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Contents • Quick Facts The 2006 Raiders 2005 in Review 2006 Season Outlook...... 12-14 2005 Football Honors...... 78 2006 Travel Plans...... 2 Best Performances...... 74 Alphabetical Roster...... 41-42 Game-by-Game Results...... 62-73 Assistant Coaches...... 47-48 Individual Statistics...... 75-77 Colgate at a Glance...... 1 Results and Team Statistics...... 74 Geographical Distribution...... 40 Head Coach Dick Biddle...... 44-46 Raider Records Meet the Raiders...... 16-40 All-Time Longest Plays...... 98 Numerical Roster...... 42 Individual Records...... 80-84 Opponent Composite Schedule...... 3 NCAA Records Held...... 80 Opponent Information...... 50-60 Super Seasons...... 87 Team Records...... 85-87 Top 10 Performers...... 92-93 Athletics Administrative Staff 138-140 Top Passing Performances...... 96 Compliance...... 142 Top Receiving Performances...... 97 Maroon Council Naming...... 10 Top Rushing Performances...... 94-95 President Rebecca Chopp...... 9 Winning Streaks...... 87 ’Gate at a Glance Prominent Alumni...... 10 Yearly Statistical Leaders...... 88-91 Location: Hamilton, N.Y. 13346 Raiders Staff Members...... 140 Founded: 1819 Medicine Staff...... 141 Awards & History Enrollment: 2,800 Staff Directory...... 140 All-America Selections...... 100 Colors: Maroon, Gray and White This is Colgate...... 8-9 All- Selections...... 101 President: Rebecca Chopp All-Time Assistant Coaches...... 108 Athletic Director: David Roach The Patriot League Best Offensive & Defensive Days..107 Head Coach: Dick Biddle Patriot League Information...... 7 Colgate’s I-AA History...... 112-117 Associate Head Coach: Ed Pinkham 2005 Patriot League Standings...... 7 Final I-AA Polls...... 111 (defensive coordinator, linebackers) Head Coaches’ Records...... 108 Assistant Coaches: Schedules Intercollegiate Series Records...... 110 Dan Hunt (offensive coordinator, QB’s) 2006 Colgate Schedule...... 2 The Last Time...... 110 Kevin Bolis (offensive line) Future Colgate Schedules...... 2 Letterwinners...... 123-129 Nick Monroe (secondary, Letterwinners by State...... 130-137 recruiting coordinator) Media Information National & Regional Honors.. 104-105 Ryan Knowles (defensive line) Athletic Communications...... 6 National Statistical Leaders...... 109 Chris Young (wide receivers) Colgate Major Media Outlets...... 5 Players in Hall of Honor...... 103 Captains: TBA Media Information...... 4 Players in the Pros...... 106 Stadium: Andy Kerr Stadium Opponent SID Directory...... 3 Players in the Super Bowl...... 107 (10,221 - grass) Team Awards...... 102 Conference: Patriot League Year-by-Year Results...... 118-122 2005 Record: 8-4 2005 Conference Record: 5-1 (T-1st) Basic Offense: Multiple Basic Defense: Multiple Returning Lettermen: 36 Lettermen Lost: 22 Returning Starters: 10

Credits Editorial Credits: The 2006 Colgate Football Guide was produced by the staff of the Colgate University Athletic Communications Office. It was edited by Bob Cornell, assisted by Michele Kelley, Meredith Rieder, Kristy McNeil, and Lisa Diehl. Cover design by Michele Kelley. Special Thanks To: Bill Moore for statistical research and Ted Rossman for editorial assistance. Printed By: Quartier Printing of Syracuse, N.Y. Photo Credits: Tim Sofranko, Rebecca Gillard and Bob Cornell. NOTE: Information contained in this book is current as of August 1, 2006.

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Schedules • Travel Plans 2006 Schedule DATE OPPONENT (2005 RECORD) SITE KICKOFF Sept. 2 at Massachusetts (7-4) Amherst, MA 1:00 Sept. 16 DARTMOUTH (2-8) Hamilton 1:00 Sept. 23 MONMOUTH (6-4) Hamilton 1:00 Sept. 30 GEORGETOWN (4-7) * # Hamilton 1:00 Oct. 7 PRINCETON (7-3) Hamilton 1:00 Oct. 14 at Cornell (6-4) Ithaca, NY 1:00 Oct. 21 at Fordham (2-9) * Bronx, NY 1:00 Oct. 28 LAFAYETTE (8-4) * ## Hamilton 1:00 Nov. 4 at Lehigh (8-3) * Bethlehem, PA 12:30 Nov. 11 HOLY CROSS (6-5) * Hamilton 12:30 Nov. 18 at Bucknell (1-10) * Lewisburg, PA 1:00 Home games in CAPS and boldface * Patriot League Game # Homecoming ## Family Weekend 2005 Results (8-4, PL 5-1) DATE W-L GATE OPPONENT OPP SITE Sept. 3 L 22 CENTRAL CONN. 24 Hamilton Sept. 10 W 17 MASSACHUSETTS 14 Hamilton Sept. 17 L 21 at Dartmouth 26 Hanover, NH Oct. 1 W 34 CORNELL 20 Hamilton Oct. 8 W 16 at Princeton 10 Princeton, NJ Oct. 15 W 23 FORDHAM * 0 Hamilton Oct. 22 W 27 at Holy Cross * 14 Worcester, MA Oct. 29 L 34 LEHIGH * 50 Hamilton Nov. 5 W 18 at Lafayette * 15 Easton, PA Nov. 12 W 16 BUCKNELL * 10 Hamilton Nov. 19 W 34 at Georgetown * 7 Washington, DC Nov. 26 L 21 at New Hampshire # 55 Durham, NH Home games in CAPS and boldface * Patriot League Game # NCAA Division I-AA Playoffs 2006 Travel Plans MASSACHUSETTS: Leave Friday (Sept. Future Schedules 1) via charter buses. The team will stay 2007 2009 at the Sheraton Springfield, Springfield, Sept. 1 Albany Sept. 5 Open MA. (413) 263-2051. Return Saturday Sept. 8 Massachusetts Sept. 12 Open (Sept. 2) immediately after game. Sept. 15 at Dartmouth Sept. 19 at Dartmouth Sept. 29 Fordham Sept. 26 Fordham CORNELL: Leave Friday (Oct. 13) via Oct. 6 Bucknell Oct. 3 Cornell charter buses. The team will stay at Oct. 13 at Cornell Oct. 10 at Princeton the Holiday Inn, Cortland, N.Y. (607) 756-4431. Return Saturday (Oct. 14) Oct. 20 Towson Oct. 17 at Georgetown immediately after game. Oct. 27 at Lafayette Oct. 24 at Holy Cross Nov. 3 Lehigh Oct. 31 Lehigh FORDHAM: Leave Saturday (Oct. 20) Nov. 10 at Georgetown Nov. 7 at Lafayette via charter buses. The team will stay Nov. 17 at Holy Cross Nov. 14 Bucknell at the Westchester Marriott, Tarrytown, N.Y. 10591 (914) 631-2200. Return 2008 2010 Saturday (Oct. 21) immediately after Aug. 30 at Towson Sept. 4 Open game. Sept. 6 at Buffalo Sept. 11 at Furman Sept. 13 Furman Sept. 18 Dartmouth LEHIGH: Leave Friday (Nov. 3) via Sept. 20 Dartmouth Sept. 25 Open charter buses. The team will stay at the Sept. 27 at Fordham Oct. 2 Georgetown Sheraton Four Points, Allentown, Pa. Oct. 4 Georgetown Oct. 9 at Princeton (610) 266-1000. Return Saturday (Nov. Oct. 11 Princeton Oct. 16 at Cornell 4) immediately after game. Oct. 18 at Cornell Oct. 23 Holy Cross Oct. 25 at Bucknell Oct. 30 at Lehigh BUCKNELL: Leave Friday (Nov. 17) via Nov. 1 Lafayette Nov. 6 Lafayette charter buses. The team will stay at Nov. 8 at Lehigh Nov. 13 at Bucknell the Holiday Inn, Williamsport, PA (570) Nov. 22 Holy Cross Nov. 20 at Fordham 327-8231. Return Saturday (Nov. 18) immediately after game.

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Opponent Composite Schedule • SID Info Saturday, September 2 Saturday, October 21 2006 Opponent SID Colgate at Massachusetts 1:00 Colgate at Fordham * 1:00 Information Albany at Lehigh 1:00 Bucknell at Lehigh * 1:00 Holy Cross at Georgetown * 1:00 Holy Cross at Lafayette * 3:00 Monmouth at Fordham 6:00 Monmouth at Robert Morris 1:00 Massachusetts • Sept. 2 Lafayette at Sacred Heart 1:00 Rhode Island at Massachusetts 1:00 Jason Yellin Duquesne at Bucknell 7:00 Dartmouth at Columbia 12:30 [email protected] Harvard at Princeton 1:30 Phone: (413) 577-3061 Saturday, September 9 Cornell at Brown 1:00 Fax: (413) 545-1556 Lehigh at Villanova 6:00 Northeastern at Holy Cross 1:00 Saturday, October 28 Dartmouth • Sept. 16 Morgan St. at Monmouth 1:00 Lafayette at Colgate * 1:00 Kathy Phillips Massachusetts at Navy 1:30 Lehigh at Holy Cross * 1:00 [email protected] Lafayette at Bucknell * 7:00 Central Conn. at Monmouth 1:00 Phone (603) 646-2468 Stony Brook at Georgetown 1:00 Massachusetts at Northeastern 12:30 Fax: (603) 646-1286 Fordham at Albany 6:00 Harvard at Dartmouth 12:30 Princeton at Cornell 1:00 Monmouth • Sept. 23 Saturday, September 16 Fordham at Bucknell 1:00 Chris Tobin Dartmouth at Colgate 1:00 Georgetown at Charleston So. 1:30 [email protected] Princeton at Lehigh 1:00 Phone (732) 263-5180 Holy Cross at Harvard 12:30 Saturday, November 4 Fax: (732) 571-3535 St. Peter’s at Monmouth 1:00 Colgate at Lehigh * 12:30 Massachusetts at Villanova 1:00 Bucknell at Holy Cross * 12:30 Georgetown • Sept. 30 Cornell at Bucknell 7:00 St. Francis (PA) at Monmouth 1:00 Mex Carey Pennsylvania at Lafayette 1:00 Massachusetts at UNH 12:00 [email protected] Georgetown at Brown 1:00 Dartmouth at Cornell 1:00 Phone: (202) 687-2475 Fordham at Columbia 12:30 Pennsylvania at Princeton TBA Fax: (202) 687-2491 Lafayette at Fordham * 1:00 Saturday, September 23 Marist at Georgetown 12:30 Princeton • Oct. 7 Monmouth at Colgate 1:00 Craig Sachson Holy Cross at Marist 7:00 Saturday, November 11 [email protected] Stony Brook at Massachusetts 1:00 Holy Cross at Colgate * 12:30 Phone: (609) 258-3680 New Hampshire at Dartmouth 12:30 Fordham at Lehigh * 12:30 Fax: (609) 258-2399 Lafayette at Princeton 6:00 Monmouth at Albany 1:00 Yale at Cornell 1:00 Maine at Massachusetts 12:00 Cornell • Oct. 14 Bucknell at Richmond 1:00 Brown at Dartmouth 12:30 Jeremy Hartigan Georgetown at Columbia 12:30 Princeton at Yale TBA [email protected] Cornell at Columbia 12:30 Phone: (607) 255-9788 Saturday, September 30 Georgetown at Lafayette * 1:00 Fax: (607) 255-9791 Georgetown at Colgate * 1:00 Harvard at Lehigh 1:00 Saturday, November 18 Fordham • Oct. 21 Fordham at Holy Cross * 1:00 Colgate at Bucknell * 1:00 Joe DiBari Stony Brook at Monmouth 1:00 Lehigh at Lafayette * 1:00 [email protected] Dartmouth at Pennsylvania 1:00 Hofstra at Massachusetts 12:00 Phone: (718) 817-4240 Princeton at Columbia 1:30 Dartmouth at Princeton 1:00 Fax: (718) 817-4244 Albany at Cornell 7:00 Pennsylvania at Cornell 1:00 Yale at Lafayette 1:00 Georgetown at Fordham 1:00 Lafayette • Oct. 28 Bucknell at Marist 1:00 Greg Knowlden Saturday, November 25 [email protected] Saturday, October 7 NCAA Division I-AA First Round Phone: (610) 330-5122 Princeton at Colgate 1:00 Fax: (610) 330-5519 Lehigh at Georgetown * 1:00 Saturday, December 2 Brown at Holy Cross 1:00 NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinals Lehigh • Nov. 4 Sacred Heart at Monmouth 1:00 Jeff Tourial William & Mary at Massachusetts 1:00 Saturday/Sunday, December 8-9 [email protected] Yale at Dartmouth 12:30 NCAA Division I-AA Semifinals Phone: (610) 758-3158 Cornell at Harvard 12:30 Fax: (610) 758-4407 Pennsylvania at Bucknell 1:00 Friday, December 15 Duquesne at Fordham TBA NCAA Division I-AA Championship Holy Cross • Nov. 11 Charles Bare Saturday, October 14 * Patriot League game [email protected] Colgate at Cornell 1:00 Colgate games in italics Phone: (508) 793-2593 Lehigh at Yale 1:00 Fax: (508) 793-2229 Holy Cross at Dartmouth 12:30 Monmouth at Wagner 1:00 Bucknell • Nov. 18 Massachusetts at Towson 3:00 Jon Terry Brown at Princeton 7:00 [email protected] Lafayette at Harvard 1:00 Bucknell at Georgetown * 2:00 Phone: (570) 577-1227 Marist at Fordham 1:00 Fax: (570) 577-1660

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Media Information • Directions MEDIA CREDENTIALS RAIDERS ON RADIO Please direct all request for press, photo and parking Colgate football games are carried on WKXZ (94 FM) in credentials for Colgate home games to Bob Cornell, Director Norwich, . All 11 games will be carried live beginning of Athletic Communications, Colgate University, 13 Oak Drive, with a pre-game show 20 minutes before kickoff. The Raider Hamilton, New York 13346. Requests should be made in writing play-by-play is handled by Eric Malanoski. on appropriate letterhead at least one week prior to the game. Credentials will be mailed or held for pickup the day of the RAIDERS ON THE INTERNET game unless other arrangements are made. Colgate will deliver audio coverage over the Internet during the entire 2006 season. The games will be delivered by going to RADIO the Colgate athletic website: www.goColgateRaiders.com. Booths are assigned and tickets mailed only after appropriate arrangements have been made with the Director RAIDERS ON TELEVISION of Athletic Communications. Each booth is equipped with one All of Colgate’s home games for the second straight season telephone line that non-conference visiting radio stations can will be carried by Time Warner Sports - Channel 26 in Central rent for $100. If a second line is required, arrangements should New York. be made through the Colgate Athletic Communications Office. There will be a fee for the second line. ANDY KERR STADIUM DIRECTIONS From New York Metropolitan Area: Take the Tappan Zee PHOTOGRAPHERS Bridge (NYS Thruway) to Route 17 West (Exit 16) to Deposit A field photographer credential will entitle the bearer to (Exit 84). At Deposit, right on Route 8 north to New Berlin, work from either sideline. The photo credential must be worn in then Route 80 west to Sherburne. Right on Route 12, then bear plain sight at all times. NCAA rules limit shooting to outside the left for 12B Hamilton. restraining line enclosing the playing field and outside the 25- yard lines (the team area). From North of Westchester: NYS Thruway Exit 25A (Schenectady), south on Route 88 to Duanesburg, west on PARKING Route 20 to Madison, New York, south on 12B to Hamilton. Parking at Andy Kerr Stadium will be at a premium with a limited number of spaces allocated to the media. Please enter From Boston: Massachusetts Turnpike to NYS Thruway the stadium off College Street. No parking is available behind (Exit 25A), south on Route 88 to Duanesburg, west on Route 20 the press box. to Madison, New York, south on 12B to Hamilton.

FAX ACCESS From Union County, NJ and surrounding areas: Route The Office of Athletic Communications will provide one FAX 22 west to Clinton, N.J., north on Route 31 to 46, 46 west to machine for transmission in the press box on a first-come, first- Interstate-80. Continue west on I-380 then to I-81 north to served basis. It would be appreciated if the Office of Athletic Binghamton (Exit 6). North on Route 12 to Sherburne, then Communications could be given advance notice when the bear left for 12B to Hamilton. machine will be used. From Philadelphia: Take Northeast Extension of INTERNET CONNECTIONS Pennsylvania Turnpike to Interstate-81 at Clarks Summit, north The press box at Andy Kerr Stadium has internet access - to I-81 to Binghamton (Exit 6). Route 12 north to Sherburne, both hardwire and wireless. then bear left for 12B to Hamilton.

PRESS BOX SERVICES From the West: (Buffalo, Ohio, etc.): Take NYS Thruway The Colgate Office of Athletic Communications will furnish east to Exit 34 (Canastota). Route 5 east to Oneida and 46 game programs, pre-game notes, flip cards and press guides south across Route 20 to 12B south for Hamilton. prior to the game. Play-by-play accounts, halftime and game statistics will be distributed. A complimentary lunch will be 2006 preseason schedule served before the game to all members of the media in the press box. Tuesday, August 1 Patriot League Media Day (Green Pond Golf Club, BEST TIME TO REACH DICK BIDDLE Bethlehem, PA) The best time to reach head coach Dick Biddle is between Sunday, August 6 Team Reports 11:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon on weekday mornings. Please give Monday, August 7 Practice Begins (shorts only) Friday, August 11 First Day in Pads at least 24-hour notice on all interview requests. Biddle can Thursday, August 24 Last Day of Two-a-Days usually be made available for interviews for a short period of Friday, August 25 Final Scrimmage time immediately prior to afternoon practice (usually about 3:00 Monday, August 28 First Day of Classes p.m.) or after the conclusion of practice. Prior arrangements Saturday, Sept. 2 Season Opener at Massachusetts through the Office of Athletic Communications are requested.

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Media Outlets NEWSPAPERS UTICA OBSERVER- DISPATCH Sports Editor - Craig Muder 221 Oriskany Place Utica, N.Y. 13502 Office: 315-792-5030 FAX: 315-792-5033 E-Mail: [email protected]

SYRACUSE NEWSPAPERS Assistant Sports Editor - Roury Williams P.O. Box 4915 Syracuse, N.Y. 13221 Office: 315-470-2205/3018 FAX: 315-470-3019 E-Mail: [email protected]

ONEIDA DAILY DISPATCH Sports Editor - Perry Novak 130 Broad Street Oneida, N.Y. 13421 Office: 315-363-5100 FAX: 315-363-9832 E-Mail: sports@ oneidadispatch.com ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS10NOW PATRIOT LEAGUE Albany Bureau 815 Erie Boulevard East Rich Schepis HAMILTON TRIBUNE P.O. Box 11010 Syracuse, N.Y. 13210 3773 Corporate Parkway Sports Editor Albany, N.Y. 12211 Mark Larson Suite 190 P.O. Box 301 Office: 518-458-7821 Office: 315-634-2351 Center Valley, PA. 18034 Cazenovia, N.Y. 13035 FAX: 518-454-5628 E-Mail: mark.larson@ Office: 610-289-1963 Office: 315-655-3415 news10now.com FAX: 610-289-1952 FAX: 315-655-3813 Chris Watson E-Mail: rschepis@ TELEVISION Office: 315-634-2352 patriotleague.com WKTV (Ch. 2-NBC) MID-YORK WEEKLY E-Mail: chris.watson@ Sports Director - Jason Powles Editor - Carolyn Godfrey news10now.com P.O. Box 2 P.O. Box 318 FAX: 315-634-4272 Utica, N.Y. 13503 Hamilton, N.Y. 13346 Office: 315-793-3475 Office: 315-824-2150 FAX: 315-733-4893 FAX: 315-824-4220 RADIO E-Mail: midyrk@dreamscape. WKXZ (94 FM) WSTM (Ch. 3-NBC) com Eric Malanoski Sports Director - John Evenson 3 Shepherd Avenue 1030 James Street For the second consecutive COLGATE MAROON-NEWS Oneonta, N.Y. 13820 Syracuse, N.Y. 13203 year, Time Warner Sports - Sports Editor Office: 607-432-1030 Channel 26 in Central New York Office: 315-477-9616 Colgate University FAX: 607-432-6909 will televising all Colgate home FAX: 315-474-5122 13 Oak Drive football games. Hamilton, N.Y. 13346 WTVH (Ch. 5-CBS) The Schedule Office: 315-228-7744 MISCELLANEOUS Sports Director - Kevin Maher Sept. 16 Dartmouth ATHLETIC TICKET OFFICE FAX: 315-824-7745 Sept. 23 Monmouth 980 James Street Colgate University Syracuse, N.Y. 13203 Sept. 30 Georgetown Reid Athletic Center Oct. 7 Princeton Office: 315-477-4638 WIRE SERVICES 13 Oak Drive Oct. 28 Lafayette ASSOCIATED PRESS FAX: 315-425-0129/5513 Hamilton, N.Y. 13346 Nov. 11 Holy Cross Syracuse Office - John Kekis Office: 315-228-7600 224 Harrison St., Suite 260 WIXT (Ch. 9-ABC) Syracuse, N.Y. 13202 Sports Director - Steve Infanti Office: 315-471-6471 5904 Bridge Street FAX: 315-475-9819 Syracuse, N.Y. 13057 Office: 315-446-3333 FAX: 315-446-9283

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Athletic Communications Robert D. Cornell Director of Athletic Communications

Bob Cornell enters his 31st year as Colgate's Director of Athletic Communications. He is responsible for all publicity and public relations matters concerning the Raider athletic department. The athletic communications office handles the compilation and distribution of all information on 25 intercollegiate sports, encompassing both men's and women's athletics. He is the primary contact for the football, men’s and softball programs. Cornell has worked 354 consecutive football games which is the sixth longest active streak in the nation among sports information directors. Prior to being named sports information director in May, 1976, Cornell held positions as Assistant Sports Information Director at Princeton for two years and Sports Information Director at the University of New Haven for six years. In July of 2001, Cornell was inducted into the College Sports Information Directors Association Hall of Fame. On Sept. 19, 2003 he was inducted into the SUNY-Cobleskill Athletic Hall of Fame, and on Dec. 4, 2003 he received the Scoop Hudgins Outstanding Sports Information Award from the All- Foundation. In June of 2006, he was the recipient of a Maroon Citation given to him by the Colgate Alumni Corporation for his record of service to the university. During his career in the sports information field, he has served as a press liaison for www.goColgateRaiders.com numerous NCAA and ECAC championships and To access Colgate’s athletic information on the internet, visit the official website at regional events, including Media Coordinator www.goColgateRaiders.com. of the NCAA Division I Golf Championship in The Raider football webpage includes rosters, coaches’ and player’s profiles, sched- 1977. ules, statistics, and game reports. He has served on the press liaison staff Colgate will continue Audio Streaming of all Raider football games through the facili- for the U.S. Olympic Committee at the 1984 ties of TeamLine. Just one click away on the front page of the website. Olympic Summer Games in Los Angeles and TeamLine will carry the broadcast produced by WKXZ Radio, the voice of Colgate the 1988 Olympic Winter Games in Calgary. athletics with Eric Malanoski handling the play-by-play. In addition, he has been on the press liaison staff at four U.S. Olympic Festivals (’81, ’82, ’83, ‘87). He has served on the Site Selection, Post- Graduate Scholarship, and Ethics Committees of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Cornell is a past president of the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Sports Information Directors Association, and the 1992 recipient of the Irving T. Marsh Service Bureau Award, Robert Cornell Michele Kelley Meredith Rieder Kristy McNeil Lisa Diehl presented annually to the sports information Director of Athletic Ass’t Director Athletic Athletic Administrative director, who has contributed the most to Communications of Athletic Communications Communications Assistant the work of the Bureau during the year and Communications Assistant Assistant throughout his or her career. Office of Athletic Communications A native of Rochester, N.Y., Cornell received his B.A. in Business Administration Colgate University Robert D. Cornell from the University of New Haven and an Huntington Gymnasium Home (315) 824-3637 AAS in Business Administration from SUNY- 13 Oak Drive Cell (315) 723-0175 Cobleskill. He holds membership in several Hamilton, N.Y. 13346 E-mail [email protected] professional organizations including the Office: 315-228-7602 Michele Kelly (cell) (315) 420-8868 Football Writers Association of America. FAX: 315-228-7977 Meredith Rieder (cell) (585) 451-8482 He is married to the former Shirley SportsLine: 315-228-7900 Kristy McNeil (cell) (585) 259-3355 Daley of Dixfield, Maine, and they have two Website: www.goColgateRaiders.com Patriot League Website www.patriotleague.com children: Rob, 23, and Ashley, 20.

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Patriot League The Patriot and teams continue to enjoy success League at the national level, with opening Patriot League Directory continually round victories coming in several NCAA demonstrates Championships, including consecutive Executive Director: that student- wins in men’s basketball, a final four Carolyn Schlie Femovich athletes can appearance in men’s and a sixth- excel at both place finish at the NCAA Cross Country Assistant Executive Director for academics Championship. Management and Governance: and athletics The Patriot League’s mission is simple, Joanna Kreps without to provide successful competitive athletic sacrificing its experiences while maintaining high Assistant Executive Director for high standards. academic standards, and to prepare its External Relations: The Patriot student-athletes to be leaders in society. Richard Wanninger League’s During the 2005-06 year, Patriot Carolyn Schlie Femovich athletic success League student-athletes and teams have Media Relations Director: is achieved accomplished the following; Rich Schepis while its member institutions remain • Army’s Julie Jorgensen (first-team (610) 289-1963 committed to its founding principle of soccer) and Bucknell’s Matt Capece (third- [email protected] admitting and graduating student-athletes team ) were named to ESPN The that are academically representative of Magazine Academic All-America team. Assistant Media Relations Director: their class. Participation in athletics at • 50 Patriot League student-athletes Jessica Siegel Patriot League institutions is viewed as an were named to ESPN The Magazine (610) 289-1957 important component of a well-rounded Academic All-District team. [email protected] education. • In addition to automatic qualifiers, In its second decade of combining the Patriot League sent a second at-large academic and athletic excellence, the team to the NCAA I-AA football playoffs Sport Management and Compliance Patriot League sponsors championships for the second-straight season, and to the Assistant: in 23 men and women’s sports. Initially NCAA Men’s Golf Championships for the Kaitlyn Cerco started as an NCAA Division I-AA football first time in League history. conference in 1986, the Patriot League • Bucknell’s men’s basketball program Executive Assistant & Business became an all-sport conference in 1990 became the first Patriot League team Manager: and includes American, Army, Bucknell, to ever crack the Associated Press and Grisel Ortiz-Ludovico Colgate, Holy Cross, Lafayette, Lehigh ESPN/USA Today Coaches Top 25 Poll. and Navy as full members, and Fordham • American’s Keira Carlstrom turned in Office Location: and Georgetown as associate members. the highest finish in Patriot League history 3773 Corporate Parkway These institutions are among the oldest at the NCAA Women’s Cross Country Suite 190 and most prestigious in the nation and Championships, placing sixth overall en Center Valley, PA 18034 their alumni have, and continue to play route to earning her third-straight All- Phone: (610) 289-1950 leadership roles in shaping our country. America nod. Fax: (610) 289-1951 Since 1998, the Patriot League has • American’s field hockey program Website: www.patriotleague.com ranked first each year among all Division ranked fourth in the National Field Hockey I conferences awarding athletic aid in Coaches Association, the highest ever • Holy Cross won the Patriot League’s the NCAA Graduation Rate Report. In for a Patriot League team and reached first-ever NCAA postseason contest in addition, the Patriot League finished first the final eight in the NCAA Field Hockey women’s lacrosse, defeating Le Moyne in in the new NCAA Academic Progress Championships for the second-straight the NCAA Play-In game to advance to the Report (APR) among all Division I year. NCAA Women’s Lacrosse Tournament. conferences awarding athletic aid • Four Patriot League men’s lacrosse • Lehigh’s softball program became (combining with all eight of its full-time teams (Navy, Army, Colgate, Bucknell) the first Patriot League team to post two member institutions for an average of spent portions of the season ranked victories in the NCAA Regionals. 984 out of 1,000). The APR is used to in the top 20 of the United States • Three Patriot League football teams measure academic eligibility, retention Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association Poll, (Colgate, Lafayette, Lehigh) finished the and graduation of student-athletes. with Navy spending the entire year in the season ranked in the ESPN/USA Today Patriot League student-athletes top 15. Top 25 Coaches Poll.

2005 Final Football Standings Conference Standings All Games TEAM W L PCT. PTS OPP W L PCT PTS OPP Colgate * 5 1 .833 152 96 8 4 .667 283 245 Lafayette # 5 1 .833 151 95 8 4 .667 273 204 Lehigh 4 2 .667 207 97 8 3 .727 399 228 Holy Cross 3 3 .500 167 141 6 5 .545 317 263 Georgetown 2 4 .333 77 177 4 7 .364 110 292 Fordham 2 4 .333 86 155 2 9 .182 150 320 Bucknell 0 6 .000 110 189 1 10 .091 179 332

* 2005 Patriot League co-champion and Automatic NCAA Division I-AA Qualifier # 2005 Patriot League co-champion

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This is Colgate Did You Know?  Colgate ranks as the second-best liberal arts school with Division I athletics in the country and the 16th-best liberal arts school overall according to a recent study published in the U.S. News & World Report.

academic specialties and cross-disciplinary programs. While Colgate is small enough to ensure student access to research equipment and opportunities to work closely with faculty, it is large enough to support a broad range of academic programs and campus events to create a satisfying residential experience.

Academic Life Encouraging high intellectual standards and cooperation among peers, Colgate offers 51 majors across the arts, humanities, sciences, and social sciences, as well as an interdisciplinary The picturesque Colgate campus is located in Upstate New York at the northern end of liberal arts core curriculum of four the Chenango Valley in Madison County. courses, and student-faculty collaborative and essentially rural community, little research projects. Students who succeed Colgate University began when “13 at Colgate share certain characteristics: men with 13 dollars and 13 prayers” changed in size and character in the past century. The current population of the innate curiosity, the motivation to learn, convened in 1819 in what was then the a willingness to take intellectual risks, frontier settlement of Hamilton, New village is estimated to be between 2,500 (excluding Colgate students). and the capacity to undertake a rigorous York, to found an educational society program in the liberal arts and sciences. that chartered an institution of learning. Personal Contact For most of the 19th century, it was Admission Profile known as Madison University, because of Many students comment that “Colgate is the right size.” It is an institution of (Class of 2009) its location in Madison County. In 1890, Typically, Colgate enrolls the university was renamed Colgate approximately 2,800 undergraduates and 245 full-time faculty (average class approximately 730 first-year students University to honor William Colgate, an from among more than 8,000 applicants. early benefactor and longtime supporter. size is 19 students; student-to-faculty ratio is 10:1). Colgate is slightly larger than most liberal arts colleges, which Admitted students from public secondary The Community schools...... 70 percent The picturesque 515-acre Colgate enables the university to offer more campus is located in the village of Hamilton, near the geographic heart of Major Concentrations New York State at the northern end of Students may select from the majors listed below. Working with a faculty adviser, a the Chenango Valley. The village, founded student may also design a topical concentration in an area of his or her own interest. in 1795 and incorporated in 1816, is Africana Studies Environmental Economics Native American Studies named for Alexander Hamilton. The site Art and Art History Environmental Geography Natural Science of the village is on territory ceded by the Asian Studies Environmental Geology Neuroscience Iroquois Indians to the State of New York Astrogeophysics French Peace and Conflict Studies following the American Revolution. Elisha Astronomy/Physics Geography Philosophy Payne, who led the first settlers from New Biochemistry Geology Philosophy and Religion England, is remembered as the village’s Biology German Physical Science founder. Chemistry Greek Physics By the 1820s, the village was a Chinese History Political Science thriving trading center for an extensive Classical Studies Humanities Psychology farming area. The Chenango Canal, Classics International Relations Religion completed in 1836, put the village on Computer Science Japanese Russian Studies the water route between the Erie Canal Computer Science/ Latin Social Sciences at Utica and the Susquehanna River at Mathematics Latin American Studies Sociology and Binghamton. The railroad, which replaced Economics Mathematical Economics Anthropology the canal in the 1870s, was supplanted Educational Studies Mathematics Spanish by a highway in the 1940s. English Molecular Biology Theater The major industry has been Colgate Environmental Biology Music Women’s Studies University, and Hamilton remains a small

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Chopp received her B.A. from Kansas Wesleyan University, her M.Div. from St. Paul School of Theology and her Ph.D. from the Rebecca S. Chopp University of Chicago Divinity School. In recent years her research University President and publication has focused on changing structures and cultures of higher education, on the role of liberal arts in democratic society and Rebecca S. Chopp was named president of on supporting faculty in teaching and research. Chopp has written Colgate University on July 1, 2002. Colgate’s numerous books and articles in the areas of women’s studies, Christian fifteenth president, she joined the college from theology and the role of religion in American public life. Yale Divinity School, where she served as dean. Chopp has received the Alumna of the Year award from the Prior to joining the Yale Divinity School, University of Chicago Divinity School, an honorary doctorate in divinity Chopp spent 15 years at Emory University where she held the positions from , the Alumni Achievement Award from Kansas of provost and executive vice president for academic affairs. She Wesleyan University, the Distinguished Alumna Award from Saint Paul established herself as a well-known scholar of religion and American School of Theology and the Founder’s Day Award from Baker University. culture. Chopp also served as director of graduate studies for the Chopp has been editor of The Quarterly Review, Religious Studies Institute of Women’s Studies, dean of faculty and academic affairs at the Review, and The Christian Century, and has been a member of the Candler School and Charles Howard Candler Professor of Theology. editorial boards of six other journals of religious and theological studies. While at Emory University, Chopp oversaw two colleges of liberal She was president of the American Academy of Religion and chair of arts and seven professional schools and led strategic planning in Women in Leadership in Theological Education of the Association of areas such as teaching and research, international affairs, university/ Theological Schools. Among her many memberships in community and community relations, and information technology. More than 20 vice professional groups and associations, she is a member of the Board of presidents, deans and vice provosts reported to Chopp, who established Trustees of the Carnegie Foundation and has served on the Council of three priorities for their work together: strengthening the schools and Information and Library Resources. establishing cross-disciplinary programs, identifying new intellectual Chopp is married to Frederick H. Thibodeau. They have three sons. initiatives, and identifying and supporting colleagues with leadership potential.

Admitted students ranking in top 20 wish to live off campus in privately owned Colgate student-athletes have been percent of high school class 94 percent residences. Average SAT of admitted students 1391 recognized 36 times as Patriot League Scholar Athlete and 49 times as Academic Record of Success All-America. Seventeen percent of all The middle 50% of accepted students More than 95 percent of Colgate’s students participate in intercollegiate scored between: graduates who pursue jobs are successful athletics. Eighty percent of students play Verbal SAT...... 660-740 in finding full-time employment within in 23 intramural and 20 club sports. Math SAT...... 670-740 one year of graduation. The majority of A member of the Patriot League and ACT composite ...... 30-33 Colgate students engage in the career ECACHL, Colgate fields 25 men’s and development process early, and most women’s varsity teams. The Patriot Financial Aid seniors begin their job or graduate school League includes teams from American, Colgate provides financial assistance search early during their senior year. Army, Bucknell, Holy Cross, Lafayette, to outstanding students accepted for Lehigh and Navy. The Raiders’ men’s and admission whose personal and family Athletics and Recreation women’s teams compete in resources are inadequate to meet the Colgate is one of the few highly the Eastern College Athletic Conference costs of a Colgate education. More than selective national liberal arts colleges with Hockey League. 45 percent of entering Colgate students Division I athletics. In the past decade, receive some sort of financial aid in the form of a grant, guaranteed loan, or job. The university is committed to meeting the financial need of all admitted students while keeping loan amounts to a minimum. With the use of generous grant programs as need-based aid, Colgate continues to be a national leader in graduating students with the least amount of debt incurred for student loans.

Residential Life Housing is guaranteed at Colgate for four years and most students take advantage of a variety of housing options, which include traditional corridor-style halls, suites, college-theme houses such as Outdoor Education and the Harlem Renaissance Center; and college-owned The Colgate athletic program has had seven Raider programs play for a Patriot apartments. Some juniors and seniors League championship during the last two seasons with three teams advancing to the students live in fraternities and sororities. NCAA Tournament - football, women’s soccer and women’s lacrosse. Men’s ice hockey team, a member of the ECACHL, won the regular season league title in 2005-06. A lottery is held for seniors who may

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Maroon Council Naming/Sponsorship Opportunities

In the event you wish to consider a significant gift to the Colgate football program - here are a few naming opportunities for the 2006 season)

Item Cost Sponsor Championship Rings $35,000 Joe ‘85 & Christine ‘84 McGrath (5,000), Bob Meyerhoff ‘49 (5,000) and Ted Kendall ‘59 (5,000) Cell Phones/Recruiting $ 5,000 Chase Carey ‘76 Recruiting Cars - 4 Months $ 2,500 Eugene Young ‘81 Football Cleats/Turf $10,000 Marty ‘73 and Lorisa Cooper (4,000) Home Jerseys/Maroon $12,000 Team Travel Sweatsuits $ 8,500 Coaches’ Game Apparel $ 1,500 Dick Van Cleave ‘58 Office Furniture $ 4,000 Under Armor Shirts/Team $ 2,500 Arthur Irwin ‘63 & Will Irwin ‘01 Digital Video Cameras $ 1,200 Nick ‘91 and Paul ‘94 Verbitsky Equipment Cart $ 3,000 Dick Van Cleave ‘58

Item Cost Sponsor Helmet Replacement $ 5,000 Geoffrey Gold ‘86 Media Guide $25,000 Brion Applegate ‘76 Practice Gear $ 8,000 Spring Recruiting $20,000 Anonymous Recruiting (hosting parents) $ 3,500 Marty ‘73 and Lorisa Cooper In Honor of Fred and Marilyn Dunlap J.V. Program $ 4,000 Gordon O. Watson ‘62 Team Banquet $10,000 Pre-season Meals $10,000 Coaches’ Head Sets $ 5,000 Footballs $ 2,000 Max H. Levine ‘62 Highlight Video $ 10,000 Nick ‘91 and Paul ‘94 Verbitsky Preseason Barbeque $ 3,500 Scoreboard Installation $ 30,000 Anonymous Gatorade Nutrition Shakes $10,000 Prominent Colgate Alumni The Arts Government Science/Medicine • Mel Damski ’68, director, producer, writer • A. Peter Burleigh ’63, U.S. ambassador to the • R. Peter Altman ’55, president, American (Ally McBeal, The Practice, M*A*S*H) Phillipines Pediatric Surgical Association • Theordore M. Griffin ‘93, screenwriter • James Holmes ’65, former U.S. ambassador • H. Guyford Stever ’38, former head of (Ocean’s Eleven) to Latvia, now State Department special National Science Foundation/NASA • Robert K. Rodat ‘75, screenwriter (Saving adviser Private Ryan) • Peter Peyser ‘43, former U.S. congressman Sports 1971-77, 1979-83 • Mark van Eeghen ’74, former running back, Business Oakland Raiders • Stephen B. Burke ‘80, president of Comcast Journalism • Adonal Foyle ’98, center, Golden State Cable • Jeff Fager ’73, executive producer, 60 Warriors • Charles “Chase” Carey ‘76, president and Minutes • Howard Katz ’71, former president, ABC CEO, DirecTV Group • Thomas A. Dine ‘62, president, Radio Free Sports • Bennett Cohen ‘73, co-founder and president, Europe • Mark Murphy ’77, former safety, Washington Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream • Michael Hiltzik ’73, Pulitzer Prize-winning Redskins • J. Richard Munro ’57, former head of Time journalist, Los Angeles Times • Eugene Robinson ’85, safety, played for Inc.; director, Exxon Mobil • Craig Neff ‘79, assistant managing editor, Carolina Panthers, Atlanta Falcons, Green Bay • Ed Werner ’71 and John Haney ’72, Sports Illustrated Packers, Seattle Seahawks inventors of Trivial Pursuit • Andy Rooney ’42, CBS-TV: 60 Minutes • Ken Schanzer ’66, president of NBC Sports

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