2010-11 Wrestling Media Guide

2010-11 Norwich Wresting

2010-11 Norwich Wrestling1

Table of ContentsAbout Norwich University................................................2Athletic Department Staff.................................................3Sports Information...........................................................4Team Roster.........................................................................5Norwich Coaching Staff....................................................6Player Profiles......................................................................72009-10 Season Statistics.................................................10All Time Records......................................................10, 11

Quick FactsLocation.......................................................Northfield, Vt.Nickname...................................................................CadetsColors.............................................Maroon & Vegas GoldAffiliation............................................NCAA Division IIIConference..........Great Northeast Athletic ConferencePresident........................................Dr. Richard SchneiderVP/Commandant of Cadets..............BG Michael KellyDean of Student Affairs............................Martha MathisAthletic Director..................................Anthony MarianoSenior Women’s Administrator..............Amanda CuiffoHead Athletic Trainer................................David BotelhoEquipment Manager......................................Scott Mullen

Wrestling InformationHead Coach...............................................John HartupeeAssistant Coach..........................................Alex WhitneyVolunteer Assistant..........................Clayton BrittinghamTeam Captains.....................Nick Monaco, Ray GauthierHome Court (capacity)..................Andrews Hall (1,500).....................................................Plumley Armory (1,500)2009-10 Dual Meet Record.....................................4-8

Sports InformationSports Information Director....................Charlie CrosbyAssistant Sports Information Directors......Kelley Ruch.....................................................................Derek DunningSports Information Intern............................Matt AlburySports Information Fax...............................802.485.2161Sports Information Hotline....................877-683-8368

2010-11 ScheduleDate Opponent Time/Result

10/30/10 at Roger Williams L, 30-9 11/6/10 at Ithaca 10th/11 11/7/10 at Ithaca 10th/11 11/13/10 at Roger Williams 11th/11 11/17/10 Plymouth State L, 34-6

11/20/10 at Springfield 18th/18 12/4/10 at University of So. Maine 8th/101/8/11 at Scott Viera Invitational 7th/9 1/15/11 Plymouth State L, 38-10

1/15/11 MIT W, 30-15

1/23/11 vs. Williams L, 44-0 1/23/11 vs. Western New England W, 28-15 1/23/11 vs. Roger Williams L, 34-6 1/23/11 vs. Southern Maine L, 31-18 1/29/11 at Springfield L, 46-3 1/29/11 at Wesleyan L, 47-4 1/29/11 at Rhode Island L, 37-32/6/11 at All-Academy Meet 8th/82/12/11 Southern Maine L, 33-15

2/12/11 Williams L, 30-15

2/17/11 at WPI L, 27-16 2/20/11 at Futures Invitational 2/26/11 N.E. Wrestling Assoc. ’ships2/27/11 N.E. Wrestling Assoc. ’ships 13th/14

BOLD denotes competition held at Norwich

CreditsThe 2010-11 Norwich wresting media guide is an of-ficial publication of the Norwich University Sports In-formation Office. The guide was written, edited anddesigned by Kelley Ruch, with assistance by Matt Al-bury and Charlie Crosby. Photography supplied byJennifer Langille.

About Norwich University

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Notable Alumni

Gen Gordon R. Sullivan, USA (Ret.)’59

US Army Chief of Staff, 1991-95Pierson G. Mapes ’59

Former President, NBC TelevisionDouglas M. McCracken ’70

Former CEO, Deloitte ConsultingBrig. Gen. Jesus A. Manguel, USA’59

Chief Operating Officer,National Industries for the Blind

Maj. Gen. Russell Todd, USA ’50President Emeritus, Norwich Univ.

William N. Preismeyer ’67CEO, Cymbet Corporation;Former CEO, Jostens, Inc.

Jay. S. Witzel ’70President & CEO, Carlson Hotels

Emily Caruso ’00Member, U.S. Shooting Team for2004 & 2008 Olympic Games

Allen Doyle ’71Two-time U.S. Senior Open Champion

Founded in 1819 by CaptainAldridge Partridge, Norwich Universityin nestled in the Green Mountains inNorthfield, Vermont. Norwich is the na-tion’s oldest private military college.

Today Norwich University of-fers educational opportunities for bothundergraduate and graduate students.The undergraduate experience offers achoice of being in the Corps of Cadetsor as a civilian student. Both lifestyles areintegrated within the classroom, athleticteams, and student organizations.

Norwich’s undergraduate stu-dent population of 2000 hail from 40different states and 20 foreign countries.Eighty-one percent of the 112 facultyhold terminal degrees. Norwich boasts astudent to faculty ratio of 14:1 and isproud of its long tradition of excellencein teaching and personal attention givento students.

Thirty academic programs, in-cluding a teacher/education licensureprogram, and four ROTC programs areoffered. Norwich is the birthplace of tehROTC program due to the innovativeeducational methods of Alden Partridge.

As an NCAA Division IIIschool, the University sponsors varsityathletic competition in men’s andwomen’s ice hockey, football, men’s andwomen’s soccer, men’s and women’scross country, baseball, softball, men’sand women’s lacrosse, women’s volley-ball, wrestling, men’s tennis and men’sand women’s swimming and diving, aswell as men’s and women’s rugby.

On campus, Norwich offers 80clubs and organizations including aca-demic and professional societies, specialinterest clubs and a range of religious,military and community service organi-zations.

Under its School of GraduateStudies, Norwich offers 10 online grad-uate degrees at the Master’s level and onecertificate program. Enrollment in thegraduate school is 1200 students.

Norwich University is located inNorthfield, Vt., just 15 miles from Mont-pelier, the state capital.

Athletics Directory

Director of Intercollegiate Athletics

Tony Mariano 485.2230Assistant Athletic Director/SWA

Amanda Cuiffo 485.2590Administrative Assistant

Cathy Diego 485.2230Sports Information Director

Charlie Crosby 485.2011Asst. Kelley Ruch 485.2241Asst. Derek Dunning 485.2902Intern Matt Albury 485.2160

Head Athletic Trainer

David Botelho, ATC 485.2236Asst. Nicole Therrien, ATC 485.2236Asst. Amelia Taylor, ATC 485.2236Asst. Rob Moylon, ATC 485.2236

Strength & Conditioning Coach

Jeff Kruger 485.2693Equipment Manager

Scott Mullen 485.2247Asst. Brent Maxfield 485.2247

Varsity Coaches

Baseball: John Rhoades 485.2238Men’s Basketball: Paul Booth 485.2239Women’s Basketball: Mark Zacher 485.2229Cross Country: Ramsay Paulwan 485.2272Football: Shawn McIntyre 485.2233Men’s Ice Hockey: Mike McShane 485.2242Women’s Ice Hockey: Mark Bolding 485.2302Men’s Lacrosse: Neal Anderson 485.2230Women’s Lacrosse: Beth Van Parys 485.2847Men’s Rugby: Bob Weggler 485.2237Women’s Rugby: Austin Hall 485.2921Men’s Soccer: Kyle Dezotell 485.2240Women’s Soccer: Beth Van Parys 485.2847Softball:Terri Lavalette Swimming & Diving: Laura Dunn 485.2507Volleyball: Amanda Cuiffo 485.2590

Athletic Department Staff


Anthony MarianoDirector of Athletics

Well into his fourth decade of serviceto Norwich University, Tony Marianocontinues to provide leadership to aNorwich athletics program that has at-tained unprecedented levels of success.The 2003-04 season was arguably thefinest in school history as all 16 varsity

sports teams competed in postseason action, highlighted by thefootball team's first bowl game appearance in 20 years, and themen's ice hockey team competing in its sixth Division III "FrozenFour." Additionally, the Norwich men's rugby team qualified forthe 16-team USA Rugby Collegiate Championship for the first timein program history.

Mariano is in his 18th year as the Director of Intercolle-giate Athletics, after spending his first 16 seasons in Northfield asa coach. He was head men's soccer coach from 1978-84, beforebeing named head men's ice hockey coach in 1982. Under Mari-ano's guidance, the Norwich men's ice hockey team made its firstpostseason appearance in 1984, and went on to appear in sevenECAC tournaments and earn two NCAA Championship berths.Mariano stepped down as head coach in 1992 when he assumed hiscurrent duties as athletic director.

Mariano is a 1974 graduate of St. Lawrence Universitywith a degree in physical education. He received his master's degreefrom Norwich in 1975. Tony and his wife Gail reside in North-field. Their son, Tom, is an assistant hockey coach at Hobart.

Amanda CuiffoAssociate Director of AthleticsSenior Women’s Administrator

Amanda Cuiffo is in her sixth year as anadministrator and coach in the NorwichUniversity athletic department. She waselevated in 2010 to Associate Directorof Athletics after serving for five yearsas an assistant athletic director and the

senior woman administrator. Cuiffo also serves as head coach ofNU’s women's volleyball program.

In her role as Associate Director of Athletics, Cuiffooversees the following sport programs: women’s soccer, women’slacrosse, men’s and women’s cross country, men’s and women’sswimming and diving, women’s rugby, softball and women’s bas-ketball. Cuiffo is also the assistant director of compliance, shemonitors contest scheduling, she oversees event management andshe is responsible for aspects of student-athlete affairs to includesupervision of Norwich’s Student Athlete Advisory Committee(SAAC) and coordination of Norwich’s CHAMPS/Life Skills Pro-gram.

Prior to arriving at Norwich, Cuiffo served as the headwomen's tennis coach at Brandeis University and the assistant vol-leyball coach at Bentley College. Cuiffo also assisted the volleyballteam at Smith College as well as the tennis and squash teams atAmherst College, while completing her graduate work at Smith.

Cuiffo graduated magna cum laude from Colby College in2002. While at Colby, Cuiffo captained the volleyball team duringboth her junior and senior years and was a four-time team MVP.She was named All-New England “Rookie of the Year” in 1998,and was twice selected to the All-NESCAC second team. Cuiffoalso competed for two years on Colby’s tennis team, captaining thesquad during her senior year. Cuiffo went on to graduate magnacum laude from Smith College, earning a M.S. in Exercise andSport Studies.

David BotelhoHead Athletic Trainer

David Botelho is in his 16th season asthe head athletic trainer at Norwich Uni-versity, while serving as a clinical in-structor in the athletic training educationprogram at NU.Botelho came to Norwich from Hamp-

ton University where he served fouryears in the same capacity.

Botelho is a 1989 graduate of Rhode Island College witha degree in physical education and a minor in psychology. Heearned a master's degree in education with an emphasis in athletictraining at Old Dominion University in 1991. He also taught classesin the prevention and care of athletic injuries at Hampton andODU. Botelho is certified by both the National Athletic TrainersAssociation (NATA) and the American Red Cross.

Botelho resides in Essex Junction with his wife Gayle, andtheir sons Jake, Brady and Dylan.

Scott MullenEquipment Manager

Scott Mullen begins his seventh seasonat Norwich. A 1984 graduate of NU,Mullen previously served for 13 years asthe assistant equipment manager atDartmouth, where he worked with a va-riety of Ivy League championship teams.Mullen and his wife Mellissa are the

proud parents of two children, Shawn (15) and Sarah (11). In hisfree time, Mullen enjoys exercising and spending time with his fam-ily.

Sports Information


Charlie CrosbyDirector

Charlie Crosby is in his sixth year in theNorwich University athletic department,and his first as the sports information di-rector.Crosby previously served as the Direc-

tor of Major Gifts in the NU Office ofInstitutional Advancement. Before that,

he was a sales manager for LeCroy, a New York-based firm that de-signs, builds and sells digital high-speed oscilloscopes.

Crosby is a 1963 graduate of Norwich University. He wasa member of both the baseball and rifle teams at NU during hiscollege days. In 2001, he was inducted into the Norwich Hall ofFame.

Crosby and his wife Carole reside in Northfield. Theyhave two daughters and two granddaughters.

Kelley RuchAssistant Director

Kelley Ruch enters her first year as anassistant director of sports informationat Norwich University. She is the pri-mary contact for men’s and women’ssoccer, volleyball, men’s and women’sbasketball, and men’s and women’slacrosse.

Ruch is a 2009 graduate of Saint Michael’s College inColchester, Vermont. Upon graduating, she was the Sports Infor-mation Intern for her alma mater, where she assisted with the dailycoverage and media relations for the College’s 21 varsity sports.

Ruch was a four-year starter for the women’s soccer teamat Saint Michael’s. She also served as the online editor of the Col-lege’s newspaper, The Defender, and interned in the sports infor-mation office in the fall of 2008. At the end of her senior year,she was awarded the George “Doc” Jacobs Award, which is givento the student-athlete who makes an outstanding contribution tothe Saint Michael’s College athletic program.Matt Albury

2010-11 Intern

Matt Albury has been hired as asports information intern for the aca-demic year 2010-2011. He will assistNorwich sports information directorCharles Crosby and assistant directorsDerek Dunning and Kelley Ruch in theday-to-day operations of the office.

Albury will be responsible for multiple duties includingacting as the primary statistician for the majority of sports, pro-ducing game day programs, and assisting with website mainte-nance. He will serve as the primary contact for men’s andwomen’s cross country, men’s and women’s rugby, wrestling,men's and women's swimming and diving, women’s lacrosse andbaseball.

Albury, a 2010 graduate of Norwich, spent the previousfour years as an undergraduate assistant in the sports informa-tion office.

Derek DunningAssistant Director

Derek Dunning is in his first year asan assitant director of sports informa-tion. He is the primary contact for themen's and women's ice hockey teams,men's and women's cross country, andassists with football.He graduated from the State Univer-

sity of New York at Oswego in 2009 with a Bachelor's Degree inJournalism and an athletic coaching minor. While at Oswego, hewrote for the Oswegonian school newspaper as well as the stu-dent-run television station, WTOP where he provided colorcommentary and in-game analysis for hockey broadcasts.

Dunning was a three-year member of the cross countryteam and interned with the Oswego State Hockey Blueline Clubassisting with marketing, media guide sales, and gameday man-agement as well as with the Palladium-Times daily newspaper.

Before coming to Norwich, he has served as theUSCHO.com Division III Women's Correspondent since 2007and worked as a sports reporter for the Leader-Herald dailynewspaper in Gloversville, N.Y.

2010-11 Roster


Name Cl. Wt. Hometown

Frannie Armstrong Fr. 174 Hanover, Mass.Mike Babbin Fr. 165 Plymouth, Mass.Abe Bray So. 165 Gold Bar, Wash.Kyle Brouillette Fr. 133 Dracut, Mass.Tyrell Carstarphen Fr. 141 Topeka, Kan.Ian Concannon Fr. 149 Hanover, Mass.Charles Constantino Fr. 184 South Ridding, Va.John Dasilva Sr. 133 Canton, Mass.Raistlin Delisle Jr. 285 Kennebunk, MaineMatt Ditolla Jr. 285 Nashua, N.H.John Egan Sr. 157 Hanover, Mass.Joe Eon So. 157 Massebesic, MaineRay Gauthier Jr. 184 York, MaineCody Griswold Fr. 174 New Milford, Conn.Samuel Kent Fr. 174 Keene, N.H.Josh Kernan So. 141 Waterbury, Vt.Alex Lawrence Fr. 285 Ledyard, Conn.Henry Marley Fr. 197 Kingston, N.Y.Nick Monaco Sr. 141 Nassau, N.Y.Michael Monica Sr. 184 East Stroudsburg, Pa.Gus Nommick Jr. 149 Newport, Vt.Dave Pinto Fr. 157 Milford, Mass.Evan Poole Fr. 149 West Milford, N.J.John Rafferty Fr. 165 Columbus, N.J.Nick Roberts Fr. 149 Rockport, Mass.Chris Schenk Fr. 174 Newnan, Ga.Ed Sheedy So. 174 Lexington, Mass.Nick Tuminelli Fr. 133 Wakefield, Conn.Robby Zyko Fr. 125 Staten Island, N.Y.

Head Coach: John Hartupee (Central Michigan ’81), First SeasonAssistant Coach: Alex WhitneyTeam Captains: Nick Monaco, Ray Gauthier

Norwich Coaching Staff


John HartupeeHead Coach

John Hartupee enters his first season as the head coach of the Norwich University wrestling pro-gram in 2010-11. Hartupee comes to Norwich after spending 13 seasons as the head coach ofDuquesne from 1996 to 2010, where he held a 114-111-4 career record with the Dukes.

Prior to his experience as a head coach, Hartupee served as an assistant coach at an impressivelist of Division-I programs, including Clemson (’81-’83), University of Michigan (’83-’85), Uni-

versity of Pittsburgh (’85-’88), and three years at Duquesne (’93-’96) prior to his promotion.

Hartupee enjoyed celebrated careers as a high school, collegiate and amateur wrestler. He was a three-time Michiganhigh school champion, as well as a two-time high school All-American. Hartupee competed at the highest caliber tobecome a Junior Olympics National Champion and a Junior World National Champion.

Hartupee went on to attend Central Michigan where he was a two-time Mid-American Conference champion, anNCAA runner-up and an All-American as a 118-pounder.

His career continued to blossom after college, as he was titled a Canadian Senior National Champion, a two-timeAAU Senior National Champion, and was a member of the US National Team, garnering a spot as the first alternatefor the 1980 United States Olympic Team. Most recently, amidst his coaching career, Hartupee collected the 1993Masters World Champion title.

Clayton BrittinghamVolunteer

Assistant Coach

Alex WhitneyAssistant Coach

2010-11 Cadets


John DasilvaSenior133 lbs.

Canton, Mass.

John EganSenior157 lbs.

Hanover, Mass.

Nick MonacoSenior141 lbs.

Nassau, N.Y.

Michael MonicaSenior184 lbs.

East Stroudsburg,Pa.

Raistlin DelisleJunior

285 lbs.Kennebunk, Maine

Matt DitollaJunior

285 lbs.Nashua, N.H.

Ray GauthierJunior184 lbs.

York, Maine

Gus NommickJunior149 lbs.

Newport, Vt.

Abe BraySophomore

165 lbs.Gold Bar, Wash.

Joe EonSophomore

157 lbs.Massebesic, Maine

2010-11 Cadets


Josh KernanSophomore

141 lbs.Waterbury, Vt.

Ed SheedySophomore

174 lbs.Lexington, Mass.

Frannie ArmstrongFreshman

174 lbs.Hanover, Mass.

Mike BabbinFreshman

165 lbs.Plymouth, Mass.

Kyle BrouilletteFreshman

133 lbs.Dracut, Mass.

Tyrell CarstarphenFreshman

141 lbs.Topeka, Kan.

Ian ConcannonFreshman

149 lbs.Hanover, Mass.

Charles ConstantinoFreshman

184 lbs.South Ridding, Va.

Cody GriswoldFreshman

174 lbs.New Milford, Conn.

Samuel KentFreshman

174 lbs.Keene, N.H.

2010-11 Cadets


Alex LawrenceFreshman

285 lbs.Ledyard, Conn.

Henry MarleyFreshman

197 lbs.Kingston, N.Y.

Dave PintoFreshman

157 lbs.Milford, Mass.

Evan PooleFreshman

149 lbs.West Milford, N.J.

John RaffertyFreshman

165 lbs.Columbus, N.J.

Nick RobertsFreshman

149 lbs.Rockport, Mass.

Chris SchenkFreshman

174 lbs.Newnan, Ga.

Nick TuminelliFreshman

133 lbs.Wakefield, Conn.

Robby ZykoFreshman

125 lbs.Staten Island, N.Y.

Statistics & All-Time Records


2009-10 Season StatisticsDual Meet Record: 4-8

Date Opponent ScoreOct 31, 2009 Roger Williams L, 27-15Nov 7, 2009 at TCNJ L, 53-0 Nov 8, 2009 at TCNJ Invitational FinalNov 14, 2009 at Roger Williams Invitational 12th of 12Nov 18, 2009 at Plymouth State W, 21-19 Nov 21, 2009 vs. Doug Parker Invitational @ Springfield College 18th of 18Dec 5, 2009 WPI W, 23-15Jan 5, 2010 at Williams Invitational 8th of 8 Jan 10, 2010 WNEC L, 26-16 Jan 17, 2010 vs. Williams @ Plymouth State L, 43-3Jan 17, 2010 vs. Bridgewater State @ Plymouth State W, 24-17Jan 17, 2010 at Plymouth State W, 21-19 Jan 24, 2010 vs. Bridgewater State @ Springfield College L, 22-19Jan 24, 2010 vs. Trinity @ Springfield College L, 29-12Jan 24, 2010 at WNEC L, 29-16 Jan 27, 2010 Springfield L, 27-12 Feb 6, 2010 vs. All-Academy Championships @ Navy 7th of 7Feb 21, 2010 vs. New England Championships @ WNEC 14th of 14

Home games in bold.* = Conference games.

NCAA Academic All-Americans

Walt Connery 1987 Ken Staten 1994 Jason Venne 1996, 1997, 1998 Keith Parent 1998, 1999 Leo Mulvey 1998 Dustin Rich 1998 Sean Ryburn 2003 Matt Thurston 2003 Silver Oghyaore 2004, 2005 Nolan Cisper 2005 Shaun Vacher 2006

NCAA Wrestling All-Americans

Tom Rainville 167 lbs. 1988-90 5th (‘89); 6th (‘90) John Brigham HWT 1989-91 2nd (‘91); 4th (‘90) Ken Staten 126 lbs. 1993-94 5thFrank Field 177 lbs. 1993-94 1stDavid Hamel 158 lbs. 1997-98 3rdRobert Ulrich 133 lbs. 1998-99 8th

All-Time Records


All-Time Wins Leaders (Sorted By Winning Percentage)

Name Wt. Year Best Season Career Career Highlight (s)

1. J. Brigham HWT 1987-91 32-3 (90) 97-19-1 4x N.E. Champion2x All-American runner-up

2. T. Rainville 167 1986-90 35-5 (90) 114-27 2x N.E. Champion3. R. Ulrich 133 1996-2000 25-3 (00) 97-37 2x N.E. Champion

All-American 8th (99)4. D. Hamel 158 1994-98 46-8 (98) 94-43 All- American 3rd5. L. Mulvey 134 1994-98 28-12 (98) 103-46 4x N.E. Runner Up6. J. Venne 177 1994-98 25-10 (98) 95-45 N.E. Champion (98)

4x N.E. Place Winner7. P. Fitch 126 1989-93 14-4 (93) 64-42 N.E. Champion (93)8. K. Staten 126 1990-94 26-10 (94) 58-24 2x N.E. Place Winner

All-American 1994 (5th)9. J. Ayer 126 1983-87 19-2 (84) 67-18-4 2x N.E. Champion10. K. Parent 157 1995-99 23-8 (98) 64-37 2x N.E. Champion11. M. Camire 158 1985-89 30-4 (89) 83-23 3x N.E. Place Winner

2x Runner-up12. C. Sinclair 149 1996-00 30-12 (00) 85-41 N.E Champion (00)

3x N.E. Place Winner13. R. Kreis 190 1993-97 17-2 (97) 77-26 4x N.E. Place Winner

Placed in 14 Tournaments14. S. Oghayore 197 2001-05 34-5 (05) 82-32 N.E Champion (00)15. D. Whelan 149 2001-05 27-6 (05) 81-35 3x N.E. Place Winner15. N. Cisper 149 2002-06 14-3 (06) 83-28 2x N.E. Place Winner16. M. Bergeron 165 1996-01 19-8 (99) 80-37 3x N.E. Place Winner17. J. Gordon 285 1997-01 21-10 (99) 57-30 N.E. Champion (01)18. G. Olson 157 1996-01 18-5 (01) 66-34 3x N.E. Place Winner00. N. Filippakis 149 2002-06 25-9 (05) 61-34 3x N.E. Place Winner20. W. Connery 126 1983-87 20-7 (86) 52-19 3x Place Winner00. P. Howard 125 2002-06 25-7 (06) 77-51 2x N.E. Place Winner21. J. Capen 174 2000-05 30-17 (04) 91-71 N.E. Place Winner

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