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LEHMAN MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL Junior Gilbert Garcia Junior Jason Caraballo 2009 LEHMAN COLLEGE BASEBALL MEDIA GUIDE Senior Andrew Rosario 2007-2008 Media Guide BASEBALL FAST FACTS President: Dr. Ricardo Fernández Vice President of Student Men’sAffairs : Mr. José Basketball Magdaleno Director of Athletics: Dr. Martin L. Zwiren Associate Athletic Director: Ron Carter NCAA Daculty Athletics Rep: Dr. Helene Silverman Baseball Coach: John Quirk Baseball Office Phone: (718) 960-7746 Assistant Baseball Coaches: Ray Cornish, John Krochak, Jhonny Reyes, Raphael Vallejo Athletic Trainer: Angelo Annunziato Sports Information Director: Stephen Spagnoli Sports Information Office Phone: (718) 960-1130 APEX Department Secretary: Maria Martinez Nickname: Lightning Colors: Royal Blue, White, and Gold Affiliation: NCAA Division III Conference: City University of New York Home Field: South Field Athletic Web Site: www.LehmanAthletics.com MEDIA GUIDE CREDITS The 2009 Baseball Media Guide is a production of the Office of Intercollegiate Athletics. Writing, layout, and design by Stephen Spagnoli. Contributions made by Nailean Arzu and Head Coach John Quirk Principle Photography by Tony Correa. Photo Credits: New York Yankees, Wildlife Conservation Society, Port Authority of NY and NJ. ALL ABOUT LEHMAN HISTORY: Lehman was established in 1968 as an ACCREDITATION: Board of Regents, University independent college of The City University of New York of the State of New York; Middle States Association of and named for Herbert H. Lehman, the New York Colleges and Schools; Commission on Collegiate Nursing Governor, U.S. Senator, philanthropist and humanitarian. Education; Association of University Programs in Health During World War II, the campus—which was then Administration; American Chemical Society; Professional the Bronx campus of Hunter College—was a national State Accreditation in Teaching; the National League for training site for more than 86,000 women in the WAVES. Nursing; American Speech Language Hearing Association; For six months in 1946, the campus served as interim National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education; headquarters for the newly formed United Nations. and the Council on Social Work Education. TYPE OF COLLEGE: Public, coeducational liberal FINANCIAL AID: 75-80 percent of students receive arts college with more than 90 undergraduate and financial assistance. Scholarships, grants, loans, and part- graduate degree programs and specializations. time employment are available for eligible students. ENROLLMENT: 10,761 including 8,570 ACADEMIC CALENDAR: Fifteen-week semesters undergraduate students and 2,191 graduate students of in the fall and spring; two six-week summer sessions. whom 72% are female and 28% are male (Fall 2005). Students come from more than 90 countries around the world. LIBRARY: Open stacks collection of 713,500 volumes supplemented by 572,000 microforms. The Library subscribes to 1,535 periodicals and over 13,000 electronic CAMPUS: A 37-acre tree-lined campus noted for journals. It is a designated depository for government its distinctive blend of Collegiate Gothic and modern documents. Fully automated CUNY-wide book catalog, architecture; 15 buildings include a Center for the circulation system, periodical indexes, electronic full-text Performing Arts, Art Gallery, and APEX Center, a world- databases, and Internet access. CD ROMs and LANs. class facility for sports and recreation. COMPUTER FACILITIES: The Department of LOCATION: Along the Jerome Park Reservoir in Information Technology Resources (ITR) provides access the Bedford Park-Kingsbridge neighborhoods in the to computing and related technologies in support of northwest Bronx. Near public transportation (No. 4 and the College’s instructional, research, and administrative D trains) and Bronx Surface Transit. Ample on-campus activities. Located on the plaza level of Carman Hall, the parking in secured lots. facility houses nine microcomputer classrooms, an open lab area with over 100 microcomputers, printing facilities, a help desk, a small auditorium, and a faculty development FACULTY: 337 full-time, of whom 85% hold Ph.D. lab. degrees. Six Distinguished Professors. INTERCOLLEGIATE SPORTS: Women’s STUDENT-FACULTY RATIO: 16-1 basketball, cross country, softball, swimming, tennis, indoor track, outdoor track, volleyball. Men’s: baseball, soccer basketball, cross country, swimming, tennis, indoor track, ALUMNI: Nearly 50,000 since 1968 outdoor track, volleyball. Spirit squad -- cheerleading. DEGREES OFFERED: BA, BS, BBA, BFA, BA/ ATHLETIC CONFERENCES: NCAA Division III, MA, MA, MS, MSW, MS Ed, MAT, MFA. In association CUNY Athletic Conference, ECAC, Metropolitan Collegiate with the New York Botanical Garden, a plant sciences Swimming Conference, Metropolitan Intercollegiate Men’s concentration in the City University’s doctoral program in Volleyball Conference. biology is based at Lehman. Dr. Ricardo R. Fernández President Throughout his nearly 40-year career in education, Dr. Fernández has focused on how to improve educational outcomes, especially on programs to provide the preparation and encouragement needed for more minority students to enter and succeed in college. His published books and research reports deal with the causes of Hispanic school dropout, the desegregation of Hispanic students, and bilingual education policy. At Lehman he has fostered collaboration between the College and local schools in the areas of technology, the arts, professional development, and curriculum enrichment. During his tenure, the College has significantly increased the level of its grant-funded research and the variety and reach of its educational programs, while also becoming a major resource for the borough’s economic, cultural, and educational development. Dr. Fernández is Chair (‘07-’08) of the American Council on Education (ACE) and is Past Chair of the Board of Directors of the American Association of Higher Education and of the Governing Board of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU). Other current affiliations include the boards of directors of the Intercultural Development Research Association (IDRA) in San Antonio, Texas, Multicultural Education Training and Advocacy (META), and the Hispanic Educational Telecommunications System (HETS), a national distance learning consortium of eighteen colleges and universities. He also serves on the New York State Commissioner of Education’s Advisory Council on Higher Education and the National Hispanic Business Group’s Advisory Boards. In 2003 he became a member of the Pepsi Co/Frito-Lay Corporation (North America) Latino/Hispanic Advisory Board. Locally, Dr. Fernández is a Trustee of the Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center; a Director of Wave Hill, a Bronx public garden and cultural center, and the Riverdale Mental Health Association; and a member of the Board of Managers of the New York Botanical Garden. He was a member of the Transition Committee (Panel on Health) to New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg in 2001-2002. Dr. Fernández is the recipient of numerous recognitions, including being selected by Hispanic Business Magazine as one of the “100 Most Influential Hispanics” in the nation and by Crain’s New York Business as one of New York City’s 100 Most Powerful Minority Business Leaders. He has received the Distinguished Trustee Award from the United Hospital Fund, the Comité Noviembre Educational Excellence Award, HACU’s President’s Award of Excellence (2007), the National Society of Hispanic MBAs Award (2002), the P. Gus Cárdenas Award from the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (2000), the Promesa Community Service Award (1992), the Interfaith Brotherhood Award of the Riverdale Jewish Community Council (1991), the National Puerto Rican Coalition’s Lifetime Achievement Award in Education (1990), and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Faculty Distinguished Service Award (1984). Dr. Fernández received a bachelor’s degree in Philosophy and a Master’s degree in Spanish Literature from Marquette University, as well as an M.A. and Ph.D. in Romance Languages and Literatures from Princeton University. An American Council of Education Fellow in Academic Administration in 1981-82, he attended the Harvard Institute for Educational Management in 1992. From 1973 until 1990, he was affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee where he rose to the position of Assistant Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Professor of Educational Policy and Community Studies. In 1986-87 he was a Research Fellow at the National Center for Effective Secondary Schools at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A three-year study of Hispanic school dropouts in five cities, which he directed, led to a national report published by the ASPIRA Association (1989). Mr. José Magdaleno Vice President of Student Affairs José Magdaleno has served as Dean and subsequently Vice President for Student Affairs at Lehman College since 1996. In this position, he manages College offices that provide student services, including the Career Services Center, Counseling Center, Financial Aid Office, Campus Life/Student Activities, Student Disability Services, International Student Services, Urban Male Leadership Program, the Student Health Center, Community Service/Service Learning/New Student Orientation Programs, Varsity Athletics and Intramural Programs, the APEX Recreation facility, and the Child Care Center. In addition, his office coordinates as the annual graduation ceremony. Prior to his appointment as Dean,