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MORAVIAN TRAINER
ELECTED PRESIDENT
“A lot of people still look at the athletic
trainer as a person who just tapes ankles,”
says Bob Ward, head trainer at Moravian
College. “But these days, I think taping ankles
is one of the things we do the least often.”
Athletic trainers are highly-educated allied
health professionals, he adds. And in his new
role as president-elect of the Eastern Athletic
Trainers Association (EATA), Ward says he’ll
be working to get trainers the specialized
instruction that will help them do their jobs.
The association, which includes 3,000
members located in ten East Coast states,
provides educational seminars to members
and offers scholarships to students. “Our
profession is growing by leaps and bounds,
and EATA is growing with it,” Ward says.
“We provide cutting-edge information to our
members and I wanted to be a part of that.”
Women’s Tennis Team
Earns First-Ever NCAA
Tournament Berth
The 2006-07 Moravian College women’s
tennis team has clinched the program’s
first-ever NCAA Division III Tournament
Championship berth. The Greyhounds, who
completed the fall portion of the season
with a 12-1 mark and as Commonwealth
Conference Champions, will play five
matches in the spring before the NCAA
Tournament begins in May.
Moravian’s 5-4 win over Elizabethtown
College for its eighth conference championship
took a while to play. The match
began at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, October 15,
and after nearly five hours of play and the
score tied at 4-4, Moravian junior Rebecca
Angstadt was still on the court. Angstadt
led her match, 1-0, and the second set was
tied 6-6. Nine days later, Angstadt and several
of her teammates made the trip back
to Elizabethtown where Angstadt finished
the match for the conference title.
Junior Brittany Popaca was named the
Commonwealth Conference Tournament’s
Most Valuable player while two Moravian
players, senior Margo Kokolus and sophomore
Dyana Swan also earned Commonwealth
All-Conference First Team honors.
The team is ranked 11th in the South
Atlantic Region heading into the spring
season.
Cunha Leads Fall
Academic Honors
Senior defender Peter Cunha earned a spot
on the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-
District First Team College Division Men’s
Soccer this fall. Cunha has maintained a
3.82 grade-point average at Moravian and
was a three-year starter on the men’s soccer
squad.
Moravian also had four studentathletes
make the ESPN The Magazine
Academic All-District Second Team with
senior midfielder Alisha Davy making the
women’s soccer squad and senior wide
receiver Shawn Martell and sophomores
running back Tyler McCambridge and
DIVISION III TENNIS CHAMPS: Assistant Coach
Jason Toedter, Jennel Yelito, Courtney Hall,
Head Coach Dawn Benner, Rebecca Angstadt,
MaryKate Kelly, Brittany Popaca (Tournament
Most Valuable Player).
kicker Brian Reckenbeil earning spots on
the football team.
Moravian had 57 of its fall student-athletes
named to the 2006 Middle Atlantic
States Collegiate Athletic Corporation Academic
Honor Roll for maintaining at least
a 3.20 grade-point average as a sophomore,
junior, or senior.
Martell Finishes Career
Playing Both Ways
Senior Shawn Martell barely came off the
field in his final collegiate football game.
Martell, who was a three-year starter at
wide receiver, also started his final game
as a cornerback on the Moravian defense.
Martell, whose father, Gary Martell
’76, has been an assistant coach for the
Greyhounds since graduating and is also
a member of the Moravian College Hall
of Fame, had three catches for 78 yards
including a 54-yard touchdown reception,
and he made three tackles.
Martell completed his career with 79
catches (12th in school history) for 1,436
yards (eighth all-time) with 12 touchdown
receptions (seventh all-time). He also had
38 career tackles, two fumble recoveries
and a forced fumble and averaged 20.1
yards per kickoff return and 3.8 yards per
punt return. Martell also scored a rushing
touchdown while playing in 41 of a possible
42 games in his career.
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alumninews
2006 Alumni
AWARD WINNERS
Priscilla Payne Hurd
Named Honorary Alumna
In grateful acknowledgement of her
extraordinary support of Moravian College,
on October 13, 2006, the Alumni
Association awarded Priscilla Payne Hurd
the status of honorary alumna. Since her
appointment to Moravian College’s board
of trustees in 1974, Mrs. Hurd’s steadfast
service, inspirational leadership,
and unparalleled financial support have
had a profound impact. Her accomplishments
include the creation of the
Priscilla Payne Hurd Center for Music
and Art and the Frank E. and Seba B.
Payne Gallery, financial leadership for
the construction of the Priscilla Payne
Hurd Academic Complex, and establishment
of both the Priscilla Payne Hurd
Chair in the Arts and Humanities and
the Ervin J. Rokke Endowment for student
research. In 1999 she was elected
Moravian’s first female chairman of the
board. Whether interacting with students
or conferring with fellow trustees, Priscilla
Payne Hurd exemplifies the credo she
wrote four decades ago: “No one is greater
than the service he renders the world.”
Left to right: The award recipients at the 2006 Moravian alumni award ceremony,
held on Homecoming weekend, October 13, 2006: Ryan A. Mehl ’96, Young Alumni
Achievement Award; Henry E. May Jr. ’60, (’63 M. Div.), Haupert Humanitarian Award;
Bruce C. Coull ’64, Comenius Alumni Award; Brian C. Corvino ’02, Emerging Leader
Award; Robert K. Gratz ’75, Benigna Education Award.
photo by John Kish iV
photo by John Kish iV
photo by John Kish iV
Homecoming Lectures
Enlighten Listeners
Last fall, two alumni on campus for Homecoming
shared their scholarly passions
with the Moravian community. Bruce Coull
’64 and Ryan Mehl ’96 each presented two
slide lectures, one to a class of Moravian
students, and one to a wider audience of
students, faculty,
and guests. Bruce,
who’s dean emeritus
of the School of the
Environment at the
University of South
Carolina, discussed
near-microscopic animals
that live in the
sediment of rivers
and tidal waterway.
His lecture described
Bruce Coull ’64 shared big
news about little creatures.
how the wee critters
are vital for the
health of aquatic
ecosystems. “I wanted the students to learn
that there are millions of small invertebrates
in every meter of sediment surface,
and these animals play very important roles
in food chains and as early sentinels of pollution,”
he says.
To a class of biology, chemistry, and
biochemistry students,
Ryan Mehl described
the research he’s done
with “unnatural amino
acids.” These manmade
protein building
blocks give scientists
tools for creating new
medicines and other
substances, he says.
As a relatively recent
Moravian graduate,
Ryan found that the
students were as curious
about his career Ryan Mehl ’96 unlocked the
secrets of designer proteins.
path as his research.
“I think because I’m not that much older
than they are, they could identify with me
and it allowed us to converse more openly,”
he notes. “I was very pleased; it was really
rewarding to be that engaged with a classroom
of Moravian students.”
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photo by John Kish iV