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Athletic ENDOWMENTS

Athletic endowments provide ongoing Terry Gurnett Endowment for Women’s
fi nancial resources for the coaches and their Soccer—created in 2002 with gifts from former
teams. Giving to these funds is a commitment players, family, and friends to support the
that supports varsity sports in perpetuity. The Women’s Soccer program.
following is a list of these endowments and the
programs they support: Blanck Family Endowment for Squash—
created in 2006 with a gift from Peter D. Blanck
Rochester Baseball Endowment—created in ’79S and Wendy Jo Kislik-Blanck ’80 to support
2010 with a gift by the Guzski Family to support the Squash Program.
the Baseball program.
Peter Lyman Endowed Fund for Tennis and
Timothy G. Hale Endowment for Squash—created with a gift from Peter Lyman
Competitive Excellence—created in 2012 ’47 and continued to be built in memory of Peter
with gifts from his former athletes to honor by his former players to support the Squash and
Tim and support the Cross Country and Track Tennis programs.
programs.
William “Buzz” Boomer Endowment for
Zachem Family Endowed Fund for Men’s Swimming—created in 2006 by former
Basketball—created in 2008 with a gift from swimmers, family, and friends to honor Boomer
Tyler T. Zachem ’88 and Karen Zachem to support and support the Swimming program.
the Men’s Basketball program.
Jane Possee Endowment for Women’s Athlet-
Nancy Melvin Taylor Field Hockey Fund— ics—created in 2011 by an anonymous donor
created in 2004 with gifts from former team- and later supported by former players, family,
mates and family in memory of Nancy to support and friends to honor Jane and support Women’s
the Field Hockey program. Athletics.

Alumni Endowment for Women’s Basket- Alumni Endowment for Women’s
ball—created in 2015 with a gift from Louise Volleyball—created in 2015 with a gift from
Stapleton ’89 and Larry Williams to support the Jennifer A. Swift ’84 and Gary Stockman ’83 to
Women’s Basketball program. support the Women’s Volleyball program.

Pat Stark Endowed Fund for Barth Family Endowment for Swimming—
Football—created in 2014 created in 2016 with a gift from Todd ’84 and
with a gift from Kathleen E. Carin Barth to support the programmatic needs
Stark Landers ’82 and Peter J. of the Swimming program.
Landers ’83 (MS) in honor of
Coach Pat Stark to support the Maybaum Men’s Soccer Travel Endowment—
Football program. created in 2017 with a gift from Richard ’85 and
Lauren Maybaum to support the Men’s Soccer
Rochester Football Alumni En- team’s international and out-of-region travel.
dowment—created in 2009 with
a gift from Samuel Shatkin Jr., MD, McAllister Fund for Basketball Travel—
’79, P’17 and Joni M. Shatkin P’17 created in 2016 with a gift from Brendan ’05 and
to support the Football program. Julie ’02 McAllister to support the Men’s
Basketball team’s international and out-of-region
Don Smith Golf Endowment travel.
Fund—created in 2000 by Donald C.
Smith and Penelope T. Smith ’58 (MS) to Peter S. DiPasquale ’52 Male Scholar
support the Golf program. Subsequently Award—created in 2015 with a gift from Peter
supported by former members and friends of the ’52 and Virginia DiPasquale to fund the award
golf team in memory of Coach Don Smith. given annually to the top male scholar for
academic excellence.
Alumni Endowment for Rowing—created in
2015 with a gift from the Widra family to support Terrence L. Gurnett ’77 Female Scholar
the Men’s and Women’s Rowing programs. Award—created in 2017 with gifts from Mark
DAVID ANGIE ‘18 Goldstein and other friends to fund the award
Prince Family Endowment for Men’s Soccer— given annually to the top female scholar for
created in 2003 with a gift from Brian F. Prince academic excellence.
’86, ’89S (MBA) to support the Men’s Soccer
program.

For more information about these endowments, please contact
Terry Gurnett at tgurnett@sports.rochester.edu or (585) 275-6698.
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