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Vol. 46, No. 6 January 20, 2004 Crimson Swimming & Diving Teams Headed for Record Setting Seasons by Chuck Sullivan often than not and the Director of Athletic Communications much-needed depth to compete against It’s not that Harvard women’s swimming and diving head coach the league’s toughest Stephanie Wriede Morawski ’92 isn’t proud of her school record teams. in the 200-yard breaststroke. The seventh-year Crimson coach, quite The top per- the contrary, takes great pride in her school mark, which has stood former thus far has for 11 years now. Still, Morawski has made no secret about her de- been freshman sire to see that record broken this season, and with the strength of LeeAnn Chang her team this year, she is convinced it’s only a matter of time. (Bethesda, MD), a true That’s how this year’s seasons have been for Harvard’s women’s phenom who is mak- and men’s programs. From the teams’ standpoint, things literally ing a bona fide run at could not have gone any better thus far. The women stand at 6-0 Morawski’s aforemen- following an easy win against Northeastern on January 10, while tioned record in the the men are 4-0 overall after stunning a nationally ranked North 200 breaststroke. Carolina squad in the Tar Heels’ own pool on the same day. Chang is unbeaten in On the individual side, both Morawski and men’s head coach that event this season, Tim Murphy are well aware that they might need to update the and was unbeaten in massive records board that adorns the wall at Blodgett Pool. And any event in Harvard’s the countless All-America plaques that paper the hallway of the first three meets, which pool’s office area could have some more company in late March, included a pair of Freshman LeAnn Chang following the NCAA championships. double-dual competi- For the women’s team, this year’s early success is merely a natu- tions. ral progression of the squad’s improvement through the past three Junior Emily Stapleton (Milwaukee, WI) has been a consistent years. Harvard has improved its place in the Ivy League in each of winner in the backstroke events, while sophomore Jane Evans those seasons, including a second-place finish to Princeton in both (Madison, WI) has owned the butterfly events. the league’s dual-meet standings and in the Ivy/Eastern Champi- Harvard’s divers likewise feature a nice combination of skill onship meet. and depth. Freshman Annika Giesbrecht (Mercer Island, WA) en- The Crimson enters this year’s annual Harvard-Yale-Princeton joyed a terrific meet against Northeastern, defeating the Huskies’ meet with a legitimate chance to capture its first goal of a regular- NCAA qualifier in both the one- and three-meter events, while se- season dual-meet championship. A solid group of veterans has been nior Renee Paradise (Chapel Hill, NC) and junior Anne Osmun augmented by the most highly regarded freshman class in years, (Palos Verdes East, CA) have both taken first-place finishes as well. giving Harvard both the skill to claim the first-place points more Continued on Page 3 New Year Brings Tough Competition for Winter Teams by Chuck Sullivan lenging schedule for her team, but the Crimson’s toughest oppo- nent of the young season appears to be consistency. MEN’S (8-9-2, 5-6-1 ECAC) Harvard enters the exam break following back-to-back losses, Harvard has endured a roller-coaster-type season to date including an overtime heartbreaker against Dartmouth that as the Crimson struggles to find consistency. ended the Crimson’s 26-game Ivy League winning streak. The team enters the exam break on the heels of a 3-1 win The good news for Harvard is the fact that the Crim- against Colgate, which gave Harvard a season sweep against son has not dropped three straight games since the Raiders. That win left the Crimson a game under the 2000, indicating that Coach Delaney-Smith .500 mark. knows exactly how to right the ship. The good news for Harvard is the upcoming sched- The Crimson is led by senior All-America ule that will give the team a chance to get right back into candidate Hana Peljto (Brooklyn Park, MN), who the race for home ice advantage in the postseason. A date is averaging 23.2 points per game and is poised with first-place Brown awaits Harvard on Jan. 31, fol- to become a four-time First-Team All-Ivy selection. lowed by the annual Beanpot tournament on Monday, Junior center Reka Cserny (Budapest, Hungary) February 2. The tournament will give the team a sec- has been a solid inside-outside threat as well as ond crack at a tough College squad. she is averaging 18.5 points per game. Junior center Tom Cavanagh (Warwick, RI) has a team-high 12 goals through 19 games and is the MEN’S FENCING (0-1, 0-1 Ivy League) leading scorer with 20 points on the year. Se- The Crimson, which had registered nior forward Tim Pettit (Seattle, WA) has six Rob Flynn ‘05 started an upset of perennial Ivy League power Co- goals and 13 assists, while senior forward the scoring in the lumbia last season, dropped an 18-9 decision Tyler Kolarik (Abington, PA) has four goals Crimson’s 3-1 win to a hungry Lion squad in December. and 14 assists. over Colgate. The top performer for the Crimson is Junior goaltender Dov Grumet-Morris sophomore Julian Rose (, CO), who (Evanston, IL) has solid numbers that include placed fourth in the epée at the season- a .913 save ratio and a 2.43 goals-against average. opening Penn State Invitational.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL (6-7, 0-1 Ivy League) Head coach Kathy Delaney-Smith annually assembles a chal- Continued on Page 2 Winter Sports, Continued from page 1

WOMEN’S FENCING (3-1, 1-1 Ivy League) The Crimson is off to a solid start in the 2003-04 season with wins in three of its first four bouts, including a solid 18-9 Ivy League win against Cornell. The team enjoyed an excellent trip to Ithaca as Harvard coupled an Ivy win against Cornell with a 23-4 decision against Sacred Heart in the following meet. Harvard then fell, 20-7, to a veteran Colum- bia squad to even its Ivy League record at 1-1. Freshman Jasmine McGlade (Boulder, CO) turned in an im- pressive performance against Columbia as she won all three of her bouts in the epée bracket.

WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY (13-1-1, 5-1-0 ECAC) Harvard ran its unbeaten streak to 14 games to start the sea- son, which set the stage for a main-event matchup against Dartmouth on January 11. That game put two of the nation’s top- ranked teams on the Bright Hockey Center ice. Harvard tuned up for the game with a 3-0 win against Ver- mont on January 10. A packed house of more than 1,900 fans came to Bright to see the Crimson take on the Big Green. The crowd was treated to what some deem the best women’s game in the history of the Bright Center, but in the end, it was Dartmouth that came away with a 2-1 victory. Still, Harvard enters the exam break ranked third in the na- tion and second in the ECAC, with a rematch against Dartmouth on the horizon. The Crimson has been led by junior forward Nicole Corriero Louisa Hall ‘04 (Thornhill, ONT), who has scored 21 goals with 15 assists for 36 points through 15 games. Senior defenseman Angela Ruggiero the exam break, is ranked third in the College Squash Association (Harper Woods, MI), who holds the unofficial title of “World’s Best national rankings, trailing only Trinity and Yale. Player,” has 10 goals and 13 assists on the year, giving her career Sophomore Will Broadbent (Greenwich, CT) is the third-rated totals of 81 goals, 140 assists and 221 points. player in the nation, according to the CSA rankings.

MEN’S BASKETBALL (2-13, 1-1 Ivy League) WOMEN’S SQUASH (2-0, 2-0 Ivy League) It’s a rebuilding year for head coach Frank Sullivan and his Harvard has not been tested through its first two matches of team, who are dealing with the loss of all five seniors from last the season, as the Crimson heads into the exam break following year’s team. 9-0 wins against Brown and Cornell. Harvard, which has nary a senior on its 12-man roster, has Harvard is ranked fourth in the College Squash Association been far more competitive than its record would indicate. Follow- national team rankings, while senior Louisa Hall (Haverford, PA) ing a seemingly endless streak of close calls, the is the third-rated player in the na- Crimson picked up its first win of the season with a tion, according to the rankings. solid 58-53 decision against San Jose State on De- cember 30 to close the 2003 calendar year. WRESTLING Junior guard Kevin Rogus (Brookeville, MD) (0-5, 0-0 Ivy League) is ranked third in the Ivy League in scoring with Harvard has been victimized 16.1 points per game on the year. Sophomore for- by a rash of injuries and a chal- ward Matt Stehle (Newton, MA) has emerged as lenging schedule that has left the an excellent everyday player, averaging 12.7 points Crimson in search of its first dual and a team-high 5.6 rebounds per game. meet win. Despite the slow start outside the Ivy League, Expect the Crimson to enjoy a Harvard sits at .500 in Ivy play following a split of successful second half of the sea- its series with Dartmouth. The Crimson returns from son, as many of the injured grap- its exam break Januart 30 against Cornell at Lavietes plers return to the active lineup. Pavilion in a game that will be televised on the YES Senior Jesse Jantzen Network. (Shoreham, NY) has been spec- tacular on an individual basis thus MEN’S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD (0-1, 0-0 Ivy far as the defending EIWA cham- League) pion at 149 pounds is unbeaten at Harvard entered the exam break following an that class. Jantzen is ranked first 82-62 loss to Northeastern in its first scored meet of nationally. the season. The Crimson has shown potential in the dis- For the latest sports scores and tance events, but has struggled in the sprint and in- highlights visit the Crimson termediate events thus far. Freshman Connor Wil- online at www.gocrimson.com son (Long Tree, CO) turned in a first-place effort in the one-mile race against Northeastern, while jun- Matt Stehle ‘06 ior Alasdair McLean-Foreman (Bath, England), who enjoyed a stellar cross country season, took first in the 1,000-meter run. Still Available WOMEN’S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD (0-1, 0-0 Ivy League) Harvard Varsity Club Merchandise Harvard took the first three places in the 3,000-meter run and in the 20-pound weight throw, but Northeastern’s depth proved Custom-engraved baseball bats, hockey sticks too much for the Crimson, which fell to the Huskies, 71-55, in the and valet/jewelry boxes are still available first scored dual meet of the season. Senior Johanna Doyle (County Wicklow, Ireland) led the Crim- through the Varsity Club’s partnership with son trifecta in the weight throw, while junior Rosallinda Castaneda ProStick, Inc. (Menlo Park, CA) led the 1-2-3 finish in the 3,000.

MEN’S SQUASH (2-0, 2-0 Ivy League) Visit the Varsity Club online at Harvard is off to an unblemished start to its 2003-04 season www.varsityclub.harvard.edu with easy 9-0 wins against Brown and Cornell to its credit. to place your order. The Crimson, which faces the bulk of its schedule following 2 Swimming, Continued from page 1 Upcoming Schedule The men’s team, though not as far into its dual-meet schedule, stands in great shape January 29-February 15 to repeat as Eastern Intercollegiate Swimming League champion given its results to Alpine & Nordic Skiing date. After defeating its first three opponents in convincing fashion, Harvard held off Jan. 30-31 at St. Lawrence Carnival TBA in the 400 freestyle relay— the last event of the meet— to edge the Tar Feb. 6-7 at Vermont Carnival TBA Heels by a 157-143 score. Feb. 13-14 at Dartmouth Carnival TBA Harvard, which has won six EISL titles in the last seven years, returns from the exam break to face its tallest order of the season at the end of January with the annual Men’s Basketball H-Y-P meet. Harvard, Yale, and Princeton have comprised the top three in the EISL Jan. 30 CORNELL 7 p.m. Championships every year since 1992, and this year looks to be no exception. Jan. 31 COLUMBIA 7 p.m. The top performer for Harvard has been sophomore David Cromwell (Missoula, Feb. 6 at Pennsylvania 7 p.m. MT) who swam on both first-place Feb. 7 at Princeton 7 p.m. relays and captured both back- Feb. 13 BROWN 7 p.m. stroke events in the win against Feb. 14 YALE 7 p.m. North Carolina. Cromwell is ranked 24th nationally in the 100- Women’s Basketball yard backstroke, while he is 37th Jan. 30 at Cornell 7 p.m. among Division I swimmers in Jan. 31 at Columbia 7 p.m. the 200. Feb. 6 PENNSYLVANIA 6 p.m. Senior Rassan Grant Feb. 7 PRINCETON 6 p.m. (Maitland, FL) has been a consis- Feb. 13 at Brown 7 p.m. tent winner in the breaststroke Feb. 14 at Yale 7 p.m. events, while the diving tandem of senior Enrique Roy (Exeter, Men’s Fencing NH) and sophomore Danil Jan. 31 at Boston College TBA Rybalko (Skokie, IL) gives the vs. NYU TBA Crimson a solid 1-2 punch on the Senior Kemi George is a member of the 400 freestyle Feb. 1 at Brandeis Invitational TBA board. relay team that won the final race of the North Feb. 7 at Pennsylvania 10 a.m. Carolina meet that give the Crimson the win. vs. Drew TBA vs. Rutgers TBA Women only vs. Northwestern TBA Upcoming Friends & Varsity Club Events Feb. 11 BRANDEIS 7 p.m. Men’s Ice Hockey January Jan. 31 at Brown 4 p.m. 20 HRFWA/HVC Women’s Leadership Luncheon, Murr Lounge, 12 p.m. Feb. 2 Beanpot vs. BC 8 p.m. 31 Friends of Track Family/Alumni Meet, Gordon Track, 9 a.m. Feb. 6 at Yale 7 p.m. February Feb. 9 Beanpot vs. TBA 5/8 p.m. 4 Varsity Club Career Panel, Murr Center Hall of History, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 14 UNION 7 p.m. 7 Friends of Basketball Women’s Alumnae Game, Lavietes Pavilion, 1 p.m. 8 Friends of Squash Alumni Brunch, Murr Center Hall of History, 9:30 a.m. Women’s Ice Hockey 11 Friends of Rowing Board Luncheon, Harvard Club of Boston, Downtown, Jan. 30 at Princeton 7 p.m. 12 p.m. Jan. 31 at Yale 4 p.m. Feb. 3 Beanpot at BC 8 p.m. 24 Friends of Lacrosse Pre-Season reception, Harvard Club of Boston, Feb. 6 at Colgate 7 p.m. Comm. Ave. 6:30 p.m. Feb. 7 at Cornell 4 p.m. 28 Friends of Hockey Pre-Game Reception, Blue Line Room, 5:30 p.m. Feb. 10 Beanpot vs. TBA TBA 28 Canterbury Society Dinner, Dillon Field House, 5:30 p.m. Feb. 14 at Brown 2 p.m. March Feb. 15 BROWN 2 p.m. 6 Friends of Basketball Men’s Alumni Game, Lavietes Pavilion, 1 p.m. 15 Varsity Club Executive Board Meeting, Murr Center, 5:15 p.m. Men’s & Women’s Indoor Track Feb. 7 GREATER BOSTON CHAMP.TBA For more information on events, contact the Varsity Club at (617) 495-3535. Feb. 14 YALE & PRINCETON TBA

Men’s & Women’s Squash (men’s time listed first) Varsity Club Hall of Fame Jan. 29 at Dartmouth 6 p.m. Jan. 31 at Trinity 2/12 p.m. Feb. 3 at Williams 5 p.m. Call for Nominations Feb. 7 PENNSYLVANIA 12/2:30 p.m. Feb. 8 PRINCETON 12/2:30 p.m. The Harvard Varsity Club is now accepting nominations for the 28th Hall of Feb. 14 at Yale 3/1 p.m. Fame Induction Dinner scheduled for the spring of 2005. To be eligible, an athlete needs to: Women’s Swimming & Diving Jan. 31 -1 at Princeton w/Yale 6/1 p.m. • Have graduated at least 15 years ago (1990 or prior) • Have truly excelled in his or her sport while an undergraduate at Harvard. Men’s Swimming & Diving Above-average college athletes who went on to achieve greatness after Jan. 30-31 at Princeton w/Yale 6/12 p.m. Feb. 7 at Cornell w/Dartmouth 12 p.m. Harvard are usually not inducted. Feb. 14 PENNSYLVANIA 12 p.m. • Pass the test of time; he or she would have excelled in any era. Men’s Volleyball If you would like to make a nomination please send recommendations and Feb. 11 ROGER WILLIAMS 7 p.m. supporting statistical data to: Feb. 14 at Vassar 1 p.m. Feb. 15 at Queens 1 p.m. The Harvard Varsity Club Murr Center Wrestling Jan. 30 at Sacred Heart 4 p.m. 65 North Harvard Street Jan. 31 LEHIGH 7 p.m. Boston, MA 02163 Feb. 6 PRINCETON 3 p.m. EAST STROUDSBERG 7 p.m. We appreciate your recommendations and look forward to hearing from Feb. 7 PENNSYLVANIA 2 p.m. you. The deadline for nominations is February 14, 2004. Thank you. ARMY 6 p.m. Feb. 13 at Cornell 7 p.m. Feb. 14 at Columbia (at NYAC) 6 p.m. 3 and Harvard ... A Perfect Pair Many Harvard Skaters Have Made Their Way to the Olympic Podium

by John Powers ‘70 above everything, and here I was being singled out. I just wanted to be one of the guys.’’ From the beginning, it was a matter of geography and demog- His roommates, Button soon discovered, considered him to be raphy and meteorology. Ponds in Boston and Cambridge froze in winter, figure skating was an upper-class sport and a num- ber of its enthusiasts happened to attend Harvard and Radcliffe. “Skating was Boston thing and a Harvard thing,” says Ben Wright ’44, a global Hall of Fame member and the International Skating Union’s longtime historian. Though the college is best known for football and hockey, squash and crew, Harvard’s figure skating pedigree is strictly gold-standard. Three Olympic victors— ‘52, ‘55 and Law ‘59. Fourteen U.S. champions. Five members of the World Hall of Fame and 14 members of the U.S. version, most recently Hugh Graham ‘55.

And seven presidents of U.S. Figure Skating, including the origi- Photo courtesy of www.iceskate-magazine.com nal (A. Winsor Weld ‘30) and the incumbent (Chuck Foster ‘57). In fact, there might not have been competitive figure skating in America had it not been for George Browne GSA ‘42, founder of Browne & Nichols School and holder of a Harvard master’s, who introduced the ‘international style’ in 1908. “He went to St. Moritz and stayed there for the winter, took it all in and brought it back,’’ says Wright. “He’s the god- father of the whole thing.’’ Rosy-cheeked Brahmins already had been doing figure 8s Dick Button ‘52 was one of Harvard’s most prolific figure skaters. for years on outdoor ice at the Cambridge Skating Club on Mount Auburn Street and The Country Club in Brookline. In a day quite mortal. After he returned to Cambridge from winning his sec- when Harvard and Boston society were conjoined, it was inevitable ond Olympic crown in 1952, Button found they’d stripped his room that figure skating would wear a crimson muffler. of its furniture. When the sport was held at the 1920 Summer (yes, summer) Once Button was at Harvard, other scholar-skaters soon fol- Olympics in Antwerp, the star U.S. skater was Nathaniel Niles ‘08, lowed. Foster, who went on to win a national pairs medal with who competed in both singles and pairs, with Theresa Weld. The Maribel Owen, came from North Dakota. “Part of it was Dick But- 1928 team included not only Niles but also former crew coxswain ton being there, which impressed my parents,’’ he says. Sherwin Badger ‘23 (who won the national pairs title while he was Hugh Graham, who won U.S. medals in both singles and pairs association president) and , who went on to win a and later became association president, transferred from the Uni- record nine U.S. women’s titles and become an extraordinary coach. versity of Tulsa, urged by fellow Oklahoman Franklin Nelson ‘55. Boston was the center of the American skating world, which “My first day there, I went into the Coop and the first person I then was limited to the Northeast, with hothouses in Minnesota ran into was Chuck,’’ Graham recalls. “I didn’t know he was going and . If you were a Harvard student, you could take in a to Harvard and he didn’t know I was going. And then Dick Button morning lecture at Sanders Theater, grab lunch at your House and walked in. He was at the Law School then.’’ work on your axel during the afternoon across the river at the Skat- ‘54, who competed in pairs at the 1960 Olym- ing Club of Boston. That was what lured Button to Cambridge in pics, was an undergraduate. Jenkins, the 1956 Olympic champion, 1948, after a certain New Haven finishing school told him that he was a Harvard law student. And Albright, who won Olympic silver couldn’t enroll there and still continue skating competitively. in 1952 and gold in 1956, was at Radcliffe. “Well, that made all the difference in the world to me,” said “That was the golden age of skating in America,” says Wright, Button, who’d just won the “and it’s never been the same since.” Olympic gold medal as a The 1961 plane crash in that killed the American team high-school senior and had wiped out a generation of coaches and skaters, including Vinson, another, plus four more her daughters (then U.S. champion and Radcliffe- world titles, still ahead of bound) and Maribel and her partner Richards. him. “I was flying, and I But when the renaissance came, Harvard students were in the wasn’t about to give that vanguard. ‘67 claimed the U.S. women’s crown up.’’ two years later and Scott Allen ‘71 won two men’s titles and a 1964 So Button went up to Olympic bronze. John Misha Petkevich ‘71, the 1971 U.S. champion, Cambridge, where dean made two Olympic teams and Suna Murray ‘77 joined him in 1972. Bob Watson (later More recently, Paul Wylie ‘90 won the men’s silver medal at the Harvard’s Athletic Direc- 1992 Winter Games in Albertville, the first Harvardian to make the tor) assured him that as podium in 28 years. long as his grades and con- Generations of undergraduates have found that world-class duct were up to the mark, skating doesn’t have to end once they step into the Yard, and uni- he still could take his versity officials have been understanding about their comings-and- skates to Europe every goings. winter. In fact, the athletic “They were so kind to us there, it was just amazing,’’ says Gra- department ultimately ham. “They helped accommodate us in so many ways.’’ awarded Button a major H, Wylie, who competed in two Olympics, used to joke about be- the first non-varsity winter ing on the ‘seven-year plan’. But he received his degree and went Tenley Albright ‘55 won Olympic athlete so honored. on to graduate from the Business School. silver and gold. “If I’d told him no, While the Olympic skating team no longer is dominated by Polly would have killed John Harvard’s spinning progeny, the skating tradition by the me,” mused Watson, whose wife— the former Polly Blodgett — had Charles remains strong. “An Evening With Champions”, the Jimmy been a two-time U.S. women’s medalist. Murder would have been Fund benefit co-founded by Petkevich during his Eliot House days, excessive, Mrs. Watson says now, “but I certainly would have been still brings top international performers to Bright Center each au- angry.’’ tumn. And the admissions office still warms to applicants who can When Button arrived that September, he found to his astonish- land a triple-triple combination. ment and dismay that he was already something of a campus celeb- received her Harvard acceptance even before she rity. won her miracle gold medal at Salt Lake City two winters ago. Then, “The thing that most embarrassed me was the opening wel- unlike Button, she opted for Yale, where she promptly hung up her come to the freshman class in Memorial Hall,’’ recalled Button, who skates. Something about New Haven seems to dull the blades. was lauded by the dean. “I thought Harvard was on a pedestal,

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current Rhodes Scholars visit the Harvard by Michele DeAngelis Gazette online at www.news.harvard.edu/ Publications Coordinator gazette. ***** You might recognize a familiar face Some sad news to report as well. Jim in the series recently seen Greenidge, former Sports Information Di- on HBO. Former lacrosse player Chris rector, died of an apparent heart attack in Moore ‘89 is one of the founding mem- his Arlington, MA home on January 11 at bers of the project that was introduced in the age of 54. Greenidge was born in Ar- 2000 and has aired on HBO for two sea- lington and graduated from Rindge Tech- sons. The idea is to allow aspiring film- nical School in Cambridge, where he was makers and directors to enter an online a standout pitcher. A 1970 graduate of contest, with a chance to win a dream Northeastern University, Greenidge began grand prize: writing or directing his or his career as a reporter for the Cambridge her own movie with a $1 million budget, Chronicle and the Boston Record-Ameri- top actors, and a theatrical-distribution can. He then joined the staff of the guarantee. The idea, developed by Moore Knickerbocker News in Albany, N.Y., as a and actors, and Boston natives, Ben , Chris Moore ‘89 and sports reporter, before becoming sports in- Affleck and Matt Damon, has produced on the set of “Project Greenlight.” formation director at Rensselaer Polytech- two movies Stolen Summer and The Battle nic Institute in Troy, NY, from 1972 until of Shaker Heights– both of which were show- League selection and the Ivy League Offen- 1982. He joined the Harvard staff in 1982 cased at the Sundance Film festival and are sive Player of the Year in each of his final and would serve as Sports Information Di- now available on DVD. two years. rector for two years. Jim later served as Moore, who is also the producer of the ***** Media Relations Director for the New En- movie American Pie, remains Alpine skiier gland Patriots for six years before moving a loyal member of the Varsity Rachael Wagner ‘04 to the Boston Globe as a sportswriter. Club and the Friends of was among six stu- ***** Harvard Lacrosse. dents from Harvard re- Harvard alums can be found in many ***** cently selected for different arenas these days. Silas Myers ‘90, Former Women’s Rhodes Scholarships. a three-year letterwinner for the Crimson Hockey Head Coach John The group of five football team, was seen on Home and Gar- Dooley, and father of undergrads and one den Network’s “Design on a Dime.” Myers Harvard hockey alum Chris- recent grad is the most had his guestroom redone on the show, tine Dooley ‘86, was in- selected from any which redecorates rooms for under $1,000. ducted into the Dedham school. The show aired in mid-December and was High School Athletic Hall of Wagner is con- a great opportunity for Myers and his fam- Fame on November 23. centrating in econom- ily to have their guestroom completely re- Dooley, who coached ics and social anthro- designed while making their television de- Harvard women’s hockey pology and plans to but! from 1981 to 1994, was a pursue a master of ***** coach for Dedham for 11 philosophy degree in The list of postseason accolades for years prior to joining the John Dooley development studies Harvard senior football captain Dante Harvard staff. during her stay at Oxford. For her senior Balestracci continues to grow as the line- ***** thesis, she is studying the ways in which backer was named the winner of the 65th Miami is the new home of Harvard women of different economic backgrounds annual George “Bulger” Lowe Award. wide receiver Carl Morris ‘03. Morris was manage the demands of The award, which is pre- recently signed by the Miami Dolphins af- marriage, children, and sented by the Gridiron Club ter the team released center Ben Claxton. career. of Boston, is given to the top Morris went to camp with Indianapolis this In addition to her offensive and defensive play- year as an undrafted college free agent be- academic work, Wagner ers in Division I in New En- fore being waived on August 12. He was is an NCAA Division I gland. claimed by Philadelphia and then released academic All-American Balestracci is the eighth by the Eagles on August 25. and varsity skier. She is Harvard player to win the The 6-3, 213-pound Morris finished his also a former executive Bulger Lowe Award since it four-year career at Harvard as the school’s editor of the Harvard In- was first presented in 1939. all-time leading receiver with 245 catches for ternational Review and Harvard’s past winners are: 3,488 yards and 28 touchdowns. He owns chair of the Harvard In- Neil Rose ’03 in 2001, Joseph the three-highest single-season reception ternational Relations Azelby ’84 in 1983, Pat and receiving yardage totals in school his- Council. She was the Rachael Wagner ‘04 McInally ’75 in 1974, Bobby tory, including his senior year of 2002 when leading co-author of a 25- Leo ’67 in 1966, Chet Boulris he accounted for career-high numbers of 90 year strategic plan for the future of Vir- ’60 in 1957, Dick Clasby ’54 in 1953, and receptions, 1,288 yards and eight touch- ginia, written by college students. Endicott “Chub” Peabody ’42 in 1941. downs. He was both a first-team All-Ivy For more information on Harvard’s

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Harvard Varsity Club Murr Center 65 N. Harvard St. Boston, MA 02163 Invitations will be mailed in the spring Phone: (617) 495-3535, Fax: (617) 496-8296 Email: [email protected] web site: www.varsityclub.harvard.edu 5 Paying the price: Angela Ruggiero ‘04 is the world’s top female hockey player but fortune doesn’t accompany fame

By Cindy Shmerler, Globe Correspondent players in USA Hockey, 10,000-12,000 Originally printed in the Boston Globe on 1/9/2004 of whom are under age 12 and 6,000 of whom are over age 35. Compare Angela Ruggiero has a dream. In it, she owns a big house (or that with the 500,000 registered male maybe just a rented condo in Boston) and a shiny, new, late-model hockey players and eight million reg- BMW. She has enough money to take a yearlong trip around the istered soccer players, and you real- world. And, of course, she gets to play pro hockey in front of 20,000 ize the grass-roots nature of women’s screaming fans. ice hockey. Ruggiero is musing about her wish list from her 10-by-20-foot It doesn’t help that the women Harvard dorm room overlooking the Charles River, an abode large are hidden under helmets and bulky, enough to house a full-size bed, a couch, two small dressers, and a padded uniforms, giving what Smith desk, but with no room for a closet or kitchen utensils other than a describes as a “Neanderthal” look to blender. Those things, as well as bathroom facilities, the 24-year- the sport. With the cost of equipment Angela Ruggiero ‘04 old Ruggiero must share with four other women, all fellow Harvard and ice time, and the inhumane hours students. often allotted for women’s team practices, it’s not surprising that Ruggiero is a two-time Olympic ice hockey star whose gold women’s hockey is about as popular as bobsled and luge. medal from the 1998 Nagano Games and silver medal from Salt “Our sport is probably 30-40 years behind where it should be,” Lake City in ’02 are in a safe deposit box in Cambridge — unveiled said Smith, “but that’s one of the things that makes my job so en- only for public appearances. She was recently named the top fe- riching. There’s a certain purity to the sport that is so different, es- male hockey player in the world for 2003 by The Hockey News, an pecially when you realize the kind of sacrifice these women are will- honor that surprised the humble Ruggiero, even though her 219 ing to make to follow their Olympic dream.” career points (80 goals, 139 assists) blow her fellow defensemen off Until recently, Cammi Granato, who was the undisputed star the ice. She is believed to be the all-time leader in collegiate defen- of both the Nagano and Salt Lake City Olympics, and fellow Olym- sive scoring, though no such records are officially kept. pian Shelley Looney played for the Vancouver Griffins of the Na- But while Ruggiero may be the best athlete in the world at her tional Women’s Hockey League, a semi-pro league in Canada that sport, she has little to show for it financially and even less hope for pays expenses but no salary to some of the best players in the world. future prosperity. But the team folded when Canadian officials decided to limit the While players on the men’s Olympic hockey team earn mil- number of foreigners permitted to play for Canadian teams. Granato lions by playing in the National Hockey League, Ruggiero has but has remained in Vancouver, playing for a local team and training a few thousand dollars in the bank. She lives month to month on for ’06, all the while weighing whether to go back to school to study meager NCAA-allowed stipends from the US Olympic Committee nutrition. The $30,000 she earned last year is a far cry from what she and has never owned a car, though she hopes to buy her first in the made in the aftermath of the US’s dramatic win over Canada in the spring. Her prized possession is a blue Canondale racing bike that gold-medal game in Nagano, when there was a constant banging she uses as the newest member of the Harvard cycling team. When on her door. she graduates in May, Ruggiero has no idea how she will finance “Winning there afforded me a lot of [endorsement] opportuni- her bid for the 2006 Games in Torino, Italy. ties,” said Granato, whose idea to start a women’s pro league in “I used to think I would get a job in consulting here in Boston,” small venues around the (a la Triple A baseball) is still said Ruggiero, a government major, in between studying for finals in the conceptual stage. “But then the honeymoon ended, and within and writing term papers. “I really could use the money. But the six months, no one was calling anymore.” more I think about it, the tougher it is. I mean, it’s hard to ask an According to Granato, if anyone can break the hockey endorse- employer to let me come in at 10 o’clock because I have to go the ment barrier, it’s Ruggiero. “I told Angela that I predict she’s going gym for three hours and then leave early because I have a game to to be the first female hockey player to earn a million dollars,” Granato play. I really want to get my feet wet in another world because I said. “She’s intelligent, well-spoken, and she’s an amazing hockey realize you can’t make a living at hockey. But it’s really hard to player. When you watch the team play, you can’t help but notice her. train for the Olympics and work a 9-to-5 job at the same time.” She’ll definitely have her opportunities.” For all of 2003, Ruggiero earned less than $10,000. That included For Ruggiero, that moment can’t come too soon. From the time a $3,000 allowance from the US Olympic Committee, designed to she first hit the ice at age seven, accompanied by her dad, Bill, a help defray costs for select athletes. She also taught hockey clinics former recreational goalie and true hockey fan; brother, Billy, now around the country last summer, though the fees she was paid barely 22; and sister, Pamela, 25, the joys of hockey have been weighed offset her school expenses. In addition, her financial aid package at against the financial burdens of the sport. Harvard requires her to repay 50 percent of any summer earnings, “Growing up, it actually put a lot of strain on my family,” said making her hockey career seem like an unpaid internship. Ruggiero, whose parents moved from Southern to Michi- Granted, Ruggiero is a collegiate athlete on nearly full finan- gan in 1996 in search of better hockey opportunities for her brother. cial aid at arguably the most prestigious university in the country. “There was always a deficit. We always owed money to the rink in She receives free room and board, coaching, training facilities, equip- Pasadena, but we were such a big part of the team there that they ment, travel, and, in the end, a Harvard degree. She must also abide gave us a break. My parents always put hockey first, and, obviously, by stringent NCAA eligibility standards to maintain her amateur I appreciate everything they did.” status and be able to play for the Harvard team, a reality that be- Because Ruggiero was always an “A” student, as well as a came especially harsh when Ruggiero and four other underage hockey standout, she earned opportunities, first at age 14 with a full Olympians were not allowed to pose for a Wheaties box following scholarship to attend prep school at Choate-Rosemary Hall, and then the US team’s victory in Nagano because it was considered a com- at Harvard. Ruggiero had her first experience playing on an all- mercial endorsement. She was, however, allowed to take the $15,000 girls’ hockey team at Choate after years of being the only girl in an awarded to her and her fellow silver medalists in Salt Lake City. all-boys’ league. But, mostly, Ruggiero can’t help feeling the sting of the multi- “I never had any aspirations of playing in the Olympics,” said million-dollar contracts awarded to Bruins such as Martin Lapointe, Ruggiero. “I was just playing hard against the boys, trying to prove Glen Murray, Brian Rolston, Joe Thornton, and Sergei Samsonov. myself.” “It’s frustrating because I do the exact same thing as the NHL One of the few chances Ruggiero might have to play hockey hockey players,” said Ruggiero, who receives minimal support from after graduation is to play with a men’s pro team in Europe. Cana- the financially strapped and mostly volunteer-run USA Hockey. “I dian was paid to play last year for Salamat, a spend as much time in the gym and as much time on the ice. But men’s pro team in Finland (though she received limited ice time), they make millions of dollars and I have trouble paying my bills.” and at 5 feet 10 inches, Ruggiero is not only bigger and stronger but “Angela’s in a funny situation because she’s an outstanding she is more talented. More than likely, though, she’ll head to Canada athlete in a sport that doesn’t generate any income,” said US Olym- and try to play for a NWHL team out of Toronto, just three hours pic women’s ice hockey coach Ben Smith. “She’s caught in a society from her Michigan home. She won’t make any money, but at least that’s revenue-driven, and we have no television revenue. Every- she’ll have her expenses paid and be able to keep training for the one says, `If you’re not on TV, you’re worthless.’ I think that’s ri- Olympics. diculous. Unfortunately, people are not beating down the door to “Sometimes it’s frustrating when I see what the Bruins are mak- watch our team play except for two weeks in February every four ing,” Ruggiero said with a sigh. “But I’m not bitter against the men years.” or anything. I do this because I love the game. And I do it because I According to Smith, there are some 40,000 registered female want to win another gold medal.”

6 Crimson Student-Athletes Reaching out to the Community

Harvard’s student-athletes are always achieving major feats on throughout the year. The tennis teams, for instance, lend a hand to the fields or in the classroom, but there is one more place where the Tenacity program, which seeks to improve the mental, emo- these stars are making their presence felt: in the community. Cur- tional, and physical well being of young people, while building rently many of Harvard’s talented student-athletes are involved in sound values and enhancing academic performance. The women’s some sort of community service activity. Whether it’s teaching soccer team participated in “City Kicks” last year that offered stu- youngsters about their particular dents on the Irving Middle School sport or lending a hand with home- soccer team, the Pandas, a fun filled work, athletes are making their im- day of learning the fundamentals of pact felt in this extremely satisfying soccer. arena. “Having the opportunity to One of the biggest efforts cre- visit Harvard, speak with Harvard ated to encourage student-athletes to students and play soccer will stay get involved in the community is the in the memory of our Irving Pandas Harvard Student-Athlete Partner- for this season and beyond,” says ship Program (HSAP). The goal of Kathleen Bray from Irving Middle HSAP is to create a comprehensive School. community outreach program that These are just a few of the will enhance the relationship be- programs offered through the De- tween the University and the neigh- partment of Athletics Community boring community. The partnership Outreach Program. Harvard’s stu- among student-athletes, coaches, dent-athletes are involved in many parents, children, and teachers rein- more programs that help members forces principles taught at home and of the surrounding communities Each season the women’s basketball team (pictured here) and in the classroom through volunteer and beyond. Whatever the program other women’s teams participate in the National Girls and interaction, demonstrations, tutor- is the student-athletes, and the Women In Sports Day. ing and mentoring. Student-athletes members of the communities they volunteer at schools in the Cambridge, Allston, and Brighton com- help, have both learned and grown from their experiences. Experi- munities, where they serve as tutors, mentors, and assistants in the ences that are sure to continue as long as Harvard’s student-ath- classroom. In addition to classroom volunteer work many student- letes continue to give back. athletes also participate in after-school programs helping to pro- vide a fun and safe environment for children. Kierann Smith, a member of the track and field and cross coun- Fall Academic All-Ivy try teams, has been volunteering at the Gardner Elementary School through HSAP for two semesters. “The most valuable part of my Each season the Ivy League selects student athletes to its experience has been gaining a new perspective on life in general,” Academic All-Ivy Team. The 10 men and women selected from she says. “It is so easy to get caught up in school and college life, Harvard were starters or key reserves on a varsity team this fall and forget about everything else. Life can be very narrow that way. with a 3.0 or better cumulative grade point average. With Working with kids, knowing they look forward to seeing you each concentrations ranging from Anthropology to Government, week, and looking forward to seeing them, enriches my life in ways these student athletes have proved they have what it takes to I hadn’t realized I had been missing.” excel both on the field and in the classroom. HSAP isn’t the only outlet for volunteering through the De- Jennifer Ahn ‘04 - Field Hockey partment of Harvard Athletics. Student-athletes can also become Cockeysville, MD/Biology involved in the Boston Police Youth and Student-Athlete Collabo- 1st team All-American rative. This program combines the efforts of the Boston Police Youth Service Officers and five Boston universities: , Caitlin Fisher ’04 - Soccer Boston University, Boston College, UMASS-Boston and Northeast- Cambridge, MA/Anthropology ern University. It brings together a diverse group of youths from Honorable mention All-Ivy various neighborhoods of Boston with student-athletes from the participating universities. With the help of student-athletes and Katie Hodel ‘04 - Soccer coaches many children participate in clinics, games, and a variety Bridgeton, MO/History of sports. 1st team All-Ivy and New England At Harvard, the goal of the Boston Police Youth and Student- Athlete Collaborative is to bring together student-athletes and Mairead O’Callaghan ‘04 - Cross Country youths from local neighborhoods. Together they develop positive Limerick, Ireland/Psychology long-term relationships, build self-esteem, and help learn about Team’s top finisher at NCAA Regionals college level educational opportunities in a variety of fun, relaxed, and informal settings throughout the school year. Mariah Pospisil ‘04 - Volleyball Many teams also participate in community service activities Los Altos, CA/Psychology Honorable mention All-Ivy

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Sameer Nareng ‘05 - Cross Country Saratoga, CA/Applied Mathematics Wednesday, June 9, 2004 Team scorer at Heps Championship

Andrew Nechtem ‘04 - Soccer Harvard Varsity Club’s Annual Topsfield, MA/Psychology Starter in defense. Four-year letterwinner Senior Letterwinners’ Dinner Chris Raftery ‘04 - Football at Lavietes Pavilion Bellevue, WA/Government 1st team All-Ivy Invitations will be Ricky Williamson ‘05 - Football State College, PA/Biology mailed in the spring Among Crimson’s top tacklers

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