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The University of Connecticut ....................... 174-175Living The UConn Experience .......................... 176-177A Remarkable Transformation ....................... 178-179Top 10 Reasons To Attend UConn ................... 180-181President Michael J. Hogan ............................ 182-183Prominent UConn Alumni ................................. 184-185The "State" of UConn ...................................... 186-187Close To Storrs ............................................... 188-189Storrs Center Project ................................... 190The City of Hartford ....................................... 191UConn Athletics ................................................ 192-193Director of Athletics

Jeffrey A. Hathaway .................................. 194-195Administrative Staff and Head Coaches ....... 196Husky Traditions .............................................. 197Rentschler Field ............................................... 198-200Athletic Facilities ............................................ 201J. Robert Donnelly

Husky Heritage Sports Museum ............... 202UConn Athletic Development Fund ................. 203Bowl Games ....................................................... 204Opponent SID Directory .................................. 205Radio Coverage ................................................ 206Television Coverage ........................................ 207Media Services ................................................. 208

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DISTINCTIONS• For 10 years running, UConn has been rated by U.S. News &

World Report as the No. 1 public university in New England –and also ranks among the top 30 public universities in thenation.

• UConn is the only public university in New England with itsown schools of law, medicine, dental medicine, and socialwork.

• Founded in 1881, UConn is the only public university inConnecticut to be designated a Carnegie Foundation ResearchUniversity, lauded for breadth and range of research.

• The American Academy of Kinesiology and PhysicalEducation ranks the Neag School of Education’sdoctoral program in kinesiology No. 1 in the nation.

• 56 UConn Health Center physicians were named in the2008 Best Doctors list published byHartford Magazine.

• BusinessWeek ranks UConn’s School of Business MBAprogram in the top 20 among public institutions.

• The National Science Foundation ranks UConn in thetop 15 percent of public universities in garneringresearch funding. Research awards to UConn facultyexceeded $194 million in 2008.

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LOCATION• Main campus is located in Storrs, about 30 minutes from Hartford, the state’s capital city, and within driving distance of Boston, New York City,and Providence.

• Campuses statewide in ideal locations at Avery Point, Waterbury, West Hartford, Stamford, and Torrington.

• UConn Health Center in Farmington and Schools of Law and Social Work in the greater Hartford area complete the University’s high-qualityprograms available statewide.

ACADEMIC BREADTH• UConn’s 14 schools and colleges offer seven undergraduate degrees inmore than 100 majors.

• The University grants 17 graduate degrees in more than 90 fields ofstudy, and provides graduate professional programs in business, dentalmedicine, law, medicine, pharmacy, and social work.

IMPRESSIVE FACULTY•UConn’s facultymembers are world-renowned.Many are recognized as leaders in education, research, and scholarship.

• UConn faculty research in regenerative biology produced America’s first cloned calf using non-reproductive cells, creating an international scientific and media sensation.

• UConn faculty provided pivotal leadership for the historic UConn-African National CongressPartnership.

• Faculty initiative created an unprecedented opportunity for UConn students to study at theMetropolitan Opera in New York City.

• UConn’s Neag School of Education is home to the renownedNational Research Center on theGifted and Talented, the Accelerated Schools Project, and is one of 11 schools nationwideselected for the Carnegie Corporation’s prestigious Teachers for a New Era initiative.

• UConn faculty collaborating across campuses, including at the Health Center, are conductingbreakthrough research in such cutting-edge areas as nanotechnology, stem cell research, andfuel cell technology.

• Faculty members are dedicated to their roles as teachers, student advisors, and mentors.UConn’s undergraduate summer research program offers students the opportunity toparticipate in original research or receive a grant to work under the direction of our renownedprofessors.

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STUDENT QUALITY• More than 29,000 students enrolled, representing nearlyevery state in the nation and more than 100 countries.

• Average SAT scores for incoming freshmen at Storrs areup 87 points since 1996 and are now 1200.

• The 355 students UConn welcomed into its HonorsProgram in 2008 had an average SAT score of 1390.

• Minority freshman enrollment at Storrs and the regionalcampuses has more than doubled since 1995.

• Since 1995, 1,074 valedictorians and salutatorians haveenrolled at all campuses. In fall 2008, 39 percent of freshmenentering the Storrs campus were ranked in the top 10 percentof their high school class and 78 percent were in the top 25percent of their class.

• UConn is among the top 20 public universities in the nationin freshman retention rates; 93 percent of freshmen enrolled atStorrs in 2007 chose to continue their studies here in 2008.

• Nearly 50 percent of student-athletes earned a 3.0 or bettergrade point average last year, and 17 student-athletes had a 4.0grade point average in the fall and/or spring semesters.

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GETTING INVOLVED• UConn offers more than 400 student clubs and organizations.

• Students can choose frommore than 200 Study Abroad programs in65 countries.

• Cooperative education programs and internships integrate classroomlearning and work experience in business, industry, and publicservice.

ATTRACTIONS• In 2008, more than 45,000 prospective students and their families embarked on tours of the UConncampus from the Lodewick Visitors Center, the gateway to the unique facilities that define theUniversity’s 4,000-acre main campus.

• Visitors may enjoy lodging, dining, and relaxing in the Nathan Hale Inn, our on-campus hotel andconference facility.

• With more than 3 million volumes, the Homer Babbidge Library is the intellectual hub of the Storrscampus. In fact, the Association of Research Libraries ranks UConn’s library system the top publicresearch library in New England.

• UConn’s Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts showcases the region’s most noteworthy dramaticevents. It stages professional touring attractions that range from Broadway musicals to intimate

cabarets.

• The collections of the William Benton Museum of Art include more than 5,500pieces; the museum features a gallery exclusively dedicated to presenting humanrights-oriented visual arts, as well as an outdoor meditation sculpture garden.

• Housed in UConn’s Museum of Natural History, the Connecticut ArchaeologyCenter explores the natural and cultural history of southern New England.

• The J. Robert Donnelly Husky Heritage Sports Museum features photos, videos,plaques, banners, uniforms, and NCAA National Championship trophies.

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A CAMPUS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY• UConn continues to renew, rebuild and enhance our campuses through an unprecedented $2.8 billion, 20-year investment in theUniversity’s infrastructure. UCONN 2000 is the most ambitious publicly financed university building program in the country.

• Now in its 15th year, UCONN2000 has invigorated the University’s living and learning environments, helped advance faculty research,and stimulated public and private investment.This transformation revitalizes the state’s future by providing the means for the Universityto attract high-achieving students, prestigious faculty, and funding from public grants and private donors. Before the landmark program,Connecticut had one of the highestratios of students attending collegeout-of-state. Today that trend hasbeen dramatically reversed.

• Applications have increased for the12th consecutive year withmore than23,000 applicants competing for3,200 seats at the main campus inStorrs and 1,100 seats at the regionalcampuses.

• For the fourth consecutive year, morethan half of the applicants are out-of-state students. Nearly 12,000students applied for no more than 30percent of new student seats availableto undergraduates living outsideConnecticut.

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The landmark UCONN 2000 construction program has created morethan 9.5 million square feet of new and renovated space for research,teaching, living, and learning. Completed projects include:

• An award-winning building for the department of chemistry — theChemistry Building is one of the best-designed buildings in the worldaccording to the International Architecture Yearbook.

• New buildings for the Schools of Business and Pharmacy.

• The modern Biology/Physics Building, Information TechnologiesEngineering Building, and Agricultural Biotechnology Laboratory.

• Additions to the William Benton Museum of Art.

• Renovations to numerous facilities, including the Homer BabbidgeLibrary, the historic Wilbur Cross Building, the Connecticut StateMuseum ofNatural History, and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

• Construction that includes the latest innovations in student residentialcommunities, ranging from traditional residence halls to suites toapartments.

• Revitalized downtown campuses in Stamford and Waterbury, asophisticated marine facility at our Avery Point campus, and newbuildings on our Greater Hartford and Torrington campuses, as well asthe UConn School of Law.

Forthcoming projects made possible by UCONN2000 include:

• A $300 million expansion to the UConn HealthCenter that will include a stem cell research institute,renovations to large lecture halls, and renovations to thedental clinics.

• New liberal arts facilities and life sciences buildings atthe Storrs campus.

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RANKED AMONG THE TOP 30 PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN THE COUNTRYFor the 10th consecutive year, U.S. News andWorld Report ranked UConn the top public university in New England and among the top 30 public universitiesin the nation.The Fiske Guide to Colleges declares, “Quality teaching is the trademark of aUConn education.” Bolstered by this national recognition and academicprestige, the value of a UConn degree continues to soar.

21ST-CENTURY AMENITIESNow is a tremendously exciting time to attend UConn.A $2.8 billion landmark building program isdramatically transforming the places where students live,learn, and enjoy life. Through new construction andrenovation, UConn offers the latest innovationsnationally in university housing and dining andextensive recreational complexes. Classrooms andlaboratories are being built at a remarkable rate, placingour facilities at the forefront of public higher educationand propelling UConn to a position of nationalprominence.

THE RIGHT FITWith a student/faculty ratio of 17:1, 21,300undergraduate students receive personal attention andtailored academic advising. UConn also offers theopportunities of a premier research university, such ashands-on experience working in labs with professors whonot only teach our courses, but who also are on thecutting edge of innovation and discovery.

WORLD-CLASS FACULTYFrom writers and scientists to human rights activists andhistorians, our more than 1,300 full-time facultymembers are committed to classroom teaching.Fostering a dynamic learning environment, they shareresearch opportunities with high-achievingundergraduates. Our faculty include English professorRegina Barreca, whose humor appears in nationallypublished columns, and professor of pharmacy BenBahr, whose revolutionary research may unlock themysteries of Alzheimer’s Disease. Amii Omara-Otunnu,holder of the first and only UNESCO chair in humanrights in the United States, provides pivotal leadershipfor the UConn-African National Congress Partnership.

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UNLIMITED OPPORTUNITIESFOR INVOLVEMENT

Yoga. UConn Student Television. Fraternities andsororities. Film. Marching Band. Finance Society.Skydiving. Dance Team. Community Outreach.Choosing from more than 400 clubs and volunteerorganizations, UConn students actively participate incampus and community life. Our students makegoverning decisions, plan events, organize intramuralteams, host their own radio shows – and so much more.

OUTSTANDING RESIDENTIALFACILITIES

UConn has among the highest percentage of studentsliving on campus of any major public university in thecountry. Residential life at UConn offers a distinct senseof community, as well as many social and culturalopportunities. We offer new students a range of diningoptions and accommodations, while offering upper-division students the latest in suite-style and apartmentliving. Fully wired residence halls come complete withstudy rooms, computer labs, and lounge areas.

MORE THAN 100 MAJORSChoices abound. Whether it’s education, engineering,English, or environmental science, UConn hassomething for everyone. Students select an establishedmajor or design an individualized plan of study to meettheir specific needs. UConn takes pride in offering allstudents, including those enrolled in our distinctiveHonors Program, the opportunity to pursue a major inany of the University’s 100+ programs of study. Inaddition to academic advisers, online study tools, andtutorial centers, UConn offers career counselingworkshops, Study Abroad programs, and internshipsthat offer valuable experience. The University ofConnecticut offers many academic choices, yet remainscommitted to providing students with the supportneeded to help them achieve their goals.

AN EXCEPTIONALEDUCATIONAL VALUE

Kiplinger’s Personal Finance ranks UConn in the top 40for best value in public colleges. Whether your long-range goals are preparing for a career, pursuing a graduatedegree, or attendingmedical or law school, “students canreceive a stellar education without graduating with amountain of debt”. UConn has a variety of programs tohelp many students financially, ranging from meritscholarship opportunities to need-based financial aidpackages, all designed to support a large number ofqualified students. The University also has many part-time campus jobs with flexible hours that help studentsearn extra spending money or build their résumé withhands-on work experience.

LOCATION, LOCATION,LOCATION

With our main campus in Storrs, we’re a major academicinstitution that values its small-town roots. Studentsenjoy the familiarity of an intimate academic institution,while being just a short drive frommajor cities. UConn’sregional campuses are strategically placed across the statein Avery Point, Farmington, Stamford, Torrington,Waterbury, and West Hartford, offering a qualityeducation to meet our students’ distinct needs.

HUSKYMANIADivision I in all sports, we have a variety of men’s andwomen’s varsity athletics. Home of Huskymania, sportsat UConn include baseball, basketball, cross country,field hockey, football, golf, ice hockey, lacrosse, rowing,soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, indoorand outdoor track, and volleyball. Since 1995, UConnathletic teams have captured nine NCAA nationalchampionships, including unprecedented dual men’sand women’s basketball championships in 2004 —thefirst University to do so in NCAA Division I history.UConn’s standard of athletic excellence extends to thegridiron, where the Huskies — 2007 BIG EASTChampions — play for sell-out crowds of 40,000roaring football fans at the ultra-modern RentschlerField.

P R E S I D E N T M I C H A E L J . H O G A N


Michael J. Hogan was appointed the 14th president of theUniversity of Connecticut in September, 2007. From the begin-ning, his administration has been marked by broad consultationwith the UConn family, including faculty, students, parents,trustees, alumni, donors, staff, legislators, and friends of theUniversity throughout the public and private sectors.

Since arriving at UConn, President Hogan has establishedstrategic initiatives that continue to move UConn along an upwardtrajectory as one of the top public research and teaching universitiesin the nation. These initiatives include strengthening UConn’sresearch enterprise and enhancing its portfolio of sponsoredresearch, building more top-notch graduate programs, continuingto advance UConn’s outstanding undergraduate programs, and forg-ing new partnerships with public and private constituents through-out the State of Connecticut, and beyond.

President Hogan came to UConn from the University of Iowawhere he was the Executive Vice President and Provost and F.Wendell Miller Professor of History. Prior to his appointment atIowa, he spent 18 years at Ohio State University where he served aschair of the Department of History, as dean of the College ofHumanities, and as executive dean of the Colleges of the Arts andSciences.

His career as a History faculty member also included nine yearsat Miami University, service at Stony Brook University, and at theUniversity of Texas in Austin. Born and raised in Waterloo,Iowa, President Hogan earned his B.A. degree at theUniversity of Northern Iowa, where he majored in English

with minors in history and classics; his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees wereconferred by the University of Iowa.

A specialist in the history of American diplomacy, PresidentHogan is the author or editor of nine books and a host of scholarly

articles and essays. His publications include The MarshallPlan: America, Britain, and the Reconstruction of Western

Dr. Hogan hosted UConn students several times during the 2007 and ‘08 seasons on“Mike’s Bus” as the group made their way from the Storrs campus to Rentschler Field.

President Hogan and members of the UConn Board of Trustees pose for a group photo attheir June, 2009 meeting.

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Europe, 1947-1952 (Cambridge, 1987), which received the StuartL. Bernath Book Award of the Society for Historians of AmericanForeign Relations, the George Louis Beer Prize of the AmericanHistorical Association, and the Quincy Wright Prize of theInternational Studies Association.

His most recent books include A Cross of Iron: Harry S.Truman and the Origins of the National Security State, 1945-1954(Cambridge, 1998), and his edited volume, Paths to Power: TheHistoriography of American Foreign Relations to 1941 (Cambridge,2000).

President Hogan has been a fellow at the Harry S. TrumanLibrary Institute and the Woodrow Wilson International Center forScholars, and has served as Louis Martin Sears DistinguishedProfessor of History at Purdue University. For 15 years he was edi-tor of Diplomatic History, an international journal of record for spe-cialists in diplomacy and foreign affairs. He has served on numer-ous editorial boards and as vice president and president of theSociety for Historians of American Foreign Relations.

He has also served on the U. S. Department of State’s AdvisoryCommittee on Diplomatic Documentation, which he chaired for

three years, and also as a consultant for a number of BBC documen-taries and for the PBS special George C. Marshall and the AmericanCentury.

President Hogan met his wife, Virginia, while in graduateschool at the University of Iowa, where she also earned her M.A.degree. They have four children and seven grandchildren, andcounting. President Hogan’s sister, Sally, resides with her husbandin Farmington, Conn.

Dr. Hogan and members of the UConn student body cheer the Huskies on at Rentschler Field.

(Left) President Hogan meets members of the UConn ROTC program that have served over-seas in Iraq and Afghanistan.

(Below) President Hogan congratulates football student-athlete Ellis Gaulden atcommencement exercises in May, 2008.

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Jim Abromaitis ’79, ’82Executive DirectorCapital City EconomicDevelopment AuthorityFormer basketball player

Matthew Adiletta ’85Director of Communication andInfrastructure and ArchitectureIntel, Inc.

Rick Baran ’93 Law,GraduateExecutive Vice President, ChiefFinancial OfficerCBS Television Stations

Alan Bennett ’69Noted pharmaceutical andmedical device attorney

Andy Bessette ’75Former men’s track and fieldAll-AmericanExecutive Vice President andChief Administrative OfficerThe Travelers Companies, Inc.

Doug Bernstein ’85FounderMelissa and Doug Toys, LLC

Kevin Bouley ’80President and CEONerac, Inc.

Roy Brooks ’72Warren Distinguished Professorof LawsUniversity of San Diego

Martin Buzas ’58Senior Geologist and CuratorDepartment of PaleobiologyNational Museum of NaturalHistory Smithsonian Institution

James Calhoun ’89President, Dockers BrandA Division of Levi Strauss, Inc.

Michael J. Callahan ’95 LawExecutive Vice President,General Counsel and SecretaryYahoo!, Inc.

Franklin Chang-Diaz ’73Retired NASA astronaut who isa veteran of seven space flights

Robert Cizik ’53Former Chairman of theBoard/Chief Executive Officerof Cooper Industries Inc.

Dale R. Comey ’64Former UConn basketballplayerExecutive Vice PresidentITT Corporation (retired)

Bill Congdon ’75Publisher of Popular Mechanicsmagazine

Joe Courtney ’78 LawUnited States CongressmanSecond District – Connecticut

Scott Cowen ’68Former UConn football playerPresident, Tulane University

Marc D’Amelio ’91Founder and CEOMadsoul Clothing, Inc.

Dawn Denvir ’81Chief of OrganizationalLearning and DevelopmentDivision of Human Resources,UNICEF

John DeStefano ’77, ’80Mayor, City of New Haven,Connecticut

Robert Diamond ’77 MBAChief Executive OfficerBarclays Bank (England)

Chris Donovan ’69Television producerEmmy-award nominee for“Dinner for Five”

Jennifer Dorn ’77 (Graduate)President and CEONational Academy of PublicAdministration

Walt Dropo ’481950 American LeagueRookie-of-the-Year with theBoston Red SoxOwner of family fireworksbusiness

Kathleeen Dudzinski ’89Founder, DolphinCommunication Project

Charles Duelfer ’74Noted United Nations andCIAWeapons Inspector

Herb Dunn ’61Senior Vice President, Smith-Barney Co. (retired)

Doug Elliot ’82President and Chief ExecutiveOfficerHartford Steam BoilerInspection and InsuranceCompanyFormer baseball player

Bill Finch ’79MayorCity of Bridgeport, Conn.

Robert W. Fiondella ’68Chief Executive Officer(Retired)Phoenix Home Life MutualInsurance Co.Founding PrincipalJEROB Enterprises, LLC

Mark E. Freitas ’81President and Chief OperatingOfficer, Frank Crystal andCompany, Inc.

Patricia Gallup ’79Chairman and CEO of PCConnection, Inc.

J. Robert Galvin ’96MPHCommissionerConnecticut Department ofPublic Health

Sam Gejdenson ’71Former United StatesCongressman,2nd District, Connecticut

Roger A. Gelfenbien ’65Former Chairman, Universityof ConnecticutBoard of TrusteeManaging Partner of AndersenConsulting, Inc. (retired)

David Grimaldi ’79Curator of InvertebrateZoologyMuseum of Natural HistoryNew York, N.Y.

Eunice Groark ’65First female Lieutenant Governorof Connecticut (1991-95)

Richard J. Grossi ’57President and CEOUnited Illuminating (Ret.)Executive DirectorScience Park DevelopmentCorporation

Edward A.Horrigan, Jr. ’50President and CEO of R.J.Reynolds (retired)Former football player

Samuel Jaskilka ’42Four-Star General (retired)Commandant of United StatesMarine Corps

Ned Kahn ’82Nationally-prominent sculptorand scientist

Robert Kaplan ’73Editor, Atlantic Monthly

Tom Keegan ’84Co-producer of Broadwayshow “Little Women”Animator, “Blues Clues”children’s television series

Wally Lamb ’72, ’77Best-selling author

David M. Lee ’55 (Graduate)1996 Co-Winner of NobelPrize for Physics

Georgina I. Lucas ’70Former Vice PresidentTravelers Insurance Company

David P. Marks ’69, ’71President and Chief InvestmentOfficerMEMBERS Capital Advisors

Myles Martel ’65President, Martel andAssociates, Villanova, Pa.Highly-recognized leadershipcommunication advisor

Michael Maslin ’76Cartoonist,NewYorkermagazine

Richard Mastracchio ’82Mission specialist for NASAwho flew his second mission,on the Space Shuttle Endeavorin August of 2007

Anita Bevacqua McBride’81Former Assistant to thePresident of the United StatesChief of Staff for the First Lady

Aaron Ment ’58Chief Court Administrator(retired) of the ConnecticutJudicial System

Wally Lamb ’72, ’77 Irina Moore ’04 MBA

Andy Bessette ’75

James Calhoun ’89

Doug Elliott ’82

Mark E. Freitas ’81 Patricia Gallup ’79 Denis J. Nayden ’76

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Irina Moore ’04 MBAVicePresidentofRiskManagementGE Money, Inc.

Christopher Murphy ’02LawUnited States CongressmanFifth District – Connecticut

Kathleen Murphy ’87 J.D.Chief Executive OfficerING USWealth Management

Randal Nardone ’80CEO and Co-FounderFortress Investment Group, LLC

Denis J. Nayden ’76Managing PartnerOak Hill Captial, Inc.Member of University ofConnecticut Board of Trustees

Kevin O’Connor ’92 LawFormer Associate AttorneyGeneral of the United States

Ron Paolillo ’72Accomplished actor, bestknown in role of “Horshack” inthe hit TV series “WelcomeBack Kotter”

Les Payne ’64Nationally-known columnistPulitzer Prize Award Recipient

Joseph W. Polisi ’69President of the Juilliard SchoolNew York City

Narissa Ramdhani ’90M.A.Chief Executive OfficerIfa Lethu FoundationGroenkloof, South Africa

William Ratchford ’56Former United StatesCongressman

Gen. Robert RisCassi ’58Retired Vice Chief of Staff ofthe United States Army

Thomas D. Ritter ’77Former Speaker of the Houseof RepresentativesState of ConnecticutMember of University ofConnecticut Board of Trustees

William P. Robinson ’71(Master’s)Associate JusticeRhode Island Supreme Court

Lewis B. Rome ’54, ’57 LLBFormer ChairmanUniversity of ConnecticutBoard of TrusteesPartner, Rome Smith & Assoc.

David Rudman ’85Voice of many characters onTV’s Sesame Street

Carolyn Runowicz ’73Director, Carole and Ray NeagComprehensive Cancer CenterUniversity of ConnecticutHealth CenterFormer President, AmericanCancer Society

Harriet Sanford ’79 (Master’s)President/Chief ExecutiveOfficerNational Education AssociationFoundation

John C. Severino ’59Former UConn football playerFormer President of CBSTelevision Stations

Mark R. Shenkman ’65President, Shenkman CapitalManagement, Inc.

Patrick J. Sheehan ’67Vice President, A.G. Edwards& Sons

Peter Tesei ’91First SelectmanCity of Greenwich, Conn.

Huw Thomas ’86 (Pd.D.)Dean, University of Alabama-BirminghamSchool of Dentistry

William Trueheart ’66Former President of BryantCollege, Smithfield, R.I.

Paige Turco ’88Television and Film Actress

David Ushery ’89Anchor and ReporterWNBC-TV, New York

Li-Chyi Wen ’93, ’96Deputy DirectorEnergy and EnvironmentalResearch CenterTaiwanWorld TradeOrganization

John Yearwood ’86World Editor,Miami Herald

Dona D. Young ’80 LawChairman, President andChief Executive OfficerThe Phoenix Companies, Inc.(Ret.)

Glenn Adamo ’77Vice President of MediaOperations NFL

Mike Aresco ’76 LawSenior Vice President ofProgramming CBS Sports

Celia Bobrowsky ’80Director of CommunityAffairs Major League Baseball

Janna Blais ’93Associate Athletic DirectorSeniorWomen’s AdministratorBowling Green St. UniversityFormer softball player

Leigh Ann Curl ’85Head Team OrthopedicSurgeon Baltimore RavensFormer UConn women’sbasketball student-athlete

John Dorsey ’84Former UConn Football All-American and NFL standoutwith the Green Bay PackersDirector of College Scoutingfor the Packers

Charlie Eshbach ’74President and GeneralManager Portland (Maine)Sea Dogs (Double-A Affiliateof Boston Red Sox)Former President, EasternLeague

Bill Geist ’92 MBASenior Vice President,Finance Programming andAd Sales – ESPN, Bristol,Conn.

Bill Holowaty ’67Head Baseball CoachEastern Connecticut StateUniversityFour-time NCAA DivisionIII National Champions

Kirk Ferentz ’78Head Football CoachUniversity of Iowa

Karl Hobbs ’85Head Men’s Basketball CoachGeorgeWashington University

Dan Iassogna ’91Major League Baseball Umpire

Matt Kenny ’97Vice President, Field SalesDisney and ESPNMediaNetworks

Leigh Montville ’65Nationally knownsportswriter and author

Rebecca Lobo ’95Former women's basketballAll-American and AcademicAll-AmericanESPN AnnouncerMember, UConn Board ofTrustees

Dave Ogrean ’74Executve DirectorUSA Hockey

Tom Penders ’67Head Basketball CoachUniversity of Houston

Steve Pikiell ’90Head Basketball CoachStony Brook University

Jim Reynolds ’91Major League Baseball Umpire

Jennifer Rizzotti ’96HeadWomen’s BasketballCoach University of Hartford

Chris Sienko ’88General Manager,Connecticut Sun, WNBA

Michael Soltys ’81Vice President for DomesticNetwork CommunicationsESPN

Judy Walden Scarafile ’71PresidentCape Cod Baseball League

David Ushery ’89

Paige Turco ’88

Mark R. Shenkman ’65Les Payne ’64

Li-ChyiWen ’93, ’96

Carolyn Runowicz ’73Thomas D. Ritter ’77

UCONN ALUMNI IN PROFESSIONAL AND

COLLEGE ATHLETICSA number of UConn alumni, some of who are former student-athletes,have established prominent careers working in the sports industry.

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CONTRIBUTING TO THE ECONOMIC HEALTH OF CONNECTICUT• The University of Connecticut contributes every day to Connecticut’seconomic vitality and to the quality of life of state residents throughresearch, teaching, public service, and a broad range of programs andinitiatives.

• Ongoing operations at UConn add $2.3 billion to Connecticut’s grossdomestic product annually.

• More than 29,000 jobs are generated in the state by the University.

• Every state dollar allocated to UConn results in a $5.05 increase inConnecticut’s gross domestic product — a 505% return on investment.

• As a result of UConn and the UConn Health Center’s combinedoperations, Connecticut’s state coffers realize a net financial gain of morethan $76 million annually.

PARTNERING WITH BUSINESSES• Through mutually beneficial collaborations, Fortune 500corporations, business owners, UConn faculty, and students arecoming together to raise Connecticut’s competitiveness to anunprecedented level.

• More than 5,000 UConn alumni hold senior executive positionsin Connecticut businesses.

• Connecticut’s businesses experience $3.2 billion in new sales as aresult of UConn’s ongoing operations.

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ADVANCING RESEARCH AND INNOVATION• Faculty research atUConn provides direct benefits to theConnecticut economy in the formof job creation, new business development, and an enhanced quality of life for its citizens.

• In 2008, UConn received nearly $200 million in sponsored research grants and awards.

• At the School of Engineering, current and former facultymembers have amassedmore than240 patents representing innovative tools and technologies that are changing thetechnological landscape.

• More than 100 research centers and institutes serve UConn’s teaching, research, diversity,and outreach missions.

SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITY•Through hundreds of outreach programs and alliances with agencies on the local, state, andfederal levels, the University makes a profound and positive impact on the lives ofConnecticut residents.

• Students contribute thousands of hours through unpaid internships, providing free servicesto those in need.

• Faculty researchers volunteer their expertise in finding solutions to society’s environmental,technological, and health concerns.

• Funding from federal and private sources sponsors valuable scholarly studies of importantcivic issues.

PROMOTING ARTS, CULTURE AND HUSKY PRIDE• State residents derive benefit from exciting, culturally rich attractions through the University’s remarkably diverse range of museums, performing arts venues, andrecreational programs. At the same time, unified pride in UConn athletics — “Huskymania” — has drawn fans from across the state and region to attend games,boosting demand for UConn-branded products and encouraging corporate support.

• Since 1986, worldwide licensing of Husky products has generated more than $200 million in retail sales.

• More than 1 million people attended public events on UConn campuses statewide in 2008.

• More than 2/3 of Connecticut’s general population believes that having a strong UConn is vital to the future of Connecticut’s economy.

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In addition to all that the city of Hartford and the state of Connecticut has to offer, the region within twohours of Storrs is ripe with cultural and entertainment possibilities.

NEW YORK CITY (142 miles)

The United States’ largest city and “the media capital of the world,” New York Cityis located approximately two hours from Storrs and offers a wide array of culturalopportunities. From the glitter of Times Square, to the vast expanse of Central Park,to the majestic skyline, New York City is an incomparable destination and one thatcan be easily reached by the Metro-North train lines that run into southernConnecticut. UConn students also enjoy the city’s active sporting landscape. TheBIG EAST Conference men’s basketball tournament, played every March at fabledMadison Square Garden, is one of the country’s premier collegiate conferencechampionship events. The New York metro area also boasts 10 major professionalsports franchises, including the NFL’s New York Jets and Giants, Major LeagueBaseball’s New YorkMets and Yankees, the NBA’s New York Knicks and New JerseyNets, the NHL’s New York Islanders, New York Rangers and New Jersey Devils andthe WNBA’s New York Liberty.

SPRINGFIELD (47 miles)

The NaismithMemorial Basketball Hall of Fame is located less than anhour from Storrs in Springfield, Mass., just minutes from the YMCAwhere Dr. James Naismith invented the game in 1891. A must-see forany fan of the hardwood, the Hall of Fame reopened in the fall of 2002in a brand new $45million home just off of Interstate 91 in Springfield.The pinnacle of any basketball career, the hall’s long list of inducteesnow includes UConn men’s basketball coach Jim Calhoun, a 2005inductee, and women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma, a 2006inductee. Once you finish your tour of the Hall of Fame, Springfield’sneighboring suburb of Agawam is the home of Six Flags New England,the region’s largest amusement park.

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BOSTON (86 miles)

The birthplace of the American Revolution, Boston’s historic FreedomTrail is a living history textbook,covering everything from the Battle of Bunker Hill to the midnight ride of Paul Revere. Meanwhile, thecity blends its old world charm with a cosmopolitan new world attitude that is evidenced by some of thetrendier shops and restaurants that line both historic Faneuil Hall Marketplace and the Back Bay’sNewbury Street. One of the world’s foremost centers of education, Boston is home to over 50 collegesand universities; perhaps the entire world’s most concentrated collection of colleges. The greater Bostonarea also includes the summer beach resorts on Cape Cod and the islands of Nantucket and Martha’sVineyard. A hub of sporting activity, the 2004 and 2007World Series Champion Boston Red Sox havecalled fabled Fenway Park home since 1912. The 2008 NBA Champion Boston Celtics ad the NHL’sBoston Bruins also call Beantown home while the 2002, 2004 and 2005 Super Bowl Champion NewEngland Patriots and MLS’ New England Revolution play outside of the city in Foxboro’s GilletteStadium.

PROVIDENCE (51 miles)

Rhode Island’s capital city shows that one of the nation’s smalleststates also has plenty to offer its visitors. The multi-cultural capitalcity, which dates back to 1636, is the Ocean State’s centerpiece. Thebest known hamlet on the Rhode Island shore, the ocean town ofNewport is world famous for its mansions and is a popular vacationdestination for those seeking aquatic activities. Newport’s renownedmusic festival is also a well-attended annual event.

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Main Street is the heart and the soul of a community, a place to meet friends fordinner before the game, to run daily errands, to enjoy the local music scene, orto buy a newspaper to read while sipping your morning coffee. Main Street isthemagic that can transform a street into a neighborhood, buildings into a villageor a small town into a regional destination.

In 2001, the Town of Mansfield teamed with UConn to form the MansfieldDowntown Partnership and set about creating its own “Main Street” area, StorrsCenter. Storrs Center will be a mixed-use town center and main street corridorat the crossroads of the Town and the University. Located along StorrsRoad/Route 195 adjacent to the University, the Town Hall, E.O. Smith HighSchool, and theMansfieldCommunity Center, Storrs Center will include a townsquare, pedestrian-oriented streets, small lanes, and public spaces. There will bea variety of shops, restaurants, cafés, and residential options, which will attract allages and interests and provide spaces for the community to gather.

The Mansfield Downtown Partnership and master developer LeylandAlliancehave worked diligently to make the vision of Storrs Center a reality. Some oftheir recent progress includes the receipt of major pre-construction approvalsfrom the Mansfield Planning and Zoning Commission, the ConnecticutDepartment of Environmental Protection, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineersand the State Traffic Commission.

As progress continues, excitement about the project has steadily grown. ThePartnership has garnered support from a variety of Mansfield residents, asevidenced by its 400 members. Another sign of the broad support this projectenjoys is the over $18 million in state and federal funding the Storrs Centerproject has received. Mansfield residents, local, state, and regionalofficials, and proponents of sustainable development, such as 1,000Friends of Connecticut and CT Main Street Center, all recognize thevalue the new downtown will bring to the town, region, and state.

With major approvals in hand and a significant amount of grant moniesreceived, the Partnership and LeylandAlliance are continuing to prepare for thebeginning of construction. Negotiations between LeylandAlliance andprospective tenants are on-going. In addition to leasing agreements, other pre-requisites to construction include parking commitments for the first phase andfinancing commitments, both private and public.

For more information, please visit www.storrscenter.com or contact the MansfieldDowntown Partnership at 860-429-2740 or [email protected]. A list ofFrequently Asked Questions is available on the Partnership’s website,www.mansfieldct.org.

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It has long been known as the “InsuranceCapital of the World” and it serves as a daily busyhub for some of the most dynamic corporations inthe nation. It also serves as the home for UConnfootball at Rentschler Field and a home-away-from-home for the UConn men’s and women’sbasketball teams at the XL Center.

The City of Hartford, Connecticut’s statecapital, and theGreaterHartford region are rankedhighly for workforce productivity, accessibility,income levels, technology, education, the arts andheritage. Hartford is resource-rich with desirableresidential real estate, communications,infrastructure, parkland and nature trails, healthcare and pubic safety.

The city serves as the headquarters for severalFortune 500 companies, including UnitedTechnologies Corporation,TheHartford FinancialServices Group, Aetna, Inc., and NortheastUtilities. Hartford employs seven times morepeople in the insurances field than the averagemetropolitan area. Among those employers areAetna, Hartford Steam Boiler, ING, CIGNA,Travelers and The Phoenix Companies.

Hartford has also attracted many significantbusinesses in other industries including aerospace,precision machinery, information technology andhealth and medical. Four of the nations Top 25Companies For Executive Women, as recognizedby Executive Female, are located in Hartford.

The newest attraction in downtownHartford is the Connecticut Science Center,which opened in the spring of 2009. The144,000-square foot facility has 150 hands-onexhibits, a state-of-the-art 3D digital theater,four educational labs, plus daily programs andevents.

The Connecticut Convention Centeropened in 2005. The $230 million, 1.6 million-square-foot convention facility is another one ofa series of projects that is bringing new life to thecity.

Hartford ranks among the top six percentof North American regions for the arts. GreaterHartford is home to nearly 200 arts, cultural andheritage organizations, including the BushnellCenter for the Performing Arts, the HartfordStage company, the Connecticut Opera, theWadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art and theMark Twain House and Museum Center.

One of the hubs of downtown activity inHartford is the XL Center, which is also the homefacility for the HartfordWolfpack of the AmericanHockey League. Each year, the finest golfers in theworld compete at The Travelers Championship,which is played at Cromwell’s Tournament PlayersClub at River Highlands and is part of the PGATour’s FedEx Cup.

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The UConn Division of Athletics sponsors 24 sports that compete on the NCAA Division I level and is a member of the BIG EAST Conference. UConn has wonnine NCAA Championships since 1990 and has won 88 BIG EAST regular season or tournament championships.

All-American Carin Knight and thewomen’s indoor track and field team wonthe 2009 BIG EAST title.

All-American Mike Rutt helped lead themen’s indoor track and field team to the2009 BIG EAST Championship.

All-American Renee Montgomery and the women’s basketball teamwent 39-0 to win the NCAA Championship and then were honored

by President Barack Obama at theWhite House.

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Photos listed clockwise from top left:

All-American Hasheem Thabeet led the men’s basketball team to anappearance in the 2009 NCAA Final Four and was later the second pickof the NBA Draft.

George Springer was a Freshmen All-American for the Husky baseballteam.

All-American Renee Montgomery led the women’s basketball team to theNCAA Title.

All-American Donald Brown was the MVP of UConn’s win in the 2009International Bowl and was the school’s first-ever NFL Draft First Roundpick.

All-American Lauren Aird and the Husky field hockey team won the BIGEAST regular season championship and played in the NCAA tournament.

Stephanie Labbe and the women’s soccer squad advance to the champi-onship game of the BIG EAST tournament.

All-American O’BrianWhite led the UConn men’s soccer team to its 11th-straight NCAA tournament appearance in 2008.

D I R E C T O R O F A T H L E T I C S J E F F R E Y H A T H A W A Y


JeffreyA.Hathawayhasplayedavital role inthesuccess storyofathleticsat theUniversityofConnecticut for 18of the past 20 years.

Hathaway is in his seventh year as Director of Athletics at UConn and hewas the Executive Associate Director of Athletics at the school from 1990-2001.

In his only two years away from the Storrs campus, Hathaway enjoyed asuccessful tenure as the Director of Athletics at Colorado State University from2001-03.

His first six years as UConn’s Director of Athletics have arguably been themost successful in school history.

During the 2008-09 academic year, the women’s basketball team won theNCAA Championship with a spotless 39-0 record, the men’s basketball teamadvanced to the NCAA Final Four and the football team won the InternationalBowl as the team made its first-ever consecutive bowl appearance. The fieldhockey team won the BIG EAST Championship and advanced to the NCAAtournament and the men’s soccer team also made NCAA play while the men’sand women’s indoor track and field teams each won BIGEASTChampionships.

Hathaway also directed UConn to reach an agreement with IMGCollege,a division of IMGWorldwide, during the 2008-09 academic year. This 10-yearathletics multi-media rights partnership is worth more than $80 million inguaranteed payments to the University.

In 2007-08, UConn successfully completed the NCAA certificationprocess. The institution was previously certified, once every 10 years as set forthby the NCAA, in 1998. Hathaway provided leadership for a comprehensive,year-long self study of the operations in the Division of Athletics, a site visit by apeer review team, a NCAA certification committee’s review of the self-study anda report by the peer review team.

TheDivision also reached new long-term agreements with two of its mediapartners in recent years – Connecticut Public Television for women’s basketballand WTIC radio for football and men’s and women’s basketball. UConn alsocompleted a landmark ten-year, $46 million corporate partnershipagreement with Nike, Inc. to exclusively provide footwear, apparel andequipment for Husky athletics.

In addition to his leadership role at UConn, Hathaway began a

five-year term in 2007-08 on the prestigious NCAADivision I Men’s BasketballCommittee representing the BIG EAST Conference. As a member of the ten-person committee, Hathaway takes part in the selection and administration ofthe NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship and the administration of the CBStelevision contract. He is only the fourth individual in the history of the BIGEAST Conference to serve on the committee, joining Dave Gavitt, JakeCrouthamel and Mike Tranghese.

Hathaway is a member of the Division I-A Athletic Directors AssociationBoard of Trustees and on the Executive Committee of the National Associationof Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA).

Some significantly historic achievements have occurred during Hathaway’stime as Director of Athletics. UConn became the first school to win the NCAADivision I men’s and women’s basketball championships in the same year (2004)and the football team was victorious in its first ever bowl game - the 2004MotorCity Bowl.

Private fundraising for UConn athletics continues to provide exceptionalacademic and athletic opportunities for student-athletes as more than $85million has been raised during Hathaway’s tenure as Director.

UConn secured a gift of $2.5 million from alumnus Mark Shenkman in2004 for the building of the Mark R. Shenkman Training Center, anintercollegiate and recreational services facility that serves the entire universitycommunity.

Under Hathaway’s guidance, the Division of Athletics received theUniversity’s Environmental Leadership Award for the construction of TheBurton Family Football Complex and the Mark R. Shenkman Training Center.The two buildings are the University’s first projects certified as meeting theLeadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards for “green”buildings. At its 13th annual awards ceremony in March of 2008, theConnecticut Real Estate Exchange presented UConn with the “Green BuildingAward” for these environmentally-friendly facilities.

In his role as Director, Hathaway also oversees UConn’sRecreational Services program. Serving the entire Universitycommunity, approximately 580,000 individual uses were logged lastyear, reflecting the popularity of the diverse health and fitness offerings

UConn Director of Athletics JeffreyHathaway talks to a group of Huskysupporters in Toronto before lastseason’s International Bowl.

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to students, faculty and staff.Hathaway leads a head coaching staff that is one of the most experienced

in the country. UConn has 13 head coaches that have been in their currentposition 10 or more years as of the 2009-10 academic year, including women’sbasketball coachGenoAuriemma (25th year in 2009-10),men’s basketball coachJim Calhoun (24th) and football coach Randy Edsall (11th). The Universityrecently completed long term contract extensions with Auriemma and Edsall.UConn has the distinction of being the only school in the nation with two activeNaismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame coaches in Calhoun (Class of 2005inductee) and Auriemma (Class of 2006 inductee).

Hathaway was also a key factor in the opening of Rentschler Field in 2003– the country’s newest and most modern BCS college football facility.

During Hathaway’s career, he has always made the student-athlete the toppriority.

In the spring and fall semesters of the 2008 calendar year, UConn’s student-athletes excelled in the classroom as nearly 50% of the 650 student-athletesachieved a 3.0 “B-or better” semester grade point average. In addition, theDivision of Athletics has consistently maintained a 99 percent retention rateamong its student-athletes.

“My focus is on the student-athlete,” says Hathaway. “That’s the mostimportant part of our program. Our primary mission is the continued academicsuccess of our student-athletes. The challenge is to identify people early in theprocess and assist them in charting a career path. In addition, we want to providea quality experience in intercollegiate athletics for our student-athletes.”

TheUniversity of Connecticut was saluted for its community service effortsby the National Consortium for Academics and Sports (NCAS) for the thirdconsecutive year for its community service efforts. UConn was also honored bythe NCAS in 2006 and ’07 for its efforts to assist former student-athletes inearning their college degree.

In the 2006-07 academic year, Hathaway served on University searchcommittees to hire President Michael J. Hogan, Vice President/Chief OperatingOfficer Barry Feldman and Executive Director of the Alumni Association LisaLewis.

Hathaway’s leadership has earned him respect and recognition both on thenational and local levels.

He was one of four finalists for the “Athletic Director of the Year” in thespring of 2008 at the inaugural Sports Business Awards by Street and Smith’sSports Business Journal.

In the summer of 2007, Hathaway was honored by NACDA as theAstroTurf Athletic Director of the Year for Division I-A in the Northeast region(which includes the New England states and New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio andNew Jersey).

In 2004, The Sporting News named Hathaway to its “Power 100 List” -comprised of the 100 most powerful people in sports. He received the Joseph J.Fontana Distinguished Service Award from the Connecticut High SchoolCoaches Association in the spring of 2005. In the winter of 2006, Hathawayreceived the General Robert R. Neyland Outstanding Athletic Director Awardfrom the All-American Football Foundation.

During his tenure at both Colorado State and UConn, he was a memberof the NCAA Division I Championships/Competition Cabinet, as well as thePostseason Football Licensing Subcommittee, which is responsible for issues

involving postseason football competition and the certification of bowl games.On the conference level, Hathaway is the chair of the BIG EAST Athletic

Directors Executive Committee through November of 2009. He is also pastchairman of the BIGEASTChampionship andCompetitionCommittee as wellas the league’s Finance Committee.

Hathaway has served as a guest presenter at both the NACDA andNACMA (National Association of Collegiate Marketing Administrators)conventions in the past. In addition, he has also served as a lecturer at the IAInstitute sponsored by the Division I-A Athletic Directors’ Association, heldannually in Dallas.

Hathaway originally came to Connecticut in November of 1990 as SeniorAssociate Athletic Director. In that role, he oversaw the day-to-day operations ofthe Division of Athletics.

He served internally as a program administrator for several sports, includingmen’s and women’s basketball and men’s and women’s soccer at UConn as theHuskies won four national championships in those sports during his tenure - twoin women’s basketball (1995 and 2000) and one each in men’s basketball (1999)and men’s soccer (2000).

Hathaway was also the program administrator for football. He played acritical role in the upgrade of the football program to Division I-A status asUConn became the first ever school to transition from the I-AA level to a BCSfootball conference.

During Hathaway’s tenure at Colorado State, he oversaw a 15-sportprogram - nine women’s teams and sixmen’s.The Ram football teammade a pairof bowl appearances while Hathaway was at CSU. The men’s basketball teamwon theMountainWest Conference tournament inMarch of ‘03 and advancedto the NCAA tournament for the first time in 13 years. The women’s basketballteam advanced to postseason play twice, including a trip to the second round ofthe NCAA tournament in 2002 and the semifinals of the 2003Women’s NIT.

Hathaway was an extremely successful fundraiser during his time in FortCollins. The school drew national attention for a $15.2 million gift from theBohemian Foundation and president Pat Stryker for football stadiumrenovations and expansion.

Prior to his first stint at UConn,Hathaway served in a number of capacitiesat his alma mater - the University of Maryland - from 1982-90, includingAssistant Athletics Director for Marketing and Promotions, Acting AssistantAthletics Director for Business Affairs, Athletics Business Manager and men’sbasketball trainer.

Hathaway earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Athletic Administrationfrom the University of Maryland in 1981. He later received a Master’s Degreein General Administration (1991) from the University of Maryland and iscurrently continuing work on a PhD in Educational Leadership from theUniversity of Connecticut.

He attendedThe Sports Management Institute at the Universities of NotreDame and Southern California. Hathaway also completed the ManagementDevelopment Program at Harvard University.

Born June 20, 1959, in Cheverly, Md., Hathaway and his wifePaula have two children:Meghan (October 15, 1991) andMichael (June11, 1995).

UConn Director of Athletics Jeffrey Hathaway and members of the 1958 YankeeConference championship team last year at its 50th anniversary reunion.

UConn Director of Athletics Jeffrey Hathaway and All-American Donald Brown celebrate lastseason’s International Bowl win.

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Dr. Jeffrey AndersonDirector of Sports MedicineServices

Pat BabcockAssociate Director of Athletics/SeniorWomen’s Administrator

Patti BosticExecutive Director ofRecreational Services

Dr. Scott BrownNCAA Faculty AthleticsRepresentative

Jim DonohueAssistant Director of Athleticsof Development/ ExecutiveDirector of the UConn Club

Ron DuboisDirector of Special Projects

Mike EnrightAssociate Director of Athletics/Communications

Dan GlinskiDirector of EquipmentServices

Bob HowardHead Athletic Trainer

Dave KaplanDirector of Video Services

Kyle KravchukAssistant Director ofAthletics/Ticket Operations

Jerry MartinStrength and ConditioningCoordinator

Dino MattessichSenior Associate Director ofAthletics/Internal Operations

Paul McCarthySenior Associate Director ofAthletics/Administration

Neal EskinExecutive Associate Director ofAthletics

Dave PezzinoMen’s Golf

Tim TolokanSpecial Assistant to theDirector of Athletics

Maureen O’ConnorAssistant Director of Athletics/Business Services

Dee RoweSpecial Adviser for Athletics

Vaughn WilliamsAssociate Director of Athletics/Facilities Management andPlanning

Marielle VanGelderAssistant Director ofAthletics/Compliance Services

Geno AuriemmaWomen’s Basketball

Jim CalhounMen’s Basketball

Randy EdsallFootball

Bob GoldbergMen’s andWomen’s Swimming

Heather LinstadWomen’s Hockey

Bruce MarshallMen’s Hockey

Glenn MarshallDirector of Tennis

Angela McMahonWomen’s Lacrosse

Bill MorganWomen’s Track and Field

Karen MullinsSoftball

Jim PendersBaseball

Ray ReidMen’s Soccer

Greg RoyMen’s Track and Field/Cross Country

Jennifer Sanford-WendryWomen’s Rowing

Nancy StevensField Hockey

Holly Strauss-O’BrienVolleyball

Len TsantirisWomen’s Soccer

Kyle MuncyAssistant Director of Athletics/Communications

Dave EvanAssistant Director of Athletics/Marketing and Corporate Relations

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A number of presentations are made during Husky home football games.Here, Director of Athletics Jeffrey Hathaway presents 2007 BIG EASTChampionship rings to Meineke Car Care Bowl Executive DirectorWillWebb(left) and Meineke CEO and Chairman KenWalker.

JONATHAN THE HUSKY MASCOTThe official mascot of the University of Connecticut is a Siberian Husky dog named

Jonathan. Jonathan XIII made his debut on the Storrs campus in the winter of 2008 andmade his Rentschler Field debut at the 2008 Blue-White Spring Football Game. He will beon hand for the ’09 season. The first Husky dog came to UConn in 1934 and the puppy wasnamed for Jonathan Trumbull, the Governor of Connecticut during the Revolutionary War.The pedigree of Jonathan I was traced back to include a great-grandfather who traveled to theNorth Pole with Admiral Bryd in 1909. Jonathan III was with Admiral Byrd when he under-took “Operation High Jump” to the Antarctic in 1946-47.

A costumed mascot has also gained popularity over the past several decades.

UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUTALMA MATER

Once more, as we gather todayTo sing our alma mater’s praiseAnd join in the fellowship strongThat inspires our college days.We’re backing our teams in the strifeCheering them to victory.We pledge anewTo old Connecticut,Our steadfast spirit of loyalty.

Connecticut, ConnecticutThy sons and daughters trueUnite to honor thy nameOur fairest white and blue.

When time shall have severed us farAnd the years their changes bring,The thought of the college we loveIn our memories will cling.For friendships that ever remainAnd associations dearWe’ll raise a songTo old ConnecticutAnd join our voices in our long cheer

Connecticut, ConnecticutThy sons and daughters trueUnite to honor thy nameOur fairest white and blue.

“UCONN HUSKY” FIGHT SONG“UConnHusky” is the fight song of the school. It was written in themid-1930’s byHerb

France, whowasUConn’sDirector ofMusic until themid-1950’s. The song is widely knownfor its playing at different sporting events, but got “out of this world” attention in October1989 when it was played aboard NASA’s Space Shuttle to wake up the shuttle astronauts.Among those astronauts on the mission was Franklin Chang-Diaz, a 1973 UConn graduate.

UConn HuskySymbol of might to the foe.Fight, fight Connecticut,It’s victory, let’s go!Connecticut UConn Husky,Do it again for the white and blue,

So go, go, go, go, Connecticut,Connecticut U.C-O-N-N-E-C-T-I-C-U-T, ConnecticutConnecticut Husky, Connecticut Husky,Connecticut C-O-N-N-U. Fight!(Repeat first verse)

VICTORY BELLAn enduring tradition of UConn football is the ringing of the Victory Bell after each UConn score. The bell was moved from the previous home of UConnfootball, Memorial Stadium, to its new home – Rentschler Field. After each score, the bell is rung once for each point UConn has scored in the game.

“THE HUSKY WALK”A new pregame tradition was started in 2007 at Rentschler Field as UConn fans got a chance to greet

the Huskies as they arrive at the stadium. “The Husky Walk” takes place about two-and-a-half hours beforeeach game as the UConn buses pull up to Gate D of the stadium and the players make their way to Gate C.

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Some college football teams play in stadiums that put fans so closeto the action that the spectators feel like they can reach out andtouch the players. These stadiums are intimate and are part of whathas made college football special.

Other stadiums are ultra-modern edifices that feature the latestin facilities such as luxurious suites and spacious locker rooms.

The home of University of Connecticut football — RentschlerField — happens to be both. The stadium is the newest and mostmodern BCS college football stadium in the country.

Rentschler Field, located in East Hartford, opened on Aug. 30,2003, as the Huskies defeated Big Ten Conference member Indiana,34-10.

UConn has now played 39 games in the facility over the pastsix seasons and has posted an impressive 29-10 record at RentschlerField – including a perfect 7-0 mark in 2007 to set a UConn single-season record for home wins.

The Huskies have sold out 25 of their 39 Rentschler Fieldgames, including a streak of 12 in a row. UConn has played to a 96percent of capacity during its time there before a total of 1,504,584fans.

The building of the facility and its management is the result ofincredible teamwork and dedication between the state’s Office ofPolicy and Management, the town of East Hartford, UnitedTechnologies Corporation and the assistance from numerous publicand private sector organizations. The result of this cooperation givesthe people of Connecticut the opportunity to view college footballat its highest level in a world-class facility.

The natural grass playing surface of Rentschler Field is26 feet below grade at the stadium, which features stadium

seating, outdoor chairback seating, fully enclosed club seats and lux-ury suites.

The tower at Rentschler Field includes levels for suites, clubseating and media/game management facilities.

There are 38 suites in the stadium and more than 600 seats inthe club area, which also includes a 12,000-square foot functionarea, which is used by club patrons on gameday and is available formeetings and social events the remainder of the year.

The outdoor seating area of Rentschler Field includes nearly4,000 chairback seats with the rest being bleacher seating.Rentschler Field is unique in the fact that it has handicap accessibleseating on the field level.

The media facilities are some of the most modern in the coun-try with seating for 125 media members in the main press area.There are also separate booths for television and radio broadcasts.That level also includes booths for coaching staffs, security, publicaddress announcer, scoreboard operation and other gameday facili-ties.

The concourses at Rentschler Field provide generous, open andbarrier-free circulation for entering and exiting the facility. The con-course also provides easy access to various concession and noveltystands and restrooms.

The stadium features state-of-the-art facilities for members ofthe UConn football team, including an incredible locker room area.

The main UConn locker room is 3,750 square feet and hasspace for 125 players. There is also a coaches locker room, equip-ment area and medical training rooms.

There is also a spacious visiting team locker room areawith similar amenities.

The audio and video facilities at Rentschler Field are

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some of the most advanced in the country. The sound system is de-centralized with approximately 300 digital-quality speakers provid-ing the audio.

The west end of the stadium features a scoreboard that has a24-foot by 32-foot video replay screen.

All parking for the stadium is located within the footprint ofthe stadium site – which makes it unique for a college football facil-ity. In total, there are 10,600 parking spaces at the Rentschler Fieldsite.

Rentschler Field features lighting with four towers in each cor-ner of the stadium and a bank of lights on top of the press box.

Rentschler Field is a facility that was built for Connecticut, byConnecticut. Through a concerted effort, the stadium project faroutpaced the state’s requirements to help small, women and minor-ity-owned companies grow with ongoing economic development.This means contractors and individuals that may never before havebeen able to benefit from projects of this scale helped build theirskills, their companiesand their careers whilethey help build theircommunity.

The various EastHartford area non-profit groups thatstaffed the concessionstands on game days areable to generateapproximately $65,000on an annual basisthrough their work atthe games.

Rentschler Field isalso the home of theConnecticut HighSchool Coaches Hall ofFame, which is locatedon the southwest con-course.

The stadium wasdeveloped by the Stateof Connecticut Officeof Policy andManagement. Thefacility was designed by

RENTSCHLER FIELDQUICK FACTS

Owner: State of Connecticut

Developer: State of Connecticut Officeof Policy and Management (OPM)

Architects: Ellerbe Becket

Construction Manager: Hunt/GilbaneJoint Venture

Facility Manager: Northland InvestmentCorp. and AEG Facilities

Primary Tenant: University ofConnecticut Athletics (football)

Budget: $91.2 million

Stadium Footprint: 8.5 acres

Stadium Building: 595,596 square feet,including field and seats

Capacity: 40,000

Total Site: 75 acres

Parking: Approximately 10,600 spaces atthe stadium and on the Pratt &Whitney campus.

Site History: Pratt &Whitney Airfield,named for Pratt &Whitney founderFrederick Rentschler and donated to theState of Connecticut by UTC in 1999.



the architectural firm Ellerbe Becket and the construction managerwas Hunt/Gilbane joint venture. The primary tenant at RentschlerField, which is managed by Northland Investment Corp. and AEGFacilities, is the UConn football program.

In addition to UConn football, the stadium also played host toa pair of Bruce Springsteen concerts on Sept. 16 and 18, 2003, aconcert by the Rolling Stones on Aug. 26, 2005 and the Police onJuly 31, 2007. It also serves as the home of the annual Governors’Cup High School All-Star game between Connecticut and RhodeIsland.

International rugby matches have been played at RentschlerField in the summers of 2004, ’05 and ‘08. The facility is becominga mainstay in soccer. An exhibition soccer game between theBritish teams of Liverpool and Glasgow Celtic was played onJuly 26, 2004; an exhibition women’s soccer match between

the United States and China on Aug. 1, 2004; a men’s World Cupqualifying match between the United States and Trinidad andTobago was played on Aug. 17, 2005; the United States men’snational team playing their final tuneup before 2006 World Cupagainst Latvia on May 28, 2006; and an exhibition women’s soccermatch between the United States and Norway on July 14, 2007.

UConn received the Governor’s Leadership Award inDecember of 2003 for its efforts in the first year of play atRentschler Field. The annual award is given to an individual orgroup that has done an outstanding job in bringing together a widespectrum of people and resources to bear on a significant develop-ment issue in Connecticut. UConn was cited for working hard toassure that Rentschler Field was a significant economic resource forthe greater Hartford region and a point of pride for the high quali-ty of life in the area that business leaders seek.

The 75-acre site for the stadium was donated by UnitedTechnologies and sits on a former airfield — Rentschler Field —which opened in 1931 and saw the likes of Charles Lindbergh andAmelia Earhart. In addition to the donation of the land for the sta-dium, UTC is allowing another 100 acres of its land to be used forgameday parking.

There is a display on the history of the site as an airfield in thestadium.

The “original” Rentschler Field was dedicated on May 24,1931. The company air field served as a base for experimental flighttests of airplanes, engines and propellers and was also used for serv-icing and overhauling engines. In later years the airfield was used forgeneral aviation for United Aircraft Corporation — now UnitedTechnologies Corporation. The field was de-commissioned as anactive airport in the 1990s.

The “original” Rentschler Field, an airfield which later saw the likes of Charles Lindbergh andAmelia Earhart, was dedicated on May 24, 1931. Those taking part in the ceremonies were (left toright): Donald Brown, President of Pratt &Whitney Aircraft; United States Senator HiramBingham of Connecticut; Edward A. Deeds, United Aircraft Board of Directors; F. Trubee Davison,Assistant Secretary ofWar; Frederick B. Rentschler, Founder of Pratt &Whitney Aircraft andChairman of United Aircraft Corporation (now United Technologies Corporation).

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RENTSCHLER FIELDHome of football

THE BURTON FAMILYFOOTBALL COMPLEX

MARK R. SHENKMANTRAINING CENTER

HARRY A. GAMPEL PAVILIONHome of men’s and women’s basketball and women’s volleyball

XL CENTERHome of men’s and women’s basketball

MARK EDWARD FREITAS ICE FORUMHome of men’s and women’s ice hockey

J.O. CHRISTIAN FIELDHome of baseball

THE BURRILL FAMILY FIELD AT THECONNECTICUT SOFTBALL STADIUM

Home of softball

GEORGE J. SHERMANFAMILY SPORTS COMPLEXHome of men’s and women’s outdoor

track and field, field hockey and women’s lacrosse

COVENTRY LAKEHome of rowing

JOSEPH J. MORRONE STADIUMHome of men’s and women’s soccer

HUGH GREER FIELD HOUSEHome of men’s and women’s indoor track

WOLFF-ZACKIN NATATORIUMHome of men’s and women’s

swimming and divingUCONN TENNIS COURTSHome of men’s and women’s tennis

J . R O B E R T D O N N E L L Y H U S K Y H E R I T A G E S P O R T S M U S E U M


The sights and sounds of more than a century of intercollegiate athletics competitioncome alive during a visit to the J. RobertDonnellyHuskyHeritage SportsMuseum.

Located in the new and expanded UConn Alumni Center in the heart ofthe University of Connecticut’s main campus in Storrs, the Husky HeritageSports Museum is the ultimate library documenting the wide-ranging successesof Connecticut’s athletic programs.

The state-of-the-art design and layout of the 2,700 square foot HuskyHeritage SportsMuseum, named after benefactor and 1940 Connecticut basket-ball and football captain J. Robert (Bob)Donnelly (shown above withwifeM.J.),vividly captures all of the energy, excitement and enthusiasm that is associatedwith “Huskymania”. Donnelly passed away on Sept. 26, 2005.

The visitors’ UConn experience begins with the University of Connecticut“National Champions” Gallery. This unique museum addition, located in theentrance foyer of the Husky Heritage Sports Museum, was unveiled inDecember of 2004 and will serve as a permanent tribute to all University ofConnecticut varsity teams that climbed to the mountaintop and earned the rightto be called National Champions.

Currently, a total of 13 national champion squads, representing four differ-ent UConn sports, have team photos and national championship logos on dis-play in the National Champions gallery.

Included in the National Champions Gallery is the unbeaten 1948 men’ssoccer team of Coach John Squires, the 1981 and 1985 UConn women’s fieldhockey teams of Coach DianeWright, the 1981 men’s soccer team of Coach JoeMorrone, the 2000men’s soccer team of Coach Ray Reid, the six national cham-pionship women’s basketball teams of Coach Geno Auriemma (1995, 2000,2002, 2003, 2004, 2009), and the 1999 and 2004 UConn men’s basketballteams of Coach Jim Calhoun.

Upon entering the Husky Heritage Sports Museum, visitors are greeted bya full figure statue of Jonathan, the legendary mascot of all Husky athletic teams.

Oversized banners proudly hang from the ceiling, displaying action imagesthat feature 88 of Connecticut’s All-American stars representing 17 differentintercollegiate sports.

A tour of the various sections of the Husky Heritage Sports Museum is awalk down memory lane for long-time followers of Connecticut athletics. Forfans just becoming acquainted with UConn’s tradition of excellence, the variousthemes and areas of the museum, when woven together, narrate a complete andcompelling sport-by-sport story line. The growth and development ofConnecticut athletics is traced via text, photographs and select artifacts from itshumble beginnings in the 1890s to its present day ranking among theelite major college athletic programs in the nation.

Included among the “must see” memorabilia in the HuskyHeritage SportsMuseummain concourse are the 1981 and 2000NCAA

National Championship Men’s Soccer trophies; the 1981 and 1985 NCAANational ChampionshipWomen’s Field Hockey trophies; the 1950s era baseballgloves belonging to Connecticut’s three Dropo brothers-includingWalt Dropo’sfirst baseman’s mitt when he was the American League Rookie of the Year withthe Boston Red Sox in 1950; the 1935 Ramnapping Trophy, awarded annuallyto the winner of the Connecticut-Rhode Island football game; a 1931 footballsigned by the entire Connecticut squad; team photos of Connecticut’s first men’s(1901) andwomen’s (1902) basketball squads; and theWaterfordCrystal NCAANational Championship trophies won by UConn Women’s Basketball (1995,2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009) and UConn Men’s Basketball (1999, 2004).

The pinnacle achievement of UConn’s eight NCAA NationalChampionships in both men’s and women’s basketball is preserved and promot-ed in a unique circular sanctuary—-the Connecticut Basketball Rotunda, a giftof Herb and Marcia Dunn.

Championship trophies and related artifacts that chronicle UConn’s men’sand women’s national titles are prominently featured in the rotunda, as are life-size cutouts of Husky All-American stars Ray Allen and Rebecca Lobo.Celebratory paintings of head coaches Jim Calhoun and Geno Auriemma are ondisplay along with a one-of-a-kind watercolor team photo of the 25-memberUConn Men’s Basketball All-Century team.

Also within the Husky Heritage Sports Museum experience is a video wallfeaturing a 65-inch high definition television. Visitors can view numerous histor-ical moments in UConn history as captured on a variety of highlight films anddocumentaries.

Each display case of memorabilia and every historical photograph locatedwithin the walls of the J. Robert Donnelly Husky Heritage Sports Museumdescribe a portion of a truly remarkable story.

That story of the teams, the coaches, and student-athletes who have beenpart of the rich history that constitutes the University of Connecticut athleticexperience is now being told on a daily basis at UConn’s Husky Heritage SportsMuseum.

The J. Robert Donnelly Husky Heritage Sports Museum is open free ofcharge to the general public during regular business hours (8 a.m. to 5 p.m.) ofthe UConn Alumni Center.

Since the Husky Heritage Sports Museum opened in January of 2002, sev-eral important artifacts have been donated from UConn loyalists to help expandthe scope of the Connecticut Athletics storyline.

TheUniversity of ConnecticutDivision of Athletics continues to seek addi-tional memorabilia/artifacts to help expand the story of the UConn Huskies.

Anyone wishing to donate specific Connecticut Athletics items to the J.Robert Donnelly Husky Heritage Sports Museum should contact: TimTolokan, Phone: (860) 486-9097, e-mail: [email protected].

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The Aero-Med Scholarship FundThe Peter Antonez Memorial Baseball ScholarshipThe Baum Family ScholarshipThe Baum, Cion and Newberg Families ScholarshipThe Baum Grandchildren Scholarship FundThe Arthur W. Beckius Memorial ScholarshipThe Peter Behuniak, Sr. Scholarship FundThe Harold and Helen Benson Family ScholarshipThe Bessette Family Men’s Track & Field Scholarship

FundThe Boudreau Family ScholarshipThe John J. Brennan Memorial Scholarship FundThe Joseph B. Burns ScholarshipThe Barbara and Bob Burrill Family Athletic

ScholarshipThe Michael G. Burton Endowed Scholarship FundThe Robert G. Burton Endowed Scholarship FundThe Ronald J. Bushwell ScholarshipThe Susan K. Butterworth ScholarshipThe M. Jeffrey Cariglia Memorial Golf ScholarshipThe Peter J. & Patricia J. Cathey ScholarshipThe J.O. Christian ScholarshipThe Herbert Tryon Clark, Sr. Class Of 1897 Endowed

MemorialSoccer ScholarshipThe Herbert T. Clark, Jr. Memorial Class Of 1934Men’s Soccer Endowment FundThe Connecticut Dunkin’ Donuts Franchisees

Scholarship FundThe Robert T. Crovo Family ScholarshipThe Jack Dennerley Memorial Soccer ScholarshipThe C. Preston Donaldson Softball Endowment FundThe Bob Donnelly Football ScholarshipThe Bob Donnelly Men’s Basketball ScholarshipThe Dropo Family ScholarshipThe Herbert and Marcia Dunn Men’s Basketball

Scholarship FundThe Herbert and Marcia DunnWomen’s Basketball

Scholarship FundThe Eblens/Leonard Seaman ScholarshipThe Irma K. And Alvin L. Evans Endowed Scholarship

FundThe Faculty/Staff Men’s Soccer ScholarshipThe Fiondella Family Women’s Basketball Endowed

ScholarshipThe Fleet Bank General Athletic Scholarship FundThe Robert Foster Family ScholarshipThe Robert and Audrey Foster Family Football

Scholarship FundThe Robert and Audrey Foster Family Softball

Scholarship FundThe Mark E. Freitas Athletic Scholarship FundThe Friends Of Soccer Endowed ScholarshipThe Barbara “Bobbie” K. Galchus Memorial Athletic

ScholarshipThe Timothy L. and Anne B. Gallagher Women’s

BasketballScholarship FundThe Harry A. Gampel Scholarship Fund

The Harry A. and Edith D. Gampel AthleticEndowment Fund

The Seymour Gavens ScholarshipThe Gelfenbien Family Athletic ScholarshipThe Marty Gilman Memorial ScholarshipThe Robert W. Gordon ScholarshipThe Hugh S. Greer ’26 ScholarshipThe John M. Hall Memorial Athletic Scholarship FundThe Haviland Family Baseball Scholarship FundThe John and Bette Herr Men’s Basketball Managers

Scholarship FundThe Raphael “Ray” Hoffenberg Memorial ScholarshipThe Samuel W. and Diane P. Holdridge Family

AthleticScholarship FundThe Paul N. Ippedico and Mary E. Berube ScholarshipThe Ronald D. and Mary C. Jarvis Athletic

Scholarship FundThe Robert E. Kennedy Memorial Scholarship AwardThe John and Diane Kim EndowedWomen’s

Swimming ScholarshipThe Max Kotkin Athletic ScholarshipThe Nihla and Bob Lapidus Football Scholarship

Endowment FundThe Leandri Family ScholarshipW. Peter ’50 and Carolun Lind Men’s Basketball FundThe Maher Family ScholarshipThe Richard D. Mangiarelli ScholarshipThe Marks Family Scholarship FundThe Donyell Marshall Men’s Basketball Endowed

ScholarshipThe McFadden Family Scholarship FundThe Joe McGinn Memorial Men’s Basketball National

Championship Endowment FundThe Dr. John F. And Carol L. Mele ScholarshipThe Men’s Soccer Lettermen ScholarshipThe Men’s Track Letterwinner Scholarship FundThe Joseph Merritt Company Athletic Scholarship

FundThe Michaels Jewelers Foundation Scholarship

Endowment FundThe Bill Mitchell Endowed Soccer ScholarshipThe Monaco Family Men’s Soccer Scholarship FundThe Mooradian Family Endowed Football ScholarshipThe Joseph J. Morrone Endowment FundThe Joseph J. Morrone Endowed Soccer ScholarshipThe Janis C. And Rocco A. Murano Scholarship FundThe Charles and Jacquelyn Nagy Endowed Baseball

ScholarshipThe J. Peter Natale Track And Field Scholarship FundThe Kevin P. Newman Athletic ScholarshipThe Frank and Alice Niederwerfer, Sr. Family

Scholarship FundThe Anna Noske ScholarshipThe John Noske ScholarshipTheWilliam H. O’Brien Ice Hockey EndowmentThe Oleksiw Family Scholarship For FootballThe David And Cheryl Olender Women’s BasketballScholarship Fund

The Omar Coffee Company ScholarshipThe Samuel J. Orr, Jr. FundThe Lawrence R. Panciera ScholarshipThe Pappanikou Scholarship FundThe Pappanikou Family Scholarship FundThe People’s Bank Athletic ScholarshipThe Perrachio Family Football ScholarshipThe Raymond and Marilyn Peracchio Basketball

Scholarship FundThe Isadore and Minnie Pinsky ScholarshipThe Polo Family ScholarshipThe Julius “Puggy” Roth ScholarshipThe Dee Rowe Athletic Scholarship FundThe Coach Donald E. Rowe Endowed Men’s

Basketball Scholarship FundThe Robert T. and Renee P. Samuels Scholarship FundThe Robert T. and Renee P. Samuels Women’s

BasketballEndowed ScholarshipThe SBM Charitable Foundation, Inc. ScholarshipThe Schilberg Family Men’s Basketball Scholarship

FundThe Schwartz Family Women’s Athletics Scholarship

FundThe Schwartz ScholarshipThe Shoprite Supermarkets of Connecticut Women’s

Endowed Basketball Scholarship FundThe Sinatro Family ScholarshipThe Jennifer C. Smith Athletic Endowment FundThe Dr. John Y. Squires Endowed Soccer ScholarshipThe Tamer Family Endowment For Women’s

BasketballThe Allen and Mary Tracy Women’s Basketball

Scholarship FundThe Treibick Family Crew Team Endowment FundThe Treibick Family Endowment For Women’s Tennis

AndWomen’s CrewThe Treibick Family Women’s Volleyball Endowment

FundThe Tremaine Scholarship FundTheWalter J. Trojanowski Football Scholarship FundThe UConn Club General Athletic Scholarship FundThe United Abrasives, Inc. Scholarship FundThe United Abrasives, Inc. Football ScholarshipThe United Technologies Research Center Scholarship

FundThe Kenneth N. Vernon Memorial ScholarshipThe Sherwood C. Waldron Scholarship FundThe Edward L. Waltman Memorial Scholarship FundThe Dr. Charles E. Waring ScholarshipThe Dr. Charles E. Waring Football Scholarship FundTheWillett Family Women’s Softball Endowed

ScholarshipThe Bette and TomWolff Scholarship FundTheWolff-Davis Swimming ScholarshipTheWolff Family Scholarship AwardTheWolff-Zackin and Associates, Inc. ScholarshipThe Charlene and BobWright Women’s Basketball

Scholarship FundThe Diane Wright Field Hockey Scholarship Fund

The UConn Athletic Development Fund is extremely grateful to our Endowed Scholarship Donors. For more information on theUConn Athletic Development Fund, please call (860) 486-3863.

B O W L G A M E S


The BIG EAST has always aligned itself with presti-gious bowl games. The league is one of the originalfounders of the Bowl Championship Series and continuesto be one of only six conferences that receives an automat-ic annual bid.

The BIG EAST Conference champion earns theleague’s automatic BCS bid. The BCS – which entersits 11th season in 2009-10 – is a five-game arrange-ment for postseason college football that is designed tomatch the two top-rated teams in a national champi-onship game and to create exciting and competitivematchups between eight other highly regarded teamsin four other BCS games.

If the BIG EAST champion finishes No. 1 orNo. 2 in the final BCS standings, then that team willearn a spot in the BCSNational Championship Game.Otherwise, the league champion will compete in oneof the four remaining BCS bowl games – the TostitosFiesta Bowl, FedEx Orange Bowl, Allstate Sugar Bowlor the Rose Bowl. Each bowl hosts two games onceevery four years - its traditional game plus the NationalChampionship Game approximately one week later.

In a first-of-its-kind collaboration among

Division I conferences and football bowl partners, theBIG EAST and Big 12 Conferences — along withNotre Dame — forged a bowl partnership beginningin 2006. This agreement assures both BCS confer-ences’ or Notre Dame’s participation in the KonicaMinolta Gator Bowl and Brut Sun Bowl over a four-year period. The Konica Gator Bowl or Brut Sun Bowlcan pick a BIG EAST team after the league’s represen-tative to the Bowl Championship Series has beendetermined. The Atlantic Coast Conference will pro-vide the opposition in the Konica Minolta Gator Bowl(CBS) and the Pac-10 Conference will participate inthe Brut Sun Bowl (CBS).

The Konica Minolta Gator Bowl has the firstselection at the conclusion of each season. During thefour years of the deal, the BIG EAST (or Notre Dame)will send a team to both the Gator Bowl and the SunBowl twice.

The Meineke Car Care Bowl is now in its eighthyear with the BIG EAST Conference. The MeinekeCar Care Bowl, which is played in Bank of AmericaStadium in Charlotte, N.C., picks after the KonicaMinolta Gator Bowl or Brut Sun Bowl.

The BIG EAST Conference also aligned itself

with the International Bowl in Toronto, Ontario, andthe PapaJohns.com Bowl in Birmingham, Ala., begin-ning in 2006. In the International Bowl, the BIGEAST representative faces a team from the Mid-American Conference. In the PapaJohns.com Bowl,the opponent is from the Southeastern Conference.

The 2008 season saw another addition to theBIG EAST’s bowl picture with the introduction of theSt. Petersburg Bowl at Tropicana Field. The St.Petersburg Bowl will be televised on ESPN and willpair the BIG EAST representative against an opponentfrom Conference USA.

The addition of the St. Petersburg Bowl givesBIG EAST teams access to at least six postseasongames each year.

Date /Time (ET) TV Bowl Matchup SiteDec. 19 / 2:30 p.m. ESPN NewMexico MountainWest vs.WAC Albuquerque, N.M.Dec. 19 / 8 p.m. ESPN St. Petersburg BIG EAST vs. Conference USA St. Petersburg, Fla.Dec. 20 / 8 p.m. ESPN R+LCarriers NewOrleans Conference USA vs. Sun Belt NewOrleans, La.Dec. 22 / 8 p.m. ESPN Maaco Bowl Las Vegas MountainWest vs. Pacific-10 Las Vegas, Nev.Dec. 23 / 8 p.m. ESPN SanDiego Co. Credit Union Poinsettia MountainWest vs. Pacific-10 SanDiego, Calif.Dec. 24 / 8 p.m. ESPN SheratonHawaii Conference USA vs.WAC Honolulu, HawaiiDec. 26 / 1 p.m. ESPN Motor City BigTen vs.Mid-American Detroit,Mich.Dec. 26 / 4:30 p.m. ESPN Meineke Car Care ACC vs. BIG EAST Charlotte, N.C.Dec. 26 / 8 p.m. ESPN Emerald ACC vs. Pacific-10 San Francisco, Calif.Dec. 27 / 8:15 p.m. ESPN GaylordHotelsMusic City ACC vs. SEC Nashville,Tenn.Dec. 28 / 5 p.m. ESPN2 AdvoCareV100 Independence Big 12 vs. SEC Shreveport, La.Dec. 29 / 4:30 p.m. ESPN Eagle Bank ACC vs. Army Washington, D.C.Dec. 29 / 8 p.m. ESPN Champs Sports ACC vs. BigTen Orlando, Fla.Dec. 30 / 4:30 p.m. ESPN Roady’s Humanitarian MountainWest vs.WAC Boise, IdahoDec. 30 / 8 p.m. ESPN Pacific Life Holiday Big 12 vs. Pacific-10 SanDiego, Calif.Dec. 30 / 8 p.m. NFL Texas Big 12 vs. Conference USA/Navy Houston,TexasDec. 31 /TBA ESPN Bell Helicopter Armed Forces MountainWest vs. Conference USA FortWorth,TexasDec. 31 / 12 p.m. CBS Brut Sun Pacific-10 vs. BIG EAST/Big 12 El Paso,TexasDec. 31 / 6 p.m. NFL Insight BigTen vs. Big 12 Tempe, Ariz.Dec. 31 / 7:30 p.m. ESPN Chick-fil-A ACC vs. SEC Atlanta, Ga.Jan. 1 / 11 a.m. ESPN Outback BigTen vs. SEC Tampa, Fla.Jan. 1 / 1 p.m. ABC Capital One BigTen vs. SEC Orlando, Fla.Jan. 1 / 1 p.m. CBS KonicaMinolta Gator ACC vs. BIG EAST/Big 12/Notre Dame Jacksonville, Fla.Jan. 1 / 5 p.m. ABC Rose presented by Citi BCS (BigTen) vs. BCS (Pacific-10) Pasadena, Calif.Jan. 1 / 8:30 p.m. FOX Allstate Sugar BCSAt-Large vs. BCS At-Large NewOrleans, La.Jan. 2 / 2 p.m. FOX AT&TCotton Big 12 vs. SEC Arlington,TexasJan. 2 / 2 p.m. ESPN Papajohns.com BIGEAST vs. SEC Birmingham, Ala.Jan. 2 / 5:30 p.m. ESPN AutoZone Liberty Conference USA vs. SEC Memphis,Tenn.Jan. 2 / 9 p.m. ESPN Valero Alamo BigTen vs. Big 12 San Antonio,TexasJan. 2 / 12 p.m. ESPN2 International BIG EAST vs.Mid-American Toronto, Ont.Jan. 4 / 8 p.m. FOX Tostitos Fiesta BCS (Big 12) vs. BCS At-Large Glendale, Ariz.Jan. 5 / 8 p.m. FOX FedExOrange BCS (ACC) vs. BCS At-Large Miami, Fla.Jan. 6 / 7 p.m. ESPN GMAC ACC vs.Mid-American Mobile, Ala.Jan. 7 / 8 p.m. ABC BCSChampionshipGame presented byCiti BCSNo. 1 vs. BCSNo. 2 Pasadena, Calf.

BOWLCHAMPIONSHIP SERIES -When not having a conference champion participating in the BCSNational ChampionshipGame, the BCSwill have the following conference champions serve as host teams: Rose Bowl - BigTen and Pac-10; FedExOrange Bowl - ACC; Allstate Sugar Bowl- SEC;Tostitos Fiesta Bowl - Big 12.

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Ohio Bobcats

G A M E 1

September 5Peden Stadium • Athens, OhioFootball SID: Jason CorriherEmail: [email protected]: 740-593-1298Cell: 740-331-1497Website: OhioBobcats.com

North Carolina Tar Heels

G A M E 2

September 12Rentschler Field • East Hartford, Conn.Football SID: Kevin BestEmail: [email protected]: (919) 962-8916Cell: (919) 619-7020Website: TarHeelBlue.com

Baylor Bears

G A M E 3

September 19Floyd Casey Stadium • Waco, TexasFootball SID: Heath NelsonEmail: [email protected]: 254-710-3538Cell: 254-709-4237Website: BaylorBears.com

Rhode Island Rams

G A M E 4

September 26Rentschler Field • East Hartford, Conn.Football SID: Tom SymondsEmail: [email protected]: 401-874-2409Cell : 330-283-8581Website: GoRhody.com

Pittsburgh Panthers

G A M E 5

October 10Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, Pa.Football SID: E.J. BorghettiEmail: [email protected]: (412) 648-8240Cell: (412) 491-5110Website: PittsburghPanthers.com

Louisville Cardinals

G A M E 6

October 17Rentschler Field • East Hartford, Conn.Football SID: Rocco GasparroEmail: [email protected]: (502) 852-0102Cell: (502) 262-2258Website: UofLSports.com

West Virginia Mountaineers

G A M E 7

October 24Mountaineer Field At Milan Puskar StadiumFootball SID: Mike MontoroEmail: [email protected]: (304) 293-2821Cell: (304) 276-2605Website: MSNSports.net

G A M E 8

October 31Rentschler Field • East Hartford, Conn.Football SID: Jason BaumEmail: [email protected]: (732) 445-7885Cell: (201) 966-6338Website: ScarletKnights.com

Cincinnati Bearcats

G A M E 9

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

G A M E 1 0

November 21Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, Ind.Football SID: Brian HardinEmail: [email protected]: 574-631-9471Cell: 574-532-4134Website: UND.com

Syracuse Orange

G A M E 1 1

November 28Rentschler Field • East Hartford, Conn.Football SID: Sue EdsonEmail: [email protected]: (315) 443-2608Cell: (315) 952-4787Website: SUAthletics.com

South Florida Bulls

G A M E 1 2

December 5Rentschler Field * East Hartford, Conn.Football SID: Chris FreetEmail: [email protected]: (813) 974-4086Cell: (813) 625-6075Website: GoUSFBulls.com

BIGEAST Conference222 Richmond Street, Suite, 110, Providence, R.I. 02903Football Contact: Chuck SullivanEmail: [email protected]: (401) 453-0660Cell: (401) 641-8760Website: BigEast.org

CollegePressBox.comCollegePressBox.com is the official media website for BIG EAST football.Access and download weekly game notes, quotes, statistics, media guidesandmore for the conference and each of its eight member schools through-out the season. Login information will be distributed to accredited mediaor you can apply for a password by sending an e-mail to [email protected]

Rutgers Scarlet Knights

November 7Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OhioFootball SID: Ryan KoslenEmail: [email protected]: 513-497-3132Website: UCBearcats.com

R A D I O C O V E R A G E


For the 18th consecutive year, Connecticut football will be broadcast on theWTIC/UConn Radio Network. Anchoring the network will be WTIC AM-1080 inHartford, the state’s only 50,000 watt AM station.

Other stations that will join WTIC on the network in 2009 are: WILI 1400-AM in Willimantic, WXLM 104.7 FM in New London, WINE 940-AM inDanbury and WPUT-1510 AM in Brewster, N.Y.

For the eighth consecutive season,WTIC AM-1080 will air the “Randy EdsallShow,” featuring UConn head coach Randy Edsall and broadcaster Joe D’Ambrosio.The show will air on Thursday evenings of Saturday game weeks.

Veteran sportscasters Joe D’Ambrosio and Wayne Norman will handle play-by-play and color commentary, respectively, for Husky football during the 2009 sea-son. Kevin Nathan will once again provide sideline reports.

The station offers 10 hours of Husky football talk on home game Saturdays onWTIC’s powerful signal. Ray Dunaway, the popular host ofWTIC’s morning drive,and veteran sportscaster Scott Gray start things off at 5:30 a.m. live on Saturdaysfrom Rentschler Field.

That tandem then yields to the duo of Arnold Dean and KevinNathan at 9:30a.m. prior to the contest with “The Tailgate Show,” which runs for one hour fol-lowed by UConn Football Magazine with Bob Joyce from 10:30 a.m. until kickoff.Nathan will also serve as a features producer for “UConn Football Magazine,” thehalftime show, and also play host to a post-game call-in show after home games withJoyce filling that role for road contests.

D’Ambrosio will be calling UConn football and men’s basketball on WTICand the UConn Radio Network for the 18th-straight year. He also called UConnwomen’s basketball games from 1995 thru 1998 and again from 2000 thru 2006.He is an anchor at NBC Connecticut, works as a host and anchor heard nationwideon ESPN Radio and joined the New Britain Rock Cats radio broadcast team for the2009 Eastern League season. D’Ambrosio was named Connecticut Sportscaster ofthe Year by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association for the sixthtime in 2006.

Celebrating his 43rd year in broadcasting, Norman began coveringConnecticut Athletics as a UConn student in the mid-60’s and has sincecalled close to 1,400 UConn athletic events. He has been UConn’s radioanalyst for football and basketball since 1981. A member of the broadcaststaff at WILI Radio (Willimantic, Conn.) since 1970, Norman continues

his role as sports director,program director andmorning personality atWILI, a station which ispart of theWTIC/UConn RadioNetwork for football andbasketball. He is thelongest tenured morningman in the state, working mornings at WILI since November 1, 1971.

Kevin Nathan is in his fourth year as the sideline reporter and his sixth yearoverall on the broadcasts. The former Division III All-America defensive back atDickinson College has been sports director at NBCConnecticut since 1997 and wasnamed Connecticut Sportscaster of the Year in 2005, ’07 and ‘08.

Bob Joyce will begin his seventh season as part of the broadcast team and afterserving many years as the network coordinator in the studio, he is currently the preand post game host. Joyce, a Bloomfield High School graduate, has been part of theUConn women’s basketball team broadcast team since the 2001-2002 season andhas been the play-by-play voice of the women since the 2006-2007 season.

Eric Davis returns for his second-straight year and fourth overall as the on siteproducer. Robby Joyce is in his second season as spotter and Joey Bourgoinis back for his second season as the producer in the network studios inFarmington, Conn.

Wayne Norman interviewed former heavyweight champion GeorgeForeman at halftime of the 2007 Meineke Car Care Bowl.

The UConn football radio teamincludes: Kevin Nathan (front row)with Bob Joyce, Joe D’Ambrosio andWayne Norman in the back row.

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BIGEASTGAME OF THE WEEKNumerous BIG EAST contests will be broadcast by ESPN Regional Television as part ofits BIG EAST Network Game of the Week package. The following dates and gameswere scheduled prior to the season. Many picks will be made later in the season as 12-day selections (schedule subject to change).

Sat. Sept. 26 Fresno State at CINCINNATISat. Oct. 3 USF at SYRACUSESat. Oct. 10 CONNECTICUT at PITTSBURGH or

WEST VIRGINIA at SYRACUSESat. Oct. 17 LOUISVILLE at CONNECTICUTSat. Oct. 24 TBDSat. Oct. 31 CINCINNATI at SYRACUSE or

RUTGERS at CONNECTICUTSat. Nov. 7 TBDSat. Nov. 14 SYRACUSE at LOUISVILLESat. Nov. 21 LOUISVILLE at USF or

RUTGERS at SYRACUSESat. Nov. 28 SYRACUSE at CONNECTICUT

The affiliate list for the ESPN Regional/BIG EASTGameof the Week includes stations in 10 of the top 25 Americantelevision markets. Locally, the games are shown onWCTXMyTV9 in the Hartford-New Haven market. Sister stationsWTNH andWCTX are the exclusive local homes forUConn football and men’s basketball broadcasts. Its month-ly show, Huskies All-Access, received a local Emmy Award in2008. The BIG EAST Game of the Week is also seen onsome households in Connecticut on SportsNet New York(SNY).

The 2009 college football season will mark the second year of a six-year arrangement with ESPN that gives the BIG EAST unrivaled exposure on ABCtelevision and the ESPN family of networks.

ESPN, ESPN2 or ABC will carry a minimum of 19 BIG EAST home games each season, marking the highest guaranteed total on ESPN and ABC inleague history. Championship Saturday in December will include one game either on ESPN and another on ESPN2. At least four BIG EAST games will befeatured on ESPN’s Thursday-night package each year.

In addition, ESPN Regional will continue to produce and distribute its BIG EAST Network Game of the Week package to a nationally syndicatedaudience, reaching more than 30 million homes. Most of these games also will be available as part of the ESPN GamePlan subscription service. Finally, aminimum of five home games will be carried on ESPNU.

Extensive television exposure and the BIG EAST have been synonymous terms. For football, the league established its own regional television packagein 1991 before it had played a game. The BIG EAST Television Network immediately was the largest regional college football network in the country.

THE NATIONAL SCHEDULEThe BIG EAST will have an extensive schedule of games on national television. Thefollowing telecasts were known at press time. Other games will be added via the 12-day and 6-day advance selection process.

ABCSat. Nov. 14 Notre Dame at Pittsburgh * TBDFri. Nov. 27 PITTSBURGH atWEST VIRGINIA * TBDFri. Nov. 27 RUTGERS at LOUISVILLE * TBDFri. Nov. 27 Illinois at Cincinnati * TBDSat. Dec. 5 CINCINNATI at PITTSBURGH * TBDSat. Dec. 5 USF at CONNECTICUT * TBDSat. Dec. 5 WEST VIRGINIA at RUTGERS * TBD

NBCSat. Nov. 21 Connecticut at Notre Dame 2:30 p.m.

ESPNMon. Sept. 7 CINCINNATI at RUTGERS 4 p.m.Sat. Sept. 19 West Virginia at Auburn * 7:45 p.m.Thu. Oct. 1 Colorado at West Virginia 7:30 p.m.Thu. Oct. 15 CINCINNATI at USF 7:30 p.m.Fri. Oct. 16 PITTSBURGH at RUTGERS 8 p.m.Thu. Nov. 12 USF at RUTGERS 7:30 p.m.Sat. Nov. 14 Notre Dame at Pittsburgh * TBDFri. Nov. 27 PITTSBURGH atWEST VIRGINIA * TBDFri. Nov. 27 RUTGERS at LOUISVILLE * TBDFri. Nov. 27 Illinois at Cincinnati * TBDSat. Dec. 5 CINCINNATI at PITTSBURGH * TBDSat. Dec. 5 USF at CONNECTICUT * TBDSat. Dec. 5 WEST VIRGINIA at RUTGERS * TBD

ESPN2Sat. Sept. 5 Minnesota at Syracuse NoonSat. Sept. 19 West Virginia at Auburn * 7:45 p.m.Fri. Oct. 2 PITTSBURGH at LOUISVILLE 8 p.m.Fri. Oct. 23 Rutgers at Army 8 p.m.Fri. Oct. 30 WEST VIRGINIA at USF 8 p.m.Sat. Nov. 12 WEST VIRGINIA at CINCINNATI 8 p.m.Sat. Nov. 14 Notre Dame at Pittsburgh * TBDFri. Nov. 27 RUTGERS at LOUISVILLE * TBDFri. Nov. 27 Illinois at Cincinnati * TBDSat. Dec. 5 CINCINNATI at PITTSBURGH * TBDSat. Dec. 5 USF at CONNECTICUT * TBDSat. Dec. 5 WEST VIRGINIA at RUTGERS * TBDAll times Eastern and subject to change.BIG EAST Games in CAPS.* Selected games will air either on ABC, ESPN or ESPN2

ABC’s Dr. JerryPunch and Terry

Bowden have beenrecent visitors toRentschler Field.

U C O N N S P O R T S I N F O R M A T I O N


RADIO POLICYRequests to broadcast must be obtained in

writing or by phone at least two weeks in advance ofthe game by contacting the University ofConnecticut Athletic Communications Office, 2095Hillside Road, U-1173, Storrs, CT 06269-1173.The phone number is (860) 486-3531.

The University of Connecticut has radio linesavailable for all football opponents for the 2009 sea-son in the visiting radio booth and they cost $75 perline. ALL CALLS ON THESE RADIO LINESMUST EITHER BE CREDIT CARD CALLS ORCOLLECT CALLS. THERE WILL BE NOEXCEPTIONS.

Visiting radio stations must reserve the phonelines by contacting Mike Enright in the UConnAthletic Communications Office.

MEDIA FACILITIESThe press box at Rentschler Field in East

Hartford is located on level five of the press boxtower above the south stands and can be reached viathe elevator located in the southeast corner of thepress box tower. The media will call window is locat-ed beside the elevator. The press box is for workingmedia members only.

Included in the press box are a television broad-cast booth, radio booths, home and visiting coaches’booths, a camera deck and a working press area.Professional scouts will be admitted to the press box.Requests for home game media passes, photograph-er’s passes and broadcasting accommodations shouldbe made at least two weeks in advance of the date ofthe game to the Athletic Communications Office.Media parking, if requested in advance of the game,is available at the stadium.

PRESS BOX SERVICESThe UConn Athletic Communications staff

will be on hand to assist all media members coveringConnecticut football. All working media memberswill be provided with Connecticut’s up-to-date teamand individual statistics, game depth chart and agame program. At halftime and at the end of thegame, media members will be provided with com-plete statistics (both individual and team) as well asa play-by-play summary.

Post-game interviews will be held on the fieldlevel on Rentschler Field. UConn head coach RandyEdsall will be available, after a cooling off period, inthe main interview room next to the Husky lockerroom in the east end zone. Requested UConn play-ers will be available at the press conference as well,while arrangements for the visiting coach and playerswill be made through the visiting school’s sportsinformation department. The audio/video of pressconferences held at the interview room’s main daiswill be available on the television monitors in themain press box.

PHOTOGRAPHERSStill photographers and film crews with hand-

held equipment may work the sidelines from eachend zone to the respective 25-yard lines. Sideline cre-dentials will only be issued to accredited representa-tives of daily newspapers, wire services, magazinesand television stations. Photography space also isavailable atop the Renstchler Field press box but willbe issued on a priority basis to television stations andto the film crews of the two teams in competition. Aphoto transmission room is available for photogra-phers at field level through the main operations tun-nel in the southeast corner of the stadium.

WEEKLY FOOTBALL LUNCHEONSMedia members covering the University of

Connecticut Football program meet on a weeklybasis for Tuesday luncheons with head coach RandyEdsall and various Husky players. The weekly lunch-eons will be held at the Burton Family FootballComplex on the UConn campus in Storrs. Themedia luncheon will begin at 11:30 a.m. each weekwith head coach Randy Edsall’s comments, followedby lunch and interviews with select Husky players.Media members interested in attending the weeklyluncheon should contact Mike Enright.

TELECONFERENCESUConn head coach Randy Edsall will hold a

teleconference-style press conference each Sunday at4:00 p.m. to review the previous week’s contest.Edsall will hold another teleconference on Thursdaysat 1:00 p.m. to discuss the upcoming week’s contest.Media members interested in gaining access to eitherteleconference should contact Mike Enright. Edsallwill also participate on the weekly BIG EAST coach-es teleconference on Mondays at 11:40 a.m.

WEEKLY PRACTICE & INTERVIEWSCHEDULE

UConn football practice is open to all mem-bers of the media for the first 25 minutes onTuesdays. In addition, still and video photographersmay shoot the first 25 minutes of practice onWednesdays.

Interviews with UConn players should bemade at least one day in advance and can be done onTuesdays (after press luncheon), Wednesdays beforepractice of a standard game week. There are no play-er interviews on standard Thursdays or Fridays.Players will normally be available from 12:30 p.m. to1:30 p.m. but, please contact the AthleticCommunications Office to verify times and avail-ability.

For all media arrangements, photographs, orother information concerning the University ofConnecticut football team please contact:

Mike Enright

University of Connecticut

2095 Hillside Road, U-1173

Storrs, CT 06269-1173

Phone: (860) 486-3531

FAX: (860) 486-5085

Enright Cell: (860) 208-4756

EMail: [email protected]

Website: UConnHuskies.com

UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS STAFF

Kristen AltieriAthletic CommunicationsAssistant

Betsy DevineAthletic CommunicationsAssistant

Elizabeth MayerAthletic Communications

Assistant

Mike EnrightAssociate Athletic Director/Communications

Kyle MuncyAssistant Athletic Director/Communications

Randy PressAssistant Director AthleticCommunications

Luanne DunstanSecretary

The 2009 University of Connecticut Football Media Guide/Yearbook has been prepared to provide pertinent information concerning Connecticut’sfootball program and to assist the media members in their continuing coverage of the Huskies.

We at Connecticut appreciate your interest in our football program, and we are always available to be of assistance to all media members in theircoverage of the Huskies.

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