The Gridiron Report Summer 2011 2011 Football Season Preview A Message from Coach Blaise Faggiano Dear alumni, parents, and friends, I first want to take the opportunity to thank you all for your generosity over the past year. Our Inside this issue: trip to Canada this spring was a tremendous opportunity for our program. This trip would not have been possible without your gifts to our program. Our Pioneer Football Golf Classic was a huge success. We had 136 golfers in attendance which was a tournament high. Please save the date for next year’s classic; Saturday June 23, 2012 at Message from Coach Stonebridge Golf Course and Country Club. 1 Faggiano Our coaching staff and friends of football recently participated in the Big John Kaczmarksi Me- morial Golf Tournament at Harvest Hill Golf Course in Orchard Park, NY. Over 120 were in atten- dance raising money for Utica College in the form of a scholarship in Big John’s name. I want to thank the Kaczmarski Family for their continued support of Utica College Football. I do want to welcome two new coaches to our staff. Bob McCann comes to us from Ilion HS Pioneers Abroad 2 where he has served as their athletic director as well as their head football coach. Bob is part-time and will coach our running backs. Seth Williams comes to us from SJFC where he was an offensive assistant. Seth is a graduate-assistant football coach and will coach our TE’s and serve as our aca- demic coordinator. Our program enters the 2012 season as experienced and as strong as ever. The pioneers will have 15 seniors and a record 37 juniors leading the program this fall. Our home Gaetano Stadium Update 3 opener will be held on September 10, 2011, at 7pm vs. Union College. Homecoming will be held on October 15th vs. rival . We hope to have our Conference contest vs. , Saturday October 22nd on Time Warner Sports. We are actively reaching out to our Club Football Alumni, if you know of one our football alums please send me their contact informa- tion. I have enclosed information on our ever growing 12th Man Tailgate. We truly have a family Pioneers Give Back 3 atmosphere at Utica College. I look forward to the 2011 Season. Fear the Moose…

Sincerely, 2011 Varsity & JV Blaise Faggian0 4 Game Schedules Blaise Faggiano

Rich Diliberto (UC alumni), Dave Lupia, Blaise Faggiano, and Jeremy McKown get ready to tee-off at the annual Pioneer Foot- ball Golf Classic at Stonebridge Golf Course in New Hartford, NY.

Fear the Moose… www.ucpioneers.com Your Pioneers got their 2011 campaign off to a great start this past May as they traveled north of the border Pioneers Roll to Victory to compete in the 2011 Quebec Classic. The team cruised to a 75-8 victory in its international exchange in 2011 Quebec Classic! game against the Saguenay Mercenaries in Saguenay, Canada (two hours north of Quebec City) in front of an estimated crowd of 1,000. UC newcomer running back Jake Larson (Maple Grove) was named the Pioneers Of- fensive Most Valuable Player, while linebacker Dana Christofferson (Richford, N.Y.) was named the Defen- sive Most Valuable Player for UC. Nine different Pio- neers scored touchdowns including Jamie Murphy, who caught two touchdown passes. The Mercenaries compete in the Major Football League of Quebec (LFMQ) which primarily consists of players with college degrees who want to continue to pursue a football career after college. Division III teams are allowed to play an interna- tional game once every three off-seasons, and the Pio- neers are very fortunate to have the opportunity to do so this year. This contest allows the team 10 practices with pads prior to the game to prepare.

Strength & Conditioning Report

Our players put turned in a tremendous effort in the weight room this offseason. We had outstanding partici- pation for these volunteer workouts that resulted in over an 8% average strength gain per player. Listed below are the new additions to our Pioneer Club (1,000 lb.), Moose Club (1,200 lb.), and Antler Award winners (highest % gained over the course of the semester): Pictured above left to right: Dana Christofferson (Defensive Player of the Game), Jake Larson (Offensive Pioneer Club Moose Club Player of the Game), Utica College HFC Blaise Faggiano, and Utica College President Todd Hutton. Ryan Scheminger (1,150) Shane Duncan (1,325) Andrew Hems (1,045) Nate Steward (1,210) Ryan Hansen (1,025) Dan Donato (1,200) Sam Lima (1,025) Anderson Lovell (1,025) Antler Award Winners Sean Hulser (1,025) Cody Langtry (30.0% gain) Mike Herberger (1,010) Anthony Acevedo (25.2% gain) Alex Rukavena (1,010) Jeremy Meier (24.7% gain) Ken Maturo (1,010) Ryan Scheminger (22.9% gain) Dana Christofferson Anthony Cipoletti (19.5% gain) (1,000)

Nice Work Guys!!! Family and friends gather with President Todd Hutton and his wife at a reception prior to the game in Quebec City, Canada Fear the Moose… www.ucpioneers.com Home Sweet Home! New Turf Installed at Gaetano Stadium

The Utica College Athletic department will be replacing the Field Turf at Charles A. Gaetano Stadium this month with Field Turf's newest product called Revolution. The process will begin on Monday, June 20 and it will take approximately 4-6 weeks. Utica will be one of the first schools in the country to install one of the latest offerings to hit the market - FieldTurf Revolution. Revolution provides many advantages that no other product can deliver. Its innovative fiber technology completes a set of devel- opments that have made Field Turf's patented product the most distinguished turf in the world. Utica's new turf will feature the College's athletic logo (moose) in the center of the turf and “Pioneers” will be printed in each end zone. The turf that is being replaced was installed in the year 2000 with a life expectancy of 8-10 years. Along with Football, Charles A. Gaetano Stadium is also home to UC Field Hockey, Men's and Women's Soccer, and

Pioneer Seniors Travel To Amsterdam for All-Star Game

Utica College Pioneers volunteer their time at the North Utica Whitestown Rotary Pancake Breakfast to benefit Polio Plus. Brendon Ring, Rick Rados, and Kevin Hennion

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2011 Utica College Varsity Football Schedule

DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME Saturday, September 03 St. Lawrence University Away 2:00pm Saturday, September 10 Union College Home 7:00pm Saturday, September 17 Frostburg St. Away 1:00pm Saturday, September 24 Open Date Saturday, October 01 Salisbury University Home 1:30pm Saturday, October 08 RPI Away 1:00pm Saturday, October 15 Hartwick College % Home 1:00pm Saturday, October 22 Ithaca College Home 1:30pm Saturday, October 29 St. John Fisher College Away 7:00pm Saturday, November 05 Springfield College # Home 1:00pm Saturday, November 12 Alfred University Away 1:00pm Saturday, November 19, 2011 First Round of NCAA Playoffs Saturday, December 17, 2011 Division III National Championship - Stagg Bowl % - Homecoming, # - Senior Game

2011 Utica College Junior Varsity Football Schedule

DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME Sunday, September 11 St. Lawrence University Away 1:00pm Sunday, September 18 Hartwick College Home 1:00pm Sunday, September 25 Alfred University Home 2:00pm Sunday, October 02 St. John Fisher College Home 4:00pm Sunday, October 09 Union College Away 1:00pm Sunday, October 16 RPI Home 4:00pm Sunday, October 23 Ithaca College Home 1:00pm Sunday, October 30 Hobart College Away 1:00pm

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