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ATHLETIC Endowments

Athletic endowments provide ongoing Blanck Family Endowment for Squash— Peter S. DiPasquale ’52 Male Scholar
financial resources for the coaches and created in 2006 with a gift from Peter D. Blanck Award—created in 2015 with a gift from Peter
their teams. Giving to these funds is a ’79 and Wendy Jo Kislik-Blanck ’80 to support ’52 and Virginia DiPasquale to fund the award
commitment that supports varsity sports the Squash program. given annually to the top male scholar for
in perpetuity. The following is a list of academic excellence.
these endowments and the programs Peter Lyman Endowed Fund for Tennis
they support: and Squash—created with a gift from Peter Terrence L. Gurnett ’77 Female Scholar
Lyman ’47 and continued to be built in memory Award—created in 2017 with gifts from Mark
Rochester Baseball Endowment—created in of Peter by his former players to support the Goldstein ’78 and other friends to fund the
2010 with a gift by the Guzski family to support Squash and Tennis programs. award given annually to the top female scholar
the Baseball program. for academic excellence.
William “Buzz” Boomer Endowment for
Timothy G. Hale Endowment for Swimming—created in 2006 by former Peyton Family Team Academic Award—
Competitive Excellence—created in 2012 with swimmers, family, and friends to honor Boomer created in 2019 with a gift from the Peyton
gifts from his former athletes to honor Tim and and support the Swimming program. family to fund the award given annually to the
support the Cross Country and Track programs. team with the highest cumulative GPA.
Jane Possee Endowment for Women’s
Zachem Family Endowed Fund for Men’s Athletics—created in 2011 by an anonymous Recny Football Endowment—created in 2019
Basketball—created in 2008 with a gift from donor and later supported by former players, with a gift from Michael Recny ’79 and Cate
Tyler T. Zachem ’88 and Karen Zachem to family, and friends to honor Jane and support Sullivan to support the programmatic needs of
support the Men’s Basketball program. Women’s Athletics. the Football program.

Nancy Melvin Taylor Field Hockey Fund— Alumni Endowment
created in 2004 with gifts from former for Women’s
teammates and family in memory of Nancy to Volleyball—created
support the Field Hockey program. in 2015 with a gift
from Jennifer A.
Alumni Endowment for Women’s Swift ’84 and Gary
Basketball—created in 2015 with a gift from Stockman ’83 to
Louise Stapleton ’89 and Larry Williams to support the Women’s
support the Women’s Basketball program. Volleyball program.
Pat Stark Endowed Fund for Football— Barth Family Endowment
created in 2014 with a gift from Kathleen E. for Swimming—created
Stark Landers ’82 and Peter J. Landers ’83 (MS) in in 2016 with a gift from
honor of Coach Pat Stark to support the Football Todd ’84 and Carin Barth to
program. support the programmatic
needs of the Swimming
Rochester Football Alumni Endowment— program.
created in 2009 with a gift from Samuel Shatkin
Jr., MD, ’79, P’17 and Joni M. Shatkin P’17 to Maybaum Men’s Soccer Travel
support the Football program. Endowment—created in 2017 with
a gift from Richard ’85 and Lauren
Don Smith Golf Endowment Fund—created Maybaum to support the Men’s
in 2000 by Donald C. and Penelope T. Smith ’58 Soccer team’s international and out-of-
(MS) to support the Golf program. Subsequently region travel.
supported by former members and friends of
the golf team in memory of Coach Don Smith. McAllister Fund for Basketball
Travel—created in 2016 with a
Alumni Endowment for Rowing—created gift from Brendan ’05 and Julie
in 2015 with a gift from the Widra family ’02 McAllister to support the
to support the Men’s and Women’s Rowing Men’s Basketball team’s
programs. international and out- Cesar Segundo ’22
of-region travel.
Prince Family Endowment for Men’s
Soccer—created in 2003 with a gift from Brian
F. Prince ’86, ’89S (MBA) to support the Men’s
Soccer program.
Terry Gurnett Endowment for Women’s
Soccer—created in 2002 with gifts from For more information about these endowments,
former players, family, and friends to
support the Women’s Soccer program. please contact Terry Gurnett at
tgurnett@sports.rochester.edu or
(585) 275-6698.

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