20 COLUMBIA ATHLETICS ANNUAL REPORT 15 table of contents 4 ....................................Development Outlook 44 .................................................Field Hockey 5 .............................................Donor Spotlight 46 ........................................................Football 6 ...............................................Year In Review 52...............................................................Golf 12 ..........................Hall of Fame Class of 2014 54 .......................................................Lacrosse 14 ............................................Giving Day 2014 56.................................................Men’s Soccer 15.................The Women’s Leadership Council 58 ...........................................Women’s Soccer 17............................Varsity C Club Celebration 60..........................................................Squash 20 ....................................Enrichment Services 62.........................................................Softball 21 ...............................The Fund for Excellence 64 ............................Men’s Swimming & Diving 24.........................................................Archery 68 .......................Women’s Swimming & Diving 26 .......................................................Baseball 70..........................................................Rowing 30 ..........................................Men’s Basketball 76.................................................Men’s Tennis 32 .....................................Women’s Basketball 78............................................Women’s Tennis 34 ........................Cross Country/Track & Field 80......................................................Volleyball 40.........................................................Fencing 82......................................................Wrestling 2 GOCOLUMBIALIONS.COM COLUMBIA ATHLETICS ANNUAL REPORT 20 15 table of contents ARCHERY BASEBALL MEN’S BASKETBALL WOMEN’S BASKETBALL CROSS COUNTRY/T&F FENCING FIELD HOCKEY FOOTBALL GOLF LACROSSE ROWING MEN’S SOCCER WOMEN’S SOCCER SOFTBALL SQUASH MEN’S SWIM & DIVE WOMEN’S SWIM & DIVE MEN’S TENNIS WOMEN’S TENNIS VOLLEYBALL WRESTLING 3 GOCOLUMBIALIONS.COM 20 COLUMBIA ATHLETICS ANNUAL REPORT 15 fundraising progress ENDOWMENT SNAPSHOT Thanks to your support, we have made tremendous progress over the past 15 years in annual giving to our varsity sports prgorams and The Fund for Excellence. Annual Fund Giving 2000-01 vs. 2014-15 6,000 $3,000,000 $2,808,205 4,516 Donors $2,000,000 4,000 $1,000,000 2,000 $638,124 Number of Donors of Number Total Annual Fund Gifts Fund Annual Total 1,594 Donors $0 0 2000-01 2014-15 Years Annual Fund Donors Annual Fund Total Gifts Now we have a tremendous opportunity to build our athletics endowment to make us competitive with our Ivy League peers. ENDOWMENT COMPARISON: COLUMBIA VS. PEER IVY For more information about endowments and endowment opportunities, please contact Katie Day Benvenuto ’03CC, ’12BUS, Director of Athletics Development at 212-851-4025 or [email protected]. 4 GOCOLUMBIALIONS.COM 20 COLUMBIA ATHLETICS ANNUAL REPORT 15 donor spotlight d Malmstrom ‘65CC stepped forward with an exceptional commitment to Columbia Athletics in Fiscal Year 2015, as part of his 50th Columbia College reunion year. In total, the gift commitment Eof $1.2 million encompassed Football, Baseball, Track & Field/Cross Country, and The Rugby Club, and included both immediate gifts and substantial contributions through Ed’s estate plans. Portions of the gift supported or will support Endowment Funds for Baseball (newly established by Ed’s generosity), Football, and Rugby; other portions underwrote pressing Capital Needs for Track & Field/Cross Country and Baseball; and yet another portion went directly to the Football Annual Fund as a show of support for Coach Al Bagnoli, a special gift during Ed’s 50th reunion. Ed Malmstrom ‘65CC "We don’t have many four sport athletes, so Ed has always been a special part of the family. His gift is no exception. What makes his commitment unique is the breadth of the impact he has made, his willingness to consider Planned Giving options, and his understanding of the importance of building endowment even as we raise money for immediate needs," remarks Katie Benvenuto ‘03CC, ‘12BUS Director of Athletics Development. ATHLETICS LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE MEMBERS Russell Warren ‘62CC Harold Robertson ‘81SEAS CO-CHAIRS Richard Witten ‘75CC Richard ‘81CC* & Ruthanne Ruzika Bill Campbell ‘62CC Helen Doyle Yeager ‘85BC RJM Foundation Robert Kraft ‘63CC Phillip Satow ‘63CC BENEFACTORS Richard Witten ‘75CC MEMBERS (LIFETIME GIVING OF $1 MILLION OR Andrew Barth ‘83CC MORE TO COLUMBIA ATHLETICS) MAJOR DONORS Eric Blattman ‘80CC David Barry ‘87CC (GIFTS TO COLUMBIA ATHLETICS Lisa Carnoy ‘89CC Michael Barry ‘89CC OF $100,000+ IN 2014-2015) Martin Cicco ‘78CC Andrew Barth ‘83CC Paul Adkins ‘84CC Frank Cicero ‘92CC Bill Campbell ‘62CC Anonymous Friends Thomas Cornacchia ‘85CC Martin Cicco ‘87CC Thomas Cornacchia ‘85CC, Shawn FitzGerald ‘80CC Thomas Cornacchia ‘85CC P’17CC, P’19CC Geoffrey Grant ‘82SEAS Shawn FitzGerald ‘80CC & Walter Day Donald Jackson ‘73CC Jolyne Caruso-FitzGerald ‘81BC Pravin Dugel ‘84CC Jonathan Lavine ‘88CC Annette ‘83BC & Geoffrey Grant Michael & Judith Goldberg Javier Loya ‘91CC ‘82SEAS, P’17CC P’14CC Philip Milstein ‘71CC Deborah ‘80BUS & Alfred Jorge Paulo Lemann P’14CC, Cheryl Milstein ‘82BC Jackson ‘67CC P’15CC Harold Robertson, Jr. ‘81SEAS Jerome Kohlberg ‘50LAW* Kenneth Stuzin ‘86CC Charles Santoro ‘82CC Robert Kraft ‘63CC *Deceased Phillip Satow ‘63CC Jeannie & Jonathan Lavine ‘88CC Jonathan Schiller ‘69CC Jorge Paulo Lemann P’14CC, Kyriakos Tsakopoulos ‘93CC P’15CC Thomas Tryforos ‘81CC Cheryl ‘82BC & Philip Milstein 5 George Van Amson ‘74CC ‘71CC GOCOLUMBIALIONS.COM 20 COLUMBIA ATHLETICS ANNUAL REPORT 15 year in review MEN’S TENNIS FOOTBALL TRACK & FIELD WOMEN’S BASKETBALL MEN’S BASKETBALL ROWING BASEBALL FENCING ARCHERY he four Ivy League team championships won by Columbia in 2014-15 (Men’s Fencing, Women’s Fencing, Men’s Tennis and Baseball - pictured Tabove) brings the school’s total since 2005-06 to 27– the most over any 10-year period in school history. Here’s a recap of the 2014-15 Columbia sports programs and the highlights from this past season. SEPTEMBER 6 RHYS WILLIAMS scores two goals in Men’s Soccer season-opening 3-0 victory over the Michigan Wolverines. OCTOBER 9 AMY WEEKS named full-time Head Women’s Golf Coach, after serving as acting head coach over the 3 KATIE RUESTERHOLZ scores with 1:15 remaining summer. to lead Field Hockey to a 3-2 victory over Princeton – the first win in program history over 13 DR. M. DIANNE MURPHY announces the Tigers. that 2014-15 will be her final year as Athletics Director at 3 Volleyball wins at The Palestra for the first time Columbia. ever with a 3-0 sweep of the Quakers. 6 GOCOLUMBIALIONS.COM COLUMBIA ATHLETICS ANNUAL REPORT 20 15 yearinreview 21 At the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, 17 Women’s Basketball first-year CAMILLE WINSTON LIN defeats teammate ASHOK ZIMMERMAN named Ivy League Rookie of the NARANYANA to claim the USTA/ITA Northeast Week – the first of six such honors on the season Regional Indoor Men’s Singles title. for the Arizona native. 21 RIMA ASATRIAN and KANIKA VAIDYA win the 22 At-large qualifiers DANIEL EVERETT and JACK USTA/ITA Northeast Regional Indoor Women’s BOYLE compete at NCAA Cross Country Doubles Championship over Yale. Championship in Terra Haute, IN 23 The fifth inductee class of DECEMBER the Columbia University Athletics Hall of Fame is 1 CHRISTINA FREIBOTT named All-American; only honored at a black-tie the second Columbia field hockey player to ever dinner and ceremony in earn the distinction. Low Memorial Library [READ MORE]. 10 Men’s Basketball leads #1 University of Kentucky for most of the game, holding the Wildcats to their 29 Athletics raises $2.4 Million on the third-annual lowest point total of the season in a 46-56 loss. Columbia University Giving Day, securing more than 2500 gifts from alumni, parents, students and friends. Athletics finished second overall among University programs, behind only Columbia College [READ MORE]. NOVEMBER 1 Women’s soccer records its 9th shutout of the season with a 0-0 draw at Yale; the Lions would finish the season with a 0.60 goals against average, tops in The Ivy League. 30 TORI OLIVER scores 38 points against Wagner, setting a new women’s basketball program record for points in an NCAA Division I game. 13 CHRISTINA FREIBOTT named Ivy League Field Hockey Offensive Player of the Year; Freibott led all NCAA players with 1.24 assists/game. 7 GOCOLUMBIALIONS.COM 20 COLUMBIA ATHLETICS ANNUAL REPORT 15 YEAR IN REVIEW FEBRUARY 23 AL BAGNOLI named Patricia and Shepard Alexander Head Coach of Football. 3 President LEE C. BOLLINGER announces PETER PILLING as Columbia’s new Director of Intercollegiate Athletics and Physical Education. 9 Men’s and Women’s Fencing sweep The Ivy League titles at Levien Gymnasium; MICHAEL AUFRICHTIG named Ivy League Women’s Fencing Coach of the Year. 28 OSAMA KHALIFA defeats David Ryan of Harvard to advance to the final match at the College Squash Association individual championship tournament 13 Women’s Basketball defeats Harvard at Levien Gymnasium for the first time in program history, 59-43. 29 After winning Ivy League titles in the 100 back, 100 free and 100 fly, DAVID JAKL named high point swimmer of the 2015 Ivy League Men’s