2011-2012 loyola greyhounds year-in-review
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Charley ToomeyECAC Coach of the Year
On the heels of winning its first NCAA Division I National Championship, the Loyola University Maryland athletic department finished tied for 10th in the Men’s Capital One Cup, and 44th in the women’s standings, for the 2011-2012 academic year.
The Greyhounds totaled 60 points to finish tied with North Dakota State on the men’s side. Loyola and the Bison, who won the 2011 NCAA Football Championship Series title, were the highest finishers by schools not affiliated with BCS conferences. There were no other BCS schools amongst the top 20 in either the men’s or women’s rankings.
With an undergraduate enrollment of just over 3,800 students, Loyola is the smallest school to finish in the top 10 on either the men’s or women’s side in the Cup’s history.
Bolstered by the women’s lacrosse team’s NCAA Quarterfinal appearance, Loyola scored 12 points and tied for 44th on the women’s side.
Greyhounds Fans,
Loyola University Maryland athletics experienced a year of unprecedented accomplishments, on the courts and fields, in the pool, the classrooms and the community, and it would not have been possible without your generous support. We are tremendously proud of our student-athletes’ accomplishments, big and small, and we would like to share many of them with you in this year-in-review.
Our men’s basketball team generated a groundswell of fan support and emotion during its run to the best season in school Division I history, culminating with Loyola’s first bid to the NCAA Tournament since 1994. During that drive to the Metro Atlantic Atheltic Conference title, we experienced our first back-to-back sellouts of Reitz Arena since the building opened in 1984, another nod to the backing you and your fellow fans provided.
The Greyhound women’s lacrosse team won the BIG EAST Conference Championship for the second year in a row and advanced to the NCAA Quarterfinals for the second-consecutive season. And, the men’s golf team continued its stellar play at the MAAC Championships by winning its fifth title in as many years.
Loyola’s 2011-2012 was capped by a truly unprecedented feat as the men’s lacrosse team won the school’s first NCAA Division I Championship, becoming just the ninth school in NCAA history, and the smallest at that, to win the crown. During the run, our fans poured out in droves, supporting the first sellout of Ridley Athletic Complex and bringing energetic and boisterous crowds to the NCAA Quarterfinals and Championship Weekend.
In the classroom, our student-athletes achieved exceptional heights, as well. Sixty-percent of them earned a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher, and we demonstrated the good works of our Greyhounds with thousands of hours of community service.
We look forward to many new triumphs in 2012-2013 and the years to come, undertakings that are achievable through your encouragement.
Go ‘Hounds!
Jim PaquetteAssistant Vice President & Director of Athletics
Academic Success• Loyola student-athletes combined for a cumulative grade-point average of 3.132
for the 2011-12 academic year.• The Greyhounds had 195 student-athletes earn Dean’s List honors, while 139
were recognized on the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll following the fall semester.• In addition, 133 student-athletes earned academic all-conference accolades.• The Washington Post ranked teams in the NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament by
graduation rates, a stat that saw the Greyhounds advance to the Elite Eight.• Nichole Schiro (women’s soccer) earned CoSIDA Academic All-District Second
Team honors, while Hector Arellano (men’s soccer) was an honorable mention.• Alyssa Sutherland (women’s basketball) was named to the National Academic
All-Jesuit Women’s Basketball Team.• Ryan McCarthy and Patrick McCormick became the first pair of golfers to earn
Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholar honors in the same season.• Five freshmen were accepted into the Sellinger Scholars program - Elizabeth
Barranco (women’s lacrosse), Colleen Folan (women’s soccer), Joseph Cahalan (men’s soccer), Filip Zigic (men’s rowing) and Brendan McGann (men’s swimming).
• Eight Greyhound teams - men’s cross country, women’s basketball, men’s swimming and diving, men’s and women’s tennis, women’s crew and women’s indoor and outdoor track and field - were all in the top-10 percent of NCAA Division I schools in the multi-year tracking of the Academic Progress Rate (APR).
Women’s XC/Track & FieldJessica Peters (Fall, Spring)
Noreen Petrash (Spring)Megan Trainer (Spring)
Women’s LacrosseKellye Gallagher (Fall, Spring)
Men’s RowingChris Golon (Fall, Spring)Cameron Kopp (Spring)
Women’s RowingMarin Smith (Fall, Spring)Olivia Duckworth (Spring)Catriona Miller (Spring)
Men’s SoccerAlex Bullington (Fall)
Thurman Van Riper (Spring)
Swimming & DivingStephanie Baliko (Fall)
Kathleen Del Duca (Fall)
Loyola had 13 student-athletes earn a 4.0 during the fall or spring semesters
Jay Mulieri, Ryan McCarthy and Patrick McCormick received their
diplomas on the 18th green after the NCAA Regional Championship.
The Washington Post’s graduation rate bracket
Kiara Henderson (women’s basketball, right) and nine
men’s and women’s lacrosse players (left) were among 54
of Loyola’s graduating seniors
Men’s Soccer
Women’s Soccer
Men’s Soccer
Gerwyn Jones was named to the NCAA Division I All-North Atlantic Region Team
• The Greyhounds recorded their 37th 10-win season in program history in 2011-12 and finished third in the MAAC.
• Men’s soccer was in the top-10 percent of NCAA Division I schools in multi-year tracking of the Academic Progress Rate and earned a 100-percent graduation success rate.
• Head coach Mark Mettrick became the 45th active head coach to reach the 200-win plateau.
• Five Greyhounds earned All-MAAC honors, with two being named to the first team.
• Seven Greyhounds were on the MAAC All-Academic team.• Hector Arellano was named an NSCAA Regional Scholar
Honorable Mention.
Stephen Dooley was one of five
Greyhounds to earn
All-MAAC honors
Women’s Soccer• The Greyhounds appeared in the MAAC Championship Game for the
17th time in program history after defeating Niagara, 5-0, in the semifinals.• Loyola qualified for the MAAC Championships in 19 of its 20 years in the
league after finishing the regular season in third place.• The team earned the NSCAA Team Academic Award after registering
a 3.27 team GPA.• Seven players earned All-MAAC Honors,
including two first-team honorees.• Five earned MAAC All-Academic accolades.• Nichole Schiro was named to the Capital One All-America District II Second Team.
Nichole Schiro, the MAAC Offensive
Player of the Year, broke Loyola’s all-time scoring mark
with 37 career goals
Lauren Norcia
Didi Haracic was one of seven players to be named to the All-MAAC team, earning second-team honors
Cross Country
Gabrielle Cocco was the team’s top finisher at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional meet
• Loyola’s men’s and women’s cross country teams earned USTFCCCA All-Academic status for their work on the course and in the classroom.
• The Greyhounds had an individual finisher in the top 10 at the MAAC Championships for at least the 10th-straight year, as Gabrielle Cocco was the 10th finisher overall.
• As a team, Loyola’s women took third at the conference championships, finishing in the top four for the 11th-straight year.
• Women’s cross country earned a program-best 10th-place finish at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships.
• Men’s cross country was in the top-10 percent of NCAA Division I schools in multi-year tracking of the Academic Progress Rate.
Volleyball• First-year head coach Jake Lawrence led a Loyola squad that did not have any seniors
to eight wins in his first season.• Jac Bullock earned all-tournament team honors at the Villanova Classic
and the Battle of Baltimore, while Tina Catanach was named to Clemson’s Big Orange Bash All-Tournament Team.
• Three student-athletes earned MAAC All-Academic honors.• Assistant coach Cynnamon Burns was one of 12 recipients of the AVCA Minority Coaches Scholarship, which is used for professional development workshops at the AVCA National Convention.
Jac Bullock
Men’s Basketball
Janet Pressler was one of five Greyhounds to be named to the
MAAC Academic Honor Roll
Matt Hassett was named to the MAAC All-Academic Team
Men’s Basketball• Loyola captured its second MAAC title in program
history - and its first since 1994 - earning the league’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
• The Greyhounds faced Ohio State in the second round of the NCAA Tournament in Pittsburgh, Pa.
• Loyola broke the program record for league wins with 13 and earned its best conference finish (second).
• The Greyhounds tied the school Division I record with eight non-conference wins and posted the longest win streak in school Division I history, winning eight-straight games from Nov. 14 - Dec. 10.
• The Greyhound had their first back-to-back sellouts of Reitz Arena.
• Loyola won a Division I school record 24 games.• Loyola’s four All-MAAC selections were the most
for the Greyhounds since the league expanded to three All-MAAC teams in 1998.• Justin Drummond was named the MAAC Sixth Man of the Year.• Erik Etherly was Loyola’s first All-MAAC First Team selection since 2008.
He was also named to the NABC All-Region team and was the MAAC Tournament Most Outstanding Player.
• Head coach Jimmy Patsos was named the MAAC Coach of the Year, in addition to the NABC District I Coach of the Year. He was also honored as the Skip Prosser Man of the Year.
Erik Etherly dunks during
Loyola’s NCAA Tournament game
vs. Ohio State
Shane Walker
MAAC Champions
Women’s Basketball• The Greyhounds finished the season at .500 or better in conference play for the
fourth-straight year, going 9-9.• Head coach Joe Logan became the all-time winningest coach in program
history on January 7, 2012, with a, 67-54, win over Siena. • The Greyhounds had three All-MAAC selections, with Miriam McKenzie
becoming just the second three-time first-team honoree in Loyola history.• Kara Marshall earned MAAC Rookie of the Week honors three times.• Loyola hit 72-percent of its free-throw attempts, the fifth-highest single-season
percentage in school history.• The Greyhounds also hit 157 3-pointers throughout the year, the third-most for
a single season in program history.
Katie Sheahin broke the program’s all-time record for steals with 271 in her career
Miriam McKenzie finished her career fourth on Loyola’s
all-time career record for points with 1,398 and
seventh with 722 rebounds
Swimming & Diving• The men’s team placed fourth at the MAAC Championships, while
the women finished third.• Brennan Morris was named a CollegeSwimming.com Mid-Major
All-American for the third-straight year after winning three MAAC individual titles to bring his career total to 10.
• Morris also won seven MAAC Swimmer of the Week awards and went undefeated in individual races as a junior, winning 27 straight.
• Caitlin Cronin won two individual MAAC titles, breaking the MAAC record in the 100-yard freestyle.• Jeffrey Rowe also claimed an individual MAAC
title, winning the men’s 50-yard freestyle.• Head coach Brian Loeffler served on the
Team USA coaching staff at the 2012 Paralympic Games.
Caitlin Cronin was named the MAAC Women’s Most Valuable Swimmer
Brennan Morris was named the MAAC Men’s Most Valuable Swimmer for the third-straight year
Joe Wise competed for Team USA at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London
Golf• The men’s golf team captured its fifth-straight
MAAC title, breaking the tournament record by nine strokes and finishing with a
team score of 4-over 868.• Jay Mulieri won the individual MAAC
title and was later named to the GCAA Division I Ping All-Region Team.
• Mulieri swept MAAC Golfer of the Month honors, winning all four months the award was handed out.• Loyola made a trip to the NCAA Athens
Regional, it’s fifth-straight NCAA Tournament appearance, where it finished 13th overall.
Jay Mulieri won the MAAC title, joining his brother, Mike, as the only pair of siblings to win the tournament crown.
Bart George was named the
MAAC Rookie of the Year
Ryan McCarthyis just the
second Greyhound to graduate with
four MAAC titles
• Loyola earned GCAA All-Academic Team honors for the third-straight year.
Men’s Lacrosse• The men’s lacrosse team claimed the school’s first NCAA Division I title in school history, beating Maryland,
9-3, in the NCAA Championship Game at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass. • The Greyhounds set an NCAA record for fewest goals allowed in a Championship Game and on Championship
Weekend, giving up just three to the Terrapins and five to Notre Dame. • Eric Lusby was named the Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA Championships after breaking the
tournament scoring record with 17 goals through the four games.• The Greyhounds set a school record with 18 wins and tied the NCAA Division I record for wins in a season.• Loyola won the ECAC regular-season crown and tournament title for the first time in program history.• The Greyhounds lost just one contest during the regular-season, an overtime contest versus Johns Hopkins.• The team was honored by the U.S. Senate for winning the national title.• Lusby earned Capital One Impact Performance of the Week honors for two-straight weeks.• Scott Ratliff was named ECAC Defensive Player of the Year, while head coach Charley
Toomey was named the ECAC Coach of the Year.• Five Greyhounds earned All-ECAC honors, with three being named to the first team.• Mike Sawyer was named to the USILA All-America Second Team, while Scott Ratliff earned
third-team honors. Five other Greyhounds were named honorable mention All-Americans (Eric Lusby, Reid Acton, Davis Butts, Josh Hawkins and Joe Fletcher).
PatMcEnerney
ECAC Champions
NCAA All-Tournament Team Honorees:
Jack Runkel Joe Fletcher Josh Hawkins Eric Lusby, MVP
Mike Sawyer was one of five finalists for the Tewaaraton Award - the nation’s
most prestigious lacrosse honor
NCAA Champions
Rowing
Tennis
• Women’s rowing was in the top-10 percent of NCAA Division I schools in multi-year tracking of the Academic Progress Rate.
• Men’s rowing had the highest team GPA of any of the varsity teams at Loyola for the 2011-12 academic year.
• Catriona Miller held the highest GPA of any of Loyola’s senior women student-athletes, while Christopher Golon accomplished the same feat on the men’s side.
• The women’s varsity four earned All-MAAC honors and was named the MAAC Boat of the Week three times throughout the season.• Loyola’s men’s team finished fifth at the MAAC Championships.
• The women’s team had its 26th-straight year of at least 10 dual-match wins and finished third in the MAAC to qualify for the MAAC Championship.
• Six Greyhounds earned All-MAAC honors, including three women on the All-MAAC First Team.
• Keyan Sanai graduated from Loyola as only the second player to compete at the top spot for his entire career while earning 47 wins, the most at the position during McClure’s tenure.
Rachel Janasek finished her career tied for second all-time in singles wins with a 76-25 record, all at the No. 1 spot, and sixth all-time in doubles at 64-29.
Keyan Sanai
Catriona Miller was named a Collegiate
Rowing Coaches Association National
Scholar-Athlete
Head coach Rick McClure was the MAAC Coach of the Year
Women’s Lacrosse
Sydney Thomas (left) and Annie Thomas (right) rank second and first, respectively, in Loyola’s all-time freshman records for assists.
• The Greyhounds won their second-straight BIG EAST title after defeating Syracuse in the title game.• Loyola earned the No. 6 seed in the NCAA Championship for the second-straight year and hosted Penn in the first round at Ridley Athletic Complex. The Greyhounds beat the Quakers in overtime before falling at Maryland in the quarterfinal round.• Kellye Gallagher and Marlee Paton became Loyola’s first pair of first- team IWLCA All-Americans since 2003, while five Greyhounds earned All-Mid-Atlantic Region honors.• A league-best seven Greyhounds were named to the All-BIG EAST teams, including six on the first team.• Head coach Jen Adams was selected to the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame and earned her 50th career victory in her fourth season as head coach of the Greyhounds.
Kellye Gallagher became the first Greyhound to be named BIG EAST
Defensive Player of the Year
Marlee Paton was named
the BIG EAST Midfielder of
the Year
Track & Field
Athletic Honors
• The Greyhounds’ indoor and outdoor track & field teams each finished fifth at the 2012 indoor and outdoor MAAC Championships.
• Loyola’s outdoor track & field team broke five school records, with the indoor squad breaking two this season.
• Outdoor track & field was in the top-10 percent of NCAA Division I schools in multi-year tracking of the Academic Progress Rate.• Thirteen Greyhounds earned MAAC All-Academic honors during the outdoor season, while 14 were honored during the indoor season.• Former Loyola assistant coach Julie Culley, qualified for the 2012 Oympic Games after winning the 5,000-meter run at the U.S. Olympic Trials. She qualified for the finals in London, finishing 14th overall.
Women’s Basketball Kara MarshallMAAC All-Rookie TeamMiriam McKenzieAll-MAAC First TeamKatie SheahinAll-MAAC First TeamMAAC Defensive Player of the Year
Men’s GolfBart GeorgeMAAC Rookie of the YearJay MulieriMAAC Golfer of the YearPING All-Northeast Region Team
Men’s LacrosseReid ActonUSILA All-America Honorable MentionDavis ButtsAll-ECAC First TeamUSILA All-America Honorable MentionJoe FletcherAll-ECAC Second TeamUSILA All-America Honorable MentionNCAA All-Tournament TeamJosh HawkinsUSILA All-America Honorable MentionNCAA All-Tournament Team
Eric LusbyAll-ECAC Second TeamUSILA All-America Honorable MentionNCAA Tournament MVPNCAA All-Tournament TeamScott RatliffECAC Defensive Player of the YearAll-ECAC First TeamECAC Tournament MVPUSILA All-America Third TeamNCAA All-Tournament TeamJack RunkelNCAA All-Tournament TeamMike SawyerAll-ECAC First TeamUSILA All-America Second Team
Samantha Westley broke the school record in the 60m hurdles during the indoor season
Jackie DiAntonio set the school record
outdoors in the 800m
Men’s BasketballDylon CormierAll-MAAC Second TeamJustin DrummondAll-MAAC Third TeamMAAC Sixth-Man of the YearMAAC All-Tournament TeamErik EtherlyAll-MAAC First TeamMAAC All-Tournament TeamMAAC Tournament MVPNABC All-District II Second TeamRobert OlsonAll-MAAC Third TeamMAAC All-Tournament Team
Women’s LacrosseKara BurkeBIG EAST All-Tournament TeamJoanna DaltonBIG EAST All-Tournament TeamKellye GallagherBIG EAST Defensive Player of the
YearAll-BIG EAST First TeamBIG EAST All-Tournament TeamIWLCA All-Mid-Atlantic Region
First TeamIWLCA First Team All-AmericanAna HeneberryAll-BIG EAST First TeamBIG EAST All-tournament TeamIWLCA All-Mid-Atlantic Region
First TeamMarlee PatonBIG EAST Midfielder of the YearAll-BIG EAST First TeamBIG EAST All-Tournament TeamIWLCA All-Mid-Atlantic Region
First TeamIWLCA First Team All-AmericanHannah SchmittAll-BIG EAST Second TeamKerry StoothoffAll-BIG EAST First TeamBIG EAST Tournament MVPBIG EAST All-Tournament TeamAll-Mid-Atlantic Region Second
TeamAnnie ThomasAll-BIG EAST First TeamBIG EAST All-Tournament TeamIWLCA All-Mid-Atlantic Region
Second TeamSydney ThomasAll-BIG EAST First Team
Ana Heneberry (left) and Kerry Stoothoff (right)
Women’s RowingMargaret AjelloAll-MAAC TeamAndrea AlmeidaAll-MAAC TeamKatherine GriffinAll-MAAC TeamCatriona MillerAll-MAAC TeamJulianne RoccuzzoAll-MAAC Team
Men’s SoccerGeaton CaltabianoAll-MAAC Second TeamStephen DooleyAll-MAAC First TeamGerwyn JonesAll-MAAC First TeamAll-North Atlantic Region Second
TeamJamie LibbyAll-MAAC Second TeamConnor ThompsonAll-MAAC Rookie Team
Women’s SoccerDidi HaracicAll-MAAC Second TeamGigi MangioneAll-MAAC Second TeamKelsey ReneAll-MAAC First TeamAmanda ReverberiAll-MAAC Rookie TeamKelly SantangeloAll-MAAC Rookie TeamNichole SchiroMAAC Offensive Player of the YearAll-MAAC First Team Jenny ThorntonAll-MAAC Second Team
Men’s Swimming & DivingBrennan MorrisMAAC Swimmer of the Year
Women’s Swimming & DivingCaitlin CroninMAAC Swimmer of the Year
Women’s TennisTiffany AshAll-MAAC First Team (Doubles)Sabrina FedeleAll-MAAC First Team (Doubles)All-MAAC Second Team (Singles)Scarlett HoyAll-MAAC Second Team (Doubles)Rachel JanasekAll-MAAC Second Team (Singles)Judy LiteAll-MAAC First Team (Singles)All-MAAC Second Team (Doubles)
Men’s TennisKeyan SanaiAll-MAAC Second Team
Judy Lite
Jamie Libby
Community Service• Loyola athletic teams participated in a wide range of community service projects, reaching out to area children, family and neighborhoods.
A look at the various service opportunitiesthe Greyhounds took part in this year are:• Baltimore Department of Social Welfare Holiday Project
(women’s basketball, bottom right) • D.C. United and Baltimore Parks & Recreation
Department Youth Clinic (women’s soccer, top left)• Diane Geppi-Aikens 5k Run and 1-Mile Fun Walk• Fullerton Elementary School• Habitat for Humanity (women’s lacrosse, middle right)• Loch Raven Soccer Clinic• Pipeline Soccer Clinic• Presence for Christmas• Relay for Life• Row for Humanity (rowing, bottom center)• St. Jude’s Give Thanks Walk (women’s soccer, top right)• Special Olympics Polar Bear Plunge• Swimming Team Food Drive• Women in Sports Day (women’s teams, bottom left)
Marketing & Promotions• A renewed focus has been placed on generating revenue through
corporate sponsors and ticket sales, increasing attendance, and enhancing the overall game presentation and fan experience.
• The Marketing Department has also committed to overdelivering for corporate partners through enhanced benefits and generating business opportunities for them. With these partnerships, corporate sponsorship dollars doubled for the 2011-12 school year.
• In February, Under Armour was named the official outfitter of Loyola athletics. The Baltimore based company is the first all-sport outfitting partner in school history.
• Promotional efforts helped increase overall attendance for men’s basketball, men’s lacrosse), women’s lacrosse, men’s soccer, women’s soccer and volleyball.
Some highlights from 2011-12: • Reitz Arena was sold out for two-consecutive men’s basketball
games for the first time in school history.• An average of more than 600 students attended home basketball
games when class was in session.• Men’s basketball season ticket revenue increased by more than
50 percent, with single-game ticket sales revenue increasing by 30 percent.
• Men’s lacrosse ticket revenue increased by nearly 200 percent, while overall attendance increased by more than 100 percent.
• More than 1,400 students turned out for men’s lacrosse games on three occasions.
• Women’s soccer set two single-game attendance records.• Women’s basketball continued to rank near the top of the MAAC in
attendance, with a record 1,940 turning out for Women in Sports Day.
• Loyola raised more than $648,000 overall in cash in the 2011-12 academic year.
• Donors set a Loyola Athletics record with $496,000 donated to annual operating support (support designated
to our Greyhounds Athletics Fund or one of our 18 varsity programs), while the remaining funds were raised for scholarship and operational endowment opportunities.
• Since 2010, annual operating support for Loyola has grown by almost 50%.
• Thanks to its historic season, the men’s lacrosse program saw an increase of 30% in its fundraising from alumni, parents and friends.
• Parents continue to play a major role in Loyola’s fundraising success, contributing almost 40% of the overall annual fundraising dollars.
Athletic Development
Alyssa Sutherland (women’s basketball) participates in
Loyola’s first Thank-a-Thon
Loyola men’s soccer alumni
• Last fall, the SAAC called donors to thank them for their generosity in Loyola’s first Thank-a-thon.
• More than 900 individuals made a contribution to Loyola this year.
• A number of successful alumni events - including receptions, golf outings, game watches - helped former student-athletes reconnect with their alma mater.
Jim Lacy
Loyola’s men’s basketball alumni
Patty Stoffey (above with Loyola AD Jim Paquette) and Jim Lacy (left photo) were Loyola’s honorees for
the MAAC’s Honor Roll Class of 2012
•Loyola’s Facebook and Twitterfollowings each more thandoubled during the 2011-12academicyear.
•The Athletic Department wonpraisefromanationwidesportssocial media forum for itscoverage of the Greyhounds’NCAA Men’s LacrosseChampionshiprun.
•Twitter accounts were startedforLoyolaMen’sandWomen’sBasketballandMen’sLacrossethat brought more than 4,000newfollowerstothedepartment.
•Loyola’swebsitebroke recordsfor monthly and yearly views,culminating with a 14-percentincrease in total hits toLoyolaGreyhounds.com.
•Loyola launched ‘HoundsUnleashed”, a free, livewebstream of all non-televisedhome basketball, lacrosse andsoccergames.
•The free webstream, which isavailablenotonlyoncomputers,butalsoonnearlyallsmartphonedevices, drew a 200-percentincreaseinviewership.
•More than 4,000 viewerswatched the livewebstreamofLoyola’ssoldoutmen’slacrossegameversusJohnsHopkins.
Adam PomperJustweeksafterthemen’slacrosseteamwonthenationalchampionship,theplayersfoundthemselvesmourningthelossoftheirteammate,AdamPomper,‘15,whopassedawayJune12.
AresidentofHuntingtonBay,N.Y.,andgraduateofSt.Antony’sHighSchoolinMelville,N.Y.,PomperwaspursuingacommunicationsmajoratLoyola.Heissurvivedbyhisparents,BruceandKay,hisolderbrothers,MaxandBrian,hisgrandmother,MaryJoHughes,andmanyrelativesandfriends
“Asacoachandfather,myheartgoesouttoAdam’sfamilyandfriends,CharleyToomey said. “I don’t know that there are words adequate to describe thefeelingsoflossandgriefwefeelintheLoyolalacrossefamily.WewillcontinuetolooktoeachotherforstrengthaswekeepAdam’sfamilyinourprayers.”
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