Harvard Varsity Club NEWS & VIEWS of Harvard Sports The Year in Pictures Volume 53, Issue No. 9 www.harvardvarsityclub.org July 11, 2011 2010-2011 Ivy League Champions Men’s Basketball Men’s Heavyweight Crew Softball Men’s Lightweight Crew National Champion Men’s Fencing Alexandra Kiefer ’14 Photos courtesy Athletic Communications 2010-11 Friends Events Around the V-Club 2010-11 (A) Nichols Family Director of Athletics Bob Scalise with Jes- A sica Gelman ’97, Larry Cetrulo ’71 and Heather Palmer at the Friends of Basketball Top Donor Dinner. (B) (l-r) Rory Edwards ’05, Catherine Sproul ’05, Melissa Christino ’02, Molly Bodell ’05, Lauren Corkery ’01, and Erin McCafferty ’02 and her daughter, Charlotte, pose for a picture at the Friends of Lacrosse alumnae weekend. (C/D) Alumni members of Men’s and Women’s Soccer gather for the annual alumni game at the Friends of Harvard Soccer alumni weekend. B (Left) Founding Lifetime Member Kevin Landry ’66 (l) and Nichols Family Director of Athletics Bob Scalise (r) each accept an honorary Major H from Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Mike Smith. (Right) Thomas Bolles Head Coach for Harvard Men’s Crew Harry Parker accepts the Harvard Varsity Club Award from HVC Chairman Marc Goldberg ’79. C D (Left) Robyn Thom ’11, Tim Linden ’12, Carly Dickson ’12, and Mel Baskind ’12 work the ticket counter at the First Annual HVC-SAAC Student- Athlete Charity Ball. (Right) Peter Mee ’76, Bob Glatz ’88, Carl Akins ’62, and Dan Mee ’81 at the HVC Pregame Reception- Harvard vs. Columbia football game. (E) Neil Garfinkel ’88, Mike Porter ’94, and Kanu Okike ’01 enjoy the annual Friends of Lacrosse Alumni game. (F) Matthew Milkowski ’92, Chris Miller ’92, Read Hubbard ’93, and Charlie Gay ’94 at the Friends of Lacrosse NYC Dinner. E F (Left) Members of the women’s basketball team participate in the 3rd Annual Bench Press for Breast Cancer. The Varsity Club sponsored a Student- Athlete Barbeque before the event. (Right) Bob Joyce ’87 of Credit Suisse talks with lacrosse player Daniel DiMaria ’12 about future careers in finance at an HVC Career Services open house. 2011 Hall of Fame and Senior Letterwinners’ Dinner A B 2010-11 Friend of the Year Congratulations to Varsity Club Founding Lifetime Member and elected Board Member Fred Schernecker ’89, who was named the 2011 HRFWA Friend of the Year. The Director of Men’s and C Women’s Golf at Harvard since 2003, Fred also serves as a Co- Chair to the Friends of Golf and is an active member on the Friends of Basketball Board. Fred will be formally recognized at a brief pre- sentation during a reception before the September 23rd Harvard- Brown football game and HRFWA will make a $500 donation in his D name to the Friends of Harvard Golf. (A) Hall of Fame (l-r) Kate Felsen Di Pietro ’88, Vanya Desai ’93, HRFWA Friend of the Year Recipients Mike Giardi ’94, Greg Chang ’96-97, Amy Reinhard ’96, and Mike 2005 - Andy Freed ‘90, Friends of Water Polo Eckert ’96. The five inductees gather behind emcee Giardi, who was 2006 - Karen Weltchek ‘88, Friends of Rowing inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2009 for football and baseball. 2007 - Nick Rhinelander ‘88, Friends of Skiing Senior Letterwinners’ Dinner 2008 - Brian Hehir ‘75, Friends of Football (B) Men’s Hockey seniors celebrate together at the dinner. and Jeff Campbell ‘77, Friends of Track (C) Rhodes Scholar Baltazar Zavala ’11 received the Francis H. Burr 2009 - Rick Frisbie ’74, Friends of Lacrosse ’09 Scholarship for top male scholar-athlete. 2010 - Jessica Gelman ’97, Friends of Basketball Fred Schernecker and his wife, Caroline with their (D) Women’s Basketball assistant coach Kelly Finley, Christine and Tom Stemberg ’71, Friends of Basketball two daughters, Lily and Catie. Matera ’11 and Director of Women’s Basketball Operations Kristan 2011 - Fred Schernecker, Friends of Golf Strout. 2 3 Special Events 2010-11 A C B D (A) The Harvard men’s soccer team played the Haitian National Team on April 10, 2011 at Harvard Stadium, with over 13,000 fans in attendance (B). The game was one of five in New England for the Haitian National Team in an effort to raise money for the organization Partners in Health to aid in relief efforts. (C) Harvard Football sent its seniors out in style, beating Yale 28-21. The senior class of 2011 never lost to Yale, Dartmouth, or Princeton in their four years. (D) 2011 Ivy Football Association honoring Joe O’Donnell ’67. (l-r) Thomas Stephenson Family Head Coach for Harvard Football Tim Murphy, Joe O’Donnell ’67, President of Harvard University Drew Gilpin Faust, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Mi- chael Smith, and Nichols Family Director of Athletics Bob Scalise. From the Varsity Club Thank you for your continued support of Var- sity Club activities. We hope you enjoyed this year’s issues of News & Views. Pictured: (l-r) Neil Murphy, Melissa Schellberg ’10, Holly Fortier, Bob Glatz ’88, Kristen Schmidt, and Mike Booras. FIRST CLASS FIRST PERMIT NO. 53825 NO. PERMIT Fax: (617) 496-8296 (617) Fax: BOSTON, MA BOSTON, (617) 495-3535 495-3535 (617) PAID Boston, MA 02163-1012 MA Boston, U.S. POSTAGE U.S. 65 North Harvard Street Harvard North 65 FIRST CLASS FIRST Murr Center Murr HARVARD VARSITY CLUB, INC. CLUB, VARSITY HARVARD.