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NEW HAMPSHIRE 2011-12 ski team Zach Clayton Senior - Alpine Catherine Blanchard Junior - Alpine Liz Guiney Junior - Nordic Dan Guiney Senior - Nordic

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NEW HAMPSHIRE 2011- 12ski team

Zach ClaytonSenior - Alpine

Catherine BlanchardJunior - Alpine

Liz GuineyJunior - Nordic

Dan GuineySenior - Nordic

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MiSSioNStateMeNt ThemissionoftheintercollegiateathleticsprogramattheUniversityofNewHampshireistoprovidestudent-athletesacollegiateexperiencethatisenrichedbytheirparticipationinprogramswhicharecompetitiveattheNCAADivisionIlevelbothregionallyandnationally. TheintercollegiateathleticsprogramalsoplaysanimportantrolebyenhancingthequalityoflifefortheUniversityand statewide community by being a source of pride and identification with the University while always maintaining highstandardsofacademicscholarshipandintegrity. To fulfill its mission, the intercollegiate program must: •Providestudent-athleteseveryopportunitytomeetacademicandathleticdemandswiththegoalofgraduatingeverystudent-athlete. • Provide resources necessary to field competitive teams with league affiliations, and to gain regional and nationalrecognition. • Provide equitable opportunities for all intercollegiate athletics by the active recruitment of minority athletes, andprovideequitableopportunitiesforallwomenstudent-athletescommensuratewiththatoftheirmalecounter-parts. • Provide excellent facilities for all athletes to train, practice and play. • Conduct all operations within state and federal law, University policies, rules of the NCAA and athletics conferencesinwhichtheUniversitycompetes.

DiverSityStateMeNt The University of New Hampshire seeks excellence through diversity among its administrators, faculty, staff and students. The University prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, veteran status or marital status. The University of New Hampshire is committed to creating a more diverse community, knowing that “inclusion, diversity and equity are valuesinextricablylinkedtoourmissionofeducationalexcellence.”Thisdiversitystrengthensourabilitytoreachour individual and collective potential and to provide better services and care for all faculty, staff and students.

tableofCoNteNtSAbouttheUniversity.......... InsidefrontCoachingStaff................................. 2-3MeettheWildcats......................... 4-16Records....................................... 17-18Administration..................................19SupportStaff.....................................20TeamPhysicians................................21ProgramHighlights...........................22

QUiCkfaCtSFounded...........................................................1866Location...........................................Durham, N.H.Enrollment....................................................14,469Nickname..................................................WildcatsColors................................................Blue&WhiteAffliation............................................NCAADiv.IConference..................................................... EISAPresident................................Dr.MarkHuddlestonAthleticDirector............................. MartyScaranoSkiingCoordinator...........CorySchwartz(27thyr)AlpineHeadCoach................ BrianBlank(5thyr)AlpineAsst.Coach........... KatieHitchcock(1styr)NordicHeadCoach..........CorySchwartz(30thyr)NordicAsst.Coach.....StephenMonsulick(4thyr)

CoNtaCtiNfoMediaRelations..................MikeMurphyPhone.................................. 603-862-3906E-mail.................. [email protected]...................................... 603-862-3839SchwartzPhone.................. 603-512-2317E-Mail.............................. [email protected].......................... 603-862-3893E-mail......................brian.blank@unh.eduAthleticswebsite.........www.unhwildcats.comUNHskiwebsite..... www.unhskiing.com

CreDitS: The 2011-12 University of New HampshireskiingmediaguideisapublicationoftheUNHAthleticMedia & Public Relations office. Writing, editing and lay-outdoneonInDesignandPhotoshopCS2byMikeMur-phy;additionallayoutbyDougPoole.ActionphotosbyGil Talbot, Brett Wilhelm. Campus photos by UNH Photo Services.

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CorySchwartzisnowinhis30thyearasNordicheadcoachand27th year as the ski coordinator at UNH. During his tenure, Schwartz has led the Wildcats to 22 top-10 NCAA finishes, including back-to-back seventh place finishes (’84 & ’85) within his first three years at the University and an eighth-place run in ’11 –the squad’s best finish in 11 seasons. From 1989-96, Schwartz’s teams claimed eight con-secutive top-10 NCAA finishes, the most in school history. Schwartzhasmentored29student-athletestoatotalof39All-Ameri-

cateamselections.Includedinthatnumberare17Nordicskierscompiling11All-Americateamhonors.SchwartzwasnamedCoachoftheYearbytheEasternIntercollegiateSkiAs-sociation (EISA) in 1985, ’86, 2002 and ’03 and was awarded the Al Merrill Award by the stateofNewHampshirein1998. During his collegiate career at UNH, Schwartz competed in the NCAA Championships three times before graduating in 1982. He is Level II certified and has servedasamemberofboth theEasternUSSASr.CommitteeandChairmanof theNCAACommittee.

Cory SChwartzski coordinator/nordic head coach27th season / 30th season

Stephen Monsulick, a 2007 graduate of Bates College, embarks uponhisfourthseasonastheNordicassistantcoachatUNHin2011-12. HewasamemberoftheBatesvarsityskiteamandcaptainforthe 2007 season. Also at Bates, Stephen was a two-time NCAA quali-fier for cross-country running. Before coming to UNH, Monsulick spentthe2008seasonastheassistantNordicskicoachathisalmamater.

Stephen MonSuliCknordic assistant coach Fourth season

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BrianBlank is in his fifth season as UNH alpine head coach in 2011-12.Brianisa1995UNHgraduatewithover10yearsofexperi-ence as an alpine ski racing coach as well as 15 years’ experience as analpineskiracer.HeletteredontheUNHskiteamfrom1991-95andservedasteamcaptainin1994-95. In 2011, Blank mentored a pair of All-Americans in Zach Clayton (slalom, giant slalom) and Sam Coffey (slalom), helping the Wildcats post an eighth-place finish at the NCAA Championships, the school’s best showing in 11 years. Further, junior Paul Atkinson was named to

theAll-EastFirstTeam. In 2009, Blank was named EISA Alpine Coach of the Year. Dur-ing that season, the alpine team earned eight All-America honors. The alpine team was the topscoringteamintheeastandthesecond-highestscoringteamattheNCAAChampion-ships. Through the regular season, the men’s alpine team won 11 of 12 events. From 2001-06, Blank coached at Stratton Mountain School. While at SMS, Blank served as the men’s FIS coach. Prior to that position, coach Blank worked at Rowmark Ski Academy (1998-2000) in Salt Lake City, Utah, and with the Brighton Ski Team (1995-98).

Brian Blankalpine head coachFiFth season

KatieHitchcock is in her first season as UNH alpine assistant coach in 2011-12. The Carmichael, Calif., native was a member of the Unit-edStatesskiteamfrom2003-07.Shealsocompetedindependentlyfrom2008-11.Shegrewup skiing atSquawValley andmoved toSugarBowlAcademyin1999. Her numerous career highlights include a second-place finish at the Europa Cup, two Top-3 Europa Cup SG finishes, third overall in 2010 SL Nor-Am, fourth place at the 2009 U.S. Nationals in Super G,

thirdatthe2007U.S.NationalsSuperG.Shealsocompetedinthe‘06-07WorldCupseason.

katie hitChCoCkalpine assistant coachFirst season

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Dan Guineysr. • sociology

park city, Utah

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Personal:The son of R.J. and Julie Melgaard Guiney ... born 9-28-89 in Salt Lake City, Utah

UNHHIGHLIGHTS

2011Placed 24th in 10K free and 26th in 20K classic at EISA Championships at

Bates... part of 4th-place team in 3x3 sprint relay (Clemence, Lindgren) and placed 30th in 10K free at Middlebury Carnival... finished 28th in 20K classic and 33rd in 10K free at Dartmouth Carnival... took 22ndin20Kclassicandcompetedin10KfreeatVermontCarnival...placed24thin10Kclassicandwaspart of 5th-place finish in 3x5K free relay (Bedard, Clemence) at Colby Carnival... finished 23rd in 15K freeand25thin10KclassicatSt.LawrenceCarnival2010Competedintwocarnivals...placedseason-best42ndin20KfreeatSt.Lawrence2009Competed in five of six carnivals... earned points in the 10K classic (34th place) at the EISAs and 10K free (26th) at UNH... in the classic, season high of 28th at UVM

BeforeUNH:Placed5thand15that2007Jr.Olympics...placed16that2005Jr.Olympics..alsoskiedforIntermoun-tain Jr. Olympics Team in 2005, ‘07 and ‘08 as well as Park City Nordic Ski Club... ranked 49th in U-23 NationalAgeGroupRanking

Personal:ThesonofUlfandLenaLindgren

UNHHIGHLIGHTS

2011NamedtoUSCSCAAll-AcademicTeam...took19thin10Kfreeand20thin20K

classic at EISA Championships at Bates... part of 3x3K sprint relay team (Clemence, Guiney) that placed 4thandcompetedin10KfreeatMiddleburyCarnival...took18thin20kclassicand26thin10KfreeatDartmouthCarnival...placedseason-high8thin20Kclassicandcompetedin10KfreeatVermontCarni-val... finished 13th in 10K classic and 31st in 15K free at St. Lawrence Carnival

2010Competed in six carnivals... notched top-10 finishes in 10K classic (8th) and 20K free (6th) at St. Law-rence...partof3x5Kfreerelayteamthatplaced10thatDartmouth;alsoplaced19thin20Kclassic...tallieda top-20 finish in EISAs, taking 18th in 20K MS free

BeforeUNH:Competed for Kalix Ski Club... at the ‘09 Jr. Swedish Championships, placed 5th in the 20K pursuit and 15th in the 10K classic... in ‘07, 2nd in the Jr. Swedish Championships 3x10K classic relay... also skied for theStromnasGIFclubteam

erik linDGrenJr. captain • physics

pitea, sweden

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toPWoMeNNorDiCProfileSliz GuineyJr. captain • genetics

park city, Utah

Personal:The daughter of R.J. and Julie Melgaard Guiney... born 2-7-91 in Park City, Utah

UNHHIGHLIGHTS

2011Named to 2010-11 Capital One Academic All-District Women’s At-Large

Team... named to USCSCA All-Academic Team... finished 16th in 5K free, leading ‘Cats partici-pants, and took 37th place in 15K classic at NCAA Championships, hosted by University of Ver-mont... named to EISA All-East Second Team... finished 10th in 5K free at EISA Championships at Bates... part of victorious 3x3K sprint relay team (Egan, Kullas) and placed 10th in 10K free at Middlebury Carnival... finished 9th in 15K classic and 15th in 5K free at Dartmouth Carnival... placed6thin15Kclassicand13thin5KfreeatVermontCarnival...took9thplacein10Kclassicandwas part of 2nd-place 3x5K relay team (Bean, Egan) at Colby Carnival... finished 3rd in 5K classic and8thin10KfreeatSt.LawrenceCarnival

2010Competedinallsixcarnivals...individualtopperformancewas8thin15KatSt.Lawrence...placed10th in 10K free at St. Michael’s... on classic sprint relay team that finished 4th at St. Michael’s... on 3x5K free relay team that placed 6th at Dartmouth... earned 11th in 5K free at Williams... finished 13th(5Kclassic)and16th(10Kfree)atUVM

BeforeUNH:GraduateofParkCityHighSchool2009...All-StateAcademicTeaminbothskiingandcrosscroun-tryasasenior...rankedasAll-AmericaninJr.Olympicsfrom2006-09...earnedthreesilvermedalsatthe2007Jr.Olympics...earnedtwosilversat2009Jr.Olympics...participatedintheJ1ScandanavianCupTripin2009...ranked3rdinJ1Girlsin2009

Personal:The daughter of Mike and Lynne Baron ... born 1-2-1990 in Laconia, N.H.

UNHHIGHLIGHTS

2011Competedin10Kclassicandwaspartof10th-place3x5Krelayteam(Tay-lor, A. Miller) at Colby Carnival... finished 24th in 5K classic and also com-

petedin10KfreeatSt.LawrenceCarnival

2010Season-best fourth-place finish as part of classic sprint relay at St. Michael’s... placed 10th in 3x5K free relay at Dartmouth... recorded 15th-place finish in 5K classic and placed 16th in 15K free at St. Lawrence...took16th(15Kfree)and17th(5Kclassic)atEISAs

2009Competedatfourcarnivals

BeforeUNH:SkiedforStrattonMountainSchoolforoneyearaswellasGunstockNordicAssociationforsevenyears

Danielle Baronsr. captain • BUsiness administration, accoUnting & Finance

gilFord, n.h.

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perry thoMaSsr. • environmental conservation stUdies

rindge, n.h. Personal:The son of Louis and Martha Thomas... born 3-28-90 in Keene, N.H.

UNHHIGHLIGHTS

2010- Earned 22nd-place finish in 3x3K sprint relay at St. Michael’s

BeforeUNH:GraduatedfromConantHighSchoolin2008...skiedforGunstockNordicAssociation2006-08...alsoletteredincross-countryrunningaswellasTrackandFieldatConant

niCk ManCuSosr. • kinesiology: physical edUcation: pedagogy

new paltz, n.y.Personal:The son of Nick and Gayle Mancuso... born 3-10-90 in Newburgh, N.Y.

UNHHIGHLIGHTS

2011 - Participated in 10K free at Middlebury Carnival, 20K classic and 10K free at Vermont Carnival, 10K classic and 15K free at St. Lawrence Carnival2010 -Competed inonecarnival;earnedpoints in10Kclassicand20KfreeatSt.Lawrence2009-Competedattwocarnivals

BeforeUNH:NamedtoMid-AtlanticSkiTeam2006-08...graduatedfromNewPaltzHighSchool...alsoletteredincross-countryrunningandtrack

toM reaGansr. captain • math

Freeport, mainePersonal:The son of Bill and Lindsay Reagan... born 2-11-90 in Exeter, N.H.

UNHHIGHLIGHTS

2011-Competedin20KclassicatDartmouthand10KclassicatColby2010 - Competed in one carnival; Earned points in 15K free at St. Michael’s2009-Competedatonecarnival

BeforeUNH: Skied for Waynflete Ski Team (2003-08)... named all-conference 2005-08... finished first in 2008 states skate and classic and first in classic in Western Maine... in 2007, finished third in states classic... in 2006, placed third in states skate

ian wilSonJr. • BUsiness administration: Finance, international BUsiness & economics

wayzata, minn.Personal:The son of Mark and Silvia Wilson... born 8-15-90 in St. Louis Park, Minn.

UNHHIGHLIGHTS

2011-Competedin10KclassicatColbyCarnival

BeforeUNH:Competed for Hopkins Nordic Team and placed seventh in Minnesota State Meet(2009)

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per linDGrenFr. • chemical engineering

pitea, sweden

Personal:The son of Ulf and Lena Lindgren... born 9-12-91 in Pitea, Sweden

BeforeUNH:Finished runner-up in Sweden’s 2011 Junior National Championship relay race... finished fourth in the 2011 Junior Cup 5K classic in Pitea... finished sixth in the 2011 15K classic in Torsby... placed third in 2010 Swedish Junior Cup 10K classic in Zinkgruvan

will Meyersr. • history

Bozeman, mont.

Personal:The son of Frank Meyer and Tamara Hampel... born 3-24-93 in Seattle, Wash.

BeforeUNH:Competed for the Bridger Ski Foundation in Bozeman, Mont. ... two-time member of the Intermountain Junior National Team... finished 14th in the 2010 Soldier Hollow Western Super Qualifier 15k classic

Johnny SprinGerso. • geology

Jackson, wyo.Personal:The son of Jim and Kim Springer... born 2-25-92 in Jackson, Wyo.

BeforeUNH:Three-time All-State Nordic skier... captured first place in skate and classic at the 2010 Wyoming States... named All-American following a ninth-place finish in sprint at the 2010 Junior Nationals in Presque Isle, Maine... in 2009, registered second place in skate and classicatthestatechampionshipsandnotchedAll-AmericanhonorsinJuniorNationalsinTruckee, Calif. ... earned All-America in classic sprint, skate mass start and classic interval start at the 2008 Junior Nationals in Anchorage, Alaska

SaM reeDFr. • electrical engineering

keene, n.h.

Personal:The son of Mike and Anne Reed... born 12-7-93 in Boston, Mass.

BeforeUNH:Participatedin2011JuniorNationalChampionshipsinMinneapolis...competedforGunstock Nordic Association in Gilford, N.H., in 2010 and ‘11... graduated from Keene High School, where he lettered in cross country and track & field

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Danielle MCViCarsr. • BUsiness administration: accoUnting, Finance

kanata, ontario

UNHHIGHLIGHTS

2010Competedinthreecarnivals...placedseason-high29thin5KclassicatSt.Lawrence...finished 39th in 5K classic at UVM

2009Competedatthreecarnivals...season-high28thplaceinclassicsprintsatUNH

anya CalDwell Beansr. • nUtrition

wolFeBoro, n.h.Personal:The daughter of Howie Bean and Jennifer Caldwell... born 7-11-89 in Wolfeboro, N.H.

UNHHIGHLIGHTS

2011 - Finished season-best 9th in 5K free at EISA Championships at Bates... partof 8th-place team (Miller, Taylor) in 3x3K sprint relay and competed in 10K free at MiddleburyCarnival...placed19thin5Kfreeand21stin15KclassicatDartmouth

Carnival... finished 10th in 5K free and competed in 15K classic at Vermont Carnival... took 10th in 10K classic and was part of 2nd-place 3x5K relay team (Egan, Guiney) at Colby Carnival... finished 10th in 10K free and also competedin5KclassicatSt.LawrenceCarnival

2010 - Competed in NCAA Championships, earning points in 15K free (29) and 5K classic (38)... earned two top-5 finishes: season-best 5th in 15K free at St. Lawrence and 5th in 10K free at St. Michael’s... 6th-place finish on 3x5K free relay team at Dartmouth... other top-20 finishes included 12th (15K free) at EISAs, 12th (3x3K classic sprint) at St. Michael’s, 13th (10K free) at UVM and 14th (5K free) at Williams

2009-Competedinallsixcarnivals...season-best24thplaceinboththe15Kfreeand5KclassicracesattheEI-SAs...pointedforthe‘Catsintheclassicatthatevent...alsoearnedteampointswith31stplaceinthe10KclassicatMiddleburyand25thplaceinthe10KfreeatUNH

BeforeUNH:Graduated from Holderness in 2007... skied for Holderness and the Stratton Mountain School... also played field hockey and was selected to the All-New England team in 2006 .. played ice hockey, lacrosse and was a cyclist... herfatherskiedatUNH...bothofherparentswereontheU.S.SkiTeam

Maureen MCauliffesr. • anthropology

hopkinton, n.h.UNHHIGHLIGHTS

2010 - Competed at St. Michael’s Carnival, earning points in 10K free2009-CompetedatUNHCarnival

BeforeUNH:Attended Hopkinton High School... two-time N.H. state champion (‘07, ‘08)

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kVehl MCDerMottJr. • political science, international aFFairs

pUtney, vt. UNHHIGHLIGHTS

2010 - Competed at St. Michael’s Carnival

BeforeUNH:Graduated from Brattleboro Union High School... qualified for J2 Championships (05-07)... invitedtotrainatU.S.OlympicTrainingCenter

elizaBeth izzoso. • kinesiology: exercise science

lake placid, n.y.

Personal:The daughter of Bill and Sandra Izzo... born 5-7-92 in Saranac Lake, N.Y.

UNHHIGHLIGHTS

2011-NamedtoUSCSCAAll-AcademicTeam...selectedtoparticipateinthe2011USSACross Country Junior Olympics... finished season-high 23rd at 5K free and also finished 33rdin15KclassicinEISAChampionshipsatBates...took28thin15Kclassicandcom-peted in 5K free at Vermont Carnival... finished 28th in 10K classic at Colby Carnival

BeforeUNH:SkiedforNYSkiEducationFoundation(NYSEF)...participatedin2010JuniorOlympicsin Presque Isle, Maine... member of New England Junior Olympic Team, Mid-Atlantic JuniorOlympicTeamandLakePlacidSkiClubEliteTeam

kelSey hoarJr.. • kinesiology: exercise science

shaFtsBUry, vt.Personal:The daughter of Phil and Julie Hoar... born 7-6-91 in Springfield, Mass.

UNHHIGHLIGHTS

2011-Selectedtoparticipatein2011USSACrossCountryJuniorOlympics...memberofNewEnglandJuniorNationalTeam

2010-Competedintwocarnivals...seasonbestwas47thplacein5KclassicatSt.Law-rence... also earned points at St. Michael’s in 10K free (54th)

BeforeUNH:Graduated from Mt. Anthony Union in 2009... All-State Vermont team member 2007, ‘08 and‘09...ledNordicteamtostatetitlesin2007and‘08...skiedforVermontEasternHighSchoolTeam2007-09

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Molly newManso. • kinesiology: exercise science

steamBoat springs, colo. BeforeUNH:CompetedforSteamboatSpringsWinterSportsClub...placed15thin10KClassicatJuniorNationals(2010)

Dana roaChso. • english

minocqUa, wis.Personal:The daughter of Rich and Lynn Roach... born 5-27-92 in Minocqua, Wis.

BeforeUNH:Competed for Club Nordicwerks... placed first in the 2010 American Birkbeiner Kor-teloppet... three-time member of All-State Team at Lakeland Union H.S. ... finished 3rd in skating at ‘10 state championships... first place in Madison Square sprints in ‘10

anne Millerso. • rmp: program administration

whiteFish, mont.UNHHIGHLIGHTS

2011-Competed in 10K classic and was part of 10th-place finish in 3x5K relay (Bar-on, Taylor) at Colby Carnival

BeforeUNH:Member of Glacier Nordic Ski Team... competed in 2010 Junior Olympics, finishing 11thinskateraceand14thinclassicrace

triStan raMeyFr. • Undeclared

anchorage, alaska

Personal:The daughter of John and Diane Ramey... born 6-13-93 in Anchorage, Alaska

BeforeUNH:Competed for Alaska Winter Stars... finished 3rd in classic relay at 2011 Junior Olym-pics...notched10thplaceinclassic10Kindividualstartat2010JO...memberofAlaskaState Championships All-State Team in ‘10 & ‘11... lettered in cross country, soccer

annika taylorFr. • chemistry

trUckee, caliF.Personal:The daughter of Peter and Betsy Taylor... born 6-4-93 in Truckee, Calif.

BeforeUNH:Captured three California Nevada Interscholastic Ski and Snowboard Federation(CNISSF) state championships (2008, ‘10, ‘11)... tabbed a CNISSF league champion three years in a row from 2009-11... member of California’s Auburn Ski Club and the FarWestSkiEducationAssociation...competedintheJuniorOlympicsinboth2009and 2010, taking fifth place in the 5K classic in ‘09 and securing ninth place in the 10K classicandclassicsprintin‘10

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Marie-elaine lepineJr. captain • BUsiness administration: entreprenUrial ventUre creation, management • mont-tremBlant, qUeBec

UNHHIGHLIGHTS

2011Named Women’s Alpine Team MVP... placed 21st in GS at NCAA Championships, hosted by University of Vermont... placed 8th in GS and 12th in SL at EISA Championships at Bates... finished season-best 4th in GS and placed 14th in SL at Middlebury Carnival... fin-ished14thinGSatDartmouthCarnival...took8thinGSatVermont

Carnival... placed 11th in SL and 12th in GS at Colby Carnival... finished 9th in GS and 10thinSLatSt.LawrenceCarnival

2010Participated in NCAA Championships, hosted by University of Colorado, finishing 15th in GS... finished season-best 3rd (SL) at EISAs, while also taking 9th-place in GS... tallied nine top-10 finishes and five top-five finishes... placed 8th (GS) and 12th (SL) at St. Law-rence Carnival... finished 6th (SL) and 13th (GS) at St. Michael’s Carnival... took 4th-place (GS)atUVMCarnival...placed12th(SL)and18th(GS)atDartmouthCarnival

BeforeUNH:2006graduateofCollegeSt.Anne-de-Lachine...attendedGreenMountainValleySchool

UNHHIGHLIGHTS

2011Finished 25th in GS at NCAA Championships, hosted by University ofVermont... placed 6th in SL at EISA Championships at Bates...finished 5th in SL and 21st in GS at Middlebury Carnival... notched 17th in GS at Dartmouth Carnival... placed season-best 3rd in SL

and 15th in GS at Vermont Carnival... finished 12th in GS and 24th in SL at St. Lawrence Carnival

2010Registered season-best 5th-place finish (SL) at St. Michael’s Carnival... placed 12th (GS) atSt.LawrenceCarnival...notched14th-placerun(GS)atDartmouthCarnival...placed21st(GS)atUVMCarnival

BeforeUNH:2006graduateofLaRuche...alsoattendedHelene-BaulleandCarillon...capturedtheJ-1women’s national championship in 2006... named 2006 Athlete of the Year... earned 2004 basketballplayeroftheyearhonor

Catherine BlanCharDJr. • kinesiology: exercise science

eastman, qUeBec

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paul atkinSonsr. captain • economics

toronto, ontario

UNHHIGHLIGHTS

2011Co-President of UNH Student-AthleteAdvisory Committee (SAAC) for2011-12... men’s Alpine Team MVP... nominated for 2010-11 Men’s At-LargeAcademicAll-America® District 1... named to USCSCAAll-Aca-demic Team... finished 17th in GS at NCAA Championships, hosted by Uni-versity of Vermont... qualified for NCAA Championships for third straight season...namedtoEISAAll-EastFirstTeam...placed5thinGSand7thin

SLatEISAChampionshipsatBates...namedEISASkieroftheWeek(Feb.21)followingMiddle-buryCarnival...took2ndinSLand5thinGSatMiddleburyCarnival...placed9thinSLand10thin GS at Dartmouth Carnival... finished 5th in SL and 6th in GS at Vermont Carnival... placed 2nd in SL and 11th in GS at Colby Carnival... recorded first career victory in SL at St. Lawrence Carnival, finished 12th in GS

2010RepresentedUNHatNCAAChampionships...namedtoEISAAll-EastTeam...earnedfourth-high-est best two combined score of 221 points... recorded seven top-10 finishes... named UNH’s top ‘Cat seven times, including both the GS and SL at the EISAs... took 3rd (SL) and 7th (GS) at EISAs... sea-son-best 2nd-place finish (SL) at Williams Carnival... tallied five top-5 finishes in six slalom events

2009NCAA Skiing Championships qualifier (ranked 14th in the East)... finished 8th (SL) and 25th (GS) at the EISAs... recorded five top-10 finishes in six slalom races during the carnival season

UNHHIGHLIGHTS

2011Named All-America First Team with third-place finish in SL at NCAA Cham-pionships... earned All-America Second Team with 10th-place finish in GS at NCAA Championships, hosted by University of Vermont... named to EISA All-East Second Team... finished 6th in SL and 21st in GS at EISA Champi-onshipsatBates...took4thplaceinGSand10thplaceinSLatMiddleburyCarnival... finished 5th in SL and 11th in GS at Dartmouth Carnival... placed

career-high2ndinSLand18thinGSatVermontCarnival...took9thplaceinSLatColbyCarnival...finished 6th in SL and 35th in GS at St. Lawrence Carnival

2010Placed season-best seventh in GS at Williams Winter Carnival, where he also placed 15th in SL... finished 13th in SL and 19th in GS at Dartmouth Winter Carnival... placed 20th in GS at UVM Winter Carnival... took 26th place in GS at St. Michael’s Winter Carnival and 32nd in SL... finished 28th in GSatSt.LawrenceWinterCarnivaland26thinSL

2009Competed in four carnivals in the SL, season-best of 19th at Bates... in the GS, season best of 20th atUNH

BeforeUNH:AKillingtonMountainSchoolgraduate;didapost-graduateyearwithRowmarkSkiAcademy

zaCh Claytonsr. • rmp: program administration

manassas, va.

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Jenna kantorso. • health management & policy

east BUrke, vt. Personal:

The daughter of Dan and Michelle Kantor... born 8-30-91 in Springfield, Mass.

UNHHIGHLIGHTS

2011 - Placed 12th, matching season high, in GS at EISA Championships at Bates... finished 12th in SL and competed in GS at Middlebury Carnival...

BeforeUNH:CompetedatBurkeMountainAcademyforcoachAdamChadbourne...mem-berof2011EasternAlpineTeam...placed10thin2010NorAmSGFinals

laura halupowSkiso. • nUtrition

north conway, n.h.Personal:The daughter of John and Carol Halupowski... born 2-29-92 in Intervale, N.H.

BeforeUNH:SkiedforMt.WashingtonValleySkiTeam...placedthirdintheSuperGattheEasternAlpineChampionships(2010)...earnedberthinU.S.AlpineNa-tional Championships... also lettered in field hockey at Kennett H.S.

laura rozinowiCzso. • BUsiness administration

toronto, ontario

Personal:The daughter of Mary and Jan Rozinowicz.. born 6-6-91 in Toronto, On-tario

UNHHIGHLIGHTS

2011 - Named to USCSCA All-Academic Team... finished team-best 17th in GS at NCAA Championships, hosted by University of Vermont... finished 6th in SL and 17th in GS at EISA Championships, hosted by Bates... claimed 11th place in GS and 30th in SL at Middlebury Carnival... finished 7th in GSand10th inSLatDartmouthCarnival...placedseason-best2nd inGSandtook25thinSLatVermontCarnival...competedinGSatSt.LawrenceCarnival

BeforeUNH:CompetedforGeorgianPeaksSkiClub...skiedforGreenMountainValleySchool... was top junior performer at 2010 Canadian Nationals after placing 5thoverallinsupercombined

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SaM Coffeyso. • BUsiness administration: international BUsiness, economics

snowmass, colo. Personal:The son of Joe and Cathy Coffey... born 1-22-90 in Aspen, Colo.

UNHHIGHLIGHTS

2011-NamedtoUSCSCAAll-AcademicTeam...earnedAll-AmericaSecondTeam recognition with eighth-place finish in SL at NCAA Championships, hosted by Univer-sity of Vermont, where he also finished 18th in GS... finished 11th in GS and 12th in

SL at EISA Championships at Bates... tied for 5th place in SL at Middlebury... finished 9th in GS and 14th in SL at Dartmouth... placed career-high 5th (GS) and also finished 10th (SL) at Vermont... took 6th (GS) and 8th (SL) at Colby... finished 14th in GS and 37th in SL at St. Lawrence

BeforeUNH:SkiedforDenverUniversityforoneseason...skiedforAspenValleySkiandSnowboardClub...graduatedfromAspen High School in 2008, where he also lettered in baseball and soccer... member of Colorado State Champion-ship team in 2005 and 2007... High school highlights: 2007 J2 National Super-G Champion; 14th place in downhill at2009U.S.AlpineChampionship;2009RockyMTDivisionOveralldownhill titleand2008-2010ColoradoAll-Starskiteammember

taylor BurtonJr. • civil engineering

Breckenridge, colo.Personal:The son of Bill Burton and Jerry Vest... born 3-21-90 in Breckenridge, Colo.

UNHHIGHLIGHTS

2011 - Qualified for NCAA Championships, but did not participate due to three-skier limit... finished 15th in GS and 24th in SL at EISA Championships at Bates... placed 16th in SL at Middlebury... took 15th place in GS at Dartmouth... finished 12th (GS) and 15th (SL) at UVM... placed season-best 4th in SL and 12th in GS at Colby... fin-

ished10thinGSand11thinSLatSt.Lawrence

2010 - Placed 12th (SL) and 15th (GS) in Middlebury... finished 20th in GS and 20th in SL at Williams... at Dartmouth, placed season-best 11th in GS, also placed 22nd in SL... placed 21st (SL) and 27th (GS) at UVM... finished 18th (SL) and 29th (GS) at St. Michael’s... took 26th (SL) and 28th (GS) at St. Lawrence

BeforeUNH:Graduated from Rowmark Ski Academy in 2008... recorded three third-place finishes in first year of J2 competi-tion... claimed two second-place finishes his second year at J2... named to Western Elite Team and Intermountain DivisionTeam

Geoffrey BonewalDso. • Undeclared

new london, n.h.Personal:The son of Chris and Karen Bonewald... born 5-5-91 in Manchester, N.H.

UNHHIGHLIGHTS

2011 - Placed 21st in SL and 26th in GS at EISA Championships at Bates... finished 32ndinGSandcompetedinSLatMiddlebury

BeforeUNH:AttendedProctorAcademy...letteredinbaseballandsocceratProctor...two-timeMacomberCupchampion...spentthreeyearswiththeNHARADevelopmentandStateTeams

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Charlie kiDDso. • BUsiness administration

toronto, ontario

Personal:The son of William and Susan Kidd... born 6-24-90 in Toronto, Ontario

BeforeUNH:CompetedforIcedOutRacingforcoachBruceKnoepfel...alsoskiedatNorthwoodSchoolforcoachGuyMiddleton...

eriC Coffinso. • BUsiness administration

sUgar hill, n.h.Personal:The son of Tris and Cynthia Coffin... born 4-1-92 in Hanover, N.H.

BeforeUNH:GraduatedfromNewHamptonSchoolin2010...alsoletteredinsoccerandcycling...awarded the Varsity Soccer CoachesAward and cycling MVP in 2008... garneredcycling coaches award in 2009... member of NHARA DevelopmentTeam 08-09...NHARA LaFoley Spring Series Champion in 2009-2010... finished in top 15 at East-ernChampionshipsinSuperCombined

kriS hopkinSso. • mechanical engineering

north andover, mass.Personal:The son of Bryan and Beth Ellen Hopkins... born 3-8-91 in Danbury, Conn.

UNHHIGHLIGHTS

2011CompetedinGSatColby

BeforeUNH:Graduated from Killington Mountain School... member of Mt. Mansfield Ski Clulb... namedtoBoston GlobeAll-ScholasticTeamin2009afterwinningNorthShoreSkiLeagueoveralltitle...NationalHonorSocietyStudent...graduatedfromNorthAndo-ver High School in 2009... also lettered in lacrosse, golf and soccer... 2009-10 Vermont CupOverallChampion

ChaD lawrenCeso. • civil engineering

hastings, minn.

UNHHIGHLIGHTS

2011Placed 9th in GS and 16th in SL at EISA Championships at Bates... finished 12th in GSand14thinSLatMiddleburyCarnival...took20thinSLatDartmouthCarnival...placed 4th in GS at Vermont Carnival... finished 7th in SL at St. Lawrence Carnival

BeforeUNH: GraduatedfromtheGreenMountainValleySchool

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CurtiS luShso. • compUter engineering

clarksBUrg, ontarioPersonal:The son of Robert and Darice Lush... born 12-30-90 in Oakville, Ontario

BeforeUNH:Skied for Iced Out Racing, a premier alpine ski racing team in Summit County/Vail, Colo....graduatedfromPrettyRiverAcademyin2009

Coley oliVerFr. • mechanical engineering

salt lake city, UtahPersonal:The son of Jim and Kay Oliver... born 7-11-90 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

BeforeUNH:Competed for the Park City Ski Team in Salt Lake City, Utah... attended high school atRowmarkSkiAcademy

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Edward Blood (‘34) 1982 Ralph Townsend (‘49) 1982 Ernest Pederson (‘30) 1983 Paul Toolin (‘28) 1983 Carl Paulson (‘15) 1984 Jere Chase (‘36) 1985 Silas Dunklee (‘46) 1985 Gunner D. Michelson (‘26) 1991 Jon B. Riisnaes (‘56) 1993 Gail Bigglestone (‘60) 1994 Kelly Milligan (‘86) 1994 Patty Ross-Tran (‘82) 1996

Virginia E. Parker (‘46) 1997Sheldon S. “Moe” Vamey (‘50) 1997Pamel “Muzzy” Smith Alexander (‘81) 1997Jill Sickels Matlock (‘86) 1997 Gail Helfer (‘75) 1999 Nancy Gustafson (‘88) 1999 Maria Hasset (‘94) 2001Marty Hall (‘71) 2002Susanne Fortier (‘71) 2004Patrick Weaver (‘93) 2006Grover Daniels (‘79) 2008

Name(class) YearInducted Name(class) YearInducted

UNHHalloffaMeSkierS

Name Year Name Year

U.S.SkiteaMMeMberS

Howie Bean 1976 Kelly Milligan 1984 Patty Ross 1984 Mike Hussey 1986 Brendan Sullivan 1986 Patrick Weaver 1998, 2002

Scott Doughty 2002 Leanne Smith 2006, 07 Peter Dascoulious 1971 Bob Treadwell 1976-79 Julie Wolny 1986-87

Name Year Name Year

olyMPiaNS

Rex Bell (coach) 1988 Kelly Milligan 1984 Ed Blood 1932, 36 Patty Ross 1984 Peter Dascoulious 1976 Leanne Smith 2010 Everett Dunklee 1972 Robel Teklemariam 2006 Marty Hall (coach) 1972, 76, 84, 88, 92 Ralph Townsend 1948 Steve Knowlton 1958 Patrick Weaver 1998, 2002 Al Merrill 1956

Men’s Women’s Combined

all-tiMeCoaCHeS

Terry Aldrich Tom Barstow

Rex BellPaul Berton

Ed BloodJere Chase

Ned McSherryPaul Sweet

Tom Upham

Gail BigglestoneMarilyn Cochran

Buzzy DavisRob Hamilton

Mary HellerCory Schwartz

Lex ScourbyScott Young

Phil Astrachan

Brian Blank

Bill McQuade

Cory Schwartz

Kurt Simard

RJ Turner

PaulE.BertonScholarshipFundNordicSkiTeamScholarshipFund

SkiTeamAlpineScholarshipFund

SkiTeamEndowment

SkiTeamsEndowedFund

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Name Year Name Year John Kendall 1970, 71 Kim Kendall 1972, 73 Bruce Cunningham 1971, 72 Howie Bean 1977 Grover Daniels 1979 Pam Smith 1981 Kelly Milligan 1982 Mike Hussey 1985 Iver Dahl 1990, 92 Jill Listowich 1991 Patrick Weaver 1991 Maria Hasset 1992, 94 Kate Thomas 1993 Hayden Barile 1994, 95 Frazier Blair 1994 Kristin Downs 1994 Janice Rossi 1994 Susie Easterly 1995

Emily Cartwright 1996Matt Regan 1996Coreen Woodbury 1997Greg Blaisdell 2000, 01, 02, 03Cristin Copeland 2000, 02Chris Wolski 2000Heather Plimpton 2000Syd Mikkleson 2003, 05John Martz 2005Stephanie Vaughn 2005, 06Joe Dunn 2006Sean McNamara 2006, 08, 09Veronique Archambault-Leger 2007,09, 10Aileen Farrell 2007, 08, 09Michael Cremeno 2009Willie Ford 2009Dylan McGuffin 2010Zach Clayton 2011Sam Coffey 2011

Name Event Year

NatioNalCHaMPioNS

John Kendall Ski Meister 1970, 71 Kim Kendall Ski Meister 1972, 73 Roy Weaver Special Jumping 1975 Bob Treadwell 30 km, 50 km relay 1978 Nancy Gustafson Disabled 1988 Scott Doughty Biathlon Relay 1998 Patrick Weaver 20 km, U.S. National Relay 1998

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1955 5th1958 6th1961 5th1970 7th1971 5th1972 7th1973 9th1977 8th1978 8th1979 9th

1980 9th1981 12th1982 12th1983 9th1984 7th1985 7th1986 8th1987 9th1988 11th1989 10th

1990 10th1991 10th1992 9th1993 10th1994 8th1995 9th1996 10th1997 11th1998 10th1999 9th

2000 8th2001 11th2002 9th2003 10th2004 14th2005 12th2006 9th2007 11th2008 11th2009 9th2010 9th2011 8th

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The2011-12academicyearrepresentsthe12thseasonMartyScaranohasservedastheDirectorof Athletics at the University of New Hampshire. During his tenure, Scarano has heightened national exposure for UNH athletics with academics, facility renovations and programmatic advancement beingtoppriorities. With a Graduation Success Rate (GSR) of 95 percent among its student-athletes in 2010-11, UNH ranked highest in the America East Conference, the Colonial Athletic Association and second nationally among all public institutions. UNH finished second in the America East Academic Cup for the third time in the last four years, achieving a 3.13 cumulative grade-point average. The Wildcatshadthehighestnumberofhonoreesonthe2010AmericaEastFallAcademicHonorRolland the second-highest percentage of student-athletes on the 2010-11 America East Winter/Spring

AcademicHonorRoll. UNH athletics has consistently been ranked among the top of Division I institutions in the battle for the Learfield Sports NACDA Directors’ Cup. Most recently, the Wildcats ranked 76th out of more than 370 Division I schools with 242.50 points, which was the best in America East. The Wildcats finished third behind only Connecticut (44) and Boston College (64) in the New England region. Scarano’s many accomplishments have played a key role in UNH being named one of the Top 20 Athletic Departments in the Country in U.S. News and World Report college athletics rankings in March 2002. UNH’s graduation rate for athletes has maintained levels at or exceeding 90 percent, which puts it among the nation’s best in Division I. Scarano has focused on moving UNH athletics into the collegiate national arena. To accomplish that goal, the University has taken on the task of hosting major NCAA championships. The Wildcat athletic department has played host to highly suc-cessful NCAA Men’s Ice Hockey Northeast Regionals at the Verizon Wireless Arena (Manchester, N.H.) in 2004, 2007, 2009 and 2011. UNH has had the opportunity to host two NCAA Women’s Ice Hockey Frozen Fours in the Whittemore Center in 2002 and 2005. In addition, UNH successfully hosted the 2007 NCAA Skiing Championships in Washington Valley as well as the 2005 NCAA Women’s Gymnastics Northeast Regional at the Whittemore Center Arena. There have been over $9 million in capitol improvements since Scarano’s hiring in the summer of 2000. Scarano also has been an active member in the leadership of UNH’s three major conferences and was the chair of the executive committees for Atlantic 10 football, Hockey East and America East from 2003 to 2007. He also served as chair of the NCAA Division I Men’s Ice Hockey Committee in 2005-06 and 2006-07 and is currently on the America East Executive Council. Scarano held the position of Athletics Director at Colorado College from July 1996 through June 2000. During his tenure, ColoradoCollegewasrankedamongthetop20DivisionIIIprogramsintheSearsCupnationalstandingsandproducedseveralAll-Americans, all-academic award winners and NCAA post-graduate scholarship recipients. Prior to his stay in Colorado Springs, Scarano worked for 13 years at Colgate University, where he served as assistant director of athletics, director of physical education, associate director, and senior associate director. Scarano, a native of Pittsburgh, Pa., is a 1978 graduate of Penn State University, where he started his athletic career as assistant ticket manager and the athletics events manager from 1980-83. Scarano holds a Master’s Degree in Environmental History from Colgate. He and his wife, Cydney, have three children: daughter, Lynden; son, Kyle, who is currently enrolled at UNH; and daughter, Corey, a junior at Oyster River High School.

MarkW.Huddlestonisthe19thpresidentoftheUniversityofNewHampshire.Hebringsthree decades of experience in public and private higher education as a faculty member, dean, and senior administrator, most recently as president of Ohio Wesleyan University. His term at UNH commencedinJuly2007. HuddlestonbeganhisacademiccareerattheStateUniversityofNewYork-Buffaloin1977as an assistant professor of political science. He then joined the faculty of the University of Dela-ware in 1980, where he remained for the next 24 years. Dr. Huddleston chaired the Department ofPoliticalScienceandInternationalRelationsandservedasassociateprovostforinternationalprograms. He was named dean of the College of Arts and Sciences in 2001, where he managed 45 academic departments and centers with nearly 900 full-time faculty and staff, and served in

thatcapacityuntilhewasnamedpresidentofOhioWesleyanUniversityin2004. Having received his Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from SUNY-Buffalo, Huddleston went on to receive both a master’s degree and Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. An author of numerous books and articles, he has been active as a consultant for both the U.S. government and international organizations. He also served as an advisor in Bosnia on rebuilding financial and administrative infrastructures after the Dayton accords. HuddlestonwasraisedinSyracuseandspent24yearsattheUniversityofDelawareinvariouscapacities.Heandhiswife, Emma Bricker, have three children, Andy, Kate and Giles.

Marty SCaranoathletiC DireCtor

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SteveMetcalfisinhis15thyearat UNH, having served the athletic department in a number of differ-entcapacitiesovertheyears.AstheDeputy Athletic Director, he over-

sees all internal operations, as well as the women’s ice hockey, men’s soccer, field hockey, women’s lacrosse, men’s and women’s skiing, men’s and women’s cross country and men’s and women’s indoor and outdoor track & field programs, and the areas of strength & conditioningandsportsmedicine.Additionaldutiesin-clude a role as Marty Scarano’s designate for all league affiliations and NCAA Championships, as well as in the dailyoperationofthedepartment. UNH has served as the host for numerous NCAAchampionships in men’s and women’s ice hockey, gym-nastics and skiing, including two Women’s Ice Hockey NationalChampionshipsandtheNCAASkiingNation-alChampionship. At the conference level, Metcalf serves on the Amer-icaEastChampionshipCommitteeand recentlycom-pletedatwo-yeartermaschair.HecurrentlyservesasthechairoftheNCAANationalCollegiateSkicommit-teeandpreviouslywasamemberoftheNCAAWom-en’s Ice Hockey Committee with three years service as thechair.

John Ciani is in his 10th yearwiththeUniversityofNewHamp-shireathleticdepartment.Afterfouryears as an assistant coach in theUniversity’s strength and condition-

ing office, Ciani was promoted to the position of Asso-ciateDirectorofStrengthandConditioningin2006. Ciani’s efforts have been key in guiding UNH stu-dent-athletes to NCAA appearances in both women’s and men’s ice hockey, football, gymnastics, women’s volleyball, women’s lacrosse, skiing and track & field. CianicametoUNHfromtheUniversityofNorthDa-kota, where he worked under Paul Chapman, the Wild-cats’ current director of strength and conditioning, as an assistant with the men’s ice hockey, football, men’s and women’s swimming, men’s basketball and baseball teams. Ciani is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Spe-cialistthroughtheNationalStrengthandConditioningAssociation and Certified Level 1 Coach through USA-Weightlifting. He is completing his Master’s Degree in ExercisePhysiology. After graduating from Escondido High School, Ciani went on to Long Beach State University, where he earnedhisB.A.inPsychologyin2000.

Athleticexcellenceispartoftheformulaforsuccessinthecollegiateexperience for University of NewHampshire ski team. The primarymeasure of achievement is the stu-

dent-athlete’s success in the classroom. New Hampshire alsohasoneofthetopgraduationratesinthecountryforstudent-athletes. UNH is dedicated to enhancing the student-athlete’s ability to achieve academic excellence. Realizing thetime commitment the athletes give to the school, the Universityadministersacomprehensiveprogramofac-ademicsupportservicesthatisavailabletoWildcatski-ersandallotherstudent-athletes.Thisprogramincludesthemonitoringofacademicprogressandprovidingtu-torial services, as well as interacting with the academic advisorswithinthevariouscolleges. ServingasAssistantAthleticDirectorforAcademicServices since 1994 is Joanne Maldari, a 1990 gradu-ate of Holy Cross who went on the earn her master’s degree in Athletic Counseling at Springfield College. ShewasrecognizedforheroutstandingeffortsatUNHby receiving the University’s 2001 Academic Advising Award. Before coming to Durham, Maldari served ath-letic counseling internships at Springfield and Central ConnecticutStateUniversity.

SUPPortStaff

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Paul Chapman is in the midstofhis10thyearas thestrengthandconditioning director at the Univer-sity of New Hampshire. During histenure at UNH, he helped coordi-

nate the building of the state-of-the-art JerryAzumahPerformance Center, and his efforts have been key in guiding UNH athletes to NCAA appearances in men’s and women’s hockey, gymnastics, volleyball, women’s lacrosse, track & field and skiing. ChapmanisamemberoftheCollegiateStrengthandConditioningCoachesAssociation(strengthandcondi-tioning coach certified), USA-Weightlifting (certified level1coach);theNationalStrengthandConditioningAssociation, and he was the state director of the National StrengthandConditioningAssociationinNorthDakotafrom 1991-95. In 2005, he earned the title of Master StrengthandConditioningCoachfromtheCSCCA.Hehasalsoauthored fourpublications related tostrengthandconditioningandhastrainedandconsultedseveralNFL, CFL and NHL athletes. Chapmanisa1990graduateofDickinsonStateUni-versityinNorthDakotawithaB.S.DegreeinBiology.HethenwentontoearnaM.S.inExerciseSciencefromtheUniversityofNorthDakotain1994

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2010-11 Official Team PhysiciansThe physicians at Seacoast Orthopedics & Sports Medicine are the Official Team Physicians of the UNH Wildcats and are board certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery or the American Board of Family Practice. Our highly subspecialized orthopedic physicians treat all musculoskeletal conditions.

•Trauma & Fracture Surgery •Arthroscopic Surgery•Shoulder Surgery

Medical Degree: Boston University accelerated combined AB/MD programInternship in General Surgery: Bay State Medical Center, an affiliate of Tufts UniversityResidency in Orthopedic Surgery: University of VermontR id i P di t i O th di M t l Child ’

Fred H Brennan Jr, DOFred H Brennan Jr, DO•Sports Medicine•Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine•Post-Concussion ManagementMedical Degree: University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine Residency in Family Medicine: Albany Medical Center, New York Sports Medicine Fellowship: Northwest Ohio Center for S t M di i /U i it f T l d

Charles M Blitzer, MDCharles M Blitzer, MD

Residency in Pediatric Orthopedics: Montreal Children’sHospital/McGill University Certifications: American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Memberships: American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons’ Board of Councilors; American Academy of OrthopaedicSurgeons, Fellow ; American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, Diplomate; Orthopaedic Trauma Association ; Arthroscopy Association of North America; New Hampshire Medical Society, Past President; New Hampshire Orthopaedic Society

Sports Medicine/University of ToledoCertifications: American Board of Family Medicine; Certificate of Added Qualifications in sports medicineMemberships: American Osteopathic Academy of Sports Medicine, Fellow; American Academy of Family Medicine, Fellow; American College of Sports Medicine, Fellow; New Hampshire Medical Society

Peter D Buckley, MDPeter D Buckley, MD Peter J Peter J DirksmeierDirksmeier, MD, MD•Sports Medicine•Arthroscopic Surgery•Shoulder & Knee Surgery

Medical Degree: University of Vermont College of MedicineInternship in General Surgery: Brown University/ Rhode Island Hospital, ProvidenceResidency in Orthopedic Surgery: University of Florida/ShandsHospital, GainesvilleArthroscopy & Sports Medicine Fellowship: University of OklahomaCertifications: American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, Diplomate

•Spine Surgery•Hip Surgery

Medical Degree: University of Southern California, Los AngelesInternship in General Surgery: University of PittsburghResidency in Orthopedic Surgery: University of PittsburghSpinal Surgery Fellowship: University of PittsburghCertifications: American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Memberships: American Academy of OrthopaedicSurgeons, Fellow; American Board of OrthopaedicSurgery Diplomate; Seacoast Spine Study Group; NewDiplomate

Memberships: American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Fellow; American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, Diplomate; Arthroscopy Association of North America; American College of Sports Medicine; New Hampshire Medical Society; New Hampshire Orthopaedic Society

Surgery, Diplomate; Seacoast Spine Study Group; NewEngland Spine Study Group; North American Spine Society; New Hampshire Orthopaedic Society; New Hampshire Medical Society

Mark J Mark J GeppertGeppert, MD, MD Robert H Harrington, MDRobert H Harrington, MD•Foot & Ankle Surgery•Sports Medicine•Hand Surgery•General Orthopedics

•Sports Medicine•Joint Replacement Surgery•Arthroscopic Surgery

M di l D U i it f V t S h l fGeneral OrthopedicsMedical Degree: New York University School of MedicineInternship in General Surgery & Residency in Orthopedic Surgery: University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (formerly Rutgers)Foot & Ankle Fellowship: Hospital for Special Surgery, New York CityCertifications: American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Memberships: American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, Diplomate; American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Fellow; American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society; New Hampshire Orthopaedic Society; New Hampshire Medical Society

Medical Degree: University of Vermont School ofMedicineInternship in General Surgery: Naval Hospital, San DiegoResidency in Orthopedic Surgery: National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland Certifications: American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Memberships: American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, Diplomate; American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Fellow; American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons; New Hampshire Orthopaedic Society; New Hampshire Medical Society

Moby Parsons, MDMoby Parsons, MD David C David C ThutThut, MD , MD •Arthroscopic & Reconstructive Surgery•Joint Replacement Surgery•Shoulder & Elbow Surgery

•Sports Medicine•Arthroscopic Surgery•Joint Replacement •Shoulder & Knee Medical Degree: Columbia University College of

Physicians and Surgeons, New YorkInternship in General Surgery: University of PittsburghResidency in Orthopedic Surgery: University of Pittsburgh Sh ld & Elb F ll hi U i it f W hi t

Medical Degree: University of PennsylvaniaInternship in General Surgery:: University of RochesterResidency in Orthopedic Surgery: University of RochesterSports Medicine Fellowship: New York UniversityShoulder & Elbow Fellowship: University of Washington,

Seattle; University of Sydney, Aus. Certifications: American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery; American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, FellowMemberships: American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, Diplomate; American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Fellow; American Association of Hip & Knee Surgeons; New Hampshire Orthopaedic Society

Sports Medicine Fellowship: New York UniversityHospital for Joint DiseaseCertifications: American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery; Subspecialty in Sports Medicine, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Memberships: American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, Diplomate; American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Fellow; American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine; New Hampshire Orthopaedic Society; New Hampshire Medical Society

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2010-11 Official Team PhysiciansThe physicians at Seacoast Orthopedics & Sports Medicine are the Official Team Physicians of the UNH Wildcats and are board certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery or the American Board of Family Practice. Our highly subspecialized orthopedic physicians treat all musculoskeletal conditions.

Robert P Waugh, MD Robert P Waugh, MD •Hand Surgery•Wrist Surgery•Microsurgery

Medical Degree: ` University of Massachusetts Medical School, WorcesterInternship in General Surgery: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, BostonResidency in Orthopedic Surgery: University of MarylandH d S F ll hi Child ’ H it l B t B th

Gavin R Webb, MDGavin R Webb, MD•Sports Medicine•Arthroscopic Surgery•Shoulder & Knee Surgery•Cartilage Restoration

Medical Degree: University of Vermont School of MedicineInternship in General Surgery: Maine Medical Center, PortlandResidency in Orthopedic Surgery: State University ofHand Surgery Fellowship: Children’s Hospital Boston; Beth

Israel Deaconess Medical Center, BostonMemberships: American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

Residency in Orthopedic Surgery: State University ofNew York at BuffaloSports Medicine Fellowship: New England Baptist Hospital, BostonCertifications: American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery ; American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, FellowMemberships: American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, Diplomate; American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Fellow; Arthroscopy Association of North America; American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine; NH Orthopaedic Society; NH Medical Society

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February3-5 VermontWinterCarnival Mt.Mansfield TrappFamilyLodge10-11 DartmouthWinterCarnival DartmouthSkiway OakHill17-18 WilliamsWinterCarnival JiminyPeak Prospect24-25 MiddleburyWinterCarnival SnowBowl Rikert (EISAChampionship)

March7-10 NCAAChampionships BridgerBowl BohartRanch (MontanaStateUniversity|Bozeman,Mont.)