DELAWARE VALLEY COLLEGE 2008-09 ATHLETIC SEASON RECAP • Wrestling team captured its third consecutive NCAA Midwest Region title and placed fifth at NCAA Division III Championships (third-highest finish in school history) • Football team finished as the Middle Atlantic Conference and ECAC South Atlantic Bowl champions • Women’s soccer team reached Freedom Conference Championship Game for first time in program history and was also selected for the ECAC South Region playoffs • Men’s basketball team qualified for the Freedom Conference playoffs for the first time in 40 years • Softball team qualified for the Freedom Conference playoffs for the third straight year • Baseball team selected to ECAC South Region Championships for the second straight year • Co-hosted the Freedom Conference and Commonwealth Conference Golf Championships at the Blue Ridge Country Club in Harrisburg • SAAC Committee helped sponsor four fundraising efforts • Wrestler Mike Wilcox captured the NCAA Division III 184-pound National Championship • Football senior Ralph Stambaugh became the first Delaware Valley student- athlete to be named the Middle Atlantic Conference Scholar Athlete of the Year in his or her sport • 60 student-athletes named to Middle Atlantic Conference All-Academic Team (most in school history) DELAWARE VALLEY COLLEGE 2008-09 RESULTS OVERALL MAC/FREEDOM CONFERENCE Sport W L T Pct% W L T Pct% Place Wrestling* 21 1 2 .917 No longer exists for the sport Soccer – Women*** 14 4 2 .750 6 2 0 .750 T-2nd/9 Football** 8 3 0 .727 5 2 0 .714 T-1st/8 Baseball***** 21 13 0 .618 7 9 0 .438 T-7th/9 Volleyball 14 12 0 .539 1 7 0 .125 T-8th/9 Basketball – Men**** 13 13 0 .500 8 8 0 .500 5th/9 Field Hockey 10 10 0 .500 1 7 0 .125 T-8th/9 Softball**** 14 16 0 .467 10 6 0 .625 T-3rd/9 Basketball – Women 11 14 0 .440 5 11 0 .313 T-7th/9 Golf 2 5 0 .286 7th/9 Soccer – Men 3 14 1 .194 1 7 0 .125 T-8th/9 Cross Country – Women 0 0 0 ----- 4th/14 Cross Country – Men 0 0 0 ----- 7th/14 Track (Outdoor) – Men 0 0 0 ----- 7th/10 Track (Outdoor) – Women 0 0 0 ----- 8th/10 Track (Indoor) – Men 0 0 0 ----- 8th/10 Track (Indoor) – Women 0 0 0 ----- 8th/10 TOTAL 131 105 5 .554 44 59 0 .427 (17 TEAMS) (9 TEAMS) Winning Records In Bold; .500 Records In Italics * NCAA Midwest Regional Champions, 5th at NCAAs ** MAC and ECAC South Atlantic Bowl Champions *** Freedom Conference Runner-Up and ECAC Quarterfinalist **** Freedom Conference Playoff Qualifier ***** ECAC Playoff Qualifier LAST FIVE YEARS 2007-08 114 132 4 .464 32 50 3 .394 2006-07 104 126 2 .453 37 58 2 .392 2005-06 108 128 2 .458 44 58 1 .432 2004-05 101 132 2 .434 35 66 2 .350 2003-04 104 123 4 .459 46 56 0 .451 THIS YEAR LAST YEAR FALL: 49-43-3 .532 37-52-4 .419 WINTER: 45-28-2 .613 30-39-0 .435 SPRING: 37-34-0 .521 47-41-0 .534 TEAMS THAT IMPROVED WINNING PERCENTAGE FROM 2007-08 TO 2008-09 Basketball – Men + .380 (.120 to .500) Soccer – Women + .350 (.425 to .750) Football + .227 (.500 to .727) Wrestling + .139 (.778 to .917) Volleyball + .081 (.458 to .539) Soccer – Men + .062 (.132 to .194) Baseball + .036 (.582 to .618) 2008-09 ATHLETIC SEASON RECAP BY THE NUMBERS COMPARISON 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 TEAM Overall Winning Percentage .453 .464 .554 Team with .500+ Records 6 6 7 NCAA Regional Championships 1 1 1 MAC/Freedom Championships 0 0 1 MAC/Freedom Conference Runners-Up 1 2 1 MAC/Freedom Conference Playoff Qualifiers 2 4 3 ECAC Championships 0 0 1 ECAC Playoff Qualifiers 0 1 3 INDIVIDUAL NCAA National Champions 0 0 1 NCAA National Player of the Year 0 0 1 NCAA Runners-Up 1 1 1 NCAA Qualifiers 3 8 6 All-Americans 3 4 6 Regional Players of the Year 0 1 1 Regional Coaches of the Year 1 1 1 Regional Champions 1 6 5 Regional Medalists 5 8 7 All-Region Honorees 8 4 8 MAC/Freedom Conference Players of the Year 0 2 1 MAC/Freedom Conference Coaches of the Year 2 0 1 MAC/Freedom Conference Rookies of the Year 1 0 0 MAC/Freedom Conference Champions 0 0 1 MAC/Freedom Conference First Team All-Stars 10 16 27 MAC/Freedom Conf. Second Team All-Stars 20 15 21 Academic All-District/All-Region Team 1 2 2 Phil Inquirer All-Area Academic Player of Year 0 0 2 Phil. Inquirer All-Area Academic Team 3 3 6 MAC Scholar Athletes of the Year 0 0 1 MAC/Freedom Conf. All-Academic Team 40 57 60 2008-09 ATHLETIC AWARDS NATIONAL AND REGIONAL NCAA National Champion - Mike Wilcox, wrestling NCAA Most Outstanding Wrestler - Mike Wilcox, wrestling All-Americans - Kyle Bilquist, wrestling Brandon Clemmer, wrestling Rocky Mantella, wrestling Chris Sheetz, wrestling Ralph Stambaugh, football Mike Wilcox, wrestling NCAA National Qualifiers - Kyle Bilquist, wrestling Brandon Clemmer, wrestling Meghan Donovan, women’s track Dale Fava, wrestling Rocky Mantella, wrestling Chris Sheetz, wrestling Mike Wilcox, wrestling NCAA Midwest Regional Coach of the Year - Brandon Totten, wrestling NCAA Midwest Region Wrestler of the Year - Rocky Mantella, wrestling NCAA Midwest Regional Champion - Kyle Bilquist, wrestling Brandon Clemmer, wrestling Rocky Mantella, wrestling Chris Sheetz, wrestling Mike Wilcox, wrestling NCAA Midwest Regional Medalists - Justin Barowski, wrestling Kyle Bilquist, wrestling Brandon Clemmer, wrestling Rocky Mantella, wrestling Martin Porter, wrestling Chris Sheetz, wrestling Mike Wilcox, wrestling Second Team All-Region Honorees - Kyle Gesswein, football Charles Squitiere, football Ralph Stambaugh, football Third Team All-Region Honorees- Elise Dauber, women’s soccer Mike Isgro, football James Jones, men’s basketball Kim Vennera, women’s basketball Kevin Weingart, baseball 2008-09 ATHLETIC AWARDS NATIONAL AND REGIONAL D3football.com Team of the Week - Mike Cebrosky, football Brandon Fox, football Kyle Gesswein, football Mike Lewis, football Mike Long, football Rob Shedlosky, football Charles Squitiere, football Ralph Stambaugh, football D3hoops.com Team of the Week - Brittany Zimmerman, wom. basketball ECAC All-Star Team - Kyle Gesswein, football Mike Isgro, baseball Mike Isgro, football Charles Squitiere, football Ralph Stambaugh, football Kim Vennera, women’s basketball Southeast Pennsylvania Soccer Coach of the Year - Kevin Doherty, women’s soccer MIDDLE ATLANTIC CONFERENCE/FREEDOM CONFERENCE MAC/Freedom Conference Player of the Year - Mike Isgro, football MAC/Freedom Conference Coach of the Year - Kevin Doherty, women’s soccer MAC/Freedom Conference Individual Champion - Travis Pitts, men’s track (outdoor) MAC/Freedom Conference First Team All-Stars - Jennifer Alderfer, wom. track (indoor) (voted by conference coaches for team sports, Matt Cook, football 1st – 10th place at cross country championships, Elise Dauber, women’s soccer 1st – 5th place at golf championships, 1st – 3rd place Christine Del Turco, women’s soccer in each event at track and field championships) Meghan Donovan, wom. track (outdoor) Caitlin Dorgan, women’s cross country Caitlin Dorgan, women’s track (indoor) Caitlin Dorgan, women’s track(outdoor) Kyle Gesswein, football Becky Heisey, women’s track (outdoor) Mike Isgro, baseball Mike Isgro, football George Johnson, men’s track (indoor) George Johnson, men’s track (outdoor) James Jones, men’s basketball Tom Masterson, men’s track (indoor) Tom Masterson, men’s track (outdoor) Emily Perryman, women’s soccer Jon Petrilak, men’s track (outdoor) MAC/Freedom Conference First Team (cont.) - Travis Pitts, men’s track (indoor) Travis Pitts, men’s track (outdoor) Brittany Schwartz, wom. cross country Charles Squitiere, football Ralph Stambaugh, football Shane Toohey, men’s track (indoor) Shane Toohey, men’s track (outdoor) Kim Vennera, women’s basketball MAC/Freedom Conference Second Team All-Stars - Jennifer Alderfer, wom. track (indoor) (voted by conference coaches for team sports, Jennifer Alderfer, wom. track (outdoor) 11th – 20th place at cross country championships, Amanda Barr, women’s track (indoor) 6th – 10th place at golf championships, 4th – 6th place Karlena Brown, women’s track (indoor) in each event at track and field championships) Michelle Cernobyl, field hockey Zach Chodur, baseball Jess Derrickson, wom. track (outdoor) Meghan Donovan, wom. track (indoor) Caitlin Dorgan, women’s track (indoor) Kelly Harding, women’s track (outdoor) Becky Heisey, women’s track (indoor) Becky Heisey, women’s track (outdoor) Tom Masterson, men’s track (indoor) Bethany Pavlik, softball Jon Petrilak, men’s track (outdoor) Travis Pitts, men’s track (indoor) Derek Porter, football Brittany Schwartz, wom. track (outdoor) Meghan Tyman, women’s track (indoor) Nick van Hook, golf Kevin Weingart, baseball MAC/Freedom Conference Weekly Awards - Matt Cook, football (offense) Elise Dauber, women’s soccer (player – twice) Kyle Gesswein, football (defense – three times; honor roll - once) Mike Isgro, football (offense – twice; honor roll – three times) James Jones, men’s basketball (player – twice) Emily Perryman, wom. soccer (player) Chad Peterman, football honor roll) Tristin Preece, men’s soccer (goalie) Charles Squitiere, football (defense) Kim Vennera, wom. basketball (player – twice) 2008-09 ATHLETIC ACADEMIC AWARDS Middle Atlantic Conference Scholar Athlete of Year- Ralph Stambaugh, football ESPN Magazine Academic All-District Team - Cortney Bower, women’s soccer Ralph Stambaugh, football ESPN Magazine Academic All-America Nominees - Cortney Bower, women’s soccer Kate Klish, volleyball Nicki Martini, women’s soccer Bethany Pavlik, field hockey Bethany Pavlik, softball Emily Perryman, women’s soccer Greg Rissinger, football Dylan Saldutti, baseball Rob Shedlosky, football Ralph Stambaugh, football Phil. 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