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DISTINCTIONS Ranked the top public university in New England for six consecutive years and now considered among the top public universities in the country by U.S. News and World Report,the University of Connecticut is making great strides as it advances to a position of national leadership in public higher education. As the only public university in New England with its own schools of law, medicine, dental medicine and social work, UConn offers comprehensive, highly acclaimed educational opportunities. UConn has been designated a Carnegie Foundation Research University- Extensive, a distinction shared by fewer than four percent of America’s higher education institutions that are lauded for their breadth and range of research.

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LOCATION The University of Connecticut’s main campus is located in Storrs, about 30 minutes from Hartford, the state’s capital city. UConn is also within driving distance of Boston, New York City and Providence. The University has regional campuses at Avery Point, Stamford, Torrington, Waterbury and West Hartford. UConn’s Health Center in Farmington and Schools of Social Work, and Law in the greater Hartford area complete the University’s wide range of high quality programs in a number of ideal locations.

STUDENT PROFILE Founded in 1881, the University of The University of Connecticut Connecticut enrolls more than maintains a strong tradition of stu- 26,000 students representing nearly dent involvement, which includes every state in the nation and more more than 300 clubs and organiza- than 100 countries. Increasingly, tions that offer opportunities to par- record numbers of high-achieving ticipate in everything from cultural students from diverse backgrounds enrichment to current recreational are making UConn their school of trends. UConn’s Study Abroad choice. Since 1997, UConn’s fresh- Office offers a rich array of pro- man and minority enrollments have grams to broaden a student’s educa- risen dramatically as SAT scores for tion, including travel to more than incoming students have soared 25 countries. Additionally, coopera- upward. During this same period, tive education programs and intern- several hundred high school valedic- ships integrate classroom learning torians and salutatorians have joined and work experience in business, the student body. These impressive industry and public service. increases in every measure of student quality signal a boost in the student population eligible to partici- UConn students enjoy a diverse and exciting pate in UConn’s nationally recog- campus life in Storrs. nized honors program.

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UConn Schools and Colleges

College of Agriculture and Natural Resources School of Allied Health School of Business College of Continuing Studies School of Dental Medicine Neag School of Education School of Engineering School of Family Studies School of Fine Arts Graduate School School of Law College of Liberal Arts and Sciences School of Medicine School of Nursing School of Pharmacy Ratcliffe Hicks School of Agriculture School of Social Work

A new dormitory complex in South Campus is part of a renovated campus lifestyle at the University of Connecticut.

Talented and the Accelerated Schools Project. The jour- FACULTY nal Science has reported that researchers in UConn’s UConn’s faculty members are among the most impres- School of Medicine have successfully isolated the gene sive scholars in the United States. Many are recognized that causes the most common form of glaucoma, a worldwide as leaders in education, research and scholar- breakthrough that could lead to early detection and pre- ship. Our professors strive to personalize the UConn vention of blindness. experience. Presiding over classes that average about 35 students, faculty members are valuable in their roles as teachers, student advisors and mentors. In UConn’s ACADEMIC BREADTH Undergraduate Summer Research program, students UConn encompasses 17 Schools and Colleges offering have the opportunity to participate in original research or eight undergraduate degrees in more than 100 majors, 13 receive a grant to work under the direction of our graduate degrees in more than 80 fields of study, and renowned professors. These University students apply graduate professional programs in business, law, medi- their knowledge and enhance their UConn education. cine, dental medicine, pharmacy and social work. UConn’s professors conduct scientific research of international consequence that garners widespread attention. The University’s research in regenerative biology and its historic partnerships with the African National Congress in South Africa and the Metropolitan Opera in New York City are noteworthy accomplishments. UConn’s Neag School of Education is home to the revered National Research Center on the Gifted and

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ATTRACTIONS The Lodewick Visitors Center is the gateway to UConn. It introduces students to the unique facilities that define the University’s 4,000-acre main campus. Visitors may experience it all while lodging in the Nathan Hale Inn, a convenient hotel and conference facility on the UConn campus that is ideal for any business gathering. Chief among UConn’s dynamic academic facilities is the Homer Babbidge Library, which con- tains more than two-and-a-half million volumes. The Chronicle of Higher The new Biology/Physics Building on the Storrs campus is a prime example of many of the Education recently recognized modern facilities that have recently been built at UConn. the Babbidge Library as the top public research library in New UConn’s Jorgensen Center for England. the Performing Arts showcases the region’s most noteworthy dramatic events. It stages professional tour- ing attractions that range from Broadway musicals to intimate cabarets. The recently expanded William Benton Museum of Art is a gallery of 4,000 pieces, which features a rotation of intriguing exhibits. The artifacts on display in UConn’s Museum of Natural History fur- ther enhance the University’s cultural environment.

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A REMARKABLE TRANSFORMATION UConn is renewing, rebuilding and enhancing its campuses through an unprecedented $2.3 billion, 20-year state investment in the University’s infrastructure. UCONN 2000/21st Century UConn is the most ambitious publicly financed university building program in the country. It’s an initiative the New York Times reports as being “a building boom that would be the envy of most university presidents.” The UCONN 2000/21st Century UConn program reflects a vision of a dynamic institution. Now in its 10th year, the program has invigorated the University’s living and learning environment, helped advance faculty research and stimulated public and private investment. The 21st Century UConn initiative was signed into law during ceremonies held at South Campus This transformation revitalizes the on August 26, 2002. The $2.3 billion building program to continue the remarkable transformation state’s future by providing the means for the of the University of Connecticut was approved two weeks earlier by the General Assembly. University to attract high achieving students, high quality faculty and funding from both grants and private donors. Before the landmark program, Connecticut was a state with one of the highest ratios of students leaving the state for college. Today, there has been a dramatic reversal of this trend leading to unprecedented interest from both in-state and out-of-state students. The infrastructure initiative has already resulted in the completion of more than 100 projects, including the Chemistry Building—one of the best-designed buildings in the world according to the International Architecture Yearbook. Other projects include the School of Business, the modern Biology/Physics Building, Information Technologies Engineering Building, the Agricultural Biotechnology Laboratory and the construction of residence communities such as the Hilltop Apartments, Charter Oak Apartments, Hilltop Suites, South Campus and Husky Village. Renovations to numerous facilities, including the Babbidge Library, Wilbur Cross Building and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences have also been instrumental in transforming the University. A new Chemistry Building was one of the first projects completed in the UCONN 2000 project.

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Forthcoming projects to be made possible by UCONN 2000/21st Century UConn include a $300 million expansion to the UConn Health Center that will include a state-of-the art medical research facility with 30 high-tech laboratories. The Storrs campus will benefit from enhancements that include new facilities to replace the Monteith and Arjona liberal arts facilities and the Torrey Life Sciences Building. Additions to the Benton Museum, Psychology Building, Storrs Hall and the School of Fine Arts will also continue to reshape the University. The quality of a UConn education will improve throughout the state with renovations to the UConn Law School and the regional campuses as well. Thanks in large part to these forward thinking initiatives, the University is enjoying remarkable success in student recruitment and retention, attracting world-class scholars and securing significant research funding. The cranes that fill the skyline over UConn’s campuses are indicative of a truly remarkable success story in American public higher education and suggest there are still great things ahead as the University ascends into the top ranks of public higher education in the nation. The new Hilltop Apartments at UConn offers students modern living conditions in a campus environment.

Modern classrooms and laboratories help make the educational experi- The new UConn Co-Op offers the University community a first-rate ence at UConn among the finest in the country. bookstore, café, convenience store and general shopping. 2004-05 UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT WOMEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE 239 36088_UCONN_233-278.qxd 11/5/2004 12:56 PM Page 240

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university in New England and now among the top 25 in the nation. “Campaign UConn”, the University’s six-year capital campaign launched by President Austin exceeded its $300 million fundraising goal when it concluded in June of 2004. Personal financial contributions of historic proportions coupled with record numbers of individual gifts are propelling UConn’s most successful fundraising campaign. A strong advocate for achievement in the classroom and laboratory as well as the playing field, Dr. Austin has celebrated numerous athletic championships as well as the individual accomplishments of hun- dreds of student-athletes at UConn. He played a vital role in the passage of legisla- tion that led to the construction of Rentschler Field that became the home for University of Connecticut football in the fall of 2003. The UConn Club honored him with its Crystal Award in the spring of 2003. He recently began a term on the NCAA Division I Board of Directors that runs through April 2007. Prior to his appointment at UConn, Dr. Austin was chancellor of the University of niversity of Connecticut President sources. Alabama System, president of Colorado Philip E. Austin has led the school Dr. Austin’s commitment to academic State University, chancellor of the Colorado Uthrough a period of unprecedent- excellence has led to increases in student State University System, provost and vice ed academic and physical growth. Dr. quality and diversity as UConn has become president for academic affairs and professor Austin became the thirteenth President of the school of choice for high achieving stu- of economics and finance at Bernard Baruch the University of Connecticut at the begin- dents. Since 1995, the freshman class in College in New York City. He was previous- ning of the academic year in the fall of Storrs has grown from just over 2,000 stu- ly director of the interdisciplinary doctoral 1996. dents to nearly 3,200, a 59% increase. At program in public policy at George As chief executive of the University, the same time, minority freshman enroll- Washington University in Washington, D.C. Dr. Austin has overseen the management ment is up 74%, average SAT scores for From 1974 to 1977, Dr. Austin was and implementation of a $2.8 billion infra- incoming freshmen have risen 54 points HEW Deputy Assistant Secretary for structure renewal and improvement pro- since 1996 and nearly 500 valedictorians and Education in Washington, D.C. During the gram, including the $1 billion UCONN salutatorians have enrolled at UConn. The latter part of this assignment, he also served 2000 program approved by the State of University’s Board of Trustees’ enrollment as Acting Assistant Secretary for Education. Connecticut in 1995, the $1.3 billion 21st goal of 25,000 by fall 2005 was reached in He served as an Economist in the Director’s Century UConn program signed into law in the fall of ‘02, three years ahead of sched- Office of the U.S. Office of Management 2002 and extending through 2015 and addi- ule. Since 1999, U.S. News and World and Budget from 1971 to 1974. tional funding from other public and private Report has ranked UConn the top public

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Dr. Austin’s service in the United States Army extended from 1969-1971. He was an Economist with the rank of Army Captain in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Economic Affairs at U. S. Military Headquarters in Saigon, Vietnam. He was awarded the Bronze Star, the Joint Service Commendation Medal, and the Army Commendation Medal during his military duty. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from Michigan State University and is active in several national professional associations. He serves on the Board of Directors of the MetroHartford Regional Economic Alliance, Connecticut United for Research Excellence, Inc. (CURE), the Greater Hartford Area Millenium Management Board of Directors and on the Governor’s Council on Economic Competitiveness and Technology.

University of Connecticut President Philip Austin (second from left) joined U.S. Senator Christopher J. Dodd (second from right) in presenting the Thomas J. Dodd Prize in International Justice and Human Rights during a ceremony held on the Storrs campus on Sept. 24, 2003, to John Prescott, M.P., deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State of the United Kingdom (far left) and Prime Minister Bertie Ahern of Ireland.

UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT PRESIDENTS

Benjamin Franklin Koons ...... 1883-1898 George Washington Flint ...... 1898-1901 Rufus Whitaker Stimson ...... 1901-1908 Edwin Oscar Smith (acting) ...... 1908 Charles Lewis Beach ...... 1908-1928 Charles Burt Gentry (acting) ...... 1928-1929 George Alan Works ...... 1929-1930 Charles Chester McCracken ...... 1930-1935 Albert Nels Jorgensen ...... 1935-1962 Homer Daniels Babbidge Jr...... 1962-1972 Edward Victor Gant (acting) ...... 1972-1973 Glenn Walker Ferguson ...... 1973-1978 Edward Victor Grant (acting) ...... 1978-1979 John Angelo DiBiaggio ...... 1979-1985 Anthony T. DiBenedetto (acting) ...... 1985 Harry J. Hartley (acting) ...... 1985 John Thomas Casteen III ...... 1985-1990 Harry J. Hartley ...... 1990-1996 President Philip Austin spends time with members of the UConn undergraduate student Philip E. Austin ...... 1996-current body. 2004-05 UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT WOMEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE 241 36088_UCONN_233-278.qxd 11/5/2004 12:56 PM Page 242

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1. RANKED THE TOP PUBLIC UNIVERSITY IN NEW ENGLAND For the sixth consecutive year, U.S. News and World Report ranked UConn the top public university in New England and among the very best public universities in the nation. And the 2004 Fiske Guide to Colleges called UConn, “a comprehensive university offering a vast selection of academic programs as well as opportunities to study abroad, participate in research, or join one of the more than 300 organizations or clubs available.” Bolstered by this national recognition 1 and academic prestige, the value of a UConn degree continues to soar upward. 2. 21ST CENTURY AMENITIES This is a tremendously exciting time to attend UConn. A $2.3 billion landmark building program is dramatically transforming the places where students live, learn and enjoy life. Through new construction and renovation, we offer the latest innovations nationally in university housing and dining and the best-equipped recreational complexes. Classrooms and laboratories are being built at a remarkable rate, placing our facilities at the forefront of 2 public higher education and propelling UConn to a position of national prominence. 3. THE RIGHT FIT Our student/faculty ratio is 19:1, and our 15,000 undergraduate students receive personal attention and feel a strong sense of community and belonging in classes that average 35 students. Just the right size, UConn also offers the opportunities of a premier research university, such as hands-on experience working in labs with professors who not only teach our courses, 3 but who also are on the cutting edge of innovation and discovery. 4. OUTSTANDING FACULTY From writers and scientists to human rights activists and historians, our nearly 1,100 faculty members are committed to classroom teaching. Fostering a dynamic learning environment, they share research opportunities with high achieving students in the Honors Program and serve as advisors to all undergraduates. It is professors like Regina Barreca, whose humor appears in nationally published columns, and Ben Bahr, whose revolutionary research may unlock the mysteries of Alzheimer’s disease and Amii Omara-Otunnu, who provides pivotal leadership for the UConn- 4 African National Congress Partnership, that inspire the minds of emerging scholars. 5. UNLIMITED OPPORTUNITIES FOR INVOLVEMENT Yoga. UConnTV. Fraternities and Sororities. Student Film Organization. Marching Band. Finance Society. Puppet Club. Skydiving. Dance Team. Community Outreach. Choosing from more than 300 clubs and volunteer organizations, UConn students actively participate in campus and community life. As leaders of these diverse organizations, our students make gov- erning decisions, plan events, organize intramural teams and run their own 5 radio shows.

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6. MOST OF OUR STUDENTS LIVE ON CAMPUS IN STORRS UConn has the highest percentage of students living on campus of any public university in the United States. Residential life at UConn offers a distinct sense of community, as well as many social and cultural opportunities. We offer new students a range of dining options and accommodations, while offering continuing students the latest in suite-style and apartment living. Residence halls also have study rooms, 24-hour computer labs and lounge areas to help students relax and feel at home. 6 7. MORE THAN 100 MAJORS AVAILABLE Choices abound. Whether it’s education, engineering, English or environmental science, UConn’s academic breadth encompasses numerous educational choices. Students select an established major or design an individualized plan of study to meet their specific needs. In addition to academic advisors, online study tools and tutorial centers, UConn offers career counseling workshops, study abroad programs in more than 25 countries and many internship programs that offer valuable experience. The University of Connecticut is diverse enough to offer many academic choices, but remains committed to providing students with the support needed to help them achieve their goals. 7 8. AN EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATIONAL VALUE Whether an individual’s long-range goal is to prepare for a career, pursue a graduate degree or attend medical or law school, UConn is an exceptional educational value. UConn has a variety of programs to help many students finan- cially, ranging from merit scholarship opportunities to need-based financial aid packages, all designed to support a large number of qualified students. The University also has many part-time campus jobs with flexible hours that help students earn extra spending money or build their resume with hands-on work experience. 8 9. LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION Our vibrant main campus in Storrs is about 30 minutes away from Hartford, Connecticut’s capital city. Our unique regional campuses are strategically placed across the state at Avery Point, Stamford, Torrington Waterbury and West Hartford. Throughout Connecticut, UConn offers a quality education to meet our student body’s distinct needs. Assessable education is paramount. 10. HUSKYMANIA Division I in all sports, we have a variety of men’s and women’s varsity athlet- 9 ics, including baseball, basketball, field hockey, football, golf, ice hockey, lacrosse, rowing, softball, soccer, swimming and diving, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and volleyball. Our students are all-star players and Husky fans. UConn is the home of Huskymania capturing seven NCAA national championships in the last six years, including unprecedented dual men’s and women’s basketball championships-the first University to do so in NCAA Division I history. Capping a 31-4 season, the 2003-04 women’s basketball team won their fifth Division I crown. The 2003-04 men’s basketball team won their second Division I crown with a 33-6 season. This UConn standard of athletic excellence carries on to the gridiron as the University’s football team builds a winning tradition before 40,000 roaring fans at the ultra-modern Rentschler Field. 10

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Secondary Education: Computer Engineering COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES Biology Computer Science Agriculture and Natural Resources Chemistry Computer Science and Engineering Agronomy English Electrical Engineering Animal Science French Engineering Physics Environmental Science German Environmental Engineering Horticulture General Science Eurotech Individualized Major History and Social Studies Management and 1 Landscape Architecture Mathematics Engineering for Manufacturing Natural Resources Physics Mechanical Engineering Nutritional Sciences Spanish Mechanical Engineering/ Pathobiology Special Education Materials Engineering Resource Economics Metallurgy and Materials Engineering KINESIOLOGY Undecided RATCLIFFE HICKS SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE Athletic Training Exercise Science SCHOOL OF FAMILY STUDIES (Two-year associate’s degree) Social Science of Sports and Leisure Animal Science Human Development Horticulture and Family Studies SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING Individualized Major Biomedical Engineering SCHOOL OF ALLIED HEALTH Chemical Engineering Cytotechnology Civil Engineering Diagnostic Genetic Sciences Dietetics Individualized Major Medical Technology Physical Therapy

SCHOOL OF BUSINESS Accounting Business and Technology Finance Health Care Management Management Management and Engineering for Manufacturing1 Management Information Systems Marketing Real Estate/Urban Economics Risk Management and Insurance

COLLEGE OF CONTINUING STUDIES Individualized Major

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SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS SCHOOL OF NURSING SPECIAL PROGRAM IN MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY Acting Nursing Combined BA/BS MD/DMD degrees Art from any of UConn’s more than 100 majors. Art History General Program in Music SCHOOL OF PHARMACY 1The Management and Engineering for Manufacturing major is offered jointly Music Education in Fine Arts Pharmacy by the School of Business and the School of Engineering,and leads to a Bachelor of Science degree. Puppetry Theatre, Design/Technical 2Students in this degree track may select any major listed under the College of PRE-PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION Liberal Arts and Sciences. Theatre Studies Pre-Dental2 2 3The degree track is ordinarily associated with Animal Science or Pathobiology Pre-Law majors. Pre-Medicine2 COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES 3 American Studies Pre-Veterinary Medicine Anthropology Biological Sciences Biophysics Chemistry Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies Coastal Studies Cognitive Science Communication Sciences Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Economics Engineering Physics English Environmental Science French Geography German History Individualized Major Italian Literary and Cultural Studies Journalism Latin American Studies Linguistics/Philosophy Linguistics/Psychology Maritime Studies Mathematics Mathematics/Actuarial Science Mathematics/Applied Mathematics/Statistics Molecular and Cell Biology Philosophy Physics Physiology and Neurobiology Political Science Psychology Sociology Spanish Statistics Urban and Community Studies Women’s Studies 2004-05 UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT WOMEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE 245 36088_UCONN_233-278.qxd 11/5/2004 12:57 PM Page 246

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JIM ABROMAITIS ‘79, ‘82 ROBERT W. FIONDELLA ‘68 Former UConn basketball player Chief Executive Officer (Retired) Commissioner of the Department of Connecticut Economic & Phoenix Home Life Mutual Insurance Co. Community Development Founding Principal Member of University of Connecticut Board of Trustees JEROB Enterprises, LLC GLENN ADAMO ‘77 MARK E. FREITAS ‘81 Vice-President, Production and Operations President and Chief Operating Officer NFL Network Frank Crystal and Company, Inc. DR. STANLEY BATTLE ‘75 MASTER’S DAVID GANG ‘81 President, Coppin State University Executive Vice President Baltimore, Md. AOL Products

KEVIN A. BOULEY ‘80 PATRICIA GALLUP ‘79 President and Chief Executive Officer Chairman and CEO of PC Connection, Inc. NERAC, Inc. SAM GEJDENSON ‘71 Customized information company Former United States Congressman, and host of UConnHuskies.com 2nd District, Connecticut FRANKLIN CHANG-DIAZ ‘73 ROGER A. GELFENBIEN ‘65 NASA Astronaut who has flown two Former Chairman, University of Connecticut Space Shuttle Missions Board of Trustee Jim Abromaitis ‘79, ‘82 ROBERT CIZIK ‘53 Managing Partner of Andersen Consulting, Inc. (retired) Former Chairman of the Board/Chief Executive Officer of Cooper LANCE GORDON ‘78 PH.D. Industries Inc. Chief Executive Officer and President DALE R. COMEY ‘64 VaxGen, Inc., Leading vaccine developer Former UConn basketball player EUNICE GROARK ‘65 Executive Vice President ITT Corporation (retired) Former Lieutenant Governor, State of Connecticut FRED CONTRATA ‘90 RICHARD J. GROSSI ‘57 Chief Financial Officer Former President and CEO, United Illuminating Zurich Global Energy, Bermuda Executive Director, Science Park Development Corporation SCOTT COWAN ‘68 EDWARD A. HORRIGAN, JR. ‘50 Former UConn football player President and CEO of R.J. Reynolds (retired) President, Tulane University DAN IASSOGNA ‘91 JOHN DESTEFANO ‘77, ‘80 Major League Baseball Umpire Mayor, City of New Haven, Connecticut SAMUEL JASKILKA ‘42 JOHN DORSEY ‘84 Four-Star General (retired); Commandant of Former UConn Football All-American and NFL standout with the United States Marine Corps Green Bay Packers John Dorsey ‘84 Director of College Scouting for the Packers NED KAHN ‘82 Nationally-prominent sculptor and scientist WALT DROPO ‘48 1950 American League Rookie-of-the-Year with the Boston Red Sox TOM KEEGAN ‘84 Owner of family fireworks business Animator, Blues Clues children’s television series KATHLEEEN DUDZINSKI ‘89 DAVID M. LEE ‘55 (GRADUATE) Founder, Dolphin Communication Project 1996 Co-Winner of Nobel Prize for Physics CHARLES DUELFER ‘74 GWENDOLYN LONG HARRIS, ‘72 Leader of Weapons of Mass Destruction Search Director, New Jersey Urban Development Project in Iraq for the CIA Former Commissioner New Jersey Department of Human Services DR. MARY ELLEN DUNCAN ‘74, ‘83 President, Howard Community College (Columbia, MD) GEORGINA I. LUCAS ‘70 Former Vice President of Travelers Insurance Company HERB DUNN ‘61 Senior Vice President, Smith-Barney Co. (retired) SUSAN MALLOY HUBBARD ‘68 Director, International Cancer Information Center DOUG ELLIOT ‘82 National Cancer Center of the National Institute of Health Chief Executive Officer General Commercial & Personal Lines FRAN P. MAINELLA ‘65 Walt Dropo ‘48 St. Paul Travelers Insurance Co. Director, National Parks Service Former UConn baseball player

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DAVID P. MARKS ‘69, ‘71 MARK R. SHENKMAN ‘65 Chief Investment Officer President Travelers Life and Annuity Co. Shenkman Capital Management, Inc. MYLES MARTEL ‘65 GEORGE A. SPADORO ‘70 President, Martel and Associates, Villanova, Pa. Mayor, City of Edison, New Jersey Highly-recognized leadership communication advisor PATRICK J. SHEEHAN ‘67 MICHAEL MASLIN ‘76 Vice President, A.G. Edwards & Sons Cartoonist, New Yorker magazine MICHAEL SOLTYS ‘81 RICHARD MASTRACCHIO ‘82 Vice President for Domestic Network Communications ESPN Mission Specialist for NASA who flew his first mission, on the Space Shuttle Atlantis, in September of 2000 MAJOR GENERAL KEVIN SULLIVAN ‘74 Commander, Odgen Air Logistics Center AARON MENT ‘58 Hill Air Force Base, Odgen, Utah Chief Court Administrator (retired) of the Connecticut Judicial System KEVIN SULLIVAN ‘82 Lieutenant Governor, State of Connecticut LEIGH MONTVILLE ‘65 Nationally known sportswriter and author HUW THOMAS ‘86 (PD.D.) Dean, University of Alabama-Birmingham, School of Dentistry Dona D. Young ‘80 Law DENIS J. NAYDEN ‘76 Senior Vice President – Financial Services Advisor WILLIAM TRUEHEART ‘66 General Electric Company Former President of Bryant College, Smithfield, RI President and CEO of The Pittsburgh Foundation, a community RON PAOLILLO ‘72 foundation to establish charitable endowment funds Accomplished actor, best known in role of “Horshack” in the hit TV series “Welcome Back Kotter” PAIGE TURCO ‘88 Television and Film Actress LES PAYNE ‘64 Associate Managing Editor/Syndicated Columnist, Newsday DAVID USHERY ‘89 Pulitzer Prize Award Recipient Reporter WNBC-TV, New York JOSEPH W. POLISI ‘69 President of the Julliard School, well-known music university in New ROBERT M. WARD ‘74 York City Minority Leaders, House of Representatives, State of Connecticut WILLIAM RATCHFORD ‘56 THOMAS J. WOLFF ‘56 Former United States Congressman and now works for Gold & Chairman of the Board of Wolff-Zackin Associates Insurance Liebengood Public Relations and Governmental Affairs Agency JIM REYNOLDS ‘91 DONA D. YOUNG ‘80 LAW Major League Baseball Umpire Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer David Ushery ‘89 The Phoenix Companies, Inc. GEN. ROBERT RISCASSI ‘58 Retired Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army THOMAS D. RITTER ‘77 Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, State of Connecticut NANCY ROMAN ‘75 Vice President for Affiliate Finance ESPN

LEWIS B. ROME ‘54, ‘57 LLB Former Chairman, University of Connecticut Board of Trustees Attorney at Law JOHN CAMACHO SALAS ‘71, ‘76 Former President, University of Guam Senator in Guam Legislature JOHN C. SEVERINO ‘59 Former UConn football player Former President of CBS Television Stations Paige Turco ‘88

Denis J. Nayden ‘76 Les Payne ‘64 Mark R. Shenkman ‘65 Thomas D. Ritter ‘77

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Abbr. Building Name Grid Abbr. Building Name Grid ABL Agricultural Biotechnology Laboratory H10 HOCK Field Hockey B7 ACS Art Ceramic Studio C7 HPH Historic Poultry Houses I12 ADC Art Design Center F2 HRH Hilltop Residence Halls B10 AES Architectural and Engineering Services C13 HRT HEART Program E6 AFB Athletics Facilities Building C9 HSM J. Robert Donnelly Husky Heritage AGO Attorney General’s Office E6 Sports Museum C10 ALUM Alumni Center C10 HU1 Horse Unit I I8 APS Art Printshop F2 HU2 Horse Unit II J8 ARF Avian Research Facility J7 HV Husky Village H12, H13 ARH Alumni Residence Halls D6 HWF Environmental Health and Safety ARJ Jaime Homero Arjona Building F6 Hazardous Waste Facillity J7 ARTB Art Building E4 ICE Ice Arena B6 ASAC Asian American Cultural Center E8 IMS Institute of Materials Science D11 ATL Advanced Technology Laboratory H9, H10 INN Nathan Hale Inn & Conference Center D5 ATWR Wilbur O. Atwater Laboratory E10, E11 IPUA Institute of Public and Urban Affairs E7 B1 Building #1 J7 ITE Information Technologies Engineering Bldg.E8 B3 Building #3 J7 JB Jacobson Barn I13 B4 Building #4 J7 JOCF J. O. Christian Field B6 B4A Building #4 Annex J6, J7 JONS Roy E. Jones Building I9 Abbr. Building Name Grid Hilltop Residence Halls – HRH, B9, B10 B5 Building #5 J7 JORG Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts D10 TRH Towers Residence Halls G11, G12 Ellsworth Hall Putnam Refectory BARN Dairy Barn H10, H11 KEL Frances E. Osborne Kellogg Dairy Ctr. I12 TSAC Towers Student Activities Center G11 Hale Hall Hilltop Suites BAT Batting and Pitching Facility B7 KLIN Merle S. Klinck Building H9, H10 TSK Gordon W. Tasker Building D10 BCH Charles Lewis Beach Hall F8 KNS Benjamin Franklin Koons Hall F8 UC Undergraduate Center E8 Husky Village – HV, H12, H13 BISH Merlin D. Bishop Center G4 LAKE Lakeside Apartments G10, G11 UTEB United Technologies Corp. Building E10 Building A Building D BOUS Weston A. Bousfield Psychology Bldg. E7 LAND Landscaping Services H9, H10 VBF Volleyball C7 Building B Building E BP Biology/Physics Building E10, E11 LOR Arthur L. Lorentzon Stables I8 VDM J. Louis von der Mehden Recital Hall F4 Building C Building F BRH John Buckley Hall G4 LU1 Livestock Unit I J8 W Edwina Whitney Hall H7 BRON Arthur B. Bronwell Building D9, D10 LU2 Livestock Unit II J10 WARE Central Warehouse C13, D13 BSC Bio Science Complex H9, H10 LVC Lodewick Visitors Center D11 WBMA William Benton Museum of Art E9 North Campus Residence Halls – NRH, E12 BUD John J. Budds Building F7 MA Mansfield Apartments E1 WCB Wilbur Cross Building F8, F9 Baldwin Hall Middlesex Hall BUSN School of Business D8 MAB Mechanics Arts Building G10 WCTR Women’s Center E6 Fairfield Hall New Haven Hall CAST Francis L. Castleman Building E9 MAN Harry Grant Manchester Hall F7 WGC Nathan L. Whetten Graduate Center E7 Hartford Hall New London Hall CHIL South Campus Chiller Plant E5 MB Mink Barn I14 WHIT Whitney House G6 Hurley Hall Tolland Hall CHM Chemistry Building F10 MCL Microchemistry Laboratory J7 WITE George C. White Building H9 Litchfield Hall Windham Hall CLAS College of Liberal Arts and Sciences F9 MLIB Music Library F4 WOOD Walter Childs Wood Hall E9 McConaughy Hall CMWH Commissary Warehouse H7 MNH Museum of Natural History D7 WPCF Water Pollution Control Facility B14 COA Charter Oak Apartments D15 MONT Henry Ruthven Monteith Building F7 WRH West Campus Residence Halls D7 Northwest Residence Halls – NWRH, D12 COOP UConn Co-op D7 MP Motor Pool C14 WSH Hilda May Williams Student Batterson Hall Russell Hall COS Charter Oak Suites D14 MRH Brien McMahon Hall D7 Health Services E10 Goodyear Hall Terry Hall CRU Cattle Resources Unit J11 MRNS Joseph J. Morrone Stadium B6 WZN Thomas Wolff and Arnold Hanks Hall Northwest Dining Hall CS Career Services E10, F10 MS Memorial Stadium C8 Zackin Natatorium C8 Rogers Hall CSC Counseling Services Center E6, F6 MSB Math-Science Building D10 YNG Wilfred B. Young Building H8, H9 CUP Central Utility Plant E9, E10 MUSB Music Building F4 South Campus Residence Halls – SRH, E5, D6 DB Dairy Bar H9 NKT Nafe Katter Thrust Theatre E4 RESIDENCE COMPLEXES South A South C DC The Daily Campus F3 NPRK North Parking Garage D11 Alumni Residence Halls – ARH, D6 South B Lewis B. Rome Commons DLO Dog Lane Offices G3 NRH North Campus Residence Halls E12 Belden Hall Eddy Hall DODD Thomas J. Dodd Research Center E7 NWA Northwood Apartments B13, B14 Brock Hall Ryan Refectory Towers Residence Halls – TRH, G11, G12 DRMU Drama-Music Building F3, F4 NWRH Northwest Residence Halls D12 Watson Hall Allen Hall Morgan Hall E2 Engineering II E10 PB Physics Building D11 Catherine Beecher Hall Sherman Hall EH Elizabeth Hicks Hall H9 PDFD Public Safety Complex D12 Charter Oak Apartments/Suites – Colt Hall Sousa Hall EHSO Environmental Health & Safety PCSB David C. Phillips Communication COA, COS, D14, D15 Alice B. Fenwick Hall Trumbull Hall Office/Radiation Safety Laboratory J7 Sciences Bldg. D4, D5 Alice Hamilton Hall Annie E. Vinton Hall ERH East Campus Residence Hall G7, G8 PHRE Pharmacy Research E8 East Campus Residence Halls – ERH, G7, G8 Jefferson Hall Susannah Wade Hall FAC Fine Arts Complex F3 PLA Planetarium F10 Grange Hall M. Estella Sprague Hall Helen Keller Hall Webster Hall FES Farm and Event Services J7 PR Israel Putnam Refectory B9 Elizabeth Hicks Hall Edwina Whitney Hall Kingston Hall Towers Activity Center FG Floriculture Greenhouse G10 PRES President’s Residence G5 Holcomb Hall Lafayette Hall Towers Dining Hall FND University of Connecticut Foundation D10 PRLA Puerto Rican/Latin American Cultural Ctr. E8 FO Facilities Operations and PUBL Publications Building F3 Graduate Residence Halls – GRH, D7 West Campus Residence Halls – WRH, D7 Locksmith Services C13 PU1 Poultry Unit I I12 Ashford Hall Jewett Hall Alsop Hall Lancaster Hall FS Family Studies Building F7 RB Rosebrooks Barn H13 Branford Hall Killingly Hall Chandler Hall Shakespeare Hall G Grange Hall H8 RH Ratcliffe Hicks Building and Arena H9 Colchester Hall Lyme Hall Hollister Hall Troy Hall GAMP Harry A. Gampel Pavilion D8 ROME Lewis B. Rome Commons E5 Derby Hall Milford Hall GANT Edward V. Gant Science Complex D11 RR J. Ray Ryan Refectory D6 Enfield Hall Norwalk Hall NON-UNIVERSITY BUILDINGS GENT Charles B. Gentry Building E9 S M. Estella Sprague Hall G7 Farmington Hall Preston Hall COMH Storrs Community House G9, G10 GRE Hugh S. Greer Field House D9 SBF Softball Field B7 Guilford Hall Quinebaug Hall EOS E. O. Smith High School E3 GRH Graduate Residence Halls D7 SFSC George J. Sherman Family Hebron Hall Ridgefield Hall FMH Friends Meeting House B12 GUL Albert Gurdon Gulley Hall F8 Sports Complex C9 GOC Greek Orthodox Church G2, G3 H Marcus Henry Holcomb Hall G8, H8 SHA Storrs Hall Annex F9 Hilltop Apartments – HA, A8-9, B8-9 HILL Hillel House F11 HA Hilltop Apartment Complex A8-9, B8-9 SCHN Andre Schenker Lecture Hall F7 Anderson Building Sanchez Building Beard HLC Hope Lutheran Church I2 HALL William H. Hall Dorm E8 SPRH Lester A. Shippee Hall G4 Building Stowe Building MCC Mansfield Community Center E2 HAWL Willis Nichols Hawley Armory F7 SPRK South Parking Garage C7, C8 Crandall Building Tantaquidgeon Building MTH Mansfield Town Hall E2 HBL Homer Babbidge Library E7, E8 SRF Student Recreation Facility C9, D9 Crawford Building Wu Building SCC Storrs Congregational Church G9 HDC Human Development and SRH South Campus Residence Halls E5, D6 French Building Woodhouse Building SMC St. Mark’s Church F11, G11 Family Relations Bldg. D4 STRS Augustus Storrs Hall F9 Grasso Building Wheeler Building STA St. Thomas Aquinas Church F11 HEW Harold G. Hewitt Building E8 SU Student Union D9 Merritt Building USPO United States Post Office F2 HH Honors House G6 TDH Towers Dining Hall G11 HHA Horsebarn Hill Arena J7, J8 TEN Tennis Courts C7 HHSC Horsebarn Hill Sciences Complex J7 TLS George Safford Torrey Life HJT Harriet S. 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DIRECTIONS TO UCONN

FROM THE AIRPORT The University of Connecticut campus is located 50 minutes driving time from Bradley International Airport. From the airport, take I-91 south to I-291 east to I-84 east to exit 68. Off the exit take a right on Rte. 195 south and follow signs to the university. Once on the campus go right on North Eagleville Road. Take first left onto Glenbrook Rd. At end of Glenbrook Rd., go left on Hillside Road. At the second stop sign go right on Stadium Road and utilize the campus map to find appropriate facility.

FROM HARTFORD The University of Connecticut campus is located 45 minutes driving time from Hartford. Take I-84 east to exit 68. Off the exit take a right on Rte. 195 south and follow signs to the university. Once on the campus go right on North Eagleville Road. Take first left onto Glenbrook Rd. At end of Glenbrook Rd., go left on Hillside Road. At the second stop sign go right on Stadium Road and utilize the campus map to find appropriate facility.

FROM BOSTON The University of Connecticut campus is approximately one and half hours from Boston. From Mass Pike take I-84 west to exit 68. Off the exit take a left on Rte. 195 south and follow signs to the university. Once on the campus go right on North Eagleville Road. Take first left onto Glenbrook Rd. At end of Glenbrook Rd., go left on Hillside Road. At the second stop sign go right on Stadium Road and utilize the campus map to find appropriate facility.

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ithin its compact borders, Connecticut has forested hills, new urban skylines, Connecticut is often described as the “Arsenal of the Nation.” It gained this reputation as W shoreline beaches, white-steeple colonial churches, and historic village greens. early as the American Revolution. Early in the 19th century, Eli Whitney and Simeon North There are classic universities, modern expressways, great corporate offices and small began making Connecticut firearms with interchangeable parts. This is generally recognized as farms. the beginning of modern mass production. Connecticut is a thriving center of business, as well as a vacation land. It is both a New Through the years, Connecticut industrial genius has given the world such varied inven- England state and suburban to New York City. tions as vulcanized rubber, friction matches, sewing machines, steamboats, safety fuses, lol- Today’s Connecticut is more exciting and more impressive than ever. Venture capital- lipops, cork screws, mechanical calculators, cylindrical locks and the submarine. ists invested a record $1.8 billion in Connecticut companies in 2000 — more than double Today, Connecticut’s manufacturing industry continues to be highly diversified. Jet the previous year. Connecticut ranks third nationally in percentage of residents with col- aircraft engines, helicopters and nuclear submarines have given the state pre-eminence in lege degrees and the state is ranked fifth in the nation in share of employment in infor- the production of transportation equipment. Connecticut also is a leader in such highly mation technology industries. Connecticut’s manufacturing workforce ranks second in the skilled and technical fields as metalworking, electronics and plastics. This sort of cre- nation in productivity and independent studies ranked Connecticut among the top five ativity has made a significant contribution to Connecticut’s standard of life — its living states in ability to excel in the new economy. qualities. For more than 50 years, these qualities have been judged to be the nation’s Connecticut is ranked third in percentage of postal zones with high-speed internet finest. In turn, they are largely responsible for the influx of major corporate offices. access and is among the top-10 states in the percentage of workers and businesses in the Connecticut is now the home of such world-wide organizations as Xerox, General high-tech industries. Electric, Uniroyal, GTE, Olin, Champion International and Union Carbide. Included among the residents of Connecticut are 90,000 alumni of the University of Among its better-known corporate industries, however, are its insurance companies. Connecticut, most of whom are part of the ever-growing “Huskymania” fever which has Connecticut began to earn its reputation as the Insurance State more than 180 years ago. swept through the state in recent years. Indeed, many state residents believe that UConn, Marine insurance, the great grandfather of all modern forms of insurance, had its start in and its athletic success, is perhaps one of Connecticut’s greatest natural resources. Connecticut with coverage for ships and cargoes which sailed from the state’s ocean and The Connecticut Yankee has long been a symbol of ingenuity and inventiveness. river ports to the Caribbean. Fire insurance got its formal start in 1794, while other types These qualities have been matched by production skills since the earliest days. From — life, accident, casualty, health — followed over the next century. There are 106 insur- colonial times, Connecticut has been predominantly a manufacturing state and a world ance companies based in Connecticut. leader in industrial development. While agriculture no longer holds its once-prominent position in Connecticut’s econ- When Connecticut was still a colony, its factories were already important enough omy, farming is still important to the state. The most important crops are, forest and nurs- to draw angry complaints from competitors in England. Connecticut metal buttons ery, tobacco, vegetables and fruit, as well as dairy and poultry. were replacing the imported product and this provided the start of Connecticut’s great brass industry.

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Agriculture and trade were primary activities of 17th century colonists, but because of limited land Connecticut people quickly turned to manufacturing. During the American Revolution, Connecticut gave freely of her blood and wealth. Her soldiers were on the battle line from Quebec to Carolina. It was General Israel Putnam at the battle of Bunker Hill who cried: “Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes!” Patriot-spy Nathan Hale, as he was about to be hanged by the British, said: “I regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.” To George Washington, Connecticut was “The Provision State” because of supplies contributed to his army by Gov. Jonathan Trumbull — the only Colonial governor, incidentally, to support the cause of America’s independence from Great Britain. From 1703 to 1875, Connecticut had two capitals; sessions of the General Assembly met alternately in Hartford and New Haven. Since then, the capital has been Hartford. State government in Connecticut has three branches: executive (exec.htm), leg- islative (www.cga.state.ct.us) and judicial (www.jud.state.ct.us). Connecticut is New England’s second-smallest and southernmost state. Its 5,009 Voters elect six state officers: Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, square miles (13,023 square kilometers) are bordered by New York State on the west, Treasurer, Comptroller and Attorney General. All have four year terms. Connecticut vot- Rhode Island on the east, Massachusetts on the north and by Long Island sound on the ers also elect two U.S. Senators and six U.S. Representatives. south. The General Assembly or legislature has a Senate and a House of Representatives. The southerly flow of the Connecticut River divides the state roughly in half. The Members of both houses represent districts based strictly on population. Currently, there coastal plain and central valley are relatively flat; they contain most of the larger cities. are 36 state senators and 151 state representatives. Other parts of the state are hilly, with the highest altitudes in the northwest corner. Hills The Judicial Department is composed of the Superior, Appellate and Supreme courts. are largely covered with hardwood forests, and about two-thirds of the state is in open land. Except for probate judges, who are elected by the voters of the town or district they serve, Despite New England’s reputation for a rugged climate, Connecticut’s weather is rela- all judges are nominated by the governor and appointed by the General Assembly. tively mild. On the average, there are only 12 days a year when the temperature goes above 90 degrees, and about six days when it falls to zero or below. The growing season is fairly long, with the first killing frost generally in mid-October and the last in mid-April. This, together with moderate rainfall, provides good growing conditions. Despite Connecticut’s small size, there is some variety in climate, with temperatures in the northern hills as much as 10 degrees lower than those in the central valley year-round. Tourism (www.tourism.state.ct.us) in Connecticut is a $4 billion-a-year business. Much of it based on the attraction of the state’s 250-mile Long Island Sound shoreline, its rolling Litchfield Hills, and its unspoiled Connecticut River Valley. With its wealth of open land, Connecticut’s scenery is some of New England’s most beautiful. Its scores of Colonial villages are filled with historic homes and land- marks. Dozens of golf courses are open to the public; boating, fishing and swimming opportunities are everywhere. Among the most popular individual attractions are Mystic Seaport and nearby Mystic Marinelife Aquarium; Lake Compounce, Bristol; Nautilus Memorial, Groton; Gillette Castle, Hadlyme; Valley Railroad, Essex; New-Gate Prison, East Granby; Branford Trolley Museum, East Haven; Connecticut river cruise ships; and the homes of Mark Twain and Harriet Beecher Stowe, Hartford. Connecticut also offers a wealth of cultural attractions, theater, opera, ballet, concerts, and a number of nationally ranked museums and art galleries. While Connecticut was first explored by the Dutch, who founded trading posts, the first permanent settlements were made by English Puritans from Massachusetts, starting in 1633. From the first, Connecticut enjoyed a great measure of political independence, pro- claiming in its Fundamental Orders of 1639 a democratic principle of government based on the will of the people. These Fundamental Orders are said to have been the first written Constitution of a democratic government; that’s why Connecticut today is nicknamed “The Constitution State.”

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PROFESSIONAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT Human capital is Connecticut’s principal natural resource and the state relies on the University of Connecticut to educate and train its highly skilled professional workforce. The University provides high quality education for a diverse student body, helping Connecticut to retain its brightest and most ambitious young minds, while drawing outstanding students from other regions who ulti- mately choose to become permanent residents of the state. Today, there are more than 90,000 UConn alumni who live and work in Connecticut. UConn also serves as a key educational resource to businesses, government agencies and nonprofit organizations. It provides continuing learning programs to keep employees’ knowledge and skills current, improve productivity and help businesses deliver better and more efficient services to their clients and customers.

THE “STATE” OF UCONN Without question, the University of Connecticut is instrumental in the state’s quality of life and economic growth. The Connecticut Center for Economic Analysis documents that annually UConn generates nearly 38,000 jobs, leverages $800 million in private and federal investments and adds $3.1 billion to Connecticut’s gross state product. The University’s contributions stretch beyond tangible figures. It conducts research and fosters knowledge; improves health care, education and the environment; hosts and supports exciting athletic, artistic and cultural events; and engages in community outreach and service. Thanks to UConn, Connecticut continues to secure its place in the global marketplace. The contributions of the University are woven into the fabric of the Nutmeg state.

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PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS HUSKY PRIDE The University maintains a wealth of partnerships with organiza- The remarkable popularity of UConn Husky athletics has annually tions and private corporations across the state. UConn’s work with drawn more than 320,000 fans to Hartford for basketball games the Connecticut’s public sector includes providing staff develop- and nearly 225,000 people to East Hartford for Division I-A foot- ment services to state social service agencies and technical support ball. “Huskymania” is the singular and unifying source of pride for to assist state and local agencies in finding solutions to critical envi- Connecticut residents as well as an economic force within the state. ronmental, infrastructure and social problems. Our partnerships Major corporations affiliate themselves with the University through with state and local government agencies provide opportunities for their sponsorship of UConn athletics and Connecticut-based ven- new financial support that extends public services. Within dors produce UConn branded items that are sold in retail outlets Connecticut’s private sector, UConn helps support and enhance the throughout the state. These retail sales generate income for busi- competitiveness of state businesses, enabling them to expand exist- ness and state sales tax revenues. ing operations, launch new initiatives, create jobs and expand the In 2004, Connecticut’s place in college sports history was rede- state’s tax base. fined with UConn’s unprecedented dual men’s and women’s basketball championships—the first such achievement in NCAA Division I history. The great success of UConn’s athletic teams is celebrated RESEARCH not only by the University, but also by the citizens of Connecticut who herald their achievements in sports and academics. UConn has been designated as a Carnegie Foundation Research University-Extensive, a distinction shared by fewer than four percent of America’s higher education institutions that are lauded for their breadth and range of research. The University has more than 70 focused research centers that explore subjects ranging from improving human health to enhancing public education and protecting our natural resources. Annual sponsored research grants and awards approached about $200 million in 2003. Faculty research at UConn provides direct benefits to the Connecticut economy in the form of job creation, new business development and subcontracting work with state businesses. In 2002, this contribution was valued at approximately $50 million. QUALITY OF LIFE UConn’s contributions to the quality of life in Connecticut are far- reaching. They include enhancing public schools, improving the environment, extending access to diverse cultural activities and providing recreation and entertainment. The University’s many contributions assist businesses in attracting talented and high-quality individuals who strengthen and expand our state’s economic health. Last year, more than 200,000 people attended events, exhibitions and performances at UConn. 2004-05 UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT WOMEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE 253 36088_UCONN_233-278.qxd 11/5/2004 12:57 PM Page 254

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t has long been known as the “Insurance Capital of the World” and The Hartford region offers access to 100 million consumers I it serves as a daily busy hub for some of the most dynamic corpo- within an 8-hour drive. That’s access to 32% of U.S. retail sales and rations in the nation. It also serves as the home for UConn football at 33% of all manufacturing establishments. Rentschler Field and a home-away-from-home for the UConn men’s For generations, the title of “Insurance Capital of the World” and women’s basketball teams at the Hartford Civic Center. has been part of the background of Hartford, and for good reason. The City of Hartford and the Greater Hartford region is known Insurance got its start in the Hartford area in the late 1700’s when worldwide for its innovative, high technology industries as well as for trade merchants needed to cover the risks of piracy and ocean its leadership in the insurance industry. Hartford currently sports a storms. Among the prominent insurance executives of the 1800s strong foothold in the international marketplace and is broadening were James G. Batterson, who founded The Travelers Co., and that foothold in order to ensure the region’s economic growth well Morgan G. Bulkeley, a president of Aetna Life and Casualty. into the 21st century. Today, seven insurance giants have their corporate headquarters in With scores of international companies like Aetna, United the Greater Hartford area: Aetna Life and Casualty, St. Paul Travelers, Technologies, The Hartford, Gerber Scientific and ESPN head- Connecticut Home Life Insurance Company, ITT/Hartford Insurance quartered here and boasting one of the nation’s most educated and Group, CIGNA Corporation, Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance productive workforces, Hartford is an ideal place to work and to Company, and Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company. The build a business. major accounting firms are also represented in the region. The region ranks: #1 in gross domestic product per capita and With its insurance companies and its numerous banks serving as #2 in labor productivity in the world; #3 nationally in both readiness a core of economic success, the City of Hartford is the fifth largest for the knowledge-based New Economy and for highest number of financial center in the entire country. patents held; #5 in attracting venture capital; #17 in the top 40 real Hartford is in the midst of a major revitalization, which estate markets for business expansion; and is the 12th most wired city includes the Adriaen’s Landing riverfront development, the largest and rank in the top 60 cyber cities for high bandwidth. convention center between New York City and Boston with shops, restaurants and residences.

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Serving as Connecticut’s state capital, the City of Hartford is located in central Connecticut. The Connecticut River borders the City of Hartford to the east, and Hartford’s 18 square mile area rests entirely within the river valley. Terrain is gently rolling with extensive level areas and eleva- tions range from near sea level to 190 feet above. The artistic wealth and diversity of Hartford is por- trayed in many ways—from its base as a home of an art museum of major significance (the Athenaeum), to a nationally recognized theater company (the Tony Award-winning Hartford Stage Company), to first-rate symphony, ballet and opera companies (respectively, the Hartford Symphony, the Hartford Ballet and the Connecticut Opera). The region has a strong historical relationship with liter- ature. Perhaps its best known author-in-residence was Mark Twain, who wrote several of his most famous works here, including Huckleberry Finn. Twain’s Hartford mansion, along with that of his neighbor Harriet Beecher Stowe, are open to the public.

The City of Hartford honored the national champion UConn men’s and women’s basketball teams with a parade that attracted approximately 350,000 people.

One of the hubs of downtown activity in Hartford is the Civic Center, which is also the home facility for the Hartford Wolfpack of the American Hockey League. Each year, the finest golfers in the world compete at the PGA Tour’s Buick Challenge, which is played at Cromwell’s Tournament Players Club at River Highlands. The greater Hartford landscape gained a major addition in 2003 when UConn football moved into its new $90 million stadium — Rentschler Field in East Hartford. The 40,000-seat open air stadium provides the state of Connecticut with a state-of-the-art facility in which the UConn Football program will compete at the major college level as a member of the BIG EAST Conference.

A new convention center is currently being built in Hartford and when completed, it will be the largest between New York City and Boston.

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CLOSE TO STORRS

In addition to all that the city of Hartford and the state of Connecticut has to offer, the region within two hours of Storrs is ripe with cultural and entertainment possibilities.

SPRINGFIELD (47 miles)

The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame is located less than an hour from Storrs in Springfield, Mass., just minutes from the YMCA where Dr. James Naismith invented the game in 1891. A must-see for any fan of the hardwood, the Hall of Fame reopened in the fall of 2002 in a brand new $45 million home just off of Interstate 91 in Springfield. The pinnacle of any basketball career, the hall's long list of inductees includes everyone from Kareem Abdul- Jabbar to John Wooden, while memorabilia from UConn’s National Championship teams is also on display. Once you finish your tour of the Hall of Fame, Springfield's neighboring suburb of Agawam is the home of Six Flags New England, the region's largest amusement park.

NEW YORK CITY (142 miles)

The United States’ largest city and "the media capital of the world," New York City is located approximately two hours from Storrs and offers a wide array of cultural opportunities. From the glitter of Times Square, to the vast expanse of Central Park, to the majestic skyline, New York City is an incomparable destination and one that can be easily reached by the Metro-North train lines that run into southern Connecticut. UConn students also enjoy the city’s active sporting landscape. The BIG EAST Conference men’s basketball tournament, played every March at fabled Madison Square Garden, is one of the country’s premier collegiate conference championship events. The New York metro area also boasts 10 major professional sports franchises, including the NFL’s New York Jets and Giants, Major League Baseball’s New York Mets and Yankees, the NBA’s New York Knicks and New Jersey Nets, the NHL’s New York Islanders, New York Rangers and 2003 Stanley Cup Champion New Jersey Devils and the WNBA’s New York Liberty.

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BOSTON (86 miles)

The birthplace of the American Revolution, Boston’s historic Freedom Trail is a living history textbook, covering everything from the Battle of Bunker Hill to the midnight ride of Paul Revere. Meanwhile, the city blends its old world charm with a cosmopolitan new world attitude that is evidenced by some of the trendi- er shops and restaurants that line both historic Faneuil Hall Marketplace and the Back Bay’s Newbury Street. One of the world’s foremost centers of education, Boston is home to over 50 colleges and universities; perhaps the entire world’s most concentrated collection of colleges. The greater Boston area also includes the summer beach resorts on Cape Cod and the islands of Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard. A hub of sporting activity, the Boston Red Sox have called fabled Fenway Park home since 1912. The NBA’s Boston Celtics and NHL’s Boston Bruins also call Beantown home while the 2002 and 2004 Super Bowl Champion New England Patriots and MLS’ New England Revolution play outside of the city in Foxboro’s Gillette Stadium.

ChampionsChampions PROVIDENCE (51 miles)

Rhode Island’s capital city shows that one of the nation’s smallest states also has plenty to offer its visitors. The multi-cultural capital city, which dates back to 1636, is the Ocean State’s centerpiece. The best known hamlet on the Rhode Island shore, the ocean town of Newport is world famous for its mansions and is a popular vacation destination for those seek- ing aquatic activities. Newport’s renowned music festival also is a well-attended annual event.

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MANSFIELD DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP

he Mansfield Downtown Partnership, Inc., was created in Master Plan. The concept Master Plan was presented in several T 2001 as an independent, non-profit organization charged with public forums and was revised through the public process. The coordinating the enhancement and revitalization of three of concept Master Plan was completed in summer 2002 and can be Mansfield’s commercial areas – Storrs Center, King Hill Road and found on the Partnership’s website at www.mansfieldct.org. the Four Corners. As a public-private partnership, the organization The concept Master Plan includes three main elements: mixed- is composed of representatives from the community, businesses, use development (retail/restaurant/office/housing), a town green town government and the University of Connecticut. and market-rate housing. Streetscape improvements are also a vital As part of the American Downtown Program sponsored by piece of future development. the National League of Cities, the Mansfield Town Council retained Over the next few months, the Partnership will be working on the national planning firm of HyettPalma in 1999 to develop an the implementation of the Master Plan. On May 28, 2002, the enhanced strategy for the revitalization of downtown Mansfield’s Town of Mansfield authorized the Partnership to serve as its commercial areas. Following a collaborative process, HyettPalma municipal development agency to undertake the development of produced the Mansfield Downtown Partnership Action Agenda, the Storrs Center area on behalf of the Town. A project plan will which details a series of findings and recommendations. be prepared to address the technical and legal description of the Those recommendations were: develop a community green development to take place. Looney Ricks Kiss Architects, Inc., space, improve traffic flow and parking, increase business retention began work on the municipal development project plan in March and attraction, encourage real estate development and enhance- 2003. ment, expand marketing and promotion and add public improve- In June 2004, the Partnership identified LeylandAlliance LLC ments, such as streetscape design. from Tuxedo, N.Y., to serve as its master developer for the project. One of the Partnership’s first tasks was to commission the LeylandAlliance will be working with the Partnership and Looney development of a concept Master Plan for Storrs Center to create Ricks Kiss on the final planning documents to be completed by the a sense of identity, cohesion and ambiance. Milone & MacBroom, end of 2004. Inc. consultants worked with the Partnership to create the concept

Congressman Rob Simmons of Connecticut’s Second District speaks at the presentation of the Rural Business Enterprise Grant to the Town of Mansfield and Mansfield Downtown Partnership in April of 2004. Joining him are Downtown Partnership vice president Betsy Treiber, former UConn Provost John Peterson, Mansfield Mayor Betsy Paterson and David Tuttle of the United States Department of Agriculture.

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The men’s track and field team won the indoor New England Championship for THE HOME OF CHAMPIONS the 11th-straight year while the women’s indoor team won it for the third time in the past four years. The University of Connecticut was the “Home of Champions” during the 2003- A total of 10 Husky student-athletes won All-America honors this past year: 2004 academic year. Maureen Butler in field hockey, Kristen Graczyk in women’s soccer, Lauren The most tangible evidence of this came on consecutive days in early April when Henderson in field hockey, Logan Jones in men’s indoor track and field, Joel Legare UConn won NCAA Championships in both men’s and women’s basketball – in men’s outdoor track and field, Mary Jo Malone in field hockey, Deirdre Mullen in becoming the first Division I school to win both titles in the same year. both indoor and outdoor women’s track and field, Emeka Okafor in men’s basket- The moniker “Home of Champions” goes far beyond basketball — and athlet- ball, Diana Taurasi in women’s basketball and Will Thomas in men’s indoor track ics for that matter. UConn student-athletes are champions on the playing fields and and field. courts, as well as in the classrooms and in the community. UConn produced a pair of Academic All-Americans in Okafor, who was also UConn teams advanced to NCAA Championship play in five different sports selected as the Academic All-American of the Year for men’s basketball, and foot- this past year as the men’s and women’s basketball teams won national champi- ball’s Shaun Feldeisen, who earned second team honors. onships, the women’s soccer team played in the national final, the field hockey team Both Okafor and Taurasi were honored as the national player of the year in their advanced to the NCAA quarterfinals and the men’s soccer team went to the second respective sports. round of the NCAA tournament. Field hockey head coach Nancy Stevens was honored as the BIG EAST Individuals from UConn participated in the NCAA men’s and women’s indoor Conference and regional coach of the year while men’s track and field coach Greg and outdoor track championships and the women’s swimming championship. Roy and his assistants were honored as the BIG EAST indoor staff of the year. UConn has now won an NCAA Championship in each of the past six academ- Here is an alphabetical sport-by-sport recap of the 2003-2004 academic year for ic years dating back to 1998-99: 1999 men’s basketball, 2000 women’s basketball, UConn athletics. 2000 men’s soccer, 2002 women’s basketball, 2003 women’s basketball and 2004 men’s and women’s basketball. BASEBALL The 2003-2004 year was also highlighted with the opening of Rentschler Field, • First-year head coach Jim Penders took over the head coaching duties from the country’s newest and most modern college football stadium. UConn posted a longtime Husky mentor Andy Baylock. record of 5-1 in its new home and had an overall record of 9-3. • Senior pitcher Mike James was selected in the 28th round of the Major League Husky teams were successful on the BIG EAST level as the women’s basketball, Draft by the Boston Red Sox. field hockey and women’s soccer teams all won BIG EAST regular season titles. The • Junior pitcher and designed hitter Jeff Hourigan was an All-New England men’s basketball team won the BIG EAST tournament and the men’s indoor track selection and played in the annual New England All-Star game at Fenway Park. and field team won the BIG EAST Championship.

Emeka Okafor, the Academic All-American of the Diana Taurasi and the UConn women’s Lauren Henderson earned first team All-America Year, cut downs the nets as the UConn men’s basket- basketball team won its third-straight national honors for the UConn field hockey team in 2003 as ball team won the 2004 NCAA Championship. championship in 2004 and fifth overall in the histo- the squad advanced to the NCAA quarterfinals. ry of the storied program. 2004-05 UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT WOMEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE 259 36088_UCONN_233-278.qxd 11/5/2004 12:57 PM Page 260

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MEN’S BASKETBALL FIELD HOCKEY • Head coach Jim Calhoun and his Huskies won the 2004 NCAA • UConn had a 17-6 record and advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Championship – the second in school history and Calhoun’s tenure to go Championship. In addition, the Huskies also played in the championship along with the 1999 title. game of the BIG EAST tournament. • UConn’s Emeka Okafor was recognized as one of the game’s finest student- • Head coach Nancy Stevens was both the BIG EAST and regional coach of athletes ever as he earned Academic All-America of the Year honors and the year. was a unanimous All-America selection. • Junior forward Lauren Henderson was named first team All-American, sen- • Husky players were picked second and third overall in the 2004 NBA Draft ior forward Mary Jo Malone was named second team while goalkeeper as Okafor was selected by the Charlotte Bobcats and Ben Gordon by the Maureen Butler was third team. Chicago Bulls. • Henderson was honored as the BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Year, • Okafor was named the MVP of the NCAA Final Four while Gordon was Butler was the BIG EAST Goalkeeper of the Year and the duo joined the MVP of the Phoenix regional. Malone as first team All-BIG EAST honorees. • Okafor ended his Husky career as the school record holder for blocked shots with 441 and is seventh in NCAA history. FOOTBALL • Guard Taliek Brown left UConn as the school career record holder for • UConn posted a 9-3 record in its second season as a fully-scholarshiped assists with 722. Division I-A program. That record included wins over teams from the Big WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Ten and the Atlantic Coast Conferences. • The Huskies had a 5-1 record in their new home, Rentschler Field, the coun- • Head coach Geno Auriemma and his team won the 2004 NCAA try’s newest and most modern college football stadium. Championship – the third in a row for the team and the fifth in school his- • Senior wide receiver Shaun Feldeisen was named second team Academic tory. All-American and led the team in receptions with 65 for 860 yards and seven • UConn played in the Final Four for the eighth time in school history and a touchdowns. national-record fifth consecutive. • Junior quarterback Dan Orlovsky was named the Walter Camp Football • Senior Diana Taurasi won the Honda Award as the top player in the coun- Foundation Connecticut Player of the Year and ESPN.com’s Independent try for the second year in a row and was also named BIG EAST Player of Offensive Player of the Year. the Year for the second time in as many years. • After an injury to leading rusher Terry Caulley, the younger running backs • Sophomore Barbara Turner was a second team All-BIG EAST pick while in the program came through. Freshman Cornell Brockington rushed for sophomore Ann Strother made third team. 182 yards and four touchdowns in a season-ending win over Wake Forest. • Taurasi was the first overall pick in the 2004 WNBA Draft by the Phoenix Mercury. GOLF • Taurasi was also named to the United States Olympic Team and was joined • UConn finished third at the New England Fall Championship and then by UConn grads Sue Bird and Swin Cash. came back to finish in second place at the New England Championship – held in the spring. • Senior Jordan Burke was the individual medalist at the New England fall event and was third in the spring championship. MEN’S ICE HOCKEY • UConn went 7-1-2 to end the regular season before losing in the quarterfinals of the Atlantic Hockey Association tournament. • Junior Tim Olsen was named the Atlantic Hockey Association Player of the Year. • The Huskies won the UConn Hockey Classic with a tie against Bentley and a win over Air Force. WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY • Junior Tiffany Owens was a second team All-Hockey East selection while Natalie Vincent was named to the league’s all-rookie team. • UConn placed 15 student-athletes on the league’s All-Academic squad – the most of any school. LACROSSE • The Huskies finished the season with wins in four of their final five matches. • Senior midfielder Melissa MacDougall and junior midfielder Tracy Mullaney earned first team All-BIG EAST honors while senior attacker Kariane Lauri was second team. • Mullaney earned first team all-region honors while MacDougall was second team all-region.

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ROWING • • UConn’s junior varsity eight team won its competition at the Dad Vail Championship – the largest collegiate regatta in the country. • The Huskies had three top three finishes at the Riverfront Recapture meet during the fall in Hartford. MEN’S SOCCER • The Huskies advanced to the second round of the NCAA Championship as the school made its 24th appearance in school history. • Senior midfielder/forward Lindon Pecorelli and freshman Steve Sealy earned second team All-BIG EAST honors while sophomore midfielder/back Mpho Moloi was third team. • Sealy and Pecorelli both earned second team All-New England honors while Sealy earned Freshman All-America honors third team. WOMEN’S SOCCER • UConn advanced to the championship game of the NCAA tournament and finished the year with a 15-6-3 record. • Junior forward Kristen Graczyk was named the BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Year and was a third team All-America pick. • Graczyk scored 20 goals in 2003, including eight game-winners, and 12 assists. She is UConn’s all-time leading goal scorer in NCAA Tournament play with 10 and is tied for fourth place on UConn’s all-time goals scored list. Kristen Graczyk of the women’s soccer team was named the BIG • Freshman midfielder Meghan Schnur was named the BIG EAST Co-Rookie EAST Offensive Player of the Year as the Huskies advanced to of the Year. the NCAA championship game. SOFTBALL • Junior Whitney Simcik and freshman Alison Adamski advanced to the round • UConn posted 23 victories and had a streak in mid-March where it won 11 of 16 in doubles at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Regional of 12 games. Championship – the first UConn duo to ever accomplish that. • Junior shortstop Mandy Schettini and junior centerfielder Stephanie DiBiase were named second team All-BIG EAST while senior first baseman Maggie MEN’S TRACK AND FIELD/CROSS COUNTRY Arbogast was named third team. • DiBiase was named honorable mention All-New England along with juniors • During the indoor season, UConn won the BIG EAST Championship for Jen D’Angelo and Jess Gurney. the second time in the past three years. Senior Will Thomas won the first BIG EAST heptathlon and was named the Most Outstanding Field MEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING Performer while sophomore Logan Jones was the Most Outstanding Track Performer after winning the 800-meter run. • UConn had a 7-3 record during the dual match season and finished in fourth • Thomas earned All-American honors in the indoor season for a fourth-place place at the prestigious U.S. Open in Seattle. finish in the heptathlon at the NCAAs as did Jones for his performance in the • Senior Dustin Rogers won the 100-meter butterfly event at the BIG EAST 800. Championship for the second year in a row. • Head coach Greg Roy was named the regional indoor coach of the year and • Rogers’ top 100-meter butterfly time ranked him among the top 30 in the he and his staff were named the BIG EAST Coaching Staff of the Year. nation and he swam at the U.S. Olympic Trials. • During the outdoor season, senior Paul Pisano became the first three-time BIG EAST Champion in the javelin and won the IC4A Championship. WOMEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING Junior Joel Legare earned All-America honors in the 800-meter run at the • UConn had a 7-2-1 record during the dual match season and finished in sixth NCAAs and won the IC4A title in that event. place at the BIG EAST Championship. • The cross country team finished in fifth place at the BIG EAST th • Freshman Jacquelyn Craft finished in 12th place at the NCAA Championship and in 10 place at the New Englands. Championship in the 200-meter breaststroke. It marked the first time UConn has ever scored points at the event and Kraft was an honorable mention All- WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD/CROSS COUNTRY American. • Senior Deirdre Mullen earned All-America honors in the high jump during • Craft also won the 100 and 200-meter breaststroke at the BIG EAST both the indoor and outdoor season. She has now earned All-America hon- Championship – becoming the first Husky since 1995 to win a pair of con- ors four times in her career. ference titles the same year. • Mullen also won the high jump at the BIG EAST indoor championship while senior Amy Parkosewich won the discus at the BIG EAST outdoors. MEN’S TENNIS • UConn won the New England Indoor Championship for the third time in • Junior Brian Ravesloot led the way for the team with 13 singles wins during the past four years. the year while senior George Rzepecki had 12. • Kyle McQueen was the highest-finishing freshman at the BIG EAST Championship in cross country. WOMEN’S TENNIS VOLLEYBALL • UConn had a 2-1-1 record in fall competition and had nine wins in the spring • UConn ended the season with a 20-12 record – marking the fifth time in the – including seven-straight victories. past six seasons that the team reached the 20-win mark. • Junior Jen LoRusso led the way for the Huskies with 23 singles wins on the • The Huskies won the championship of the UConn Autumn Classic played year. in Gampel Pavilion. • Junior Jamie Hadenfeldt was named a second team All-BIG EAST selection. 2004-05 UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT WOMEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE 261 36088_UCONN_233-278.qxd 11/5/2004 12:57 PM Page 262

DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS JEFFREY A. HATHAWAY

effrey A. Hathaway was named the new Director of Athletics at the University of JConnecticut on June 10, 2003, but he was far from a stranger on the Storrs campus. Hathaway was the Executive Associate Director of Athletics at UConn from 1990- 2001 before serving as the Director of Athletics at Colorado State University for two years. In his first year as UConn’s athletic director, the men’s and women’s basketball teams both won the national championship while the women’s soccer team advanced to the NCAA final. In addition, the field hockey and men’s soccer teams also took part in NCAA tournament action and individuals from five other sports also advanced to NCAA competition. A total of 10 Husky student-athletes were named All-Americans in 2003-04 and two earned Academic All-America honors. UConn also opened Rentschler Field in 2003 – the country’s newest and most modern college football facility. The Huskies posted a 9-3 record in 2003 and ended the year with five-straight wins. Hathaway’s first year also saw the UConn Division of Athletics raise a total of nearly $14 million. In addition, UConn secured a gift of $2.5 million from UConn graduate Mark Shenkman for the building of The Mark R. Shenkman Training Center, an intercollegiate, intramural and recreational facility that will serve the entire UConn community. During Hathaway’s career, he has always made the student-athlete the top priority. In the 2003 spring and fall semesters, nearly 40 percent of UConn’s 650 student-athletes earned a 3.0 grade point average or better – including 14 that had a perfect 4.0. In addition, the Division of Athletics has consistently maintained a 99 percent retention rate among its student-athletes. “My focus is on the student-athlete,” says Hathaway. “That’s the most important part of our program. Our primary mission is the continued academic success of our student- athletes. The challenge is to identify people early in the process and assist them in chart- Jeff Hathaway was named the Director of Athletics at the ing a career path. In addition, we want to provide a quality experience in intercollegiate University of Connecticut on June 10, 2003. athletics for our student-athletes.”

Jeff Hathaway is joined by (left to right) UConn football coach Randy Edsall, women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma, President Philip Austin and men’s basketball coach Jim Calhoun. 262 2004-05 UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT WOMEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE 36088_UCONN_233-278.qxd 11/5/2004 12:57 PM Page 263

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Hathaway originally came to Connecticut in November of 1990 as Senior Prior to his first stint at UConn, Hathaway served in a number of capacities Associate Athletic Director. In that role, he oversaw the day-to-day operations at his alma mater – the University of Maryland – from 1982-90, including of the Division of Athletics. Assistant Athletics Director for Marketing and Promotions, Acting Assistant He also served internally as a program administrator for several sports, Athletics Director for Business Affairs, Athletics Business Manager and men’s including men’s and women’s basketball and men’s and women’s soccer at basketball trainer. UConn as the Huskies won four national championships in those sports during Hathaway earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Athletic Administration his tenure – two in women’s basketball (1995 and 2000) and one each in men’s from the University of Maryland in 1981. He later received a Master’s Degree basketball (1999) and men’s soccer (2000). in General Administration (1991) from the University of Maryland and is cur- Hathaway was the program administrator for football and he played a key rently continuing work on a PhD in Educational Leadership from the University role in the upgrade of UConn’s football program to Division I-A status and the of Connecticut. building of Rentschler Field. He attended The Sports Management Institute at the Universities of Notre During Hathaway’s tenure at Colorado State, he oversaw a 15-sport program Dame and Southern California. Hathaway also completed the Management – nine women’s teams and six men’s. Development Program at Harvard University. The Ram football team made a pair of bowl appearances while Hathaway Born June 20, 1959, in Cheverly, Md., Hathaway and his wife Paula have two was at CSU. The men’s basketball team won the Mountain West Conference children: Meghan (October 15, 1991) and Michael (June 11, 1995). tournament in March of ‘03 and advanced to the NCAA tournament for the first time in 13 years. The women’s basketball team advanced to postseason play twice, including a trip to the second round of the NCAA tournament in 2002 UCONN DIRECTORS OF ATHLETICS and the semifinals of the 2003 Women’s NIT. A total of four Ram teams won Mountain West championships during 2002-03 and seven took part in postsea- Thomas D. Knowles...... 1899-1901 son play. None Appointed ...... 1901-1915 Daniel E. Chase ...... 1915-1917 Hathaway was an extremely successful fundraiser during his time in Fort None Appointed ...... 1917-1919 Collins. The school drew national attention last spring for a $15.2 million gift Spencer Barlow ...... 1919 from the Bohemian Foundation and president Pat Stryker for football stadium Roy J. Guyer ...... 1919-1936 renovations and expansion. George Van Bibber ...... 1936-1950 Hathaway represented the Mountain West Conference on the NCAA J.O. Christian ...... 1950-1966 James B. Hickey ...... 1966-1969 Division I Championships/Competition Cabinet, as well as the Football John L. Toner ...... 1969-1987 Certification Subcommittee, which is responsible for issues involving postseason Todd Turner ...... 1987-1990 football competition and the certification of bowl games. He continues to serve Lew Perkins...... 1990-2003 on that same NCAA committee and subcommittee as a representative for the Jeffrey A. Hathaway ...... 2003-Present BIG EAST.

The Hathaway family (left to right): Jeff, Meghan, Michael, and Paula. Director of Athletics Jeff Hathaway with members of the women’s basketball team at the 2004 National Championship Rally. 2004-05 UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT WOMEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE 263 36088_UCONN_233-278.qxd 11/5/2004 12:58 PM Page 264

ATHLETICS ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

DR. JEFFREY PAT BABCOCK PATTI BOSTIC MIKE ENRIGHT NEAL ESKIN LORRAINE GAN ANDERSON Associate Director of Executive Director of Associate Director of Executive Associate Director of Director of Athletics/Senior Women’s Recreational Services Athletics/Communications Director of Athletics Facility Operations Sports Medicine Services Administrator and Event Services

LARRY HARE BOB HOWARD DAVE KAPLAN MARK LANDECK JERRY MARTIN Director of Head Athletic Trainer Director of Athletic Grounds Strength and Conditioning Equipment Services Video Services Superintendent Coordinator

DINO MATTESSICH BILL McDERMOTT KYLE MUNCY MAUREEN O’CONNOR PAUL PENDERGAST Associate Director of Director of Ticket Assistant Director of Assistant Director of Senior Associate Director of Athletics/Internal Operations/Customer Athletics/Communications Athletics/Business Services Athletics/Development Operations Service

JULIE QUINN DEE ROWE BILL SHULTS RICK THORPE TIM TOLOKAN VAUGHN WILLIAMS Associate Director of Special Adviser Associate Director of Assistant Director of Associate Director of Associate Director of Athletics/Administration for Athletics Athletics/NCAA Rules Education Athletics/Marketing and Athletics/Licensing and Athletic Facilities and Compliance Corporate Relations Athletic Traditions

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GENO AURIEMMA JIM CALHOUN RON DUBOIS RANDY EDSALL BOB GOLDBERG HEATHER LINSTAD Women’s Basketball Men’s Basketball Men’s Golf Football Men’s & Women’s Swimming Women’s Hockey

BRUCE MARSHALL GLENN MARSHALL BILL MORGAN KAREN MULLINS KELLI MYERS JIM PENDERS Men’s Hockey Director of Tennis Women’s Track & Field/ Softball Volleyball Baseball Cross Country

RAY REID BONNIE ROSEN GREG ROY JENNIFER SANFORD NANCY STEVENS LEN TSANTIRIS Men’s Soccer Women’s Lacrosse Men’s Track & Field/ Women’s Rowing Field Hockey Women’s Soccer Cross Country UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT DIVISION OF ATHLETICS MISSION STATEMENT In conjunction with the mission of the University of Connecticut to serve as a center for teaching and research, dedicated to excellence in higher education and fulfillment of its land grant status, the mission of the Division of Athletics is to operate a broad-based program of intercollegiate athletics and recreational and intramural sports opportunities that reflects the ethical philosophy of the University, the interests of the student body and the desires of the University’s internal and external constituencies. The priority of the Division of Athletics is to give students the opportunity to excel in academic achievement and athletic accomplishments. In addition, the Division of Athletics fosters among its students a sense of citizenship, leadership and social responsibility. The athletic program of the University adheres to the highest standards of integrity and ethics. The Division of Athletics promotes principles of good sportsmanship, honesty and fiscal responsibility in compliance with university, state, NCAA and conference regulations. The Division of Athletics promotes and supports the University’s comprehensive commitment to diversity and equity, by providing equitable opportunity for all students and staff, including women and minorities. Through its program of intercollegiate athletics, recreational and intramural activities, public service and outreach efforts, the Division of Athletics enhances the student experience and contributes to the quality of life within the campus community, the state and across the nation. The Division of Athletics and its programs undergo regular and periodic evaluation so that the Division may remain responsive to the educational and social needs of its students, the outreach efforts of the University, the competitive standards of the athletic conferences with which it is affiliat- ed and the fiscal demands of rapidly changing environments.

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CPIA DIRECTOR BRUCE COHEN/ATHLETIC TRAINER ROSEMARY RAGLE

The University of Connecticut is committed to The Department of Sports Medicine each of its basketball players, and all of its student- in the University of Connecticut athletes, as a total person. Participation in athletics Division of Athletics works as an inte- is important, but it represents only one aspect of a grated multidisciplinary team whose basketball player's college experience. At the purpose is to provide the optimal, safe University of Connecticut, academic achievement environment for the basketball stu- is the primary concern. Impressively, for the past dent-athletes to train and participate in four years the Connecticut student-athlete reten- their sport. The staff takes great pride tion rate has been 99.0 percent. in the individual attention paid to each The University's commitment to the stu- student-athlete. They are devoted to dent-athlete is a dual one. Participation on the preventing injury, rapidly diagnosing basketball court is not viewed as an obstacle to the and treating injury, and maximizing attainment of one's educational goals, rather it is athletic performance. The disciplines BRUCE COHEN seen as a complementary activity. Each supports ROSEMARY RAGLE of athletic training, strength and condi- CPIA Director the other. Athletic excellence is stressed, but aca- Women’s Basketball tioning, sports medicine, orthopaedic demic achievement is never compromised - indeed, Athletic Trainer sports medicine, optometry, nutrition, it is given the utmost priority. exercise physiology, and psychology The University realizes that basketball players and all student-athletes, due to their work in concert to provide comprehensive care for the basketball student- academic involvement, are required to commit a large percentage of their personal time athlete. to University sponsored athletic activities. For this reason, the University recognizes the The team is spearheaded by Rosemary Ragle, MS, ATC, the women’s need for a support program for its intercollegiate athletes. The Counseling Program for basketball Athletic Trainer and Assistant Athletic Trainer. Physician cover- Intercollegiate Athletes (CPIA) constantly assists all student-athletes in achieving their age is led by Jeffrey Anderson, M.D., the Director of Sports Medicine and academic goals. The CPIA staff serves as a liaison to the academic faculty, the Division Team Physician Thomas Trojian, M.D.. The Orthopaedic Sports Medicine of Athletics, and the student-athlete. Specialists for the team include Edward Collins M.D. and Michael Joyce In serving as a liaison between the Connecticut student-athletes and University fac- M.D. of the Connecticut Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center in ulty and staff, the CPIA counselors also provide assistance in securing appropriate sup- Willimantic, Barry Messinger M.D. of Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic port services available with the University. These include orientation for student-athletes, Surgery in Manchester, and Robert Arciero M.D. and Kevin Shea M.D. of supervised study halls, individual tutors and tutorial centers (an English/Writing Center, the University of Connecticut Health Center Department of Math Center and Reading Center) and learning skills seminars. Orthopaedics in Farmington. For the past six years, the writing lab and computers have been networked to a The Department of Sports Medicine works intimately with the national database which allow all student-athletes to do research at their actual comput- Departments of Kinesiology and Nutritional Sciences on the University of er stations. Connecticut campus. This affords the student-athletes with the input of A counselor is assigned several nationally recognized exercise scientists. This cooperation also to work with each intercol- keeps the sports medicine staff at the cutting edge of developments in the legiate team and working BALANCING BOOKS & BASKETBALL fields of human performance and sports nutrition. Members of the sports directly with the UConn During the past 13 seasons (1991-1992 through medicine staff are actively engaged in research that directly benefits the women's basketball pro- 2002-03), the Connecticut women’s basketball care of the basketball student-athletes. gram as a Faculty Advisor program has established a lofty standard in the The UConn Basketball Sports Medicine team is housed in brand new within CPIA is Bruce classroom which matches the outstanding on- state-of-the-art facilities in the Harry A. Gampel Pavilion, which were Cohen, Director of the court success of the Huskies. completed in October of 2002. Counseling Program for In that 13 year span, 23 different players In addition to providing the finest in medical care for the UConn bas- Intercollegiate Athletes. have attained Dean’s List status a total of 43 ketball program, the Department of Sports Medicine at the University of Cohen monitors all times while playing basketball at UConn. Connecticut administers to the daily needs of 600 male and female inter- aspects of each UConn collegiate student-athletes who are competing in 24 different varsity pro- basketball player's academic DEAN’S LIST STUDENT-ATHLETES grams. life, including class sched- Svetlana Abrosimova Sarah Northway The Department of Sports Medicine at the University of Connecticut ule, arranging for tutors and Debbie Bauer Rebecca Lobo plays a critical role in assuring that all UConn student-athletes have 24- progress toward a degree. Carla Berube Shea Ralph hour access to the finest medical support and quality health care possible. The goal for each Husky Sue Bird Jennifer Rizzotti Through patient care and ongoing research and education, the department basketball student-athlete is Swin Cash Paige Sauer continues to provide Husky teams a competitive edge from the medical to earn a degree so she can Wendy Davis Ann Strother perspective. become a success in what- Amy Duran Pam Webber ever field she chooses. The Kathy Ferrier Stacey Wetzel study lab used by the Courtney Gaine Tamika Williams UConn women's basketball Kelley Hunt Nicole Wolff team is located adjacent to Asjha Jones Kara Wolters the Alumni Court in the Stacey Marron Harry A. Gampel Pavilion. 266 2004-05 UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT WOMEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE 36088_UCONN_233-278.qxd 11/5/2004 12:58 PM Page 267

STRENGTH & CONDITIONING PROGRAM

The strength and conditioning program for University of Connecticut is under the direction of Strength and Conditioning Coordinator, Jerry Martin, M.A., CSCS. Coach Martin is in his 15th year at UConn. He has been a finalist for the National Strength Coach of the Year Award (1994 and 2001). It is the goal to provide each student-athlete with personalized instruction during a workout that is tailored to meet the demands of each sport and position. Each student-athlete is provided with this opportunity to enhance his athletic performance through proper strength training and conditioning until he has fulfilled his athletic potential. Specific testing is performed on each player to monitor progress in power, strength, and conditioning. These tests provide the coaches and medical staff with an accurate athletic profile on each basketball player. JERRY MARTIN Each member of the strength and conditioning staff currently holds or is working Head towards a masters degree in kinesiology, biomechanics, physiology or another related Strength & Conditioning Coach field. All staff members are certified by the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) as Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialists (CSCS) and are encouraged to be certified by the United States of America Weightlifting (USAW) to teach Olympic style lifts.

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A HUSKY TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE

n the UConn Division of Athletics, there is a saying: “If we’re not going to Baseball player Charles Nagy was a member of the 1988 gold-medal win- I do it the right way, we are not going to do it at all.” ning Olympic team while Husky athletes have been named to United States That’s the attitude when in comes to anything that happens in the Division Olympic squads in men’s soccer, men’s track and field and women’s field hock- from its administrators, coaches and student-athletes. There’s a tradition of ey. excellence at UConn that is fostered on a continual basis. In coaching, former UConn head baseball coach Andy Baylock, who is The Huskies have won eight NCAA national championships since 1990 – now the Director of Alumni and Community Affairs for the football pro- five in women’s basketball, two in men’s basketball and one in men’s soccer. gram, served on a number of national team staffs for basketball and football, UConn has made NCAA semifinal appearances 10 other times during that while women’s lacrosse head coach Bonnie Rosen continues to play for the period – including four in women’s soccer, three in women’s basketball, two in United States national team. Special adviser to athletics Dee Rowe was also a field hockey and one in men’s soccer. member of an Olympic men’s basketball coaching staff. In total, UConn teams have advanced to NCAA Championship play 65 times since 1990-91 while Husky student-athletes have garnered All-America HUSKIES IN THE PROS honors 142 times. University of Connecticut student-athletes have been making the suc- UConn teams have also won 40 BIG EAST Conference regular season cessful transition to a number of different professional sports for decades. championships during that time and 35 BIG EAST Tournament titles. UConn has sent a tremendous number of players to the National None of this success is possible without great leaders and UConn has had Basketball Association in recent years. These pros include Richard Hamilton, five different head coaches recognized as national coaches of the year in the who is a leading member of the 2004 National Basketball Association cham- past 13 years – Geno Auriemma of women’s basketball, Jim Calhoun of men’s pion Detroit Pistons and Ray Allen, a three-time NBA all-star who is now a basketball, Ray Reid of men’s soccer, Len Tsantiris of women’s soccer and member of the Seattle SuperSonics. Bruce Marshall of men’s ice hockey. The UConn women’s basketball program has been a staple in sending The Division of Athletics – which now boasts of over 150 full-time players to the Women’s National Basketball Association with a total of 17 for- employees – strives to help the University of Connecticut grow, develop and mer Huskies that have seen league action, including Taurasi, Cash and Bird. improve each and every day. In football, Brian Kozlowski played his 11th season in the National Football League in 2003 as a member of the Atlanta Falcons and participated HUSKIES IN THE RED, WHITE AND BLUE in the Super Bowl for Atlanta in 1999. He is now a member of the University of Connecticut coaches and student-athletes have a long tradi- Washington Redskins. Nick Giaquinto played in two Super Bowls as a mem- tion of representing the United States on national teams. Participation on a ber of the Redskins, including the 1983 championship squad. national squad is not only a tremendous honor and privilege, it also offers the One of UConn’s first pros was Walt Dropo, who had opportunities in opportunity to compete against the best in the world. professional football, basketball and baseball and wound up earning 1950 Four former UConn basketball players represented the United States this American League Rookie of the Year honors with the Boston Red Sox. past summer at the Summer Olympics in Greece with Emeka Okafor on the UConn’s Charles Nagy also enjoyed a stellar professional baseball career with men’s team and Sue Bird, Diana Taurasi and Swin Cash. the Cleveland Indians. He was a two-time all-star and pitched in the 1997 Former Husky Ray Allen has played on three different United States World Series. national teams and won a gold medal at the 2000 Olympics. UConn women’s UConn has also sent stars to Major League Soccer, where former Husky head coach Geno Auriemma was on the staff of the 2000 Olympic gold medal stars Damani Ralph and Chris Gbandi are among the league’s finest players. team. In ice hockey, Brian Krygier enjoyed a career with the National Hockey In women’s soccer, Sara Whalen was a member of the World Cup League’s Hartford Whalers and Washington Capitals in the early 1990’s. championship team in 1988 and won a silver medal at the 2000 Olympics.

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“UCONN HUSKY” FIGHT SONG “UConn Husky” is the fight song of the school. It was written in the mid-1930’s by Herb France, who was UConn’s Director of Music until the mid-1950’s. The song is widely known for its playing at different sporting events, but got “out of this world” attention in October 1989 when it was played aboard NASA’s Space Shuttle to wake up the shuttle astronauts. Among those astronauts on the mission was Franklin Chang-Diaz, a 1973 UConn graduate.

UConn Husky So go, go, go, go, Connecticut, Symbol of might to the foe. Connecticut U. Fight, fight Connecticut, C-O-N-N-E-C-T-I-C-U-T, Connecticut It’s victory, let’s go! Connecticut Husky, Connecticut Husky, Connecticut UConn Husky, Connecticut C-O-N-N-U. Fight! Do it again for the white and blue, (Repeat first verse)

UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT ALMA MATER JONATHAN THE HUSKY MASCOT Once more, as we gather today When time shall have severed us far To sing our alma mater’s praise And the years their changes bring, The official mascot of the University of Connecticut is And join in the fellowship strong The thought of the college we love a Siberian Husky dog named Jonathan. The first Husky That inspires our college days. In our memories will cling. dog came to the Storrs campus in Dec. 1934 and the puppy We’re backing our teams in the strife For friendships that ever remain was named for Jonathan Trumbull, Governor of Cheering them to victory. And associations dear Connecticut during the Revolutionary War. Jonathan I’s We pledge anew We’ll raise a song pedigree was traced back to include a great-grandfather, To old Connecticut, To old Connecticut who traveled to the North Pole with Admiral E. Byrd in Our steadfast spirit of loyalty. And join our voices in our long cheer 1909. Jonathan III was with Admiral Byrd when he under- took “Operation High Jump” to the Antarctic in 1946-47. Connecticut, Connecticut Connecticut, Connecticut In the summer of 2001, the UConn community wel- comed the newest Husky dog, Jonathan XII, to the Storrs Thy sons and daughters true Thy sons and daughters true campus. Unite to honor thy name Unite to honor thy name A costumed mascot, an all-white Siberian Husky, Our fairest white and blue. Our fairest white and blue. gained popularity over the past several decades and through national television exposure has become "in demand" throughout the state and region, representing his University.

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J. ROBERT DONNELLY SPORTS MUESEUM

he sights and sounds of more than a century of intercollegiate athletics T competition come alive during a visit to the J. Robert Donnelly Husky Heritage Sports Museum. Located in the new and expanded UConn Alumni Center in the heart of the University of Connecticut’s main campus in Storrs, the Husky Heritage Sports Museum is the ultimate library documenting the wide-ranging successes of Connecticut’s athletic programs. The state-of-the-art design and layout of the new 2,700 square foot Husky Heritage Sports Museum, named after benefactor and 1940 Connecticut basketball and football captain J. Robert (Bob) Donnelly, vividly captures all of the energy, excitement and enthusiasm that is associated with “Huskymania”. The visitors’ UConn experience begins once they enter the museum and are greeted by a full figure statue of Jonathan, the legendary mascot of all Husky athletic teams. Oversized banners proudly hang from the ceiling, displaying action images that feature 88 of Connecticut’s All-American stars representing 17 different intercollegiate sports. A tour of the various sections of the Husky Heritage Sports Museum is a walk down memory lane for long-time followers of Connecticut athletics. For fans just becoming acquainted with UConn’s tradition of excellence, the various themes and areas of the museum, when woven together, narrate a complete and compelling sport-by-sport story line. The growth and development of Connecticut athletics is traced via text, photographs and select artifacts from its Benefactor and 1940 UConn basketball and football captain Bob and his humble beginnings in the 1890s to its present day ranking among the elite major wife MJ Donnelly at the dedication of the J. Robert Donnelly Husky college athletic programs in the nation. Heritage Sports Museum. Included among the “must see” memorabilia in the Husky Heritage Sports Museum main concourse are the 1981 and 2000 NCAA National Boston Red Sox in 1950; the 1935 Ramnapping Trophy, awarding annually to Championship Men’s Soccer trophies; the 1981 and 1985 NCAA National the winner of the Connecticut-Rhode Island football game; a 1931 football Championship Women’s Field Hockey trophies; the 1950s era baseball gloves signed by the entire Connecticut squad; team photos of Connecticut’s first belonging to Connecticut’s three Dropo brothers—including Walt Dropo’s first men’s (1901) and women’s (1902) basketball squads; and the Waterford Crystal baseman’s mitt when he was the American League Rookie of the Year with the NCAA National Championship trophies won by UConn Women’s Basketball (1995, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004) and UConn Men’s Basketball (1999, 2004). The pinnacle achievement of UConn’s seven NCAA National Championships in both men’s and women’s basketball is preserved and pro- moted in a unique circular sanctuary—-the Connecticut Basketball Rotunda. Championship trophies and related artifacts that chronicle UConn’s men’s and women’s national titles are prominently featured in the rotunda, as are life- size cutouts of Husky All-American stars Ray Allen and Rebecca Lobo. Celebratory paintings of head coaches Jim Calhoun and Geno Auriemma are on display along with a one-of-a-kind watercolor team photo of the 25-member UConn Men’s Basketball All-Century team. Also within the Connecticut Basketball experience is a six-screen continuing video presentation offering behind-the-scenes looks at various UConn Athletics “winning moments” as captured on a variety of Husky highlight films and documentaries. Each display case of memorabilia and every historical photograph located within the walls of the J. Robert Donnelly Husky Heritage Sports Museum describe a portion of a truly remarkable story. That story of the teams, the coaches, and student-athletes who have been part of the rich history that constitutes the Connecticut athletic experience is now being told on a daily basis at UConn’s Husky Heritage Sports Museum. Since the Husky Heritage Sports Museum opened in January of 2002, several important artifacts have been donated from UConn loyalists to help expand the scope of the Connecticut Athletics storyline – including a 1952 Varsity “C” Letter Jacket from former football captain Rocco Murano and the Varsity Letter Sweater of legendary Husky men’s basketball coach Hugh Greer that was presented by his son, Scott Greer. Special Advisor for Athletics Dee Rowe accepts the Varsity Letter Sweater Anyone wishing to donate specific Connecticut Athletics memorabilia to of legendary basketball coach and player Hugh Greer from his son Scott the J. Robert Donnelly Husky Heritage Sports Museum should contact Tim Greer. Tolokan, Associate Director of Athletics, at (860) 486-9097. 270 2004-05 UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT WOMEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE 36088_UCONN_233-278.qxd 11/5/2004 12:58 PM Page 271

THE MARK R. SHENKMAN TRAINING CENTER

hanks to alumnus Mark R. Shenkman, the University of Connecticut will Shenkman's generosity:: "We are very grateful to Mark Shenkman and his entire T soon join the ranks of major universities nationwide with an indoor training family for this significant enhancement to our athletic program. This landmark facility that will be utilized by all varsity sports and recreational services. facility will provide all of our varsity teams with an outstanding training venue His $2.5 million gift, one of the largest ever to the UConn Division of Athletics, while adding to our recreational services offerings." will help build an intercollegiate, intramural and recreational facility that will serve "There is a special place in my heart for the University of Connecticut," says the entire UConn community. Shenkman. "It's gratifying that the UConn student population as a whole will The 85,000 square foot Mark R. Shenkman Training Center will rival similar benefit from this leading edge facility." facilities at other large universities that have traditionally been dominant in college Construction for The Mark R. Shenkman Training Center will begin in the athletics. winter of 2004, with the opening slated for the summer of 2006. The facility will featuring a 120-yard long synthetic playing surface and an 18,000 square foot strength and conditioning area. The University has contracted with the Hartford-based firm of Jeter, Cook and Jepson and with HOK Sport + Venue + Event, an internationally-renowned architectural firm based in Kansas City, to provide architectural and engineering services for The Mark R. Shenkman Training Center. Founded in 1983, HOK created the first practice devoted to the design of sports facilities and is now recognized as a world leader in the field. Its client list includes 75 major colleges and universities, 24 Major League Baseball franchises and 30 National Football League franchises. The company has been involved with over 600 sports projects, including on-campus football facilities for several major universities along with professional stadiums such as Gillette Stadium (New England Patriots), Reliant Stadium (Houston Texans) and SBC Park (San Francisco Giants). A resident of Greenwich, Connecticut, Shenkman graduated from the Wilbraham & Monson Academy in Wilbraham, Massachusetts. He received a bachelor's degree in political science from UConn in 1965 followed by a master's degree in business administration from The George Washington University. Shenkman is the founder and president of Shenkman Capital Management, Inc., a registered investment advisor with offices in New York City and Stamford, Connecticut. He has served on the UConn Foundation's Board of Directors for eight years and has been a member of its investment committee. Shenkman was elected to the UConn School of Business Hall of Fame in 2002 and has endowed a classroom and the e-Commerce Chair for the business school. Mark and Rosalind Shenkman pose at the ground breaking ceremony for Acknowledging the gift, UConn Director of Athletics Jeff Hathaway praised The Mark R. Shenkman Training Center. 2004-05 UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT WOMEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE 271 36088_UCONN_233-278.qxd 11/5/2004 12:58 PM Page 272

GAMPEL PAVILION

ince its opening in January of 1990, the Harry A. Gampel Pavilion EAST, 2 NCAA) were sellouts. In 1998-99, all 13 UConn women’s bas- S has played an important role in helping build women’s basketball at ketball home games played in the Harry A. Gampel Pavilion were sold out. the University of Connecticut into one of the truly elite major programs In 2000-01, the Huskies posted their fifth undefeated season in Gampel in all of college basketball. Pavilion, posting a 14-0 record at home, including a 3-0 record in the BIG In 15 seasons in Gampel Pavilion, head coach Geno Auriemma and his EAST Tournament en route to the team’s tenth BIG EAST crown. All 14 Connecticut Basketball teams have posted a stunning 202-15 overall record contests were sellouts. (.931 winning percentage). In 2002-03, after renovations to Gampel Pavilion, the seating capacity Since the start of the 1993-94 season, the Huskies have posted a phe- expanded to 10,167 when the end zone seats were made permanent. The nomenal overall record of 158-3 in regular season and tournament games Huskies had six regular season contests at Gampel Pavilion in 2002-03, played in the Harry A. Gampel Pavilion and in eight of those nine seasons plus two NCAA Tournament games. The team went an untarnished 8-0. UConn has been unbeaten on its home court in Storrs. In all, there have been 129 sellouts for Connecticut women’s basketball In addition to the remarkable success rate the Huskies have enjoyed in games in Gampel Pavilion against collegiate opposition during the past 11 the Harry A. Gampel Pavilion, Connecticut Basketball in Storrs has years and UConn’s record in those games is 126-3. attracted the crowds. In addition to its regular season success in Gampel Pavilion, UConn women’s basketball experienced its first-ever “sellout” of 8,241 Connecticut has also performed superbly in the building during post-sea- fans in Gampel Pavilion on February 20, 1993 when the Huskies dropped son competition. a 68-54 nationally-televised (CBS Sports) decision to defending national The Huskies have won four BIG EAST Tournament titles in the champion Stanford. Gampel Pavilion (1994, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001) and UConn is a perfect The next season, 1993-94, Connecticut would have five sellouts at 86-0 against BIG EAST Conference opponents in Gampel Pavilion dur- home, setting the stage for the national championship year of 1994-95. ing the past 10 seasons (the last UConn loss in Storrs to a BIG EAST team During the stunning 35-0 perfect season of 1994-95, which culminated took place on February 27, 1993, a 64-62 loss to Georgetown). with an NCAA National Championship for UConn women’s basketball, In the NCAA Championship, Connecticut is 24-2 overall in Gampel Geno Auriemma and the Huskies played before 12 “sellouts” in Gampel Pavilion and the Huskies have hosted NCAA Tournament competition Pavilion and in 1995-96 the Huskies were sold out for 17 of 19 home every season (14 years) since the opening of the building. UConn is riding games. a 22-game winning streak in NCAA games at home during the past nine Prior to the 1996-97 season, Gampel Pavilion’s seating capacity seasons. increased from 8,241 to 10,027, making the facility the largest on-campus In 2004-05, the Huskies have seven regular season contests and an exhi- basketball arena in the Northeast. bition game at Gampel Pavilion. Included in the seven games are five BIG During the 1996-97 and 1997-98 seasons, 22 more sellouts were record- EAST regular season contests. ed in Gampel Pavilion by the Connecticut women’s basketball team. Starting with the Rutgers game in Gampel Pavilion on December 31, 1997, 82 consecutive UConn women’s basketball games at Gampel (regular season and post-season play) have been sold out entering 2004-05. During UConn’s 1999-2000 national championship season, all 16 games played in the Harry A. Gampel Pavilion in Storrs (11 regular season, 3 BIG

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HARTFORD CIVIC CENTER

he Hartford Civic Center has become a friendly “second home” Two of the most anticipated games of the year will also take place T for the University of Connecticut women’s basketball program. at the Civic Center as the Huskies host rival Tennessee before a nation- During the past eight seasons, UConn has played 41 games in the ally-televised audience on CBS on Jan. 8. spacious Hartford Civic Center and the Huskies of head coach Geno A visit from Texas follows on Martin Luther King Day in Hartford Auriemma are a 39-2 in those contests. Each of those 41 games have in a rematch of the 2003 NCAA National Semifinals which will be tel- been played as single games. Prior to the first of those 41 games evised to a national audience on espn2. (January 5, 1997 against arch-rival Tennessee), the Connecticut Seton Hall will be the first BIG EAST team to visit the Civic Center women’s basketball program had not played in Hartford for eight on January 22. Rutgers will come calling on Feb. 3 before Syracuse years. rounds out the Civic Center’s BIG EAST slate on Feb. 19. From 1980 to 1989, the UConn women’s basketball program had This will mark the third consecutive season that UConn has played played nine games in the Hartford Civic Center, but each of those con- a record number of regular-season games at the Hartford Civic Center. tests were part of college basketball doubleheaders with the UConn In 2003-04, the Huskies played eight regular season games on the men’s basketball program. Civic Center floor. UConn saw its 35-game winning streak at the Civic In the nine “doubleheader” games, the UConn women’s program Center end in a buzzer-beater 68-67 loss to Duke on Jan. 3. The posted a 5-4 record. Since establishing itself as a recognized national Huskies went 7-1 in regular season games at the Civic Center and 3-1 power in major college women’s basketball and returning to Hartford in postseason action in the building, including a 66-49 win over Penn for selected appearances, Connecticut has added the 39 “single game” State in the 2004 NCAA East Regional Final. wins in Hartford and stands at 44-6 overall in 50 appearances in the In 2002-03, UConn played a then record-high seven regular-season building. games at the Hartford Civic Center, in front of sold-out crowds. The The 2004-05 season will see UConn play a season-high nine regular Huskies defeated Southern California (68-44), St. Joseph’s (82-48), season games at the Hartford Civic Center, along with one exhibition Tennessee (63-62 ot), Rutgers (67-62), Georgetown (72-49), Syracuse contest. (75-51) and West Virginia (78-58). UConn broke the NCAA Division The Huskies will open the 2004-05 season with an exhibition game I record for consecutive wins (55 at the time) against Georgetown on against the Houston Jaguars on November 16. UConn will then play January 18 on the Civic Center court. six non-conference regular season opponents leading into BIG EAST In its 37 regular-season appearances in Hartford during the past conference play. On December 5, Connecticut will play host to Holy eight seasons, UConn has played before 601,291 fans. Twenty-eight of Cross and two days later on December 7, the Huskies will welcome the the games have been complete sellouts of 16,294 each and the average University of Hartford to the Civic Center for an interesting matchup crowd for Connecticut women’s basketball in Hartford since 1997 has that will pit former UConn standout and current Hartford head coach been 16,251. Jen Rizzotti against her former team. George Mason will visit the Civic Center on December 27, and Michigan State will close out the month on December 29.

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UCONN ATHLETIC FACILITIES

RENTSCHLER FIELD Home of football

THE BURTON FAMILY COMPLEX Opening Summer of 2006

THE MARK R. SHENKMAN TRAINING CENTER Opening Summer of 2006

HARTFORD CIVIC CENTER Home of men’s and women’s basketball

HARRY A. GAMPEL PAVILION Home of men’s and women’s basketball and women’s volleyball

CONNECTICUT SOFTBALL STADIUM Home of softball

BATTING/PITCHING J.O. CHRISTIAN FIELD PRACTICE FACILITY Home of baseball

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COVENTRY LAKE Home of women’s rowing

WOLFF-ZACKIN NATATORIUM Home of men’s and women’s swimming and diving

GEORGE J. SHERMAN FAMILY SPORTS COMPLEX Home of men’s and women’s outdoor track and field and field hockey

MARK EDWARD FREITAS ICE FORUM Home of men’s and women’s ice hockey

HUGH GREER FIELD HOUSE Home of men’s and women’s indoor track

JOSEPH J. MORRONE STADIUM Home of men’s and women’s soccer and women’s lacrosse

UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT TENNIS COURTS Home of men’s and women’s tennis

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THE UCONN CLUB

The Maher Family Scholarship THE UCONN ATHLETIC DEVELOPMENT FUND IS EXTREMELY The Richard D. Mangiarelli Scholarship Fund The Marks Family Scholarship Fund GRATEFUL TO OUR ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP DONORS The Donyell Marshall Men’s Basketball Endowed Scholarship The McFadden Family Scholarship Fund The Aero-Med Scholarship Fund The Dr. John F. and Carol L. Mele Scholarship The Peter Antonez Memorial Baseball Scholarship The Men’s Soccer Lettermen Scholarship The Baum Family Scholarship The Joseph Merritt Company Athletic Scholarship Fund The Baum Grandchildren Scholarship Fund The Michaels Jewelers Foundation Scholarship Endowment Fund The Baum, Cion and Newberg Families Scholarship The Bill Mitchell Endowed Soccer Scholarship The Arthur W. Beckius Memorial Scholarship The Monaco Family Men’s Soccer Scholarship Fund The Peter Behuniak, Sr. Scholarship Fund The Joseph J. Morrone Endowment Fund The Harold and Helen Benson Family Scholarship Fund The Janis C. and Rocco A. Murano Scholarship The Boudreau Family Scholarship The Charles and Jacquelyn Nagy Endowed Baseball Scholarship The John J. Brennan Memorial Scholarship Fund The J. Peter Natale Track and Field Scholarship Fund The Joseph B. Burns Scholarship The Kevin P. Newman Athletic Scholarship The Barbara and Bob Burrill Family Athletic Scholarship The Frank and Alice Niederwerfer Sr. Family Scholarship Fund The Ronald J. Bushwell Scholarship The Anna Noske Scholarship The Susan K. Butterworth Scholarship The David and Cheryl Olender Women’s Basketball Scholarship Fund The M. Jeffrey Cariglia Memorial Golf Scholarship The Omar Coffee Company Scholarship The Peter J. and Patricia J. Cathey Scholarship Fund The Samuel J. Orr, Jr. Fund Ther Herbert T. Clark, Jr. Class of 1934 Men’s Soccer Endowment The Lawrence R. Panciera Scholarship The Robert T. Crovo Family Scholarship The Pappanikou Family Scholarship Fund The Jack Dennerley Memorial Soccer Scholarship The People’s Bank Athletic Scholarship The C. Preston Donaldson Softball Endowment Fund The Raymond and Marilyn Peracchio Scholarship Fund The Bob Donnelly Football Scholarship The Peracchio Family Football Scholarship The Dropo Family Scholarship The Perkins Scholarship The Herbert and Marcia Dunn Men’s Basketball Scholarship Fund The Isadore and Minnie Pinsky Scholarship The Eblens/Leonard Seaman Scholarship The Polo Family Scholarship The Irma K. and Alvin L. Evans Endowed Scholarship Fund The Julius “Puggy” Roth Scholarship The Fiondella Family Women’s Basketball Endowed Scholarship The Coach Donald E. Rowe Men’s Basketball Scholarship The Friends of Soccer Endowed Scholarship The Robert T. and Renee P. Samuels The Robert and Audrey Foster Family Softball Scholarship Women’s Basketball Endowed Scholarship The Mark E. Freitas Athletic Scholarship The Savings Bank of Manchester Foundation Scholarship The Barbara “Bobbie” K. Galchus Memorial Athletic Scholarship The Schilberg Family Men’s Basketball Scholarship Fund The Timothy L. and Anne B. Gallagher Women’s Basketball Scholarship Fund The Schwartz Family Women’s Athletics Scholarship Fund The Harry A. Gampel Scholarship Fund ShopRite Supermarkets of Connecticut The Harry A and Edith D. Gampel Athletic Endowment Fund Women’s Endowed Basketball Scholarship The Seymour Gavens Scholarship The Sinatro Family Scholarship The Gelfenbien Family Athletic Scholarship The Jennifer C. Smith Athletic Endowment Fund The Marty Gilman Memorial Scholarship The Dr. John Y. Squires Endowed Soccer Scholarship The Hugh S. Greer ’26 Scholarship The Tamer Family Endowment for Women’s Basketball The John M. Hall Memorial Athletic Scholarship Fund The Allen and Mary Tracy Women’s Basketball Scholarship Fund The Haviland Family Baseball Scholarship Fund The Treibick Family Endowment for Women’s Tennis and Women’s Crew John M. and Bette Y. Herr Men’s Basketball Managers Scholarship The Tremaine Scholarship Fund The Raphael “Ray” Hoffenberg Memorial Scholarship The UConn Club General Athletic Scholarship Fund The Samuel W. and Diane P. Holdridge Family Athletic Scholarship Fund The United Abrasives, Inc. Football Scholarship The Paul N. Ippedico and Mary E. Berube Scholarship The Sherwood C. Waldron Scholarship Fund The J.O. Christian Scholarship The Edward L. Waltman Memorial Scholarship Fund The Ronald D. and Mary C. Jarvis Athletic Scholarship Fund The Willett Family Women’s Softball Endowed Scholarship The Robert E. Kennedy Memorial Scholarship The Bette and Tom Wolff Scholarship Fund The John and Diane Kim Endowed Women’s Swimming Scholarship The Charlene and Bob Wright Women’s Basketball Scholarship Fund The Leandri Family Scholarship The Diane Wright Field Hockey Scholarship 278 2004-05 UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT WOMEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE