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Union Hockey 2017 2018 WOMEN’S HOCKEY media guide 1 @UnionwHockey #Unity Union Hockey 2017-18 UNION HOCKEY MEDIA GUIDE TABLE OF CONTENTS GENERAL INFORMATION 2016-17 REVIEW Union College ........................................................................ 3 Team Awards .......................................................................27 Support Staff .......................................................................... 4 All-time Conference Records .................................28-29 Quick Facts ............................................................................. 5 All-time Non-Conference Record .........................30-31 Local Media ............................................................................. 6 2016-17 Final Statistics ...........................................32-33 2016-17 Box Scores ...................................................34-42 2017-18 SEASON PREVIEW Season Preview ..................................................................... 7 COACHING STAFF Head Coach Josh Sciba ....................................................... 8 Assistant Coaches ................................................................ 9 RECORDS PLAYER PROFILES All-time Letterwinners/Records ..........................43-46 2017-18 Roster.....................................................................10 All-time Captains/Coaches ............................................47 Newcomers (Numerical) .........................................11-14 Returning Players (Numerical) .............................15-26 2 @UnionwHockey #Unity About Union College Union Hockey Stephen C. Ainlay Strom Thacker President Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty Union College traces its beginnings to 1779. Several Winston Churchill, a president of the United States College has also developed programs that enable hundred residents of northern New York, certain (Chester A. Arthur, Class of 1848), seven cabinet students to work toward both a bachelor’s degree that Burgoyne’s defeat at Saratoga two years before secretaries, 15 United States senators, 91 members and an advanced degree. The Common Curriculum of the House of Representatives, 13 governors, 50 (General Education) has received national recog- demand for higher education in America. These important diplomats, more than 200 judges, 40 nition, and the College has an innovative program residentswould mean pursued a new thatnation, dream began for the 16 first years popular until, missionaries, 16 generals, and 90 college presi- of Writing Across the Curriculum. Efforts to renew and enhance the College’s academic programs and Iowa, Michigan, Vassar, Smith and Elmira. curricula continue to be supported by major foun- trusteesin 1795, consciouslyUnion became attempted the first to college bring theirchartered new dents, including the first presidents of the Illinois,- dations. collegeby the Regentsinto the mainstreamof the State ofof their New world. York. The veryfirst cation, including a statewide lottery, also were in- name, Union, carried echoes of the new national strumentalNott’s ingenious in building schemes Union’s for financing reputation. higher Innova edu- union. More immediately and directly, it recognized tions under the leadership of Andrew Van Vranken the fact that the College was an outgrowth of a new Raymond, president from 1894 to 1907 include sense of community among the several religious the establishment of a Department of Electrical and national groups in the local population. Union’s Engineering and Applied Physics, headed by the founders were determined to avoid the narrow “electrical wizard” of the General Electric Company, sectarianism characteristic of earlier American col- Charles P. Steinmetz. The new department gave leges; today, Union is one of the oldest nondenomi- impetus to the development of strong programs in national colleges in the country. science and technology and attracted attention and applications to the College. Union did not share the heavily classical bias of most colleges of the day. Its motto (“Sous les lois The 20th century brought other changes to Union. de Minerve nous devenons tous freres,” or “We all In 1970, the College adopted co-education and wel- become brothers under the laws of Minerva”) is sig- students. Today, roughly half of Union’s students are women.comed the More first recently, class of thetwo College dozen womenhas added transfer pro- levelnificantly with ofGreek French and rather Latin. than In the Latin 1820s, origin. when Union the grams in Asian Studies, Bioengineering, Film Stud- classicalwas among curriculum the first to was introduce the most French widely on accepted an equal ies, Nanotechnology, and Neuroscience. with greater emphasis on history, science, mod- In 2004, the Minervas were inaugurated to broaden ernfield languages, of study, Union and mathematics.introduced a bachelor’sThis liberality degree of the educational experience for students, faculty and educational vision characterized Union during the staff. Every incoming student is assigned to one of early years of the term of Eliphalet Nott, president seven Minerva Houses, joining upperclass students, from 1804 to 1866. Science and technology became important concerns; chemistry was taught before with its own budget and governing council, is a cen- terfaculty for andintellectual staff in a and house social affiliation. activity. Each Union’s Minerva, fra- ternities and sororities continue a proud tradition 1809, a degree in scientific studies was added, and of service. Theme Houses are a popular option for toin offer1845 work Union in became American the history first liberal and constitution arts college- - alto governmentoffer engineering. and did The pioneer College work was onein the of theelective first ers who are committed to themes such as commu- system of study. nitystudents service, who environmental seek residential awareness, affiliation art, with music oth and language. By about 1830, Union was graduating as many stu- dents as any other college in America. Along with The College has done important experimental work Harvard, Yale, and Princeton, it was spoken of as one of the big four. Students came from the South a number of programs that cut across the lines of and West as well as the East. Among them were the academicin interdepartmental disciplines. studies,Organized which interdepartmen is reflected in- father of Franklin D. Roosevelt, the grandfather of tal majors are offered in numerous areas, and the 3 @UnionwHockey #Unity Athletics Staff Directory Union Hockey SUPPORT STAFF JIM MCLAUGHLIN ‘93 JOANNE LITTLE DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS SENIOR ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR Jim McLaughlin was named the Director of Athletics at OF ATHLETICS/SWA Union in March 2005. Since 2005, Joanne Little has been the Senior Associate Director of Athletics/Senior Woman Administrator McLaughlin earned his bachelor’s degree in history and Compliance Coordinator for all 26 varsity from Union in 1993. During his time at Union, he sport programs. Little’s responsibilities include played on the offensive line for the football team and sport programs and sports services oversight, and was named an Associated Press and Champion second- coordinator of special events. Little serves as the team All-American. Upon graduation, he served as an academic liaison and admissions liaison for Athletics. She is also a Title IX assistant football coach for Union from 1993 to 1996, and earned his master’s in Deputy Coordinator for the Campus. business administration from the college in 1997. As Union’s assistant football coach, he coached the offensive line and assisted the offensive coordinator. Little has served Union College student-athletes in a variety of roles since she The football team made the NCAA playoffs in 1993 and 1995. came to the college in 1990. She has been head coach of the women’s volleyball, basketball, and tennis teams during her career on the campus. Prior to returning to Union, McLaughlin was associate director of athletics for of the department’s $11 million annual budget. He was also responsible for invitation to the NYSWCAA post-season tournament while her 1991-92 finance at Brown University, responsible for the development and management external relations including marketing and corporate partnership, athletic basketballLittle’s 1991 team volleyball produced squad the wasmost rewarded victories for for its Union 20-win since season the 1978-79 with an communications, and ticket operations. He was a sport administrator for the campaign. Little’s two years as the tennis coach produced an overall record women’s lacrosse, women’s soccer, and men’s basketball teams. Before joining Brown, McLaughlin spent four years at Princeton University managerof 16-5 and in 1995-96.what was then a college-best sixth-place finish in the New York with an eventual role as assistant director of athletics for business operations. state post-season tournament. She took over as the college’s head equipment Prior to that, in 1997, he was interim director of intramurals and physical In April 2001, Little was named director of varsity sports services and education at Brown. operations. She played a major role in the strategic planning for the athletics department, helping develop the student-athlete handbook, and also was McLaughlin administers a department of 26 varsity programs, 24 at the named the team leader for the prevention of hazing task force. In Fall 2002, Division III level within the Liberty League, and two – men’s and women’s

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