COUGAR PRIDE IS ALIVE! Cougar Pride provides Cougar fans an opportunity to get involved and play an active role in supporting all 11 intercollegiate sports at Caldwell College. JOIN All of the financial support generated by Cougar Pride will be used to enhance the athletics programs at Caldwell College as determined by the Cougar Pride COUGAR PRIDE Executive Board. Some examples include: The Booster Club • To generate new athletics scholarships. • To increase our commitment to a degree completion program for student- of athletes who have finished their athletic eligibility. Caldwell College • To provide the College’s coaches with the opportunity to recruit talented Athletics student-athletes. • To create increased visibility and exposure of the College’s athletic department. • To enhance the student-athlete’s college experience. • To play a role in the establishment of a Caldwell College Hall of Fame. • To renew and nurture the relationship with our student-athlete alumni. Cougar Pride members will be eligible to receive Caldwell College athletic gear, admission to athletic events and special events, updates on Cougar Athletics via e-mail, and more. For more information, contact Caldwell College Athletics at 973-618-3260, or visit our Web site: www.caldwell.edu/athletics COMMUNIT Y Æ CHARACTE R Æ COMMITMENT 2011- 2012 cougars basketball [ M ED IA G UID E ] but were eliminated in the first round. The cross country team has finished its last run, 2011-2012 and the women’s tennis team has Caldwell College concluded its play. The volleyball team won Quick Facts the CACC championship for the second year in a row and represented the GENERAL conference at the NCAA Division II East Address: 120 Bloomfield Avenue, Region Tournament in November. Caldwell, New Jersey Founded: 1939 As the calendar and academic year rolls Enrollment: 1,031 forward, Cougar fans shift their attention Nickname: Cougars from the soccer field to the tennis courts Colors: Scarlet, White and Gold and finally inside to the volleyball and Affiliations: NCAA Division II, ECAC Dear Cougar Fans, basketball courts. As a spectator who Conference: Central Atlantic Collegiate enjoys watching all of our student-athletes Conference (CACC) Welcome to another year of exciting athletic perform, it has been pleasure to cheer for Web site: www.caldwell.edu events on the Caldwell College campus! our students, to congratulate them on their Home Arena: victories and to support their leadership on George R. Newman Center (1,800) The fall semester showcased the and off the field. inauguration of the second cohort of ADMINISTRATION inductees into the Athletics Hall of Fame Early in 2012, the campus looks forward to President: Dr. Nancy H. Blattner, OPA during Homecoming weekend. On Friday, welcoming Mike Racy, NCAA Vice Vice President for Enrollment Management: September 23, five athletes and one President for Division II, to campus for a Joseph J. Posillico contributor were honored at a reception visit. During the 2011-2012 academic Executive Director of Athletics: and dinner in the George R. Newman year, Mike is serving as an American Mark A. Corino Center: Sister Vivien Jennings. O.P. ‘60 Council on Education (ACE) Fellow, and as Associate Athletic Director: Dean Johnson (contributor), Nicole Campbell Russo ‘97 part of his experience, the CACC is hosting Associate Athletic Director/Senior Women’s (women’s basketball), Emmett Idzahl ‘97 him for a week. We look forward to Administrator: Linda Cimino (men’s soccer), Brian Tonkovich ‘98 (men’s providing Mike with an overview of the Assistant Athletic Director/Compliance & basketball), John Pein ‘99 (baseball), and college and its administration during his Student Welfare: Katie Kennedy Corinne Reiser Houser ‘04 (softball). time on campus. We’re proud to showcase Administrative Assistant: Maria Massoni the Caldwell community! Athletic Trainers: Julia Panko, Josh Lee In addition to these inductees, the campus Athletic Phone Number: (973) 618-3260 also congratulates Coach Dean Johnson, Each day on campus, I have the Athletic Fax Number: (973) 618-3370 who on April 15 recorded his 500th career pleasure of interacting with our student COACHES DIRECTORY victory as the head coach of the Caldwell athletes: in the newly renovated dining Baseball: Jay Messina Cougars softball team. In other Cougar hall, in the Fitness Center, at athletic Men’s Basketball: Mark A. Corino coaching news, Linda Cimino, the head events, and on their way to classes. These Women’s Basketball: Linda Cimino coach of the Caldwell Cougars women’s young women and men are our future Cross Country/Track: Patrick Sullivan basketball team, has been selected as one leaders. They give so much to our campus Men’s Soccer: Rob Grosso of only 10 people nationwide to and local communities. Please join me in Women’s Soccer: Nate Guagliardi participate in the Women and Minorities supporting our student-athletes and the Softball: Dean Johnson Mentor Program conducted by the NCAA coaching staff by attending games or by Men’s & Women’s Tennis: TBA and Division II Athletic Directors becoming a member of Cougar Pride. Our Volleyball: Megan Hrbek Association during the current academic students so appreciate our attendance year. Also of note is Coach Megan Hrbek and encouragement, and they deserve SPORTS INFORMATION OFFICE being selected as CACC Coach of the Year our support. Director of Sports Information: in 2010. Matt McLagan Phone: (973) 618-3567 As I write this letter, both the men’s and Fax: (973) 618-3370 women’s soccer teams have finished their Nancy H. Blattner, Ph.D., OPA E-mail: [email protected] seasons. Both moved into post-season play President Web site: www.caldwell.edu /athletics 1 2011- 2012 cougars basketball [ W O M EN ’S ] 2011-2012 Preview go through some growing pains,” Cimino per contest last season. Anderson turned in said. “Having played for some really strong an outstanding freshman campaign, programs should help them with the averaging 13.9 points and a team-best 9.2 adjustment to the college game.” boards per game en route to being named the CACC and ECAC Rookie of the Year. Graduation took its biggest toll in the backcourt, where three-time all-CACC Another key player is senior forward honoree Kirsty Leedham and defensive Kaitlyn Lambert, the 2009 CACC Rookie of whiz Abena George will be missed. Junior the Year who brings outside shooting to the guard Torey Jones is back after a breakout frontcourt. Lambert, who has scored nearly season in which she was named to the all- 700 points in her career, averaged 6.4 CACC first team and all-East Region points and 4.6 rebounds a year ago. second team in 2010-11. Jones, who led Sophomore Shantel McNeil is an athletic the Cougars in scoring at 17.4 points per wing player who provides another game, needs just 109 points to reach defender and rebounder up front. 1,000 for her career. Stephanie Cadet The three freshmen in the frontcourt add Senior guards Stephanie Cadet and size and versatility. Taylor Baggs is a 5-10 Willeen Capehart provide experience and forward who was named the Staten Island The 2010-11 season for the Caldwell versatility to the backcourt, as both players Player of the Year twice while at Moore College women’s basketball team was one are capable at either guard position. Catholic. Along with Coscia, Baggs helped of the most successful campaigns in the Cadet, who begins her fifth year in the Moore Catholic win three CHSAA program’s history. The Cougars finished program after redshirting as a sophomore, Archdiocesan championships. Emily 21-6 to tie the school record for most wins can shoot the three while adding a steady Caswell earned all-state honors at The in a season, shared a piece of the Central hand at the point. Capehart, who Prout School in Wakefield, R.I., and was Atlantic Collegiate Conference North transferred to Caldwell last fall from named Rhode Island’s Female Athlete of the Division title and advanced to the Roxbury Community College, brings energy Year as a senior. The 5-11 forward has the semifinals of the CACC Tournament for the and scoring ability to the backcourt. Junior ability to score inside and from the first time since 2003. Additionally, the Chelsea Loscalzo is a long-range shooter perimeter. Joy-Divine Morrison is a 6-1 team was included in the East Region who also has emerged as a team leader. forward with good potential. She is the rankings all season. sister of Cougar men’s basketball player Four freshmen arrive with the task of easing As much as the Cougars accomplished last Arthur Morrison. the loss of two key starters in the backcourt. season, they still came up short of reaching Jessica Coscia is a true point guard who The non-conference schedule is difficult their goals of winning a CACC earned all-Staten Island second team early, with games against Stonehill and championship and participating in the honors as a senior at Moore Catholic High Assumption at the Assumption Tournament, NCAA East Region Tournament. Caldwell School. Ariel Paige comes from one of the and against C.W. Post and Dowling at the lost to Holy Family in the CACC semifinals, top programs in New York City and the Dowling Tournament. Those four teams and just missed out on receiving an at-large nation in Christ the King High School, figure to be among the best in the East bid to the regional. where she played the point. The two will Region this season. Caldwell was picked to “Last year was special, and I am proud of compete to fill the considerable void at the win the CACC North by the preseason what we were able to achieve as a team,” point left by George, whose defensive coaches’ poll, followed by Bloomfield, said head coach Linda Cimino, who begins pressure on the ball was integral to the Felician and Dominican.