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A Message from the Director of Athletics—
George VanderZwaag
ever, and many want to pursue
athletics here.
We owe this to several factors. Of
course, prospective students know
they will get a top-notch, rigorous,
academic experience here. They
look around the campus and see
Beth Ghyzel ’20 that they will have a great athletic
experience, too. Our focus on capital
improvements is a draw for them.
I’m enormously proud of what The Brian F. Prince Athletic Complex
our students accomplished so far is now complete, including the
this year. For instance, six of our recent full renovation to the ground
teams—men’s soccer, women’s floor of Fauver Stadium.
soccer, field hockey, women’s Our sights are now on renovating
cross country, men’s basketball, the Field House, which we will
and women’s indoor track, along complete this summer. We will
with individual qualifiers from the pursue other enhancements, too,
men’s cross country team and the such as upgrading the baseball and
men’s indoor track team—made softball fields.
the NCAA Championships. Men’s
soccer ad vanced to the Final Four We can only do this because of you.
for the first time in program history. Your engagement and support
Squash made the Collegiate Squash fuels our activities and makes it
Association’s Final Four for the 2nd possible to continue to upgrade our
time in three years. facilities, recruit the best students
We saw other successes, too. Our and coaches, and build the kind of
women’s volleyball team had one of programs that compel students to
its strongest seasons and best starts want to play sports here.
in history. Momentum is growing
among our football team and Thank you for all that you do. I hope
community at large, thanks to the to see you at some home games this
strong leadership of our new coach, season and at some events on the
Chad Martinovich. road. Mark your calendars for our
homecoming football game here
Our students continue to inspire me on Saturday, September 21, and Carolyn Richards ’22
with their dedication and spirit. This stay tuned for the Meliora Weekend
is what we look for as we recruit, 2019 schedule. Taking place October
and it is what we are already seeing 3–6, Meliora Weekend will include
among our prospective students. a variety of alumni games and our
Interestingly, for the 2019–20 annual Hall of Fame event. Andrew Lundstrom ’19
academic year, we had the largest
group of early decision applicants Meliora!
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