Meet the Monarchs Support Staff SPORTS INFORMATION Debbie White Carol Hudson Jamar Ross Kim Zivkovich Rob Silsbee Senior Associate Sports Information Assoc. Sports Assistant Sports Assistant Sports Athletic Director Director Information Director Information Director Information Director Tina Price Chrisie Henn Jean Michel Doris Bailey Director of Publications Asst. Director of Publications Athletic Publications Baseball Secretary & Creative Services & Creative Services & Creative Services Graduate Assistant Foreman Field Directions to the Bud 49th Street Metheny Baseball Complex: 48th Street Athletic Event Parking Proceed west off Hampton Blvd. on 43rd Street (this will be a right hand turn if coming from I-564/Terminal Blvd.; Student Recreation Dormitory a left hand turn if coming from downtown Norfolk). The Center stadium is on the right on Parker Avenue. Bus parking is . vd Ath. Folkes- available on Parker between the Soccer Stadium and the Admin. Parking Stevens Lot Outdoor Indoor Lot 23 Tennis 10 Tennis Hampton Bl Bud Metheny Baseball Complex; we recommend fans and Courts Center media park in the lot on the east side of the Fieldhouse Old enue Dominion Bud enue (access off Elkhorn Avenue) and take the footpaths to Av Soccer Metheny Soccer enue Stadium Baseball Av Practice Av the Stadium. Teams requiring additional information Facility Complex rker rker whatan Elkhorn Pa Po are asked to contact Greg Smith, Asst. A.D. for Event 43rd Street Parking Lot Parking Lot Management, at (757) 683-5924. 55 54 Why Monarchs? Many people have wondered how the Old Dominion University athletic teams came to be officially known as the Monarchs. For many years, the athletic teams of the Norfolk Division of the College of William & Mary (as Old Dominion was formerly called) were known as the Braves.This was a derivation of the William & Mary nickname of Indians. As Old Dominion achieved its own four-year status and saw its enrollment surpass that of its Williamsburg neighbor, it was no longer suitable or acceptable to have its teams called the Braves. The name Monarchs evokes much of the early history of the Commonwealth of Virginia and of Old Dominion’s mother institution, the College of William and Mary. The nickname “Old Dominion” was first coined to the Virginia colony by King Charles II after Virginia’s loyalty to the crown during the English Civil War. Furthermore, William III and Mary II, whose patronage helped found the College of William and Mary in Virginia in 1693, ruled England at the invitation of Parliament as “joint monarchs.” The Monarch used by Old Dominion is a royal crown on a lion’s head, representing an historic past and a strong future. Old Dominion adopted its current family of logos in April 2002. Old Dominion University Baseball 2008 15 OPPOSITION The Colonial Athletic Association 8625 Patterson Avenue Richmond, VA 23229-6349 Telephone: 804-754-1616 Fax: 804-754-1830 WWW.CAASPORTS.COM CAA WEBSITES Delaware www.udel.edu/sportsinfo UNC Wilmington www.uncwil.edu/athletics Drexel www.drexel.edu/sports Notheastern www.goNU.com 2007 in Review George Mason www.gmusports.com Old Dominion www.odusports.com Georgia State www.georgiastatesports.com Towson www.towson.edu/athletics 2007 Final CAA Standings Hofstra www.hofstra.edu/athletics VA Commonwealth www.vcu.edu/vcurams James Madison www.jmu.edu William & Mary www.tribeathletics.com CAA Overall Old Dominion 18-11 35-24 oming off another record-setting season, the The conference also excels in many other sports. Colonial Athletic Association continues to Delaware became the first CAA team to reach the Final VCU* 18-11 37-23 Cenhance its reputation as one of the nation’s top Four of the NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championship in Delaware 18-11 32-23 collegiate conferences. 2007. A league-record four men’s soccer teams earned NCAA berths in 2006, with Towson and Old Dominion UNCW 18-11 29-27 With a geographic footprint stretching from Boston advancing to the round of 16. A league-high four teams George Mason 14-14 27-27 also represented the conference in the NCAA Men’s to Atlanta, the CAA encompasses five of the nation’s Ga. State 15-15 26-32 nine largest metropolitan areas. The conference has Tennis Championship. William & Mary reached the produced 16 national team champions in five different round of 16 in women’s tennis and the Tribe tandem of W&M 13-16 29-25 Megan Moulton-Levy and Katarina Zoricic was ranked sports, 33 individual national champions, 12 national Northeastern 12-17 24-22 players of the year, 11 national coaches of the year No. 1 in the nation and reached the finals of the NCAA and 12 Honda Award winners. Even more impressive, Doubles Championship. CAA squads have won 10 field JMU 11-17 22-31 hockey national titles since the championship began in however, are the honors accumulated away from Towson 11-18 21-30 competition, which include five Rhodes Scholars and 1981, which is the most of any Division I conference. 21 NCAA post-graduate scholars. In 2006-07, the CAA Hofstra finished seventh overall at the NCAA Wrestling Hofstra 11-18 20-34 had six ESPN the Magazine Academic All-Americans Championship and William & Mary finished eighth and more than 1,600 of our 4,000 student-athletes nationally in men’s cross country. In baseball, the received the Commissioner’s Academic Award after league had 17 players chosen in the 2007 Major League 2006 CAA Stat Leaders posting at least a 3.2 grade point average while lettering Baseball draft. There were 37 CAA student-athletes 2007 CAA STAT Leaders in a varsity sport. who received All-America honors. Batting: Greg Sexton, W&M .455 The landscape of the conference stretches along CAA member institutions are committed to excellence ERA: Luke Pisker, VCU 1.85 in the classroom. The Colonial Academic Alliance was the majority of the East Coast, and includes six of Home Runs: Scott Krieger, GMU 20 the nation’s top 25 media markets – New York (1), created in 2002 by the league’s presidents with a goal of Philadelphia (4), Boston (5), Washington, D.C. (8), expanding their partnership to all aspects of university RBI: Scott Krieger, GMU 68 life outside of intercollegiate athletics. Among the Atlanta (9) and Baltimore (23).The number of television Wins: Anthony Shawler, ODU 11-2 homes in the CAA market exceeds 19 million. programs already established are an undergraduate research conference, coordination of study abroad Steals: Alex Foltz, JMU 20 programs and granting visiting academic status to The CAA now sponsors 22 sports with the addition student-athletes traveling to an away contest so that Strikeouts: Anthony Shawler, ODU,130/114.2 of a 12-team football league in 2007. Male athletes they have access to libraries, academic resource compete for championships in baseball, basketball, Shutours: Anthony Shawler, ODU 3 centers and computer labs. cross country, football, golf, lacrosse, soccer, swimming & diving, tennis, track & field and wrestling. Female athletes battle for conference titles in basketball, cross In 2002, two faculty members from CAA institutions Past CAA Champions country, field hockey, golf, lacrosse, soccer, softball, were awarded academia’s most coveted distinction swimming & diving, tennis, track & field and volleyball. – the Nobel Prize. John B. Fenn, a research 1986.................... Richmond professor in the Department of Chemistry at Virginia In 2006-07, a league-record 29 teams earned NCAA 1987.................... East Carolina Tournament berths. Commonwealth University, received the Nobel Prize for chemistry, and Vernon Smith, a professor of economics 1988.................... George Mason and law at George Mason University, shared the Nobel The conference has made its presence known nationally 1989.................... East Carolina Prize in economic sciences. in men’s basketball with four teams advancing to 1990.................... East Carolina post-season play for the past three years. Conference champion VCU pulled the most noted upset of the Commissioner Thomas E. Yeager has guided the CAA 1991.................... East Carolina NCAA first round last season with its 79-77 victory since its inception.The conference traces its roots back 1992.................... George Mason over Duke and Old Dominion became the second CAA to 1983 when three of its current members- George team in as many years to receive an NCAA at-large Mason University, James Madison University, and the 1993.................... East Carolina bid. Hofstra returned to the NIT for the third straight College of William and Mary - were aligned with East 1994.................... Old Dominion season and Drexel made its fourth NIT appearance in Carolina University, the United States Naval Academy the last five years. In 2006, George Mason became and the University of Richmond as a basketball 1995.................... Old Dominion the first mid-major program since 1979 to reach the league (ECAC South). During the next two years, the 1996.................... Old Dominion Final Four, knocking off powerhouses Michigan State, league added 11 sports, acquired two new members North Carolina, Wichita State and Connecticut along (the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and 1997 ....................Richmond the way. The Patriots were ranked No. 8 in the final American University) and decided to form a new 1998.................... Richmond ESPN/USA Today Top 25 poll, which was the highest association. The transformation from ECAC South to ever for a CAA team. CAA took place on June 6, 1985. 1999.................... East Carolina 2000.................... East Carolina In women’s basketball, the CAA had three teams Charter members George Mason, James Madison, earn NCAA Tournament berths for the first time and UNC Wilmington and William and Mary were joined 2001.................... William & Mary by Old Dominion University in 1991 and by Virginia four squads advanced to post-season play for the 2002.................... Virginia Commonwealth second straight year. Perennial power Old Dominion, Commonwealth University in 1995.