199 full-time faculty, 100 percent holding the doctorate or other terminal degree; 11 to 1 student/faculty ratio.

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2 60 buildings on 340 total acres including a 230-acre athletic campus. Most academically competitive, independent, undergraduate, coeducational, residential. Bachelor of Arts in 31 fields; Bachelor of Science in 9 fields of science and 4 fields of engineering. 199 full-time faculty, 100 percent holding the doctorate or other terminal degree; 11 to 1 student/faculty ratio. Easton, Pa., population 30,000 in Lehigh Valley of 800,000; 70 miles west of New York City and 60 miles north of Philadelphia; Pocono Mountains 30 minutes north. 2,382; 54 percent men, 46 percent women. Students come from 40 states and territories and 55 countries.

3 Consistent with the Lafayette College Department of Athletics mission statement, which includes leadership and service to the community, the PARDners program was established as a community outreach program. Working in conjunction with the College s Community Outreach Center, PARDners affords student-athletes, coaches, and athletic administrators direct access to initiate and assist with various community projects. Some of the beneficiaries of these efforts include elementary schools, retirement homes, hospitals, youth centers, and various non-profit agencies. The following projects have highlighted the efforts of PARDners in the past few years: PARDners in Reading: Lafayette student-athletes travel to local elementary schools to promote reading. Kick or Treat: Area youth are given an opportunity to participate in a soccer clinic while dressing up for Halloween. Special Olympics: Various teams have helped Special Olympians train for their respective events. KIC Camps: An element of the College s orientation program allows College students to interact in constructive Kids in the Community camps. Dr. Seuss Birthday: Lafayette student-athletes read Dr. Seuss books at local elementary schools to promote reading and honor Dr. Seuss.

4 In 2004, inspired by their daughter Lauren s struggle with cancer, Lafayette defensive coordinator John Loose and his wife Marianne started a one-day football clinic in an effort to raise money for pediatric brain tumor research and cancer services. With the help of the Lafayette coaching staff, current and former players, volunteer coaches from around the country and a host of college staff and community volunteers, the clinic has grown into one of the largest one-day clinics in the nation. It remains one of Lafayette College s premier community service programs. To date, Lauren s First and Goal has raised more than $800,000 with 7,000 campers participating and more than 300 coaches volunteering at the clinic. The proceeds go directly to Lauren s First and Goal Foundation, which distributes the money to organizations involved in pediatric brain tumor research and cancer services. In 2009, a record 1,733 high school students participated in the sixth annual camp on June 7 at Lafayette s Metzgar Fields Athletic Complex. The one-day clinic featured 275 coaches from all coaching levels. Connecticut head coach Randy Edsall was the featured speaker. Past guest speakers have included former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky, Phil Simms, Super Bowl XXI MVP for the New York Giants and current CBS broadcaster, Ben Kotwica, a decorated officer in the U.S. Army and current N.Y. Jets assistant coach, John Harbaugh, head coach of the Baltimore Ravens and Bobby Ross, a retired college and NFL football coach. For the second straight year, Lauren s First and Goal presented a second camp at the University of South Florida in Tampa, Fla. on June 14. Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Raheem Morris spoke to the 400-plus campers and the event itself raised $12,000 from campers, in addition to a $100,000 pledge by Leo Govoni of the Special Needs Trust in Clearwater, Fla. For more information on Lauren s First and Goal, log on to laurensfirstandgoal.org

5 Easton, a Main Street community since 2004, is best known as the hometown of former world heavyweight boxing champion Larry Holmes and also is host to prestigious Lafayette College. These two facts alone are enough to really put Easton on the map, but our small city has even more to offer. With its rich history, proximity to both New York and Philadelphia, and splendid location next to the confluence of the Lehigh and Delaware Rivers, it is no surprise that downtown Easton is buzzing with excitement. Easton s nearly 27,000 residents understand what the excitement is all about. The downtown is the home of two premier family attractions, The Crayola Factory and National Canal Museum, which welcome over 300,000 visitors per year. In addition, the nationally renowned landmark State Theatre for the Performing Arts attracts another 150,000 patrons to its more than 100 fantastic shows each year. Easton has remained the county seat since its founding in 1752 and was one of only three places where the Declaration of Independence was read publicly in Today, Easton is becoming known as the fine restaurant hub of the Lehigh Valley. With more than 20 restaurants and even more in the planning stages, Easton has an incredibly active nightlife, drawing foodies from near and far. Easton residents and visitors alike also enjoy the strong arts community that Easton has become with many galleries displaying works by nationally known as well as local artists. A nice complement of specialty retail shops neighbor these galleries and occupy the distinctive historical buildings throughout the downtown. Easton s lovely park-like Centre Square remains a hub of activity as friends meet, enjoy live music, and visit the Easton Farmers Market, the longest running open-air market in the country. Easton s newest initiative, the Easton Ambassador program is the first of its kind in the Lehigh Valley. Our clean and safe Ambassadors help to keep our streets clean and beautiful and our visitors and residents feeling welcome and secure. The vibrancy and charm of Easton s authentic downtown is almost palpable. Be sure to visit and see for yourself! We also encourage you to visit www. eastonmainstreet.org regularly for the latest updates on special events, news of the latest business openings and promotions, and a full directory of downtown businesses.

6 Daniel H. Weiss assumed the presidency of Lafayette College on July 1, Lafayette, which is located in Easton, Pennsylvania, is a highly selective independent, coeducational institution enrolling 2,300 undergraduates. The College offers programs of instruction leading to the Bachelor of Arts degree in 32 fields of study, including engineering, and the Bachelor of Science degree in nine areas of science and four fields of engineering. In the fall of 2007, the trustees and faculty of the College unanimously approved a new strategic plan for Lafayette following a year-long process led by Weiss. The Plan for Lafayette calls for ambitious investment in the academic core of the institution, including a 20% increase in the size of the permanent faculty, an enhanced commitment to student access and community diversity, the development of new programs and facilities in the life sciences and the arts, and a renewed commitment to a strong and vital partnership with the City of Easton. The plan is currently in the first phases of implementation. Daniel Weiss came to Lafayette from The Johns Hopkins University, where he was the James B. Knapp Dean of the Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences. His duties as dean included oversight of all departments and faculty, graduate and undergraduate academic programs, scholarly and scientific research, budget and financial operations, strategic planning, development and alumni affairs, housing and student life, admissions, and enrollment services. Before being named to that position in 2002, he was the Dean of the Faculty at the Krieger School, with responsibility for academic and budgetary oversight of 300 faculty within 30 departments and major centers. A leading authority on the art of medieval Europe in the Age of the Crusades, Weiss was a professor of art history in the Krieger School and chaired the art history department from 1998 to He earned an M.A. (1982) and Ph.D. (1992) in art history at Johns Hopkins and joined the faculty there in He also holds an M.B.A. (1985) from the Yale School of Management and was a consultant with Booz, Allen & Hamilton, Inc. from 1985 to He received his B.A. from The George Washington University in 1979, with a double major in art history and psychology. Weiss has written or edited four books and numerous articles on the art of the Middle Ages, with a special focus on Romanesque, Gothic, and Crusader art and the interaction of Byzantine culture with the Medieval West. He has also published widely in other fields, including American higher education and the Second World War, and has lectured at many colleges, universities, and museums in the United States and abroad. His research has been supported by grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Harvard University, Yale University, the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, and the Centro italiano di studi sull Alto medioevo. In 1994 he won the Van Courtlandt Elliott Prize, which is awarded annually by the Medieval Academy of America for a first article in the field of Medieval Studies judged to be of outstanding quality. He was one of the first art historians to receive that award. He received three awards for teaching excellence as a member of the Johns Hopkins faculty and was the recipient of the Aaron O. Hoff People s Choice Award at Lafayette College in In 2006 he received the Community Partner Award from the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce and in 2007 the Community Service Award from the Two Rivers Area Chamber of Commerce. Weiss is on the International Advisory Board of the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, a trustee of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, a member of the Board of Trustees of the Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network, and a member of the Board of Directors of the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Pennsylvania. He is married to Sandra Jarva Weiss, a graduate of The George Washington University and its law school. A specialist in health-care law, she is a partner in the firm of Tallman, Hudders & Sorrentino. The Weisses have two young sons, Teddy and Joel.

7 Bruce McCutcheon is in his ninth year as director of athletics at Lafayette. He was named the 10th director of athletics in the history of the College on Sept. 20, McCutcheon had spent the previous eight years as Lafayette s associate director of athletics following two years as the assistant director of athletics, where he was responsible for the general administration of the athletic department. Upon assuming the athletic director reins, McCutcheon quickly began to change the culture of Lafayette athletics and he garnered the support of the College s central administration and the Maroon Club on several major initiatives in the areas of facilities and personnel. Early in his tenure as director, McCutcheon spearheaded the creation of an athletic facilities master plan. Recent upgrades as a result of that endeavor include the $23 million renovation of Fisher Stadium, the construction of Kamine stadium for baseball, renovation of Mike Bourger 44 Field at Oaks Stadium for soccer and the softball field and Maroon Club Strength Center renovation projects. Additionally, the track and field program has been relocated to Metzgar Fields Athletic Complex where a new track will open for competition in In the summer of 2007, Kamine Varsity House at Metzgar Fields, which houses 11 teams, received a drastic makeover and renovation. McCutcheon has also upgraded the department by creating full-time positions in several sports, including volleyball and men s and women s soccer, as well as strength and conditioning, athletic training and athletic equipment services. An experienced administrator, McCutcheon serves on the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) Football Committee, the NCAA Division I Football Issues Committee and the Patriot League s Committee on Athletic Administration. He recently completed a four-year term on the NCAA Academics/Eligibility/Compliance Cabinet, was chairman of the ECAC Division I Robbins Scholar-Athlete Committee and was Tournament Director of the 2000 Patriot League Basketball Tournament. He holds memberships in the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics and the National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame. Prior to being named director, McCutcheon spent 16 years at Lafayette where he was responsible for the general administration of the athletic department while also serving as its NCAA compliance officer. Prior to coming to Lafayette, McCutcheon spent one year as an assistant director of athletics at Temple University. That followed a five-year tenure as an assistant athletic director at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Ill. McCutcheon graduated from William & Mary in 1976 with a bachelor s degree in Physical Education. He was a two-sport athlete at William & Mary, competing in football and track. He later earned a Master of Arts degree in Sports Administration from The Ohio State University in 1982 and completed his Doctor of Philosophy degree in Sport Management in 1988, also from Ohio State. A native of Media, Pa., McCutcheon and his wife, Pat, reside on College Hill with their three children, Ian, Meghan and Gavin. Ian, a 2009 Lafayette graduate, is a first-year law student at Temple University while Meghan is a sophomore at Radford University.

8 George Bright is in his 17th year at Lafayette, and his eighth as associate director of athletics. He arrived at the College in July of 1993 and served as an Assistant Director of Athletics for nine years. Bright s primary areas of responsibility at Lafayette are athletic administration, facilities management, event management, business operations, ticket operations, strength and conditioning and equipment management supervision. He is also responsible for the management of all practices and competitive events. He is the immediate supervisor for baseball, volleyball, golf, softball, men s and women s swimming, men s and women s tennis. Bright has played an integral role in the planning and construction phases of Lafayette s $23 million transformation of Fisher Stadium. He also assisted in the construction of Allan P. Kirby Sports Center, and a number of improvements at the College s Metzgar Fields Athletic Complex. A synthetic turf field for field hockey and lacrosse has been built, along with new baseball, softball, soccer and track facilities for Lafayette s student-athletes. Bright coordinates and supervises Lafayette s summer camps and preseason team camps, as well as the logistics for internal support areas, and the scheduling of outside events. During the summer of 2001, Bright was one of 24 athletic administrators selected nationally as the first class for the NCAA Leadership Institute. Bright has completed the Sports Management Institute Executive Program at Notre Dame and the University of South Carolina. He is also a former member of the NCAA Minority Opportunities and Interests Committee. Prior to arriving at Lafayette, Bright served as the ticket office manager at South Carolina State University in Orangeburg, S.C., since Bright planned, developed and managed the ticket office systems, operations and fiscal matters at South Carolina State, and performed promotional and marketing duties within the athletic department. In 1990, while continuing his duties as ticket office manager, Bright received a presidential appointment at SCSU as executive director of the S.T.A.T.E. Club, the University s athletic booster club. Bright s management resulted in increased giving and additional athletic scholarship funds. Bright also played a key role in the development of the Palmetto Football Classic and served on several committees while at South Carolina State. A 1985 graduate of Claflin University in Orangeburg, S.C., Bright earned a bachelor of arts degree in liberal arts, and earned his master of arts degree in Rehabilitation Counseling from South Carolina State in May He has hours towards his doctorate in leadership and administration at East Stroudsburg University. Bright recently served as president of the Easton Area School Board. A former Chairman of the Northampton County Drug and Alcohol Commission, he has also served on the Board of Directors for the Easton Area Boys and Girls Club, the Easton Planning Commission and the Colonial Intermediate Unit 20. Born and raised in Easton, Bright and his wife, Sharon, reside on College Hill and have two adult children, George II and Tara. George II, a recent Naval Academy grad, is an Ensign in the U.S. Navy, while Tara enters her junior year at East Carolina University where she is a dean s list student majoring in broadcast journalism.

9 Kaitlyn McKittrick is in her third year as assistant director of athletics for compliance at Lafayette. She also serves as Lafayette s senior woman administrator (SWA). In this role, McKittrick, formerly Cerco, assists in the general administration of the department, oversees all areas of compliance, and serves on a variety of campus and Patriot League committees. In addition, she supervises the field hockey, men s and women s soccer, cross country and track and field, men s and women s lacrosse and fencing teams and oversees the sports medicine department. Before coming to Lafayette, McKittrick spent two years working at the Patriot League office in Center Valley, Pa. She served as the Patriot League s Assistant Director for Sports Management and Compliance from May 2006 through July McKittrick worked as the primary liaison for institutional compliance coordinators regarding interpretations of NCAA and Patriot League bylaws and policies. McKittrick also oversaw the administration of the league s 23 sports and 22 championships while serving as a contact for five sports. A native of Clarks Summit, Pa., McKittrick earned her bachelor s degree in History with a minor in Business Management from Moravian College in May McKittrick was a member of the varsity lacrosse team for which she served as an assistant coach from 2005 to Upon graduation, McKittrick earned her master s degree in Sport Management from East Stroudsburg University while working as a graduate assistant with the school s intramural and recreation program. McKittrick currently resides in Emmaus, Pa. with her husband, Matt.

10 Scott Morse is in his 15th year at Lafayette and 11th as director of athletic communications and promotions. Morse arrived at Lafayette in July of 1995 and worked for four years as the assistant director of athletics for media relations and also held the additional duties of Maroon Club executive director for the last six years. Morse is responsible for overseeing all athletically related external communications at Lafayette, including the direct oversight of the athletic communications and sports information areas, handling all marketing and promotional efforts, the daily operations of the Lafayette Sports Network, and all Maroon Club promotional activities and events. Under Morse s guidance, the Lafayette Sports Network (LSN) was created in 1997 as the primary marketing and promotional arm for Lafayette s athletic programs. For the 13th straight year it will lead the Patriot League and most of the nation with a distribution of nearly 10 million viewers regionally, more than 90 million nationally on most telecasts and worldwide via LSN All-Access (video streaming) on all broadcasts. While the primary emphasis lies with promoting the institution and its student-athletes through television production, distribution and advertising sales, LSN also encompasses Lafayette s radio broadcasts, all of the stadium and arena signage, weekly television shows, video streaming, game programs, hospitality areas and game-day promotional events. In the six years Morse served as executive director of the Maroon Club, total donations nearly doubled and membership increased by 35 percent. Gifts grew from $438,000 to more than $750,000 each of the past three years, including a record total of more than $862,000 during the fiscal year. Morse created and serves as one of the advisors to Lafayette s Sports Marketing Club, a student organization that has twice been honored for its efforts with one of Lafayette s prestigious, student-chosen Aaron O. Hoff Awards as the Program of the Year the Block party in 2002 and the Youth Empowerment Day in In addition, Morse was honored at the 2009 Hoff Awards with Lafayette s Administrator of the Year Award. Morse arrived at Lafayette following four years of service in the department of athletics at Wagner College. He was Wagner s sports information director from and was promoted to assistant director of athletics for media relations, business operations and club sports in Prior to arriving at Wagner, Morse served as an assistant in Lehigh University s sports information office for one year. At Slippery Rock University, he was a student assistant to both the director of athletics and the sports information and promotions director for two years. A 1990 graduate of Slippery Rock with a bachelor of science degree in Sports Management, Morse has completed advanced coursework at Wagner toward a master of business administration degree in Marketing. He is a member of the National Association of Athletic Development Directors (NAADD), the National Association of Collegiate Marketing Administrators (NACMA), CoSIDA and ECAC-SIDA. Morse has volunteered at several national sporting events on the media relations side, working the 2000 U.S. Senior Open, the 1996 NCAA Men s Basketball Final Four, and the 1993 and 1995 NCAA Men s Basketball East Regional. He also served as the director of media operations for the 1991 Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association Tournament. He and his wife, Anne Bennett-Morse of Easton, reside in Forks Township with their three children, London, Z.J. and Addison, and dog, Dixie.

11 Philip LaBella enters his 12th year at Lafayette and his seventh as the sports information director at the College. LaBella arrived on College Hill in October of 1998 and began a three-year term as the Publications Coordinator and spent two years as the Sports Information Coordinator. LaBella supervises the publicity of the school s 23 varsity sports. He works closely with and travels with the men s basketball and football programs. LaBella s first year at Lafayette was highlighted by two trips to the NCAA Tournament, one by the men s basketball team for the first time in 42 years, and the other by the men s soccer team. Prior to coming to Lafayette, LaBella worked as an intern in the University of Cincinnati s sports information office where he was responsible for publicity of its nationally-ranked women s soccer team and six other Olympic sports. In May 1998, LaBella graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor s degree in Journalism and Mass Communication from the Russell J. Jandoli School of Journalism and Mass Communication at St. Bonaventure University. While at St. Bonaventure, he spent four years working in the athletic communications office. In his final two years, LaBella worked as the Student Assistant Sports Information Director, a job that placed him in charge of publicity for the women s basketball team and allowed him the opportunity to travel with the squad. LaBella also split time writing for The Bradford Era, a local daily newspaper and The Bona Venture, the campus newspaper. LaBella completed his master s of education degree in Sport and Recreation Administration at Temple University in Professionally, LaBella is a member of CoSIDA and ECAC-SIDA. He has volunteered at several national sporting events on the media relations side, working at the U.S. Senior Open in Bethlehem, Pa., the NCAA Men s Basketball Tournament East Regional in Syracuse, N.Y. and at the NCAA Women s Basketball Tournament Mid-East Regional in Cincinnati. He and his wife, Julie, both originally hail from Eldred, Pa. and currently reside in Stockertown, Pa. They welcomed a daughter, Maggie, in August 2007 and a son, Philip, in February 2009.

12 The certified athletic trainer (AT) is a skilled professional specializing in the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of injuries. In cooperation with physicians and other allied health care professionals, an AT functions as an integral member of the healthcare team in secondary schools, colleges, and universities, sports medicine clinics, professional sports programs, industrial settings, and other healthcare environments. Lafayette s commitment to sports medicine and the overall health of its student-athletes is evidenced by the stateof-the-art, cutting-edge athletic training facility within the Allan P. Kirby Sports Center. The 2,500 square foot facility incorporates a physician exam room with office space for staff athletic trainers, a taping/preparatory area, an advanced primary therapy area, a hydrotherapy center with a seven-foot deep aquatic rehabilitation pool with a variable depth floor, and an orthotic fabrication lab where corrective orthotics can be custom-designed and fabricated in-house. Recently implemented was the utilization of an electronic injury database, which streamlined injury status updates not only among the athletic trainers and physicians, but to the coaches as well. In his 18th year at the College, Matt Bayly oversees Lafayette Sports Medicine. Contributing assistance in the provision of care for all varsity student-athletes are senior associate athletic trainer Dawn Schleiden, associate athletic trainer Chris Meny and assistant athletic trainers Margeritte Abdelkodoos and Tiffany Muir. The sports medicine area is jointly led by Dr. Jeffrey Goldstein, the college s director of health services/team physician, and Dr. Carl B. Weiss Jr., Lafayette s team orthopaedic surgeon. Dr. Weiss is a boardcertified orthopaedic surgeon, fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine, and has his private practice at Coordinated Health Systems in Bethlehem, Pa. Injured student-athletes are evaluated at a bi-weekly injury clinic in the Sports Medicine area, where the physicians and athletic trainers are joined by Dr. Ray McCarroll, specializing in podiatric care, and Dr. Steven Mazza, a physiatrist.

13 Matt Bayly begins his 19th season as part of the Lafayette sports medicine team. As the Director of Sports Medicine, he is responsible for overseeing the operation of the sports medicine office and handles all clearance concerns for student-athletes. He also coordinates staff schedules for the coverage of all athletic practices and competitions, while serving as the primary athletic trainer for football. While with the Leopards, Bayly has served as both a lecturer at East Stroudsburg University and clinical instructor of their sports medicine interns. His other teaching experience includes acting as a physical education symposium instructor at Lafayette and serving on the faculty of the International Academy of Sports Vision Symposium in Before joining Lafayette, Bayly served as a graduate assistant athletic trainer at Virginia Military Institute from and as an athletic trainer at Columbia High School from He also spent a year in Italy as the head athletic trainer for the Padova Saints American Football Team. Along with his college experience, Bayly has worked numerous camps, including the Adidas Elite Soccer Program at Lafayette, football camps at Santa Clara and Fairfield and the SVS Hockey Camp at Brown. Bayly received his NATA certification in 1990 and is working toward his credential for the McKenzie Method of Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy for the Spine. He is also certified in Advanced First Aid and CPR as well as lifeguarding. Bayly is a member of several organizations, including the International Academy of Sports Vision, the NATA and the Pennsylvania Athletic Trainer s Society. He also is a member of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, a Catholic Irish-American Fraternal Organization that sponsors numerous programs associated with promoting the Irish heritage. A native of Albany, N.Y., Bayly received his bachelor of science degree in Athletic Training and Physical Education from Springfield College in He earned his master s degree in Sports Medicine from Virginia in In 1994, he was honored at Lafayette s prestigious Aaron O. Hoff Awards ceremony with an Unsung Hero Award, a student-voted accolade. Bayly and his wife Annie reside in Forks Township with their daughters Brianna and Moira, and son Jack.

14 Dawn Comp begins her 15th year as part of Lafayette s sports medicine team and second year as senior associate athletic trainer. Comp, formerly Schleiden, had served as associate athletic trainer at Lafayette from Her primary sport travel responsibilities include women s soccer and women s lacrosse. She is the department s rehabilitation coordinator, where her central responsibility is coordinating and communicating the progressions of all student-athletes rehab. Comp also coordinates and oversees weekly in-house clinics with team physicians, as well as the organization of professional nutritional consultations and educational forums. Comp has also worked as a clinical instructor since her arrival on College Hill, which allows her to work with athletic training curriculum student interns from East Stroudsburg on a yearly basis. She also worked as a Sexual Assault Coordinator and Educator (SACE) for the College. Prior to her promotion to associate athletic trainer, Comp spent six seasons as an assistant. During that time she worked with men s and women s basketball and field hockey, along with being responsible for coordinating the instruction, scheduling and supervision of student athletic trainers and student interns. Comp spent the summer of 1999 serving as a staff athletic trainer for two Lehigh Valley semi-professional teams, the Black Diamonds baseball team and the Steam soccer team. She also worked the Adidas Elite Soccer Program in Comp s first stint as an athletic trainer came in 1993 when she spent two years as a graduate assistant at Bloomsburg. She provided evaluation and treatment of injuries, designed and implemented rehabilitation protocols and handled insurance claims and record keeping. Comp holds NATA certification and is a member of the Pennsylvania Athletic Trainer s Society, where she was the treasurer in She is certified by the American Red Cross as a CPR, AED and First Aid instructor. A native of Perkasie, Pa., Comp earned her bachelor of arts degree in Psychology from Millersville in 1992 before going on to earn her master s degree in Exercise Science and Adult Fitness from Bloomsburg in Since 2005, Comp has been a member of the Board of Directors of Lauren s First and Goal Foundation. She has assisted in the organization and administration of the one-day camps, pre-registration camp application entry and has been the volunteer coordinator. As a board member, she votes on the allocation of money raised for brain tumor research and other pediatric cancer patient assistance. Dawn and her husband, Bret, reside in Palmer Township.

15 Chris Meny is in his second year as Associate Athletic Trainer in the Lafayette sports medicine department. His sport travel responsibilities include football and men s lacrosse. Prior to his arrival on College Hill, Meny spent a year serving as an assistant athletic trainer and clinical instructor at Seton Hall University. At Seton Hall, Meny was responsible for the care and rehabilitation of 135 student-athletes. In addition to working directly with studentathletes, as an instructor, Meny provided graduate students with instruction in clinical competencies and proficiencies. Since January 2008 Meny has served as an adjunct professor at Montclair State University where he teaches Anatomy and Physiology for healthcare professionals. He continues to be a clinical instructor for several universities. Prior to his experience in the collegiate ranks, Meny served as an athletic trainer with St. Anthony s High School in Jersey City, N.J. where he worked with one of the top boys basketball teams in the nation. He also spent time as an athletic coordinator for Bound Brook High School in Bound Brook, N.J. where he monitored and coordinated athlete rehabilitation. From 2003 to 2005 Meny had clinical experiences at Lafayette and Montclair State where he developed athletic injury prevention and treatment programs. He went on to serve as an intern with the New York Jets where he learned the protocols and procedures of a professional football team. Meny is a 2006 graduate of Montclair St. University where he received his Bachelor of Science degree in Athletic Training. He received his masters degree in Exercise Science from California University of Pennsylvania in Meny currently lives in Phillipsburg N.J. He is married and has two sons. Margeritte Abdelkodoos is in her second year as assistant athletic trainer. Her sport travel responsibilities include men s basketball and baseball. A 2006 graduate of Stevens Institute of Technology, Abdelkodoos earned a bachelor s degree in Biomedical Engineering before completing her master s degree in Athletic Training. Abdelkodoos completed clinical experiences with the Seton Hall men s basketball team and Rutgers University football team. At both sites she helped to develop and carry out rehabilitation programs, as well as providing coverage of practice and game day preparations. While earning her undergraduate degree, Abdelkodoos was a member of Stevens volleyball and basketball teams, serving as a two-year captain of volleyball where she earned second team Academic All-America honors. Tiffany Muir is in her second year at Lafayette. She has sport travel responsibilities with men s soccer and women s basketball. Muir came to Lafayette from Centre College in Danville, Ky., where she spent two years as a graduate assistant athletic trainer. She worked with the Colonels cross country, field hockey, swimming and diving, track and field and volleyball teams. In May 2008, Muir received her master s degree in Kinesiology and Health Promotions at the University of Kentucky. She completed her undergraduate work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she worked with the baseball, football, women s soccer and track and field teams. Muir also spent the spring semester of 2006 assisting the head athletic trainer at Peace College in Raleigh, N.C. Muir was certified by the NATABOC in 2008 and is a member of NATA and SEATA. A native of Chapel Hill, N.C., Muir resides on College Hill.

16 Susan Averett is the Charles A. Dana Professor of Economics and just completed a sixyear term as head of the Department of Economics. She has taught at Lafayette since 1991 and teaches several courses on health care economics, women and the economy, econometrics and microeconomic theory. Averett is a co-author of the textbook Women in the Economy: Family, Work and Pay published by Addison-Wesley which is in its second edition. She is also the author of numerous research articles and book chapters. Her current research on mixed- race youth was featured in the Wall Street Journal in June She is also examining the link between marriage and health. Perhaps her best known research is the relationship between birth order and adolescent risk taking. This research was featured on May 4, 2006 when Susan was interviewed by Matt Lauer on the Today Show. That work was funded by the National Institute of Health. Her research has been reported in various newspapers including the New York Times, USA Today and the Wall Street Journal. Averett has been the recipient of numerous awards to recognize her excellence in teaching and mentoring. She serves as the college s Faculty Representative to the NCAA and as a faculty mentor to the football team. She also serves on the board of trustees for Easton Hospital. A 1986 graduate of Colorado State where she earned a bachelor s degree in Economics, Averett went on to earn her Ph.D. in Economics from Colorado in Averett lives in Easton with her husband and two daughters aged 15 and 10. She enjoys running, yoga, and bicycling. Roger Ruggles is an associate professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Lafayette. He is in the midst of his second term as the department head, a title he has held most recently since Ruggles has been at the College since 1985 and has taught courses in instruction of fluid mechanics, surveying, instrumentation, hydrology, planning and design, open channel hydraulics, independent study in geographical information systems and remote sensing, and FORTRAN programming. He also developed an interdisciplinary course to teach engineering methods to nonengineers, and served as a facilitator in the Lafayette College technology clinic. Selected as a Fulbright Scholar in , Ruggles worked through Markere University in Kampala, Uganda where he taught four undergraduate and two graduate level courses. In 1994, Ruggles also undertook a Department of Energy Summer Research Fellowship in Aiken, S.C. That followed a 1994 faculty research fellowship sponsored by the U.S. Navy/ASEE when he spent a 10 weeks at the Naval Research laboratory s Polar Oceanography branch in Hanover, N.H. Ruggles earned his bachelor s degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Clarkson College in 1980 and followed with his master s degree in Civil Engineering two years later and his Ph.D. in Engineering Science in He served as an instructor at Clarkson from His time there came after four years in the Air Force ( ) where he repaired long-range radar systems. Ruggles also worked as a hydraulic engineer at Acres American, Inc. in Buffalo, N.Y. Outside of teaching, Ruggles is a member of the Easton City Council and is a Maroon Club Executive Committee member for Lafayette s athletic fundraising group. Ruggles and his wife Susan, a Lutheran minister, reside on College Hill. They have four adult children, Bryan, Stefanie, Jacob 01 and Karen 08.

17 Several academic enhancement workshops are offered during each semester for student-athletes. Various time-saving skills are taught and effective study skills are stressed so that the student-athletes can learn to balance their many time commitments and pressures. During the sixth week of each semester, progress requests are sent by the academic coordinator to all instructors of student-athletes recommended by their coach. As the instructors return reports of studentathletes attendance and academic performance, the reports are copied and forwarded to the respective coach who will then share the reports with the student-athlete. Fully-functional, high-end laptop computers can be checked out from the Academic Resource Center, third floor of Scott Hall, for use during team travel. Tutors are provided for all studentathletes upon request. Tutors are readily available for most 100 and 200 level courses, and may be requested for any course offered at Lafayette College. In order to request a tutor, the studentathlete simply needs to contact the academic coordinator. Tutors can only help those who attend class regularly and who seek assistance in time for the assistance to make a difference. As the associate director of Lafayette s Academic Resource Center, Dana Filchner coordinates the Academic Support Program for Student Athletes and co-supervises the Supplemental Instruction Program. This is Filchner s third year on College Hill where she advises student-athletes in the areas of academics, career development and leadership. She was most recently an academic coordinator at North Carolina State University s College of Undergraduate Affairs from 2000 to While at N.C. State, Filchner assisted in coordinating a life skills course for student-athletes and provided academic and personal counseling. From 1997 to 2000, Filchner was employed at Radford University. While at her alma mater, she was an academic coordinator and leadership program coordinator. As an academic coordinator, she supervised all academic support programs within the athletic department and provided study skills and test taking strategies for student-athletes. She became the leadership program coordinator at Radford in 1999, assisting with the planning and development of all phases of the University s leadership education program. She also provided training and support to student leaders and graduate assistants. Filchner graduated from Radford University with a bachelor of science in Graphic Design and Art History in She earned a master s degree in Counseling and Human Development from Radford in 1999.

18 Dedicated on June 2, 2000, the $35 million Allan P. Kirby Sports Center gives Lafayette the finest athletic complex of any college of its size in the country. It includes a new, 110,000-square-foot intramural and recreational sports facility attached to the previously existing Kirby Field House. The field house itself received a $2.5 million facelift and interior renovations. The new portion of the center, featuring a distinctive atrium overlooking Fisher Stadium, includes the Kamine Gymnasium, which includes three 50-by-84-foot courts for basketball and other sports and an elevated 1/10-mile jogging track. The Buck Courts include six courts for racquet sports, two for squash, and four that can be configured for squash or racquetball. A 6,600-square-foot fitness center and weight room includes a full strength-training circuit, spacious free-weight area, and more than 30 cardiovascular machines. There is also a 35-foot climbing wall, an aerobics area, and several offices. Built in 1973, the original field house, which contains Ruef Natatorium, is home to several varsity sports teams. It has been enhanced to include a new sports medicine area and a new equipment room and renovated locker rooms and administrative offices. The lobby and Athletic Hall of Fame exhibitry have been completely modernized. Major support for the sports center was provided by the F. M. Kirby Foundation, which made a $32.5 million gift to Lafayette, the largest gift ever received by a college, university, or other non-profit organization in the Lehigh Valley. The $32.5 million contribution, which Lafayette has received in full, includes $26.25 million for the sports complex and an additional $6.25 million in support of other objectives in the Lafayette Leadership Campaign. The total cost of the Allan P. Kirby Sports Center is $35 million. This includes $26.5 million in construction and renovation costs and $8.5 million in endowment for operation and maintenance of the facility. Approximately 75 percent of Lafayette students participate in varsity, junior varsity, club, intramural, or other recreational sports. The intramural program includes some three dozen sports. There are 15 club sports. The Kirby Foundation is the family foundation of the Fred Morgan Kirby family, which has been prominent in the life of Lafayette for nearly a century. Seven family members are alumni, four have served as trustees, and three received honorary doctorates from Lafayette.

19 The Lafayette football program s 2004, 2005 and 2006 Patriot League championship seasons would not have been possible without the generous support of the Maroon Club s Friends of Lafayette Football. Head Coach Frank Tavani, his coaching staff and student-athletes have all benefited and will continue to benefit well into the future from the dedication of this network of alumni and friends of the program. The Maroon Club s Friends of Lafayette Football has enjoyed record-breaking growth over the past five years. In , donations totaling more than $350,000 were received and were specifically designated for the football program. Thank you to everyone who participated. Chaired by John T. Bourger 71, the Maroon Club s Friends of Lafayette Football provides additional funds for financial aid, recruitment and the purchase of equipment and supplies not included in the football operating budget. The membership of the Friends of Lafayette Football has increased dramatically in the past five years. Those who have made a commitment in support of the football program have assisted in the success of developing a championship-caliber football program in the Patriot League and the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision (formerly I-AA). The Friends of Lafayette Football offers weekly events throughout the season to enhance the Lafayette football experience for alumni, fans, parents and student-athletes. Pre-game tailgate gatherings are located on the Rowland Press Box plaza area which is adjacent to the lower level of the Markle Parking Deck behind Fisher Stadium. Maroon Club post-game receptions are held on the Bourger Plaza of the Pfenning Alumni Center. In addition, pre- and post-game receptions are held at all road contests. A number of events are also held throughout the calendar year, including the team banquet, luncheons and receptions with Coach Tavani, and the annual Ladies Leopard Football Clinic. The Friends of groups are essential elements of the Maroon Club, an organization consisting of more than 2,000 members raising a total of more than $750,000 annually each of the past three years. There are several Friends of groups which have become increasingly more active in recent years, most notably in football, soccer, basketball and lacrosse. Each of the Friends of groups is under the umbrella of the Maroon Club and works closely with the Maroon Club Executive Committee All activities performed by these organizations both friend-raising and fundraising directly enhance the sport-specific Maroon Club accounts. Established on Feb. 24, 2007, the Friend of the Year Award is presented by the Maroon Club s Friends of Lafayette Football to an alumnus or friend of the program who has displayed an inordinate amount of support and passion for Lafayette football Ned Jesser F.M. Kirby John Wilbur Mack 39

20 Lafayette College unveiled the Maroon Club Strength Center for varsity student-athletes in the spring of 1990 and greatly enhanced the facility in After a 10-year effort with all funding being raised outside of the College s operating budget, the 4,000 square-foot facility more than doubles the space previously used for varsity student-athlete strength and conditioning workouts. The facility allows all varsity student-athletes the opportunity to build their strength and conditioning on a one-to-one basis with the strength coach who is on duty at all times when the facility is open. The student-athlete can arrange an appointment with the strength coach for an individualized workout as well as the scheduled sessions for various varsity teams.the one-on-one approach allows for a quick and intense, yet controlled and well-supervised workout. Aside from the strength coach s office, the facility floor space is devoted entirely to workout equipment. Included among the numerous apparatus are complete free weight work stations, and 10 state-of-theart power stations purchased in The additional equipment has allowed student-athletes to cut their weight room time in half giving them time for academic work or other activities. This state-of-the-art facility is located behind the north football stands at Fisher Stadium, about 30 yards west of Kirby Sports Center. Brad Potts is in his third year as head strength and conditioning coach at Lafayette. Potts works with all of Lafayette s 23 Division I athletic teams, and is an integral part of the success of the Lafayette football program. Most recently, Potts was employed as the assistant strength and conditioning coach at Wofford College in Spartanburg, S.C. for one year. From March 2005 to August 2006, Potts spent time at the University of North Carolina and University of Georgia, working at both institutions as an intern to the head strength and conditioning coach. Potts is a 2005 graduate of Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP), earning his degree in Exercise Physiology. During his time at IUP, Potts earned Division II All-America status at linebacker and was recognized to the all-conference and All-Northeast Region teams. Potts went on to play for the Johnstown Riverhawks, a professional Arena League football team. Potts received his master s of science degree in Heath Science from IUP in He is certified through the USAW as a sports performance coach and is a member of the National Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association. Potts and his wife, Tiffany, were married in July 2008.

21 Fisher Field at Fisher Stadium has been home to the Lafayette football program since The complete $33 million transformation, which began in 2006, has given Lafayette one of the premier venues in all of Division I football at the FCS level. The project, completed in 2007, consolidated all of the College s football operations on the main campus. New spectator seating has been built throughout the venue, including chair back seating in select areas of the home stands. Additional visitors seating has also been added, taking the stadium capacity to 13,132 fans. The team plays on FieldTurf s state-ofthe-art in-fill synthetic surface, allowing for year-round use by the football program. For the first time in the venue s history, night games were played in 2007 thanks to the installation of stadium lighting. A press box atop the home grandstands has been added that includes individual booths for television and radio, coaching staffs and game administrators, while a VIP suite has been added at the end opposite the print media area. Perhaps the most visible new feature of the venue during gameday is the addition of the state-of-the-art scoreboard which features a 19 by 35-foot video matrix board, capable of showing live game action. Other stadium improvements include new restroom and vending areas in the middle and upper concourses. The 24,000 square foot Bourger Varsity Football House at the west end of Fisher Field completed the transformation of Lafayette s football facilities into the stateof-the-art Fisher Stadium. In addition to featuring a spacious lobby and reception area, the first floor of the Bourger Varsity Football House, named in honor of Eugene J. (Mike) 44 Bourger and Ruth P 71 Bourger, contains the team s locker room, strength and conditioning areas and sports medicine facilities, including a hydrotherapy room. The upper level houses coaches offices, a gallery with displays honoring Legends of Lafayette Football, and several meeting rooms, one of which is theatre style and large enough to accommodate the entire team. That area, which can also be divided into four separate spaces, features audio-visual capabilities that match those in the smart classrooms in the College s academic buildings. The principal contributors to the comprehensive Fisher Stadium project were the F.M. Kirby Foundation, Jack Bourger 71 and Selena Vanderwerf and the Brenda Blythe Trust and James R. 77 and Tracey Fisher. The F.M. Kirby Foundation comes under the leadership of Fred Morgan Kirby 42 whose lifetime of contributions to the College and the game of college football have recently been honored by induction into the Lafayette College Maroon Club Hall of Fame and with his receipt of the Legacy Award presented by the National Football Foundation and the College Hall of Fame. Now entering its 83nd season, Fisher Field has been host to 405 Lafayette football games with the Leopards enjoying an overall record of Of the previous 82 seasons, Lafayette has produced 12 undefeated home seasons with the most recent being the 1992 Patriot League champion Leopards who went 5-0, the first undefeated home season since During the 1991, 1992 and 1993 seasons, Lafayette won 10 straight home games, tying the school record for consecutive wins first set by the 1926 and 1927 squads in the first 10 games ever played in the stadium. The first football game played in the then 18,000-seat structure came on Sept. 25, 1926, a 35-0 win over Muhlenberg College.

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25 In its second decade of combining academic and athletic excellence, the Patriot League sponsors championships in 23 men and women s sports. Initially started as an NCAA Division I-AA football conference in 1986, the Patriot League became an all-sport conference in 1990 and includes American, Army, Bucknell, Colgate, Holy Cross, Lafayette, Lehigh and Navy as full members, and Fordham and Georgetown as associate members. These institutions are among the oldest and most prestigious in the nation and their alumni have, and continue to play leadership roles in shaping our country. Since 1998, the Patriot League has ranked first each year among all Division I conferences awarding athletic aid in the NCAA Graduation Rate Report. The League finished at the top spot with 96 percent of its teams reporting a graduation rate of 85 percent or higher in the most recent data. In addition, 76 Patriot League teams earned NCAA Academic Performance Program Public Recognition Awards after posting academic progress rate scores in the top 10 percent of all squads in their respective sports. The Patriot League s mission is simple, to provide successful competitive athletic experiences while maintaining high academic standards, and to prepare its student-athletes to be leaders in society. During the academic year, Patriot League student-athletes and teams have accomplished the following: 11 student-athletes earned ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-America honors, including First-Team selections for: Army s Elizabeth Betterbed, Sarah Goss, Briana Stremick and Scott Rosenshein; Navy s Lizzie Barnes and Kelly Zahalka; and Colgate s Daniel Kerley. 61 student-athletes were recognized as ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District recipients, with 45 on the First Team. Bucknell won its 15th overall and women s Patriot League Presidents Cup trophy, while Army won the men s trophy for the first time since Army became the first Patriot League team to advance to the finals of the NCAA Baseball Regional, and also the first to win two regional games by beating Texas State and Boston College. Lehigh advanced to the finals of the NCAA Softball Regional, knocking off Florida A & M and Texas A & M in elimination games before falling to top-seed Florida. Army s Ben Koenigsfeld became the first baseball student-athlete to earn a pair of First-Team All-League honors in the same season, and also the first to win both the Pitcher of the Year and Tournament Most Valuable Player award in the same year. Colgate s Nick Hennessey and Steve Jonas and Holy Cross Brett McDermott all signed NFL free agent contracts. Hennessey became the first Patriot Leaguer since 2004 to earn consensus FCS All- America honors with his selection by each of the four major organizations. The Lehigh women s basketball team was one of 14 NCAA Tournament participants to record a perfect graduation rate. Colgate s Jordan Scott finished his career as the all-time Division I leader in carries (1,240), and fifth in FCS history while breaking the Patriot League record in rushing yardage (5,621). Scott became the eighth player in FCS history and first Patriot League with four 1,000-yard rushing seasons in his career. Holy Cross quarterback Dominic Randolph led the FCS in passing yards, total offense and completions per game in 2008, while also finishing as a finalist for the Walter Payton Award. Holy Cross men s soccer graduate Jerry Dickinson was awarded a Fulbright Grant to work and study in South Africa.