The Letter C 10-12:NL 10/15/12 4:35 PM Page 16 PRESORTED STANDARD U.S. POSTAGE PAID Stadium 100, 369 UCB DENVER, CO Boulder, Colorado 80309-0369 PERMIT #1205 ALUMNI C CLUB ASSOCIATION October 2012 Athletic Director Mike Bohn Assistant AD Scott McMichael Executive Director Tate Nelson (’92) Message from Alumni C Club President Dan Weinberger Board of Directors Dear Buffs, Hall of Fame banquet where we will be inducting 12 Dan Weinberger (’02) Kelly McFadden (’00) members. One of the primary goals of the C-Club is President Don Neary (’55) First and foremost, I wanted to to protect and honor the tradition and legacy of CU introduce myself as the newly Bryant Amador (’95) Milt Rogers (’61) athletics, and these two events are perfect examples elected President of the C-Club. I of what we are doing to accomplish that. If you have Frank Bernardi (’55) Ron Scott (’68) have been an active member of not attended in the past, and are in the Boulder area, Tera Bjorklund (’04) Sara Slattery (’05) the board for the past two years, I strongly encourage you to attend. and have the privilege of taking Carrie Cantrell (’91) Mike Troyer (’95) over from my friend and previous Two of our other goals this year are to increase our Nathan Craze (’87) Andrew Van Essen (’08) President, Brian Daniels.I membership base as well as continue to build a Hal Donnelly (’55) Lisa Van Goor (’86) graduated from CU in 2002, and strong network of dedicated alumni supporters. I competed on the CU Ski Team. I was also an believe the two goals compliment each other. If we Gary Gisle (’61) Scott Wilke (’88) assistant coach for the program from 2004-2007. can continue to grow our membership, and keep Bill Harris (’64) Skyler Williams (’06) There is a tremendous amount in my life that I owe to those members active in events and the CU Mike Laden (’78) Kim Wise (’03) CU athletics, and I am excited to be working in a community, this will naturally help us to build a capacity that allows me to give back. strong network for our alumni to reach out to. After all, the C-Club is truly about former athletes helping As we look forward to the start of our second year in former athletes. the Pac-12 conference, I wanted to take this opportunity to update our former letter winners on I am excited for the upcoming fall season, and look what the C-Club has in store for the upcoming forward to having an opportunity to meet more of seasons. We are building on the successes of last our members. year in reaching out to new members in the Pac-12 cities we will be visiting. Additionally, we have two Thanks for you support, and Go Buffs! significant events we will be hosting this fall. The first Dan is the Living Legends banquet, and the second is the Go Buffs!!! Message from CU Athletics Director Mike Bohn We are off and running in our struggles, but a combination of several factors, youth second year as a member of the and inexperience chief among them. People get tired Pac-12 Conference; we had of hearing that, but we’re on course to start the most reasonable success in many true freshmen that we ever have over the course of the sports in our initial foray into the season in our history, but the good news there is that league, from winning titles in they are a talented group and we’re expecting them to men’s basketball and men’s and keep improving as the year progresses. women’s cross country to Jon Embree has spent countless hours reassessing holding our own in several other The Alumni C Club is about keeping you his program in the first month of the season, and made sports such as men’s and strategic moves to shake things up a bit. As you may involved and informed FOREVER. women’s golf. have read, he held individual meetings with every As of press time, we opened up the 2012 football single player on the travel squad the week leading up season with three straight losses; many are frustrated to our first conference game at Washington State. We because they want to see CU field a winning team and fully support Jon and his coaching staff as we look to get back into the postseason. return our most prominent program back to national There’s no one reason as to why the team has had its relevance. continued on next page 36600 C Club Newsletter.indd 1 10/16/12 10:02 AM The Letter C 10-12:NL 10/15/12 4:35 PM Page 2 With that in mind, we must bolster our recruiting national titles. We had wonderful recruiting classes in C Club Updates for an appointment with Lea Alva rado, our Alumni initiative and continue to add resources in that area. We both basketball programs. Career Counselor. Some of the sessions are “How to have begun a national search for a recruiting We are always interested in what you are doing, so Succeed at Salary Negotiation”, “Strategies for We will be inducting one of our most diverse classes coordinator we expect to bring on board by December send us your emails or letters so that we can update Looking for a Job After 50”, “Live Your Passion by into our Athletic Hall of Fame this November, in time for this year’s recruiting season. We have been your teammates on what you’re doing. This is one of Applying Life Purpose.” Contact Career Services at celebrating the first stars in men’s basketball to short-staffed in this area compared to some of our the best ways to keep up with them. :http://careerservices.colorado.edu/students/students. Olympians to Heisman Trophy and Butkus Award peers whom we wish to compete with, and we believe aspx celebrants. We recently updated displays of traditio n in adding this important position will be a key addition to In addition, we will try and locate anyone you are Dal Ward and throughout the department to showcase our football staff. interested in finding. Let us know who we can try and many of our past honors with distinctive photo wraps. find. Check the web site; we are going to be putting up TAPS Additionally, we are deep into our efforts to bolster our And while there have been some growing pains a listing of “MIA” Buffs. long term vision of sustained excellence. We are I Chalmers Aldert Loughridge was born Nov. 15, associated with starting up the Pac-12 Networks in a building our support staff with vital experienced 1918, in Gallup, N.M. His skill playing baseball led year’s time, most obviously in the area of trying to personnel to ensure our vision for our organizational to his nickname Babe, after Babe Ruth. He was a secure satellite providers (DISH did come on board structure meets our standards for national prominence. 1941 chemical engineering graduate at CU. Babe Sept. 8), this eventually will be a boom to all of our We will be sharing more developments with you in the News Briefs was a tennis letterman. He was 93. programs. You will experience exposure for all of our near future related to initiative to include progress on sports across the board like you have never before I Former University of Colorado basketball star Pat facility concepts that have been discussed. enjoyed. Buffs 4 Life Frink, who left an indelible mark on the Buffalo Elsewhere, women’s soccer and volleyball opened up program in the mid-1960s, died last May in a one- We appreciate your continued interest, support and For those interested in supporting this fine their seasons with solid starts in non-conference vehicle crash near his ranch in Tucson. He was 67. long-standing loyalty to CU. organization and finding out about future events, competition, the men’s golf team again won its please contact Lance Carl at I Norris Durham, a member of CU’s first national opening tournament of the year, and the cross country Go Buffs! [email protected]. This is a great group, championship team in 1959 passed away in July. and ski teams are strong and could contend for Mike and it is totally complementary with the C Club. Did you know that… Buffs at the London Olympics I CU football is in the top 30 nationwide in program Five Buffs represented the United States at the recent football wins. Olympics: Shalaya Kipp (Steeplechase), Emma Message from C Club Executive Director Tate Nelson I The CU football staff has more NFL playing and Coburn (Steeplechase 9th place), Jenny (Barringer) coaching experi ence (63 years) than any other I am a Buff. I’m not a former a while, but I was eventually able to look back and Simpson (1,500 meters), Dathan Ritzenhein (10,000 college team. Buff. I am a former student- appreciate the entire experience. I was able to look meters), and Kara (Grgas-Wheeler) Goucher athlete from the University of back and appreciate all the great opportunities and (Marathon 11th place). I CU is in the top 100 of academic institutions Colorado, but I will always be a experiences I had while competing for CU. worldwide. Buff! However small my personal My top priority as the new Executive Director of the Cass Retires contribution may have been, I I CU’s medical school ranks 8th in nationwide Alumni C Club is to help all our letter winners am still a part of the rich tradi- public universities.