October 31, 2011

Quinnipiac's Athletic Advisory Board

The mission of the "Athletics Advisory Board" is to serve as the primary advisory group on a wide range of the University's intercollegiate athletic strategic objectives as it pertains to successful performance in NCAA Division I athletics. The advisory members shall provide consultation and sounding board on athletically related initiatives.

 

Attendees: Ray Gooley (Chair),  Brijesh Patel, Ken Sweeten, Bill O’Brien,  Gene Singer, Jack Peters, Joe Canetti, Bob McKiernan, Dick Reilly, Fred Masotta, Billy Mecca, Marc Austin, Angela Santacroce, Ed McMahon, Becca Main, Alexis Highsmith, George Grande, Paul Sutera, George Sweeney, Anne Balogh, Wayne Stone, Walter Eisdale, Jack McDonald

 

Agenda - Thursday, December 22, 2011

• Review of Minutes of October Meeting

Review and approval of October meeting minutes

• Introduce New AAB Members

Joe “Ace” Canetti, Alexis Highsmith and Dom Twohill were welcomed to the committee

• Report from Brijesh Patel. QU’s Director of Strength & Conditioning

Brijesh thanked all for letting him make his presentation. Talked about how he and his staff are the only staff that deals with 100% of all our 450+ student-athletes.  Brijesh talked about a typical game day and the need for new staff to give the student-athletes an excellent strength & conditioning experience.

• Fall Sports Update

Women’s Cross Country 7^th Straight NEC Championship, Carolyn Martin named NEC Coach of the year, Field Hockey Advanced to the NEC playoffs, Volleyball played in front of a record crowd at Burt Kahn Court on Parents weekend and defeated RMU & SFPA.

• Winter Sports Update

Women’s Basketball defeats Minnesota and St. Mary’s to win the St. Mary’s Tournament, Women’s Ice Hockey defeats #4 Boston College with last second tieing and overtime goal, three days later won their second straight Nutmeg Championship. Men’s Basketball has wins over Yale, Vermont, Navy. Also a report was made on the TV Games and the features within the TV games.

• 2012 Hall of Fame Induction Update Nominees (attachment)

MCC/Track -                          WCC/Track

BASE   - Zangari**                FH-2001 Team

MBB    - Pondexter**               WBB-Misiaszek**

MHOK – 2002 Team **         WLAX  -Matthews** 

MLAX  -Baglio(s)**               WSOC-Anderson

MSOC  - Maciel**                  WSOF-Chaput

MTEN - Goodwin                   WTEN-Uccello**

                                                WVOL-Dublin

Coaches – Main**

Coach – Pecknold **

Moved and 2^nd  to accept the recommendation to have those listed ** be inducted to the Quinnipiac Athletics Hall of Fame that is scheduled to be held at the TD Bank Sports Center on Saturday, November 10, 2012, prior to the men’s ice hockey game. The final time will be announced this spring summer.

** Reccomended by Athletics Staff

Date/Format of Event in 2012

• Other Business

It was announced that Dan Gooley will be roasted by the West Haven Twilight League on January 28, 12-3pm at the West River Hall. Tickets are $35. Per person. Please contact Vin DiLauro 203-671-0325. George Grande will be the Master of Ceremonies. And Porky Vieira will be the speaker.

• Next Meeting

Monday, Feb 27^th at 5pm prior to QU Women’s Basketball game at 7pm

 

 

Nate Pondexter – Men’s Basketball

·         Led team in scoring (14.4 ppg.), rebounding (8.6 rpg.), and assists (142, 5.3 apg.) during his 1998-99 junior season.

·         Recorded the only triple-double in the Northeast Conference during the 1998-99 season on January 16, 1999.

·         Scored in double figures in 26-of-28 games during his senior season, leading the team in scoring (16.0), assists (153, 5.5 apg.), steals (60, 2.1 spg.), and defensive rebounds (142). Led the team to 18-10 record, its most wins since 1987-88. Tied a career-high with 33 points against Wagner on Feb, 26, 2000 in his final collegiate basketball game in the team’s 90-83 overtime victory.

·         Named to New-England Division I Senior All-Star Team on April 11, 2000.

·         Named to First Team All-Northeast Conference for the second straight season on March 2, 2000.

·         Named NEC Player of the Week on Feb. 21, 2000.

·         Named Quinnipiac Men’s Athlete of the Month three times (November, January, February) during the 1998-99 season

Megan Matthews – Women’s Lacrosse

·         Hold the program’s all-time records for rookie saves (221), rookie save percentage (.597), single season saves (224), single season save percentage (.609), career saves (862), career save percentage (.586) and career wins (28). At the time of her graduation, she also held the program record for single season goals against average (9.00), single season wins (10), and career goals against average (10.33).

·         Finished the 2001 season ranked 10th in the nation in save percentage (.588).

·         Had the seventh-most saves among all Division I Women’s Lacrosse goalies during the 1999 season, making 26 saves against Albany on April 14, 1999.

Joe Zangari – Baseball

·         Batted .400 during his freshman season with the team in 1997, ranking second on the team in hitting.

·         Was named to the All-Conference Team in Northeast-10 Conference and All-Region Second Team for the Northeast Region during his sophomore season in 1998. Ranked second in program history with 61 hits, fourth in rbi’s (44), eighth in runs (42) and tenth in slugging percentage (.699) during his sophomore season.

·         Picked as preseason Northeast Conference Player of the Year, as well as All-NEC, by Baseball America.

·         Became all-time career home run leader on April 1, 2000, when he hit his 35th long ball against Mount St. Mary’s.

Everson Maciel – Men’s Soccer

·         Named NEC Player of the week on October 2, 2000. Named NEC Rookie of the Week on October 23, 2000.

·         Became the program’s first-ever First Team All-NEC member on November 2, 2000 after leading the team in scoring in the regular season with 32 points (12 goals, eight assists). His 36 points at season’s end were fourth-best in school history. Also captured NSCAA/adidas Second Team All-New England.

·         Named Quinnipiac men’s soccer Most Valuable Player for the 2000-01 sophomore season.

·         Named Quinnipiac Athlete of the Year on May 2, 2002, as well as Northeast Conference Player of the Year, during his breakout junior season in which he led the league in goals (17) and points (38). He also finished the season ranked third in the nation in goals per game (1.04) and sixth in points per game (2.38).

Joe Baglio – Men’s Lacrosse

·         Was named MAAC Rookie of the Year in 1999, as well as earning First Team All-MAAC honors, after leading the team with 53 points (41 goals, 12 assists).

·         Was selected by Face-Off Magazine as a Player to Watch in the MAAC Lacrosse league for the 2000 season.

·         During his junior season in 2001, Baglio earned honorable mention All-New England men’s lacrosse honors. Named MAAC Player of the Week on three separate occasions during the 2001 season. Led the squad to a program-record 14 wins en route to its first-ever trip to the MAAC Championship Game.

·         Named Quinnipiac’s 2000-01 Male Athlete of the Year after totaling a program record 78 points (49 goals, 29 assists), which also had him ranked first among all Division I Men’s Lacrosse players (4.88 ppg). For his efforts, he was also named the 2001 MAAC Men’s Lacrosse Player of the Year.

·         Named to Verizon Academic Spring At-Large District I Second Team on May 22, 2001.

Mike Baglio – Men’s Lacrosse

·         In 2000, led the team and was seventh in the MAAC in scoring with 45 points (33 goals, 12 assists).

·         Was selected by Face-Off Magazine as a Player to Watch in the MAAC Lacrosse league for the 2000 season.

Jessica Viccello – Women’s Tennis

·         Named Northeast-10 Conference Freshman of the Week on September 17, 1996.

·         Named Quinnipiac Female Athlete of the Month for the month of September, 1996.

·         Set women’s tennis records for season wins in singles (21) and doubles (18) in 1996.

·         Named both Freshman and Player of the Year in the Northeast Conference in 1996.

·         Named Team’s Most Valuable Player in 1997.

·         Was named to the GTE Academic All-District College Division Second Team on May 26, 1998. Also earned Second Team All- Northeast-10 Conference honors in both singles and doubles in 1998.

·         Named Quinnipiac Female Sophomore Scholar Athlete in 1998.

·         Named to the Intercollegiate Tennis Association All-Academic Team on August 9, 1999.

·         Became winningest tennis player in Quinnipiac history on March 26, 2000 when she earned her 75th singles win. At the time, she also possessed 67 doubles wins. She finished her career with 159 total victories (85 singles, 74 doubles).

·         Named Quinnipiac Female Senior Scholar Athlete in 2000.

·         Compiled an 18-5 individual record to lead Quinnipiac to a program-best 20 wins during the 2000 season.

·         Named Northeast Conference Women’s Tennis Scholar Athlete of the year in back-to-back seasons (1999 and 2000).

Kim Misiaszek– Women’s Basketball

·         Named Quinnipiac Female Athlete of the Month for the month of January, 1999.

·         Led the team in blocked shots (51, 1.9 bpg.), which was second in the NEC, and rebounding (205, 7.6 rpg.) during the 1999-2000 season.

·         Earned All-Tournament honors at the LaSalle Holiday Tournament on December 29-30, 1999.

·         Named Quinnipiac Women’s Basketball Most Valuable Player during the 2000-01 season.

·         Ended her career as the school’s all-time free throw leader (394), second in blocked shots (217), third in rebounding (826) and finished third all-time in scoring 1,413 points.

·         During her senior season, finished tied for first in the team in scoring (13.7 ppg.), led the team in rebounding (177) and blocked shots (31), and second in steals (38).

·         Earned Second Team All-NEC at the conclusion of the 2000-01 season, finishing as the NEC active rebounding leader with 826 career boards.

Men’s Ice Hockey Head Coach Rand Pecknold

·         All-time winningest coach in Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey history with 328 wins, 251 at the Division I level

·         One of four coaches in Quinnipiac athletics history to record 300 career wins (Burt Kahn, Dan Gooley and Mike Quitko being the others) and one of five with 200 career wins (Tricia Fabbri)

·         Currently ranked 9th among all active coaches in NCAA Division I hockey in career wins; Ranked 50th all-time

·         Led Quinnipiac to its highest national-ranking in school history – 4th in the USCHO.com and USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Division I poll

·         Two-time Spencer Penrose Award Finalist (2002, 2005), given to the national coach of the year

·         2005 Atlantic Hockey Coach of the Year

·         Led team to the 2002 MAAC Tournament Championship and the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history

·         13 consecutive non-losing seasons, including nine 20-win seasons in 11 years.

·         130 All-Academic Team selections

·         22 All-League Selections

·         11 All-Rookie Team selections

·         5 League Players of the Year

·         6 League Rookies of the Year

·         4 All-Americans

·         1 Hobey Baker Award Finalist

Field Hockey Head Coach Becca Main

·         The only coach in Quinnipiac field hockey history; first coach of women’s lacrosse team

·         136 career wins, 120 at the Division I level; including a 78-36 record against the Northeast Conference

·         Four-time Coach of the Year

·         Three-time NEC Coach of the Year

·         Two-time NCAA participant (2001, 2003)

·         68 All-NEC Players

·         16 All Region Players

·         Two NEC Goalkeepers of the Year

·         One NEC Defensive Player of the Year

·         One Rookie of the Year

·         Three NEC Tournament MVP’s

·         Currently serves as President of the National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA)

·         National Chair of the NFHCA All-American and Hall of Fame Committees

·         Two-time All-American at Penn State, leading the Nittany Lions to three NCAA Final Four appearances

·         1993 Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year

·         Played for the U.S. Elite National Team that won the bronze at the 1994 World Cup

·         Inducted into the Pennsbury High School Athletic Hall of Fame in 2006

·         2009 Northeast Conference Sportsmanship Honor

·         2008 Connecticut Field Hockey Hall of Fame inductee

·         2007 Thomas J. Shortell Memorial Award for service to the NFHCA

 

           

The mission of the "Athletics Advisory Board" is to serve as the primary advisory group on a wide range of the University's intercollegiate athletic strategic objectives as it pertains to successful performance in NCAA Division I athletics. The advisory members shall provide consultation and sounding board on athletically related initiatives.

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Athletic Advisory Board Mtg @ TDBSC

Thursday, August 18, 2011

11:30 am – 1:00 pm (lunch provided)

At TD Bank Sports Center Media Room, (1st Floor next to weight room)

Review of the Minutes of the last Meeting

All asked to review DB of contact information

Student Appointments

Tracey Flynn will select two student-athletes from the Student Athlete Advisory Committee and hopefully they will attend the Oct 20 meeting.

Sport Liaison for 2011-12

Lawsuit

Coach Kohli updated the group on the field hockey team, upcoming season and the field hockey team’s trip to Portugal and Spain this past summer.

Sub Committee for Hall of Fame will be Ned Burt, Bob McKiernan, Ed McMahon. Jack will be asking Head Coach at an athletic staff meeting (Wednesday @ 10am). Hopefully the members of the Hall of Fame sub-committee can attend this meeting.

 Distinguished Alumni

Bob Johnson, member of AAB will be receiving the award on October 15, 2011

 Development & Alumni Affairs,

Paul Sutera talk about the fund-raising for athletics and the successful fund-raising for the 10-11 year (up 30%).

Other News, TV, NEC Academic Awards (MBB),Banners in TDBSC

Midnight Madness

Next Meeting/Events

Season Ticket Bar-B-Q – September 15^th

Annual Athletics Staff Meeting – Tuesday, September 6th @ 5pm at University Club

Fall Meeting, Late Thu, October 20, at 11:30am – 1:30pm

New Business

Scott Burrell – Baseball Diamond Club Hall of Fame – November 10^th @ Monticello’s

George Grande – New Haven Legends – November 17^th??

Bob Johnson – Quinnipiac Distinguished Alumni - October 15th

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Wednesday, April 26, 2011 

 

Minutes

Attended: Dan Gooley, Dick Reilly, Gene Singer, John DeMezzo, Jack McDonald, Ed McMahon, Paul Sutera, Bob McKiernan, Angela Santacroce, Fred Masotta

Awards, Wed, May 4th at 6pm at TDBSC

Advisory Board Members with Team MVP's

Jack & Ed McMahon reviewed the Annual

Athletic Awards events and ask how many of the AAB members would be attending. The group reviewed the list of sports MVP's and each liaison who will stand with the QU Sports MVP. Please note the athletics awards info on the QU Web-Site

Bill Mecca Roundball Golf Tournament - Thu, May 19th @ Laurel View and Woodbridge

The Roundball will be held at Woodbridge CC and Laurel View and those interested should visit the info site and sign up now.

Hall of Fame - Fall 2012

Begin the Process of Talking to Coaches for Nominations

 

Jack informed all that the coaches will be asked to nominate the athletes they think should be considered based on the criteria of being 10 years since graduating. Jack also noted that there are coaches and staff who he feels should be considered for Hall of Fame consideration.

Spring Playoffs/Tournament Updates by Jac

Other Sports Updates

                W Tennis – Captured 6^th NEC Championship

                M Tennis – Finished as NEC Runner-up/2^nd Place

  W Lacrosse – Captured the NEC #1 Seed and will host the NEC Tournament on April
  29 & May 1st

                M Lacrosse - #2 See in NEC Tournament on May 6/8

                Softball - Currently tied as the #1 seed in the NEC’s

                Baseball – Still alive for for NEC Baseball

                Rugby – Held three scrimmages at SCSU, West Point & Columbia

               WGolf – Competed in their 1^st NEC Championship at Daytona, FL

               Acrobatics & Tumbling – Advanced to the Final Four of the NCATA Championships at
               the University of Oregon

 

Tom Moore Franciscan Award

Dinner at Aquaturf on June 8th

2011-12

Schedules & Events

Alumni Development News

 

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Minutes - Monday, January 3, 2011 Meeting in Media Room of TD Bank Sports Center

Photos of Meeting and Dinner by Ned Burt

Attending: Eric Grgruich (Guest Speaker), Rick Ciardiello, Ed McMahon, Marc Austin, John DeMezzo, Fred Masotta, Paul Sutera, Jack McDonald, Bob Johnson, George Grande, Walter Eisdale, Ned Burt, Bill O’Brien.

• Review of Minutes from 11/16 Meeting (below)

Minutes accepted from November 16^th meeting

• Eric Grgurich, Executive Director of the TD Bank Sports Center

Eric spoke to the group about the improved attendance, many group promotions, local youth groups, advertisements in newspapers, radio, billboards and on the internet. Eric answered questions on parking, ushers and ticket prices.

• Top Moments of the Decade

Jack McDonald spoke to the group about the Top Moments of the Decade Survey that allowed fans to vote the best QU Athletic Moments from 2000-2010. Over 150 have voted and the results will be announced on NESN-TV on January 15, 2010

• Athletics and Recreation Updates (Jack)

         MBBall  9-2/1-0 NEC, 94^th of 350 D-I teams

         WBBall 4-8/1-0 NEC

         MHOK 10-9-1/4-5-1 ECAC, recently ranked in Nat’l Poll

         WHOK 13-6-1/6-5 ECAC, recently ranked in Nat’l Poll

         Positive Play

                  Men’s Ice Hockey Hosting Skate with the Bobcats

                  Men’s Basketball Visiting Special Olympics on Nov 13^th

         Fall Semester Grades

- QU’s student-athletes posted a 3.150 semester GPA

- 286 student-athletes achieved a semester GPA of at least 3.0

- 2 achieved a 4.0 Cum GPA

- 143 student-athletes achieved a 3.5 semester GPA or higher

- 11 student-athletes earned a 4.0 GPA this semester

- 14 Teams achieved a 3.0 or higher semester team GPA

- Cross Country has  the highest women’s team GPA (3.49 GPA)

- Soccer  has  the highest men’s team GPA (3.27 GPA) 

• Development and Alumni Affairs (Paul)

         Donor List Published in QU Calendar

         Paul mentioned that over 60% of athletics advisory board donated to QU Athletics

         Goal is to have 100% like the Alumni Board of Governor’s

SPORT	COACH	LIAISONS
Baseball	Dan Gooley	Anne Balogh	Ned Burt	George Grande	Fred Masotta	Bill O’Brien	Jack Peters	Wayne Stone
Men’s Basketball	Tom Moore	Wayne Stone	Jack Peters	Dick Reilly	Fred Masotta
Women’s Basketball	Tricia Fabbri	Bill O’Brien	Dick Reilly	Walt Esdaile	Marc Austin
Men’s Cross Country	Carolyn Martin	Jamie Cassesse	Bob McKiernan
Women’s Cross Country	Carolyn Martin	Jamie Cassesse	Bob McKiernan
Men’s Ice Hockey	Rand Pecknold	Anne Balogh	Ned Burt	Bob Johnson	Bob McKiernan
Women’s Ice Hockey	Rick Seeley	Anne Balogh	Ned Burt	Bob Johnson	Gene Singer
Field Hockey	Becca Kohli	Fred DeMezzo	Bill O’Brien
Men’s Lacrosse	Eric Fekete	Fred DeMezzo	Ed McMahon	Dick Reilly	Wayne Stone	Marc Austin
Women’s Lacrosse	Danie Caro		Ed McMahon
Men’s Soccer	Eric Da Costa	Fred DeMezzo	Bob McKiernan	Ed McMahon
Women’s Soccer	David Clarke	Anne Balogh	Bob McKiernan	Ed McMahon
Softball	Germaine Fairchild	Bill O’Brien	Walt Esdaile
Acrobatics & Tumbling (formerlyCompetitiveCheer)	Mary Ann Powers	George Grande	Angela Santacroce
Men’s Tennis	Mike Quitko	Bill O’Brien	Angela Santacroce	Wayne Stone	Gene Singer
Women’s Tennis	Mike Quitko	Ned Burt	Angela Santacroce	Wayne Stone	Gene Singer
Women’s Track	Carolyn Martin	Jamie Cassesse	Bob McKiernan
Women’s Volleyball	Robin Sparks	Jamie Cassesse	Bob McKiernan
Women’s Golf	TBA	Ray Gooley	Jack Peters
Women’s Rugby	TBA	Becca Kohli	Marc Austin

Quinnipiac Athletics Advisory Board Meeting - Minutes

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

TD Bank Sports Center Media Room

Attendees: Ray Gooley (Chair),  Jack McDonald, Angela Santacroce, Ed McMahon, Wayne Stone, Jack Peters, Fred Masotta, Paul Sutera, Bob McKiernan, George Grande,  Gene Singer, John DeMezzo, Anne Balogh, Billy Mecca, Gene Zurolo, Dan Gooley

Meeting Called to Order by Ray Gooley, Chair and asked for approval of the minutes of the May 25, 2010 Meeting

Moved and Approved

• Visit from Rand Pecknold (Men’s Ice Hockey) & Rick Seeley (Women’s Ice Hockey) to talk about their upcoming seasons. Also visit from Tom Moore Head Men’s Baskeball Coach on the team’s Europe trip this summer and the 10-11 Schedule.

• Recent Court Decision

 Jack McDonald spoke on the recent decision and the need for a compliance plan, the addition of Women’s Rugby and the need to have “Stunts & Tumbling” (formerly Competive Cheer) & Women’s Rugby, sanctioned by the court as countable women’s sports.

• Welcome New Members

            Gene Singer, Ray Peach, Bill Mecca

• Vice Chairs

            Ed McMahon & Angela Santacroce

Move and approve to have Ed and Angela be our vice-chair.

• Review of Hall of Fame Inductees (Attachment)

            Hall of Fame Induction Lunch/Brunch will be on Saturday, October 9^th, 2010 at 11:00am at the TD Bank Sports Center as part of homecoming weekend and the QU-Ohio State Men’s Ice Hockey game later that night at 7pm.

Last	First	Sport	Class
Buckholz	Richard	Men's Ice Hockey	88
Buscetto	Michael	Men's Basketball	93
Canetti	Catie	Women's Field Hockey	00
Cerrella	Chris	Men's Ice Hockey	01
Dooley	Colleen	Women's Lacrosse	01
Edwards	Queenie	Women's Basketball	95
Iannotti	Lou	Men's Baseball	82
Kulpa, Jr.	Stephen	Men's Baseball	93
Lavallee	Roland	Men's Cross Country/Track	00
Nguyen	Patrick	Men's Tennis	97
Polastry	Sharon	Women's Soccer	94-97
Smith	Julie	Women's Field Hockey	02
Team		Women's Soccer	2000
Team		Women's Tennis	93-94
Trimarchi	Joe	Men's Basketball	98
Wooster	Linda	Admin - Associate Athletic Director	90 & Staff

• Review of Athletic Advisory Board Roster and Contact Info

            Members were asked to review the database of their contact info and emails and report back to Connie Mancini with any edits

• Sport Liaison Requests

            Meet Coaches at September 7, 2010 Athletics Annual Meeting

            5:00PM at University Club

• 2010-11 Schedule for Basketball, Ice Hockey & TV Possibilities

            Jack McDonald reported on a possible 6-8 game TV schedule on NESN, as well as Bobcats Unleashed HD shows produced by Peter Sumby.

• Midnight Madness - Fri, October 22nd at 7pm (Parents)

• Nominations of New Members to Athletic Advisory Board

            Jamie Cassesse (Becca Kohli)

            Marc Austin (Paul Sutera)

Moved and approved to add Jamie and Marc

• Field Renovations

            Jack reported that the field renovations is moving forward and that there will be a meeting on September 15^th to review the field plans and what is best for town of Hamden approval. Fred Masotta has offered to help with anything that needs to be done prior to the presentation and hearing.

• Development and Alumni Affairs update (Sutera)

            Paul reported on trying to increase participation for our alumni and athletic alumni to the University.

• New Business

• Next Meetings - Tuesday, September 7th at Athletics Annual Meeting at University Club at 5:00PM

     Wednesday, September 22nd at the TDBSC 1st Floor Media Room at 11:00AM (Lunch served)

Athletics Advisory Board Sports Liaisons

Baseball	Anne Balogh	Ned Burt	George Grande	Fred Masotta	Bill O’Brien	Jack Peters	Wayne Stone
Men’s Basketball	Wayne Stone	Jack Peters	Dick Reilly	Fred Masotta
Women’s Basketball	Bill O’Brien	Dick Reilly	Marc Austin
Men’s Cross Country
Women’s Cross Country
Men’s Ice Hockey	Anne Balogh	Ned Burt	Bob Johnson	Bob McKiernan
Women’s Ice Hockey	Anne Balogh	Ned Burt	Bob Johnson
Field Hockey	Fred Masotta	John DeMezzo
Men’s Lacrosse	Fred Masotta	John DeMezzo	Marc Austin
Women’s Lacrosse		Ed McMahon
Men’s Soccer	Fred Masotta	Bob McKiernan	Ed McMahon	John DeMezzo
Women’s Soccer	Anne Balogh	Bob McKiernan	Ed McMahon
Softball	Bill O’Brien
Stunts & Tumbling (formerlyCompetitiveCheer)	George Grande	Angela Santacroce
Men’s Tennis	Bill O’Brien	Angela Santacroce	Wayne Stone
Women’s Tennis	Ned Burt	Angela Santacroce	Wayne Stone
Women’s Track	Marc Austin
Women’s Volleyball ......................................................................   2010-2011 Athletic Advisory Board - August 2010 First Last Marc Austin Ann Balogh Ned Burt Don Camerato Chris Canetti Jamie Cassesse Rick Ciardiello Larry Coassin John DeMezzo Walter Esdaile Dan Gooley Ray Gooley (Chair) George Grande Bob Hammel Robert W. Johnson Nicole Klarides-Ditria Becca Kohli Fred Masotta Jack McDonald Robert McKiernan Ed McMahon (Vice Chair) Billy Mecca William O'Brien Ray Peach Jack Peters Richard Reilly Jim Rosetta Angela Santacroce (Vice-Chair) Gene Singer Wayne Stone Paul Sutera George Sweeney Gene Zurolo

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Athletic Advisory Board Meeting

May 25, 2010 - Photos by Ned Burt

Minutes - AAB Refers to Athletics Advisory Board

Attended: Ned Burt, Bill Mecca, Dan Gooley, Fred Masotta, Jack Peters, Bob Johnson, Bill O'Brien, Dick Reilly, Ed McMahon, John DeMezzo, Paul Sutera, Wayne Stone, Becca Kohli, Rick Ciardiello, Jack McDonald, Ray Gooley, Walter Eisdale.

Nomination/Approval of Chair and Vice-Chairs of Athletics Advisory Board

There was a motion to name Ray Gooley Chair of the Athletics Advisory Board, Motion approved.

Ray will suggest to the AAB vice-chairs and other officers and committee chairs at the next meeting (8/4/10).

New Advisory Board Member Nominations

There was a motion to add the foloowing to the Athletics Advisory Board:

Gene Singer

Ray Peach

Bill Mecca

Motion Passed

There was also discussion of adding three student-athletes to the AAB at the next meeting (8/4/10)

2010 Hall of Fame

Final Inductees

Induction Ceremony on Saturday, October 9, 2010

A list of athletic department nominations for the 2010 Hall of Fame Class was presented and after some discussion the AAB suggested additional nominations due to the six year absence of a Hall of Fame, as well as, the fact the QU only inducts to the Hall of Fame every two years.

Last	First	Sport	Class
Buckholz	Richard	Men's Ice Hockey	88
Buscetto	Michael	Men's Basketball	93
Canetti	Catie	Women's Field Hockey	00
Cerrella	Chris	Men's Ice Hockey	01
Dooley	Colleen	Women's Lacrosse	01
Edwards	Queenie	Women's Basketball	95
Iannotti	Lou	Men's Baseball	82
Kulpa, Jr.	Stephen	Men's Baseball	93
Lavallee	Roland	Men's Cross Country/Track	00
Nguyen	Patrick	Men's Tennis	97
Polastry	Sharon	Women's Soccer	94-97
Smith	Julie	Women's Field Hockey	02
Team		Women's Soccer	2000
Team		Women's Tennis	??
Trimarchi	Joe	Men's Basketball	98
Wooster	Linda	Admin - Associate Athletic Director	90 & Staff

Jack McDonald talked about the outdoor field upgrades (Baseball, Softball, Soccer) and mentioned that QU is filing a permit with Hamden Wetlands Commission to upgrade the fields with new dugouts (baseball), fences, scoreboards, warning track, seating and press boxes. The meeting with Hamden Wetlands should occur in July and if approved QU would then begin to secure funding via university allocation and a possible campaign to raise funds for the field upgrades.

Visits & Comments from Coaches & Staff

Tom Moore, Head Men's Basketball Coach spoke to the AAB about the final games of the 09-10 season, the 10-11 schedule and a recruiting update.

Billy Mecca talked to the AAB about the 2010 Roundball and the great success it was and that over 300 golfers participated and there is discussion/plans for adding a third course for the 2011 Roundball.

Review of 2009-2010 Seasons and Athletic Awards

Jack McDonald Reported that 16 of QU's 19 teams made post season, Justin Rutty (MBB) and Katie LaTonick (WLAX) were named 09-10 Athletes of the Year and that the grades of QU's 400+ student-athletes are once again expected to be above 3.0.

George Grande Honor on June 1st

AAB member George Grande will be honored by the Franciscan Life Center on Tuesday, June 1^st at Aqua Turf. Those Interested in attending should contact Jack McDonald/Connie Mancini for possible tickets.

Review of Membership List and Web-Site

Other Business

Fred Masotta asked about the pricing of the University Club and referred to a (08-09) memo sent by Val Belmonte.

Next Meetings

Wed, August 4^th, 2010 at Noon at TD Bank SC

Tue, September 7th, 2010 @ 5pm Annual Athletics Department Mtg

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Meeting Minutes - January 11, 2010

Attendees:

Ann Balogh, Ned Burt, Rick Ciardiello, John DeMezzo, Dan Gooley,

Ray Gooley, George Grande, Bob Johnson, Jack McDonald, Bob McKiernan, Ed McMahon, Bill O’Brien, Jack Peters, Dick Reilly, Angela Santacroce, Paul Sutera

Meeting came to order at 4:10 PM

Before starting the meeting, Jack had everyone introduce themselves, and

had everyone review the list of members to update their contact information.

2011 Hall of Fame Nominations and 2011 Date

Jack announced that the next Athletic Hall of Fame will be in February 2011. The Distinguished Alumni Brunch is scheduled for February  6, 2010

in Burt Kahn Court.   The Hall of Fame is planned to be every two years

with the Distinguished Alumni Brunch being held the year in between.

We will start in March gathering nominations.   Note that for student-athletes, there is a 10-year waiting period following his or her last season of NCAA competition before becoming eligible for consideration.

Ed McMahon mentioned that we have to look at ALL teams because the criterias have changed – that would mean to even look at teams older than

ten years back.

Paul Sutera requested that he see a database of all previous nominations and

also all previous Hall of Famers.  Jack said he has that and will make it

available to all.  Jack would like to have another meeting in another month

with the database and actually start the nomination process.

2009-2010 Athletic Updates

 

We had eight games last weekend.  The busiest weekend we have ever had.

Men and Women’s Basketball are both currently 3-1 in the NEC.

Men’s Hockey is still #2 in the ECAC and ranked 17^th in the Nation.

Women’s Hockey is #2 also in the ECAC and is having their best year yet.

Women’s Hockey hosted the US Olympic Team here a few weeks ago

which was the third biggest crowd in the building ever.  It was the largest

crowd the women’s hockey team ever had.  It was really a historic event.

Jack commented that it was our goal when we opened the TDBSC that

we would have two “special” hockey games and two “special” basketball

games with one main “special” event.  We have already had the two

hockey games and the Olympic game and now looking to host two

basketball games.  

Competitive Cheer held their first event last month with an overwhelming

crowd.  They introduced the scoring process and had “guest” judges to

score their performances.  This turned out to be a great event.

Jack mentioned that the streaming for games is working very well with

over 400 people streaming on the internet for this past weekend.  Bobcats

Unleashed turned out to be very popular and we are looking to do another one soon.

Student-Athletes did very well academically this past semester.  We

are looking at a 3.0 or 3.1 for the average for all teams.  Men’s Basketball

finished with a 2.8 and Men’s ice hockey was around 3.25.

Teams are doing community service projects every week.  Teams are

reading to elementary students and also skating with kids.

Tom Moore came in to talk briefly about his team and the upcoming game.

He is playing Brown tonight.  He was very optimistic about recruiting and getting good players.

Meeting was adjourned at 5:00 PM to attend the Women’s Basketball

game vs Fairleigh Dickinson.

Next Meeting – Tuesday, March 2, 2010 at 4pm at TDBSC –Prior to SCC Boy’s HS Championship Game

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Possible Agenda Items for Next Meeting

New Members

Chair/Co-Chairs

Sub-Committees • Selection

• Hall of Fame

• Community Outreach

• Corporate Partners

• Athletic Development

Review Hall of Fame Candidates

 

Facility Upgrade Priority List

Sport Liaisons

Future Meetings & Events

March 2, 2010 at 4pm (prior to SCC Boy's BBall Tournament at TDBSC)

April Sub-Committee Meetings

May Roundball – May 13, 2010

June Full Committee –

Events to Note

Athletic Awards – April 28, 2010 at TD Bank Sports Center

Roundball -  May 13, 2010

QU Alumni Reunion, May 21-23, 2010 (Class ends in “0” and/or “5”)

Alumni Golf Tournament, July 19, 2010 at Woodbridge

Presidents Cup Golf, May 24, 2010 at The Ridge, New Jersey

 

Athletic Advisory Board - 2009-2010 Membership

 

the Board is always striving to improve communication, activities, and opportunities to our constituency. Please email advisory secretary, Connie Mancini (connie.mancini@quinnipiac.edu), 

Submitted 1/12/09

Connie Mancini