its 50th anniversary.
J
effrey A. Hathaway has played a vital role in the success story of athletics at the
University of Connecticut for 16 of the past 18 years.
Hathaway is in his fifth year as Director of Athletics at UConn and he was
the Executive Associate Director of Athletics at the school from 1990-2001.
In his only two years away from the Storrs campus, Hathaway enjoyed a
successful tenure as the Director of Athletics at Colorado State University from
2002-03.
His first four years as UConn’s Director of Athletics have arguably been the
most successful in school history.
During the 2006-07 academic year alone, the field hockey team advanced
to the NCAA national semifinals while the women’s basketball (Elite Eight) and
men’s and women’s soccer teams also took part in NCAA tournament action.
The field hockey team won the BIG EAST tournament title while the women’s
basketball team won the regular season championship. In addition, individuals
from the men’s and women’s cross country teams and the women’s indoor track
and field teams also took part in NCAA Championship competition.
Private fundraising for UConn athletics continues to reach great heights in
providing exceptional academic and athletic opportunities for student-athletes as The Hathaway family (left to right): Jeff, Meghan, Michael and Paula.
more than $62 million has been raised during Hathaway’s tenure as Director.
UConn secured a gift of $2.5 million from UConn graduate Mark Shenkman in 2004 for the building of the Mark R. Shenkman Training Center, an intercollegiate and
recreational services facility that now serves the entire UConn community.
Under Hathaway’s guidance, the UConn Division of Athletics received the Environmental Leadership Award from the University of Connecticut for the work performed at
The Burton Family Football Complex and the Mark R. Shenkman Training Center. The two buildings are the University’s first projects certified as meeting the Leadership in
Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards for “green” buildings.
Hathaway has helped ensure the long-term stability of the UConn athletic department as he oversaw the long-term contract extensions of men’s basketball coach Jim Calhoun,
women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma and football coach Randy Edsall in 2004-05. UConn now has the distinction of being the only school in the nation with two active
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame coaches in Calhoun (Class of 2005 inductee) and Auriemma (Class of 2006 inductee).
Hathaway was also a key factor in the opening of Rentschler Field in 2003 – the country’s newest and most modern BCS college football facility.
During Hathaway’s career, he has always made the student-athlete the top priority. In the spring and fall semesters of the 2006 calendar year, UConn’s student-athletes excelled
in the classroom as more than 40% of the 650 student-athletes achieved a 3.0 “B-or better” semester grade point average. In addition, the Division of Athletics has consistently
maintained a 99 percent retention rate among its student-athletes.
“My focus is on the student-athlete,” says Hathaway. “That’s the most important part of our program. Our primary mission is the continued academic success of our student-athletes. The challenge is to identify people early in the process and assist them in charting a career path. In addition, we want to provide a quality experience in intercollegiate athletics for our student-athletes.”
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The University of Connecticut was named to the National Consortium for Academics and Sports (NCAS) “Honor
Roll” for the second consecutive year in 2007 for its efforts to assist former student-athletes in earning their college degree.
In addition, UConn athletics was also saluted for its community service efforts by the NCAS.
Hathaway’s leadership has earned him respect and recognition both on the national and local levels.
In the summer of 2007, Hathaway was honored as the AstroTurf Athletic Director of the Year for Division I-A in the
Northeast region (which includes the New England states and New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and New Jersey) by the
National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA).
In 2004, The Sporting News named Hathaway to its “Power 100 List” – comprised of the 100 most powerful people
in sports. He received the Joseph J. Fontana Distinguished Service Award from the Connecticut High School Coaches
Association in the spring of 2005. In the winter of 2006, Hathaway received the General Robert R. Neyland Outstanding
Athletic Director Award from the All-American Football Foundation.
Hathaway represents the University on a number of NCAA and BIG EAST Conference committees providing the
school with a strong presence nationally.
In 2007-08, Hathaway begins a five-year term on the prestigious NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee representing the BIG EAST Conference.
During his tenure at both Colorado State and UConn, he was a member of the NCAA Division I
Championships/Competition Cabinet, as well as the Postseason Football Licensing Subcommittee, which is responsible for
issues involving postseason football competition and the certification of bowl games.
On the conference level, Hathaway is a member of the BIG EAST Athletic Directors Executive Committee. He is
also past chairman of the BIG EAST Championship and Competition Committee as well as the league’s Finance
Committee.
Hathaway has served as a guest presenter at both the NACDA and NACMA (National Association of Collegiate
Marketing Administrators) conventions in the past. In addition, he has also served as a lecturer at the IA Institute sponsored by the Division I-A Athletic Directors' Association, held annually in Dallas.
Hathaway originally came to Connecticut in November of 1990 as Senior Associate Athletic Director. In that role,
Jeff Hathaway was named the Director of Athletics at the
he oversaw the day-to-day operations of the Division of Athletics.
He also served internally as a program administrator for several sports, including men’s and women’s basketball and University of Connecticut on June 10, 2003.
men’s and women’s soccer at UConn as the Huskies won four national championships in those sports during his tenure –
two in women’s basketball (1995 and 2000) and one each in men’s basketball (1999) and men’s soccer (2000).
Hathaway was the program administrator for football and he played a key role in the upgrade of UConn’s football program to Division I-A status and the building of
Rentschler Field.
During Hathaway’s tenure at Colorado State, he oversaw a 15-sport program – nine women’s teams and six men’s. The
Ram football team made a pair of bowl appearances while Hathaway was at CSU. The men’s basketball team won the Mountain
UC ONN D IRECTORS OF A THLETICS
West Conference tournament in March of ‘03 and advanced to the NCAA tournament for the first time in 13 years. The
Thomas D. Knowles ..................1899-1901
women’s basketball team advanced to postseason play twice, including a trip to the second round of the NCAA tournament in
2002 and the semifinals of the 2003 Women’s NIT.
None Appointed ........................1901-1915
Hathaway was an extremely successful fundraiser during his time in Fort Collins. The school drew national attention for
Daniel E. Chase .........................1915-1917
a $15.2 million gift from the Bohemian Foundation and president Pat Stryker for football stadium renovations and expansion.
None Appointed ........................1917-1919
Prior to his first stint at UConn, Hathaway served in a number of capacities at his alma mater – the University of Maryland
Spencer Barlow....................................1919
– from 1982-90, including Assistant Athletics Director for Marketing and Promotions, Acting Assistant Athletics Director for
Roy J. Guyer ..............................1919-1936
Business Affairs, Athletics Business Manager and men’s basketball trainer.
George Van Bibber.....................1936-1950
Hathaway earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Athletic Administration from the University of Maryland in 1981.
He later received a Master’s Degree in General Administration (1991) from the University of Maryland and is currently continJ.O. Christian ............................1950-1966
uing work on a PhD in Educational Leadership from the University of Connecticut.
James B. Hickey.........................1966-1969
He attended The Sports Management Institute at the Universities of Notre Dame and Southern California. Hathaway
John L. Toner.............................1969-1987
also completed the Management Development Program at Harvard University.
Todd Turner...............................1987-1990
Born June 20, 1959, in Cheverly, Md., Hathaway and his wife Paula have two children: Meghan (October 15, 1991) and
Lew Perkins................................1990-2003
Michael (June 11, 1995).
Jeffrey A. Hathaway ................2003-Present
Jeff Hathaway is joined by (left to right) UConn football coach
Randy Edsall, women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma,
former President Philip Austin and men’s basketball coach Jim Calhoun.
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Alicia Alford
Dr. Jeffrey Anderson
Pat Babcock
Patti Bostic
Dr. Scott Brown
Jim Donohue
Mike Enright
Assistant Athletic Director for
Compliance
Director of Sports Medicine
Services
Associate Director of Athletics/
Senior Women’s Administrator
Executive Director of
Recreational Services
NCAA Faculty Athletics
Representative
Assistant Director of Athletics
of Development/ Executive
Director of the UConn Club
Communications
The opening of Rentschler Field in 2003 saw the beginning of some “new” traditions at UConn home football games. Typically, an outstanding student-athlete is introduced during each game and here men’s swimming
standout Tristan Jones is honored and joined by UConn coach Bob Goldberg, Director of Athletics Jeff Hathaway and Jones’ mother M’Liss. On the right, UConn honored a number of students and faculty at the Nov. 11
Veterans Day game who had served in Iraq and Afghanistan in Operation Tribute to Freedom.
Neal Eskin
Dave Evan
Dan Glinski
Bob Howard
Dave Kaplan
Kyle Kravchuk
Executive Associate Director of
Athletics
Assistant Director of Athletics/
Marketing and Corporate Relations
Director of Equipment
Services
Head Athletic Trainer
Director of Video Services
Assistant Director of
Athletics/Ticket Operations
Jerry Martin
Dino Mattessich
Paul McCarthy
Kyle Muncy
Maureen O’Connor
Dee Rowe
Bill Shults
Strength and Conditioning
Coordinator
Senior Associate Director of
Athletics/Internal Operations
Athletics/Administration
Communications
Business Services
Special Adviser for Athletics
NCAA Rules Education and
Compliance
Tim Tolokan
Vaughn Williams
Tim Wise
Geno Auriemma
Jim Calhoun
Megan Cersosimo
Randy Edsall
Licensing and Athletic
Traditions
Facilities Management and
Planning
Director of Facility
Maintenance
Women’s Basketball
Men’s Basketball
Women’s Lacrosse
Football
JONATHAN THE HUSKY MASCOT
The official mascot of the University of Connecticut is a Siberian Husky dog
named Jonathan. The first Husky dog came to the Storrs campus in Dec. 1934 and the
puppy was named for Jonathan Trumbull, Governor of Connecticut during the
Revolutionary War. Jonathan I’s pedigree was traced back to include a greatgrandfather, who traveled to the North Pole with Admiral E. Byrd in 1909. Jonathan
III was with Admiral Byrd when he undertook “Operation High Jump” to the
Antarctic in 1946-47.
A costumed mascot, an all-white Siberian Husky, gained popularity over the past
several decades and through national television exposure has become “in demand”
throughout the state and region, representing his University.
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT
ALMA MATER
“UCONN HUSKY” FIGHT SONG
“UConn Husky” is the fight song of the school. It was written in the mid-1930’s by Herb
France, who was UConn’s Director of Music until the mid-1950’s. The song is widely known
for its playing at different sporting events, but got “out of this world” attention in October
1989 when it was played aboard NASA’s Space Shuttle to wake up the shuttle astronauts.
Among those astronauts on the mission was Franklin Chang-Diaz, a 1973 UConn graduate.
Bob Goldberg
Heather Linstad
Bruce Marshall
Glenn Marshall
Bill Morgan
Karen Mullins
Jim Penders
Men’s and Women’s Swimming
Women’s Hockey
Men’s Hockey
Director of Tennis
Women’s Track and Field
Softball
Baseball
UConn Husky
Symbol of might to the foe.
Fight, fight Connecticut,
It’s victory, let’s go!
Connecticut UConn Husky,
Do it again for the white and blue,
So go, go, go, go, Connecticut,
Connecticut U.
C-O-N-N-E-C-T-I-C-U-T, Connecticut
Connecticut Husky, Connecticut Husky,
Connecticut C-O-N-N-U. Fight!
(Repeat first verse)
Once more, as we gather today
To sing our alma mater’s praise
And join in the fellowship strong
That inspires our college days.
We’re backing our teams in the strife
Cheering them to victory.
We pledge anew
To old Connecticut,
Our steadfast spirit of loyalty.
When time shall have severed us far
And the years their changes bring,
The thought of the college we love
In our memories will cling.
For friendships that ever remain
And associations dear
We’ll raise a song
To old Connecticut
And join our voices in our long cheer
Connecticut, Connecticut
Thy sons and daughters true
Unite to honor thy name
Our fairest white and blue.
VICTORY BELL
An enduring tradition of UConn football is the ringing of the Victory Bell after each UConn score. The bell was moved from the previous home of UConn
football, Memorial Stadium, to its new home – Rentschler Field. After each score, the bell is rung once for each point UConn has scored in the game.
Ray Reid
Greg Roy
Jennifer Sanford-Wendry
Nancy Stevens
Holly Strauss
Len Tsantiris
Men’s Soccer
Men’s Track and Field/
Cross Country
Women’s Rowing
Field Hockey
Volleyball
Women’s Soccer
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Alicia Alford
Dr. Jeffrey Anderson
Pat Babcock
Patti Bostic
Dr. Scott Brown
Jim Donohue
Mike Enright
Assistant Athletic Director for
Compliance
Director of Sports Medicine
Services
Senior Women’s Administrator
Executive Director of
Recreational Services
NCAA Faculty Athletics
Representative
Assistant Director of Athletics
of Development/ Executive
Director of the UConn Club
Communications
The opening of Rentschler Field in 2003 saw the beginning of some “new” traditions at UConn home football games. Typically, an outstanding student-athlete is introduced during each game and here men’s swimming
standout Tristan Jones is honored and joined by UConn coach Bob Goldberg, Director of Athletics Jeff Hathaway and Jones’ mother M’Liss. On the right, UConn honored a number of students and faculty at the Nov. 11
Veterans Day game who had served in Iraq and Afghanistan in Operation Tribute to Freedom.
Neal Eskin
Dave Evan
Dan Glinski
Bob Howard
Dave Kaplan
Kyle Kravchuk
Executive Associate Director of
Athletics
Marketing and Corporate Relations
Director of Equipment
Services
Head Athletic Trainer
Director of Video Services
Assistant Director of
Athletics/Ticket Operations
Jerry Martin
Dino Mattessich
Paul McCarthy
Kyle Muncy
Maureen O’Connor
Dee Rowe
Bill Shults
Strength and Conditioning
Coordinator
Athletics/Internal Operations
Athletics/Administration
Communications
Business Services
Special Adviser for Athletics
NCAA Rules Education and
Compliance
Tim Tolokan
Vaughn Williams
Tim Wise
Geno Auriemma
Jim Calhoun
Megan Cersosimo
Randy Edsall
Licensing and Athletic
Traditions
Facilities Management and
Planning
Director of Facility
Maintenance
Women’s Basketball
Men’s Basketball
Women’s Lacrosse
Football
JONATHAN THE HUSKY MASCOT
The official mascot of the University of Connecticut is a Siberian Husky dog
named Jonathan. The first Husky dog came to the Storrs campus in Dec. 1934 and the
puppy was named for Jonathan Trumbull, Governor of Connecticut during the
Revolutionary War. Jonathan I’s pedigree was traced back to include a greatgrandfather, who traveled to the North Pole with Admiral E. Byrd in 1909. Jonathan
III was with Admiral Byrd when he undertook “Operation High Jump” to the
Antarctic in 1946-47.
A costumed mascot, an all-white Siberian Husky, gained popularity over the past
several decades and through national television exposure has become “in demand”
throughout the state and region, representing his University.
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT
ALMA MATER
“UCONN HUSKY” FIGHT SONG
“UConn Husky” is the fight song of the school. It was written in the mid-1930’s by Herb
France, who was UConn’s Director of Music until the mid-1950’s. The song is widely known
for its playing at different sporting events, but got “out of this world” attention in October
1989 when it was played aboard NASA’s Space Shuttle to wake up the shuttle astronauts.
Among those astronauts on the mission was Franklin Chang-Diaz, a 1973 UConn graduate.
Bob Goldberg
Heather Linstad
Bruce Marshall
Glenn Marshall
Bill Morgan
Karen Mullins
Jim Penders
Men’s and Women’s Swimming
Women’s Hockey
Men’s Hockey
Director of Tennis
Women’s Track and Field
Softball
Baseball
UConn Husky
Symbol of might to the foe.
Fight, fight Connecticut,
It’s victory, let’s go!
Connecticut UConn Husky,
Do it again for the white and blue,
So go, go, go, go, Connecticut,
Connecticut U.
C-O-N-N-E-C-T-I-C-U-T, Connecticut
Connecticut Husky, Connecticut Husky,
Connecticut C-O-N-N-U. Fight!
(Repeat first verse)
Once more, as we gather today
To sing our alma mater’s praise
And join in the fellowship strong
That inspires our college days.
We’re backing our teams in the strife
Cheering them to victory.
We pledge anew
To old Connecticut,
Our steadfast spirit of loyalty.
When time shall have severed us far
And the years their changes bring,
The thought of the college we love
In our memories will cling.
For friendships that ever remain
And associations dear
We’ll raise a song
To old Connecticut
And join our voices in our long cheer
VICTORY BELL
An enduring tradition of UConn football is the ringing of the Victory Bell after each UConn score. The bell was moved from the previous home of UConn
football, Memorial Stadium, to its new home – Rentschler Field. After each score, the bell is rung once for each point UConn has scored in the game.
Ray Reid
Greg Roy
Jennifer Sanford-Wendry
Nancy Stevens
Holly Strauss
Len Tsantiris
Men’s Soccer
Men’s Track and Field/
Cross Country
Women’s Rowing
Field Hockey
Volleyball
Women’s Soccer
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S
ome college football teams play in stadiums that put fans so
close to the action that the spectators feel like they can reach out
and touch the players. These stadiums are intimate and are part
of what has made college football special.
Other stadiums are ultra-modern edifices that feature the
latest in facilities such as luxurious suites and spacious locker
rooms.
The home of University of Connecticut football —
Rentschler Field — happens to be both. The stadium is the
newest and most modern BCS college football stadium in the
country.
Rentschler Field, located in East Hartford, opened on Aug.
30, 2003, as the Huskies defeated Big Ten Conference member
Indiana, 34-10.
UConn has now played 26 games in the facility over the past
four seasons and has posted an impressive 18-8 record at
Rentschler Field. Six home wins in 2004 at Rentschler Field set
a UConn single-season record.
The Huskies have sold out 18 of their 26 Rentschler Field
games, including a streak of 12 in a row. UConn has played to a
96 percent of capacity during its time there before a total of
1,001,161 fans.
UConn sold 32,000 season tickets for football at Rentschler
Field for the 2005 and finished the season 18th in the country in
the nation – and first in the BIG EAST – in attendance based on
percentage of capacity.
The building of the facility and its management is the result
of incredible teamwork and dedication between the state’s Office
of Policy and Management, the town of East Hartford, United
Technologies Corporation and the assistance from numerous
public and private sector organizations. The result of this cooperation gives the people of Connecticut the opportunity to view
college football at its highest level in a world-class facility.
The natural grass playing surface of Rentschler Field is 26
feet below grade at the stadium, which features stadium seating,
outdoor chairback seating, fully enclosed club seats and luxury
suites.
The tower at Rentschler Field includes levels for suites, club
seating and media/game management facilities.
There are 38 suites in the stadium and more than 600 seats
in the club area, which also includes a 12,000-square foot function area, which is used by club patrons on gameday and is available for meetings and social
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events the remainder of the
year.
UICK ACTS
The outdoor seating area
of Rentschler Field includes
Owner: State of Connecticut
nearly 4,000 chairback seats
Developer: State of Connecticut Office
with the rest being bleacher
of Policy and Management (OPM)
seating. Rentschler Field is
Architects: Ellerbe Becket
unique in the fact that it has
Construction Manager: Hunt/Gilbane
handicap accessible seating on
Joint Venture
the field level.
Facility Manager: Northland Investment
The media facilities are
Corp. and AEG Facilities
some of the most modern in
Primary Tenant: University of
the country with seating for
Connecticut Athletics (football)
125 media members in the
Budget: $91.2 million
main press area. There are also
Stadium Footprint: 8.5 acres
separate booths for television
Stadium Building: 595,596 square feet,
and radio broadcasts. That
including field and seats
level also includes booths for
Capacity: 40,000
coaching staffs, security, pubTotal Site: 75 acres
lic address announcer, scoreParking: Approximately 10,600 spaces at
board operation and other
the stadium and on the Pratt &
gameday facilities.
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F
Q
F
Whitney campus.
Site History: Pratt & Whitney Airfield,
named for Pratt & Whitney founder
Frederick Rentschler and donated to
the State of Connecticut by UTC in
1999.
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The concourses at Rentschler Field provide generous, open
and barrier-free circulation for entering and exiting the facility.
The concourse also provides easy access to various concession
and novelty stands and restrooms.
The new stadium features state-of-the-art facilities for members of the UConn football team, including an incredible locker
room area.
The main UConn locker room is 3,750 square feet and has
space for 125 players. There is also a coaches locker room, equipment area and medical training rooms.
There is also a spacious visiting team locker room area with
similar amenities.
The audio and video facilities at Rentschler Field are some
of the most advanced in the country. The sound system is decentralized with approximately 300 digital-quality speakers providing the audio.
The west end of the stadium features a scoreboard that has a
24-foot by 32-foot video replay screen.
All parking for the stadium is located within the footprint of
the stadium site – which makes it unique for a college football
facility. In total, there are 10,600 parking spaces at the Rentschler
Field site.
Rentschler Field features lighting with four towers in each
corner of the stadium and a bank of lights on top of the press
box.
Rentschler Field is a facility built for Connecticut, by
Connecticut. Through a concerted effort, the stadium project far
outpaced the state’s requirements to help small, women and
minority-owned companies grow with ongoing economic development. This means contractors and individuals that may never
before have been able to benefit from projects of this scale helped
build their skills, their companies and their careers while they
helped build their community.
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S
ome college football teams play in stadiums that put fans so
close to the action that the spectators feel like they can reach out
and touch the players. These stadiums are intimate and are part
of what has made college football special.
Other stadiums are ultra-modern edifices that feature the
latest in facilities such as luxurious suites and spacious locker
rooms.
The home of University of Connecticut football —
Rentschler Field — happens to be both. The stadium is the
newest and most modern BCS college football stadium in the
country.
Rentschler Field, located in East Hartford, opened on Aug.
30, 2003, as the Huskies defeated Big Ten Conference member
Indiana, 34-10.
UConn has now played 26 games in the facility over the past
four seasons and has posted an impressive 18-8 record at
Rentschler Field. Six home wins in 2004 at Rentschler Field set
a UConn single-season record.
The Huskies have sold out 18 of their 26 Rentschler Field
games, including a streak of 12 in a row. UConn has played to a
96 percent of capacity during its time there before a total of
1,001,161 fans.
UConn sold 32,000 season tickets for football at Rentschler
Field for the 2005 and finished the season 18th in the country in
the nation – and first in the BIG EAST – in attendance based on
percentage of capacity.
The building of the facility and its management is the result
of incredible teamwork and dedication between the state’s Office
of Policy and Management, the town of East Hartford, United
Technologies Corporation and the assistance from numerous
public and private sector organizations. The result of this cooperation gives the people of Connecticut the opportunity to view
college football at its highest level in a world-class facility.
The natural grass playing surface of Rentschler Field is 26
feet below grade at the stadium, which features stadium seating,
outdoor chairback seating, fully enclosed club seats and luxury
suites.
The tower at Rentschler Field includes levels for suites, club
seating and media/game management facilities.
There are 38 suites in the stadium and more than 600 seats
in the club area, which also includes a 12,000-square foot function area, which is used by club patrons on gameday and is available for meetings and social
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events the remainder of the
year.
UICK ACTS
The outdoor seating area
of Rentschler Field includes
Owner: State of Connecticut
nearly 4,000 chairback seats
Developer: State of Connecticut Office
with the rest being bleacher
of Policy and Management (OPM)
seating. Rentschler Field is
Architects: Ellerbe Becket
unique in the fact that it has
Construction Manager: Hunt/Gilbane
handicap accessible seating on
Joint Venture
the field level.
Facility Manager: Northland Investment
The media facilities are
Corp. and AEG Facilities
some of the most modern in
Primary Tenant: University of
the country with seating for
Connecticut Athletics (football)
125 media members in the
Budget: $91.2 million
main press area. There are also
Stadium Footprint: 8.5 acres
separate booths for television
Stadium Building: 595,596 square feet,
and radio broadcasts. That
including field and seats
level also includes booths for
Capacity: 40,000
coaching staffs, security, pubTotal Site: 75 acres
lic address announcer, scoreParking: Approximately 10,600 spaces at
board operation and other
the stadium and on the Pratt &
gameday facilities.
R
F
Q
F
Whitney campus.
Site History: Pratt & Whitney Airfield,
named for Pratt & Whitney founder
Frederick Rentschler and donated to
the State of Connecticut by UTC in
1999.
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The concourses at Rentschler Field provide generous, open
and barrier-free circulation for entering and exiting the facility.
The concourse also provides easy access to various concession
and novelty stands and restrooms.
The new stadium features state-of-the-art facilities for members of the UConn football team, including an incredible locker
room area.
The main UConn locker room is 3,750 square feet and has
space for 125 players. There is also a coaches locker room, equipment area and medical training rooms.
There is also a spacious visiting team locker room area with
similar amenities.
The audio and video facilities at Rentschler Field are some
of the most advanced in the country. The sound system is decentralized with approximately 300 digital-quality speakers providing the audio.
The west end of the stadium features a scoreboard that has a
24-foot by 32-foot video replay screen.
All parking for the stadium is located within the footprint of
the stadium site – which makes it unique for a college football
facility. In total, there are 10,600 parking spaces at the Rentschler
Field site.
Rentschler Field features lighting with four towers in each
corner of the stadium and a bank of lights on top of the press
box.
Rentschler Field is a facility built for Connecticut, by
Connecticut. Through a concerted effort, the stadium project far
outpaced the state’s requirements to help small, women and
minority-owned companies grow with ongoing economic development. This means contractors and individuals that may never
before have been able to benefit from projects of this scale helped
build their skills, their companies and their careers while they
helped build their community.
UConnHuskies.com
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The “original” Rentschler Field, an airfield which later saw the likes of Charles Lindbergh and Amelia
Earhart, was dedicated on May 24, 1931. Those taking part in the ceremonies were (left to right): Donald
Brown, President of Pratt & Whitney Aircraft; United States Senator Hiram Bingham of Connecticut;
Edward A. Deeds, United Aircraft Board of Directors; F. Trubee Davison, Assistant Secretary of War;
Frederick B. Rentschler, Founder of Pratt & Whitney Aircraft and Chairman of United Aircraft Corporation
(now United Technologies Corporation).
The various East Hartford area non-profit groups that
staffed the concession stands on game days are able to generate
approximately $65,000 on an annual basis through their work at
the games.
Rentschler Field is also the home of the Connecticut High
School Coaches Hall of Fame, which is located on the southwest
concourse.
The stadium was developed by the State of Connecticut
Office of Policy and Management. The facility was designed by
the architectural firm Ellerbe Becket and the construction manager was Hunt/Gilbane joint venture. The primary tenant at
Rentschler Field, which is managed by Northland Investment
Corp. and AEG Facilities, is the UConn football program.
In addition to UConn football, the stadium also played host
to a pair of Bruce Springsteen concerts on Sept. 16 and 18, 2003,
a concert by the Rolling Stones on Aug. 26, 2005 and the Police
on July 31, 2007. It also serves as the home of the annual
Governors’ Cup High School All-Star game between
Connecticut and Rhode Island.
International rugby matches have been played at Rentschler
Field in the summers of 2004 and ’05. The facility is becoming
a mainstay in soccer. An exhibition soccer game between the
British teams of Liverpool and Glasgow Celtic was played on
July 26, 2004; an exhibition women’s soccer match between the
United States and China on Aug. 1, 2004; a men’s World Cup
qualifying match between the United States and Trinidad and
Tobago was played on Aug. 17, 2005; the United States men’s
national team playing their final tuneup before 2006 World Cup
against Latvia on May 28, 2006; and an exhibition women’s soccer match between the United States and Norway on July 14,
2007.
Rentschler Field is an important part of the broad economic development program that is now under way in the Hartford
area.
UConn received the Governor’s Leadership Award in
December of 2003 for its efforts in the first year of play at
Rentschler Field. The annual award is given to an individual or
group that had done an outstanding job in bringing together a
wide spectrum of people and resources to bear on a significant
development issue in Connecticut. UConn was cited for working hard to assure that Rentschler Field was a significant economic resource for the greater Hartford region and a point of
pride for the high quality of life in the area that business leaders
seek.
The 75-acre site for the stadium was donated by United
Technologies and sits on a former airfield — Rentschler Field —
which opened in 1931 and saw the likes of Charles Lindbergh
and Amelia Earhart. In addition to the donation of the land for
the stadium, UTC is allowing another 100 acres of its land to be
used for gameday parking.
There is a display on the history of the site as an airfield in
the stadium.
The “original” Rentschler Field was dedicated on May 24,
1931. The company air field served as a base for experimental
flight tests of airplanes, engines and propellers and was also used
for servicing and overhauling engines. In later years the airfield
was used for general aviation for United Aircraft Corporation —
now United Technologies Corporation. The field was de-commissioned as an active airport in the 1990s.
RENTSCHLER FIELD
Home of football
THE BURTON FAMILY
FOOTBALL COMPLEX
HARRY A. GAMPEL PAVILION
Home of men’s and women’s basketball
and women’s volleyball
HARTFORD CIVIC CENTER
J.O. CHRISTIAN FIELD
Home of baseball
CONNECTICUT SOFTBALL STADIUM
Home of softball
MARK R. SHENKMAN
TRAINING CENTER
MARK EDWARD FREITAS ICE FORUM
Home of men’s and women’s ice hockey
GEORGE J. SHERMAN
FAMILY SPORTS COMPLEX
Home of men’s and women’s outdoor
track and field and field hockey
WOLFF-ZACKIN NATATORIUM
Home of men’s and women’s
swimming and diving
COVENTRY LAKE
Home of rowing
JOSEPH J. MORRONE STADIUM
Home of men’s and women’s soccer
and women’s lacrosse
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HUGH GREER FIELD HOUSE
Home of men’s and
women’s indoor track
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The “original” Rentschler Field, an airfield which later saw the likes of Charles Lindbergh and Amelia
Earhart, was dedicated on May 24, 1931. Those taking part in the ceremonies were (left to right): Donald
Brown, President of Pratt & Whitney Aircraft; United States Senator Hiram Bingham of Connecticut;
Edward A. Deeds, United Aircraft Board of Directors; F. Trubee Davison, Assistant Secretary of War;
Frederick B. Rentschler, Founder of Pratt & Whitney Aircraft and Chairman of United Aircraft Corporation
(now United Technologies Corporation).
The various East Hartford area non-profit groups that
staffed the concession stands on game days are able to generate
approximately $65,000 on an annual basis through their work at
the games.
Rentschler Field is also the home of the Connecticut High
School Coaches Hall of Fame, which is located on the southwest
concourse.
The stadium was developed by the State of Connecticut
Office of Policy and Management. The facility was designed by
the architectural firm Ellerbe Becket and the construction manager was Hunt/Gilbane joint venture. The primary tenant at
Rentschler Field, which is managed by Northland Investment
Corp. and AEG Facilities, is the UConn football program.
In addition to UConn football, the stadium also played host
to a pair of Bruce Springsteen concerts on Sept. 16 and 18, 2003,
a concert by the Rolling Stones on Aug. 26, 2005 and the Police
on July 31, 2007. It also serves as the home of the annual
Governors’ Cup High School All-Star game between
Connecticut and Rhode Island.
International rugby matches have been played at Rentschler
Field in the summers of 2004 and ’05. The facility is becoming
a mainstay in soccer. An exhibition soccer game between the
British teams of Liverpool and Glasgow Celtic was played on
July 26, 2004; an exhibition women’s soccer match between the
United States and China on Aug. 1, 2004; a men’s World Cup
qualifying match between the United States and Trinidad and
Tobago was played on Aug. 17, 2005; the United States men’s
national team playing their final tuneup before 2006 World Cup
against Latvia on May 28, 2006; and an exhibition women’s soccer match between the United States and Norway on July 14,
2007.
Rentschler Field is an important part of the broad economic development program that is now under way in the Hartford
area.
UConn received the Governor’s Leadership Award in
December of 2003 for its efforts in the first year of play at
Rentschler Field. The annual award is given to an individual or
group that had done an outstanding job in bringing together a
wide spectrum of people and resources to bear on a significant
development issue in Connecticut. UConn was cited for working hard to assure that Rentschler Field was a significant economic resource for the greater Hartford region and a point of
pride for the high quality of life in the area that business leaders
seek.
The 75-acre site for the stadium was donated by United
Technologies and sits on a former airfield — Rentschler Field —
which opened in 1931 and saw the likes of Charles Lindbergh
and Amelia Earhart. In addition to the donation of the land for
the stadium, UTC is allowing another 100 acres of its land to be
used for gameday parking.
There is a display on the history of the site as an airfield in
the stadium.
The “original” Rentschler Field was dedicated on May 24,
1931. The company air field served as a base for experimental
flight tests of airplanes, engines and propellers and was also used
for servicing and overhauling engines. In later years the airfield
was used for general aviation for United Aircraft Corporation —
now United Technologies Corporation. The field was de-commissioned as an active airport in the 1990s.
RENTSCHLER FIELD
Home of football
THE BURTON FAMILY
FOOTBALL COMPLEX
HARRY A. GAMPEL PAVILION
and women’s volleyball
HARTFORD CIVIC CENTER
J.O. CHRISTIAN FIELD
Home of baseball
CONNECTICUT SOFTBALL STADIUM
Home of softball
MARK R. SHENKMAN
TRAINING CENTER
MARK EDWARD FREITAS ICE FORUM
Home of men’s and women’s ice hockey
GEORGE J. SHERMAN
FAMILY SPORTS COMPLEX
Home of men’s and women’s outdoor
track and field and field hockey
WOLFF-ZACKIN NATATORIUM
Home of men’s and women’s
swimming and diving
COVENTRY LAKE
Home of rowing
JOSEPH J. MORRONE STADIUM
Home of men’s and women’s soccer
and women’s lacrosse
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HUGH GREER FIELD HOUSE
Home of men’s and
women’s indoor track
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The UConn Athletic Development Fund is extremely grateful to our Endowed Scholarship Donors. For more information on the
UConn Athletic Development Fund, please call (860) 486-3863.
Benefactor and 1940 UConn basketball and football captain Bob and his wife
MJ Donnelly at the dedication of the J. Robert Donnelly Heritage Sports Museum.
The front entrance to the J. Robert Donnelly Husky Heritage Sports
Museum features team photos of UConn’s national championship teams.
T
he sights and sounds of more than a century of intercollegiate athletics competition
come alive during a visit to the J. Robert Donnelly Husky Heritage Sports Museum.
Located in the UConn Alumni Center in the heart of the University of
Connecticut’s main campus in Storrs, the Husky Heritage Sports Museum is the ultimate library documenting the wide-ranging successes of Connecticut’s athletic programs.
The state-of-the-art design and layout of the 2,700 square foot Husky Heritage
Sports Museum, named after benefactor and 1940 Connecticut basketball and football
captain J. Robert (Bob) Donnelly, vividly captures all of the energy, excitement and
enthusiasm that is associated with “Huskymania.” Donnelly passed away on Sept. 26,
2005.
The visitors’ UConn experience begins with the University of Connecticut
“National Champions” Gallery. This unique museum addition, located in the entrance
foyer of the Husky Heritage Sports Museum, was unveiled in December of 2004 and
serves as a permanent tribute to all University of Connecticut varsity teams that climbed
to the mountaintop and earned the right to be called National Champions.
Currently, a total of 12 national champion squads, representing four different
UConn sports, have team photos and national championship logos on display in the
National Champions gallery.
Included in the National Champions Gallery is the unbeaten 1948 men’s soccer
team of Coach John Squires, the 1981 and 1985 UConn women’s field hockey teams of
Coach Diane Wright, the 1981 men’s soccer team of Coach Joe Morrone, the 2000
men’s soccer team of Coach Ray Reid, the five national championship women’s basketball teams of Coach Geno Auriemma (1995, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004), and the 1999
and 2004 UConn men’s basketball teams of Coach Jim Calhoun.
Upon entering the Husky Heritage Sports Museum, visitors are greeted by a full
figure statue of Jonathan, the legendary mascot of all Husky athletic teams.
Oversized banners proudly hang from the ceiling, displaying action images that
feature 88 of Connecticut’s All-American stars representing 17 different intercollegiate
sports.
Included among the “must see” memorabilia in the Husky Heritage Sports
Museum main concourse are the 1981 and 2000 NCAA National Championship Men’s
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Soccer trophies; the 1981 and 1985 NCAA National Championship Women’s Field
Hockey trophies; the 1950s era baseball gloves belonging to Connecticut’s three Dropo
brothers-including Walt Dropo’s first baseman’s mitt when he was the American League
Rookie of the Year with the Boston Red Sox in 1950; the 1935 Ramnapping Trophy,
awarded annually to the winner of the Connecticut-Rhode Island football game; a 1931
football signed by the entire Connecticut squad; team photos of Connecticut’s first men’s
(1901) and women’s (1902) basketball squads; and the Waterford Crystal NCAA
National Championship trophies won by UConn Women’s Basketball (1995, 2000,
2002, 2003, 2004) and UConn Men’s Basketball (1999, 2004).
The pinnacle achievement of UConn’s seven NCAA National Championships in
both men’s and women’s basketball is preserved and promoted in a unique circular sanctuary—the Connecticut Basketball Rotunda.
Championship trophies and related artifacts that chronicle UConn’s men’s and
women’s national titles are prominently featured in the rotunda, as are life-size cutouts of
Husky All-American stars Ray Allen and Rebecca Lobo. Celebratory paintings of head
coaches Jim Calhoun and Geno Auriemma are on display along with a one-of-a-kind
watercolor team photo of the 25-member UConn Men’s Basketball All-Century team.
Also within the Husky Heritage Sports Museum experience is a six-screen video
wall offering behind-the-scenes looks at various UConn Athletics “winning moments” as
captured on a variety of Husky highlight films and documentaries.
The J. Robert Donnelly Husky Heritage Sports Museum is open free of charge to
the general public during regular business hours (8 a.m. to 5 p.m.) at the UConn Alumni
Center.
Since the Husky Heritage Sports Museum opened in January of 2002, several
important artifacts have been donated from UConn loyalists to help expand the scope
of the Connecticut Athletics storyline.
The University of Connecticut Division of Athletics continues to seek additional
memorabilia/artifacts to help expand the story of the UConn Huskies. Anyone wishing
to donate specific Connecticut Athletics items to the J. Robert Donnelly Husky Heritage
Sports Museum should contact: Tim Tolokan, Associate Director of Athletics/Licensing
and Athletic Traditions, Phone: (860) 486-9097, email: [email protected].
UConnHuskies.com
The Aero-Med Scholarship
The Charles & Pasqua Alaimo Scholarship
The Peter Antonez Memorial Baseball Scholarship
The Baum Family Scholarship
The Baum, Cion & Newberg Families Scholarship
The Baum Grandchildren Scholarship
The Arthur W. Beckius Memorial Scholarship
The Peter Behuniak, Sr. Scholarship
The Harold & Helen Benson Family Scholarship
The Bessette Family Men’s Track & Field
Scholarship Fund
The Boudreau Family Scholarship
The John J. Brennan Memorial Scholarship
The Joseph B. Burns Scholarship
The Barbara & Bob Burrill Family Athletic
Scholarship
The Michael G. Burton Endowed Scholarship
The Robert G. Burton Endowed Scholarship
The Ronald J. Bushwell Scholarship
The Susan K. Butterworth Scholarship
The M. Jeffrey Cariglia Memorial Golf Scholarship
The J.O. Christian Scholarship
The Herbert T. Clark, Jr. Class of 1934 Men’s
Soccer Endowment
The Herbert T. Clark, Sr. Class of 1897 Endowed
Memorial Soccer Scholarship
The Connecticut Dunkin Donuts Franchisee
Scholarship
The Robert T. Crovo Family Scholarship
The Jack Dennerley Memorial Soccer Scholarship
The C. Preston Donaldson Softball Endowment
The Bob Donnelly Football Scholarship
The Bob Donnelly Men’s Basketball Scholarship
The Dropo Family Scholarship
The Herbert & Marcia Dunn Men’s Basketball
Scholarship
The Herbert & Marcia Dunn Women’s Basketball
Scholarship
The Eblens/Leonard Seaman Scholarship
The Irma K. & Alvin L. Evans Endowed
Scholarship
The Faculty/Staff Men’s Soccer Scholarship
The Fiondella Family Women’s Basketball
Endowed Scholarship
The Fleet Bank General Athletic Scholarship
The Robert Foster Family Scholarship
The Robert & Audrey Foster Family Football
Scholarship
The Robert & Audrey Foster Family Softball
Scholarship
The Mark E. Freitas Athletic Scholarship
The Friends of Soccer Scholarship
The Barbara “Bobbie” K. Galchus Memorial
Athletic Scholarship
The Timothy L. & Anne B. Gallagher Women’s
Basketball Scholarship
The Harry A. Gampel Scholarship
Gampel Endowment
The Seymour Gavens Scholarship
The Gelfenbien Family Athletic Scholarship
The Marty Gilman Memorial Scholarship
The Robert W. Gordon Scholarship
The Hugh S. Greer ’26 Scholarship
The John M. Hall Memorial Athletic Scholarship
The Haviland Family Baseball Scholarship
The John M. and Bette Y. Herr Men’s Basketball
Managers Scholarship
The Raphael “Ray” Hoffenberg Memorial
Scholarship
The Samuel W. & Diane P. Holdridge Family
The Paul N. Ippedico & Mary E. Berube
Scholarship
The Ronald D. & Mary C. Jarvis Athletic
Scholarship
The Robert E. Kennedy Memorial Scholarship
The John & Diane Kim Women’s Swimming
Scholarship
The Max Kotkin Athletic Scholarship
The Nihla and Bob Lapidus Scholarship
Endowment
The Nihla & Bob Lapidus Football Endowed
Scholarship
The Leandri Family Scholarship
The Maher Family Scholarship
The Marks Family Scholarship
The Donyell Marshall Men’s Basketball Endowed
Scholarship
The McFadden Family Scholarship
The Joe McGinn Memorial Men’s Basketball
National Championship Endowment
The Dr. John F. & Carol L. Mele Scholarship
The Men’s Soccer Lettermen Scholarship
The Men’s Track Letterwinner Scholarship
The Joseph Merritt Company Athletic Scholarship
The Michaels Jewelers Foundation, Inc.
Scholarship
The Bill Mitchell Endowed Soccer Scholarship
The Monaco Family Men’s Soccer Scholarship
The Mooradian Family Endowed Football
Scholarship
The Joseph J. Morrone Endowment
The Joseph J. Morrone Endowed Soccer
Scholarship
The Janis C. & Rocco A. Murano Scholarship
The Charles & Jacquelyn Nagy Endowed Baseball
Scholarship
The J. Peter Natale Track & Field Scholarship
The Kevin P. Newman Athletic Scholarship
The Judith Niederwerfer Kelly ’73 Scholarship
The Frank Niederwerfer ’35 Scholarship
The Frank H. Niederwerfer ’76 Scholarship
The Frank & Alice Niederwerfer, Sr. Family
Scholarship
The Rebecca Niederwerfer Person ’71,’77
Scholarship
The John & Anna Noske Scholarship
The Anna Noske Scholarship
The John Noske Scholarship
The William H. O’Brien Men’s Ice Hockey
Endowment
The Oleksiw Family Scholarship for Football
The David & Cheryl Olender Women’s Basketball
Scholarship
The Omar Coffee Company Scholarship
The Samuel J. Orr, Jr. Endowment
The Lawrence R. Panciera Scholarship
The Pappanikou Family Scholarship
The Pappanikou Scholarship
The People’s Bank Athletic Scholarship
The Raymond & Marilyn Peracchio Scholarship
The Raymond & Marilyn Peracchio Football
Scholarship
The Lew Perkins Family Athletic Scholarship
The Isadore & Minnie Pinsky Scholarship
The Polo Family Scholarship
The Julius “Puggy” Roth Scholarship
The Dee Rowe Athletic Scholarship
The Coach Donald E. Rowe Men’s Basketball
Scholarship
The Robert T. & Renee P. Samuels Scholarship
The Robert T. & Renee P. Samuels Women’s
Basketball Endowed Scholarship
The SBM Charitable Foundation, Inc. Scholarship
The Schilberg Family Men’s Basketball Scholarship
The Schwartz Family Women’s Athletics
Scholarship
The Schwartz Scholarship
The ShopRite Supermarkets of Connecticut
Women’s Endowed Basketball Scholarship
The Sinatro Family Scholarship
The Jennifer C. Smith Athletic Endowment Fund
The Dr. John Y. Squires Endowed Soccer
Scholarship
The Tamer Family Endowment for Women’s
Basketball
The Allen & Mary Tracy Women’s Basketball
Scholarship
The Allen & Mary Tracy Scholarship
The Treibick Family Crew Team Endowment
The Treibick Family Endowment for Women’s
Tennis and Women’s Crew
The Treibick Family Women’s Volleyball
Endowment
The Tremaine Scholarship
The UConn Club General Athletic Scholarship
The UConn Women’s Basketball National
Champions Endowment
The United Abrasives, Inc. Scholarship
The United Abrasives, Inc. Football Scholarship
The United Technologies Research Center
Scholarship
The Kenneth N. Vernon Memorial Scholarship
The Sherwood C. Waldron Scholarship
The Edward L. Waltman Memorial Scholarship
The Dr. Charles E. Waring Athletic Scholarship
The Dr. Charles E. Waring Football Scholarship
The Willett Family Women’s Softball Endowed
Scholarship
The Bette & Tom Wolff Scholarship
The Wolff Family Scholarship
The Wolff-Zackin & Associates, Inc. Scholarship
The Bob & Charlene Wright Women’s Basketball
Scholarship
The Diane Wright Field Hockey Scholarship
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The UConn Athletic Development Fund is extremely grateful to our Endowed Scholarship Donors. For more information on the
UConn Athletic Development Fund, please call (860) 486-3863.
Benefactor and 1940 UConn basketball and football captain Bob and his wife
MJ Donnelly at the dedication of the J. Robert Donnelly Heritage Sports Museum.
The front entrance to the J. Robert Donnelly Husky Heritage Sports
Museum features team photos of UConn’s national championship teams.
T
he sights and sounds of more than a century of intercollegiate athletics competition
come alive during a visit to the J. Robert Donnelly Husky Heritage Sports Museum.
Located in the UConn Alumni Center in the heart of the University of
Connecticut’s main campus in Storrs, the Husky Heritage Sports Museum is the ultimate library documenting the wide-ranging successes of Connecticut’s athletic programs.
The state-of-the-art design and layout of the 2,700 square foot Husky Heritage
Sports Museum, named after benefactor and 1940 Connecticut basketball and football
captain J. Robert (Bob) Donnelly, vividly captures all of the energy, excitement and
enthusiasm that is associated with “Huskymania.” Donnelly passed away on Sept. 26,
2005.
The visitors’ UConn experience begins with the University of Connecticut
“National Champions” Gallery. This unique museum addition, located in the entrance
foyer of the Husky Heritage Sports Museum, was unveiled in December of 2004 and
serves as a permanent tribute to all University of Connecticut varsity teams that climbed
to the mountaintop and earned the right to be called National Champions.
Currently, a total of 12 national champion squads, representing four different
UConn sports, have team photos and national championship logos on display in the
National Champions gallery.
Included in the National Champions Gallery is the unbeaten 1948 men’s soccer
team of Coach John Squires, the 1981 and 1985 UConn women’s field hockey teams of
Coach Diane Wright, the 1981 men’s soccer team of Coach Joe Morrone, the 2000
men’s soccer team of Coach Ray Reid, the five national championship women’s basketball teams of Coach Geno Auriemma (1995, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004), and the 1999
and 2004 UConn men’s basketball teams of Coach Jim Calhoun.
Upon entering the Husky Heritage Sports Museum, visitors are greeted by a full
figure statue of Jonathan, the legendary mascot of all Husky athletic teams.
Oversized banners proudly hang from the ceiling, displaying action images that
feature 88 of Connecticut’s All-American stars representing 17 different intercollegiate
sports.
Included among the “must see” memorabilia in the Husky Heritage Sports
Museum main concourse are the 1981 and 2000 NCAA National Championship Men’s
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Soccer trophies; the 1981 and 1985 NCAA National Championship Women’s Field
Hockey trophies; the 1950s era baseball gloves belonging to Connecticut’s three Dropo
brothers-including Walt Dropo’s first baseman’s mitt when he was the American League
Rookie of the Year with the Boston Red Sox in 1950; the 1935 Ramnapping Trophy,
awarded annually to the winner of the Connecticut-Rhode Island football game; a 1931
football signed by the entire Connecticut squad; team photos of Connecticut’s first men’s
(1901) and women’s (1902) basketball squads; and the Waterford Crystal NCAA
National Championship trophies won by UConn Women’s Basketball (1995, 2000,
2002, 2003, 2004) and UConn Men’s Basketball (1999, 2004).
The pinnacle achievement of UConn’s seven NCAA National Championships in
both men’s and women’s basketball is preserved and promoted in a unique circular sanctuary—the Connecticut Basketball Rotunda.
Championship trophies and related artifacts that chronicle UConn’s men’s and
women’s national titles are prominently featured in the rotunda, as are life-size cutouts of
Husky All-American stars Ray Allen and Rebecca Lobo. Celebratory paintings of head
coaches Jim Calhoun and Geno Auriemma are on display along with a one-of-a-kind
watercolor team photo of the 25-member UConn Men’s Basketball All-Century team.
Also within the Husky Heritage Sports Museum experience is a six-screen video
wall offering behind-the-scenes looks at various UConn Athletics “winning moments” as
captured on a variety of Husky highlight films and documentaries.
The J. Robert Donnelly Husky Heritage Sports Museum is open free of charge to
the general public during regular business hours (8 a.m. to 5 p.m.) at the UConn Alumni
Center.
Since the Husky Heritage Sports Museum opened in January of 2002, several
important artifacts have been donated from UConn loyalists to help expand the scope
of the Connecticut Athletics storyline.
The University of Connecticut Division of Athletics continues to seek additional
memorabilia/artifacts to help expand the story of the UConn Huskies. Anyone wishing
to donate specific Connecticut Athletics items to the J. Robert Donnelly Husky Heritage
Sports Museum should contact: Tim Tolokan, Associate Director of Athletics/Licensing
and Athletic Traditions, Phone: (860) 486-9097, email: [email protected].
UConnHuskies.com
The Aero-Med Scholarship
The Charles & Pasqua Alaimo Scholarship
The Peter Antonez Memorial Baseball Scholarship
The Baum Family Scholarship
The Baum, Cion & Newberg Families Scholarship
The Baum Grandchildren Scholarship
The Arthur W. Beckius Memorial Scholarship
The Peter Behuniak, Sr. Scholarship
The Harold & Helen Benson Family Scholarship
The Bessette Family Men’s Track & Field
Scholarship Fund
The Boudreau Family Scholarship
The John J. Brennan Memorial Scholarship
The Joseph B. Burns Scholarship
The Barbara & Bob Burrill Family Athletic
Scholarship
The Michael G. Burton Endowed Scholarship
The Robert G. Burton Endowed Scholarship
The Ronald J. Bushwell Scholarship
The Susan K. Butterworth Scholarship
The M. Jeffrey Cariglia Memorial Golf Scholarship
The J.O. Christian Scholarship
The Herbert T. Clark, Jr. Class of 1934 Men’s
Soccer Endowment
The Herbert T. Clark, Sr. Class of 1897 Endowed
Memorial Soccer Scholarship
The Connecticut Dunkin Donuts Franchisee
Scholarship
The Robert T. Crovo Family Scholarship
The Jack Dennerley Memorial Soccer Scholarship
The C. Preston Donaldson Softball Endowment
The Bob Donnelly Football Scholarship
The Bob Donnelly Men’s Basketball Scholarship
The Dropo Family Scholarship
The Herbert & Marcia Dunn Men’s Basketball
Scholarship
The Herbert & Marcia Dunn Women’s Basketball
Scholarship
The Eblens/Leonard Seaman Scholarship
The Irma K. & Alvin L. Evans Endowed
Scholarship
The Faculty/Staff Men’s Soccer Scholarship
The Fiondella Family Women’s Basketball
Endowed Scholarship
The Fleet Bank General Athletic Scholarship
The Robert Foster Family Scholarship
The Robert & Audrey Foster Family Football
Scholarship
The Robert & Audrey Foster Family Softball
Scholarship
The Mark E. Freitas Athletic Scholarship
The Friends of Soccer Scholarship
The Barbara “Bobbie” K. Galchus Memorial
The Timothy L. & Anne B. Gallagher Women’s
Basketball Scholarship
The Harry A. Gampel Scholarship
Gampel Endowment
The Seymour Gavens Scholarship
The Gelfenbien Family Athletic Scholarship
The Marty Gilman Memorial Scholarship
The Robert W. Gordon Scholarship
The Hugh S. Greer ’26 Scholarship
The John M. Hall Memorial Athletic Scholarship
The Haviland Family Baseball Scholarship
The John M. and Bette Y. Herr Men’s Basketball
Managers Scholarship
The Raphael “Ray” Hoffenberg Memorial
Scholarship
The Samuel W. & Diane P. Holdridge Family
The Paul N. Ippedico & Mary E. Berube
Scholarship
The Ronald D. & Mary C. Jarvis Athletic
Scholarship
The Robert E. Kennedy Memorial Scholarship
The John & Diane Kim Women’s Swimming
Scholarship
The Max Kotkin Athletic Scholarship
The Nihla and Bob Lapidus Scholarship
Endowment
The Nihla & Bob Lapidus Football Endowed
Scholarship
The Leandri Family Scholarship
The Maher Family Scholarship
The Marks Family Scholarship
The Donyell Marshall Men’s Basketball Endowed
Scholarship
The McFadden Family Scholarship
The Joe McGinn Memorial Men’s Basketball
National Championship Endowment
The Dr. John F. & Carol L. Mele Scholarship
The Men’s Soccer Lettermen Scholarship
The Men’s Track Letterwinner Scholarship
The Joseph Merritt Company Athletic Scholarship
The Michaels Jewelers Foundation, Inc.
Scholarship
The Bill Mitchell Endowed Soccer Scholarship
The Monaco Family Men’s Soccer Scholarship
The Mooradian Family Endowed Football
Scholarship
The Joseph J. Morrone Endowment
The Joseph J. Morrone Endowed Soccer
Scholarship
The Janis C. & Rocco A. Murano Scholarship
The Charles & Jacquelyn Nagy Endowed Baseball
Scholarship
The J. Peter Natale Track & Field Scholarship
The Kevin P. Newman Athletic Scholarship
The Judith Niederwerfer Kelly ’73 Scholarship
The Frank Niederwerfer ’35 Scholarship
The Frank H. Niederwerfer ’76 Scholarship
The Frank & Alice Niederwerfer, Sr. Family
Scholarship
The Rebecca Niederwerfer Person ’71,’77
Scholarship
The John & Anna Noske Scholarship
The Anna Noske Scholarship
The John Noske Scholarship
The William H. O’Brien Men’s Ice Hockey
Endowment
The Oleksiw Family Scholarship for Football
The David & Cheryl Olender Women’s Basketball
Scholarship
The Omar Coffee Company Scholarship
The Samuel J. Orr, Jr. Endowment
The Lawrence R. Panciera Scholarship
The Pappanikou Family Scholarship
The Pappanikou Scholarship
The People’s Bank Athletic Scholarship
The Raymond & Marilyn Peracchio Scholarship
The Raymond & Marilyn Peracchio Football
Scholarship
The Lew Perkins Family Athletic Scholarship
The Isadore & Minnie Pinsky Scholarship
The Polo Family Scholarship
The Julius “Puggy” Roth Scholarship
The Dee Rowe Athletic Scholarship
The Coach Donald E. Rowe Men’s Basketball
Scholarship
The Robert T. & Renee P. Samuels Scholarship
The Robert T. & Renee P. Samuels Women’s
Basketball Endowed Scholarship
The SBM Charitable Foundation, Inc. Scholarship
The Schilberg Family Men’s Basketball Scholarship
The Schwartz Family Women’s Athletics
Scholarship
The Schwartz Scholarship
The ShopRite Supermarkets of Connecticut
Women’s Endowed Basketball Scholarship
The Sinatro Family Scholarship
The Jennifer C. Smith Athletic Endowment Fund
The Dr. John Y. Squires Endowed Soccer
Scholarship
The Tamer Family Endowment for Women’s
Basketball
The Allen & Mary Tracy Women’s Basketball
Scholarship
The Allen & Mary Tracy Scholarship
The Treibick Family Crew Team Endowment
The Treibick Family Endowment for Women’s
Tennis and Women’s Crew
The Treibick Family Women’s Volleyball
Endowment
The Tremaine Scholarship
The UConn Club General Athletic Scholarship
The UConn Women’s Basketball National
Champions Endowment
The United Abrasives, Inc. Scholarship
The United Abrasives, Inc. Football Scholarship
The United Technologies Research Center
Scholarship
The Kenneth N. Vernon Memorial Scholarship
The Sherwood C. Waldron Scholarship
The Edward L. Waltman Memorial Scholarship
The Dr. Charles E. Waring Athletic Scholarship
The Dr. Charles E. Waring Football Scholarship
The Willett Family Women’s Softball Endowed
Scholarship
The Bette & Tom Wolff Scholarship
The Wolff Family Scholarship
The Wolff-Zackin & Associates, Inc. Scholarship
The Bob & Charlene Wright Women’s Basketball
Scholarship
The Diane Wright Field Hockey Scholarship
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College football viewers will continue to have plenty of opportunities
to catch BIG EAST games on television this season. The conference
continues a multi-year deal with ABC Sports as its broadcast network television partner. Numerous contests are scheduled for the airwaves during the
2007 season. The league also has agreements with ESPN and ESPN
Regional Television that will once again allow the conference extensive television exposure. What it means for the college football fan is that BIG
EAST games will be televised every week of the season.
ESPN Regional Television’s BIG EAST Game of the Week package
remains as the largest regional college football network in the nation, as it
reached more than 31 million homes across the United States a season ago.
In addition, nearly all games broadcast by ERT are offered as part of the
ESPN GamePlan pay subscription service. ESPN Regional Television is the
largest syndicator of college sports programming in the United States.
THE NATIONAL SCHEDULE
The BIG EAST will have an extensive schedule of games on national television. The
following telecasts were known at press time. A number of games will be added as the
season progresses (games and times listed are subject to change).
ABC’s Dr. Jerry Punch and Terry Bowden have
been recent visitors to Rentschler Field as have
Ron Fraklin and Bob Davie.
ESPN
Fri.
Thurs.
Fri.
Thurs.
Sat.
Fri.
Wed.
Thurs.
Fri.
Thurs.
Thurs.
Sat.
Aug. 31
Sept. 6
Sept. 7
Sept. 13
Sept. 15
Oct. 5
Oct. 10
Oct. 18
Oct. 19
Nov. 8
Nov. 29
Dec. 1
Washington at Syracuse
Oregon State at Cincinnati
Navy at Rutgers
West Virginia at Maryland
Pittsburgh at Michigan State
Utah at Louisville
Navy at Pittsburgh
USF at Rutgers
Louisville at Connecticut
Louisville at West Virginia
Rutgers at Louisville
Pittsburgh at West Virginia (or ESPN2)
8:00 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
12:00 p.m.
8:00 p.m.
8:00 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
8:00 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
TBA
Sept. 6
Sept. 8
Sept. 8
Sept. 28
Nov. 9
Middle Tennessee at Louisville
West Virginia at Marshall
USF at Auburn
West Virginia at USF
Rutgers at Army
7:00 p.m.
11:00 a.m.
9:00 p.m.
8:00 p.m.
8:00 p.m.
ESPN2
Thurs.
Sat.
Sat.
Fri.
Fri.
F
or the 16th consecutive year, Connecticut football will be broadcast on the
WTIC/UConn Radio Network. Anchoring the network will be WTIC AM-1080 in
Hartford, the state’s only 50,000 watt AM station.
Other stations that will join WTIC on the network in 2007 are: WILI 1400AM in Willimantic; WXLM 102.3-FM New London; WLIS 1420-AM in Old
Saybrook; WMRD 1150-AM in Middletown; WICC 600-AM in Bridgeport and
WLAD 800-AM in Danbury. For the sixth consecutive season, WTIC AM-1080 will
air the “Randy Edsall Show,” featuring UConn head coach Randy Edsall and broadcaster Joe D’Ambrosio. The show will air on Thursday evenings of standard game
weeks.
Veteran sportscasters Joe D’Ambrosio and Wayne Norman will handle play-byplay and color commentary, respectively, for Husky football during the 2007 season.
Kevin Nathan will once again provide sideline reports.
WTIC offers 10 hours of Husky football talk on home game Saturdays on
WTIC’s powerful signal. Ray Dunaway, the popular co-host of WTIC’s morning
drive show “Mornings with Ray &
Diane,” and Scott Gray start
things off at 5:30 a.m. live on
Saturdays from Rentschler Field
with “Ray at the Rent.” That tandem then yields to the duo of
Arnold Dean and Kevin Nathan at
9:30 a.m. prior to the contest with
“The Tailgate Show,” which runs
for one hour followed by UConn
Football Magazine with Bob Joyce
from 10:30 a.m. until kickoff.
Nathan will also serve as a features
producer for “UConn Football
Magazine,” the halftime show, and
also play host to a post-game callWTIC plays in active role in UConn's pregame FanFest,
broadcasting portions of their pregame show live from the in show after home games with
Joyce filling that role for road conplaza at the west end of Rentschler Field.
tests.
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D’Ambrosio will
be calling UConn football and men’s basketball
on WTIC and the
UConn Radio Network
for the 16th straight
Wayne Norman was honored on the field at halftime of UConn's win
year. He also called
over Pittsburgh on Sept. 30, 2004 as he broadcast the 1,000th
UConn sporting event of his illustrious career. Making the presentation
UConn women’s basketare WTIC Vice President and General Manager Suzanne McDonald
ball games from 1995
and UConn Director of Athletics Jeff Hathaway.
thru 1998 and again
from 2000 thru 2006.
He is an anchor at WVIT-TV (NBC 30) and is a host heard nationwide on ESPN
Radio, hosting “Countdown to Kickoff ” on Sunday mornings during the NFL while
also hosting the Sunday Night Baseball Game of the Week pre and post game shows.
Joe was named Connecticut Sportscaster of the Year by the National Sportscasters and
Sportswriters Association for the sixth time in 2006.
Celebrating his 40th year in broadcasting, Norman began covering Connecticut
Athletics as a UConn student in the mid-60’s and has since called over 1,000 UConn
athletic events. He has been UConn’s radio analyst for football and basketball since
1981. A member of the broadcast staff at WILI Radio (Willimantic, Conn.) since
1970, Norman continues his role as sports director, program director and morning
personality at WILI, a station which is part of the WTIC/UConn Radio Network for
football and basketball. He is the longest tenured morning man in the state, working
mornings at WILI since November 1, 1971.
Kevin Nathan is in his second year as the sideline reporter and his fifth year
overall on the broadcasts. The former Division III All-America defensive back at
Dickinson College has been sports director at WVIT-TV (NBC 30) since 1997 and
was named Connecticut Sportscaster of the Year in 2005. Bob Joyce will begin his
sixth season as part of the broadcast team after serving many years as the network
coordinator in studio and sideline reporter. Bob, a Bloomfield High School graduate, finished his first season as the regular play-by-play broadcaster for the UConn
women’s basketball team in 2006 after serving as the backup play-by-play man since
2001-2002. Kevin Ingles is in his second season as the producer, James DiGiuseppe
is in his third year as the spotter.
UConnHuskies.com
Of UConn’s 12 games in 2006, 11 were broadcast live,
many of them nationally.
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College football viewers will continue to have plenty of opportunities
to catch BIG EAST games on television this season. The conference
continues a multi-year deal with ABC Sports as its broadcast network television partner. Numerous contests are scheduled for the airwaves during the
2007 season. The league also has agreements with ESPN and ESPN
Regional Television that will once again allow the conference extensive television exposure. What it means for the college football fan is that BIG
EAST games will be televised every week of the season.
ESPN Regional Television’s BIG EAST Game of the Week package
remains as the largest regional college football network in the nation, as it
reached more than 31 million homes across the United States a season ago.
In addition, nearly all games broadcast by ERT are offered as part of the
ESPN GamePlan pay subscription service. ESPN Regional Television is the
largest syndicator of college sports programming in the United States.
THE NATIONAL SCHEDULE
The BIG EAST will have an extensive schedule of games on national television. The
following telecasts were known at press time. A number of games will be added as the
season progresses (games and times listed are subject to change).
ABC’s Dr. Jerry Punch and Terry Bowden have
been recent visitors to Rentschler Field as have
Ron Fraklin and Bob Davie.
ESPN
Fri.
Thurs.
Fri.
Thurs.
Sat.
Fri.
Wed.
Thurs.
Fri.
Thurs.
Thurs.
Sat.
Aug. 31
Sept. 6
Sept. 7
Sept. 13
Sept. 15
Oct. 5
Oct. 10
Oct. 18
Oct. 19
Nov. 8
Nov. 29
Dec. 1
Washington at Syracuse
Oregon State at Cincinnati
Navy at Rutgers
West Virginia at Maryland
Pittsburgh at Michigan State
Utah at Louisville
Navy at Pittsburgh
USF at Rutgers
Louisville at Connecticut
Louisville at West Virginia
Rutgers at Louisville
Pittsburgh at West Virginia (or ESPN2)
8:00 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
12:00 p.m.
8:00 p.m.
8:00 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
8:00 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
TBA
Sept. 6
Sept. 8
Sept. 8
Sept. 28
Nov. 9
Middle Tennessee at Louisville
West Virginia at Marshall
USF at Auburn
West Virginia at USF
Rutgers at Army
7:00 p.m.
11:00 a.m.
9:00 p.m.
8:00 p.m.
8:00 p.m.
ESPN2
Thurs.
Sat.
Sat.
Fri.
Fri.
F
or the 16th consecutive year, Connecticut football will be broadcast on the
WTIC/UConn Radio Network. Anchoring the network will be WTIC AM-1080 in
Hartford, the state’s only 50,000 watt AM station.
Other stations that will join WTIC on the network in 2007 are: WILI 1400AM in Willimantic; WXLM 102.3-FM New London; WLIS 1420-AM in Old
Saybrook; WMRD 1150-AM in Middletown; WICC 600-AM in Bridgeport and
WLAD 800-AM in Danbury. For the sixth consecutive season, WTIC AM-1080 will
air the “Randy Edsall Show,” featuring UConn head coach Randy Edsall and broadcaster Joe D’Ambrosio. The show will air on Thursday evenings of standard game
weeks.
Veteran sportscasters Joe D’Ambrosio and Wayne Norman will handle play-byplay and color commentary, respectively, for Husky football during the 2007 season.
Kevin Nathan will once again provide sideline reports.
WTIC offers 10 hours of Husky football talk on home game Saturdays on
WTIC’s powerful signal. Ray Dunaway, the popular co-host of WTIC’s morning
drive show “Mornings with Ray &
Diane,” and Scott Gray start
things off at 5:30 a.m. live on
Saturdays from Rentschler Field
with “Ray at the Rent.” That tandem then yields to the duo of
Arnold Dean and Kevin Nathan at
9:30 a.m. prior to the contest with
“The Tailgate Show,” which runs
for one hour followed by UConn
Football Magazine with Bob Joyce
from 10:30 a.m. until kickoff.
Nathan will also serve as a features
producer for “UConn Football
Magazine,” the halftime show, and
also play host to a post-game callWTIC plays in active role in UConn's pregame FanFest,
broadcasting portions of their pregame show live from the in show after home games with
Joyce filling that role for road conplaza at the west end of Rentschler Field.
tests.
206
D’Ambrosio will
be calling UConn football and men’s basketball
on WTIC and the
UConn Radio Network
for the 16th straight
Wayne Norman was honored on the field at halftime of UConn's win
year. He also called
over Pittsburgh on Sept. 30, 2004 as he broadcast the 1,000th
UConn sporting event of his illustrious career. Making the presentation
UConn women’s basketare WTIC Vice President and General Manager Suzanne McDonald
ball games from 1995
and UConn Director of Athletics Jeff Hathaway.
thru 1998 and again
from 2000 thru 2006.
He is an anchor at WVIT-TV (NBC 30) and is a host heard nationwide on ESPN
Radio, hosting “Countdown to Kickoff ” on Sunday mornings during the NFL while
also hosting the Sunday Night Baseball Game of the Week pre and post game shows.
Joe was named Connecticut Sportscaster of the Year by the National Sportscasters and
Sportswriters Association for the sixth time in 2006.
Celebrating his 40th year in broadcasting, Norman began covering Connecticut
Athletics as a UConn student in the mid-60’s and has since called over 1,000 UConn
athletic events. He has been UConn’s radio analyst for football and basketball since
1981. A member of the broadcast staff at WILI Radio (Willimantic, Conn.) since
1970, Norman continues his role as sports director, program director and morning
personality at WILI, a station which is part of the WTIC/UConn Radio Network for
football and basketball. He is the longest tenured morning man in the state, working
mornings at WILI since November 1, 1971.
Kevin Nathan is in his second year as the sideline reporter and his fifth year
overall on the broadcasts. The former Division III All-America defensive back at
Dickinson College has been sports director at WVIT-TV (NBC 30) since 1997 and
was named Connecticut Sportscaster of the Year in 2005. Bob Joyce will begin his
sixth season as part of the broadcast team after serving many years as the network
coordinator in studio and sideline reporter. Bob, a Bloomfield High School graduate, finished his first season as the regular play-by-play broadcaster for the UConn
women’s basketball team in 2006 after serving as the backup play-by-play man since
2001-2002. Kevin Ingles is in his second season as the producer, James DiGiuseppe
is in his third year as the spotter.
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many of them nationally.
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The 2007 University of Connecticut Football Media Guide/Yearbook has been prepared to provide pertinent information concerning Connecticut’s
football program and to assist the media members in their continuing coverage of the Huskies.
We at Connecticut appreciate your interest in our football program, and we are always available to be of assistance to all media members in their
coverage of the Huskies.
RADIO POLICY
PRESS BOX SERVICES
WEEKLY FOOTBALL LUNCHEONS
Requests to broadcast must be obtained in
writing or by phone at least two weeks in advance of
the game by contacting the University of
Connecticut Athletic Communications Office, 2095
Hillside Road, U-1173, Storrs, CT 06269-1173.
The phone number is (860) 486-3531.
The UConn Athletic Communications staff
will be on hand to assist all media members covering
Connecticut football. All working media members
will be provided with Connecticut’s up-to-date team
and individual statistics, game depth chart and a
game program. At halftime and at the end of the
game, media members will be provided with
complete statistics (both individual and team) as well
as a play-by-play summary.
Media members covering the University of
Connecticut Football program meet on a weekly
basis for Tuesday luncheons with head coach Randy
Edsall and various Husky players. The weekly
luncheons will be held at the Burton Family Football
Complex on the UConn campus in Storrs. The
media luncheon will begin at 11:30 a.m. each week
with head coach Randy Edsall’s comments, followed
by lunch and interviews with select Husky players.
Media members interested in attending the weekly
luncheon should contact Leigh Torbin.
The University of Connecticut has radio lines
available for all football opponents for the 2007
season in the visiting radio booth and they cost $75
per line. ALL CALLS ON THESE RADIO LINES
MUST EITHER BE CREDIT CARD CALLS OR
COLLECT CALLS. THERE WILL BE NO
EXCEPTIONS.
Visiting radio stations must reserve the phone
lines by contacting Mike Enright in the UConn
Athletic Communications Office.
MEDIA FACILITIES
The press box at Rentschler Field in East
Hartford is located on level five of the press box
tower above the south stands and can be reached via
the elevator located in the southeast corner of the
press box tower. The media will call window is
located beside the elevator. The press box is for
working media members only.
Included in the press box are a television
broadcast booth, radio booths, home and visiting
coaches’ booths, a camera deck and a working press
area. Professional scouts will be admitted to the press
box. Requests for home game media passes,
photographer’s
passes
and
broadcasting
accommodations should be made at least two weeks in
advance of the date of the game to the Athletic
Communications Office. Media parking, if requested
in advance of the game, is available at the stadium.
UNIVERSITY
OF
Post-game interviews will be held on the field
level on Rentschler Field. UConn head coach Randy
Edsall will be available, after a cooling off period, in
the main interview room next to the Husky locker
room in the east end zone. Requested UConn
players will be available at the press conference as
well, while arrangements for the visiting coach and
players will be made through the visiting school’s
sports information department. The audio/video of
press conferences held at the interview room’s main
dais will be available on the television monitors in
the main press box.
TELECONFERENCES
UConn head coach Randy Edsall will hold a
teleconference-style press conference each Sunday at
4:00 p.m. to review the previous week’s contest.
Edsall will hold another teleconference on Thursdays
at 1:00 p.m. to discuss the upcoming week’s contest.
Media members interested in gaining access to either
teleconference should contact Leigh Torbin. Edsall
will also participate on the weekly BIG EAST
coaches teleconference on Mondays at 11:40 a.m.
PHOTOGRAPHERS
Still photographers and film crews with handheld equipment may work the sidelines from each end
zone to the respective 25-yard lines. Sideline
credentials will only be issued to accredited
representatives of daily newspapers, wire services,
magazines and television stations. Photography space
also is available atop the Renstchler Field press box but
will be issued on a priority basis to television stations
and to the film crews of the two teams in competition.
A photo transmission room is available for
photographers at field level through the main
operations tunnel in the southeast corner of the
stadium.
CONNECTICUT ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS STAFF
WEEKLY PRACTICE & INTERVIEW
SCHEDULE
UConn football practice is open to all
members of the media for the first 25 minutes on
Tuesdays. In addition, still and video photographers
may shoot the first 25 minutes of practice on
Wednesdays.
Interviews with UConn players should be
made at least one day in advance and can be done on
Tuesdays (after press luncheon), Wednesdays before
practice of a standard game week. There are no
player interviews on standard Thursdays or Fridays.
Players will normally be available from 12:30 p.m. to
1:30 p.m. but, please contact the Athletic
Communications Office to verify times and
availability.
For all media arrangements, photographs, or
other information concerning the University of
Connecticut football team please contact:
Leigh Torbin
Mike Enright (credentials)
Mike Enright
Kyle Muncy
Alissa Clendenen
Randy Press
2095 Hillside Road, U-1173
Associate Athletic Director/
Communications
Assistant Athletic Director/
Communications
Assistant Director Athletic
Communications
Communications
Storrs, CT 06269-1173.
Phone: (860) 486-3531
FAX: (860) 486-5085
Torbin Cell: (860) 617-5928
EMail: [email protected]
Enright Cell: (860) 208-4756
EMail: [email protected]
Website: UConnHuskies.com
Leigh Torbin
Luanne Dunstan
Erin Schorr
Kristen Altieri
Communications
Secretary
Athletic Communications
Assistant
Athletic Communications
Assistant
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