In 1847, nearly fifteen years before the start of the Civil War, Pittsburgh Bishop Michael O’Con- nor invited six Franciscan friars from Ireland to establish a school and gave them the land for this purpose. It was located in a forest near Loretto, Pennsyl- vania, where the friars labored to clear the land and then construct the foundations of what would one day become Saint Francis University. Soon after its humble beginnings, Saint Francis University was recognized by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and given the authority to grant educational degrees. Historically, the University ranks as one of the first Catholic Universities in the nation, the first Franciscan college in the coun- try, and one of the first Catholic Universities to be- come co-educational in the United States. Today, Saint Francis University offers twenty- five undergraduate and seven graduate majors to about 2,000 students. By emphasizing values, skills and knowledge, each of these programs provides an understanding of Franciscan heritage, values and traditions. All programs foster an understand- ing of ethical issues; promote respect for diversity of people; develop communication, mathematical, critical thinking and computer-based skills; offer a broad range of knowledge, providing an effective counterpoint to the majors, and provide a coordi- nated set of courses and experiences to meet the special needs of all students. The University’s building program continued into the decade of the 1990s, bringing the campus to its present 23-structure expanse. The attractive 600-acre campus features nine residence halls, a student union, classroom and administrative build- ings, an athletics center, dining hall, library and chapel. Christian Hall, a modern residence hall for 150 upperclass students, was completed in 1998. The magnificent former Charles M. Schwab Es- tate and Gardens (now Mount Assisi Friary), Lake Saint Francis and Immergrun Golf Course further complement the Saint Francis Campus, making the setting ideal not only for focused learning, but tran- quil living as well. Diverse cultural opportunities are available for students and area residents alike through the Uni- versity’s fine arts program and the Southern Al- leghenies Museum of Art. Saint Francis University is governed by a Board of Trustees comprised of community leaders and Franciscan friars. Daily operation of the institution is under the direction of the President, who is sup- ported by highly competent faculty, administrators, and other staff. This Is This Is Saint Francis Saint Francis 200910MBkGuide:Layout 1 10/28/09 1:42 PM Page 2
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In 1847, nearly fifteen years before the start ofthe Civil War, Pittsburgh Bishop Michael O’Con-nor invited six Franciscan friars from Ireland toestablish a school and gave them the land for thispurpose.
It was located in a forest near Loretto, Pennsyl-vania, where the friars labored to clear the land andthen construct the foundations of what would oneday become Saint Francis University.
Soon after its humble beginnings, Saint FrancisUniversity was recognized by the Commonwealthof Pennsylvania and given the authority to granteducational degrees. Historically, the Universityranks as one of the first Catholic Universities inthe nation, the first Franciscan college in the coun-try, and one of the first Catholic Universities to be-come co-educational in the United States.
Today, Saint Francis University offers twenty-five undergraduate and seven graduate majors toabout 2,000 students. By emphasizing values, skillsand knowledge, each of these programs providesan understanding of Franciscan heritage, valuesand traditions. All programs foster an understand-ing of ethical issues; promote respect for diversityof people; develop communication, mathematical,critical thinking and computer-based skills; offer abroad range of knowledge, providing an effectivecounterpoint to the majors, and provide a coordi-nated set of courses and experiences to meet thespecial needs of all students.
The University’s building program continuedinto the decade of the 1990s, bringing the campusto its present 23-structure expanse. The attractive600-acre campus features nine residence halls, astudent union, classroom and administrative build-ings, an athletics center, dining hall, library andchapel. Christian Hall, a modern residence hall for150 upperclass students, was completed in 1998.
The magnificent former Charles M. Schwab Es-tate and Gardens (now Mount Assisi Friary), LakeSaint Francis and Immergrun Golf Course furthercomplement the Saint Francis Campus, making thesetting ideal not only for focused learning, but tran-quil living as well.
Diverse cultural opportunities are available forstudents and area residents alike through the Uni-versity’s fine arts program and the Southern Al-leghenies Museum of Art.
Saint Francis University is governed by a Boardof Trustees comprised of community leaders andFranciscan friars. Daily operation of the institutionis under the direction of the President, who is sup-ported by highly competent faculty, administrators,and other staff.
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B u i l d i n g F or T h e F u t u r e . . .B ui l d i n g F o r T h e F u tu r e . . .Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell visited Saint Francis University to present
$3.5 million as the state’s contribution towards the University’s new DiSepio Institute forRural Health and Wellness (middle photo, opposite page). Construction of the new facilitybegan in the fall of 2007 and is currently ongoing with a scheduled completion in 2009.
Intended as phase one of a larger science and wellness complex, the DiSepio Institutewill include an education and research center, a clinic and rehabilitation center, strength andconditioning center, cardio deck, classrooms and research facilities to support both studentsand regional communities.
The University is also expanding its athletics plant, starting with the construction onphase one of a new field house at DeGol Field (pictured below, right). When completed,the facility will bring locker rooms, coaches’ offices, meeting rooms, and training facilities tothe south end zone of the three-year-old stadium.
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GET TO KNOW SFUSaint Francis University is a private, Catholic, coeducational
liberal arts institution founded in 1847.
Located in the heart of the Allegheny Mountains of
Pennsylvania on 600 wooded acres, the scenic campus
is just half an hour from the cities of Al-
toona and Johnstown
and less than two hours from the city
of Pittsburgh.
Twenty-Three buildings dot our
beautiful mountain-top campus,
featuring nine residence halls and
an athletics center that houses a six
lane swimming pool, a fully
equipped weight
room, and courts
for basketball, volley-
ball, and racquetball.
CHOOSE A MAJORThe University has more than 30 majors including: Health
pre-law), Humanities, Social Sciences, Education, Natural and Ap-
plied Sciences, and Business.
We also offer innovative programs such as Renewable Energy,
Environmental Engineering, and a Computer Science major
with various con-
centrations such
as Web Applica-
tions. A majority
of our students
also complete in-
ternships or re-
search programs
to complement
their majors.
A 14-to-1 student-facultyratio and an average class size ofonly 19 students assures personal at-tention from 78 full-time professors,73% of whom hold doctoral or ter-
minal degrees.
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Student-AthleteStudent-AthleteDEVELOPMENTDEVELOPMENTSaint Francis University is committed to the total educational and
personal development of all Red Flash student-athletes. The
Student-Athlete Development Center is located in the Maurice
Stokes Athletics Center and offers the following services:
‘ Tutorial Services
‘ Academic Monitoring
‘ Special Programs for “at risk” student-athletes
‘ NCAA CHAMPS/Life Skills Program
‘ Career Development
‘ Individual and Group Counseling
‘ SAAC - Student-Athlete Advisory Committee
SportsSportsMEDICINEMEDICINEThe Saint Francis sports medicine staff emphasizes a proactive
program for Red Flash student-athletes.
By encouraging student-athletes to stay in shape, especially
during the off-season, and to maintain a healthy and well-balanced
diet, the sports medicine team helps student-athletes spend less
time in the training room and more time in the competitive arena.
‘ Consultation for Conditioning & Weight Training Programs
‘ Institutional and NCAA Drug-Testing Coordination & Education
GET INVOLVEDStudents can become involved with more than 60 clubs and
organizations and attend year-round activities such as film
series, lectures, concerts, and theatre productions.
Our intercollegiate athletic program features 21 NCAA
Division I sports for men and women as well
as a popular intramural program.
STAND OUTSaint Francis University is the only school in Central Pennsylva-
nia to be ranked among U.S. News & World Report’s Top
15 “Best Value” universities in the North Region for the fifth
consecutive year.
Recognized as one of the nation’s Top 100 Character
Building Colleges by The Templeton Foundation.
Named by high school guidance counselors as a
“hidden treasure” in the Kaplan/Newsweek edition
of Academic Programs/Offerings.
San Fernando, Trinidad na-tive MARC HONORE (‘07), SaintFrancis University’s first-ever Ameri-can Volleyball Coaches AssociationDivision I-II First Team All-Ameri-can, receives his diploma from Uni-
versity president, Father Zeis.
GO PLACESNinety-nine percent ofall Saint Francis Univer-sity graduates move onto employment or gradu-ate school within ninemonths.
AthleticAthleticFACILITIESFACILITIESSaint Francis University is home to one of the finest collections
of facilities in the Northeast Conference. Whether it’s the classic,
electric backdrop of DeGol Arena in the Stokes Center, or the
sparkling new turf and grandstand of DeGol Field, the
advantage in Loretto always goes to the Red Flash.
SFU is making moves to further enhance the Red Flash
student-athlete experience with the completion of construction on
phase I of a new field house at DeGol Field in 2008. When com-
pleted, the facility will bring dressing rooms, coaches’ offices,
meeting rooms, and training facilities to the south endzone of the
three-year-old-stadium.
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A c a d e m i c E x c e l l e n c eA c a d e m i c E x c e l l e n c eSaint Francis University is committed to the total educational and personal development of all Red Flash student-athletes.
1Saint Francis student-athletes have com-bined for 34 ESPN The Magazine AcademicAll-American designations - more than anyother school in the Northeast Conference.
2With 1,200 undergraduate students, SaintFrancis is the second-smallest NCAA Divi-sion I school in the country.
10Our physician assistant sciences program isone of the oldest in the country and isranked in the top-10 nationally by U.S. Newsand World Report.
14:1 Saint Francis’ student-to-faculty ratio.
32A total of 32 perfect 4.0 grade-point aver-ages aided Saint Francis University student-athletes in achieving an overall 3.0 GPA forthe 21st straight semester in the spring of2009.
65Saint Francis University offers 65 undergrad-uate majors, concentrations, and study op-tions.
99%Ninety-nine percent of all Saint Francis Uni-versity graduates move on to employment orgraduate school within nine months.
Former SFU wide receiver LukePalko was honored at the 49th annualNational Football Foundation & CollegeHall of Fame Awards Dinner on Decem-ber 5, 2006 at the Waldorf-Astoria in NewYork. A National Scholar-Athlete, Palkowas one of 17 finalists for the 2006 DraddyTrophy -- widely known as the ‘AcademicHeisman’ -- which is awarded to the
finest scholar-athlete in the nation.
Programs of Study
At Saint Francis you’ll get a solid, liberal arts edu-cation in the Franciscan tradition. You’ll be able tochoose from a host of career-oriented, high-de-mand majors that will get you off to a faststart upon graduation.
But most important, you’ll discover that whateveryou want to do and wherever you want to go, youcan reach it from here.
Business AdministrationAccountingEconomicsFinanceManagement Information SystemsManagementMarketing
Health SciencesExercise PhysiologyMedical TechnologyNursingOccupational TherapyPharmacy (2-3) and (3-3 B.S./Pharm. D.)Physical TherapyPhysician Assistant
HumanitiesAmerican StudiesEnglishLiteratureEnglish/CommunicationsFrenchHistoryInternational Business/ModernLanguage in French or SpanishPhilosophyReligious StudiesSpanishFine Arts
Natural & Applied SciencesBiologyBiochemistryBioinformaticsEnvironmental SciencesMarine BiologyMolecular BiologyChemistryBiochemistryForensicsComputer ScienceEngineering (3-2)Environmental EngineeringRenewable Energies ConcentrationForestry and EnvironmentalManagement (3-2)Interdisciplinary Environmental StudiesMarine and Environmental EducationSpecialtiesMathematics
Social SciencesCriminal Justice/SociologyPolitical ScienceInternational StudiesPublic Administration/GovernmentServicePsychologySocial WorkSociologyAnthropology
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It’s In the numbers...
Excellence On the Court and In the Classroom
Saint Francis student-athletes have combinedfor 34 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America designations = more than any otherschool in the Northeast Conference.
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A total of 32 perfect 4.0 grade point averagesaided Saint Francis University student-athletesin achieving an overall 3.149 GPA for the 21ststraight semester in the spring of 2009.
32Saint Francis University offers 65 undergraduatemajors, concentrations & study options.65
ESPN The Magazine Academic All-AmericansFormer SFU hoops players Dr. Nick Leasure, Md.,Mike Iuzzolino and Rob Krimmel have combined togarner a total of five ESPN The Magazine AcademicAll-American awards. Iuzzolino was the AcademicAll-American of the Year in 1991.
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THE STUDENT-ATHLETE DEVELOPMENT CENTER is located inthe Maurice Stokes Athletics Center and offers the followingservices:
• TUTORIAL SERVICES •Tutorial support is free to all student-athletes and can be arranged byrequest. Peer tutors are assigned on an individual or small group basis.This service is completely confidential.
• ACADEMIC MONITORING •Incoming and "at-risk" student-athletes' academic performance ismonitored through progress reports at least two times each semesterand midterm grade reports.
• SPECIAL PROGRAMS •The University's Academic Center for Enrichment provides "at risk"student-athletes and those on academic probation bi-weekly supportgroups. These groups explore the solutions needed to create en-hanced academic performance.
• NCAA CHAMPS/LIFE SkILLS PROGRAM •The Life Skills Program is in its eighth year at Saint Francis. ThisNCAA-sponsored program's goal is to enhance the quality of the stu-dent-athlete experience within the University setting. This is achievedby supporting efforts toward intellectual development and gradua-tion, promoting respect for diversity, enhancing interpersonal rela-tionships, building positive self-esteem, and developing leadership.The program helps student-athletes realize that athletics preparesthem for success in life.
• CAREER DEVELOPMENT •The Student-Athlete Development Center provides student-athleteswith career and educational counseling, job search training, job place-ment assistance and graduate/professional school placement assis-tance to encourage student-athletes to develop and pursue career andlife goals.
• INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP COUNSELING •There is a commitment to support the development of a well-bal-anced lifestyle for student-athletes, to encourage emotional well-being,personal growth and decision-making skills. Individual and groupcounseling are available.
• STUDENT-ATHLETE ADVISORY COMMITTEE •The Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) consists of twoappointed representatives from each athletic team. The Committeemeets regularly with athletics administrators to discuss any pertinentissues concerning student-athletes. Its purpose is to serve as a link be-tween the student-athletes and the Athletic Department administra-tion. Committee members get involved in campus projects,community service, and fundraising.
STUDENT-ATHLETE DEVELOPMENT
KELLI WILLIAMS, the Assistant Director of Student-Athlete Development, works with men’s basketball player RON JOHNSON.
Kelli WilliamsAssistant Director of Student-Athlete Development
Kurt McGinnisCHOICES Grant Coordinator
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SAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITYAthletic Administration
ATHLETIC DEPARTM ENT DIRECTORY
Mailing Address Saint Francis UniversityDepartment of AthleticsP.O. Box 600Loretto, PA 15940-0600
Phone 814.472.3276Internet www.goRedFlash.com
Bob Krimmel Director of Athletics
Erika RenwickSenior Associate Director of Athletics/ SWA
Jim BrazillAssistant Director of Athletics for Marketing,Promotions and Athletic Communications
Lacey GeorgeAssistant Director of Athletics for Compliance and Facilities
Margie McHenryTicket Manager
Sally KruleyOffice Assistant
Leona NoelOffice Assistant
Robyn AdamsAdministrative Assistant
TBADirector of Student-Athlete Development
Kelli WilliamsAsst. Director of Student-Athlete Development
Kurt McGinnisChoices Grant Facilitator
Bob VolkertDirector of Athletic Communications
Ashley BaileyAssistant Director of Athletic Communications
Sean FaganAssistant Director of Athletic Communications
Terry BennettDirector of Sports Medicine
Jesse WebberHead Strength & Conditioning Coach
Jason LoneskyAssistant Athletic Trainer
Mary KowalskiAssistant Athletic Trainer
Gina DiFrancoAssistant Athletic Trainer
Brent OttawayFaculty Athletics Representative
Pat PfeilstuckerAthletics Facilities Manager
Pat MaysPool Operator
COACHING STAFF
Men's BasketballDon Friday, Rob Krimmel, Doug Kraft, Chris Clark
Women's BasketballSusan Robinson Fruchtl, Joe Haigh, Tiffani Selhorst, Kamela Gissendanner
CheeringLori Seiler
Cross Country / Track & FieldGordon Thomson, Tamara Burns, RondellRuff, Carl Keifer
Field HockeyStacy Bean, Meaghan Moran
FootballDave Opfar, Darnel Richardson, Chris Vil-larrial, A.J. Anderson, Michael Craig,Ralph DelSardo, Joe Thomas, ChuckTerek, Joe Shook, Brian Wright, PaulCharbonneau
Men's GolfNick Wheeler, Brenton Cripe
Women's GolfChris Cascino, Brenton Cripe
Women's LacrosseSteph Marcon, Sarah DeStefano
Pep BandVickie Howe
Men's SoccerMichael Casper, David Casper
Women's SoccerBrenda van Stralen, Marcelo Antonelli
SoftballSabrina Lane, Dave Seamans
Women's SwimmingPatrick Gallagher, Lori Leitzinger
Men's & Women's TennisFrank Spaid
Men's VolleyballMike Rumbaugh, Henry Chuang
Women's VolleyballChuck Mullen, Kelly Krahenbuhl
FATHER GABRIEL
graduated from SaintFrancis University in1975 with a bachelor ofArts/Secondary Educa-tion and did his studentteaching at Bishop Car-roll High School inEbensburg. He holdsthree Master’s degrees: aMaster in Divinity from
Saint Francis Seminary; a Master of Theology from theWeston School of Theology; and a Master of Arts in Ed-ucational Leadership from the University of St. Thomas
Upon graduation from Saint Francis University, FatherGabriel taught English at Bishop Egan High Schoolwhere he specialized in working with academically chal-lenged students and developed a curriculum for adoles-cent literature. Over the course of the next five years healso taught at Saint Michael Grade school teaching 7thand 8th grade English, reading, and creative writing and atSaint Francis Preparatory School where he taught religion.Father Gabriel was ordained in May of 1980 and servedthe Franciscans, T.O.R. from 1980 until 1987 as Directorof Postulants and was a member of the Religious StudiesDepartment at Saint Francis College teaching courses inHebrew and Greek Scripture. During that time FatherGabriel developed the outreach program that has cometo be known as the Dorothy Day Center and was its firstdirector.
Father Gabriel has had numerous assignments includingserving as the Dean of Students and later as Principal atSaint Petersburg Catholic High School and as Director ofService Learning at Saint Francis University. From 1990 to1994, Father Gabriel was a member of the Board ofTrustees at The Franciscan University of Steubenville andserved as the Director of the Bede House Center andCatholic Campus Minister at The College of New Jersey,and served as Coordinator of Campus Ministries at TheCollege of New Jersey. Father Gabriel was Campus Min-ister at Conwell-Egan High School and taught in the The-ology Department at Conwell-Egan from 1994-2000.
Father Gabriel served in pastoral care at Trenton Psy-chiatric Hospital and served as a team member in the In-tensive Treatment Center. He developed programs oftheological and spiritual development for the residentsand co-developed a program that assisted those incarcer-ated for sexual offenses under the title of S.O.S. (Sex-Of-fenders’ Spirituality).
In July of 2004, Father Gabriel was elected as the 31stPresident of Saint Francis University, the oldest Francis-can university in the United States.
Father Gabriel presently serves on the Board of Direc-tors of the Sister Thea Bowman Foundation.
FATHER GABRIEL ZEIS, T.O.R.University President
ADMINISTRATION
FRANk MONTE-CALVO, Ed.D, VicePresident for StudentDevelopment, cameto Saint Francis onNovember 1, 2007,from HuntingdonCollege in Mont-gomery, AL where heserved as Provost andDean of Faculty. He
first went to Huntingdon College in 1999 as VicePresident for Enrollment Management and StudentAffairs in 1999 and was named Provost, and Deanof Faculty in 2004. His background also includesDirector of the Department of Student Activities,Director of Residential Life, and Assistant Dean ofStudents, and Dean of Student Affairs.
Montecalvo received his undergraduate Bachelorof Arts degree in the Administration of Justice
from Salve Regina University, Newport, RI as wellas his Master of Arts in Human Resource Manage-ment, emphasis: Leadership. In 1999 he receivedhis Doctor of Education degree from the Univer-sity of Vermont, Burlington, VT.
Montecalvo is married to Leigh and is the father ofthree children Frank, Lauren and Michael. Frankand his family reside in Duncansville, PA.
At Saint Francis, Montecalvo oversees the associ-ate deans and directors for the Student Develop-ment Division. This Division includes Athletics,the Associate Dean of Students which encom-passes Multi-cultural Affairs and Judicial Affairs,Career Services, Counseling Center, Student HealthServices and Intercept, Residence Life, and theCenter for Student Life which encompasses Stu-dent Activities/Student Center/and Greek Affairs.
DR. FRANk MONTECALVOVice President For Student Development
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BOB kRIMMEL entershis fifth year as Directorof Athletics at SaintFrancis University. Hemanages the operationof an NCAA Division Iprogram that sponsors21 intercollegiate sports(nine for men and 12 forwomen). Approximately
400 Red Flash student-athletes compete across the Uni-versity’s 21 sports.
He arrived at Saint Francis as the 10th Director of Ath-letics in school history after a 32-year career in the athlet-ics department at Penn State University. He served thereas an Assistant Athletic Director for his last seven years(1998-2005) following a highly-successful coaching careerwith the Nittany Lions’ women’s swimming program.
Responsible for overseeing 15 sports during his tenure asan Assistant Athletic Director at Penn State, Krimmel hasalso served on numerous committees, both at PSU and onthe national level. He served on the NCAA Men’s Volley-ball Committee from 1999-2004, including a two-year termas national chairperson (2002-04). He served on the East-ern Women’s Swimming League Executive Committeefrom 1983-90.
At the University level, Krimmel served on Penn State’sAffirmative Action Committee for the last three years andhas provided his services on PSU’s Coalition Against Re-lationship and Sexual Assault for the last four years. Hehas also taught Kinesiology and various activity coursesand has served as the Penn State Athletic Department’s Co-ordinator for Undergraduate Kinesiology Internships since1999.
Krimmel compiled a 162-38-1 head coaching record dur-ing 17 years at the helm of the Penn State women’s swim-ming program (1981-98). He became the Nittany Lions’head coach in 1981 after serving as an assistant with the
school’s men’s and women’s swimming teams for eight sea-sons (eight with men; seven with women). Krimmelcoached 61 All-Americans, 11 Academic All-Americans,seven Big Ten Conference individual champions and fourU.S. Olympic Trial qualifiers during his head coaching ca-reer.
A member of Pennsylvania’s Swimming Hall of Fame,Krimmel sent at least two swimmers to the NCAA Cham-pionships 16 times in his 17-year head coaching career.Penn State was the only Eastern women’s team in the na-tion to qualify swimmers to the NCAA Division I Cham-pionships every season from 1982-96.
Voted the Eastern Coach-of-the-Year in 1988 and 1990,Krimmel guided his program into Big Ten competition in1992. In 1996-97, Penn State’s women’s swimming teamled the nation (Division I, II and III) in team grade-point-average, maintaining a cumulative G.P.A. of 3.335.
A 1973 graduate of Penn State with a bachelor of sciencedegree in secondary education, Krimmel competed on theNittany Lions’ men’s swimming team and is a formerschool record-holder in the 100 and 200-yard freestyleevents. He earned his master of education degree in coun-seling from PSU in 1974.
Krimmel and his wife, Sharon (who is Director of Un-dergraduate Advising for the Department of Kinesiologyat Penn State), have three sons: Rob, Ken, and John.
Rob will enter his 10th season as an assistant on the SaintFrancis men’s basketball coaching staff in 2009-10. Heplayed for the Red Flash from 1996-2000 and was a two-time ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American. Johnalso competed on SFU’s basketball team before graduat-ing Summa Cum Laude from the University in May 2005.John currently serves as an admissions representative forEnrollment Management at Saint Francis. Ken is a gradu-ate of Penn State and played basketball for the NittanyLions from 1998-2002, and currently serves as the assis-tant director of student-athlete educational services at St.Joseph’s University.
BOB kRIMMELDirector of Athletics
ERIkA RENWICk be-gins her 12th year asthe Senior Women’sAdministrator of theSaint Francis UniversityDepartment of Athlet-ics. Renwick was pro-moted to associatedirector of athletics inthe summer of 2002after serving as assis-
tant to former A.D. Jeff Eisen for more than threeyears.
In the summer of 2006, she earned a promotion tosenior associate director of athletics. Renwick is re-sponsible for overseeing nine of Saint Francis’ 21 ath-letic programs, while also maintaining compliance andthe student-athlete development program for the en-tire athletics department. As compliance coordinator,Renwick monitors SFU’s conduct within the rules andregulations set forth by the NCAA, the NortheastConference and the University. She educates the ath-letics staff, student-athletes and the campus commu-nity on NCAA rules, as well as designs thedepartments’ comprehensive compliance manual.
As SWA, Renwick serves as SFU’s liaison with gov-
erning athletic associations and conferences regardingto the governance of women’s athletics. She handlesall aspects of the University’s gender-equity program,including the implementation of its gender-equityplan. Renwick is also a liaison for the athletic depart-ment in its dealings with University constituents. Sheis responsible for all student-athlete data, including ad-missions, financial aid, registration, and academic per-formance. Prior to her hire at Saint Francis, Renwick was the
compliance officer for the entire athletics program atIndiana University of Pennsylvania from 1993-98. Shealso served as business manager, overseeing depart-mental budgets and developing quarterly and annualfinancial reports and long-range fiscal planning. Renwick served as SWA and Director of Intramural
and Recreational sports at IUP for one year and washead softball coach for two seasons. She earned hermaster’s degree in business administration from Indi-ana (Pa.) in 1992.
An outstanding collegiate softball player, Renwickwas inducted into Penn State-Behrend’s Athletics Hallof Fame in 2001. She received a bachelor’s degree inaccounting from the school and was selected the Fe-male Scholar Athlete of the Year in 1990.
ERIkA RENWICkSenior Associate Director of Athletics/SWA
ATHLETIC DEPARTM ENT DIRECTORY
Mailing Address Saint Francis UniversityDepartment of AthleticsP.O. Box 600Loretto, PA 15940-0600
Phone 814.472.3276Internet www.goRedFlash.com
Bob Krimmel Director of Athletics
Erika RenwickSenior Associate Director of Athletics/ SWA
Jim BrazillAssistant Director of Athletics for Marketing,Promotions and Athletic Communications
Lacey GeorgeAssistant Director of Athletics for Compliance and Facilities
Margie McHenryTicket Manager
Sally KruleyOffice Assistant
Leona NoelOffice Assistant
Robyn AdamsAdministrative Assistant
TBADirector of Student-Athlete Development
Kelli WilliamsAsst. Director of Student-Athlete Development
Kurt McGinnisChoices Grant Facilitator
Bob VolkertDirector of Athletic Communications
Ashley BaileyAssistant Director of Athletic Communications
Sean FaganAssistant Director of Athletic Communications
Terry BennettDirector of Sports Medicine
Jesse WebberHead Strength & Conditioning Coach
Jason LoneskyAssistant Athletic Trainer
Mary KowalskiAssistant Athletic Trainer
Gina DiFrancoAssistant Athletic Trainer
Brent OttawayFaculty Athletics Representative
Pat PfeilstuckerAthletics Facilities Manager
Pat MaysPool Operator
COACHING STAFF
Men's BasketballDon Friday, Rob Krimmel, Doug Kraft, Chris Clark
Women's BasketballSusan Robinson Fruchtl, Joe Haigh, Tiffani Selhorst, Kamela Gissendanner
CheeringLori Seiler
Cross Country / Track & FieldGordon Thomson, Tamara Burns, RondellRuff, Carl Keifer
Field HockeyStacy Bean, Meaghan Moran
FootballDave Opfar, Darnel Richardson, Chris Vil-larrial, A.J. Anderson, Michael Craig,Ralph DelSardo, Joe Thomas, ChuckTerek, Joe Shook, Brian Wright, PaulCharbonneau
Men's GolfNick Wheeler, Brenton Cripe
Women's GolfChris Cascino, Brenton Cripe
Women's LacrosseSteph Marcon, Sarah DeStefano
Pep BandVickie Howe
Men's SoccerMichael Casper, David Casper
Women's SoccerBrenda van Stralen, Marcelo Antonelli
SoftballSabrina Lane, Dave Seamans
Women's SwimmingPatrick Gallagher, Lori Leitzinger
Men's & Women's TennisFrank Spaid
Men's VolleyballMike Rumbaugh, Henry Chuang
Women's VolleyballChuck Mullen, Kelly Krahenbuhl
ADMINISTRATION
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SAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITYStokes Club2009-10 Red Flash Basketball
2009-10 Red Flash Basketball
Give a Gift ... Build a LegacyAlumni, parents, friends, students, faculty and staff are among those who have generously
supported the Saint Francis University Stokes Club.
The Stokes club is an organization which provides assistance and support to student-ath-
letes participating in our 21-sport Division I Athletics Program. Our student-athletes and
coaches work hard to represent Saint Francis University, and you, in a positive manner year-
round.
With your recent contributions, Saint Francis Athletics has enjoyed improvements at DeGol
Field, which also includes Fr. Bede Hines Track, and the Stokes Softball Field. Contribu-
tions have also helped to improved every day working conditions within the athletic depart-
ment.
We are extremely proud of our past athletic and academic accomplishments. However, with
your help we can move forward and take our programs to even greater success in the class-
room, in the community and in our competition. The future of Red Flash Athletics is very
bright because you care about our student-athletes.
The Stokes Club
Stokes Club members Lou Ann Evans, Stephen Sangiorgi (President of the StokesClub), Rita Sangiorgi and President of Saint Francis Father Gabriel Zeis at theStokes-Hahn Golf Outing atOmni Bedford Springs Resort and Spa.
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MeMbership LeveLs
stokes CLub Life MeMber
4$50,000 or more qualifies you for endowment/naming opportunities, plaque recognition, Red Flash ap-parel, Immergrun Golf Club Membership, complimentary basketball season tickets, special event invita-tions and much, much more.
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4$10,000 to $49,000 qualifies you for Red Flash apparel, Immergrun Golf Club Membership, compli-mentary basketball season tickets, special event invitation and much, much more.
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4$325 to $549 qualifies you for premium parking, medua guide, basketball season ticket discount andmuch, much more.4Mvp
$125 to $324 qualifies you for buffet discount, newsletter, lapel pin (first year), access to club room, post-
season tickets priority and more.
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2009-10 RED FLASH BASKETBALL
Don Friday enters his second season at the helm of the Saint Francismen’s basketball program with renewed enthusiasm, and a wealth ofnew talent to begin the march toward bringing a winning tradition
back to Loretto.
Friday got the Red Flash off to a somewhat surprising start in his first season,but injuries and a lack of depth soon took a toll on his team. SFU had earlyseason wins over Bucknell and eventual MEAC-champion Morgan State beforethe injury bug set in. Despite a tough stretch in January and February, the RedFlash never quit under Friday, and the tone for 2009-10 was set with an impres-sive season-ending victory over Fairleigh Dickinson.
Friday welcomes back his top two scorers – Mislav Jukic and Devin Sweetney –plus three other experienced players, as well as the addition of 10 players in hisfirst recruiting class.
Under Friday’s tutelage, Kurt Hoffman, Jukic and Sweetney had career-bests inseveral statistical categories, and Chris McFarland and Sorena Orandi began tomake the progress needed to aid the Red Flash in 2009-10.
Friday was named Saint Francis’ 20th men’s basketball head coach on May 14,2008, after serving in the same capacity at Division III Lycoming College forthe previous five seasons. While he is in his first head job as a Division I coach,Friday has 20 years of coaching experience to the bench, where he has been ex-tremely successful at every stop he has made.
Friday is now in his second season of rebuilding a Red Flash squad that haswon just 24 games over the past four seasons. His first recruiting class reportedto campus this past summer, and it appears that Friday’s impact is already beingfelt on the program.
Before arriving in Loretto, Friday left his mark at Lebanon Valley, Bucknell andLycoming, helping to rebuild programs during each coaching stint. Most re-cently, Friday led the Warriors of Lycoming to the MAC Freedom playoffs inthree of his five seasons as head coach, earning MAC Coach-of-the-Year awardtwice. He compiled an 83-49 (.629) record at the helm of the Warriors’ pro-gram, and has a career record of 319-236 (.575) as an assistant and head coachin 20 seasons on the bench. In just four recruiting classes at Lycoming, Fridayhad five all-league selections, including 2005-06 conference Player-of-the-Year,Jonathan Pribble and Rookie-of-the-Year, Greg Sye.
Saint Francis is hoping that the St. Clair, Pa. native can lead its program back to
the top of the Northeast Conference and into the NCAA Tournament for thefirst time since 1990-91.
In addition to his commitment on the floor, Friday envisions maintaining thepristine image that the Red Flash program has been accustomed to in the class-room and in the community.
“The Saint Francis men’s basketball program will remain committed to theFranciscan Goals of Higher Education,” Friday said. “Our program will becentered on our student-athletes. We will teach our kids to have success in theclassroom and as young adults, and that will translate onto the basketball court.But our players will also represent the university with dignity and class in thecommunity. Our goal is to make this program one that is admired by all.”
Friday got his start in coaching at his alma mater, Lebanon Valley College,under the guidance of three-time Patriot League Coach-of-the-Year, Pat Flan-nery. Under Flannery’s tutelage, Friday helped lead Lebanon Valley to its firstwinning season in 18 years during his first season as an assistant in 1989-90.The program received an ECAC invitation each of the next two seasons, andmade the NCAA Tournament in both 1993 and 1994, winning the Division IIInational championship in 1994. He recruited the 1994 Division III NationalPlayer-of-the-Year.
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SAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITYHead Coach Don Friday
HH e a de a d CC oa C Ho a C H
ddonon FFridayridayFriday At-A-Glance:
Born: April 17, 1968
Hometown: St. Clair, Pa.
Parents: Don and Martha
Wife: Married to the former Amy Keitsock
Children: Donald Lewis, 10
Education: B.S. (Management), Lebanon Valley, 1990;
M.S. (Business Administration), Lebanon Valley, 1993
Head coach Don Friday and his wife, Amy, have a 10-year-old son, Donald.
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After reaching collegiate basket-ball’s highest pinnacle with theDivision III national title, Fridayfollowed his mentor back to hisalma mater at Bucknell, wherehe served as his top assistant forthe next nine seasons. His re-cruitment efforts in Lewisburghelped the Bison reach theNCAA Tournament and upsetKansas and Arkansas in 2005and 2006, respectively. UnderFlannery, Friday was responsiblefor a team defense that wasranked in the Top-10 nationally,and consistently ranked No. 1 inthe Patriot League.
During his first season as a headcoach, Friday made an immedi-ate impact. He helped the War-riors improve from 15-11 to21-8, while winning the MACConference Tournament ontheir way to advance to the sec-ond round of the NCAA Tour-nament. Lycoming ranked firstin the conference in defensivefield goal percentage, and sec-ond in the nation in rebounding,that season. He also led theteam to its first win over a Divi-sion II opponent in 17 seasons,and its first winning road recordin seven years. Friday receivedthe CBOA Scranton-LehighChapter’s Sportsmanship Awardin 2004.
In 2006, Lycoming again ad-vanced to the MAC playoffs,and Friday was named the con-ference’s Coach-of-the-Year forthe first time. He picked up hissecond Coach-of-the-Yearaward in 2008 after guiding theWarriors to the MAC Common-
wealth regular season title.
While succeeding on the court, Friday’s teams have also earned high grades inthe classroom. His 2007-08 team achieved a cumulative 2.7 grade-point-aver-age.
It total, Friday has enjoyed 14 winning seasons in 20 years of coaching, includ-ing five of six seasons as a head coach. At Bucknell, his teams never finishedlower than third in Patriot League play. His 2007-08 Lycoming squad went 17-10 overall, and 7-3 in the league to win the regular season title. In five seasons,his teams were a combined 54-15 (.783) while playing on their home court.
Friday holds a Bachelor of Science in Management and a Master of Business inAdministration, both from Lebanon Valley College.
Friday is married to the former Amy Keitsock. The couple has a 10-year-oldson, Donald. The Friday family recently built a new home and reside in nearbyEbensburg, Pa.
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What They Are Saying:
Lycoming College President
Dr. James E. Douthat:
“(Don Friday) clearly possesses all the
personal and professional qualifica-
tions to lead a Division I program. We
appreciate his fine work in building an
excellent men’s basketball program at
Lycoming. Don and his family will be
missed.”
Lycoming College Athletics Director
Frank Girardi:
“Don has served Lycoming extremely
well. He has elevated our program to
a championship level. Going from a
Division III head coach to a Division
I head coach tells you what the bas-
ketball community thinks of Don. I
wish Don and his family the very
best.”
Former Bucknell Head Coach
Pat Flannery:
“He can recruit. He’s a guy that will
get after it. You’ll see him recruit very
hard in different areas.”
University of Tulsa Head Coach
Doug Wojcik:
“Don Friday is well prepared to be a
Division I head coach. He has been a
part of winning programs his entire
career. He will bring that winning atti-
tude to Saint Francis.”
Temple Head Coach
Fran Dunphy:
“Don Friday is a good man. I wish
him great luck and success at Saint
Francis University, and I’m sure that it
will come. He is a hard-working guy
with great morals. I cannot imagine
anything but success is going to fol-
low him at the Division I level.”
Wake Forest Head Coach
Dino Gaudio:
“Don is as good a teacher, recruiter
and coach as there is in the country.
He will bring Saint Francis back to
prominence in the Northeast Confer-
ence very quickly. His work ethic and
enthusiasm are second to none. Saint
Francis has made a great hire.”
Friday’s assistant CoaChing Career
Year School W L Pct. Notes1989-90 Lebanon Valley 17 9 .654 First winning season in 18 years1990-91 Lebanon Valley 15 12 .556 ECAC invitation1991-92 Lebanon Valley 17 8 .680 ECAC invitation1992-93 Lebanon Valley 18 10 .643 NCAA Tournament1993-94 Lebanon Valley 28 4 .875 NCAA D-III ChampionsLebanon Valley Totals 95 43 .688
1994-95 Bucknell 13 14 .481 Tied for first in Patriot League1995-96 Bucknell 17 11 .607 Tied for third in Patriot League1996-97 Bucknell 18 11 .621 Second in Patriot League1997-98 Bucknell 13 15 .464 Tied for third in Patriot League1998-99 Bucknell 16 13 .552 Tied for second in Patriot League1999-00 Bucknell 17 11 .607 Third in Patriot League2000-01 Bucknell 14 15 .483 Patriot League semifinalists2001-02 Bucknell 13 16 .448 Patriot League semifinalists2002-03 Bucknell 14 15 .483 Patriot League semifinalistsBucknell Totals 135 121 .527
Friday’s head CoaChing Career
2003-04 Lycoming 21 8 .724 NCAA Tournament2004-05 Lycoming 17 8 .6802005-06 Lycoming 15 11 .577 MAC Playoffs, MAC Coach-of-Year2006-07 Lycoming 13 12 .5202007-08 Lycoming 17 10 .630 MAC Champions, MAC Coach-of-YearLycoming Totals 83 49 .6292008-09 Saint Francis 6 23 .207
Head coach Don Friday enters his second season at the helm of the Saint Francis men’s basketball program. He wel-comes his first recruiting class to campus this season.
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SAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITYAssistant Coaches
Former Temple University point guard CHRIS
CLARk joins the Saint Francis University men’s bas-
ketball coaching staff for the first time under head
coach Don Friday.
Clark is believed to be the only person to ever play
under three legendary Philadelphia coaches - John
Chaney, Fran Dunphy and Speedy Morris. Clark will
use his wealth of knowledge learned from the game’s
best tutors to aid in the development of the Red Flash
guards.
“We are extremely excited to have Chris Clark join our
family here at Saint Francis,” Friday said. “I am really
looking forward to Chris Clark working here in our
program. Chris has been blessed to be around some
great basketball minds as a player. He comes from a
lineage of coach Speedy Morris at St. Joseph’s Prep,
retired Hall of Fame coach John Chaney at Temple,
and now current head coach Fran Dunphy at Temple.
“The thing that came to the forefront as we got to
know Chris more and more was that we are getting a
tremendous person, and a young man who is ex-
tremely hungry to be in the coaching profession. In
my conversations with coach Dunphy, he pointed to
Chris’ leadership and actions as being important to the
resurgence of the Temple basketball program. As we
try to grow our program, I know that Chris’ previous
experience will be important in our rebuilding
process.”
Clark, a product of head coach Speedy Morris out of
Saint Joseph’s Preparatory High School in Philadel-
phia, recently earned his bachelors of science in Sports
Management. He helped Saint Joseph’s Prep win three
Southern Division Titles and two Catholic League
championships, serving as team captain for two years.
He then played under Hall of Famer John Chaney dur-
ing the 2004-05 season, and concluded his college bas-
ketball career as a team captain on the Owls’ 2008
Atlantic 10 Championship squad under coach Dunphy.
He was named the Big 5’s Most Improved Player that
season in helping Temple advance to the NCAA Tour-
nament. Clark averaged 7.5 ppg, and had 59 assists and
24 steals as a senior. He was second on the team with
57 three-pointers, and led the team with 41.6 percent
accuracy on 137 three-point attempts.
Clark has been extremely active in the community. He
has been a Big Brother Program volunteer, a Reading
for Children volunteer, and has done community serv-
ice at the Carousel House in Philadelphia. Additionally,
Clark has volunteered with Midtown Parish United
Methodist Church, Temple Rollin Owls Basketball
League, and Cherry Hill’s Martin Luther King Day. He
has also worked as a counselor for summer basketball
camps with coach Dunphy, Temple women’s basketball
coach Dawn Staley and the Speedy Morris Basketball
Camp.
CHriS ClArk E FirST SeASonPersonalFull Name: Chris Robin ClarkBirth Date: Feb. 3, 1986Hometown: Philadelphia, Pa.High School: Saint Joseph’s PrepCollege: TempleSport Played: BasketballYears Lettered: 2004-08
Coaching Career2009-Present:Saint Francis UniversityAssistant Men’s Basketball Coach
Education4 B.S. Sports Management
Temple University, 2009
Clark on Coaching College Basketball“Nothing is greater than having the chanceto impact someone's life by helping thembecome a better person through the gameof basketball. It is a privilege and a blessingfor me to be doing something I love whilegrowing as a person and as a basketballcoach.”Clark on Being a Student-Athlete“Having the opportunity of being a student-athlete was one of if not the greatest experi-ence of my life. The chance to receive a freeeducation while playing a sport is an oppor-tunity that few people have in life. Thefriendships you form and the bonds you cre-ate with your teammates, coaches, and pro-fessors are more important than basketball,and will last forever.”
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2009-10 RED FLASH BASKETBALL Assistant CoachesSAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITY
Twenty-five years of coaching experience accompanies DOUG kRAFT
into his second season in Loretto. Prior to joining Don Friday at Saint
Francis, Kraft spent the previous seven seasons as Associate Head
Coach at DeSales University in Allentown, where he helped guide the Bulldogs
to an overall record of 142-54.
As part of his duties under Friday, Kraft oversees the development of the Red
Flash post players. In his first season as a Red Flash mentor, he helped guide
center Mislav Jukic to a breakout season. Jukic entered his junior campaign
with career averages of 2.1 ppg and 1.1 rpg. However, Kraft molded the Croat-
ian native into a threat in the post. Jukic was second on the team with 10.4 ppg
and 4.8 rpg in 2008-09, and led the team with 21 blocks.
At DeSales, Kraft helped center Phil Stricker develop into the 2008 Freedom
Conference Player-of-the-Year. Stricker, a three-time first team all-conference
player, was named a third team State Farm/NABC All-American center. Kraft
worked with five other Bulldog front court players that received all-conference
recognition.
Kraft’s credentials are extensive and impressive. After starting as an assistant
coach at his high school alma mater, Conestoga Valley, from 1982-84, he has
served in the role of assistant coach, assistant athletic director, recruiting coor-
dinator, and head coach during his career. His latest challenge brings him to the
Division I level, where he hopes to repeat his past successes.
At DeSales, he served in the dual role of Coordinator of Athletic Recruiting
and Associate Head Coach. He was involved in all facets of the Bulldogs’ suc-
cessful NCAA Division III program. In addition to the team’s .725 winning
percentage during his tenure, Kraft helped DeSales to five seasons of 20-or-
more wins, three regular season conference titles, four conference champi-
onship game appearances and one ECAC South Region championship.
He was part of a coaching staff that received the Coach-of-the-Year award in
2003, 2004 and 2008. Kraft concluded his final season at DeSales with a 21-6
record, while the team averaged 72.8 points per game, and surrendered just
62.9 ppg.
Prior to his arrival in Allentown, Kraft spent three seasons as the Head Men’s
Basketball Coach and an Assistant Director of Athletics and Recreation from
1998-2001 at Marywood University in Scranton. He took over a struggling Di-
vision III men’s program and helped guide them to the most wins in school
history and to its first two playoff appearances in program history. He was
named the 2000 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Coach-of-the-
Year for his efforts. As Assistant Director of Athletics and Recreation, Kraft
carried out duties as the athletic department’s Recruiting Coordinator, Aca-
demic Support Coordinator, and Summer Camp Coordinator. In 2000, Kraft
was recognized by the city of Scranton by being presented a key to the city for
his contributions to the game of basketball in the area.
The road to Marywood and DeSales was paved through Kraft’s hard work and
determination as a Volunteer Graduate Assistant Coach at East Stroudsburg
University. He entered the position as a volunteer in 1994 when he coordinated
film exchange and study hall programs, assisted in recruiting, scouting, and
game and practice preparation. He was elevated to Graduate Assistant Coach in
1995, and served as Interim Head Coach from April 1996 until October 1996.
In the interim, he served as the lone coach in overseeing the men’s basketball
program during a head coaching transition.
Kraft’s dedication and work ethic earned him a full-time Assistant Men’s Bas-
ketball Coaching position for the Warriors beginning in the fall of 1996. His re-
sponsibilities involved all aspects of the Division II program. In 1997-98, the
team finished second in the PSAC East when it made a nine-win improvement
from the previous season. He again was part of a staff that received Coach-of-
the-Year accolades that season.
Before his four-year tenure at East Stroudsburg, Kraft was Head Men’s Basket-
ball Coach at Stevens State School of Technology in Lancaster, Pa., where he
again worked as the program’s only coach in revitalizing the basketball pro-
gram. The squad went 26-14 over two seasons with his team’s averaging 95.4
points per game during that time. He handled all facets of coaching, including
recruiting, scheduling, budget, transportation, practice and game preparation.
His career began at Conestoga Valley, where Kraft spent his first seven seasons
as coach of the seventh and eight grade teams, while also serving as Assistant
Boys’ Basketball Coach for the high school team. He spent his final season as
the junior varsity coach in his dual role. The program won one Lancaster-
Lebanon League title, one L-L League Section One title, and advanced to the
PIAA Class AAA Eastern Finals in 1987 during his stay.
In addition to his high school and collegiate coaching experience, Kraft has
worked with some of the nation’s elite prospects in 11 summers at Duke Uni-
versity’s Basketball Camp, as well as 13 summers at the Eastern Invitational
Basketball Clinic and nine summers at the Eastern Invitational Position Camp.
He has also worked camps the following camps: Pocono Invitational, George
Lehmann, Metro Index, Philadelphia 76ers and Millersville University.
Kraft received his Bachelor of Science in Education-Spanish from Millersville
University in 1989, and later received his Masters of Education in Sport Man-
agement from East Stroudsburg University in 1996.
Doug krAFT E SeConD SeASonPersonal
Full Name: Gordon Douglas KraftBirth Date: Oct. 20, 1963Hometown: Lancaster, Pa.High School: Conestoga ValleyCollege: Millersville University; East Stroudsburg
Coaching Career
2008-Present: Saint Francis UniversityAssistant Men’s Basketball Coach2001-08: DeSales UniversityAssociate Head Basketball Coach1998-2001: Marywood UniversityHead Men’s Basketball Coach1994-98: East Stroudsburg UniversityAssistant Men’s Basketball Coach1992-94: Stevens State School of Tech.Head Men’s Basketball Coach1984-92: Conestoga Valley H.S.Assistant Boy’s Basketball Coach
4 Masters of Education Sport ManagementEast Stroudsburg University, 1996
Kraft on Coaching College Basketball
“I am a firm believer that athletics are an integral part ofthe educational process. To help young men learn througha sport that I love is an unbelievable opportunity and re-sponsibility. I am so fortunate that I love what I do.”
Kraft on Being a Student-Athlete
"Great things start with great people. It only takes a fewmoments on campus to realize that our campus is full ofgreat people. The caring approach to education here makesSaint Francis a special place."
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SAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITYAssistant Coaches
ROB kRIMMEL enters his 10th season as an assis-tant coach, and second season under head coachDon Friday, with the Saint Francis University men’s
basketball program. A tremendous three-point threat and atwo-time ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American as afour-year Red Flash player, Krimmel enters his 14th seasonoverall in Loretto.
The State College, Pa. native will oversee the development ofthe Saint Francis guards, where Krimmel has a track recordof guiding his players to Northeast Conference-leading re-sults.
Krimmel has coached five players to lead the Northeast Con-ference in 3-point field goal percentage in his nine seasons,including recent graduates Marquis Ford and Grant Sur-prenant. Under his guidance, Darshan Luckey was a three-time all-Northeast Conference selection andRookie-of-the-Year. Luckey and Rahsaan Benton became1,000-point scorers, and former point guard Garrett Farhaled the NEC in assists, 3-point field goal percentage and as-sist-to-turnover ratio (twice). Current team Devin Sweetney,and Ford, were both named to the NEC All-Rookie Teamduring their freshman seasons at SFU.
During the past nine seasons, Krimmel has also been respon-sible for numerous aspects of the Red Flash men’s basketballprogram. He is involved in recruiting, player development,the summer workout program, scouting reports, daily prac-tice plans and workouts, team travel, NCAA compliance,non-conference scheduling, and film exchange. Krimmel hasalso served as the coordinator of the Red Flash Boys’ Basket-ball Camp, Academic Coordinator for men’s basketball, andas coordinator of Community Service Activities. Under theguidance of Krimmel, the Red Flash men’s basketball teamreceived the 2006-07 Saint Francis Athletic Department’sCommunity Service Award.
A three-year starter and two-time team co-captain for theRed Flash, he led the Northeast Conference in 3-point fieldgoal percentage (43.5) as a senior in 1999-2000, and is fifthon the school’s all-time list with a 39.8 percent 3-point shoot-ing accuracy.
In addition to his on-court accomplishments, Krimmel re-ceived numerous awards as a student leader. He was the first-ever recipient of the Dr. Philip Benham Scholar-AthleteAward, which is given to Saint Francis’ top male and femalestudent-athlete who exhibits outstanding academic and ath-letic excellence. He attended the NCAA Leadership Confer-ence in Orlando, Fla., received the prestigious NCAA PostGraduate Scholarship and was the Northeast ConferenceMen’s Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year. He also re-ceived the University’s Mr. Frankie Award, which is presentedannually to the outstanding male student in the senior class.
Krimmel is well known in the community for his service. Hehas been a member of the Pennsylvania Special OlympicsManagement Team for the past eight years, while also partici-pating in Saint Francis University Leadership Developmentand NCAA Diversity Training, as well as serving on the DiS-epio Asthma Basketball Camp Committee.
Krimmel received his Bachelor of Arts in Secondary Educa-tion and History with a Pre-Law Concentration from SaintFrancis in 2000. He then earned his Masters of Education-Leadership from SFU in 2003.
Rob and his wife, Aileen, reside in Duncansville and are ex-pecting their first child during the 2009-10 season. Aileenalso graduated from Saint Francis University with a Bachelorsof Science in Health Science, and a Masters of PhysicalTherapy. She works as a Physical Therapist at Drayer PhysicalTherapy Institute in Altoona.
rob krimmel E 10TH SeASonPersonal
Full Name: Robert Statzell Krimmel, Jr.Birth Date: September 26, 1977Hometown: State College, Pa.High School: State CollegeCollege: Saint Francis UniversitySport Played: BasketballYears Lettered: 1996-2000
Coaching Career
2000-Present: Saint Francis UniversityAssistant Men’s Basketball Coach
Education
4 B.S. History and Secondary EducationSaint Francis University, 2000
4 MEd., Education LeadershipSaint Francis University, 2003
Krimmel on Coaching College Basketball
“Coaching is a very rewarding profession. I enjoy theprocess of assisting in the development of young menboth on and off the court during their college years.Some of the most influential people in my life havebeen coaches. My hope is that I can have the same im-pact on the players that are a part of the Saint FrancisBasketball family.”
Krimmel on Being a Student-Athlete
“I will be forever grateful for the experiences that Ishared with my teammates and coaches during my timeas a student-athlete. Being a student-athlete taught meabout time management skills, how to handle adversity,how to lead, and most importantly how to succeed. Itwas these experiences that help shape the person that Iam today.”
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2009-10 RED FLASH BASKETBALL Head graduate managerSAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITY
Jon kinDreD E FirST SeASonPersonal
Full Name: Jonathan Bernard KindredBirth Date: Oct. 31, 1985Hometown: Nazareth, Pa.High School: Notre Dame (Green Pond)College: DeSales UniversitySport Played: TennisYears Lettered: 2006-08
Education
4 Bachelors in Sport Management,2008
Kindred on Being a Student-Athlete“Having the opportunity to represent myuniversity as a student-athlete was a greatprivilege. The many friendships and oppor-tunities that have come about in my lifethrough athletics are countless. Without theopportunity to participate in intercollegiateathletics, I would not be where I am today.”
Kindred on Pursuing a Coaching Career“I was fortunate to benefit from many greatcoaches and teachers my whole life. To havea chance to impact others through the gameof basketball is something special. It hasbeen a goal of mine for a long time, and Iam excited to have this opportunity.”
JONATHAN kINDRED enters his first year atSaint Francis University as the Head GraduateManager with the hopes of eventually pursuing a
coaching career.
Prior to his arrival in Loretto, Kindred attended EastStroudsburg University, where he worked towards hisMasters of Science, Management and Leadership inSport Management.
Kindred brings several years of experience working insports at both the collegiate and professional levels.
Most recently, Kindred served as the assistant men’stennis coach at his alma mater, DeSales University.
He has also worked in the Sports Information Depart-ments at both DeSales (student assistant) and EastStroudsburg (graduate assistant). Kindred worked withmen’s and women’s basketball, field hockey and men’sand women’s soccer, in addition to being assigned a va-riety of other duties.
Beginning in August 2007, Kindred served as the PublicRelations Intern for the New York Knickerbockers.During the six-month internship, he performed taskssuch as compiling team clips, facilitating statistical analy-sis, and monitoring player interviews and assisting withappearances.
Kindred also composed and distributed television andradio reports as well as formatting, creating, and organ-izing season media, employee, and family credentials. After completing his internship, Kindred continued towork for the Knicks/Liberty as a member of theirGame Night Public Relations Staff during the 2008-09season.
Kindred has had the opportunity to be a part of thestaff at “Coach K’s Duke Basketball Camp” during thesummers of 2007 and 2008. There, he helped withcamp preparation and supervision. He has also servedas an assistant coach at Notre Dame High School, help-ing lead the Crusaders to the 2008-09 PIAA District 11Class AA Championship.
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SAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITY2009-10 SFu rosters
NO. NAME YR. POS. HT. WT. HOMETOWN / HIGH SCHOOL1 Devin Sweetney*** Sr. G/F 6-6 195 Washington, D.C. / Riverdale Baptist2 Chris McFarland*** Sr. G 6-1 200 Montgomery Village, Md. / Riverdale Baptist3 Chris Johnson Fr. G 6-0 165 Newport News, Va. / Denbigh10 Aaron DeVane So. G 5-11 175 Upper Marlboro, Md. / Riverdale Baptist13 Mislav Jukic*** Sr. F 6-7 242 Zagreb, Croatia / Life Center Academy (NJ)14 Sorena Orandi** Jr. G 6-0 180 Vastra Frolunda, Sweden / Solebury Prep15 Austin Fowler Fr. F 6-5 206 Farmington Hills, Mich./Birmingham Brother Rice20 Umar Shannon Fr. G 6-0 173 Atlantic City, N.J. / Atlantic City22 Anthony Ervin Fr. G 6-4 175 Chesterfield, Va. / Fork Union Military Academy30 Tony Peters Fr. F 6-8 200 Roselle, N.J. / Seton Hall Prep33 Will Felder Fr. F 6-6 200 Cleveland, Ohio / Lutheran East40 Cedric Latimer Jr. F 6-5 220 Los Angeles, Calif. / Windward50 Ron Johnson Fr. F/C 6-8 225 Gettysburg, Pa. / Gettysburg54 Kurt Hoffman*** Sr. F 6-6 210 Johnstown, Pa. / Greater Johnstown
2009-10 NUM ERICAL ROSTER
NO. NAME YR. POS. HT. WT. HOMETOWN / HIGH SCHOOL10 Aaron DeVane So. G 5-11 175 Upper Marlboro, Md. / Riverdale Baptist22 Anthony Ervin Fr. G 6-4 175 Chesterfield, Va. / Fork Union Military Academy33 Will Felder Fr. F 6-6 200 Cleveland, Ohio / Lutheran East15 Austin Fowler Fr. F 6-5 206 Farmington Hills, Mich./Birmingham Brother Rice54 Kurt Hoffman*** Sr. F 6-6 210 Johnstown, Pa. / Greater Johnstown3 Chris Johnson Fr. G 6-0 165 Newport News, Va. / Denbigh50 Ron Johnson Fr. F/C 6-8 225 Gettysburg, Pa. / Gettysburg13 Mislav Jukic*** Sr. F 6-7 242 Zagreb, Croatia / Life Center Academy (NJ)40 Cedric Latimer Jr. F 6-5 220 Los Angeles, Calif. / Windward2 Chris McFarland*** Sr. G 6-1 200 Montgomery Village, Md. / Riverdale Baptist14 Sorena Orandi** Jr. G 6-0 180 Vastra Frolunda, Sweden / Solebury Prep30 Tony Peters Fr. F 6-8 200 Roselle, N.J. / Seton Hall Prep20 Umar Shannon Fr. G 6-0 173 Atlantic City, N.J. / Atlantic City1 Devin Sweetney*** Sr. G/F 6-6 195 Washington, D.C. / Riverdale Baptist* indicate letters earned at Saint Francis University
Head Coach: Don Friday (Lebanon Valley, ’90) – 2nd SeasonAssistant Coaches: Chris Johnson (Temple, ‘08) – 1st Season; Doug Kraft (Millersville, ’89) – 2nd Season; Rob Krimmel (Saint Francis,’00) – 10th SeasonHead Graduate Manager: Jon Kindred (DeSales University, ‘09) – 1st Season
2009-10 ALPHABETICAL ROSTER
Pronunciations
Mislav Jukic MEE-slav U-kick
Cedric Latimer Cedric Latt-IH-Mer
Sorena Orandi So-RAH-nah O-REN-day
Umar Shannon OOOO-Mar Shannon
By EligiBility
Seniors (4): Kurt Hoffman; Mislav Jukic; Chris McFarland,
Devin Sweetney
Juniors (2): ; Cedric Latimer; Sorena Orandi
Sophomores (1): Aaron DeVane
Freshmen (7): Anthony Ervin, Will Felder, Austin Fowler, Chris
Johnson, Ron Johnson, Tony Peters, Umar Shannon
AUSTIN FOWLERFr./Fr. Forward
6’5” 4 206 lbs.Farmington Hills, Mich. / Birmingham Brother Rice
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2009-10 RED FLASH BASKETBALL TV/radio ChartSAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITY
The 2009-10 basketball season brings change and high hopes for aSaint Francis men’s basketball program that has struggled over thepast four seasons.
Some of those changes are on the court, while many of them are offthe court. The Red Flash return just five letterwinners, including threestarters, but bring back their top two scorers from a season ago in seniorsMislav Jukic (10.4 ppg) and Devin Sweetney (16.3 ppg). Also back are sen-iors Kurt Hoffman and Chris McFarland, and junior Sorena Orandi.
The on-the-court change comes in the form of 10 sparkling new faceswho will don the red and white in 2009-10. That group includes two trans-fers, one redshirt freshman and seven true freshmen. Junior Cedric La-timer (Santa Clara) sat out last season in accordance with NCAA transferrules and will compete for an immediate starting position at power for-ward this season. Sophomore Aaron DeVane (Lycoming College) also satout last season and will add depth to the back court. Redshirt freshmanCurtis Keys concentrated on his academics in 2008-09, and will competefor a starting spot at shooting guard during his first season in uniform.DeVane, Keys and Latimer all practiced with the team last season, andbring a familiarity with second-year head coach Don Friday’s system.
The Saint Francis coaching staff assembled a highly talented recruitingclass of seven players that spent the second summer session on campus,taking classes and working on their conditioning. The players include: An-thony Ervin, Will Felder, Austin Fowler, Chris Johnson, Ron Johnson,Tony Peters and Umar Shannon.
Off the court, there are other changes that will have a significant im-pact on Red Flash men’s basketball for years to come. SFU has hired JesseWebber as the school’s first-ever strength and conditioning coach, whichwill allow the players to receive full-time instruction during the year andthroughout the summer months. Webber recently opened a brand newweight room in the DeGol Fieldhouse, which will serve nearly 400 stu-dent-athletes on campus.
Saint Francis broke ground early in the summer on a new locker roomand meeting room facility, which will open prior to the 2009-10 basketballseason. Additionally, the men’s basketball program will benefit from theaddition of the new DiSepio Institute for Rural Health and Wellness,which provides state-of-the-art health, wellness, and physical therapy facil-ities for the campus and surrounding community.
Combined with the return of five experienced veterans, 10 talentednewcomers, and the off-the-court additions, the future once again looksbright for Saint Francis men’s basketball.
A position-by-position breakdown of the 2009-10 Red Flash men’sbasketball team follows:
GUARDSWith the departure of point guard Cale Nelson and shooting guard
Marquis Ford, Saint Francis will have a new look in the back court thisseason. Nelson finished second in the Northeast Conference in assists(5.03 apg) and third in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.64). Ford was a long dis-tance threat who led the NEC in 3-point shooting accuracy in 2007-08.
Friday and his staff will look to replace Ford and Nelson during pre-season practices when there will be battles at point guard and shootingguard.
The point guard position will find four players fighting each other forplaying time. The group includes veteran Chris McMarland (MontgomeryVillage, Md. / Riverdale Baptist), who brings three years of experience tothe position. Freshmen Chris Johnson (Newport News, Va. / Denbigh)and Umar Shannon (Atlantic City, N.J. / Atlantic City) are fresh faces whowill compete for the privilege of being on the floor for the tipoff.
Johnson is a speedy presence with great ball-handling skills. He will bea great weapon on defense, and when SFU is looking to push the ball upthe court. Shannon is a true point guard who can dish the ball or createhis own shot. Sophomore Aaron DeVane (Upper Marlboro, Md. /Riverdale Baptist) comes from the same high school as McFarland andSweetney, and will figure into the depth at point guard over the next threeseasons.
The Red Flash are deeper than they’ve been in years at shooting guard,where the biggest battles could occur during the preseason.
Junior Sorena Orandi (Vastra Frolunda, Sweden / Solebury Prep) isprepped to step into a starting role after playing sparingly during his firsttwo years in Loretto. Now in his fourth year in the United States, Orandiwill be playing for the same coach in back-to-back years for the first time.A regular assignment at shooting guard could also benefit the Swede afterswitching between point guard and shooting guard each of the last twoyears.
However, redshirt freshmen Curtis Keys (Reston, Va. / South Lakes)and true freshman Anthony Ervin (Chesterfield, Va. / Fork Union Mili-tary Academy) will push for an immediate starting position along withOrandi.
All three players bring a different dimension that will work itself outbefore Northeast Conference play hits the stretch run in January. Orandiis a good ball-handler who can shoot with the best when he gets in arhythm. Keys has one year in Friday’s system as a practice player, andshowed great strides toward the end of his freshman season. Ervin isn’tyour typical true freshman after he played two years of prep basketballprior to his arrival in Loretto. He brings a leadership quality that will beneeded with a young group, and he steps into preseason practices as oneof the top shooters on the team.
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Junior SORENA ORANDI finds himself in the mix for a starting position at shoot-ing guard after playing between there and the point in each of his first two seasons.He should benefit from playing a second season under head coach DON FRIDAY.
In DON FRIDAY’S motion offense, all 15 players will see significant minutes in2009-10. The Red Flash will utilize all weapons at their disposal.
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FORW ARDS/CEN TERWhile the Red Flash are very young at all positions, they have a good
amount of experience and depth at forward and center.Fifth-year senior Devin Sweetney (Washington, D.C. / Riverdale Bap-
tist) is one of the top players in an ever-improving Northeast Conference,and figures to be the starter at the small forward position in 2009-10. Hewas among the league leaders in scoring (16.3 ppg), rebounding (7.9 rpg),steals (1.30 spg) and minutes played (32.78 mpg) as a junior. He will nodoubt benefit from the return of seniors Kurt Hoffman (Johnstown, Pa. /Greater Johnstown) and Mislav Jukic (Zagreb, Croatia / Life Center Acad-emy), as well as the addition of junior transfer Cedric Latimer (Los Ange-les, Calif. / Windward).
Sweetney will serve as a great mentor for incoming sensation WillFelder (Cleveland, Ohio / Lutheran East), who is expected to see signifi-cant time and compete for a starting position immediately. Sweetney is aversatile player who could play a number of positions to allow Felder toplay at his natural position at small forward.
Hoffman and Latimer will battle it out for the starting position atpower forward, where Hoffman started 23 of 29 games a year ago. Hoff-man plays with high intensity and will be able to maximize his talentswhile splitting minutes with Latimer.
Latimer played two seasons at West Coast Conference power SantaClara, where he saw action in 30 of 31 games in 2007-08. Latimer is an ex-cellent outside shooter with the strength and toughness to post up and besuccessful on the block. He was listed as one of the Top-10 small for-wards on the west coast coming out of high school.
Austin Fowler (Farmington Hills, Mich. / Birmingham Brother Rice)and Tony Peters (Roselle, N.J. / Seton Hall Prep) should not be dis-counted when looking at the rotation for the 2009-10 season. Both playerscome from successful programs with winning traditions. Fowler is a hard-nosed competitor with good range on his shot, but isn’t afraid to find alane and go to the hoop. Peters also has good range and is athletic enoughto create his own shot.
Jukic is an unquestioned leader and inspiration for the Red Flash andwill again start at center in 2009-10. He gives every ounce of energy, andgave everything he had during the 2008-09 season. Jukic had surgery justdays after the season, and is expected to be healthy and ready for his sen-ior campaign. He ranked among the NEC leaders in scoring (10.4 ppg),field goal percentage (.473), free throw percentage (.750) and blockedshots (0.72 bpg) as a junior when he had career highs in every category.
Freshman Ron Johnson (Gettysburg, Pa. / Gettysburg) is long and
athletic, and will be a great addition on the defensive end of the ball. Hebrings a knack for blocking shots that has been missed in the Saint Francislineup. He will spell minutes from Jukic in 2009-10, and look to developfor a future starting position in the red and white.
SCHEDULESecond-year head coach Don Friday has put together another chal-
lenging schedule, but has found a way to secure 14 home games for theseason. Patriot League power American will be the team’s season openeron Nov. 13, at DeGol Arena. That game will come before a much antici-pated trip to South Bend, Ind., where the Red Flash will take on NotreDame three days later. Saint Francis also has non-conference homematches against Lafayette (Nov. 19), Lehigh (Nov. 25), Youngstown State(Dec. 16) and Hartford (Jan. 2). The Red Flash will play non-league gamesat Bucknell (Nov. 21), Ohio State (Nov. 28), Drexel (Dec. 13), Akron (Dec.20) and Duquesne (Dec. 22).
SFU will open Northeast Conference play with a pair of early Decem-ber games at DeGol Arena. Wagner will visit on Dec. 3, while Mount St.Mary’s will make the trip to Loretto for a Dec. 5 contest. Monmouth (Jan.14), Fairleigh Dickinson (Jan. 16), St. Francis-NY (Jan. 28), Long Island(Jan. 30), Robert Morris (Feb. 4), Quinnipiac (Feb. 18) and Sacred Heart(Feb 20) will also visit the Stokes Center. The Red Flash will make NECtrips to St. Francis-NY (Jan. 7), Long Island (Jan. 9), Monmouth (Jan. 21),Fairleigh Dickinson (Jan. 23), Robert Morris (Feb. 6), Central ConnecticutState (Feb. 11), Bryant (Feb. 13), Mount St. Mary’s (Feb. 25) and Wagner(Feb. 27). The games against in-state rival Robert Morris will be a home-and-home on Thursday (Feb. 4) and Saturday (Feb. 6).
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Senior MISLAV JUkIC emerged as one of the top post players in the Northeast Confer-ence last season. He is expected to be healthy following surgery at the end of last season.
Senior DEVIN SWEETNEY, who has the most points (1,056) and rebounds(548) of any player on the current roster, holds the Chicago Bulls jersey of formerSaint Francis great Norm Van Lier, who passed away in February 2009.
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Career HighsPoints: ..........................................10, four timesRebounds: ....9, vs. St. Francis-NY (12/6/08)Assists:..................4, at Duquesne (12/22/07)Steals: ...........................................2, seven timesBlocks: ..............................................2, six timesMinutes: ...32, at St. Bonaventure (12/17/08)3-pointers: ..............................................1, twiceFree Throws: ................8, at Wagner (2/7/09)Double-doubles: .......................................None
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Bio InfoHoffman, who is the 2009 President ofthe Saint Francis Student-Athlete Advi-sory Committee (SAAC), has earned hisreputation as a team-first, hard-workingmember of the Red Flash basketballteam and its surrounding community…as the President of SAAC, Hoffman isthe lead voice of nearly 400 SFU stu-dent-athletes and oversees student-athletewelfare issues for a 21-sport Division Iathletics department… one of five SaintFrancis players to play in all 29 games in2008-09, including 23 starts… posted ca-reer highs in points (126), rebounds(114), assists (19), and steals (14) duringjunior season… had highest field goalpercentage (.495) and ranked third onteam with 114 rebounds during 2008-09season… Mathematics major posted aperfect 4.0 GPA during the fall andspring semesters during the 2008-09 aca-demic year… member of the Kappa MuEpsilon Mathematics Honor Society, andreceived a nomination and is a memberof the Delta Epsilon Sigma NationalScholastic Honor Society… completedtwo summers of research and develop-ment for the Saint Francis RenewableEnergy Center, and has served as a guestspeaker for the Fellowship of ChristianAthletes at Johnstown High School…was Greater Johnstown High School’s2006 Valedictorian... signed during theearly signing period for the Red Flash.
Junior Year (2008-09)One of only five players to play in all 29games for SFU, had highest field goalpercentage (.495) and was third on teamwith 114 rebounds… had 8 points on 3-of-4 shooting to go with 7 rebounds atAmerican (11/17/08)… had 6 points, 3rebounds and a block in win over Buck-nell (11/22/08)… made 4-of-5 from thefield for 8 points, 3 rebounds and a blockin upset win at eventual NCAA Tourna-ment-bound Morgan State (12/1/08)…had 4 points and a career-high 9 re-bounds in win over St. Francis-NY(12/6/08)… added 8 points, 8 rebounds,2 assists and a steal at St. Bonaventure(12/17/08)… tied career high with 10points to go with 6 rebounds and an as-sist at Sacred Heart (1/8/09)… pitchedin 8 points and 8 rebounds at FairleighDickinson (1/22/09)… tied career highwith 10 points with a career high 8 freethrows (10 attempts) to go with 4 re-bounds and 2 assists at Wagner(2/7/08)… tied career high with 10points, along with 7 rebounds and a stealat Long Island (2/19/09).
Sophomore Year (2007-08)Had season-high 8 rebounds and 2 stealsto go with 4 points in 24 minutes at PennState (11/12/07)... Tallied a career high10 points and 2 blocks with 2 reboundsvs. Morgan State (11/14/07)... had 3points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocksin second career start versus Lehigh(11/17/07)... registered 2 points, 6 re-bounds and a block at La Salle
(11/24/07)... had 7 rebounds, 2 steals and 2assists in win at Bucknell (12/1/07)... tallied 2points, 5 rebounds, a career high 4 assists, acareer-tying 2 blocks and 1 steal at Duquesne(12/22/07)... had 5 points, 2 rebounds and 1assist vs. Quinnipiac (01/03/08)... pitched in 8points, 2 rebounds and 1 steal with a careerhigh 4-of-4 free throw effort in 17 minutes vs.LIU (2/7/08)... had 7 points, 2 rebounds and2 steals vs. FDU (2/9/08)... tallied 6 pointsand 5 rebounds in 20 minutes against Wagner(2/21/08).
Freshman Year (2006-07)Hoffman played in 27 games, including onestart, during his freshman season...averaged1.2 ppg, 1.4 rpg and had 5 assists, 5 steals and3 blocks... made his collegiate debut in a 94-60victory over Lock Haven (11/18/06), andrecorded 2 rebounds, 1 assist and a steal in 9minutes off the bench... scored first careerbucket and added 3 rebounds in 11 minutes atHoward (11/27/06)... had 2 points and 2 re-bounds at Sacred Heart (12/9/06)... had bestgame of young career with 6 points and 2 re-bounds in 13 minutes at Georgia Tech (12/30/06)... scored 6points to go with 3 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal at LIU(1/13/07)... tied then-career high with 6 points and 1 rebound in18 minutes against Wagner (2/17/07)... scored 4 points and had 3rebounds and 1 assist in win at Quinnipiac (2/22/07)... had 4points, a then-career high 4 rebounds and a steal in win over LIU(2/24/07)... tied career high with 4 rebounds, blocked career-high 2shots and added 2 points in season-ending win against Monmouth(2/26/07).
Greater Johnstown H.S.Hoffman was named an Associated Press Class AAA First TeamAll-Pennsylvania selection during senior campaign... key compo-nent of head coach John Fuschino’s Greater Johnstown team thatwon three straight District 6 Class AAA titles... led the Trojans to a25-4 record, a Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference crown and atrip to the second round of the PIAA state playoffs during seniorseason... averaged 18 ppg, 14 rpg, 2 bpg and 1.2 spg in 2005-06...scored a school-record 1,533 points during high school career,adding 1,058 rebounds... was Senior Class Treasurer at JohnstownHigh School, as well as the President of the National Honor Soci-ety and President of the Spanish National Honor Society.
PersonalMathematics major... son of Kai and Cindy Hoffman... has abrother Rex (19).
Career HighsPoints: ......................22, vs. Wagner (1/15/09)Rebounds:....11, at Youngstown St. (11/29/08)Assists:.................4, vs. Quinnipiac (2/12/09)Steals:............................................2, three timesBlocks: ....................................................3, twiceMinutes: ..............36, at Quinnipiac (1/10/09)3-pointers: ..............................................2, twiceFree Throws: .................8, at Iona (12/14/08)Double-doubles: ...............................................1
Bio InfoJukic has a reputation for being toughand extremely coachable… played in all29 games during 2008-09 season despiteplaying in pain… had double hip surgeryjust days after the regular season ended,but is expected to be healthy and ready tostart in 2009-10… posted career highs inevery offensive category in 2008-09, andled SFU in blocks with 21… finished27th in the Northeast Conference inscoring (10.4 ppg), 13th in field goal per-centage (.473), 10th in free throw per-centage (.750), and 15th in blocked shots(0.72)… went to same high school thatproduced Division I talents Aleks Maric(Nebraska), Sherman Diaz (La Salle), andZeljko Egeric (IPFW)... Jukic has anuncle who is a Franciscan priest in Croa-tia... chose Saint Francis over Rider.
Junior Year (2008-09)Played in all 29 games, starting 28, de-spite suffering from pain in his hips mostof the season… ranked among the team’sleaders in field goals (113), field goal at-tempts (239), field goal percentage (.473),free throws (72), free throws attempted(96), free throw percentage (.750), re-bounds (138, 4.8 rpg), blocks (21) andpoints (302, 10.4 ppg) in a breakout sea-son… led the team with 21 blocks… fin-ished 27th in the Northeast Conferencein scoring (10.4 ppg), 13th in field goalpercentage (.473), 10th in free throw per-centage (.750), and 15th in blocked shots(0.72)… tallied 19 points on 8-of-10shooting and added 6 rebounds in win
over Bucknell (11/22/08)… recordedfirst career double-double with 15 pointsand 11 rebounds and made 7-of-12 fieldgoals in win at Youngstown State(11/29/08)… made 7-of-8 free throws incontributing 11 points and 7 rebounds atMorgan State (12/1/08)… had 18 pointsand 2 blocks, and made a career-high 8free throws at Iona (12/14/08)… tallied19 points and 6 rebounds and made 7-of-8 free throws in a career-high 36 minutesat Quinnipiac (1/10/09)… had careerhighs in points (22), field goals (9), andfield goal attempts (15), and pulled down4 rebounds vs. Wagner (1/15/09)…made 8-of-11 field goal attempts for 20points and 5 rebounds at St. Francis-NY(1/24/09)… tallied 15 points, a careerhigh 4 assists, and 3 rebounds vs. Quin-nipiac (2/12/09)… made all six of hisfield goal attempts for 12 points and 4 re-bounds in season-ending victory overFairleigh Dickinson (2/28/09).
Sophomore Year (2007-08)Made his only field goal attempt at PennState (11/12/07)... had season-high 4points in 7 minutes off bench at La Salle(11/24/07)... had 2 points, 2 reboundsand 1 assist vs. Youngstown State(11/28/07)... contributed 6 points on 3-of-3 shooting, 3 offensive rebounds anda steal in 11 minutes off the bench inNEC-opening win at Robert Morris(12/8/07)... had 2 points and 2 reboundsin just 4 minutes in win over Lock Haven(12/15/07)... tallied a season-high 8points, including 2-of-2 on 3-pointers,
and added 1 rebound at CCSU (1/10/08)...started first career game at Wagner, playing 13minutes and recorded 2 points and 1 rebound(1/12/08)... had 4 points and a career high 4rebounds vs. RMU (1/19/08)... tallied 4points, a career high 5 rebounds and a block intriple OT victory over SFC (1/24/08)... had 5points, 1 assist and 1 steal to go with a career-tying 5 rebounds in win over CCSU(1/26/08).
Freshman Year (2006-07)Mislav played in 18 games as a freshman, aver-aging 2.1 ppg, 0.7 rpg to go along with 4 as-sists and 5 steals...made his collegiate debutagainst Lock Haven (11/18/06) and had 4points, 2 rebounds, an assist and a block injust 6 minutes off the bench...established ca-reer high with 9 points on 4-of-4 shooting atLiberty (12/4/06)...scored 6 points, and was4-of-5 from the foul line, with 1 rebound atSacred Heart (12/9/06)...had 8 points, 2 re-bounds and a steal at LIU (1/13/07)...scored 5points, and had 2 steals and 1 rebound in ca-reer high 23 minutes at Monmouth (1/25/07).
Life Center AcademyPlayed for head coach Billy Rhoades at New Jersey basketballpower Life Center Academy...helped lead the Warriors to a 21-8record in 2005-06 when they won the Penn-Jersey Champi-onship...averaged 12.5 ppg, 8.5 rpg, 2.5 bpg and 4.5 apg during sen-ior season.
PersonalDouble major in Finance and Accounting... son of Ivan and JelenaJukic... has a brother, Bo (20), and two sisters - Bernarda (16) andGabrijela (10).
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Career HighsPoints: ................6, at Sacred Heart (2/16/08)Rebounds:.............5, vs. Monmouth (1/5/08)Assists:.............5, vs. Lock Haven (11/18/06)Steals: .....................3, vs. Quinnipiac (1/3/08)Blocks: ....................................................1, twiceMinutes:................................................24, twice3-pointers: .............1, vs. Quinnipiac (1/3/08)Free Throws: ....6, at Sacred Heart (2/16/08)Double-doubles: .......................................None
Bio InfoChris McFarland has proved to bea reliable role player for the RedFlash...will compete for a spot ona young squad that hopes to makestrides during the 2009-10 sea-son…the veteran has seen time in60 games in three seasons… was atwo-sport star at Riverdale BaptistHigh School... played at same highschool as current teammate DevinSweetney... was a three-year letter-men in football, as well as basket-ball in high school.
Junior Year (2008-09)Added depth to a strong group ofguards during his junior season…appeared in 12 games… shot 3-for-9 from the floor, pulled down9 rebounds, and added 3 assists onthe season… had 3 rebounds, 1steal, and 2 points in the Flash’sseason opener against Texas Tech(11/14/08)… contributed 2points and 1 rebound againstAmerican University(11/17/08)… against Duquesne,he shot 1-for-2 while contributinga rebound and an assist(11/20/08).
Sophomore Year (2007-08)Had career highs with 5 pointsand 4 rebounds to go with a sea-son-high 4 assists in win overLock Haven (12/15/07)...tallied 1point, 1 rebounds and 2 assists offbench at Duquesne (12/22/07)...tied career high with 5 points, andadded 2 rebounds and 1 assist atArizona State (12/29/07)... tiedcareer high with 5 points, had ca-reer high 3 steals and 1 reboundand 1 assist vs. Quinnipiac(01/03/08)... played a career high24 minutes, tallying 2 points, a ca-reer high 5 rebounds, 2 assists and1 steal against Monmouth(1/5/08)... tied career highs with 5points and 24 minutes played togo with 3 rebounds, 1 assist and 1steal vs. FDU (2/9/08)... scored acareer high 6 points on 6-for-6 ef-fort from foul line at Sacred Heart(2/16/08).
Freshman Year (2006-07)McFarland played in 26 of 29games during freshman season,contributing 14 points, 8 re-bounds, 9 assists, 4 steals and 2blocks in reserve action...played17minutes in his collegiate debut,
dishing out 5 assists and recording 1steal to help the Red Flash in a season-opening 94-60 win over Lock Haven(11/18)...scored first career bucketagainst La Salle (11/25/06)...had 2points and 1 steal in 8 minutes at Sa-cred Heart (12/9/06)...scored 4points, making 2-of-2 free throws, andhad 1 rebound vs. Duquesne(12/22/06)...had 3 points and 1 re-bound in three minutes in win overLIU (2/24/07).
Riverdale Baptist H.S.Played for head coach Louis Wilson atRiverdale Baptist, where he helpedlead the Crusaders to a 33-1 recordand the 2005 NACA National title...was named to the all-tournament teamat the NACA championships... se-lected to play in the Capital Classic...averaged 16 ppg, 7 apg and 4 rpg during senior cam-paign...compiled a career record of 58-13 while playingat Riverdale Baptist...as a football player, recorded 11 in-terceptions (returning 3 for touchdowns), including astate record 109-yard interception return...all-state safetyas a junior and senior...honorable mention All-Metro inboth basketball and football.
PersonalCriminal Justice major... son of Caeci Canada and JerryMcFarland... has a brother, Rodney (15), and a sister,Jaryn (14).
Career HighsPoints: ...............35, at Long Island (2/19/09)Rebounds:....14, at Mount St. Mary’s (2/21/09)Assists: ...........................................5, four timesSteals:...............6, at Robert Morris (12/8/07)Blocks: ...........................................2, four timesMinutes:......49, vs. St. Francis-NY (1/24/08)3-pointers:...........4, at Long Island (2/19/09)Free Throws:....13, at Robert Morris (12/8/07)Double-doubles:.............................................14
Bio InfoSenior Devin Sweetney is expected to continue tohold the important leadership role he obtained in hisfreshman year... a 4-year starter for the Flash, Sweet-ney is on his way to breaking further into the SaintFrancis record books… became the 38th person inschool history to enter the 1,000 Point Club… fin-ished the season with 1,056 career points… is cur-rently in the position to become one of sevenplayers to score 1,300 career points while pullingdown 650 rebounds in program history… had hisbest season statistically during his junior season de-spite missing 6 games with a broken hand… rankedin several Northeast Conference Top 10 cate-gories… received the Saint Francis Most ValuablePlayer Award in 2008-09… played at same highschool as current teammate Chris McFarland...Devin is a cousin of five-year NBA veteran MichaelSweetney, who played at Georgetown.
Junior Year (2008-09)Started all 23 games that he was able to play aftermissing six due to a hand injury…averaged 32.8minutes per game…Sunk 131 field goals, accumulat-ing a .446 percentage…was at the free throw linemore than any other member of the Flash, going95-for-139…contributed 51 of his total 374 pointsfrom behind the 3-point arc…battled for 181 totalrebounds, 30 steals and 9 blocks… averaged 16.3points per game (fifth in the Northeast Confer-ence)…7.9 rebounds per game (third in the NEC)…1.30 steals per game (tenth in the NEC)….had 25points, 9 rebounds, and 2 blocks versus Duquesne(11/20/08)…had 15 points, 10 rebounds, and 2steals against Bucknell (11/22/08)…had 15 pointsand 11 rebounds versus Youngstown State(11/29/08)…had 19 points, 12 rebounds, 1 block,and 1 assist against Morgan State (12/1/08)…had19 points, 11 rebounds, and 2 steals versus St. Fran-cis-NY (12/6/08)…had 13 points, 5 rebounds, and1 steal his first game back after his hand injury(12/4/08)…had 19 points and 6 rebounds againstCCSU (1/17/09)…had 16 points and 10 reboundsagainst Monmouth (1/29/09)…had 22 points, 8 re-bounds, 2 assists, and 2 steals against Bryant(1/31/09)…had 20 points and 8 rebounds againstCCSU (2/5/09)… had 14 points and 10 reboundsagainst Wagner (2/7/09)…Had a season-high 35points against Long Island (2/19/09)…had 21
points, 14 rebounds and played a full 40 minutesagainst Mount St. Mary’s…Had 22 points, 11 re-bounds and 4 assists against Robert Morris to endthe 2008-09 campaign (2/26/09).
Sophomore Year (2007-08)Scored 14 points on 5-of-9 shooting, and added 4rebounds, a block and a steal in season openeragainst American (11/10/07)... Had 12 points, 2 re-bounds, a block and a steal at Penn State(11/12/07)... Had a career high 2 blocks with 7points and 3 rebounds vs. Morgan State(11/14/07)...had 9 points, 8 rebounds, 2 blocks, 1assist and 1 steal at La Salle (11/24/07)... had 11points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal vs.Youngstown State (11/28/07)... tallied a season-high15 points and added 6 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 stealin win at Bucknell (12/1/07)... had a season high 19points, a career high 6 steals and made a career on13 free throws on 14 attempts in NEC-opening winat Robert Morris (12/8/07)... tallied 15 points, 3 re-bounds, 1 block and 1 steal in just 23 minutesagainst Lock Haven (12/15/07)... registered game-high 18 points to go with 3 rebounds and 1 assist atDuquesne (12/22/07)... had 10 points, 5 rebounds,1 assist and 1 steal in a career high 40 minutesagainst Monmouth (1/5/08)... played 40 minutes forthe second straight game and posted 13 points, 7 re-bounds, 2 steals and 1 block at CCSU (1/10/08)...tallied 11 points, 7 rebounds, and a season high 3 as-sists at Wagner (1/12/08)... made 10-of-11 attemptsfrom charity stripe in recording 16 points, 3 re-bounds, 1 assist and 1 steal at MSM (1/16/08)... had12 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals vs. RMU(1/19/08)... had season highs in points (21) and re-bounds (11) to record first double-double of season,and added 3 assists and a steal in triple overtime vic-tory over SFC (1/24/08)... recorded team-high 18points on 8-of-9 shooting, and added 3 rebounds, 3assists and 1 steal in win over CCSU (1/26/08)...had 10 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists vs. LIU(2/7/08)... had 14 points, 8 rebounds and 1 blockvs. RDU (2/9/08)... pitched in 9 points, 6 rebounds,2 steals and 2 assists in win at SFC (2/14/08).
Freshman Year (2006-07)Sweetney was a finalist for Northeast ConferenceRookie-of-the-Year honors in 2006-07 when he ledthe team - and all NEC freshmen - with 13.0 ppg,
7.7 rpg and six double-doubles...was selected to the NECall-Rookie team for his efforts...ranked 18th in the NEC inscoring, third in rebounding, and sixth in free throw per-centage (.834) during freshman season...In conferencegames only, Sweetney finished second in rebounds (7.9rpg) and ninth in free throw percentage (.812)...started all29 games, and reached double figures in scoring in 22 con-tests...made his long-awaited debut in a Saint Francis uni-form and shined with 20 points on 6-of-9 shooting, and7-of-8 free throw shooting, in a 94-60 season-opening vic-tory over Lock Haven (11/18/06). He added 9 rebounds, 5assists and 2 steals in the win...posted first career double-double in first game against a Division I opponent with 15points and 11 rebounds, to go along with 5 assists, 3 stealsand a block to help Red Flash defeat A-10’s St. Bonaven-ture (11/20/06)...contributed 9 points, 4 rebounds, 2 as-sists and 2 steals against La Salle (11/25/06)...picked upfirst career Choice Hotels/NEC Rookie-of-the-Week afteraveraging 12.0 ppg, 7.5 rpg, 3.5 apg and 2.5 spg duringgames on 11/20 and 11/25...tied career high with 20points, and also had 9 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block and 1steal at Howard (11/27/06)...scored 11 points, had 5 re-bounds and 2 steals against Bucknell (11/29/06)...tied ca-reer high with 20 points, and added 7 rebounds and 2assists at Liberty (12/4/06)...made 8-of-9 free throws, in-cluding 6-of-6 in final two minutes to help SFU defeat St.Francis-NY (12/7/06)....made 12-of-12 free throw at-tempts in scoring 14 points and pulling down 9 reboundsin win over Liberty (12/16/06)...was named Choice Ho-tels/NEC Rookie-of-the-Week for third time on season(12/18/06)...posted second double-double of season with10 points and 10 rebounds at Akron (12/19/06)...scored11 points and added 4 rebounds, 2 assists and a steal vs. Duquesne (12/22/06)...had16 points, 7 rebounds, and a block, and was 6-of-6 from the foul line at Georgia Tech(12/30/06)...picked up third career double-double with 19 points and career-tying 11rebounds to go with 3 assists at FDU (1/11/07)...came within one rebound of an-other double-double with career high 22 points, 9 rebounds, 1 block and 1 steal whilemaking 9-of-12 from the foul line at LIU (1/13/07)...had 15 points, 8 rebounds and 3assists, and made 11-of-13 from the charity stripe, against MSM (01/18/07)...regis-tered career highs with 22 points and 13 rebounds to go with 2 assists, 1 steal and 1block at Monmouth (1/25/07). His 13 rebounds matched the team total for Mon-mouth, and he had a double-double in the second half alone with 17 points and 11rebounds...had 14 points (4-of-6 from the field, 2-of-2 on 3’s and 4-of-4 from charitystripe), 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals in win over St. Francis-NY(2/15/07)...recorded fifth career double-double with 12 points and 11 reboundsagainst Wagner (2/17/07)...picked up sixth career double-double with 13 points, 11rebounds, 5 assists and 1 steal in win over LIU (2/24/07)...tallied 19 points on 6-of-8shooting, and 6 rebounds in season-ending win over Monmouth (2/26/07).
Redshirt Year (2005-006)Used his redshirt year to concentrate on academics.
Riverdale Baptist HSSweetney played for head coach Louis Wilson at Riverdale Baptist High School,where he helped lead his squad to two National Independent Christian School Cham-pionships - one during his senior year with a 33-1 record, and one during his junioryear with a 23-6 record...averaged 22 ppg, 10 rpg, 5 apg, and 3 spg as a senior...was aMcDonald’s All-America nominee senior season...was named the team’s most out-standing player...all-county as a junior...Top-20 at Eastern Invitational...MVP of theHoliday Basketball Tournament.
PersonalGraduated in May 2009 with bachelors in Sociology, with a minor in Administrationand Management. Currently working towards masters in Educational Leadership...son of Bernadette Sweetney and Vernon Hanshaw.
Career HighsPoints: ....24, at Fairleigh Dickinson (3/1/08)Rebounds:...6, at Fairleigh Dickinson (3/1/08)Assists:...............8, at Robert Morris (1/3/09)Steals: ..............................................1, five timesBlocks: ..................1, at Quinnipiac (1/10/09)Minutes: ....42, at Fairleigh Dickinson (3/1/08)3-pointers:...2, at Fairleigh Dickinson (3/1/08)Free Throws:.............5, at Lehigh (11/24/08)Double-doubles: .......................................None
Bio InfoSorena Orandi has shown obvi-ous improvement since his fresh-man season and is expected tobe a strong competitor to fill big-ger roles in 2009-10… appearedin 23 of 29 games as a sopho-more… proved to be an effectiveand reliable role player… at Sole-bury Prep, Orandi blossomedinto a top prospect after a stellarsenior campaign… played onlyone season at Solebury after mi-grating from Sweden... played forthe Under-18 Swedish NationalTeam in 2005.
Sophomore Year (2008-09)Played 262 minutes and averaged11.4 minutes per game…was 6-of-8 from the free throw line…recorded 18 rebounds, 20 assists,4 steals and had 38 totalpoints… totaled 6 points and 1rebound against Vanderbilt(12/31/09)… had 4 points and aseason high 8 assists againstRobert Morris (1/3/09)… had 2points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist and 1blocked shot against Quinnipiac(1/10/09)… contributed a sea-
son-high 9 points versus Lehigh(11/24/08).
Freshman Year (2007-08)Scored first career bucket andhad 2 assists in win at Bucknell(12/1/07)... broke out with 7points, 4 assists, 3 rebounds andno turnovers at Monmouth(2/28/08)... posted season/ca-reer high with 24 points on 9-of-17 shooting, along withseason/career high 6 rebounds, 1assists, 1 steal and no turnoversin season-ending contest at FDU(3/1/08).
Solebury PrepPlayed one season at SoleburyPrep, where he averaged 13 ppg,5 apg, 4 rpg and 2 spg underhead coach CleveChristie...helped lead talentedSolebury team to a 13-11 recordagainst a challengingschedule...led Spartans to a first-place finish at the TrentonChristmas Tournament, and athird-place showing at the Inde-pendent School Champi-onship...was the MVP of the
Trenton ChristmasTournament...also competed in track& field and cross country at SoleburyPrep...took second place at the Penn-Jersey Cross Country Championship.
PersonalAccounting major... son of FarahnazTajarobi... has a twin brother Puriya(21).
Bio InfoCedric Latimer enters his secondyear with the Flash after sitting outhis first year due to NCAA transferrules… Latimer joined the RedFlash after playing two seasons atSanta Clara University, which is inthe basketball-rich West Coast Con-ference... son of Riitta Luoto andErvin Latimer... has three brothers -Eric (22), Ervin (20), and Daniel(19) - and a sister Erica (21).
Redshirt Year (2008-09)Latimer sat out the 2008-09 seasonin accordance with NCAA transferrules.
Santa ClaraPlayed in 30 of the Broncos’ 31games in 2007-08, averaging 10.1minutes per game off the bench...made 20-of-58 field goal attempts(.345), including 8-of-26 (.308) fromoutside the arc.
Windward H.S.Averaged 20.5 points and 9.5 re-bounds, along with 1.5 blocks pergame during senior season... was theAlpha League MVP in both his jun-ior and senior seasons, as well as anAll-CIF First Team honoree... also
played AAU basketball for theCompton Magic... originally fromFinland, where his father playedprofessional basketball... was listedas one of the Top-10 small forwardson the west coast by several recruit-ing services... played on the FinnishU-18 National Team that finishedfifth in the European champi-onships... averaged10.5 points and 5.5rebounds duringthe champi-onships... scored 22points against Ice-land and 21 pointsagainst the Nether-lands.
PersonalHistory major...son of RiittaLuoto... has abrother Eric (24),sister Erica (22),and brothers Ervin(21) and Daniel(20).
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Upper M arloboro, M d. / Riverdale Baptist
Bio InfoA strong defender, DeVane will lookto compete for playing time at pointguard in 2009-10.
Sophomore Year (2008-09)Sat out the 2008-09 season, butpracticed with the Red Flash duringthe spring semester.
Lycoming College (2007-08)Appeared in 11 games ... recorded12 points ... recorded eight rebounds... had three steals ... gave out fourassists.
Riverdale Baptist H.S.Scored 441 career points, 13th-mostunder head coach Louis Wilson atRiverdale Baptist High School.
PersonalBusiness major... son of William andJennifer DeVane.
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Chesterfield, Va. / Fork Union M ilitary Academ y
Bio InfoA proven leader on and off thecourt, Ervin will compete for an im-mediate starting position at guard...attended Fork Union Military Acad-emy for the past two years, honinghis basketball skills under legendaryhead coach Fletcher Arritt.
Fork Union Military AcademyHelped lead Fork Union to a 19-10record, beating many top rankedprep schools…Commander ofAlpha Company, which is a symbolof his leadership on and off thecourt.
Manchester H.S.Ervin led district in scoring in bothhis junior and senior seasons atManchester High School, where heplayed under head coach ChadLong… averaged 28.5 points pergame as a junior and 22.4 points pergame as a senior…earned first teamall-district honors as a junior andsenior… second team all-region andsecond team all-metro as a senior…earned nomination as a McDonald’sAll-American…
PersonalBusiness major... son of Diana andKevin Ervin... has a brother DeSean(29)... played AAU for the Rich-mond Metros…ranked seventh inthe nation for the boys U-17 na-tional tournament…was teammateswith Ed Davis, who recently won anational title as amember of theNorth Carolinamen’s basketballteam, VirginiaCommonwealth’sBrandon Rozzell,and Michigan foot-ball player MarrellEvans…
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Freshm an u F u 6-6 u 200
Cleveland, Ohio / Lutheran East
Bio InfoFelder enters Saint Francis after astellar scholastic career under theguidance of head coach Roger Mc-Clinton at Lutheran East HighSchool in Cleveland, Ohio... Felderis a highly touted wing with goodrange and the ability to create hisown shot... expected to make an im-mediate impact on the Red Flash in2009-10.
Lutheran East H.S.Starred for four seasons at LutheranEast High School… guided Falconsto a 23-3 record as well as districtand regional championships in hissenior season… averaged 25 pointsand 13 rebounds per game in 2008-09… as a junior, led the ClevelandPlain Dealer’s circulation with 27ppg, and 12 rpg… two-time Divi-sion 4 Player-of-the-Year…two-timeDivision 4 First Team honoree.
PersonalExploratory major... son of Carolynand William Felder... has a little sis-ter Whitney Felder (15).
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Bio InfoA proven leader on and off thecourt, Ervin will compete for an im-mediate starting position at guard...attended Fork Union Military Acad-emy for the past two years, honinghis basketball skills under legendaryhead coach Fletcher Arritt.
Fork Union Military AcademyHelped lead Fork Union to a 19-10record, beating many top rankedprep schools…Commander ofAlpha Company, which is a symbolof his leadership on and off thecourt.
Manchester H.S.Ervin led district in scoring in bothhis junior and senior seasons atManchester High School, where heplayed under head coach ChadLong… averaged 28.5 points pergame as a junior and 22.4 points pergame as a senior…earned first teamall-district honors as a junior andsenior… second team all-region andsecond team all-metro as a senior…earned nomination as a McDonald’sAll-American…
PersonalBusiness major... son of Diana andKevin Ervin... has a brother DeSean(29)... played AAU for the Rich-mond Metros…ranked seventh inthe nation for the boys U-17 na-tional tournament…was teammateswith Ed Davis, who recently won anational title as amember of theNorth Carolinamen’s basketballteam, VirginiaCommonwealth’sBrandon Rozzell,and Michigan foot-ball player MarrellEvans…
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Birm ingham Brother Rice
Bio InfoFowler is highly skilled and willcompete for immediate playing timein 2009-10... a late signee whoplayed for head coach Ed Shaffer atBirmingham Brother Rice in Michi-gan... excellent student plans tostudy Biology at Saint Francis.
Birmingham Brother Rice H.S.A versatile forward that has the abil-ity to play around the perimeter…played at Birmingham Brother Ricewhere he received all-Catholic, all-League, and all-Oakland Countryhonors…averaged 17 points and 9rebounds per game as a senior…aMcDonald’s All-American nomi-nee…graduated in the top 10% ofhis class…earned a 4.0 GPA.
PersonalBiology major... son of Robert andBrigitte Fowler... has a Ashley (21).
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New port New s, Va. / Denbigh
Bio InfoJohnson will push for an immediatestarting position at point guard, andlooks to see significant time in hisfreshman season... has tremendousspeed, and ball-handling skills.
Denbigh H.S.Johnson is an overall athlete that willbring depth to the guard position…named the MVP for Denbigh HighSchool for three consecutive sea-sons… averaged 15.4 points, 6.32assists, 5.61 steals and 3.21 reboundsper game as a senior… shot 56.7 %from the field and 44.5% from out-side the 3-point arc… honored as anall-Peninsula District First Team se-lection as a senior… helped leadteam to a 16-9 record and a 13-5mark in the Peninsula District…during his career, he shot 75% fromthe free-throw line… reached the1000-point plateau… ranked 59thout of 350 in his class… carried a3.2 GPA.
PersonalAccounting major... son of Alesiaand Douglas Johnson... has twobrothers: Thomas (20), and Troy(13).
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Bio InfoFowler is highly skilled and willcompete for immediate playing timein 2009-10... a late signee whoplayed for head coach Ed Shaffer atBirmingham Brother Rice in Michi-gan... excellent student plans tostudy Biology at Saint Francis.
Birmingham Brother Rice H.S.A versatile forward that has the abil-ity to play around the perimeter…played at Birmingham Brother Ricewhere he received all-Catholic, all-League, and all-Oakland Countryhonors…averaged 17 points and 9rebounds per game as a senior…aMcDonald’s All-American nomi-nee…graduated in the top 10% ofhis class…earned a 4.0 GPA.
PersonalBiology major... son of Robert andBrigitte Fowler... has a Ashley (21).
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Gettysburg, Pa. / Gettysburg
Bio InfoJohnson had a standout career atGettysburg High School, under thedirection of head coach Jeff Bair...tremendous shot blocker will makean immediate impact in the RedFlash lineup, where he is expected toplay center.
Gettysburg H.S.Johnson led Gettysburg HighSchool to a 14-11 record and a dis-trict playoff appearance one seasonafter finishing 2-22... averaged 10.0points, 12.0 rebounds and 2.0 assistsas a junior… named a Conferenceall-star and a member of the all-Gettysburg Times and HanoverEvening Sun Teams…also named a Mid-Penn KeystoneConference selection as a junior…member of the Fellowship of Chris-tian Athletes (FCA)… studentleader of the Gettysburg HighSchool student store.
PersonalBusiness Management major... legalward of Lynn and Mark Wivell...Born July 11, 1989, in Baltimore,Md.
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Roselle, N.J. / Seton Hall Prep
Bio InfoPeters will compete for immediateplaying time at the power forwardposition in 2009-10… tall and ath-letic build, can hit the outside shotwith regularity.
Bio InfoPeters helped lead Seton Hall Prepto a 23-6 record and Iron Hills Con-ference titles in 2006, 2007 and2008… also in 2006, helped lead thePirates to the Parochial A state titleand a 31-1 record… was a memberof high school teams that went 76-13 in three seasons… personally, av-eraged a career-best 23 point and 14rebounds as a senior… named theMVP of the Seton Hall ChristmasTournament… Computer Sciencemajor.
PersonalBusiness major... son of Jenniferand Robert Peters... has a sisterTamika (28).
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Bio InfoJohnson had a standout career atGettysburg High School, under thedirection of head coach Jeff Bair...tremendous shot blocker will makean immediate impact in the RedFlash lineup, where he is expected toplay center.
Gettysburg H.S.Johnson led Gettysburg HighSchool to a 14-11 record and a dis-trict playoff appearance one seasonafter finishing 2-22... averaged 10.0points, 12.0 rebounds and 2.0 assistsas a junior… named a Conferenceall-star and a member of the all-Gettysburg Times and HanoverEvening Sun Teams…also named a Mid-Penn KeystoneConference selection as a junior…member of the Fellowship of Chris-tian Athletes (FCA)… studentleader of the Gettysburg HighSchool student store.
PersonalBusiness Management major... legalward of Lynn and Mark Wivell...Born July 11, 1989, in Baltimore,Md.
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Bio InfoPeters will compete for immediateplaying time at the power forwardposition in 2009-10… tall and ath-letic build, can hit the outside shotwith regularity.
Bio InfoPeters helped lead Seton Hall Prepto a 23-6 record and Iron Hills Con-ference titles in 2006, 2007 and2008… also in 2006, helped lead thePirates to the Parochial A state titleand a 31-1 record… was a memberof high school teams that went 76-13 in three seasons… personally, av-eraged a career-best 23 point and 14rebounds as a senior… named theMVP of the Seton Hall ChristmasTournament… Computer Sciencemajor.
PersonalBusiness major... son of Jenniferand Robert Peters... has a sisterTamika (28).
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Atlantic City, N.J. / Atlantic City
Bio InfoShannon emerged as a top prospectas a junior at Atlantic City H.S., andchose Saint Francis over several Di-vision I schools... has tremendousfloor presence, the knack for mak-ing the big play, and the ability tomake shots from long distance... willcontend for an immediate startingposition for the Red Flash.
Atlantic City H.S.Shannon averaged 21.0 ppg, 4.0 apg,4.0 rpg and 2.0 spg as a senior underhead coach Eugene Allen at AtlanticCity High School... named New Jer-sey state MVP... averaged 27.0 ppgduring playoffs as a senior, leadingACHS to the state semifinals... fin-ished career with 1,006 points as athree-year letterwinner... led AtlanticCity to a 20-10 season during hisjunior campaign, averaging 16.9points, 5.3 assists, 3.7 rebounds, and2.3 steals per game… guided theVikings to the South Jersey champi-onship in Group 4, the largest in thestate of New Jersey… had 17.3points per game during the playoffs.
PersonalBusiness major... son of LateefahShannon and Leon Scott... brothersand sisters include Maleeka Scott(16), Zayd Scott (13), Ahmad Shan-non (11), Kareena Miles (3), Ger-many Scott (2), and a newborn babysister.
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Bio InfoShannon emerged as a top prospectas a junior at Atlantic City H.S., andchose Saint Francis over several Di-vision I schools... has tremendousfloor presence, the knack for mak-ing the big play, and the ability tomake shots from long distance... willcontend for an immediate startingposition for the Red Flash.
Atlantic City H.S.Shannon averaged 21.0 ppg, 4.0 apg,4.0 rpg and 2.0 spg as a senior underhead coach Eugene Allen at AtlanticCity High School... named New Jer-sey state MVP... averaged 27.0 ppgduring playoffs as a senior, leadingACHS to the state semifinals... fin-ished career with 1,006 points as athree-year letterwinner... led AtlanticCity to a 20-10 season during hisjunior campaign, averaging 16.9points, 5.3 assists, 3.7 rebounds, and2.3 steals per game… guided theVikings to the South Jersey champi-onship in Group 4, the largest in thestate of New Jersey… had 17.3points per game during the playoffs.
PersonalBusiness major... son of LateefahShannon and Leon Scott... brothersand sisters include Maleeka Scott(16), Zayd Scott (13), Ahmad Shan-non (11), Kareena Miles (3), Ger-many Scott (2), and a newborn babysister.
DEADBALL REBOUNDS SCORE BY PERIODS ATTENDANCEOFF DEF Total 1 2 OT Total Games Total Avg./Game
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INDIVIDUAL HIGHS ALL GAMES NORTHEAST CONFERENCE GAMES
Most Points 35, Devin Sweetney at Long Island (2/19/09) 35, Devin Sweetney at Long Island (2/19/09)
Field Goals Made 12, Devin Sweetney at Long Island (2/19/09) 12, Devin Sweetney at Long Island (2/19/09)
Field Goal Attempts 18, Devin Sweetney at Mount St. Mary’s (2/21/09) 18, Devin Sweetney at Mount St. Mary’s (2/21/09)
18, Devin Sweetney at Wagner (2/7/09) 18, Devin Sweetney at Wagner (2/7/09)
Field Goal Pct. (Min. 5 made) 1.000 (6-6), Mislav Jukic vs. FDU (2/28/09) 1.000 (6-6), Mislav Jukic vs. FDU (2/28/09)
3-PT FG Made 5, Cale Nelson vs. FDU (2/28/09) 5, Cale Nelson vs. FDU (2/28/09)
3-PT FG Attempts 11, Cale Nelson at Sacred Heart (1/8/09) 11, Cale Nelson at Sacred Heart (1/8/09)
3-PT FG Pct. (Min. 2 made) 1.000 (2-2) Mislav Jukic at Long Island (2/19/09) 1.000 (2-2) Mislav Jukic at Long Island (2/19/09)
1.000 (2-2) Kyle Jackson vs. Bryant (1/31/09)
Free Throws Made 14, Cale Nelson vs. Bucknell (11/22/08) 10, Devin Sweetney at CCSU (2/5/09)
Free Throw Attempts 15, Cale Nelson vs. Bucknell (11/22/08) 13, Devin Sweetney at CCSU (2/5/09)
13, Devin Sweetney vs. CCSU (1/17/09)
13, Marquis Ford at Quinnipiac (1/10/09)
Free Throw Pct. (Min. 3 made) 1.000 (6-6), Devin Sweetney vs. Robert Morris (2/26/09) 1.000 (6-6), Devin Sweetney vs. RMU (2/26/09)
1.000 (6-6), Steve Profeta vs. Duquesne (11/20/08)
Rebounds 14, Devin Sweetney at Mount St. Mary’s (2/21/09) 14, Devin Sweetney at Mount St. Mary’s (2/21/09)
Assists 12, Cale Nelson vs. Duquesne (11/20/08) 10, Cale Nelson vs. FDU (2/28/09)
10, Cale Nelson vs. Robert Morris (2/26/09)
10, Cale Nelson vs. CCSU (1/17/09)
Steals 4, Cale Nelson vs. FDU (2/28/09) 4, Cale Nelson vs. FDU (2/28/09)
4, Cale Nelson vs. CCSU (1/17/09) 4, Cale Nelson vs. CCSU (1/17/09)
4, Kyle Jackson at Quinnipiac (1/10/09) 4, Kyle Jackson at Quinnipiac (1/10/09)
4, Cale Nelson at St. Bonaventure (12/17/08)
4, Steve Profeta vs. Duquesne (11/20/08)
Blocked Shots 3, Mislav Jukic vs. Robert Morris (2/26/09) 3, Mislav Jukic vs. Robert Morris (2/26/09)
3, Mislav Jukic vs. Monmouth (1/29/09) 3, Mislav Jukic vs. Monmouth (1/29/09)
Turnovers 7, Cale Nelson at Long Island (2/19/09) 7, Cale Nelson at Long Island (2/19/09)
TEAM HIGHS ALL GAMES NORTHEAST CONFERENCE GAMES
Most Points 78, vs. FDU (2/28/09) 78, vs. FDU (2/28/09)
Field Goals Made 29, vs. FDU (2/28/09) 29, vs. FDU (2/28/09)
Field Goal Attempts 58, at St. Bonaventure (12/17/08) 57, vs. St. Francis-NY (12/6/08)
Field Goal Pct. (Min. 5 made) .605 (23-38), at Morgan State (12/1/08) .527 (29-55), vs. FDU (2/28/09)
3-PT FG Made 12, vs. FDU (2/28/09) 12, vs. FDU (2/28/09)
3-PT FG Attempts 27, at Sacred Heart (1/8/09) 27, at Sacred Heart (1/8/09)
3-PT FG Pct. (Min. 2 made) .533 (8-15) at Youngstown State (11/29/08) .480 (12-25), vs. FDU (2/28/09)
Free Throws Made 34, vs. Bucknell (11/22/08) 20, at Mount St. Mary’s (2/21/09)
Free Throw Attempts 39, vs. Bucknell (11/22/08) 26, at Mount St. Mary’s (2/21/09)
Free Throw Pct. (Min. 3 made) .944 (17-18), at Sacred Heart (1/8/09) .944 (17-18), at Sacred Heart (1/8/09)
Rebounds 42, vs. Bucknell (11/22/08) 39, vs. St. Francis-NY (12/6/08)
Assists 21, vs. FDU (2/28/09) 21, vs. FDU (2/28/09)
21, vs. Monmouth (1/29/09) 21, vs. Monmouth (1/29/09)
Steals 11, vs. FDU (2/28/09) 11, vs. FDU (2/28/09)
Blocked Shots 6, vs. Monmouth (1/29/09) 6, vs. Monmouth (1/29/09)
Turnovers 23, at Texas Tech (11/14/08) 21, vs. Sacred Heart (2/14/09)
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SAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITYnortheast ConferenceNortheast Conference HistoryBy providing opportunities for student-athletes to achievetheir fullest potential both in athletic competition and in theclassroom, the Northeast Conference (NEC) has charted acourse of steady growth since its inception in 1981. Now inits 29th year of service, the NEC’s new Strategic Plan has es-tablished a blueprint for the future as the Conference strivestoward becoming an NCAA Division I leader for athletic suc-cess, academic achievement and integrity, sportsmanship, eq-uity and diversity, community partnership and nationalengagement.
The NEC can trace its roots back to 1981, when the leaguewas first established as the men’s basketball-only ECAC-Metro Conference. A single-sport entity at its inception, eventhe league’s most ardent supporters during its formativeyears could not have envisioned a transformation into a bur-geoning 12-member, 22-sport conference. The remarkablesuccess story of the conference began to unfold in 1985,when the league began sponsoring additional sports. Threeyears later, a change of name was in order and the NortheastConference as we know it today was born. With membershipand sport sponsorship continuing to grow over the nextdecade and beyond, the NEC now enjoys qualification or play-in access to 13 different NCAA Championships (baseball,men’s and women’s basketball, field hockey, men’s andwomen’s golf, women’s lacrosse, men’s and women’s soccer,softball, men’s and women’s tennis and women’s volleyball).
Though the NEC has featured various looks since its incep-tion, charter members Fairleigh Dickinson, Long Island,Robert Morris, St. Francis (NY), Saint Francis (PA) andWagner remain part of the current 12-school alignment.They are joined by Monmouth (admitted in 1985), Mount St.Mary’s (1989), Central Connecticut State (1997), Quinnipiac(1998) and Sacred Heart (1999). NEC expansion continueswith the addition of Bryant University in 2012 as theleague’s 12th member, which will give the league a six-stategeographic footprint with access to such major media mar-kets as New York City, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Hartford andProvidence.
NEC member institutions now compete in 22 championshipsports: baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, women’sbowling, men’s and women’s cross country, field hockey, foot-ball, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s indoor trackand field, women’s lacrosse, men’s and women’s outdoor trackand field, men’s and women’s soccer, softball, women’s swim-ming, men’s and women’s tennis, and women’s volleyball.Men’s lacrosse will begin competition this season and offi-cially become the league’s 23rd sport in 2010-11.
Northeast Conference Website/Television More widely-recognized than ever, the NEC is providing anumber of new ways in which its growing fan base can followthe action.
The Conference began by fulfilling its strategic plan-drivennew media initiatives in 2008-09 when it launched its own
YouTube channel, created NEC On The Run podcast seg-ments, and added NEC Flashbacks, a video on-demandarchive, to its website. More recently, the league dove intothe social media arena by launching a Facebook page and of-fering periodic news updates via Twitter.
To supplement one of the premier regional basketball televi-sion packages in the country, the conference also produces afootball package and a preseason basketball show entitledNEC Countdown to Tipoff. Over the last five years, the Con-ference has televised nearly 150 events, as the league’s cov-erage area expanded to over 50 million homes. Along withflagship station MSG Network, other regional television part-ners include MSG Plus, FSN-Pittsburgh, MASN, Fox CollegeSports, Cox Cable and the Connecticut Sports Network. In2009, ESPN broadcast the men’s basketball championshipgame for the 22nd straight year, while ESPNU carried thewomen’s championship game, marking the second time in asmany years that the women’s contest reached a nationwideaudience.
Further enhancing its multimedia efforts, the league willbegin webstreaming a women’s basketball game of the weekin 2009-10, and raise the number of NEC championship web-casts from five to eight.
Academic Success The Northeast Conference’s commitment to academic excel-lence translated into national recognition for both individualstudent-athletes and the league’s member institutions as awhole. NEC student-athletes graduated at an 83.8 percentrate, which is well above the national average of 78 percentaccording to NCAA Graduation Success Rate (GSR) data.Likewise, a total of 19 NEC teams garnered public recogni-tion from the NCAA for their latest Academic Progress Rate(APR) scores. The league placed 42 representatives onESPN The Magazine Academic All-District teams, five ofwhom went onto garner Academic All-America Honors. Thefirst team honorees were Fairleigh Dickinson’s Matt Maher(baseball), who was a third team recipient in 2008, and Wag-ner’s Andrea Lazzari (softball). Saint Francis (PA)’s ErinReifsteck (field hockey, second team), Monmouth’s Ben Even-den (tennis, third team) and CCSU’s Yan Klukowski (soccer,third team) were also honored for their academic and ath-letic performance. Evenden was a nominee for the presti-gious Rhodes Scholar Award, while Wagner swimmerAlexandra Tomlinson was awarded an NCAA PostgraduateScholarship. On a conference-wide level, more than 2,000student-athletes qualified for the NEC Academic Honor Roll,nearly a 25 percent increase from the previous year. SaintFrancis (PA) posted the highest GPA in the conference toclaim the NEC Institutional Academic Award for the firsttime.
Athletic Success Reinforcing its presence on a national stage, the NortheastConference sent representatives to NCAA Championshipevents in 14 different team sports while NEC student-ath-letes individually qualified to compete for an NCAA title in
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men’s outdoor track & field. In its longstanding effort to in-crease student-athlete opportunities, the Conference begansponsoring women’s bowling as a championship sport and im-mediately grabbed national headlines for its successful inau-gural season. Five of the league’s seven bowling membersoccupied a spot in the final regular season edition of theNTCA Top-20 Poll with No. 2 Fairleigh Dickinson defeatingtop-seeded Nebraska to advance all the way to the semifinalround of the NCAA Women’s Bowling Championship. LockHaven found itself ranked amongst the nation’s Top-25 as itmarched toward its third consecutive NEC field hockey title.
In football, Albany became the first NEC team in nearly adecade to post back-to-back undefeated seasons withinleague play. In a game televised nationally on the YES Net-work, the Great Danes blanked Pioneer Football Leaguechampion Jacksonville, 28-0, in the third annual GridironClassic. Robert Morris men’s basketball, which has won 50games and two NEC regular season crowns in two yearsunder head coach Mike Rice, captured its league-best sixthNEC title with a 48-46 last-second victory over Mount St.Mary’s before a nationwide ESPN2 television audience and aschool-record crowd at the Charles L. Sewall Center. On theheels of its perfect (18-0) run through the NEC women’s bas-ketball schedule and second NEC Tournament title in fouryears, Sacred Heart gave third-seeded Ohio State all it couldhandle in NCAA first round play.
Individually, 13 NEC student-athletes received All-Americahonors in their respective sports. Lock Haven’s Blair Wynne,the only three-time Player of the Year in NEC field hockeyhistory, was named to the Longstreth/NFHCA Division I All-America Second Team for the second consecutive season.NEC men’s soccer has its most successful year since 1987with three players acknowledged at year’s end for their play.Quinnipiac’s Graciano Brito earned his second straightNSCAA/adidas All-America honor, and was joined by FDUjunior forward Samson Malijani on the third team. Brito andMonmouth’s Angelo Amato were third team College SoccerNews honorees. In addition to five football All-Americans,Monmouth’s John Nalbone became the latest NEC player toreach the NFL when he was selected by the Miami Dolphinsin the fifth round of the 2009 Draft. Former Wagner pitchinggreat Andrew Bailey, a 2006 draft pick, broke into the bigleagues in a big way during 2009. A non-roster Spring Train-ing invitee, Bailey won a place in Oakland’s bullpen beforeearning a spot in the MLB All-Star Game three months later.Hoping to someday follow Bailey’s rise up the professionalranks, five of the NEC’s finest were taken in the 2009 MLBDraft – Long Island’s James Jones (Mariners), Monmouth’sRyan Buch (White Sox) and Brett Brach (Indians), Quinnip-iac’s Chris Gloor (Giants), and Wagner’s Kyle Morrison (Na-tionals).
For the second straight year, Sacred Heart captured theNortheast Conference Commissioner’s Cup, recently renamedin honor of NEC Commissioner Brenda Weare, who passedaway in June. The Pioneers claimed the women’s cup for thethird year in a row while earning the men’s cup for the first
time ever to complete a clean sweep. The Pioneers estab-lished new Cup records for overall and women’s points in theprocess.
In The Community The NEC, its member institutions and student-athletes havemade community involvement an important piece of its mis-sion. In 2008-09, the NEC Student-Athlete Advisory Com-mittee made its annual visit to the Cancer RecoveryFoundation in Hershey, PA in February. That same month,conference members participated in "Think Pink" Day, aglobal effort organized by the Women’s Basketball CoachesAssociation to assist in raising breast cancer awareness onthe court, across campuses, in communities and beyond. TheNEC made efficient use of the $75,000 it received from theNCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Grant Program lastseason. Expanding its base deeper into local communities,the Conference saw its women’s basketball attendance in-crease by 20 percent from to establish a new league record.
Evolving and Expanding The past half decade has seen the Northeast Conference takeaim at upgrading the caliber of the league’s championshipsports and enhancing the opportunities and experiences forthe more than 4,000 student-athletes that compete in theconference. Set to become the NEC’s 12th full-time member,Bryant has begun competition within the conference as itmoves through the NCAA reclassification process. The Con-ference has also secured automatic access to the NCAA Divi-sion I Football Championship playoffs beginning in 2010,making football the 14th team sport in which NEC student-athletes are guaranteed a chance to compete for the NCAAcrown. New sport sponsorship in women’s bowling and men’slacrosse (2010-11) will create further opportunities for NECstudent-athletes. Set to embark on a number of branding,sportsmanship and community initiatives as part of theleague’s Strategic Plan, the NEC and its member institutionsare committed to the future growth of the Conference.
Saint Francis (PA)2008-09
Institutional Academic Award
Winner
The Red Flash won the award by finishingthe year with the NEC’s highest combined
GPA at 3.23.
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SAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITYSFu in the northeast ConferenceSAINT FRANCIS YEAR-BY-YEAR IN THE NORTHEAST CONFERENCE
Year Conf. Record Place Playoffs
1981-82 3-11 5th (South Conference) Did not qualify
1982-83 7-7 2nd (South Conference) Beat Baltimore, 75-68; lost to Robert Morris, 106-94
1983-84 8-8 5th (tie) Ineligible for post-season tournament
1984-85 6-8 5th Lost to Loyola-MD, 84-71
1985-86 8-8 5th Lost to Wagner, 100-83
1986-87 7-9 5th (tie) Lost to Loyola-MD, 77-69
1987-88 4-12 8th Did not qualify
1988-89 6-10 7th (tie) Beat Monmouth, 95-89; lost to Fairleigh Dickinson, 74-64
1989-90 10-6 3rd (tie) Lost to Fairleigh Dickinson, 65-62
1991-92 5-11 8th Beat Mount St. Mary's, 85-79; lost to Robert Morris, 83-66
1992-93 7-11 7th (tie) Lost to Monmouth, 91-80
1993-94 9-9 7th (tie) Beat Long Island, 103-79; lost to Rider, 74-60
1994-95 7-11 8th Beat St. Francis-NY, 95-76; lost to Rider, 63-62
1995-96 11-7 5th Lost to Rider, 84-70
1996-97 9-9 6th Lost to Monmouth, 75-68
1997-98 10-6 3rd (tie) Lost to Mount St. Mary's, 69-50
1998-99 7-13 8th (tie) Did not qualify
1999-00 7-11 7th (tie) Lost to Robert Morris, 72-52
2000-01 9-11 8th Did not qualify
2001-02 5-15 9th (tie) Did not qualify
2002-03 10-8 4th (tie) Lost to Quinnipiac, 75-57
2003-04 10-8 4th (tie) Lost to Robert Morris, 58-43
2004-05 10-8 4th (tie) Lost to Long Island, 76-67
2005-06 2-16 11th Did not qualify
2006-07 5-13 11th Did not qualify
2007-08 4-14 8th (tie) Did not qualify
2008-09 3-15 11th Did not qualify
TOTALS 202-280 (.419) 7-21 (.250)
Player-of-the-Year Selections
Mike Iuzzolino - 1991
Rookie-of-the-Year Selections
Darshan Luckey - 2003
Tournament MVP
Mike Iuzzolino - 1991
First-Team Selections
Jeff Hamilton - 1985
Lamont Harris - 1986
Joe Anderson - 1989, 1990, 1991
Mike Iuzzolino - 1990, 1991
Deon George - 1993, 1994
Eric Taylor - 1997, 1998
Darshan Luckey - 2003
Darshan Luckey - 2005
Second-Team Selections
Greg Jacobs - 1986, 1987
Harkeem Dixon - 1989, 1992
Darshan Luckey - 2004
All-Newcomer Team Selections
Joe Anderson - 1988
Jason Roberts - 1993
Eric Taylor - 1995
Sam Sutton - 1998
Rahsaan Benton - 2002
Darshan Luckey - 2003
Marquis Ford - 2006
Devin Sweetney - 2007
All-Tournament Team Selections
Joe Anderson - 1991
Mike Iuzzolino - 1991
John Hilvert - 1991
Mike Iuzzolino, who went on to play with the NBA’sDallas Mavericks and in Europe, is the only player inSaint Francis history to win the NEC Player-of-the-Year and NEC post-season tournament MVP awards.
Darshan Luckey became the first freshman in NEChistory to lead the league in scoring, averaging 21.6ppg in 2002-03. He also became the first player inschool history to earn NEC Rookie-of-the-Year hon-ors.
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INDIVIDUALPOINTS41, Mike Iuzzolino vs. Robert Morris,2/16/91
REBOUNDS23, Eric Taylor vs. Long Island, 1/4/97
FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED32, Bob Gullickson vs. Loyola, 1/31/87
FIELD GOALS MADE17, Lamont Harris vs. Long Island, 1/18/86
3-POINT FGS ATTEMPTED17, Sotiris Aggelou vs. Long Island, 1/4/9716, Bob Gullickson vs. Monmouth, 1/24/8716, John Hilvert vs. Long Island,2/25/89
3-POINT FGS MADE9, John Hilvert vs. Monmouth, 2/16/899, John Hilvert vs. Long Island,2/25/89
FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED20, Sam Sutton vs. Monmouth, 1/4/99
FREE THROWS MADE18, Mike Iuzzolino vs. Robert Morris,2/16/91
BLOCkS6, Jerry Mack vs. Saint Francis-NY, 1/16/866, Melvin Scott vs. Long Island, 2/1/976, Melvin Scott vs. UMBC, 1/27/01
STEALS7, Greg Jacobs vs. Wagner, 2/16/857, Terry Holliman vs. Marist, 1/7/92
ASSISTS12, Garrett Farha vs. MSM, 2/7/0512, Walt DeVan vs. FDU, 2/3/9612, Steve Strachan vs. Monmouth,2/16/89
TEAM RECORDSMOST POINTS111 - vs. Long Island, 2/10/90
MOST POINTS(two teams combined)212 - SFU vs. FDU, 2/16/84 (SFU 100, FDU 112)
FEWEST POINTS40 vs. Monmouth, 2/3/00
FEWEST POINTS (two teams combined) 81 vs. Monmouth, 2/3/00 (MON 41, SFU 40)
LARGEST MARGIN OF VICTORY38 - SFU 96, Wagner 58, 2/2/91
LARGEST MARGIN OF DEFEAT32 - SFU 49, Rider 81, 2/17/9632 - SFU 77, Loyola (MD) 109, 2/4/89
MOST REBOUNDS72 vs. Long Island, 1/4/97
FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED85 vs. Fairleigh Dickinson, 1/30/88
FIELD GOALS MADE43 vs. Fairleigh Dickinson, 2/16/84
FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE68.0% (39-57), vs. Long Island,2/10/90
3-POINT FGS ATTEMPTED36 vs. Long Island, 2/25/89
3-POINT FGS MADE19 vs. Long Island, 2/25/89
3-POINT FG PERCENTAGE80.0 % (8-10), vs. Wagner, 1/6/94
FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED46, vs. Baltimore, 3/8/8346, vs. Long Island, 2/28/94
FREE THROWS MADE36, vs. Robert Morris, 2/16/91
FREE THROW PERCENTAGE100% (10-10), vs. RMU, 2/24/87100% (13-13), vs. Rider, 1/7/95100% (10-10), vs. RMU, 1/15/97
CONSECUTIVE WINS - 6, 1990-91
Eric Taylor grabbed an NEC-record 23 reboundsagainst Long Island on January 4, 1997.
Garrett Farha dished out an school conference-record 12 assists against MSM on Feb. 7, 2005.
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SAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITYSFu’s 1 ,000-Point Club10 - frank Puschauver 4 1,371 Points
POINTS1. 46, Larry Lewis vs. St. Vincent, 2/10/692. 43, Maurice Stokes vs. Dayton (NIT)
3/17/553. 42, Jack Phelan vs. Duquesne 1/14/773. 42, Sandy Williams vs. Kent State
12/28/635. 41, Mike Iuzzolino vs. Robert Morris
2/16/915. 41, Bob Nicholls vs. Roanoke 1/20/757. 40, Maurice Stokes vs. John Carroll
2/15/557. 40, Maurice Stokes vs. W & J 2/26/557. 40, Maurice Stokes vs. St. Vincent7. 40, Lamont Harris vs. Long Island
1/18/867. 40, Kevin Porter vs. Oral Roberts
1/15/7212. 39, Maurice Stokes vs. Kings 2/8/5312. 39, James Mogan vs. Kent. Wesleyan
1/16/5512. 39, Darshan Luckey at Mount Saint Mary’s
2/21/05
REBOUNDS1. 39, Maurice Stokes vs. John Carroll
1/28/55
ASSISTS1. 19, Pat McGeary vs. Siena 2/4/75
BLOCKS1. 6, Jerry Mack vs. Canisius 2/5/861. 6, Jerry Mack vs. St. Francis (NY)
1/16/861. 6, Melvin Scott vs. Long Island 2/1/971. 6, Melvin Scott vs. UMBC 1/27/01
STEALS1. 8, J. Roberts vs. UNC-Greensboro
1/2/962. 7, Greg Jacobs vs. Wagner 2/16/852. 7, Terry Holliman vs. Marist 1/7/922. 7, Darshan Luckey vs. Howard 11/19/04
FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED1. 39, Kevin Porter vs. Oral Roberts 1/5/72
FIELD GOALS MADE1. 20, Jack Phelan vs. Duquesne 1/14/77
FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED1. 26, Jim McClellan vs. St. Anselm’s
1956-57
FREE THROWS MADE1. 24, Sandy Williams vs. Kent State
12/28/63
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED
1. 17, Sotiris Aggelou vs. Long Island1/4/97
THREE-POINT GOALS MADE1. 9, John Hilvert vs. Long Island 2/25/891. 9, John Hilvert vs. Monmouth 2/16/893. 8, Harkeem Dixon vs. Mt. St. Mary's
1/21/923. 8, Rahsaan Benton at Wagner 1/15/054. 7, Bob Gullickson vs. Monmouth1/24/874. 7, Bob Gullickson vs. FDU 1/8/874. 7, Harkeem Dixon vs. Monmouth1/14/87
team recordsteam records
MOST POINTS132 vs. Geneva (132-98) 2/15/69
MOST POINTS ALLOWED125 Oral Roberts (104-125) 1/5/72
FEWEST POINTS13 vs. Allegheny (13-56) 1945-46
FEWEST POINTS ALLOWED1. 34, vs. Steubenville (43-34) 1/17/741. 34, vs. Salem (39-34) 1946-471. 34, vs. Juniata (98-34) 1948-49
THREE-POINT GOALS ATTEMPTED36 vs. Long Island 2/25/89
THREE-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE
80.0 % (8-10), vs. Wagner, 1/6/94
Larry Lewis pumped in a school-record 46 pointsagainst western Pennsylvania rival Saint Vincent onFebruary 10, 1969.
John Hilvert drilled a school-record nine 3-pointersin a game two times, versus Long Island and Mon-mouth, during the 1988-89 season.
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POINTS1. 772, Mike Iuzzolino 1990-912. 760, Maurice Stokes 1954-553. 680, Joe Anderson 1990-914. 655, Sandy Williams 1963-645. 643, Lamont Harris 1985-866. 637, Joe Anderson 1988-897. 618, Kevin Porter 1971-728. 600, Maurice Stokes 1953-549. 605, Darshan Luckey 2002-0310. 602, Darshan Luckey 2004-0511. 580, Joe Anderson 1989-9012. 574, Mike Iuzzolino 1989-9013. 561, Sandy Williams 1962-6314. 552, Kevin Porter 1970-7115. 542, Kevin Porter 1969-7016. 530, Jeff Hamilton 1984-85
REBOUNDS1. 733, Maurice Stokes 1954-552. 689, Maurice Stokes 1953-543. 495, Larry Lewis 1968-694. 443, Larry Lewis 1967-685. 397, Maurice Stokes 1952-536. 386, Larry Lewis 1966-677. 355, Sandy Williams 1963-648. 328, Mike Copeland 1969-709. 323, Wilbur Trosch 1959-6010. 321, Eric Taylor 1997-98
FIELD GOALS MADE1. 302, Maurice Stokes 1954-552. 254, Joe Anderson 1988-893. 249, Kevin Porter 1971-724. 247, Lamont Harris 1985-865. 236, Joe Anderson 1990-916. 234, Maurice Stokes 1953-547. 227, Mike Iuzzolino 1990-918. 223, Joe Anderson 1989-909. 220, Kevin Porter 1970-7110. 212, Darshan Luckey 2004-0511. 211, Sandy Williams 1963-64
FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED1. 707, Maurice Stokes 1954-552. 552, Kevin Porter 1971-723. 549, Maurice Stokes 1953-544. 547, Joe Anderson 1988-895. 528, Bill Wanish 1949-506. 525, Darshan Luckey 2002-036. 525, Joe Anderson 1990-918. 504, Wilbur Trosch 1958-599. 502, Norm Van Lier 1968-6910. 493, Sandy Williams 1963-64
3-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE1. 103, Mike Iuzzolino 1990-912. 93, John Hilvert 1988-893. 82, Rob Wooster 1994-954. 79, Mike Iuzzolino 1989-905. 71, Bob Gullickson 1986-875. 71, Harkeem Dixon 1991-927. 70, Rahsaan Benton 2005-067. 70, Joe Anderson 1990-919. 68, Sotiris Aggelou 1996-9710. 66, Harkeem Dixon 1988-8911. 64, Rob Wooster 1995-96
3-POINT FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED1. 203, John Hilvert 1988-892. 200, Rahsaan Benton 2005-063. 197, Sotiris Aggelou 1996-974. 195, Mike Iuzzolino 1990-915. 194, Harkeem Dixon 1991-926. 188, Bob Gullickson 1986-877. 175, Cale Nelson 2007-088. 174, Rob Wooster 1994-959. 170, Joe Anderson 1990-9110. 164, Darshan Luckey 2002-0311. 159, Grant Surprenant 2005-0612. 156, Rahsaan Benton 2004-0513. 155, Harkeem Dixon 1988-8913. 155, Jamal Ragland 2000-01
FG PERCENTAGE (Min. 120 attempts)1. 71.4 (125-175), Lou Schmitt 1982-832. 67.1 (114-170), Steveroy Daley 2001-023. 61.9 (112-181), G. DeBerardinis 1963-644. 61.4 (181-295), Larry Lewis 1966-675. 59.8 (149-249), Jason Osborne 2004-056. 59.7 (77-121), Tom Bennetch 1988-897. 59.3 (89-150), Gene DeBerardinis 1962-638. 59.0 (184-312), Clarence Hopson 1971-729. 58.5 (114-195), Lou Schmitt 1981-8210. 57.9 (106-183), Tom Bennetch 1990-9111. 57.3 (122-213), Jelani Lawrence 2005-0612. 57.1 (112-196), Ken Kolakowski 1977-78
3-POINT PERCENTAGE (Min. 50 made)1. 52.8 (103-195), Mike Iuzzolino 1990-912. 51.6 (79-153), Mike Iuzzolino 1989-903. 51.0 (51-100), Marquis Ford 2006-074. 49.1 (57-116), Dan Swoger 2002-035. 47.1 (82-174), Rob Wooster 1994-956. 45.8 (93-203), John Hilvert 1988-897. 43.8 (53-121), Pete Fox 2000-018. 43.5 (64-147), Rob Wooster 1995-968. 43.5 (60-138), Rob Krimmel 1999-0010. 42.6 (66-155), Harkeem Dixon 1988-8911. 39.2 (51-130), Erick Wills 2003-04
FREE THROWS MADE1. 233, Sandy Williams 1963-642. 215, Mike Iuzzolino 1990-913. 167, Eric Taylor 1997-984. 157, Darshan Luckey 2002-034. 157, Sandy Williams 1962-636. 156, Maurice Stokes 1954-557. 149, Lamont Harris 1985-868. 142, Jeff Hamilton 1984-85
FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED1. 290, Sandy Williams 1963-642. 243, Mike Iuzzolino 1990-913. 222, Lamont Harris 1985-863. 222, Eric Taylor 1997-985. 218, Maurice Stokes 1954-556. 210, Sandy Williams 1962-637. 209, Jeff Hamilton 1984-85
STEALS1. 64, Napoleon Lightning 1983-842. 58, Bill Hughes 1986-873. 57, Jason Roberts 1992-934. 55, Joe Anderson 1990-915. 54, Napoleon Lightning 1982-835. 54, Jamal Ragland 2000-01
FREE THROW PERCENTAGE1. 91.3 (63-69), Nick Leasure 1978-792. 88.5 (215-243), Mike Iuzzolino 1990-913. 88.1 (59-67), Rahsaan Benton 2005-064, 87.5 (84-96), Terrence Martin 1995-965. 87.1 (135-155), Mike Iuzzolino 1989-905. 87.1 (61-70), Bob Gullickson 1986-877. 86.7 (65-75), Rob Wooster 1994-958. 86.6 (84-97), John Hilvert 1988-899. 86.3 (63-73), Cale Nelson 2006-0710. 85.3 (52-61), Rob Wooster 1993-9411. 84.9 (90-106), John Novalessi 1956-5712. 84.5 (49-58), Rick Hockenos 1973-7413. 84.0 (42-50), Pat McGeary 1972-73
ASSISTS1. 290, Norm Van Lier 1967-682. 199, Napoleon Lightning 1982-833. 194, Garrett Farha 2004-054. 163, Napoleon Lightning 1981-825. 153, Kevin Cofield 1987-886. 146, Cale Nelson 2008-097. 142, Bob Convey 1979-808. 139, Napoleon Lightning 1983-849. 136, Steve Cloran 1993-949. 136, Bob Convey 1980-8111. 134, Pat McGeary 1974-7512. 130, Mike Iuzzolino 1989-9013. 129, Garrett Farha 2005-06
BLOCKED SHOTS1. 70, Melvin Scott 2000-012. 43, Jerry Mack 1986-873. 36, Jelani Lawrence 2005-064. 35, Jerry Mack 1985-864. 35, Emmanuel Adekunle 1997-986. 33, Reggie Lewis 1992-937. 32, Lou Schmitt 1982-838, 30, Emmanuel Adekunle 1995-969. 29, Bassirou Dieng 2007-089. 29, Emmanuel Adekunle 1996-9711. 28, Bassirou Dieng 2006-0711. 28, Jason Osborne 2004-0511. 28, Jason Osborne 2003-04
Jason Osborne’s 28 blocked shots in 2003-04 and2004-05 rank 11th all-time in a single-season at SaintFrancis University, and his 71 career blocks ranksixth in program history.
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SAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITYSeason records (Team)POINTS
MOST POINT ALLOWED (AVG)1. 89.4 1963-64 (24 games)2. 87.6 1964-65 (25 games)3. 87.0 1971-72 (25 games)
The 1957-58 team was the third Saint Francis University team invited to play in the prestigious National Invitation Tourna-ment. First row (left to right): Robert Hoare, Charles Swick, Jack O’Malley, Robert Jones. Second row (left to right): Ed Hoff-
man, Joe Aston, Donald Crawford, Wilbur Trosch, Jim McClellan, Don Falenski, Lemuel Nixon.
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SCORING YEARS PTS/AVG.1. Joe Anderson 1987-91 2,301/19.82. Maurice Stokes 1951-55 2,282/22.43. Jeff Hamilton 1981-85 1,810/16.54. Kevin Porter 1968-72 1,766/22.95. Darshan Luckey 2002-05 1,699/20.26. Sandy Williams 1961-64 1,546/22.47. @M. Iuzzolino 1986-88
1989-91 1,493/13.38. Harkeem Dixon 1987-92 1,458/13.89. Greg Jacobs 1983-87 1,457/13.510. Norm Van Lier 1966-69 1,410/18.811. F. Puschauver 1953-57 1,371/13.712. Wilbur Trosch 1957-60 1,361/18.613. Nick Leasure 1975-79 1,360/13.514. Len Murray 1964-68 1,323/13.415. Larry Lewis 1966-69 1,293/17.216. John Hilvert 1987-91 1,292/11.817. Deon George 1990-94 1,288/11.618. Eric Taylor 1994-98 1,287/12.019. Charlie Kates 1977-81 1,213/11.620. Joe Hazinsky 1968-72 1,187/15.421. Calvin Fowler 1959-62 1,179/16.822. C. Hopson 1971-74 1,148/14.923. Jim McClellan 1954-58 1,140/13.024. Terrence Martin 1993-97 1,130/13.025. Joe Aston 1957-60 1,128/15.926. John Bodner 1948-52 1,125/NA27. Bill Coyle 1963-67 1,097/11.828. Rob Wooster 1992-96 1,085/13.129. Joe Schoen 1977-81 1,076/10.530. Bill Wanish 1948-51 1,064/NA31. Ed Winters 1959-62 1,063/15.232. N. Lightning 1981-85 1,060/9.733. Devin Sweetney 2006-present 1,056/12.134. Rahsaan Benton 2001-06 1,045/9.935. Bob Convey 1977-81 1,036/10.236. Jason Roberts 1992-96 1,033/9.437. Bob Nichols 1972-76 1,017/10.238. Ed W. Dugan 1950-54 1,003/NA
REBOUNDING YEARS REBS1. *Maurice Stokes 1951-55 1,8192. Larry Lewis 1966-69 1,3243. Jim McClellan 1954-58 1,0024. Eric Taylor 1994-98 9675. Joe Schoen 1977-81 9426. Wilbur Trosch 1957-60 8757. Sandy Williams 1961-64 8338. Joe Aston 1957-60 8319. Mike Copeland 1968-71 83010. Don Falenski 1955-59 79711. Norm Van Lier 1966-69 76912. F. Puschauver 1953-57 71313. Jeff Hamilton 1981-85 71114. Joe Anderson 1987-91 66615. Charlie Kates 1977-81 66516. William Saller 1952-56 653
REBOUNDING AVG. YEARS AVG1. Maurice Stokes 1951-55 25.32. Larry Lewis 1966-69 17.73. Sandy Williams 1961-64 12.14. Wilbur Trosch 1957-60 12.05. Joe Aston 1957-60 11.76. Ralph Ledbetter 1974-76 11.67. Jim McClellan 1954-58 11.47. Mike Copeland 1968-69 11.49. Robert Jones 1958-60 11.010. Norm Van Lier 1966-69 10.3
FIELD GOALS MADE YEARS FGM1. Maurice Stokes 1951-55 8822. Joe Anderson 1987-91 8683. Kevin Porter 1968-72 7004. Jeff Hamilton 1981-85 6985. Nick Leasure 1975-79 606
FIELD GOALS ATT. YEARS FGA1. Joe Anderson 1987-91 19412. !Maurice Stokes 1951-55 15873. Kevin Porter 1968-72 15354. Jeff Hamilton 1981-85 14065. Darshan Luckey 2002-05 13816. Wilbur Trosch 1957-60 13087. Nick Leasure 1975-79 1278
FIELD GOAL % YEARSPCT (FGM-FGA)1. G. DeBerardinis 1961-64 60.4 (252-417)2. Lou Schmitt 1980-84 59.9 (363-606)3. Steveroy Daley 2000-03 58.2 (259-445)4. Jelani Lawrence 2006-07 57.7 (180-312)5. Tom Bennetch 1987-91 56.5 (293-519)6. Jason Osborne 2001-05 54.7 (384-702)7. Jack Phelan 1973-77 54.4 (411-755)
3-POINT GOALS MADE YEARS 3PT1. John Hilvert 1987-91 2472. Harkeem Dixon 1987-92 2313. Rahsaan Benton 2001-06 2034. @Mike Iuzzolino 1986-88
1990-91 1995. Rob Wooster 1992-96 1976. Jason Roberts 1992-96 1837. Joe Anderson 1987-91 170
3-POINT GOALS ATT. YEARS 3PTA1. John Hilvert 1987-91 6082. Harkeem Dixon 1987-92 6023. Rahsaan Benton 2001-06 5664. Jason Roberts 1992-96 4814. $Sotiris Aggelou 1993-95
1996-98 4816. Jamal Ragland 1997-01 4787. Cale Nelson 2004-09 4688. Joe Anderson 1987-91 4519. Rob Wooster 1992-96 44810. Dan Swoger 1999-03 423
3-POINT FG% YEARS PCT (FGM-FGA)1. @Mike Iuzzolino 1986-88
1990-91 51.2 (199-389)2. Rob Wooster 1992-96 44.0 (197-448)3. John Hilvert 1987-91 40.6 (274-608)3. Deon George 1990-93 40.6 (71-175)5. Rob Krimmel 1996-00 39.8 (135-339)6. Grant Surprenant 2005-09 39.0 (141-362)7. Harkeem Dixon 1987-92 38.4 (231-602)8. Jason Roberts 1992-96 38.1 (183-481)
FREE THROWS MADE YEARS FT1. Sandy Williams 1961-64 4702. Jeff Hamilton 1981-85 4143. @Mike Iuzzolino 1986-88
1990-91 4024. Joe Anderson 1987-91 395 5. Norm Van Lier 1966-69 376
FREE THROW ATT. YEARS FTA1. Jeff Hamilton 1981-85 6302. Sandy Williams 1961-64 6043. Jim McClellan 1954-58 5464. Frank Puschauver 1953-57 5415. %Maurice Stokes 1951-55 523
1990-91 87.8 (402-458)2. Rob Wooster 1992-96 84.7 (188-222)3. Pat McGeary 1972-76 82.4 (140-170)4. Bob Convey 1977-81 81.7 (308-377)4. Cale Nelson 2004-09 81.7 (147-180)6. Rahsaan Benton 2001-06 81.3 (152-187)7. Walt DeVan 1994-98 80.7 (305-378)8. Terrence Martin 1994-96 80.4 (230-286)
ASSISTS YEARS ASSTS1. Napoleon Lightning 1981-85 5892. Jamal Ragland 1997-01 4883. Bob Convey 1977-81 4403. Greg Jacobs 1983-87 4405. Cale Nelson 2004-09 3806. Jack Phelan 1973-77 3537. Garrett Farha 2004-06 3237. Don Graham 1975-79 323
BLOCkS YEARS BLkS1. Melvin Scott 1996-01 1372. Jerry Mack 1985-89 1093. Emmanuel Adekunle 1994-98 1054. Lou Schmitt 1980-84 775. Reggie Lewis 1989-94 746. Jason Osborne 2001-05 717. Tom Bennetch 1987-91 618. Jelani Lawrence 2005-07 598. Mike Fink 1989-92 5910. Bassirou Dieng 2006-08 5811. Jeff Hamilton 1981-85 52
STEALS YEARS STLS1. Napoleon Lightning 1981-85 2002. Jason Roberts 1992-96 1963. Greg Jacobs 1983-87 1904. Joe Anderson 1987-91 1825. Jamal Ragland 1997-01 163* - Does not include Stokes' freshman year because re-bounding statistics were not kept until 1952-53.! - Field goal attempts were not kept during 1950-51.% - Free throw attempts were not kept during 1950-51.& - Three-point field goals became official during the1986-87 season.# - Steals were not officially kept until 1981-82.@ - Mike Iuzzolino spent the 1986-88 seasons at PennState University. He was 17-41 from three-point rangeand 52-60 from the free throw line during those years.$ - Sotiris Aggelou spent the 1993-95 seasons at theUniversity of Pittsburgh. He was 48-152 from three-point range during those years.
Napoleon Lightning holds school records for careerassists (589) and steals (200). He played at SaintFrancis from 1981-85.
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Welcome to
DEGOL ARENA at the
Maurice Stokes Center
DEGOL ARENA AND THE MAURICE STOkES ATHLETICS
CENTER have been the home of Red Flash Athletics forthe past 38 years. The facility, built in 1971 and named inhonor of the late Maurice Stokes, houses all Saint Francis ath-letic administration and staff.
Last renovated in 1994, the Stokes Center includes a natato-rium, a fitness center, an indoor running track, as well as anauxiliary gymnasium.
The centerpiece of the complex is the 3,500-seat DeGolArena that serves as home to the Red Flash men’s andwomen’s basketball and volleyball programs. The athletic de-partment’s administrative and coaches’ offices are also locatedin the center.
Stokes, who played at the University from 1951-55, led SaintFrancis to back-to-back National Invitational Tournament ap-pearances in 1954 and 1955. Stokes was drafted into theNBA by the Rochester Royals prior to the 1955-56 season.
He was named the league’s Rookie of the Year and was athree-time All-Star before his career was tragically cut short bya bout with encephalopathy. He battled the condition fortwelve years before his death in 1970.
He was elected into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall ofFame in 2004.
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SAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITYDegol Arena recordsYEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS
INDIVIDUAL RECORDS (Red Flash Players only)Most Points - 42, Jack Phelan vs. Duquesne, January 14, 1977Most Field Goals - 20, Jack Phelan vs. Duquesne, January 14, 1977Most Assists - 19, Pat McGeary vs. Siena, February 4, 1975
TEAM RECORDSTOP SCORING OUTING:113, vs. Siena (113-99), 1974-75111, vs. Long Island, (111-99), 1989-90108, vs. Roanoke (108-88), 1974-75104, vs. Long Island (104-70), 1986-87103, vs. Long Island (103-79), 1993-94101, vs. Duquesne (101-107), 1974-75102, vs. Long Island (102-91), 1991-92102, vs. Marist (102-94), 1991-92100, vs. St. Francis-NY (100-94), 1978-79
LOWEST SCORING OUTING: 43, vs. Monmouth (L, 60-43), 2001-02
MOST POINTS BY AN OPPONENT: 108, by Pittsburgh (69-108), 1986-87107, by Duquesne (101-107), 1974-75107, by Canisius (71-107), 1972-73107, by Creighton (93-107), 1972-73
FEWEST POINTS BY AN OPPONENT:38, by Steubenville (44-38), 1972-73
MOST POINTS COMBINED:212, vs. Siena (SFU 113, Siena 99), 1974-75
LONGEST WINNING STREAk:17 games, 1990-91, 1991-92
LONGEST LOSING STREAk:9 games, 1981-82
SFU IN ONE-POINT GAMES: 17-10Last One Point Game - Saint Francis 73, Central Connecticut State 72
(Jan. 26, 2008)
LARGEST MARGIN OF VICTORY:38, vs. Wagner (SFU 96, WC 58), 1990-91
LARGEST MARGIN OF DEFEAT:39, by Pittsburgh (SFU 69, Pitt 108), 1986-87
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POINTS
YEAR NAME . . . . . . . . .PTS/AVG
1946-47 Bill Maus . . . . . . . . . . .218/11.5
1947-48 Frank Mansfield . . . . .268/11.6
1948-49 Bill Wanish . . . . . . . . .414/16.5
1949-50 Bill Wanish . . . . . . . . .439/16.9
1950-51 John Bodner . . . . . . . .353/15.3
1951-52 Maurice Stokes . . . . . .505/16.8
1952-53 Maurice Stokes . . . . . .417/23.2
1953-54 Maurice Stokes . . . . . .600/23.1
1954-55 Maurice Stokes . . . . . .760/27.1
1955-56 Frank Puschauver . . . .438/18.2
1956-57 Frank Puschauver . . . .336/14.0
1957-58 Wilbur Trosch . . . . . . .407/16.9
1958-59 Wilbur Trosch . . . . . . .493/19.7
1959-60 Wilbur Trosch . . . . . . .450/19.6
1960-61 Calvin Fowler . . . . . . .513/20.5
1961-62 Calvin Fowler . . . . . . .417/19.0
1962-63 Sandy Williams . . . . . .561/24.4
1963-64 Sandy Williams . . . . . .655/27.3
1964-65 John Fitzhenry . . . . . .354/15.4
1965-66 Sam Harris . . . . . . . . .493/18.9
1966-67 Larry Lewis . . . . . . . . .456/17.6
1967-68 Norm Van Lier . . . . . .471/18.8
1968-69 Norm Van Lier . . . . . .504/21.0
1969-70 Kevin Porter . . . . . . . .542/23.6
1970-71 Kevin Porter . . . . . . . .552/23.0
1971-72 Kevin Porter . . . . . . . .618/24.7
1972-73 Clarence Hopson . . . .394/15.1
1973-74 Clarence Hopson . . . .350/13.5
1974-75 Bob Nicholls . . . . . . . .365/14.6
1975-76 Jack Phelan . . . . . . . . .315/13.1
1976-77 Nick Leasure . . . . . . . .437/16.8
1977-78 Nick Leasure . . . . . . . .335/12.9
1978-79 Nick Leasure . . . . . . . .413/15.9
1979-80 Charlie Kates . . . . . . .403/14.4
1980-81 Bob Convey . . . . . . . .402/14.9
1981-82 Jeff Hamilton . . . . . . .374/14.4
1982-83 Jeff Hamilton . . . . . . .448/14.8
1983-84 Jeff Hamilton . . . . . . .478/17.7
1984-85 Jeff Hamilton . . . . . . .530/19.0
1985-86 Lamont Harris . . . . . .643/23.0
1986-87 Bill Hughes . . . . . . . . .473/17.5
1987-88 Joe Anderson . . . . . . .404/15.0
1988-89 Joe Anderson . . . . . . .637/22.0
1989-90 Mike Iuzzolino . . . . . .574/21.3
1990-91 Mike Iuzzolino . . . . . .772/24.1
1991-92 Harkeem Dixon . . . . .471/16.8
1992-93 Deon George . . . . . . .494/18.3
1993-94 Deon George . . . . . . .453/16.2
1994-95 Rob Wooster . . . . . . . .419/15.0
1995-96 Rob Wooster . . . . . . . .368/13.6
1996-97 Eric Taylor . . . . . . . . .393/14.6
1997-98 Eric Taylor . . . . . . . . .473/17.5
1998-99 Sam Sutton . . . . . . . . .337/13.5
1999-00 Tom Fox . . . . . . . . . . .293/10.9
2000-01 Melvin Scott . . . . . . . .338/13.0
2001-02 Reiner Mougnol . . . . .355/13.1
2002-03 Darshan Luckey . . . . .605/21.6
2003-04 Darshan Luckey . . . . .492/17.6
2004-05 Darshan Luckey . . . . .602/21.5
2005-06 Rahsaan Benton . . . . .349/12.5
2006-07 Devin Sweetney . . . .376/13.0
2007-08 Chris Berry . . . . . . . . .324/11.2
2008-09 Devin Sweetney . . . .374/16.3
REBOUNDS
YEAR NAME . . . . . . . . . . . . .REBS
1952-53 Maurice Stokes . . . . . . . . . . .397
1953-54 Maurice Stokes . . . . . . . . . . .689
1954-55 Maurice Stokes . . . . . . . . . . .733
1955-56 Jim McClellan . . . . . . . . . . .313
1956-57 Lemuel Nixon . . . . . . . . . . .240
1957-58 Wilbur Trosch . . . . . . . . . . .247
1958-59 Wilbur Trosch . . . . . . . . . . .305
1959-60 Wilbur Trosch . . . . . . . . . . .323
1960-61 Calvin Fowler . . . . . . . . . . . .213
1961-62 Bob Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213
Opponent SFU OPP W/LCresson Big Five 36 23 WAltoona A.O.H. 29 23 WAlumni 51 14 WJohnstown Coaches 38 34 WThiel 28 33 LDuquesne 17 44 LWaynesburg 19 46 LWestminster 19 39 LOlson’s Nordics 34 47 LBucknell 29 30 LThiel 27 29 LWestminster 10 47 LGrove City 36 37 LSaint Bonaventure 27 36 LAltoona Big Five 36 35 W
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SAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITYSeason-by-Season resultsSaint Francis University began playing basketball just 15 years after Dr. James Naismith invented the game in 1891. The first basketball game was played in Loretto duringthe 1905-06 academic year, but results of that game and those to follow during the next 12 years are lost or scattered because of two library fires on the Saint Francis cam-pus. It is known that the Red Flash, then known as the "Saints", did beat Juniata College, 60-10, in the school’s first win over an opposing college during the 1910-11 sea-son. The first complete results are from the 1918-19 season.
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1928-29 (10-3)Coach: William Donahue
Opponent SFU OPP W/LSaint Vincent 52 25 WSlippery Rock 31 18 WThiel 25 24 WDuquesne 30 32 LDetroit 30 25 WProspect A.C. 48 14 WWindber Big Five 39 27 WAltoona All-Saints 53 20 WSlippery Rock 52 35 WThiel 48 26 WAltoona Big Five 30 32 LSaint Bonaventure 17 40 LSacred Heart 48 18 W
1929-30 (6-8)Coach: William Donahue
Opponent SFU OPP W/LGrove City 19 35 LSlippery Rock 34 30 WBulter Paulists 21 24 LCasey’s 21 32 LSaint Vincent 34 23 WAltoona Big Five 19 22 LSaint Francis-NY 25 18 WDetroit 22 29 LFerndale Firemen 35 23 WDubois Lithuanians 26 14 WSaint Vincent 21 28 LSaint Bonaventure 21 45 LDubois Lithuanians 24 37 LSlippery Rock 50 26 W
1930-31 (5-10)Coach: Eugene Stringer
Opponent SFU OPP W/LSlippery Rock 15 28 LGrove City 30 32 LCanisius 30 36 LSaint Bonaventure 34 49 LSaint Thomas (Scranton) 15 26 LJohnstown Y 32 24 WSaint Stephen’s-NY 41 28 WSlippery Rock 22 31 LGrove City 31 35 LCanisius 20 24 LRexall Five 54 21 WJohnstown Y 38 25 WSt. Columba (Johnstown) 42 28 WSaint Vincent 33 44 LSaint Vincent 30 37 L
1931-32 (7-7)Coach: Eugene Stringer
Opponent SFU OPP W/LYoungstown Y 28 15 WSlippery Rock 21 38 LWestminster 25 45 LJohnstown Y 38 26 WAkron All-Stars 43 17 WMount Saint Mary’s 25 39 LPhil. Pharmacy 36 24 WSaint Vincent 19 22 LJohnstown Y 41 31 WSaint Vincent 22 16 WGlenville State 38 28 WSlippery Rock 28 29 LSaint Bonaventure 27 28 LYoungstown Y 15 19 L
1938-39 (6-9)Coach: Francis Salony
Opponent SFU OPP W/LPhil. Pharmacy 38 33 WScranton 28 44 LFrostburg State 33 29 WDavis & Elkins 28 31 LIndiana-PA 43 41 WSaint Mary’s 39 24 WMount Saint Mary’s 25 34 LCatholic 41 33 WSaint Vincent 24 30 LFrostburg State 39 41 L
Saint Vincent 28 30 LIndiana-PA 26 30 LMount Saint Mary’s 34 37 LJohn Carroll 30 34 LPhil. Pharmacy 41 19 W
1939-40 (9-8)Coach: Francis Salony
Opponent SFU OPP W/LPotomac State 35 34 WMillersville 39 36 WIndiana-PA 30 22 WPotomac State 39 27 WFrostburg State 33 29 WCatholic 34 31 WMorris Harvey 35 49 LDavis & Elkins 49 51 LSaint Vincent 33 35 LNiagara 38 42 LLoyola-MD 51 34 WIndiana-PA 41 28 WSaint Bonaventure 33 39 LSeton Hall 36 48 LSaint Vincent 41 34 WYoungstown State 28 46 LFrostburg State 42 52 L
1940-41 (6-8)Coach: Francis Salony
Opponent SFU OPP W/LVillanova 30 38 LFrostburg State 47 41 WMorris Harvey 39 36 WCatholic 46 27 WFrostburg State 42 46 LSaint Vincent 21 24 LMarshall 36 50 LSeton Hall 22 36 LYoungstown State 58 62 LSaint Bonaventure 32 42 LSaint Vincent 51 32 WIndiana-PA 35 34 WMarshall 43 87 LNiagara 42 27 W
1941-42 (4-8)Coach: Francis Salony
Opponent SFU OPP W/LGlenville State 26 42 LWestinghouse Tech 44 33 WIndiana-PA 23 36 LVillanova 36 48 LSeton Hall 36 58 LColumbus 43 44 LFrostburg State 40 39 WSaint Bonaventure 37 44 LGlenville State 38 58 LSaint Vincent 27 39 LFrostburg State 46 28 WSaint Vincent 34 33 W
1942-43 (1-2-1)Coach: Rev. Terrence Burns, TOR
Opponent SFU OPP W/LCalifornia (PA) 32 32 TSeton Hall 30 45 LVillanova 35 56 LScranton 38 36 W*Remainder of season canceled because of U.S. entry intoWorld War II.
1945-46 (1-8-1)Coaches: Max Cook/Dr. William Hughes
Date Opponent SFU OPP W/LDec. 4 Alliance 21 51 LDec. 5 Allegheny 13 56 L
Juniata 46 91 LJAN. 19 SAINT VINCENT 43 49 LFEB. 1 ALLIANCE 40 37 WFEB. 15 JUNIATA 62 62 TFEB. 16 SLIPPERY ROCk 28 70 LFeb. 23 Indiana-PA 33 60 LMar. 3 Saint Vincent 48 75 LMar. 5 Indiana-PA 43 56 L
1946-47 (11-8)Coach: Dr. William Hughes
Date Opponent SFU OPP W/LDEC. 17 INDIANA-PA 71 41 WJAN. 11 DUqUESNE 22 54 LJAN. 15 SAINT VINCENT 48 44 WJAN. 18 SALEM 39 34 W
Saint Bonaventure 51 56 LJan. 22 Gannon 60 51 WJan. 24 Indiana-PA 50 61 LJAN. 25 YOUNGSTOWN ST. 48 52 LFEB. 8 JUNIATA 46 41 WFeb. 11 Mount Saint Mary’s 50 62 LFeb. 12 Scranton 53 62 LFeb. 17 Bainbridge Navy 56 54 WFEB. 18 qUANTICO MARINES 58 71 LFeb. 19 Youngstown State 56 48 WFEB. 23 GANNON 65 41 WFeb. 27 Saint Vincent 68 49 WMAR. 1 LASALLE 55 67 L
Juniata 51 45 WBAINBRIDGE NAVY 74 49 W
1947-48 (15-9)Coach: Dr. William Hughes
Date Opponent SFU OPP W/LLock Haven 45 37 WMount Saint Mary’s 51 42 WAlliance 58 50 WAkRON 48 79 L
Date Opponent SFU OPP W/LDec. 7 Saint Vincent 66 41 WDEC. 9 WESTMINSTER 102 90 WDec. 11 Villanova 71 76 LDec. 13 Mount Saint Mary’s 79 86 LDec. 16 $ Iona 88 59 WDec. 20 Duquesne 58 71 LDEC. 22 WAYNE STATE 75 49 WJan. 6 Wayne State 62 66 LJAN. 8 DUqUESNE 82 72 WJan. 12 Fairleigh Dickinson 75 62 WJan. 13 Hofstra 85 75 WJAN. 22 GENEVA 92 83 WJan. 26 Baldwin-Wallace 102 84 WJan. 28 John Carroll 115 94 WJan. 29 Saint Bonaventure 95 93 W (OT)Feb. 2 Geneva 94 87 WFEB. 3 JOHN CARROLL 70 79 LFEB. 5 LAWRENCE TECH 99 53 WFEB. 9 ST. BONAVENTURE93 88 WFEB. 12 TEMPLE 85 69 WFeb. 14 Gettysburg 107 71 WFeb. 22 Baldwin-Wallace 111 92 WFEB. 24 SAINT VINCENT 104 58 WFEB. 26 WASH. & JEFFERSON 116 73 W
Mar. 12 * Seton Hall 89 78 WMar. 15 * Holy Cross 68 64 WMar. 17 * Dayton 73 79 L (OT)Mar. 19 * Cincinnati 91 96 L (OT)$ = played at Madison Square Garden - New York, N.Y.*National Invitational Tournament (NIT)
1955-56 (10-14)Coach: Dr. William Hughes
Date Opponent SFU OPP W/LDec. 7 Villanova 7 1 76 LDec. 10 Saint Bonaventure 93 88 WDec. 13 Duquesne 48 63 LDec. 29 * George Washington 58 69 LDec. 30 * Maryland 56 69 LJan. 4 Geneva 83 111 LJAN. 7 FAIRLEIGH DICkINSON 91 50 W
1989-90 (17-11/10-6 Northeast Conference)Coach: Jim Baron
Date Opponent SFU OPP W/LNOV. 25 DELAWARE 84 78 WNov. 27 at Liberty 92 82 WNov. 30 at Villanova 72 93 LDEC. 4 *MOUNT SAINT MARY'S 74 72 WDec. 10 at Niagara 76 74 WDEC. 18 TOWSON STATE 95 75 WDec. 23 at Southern California 73 76 LDEC. 30 GENEVA 72 68 WJAN. 2 YOUNGSTOWN STATE 97 85 W
2004-05 (15-13, 10-8 Northeast Conference)Coach: Bobby Jones
Date Opponent SFU OPP W/LNOV. 19 HOWARD 74 63 WNov. 22 at Bucknell 70 65 WNov. 29 at American 65 71 LDec. 1 at Pittsburgh 41 65 LDEC. 4 *CENTRAL CONN. STATE 84 81 W (OT)DEC. 7 OHIO 83 74 WDEC. 11 GEORGE WASHINGTON 65 79 LDEC. 18 SLIPPERY ROCk 70 44 WDec. 22 at Minnesota 67 85 LDec. 29 at Youngstown State 70 56 WJAN. 5 *LONG ISLAND 79 70 WJan. 7 *at Fairleigh Dickinson 52 79 LJan. 10 *at Robert Morris 78 72 WJan. 15 *at Wagner 70 89 LJan. 17 *at Saint Francis (N.Y.) 71 82 LJAN. 22 *WAGNER 63 45 WJAN. 24 *qUINNIPIAC 80 70 WJAN. 27 *ROBERT MORRIS 64 72 LFeb. 3 *at Central Connecticut State 60 78 LFeb. 5 *at Quinnipiac 67 75 LFEB. 7 *MOUNT SAINT MARY’S 81 71 WFEB. 10 *MONMOUTH 65 57 WFEB. 12 *FAIRLEIGH DICkINSON 76 75 WFeb. 17 *at Long Island 67 72 LFeb. 21 *at Mount Saint Mary’s 68 82 LFEB. 24 *SACRED HEART 73 67 WFeb. 28 *at Sacred Heart 77 60 WMar. 3 $ at Long Island 67 76 L*Northeast Conference games$ Northeast Conference Tournament game
2005-06 (4-24, 2-16 Northeast Conference)Coach: Bobby Jones
Date Opponent SFU OPP W/LNov. 8 # vs. Cornell 54 75 LNov. 9 # vs. Bethune-Cookman 52 63 L (OT)Nov. 19 YOUNGSTOWN STATE 71 58 WNov. 21 LOCk HAVEN 74 54 WNov. 26 at Ohio University 61 77 LNov. 30 at George Washington 68 85 LDec. 3 at St. Bonaventure 65 69 LDec. 10 *SACRED HEART 72 74 LDec. 18 at Penn State 74 88 LDec. 28 at La Salle 55 85 LJan. 2 AMERICAN 52 62 LJan. 5 *at Fairleigh Dickinson 64 73 LJan. 7 *at Monmouth 53 55 LJan. 10 *MOUNT SAINT MARY’S 56 84 LJan. 12 *LONG ISLAND 70 73 L (OT)Jan. 14 *ST. FRANCIS-NY 56 65 LJan. 19 *at Wagner 68 61 WJan. 21 *at Sacred Heart 54 65 LJan. 24 *at Robert Morris 67 79 LJan. 26 *FAIRLEIGH DICkINSON 49 66 LJan. 28 *MONMOUTH 56 74 LFeb. 4 *at Mount Saint Mary’s 56 71 LFeb. 10 *qUINNIPIAC 62 65 LFeb. 12 *CENTRAL CONN. STATE 52 51 WFeb. 16 *at St. Francis-NY 46 69 LFeb. 18 *at Long Island 60 72 LFeb. 21 *ROBERT MORRIS 54 70 LFeb. 25 *at Central Connecticut State 58 88 L*Northeast Conference games# 2K Sports Coaches vs. Cancer Classic at Syracuse University
2006-07 (8-21, 5-13 Northeast Conference)Coach: Bobby Jones
Date Opponent SFU OPP W/LNOV. 18 LOCk HAVEN 94 60 WNOV. 20 SAINT BONAVENTURE 76 54 WNOV. 25 LA SALLE 60 69 LNov. 27 at Howard 69 75 LNOV. 29 BUCkNELL 56 60 LDec. 4 at Liberty 67 84 LDec. 7 at St. Francis-NY* 54 50 WDec. 9 at Sacred Heart* 91 103 LDEC. 16 LIBERTY 70 56 WDec. 19 at Akron 44 79 LDEC. 22 DUqUESNE 71 72 LDec. 30 at Georgia Tech 43 87 LJan. 2 at American 63 73 LJAN. 4 CENTRAL CONN. STATE* 61 80 LJAN. 6 qUINNIPIAC* 82 89 LJan. 11 at Fairleigh Dickinson* 84 91 LJan. 13 at Long Island* 60 72 LJAN. 18 MOUNT ST. MARY’S* 63 67 LJAN. 20 SACRED HEART* 64 72 LJAN. 23 ROBERT MORRIS* 75 94 LJan. 25 at Monmouth* 66 71 LJan. 27 at Wagner* 67 83 LFeb. 3 at Robert Morris* 68 76 LFeb. 8 at Mount St. Mary’s* 43 58 LFEB. 15 ST. FRANCIS-NY* 81 74 WFEB. 17 WAGNER* 54 57 LFeb. 22 at Quinnipiac* 73 72 WFEB. 24 LONG ISLAND* 72 56 WFEB. 26 MONMOUTH* 73 62 W*Northeast Conference games
2007-08 (6-23, 4-14 Northeast Conference)Coach: Bobby Jones
Date Opponent SFU OPP W/LNOV. 10 AMERICAN 68 75 LNov. 12 at Penn State 64 74 LNOV. 14 MORGAN STATE 53 77 LNOV. 17 LEHIGH 66 71 LNov. 24 at La Salle 59 65 LNOV. 28 YOUNGSTOWN STATE 65 70 LDec. 1 at Bucknell 57 54 WDec. 8 at Robert Morris* 75 66 WDEC. 15 LOCk HAVEN 77 64 WDEC. 19 IONA 66 76 LDec. 21 at Duquesne 80 99 LDec. 29 at Arizona State 56 95 LJAN. 3 qUINNIPIAC* 61 74 LJAN. 5 MONMOUTH* 50 51 LJan. 10 at Central Connecticut State* 64 75 LJan. 12 at Wagner* 59 60 LJan. 16 at Mount St. Mary’s* 44 56 LJAN. 19 ROBERT MORRIS* 55 65 LJAN. 24 ST. FRANCIS-NY* 92 84 W(OT3)JAN. 26 C. CONNECTICUT ST.* 73 72 WJan. 31 at Quinnipiac* 55 73 LFEB. 7 LONG ISLAND* 61 71 LFEB. 9 FAIRLEIGH DICkINSON* 61 79 LFeb. 14 at St. Francis-NY* 63 50 WFeb. 16 at Sacred Heart* 57 73 LFEB. 21 WAGNER* 72 80 L(OT2)FEB. 23 MOUNT ST. MARY’S* 61 72 LFeb. 28 at Monmouth* 64 73 LMar. 1 at Fairleigh Dickinson* 70 72 L(OT)*Northeast Conference games
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Date Opponent SFU OPP W/LNov. 14 at Texas Tech 47 81 LNov. 17 at American 46 67 LNov. 20 DUqUESNE 72 83 LNov. 22 BUCkNELL 69 59 W (OT)Nov. 24 at Lehigh 56 61 LNov. 29 at Youngstown State 66 65 WDec. 1 at Morgan State 65 61 WDec. 4 LONG ISLAND* 58 73 LDec. 6 ST. FRANCIS-NY* 69 65 WDec. 14 at Iona 61 78 LDec. 17 at St. Bonaventure 66 73 LDec. 31 at Vanderbilt 55 84 LJan. 3 at Robert Morris* 60 78 LJan. 8 at Sacred Heart* 60 76 LJan. 10 at Quinnipiac* 58 65 LJan. 15 WAGNER* 68 76 LJan. 17 CENTRAL CONN. STATE* 61 71 LJan. 22 at Fairleigh Dickinson* 56 69 LJan. 24 at St. Francis-NY* 57 58 LJan. 29 MONMOUTH* 65 51 WJan. 31 BRYANT 60 65 LFeb. 5 at Central Conn. State* 52 65 LFeb. 7 at Wagner* 58 75 LFeb. 12 qUINNIPIAC* 55 59 LFeb. 14 SACRED HEART* 57 72 LFeb. 19 at Long Island* 71 85 LFeb. 21 at Mount St. Mary’s* 63 93 LFeb. 26 ROBERT MORRIS* 62 74 LFeb. 28 FAIRLEIGH DICkINSON* 78 59 W
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The 2009-10 Saint Francis men’s basketball staff (left to right): Assistantcoaches Chris Clark and Rob Krimmel, head coach Don Friday, assistant coachDoug Kraft, and head graduate manager Jon Kindred.
2009-10 Saint Francis Men’s Basketball Team2009-10 Saint Francis Men’s Basketball Team
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By Wins1. 293 Dr. William "Skip" Hughes, 1945-19662. 85 Tom McConnell, 1992-992. 85 Bobby Jones, 1999-20084. 74 Jim Baron, 1987-19925. 70 Pete Lonergan, 1973-19786. 60 Dave Magarity, 1978-19837. 55 John Clark, 1966-19698. 51 John Loughran, 1920-19249. 42 Kevin Porter, 1983-198710. 28 John Hiller, 1969-197111. 25 Francis Salony, 1938-194212. 21 Emmett Russell, 1925-192612. 21 William Donahue, 1927-193014. 20 Francis McCreesh, 1918-192014. 20 Jim Mahon, 1924-192516. 18 Eugene Stringer, 1926-1927; 1930-193217. 17 Dick Conover, 1971-197318. 6 Don Friday, 2008-present18. 1 Rev. T. Burns, 1942-194319. 0 Max Cook, 1945-1946
By Percentage1. .800 Francis McCreesh, 1918-19202. .733 John Clark, 1966-19693. .718 John Loughran, 1920-19244. .700 Emmitt Russell, 1925-19265. .606 Jim Mahon, 1924-19266. .587 Dr. William "Skip" Hughes, 1945-19667. .560 John Hiller, 1969-19718. .534 Pete Lonergan, 1973-19789. .510 Jim Baron, 1987-199210. .500 William Donahue, 1927-193011. .447 Tom McConnell, 1992-9912. .441 Dave Magarity, 1978-198313. .431 Francis Salony, 1938-194214. .409 Eugene Stringer, 1926-1927; 1930-193215. .380 Kevin Porter, 1983-198716. .337 Bobby Jones, 1999-200817. .333 Dick Conover, 1971-197317. .333 Rev. T. Burns, 1942-194319. .207 Don Friday, 2008-present20. .000 Max Cook, 1945-1946
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1905-06 Results Missing --- --- --- ---
1917-18 Results Missing --- --- --- ---
1918-19 Francis McCreesch 9-3-0 .750 33.2 23.2
1919-20 Francis McCreesch 11-2-0 .846 41.7 21.7
1920-21 John Loughran 14-2-0 .875 29.7 22.7 Best all-time winning percentage
1921-22 John Loughran 13-7-0 .650 35.2 25.7
1922-23 John Loughran 12-6-0 .667 30.4 26.6
1923-24 John Loughran 12-5-0 .706 31.9 25.5
1924-25 Jim Mahon 20-13-0 .606 38.4 23.9 First 20-win season
1925-26 Emmet Russell 21-9-0 .700 31.8 24.0
1926-27 Eugene Stringer 6-9-0 .406 26.6 25.3 First game in Doyle Hall on March 5
1927-28 William Donahue 5-10-0 .333 29.1 34.6
1928-29 William Donahue 10-3-0 .769 38.7 25.8
1929-30 William Donahue 6-8-0 .429 26.6 27.6
1930-31 Eugene Stringer 5-10-0 .333 31.1 31.2
1931-32 Eugene Stringer 7-7-0 .500 29.0 26.9
1932-38 NO VARSITY TEAMS All sports dropped for six years.
1938-39 Francis Salony 6-9-0 .400 33.0 31.9 All sports reinstated.
1939-40 Francis Salony 9-8-0 .529 37.5 37.5
1940-41 Francis Salony 6-8-0 .429 38.8 41.6
1941-42 Francis Salony 4-8-0 .333 35.8 41.8
1942-43 Rev. Terrence Burns, T.O.R. 1-2-1 .333 39.0 37.0 All sports stopped because of WWII.
1943-44-45 NO VARSITY TEAMS
1945-46 Max Cook/Dr. William Hughes 1-8-1 .111 37.7 60.7 Cook leaves after three games.
1946-47 Dr. William Hughes 11-8-0 .579 53.7 51.7 Dr. Hughes’ first entire season.
1947-48 Dr. William Hughes 15-9-0 .625 52.5 50.4
1948-49 Dr. William Hughes 16-11-0 .593 65.7 61.3
1949-50 Dr. William Hughes 18-9-0 .667 73.6 62.4
1950-51 Dr. William Hughes 19-4-0 .826 78.4 65.2 Best modern day winning percentage
1951-52 Dr. William Hughes 23-7-0 .767 74.2 60.5 Maurice Stokes’ first season.
1952-53 Dr. William Hughes 13-5-0 .722 81.9 73.0
1953-54 Dr. William Hughes 22-9-0 .710 82.2 65.2 NIT participant.
1954-55 Dr. William Hughes 21-7-0 .750 87.4 74.6 4th place NIT; Stokes set scoring marks
1955-56 Dr. William Hughes 10-14-0 .417 78.2 82.1
1956-57 Dr. William Hughes 12-12-0 .500 75.5 77.5
1957-58 Dr. William Hughes 20-5-0 .800 77.7 69.2 NIT participant.
1958-59 Dr. William Hughes 20-5-0 .800 74.1 70.8
1959-60 Dr. William Hughes 14-9-0 .609 78.5 70.4
1960-61 Dr. William Hughes 6-19-0 .240 65.8 75.2
1961-62 Dr. William Hughes 14-8-0 .636 77.4 72.9
1962-63 Dr. William Hughes 10-13-0 .435 76.9 77.8
1963-64 Dr. William Hughes 10-14-0 .417 84.9 89.4 Sandy Williams averages 27.3 points
1964-65 Dr. William Hughes 11-14-0 .400 79.6 87.6
1965-66 Dr. William Hughes 8-18-0 .308 74.1 83.5 Dr. Hughes last year.
1966-67 John Clark 20-6-0 .769 83.9 70.0
1967-68 John Clark 19-6-0 .760 89.1 77.7
1968-69 John Clark 16-8-0 .667 87.4 77.8 Larry Lewis scores 46 points in one game.
1969-70 John Hiller 13-12-0 .520 74.5 73.5
1970-71 John Hiller 15-10-0 .600 83.1 79.6
1971-72 Dick Conover 12-13-0 .480 85.9 87.0
1972-73 Dick Conover 5-21-0 .192 73.0 84.0 First season in Stokes Building.
1973-74 Pete Lonergan 15-11-0 .577 69.8 70.0
1974-75 Pete Lonergan 11-14-0 .440 77.1 78.2
1975-76 Pete Lonergan 14-14-0 .500 73.8 74.6
1976-77 Pete Lonergan 15-11-0 .577 77.8 76.7
1977-78 Pete Lonergan 15-11-0 .577 71.8 69.5
1978-79 Dave Magarity 13-13-0 .500 70.5 73.3
1979-80 Dave Magarity 12-16-0 .429 66.6 69.1 ECAC South Tourney semifinalist
1980-81 Dave Magarity 17-10-0 .630 77.5 75.2 ECAC South Tourney participant
1981-82 Dave Magarity 6-20-0 .231 71.3 81.3
1982-83 Dave Magarity 12-17-0 .414 71.7 76.2 ECAC Metro Tourney semifinalist
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SEASON COACH W-L-T PCT SFU PPG OPP PPG NOTES1983-84 Kevin Porter 12-15-0 .444 79.3 80.11984-85 Kevin Porter 9-19-0 .321 76.4 81.7 ECAC Metro Tourney participant1985-86 Kevin Porter 10-18-0 .357 74.8 82.3 ECAC Metro Tourney participant1986-87 Kevin Porter 11-16-0 .404 78.3 79.0 ECAC Metro Tourney participant1987-88 Jim Baron 7-20-0 .259 68.4 76.01988-89 Jim Baron 13-16-0 .448 79.0 81.3 Northeast Conference semifinalist1989-90 Jim Baron 17-11-0 .610 77.7 77.8 First winning season since 1981.1990-91 Jim Baron 24-8-0 .750 83.6 77.1 school-record 24 wins; 1st NEC title & 1st NCAA Tourney
appearance1991-92 Jim Baron 13-16-0 .448 68.6 75.81992-93 Tom McConnell 9-18-0 .333 66.9 71.31993-94 Tom McConnell 13-15-0 .464 75.5 74.5 Saint Francis upsets nationally-ranked Xavier, 77-73, at home1994-95 Tom McConnell 12-16-0 .429 71.6 73.71995-96 Tom McConnell 13-14-0 .481 65.7 71.31996-97 Tom McConnell 12-15-0 .444 69.8 70.9 Eric Taylor leads NEC, finishes sixth nationally in rebounding.1997-98 Tom McConnell 17-10-0 .630 69.3 66.6 Eric Taylor leads NEC, finishes second nationally in rebounding.1998-99 Tom McConnell 9-17-0 .346 67.3 71.81999-00 Bobby Jones 10-18-0 .357 64.5 68.0 Bobby Jones' first season.2000-01 Bobby Jones 9-18-0 .333 67.2 72.52001-02 Bobby Jones 6-21-0 .222 63.0 69.92002-03 Bobby Jones 14-14-0 .500 68.3 69.8 14 wins most since 1997-982003-04 Bobby Jones 13-15-0 .464 66.9 69.92004-05 Bobby Jones 15-13-0 .536 69.5 70.5 Garrett Farha leads NEC, finishes ninth nationally
in assists per game (6.93)2005-06 Bobby Jones 4-24-0 .143 60.0 70.42006-07 Bobby Jones 8-21-0 .276 67.0 72.3 Devin Sweetney leads team in scoring, rebounding, & steals2007-08 Bobby Jones 6-23-0 .207 63.7 71.2 Grant Surprenant leads NEC in 3-PT FG% (52.2%)2008-09 Don Friday 6-23-0 .207 61.6 70.2 Devin Sweetney becomes 38th 1,000-point scorer at SFU*TOTALS 994-987 .502**AGAINST COLLEGIATE FOES 874-951 .479*Includes wins over Juniata and Canisius and two losses to Duquesne not listed above.***TOTALS AGAINST NON-COLLEGE FOES 120-36-0 .769
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The 1990-91 team, coached by Jim Baron, set a Red Flash single-season record with 24 wins, and is the only team in Saint Francis University history to advance to theNCAA Tournament. First row (l-r): Beth Shoulla (assistant athletics trainer), Steve Strachan, Harkeem Dixon, Steve Cloran, Reggie Lewis, Terry Bennett (athletics trainer), Jim Datka (assistant coach); Second row (l-r): John Sanow (assistant coach), Jim Horn, Mike Iuzzolino, Willie Smith, Rob Pacsi, John Hilvert, Joe Lombardi (assistant coach); Third row (l-r): Tom Bennetch, Mike Fink, Antoine Patterson, Deon George, Joe Anderson, Bill Seaward, Jim Baron (head coach).
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Opponents W-L First Met Last Met
Akron 1-5 1947-48 2006-07
Ala-Birmingham 0-1 1990-91 1990-91
Albright 1-1 1924-25 1966-67
Alderson-Broaddus 0-1 1947-48 1947-48
Alfred 2-2 1921-22 1925-26
Alleghany 0-1 1945-46 1945-46
Allentown 1-0 1981-82 1981-82
Alliance 6-2 1945-46 1950-51
American 3-8 1972-73 2008-09
American Int'l. 2-0 1956-57 1957-58
Arizona 1-1 1967-68 1990-91
Arizona State 0-1 2007-08 2007-08
Army 1-1 1984-85 1985-86
Austin Peay 1-0 1969-70 1969-70
B
Baldwin Wallace 6-0 1952-53 1972-73
Baltimore 4-4 1978-79 1982-83
Bellarmine 1-1 1964-65 1964-65
Bethany 0-1 1926-27 1926-27
Bethune-Cookman 0-1 2005-06 2005-06
Boston College 1-1 1973-74 1975-76
Boston Univ. 1-0 1955-56 1955-56
Bradley 0-2 1981-82 1982-83
Brigham Young 1-1 1953-54 1968-69
Brown 0-1 1983-84 1983-84
Bucknell 11-13 1926-27 2008-09
Buffalo 6-1 1973-74 1992-93
Butler 0-1 1975-76 1975-76
Bryant 0-1 2008-09 2008-09
C
Cabrini 2-0 1982-83 1983-84
California (PA) 1-1-1 1923-24 1942-43
Canisius 9-20 1914-15 1994-95
Carnegie Mellon 1-1 1959-60 1960-61
Catholic 8-2 1938-39 1980-81
Central Conn. St. 10-15 1994-95 2008-09
C.C.N.Y. 1-0 1953-54 1953-54
Chaminade (HI) 1-0 1975-76 1975-76
Cincinnati 0-2 1954-55 1990-91
Clarion 1-0 1978-79 1978-79
Cleveland State 6-8 1971-72 1992-93
Colgate 3-1 1924-25 1991-92
Columbia 1-0 1988-89 1988-89
Columbus 0-1 1941-42 1941-42
Connecticut 0-1 1985-86 1985-86
Cornell 3-3 1979-80 2005-06
Creighton 4-4 1950-51 1973-74
C.W. Post 2-0 1979-80 1980-81
D
Davidson 1-0 1958-59 1958-59
Davis & Elkins 0-2 1938-39 1939-40
Dayton 2-4 1954-55 1965-66
Delaware 2-0 1989-90 1990-91
Delaware State 4-2 1984-85 1995-96
Denison 1-0 1953-54 1953-54
Detroit 4-7 1926-27 1979-80
Dickinson 1-0 1923-24 1923-24
Drexel 1-3 1981-82 1992-93
Duquesne 12-60 1913-14 2008-09
E
East Carolina 5-3 1966-67 1972-73
Eastern Kent. 2-2 1967-68 1971-72
Edinboro 1-0 1988-89 1988-89
F
Fairfield 5-5 1951-52 1974-75
FDU-Teaneck 33-39 1954-55 2008-09
FDU-Madison 1-0 1977-78 1977-78
Findlay 1-0 1952-53 1952-53
Florida 0-1 1994-95 1994-95
Florida Int’l. 1-1 1981-82 1993-94
Fordham 2-1 1957-58 1990-91
Frostburg State 5-3 1938-39 1941-42
G
Gannon 9-1 1946-47 1971-72
Geneva 31-10 1948-49 1989-90
George Mason 3-1 1980-81 1997-98
Georgetown 4-9 1921-22 1995-96
G. Washington 1-5 1955-56 2005-06
Georgia Southern 0-1 1973-74 1973-74
Georgia State 1-0 1976-77 1976-77
Georgia Tech 0-2 1976-77 2006-07
Gettysburg 1-0 1954-55 1954-55
Glenville State 1-2 1931-32 1941-42
Gonzaga (WA) 1-0 1955-56 1955-56
Grove City 4-5 1924-25 1966-67
H
Hartford 0-0 2009-10 2009-10
Hartwick 1-1 1949-50 1951-52
Hawaii-Hilo 1-1 1975-76 1975-76
Hofstra 3-2 1952-53 1976-77
Holy Cross 1-0 1954-55 1954-55
Howard 2-3 2001-02 2006-07
I
Idaho 0-1 1969-70 1969-70
Illinois-Chicago 0-2 1983-84 1999-00
Indiana (PA) 18-5 1938-39 1987-88
Iona 6-9 1949-50 2008-09
Iowa 0-1 1969-70 1969-70
Ithaca 2-0 1975-76 1976-77
J
Jacksonville 0-1 1979-80 1979-80
James Madison 2-1 1978-79 1979-80
John Carroll 6-3 1925-26 1957-58
Juniata 8-4-1 1910-11 1950-51
K
Kansas State 0-1 1969-70 1969-70
Kent State 4-4 1963-64 1986-87
Kent. Wesleyan 5-9 1959-60 1965-66
Kings 8-2 1951-52 1980-81
L
Lafayette 0-0 2009-10 2009-10
LaSalle 0-6 1946-47 2007-08
Lawrence Tech 3-2 1947-48 1954-55
Lebanon Valley 1-1 1924-25 1926-27
Lehigh 3-3 1969-70 2008-09
LeMoyne 4-1 1948-49 1957-58
Liberty 4-1 1988-89 2006-07
Lock Haven 17-2 1920-21 2007-08
Long Island 30-28 1963-64 2008-09
Loras 0-1 1949-50 1949-50
Louisiana State 0-3 1979-80 1982-83
Louisville 0-2 1963-64 1984-85
Loyola (IL) 1-0 1953-54 1953-54
Loyola (MD) 9-14 1939-40 1999-00
Lycoming 2-0 1982-83 1983-84
M
Mansfield 0-1 1920-21 1920-21
Marist 12-19 1980-81 1996-97
Marquette 1-1 1951-52 1956-57
Marshall 6-17 1940-41 1973-74
Maryland 0-1 1955-56 1955-56
UMBC 6-9 1987-88 2002-03
UMES 4-0 1988-89 1998-99
Massachusetts 1-0 1980-81 1980-81
Memphis State 1-0 1952-53 1952-53
Mercyhurst 4-0 1982-83 1985-86
Miami (FL) 0-2 1986-87 2001-02
Michigan 0-1 1995-96 1995-96
Middle Tennessee 0-2 1969-70 1971-72
Midwestern State 1-0 1955-56 1955-56
Millersville 1-1 1939-40 1984-85
Minnesota 0-1 2004-05 2004-05
Mississippi 0-2 1971-72 1972-73
Monmouth 18-30 1984-85 2008-09
Montana State 1-1 1955-56 1968-69
Morehead State 5-2 1958-59 2000-01
Morgan State 2-1 1977-78 2008-09
Morris Harvey 1-1 1939-40 1940-41
Mt. St. Mary’s-Md. 27-32 1921-22 2008-09
Mt. St. Mary's-NY 1-0 1991-92 1991-92
Muskingum 1-0 1953-54 1953-54
N
Naval Academy 1-2 1977-78 1979-80
Nebraska 0-1 2003-04 2003-04
New Hampshire 1-0 1970-71 1970-71
New Orleans 0-1 1987-88 1987-88
Niagara 11-11 1921-22 2000-01
Nicholls State 0-1 1987-88 1987-88
Norfolk State 2-0 1997-98 1997-98
UNC Charlotte 1-2 1973-74 1977-78
UNC Greensboro 1-3 1994-95 1998-99
N.C. State 0-2 1981-82 1984-85
Northern Iowa 1-0 1982-83 1982-83
North Texas State 1-0 1973-74 1973-74
Notre Dame 0-10 1959-60 1999-00
O
Ohio University 1-8 1959-60 2005-06
Ohio State 0-0 2009-10 2009-10
Oklahoma State 0-1 1972-73 1972-73
Old Dominion 3-6 1968-69 1978-79
Oral Roberts 0-1 1971-72 1971-72
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Pan American 0-1 1963-64 1963-64
Penn State 3-8 1949-50 2007-08
Pennsylvania 0-5 1979-80 1987-88
Phil. Pharmacy 3-0 1931-32 1938-39
Phil. Textile 2-2 1972-73 1975-76
Pittsburgh 0-28 1972-73 2004-05
Pitt-Bradford 1-0 1986-87 1986-87
Pitt-Johnstown 4-0 1973-74 1987-88
Point Park 3-1 1973-74 1977-78
Portland 1-0 1967-68 1967-68
Providence 1-3 1956-57 1965-66
Q
quinnipiac 6-16 1997-98 2008-09
R
Regis 0-1 1948-49 1948-49
Rice 0-1 1969-70 1969-70
Richmond 1-2 1965-66 1980-81
Rider 2-14 1962-63 1996-97
Roanoke 3-3 1970-71 1976-77
Robert Morris 28-37 1977-78 2008-09
S
St. Anselm 1-1 1951-52 1956-57
St. Bonaventure 11-30 1919-20 2008-09
St. Francis (NY) 36-28 1929-30 2008-09
St. Joseph’s (PA) 5-10 1948-49 1980-81
St. Mary’s (CA) 1-0 1969-70 1969-70
St. Michael’s (VT) 3-0 1951-52 1978-79
St. Norbert 1-0 1956-57 1956-57
St. Peter’s 7-6 1950-51 1995-96
St. Vincent 50-15 1928-29 1975-76
Sacred Heart 7-9 1999-00 2008-09
Salem State 2-0 1946-47 1947-48
San Diego State 0-1 1975-76 1975-76
San Fran. State 1-0 1969-70 1969-70
Scranton 1-2 1938-39 1946-47
Seattle 1-1 1955-56 1955-56
Seton Hall 2-7 1939-40 1964-65
Shippensburg 1-0 1953-54 1953-54
Siena 4-5 1949-50 1983-84
Slippery Rock 6-5 1928-29 2004-05
South Carolina 0-1 1983-84 1983-84
So. Carolina State 1-0 1979-80 1979-80
South Florida 0-1 1977-78 1977-78
Southern Cal 0-1 1989-90 1989-90
Springfield 1-0 1986-87 1986-87
Stetson 1-1 1973-74 1976-77
Steubenville 25-9 1947-48 1974-75
Susquehanna 6-1 1918-19 1926-27
Syracuse 1-3 1925-26 1988-89
T
Temple 2-4 1923-24 1970-71
Tennessee 0-1 1969-70 1969-70
Tennessee State 3-4 1960-61 1963-64
Tennessee Tech 2-0 1970-71 1971-72
Texas Southern 3-0 1961-62 1966-67
Texas Tech 0-1 2008-09 2008-09
Texas Wesleyan 1-0 1950-51 1950-51
Thiel 5-2 1920-21 1928-29
Toledo 0-3 1955-56 1972-73
Towson State 5-3 1979-80 1989-90
Trenton State 1-0 1979-80 1979-80
U
Upsala 2-0 1949-50 1950-51
U.S. International 0-1 1980-81 1980-81
Utah 0-1 1998-99 1998-99
Utah State 0-1 1970-71 1970-71
V
Vanderbilt 0-1 2008-09 2008-09
Villanova 2-18 1940-41 2000-01
Va. Commonwealth 2-1 1970-71 1990-91
Va. Military 1-1 2002-03 2003-04
Virginia Tech 1-0 1950-51 1950-51
W
Wagner 30-25 1956-57 2008-09
Wake Forest 0-5 1959-60 2001-02
Wash. & Jefferson 4-0 1951-52 1954-55
Waynesburg 13-9 1919-20 1968-69
Wayne State 4-2 1952-53 1954-55
Western Kentucky 0-5 1967-68 2002-03
Western Maryland 1-0 1924-25 1924-25
Westminster 28-14 1923-24 1967-68
West Virginia 2-3 1970-71 1983-84
Wheeling 1-0 1980-81 1980-81
Wright State 0-2 2000-01 2001-02
Widener 2-0 1979-80 1980-81
William & Mary 1-1 1965-66 1966-67
X
Xavier (OH) 4-5 1955-56 1995-96
Y
Youngstown St. 22-13 1939-40 2008-09
Non-Intercollegiate Opponents
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Former Red Flash women’s basketball player and assistant coach Stacy Alexander (left photo) and former men’s basketball player Junious Daniels (rightphoto) pose with Saint Francis University President Father Gabriel Zeis, T.O.R. during the 2007 Red Flash Athletics Hall of Fame Dinner. Alexander wasa member of the first of nine Northeast Conference women’s basketball championships, while Daniels was a member of the 1953-54 men’s basketballteam that finished 21-6 and played in the National Invitation Tournament.
Norm Van Lier YEAR NBA TEAM G MIN FG/A PCT 3-PT/A PCT FT/A PCT REBS A PF/D ST BL PTS/AVG1969-70 Cincinnati Royals 81 2895 302/749 .403 0/0 .000 166/224 .741 409 500 329/18 NA NA 770/9.51970-71 Cincinnati Royals 82 3324 478/1138 .420 0/0 .000 359/440 .816 583 832 343/12 NA NA 1315/16.01971-72 Cin./Chicago Bulls 79 2415 334/761 .439 0/0 .000 237/300 .790 357 542 239/5 NA NA 905/11.51972-73 Chicago Bulls 80 2882 474/1064 .445 0/0 .000 166/211 .787 438 567 269/5 NA NA 1114/13.91973-74 Chicago Bulls 80 2863 427/1051 .406 0/0 .000 288/370 .778 377 548 282/4 162 7 1142/14.31974-75 Chicago Bulls 70 2590 407/970 .420 0/0 .000 236/298 .792 328 403 246/5 139 14 1050/15.01975-76 Chicago Bulls 76 3026 361/987 .366 0/0 .000 235/319 .737 410 500 298/9 150 26 957/12.61976-77 Chicago Bulls 82 3097 300/729 .412 0/0 .000 238/306 .778 270 636 268/3 129 16 838/10.21977-78 Chicago Bulls 78 2524 200/477 .419 0/0 .000 172/229 .751 284 531 279/9 144 5 572/7.31978-79 Milwaukee Bucks 38 555 30/77 .390 0/0 .000 47/52 .904 40 158 108/4 43 3 107/2.8Regular-season totals 746 26171 3313/8003 .414 0/0 .000 2144/2749 .780 359 5217 2661/74 767 71 8770/11.8Playoff totals 38 1549 198/509 .389 0/0 .000 134/171 .784 3956 234 154/5 47 9 530/13.9All-Star Game totals 3 37 2/7 .286 0/0 .000 1/2 .500 3 3 5/0 2 1 5/1.7
5 Saint Francis University honors its 2008 fall semester honor roll students during halftime of a men’s basketball game.
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AAbels, Alphonse (27-30)Abels, "Bus" (23)Addleman, Jim (64-66)Adekunle, Emmanuel (95-98)Aden, Len (69-71)Aggelou, Sotiris (97-98)Altemus, Harold (39-40)Anderson, Joe (88-91)Andolina, Steve (29-32)Androli, Joe (51)Appleman, Don (64-65)Arastanchez, Louis (24)Armand, Joe (46)Aston, Joe (58-60)Augustin, Matt (02-04)Aulicion, George (50)Avils (29)Azanjac, Milan (01)
BBalezentis, Richard (71)Balog, Victor (46)Banchansky, G. (49-52)Barry, Tom (52)Beattie, Stewart (48)Belos (24)Bennetch, Tom (88-91)Benton, Rahsaan (02-06)Berry, Chris (07-08)Berry, Ron (88)Bielski, Al (29)Bielski, Hank (29-32)Billetdeaux, Ed (28-31)Bills, Richard (42)Blaul, Don (46)Bodner, John (49-52)Book, James (93-95)Bosco, John (46-47)Bova, Anthony (42)Boyd, Bert (25)Bracey, Jim (75-79)Brady, William (21-23)Brandt, John (96)Brennan, Terry (72-74)Brewer, Richard (30-32)Bronosky, Francis (46)Brownrigg, David (97)Bullit, Pat (75)Burke, Will (89)Burkey, Fred (46)Burkey (23)Byrd, Jeff (86)Byrnes, Mike (86)
CCarey, Chris (61-63)Caridi, Joseph (47)Carman, R. (55)Casey, Vincent (27)Cassandra (20)Castle, Harry (64)Caton, William (46)Caulfield, Francis (30)Cavanaugh, Pierce (50)Chernauskas, L. (49-52)
Choby, Anthony (19)Churchill, Jeff (95-98)Clancy, John (50-53)Clearfield, Robert (64)Clifford, Chad (01-02)Cloran Steve (91-94)Cofield, Kevin (87-88)Cole, Harry (40-41)Collins, Frank (50)Colomy, Dave (81-82)Connolly, Tim (79-80)Connors, Tom (60-62)Convey, Bob (78-81)Conway, Jim (82-85)Copeland, Gary (71-73)Copeland, Mike (69-71)Coyle, Bill (64-67)Crane, Neal (47)Crawford, Don (58-60)Crofton, Tom (43)Crosbie, Shawn (99-00)Crouch, Clinton (98-01)Crowley (19)Cunningham, Al (56)Cunningham, M. (84-85)Curry, Charles (64-66)
DDaley (21)Daley, Steveroy (01-04)Dalpiaz, Walter (69-70)Dambrauskas, J. (63-64)D’Andrea, Steve (77-80)Daniels, Junious (55)Darby, Jim (40-41)Darraugh, William (48)Davis, Charlie (67-68)Davis, Harry (39)Davis, Ken (80-82)DeBerardinis, E. (62-64)Delaney, Jim (51)Depolo (31)DeVan, Walt (95-98)Dever, Thomas (47)Devine, Bob (43)Dieng, Bassirou (07-08)Diggs, Tony (93-94)DiGirolama, Henry (46)DiSabato, Dan (95-96)Dixon, Harkeem (88-90, 92)Donawa, Mario (74)Donnelly, Butch (22-24)Dugan, Ed B. (39)Dugan, Ed W. (51-54)Dunatov, Nevio (85-88)
EEnglish, Paul (31)Enright, J.R. (05-07)Erickson, Karl (85-86)Espen, Edward (30)Evans, Darnell (05-06)Evans, Jay (71-72)
FFalenski, Don (56-59)Farabaugh, Joe (46-47)Farace, Pat (51-54)Farbacher, William (49)Farha, Garrett (05-06)
Felty, Harry (39-41)Ferrick, Mike (61)Fink, Mike (90-93)Fitzhenry, John (64-66)Fletcher, London (94)Flori, Joe (42-43-47)Flynn (27)Foley, Mike (86)Ford, Bob (53-56)Ford, Marquis (06-09)Foreman, Earl (99-00)Fowler, Calvin (60-62)Fox, Pete (99-02)Fox, Tom (96, 98-00)Friedrich, Jerry (63-64)Furman, Matt (96)
GGaffney, Joe (20)Gamble, Rick (77)Gambridge, Dave (72)Gandee, Bryan (92-94)Garrigan, Bill (75)Garvey, John (24)George, Deon (91-94)Giardina, Bob (54)Giarth, Paul (56)Gibson, Rodney (02-05)Gigliotti, Ossie (46)Gjurich, Milan (39-41)Goodney, Bob (81-84)Goodson, Joey (02-05)Grace, John (19)Graham, Don (76-79)Gray, Bill (75)Grodzski, Kevin (75)Gullickson, Bob (86-87)Gundersen, George (57)Guston, John (21-28)
HHackett, John (19-20)Haley, Clifford (25-27)Hall, Bob (61-62)Hamilton, Jeff (82-85)Hamilton, Kevin (96)Hanchin, Larry (64-67)Harper (20)Harrington, James (20)Harris, Anthony (74)Harris, Lamont (86-87)Harris, Sam (65-68)Hayes, Elvin, Jr. (86)Hayworth (23)Hazinsky, Joe (69-72)Hilvert, John (88-91)Hinnegan, Francis (23)Hleba, Andrew (48-50)Hoare, Robert (58)Hockenos, Rick (73-74)Hodgson, Matt (98)Hoffman, Edward (58)Hoffman, kurt (07-09)Holliman, Terry (92-95)Hondros, Paul (67-68)Hopson, Clarence (72-74)
Horn, Jim (91-92, 94-95)Horoho, Ken, Jr. (74-77)Houch, Paul (32)Howley, Bill (49-50)Hughes, Bill (87)Hunter, Art (69-72)
IIuzzolino, Mike (90-91)
JJackson, Kyle (07-09)Jacobs, Greg (84-87)Jasiczek, Lester (78-81)Jenkins, Everett (63-64)Jones, Robert (58-60)Jones (53)Jones, Chris (04-05)Joyce, Brian (82-85, 86)Jukic, Mislav (07-09)Jurasko, Joseph (31)Just, Paul (20-21)
kKaiser, Rick (63-65)Kates, Charlie (78-81)Keenan, James (20)Kelly, Thomas (20)Kelly, John (48)Kennedy, Thomas (65)Kerr, John (68-69)Kieninger, Ian (97)Kimlin, James (39-42)Kiraly, Steve (51)Kittiko, Edmund (42-47)Klupak, Mike (46)Kolakowski, Ken (75-78)Kosick, Steve (19)Koskinen, Dave (85-88)Kowalewski, Pete (65)Krimmel, Rob (97-00)Krimmel, John (05)Kunzier, George (27-30)Kuten, James (65-67)
LLacey, Jerry (58-60)LaMarca, Nick (50)Lampkins, Marion (52)Landy, Jim (46)Langton, Ed (55-56)Larson (49)Lasor (22)Lawrence, Jelani (06-07)Lawson, Brent (01)Layden, Scott (77-80)Leasure, Nick (76-79)Ledbetter, Ralph (75-76)Lester, Gary (63-65)Levkulich, G. (39-41)Lewis, Larry (67-69)Lewis, Reggie (90, 92-94)Libonati, Frank (59-61)Lightning, N. (82-85)Luckey, Darshan (03-05)Lundy, T.J. (06)
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Lupek, Gary (65)Lynch, Harold (25-27)
MMacionsky, Steve (62)Mack, Jerry (86-89)Mackey (22)Magarity, David (70)Manning, James (61-63)Mansfield, Frank (48)Martin, Bryan (99-02)Martin, Paul (60)Martin, Terrence (94-97)Matta, Mike (59-61)Maus, Bill (47-49)McCallister, Ed (80-82)McCarthy, John (41)McClellan, Jim (55-58)McClelland, Matt (95-96)McFarland, Chris (07-09)McGeary, Pat (73-76)McKendry, Jack (65-67)McKeown, John (93)McLaughlin (51)McLean, John (97-00)McLeavy, Jack (24-26)McNelis, Francis (19-21)Meconi, Edward (39-42)Melvin, Clete (24-25)Micholsky (25-26)Milinski, Walter (53-56)Miller, Jack (25-26)Mills, John (71)Mogan, James (64-65)Moody, Jim (43)Moran, Dick (51)Moran, George (39-41)Morgan, Greg (83)Morsell, Bill (68-70)Mougnol, Reiner (99-02)Mower, Paul (19-20)Muffie, Paul (54-57)Muriceak, Tom (59-61)Murphy (27)Murray, Dennis (80-81)Murray, Len (65-68)
NNadal, Leo (92)Naioti, John (40-42)Nelson, Cale (05, 07-09)Nelson, Diallo (93-94)Nichols, Bob (73-76)Nixon, Lemuel (57-58)Novalesi, John (54-57)Nyeste, Stephen (42-43)
OO’Brien, Jack (49)O’Connor, Joe (25-26)O’Hara, Jack (24)O’Hara, Mike (82-83)O’Malley, Jack (56-59)O’Malley, Mark (63)O’Malley, Pat (56-57)
O’Neill, Mike (73-75)Orandi, Sorena (08-09)Orben, Harold (67)Orlandini, Bill (78)Osborne, Jason (03-05)
PPagan, Luis (77-78)Palonis, Ray (48-50)Pancoe, Bill (49)Pasci, Robert (89-92)Patcher, John (39-40)Patterson, Antoine (90-92)Patrick, John (47-48)Penwell, John (67)Perfett, Bill (47-48)Phelan, Jack (74-77)Phelps, Eugene (52-54)Pierre, Peter (90)Plenty, John (03)Porter, Kevin (69-72)Powell, Bob (78-81)Prenatt, James (32)Profeta, Steve (06-09)Puschauver, F. (54-57)
qQuaye, Walter (61-63)
RRagland, Jamal (98-01)Raufman, Chuck (63)Resnickey, John (30-31)Reynders, Tim (87)Richardson, Brandon (95)Ridgeway, Courtney (82-85)Ridgeway, Lew (76-79)Ridley, Dave (79)Riley, Daniel (39-40)Rizer, Kenneth (26-27)Roach, Jack (28)Roberts, Jason (93-96)Robinson, Winston (05-06)Roetzel, B. (27-28)Rogers, Steve (79-82)Rokoski (31)Rooney (29)Ryan, Henry (24)
SSaller, Bill (53-56)Salony, Emil (28-31)Salony, Francis (31-32)Sanders, Gerald (19-21)Sanders, Larry (73-75)Sanders, Tom (47-48)Sanker, John (42)Saprona, Julius (25-28)Saragba, Guy (02-03)Sayles, Keith (86-89)Schloss, Herbert (47-48)Schmitt, Lou (81-84)Schoen, Joe (78-81)Schwatz (53)Scott, Melvin (97-01)Seaward, Bill (91)Seitz, Robert (46-47)Seitz (29)Sharick, Edward (49-52)
Sharkey, Joe (83-85)Sheckard, Ed (67)Sheilds, Ferd. (25-28)Shute, Pat (69-71)Silva, John (96-99)Sisler, Kent (83-85)Skelly, Pat (40)Skotarczak, Bob (50)Slone, Sam (69-72)Small, Paul (29-32)Smith, Ken (26-28)Smith, Leo (25)Smith, Ron (69-72Smith, Willie (90-93)Snell, Chuck (59)Snodgrass, Bill (68-70)Sokolowski, Joe (63-65)Sokolowski, Ken (63)Sommers, Bob (68)Sosa, Jose (77)Spaid, Randy (07-09)Spencer, Allen (69-72)Staken, Jimmy (41)Stapleton, Walt (48-51)Staten, Eric (77)Strachan, Steve (89-92)Steiner, Vince (42-43)Stephens, Ted (78)Steppling, Jack (42-43)Stevens, Bill (72-74)Stevenson, Leon (75-76)Stofko, Edward (46)Stokes, Maurice (52-55)Sullivan, William (28-31)Surprenant, Grant (06-09)Sutton, Arthur (74)Sutton, Sam (98-99)Swak, Frank (43)Sweeney, Pat (74-77)Sweetney, Devin (07-09)Swick, Charles (58)Swoger, Dan (00-03)
TTabaka, Ken (69-71)Taylor, Eric (95-98)Temming, Chris (92-94)Thomas, Eustace (77-78)Thompson, Norris (86-87)Thweatt, Joe (77)Tovey, Louis (48)Trosch, Thomas (64-66)Trosch, Wilbur (58-60)Truzkowski, C. (52)Turano, Gene (46)
UUlmer, Carl (01-04)
VValunus, Tom (31-32)Van Lier, Norm (67-69)Van Uum, Dick (29-30)Velvick (32)Vitko, Joseph (89)Vudrogavich, J. (39-41)
WWagner, Donnie (88)Wagner, Mike (81-83)Walker, Al (72-74)Walker, Jimmy (66)Walker, Larry (77-78)Walter, Matt (97-00)Walters, Adrian (82-87)Wandishin, Emil (53-55)Wanish, Bill (49-51)Washington, A. (79-82)Watro, Bob (54-57)Wedimyer, Pete (51)Weir, Mike (88-89)Wilkerson, W. (75-77)Williams, Bob (73-76)Williams, Mike (73-76)Williams, Sandy (62-64)Wills, Artie (99-00)Wills, Erick (03-04)Winters, Ed (60-62)Wlcek, Ken (71-73)Woods, Fred (57)Wooster, Rob (93-96)Wrabel, Tom (53-54)Wright-Easy, George (04-05)
YYttergren, Leif (79)
ZZelko, John (41)
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NOTRE DAMENOTRE DAMEfighting irish
Mon., Nov. 16 | Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center | 7:30 p.m.Location ................................................................................Notre Dame, Ind.President ...............................................................Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C.Enrollment .................................................................................................8,371Founded .......................................................................................................1842Nickname ....................................................................................Fighting IrishColors ..........................................................................................Gold and BlueAthletics Director.....................................................................Jack SwarbrickConference ............................................................................................Big EastArena ...........................................Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center (TBA)Head Coach ......................................................................................Mike BreyAlma Mater ................................................................George Washington, 82Overall Record ...............................................................287-153 (14 seasons)Record at Notre Dame ..................................................188-101 (8 seasons)Assistants .......................Anthony Solomon, Rod Balanis, Martin Ingelsby2008-09 Record .........................................................................................21-15Conference Record...............................................................8-10(T-9th placeLettermen Returning/Lost ......................................................................8/4Starters Returning/Lost ...........................................................................2/3Series Record .............................................................Notre Dame leads 10-0MBB Contact ...................................................................Bernadette CafarelliOffice Phone ...............................................................................574-631-7516E-mail...................................................................................cafarelli.1@nd.eduMailing Address..........112 Joyce Center - Second Floor; Notre Dame, Ind. 46556
Location ................................................................................Emmitsburg, Md.President ......................................................................Dr. Thomas H. PowellEnrollment .................................................................................................2,100Founded .......................................................................................................1808Nickname ..............................................................Mountaineers, The MountColors.........................................................................................Blue and WhiteAthletics Director .................................................................Lynne RobinsonConference .........................................................................................NortheastArena .................................................................................Knott Arena (3,121)Head Coach .................................................................................Milan BrownAlma Mater ....................................................................................Howard, ‘93Overall Record ...................................................................79-105 (6 seasons)Record at Mount St. Mary’s ...........................................79-105 (6 seasons)Assistants ....................Brion Dunlap, Kevin Robinson Jr., Dan Engelstad2008-09 Record .........................................................................................19-14Conference Record ....................................................................................12-6Lettermen Returning/Lost ......................................................................9/2Starters Returning/Lost ...........................................................................3/2Series Record ...................................................Mount St. Mary’s leads 32-27MBB Contact .......................................................................Mark VandergriftOffice Phone ...............................................................................301-447-5384E-mail.......................................................................vandergrift@msmary.eduMailing Address ..16300 Old Emmitsburg Rd.; Emmitsburg, Md. 21727Fax .................................................................................................301-447-5300Website .....................................................................www.mountathletics.comPress Row ....................................................................................301-447-3286
Location ......................................................................West Long Branch, N.J.President ..........................................................Vice Admiral Paul Gaffney IIEnrollment .................................................................................................4,500Founded .......................................................................................................1933Nickname ................................................................................................HawksColors .......................................................................Midnight Blue and WhiteAthletics Director............................................................Dr. Marilyn McNeilConference .........................................................................................NortheastArena ....................................................Multipurpose Activity Center (4,100)Head Coach ..............................................................................Dave CallowayAlma Mater ..............................................................................Monmouth, ‘89Overall Record ...............................................................157-187 (12 seasons)Record at Monmouth ..................................................157-187 (12 seasons)Assistants ....................................Mark Calzonetti, Ron Krayl, Chris Kenny2008-09 Record............................................................................................8-23Conference Record ....................................................................................6-12Lettermen Returning/Lost....................................................................11/2Starters Returning/Lost ...........................................................................4/1Series Record .............................................................Monmouth leads 30-18MBB Contact .................................................................................Chris TobinOffice Phone ...............................................................................732-263-5180E-mail.........................................................................ctobin@monmouth.eduMailing Address .........................400 Cedar Avenue; West Long Branch, N.J. 07764
Sat., Jan. 9 | Wellness, Recreation and Athletic Center | 4:30 p.m.Sat., Jan. 30 | DeGol Arena | 7 p.m.
Location .....................................................................................Brooklyn, N.Y.President...............................................................................David J. SteinbergEnrollment ...............................................................................................11,000Founded .......................................................................................................1926Nickname ..........................................................................................BlackbirdsColors ........................................................................................Black and SilverAthletics Director .........................................................................John SuarezConference .........................................................................................NortheastArena ................................Wellness, Recreation and Athletic Center (2,500)Head Coach ........................................................................................Jim FerryAlma Mater .............................................................................Keene State, ‘90Overall Record ...............................................................188-136 (11 seasons)Record at Long Island .....................................................84-117 (7 seasons)Assistants ..........................................Jack Perri, Lenny Pitt, Rich Glesmann2008-09 Record .........................................................................................16-14Conference Record ....................................................................................12-6Lettermen Returning/Lost....................................................................12/2Starters Returning/Lost ...........................................................................4/1Series Record...........................................................Saint Francis leads 30-28MBB Contact ....................................................................................Jeff MeadOffice Phone ...............................................................................718-488-1420E-mail ...................................................................................jeff.mead@liu.eduMailing Address ......One University Plaza; Wellness Center/Room214; Brooklyn, N.Y. 11201
Thurs., Feb. 4 | DeGol Arena | 7:30 p.m.Sat., Feb. 6 | Charles L. Sewall Center | 7 p.m.
Location ...........................................................................Moon Township, Pa.President ...........................................................Gregory G. Dell’Omo, Ph.D.Enrollment .................................................................................................5,000Founded .......................................................................................................1921Nickname ............................................................................................ColonialsColors ........................................................................Blue and White with RedAthletics Director .........................................................Craig Coleman, M.D.Conference .........................................................................................NortheastArena.............................................................Charles L. Sewall Center (3,056)Head Coach .......................................................................................Mike RiceAlma Mater ..................................................................................Fordham, ‘91Overall Record .....................................................................50-19 (2 seasons)Record at Robert Morris ...................................................50-19 (2 seasons)Assistants ...........................Andrew Toole, Jimmy Martelli, Robby Pridgen2008-09 Record .........................................................................................24-11Conference Record ....................................................................................15-3Lettermen Returning/Lost ......................................................................7/3Starters Returning/Lost ...........................................................................3/2Series Record ........................................................Robert Morris leads 36-28MBB Contact ...................................................................................Jim DuzykOffice Phone ...............................................................................412-397-4314E-mail ......................................................................................duzyk@rmu.eduMailing Address......6001 University Boulevard; Moon Township, Pa. 15108-1189
Location.........................................................................................Teaneck, N.J.President.........................................................................Dr. J. Michael AdamsEnrollment .................................................................................................6,051Founded .......................................................................................................1942Nickname ..............................................................................................KnightsColors .....................................................................................Burgundy & BlueAthletics Director .............................................................David A. LangfordConference .........................................................................................NortheastArena...........................................................................Rothman Center (1,750)Interim Head Coach.................................................................Greg VetroneAlma Mater .................................................................................C.W. Post, ‘86Overall Record ...............................................................................First seasonRecord at Fairleigh Dickinson .................................................First seasonAssistants .........................................Ron Brown, Ray Johnson, Jeremy Fink2008-09 Record............................................................................................7-23Conference Record ....................................................................................6-12Lettermen Returning/Lost....................................................................10/4Starters Returning/Lost ...........................................................................4/1Series Record...............................................Fairleigh Dickinson leads 39-33MBB Contact ................................................................................Sara NaggarOffice Phone ...............................................................................201-692-2204E-mail ....................................................................................snaggar@fdu.eduMailing Address ........................10000 River Road, H-AT1-01; Teaneck, N.J. 07666
OHIO STATE (NOV. 27, 2009)Fairfield Inn and Suites
3031 Olentangy River RoadColumbus, Ohio 43202
614-267-1111
DRExEL (DEC. 12, 2009)Sheraton Philadelphia University City Hotel
6th and Chestnut StreetsPhiladelphia, Pa. 19104
AkRON (DEC. 19, 2009)Sheraton Suites Akron
1989 Front StreetCuyahoga Falls, Ohio 44221
330-920-7510
DUqUESNE (DEC. 20-21, 2009)Pittsburgh Marriott City Center
112 Washington PlacePittsburgh, Pa. 15219
412-471-4000
ST. FRANCIS-NY/LONG ISLAND(JAN. 6-9, 2010)
Marriott Teaneck at Glenpointe100 Frank W. Burr Blvd
Teaneck, N.J. 07666201-836-0600
MONMOUTH (JAN. 19, 2010)Oceanplace Resort
One Ocean BoulevardLong Branch, N.J. 07740
732-571-4000
FAIRLEIGH DICkINSON (JAN. 21-23, 2010)
Marriott Teaneck at Glenpointe100 Frank W. Burr Blvd
Teaneck, N.J. 07666201-836-0600
ROBERT MORRIS (FEB. 5, 2010)Pittsburgh Airport Marriott
777 Aten RoadCoraopolis, Pa. 15108
412-788-8800
BRYANT (FEB. 10, 2010)Marriott Providence
One Orms StreetProvidence, R.I. 02904
401-553-0427
CENTRAL CONN. STATE(FEB. 11-13, 2010)Rocky Hill Marriott
100 Capital BlvdRocky Hill, Conn. 06067
860-257-6000
MOUNT ST. MARY’S (FEB. 24, 2010)
95 Presidential CircleGettysburg, Pa. 17325
717-339-0020
WAGNER (FEB. 25-27, 2010)Sheraton Edison Center
125 Raritan Center ParkwayEdison, N.J. 08837
732-225-8300
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SAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITYmaurice Stokes
Maurice Stokes never truly knew the impact he made on Saint Francis University.A talented, but little known basketball player from Pittsburgh’s WestinghouseHigh School, he arrived at Saint Francis in the fall of 1951 and forever changed
the course of its basketball program. During a two-week period in March 1955, he wouldlead the Red Flash to national prominence with his performances in the National Invita-tional Tournament (NIT), performances that are still talked about 50 years later.
Maurice opened the tournament by scoring 29 points in an 89-78 victory over Seton Halland came back to notch 21 points in a 68-64 victory over Holy Cross. In what many bas-ketball historians consider one of the finest games in NIT history, Stokes poured in a ca-reer-high 43 points in a 79-73 overtime loss to the University of Dayton. Maurice thenclosed out his career at Saint Francis with a 31-point performance against future NationalBasketball Association (NBA) teammate Jack Twyman and the Cincinnati Bearcats, a gamethe Flash would lose, 96-91. Despite playing on a fourth-place team, Maurice was selectedthe tournament’s most valuable player (MVP), becoming the only player from a fourth-place team to ever win the award. He also capped off his senior year by being named asecond-team All-American.
Maurice will always be known for his incredible athletic skills--he is the University’s secondall-time leading scorer with 2,282 points and all-time leading rebounder with 1,819 - but hewas more than just a basketball player to his classmates. He was a member of the OmegaPhi Chapter of the Tau Kappa Epsilon social fraternity, where he served as president ofthe pledge class. He was also a member of the Varsity F and Economics clubs and playedintramural softball and football. In the balloting for the prestigious Mr. Frankie Award,which is bestowed upon the outstanding male of the senior class and voted upon by mem-
bers of the faculty and student body, Maurice finished second behind his dear friend Ray Berner, who served as the Red Flash studentsports information director at the time.
“Although they (people) always talk about what I have done for Saint Francis, people forget what Saint Francis has done for me,” Mau-rice wrote in his autobiography, The Making of One Professional Basketball Player. “I will only mention a few of them: 1) I acquired many friends. 2) I received a good education. 3) I learned to live with all kinds of people.”
Maurice’s performance in the 1955 NIT would propel him to a professional career in theNBA. Drafted by the then Rochester Royals in the first round, he immediately servednotice with a 32-point, 20-rebound, 8-assist performance in a 100-98 overtime loss to theNew York Knicks on November 5, 1955, in his first pro game. Selected to play in theleague’s all-star game in Rochester, he concluded his first season by being named theNBA Rookie-of-the-Year and was an All-NBA second-team selection.
“He reminded you a lot of Magic Johnson...Maurice Stokes could bring the ball down(court),” said former Boston Celtics coach Red Auerbach in a documentary about Mau-rice. “Actually he’s one of the few guys that could play five positions. He was the com-plete player, he really was.”
Maurice would continue his storybook career over the next two years as the franchisemoved to Cincinnati, Ohio. He would earn a spot on the 1957 and 1958 NBA all-starteams before his life changed dramatically and forever. On March 12, 1958, Maurice felland hit his head against the floor in a 96-89 season-ending victory over the MinneapolisLakers. Three days later, following a 100-93 loss to the Detroit Pistons, he collapsed onthe plane trip back to Cincinnati and was rushed to Saint Elizabeth’s Hospital in Coving-ton, Kentucky. There he was later diagnosed with post-traumatic encephalopathy, a formof “sleeping sickness.”
“One day last year I woke up for a few minutes from the longest sleep of my life,” saidMaurice in an article written with Harry T. Paxson of the Saturday Evening Post ofMarch 14, 1959. “I opened my eyes and saw three people near my bed. I recognized my
Maurice Stokes led Saint Francis University to a four-year record of 79-30, including NIT bids in 1954 and1955. He capped off his senior year by being named theMVP of the NIT, the only player to ever win this awardfrom a fourth-place team.
Stokes was a three-time NBA all-star with the Rochesterand Cincinnati Royals before falling and hitting his headagainst the floor in a game on March 12, 1958.
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Maurice Stokes never truly knew the impact he made on Saint Francis University.A talented, but little known basketball player from Pittsburgh’s WestinghouseHigh School, he arrived at Saint Francis in the fall of 1951 and forever changed
the course of its basketball program. During a two-week period in March 1955, he wouldlead the Red Flash to national prominence with his performances in the National Invita-tional Tournament (NIT), performances that are still talked about 50 years later.
Maurice opened the tournament by scoring 29 points in an 89-78 victory over Seton Halland came back to notch 21 points in a 68-64 victory over Holy Cross. In what many bas-ketball historians consider one of the finest games in NIT history, Stokes poured in a ca-reer-high 43 points in a 79-73 overtime loss to the University of Dayton. Maurice thenclosed out his career at Saint Francis with a 31-point performance against future NationalBasketball Association (NBA) teammate Jack Twyman and the Cincinnati Bearcats, a gamethe Flash would lose, 96-91. Despite playing on a fourth-place team, Maurice was selectedthe tournament’s most valuable player (MVP), becoming the only player from a fourth-place team to ever win the award. He also capped off his senior year by being named asecond-team All-American.
Maurice will always be known for his incredible athletic skills--he is the University’s secondall-time leading scorer with 2,282 points and all-time leading rebounder with 1,819 - but hewas more than just a basketball player to his classmates. He was a member of the OmegaPhi Chapter of the Tau Kappa Epsilon social fraternity, where he served as president ofthe pledge class. He was also a member of the Varsity F and Economics clubs and playedintramural softball and football. In the balloting for the prestigious Mr. Frankie Award,which is bestowed upon the outstanding male of the senior class and voted upon by mem-
bers of the faculty and student body, Maurice finished second behind his dear friend Ray Berner, who served as the Red Flash studentsports information director at the time.
“Although they (people) always talk about what I have done for Saint Francis, people forget what Saint Francis has done for me,” Mau-rice wrote in his autobiography, The Making of One Professional Basketball Player. “I will only mention a few of them: 1) I acquired many friends. 2) I received a good education. 3) I learned to live with all kinds of people.”
Maurice’s performance in the 1955 NIT would propel him to a professional career in theNBA. Drafted by the then Rochester Royals in the first round, he immediately servednotice with a 32-point, 20-rebound, 8-assist performance in a 100-98 overtime loss to theNew York Knicks on November 5, 1955, in his first pro game. Selected to play in theleague’s all-star game in Rochester, he concluded his first season by being named theNBA Rookie-of-the-Year and was an All-NBA second-team selection.
“He reminded you a lot of Magic Johnson...Maurice Stokes could bring the ball down(court),” said former Boston Celtics coach Red Auerbach in a documentary about Mau-rice. “Actually he’s one of the few guys that could play five positions. He was the com-plete player, he really was.”
Maurice would continue his storybook career over the next two years as the franchisemoved to Cincinnati, Ohio. He would earn a spot on the 1957 and 1958 NBA all-starteams before his life changed dramatically and forever. On March 12, 1958, Maurice felland hit his head against the floor in a 96-89 season-ending victory over the MinneapolisLakers. Three days later, following a 100-93 loss to the Detroit Pistons, he collapsed onthe plane trip back to Cincinnati and was rushed to Saint Elizabeth’s Hospital in Coving-ton, Kentucky. There he was later diagnosed with post-traumatic encephalopathy, a formof “sleeping sickness.”
“One day last year I woke up for a few minutes from the longest sleep of my life,” saidMaurice in an article written with Harry T. Paxson of the Saturday Evening Post ofMarch 14, 1959. “I opened my eyes and saw three people near my bed. I recognized my
sister, my father and my old friend Ed Fleming, of the Minneapolis Lakers, who playedbasketball with me at Westinghouse High School and then in the pro league. I started tosay hello--and found I couldn’t talk. I couldn’t move.”
Maurice remained bedridden until his death on April 6, 1970. Yet, during his 12-year hos-pitalization, he remained upbeat and courageous, even after a regime that often includedfive grueling hours of physical therapy daily.
“I never, ever saw him feel sorry for himself,” said Twyman, his teammate on the Cincin-nati Royals and a native of Pittsburgh, in a documentary on Maurice. “I never, ever intwelve years saw him have a bad day; never, ever not have a smile on his face; not be moreinterested in you than he was in himself. (He) never pitied the situation he was in. Andthat’s the uniqueness of the individual.”
The same could be said of Twyman. Upon a suggestion by his friend, Judge Chase Davies,Jack became Maurice’s legal guardian and took over the responsibilities of Stokes’ affairs.Jack went to Walter Beall, an industrial-compensation lawyer, in an attempt to apply forworkman’s compensation for Maurice, which Maurice was eventually awarded.
“Maurice was a member of the family,” said Carol Twyman. “Our children loved him likea member of the family. Maurice had a wonderful sense of humor and Jack does also, andto hear the bantering back and forth between them--it was just priceless.”
The Twyman family and the entire University community bid farewell to Maurice at his funeral on April 9, 1970. One of Maurice’s finalwishes was to be buried on campus, a wish the Franciscan friars proudly granted.
“We are saddened because we have lost an example,” said the Reverend Vincent R. Negherbon, T.O.R., then president of Saint FrancisUniversity and the homilist at the service. “We have lost, as it were, a crutch that we have leaned on, because anyone that knew this mantook something from him. He was sick; he was in bed; but you couldn’t give to him--he gave to you. It is impossible to relate thetremendous effect that he had with people who came to know him and love him this past decade.”
Today, Maurice Stokes’ name is forever etched at Saint Francis University through the Maurice Stokes Athletics Center, built in 1972 andrenovated in 1994, and the Stokes Club, an athletic booster organization that raises moneyto enhance the University's 21-sport NCAA Division I program. On September 10, 2004,Stokes assumed his rightful place among the game's finest upon his induction into the Nai-smith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
While Maurice will be long remembered for his incredible prowess on the basketball court,he taught us more about humanity in the face of personal adversity.
In The Making of One Professional Basketball Player, Maurice shows us what it trulymeans to be alive. “The most fascinating thing to me is when the sun peeks over the hori-zon, everything seems to come alive. That is why it is beyond my comprehension howanyone could believe that God is dead. In conclusion, there comes a time when the sunseems to sink into the horizon when almost everything comes to a halt-with most thingswaiting anxiously for the new day to begin.”
Stokes was a three-time NBA all-star with the Rochesterand Cincinnati Royals before falling and hitting his headagainst the floor in a game on March 12, 1958.
NBA teammate Jack Twyman remained a true and loyalfriend to Maurice throughout his illness and rehabilita-tion.
Maurice’s dear friend Jack Twyman presented him for in-duction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall ofFame in September, 2004.
nBa all-time leaders:
rebounds-Per-game
Name Games Reb. RPG
1. Wilt Chamberlain 1,045 23,924 22.9
2. Bill Russell 963 21,620 22.5
3. MAuRICE STOKES 203 3,507 17.3
4. Bob Pettit 792 12,849 16.2
5. Jerry Lucas 829 12,942 15.6
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AT SAINT FRANCIS, Director of Sports Medicine Terry Bennett, assistant athletic trainers Jason Lonesky,Mary Kowalski, and Abbie Hoover, team physicians Dr. Edward Hill and Dr. Kevin Messner, and team ortho-
pedic surgeon Dr. Joshua Port, have always emphasized a proactive program in their involvement with RedFlash student-athletes.
By encouraging student-athletes to stay in shape, especially during the off-season, and to maintain a healthyand well-balanced diet, the Saint Francis Sports Medicine team has helped student-athletes spend less time in
the training room and more in the competitive arena.
TERRY BENNETTDirector of Sports MedicineTERRY BENNETT, who holds a bachelor’s degree from Canisius College and
a master’s degree in physical education/athletics training from Indiana StateUniversity, enters his 24th season of overseeing the welfare of over 350 RedFlash student-athletes. A native of Cazenovia, N.Y., he served as head ath-letics trainer for the 1992 Panamanian Olympic men’s basketball team thatcompeted against the U.S.A.’s “Dream Team” in the Tournament of theAmerica’s in Portland, Oregon.
Bennett has also directed the medical services for the annual SpecialOlympics event held at Saint Francis for numerous years. A certified mem-ber of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA), he has three chil-dren: Hannah, Jonathan and Luke.
DR. kEVIN MESSNERTeam PhysicianDR. kEVIN MESSNER is in his fifth season as team physician at Saint Fran-
cis. Messner is the Director of Emergency Medicine at Miners Medical Cen-ter in Hastings, Pa., and is board certified in Sports Medicine and EmergencyMedicine. Messner has served as team physician for the Pittsburgh Pirates,Altoona Curve, Washington Wildthings, Johnstown Riverhawks, and atDuquesne University. He received his medical degree from the Medical Col-lege of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and graduated from an Emergency Med-icine residency and Sports Medicine fellowship at Allegheny General Hospitalin Pittsburgh.
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Terry Bennett Dir. of Sports Med 24th Season Canisius CollegeJason Lonesky Athletic Trainer 6th Season Indiana Univ. of PAMary Kowalski Athletric Trainer 3rd Season Lock Haven Gina DiFranco Ahtletic Trainer 1st Season WaynesburgKevin Messner Team Physician 6th Season Millersville
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SAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITYStrength & ConditioningRed Flash Basketball 2009-10
Jesse Webber was hired on April 21, 2009, to be the first-ever strengthand conditioning coach at Saint Francis University. He has 13 years of expe-rience in strength and conditioning, and fitness, and will be charged with thetask of assisting each student-athlete in maximizing his or her potential.
Webber creates specialized workout programs that focus on the enhance-ment of physical abilities and the prevention of injury.
“This is a major step for our athletic programs and for our student-ath-letes with the hiring of Jesse Webber,” said Bob Krimmel, Saint Francis' Di-rector of Athletics. “Coach Webber brings a wealth of experience, greatenthusiasm and a vision for our strength training program. With the com-pletion of our new weight room during the summer of 2009, our student-athletes will be provided with a great learning environment and an excellentteacher."
Webber began his duties at Saint Francis on June 1, 2009, during a timethat the university announced big strides to improve the overall facilities andsupport staff of a 21-sport Division I athletics program. Webber will havetwo new weight rooms with which to work in the coming years.
Construction has been completed on a brand new weight room in the re-cently built DeGol Fieldhouse, which is located at DeGol Field, and will beavailable for use during the 2009-10 academic year. Additionally, plans are inthe works for a complete renovation of the current existing weight roomthat is in the Maurice Stokes Athletics Center.
“I am excited about the opportunity to build a strength and conditioningprogram, and get involved at Saint Francis,” Webber said. “I am focused onimproving the experience for the student-athletes at Saint Francis, and I’m
looking forward to being a part of the Red Flash family. It is a tight-knitcommunity, and I’m excited to be a part of the family.”
Webber came to Loretto after two years at the University of Maine,where he was the Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach. He was previ-ously the first-ever Head Strength and Conditioning Coach at Georgetown(2001-03), following stints as an assistant at Towson and Maryland. Webberreceived his USA Weightlifting Club Coaching certification in 1997, becamea Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist in 1996, and is Red CrossCPR certified.
He worked as a student strength and conditioning coach as an under-graduate at Ohio University. After receiving his Bachelor of Science inSports Sciences from Ohio, Webber moved on to the University of Mem-phis, where he also worked as a student assistant while studying for his Mas-ter of Science in Human Movement Science and Education, which hereceived in 1997.
In addition to his work experience as a strength and conditioning coach,Webber has served as a guest lecturer at the University of Maine and as-sisted in teaching several courses at the University of Memphis.
Webber has been a member of the National Strength and ConditioningAssociation since 1992, and is a member of USA Weightlifting (since 1997)and the Kappa Delta Pi International Honor Society in Education (since
1997).
The Saint Francis Strength and Conditioning Department is committed to providing each student-athlete with aninnovative program to improve strength, power, speed, agility, conditioning, and flexibility.
Head coach Jesse Webber is certified by the National Strength and Conditioning Association, and is on the cutting edgeof research to design and implement year-round, individual, sport-specific programs. Strength and conditioning not
only enhances each student-athlete's athletic ability, but also provides an environment conducive to the development ofdiscipline and leadership skills for reaching optimum physical potential and mental toughness.
Jesse WebberHead Coach of Strength & Conditioning
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SAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITYmedia information
CREDENTIALSRequests for media credentials for covering Red Flash men’s basketball should be made directly to Saint FrancisDirector of Athletic Communications Bob Volkert. Credentials and parking passes will be available at the WillCall window at the Stokes Center.
RADIO INFORMATIONPermission to broadcast games is granted through the Saint Francis Athletic Communications Office. Arrange-ments for a line should be made at least two weeks in advance of the game.
MEDIA SERVICESPre-game notes, halftime and final statistics, plus a play-by-play account of the game will be available to all mem-bers of the working media. Saint Francis head coach Don Friday will be available for interviews following abrief cooling-off period and a radio post-game interview. Red Flash players will also be available for interviews,as will visiting teams' players and coaches, following the cooling-off period.
INTERVIEWSInterviews with head coach Don Friday, his staff and players can be arranged through Director of Athletic Communications Bob Volkert. The players and coaches will be available for both in-per-son and telephone interviews.
Saint Francis basketball has enjoyed a loyal fan following
through the careers of Maurice Stokes, Norm Van Lier,
Kevin Porter, Mike Iuzzolino and Darshan Luckey. Red
Flash fans have not only turned out at the Stokes Center and
at away venues but have also listened to the team's games over
the airwaves.
The Voice of the Red Flash, Joe Vesnesky, will call all the ac-
tion on The Red Flash Sports Radio Network via SFU’s flag-
ship station, The Edge, WWGE-AM 1400 (Loretto) and
WKGE-AM 850 (Johnstown), as well as on the Saint Francis
University website, www.goRedFlash.com. Vesnesky, who
has been calling the action for Saint Francis basketball for the
past 30 seasons, will provide play-by-play for all 29 contests,
plus the postseason.
Vesnesky will be joined on the home broadcasts by color
commentator Bernie Jubeck, who enters his seventh season.
Altoona MirrorSports Editor: Buck FrankAddress: PO Box 2008Altoona, PA 16603Phone: 814.946.7443Fax: 814.946.7540
Ebensburg MainlinerSports Editor: Dave SutorAddress: PO Box 777Ebensburg, PA 15931Phone: 814.472.4110Fax: 814.472.2275
Johnstown Tribune-DemocratSports Editor: Eric KnopsnyderAddress: 425 Locust St.Johnstown, PA 15907Phone: 814.532.5080Fax: 814.539.1409
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteSports Editor: Phil AxelrodAddress: 34 Blvd. of AlliesPittsburgh, PA 15230Phone: 412.263.1621Fax: 412.263.1926
Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewSports Editor: Dave MackallAddress: 503 Martindale StreetPittsburgh, PA 15212Phone: 412.320.7848Fax: 412.320.7964
WJAC-TVSports Editor: Tim RigbyAddress: 49 Old Hickory LaneJohnstown, PA 15905Phone: 814.255.7600Fax: 814.255.3958
WTAJ-TVSports Editor: Nick FoleyAddress: 5000 Sixth AvenueAltoona, PA 16602Phone: 814.944.1414Fax: 814.946.8746
The Edge AM 1400Director: Mike McKendreeAddress: P.O. Box 88Ebensburg, PA 15931Phone: 814.472.0888Fax: 814.255.EDGE
Long-time Voice of the Red Flash Joe Vesnesky (left)
and colorman Bernie JuBeck (right) comprise the Saint
Francis basketball broadcast team. The duo enters their
seventh year calling Red Flash hardcourt action together.
LOCAL MEDIA
MEDIA INFORMATION
FOLLOWING THE RED FLASH
The 2009-10 SAINT FRANCIS MEN’SBASKETBALL YEARBOOK was written, designed,and edited by Director of Athletic Communications BOB VOLkERT, with assistance from ASHLEY BAILEY, and theSAINT FRANCIS MEN’S BASkETBALL COACH-ING STAFF.
Photos by: J.D. CAVRICH
Cover Design by: Bill Bettwy; Bettwy Creative Studio LLC. (Altoona, Pa.)Printed by: MULTIAD Print Solutions (Peoria,Ill.)
Copies available to the public for $8.00 each.Make checks payable to Saint Francis Univer-sity, and mail to Saint Francis University; BobVolkert; Director of Athletic Communications;P.O. Box 600; Loretto, Pa. 15940.
Saint Francis University Statement of NondiscriminationSaint Francis University, an equal opportu-nity/affirmative action employer, complieswith applicable federal and state laws regard-ing nondiscrimination and affirmative action,including Title IX of the EducationalAmendments of 1972, Title VII of the CivilRights Act of 1964, and Section 504 of theRehabilitation Act of 1973. Saint Francis Uni-versity is committed to a policy of nondis-crimination and equal opportunity for allpersons regardless of race, sex, color, reli-gion, national origin or ancestry, age, maritalstatus, disability, or Vietnam-era status, in em-ployment, education programs and activities,and admissions. Inquiries or complaints maybe addressed to the University’s Director ofHuman Resources.
