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Media 2 Year in Review 36 Relations 58 Compliance 20 Academics 40 UND.com 60 Performance Student Welfare Monogram Seasons in 24 and Development 44 Club 76 Review External Honors 28 Facilities 48 Affairs 100 and Awards Sports 32 Marketing 54 RecSports 112 Appendix from the director

We all want to be undefeated. That’s the ultimate goal ·· Particularly distinctive individual honors went to for anybody involved in athletics—you want to win women’s soccer All-American Lauren Fowlkes (she every time you take the floor or court or field. won an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship), foot- ball lineman Chris Stewart (he became a National It’s no different for all of us at the University of Notre Football Foundation National Scholar- and Dame. With 26 varsity athletics programs and more attended law school during the 2010 ), former than 700 student-, we understand we aren’t women’s player Dr. Carol Lally Shields (she going to be perfect every time out. But that doesn’t was inducted into the CoSIDA Academic All-America mean we aren’t going to attempt to make improve- Hall of Fame) and Irish women’s basketball head ments every day with every one of our programs. coach Muffet McGraw (she was inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame). We sit down during every off-season with every one of our head coaches. We want to know what it will take Several other teams chalked up first-time accom- to win championships—in particular, national cham- plishments. After several previous NCAA regional pionships—in their particular sports. Then we try to appearances, the women’s program in 2011 find ways we can help make that happen. advanced out of the regional and into the NCAA Championship finals for the first time. The men’s We sit down with every one of our graduating student- lacrosse team won its first 10 regular-season games athletes each year. Whether they were All-Americans and for the initial time became the number one team in or walk-ons, we want to know about their experi- the polls. ences—and we want to know how we can attempt to make those experiences even better for the next group Meanwhile, the men’s basketball team won a modern- of freshmen who join Irish rosters. record 27 games and earned a No. 2 NCAA seed (its best in 30 years), and was named national coach The 2010–11 athletic year at Notre Dame included of the year. In addition, Brian Kelly’s football squad some fabulous accomplishments, including one by won its final four games (including over No. 5 Utah and our women’s team that did involve finishing rival USC), including an impressive defeat of Miami in unbeaten: the Hyundai Sun Bowl. 1

·· Our women’s soccer team won the 2010 NCAA The various NCAA graduation rate comparisons again Championship after finishing 21–2–2—and Randy found Notre Dame’s name at or near the top of the Waldrum was named the national coach of the year. list in virtually every measurement. Every year that goes by, our student-athletes contribute more service ·· The men’s and women’s fencing teams both ranked hours to the campus and community than they did the No. 1 all season, finished 29–1 and 29–0, respec- year before. We broke ground for a new, on-campus tively, and then combined to win the 2011 NCAA ice facility, the Compton Family Ice Arena, and look Championship (producing nine All-Americans in forward to moving into that new home for hockey in the process). October 2011.

·· Muffet McGraw’s women’s basketball team enjoyed We understand that winning every game is a tall order a magical late-season in defeating perennial for our teams, coaches and student-athletes. Yet we’re powers Tennessee and top-rated Connecticut and proud to say that winning championships is the goal finishing as the NCAA Championship runner-up. for all 26 of those sports every time they take the field. As we pursue those goals, both on and off the fields of ·· Jeff Jackson’s hockey squad advanced to the NCAA play, it’s our hope that the list of accomplishments a Frozen Four for the second time in four years. year from now will end up even more impressive than it was in 2010–11. ·· Notre Dame teams claimed titles in women’s soccer (regular season), women’s , men’s golf, women’s golf, softball (regular season) and rowing (its eighth straight)—to go with Midwest Fencing Conference crowns for both the Jack Swarbrick men and women. Vice President Director of Athletics ·· Our Irish squads produced 26 All-Americans—to go with five Academic All-Americans. A thletics 2010–11 IN memoriam

Declan Sullivan Junior, Long Grove, Ill.

The Notre Dame football team paid tribute and honored the memory of junior Declan Sullivan from Long Grove, Ill., by wearing helmet decals emblazoned with a three-leaf clover and inscribed with his initials “DS” inside it following his death. Sullivan was a student worker in the video department who died tragically while filming football practice on Oct. 27, 2010.

The entire campus community forever will remember Sullivan for his spirit, wit, dedica- tion and love of Notre Dame.

2 C hristine Halfpenny Set To Usher In New Era As Irish Women’s Lacrosse Coach

Christine Halfpenny, women’s lacrosse the last five seasons at the College of William and Mary where her teams achieved four straight 10-win seasons and a pair of regular-season conference titles, was appointed head women’s lacrosse coach at the University of Notre Dame on July 26, 2011. Halfpenny’s Tribe squads captured ground balls, draw controls and classes at Duke that ranked among Colonial Athletic Association caused turnovers (all per game) and the top four in the nation (including regular-season titles in both 2008 shooting percentage—and both the the No. 1-rated class in 2005 by and 2009—and she merited CAA 2010 and ’11 teams ranked in the Inside Lacrosse). The 2004 Duke coach-of-the-year honors in 2008. top 20 nationally most of those two team produced the top women’s Her teams combined for a 20-8 campaigns. lacrosse grade-point average in the record in league play (including four country (3.46). Her 2009 season featured a second straight conference tournament consecutive regular-season confer- Halfpenny also spent a season bids)—as William and Mary reached ence crown, finished off with five as an assistant women’s lacrosse digits in victories each of the straight league wins (three against coach at her alma mater, Virginia last four seasons (10-7 in 2011 and ranked opponents) to end the Tech University, in 2003, directing 2009, 10-8 in 2010, 10-9 in 2008). regular season. Halfpenny saw her recruiting and serving as offensive Those four consecutive 10-win 2008 Tribe team finish the season coordinator. She began her coaching seasons matched the best previous ranked 20th after wins in eight of career as an assistant coach at stretch in program history. its last 11 contests (with four wins Brown University in 2001 and 2002. Notre Dame’s newest head coach coming against rated opponents, She has been actively involved in tutored two All-Americans at including top-10 foes Stanford and various camps and clinics nation- William and Mary, to go with 26 George Mason). Her first season in ally for more than a decade—and all-conference selections and 10 all- 2007 featured a victory over ninth- she served on the Intercollegiate region honorees. Her 2011 squad ranked James Madison. Women’s Lacrosse Coaches became the first in CAA history Association growth committee in 3 In the classroom, Halfpenny’s to receive awards for player of the 2002–03. players earned 59 combined CAA year, defensive player of the year Commissioner’s Academic Awards A four-year letter-winner in women’s and rookie of the year in the same from 2007–2010, as well as five lacrosse at Virginia Tech, Halfpenny season. William and Mary Provost Awards. started on the 1999 Hokie team that Her five seasons with the Tribe won the Atlantic 10 Conference Halfpenny came to Williamsburg produced single-season records for championship, finished 11–6 and in the summer of 2006 after points (347 in 2009), goals (244 in achieved a program-first top-20 three years (2004–2006) as the 2009), draw controls (269 in 2009), ranking. She received the coaches’ top women’s lacrosse assistant caused turnovers (third nationally award that year and was a two-time coach at Duke University. The in 2010 at 12.61 per game) and saves member of the athletic director’s Blue Devils won the 2005 Atlantic (211 in 2008). honor roll (1998, 1999). She gradu- Coast Conference postseason ated in 1999 with a degree in health Halfpenny’s most recent season in tournament title, won or shared and physical education. 2011 included All-America selec- three straight ACC regular-season tions Grace Golden (her second crowns and made three straight consecutive recognition) and Sarah NCAA Championships appearances, Jonson (her third straight) and a advancing to the national semifinals fourth straight advancement to in both 2005 and 2006. Halfpenny the CAA tournament. Her Tribe worked specifically with staff in 2011 included former Irish at Duke, assisting Megan Huether in women’s lacrosse All-American 2005 in earning first-team Shannon Burke. William and Mary All-America honors. She played a key in ’11 led the league in goals, points, role in producing three recruiting IN THE NEWS

Anne Donovan also was a member of the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame inaugural class in 1999, going in primarily for her accomplishments as a player at Old Dominion.

McGraw was the seventh active college head coach to enter the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame on the basis of her success on the sidelines. Besides Stringer and Auriemma, the others on this notable list are: (1999— Tennessee), Tara VanDerveer (2002—Stanford), Hall of Fame Calls for (Frances Marion) and Lometa Odom (2004—North Carolina) and Andy Muffet McGraw and (Wayland Baptist). Landers (2007—Georgia). Debbie Brown McGraw, who led the Irish to the Having completed her 29th season as a collegiate head coach and 4 Two of Notre Dame’s most national championship in 2001 and successful coaches—women’s two other NCAA Final Fours in 1997 her 24th year at Notre Dame back basketball coach Muffet McGraw and 2011, is the first Notre Dame in March, McGraw has compiled and coach Debbie selection for the Women’s Basketball a 644-252 (.719) overall record, Brown—were recognized for their Hall of Fame. The Fighting Irish including a 556-211 (.725) ledger with career achievements in their respec- skipper also became the third BIG the Fighting Irish. She ranks among tive sports. McGraw was inducted EAST Conference coach chosen for the top 20 active NCAA Division I into the Women’s Basketball Hall the honor, joining Rutgers’ C. Vivian coaches with her 644 career wins of Fame in Knoxville, Tenn., in June Stringer (2001) and Connecticut’s (reaching the 600-win milestone 2011, while Brown earned induc- (2006) in that elite on Jan. 19, 2010, at Louisville in her tion into the Colorado Sports Hall of company. Seton Hall head coach 839th game, tying for 10th-fastest to Fame in October 2010. 600 wins in Division I history) and her .719 all-time winning percentage. McGraw was one of six people— and the lone coach—named to the Brown was inducted into the 2011 Women’s Basketball Hall of Colorado Sports Hall of Fame in Fame class. The others in McGraw’s Colorado Springs, Colo., along with Hall of Fame class included former members of the 1980 U.S. Olympic Olympic gold medalists Ruthie women’s volleyball team. Bolton (Auburn) and Brown and the star-crossed team (Maryland), as well as , lived and trained in Colorado the first WNBA president (1996– Springs at the Olympic Training 2005) and first female president of Center in preparation for the 1980 USA Basketball (2005–08), and a pair in . In addi- of three-time All-America players tion, this was the first “national from the pre-NCAA era, team in-residence” experiment in to win a silver medal at the 1984 Brown completed her 20th season Olympic in the , Games in , losing to at Notre Dame in 2010 and garnered with all team members, coaches and in the gold medal game. her 450th win with the Irish staff moving to Colorado Springs to during the campaign. She has led Coached by Dr. 30 years live together and train on a full-time the program to nine BIG EAST ago, the team of Janet Baier, Carolyn basis after finishing fifth at the 1978 Championships titles since joining Becker, , Patty Dowdell, World Championships. the league in 1995. Most recently, Laurie Flachmeier, Debbie Green, Brown was named both BIG EAST Its Olympic dream did not come to , Laurel Brassey, Debbie and AVCA Northeast Region Coach fruition, however, due to the United (Landreth) Brown, Diane McCormick, of the Year in 2009. States’ boycott of the Moscow Terry Place and Sue Woodstra was Olympics. Several players remained considered a favorite to win the volleyball gold medal in Moscow.

Chris Stewart Named Stewart became the 16th Notre Actively involved in numerous National Scholar-Athlete Dame football player to receive the outreach efforts, Stewart jour- Chris Stewart, the first and scholarship and the second in the neyed to Haiti during his 2009 only player in Notre Dame foot- past four years. Only Nebraska (20) spring break to help with the relief ball history to play football and and Ohio State (19) have had more efforts following the deadliest earth- attend law school simultaneously, players selected since the program quake in the nation’s history. He also was selected in 2010 as one of 16 began in 1969. volunteered at the South Bend Youth National Scholar-Athletes chosen Center and participated in a fine arts Stewart finished his undergraduate 5 annually by the National Football initiative for area children. Stewart studies in history in only three and Foundation. also routinely visited local children’s a half years, was a member of the hospitals and raised funds for the St. History Honors Program and was Stewart received an $18,000 post- Baldrick’s Foundation. graduate scholarship and was one of inducted into the Phi Alpha Theta the 16 finalists for the 21st William honor fraternity. V. Campbell Trophy, referred to as “The Academic Heisman.” Newly Renovated Murphy also was presented with an Pat Murphy spent seven seasons as Baseball Locker Room honorary monogram on that day. head coach at Notre Dame, where he 6 Named for Former guided the Irish to a consistent level The locker room renovation project Baseball Skipper Pat of success previously unmatched in included a redesign of the team Murphy the history of the program. Building space to make it more efficient and The Notre Dame baseball team’s the program from the ground up with improve circulation between the locker room at the support of only four full schol- clubhouse, shower, rest room facil- received a facelift in 2011 and now arships, Murphy guided the Irish to ities and the dugout. A kitchenette bears the name of a former Irish a 318-116-1 (.732) record, including and mudroom were added, along head coach Pat Murphy, who built three consecutive trips to the NCAA with direct access to and from the the program into a perennial top-25 Championships regional finals in dugout area. program and coached from 1988–94. 1992, ’93 and ’94, a streak matched The locker space was completely only by Texas. The Coach Pat Murphy Locker overhauled with the installation Room was officially dedicated to the Under his guidance, the Irish aver- of 36 new, 30-inch wood lockers surprise of Murphy on May 14, 2011. aged more than 46 wins per season including four specially designed The renovation project was made and rejuvenated the pride in Notre corner lockers for the . possible through the generous gifts Dame baseball, which ultimately Lastly, new flat-screen, high-defini- of Daniel Murphy, David Murphy, led to the construction of Frank Eck tion televisions and state-of-the-art Bert Bondi (’67), Craig Counsell (’92) Stadium in the fall of 1993. RightView Pro technology were and John Counsell (’64) as well as installed. other generous supporters of Notre Dame baseball. and Harangody, the Ring of Honor recog- and 1,000 rebounds, Riley led the Austin Carr Inducted nizes former men’s and women’s Irish during the magical 2000–01 into Ring of Honor basketball and volleyball players campaign to the program’s first and Two of the greatest names in Notre who have made noteworthy contri- only national championship. The Dame sports history, Ruth Riley butions during their careers while career leader in seven different cate- 7 and Austin Carr, were inducted into student-athletes at the University. gories, she capped her senior season Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center’s by winning national player-of-the- Perhaps the most decorated athlete Ring of Honor as banners bearing year accolades and earning the Final in the history of the University, Riley their familiar numbers 00 and 34, Four Most Outstanding Player honor. was honored in November 2010 respectively, were unveiled at the prior to a women’s basketball game An 11-year WNBA veteran (the past ceremony. as the second inductee and first- four with the San Antonio Silver Begun in 2010 with the induction ever women’s player. The only player Stars), Riley has won two WNBA of three-time All-American Luke in Notre Dame women’s basketball championships during her profes- history with 2,000 career points sional career and was a member Notre Dame-Army Video Receives National Acclaim

A historical video documenting the Notre Dame-Army football rivalry that was produced for and shown at the November 2010 football game at Yankee Stadium was the recipient of a 2011 Telly Award for excellence in the historical promo video category.

of the 2004 Olympic women’s Carr ranks as the greatest scorer The script was written by Notre basketball team that struck gold in in NCAA Championships history Dame senior associate athletics . with a 41.3 career scoring average. director John Heisler and the His single-game record 61-point video was produced by Explore Forty years following his gradu- effort against Ohio University in a Media of Elkhart, Ind. ation from Notre Dame in 1971, first-round NCAA Championships Carr’s career scoring marks for game still stands. He recorded 22 Telly Awards are presented points (2,560) and average (34.6) double-doubles during his career annually to honor the very have stood the test of time. He and scored 20 or more points best local, regional and cable became the third inductee into 8 in each game during his junior television commercials and the Ring of Honor in February 2011 and senior seasons—58 straight programs, as well as the finest during halftime of a men’s basket- contests—and in 70 of 74 career video and film productions, ball game. games. and work created for the Web. Approximately 11,000 entries In 74 career outings, Carr failed Carr’s name will also grace the for a variety of categories are to score in double figures on just lower concourse inside the Purcell submitted annually. two occasions. Inducted into the Pavilion at the Joyce Center. National Hall of The Austin Carr Concourse will Fame in 2007, he was a consensus recognize former Irish men’s and All-American as a senior in ’71 women’s basketball and volley- and was named the national ball student-athletes and their player of the year by both the accomplishments. and United Press International. As a junior and senior, Carr ranked second nation- ally in scoring with averages of 38.1 and 37.9, respectively. At the time of his graduation, he held 33 Notre Dame records for scoring and field goals, 25 of which still stand today. Irish Women’s Teams donated nationally to the Marquette on Oct. 24, 2010, and Lead Nation in Fight Cancer Fund ($30,633) and locally a silent auction on the day of the Against Cancer to the Foundation for Saint Joseph match. During the 2010–11 school year, the Regional Medical Center’s Women’s Notre Dame softball coach Deanna Notre Dame women’s basketball, Task Force ($100,000), which Gumpf and her five-year-old softball and volleyball teams led the includes the Secret Sisters Society daughter, Tatum, presented a check nation in their respective sports for and Young Survivors group. for $12,046 to the pediatric oncology fundraising efforts targeted for the The Irish volleyball team raised a unit of the South Bend Memorial fight against cancer. nation’s-best $10,300 in the fall of Hospital. The squad raised more The Irish women’s basketball team 2010 in the effort to support Dig money than any other school in the raised a record-setting $130,633 Pink, a national initiative devoted nation during the 2011 season as part as part of the Women’s Basketball to promoting breast cancer aware- of the National Fastpitch Coaches Coaches Association (WBCA) Pink ness spearheaded by the Side-Out Association’s (NFCA) Zone breast cancer annual initia- Foundation. It marked the second Cancer Initiative. tive to generate funds to research, time in three years that Notre Dame Notre Dame’s Strikeout Cancer fight and eventually wipe out breast led the nation in monies raised after game was played against Louisville cancer. The total far surpassed the totaling $6,655 in 2008. on April 17, 2011. Louisville also 2009–10 amount of $103,750 and The Secret Sisters Society of South auctioned off its game-worn jerseys pushed Notre Dame’s fundraising Bend received $2,575 of the total and donated the money to Notre efforts during the past three years to proceeds raised through the sale of Dame’s cause. Tatum, who was diag- 9 more than $250,000. T-shirts, Internet donations, online nosed with leukemia last summer, Funds raised from this year’s Pink auction of match-worn jerseys threw out the ceremonial first pitch Zone events at Notre Dame will be during its Dig Pink game against of that contest. THE Rivals Return

“ is a lot of things. And what it was tonight was a town. It was an exciting atmosphere. I know that our kids fed off the energy that was here in New York for the past 48 hours.” — Brian Kelly (Nov. 20, 2010)

27 - 3 Notre Dame Army

Yankee Stadium before the game The team sings the alma mater after defeating Army

The Band of the Fighting Irish in Times Square Notre Dame with men’s and women’s at-large To be eligible, a student-athlete Remains a Leader in teams being named for other sports. must be a varsity starter or key Academic All-Americans reserve, maintain a cumulative Notre Dame ranks second all-time Produced Annually grade-point average of 3.30 on a with 221 Academic All-Americans, scale of 4.00, have reached soph- trailing only Nebraska’s 291, but well omore athletic and academic Five Irish student-athletes were ahead of third-place Massachusetts standing at his/her current institu- named Capital One/CoSIDA Institute of Technology’s 176 tion and be nominated by his/her Academic All-Americans during the honorees. Since 2000, Notre Dame’s sports information director. 2010–11 school year, as Notre Dame 95 selections are second only to remained one of the nation’s leaders Nebraska’s 104. in Academic All-America honorees.

Tim Abromaitis (men’s basket- ball), David Ruffer (football), Lauren Fowlkes (women’s soccer) and Reggie Bentley (fencing/men’s at-large) were all first-team honorees, while Tyler Academic All-America® Selections Total Davis (fencing/men’s at-large) was a (All Divisions)

second-team honoree. University of Nebraska 291 University of Notre Dame 221 The selection process for Academic Massachusetts Institute of Technology 176 12 All-Americans is conducted annu- Penn State University 172 ally by the Collegiate Sports Stanford University 162 Information Directors of America. Augustana College (Ill.) 135 Teams are named in baseball, men’s Emory University 124 basketball, women’s basketball, Bucknell University 121 football, men’s soccer, women’s University of Texas 121 soccer, softball, men’s track/cross University of 118 country, women’s track/cross country and women’s volleyball,

Tim Abromaitis Reggie Bentley Tyler Davis Lauren Fowlkes David Ruffer Men’s Basketball Men’s Fencing Men’s Tennis Women’s Soccer Football 3.615, MBA 3.78, Program of 3.914, Science Business 3.65, Science Business 3.90, Economics Graduate Student Liberal Studies Senior Junior Senior Unionville, Conn. Junior Nashville, Tenn. Lee’s Summit, Mo. Oakton, Va. Little Rock, Ark. Randy Waldrum and Mike Brey Recognized with Top Coaching Honors

Women’s soccer coach Randy Waldrum and men’s basketball coach Mike Brey were recognized in 2010–11 with national coach-of-the-year honors in their respective sports.

Waldrum was named the 2010 National Soccer Coaches Association of American (NSCAA)/Mondo Division I National Coach of the Year, marking the third consecutive season in which Waldrum has Tim Abromaitis Earns MBA been singled out for a national coaching honor. In in One Year 2008, he was named the FieldTurf Tarkett Division I National Coach of the Year and in 2009 was tabbed Irish basketball standout Tim Abromaitis has as the Soccer America Division I National Coach of excelled both on the court and in the classroom. the Year. A two-time Capital One first-team Academic All-American and a two-time recipient of the BIG Waldrum led Notre Dame to its third NCAA champi- EAST Men’s Basketball Scholar-Athlete Award (third onship in 2010, with his Irish posting a 21-2-2 record player in conference history to earn the award in and rolling to six-consecutive wins in the NCAA back-to-back seasons), Abromaitis earned his degree while outscoring their opponents, 15-1. What’s 13 in finance from the Mendoza College of Business in more, the Fighting Irish were handed arguably the just three years in 2010. most difficult path to a championship in the tour- nament’s history, having to go through five ranked During the 2010–11 academic year, he became the teams and four seeded opponents, including top- youngest individual to enroll in the University’s seeded North Carolina and Stanford (the latter was one-year intensified MBA program and gradu- unbeaten prior to falling to Notre Dame, 1-0 in the ated with his degree in May 2011 with better than NCAA final). Furthermore, the Fighting Irish had a 3.6 grade-point average. As an undergraduate, to win consecutive matches on the road (at North Abromaitis was a three-time member of the Dean’s List and earned a 3.72 grade-point average over the course of his eight semesters.

A third-team all-BIG EAST selection this past season after averaging 15.4 points per game (second best on the team) and a career-best 6.1 rebounds, he also was the recipient of the BIG EAST Scholar-Athlete Award in men’s basketball for the second consecu- tive year in 2011.

He will be enrolled as an unclassified grad- uate student during the 2011–12 campaign as he completes his final year of playing eligibility in an Irish uniform. During the past summer, he interned in Notre Dame’s Investment Office under Scott Malpass, the University’s vice president and chief investment officer. Carolina and Oklahoma State) just to reach the College seed in the 2011 NCAA Championships, its highest ever Cup, marking only the third time in tournament history in the seven appearances under him and the highest that a team won back-to-back road matches in the third since 1981 when that squad also earned a No. 2 seed. and quarterfinal rounds of the championship. In Brey’s 11 seasons at Notre Dame, his Irish teams have In his 12 seasons at Notre Dame, Waldrum has led the compiled a 238-120 record for a .665 winning percentage, Fighting Irish to unprecedented success, posting a while his overall coaching ledger (including five seasons 253-36-11 (.862) mark and winning national champion- at Delaware), stands at 337-172 (.662). His squads have ships in 2004 and 2010. He also is just the seventh coach produced eight 20-win seasons, including five straight, at Notre Dame (in any sport) to win multiple NCAA and have won 10 or more BIG EAST regular-season games titles—a storied list that also includes legendary foot- on seven occasions. ball coaches (four), (three) Notre Dame finished fifth in the final Associated Press and (two), as well as heralded fencing rankings, its highest finish ever under Brey and first skippers Michael DeCicco (four), Yves Auriol (two) and top-10 finish since 1981 when that Irish squad ended the current Fighting Irish fencing coach Janusz Bednarski year seventh in the AP poll. (three). Notre Dame, which won the 2010 Old Spice Classic in Waldrum has steered Notre Dame to eight NCAA College Orlando in November, defeated a school-record seven Cup appearances in his 12-year tenure (including an ranked opponents during the regular season and active run of five in a row) and five trips to the NCAA finished the campaign 8-3 against ranked foes. national championship match, both of which rank second in Division I history.

Brey was honored as the Associated Press National 14 Coach of the Year and received the Coach of the Year Award presented annually by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA). It marked the first time in his 16-year coaching career that he earned any type of national coach-of-the-year accolade.

Brey, also recognized as the BIG EAST Coach of the Year for the third time in five seasons, led the Irish to a 27-7 record last season and 14-4 ledger in BIG EAST play as Notre Dame finished second in the final BIG EAST regular-season standings and advanced to the semi- finals of the BIG EAST Conference Championship for the second consecutive year and fourth time under the 11-year mentor. He is one of five coaches in conference history who has won coach-of-the-year accolades on three or more occasions.

Notre Dame’s 27 wins in ’10–’11 were the most in the modern era for any Irish basketball team and the second- most wins ever in program history. The 14 BIG EAST wins also tied a school record, matching the mark set by the 2007–08 squad. Brey guided Notre Dame to a No. 2 15 Carol Lally Shields Sports Information Directors of Inducted into Capital One America) members. Since the Hall of Academic All-America Fame’s inception in 1988, 112 indi- Hall of Fame viduals have joined its ranks.

From her experiences on Notre After accepting the award from Dame’s first varsity women’s basket- CoSIDA president Larry Dougherty, ball team to her current career as Lally Shields sat down for an onstage one of the top eye physicians in the interview session with event emcee nation, it seems only fitting that Dr. and ESPN personality . Carol Lally Shields be described as a In addition to discussing her work visionary. as an ophthalmologist, Lally Shields For her pioneering efforts in the spoke about the art of balancing classroom, on the court and in her academics and athletics during her professional work, Lally Shields time as a student-athlete at Notre was inducted into the Capital One Dame and how crafting the skills Academic All-America® Hall of Fame of time management and self disci- during a ceremony in June 2011. pline prepared her for a career in medicine. Lally Shields became the sixth former Notre Dame student-athlete “I worried that being an athlete at to be inducted into the Capital One Notre Dame would take away from Academic All-America Hall of Fame, my studies, but, in fact, it was the as selected by CoSIDA (College exact opposite,” Lally Shields said. “When I came back from practices, of the ’79 Notre Dame Club of St. helped organize an annual Easter I felt good about myself and I was Joseph Valley Rockne Student- egg hunt for more than 500 children able to put my mind to my work. It Athlete award for excellence in since 1995. helped me academically and led me academics and athletics after In 2006, Lally Shields became the to develop a sense of pride in myself. earning Dean’s List recognition all first woman to receive the Moose I believed that I could accomplish eight semesters. Krause Distinguished Service anything.” Lally Shields served as team captain Award presented by the Notre Dame Lally Shields is the first female Notre in her senior season and graduated Monogram Club and given to active Dame student-athlete to be inducted with a 3.91 cumulative grade-point club members who are distinguished into the Capital One Academic average with a degree in pre-profes- in their profession, demonstrate All-America Hall of Fame. The other sional studies from the College of responsibility to and concern for Fighting Irish inductees have been Science. Following graduation, she the community and display an former football players Bob Burger went on to earn her degree from the outstanding dedication to the spirit (a 2006 inductee), Robert Thomas University of Pittsburgh Medical and ideals of Notre Dame. (a 1996 inductee), Dave Casper (a School. 1993 inductee) and A world-renowned ophthalmolo- (a 1990 inductee) as well as basket- gist, Lally Shields was presented ball standout John Paxson (a 2005 an honorary doctorate of science inductee). degree from Notre Dame in 2005. Lally Shields was inducted to She currently is an ocular oncol- the Hall of Fame as an honorary ogist at the Wills Eye Institute,

16 member. Annually, the Academic America’s first eye hospital located All-America Hall of Fame and in Philadelphia, Pa. Throughout CoSIDA honor a worthy candidate her professional career, Lally whose collegiate career preceded Shields has been the recipient of the program in his or her particular numerous awards, including The sport. Retina Research Award of the Retina Society in 2006 that honors As a senior in 1979, Lally became and supports an active researcher the first woman at Notre Dame to in the field of retinal disease. receive the Byron V. Kanaley Award, Philadelphia Magazine has recog- which is presented annually to nized Lally Shields as a top doctor senior student-athletes for excel- in Philadelphia annually since 1994. lence in athletics, academics and She was the first female recipient of leadership. It is the highest honor the Donders Award given annually bestowed on a student-athlete at the to an ophthalmologist of interna- University. tional acclaim by the As a junior, she led the Fighting Ophthalmological Society. Irish in scoring at 10.7 points per Lally Shields has been a member of game in the first year of the varsity the American Medical Association program at Notre Dame and aver- since 1980 and part of the American aged 12.8 points per game during Academy of Ophthalmology since her senior campaign. Lally Shields 1984. She is a member of 18 different was the team’s most valuable player associations and boards and has in 1978–79 and also was the winner Warren Golf Course Links Championship, two U.S. Texas. Notre Dame recorded a three- Plays Host for First Time Amateur qualifiers, two Western day total of 901 (+37) to finish fifth to NCAA Women’s Amateur qualifiers and five BIG overall in the regional event. Central Golf Regional EAST Conference Championships. Eventual national champion UCLA No fewer than 17 of the nation’s In September 2010, the Warren Golf finished first at the regional, top-50 collegiate women’s golf Course was chosen as one of the followed by LSU, and programs headlined a high-powered top 15 college courses in the nation, Arkansas in the top four spots. 24-team field at the 2011 NCAA according to Golfweek magazine. Ohio State, Stanford and Wake Central Regional that was played at To qualify for the Golfweek’s Best Forest ended the tournament sixth, the par 72, 6,208-yard Warren Golf Campus Courses list, a course must seventh and eighth, respectively, Course on May 5-7, 2011. be part of a school’s recreational life to also earn spots in the 24-team in terms of preferential access for NCAA Finals. It marked the third time the course students, faculty and alumni. has played host to an NCAA regional and the first time it was the site of a The course certainly proved kind women’s regional (the NCAA Men’s to the Irish women’s team as the Golf Central Regional was played squad earned a fifth-place finish at Notre Dame in 2005 and 2010). among the field of 24 teams to help Opened on May 1, 2000, the Warren secure the program’s first trip to Golf Course already has been host the NCAA Finals from May 18-21 to the U.S. Women’s Amateur Public at the Traditions Club in Bryan, 17 NOTE-

Women’s Basketball of football coaches who have been WORTHY identified as potential candidates for » Irish women’s basketball stand- outs Skylar Diggins, Natalie Novosel head coaching positions at NCAA ITEMS and Devereaux Peters were named colleges or universities. to the 2011 USA Basketball Women’s » Tight end Kyle Rudolph was University Games team. Notre Dame selected with the 43rd overall pick had more individuals named to the by the Minnesota Vikings in the squad than any other school in the Baseball second round of the 2011 National country. Football League Draft. » Rookie first baseman Trey Mancini’s selection to the 2011 Fencing Hockey Louisville Slugger Freshman » Junior epeeist Courtney Hurley All-America first team by Collegiate » Rising sophomore T. J. Tynan was earned her best-ever finish at a Baseball magazine marked the selected in the third round of the grand prix event when she placed first time an Irish player had been 2011 Entry sixth at the Nankin Epee Grand Prix selected for Freshman All-America Draft as the 66th overall pick by in China in June 2011. honors since 2006. Mancini was the Columbus Blue Jackets. Steven Fogarty, who signed a national the first Notre Dame freshman and » Hurley also claimed the gold eighth player in program history medal in women’s epee at the letter of intent in May and will to lead the Irish in all three triple- USA Fencing Division I National join the Irish in 2012–13, was the crown categories—batting average, Championship in Portland, Ore., 72nd overall pick by the New York 18 home runs and RBI. in April, while incoming freshman Rangers. Incoming freshman defen- Race Imboden captured the gold seman Robbie Russo rounded out the » Three Irish players were selected medal in the men’s . Notre Dame trio of selections when in the 2011 he was chosen in the fourth round (MLB) First-Year Player Draft. The » Fencers James Kaull, Lian Osier as the 95th pick overall by the New Washington Nationals tabbed and Adriana Camacho, as well York Islanders. pitcher Brian Dupra in the seventh as incoming freshman Imboden, round, while pitcher Cole Johnson all competed at the Junior World » Four members of the 2011–12 was chosen in the 44th round by Championships in Amman, Jordan, Irish hockey team—rising sopho- the Minnesota Twins and in April 2011. Kaull, Osler and mores Stephen Johns, Bryan Rust Matt Scioscia was chosen in the 45th Imboden competed with the U.S. and Tynan, along with incoming round by the Los Angeles Angels. national team, while Camocho freshman Russo—were among a represented . Three current group of 40 individuals invited to Men’s Basketball Irish fencers—Hurley, Ariel DeSmet, attend the 2011 U.S. National Junior Evaluation Camp held Aug. 6-13, in » Tim Abromaitis was named to the Lian Osler—all competed at the 2011 Lake Placid, N.Y. The four are candi- 2011 USA Basketball Men’s World World University Games in China. dates for the 2012 International University Games 12-member team Hockey Federation (IIHF) World that represented the USA at the Football Junior Championship, Dec. 26, 2011 World University Games men’s » Assistant coach Kerry Cooks 2011, to Jan 5, 2012, in Calgary and basketball competition in Shenzhen, attended the 2011 NCAA Champions , Alberta. China, in August. Forum in June in Orlando, Fla., as part of National Association of Men’s Lacrosse Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) convention. The Champ- » A school-record five players were ions Forum featured a select group selected in the 2011 Major League Lacrosse (MLL) Collegiate Draft. Midfielder Zach Brenneman became the highest pick in program history when he went fifth overall to the Long Island Lizards. The Hamilton Nationals drafted both midfielder David Earl and defenseman Kevin Ridgeway as the 13th and 18th picks overall, respectively. Long Island also selected defenseman Sam Barnes in the third round (29th overall), while the Denver Outlaws tabbed long-stick midfielder Andrew Irving in the sixth round as the 33rd overall selection. designating her as the national’s top National Tennis Classic is the collegiate athlete in that sport. nation’s second-oldest collegiate Men’s Soccer tournament. Bayliss has guided » 2011 graduates Lauren Fowlkes » Head coach Bobby Clark was Notre Dame to three Blue Gray and Rose Augustin were selected presented an honorary monogram championships (1993, 2001 and in the 2011 Women’s Professional by the Notre Dame Monogram Club 2007) during his 24-year tenure. at its annual summer Mass and Soccer (WPS) College Draft. Fowlkes cookout in June. was the fifth overall pick by the » Associate head coach Ryan Sachire Philadelphia Independence in the served as the 2011 Men’s U.S. Tennis 19 » 2011 graduates Jeb Brovsky, Bilal first round, while Augustin was Association (USTA) Collegiate Coach Duckett and Steven Perry were drafted in the third round (13th and coached 12 of the top American chosen in the second and third overall) by the Western New York collegiate players during a six-day rounds of the 2011 Major League Flash. Pro Tour Transition camp from Soccer (MLS) SuperDraft. Both June 9-15 in Boca Raton, Fla. The Brovsky (first pick in the second Men’s and unique training program provides round, 19th overall) and Duckett » Rising senior Petar Petrovic set elite players with exposure to the (first pick in the third round, the Serbian swimming record in the USTA Pro Circuit in a team-oriented 37th overall) were selected by 100 backstroke of 56.99 at a national environment. the Vancouver Whitecaps, while long-course meet in his native Perry went two picks after Duckett Serbia in June. Volleyball (39th overall) to the New England » Libero Frenchy Silva was named Revolution. » Notre Dame diving coach Caiming to the United States National A2 Xie was appointed an assistant Team and was among the record 204 Women’s Soccer coach and interpreter to the U.S. athletes from 81 different colleges men’s and women’s diving teams at » All-American who participated in the open tryout the 2011 World University Games in was one of five nominees for the for the U.S. National Team. 2011 ESPY Award in the category of Shenzen, China, Aug. 11-23. “Best Female College Athlete.” She » In July 2011, outside hitter Andrea is the fourth Irish women’s soccer Men’s Tennis McHugh helped the U.S. Junior player in the past seven years to earn » Head coach Bobby Bayliss was World Volleyball Team to a fourth- an ESPY nomination. Henderson inducted into the Blue Gray Hall place finish at the FIVB Volleyball also was the recipient of the Honda of Fame in Montgomery, Ala., Junior World Championships in Sports Award for women’s soccer, in February 2011. The Blue Gray , . Academics

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Those familiar with the athletics program at the University of Notre Dame know the term “student-athlete” is not a misnomer or an oxymoron. The moniker elicits a sense of pride and represents a badge of honor. Student- athletes here face a plethora of challenges—teams are expected to compete for national honors every season, and those who compete must make the grade both on the field and in the classroom. There are no shortcuts, no hidden agendas, no escape clauses. Classes are rigorous, and the workload is demanding. Coaches and opponents offer no respite. Yet, year in and year out, members of every Irish varsity team continue to prove that the phrase “student-athlete” means exactly what it says. Irish Athletes Dominate Notre Dame’s institutional research ranked Irish NCAA Graduation Ratings student-athletes number one in eight of 10 major catego- ries of the two studies, ranking second in one and fourth 21 For the second year in a row, Notre Dame led the nation in in the other. Only five schools placed in the top 10 in all all five Graduation Success Rate (GSR) categories in the 10 categories—Notre Dame (93.7 average), Northwestern annual, federally-mandated survey by the NCAA. This (91.7), Duke (90.1), Rice (89.8) and College (88.2). year’s report, the 20th by the association, covered students who enrolled between 2000 and 2003 at all Division I institutions. The Irish were tops in the areas of Twenty Notre Dame Teams graduation rates for all student-athletes (99 percent), male Excel in Both Federal and NCAA student-athletes (98), female student-athletes (100), black Graduation Rates student-athletes (98) and football student-athletes (96). Nine Irish men’s teams posted Graduation Success Rate Notre Dame also ranked first in several categories numbers that ranked them best in the nation within measured by the Department of Education, whose their respective sports—and five produced federal grad- formula differs slightly from that of the NCAA. Under uation rates that led all NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision the federal government’s measurements, which counts institutions. all student-athletes who transfer from or leave an insti- tution for any reason as non-graduates, Notre Dame Baseball, basketball, cross country/track, fencing, golf, graduated a four-year average of 91 percent of its lacrosse, soccer and swimming each recorded perfect student-athletes, tying with Stanford for the top spot. 100 GSR scores, while football compiled a 96, hockey a Notre Dame also finished first in graduation percentage 95 and tennis a 93. The teams with 100 GSR scores, along of women athletes (97) and also shared the top spot with with football at 96, finished or tied for first in their sport Stanford with its 87 percent graduation rate of male category, while hockey’s 95 mark placed it second behind athletes. The Irish placed second behind Rice with its 86 the U.S. Air Force Academy. percent graduation rate for black student-athletes and fourth with its football graduation rate of 85 percent. Academics

The federal figures showed sented the combination of scores In addition, 14 other teams produced cross country/track, fencing and from the 2006–07, 2007–08, scores of 989 or better: men’s swimming with 100 scores, while 2008–09 and 2009–10 academic lacrosse (998), hockey (997), women’s lacrosse had a 93, golf a 92 and years. lacrosse (997), women’s soccer (997), hockey a 91. With the exception women’s swimming and diving (997), The nine Irish men’s teams singled of golf, each of those teams led or softball (996), men’s swimming out for recognition were base- tied for first place in its category. and diving (994), volleyball (994), ball, basketball, cross country, golf, Soccer’s 89 federal graduation rate women’s indoor and outdoor track hockey, lacrosse, tennis, indoor ranked the Irish second, while and field (993), men’s fencing (992), and outdoor track football at 85 finished in fourth baseball (989), men’s basketball (989) and field. place behind Boston College (87), and men’s soccer (989). Duke (86) and Northwestern (86). Eight Notre Dame women’s sports received honors—cross country, All 11 of the Irish women’s teams golf, rowing, soccer, softball, tennis, Team/Individual (basketball, cross country/track, indoor track and field and outdoor Grade-Point Averages crew/rowing, fencing, golf, lacrosse, track and field. soccer, softball, swimming, tennis Following the fall 2010 semester, over 64 percent of Notre Dame’s and volleyball) posted perfect GSR Among student-athletes (457 individuals) numbers that ranked them best in conference schools, the BIG EAST boasted at least a 3.0 grade-point the nation within their sports. Seven ranked first with 77 teams honored. (cross country/track, crew/rowing, average, while more than 72 percent 22 fencing, golf, lacrosse, tennis and (497) owned that distinction after volleyball) produced perfect federal Irish Teams the spring term. Almost 40 percent graduation rates that led all NCAA Exceed NCAA Academic of Irish student-athletes (284) FBS institutions. Progress Rate Standards achieved at least a 3.4 GPA for the fall, while nearly 45 percent (306) In the seventh annual set of APR that standard in the spring. Over Seventeen Irish Teams statistics issued by the NCAA, all 26 15 percent (109) achieved Dean’s Receive 2011 Academic athletics programs at Notre Dame List status in the fall, while over 16 Progress Rate Awards exceeded the organization’s stan- percent (111) earned those honors in from the NCAA dards. Nine Irish teams compiled the spring. perfect scores of 1,000—second Notre Dame ranked number one only to Duke, which had 10 squads A dozen Notre Dame student- among all 120 Football Bowl with that mark. athletes attained perfect 4.0 GPAs in Subdivision institutions with 17 the fall, while 14 recorded that mark of its athletics programs receiving Registering perfect scores were five in the spring. 2011 Academic Progress Rate public Notre Dame men’s teams—cross The Irish women’s golf team, which recognition awards from the NCAA country, golf, tennis, indoor track also enjoyed its most successful for posting multi-year APR scores and field and outdoor track and season in history on the course in in the top 10 percent of all squads field—and four women’s squads— 2010–11, matched that standard in their respective sports. The 2011 cross country, golf, rowing and in the classroom. The Notre Dame honors were based on the most tennis. golfers combined for an annual GPA recent APR numbers that repre- of 3.582—the highest cumulative team mark on record. The Irish team 23

boasted a 3.534 GPA in the fall and a in the spring), men’s soccer (3.302 3.638 mark in the spring. That spring in the fall and 3.309 in the spring), figure ranks as the highest team GPA rowing (3.421 in the fall), women’s ever recorded at Notre Dame and swimming (3.377 in the spring), and signaled the first time a team has men’s track (3.296 in the spring— achieved a cumulative GPA equal to also its highest cumulative GPA ever). or above 3.6

During the 2010–11 season, 22 of 26 2010–11 BIG EAST teams posted GPAs at or above 3.0, Academic All-Stars including 22 of 26 in the fall semester and 22 of 24 in the spring (men’s The BIG EAST Conference annu- and women’s cross country are not ally recognizes student-athletes included in the spring figures). who achieve an annual grade-point average of 3.0 or higher as confer- Five Irish teams attained their ence academic all-stars. During highest semester GPA in 2010–11: 2010–11, 366 of the 503 Irish women’s golf (3.534 in the fall, 3.638 student-athletes who compete in the BIG EAST—an impressive 73 percent—netted that distinction. S tudent Welfare and Development

Finding a balance in life presents a challenge for almost everyone, but student-athletes, managers and trainers must juggle a variety of school, sport and service obligations in a 24-hour day, while still finding time to be normal college students.

The office of student welfare and development helps them do just that by offering a series of educational programming and resources aimed

24 at steering those who participate in athletics toward positive decision making in their studies, their team commitments and their lives. Community Service The Irish women’s softball team earned the coveted Trophy Award by completing more than 500 hours of Notre Dame student-athletes are encouraged to help service, an average of 24 hours per student-athlete, others and make a positive difference in the lives of their last year. Notre Dame softball players participated in a Michiana neighbors, and year after year, their responses wide range of activities and programs, including Adopt are overwhelming. a Family with the Salvation Army, Bald and Beautiful, During 2010–11, Irish student-athletes volunteered 7,236.5 Fighting Irish Fight for Life, LifeWorks Dream Teams, hours, more than 1,500 more than the previous year, to a Logan Center, S.A.A.C. Field Day, Shadow an Athlete variety of schools, organizations and causes throughout Day, Starlight Great Escape and Strike Out Cancer. The the area. The following is a sampling of where Notre Irish also conducted several softball camps for area Dame students lent their time and talent: youth.

Seventy-five Irish student-athletes participated in a six- ·· Aidan Project week program called LifeWorks Dream Teams in four ·· Bald and Beautiful ·· Best Buddies South Bend Community Schools—Madison Primary, ·· Boys’ and Girls’ Club McKinley Primary, Warren Primary and Jefferson ·· Brown Intermediate School Intermediate. The student-athletes talked to the children ·· Communiversity Day about setting goals and developing a strong value system. ·· Early Childhood Development Center ·· Fighting Irish Fight for Life (Memorial Hospital) ·· Food Bank of Northern Indiana ·· Habitat for Humanity ·· Hannah and Friends ·· Jefferson Intermediate School 25 ·· Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation ·· LifeWorks ·· Lose the Shoes ·· Madison Primary School ·· Marshall Intermediate School ·· McKinley Primary School ·· National Down Syndrome Society ·· Pediatric Christmas Party ·· Playing for Peace ·· Rebuilding Together ·· Relay for Life ·· Riley Hospital Donut Run ·· Robinson Center ·· S.A.C.C. Field Day ·· Saint Joseph’s Regional Medical Center ·· Salvation Army ·· Shadow an Athlete Day ·· She’s the First ·· South Bend Animal Control ·· Special Olympics ·· St. Augustine School ·· St. John the Baptist School ·· Stand with Sudan ·· Starlight Great Escape ·· Take Ten ·· Warren Primary School st udent welfare and development

Rosenthal Leadership Positive Transition S.A.A.C. Academy Seminars Each year representatives from Notre Created in 2002 through a gift Sophomore, junior and senior Dame’s varsity athletic teams and from former Notre Dame athletics student-athletes attended a half- support groups serve on the Student director Dick Rosenthal, the day symposium in late August that Athlete Advisory Council, a group Rosenthal Leadership Academy offered programs to help them which works with the athletics offers a yearlong program of semi- make a successful transition from administration in a variety of areas. nars and workshops for selected to a career after Perhaps best known for its creation of sophomore and junior student- graduation. the annual year-end gala O.S.C.A.R.S. athletes. The series is designed to Max Siegel, cum laude graduate of (Outstanding Student-Athletes help them develop leadership strate- the University of Notre Dame Law Celebrating Achievements and gies, initiatives and skills. School and the former president of Recognition Showcase), S.A.A.C. also One hundred and nine Irish student- global operations at Dale Earnhardt, produces a number of other opportu- athletes participated in 2010–11, and Inc., served as the keynote speaker. nities for service and growth. eight were chosen by their coaches In 2010–11, sessions included: Last year, the group sponsored a and peers as leaders of distinction. ·· Aaron Davis Presentations, Inc.— field day for 225 children from Our Those honored were: “What’s Your Definition of Success?” ·· Mick Doyle, baseball Lady of , St. Adalbert’s, St. ·· Hillcrest Venture Partners—“Money ·· Lauren Fowlkes, women’s soccer Joseph and St. Matthew’s schools. Savvy, Credit Smarts” ·· Angela Puente, volleyball Over 75 student-athletes volunteered ·· 180 Communications—“Branding You” 26 ·· Kristen Rafael, women’s tennis ·· Champion Consulting, LLC—“Hit the as supervisors at stations scattered ·· Zach Schirtz, men’s fencing Bull’s Eye! How to Hire and Fire Your across three venues—the Melissa ·· Mike Sullivan, men’s swimming and Network” Cook Softball Stadium, the outdoor diving ·· Sports Law Associations, LLC—“Social track and the practice soccer area. ·· Denes Veres, men’s track and field Networking and the Law” ·· Avery Zuck, men’s fencing St. Joseph Regional Medical Center ·· Yamagata and Associates, Inc.— provided lunch and water bottles for “Resumé Construction and Business Etiquette” the participants.

S.A.A.C. also joined forces with the Notre Dame Career Center and organized a career boot camp so student-athletes could learn about the center’s services and programs. Several former Irish student- athletes also attended and spoke about their careers. Notre Dame Christian Athletes

Former University of Notre Dame President Rev. Edward “Monk” Malloy, C.S.C., presented the keynote address at the Notre Dame Christian Athletes annual fall retreat.

This student-led group, which is advised by both the office of student welfare and development and campus ministry, meets weekly to share fellowship in their faith. Other speakers during the year included former athlete and coach Todd Gongwer, author of Lead for God’s Sake; former Irish and current player Dave Phelps; and Rev. Peter McCormick, C.S.C., rector of Keough Hall.

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The many venues that dot the impressive Notre Dame athletic facilities landscape open their doors to student- athletes, coaches, administrators, faculty, staff members, students, fans and visitors to campus each year for a variety of events and functions.

Even the most casual observer couldn’t help but notice the array of renovations and technological changes that took place at many of those sites in 2010–11. ·· The Notre Dame baseball team cele- brated the renovation of its team locker room in the Frank Eck Baseball Stadium during spring 2011. Renamed in honor of former Irish coach Pat Murphy, the revamped locker room received a rede- signed entryway to the home dugout, as well as new lockers, showers, carpet, paint, furniture and entertainment system. Wall graphics that show- case Notre Dame coaches, players and memorable moments in Irish baseball lore add to the updated look.

·· During the 2010 Christmas break, the Rolfs RecSports Center was outfitted with vinyl flooring in the entry area, additional Mondo rubber flooring in the weight and exercise room and carpeting in the common areas on three floors.

·· Installation of a new Musco lighting system over the synthetic field and track in the Loftus Center now 29 provides increased foot-candle capacity that produces an improved practice environment and enhances filming conditions.

·· The Notre Dame Monogram Club added the names of all Irish letter Renovations, ·· Student welfare and development winners from 2000–2010 to Sports Improvements and moved its operations to the southwest Heritage Hall in the Joyce Center. corner on the second floor of the Joyce Upgrades Center (formerly the Notre Dame ticket ·· The LaBar football practice complex office). Now known as CASA (Common now features a remote-controlled, ·· The new Daktronics video board Area for Student-Athletes), the space four-camera XOS video system, which in Purcell Pavilion premiered on features a study area and lounge, was installed in the spring of 2011. A Sept. 17, 2010, during the Irish volley- conference room and offices. new netting system also is now in place ball team’s game against Delaware. behind the north goalposts. Those Four separate 18' x 11' 10 mm screens ·· The Guglielmino Complex received upgrades were part of a larger project are attached to a center-hung frame a “theme” upgrade in the west side that included the addition of side- with a circular LED message center entrance area and hallways that walks to Courtney Lane and a north encompassing the lower rim of the surround the lower-level meeting side entry gate and walkway for fans to board. New LED message boards rooms and upstairs offices. The space access the lawn seating area at Arlotta replaced the four lower-level entry now houses replica Heisman Trophies Lacrosse Stadium. That venue also ramp scoreboards. A 10 mm scoring of Notre Dame’s seven winners, a received improvements to the drainage table message center now sits along statue of the Four Horsemen and system for the grass practice area. the south floor boundary of center graphic depictions of famous Irish court. In addition to the video and coaches, players and plays. message center capabilities, the video board features a state-of-the-art sound system. facilities

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Welcome to Notre Dame ·· The Notre Dame men’s lacrosse team defeated Penn, 13-6, in first-round Notre Dame ushers echoed that NCAA action at Arlotta Stadium. greeting to thousands of fans as the Irish hosted a variety of NCAA and ·· The Warren Golf Course served as the site of the 2011 NCAA Women’s Golf conference championships during Central Regional, and the Irish made 2010–11. the most of their home course advan- tage by finishing fifth and qualifying ·· The Notre Dame women’s soccer team for their first-ever appearance in the began its journey to the 2010 NCAA NCAA Finals. championship by playing its first- and second-round games in Alumni ·· The Notre Dame men’s and women’s Stadium. tennis teams entertained their BIG EAST foes on campus for the confer- ·· The Irish men’s soccer squad also ence championship matches. played its second-round NCAA Championships game at home. ·· The Joyce Center housed fencing teams from throughout the region for the ·· After receiving a first-round bye in Midwest Conference Championships, the CCHA Championships, the Irish an event won by the Irish as a prelude hockey team welcomed Lake Superior to their eventual NCAA title. State to the Joyce Center for second- round contests. 31

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Although the facility will not open its doors until October 2011, prog- ress on the Compton Family Ice Arena garnered significant attention from fans and passersby alike over the last year.

The $50 million ice arena will include two sheets of ice, including a 5,000- seat home venue for the Irish hockey team, locker rooms, team space, strength and conditioning areas, training rooms, hockey offices and meeting rooms, press facilities, concession areas, a center-hung video board and a club area called O’Brien’s. S ports Marketing

Interest in Irish athletics is at an all-time high, and the Notre Dame 32 sports marketing department has the numbers to prove it.

For the first time in history, attendance at the 11 Irish sports that require tickets (football, men’s basketball, women’s basketball, hockey, volleyball, men’s lacrosse, women’s lacrosse, men’s soccer, women’s soccer, baseball and softball) exceeded one million.

Thirty-four events were classified as sellouts: seven in football, 16 in hockey, five in women’s basketball, four in men’s basketball and two in men’s lacrosse.

Additionally, the Notre Dame men’s lacrosse team, which spent part of its season undefeated and ranked number one, achieved its highest season average attendance of 2,192. The Irish drew its largest crowd ever (1,626) for an indoor game at Loftus against Drexel, while over 4,522 watched the last game of the season against St. John’s in Arlotta Stadium. Marketing ·· A sellout crowd of 9,149 in Purcell Pavilion welcomed former Irish All-American Austin Carr back to campus in January Attending a Notre Dame sporting event always rates as a during the men’s basketball contest against Marquette. Carr, 33 fun, family outing, but several special attractions added the third-leading scorer in Notre Dame basketball history, to the electric atmosphere at a variety of games in was inducted into the Ring of Honor. 2010–11. Below is a sampling: ·· Irish baseball fans celebrated Chuck Lennon Day in April as the former Irish monogram winner and alumni association ·· The Notre Dame women’s basketball team once again partic- executive director was honored for his longtime service to ipated in the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association Pink the University. Zone breast cancer initiative, and by the end of the 2010–11 campaign, the Irish generated $130,633, pushing their three- ·· The Joyce Center rink turned into a sea of white in late year contribution total to more than $250,000. A variety of January as the Irish took on CCHA rival Miami. Each member events, including collecting donations at home games; selling of the sellout crowd of 2,957 received a long-sleeved white special pink candy bars, T-shirts, buttons and tote bags; and T-shirt and pom-poms. sponsoring a three-point challenge, spin-a-thon, Docs in Pink luncheon and silent auction, helped Notre Dame finish among the national leaders in the Pink Zone project.

·· The Notre Dame women’s lacrosse team upset No. 16 Georgetown on Senior Day in Arlotta Stadium, but the Irish also raised $6,000 for the Susan G. Komen Fund of Northern Indiana as part of “Lax for the Cure.” That total ranked first among collegiate women’s lacrosse teams who participated in the new program.

·· The Irish women’s softball team wore orange to promote pediatric leukemia awareness in its Strikeout Cancer fund- raiser during an April 17 game against Louisville. The cause hit close to home as Tatum Gumpf, the five-year-old daughter of head coach Deanna Gumpf, was diagnosed with the disease in the summer of 2010. SPORTS MARKETING

Corporate Partners Team Notre Dame National and Regional Marketing Partners As one of the most powerful and Team Notre Dame provides select recognizable brands in college national companies a variety of Bank of America, Comcast and sports, Notre Dame offers its official tangible and intangible benefits for Sirius/XM Satellite Radio became corporate partners a comprehen- their businesses, customers and national marketing partners with sive marketing/advertising plan that clients. Notre Dame during 2010–11, while connects their vision and reach with Allstate, Meijer and CBTS were In 2010–11, adidas, Coca-Cola, the University’s reputation for excel- regional partners. These companies Gatorade, McDonald’s, Sprint and lence, quality and integrity. received: Xerox received the following as members of Team Notre Dame: ·· Limited promotional rights

·· Use of “official” designation for their ·· Advertising in Notre Dame athletics own national promotional/advertising media productions, including radio purposes and television shows, publications and Internet ·· National advertising during NBC Sports’ eight telecasts of Irish football ·· Game tickets and VIP hospitality expe- games (seven home games and one off- riences at Notre Dame football and site contest in prime time) men’s basketball games

34 ·· National advertising during ISP’s radio broadcasts of all Notre Dame home and away football games

·· Advertising in Notre Dame athletics media productions including radio and television shows, publications, Internet and on-site venues

·· Category exclusivity

·· Tickets to and corporate hospitality at Notre Dame athletic events 35 MEDIA RELATIONS

Win or lose, Irish athletics generates a huge amount of interest from media outlets around the nation, and the Notre Dame media relations department strives to ensure that the information distributed to journalists, as well as alumni and fans, is timely, relevant and factual.

Members of the department staff every home sporting event and provide complete statistical information, game 36 notes, historical perspective and personal insight to newspaper, magazine, Web site, radio and television reporters as well as to radio and television play-by-play announcers and color commentators who cover Notre Dame athletics. The depart- ment also frequently joins forces with the Irish athletics marketing department and Notre Dame Sports Properties to make sure a wide variety of athletic events are seen and/or heard by fans across the country and the world. National Exposure ESPN’s and was the subject of a Thanks to Notre Dame’s continued prominence on the front-page article in the New York Times. 37 national stage, Irish coaches and student-athletes often find themselves in the media spotlight. Below are high- ·· Muffet McGraw’s third trip to the NCAA Final Four generated major interest in the Irish women’s basket- lights from 2010–11: ball program, as did the play of sophomore guard Skylar Diggins. Over 145 media outlets covered the Final Four, ·· During his first year as Irish football coach, Brian Kelly did which was broadcast on ESPNHD and ESPN3. During the over 200 interviews from the beginning of practice in August NCAA Championships, Diggins wrote a series of blogs for through mid-July with media outlets both small and large. the new ESPN women’s Web site, ESPNW.com. In addition to the newspapers that cover Notre Dame as a regular beat (South Bend Tribune, Sun-Times, Chicago ·· Diggins also became a sensation with more than Tribune, etc.), publications ranging from the Gettysburg Times 100,000 followers during the Final Four. She currently (Pa.) to the New York Times sent reporters to campus to write ranks as the most followed women’s basketball player about Kelly and Notre Dame football. Kelly also was inter- (college or pro) in the Twitter-verse and stands among the viewed by a wide range of magazine writers, including those most followed college athletes in any sport in the nation. from Irish America and , as well as reporters from a variety of television outlets, including the CBS affiliate ·· More than 25 media outlets were in attendance at the in Huntsville, Ala., and ESPN. NCAA Women’s College Cup as the Irish won their second women's soccer national championship under coach Randy ·· Notre Dame’s successful run in the BIG EAST men’s basket- Waldrum. ball race garnered significant media interest, as USA Today ran a lead story in its sports section on the Irish and their ·· USA Today ran a front-page story in its sports section on season. National coach of the year Mike Brey and conference Notre Dame fencer Teddy Hodges, who returned to his player of the year also received a consid- sport after a heart transplant. erable amount of press during 2010–11. In addition to a variety of newspaper, radio and television interviews, Brey appeared on ESPN’s is Burning in February, while Hansbrough also did a correspondent’s stint for the program and featured his teammates. Hansbrough also was a guest on MEDIA RELATIONS

Television Men’s Basketball Coaches’ Shows: With the BIG EAST Conference Inside Notre Dame Football with Brian Thanks to their national following, committed to televising every league Kelly and Inside Notre Dame Basketball Notre Dame sports receive extensive game, the Irish benefited from one with Mike Brey aired on 25 affiliates, television exposure and coverage on appearance on CBS, two on TBS, six on reaching more than 68 million homes ESPN, eight on ESPN2, five on ESPNU, nationwide and making it the largest a variety of broadcast and cable tele- and six on the BIG EAST Network. coaches’ television show network in the vision networks. Here is a recap of country. Affiliates included Comcast where the Irish appeared in 2010–11: Women’s Basketball SportsNet Chicago, YES and SNY The Irish appeared once on CBS, five (New York), NESN (New England), Sun Football times on ESPN, three times on both Sports (Florida), MASN (Baltimore and NBC Sports televised Notre Dame ESPN2 and ESPNU, three times on CBS Washington, D.C.), Fox Sports Midwest, football home games for the 20th College Sports Network, once on Fox Fox Sports Pittsburgh, SportsTime Ohio consecutive season in 2010, in a rela- Sports South and once on the BIG EAST and WNDU-TV (South Bend). tionship that began in 1991 and Network. The NCAA women’s basket- currently extends through the 2015 ball national championship game, season. In 2010 NBC broadcast seven which featured Notre Dame vs. Texas Radio games nationally from Notre Dame A&M, earned a 2.8 rating on ESPN (up Stadium, as well as an eighth game five percent from the previous year’s Irish fans could once again listen against Army in historic Yankee Connecticut–Stanford final with a to Irish football, men’s basket- Stadium that was shown in prime time. 2.67 rating) and attracted 3.831 million ball, women’s basketball, hockey NBC’s telecasts were also distributed viewers, an eight percent gain from the and baseball games in several radio internationally via Eurosport. previous year. markets as well as on und.com 38 The NBC broadcast of the Sept. 11 Notre Hockey throughout their respective seasons. Dame– game was the most- Notre Dame made nine appearances— watched game (7.0 million viewers, 4.5 once on ESPN2, once on ESPNU, once Football rating) featuring those two teams on on CBS College Sports Network, once on Notre Dame fans throughout the NBC in 16 years and the most-watched Fox Sports Detroit, twice on FSN Plus, country could hear broadcasts of Irish game on NBC involving any team in twice on Comcast and once on ESPN every home and away football game on five years. Average viewership for Notre syndication. 140 stations, the largest college radio Dame’s first two home games in 2010 network in the nation. marked the best since 2006—including Olympic Sports a 69 percent ratings hike for the 2010 Play-by-play announcer Don Criqui and Here are additional appearances opener against Purdue. former Irish running back Allen Pinkett made by various Irish Olympic sports again anchored the broadcasts for ISP, ABC Sports carried 2010 Irish road programs: the exclusive owner of the national games at Michigan State, Boston College Wmeno ’s Soccer — twice on ESPN2, radio broadcast rights for Notre Dame and USC (all in prime time)—while CBS once on ESPNU and once on CBS College football. Sports showed one regular-season game Sports Network against Navy as well as the Hyundai Sun Mn e ’s Soccer — twice on CBS College Men’s Basketball Bowl victory over Miami. Sports Network and once on The Notre Dame men’s basket- Channel ball network consisted of 10 stations Ten of Notre Dame’s football games Baseball — twice on ESPNU and twice throughout the Midwest and West were telecast nationally by one of the on the CBS College Sports Network Virginia, including WLS-AM in Chicago, four major broadcast networks. Sftballo — once on ESPN, twice on WXNT-AM in , WNUY-FM ESPN2, once each on ESPNU and ESPN3, In addition, the Notre Dame Football in Fort Wayne and WSBT-AM in South and twice on Bright House Network Replay aired on 21 affiliates nationwide Bend. All games also could be heard Wmeno ’s Lacrosse — three times on after every Irish home game. These tele- nationwide on Sirius/XM Satellite Radio CBS College Sports Network casts reached more than 57,600,000 and worldwide on und.com. Mn e ’s Lacrosse — once on ESPN and households. six times on ESPNU V oLLEYBALL — once on ESPNU Award-winning announcer Jack Nolan handled the play-by-play on the broad- casts and was joined throughout the year by former Irish stars LaPhonso Ellis and Jordan Cornette and former Notre Dame associate head coach Sean Kearney.

Women’s Basketball Local sportscaster Bob Nagle provided play-by-play duties for radio broadcasts of home and away Irish women’s basket- ball games, carried live on Pulse FM a variety of Notre Dame coaches and media guides also were judged best (96.9/92.1) in the Michiana area. student-athletes as well as other promi- in the nation. nent guests from the sports community. Hockey A feature story on Notre Dame track Cat Country 99.9 FM again served and cross country coach Joe Piane as the radio home for Irish hockey. Social Media that was written by senior asso- Darin Pritchett served as play-by-play ciate athletics director John Heisler announcer. Notre Dame continued to reach its was chosen the national story of the alumni and fan base through a variety year in the CoSIDA Fred S. Stabley Baseball of social networks as well as its offi- WHME-FM (103.1) in South Bend carried Sr. Writing Contest. That piece cial athletics Web site, und.com. broadcasts of Notre Dame baseball with appeared in the athletics depart- Chuck Freeby as the primary announcer. 39 The Notre Dame media relations ment holiday soft-cover book titled department maintains its own pages Strong of Heart. Another profile in Coaches’ and Athletic Director Shows on Twitter and Facebook and works that book, a story on former Irish The Brian Kelly Show was broadcast closely with Notre Dame Sports football lineman John Scully that live from Legends on the Notre Dame Properties to produce timely and was also authored by Heisler, was campus on Thursday nights during accurate material for und.com. selected the top general feature in the football season and aired lived on CoSIDA District 5. WSBT-AM in South Bend and WXNT-AM in Indianapolis. Und.com also televised Awards A video highlighting the Notre the show live. The show also was carried Dame–Army football rivalry, every week on Friday night and Saturday Notre Dame’s media relations which aired at the Irish football morning on College Sports Nation on department collected a variety of game against the Cadets in Yankee Sirius/XM Satellite Radio. awards and commendations from Stadium in November, received a The Mike Brey Radio Show took center several organizations in 2010–11: 2011 Telly Award in the historical stage at Legends during the men’s promo video category. basketball season. The show aired live The College Sports Information on WSBT-AM and was televised live Directors of America (CoSIDA) USA Today recognized the athletics on und.com. College Sports Nation on honored the Irish football game department’s use of social media, Sirius/XM Satellite Radio also carried programs and the hockey and praising its Irish Alert text the show every Friday night and men’s lacrosse media guides as Saturday morning during the season. messaging program as well as the best in the nation, while ranking Twitter and Facebook pages of many The Jack Swarbrick Show aired on the Notre Dame women’s soccer Notre Dame sports. WLS-AM in Chicago, WXNT-AM in and men’s swimming media guides Indianapolis and WSBT-AM in South second. The covers of both the Bend from September through March. The Irish athletics director interviewed Irish hockey and men’s soccer und.com

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Notre Dame’s official athletics Web site, und.com, continues to offer Irish fans unprecedented access to original video content; live streaming of games, press conferences and special events; news releases; media guides; live game tracker statistics and features.

The site also provides a link to each Irish varsity sport, the Monogram Club, compliance, student welfare and development, ticketing, promo- tions and Notre Dame summer sports camps. Football Coverage

Und.com extended its Irish football offerings in 2010–11 by adding postgame behind-the-scenes video from the Notre Dame locker room throughout coach Brian Kelly’s first season. The Web site maintained its pregame show, live postgame coverage and highlights on game days, in addition to coverage of Kelly’s weekly press conference and a variety of features with Irish players and coaches. Visitors also can access Kelly’s weekly coach’s show on und.com.

Und.com took its operation on the road to Yankee Stadium in 2010 for the Notre Dame-Army contest and helped with the production of the pregame show that aired live on the facility’s video board (as well as on the und.com site). The postgame show took place live in the Yankee Stadium press box.

The production of the 2011 Blue-Gold Game, which was streamed live on und.com, received honorable mention accolades for live event production at the College Sports Media Awards.

Live coverage of football signing day also gave Irish fans 41 an up-to-the-minute accounting of that day’s activi- ties and included interviews with Notre Dame coaches throughout the day.

During 2010–11, und.com recorded 2,775,638 on-demand video views, along with an additional 340,000 hits on its YouTube channel. It also ranked fourth among all CBSSports.com schools in page impressions (41 million) and unique visitors (seven million). In September 2010, the site accumulated six million page impressions and drew seven million unique visitors — the best totals in the last four years.

The und.com store also pulled in the third highest online revenue of CBSSports.com college sites. u nd.com

UND.com — By the Numbers

Live Event Programming

Coverage of Notre Dame football-related activities drew 13 of the top 15 audiences for und.com’s live event programming in 2010–11:

Football Signing Day, 2011 76,712 Blue-Gold Game, 2011 13,660 Brian Kelly August 13, 2010, Press Conference 12,450 Brian Kelly September 7, 2010, Press Conference 9,586 Brian Kelly September 14, 2010, Press Conference 5,557 Brian Kelly September 21, 2010, Press Conference 5,234 Blue-Gold Pregame Show, 2011 4,474 Brian Kelly Radio Show, September 2, 2010 4,352 Hockey vs. Lake Superior State (CCHA playoffs), March 13, 2011 3,740 Football Fall Camp Kickoff, August 6, 2010 3,462 Men’s Soccer vs. Cal Poly, September 12, 2010 3,152 Brian Kelly Radio Show, September 9, 2010 2,863 Stanford pep rally, September 24, 2010 2,394 Hockey vs. Lake Superior State (CCHA playoffs), March 11, 2011 2,096 42 Blue-Gold Postgame Show, April 16, 2011 2,058 Und.com Pregame Stadium Camera (Michigan), September 11, 2010 2,055 On-Demand Videos Live Olympic Sports Events

During 2010–11, und.com produced An estimated 89,000 users viewed 899 on-demand videos, including: 82 Irish Olympic sports events on und.com last season. The following 464 for Football lists the average viewer audience per 175 for Men’s Basketball event by sport: 112 for Women’s Basketball Men’s Basketball 4,000 35 for Hockey Women’s Soccer 1,500 20 for Women’s Soccer Women’s Basketball 1,439 Men’s Lacrosse 1,332

The top-viewed videos for each month were: Men’s Soccer 1,248 Women’s Lacrosse 433 Augut s Baseball 316 17,191 for Football Primer 4.0 Softball 307 September 25,408 for Pep Rally Volleyball 117

Ocbr to e 12,117 for Brian Kelly’s Navy Postgame Press Conference

Nvo ember 23,614 for USC Postgame Locker Room Celebration

December 43 12,272 for Women’s Soccer National Championship Game Highlights

January 19,701 for Sun Bowl Postgame Locker Room Interviews

Feu br ary 14,453 for Brian Kelly’s Signing Day Press Conference

March 15,706 for Football Practice Update (March 23)

April 16,279 for Position Battle Update MONOGRAM CLUB

44 Nearly 4,000 dues-paying members of the Notre Dame Monogram Club remain connected to the University through the organization’s mission of promoting spirit, unity, leadership and sportsmanship.

Founded in 1916, by former Irish athletic director and head football coach , the Monogram Club is comprised of individuals who have earned a Notre Dame varsity athletic insignia for their athletic endeavors or team support contributions or as an honorary recipient. Members cross gender, age, race, geographical and sport lines, but they share a commit- ment to the University and its rich athletic heritage and intellectual achievements. Contributions and ·· Thanks to a $50,000 contribu- ·· Tyler Davis, a member of the Irish Gift Giving tion from the Monogram Club. Irish men’s tennis team, and Erin Marrone, student-athletes received their annual a Notre Dame softball player, received Over the past seven years, the Monogram awards (jacket, ring, blazer, the 2011 Monogram Club postgrad- Monogram Club and its members stadium blanket or watch). uate scholarships awards. Established in 2009 to recognize outstanding have pledged approximately $2 ·· The Monogram Club funded atten- academic achievement, service and million to the athletics depart- dance at cultural or historical ventures leadership, the program provides two ment to help fund the construction for student-athletes while on compe- senior student-athletes one-time, non- of Alumni Soccer Stadium, Arlotta tition-related road trips through the renewable grants of $5,000 to pursue Lacrosse Stadium and the outdoor team-hosting program. The Notre postgraduate studies. track and field venue as well as reno- Dame men’s lacrosse team visited · 45 vations to . In Alcatraz, while the Irish volleyball · Thanks to the generosity of two- and women’s lacrosse teams attended time hockey Monogram winner Dave addition, the club continues to make Broadway plays. The women’s soccer Bossy, ’77, four Notre Dame student- significant financial contributions team took in an LA Galaxy game, athletes annually spend their summers to enhance other opportunities and while Notre Dame women’s basketball in a service learning program spon- programs for both past and present players enjoyed a Lady Gaga concert. sored through the Center for Social student-athletes: Concerns. ·· The Monogram Club provides finan- ·· Last year, the Monogram Club funded cial tuition assistance to qualified a $100,000 renovation project to Notre Dame undergraduates who are Outreach, Fellowship install the 2000–10 decade of the Ring children of dues-paying members and Mentoring of Names in Sports Heritage Hall. The through the Brennan-Boland-Riehle Joyce Center display now features Scholarship Fund (BBRSF). As one of The Notre Dame Monogram Club the names of Monogram winners the more significant endowed schol- continues to expand its outreach arship funds that the University from three centuries of Notre Dame efforts to engage both former and athletics. The club also provided administers (market value currently current student-athletes in service, national championship panels for the is close to $6 million), the BBRSF Monogram Room and contributed offers a minimum award of 75 percent scholarship, support, recognition $15,000 to update the display cases in of the student’s normal work and and camaraderie. The following is a Heritage Hall. loan component of the financial aid list of 2010–11 activities: package. In 2010–11, 30 students ·· The Monogram Club provided received a total of $309,200 in aid. ·· The club continued to hold receptions $80,000 for postseason gifts and Since the fund began in 1980, more for football Monogram winners in the awards to deserving teams, including than $3 million in scholarship funds Schivarelli Football Players’ Lounge national championship rings for the have been distributed to over 200 at Notre Dame Stadium on home foot- Irish women’s soccer and men’s and undergraduates. ball Friday nights as well as provide women’s fencing teams. a pregame event for all dues-paying Monogram members in the Monogram ·· The Club provided reunion support ·· Monogram Club board member Tom Room on home football Saturdays. The for the football, women’s basket- Galloway,’87 (football) served as club also sponsored post-game Masses ball, baseball, men’s tennis, men’s golf, luncheon host for Washington, D.C., in the Monogram Room for dues- men’s lacrosse, men’s soccer, student area Monogram winners in March in paying members and their families. manager and cheerleading programs conjunction with the Notre Dame Club in 2010–11. of Maryland’s Universal Notre Dame ·· Football Monogram winners were Celebration.

46 invited to form an on-field tunnel prior ·· More than 100 Monogram winners and to the 2010 Notre Dame–Michigan their guests returned to campus for the ·· The Monogram Club manned a table football game, while all Monogram club’s annual Riehle Open golf event, at the Alumni Association’s pep winners were asked to do the same at summer Mass and cookout. rally festivities for the Irish women’s the Utah football contest. basketball team at the NCAA Final ·· The Monogram Club welcomed Four in Indianapolis and presented ·· The club sponsored a reception in the Monogram winners and their guests at Monogram Club gear and prizes to Schivarelli Players’ Lounge in Feb. 2011 four events in conjunction with away former student-athletes in attendance. between the doubleheader of the Irish games in 2010–11. men’s and women’s basketball games The club launched its Facebook and for over 100 Monogram winners and ·· More than 300 attended a Friday night LinkedIn pages to connect more their families who attended an Alumni reception at P.J. Clarke’s Sidecar in than 1,000 Monogram winners Sports Weekend sponsored by the in conjunction with the professionally. Notre Dame Alumni Association. Notre Dame–Army game in Yankee Stadium. The Monogram Club continued its ·· During the Blue–Gold Weekend in collaboration with the Notre Dame April, the Monogram Club organized ·· In February, 70 people arrived for a Career Center and the athletics receptions and dinner functions for brunch reception prior to the Notre department’s office of student Monogram winners and their guests. Dame–South Florida men’s basket- ball game at the USF Gibbons Alumni welfare and development to pair Center in Tampa. current student-athletes with members throughout the country for networking purposes. Recognition and Awards Monogram Club Board of Directors

The Monogram Club recognized President: Dick Nussbaum, ’74, ’77 (baseball) Notre Dame All-Americans Austin First Vice President: Haley Scott DeMaria, ’95 (swimming) Carr (basketball) and Mariel Zagunis Second Vice President: Kevin O’Connor, ’93 (lacrosse) (fencing) for their career achieve- Treasurer: Ken Haffey, ’78 (manager) ments during a pair of Irish men’s Secretary: Mike Frantz, ’73 (football) home basketball games in 2010–11. Legal Counsel: Mike Heaton, ’68, ’71 (football, golf) Past President: Joe Restic, ’78 (football) Carr, who still ranks as the leading scorer in Notre Dame men’s basket- Current Monogram Club board members include: ball history and is a member of the D OIrecT RS UNTIL 2012: , ’98 (basketball), Ryan Leahy, ’95 (foot- National Collegiate Basketball Hall ball), Ken MacAfee, ’78 (football), Kate Markgraf, ’98 (soccer), Terri Vitale, of Fame, became the third inductee ’94, ’95 (tennis) into the Purcell Pavilion’s Ring of

Honor. Zagunis, two-time Olympic DOIRECT RS UNTIL 2013: Mike Brown, ’01 (cheerleading), Don Casey, ’82 (swim- gold medalist, was honored for her ming), Andrea Loman, ’03 (softball), Kevin McShane, ’90 (football), Chris second consecutive world fencing Parent, ’93 (lacrosse) title. D OIrecT RS UNTIL 2014: Tom Arkell, ’94, ’97 (hockey), Carolyn Cooper, ’06 Irish baseball Monogram winner (volleyball), Bryan Fenton, ’87 (manager), Byron Spruell, ’87, ’89 (football), Chuck Lennon, ’61, ’62 received Chris Stevens, ’74 (basketball) the prestigious 47 Distinguished Service Award during ADVO IS RS: Marty Allen, ’58 (manager), Don Bouffard, ’66 (manager), Jim the club’s annual Mass, meeting and Carroll, ‘65 (football), Julie Pierson Doyle, ’85 (volleyball), Tom Galloway, dinner in April. The longtime exec- ’87 (football), Marc Kelly, ’82 (basketball), Chuck Lennon, ’61, ’62 (baseball), utive director of the University of Michael Richerson, ’85 (football), Jim Tyler, ’86 (cross country, track), Van Notre Dame Alumni Association Pearcy, ’85, ’87 (football, track), Kerrie Wagner, ’89 (golf) retired June 30 after a 30-year D OIrecT R EMERITUS: Jim Murphy, ’49 (track) tenure there.

The Notre Dame Monogram Club awarded honorary Monograms to four individuals in 2010–11:

·· Sgt. Tim McCarthy, the longtime public safety announcer at Notre Dame Stadium

·· Kathy Speybroeck, head Olympic sports equipment manager

·· Pat Murphy, former Irish baseball coach

·· Bobby Clark, current Notre Dame men’s soccer coach external affairs

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Access to top-notch training facilities, first-rate competitive venues and excellent support systems provides Notre Dame student-athletes and coaches a head start on reaching their annual goal of succeeding on the national stage.

Generous benefactors help ensure that Irish student-athletes and coaches reach their individual and team objectives by supporting a variety of initiatives which fund athletic scholarships, operating expenses, construction and renovation projects, and development opportunities.

Irish coaches and student-athletes face a myriad of challenges and hurdles each and every season. Yet, their journey, which threads spiri- tuality, academics, community service and athletics into a truly unique Notre Dame experience, is aided by those who have come to understand what teamwork truly means. Joseph T. Mendelson Endowment for Athletics Excellence

Established in 2006, the Joseph T. Mendelson Endowment for Athletics Excellence provides incre- mental and non-budgeted funding for Notre Dame’s Olympic sports programs.

Since its inception, the Mendelson Endowment has provided close to half a million dollars in financial assis- tance for 11 Irish teams.

In 2010–11, funds from the Mendelson Endowment were Football Experience Weekends used for: Athletics leadership benefactors and prospective A Fungo Man/video system for baseball athletics contributors learn what it takes to “play like a $43,815 champion” when they visit campus for a “Notre Dame Video systems for both men’s and $10,850 Football Experience Weekend.” women’s fencing Trackman/SamPutt lab for women’s golf $42,330 During five weekends each fall, members of this exclu- Video system for men’s soccer $6,646 sive group convene for a full slate of activities that provide them with an up-close and personal view Video system for softball $2,800 of what it means to be part of Irish athletics. Their Alter G treadmills for both men’s and $85,052 schedule includes: women’s track 49 ·· A walk through the Notre Dame Stadium locker room on a football Saturday when they can slap the “Play Like A Champion Today” sign before running through the north tunnel onto the field.

·· A private reception with athletics director Jack Swarbrick and members of his senior staff.

·· An interactive presentation with Irish head coaches and student-athletes about the Notre Dame experience.

·· Sideline access during pregame festivities in Notre Dame Stadium.

·· Press box seating during the game. external affairs

The Rev. Edmund P. Joyce Athletics Grants-in-Aid Program

Members of the Rev. Edmund P. Joyce Athletics Grants- For 35 years, Father Joyce worked side by side with in-Aid Program, the Notre Dame athletics department’s former University of Notre Dame President Rev. elite benefaction society, each provide an annual, , C.S.C., as executive vice president. expendable gift of $40,000 to the University which Father Joyce’s vast responsibilities included oversight of directly funds a student-athlete’s tuition, room and the athletics department, and his foresight, vision and board and books for one year. Through this scholarship- integrity earned him the utmost respect in the inter- assistance initiative, Joyce members have contributed collegiate athletics community. The Joyce GIA Program over $10 million to Notre Dame athletics and shaped the allows alumni, parents and friends of the University to lives of countless Irish student-athletes. continue his work and honor his ideals.

Joyce GIA members are honored with an annual recogni- tion weekend during the Notre Dame football season as they celebrate the continuation of Father Joyce’s legacy and the impact their contributions have made on Notre Dame student-athletes. In addition, Joyce GIA members receive an opportunity to interact with the Irish student-athlete who benefits from their gifts.

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Ken and Joyce Adamson The Locker Room Fund Dan and Maureen Cummings Since 2004, former student-athletes, coaches and Ed and Becky Delahanty student managers have given $2.9 million to the Locker Peter and Carol Derrico Room Fund, a program that affords benefactors who Larry and Tracy Dorsey donate $25,000 a naming opportunity for current Jim and Connie Fischer student-athlete lockers in football, men’s and women’s Frank and Heidi Fuhrer golf, hockey, men’s and women’s lacrosse, men’s and Barry and Joan Gluck women’s soccer and softball. Tim Hasara and Amy DeWein Jack Hickey The lockers of 116 varsity student-athletes, including Mike and Karen Leep 88 in the football locker room, now sport an engraved Ted and Tracy McCourtney nameplate, which recognizes the donor’s gift. Mike and Terry McGraw Doug and Karen Mick The Locker Room Fund began as a way to help defray Mike and Barbara Mitchell costs of Irish football lockers in the Guglielmino Mike and Margaret Mountford Athletics Complex and was expanded to include other Peter and Marcella Murphy varsity sports as their respective facilities were reno- Vince and Lenda Naimoli vated or built anew. Plans call for the concept to Ed and Barbara O’Toole eventually encompass men’s and women’s basketball, Bill and Nanci Perocchi rowing, men’s and women’s tennis, men’s and women’s 51 Hunter Perret and Candyce Gagnard Perret track and volleyball. Karl and Holly Peterson Jim and Katy Benefactors have pledged $125,000 for men’s and Peter Schivarelli women’s golf lockers at the new indoor practice Bill and Peg Stoutenburgh facility at the Warren Golf Course, while 27 individ- Jim and Darla Wainscott uals have donated over $100,000 for softball lockers at Mike and Christine Walsh Melissa Cook Stadium. Five former Notre Dame soccer Tom and Peggy Whalen players (one woman and four men) and two teams have Kary and Donna Yergler sponsored seven lockers at Alumni Stadium, while commitments have been secured for three Irish hockey and seven men’s lacrosse lockers.

Locker Room Fund Gifts in 2010–11

Sport Lockers Pledged Cash Receipts Football 1 $78,240 Men’s Lacrosse 7 $20,200 Hockey 3 $11,500 Soccer $23,000 Softball $9,367 Golf $2,500 external affairs

Nils Rockne (grandson of coach Knute Rockne) and Mary Rattenbury, manager of the Rockne Heritage Fund, attended the 80th memorial event in Bazaar, Kan., that paid tribute to those that died in the March 31, 1931, plane crash.

52 Knute Rockne III speaking at the annual Rockne Heritage Fund Blue–Gold Game tailgate in April The Rockne Heritage Fund, which supports Irish athletics by significantly assisting with scholarship costs and operating expenses, once again surpassed the $1.2 million goal for the 2010–11 fiscal year. This annual fund, which has proved vital to the success of the 26 Irish varsity programs, contributed approximately $8 million to the recently concluded Spirit of Notre Dame capital campaign that raised a record-shattering $2 billion for the University in a seven-year period. Four athletic venues—Alumni Soccer Stadium, Arlotta Lacrosse Stadium, Melissa Cook Softball Stadium and the Compton Family Ice Arena—were completed as a part of that effort. Three more athletic capital proj- ects—a new rowing boathouse, a complete renovation of the Eck Tennis Pavilion and a new outdoor track stadium—remain in the queue for the next athletics facilities master plan.

More than 1,300 former student-athletes, parents, alumni and friends belong to the Rockne Heritage Fund, which began in 2002. Every member is invited to the annual Blue–Gold football game and tailgate. Over half 53 of the fund’s benefactors are recognized for gifts at the “... from being this small regional Director’s Circle traditional level ($1,500 minimum) or Irish Legends level ($5,000, $10,000 and $25,000) during school to suddenly being this national an Irish home football weekend. Those members also university that everyone in the world receive a football ticket benefit and membership package. knew about. Coach Rockne probably The Rockne Heritage Fund honors the legacy of former Irish football coach Knute Rockne, who also served taught us more than anybody how his alma mater as a professor and athletic director. to compete with the best and win. During his 13-year head coaching career, Rockne won Because of him and because of the five national championships and produced 20 first- team All-Americans. Although he coached his last success of his teams, he inspired a game in 1930, Rockne is still recognized as one of the generation of immigrants and of most successful football coaches of all time and often is credited with making the University of Notre Dame a Christians in this country, and that household name throughout the United States. made Notre Dame a national icon.”

– John Affleck-Graves, Executive Vice President, May 2011 Recsports

Notre Dame students, faculty, staff, retirees and affiliated family members use a variety of RecSports programs and facilities to maintain a healthy lifestyle, satisfy their competitive juices, improve their skills or learn a new activity.

In 2010–11, RecSports again offered more than 300 diverse programs to meet the ever-changing health and wellness needs of the Irish community.

54 Intramurals RecSports also partnered with area high school officials 55 Students at the University of Notre Dame love sports, and conducted a lacrosse officials’ training program that and many discover that participating in one or more of included classroom and on-field preparation for student the 50-plus offered at the intramural level provides a officials. diversion from the pressures of the classroom as well as a physical challenge and a way to make friends. Club Sports McGlinn Hall won the women’s All-Sports Trophy, while Siegfried Hall claimed its fourth-consecutive men’s Many Notre Dame students elect to continue their All-Sports title, tying Stanford Hall for the longest participation in athletics at the club sports level, and consecutive streak of dominance in men’s interhall RecSports gives them the opportunity to compete competition. against similar teams across the region and nation by offering nearly 30 different activities. Several of those Howard Hall, the second-smallest women’s residence club sports and their athletes turned in noteworthy hall at Notre Dame, repeated as women’s interhall flag accomplishments in 2010–11. Here are the highlights: football champion. Last fall, RecSports introduced a “B” league for flag football, adding nine more teams to ·· The men’s volleyball team finished as the runner-up at the the mix. national tournament in and ranked second nation- ally. Two players, Rob Bauer and Kevin Paden, were named RecSports provides extensive training for its student first-team All-Americans and earned berths on the all-tour- officials, and one, Michael Jackson, officiated the nament team. women’s championship game at the American Collegiate Intramural Championships National Basketball ·· In its first year of competition, the seventh-ranked Irish Tournament at North Carolina State. Eight other intra- women’s rugby squad advanced to the USA Rugby Division II Final Four in Pittsburgh. The team defeated Stonehill before mural student officials officiated games at regional falling to Radcliffe in the finals. tournaments for flag football and basketball. recsports

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·· The women’s club served with the U.S. Olympic men’s team in ·· The women’s club provided as host of the College Water Polo Oklahoma City. $8,000 to the Holy Cross Missions in Championships at the Rolfs Aquatic East Africa. Center. The Irish women placed ·· Katie Walsh advanced to the seventh in the competition. Equestrian Nationals in Lexington, Ky., ·· The cycling club served as host of as the regional Cacchione rider. the first-ever MWCCC race in South ·· The cycling club won its first-ever Bend, an event that featured over 260 MWCCC DII team title, while Joe ·· Women’s boxing club captain and riders from 11 states and raised over Magro and Jenn Perricome claimed the president Anna Dwyer won her divi- $1,000 for the Ara Parseghian Medical men’s and women’s championships, sion at the Chicago Golden Gloves Research Foundation. respectively. This marked the first time Championship. the club held all three conference titles in the same year. ·· Men’s water polo player Matt Fordonski Service to the received all-conference recognition for Community ·· The Notre Dame men’s rowing club the second time. turned in its best performance ever at RecSports staff worked closely with In addition, each club team partic- the ACRA national championship in several athletic department, student Gainesville, Ga. The first and second ipated in at least one community and community groups to serve the varsity eights finished third in their service project. events. Michiana area in a variety of ways. ·· During its annual tour- ·· The annual “Late Night Olympics” ·· Rower Greg Flood earned the nament, the men’s boxing club raised event, sponsored by RecSports, title “Fastest American Collegiate $140,000 for the Holy Cross Missions provided participation opportunities Lightweight” and was invited to train in Bangladesh. for members of the St. Joseph County More RecSports Facilities Special Olympics and donated $5,290 Offerings RecSports oversees and services to that organization. several campus facilities that provide recreational and competitive sports Family Programs ·· Runners in the annual Domer Run, RecSports continued its “Even Fridays” activities. organized by the Alumni Association for families in 2010–11. Over 1,700 During 2010–11, the Rolfs Aquatic and RecSports, raised $5,550 for local participated in bowling, beach parties, Center served as the site of three major cancer support groups and cancer canoeing and swimming during 18 events—the USA Diving Region 4 Junior education. Fridays that occurred on even dates. Championships, the Indiana YMCA State Swim Meet and the Collegiate Club ·· RecSports staff members also partici- Over 140 Notre Dame faculty and staff Water Polo Championships. pated in the Pink Zone, Relay for Life, members attended four RecSports River Fest, Bike the Bend and Urban presentations designed to provide infor- The Rolfs Sports Recreation Center Adventure, along with events for both mation about its family programs. received fitness room updates that the YWCA and the YMCA. included the installation of new Fitness and Instructional flooring, paint, graphics, flat panel Programs televisions, strength equipment and In addition to the variety of fitness treadmills. The lobby area welcomed and personal training sessions avail- new furniture and a television, while able, RecSports added two new classes new carpeting and durable flooring was —Golden Domer Fitness and Gentle installed in other public areas. Healthy Toning—geared toward retirees and seniors. In the Rockne Memorial, upgrades were made to the climbing wall, while new, A special personal training promotion, sustainable lighting was installed in the “Work Off Your Weekend,” focused on gymnasium. The pool and group fitness 57 staying healthy during the busy Irish areas received new doors. football season.

RecSports collaborated with the University’s human resources depart- ment to sponsor ND Walk, a campus walking activity that attracted 290 participants. The two departments also joined forces for the Irish Health Fair and the Biggest Loser/Shamrock Shape Up program. C ompliance

Playing—and succeeding—by the rules is the modus operandi at Notre Dame, and the office of compliance works with Irish coaches, current student-athletes, staff members, administrators, prospective student-athletes and their parents, fans, benefactors and others to proactively ensure adherence to NCAA rules and promote the integrity of the University and its athletics department.

58 The five-member compliance staff in the Notre Dame Notre Dame also now checks communication between athletics department coordinates the University’s NCAA countable coaches and prospective student-athletes 59 compliance efforts on behalf of 26 varsity sports and through a partnership with JumpForward Proactive 750 student-athletes. The office, which also utilizes the Compliance and Recruiting Solutions. The new tech- services of several externs each nology sends coaches a proactive warning on their year, engages in ongoing educational efforts, monitors phones when they attempt to make impermissible activities and practices and reviews various processes contact. Each of Notre Dame’s 68 countable coaches already in place to encourage compliance. Staffers uses the software. routinely work with academic services for student- Additionally, the compliance staff professionals center athletes, the registrar’s office, student affairs, financial their attention on the NCAA legislative process— aid, the faculty athletics representative, the faculty by proposing new legislation as well as evaluating board on athletics and other key campus partners on a hundreds of pieces of proposed legislation each year. variety of compliance matters. By focusing its efforts on the University’s core During 2010–11, the compliance staff focused on values of accountability, integrity, leadership in improvements to its education and monitoring systems. excellence and leadership in mission and teamwork, A revamped Web site (nd.edu/~ncaacomp/) now offers the athletics compliance office plays a critical role fans and other visitors an opportunity to submit ques- in maintaining Notre Dame’s stature as a standard tions online. The office also enlisted the help of student bearer of playing—and succeeding—by the rules videographers to create public service announcements and influencing the direction of NCAA rules and that remind and educate student-athletes and others regulations in years to come. about various NCAA rules. One video, “Cool Talk with Joey Brooks,” received more than 5,000 online hits in one month, and Sports Illustrated’s Luke Winn praised the piece, writing, “You won’t see a better compliance department PSA.” S ports Performance

Now in its second year of operations, the sports performance department makes sure Irish student-athletes are poised for success both on and off the field by providing a variety of services to address medical, athletic training/rehabilitation, strength and conditioning, nutritional and equipment needs.

60 Notre Dame’s sports medicine professionals, including Two full-time sports dieticians/nutritionists also work physicians, athletic trainers and physical therapists, with coaches and student-athletes on both a team and 61 provide every student-athlete with thorough neurological, individual basis. Last year the National Dairy Council cardio-vascular, muscular-skeletal, respiratory and nutri- awarded Notre Dame a $100,000 grant to provide tional screenings to identify potential issues that may chocolate milk as a healthy choice for an after- require preventative measures and treatment. They also practice/workout refueling tool. address any medical needs that may arise during the year. Having the proper equipment, apparel and athletic In addition to a head trainer/physical therapist and two footwear also plays a critical role in athletic success. assistant athletic trainers dedicated to the needs of Two full-time equipment managers handle the needs football, a head trainer/physical therapist and 11 full- of the Irish football team, while three other equipment time certified athletic trainers support Irish Olympic managers oversee the requirements of the other Notre sports. These professionals work closely with their Dame sports. assigned teams throughout the year and collaborate Current initiatives include creating a performance with doctors and strength coaches on treatment and leadership team to research and implement new rehabilitation efforts. screening and testing protocols as well as an evalua- Three strength and conditioning coaches focus their tion of rehabilitation and training equipment needs to attention on football, while seven work with approxi- Notre Dame student-athletes in achieving their mately 600 Olympic sport student-athletes. top level of performance.

In 2010–11, Notre Dame instituted a dinner meal training table for more than 400 student-athletes during both the fall and spring semesters. The training table provided an opportunity to educate student-athletes on the benefits of healthy eating and proper fueling—prac- tices that can help them in the classroom as well as in competition. AA PROGRAMPROGRAM FIRST,FIRST,

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62 In 2009, Kevin Corrigan, head coach of Notre Dame men’s lacrosse, led the Irish to the program’s first undefeated regular season. In 2010, the Irish faced off against Duke, a perennial lacrosse power- house, in the NCAA championship game. Although Notre Dame lost that game, 6-5, in overtime, the best was yet to come, as in 2011, Corrigan and his team not only earned yet another postsea- son berth, but achieved something truly historic—a No. 1 regular- season ranking from both the Nike/Inside Lacrosse media poll and the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA). It marked the first time the Irish had been ranked in the top spot in either poll, and it made Notre Dame the western-most school to ever be ranked No. 1. The 2011 team also earned other notable firsts: a program- record six members of the team received All-America honors from the USILA, with two—David Earl and Kevin Ridgway—being named first-team All-Americans. It was the first time Notre Dame has boasted two first-team All-Americans in the same season. Earl was also named BIG EAST Midfielder of the Year, as well as to the USILA Scholar All-America Team. Earl and Ridgway, along with Zach Brenneman, were also among 25 nominees for the 2011 Tewaaraton Trophy, which is presented each year to the nation’s top lacrosse player. Finally, the team’s senior class matched the win- ningest senior class in Notre Dame lacrosse history with a four-year 63 record of 50 wins to just 14 losses. When Corrigan was named head coach of men’s lacrosse in 1988, he inherited a program that had never earned a berth in the Lacrosse’s NCAA Championships. Since, he has built Notre Dame into one of the premier men’s lacrosse programs in the nation, with the Irish New becoming a staple in the postseason. And while, historically, East Coast teams have dominated the sport, with Notre Dame’s historic rise to No. 1, that’s not only history, but as Corrigan said, “It’s good for the game.” AA HALLHALL OFOF FAMEFAME CAREERCAREER ANDAND SHE’SSHE’S 64 NOTNOT

Having graduated three of its top five scorers following the 2009–10 campaign, this past season was expected to be a rebuilding year for Notre Dame women’s basketball. But, after DONE defeating two No. 1-seeded teams—BIG EAST DONE rival Connecticut and Tennessee, who the Irish had not beaten in 20 contests—coach Muffet McGraw and the Irish found themselves back in the NCAA championship game on the 10th anni- versary of the program’s first national champi- onship. Although Notre Dame would fall to Texas A&M 76–70, as McGraw said, “It was an amaz- YET ing run. The team had an incredible drive to YET succeed.” And with Notre Dame returning most of the team from the championship run, includ- ing guard Skylar Diggins, what can fans expect in 2011–12? “Our goal will be to win the national championship,” says McGraw. On June 11, 2011, cheered on by her husband Matt, her son Murph, friends, coaches, and both former and current players, including Skylar Diggins, Devereaux Peters, and Fraderica Miller, coach Muf- fet McGraw was inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in Knoxville, Tenn. She is the first representative of the University of Notre Dame—and the only coach of the six-person Class of 2011—to receive the honor. In 24 seasons as head coach of the Notre Dame women’s basketball team, McGraw has led the Irish to 16 consecutive NCAA Championships appearances, including three trips to the Final Four (1992, 2001 and 2011) and one national title (2001). Along the way, she’s tallied 556 victories. In the 125-year history of Fighting Irish athletics, only three coaches—baseball’s Jake Kline, men’s tennis/ wrestling’s Tom Fallon, and fencing’s Michael DeCicco—can boast more wins … for now.

“THIS IS SO SPECIAL AND SO AMAZING. IT’S JUST SO GREAT.” 65

—COACH MUFFET MCGRAW 66 SETTINGSETTING THETHE GOLDGOLD STANDARDSTANDARD The 2011 season held great promise for the Notre Dame fencing team as, prior to the start of the year, junior foilist Gerek Meinhart became the first American to ever win a medal at the World Fencing Championships. Although Meinhart would soon thereafter suffer a season-ending injury, the Irish fencers would eventually go on to defeat two-time defending champion Penn State 174 to 168 at the French Field House in Columbus, Ohio, to claim the eighth NCAA championship. It was the third championship for head coach Janusz Bednarski; only the Fighting Irish football team and two Irish head coaches—Frank Leahy and former fencing coach Mike DeCicco—

can claim more national championships. 67 On Friday, the second day of the four-day championship, Ariel DeSmet won a gold medal in the men’s foil title bout, the first

“THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST GROUPS THAT I HAVE WORKED WITH IN MY ENTIRE LIFE.”

—COACH JANUSZ BEDNARSKI

Notre Dame freshman to do so since Charles Higgs-Coulthard in 1984. Then, on Sunday, junior Courtney Hurley earned gold in the women’s epee title bout. DeSmet and Hurley became the 26th and 27th gold medalists in Irish program history. It also marked the first time the Irish have won a gold medal in both a men’s and women’s weapon in the same year. After losing Meinhart for the year, it would have been easy for the Irish to write the season off. But, as senior Avery Zuck (men’s sabre) said, “There is an environment here that I think is different from many other schools. They want to embrace you and make you better. The environment here is that they want you to do your best, and if you do that, they accept the result.” The result is a team that worked together, did their best, and in the process, wrote yet another chapter in the great history that is Notre Dame fencing. As Hurley stated, “Fencing is an individual sport, and to make a team out of it is a very special thing.” A very special thing it is, and a very special season it was. TIMETIMEISIS ONON THEIRTHEIRSIDESIDE

68 Notre Dame freshman forward Jeff Costello’s goal came just 49 sec- onds into the opening game of the 2011 NCAA Frozen Four at the Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minn. It was Notre Dame’s fourth NCAA appearance in five years, the second Frozen Four appearance in four, and the quickest goal in Notre Dame NCAA Championships play. Although the Irish would fall 4-3 to the Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs, when looking back upon the successes of the 2010–11 season—the team’s 25 regular-season wins are the fifth-highest to- tal in the history of Irish hockey—one can’t help but look forward to what this team might accomplish in the not too distant future. This holds especially true because the team’s roster consisted of 69

“I’M PROUD OF WHAT THESE KIDS DID.”

—COACH JEFF JACKSON

12 freshmen, with as many as 10 rookies making the lineup in any given game. Two of those freshmen are soon to become household names, especially when Notre Dame takes up residence in its new home at the Compton Family Ice Arena. Those two are forwards T.J. Tynan and Anders Lee. Tynan led the team in scoring, with Lee finishing a close second. The two freshmen also ranked first and second in rookie scoring in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA). Tynan was named the Hockey Commissioners’ Association (HCA) National Division I Rookie of the Year, the first to come from the CCHA, as well as the CCHA rookie of the year. Finally, both Tynan and Lee were unanimous selections to the CCHA all-rookie team. But, hockey’s also about defense, and although also young, the defense repeatedly stepped up throughout the season. Of course, it takes leadership to channel talent and youthful enthusiasm into the kind of cool focus that results in a Frozen Four appearance. Coach Jeff Jackson displayed that leadership, and was named the conference’s coach of the year. While the 2010–11 season is in the past, there’s a lot to look back upon with great pride. There’s even more to look forward to in the 2011–12 season. This could be the start of a golden era for Notre Dame hockey. ITIT WASN’TWASN’T ONLYONLY A A GAME 70GAME With a record of 379-165-1, Notre Dame softball coach Deanna Gumpf entered the 2011 season—her 10th—the winningest coach in program history. Her .698 winning percentage ranked as the highest of any coach in the BIG EAST. She would quickly add to those already impressive numbers when Notre Dame’s softball team opened the 2011 campaign 9-0, the best start in program history. The team would also be riding a 12-game winning streak, including a perfect 5-0 mark against BIG EAST foes, when it entered a three-game BIG EAST Conference series against Louisville at Melissa Cook Stadium in April. While each team came prepared to win, the Irish and the Cardinals also went to bat that weekend to “Strikeout Cancer.” 71

“IT’S TATUM’S SISTERS OUT THERE, AND THEY TREAT HER LIKE THEIR SISTER.”

—COACH DEANNA GUMPF’S HUSBAND, JOHN

In the summer of 2010, coach Gumpf’s daughter Tatum was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (A.L.L.). The “Strike- out Cancer” weekend not only served to raise awareness about A.L.L. and the Pediatric Hemotology/Oncology Program at South Bend Memorial Children’s Hospital, but, at more than $12,000, also led the nation in money raised. The “Strikeout Cancer” weekend also showcased the support of players and fans alike for Tatum and all children battling A.L.L. Activities included a derby and an Irish Fun Zone with a bounce house, balloon animals and face painting. Also, those in attendance received a free orange shamrock silly bandz, as well as Notre Dame softball trading cards. At the conclusion of the weekend’s final game, football standout Manti Te’o drew the winners of the canned food/clothing drive drawing. And after the series, special uniforms worn by both teams were auctioned. The highlight of the weekend, though, was Tatum running the bases and throwing out the first pitch. Notre Dame would ultimately take two of the three games, but truly successful teams are so much more than their stats. They’re family. “THE PERSONALITY OF THIS GROUP WAS SO STABLE. WHETHER IT WAS A BIG WIN OR A LOSS, THEY STAYED STABLE. WHEN THEY HAD GREAT WINS, IT DIDN’T CHANGE THEM. WHEN THEY HAD A TOUGH LOSS, IT DIDN’T CHANGE THEM. STABLE IS THE WORD.”

—COACH MIKE BREY

72 AANOTHERNOTHER ONEONE FORFOR THETHE RECORDRECORD BOOKSBOOKS The one word that might best sum up Notre Dame men’s basketball under coach Mike Brey’s leadership is “consistent.” Each year, fans have come to expect that the Irish will be competitive, and Brey’s teams have consistently delivered, often exceeding expectations. But, with a Notre Dame team that entered the 2010–11 season unranked and minus former standouts and Tory Jackson, it looked to be a rebuilding year. It proved to be anything but. In fact, by season’s end, the team would set a school record, defeating eight ranked opponents during a regular season in which the Irish would finish 27-7 overall. One would have to go back in time over 100 years, specifically to 1908–09, to find a Notre Dame men’s basketball team with a better regular-season record. That overall record earned Notre Dame a No. 5 ranking in the final Associated Press poll, and was the first top-10 finish for an Irish men’s basketball team since 1981, as well as the highest finish in Brey’s 11 seasons at Notre Dame. In addition to its 27-7 final record, Brey guided the Irish to a 14-4 mark in BIG EAST play as his squad fell short of its quest for the conference regular-season title. Notre Dame chased the Pittsburgh Panthers in the final nine games of the season, but did match the best record in program history during the conference regular season. For his coaching efforts, Brey earned BIG EAST Coach of the Year honors for the third time in five seasons as he joined an elite group of hall of fame coaches to win the award on three or more 73 occasions. In addition, he was recognized by the media and his coaching peers with a couple of national coach-of-the-year honors as he was chosen by the Associated Press as its coach of the year and also received the Henry Iba Coach of the Year award, which is presented annually by the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA). But it’s more than what coach Brey’s done; it’s how he does it. As senior Michael Matheson wrote in The Observer in January, “Mike Brey is a class act.” No.No. 11 !ATTACK! 74 ATTACK!ATTACK! ATTACK!ATTACK! No team entering the NCAA Championship as a No. 4 seed had ever won the title. But that didn’t keep Notre Dame women’s soccer coach Randy Waldrum from telling freshman forward Adriana Leon that she would score the winning goal in the championship match. And it didn’t keep Leon from doing just that. It was in the 63rd min- ute, and it led the No. 4-seeded Irish to a 1-0 victory over Stanford. It also led to Notre Dame’s first national championship in any sport since 2006, and to the third NCAA Women’s College Cup title for the Irish women’s soccer team.

IT WASN’T ABOUT THE REPUTATION OR THE RECORD OF THE TAR HEELS OR THE CARDINAL. IT WAS ABOUT THE WAY THE IRISH PREPARED AND PLAYED.

To win it all, the Irish women had to win their final four matches on the road, including one against perennial powerhouse North Carolina, in which the Irish defeated the Tar Heels 4-1, and one against a Stanford team that entered its third consecutive championship and was riding a 22-match winning streak. But don’t

call the Irish “underdogs” or their wins “upsets.” As Waldrum said, 75 “Once the NCAA Championships started, the path we took and the way we won games…we clearly were the best team in the country.” And with 20 players from the 2010 national championship team re- turning, the team’s success looks to carry over into the 2011 season. After the victory over Stanford, Notre Dame junior forward Melissa Henderson said, “Attack…that was our main mindset this whole tournament.” Throughout the tournament, the word “attack” lined the walls of the team’s locker room. Today, “Attack” graces one side of their championship rings.

To win the 2010 NCAA Championship, coach Randy Waldrum guided Notre Dame through one of the toughest NCAA runs in history, with the Irish defeating four seeded opponents—including two No. 1 seeds—while outscoring their opponents 15-1 in that six-match span. Winning the cup— Waldrum’s second at Notre Dame—earned him National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA)/Mondo Coach of the Year honors, as well as the distinction of being just one of seven coaches in Notre Dame history to have coached multiple national championship teams, joining an elite fraternity that includes such legends as Knute Rockne, Frank Leahy and Ara Parseghian. baseball

HEAD COACH Mik Aoki — ASSISTANT COACHes Joe Hastings Chuck Ristano Jesse Woods — CAPTAINS Brian Dupra Mick Doyle

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HEAD COACH Mike Brey — ASSISTANT COACHES Anthony Solomon Rod Balanis — CAPTAINS Tim Abromaitis Ben Hansbrough Tyrone Nash Carleton Scott baseball Highlights

•• Notre Dame played in a school- RBI). He also was named 2011 earned runs or less in nine starts record 20 games (10-10) that were BIG EAST Rookie of the Year and and collected 10 or more decided by one run. In fact, 38 Louisville Slugger Freshman in three outings. of Notre Dame’s 53 games were All-American. decided by three runs or fewer. •• Dupra became the fifth pitcher •• Senior pitcher Cole Johnson, in Irish history to record 50 or •• The Irish starting rotation who tossed 8.0 scoreless innings more career starts and seventh registered a quality start in 33 of against West Virginia in his final Notre Dame hurler to ever 53 games in 2011. The 33 quality career appearance, registered 11 eclipse 300.0 career innings. starts tripled the Notre Dame total quality starts, posted a 2.76 ERA He finished his career with 51 from 2010 (11). in 101.0 innings and opponents starts and 315.2 innings of work, batted just .211 against him. He which rank fifth and seventh, •• The Irish finished 2011 with a allowed two earned runs or less respectively, in school history. 3.42 ERA, which was the best by a in nine starts and struck out 12 Dupra also ranks ninth in school Notre Dame staff since 2004 (3.36). against Rutgers on May 7 (the history in fewest career walks The Irish actually took a 2.82 ERA most by a Notre Dame hurler per nine innings (2.20). into the final week of the regular since 2004). season, which would have been the lowest by a Notre Dame club •• Senior pitcher Brian Dupra since 1960 (2.60, school record). registered 11 quality starts over his 15 outings in 2011. He also worked •• Freshman first basemanTrey into the seventh inning in 11 of Mancini was the first Irish rookie his 15 starts. Dupra posted a 3.10 and eighth player in program ERA. He struck out 93 and worked history to lead Notre Dame in 104.2 innings, which each rank all three triple-crown categories 10th, respectively, in single-season (batting average, home runs and school history. Dupra allowed two

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•• Notre Dame finished the season •• Notre Dame finished fifth in conference history to win the with a 27-7 record and 14-4 mark in the final Associated Press rank- award on three or more occasions. BIG EAST play as the Irish posted ing (its highest since the 1978-79 their fifth straight 20-win season. campaign) and 14th in the ESPN/ •• A consensus NCAA second- The 27 wins were the most ever USA Today poll. team All-American, Ben during Mike Brey’s tenure and the Hansbrough became the fourth most in the modern era. •• From 2007–11, Notre Dame Irish player in program history experienced its most success- to be named the BIG EAST Player •• The 14-4 mark in BIG EAST play ful four-year period in program of the Year. Hansbrough also was matched the most wins and best history while posting a 96-42 the only unanimous selection to record during the conference regu- overall record and 46-26 mark in the all-conference first team as lar season in program history. BIG EAST play. Notre Dame had a player selected to for the sixth •• Notre Dame’s appearance as •• Brey was tabbed national coach consecutive year. the No. 2 seed in the Southwest of the year by several outlets. Most Regional was the second notably, he was the recipient of the •• Tim Abromaitis was a third- consecutive trip to the NCAA Henry Iba Coach of the Year Award team all-conference honoree and Championships for the Irish and (presented by the United States was named the BIG EAST Scholar- seventh under Brey. It was the Basketball Writers Association) Athlete for the second consecutive highest seed for an Irish team and was named the Associated year. He also was selected as a since 1981. Press Coach of the Year. first-team pick to the Capital One/ CoSIDA Academic All-America •• The Irish were 8-3 versus •• Brey also was named the BIG Men’s Basketball Team for the ranked foes during the season. The EAST Coach of the Year for the second time in as many seasons. eight wins were the most ever in third time in five seasons to program history. become just the fifth coach in women’s bas keTBALL

HEAD COACH Muffet McGraw — ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH Jonathan Tsipis — ASSOCIATE COACH Carol Owens — ASSISTANT COACH Niele Ivey — CAPTAINS Becca Bruszewski Brittany Mallory

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HEAD COACH Joe Piane — CAPTAINs Jordan Carlson Dan Jackson women’s basketball Highlights

•• For the third time in school ing the Fighting Irish have been •• Notre Dame finished among the history, Notre Dame advanced to ranked in the AP top 10 during the top 11 in the nation in eight NCAA the NCAA Final Four (also 1997 past four seasons (and 11 of the statistical categories — and 2001), playing for the national past 15 years). percentage (4th – .480), average championship for the second attendance (5th – school-record time after its ’01 NCAA title. The •• Notre Dame defeated eight 8,553/game), scoring margin Fighting Irish finished with a 31-8 ranked opponents, punctuated (7th – +20.8 ppg.), steals (7th – 12.7 record (tying for the second-most by a 72-63 win over top-ranked spg.), assists (9th – 17.2 apg.), three- wins in school history) while post- Connecticut in the NCAA Final point field goal percentage defense ing their third 30-win season and Four national semifinals. It was (10th – .269), rebounding margin eighth 25-win campaign (third in the third time in school history (10th – +8.2 rpg.) and scoring four years). the Fighting Irish defeated a offense (11th – 77.0 ppg.). No. 1-ranked team. •• Notre Dame tied for second in •• Sophomore guard Skylar the BIG EAST Conference with a •• The Fighting Irish made NCAA Diggins was named a State Farm 13-3 record, placing among the top history by becoming the first Coaches’ and AP third-team four for the 13th time in their 16 team to defeat Tennessee and All-American, while junior guard seasons as a conference member. Connecticut in consecutive games, Natalie Novosel and senior as well as the first to do so in the forward Devereaux Peters were •• The Fighting Irish were ranked same NCAA Championships. State Farm Coaches’ honorable ninth in the final Associated Press Notre Dame downed Tennessee, mention All-Americans. It marked poll, extending their current 73-59 in the NCAA Dayton the first time Notre Dame had streak of AP poll appearances to a Regional final before its win three All-Americans in the same school-record 77 weeks in a row. over Connecticut in the national season (and all three also were Notre Dame also was ranked in the semifinals. first-team all-BIG EAST picks). top 10 of the AP poll for the final eight weeks of the season, mean-

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•• The Irish advanced to the NCAA (fifth),Jeremy Rae (eighth) and •• The Irish went to the NCAA Championship for the 21st time Martin Grady (ninth) all earned Midwest Regional in Rochester, in 27 seasons under head coach top-10 finishes for the Irish, as Mich., where they placed third. Joe Piane. Notre Dame earned an Notre Dame bested second-place Jackson finished fourth to pace the at-large spot after placing fifth Marquette by more than 40 points. Irish, earning an individual berth at the NCAA Midwest Regional. in the NCAA Championship and It marked the 21st consecutive •• The Notre Dame Invitational all-Region honors. Rae crossed the season either a Notre Dame saw the Irish place seventh as a line 16th, also earning all-Region individual or team competed at the team in a competitive 21-team honors. Based on points, the NCAA Championship. field. Jackson paced the Irish Irish earned an at-large berth to with a time of 24:13, good for 15th the NCAA Championship. The •• The Irish opened the season place. Rae placed 28th and Carlson Irish finished 25th at the NCAA by taking the top four individual finished 40th. Championship, as Jackson placed spots and the team title at the 100th in his final collegiate race. Crusader Open in Valparaiso, •• Jackson again paced the Irish Ind. Paul Springer paced Notre at the Pre-NCAA Meet in Terre Dame and took the individual title. Haute, Ind. The senior placed Thomas Noel finished second, 19th while helping the Irish to while Darryl Varney was third a seventh-place finish. Carlson and Kevin Jacobs placed fourth. placed 31st for Notre Dame. The four runners finished within 1.51 seconds of each other. •• Jackson earned all-BIG EAST honors at the BIG EAST •• Notre Dame followed that Championship, placing 12th. performance up with another Freshman Grady placed 20th, team win, taking the National while Rae and Jonathan Shawel Catholic Invitational. Dan Jackson placed 26th and 27th, respectively. (second), John Paul Malette women’s CROSS COUNTRY

HEAD COACH Tim Connelly — CAPTAINS Rachel Velarde Erica Watson

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HEAD COACH Janusz Bednarski — ASSISTANT COACHES Gia Kvaratskhelia Ian Farr Marek Stepien — CAPTAINS Zach Schirtz Andy Seroff Avery Zuck women’s Cross Country Highlights

•• The Irish posted team wins Erica Watson (eighth) and Rachel •• Notre Dame saw its team season at the Crusader Open and Velarde (ninth) also finished in the come to a close at the NCAA National Catholic Invitational top 10 for Notre Dame. Rebecca Midwest Regional in Rochester, before concluding the season Tracy was 11th and Kelly Curran Mich. Freshman Alexa Aragon by placing sixth at the BIG EAST 12th to round out the scoring five was the top finisher for the Irish, Championship and sixth at the for the Irish in winning the team placing 22nd and earning all- NCAA Great Lakes Regional. title in impressive fashion. Region honors.

•• Five Irish runners placed •• Notre Dame placed 18th at the •• Watson, who paced the Irish in the top 10 at the season- Notre Dame Invitational, where to a 23rd place finish at the opening Crusader Invitational the Irish were again paced Ryan, Pre-NCAA Meet in Terre Haute, in Valparaiso, Ind. Susanna who placed 18th. Ind., earned a spot on the Capital Sullivan and Molly Hirt finished One Academic All-District V Cross second and third, respectively. In •• Watson then led the squad at Country/Track & Field Team. addition, Ryan Russ placed sixth, the Pre-NCAA Meet as she was the Kari Johnson finished seventh top Irish finisher in 92nd place. •• Watson notched a top-10 and Gena Bleyer was ninth. The finish at the National Catholic performances helped the Irish •• The BIG EAST Championship Invitational before placing edge Western Michigan by just one saw Ryan return to the top of in the top 50 at the BIG EAST point for the team title. the pack, as she placed 30th in Championship and the NCAA her first-ever conference meet. Midwest Regional. She had a 3.97 •• The Irish saw three runners Watson was not far behind, as she grade-point average as an account- earn top-10 finishes at the placed 33rd, while Tracy finished ing major in the Mendoza College National Catholic Championship 38th. Notre Dame placed sixth of Business. in taking home the team title. Meg at the meet as eventual national Ryan won the race and was named champion Villanova won the BIG EAST Cross Country Runner event. of the Week for her performance.

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•• Notre Dame returned to the top •• Ariel DeSmet claimed the indi- •• For the first time in Midwest of the collegiate fencing world in vidual gold medals at the ’11 NCAA Fencing Conference (MFC) history 2011, claiming the NCAA champi- Championships in men’s foil. all six gold medals went to one onship. It marked the third NCAA team as the Irish took home the crown and seventh top-three finish •• The Irish qualified the crown in each men’s foil, men’s in nine seasons for the Irish under maximum 12 fencers for NCAA sabre, men’s epee, women’s foil, head coach Janusz Bednarski. It Championship play for the eighth women’s sabre and women’s epee. was the eighth title for the Notre time in program history. Since The sweep secured Notre Dame’s Dame fencing program and fourth 2000, the Irish have sent more second consecutive MFC title as since the format switched to a fencers (141) than any other school the squad held off second-place combined men’s and women’s final. to the NCAAs. and perennial MFC rival Ohio State by 100 points. •• The Irish men’s team recorded •• Four of the six Irish men a 29-1 regular-season record and to compete at the NCAA went coast to coast as the nation’s Championships earned top-ranked team. All-America honors, led by DeSmet and Avery Zuck who •• While the men did suffer both earned first-team accolades. a setback early in the season DeSmet won the individual foil against St. John’s, the Irish have title, while Zuck finished second put together an overall record of in sabre. Reggie Bentley and 122-5 as a team over the past four Barrron Nydam earned second- seasons, going undefeated in team All-America honors with a two of those campaigns (2009 fifth-place finish in the foil and and 2010). sixth place in sabre, respectively. women’s fencing

HEAD COACH Janusz Bednarski — ASSISTANT COACHES Gia Kvaratskhelia Ian Farr Marek Stepien — CAPTAINS Sarah Borrmann Ewa Nelip Hayley Reese

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Football

HEAD COACH Brian Kelly — ASSISTANT COACHes Tony Alford Kerry Cooks Mike Denbrock Bob Diaco Mike Elston Tim Hinton Chuck Martin Charley Molnar Ed Warinner — CAPTAINS Selected on game-by-game basis woMen’s fencing Highlights

•• Notre Dame claimed the 2011 claimed individual gold medals at ual epee title and Hassett finishing NCAA Championship, marking the 2011 NCAA Championships third in sabre. Hayley Reese head coach Janusz Bednarski’s in women’s epee and men’s foil, earned second-team All-America third NCAA title and seventh respectively. It represents the honors as she finished eighth in top-three NCAA finish in his nine first time since ’08 that two Irish foil. Ewa Nelip and Lian Osier seasons at the helm of the Irish. fencers won gold in the same year earned third-team recognition It was the eighth title for Notre (Sarah Borrmann and Kelley with a ninth-place finish in epee Dame fencing and fourth since the Hurley) and the first time in and sabre, respectively. format switched to a combined program history that the Irish men’s and women’s final. claimed a gold in both men’s and •• For the first time in Midwest women’s competition in the same Fencing Conference (MFC) history, •• The Irish women posted a 29-0 season. all six gold medals went to one regular-season record and went team as the Irish took home the coast to coast as the nation’s top- •• The Irish qualified the crown in each men’s foil, men’s ranked women’s team. maximum 12 fencers for NCAA sabre, men’s epee, women’s foil, Championships play for the eighth women’s sabre and women’s epee. •• After finishing the regular time in program history. Since The sweep secured Notre Dame’s season unbeaten for the seventh 2000, the Irish have sent more second-consecutive MFC title as time since 1977, the Irish women fencers (141) than any other school the squad held off second-place are in the midst of a 78 regular- to NCAA Championships play. and perennial MFC rival Ohio season match-winning streak, State by 100 points. which dates back to the 2008 •• Five of the six Irish women season. It is the longest unbeaten to compete at the NCAA streak in program history on the Championships earned women’s side. All-America status, led by Hurley and Eileen Hassett who both •• Two Irish fencers — Courtney garnered first-team distinction, Hurley and Ariel DeSmet — with Hurley winning the individ-

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football Highlights

•• Brian Kelly’s first Fighting Irish and raced to a 30-3 lead against Bednarik Award (top defensive squad finished with an 8-5 record, Miami in the Hyundai Sun Bowl player) and Dick Butkus Award (top including four straight victories before cruising to a 33-17 victory. college linebacker) after pacing the to close the season. It marked the Irish with 133 tackles. most consecutive wins to end a •• The success down the stretch of season since the 1992 team posted the season came mainly because of •• Senior placekicker David Ruffer seven consecutive victories to the defense, as Notre Dame went was one of three finalists for the close out that campaign. 13 consecutive quarters over one Lou Groza Award (top college late, four-game stretch without kicker) following a sparkling •• Three of Notre Dame’s five losses allowing an offensive touchdown. season where he converted 18 of were by a total of eight points. One 19 field goals, including the first 18 occurred in overtime when a fake •• In those final four games, kicks of the season. field goal resulted in a game-winning Notre Dame’s defense limited its touchdown against Michigan State opponents to combined averages •• Ruffer was also named to the while the two other losses (versus of 9.8 points, 91.8 rushing yards Capital One/CoSIDA Academic Michigan and Tulsa) came by a and 276.5 total yards. All-America first team and combined five points. became Notre Dame’s 55th foot- •• Junior Michael ball Academic All-American in •• Over the final four games, the Floyd was named the team’s MVP program history. Irish posted a 28-3 victory over at the postseason awards show No. 15 Utah (Notre Dame’s widest after leading the Irish with career •• Offensive linemanChris margin over an Associated Press highs of 79 catches for 1,025 yards Stewart attended Notre Dame Law top-20 opponent in 14 years), and 12 touchdowns. School during the fall semes- defeated Army in the first football ter and was the recipient of an game played at the new Yankee •• Sophomore linebacker Manti $18,000 postgraduate scholar- Stadium, ended an eight-game Te’o was selected to SI.com’s ship for being named a National losing streak to archrival USC with All-America second team and Scholar-Athlete by the National a come-from-behind 20-16 win was a semifinalist for the Chuck Football Foundation. men’s Gfol

HEAD COACH Jim Kubinski — ASSISTANT COACH Steve Colnitis — CAPTAINS Connor Alan-Lee Jeff Chen Dustin Zhang

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women’s Gfol

HEAD COACH Susan Holt — ASSISTANT COACH Kyle Lynne Veltri — CAPTAIN Katie Conway men’s golf Highlights

•• Notre Dame returned to the junior Chris Walker were named total in program history, while top of the BIG EAST mountain all-BIG EAST, representing the his tie for 10th place also repre- in 2011, claiming the conference most selections by any school in sents the highest Irish finish in title by six shots over second- the league. NCAA action. Sophomore Paul place Louisville after firing McNamara III also carded the a 54-hole score of 876 (+24). •• Notre Dame put together lowest single-round score in Irish Individually, Max Scodro led a season that saw them claim NCAA history, posting a final- the way for the Irish, claim- three tournament titles (St. round score of 67 (-5) to finish his ing medalist honors among the Mary’s Invitational, Battle tournament at even par (216). 60-member field after carding at the Warren, BIG EAST a three-day total of 212 (-1). Championships) and earn two •• After finishing the season He was the only golfer in the medalist honors, with junior with a team-low 73.30 season field to shoot under par for the Tom Usher (212, -4) winning at stroke average, Scodro became tournament. the St. Mary’s Invitational and the fifth Irish golfer to be named Scodro claiming the victory at to the PING All-Midwest Region •• The Irish swept all the major the BIG EAST Championships. Team. He also becomes the first BIG EAST awards on the heels The Irish returned to the NCAA Notre Dame player to be named of winning the conference Championships field for the first to that list since Josh Sandman championship, marking the first time since 2005–06, finishing was selected in 2008. time in league history one school ninth in the NCAA Southeast has accomplished that feat. Regional. Scodro earned BIG EAST Player of the Year, while newcomer •• The NCAA Southeast Regional Niall Platt picked up Freshman saw several Irish postseason of the Year and head coach Jim records fall. Platt’s three-round Kubinski earned Coach of the score of 210 (-6) goes down as Year distinction. Additionally, both the lowest 54-hole tourna- Scodro and Platt, along with ment score-to-par and stroke

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women’s golf Highlights

•• The Irish advanced to the NCAA ing a 229 (+13) and Katie Conway •• In the summer of 2010, Zhang Championships for the first time in was 11th after firing a 231 (+15). became the first golfer in program program history, finishing tied for history to qualify for the U.S. 24th in the event at the Traditions •• Holt was named the BIG EAST Women’s Open. Zhang finished Club Golf Course in Bryan, Texas. Coach of the Year after leading fourth in sectional qualify- Head coach Susan Holt’s squad her team to the conference title. ing before firing back-to-back advanced after finishing fifth in During the year, the Irish finished 78s at the U.S. Women’s Open the NCAA Central Regional at first in four tournaments, in the at Oakmont Country Club in Notre Dame’s Warren Golf Course. top five seven times and in the top Oakmont, Pa. Zhang and Huffer 10 in every tournament. In addi- both participated in the U.S. •• Notre Dame was paced at the tion, four Irish players garnered Women’s Amateur Public Links NCAA Central Regional by a pair all-BIG EAST honors—Park, Championship at Notre Dame’s of freshmen, as Nicole Zhang and Huffer, Zhang and Nhim—as the Warren Golf Course and advanced Kristina Nhim each finished in Irish had more all-league honorees as far as the round of 32. the top 15. Zhang fired a seven- than any other school. over 223 to finish tied for eighth, while Nhim was one stroke behind •• In addition to the BIG EAST her with a 224 (good for a tie Championships, Notre Dame for 14th). took home team titles at the Mary Fossum Invitational, the William •• Notre Dame had four of the K. Warren Irish Invitational top-11 finishers as it powered its and the John Kirk/Panther way to the program’s fourth BIG Intercollegiate. Zhang took home EAST Championship. Nhim paced medalist honors in her collegiate the Irish with a 222 (+6) to finish in debut, firing a nine-under par 207 third place. Becca Huffer placed to win the title at the Mary Fossum fourth with a 223 (+7), So-Hyun Invitational. Park finished seventh after card- Hyocke

HEAD COACH Jeff Jackson — ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH — ASSOCIATE COACH Andy Slaggert — VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT COACH T.J. Jindra — CAPTAIN Joe Lavin — ALTERNATE CAPTAINS Calle Ridderwall Ben Ryan

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men’s L acROSSE

HEAD COACH Kevin Corrigan — ASSISTANT COACHES Gerry Byrne Brian Fisher — CAPTAINS Zach Brenneman David Earl Andrew Irving Kevin Ridgway Hcyo ke Highlights

•• The Irish advanced to the NCAA and forwards Billy Maday and head coach and the third time in his Frozen Four for the second time in Anders Lee. coaching career. the last four years when they fell to Minnesota – Duluth in the semifi- •• The 2010–11 Notre Dame hockey •• Junior defenseman Sean nals, 4-3. Notre Dame finished the roster included 12 freshmen who Lorenz was named the CCHA’s Top year 25-14-5 overall and was 18-7-3-2 saw regular action during the Defensive Defenseman as he led the in the CCHA good for a second-place season. That group was led by CCHA league with a +33 plus-minus mark. finish in the regular season. and national rookie of the year, T.J. Tynan, who finished seventh in the •• Freshman Tynan was the •• The Irish finished the year country in scoring with 23 goals and league’s rookie of the year as he led ranked fourth in both the USA 31 assists for 54 points, the third- the conference and the nation’s Today/American Hockey Magazine highest total by an Irish freshman in rookie scorers with 23 goals and 31 and the USCHO.com polls. Notre the 43-year history of the program. assists for 54 points. Dame advanced to the NCAA Frozen Four by winning the •• Fellow freshman Lee led the team •• Construction on the new NCAA Northeast Regional held in in goals with 24 and was second in Compton Family Ice Arena Manchester, N.H. The Irish defeated points with 44 for the season. The continues to progress with the Merrimack, 4-3 in overtime, in the dynamic duo took team rookie of new, on-campus, two-rink ice semifinals, and then downed New the year honors, while Tynan won facility expected to be ready by Hampshire in the championship the team’s most valuable player the middle of October 2011. The game, 2-1. award. Three members of the Notre Irish hockey team will begin play Dame hockey team took major in the new building in November •• Sophomore Mike individual CCHA Awards. 2011 with the dedication game set Johnson was named the Most for Nov. 18 when Notre Dame will Valuable Player of the regional and •• Head coach Jeff Jackson was face off against Boston College. The was joined on the all-tournament named the CCHA Coach of the Year new arena will have a capacity of team by defenseman Stephen Johns for the second time as Notre Dame’s approximately 5,000.

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men’s lacrosse Highlights

•• Notre Dame made its sixth had two first-team All-Americans •• The Fighting Irish defense straight trip to the NCAA in the same season. concluded the 2011 campaign Championships and the 16th ranked second nationally by appearance overall in school •• Earl was voted the 2011 BIG surrendering just 6.57 goals per history. The six consecutive trips EAST Midfielder of the Year by game. Kemp ranked second among tie the program record, which was the league’s head coaches. He was all Division I goalies in goals- achieved from 1992–97. Fourth- one of six Irish players to garner against average (6.61) and fourth in seeded Notre Dame produced a all-conference honors. Joining Earl save percentage (.602). 13-6 win over Penn in the first on the all-BIG EAST first team were round to advance to the quarter- Barnes, Brenneman and Ridgway. •• A program-record five Notre finals for the third time in the last Earl and Ridgway were unanimous Dame players were selected in four seasons. The season ended selections. Irving and Kemp were January’s Major League Lacrosse with a 7-5 loss to fifth-seeded Duke second-team picks. (MLL) Collegiate Draft. Brenneman in the quarterfinal round. became the highest pick in •• Earl was selected to the 2011 program history as he went fifth •• A program-record six Notre USILA Scholar All-America Team. overall to the Long Island Lizards. Dame student-athletes received He was one of 57 student-athletes The Hamilton Nationals selected All-America honors from the from NCAA Division I, II and III Earl in the third round (13th overall United States Intercollegiate named to the team. selection), while Ridgway also Lacrosse Association (USILA). went to Hamilton five picks later. David Earl and Kevin Ridgway •• Notre Dame was ranked No. 1 Long Island tabbed Barnes in the were first-team selections, while in both the Nike/Inside Lacrosse fifth round (29th overall) and the Zach Brenneman was named to media poll and the USILA coaches’ Denver Outlaws picked Irving the the second team. Sam Barnes, poll from April 18 through May 2. It sixth round (33rd overall). Andrew Irving and John Kemp signified the first time in program were honorable-mention picks. It history the Fighting Irish had been marked the first time Notre Dame ranked No. 1 in either poll. women’s L acROSSE

HEAD COACH Tracy Coyne — ASSISTANT COACHES Crysti Foote Nick Williams — CAPTAINS Shaylyn Blaney Jackie Doherty

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Rwingo

HEAD COACH Martin Stone — ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH Joe Schlosberg — ASSISTANT COACH Marnie Stahl — CAPTAINS Emily Crosby Stephanie Gretsch Carol Ann Michel women’s lacrosse Highlights

•• The Irish women’s lacrosse her career. Doherty led the BIG •• Senior midfielderShaylyn team finished the season with a EAST in caused turnovers (2.42 Blaney capped her brilliant career 10-9 overall record and was 6-2 per game) and ground balls (2.89 by being selected as a second- in the BIG EAST, finishing tied for per game) and was third and 15th team IWLCA All-American for the third in conference play. Notre nationally in each category. She third consecutive season. She was Dame played in its fifth consecu- was named an assistant coach at a four-time, first-team IWLCA tive BIG EAST Championships, following West/Midwest Region selection winning the semifinal game the 2011 season. and joins former Irish teammate with a 15-12 upset of 16th-ranked Jillian Byers as the only Irish Georgetown to advance to the •• Junior attack Maggie Tamasitis players to be named all-region championship game for the led Notre Dame in scoring with 21 in all four seasons. A first-team second time in the last three years. goals and 46 assists for 67 points, all-BIG EAST selection for the In the title tilt, the Irish fell to all career highs. Her 46 assists third consecutive year, Blaney led ninth-ranked Loyola (Md.), 12-10. were a Notre Dame single-season Notre Dame in goals (35) and was record and she will go into her second in points with 46. She led •• Senior defender Jackie senior season with a 37-game the Irish in draw controls (39) and Doherty became the first Notre point streak, the second longest in was second in ground balls (44) Dame women’s lacrosse player school history. During her streak and caused turnovers (44) with to be named a first-team IWLCA that has covered the last two both totals being career highs. All-America twice in her career. A seasons, Tamasitis has 39 goals first-team All-BIG EAST selection and 72 assists for 111 points. She •• Since the start of the 2006 for the second consecutive year, tied a Notre Dame single-season season, the first year that the Doherty set Notre Dame’s single- game record on April 16 when she Irish women’s lacrosse program season and career records for had six assists in a game versus became fully funded, Notre caused turnovers. Her 46 caused Connecticut. Tamasitis was Dame owns a 75-38 (.664) record. turnovers in 2011 were the most named first-team all-BIG EAST In the 15-year history of the in one season and her 117 were and was a third-team IWLCA program, the Irish are 147-98 the most for any player during All-American for 2011. (.600).

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rowing Highlights

•• Notre Dame brought home girls were named to the team. •• Four Irish rowers — Gretsch, its eighth consecutive BIG EAST Seniors Carol Ann Michel and Kelsey Haddad, Abby Meyers, Championships crown as the Stephanie Gretsch, along with Joanna Poinsatte — were named Irish held on for a five-point freshman Molly Bruggeman, all National Scholar-Athletes by victory over Louisville at Mercer earned first-team honors, while the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Lake in West Windsor, N.J. Notre senior Emily Crosby and sopho- Association. Gretsch gradu- Dame used victories in four of six more Stephanie O’Neill were ated with a degree in biological races on the day — second varsity named to the second team. All five sciences while maintaining a 3.667 eight, varsity four, third varsity rowed with the varsity eight crew grade-point average. Haddad is eight, third varsity four — with at the BIG EAST Championships majoring in civil engineering and runner-up finishes in the varsity and Bruggeman makes it two carries a 3.487 grade index. Meyers eight and second varsity four to straight years that an Irish fresh- is majoring in economics with a finish with 114 points overall. man has earned first-team billing, supplementary major in math- as O’Neill accomplished that feat ematics while maintaining a 3.593 •• In claiming its eighth-straight in 2010. grade-point average. Poinsatte is conference championship, the a majoring in psychology while Irish now hold the longest active •• Notre Dame’s varsity four crew holding a 3.695 index. title streak in the league. The of coxswain Christina Dines, longest streak was previously Ching-Ting Hwang, Courtney •• Michel and Gretsch were each held by the Notre Dame women’s Gaberino, Teresa Rubinger and named to the CRCA All-Central swimming and diving team that Kiersten DeHaven earned BIG Region Team. Michel earned first- claimed top honors at 14 consecu- EAST Crew of the Week honors for team billing, while Gretsch was tive BIG EAST meets before the week of April 21 after finish- selected to the second team. placing second in 2011. ing second in the Group “B” finals at the Lake Natoma Invitational as •• For the second consecutive well as earning a preliminary heat season, Notre Dame led the way victory over the sixth-ranked four in all-BIG EAST selections as five boat of Stanford. Men’s SOCCER

HEAD COACH Bobby Clark — ASSISTANT COACHES BJ Craig Chad Riley — CAPTAINS Dave Donohue Justin Morrow Cory Rellas Michael Thomas

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women’s Soccer

HEAD COACH Randy Waldrum — ASSISTANT COACHES Dawn Greathouse Ken Nuber — CAPTAINS Lauren Fowlkes Jessica Schuveiller men’s SOCCER Highlights

•• Notre Dame made its 10th from the National Soccer Coaches •• Brovsky, Perry and Bilal straight NCAA Championships Association of America (NSCAA). Duckett were selected in appearance in 2010. All 10 trips Perry was a second-team pick, January’s MLS SuperDraft. The have come under the direction while Maund was named to the Vancouver Whitecaps FC picked of head coach Bobby Clark. The third team. Brovsky and Duckett, while the Fighting Irish earned the tourna- New England Revolution selected ment’s No. 9 seed. It marked •• Brovsky and Perry were Perry. Brovsky was the first the sixth time that Notre Dame named National Soccer Coaches pick in the second round (19th received one of the 16 national Association of America (NSCAA) overall selection) and Duckett, a seeds and a first-round bye. The Scholar All-Americans. The defender, was the first pick in the Irish fell to Dartmouth, 2-1 in over- Fighting Irish duo also was third round (37th overall). Perry time, during the second round. among the 16-man team from the went two picks after Duckett in University Division. the third round. The San Jose •• Five Irish players garnered all- Earthquakes selected Irish goal- BIG EAST accolades. Headlining •• Brovsky was one of 10 keeper Philip Tuttle in the second the honorees were first-team finalists for the 2010 Lowe’s round (33rd overall) of the 2011 selections Jeb Brovsky, a senior Senior CLASS Award in the men’s MLS Supplemental Draft. midfielder, andSteven Perry, a soccer division. senior forward. Junior defender •• Powers was named the MVP of Aaron Maund and sophomore •• Notre Dame faced the 2010 Milk Cup Tournament, midfielderDillon Powers were Northwestern on Sept. 29 at which is an international youth named to the second team. Toyota Park, which is home to soccer tournament held annually Freshman forward Harrison the Chicago Fire of Major League in Northern Ireland. Powers was Shipp was selected to the BIG Soccer (MLS). It marked Notre part of the United States Under- EAST All-Rookie Team. Dame’s first-ever, regular-season 20 National Team that captured game in an MLS venue. The the Milk Cup Elite Section title by •• Perry and Maund earned 2010 Fighting Irish and Wildcats played posting a 3-0 record during the All-Great Lakes Region honors to a 1-1 draw. August tournament.

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women’s SOCCER Highlights

•• Notre Dame won its third NCAA play, winning the National •• Junior forward Melissa championship with a 1-0 victory Division title for the sixth Henderson collected the Honda over Stanford in the title match. consecutive season and earning Sports Award, one of several The Fighting Irish, who became a BIG EAST regular-season title awards given to the nation’s top the second program in NCAA for the 13th time in 16 years of player. Henderson, who had team history to win three national league membership. highs of 17 goals, 11 assists and championships (also in 1995 and 45 points, also was the runner-up 2004), outscored their six NCAA •• The Fighting Irish extended for the Hermann Trophy and a tournament opponents by a their NCAA Division I record consensus first-team All-America combined 15-1 margin, defeating for the longest unbeaten streak selection. four seeded teams along the way, against conference opponents to including a dominating 4-1 third- 77 consecutive matches (72-0-5), •• Senior defender Lauren round win at North Carolina (the a streak that dated back to 2005. Fowlkes was an NSCAA second- Tar Heels’ largest-ever defeat in The Notre Dame Class of 2010 team All-American and first-team NCAA tournament play). rolled up a four-year record of Capital One Academic All-America 87-12-5 (.861), the most wins by any choice, becoming the 13th student- •• The Fighting Irish advanced to senior class in the country this athlete in Notre Dame athletics the NCAA College Cup for the 12th past season. history (and third women’s soccer time in program history, as well as player) to couple All-America and a school-record fifth consecutive •• For the second consecu- Academic All-America honors in season and sixth time in seven tive season, head coach Randy the same season twice (she first did years. Notre Dame’s 12 College Waldrum was named the national so in 2009). What’s more, Fowlkes Cups and eight title-match berths coach of the year, earning top earned an NCAA Postgraduate rank second in Division I history. honors from the National Soccer Scholarship (the fifth Fighting Coaches Association of America Irish women’s soccer player do so) •• Notre Dame finished with a (NSCAA). and was selected in the first round 21-2-2 record, including a 9-0-2 (fifth overall) of the WPS Draft by record in BIG EAST Conference the Philadelphia Independence. Stballof

HEAD COACH Deanna Gumpf — ASSISTANT COACHES Kris Ganeff Lizzy Lemire — VOLUNTeER ASSISTANT COACH Dawn Austin — CAPTAIN Heather Johnson

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men’s S wIMMING + Diving

HEAD COACH Tim Welsh — DIVING COACH Caiming Xie — ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH Matt Tallman — VOLUNTEER ASSIsTANT COACH Josh Skube — CAPTAIN Michael Sullivan softball Highlights

•• A historic start to the season •• Holding court at the BIG EAST which she walked and hit the first gave light to great things to come softball banquet, Notre Dame two batters while retiring the rest for the Irish softball squad in 2011. racked up the hardware with for the remainder of the game. Notre Dame began the season with eight players earning all-league a 9-0 record — the best opening to honors. Deanna Gumpf and her •• The Irish strutted their stuff a campaign in program history — assistants were tabbed Coaching throughout the 20-game BIG and went on to win 46 games, the Staff of the Year for the third EAST slate by finishing among the sixth-highest total in 23 seasons. time and Johnson became Notre top teams in the following team Dame’s seventh BIG EAST Player categories: batting average (.385), •• Notre Dame’s 2011 BIG EAST of the Year. slugging pct. (.636), on-base pct. Conference regular-season title (.459), runs scored (162), hits (204), was the second straight — and •• Johnson, the program’s career RBI (145), doubles (39), total bases 13th overall — since joining the and single-season RBI leader, led (.337), sacrifice bunts (20) and league in 1996. Notre Dame’s 19 the nation with 245 consecutive stolen bases (37). league wins matched the second- career starts. The fifth-year senior highest total in program history. was also the first player in BIG •• In her 10th season at the helm EAST history to be named Player of the Irish program, Gumpf •• Six Irish players were named of the Week on three consecutive shelved her 400th career victory to the NFCA all-Great Lakes occasions and tied for second on with a 9-0, five-inning triumph Region squad, which was the most the program’s chart with a 21-game over Providence during a three- ever by Notre Dame. First-team hitting streak. game league series in April. honors went to Dani Miller, Sadie Pitzenberger, Alexia Clay •• Winter posted the second-high- and Alexa Maldonado. Heather est single-season win total with 25 Johnson and Laura Winter were victories from the circle. Winter part of the second team. garnered national attention after a near-perfect no-hitter at USF in

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men’s swimming + diving Highlights

•• The men’s swimming and set a Notre Dame and BIG EAST for the eighth time overall. He has diving team registered another Conference record by going 4:19.08 won the award on six occasions banner campaign in 2010–11 as the to win the 500 free. Dyer’s time since 2005. Irish finished second at the BIG was more than seven seconds EAST Conference Championships. faster than his prelims time — •• Lex celebrated his final home Frank Dyer became just the for a league and school record. It meet by becoming the first diver second Notre Dame swim- would be one of six Notre Dame in Notre Dame history to crack the mer — and first freshman — to records set throughout the four- 400-point plateau in the 3-meter represent the Irish at the NCAA day meet. event, as his score of 405.15 off the Championships. The Fighting high board gave him a first-place Irish went 6-4 during the dual •• Nathan Geary rallied back finish and the school record as meet portion of the schedule from a fourth-place preliminary Notre Dame went on to split a pair and received votes in the final showing to earn the 3-meter of dual meets to end the two-day CollegeSwimming.com Top 25 diving title at the BIG EAST Diving Shamrock Invitational. rankings. Championships. Geary totaled 321.25 points to start the day and •• Upon earning an invitation to ended with a brilliant 369.10 in the the NCAA Championships, Dyer finals for his first league crown. went on to compete at the national One day after winning the 1-meter event in the 500 free, 200 free title, Eric Lex led the pack with a and 100 free. Dyer recorded the preliminary score of 359.00 off the program’s highest finish at the high board. He dropped to fourth NCAAs with a 26th-place showing in the finals with a 338.10, but still in the 200 free. managed to earn the honor of Most Outstanding Diver. Caiming •• During the league’s cham- Xie was named the BIG EAST pionship meet, Dyer cruised to Men’s Diving Coach of the Year women’s S wIMMING + Diving

HEAD COACH Brian Barnes — DIVING COACH Caiming Xie — ASSISTANT COACH Kate Kovenock — VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT COACH Will Bernhardt — CAPTAINS Katie Casey Heidi Grossman Kellyn Kuhlke

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men’s tennis

HEAD COACH Bobby Bayliss — ASSISTANT COACH Ryan Sachire — VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT COACH Dr. Hugh Page — CAPTAIN Tyler Davis women’s swimming + Diving Highlights

•• A 5-7 dual meet record and a after winning 14 straight league in at 2:14.95. Holden led the Irish runner-up finish in the BIG EAST titles — the most of any team in in the 200 back as she froze the Championships was outshined by any league-sponsored sport — clock at 1:58.67 to claim seventh a resilient team effort throughout Notre Dame surrendered the top place in the B-final. Notre Dame the 2010–11 campaign for the of the podium to host Louisville. (228 pts.) finished third among Fighting Irish women’s swimming However, the Irish did not go down the 16 women’s collegiate teams at and diving program. The Irish sent without a fight as Holden repeated the meet, behind national powers a pair of performers to the NCAA as the 100 and 200 back champion (556) and USC (495). Championships and received votes with Kelly Ryan taking the 100 in the final CollegeSwimming.com and 200 free. Holden’s 52.99 in the •• Jenny Chiang finished first Top 25 poll. 100 back made her the first swim- off the 3-meter board to open the mer in league history to crack the BIG EAST Diving Championships. •• Samantha Maxwell penned 53-second barrier in the event. Chiang totaled 337.40 points in the the final chapter of her astound- final round to earn the title for the ing Notre Dame career during the •• At the U.S. Short Course second time in as many seasons. NCAA Championships, logging Nationals held at Ohio State’s a top-40 finish in the 200 breast McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion, while also swimming the 100 Maxwell led the Notre Dame breast. Maxwell was joined at the women’s swimming team with a national meet by Kim Holden, sixth place in the A-final of the 200 who continued to blossom during breast in 2:11.06. That performance her first appearance at the NCAAs. stood as the fourth-fastest time in program history. Lauren Stauder •• One of the most dominant complemented Maxwell’s perfor- streaks in BIG EAST Conference mance with a first-place finish in history came to an end when the C-final of the event, clocking

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men’s Tennis HIghlights

•• The Irish men’s tennis earned a bid to the NCAA Singles Leadership Award. Davis also team advanced to the NCAA Championships, where he fell to earned a spot on the Capital One Championships for the 20th time Pepperdine’s Finn Tearney in the Academic All-America Men’s in the last 21 years under head first round. He posted a 12-16 dual At-Large Second Team. He coach Bobby Bayliss. The Irish season record, as well as a 11-15 graduated with a 3.914 grade-point defeated East Tennessee State, mark at No. 1 singles. average in the College of Science 4-3, in the first round before fall- and was a Dean’s List member all ing to Ohio State in the second •• The Irish placed four players eight semesters at Notre Dame. round. They finished the season on all-BIG EAST teams, with Watt, with an overall record of 18-12 and Greg Andrews, Stephen Havens •• Bayliss was inducted into the ranked 31st in the nation. and Daniel Stahl all receiving Blue Gray Hall of Fame. Bayliss the nod. The four members were has coached three title-winning •• As a team, the Irish played host more than any other program teams at the Blue Gray, which to the BIG EAST Championships in the conference. In addition, is the second-oldest collegiate as they advanced to the finals, Andrews was named the BIG EAST tennis tournament in the nation. scoring a quarterfinal win over Freshman of the Year. The rookie In addition, associate head coach Georgetown and a semifinal win finished the year with a 25-15 Ryan Sachire was named the head over South Florida, before falling record, including a 13-9 mark at coach of the 2011 Men’s USTA to Louisville in the final. Notre No. 4 singles and won seven of his Collegiate Team and the Midwest Dame has advanced to the final last ten matches. Region Assistant Coach of the of the BIG EAST Championships Year. in all but one season since joining •• Tyler Davis, who spent parts the league in 1995-96. of the season ranked nation- ally in singles and doubles, was •• Casey Watt finished the named the first-ever recipient of season as the 64th-ranked the American Eagle Outfitters individual in the country. Watt Michael Tranghese Postgraduate women’s tennis

HEAD COACH Jay Louderback — assistant coach Julia Scaringe — CAPTAIN Kristen Rafael

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men’s trac k + field

HEAD COACH Joe Piane — ASSISTANT COACHES Tim Connelly Adam Beltran Jim Garnham Amy Henry Alan Turner — CAPTAINS Jack Howard Denes Veres women’s Tennis highlights

•• The Irish capped off their 2011 Jennifer Kellner, were selected •• By virtue of finishing in the campaign by making their 16th as all-BIG EAST honorees. Senior season ranked in the top 20 and consecutive trip to the NCAA Kristen Rafael also joined the earning a top-16 seed in the NCAA Championships and 18th under three aforementioned players to Singles Championships, Frilling head coach Jay Louderback. For the garner BIG EAST Player of the Week was named a 2011 ITA Singles first time in the last three seasons, honors at some point during the All-American. It is the second Notre Dame had to go on the road 2011 season. such honor during Frilling’s Irish for first- and second- round action. career and also is her fourth total •• The Irish used victories over Traveling to Evanston, Ill., to take All-America award as she has also Utah (4-0), Oklahoma (4-1) and part in the Northwestern bracket, twice been named an ITA Doubles Virginia (4-0) to claim the title of the Irish dispatched Fresno State, All-American. the inaugural women’s Blue Gray 4-0, in first-round action, and then Classic Tournament title. Frilling •• Frilling’s final ITA ranking of fell to the host Wildcats, 4-0, in also was named Blue Gray Classic seventh goes into the Irish record their second match. Tournament MVP for her perfor- book as the second-highest year- •• The Irish ended the season mance at the three-day event. end singles ranking in program with a record of 17-10 and captured history behind only Michelle Dasso, •• The junior duo of Frilling and their fourth-straight BIG EAST who concluded ’01 ranked fifth Mathews also represented the Irish title. Kristy Frilling brought home nationally. in the NCAA Singles and Doubles conference player-of-the-year Championships as well. Mathews accolades for the second straight advanced to the second round season, while Louderback earned of the NCAA singles draw, while the league’s top coaching honor for Frilling was eliminated in her open- the ninth time in his career. ing contest. The two also advanced •• In addition to being named BIG to the second round of the doubles EAST Player of the Year, Frilling, bracket before seeing their season along with teammates junior conclude. Shannon Mathews and freshman

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men’s track + field Highlights

•• The men’s track and field team •• The Irish sent three athletes to Kevin Schipper (pole vault) and netted second-place finishes at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field John Belcher (hammer throw) take the BIG EAST Indoor and Outdoor Championships—Howard, Rae home individual titles, while the Championships. The Irish were and Shawel. Howard crossed the 4x800-meter relay team of Labus, narrowly edged by Connecticut line in 18th place in the 800-meter Shawel, Howard and Rae also took (136.75-132) for the indoor title in run, while Rae and Shawel finished first place. February, before falling just shy of ninth and 13th, respectively, in the the Huskies again at the outdoor 1,500-meter run. •• Rae took home BIG EAST championships, 141-133. Under weekly honors on three occa- head coach Joe Piane, the Irish •• At the BIG EAST Indoor sions. He was named Male Track have placed in the top two at the Championships, the Irish took Athlete of the Week on Feb. 1 outdoor championships in nine of titles in the 4x800-meter relay after winning the 800-meter the last 10 seasons. (Kevin Labus, Shawel, Rae and run at the Indiana Invitational, Howard), as well as the 1,000- repeated on Feb. 8 after running a •• Notre Dame was represented at meter run (Shawel), the mile (Rae) sub-four minute mile at the Meyo the NCAA Indoor Championships and the 400-meter dash (Feeney). Invitational and took home the in the form of its distance medley Notre Dame also saw all-BIG EAST honor a third time on March 30 relay team. Jonathan Shawel, honors for Jordan Carlson (1,000- after posting the nation’s best Patrick Feeney, Jack Howard and meter run), Justin Schneider time in the 1,500-meter run at the Jeremy Rae earned All-America (heptathlon), J.P. Malette (mile), Stanford Invitational. Schipper honors by netting a fourth- Howard (800-meters) and Denes helped the Irish sweep on March place finish. It marked the 21st Veres (shot put). 30, taking home Male Field consecutive season Notre Dame Athlete of the Week after winning had at least one men’s track •• The BIG EAST Outdoor the pole vault title at the Arizona All-American. Championships saw Rae (1,500- State Invitational. meters), Feeney (400-meter dash), women’s trac k + field

HEAD COACH Joe Piane — ASSISTANT COACHES Tim Connelly Adam Beltran Jim Garnham Amy Henry Alan Turner — CAPTAINS Rudy Atang Kelly Langhans

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V oLLEYBALL

HEAD COACH Debbie Brown — ASSISTANT COACHES Matt Botsford Robin Davis — VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT COACH Leah Johnson — CAPTAINS Kristen Dealy Angela Puente women’s track + field Highlights

•• The women’s track and field season, Buttinger took home the •• Senior distance runner Erica team earned finishes of eighth and heptathlon crown at the Polytan Watson earned a spot on the 10th at the BIG EAST Indoor and Invitational, hosted by Indiana, as Capital One/CoSIDA Academic Outdoor Championships, respec- well as a third-place finish at the All-District V team. Watson, who tively. The indoor championships Alabama Relays. qualified for the NCAA Regionals were highlighted by Rebecca Tracy in the 10,000 as a junior, finished taking home the title in the mile. •• Tracy narrowly missed a spot at with a 3.97 grade-point average as the NCAA Championships when a finance major in the Mendoza •• Maddie Buttinger concluded she finished eighth at the regional College of Business. a successful heptathlon season championships in the finals of the by placing 12th at the NCAA 800 meters. Her time of 4:21.81 Championships. The senior totaled was less than a second shy of the 5,282 points, recording top-10 seventh-place finish that would finishes in the high jump (ninth), have sent her to nationals. During shot put (sixth) and 800-meter the indoor season, Tracy took the run (seventh). 800-meter title at the Bob Eubanks Open and the 1,000-meter title at •• Buttinger earned a spot at Notre Dame’s Meyo Invitational. NCAAs after finishing second at the BIG EAST Championships, •• The Alex Wilson Invitational at a performance that also netted Notre Dame’s Loftus Sports Center her all-BIG EAST honors. She saw Rudy Atang set a program finished in the top two in record in the shot put. Her throw put (second), high jump (second), of 15.64 meters earned her a 200-meter dash (first), 800-meter third-place finish. In addition, run (second), and long jump former Irish athletes Molly Huddle (second) on her way to a final score (3,000-meter) and Mary Saxer of 5,403 points. During the regular (pole vault) set new Loftus records.

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volleyball Highlights

•• The Irish volleyball squad •• Notre Dame sported the a match. The dig total put her in a posted an 18-13 overall record nation’s sixth-best, regular-season three-way tie for fifth on the list while going 10-4 in BIG EAST conference winning streak, which for digs in a match. Conference play to secure the was snapped at 19 matches after program’s 26th overall — and 20th a loss at Louisville (Oct. 9). The •• Notre Dame posted a .488 consecutive — winning season. Irish had won their last BIG EAST hitting percentage in a 3-0 sweep Notre Dame’s 7-2 record through contest of the 2008 season, went of Denver (Sept. 12), the program’s the first nine matches was the 14-0 in 2009, and swept their first best single-match average since program’s best start to a season four league matches in 2010. Nov. 4, 2001 (when the Irish hit since 2005. .495 in a 3-0 win over Pittsburgh). •• Kellie Sciacca, who recorded •• Andrea McHugh was named her 1,000th career kill against •• Frenchy Silva was named to the the AVCA’s Northeast Region DePaul (Oct. 15), also reached United States Women’s National Freshman of Year on the heels of the 400- plateau with her A2 Team after anchoring the Irish being honored as the BIG EAST first rejection in an Oct. 30 match with a team-high 398 digs for a Conference Freshman of the Year. versus St. John’s. Sciacca is the 3.75 digs/set average. Irish head McHugh is the latest of three ninth player in program history coach Debbie Brown earned her Notre Dame players to earn the with at least 1,000 kills and 450th career win to start Denver’s region’s top honor for a freshman 400 blocks. Pioneer Classic with a 3-0 sweep of after leading the Irish with 386 Gonzaga (Sept. 10). kills (3.48/set) and 32 aces (0.29/ •• Kristen Dealy was her stellar set). McHugh, who was named BIG self with 12 kills and a career- EAST Freshman of the Week five high 34 digs at Villanova (Nov. 5), times this season to set a Notre the most by an Irish player since Dame record, was also a first-team 2006. The effort made her the all-BIG EAST selection (and the third player in program history only rookie on the first team). with at least 12 kills and 34 digs in ··SI.com National Coach of the Year ··CBS Sports.com National Coach of the Year ··Yahoo Sports.com National Coach of the Year ··FOXSports.com National Coach of the Year honors + ··Naismith National Coach of the Year finalist

Benn Ha sbrough // SR., GUARD ·· BIG EAST Player of the Year ··NCAA Consensus Second Team All- American ··Associated Press Second Team All-American awards ··John R. Wooden All-America Team ··USBWA (U.S. Basketball Writers Association) Second Team All-American ··State Farm/NABC Second Team Matt Scioscia // SR., C All-American ·· Selected in the 45th round of the 2011 ··Sporting News Second Team MLB Draft by the Los Angeles Angels of All-American Anaheim (1,365th overall) ·· Third Team All-American ··First Team All-BIG EAST (unanimous) ··Notre Dame Monogram Club MVP Men’s ··SI.com Second Team All-American ··CBS Sports.com Second Team Basketball All-American · (27-7, 14-4 BIG EAST) ·.com Second Team All-American NCAA Championships Third Round ··FOXSports.com Second Team BIG EAST Championships All-American Semifinalist ··Lute Olson All-America Team Old Spice Classic Champion (CollegeInsider.com) 100 Final Associated Press Ranking — 5th ··USBWA All-District V Team Final ESPN/USA Today Ranking — 14th ··NABC All-District V Team ··BIG EAST Player of the Week (Jan. 10) · Tim Abromaitis // SR., ·BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll FORWARD (Nov. 22, Jan. 24, Jan. 31, Feb. 7, Feb. 28 ·· BIG EAST Men’s Basketball Scholar- and March 6) ··Third Team All-BIG EAST ··Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team ··BIG EAST All-Tournament Team ··BIG EAST Scholar-Athlete Sport Baseball ··BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (March 28) Excellence Award (23-29-1 / 13-13 BIG EAST) ··Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award Finalist ··Old Spice Classic Tournament MVP ··Capital One Academic All-District V BIG EAST Championships Participant ··Notre Dame Club of St. Joseph Valley Team Rockne Student-Athlete Award ··Byron V. Kanaley Award Brian Dupra // SR., RHP ··Riley Wallace All-America Team ·· Selected in the 7th round of the (presented by CollegeInsider.com) Trey Mancini // FR., 1B 2011 MLB Draft by the Washington ··BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (Nov. 29, ·· First Team Louisville Slugger Freshman Nationals (217th overall) Dec. 27) All-American ··Third Team All-BIG EAST ··Capital One/CoSIDA Academic ··First Team NCBWA Freshman ··BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (Feb. 28, All-District V First Team All-American May 16) ··BIG EAST Rookie of the Year ··Baseball America’s 4th-ranked Overall E ric Atkins // FR., GUARD ··Third Team All-BIG EAST Senior Prospect for 2011 MLB Draft ·· Notre Dame Outstanding Playmaker ··Notre Dame Monogram Club MVP ··Baseball America’s 7th-ranked BIG Award Award EAST Conference Prospect for 2011 or · ·BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (Feb. 21, Mike Brey // edachH a Co 2012 MLB Draft April 11, May 9) ··Notre Dame Club of St. Joseph Valley ·· Henry Iba National Coach of the Year ··CollegeBaseball360.com BIG EAST/Big Rockne Student-Athlete Award (presented by the U.S. Basketball Ten Challenge All-Tournament Team Writers Association)

Sean Fitzgerald // FR., RHP ··Associated Press National Coach of Hre man Petzold // SR., OF ·· BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (April 4) the Year ·· CollegeBaseball360.com BIG EAST / ··Basketball Times National Coach of Big Ten Challenge All-Tournament Cole Johnson // SR., RHP the Year Team ·· Selected in the 44th round of the 2011 ··BIG EAST Coach of the Year ··Capital One Academic All-District V MLB Draft by the Minnesota Twins ··National Association of Basketball Team (1,348th overall) Coaches (NABC) District V Coach of the Year ·· Capital One Impact Performance of the Veronica Badway // JR., GUARD ·· State Farm Coaches’ All-Region I Team Week (March 10) ·· Notre Dame Club of St. Joseph Valley ··BIG EAST Most Improved Player ··NABC Career Achievement Award Rockne Student-Athlete Award ··First Team All-BIG EAST ··Notre Dame Monogram Club MVP ··WBCA Classic Most Valuable Player Award Bec c a Bruszewski // SR., FORWARD ··NCAA Dayton Regional ·· NCAA Dayton Regional All-Tournament Team Tom Kopko // SR., GUARD All-Tournament Team ··BIG EAST Championships ·· Francis Patrick O’Connor Award ··Notre Dame Monogram Club MVP All-Tournament Team ··Notre Dame Team Irish Award Award ··State Farm Holiday Hoops Classic All-Tournament Team S cott Martin // SR., FORWARD Skylar Diggins // SO., GUARD ··BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (Nov. 29, ·· BIG EAST Championship All- ·· State Farm Coaches’ All-America Team Feb. 7 and March 1) Tournament Team ··Associated Press Third Team ··Notre Dame Most Improved Player Award ··Notre Dame Most Improved Player Award All-American ··NCAA Dayton Regional Most De vereaux Peters // SR., FORWARD T yrone Nash // SR., FORWARD Outstanding Player ·· State Farm Coaches’ All-America Team ·· Notre Dame Captains’ Award ··John R. Wooden Award Finalist (honorable mention) ·· Award Finalist ··State Farm Coaches’ All-Region I Team Carleton Scott // SR., FORWARD ··Naismith Trophy Midseason Top 30 List ··BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year ·· Old Spice Classic All-Tournament Team ··State Farm Coaches’ All-Region I Team ··First Team All-BIG EAST ··Notre Dame Defensive Player of the ··First Team All-BIG EAST (unanimous) ··State Farm Holiday Hoops Classic Most Year Award ··NCAA Final Four All-Tournament Valuable Player ··BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (Dec. 20 Team ··NCAA Final Four All-Tournament and Feb. 14) ··BIG EAST Championships All- Team Tournament Team ··WBCA Classic All-Tournament Team ··BIG EAST Player of the Week (Feb. 14) ··BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (Jan. 3, ··BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (Dec. 6, Jan. 10 and Jan. 17) Women’s Jan. 24) ··Notre Dame Woody Miller Player of the Basketball Year Award (as selected by media) NCAA Championships Runner-Up Men’s Mary Forr // SR., FORWARD BIG EAST Championships Runner-Up ·· Notre Dame Spirit Award Cross Country WBCA Classic Champion NCAA Championship — 25th State Farm Holiday Hoops Classic Brittany Mallory // SR., GUARD NCAA Great Lakes Regional — 3rd Champion ·· Notre Dame Defensive Player of the Final Associated Press Ranking—9th Year Award BIG EAST Championship — 5th Final ESPN/USA Today Ranking—2nd Pre-Nationals — 7th 101 Muffet McGraw // HEAD COACH Notre Dame Invitational — 7th ·· Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame N atalie Achonwa // FR., FORWARD National Catholic Invitational ·· BIG EAST All-Freshman Team Inductee (Class of 2011) Champion (unanimous) Valparaiso Crusader Open Champion N atalie Novosel // JR., GUARD ··BIG EAST Freshman of the Week (Dec. 13) Final USTFCCA Ranking — 30th ·· State Farm Coaches’ All-America Team Jor dan Carlson // JR. (honorable mention) ·· All-Great Lakes Region ··NCAA Championship Participant ··USTFCCA All-Academic

Martin Grady // FR. ·· NCAA Championship Participant

Dan Jackson // SR. ·· National Catholic Invitational Runner-Up ··All-Great Lakes Region ··All-BIG EAST Conference ··NCAA Championship Participant ··Notre Dame Monogram Club MVP Award

Joe Miller // JR. ·· NCAA Championship Participant

Jere my Rae // SO. ·· All-Great Lakes Region ··NCAA Championship Participant

W alter Schafer // FR. ·· NCAA Championship Participant

P aul Springer // SR. ·· Valparaiso Crusader Open Champion ··BIG EAST Male Cross Country Runner of the Week (Sept. 8) Nick Kubik // FR., FOIL Women’s ·· Midwest Fencing Conference Foil 3rd- place Finisher (tie) Cross Country ··First Team All-Midwest Fencing NCAA Great Lakes Regional — 6th Conference BIG EAST Championship — 6th Ste ve Kubik // SR., FOIL Pre-Nationals — 23rd ·· Midwest Fencing Conference Foil 6th- Notre Dame Invitational — 18th place Finisher National Catholic Invitational ··Second Team All-Midwest Fencing Champion Conference Valparaiso Crusader Open Champion ··Notre Dame Club of St. Joseph Valley Rockne Student-Athlete Award

Meg Ryan // FR. ·· National Catholic Invitational W illiam McGough // SO., SABRE Champion ·· Midwest Fencing Conference Sabre ··BIG EAST Female Cross Country 11th-place Finisher (tie) Runner of the Week (Sept. 22) ··Third Team All-Midwest Fencing Conference

E rica Watson // SR. ·· Capital One / CoSIDA Academic All- Barron Nydam // SR., SABRE District V Women’s At-Large First Team ·· NCAA Sabre 6th-Place Finisher ··Notre Dame Club of St. Joseph Valley ··Second Team All-American Rockne Student-Athlete Award ··NCAA Midwest Regional Sabre Runner-Up ··First Team All-Midwest Fencing ··Midwest Fencing Conference Sabre Men’s Fencing Conference Runner-Up (29-1) ··Notre Dame Men’s Foil MVP ··First Team All-Midwest Fencing Conference NCAA Champion K eith Feldman // JR., SABRE Midwest Fencing Conference ·· Midwest Fencing Conference Sabre Jacob Osborne // ESR., EPE Champion 9th-place Finisher ·· NCAA Midwest Regional Epee 5th- Final USFCA National Ranking — 1st ··Third Team All-Midwest Fencing place Finisher Conference ··Midwest Fencing Conference Epee Reggie Bentley // JR., FOIL ··Dan Mulligan Award (Men’s Sabre 12th-place Finisher ·· NCAA Foil Fifth-place Finisher Leadership) ··Third Team All-Midwest Fencing ··Second Team All-American Conference ··Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All- Conor Gettings // ESR., EPE 102 America First Team Men’s At-Large ·· Steve Donlon Award (Men’s Epee Jaa ck Pi so // ESO., EPE ··NCAA Midwest Regional Foil 3rd-place Leadership) ·· Midwest Fencing Conference Epee 8th- Finisher place Finisher ··Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All- K evin Hassett // FR., SABRE ··Second Team All-Midwest Fencing District V First Team Men’s At-Large ·· NCAA Midwest Regional Sabre 4th- Conference ··John Crikelair Award (Men’s Foil place Finisher Leadership) ··Midwest Fencing Conference Sabre 3rd- Zach Schirtz // SR., FOIL place Finisher (tie) ·· Midwest Fencing Conference Foil 9th- Enzo Castellani // JR., FOIL ··First Team All-Midwest Fencing place Finisher ·· NCAA Midwest Regional Foil Runner-Up Conference ··Third Team All-Midwest Fencing ··Midwest Fencing Conference Foil Conference Runner-Up Ted Hodges // SR., FOIL ··Walter M. Langford Award ··First Team All-Midwest Fencing ·· DeCicco/Langford Award (Inspiration (Sportsmanship, Leadership and Conference and Dedication) Teamwork)

Ja son Choy // SO., SABRE Carl Ianiro // FR., SABRE G reg Schoolcraft // ESR., EPE ·· NCAA Midwest Regional Sabre 8th- ·· Midwest Fencing Conference Sabre ·· NCAA Midwest Regional Epee 13th- Place Finisher 10th-place Finisher place Finisher ··Midwest Fencing Conference Sabre 3rd- ··Third Team All-Midwest Fencing ··Midwest Fencing Conference Epee 9th- Place Finisher (tie) Conference place Finisher ··First Team All-Midwest Fencing ··Third Team All-Midwest Fencing Conference James Kaull // ESO., EPE Conference ·· NCAA Epee 14th-place Finisher A lexander Coccia // FR., SABRE ··NCAA Midwest Regional Epee Runner-Up Av ery Zuck // SR., SABRE ·· NCAA Midwest Regional Sabre 7th- ··Midwest Fencing Conference Epee ·· NCAA Sabre Runner-Up Place Finisher Runner-Up ··First Team All-American ··First Team All-Midwest Fencing ··NCAA Midwest Regional Sabre Naichol s Crebs // JR., FOIL Conference Champion ·· Midwest Fencing Conference Foil 7th- ··Notre Dame Men’s Epee MVP ··Notre Dame Monogram Club MVP Place Finisher Award ··Second Team All-Midwest Fencing Brent Kelly // ESR., EPE ··Notre Dame Men’s Sabre MVP Conference ·· NCAA Epee 16th-place Finisher ··Walter M. Langford Award ··NCAA Midwest Regional Epee 3rd-place (Sportsmanship, Leadership and A riel DeSmet // FR., FOIL Finisher Teamwork) ·· NCAA Foil Champion ··Midwest Fencing Conference Epee 11th- ··First Team All-American place Finisher ··NCAA Midwest Regional Foil Champion ··Third Team All-Midwest Fencing ··Midwest Fencing Conference Foil 3rd- Conference Place Finisher (tie) Ga r ce Hartman // SO., FOIL P henix Messersmith // SO., Hayley Reese // SR., FOIL Women’s ·· NCAA Midwest Regional Foil 8th-place EPEE / FOIL ·· NCAA Foil 8th-place Finisher Finisher ·· Midwest Fencing Conference Epee ··Second Team All-American Fencing ··Midwest Fencing Conference Foil 6th- 12th-place Finisher ··NCAA Midwest Regional Foil Runner-Up (29-0) place Finisher ··Third Team All-Midwest Fencing ··Midwest Fencing Conference Foil · NCAA Champion ·Second Team All-Midwest Fencing Conference Champion Conference ··DeCicco/Langford Award (Inspiration ··First Team All-Midwest Fencing Midwest Fencing Conference · Champion ·Alice Langford Award (Women’s Foil and Dedication) Conference Leadership) ··Notre Dame Women’s Foil MVP Final USFCA National Ranking — 1st E wa Nelip // SR., EPEe ··Walter M. Langford Award E ileen Hassett // SR., SABRE ·· NCAA Epee 9th-place Finisher (Sportsmanship, Leadership and B Rachel Beck // FR., FOIL ·· NCAA Sabre 3rd-place Finisher (tie) ··Third Team All-American Teamwork) ·· NCAA Foil 17th-Place Finisher ··First Team All-American ··NCAA Midwest Regional Epee Runner- · ·NCAA Midwest Regional Foil Champion ··NCAA Midwest Regional Sabre Up Rmad ila Sarkisova // JR., FOIL ··Midwest Fencing Conference Foil 3rd- Champion ··Midwest Fencing Conference Epee 3rd- ·· Midwest Fencing Conference Foil 8th- place Finisher (tie) ··Midwest Fencing Conference Sabre 3rd- place Finisher (tie) place Finisher ··First Team All-Midwest Fencing place Finisher (tie) ··First Team All-Midwest Fencing ··Second Team All-Midwest Fencing Conference ··First Team All-Midwest Fencing Conference Conference Conference ··Notre Dame Women’s Epee MVP Sarah Borrmann // SR., SABRE ··Notre Dame Women’s Sabre MVP Marta Stepien // SO., SABRE · · NCAA Midwest Regional Sabre 6th- ··Walter M. Langford Award Ab igail Nichols // SO., SABRE ·· Midwest Fencing Conference Sabre place Finisher (Sportsmanship, Leadership and ·· NCAA Midwest Regional Sabre Runner-Up 7th-place Finisher ··Midwest Fencing Conference Sabre Teamwork) ··Midwest Fencing Conference Sabre ··Second Team All-Midwest Fencing Runner-Up 11th-place Finisher Conference · ·First Team All-Midwest Fencing Courtney Hurley // EJR., EPE ··Third Team All-Midwest Fencing ··Janusz Bednarski Award (Women’s Conference ·· NCAA Epee Champion Conference Sabre Leadership) ··Notre Dame Club of St. Joseph Valley ··First Team All-American ··Janusz Bednarski Award (Women’s Rockne Student-Athlete Award ··NCAA Midwest Regional Epee 3rd-place Sabre Leadership) Diane Zielinski // JR., EPEe Finisher ·· NCAA Midwest Regional 9th-place Ad riana Camacho // FR., FOIL ··Midwest Fencing Conference Epee L eian Osi r // SO., SABRE Finisher ·· Midwest Fencing Conference Foil 3rd- Champion ·· NCAA Sabre 9th-place Finisher ··Midwest Fencing Conference Epee 9th- place Finisher (tie) ··First Team All-Midwest Fencing ··Third Team All-American place Finisher ··First Team All-Midwest Fencing Conference ··NCAA Midwest Regional Sabre 4th- ··Third Team All-Midwest Fencing Conference ··Notre Dame Monogram Club MVP place Finisher Conference ··Yves Auriol Award (Most Improved Award ··Midwest Fencing Conference Sabre 3rd- ··DeCicco/Auriol Award (Women’s Epee Fencer) place Finisher (tie) Leadership) Dar sie Malynn // JR., FOIL ··First Team All-Midwest Fencing ·· NCAA Midwest Regional Foil 5th-place Conference 103 Finisher E than Johnson // JR., ··Selected in the second round of the Manti Te’o // SO., INSIDE LINEBACKER Foot ball DEFENSIVE END NFL Draft by the Minnesota Vikings ·· SI.com Second-Team All-American (8-5) ·· Lombardi Award Watch List (43rd overall) ··Chuck Bednarik Award Semifinalist ··Dick Butkus Award Semifinalist Hyundai Sun Bowl Champion K apron Lewis-Moore // JR., David Ruffer // SR., KICKER ··Bronko Nagurski Award Watch List DEFENSIVE END ·· Groza Award Finalist ··Lombardi Award Watch List Armando Allen Jr. // SR., ·· Award Watch List ··SI.com Second-Team All-American ··Chuck Bednarik Award Watch List RUNNING BACK ··Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All- ··Dick Butkus Award Watch List ·· Doak Walker Award List Zack Martin // SIVSO., OFFEN E America First Team TACKLE ··Notre Dame Club of St. Joseph Valley I an Williams // SR., NOSE GUARD // JR., QUARTERBACK ·· Hyundai Sun Bowl Lineman of the Rockne Student-Athlete Award ·· Notre Dame Lineman of the Year ·· Maxwell Award Watch List Game ··Hyundai Sun Bowl Special Teams Most ··Notre Dame Guardian of the Year (Top Valuable Player T yler Eifert // SO., TIGHT END Offensive Lineman) ··Groza Award Semifinalist ·· Notre Dame Offensive Newcomer of ··Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All- Men’s Golf the Year K endall Moore // FR., INSIDE District V First Team (86-32) LINEBACKER Mi chael Floyd // JR., WIDE RECEIVER NCAA Southeast Regional — 9th ·· Notre Dame Defensive Scout Team P rince Shembo // FR., INSIDE ·· Notre Dame Monogram Club MVP Player of the Year LINEBACKER BIG EAST Champion Award ·· Notre Dame Defensive Newcomer of Golfstat Ranking — 48th ··Hyundai Sun Bowl Most Valuable T ommy Rees // FR., QUARTERBACK the Year Golfweek Ranking — 59th Player ·· Notre Dame Next Man In Award ··Biletnikoff Award Watch List St. Mary’s Invitational Champion Winner Brian Smith // SR., OUTSIDE · ·Walter Camp Player of the Year Award LINEBACKER Battle of the Warren Champion Watch List Ca meron Roberson // FR., ·· Dick Butkus Award Watch List · ·Maxwell Award Watch List TAILBACK Connor Alan-Lee // SR. ·· Notre Dame Offensive Scout Team H arrison Smith // YSR., SAFET ·· Battle at the Warren (T-9th of 31) Barry Gallup // SR., WIDE RECEIVER Player of the Year ·· ESPN.com All-Bowl Team ·· Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All- Je ff Chen // SR. District V Team T revor Robinson // JR., Chri s Stewart // SR., OFFENSIVE ·· Battle at the Warren (T-2nd of 31) OFFENSIVE GUARD GUARD Robert Hughes // SR., TAILBACK/ ·· Outland Trophy Watch List ·· National Scholar-Athlete by the Jim Kubinski // HEAD COACH FULLBACK National Football Foundation ·· BIG EAST Coach of the Year ·· Nick Pietrosante Award Winner K yle Rudolph // JR., TIGHT END ··Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All- ·· John Mackey Award Semifinalist District V First Team P Naul Mc amara III // SO. Bennett Jackson // FR., WIDE ··John Mackey Tight End of the Week ··Byron V. Kanaley Award ·· The Invitational at Kiawah (T-12th of 72) RECEIVER (Sept. 15) ··St. Mary’s Invitational (T-7th of 66) ·· Notre Dame Special Teams Player of 104 ··Rivals.com Independent Player of the Nuick Ta sch // SO., KICKER ··Battle at the Warren (T-5th of 31) the Year Week (Sept. 14) ·· Groza Award Watch List ··BIG EAST Championship (T-10th of 60) ··John Mackey Award Watch List ··Lombardi Award Watch List K atie Conway // SR. ·· Central District Invitational (T-10th of 75) ··BIG EAST Championship (11th of 40) ··NGCA All-American Scholar

Su san Holt // HEAD COACH ·· BIG EAST Coach of the Year

Bec c a Huffer // JR. ·· Mary Fossum Invitational (T-10th of 63) ··The Landfall Tradition (6th place of 90) ··John Kirk/Panther Intercollegiate (2nd) ··BIG EAST Championship (4th of 40) ··BIG EAST Female Golfer of the Week (March 31) ··All-BIG EAST

Ki r stina Nhim // FR. ·· The Alamo Invitational (T-9th of 75) ··Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational (T-12th of 106) N iall Platt // FR. ··John Kirk/Panther Intercollegiate ·· BIG EAST Freshman of the Year (T-9th) ··All-BIG EAST ··BIG EAST Championship (3rd of 40) ··The Invitational at Kiawah (T-2nd of 72) ··All-BIG EAST N icole Zhang // FR. ··Fighting Irish Gridiron Golf Classic ·· Mary Fossum Invitational (1st of 63) Hoy cke (T-14th of 81) So-Hyun Park // SR. ··William K. Warren Invitational (T-2nd NCAA Frozen Four Semifinalist ··Firestone Invitational (T-14th of 75) ·· Mary Fossum Invitational (T-8th of 63) of 72) Second place in CCHA regular ··Lone Star Invitational (T-3rd of 66) ··William K. Warren Invitational (12th ··Mercedes-Benz Championship (T-9th season ··Battle at the Warren (T-5th of 31) of 72) of 83) Fourth in CCHA Championships ··BIG EAST Championship (T-6th of 60) ··Mercedes-Benz Championship (T-13th ··The Alamo Invitational (3rd of 75) NCAA Northeast Regional Champion ··NCAA Florida Regional (T-10th of 74) of 83) ··Central District Invitational (T-10th of 75) ··The Alamo Invitational (T-4th of 75) ··Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational Final USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Ranking — 4th Max Scodro // JR. ··Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational (T-14th of 106) ·· BIG EAST Player of the Year (T-7th of 106) ··Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic (T-15th Final USCHO.com Ranking — 4th ··PING All-Midwest Region ··BIG EAST Championship (7th of 40) of 120) ··All-BIG EAST ··All-BIG EAST ··BIG EAST Championship (T-12th of 40) Sa m Calabrese // sSo., Defen eman 105 ··Notre Dame Monogram Club MVP ··Notre Dame Club of St. Joseph Valley ··BIG EAST Female Golfer of the Month ·· Honorable Mention all-CCHA Award Rockne Student-Athlete Award (Oct. 2010) ··Notre Dame Most Improved Player ··The Invitational at Kiawah (8th of 72) ··NGCA All-American Scholar ··All-BIG EAST Award ··Fighting Irish Gridiron Golf Classic ··Notre Dame Monogram Club MVP Award (T-9th of 81) ··NGCA All-American Scholar R yan Guentzel // ghtSr., Ri Wing ··Firestone Invitational (3rd of 75) ·· Notre Dame Charles “Lefty” Smith ··St. Mary’s Invitational (T-4th of 66) Coaches’ Award ··Battle at the Warren (T-2nd of 31) ··BIG EAST Championship (1st of 60) Jea ff J ckson // edach H a Co ·· Finalist for Spencer Penrose Award for Tom Usher // JR. National Coach of the Year ·· Notre Dame Club of St. Joseph Valley ··CCHA Coach of the Year Rockne Student-Athlete Award ··Fighting Irish Gridiron Golf Classic Stephen Johns // sFr., Defen eman (T-7th of 81) ·· NCAA Northeast Regional ··Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-American All-Tournament Team Scholar ··Honorable Mention CCHA All-Rookie Team

Mike Johnson // So., GoALTender Women’s Golf ·· NCAA Northeast Regional Most Valuable Player (135-55) ··NCAA Northeast Regional All- NCAA Championships — 22nd Tournament Team NCAA Central Regional — 5th

BIG EAST Champion Joe Lavin // sSr., Defen eman Mary Fossum Invitational Champion ·· CCHA Defensive Player of the Week (Nov. 15) William K. Warren Invitational Champion Anders Lee // tFr., Lef Wing ·· NCAA Northeast Regional All- John Kirk/Panther Intercollegiate Champion Tournament Team ··CCHA All-Rookie Team Golfstat Ranking — 25h ··Second Team All-CCHA Golfweek Ranking — 24th ··CCHA Rookie of the Month (Feb. 2011, Dec. 2010 and Oct. 2010) K atie Allare // JR. ··Hockey Commissioners Association (HCA) ·· Mary Fossum Invitational (T-15th of 63) ··National Rookie of the Month (Dec. 2010) ·· CCHA Honorable Mention Rookie of the Month (Oct. 2010) ··CCHA Rookie of the Week (Feb. 14, Jan. 30 and Oct. 11) ··Notre Dame Rookie of the Year ··Notre Dame Perani Cup champion ··Collegehockeynews.com All-Rookie Team

Sean Lorenz // sJr., Defen eman ·· CCHA Best Defensive Defenseman Award ··William Donald Nyrop Award as Notre Dame’s Top Defensive Player

Billy Maday // ghtJr., Ri Wing ·· NCAA Northeast Regional All- Tournament Team

Calle Ridderwall // Sr., Left Wing ·· Notre Dame Club of St. Joseph Valley Rockne Scholar-Athlete Award ··CCHA All-Academic Team ··Finalist for Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award ··Capital One/CoSISA All-Academic District V Men’s At-Large Team ··Tewaaraton Trophy Nominee Bena Ry n // tSr., Cen er Men’s ··Inside Lacrosse Preseason Third Team Women’s ·· CCHA Offensive Player of the Week All-American (Nov. 15) Lacrosse ··Preseason All-BIG EAST Lacrosse ··Nominee for College Hockey (10-3, 5-1 BIG EAST) (10-9, 6-2 BIG EAST) R yan Foley // SO., ATTACK Humanitarian Award Inside Lacrosse Ranking — 3rd BIG EAST CHAMPIONSHIPS FINALIST ·· BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (March 14) USILA Ranking — 4th Ste ven Summerhays // Fr., K ailene Abt // DFISR., MI ELD Goaltender NCAA Championships Quarterfinals Andrew Irving // SR., LONGSTICK ·· All-BIG EAST Second Team ·· CCHA Rookie of the Week (Feb. 21) MIDFIELDER ··Preseason all-BIG EAST Sa m Barnes // DSR., DEFEN ER ·· Selected in the sixth round of the Major t.a J. Tyn n // tFr., Cen er ·· Selected in the fifth round of the Major League Lacrosse Draft by the Denver Shaylyn Blaney // FISR., MID ELD 106 ·· Selected in the third round of the NHL League Lacrosse Draft by the Long Outlaws (33rd overall) ·· IWLCA Second Team All-American Entry Draft by the Columbus Blue Island Lizards (29th overall) ··USILA Honorable Mention All- ··IWLCA All-West/Midwest Region First Jackets (66th overall) ··USILA Honorable Mention All- American Team ··Hockey Commissioners Association American ··All-BIG EAST Second Team ··All-BIG EAST First Team National Rookie of the Year ··All-BIG EAST First Team ··Inside Lacrosse Preseason Honorable ··BIG EAST All-Tournament Team ··CCHA Rookie of the Year ··Inside Lacrosse Preseason Second Team Mention All-American ··Tewaaraton Trophy Nominee ··CCHA all-Rookie Team All-American ··Preseason All-BIG EAST ··Second Team All-CCHA ··Preseason All-BIG EAST John Kemp // SO., GOALTENDER ··BIG EAST Honor Roll (Feb. 28, ··CCHA RBC Financial Group Player of ·· USILA Honorable Mention All- March 28) the Month (Dec. 2010) Z ach Brenneman // SR., American ·· CCHA Rookie of the Month (Nov. 2010) MIDFIELDER ··All-BIG EAST Second Team K aitlyn Brosco // FIFR., MID ELD ··HCA National Rookie of the Month ·· Selected in the first round of the Major ··BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week ·· IWLCA All-West/Midwest Region (Nov. 2010) League Lacrosse Draft by the Long (April 11, April 18) Second Team ··HCA Honorable Mention National Island Lizards (5th overall) ··BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (March 14, ··All-BIG EAST Second Team Player of the Month (Dec. 2010) ··USILA Second Team All-American March 28) ··WOMENSLAX.com Rookie of the Week ··CCHA Rookie of the Week (Jan. 3, ··LaxPower All-American (April 25) Dec. 27, Nov. 8 and Nov. 1) ··All-BIG EAST First Team Max Pfeifer // DFIJR., MI ELDER ··BIG EAST Honor Roll (April 25) ··Notre Dame Monogram Club MVP Award ··BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week ·· BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (April 25) ··Notre Dame Offensive Player of the Year (Feb. 21) Ja ckie Doherty // SR., ··Notre Dame Rookie of the Year ··BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (April 4) K evin Ridgway // DSR., DEFEN ER MIDFIELD / DEFENSE ··USCHO.com Rookie of the Year ··Tewaaraton Trophy Nominee ·· Selected in the third round of the Major ·· IWLCA First Team All-American ··Collegehockeynews.com Rookie of ··Inside Lacrosse Preseason First Team League Lacrosse Draft by the Hamilton ··IWLCA All-West/Midwest Region First the Year All-American Nationals (18th overall) USILA First Team ··Collegehockeynews.com all-Rookie Team ··BIG EAST Preseason Attack Player of Team All-American ··All-BIG EAST First Team the Year ··LaxPower All-American ··Notre Dame Monogram Club MVP Mike Voran // ghtFr., Ri Wing ··Preseason All-BIG EAST ··All-BIG EAST First Team Award ·· CCHA Rookie of the Week (Nov. 15) ··BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week ··BIG EAST All-Tournament Team David Earl // DFIJR., MI ELDER (Feb. 28) ··Tewaaraton Trophy Nominee ·· Selected in the third round of the Major ··Tewaaraton Trophy Nominee ··Preseason All-BIG EAST League Lacrosse Draft by the Hamilton ··Inside Lacrosse Preseason First Team ··BIG EAST Honor Roll (March 21, April 4 Nationals (13th overall) All-American and April 25) ··USILA First Team All-American ··Preseason All-BIG EAST ··USILA Scholar All-America Team L auren Fenlon // SSR., DEFEN E ··BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week Sean Rogers // JR., ATTACK ·· IWLCA All-West/Midwest Region (April 18) ·· BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week Second Team ··BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (March 7, (March 28) ··Notre Dame Club of St. Joseph Valley April 11) Rockne Student-Athlete Award K aitlin Keena // FISR., MID ELD ·· All-BIG EAST Tournament Team Rgowin BIG EAST Champion Margaret Smith // FIFR., MID ELD ·· BIG EAST Honor Roll (April 11) P aige Aiello // So. ·· BIG EAST Champion Second Varsity Eight Megan Sullivan // JR., MIDFIELD / DFENSE Te er sa Blumenstein // So. ·· BIG EAST Honor Roll (Feb. 28) ·· BIG EAST Champion Second Varsity Eight

Maggie Tamasitis // JR., ATTACK Stephanie Boggs // So. ·· IWLCA Third Team All-American ·· BIG EAST Champion Third Varsity Eight ··IWLCA All-West / Midwest Region First Team Valerie Brencher // Jr. ··All-BIG EAST First Team ·· BIG EAST Champion Third Varsity Eight ··All-BIG EAST Tournament Team ··BIG EAST Honor Roll (Feb. 21) Molly Bruggeman // Fr. ·· First Team ALL-BIG EAST

Jacqueline Corey // Sr. ·· BIG EAST Champion Third Varsity Four

Em ily Crosby // Sr. ·· Second Team ALL-BIG EAST

K iersten DeHaven // Fr. Chri stina Dines // Fr. Sarah McShane // So. ·· BIG EAST Champion Varsity Four ·· BIG EAST Champion Varsity Four ·· BIG EAST Champion Third Varsity ··BIG EAST Crew of the Week — Eight Varsity Four Courtney Gaberino // Fr. ·· BIG EAST Champion Varsity Four Abb y Meyers // So. ··BIG EAST Crew of the Week — ·· BIG EAST All-Academic Team Varsity Four ··CRCA National Scholar-Athlete

Ja cqueline Gilhooly // Jr. Carol Ann Michel // Sr. ·· BIG EAST Champion Third Varsity Eight ·· First Team ALL-BIG EAST ··CRCA All-Central Region First Team Stephanie Gretsch // Sr. 107 ·· Capital One/CoSIDA Women’s At-Large K athryn Monahan // So. Academic All-District V Second Team ·· BIG EAST Champion Third Varsity Eight ··First Team ALL-BIG EAST ··Notre Dame Club of St. Joseph Valley Kelsey Murphy // So. Rockne Student-Athlete Award ·· BIG EAST Champion Third Varsity Eight ··CRCA National Scholar-Athlete ··CRCA All-Central Region Second Team Stephanie O’Neill // So. ·· Second Team ALL-BIG EAST Kl e sey Haddad // So. ·· BIG EAST Champion Second Varsity Eight Joanna Poinsatte // So. ··CRCA National Scholar-Athlete ·· BIG EAST Champion Second Varsity Eight ··CRCA National Scholar-Athlete Ching-Ting Hwang // Jr. ·· BIG EAST Champion Varsity Four Te er sa Rubinger // Fr. ··BIG EAST Crew of the Week ·· BIG EAST Champion Varsity Four ··BIG EAST Crew of the Week Ayl ce Kanabrocki // So. ·· BIG EAST Champion Third Varsity Eight K atie Suyo // Jr. ·· BIG EAST Champion Second Varsity Eight Morgan Kelley // Jr. ·· BIG EAST Champion Second Varsity Eight A nna VanEgmond // Fr. ·· BIG EAST Champion Third Varsity Four Brianna Krafcik // Sr. ·· BIG EAST Champion Third Varsity Four P aige White // Sr. ·· BIG EAST Champion Third Varsity Eight Elizabeth Linnemanstons // Fr. I ngrid Woelfel // So. ·· BIG EAST Champion Third Varsity Eight ·· BIG EAST Champion Third Varsity Four

Rachael Louie // Sr. ·· BIG EAST Champion Second Varsity Eight

Julia Lynch // Fr. ·· BIG EAST Champion Third Varsity Four

Erin McConnell // Jr. ·· BIG EAST Champion Second Varsity Eight Molly Campbell // JR., DEFENDER / MIDFIELDER ·· Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-District V Second Team

L auren Fowlkes // SR., DEFENDER / MIDFIELDER ·· Selected in the first round of the Women’s Professional Soccer Draft by the Philadelphia Independence (5th overall) ··NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship Recipient ··BIG EAST Scholar-Athlete Sport Excellence Award ··BIG EAST Institutional Scholar-Athlete Award ··Soccer America First Team MVP ··NSCAA Second Team All-American ··Capital One/CoSIDA First Team Academic-All American ··NSCAA/adidas First Team Scholar All-American ··Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Year (Second Team) ··Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award Finalist ··NSCAA First Team All-Northeast Region ··Mike Berticelli Tournament G rant Van De Casteele // SO., ··Second Team All-BIG EAST Men’sc Soc er Defensive MVP DEFENDER ··Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All- (10-6-4, 6-2-1 BIG EAST) ··BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (Sept. 13) ·· News Team of the Week District V First Team (Nov. 8) ··Inn at Saint Mary’s Classic Defensive MVP NCAA Championships Second Round Ad am Mena // DFIJR., MI ELDER ··CollegeSoccer360.com Primetime BIG EAST Championships ·· Notre Dame Club of St. Joseph Valley Performer (Nov. 15) Semifinalist Rockne Student-Athlete Award ··BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (Sept. 6, Mike Berticelli Memorial Sept. 27) Tournament Champion Women’s Ste ven Perry // SR., FORWARD ··Notre Dame Club of St. Joseph Valley NSCAA Final Ranking — 21st 108 ·· Selected in the third round of the Major Soccer Rockne Student-Athlete Award League Soccer SuperDraft by the New (21-2-2, 9-0-2 BIG EAST) ··Byron V. Kanaley Award Je b Brovsky // SR., FORWARD/ England Revolution (39th overall) NCAA Champion MIDFIELDER ··Notre Dame Monogram Club Melis s a Henderson // JR., ·· Selected in the first round of the Major MVP Award BIG EAST National Division FORWARD Champion League Soccer SuperDraft by the ··First Team All-BIG EAST ·· Recipient Vancouver Whitecaps (19th overall) ··Second Team All-Great Lakes Region Inn at Saint Mary’s Classic ··Hermann Trophy Runner-Up Champion ··BIG EAST Scholar-Athlete Sport ··BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (Oct. 11, ··Soccer News Net National Player of Excellence Award Nov. 1) Final NSCAA Ranking — 1st the Year ··First Team All-BIG EAST ··Mike Berticelli Tournament Final Soccer America Ranking — 10th ··2011 ESPY Nominee for Best Female ··BIG EAST All-Championship Team Offensive MVP College Athlete

··Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award Finalist ··TopDrawerSoccer Team of the Week R ose Augustin // DFISR., MI ELDER ··Soccer America First Team MVP ··Mike Berticelli All-Tournament Team (Sept. 13, Nov. 1) ·· Selected in the third round of the ··NSCAA First Team All-American ··NSCAA Scholar All-American ··NSCAA Scholar All-American Women’s Professional Soccer Draft by ··Top Drawer Soccer National Team of ··Byron V. Kanaley Award the the Year (1st Team) Dillon Powers // SO., MIDFIELDER (13th overall) ··Chicagoland Soccer News Player of Bilal Duckett // DSR., DEFEN ER ·· Second Team All-BIG EAST ··NCAA College Cup the Year ·· Selected in the third round of the Major ··BIG EAST All-Championship Team All-Tournament Team ··NCAA Women’s College Cup Most League Soccer SuperDraft by the New ··Mike Berticelli All-Tournament Team ··NSCAA Third Team All-Northeast Outstanding Offensive Player th England Revolution (37 overall) Region ··BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Year Mi chael Rose // DFIJR., MI ELDER/ ··First Team All-BIG EAST ··NSCAA First Team All-Northeast Region Bren dan King // DFIJR., MI ELDER FORWARD ··ESPNU/Capital One Impact Performer ··First Team All-BIG EAST ·· College Soccer News Team of the Week ·· adidas/IU Credit Union Classic All- of the Week (Nov. 23) ··Top Drawer Soccer National Player of (Nov. 1) Tournament Team ··CollegeSoccer360.com Primetime the Week (Oct. 4) Performer of the Week (Nov. 23) ··Top Drawer Soccer National Team of Craig Krzyskowski // SR., H arrison Shipp // DFIFR., MI ELDER ··Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week (Sept. 27, Nov. 22) DEFENDER ·· BIG EAST All-Rookie Team the Week (Oct. 11, Nov. 22) ··CollegeSoccer360.com Primetime ·· Notre Dame Spirit Award ··BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week Performer (Sept. 27, Dec. 6) Chris Sutton // DFIJR., MI ELDER/ (Oct. 11) ··Chicagoland Soccer News Player of the A ndrew Luttrell // SR., DEFENDER ··Inn at Saint Mary’s Classic Week (Sept. 27) FORWARD / MIDFIELDER ·· adidas/IU Credit Union Classic Offensive MVP ··BIG EAST Offensive Player of the ·· Notre Dame Spirit Award All-Tournament Team ··BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (Sept. 6) Week (Sept. 27, Oct. 4) ··Inn at Saint Mary’s Classic All- A aron Maund // DJR., DEFEN ER P hilip Tuttle // SR., GOALKEEPER Courtney Barg // DFIJR., MI ELDER Tournament Team ·· Second Team All-BIG EAST ·· BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (Oct. 25) ·· NCAA College Cup ··BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (Sept. 20) ··Third Team All-Great Lakes Region ··Selected in the second round of the All-Tournament Team ··Notre Dame Monogram Club MVP Award ··BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week Supplemental ··NSCAA/adidas First-Team Scholar All- (Sept. 27) Draft by the San Jose Earthquakes Central Region (33rd overall) E rica Iantorno // SR., ·· Top Drawer Soccer National Team of Brianna Jorgensborg // SR., OF MIDFIELDER/FORWARD the Week (Sept. 20, Nov. 29) ·· Second Team All-BIG EAST ·· Capital One/CoSIDA Academic ··Chicagoland Soccer News Player of the ··BIG EAST Player of the Week (May 2) All-District V Second Team Week (Sept. 20) ··NSCAA/adidas Honorable Mention ··BIG EAST Rookie of the Week (Sept. 20, Alexa Maldonado // JR., OF Scholar All-Central Region Oct. 4) ·· First Team NFCA All-Region m en’s ··First Team All-BIG EAST Man dy Laddish // DFIFR., MI ELDER R andy Waldrum // HEAD ··BIG EAST Player of the Week (Feb. 21) Swimming + ·· NCAA College Cup COACH ··BIG EAST Honor Roll (Feb. 28) All-Tournament Team ·· NSCAA/Mondo Division I National Diving Erin Marrone // SR., 2B ··Soccer America All-Freshman First Team Coach of the Year (6-4) ··Top Drawer Soccer National Team of ·· Byron V. Kanaley Award NCAA Championships Participant // SR., the Year (1st Team Rookie) N ikki Weiss ··Top Gun Award (T38th) ··NSCAA Third Team All-Northeast GOALKEEPER ··Notre Dame of St. Joseph Valley Rockne BIG EAST Championships Runner-up Region ·· CollegeSoccer360.com Primetime Student-Athlete Award · ·BIG EAST All-Rookie Team Performer (Sept. 6) 109 Colin Babcock // FR. ··Notre Dame Freshman of the Year ··BIG EAST Goalkeeper of the Week Dani Miller // JR., IF · (Aug. 23, Sept. 6) ·· National Fastpitch Coaches Association · Notre Dame Beeler-Hipp Award Ad riana Leon // FR., FORWARD ··BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (Oct. 25) Third Team All-American Bills Bas // SO. ·· NCAA Women’s College Cup ··Inn at Saint Mary’s Classic ··First Team NFCA All-Region · All-Tournament Team Goalkeeper MVP ··BIG EAST Honor Roll (March 7) · All-BIG EAST— 800 free relay, 400 medley relay, 200 individual medley,

K ecia Morway // DFR., DEFEN ER Brittany O’Donnell // So., P 100 butterfly ·· Top Drawer Soccer National Team of ·· Second Team All-BIG EAST Ste ven Brus // SR. the Year (1st Team Rookie) S oftball ··Soccer America All-Freshman Sa die Pitzenberger // SR., OF ·· All-BIG EAST — 800 free relay (46-11 / 19-1 BIG EAST) Second Team ·· First Team NFCA All-Region NCAA Championships Regional Frank Dyer // FR. ··First Team All-BIG EAST Participant ·· Notre Dame Monogram Club MVP Julie Scheidler // DSR., DEFEN ER ··BIG EAST Championship BIG EAST Championships ·· NSCAA/adidas Second Team Scholar All-Tournament Team Award Semifinalist All-Central Region ··NCAA Championships — Participant BIG EAST Regular Season Champion · L aura Winter // FR., P ·BIG EAST Champion — 500 free ··All-BIG EAST — 800 free relay, 400 Jes s ica Schuveiller // JR., ·· Second Team NFCA All-Region DEFENDER A lexia Clay // SR., C ··First Team All-BIG EAST medley relay, 500 free, 200 free, 100 ·· NCAA College Cup Most Outstanding ·· First Team NFCA All-Region ··BIG EAST Pitcher of the Week (April 11) free Defensive Player ··First Team All-BIG EAST ··BIG EAST Honor Roll (Feb. 21, March 7, N athan Geary // SR. ··Top Drawer Soccer National Team of ··BIG EAST Player of the Week (May 9) May 2 and May 9) the Year (Second Team) ·· BIG EAST Champion — 3-meter ··All-BIG EAST — 3-meter ··NSCAA Second Team K atie Fleury // SR., SS Jo dy Valdivia // JR., rhp All-Northeast Region ·· Second Team All-BIG EAST ·· BIG EAST Pitcher of the Year Chri stopher Johnson // SO. ··Second Team All-BIG EAST ··First Team All-BIG EAST ··Top Drawer Soccer National Team of Deanna Gumpf // HEAD COACH ··First Team All-Great Lakes Region ·· All-BIG EAST — 400 medley relay, the Week (Aug. 23, Sept. 6) ·· BIG EAST Coaching Staff of the Year (NFCA) 100 breast ··CollegeSoccer360.com Primetime Performer of the Week (Nov. 23, Dec. 6) Heather Johnson // SR., 1B ··BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week ·· BIG EAST Player of the Year (Aug. 23) ··National Fastpitch Coaches Association Third Team All-American

Elizabeth Tucker // JR., ··Second Team NFCA all-Region MIDFIELDER ··First Team All-BIG EAST ·· Third Team All-BIG EAST ··BIG EAST Player of the Week (April 4, ··BIG EAST All-Rookie Team April 11 and April 18) ··Top Drawer Soccer National Player of ··Notre Dame Monogram Club MVP the Week (Nov. 29) Award Eir c Lex // SR. ·· BIG EAST Championships Most Women’s Outstanding Diver ··BIG EAST Champion — 1-meter Tennis ··All-BIG EAST — 1-meter, 3-meter (17-10) BIG EAST Champion K evin Overholt // SO. NCAA Championships Second Round ·· All-BIG EAST — 800 free relay Blue Gray Classic Tournament Champion Petar Petrovic // JR. ·· All-BIG EAST — 400 medley relay, Campbell/ITA Ranking — 20th 100 back Ki r sty Frilling // JR.

Mi chael Sullivan // SR. ·· BIG EAST Player of the Year ·· Notre Dame Club of St. Joseph Valley ··ITA Singles All-American Rockne Student-Athlete Award ··All-BIG EAST ··Notre Dame Charles Blanchard Award ··Notre Dame Monogram Club MVP ··All-BIG EAST — 400 individual medley Award Ame y Pr stinario // JR. Billy Pecor // FR. ··ITA Midwest Regional Singles Cai ming Xie // DIVING COACH ·· BIG EAST Champion — 400 free relay ·· Tribe Invitational All-Tournament Champion ·· BIG EAST Diving Coach of the Year ··All-BIG EAST — 200 medley relay, Singles Team ··Blue Gray Classic Tournament MVP 400 free relay, 200 free relay, 50 free, ··Tribe Invitational All-Tournament ··BIG EAST Player of the Week (Feb. 9, 100 free Doubles Team March 3)

Women’s Kelly Ryan // FR. Daniel Stahl // SR. Jennifer Kellner // FR. ·· BIG EAST Champion — 400 medley ·· Notre Dame Club of St. Joseph Valley ·· All-BIG EAST Swimming + relay, 400 free relay, 200 free, 100 free Rockne Student-Athlete Award ··BIG EAST Player of the Week (March 15) ··All-BIG EAST — 400 free relay, 200 ··Notre Dame Monogram Club MVP Award Diving free relay, 400 medley relay, 200 free, ··All-BIG EAST Jayu Lo derback // HEAD COACH (5-7) 100 free, 200 back ··BIG EAST Male Tennis Player of the ·· BIG EAST Coach of the Year Week (March 17) NCAA Championships Participant Shannon Mathews // JR. (T42nd) L auren Scott // SO. ·· BIG EAST Champion — 400 free relay Ca sey Watt // JR. ·· All-BIG EAST BIG EAST Championships Runner-up ··All-BIG EAST — 400 free relay, 200 ·· NCAA Singles Championships ··Notre Dame Club of St. Joseph Valley free relay Participant Rockne Student-Athlete Award K atie Casey // SR. ··All-BIG EAST ··BIG EAST Tournament Most ·· BIG EAST Champion — Outstanding Player 110 400 medley relay ··BIG EAST Player of the Week (April 6) ··All-BIG EAST — 400 medley relay Men’s Tennis K risten Rafael // SR (18-12) Jenny Chiang // SO. ·· BIG EAST Player of the Week (April 27) ·· BIG EAST Champion — 3-meter NCAA Championships Second Round ··All-BIG EAST — 3-meter, 1-meter BIG EAST Championships Runner-Up

Campbell/ITA Ranking — 31st Hi e di Grossman // SR. ·· All-BIG EAST — 1-meter G reg Andrews // FR. ·· BIG EAST Freshman of the Year Kim Holden // SO. ··All-BIG EAST ·· Notre Dame Monogram Club MVP ··Chowder Fest — Corey Winn Freshman Award Player to Watch ··Notre Dame Club of St. Joseph Valley Rockne Student-Athlete Award T yler Davis // SR. ··NCAA Championships — Participant ·· Byron V. Kanaley Kanaley Award ··BIG EAST Champion — 400 medley ··Michael Tranghese Postgraduate relay, 100 back, 200 back Leadership Award ··All-BIG EAST — 400 medley relay, 200 ··BIG EAST Institutional medley relay, 100 butterfly, 100 back, Scholar-Athlete Award 200 back ··Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All- American Second Team Men’s At-Large Kellyn Kuhlke // SR. ··Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All- ·· All-BIG EAST — 200 medley relay District V First Team ··Chowder Fest—Doubles Champion Samantha Maxwell // SR. ·· NCAA Championships — Participant Stephen Havens // SR. ··BIG EAST Champion — 400 medley relay ·· All-BIG EAST ··All-BIG EAST — 400 medley relay, 200 ··Chowder Fest — Dale Junta ’58 Player of medley relay, 200 breast, 100 breast the Tournament ··Chowder Fest — Doubles Champion L auren Parisi // SR. ··Tribe Invitational All-Tournament ·· BIG EAST Champion — 400 free relay Singles Team ··All-BIG EAST — 400 free relay, 200 ··Tribe Invitational All-Tournament free relay Doubles Team Men’s Track + Field NCAA Indoor Championships—53rd NCAA Outdoor Championships—75th BIG EAST Indoor Champion BIG EAST Outdoor Champion

JOhn Belcher // SR. ·· USTFCCCA All-Academic Honoree

Ad am Beltran ·· Great Lakes Region Assistant Coach of the Year (USTFCCCA)

Daniel Clark // SR. ·· BIG EAST Outdoor Champion (1,500 meters) ··NCAA Championships — 12th place (1,500 meters) Dene s Veres // JR. Jam s ine Williams // SR. ·· First Team All-BIG EAST ··NCAA East Regional — 1st place ·· BIG EAST Outdoor Champion (shot put) ·· USTFCCCA All-Academic Honoree ··BIG EAST Freshman of the Week (1,500 meters) ··NCAA Championships Participant (Aug. 30, Sept. 27, Oct. 4, Oct. 18 and ··Notre Dame Club of St. Joseph Valley (shot put) Nov. 1) Rockne Student-Athlete Award ··USTFCCCA All-Academic Honoree ··CVU.com Rising Star V olleyball ··Shamrock Invitational Ja ck Howard // SO. All-Tournament Team (18-13 / 10-4 BIG EAST) ·· Indoor All-American (800 meters) ·· Invitational All-Tournament Team ··Seventh at NCAA Indoor BIG EAST Championships Women’s Semifinalist ··BIG EAST Indoor Champion Kellie Sciacca // SR., MIDDLE (800 meters) Track + Field BLOCKER K risten Dealy // Jr., OUTSIDE HITTER ··Notre Dame Monogram Club ·· Notre Dame Monogram Club BIG EAST Indoor Championships — ·· BIG EAST All-Tournament Team MVP Award 8th place Co-MVP Award ··BIG EAST Player of the Week (Nov. 15) ··Notre Dame Club of St. Joseph Valley ··Second Team All-BIG EAST BIG EAST Outdoor Championships — ··Notre Dame Invitational All- Rockne Student-Athlete Award 10th place ··BIG EAST Honor Roll Tournament Team (Aug. 30, Sept. 13 and Oct. 4) Dan Jackson // JR. ··CVU.com Top Performer (Sept. 14) 111 Ma ddie Buttinger // JR. ·· NCAA Championship s— 20th place H ilary Eppink // DDLSO., MI E BLOCKER ·· All-BIG EAST — Heptathlon Runner-Up ··Shamrock Invitational (10,000 meters) ·· BIG EAST Honor Roll (Nov. 1) ··NCAA Championships — Heptathlon All-Tournament Team ··NCAA East Regional — eighth place ··Pioneer Classic All-Tournament Team 12th place ··Nevada Invitational All-Tournament Team (10,000 meters) ··Pioneer Classic All-Tournament Team Andrea McHugh // FR., OUTSIDE Chris s y Finkel // SO. HITTER K evin Labus // Sr. Fren chy Silva // OJR., LIBER ·· USTFCCCA All-Academic Honoree ·· Notre Dame Monogram Club ·· USTFCCCA All-Academic Honoree ·· U.S. Women’s National A2 Team Member Co-MVP Award ··Notre Dame Club of St. Joseph Valley Rc ebec a Tracy // SO. Joe Piane and Staff ··AVCA Northeast Region Freshman of ·· All-BIG EAST – Mile Champion Rockne Student-Athlete Award ·· BIG EAST Men’s Indoor Coaching Staff the Year of the Year ··AVCA Northeast Region Honorable E rica Watson // SR. ··BIG EAST Men’s Outdoor Coaching Mention ·· Capital One Academic All-District V Staff of the Year ··BIG EAST Freshman of the Year ··Great Lakes Region Coach of the Year (USTFCCCA)

Eir c Qu ck // Sr. ·· BIG EAST Indoor Champion (triple jump)

L ogan Renwick // Fr. ·· USTFCCCA All-Academic Honoree

K evin Schipper // SO. ·· BIG EAST Indoor Champion (pole vault) ··Outdoor All-American (pole vault) ··NCAA Championships — eighth place (pole vault) ··BIG EAST Outdoor Champion (pole vault) ··NCAA East Regional — tied for sixth place (pole vault)

Johnathan Shawel // SO. ·· BIG EAST Indoor Champion (1,000 meters) APPDIXEN

2010–11tr No e Dame Club of St. Joseph 2010–11tr No e Dame Monogram Valley Rockne Student-Athlete Club MVP WINNERS Award WINNERS

Baseball Women’s Soccer Baseball Rowing Trey Mancini Melissa Henderson Brian Dupra Stephanie Gretsch

Men’s Basketball Softball Men’s Basketball Men’s Soccer Ben Hansbrough Heather Johnson Tim Abromaitis Adam Mena

Women’s Basketball Men’s Women’s Basketball Women’s Soccer Becca Bruszewski Swimming and Diving Veronica Badway Lauren Fowlkes Frank Dyer Men’s Cross Country Men’s Cross Country Softball Dan Jackson Women’s Dan Jackson Erin Marrone Swimming and Diving Men’s Fencing Kim Holden Women’s Men’s Avery Zuck Cross Country Swimming and Diving Men’s Tennis Eric Watson Michael Sullivan Women’s Fencing Dan Stahl Courtney Hurley Men’s Fencing Women’s 112 Women’s Tennis Steve Kubik Swimming and Diving Football Kristy Frilling Kim Holden Michael Floyd Women’s Fencing Men’s Track and Field Sarah Borrmann Men’s Tennis Men’s Golf Jack Howard Dan Stahl Max Scodro Football Women’s David Ruffer Women’s Tennis Women’s Golf Track and Field Shannon Matthews Nicole Zhang Maddie Buttinger Men’s Golf Tom Usher Men’s Track and Volleyball Jeremy Rae T.J. Tynan Kellie Sciacca Women’s Golf Andrea McHugh So-Hyun Park Women’s Women’s Lacrosse Track and Field Jackie Dohetry Hockey Kelly Langhans Calle Ridderwall Men’s Soccer Volleyball Steven Perry Women’s Lacrosse Frenchy Silva Lauren Fenlon

Leds a er of Distinction WINNERS

Baseball Women’s Tennis Mick Doyle Kristen Rafael

Men’s Fencing Men’s Track and Field Zach Schirtz Denes Veres Avery Zuck Volleyball Men’s Angela Puente Swimming and Diving Mike Sullivan Brony V. Kanaley Award WINNERs

1926 Edgar Miller (Football) 1979 Joe Restic (Football) Phil Murphy (Soccer) 1927 Paul J. Harrington (Track) Carol Lally (Basketball) Andy Warford (Tennis) 1928 Joseph Griffin (Track) 1980 (Hockey) 2000 Elizabeth Barger (Swimming) 1929 Francis Crowe (Basketball) Tom Michalek (Hockey) Ray Fitzpatrick (Swimming) 1930 Not awarded 1981 Bob Burger (Football) Jeff Perconte (Baseball) 1931 Frank Carideo (Football) Maggie Lally (Basketball) Jenny Streiffer (Soccer) 1932 Thomas Burns (Basketball) Kevin Lovejoy (Soccer) Katrina Ten Eyck (Rowing) 1933 Charles Jaskwich (Football) 1982 John Krimm (Football) 2001 Mike Naumann (Baseball) 1934 Joseph Young (Track) Jeanine Blatt (Swimming) Matt Hedden (Swimming) 1935 Dominic Vairo (Football) 1983 Richard Chryst (Baseball) Connor LaRose (Soccer) 1936 Francis Layden (Track) Steven Dziabis (Track) Ruth Riley (Basketball) 1937 John Lautar (Football) Katherine Ray (Field Hockey) 2002 Michael Koss (Swimming) 1938 Raymond Meyer (Basketball) 1984 Terese Henken (Volleyball) Steve Ratay (Golf) 1939 Joseph Rice (Track) James Dee (Baseball) Nina Vaughan (Tennis) 1940 Herschel Ellis (Baseball) 1985 Brian Casey (Swimming) Jarrah Myers (Softball) 1941 Ralph Pinelli (Baseball) Bill Courtney (Cross Country) 2003 Keara Coughlin (Volleyball) 1942 Robert Hargrave (Football) 1986 Greg Dingens (Football) Ashley Dryer (Soccer) 1943 John Hickey (Baseball) John Krug (Wrestling) Andreas Forstner (Soccer) 1944 Not awarded Mary Struckhoff (Field Hockey) Alexis Madrid (Softball) 1945 Not awarded 1987 John Loughran (Baseball) 2004 Vanessa Pruzinsky (Soccer) 1946 Not awarded David Lennert (Fencing) Alicia Salas (Tennis) 1947 Robert McBride (Football) 1988 Tom Mick (Track) Kristen Kinder (Volleyball) 1948 George Sullivan (Football) Andrea Bonny (Swimming) Shannon Byrne (Golf) 1949 Louis J. Burns (Fencing) 1989 Terry Proksch (Softball) Luis Haddock (Tennis) 1950 Robert Lally (Football) Theresa Rice (Cross Country) 2005 Emily Loomis (Volleyball) 1951 Robert O’Connell (Football) Eric Madsen (Baseball) Brent D’Amico (Tennis) 1952 James Walsh (Fencing) 1990 Lisa Kuhns (Basketball) Alicja Kryczalo (Fencing) 1953 Robert O’Neil (Football) Pat Eilers (Football) 2006 Lauren Connelly (Tennis) 1954 James Harrington (Track) Scott Paddock (Basketball) Megan Duffy (Basketball) 1955 Thomas Carey (Football) Alice Lohrer (Tennis) Stephanie Madia (Cross 1956 Donald Sniegowski (Baseball) 1991 Krissi Davis (Basketball) Country /Track and Field) 113 1957 John Smyth (Basketball) Kim Parella (Tennis) Annie Schefter (Soccer) 1958 John McCarthy (Basketball) Ryan Wenger (Tennis) Tom Thornton (Baseball) 1959 Norman Odyniec (Football) Kathy Vernetti (Softball) 2007 Ted Brown (Swimming) 1960 Kenneth Adamson (Football) 1992 Charles Hofmann (Soccer) (Soccer) 1961 Donald Ralph (Tennis) David DiLucia (Tennis) Maryann Erigha (Track and Field) 1962 Albert Highducheck (Golf) Heidi Piper (Fencing) Kim Lorenzen (Soccer) 1963 Gerard Gray Jr. (Football) Molly Lennon (Soccer) Meghan Murphy (Lacrosse) 1964 Joseph Lehmann (Football) 1993 Alicia Turner (Volleyball) 2008 Brook Buck (Tennis) 1965 William Boyle (Track) Robert Williamson (Lacrosse) Rachel Cota (Fencing) 1966 Edward T. Dean (Track) James Zurcher (Tennis) Greg Howard (Fencing) Pedro Rossello (Tennis) 1994 Maura Gallagher (Fencing) Katie Laing (Softball) 1967 John Haynes Jr. (Fencing) Julie Harris (Volleyball) Adrianna Stasiuk (Volleyball) 1968 Thomas Bourke (Swimming) Kathryn Leary (Basketball) Dan VeNard (Hockey) 1969 Robert Arnzen (Basketball) Michael Palmer (Soccer) 2009 Matt Besler (Soccer) William Hurd (Track) Timothy Ruddy (Football) Lauren Buck (Rowing) George Kunz (Football) Grzegorz Wozniak (Fencing) Peter Christman (Lacrosse) 1970 Michael Oriard (Football) 1995 Elizabeth Caruso (Fencing) Erik Condra (Hockey) 1971 Douglas Daher (Fencing) Chris Dean (Soccer) Adrienne Nott (Fencing) Ronald Schmitz (Baseball) 1996 Wendy Crabtree (Tennis) Heidi Rocha (Cross Country /Track Joseph Utz (Track) Claudette de Bruin (Fencing) and Field) 1972 Kevin Hoene (Hockey) Marcus Thorne (Football) Kelcy Tefft (Tennis) 1973 Richard Waugh (Fencing) 1997 Bill Lester (Fencing) 2010 Mike Anello (Football) 1974 Gary Novak (Basketball) Katie Marten (Softball) Kevin Deeth (Hockey) John Hathaway (Fencing) Pete Miller (Basketball) Kali Krisik (Tennis) Mark Kronholm (Hockey) Jen Renola (Soccer) Melissa Lechlitner (Basketball) 1975 Paul E. Angelo (Fencing) 1998 Linda Gallo (Swimming) Christine Lux (Softball) Mark Brenneman (Football) Pat Garrity (Basketball) John Lytle (Swimming) 1976 Robert Strata (Baseball) Jaimie Lee (Volleyball) 2011 Jeb Brovsky (Soccer) 1977 Randy Stehlik (Tennis) Steve Noble (Hockey) Tyler Davis (Tennis) Dan Heffernan (Wrestling) Errol Williams (Track and Field) Lauren Fowlkes (Soccer) Robert Ebel (Swimming) 1999 Mike Brown (Track and Field) Cole Johnson (Baseball) 1978 David Vinson (Football) Kerry Callahan (Lacrosse) Erin Marrone (Softball) Mike Padden (Wrestling) Jennifer Hall (Tennis) Chris Stewart (Football) FancisPr atrick O’Connor Award WINNERS C hrISTOPHer Zorich Award WINNERS

1993 Coquese Washington (Basketball) 1998 Matt Johnson (Soccer) Edwin Hartwell (Baseball) Errol Williams (Track and Field) 1994 Christy Faustmann (Tennis) 1999 Lindsay Treadwell (Volleyball) 114 Grzegorz Wozniak (Fencing) 2000 Jarious Jackson (Football) 1995 Jean Joseph (Soccer) 2001 Ruth Riley (Basketball) Haley Scott (Swimming) 2002 Mia Sarkesian (Soccer) 1996 Holyn Lord (Tennis) 2003 Betsy Lazzeri (Track and Field) 1997 No Award Given 2004 Neil Komadoski (Hockey) 1998 Molly McCarthy (Volleyball) 2005 Derek Curry (Football) Steve Noble (Hockey) 2006 Tom Thornton (Baseball) 1999 Sheila McMillen (Basketball) Chris Trick (Hockey) Brian Patterson (Tennis) Meghan Murphy (Lacrosse) 2000 Matt Nussbaum (Baseball) 2007 Meghan Boyle (Rowing) Kelly Zalinski (Tennis) Ryan Cunn (Lacrosse) 2001 Michael Brown (Cheerleader) Claire Gallerano (Soccer) Michelle Dasso (Tennis) Maria Romano (Rowing) Reggie McKnight (Soccer) 2008 Mary Kate McNamara (Rowing) 2002 Grant Irons (Football) Dan Scolaro (Lacrosse) Carrie Nixon (Swimming) 2009 Carrie Dew (Soccer) 2003 Katie Cunha (Tennis) Luke Lucyk (Hockey) Steve Sollmann (Baseball) Heidi Rocha (Cross Country / Track and Field) 2004 Kim Carpenter (Soccer) 2010 Kevin Deeth (Hockey) Greg Martin (Soccer) Kali Krisik (Tennis) 2005 Sarah Jane Connelly (Tennis) Zach Schirtz (Fencing) Chris Thomas (Basketball) Erica Williamson (Basketball) 2006 Megan Duffy (Basketball) Maggie Zentgraf (Lacrosse) Chris Quinn (Basketball) 2011 Jeb Brovsky (Soccer) 2007 Amanda Cinalli (Soccer) Lindsay Brown (Soccer) T. J. Jindra (Hockey) Ben Ryan (Hockey) 2008 Brook Buck (Tennis) Caitlin McKinney (Lacrosse) Sheeva Parbhu (Tennis) 2009 Erik Condra (Hockey) Justine Stremick (Volleyball) 2010 Megan Fesl (Volleyball) Avery Zuck (Fencing) 2011 Ellen Bartindale (Soccer) Tom Kopko (Basketball) 2010–11 Rosenthal Leadership Academy ATTENDEES

Kailene Abt (Lacrosse) Joe Miller (Track/Cross Country) John Rodgers Meredith Angell (Cheerleading) Blas Moros (Tennis) Matt Scioscia Randy Babb (Track/Cross Country) Kelsey Murphy (Rowing) Greg Sherry Courtney Barg (Soccer) Kristina Nhim (Golf) Patrick Veerkamp Emily Barton (Swimming & Diving) Adam Norton (Baseball) Nick Beattie (Lacrosse) Joshua Nosal (Swimming & Diving) Men’s Basketball Ryan Belecanech (Swimming & Diving) Natalie Novosel (Basketball) Tim Abromaitis Reggie Bentley (Fencing) Casey O’Connor (Softball) Tom Kopko Shaylyn Blaney (Lacrosse) Stephanie O’Neill (Rowing) Tyrone Nash Jake Brems (Lacrosse) Lian Osier (Fencing) Steven Brus (Swimming & Diving) So-Hyun Park (Golf) Women’s Basketball Madeline Buttinger (Track & Field) Max Pfeifer (Lacrosse) Veronica Badway Jordan Carlson (Track/Cross Country) Sadie Pitzenberger (Softball) Skylar Diggins Spencer Carter (Track/Cross Country) Amy Prestinario (Swimming & Diving) Mary Forr Katie Casey (Swimming & Diving) Angela Puente (Volleyball) Tommy Chase (Baseball) Kristen Rafel (Tennis) Men’s Cross Country / Jason Choy (Fencing) Callie Ridderwall (Hockey) Track and Field Anthony Cossell (Cheerleading) Ben Ryan (Hockey) Mat Abernethy Emily Crosby (Rowing) Jessica Rydberg (Track/Cross Country) David Anderson Quinn Cully (Lacrosse) Allison Rzepczynski (Cheerleading) Randall Babb Tyler Davis (Tennis) Kevin Schipper (Track & Field) Tyler Bartlow Kristen Dealy (Volleyball) Zach Schirtz (Fencing) Alex Bavis Jackie Doherty (Lacrosse) Jessica Schuveiller (Soccer) Mike Bradley Mick Doyle (Baseball) Kellie Sciacca (Volleyball) Andrew Brock Brian Dupra (Baseball) Lauren Scott (Swimming & Diving) Matthew Brown Keith Feldman (Fencing) Riley Sheahan (Hockey) Jordan Carlson Dylan Fernandez (Cheerleading) Marshall Sherman (Swimming & Diving) Spencer Carter Niall Fitzgerald (Tennis) Frenchy Silva (Volleyball) Max Cruz Lauren Fowlkes (Soccer) Bobby Smith ( Lacrosse) Greg Davis Gracie Fredlake (Swimming & Diving) Nevada Sorenson (Track & Field) Brendan Dolan Kristy Frilling (Tennis) Joe Spano (Baseball) Jack Favorite Patrick Gaul (Hockey) Dan Stahl (Tennis) Patrick Feeney 115 Nathan Geary (Swimming & Diving) Kaitlyn Strand (Cheerleading) Ryan Gamboa Madeline Genereuz (Cheerleading) Megan Sullivan (Lacrosse) Eddy Gibbons Jenny Granger (Lacrosse) Michael Sullivan (Swimming & Diving) Ted Glasnow Heidi Grossman (Swimming & Diving) Maggie Tamasitis (Lacrosse) Patrick Glass Ryan Guentzel (Hockey) Rebecca Tracy (Track/Cross Country) Mitchell Gormley Jazmin Hall (Soccer) Rachel Velarde (Track/Cross Country) Martin Grady Grace Hartman (Fencing) Denes Veres (Track & Field) Kevin Hendrickson Abby Higgins (Track/Cross Country) Erica Watson (Track/Cross Country) Kyle Higdon Ellie Hilling (Lacrosse) Kristina Wright (Softball) Andrew Hills Andrew Hills (Track & Field) Avery Zuck (Fencing) Jack Howard Molly Hirt (Track/Cross Country) Daniel Jackson Kim Holden (Swimming & Diving) Kevin Jacobs Jack Howard (Track/Cross Country) Ryan Jacobs Becca Huffer (Golf) Ronald Kadykowski Kelly Jenko (Cheerleading) Andrew Kolbeck Mike Johnson (Hockey) 2010–11 Peter Kristiansen Natalie Johnson (Track & Field) BIG EAST Baseball Kevin Labus James Kaull (Fencing) Academic Ty Adams Sean Lindbloom Sam Keeton (Tennis) All-Stars Tommy Chase Mitchell Lorenz Morgan Kelley (Rowing) Frank Desico Kelly Lynch John Kemp (Lacrosse) Mick Doyle Jeffrey MacMillan Greg Klazura (Soccer) Brian Dupra J.P. Malette Michael Knapp (Soccer) Sean Fitzgerald Joe Miller Peter Koppel (Swimming) Matt Grosso Ryan Nichols Kelley Langhans (Track & Field) Donnie Hissa Thomas Noel Joe Lavin (Hockey) Will Hudgins Dean Odegard Courtney Leader (Cheerleading) Cole Johnson Doug Onuscheck Sean Lorenz (Hockey) Forrest Johnson Thomas Pesch Billy Maday (Hockey) Trey Mancini Jeremy Rae Erin Marrone (Softball) Cameron McConnell Logan Renwick Shannon Mathews (Tennis) Todd Miller Eric Roth Erin McConnell (Rowing) Herman Petzold Kevin Schipper Chrissie McGaffigan (Tennis) Chris Reinhart Justin Schneider Fraderica Miller (Basketball) Ryan Richter Johnathan Shawel Tom Usher Rowing Women’s Soccer Jonathan Whitcomb Will Sievern Dustin Zhang Paige Aiello Rose Augustin Christopher Wills Mike Smigelski Anne Marie Blieszner Courtney Barg Paul Springer Women’s Golf Valerie Brencher Ellen Bartindale Women’s Swimming Jordan Stumph Katie Allare Molly Bruggeman Lindsay Brown and Diving Zac Suriano Katie Conway Emily Crosby Molly Campbell Emily Barton Miklos Szebeny Becca Huffer Kiersten Dehaven Haley Chamberlain Gwen Blythe Anthony Thomas Kristina Nhim Christina Dines Lauren Fowlkes Katie Casey Michael Tripp So-Hyun Park Courtney Gaberino Maddie Fox Jenny Chiang Denes Veres Nicole Zhang Jacqueline Gilhooly Brynn Gerstle Delia Cronin Stephanie Gretsch Erica Iantorno Sarah Dotzel Women’s Cross Country / Men’s Lacrosse Kelsey Haddad Ellen Jantsch Gracie Fredlake Track and Field Ben Ashenburg Ching-Ting Hwang Liz McNeil Heidi Grossman Elizabeth Andruszkiewicz Nicholas Beattie Hannah Jackson Kecia Morway Kim Holden Alexa Aragon Tim Bemer Olivia Kacsits Julie Scheidler Kellyn Kuhlke Rudy Atang Jake Brems Alyce Kanabrocki Jordan Snyder Kimmie Lisiak Kathryn Barousse Tyler Brenneman Megan Keegan Elizabeth Tucker Jaime Malandra Liz Barron Tom Connor Morgan Kelley Tayler Turner Mikelle Masciantonio Mason Bashaw Devon Dobson Brianna Krafcik Nikki Weiss Samantha Maxwell Sasha Blanchard David Earl Analisa LaMair-Orosco Christen McDonough Gena Bleyer Andrew Gleason Elizabeth Linnemanstons Softball Lauren Parisi Colleen Boyle Westy Hopkins Katherine Linnemanstons Jackie Bowe Rickelman Grace Brier Andrew Irving Rachael Louie Amy Buntin Kelly Ryan Kelly Burke Tyler Kimball Julia Lynch Alexia Clay Lauren Scott Madeline Casanova Patrick Maloney Genevieve Malone Katie Fleury Lauren Sylvester Theresa Cattuna James Marlatt Erin McConnell Heather Johnson Amanda Chamblee Jake Marmul Sarah McShane Shannon Kelly Men’s Tennis Kelly Curran Matt Miller Abby Meyers Kathryn Lux David Anderson Lindsey Ferguson Ryan Mix Carol Ann Michel Erin Marrone Greg Andrews Chrissy Finkel Brendan Moore Nicole Michels Dani Miller Ryan Bandy Natalie Geiger Liam O’Connor Kathryn Monahan Brittany O’Donnell Daven Brodess 116 Abigail Higgins Stephen O’Hara Kelsey Murphy Sadie Pitzenberger Tyler Davis Molly Hirt Edison Parzanese Stephanie O’Neill Kelsey Thornton Stephen Havens Kendra Jennings Max Pfeifer Joanna Poinsatte Monica Torres Matt Johnson Kari Johnson Colt Power Teresa Rubinger Kristina Wright Samuel Keeton Natalie Johnson Kevin Randall Meghan Salomon Bryan Kelly Emily Kujawski Kevin Ridgway Danni Schneider Men’s Swimming Michael Moore Kelly Langhans Michael Rogers Kelsey Sekanick and Diving Blas Moros Lauren Leniart Dan Schmitt Katie Suyo Colin Babcock Daniel Stahl Meghan Moore Bobby Smith Sarah Thompson Bill Bass Sean Tan Michelle Mowry Andy Will Anna VanEgmond Ryan Belecanech Ann Polcari Paige White Jordan Berry Women’s Tennis Lily Rodgers Women’s Lacrosse Steven Brus Kristy Frilling Meghan Ryan Kailene Abt Men’s Soccer Joshua Choi Jennifer Kellner Jessica Rydberg McKenzie Brown Niall Cochrane Conor Evans JoHanna Manningham Allison Schroeder Adele Bruggeman Kyle Craft Tylor Gauger Shannon Matthews Jessica Sullivan Kristin DeRespiris Kevin Duckett Nathan Geary Chrissie McGaffigan Susanna Sullivan Jackie Doherty Matthew Hickey Christopher Johnson Kristen Rafael Rebecca Tracy Kelly Driscoll Brendan King Ryan Koter Julie Sabacinski Marissa Treece Lauren Fenlon Greg Klazura Eric Lex Rachel Velarde Julia Giorgio Michael Knapp Brian Maloy Volleyball Kali Watkins Meredith Locasto Craig Krzyskowski John McGinley Sam Brown Erica Watson Flannery Nangle Adam LaPlaca Joshua Nosal Kristen Dealy Jasmine Williams Kate Newall Andrew Luttrell Kevin Overholt Megan Dunne Jaclyn Winkel Molly Shawhan Sean McGrath Petar Petrovic Andrea McHugh Megan Yanlik Jordy Shoemaker Adam Mena Sean Rademaker Andie Olsen Ansley Stewart Connor Miller Kevin Rahill Angela Puente Men’s Golf Lauren Sullivan Luke Mishu Joseph Raycroft Marie Roof Connor Alan-Lee Megan Sullivan Dillon Powers B.J. Roth Kellie Sciacca Andrew Carreon Maggie Tamasitis Alex Priede Marshall Sherman Frenchy Silva Jeff Chen Michelle Tremblay Harrison Shipp Michael Sullivan Stephanie Slatt Ryan Coughlin Chris Sutton Patrick Sullivan Andrew Lane Eric Tilley Thomas Paul McNamara Van Volkenburg Niall Platt Patrick Wall Wesley Villaflor Max Scodro Mason Weber 2010–11 BIG EAST CONFERENCE TEAM EXCELLENCE AWARDS

Men’s Indoor Track and Field Men’s Outdoor Track and Field Men’s Swimming and Diving Women’s Golf

2010–11 NoTRe Dame All-Americans (26)

Reggie Bentley Lauren Fowlkes Dani Miller Maggie Tamasitis Men’s Fencing (Foil) Women’s Soccer (Def./Mid.) Softball (Infield) Women’s Lacrosse (Attack) Junior Senior Junior Junior Little Rock, Ark. Lee’s Summit, Mo. Huntington Beach, Calif. Boyertown, Pa.

Shaylyn Blaney Kristy Frilling Ewa Nelip Avery Zuck Women’s Lacrosse (Midfielder) Women’s Tennis (Singles) Women’s Fencing (Epee) Men’s Fencing (Sabre)

Senior Senior Senior Senior 117 Stony Brook, N.Y. Sidney, Ohio Katowice, Portland, Ore.

Zach Brenneman Ben Hansbrough Barron Nydam Men’s Lacrosse (Midfield) Men’s Basketball (Guard) Men’s Fencing (Sabre) Senior Senior Senior East Hampton, N.Y. Poplar Bluff, Mo. Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.

Ariel DeSmet Eileen Hassett Lian Osier Men’s Fencing (Foil) Women’s Fencing (Sabre) Women’s Fencing (Sabre) Freshman Senior Sophomore Troutdale, Ore. Beaverton, Ore. Battle Ground, Wash.

Skylar Diggins Melissa Henderson Jeremy Rae Women’s Basketball (Guard) Women’s Soccer (Forward) Men’s Track & Field (1,600m Sophomore Junior Distance Medley Relay) South Bend, Ind. Garland, Texas Sophomore Fort Erie, Ontario Jackie Doherty Jack Howard Women’s Lacrosse (Defense) Men’s Track & Field (800m Hayley Reese Senior Distance Medley Relay) Women’s Fencing (Foil) Ellicott City, Md. Graduate Student Senior Libertyville, Ill. Crestwood, Ky. David Earl Men’s Lacrosse (Midfielder) Courtney Hurley Kevin Ridgway Senior Women’s Fencing (Epee) Men’s Lacrosse (Defense) Simsbury, Conn. Junior Senior San Antonio, Texas Kensington, Md. Patrick Feeney Men’s Track & Field (400m Heather Johnson Johnathan Shawel Distance Medley Relay) Softball (Infield) Men’s Track & Field (1,200m Freshman Senior Distance Medley Relay) Indianapolis, Ind. Los Alamitos, Calif. Junior Placentia, Calif. 2010–11tr No e Dame Academic All-Americans (5)

Tim Abromaitis Tyler Davis David Ruffer Men’s Basketball Men’s Tennis Football 3.615, MBA 3.914, Science Business 3.90, Economics Graduate Student Senior Senior Unionville, Conn. Nashville, Tenn. Oakton, Va.

Reggie Bentley Lauren Fowlkes Men’s Fencing Women’s Soccer 3.78, Program of Liberal 3.65, Science Business Studies Junior Junior Lee’s Summit, Mo. Little Rock, Ark.

Notre Dame’s All-America / Academic All-America Double Honorees

Notre Dame student-athletes have earned All-America and Academic All-America honors in the same academic year 71 times (by 58 individuals), including women’s soccer player Lauren Fowlkes and men’s fencer Reggie Bentley 2010–11. Here is the complete list of this elite group of high achievers:

Football (16divid In uals / 17 times; Softball (4/6) Women’s Fencing (3/4) Year refers to fall season) Katie Marten (’95, ’96) Heidi Piper (’91, ’92) 118 Dan Shannon (’54) Jarrah Myers (’01, ’02) Claudette deBruin (’96) Don Schaefer (’55) Jen Sharron (’01) Adrienne Nott (’08) Bob Lehmann (’63) Stephanie Brown (’06) (’66) Women’s Soccer (4/7, (’66) Men’s Cross Country / years refer to fall season) Jim Smithberger (’67) Track and Field (12 / 14; cross country Jen Renola (’95, ’96) George Kunz (’68) years refer to fall season) Monica Gonzalez (’01) Jim Reilly (’69) Mike McWilliams (’95 track) Brittany Bock (’07, ’08) Tom Gatewood (’70, ’71) Jeff Hojnacki (’97 track) Lauren Fowlkes (’09, ‘10) Joe Theismann (’70) Jason Rexing (’96 CC / ’97 track) Greg Marx (’72) Errol Williams (’98 track) Men’s Fencing (2/3) Dave Casper (’73) Mike Brown (’98 track and field) Bill Lester (’96, ’97) Pete Demmerle (’74) Ryan Shay (’01 CC / ’02 track) Reggie Bentley (’11) Ken MacAfee (’77) Luke Watson (’01 CC / ’02 and ’03 track) John Krimm (’81) Todd Mobley (’03 CC) Men’s Soccer (2) Tim Ruddy (’93) Tim Moore (’05 CC) Ryan Miller (’07) Thomas Chamney (’06 and ’07 track) Matt Besler (’08) Baseball (3) Todd Ptacek (’06 CC / ’07 track) Dan Peltier (’89) Patrick Smyth (’08 CC / ’09 track) Each with one (5/6) J. P. Gagne (’03) Andy Zurcher (men’s tennis, ’94) Steve Sollmann (’03) Women’s Cross Country / Jen Hall (women’s tennis, ’99) Track and Field (3) Ruth Riley (women’s basketball, ’00, ’01) Men’s Basketball (4/6) Alison Klemmer (’99 track) Lauren Brewster (volleyball, fall of ’05) Bob Arnzen (’67, ’68) Lauren King (’03 CC) Erik Condra (hockey, ’09) Kelly Tripucka (’79) Stephanie Madia (’05 CC / ’06 track) John Paxson (’82, ’83) Pat Garrity (’98)

Notes | The above individuals include 13 who pulled the All-America/Academic All-America honors in two different years: Tom Gatewood, Bob Arnzen, John Paxson, Heidi Piper, Katie Marten, Bill Lester, Jen Renola, Ruth Riley, Jarrah Myers, Luke Watson, Thomas Chamney, Brittany Bock and Lauren Fowlkes. Notre Dame has produced at least one student-athlete with the All-America/Academic All-America distinction in 12 of the past 13 years (26 total in that stretch). Six pairs of teammates have earned the double honors in the same season: football’s Jim Lynch and Tom Regner (’66) and Gatewood and Joe Theismann (’70); softball’s Myers and Jen Sharron (’01); track’s Ryan Shay and Luke Watson (’02) and Thomas Chamney and Todd Ptacek (’07); and baseball’s J. P. Gagne and Steve Sollmann (’03). 2010–11 StUDent-Athlete A ictHLet Department Directory Advisory Council (All numbers are area code 574)

Emily Crosby Shannon Kelly Jack Swarbrick Maureen McNamara President Softball Director of Athletics Assistant AD (athletics Rowing 631-6107 community relations) Kellyn Kuhlke 631-7516 Nathan Geary Women’s Swimming & Missy Conboy Vice President Diving Senior Deputy AD Juli Schreiber Men’s Swimming & Diving 631-9647 Assistant AD (planning and Sean Lorenz special projects) Jessica Schuveiller Hockey Bill Scholl 631-7516 Secretary Deputy AD Women’s Soccer Fraderica Miller 631-4836 Jennifer Vining-Smith Women’s Basketball Assistant AD (compliance) Brian Dupra Patricia Bellia 631-3248 Monogram Club Board Kristen Rafael Faculty Athletic Liaison Women’s Tennis Representative Tony Yelovich Baseball 631-3866 Assistant AD (game Ben Ryan management) Tyler Davis Hockey John Heisler 631-4893 BIG EAST SAAC Senior Associate AD (media Representative Allison Rzepcynski and broadcast relations) Athletics Ticket Office Men’s Tennis Cheerleading 631-7527 631-7356

Heidi Grossman Zach Schirtz Tom Nevala Athletic Media Relations Center for Social Men’s Fencing Senior Associate AD 631-7516 Concerns Liaison (operations and youth Women’s Swimming & Dan Schmitt programming) Sports Medicine / Diving Men’s Lacrosse 631-4843 Athletic Training 631-3304 Rudy Atang Jessica Schuveiller Jill Bodensteiner Women’s Track & Field Women’s Soccer Associate AD (compliance and Strength and legal affairs) Conditioning 119 Courtney Barg Marshall Sherman 631-6721 631-7890 Women’s Soccer Men’s Swimming & Diving Michael Danch Rockne Heritage Fund Tim Bemer James Sollitto Associate AD (facilities) Mary Rattenburg Men’s Lacrosse Cheerleading 631-5030 631-4394

Joey Brooks Paul Springer Jim Fraleigh Joyce Grant-In-Aid Men’s Basketball Men’s Cross Country/ Associate AD (marketing and Program Track & Field community relations/facility John Whitty Jeff Chen administration) 631-7358 Men’s Golf Grant Van De Castelle 631-5450 Men’s Soccer Joyce Center Operations Stephen Clarke Mike Karwoski Tom Blicher Manager Rachel Velarde Associate AD 631-6689 Women’s Cross Country/ (sports performance) Katie Conway Track & Field 631-8090 Joyce Center Events Women’s Golf Monica Cundiff Josh Berlo 631-6159 Mick Doyle Senior Assistant AD (guest Baseball relations and event marketing) Recreational Sports 631-7356 Sally Derengoski Kelly Driscoll 631-6690 Women’s Lacrosse Jenny Borg Assistant AD Summer Camps Office Megan Dunne (internal operations) 631-8237 / 7801 Volleyball 631-5378

Eileen Hassett Bernadette Cafarelli Women’s Fencing Assistant AD (media relations) 631-8458 Ethan Johnson Football Beth Hunter Assistant AD (student-athlete Morgan Kelley alumni relations) Rowing 631-9722 The 2010–11 Notre Dame Athletics Annual Report was written and edited by Bernadette Cafarelli and Karen Heisler with assistance from members of the Athletics Media Relations Office—John Heisler, Tim Connor, Chris Masters, Michael Bertsch, Sean Carroll, Alan George, and Brent Henningfeld— Agency ND writer Mike Roe—and student assistants Michael Scholl, Michael Korman, and Aaron Horvath. Photography by Matt Cashore, Mike Bennett and Lighthouse Imaging and Marcus Snowden. Athletics Annual Report 2010–11

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Media 2 Year in Review 36 Relations 58 Compliance Sports 20 Academics 40 UND.com 60 Performance Student Welfare Monogram Seasons in 24 and Development 44 Club 76 Review External Honors 28 Facilities 48 Affairs 100 and Awards Sports 32 Marketing 54 RecSports 112 Appendix Department of Athletics (574) 631-6107

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