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MONARCH SPORTS King’s Winter Sports Teams Set to Embark on Promising Seasons When the King’s College winter sports teams embark on their respective 2009-10 campaigns, each team will have its sights set on enjoying more success than was achieved last year. While each squad enjoyed their own level of fulfillment, optimism is high as youthful squads from last year are expected to bloom. Men’s Basketball After winning back-to-back Freedom Conference championships in 2007 and 2008, the Monarchs were hit hard by graduation losses as only one starter returned last year. An inexperienced King’s squad used the year as a learning experience and finished the campaign with a 11-14 record, including a lateseason victory over eventual Freedom Conference champion and NCAA National Tournament “Elite Eight” qualifier DeSales. This season, head coach J.P. Andrejko returns all five starters and is banking a on a return to contender status following the lessons learned. Leading the list of veterans in junior center-forward Kevin Conroy who earned first-team All-Freedom Conference status a year ago. The 6-5, 220-pound Conroy enjoyed a banner sophomore Kevin Conroy year, averaging 16.6 points and 6.1 rebounds while netting a single game career-high 41 points, the sixth highest single-game total in program history. The Monarchs also welcome back senior forward Jim Schule, who averaged 11.0 points and 4.5 rebounds; senior guard Mike Wagner, 7.9 points and 42 three-pointers; sophomore point-guard Kyle Stackhouse, 6.9 points, 3.7 rebounds, and 2.8 assists; and sophomore guard Nick Reisig, 6.3 points, 3 rebounds, and 36 three-pointers. Women’s Basketball King’s finished last season with an 11-16 record and reached the semi-finals of the Freedom Conference playoffs. The Lady Monarchs also graduated record-breaking three-point shooter Kaitlyn Fiorino, who concluded her career as the program’s third all-time leading scorer with 1,542 points. However, Fiorino was the only starter lost as Lady Monarch coach Brian Donoghue started three freshman and a junior a year ago. Forward Kaitlyn Malshefski, who averaged 6.6 points with 3.9 rebounds and 24 three-pointers, is the lone senior on the squad. Sophomore point-guard Brittany Muscatell gained valuable experience at running the helm and set a Lady Monarch freshman record with 114 assists while adding 6.3 points and 4.4 rebounds. Sophomore guard-forward Paige Carlin started 15-of-26 games and averaged 6.1 points and 3.9 rebounds, while sophomore power forward Julianna Lynott displayed her toughness in 25 starts by leading the team with 7.1 rebounds while contributing 5 points per game. Donoghue, who enters his fifth season, has brought in a large freshmen class that comes to King’s with more potential than any of his previous three recruiting classes. Six-foot forward Lindsay Atchison, Green Village, N.J., was a thirdteam senior all-state selection and led Chatham High School to a 27-4 record. Katlin Michaels of Berwick was the 2008-09 Wyoming Valley Conference “Player of the Year” and scored 1,248 points in her career. Megan Rigous of Warrington, a 5-9 guard, and Scranton native Celia Rader, a 5-5 point-guard, are also players expected to emerge as key contributors. Wrestling Coach Ned McGinley enters his 41 st year at the helm and, after a 13-14 record last season, has high hopes for 2009-10 with the return of seven starters. Leading the list of veterans is junior Mike Reilly, the two-time defending Metropolitan Conference champion at 174-pounds and a two-time NCAA Division III national tournament qualifier. Reilly concluded his sophomore year with a fine 29-8 record. Also back is Taylor Green who sported a 13-3 record at 157-pounds last season. Green was expected to be a top contender for the Metropolitan Conference crown but a late-season injury kept him out of the post-season. Senior Tony Miele was 17-17 at 141 while fellow senior Frankie Davis posted a 15-14 ledger at 149. Sophomore Mike Tabasco was 13-17 at 125 while Jerry Robbins, a second-year junior, finished 8-21. Swimming The King’s College swim team hopes to continue the progress it has made the past few seasons. New head coach Matt Easterday brings an enthusiastic love for the sport which figures to trickle down to his swimmers. Last season, the women’s and men’s swim teams won more meets than they Maggie Nealer (See Winter Sports on page 17) 16 Pride ✦ Fall 2009
Knoblauch, Venarchick Achieve Rare Milestones by Reaching 200-Hit Plateau It is not often that a college baseball or softball player reaches the coveted 200 base hit plateau. It is even rarer to have more than one player reach the milestone in one season. Abbey Knoblauch That is exactly what happed in the spring when King’s softball standout Abbey Knoblauch and baseball star Jon Venarchick reached that plateau. A four-year starter at shortstop and second base, Knoblauch became just the third King’s softball player to reach the milestone. Venarchick, a four-year starter who played primarily at third base, etched his placed in the record books by becoming the first Monarch baseball player to reach the mark. Knoblauch concluded a brilliant career at King’s where she helped the Lady Monarchs to a pair of Freedom Conference championships and three NCAA Division III national tournament berths. As a senior, she batted .424 with 16 doubles 14 RBI, and 33 runs as King’s leadoff hitter. She concluded her career with 208 base hits, ranking second behind Maria Zangardi ’04 and ahead of Jess Harvey ’02 who tallied 217 and 200 hits, respectively, for the Lady Monarchs. During her time at King’s, Knoblauch posted a career .411 batting average with 35 doubles, 10 triples, four home runs, 79 RBI, and 132 runs scored. She was a four-time All-Freedom Conference selection and an MAC All-Academic selection. Venarchick, meanwhile, also put the wraps on one of the finest careers at King’s with one of the best single-season performances. As a senior, he finished the year by winning the 2009 Freedom Conference batting title, posting a .447 batting average. His 67 base hits stands as a new King’s single-season record and ranked first in the Freedom Conference in 2009. He also led the conference with 10 triples, 118 total bases and a whopping .787 slugging percentage. Venarchick also finished the season ranked first on the team with 46 runs scored and 43 runs batted in 36 games. During the year, he posted a career-best 14-game hitting streak. After the streak was snapped, he promptly closed out the season by hitting safely in the final 11 games of the year. In all, he posted at least one base hit in 34 of the 36 games in which he played. Venarchick ended his career with a school-record 227 base hits. Overall, he finished his four-year career with 41 doubles, 18 triples, 10 home runs, 134 RBI, and 135 runs scored, while posting a career .383 batting average. Additionally, he was a two-time All-Freedom Conference selection and a three-time MAC All- Academic choice. He wrapped up his time at King’s by receiving the 2009 Middle Atlantic Conference Baseball Scholar-Athlete award by posting a 3.544 overall grade-point average as a biology major. Venarchick helped the Monarchs to three berths Jon Venarchick in the Freedom Conference Tournament during his tenure, including a Freedom Conference championship and the program’s first-ever NCAA Division III National Tournament berth in 2006. “Both Abbey and Jon enjoyed outstanding careers at King’s, careers that mirrored each other in many ways,” King’s Director of Athletics Cheryl Ish stated. “Both were tremendous competitors and extremely hard workers, but their level of consistency is what separated them from many athletes. Gamein and game-out, they were counted on to produce and they never let the pressure get to them. They came through time and again and were true leaders in every sense of the word. We are very proud of what they accomplished at King’s and know their skill and talents will be greatly missed but always admired.” Winter Sports (continued from page 16) had in a number of years as the women went 6-7 while the men’s team was 5-9. A total of 13 swimmers return to the team in 2009-10. The women’s team will be led by senior captain Susan Hughes and junior Maggie Nealer, who set four individual school-records a year ago in the 1,650, 1,000, 500, and 200 freestyle events. Amanda Casey set a new school record in the 100 backstroke while she, Krystina Homanko, Becca Smith, Caitlin Casey, and Nealer were all part of record-setting relay teams. For the men, junior Eric Stencovage, a past Middle Atlantic Conference place-winner, returns to the squad, as does Brian and Patrick Seslar, who teamed with Stencovage to set the 200 medley relay school-record during the 2007-08 campaign. Pride ✦ Fall 2009 17
Page 1 and 2: FALL 2009 Deacons- King’s Graduat
Page 3 and 4: Contents Fall 2009 PRESIDENT Rev. T
Page 5 and 6: Kevin Clark Mathematics, football a
Page 7 and 8: Dustin Stark, who received a degree
Page 9 and 10: Deacon Gene Kovatch is shown with s
Page 11 and 12: King’s Earns Place on CCAP/Forbes
Page 13 and 14: Faculty Profile Laurie Ayre Reading
Page 15 and 16: Faces of King’s Jacintha Burke Ad
Page 17: Matt Easterday named Head Swimming
Page 21 and 22: Athletic Schedule Winter 2009-2010
Page 23 and 24: King’s Easter Egg Hunt Despite a
Page 25 and 26: R e u n i o n King’s Annual Reuni
Page 27 and 28: Campus Neighbor Celebrates Part of
Page 29 and 30: Alumni Profile Mike Angley ’81 Mi
Page 31 and 32: Joseph Newcomer ’94 was promoted
Page 33 and 34: Alumni Births Congratulations to Jo
Page 35 and 36: Donor Profile Richard A. Alley, M.D

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