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Hotaling Picked for U.S. National Team
ormer Nazareth lacrosse standout Ryan Hotaling ’07 was on the official roster for the United States National Indoor Lacrosse Team that competed in the 2011 World Indoor Championships in Prague, Czech Republic, in May. Hotaling was one of five players added to the 23-player roster after making the Reserve List following tryouts last November. He is currently playing for the Boston Blazers of the National Lacrosse League. “There are some serious names on that team,” says Hotaling, who scored 139 goals in four seasons at Nazareth. “It’s pretty cool just to be included on the same list as them.” A three-time All-American as an attackman for the Golden Flyers, Hotaling has successfully transitioned to the indoor game and has become a fixture in the Blazers lineup thanks in part to his face-off skills. He credits a stint in the U.S. Developmental Program in helping him improve his indoor proficiency. In a January game against the Knighthawks in Rochester, Hotaling won 20 of 28 face-offs as the Blazers won 16-7.
“I’m doing some things that I never had to do in college, but it’s a fun challenge,” says Hotaling, now in his second season. “Ryan Hotaling can definitely hold his own and more,” says U.S. team coach Tom Ryan. “He’s such a versatile player. He can play defense, he can play transition, he can really fill in anywhere on the floor that you need him to. We just felt that overall he was somebody we needed to have on our team.” In his real job, Hotaling works as an energy territory manager for Gyrus ACMI of Olympus. He lives in Albany and commutes to Boston for practices and games. He credits great support from parents, Jay and Sondra, who never miss a game, for helping him stay focused. “My dad is retired and my mom works part time so they have nothing better to do,” he jokes. The World Indoor Lacrosse Championships took place at Telsa Arena in Prague May 21-28. Australia, Canada, Czech Republic, England, Finland, Ireland, and the Iroquois Nationals joined the U.S. in the one-week tournament.
Seil Receives Award Joe Seil, longtime athletic department administrator at Nazareth College, has been recognized as the 2011 recipient of the Irving T. Marsh Service Bureau Award, presented by the Eastern College Athletic Conference-Sports Information Directors of America (ECAC-SIDA). The award is presented annually to professionals who have made exceptional contributions to the field of collegiate sports information. Seil is in his 25th year as sports information director of Nazareth College, where he also serves as assistant athletic director. A native of Rochester, he was a sports writer for four years before taking over as SID at Nazareth in 1986. As a daily promoter of the college’s 23-team athletic program, Seil has won more
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than a dozen best-in-the-nation citations for publication excellence from the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). He has also served on local organizing committees for two ECAC-SIDA conventions (1999 and 2011) and one CoSIDA national workshop (2002) and has been invited to serve as a panelist at several national conventions. “Joe gives us his best everyday,” says Nazareth College Athletic Director Pete Bothner. “He has the respect of not only our entire staff, but of the athletic personnel of all the colleges that we compete against.” Joe Seil, Nazareth sports information director
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