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QUICK FACTSUNIVERSITY FACTSLocati on: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Balti more, Md.Enrollment: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,870Founded: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1966President: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dr. Freeman HrabowskiSchool Colors: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Black and GoldNickname: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RetrieversConference: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . America EastAffi liati ons: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NCAA Division I, ECACNCAA Faculty Representati ve: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Marvin MandellAthleti cs Director: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Charles BrownSenior Associate Athleti cs Director/SWA: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kathy ZerrlautSenior Associate Athleti cs Director: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gary Wohlstett er Director of Sports Medicine: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cindy Kubiet

COACHING STAFFHead Track and Field Coach: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David Bobb, 13th seasonAlma Mater: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .UMBC, 1997Phone: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410-455-6588Head Cross Country Coach: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matt Gitt ermann, 3rd seasonAlma Mater: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baldwin-Wallace, 2003Phone: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410-455-1324Assistant Track and Field Coach - Multi ’s/Throws/Jumps: . . . . Andrew Torge, 4th seasonAlma Mater: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Penn State, 2005Phone: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410-455-1282Assistant Track and Field Coach - Sprints/Hurdles/Jumps: .Shannon Flowers, 13th seasonAlma Mater: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lincoln University, 1993Assistant Track and Field Coach - Pole Vault: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nick Burnett , 2nd seasonAlma Mater: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cornell, 2008Assistant Track and Field Coach - Jumps: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brian Pendleton, 1st seasonAlma Mater: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .UMBC, 2010Assistant Cross Country Coach: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charles Kutz, 1st seasonAlma Mater: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .The Citadel, 2007

CROSS COUNTRY/TRACK AND FIELD FACTS2009-10 America East Men’s Indoor Championship Finish: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd2009-10 America East Women’s Indoor Championship Finish: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th2010 America East Men’s Outdoor Championship Finish: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th2010 America East Women’s Outdoor Championship Finish: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th2010 America East Cross Country Championship Men’s Finish: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th2010 America East Cross Country Championship Women’s Finish: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th

ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONSAssociate AD/Communicati ons: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Steve LevyAssistant Director/Athleti c Communicati ons: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jessica BernheimAssistant Director/Athleti c Communicati ons: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tom FenstermakerCross Country and Track and Field Contact: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tom FenstermakerFenstermaker’s Offi ce Phone: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410-455-1530Fenstermaker’s Cell Phone: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301-675-8883Fenstermaker’s E-Mail: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . tf enster@umbc.eduOffi ce Fax: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410-455-3994Hotline: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410-455-2129Website: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.umbcretrievers.comMailing Address: . . . . . . . . . . . 322 RAC Arena, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Balti more, MD 21250

TABLE OF CONTENTSQuick Facts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Coaching Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-32010 Retriever Rosters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4America East Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-7Welcome to UMBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8This is UMBC Athleti cs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Community Outreach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10UMBC Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11UMBC Administrati on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12UMBC Athleti cs Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Retriever Faciliti es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14-15Supporti ng the Retrievers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16-17UMBC Alumni . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Annapolis, Balti more, Washington D.C. . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Getti ng To UMBC: From the North: Take Interstate 95 to Route 166 (Exit 47B, Catonsville) or take Interstate 83 to Balti more Beltway (I-695, West) to Exit 12C (Wilkens Avenue, West). Follow the signs to UMBC. From The South: Take Interstate 95 to Route 166 (47B, Catonsville) and follow the signs to UMBC.

Credits: The 2010-11 UMBC Cross Country and Track and Field Media Guide was produced by the offi ce of Athleti c Communicati ons at UMBC, writt en and edited by Tom Fenstermaker, Assistant Director of Athleti c Communicati ons. Designed by Tom Fenstermaker and Jessica Bernheim, Assistant Director of Athleti c Com-municati ons. Editorial assistance to Steve Levy, Associ-ate Athleti c Director/Director of Athleti c Communica-ti ons, and Jessica Bernhiem. Principal Photography: Gail Burton. Other Photography includes insti tuti onal advancement, the Annapolis and Anne Arundel County Conference and Visitors Bureau, the Balti more Area Conventi on and Visitors Associati on, Washington, DC Conventi on and Tourism Corporati on and Kati e Kelly. Comments or suggesti ons are welcome at tf enster@umbc.edu.

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COACHES

It was only fi tti ng that David Bobb, who is one of the most decorated athletes to ever don the Retriever black and gold, take over as head track and fi eld coach following his stellar career as a student-athlete. Now entering his 13th season

with the women and 10th at the helm of the men’s squad, Bobb conti nues to raise the bar for his athletes as he leads them into their eighth season in the America East Conference.

In the fi rst year, UMBC’s men’s team placed sixth at the outdoor conference cham-pionship meet while the women took eighth. A year later, Bobb moved the men’s team to third place while the women moved up a spot to seventh, while nearly doubling their team score. During the 2005-06 campaign, the men placed second at the indoor conference championship and fourth in outdoor, while the women placed fi ft h and fourth, respecti vely. In 2006-07, the Retrievers hosted their fi rst meet since 2003 with the America East Championships, and Bobb led the men to a third-place and the women to a seventh-place fi nish. In 2007-08, the Retriever men and women fi nished fi ft h and fourth at the outdoor meet, respecti vely, and in 2008-09, the men fi nished fourth in both indoor and outdoor.

This past year, the Retriever men placed third during the indoor season and fourth outdoors, while the women fi nished fi ft h in both seasons. The 2009-10 season was highlighted by Dominic Devaud, who was named to the CoSIDA/ESPN the Maga-zine Academic All-America Third Team and won the heptathlon at the America East and IC4A Indoor Championships.

Since Bobb’s fi rst season with the Retrievers, his squads have produced two NCAA Championship competi tors in Cleopatra Borel and Huguens Jean. Borel won UMBC’s fi rst NCAA Championship in the shot put in 2002. Both became All-Amer-icans and won multi ple individual conference ti tles.

Prior to Bobb’s rise into the coaching profession, he was a fi ve-ti me Division I All-American as a student-athlete at UMBC and was inducted into UMBC’s Athleti cs Hall of Fame in February 2003, along with legendary coach Jim Pfrogner, his men-tor.

Bobb became UMBC’s fi rst Division I All-American in track and fi eld with third-place fi nishes in both the 55m and 200m dashes at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships in Indianapolis during his junior season. His performance alone catapulted UMBC to an 18th-place fi nish in the nati on.

Bobb capped off his career with a second-place result in the 100m at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Bloomington, Ind., where he was the top American fi nisher in the country and earned All-American honors for the fourth ti me. He also qualifi ed for the 200m fi nals, becoming an All-American for the fi ft h ti me, but a slight muscle pull forced him to drop out of the race.

Bobb, who was featured on the ESPN show “NCAA Today,” graduated from UMBC with a degree in informati on systems in 1997. He and his wife, Dawnnett e, have two daughters, Caitlyn Cassandra (7) and Madisyn Alexandra (5).

Matt Gtt ermann joined UMBC in 2008 as the head cross country coach aft er serving as the cross country and track and fi eld coach at Mount Hebron High School in Ellicott City, Md., since August 2004.

In his fi rst season at UMBC, Gitt ermann produced two America East All-Confer-ence honorees in Sara Parkinson and Anthony Kelhower as the men fi nished fi ft h and the women eighth at the conference meet. Last year, Parkinson earned All-Conference honors for the second consecuti ve season and was named to the Co-SIDA/ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District II First Team. All four of his boys’ cross country teams at Mount Hebron (2A/3A) had fi nished among the top eight in the state championships, peaking with a fourth-place fi nish in 2007. The Mount Hebron girls’ program also rose to prominence, fi nishing third at the state championships in 2007. The track programs were also extremely strong under Gitt ermann’s leadership. His 2005 boys’ indoor team and 2007 girls’ outdoor squad both fi nished as runners-up at the state championships. Overall, Mount Hebron broke more than 80 school records, produced 15 individual state champions and one All-American during Git-termann’s tenure. Gitt ermann started his coaching career as head track and fi eld coach at neigh-boring Hammond High School in the fall of 2003. The January 2003 graduate of Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea, Ohio, earned four lett ers in cross country and three in track and fi eld and was the 1999 Ohio Athleti c Conference Freshman Cross Country Runner of the Year. The Lewiston, N.Y., nati ve earned his bachelor’s degree in middle childhood educa-ti on from Baldwin-Wallace and completed his master’s degree in curriculum and instructi on with administrati ve focus from McDaniel College in May 2008. Gitt ermann currently teaches biology in the Howard County Public School System. He has a USATF Level II Certi fi cati on in sprints, hurdles, relays and endurance. Ad-diti onally, he was one of 20 collegiate and high school coaches selected to att end the USATF/United States Olympic Committ ee Emerging Elite Endurance Coaching Clinic at the Olympic Training Facility in Chula Vista, Calif. Gitt ermann resides in Columbia, Md., with his wife, Megan, and their daughter, Ryleigh.

Andrew Torge is back for his fourth season with the Retrievers as part of the track and fi eld coaching staff , where he serves as the multi , throws, and verti cal jumps coach. Torge came to UMBC aft er serving as an assistant

track and fi eld coach at St. Francis University (Pa.) from 2005-07.

Under Torge’s tutelage, Ashley Fauntleroy earned four gold medals as a Retriever and was named the Most Outstanding Field Performer at the 2008 America East Indoor and Outdoor Championships en route to qualifying for the NCAA Regional Championships. In 2008-09, Chrissy Robinson conti nued the UMBC throws tradi-ti on, winning the women’s outdoor shot put, while in 2009-10, freshman Amanda Deller swept the women’s indoor and outdoor shot put . Additi onally, Torge’s oth-

DAVID BOBBHEAD TRACK AND FIELD COACH13TH SEASONUMBC | 1997

MATT GITTERMANNHEAD CROSS COUNTRY COACH3RD SEASONBALDWIN-WALLACE | 2003

ANDREW TORGEASSISTANT COACH | 4TH SEASON MULTI’S/THROWS/JUMPSPENN STATE | 2006

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COACHESer fi eld event athletes enjoyed similar successes as Dominic Devaud won the 2009 America East indoor crown in the heptathlon and Victor Gilreath swept both the indoor and outdoor men’s high jump competi ti ons. Devaud successfully defended his heptathlon crown at the America East Indoor Championships, while also win-ning gold at the IC4A Championships in 2010.

During his two years with the Red Flash, Torge coached three NCAA Regional quali-fi ers, 11 indoor and outdoor IC4A/ECAC qualifi ers, and four Northeast Conference individual champions, including the 2007 Northeast Conference Indoor Field Ath-lete of the Year. A 2005 graduate of Penn State University, Torge earned his bachelor’s degree in history aft er competi ng as a decathlete and heptathlete for the Nitt any Lions for two years and qualifying for the IC4A championships. He earned his master’s de-gree in human resource management from St. Francis (Pa.) in 2007.

Torge is a USATF Level II certi fi ed coach and resides in Ellicott City, Md.

Shannon Flowers enters his 13th year as an assistant coach with the UMBC men’s and women’s track and fi eld programs. Flowers began his coaching career as a volunteer hurdle coach alongside David Bobb as they embarked

on their inaugural season in 1998. As a collegian competi ng for Lincoln University (Pa.), Flowers earned 10 Division III All-America honors in the 110m hurdles and the 400m intermediate hurdles. He is a former NCAA indoor champion in the 55m hurdles and NCAA outdoor champion in the 110m hurdles. Flowers sti ll holds the 110m hurdles NCAA Division III out-door record (13.86), which has stood since 1993. Flowers’ post-collegiate career included numerous USATF Indoor and Outdoor na-ti onal championship appearances highlighted by a provisional qualifi cati on in the 110m hurdles for the 1996 USA Olympic trials. In 2001, Flowers became an offi cial assistant coach working with the men and women hurdlers. He enjoyed some success with this event group but with the expanding team size and his knowledge base, Bobb felt he was capable of bringing more to the table. In 2006, Bobb expanded Flowers’ responsibiliti es to include the men’s and women’s horizontal jumpers and he turned to him once again in 2009 when he added the men’s and women’s long sprinters to his group. “I am impressed with his (Flowers’) dedicati on and his ability to connect with ath-letes,” Bobb said. “He has been my right-hand man for the past 12 years and I could not have done what I’ve done without him. He has been an integral part in building the program to its current status.” During his tenure at UMBC, Coach Flowers has coached 5 conference champi-ons, 13 IC4A/ECAC qualifi ers and one regional qualifi er. In additi on, Flowers has coached 10 current Retriever school record holders in the short hurdles, long hurdles, long sprints and horizontal jumps. The Balti more nati ve earned his bachelor’s degree in health science from Lincoln University in 1993 and his master’s degree in special educati on from Coppin State University in 2003. Flowers currently teaches special educati on students in the Montgomery County Public School System.

Nick Burnett is back for his second season as part of the track and fi eld coaching staff , serving as pole vault coach.

Burnett earned a degree in biological and environmental engineering in 2008 from Cornell University, where he was a member of the Big Red track and fi eld team. He competed at UMBC during the 2008-09 season as a graduate student and fi n-ished seventh in the pole vault and eighth in the javelin at the 2009 America East Outdoor Championships. Originally from Endicott , N.Y., Burnett earned a master’s degree in engineering management from UMBC in May 2010.

Charles Kutz joined the UMBC cross country and track and fi eld programs in Fall 2010 as an assistant coach aft er spending two years as a graduate as-sistant for Appalachian State.

Kutz helped lead the Mountaineers to seven Southern Conference Championships out of a possible 12 in his two years in Boone, N.C. In additi on to assisti ng with recruiti ng, Kutz designed and implemented strength and conditi oning programs for the distance runners at ASU. Before joining the Retrievers, the Anderson, S.C., nati ve completed a strength and conditi oning internship at Elon University, working with several of the Phoenix’s teams. Kutz graduated from The Citadel with a bachelor’s degree in physical educati on in May 2007 and earned a master’s degree in exercise science from Appalachian State in August 2010. At The Citadel, Kutz was a two-ti me All-Southern Conference track and fi eld honoree and at ASU, he was a member of the 2009 collegiate cy-clocross nati onal championship team. Kutz holds certi fi cati on for Level I USA Track and Field as well as Level 3 USA Cycling.

Brian Pendleton has joined the Retriever track and fi eld coaching staff as jumps coach aft er completi ng a very successful career in the black and gold.

Pendleton won the bronze medal in the triple jump at the America East Outdoor Championships three years in a row from 2008-10, as well as at the 2006 confer-ence indoor meet. He also fi nished ninth in the long jump during his junior and senior campaigns.

Pendleton earned a bachelor’s degree in fi nancial economics from UMBC in May 2010.

SHANNON FLOWERSASSISTANT COACH | 13TH SEASON SPRINTS/HURDLES/JUMPSLINCOLN UNIVERSITY | 1993

NICK BURNETTASSISTANT COACH | 2ND SEASON POLE VAULTCORNELL | 2008

CHARLES KUTZASSISTANT COACH | 1ST SEASON DISTANCETHE CITADEL | 2007

BRIAN PENDLETONASSISTANT COACH | 1ST SEASON JUMPSUMBC | 2010

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2010-11 ROSTERSMEN’S ROSTERName Events Cl. Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School/Previous SchoolJake Albino Distance Fr. 6-1 155 Hampton, N.Y./Minisink ValleyKyle Baker Sprints Fr. 5-6 150 Bowie, Md./Archbishop SpaldingPat Balderson Sprints So. 5-7 160 Mount Airy, Md./LinganoreSam Boimov Distance Sr. 5-8 150 Montgomery Village, Md./Gaithersburg/SalisburyChris Bowie Distance Sr. 5-8 141 Bethesda, Md./Bethesda-Chevy ChaseRobbie Brehm Pole Vault Fr. 6-0 170 Sandy Spring, Md./SherwoodAaron Brooks Throws Jr. 5-8 220 Upper Marlboro, Md./DemathaKeith Brown Sprints/Hurdles Sr. 5-9 170 Columbia, Md./McDonoghKevin Brown Throws Fr. 5-8 205 Reisterstown, Md./FranklinMichael Christmas Mid. Distance Sr. 6-3 143 Invercargill, New Zealand/James Hargest CollegeJon Constanti nides Distance Fr. 5-7 140 Damascus, Md./DamascusSean Cooper Jumps So. 5-10 145 Waldorf, Md./North Point/Delaware StateTJ Cowing Distance So. 5-11 155 Severna Park, Md./Severna ParkTyler Cuomo Sprints Jr. 5-11 155 Perry Hall, Md./Archbishop CurleyJosh Day Distance So. 5-9 142 Fort Meade, Md./MeadeDominic Devaud Multi ’s Sr. 6-2 185 Balti more, Md./Archbishop CurleyVinny Di Salvo Distance Fr. 5-9 135 Washingtonville, N.Y./WashingtonvilleMo Drammeh Jumps Fr. 5-11 155 Frederick, Md./Thomas JohnsonTommy Eldridge Distance Fr. 5-9 140 Rocky River, Ohio/Rocky RiverNicolas Escobar Distance Fr. 6-0 140 Derwood, Md./MagruderPatrick Hairfi eld Mid-Distance Jr. 5-9 135 Abington, Md./Archbishop CurleyJoshua Hewitson Mid-Distance Jr. 5-11 155 New Market, Md./LinganoreRoy Jones Mid-Distance Jr. 6-6 175 New Market, Md./LinganoreTim Jones Mid-Distance Jr. 6-6 180 New Market, Md./LinganoreJackson Jordan Sprints Fr. 6-0 185 Ellicott City, Md./Mount HebronSean Kshimetski Pole Vault So. 5-7 135 Pasadena, Md./ChesapeakeJoshua Mayne Throws Jr. 6-2 240 New Market, Md./LinganoreCameron McDearmon Throws So. 6-4 250 Owings Mills, Md./FranklinBrandan McGee Distance Fr. 5-10 150 Hiram, Ohio/CrestwoodMichael McLendon Sprints So. 5-9 153 Greenbelt, Md./Eleanor Roosevelt/UMESSha-Kim Myers Mid-Distance So. 5-10 158 Brooklyn, N.Y./Science Skills CenterT.J. Myers Distance So. 6-0 155 Severna Park, Md./ChesapeakeMarti n Nevarez Pole Vault Sr. 5-11 178 Casa Grande, Ariz./Central Arizona CollegeShioma Obemeata Jumps So. 6-5 185 New Rochelle, N.Y./Iona Preparatory/St. Francis (N.Y.)Keith Onto Multi ’s Sr. 6-4 190 Point Pleasant, N.J./Point Pleasant Boro/St. Francis (Pa.)Arjun Pradeep Sprints Jr. 6-2 170 Ellicott City, Md./Mount HebronTrae Proctor Sprints/Hurdles So. 6-2 175 Brandywine, Md./Thomas StoneJohn Rybak Mulit’s Fr. 6-0 170 Balti more, Md./Archbishop CurleyAndrew Smith Distance Fr. 6-0 150 Chadds Ford, Pa./Garnet ValleyChris Snyder Mid. Distance Sr. 5-11 160 McConnellsburg, Pa./McConnellsburgRay Sti nsman III Throws Fr. 5-10 248 Mt. Laurel, N.J./LenapeLiam Stott Distance Fr. 6-1 165 Carrboro, N.C./Chapel HillDosu Teyibo Sprints Fr. 5-11 160 Silver Spring, Md./BarrieSam Wilson Pole Vault Sr. 6-0 167 Davidsonville, Md./South RiverEric Wood Distance Salisbury, Md./Parkside

WOMEN’S ROSTERName Events Cl. Ht. Hometown/High School/Previous SchoolDeborah Adelola Sprints Fr. 5-6 Lanham, Md./BladensburgAshley Ajayi Sprints/Hurdles So. 5-5 Bowie, Md./Elizabeth SetonMegan Arnold Distance So. 5-6 Sicklerville, N.J./Timber Creek RegionalJasmine Batchelor Jumps Sr. 5-9 Farmingdale, N.Y./FarmingdaleChowan Brightf ul Multi ’s So. 5-8 New Market, Md./LinganoreImani Colbert Hurdles/Sprints Jr. 5-4 Upper Marlboro, Md./C.H. FlowersCortney Crouse Mid. Distance Sr. 5-7 Union Bridge, Md./LinganoreAmanda Deller Throws So. 5-9 Aberdeen, Md./AberdeenTina DiPaola Jumps Fr. 5-8 Pasadena, Md./ChesapeakeBritney Foreman Sprints Sr. 5-4 Pasadena, Md./ChesapeakeJamila Hayes Sprints Fr. 5-9 Dover, Del./DoverMegan Irminger Distance Fr. 5-11 Severna Park, Md./Severna ParkKirsten Jones Sprints Fr. 5-8 Brentwood, Tenn./M.L.K. MagnetLauren Leclercq Sprints Jr. 5-4 Jessup, Md./MeadeKiki Malomo-Paris Sprints Jr. 5-8 Northern Ireland/Glenlola Collegiate SchoolJasmine Marti n Distance Fr. 5-5 Jessup, Md./MeadeEmma Mayne Throws Fr. 5-9 Mt. Airy, Md./LinganoreAshly McClure Hurdles/Sprints Jr. 5-8 Balti more, Md./Digital HarborKirsten McGovern Distance Fr. 5-7 Sykesville, Md/CenturyCody Mezebish Distance Fr. 5-3 Westminster, Md./South CarrollKati e Miller Pole Vault So. 5-2 Salisbury, Md./James M. Bennett Sara Parkinson Distance Sr. 5-9 Chorley, England/Loughborough UniversityZabrina Piedramartel Distance Fr. 5-4 Derwood, Md./MagruderChrissy Robinson Throws Jr. 6-2 Lusby, Md./PatuxentFallon Rovel-Jones Hurdles/Sprints Jr. 5-7 Owings Mills, Md./New TownLaura Walker Pole Vault Jr. 5-5 Eldersburg, Md./LibertyKeri Wilson Distance Jr. 5-6 Columbia, Md./Long Reach

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AMERICA EASTABOUT AMERICA EAST... Now in its fourth decade of operati on, America East has evolved into one of the most comprehensive NCAA Division I conferences with a commitment to broad-based, competi ti ve athleti cs programs, complementi ng the academic integrity and missions of the member insti tuti ons.

Progressive in its approach to its more than 3,400 student-athletes, America East recognizes champions in each of its 20 sports: baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s cross country, fi eld hockey, men’s and women’s in-door track and fi eld, men’s and women’s lacrosse, men’s and women’s outdoor track and fi eld, men’s and women’s soccer, soft ball, men’s and women’s swimming and diving, men’s and women’s tennis, and women’s volleyball. America East also conducts the nati on’s most comprehensive academic recog-niti on program for student-athletes.

With a geographic footprint covering the Mid-Atlanti c to Northeast regions of the United States, America East strives to develop champions in academics, athleti cs and leadership at its nine member insti tuti ons: University at Albany, Bing-hamton University, Boston University, University of Hartf ord, University of Maine, UMBC, University of New Hampshire, Stony Brook University and University of Vermont.

ACADEMICS…• Vermont captured its sixth straight America East Academic Cup in 2010 aft er its student-athletes registered a cumula-ti ve 3.19 grade-point average, which was the best mark in the award’s 15-year history. New Hampshire recorded a 3.16 GPA and also eclipsed the former standard, while fi ve other schools earned a 3.0 GPA or bett er.• America East’s 3,400 student-athletes registered a com-bined 3.05 GPA during the 2009-10 academic year and over 60 percent of them were named to America East’s Academic Honor Roll for recording GPA’s of 3.0 or bett er.• Seven student-athletes were tabbed ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-Americans during the 2009-10 season, the league’s most since the 2005-06 academic year. Emily Pal-lott a (Boston U. women’s soccer), May Kotsopoulos (Vermont women’s basketball), Alice Chen (UMBC women’s tennis), Keilan Freeman (UMBC men’s swimming & diving), Olivia Jarem (Albany women’s lacrosse), Valete Graham (Albany men’s track & fi eld) and Dominic Devaud (UMBC men’s track & fi eld) earned the honor, while 20 others were All-District selecti ons.• Binghamton’s Sven Vloedgraven (tennis) and Vermont’s May Kotsopoulos (basketball) were the America East Male and Female Scholar-Athletes of the Year, respecti vely.• Nineteen student-athletes were recognized as America East Scholar-Athletes and 169 received All-Academic recogniti on in their respecti ve sport.• Twenty-four America East teams were publicly recognized by the NCAA for their multi year Academic Progress Rate (APR), for fi nishing among the top 10 percent of teams in the nati on, the league’s most since 2006.• New Hampshire ranked fourth nati onally in Graduati on Suc-cess Rate (GSR) with a score of 97.

ATHLETICS…• Boston University won the Stuart P. Haskell, Jr. Commis-sioner’s Cup for the fi ft h straight year and eighth ti me in the last nine years aft er capturing a league-high tying six cham-pionships, three regular-season ti tles and three runner-up fi nishes during the 2009-10 season.• Twenty-two America East student-athletes earned All-America recogniti on, including one in men’s basketball, one each in men’s and women’s soccer, six in men’s lacrosse, sev-en in women’s lacrosse, one each in fi eld hockey and soft ball and four in cross country/track & fi eld.• A record six America East men’s and women’s basketball teams qualifi ed for the postseason: Boston University men (CBI), Boston University women (WNIT), Hartf ord women (NCAA), Stony Brook men (NIT), Vermont men (NCAA) and Vermont women (NCAA).• Two women’s teams made the NCAA tournament for the fi rst ti me since 2000 with Vermont earning the automati c bid

and Hartf ord receiving an at-large berth. • Vermont downed Wisconsin, 64-55, in the fi rst round for its fi rst-ever NCAA win. It was the third ti me in fi ve years an America East women’s team won an NCAA game.• Stony Brook reached the postseason for the fi rst ti me and hosted Illinois in an NIT fi rst round contest. It was the fi rst ti me an America East men’s basketball team hosted a post-season game since 1987.• Boston University reached the semifi nals of the College Basketball Invitati onal and hosted a quarterfi nal contest.• Stony Brook men’s lacrosse climbed to No. 7 in the nati on and reached the quarterfi nals of the NCAA Championship af-ter an 9-7 victory over Denver in the fi rst round. • The Seawolves are the third diff erent America East men’s lacrosse team (Albany, UMBC) to win an NCAA game since 2007. • Stony Brook hosted the NCAA quarterfi nal round and drew 10,024 fans to LaValle Stadium. The Seawolves were edge by top-ranked Virginia, 10-9.• America East Player of the Year Kevin Crowley received the USILA’s Enners Award, which is given to college lacrosse’s most outstanding player. He was also a fi nalist for the presti -gious Tewaaraton Award.• Boston University (No. 16) and UMBC (No. 18) were both ranked in the NSCAA men’s soccer nati onal poll. It was the fi rst ti me since the poll started in 1996 that two America East teams were ranked at the same ti me.• Boston University soft ball and Stony Brook baseball each won a game in its respecti ve NCAA Championship. The Terri-ers downed UMass, while the Seawolves upended N.C. State.• Binghamton men’s tennis climbed to No. 43 in the nati on while Sven Vloedgraven became the fi rst America East tennis student-athlete to qualify for the NCAA individual champion-ships.

LEADERSHIP…• America East entered into a corporate sponsorship with Newman’s Own, Inc. and Newman’s Own Foundati on, which sponsored the fi rst Campus Community Service Challenge to foster social good on the conference’s nine campuses and in surrounding communiti es. Over $100,000 was donated as part of the Challenge. • Boston University women’s soccer standout Emily Pallott a was selected the 2010 America East Woman of the Year for a disti nguished career in the areas of academic achievement, athleti cs excellence, service and leadership.• Hartf ord volleyball player Lindsay Makowicki and Stony Brook baseball player Stephen Marino were named the America East Male and Female Sportsmanship Award win-ners. • UMBC President Freeman Hrabowski was named one of the nati on’s “10 Best College Presidents” by Time Magazine.• Five America East insti tuti ons are ranked among the top 110 nati onal universiti es according to the U.S News and World Report’s America’s Best College Guide and UMBC was recognized as the top “Up-and-Coming” university in the country. • Several former America East athletes have made a positi ve impact in the professional ranks:• Former Hartf ord men’s basketball star Vin Baker and three-ti me America East Player of the Year Reggie Lewis, who cap-tained the Boston Celti cs at the ti me of his premature death, combined to make fi ve NBA All-Star appearances during their careers. Three-ti me America East Player of the Year Malik Rose played 13 seasons with fi ve teams and contributed to a pair of championships with the San Antonio Spurs. • Three-ti me All-America East selecti on Jose Juan Barea has played three season with the Dallas Mavericks and two-ti me Player of Year Marqus Blakely played with the Los Angeles Clippers’ summer league squad and earned a two-year con-tract.• Current women’s basketball coaches Jennifer Rizzotti (Hart-ford) and Cindy Blodgett (Maine) have appeared in WNBA acti on.• Hartf ord grad Jeff Bagwell belted 448 home runs in 15 sea-sons with the Houston Astros and was named the Nati onal League Rookie of the Year in 1991 and MVP in 1994.• Carlos Pena, the 1998 Baseball Scholar-Athlete at North-

eastern, earned American League Comeback Player of the Year honors in 2007, won an American League Gold Glove at fi rst base in 2008, made his fi rst All-Star appearance in 2009 and fi nished with a league-leading 39 home runs. Minnesota Twins’ Joe Nathan, a former Academic All-American at Stony Brook, has been an All-Star four ti mes and won the Rolaids Relief Man Award in 2009. Several other former standouts are playing in the minor and independent leagues.• Five former America East men’s lacrosse standouts compet-ed in the FIL World Lacrosse Championships, including UMBC grads Brendan Mundorf ’06 and Drew Westervelt ’07, who led Team U.S.A. to the gold medal. • Several men’s soccer standouts have played profession-ally, both in the United States and abroad. Boston University graduate Andy Dorman played four seasons with the New England Revoluti on in MLS and has spent the last four years in the Scotti sh and English Premier Leagues. Two-ti me Amer-ica East Goalkeeper of the Year Bouna Coundoul from Albany has played fi ve seasons in MLS with the Colorado Rapids and New York Red Bulls and has 25 career shutouts. Steward Ceus (Albany) and Samuel Appiah (Boston University) were draft ed by Colorado and the Houston Dynamo each of the last two years.• Boston University’s Mara Osher, a two-ti me all-conference honoree, and Casey Brown, the only three-ti me America East Defender of the Year, were draft ed by the Washington Free-dom and Boston Breakers of Women’s Professional Soccer, respecti vely.

QUICK FACTS…Founded: 1979 (as ECAC North, men’s basketball only), 1988-89 (all sports)

Membership (year joined): University at Albany (2001), Bing-hamton University (2001), Boston University (1979), Univer-sity of Hartf ord (1985), University of Maine (1979), UMBC (2003), University of New Hampshire (1979), Stony Brook University (2001), University of Vermont (1979), Fairfi eld University* (2007), Providence College^ (2010)*Associate Member in Field Hockey only^Associate Member in Women’s Volleyball only

Sports (20): Baseball, Men’s Basketball, Women’s Basketball, Men’s Cross Country, Women’s Cross Country, Field Hockey, Men’s Indoor Track & Field, Women’s Indoor Track & Field, Men’s Lacrosse, Women’s Lacrosse, Men’s Outdoor Track & Field, Women’s Outdoor Track & Field, Men’s Soccer, Wom-en’s Soccer, Soft ball, Men’s Swimming & Diving, Women’s Swimming & Diving, Men’s Tennis, Women’s Tennis, Wom-en’s Volleyball

STAFF DIRECTORY…Commissioner: .................................................. Patrick NeroAssociate Commissioner/Compliance/Admin.: . Brian BarrioAssociate Commissioner/External Relati ons: .Matt BourqueAssociate Commissioner/MBB/Offi ciati ng: .... Frank SullivanAssociate Commissioner/WBB/Sport Admin.: Shona BrownAsst. Commissioner/Finance/Admin.: .......Jessica DescartesDirector of Championships: ...............................Chad DwyerDirector of Communicati ons: ............................ Sean TainshAssociate Director/Communicati ons/PR: .........Leslie HannaCommunicati ons Intern: ...............................Keith ArsenaultMarketi ng/New Media Intern: ......................... Max MandelAdministrati ve Intern: ....................................... Marisa ViolaPhone Number: ..............................................617-695-6369Fax Numbers: .......................617-695-6380 (administrati on)...........................................617-695-6385 (communicati ons)Mailing Address: ..........................215 First Street, Suite 140........................................................... Cambridge, MA 02142Website: ................................................... AmericaEast.com

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Men’s Record Holder Time Year Event Women’s Record Holder Time YearDavid Bobb ...................................... 6.15 .......................... 1996 ............................ 55-Meter Dash ................Sharon Johnson ............................ 6.97* ...................................... 1980David Bobb ...................................... 6.72 .......................... 1997 ............................ 60-Meter Dash ................Britney Foreman ........................... 7.65 ........................................ 2009Aaron James .................................... 7.41 .......................... 2007 ..........................55-Meter Hurdles ..............Imani Colbert ................................ 8.00 ........................................ 2009Negasi Gerima ................................. 8.00 .......................... 2000 ..........................60-Meter Hurdles ..............Imani Colbert ................................ 8.57 ........................................ 2009David Bobb ...................................... 20.85 ........................ 1996 ........................... 200-Meter Dash ...............Sharon Johnson ............................ 24.42^ .................................... 1980Khris Hutson .................................... 48.57 ........................ 2004 ........................... 400-Meter Dash ...............Sharon Johnson ............................ 55.91# .................................... 1980Joshua Hewitson ...........................1:03.35 .................... 2010 ........................... 500-Meter Dash ...............Latasha Bost ................................. 1:13.89................................... 2007Chris Baumler .................................. 1:53.39 ..................... 2006 ............................800-Meter Run ................Yasmin Fields ................................ 2:13.53................................... 2004Izudin Mehmedovic ......................... 2:25.58 ..................... 2007 ...........................1000-Meter Run ...............Yasmin Fields ................................ 2:58.53................................... 2004Michael Sterling ............................... 4:02.04 ..................... 1983 ...........................1500-Meter Run ...............Karin Wagner ................................ 4:47.80................................... 1984Izudin Mehmedovic ......................... 4:08.84 ..................... 2006 .............................One-Mile Run .................Cara Wett laufer ............................ 4:55.00................................... 2005Greg Saylor ...................................... 8:26.00 ..................... 2004 ...........................3000-Meter Run ...............Alex Hyland ................................... 9:40.42................................... 2008Michael Sterling ............................... 9:10.04 ..................... 1985 .............................Two-Mile Run .................Carol Sybert .................................. 11:24.10................................. 1980Michael Sterling ............................... 14:39.45 ................... 1981 ...........................5000-Meter Run ...............Sara Parkinson ............................ 16:47.69 ...............................2010Michael Sterling ............................... 14:46.04 ................... 1981 ............................Three-Mile Run ................N/A ............................................... N/A .......................................... N/A Arthur, Thomas, ............................... 1:30.51 ..................... 2007 .............................4x200m Relay .................Smalls, T. Wilson ........................... 1:43.97................................... 2010Powell, Williams Ajayi, Foreman Ransom, Hawkins, ........................... 3:15.53 ..................... 2004 .............................4x400m Relay .................J. Wilson, Nathaniel ...................... 3:50.08................................... 2006Gray, Hutson Ward, BarkleyOkoniewski, Hart ............................. 7:36.68 ..................... 2008 .............................4x800m Relay .................Asein, Fields, ................................. 9:06.23................................... 2003Christmas, Snyder Wett laufer, Baker Kelhower, Smith,.............................. 9:59.52 ..................... 2006 ......................Distance Medley Relay ..........Asein, Griffi n, ................................ 12:19.05................................. 2002C. Baumler, Mehmedovic Baker, Wett alufer Pugh, Rene,...................................... 30.54 ........................ 2009 ....................... Shutt le Hurdles Relay ...........T. Gregory, Boyd,........................... 34.38 ...................................... 2009Devaud, Brown Colbert, K. Gregory Huguens Jean .................................. 2.17m (7’1.5”) .......... 2003 ................................High Jump ....................Sara Allen ...................................... 1.69m (5’6.5”) ....................... 2007Marc Haskins ................................... 7.11m (23’4”) ........... 2000 ............................... Long Jump ...................Kiki Malomo-Paris....................... 5.65m (18’6.5”) .....................2010Nathan Dixon/Rob Ludwig ............... 4.85m (15’11”) ......... 2005/2007 ...................... Pole Vault ....................Laura Walker .............................. 3.15m (10’4”) ........................2010Aaron Brooks .................................15.43m (50’7.5”) ..... 2010 ................................. Shot Put .....................Cleopatra Borel ............................. 17.50m (57’5”) ...................... 2002Victor Gilreath ................................. 15.49m (50’10”) ....... 2009 ...............................Triple Jump ...................Tyishua Johnson ........................... 11.56m (37’11.25”) ............... 2006Mike Zyvoloski ................................. 18.77m (61’7”) ......... 2006 .............................Weight Throw .................Cleopatra Borel ............................. 18.03m (59’2”) ...................... 2002Keith Onto .....................................5,238 points ............ 2009 ..................... Heptathlon/Pentathlon .........Sara Allen ...................................... 3,037 points ........................... 2007

UMBC OUTDOOR RECORDSMen’s Record Holder Time Year Event Women’s Record Holder Time YearDavid Bobb ...................................... 10.18 ........................ 1997 ........................... 100-Meter Dash ...............Beverly Ruffi n ............................... 11.90 ...................................... 1997Allen Hamlin/Bryan Beadle ............. 14.40 ........................ 1975/1997 ........... 110/100-Meter Hurdles .........Imani Colbert .............................. 14.15 ....................................2010David Bobb ...................................... 20.63 ........................ 1997 ........................... 200-Meter Dash ...............Britney Foreman ......................... 24.41 ....................................2010Kevin Russell .................................... 46.97 ........................ 1994 ........................... 400-Meter Dash ...............Angela Adams ............................... 56.00 ...................................... 1987Phil Marshall .................................... 53.00 ........................ 1996 .........................400-Meter Hurdles .............Jennifer Kalkstein .......................... 1:02.37................................... 2008Michael Christmas .........................1:51.34 .................... 2010 ............................800-Meter Run ................Ohita Asein ................................... 2:11.34................................... 2003Anthony Kelhower ........................... 3:49.20 ..................... 2007 ...........................1500-Meter Run ...............Sara Parkinson ............................ 4:31.85 .................................2010Dave Wall ......................................... 8:44.24 ..................... 1996 ...........................3000-Meter Run ...............Karin Wagner ................................ 10:01.00................................. 1984Paul Loebach ................................... 9:02.64 ..................... 1990 ................... 3000-Meter Steeplechase .......Hannah Benjamin ......................... 11:33.15................................. 2001Anthony Kelhower ........................... 14:09.20 ................... 2007 ...........................5000-Meter Run ...............Karin Wagner ................................ 17:07.59................................. 1985Michael Sterling ............................... 30:17.2h ................... 1985 ......................... 10,000-Meter Run .............Karin Wagner ................................ 35:31.64................................. 1985Washington, Guillaume, .................. 39.41 ........................ 1994 .............................4x100m Relay .................Smalls, Ajayi, .............................. 47.18 ....................................2010Russell, Bobb Colbert, ForemanWashington, Hewling, ..................... 1:24.63 ..................... 1994 .............................4x200m Relay .................Nichols, White, ............................. 1:44.68................................... 1997Russell, Bobb Hunt, Ruffi nHewling, Marshall, ........................... 3:11.41 ..................... 1994 .............................4x400m Relay .................J. Wilson, Nathaniel, ..................... 3:46.27................................... 2006Guillaume, Russell Ward, BarkleyC. Baumler, Johnson, ....................... 7:35.96 ..................... 2003 .............................4x800m Relay .................Asein, Fields, ................................. 9:02.31................................... 2003Stump, Mehmedovic Wett laufer, BakerOkoniewski, Devaud, ....................... 10:05.86 ................... 2009 ......................Distance Medley Relay ..........Gabriel, Arnold, .......................... 12:20.87 ...............................2010Christmas, Kelhower Wilson, ParkinsonBobb, Washington, .......................... 3:27.48 ..................... 1994 ........................ Sprint Medley Relay ............N/A ............................................... N/A .......................................... N/ARussell, HewlingTucker, Marshall, .............................. 1:01.64 ..................... 1993 ....................... Shutt le Hurdles Relay ...........N/A ............................................... N/A .......................................... N/ABrintnall, McKoyHuguens Jean .................................. 2.22m (7’3.25”) ........ 2003 ................................High Jump ....................Katrina Nathaniel .......................... 1.63m (5’4.25”) ..................... 2006Marc Haskins ................................... 7.35m (24’1.5”) ........ 2000 ............................... Long Jump ...................Tyishua Johnson ........................... 5.71m (18’9”) ........................ 2005Nathan Dixon/Rob Ludwig ............... 4.95m (16’2.75”) ...... 2006/2007 ...................... Pole Vault ....................Laura Walker .............................. 3.15m (10’4”) ........................2010Dusti n Gauthier ............................... 15.75m (51’8.25”) .... 2002 ................................. Shot Put .....................Cleopatra Borel ............................. 16.44m (53’11.25”) ............... 2001Victor Gilreath ................................. 15.45m (50’8.25”) .... 2010 ...............................Triple Jump ...................Tyishua Johnson ........................... 12.26m (40’2.75”) ................. 2006Balvin Brown ................................... 51.59m (169’3”) ....... 2000 ............................. Discus Throw .................Ashley Fauntleroy ......................... 45.04m (147’9”) .................... 2008Mike Zyvoloski ................................. 56.01m (183’9”) ....... 2006 ........................... Hammer Throw ...............Cleopatra Borel ............................. 51.28m (168’3”) .................... 2001Mike Harte ........................................... 56.03m (183’10”) ........ 1999 ................................ Javelin Throw ...................Toni Boyd .......................................... 41.40m (135’10”) ...................... 2008Keith Onto .........................................7,239 ..........................2010 ......................... Decathlon/Heptathlon ............Chowan Brightf ul............................ 4,299 points ............................. 2010

*-CONVERTED FROM 60-YARD HAND TIME; ^-CONVERTED FROM 220-YARD HAND TIME; #-CONVERTED FROM 440-YARD HAND TIME; $-CONVERTED FROM HAND TIME; BOLD IS CURRENT UMBC STUDENT-ATHLETE

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RECORDSUMBC STADIUM RECORDS

Men’s Record Holder Time Year Event Women’s Record Holder Time YearDavid Bobb/UMBC ........................10.25....................... 1997 ........................... 100-Meter Dash ...............Arda Samuel/Liberty..................... 11.80 ...................................... 1997Kishwayne Virgo/LIU ....................... 20.94$ ...................... 2001 ........................... 200-Meter Dash ...............Kim Williams/Binghamton ............ 23.83 ...................................... 2007Richard James/LIU ........................... 45.91 ........................ 2003 ........................... 400-Meter Dash ...............Fateen Abdel-Baaith/LIU .............. 55.27 ...................................... 1999Gered Burns/Albany ........................ 1:50.15 ..................... 2007 ............................800-Meter Run ................Adanna Andrews/Albany .............. 2:11.28................................... 2007Matt Hartman/St. Francis (Pa.) ........ 3:49.97 ..................... 2001 ...........................1500-Meter Run ...............Jessica Ortman/Albany ................. 4:29.65................................... 2007N/A .................................................. N/A ........................... N/A ............................3000-Meter Run ...............Catherine Conder/Co. Carolina .... 10:07.53................................. 1997Brian Sell/St. Francis (Pa.) ................ 14:26.28 ................... 2001 ...........................5000-Meter Run ...............Marisa Ryan/Boston U. ................. 17:01.74................................. 2007Brian Sell/St. Francis (Pa.) ................ 30:41.1h ................... 2001 ......................... 10,000-Meter Run .............Marisa Ryan/Boston U. ................. 36:04.56................................. 2007Doug Hazel/Charleston Southern .... 14.25 ........................ 1997 ..................... 110/100-Meter Hurdles .........Melene Thomas/FDU ................... 14.07 ...................................... 1999Jared Craig/Monmouth ................... 52.01 ........................ 2003 .........................400-Meter Hurdles .............Nicole Dumpson/CCSU ................. 59.95 ...................................... 2003Ricardo Estremera/Albany ............... 9:03.46 ..................... 2007 ................... 3000-Meter Steeplechase .......Cathy Parker/New Hampshire ...... 10:13.69................................. 2007Long Island University ..................... 41.30 ........................ 2003 ............................4 x 100m Relay ................Liberty University ......................... 46.98 ...................................... 1997Long Island University ..................... 3:10.01 ..................... 2003 ............................4 x 400m Relay ................Monmouth University .................. 3:47.08................................... 2003Boston University ............................ 7:38.81 ..................... 2007 ............................4 x 800m Relay ................Boston University ......................... 9:05.97................................... 2007Huguens Jean/UMBC .....................2.18m (7’1.75”) ....... 2003 ................................High Jump ....................Lindsey Stefan/St. Francis (Pa.)..... 1.70m (5’7”) .......................... 2003 Brenna Militello/Albany ............... 1.70m (5’7”) .......................... 2007Jarrad Pencek/Robert Morris .......... 7.54m (24’9”) ........... 2001 ............................... Long Jump ...................Kimberly Jones/Coppin St. ........... 5.98m (19’7.5”) ..................... 2003Jonathan Daniels/Charleston So. ..... 15.37m (50’5.25”) .... 1997 ...............................Triple Jump ...................Dayna Johnson/Binghamton ........ 12.41m (40’8.75”) ................. 2007Rory Quiller/Binghamton ................ 5.10m (16’8.75”) ...... 2007 ................................ Pole Vault ....................Erin Walczak/St. Francis (Pa.) ....... 3.66m (12’0”) ........................ 2003Jon Kalnas/Monmouth .................... 18.15m (59’6.75”) .... 2001 ................................. Shot Put .....................Cleopatra Borel/UMBC ............... 16.13m (52’11”) ....................2001Reed Liset/UNH ............................... 52.75m (173’1”) ....... 2007 ............................. Discus Throw .................Kathy Darling/Johns Hopkins ........ 45.32m (148’8”) .................... 2003Joe Madden/Monmouth ................. 61.68m (202’4”) ....... 2001 ........................... Hammer Throw ...............Cleopatra Borel/UMBC ............... 51.28m (168’3”) ....................2001Peter Alouise/St. Francis ................. 67.00m (219’10”) ..... 2003 ............................. Javelin Throw .................Alicia Westover/St. Francis (Pa.) ... 42.95m (140’11”) .................. 2003Charles Devaud/UMBC ..................6,520 points ............ 2007 ...................... Decathlon/Heptathlon ..........Marsha Fiesinger/Binghamton ..... 3,986 points ........................... 2007

All-East Coast Conference (2)Scott Ellwood .....................................................1990Scott Ellwood .....................................................1991

All-Big South Conference (3)Don Augusti n .....................................................1992Scott Ellwood .....................................................1992Don Augusti n .....................................................1993

Big South All-Academic (2)Caitlin Lloyd .......................................................1997Kevin Sti ne .........................................................1997

All-Northeast Conference (8)Jen Acker ...........................................................1999Mary Beth Rollins ..............................................1999Jen Acker ...........................................................2000Hannah Benjamin ..............................................2000Adam Driscoll ....................................................2002Phil Knowlton ....................................................2002Izudin Mehmedovic ...........................................2002Stefanie Thomas ................................................2002

America East All-Conference (8)Izudin Mehmedovic ...........................................2005J.J. Wetzel ..........................................................2005Anthony Kelhower .............................................2006Alex Hyland ........................................................2007Paul Zwama .......................................................2007Anthony Kelhower .............................................2008Sara Parkinson ...................................................2008Sara Parkinson ...................................................2009

America East All-Academic (4)J.J. Wetzel ..........................................................2005Sara Parkinson ...................................................2009Michael Christmas .............................................2010Sara Parkinson ...................................................2010

1999 Northeast Conference Individual ChampionJen Acker

1999 Northeast Conference Outstanding PefomerJen Acker

2000 Northeast Conference Individual ChampionJen Acker

2000 Northeast Conference Outstanding PerformerJen Acker

2002 Northeast Conference Freshman of the YearStefanie Thomas

America East Conference Champions2005 - UMBC Men’s Cross Country

America East Conference Coaching Staff of the Year2005 - Murray Davis and staff (Men)

Conference Finishes since 1992Year League Men Women1992..........Big South ........................2nd ............ 8th1993..........Big South ........................7th ............. 3rd1994..........Big South ........................7th ............. 4th1995..........Big South ........................5th ............. 7th1996..........Big South ........................4th ............. 7th1997..........Big South ........................5th ............. 6th1998..........Northeast .......................5th ............. 7th1999..........Northeast .......................6th ............. 5th2000..........Northeast .......................3rd ............. 3rd2001..........Northeast .......................4th ............. 9th2002..........Northeast .......................2nd ............ 3rd2003..........America East ..................4th ............. 7th2004..........America East ..................5th ............. 7th 2005..........America East ..................1st ............. 8th2006..........America East ..................6th ............. 8th2007..........America East ..................5th ............. 7th2008..........America East ..................5th ............. 8th2009..........America East ..................8th ............. 8th2010..........America East ..................5th ............. 8th

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UMBC is a place that values excellence and achievement. We are an exciti ng campus with a bold vision and entrepreneurial spirit. It is an amazing story that we have come so far so fast, in 43 years.

UMBC’s rapid development as a major research university is refl ected in its classifi cati on in recent years as a Carnegie Research Extensive University. Only 151 (4%) of the nati on’s 3,500 colleges and universiti es have been included in this category.

For the second year in a row, U.S. News & World Report Ameri-ca’s Best Colleges Guide named UMBC #1 in up-and-coming na-ti onal universiti es, a list that includes Clemson University, Drexel University, Arizona State University, the University of California San Diego and Rice University. UMBC also is on a list of the top nati onal universiti es “where the faculty has an unusual com-mitment to undergraduate teaching,” a list that includes such schools as Princeton, Brown, Yale and Stanford universiti es.

The Princeton Review recently identi fi ed the campus as one of the nati on’s “Best Value” colleges and universiti es and ranked us second on its “Most Diverse Student Populati on List.”

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS• Two graduati ng seniors and an alumna were awarded 2010-11 Fulbright grants. In additi on, two juniors were recipients of Barry M. Goldwater scholar-ships for the 2010-2011 academic year.• Class of 2008 graduates received three of 100 Gates Cambridge Scholarships awarded worldwide for graduate study at Cambridge University.• The Meyerhoff Scholarship Program is among the nati on’s leading produc-ers of minority graduates in science and engineering who go on to earn their Ph.D. or M.D./Ph.D.• Theatre students rank 3rd nati onally in invitati ons to perform at the Ken-nedy Center American College Theatre Festi val.• The Biodiesel Club won the top prize in the MTV “Dream It, Do It Challenge,” an internati onal competi ti on for the best environmental sustainability idea.• The Chess team holds the nati onal record for the most wins in the Pan Amer-ican Intercollegiate Chess Championship, also known as the “World Series of College Chess.”• The Ethics Bowl team received fi rst place at the 2008 Balti more Area Ethics Bowl, marking the team’s third win in two years.• The Society of Automoti ve Engineers Mini Baja team is the number one team in the U.S., and regularly takes fi rst place at competi ti ons for cost-ef-fecti veness.• The Cyberwarfare team fi nished fourth at the Mid-Atlanti c regional competi -ti on. Students involved in this competi ti on tackle and solve concerted att acks launched by a team of cyber-professionals.

FACULTY RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP• UMBC ranks 2nd nati onally in NASA university research grants and coopera-ti ve agreements.• The Center for History Educati on has received seven $1 million grants from the US. Department of Educati on’s Teaching American History Grant Program to invigorate the teaching of history in Maryland elementary, middle and high schools.• UMBC faculty rank 3rd nati onally in Science Watch for citati ons of geosci-ence research.• The Nati onal Endowment for the Humaniti es has awarded a $400,000 grant to UMBC to help fund a Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture project “For All the World to See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights,” a travel-ing exhibiti on curated by Maurice Berger, research professor.• President Freeman A. Hrabowski, III, has been named one of “The 10 Best College Presidents” in the U.S. by Time Magazine.• Faculty hold top 10 rankings for informati on systems and public policy re-search in the most recent Faculty Scholarly Producti vity Index. • Arts and humaniti es faculty rank 13th among public universiti es in presti -gious scholarly awards per capita, including Fulbright, Guggenheim and Mel-lon awards.• The science and engineering faculty att ract large numbers of NSF awards recognizing the most promising young researchers.• The campus has one of only two Howard Hughes Medical Insti tute Investi ga-tors at a public university in Maryland.• Princeton University and UMBC’s photonics center are partners in one of just 15 NSF-supported Engineering Research Centers.

STAFF DISTINCTION• Five of the six University System of Maryland 2008 Staff Awards recognized UMBC employees for service to students, contributi on to the insti tuti on and public service.• Six of Maryland’s Top 100 Women in 2010 are alumni and two in 2009 are senior leaders at UMBC.

WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT• UMBC has the highest percentage of science-and-technology bachelor’s de-gree recipients (45%) among public and private insti tuti ons in Maryland, with the excepti on of the Naval Academy.• The campus ranks 1st nati onally in public policy Ph.D.s awarded and is among the top three research universiti es in informati on technology degrees awarded.• The campus has substanti ally increased the number of female faculty he sci-ences and engineering and the number of underrepresented minoriti es com-pleti ng STEM Ph.D. degrees.• The University’s research and technology park, bwtech@UMBC, has at-tracted more than 50 companies and 1,250 jobs. Of more than 100 companies launched at bwtech@UMBC’s incubator, 80% are sti ll in business and 85% of those remain in Maryland.

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In 2010-11, UMBC Athleti cs will celebrate its 25th anniversary of competi ng in NCAA Division I athleti cs. Since that fi rst fall of 1986, the growth of Retriever Athleti cs has been remarkable—from the quadrupling of staff size to the creati on

and/or renovati on of all athleti c faciliti es. Alma maters and fi ght songs have been penned and performed, spirit groups created and fl ourished, att endance records smashed, and yes, championships celebrated. Thirteen of UMBC’s varsity

programs have won conference ti tles and 10 have competed in NCAA Championship competi ti on. Coincidentally, UMBC will celebrate its 25th Division I season by welcoming a new logo—one which displays the characteristi cs of pride and

determinati on. The current group of 400 student-athletes and the thousands of alumni that came before them maintain those traits on the athleti c fi elds, in the classrooms and our communiti es and well beyond.

In 2009-10…

• The men’s soccer team, picked to fi nish in last place in America East, opened the season as the only 9-0-0 team in the country and earned spots in all four nati onal polls. Pete Caringi’s team won a pair of league tournament road matches before falling in the championship game at Stony Brook. The Retrievers also led the America East Conference in total att endance. Junior Levi Houapeu, the America East Midfi elder of the Year, led the nati on in scoring, but was closely fol-lowed by teammate Andrew Bulls, the conference’s Striker of the Year, who fi nished second. • Lacrosse alumni Brendan Mundorf and Drew Westervelt were named to the 23-member United States nati onal la-crosse team, which competed in Manchester, England and captured a gold medal in the 2010 FIL World Championships. Westervelt and Mundorf were two of six Retrievers competi ng in Major League Lacrosse, and 2010 graduate Peet Poillon earned MLL All-Star recogniti on. Four former UMBC basketball standouts competed professionally in 2009-10. Veteran Andrew Feeley (’05) played in Slovenia and France, Mike Housman (’07) and Ray Barbosa (’09) competed for their sec-ond seasons in Japan and Puerto Rico respecti vely, while Darryl Proctor (’09) dominated the competi ti on in Denmark. In soccer, UMBC’s Giuliano Celenza and Billy Nelson conti nued to excel for the MISL’s Balti more Blast, while former base-ball standout Zach Clark is in his fi ft h season in the Balti more Orioles’ farm system.

• The men’s swimming and diving teams repeated as conference champions. Picked below host Boston University, the men defeated the Terriers and the rest of their conference foes and have now won all seven America East ti tles and 13 consecuti ve league crowns. • The UMBC women’s basketball team was recognized on the Women’s Basketball Coaches Associati on (WBCA) Aca-demic Top 25 Team Honor Roll for posti ng the third-highest grade-point average in the nati on among NCAA Division I squads during the 2009-10 academic year. The America East Conference recognized all 11 women’s basketball student-athletes on the league’s winter/spring academic honor roll for earning a GPA of 3.0 or bett er during the spring semester, with seven team members garnering commissioner’s honor roll status for a GPA of 3.5 or higher.

• Of the 78 student-athletes that earned degrees in May, 14 graduated with honors, including nine Cum Laude, three Magna Cum Laude and two Summa Cum Laude. A total of 30 were recognized on the America East Academic Honor Roll over the last year, with 24 earning Commissioner’s Honor Roll status for earning a 3.5 GPA or higher during their competi ti on season. In additi on, 26 Retriever student-athletes graduated in December 2009, bringing the total for the 2009-10 academic year to 104.

The women’s lacrosse team returned to the America East Tournament for the fi rst ti me since 2006 and knocked off top-seeded and host Albany in the semifi nals. Kelly Berger’s fi rst squad nearly pulled another upset, but fell, 11-10, to six-ti me champion Boston University in the ti tle game. The Retrievers fi nished the season at 11-7.

For the fi rst ti me in school history, three student-athletes were named as CoSIDA Academic All-Amer-icans. Swimmer Keilan Freeman, tennis standout Alice Chen and track and fi eld’s Dominic Devaud be-came the 17th, 18th and 19th Academic All-Ameri-cans at the Division I level for UMBC.

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The UMBC Athleti cs Community Outreach Program has been nati onally recog-nized for its excellence. The men’s lacrosse team’s eff orts with the “Ride With Pride” program earned them the 2000 Volunteer of the Year award by the Maryland Recreati on and Parks Associati on. UMBC’s role in “Ride With Pride” has been the subject of features aired by WMAR-TV and Fox Sports News over the past several years. Fox Sports News also featured a group of UMBC’s stu-dent-athletes that worked with Habitat for Humanity in New Orleans in the spring of 2006 and The NCAA News spotlighted UMBC in its February Center Piece. In additi on, the women’s lacrosse team won the IWLCA 2008 Division I Team Community Awareness Award, which recognizes an enti re team that has contributed signifi cantly in its community.

The UMBC Athleti cs Community Outreach Program is dedicated to promoti ng a positi ve relati onship be-tween our student-athletes and communiti es surrounding the university. The program was developed in

1993 with the intenti on of encouraging young people to value and appreciate educati on through athleti cs. During the 2009-10 school year, UMBC athletes performed a total of more than 2,700 hours of community

service through programs based in the Balti more area, raised over $20,000 for various chariti es and reached out to about 20,000 local youth.

• Make A Diff erence mentoring program pairs a UMBC student-athlete with an elementary school student on a one-on-one basis to promote academic and personal growth. In 2009-10, we had 40 mentors at two local el-ementary schools who each vol-unteer twice a week.

• Ride With Pride: UMBC stu-dent-athletes assist trainers in horseback-riding lessons for chil-dren with disabiliti es. Horseback riding is very therapeuti c for the parti cipants, and the interacti on with our athletes is very benefi -cial. There were 45 UMBC volun-teers this year.

• Men’s lacrosse parti cipates in the Great Prostate Cancer Chal-lenge every year.

• Women’s lacrosse and wom-en’s basketball parti cipate in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure every year to benefi t breast cancer awareness and research. 45 girls raised over $1,500 this year.

• Midday Madness: local el-ementary and middle school students visit campus for the day. They get a guided tour of campus and watch the women’s basketball game at noon. This year there were 1,200 visiti ng students from 13 local schools.

• Women’s basketball parti ci-pates in the WBCA PinkZone, which raises money for the Kay Yow Cancer Fund to support breast cancer awareness and research. This year’s PinkZone game raised over $500.

• Our teams go on school visits where they talk to elementary school and middle school stu-dents about the importance of educati on and physical fi tness.

• Women’s basketball volun-teered at My Sisters Place Wom-en’s Center and helped with meal preparati on and distributi on.

• Women’s lacrosse volunteered at the MD Food Bank.

• UMBC Athleti cs held a toy drive for the Children’s Home of Catonsville orphanage and was able to collect toys for over 85 kids.

• Held the second Relay for Life at UMBC. 45 teams and 311 par-ti cipants from a variety of groups on campus raised over $13,000 for the American Cancer Society.

BUILDING ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE THROUGH TEAM WORK

UMBC student-athletes and coaches travel to schools and organizati ons in the area to present a one-hour pre-sentati on to young students. Through these presenta-ti ons and mini-clinics, teams emphasize the importance of doing well in school, setti ng goals and leading a safe and healthy lifestyle.

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UMBC is not the school your parents remember. The central core of academic buildings is sti ll bristling with academic energy, but is now accompanied by a host of new faciliti es, including the seven-story Albin O. Kuhn Library, the Engineering and Computer Science Building, the Physics Building, techcenter@UMBC on a sat-ellite South Campus, and the high-tech bwtech@UMBC Research and Technology Park. Sweeping changes have occurred in the campus’ social scene, highlighted by the University Commons. The $36 million structure opened in January 2003.

UMBC students know that a high-quality educati on is essenti al to realizing their dreams. Whether in fi ne arts, science, social sciences, engineering or humaniti es, they set the mark high, work hard and make the most of their college experience to ad-vance themselves toward top graduate programs and careers. Just as UMBC students are acti ve parti cipants in their educati on, they don’t sit on the sidelines when it comes to campus life. Intercollegiate Division-I sports is an outlet for many students; others parti cipate in club or intramural sports. There are more than 180 student groups on campus, expressing the extraordinary cultural diversity of the UMBC student body.

The hub for UMBC student life is the University Com-mons, with a food court, restaurant, bank, bookstore, performance space, high-speed wireless internet access and game room that features eight pool tables, video games, pinball and air hockey, as well as a number of fl at-screen TVs, making it a popular spot to hang out.

UMBC’s Shriver Center serves as a nati onal model of how colleges and universiti es can have a direct and positi ve impact on communiti es across the country. The Center places 1,000 UMBC students each year in internships and co-op positi ons throughout Maryland and the U.S., as well as in dozens of internati onal setti ngs.

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DR. FREEMAN A. HRABOWSKI, IIIPRESIDENT

Freeman A. Hrabowski, III, has served as President of UMBC since May 1992. He joined the university in 1987, serving fi rst as Vice Provost, then as Executi ve Vice President. Born in 1950 in Birmingham, Ala., Dr. Hrabowski graduated at 19 from Hampton Insti tute with highest honors in mathemati cs, and he received his M.A. (mathemati cs) and Ph.D. (higher educati on administra-ti on/stati sti cs) from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign at age 24. Dr. Hrabowski serves as a consultant to the Nati onal Science Foundati on, the Nati onal Insti tutes of Health, the Nati onal Academy of Sciences, the U.S. Department of Educati on and universiti es and school systems nati onally. He is a member of numerous boards, including the American Associati on of Colleges & Universiti es, the Balti more Community Foundati on, the Balti more Equitable Society, the Casey Family Grants Program, Center Stage, Constellati on Energy Group, the Educati on Commis-sion of the States, the Maryland Business Roundtable for Educati on, McCormick & Company, Inc., the Mercanti le Safe Deposit & Trust Company, the Merrick & France Foundati ons, the Maryland High-Technology Council, the University of Maryland Medical System and the Washington/Balti -more Regional 2012 Coaliti on (Olympic Regional Committ ee).

Examples of recent awards include electi on to the American Academy of Arts & Sci-ences (eff ecti ve October 2001), being named 1999 Marylander of the Year by the editors of The Balti more Sun and receiving the BETA Award (Balti more’s Extraordinary Technology Advocate), The Henry A. Rosenberg, Sr. Disti nguished Citi zen Award (Boy Scouts of America, Balti more Council), The Andrew White Medal (Loyola College of Maryland), The Hati kvah Award (The Jewish Nati onal Fund), The Educator Achievement Award (NSF), The Outstanding Science Educator (Eli Lilly & Company), The Golden Torch Academic Visionary Award (Nati onal Society of Black Engineers), the Reginald H. Jones Disti nguished Service Award (Nati onal Acti on Council for Minoriti es in Engineering) and The U.S. Presidenti al Award for Excellence in Science, Mathemati cs and Engineering Mentoring (award-ed to Dr. Hrabowski’s university in recogniti on of the nati onally acclaimed multi -million-dollar Mey-erhoff Scholars Program for gift ed African-American undergraduates in science and engineering).

Dr. Hrabowski also was instrumental in the formati on of the Governor’s Academy for Mathemati cs, Science and Technology. His research and publicati ons focus on science and math educati on, with a special emphasis on issues involving minority parti cipati on. He is co-author of the book, Beati ng the Odds, which focuses on parenti ng and high-achieving African-American males in science, published by Oxford University Press in 1998; he co-authored a second book, Overcoming the Odds, on successful African-American young women in science, published by Oxford University Press in early 2002. Also a child-leader in the Civil Rights Movement, Dr. Hrabowski was prominently featured in Spike Lee’s 1997 documentary, Four Litt le Girls, on the racially moti vated bombing in 1963 of Birmingham’s Sixteenth Street Bapti st Church.

DR. CHARLES BROWNDIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS UMBC Director of Athleti cs Dr. Charles Brown has signed a three-year contract extension, which will run through the 2010-11 aca-demic year. The Brooklyn, N.Y., nati ve will begin his 21st year at UMBC this September and is the longest-tenured AD in the state of Maryland. He has transformed UMBC Athleti cs from a struggling Division-I program to one which has fared quite well regionally and nati onally for the past decade.

UMBC President Dr. Freeman Hrabwoski said, “From NCAA tournament appearances to nati onal academic awards, UMBC’s student-athletes excel on the playing fi eld and in the classroom. We are delighted that Dr. Brown will con-ti nue building UMBC’s athleti c programs, which are such an exciti ng part of our campus community.”

Dr. Brown has championed UMBC Athleti cs’ enhanced profi le by positi oning the Re-trievers within appropriate levels of competi ti on. One of his fi rst tasks was to move UMBC into a Division-I conference, which he completed in 1988-89, his fi rst year with the university, as the Re-trievers joined the East Coast Conference. UMBC won the league’s President’s Cup in its second con-ference season, but the league folded shortly thereaft er. Dr. Brown was able to move UMBC into the Big South Conference the following year (1992) and successfully positi oned UMBC into a much bet-ter geographic fi t when the Retrievers joined the Northeast Conference in 1998. He also helped to initi ate the ECAC (Men’s) Lacrosse League in 1999, and most recently, Dr. Brown engineered UMBC Athleti cs’ move to a strong and improving mid-major conference, the America East Conference, in 2003. Over the past decade, Retriever teams have won 48 league championships and made 30 appearances in NCAA Championship competi ti on. In all fi ve years of league play in the NEC, UMBC was awarded the Commissioner’s Cup, symbolic of the conference’s top overall program. In 2002, UMBC produced its fi rst nati onal champion, as Cleopatra Borel won the shot put at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships.

UMBC has adjusted well to life in the America East Conference with a third-place fi nish in the conference’s Commissioner’s Cup race in 2007-08. The athleti c department just experienced its most celebrated year-long period in school history with the school’s fi rst-ever men’s and women’s

basketball conference ti tles and NCAA Tournament appearances, sweeps in back-to-back years in the America East men’s and women’s swimming and diving championships, a conference ti tle and NCAA appearance by men’s tennis and an NCAA Tournament win over Maryland and a third straight nati onal tournament appearance by the men’s lacrosse team.

The program fi nished the 2006-07 year ranked 140th (top half) among all NCAA Divi-sion-I programs in the United States Sports Academy’s Director’s Cup. The University of Maryland, College Park (40) and the United States Naval Academy (72) were the only other insti tuti ons in the state that fi nished the year higher than the Retrievers.

UMBC’s student-athletes have excelled in the classroom as well as the playing fi elds. In the last 11 years, 31 student-athletes have earned Academic All-America status, and more than 54 percent of Retriever student-athletes are earning 3.0 or higher grade-point averages. Moreover, UMBC’s student-athletes graduate at a rate which is more than 10 percent higher than the university rate and the Retrievers’ NCAA Academic Progress Rate (APR) and Graduati on Success Rate (GSR) are also considerably above the nati onal averages.

Dr. Brown has increased the full-ti me faculty and staff of the athleti c department from 23 full-ti me employees at his arrival to 63 currently. There were only 13 full-ti me coaches (nine head, four assistant) upon Dr. Brown’s arrival; now there are 32 (14 head, 18 assistant) to ensure the Retrievers’ success on and off the playing fi elds. New positi ons were created in Marketi ng and Promoti ons, Fund Raising, Faciliti es and Operati ons, Business Administrati on, Community Outreach, Strength and Conditi oning, Athleti c Communicati ons, Sports Medicine and Academic Services. He also initi ated the UMBC Dance Team, the Down and Dirty Dawg Band and the newly reinstated cheerleading squad. Dramati c increases in the department’s entrepreneurial eff orts have been implemented to support UMBC’s student-athletes. UMBC Athleti cs received $5,403 in gift s in the fi rst year of Dr. Brown’s tenure. In contrast, over the last several years, UMBC Athleti cs has brought in an average of $1.25 million per year via fundraising, corporate sponsorships and other entrepreneurial eff orts.

Starti ng from scratch in the 1990s, Dr. Brown developed a club sport program which has evolved into a 25-sport, 750-student program today.

In the area of community service, UMBC student-athletes currently donate more than 1,000 hours of ti me per year to mentor local elementary and middle school students, and coaches make hundreds of appearances in the community throughout the year. The program was recognized by The NCAA News as one of the fi nest in the country. Most recently, the Retrievers teamed with Enterprise Rent-A-Car to raise funds to purchase a MyTobii eye-controlled communicati on system for the use of United Cerebral Palsy of Central Maryland program parti cipants. Dr. Brown has improved the visibility of UMBC in many ways. In the spring of 1995, he made a bold move as he brought the fi rst and second rounds of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Champi-onships to the Balti more Arena. Sellout crowds put Balti more in the nati onal spotlight for one glori-ous March week. In the spring of 1998, UMBC hosted the Women’s Lacrosse Nati onal Champion-ships at UMBC Stadium, drawing record crowds and kudos from the nati onal media. Dr. Brown also led the successful bid to bring the Men’s Lacrosse Nati onal Championships to M&T Bank Stadium in 2003, 2004 and 2007, where all existi ng att endance records were shatt ered. Under Dr. Brown’s leadership, UMBC now hosts fi ve state high school championships in boys’ and girls’ soccer, boys’ and girls’ lacrosse and girls’ basketball. He has spearheaded the university’s rapid enhancement of athleti c and recreati onal faciliti es during his tenure. Lights were added to UMBC Stadium in 1992, and the region’s fi nest outdoor aquati c complex was unveiled in the summer of 1996. Just a few months later, UMBC added a nati onal-class track and fi eld complex and replaced its main stadium fi eld with an all-weather ar-ti fi cial surface. In the fall of 1999, the department moved into the Retriever Acti viti es Center, which doubled the size of its existi ng indoor facility and provided all students with the top of the line in recreati onal faciliti es. Baseball’s Alumni Field was improved during Dr. Brown’s tenure with the addi-ti on of permanent seati ng and was later renamed The Baseball Factory Field at UMBC in a dedicati on ceremony following the additi on of lights to the fi eld in 2005. UMBC Soccer Stadium was constructed in 1999 and a new Bermuda grass surface - the only one of its kind in the conference - was dedi-cated in 2006. Chairback seati ng and a video display scoreboard were added to the arena in 2000. Lights were added to the tennis complex in 2005 and the courts were resurfaced and outf itt ed with Retriever wind screens. Field turf was added to the stadium in 2005 and a new $5 million stadium locker room complex was completed in the spring of 2008.

Dr. Brown’s impact has been felt beyond The Loop, as well. He has served two terms as president of the Maryland Associati on of Collegiate Directors of Athleti cs and served a term on the NCAA Division-I Championships/Competi ti on Cabinet, where he infl uenced other directors to in-crease student-athlete parti cipati on in NCAA Championship competi ti on. Dr. Brown is also currently on the board of the Howard County tennis patrons. He is the fourth person to hold the positi on of athleti c director on a permanent basis in the 41-year history of UMBC. W. Richard Mentzer served from 1966-68, followed by E. Richard Watt s, Jr., who directed the program from 1968-1985. Rick Hartzell led UMBC into Division I athleti cs in the fall of 1985, prior to Dr. Brown’s arrival in June of 1989. Currently residing in Ellicott City, Md., with his wife, Linda, Dr. Brown, received his bach-elor of science degree from Long Island University in 1967 and earned a master of science from Brooklyn College in 1969 and a Doctorate in Physical Educati on from Springfi eld College in 1980. The couple has two daughters, Melissa, an att orney, and Michelle, an elementary school teacher, and the Browns have four grandchildren.

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DR. ELLIOT HIRSHMANPROVOST AND SENIOR V.P. FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS

Elliot Hirshman joined UMBC as Provost and Senior Vice Presi-dent for Academic Aff airs on July 1, 2008. He also holds the rank of full professor in the Department of Psychology.

As Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Aff airs, Dr. Hirshman is responsible for the delivery of the academic pro-gram, including instructi on, research, and academic support services; enrollment management, including admissions and fi nancial aid; and the intercollegiate athleti cs program.

Prior to UMBC, Dr. Hirshman served as Chief Research Offi cer at George Washington University, in Washington, D.C. Previously, he chaired the Departments of Psychology at George Washington (2002-05) and the University of Colorado at Denver (2000-02). He began his academic career at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (1989-2000), where he served as assistant, associate, and ulti mately full Professor of Psychology.

Dr. Hirshman has a strong interdisciplinary background, having earned his undergradu-ate degree summa cum laude in economics and mathemati cs from Yale and his Ph.D. in cogniti ve psychology at UCLA.

DR. MARVIN MANDELLNCAA FACULTY REPRESENTATIVE

Marv Mandell is a Professor of Policy Sciences and UMBC’s FAR for the past six years. Last summer, Dr. Mandell was selected to head the America East Conference’s group of faculty athleti c representati ves. Marvin Mandell (Public Policy) will assume the presidency of the Nati onal Associati on of Schools of Public Aff airs and Administrati on (NASPAA) at their 2008 Annual Con-ference this month. He received his Ph.D. from Northwestern University, and has also taught at Syracuse and Johns Hopkins.

GARY WOHLSTETTERSenior ASSOCIATE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR

Gary Wohlstett er is a veteran of the UMBC staff . He arrived in 1989 aft er directi ng the recreati on program at Hunter (N.Y.) Col-lege. Aft er 15 years of supervising the Physical Educati on, Rec Sports, Intramurals and Club Sports programs, the Brooklyn, N.Y., nati ve and ‘85 graduate of Hunter now works primarily in our Athleti cs division. He is responsible for entrepreneurial ef-forts, constructi on, long-term planning, day-to-day and game-day operati ons and faciliti es upkeep and programming.

KATHY ZERRLAUTSENIOR ASSOCIATE ATHLETIC DIRECTORSENIOR WOMEN’S ADMINISTRATOR Kathy Zerrlaut has enjoyed a wonderful tenure at UMBC. She arrived in 1974, and coached more than 850 games in 24 years in the sports of lacrosse and volleyball. For more than a decade, she has served as UMBC’s Senior Women’s Administrator and its compliance offi cer. She has received a pair of presti gious appointments--to the NCAA Management Council and to the chair of the 2004 NCAA Women’s Lacrosse Championships Committ ee. She oversees the Student Support Service program and handles day-to-day operati ons of several women’s varsity teams. Zerrlaut was a 2006 inductee to the UMBC Athleti cs Hall of Fame.

TOM MAIERASSOCIATE ATHLETIC DIRECTORMARKETING PROMOTIONS Tom Maier has been a member of UMBC’s administrati ve team since 1986. He heads up UMBC’s marketi ng and promoti onal eff orts and also oversees the community service and event ti ck-eti ng programs. The 1974 Wisconsin graduate had previously supervised UMBC’s Physical Educati on program.

STEVE LEVYASSOCIATE ATHLETIC DIRECTORATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS

Steve Levy enters his 25th year at his alma mater, aft er earning a B.A. degree in Interdisciplinary Studies in 1985. He has recent-ly been promoted to Associate Director, and will lead UMBC’s eff orts in expanding web-based programs, pursue additi onal avenues for media, and coordinate all departmental personnel searches. He is an acti ve member of the College Sports Infor-mati on Directors of America (CoSIDA) and has performed in public relati ons capaciti es for the Balti more Orioles and Balti more Ravens.

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UMBC COACHES

Baseball Head Coach: ..........................................John JancuskaAssistants: .........................................Bob Mumma, Tim O’Brien Men’s Basketball Head Coach: ...........................Randy Monroe Assistants: ........................ Aki Thomas, Nate Stewart, John Zito Women’s Basketball Head Coach: ............................. Phil Stern Assistants: .................. Billi Godsey, Cheri Eleazer, Abby GordonVolleyball Head Coach: ........................................ Ian Blanchard Assistant: ............................................................. Sarah Warner M/W Cross Country Head Coach: .................. Matt Gitt ermannM/W Track & Field Head Coach: ............................. David Bobb Assistant .............................................................. Andrew TorgeMen’s/Women’s Tennis Head Coach: ................... Rob Hubbard Assistant: .................................................................. Oliver SteilMen’s Lacrosse Head Coach: .......................... Don Zimmerman Assistants: ..........................................Pat Tracy, Andy GallagherSwimming & Diving Head Coach: ...................... Chad Cradock Assistant: .................................. Chris Gibeau, Mike Stambaugh Diving Coaches: ...................................................Petar TrifonovSoft ball Head Coach: ................................................ Joe French Assistant: ................................................................... Jill DorschWomen’s Lacrosse Head Coach: ............................. Kelly Berger

Assistants: .............................................. Tony Giro, Amy AppeltMen’s Soccer Head Coach: ..................................... Pete Caringi Assistants: ...................................Anthony Adams, Sam DeBoneWomen’s Soccer Head Coach: ................................ Alyssa Radu Assistant: ................................................................ Kerry Smith

FACULTY & STAFF Athleti cs & Recreati on Specialist: ............................... Josh AzerDance Coach: .........................................................Susan BarkerPep Band Conductor:.........................................Matt hew Basch Asst. Dir./Athleti c Communicati ons: ............... Jessica BernheimAdministrati ve Assistant/Payroll ..................... Candy CangialosiStrength & Conditi oning Coach ...............................Fred CantorAthleti c Equipment Manager: ................................. Ian CarmanAsst. AD/Rec. Programs/Phys. Ed.: ...............Mike D’Archangelo Assistant Trainer: .............................................Michelle DanielsRec Equipment Mgr.: .........................................................OpenCommunity Outreach: ............................................. Kelly FaheyAsst. Dir./Athleti c Communicati ons: .............Tom FenstermakerAsst. Dir. of Marketi ng/Promoti ons: ..............Kristen FitzpatrickGroundskeeper: ....................................................Amy FlemingGraduate Assistant Trainer ..................................Andrew GeersAssistant AD/Fundraising: ...................... Kevin Gibbons-O’Neill

Administrati ve Assisstant: ................................... Carla GrahamAcademic Advisor ..................................................... Areyal HallDirector, Student Support Services ...............Jessica HammondRAC Building Manager ......................................... Josh Lightf ootDirector’s Executi ve Assistant: ......................... Debee MathewsAssistant AD/Business and Finance: ..................... Mike MorganCoordinator of Rec. Programs/Physical Educati on/Summer Day Camp Director .................................... Jeff MooreAssistant Trainer: ...........................................Meaghan MurphyAcademic Advisor: ..........................................Lauren NicholsonCompliance Intern: .............................................Jerron PearsonGroundskeeper: ........................................................Gary PeaseOffi ce Clerk ............................................................Devona PeckAcademic Advisor: ....................................................Joe Rehder Grad Intern Strength/Cond. Coach: ...................Jamie ReisingerDirector of Cheerleading ..............................Talmesha RichardsAccount Associate: ............................................Sheila SchubertAssistant Trainer: ..................................................... Kati e SeilusCoordinator of Club Sports ....................................... Tiff ani TsuiFaciliti es Assistant........................................Ashlea UnderwoodAssistant AD/Operati ons: .....................................Sam Williams

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The Retriever Acti viti es Center, a $5.6 million additi on to the former UMBC Fieldhouse, was completed in the fall of 1999. The “RAC” has a large multi -purpose gymnasium, a weight room, fi tness studio, cardio balcony, locker rooms, the Matt Skalsky Student-Athlete Lounge, administrati ve offi ces and a beauti ful new lobby with ti cket booths and a pro shop.

Moreover, the RAC has a new academic center, containing dozens of PC’s with ethernet connecti ons for student-athletes to study in individual or group setti ngs. There is also a new training room, which is more than two ti mes the size of the former facility. The RAC Arena has brand new men’s and women’s basketball and swimming and diving locker room complexes and a media center at the west end. The RAC also contains an offi ce complex, with a board room and dining facility for UMBC’s administrati ve staff and coaches.

Originally opened in 1973, the new-ly named RAC Arena seats 4,024 for athleti c events, and has also hosted concerts for such arti sts as Stain’d, Good Charlott e, Bush and N.E.R.D. over the last several years. The are-na had chairback seats installed on the lower concourse and two state-of-the-art scoreboards were also added. One scoreboard has graph-ics display capabiliti es for showing highlights of the game and other promoti onal acti viti es. The arena fl oor is surrounded by a 1/10-mile running track and also houses the UMBC Athleti c Hall of Fame.

In the spring of 2004, UMBC Athleti cs began renovati ons to the Retriever Acti vi-ti es Center in its conti nuous eff ort to bring top-notch faciliti es to its student-ath-letes. The $2.4 million constructi on plan was set out to provide newly renovated varsity locker rooms for the men’s and women’s basketball and swimming and diving teams, along with a new state of the art media center, sports medicine training room, Student-Athlete Academic Center and outdoor Tennis Complex.

The RAC Arena has hosted many prominent sporti ng events over the years, including an internati onal volleyball match between the USA and Peru, numerous collegiate conference championships and the Maryland Public Sec-ondary Schools Associa-ti on Championships in girls’ basketball.

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The Baseball Factory Field at UMBC (capacity 1,000), located within the Stadium Complex, has permanent seati ng and a press box behind home plate. Recently lights and a new warning track surrounding the fi eld were added, along with refurbishments to the dugouts and in-fi eld. Night spring games have become popular among students and the local community.

The soft ball diamond (capacity 500), just beyond the Baseball Factory Field’s right fi eld fence, also features a press box and bleacher seats.

A new six-court tennis facility was completed in April of 2005. The enclosed center features lights and additi onal spectator seati ng. Two additi onal courts are to be added shortly.

UMBC has one of the fi nest aquati c complexes in the Mid-Atlanti c region. The indoor pool (UMBC Na-tatorium) was added to the RAC in 1977. Adjacent to the Natatorium is an oudoor pool complex added in 1996. In 2005 UMBC hosted the America East Conference Swimming and Diving Championships, as the Retrievers’ men’s team captured its eighth straight league ti tle.

UMBC Soccer Stadium, situated adjacent to UMBC Stadium, was constructed in 1998. It currently has a seati ng capacity of 1,500 and features a press box and scoreboard. The new Bermuda grass surface installed in the spring of 2006 is believed to be the only one of its kind among America East Conference schools.

In Spring 2005, UMBC Stadium’s Deso-Turf surface was replaced by Sportexe’s Momentum 51 syntheti c turf at a cost of more than $800,000. Momentum 51 syntheti c turf is an infi ll system, consisti ng of 70 percent ground rubber and 30 percent kiln-dried sand. Other faciliti es which have uti lized this product include the Balti more Ravens’ M&T Bank Stadium, the University of Southern Mississippi’s M.M. Roberts Stadium, and the University of California’s Memorial Stadium. UMBC hosted its fi rst game on the new turf on nati onal television (ESPNU).

UMBC Stadium was built in 1976 with a seati ng capacity of 4,500. Lights were added in 1992, and in 1996 a world-class track and fi eld com-plex was added. The Jim Pfrogner Press Box (named for UMBC’s long-ti me track and fi eld coach) was refurbished in 2000, and it features two roof-top broadcast booths and wireless internet capabiliti es. The stadium is recently received a new $5 million locker room complex, which was completed in Spring 2008. The new complex houses all of UMBC’s outdoor teams.

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When fans come to see the Retrievers play, they witness the excitement of Division I athleti cs. What they may not see is all the work that is done behind the scenes so that the student-athletes

can achieve their highest potenti al, both on the fi eld and in the classroom.

THE SPORTS MEDICINE DEPARTMENT

UMBC’s Sports Medicine Department strives to provide comprehensive athleti c training services to approximately 425 UMBC student-athletes. A staff of fi ve certi fi ed athleti c trainers oversees the medical care for all of the student-athletes competi ng in UMBC’s 19 varsity sports. The services include recogniti on, treatment, rehabilitati on, educati on and preventi on of injuries occurring during parti cipati on in athleti c acti viti es. Each ath-leti c trainer supervises Retriever student-athletes during practi ces and home events as well as road competi ti ons. In the winter of 2005, UMBC introduced the newly designed and built Sports Medicine Services Center. Increasing the size of the previous center nearly three-fold, the new ca-pabiliti es of the Sports Medicine training room allows student-athletes to rehabilitate with greater ease.

MEET OUR TEAM CHIROPRACTOR

Dr. Alan K. Sokoloff is a graduate of UMBC and Palmer College of Chiroprac-ti c and has been UMBC’s Chiropractor since 1991.

Dr. Sokoloff :Founder of the Yalich Clinic of Glen Burnie 1987Team Chiropractor for the Balti more RavensPost Graduate Diplomat Degree in Sports Medicine MCA Chiropractor of the year 2001-02

1998 Goodwill Games & 1999 USA Olympic Team DC for Pan Am Games

MEET OUR PHYSICIANS

Union Memorial Sports Medicine /MedStar Health

Medical Team Physician : Dr. Andrew Tucker has served as UMBC’s team physician for 14 years. He is also the head team physician for the Balti -more Ravens, caring for players and organizati on members from football injuries to general medical health. Dr. Tucker’s practi ce focuses on acute and chronic musculoskeletal injuries and conditi ons in acti ve people of all

ages, as well as medical problems and issues that are unique to sports and exercise. Orthopaedic Team Physician: Dr. W. Hugh Baugher has served as UMBC’s team physician for 26 years. He previously provided team physician ser-vices to the Balti more Orioles, Balti more Thunder and various nati onal amateur and NCAA events. Dr. Baugher specializes in the shoulder, hand, wrist, knee, sports medicine and arthroscopy.

UMBC STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING

UMBC Strength and Conditi oning provides student-athletes the latest and newest approaches to safe and

successful training of their bodies. The newly renovated 3,000-square foot Michael S. Knapp Varsity Weight

Room is solely dedicated to UMBC’s student-athletes, and a major fundraising campaign is underway to refur-

bish the complex.

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ACSA

The Academic Center for Student-Athletes (ACSA) is not only a place for student-ath-letes to study, it also serves as the liaison to several departments on campus. ACSA assists students with registrati on, fi nancial aid and career development. It is located on the second fl oor of the RAC and is fur-nished with 15 computers, individual study carrels, tutoring space and a comprehen-sive resource area. Each year, UMBC Ath-leti cs sets new standards for academic ex-cellence and the support of the ACSA has been criti cal to its success.

ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS

The Offi ce of Athleti c Communicati ons is responsible for all of the publicity needs of the athleti c department. Services such as publicati ons, stati sti cs, electronic me-dia producti ons, website maintenance and game management are provided by the Athleti c Communicati ons staff . The staff hopes that media opportuniti es for UMBC’s student-athletes are a valuable part of their athleti c and educati onal ex-perience.

MARKETING AND PROMOTIONS

The Offi ce of Marketi ng and Promoti ons implements marketi ng and promoti ons programs that will increase awareness, interest and enthusiasm for UMBC sports. The department markets to UMBC stu-dents, faculty and staff , as well as youth groups, organizati ons and the communi-ti es surrounding the campus. The Offi ce of Marketi ng and Promoti ons advocates a positi ve game atmosphere and encour-ages new and old UMBC traditi ons.

Giving to Retriever Athleti cs

UMBC has a proud traditi on of successful student-athletes and is currently experiencing tremendous growth. UMBC fi elds 19 intercollegiate athleti c teams competi ng at the Division-I level in the America East Conference and 26 club sports teams. At the heart of our athleti c program are the more than 1,100 student-athletes representi ng the university on our athleti c fi elds and in the classroom. In order for these young men and women to conti nue to succeed, we must increase our external support and department resources. The need for support has never been greater, largely due to the success the Retrievers have recently experienced.

With limited funding through university and state resources, the UMBC Athleti c Department relies on the generosity of individuals to secure the fi nancial backing necessary for our student-athletes to achieve the highest standards of athleti c competi ti veness and academic achievement. Gift s made to UMBC Athleti cs are managed in accordance with the University of Maryland Foundati on’s offi cial policies and procedures and approved Athleti c Department guidelines and are uti lized to expand scholarship opportuniti es for student-athletes, maintain and improve physical faciliti es, provide academic support programming and enable UMBC to compete in the America East Conference.

Today’s student-athletes face more challenges than ever. Along with the high demands of their sports - practi ce, training, travel, community involvement and competi ti on - it is our student-athletes’ greatest responsibility and commitment to achieve academic success. In the last fi ve years, 20 student-athletes have earned Academic All-America status. Over the previous two semesters, more than 47% of UMBC student-athletes have earned 3.0 grade-point averages or higher. The involvement and fi nancial support of alumni, families and fans will enable our student-athletes to build upon these standards.

Benefi ts of giving to UMBC Athleti cs can include the following:-Ensuring the conti nued academic and athleti c success of our student-athletes and our athleti cs program.-Contributi ng to the educati onal opportuniti es of future employees and leaders of our community. -Building relati onships within the community through your associati on with UMBC Athleti cs.-Improving the experience of UMBC student-athletes. -Tax deducti ons. -Philanthropic recogniti on.

Go Retrievers!

To support UMBC Athleti cs, please contact Kevin Gibbons-O’Neill, Assis-tant Director of Athleti cs, at (410) 455-1532. On behalf of our coaches and student-athletes, we thank you in advance for demonstrati ng your com-mitment to academic and athleti c excellence by giving to UMBC Athleti cs.

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Rick Moreland (pictured with Michael Jordan) cur-rently is the Vice President for Washington Sports and Entertainment Incorporated. Moreland, a 1983 graduate, established the school record for most points in a season with 610 and ranks second all-ti me with 1,728 career points in UMBC men’s basket-ball history.

Former student-athletes conti nue to support their programs and the athleti c department by donati ng their ti me and resources through parti cipati ng in workshops, serving on uni-versity committ ees or just coming back to support the black and gold. Athleti c alumni return in great numbers at UMBC’s annual Homecoming, buoyed by the competi ti ve juices generated by various alumni games. Of course, another popular alumni event is the bien-nial UMBC Athleti c Hall of Fame Dinner, which will next take place in February 2010.

UMBC HOMECOMINGFollowing the traditi on of the men’s lacrosse team, many sports now host annual preseason functi ons to introduce the current team and re-connect with the alumni. Retriever alumni are encouraged to book-mark the UMBC Athleti cs website at www.umbcretrievers.com and the UMBC Alumni Community website Retriever Net (htt p://retrievernet.umbc.edu) to stay in step with the Dawgs!

Cleopatra Borel, Interdisciplinary Studies ‘02, a three-ti me UMBC track and fi eld NCAA All-American in the shot put and UMBC’s fi rst-ever Divi-sion-I NCAA champion, competed in the 2004 and 2008 Olympics. Borel reached the fi nals in her event in Ath-ens and placed 10th in the world in the competi ti on.

Former major league pitchers Wayne Franklin and Jay Witasick pitched collegiately at UMBC, and a host of other Retriev-ers have played professional baseball, including Zach Clark, who is currently pitching in the Balti more Orioles’ minor league system. Five ex-Retrievers won Major Indoor Soccer League ti tles with the Balti more Blast, and Matt Watson is expected to compete in the MLS or professionally in Europe by next season. A solid conti ngent of UMBC lacrosse players star in Major League Lacrosse, including recent standouts Drew Westervelt, Brendan Mundorf and Terry Kimener, who was selected in the fi rst round of the 2008 draft by the Chicago Machine.

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Maryland’s capitol, Annapolis is an 18-century seaport town that sits on the Chesapeake Bay and is home to the US Naval Academy, a com-mon opponent of the Retrievers. Pictured below is the Maryland State House.

UMBC’s 500-acre campus is situated just 10 minutes south of Balti more, Md., and 45 minutes from Annapolis, Md., and Washington D.C., giving the campus great proximity to all the local cultural and historic scenes. UMBC is adjacent to the fi nest bike trails in Maryland, an hour from the mountains and two hours from the eastern shore. There are many places on and off campus worth exploring, and although UMBC resides in the suburbs, students are always close to the acti on.

Balti more’s Fort McHenry has played an acti ve role in our nati on’s history. Now a Nati onal Mon-ument and the nati on’s only Historic Shrine, Fort McHenry is most notably known for its protecti on of Balti more during the War of 1812. It was at this locati on that Francis Scott Key , who watched from a vessel held by Briti sh troops in the Chesa-peake Bay during a bombardment on the fort, was inspired to write our nati on’s nati onal anthem, “The Star Spangled Banner.”

Balti more’s Inner Harbor is a hot spot for many college students and is home to Oriole Park at Camden Yards, M&T Bank Stadium and the First Mariner Arena, off ering year-round sports entertainment.

Annapolis, Balti more and Washington, D.C., provide countless internship and network-ing opportuniti es for both students and alumni. More than 80 percent of UMBC’s grad-uates choose to live in the Balti more-Washington area aft er graduati on for its promising

job market and diverse culture and entertainment.