2006 VOLLEYBALL WWW.CORNELLBIGRED.COM 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents/Quick Facts .......................................... 1 Head Coach Deitre Collins-Parker ...................................... 2 Assistant Coach Sarah Bernson .......................................... 3 Faculty Adviser Dr. Robert Babcock .................................... 4 Athletic Trainer Jocelyn Stark ............................................. 4 Strength and Conditioning Coach Tom Howley ................. 4 2006 Season Outlook .................................................... 5-6 2006 Roster ...................................................................... 6 MEET THE BIG RED Elizabeth Bishop ................................................................ 7 Emily Borman, Alex Dyer ................................................... 8 Lia Gaetano, Amy Gordon ................................................. 9 Hilary Holland, Jessica Misse ............................................ 10 Katie Rademacher, Alaina Town ....................................... 11 Joanna Weiss ................................................................... 12 Kathryn Woodbury, Kara Zaragoza ................................... 13 Stephanie Comon, Katelyn Fitzpatrick .............................. 14 Megan Mushovic, Juliana Rogers ..................................... 14 2005 Year in Review ........................................................ 15 2005 Statistics and Results .............................................. 16 Cornell Volleyball Success ............................................... 17 All-Time Records ........................................................ 18-19 Record vs. All Opponents ................................................ 20 THIS IS CORNELL UNIVERSITY/CORNELL ATHLETICS Realizing a Bold Dream .............................................. 22-23 This is Ithaca ................................................................... 24 University Leadership ...................................................... 25 Cornell Athletics Leadership ............................................. 26 Meet the Big Red Coaches ............................................... 27 Ivy League ...................................................................... 28 Friedman Center ............................................................. 29 Support Services .............................................................. 30 Athletic Training .............................................................. 31 Prominent Alumni ........................................................... 32 Newman Arena ............................................................... 33 Facilities ..................................................................... 34-35 Success In and Out of the Classroom ............................... 36 2006 Schedule ................................................... Back Cover CORNELL QUICK FACTS Location ................................................. Ithaca, N.Y. 14853 Founded ..................................................................... 1865 Enrollment .............................................................. 13,700 President .................................................... David J. Skorton Colors .......................................... Carnelian Red and White Affiliation ................................................................ NCAA I Conference ......................................................... Ivy League Home Court ................................... Newman Arena (4,473) ATHLETICS ADMINISTRATION Director ................................................... J. Andrew Noel, Jr. Associate Director .......................................... Anita Brenner Associate Director ...................................... Stephen P. Erber Associate Director/Physical Education .................. Al Gantert Associate Director/Business & Finance .................. Alan Katz Assistant Director/Operations ............................ Matt Coats Assistant Director/Sports Medicine .............. Bernie DePalma Assistant Director/Athlete Performance ............ Tom Howley Asst. Director/Student Svcs. & Compliance .. Chris Wlosinski TEAM INFORMATION Head Coach ...................... Deitre Collins-Parker (Hawaii ‘95) email ............................................... [email protected]phone ................................................... (607) 255-3813 Assistant Coach ............................................ Sarah Bernson email ............................................... [email protected]phone ................................................... (607) 254-4971 Athletic Trainer ................................................ Jocelyn Stark Strength Coach ............................................... Tom Howley Faculty Adviser ..................................... Dr. Robert Babcock ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Director ...................................................... Jeremy Hartigan Office Phone ............................................. (607) 255-9788 Associate Director .............................................. Julie Greco Email ................................................... [email protected]Office Phone ............................................. (607) 255-5627 Assistant Director ........................................... Tyler Denison Office Phone ............................................. (607) 255-3753 Accounts Representative ........................ Marlene Crockford Office Phone ............................................. (607) 255-3752 Office Fax .................................................. (607) 255-9791 Hotline ...................................................... (607) 255-2385 Website ........................................ www.CornellBigRed.com CREDITS: The 2006 Cornell women’s volleyball media guide is a publication of the Cornell Athletic Communications Office. The guide was written and designed by Marlene Crockford. Editorial contributions from Jeremy Hartigan and Julie Greco. Photography: Patrick Shanahan, University Photography, Darl Zehr. Front: Seniors Joanna Weiss (4) and Eliza- beth Bishop (12) are two of the five return- ing first-team All-Ivy selections from 2005. Bishop was named honorable mention All- America, the first Cornell player to earn that honor. Back: (clockwise from top to bottom) Seniors Alaina Town, Alex Dyer and Katie Rademacher will attempt to add another banner to the wall in Newman Arena. GENERAL INFORMATION
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TABLE OF CONTENTSTable of Contents/Quick Facts .......................................... 1Head Coach Deitre Collins-Parker ...................................... 2Assistant Coach Sarah Bernson .......................................... 3Faculty Adviser Dr. Robert Babcock .................................... 4Athletic Trainer Jocelyn Stark ............................................. 4Strength and Conditioning Coach Tom Howley ................. 42006 Season Outlook .................................................... 5-62006 Roster ...................................................................... 6
MEET THE BIG RED
Elizabeth Bishop ................................................................ 7Emily Borman, Alex Dyer ................................................... 8Lia Gaetano, Amy Gordon ................................................. 9Hilary Holland, Jessica Misse ............................................ 10Katie Rademacher, Alaina Town ....................................... 11Joanna Weiss ................................................................... 12Kathryn Woodbury, Kara Zaragoza ................................... 13Stephanie Comon, Katelyn Fitzpatrick .............................. 14Megan Mushovic, Juliana Rogers ..................................... 142005 Year in Review ........................................................ 152005 Statistics and Results .............................................. 16Cornell Volleyball Success ............................................... 17All-Time Records ........................................................ 18-19Record vs. All Opponents ................................................ 20
THIS IS CORNELL UNIVERSITY/CORNELL ATHLETICS
Realizing a Bold Dream .............................................. 22-23This is Ithaca ................................................................... 24University Leadership ...................................................... 25Cornell Athletics Leadership ............................................. 26Meet the Big Red Coaches ............................................... 27Ivy League ...................................................................... 28Friedman Center ............................................................. 29Support Services .............................................................. 30Athletic Training.............................................................. 31Prominent Alumni ........................................................... 32Newman Arena ............................................................... 33Facilities ..................................................................... 34-35Success In and Out of the Classroom ............................... 362006 Schedule ................................................... Back Cover
CORNELL QUICK FACTS
Location ................................................. Ithaca, N.Y. 14853Founded..................................................................... 1865Enrollment .............................................................. 13,700President ....................................................David J. SkortonColors .......................................... Carnelian Red and WhiteAffiliation ................................................................ NCAA IConference ......................................................... Ivy LeagueHome Court ................................... Newman Arena (4,473)
ATHLETICS ADMINISTRATION
Director ................................................... J. Andrew Noel, Jr.Associate Director .......................................... Anita BrennerAssociate Director ...................................... Stephen P. ErberAssociate Director/Physical Education ..................Al GantertAssociate Director/Business & Finance .................. Alan KatzAssistant Director/Operations ............................ Matt CoatsAssistant Director/Sports Medicine .............. Bernie DePalmaAssistant Director/Athlete Performance ............Tom HowleyAsst. Director/Student Svcs. & Compliance .. Chris Wlosinski
TEAM INFORMATION
Head Coach ...................... Deitre Collins-Parker (Hawaii ‘95) email ............................................... [email protected] phone ................................................... (607) 255-3813Assistant Coach ............................................ Sarah Bernson email ............................................... [email protected] phone ................................................... (607) 254-4971Athletic Trainer ................................................ Jocelyn StarkStrength Coach ...............................................Tom HowleyFaculty Adviser ..................................... Dr. Robert Babcock
CREDITS: The 2006 Cornell women’s volleyball media guide isa publication of the Cornell Athletic Communications Office.The guide was written and designed by Marlene Crockford.Editorial contributions from Jeremy Hartigan and Julie Greco.Photography: Patrick Shanahan, University Photography, DarlZehr.
Front: Seniors Joanna Weiss (4) and Eliza-beth Bishop (12) are two of the five return-ing first-team All-Ivy selections from 2005.Bishop was named honorable mention All-America, the first Cornell player to earnthat honor.
Back: (clockwise from top to bottom)Seniors Alaina Town, Alex Dyer and KatieRademacher will attempt to add anotherbanner to the wall in Newman Arena.
Deitre Collins-Parker, a two-timenational collegiate player of the year,was named the eighth head volleyballcoach at Cornell on June 1, 2004 by
The Meakam!Smith Director of Athletics and Physical Education AndyNoel. Collins-Parker is Cornell’s second Wendy Schaenen ’79 HeadCoach of Volleyball since the position was endowed in March 2002.
Cornell’s high-flying ways have led to great success in the firsttwo years under Collins-Parker, as her teams have posted the toptwo season marks in kills per game and assists per game, while hertotal for blocks per game rank among the top three and the attackpercentage rankings are in the top four all-time.
Collins-Parker directed Cornell to one of its great seasons in astoried volleyball history, going 19-6 and winning the Ivy titleoutright with a 12-2 mark. The Big Red earned its second NCAAtournament appearance in program history, dropping a tight 3-0decision to Northeast Conference champion Long Island. ElizabethBishop ‘07 earned Ivy League Player of the Year honors after settingthe school record for career kills, while classmate Joanna Weissdeveloped into a first-team all-league selection.
In her first season at the helm, the Big Red finished with an overallrecord of 17-9 and a 10-4 mark in Ivy League play. That record wasgood for a four-way tie for the league title, Cornell’s first since 1993.The team fell just two points short in game five of the Ivy Leagueplayoff final which determined the league’s automatic berth in theNCAA tournament. Along the way, the Big Red set numerous teamand individual records. The nine straight matches won betweenSept. 17 and Oct. 18 are tied for the second-longest streak since theNCAA went to the best-of-five game format in 1989. Hidden withinthat run is the school’s longest string of consecutive games won(22) over that same span.
Collins-Parker spent the previous eight seasons as head coachat the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, earning Western AthleticConference Coach of the Year in 1998 after picking up a dormantvolleyball program and leading the Lady Rebels to a 23-8 record anda WAC tournament semifinal appearance. The all-time winningest
coach in UNLVhistory, Collins-Parker posted an89-136 (.396) ca-reer record. Herteams also hadunprecedentedsuccess off thecourt, posting ateam grade pointaverage of 3.0 orbetter in each sea-son, including aMountain WestC o n f e r e n c erecord 10 academic all-conference selections in 2002.
Prior to her stint at UNLV, Collins-Parker served as an assistantcoach at South Alabama, Northern Arizona and Houston for oneyear each.
Collins-Parker has plenty of international coaching experienceas well. She served as head coach of the 1998 U.S. junior nationalteam, directing her squad to a gold medal in the national qualifier.She served in the same capacity during the summer of 2000 (silvermedal) and 2001 (bronze medal). In 1999, she was an assistantcoach and was part of the selection committee to find a coach forthe national team for the World University Games. She began her
EducationUniversity of Hawaii
B.A., Broadcast Communications, 1995
Head Coaching ExperienceRecord at Cornell: 36-15 (Third Season)Career NCAA Record: 125-151 (11th Season)Cornell University, 2004-presentUniversity of Nevada-Las Vegas, 1995-2003U.S. Junior National Team, 1998, 2000-01
Playing ExperienceUniversity of Hawaii, 1980-84
•1983-84 - Broderick Award Winner•1983 - Broderick Cup recipient•1982, 83 - National championship teams•1981-83 - AVCA first-team All-American•NCAA Division I 25th Anniversary Team
U.S. National Team, 1985-88, 91-92•1988, 92 - U.S. Olympic Team•1986 - Goodwill Games•1986 - World Championships•1987 - Pan-Am Games
Professional, 1985-88, 91-92•1988-89 - Conad Fano Volleyball Club•1989-91 - French Champion Racing Club
UNLV - Eight Years 89 136 .396Cornell - Two Years 36 15 .706Overall - 10 Years 125 151 .453
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Third Season At CornellSt. Mary’s (Calif.) ‘99
Assistant Coach
SARAHBERNSON
Sarah Bernson returns for her third season at Cornell after joining the Big Red volleyball staff in July 2004.She spent the previous three years as assistant coach at Cal State-Monterey Bay.
In her first two seasons with the Big Red, Bernson has helped the program to a pair of Ivy titles (2004 and2005) and an NCAA tournament appearance in 2005. She has helped develop seven All-Ivy performers over
that span. Bernson is in charge of the program’s recruiting and workswith the outside hitters, including the Big Red’s all-time kills leaderand first All-America in school history, Elizabeth Bishop.
She helped guide the Otters to the school record for wins in aseason in 2003, earning a league playoff bid and winning their firstpostseason game. She helped Monterey Bay jump from ninth placein the league in her first year to a third-place finish in 2002. Bernson’splayer development skills led to the program’s first all-conferenceplayers in 2003.
In addition to assisting the Otter volleyball program, Bernson wasthe sports information, marketing, and promotional coordinator forthe athletic department. She also started and operated the MontereyVolleyball Club, a youth development program geared to middleschool and high school student-athletes. As club director, sheincorporated Otter volleyball players as coaches for the program.
Bernson played on the right side and outside at Saint Mary’s (Calif.)before a severe knee injury ended her collegiate career in 1998. Sheremained active as team captain as a senior before graduating in 1999 with a bachelor’s degree in English and art.
During college, Bernson served as a coach for Albuquerque Elite and Lamorinda Volleyball Clubs. For Albuquerque, she assisted fortwo seasons for the 18-and-unders and helped them to regional titles along with wins at large tournaments such as the Colorado Crossroads.While on the coaching staff, she coached her sister, Nora, a former player under Deitre Collins at UNLV, and former Ivy League Player ofthe Year and Cornell grad Robin Moore ‘00. At Lamorinda, she worked with 16-and-under athletes.
Bernson was an all-state honoree as a middle blocker for St. Pius X High School in Albuquerque before moving on to Saint Mary’s.
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international coaching career as an assistant on the 1994 U.S. squadat the Goodwill Games in St. Petersburg, Russia, helping the teamto a silver medal.
A former member of the U.S. national team and a three-time AVCAAll-American at the University of Hawaii, Collins-Parker was thestarting middle blocker for the 1988 Olympic Team in Seoul, SouthKorea, and was an alternate for the 1992 team in Barcelona, Spain.She played in over 130 international matches and earned bronzemedals at the 1986 Goodwill Games and the 1987 Pan-Am Games.
As a collegian, Collins-Parker was a two-time Broderick Awardhonoree as the national player of the year (1983, 1984) after leadingthe Rainbow Wahine to consecutive national titles and a 110-5 recordin her final three seasons. Collins capped off her career as the BroderickCup recipient as the nation’s best collegiate athlete in all sports. Shewas twice named to the NCAA all-tournament team and still holds therecord for solo blocks in one NCAA tournament (15 in 1982). She wasnamed as one of six players named to the NCAA Division I Women’sVolleyball 25th Anniversary Team in October 2005.
Collins-Parker spent three years playing professionally in Europebefore getting into the coaching ranks, playing one season forConad Fano Volleyball Club in Italy (1988-89) and two years forFrench Champion Racing Club of France (1989-91). She helped theRacing Club team to a fourth-place finish at the 1991 Europeanchampionships.
A 1995 graduate of Hawaii with a bachelor of arts in broadcastcommunications, Collins-Parker is a member of the USA VolleyballCoaching Accreditation Program and is a CAP level III accreditedcoach. She is also a member of the American Volleyball Coaches
Association (AVCA), the Black Coaches Association.Collins-Parker and her husband, Dale, reside in Ithaca.
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Third Season at CornellIthaca ‘00
Athletic Trainer
JOCELYNSTARK
Jocelyn Stark joined the Big Redathletic training staff in August 2004and will begin her first season work-ing with the volleyball program.
She has also worked the last two years with the Big Red volleyballteam.
A 2000 graduate of Ithaca College with a bachelor’s degree in
11th Season at CornellTulane ‘88
Head Strength and Conditioning Coach
TOMHOWLEY
Tom Howley enters his 11th yearas the head strength and condition-ing coach at Cornell. In that role, heoversees the design and implemen-
tation of athletic performance programs for the Big Red’s 36varsity sports. The comprehensive, year-round programs includestrength and power development, mobility skill training andconditioning, and are implemented in a motivating, team-ori-ented environment.
A member of the Green Wave football team as an undergraduatestudent at Tulane, Howley has played on and worked with cham-pionship teams throughout his years in intercollegiate athletics.One of his most recent success stories is the 2004 Cornell volleyballteam that won a share of its first Ivy League title since 1993. Underhis watchful eye, Cornell teams have won a school-record 22 IvyLeague titles in the past three years and qualified for numerous
appearances in NCAA postseason tournaments. He has helped theBig Red volleyball team set and achieve goals in the weight room.The coaching staff has seen improvement in the quickness, verticalleap and overall strength of each individual in the last year.
Howley’s long list of accomplishments includes successfulstints at East Carolina and Auburn. While he was at East Carolina,the Pirates participated in the 1992 Peach Bowl and the 1995 LibertyBowl, qualified for the 1994 NCAA regional baseball tournamentand played in the 1993 NCAA basketball tournament. DuringHowley’s tenure at Auburn, he served as a graduate assistantstrength and conditioning coach and assistant special teams coachwith the football team. He helped the team to a SoutheasternConference co-championship in 1989 and victories in the 1990Hall of Fame Bowl and the 1991 Peach Bowl.
Howley and his wife, Amanda, reside in Ithaca with their daugh-ter, Anna Corrine.
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11th Season At Cornell as Faculty Adviser
Volleyball Faculty Adviser
DR. ROBERTBABCOCK
Professor Emeritus Dr. RobertBabcock, who is in the College of Hu-man Ecology's department of policyanalysis and management, is begin-
ning his 11th season as the volleyball program's faculty adviser.Some of Dr. Babcock's duties as faculty adviser include assist-
ing the volleyball staff in coordinating university academic sup-port resources, academic and career advising for the volleyballstudent-athletes and serving as a liaison between the coachingstaff and the faculty.
He can be seen at nearly every match and has also travelled toselect tournaments with the team. The time he spends with theprogram allows him to give more personalized attention to eachplayer.
Dr. Babcock holds a bachelor's degree from the State Universityof New York, a master's degree from New York University and adoctorate from Cornell. His academic interests include organiza-tional behavior, conflict management and career development.He received both the College of Human Ecology DistinguishedTeaching Award and the Human Service Studies Department Teach-ing Award.
As professor emeritus, he is in the office daily and continueswith many of his academic duties, especially those which are stu-dent oriented. Dr. Babcock’s love for athletics and the student-athletes goes beyond the volleyball program, as he also serves asa member of the athletic department’s faculty committee.
An avid runner, Dr. Babcock has participated in several mara-thons, including competitions in Hawaii and Italy.
athletic training and exercise science, Stark worked as a studentathletic trainer at both IC and Cornell. She received her master’s omphysical education and sport administration from Florida State in2001, working in the athletic department as a marketing intern.Stark, who holds certification by the National Athletic Trainers’Association, and her husband, Jason, reside in Newfield with theirdaughter Mackenzie.
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Elizabeth BishopElizabeth Bishop
While hard to replicate a season like 2005 that included a class of four seniors leadingthe Big Red to an Ivy League title and the program’s second NCAA tournament berth,head coach Deitre Collins-Parker sure is ready to try for an encore. With the talent re-maining in 2006, it’s not hard to believe that Cornell will be in position to defend its titleand again earn the league’s bid to the national tourney.
A third straight Ivy title is the goal when Cornell’s 16 playersreport in the fall, and three All-Ivy players return to help make thata reality. Senior outside hitter Elizabeth Bishop and senior middleblockers Joanna Weiss and Katie Rademacher join junior setter AmyGordon as the core of the Big Red’s attack. Bishop, Weiss andRademacher join classmates Alex Dyer and Alaina Town in provid-ing senior leadership to a squad that will incorporate severalfreshmen and sophomores with limited or no previous varsityexperience into the rotation.
Cornell continues to upgrade its non-conference schedule toprovide it opponents with postseason aspirations. A trip to theUniversity of Portland Tournament opens the season with oppo-nents like Montana, Portland State, UT-Pan American and HighPoint. After hosting Buffalo, American, St. John’s and 2005 NCAAqualifier Binghamton in its own tournament the following week-end, the Big Red will travel to compete in Long Island’s tournamentfeaturing San Francisco and St. Francis (N.Y.). Other non-confer-ence opponents include Central New York rivals Colgate andSyracuse.
Outside Hitters:Cornell has had many impressive hitters in program history, but
none compare to senior Elizabeth Bishop. The unanimous selec-tion for Ivy League Player of the Year in 2005 is the first Big Red playerto become an AVCA All-Northeast Region and All-America selec-tion. She capped off her junior season by snapping the school’scareer kills record, and is poised to break the digs record as a senior.Before she is finished, Bishop will hold nearly every Cornell attack-ing and defensive record.
Bishop will serve as team co-captain as a senior, though she hasserved as a team leader since she joined the team. A true winner whohas battled through a multitude of injuries during her first threeyears, Bishop has ranked among the top 25 nationally in kills pergame each year. She will be in search of her fourth straight first-teamAll-Ivy selection, a Cornell first.
While Bishop is the obvious attention-grabber, classmates AlexDyer and Alaina Town join sophomores Emily Borman andKathryn Woodbury in giving the Big Red an extremely athletic andtalented group of hitters.
Dyer was one of the top attackers in the Big East as a sophomoreat Seton Hall before transferring to Cornell, then put up 2.45 killson .246 hitting a season ago. She will look to grab an even biggerrole as a senior after playing in just 22 games as a junior. A hard-hitting 6-0 player out of Denver, Colo., Dyer will get an opportunityto break into the rotation. She is arguably the Big Red’s top athlete.
Town is a tremendous athlete, and at 6-1, continues to be oneof the top hitting threats in the Ancient Eight. She has become oneof the team’s most consistent and toughest players after joining theprogram as a walk-on during her rookie campaign. She averageda career-high 1.85 kills per game as a junior while hitting .269. Townalso averaged an impressive 0.86 blocks per game on the outside.
Sophomore Kathryn Woodbury is a candidate to earn a spot asthe team’s right side. The 6-2 Woodbury was extremely impressivein limited action as a freshman, averaging 1.5 kills on .429 hitting.The former player of the year in Connecticut has great potential tohave a breakout season.
Borman will split time on the outside and at middle blocker andhas the potential to be an All-Ivy selection down the road at eitherspot. She is incredibly athletic and powerful at 6-0, with long armsand good timing at the net.
Middle Blockers:While Bishop is the most dominating player in the Ivy League,
senior Joanna Weiss may be the most dominant player at herposition in the league. In concert with classmate Katie Rademacherand a group of young middles, the Big Red has quality options atthe net as Cornell tries to continue its reputation as one of thenation’s most intimidating squads.
A first-team All-Ivy selection in 2005, Weiss is one of the mostimproved players in the history of the Big Red program. Standing6-4, the senior is an intimidating presence at the net just standingstill, but factor in her outstanding foot speed and quick hands andWeiss becomes a dominant figure on offense and defense. Sheended her junior year averaging 2.97 kills and 1.24 blocks whilehitting .406, good for seventh nationally. Her hitting percentagebroke the previous school record by more than 60 points.
Cornell was so deep and talented that few people realized muchof the success came without the services of Rademacher, an All-Ivyselection in 2004, who missed extensive time during the year due toinjuries. She led the circuit in blocks per game as a sophomore (1.45).
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Kara ZaragozaKara Zaragoza
No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. School/Hometown1 ** Zaragoza, Kara L/DS Jr. 5-6 St. Mary’s HS/Stockton, Calif.2 Holland, Hilary S So. 5-11 Lincoln HS/Stockton, Calif.3 ** Rademacher, Katie MB Sr. 5-11 Walled Lake HS/White Lake, Mich.4 ** Weiss, Joanna MB Sr. 6-4 Darien (Conn.) HS/Brewster, Mass.5 Comon, Stephanie L/DS Fr. 5-5 Bishop Montgomery HS/Redondo Beach, Calif.7 ** Town, Alaina OH Sr. 6-1 Jackson Hole HS/Jackson Hole, Wyo.8 ** Gordon, Amy S Jr. 5-9 Highland Park HS/Highland Park, Ill.9 Mushovic, Megan L/DS Fr. 5-7 Coronado HS/Coronado, Calif.10 Fitzpatrick, Katelyn OH Fr. 5-11 St. Anthony’s HS/Port Jefferson, N.Y.12 *** Bishop, Elizabeth OH Sr. 6-0 Jesuit HS/Portland, Ore.13 Rogers, Juliana MB Fr. 6-1 Marcus HS/Flower Mound, Texas14 Gaetano, Lia MB So. 6-1 Ursuline HS/Santa Rosa, Calif.15 Borman, Emily MB So. 6-0 Merrill F. West HS/Tracy, Calif.16 Woodbury, Kathryn OH So. 6-2 Souhegan HS/Amherst, N.H.17 Misse, Jessica MB So. 5-11 Ridgecroft School/Ahoskie, N.C.18 * Dyer, Alex OH Sr. 6-0 East HS/Denver, Colo.
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Head Coach: Deitre Collins-Parker (Hawaii ‘95), third seasonAssistant Coach: Sarah BernsonVolunteer Assistant Coach: Mike ForsterStrength and Conditioning Coach: Tom HowleyStudent-Athlete Services: Chris WlosinskiFaculty Adviser: Dr. Robert Babcock
She also holds the school record for blocks in a match (16 vs.Princeton in 2004), and if she maintains her current pace, will set therecord for career blocks per game (1.35 bpg.). A little undersized at5-11, Rademacher makes up for it with long arms and tremendoustiming. She is also a fiery competitor who wills her team to win.
Sophomores Jessica Misse and Lia Gaetano, as well as Borman,spent a majority of their rookie seasons behind Weiss and All-Ivysecond-team pick Heather Young ’06, but will have opportunitiesto break into important roles this year. All three impressed thecoaching staff a season ago in spring practice. Borman and Misseare outstanding athletes, while Gaetano is a polished player withgreat size at 6-1. Freshman Juliana Rogers will add depth to themiddle, and may be tested on the outside as well.
Setters:The Big Red is in good hands at setter, where junior co-captain
Amy Gordon is expected to take the reigns of the offense full-time.She will be pushed by sophomore Hilary Holland.
Gordon has proven to be a tremendous offensive leader whospreads the ball out well in the Big Red’s balanced offense. She alsohas made great strides in her defense and blocking, allowing her tobecome one of the top setters in the Ancient Eight. After splittingtime her first two seasons with former captain Whitney Fair ’06,Gordon came into her own during the spring season. She averaged11.11 assists and 2.43 digs per game, including a season-high 57assists and a career-best 19 digs in a win over IPFW to claim all-tournament honors. She has averaged 10.78 assists per game in herfirst two seasons, a mark that would rank second in Cornell history.
Holland possesses great size (5-11) at the setter position, allow-ing her to look over the defense and adding a blocking presence atthe net. She also adds quickness and great defense, possessing theability to see time on the floor in the back row, or alongside Gordon.She saw limited action a season ago behind Gordon and Fair,averaging 3.0 assists per game in seven games. Holland has a goodsense of the game and understands how to get her teammatesinvolved offensively. She is fully capable of earning significantplaying time.
Back Row:Cornell will have to replace the substantive defensive ability and
leadership of the graduated Kelly Kramer ’06, the school’s careerleader in digs. Also gone is Kristen Hughes, one of the top weaponsin the service game for Cornell a season ago. Making a bid to replaceboth will be junior Kara Zaragoza and freshmen Stephanie Comonand Megan Mushovic.
Zaragoza is primed for a breakout year after seeing spot dutyduring her first two campaigns. She averaged 1.92 digs per gameas a sophomore, including posting a career-best 16 at Penn. The 5-6 Zaragoza has quick feet and good instincts, and her impressiveball control allows her to serve as a primary passer in the offense.She also is a very tough server, recording 35 aces in her first twoyears.
Both Comon and Mushovic have vast experience at the liberoposition. Both pass well and have good defensive instincts. Each willcompete for substantial playing time. The Big Red hope bothplayers skills in ball control will help increase the offense’s effi-ciency.
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At CornellA team co-captain in 2006, Bishop has set the course as one
of the great volleyball players in Ivy League history after becoming Ivy League Playerof the Year and becoming Cornell’s first volleyball All-American in 2005. Anhonorable mention All-American by the American Volleyball Coaches’ Association,Bishop is a two-time AVCA All-Northeast region selection, including a first-teampick a season ago. A unanimous Ivy League Player of the Year and first-team All-Ivypick as a junior, she helped lead the team to the outright league title one year afterCornell shared it with three other teams. The team also made its first NCAAtournament appearance since 1993. The 2003 Ivy League Rookie of the Year,Bishop is just the 17th player in league history to earn first-team All-Ivy at least threetimes. She again led the circuit with 4.88 kills per game, a mark that was good for20th in the nation. Bishop tallied at least 20 kills in 11 matches and recorded 14double-doubles in a season that saw her become the school’s career kills leader andcrack the top 10 in total digs. She ranked 14th in the nation with 5.28 kills per gameas a sophomore, reaching double figures in kills in all but three matches, posting
15 double-doubles and setting the school recordwith 33 kills against Yale in the Ivy playoff
final. Bishop was named Ivy Player of the Week three times and ECAC Player of the Week once.As a freshman, Bishop was a first-team All-Ivy pick and conference-record seven-time league
Rookie of the Week selection, ending the 2003 season ranked second in the Ancient Eightin kills per game (4.40 kpg.), third in hitting percentage (.322) and seventh in digs (331).
Bishop posted 20 matches with double-figure kills and 16 double-double efforts. Shewas named most valuable player in helping lead the Big Red to the Albany Challenge
tournament title and was an all-tournament selection at the Seton Hall Spikefest.Bishop is enrolled in Cornell’s College of Arts and Sciences.
At JesuitA two-time Metro player of the year, Bishop was a three-time first-
team all-league honoree at Jesuit HS. She led her Portland Volley-ball Club team to top-five finishes at the Las Vegas Invitationalfour consecutive years. The four-year letter winner was alsonamed to the all-state tournament squad in 2001 and 2002.
PersonalElizabeth Lang Bishop is the daughter of Mary Lang and MortBishop, and she has a younger brother. Her father is a 1974Cornell graduate.
Career HighsKills .......................... 33 vs. Yale (Ivy), 11/21/04Digs ................................. 32 vs. Penn, 11/7/03Assists ............................ 5 vs. Fairfield, 9/19/03Aces .......................... 4 at Dartmouth, 10/8/04Blocks .......... 9, two times, last at Yale, 10/28/05
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At CornellAn athletic middle blocker with great raw potential, Borman will
have additional opportunities to join the rotation as a sophomore. She had three kills andtwo blocks as a freshman while playing in two games. Borman had a career-best threekills in a win over Colgate. She is enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.
At Merrill F. WestBorman won awards for both academics and athletics throughout her career at Merrill F.West HS. As a sophomore, she was second-team all-league and was named mostinspirational player on her team. In 2003, she was named San Joaquin player of the weekand was first-team all-league for both academics and performance on the court. Sherepeated those honors as a senior, was named San Joaquin athlete of the week twice andwas named MVP of her team. Borman also earned a nod on the all-city first team and playedin the city’s all-star game.
PersonalEmily Kristine Borman is the daughter of Gregg Borman and the late Lisa Borman, and shehas one brother.
Career HighsKills ............................... 3 vs. Colgate, 9/17/05Digs ..................................................... NoneAssists ............................ 1 vs. Colgate, 9/17/05Aces ..................................................... NoneBlocks ..... 1, two times, last vs. Colgate, 9/17/05
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At CornellDyer provided great depth in a stable of talented outside hitters,
ending her first year with the Big Red averaging 2.45 kills on .246 hitting in 22 games. Dyerwill have an opportunity to earn an even larger role as a senior. Another athletic playerwith good size, Dyer had a season-high 12 kills and three blocks against Belmont and postedeight kills in three other matches. She is enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.
At Seton HallDyer played in all 110 games for the Pirates in 2004 and led the team in kills with 412 (3.75kpg.). The kills per game mark was seventh-best in the Big East. She also had 216 digs (1.96dpg.) and 41 total blocks (0.37 bpg.). She was an ESPN The Magazine CoSIDA District 2All-Academic selection as a sophomore, and tied the ninth-best single-game kills total inSeton Hall history in a match against Princeton with 24. Her 412 kills as a sophomore rankedfifth on the Pirates’ single-season list, and her 1,139 attacks ranked third.
At EastDyer was a four-sport athlete at East HS. She won a total of 10 varsity letters in volleyball(three), soccer (three), track and field (three) and swimming (one). A two-year captainon the East volleyball team, Dyer earned all-district first-team honors in 2002 and 2003.She also earned the Student-Athlete Award, given to the top 25 scholar athletes at theschool.
PersonalAlexandra M. Dyer is the daughter of JohnDyer and Diane Mazur Dyer. Her olderbrother, Jonny, played baseball at StanfordUniversity.
SeniorOutside Hitter • 6-0
Denver, Colo.East HS
Biological Sciences
Career HighsKills ............................. 12 vs. Belmont, 9/23/05Digs .............................. 7 vs. La Salle, 9/16/05Assists ................................. 1 at IPFW, 9/24/05Aces ..................................................... NoneBlocks ..... 3, two times, last vs. Belmont, 9/23/05
At CornellGordon has earned the respect of her teammates and is expected
to take over the starting setting role as a junior while serving as co-captain in 2006. An athleticsetter with soft hands, she has done a good job running the Big Red offense. Gordon splittime with Whitney Fair last season, playing in 20 matches and averaging 11.11 assists pergame. She also tallied 112 digs, 26 blocks, 20 kills and 13 service aces. Gordon had one ofthe best games of her career in a win over IPFW to win the Mastodon’s tournament, postinga season high 57 assists and a career-best 19 digs to earn all-tournament honors. Gordonplayed 40 games as a freshman, averaging 10.40 assists, 2.00 digs and 0.57 blocks per contest.She got her first collegiate start against St. Francis (N.Y.) at the Binghamton Invitational andhanded out 40 assists in the sweep. Throughout the season, she split duties as the startingsetter and topped the 40-assist mark three more times, including a career-high 62-assistperformance at Harvard. Over the summer, Gordon joined her teammates at the SibilliniTournament in eastern Italy, where the team faced some quality international competitionin preparation for the 2005 season. She was named the tournament’s best setter.
At Highland ParkGordon was a three-time all-conference selection at Highland Park HS. She was a four-yearstarter, earning all-county honors each year. She was named team MVP and to the all-areateam three times as well. Gordon served as team captain in each of her final three campaigns,as well as for five years on her Adversity Clubteam, which earned second place at thecompetitive Phoenix Invitational. Gordon alsoplayed varsity soccer at Highland Park.
PersonalAmy Elizabeth Gordon is the daughter ofRich and Julie Gordon, and she has a youngerbrother and sister.
Career HighsKills .............................. 5 at Harvard, 10/22/05Digs ..................................19 at IPFW, 9/24/05Assists ........................... 62 at Harvard, 10/9/04Aces ............................ 4 at Columbia, 10/1/05Blocks . 4, three times, last at Dartmouth, 10/21/05
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At CornellA hard-working middle blocker with great potential, Gaetano
made her contributions in practice while playing behind a bevy of upperclassmen. Shesaw action in one contest as a freshman and hopes to play a larger role on the court as asophomore. Gaetano is enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.
At UrsulineGaetano was named a North Coast Section Scholar Athlete for volleyball in 2002 and 2003,and also in basketball in 2002 while playing at Ursuline HS. She helped her team to theNorth Coast Section scholastic championship in 2002, a season for which she was namedteam MVP. Gaetano earned All-America honors for the 16 and under Division at the 2003AAU Girls’ Junior National Volleyball Championships. She has earned highest honors in theclassroom twice and was named to the Principal’s List twice for earning a GPA between4.00 and 4.50. She has also earned honors in English and Latin as well as magna cum lauderecognition on the national Latin exam.
PersonalLia Marie Gaetano is the daughter of Paul and Donna Gaetano, and she has one youngerbrother.
At CornellHolland brings great size and game control to the setter position
and will battle Amy Gordon for the position after having a solid rookie campaign. In limitedaction, Holland averaged 3.0 assists per game to go along with a kill and eight digs. Shehad a career-best eight assists in a win over Colgate. Holland is enrolled in the Collegeof Arts and Sciences.
At LincolnHolland was a four-year starter at setter for Lincoln HS, leading the team to a perfect 18-0 record in league play as a senior. In both the 2003 and 2004 seasons, the team playedin the CIF Nor-Cal Division I Championship final and reached the California state volleyballtournament Division I final four. A team captain as a senior, Holland was twice named theteam MVP, was a four-time first-team All-San Joaquin Athletic Association selection andwas named the outstanding setter in the SJAA as a senior. She was named to the StocktonRecord’s All-Area team four times and was the All-Area MVP in her last two seasons. In theclub ranks, she was a captain of the Club Pacific squad. Holland has excelled in theclassroom as well, earning honor roll status all four years. She has been awarded theCalifornia Governor’s Scholarship, is a life member of the California Scholastic Federationand was a member of Mu Alpha Theta, a mathematics honor society.
PersonalHilary Morgan Holland is the daughter ofLesley and Susan Holland, and she has anolder brother and a younger brother.
HILARYHOLLAND 2Sophomore
Setter • 5-11Stockton, Calif.
Lincoln HS
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Career HighsKills ............................... 1 vs. Colgate, 9/17/05Digs .......................... 3 vs. Princeton, 10/14/05Assists ............................ 8 vs. Colgate, 9/17/05Aces ..................................................... NoneBlocks ................................................... None
At CornellMisse spent much of her freshman season backing up upperclass-
men in the middle, but was recognized as the team’s most improved player in a vote ofher teammates. In limited action, she racked up eight kills and six blocks in just four totalgames. She had four kills in a win over Colgate and a career-best four blocks in an Ivy Leaguewin over Columbia. Misse is enrolled in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations.
At RidgecroftMisse was a standout volleyball and basketball player at the Ridgecroft School during herhigh school career, earning four varsity letters in each sport. She led her volleyball teamto the final four in the North Carolina state tournament for the first time in school historyas a junior and repeated the feat as a senior. She was a four-time academic all-conferenceselection in both basketball and volleyball, has been named to the all-conferencetournament team three times, to the all-conference team three times, and was selectedas the conference player of the year in 2004. An all-conference performer in basketball asa senior, Misse has a long list of other academic and athletic awards, and served as a hospicevolunteer.
PersonalJessica Rose Mbongue Misse is the daughter of Edouard and Maria Misse, and she has oneolder brother.
At CornellOne of the top middle blockers in the Ivy League when healthy,
Rademacher was able to play just 17 games as a junior. She averaged 1.18 kills and 1.35 blocksin limited action, including season-highs of five kills and 11 blocks against Charlotte. She madeher mark on the front lines as one of the Ivy League’s premier blockers. An intelligent player atthe net, she has the attacking skills to keep a defense honest and tremendous timing and quickfeet. As a sophomore, she lead the Ivy League with 1.45 blocks per game. She helped the squadpost 3.04 bpg, good for 18th in the nation. Despite missing time with an illness, Rademacherwas named honorable mention All-Ivy. Rademacher had at least five blocks in a team-high 13matches, including at Princeton where she set school single-match records with 15 block assistsand 16 total blocks. She added 1.90 kills per game in 73 games as well. As a freshman in 2003,Rademacher averaged 2.00 kills per game on .457 hitting to go along with 0.75 blocks pergame. She posted season highs of seven kills and three blocks in an Ivy League home win overColumbia. She is enrolled in Cornell’s College of Arts and Sciences.
At Walled LakeRademacher was a two-time all-state selection at Walled Lake Central HS. The academicall-state pick was a two-time all-conference, all-region, all-metro and all-area pick. Duringher four seasons, Walled Lake won four district and league crowns and three divisionchampionships. As a senior, Rademacher recorded 590 kills and 342 blocks. Rademacher alsoearned four letters in basketball.
PersonalKathryn Georgia Rademacher is the daugh-ter of Mark and Mary Rademacher, and shehas an older sister.
Career HighsKills ........................... 13 at Columbia, 10/2/04Digs ....... 3, two times, last vs. Charlotte, 9/9/05Assists .......... 2, three times, last vs. SMU, 9/9/05Aces ...... 1, four times, last at Harvard, 10/22/05Blocks ......................... 16 at Princeton, 11/6/04
At CornellAn outstanding athlete who has become one of the team’s most
consistent players, Town brings a high energy level to every practice and game. Sheaveraged a career-high 1.85 kills per game as a junior while hitting .269. She alsoaveraged 0.86 blocks per game. A high-flyer, Town had 13 kills and six blocks in a winover IPFW, one of three matches in which she hit double figures in kills. Last season, Townfinished fourth in the Ivy League with a .284 hitting percentage. Town knocked down 142kills (1.60 kpg.) while hitting .257 as a sophomore. She saved the best match of hercareer for the Ivy League playoff against Yale, a match in watch she tallied career bestswith 15 kills and five digs. She also had two assists and three blocks in the match. Townwas strong on the defensive side as well, registering six blocks on three different occa-sions. She ended her rookie campaign averaging 1.67 kills and 1.00 digs per game,including notching five kills in a sweep of Hartford at the Seton Hall Spikefest. She isenrolled in Cornell’s College of Arts and Sciences.
At Jackson HoleTown was a two-time all-state selection at Jackson Hole HS, helping lead the team to a staterunner-up finish as a junior. The conference player of the year and team MVP as a senior, Townalso played for the Western Wyoming clubteam in each of her last two seasons.
PersonalAlaina Janine Town is the daughter of Mary Townand Phil Town, and she has an older sister.
Career HighsKills .......................... 15 vs. Yale (Ivy), 11/21/04Digs ........................... 5 vs. Yale (Ivy), 11/21/04Assists ..................................6 vs. Yale, 10/8/05Aces ... 1, two times, last vs. Fairleigh Dickinson, 9/27/03Blocks .......... 6, five times, last at Yale, 10/28/05
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At CornellWeiss earned first-team All-Ivy honors in 2005 and will again be one
of the league’s most dominant forces at the net again as a senior. She led the league with a.406 hitting percentage, which ranked seventh in Division I. That mark broke the single-seasonCornell record by an astounding 60 points. During one five-match stretch which began withthe Big Red’s stunning comeback win at Yale, Weiss recorded 74 kills with just 13 errors on 118total swings for a .517 hitting percentage. She also had 1.67 blocks per game during that stretch.For the season, she ranked second in the league with 1.24 blocks per outing in helping the teamto a total of 3.01 which was 22nd in the nation. Weiss had 14 matches with double figure killsand 10 matches with five or more blocks. She had 10 kills on 12 swings in a win over Columbiaand notched a career-best 21 kills in the five-set win at Yale. Weiss had been named the team’sMost Improved Player following each of her first two seasons, continuing her upward trend.The tallest player on the team, she became an offensive weapon as a sophomore. Weissaveraged 1.59 kills per game and hit .325 in 2004. Her best work came in November whenshe posted a career-high 10 blocks at home against Yale. In the Ivy League playoff, also againstthe Bulldogs, she knocked down a personal-best 12 kills on .458 hitting and added four blocks.As a rookie, Weiss averaged 0.91 blocks per game to help the Big Red finish second in the nationin that category. She also averaged nearly a kill per game while hitting a solid .255. Weiss postedseven blocks, five digs and two service aces against Hartford and notched six kills againstFairfield. She is enrolled in Cornell’s College of Arts and Sciences.
At DarienWeiss was a two-time first-team all-stateselection at Darien HS, helping the team tothree state titles in her four seasons. Thecounty MVP as a senior, Weiss capped off acareer that featured two all-county selectionsby being named MVP of the 2002 ConnecticutHigh School Coaches Association All-Star team. Weiss averaged 4.22 kills and 2.22 blocks per game while hitting .458 as a senior, including 17 matches
with double-figure kills and nine with at least 10 blocks.
PersonalJoanna Mara Weiss is the daughter of Robert and Elizabeth Weiss, and she has a younger
brother, Matthew, who will enroll at Cornell as a freshman this fall.
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At CornellAfter two seasons of serving a part-time role in the back row,
Zaragoza will have a chance to take over as the team’s libero. An athletic player who canrun down balls and a is a good passer, Zaragoza will also be a key part of the team’s servicegame. As a sophomore, Zaragoza averaged 1.92 digs per game, including a career-high16 at Penn. She ended the season with three matches with double figure digs. Zaragozaalso had a career-best four service aces in a five-game win over Yale and had three in awin over NCAA qualifier Binghamton. As a freshman, she piled up 18 aces in 55 gamesto rank ninth in the Ivy League with 0.33 sapg. She also came through with 1.60 digs pergame. She had at least seven digs on six different occasions, including nine against Yalein the Ivy League final. Zaragoza also had three service aces in back-to-back matches atDartmouth and Harvard. She is enrolled in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
At St. Mary’sA first-team all-league selection at St. Mary’s HS, Zaragoza was part of two leaguechampionship teams. The two-year volleyball letter winner also competed in soccer, trackand field and basketball. Zaragoza was named the most inspirational player for the soccerteam as a senior and was part of a state-title winning basketball team as a sophomore.
PersonalKara Rose Zaragoza is the daughter of Frankand Barbara Zaragoza, and she has ayounger brother and sister.
KARAZARAGOZA** 1Junior
Libero/Defensive Specialist • 5-6Stockton, Calif.
St. Mary’s HS
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Career HighsKills .............. 1, two times, vs. Colgate, 9/17/05Digs ................................16 at Penn, 11/11/05Assists .......... 2, two times, last at Yale, 10/16/04Aces .................................. 4 at Yale, 10/28/05Blocks ................................................... None
At CornellWoodbury showed great potential as a freshman while serving as
a backup at outside hitter and will attempt to move into a bigger role in 2006. Woodburyhad three kills and a .429 hitting percentage while seeing action in two matches as a rookie.She added two blocks, two assists and a dig. She is enrolled in the College of HumanEcology.
At SouheganWoodbury helped her Souhegan HS team to reach the New Hampshire Class I state finalfour as a junior. The team went even further in 2004 winning the New Hampshire ClassI state championship. Woodbury was named New Hampshire Volleyball CoachesAssociation Class I state player of the year as a senior and was a three-time player of theyear at Souhegan HS. She was named NHIAA first-team All-State in 2003 and 2004 afterreceiving honorable mention as a sophomore in 2002. Her club team was ranked first inNew England. Woodbury, who was a member of the National Honor Society, was an honorroll student for all four years and won numerous academic awards.
PersonalKathryn Wilich Woodbury is the daughter of Mark and Karen Woodbury, and she has anolder sister.
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At St. Anthony’sA two-year starter at St. Anthony’s HS, Fitzpatrick helped her squadto a state title as a junior and a spot in the state semifinals as a senior.An all-league selection and team captain as a senior, Fitzpatrick wasgiven the Gregoire Award as the school’s top female student-athlete. She also was given the Suffolk County Zone Award andcompeted in the 2005 Junior Olympics, earning a 2005 GEVAregional championship. Fitzpatrick also competed for the LongIsland United Club and Long Island Volleyball Academy club teams.
PersonalKatelynn Ann Fitzpatrick is the daughter of John and Mary Fitzpatrick,and she three younger sisters and a younger brother. Her motherwas a 1984 Cornell graduate, while her uncle, Robert Arao ‘84,competed on the Big Red wrestling team.
FreshmanOutside Hitter • 5-11Port Jefferson, N.Y.
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At Bishop MontgomeryComon was a two-year varsity starter and team captain as a seniorat Bishop Montgomery HS. Her play earned her South Bay AthleticClub all-star honors as a senior. A scholar-athlete award winner inboth 2004 and 2005, she was given the 2005 Black & Gold Award.Comon’s team placed second at the 2004 Volleyball Festival. Shealso spent two seasons playing on the junior varsity, earning teamcaptain honors as a sophomore. She competed in soccer for oneseason as a midfielder.
PersonalStephanie Marie-Tamiko Comon is the daughter of Mark and SherylComon, and she has two younger brothers.
FreshmanDefensive Specialist • 5-5
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At MarcusRogers accumulated a number of accolades while at Marcus HS.She was a two-time first-team all-district selection, team captainand most valuable player leading her team to a district champion-ship in 2003. She was given the Dallas Force hustle Award in 2004-05 and the Dallas Force MVP Award in 2005-06. A National HonorSociety member and recipient of the English department award,Rogers also was a Science Department National Merit finalist.
PersonalJuliana Marie Rogers is the daughter of Charles and Candy Rogersand has an older and younger brother. Her father played footballat Northwestern.
FreshmanMiddle Blocker • 6-1Flower Mound, Texas
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At CoronadoA three-time first-team all-league selection at Coronado HS,Mushovic was named league most valuable player as a sophomoreoutside hitter. A first-team all-area pick as a senior and second-teamselection as a junior, Mushovic was chosen as team MVP in each ofher final three years. She was a member of two league championteams and was selected to play in the San Diego high school all-stargame. Mushovic was chosen to receive the ISF Award by the IslanderSports Foundation in 2005. A three-sport star, she also excelled insoccer and track and field. Mushovic was the team’s most valuableplayer as a senior in soccer, and was the league runner-up in thediscus in track.
PersonalMegan Christine Mushovic is the daughter of Jim and Janis Mushovic,and she has two older sisters.
FreshmanLibero/Defensive Specialist • 5-7
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2005 SEASON REVIEW
After missing out on the Ivy League’s automatic NCAA tournament berthby just two points in a playoff in 2004, the Big Red returned to the big dancefor the first time since 1993. Under the direction of head coach Deitre Collins-Parker, Cornell closed a story book 2005 season with a 19-6 mark.
The Big Red got an early jump on preparations for the season at theSibillini Tournament in Comunanza, Italy, in late June and early July. Oncethe team returned to campus, the focus shifted to defending the 2004Ivy League championship that the Big Red shared with three other teams,and earning the title outright.
The season opened at the Duke Invitational at Cameron IndoorStadium in Durham, N.C., where the team avenged a 2004 season-opening loss to SMU with a sweep of the Mustangs. That would be thefirst of nine matches the Big Red would play against regionally rankedteams. Cornell finished with a 5-4 mark in those matches. After downingSMU, Cornell returned to the court later in the day against Charlotte. The49ers took a 3-2 decision, but the first game was significant in that it wasthe highest-scoring in Cornell volleyball history. Charlotte outlasted theBig Red by a 40-38 count. The following day yielded a 3-1 loss to the hostBlue Devils, also a member of the 2005 NCAA tournament field, but itwould be the last defeat for Cornell for three-and-a-half weeks.
The team swept three matches to take its own tournament title. Senioroutside hitter Rachel Adomat was named tournament MVP after aver-aging 4.75 kills per game on .329 hitting for the weekend. The followingweekend saw Cornell earn a pair of 3-1 wins over Belmont and IPFW toclose out the tournament schedule. Junior outside hitter Elizabeth Bishopdominated play with 6.25 kills per game on .308 hitting and added 3.38digs per game. She was named tournament MVP, Ivy League Player ofthe Week and ECAC Division I Player of the Week for her efforts.
On the same day Bishop earned ECAC Division I Player of the Week honors,the team returned home to Newman Arena to face Binghamton. The BigRed swept the Bearcats, who went on to win the America East championshipand earn their first NCAA tournament bid. In the match, Bishop became justthe fifth Cornell player to record her 1,000th career kill. Ivy League play beganthat weekend, and Cornell went to New York City and swept Columbia inthe midst of what ultimately was a 13-game winning streak, which tied forthe fourth-longest by a Cornell team since 1989.
Sporting an 8-2 record, Cornell reached back into the past andwelcomed numerous alumni, family and friends back to the East Hill fora Banner Weekend on Oct. 7-8. The school raised banners in recognitionof the volleyball team’s 1991, 1992, 1993 and 2004 Ivy League titles. Thecurrent team celebrated in style, sweeping Brown and defeating Yale3-1. The Bulldogs had beaten the Big Red three times in 2004, includingin the Ivy League playoff final, so it was a big step toward the season’sgoal to knock off Yale and get the early lead in Ivy play. Junior middleblocker Joanna Weiss was named Ivy League Player of the Week for the
first time in her careerafter knocking down 24kills with just five errorson 41 swings (.463). Sheaveraged 3.43 kills and1.29 blocks per game onthe weekend.
On the followingWednesday, the Big Redwent to Syracuse to takeon the Orange andpushed the home squadto five games despiteplaying without Bishop.The team’s nine-match
IVY CHAMPIONSHIP LEADS TO PROGRAM’S SECOND NCAA TOURNAMENT BERTHCollins-Parker, Bishop push team to unbeaten home record, numerous school records en route to 19-6 campaign
win streak was over, but a new one would get started thefollowing weekend with sweeps of Penn and Princeton atNewman Arena. Bishop returned to the court, and thefollowing weekend, she again put up stunning numbers ina pair of wins at Dartmouth and Harvard. She averaged5.75 kills and 3.75 digs per game to earn her second IvyLeague Player of the Week honor of the season.
On a four-match winning streak, Cornell headed toYale for a showdown at the John J. Lee Amphitheater. TheBig Red dropped the first two games by scores of 30-20and 35-33. The home team took a 28-23 lead in gamethree and appeared set to close out the match and draweven in the Ivy League standings. The Big Red launched
an epic comeback, however, and over the course of thenext three games, stared down match point fourtimes before finally taking the victory and a two-
match lead in the Ivy League standings. That cushion would prove to behuge down the stretch. Senior libero Kelly Kramer set the school recordfor digs in a match with 39. It was the fifth time in her career that she hadreached 30 digs and the third time she had done it against Yale. The nextafternoon, Kramer had 25 digs in a four-game win at Brown, giving her7.11 digs per game for the weekend.
The Big Red returned to Newman Arena to close out the home slatewith three Ivy matches. The team swept Harvard on Saturday andColumbia on Monday, and downed Dartmouth 3-1 on Saturday tocomplete the first perfect home schedule since 1992. Cornell was 11-0at Newman Arena in 2005. In the Senior Day contest against Dartmouth,Kramer recorded 16 digs to become Cornell’s all-time digs leader. In thehome finale against Columbia, the Big Red clinched at least a tie for theIvy League title with the victory. Bishop entered the match needing 16kills to tie the school career kills record. Sitting at 13, she scored the lastthree Cornell points of the match to tie it in front of the home crowd. Sheset the record early in the next match at Penn.
Having won nine straight matches for the second time on the seasonand needing just one win to earn the outright Ivy title, Cornell headed toPenn and Princeton looking to become the time in Ivy League history to go14-0 in league play. Unfortunately, the team stumbled in both matches,and Yale won both of its matches, leaving the Bulldogs just a half-gameback with one more to play. The Big Red was prepared to play in a playofffor the second straight year, but found out late on the night of Nov. 16 thatBrown had defeated Yale 3-2, and given Cornell the title and NCAA berth.
With the league’s automatic bid in hand. Cornell travelled to PennState for an opening round NCAA game against Northeast Conferencechampion Long Island. The Big Red was a step behind all night, fallingby scores of 31-29, 30-24, 35-33 to end its campaign.
The Big Red was honored regionally and nationally for their efforts.Bishop, a unanimous selection for Ivy League Player ofthe Year, was a first-team all-region pick for the secondstraight year and was an honorable mention All-American by the AVCA, the first Cornell player to earnnational honors. Weiss also was named to the All-Ivy firstteam, while Kramer and senior middle blocker HeatherYoung were second team picks. The team also wasrewarded for its efforts in the classroom, as senior setterWhitney Fair, junior outside hitter Alaina Town andsophomore setter Amy Gordon all were named to theESPN The Magazine Academic All-District second team.
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2005 Results (19-6, 12-2 Ivy League)Ivy League Champions
Date Opponent Result Game Scores9/9 ^ vs. Southern Methodist W 3-0 (30-23, 30-22, 32-30)9/9 ^ vs. Charlotte L 2-3 (38-40, 30-15, 30-20, 27-30, 14-16)
9/10 ^ at Duke L 1-3 (24-30, 30-27, 24-30, 24-30)9/16 @ LA SALLE W 3-0 (30-19, 30-15, 30-18)9/17 @ COLGATE W 3-0 (30-20, 30-19, 30-14)9/17 @ BUTLER W 3-0 (30-18, 30-19, 30-23)9/23 # vs. Belmont W 3-1 (23-30, 30-18, 30-24, 30-22)9/24 # at IPFW W 3-1 (28-30, 30-24, 30-24, 32-30)9/28 BINGHAMTON W 3-0 (30-21, 30-27, 30-22)10/1 * at Columbia W 3-0 (30-18,30-24, 30-16)10/7 * BROWN W 3-0 (30-25, 30-25, 30-21)10/8 * YALE W 3-1 (30-28, 27-30, 30-28, 30-23)
10/11 at Syracuse L 2-3 (21-30, 33-31, 24-30, 30-26, 11-15)10/14 * PRINCETON W 3-0 (30-17, 30-24, 30-26)10/15 * PENN W 3-0 (30-18, 30-17, 30-26)10/21 * at Dartmouth W 3-1 (30-23, 30-21, 26-30, 30-23)10/22 * at Harvard W 3-1 (23-30, 30-20, 30-22, 30-21)10/28 * at Yale W 3-2 (20-30, 33-35, 32-30, 30-26, 19-17)10/29 * at Brown W 3-1 (30-18, 30-23, 24-30, 30-20)
11/4 * HARVARD W 3-0 (30-19, 30-19, 30-13)11/5 * DARTMOUTH W 3-1 (30-21, 26-30, 30-20, 30-26)11/7 * COLUMBIA W 3-0 (30-25,30-15, 30-28)
11/11 * at Penn L 2-3 (30-22, 25-30, 20-30, 30-25, 10-15)11/12 * at Princeton L 0-3 (24-30, 25-30, 30-32)
12/2 & vs. Long Island L 0-3 (29-31, 24-30, 33-35)
^ - Duke Invitational (Durham, N.C.)@ - Cornell Invitational (Ithaca, N.Y.)# - IPFW Invitational (Fort Wayne, Ind.)& - NCAA tournament first round (University Park, Pa.)* - Ivy League game
2005 StatisticsPlayer G K K/G E TA Pct A A/G SA SE RE DIG D/G BS BA Tot B/G
.633 All-Time Winning Percentage2 NCAA Tournament Appearance2 Eastern District Tournament Titles2 Undefeated Ivy League Seasons3 Ivy League Tournament Titles5 Ivy League Players of the Year6 Ivy League Regular Season Titles6 New York State Tourney Titles27 Winning Seasons35 Seasons of Volleyball at Cornell649 All-Time Wins - 18.5 wins per year
Coach Record YearsSue Nattrass 2-2 (.500) One (1972)Debbie Nelson 7-5 (.583) One (1973)Andrea Dutcher 346-158-7 (.684) 14 (1974-87)Jolene Nagel 85-40 (.680) Four (1988-91)Merja Connolly 36-21 (.766) Two (1992-93)Sue Medley 53-79 (.402) Four + (1994-98)Christie Roes 84-54 (.609) Five + (1998-2003)Deitre Collins-Parker 36-15 (.706) Two (2004-pr.)Total 649-374-7 (.633) 34 (1972-2004)
Volleyball, which has been a varsity sport at Cornell for 35 years, isone of the university’s most decorated women’s programs. Since hit-ting the hardwood in 1972, the Big Red has posted a 649-374-7record, with three Ivy League tournament titles, seven first-placefinishes during the regular season, six New York state crowns and apair of Eastern championships. The Big Red made history in 1993when it became the first Ivy League volleyball team to participate inthe NCAA championship tournament and returned in 2005.
It all began when Sue Nattrass guided the Big Red to a 2-2 slateback in 1972. After dropping the first two matches, the spikers downedColgate in five games and swept Eisenhower College in three. DebbieNelson took over the program the following year, as the Big Red went7-5 and placed sixth at the New York state tournament.
Andrea Dutcher took over in 1974 and coached for 14 years, withthe Big Red posting 346 victories against only 158 losses with seventies. In just her third season, Dutcher guided the spikers to a 24-11 season and second-place finishes at the New York state, EAIAWand Ivy League tournaments. In 1981, Cornell posted a schoolrecord 47 wins with only six losses. The following year, Dutcherled the squad to its first of four straight New York state tourna-ment championships, while posting a 40-8 campaign. Thatteam also won its first EAIAW championship. The 1983 teamwent 41-4 to conclude a string of three straight 40-win cam-paigns. Dutcher led her squad to two more New York statetitles before ushering in Ivy League play in 1986 — the first yearfor round robin competition in the league.
In 1988, Jolene Nagel was hired to replace Dutcher, whoretired from the coaching ranks, and led the Big Red to a 25-9campaign and a New York state title.The following year, Cornell went 25-8on the year, won its second consecutiveNew York state crown and went 7-0against Ivy competition. In Nagel’s fi-nal year, the Big Red won its first IvyLeague championship and qualified forthe National Invitational VolleyballChampionships. Nagel finished herCornell career with an 85-40 slate.
In 1992, Merja Connolly took overthe program and guided the Red toconsecutive Ivy League championships.Her 1992 squad went 19-11 and par-ticipated in the NIVC, while the 1993team went 17-10 and earned a berthto the NCAA championships, losing toNebraska in the first round.
Sue Medley took over the reins ofthe Big Red in 1994 and guided thesquad to a 20-10 mark — its first 20-win campaign since 1989 — anda first-place finish in the Ivy regular season in just her second year.Medley ended her tenure during the 1998 season and was replacedby Christie Roes.
Roes guided the Big Red to a runner-up finish in the 2000 IvyLeague tournament, helped develop 2000 Ivy League Player of theYear Robin Moore and directed 15 All-Ivy League players. She be-came the third-winningest coach in school history and recorded apair of 20-win campaigns in her five full seasons with a league regu-lar season runner-up finish in 2003. That team won 14 straight matchesen route to a 21-4 record.
Deitre Collins-Parker, one of the greatest players in NCAA his-tory as a middle blocker at Hawaii, became the program’s eighthhead coach in June, 2004 and wasted no time in adding her nameto the list of coaches who have guided successful squads on the EastHill. She has already led Cornell to at least a share of the Ivy Leaguetitle in each of her first two seasons with the program’s secondNCAA tournament appearance coming in 2005.
The 2004 team finished 17-9 overall and 10-4 in Ivy play, finish-ing in a four-way tie for the league championship. It marked thefirst time since 1993 thatCornell earned at least a share
of the crown. A four-team playoffwas held to determine whichschool would represent the IvyLeague in the NCAA tournament,and the Big Red fought Yale forevery point in a 3-2 loss.
The Big Red went a step fur-ther in 2005, advancing to theNCAA tournament after securingthe outright Ivy title with a 19-6overall record and a 12-2 AncientEight mark. Two of the school’smajor career records also fell dur-ing the year, as Ivy League Playerof the year Elizabeth Bishop setthe kills record, while KellyKramer claimed the digs mark.
With Collins-Parker’s entirestaff back intact and four startersreturning from the 2005 squad,the Big Red will look to continuewriting the current chapter in theprogram’s ever-growing successstory.
Cornell Volleyball: A Story Of Success Cornell Volleyball By The Numbers . . .
The 1993 squad made the program’s first NCAA tournamentappearance.
All-Time Cornell Coaching Records
BIG RED VOLLEYBALL HISTORY
2000 Ivy League Player of the YearRobin Moore ‘01.
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INDIVIDUAL SEASON RECORDS
Kills465 Elizabeth Bishop ......................... 2004415 Elizabeth Bishop ...........................2005405 Becky Merchant .......................... 1987400 Debbie Quibell .......................... 2000396 Alex Gross ................................... 1990
Kills Per Game5.28 Elizabeth Bishop ......................... 20044.88 Elizabeth Bishop ...........................20054.40 Elizabeth Bishop ......................... 20034.18 Robin Moore ............................... 19994.00 Alex Gross ................................... 1990
Attack Attempts1,265 Elizabeth Bishop ......................... 20041,143 Elizabeth Bishop ...........................20051,094 Debbie Quibell .......................... 20001,060 Alex Gross ................................... 1990997 Robin Moore ............................... 2000
Service Aces66 Ann Korioth ................................ 198863 Tere Duran .................................. 198860 Michele Scherer .......................... 198858 Tere Duran .................................. 198751 Jen Strazza .................................. 1989
Digs468 Kelly Kramer .............................. 2004433 Kelly Kramer .................................. 2005403 Tere Duran .................................. 1988389 Kelly Kramer .............................. 2003361 Jen Strazza .................................. 1991
Digs Per Game5.09 Kelly Kramer .............................. 20044.76 Kelly Kramer .................................. 20054.18 Kelly Kramer .............................. 20033.89 Elizabeth Bishop ......................... 20033.73 Meredith Doughty ...................... 1992
Assists85 — Jen Strazza (vs. St. Bonaventure, 9/26/91)
TEAM MATCH RECORDSKills98 — vs. Brown, 11/10/00
Attempts285 — vs. Brown, 11/10/00
Attack Percentage.508 — vs. Vermont, 9/8/95 (35-4-61)
Service Aces24 — vs. St. Francis (Pa.), 10/8/88
Total Blocks28.5 — vs. Princeton, 11/8/03 (2 BS, 53 BA)
Block Solos17 — vs. Morgan State, 9/13/96
Block Assists53 — vs. Princeton, 11/8/03
Digs133 — vs. Syracuse, 10/13/92133 — vs. Penn, 11/7/03
Assists90 — vs. St. Bonaventure, 9/26/9190 — vs. Yale, 11/10/90
Miscellaneous Team RecordsMost Matches: 54 by 1981 team (47-6-1)Most Wins: 47 by 1981 team (47-6-1)Most Losses: 21 by 1978 team (15-21-2)Most Ties: 2 1978 (15-21-2); 1974 (14-10-2)Longest Win Streak: 20
10/4 to 11/5/1983Longest Unbeaten Streak: 21 matches
9/19 to 10/10/81Longest Losing Streak: 8
10/3 to 10/17/98Fewest Points Allowed - Three Games: 47
vs. Colgate (30-17, 30-22, 30-8), (10/29/02)Fewest Points Allowed - Four Games: 87
vs. Belmont (23-30, 30-18, 30-24, 30-22), (9/23/05)Fewest Points Allowed - Five Games: 106
vs. Yale (30-18, 21-30, 28-30, 30-20, 15-8), (10/18/03)
Service Aces Per Game3.03 ................................. 19882.45 ................................. 19892.44 ................................. 19872.24 ................................. 19902.16 ................................. 1993
The 2003 Big Red volleyball team set 28 school records en route toa 21-4 record and a tie for second place in the Ivy League. Includedwere career marks for kills (Debbie Quibell, 1,212) and blocks (AshelyStover, 406), as well as team marks for hitting percentage (.271)and blocks per game (3.52, second in NCAA Division I).
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This Is Cornell
This Is Cornell University
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Cornell University/Realizing a Bold DreamCornell University/Realizing a Bold DreamIn the mid 1800s, two New York state senators, Ezra Cornell
and Andrew Dickson White, shared the bold dream offounding a “truly great university.” Cornell, a plain-spokeninventor, wanted “an institution where any person can findinstruction in any study,” including the mechanical arts andagriculture. White, a scholarly graduate of Oxford and Yale,yearned to establish a university where “truth shall be taughtfor truth’s sake” in the arts and sciences. Together theycreated a nonsectarian university that was the first in theeastern United States to admit women and that pioneeredthe concept of elective courses. Their egalitarian vision andinnovative ideas, which set Cornell apart at its opening in1868, continue to guide the university today.
Cornell includes 13 colleges and schools. Onthe Ithaca campus are the seven undergraduateunits—the College of Agriculture and Life Sci-ences; the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning;the College of Arts and Sciences; the College of Engineering;the School of Hotel Administration; the College of HumanEcology; and the School of Industrial and Labor Rela-tions—as well as fourgraduate and profes-sional units: the Gradu-ate School, the LawSchool, the JohnsonGraduate School ofManagement, and theCollege of VeterinaryMedicine. (The WeillMedical College and theWeill Graduate School ofMedical Sciences are inNew York City.) An IvyLeague university that isalso the land grant institution of New York State, Cornell isa unique combination of public and private divisionscommitted to teaching, research, and public service.
Cornell’s 13,700 undergraduates and 6,000 graduateand professional students come from all 50 states and
“I would found an institution where any personcan find instruction in any study.”
EZRA CORNELL
Today Cornell’s undergrads come from all 50 U.S. states
and 120 countries. They come from cities, suburbs and
rural areas, close to where you grew up or halfway around
the globe. They come in all colors, sizes, shapes and per-
more than 100 countries. Inter-disciplinary study and researchare Cornell hallmarks, as is at-tention to undergraduate edu-cation. The university’s 2,200faculty members are activeteachers as well as research-ers—Nobel laureates often con-duct introductory courses—andthe lines of traditional disciplinesare easily crossed. Engineeringstudents dabble in photogra-
phy; theatre arts students explore theworld of computers; physics majors learnlandscape architecture.
National Science Foundation studieson programs in research and develop-ment at U.S. universities consistentlyrank Cornell among the top 10 or 11in total research and developmentexpenditures, and in federallyfinanced expenditures.Cornell ranks second
among U.S. universities infunds allocated by the National Sci-
ence Foundation for programs in aca-demic science and engineering.
Cornell has five national researchcenters: the Center for HighEnergy Synchrotron Studies,
the Floyd R. Newman
Cornell may be a cutting-edge research university, but that doesn’t meanCornell may be a cutting-edge research university, but that doesn’t meanCornell may be a cutting-edge research university, but that doesn’t meanCornell may be a cutting-edge research university, but that doesn’t meanCornell may be a cutting-edge research university, but that doesn’t meanundergraduate education is an afterthought. A Cornell undergrad could spend theundergraduate education is an afterthought. A Cornell undergrad could spend theundergraduate education is an afterthought. A Cornell undergrad could spend theundergraduate education is an afterthought. A Cornell undergrad could spend theundergraduate education is an afterthought. A Cornell undergrad could spend themorning in a meeting with a professor for an independent study and the after-morning in a meeting with a professor for an independent study and the after-morning in a meeting with a professor for an independent study and the after-morning in a meeting with a professor for an independent study and the after-morning in a meeting with a professor for an independent study and the after-noon in large survey courses like psych 101.noon in large survey courses like psych 101.noon in large survey courses like psych 101.noon in large survey courses like psych 101.noon in large survey courses like psych 101.
Students here work hard. Besides attending classes, there’s reading, writing,Students here work hard. Besides attending classes, there’s reading, writing,Students here work hard. Besides attending classes, there’s reading, writing,Students here work hard. Besides attending classes, there’s reading, writing,Students here work hard. Besides attending classes, there’s reading, writing,and research, not to mention preparing for exams. But students still find time toand research, not to mention preparing for exams. But students still find time toand research, not to mention preparing for exams. But students still find time toand research, not to mention preparing for exams. But students still find time toand research, not to mention preparing for exams. But students still find time tobuild friendships, volunteer off campus, hold part-time jobs and play sports.build friendships, volunteer off campus, hold part-time jobs and play sports.build friendships, volunteer off campus, hold part-time jobs and play sports.build friendships, volunteer off campus, hold part-time jobs and play sports.build friendships, volunteer off campus, hold part-time jobs and play sports.
And while some students spend their four years close to campus, many goAnd while some students spend their four years close to campus, many goAnd while some students spend their four years close to campus, many goAnd while some students spend their four years close to campus, many goAnd while some students spend their four years close to campus, many gofarther afield. They study natural medicinals in South America, marine biologyfarther afield. They study natural medicinals in South America, marine biologyfarther afield. They study natural medicinals in South America, marine biologyfarther afield. They study natural medicinals in South America, marine biologyfarther afield. They study natural medicinals in South America, marine biologyoff the coast of Maine, and public policy in Albany, N.Y. In addition to univer-off the coast of Maine, and public policy in Albany, N.Y. In addition to univer-off the coast of Maine, and public policy in Albany, N.Y. In addition to univer-off the coast of Maine, and public policy in Albany, N.Y. In addition to univer-off the coast of Maine, and public policy in Albany, N.Y. In addition to univer-sity-run programs in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Rome, Italy,sity-run programs in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Rome, Italy,sity-run programs in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Rome, Italy,sity-run programs in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Rome, Italy,sity-run programs in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Rome, Italy,Cornellians travel to sites around the world, polishing their language skills andCornellians travel to sites around the world, polishing their language skills andCornellians travel to sites around the world, polishing their language skills andCornellians travel to sites around the world, polishing their language skills andCornellians travel to sites around the world, polishing their language skills andbroadening their horizons.broadening their horizons.broadening their horizons.broadening their horizons.broadening their horizons.
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Laboratory of Nuclear Studies, theNational Astronomy and IonosphereCenter (which operates the world’slargest radio-radar telescope, inArecibo, Puerto Rico), the CornellNanofabrication Facility, and theNational Science and TechnologyCenter for Computer Graphics andScientific Visualization. The univer-sity also has four national resourcecenters: the Latin American StudiesProgram, the East Asia Program,the South Asia Program, and theSoutheast Asia Program.
Cornell University Library’s 17Ithaca-campus units provide anarray of reference, information,and instructional services. At thesoutheast edge of the Arts Quad,Olin and Kroch libraries housethe largest concentration of re-sources in the humanities, social sciences, and area studies,including extensive Asia collections, and rare books, manu-scripts, and archival materials. Mann Library, on the AgQuad, has materials in agriculture, biology, biotechnology,and related fields. Other libraries specialize in African andAfrican American studies, engineering, entomology, thefine arts, hotel management, industrial and labor rela-tions, law, management, mathematics, music, the physi-cal sciences, and veterinary medicine.
Famed for its woodlands, gorges, and waterfalls, the 745-
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Four thousandcourses offered bynearly 100 depart-ments, more inter-disciplinary pro-grams than you’llfind at any otheruniversity in thecountry, researchopportunities forundergraduates innearly every field,and faculty-guided independent study give you the wherewithal to shapea program that speaks to your interests and passions and grows with youover your four years here.
At a research institution, scholars don’t just acquire knowledge — they help create it.Cornell’s faculty members have garnered such prizes as the Nobel and the Pulitzer, not tomention MacArthur “genius” grants and countless other honors.
These same luminaries teach undergraduate classes and include students on their researchteams.
Cornell serves as a land grant institution, receiving funding from New York State for itscolleges of Human Ecology, Agriculture and Life Sciences and Veterinary Medicine and for itsSchool of Industrial and Labor Relations. In return, the university offers reduced tuition tostate residents in those colleges and helps citizens apply the research generated here to im-prove the state’s economy and the health of its people.
A network of more than 200,000 alumniaround the world supports the efforts ofcurrent students by sponsoring internships,offering career counseling and mentorship,and providing much of the financial supportthat maintains the university’s world-classlibraries, laboratories, and faculty.
acre main campus is on a hilltop overlooking Ithaca, a livelycity of about 30,000 situated at the southern end of 44-mile-long Cayuga Lake, in the Finger Lakes region of New Yorkstate. Campus attractions of special interest include theJohnson Museum of Art, the Cornell Plantations, and theCornell Lab of Ornithology and Sapsucker Woods wildlifesanctuary. The heart of New York state’s wine-growingregion is less than an hour away, as are the Corning GlassCenter and Museum and the Watkins Glen auto circuit. NewYork City is about a four-hour drive from Ithaca.
CORNELL’S UNDERGRADUATE COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS
College of Agriculture and Life SciencesCollege of Architecture, Art, and PlanningCollege of Arts and SciencesCollege of EngineeringSchool of Hotel AdministrationCollege of Human EcologySchool of Industrial and Labor Relations
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Ithaca, N.Y.Ithaca, N.Y.Nestled in the heart of New York State’s beautiful FingerLakes region is Tompkins County, with Ithaca at its center.Long known for the excellence of its educa-tional and research institutions, and morerecently for its multitude of scenic wonders,Ithaca is indeed, “Gorges.”
Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine made official what most Ithacansalready know. This is one smart place to live. In its June, 2006, issue,Kiplinger’s ranked Ithaca eighth in its list of America’s 50 smartest placesto live. Ithaca was the smallest city in the top 10, and the second smallestin the top 50.
• Ithaca and Tompkins County are located in the central Finger Lakes Regionof New York State, five hours from New York City, three hours from Niagara Falls,two hours from Rochester and 4.5hours from Philadelphia.
• The 14 counties in the Finger LakesRegion cover more than 9,000 squaremiles, or roughly the size of NewHampshire or Vermont, and slightlylarger than the state of New Jersey.
• Ithaca offers more restaurants percapita than New York City.
• The Sagan Planet Walk, built tohonor the memory of Ithaca residentand Cornell University astronomerCarl Sagan, is a true-to-scale modelof our solar system. It is one of the onlywalkable “planet walks” in theworld. The Sciencenter, Ithaca’shands-on museum and outdoor sci-ence playground, is the sponsor of the Sagan Planet Walk, and is one of eight museums involved in thepartnership of educational attractions called the DISCOVERY TRAIL. Some others include the Museum of theEarth and Cornell’s Laboratory of Ornithology.
• The downtown Ithaca Commons was named one of the New York’s top design projects of the century bythe state chapter of the American Institute of Architects.
• Ithaca was designated “America’s Most Enlightened City” by the Utne Reader in 1997.
Ithaca is America’s best emerging city- Cities Ranked & Rated -
The beauty of Ithaca and the Cornell campusis unmatched. Ithaca is host to over 150waterfalls, all of which lie within a 10-mileradius of downtown. Tompkins County isalso home to three of the six gorge parks inNew York state. Among the amazing sitesis Taughannock Falls. At 215 feet high,Taughannock has a greater vertical dropthan Niagara Falls.
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David J. Skorton will be inaugurated as the 12th president of Cornell University on Sept.7, 2006. He will hold faculty appointments in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at Weill-CornellMedical College in New York City and in Biomedical Engineering at the College of Engineeringon the Ithaca campus.
Skorton had served as president of the University of Iowa since March 2003. He had beena faculty member there for 26 years. He was appointed vice president for research in 1992and interim vice president for external relations in 2000. He served as vice president forresearch and external relations from March 2002 until he assumed the presidency. As vicepresident, he oversaw more than 30 administrative units and headed a research anddevelopment program that ranks among the nation’s top 20 public research universities inobtaining external funding. He also continued his role as a physician, caring for adolescents
and adults with inborn heart disease.Co-founder and co-director of the UI Adolescent and Adult Congenital Heart Disease Clinic at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics,
Skorton focused his research on congenital heart disease in adolescents and adults, cardiac imaging, and computer image processing.His research was supported by the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Veterans Affairs, the American Heart Association, andby private industry. He has published numerous articles, reviews, book chapters, and two major texts in the areas of cardiac imaging andimage processing. He served in a variety of administrative positions at the University of Iowa, including director of the Cardiovascular ImageProcessing Laboratory (1982–1996), director of the Division of General Internal Medicine (1985–1989), and associate chair for clinicalprograms in the Department of Internal Medicine (1989–1992).
A national leader in research ethics, Skorton is charter past-president of the Association for the Accreditation of Human ResearchProtection Programs, Inc., the first entity organized specifically to accredit human research protection programs. He has served on theboards and committees of many national organizations, including the American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association,the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, the American Society of Echocardiography, the Association for the Accreditation ofHuman Research Protection Programs, the Association of American Universities, the Council on Competitiveness, and the Korea AmericaFriendship Society. He has traveled widely in Europe and Asia on behalf of both academic and community projects.
Skorton is actively engaged in service to the community and to the state of Iowa, particularly in regional and state economic development.He served on and chaired the Iowa City Area Development Group, served on the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce Priority One AdvisoryCommittee and the Technology Corridor Committee, and currently serves on the Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra Board of Directors.He also was a member of the Iowa Business Council and has served on the Iowa Department of Economic Development Board, theGovernor’s Life Sciences Advisory Committee, and the Iowa Research Council, of which he was president from 1999 to 2001.
Skorton earned his bachelor’s degree in psychology in 1970 and an M.D. in 1974, both from Northwestern University. Following amedical residency and cardiology fellowship at the University of California, Los Angeles, he went to the University of Iowa in 1980 as aninstructor. He was named assistant professor of internal medicine in 1981 and assistant professor of electrical and computer engineeringin 1982. He was promoted to associate professor in 1984 and to professor in 1988.
As a musician, Skorton has a longstanding interest in jazz. He grew up in Los Angeles surrounded by Latin music and worked as aprofessional jazz and R&B musician in the Chicago area. He hosted a weekly program, As Night Falls—Latin Jazz, on KSUI, the Universityof Iowa’s public FM radio station.
1st Year at Cornell12th President of Cornell University
DAVID J.SKORTON
29th Year at CornellVice President, Student and Academic Services
DR. SUSAN H.MURPHY ‘73
Susan H. Murphy has served Cornell University as vice president for student and academicservices since July 1994. Under her direction are academic support, campus life, dean ofstudents, Greek life, career services, public service, religious affairs, athletics and physicaleducation and health services.
A 1973 graduate of Cornell’s College of Arts and Sciences, Murphy majored in history. Shesubsequently completed master’s degrees at Stanford University and Montclair StateCollege. In 1994, she earned a Ph.D. in educational administration from Cornell.
Murphy joined the Cornell staff in 1978 following work as a guidance counselor and headof the guidance department at Chatham (N.J.) Borough High School. For 16 years, she workedin admissions and financial aid, including nine years as dean of admissions and financial aid.
In addition to her responsibilities at Cornell, Murphy chairs the policy committee of theCouncil of Ivy Group Presidents. Previously, she has held state-wide and national positions in the College Board and the National Associationof College Admission Counselors.
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26th Year at CornellThe Meakem!Smith Director
of Athletics and Physical Education
J. ANDREWNOEL Jr.
Andy Noel begins his eighth year as Cornell University’s director of athletics and physicaleducation having led the Big Red athletics program to unprecedented success while set-ting a course for his vision of continued prosperity.
His position was endowed in December 2003 by Jack ’58 and Diane ’61 Meakem andScott Smith ’79. Jack is a former oarsman and member of Cornell’s Athletic Hall of Fame,while Scott wrestled under Noel during his time on East Hill.
The Big Red teams have parlayed Noel’s accomplishments into success on and off theplaying field. Cornell’s athletic teams have won 37 Ivy League team titles and nine nationalchampionships during his tenure and have posted a cumulative .510 winning percentageor better in six of his first seven seasons. The program’s 31 Ivy titles in the last four years is
a Cornell record dating back to the inception of the Ivy League, including a record nine in 2005-06. Academically in 2005-06, 11student-athletes were named to academic all-district teams. In addition, Cornell has had 12 student-athletes named Academic All-America in the last four years, among the most of any school in the Ivy League.
Noel accepted the appointment as director after serving three years as an associate director of athletics for the Big Red. Sincebecoming director, Noel has continued to hire top coaches and has also successfully upgraded a number of department facilities(including renovating Schoellkopf Hall and building the Friedman Wrestling Center). During his tenure, he has also been a member ofthe team that raised $66 million in support of capital projects and endowment, helping secure the financial future of the department.During the campaign, 21 coaching and staff positions were endowed, bringing the total number of endowed positions within thedepartment to 30, the most of any school in the country.
Noel was the Big Red’s head wrestling coach from 1974 to 1988 and then served two years as an assistant director in the department’spublic affairs office, implementing the athletic department’s annual giving program.
At Cornell, his wrestling teams won four Ivy League championships and placed second four times. Under Noel’s direction, thewrestling team established a strong network of support from alumni and friends. In 1990, he was recognized at the Eastern Intercolle-giate Wrestling Association Championships for his distinguished coaching career at Cornell, and in 1992 he was inducted into the NewYork State Wrestling Coaches Association Hall of Fame. He is also a member of the Franklin and Marshall Sports Hall of Fame and theCouncil of Mental Health and Welfare.
In addition to his coaching and administrative career, Noel served on the wrestling committee of the National Collegiate AthleticAssociation from 1997-2001. He was a member of the NCAA Championships Cabinet from 2003-06 and serves on both the MisconductAppeals Subcommittee and the Playing Rules Oversight Panel. Noel is a past chairman of the Ivy League athletic directors’ committee onadministration and serves on the Cornell President’s Council on Alcohol and Other Drugs and the Council of Mental Health and Welfare.In 2006, he was named to the Wells College Board of Trustees.
A native of Lancaster, Pa., he graduated from Franklin and Marshall College in 1972 with a bachelor of arts degree in history andreceived his master of arts degree in counseling and guidance from Colgate University in 1973.
Noel is married to Dr. Betsy Mead Noel ‘86, and has a son Jonathan ‘04 and two daughters, Amanda ‘07, and 2-year-old Amelie.
GENE NIGHMANTicket Manager
DALE STRAUFHead Equipment
Manager
MATT COATSAssistant Director
of Athletics/Operations
PAT GRAHAMFacilities Manager
BERNIE DEPALMAAssistant Director
of Athletics/Sports Medicine
JEFF HALLDirector of
Cornell SportsMarketing
2006-07 Athletic Adminstrators
ALAN KATZAssociate Director
of Athletics/Business and
Finance
STEPHEN P. ERBERAssociate Director
of Athletics
ANITA BRENNERAssociate Director
of Athletics
CHRIS WLOSINSKIAssistant Director
of Athletics/Student Servicesand Compliance
AL GANTERTAssociate Director
of Athletics/Physical Education
TOM HOWLEYAssistant Director
of Athletics/Athlete
Performance
JOHN WEBSTERDirector of
Athletic AlumniAffairs and Dev.
PATTY WELDONComplianceCoordinator
PAM DOLLAWAYHuman Resources
Manager
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An impressive staff of coaches leads the Big Red teams and recruits some of the finest student-athletes from a national and internationalpool of accomplished young men and women. The coaches demonstrate a commitment to teaching and a willingness to share their owncompetitive experiences with their teams. Their individual achievements and accomplishments include playing and coaching time in theprofessional and international ranks as well as numerous all-star performances during their own collegiate careers.
Meet The Big Red CoachesMeet The Big Red Coaches
LOU DUESINGThe Alan B. ‘53 and
Elizabeth Heekin HarrisWomen’s Track & Field
and Cross Country Coach
MARK DEVOYMen’s Squash
JEFF TAMBRONIThe Richard M.
Moran Head Coachof Men’s Lacrosse
JENNY GRAAP ‘86Women’s Lacrosse
DONNA HORNIBROOKField Hockey
PAUL BECKWITHGymnastics
DICK BLOODThe Jan Rock Zubrow ’77Head Coach of Softball
BARRY SCHOONMAKERThe Richard Savitt ‘50- Stephen Weiss ‘57
Head Coach ofMen’s Tennis
JULEE DEVOYWomen’s Squash
CHRIS WILSONThe Staley Head
Coach of Women’sRowing
RICK GILBERTThe Richard W. GilbertHead Coach of Diving
STEVE DONAHUEThe Robert E. Gallagher
’44 Head Coach ofMen’s Basketball
JOHN HOLOHANWomen’s Swimming
MIKE SCHAFER ‘86The Jay R. Bloom ’77
Head Coach ofMen’s Hockey
MATT BAUGHANGolf
DEITRE COLLINS-PARKERThe Wendy Schaenen ’79
Head Coach ofWomen’s Volleyball
DOUG DERRAUGHWomen’s Ice Hockey
NATHAN TAYLORThe George Heekin’29 Head Coach ofMen’s Track & Fieldand Cross Country
LAURA GLITZThe Carl Meinig ‘31
Head Coach ofWomen’s Tennis
DAVID ELDREDGE ‘81The Peter B. Orthwein‘69 Head Coach of Polo
DAYNA SMITHThe Rebecca Quinn
Morgan ’60Head Coach of
Women’s Basketball
TOM FORDThe Ted Thoren
Head Coach of Baseball
TERRY CULLENThe Terry Cullen Head
Coach of Sprint Football
IRYNA DOLGIKHFencing
An impressive staff of coaches leads the Big Red teams and recruits some of the finest student-athletes from a national and internationalpool of accomplished young men and women. The coaches demonstrate a commitment to teaching and a willingness to share their owncompetitive experiences with their teams. Their individual achievements and accomplishments include playing and coaching time in theprofessional and international ranks as well as numerous all-star performances during their own collegiate careers.
JOE LUCIAThe Philip H. Bartels’71 Head Coach ofMen’s Swimming
JIM KNOWLES ‘87The Roger J. Weiss ’61
Head Coach ofFootball
DAN ROOCKThe Spirit of ’57
Director of Men’sHeavyweight Rowing
TODD KENNETT ‘91The Robert B. Tallman’41 Men’s LightweightRowing Head Coach
CHRIS MITCHELLEquestrian
ROB KOLLThe David Dunlop’59 Head Coach of
Wrestling
BRYAN SCALESMen’s Soccer
GRETCHEN ZIGANTEWomen’s Soccer
(interim)
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The Ivy LeagueThe Ivy LeagueThe Ivy League is truly one of a kind.While the 2006-07 academic year marks the
50th season of official Ivy League athletic compe-tition, the rivalries and traditions in the League goso much deeper. The first official athletic compe-tition between League schools was more than 150years ago (1852, Harvard-Yale rowing) and the firstfootball game was more than 130 years ago (1872,Columbia-Yale).
In the early days, the Ivy schools dominatedcollege athletics. All-America status, Olympicmedals and national championships were rou-tinely earned by students from the AncientEight.
Today, Ivy Leaguers continue to claim nationaltitles and Olympic medals — as well as All-America and Academic All-America status. Hun-dreds continue athletic careers as professionalsand hundreds more as coaches and athletic ad-ministrators. The student-athletes also areamong the nation’s leading public servants,doctors, journalists, lawyers, scientists, scholars,business leaders, entertainers, educators and somuch more.
The success of the League comes withoutathletic scholarships while maintaining self-im-posed high academic standards. The Ivy Leaguehas demonstrated a rare willingness and ability,given the pressures on intercollegiate successthroughout the nation, to abide by these rulesand still compete successfully in Division I ath-letics.
Sponsoring conference championships in 33men’s and women’s sports, and averaging morethan 35 varsity teams at each school, the IvyLeague provides intercollegiate athletic oppor-tunities for more men and women than any otherconference in the country. All eight Ivy schoolsare among the “top 20” of NCAA Division Ischools in number of sports offered for both menand women.
The term “Ivy colleges” was first in October,1933 by Stanley Woodward of the New York Her-ald Tribune to describe the eight current Ivyschools (plus Army). On Feb. 8, 1935, AssociatedPress sports editor Alan Gould first used the exactterm “Ivy League.”
The first “Ivy Group Agreement,” signed in1945, applied only to football. It affirmed the ob-servance of common practices in academic stan-dards and eligibility requirements and the admin-istration of need-based financial aid, with no ath-letic scholarships. The agreement created the Presi-dents Policy Committee, including the eight Presi-dents; the Coordination and Eligibility Commit-tee, made up of one senior non-athletic adminis-trator from each school; and the committee onAdministration, comprised of the eight directorsof athletics.
The Ivy Presidents extended the Ivy GroupAgreement to all intercollegiate sports in Feb-ruary 1954. Their statement also focused on
Executive Director: Jeffrey H. OrleansSenior Associate Director: Carolyn Campbell-McGovernAssociate Director: Charles Yrigoyen IIIAssistant Director: Brett HooverCompliance Assistant: Mary MulvennaPublic Information Assistant: Josie CarlsonPublic Information Assistant: E.J. HubbardOffice Coordinator: Jane M. AntisAdministrative Assistant: Robin Patsey
Since 2000, the Ivy League has...• Produced 26 individual and 10 team NCAA nationalchampions. The League has also had national champi-ons in a number of non-NCAA sports like squash andmen’s rowing.• Posted an average number of 18.3 teams per schoolto be honored by the NCAA for outstanding AcademicProgress Rates in 2005-06. No other single school inthe nation met the Ivy League’s average.• Had more than 100 All-Americans each year.• Averaged more than a dozen Academic All-Ameri-cans (including an all-time high of 17 in 2004-05)• Had 162 competitors at the four Olympic Games (2000,2002, 2004). Those 162 have collected 53 medals, in-cluding 18 gold.• Sent hundreds of athletes into the professional ranks,including dozens of NFL players, including Sean Moreyand Isaiah Kacyvenski, who met at midfield as teamcaptains at Super Bowl XL.• Hosted the first ESPN College GameDay football showto draw more than 1.5 million households.• Became the first conference to ‘sweep’ the four ma-jor NCAA Awards in the same year. Columbia’s RobertKraft claiming the Roosevelt Award; Princeton’s JohnDoar the Inspirational Award; Yale’s Susan Wellingtonthe Silver Anniversary; and Brown’s Nick Hartigan theTop VIII.
presidential governance of the League, the importance ofintra-League competition, and a desire that recruited ath-letes be academically ‘representative’ of each institution¹soverall student body. Although that is the League¹s offi-cial founding date, the first year of competition was 1956-57.
The Ivy League office is housed in Princeton, N.J., underthe leadership of Executive Director Jeffrey H. Orleans, whohas been at that post since 1984.
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Tom Howley has beenthe strength and condi-tioning coach at Cornell
since July 1995. In that role, he oversees thedesign and implementation of athletic perfor-mance programs for Cornell’s 36 varsity sports.The comprehensive, year-round programsinclude strength and power development,mobility skill training and conditioning, andare implemented in a motivating, team-ori-ented environment.
Prior to his arrival at Cornell, Howley wasthe assistant director of strength and condi-tioning at East Carolina University from 1991-1995. During these seasons, the Pirates par-ticipated in two bowl games (1992 Peach Bowland 1995 Liberty Bowl), qualified for theNCAA baseball regional tournament (1994)and played in the NCAA basketball tourna-ment (1993).
Howley was a graduate assistant strengthand conditioning coach at Auburn Universityfrom 1989-91, where he earned his master’sdegree in exercise physiology. The Tigerswere the 1989 Southeastern Conference co-champions, the 1990 Hall of Fame Bowl andthe 1991 Peach Bowl champions. Howley alsoserved as an assistant coach with the specialteams.
A 1988 graduate of Tulane, Howley earneda bachelor of arts degree in history and was athree-year letterman and two year startingoffensive lineman on the football team. TheGreen Wave played in the 1987 Indepen-dence Bowl his senior year. He was therecipient of the New Orleans QuarterbackClub Student-Athlete Award as a senior.
Howley is an active participant in the CornellUniversity/Ithaca College chapter of the Fel-lowship of Christian Athletes. He and his wife,Amanda, reside in Ithaca with their daughter,Anna Corrine.
The Friedman CenterThe Friedman CenterChampions are crowned
during the season, but cham-pionships are earned longbefore competition begins.Cornell’s 900 varsity athleteshave exclusive access to oneof the newest and best train-ing facilities in the nation—the 8,000-square-foot Fried-man Strength and Condi-tioning Center. Completed in June 1997, this impressive $2 millionaddition to Bartels Hall reflects the university’s strong commitment toathletic excellence. Coaches and team members alike credit the center,its world-class equipment, and first-rate staff with adding immensely tothe success of the Big Red athletic program.
The Friedman Center contains free-weight, selectorized, plyometric,and cardiovascular equipment and has been designed to meet thediverse training needs of Cornell’s athletes. The center can accommo-date up to 100 users at a time without compromising safety or function.Its unique features include air-conditioning, a 175-watt stereo system,and damage-resistant flooring.
Cornell’s varsity strength and conditioning program—nicknamed“Big Red Power”—focuses on enhancing performance and preventinginjury. The new facility and equipment enable the staff to prescribeyear-round sport-specific programs with variety and precision.
Before the training programs are designed, the muscular andmetabolic needs for each sport—and for each position within thesport—are analyzed. Athletes are then assessed to identify theirindividual strengths and weaknesses, and follow-up assessments areconducted at regular intervals. Comprehensive workouts are pre-scribed to address deficiencies and promote the development of skillsused during competition.
Injury prevention also is emphasized. Through resistance training,the number and the severity of injuries are reduced. If an injury doesoccur, the strength and conditioning staff works closely with the sportsmedicine staff to ensure asafe and complete rehabilita-tion. The objective is to allowthe athlete to resume full par-ticipation as soon as possible.
TOMHOWLEY12th Year at CornellAssistant Director of
Athletics forAthlete Performance
Strength & Conditioning Staff
TOM DILLIPLANEAsst. Strength Coach
MARILYNN BROCKMANAsst. Strength Coach
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Eighth Year at CornellThe Andrew ‘78 and Margaret Paul Assistant Director of Athletics
for Student Services and Compliance
Support Services
Chris Wlosinski took over the role of theAndrew ‘78 and Margaret Paul Director ofStudent-Athlete Support Services in August2001 and was promoted to Assistant Athletic
Director for Student Services and Compliance in March 2005. In herposition, she has assumed a dedicated role focused on student-athletesupport and compliance with NCAA and Ivy League rules.
Cornell and its counterparts embrace a philosophy that includes thenotion that student-athletes should experience a mainstream colle-giate life, but the university also recognized the extra demands placedon this special population. In August of 1998, the position, the first ofits kind in the Ivy League, was created, a role that asks Wlosinski to workas an available and reliable adviser who understands the lifestylestudent-athletes lead and assists them in balancing their academic,athletic and personal challenges. In this capacity she also serves as aliaison with the colleges and directs student-athletes to appropriatecampus-wide resources for academic and personal needs.
When Wlosinski first joined the Big Red program, she workedcollaboratively with the director of student-athlete support ser-vices, coaches and administrators to provide counseling and
Class of ‘44 Study RoomStudent-athletes at Cornell have access to the Class of
’44 Study Room. The room is furnished with study tablesand chairs to comfortably accommodate 15-20 people inaddition to the computers that are all equipped withinternet access.
Members of Cornell’s Class of 1944 contributed to theproject, covering the expense of new furniture, computers,a printer, a lectern and a coat rack. The space is conve-niently located in Bartels Hall and is accessible to student-athletes between classes and before and after practice. Theroom is open Monday to Thursday 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. andFridays 8 a.m.to 4 p.m.
Support Services Academic ServicesAcademic counseling is provided in partnership with the student-athletes’assigned academic advisers and college advising office.Academic contracts are developed in conjunction with the student-athleteto outline specific academic goals for the semester.Academic monitoring of current course grades and academic performancecan be requested from instructors by coaches or student-athletes at anytimethroughout the semester. The instructor will be asked to fill out a form andreturn it to Athletic Student Services Office. Once received, a follow-upmeeting with the director allows the student-athlete to meet and discuss theiracademic progress.Tutoring services are available to all student-athletes as a supplement toexisting tutorial services on campus. Student-athletes may request a tutor bycompleting a tutor request form that can be obtained from their coach or theform can be printed from www.CornellBigRed.com.Laptop computers are available for student-athletes to sign out on awayathletic trips. You may request a laptop by contacting Chris Wlosinski. Thereis a limit of one per team and are available on a first-come first-serve basis.Study skills workshops can be arranged through the Athletic StudentServices office. Referrals to the Center for Learning and Teaching provideadditional support for individual academic and study skills support.
Support ServicesPersonal Needs CounselingStudent-athletes are encouraged to schedule an appointment with thedirector when they have concerns regarding academic, athletic, or personalissues. Assistance will be provided and referrals will be made to appropriatesupport services on campus.Educational Seminars/WorkshopsVarious seminars and workshops are given throughout the year and provideinformation relevant to student-athletes. Past workshops include topics suchas nutrition and eating disorders, alcohol education, sports psychology,women’s health issues, and study skills.Career Development ServicesCareer development services for student-athletes are coordinated with theUniversity Career Center and each of the undergraduate colleges. Servicesincluding assistance with resume writing and conducting a job search is alsoavailable through the various Career Centers across campus.Student-Athlete Assistance FundMoney is available for Pell Grant recipients and to non-US citizens who havedemonstrated need that is comparable to those qualifying for Pell grants andare receiving institutional aid. There is a $500 allowance for clothing andessentials and/or travel home and $100 for academic course supplies.
For more information regarding Student-AthleteSupport Services at Cornell, contact ...
Mailing AddressChris WlosinskiDepartment of Athletics — Cornell UniversityTeagle Hall, Campus RoadIthaca, NY 14853-6501
academic support services serving 36 varsity sports. She developedand maintained personal contacts with administrators and profes-sors throughout Cornell’s seven colleges, and she assisted thedirector in monitoring the academic progress of student-athletes.
Most of Wlosinski’s time is devoted to personal meetings withstudent-athletes, and while the bulk of her work focuses on fresh-men, sophomores and transfer students, she does assist athletesfrom all classes and across all colleges at Cornell.
Wlosinski came to Cornell in August 1999 and worked incompliance, student services and event management. In June2000, she accepted the position of associate director of alumniaffairs and development for athletics where she served untilassuming her current position.
Prior to joining the Cornell staff, Wlosinski spent a year each asan athletics administrative intern at Bates College and PlymouthState College. She also served as a special education teacher for thelearning disabled for seven years in Lancaster, Pa.
Wlosinski graduated from Millersville University in 1989 with abachelor’s degree in special education and from Plymouth StateCollege in 1999 with a master’s degree in education.
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JOCELYN STARK, ATCED KELLY, ATC
26th Year at CornellAssistant Director of Athletics for Sports Medicine
Doc Kavanagh Head Athletic Trainer/Physical Therapist
Athletic TrainingAthletic Training
Bernie DePalma’stop priorities are thehealth and safety ofthe student- athletes,
and providing them with a safe environmentfor training and competition. He has been anintegral member of the athletic staff as head ofphysical therapy, athletic training and rehabili-tation for Cornell University Health Servicessince August 1980 and head athletic trainersince 1983.
Bernie graduated from Quinnipiac Collegewith a bachelor of science degree in physicaltherapy in 1978 and received his master’sdegree in athletic training-sports medicinefrom the University of Virginia in 1980.
DePalma and the Big Red head coacheswork together in planning practice schedulesto assist in the prevention of injuries. DePalmaalso works closely with the strength and con-ditioning staff to assist with injury prevention.
Bernie was a founding member of theCornell sports nutrition discussion group,which examines the role nutrition plays inthe student-athlete’s well-being and perfor-
mance. He also manages programs he de-veloped for graduate assistantships withIthaca College and athletic trainer intern-ships from Ithaca and other area colleges.He supervises seven full-time staff membersand numerous part-time assistants.
Bernie’s expertise impacts national ath-letics legislation. He has served on numer-ous NCAA committees, including the com-mittee on competitive safeguards and medi-cal aspects of sport safety, which he chaired;the NCAA special committee on student-athlete welfare, access and equity; and thenational athletic trainer’s task force whichdeveloped medical coverage guidelines forall intercollegiate athletic programs.
He was honored in 2001 by the NationalAthletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) withthe Most Distinguished Athletic TrainerAward. The award recognizes the NATA’scertified members for their outstanding con-tributions to the profession of athletic train-ing and to the association.
Bernie and his wife, Mary, have a daughter,Taylor, and a son, Turner.
JIMCASE19th Year at Cornell
Associate Athletic Trainer
DR. DAVIDWENTZEL17h Year at Cornell
Chief of Sports Medicine
BERNIEDePALMA
Athletic training at Cornell University is dedicated to providing allstudent-athletes in the department with the highest level of health care.The care given by the Big Redtraining staff goes well beyondthe daily medical concerns thatevery Division I program has re-garding injury prevention, treat-ment and rehabilitation. Thetotal health care of the indi-vidual is the goal of the Cornellprogram.
MARC CHAMBERLAIN, ATC SARAH HERSKEE, ATC LINDA HOISINGTON, ATC ED KELLY, ATC
2006-07Big RedAthleticTraining
Staff
KATHY MACCHEYNE, EMT CHRIS SCARLATA, ATC JOCELYN STARK, ATC
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Prominent Cornell Alumni
GLENN (POP) WARNER 1894
ED LU ‘84
CHRISTOPHER REEVE ‘74
AEROSPACEED LU ’84Mission specialist for the Space Shuttle Atlantis, which docked with theRussian Space Station Mir
ARTSRICHARD MEIER ’57Internationally known architectSUSAN ROTHENBERG ’67PainterJASON SELEY ’40Sculptor; Cornell faculty memberPETER YARROW ’59Musician; Peter, Paul & Mary
BUSINESSADOLPH ’07 AND JOSEPH COORS ’39Founder/executives of the nation‘s larg-est single breweryPETER COORS ’69President, Coors Brewing CompanyHERBERT F. ’22 AND SAMUEL C. JOHNSON
’50Founder/executives of Johnson Wax CompanySANFORD I. WEILL ’55Financier and philanthropist; CEO of Citigroup
EDUCATION AND HUMANITIESURIE BRONFENBRENNER ’38Pioneer in human development studies; Cornell faculty memberJEROME H. HOLLAND ’39, MS ’41Former Ambassador to Sweden; former president of Hampton Instituteand Delaware State University; businessmanWILLIAM STRUNK PHD 1896Educator and editor; co-author of Elements of Style
ENTERTAINMENTARTHUR LAURENTS ’37Tony Award-winning playwright, screenwriter, director, and author;wrote West Side Story and directed La Cage Aux FollesBILL MAHER ’78Comedian, author; host of Politically Incorrect panel show on ABCEDWARD MARINARO ’72Actor, Hill Street Blues, SistersCHRISTOPHER REEVE ’74Actor, Superman I, II, III and IV movies; award winning director; activistfor medical research
GOVERNMENTSAMUEL (SANDY) R. BERGER ’67International consultant; national security advisor 1993-2000STEPHEN FRIEDMAN ’59Assistant for economic policy to President George W. Bush, and directorof the National Economic CouncilRUTH BADER GINSBURG ’54U.S. Supreme Court Justice; member of National Women’s Hall of FameJANET RENO ’60U.S. attorney general, 1993-2000; member of National Women’sHall of FameLEE TENG-HUI PHD ’68President of Taiwan
LITERATUREKENNETH BLANCHARD ’61, PHD ’67Author, The One-Minute Manager; management consultantTONI MORRISON ’55Winner of 1988 Pulitzer Prize and 1993 Nobel Prize for literatureKURT VONNEGUT JR. ’44Author (Cats Cradle, Slaughter House Five); prisoner of war in Germanyduring World War II
E. B. WHITE ’21Author (Charlotte‘s Web, Stuart Little)and editor; co-author of Elements of Style
MEDIAFRANK GANNETT 1898Newspaper publisher; founder of theGannett chainBILL NYE ’77Award-winning popular-science mediahost and authorKEITH OLBERMANN ’79Television sports anchor and commenta-torDICK SCHAAP ’55Emmy Award-winning television sports commentator , sports com-mentator, journalist, and author
SCIENCE, MEDICINE AND HEALTHJOYCE BROTHERS ’47Psychologist, author, and media personalityHENRY HEIMLICH ’41, MD ’43Developer of the Heimlich maneuver and of esophagoplastyC. EVERETT KOOP MD ’41U.S. surgeon general 1981-89BARBARA MCCLINTOCK ’23, ’25, PHD ’27Genetics researcher; winner of the 1983 Nobel Prize in physiology/medicineDOUGLAS OSHEROFF MS ’71, PHD ’73Co-winner of the 1996 Nobel Prize in physicsSTEVEN WEINBERG ’541991 National Medal of Science winner, and co-winner of the 1979Nobel Prize in physics
SPORTSJON ANDERSON ’711972 Olympian, track; winner of 1973Boston MarathonBRUCE ARENA ’73Coach of U.S. National soccer team;coached 1996 U.S. Olympic teamGARY BETTMAN ’74First National Hockey League commis-sionerKEN DRYDEN ’69Former NHL player, Montreal Canadiens,1971-79; inducted into the Hockey Hallof Fame, 1983; current Vice Chairman,Toronto Maple LeafsAL HALL ’56Four-time Olympian (1956, 1960, 1964, 1968), hammer throwROBERT TRENT JONES ’30Golf course architect; constructed over 450 courses around the world;inducted into PGA World Golf Hall of Fame, 1987CHARLES H. MOORE ’511952 Olympic gold medalist (hurdles) and silver medalist (1600-meter relay); honored as Golden Olympian, 1996; Cornell Director ofAthletics, 1994-99JOE NIEUWENDYK ’88Drafted in second round by the NHL Calgary Flames, 1985; currently playsfor the Toronto Maple Leafs; three-time Stanley Cup winner; 1998 Olym-pian; 2002 Olympic gold medalist; 1999 Conn Smythe Trophy winnerGLENN (POP) WARNER 1894Football coach at Cornell, Georgia, Carlisle (where he coached JimThorpe), Pittsburgh, Stanford and Temple. Overall 44-year coachingrecord was 319-106-29.
Prominent Cornell Alumni
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Newman ArenaNewman ArenaThe Cornell volleyball team entered the new millennium of play
in Newman Arena, one of the finest facilities in the Ivy League. Thefacility is named for F. R. Newman (‘12), who was considered oneof the nation’s foremost experts in industrial fuel-oil marketing.Helen Newman Hall, named for his wife of 36 years, is also partof his legacy and one of his many gifts to Cornell.
Since opening its doors to play, the arena has hosted 368 basketballgames and 162 volleyball matches, including the 1996 Ivy Leaguevolleyball tournament. The arena has also hosted the HarlemGlobetrotter basketball team and has held speeches by world leaderssuch as Nobel Peace Prize winner, Archbishop Desmond Tutu of SouthAfrica, and Lee Teng-hui ‘68, President of Taiwan
The arena provides seating for 4,473 fans, and featurestelescoping bleachers that allow for conversion to three courts forpractice. In addition to the outstanding volleyball arena,Bartels Hall contains locker room facilities for the Big Red andits visiting teams. The building also houses offices for severalof Cornell’s athletic programs. A 27,000-square-foot artificialturf field provides practice for the baseball, lacrosse, soccerand field hockey teams, and a playing field for the intramural,recreational and physical education programs.
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Big Red FacilitiesBig Red Facilities
TEAGLE HALL(GYMNASTICS, M&W SWIMMING)
SCHOELLKOPF FIELD(FOOTBALL, SPRINT FOOTBALL, M&W LACROSSE, FIELD HOCKEY)
NEWMAN ARENA(M&W BASKETBALL, VOLLEYBALL)
REIS TENNIS CENTER/BELKIN INTL. SQUASH COURTS(M&W TENNIS, M&W SQUASH)
JAMES LYNAH RINK(M&W HOCKEY)
BARTON HALL(M&W INDOOR TRACK & FIELD)
Set against a backdrop of the natural beauty of Cayuga Lake and the surrounding hills, an extensive array of facilitiesprovides a tremendous environment for practice and competition for Cornell’s varsity teams. Schoellkopf Field and itsdistinctive crescent-shaped stadium may be Cornell’s most familiar sports venue, but since the mid-’90s, a number of newfacilities have become landmarks as well. The Friedman Strength and Conditioning Center, a state-of-the-art facilitydedicated to the support and improvement of athletes’ performances, is a place where all teams gather to train. The KaneSports Complex, with its Berman Field for soccer and the Simon Track, and the Niemand•Robison Softball Field are alsoimpressive facilities. The Reis Tennis Center, the Belkin Squash Courts, and the Oxley Equestrian Center, home of theequestrian and polo teams, are part of an expanding complex that will include new homes for other teams as Cornellcontinues to realize its plan for renovation and building of athletic facilities.
Spacious and historic Barton Hall is home to the indoor track and field teams. The volleyball and basketball teams competein Bartels Hall’s 4,473-seat Newman Arena and the fencing team’s home, the Stifel Fencing Salle, is located on the lowerlevel of the facility. Adjacent to Bartels Hall is famed Lynah Rink, where the Big Red hockey teams perform before selloutcrowds for most home games. Lynah Rink is currently undergoing a facelift, and is expected to be ready for the 2006-07season. The Friedman Wrestling Center, opened in 2002, is located to the north of Bartels. The gymnastics and swimmingteams are housed in Teagle Hall, where Cornell crews also train during the winter months. Just down the hill from campusare the Collyer Boat House and the Doris Robison Shell House, which are scheduled for renovation and expansion.
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DAVID F. HOY FIELD(BASEBALL)
NIEMAND•ROBISON SOFTBALL FIELD(SOFTBALL)
OXLEY EQUESTRIAN CENTER(EQUESTRIAN, M&W POLO)
FRIEDMAN WRESTLING CENTER(WRESTLING)
ROBERT TRENT JONES GOLF COURSE(GOLF, M&W CROSS COUNTRY)
ROBERT J. KANE SPORTS COMPLEX(M&W OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD, M&W SOCCER)
ANDREW P. STIFEL ‘91 FENCING SALLE(FENCING)
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Success In And Out Of The Classroom ...Success In And Out Of The Classroom ...
CORNELL BY THE NUMBERS ...2 NCAA Woman of the Year finalists3 ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-America Hall of Fame members3 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship Recipients3 Cornellians who own major professional sports franchises4 Ivy League Player of the Year selections in 2005-066 Cornell student-athletes who have been awarded Rhodes Scholarships9 Ivy League team championships in 2005-0611 Cornell athletes named ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District in 2005-0617 Ivy League team championships the last two years (School record)18 NCAA tournament or championship meets Cornell participated in during 2005-0618 Total NCAA individual and team national championships18 Olympic gold medalists21 First team ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-Americans22 Cornell All-Americans in 2005-0624 Ivy League team championships the last three years (School record)36 Varsity sports at Cornell39 Cornellians who have earned Olympic medals53 Total Cornell ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-Americans64 Total national championships in all sports for the Big Red155 All-Ivy selections in 2005-06165 Total Ivy League team titles for the Big Red since 1956-57321 Total Academic All-Ivy selections
To be a Cornellian is to be among the best and CornellUniversity’s intercollegiate athletic program is no dif-ferent, ranking among the nation’s elite. The Big Redcompetes at the highest level of intercollegiate ath-letic competition as an NCAA Division I institution.Rich tradition and history follow Cornell athleticsthroughout the university’s storied past. Cornellianshave been national champions in ice hockey, lacrosse,polo, rowing, track and field and wrestling. They havealso earned spots in halls of fame, on All-Americateams, on the Olympic medal podium and have writ-ten their names in record books as Wimbledon tennischampions and major league players in baseball, bas-ketball, football and hockey. More recently, Cornellhas won 31 Ivy League titles in the last four years,which is a school record for a four-year span. That isonly part of the equation. During the same time pe-riod, the Big Red has had 12 student-athletes namedAcademic All-Americans. Going National
The Big Red participated in 18NCAA tournaments or nationalmeets in 2005-06 while gettingAll-America performances from22 student-athletes. Cornellathletes were also recognizedfor their academic perfor-mances, garnering an ESPN theMagazine Academic All-America selection and 11 All-District bids.
DEPARTMENT OF ATHLETICS AND
PHYSICAL EDUCATION MISSION STATEMENTThe Department of Athletics and Physical Education strives to
provide students with powerful and meaningful participatory expe-riences that forge enduring bonds with Cornell, and to provide forthe well-being of members of the faculty, staff, and community.
We offer a diverse program of physical and outdoor education,recreational services, and intercollegiate athletic competition, eq-uitably adminstered with special attention to the needs of womenand members of under-represented minority groups. We fosterthe values of physical fitness, total well-being, and enduring par-ticipation in athletics; teach leadership skills, teamwork, responsi-bility, and accountability; and administer programs that can becritical to the educational and personal development of studentsin keeping with the high standards of Cornell, the Ivy League, theEastern College Athletic Conference, and the National CollegiateAthletic Association.
The department promotes pride and unity within the universitycommunity and provides opportunities to develop, strengthen andmaintain ties to external audiences such as alumni, friends, theeducational community, and the general public by attracting in-terest, recognition and support.
Lyndsay Robinson ‘06 (left) was given the IWLCA‘s na-tional Community Awareness Award for community ser-vice. Here, Robinson and teammate Noelle Dowd ‘08 dolawn work for a local emeritus professor as part of theCornell Traditions program.
Lyndsay Robinson ‘06 (left) was given the IWLCA‘s na-tional Community Awareness Award for community ser-vice. Here, Robinson and teammate Noelle Dowd ‘08 dolawn work for a local emeritus professor as part of theCornell Traditions program.
The senior class of 2006 combined for a record31 Ivy titles in their four seasons, continuing theprogram’s storied success in athletics.
