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ert P. Hartz ’90, ’98S (MBA) Christian Reed ’92, ’94 (MA)
Baseball, Football Cross Country, Track & Field
Hartz played on both the baseball and football teams, and was head A 12-time varsity letter winner for cross country, indoor track
coach of the baseball team. In baseball, he was a four-year letter and field, and outdoor track and field, Reed was a member of the
winner and was voted Teammate of the Year twice and Best Offensive 1991 NCAA Division III National Champion Cross Country team at
Player twice. As a junior, he earned Second Team All-UAA honors Rochester. He was an All-American in both cross country and track
and as a fifth-year senior he was awarded honorable mention All- and field. For cross country, Reed was a UAA Individual Champion, a
Region by the American Baseball Coaches Association. At the time three-time First Team All-UAA honoree, and team captain. In 2012,
he graduated (in 1990), he was ranked sixth in career batting average Reed was named to the UAA 25th Anniversary Men’s Cross Country
and ranked in every batting category at Rochester. He is the only Team. In track and field, he won the 10,000 meter run at both the UAA
student-athlete/alumni in school history to participate in an NCAA and NYSCT&FA Championships. Reed helped lead the cross country
baseball regional playoff game as a player and as a coach—the only team to four NYSCT&FA Championships, three UAA Championships,
two Rochester baseball teams ever to reach the NCAA tournament. As three Regional Championships, and three NCAA trophies. Off the
a head coach, Hartz received the UCAA Baseball Coaching Staff of the track, he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, an NCAA Postgraduate
Year Award in 1999. For the football team, he started and lettered two Scholarship Recipient, and a GTE-CoSIDA First Team Academic
years and was a member of the 1987 team that reached the NCAA All-American.
playoffs.
William Seeler ’53
Robert Kelly ’69, ’80S (MBA)
Football
Soccer
A hardworking three-year letter winner for the football team, Seeler
Kelly played soccer from 1965 through 1968, where he played center started every game for all three years playing both offense and
fullback his sophomore through senior years. He was a team captain defense. He worked as a carpenter all day, came to football practice in
his senior year, during which the team had their best season of his the afternoon, and attended the University of Rochester’s extension
career with an 8-3 record. Kelly played club rugby during the off- school at night, demonstrating drive and toughness. He was the
season. Player of the Game at various times throughout his years with the
Yellowjackets. During his career, the football team only lost five
Pamela Delp Polashenski, MD, ’91, ’98M (MPH), games. He was a member of the 1952 squad that went undefeated
’02M (MD) for the first time in history. Seeler also served as co-coach for the
Rochester freshman football team prior to the start of the season in
Volleyball, Track & Field 1954.
Polashenski was a two-sport athlete at Rochester, playing on the
volleyball team and competing in heptathlon for the track and field
squad. She was Rochester volleyball’s first All-American—named
Second Team All-American by the AVCA. A three-year starter and
four-year letter winner, she set the school record for kill percentage
in a match and career kills. In 1990, she finished second nationally in
hitting percentage. Polashenski was a two-time First Team All-UAA
selection, Northeast Region All-Star Team selection, and one of five
finalists for the Rochester Press-Radio Club College Sportswoman of
the Year.
Baseball, Football Cross Country, Track & Field
Hartz played on both the baseball and football teams, and was head A 12-time varsity letter winner for cross country, indoor track
coach of the baseball team. In baseball, he was a four-year letter and field, and outdoor track and field, Reed was a member of the
winner and was voted Teammate of the Year twice and Best Offensive 1991 NCAA Division III National Champion Cross Country team at
Player twice. As a junior, he earned Second Team All-UAA honors Rochester. He was an All-American in both cross country and track
and as a fifth-year senior he was awarded honorable mention All- and field. For cross country, Reed was a UAA Individual Champion, a
Region by the American Baseball Coaches Association. At the time three-time First Team All-UAA honoree, and team captain. In 2012,
he graduated (in 1990), he was ranked sixth in career batting average Reed was named to the UAA 25th Anniversary Men’s Cross Country
and ranked in every batting category at Rochester. He is the only Team. In track and field, he won the 10,000 meter run at both the UAA
student-athlete/alumni in school history to participate in an NCAA and NYSCT&FA Championships. Reed helped lead the cross country
baseball regional playoff game as a player and as a coach—the only team to four NYSCT&FA Championships, three UAA Championships,
two Rochester baseball teams ever to reach the NCAA tournament. As three Regional Championships, and three NCAA trophies. Off the
a head coach, Hartz received the UCAA Baseball Coaching Staff of the track, he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, an NCAA Postgraduate
Year Award in 1999. For the football team, he started and lettered two Scholarship Recipient, and a GTE-CoSIDA First Team Academic
years and was a member of the 1987 team that reached the NCAA All-American.
playoffs.
William Seeler ’53
Robert Kelly ’69, ’80S (MBA)
Football
Soccer
A hardworking three-year letter winner for the football team, Seeler
Kelly played soccer from 1965 through 1968, where he played center started every game for all three years playing both offense and
fullback his sophomore through senior years. He was a team captain defense. He worked as a carpenter all day, came to football practice in
his senior year, during which the team had their best season of his the afternoon, and attended the University of Rochester’s extension
career with an 8-3 record. Kelly played club rugby during the off- school at night, demonstrating drive and toughness. He was the
season. Player of the Game at various times throughout his years with the
Yellowjackets. During his career, the football team only lost five
Pamela Delp Polashenski, MD, ’91, ’98M (MPH), games. He was a member of the 1952 squad that went undefeated
’02M (MD) for the first time in history. Seeler also served as co-coach for the
Rochester freshman football team prior to the start of the season in
Volleyball, Track & Field 1954.
Polashenski was a two-sport athlete at Rochester, playing on the
volleyball team and competing in heptathlon for the track and field
squad. She was Rochester volleyball’s first All-American—named
Second Team All-American by the AVCA. A three-year starter and
four-year letter winner, she set the school record for kill percentage
in a match and career kills. In 1990, she finished second nationally in
hitting percentage. Polashenski was a two-time First Team All-UAA
selection, Northeast Region All-Star Team selection, and one of five
finalists for the Rochester Press-Radio Club College Sportswoman of
the Year.
