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2011- 12 ATHLETICS YEAR IN REVIEW Jason Sinkoff The fall season saw the women’s soccer team qualify for the CAA Championship for the fifth consecutive season and finished the year with a 10-8 record. The Pride won the New York City Classic Tournament title with wins over Columbia and Albany and placed five players on the All-CAA teams. The Pride men’s soccer team won seven matches in 2011, including a 3-0 upset of #12 James Madison in the season finale. Defender Shaun Foster repeated as the CAA Defensive Player of the Year, just the second time in league history a player has won the award in consecutive seasons, and was a NSCAA All-South Atlantic Region selection. The volleyball team captured a pair of in-season tournament titles, winning the Asics and Hofstra Invitationals on the way to a 14-win season. Kylee Maneja and Kelsie Wills received all-conference accolades with Maneja earning a spot on the third team and Wills picking up all-rookie honors. This past spring, setter Catalina Charry took part in a Olympic qualifying tournament with her Colombian National Team at the South American Women’s Volleyball Tournament in Brazil. She helped her squad to a fourth place finish in the event as Brazil won the event to earn the Olympic berth. Elena Ivanova The women’s cross country team posted an eighth-place finish at the Metropolitan Championships and a 17th-place showing at the Iona Meet of Champions. Meghan McCloskey and Brittany Rose were Hofstra’s top finishers in two races each out of eight total for the season. The men’s cross country team placed eighth at the Metropolitan Championships and 11th at the IC4A meet. Daniel Rono was Hofstra’s top finisher in all six meets in 2011, including a sixth-place showing at the 5-mile IC4A meet. The men’s basketball team won 10 games in 2011-12, including wins over NCAA Tournament teams Iona and Long Island, and saw two players – Nathaniel Lester and Mike Moore – reach the 1,000-point mark. Moore also led the CAA in scoring at 19.8 points per game and was a second team All-CAA selection. The men’s lacrosse team won six games in 2012, but played much better than its record indicated as the team had six one-goal losses. The Pride was ranked as high as #14 in the nation during the season and saw six players earn all-conference accolades. The team also traveled to Japan to compete in the International Lacrosse Friendship Games in Tokyo from May 30-June 7. Hofstra played five games, including an 11-10 win over the Japanese National Team, and conducted a lacrosse clinic for more than 200 budding lacrosse players during the tour. The women’s lacrosse squad returned to the CAA Tournament after a one-year hiatus and finished the 2012 season with five wins. The Pride had three players – Casey Kellogg, Brittain Altomare and April Iannetta – named to All-CAA squads. The women’s golf team posted a runner-up finish at the Monmouth Invitational as Jenna Masnyk finished in second place as well. Freshman Lauren Petty became the first Pride women’s golfer to earn All-ECAC accolades after a fourth-place finish at the 2011 ECAC Championship. The men’s golf team won the Lafayette Invitational for Head Coach Joe Elliott’s first career tournament victory. Freshman Brandon Shin posted the first tournament win for a men’s golfer in three years when he took home individual medalist honors at the La Salle Invitational. The women’s tennis team won six matches in 2011-12 and Elena Ivanova earned All-CAA accolades for the second consecutive season. The men’s tennis team won seven matches and posted back-to-back shutouts for the first time since the 2004-05 team had three consecutive wins without dropping a flight. Krizia Layne Meghan McCloskey Daniel Rono 6 2011-12 ANNUAL REPORT
Hofstra student-athletes did not limit their accomplishments to just their athletic achievements, as several earned recognition for their work in the classroom and the community. Candice Bellocchio of the women’s basketball team was the recipient of the 2012 Dean Ehlers Leadership Award, which is given to the student-athlete who “embodies the highest standards of leadership, integrity and sportsmanship in conjunction with her academic and athletic achievement.” It is named after former James Madison athletic director Dean Ehlers, who was a founding member of the conference, served as its first President, and was a recognized leader through his membership on numerous NCAA Committees. Bellocchio was heavily involved in community service endeavors during her tenure at Hofstra and through her hard work and leadership was able to make a difference in the lives of many people. Bellocchio was also selected as the Nassau County Sports Commission Female College Athlete of the Year based on her athletic, academic and community service achievements. Brandon Shin Steve Bonanno was the CAA Scholar-Athlete of the Year in wrestling and also earned National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) All-Academic and CoSIDA Academic All-America honors as well. Andrew Gvozden was the CAA Scholar- Athlete of the Year in men’s lacrosse and a United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) Scholar All-American. Jill Maier (women’s lacrosse) and Olivia Galati (softball) were named the CAA Scholar-Athlete of the Year in their respective sports, while Brittany Butts of the women’s soccer team was a third team regional All-Scholar selection by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA). Fifteen field hockey players were named to the National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) National Academic Squad, while Hofstra was also the recipient of the National Academic Team Award for earning a cumulative 3.0 or higher team grade point average. Four women’s lacrosse players were named to the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) Academic Honor Roll, while seven tennis players earned Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) All-Academic accolades and two golfers were selected Scholar All-Americans by the National Golf Coaches Association (NGCA). Jenna Masnyk In May President Stuart Rabinowitz announced that Jeffrey A. Hathaway would be Hofstra’s new Vice President and Director of Athletics. Hathaway replaced Jack Hayes, who resigned after eight years to become Director of Athletics at Brown University. Hathaway had served as Director of Athletics at the University of Connecticut from 2003 to 2011, and was also the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee Chair during the 2012 NCAA Tournament and served on the committee for five years. Other exciting events of the 2011-12 athletic year included the largest individual commitment in Hofstra Athletics history as men’s lacrosse alumnus James C. Metzger ’83, a former All-American, pledged $1.5 million to the department in December 2011. His contribution will establish a men’s lacrosse program endowment as well as support the capital improvement fund, which benefits all 17 sports. In January 2012 author Chris Vaccaro ’07 released “Hofstra Athletics”, part of Arcadia Publishing’s Images of Sports series. The book captures nearly 200 images of student-athletes, coaches, administrators, facilities and many other aspects of the Hofstra community. P.J. Gillespie Jared Hammer In July 2012 Hofstra hired former Northwestern standout Shannon Smith as its new women’s lacrosse coach. Smith, a U.S. National Team member, was a three-time All-American for the Wildcats and the 2011 Tewaaraton Trophy recipient as the top player in the sport. Smith was also the Honda Award recipient in Women’s Lacrosse in 2011 and was part of three National Championship teams during her playing career at Northwestern. Shannon Smith 2011-12 ANNUAL REPORT 7
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