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HHOFSTRAOFSTRA 2004 SOFTBALL MEDIA GUIDE Lisa Torres Meaghan Almon Alexis Alcantara HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY HEMPSTEAD, NEW YORK 11549 Hailey Clark Stefanie Kenney Kelly Morris Adrienne Clark 2004 SOFTBALL 2004 HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY TABLE OF CONTENTS SOFTBALL QUICK FACTS Quick Facts . 1 Hofstra Tradition . 2 Location: Hempstead, New York 11549 Assistant Director of Athletic This is Hofstra . 4 Enrollment: 13,400 Communications: Stephen Gorchov Head Softball Coach Bill Edwards. 6 Founded: 1935 Office Phone: (516) 463-4933 Assistant Coach Larissa S. Anderson . 8 Nickname: Pride E-mail Address: [email protected] Assistant Coach Scott Coppola. 8 Colors: Gold, White and Blue Graduate Assistant: TBA Support Staff/Media Following . 9 Affiliation: NCAA Division I Office Phone: (516) 463-2907 2004 Outlook . 10 Conference: Colonial Athletic Association Home Field: Hofstra University Softball Head Athletic Trainer: Evan Malings 2004 Roster . 13 Stadium (1,000) Assistant Athletic Trainers: President: Stuart Rabinowitz Christopher Grosskopf, Heather Clemons, Player Profiles Director of Athletics: Harry Royle Terry McLaughlin, Nicholas Mancini, Alexis Alcantara . 14 Senior Associate Director of Athletics: Matt Reedy, Stacey Taradash, Meaghan Almon . 15 Cindy Lewis Paul Kinney and Adam Kahn Lisa Torres . 16 Associate Director of Athletics for Equipment Managers: Kevin Maxwell and Adrienne Clark . 17 Communications: Jim Sheehan Kathy Theiling Hailey Clark. 18 Associate Director of Athletics for External Assistant Equipment Mangers: Dave Walsh Stefanie Kenney . 19 Affairs: Mark Cox and Brit Stone Kelly Morris . 20 Associate Director of Athletics for Student Photographers: Brian Ballweg, Scott Bruhn Enhancement Programs: Harold Starks Amy Belonick/Kristin Galeone. 21 Associate Director of Athletics for SOFTBALL INFORMATION Laura Sweeney/Tara Ulrich . 22 University Eligibility and NCAA Lisa Wambold/Elisabeth Collins . 23 Compliance: Dan McCarthy Head Coach: Bill Edwards Nicole Klemm/Ashley Lane/ Director of Marketing and Promotions: (Northern Michigan, 1967) Janine Meliambro . 24 Jesse Bonfiglio Overall Record/Years: 491-245-2/14 years Callie Osborne/Sarah Price/ Director of Corporate Advertising and Record at School/Years: Same Danielle Stallone . 25 Sales: Rob Cohen Assistant Coach: Larissa S. Anderson and Athletic Department Phone: Scott Coppola 2004 Opponents . 26 (516) 463-3800/6750 Softball Office Phone: (516) 463-5085 Hofstra University President . 28 Home Field: Hofstra University Softball Athletic Administration . 29 Associate Director of Athletics for Stadium (1,000) Communications: Jim Sheehan Press Box Phone: TBA Athletic Department Staff . 30 Office Phone: (516) 463-6764 2003 Record: 39-17 Athletic Department Directory. 31 Fax: (516) 463-5033 2003 Conference Record/Finish: Hofstra Heritage . 32 E-mail Address: [email protected] 12-2/First Place Academic Support . 34 Senior Assistant Director of Athletic 2003 Postseason: NCAA Regionals at Athletic Training . 35 Communications/Softball Contact: Lincoln, Nebraska (2-2) Long Island, New York . 36 Jeremy Kniffin Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 12/6 Hofstra in the Community. 37 Office Phone: (516) 463-6759 Starters Returning/Lost: 5/5 Athletic Facilities . 38 E-mail Address: [email protected] Pitchers Returning/Lost: 4/1 2003 Statistics . 40 2004 Captains: TBA 2003 Results. 41 2003 Colonial Athletic Association Review . 42 TOP RETURNING HITTERS: The Colonial Athletic Association . 44 Name Pos. Cl. Avg. HR 2B RBI Where Are They Now? . 45 Tara Ulrich IF So. .351 7 9 33 Meaghan Almon C Sr. .277 2 6 22 Softball Alumnae. 46 Softball Record Book . 48 TOP RETURNING PITCHERS: Softball Honor Roll . 51 Name Cl. W-L ERA SO BB ShO Hofstra in Postseason Play. 52 Adrienne Clark Jr. 12-2 1.90 58 32 3 Series Records . 53 Alexis Alcantara Sr. 10-4 2.41 75 25 4 All-Time Results . 54 2004 SOFTBALL 1 HOFSTRA TRADITION 2000 NFCA All-American and CoSIDA Academic All-American Alicia Smith Hofstra Softball by the Numbers (since 1988) 811 games 530 victories 34 all-conference players 1998 America East Conference Champions 24 all-region players 14 consecutive winning seasons 10 Academic All- Two-time America East Pitcher of District players the Year Jen Smith 9 conference championships 6 consecutive conference championships 6 NCAA Tournament appearances 5 NCAA Tournament 2000 America East Conference Champions victories 5 Academic All- Americans 4 All-Americans 2001 America East Conference Champions 2000 NFCA All-American and 2001 America East Player of the Year Lisa Ciavardini 2 HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY 2002 Colonial Athletic Association Champions Hofstra at the 2003 NCAA Regional in Lincoln, Nebraska Hofstra’s eight All-CAA selections in 2003 2003 NFCA All-American and Hofstra career home run leader Amanda Hallaway 2003 CoSIDA Academic All- American Heather Brousseau 2003 All-NCAA Regional selection Adrienne Clark 2003 Colonial Athletic Association Champs Two-time NFCA All-American and three-time CoSIDA Academic All- American Crystal Boyd 2004 SOFTBALL 3 THIS IS HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY workstations available in labs and classrooms. The University was ranked 18th in Forbes’ Most Connected Campuses in 2003, and was one of Yahoo Internet Life’s “100 Most Wired Colleges” in 2001-2002. The fully computerized Hofstra Libraries contain 1.6 million volumes for student use. Only about 5 percent of American colleges have collections as extensive, and 85 percent have fewer than half that number. Hofstra sponsors more than 500 cultural events annually, bringing thousands of scholars, dignitaries and other participants to campus. Hofstra has more than 200 musical and dramatic performances on campus each year. Hofstra has 12 galleries and exhibition areas and an extensive outdoor sculpture collection. Five of the galleries and exhibition areas, and the outdoor sculpture collection are directly ounded in 1935 in one building on 15 studios, a film/video screening room, film under the auspices of the Hofstra Museum. In acres in Hempstead, New York, Hofstra editing rooms, a computer laboratory, a addition, the entire 240-acre campus is used FFUniversity today has approximately 111 speech performance studio and a large dance as an open-air gallery that includes more than buildings on 240 acres. Located on Long studio. 65 outdoor sculptures, acting as a showcase Island, 25 miles east of Manhattan, the Hofstra for the Hofstra Museum, which houses one of student body of approximately 13,400 comes Hofstra’s C.V. Starr Hall offers academic the largest art collections in the metropolitan from 44 states and 64 countries. The Colleges facilities that are among the most area. The Hofstra Museum is accredited by the and Schools of the University are: Hofstra technologically advanced in the nation. Every American Association of Museums, one of College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Frank G. seat in every classroom allows students direct only 94 universities in the nation and one of Zarb School of Business, New College, School access to the Internet and Hofstra network – six in New York with such credentials. of Communication, School of Education and including the resources of Hofstra’s Axinn Allied Human Services, School of Law, School Library. Hofstra also has seven theaters, a student for University Studies, University College for newspaper, a Student Center, a recreation Continuing Education, Honors College and Hofstra’s growing computer facilities offer center and numerous athletic facilities, Saturday College. Bachelor’s degrees are extensive high-tech training opportunities. including the 15,000-seat James M. Shuart offered in 130 areas of study. There are also There are computer terminals throughout the Stadium and the 5,124-seat Hofstra Arena. approximately 130 graduate programs, campus for student and faculty use, with more Hofstra also has an indoor, Olympic-sized including Ph.D., Ed.D., Psy.D. and J.D. than 750 PC, Macintosh and UNIX (eight lane, 50-meter) swimming pool, one of degrees, advanced certificates and professional diplomas. The George Dempster Hall for Communications is one of the largest, most advanced, non-commercial television facilities in the East. It houses a highly sophisticated television production/post-production facility with two broadcast quality studios and control rooms; two advanced online video edit suites; two Avid non-linear digital editing systems and several cuts-only video work stations. Two satellite dishes are available with one dish providing special news feeds for the broadcast journalism room, which also has access to Associated Press, Nexis-Lexis and Dow Jones services. In addition, the facility is capable of feeding student-produced programming to the entire campus on our own cable channels. Also located here is the University’s radio station (WRHU/88.7-FM), audio production 4 HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY T HE F ACTS Hofstra offers bachelor’s degrees in 130 areas of study. ❖ The University offers approximately 140 graduate programs. ❖ Hofstra was ranked 18th on Forbes’ list of Most Connected Campuses. ❖ the largest such facilities in the New York beautification. It is a registered member of the Hofstra has 507 full-time metropolitan area. American Association of Botanical Gardens faculty members and and Arboreta, featuring approximately 8,000 1,291 total faculty members. The Hofstra athletic program competes on the trees representing 425 species. NCAA Division I level and is a member of the ❖ Colonial Athletic Association and the Atlantic Hofstra’s academic programs are accredited 10 Football Conference. The University