P.J. Gillespie NCAA Qualifier CAA Champion 2009 CAA Rookie of the Year Ryan Patrovich Two-time NCAA Qualifier Lou Ruggirello Three-time NCAA Qualifier Three-time CAA Champion Two-time NWCA All-Academic Selection Teague Ryan Wrestling Complex Chief Ray Downey Wrestling Room Rudy Fiorvanti Strength and Conditioning Room Quick Facts/Table of Contents Location: Hempstead, New York 11549 Cell Phone: (516) 523-6692 Strength and Conditioning Coach: Founded: 1935 Fax: (516) 463-5033 Brandon Beach Enrollment: 12,400 E-mail: [email protected] Assistant Strength and Conditioning Affiliation: NCAA Division I Senior Assistant Director of Athletic Coaches: Kerrin Fraser and Scott Wilks Conference: Colonial Athletic Association Communications: Jeremy Kniffin Nickname: Pride Office Phone: (516) 463-6759 2009 NCAA Championships Finish: 27th Colors: Gold, White and Blue Athletic Communications Graduate 2009-10 Returnees/Starters: 13/6 Home Arena (Capacity): David S. Mack Assistant: Brian Bohl 2008-09 Record: 10-6 Sports Complex (5,046) Office Phone: (516) 463-2907 2008-09 Conference Record: 5-1 (CAA Director of Athletic Publications: Champions; 8 consecutive CAA titles & 9 President: Stuart Rabinowitz Len Skoros straight conference crowns) Director of Athletics: Jack Hayes 2009 Individual CAA Champions: 3 Executive Associate Director of Athletics: Head Athletic Trainer: Evan Malings 2009 NCAA Championship Qualifiers: 8 Danny McCabe Athletic Trainer - Wrestling: Andy Wetstein Senior Associate Director of Athletics: Equipment Manager: Anthony Battaglia RETURNING 2009 NCAA QUALIFIERS - 6 Cindy Lewis Assistant Equipment Managers: Dave Walsh (NCAA Championship returnees are in bold) Associate Director of Athletics for (wrestling) and Kathy Theiling Communications: Stephen Gorchov Photography: Brian Ballweg, Jim Sheehan, - Steve Bonanno, 125, Wantagh, NY (So. 2009 Associate Director of Athletics for External Len Skoros CAA finalist and NCAA qualifier) Relations: Tim McMahon - Lou Ruggirello, 133, Walden, NY (Sr., 2009 Associate Director of Athletics for HOFSTRA WRESTLING INFORMATION CAA Champion and NCAA qualifier; 2008 Compliance: Lauren Ashman CAA Champion and NCAA qualifier; 2007 Associate Director of Athletics for Facilities: Head Wrestling Coach: Tom Shifflet CAA Champion and NCAA qualifier at 133) Jay Artinian (Edinboro, 1995) - Justin Accordino, 149, Wilkes-Barre, PA Assistant Director of Athletics for Corporate Record at Hofstra: 41-18-2/Fourth year at (So., 2009 CAA finalist and NCAA qualifier Relations: Ellen Johnson Hofstra at 141) Assistant Director of Athletics for Overall College Coaching Record: 74-50-2/ - Jonny Bonilla-Bowman, 157, Pomona, NY Development: Daniel Solow Eighth year (Sr., 2009 CAA Champion and NCAA Assistant Director of Athletics for Ticket Office Phone: (516) 463-6615 qualifier; 2008 CAA Champion and NCAA Operations: Maria Corvino E-mail: [email protected] qualifier; 2007 ACC Champion and NCAA Director of Marketing: Rocky Silvestri qualifier at Virginia Tech) Director of Student-Athlete Services: Associate Head Coach: Rob Anspach - P.J. Gillespie, 165, Long Beach, NY (So., Annie Fiorvanti (Hofstra, 2001) 2009 CAA Champion and NCAA qualifier Athletic Department Phone: E-mail: [email protected] at 149) (516) 463-3800/6750 Assistant Coach: Zach Tanelli - Ryan Patrovich, 174, Bohemia, NY (Jr., 2009 (Wisconsin, 2009) CAA finalist and NCAA qualifier at 165; Associate Director of Athletics for E-mail: [email protected] 2008 CAA finalist and NCAA qualifier at Communications: Stephen Gorchov Volunteer Assistant Coach: Terry Madden 165) Office Phone: (516) 463-4933 (Hunter, 2007) Senior Sports Information Director/ Assistant Wrestling Coaches Office Phone: Wrestling Contact: Jim Sheehan (516) 463-3758 Office Phone: (516) 463-6764 Hofstra Wrestling Homepage: www.GoHofstra.com PROBABLE STARTERS (As of 10/2009) Wt. Cl. Name Cl. Ht. Hometown/High School/College Notable 125 Steve Bonanno So. 5-5 Wantagh, NY/Wantagh 09 CAA finalist 133 Jamie Franco Fr. 5-2 Monroe, NY/Monroe-Woodbury Three-time NYS finalist; State champ in 2008; AA in 2007 133 Jeff Rotella Jr. 5-5 West Windsor, NJ/West Windsor-Plainsboro No. Two-time HS Most Valuable Wrestler 141 Luke Vaith Fr. 5-7 Hastings, MN/Hastings MN champion; 3x freestyle AA; 198-19 in high school 141 Tyler Banks RFr. 5-9 Griswold, CT/Griswold Three-time CT State Champion 149 Justin Accordino So. 5-8 Wilkes-Barre, PA/Coughlin 09 CAA finalist 157 Jonny Bonilla-Bowman Sr. 5-7 Pomona, NY/Ramapo 09, 08 CAA champion; 07 ACC champion 165 P.J. Gillespie So. 5-10 Long Beach, NY/Long Beach 09 CAA champion 174 Ryan Patrovich Jr. 6-0 Bohemia, NY/Islip/Ohio State Two-time CAA finalist 184 Ben Clymer So. 6-3 Germansville, PA/Northwestern Lehigh 09 CAA third place 197 Anthony Tortora Sr. 6-0 Chappaqua, NY/Horace Greeley All-NY State HS selection 285 Paul Snyder RFr. 6-0 Greensburg, PA/Mt. Pleasant Area 2-time PA State place-winner TABLE OF CONTENTS Quick Facts/TOC 1 Steve Bonanno 20 2008-09 Wrestling Statistics and Results 41 Hofstra Highlights 2 P.J. Gillespie 21 2008-09 Summaries 50 Head Coach Tom Shifflet 4 Returning Wrestlers 22 2008-09 CAA Review 58 Associate Head Coach Rob Anspach 6 Wrestling Newcomers 25 The Colonial Athletic Association 60 Assistant Coaches Zach Tanelli and Terry History of Hofstra Wrestling 61 Madden 7 This is Hofstra University 26 Hofstra Wrestling Record Book 63 2009-10 Roster by Weight Class 8 Hofstra University President 28 Hofstra in the NCAA Championships 66 2009-10 Alphabetical Roster 9 University Senior Administration 29 Wrestling Alumni 80 Director of Athletics 30 Annual Dual Records 83 2009-10 Outlook 10 Athletic Administration and Head Coaches 31 Annual Dual Results 84 2009-10 Notebook 13 Academic Support 33 Ray Downey Fund 88 Sports Medicine/Athletic Training 34 Media Information 89 Wrestler Bios Hofstra Heritage 35 Campus Map 91 Jonny Bonilla-Bowman 16 Long Island 36 Getting to Hofstra 91 Lou Ruggirello 17 New York City 37 CAA 25th Anniversary Tean 92 Ryan Patrovich 18 Wrestling Facilities 38 Justin Accordino 19 Team Travel 40 1 Hofstra Highlights Hofstra Highlights Celebrating 75 years of academic excellence in 2010 Hosted the final Presidential Debate of the 2008 campaign Located close to the global business capital of New York City, on October 15. The debate, which was televised world-wide the Frank G. Zarb School for Business will help you find your from the Mack Sports Complex, was moderated by CBS News edge in business. The school is ranked among the top 75 M.B.A Correspondent Bob Schieffer. programs by Forbes magazine and features the Martin B. Greenburg Trading Room in C.V. Starr Hall. CNN Anchor Anderson Cooper visited Hofstra as part of the “Define ’09: New Challenges, New Solutions,” a year-long series of programs designed to examine the new presidential administration, its policies and initiatives, the challenges we currently face and ways of addressing our country’s most pressing issues. Cooper discussed “A 360-Degree Look at World Events” during his appearance at the John Cranford Adams Playhouse and also spoke privately to a group of students in a forum at Hofstra Hall. In 2007 Hofstra University President Stuart Rabinowitz and the North Shore-LIJ Health System President and Chief Executive Officer Michael J. Dowling joined to announce a unique and historic agreement to plan the establishment of a new medical school on Hofstra’s campus. Hofstra University School of Medicine, which hopes to admit its first class in 2011, is currently pursuing preliminary accreditation with the Liaison Committee on Medical Education and requisite New York State approval. 2008 Presidential Debate at Hofstra Just a 10-minute drive to Jones Beach 2 Anderson Cooper of CNN speaks to a group of students during a Located Define ’09 event Hofstra Highlights 25 miles east of Celebrating 75 years of New York academic excellence in 2010 City 3 Head Wrestling Coach Tom Shifflet om Shifflet, a Last season, Shifflet-faced with a rebuilding season-captured four-time NCAA the University’s ninth consecutive conference championship TChampionships with three champions, posted a 10-6 dual record and a 5-1 qualifier and a three- mark in the CAA and sent eight wrestlers to the NCAA time All-American as a Championships in St. Louis. He was also named CAA Coach student-athlete at Edinboro of the Year. University, became the 10th head wrestling coach in Shifflet came to Hofstra after four seasons as head wrestling Hofstra University’s storied coach at UNC Greensboro, where he was directly responsible wrestling history on May for all aspects of the Spartans’ programs including 17, 2006. He has recorded instruction, recruiting, scheduling, academic counseling and a 41-18-2 record in three community relations. His tenure at UNCG was marked by seasons with the Pride. annual improvements in recruiting, recognition and success. He also created and organized the annual 35-team Southern His first season as the Scuffle wrestling tournament, which is one of the largest and Hofstra Head Wrestling Coach in 2006-07 was one for the more competitive Division I regular season tournaments in record books. Shifflet directed the Pride to an 18-4-2 dual the country. During his tenure at UNC Greensboro Shifflet record, a final record season ranking of ninth, the program’s recorded a 32-32 dual meet record and had nine wrestlers sixth straight Colonial Athletic Association championship and qualify for the NCAA Championships. the school’s seventh consecutive conference title, an upset victory of top-ranked A three-time All- Minnesota in November, American and a four- a sixth-place finish at the time national qualifier NWCA National Duals as a student-athlete at and, most importantly, national powerhouse a seventh-place finish Edinboro University at the 2007 NCAA from 1992 through Championships in 1995, Shifflet began Auburn Hills, Michigan. his coaching career as Along the way, the an assistant at Georgia Pride developed four State University in1995, All-Americans, seven helping the Panthers conference champions post back-to-back including the CAA winning seasons, and Wrestler of the Year and develop three conference the Rookie of the Year.