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Harvard Varsity Club NEWS & VIEWS of Harvard Sports Volume 55, Issue No. 8 www.harvardvarsityclub.org June 24, 2013 Ten Student-Athletes Honored at 2013 HVC Senior Letterwinners’ Dinner passes and total offense, and quarterbacked the highest scoring by Melissa Schellberg ’10 offense in Ivy League history. The awards following his senior Special Assistant, Harvard Varsity Club season were plentiful: The New England Division I FCS Gold Hel- On the eve of Commencement, senior student-athletes, met, the George “Bulger” Lowe Award and the Asa S. Bushnell parents, family, and Harvard athletics staff alike came together Cup as the Ivy League Offensive Player of the Year. He was also a to celebrate the accomplishments of the Class of 2013. The Senior first-team All-Ivy selection and an All-America choice by Beyond Letterwinners’ Dinner brings to- Sports Network. gether senior student-athletes from Squash player Laura Gem- all 41 varsity sports under one roof. mell ’13 was the recipient of the Approximately 650 guests were in Radcliffe Prize, presented to the attendance, including 153 Major senior woman letterwinner who, H recipients. As stories and remi- through outstanding ability in niscing circulated the room, there the playing field, dedication to was an aura of nostalgia and pride her sport, and qualities of leader- throughout the Murr Tennis Courts, ship, best reflects the purposeful which was decorated to send the achievement of Harvard and Class of 2013 out in style. Radcliffe alumni in every field The emcee of the night was around the world. As a freshman, none other than our very own Gemmell posted a perfect 16-0 in- Bob Glatz ’88. Glatz welcomed the dividual record as Harvard’s top crowd and congratulated the seniors player, earning the Ramsay Cup on becoming the newest Harvard and claiming the first of four first- athletics alumni. Nichols Family team All-America accolades. She Director of Athletics Bob Scalise is a four-time first-team All-Ivy kicked off the program, highlighting 2013 Award Winners at the Senior Letterwinners’ Dinner. Nichols League selection, and is just the the academic and athletic success of Family Director of Athletics Bob Scalise and Executive Director of the second player in Harvard wom- the Class of 2013. Overall, the class Harvard Varsity Club Bob Glatz join the nine senior award winners. en’s squash history to earn Ivy celebrated 29 Ivy League Champi- Photo courtesy: David Silverman League Player of the Year honors onships over the past four years and twice. Gemmell is a two-time earned over 360 academic awards. Sixty-six athletes received All- recipient of the prestigious CSA College Scholar Athlete award, America status in 20 different sports. In addition, this class helped and is the first three-time Academic All-Ivy League honoree in bring four national championships and nine individual national women’s squash history. In her four years, she has led her team to champions to Harvard. a pair of Ivy League titles and three national championships. Scalise handed out the final awards of the night to the top Sarah Mumanachit ’13 of women’s squash received the male and female senior athletes. The William J. Bingham Award, Arthur L. Boland Prize, established in 2010 for the senior varsity given to the male member of the graduating class of Harvard athlete who will be attending medical school and who best exem- College who, through integrity, courage, leadership and ability on plifies those characteristics and qualities which have been the hall- the athletic fields, has best served the high purpose of Harvard as mark of Dr. Art Boland’s care for Harvard athletes. Mumanachit’s exemplified by the late William J. Bingham ’16, former Director of academic pursuits include research in the Boston Children’s Athletics. This year’s award went to football quarterback Colton Hospital Lab of Cognitive Science and the David Rockefeller Chapple ’13. Chapple set single-season records for touchdown International Experience Grant, which allowed her to shadow continued on page 3 Crews Cap Impressive Seasons at National Championships by Brett Moore Rowing Coach for Men’s Lightweight Crew. “Overall success Assistant Director of Athletic Communications means we have one of the strongest programs in the country. We Senior members from Harvard’s four rowing programs were have more people competing at a top level than anywhere in col- forced to miss the University’s 362nd commencement, but made lege rowing.” their absence worthwhile by proving the teams continue to be Butt’s lightweight varsity crew put together one of the most among the best in the country at their respective national cham- dominant seasons in Harvard history. The group went undefeated pionship regattas. The men’s in dual racing, for the fourth lightweight crew varsity eight consecutive year, and picked up highlighted Harvard’s perfor- wins at the Head of the Charles mance at the Intercollegiate Regatta and EARC Sprints, Rowing Association (IRA) Na- before cruising to the national tional Championships May 31- championship. After easing to a June 2 in Sacramento, Calif., with win in a morning heat June 2, the its second straight national title, Crimson started to take charge at while the men’s heavyweights the 500-meter mark of its grand and women’s lightweights each final later in the afternoon. It earned IRA silver medals. The was a tight race for second, but Harvard-Radcliffe heavyweights Harvard clearly owned the race were in Indianapolis, Ind., dur- coming into the final 500 meters. ing the same time for the NCAA It was not until the last 150 Women’s Rowing Champion- meters when the rest of the field ships, where the Black and started to make up water on the White’s varsity eight finished Crimson, but Harvard held off eighth in the country. Yale to take gold by just over one second. “It’s enjoyable to see the Harvard crews race strong and win The men’s lightweight four also won at the IRA regatta to medals,” said Charley Butt, The Friends of Harvard Lightweight produce a clean sweep of the two varsity lightweight events. Suc- continued on page 6 CRIMSON COMMenTARY The Executive Director of the Harvard Varsity Club, Bob by Melissa Schellberg ’10 Glatz ’88, recently celebrated his 25th reunion with the class of n July 25, Smashfest! will take place in Toronto, Canada at 1988—and boy, did they have good reason to celebrate. The Class the Steam Whistle Brewery. Smashfest! is a charity ping- of 1988 shattered all other reunion records by raising over $116 Opong challenge where fans can mix and mingle with NHL million. The previous all-time reunion record was the Class of stars, including Dominic Moore ’03. Proceeds from the event go 1977, which raised approximately $69 million for their 35th re- towards concussion research and the Katie Moore foundation union. To members of the Class of 1988, you have until June 30th for rare cancers. Learn more about the event or sign up at www. to participate in this historic philanthropic effort. smashfest.ca. * * Neil Murphy is It is with great sadness that we leaving the Varsity announce the passing of HVC Found- Club after 4.5 years ing Lifetime Member Carl Akins this Friday. Murphy ’62. Carl was an avid supporter of recently accepted a po- Harvard athletics and former presi- sition as Athletic Direc- dent of the Quigley Society. Dr. Akins tor of Sandwich High graduated cum laude from Harvard School and will begin and earned his medical degree from July 1. Neil joined the Harvard Medical School. Read more Harvard community in about Dr. Akins here: http://www. 1998 as an intern. Prior to joining the Varsity legacy.com/obituaries/telegram/obitu- Melissa Schellberg ’10 and Neil Murphy ary.aspx?pid=165274840#fbLoggedO Club, he served as an ut. Assistant Director * of Athletics at Harvard for five years. At the Varsity Club, Neil Former Harvard football captain was an Assistant Director where he worked with several Friends Carl Akins ’62 Thomas B. Hooper groups and Varsity Club initiatives. We wish him the ’58 passed away last best of luck in his new role! month. Hooper graduated Magna Cum Laude * with a degree in English. He was the captain of As I mentioned in a previous News & Views issue, the 1957 football team. Friday will also be my last day at the Varsity Club. While * it is a bittersweet feeling, I am excited as to what lies Joe Azelby, Jr. ’84 recently finished his book ahead. Thank you to the Varsity Club and its members entitled, Kiss Your BUT Good-Bye: How to Get for a wonderful experience. While this may be my last Beyond the One Word That Stands Between You and official News & Views issue, I will never forget everything Success. The book (pictured right) is a “practical the Varsity Club has done for me. Thank you for your guide to overcoming your weaknesses.” Joe’s readership! brother, Bob, is a co-author for the book. The book is available for purchase on Amazon.com. Correction: Last issue we mentioned Georges Peter in Crimson * Commentary, who is a member of the class of 1959, not 1960. CRIMSON PHOTO GALLERY 2013 Harvard Varsity Club Golf Tournament. (Left) Claire Sheldon ’10, Sarah Harvey ’10, Philippe Panico, and Mitchell Dong ’75 pose in Harvard Athletics jerseys. (Right) Title sponsor Larry Cetrulo ’71 and teammates Mike Brady, Dick Byrd ’71, and Pat Grant ’70 defended their title finishing sixteen under par. 2013 Harvard Varsity Club Golf Tournament. (Left) Assistant Athletic Director Jennifer Downing, Nicole Parent Haughey ’93, Kate Gellert ’93, and Mindy Wasserman.