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UNIVERSITY FACTS TABLE OF CONTENTS Location.....................................................................................................Newark, Delaware 19716 2012 Quick Facts..........................................................................................................................1 Founded ....................................................................................................................................1743 2012 Season Preview ..................................................................................................................2 Enrollment.....................................................................................................16,000 Undergraduates Blue Hen Coaching Staff............................................................................................................4-6 Nickname (Mascot)..................................................................................Fightin’ Blue Hens (YoUDee) 2012 Delaware Roster..................................................................................................................6 Colors.....................................................................................................................Royal Blue & Gold Stadium..................................................................................................................Delaware Stadium Player Profiles ........................................................................................................................7-19 NCAA Affiliation .........................................................................................................NCAA Division I 2011 Season Statistics ................................................................................................................21 Conference .........................................................................Colonial Athletic Association (10th season) 2011 Game Recaps ..............................................................................................................22-27 Colonial Athletic Association ........................................................................................................28 ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF 2011 CAA Review..................................................................................................................29-30 President..............................................................................................................Dr. Patrick T. Harker 2012 Opponents ........................................................................................................................31 NCAA Faculty Representative ..........................................................................Dr. Lynn Snyder-Mackler Director of Athletics & Recreation Services ......................................................................Bernard Muir Series Records ............................................................................................................................33 Deputy Director of Athletics & Recreation Services........................................................Samantha Huge All-Time Blue Hen Honors......................................................................................................34-35 Assistant AD/Internal Affairs (SWA) ......................................................................................Sue Groff Blue Hen Record Book ..........................................................................................................36-38 Associate AD/Business Affairs..........................................................................................Scott Eatough Year-by-Year Results..............................................................................................................39-44 Associate AD/External Affairs ......................................................................Stacey Bunting-Thompson University of Delaware..........................................................................................................45-49 Associate AD/Recreation Services ....................................................................................Jake Olkkola UD Athletic Facilities ..............................................................................................................50-51 Associate AD/Compliance ..............................................................................................Brian Baptiste Student-Athlete Eligibility/Financial Aid Coordinator ..........................................................Kerri Cebula Blue Hen Alumni ..................................................................................................................52-54 Assistant AD/Operations ....................................................................................................Alicia Greco Assistant AD/Marketing & Promotions............................................................................Kristy Fletcher Director, Athletics Development......................................................................................................TBA WHY BLUE HENS? Assistant AD/Sports Medicine Physician ................................................................Dr. Andrew Reisman Sports Medicine Physician ................................................................................Dr. Geoffrey Gustavsen University of Delaware's athletic teams have one of the most unique nicknames in all of college ath- Sports Medicine Nurses ..................................................................................Lisa Sinclair, Mary Zagar letics – "The Fightin' Blue Hens." Head Athletic Trainer ..........................................................................................................John Smith It is a name they carry with pride that stretches back over 200 years of history of the state of Associate Head Athletic Trainers......................................................................Joan Couch, Dan Watson Delaware. Assistant Athletic Trainers........................................Courtney Butterworth, Jon Boone, Rachel Schlachet Associate AD/Student-Athlete Performance ....................................................................Augie Maurelli The Blue Hen nickname has been continuously used by all University of Delaware intercollegiate teams since 1911. SPORTS INFORMATION On December 9, 1775, the Continental Congress resolved that a Assistant AD/Media Relations ......................................................................................Scott Selheimer military battalion was to be raised from the lower three counties Assistant Sports Information Director....................................................................................Kevin Tritt along the Delaware River. Thus was born the Delaware Regiment, a Sports Information Assistant (Women’s Lacrosse Contact)..................................................Lauren Boots group of eight companies representing New Castle, Kent and Sussex Sports Information Phone ..........................................................................................302-831-6389 counties. UD Athletics Web Site..............................................................................................www.bluehens.com The second company was composed of men from Kent County and was under the command of Captain John Caldwell, an avid fan WOMEN’S LACROSSE INFORMATION and owner of gamecocks. The militia often amused itself by staging Head Coach............................................................................................Kateri Linville (Delaware ‘03) cock fights with these birds which were of a breed known as the Kent Coaching Record at Delaware ................................................................................8-9 (second season) County Blue Hen, having some blue plumage. Overall Coaching Record ......................................................................................8-9 (second season) The renown of these chickens spread rapidly during that time when cock fighting was a popular form Office Phone ..............................................................................................................302-831-4057 of amusement, and the "Blue Hens' Chickens" quickly developed a reputation for ferocity and fighting Email Address ........................................................................................................linville@udel.edu success. Mailing Address................................................................................................Delaware Field House Captain Caldwell's company likewise acquired a considerable reputation for its own fighting prowess ........................................................................................University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716 Assistant Coaches ......................................................Kristin Hopson (Notre Dame ‘07), second season in engagements with the British at Long Island, White Plains, Trenton, and Princeton, and was soon known ......................................................................................Kristen Carr (North Carolina ‘10), first season as "the Blue Hen Chicken" company. Volunteer Assistant ..................................................................................Corrine Drost (Delaware ‘11) One version of the story states that Caldwell's company rushed into battle screaming "We're sons of 2011 Record..................................................................................8-9