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2009 Media Guide

2009T.V./Radio Roster

Sophomore6’0”

Brian Accorsini

Junior5’9”

Kevin Krecicki

Senior6’0”

Eric LeFante

Junior6’0”

Dan Toomey

Sophomore6’1”

Brent Wolgast

Sophomore6’0”

Jordan Wycoff

Junior5’10”

Bradley Yocum

Rider Indoor Golf Facility

In April of 2003, Rider University opened its new indoor golf practice facility on its campus in Lawrenceville, N.J. At that time the facility was the only one of its kind located at an institution with a Division I men’s golf program on the East Coast. The indoor practice facility, located in the Maurer Ath-letic Center, includes a 1,200-square-foot SofTrak Synthet-ic Putting Green and nine-hole putting area; two elevated holes; a 580-square foot chipping fringe; four hitting sta-

tions; a driving net and driving mats; and a videotape analy-sis center. The facility was built by SofTrak dealer Mike O’Brien of Feasterville, Pa., in conjunction with Rider Associate Ath-letic Director emeritus and former Head Golf Coach Chet Dalgewicz and through the generous contributions of Ralph and Kathy Anderson and John and Ei-leen Winokur. Rider competes in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC).

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BRONC BRIEFS

Location: Lawrenceville, NJ 08648-3099

Enrollment: 6,011 (4,791 undergraduates)

Founded: 1865

Academic Units: College of Business Administration; College of Liberal Arts, Education and Sciences;

College of Continuing Studies; and Westminster College of the Arts

Colors: Cranberry, White, Gray

Nickname: Broncs

Athletic Affiliations: NCAA Division I, ECAC

Conference: Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC)

President: Mordechai Rozanski, Ph.D.

Athletic Director: Don Harnum 609-896-5054

Associate Athletic Director: Karin Torchia 609-896-5249

Associate Athletic Director: Greg Busch 609-895-5642

Assistant Athletic Director: Brian Keane 609-896-5364

Manager Athletic Business Operations: Lucy Sech 609-895-5650

Academic Support Coordinator: Sonya Hurt 609-896-5308

Faculty Athletics Representative: Jonathan Husch, Ph.D.

Head Coach: Bob Whartenby (Rider ’04) 609-896-5000 x7781

2008 Conference Finish: 2nd

Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 7-1

Head Athletic Trainer: Tim Lengle, A.T.C.

Athletic Trainer for Golf: Henry Minarick, A.T.C.

Home Course: Olde York Country Club, Chesterfield, New Jersey 609-298-3322

Sports Information Director: Bud Focht 609-896-5138

Assistant SID/Golf Contact: Brian Solomon 609-896-5135 (cell) 609-929-4068

Sports Information Secretary: Lynn Rugg 609-895-5778

Athletics FAX: 609-896-0341

Athletics Hotline: 609-219-2000, 2

Athletics Home Page: www.GoBroncs.com

Directions to Rider

From New York and North Jersey:From the New Jersey Turnpike: Take the NJTurnpike South to Exit 7A (I-195 West). Fol-low I-195 West to the exit for I-295 North(Princeton). I-295 North will become I-95South. Take Exit 7A off of I-95 South to U.S.Route 206 South (Trenton). Rider is a quar-ter mile on the right.From U.S. Route 1 South: take the exit for I-95 South (sign says “To Pennsylvania”). Bearright at junction, following signs for I-95South (Pennsylvania). Take exit 7A off of I-95South to U.S. Route 206 South (Trenton).Rider is a quarter mile on the right.

From Pennsylvania:Take I-95 North, straight over the DelawareRiver into New Jersey. Take Exit 7A off of I-95 to U.S. Route 206 South (Trenton). Rideris a quarter mile on the right.From the Pennsylvania Turnpike: take the PATurnpike east to Exit 28 (Philadelphia) andtake U.S. Route 1 North to I-95 North. Con-tinue on I-95 North, straight over theDelaware River into New Jersey. Take Exit7A off of I-95 to U.S. Route 206 South (Tren-ton). Rider is a quarter mile on the right.

From the South:Take I-295 North. I-295 North will becomeI-95 South. Continue on I-95 South and takeExit 7A off I-95 South to U.S. Route 206South (Trenton). Rider is a quarter mile onthe right.

From the East:Take the Garden State Parkway to Exit 98 (I-195West). Follow I-195West to the exit for I-295 North (Princeton). I-295 North willbecome I-95 South. Take Exit 7A off of I-95South toU.S. Route 206 South (Trenton). Rideris a quarter mile on the right.

The Gary Player-designed Olde York Country Club has beenhome of the Broncs since the 2000 season.Olde York has been ranked by Golf Digest as one of the best in

New Jersey for the past 13 years.Blending natural elements and traditional design standards with state-of-the-art tech-nology, the Links have been created with the golfers’ utmost pleasure in mind.The 71 par course spans 6,903 yards in Chesterfield, New Jersey. This expanse of undu-lating grasslands and thickly wooded slopes had served from the mid-18th century to themid-20th century as a dairy farm. In the 1950s it was converted into the ArrowbrookCountry Club, with an 18-hole course. Arrowbrook closed in the early Seventies, follow-ing which the property functioned for the next 20 years as the Dream-Mare Stud Farm.The Gary Player Design Company was commissioned to lay out the course and “To preserve the natural environment.”Olde York is a course of extraordinary aesthetic charm, with an overall elevation change of 90 feet. Each hole is routed separately through thetrees. There are no houses, no roads and no distractions of any kind. As at Glenmaura, it is a case of the golfer and nature.

OLDE YORK COUNTRY CLUB-HOME OF THE BRONCSOLDE YORK COUNTRY CLUB, 228 OLD YORK ROAD, CHESTERFIELD, NJ 08515 • (609) 298-3322

Bob Whartenby of Lawrenceville was named the new head coach of the Rider University golf team in the fall of2006. In just his second competition as head coach, Whartenby led the Broncs to the Bucknell Invitation titleand came back two weeks later to lead Rider to victory at the Cornell Invitational. In the spring of 2007,Whartenby helped then junior Tyler Brewington to a third place finish at the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conferencechampionship in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. In the fall of 2007, the golf team placed third at the Bucknell Invi-tational, fourth at the Colgate Invitational and fifth at St. Bonaventure’s Leo Keenan Invitational and in the springof 2008, Whartenby led the squad to its best ever runner-up finish at the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conferencechampionships with Brewington also finishing second and rookie Brian Accorsini placing seventh.

Whartenby is a 2004 Rider graduate, where he was a three-time All-Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference golferfor the Broncs, and is thought of by many as the finest golfer in the modern era of the sport at Rider. “BobWhartenby has done a great job as Rider’s golf coach,” said Director of Athletics Don Harnum. “He obviouslyknows the game and is very well connected in local and regional golf circles.”

Whartenby replaced 2006 MAAC Golf Coach of the Year Chet Dalgewicz, who retired after 12 years as Rider’sgolf coach and associate director of athletics for compliance and academic support.

Whartenby served two years as an assistant coach under Dalgewicz.

“I know that as a former Rider golfer he has a tremendous amount of pride in the Rider golf program,” said Harnum.

A three-time team captain, Whartenby was the recipient of the Ed Eget Scholarship for outstanding achievement in both academics and ath-letics, and served as vice president for Rider’s Student Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC).

As a senior, Whartenby led Rider to a best-ever ranking of 10th in the Mid-Atlantic Region in the fall of 2003, and in the spring of 2004 ledRider to a fifth place finish in the MAAC Championship when he placed fifth overall among the 45 golfers. Whartenby also led Rider to fourthplace finishes at the MAAC Championship, during his sophomore and junior seasons.

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HEAD COACH BOB WHARTENBY

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Bob Whartenby

In the fall 2008, shot a Rider best ever 70 at the Rutgers Invitational...placed fifth of 73 at the Leo Keenan Invita-tional, 17th at the FDU Invitational and finished 20th at the Colgate Invitational...finished seventh out of 50 as aRider rookie at the 2008 MAAC championship helping the Broncs to a second place team finish, earning All-MAAChonors...also placed fifth at the Peacock Invitational.

Brian AccorsiniSophomore • Hopkinton, Mass. • Communication major

PROFILES

In the fall of 2008, was 36th at the Leo Keenan Invitational and placed 39th at the Colgate Invitational and FDUInvitational...finished 36th at the Bucknell Invitational and 37th at Mount St. Mary’s in the fall of 2007...as a Riderrookie, placed 31st at the Peacock Invitational in the spring of 2007, helping Rider to the team title...placed 26that the MAAC championship.

Kevin KrecickiJunior • Hamilton, N.J.. • Marketing major

Two-time MAAC All-Academic honoree...in the fall 2008, was second at the FDU Invitational, sixth at the ColgateInvitational and 22nd at the Leo Keenan Invitational...in the spring 2008 was 24th at the MAAC championship afterwinning the Peacock Invitational and placing 12th at the Mount St. Mary’s Invitational...in the fall 2007, was 12thof 74 at St. Bonaventure, 15th of 84 at Bucknell and was 21st of 75 at Colgate...in the spring 2007, finished 11that the MAAC championship and was second at the Peacock Invitational and fourth at the Lonnie Barton Invitational

in South Carolina...placed 14th of 78 at the 2006 fall Cornell Invitational, highlighted by a round of 72...finished 24th of 80 at the St. Bonaven-ture Invitational...shot 163 at the Colgate Invitational...transferred to Rider from the University of Maryland.

Eric LeFanteSenior • Colts Neck, N.J. • Finance major

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In the fall 2008, was 52nd at the Colgate Invitational...placed 40th at the Peacock Invitational during the spring2008 and was 62nd at Colgate in the fall of 2007.

Dan ToomeyJunior • Lumberton, N.J. • Business Administration major

In the fall 2008, won the FDU Invitational and was 13th at the Cornell Invitational, and 27th at the Leo KeenanInvitational and the Colgate Invitational...placed 12th at the MAAC championship in the spring of 2008...was 29that the Mount St. Mary’s Fall Invitational, 30th at the Bucknell Invitational and 32nd at the Leo Keenan Invitationalduring the fall 2007...at the Leo Keenan, led the entire tournament, making eight birdies.

Brent WolgastSophomore • Bay City, Mich. • Business Economics major

During the fall 2008, finished 28th at the FDU Invitational...in the spring 2008 was 18th at the Peacock Invita-tional and placed 31st at the MAAC championship...in the fall 2007 was 36th at the Bucknell Invitational.

Jordan WycoffSophomore • Fort Washington, Pa. • Business Economics major

During the spring 2007, finished 46th at the Lonnie Barton Invitational in South Carolina.

Bradley YocumJunior • Brodheadville, Pa. • Business Administration major

Name Cl. Ht. Hometown/High School*Brian Accorsini So. 6-0 Hopkinton, Mass./Hopkinton

*Kevin Krecicki Jr. 5-9 Hamilton, N.J./Nottingham

*Eric LeFante Sr. 6-0 Colts Neck, N.J./Colts Neck/Univ. of Maryland

*Dan Toomey Jr. 6-0 Lumberton, N.J./Rancocas Valley Regional

*Brent Wolgast So. 6-1 Bay City, Mich./Pendleton

*Jordan Wycoff So. 6-0 Fort Washington, Pa./Saint Stephen's Episcopal

*Bradley Yocum Jr. 5-10 Brodheadville, Pa./Pleasant Valley

Head Coach: Bob Whartenby (Rider ’04)

*-letterwinner

ROSTER

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ABOUT RIDER • ACADEMIC ENHANCEMENT

Rider’s enrollment of more than 5,800 consists of approximately4,600 full- and part-time undergraduate and almost 1,200 grad-

uate students studying on campuses in Lawrenceville and Princeton,New Jersey. The University is comprised of four academic units - theCollege of Business Administration; the College of Liberal Arts, Ed-ucation, and Sciences; the College of Continuing Studies; and West-minster College of the Arts- and offers undergraduate programs in 60areas and graduate programs in 17 specialties.

Ninety-six percent of Rider’s 236 full-time faculty hold doctoral de-grees or the highest credential in their field. Rider’s faculty are award-winning teachers and researchers dedicated to excellence in teaching,learning and scholarship and 12 have been named Fulbright Scholars.Rider’s classes are small and interactive with a student-faculty ratio of13:1. Rider’s curricula balance theory and practice, and emphasize learn-ing by doing through more than 1,000 student internships or field ex-periences, community service learning placements, and undergraduateresearch fellowships.Westminster’s internationally acclaimed choirs per-form with world-famous orchestras and conductors in the United Statesand abroad, further demonstrating Rider’s commitment to experientiallearning.

Rider is currently ranked in the top tier of northern regional uni-versities under the designation of “Best Universities - Master’s” byU.S. News and World Report and has been included in the last six edi-tions of The Princeton Review’s Best 368 Colleges, its list of the nation’stop 10 percent of colleges and universities.

The University’s many specialized accreditations attest to the qual-ity of its academic programs. Rider is among the select businessschools to have attained AACSB (Association to Advance CollegiateSchools of Business) accreditation and one of only two schools in NewJersey to hold the specialized AACSB accreditation in accounting. El-

ementary and secondary education programs and their applicable grad-uate programs on both campuses are accredited by the National Coun-cil for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE). Theundergraduate and graduate music programs of Westminster ChoirCollege are accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music(NASM). In addition, Rider’s graduate counseling services programin the School of Education holds the Council for Accreditation ofCounseling and Related Education Programs (CACREP) national ac-creditation. Rider University is regionally accredited by the MiddleStates Association of Colleges and Schools.

Rider University is a member of the National Collegiate Athletic As-sociation (NCAA) Division I for both men’s and women’s athletics. TheUniversity offers 20 varsity sports - 10men’s and 10 women’s teams - 18in the competitive Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) withfield hockey in the Northeast Conference (NEC) and wrestling in theColonial Athletic Association (CAA).

Areté

With the start of the 1990-91 academic school year, Rider Universityimplemented its innovative Areté Program for all student-athletes. Aretérefers to the ancient Greek ideal of a balanced striving for excellence inall areas of life. The purpose of the program, which has been detailed inThe New York Times and The Times of Trenton, is to help student-athletesdevelop in all areas of their lives, not just on the playing fields or in theclassroom. Subjects of the seminars include time management, stressmanagement, sports nutrition, substance abuse, communication skills,study skills, training techniques, HIV, etiquette/good manners, inter-view techniques, resume writing, and life after Rider.

Student Transitional Education Program (STEP)

During the 1993-94 academic year, the Rider Department of Athleticsdeveloped STEP for varsity athletics. Under the direction of the associ-ate director of athletics, STEP provides individual and group tutoring,as well as study tables that are mandatory for certain student-athletes.STEP also coordinates progress reports, monitors the student-athletesacademic progress, and provides workshops on topics such as libraryskills, test taking and note taking. In 2003 Rider added its first full-

time academic support coordinator, Sonya Hurt.

TeamMentor

Through the mentor program, established in the fall of 1994, Rider fac-ulty members or administrations are paired with varsity athletic teams.Mentors are present for support, advice, cheerleading, as well as othernon-coaching duties. The mentor program opens communication linesbetween faculty/staff members and student-athletes, and gives the stu-dent-athlete another person in the Rider community to turn to for sup-port and guidance.

Student Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC)

Comprised of one student-athlete from each of Rider’s varsity teams, theStudent-Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC) meets monthly to discussvarious student-welfare issues and to organize ways for student-athletesto become involved in the community. Through SAAC, Rider student-athletes have organized toy drives and served meals to the needy atThanksgiving.

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Results • Fall 2008SEPTEMBERFri.-Sat. 12-13 20th of 24 at Rutgers InvitationalSat.-Sun. 20-21 9th of 12 at Colgate InvitationalSat.-Sun. 27-28 13th of 15 at Cornell Invitational

OCTOBERSun.-Mon. 5-6 4th of 14 at St. Bonaventure Leo Keenan InvitationalMon.-Tue. 20-21 2nd of 9 at Fairleigh Dickinson Invitational

MARCHMon.-Tue. 9-10 at Lonnie Barton Invitational Savannah Quarters Club / Savannah, Ga.

APRILSat.-Sun. 11-12 at Princeton Invitational Springdale Golf Club / Princeton, N.J.Tue. 14 at Peacock Invitational Neshanic Valley Golf Course / Neshanic Station, N.J.Mon.-Tue. 20-21 at Mount St. Mary’s Spring Invitational Quail Valley Golf Club / Littlestown, Pa.Fri.-Sun. 24-26 at MAAC Championships Celebration Golf Course / Celebration, Fla.

HOME MATCHES IN CAPSHome Matches at Olde York Country Club, Chesterfield, N.J.

Schedule • Spring 2009