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Athletic Media Relations Fax Cover Sheet
. To: | Sports Department
From: Brian DePasquale
Office: Athletic Media Relations
Phone: (518) 442-3072
E-Mail: bdepasquale @ uamail.albany.edu
Date: 7-24-04 (Saturday)
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Comments: New York Giants Training Camp
GIANTS & UALBANY ANNOUNCE 2004 TRAINING CAMP TICKET INFORMATION
By Michael Eisen
East Rutherford, N.J. - The Giants will begin their ninth training camp - and first ung
new head coach Tom Coughlin - this week at the University at Albany.
The coaches arrive Tuesday, the players must report by Thursday and the first two
practices are scheduled for Friday. The Giants are scheduled to hold 33 practices before
camp ends on Wednesday, August 25th.
On the days when Coughlin conducts two practices, the morning workout will run
from 8:40-10:40, with the afternoon practice running from 3:20-5:20. The schedule is
subject to change. For information regarding training camp and practice times, please
visit Giants.com.
The practices at the University at Albany are free and open to the public. The charge
for parking is $5 for a one-day parking pass and $15 for a pass that is good throughout
training camp. Parking passes are available in advance at the UAlbany athletic ticket
office at the Recreation and Convocation Center (RACC) and at the Dutch Quad Parking
lot each day throughout camp.
On Saturday, August 7, the Giants will host the New York Jets for two practice
sessions, the first from 9:30-11:20 a.m. and the second from 3:30-5:30 p.m. The cost for
those sessions is $10 for adults and $5 for children (12 and under). The tickets will go on
sale Tuesday at 10 a.m. at the RACC box office. Cash only will be accepted. The box
office is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. UAlbany has also set up a
ticket information line, at 518-442-4522. No phone orders or reservations will be
accepted. |
There will be no parking fee on the day of the joint practices with the Jets. Tickets will
also be sold on the day of the event. The joint practice sessions will be held rain or
shine. A combination of lawn and bleacher seating will be available at both UAlbany's
University Field (football stadium) and the Westem Avenue practice fields, with bleacher
seating on a first come first served basis. No alcohol or coolers will be permitted. Bags
are permitted but subject to inspection. No dogs or pets are permitted.
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University at Albany
Athletic Media Relations Fax Cover Sheet
To: Sports Department
From: Brian DePasquale
Office: Athletic Media Relations
E-Mail: bdepasquale @ uamail.albany.edu
Date: 7-22-04 (Thursday)
Pages w/cover: 1
Comments: College Sports
UALBANY HAS FOUR HONORED AS AMERICA EAST SCHOLAR-ATHLETES
Boston, Mass. — University at Albany’s Andee Lindgren, Jill Friedman, John Eleby
and Andy Allstadt have been recognized as America East Conference Scholar-Athletes
in their respective sports, as recently announced by Commissioner Chris Monasch.
Lindgren (softball), Friedman (women’s golf), Eleby (men’s lacrosse) and Allstadt (men’s
cross country) were each named for the first time.
Lindgren capped a spectacular senior campaign, as she was named the America
East Player of the Year and UAlbany’s 2003-04 Female Athlete of the Year. Lindgren,
who has a 3.43 cumulative grade point average in psychology with a minor in criminal
justice, posted an 18-4 record as a pitcher and ranked nationally with a 1.04 ERA. She
established the school’s single-season record with 179 strikeouts. Lindgren, a La Habra,
Calif. native who also played first base, was 11th among the NCAA Division | leaders
with a .430 batting average to go with 18 doubles and 34 RBI. UAlbany captured the
conference’s regular-season crown with a 34-18 overall record.
Friedman, a junior from Liverpool, N.Y., finished second at the America East
Conference Women’s Golf Championship with a 36-hole score of 176 (86-90), in leading
the Great Danes to the conference title. She was second on the team with an 82.93
stroke average in 15 rounds played during the 2003-04 season, and tied for 11th at the
Northeast Championships. Friedman has a 3.66 GPA in business administration and
marketing, and received the 2004 Chancellor's Scholar-Athlete Award.
Eleby posted a 3.43 GPA in criminal justice with a minor in East Asian Studies. A
native of Valatie, N.Y., he was a starter as a long-stick midfielder and defender in
lacrosse. The Great Danes earned both their second consecutive America East
championship and NCAA Tournament berth with a 10-6 record. UAlbany’s defense
allowed 10.38 goals per game and was ranked among the national leaders in man-down
Situations.
Allstadt, a junior from Endicott, N.Y., placed fifth at the America East Conference
Men’s Cross County Championship with a time of 25:10. He earned all-conference
recognition for the second straight year. Allstadt had four top-10 finishes in 2003,
including his second consecutive fifth-place showing at the IC4A championships. A
UAlbany Presidential Scholar, he has a 3.63 GPA in biology.
A committee of athletics administrators and NCAA Faculty Athletics
Representatives chose the honorees from the nearly 3,500 student-athletes who
competed at America East institutions during the 2003-04 academic year. Each honoree
was a Starter or prominent reserve on his or her team and had a minimum cumulative
GPA of 3.20.
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Subject: RECENT NEWS RELEASE: Nick Casale Receives Capital District Student Scholarship-
Presidential Scholar and La Salle graduate will play football at UAlbany in the fall
UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
For Immediate Release
Contact: Brian DePasquale (518)-442-3072
Michael Parker (518) 437-4980
Nick Casale Receives Capital District Student Scholarship
Presidential Scholar and La Salle graduate will play football at UAlbany in the fall
@arsany. N.Y. (July 22, 2004) -- James P. Doellefeld, vice president for student affairs, has named Nick
Casale as the recipient of the Capital District Student Scholarship, sponsored by New York Giants Football, Inc.
and the University at Albany. Casale, a native of Waterford, N.Y. and 2004 graduate of La Salle Institute in
Troy, will be recognized as part of a welcome program at Giants Media Day on Wednesday, July 28.
The Giants Media Day Program is scheduled for 11:45 a.m. under a tent on the campus' Dutch Quad Field.
Giants head coach Tom Coughlin, University Interim President John R. Ryan and City of Albany Common
Council President Helen Desfosses are expected to speak at the program.
Casale, who is a Presidential Scholar and will play football for UAlbany in the fall, was a consensus All-Area
offensive center and linebacker at LaSalle. He was named to the Troy Record first team, and was a second-team
selection by the Albany Times Union and Daily Gazette. Casale, who made 88 tackles on defense and blocked
for one of the area's top rushers, was also a first-team All-Big 10 League selection. His parents are Tony and
Mary Anne Casale. Nick has two brothers, Anthony and Marc, and one sister, Gianna. Casale, who plans to
study business administration, served as president of his school's National Honor Society.
The Capital District Student Scholarship provides Casale with a monetary award equivalent to the tuition costs
of four years at the University at Albany. This year marks the ninth-consecutive summer that UAlbany has
hosted the Giants training camp. The first practice sessions will be held on Friday, July 30 and continue through
Wednesday, August 25.
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To: Brian DePasquale
Subject: Recent News Release: Alum's Donation Sponsors All-Weather Lacrosse Field
UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
For Immediate Release
Contact: Michael Parker (518) 437-4980
Alum’s Donation Sponsors All-Weather Lacrosse Field
ALBANY, N.Y. (July 20, 2004) -- John R. Fallon, Jr., who received both undergraduate and graduate degrees
from the University at Albany, is contributing $250,000 to help finance a new all-weather lacrosse field for the
men’s and women’s teams. A top Partner at LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene and MacRae, LLP in New York City,
Fallon (B.A.’77, M.P.A.’81) handles major transactions, acquisitions and financings. Fallon’s aim is to further
bolster the success of UAlbany’s men’s lacrosse team, which earned an NCAA tournament berth for the second
straight year this past spring.
“The field will have the same synthetic turf as the teams played on for the NCAA championship,” noted Fallon,
who as an undergraduate played all four years on UAlbany’s lacrosse team. “On our current grass field, in the
@ ving. you can’t do anything. There’s too much water, too much snow, too much residue. But when we have
the new all-weather field, the teams can get out there practicing sooner and we could have some of the early
season games played here - as opposed to playing on the road.
“This year, the first half of the season was on the road,” said Fallon, a graduate of Albany Law School of Union
University. “Obviously, the team did well on the road but you have got to think that they’d be playing better if
they were here. Plus from a recruiting standpoint it helps to have an all-weather field for practicing and playing.
Teams like Johns Hopkins and Syracuse will agree to come here to play us, as opposed to traveling to their
fields.”” The men’s 2004 lacrosse team finished 10-6 and lost to eventual NCAA champion Syracuse in the first
round of the NCAA tournament, 21-13.
The University is currently developing a master plan for improving athletics facilities over the next five to ten
years, and, says Director of Athletics and Recreation Lee McElroy, the all-weather lacrosse field is the first of
many projects he envisions to enhance the University’s athletics programs. “The implementation of the athletics
facilities master plan will enhance institutional pride, tradition and excellence. We are immensely grateful for
John’s support. We have done well with our existing facilities, but if we are going to compete at the national
level, we have got to have better facilities. Private support is vital for accomplishing our goals,” said McElroy.
When the field is completed, it will be named after Fallon in recognition of his gift.
Gov. George Pataki appointed Fallon to the University at Albany Council in 1998. Fallon is a member of the
Presidential Search Committee charged with recruiting a successor to Karen R. Hitchcock. He is also a member
of the board of directors of the University at Albany Foundation, which is UAlbany’s philanthropic arm.
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Athletic Media Relations Fax Cover Sheet
@ To: Sports Department
From: Brian DePasquale
Office: Athletic Media Relations
E-Mail: bdepasquale @ uamail.albany.edu
Date: 7-7-04 (Wednesday)
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Comments: College Sports (Football, W. Soccer)
GUDMUNDSEN & SHAW ON SPORTS NETWORK I-AA ALL-AMERICA TEAM
Philadelphia, Pa. — University at Albany’s Geir Gudmundsen and Brandon Shaw have
been named to the 2004 Sports Network Preseason I-AA Mid-Major All-America Football
Team, as announced on Wednesday afternoon.
Gudmundsen, a 6-foot-6, 315-pound left tackle, and Shaw, a 6-foot, 295-pound
center, anchored an offensive line that helped the Great Danes set a Northeast
Conference and school single-season rushing record with 3,215 rushing yards last
season. UAlbany ranked fourth nationally in rushing at 292.3 yards per game, plus was
second in the NEC in total offense (377.1 ypg) and scoring (27.2 ppg).
Gudmundsen, a senior who has made 33 consecutive starts in the trenches, was
selected to three I-AA mid-major All-America squads in 2003 and earned first-team All-
@ NEC recognition for the second straight year. Shaw, also a senior, was a Football
Gazette honorable mention All-American and second-team all-conference choice for the
second consecutive season.
UALBANY WOMEN’S SOCCER ADDS TENTH STUDENT-ATHLETE FOR 2004
Albany, N.Y.— University at Albany second-year head coach Kalekeni Banda announced
the signing of Ahkita Madyun to a national letter of intent. She is the tenth signee who
will join the Great Danes for the upcoming 2004 season as part of Banda’s first recruiting
class.
Madyun, a 5-foot-3 outside back, will join her PWSI Eclipse club teammate and fellow
incoming freshman Uju Ogbuawa on the UAlbany squad. Madyun, who hails from KIMA
Public Charter School in Washington, D.C., helped anchor an Eclipse team that won
both the 2002 Raleigh Shootout and 2003 WAGS tournament along with achieving a No.
6 national ranking.
2004 UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY WOMEN’S SOCCER NEWCOMERS
Name, Pos., Ht., Hometown (Previous School)
Ashley Augusto, GK, 5-7, Ludlow, Mass. (Wilbraham & Monson Academy)
Rachel Boles, MF, 5-5, Medford, N.J. (Shawnee)
Meghan Garrity, MF/D, 5-4, Smithtown, N.Y. (Smithtown)
Alicia Gibson, MF, 5-4, Belchertown, Mass. (Belchertown)
Adrienne Heady, MF, 5-4, Stony Point, N.Y. (North Rockland)
Jessica Insana, D, 5-4, Warwick, R.I. (Community College of Rhode Island)
Kearsten Leggett, MF, 5-4, Canyon Country, Calif. (Canyon)
Ahkita Madyun, D, 5-3, Washington, D.C. (KIMA Public Charter School)
Uju Ogbuawa, F, 5-6, Fort Washington, Md. (Oxon Hill)
Morgan Warwick, D, 5-4, East Durham, N.Y. (Cairo-Durham)
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University at Albany
Athletic Media Relations Fax Cover Sheet
To: Sports Department
From: Brian DePasquale
Office: Athletic Media Relations
E-Mail: bdepasquale @ uamail.albany.edu
Date: 7-6-04 (Tuesday)
Pages w/cover: 2
Comments: College Sports
UALBANY NAMES CHAD O’DONNELL ASSISTANT MEN’S BASKETBALL COACH
Albany, N.Y. — University at Albany head basketball coach Will Brown announced today
the hiring of Chad O’Donnell as an assistant coach. O’Donnell recently was the director
of basketball operations at the College of Charleston.
O’Donnell, who has worked on the collegiate level since 1993, assisted Charleston
coach Tom Herrion in the program’s day-to-day operations last year. He was
responsible for academic monitoring, directing conditioning and weightlifting, managing
recruiting efforts and organizing summer camps. The Cougars finished with a 20-9
record.
Prior to Charleston, O’Donnell served in the same capacity for one season at
Robert Morris University after spending two years in the private sector. He was also an
assistant coach at the University of New Hampshire in 1999-2000, and worked for a
three-year period at the College of the Holy Cross, a Patriot League school member. At
Holy Cross, he directed all national recruiting efforts for the Crusaders and coached the
junior varsity squad.
O’Donnell, 32, began his college coaching career as an assistant at Worcester
State College in Massachusetts. From 1993-95, he handled the Division III program’s
recruiting, scouting and practice preparation, plus was the junior varsity head coach. He
went on to coach at Bryant College in Rhode Island the following year.
A native of Mendon, Mass., O’Donnell received his B.S. in physical education from
springfield College in 1994.
UALBANY HAS 96 ON AMERICA EAST CONFERENCE ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL
Boston, Mass. — University at Albany has placed 96 student-athletes on the America
East Conference Winter-Spring Academic Honor Roll for earning grade point averages
of 3.0 or higher. The athletes were members of teams in the 16 championship sports
which America East offered in the winter and spring seasons, including men’s and
women’s basketball, men’s and women’s swimming and diving, men’s and women’s
indoor track, men’s and women’s tennis, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s
lacrosse, men’s and women’s outdoor track and field, softball and baseball.
UAlbany also had 39 student-athletes on the Commissioner’s Honor Roll who
posted a 3.50 GPA or above during the 2004 spring semester. America East Softball
Player of the Year Andee Lindgren, plus Ashley Heilmann and Jen Daly, members of the
women’s lacrosse team, each earned a 4.0 GPA during the spring.
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UALBANY SPORTS 2-2-2
America East Conference Winter-Spring Academic Honor Roll
Baseball: Rhett Bradbury, Derek DeGrazio, Roman Dubiel, Steve Emmerthal, Craig
© Farley, Jeff Reynolds, Mark Suchowiecki.
Men’s Basketball: Courtney Johnson, Todd Martin.
Women’s Basketball: Nicole Johnson, Teryn O’Bannon, Jen Schumacher, Sarah
Sweetland.
Women’s Golf: Lauren Bruce, Stacy Ferrone, Jill Friedman, Anne Lyons, Diane Onofry
and Diane Wasileski.
Men’s Lacrosse: Alan Beach, Greg Beach, Eric Dunne, Chris Gill, Matt Hamme, Robert
Longert, Rick Malan, Patrick McSweeney, Matt Roberts, Brendan Russell, Marc Smith,
Jim Stankard.
Women’s Lacrosse: Jen Daly, Kate Fontana, Ashley Heilmann, Courtney Hill, Domenica
LoRe, Colleen McGuinness, Michelle Michalenko, Krissy Rajczak, Sarah Spillett.
Softball: Brittany Burnham, Danielle Buyea, Megan Childs, Katrina Dunning, Julie
Gannon, Laura Gremillion, Andee Lindgren, Ali Meacham, Kelly Ogden, Leanne Tillman,
Liz Wieboldt.
Women’s Tennis: Lisa Fund, Courtney Michels, Kerry Levis, Kyle Steller.
Men’s Track & Field: Andy Allstadt, Teiko Aryee, Noel Campbell, Bryant Cherry-Woode,
Dan DiRenzo, Shahpour Fuse, Brandon Howlett, Joe Pienta, Chris Pierson, Anthony
Robibero, Paul Roche, Wagner Samaniego, Naron Stewart, Rich Villanueva, Andres
Vives, Dustin Wilson.
Women’s Track & Field: Heather Angel, Jennifer Aubin, Maureen Brown, Jenny Boshco,
Natasha Bermudez, Sarah Charles, Patty Diedrich, Eliana Durko, April Hanley, Meghan
© Howell, Theresa Juva, Ricshara Knight, Alyssa Lotmore, Diane Matthews, Kristen
O’Brien, Jessica Oehlke, Nicole Pafundi, Jennifer Russell, Karrie Spagnola, Nicole
Susser, Georgina Torchon, Natasha Torres, Rebecca Vannoy, Alison Wiederhold.
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