2004 NEC Football

8-13 Albany 32-37 Sacred Heart Great Danes out for a three-peat in 2004 Expect some offensive fireworks under head coach Paul Gorham 14-19 Central Connecticut State 38-43 St. Francis (PA) Head Coach Tom Masella brings a new look to New Britain A more experience Red Flash sqaud could surprise 20-25 Monmouth 44-49 Stony Brook Hawks look to build on one of best seasons in school history The league’s top scoring team is poised for more excitement 26-31 Robert Morris 50-55 Wagner Once the NEC’s dominant team, the Colonials should be in the hunt Youth is a key factor to the Seahawks’ success in 2004

Table Of Contents 2 About The NEC/NEC Sports 3 NEC Members/Contact Info 4-5 NEC Presidents/Office Staff 6-7 2004 Football Preview 8-55 Team-By-Team Reports 56-65 NEC Seasons In Review 66-71 NEC Football Recordbook 72 Driving Directions

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The NEC can trace its roots back to 1981, when the league was founded as the men’s basketball only ECAC-Metro 2004-05 NEC Championship Dates Conference. Over the course of the last 23 years, the NEC’s evolution from a single sport entity to a burgeoning 11- member, 21-sport conference in the year 2004 is a remarkable success story. The league began sponsoring addi- Championship Date Site (Host) tional sports in 1985 and changed its name to the Northeast Conference in 1988. With membership and sport Field Hockey Oct. 29 & 31 High Seed sponsorship continuing to grow over the next decade, the NEC now has access to NCAA automatic bids in 11 sports (baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s soccer, softball, M/W Cross Country Oct. 30 Quinnipiac (Hamden, CT) men’s and women’s tennis, women’s volleyball). Women’s Soccer Nov. 5 & 7 High Seed Men’s Soccer Nov. 12 & 14 High Seed Though the NEC has featured various incarnations since its inception, charter members Fairleigh Dickinson, Long Island, Robert Morris, St. Francis (NY), St. Francis (PA) and Wagner remain part of the current 11-school alignment. Volleyball Nov. 20 & 21 High Seed They are joined by Monmouth (admitted in 1985), Mount St. Mary’s (1989), Central Connecticut State (1997), M/W Indoor Track Feb. 12 & 13 P.G. County Sports Complex (Landover, MD) Quinnipiac (1998) and Sacred Heart (1999). NEC expansion, which culminated in 1999 with the addition of M/W Swimming Feb. 17 & 19 P.G. County Sports Complex (Landover, MD) Sacred Heart, has given the league a five-state geographic footprint with access to such major media markets as New York City, Baltimore, Pittsburgh and Hartford. Men’s Basketball Mar. 3, 6 & 9 High Seed Women’s Basketball Mar. 5, 8 & 12 High Seed With the addition of four sports over the last six years, NEC member institutions now compete in 21 championship Women’s Golf Apr. 18 & 19 TBA sports: baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s cross country, field hockey, football, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s indoor track and field, women’s lacrosse, men’s and women’s outdoor M/W Tennis Apr. 22 & 23 TBA track and field, men’s and women’s soccer, softball, women’s swimming, men’s and women’s tennis, and women’s Women’s Lacrosse Apr. 29 & May 1 High Seed volleyball. Men’s Golf May 2 & 3 TBA M/W Outdoor Track May 7 & 8 Mount St. Mary’s (Emmitsburg, MD) As only the second full-time commissioner in NEC history, the hiring of John Iamarino on April 7, 1997 signaled the dawn of a new era in the conference. During his tenure, Iamarino has orchestrated the transition from nine league Softball May 13 & 14 High Seed schools to 11; and sports sponsorship from 17 to 21. He unveiled a new NEC logo to wide acclaim in June, 1997, Baseball May 20-22 FirstEnergy Park (Lakewood, NJ) spearheaded the move of NEC Championships to top-notch venues such as FirstEnergy Park in Lakewood, NJ (baseball), Mercer County Park (tennis) and the P.G. County Sports Complex in Landover, MD (indoor track and swimming), initiated a new football financial aid policy, strengthened scheduling requirements and aggressively stepped up the league’s marketing and merchandising efforts. Under Iamarino’s guidance, the NEC reached an agreement with Maingate, Inc. in 2004 to become the official merchandiser of the conference and host the NEC Commissioner’s Cup league’s first ever webstore (www.necstore.org). 2003-04 Commissioner’s Cup NEC Commissioner’s Cup Iamarino has also succeeded in widening the NEC’s exposure on a national basis through a number of initiatives. Overall Standings Past Champions The league’s official website - one of the most comprehensive in the nation - was relaunched in 2004 with additional content and features, as well as a state-of-the-art design. To supplement one of the fastest growing 1. Monmouth 198.51 2003-04 Monmouth basketball television packages in the country, the league televised its first football games last season on Metro-TV. 2. Sacred Heart 177.39 2002-03 UMBC In 2003-04, the NEC televised 30 basketball games, a record number for the conference, while the league’s 3. St. Francis (PA) 175.13 2001-02 UMBC 2000-01 UMBC 4. Quinnipiac 172.02 coverage area exceeded 20 million homes. Along with flagship station MSG Network, other regional television 1999-00 UMBC outlets included Fox Sports-New York, Fox Sports-Pittsburgh, Fox Sports-New England, Comcast SportsNet and 5. Long Island 168.77 1998-99 UMBC Metro-TV. As part of the package, the NEC also aired eight men-women basketball doubleheaders. ESPN broad- 6. Robert Morris 145.77 1997-98 Monmouth cast the men’s championship game for the 17th straight year while MSG televised the women’s title contest for 7. Central Connecticut State 144.92 1996-97 Mount St. Mary’s the seventh season in a row. 8. Wagner 144.70 1995-96 Mount St. Mary's 9. Mount St. Mary’s 133.86 1994-95 Mount St. Mary's In 2003-04, the NEC received national attention through the awarding of NCAA bids to the conference in 12 team 10. Fairleigh Dickinson 131.69 1993-94 Fairleigh Dickinson 1992-93 Fairleigh Dickinson sports. The Central Connecticut State women’s soccer team started the ball rolling last fall by defeating Boston 11. St. Francis (NY) 68.44 1991-92 Fairleigh Dickinson College in the first round of the NCAA Tournament before dropping a 3-2 decision in double overtime to Connecti- 1990-91 Monmouth cut, the eventual national champion. Men’s soccer has been arguably the league’s most competitive sport on a 1989-90 Fairleigh Dickinson regional and national basis in recent years, with nationally ranked Fairleigh Dickinson capturing a record four The Commissioner's Cup is awarded annually to the school that fares best in the 1988-89 Fairleigh Dickinson straight NEC championships while winning four NCAA Tournament matches over the past three years. Individually, league's championship sports. 1987-88 Fairleigh Dickinson St. Francis (PA)’s Ryan Sheehan collected All-America honors after finishing sixth in the 10,000 meters at the NCAA 1986-87 Long Island Outdoor Track & Field Championships. Albany running back Gary Jones was selected to the Associated Press I-AA All-America Football team for a second straight season, while Monmouth linebacker Joe Sentipal claimed AFCA I- AA All-America plaudits. In men’s soccer, Fairleigh Dickinson goalkeeper Andrew Nucifora was named an NSCAA/ 2003-04 NEC Championship Winners adidas Third Team All-America. Sport ______Team Champion The NEC set a league attendance record for football in 2003 and finished with five teams ranked in the final Sports Field Hockey ______Quinnipiac Network I-AA Mid-Major Top-Ten poll, the most of any conference. Another 2003-04 highlight was the champion- Men’s Cross Country ______St. Francis (PA) ship game of the NEC Men’s Basketball Tournament, which was played in front of a sellout crowd and a national television audience as host Monmouth defeated Central Connecticut State, 67-55, to win its second league crown Women’s Cross Country ______St. Francis (PA) in the last four years. On the women’s side, St. Francis (PA) won its eighth NEC basketball championship in the last Women’s Soccer ______Central Connecticut State nine years with a 70-55 triumph over Monmouth. In cross country, St. Francis (PA)’s men earned their fifth straight Men’s Soccer ______Fairleigh Dickinson league title, while the Red Flash women made it three in a row. Robert Morris took home its fifth consecutive Women's Volleyball ______Robert Morris women’s volleyball trophy, women’s golf went to St. Francis (PA) for the third year in a row and Central Connecti- Football ______Monmouth/Albany cut State set league records for victories and winning percentage en-route to its third consecutive NEC baseball Women’s Swimming ______Gardner-Webb crown. In the spring, Monmouth utilized victories in both men’s and women’s outdoor track and field to pull away Men’s Indoor Track & Field ______St. Francis (PA) and win its third NEC Commissioner’s Cup. To conclude the 2003-04 campaign, three NEC baseball players were chosen in the 2004 Major League draft. Women’s Indoor Track & Field ______Monmouth Men’s Basketball ______Monmouth The 2003-04 academic year also boasted a strong balance between athletic feats and academic achievements of Women’s Basketball ______St. Francis (PA) NEC student-athletes. 917 league competitors earned NEC Academic Honor Roll accolades, along with one scholar- Women’s Golf ______St. Francis (PA) athlete award winner in each sport. NEC Student-Athlete of the Year Naomi Campano of Mount St. Mary’s (women’s Men’s Tennis ______Quinnipiac lacrosse), along with St. Francis (PA)’s Andrew Maloney (track and field) and Albany’s Victor Camacho (football) Women’s Tennis ______Quinnipiac earned national recognition when they were named CoSIDA first team Academic All-Americans. 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1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012NEC Member 1 Commissioner 12345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121 12345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121 John Iamarino [email protected] (732) 469-0440, Ext. 1 12345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012Institutions 1 Associate Commissioner (PR/Television) 12345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121 Ron Ratner [email protected] (732) 469-0440, Ext. 6 Assistant Commissioner (Compliance) Corrinne Wright [email protected] (732) 469-0440, Ext. 2 NEC Notable Alumni Assistant Commissioner (Championships) Central Connecticut State Donna Poyant [email protected] (732) 469-0440, Ext. 3 Ricky Bottalico, Pitcher, New York Mets Assistant Commissioner (Marketing/Operations) Dave Campo, Former Head Football Coach, Dallas Cowboys Andrew Alia [email protected] (732) 469-0440, Ext. 4 John Hirschbeck, Major League Baseball Umpire Jim Kelly, Director of Player Personnel, Toronto Raptors Assistant Director of Communications (Football Contact) Rick Lantz, Head Coach, Berlin Thunder (NFL Europe) Bob Balut [email protected] (732) 469-0440, Ext. 5 John Larson, U.S. Congressman (First District Connecticut) Administrative Intern Donna Fiedorowicz, Director of Tournament Business Affairs, Senior PGA Danielle Vento [email protected] (732) 469-0440, Ext. 27 Mike Sherman, Head Football Coach, Green Bay Packers Michael Ryan, Head Athletic Trainer, Jacksonville Jaguars Coordinator of NEC Football Officials Scott Pioli, Vice President/Player Personnel, New England Patriots Milton J. Halstead Fairleigh Dickinson Seth Greenberg, Head Basketball Coach, Virginia Tech NEC Fax Number (732) 469-0744 Tim Higgins, NCAA Basketball official NEC Website www.northeastconference.org Jay Horowitz, Public Relations Director, New York Mets NEC Webstore www.necstore.org George Martin, Former Pro Football player Peggy Noonan, Former Speechwriter for Ronald Reagan Bill Willoughby, Former NBA Player Fred Roedel, Founder & Former CEO, Suisse Chalet Albany Central Connecticut State Long Island Director of Athletics Director of Athletics Rose Bird, First woman named to California’s highest court as Chief Justice Jimmy Breslin, Pulitzer Prize winning columnist/author Dr. Lee McElroy (518) 442-3263 Charles Jones (860) 832-3038 Bud Greenspan, Olympic documentor & President, Cappy Productions Sports Information Director Asst. AD/Sports Information Dr. Louis Lemberger, Member of team that developed Prozac Brian DePasquale (518) 442-3072 Tom Pincince (860) 832-3089 Ossie Schectman, Former NBA player (Scored first point in NBA history) [email protected] [email protected] Terry Semel, Chairman & CEO, Yahoo! Head Football Coach Head Football Coach Velma Scantlebury, One of two African-American women transplant Bob Ford (518) 442-3052 Tom Masella (860) 832-3064 surgeons in the world Monmouth Sports Information Fax (518) 442-3139 Sports Information Fax (860) 832-3084 Alex Blackwell, Former NBA Player Press Box Phone (518) 442-5895 Press Box Phone (860) 832-0120 Ed Halicki, Former Major League Pitcher Web Address Web Address Christie Pearce, Member of U.S. National Women’s Soccer Team www.albany.edu/sports www.ccsubluedevils.com Mount St. Mary’s Monmouth Robert Morris Father Flanagan, Founder of Boys Town Matt McHugh, Former US Congressman and Director of World Bank Njuguna Mahugu, Secretary General of U.N. Security Council and Kenyan Director of Athletics Director of Athletics Ambassador to the U.N. Dr. Marilyn McNeil (732) 571-3415 Dr. Susan Hofacre (412) 262-8302 Scott Newkam, President & CEO Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Sports Information Director Sports Information Director Fred Carter, Former NBA player and ESPN NBA Analyst Thomas Dick (732) 571-4447 Jim Duzyk (412) 262-8314 Lou Grillo, NBA Referee [email protected] [email protected] Head Football Coach Head Football Coach Quinnipiac Kevin Callahan (732) 571-7582 Joe Walton (412) 262-8296 Murray Lender, Founder of Lenders Bagels Turk Wendell, Major League Baseball Pitcher, Colorado Rockies

Sports Information Fax (732) 571-3535 Sports Information Fax (412) 262-8557 Robert Morris Press Box Phone (732) 571-4400 Press Box Phone (412) 264-6202 Kevin Colbert, Director of Football Operations, Pittsburgh Steelers Web Address Web Address Hon. William J. Coyne, U.S. Congressman (Pennsylvania) www.monmouth.edu/athletics www.rmu.edu/athletics Hank Fraley, Starting center, Philadelphia Eagles Vic Gregovits, Former VP of Marketing/Broadcasting, Pittsburgh Steelers; Sacred Heart St. Francis (PA) Current CEO RMU Island Sports Center Bill Sutton, VP of Team Marketing, NBA

Director of Athletics Director of Athletics Sacred Heart C. Donald Cook (203) 365-7649 Jeff Eisen (814) 472-3280 Kevin Nealon, Actor/Comedien Sports Information Director Sports Information Director John Ratzenberger, Actor/Comedian Gene Gumbs (203) 396-8127 Pat Farabaugh (814) 472-3128 Craig Ryden, Chairman, CEO and President of Yankee Candle Co. [email protected] [email protected] Joseph V. Melillo, Executive Producer, Brooklyn Academy of Music Head Football Coach Head Football Coach St. Francis (NY) Paul Gorham (203) 365-7564 Dave Opfar (814) 472-3891 Joseph Browne, Senior VP of Communications/Governmental Affairs, NFL Robert J. Clark, VP & Treasurer, Major League Baseball Sports Information Fax (203) 365-7696 Sports Information Fax (814) 472-3196 Dr. Frank Macchiarola, President of St. Francis (NY)/Former Chancellor of the Press Box Phone (203) 365-7532 Press Box Phone (814) 472-3128 NYC Board of Education Web Address Web Address Donald A. McQuade, Vice Chancellor of University Relations, Cal-Berkeley www.sacredheartpioneers.com www.francis.edu/athletics/athlhome.shtml Thomas Von Essen, Executive VP Giuliani Partners/Former Commissioner of NYC Fire Department

Stony Brook Wagner St. Francis (PA) Claire Ansberry, Author and staff writer, Wall Street Journal Director of Athletics Director of Athletics Jeffrey Bower, Assistant Coach/Former GM, New Orleans Hornets Jim Fiore (631) 632-7122 Walt Hameline (718) 390-3488 Dr. James P. Gallagher, President, Philadelphia University Sports Information Director Sports Information Director Mike Iuzzolino, Former NBA Player Rob Emmerich (631) 632-6312 Ben Shove (718) 390-3227 Scott Layden, Former VP and General Manager, New York Knicks [email protected] [email protected] J. Randall MacDonald, Senior VP of Human Resources, IBM Tom Meredith, Managing Director, Dell Ventures Head Football Coach Head Football Coach Maurice Stokes, Three-time NBA all-star with the Rochester and Cincinnati Sam Kornhauser (631) 632-7198 Walt Hameline (718) 390-3488 Royals and Pro Basketball Hall of Famer

Sports Information Fax (631) 632-8841 Sports Information Fax (718) 390-3347 Wagner Press Box Phone (631) 632-4037 Press Box Phone (718) 420-4050 Rich Kotite, Former NFL Head Coach Web Address Web Address Robert Loggia, Actor www.goseawolves.org www.wagner.edu/athletics Dr. Donald Spiro, Founder of Oppenheimer Fund

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Iamarino has guided the NEC with an ambitious agenda designed to improve the quality of competition and increase the marketing and brand awareness of the Conference and its member institutions.

To improve the 21 championship NEC sports for the more than 2,200 student-athletes who compete, the Conference has secured Eighth Year professional facilities to accommodate baseball, indoor track & field, tennis and women’s swimming championships. Tournament gifts, awards, trophies and event programs have all been upgraded in recent years. Dr. Robert N. Aebersold Dr. J. Michael Adams (interim) Fairleigh Dickinson In June of 2004, the NEC reached agreement with Maingate, Inc. of Indianapolis to become the Central Connecticut State official merchandiser of the Conference. Maingate’s clients have included NBA and NHL teams, as well as NASCAR and the National Professional Rodeo Association. For the first time ever, the NEC will have goods available for purchase by consumers on a website (www.necstore.org) featuring a wide variety of logo merchandise.

In basketball, Iamarino worked to obtain the league’s first package of televised games on Madi- son Square Garden Network. From a modest 12-game schedule in 1997-98, the NEC TV package has steadily increased, reaching its all-time high of 30 games last season, including live coverage of the women’s championship game for the seventh consecutive year. Plans call for an increase in the number of NEC Tournament games carried as part of this year’s package. In Dr. David Steinberg Vice Admiral Paul G. Gaffney II addition to MSG, games are carried by Fox Sports New York, Fox Sports Pittsburgh, Comcast Long Island Monmouth SportsNet and Metro Channel.

In football, Iamarino worked with league presidents and athletic directors to implement a limited financial aid policy that permits need-based athletics grants to a maximum of 30 student- athletes per team. In 2004, for the second consecutive year, the NEC will produce two football games for coverage on regional cable television networks.

During his term as Commissioner, the 49-year-old Iamarino has led the NEC to launch a comprehensive website, hire the league’s first full-time marketing director, establish a student-athlete advisory committee, and sponsor an annual seminar designed to interest female and eth- nic minority high school and college students into pursuing collegiate athletics as a career. Dr. Thomas H. Powell Dr. John Lahey Mount St. Mary's Quinnipiac He is active nationally within the NCAA, serving as a member of the Baseball Rules Committee, the Division I-AA Football Governance Committee and a special sub-committee of the Colle- giate Commissioners’ Association studying the I-AA football playoffs. He formerly served on the NCAA’s Special Events Committee and was a television coordinator of two NCAA Basketball Tournament regionals.

Prior to his appointment at the NEC, Iamarino spent 13 years at the Sun Belt Conference in a variety of publicity, compliance and administrative positions. He entered the field of intercolle- giate athletics as Assistant Sports Information Director at Georgetown University in 1979, working two years there before moving on to become Director of Sports Information at Jacksonville University. Dr. Edward A. Nicholson Dr. Anthony J. Cernera Robert Morris Sacred Heart He is a 1977 graduate of St. Bonaventure University, where he earned magna cum laude honors majoring in the field of journalism. A native of Monsey, NY, he resides in Hillsborough, NJ with his wife, Mary Ann, and son P.J. (8).

Milton J. Halstead • NEC Coordinator of Football Officials

Milton J. Halstead enters his seventh season as Coordinator of Football Officials for the Northeast Conference. Dr. Frank Macchiarola Rev. Gabriel Zeis, TOR St. Francis (NY) St. Francis (PA) Well known along the east coast as a football official and assignor, Hal- stead also serves as the Commissioner of the Eastern Collegiate Football Officials Association, handling assignments for the Pennsylvania State Ath- letic Conference (Division II) and Middle Atlantic Conference (Division III).

Halstead’s officiating experience includes the 1994 NCAA I-AA National Championship game and the NCAA I-AA National Championship Tourna- ment from 1983-92. Recently, Halstead was honored by the All-Ameri- Seventh Year can Football Foundation for his dedicated service. A 1964 graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design and Engineering, Dr. Richard Guarasci Halstead lives in Pipersville, Pennsylvania with his wife, Vicky. Wagner

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123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567 Ratner orchestrates the league’s public relations initiative, and is the publicity contact for men’s basketball, baseball, soccer and tennis. He serves as executive producer of basketball and football telecasts on the NEC television network, Corrinne Wright • Assistant Commissioner where he is responsible for the scheduling of contests, acquisition of on-air talent and production of in-game and pre-taped features. Ratner oversees the content of the league’s official website and facilitated the redesign and relaunch of the site in February, Corrinne Wright, 35, begins her fourth year with the NEC. Wright was hired in 2004. Ratner also organizes and coordinates NEC Championships for basketball, men’s soccer and July, 2001 as Assistant Commissioner, concentrating in the area of compliance. tennis, and conducts the NEC Scholar-Athlete awards program. His 2003-04 NEC men’s basketball guide was judged “Best In The Nation” among all conference publications by CoSIDA. Wright is responsible for all NCAA compliance related matters within the conference. The primary contact for NCAA coaches’ certification, Wright acts as a liai- Prior to joining the NEC, Ratner served as Sports Information Director at Hunter College in New York son to the NEC’s faculty athletic representatives, SAAC and football financial aid City for six years. Ratner was responsible for publicizing the program’s 19 sports, facilitated the develop- committee. She also organizes and coordinates NEC Championships in women’s ment and aided in the maintenance of Hunter’s athletic website and was also involved in the internal volleyball and swimming. and external marketing of the program. While at Hunter, Ratner served as the Publicity Director for the Skyline Athletic Conference from 1993-95 and the Met Wrestling Conference from 1994-98, while also Prior to joining the NEC, Wright spent two years as the Assistant Director of serving as a radio analyst for CUNY Athletic Conference basketball from 1993-97. Athletic Compliance at Syracuse University. Her duties included preparing and conducting rules education, monitoring eligibility and campus visits, providing legislative interpretations, investigating possible He has also took on roles as a media relations assistant at the 1996 World Series and during the 1998 rules violations and assisting with internal audits and external reviews of the compliance program. She Goodwill Games at Madison Square Garden. Ratner also served as the Director of Computer Opera- also edited a monthly compliance newsletter for the department. tions for the NCAA sponsored National Youth Sports Program (NYSP) at Hunter from 1993-98. Wright came to Syracuse from the University of Louisiana, Lafayette, where she held a similar position Ratner graduated summa cum laude from Brooklyn College in 1990 with a bachelor’s degree in Business for one year. In that capacity, she coordinated the department’s compliance program, created a compli- Management and Finance. He earned his master’s degree in Sports Management from Brooklyn College ance manual and assisted with coordination of the university’s NCAA institutional certification process. in 1992. Ratner and his wife, Diane, reside in Flemington, NJ along with their three-year old son Kyle. Wright also served as a compliance intern at the Western Athletic Conference in 1998 and was an 12345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890

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Poyant oversees all NEC Championship events, and assists in select PR duties. Andrew Alia • Assistant Commissioner She is the league’s liaison to the membership SWAs, and the liaison to the coordinators of officials in soccer, men’s basketball and women’s basketball. Andrew Alia, 31, is in his seventh year with the Northeast Conference. The Poyant is also responsible for the production of conference championship hand- 1998-99 NEC administrative intern was named Assistant Director of Operations books, championship programs and the NEC Policy Manual. in June, 1999, was promoted to Director of Operations in July, 2000, and was most recently elevated to Assistant Commissioner in July, 2002. Prior to her arrival at the NEC, Poyant served as Director of Community Relations for the Winston-Salem Warthogs, a Carolina League Class A minor league baseball affiliate of the Chicago White Sox, for three As Assistant Commissioner, Alia oversees the NEC’s marketing program including years. Her responsibilities included layout and design of print publications, overseeing special events, areas such as corporate sponsorship packages and promotion of championships supervising game day staff and organizing player appearances and game day promotions. She also and special events. His other duties include serving as an executive producer of acted as a liaison within the community for little leagues, schools and charities. NEC Television Network broadcasts, acting as a liaison to marketing specialists at NEC member institutions, and directing the league’s merchandising efforts. Prior to her stint with Winston-Salem, Poyant spent 1995 as the Special Projects Manager for the Prince William Cannons in Woodbridge, Virginia. She assisted in media relations, sales and advertising for the Alia also organizes and administers selected NEC championship events, develops schedules for numer- Carolina League Class A affiliate. Poyant also interned with the Wareham Gatemen of the Cape Cod ous sports, and serves as the conference office’s business manager. Alia’s professional experience League in 1994. includes working as a media relations assistant at three NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament events; the 2004 East Rutherford Regional, the 2000 first and second rounds in Buffalo, NY, and the A native of New Bedford, Massachusetts who currently resides in Piscataway, NJ, Poyant was a graduate 1999 East Regional, which was held at the Meadowlands in New Jersey. assistant in the Sports Information Office at Springfield College. She earned her master’s degree in Sport Management from Springfield in 1994. She is a 1993 graduate of Eastern Connecticut State Alia’s internship with the NEC enabled him to complete his master’s degree in Sport Management, University with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration. While at Eastern Connecticut State, which he received from the University of Connecticut in December, 1998. While at UConn, he worked Poyant was a four-year letterwinner and a pitcher on the Warriors’ 1990 NCAA Division III National extensively with the athletic department’s academic counseling program. Championship softball team. A native of Saddle Brook, NJ, Alia graduated cum laude from Albright College in 1995 with a bachelor’s degree in history and political science. Alia and his wife Catherine currently reside in Franklin Park, NJ.

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123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789 Bob Balut • Assistant Director of Communications

Bob Balut, 29, is the most recent addition to the Northeast Conference (NEC) staff, having been named to the position of Assistant Director of Communications on November 3, 2003. Balut’s responsibilities include organizing conference-wide media relations, maintaining the official website, assisting with various NEC championships and is the main media contact for several sports, including NEC women’s basketball and football.

Balut brings to the conference a wealth of experience in the media relations field, most recently serving as the Associate Director of Communications at the University of Pennsylvania where he served as women’s volleyball contact.

Prior to his stint at Penn, Balut was the Sports Information Director at Wagner College from 1999-03, where he oversaw a four-member staff. His responsibilities included game management, overseeing all athletic publications and the development and maintenance of the athletic department website. Balut created Wagner’s first-ever Internet broadcasts for football, basketball and baseball. He also served on the Wagner Athletic Hall of Fame and the Seahawk Golf Classic committees and had a two-year stint as the Chair of the Northeast Conference Sports Information Directors committee.

Before his promotion, Balut spent two years as Assistant Sports Information Director at Wagner from 1997-99. He has also worked as a media relations assistant at the University of Massachusetts in 1997 and began his career as an undergraduate assistant at the University of South Carolina, where he served as baseball contact for two seasons (1996-97). Balut won a CoSIDA/Baseball Writers Association “Best In The Nation” award for his 1997 baseball media guide.

The Long Valley, New Jersey native is a 1997 graduate of the University of South Carolina, where he holds a bachelor’s degree in Sport Administration. He and his wife, the former Erica Minter, who played basketball at Wagner from 1994-98, were married in June, 2003. They reside in Mount Laurel, NJ. 5 123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567

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Individually, Albany tailback Gary Jones, the two-time NEC Offensive Player of the Year, earned Associated Press All-America honors for the second year in a row. Jones was also honored as a NEC Lands Nine Players On Preseason All-America Team I-AA Mid-Major All-American from the Sports Network along with eight other NEC standouts. Monmouth linebacker Joe Sentipal, the two-time NEC Defensive Player of the Year, was tabbed Nine Northeast Conference football players were an American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) All-American for the second time. The Al- among the 26 named to the 2004 Sports Network Pre- bany defensive duo of linebacker Victor Camacho and defensive lineman David Parks were season I-AA Mid-Major All-America football team in both named Academic All-Americans in 2003. Camacho garnered first team honors while Parks July. The team includes competitors from the 22 mid- was named a second teamer. Camacho was also selected the NEC Football Scholar-Athlete of major programs of the NEC, MAAC and Pioneer Leagues the Year. which play at a non-scholarship or limited scholarship level. 2003 NEC co-champions Albany and Monmouth, 2003 Associated Press I-AA 2003 Academic All-America Football Team along with Stony Brook, each had two players named All-American to the squad, while Central Connecticut State, Robert First Team Defense Morris and Wagner earned single spots on the team. Third Team LB Victor Camacho Albany RB Gary Jones Albany Albany was represented by a pair of senior offensive line- Second Team Defense man in Geir Gudmundsen and Brandon Shaw. The duo 2003 Sports Network I-AA DL David Parks Albany Mid-Major All-Americans helped propel the Great Danes to 3,215 rushing yards and 2003 Don Hansen Football Gazette I-AA 292.3 yards per game on the ground in 2003, both NEC RB Gary Jones Albany Mid-Major All-Americans records. Gudmundsen is a three-time first team all-NEC OL Geir Gudmundsen Albany offensive tackle and was selected as a Mid-Major All-American last season. Shaw, a center, has OL Mike Laroche Albany First Team been tabbed to the all-NEC second team two years running. K Greg Tonzola Sacred Heart TE Mike Malone CCSU RS Pete Athans Sacred Heart OL Mike Laroche Albany Monmouth will handle kicking duties on the DL Franklin Bright Wagner OL Brad Larson St. Francis (PA) All-America team with senior Steve Andriola LB Tim Heaney Wagner KR Pete Athans Sacred Heart 2004 Sports Network (pictured) serving as placekicker and sopho- LB Joe Sentipal Monmouth DL William Weathers Robert Morris Preseason I-AA Mid-Major Poll P Sean Dennis Monmouth LB Eddie Cobbinah Stony Brook more Sean Dennis tending to punting. An- LB Tim Heaney Wagner driola walked away with second team all-NEC 2003 AFCA Division I-AA American LB James Noel Robert Morris honors in 2003 after converting a league-high School (1st Place Votes) Points LB Joe Sentipal (below) Monmouth DB Robb Butler Robert Morris 13 field goals, the second best single-season 1. Duquesne (15) 224 DB Mike Niklos Robert Morris figure in league annals. His 49-yard field goal 2. Dayton (4) 190 P Sean Dennis Monmouth against CCSU last November 1 was the sec- 3. Morehead State (1) 150 4. San DIego (2) 135 Second Team ond longest in NEC history. Dennis was the RB Clinton Graham Stony Brook lone freshman to earn all-NEC and Mid-Ma- 5. Monmouth 134 RB Gary Jones Albany jor All-America recognition in 2003. He led 6. Valparaiso 124 WR Miles Austin Monmouth the conference by a wide margin with 41.6 7. Albany (2) 117 OL Jeff Gallo Monmouth yards per kick, placed 14 inside the 20 yard 8. Robert Morris 60 OL Geir Gudmundsen Albany line and uncorked a league-record 84-yard 9. Stony Brook 54 PK Greg Tonzola Sacred Heart punt versus CCSU. KR Tyjuan Massey Robert Morris 10. Drake 41 DL David Bamiro Stony Brook Stony Brook senior running back Clinton Gra- DL Franklin Bright Wagner DL Sean Hofferon Monmouth ham and senior defensive end David Bamiro collect All-America accolades for the Seawolves. LB Victor Camacho Albany Graham finished third in the NEC in yards per carry (6.3) and fourth in rushing yards (1,055) after DB Brian Pawlowski Sacred Heart missing the entire 2002 season with a ruptured Achilles’ tendon. The first team all-league pick became the first Stony Brook running back to reach the 1,000-yard mark since 1993 and tallied a school record 15 touchdowns, good for second in the conference. Bamiro was also chosen as NEC Football Scholar-Athlete Award a first team all-star after tying for the top spot on the circuit with 9.0 sacks. He added 15.0 tackles for loss, the fourth best mark in the league. Former Albany linebacker Victor Camacho (pictured) became Central Connecticut State is represented by senior cornerback Chris Blackshear, who holds the the sixth annual winner of the NEC Football Scholar-Athlete NEC career record with 16 interceptions. A two-time first team all-NEC award winner, Blackshear award last December. Camacho, a business administration ma- tallied 49 tackles, broke up nine passes and had five pickoffs, one off the league-high, in 2003. jor, led the Great Danes and ranked 10th in the NEC with 94 tackles and collected 8.5 tackles for loss. For his on and off the field Robert Morris senior James Noel earns a spot on the All-America team at linebacker. Noel, a efforts, Camacho was named CoSIDA University Division Academic former NEC Defensive Rookie of the Year, is a two-time all-conference performer. He earned first All-America first team. team all-NEC plaudits in 2003 after finishing the season as the league’s second-leading tackler with 107 stops. He also registered 9.0 tackles for negative yardage and had 3.5 sacks. Year Scholar-Athlete School 1998 Matt Farabaugh St. Francis (PA) Wagner junior return specialist Mark Jepson is the final NEC honoree. Named to the all-confer- 1999 Brian Russo Wagner ence second team a year ago, Jepson ranked second in the league with 24.5 yards per kickoff 2000 J.T. Herfurth Albany return. He brought back a kick 87 yards for a touchdown against Robert Morris last October 25. 2001 Marvin Royal Sacred Heart 2002 Justin Rosato Monmouth 2003 Victor Camacho Albany Tidbits

Five NEC Teams Ranked In Final Sports Network Poll • Albany has posted a 28-8 record (.778) since joining the league in 1999, the best winning percentage in league history. Robert Morris is a close second at 38-11 (.776). • The NEC captured three-straight I-AA Mid Major titles from 1999-01. In 1999 and 2000, Five NEC schools finished in the top-10 of the final Sports Network I-AA Mid-Major poll in Robert Morris finished the season ranked first in the nation in the Football Gazette poll. Sacred 2003, the most of any conference. Monmouth (10-2), which fell to Sports Network Cup Heart topped the Sports Network poll, which originated in 2001. winner Duquesne, 12-10, in the ECAC Classic, was No. 4 in the ranking. The Hawks, who • Monmouth had the nation’s stingiest defense in 2003, allowing a I-AA best 244.3 yards and received one first-place vote, finished with a school record 10 wins and spent three weeks in 8.3 points per game. The Hawks gave up one rushing touchdown and 12 overall. October as the top-ranked team in the poll. • Central Connecticut State running back and 2003 NEC Offensive Rookie of the Year Cory Harge matched a league record when he rushed for 242 yards against Stony Brook on Novem- Duquesne hurdled over Monmouth and former No. 1 Morehead State, which lost to Valparaiso ber 8. Two weeks earlier, Albany’s Gary Jones had established a new standard with 242 yards in the Pioneer Football League Championship, to claim the top spot. Duquesne joins Sacred vs. the same Seawolves. Heart (2001) and Dayton (2002) as winners of the Sports Network Cup. • St. Francis (PA) planted two receivers last season on the NEC’s single-game pass receptions list. Maurice Sales jumped all the way to the No. 2 spot with 14 receptions against Monmouth NEC co-champion Albany (7-4) finished the year ranked No. 7, followed by No. 8 Stony Brook on November 15, while Michael Caputo reached No. 3 with 13 against Albany on October 11. (6-4), No. 9 Robert Morris (6-4) and No. 10 Wagner (6-5). Other ranked teams included San Fittingly, former Red Flash standout Jeremy Nunamaker still holds the top spot with 18 grabs Diego at No. 2, Valparaiso at No. 3, Dayton at No. 5 and Morehead State at No. 6. versus Sacred Heart on October 2, 1999.

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123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567 On September 4, Sacred Heart visits Central Connecticut State in a battle of first year head coaches and Nutmeg State foes. On Robert Morris Names New Football Stadium After Head Coach October 9, defending NEC Champion Monmouth travels to Staten Island, NY to take on long- time rival Wagner. Both games will be broadcast live on Metro-TV, which is currently available After ten seasons as a football program, Robert Morris football will in 4.3 million homes in the New York Metropolitan area. play its first game on campus in 2005 at “Joe Walton Stadium”, named after the school’s first and only head football coach. The stadium will Paul Dottino, a highly visable member of the league’s NEC basketball broadcasts and New feature an artificial turf surface and initial seating for 7,000, with a po- York Giants reporter on ESPN Radio in New York City, will again handle play-by-play duties. tential expansion to 10,000. During his tenure, Walton has won five NEC Joining Dottino in the booth for his first tour of duty with the NEC will be former New York championships and boasts a 67-32-1 record with the Colonials. Giants quarterback and regional color analyst Scott Brunner.

NEC’s Hank Fraley Anchors NFC East Champion Eagles NEC Sets Attendance Record

Robert Morris’ Hank Fraley (1996-99) (pictured), a three- The Northeast Conference set all-time records for total time first team all-NEC offensive tackle, has been the start- and average attendance in 2003. Nearly 90,000 fans at- ing center for the Philadelphia Eagles the last three sea- tended NEC football games last season, an average of sons and has quickly become one of the most reliable 2,400 per contest. The statisical data showed that the NEC anchors in the National Football League. In 55 games increased its total attendance by nearly 5,000 fans and by played as an Eagle, Fraley has started all but one, including an average of more than 350 per contest. Stony Brook led seven starts in the postseason. the NEC with an average game attendance of 4,613 at Ken- neth P. LaValle Stadium and hosted a league-best 6,079 For his efforts, the 6-2, 300-pounder earned a lucrative five- fans versus St. Francis (PA) on Oct. 18. year contract extension in 2002 for more than $3 million, not including a seven-figure signing bonus. NEC Players Make A Mark in the Pros The Eagle was part of an offensive line in 2003 that protected quarterback Donovan McNabb on the way to his Robert Morris’ Robb Butler and Tim Levcik, along with Sacred fourth-straight Pro Bowl appearance, and paved the way for the “Three Headed Monster” Heart’s Deveren Johnson and Monmouth’s Will Holder (pictured) running back attack (Brian Westbrook, Duce Staley and Correll Buckhalter) that posted a com- have taken their NEC football backgrounds and turned them into bined 1,618 rushing yards and 2,465 total yards from scrimmage. professional aspirations. Butler signed a free-agent contract with the NFL’s San Diego Chargers in the off-season as a defensive back Fraley also sponsors the Hank Fraley Award which is presented annually to a high school and has hopes make the squad in the preseason. Levcik and Johnson, football player in the Philadelphia area who gets the most from his abilities. The 2004 recipi- who both tried their hands in the NFL, are playing arena football - ent was Nick Colleluori, 5-9, 170-pound, defensive lineman from Ridley (PA) High School. Levcik is a quarterback with the Philadelphia Soul of the AFL, while Johnson is a wideout with the Bossier-Shreveport Battle Wings of AFL2. Holder is one of the top scorers in the AFL with the New York Dragons.

NEC Football Champions Final 2003 Sports Network NEC All-Americans NEC Overall I-AA Mid-Major Poll Year Champion Rec. Rec. Associated Press I-AA All-Americans 1996 Robert Morris 3-1 9-2 1997 Rick Sarille Wagner Third Team School (1st Place Votes) Record Points 1999 Rick Sarille Wagner Third Team Monmouth 3-1 7-3 2000 J.T. Herfurth Albany First Team 1997 Robert Morris 4-0 8-3 1. Duquesne (12) 8-3 205 2000 Kayode Mayowa Sacred Heart Third Team 1998 Robert Morris 4-1 4-6 2. San Diego (6) 8-2 183 2002 Gary Jones Albany Second Team Monmouth 4-1 5-5 3. Valparaiso (2) 8-4 170 2002 Joe Sentipal Monmouth Third Team 1999 Robert Morris 7-0 8-2 2003 Gary Jones Albany Third Team 2000 Robert Morris 8-0 10-0 4. Monmouth (1) 10-2 168 2001 Sacred Heart 8-0 11-0 5. Dayton (2) 9-2 157 Sports Network I-AA All-Americans 2002 Albany 6-1 8-4 6. Morehead State 8-3 151 2001 Daryn Plummer Wagner Third Team 2002 Gary Jones Albany Third Team 2003 Monmouth 6-1 10-2 7. Albany 7-4 93 Albany 6-1 7-4 8. Stony Brook 6-5 65 Sports Network I-AA Mid-Major All-Americans 2001 Alex Argulewicz Albany All-Time NEC Records 9. Robert Morris 6-4 45 2001 Josh Bazan Albany 10. Wagner 6-5 20 2001 Aaron Edwards Monmouth 2001 Reggie Chambers Robert Morris School Record Pct. 2001 Sam Dorsett Robert Morris Albany 28-8 .778 2003 NEC vs.... 2001 Mark Leyenaar Robert Morris Robert Morris 38-11 .776 2001 Justin Holtfreter Sacred Heart 2001 Shaun Hubbard Sacred Heart Monmouth 29-20 .592 Atlantic 10 0-3 MAAC 15-5 Sacred Heart 24-18 .571 2001 DeVeren Johnson Sacred Heart Division II 0-1 Patriot 1-2 2001 Kayode Mayowa Sacred Heart Wagner 28-22 .560 Division III 1-0 Pioneer 0-1 2001 Marvin Royal Sacred Heart Stony Brook 17-20 .459 2002 Gary Jones Albany CCSU 19-30 .388 Ivy 0-1 2002 Alex Argulewicz Albany St. Francis (PA) 2-47 .041 2002 Shaun Hubbard Sacred Heart 2002 Odain Mitchell Sacred Heart 2002 Josh Bazan Albany NEC Coaching Records 2002 Kayode Mayowa Sacred Heart 2002 Joe Sentipal Monmouth Current Since Joining NEC 2002 Aden Smith Stony Brook Coach School All-Time Pct. School Pct. NEC Pct. Play Pct. 2002 Chris Blackshear Central Connecticut State 2002 Corey Oaks Robert Morris Walt Hameline Wagner 163-76-2 .680 163-76-2 .680 45-37 .549 28-22 .560 2003 Gary Jones Albany Joe Walton Robert Morris 67-32-1 .675 67-32-1 .675 54-27 .667 38-11 .776 2003 Mike Malone Central Connecticut State Bob Ford Albany 201-141-1 .587 192-119 .617 34-19 .642 28-8 .778 2003 Geir Gudmundsen Albany Kevin Callahan Monmouth 59-49 .546 59-49 .546 43-39 .557 29-20 .592 2003 Mike Laroche Albany 2003 Greg Tonzola Sacred Heart Sam Kornhauser Stony Brook 96-98-2 .495 96-98-2 .495 24-25 .490 17-20 .459 2003 Pete Athans Sacred Heart Dave Opfar St. Francis (PA) 3-17 .150 3-17 .150 3-17 .150 1-13 .077 2003 Franklin Bright Wagner Paul Gorham Sacred Heart 2-20 .091 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2003 Tim Heaney Wagner Tom Masella Central Conn. St. f i rst season as head coach 2003 Joe Sentipal Monmouth 2003 Sean Dennis Monmouth