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Volume 52, Issue No. 5 www.harvardvarsityclub.org January 27, 2010 Men’s Basketball Drawing National Attention Crimson surge through first half of season by Kurt Svoboda 3-point shooter in league history in Ryan Wittman – son of former Director of Athletic Communications NBA coach . The team also has a legitimate seven- footer in Jeff Foote who is the best big man in the league since our With a 13-3 overall record and a 2-0 mark in own Brian Cusworth ’05-06. play, the Harvard men’s basketball team is off to the best start Back to our team which is much, much younger than Cornell. in program history depending on how you want to consider the What this team has done this year is remarkable considering its records. youth. The Crimson is 7-0 at Lavietes Pavilion and 6-3 in road The 1984-85 entry of the Crimson games while playing a challenging started its season red-hot with an 8-0 schedule. Harvard won 11 non- mark and an identical 13-3 record as conference games, establishing a this year’s team. While both of those new program record. Included in teams cannot match the 1945-46 Crim- that slate was another victory over son – which started 19-1 before losing College, impressive wins a pair of games in the NCAA Tourna- over Rice and George , ment – many will consent that was a and the program’s first-ever sweep much different era with 11 victories of a West Coast series with wins at against teams that are not at the Divi- Seattle and Santa Clara on Jan. 2-4. sion I level today. Freshmen and sophomores Entering a challenging weekend contribute over 70 percent of our of play at Columbia and Cornell, the minutes on the floor with guard Crimson is already looking for its sev- ’10 collecting big enth road victory which would match minutes for the upperclassmen (32 its second-best output in program minutes per game). The underclass- history (the record for road and neutral men provide better than 66 percent wins is nine, set three times, most Senior Jeremy Lin has received national attention for his of our scoring and the list goes on. recently in 1996-97.) exceptional play this season. He has led the team to arguably Lin is having another ter- This weekend provides a huge its best start ever. rific season and has been named a stumbling to the Crimson’s postseason thoughts as Colum- midseason finalist for both the John R. Wooden Award and the bia ranks among the national leader in 3-point shooting – not Bob Cousy Award, making him a legitimate All-America consid- to mention its long-time record of success at home against our eration. The attention lavished on Lin this season has also been Crimson. Cornell, Saturday’s foe, enters the weekend with a 16-3 notable, and it is reported that the next issue of Sports Illustrated record and plenty of national attention as the two-time defending will have another in-depth profile of Lin and the Crimson. league champion nearly defeated then-number-one Kansas a few Lin is responsible for a lot of points with 17.1 himself as well weeks ago. as team-highs in assists (4.8 per game) and steals (2.9 per) to go The Big Red boasts the last two league player of the year along with 4.5 rebounds, 21 blocks and a 52 percent shooting winners in speedy point guard Louis Dale and the most prolific Continued on page 5

Winter Sport Recaps Women’s Squash (7-0, 3-0 Ivy) Men’s Squash (4-0, 3-0 Ivy)

• Harvard, ranked first in the nation by the College Squash • The Crimson improved its Ivy League record to 3-0 by down- Association, stands a perfect 7-0 on the season, including 3-0 in ing Ancient Eight rival Cornell, 6-3, on Dec. 5. Senior co-captain Continued on page 6 Ivy League competition. In addition to an undefeated record, no Colin West earned a 3-0 victory at the No. 1 slot, while J. Reed member of the team has dropped a match in competition. Endresen won in three straight games at the No. 4 position. • The team will face Trinity and Stanford at the end of the month • The men’s squash team hosts No. 3 Rochester, Jan. 23, in the before continuing Ivy League play against Penn, Princeton, and first match of the spring season. With a 4-0 record, Harvard is Yale to close out the regular season. ranked fifth nationally by the CSA. • The women’s squash team recently traveled to India for an 11- • Five members of the team, Endresen, Charles Gertler, Richard day training and service trip. Hill, Jason Michas and West, boast unblemished records head- • At the number one position, freshman Laura Gemmell is 3-0 ing into the second half of the winer season. against Ivy League opponents this season.

Men’s Basketball (12-3, 2-0 Ivy) Women’s Basketball (9-6, 0-1 Ivy) • Sophomore Brogan Berry leads the Ivy League with 6.2 assists • The team opened up Ivy League play Jan. 9 with a 76-47 win per game. She has turned the ball over just 29 times, for a 3.0 as- over Dartmouth at Lavietes Pavilion. sist/turnover ratio, which stands second in the nation. • Senior Jeremy Lin leads the team in scoring with 17.0 ppg, fol- • Harvard fell to Dartmouth in the Ivy League opener, 45-44. lowed by Keith Wright with 11.0 ppg. Lin is one of 20 finalists for • Harvard has won nine non-conference games this season, the Cousy Award, given to the best male point guard in collegiate which is the most since going 9-5 out of the conference in the basketball. 2001-02 season. • Harvard leads the Ancient Eight in scoring, averaging just over • Junior Emma Markley leads the team in scoring with 15.4 ppg. 77 points per game. She is first in the conference in blocks, averaging 2.4 per game. • The Crimson finished the non-conference portion of the season • With wins over , Holy Cross, , with an 11-3 record. Northeastern and UMass, Harvard is the unofficial state cham- pion of . Winter Sport Recaps (cont.) Men’s Hockey (4-10-2, 4-5-2 ECAC, 3-2-1 Ivy) Women’s Hockey (10-5-4, 8-5-2 ECAC, 3-3-1 Ivy)

• Freshman Louis Leblanc was named ECAC Hockey Rookie of • Senior goaltender became Harvard’s all-time the Week Jan. 18 after consecutive multi- games. He netted wins leader with 64 victories after the Crimson beat Colgate, 5-1, two goals in Harvard’s 3-2 win over No. 5 Yale and scored twice Jan. 16. in a 4-1 win over Dartmouth. He is the first Crimson player to • Junior Kate Buesser leads the team with 21 points on seven accomplish this feat since February 2003. goals and 14 assists. Rookie Jillian Dempsey also has seven goals • Junior Michael Biega leads the team in scoring with five goals and has tallied nine assists for 16 points on the season. and 10 assists, good for 15 points. Leblanc stands second on the • Junior Liza Ryabkina tallied two goals, while junior Leanna team in scoring with 14 points on eight goals and six assists. Coskren and Dempsey added a tally apiece to propel the sixth- • On Jan. 23, the Crimson charged back in the third period to ranked Crimson women’s hockey team to a 4-0 win over Union overcome a significant deficit vs. Rensselaer. Sophomore Alex Friday evening at Bright Hockey Center. Freshman Laura Bel- Killorn, senior Doug Rogers and Leblanc scored third-period lamy earned her first career shutout, making 13 saves. goals, with Leblanc’s coming 2.3 seconds before the end of regu- • On Jan. 23, the Crimson’s comeback bid failed against Rens- lation, to lift the Harvard men’s hockey team to a 3-3 tie at the selaer. Senior co-captain Cori Bassett had her fourth goal of the Houston Field House. season. • Prior to the tie against Rensselaer, Harvard had won three • Harvard faces cross-town rival Boston College in the opening straight ECAC Hockey games, defeating Quinnipiac, Yale and round of the at Bright Hockey Center, Feb. 2. Dartmouth.

Men’s & Women’s Indoor Track Wrestling (2-6-1, 0-0 Ivy) • Harvard competed at the Lone Star Duals on Jan. 16, and faced • Harvard won six events and posted ECAC/IC4A qualifying No. 10 Oklahoma, No. 22 Arizona State and Utah Valley. Senior marks at the Harvard Invitational held at the Gordon Indoor Louis Caputo, who ranks seventh in the 184 pound weight Track. Freshman Ashtynn Baltimore won the 60 meter hurdles class, led the Crimson with three wins at the event, while J.P. with an ECAC qualifying time of 8.80, while classmate Meghan O’Connor won his only match. Freshman Steven Keith upset Ferreira finished with a time of 9.30 second, good for third. No. 13 Jarrod Patterson of Oklahoma. • The men’s team came away with three winners at the meet and • O’Connor, ranked No. 1 in the nation in the 157 pound weight an IC4A qualifier in the 1,000 meter run. Freshman Jeff Homer class, stands tied for second in Harvard history in overall wins won the 500 meters and sophomore Jared Squires came in sec- with 115. He needs just 17 more victories to move into first place ond. Sophomore Darcy Wilson finished first in the 1,000 meter in the record book. run with a time of 2:29.95. • Caputo has 114 career wins, putting him in third place in the Harvard annals. • The Crimson will enjoy a string of Skiing home contests in the coming weeks. On Jan. 30, the team will • In the first EISA ski weekend of the season, Harvard finished play host to Army ninth out of 15 participating schools at the St. Lawrence Carni- and Boston Univer- val. The Crimson placed fifth overall in the women’s 5K Classic, sity, and on Feb. 6, with senior Audrey Mangan finishing in 13th place and fresh- the Crimson will wel- man Esther Kennedy just behind her at 14th. On the men’s side, come Ivy League foes senior Trevor Petach and freshman Kevin Sprague finished Penn and Princeton 42nd and 44th in the 10K event. Senior Louis Caputo is 11-2 this season and stands to Cambridge. just behind teammate J.P. O’Connor in career wins. • The EISA season finishes with the Eastern Regional Champion- ships February 26 and 27, hosted by . Men’s Swimming & Diving (5-1, 5-0 Ivy)

• The squad stands first in the Ivy League with a perfect 5-0 Men’s & Women’s Fencing record and is 5-1 overall. (4-2 men, 7-0 women) • Harvard defeated Brown, 127-116, Jan. 22. Sophomore Nicho- las Tan and junior Will Heyburn came in first and second in the • With a perfect 7-0 record, the women’s fencing team is ranked 100 freestyle, and senior Alex Meyer captured the 500 freestyle third in the USFCA national poll. with a time of 4:36.63. • The Crimson closed out the 2009 portion of the schedule with a • On Jan. 23, Harvard beat hometown rival Boston University 24-3 victory over Tufts, Dec. 3. In the foil, seniors Arielle Pensler 201-99. Sophomore Niall Janney (200 Butterfly, 400 IM), senior and Anna Podolsky and freshman Katherine Chou all posted Mason Brunnick (200 Free, 500 Free), sophomore Rob Newell 3-0 records over the Jumbos. (100 Back, 200 Back) and junior Zac Ranta (1M, 3M diving) all • Sophomore co-captains Caroline Vloka and Noam Mills boast won two events for the Crimson. perfect 18-0 and 14-0 records, respectively. • The Crimson will travel to Princeton, N.J. to take on Ivy foes • At the Harvard Invitational, on Nov. 29, the men’s team, led by Yale and Princeton in the final meets before the ECAC Champi- sophomore Valentin Staller and onships, Feb. 26-28. freshman Thomas Kolasa topped Sacred Heart, NYU, North Caro- lina and Vassar. Women’s Swimming & Diving (4-0) • The men’s fencing team boasts a • Freshmen Teagan Lehrmann and Brittany Powell qualified for 4-2 record and is ranked seventh the NCAA Zone A Diving Championships after their perfor- in the USFCA poll. mances at the Princeton Invitational. Lehrmann placed third with 238.05 point and Powell came in fourth with 231.30. Sophomore Caroline Vloka is undefeat- • On Senior Day (Jan. 23), the Crimson swam to victory in every ed this season and was named COOP single event, beating Brown 177-66. Junior Katy Hinkle led Athlete of the Week back on Nov. 29. Harvard with three event wins, while junior Kate Mills had two individual victories and freshman Ellie Johnson contributed to a pair of relay wins. Get real-time updates from • Next up for the Crimson are rivals Yale and Princeton. The markee Crimson sporting events! annual HYP tri-meet, which will take place in Princeton, NJ, will decide the top team in the Ivy League. Follow HarvardCrimson on 2 Hits, Heads, Helmets: Harvard Football Alumni Protecting the Next Generation course of a single season, by Craig Lambert and that most players will suffer multiple episodes. The primary cause is head- “I can think of two hits in particular I took at Harvard that first contact, especially would qualify as concussive episodes, although I didn’t say helmet-to helmet impact, anything to anyone,” says Vin Ferrara ’95, who quarterbacked though many kinds of hits, the 1994 and 1995 Crimson varsities. “So of course they weren’t like a blind-side slam into a diagnosed.” Ferrara, who earned an M.D. and M.B.A. from receiver’s gut that snaps his Columbia in 2004, founded a company, Xenith, that year to head suddenly forward or manufacture a new type of football helmet: one that could help back, can cause the injury. insulate the brain from the sudden movements of the head dur- The Xenith helmet’s ing impact that result in concussions. In the last few years, the design tries to minimize sports world seems to have caught up with his product. any sudden head move- In October, the issue of football- ment during impact by induced concussions and related brain using air cells that act as trauma reached Congress, where former shock absorbers, much the players and neuropathologists testified way automobile air bags protect bodies in a before a House committee and legisla- crash. Where standard football helmets are tors took National Football League lined with dense padding, Xenith headgear (NFL) commissioner Roger Goodell has “air cells that collapse and vent air to to task on the matter. “In the last three dissipate the energy of impact,” Ferrara years, there’s been an explosion of explains. “They act like a bicycle pump— awareness of how severe concussions the harder the impact, the more pressure and even sub-concussive trauma truly they resist with. The key is the adaptive are,” says Times reporter response…a more optimized compression Alan Schwarz, who was nominated for so that the head moves more gradually a 2007 Pulitzer Prize for his articles on upon impact, and the brain should move football concussions, a topic he contin- less inside the skull. The real goal is to ad- ues to cover. “It used to be considered dress the chronic effects of repeated impacts just a rite of the game. Now we’re finding out that getting ‘dings’ by managing each impact better and educating people to reduce or concussions is incredibly dangerous and can even be fatal.” the number of these impacts in the first place.” Among those testifying before Congress was former Har- At $350 for an adult model, Ferrara’s helmets are only margin- vard defensive tackle Chris Nowinski ’00, whose 2006 book ally more expensive than standard helmets priced at $200 to $300. Head Games: Football’s Concussion Crisis from the NFL to Youth Close to 15,000 of them have been used during the five fall and Leagues described his own traumatic experiences and spotlighted spring football seasons since 2007, at levels from youth football to the issue. Nowinski wasn’t diagnosed with a concussion on the the NFL. (The vast majority of the five million U.S. football play- gridiron, but he took blows to the head in his subsequent career ers compete at the youth and high-school level.) Research on the as a pro wrestler. (“The difference between a real kick and a ‘pro helmets’ effectiveness cannot use placebos, as players know what wrestling’ kick can be three inches,” he explains. “Sometimes kind of gear they are wearing, but the firm’s small 2008 survey they land for real.”) He blacked out at times in the ring, and says of 65 players on 10 teams showed a significantly reduced risk of his last concussion left him with five years of “post-concussive headaches (a key symptom) and reduced perception of impact. syndrome.” Only in the last year have Nowinski’s headaches come “The data suggest,” says a Xenith summary document, that the under control, and he no longer needs medication for the sleep- helmet “may reduce the risk of concussive episodes in football walking that developed as a sequela. players by 50 percent or more.” Nowinski co-founded the Sports Legacy Institute (sportslega- In any case, the product is catching on with Crimson athletes: cy.org) with Dr. Robert Cantu of Boston University School of Med- 17 of the current 114 Harvard varsity footballers wear Xeniths. icine to encourage the study of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, Last year’s standout quarterback, Chris Pizzotti ’08-09, wore one, or CTE, a degenerative brain disease caused by repeated head as does current Buffalo Bills quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick ’05. trauma. (Xenith helps support the institute, and also conducts its Two-time all-Pro center Matt Birk ’98 of the Baltimore Ravens own education program for athletes, coaches, and officials on risk (who played two Harvard seasons with Ferrara) is using a Xenith reduction in sports.) “We are 11 for 11 in finding CTE in ex-college this year. “Safety is a big thing with me, and with all players,” Birk and pro players,” Nowinski says, referring to autopsy data that said at midseason. “I’ve been really happy with the Xenith. On the identified the abnormal protein tau, a marker of CTE that can- football field, you get what’s called a ding—you might feel a little not be imaged and so depends on post-mortem diagnosis. (More foggy after a hit. I haven’t had any of these with the new helmet. than 200 athletes to date have volunteered to donate their brains Normally, I would expect it by now, and probably more than for research via the institute.) The diagnosis “punch drunk,” or once.” dementia pugilistica, first made in the case of a boxer in 1928, is an earlier name for CTE; its symptoms include memory loss, confu- sion, impaired judgment, paranoia, impulse control problems, aggression, depression, and eventually, progressive dementia. HALL OF FAME Concussions are poorly understood, widely under-reported, CALL FOR NOMINATIONS and often not diagnosed at all. “Most people think of concussions in terms of energy force and shock,” Ferrara says. The popular The Harvard Varsity Club is now accepting nominations for concept is of a local “bruise to the brain” caused by the impact the Hall of Fame Class of 2011, scheduled to be inducted in of tissue slamming into the skull. In fact, concussions result from the spring of 2011. The Hall of Fame committee will consider shearing forces that violent movement imparts to the brain’s nerve anyone or any team who: cells, and affect a large, diffuse area of the brain, not a single loca- tion. One useful image compares the head to an egg: the shell may not break, but the yolk inside still undergoes a violent displace- • has been a graduate of the college for 15 years ment. (1996 or prior) Football players, historically, have referred to being “dinged” • excelled for multiple years in a sport while an or having one’s “bell rung” for moments of dizziness, confusion, undergraduate at Harvard or grogginess that can follow a blow to the head. These terms • achieved greatness in a sport at the time when are “classic slang expressions for concussion,” says Ferrara, who competing at Harvard prefers the term “concussive episodes.” Loss of consciousness and amnesia, the traditional diagnostic criteria, are actually quite rare. If you would like to make a nomination please send Symptoms can range from three seconds of blurred vision to un- consciousness and prolonged headaches or cognitive dysfunction. recommendations and supporting statistical data to hvc@fas. A working paper from Xenith asserts that concussive episodes harvard.edu. affect from 45 percent to 75 percent of football players in the 3 Crimson Commentary

by Geoff Rathgeber ’08 words to say about James: “Jamie Houghton has served Harvard Special Assistant, Harvard Varsity Club with extraordinary devotion and a profound concern for the well-being of the University and its people. He has seen Harvard he holiday season is busy for everyone, but this year, it was through times of change with a steady hand and a constant com- especially hectic for two Varsity Club staffers. On Decem- mitment to the best interests of the University — above all, the ber 18, Assistant Director Neil Murphy’s wife Amy gave quality of our students’ educational experience and the capacity T birth to their third child Eleanor (Ella) Mary Murphy. Just of our faculty to shape the course of knowledge. Throughout his a few days later on December tenure on the Corporation, he has dedicated his time and care to 21st, Assistant Director (and former helping knit the parts of Harvard more closely together and to writer of Crimson Commentary) helping realize the promise of collaborative ventures from the Michele McLaughin and her hus- sciences to the arts and across the professions… We owe him our band Pete welcomed their second deep gratitude for his years of selfless service to Harvard, and for child, Tyghe Francis McLaughin. what I’m sure will be continuing active engagement in the life of Both babies were healthy, with Ella the University.” weighing in at 8lbs 13oz and Tyghe *** at 8lbs 10oz. Congratulations to Neil, As many of you know, Harvard changed its calendar drasti- Michele and their families! Michele with her sons Tyghe and cally this year. The students came back in August and took their Nolan. first semester final exams before the winter break. Tradition- *** ally, students were overwhelmed in January as they struggled to At the start of the new year, Rowing News selected former submit final papers and projects, while simultaneously studying Harvard rower and Olympic gold medalist Malcolm Howard ’05 for exams. This year, January could not have been more different. as its honorable mention Male Athlete of the Year. As a member of Harvard Square was eerily quiet as only in-season athletes and the eight at the Beijing Olympics, Malcolm earned a gold senior thesis writers are allowed on campus. medal. This past year, Malcolm helped lead the Canadian eight Some teams took advantage of this unique break from the to a silver medal at the world championship, even though they pressures of school by moving their training offsite and out of the were predicted to finish far outside the top three. Former editor country. Both swim teams spent one week training in the trop- of Rowing News and past world champion, Ed Winchester wrote, ics: The men’s team traveled to St. Croix where current Assistant “Howard’s career has long been marked by success, from his days Coach Kevin Tyrell used to coach the national team. The women’s as a standout junior at Brentwood College to his role in the engine team also opted for warmer weather, choosing Barbados as their room of the national champion Harvard varsity eight. But it’s as a training locale of choice. member of Canada’s senior team that Howard has truly come into While the swimmers’ trips certainly have their perks, perhaps his own.” the best J-Term getaway was the women’s squash team’s trip to *** India. On January 6, the squash team left Cambridge for an 11-day Senior third baseman Melissa Schellberg ’10 of the Harvard training and community service trip. The team traveled to Mum- Softball team was named one of five collegiate nominees for the bai, Delhi, Chennai (home of Vidya Rajan ’13), and Chandigarh, sixth annual Coach Wooden Citizenship Cup. The award is named playing matches against the top local players as well as teaching after legendary coach John Wooden and is given annually to a col- squash and doing academic tutoring to underprivileged children. legiate and a professional athlete who have made the greatest posi- For stories and pictures from their trip, visit gocrimson.com and tive influence in the lives of others. (This year, soccer superstar Mia read the players’ blogposts from India. Hamm will be the professional recipient.) The collegiate nominees *** were honored at Atlanta’s East Lake Golf Club on Wednesday on Lastly, here’s some exciting news. Forward Andre Akpan ’10 Jan. 19. of the Harvard men’s soccer team was chosen in the second round Joining Schellberg as finalists for the collegiate division were: with the 22nd overall pick in the 2010 MLS SuperDraft by the Zak Boggs, soccer, South Florida; Colt McCoy, football, Texas; Colorado Rapids. And senior defender Kwaku Nyamekye ’10 was Brianna O’Donnell, field hockey, North Carolina; Rebecca Poskin, selected in the fourth round and 60th overall by the Columbus soccer, Dartmouth. (Andrew Berry ’09 was also a semi-finalist for Crew. Harvard had the only two Ivy League players taken in this this award last year.) year’s . At the ceremony, Zak Boggs won the award, but that takes nothing away from the stellar efforts of Schellberg. For those of you who aren’t familiar with Melissa, she is a three-time All-Ivy League honoree, the Crimson’s captain and starting third base- man. Off the field, she is active in the Harvard, Cambridge and Boston communities. She serves as community service coordinator for Harvard Athletics and co-chair of Harvard’s Student-Athlete SAVE THE DATES Advisory Council. Through those roles, she has organized a wide variety of service activities for her fellow student-athletes. She also ********************************** coordinated the softball team’s Harvard Strikes Out Cancer event and served as the community affairs intern with the Houston Astros. Hall of Fame Dinner May 7, 2010 *** inducting Harvard Varsity Club Active Member Bridie Clark ’99 released her second novel last month. The Overnight Socialite Tamara Butler Battaglino ’95 - Basketball is a retelling of the classic Pygmallion story set in modern-day Manhattan. The book follows its protagonist, Lucy Jo Ellis, as Elizabeth Eynon Welch ’95 - Squash she navigates through the treacherous world of backstabbing and Kwame C. van Leeuwen ’95 - Fencing extravagance of the social elite. Bridie, whose younger sister Grace has been working at the Varsity Club for over two years, writes Vincent A. Martelli ’83 - Baseball with a sharp wit that skewers the hyperbolic lives of the Manhat- Steven Martins ’95 - tan socialite world. She has been earning rave reviews for her work, most notably from Vogue: “If Edith Wharton reincarnated Jerald J. Pawloski ’88 - Ice Hockey in a Marc Jacobs dress with the humor of a Park Avenue Nancy Donald Sweeney ’88 - Ice Hockey Mitford, that would be Bridie Clark. Hats off to The Overnight So- cialite, a distinguished froth of rich social satire and romance.” The Overnight Socialite is in stores and available online now. Senior Letterwinners’ Dinner *** May 26, 2010 On December 14, former hockey player James R. Hough- ton ’58, M.B.A. ’62, senior fellow of the President and Fellows of (the formal name for the Harvard Corporation, the University’s senior, seven-person governing board), announced Invitations to these events that he would step down at the end of the academic year, conclud- will be emailed to all Active Members. ing 15 years of service. Harvard President Drew Faust has kind If you would like a paper copy, please call 617-495-3535. 4 mark. His best games have come under the spotlight such as 19 points and 10 rebounds in when he hit an off-balance 3-pointer at the buzzer while getting the game. fouled to beat William & Mary in triple overtime (No. 15), 87-85. Casey has twice been Lin’s other great performances include the season opener at named Ivy League Rookie Patriot League favorite Holy Cross where he scored 21 second of the Week and has reached half points, finishing with 24 to go with seven assists; his 30 double figures in scoring in points in a 79-73 loss at UConn on Dec. 6; on Dec. 9 when he four of his last five games. scored 25 points as the Crimson defeated Boston College for a Other big efforts for the second straight year, 74-67. Crimson youngsters this On the other side of the country, the Palo Alto, Calif. native season have been: almost filled Santa Clara’s gym entirely with his fans as the Crimson’s visit (and 74-66 win on Jan. 4) brought that school’s -Christian Webster ’13 first sellout for a nonconference game (4,700). Considering the with 15 points at Santa hype, Lin played very well, dishing out nine assists but the star Clara (4-6 FG) and 15 performance was put forth by high-flying Kyle Casey ’13. points against New Casey poured home 27 points on 6-of-6 shooting from the Hampshire (6-9 FG) in floor and 13-of-16 from the line – in just 26 minutes a 78-60 victory back on of action. It marked the third-straight impressive performance Nov. 25. After just two months in crimson, freshman Kyle for Casey who had 15 points (11-13 FT) in a big 66-53 win over Casey has turned in some of the best basketball George Washington (Dec. 30) and 19 points (7-10 FG) in a 92-71 -Brandyn Curry ’13 log- performances in Harvard’s history. win at Seattle on Jan. 2. ging six assists at Seattle; Courtesy: M. Langdon Casey also came up big in the Crimson’s 62-58 win at Dart- playing 37 minutes against W&M in just his second collegiate mouth just a few days ago. With the rest of the team struggling game, and playing star defense in the Boston College win. uncharacteristically from the floor, Casey shot 6-of-7 including a buzzer-beating 3-pointer at the end of the first half to finish with Continued on page 6 Former Crimson Stars Invade

Left: Team USA’s Harvard contingent. (l-r) ’02-04, ’07-’08, and ’06-’07. Right: Team Canada’s Harvard contingent. (l-r) ’02-’03 and ’08-’09. (Photos by USA Hockey and )

Harvard women’s hockey players have been mainstays is making her fourth Olympic appearance with Team USA, at the past several winter . The forthcoming captured the gold medal in 1998 at , the silver in 2002 at games in Vancouver, slated to kick off on February 12th, are no and the bronze in 2006 at Torino. exception. Once again, former Harvard superstars will make their presence known on the world’s biggest stage as key play- Canada ers for the and Canada. On December 22nd, the president and CEO of Hockey Canada, Bob Nicholson, announced the roster for Canada’s women’s United States hockey team at the 2010 Olympics. Harvard alumnae Jennifer After four months of training and try-outs in Blaine, , Botterill '02-03 and Sarah Vaillancourt '08-09 were among 21 play- the United States Olympic team of 21 players (three goalten- ers selected for the team, which hopes to three-peat as gold medal ders, six defensemen, and twelve forwards) was selected on winners in their home country. December 17th. Among those selected were former Crimson standouts and All-Americans Caitlin Cahow ’07-08, Julie Chu Jennifer Botterill: Like Angela Ruggiero, Jennifer will be compet- ’06-07 and Angela Ruggiero ’02-04. Chu and Ruggiero will ing in her forth Olympics. As a member of team Canada, she serve as Alternate Captains for the US squad as well. has earned two gold medals and one silver medal. A four-time All-American with the Crimson, Botterill helped Harvard win Caitlin Cahow: Since her sophomore year at Harvard, Caitlin the 1999 AWCHA national championship. Perhaps most notably, has been a fixture on the USA National Team, winning a she is the only two-time recipient of the bronze at the 2006 Olympics in Torino. At Harvard, Caitlin (2001, 2003) in the history of the NCAA. A forward, Botterill was an on-ice leader and the backbone of Harvard’s stifling ranks first in Harvard’s history with 340 points and 157 goals. defense. Her senior season, Caitlin was named an All-Amer- ica in addition to The Radcliffe Prize as Harvard’s top female Sarah Vaillancourt: Vaillancourt, who was honored as the recipi- athlete. ent of the Patty Kazmaier Award in 2008, joined Botterill as a gold-medal winner with Team Canada at the Torino Olympics Julie Chu: Julie Chu had one of the most storied careers in in 2006. A forward, she will be skating in the Olympics for the Harvard Hockey history. She is a three All-America and the second time. A three-time All-American, Vaillancourt amassed NCAA’s all-time leader with 284 points on 196 assists 237 points on 106 goals and 131 assists during her storied Har- and 88 goals. In 2007, Chu took home the Patty Kazmaier tro- vard career. phy as the nation’s top collegiate player. A forward, Julie will be competing in her third Olympics with Team USA, having With all these former Crimson players on the ice, there will surely won the silver in 2002 and the bronze in 2006. be reason to tune into the Games when they begin on February 12th. The first games of the round-robin will be played on Febru- Angela Ruggiero: As one of the team’s veteran players, An- ary 13th, with the United States taking on and Canada gela has been on the national hockey stage for over a decade. facing . As in previous years, both of these teams are At Harvard, Ruggiero is recognized as the best defender in expected to go deep into the tournament. And it is very possible Harvard’s history. She was a four-time All-America and, like that these two teams might face-off for the gold medal on Febru- Chu, the winner of the Patty Kazmaier trophy (2004). Angela ary 25th! 5 HARVARD VARSITY CLUB, INC. Murr Center FIRST CLASS 65 North Harvard Street U.S. POSTAGE Boston, MA PAID 02163-1012 BOSTON, MA (617) 495-3535 PERMIT NO. 53825

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TBD Time Boston, of Club Harvard Banquet, Team Hockey Women’s – 27

6:30p.m. Center, Conference East Murr Meeting, Board Football of Friends – 15

5:15p.m. Center, Murr at Lounge Floor Third Meeting, Committee Executive Club Varsity Harvard – 15

MARCH 2010 MARCH

12:00p.m. Street, Federal Boston, of Club Harvard Meeting, Board Rowing of Friends – 24

6:00p.m. Center, Murr the of Floor Third Phonathon, HRFWA – 22-23

TBD Time Pavilion, Lavietes Weekend, Alumnae Women’s Basketball of Friends – 12-13

5:00p.m. History, of Hall Family Lee Dinner, Homecoming Wrestling of Friends – 6

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