June, 2009 - Brown University Sports Foundation

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In This Issue
Spring Sports Updates
John Tyler P’12: Faculty
Member, Parent and
Athletics Advocate
Class of 2010 Leading
Women’s Water Polo
to the Top
Nine Alumni Inducted
into Brown Athletic
Hall of Fame
Athletic Department
Award Winners
Announced
Brown Second in
NCAA APR
BUSF Enters Critical Final Month of the 2009 Fiscal Year
It has been an exciting year for athletics at Brown. With Ivy League
titles in football and men’s crew, numerous teams competing for
national titles and many more making great strides towards those
goals, our student-athletes and coaches have given Brown alumni,
parents and friends plenty to be proud of in 2008-09.
As we approach the final days of the 2009 fiscal year (ending June
30, 2009), it is critically important that we support those studentathletes and coaches by reaching our annual-use fundraising goal
of $3.23 million. Your gifts support the overall operating budget for
our programs, providing the essentials like equipment, recruiting
budgets, and team travel. Annual-use gifts represent nearly 25 percent of the Athletic Department’s budget. It will take a total team
effort to ensure our coaches have the resources they need to help our
student-athletes succeed at the highest levels.
As of May 20, we have $1.28 million left to raise to reach our goal.
Reaching $3.23 million will be a challenge, especially in these uncertain economic times, but if history has taught us anything, it’s
that Brown athletic alumni, parents and friends know how to respond to a challenge! Last year we raised $1.1 million in annual-use
support in the last 30 days of the fiscal year.
In addition to the annual goal, we are 1,812 donors away from reaching our goal of 5,700 donors to the Sports Foundation in this fiscal
year. Every gift makes a difference — we need you on our team!
On behalf of our student-athletes and coaches, we thank you for
your continued support of the Brown Sports Foundation!
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Crew, Men’s Lacrosse Highlight Outstanding Spring
The spring of 2009 has been
one to remember for Brown
Athletics. Several teams contended for Ivy League Championships, including the men’s
crew, which won its second
straight Ivy League title, and
six teams earned the right to
represent Brown at national
championship competitions.
The women’s crew finished in
second place at Eastern Association of Women’s Rowing
Colleges Sprints on the Cooper River in Camden, N.J.
The Second Varsity Eight and
Varsity Four “C” won titles,
while the Varsity Eight finished fourth. The Bears will
look to defend their NCAA
title May 29-31 back on the
Cooper River in Camden.
The men’s crew, led by head
coach Paul Cooke ’89, swept
the Eastern Association of
The equestrian team made its
Rowing Colleges Sprints
third consecutive trip to the
on Lake Quinsigamond in
Intercollegiate Horse Show
Worcester, Mass. The Bears
Association National Chamwon the Varsity Eight by 1.2
pionship, finishing 10th, the
The men’s crew celebrates at Eastern Sprints (left), while the men’s lacrosse
team salutes the crowd after defeating second-ranked Cornell.
seconds, edging Harvard for
women’s water polo team finthe Ivy League title. The Varished in fourth at the Collesity Four, Second Freshman Eight, Freshman Eight and Second giate Water Polo Association Eastern Division Championship, and the
Varsity Eight also won, as the Bears took home the overall points baseball, men’s tennis and women’s tennis teams were in contention
title. Brown will look to cap the season at the IRA Regatta in Sacra- for the Ivy League title right up to the last weekend of the season.
mento, Calif., from June 4-6, and will compete at the Henley Royal
Regatta on the Thames River in England July 1-5.
At the club level, the women’s rugby team advanced to the USA
Rugby National Guard Women’s Division I Championship semiThe men’s lacrosse team finished third in the Ivy League, one game finals for the second year in a row, defeating North Carolina and
behind Princeton and Cornell. Head Coach Lars Tiffany ’90 led Virginia before falling to host Stanford 31-12, and the women’s
the Bears to a 12-3 regular season record, just one win shy of the sailing team earned a spot in the Intercollegiate Sailing Association
program record for wins. The Bears earned a spot in the NCAA National Championship to be held in San Francisco May 25-27.
Championship, thanks in large part to goaltender Jordan Burke ’09,
who was named the Ivy League Player of the Year, USILA Player of “It’s been a great spring,” said Director of Athletics and Physical Edthe Year, and was a First Team All-American. Facing eighth-seeded ucation Michael Goldberger. “Our student-athletes turned in perJohns Hopkins in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, Kyle formances both on and off the field that we can all be proud of.”
Hollingsworth ’09 tied the game 11-11 with just eight seconds remaining to send the game into overtime. While the Bears eventually In addition to sailing and men’s and women’s crew, athletes in the
fell to the Blue Jays, the season was one of the most successful in men’s and women’s track and field programs are still competing, with
Brown men’s lacrosse history.
the NCAA East Regional and NCAA Championships yet to come.
For the latest alumni news and events information,
visit the Sports Foundation online at: www.sportsfoundation.brown.edu
BrownBears.com News Briefs
Six Earn Academic All-District Honors
Six Brown student-athletes have been named to
CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District
teams this spring. The AllDistrict teams are selected
by voting members of the
College Sports Information Directors of America.
Steve Daniels ’09, an Economics concentrator with
a 3.63 GPA, earned First
Team honors in baseball
Michelle Moses ’09
after helping the Bears
win a school record 15
Ivy League games. Leading off and starting in center
field all 44 games, Daniels was fifth on the team with a
.314 batting average and had a team-high three triples
among his 18 extra base hits. He also led the Bears with
45 runs scored and 23 stolen bases.
Michelle Moses ’09, a Commerce, Organizations &
Entrepreneurship concentrator with a 4.0 GPA, was a
First Team selection in softball. She was Brown’s strongest pitcher with a 5-8 record and a 3.93 ERA. She
appeared in 22 games, started in 15 and pitched nine
complete games. She ranked second in the Ivy League
in saves with three, and was seventh in strikeouts with
70. She was also selected a Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award
candidate, and elected into the Brown Chapter of Phi
Beta Kappa.
Dan Ricketts ’09 was a First Team selection for the atlarge team. Ricketts, a Mathematics-Computer Science
concentrator with a 4.0 GPA, was also an Academic AllIvy selection for the men’s swimming and diving team.
He earned Second Team All-Ivy in the 100 free with a
Brown record time of 43.17, broke three other Brown
records and was a member of two record-breaking relay teams this year.
Chris Lee ’09 was a Second Team selection for the
at-large team. A four-year
letterwinner on the men’s
tennis team and a captain in 2009, Lee posted a
14-8 record in singles this
season, including a 10-4
mark at #2, and was 16-7
Chris Lee ’09
in doubles action, including a 10-4 mark at #2. A First Team All-Ivy honoree
in singles, Lee was also a two-time ITA Scholar Athlete
and the recipient of the 2009 Joukowsky Post Graduate
Scholarship. A member of Brown’s Student Athlete Advisory Council and Sociology concentrator with a 3.89
GPA, Lee plans to attend Mt. Sinai School of Medicine
next year.
Adam Pantel ’10 was also a Second Team selection for
the at-large team. The 2009 Northeast Fencing Conference Fencer of the Year, Pantel earned Honorable Mention All-American honors after finishing 11th at the
2009 NCAA Championships in the men’s foil. Pantel
was 49-15 on the season (26-1 in the NFC), was a First
Team All-Ivy honoree, and was a 2009 Academic AllIvy selection. He is concentrating in both Mathematics
and Computer Science and has a 3.82 GPA.
Lauren Vitkus ’09 was also a Second Team selection for
the at-large team. Vitkus finished the season fourth on
the Bears’ women’s lacrosse team with 22 points and
third on the team with 20 goals, starting all 15 games
in the midfield, en route to Honorable Mention All-Ivy
honors. She led Brown with 27 ground balls, 28 draw
controls, and was third on the team with 13 caused
turnovers. Vitkus concentrated in Civil Engineering
and completed pre-med requirements, earning a 3.50
GPA. She plans on attending dental school in 2010.
Vokes Receives New England Hockey
Writers Joe Tomasello Award
Winter Academic All-Ivy
Honorees Announced
Matt Vokes ’09 was presented with the 2009 Joe Tomasello Award at the New England Hockey Writers Banquet on April 13. Presented annually by the New England Hockey Writers Association, the award goes to the
Unsung Hero in New England. An assistant captain for
the Bears, Vokes was the team’s leading scorer with 28
points (11 goals, 17 assists).
Ten Brown student-athletes were recognized as
Academic All-Ivy honorees for the winter sports
season earlier this spring.
The five males and five females were starters or key
reserves on their respective
varsity teams and carry a
3.0 or better cumulative
grade point average.
Off the ice, Vokes has been involved in the greater Brown
Charlotte Steel ’09
community. He was a TA for Engineering 9 and 90 since
2006-2007, serving as the Head TA for both classes this
year. A member of SAAC since 2006-2007, Vokes was
the Co-Chair of the Faculty Liaison Committee this Honorees include: Anna Bengtson ’09 (Women’s Skiing);
year. He was also a member of the Brown Investment Danielle Grunloh ’10 (Women’s Indoor Track & Field);
Group since 2006-2007 and was a Peer Counselor.
Duriel Hardy ’10 (Men’s Indoor Track & Field); Adam
Pantel ’10 (Men’s Fencing); Matt Mullery ’10 (Men’s Basketball), Daniel Ricketts ’09 (Men’s Swimming & Diving); Charlotte Rose ’09 (Women’s Fencing); Charlotte
Breezeatl ’10, Crynes ’10 Receive
Steel ’09 (Women’s Squash); Nicole Stock ’09 (Women’s
Derek Canfield Barker Prize
Hockey); and Matt Vokes ’09 (Men’s Hockey).
Thelma Breezeatl ’10 and Gavin Crynes ’10 were recently announced as the 2009 recipients of the Derek CanColin Cloherty ’09 Signs Free Agent
field Barker Prize, awarded annually to students who
have shown qualities of leadership, triumphed over adContract With Indianapolis Colts
versity, and who have worked to bring the Brown community together through community service.
Colin Cloherty ’09, a First
Team All-Ivy tight end for
Breezeatl is the fastest the Brown football team
woman in Brown Uni- in 2008, signed a free
versity women’s track agent contract with the
and field history, setting NFL’s Indianapolis Colts
the school record in the following the completion
100-meter dash her fresh- of the 2009 NFL Draft.
man year with a time of He reported to the Colts’
Colin Cloherty ’09
11.75 seconds to win the training camp on May 1.
2007 Ivy outdoor title and
qualify for the NCAA East Cloherty led all Ivy League tight ends with 40 catches,
Regional. She also won the while compiling 418 receiving yards in 2008. He had
60-meter dash at the 2007 a career game against Holy Cross, making 14 catches,
Ivy League Indoor Track eighth best in Brown football history, for 166 yards and
Thelma Breezeatl ’10
and Field Championships. a 22-yard touchdown reception.
Breezeatl contributed to Brown’s second place finish at
the Ivy League’s 2008 Indoor Championships, finishing The 6-3, 245-pound Cloherty made 99 career catches,
eighth in the 60. Breezeatl suffered an injury-plagued 12th best in Brown football history, covering 1,211 yards.
season in 2009, but looks to return to top form for her
senior campaign next year.
NCAA/Ivy Compliance Corner
Crynes has been a key
component of the men’s
crew since his freshman
season, when he stepped
into a very competitive
Freshman Eight. During
the 2007 spring season,
Crynes helped lead his
boat to a gold medal in the
Freshman Eight at Eastern
Sprints, and followed that
up with a second place
Gavin Crynes ’10
finish at the IRA National
Championship. Last season, Crynes rowed in the Second Varsity Eight, and
once again helped make it a winner, taking third place
at Sprints. In 2009, he has spent time in both the First
and Second Varsity Eights, including rowing in the top
boat in wins over Yale and Dartmouth.
The Derek Canfield Barker Prize is given each year to a
male and female student who has completed their junior year. To qualify for the award, students must have
participated in a sport at Brown, either at the varsity or
intramural level, and must demonstrate that they have
worked to the best of their ability academically.
T h e B ro w n B ear Newsletter
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Tyler P’12 Juggles Roles as Faculty Member, Parent and Athletics Advocate
“The only piece of advice that I gave him was to get a
good liberal arts education,” said Professor Tyler. “Most
kids don’t know what they want to do with their lives at
18 years old, and Graham wasn’t any different.”
John Tyler P’12 (left) and his son, Graham Tyler ’12.
When head football coach Phil Estes asked Dr. John Tyler P’12, Associate Professor of Education, Public Policy
and Economics, if he’d be willing to speak to recruits and
their families several years ago, he was happy to help. A
former college football player for Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas, Professor Tyler continues to
serve a role in the Bears’ recruiting efforts by explaining
how Brown’s open curriculum will shape the studentathletes’ college experience.
“I couldn’t put a price on what John does for our program,” says Estes. “It’s valuable for the student-athlete to
hear, and it’s also reassuring to the parents to hear from
a faculty member. A lot of times, parents of our recruits
expect student-athletes to be looked down upon by the
faculty at an Ivy League school. John’s presence helps
them understand that just isn’t the case here at Brown.”
While Tyler has been speaking to football recruits for
several years, he faced an entirely new challenge when
his own son, Graham Tyler ’12, began his college search.
During his outstanding baseball career at Moses Brown
School, Graham Tyler started receiving attention from
college baseball coaches across the country.
tunately it wasn’t enough to get the team a berth in the
Ivy League Championship. The Bears 15-5 conference
record was second to Dartmouth’s 16-4 mark in the
Rolfe Division. Cornell defeated Princeton in a onegame playoff to represent the Gehrig Division in the Ivy
Graham Tyler, whose high school team practiced and League Championship after both teams tied atop the
played just across Lloyd Street from the Erickson Ath- division standings with 10-10 records.
letic Complex, started his college search with the belief
that he wanted to leave Providence.
“We had a good season, but there are a few games we’d
like to have back,” Graham Tyler says. “Great teams play
“As I started meeting other teams and doing official vis- great all the time, very good teams play great most of the
its, it really became clear that Brown’s coaching staff was time. Having the best Ivy League record we’ve ever had
doing things the right way,” Graham Tyler says. “On my is nice, and we can keep building on that.”
official visit I fell in love with the team and the guys.”
While the baseball team looks to build on its success goWhile Professor Tyler didn’t push his son to attend ing into next year, Professor Tyler continues to build on
Brown, he says the decision has “saved me a lot of miles.” his role within athletics at Brown. In addition to his inHe attended almost every one of Graham’s games this volvement with Brown football, Professor Tyler serves on
season, including a Spring Break trip to California and the Campus Life Subcommittee on Athletics and Physian Ivy League series at Cornell.
cal Education and was recently elected to the Brown University Sports Foundation’s Board of Directors.
“It’s so much fun to watch him as a Dad,” says Professor Tyler. “I helped coach Graham through most of high
“I hope to bring the
school, but at Brown he has some excellent coaches, so
unique perspective
I’ve been able to step out of that quasi-coach role and just
of being a parent of
watch the kids play. And we developed a great friendship
a student-athlete and
with so many of the other parents who were coming
a faculty member to
from all over the country to watch the team play.”
the Sports Foundation’s board,” says
Professor Tyler has plenty to be proud of. His son started
Professor Tyler. “I’m a
all but one game at shortstop for the Bears and earned
unique faculty memthe athletic department’s Joseph V. Paterno ’50 Award,
ber in that I was a
given to Brown’s most outstanding first-year varsity
college varsity athlete
male athlete. He hit .290 with five home runs and was
myself. I’m willing to
disciplined at the plate, striking out just 14 times in 131
do whatever I can to
at bats.
help all of Brown’s
Graham Tyler ’12
sports.”
Tyler’s performance as a freshman helped the Bears
post a program-record 15 Ivy League wins, but unfor-
Class of 2010 Leading Women’s Water Polo to the Top
“I was a little apprehensive (about playing under Coach
Mercado) at first because his coaching style is very different from what I was used to,” says Glick, an attack
from Bonita, Calif. “But the fact that he worked with
(Coach McBride) definitely helped us gain trust in him,
and we started playing a lot better, so that added to his
credibility.”
Because the team lacked depth and needed a number
of underclassmen to play key roles, Mercado tempered
his expectations at the beginning of the year. But as the
season progressed, the positive attitude the three juniors
had in the pool started to spread, and it showed in the
team’s results. Brown finished the season ranked 19th nationally with a 22-15 record.
In addition to playing well, the University also provided
the team with a facility to train in when the temporary
pool was completed in January, 2008. Nicknamed “The
Bubble,” the pool eliminated the team’s long trips to and
Stephanie Laing ’10
from practice, giving the players more time to focus on
Recruited by former water polo coach Jason Gall, Sarah academics and life on campus.
Glick ’10, Stephanie Laing ’10 and Lauren Presant ’10
started off their careers with a dominating performance “The end of freshman year was very confusing, with the
in the Ivy Tournament Championship at the Smith loss of the pool and the coaching change, but everything
Swim Center in 2007. Less than two weeks later, the pool has been figured out and Brown handled it all really
had to be shut down. Not only could the team no longer well,” says Glick. “We have a coach that is knowledgeable
host home games, but they also had to travel to Whea- and we’re all happy with, and we have ‘The Bubble.’ You
ton College in Norton, Mass., or Seekonk High School can’t beat having an on-campus training facility.”
in Seekonk, Mass., for practice every day for the rest of
The Bears finished the 2008 season with an 11-3 run,
the season.
losing only to Collegiate Water Polo Association North“We were losing 30 hours a week, with practice, travel ern Division champion Hartwick, including a narrow
and games,” says Presant, an attack from Poway, Calif. 16-13 loss in the Northern Division Championship. The
team won back-to-back games in the consolation round
“The hard part was trying to manage our class work.”
at Easterns, beating 17th-ranked Indiana and Bucknell to
On top of the academic and athletic work load, the trio finish fifth at Easterns.
faced another challenge at the end of the season when
Gall announced that he was leaving Brown to coach at This season, the team battled even more adversity with
a roster of just 10 players. Despite the small roster, the
California State University Bakersfield.
Bears exceeded expectations by finishing second at
“I knew (Coach Gall) wanted to go to California,” says Northerns and upsetting 16th-ranked Indiana 8-7 in the
Laing, a goalkeeper from Ann Arbor, Mich. “I wasn’t sur- first round at Easterns, surprising many in the water
polo community, including the referees.
prised, but I wasn’t expecting it to happen so quickly.”
“I thought this was going to be a year where we tried to
weather the storm and just make the field at Easterns,”
said Mercado. “We exceeded my expectations by leaps
and bounds. The fact that we made it to the semifinals
and played so competitively at Easterns speaks volumes
about the leadership of those three juniors.”
When Felix Mercado was hired as the program’s new
head coach in the summer of 2007, the team was relieved to learn that there would be continuity in at least
one area: John McBride would retain his position as assistant coach.
The Bears will lose
just one player, Rory
Stanton ’09, to graduation. With four
incoming
recruits
expected to make
immediate
contributions to the team,
Mercado and the
players expect to contend for an NCAA
Championship bid
Sarah Glick ’10
in 2010 as one of the
top teams in the East. And while the three rising seniors
will not be able to reap the rewards of the new aquatics
facility, they are nevertheless excited about the future of
the program.
“I want to see our younger players get a chance to play
here on campus,” says Presant. “It was scary for some
of our recruits to hear that we didn’t have a pool. ‘The
Bubble’ has changed that. The program is in good hands
“The officials do a fingernail check before every game to now and it will only grow with the new facility.”
make sure we can’t scratch or gouge anyone underwater,” says Glick. “Before the Indiana game, the referee got “I’m really excited for the new pool,” said Laing. “We’re
to the end of the line and asked us where the rest of our a program on the rise and I’m excited to be a part of the
players were. He couldn’t believe we had such a small beginning of that. Getting a new facility goes hand-inteam, and then we went out and won the game.”
hand with the building of a great new team.”
G re a t S tudents. Great At hletes. Great Donors Spring Sports Season Roundups (as of 5/20/09)
Baseball
MEN’S CREW
• Finished the season 24-19-1, including a 15-5 record in
the Ivy League to place second in the Rolfe Division, one
game behind Ivy League champion Dartmouth; the 15
Ivy wins were the most in school history, and the Bears
finished the year 16-1-1 at Murray Stadium.
• Won the Ivy League title with Varsity Eight win in the
Grand Final of the Eastern Association of Rowing
Colleges Sprints; Bears also won Sprints titles in the
Varsity Four, Freshman Eight, Second Freshman Eight
and Second Varsity Eight to win the EARC overall
points trophy.
• Steve Daniels ’09 named First Team CoSIDA/ESPN The
Magazine Academic All-District; Daniels, Mark
Gormley ’11, Matt Nuzzo ’09, Robert Papenhause ’09
named First Team All-Ivy; Dan Shapiro ’09, Pete
Greskoff ’11 named Second Team All-Ivy; Matthew
Kimball ’11 named Honorable Mention All-Ivy.
Steve Daniels ’09
• Nuzzo ’09 and Greskoff ’11 tied for the Ivy League lead
with 11 home runs; Greskoff led the league with a .651
slugging percentage; Daniels led the Ivies with 23 steals
and was second with 45 runs scored; Papenhause ’09
was third with a .377 batting average and second with a
.459 on base percentage; Gormley ’11 led the Ivy League
with six wins and 61.1 innings pitched.
women’s crew
• Bears claimed the Content Cup with a sweep of
Princeton, the Atalanta Cup by sweeping Dartmouth,
and the Dreissigacker Cup by sweeping Northeastern.
• Posted a 4-1 record in dual races heading into the season
finale at Boston University, with the only loss coming
to Harvard by one second.
Rob O’Leary ’09
equestrian
• Selected to compete at NCAA Championships May 29 31 in Camden, N.J.
• Placed third at Zone 1 Championship, just three points
shy of second place, but moved up to second due to
the disqualification of an opponent to earn a spot at
the IHSA National Championship.
• Second at Eastern Sprints, with wins in the Varsity Four
“C” and Second Varsity Eight.
• Bears finished 10th at IHSA Nationals, while Elizabeth
Giliberti ’10 finished second in the Cacchione Cup
standings; Rebecca de Sa ’09 finished fourth in the Walk
Trot and Giliberti finished sixth in the Open Flat to
account for the Bears’ team points.
• Varsity Eight defeated Yale by one-tenth of a second to
retain the Nat and Anne Case Cup; Bears also won the
Varsity Four vs. Yale; swept Boston University to win the
Arlene Gorton Cup; also swept Cornell and Columbia to
retain the Dunn Bowl.
• Giliberti and Kona Shen ’10 qualified for IHSA
Nationals individually, with Shen finishing seventh in
the Walk Trot.
• Won seven of eight races in a four-team regatta
(Minnesota, Notre Dame and Ohio State) in Columbus,
Ohio.
Second Varsity Eight
at Eastern Sprints
• Varsity Four and Second Varsity Four posted wins over
Princeton and Michigan; Second Varsity Eight and
Freshman Eight finished second, while Varsity Eight was
third.
MEN’S GOLF
Elizabeth Giliberti ’10
• Finished fourth/five at the first annual Brown
Intercollegiate at Thorny Lea Golf Course in Brockton,
Mass.; Carly Arison ’12 finished fifth/32 with a 157
(+13) in the 36-hole tournament.
• Finished eighth/10 at the Roar-ee Invitational at Spook
Rock Golf Course in Mamaroneck, N.Y.; Julia Robinson
’11 was 31st/58 with a 163 (+19) in the 36-hole event.
• Bears finished eighth at the Ivy League Championship
at the Atlantic City Country Club in Northfield, N.J.
with a team score of 898 (+58) in the 54-hole
tournament; Michael Amato ’11 T-11th/40 with a 215
(+5), including a one-under par 69 in the final round.
• Capped the season with a sixth/seven at the Ivy League
Championship at Atlantic City Country Club in
Northfield, N.J.; Arison T-12th/35 with a 234 (+18) in
the 54-hole tournament.
• Team opened the spring against some of the best
competition in the nation in late March at the Cal-Poly
Invitational at the Cyrpess Ridge Golf Course in Arroyo
Grande, Calif., and the Western Intercollegiate at
Pasatiempo Golf Course in Santa Cruz, Calif.
Carly Arison ’12
MEN’S LACROSSE
Jordan Burke ’09
• Cara Rosenbaum ’12 won the Walk Trot Canter and
Walk Trot divisions at Zones; Giliberti ’10 (Open
Fences), Rachel Griffith ’10 (Intermediate Fences),
finished second.
WOMEN’S GOLF
• Finished sixth/10 at the New England Division I
Championships at Triggs Memorial Golf Course in
Providence, just one stroke shy of fourth; John
Giannuzzi ’10 T-seventh/50 with a 113 (+6) in the 27 hole tournament.
Michael Amato ’11
• Will compete for the IRA title in Sacramento, Calif.,
from June 4-6 and at the Royal Henley Regatta on the
Thames River in England July 1-5.
WOMEN’S LACROSSE
• Earned at-large NCAA Championship bid, falling to
eighth-seeded Johns Hopkins, 12-11, in overtime in the
first round.
• Posted a 7-8 overall record, 3-4 in the Ivy League to
finish tied for fourth place in the conference standings,
the best for the program since 1999.
• Posted a thrilling 11-9 win over second-ranked Cornell
on Senior/Alumni Day at Stevenson Field.
• Defeated Harvard 12-8, Columbia 15-10, and Yale 7-5,
while losing a heartbreaker, 8-7, to sixth-ranked
Princeton.
• Jordan Burke ’09 named Ivy League Player of the Year
and New England Player of the Year for second straight
season; Burke named USILA Goaltender of the year and
First Team USILA All-American; Thomas Muldoon ’10
and Peter Fallon ’11 were Honorable Mention All Americans; Burke, Brady Williams ’09 selected to play in
North/South Senior All-Star game; Burke, Muldoon,
Fallon named First Team All-Ivy; Andrew Feinberg ’11
named Second Team All-Ivy, while Williams earned
Honorable Mention All-Ivy honors; Lars Tiffany ’90
named New England Coach of the Year; Burke,
Muldoon, Williams, Jake Hardy ’10, Fallon named First
Team All-New England, Feinberg, Reade Seligmann ’09;
Jack Walsh ’09 named Second Team All-New England.
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• Jesse Nunn ’09 named First Team All-Ivy; Kelly
Robinson ’09 and Lauren Vitkus ’09 earned Second
Team All-Ivy honors.
Jesse Nunn ’09
• Despite missing three games due to injury, Nunn led the
team with 25 goals and tied for the team lead in points
with 29; Katelyn Caro ’ 12 (24-5-29) and Kaela
McGilloway ’12 (16-13-29) also had 29 points for the
Bears, while Vitkus (20-2-22) and Robinson (20-1-21)
rounded out the Bears’ top-five scorers.
Spring Sports Season Roundups (as of 5/20/09)
SOFTBALL
mEN’S tENNIS
• Finished the year 12-26 overall, 5-15 in the Ivy League.
Kelsey Wilson ’09
• Kelsey Wilson ’09, Jackie Giovanniello ’12 and Kate
Strobel ’12 named Honorable Mention All-Ivy.
• Finished the season 18-10 overall, 4-3 in the Ivy League
with wins over Penn, Princeton, 57th-ranked Columbia
and Dartmouth; posted a 14-3 record in home matches,
outscoring opponents 92-20.
• Michelle Moses ’09 named CoSIDA/ESPN The
Magazine First Team Academic All-District.
• Lost a heart-breaking non-league match to 18th-ranked
Wake Forest, 4-3.
• Strobel led the team with a .351 batting average, five
home runs and seven stolen bases; Wilson hit .333
and led the team with 12 doubles and 25 RBI; Moses led
the pitching staff with a 4.01 ERA in 94.1 innings
pitched, going 5-8 with nine complete games, 70
strikeouts and three saves.
• Chris Lee ’09 named First Team All-Ivy in singles; Sam
Garland ’09 and Noah Gardner ’09 earned First-Team
recognition in doubles; Jonathan Pearlman ’11 (Second
Team) and Garland (Honorable Mention) also named
All-Ivy in singles.
Sam Garland ’09
WOMEN’S TENNIS
MEN’S TRACK & FIELD
• Posted 19 wins for the first time since 1997, going 19-4
overall, 5-2 in the Ivy League to tie for third in the
conference standings, just one game behind Ivy League
champions Princeton and Harvard; finished the year
ranked 62nd nationally.
• Finished fourth at Ivy League Heptagonal Champion ships; Bryan Powlen ’10 (discus), Craig Kinsley ’11 (110
hurdles) and Matthew Jasmin ’09 (javelin) won titles
to earn First Team All-Ivy honors; Powlen added Second
Team All-Ivy honors in the shot put, and Duriel Hardy
’09 earned Second Team All-Ivy honors in the 10,000.
• Paul Wardlaw named East Regional Wilson/ITA Coach
of the Year.
• Kinsley won the javelin title at the IC4A Championships
with a toss of 234-7 to earn a spot at the NCAA East
Regional; Powlen finished fourth in the discus and
eighth in the shot put and qualified for the regional in
both events.
• Defeated Yale, Penn, Columbia, Cornell and Dartmouth
in Ivy League action; suffered a heartbreaking 4-3 loss
to Harvard in a match that essentially decided the Ivy
League title.
Bianca Aboubakare ’11
• Bianca Aboubakare ’11 (First Team) and Cassandra
Herzberg ’12 (Second Team) earned All-Ivy honors in
singles and were First-Team All-Ivy in doubles as well,
finishing the year ranked 77th nationally; Aboubakare
was 24-11 in singles matches, while Herzberg was 26-5.
WOMEN’S tRACK & FIELD
Bryan Powlen ’10
wOMEN’S wATER pOLO
• Brynn Smith ’11 named Women’s Athlete of the Meet
at the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships after
winning both the shot put and hammer throw titles,
earning First Team All-Ivy honors in both events.
• Defeated 16th-ranked Indiana 8-7 in the first round of
the Eastern Championship to advance to the semifinal
round; fell to 14th-ranked Hartwick in the semifinals
and 20th-ranked Maryland in the next two games to
finish fourth at Easterns for the first time since 2004.
• Team finished fifth at Heps, despite competing without
standout sprinters Nicole Burns ’09 and Thelma
Breezeatl ’10.
• Finished second at the College Water Polo Northern
Division Championship, falling to Hartwick, 11-7 in the
championship match.
• Danielle Grunloh ’10 finished second in the shot put
and the discus to earn Second Team All-Ivy honors in
both events.
Brynn Smith ’11
• Smith placed fourth in the hammer throw at the
ECAC Championships (187-6) and third in the shot put
(49-0.25) to qualify for the NCAA East Regional in both
events; Michaeline Nelson ’11 (steeplechase), and Kesley
Ramsey ’11 (1,500) also qualified for the NCAA East
Regional.
mEN’S cLUB sPORTS
• Pearlman posted a 26-12 record in singles matches,
including a 15-7 mark as the Bears’ No. 1 player in dual
matches; Garland and Gardner were 21-12 in doubles
with a 14-6 record as the Bears’ top pair in dual matches;
Lee posted a 5-2 record in Ivy singles matches, while
Garland was 6-1.
• Stephanie Laing ’10, Lauren Presant ’10 and Sarah Glick
’10 named First Team All-East and First Team All North; Presant named MVP of the Northern Division,
head coach Felix Mercado named Northern Division
Coach of the Year; Katherine Stanton ’11 and Joanna
Wohlmuth ’11 named Second Team All-North.
Lauren Presant ’10
• Glick led the team with 154 points on 85 goals and 69
assists; Present was the team’s leading goal-scorer with
100 and second in points with 118; Laing posted a 8.82
goals against average and a .518 save percentage.
wOMEN’S cLUB sPORTS
Men’s Rugby: Placed seventh at the Ivy League tournament, routing Cornell 59-5 in the seventh place match;
finished the spring 7-3-1.
Women’s Rugby: Advanced to the semifinal round of the
National Guard Women’s Collegiate Division I Rugby
Championship with wins over the University of North
Carolina (34-0) and the University of Virginia (29-13) before falling to host Stanford, 31-12; Andria Payne ’10 named
First Team All-American, Annalisa Wilde ’11, Adria Orr
’09, Alexandria Hartley ’10 and Ploipailin Flynn ’09 named
Second Team All-American.
Men’s Ultimate Frisbee: Brownian Motion finished
seventh at Ultimate Players Association New England
College Open Regionals and second at UPA South New
England College Open Sectionals; posted a 29-15 record.
Women’s Ultimate Frisbee: Disco Inferno finished fifth at
Ultimate Players Association New England College Women’s Regionals and second at the UPA South New England
College Women’s Sections; posted a 23-11 record.
Co-ed Sailing: Maria Mahler-Haug ’09 was named AllNew England Coed Crew; Fred Strammer ’11 was named
First Team All-New England Coed Skipper; Brown has
been as high as sixth in the national rankings this spring.
Yadira Ibarra ’09
Sailing: Will compete in the Intercollegiate Sailing Association Women’s National Championship May 25-27 in San
Francisco. Allyson Russell ’11 (Crew), Elizabeth Barry ’11
(Second Team Women’s Skipper), Emily Dellenbaugh ’12
(Second Team Women’s Skipper) and Charlotte Lipschitz
’10 (Second Team Women’s Skipper) named All-New England; ranked as high as fourth nationally this spring.
G re a t S tudents. Great At hletes. Great Donors 2009 Athletic Hall of Fame Inductees
On April 25, 2009, nine Brown alumni were inducted into
the Brown Athletic Hall of Fame. More than 300 people
were on hand to congratulate the newest members of the
Hall of Fame. The induction dinner included videos to introduce each inductee.
To view each inductee’s Hall of Fame video,
visit the Sports Foundation’s Web site at
www.sportsfoundation.brown.edu
Porter Collins ’98 – Men’s Crew
Porter Collins ’98 enjoyed an extraordinary career, both during his time at
Brown and following his graduation.
As a freshman, Collins helped lead the
Bears’ Freshman Eight to an undefeated dual season and a Triple Crown
title, sweeping the Eastern Sprints,
IRA Championships, and the Thames
Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta. Collins earned a seat in
the Varsity Eight as a sophomore, and the Bears won an
IRA Championship with one of the finest crews in Brown
history. That summer, Collins won a world championship
in the coxed four. He took a year off from Brown to train
for the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, helping Team USA finish fifth in the Eight. Upon his return to Brown, Collins
and the Varsity Eight notched a 4-1 record in dual meets
and took second at the IRA Championship. Collins was
voted a team captain in 1998 and kept Brown competitive
despite losing 11 oarsmen from the previous season.
Eric Blackiston ’96 - Men’s Basketball
One of the most versatile guards in
Brown history, Eric Blackiston ’96 finished his career second on the all-time
assists list and 16th in scoring. He was
named First Team All-Ivy in 1995 after leading the Bears in points, assists,
and steals.
Judith Gracey ’81 – Women’s Track & Field
Judith Gracey ’81 was a pioneer for
Brown’s fledgling women’s track and
field program in the late 1970s and
early 1980s, winning five Ivy League
Heptagonal Championships and a New
England Women’s Championship.
Gracey won the 100-yard dash in 11.7
seconds to capture her first Heptagonal title as a freshman. Later that day, she won her second
as a member of the 4x400 relay. Gracey was back in the
winner’s circle in 1980, leading the Bears to their first Ivy
League championship. She won the long jump at Heps
with a leap of 18’4.75” and captured the New England
Championship in the 200 meters, running it in 25.2 seconds. Gracey wrapped up her career by repeating as the
He is a two-time recipient of the J. Richmond Fales Tro- long jump champion at Heps and winning the 100-meter
phy, presented annually to the most valuable player on the dash in 1981.
Brown squad, and won the Thomas Hoagland ’63 Award,
Following his graduation, Collins competed with the U.S. given to the member of the team who exemplifies true Upon her graduation, Gracey held school records in the
National Team until 2000. In 1998 and 1999, Collins and the unselfishness through commitment and hard work, fol- 100, 200, and the long jump.
U.S. Eight won the world championship, and he was part of lowing his senior year.
David Flaschen ’77 – Men’s Soccer
the fifth-place crew at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney.
Kerri Whitaker ’96 – Field Hockey/Women’s Lacrosse
David Flaschen ’77 led the men’s socKerri Whitaker ’96 excelled on both
cer team to two Ivy League titles and
William Carpenter ’97 – Wrestling
the field hockey and lacrosse fields,
two NCAA Tournament berths, inWilliam Carpenter ’97, a four-time
earning
Ivy
League
and
national
reccluding a Final Four appearance, and
NCAA Tournament qualifier and 1996
ognition and serving as a captain for
went on to play professionally in the
All-American, is one of the most disboth sports.
North American Soccer League.
tinguished wrestlers in school history.
As a freshman, Carpenter was a Second
Team All-Ivy selection and received
the Joseph V. Paterno ’50 Award as
Brown’s most outstanding male freshman varsity athlete. In his sophomore, junior and senior
years, Carpenter earned First Team All-Ivy recognition. As
a junior, Carpenter won an EIWA Championship, placed
sixth at NCAA’s to earn All-American status, and won the
1996 Fritz Pollard Award, given annually to Brown’s most
outstanding male athlete. As a senior, Carpenter won the
Hitchcock Award, given to the wrestler who scores the
most points at the EIWA Championships.
Tragically, Carpenter died in an automobile accident in
Arizona in 2003. His friend and teammate, Brett Lassen
’96, spoke on his behalf at the induction ceremony.
Jason McCullough ’97 - Football
One of the finest quarterbacks in
Brown football history, Jason McCullough ’97 held every Brown season
and career passing record when he
graduated.
In his first career start, McCullough
broke the school record for passing
yardage, throwing for 358 yards and
completing 22-of-31 passes against URI in 1994. He finished his sophomore year with 1,724 passing yards and
126 completions, and earned Honorable Mention All-Ivy
honors. As a junior, McCullough led the Ivy League in
passing yards and touchdowns and was a First Team AllIvy and All-New England selection. He finished the year
with 2,402 passing yards and 22 touchdowns, both school
records, and was awarded the first of two Kilgore MacFarlane Awards, recognizing the outstanding Brown football
player from the Western states.
In 1996, McCullough again set records with 2,606 yards
and 204 completions. He was again named First-Team
All-Ivy, was an Honorable Mention All-American, won
the Fritz Pollard Award, given annually to Brown’s most
outstanding male athlete, the Tuss McLaughry Award,
and was named to the All Decade Team for the 1990s.
Following his graduation, McCullough earned a spot in
rookie mini-camp with the New York Giants, then signed
a contract to play for the Hamilton Tigercats of the CFL,
making a start against Doug Flutie.
After a terrific freshman year, in which
he was named an Honorable Mention Freshman AllAmerican by USA Today, Blackiston continued to help
Brown improve, culminating in a .500 season in 1994-95.
As a senior, Blackiston became the 16th player in school
history to reach the 1,000-point mark, ending his career
with 1,031 career points.
Whitaker was named the field hockey
team’s Outstanding Offensive Player
as a junior, an award that she received
again as a senior. She was also the team’s Most Valuable
Player, was a First Team All-Ivy selection, and earned a
spot on the National Academic Squad her senior year.
Flaschen recorded six shutouts and allowed 16 goals in 17 games in 1975,
posting 91 saves for an .850 save percentage to lead Brown
to a 12-3-2 record and a tie for first in the Ivy League at
5-2-0. The Bears advanced to the NCAA Final Four where
they suffered a heartbreaking 2-1 triple-overtime loss to
the eventual national champions, the University of San
On the lacrosse field, Whitaker earned First Team All-Ivy Francisco. The following day, Flaschen shut out Howard
honors her junior and senior years, and was an Academic University in the third-place game.
All-Ivy and All American selection as a senior. She notched
57 points her senior year, good for fourth all time, and is In 1976, Flaschen posted an 8-1-1 record while recordstill ranked in the top-10 at Brown in points, goals, assists, ing 74 saves, allowing just eight goals in 11 games. The
ground balls, caused turnovers, and draw controls.
Bears won the Ivy League title with a 7-0-0 record and
once again qualified for the NCAA Tournament.
After graduation, Whitaker played for the United States
National Elite Lacrosse Team from 1996-2000. She was an Flaschen was a First Team All-Ivy and Second Team Allassistant coach at Syracuse from 1996-2001, and is now New England selection and was drafted in the first round
the head coach at Ivy League rival Columbia.
of the NASL draft by the Chicago Sting. He played for the
Sting for several years and was one of the founding memSteven King ’91 – Men’s Hockey
bers of the Executive Committee of the NASL Players AsSteven King ’91 helped rebuild the sociation.
Brown men’s hockey team in the late
1980s and early 1990s and had a nine- Richard Meister ’75 – Men’s Lacrosse
year professional hockey career .
Richard Meister ’75 was a hard-nosed
defender on several impressive lacrosse
King broke out with 19 goals and 27
teams during his time at Brown.
points in his junior year, making a
huge impact with a hat trick in Brown’s
In 1973, Meister helped lead the Bears
ECAC playoff victory over Vermont.
to a 10-2 overall record, capturing
As a senior, King propelled Brown to an Ivy League title,
the Ivy League title with a perfect 6-0
scoring 19 goals and setting a career high with 34 points.
conference record. The Bears’ defense
He was an Honorable Mention All-Ivy and All-ECAC
only allowed three opponents to reach
selection and earned the 1936 Trophy, given annually to a double digit scoring total, and the team advanced to the
the member of the team who contributed the most to the NCAA quarterfinals. Meister and the Bears’ defense kicked
sport at Brown.
off the 1974 season with a 5-0 start, allowing just 21 goals
in those games. As a senior, Meister was named First Team
Following his graduation, King was taken with the 21st All-Ivy and was selected to play in the North-South Allpick of the supplemental draft by the New York Rangers. Star game. He was also a team captain as a senior, the first
In 1993, Anaheim selected him as the first forward in the of four brothers to fill that role at Brown.
expansion draft. He won the Calder Cup with the Providence Bruins in 1999, scoring a goal in three finals games, Meister played for several teams following graduation inincluding the game-winner in the first and third games.
cluding the Brine Lacrosse Club, the New Jersey Lacrosse
Club and several Vail Shootout teams.
After his retirement from professional hockey, King returned to Brown as an assistant hockey coach for two
years, and is now the Executive Director of the Brown
Sports Foundation.
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Athletic Department Annual Award Winners
Arlene Gorton ’52 Cup
Female varsity athlete who most consistently
displays sportsmanship and fair play
Aleksandra Mackiewicz ’11 (women’s fencing)
Cliff Stevenson Award
Male varsity athlete who best exemplifies
boundless enthusiasm, indomitable spirit,
and devotion to the quality of life at Brown
Matt Nuzzo ’09 (baseball)
Brown Second
in NCAA APR
Brown University’s student-athletes have once again
proven to be some of the best in the classroom, according
to the annual NCAA Division I Academic Progress Report
(APR) ratings with regard to enrollment throughout the
2004-05 through 2007-08 academic years. Twenty-one of
Brown’s athletic teams met the stringent NCAA APR criteria, second most in the nation out of 342 NCAA Division I schools.
“The most important part of our vision for athletics is to
see athletics as part of the educational mission of Brown
University,” said Director of Athletics and Physical Education Michael Goldberger. “To achieve results like we’ve
seen over the past three years in the NCAA’s APR ratings
shows that our coaches and our student-athletes feel the
same way.”
Track & Field Coach Craig Lake (left)
and Nicole Burns ’09
Joseph V. Paterno ’50 Award
Most oustanding first-year varsity male athlete
Graham Tyler ’12 (baseball)
Kate Silver ’86 Award
Most outstanding first-year varsity female athlete
Cassandra Herzberg ’12 (women’s tennis)
David Zucconi ’55 Trophy
Male varsity athlete who most consistently
displays sportsmanship and fair play
Stephen Sawyer ’09 (men’s soccer)
Def. Coordinator Mike Kelleher
(right) and Michael Dougherty ’09
Bessie H. Rudd Award
Female varsity athlete who has done
the most to promote women’s sports
Shea Fitzpatrick ’10 (women’s basketball)
Fritz Pollard ’19 Trophy
Most outstanding male varsity athlete
Michael Dougherty ’09 (football)
Marjorie Brown Smith Award
Most outstanding female varsity athlete
Nicole Burns ’09 (women’s track & field)
Jessica Stage ’09 (women’s crew)
Joukowsky Post-Graduate Scholarship
Women’s Crew Coach John Murphy
(right) and Jessica Stage ’09
Graduating seniors who have shown strong commitment to
academics while excelling in intercollegiate athletics
Christopher Lee ’09 (men’s tennis)
Lauren Vitkus ’09 (women’s lacrosse)
Brown’s “Commended” Teams
in NCAA’s APR Report
Baseball
Men’s Basketball
Women’s Basketball
Women’s Fencing
Football
Men’s Golf
Women’s Gymnastics
Men’s Ice Hockey
Softball
Men’s Soccer
Women’s Soccer
Men’s Swimming & Diving
Women’s Swimming & Diving
Women’s Tennis
Men’s Indoor Track
Women’s Indoor Track
Men’s Outdoor Track
Women’s Outdoor Track
Women’s Volleyball
Men’s Water Polo
Women’s Water Polo
Sports Foundation/Athletics Events Photo Recap: Spring, 2009
Over 100 alumni, parents and friends of Brown men’s
lacrosse came back to College Hill for the team’s annual
Alumni Day on April 25, 2009. Following a spirited
alumni game on Meister-Kavan Field, the Bears topped
second-ranked Cornell, 11-9 in front of a loud and boisterous crowd at Stevenson Field.
Former men’s basketball coach Franklin “Happy” Dobbs
(left) was on hand to congratulate Eric Blackiston ’96
on his induction in the Brown Athletic Hall of Fame at
the Westin Providence on April 25, 2009. To read more
about Blackiston’s induction, read his bio on page six.
Ross Greenburg ’77 P’10 (left), President of HBO
Sports, and legendary Boston Celtics center Bill Russell
share a laugh during the Brown Sports & Media Symposium at the Salomon Center for Teaching on April 14,
2009. Also participating in the forum were ESPN’s Chris
Berman ’77 P’08 ’09 and Providence Journal columnist
and author Bill Reynolds ’68.
Parents, alumnae and friends of Brown women’s crew
gathered to support the Bears at the Eastern Sprints on
the Cooper River on May 17, 2009. Pictured are (left to
right) Ellen DiBonaventura P’09, Sally Huebscher P’10,
Marguerite O’Brien P’09 and Lloyd Lee P’09.
The 16th Annual Women’s Athletics Golf Invitational
was a tremendous success, with 71 golfers coming out to
the Agawam Hunt Club on May 19 to support women’s
athletics at Brown. Pictured above, left to right, are
head volleyball coach Diane Short, Liz Chace ’59, Mary
MacKinney, and Howard MacKinney.
A raucous group of field hockey alumnae gathered for
the second annual “5-8” event in New York City on May
8, 2009. Special thanks to Nancy Donohue ’87 and Diane
Elam AM ’84 Ph.D. ’88 for hosting the event.
G re a t S tudents. Great At hletes. Great Donors Message from Executive Director Steve King ’91
What a beautiful weekend it was here in Providence
for Commencement and Reunion Weekend. It was
great to see so many of you back on campus to enjoy
the festivities.
Our coaches and student-athletes gave Brown alumni,
parents and friends many reasons to celebrate this
past spring! The men’s crew captured the Ivy League
and Eastern Sprints titles and will be competing at the
IRA Regatta and at the Henley Royal Regatta. Head
coach Paul Cooke ’89 has been building on an amazing 150-year tradition of rowing at Brown, and the
Bears’ performance this year is certainly one that will
go down in history.
The men’s lacrosse team was rewarded for its outstanding season with a spot in the NCAA Tournament.
Those of you who were in Baltimore for the team’s first
round game, and those who watched it ESPN2, know
that head coach Lars Tiffany ’90 and the Bears suffered
a heartbreaking 12-11 overtime loss to eighth-seeded
Johns Hopkins. But the play of the game came in its
waning moments, when Kyle Hollingsworth ’09 sent
the game into overtime with a diving shot the beat the
Blue Jays’ goaltender with eight seconds to play. The
play epitomized the Bears’ never-say-die attitude, and
they posted the second-highest win total in program
history (12).
The women’s crew will have competed at the NCAA
Championship by the time you receive this newsletter,
marking 13 straight years that coaches John and Phoebe Murphy ’82 P’11 have led the Bears to the national
championship regatta. The Bears were second overall
at Easterns, and with their track record of success, it
will be no surprise if the Murphys will have brought
home their seventh NCAA title when you receive this
edition of The Brown Bear.
Our equestrian program
finished 10th at the IHSA
National Championship,
and the women’s rugby
team once again advanced to the national
semifinals, giving Stanford a run before finally
falling to the tournament
hosts, and our women’s
sailing team will be returning to the national
championship as well.
Our coaches, student-athletes and teams have been
able to achieve these outstanding performances as a direct result of your generosity to the Sports Foundation.
With the end of the fiscal year quickly approaching,
we encourage each of you to join our team as we strive
to achieve this year’s $3.23 million annual-use goal for
Brown Athletics by June 30th. We will be calling, writing
and e-mailing you over the next few weeks, and I ask
you to renew your commitment to our student-athletes and coaches with a gift to the Athletic Director’s
Excellence Fund and/or to the sport(s) of choice. Your
gift has never been as important as it is now, in these
turbulent economic times.
I thank you for your continued generosity, and hope
you enjoy a fantastic summer.
Go Bears!
Aquatics Center
Fundraising Update
Thanks to recent leadership gifts, the $25-million aquatics center has reached 86 percent
of its fundraising goal. A $1 million challenge
grant, established by an anonymous donor, will
match gifts and pledges on a dollar-for-dollar
basis until June 30, 2009.
The Brown Corporation has authorized the University to select an architect and proceed with
the final planning for the much-needed new facility. In order to proceed, pledges for the entire
$25 million project must be received.
To find out how you can take advantage of the
$1 million challenge and help make the new
aquatics center a reality, contact the Sports
Foundation at (401) 863-1900.
Steve King ’91
Executive Director
Brown University Sports Foundation
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