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facts Athletics and Sport Clubs http://RichmondSpiders.com • http://oncampus.richmond.edu/student/affairs/recwell University of Richmond Spider Soccer (men’s) Lacrosse (women’s): Sue Murphy Soccer (women’s) Soccer (women’s): Peter Albright Sports: Why the Spiders? Synchronized Swimming Soccer (men’s): Jeff Gettler From 1876–1893, Richmond carried Ultimate Frisbee (men’s) Swimming & Diving (women’s): the nickname “Colts” into its athletic Ultimate Frisbee (women’s) Matt Barany contests, so dubbed for their play as an UR Spinners/Dance (women’s) Tennis (men’s): TBA “energetic group of young colts.” In Volleyball (men’s) Tennis (women’s): Mark Wesselink the summer of 1893, a new nickname Volleyball (women’s) Indoor/Outdoor Track and Field: was born. A baseball team composed Water Polo (men’s) Steve Taylor, Lori Taylor of University of Richmond athletes Water Polo (women’s) and city residents adopted the name Wrestling Spiders. Star pitcher Puss Ellyson’s Initiate Contact with a Coach lanky arms and stretching kick confused Opened in January 2007, the If you have questions about a varsity batters to such an extent that Richmond $13.5 million Weinstein Center for athletic program, please feel free to Times-Dispatch writer Ragland Recreation and Wellness clearly contact the appropriate coach directly. Chesterman used the name of that communicates that the University is as Their names are listed above. You clever creeping arachnid, the spider, to committed to a student’s health and should be aware that because of NCAA fittingly describe the erudite members wellness as it is to their intellectual regulations, coaches have limits on the of the team. So was created perhaps development. One of the most actively number of times that they are allowed the most unique school nickname and universally used buildings on the to contact prospects by phone. The in the nation. To this day, the campus, the 90,000squarefoot best way for you to make yourself University of Richmond is the only Center provides students, staff, and known to a coach is to write, email, school in the country that sports the faculty the opportunities for health or send in the athletic information nickname Spiders. and physical fitness benefits. sheet available on the athletics Web Highlights of the new facility include: site. Appropriate information supplied by you can enable the coach to respond Sport Clubs • 3court gym to your questions more effectively, and • Elevated 1/10mile jogging track Sport clubs provide men and women it may allow a coach to gauge whether • Wellness Center with fitness assess or not you would be a competitive with opportunities for recreation, ment and massage therapy rooms instruction, and competition in a athlete at Richmond. If you hope to • 2level fitness center meet with a coach when you visit variety of activities. Since students are • 2 multipurpose rooms responsible for the planning, recruit campus, it is best to contact him or • Game room with billiards, table her in advance. Most have very active ment, financing, and administration of tennis and Dance Dance Revolution the clubs, there are ample opportunities travel schedules and are not always • Locker rooms and saunas available on campus. for student leadership and involvement. For updated information, please consult our sport clubs Web site at http://oncampus.richmond.edu/ NCAA Division I Sports NCAA Regulations: Recruiting student/affairs/recreat/sportclubs/. at the University of Richmond Rules You Should Know Clubs The Spiders compete in the Atlantic 10 Phone Calls Baseball (men’s) in 18 varsity sports and in the Colonial In Division I sports other than Basketball (women’s) Athletic Association in one varsity sport. basketball and football, coaches may Crew call a prospect once in March of the Equestrian Team and Coach propect’s junior year and then not Fencing Baseball: Mark McQueen again until July 1 following the junior Field Hockey (women’s) Basketball (men’s): Chris Mooney year. In the sport of basketball, coaches Ice Hockey Basketball (women’s): Micheal Shafer may call a prospect once in March of Lacrosse (men’s) Cross Country: Steve Taylor, Lori Taylor the prospect’s junior year, once after Lacrosse (women’s) Field Hockey (women’s): Gina Lucido June 21 following the junior year, and Martial Arts Football: Mike London then not again until July 1 following Rugby (men’s) Golf (men’s): Adam Decker the junior year. Football coaches may Rugby (women’s) Golf (women’s): Leighann Arbaugh call a student once in May of the prospect’s junior year and then not coach has with a studentathlete. spacious locker rooms, and a training again until September 1 of the Boosters may not provide a student or area. prospect’s senior year. a student’s family with any gift, Construction on a nw oncampus A prospect or prospect’s parents or benefit. or arrangement. football stadium should be completed legal guardians may call a coach at his in the fall of 2010. or her own expense as often as he or Extra Benefits she wishes. Coaches may accept collect An extra benefit is any benefit not Pitt Field (Baseball) calls on or after July 1 following the available to prospective students in Located on campus, Pitt Field is the student’s junior year. general. Studentathletes lose their home of the University of Richmond’s eligibility for intercollegiate athletics if baseball program. Pitt Field recently Written Correspondence any staff member or booster offers the underwent renovations with new In general, coaches may not write to a student or his or her relations any dugouts, a padded outfield wall, and recruit before September 1 of his or her financial aid or other extra benefits brick pilings along the foul line. junior year. NCAA educational not permitted by NCAA legislation. Additional renovations are planned for information, camp brochures, and the future, including chairback questionnaires may be sent prior to This information is a summary of seating behind home plate, a new September 1. NCAA rules and regulations and is not scoreboard and message center, and a to be relied upon as the sole source for seating area in right field. Contacts information. Additional information In sports other than women’s basketball and interpretations may be obtained Soccer and Track Complex and football, a college coach may have by contacting an NCAA institution, (First Market Stadium) one inperson, offcampus contact with the NCAA at (317) 9176222, or the Seating over 2,000, this complex a prospect under certain conditions NCAA online at www.ncaa.org/. includes a brand new FieldTurf® during April of the prospect’s junior surface and a stateoftheart 400meter, year. Subsequently, in all sports a coach Spiders in the Pros 8lane rubberized track. The stadium may not contact a prospect until July 1 features a lighting system, allowing the following the prospect’s junior year. Shawn Barber, Philadelphia Eagles Spiders to play most home contests A contact is defined as any facetoface football at night. encounter between a prospect or the Sean Casey, Boston Red Sox baseball prospect’s parents and a college coach Brian Jordan, Atlanta Braves baseball Tennis Complex during which any dialogue occurs in Paris Lenon, Detroit Lions football This eightcourt facility is located on excess of an exchange of a greeting. Peter Luzak, Richmond Kickers men’s the Westhampton side of campus and soccer features a new computerized scoreboard Dead Periods Matt Snider, Houston Texans football that can track six matches simultaneously. There are certain times of the year that Tim Stauffer, San Diego Padres In all, the Spiders have two outdoor are designated as “dead periods” in baseball facilities with a total of 16 courts. each sport. During a dead period, it is Steven Wolfe, Richmond Kickers not permissible for a coach to have men’s soccer Crenshaw Field (Field Hockey) any contact with prospective student Craig Ziadie, Red Bull New York The Stadia Premier Turf field is an athletes or their families. These dead men’s soccer ideal playing surface for field hockey periods vary by sport. It is important game conditions. The site also is used for prospective students to contact any Athletic Facilities as a multisport practice facility. coach they may wish to visit before Robins Center arriving on campus. If the students The Robins Center is home to 19 Directions to visit campus during a dead period, the athletic squads and a 9,071seat arena. coach cannot meet with them. The Robins Center also contains a sixlane Football Stadium from Campus swimming pool, seven racquetball/ From Gateway Road, turn right onto Boosters handball courts, and two squash courts. Towana Drive Boosters are representatives of an Turn right on Three Chopt Road and institution’s athletic interests, and they UR Stadium follow to the end may not have any contact with a Located about 10 minutes from Make a left on Cary Street prospective student at any time. campus near downtown Richmond, Follow Cary Street, crossing the Boosters may not call or write a this 21,319seat stadium features a Expressway prospective studentathlete, nor may natural grass playing field, electronic Turn right on Freeman Road they be present during any contact a scoreboard with message screen, Office of Admission Athletic Department (804) 2898371 www.RichmondSpiders.com (800) 7001662 • (804) 2898640 Ticket Information 1877SPIDER1 www.richmond.edu June 2008 factsCareer Development Center http://cdc.richmond.edu What is the Career Evening of Etiquette (catered dinner major. It is important, however, that a presenting etiquette training); the Real student connects classroom learning Development Center? World (networking weekend featuring with research or practical experience CDC Vision Statement alumni from around the country); the (experiential learning), building the The Career Development Center Employers-in-Residence Program skills needed for specific professional partners with students to explore their (employers offering mock interviews and or academic careers.