Depaul University Intercollegiate Athletics Mission Statement
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Table of Contents DePaul University Location.............Chicago, Illinois Quick Facts ....................................1 Founded.................................1898 Mission Statement ..........................1 Enrollment.......24,352 (15,782 undergrad) Administration ...............................2 Nickname...................................Blue Demons Head Coach Mark Ardizzone .........3 Dunja Antunovic ...........................4 Colors.....................................Royal Blue and Scarlet Kirsten Gambrell ............................4 President ............................Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider, C.M. Cali Gustafson................................5 Athletics Director .........................................Jean Lenti Ponsetto Gia McKnight ................................5 Associate Athletics Director/SWA ......................... Kathryn Statz Katarina Milinkovic .......................5 Associate Athletics Director ................................Peter Tombasco Anna Redecsi ..................................6 Director of Business Aff airs ..................................Carolyn Lewis Selma Salkovic ................................6 Director of Athletic Academic Advising .................Kate O’Brien Sandra Zmak ..................................6 Head Coach Matt Brothers ............7 Director of Sports Medicine ........................................Sue Walsh Tim Cadet ......................................8 Athletics Department Phone ..............................(773) 325-7526 Austin Doerner ..............................8 Athletics Website .......................... www.depaulbluedemons.com Alasdair Graetz ...............................8 Vanja Grgec ...................................9 Media Relations Ben Hartman .................................9 Assistant Director ...............................................Greg Greenwell Bartosz Jozwiak ..............................9 Offi ce: (773) 325-7546 e-mail: [email protected] Jose Moncada ...............................10 Juan Xavier Munoz .......................10 Assistant Director .................................................. Alicia Powers Matija Palinic ...............................10 Offi ce: (773) 325-4740 e-mail: [email protected] Douglas Perrin .............................10 Graduate Assistant (Tennis Contact) .......................Dena Meiste Media Guide 2008-09 DePaul Last Five Seasons ..........................11 DePaul University ........................12 Offi ce: (773) 325-8609 e-mail: [email protected] Chicago ........................................14 Offi ce Fax: (773) 325-7531 BIG EAST Conference .................16 DePaul Women’s Tennis DePaul Men’s Tennis Head Coach ..................................................Mark Ardizzone Head Coach ......................................................Matt Brothers Offi ce: (773) 325-7232 .......................e-mail: [email protected] Offi ce: (773) 325-1450 .......................email: [email protected] Alma Mater .................................. Northwest Missouri State (1983) Alma Mater ..........................................................Marquette (1997) Years at DePaul ............................................................................13 Years at DePaul ...........................................................................two Record at DePaul ................................................................206-120 Record at DePaul ....................................................................16-10 Letterwinners Returned/Lost ......................................................4/4 Letterwinners Returned/Lost ......................................................7/1 2007-08 OverallRecord ............................................................18-8 2007-08 Overall Record .........................................................16-10 2007-08 BIG EAST Conference Record .....................................7-4 2007-08 BIG EAST Conference Record .....................................4-2 2008 BIG EAST Tournament Finish .....................................Fourth 2008 BIG EAST Tournament Finish .......................................Th ird Media guides, photographs, feature ideas, results and statistics are available from DePaul University Intercollegiate Athletics Mission Statement the DePaul Athletic Media Relations The mission of the Athletic Depart- physical fi tness among others. At the as the most visible messenger of the Offi ce. Media members needing any in- ment at DePaul University is consistent same time, athletic participation brings DePaul story, to represent the highest formation should contact Dena Meiste at with the purposes, goals and ideals together men and women students from qualities and standards of our educa- (773) 325-8609. The DePaul Athletic of the University and the Division of diverse ethnic, socio-economic, cultural tion to an observant community, state, Media Relations Department is located Student Affairs. and geographic backgrounds possessing and nation. A clear, positive exposure in Suite 220 of the Sullivan Athletic Primary to our purpose is to maxi- various, unique skills working together of DePaul University, through athletics, Center. The mailing address is 2323 mize the great potential of our students towards common success, and a com- can enhance the University’s mission and N. Sheffi eld Ave. Chicago, Ill. 60614. by exposing them to the wide variety of mitment to excellence. image, and directly effect the quality of The DePaul Cross Country/Track intercollegiate programs so vital to their Furthermore, athletics provides the faculty, enrollment and development. and Field Media Guide is a produc- total education. Complementing their campus community, our urban neighbors Not unimportant to our Mission is tion of the DePaul University Athletic more formal classroom education, the in Chicago, and alumni the opportunity the emotion, school spirit and morale, Department. Written and designed by Athletic Department strives to teach and for participation in the form of rec- so crucial to the soul of the University, Dena Meiste with assistance from Greg develop lifelong values inherent in the reation, and as spectators for intercol- that can be uplifted through participa- Vincentian character: integrity, leader- legiate competition. tion in athletics. Greenwell, Alicia Powers and Kathryn ship, competition, loyalty, cooperation, The Athletic Department also has a Statz. Photos by Steve Woltmann and fair-play, self-confi dence, sacrifi ce and unique opportunity and responsibility, Brendan Leahy. Printing by Multi-Ad Sports, Peoria, Ill. www.DePaulBlueDemons.com 1 UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION education and Catholic higher education, as well as a frequent consultant and speaker on these topics. Fr. Dennis’ expertise has led to service on numerous external committees and boards. Univeristy President He is a member of the National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management, which promotes excellence and best practices in management, fi nances and human resource The Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider, C.M., became DePaul development of the Catholic Church in the U.S. In addition, he currently serves as a University’s 11th president on July 1, 2004. Since his inaugura- trustee of Niagara University and the Chicago History Museum. He also is a member tion, he has led the successful completion of the university’s of Mayor Richard M. Daley’s Chicago 2016 Committee, working to bring the Olympics prior strategic plan and creation of its current six-year plan, to Chicago. VISION twenty12. A Detroit native, he earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Niagara in 1985. His leadership and expertise stem from a broad range of He studied for the priesthood at Mary Immaculate Seminary in Northampton, Pa., and higher education experiences. He was an administrator with was ordained in 1989. Father Holtschneider studied at Harvard University and received St. John’s University in Queens, N.Y., from 1996 to 1999, fi rst his doctorate in administration, planning and social policy in 1997 after writing a dis- as assistant dean of Notre Dame College and later as associate sertation on the early history of fi nancial aid in the United States. He has been a case dean of the university’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Concurrently he served as researcher and writer for Harvard’s schools of Education, Medicine and Public Health. an assistant professor of higher education in St. John’s Graduate School of Education. After ordination, Father Holtschneider served as director and then rector of the Vin- He gained a university-wide perspective as executive vice president and chief operat- centian Community’s college seminary program at Ozone Park in New York City. While ing offi cer at Niagara University in Niagara Falls, N.Y., from 2000 to 2004, where he in New York, he served as a clinical associate professor of higher education at the State directed the university’s strategic planning efforts and daily operations of the campus. University of New York at Buffalo, teaching one doctoral seminar each fall. Adding research to experience, Father Holtschneider led two national studies of ex- Currently, he is a faculty member and board member of the Boston College Insti- amining trends in governance and leadership in American Catholic colleges and universi- tute for Administrators in Catholic Higher Education. He continues to teach at Boston ties. He is the author and co-author of one book and numerous articles on U.S. higher College’s summer Institute for Administrators