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Volume 53 Issue No. 7 www.harvardvarsityclub.org May 20, 2011 A Night to Remember: 2011 Hall of Fame Dinner There are three qualifications an athlete must adhere to in order to by Melissa Schellberg ’10 be considered for the Hall of Fame: Special Assistant, Harvard Varsity Club 1. He or she must have been a graduate of the college for at On Friday, May 6, five of Harvard’s finest athletes were least 15 years. inducted into the Harvard Varsity Club Hall of Fame. The Hall 2. He or she must have excelled for multiple years in a sport of Fame is home to Harvard athletes who achieved the highest of while an undergraduate at Harvard. success in a sport while an undergraduate. On average, only three 3. He or she must have achieved greatness in a sport at the percent of letterwinners in each sport are time when competing at Harvard. inducted into the Hall of Fame, making Approximately thirty athletes are the feat one of the greatest honors an nominated for review each year. Anyone, athlete can receive. including friends, classmates, family, or This year, the Varsity Club wel- fans of Harvard Athletics can nominate comed five new inductees to the Hall of a Harvard athlete. From this larger list Fame: Gregory Chang ’96-97 (Fencing), of extraordinary athletes, the committee Vanya Desai ’93 (Squash), Kate Felsen must select only the cream of the crop who Di Pietro ’88 (Lacrosse), Michael J. Eckert deserve a spot in the annals of Harvard ’96 (Lacrosse), and Amy E. Reinhard Athletics. ’96 (Softball). These five inductees are Emceeing the dinner for the second nothing less than exceptional, winning time in a row was Mike Giardi ’94, 2009 a combined five Ivy League Champion- Hall of Fame Inductee for football and ships, one team National Championship, baseball. With his unending charisma, two individual National Championships, Mike drove home the point of the incred- three Ivy League Players of the Year, ible honor these athletes should feel after one All-New England Player of the Year, being inducted into such an elite program. seven All-America selections, and nine In addition to emcee Giardi, two other First Team All-Ivy League selections. Hall of Famers were present to support the The Hall of Fame Selection Com- 2011 Hall of Fame Inductees (l-r): Kate Felsen Di incoming class: Larry Cetrulo ’71 (fencing) mittee meets multiple times each year to Pietro, Mike Eckert, Vanya Desai, Amy Reinhard, and Tammy Battaglino ’95 (basketball). determine which Harvard athletes are and Greg Chang Around 85 people attended the dinner most deserving to join this elite group. including friends, family, coaches, and Continued on page 6 Harvard Softball sweeps Cornell to capture 2011 Ivy League Championship by Jeff Selesnick twirling a two-hit shutout with 14 strikeouts in the team’s first Assistant Director of Athletic Communications game, a 2-0 win over Seton Hall at the Florida Atlantic Tourna- ment. The Crimson took three of five games in Florida and won A year ago Saturday, the Harvard softball team was on the its first three games at the UC Riverside tourney the following outside looking in. A miraculous Harvard comeback in Game 2 weekend. The Crimson typically sees some of its toughest compe- of the Ivy League Championship Series forced a decisive Game 3 tition during its spring break trip; teams that have played twice between the North Division champion Crimson and South Divi- the amount of games as Harvard. sion winner Cornell. But a wind-aided homer by the host Big Red Every spring break trip includes one or two humbling losses, sealed a 3-2 win in the rubber match. A year in which Harvard set but on the flight home from San Diego March 19, the Crimson a new record for Ivy League wins, buoyed by a tight-knit sextet of stood at 8-8 and had not lost any game by more than four runs. seniors, ended in disappointment on a cold, windy day in Ithaca. Senior co-captain Ellen Macadam put together a 13-game hit It’s never easy to streak, rookie Lange predict how a team had the team lead with will gel at the start of 12 RBI in 16 games and the season. The infield- Brown ended the trip ers looked sharp in with a 15-strikeout, the Harvard Stadium one-hit shutout in a 1-0 bubble in the begin- win over San Diego. ning of February, and Harvard had done the outfielders were more than just survive dialed in on a plowed the West coast swing; off square of the field it proved it could hang hockey turf at the first with anyone, it proved outdoor practice, but it could produce runs questions lingered and it proved it could heading into the 2011 play defense. squad’s first game. The confidence Could rookie Laura gained on the first two Ricciardone step in as trips was essential as the team’s No. 2 starter the Crimson had just with the graduation of Margaux Black ’10? Would veteran Mari eight games to get accustomed to the cold Northeast weather Zumbro ’12 or freshman Kasey Lange step in for all-time assists before the Ivy League schedule began. Head coach Jenny Allard leader Melissa Schellberg ’10 at third? Like the start of any New collected her 400th career victory in the team’s first game back, a England softball season, it was trial by fire for the 2011 Crimson, 2-1 win over local foe Boston University. A sweep of Quinnipiac but pieces quickly fell into place as the team grew stronger with and a split at Iona brought Harvard to its first home action where each game. it dismantled Rhode Island in two mercy-rule-shortened games. Junior pitcher Rachel Brown kick-started the 2011 campaign, The Ivy schedule awaited and the Crimson was raring to go. Continued on page 4 Spring Sports Recaps By: Bobby Samuels ’14, Crimson Sports Editor Baseball (17-26, 10-10 Ivy League) Women’s Water Polo (12-12) • The Harvard baseball team ended its season on May 1 with a • Women’s water polo placed fifth in the CWPA Eastern Cham- 10-8 loss to Dartmouth at O’Donnell Field. Overall, the Crimson pionship, the team’s best performance since 2005. Harvard split finished in fourth place in the Red Rolfe Division. its four tournament contests, beating Gannon and Bucknell but • After missing most of 2009 and 2010 to injury, Max Perlman losing to Indiana and Princeton. ’11 emerged as the ace of the pitching staff, and his 1.80 ERA • Co-captain and team MVP Devan Kennifer ’12 and Monica was the lowest in the Ivy League. Named to the All-Ivy League Zdrojewski ’12 led the team in goals over the season, finding First Team, Perlman delivered perhaps the year’s best pitching the back of the net 72 and 60 times, respectively. The Price sisters outing against Yale, when he struck out 10 Bulldogs en route to a –Aisha ‘13 and Shayna ‘14 – also got in on the scoring action, complete game shutout. with 87 goals between the two of them. • Two players – Jack Colton ’14 and Jeff Reynolds ’12 – finished • Laurel McCarthy ’12 and Shami Entenman ’11 split time in the year hitting above .300. Colton led the team in on-base per- goal, with McCarthy tallying 184 saves and Entenman with 46. centage (.375) and slugging percentage (.435), while Reynolds, was second overall in homeruns (2) and RBI (19), and also earned Women’s Heavyweight Crew (4-7) First Team All-Ivy accolades. • Radcliffe won the Beanpot team banner for the fifth time in as many years on Apr. 30, easily besting MIT, Northeastern, Boston Women’s Golf University, and Boston College. The then-No. 13 varsity eight • After a disappointing eighth place finish in the spring’s first won with a time of 6:43.9, while the second varsity eight also tournament, the women’s golf team clicked in the subsequent finished first, beating second-place finisher Northeastern by 12.8 match, placing second at the Spring Brown Bear Invitational. The seconds. team’s performance carried over into the Ivy League Champion- • The Black and White heads south this weekend to race at the ships, when the team again finished second, losing to champion EAWRC Sprints in Camden, N.J. The regatta has large implica- Yale by just four strokes. tions for the NCAA Championships, which will take place on • Captain Mia Kabasakalis ’11 (pictured) ended her Harvard May 27 in Sacramento, Calif. career on a high note. After shooting a career-low -2 on Apr. 11, Kabasakalis finished second individually in the Ivy League Men’s Golf Championships, earning her First Team All-Ivy honors. Chris- • The Harvard men’s golf team earned the golf program’s first tine Cho ’12 was named to victory of the season at the Century Intercollegiate on Apr. 16-17. the Second Team All-Ivy Seiji Liu ’14 finished first of the 45 golfers in the tournament’s for finishing tenth in the field. But the team couldn’t keep the momentum going into the championships. Ivy League Championships, placing sixth. • After tallying the lowest • After winning the Yale Spring Opener, Mark Pollak ’12 average score in the team’s finished tied for 11th at the Ivy Championships at +20, good for history (75.55), Bonnie Hu Second Team All-Ivy. Theo Lederhausen ’14, the team’s scoring ’14 qualified for the NCAA leader throughout the season, finished just one shot behind central regional. Hu fin- Pollak. ished 41st overall, the best of any individual qualifier. Men’s & Women’s Outdoor Track • Both the women’s and men’s teams competed at last weekend’s Outdoor Heptagonal Championships, with the women placing Women’s Lacrosse (8-7, 3-4 Ivy League) seventh out of eight teams and the men placing fourth, their best • After limping into the Ivy League Tournament with a disap- finish since 2002. A number of track athletes continue their season pointing 14-7 loss to Dartmouth on Apr. 29, the women’s lacrosse this weekend, having qualified for the ECAC/IC4A Champion- team bounced right back, defeating the No. 10 Big Green, 11-10, ships. just eight days later in the Ivy League Tournament semifinal. But • Thanks to strong finishes in the Heptagonals, seven Harvard like its male counterpart, the squad failed to win it all, losing to athletes earned All-Ivy honors. On the men’s side, Nico Weiler No. 14 Princeton, 12-10, in the championship game. ’12 and Dustin Brode ’14, who won the pole vault and the shot • In the tournament, Danielle Tetreault ’13 had a big weekend put, respectively, earned All-Ivy First Team Honors. Daniel for Harvard, scoring seven times en route to a selection to the Chenoweth ’11 and Fedor Garin ’13 were named to the All-Ivy All-Tournament team. Tri-captains Melanie Baskind ’12, Tyler Second Team after placing second in the 10,000 and the pole Petropulos ’12 and Jennifer VanderMeulen ’13 all supplement- vault, respectively. ed the offensive attack by adding three scores of their own. • On the women’s side, Claire Richardson ’11 won the 3000, • Though the team failed in its ultimate goal, the season was a with a time of 9:49.36, earning a spot on the All-Ivy First Team. success by recent standards. Harvard had its most league victo- Hannah Mayer ’14 joined Richardson after winning the javelin. ries in a season since 1994, and for the first time since 1997, the Nicole Silva ’12 earned the All-Ivy Second Team distinction after team was ranked in the top 20 in the Division I poll. placing second in the Heptathlon. Men’s Lacrosse (6-6, 2-4 Ivy League) Women’s Lightweight Crew (4-3) • The No. 17 men’s lacrosse team earned a much needed win • On April 17, the No. 4 Radcliffe lightweight crew took on No. against No. 14 Yale on Apr. 30, beating the Bulldogs, 9-5, to qual- 2 Stanford on the Charles River. The lightweight split a pair of ify for the Ivy League Tournament and earn the third-seed. After races with Stanford, as the Cardinal won the varsity eight race defeating No. 15 Penn in the tournament semifinal, 12-8, Harvard and the Black and White took the second varsity. couldn’t keep up with a strong No. 2 Cornell team, falling 15-6. • In a hard-fought varsity race, the fourth-ranked Radcliffe • Co-captain Dean Gibbons ’11 and Jeff Cohen ’12 led the way lightweight varsity eight defeated No. 5 Bucknell and lost to No. for Harvard offensively. Gibbons’ 29 assists were by far the most 3 Princeton while the novice eight dominated the Tigers at the on the team, and his 30 goals were only second to Cohen’s 31. Class of 1999 Cup regatta April 24 on Lake Carnegie. Overall, seven different Crimson players tallied more than 10 • On May 1, the Radcliffe lightweight crew defeated MIT and goals. fell to Wisconsin in each of its three races in its final dual meet of • Harry Krieger ’13 started every game in the net for Harvard. the season, winning the second annual Muri Cup. The Radcliffe His 10.81 saves per game were fourth in the Ivy League. second varsity eight finished in 7:13.3. • Gibbons and teammate Kevin Vaughan ’12 were named First Team All-Ivy League, while Paul Pate ’12 and Daniel Eipp ’14 Men’s Lightweight Crew (10-0) earned honorable mention. • Then-No. 2 Harvard varsity eight pulled off an upset in its last regatta, beating No. 4 Yale and No.1 Princeton to assume Men’s Heavyweight Crew (6-1) outright control of the top spot in the rankings and win its 42nd • In its most recent event against Northeastern, the varsity eight Goldthwait Cup. The Crimson second varsity eight also finished and the freshmen eight won, enough to give Harvard its 14th in first with a time of 6:12.2, while the third varsity eight placed consecutive Smith Cup. The men’s heavyweight has dominated this second. spring, as all of the eights are currently undefeated. • In this weekend’s EARC Sprints, the first varsity eight will try • The Crimson fared well in last year’s EARC Sprints Champion- to earn its 25th Eastern varsity title. Harvard is in good shape to ships, winning the Rowe Cup for the best overall team. Harvard win the Sprints in both the heavyweight and lightweight varsity will attempt a repeat performance in this weekend’s EARC Sprints. eights for the first time since 2005. 2 CRIMSON COMMENTARY by Melissa Schellberg ’10 throughout the year in intramural sports competition. Once again, the Straus Cup went to Winthrop for the fourth consecutive year he Harvard Varsity Club in a row, marking the fourteenth time the house teamed up with the Student- has won the honor. Only Kirkland has won the T Athlete Advisory Commit- Cup more times (20). Winthrop edged Kirkland tee for the 3rd annual Bench Press this year by 247.67 points. for Breast Cancer on Monday, May The Yard Bucket found a new home this 2, 2011. Athletes from Harvard’s 41 year in Apley Court, where Associate Director of varsity teams gathered together un- Athletics Nathan Fry is a proctor. Apley pulled der one roof (Palmer Dixon Strength ahead of Grays in the end, with 1587.5 total and Conditioning Center) and raised points. over $1,000 for the Susan G. Komen * for a Cure Foundation. In addition Congratulations to Head Coach of Harvard to watching students, like freshman Nordic Skiing, Chris City ’94 and his wife Eliza- hoopster Elise Gordon, crank out over Student-athletes pose for a picture at the HVC- beth City ’94 on their first baby! Margaret Robin 200 reps of the 45 pound bar, all in SAAC Barbeque. City was born on April 20th, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. attendance were also treated to a Var- So far everything is going great, according to sity Club sponsored barbecue in the sun-filled Dillon courtyard. Chris: “Liz and I are over the moon about her, if a bit tired…” We Check out a video and pictures from the event at youtube.com/ wish both of them the best of luck! harvardvarsityclub and the HVC Facebook page. * * If you haven’t Chris Nowinski ’00 read about our wom- was recently awarded en’s Rugby team yet, an Eisenhower Fellow- flip to page 4! These ship and will spend five ladies defied the weeks in Belgium and odds this year, cap- Germany sharing his turing the Division II work educating young National Champion- athletes, parents and ships! Pictured to the coaches on the effects right is the Radcliffe of concussions and team in a scrum (the equivalent to a faceoff in brain trauma with many other sports). Way to go girls! leaders in European * Members of the women’s basketball team cheer sports and medi- We are sad to announce that Leo Kahn on their teammate at Bench Press for Breast cine. The goal of ’39 has passed away at the age of 94. Leo was Cancer. the fellowship is to an avid Harvard Football and Basketball sup- foster international porter, and co-founded Staples with Friends understanding through the exchange of information, ideas, of Harvard Basketball Co-Chair Tom Stem- and perspectives among emerging leaders throughout the berg ’71. “Leo was an incredibly savvy guy,” world. Chris has been known throughout the Harvard com- Stemberg said. “He had a huge brain, but he munity for his extensive research regarding sport induced had an even bigger heart. Leo is one of the head trauma and concussions. kindest individuals one could ever imagine.’’ * Photo courtesy: Boston.com The official last day of finals period was May 14. The day after, we said goodbye to all non-seniors as they packed their bags Questions, comments, or suggestions for us? to begin their summer adventures. The end of the school year only Have something that should be shared in means one thing for many students: the winner of the Straus Cup Crimson Commentary? and the Yard Bucket are announced. These prizes go to the house Email us at [email protected]! and freshman dorm, respectively, who receive the most points

Spring Sports Recaps (cont) Women’s Tennis (14-7, 6-1 Ivy League) Men’s Tennis (14-10, 5-2 Ivy League) • After winning the first three league matches, Harvard couldn’t • Harvard finished tied for third in the Ivy standings with 4-3 keep the pace up, dropping three of the next four to finish tied league mark. The Crimson kept it close in each of the Ancient for fourth in the league standings. Eight contests, never winning or losing by a score of more than • Despite the middling finish as a team, co-captain Holly Cao 5-2. ’12 was named to the First Team All-Ivy while Kristin Norton ’13 • On the singles side, Jonathan Pearlman ’12 (pictured), who and Hideko Tachibana ’13 earned the honor as doubles partners. generally played at No. 1 for Harvard, earned the First Team Cao, who is an alternate for the NCAA Tournament, finished 15-1 All-Ivy in singles play in dual matches, falling only to the eventual Ivy distinction League Player of the Year. Norton and Tachibana had a similarly after fin- strong performance, losing just once in conference play. ishing 5-2 in league Sailing matches. • On April 2nd, the Harvard sailing team took 14 of its 15 races In his to place first in the 14th Southern New England Team Race. last three That same day, the Crimson finished 10th in the BU Trophy. The singles Crimson also placed sixth at the Longfellow Bridge Invitational/ matches, Central Series Four. Pearl- • Most recently, the Crimson competed at the 2011 NEISA Team man only Race Championships where it placed 4th overall, just one spot needed short of qualifying for the National Team Racing Championship. two sets to • Even though school is over for the student-athletes, there are close out still two National Championship races in Harvard’s schedule. the victory. The women’s sailing team will compete ICSA women’s regatta • Alistair which will be held May 23-26, while the co-ed team will hit the Felton ‘12 and Andy Nguyen ’13, Harvard’s most common water on May 30 in the 76th ICSA/Gill National Dinghy doubles tandem, finished 22-15 overall, going back to the fall, Championship. and 4-3 in Ivy League contests. 3 Athletics Going Green, One Football Game at a Time! by Alyssa Devlin ’11 lower Harvard’s waste output. Next year, we hope to streamline Athletics Representative, Resource Efficiency Program the process with recycling locations at every entrance, with bags easily available for fans to bring back to their tailgates, (without Harvard Athletics has done many things to help the universi- having to wait for volunteers!), so keep an eye out. ty reach it’s goal of increased sustainability, and we just wanted to Harvard also participated in the 2nd annual Game Day Chal- share some of the great things that have been going on this year. lenge again this year. The competition, sponsored by the EPA, We started the year by partnering with the REP team (Re- pit 75 schools against each other to see who could have the best source Efficiency Program), to increase recycling at football overall waste reduction and highest recycling rates at one foot- games. We would hand out recycling and trash bags to all of the ball game in October. We chose to measure our results for at the tailgates, and instructing them to simply tie up the bags and leave Lehigh game this season, since it coincided with Freshman Parents them on the ground when they were done (landscaping would Weekend and several Alumni Events. Once again, Harvard did come by later and pick really well, reducing our overall waste by 5% more than last year. everything up). Our We placed 4th in overall waste reduction, and second in compost- fans were quickly on ing volume per person, putting us in a good spot to crush those board and eager to numbers next season and shoot for first! learn that all recycling While Harvard’s football games bring the biggest crowds, we can go into one bag, know sustainability is about a lot more than just recycling, which thanks to Harvard’s is why we’re putting together a Green Team, a dynamic group Single Stream Recycling of student-athletes interested in finding ways to make athletics system! By the second greener! Members of the Green Team will help us brainstorm or third game, regular ways to make Athletics more sustainable- from finding new places fans were waiting for where recycling is sorely needed to inspiring fellow Athletes and us, and teased us if we fans to be greener in their lives. Members of the Green Team will were a little late. It was be able to work with staff on issues they’re interested in, and then Molly O’Laughlin, Athletics REP Alyssa Devlin, great to have support share their passion with their teammates. If you are interested in Sam Houston, President Faust, Allan Bradley and from the Athletics com- joining the Green Team, please contact Brandon Geller (brandon_ REP Coordinator Brandon Geller. Photo by Jon Chase munity in our moves to [email protected]) at the Office for Sustainability. Softball wins fifth Ivy Title in Program History(cont. from Page 1) Home runs from Zumbro, Macadam and Whitney Shaw ’12 the Crimson set a new program record for ivy wins in a season, powered the Crimson to a sweep of Penn to open league play, and completing the sweep of the Big Green to end the regular season Lange drove in six of Harvard’s eight runs in a pair of 4-2 wins 18-2 in Ivy play and 12-0 in division action. The host of the Ivy over Columbia the following day. Harvard’s first extended stay Championship Series had been determined, and after a makeup at home began with splits with Princeton and Cornell and ended game between Penn and Cornell went to the Big Red, the Crimson with a 13-4, six-inning pounding of Holy Cross. Heading into knew it would get another shot at the defending league champs, North Division action, Harvard was in the driver’s seat in the An- this time on its own turf. cient Eight, boasting a 6-2 league record, an Ivy Player and Rookie The Crimson took the field determined to not leave its fate to of the week nod and three Pitcher of the Week selections. freak chance and what ensued was a workmanlike clinic of softball Harvard flexed its muscles in a doubleheader against Brown, execution. The bottom of the first inning was the culmination of a blanking the Bears, 8-0 and 9-0, in two six-inning games. Brown near-perfect Ivy season: Ivy League hits leader Ellen Macadam led and Ricciardone each recorded a complete game shutout and off with a single and Ivy sacrifice bunts leader Stephanie Regan sophomore Stephanie Regan went 4 for 4 with three steals in moved Macadam over with a textbook sacrifice. Kasey Lange, the Game 2. Two more victories by scores of 7-3 and 11-1 finished off league leader in RBI, gave Harvard a 1-0 lead with a sacrifice fly the Bears and sent Harvard into its home series against rival Yale and the Crimson never looked back. Not even a three-hour rain with noticeable swagger. delay could dampen the Crimson’s fire as Harvard took Game 1, The Bulldogs, like the Bears, fell victim to the relentless riding Brown’s 12 K’s to victory. Crimson bats, as Harvard invoked the eight-run rule in three Three first-inning runs by the Crimson set the tone in Game out of four games for its second Ivy North series sweep. Senior 2 and Ricciardone made sure the Big Red would leave Cambridge co-captains Macadam and Emily Henderson were honored prior having never crossed home plate. Brown came in to close the to the Yale series and Macadam responded with a 3 for 4 showing game for Harvard and the roar from the home dugout that accom- with two runs and two RBI in Game 2 of the four-game set. panied the final strike was as therapeutic as it was deafening. Harvard controlled its destiny heading into a home-and- “We’ve been itching, since the day we played them last year, home series against Dartmouth, needing just one win to clinch its to play them again and to win it,” said Macadam amidst celebrat- second-straight Ivy North Division title. Lange powered Harvard ing teammates after the game. “It’s been our motivation, to get to an 8-1 win in Game 1 with three RBI to clinch the division, and back here and beat them, and we did it. Revenge is so sweet.” Radcliffe Rugby wins Div. II National Championship to bring their best game and take Norwich out of the competition. by Marlee Morris ’12 The game was close for the first 60 minutes of play with Radcliffe After an incredible year, the Radcliffe Rugby Football Club trailing by 2 points. However their patience and fitness overcame won its first DII National Championship on May 1st defeating Norwich, resulting in a 22-7 finish. After a week of rest Radcliffe Notre Dame, 22-10. traveled to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to finish what they had Radcliffe’s rise to the top all started Fall 2010 when the team started. First they faced the number one ranked team in the nation, finished the regular season 4-1. The New England Rugby Foot- Western Washington University. While considered the underdogs ball Union finals saw Radcliffe place third after a tough loss to of the competition, Radcliffe defeated WWU, 32-15. The final day Norwich University, followed by a resounding win over Boston of competition dawned and Radcliffe prepared to take the field University. The Northeast Rugby Union finals mirrored those one last time. During the game it was clear the Radcliffe squad results and Radcliffe’s third place finish won them a spot at the held all the keys to winning the championship: fitness, skill and Sweet Sixteen round of the National Championship in Kissim- an intensity that could not be matched. Their exceptional play mee, Florida. The members of the Radcliffe team were determined defeated the Fighting Irish, 22-10, and Radcliffe was crowned as not to come away from the championship empty handed and the National Champions. were extremely confident in the dominance of their game plan. The Radcliffe Rugby Football Club is coached by Bryan Ham- In preparation for the National Championship, Radcliffe entered lin, a native New Zealander and Radcliffe coach since 2008. This the Four Leaf 15’s Tournament in New York City, which they year Bryan was also joined by Melanie Denham, a starter for the handily won defeating Fordham, Northeastern, Yale and Marist USA Rugby Women’s National Team and member of the Bean- along the way. After a few more weeks of grueling practices and town Rugby Club. scrimmages, Radcliffe headed to Florida to test their skill against The Radcliffe team would like to thank their alumnae and the the best teams in the nation. The first team they faced was the Harvard Athletic Department for their generous support mak- University of Wisconsin at LaCrosse. While unfamiliar with the ing the trip to Nationals possible. The success the team achieved other team’s abilities, Radcliffe’s skill led them to a 22-0 shutout. this year was the result of many people’s hard work, and with the The next day Radcliffe faced Norwich in what would be one of the same dedication and teamwork next year’s season looks to be just toughest games of the tournament. After being defeated twice in as bright. the fall by the Norwich squad Radcliffe knew now was the time 4 CRIMSON PHOTO GALLERY

Friends of Harvard Lacrosse Alumni Day. Left to right: Neil Friends of Harvard Football Annual Stadium Club Dinner. Bill Garfinkel ’88, Charlie Gay ’94, Phil Cohen P’06,’07,’11, and Friends of Markus ’60, J. Louis Newell ’57 and Thomas Stephenson Family Head Harvard Lacrosse Co-Chair Chris Pujols ’86. Coach for Harvard Football Tim Murphy at Locke-Ober Restaurant.

Harvard Varsity Club Hall of Fame Dinner 2011. (Left) Softball coaches and alumni attended the Hall of Fame Dinner in support of the first softball player to be inducted, Amy Reinhard ’96. Back row (l-r): Coaching Assistant Brandi Gordon, Assistant Coach Carri Martin, Trish Brown ’87, Cheryl Sadow ’95, Nicole Desharnais ’94, Amy Reinhard ’96, Sarah Shaughnessy ’07, Margaux Black ’10, and Friends Chair Katina Lee ’97. Front row (l-r): Bailey Vertovez ’09, Head Coach Jenny Allard, Melissa Schellberg ’10, and Terri Teller ’99. Photo courtesy Carri Martin. (Right) Hall of Fame fencers Larry Cetrulo ’71 and Greg Chang ’96-97. Photo courtesy Heidi Chang. Team Banquets

Top Left: The men’s basketball team celebrated its first Ivy League Title in program history. Top Right: Women’s water polo, under first year coach Ted Minnis, finished sixth at the Eastern Championships, its best finish since 2005. Bottom Left: Men’s ice hockey seniors pose with Nathan Potvin, who was adopted by the program through the Friends of Jaclyn program. Bottom Right: Women’s basketball said goodbye to four seniors at the 2011 banquet.

5 Hall of Fame Dinner, continued from Page 1 “Like many people who’ve teammates of the inductees themselves. Many of the guests had been welcomed into the storied not seen each other in years—it seemed as if memories and old gates of Harvard Yard, I have stories circulated the room all night. All of the inductees acknowl- been permanently shaped by edged their loved ones in their speeches, stating they would not my time in Cambridge. It has be where they were today without opened up a world of educa- the love and support of those sur- tion, diversity and opportunity rounding them. and I am indebted to those who An overall theme spurted helped me get here.” within all five speeches: that at- As a 2010 graduate, I must tending Harvard, and playing a say that I was overwhelmed by sport at the highest collegiate level, the amount of talent present in Kate Felsen Di Pietro shows the helped them grow into successful the room Friday night and the audience her championship ring she adults. Eckert said “[his] four years amazing level of support each earned at Harvard for lacrosse. playing lacrosse at Harvard were a inductee had. The latter showed transformative period in [his] life me that not only were the inductees successful statistically, but that shaped the person he is to- they were great teammates, which is one of the best compliments day.” Desai and Di Pietro paid spe- an athlete can receive. I would recommend to any supporter of Mike Eckert ’96 speaks of a comical cial tribute to their coaches. Desai Harvard Athletics to mark their calendars—May 4, 2012—because conversation he and his father had included in her thank yous “Jack the Varsity Club Hall of Fame Dinner is one event you don’t want after he graduated during his Barnaby, the Harvard legend, who to miss! acceptance speech. even though he was ‘semi-retired’ The Varsity Club is thankful to our Active Membership, at 82 years old, was still out there whose dues and gifts allow us to put on this dinner and share coaching in [squash] practice.” All-American Di Pietro thanked these memories every year. Your continued support helps sustain her high school coach, Della Micah, who was in attendance that and celebrate the moments, people, and memories that make night. Della would stay after every practice with Kate to work on Harvard Athletics such a special place. her shooting. Chang alluded to his sense of belonging in Kirk- land house when he would walk into the dining hall and see the Hall of Fame Notes: infamous DHA grey sweats on half of the students eating. He • Tal D. Ben-Shachar ’96 and Darin Shearer ’96 were originally sup- said that all of the hard work in fencing and school was worth posed to be inducted with this group but instead opted to be inducted in moments like those. Reinhard, a dual sport athlete, said that she a future year. couldn’t imagine her years at Harvard without softball or bas- • Pictures from the event can be viewed at our Facebook Page. ketball, and that her best friends were her teammates. Reinhard • The event program, featuring essays from the inductees, can be found captured the theme of all of the inductees’ essays when she wrote at www.harvardvarsityclub.org/index.php/hall_of_fame/

Upcoming Friends and Varsity Club Events EVENT SPOTLIGHT Senior Letterwinners’ MAY 18 – Friends of Basketball Top Donor Dinner, 6:00 p.m., Abe & Louie’s Dinner 18 – Friends of Football Chicago Dinner, 6:30 p.m., Soldier Field May 25, 2011 19 – Thirsty Thursday, 6:00 p.m., The Vault, 105 Water St. 23 – Friends of Football Commencement Week Reunion Tour 1, 2:30 p.m. Register Online: 25 – Senior Letterwinners’ Dinner, 5:30 p.m., Murr Tennis Courts www.harvardvarsityclub.org 27 – Friends of Swimming & Diving Alumni Event, 4:00 p.m., Tommy Doyle’s, Harvard Square 2011 Athletic Awards 28 – Friends of Football Commencement Week Reunion Tour 2, 3:00 p.m. William J. Bingham Award Radcliffe Association Award JUNE John P. Reardon, Jr. Award 24 – Friends of Football 16th Annual Golf Classic, 10:30 a.m./noon, Pine Hills HRFWA Prize Golf Club, Plymouth, Mass. Mary G. Paget Prize The Francis H. Burr Scholarship John P. Fadden Award For information on any of these events visit www.harvardvarsityclub.org or Francis J. Toland Service Award

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