2011 nyack college xc media guide

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ABOUT NYACK COLLEGE

Church AffiliationSponsored by The Christian and Missionary Alliance, with over 30 other denominations represented.

LocationThe Nyack, NY, residential campus is set on a hillside overlooking the Hudson Riverand the Tappan Zee Bridge, only 23 miles from New York City. It neighbors the Village of Nyack, a charming and secluded community known for its restaurants, antique and specialty shops. The campus consists of 65 acres and 31 college-ownedbuildings in a mix of Victorian and Tudor styles. Nearby are West Point, severalRevolutionary War historical sites, and recreational activities including hiking, skiing, skating, boating, golf, and tennis. The New York City campus is located at Broadway and Worth Streets in lower Manhattan. New York City offers the Empire State Building, Ellis Island, the Statue of Liberty, Chinatown, the Bronx Zoo, Carn-egie Hall, Radio City Music Hall, Lincoln Center, Broadway shows and plays, eight major professional sports teams, the U.S. National Tennis Center, shopping, muse-ums, art, and culture.

Athletic AffiliationNyack College competes at the NCAA Division II level in the Central AtlanticCollegiate Conference (CACC). We also compete in the National Christian CollegeAthletic Association (NCCAA) at the Division I level.

The Warriors compete in 11 different sports:Men: Baseball, Basketball, Cross-Country, Soccer, GolfWomen: Basketball, Cheerleading, Cross-Country, Softball, Lacrosse, Volleyball

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QUICK FACTSNyack CollegeLocation: Nyack, NYEnrollment: 1000Founded: 1882Nickname: WarriorsColors: Crimson, Gray and NavyBowman Gymnasium: Capacity: 1300

College President: Dr. Michael ScalesAthletic Director: Keith Davie Assistant Athletic Director: Ted QuinnNCAA Compliance Officer: Mandy AikensHead Trainer: Penny Foland, ATC

Affiliation: NCAA Division II, NCCAA Division IConference: Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC)

Men’s Soccer Coaching Staff:Head Coach: Keith Davie (Houghton ‘90/ 18th season)Phone Number: (845) 675-4770 Fax Number: (845) 353-2147 Email: [email protected] Coaches: Dan Carillo, Jack CarilloGraduate Assistants: Luke Sandford

Sports Information OfficePhone: (845) 675-4787

Fax: (845) 353-2147

Director of Sports InformationMatt Cornacchione

[email protected]

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2011 VOLLEYBALL SCHEDULE

09/03/2011 Vassar Invitational / Vassar College09/10/2011 Fordham Fiasco / Van Cortland Park 09/24/2011 Belmont Invitational / Belmont Plateau 09/30/2011 Paul Short Invitational / Lehigh University 10/08/2011 Jack St. Clair Invitational / Fairmont Park10/15/2011 Warrior Homecoming Alumni Race 10/23/2011 CACC Championships at Belmont Plateau 11/06/2011 Regional Championships- Franklin Park

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2011 CROSS COUNTRY ROSTER

Name Class Height Hometown Women McCarthy, Deborah Senior 5’6 Nyack, NY Allison, Bethany Sophomore 5’3 Greensboro, NC Mailley, LeAnn Junior 5’2 Portland, ME Frank, Abigail Junior 5’6 Greenville, NY Brown, Alathea Senior 5’5 Garrettsville, OH Code, Pamela Freshman 5’4 Fort Drum, NY Brown, Petra Freshman 5’5 Garrettsville, OH Meyers, Brianna Senior 5’9

Men Guild, Stuart Senior 5’7 Hicksville, NY Wallin, Benjamin Senior 6’0 Rensselaerville, NY Mitzel, Stephen Senior 5’7 Bristol, PA Lafond, Robert Sophomore 5’7 Milford, CT Lindsay, Keith Sophomore 5’7 Frederick, MD Rodriguez, Jeffry Junior 5’10 Bronx, NY Derival, Joubert Sophomore 5’9 Spring Valley, NY Ortiz, Daniel Junior 5’11 Bronx, NY Wilhelm, Jordan Senior 6’4 Cleveland, OH Cabrera, Eric Freshman 5’7 Foley, AL

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2011 COACHING STAFF

HEAD COACH

Wendy Muckell

The 2011 season will mark Wendy Muckell’s fourth year as head coach of the Nyack Col-lege Cross Country Team. Remarkably, this will be Wendy’s tenth season as part of his program, having served as assistant coach on 2006 and 2007 following one of the most successful running careers in the history of Nyack College. She ran for Nyack from 2002 through 2005 and earned the titles of Conference Champion and CACC Runner of the Year in both her junior and senior years. She also was All-CACC in her last three years before her graduation in May, 2006 with a Bachelors degree in Psychology.

Under her direction, Coach Muckell has led two men and three women to All-CACC hon-ors. Her women’s team was also awarded the conference’s Team Sportsmanship award. Last spring, she was selected as Nyack College’s Coach of the Year by her alma mater’s athletic department.

Away from Nyack, Wendy is a professional personal trainer serving on the staff of the prestigious Equinox Fitness Club in the heart of Manhattan (44th Street and Lexington Avenue). She is also the assistant coach at the Running Center in New York City. Her passion and talent for the sport of running is further evidenced by her extra-curricular activities. To date, Coach Muckell has run five marathons: Philadelphia (4:08 and 4:12), New Jersey (3:44), Hudson Mohawk (3:50), and Blue Mountain (3:43). She also success-fully completed the Tupper Lake Tinman Half-Ironman in 6:01. She is a member of both the Rockland Road Runners Club and the New York Road Runners Club. Wendy resides in White Plains, New York.

Last year’s tragic loss of team member Ann Jackson brings Coach Muckell back this year stronger and more focused than ever. She and the team have dedicated this season to Ann’s memory.

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ASSISTANT COACH

Sarah Sauer

Sarah Sauer is a graduate of Nyack College where she played basketball for four years and majored in Cross-Cultural Studies. Originally from Grand Rapids, MI, she now resides in Nyack. Sauer begins her third year as the assistant Coach of the Warriors Cross Country team.

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ASSISTANT COACH

Latia Deyli

A 4-sport athlete in high school, Deylii began her running career in 2006 as a sopho-more at Nyack College. By her second season in 2007, she showed tremendous im-provement and received the Nyack College Athletics Coaches Award. In that same year, Deylii also took on the responsibility of becoming team Manager for Nyack’s Women’s Basketball Team. In her third XC season in 2008, she became captain of the women’s team and was rewarded with the Fire Award, in recognition of her outstand-ing performance and admirable leadership qualities.

Deylii concluded her last season in 2009 as Harold W. Bowman Character Award nominee and as a recipient of another leadership award. In addition to these awards, she had the fulfilling opportunity to be apart of Nyack College history when she wit-ness the women’s basketball team win the 2009-2010 CACC Conference Champion-ship.

After graduating in December of 2009 with a Bachelors of Science in Accounting and completing her four years of racing at the Division II level, Latia Deylii returns as As-sistant Coach for the Men & Women’s Cross Country Team’s 2011-2012 season. This will be her second year assistant coaching this Warrior Program. Some of her respon-sibilities will include scouting, recruiting, leading practices, and strength & condition-ing workouts. Deylii is currently pursuing her Masters Degree in Organizational Lead-ership and is scheduled to graduate in 2012.

Beside coaching Cross Country here at Nyack, Deylii also does the sports photog-raphy for the College’s Athletics Department and works with the sports information director, Matthew Cornacchione.

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2010 SEASON RECAP

The Nyack Running Warriors have proved themselves worthy opponents. In the 2010 season the Men and Woman’s teams came into pre-season strong, enthusiastic and ready to push themselves beyond their personal limits. Captains Sharon Fetters and Aaron Baldwin, both seniors, led their respective teams with strong work ethic and dedication to their sport. Both Cross Country teams improved from last year, with the women placing in the Top-6 at their Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Race and with the men plac-ing in the Top-5 out of the 13 rivals in our competitive conference. Sophomore Stuart Guild and graduating senior, Sharon Fetters were named CACC All-Conference/All-Conference Team of the 2010 season. This was Guild’s 1st time receiving the aware and Fetters’ 4th. The Warriors also had the opportunity to race in the National Christian College Ath-letic Association (NCCAA) Championships for first time in four years. At Christian Nation-als, Stuart Guild was the top finisher for Nyack as the men finished in 18th place out of the 28 schools present. Guild completed the 8,000 meter course in 28:57and finished in 67th place out of 186 runners. Aaron Baldwin arrived in 29:26, while Robert Lafond finished in 29:35, breaking his personal time record for this season. Rounding out the rest of the Top 5 Warrior line-ups were Benjamin Wallin (29:52) and Stephen Mitzel (31:54). Sharon Fetters was the top finisher at Nationals for the Nyack Ladies as the Warriors took 12th place out of the 21 schools present. Fetters completed the 5,000 meter course in 19:29, hitting her personal record for this season and finished in an impressive 22nd place out of 148 runners. This was her first time participating in the NCCAA Championships in her college career. Lizzie Rigotti was 55th in 20:40, and had broke another personal record for the second week in a row, while Deborah McCarthy finished in 21:32. Rounding out the rest of the Top 5 Warrior line-ups were Allie Roma (21:43) and Bethany Allison (23:49). In addition, Allie Roma, Anne Jackson, Benjamin Wallin, Deborah McCarthy, Lizzie Rigotti, Sarah Beach, Sharon Fetters, Stephen Mitzel were also all awarded & named NC-CAA Scholar Athletes of the Year - being juniors & seniors holding GPA’s of 3.5 and above. With the tragic and sudden loss of their teammate Anne Jackson on November 17th, 2010, the Running Warriors ran their last race of the season (NCAA Regional’s in Boston, MA) in her honor & memory. Nyack’s coaching staff is very proud of their team for having one of their best seasons since Coach Muckell took on the program. The entire coaching staff really admires the passion, strength, and dedication their student-athletes possess for the sport, and for love they share for each other; not only as friends and teammates - but as a loving family.

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Deborah McCarthy

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McCarthy Notes:Nyack College Runner of the Year 2010 Award winner...“I chose Nyack College and NCAA Division II Athletics because I run for the chal-lenge. I run to push my body past the mental bounds of what I believe to be physically pos-sible.” Favorite Scripture: Ecclesiastes 3:11

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Bethany Allison

Allison Notes: International Baccalaureate Diploma (high school)...“I chose Nyack College and NCAA Division II Athletics because I wanted the op-portunity to earn a Nursing Degree and grow stronger connections to the CMA. I intend to help people take care of their bodies so it is my goal to incur trust from my patients, through my own physical fitness.”... Favorite Scripture: Philippians 3:16

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LeAnn Mailley

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Mailley Notes:AcademicAccomplishments... Honors Student & Dean’s List... “I chose Nyack College and NCAA Division II Athletics because of the camaraderie of the team and the opportunity to physically challenge myself.”... Favorite Scripture: John 8

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Abigail Frank

Frank Notes:Academic Accomplishments: Recipient of a Presidential Grant & Dean’s List...“I chose Nyack College and NCAA Division II Athlet-ics because it is such a joy to use the gift that God has given me; pushing myself and seeing the reward which follows. I have nev-er been happier being apart of this amaz-ing running program.”... Favorite Scripture: Romans 5:3-5

GREENVILLE, NY 5’6

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Alathea Brown

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Brown Notes:Academic Accomplishments: Honors & Beta Club... High school Running Accomplishments: Coaches Award (track & field)“I chose Nyack College and NCAA Division II Athletics because I knew God was leading me to run here and because I knew I’d be trained & challenged well and become a better person because of it.”... Favorite Scripture: Proverbs 3:5-6

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Pamela Code

Code Notes:Academic Accomplishments: National Honors Society & Honor Roll (high school) High School Running Accomplishments: State Qualifier (track), MVP, and Captain of women’s xc team “I chose Nyack College and NCAA Division II Athletics for the Christian aspects of the college and community. Running is a way for me to improve my personal mental & physical abilities. I also love my teammates and enjoy the way we compete and work hard as a team.”... Favorite Scripture: Psalm 63:3

FORT DRUM, NY 5’4

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Petra Brown

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Brown Notes:“I chose Nyack College and NCAA Division II Ath-letics because of its diversity. I like that the location is close to NYC, Nyack is a sweet place, and the team is great.” ... Favorite Scripture: Isaiah 6

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Brianna Meyers

Meyers Notes:Meyers begins her first year on the women’s cross-country team after spending the last two fall seasons as a member of the women’s soccer team.

SYRACUSE, NY 5’8

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Stuart Guild

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Guild Notes:Academic Accomplishments: Deans List...High School Running Accomplishment: All-State Qualifier (for the mile and steeplechase)... Running Accomplishments at Nyack College: CACC All Conference 2010... “I chose Nyack col-lege and NCAA Division II Athletics to learn more about the Bible in a Christian context and to run XC.”... Favorite Scripture: Lamentations 3:25-30

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Benjamin Wallin

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Wallin Notes: Academic Accomplishments: Dean’s List (three years in a row)Running Accomplishments at Nyack: Runner of the Year 2010... “I chose Nyack College and NCAA Division II Athletics because of the people on the xc team and how they affected me. Nyack College also has some of the most varying theological minded professors that I have heard about in comparison to other evangelical christian schools.”... Favorite Scripture: Romans 5:8

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Stephen Mitzel

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Mitzel Notes:Academic Accomplishments” Dean’s List“I chose Nyack College and NCAA Division II Athlet-ics to grow spiritually and to run XC.”Favorite Scripture: John 1

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Robert Lafond

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Lafond Notes:High School Running Accomplishments: MVP xc team... Running Accomplishments/Honors at Nyack: Rookie of the Year... “I chose Nyack COllege and NCAA Division II Athletics because it is exactly where God wants me to be.”,... Favorite Scripture: Luke 7:37

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Keith Lindsay

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Lindsay Notes:High School Athletic Accomplishments: High Honor Roll... “I chose Nyack College and NCAA Division II Athletics because of scholarships, I love everything about the school, and because I really enjoy the challenge of pushing myself the way that I am trained to so do in this running pro-gram.”

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Jeffrey Rodriguez

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Rodriguez Notes:“I chose Nyack college and NCAA Division II Athletics because I wanted a community which embraced that which is Christ and being here I see God’s creativity within the diverse student body here on campus. The Athletic program is also very competitive and is such enjoyable experience for me.”... Favorite Scripture: Romans 8:28

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Derival Notes:“I chose Nyack College and NCAA Division II Athletics... because I wanted to to be able to grow academically & spiritually and because I enjoy running and every aspect of competing in the CACC Conference.” Favorite Scripture: James 1:2-4

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Erik Cabrera

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Cabrera Notes:Academic Accomplishments: Honor Roll & Na-tional Honor’s Society President (high school)... High School Running Accomplishments: Bald-win County Runner of the Week & All-County Cross County... “I chose Nyack College and NCAA Division II Athletics because I felt that God was leading me here and I also felt I would grow athletically, academically, and spiritually.”... Favorite Scripture: Isaiah 40:29-31

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Jordan Wilhelm

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Wilhelm Notes:“I chose Nyack college and NCAA Division II Athletics because I was really impressed with the people on the team.”Favorite Scripture: Hebrews 11:1

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Daniel Ortiz

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Ortiz Notes:“I chose Nyack College and NCAA Division II Athletics so I can get my education in a Christian community and so that I can grow physically; running amongst a great team.”... Favorite Scripture: Phillipians 4:13