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Athletics Annual Report 2016 – 2017

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Letter from the Director of Athletics...................................................2 A Conversation with the Vice President for Student Affairs.............3 The Multipurpose Arena........................................................................4 2016-2017 Overview...............................................................................6 Team Highlights.....................................................................................8 Baseball...................................................................................................8 Basketball (Men’s)..................................................................................8 Basketball (Women’s).............................................................................9 Cross Country (Men’s)..........................................................................10 Cross Country (Women’s)....................................................................10 Field Hockey..........................................................................................11 Football..................................................................................................11 Golf........................................................................................................12 Ice Hockey.............................................................................................13 Lacrosse (Men’s)...................................................................................14 Lacrosse (Women’s)..............................................................................15 Soccer (Men’s).......................................................................................15 Soccer (Women’s).................................................................................16 Softball..................................................................................................16 Swimming & Diving (Men’s)................................................................17 Swimming & Diving (Women’s)..........................................................17 Tennis (Men’s).......................................................................................18 Tennis (Women’s).................................................................................19 Track & Field (Men’s)............................................................................19 Track & Field (Women’s)......................................................................20 Volleyball...............................................................................................21 Academic Success of Student-Athletes.............................................22 Student-Athlete Development............................................................24 Club Sports...........................................................................................26 Intramurals...........................................................................................27 Fundraising...........................................................................................28 Alumni Athletic Events........................................................................29

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LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS

As we embark on a new academic year that will feature the opening of an on-campus arena for our Division I ice hockey team, I’d like to take this opportunity to reflect on past successes, both in the athletic realm and in the classroom.

Our athletic achievements over the years are a great source of pride. In fact, there have been more than 110 Northeast-10 Championships — both regular season and postseason — as well as NCAA Division II National Championships in women’s basketball and field hockey during my quarter-century-plus as director of athletics.

This past year, women’s basketball captured the Northeast-10 Northeast Division regular season title, before making a 33rd appearance in the NCAA Division II Championships, more than any other Division II institution. Men’s swimming earned its second NE-10 Championship and men’s golf was selected for the NCAA Division II regional tournament for the seventh-straight year. Men’s cross country qualified for the NCAA Championships for the third time in five years.

Jen Gemma ’16 became the all-time leading scorer in the history of Bentley women’s basketball, a remarkable achievement considering the number of great players in our storied program. Holt Sihvonen ’17 placed among the top 10 in the javelin at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships; Tyler Ford ’16 was one of the premier punters nationally in Division II; and both Max French ’16 (hockey) and Max Adler ’16 (lacrosse) signed professional contracts.

As impressive as we’ve been on the field of play, I am even more proud of our accomplishments in the classroom. During the 20162017 academic year, about three-quarters of student-athletes earned a grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or better. Nearly 130 sophomore, junior and senior student-athletes finished the year with a GPA of at least 3.5, and 20 of our 26 hockey players achieved at least 3.0.

We were fortunate to have five student-athletes earn the prestigious Academic All-America award from the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), giving the university an impressive 34 honorees since 2010. Academic All-Northeast-10 honors went to 29 students.

There is a great deal of excitement on campus regarding the Multipurpose Arena, which will open in early 2018. In addition to being the new home for Bentley hockey, it will enrich campus life by hosting concerts, academic lectures, campus and activity fairs, and alumni programming.

We are thrilled about what is happening in Bentley Athletics, and grateful for your ongoing support.

Sincerely, Bob DeFelice Director of Athletics

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A CONVERSATION WITH THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR STUDENT AFFAIRS Why are athletics an important part of the college experience for all students?

J. Andrew Shepardson: We strongly believe that if students are engaged with a campus and attending various activities, their overall college experience will be that much better. A survey we did with Gallup shows that students who attend five or more athletic events report higher levels of engagement, hope and well-being. This makes sense. Being at a game with friends, feeling proud of their institution, and cheering on a team brings students closer together and fosters a stronger connection with Bentley as a university.

In addition, student-athletes bring a great deal to the school. Our 500-plus varsity athletes, regardless of which sport they play, bring energy, enthusiasm, commitment and dedication to their Bentley experience that emanates throughout the student body both in and out of the classroom. I hear from faculty all the time that their highest-achieving students are the athletes because they’re focused and driven. They are committed to engaging in conversation and being a part of what’s going on.

What is distinctive about the athletics experience at Bentley compared to other universities?

Shepardson: Bentley Athletics, at both the Division II and Division I levels, embody the model of a scholar-athlete. Our athletes are great at their sport and they’re great in the classroom as well, and that balance is there 24/7. This important fundamental part of our program is not the case at every institution. Academic success for athletes is not debatable here. Bentley athletes want to excel at their sport. But they also want a meaningful college experience now and a meaningful career after graduation — and they are committed to that.

How will the new arena enhance the athletics experience?

Shepardson: Having been to our current venue in Watertown and seen the back-of-house areas for our DI hockey program and visiting teams, I can tell you it’s going to be like night and day. The new arena will have state-of-the-art systems and all the proper equipment that Bentley and visitor teams need to be successful and have a great experience. We are already feeling the positive change, hearing feedback from players who are looking at us in the recruiting cycle. There is palpable energy among students about going to hockey events. It’s exciting to walk around campus and hear them talk about the arena.

This venue will change how we and the wider world think about Bentley. Imagine having major universities and hockey programs, from Boston College to Harvard University, maybe someday even Michigan or Notre Dame, come to our campus in Waltham and play in front of our home crowd. This will confirm our standing as a national university in a very powerful way.

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THE MULTIPURPOSE ARENA One of the university’s most significant projects was beginning construction of the Multipurpose Arena. J. Andrew Shepardson, vice president for student affairs, chairs the Building Committee. Other members are Ken Cody, vice president for administration and finance; Bill Torrey, former vice president for advancement; Judy Malone, general counsel; Tom Kane, executive director of facilities; Jon Nattinville, director of construction and planning; Amanda King, director of sustainability; Bob DeFelice, director of athletics; and Andy Hajducky ’76, trustee and chair of the board’s Facilities Subcommittee.

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fter the project’s approval in May 2016, we worked with partners Suffolk Construction, Architectural Resources Cambridge, and CSL (owner’s representatives) to begin the process. Most significant to this effort was permitting approval, which involved working with the city of Waltham’s Conservation Committee and the Building Department. Despite some delays, approvals were granted, and we have remained on the original timeline to have DI hockey in the arena in spring 2018.

Construction officially began in December 2016 (site work had started earlier) and despite some unusual winter and spring weather, construction remains on target for the spring semester opening, with substantial completion at the end of 2017. In addition, as of this writing, the project is on pace to be completed within its $45M budget.

The “topping off” ceremony in April, despite a cold and wet day, brought together faculty, staff, students and members of the Waltham community to celebrate the milestone.

The venue will serve a multitude of needs, with 1,917 fixed seats for hockey, plus standing room for 400 to 500; 3,400 for a concert; and capacity to host lectures for 750 to 1,000 people and campus wide events. The University Advancement team has worked with alumni and other donors, and several significant naming gifts will be announced as we get closer to the opening.

that will provide 40 percent of its annual electricity needs, high-efficiency LED lighting, and the most efficient water-saving bathroom fixtures on the market; these will help the building use approximately 48 percent less water than similar facilities.

The arena also provides a setting for Bentley students to gain hands-on experience. Its media control room, designed to be staffed by students, enables Creative Industries and Media and Culture majors to develop their technical expertise on state-of-the-art equipment.

Students majoring in Mathematical Sciences will be able to collect and post statistics for our DI hockey team.

Marketing majors will find resources to produce ad banners and other promotional materials. English majors can develop their skills by writing profiles that feature our student-athletes. This facet of the arena showcases the intersection of business and the arts and sciences — a point of pride and distinction for Bentley.

Members of the campus community are excited to see the building approach completion. Even as all eyes are fixed on the successful end of construction, we are preparing to bring the building online for spring 2018.

An arena manager was hired in early fall and an operations team is being set in place to help ensure the first events are successful.

Two distinctive elements of the project concern sustainability and academic impact. The arena has been designed to the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED Platinum Certification standards. The building is already setting a new standard for the sustainable design of ice arenas. Sustainable features include a solar-panel roof

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2016 – 2017 OVERVIEW BENTLEY INSTITUTIONAL AWARDS MAX FRENCH, Ice Hockey Edward J. Powers Scholar-Athlete Award JEN GEMMA, W. Basketball

Outstanding Female Senior Athlete

BRYAN HARDY, Football

Outstanding Male Senior Athlete

ALL-AMERICA MAX ADLER, M. Lacrosse

USILA/Nike DII, 2nd team

TORI ELLIS, Field Hockey

Synapsesports.com DII, 2nd team

TYLER FORD, Football

DII CCA, 1st team (P)

Don Hansen FB Gazette, 2nd team (P)

JEN GEMMA, W. Basketball

WBCA DII, 1st team

W. DII Bulletin, 1st team

HEROSports.com DII, 1st team

DII CCA, 3rd team

HOLT SIHVONEN, M. Outdoor Track

DII, 2nd team (Jav)

COLLEGE SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTORS OF AMERICA (COSIDA) ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA BRYAN HARDY, Football

1st team

SAM MCDONALD, Football

2nd team

ERIK ALATALO, Track & Cross Country 3rd team TIM BOLICK, Track & Cross Country

3rd team

MAX FRENCH, At-Large (Hockey)

3rd team

NORTHEAST-10 MAJOR AWARDS JEN GEMMA, W. Basketball

Player of the Year

HOLT SIHVONEN, M. Outdoor Track

Field Athlete of the Year

RYAN BERARDINO, Baseball

Rookie Hitter of the Year

DANIEL SAUSTO, M. Swimming

Rookie of the Year

EMILY NIEMIEC, W. Swimming

W. Swimmer of the Meet, NE-10 Championships

BRYAN HARDY, Football

Sport Excellence Award

CAL MEYERS, Golf

Sport Excellence Award

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NORTHEAST-10 COACH OF THE YEAR MARY KAY SAMKO, M. Swimming BARBARA STEVENS, W. Basketball

ADDITIONAL ACADEMIC AWARDS Men’s Basketball: 7 student-athletes

NABC Honors Court

Men’s Cross Country: 6 student-athletes USTFCCCA All-Academic Women’s Cross Country: USTFCCCA All-Academic 3 student-athletes Field Hockey: 14 student-athletes

NFHCA National Academic Squad

Hockey: 20 student-athletes

Atlantic Hockey All-Academic Team

Women’s Lacrosse: 4 student-athletes

IWLCA Academic Honor Roll

Men’s and Women’s Outdoor Track: 3 student-athletes

USTFCCCA All-Academic

Softball: 4 student-athletes

NFCA Scholar-Athlete

Men’s Tennis: 3 student-athletes

ITA Scholar-Athlete

Women’s Tennis: 8 student-athletes

ITA Scholar-Athlete

All Sports: 117 student-athletes

DII ADA Achievement

All Sports: 376 student-athletes

NE-10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll (spring semester)

All Sports: 368 student-athletes

NE-10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll (fall semester)

2016-2017 NORTHEAST-10 CHAMPIONS Men’s Swimming After a weekend in which it broke 14 school records, including six on the final day, and totaled 880.5 points, the Bentley University Falcons captured the 2017 Northeast-10 Conference Men’s Swimming and Diving Championship, the second title in program history and first since 2010. The Falcons collected 14 medals: one gold, six silver and seven bronze.

Women’s Basketball Coach Barbara Stevens’s team captured the Northeast-10 Northeast Division regular season title, reached the NE-10 Championship game and earned a record 33rd trip to the NCAA Division II Championship tournament.

The Falcons finished 26-6, including 20-1 NE-10.

NORTHEAST-10 HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES Two former Bentley University All-Americans — women’s basketball standout Danielle Chaisson ’98 and field hockey’s Mary Rogers ’07 — were selected for the Northeast-10 Conference Hall of Fame. They both will be honored during on-campus ceremonies during the 2017-2018 academic year.

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TEAM HIGHLIGHTS BASKETBALL (MEN’S)

BASEBALL

ALL-REGION

ALL-NORTHEAST-10 RYAN BERARDINO

2nd team (1B), All-Rookie

BILL SULLIVAN

3rd team (P)

OTHER SIGNIFICANT AWARDS

RYAN RICHMOND

ALL-NORTHEAST-10 RYAN RICHMOND

RYAN BERARDINO

ABCA DII East Region Rookie of the Year

Northeast-10 Rookie Hitter of the Year

TEAM

ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award

Season Highlights • In a season that began with 15 games in Florida, one of the youngest teams in Bob DeFelice’s 49 years at the helm finished at 11-30 overall and 9-12 in Northeast-10 Northeast Division action.

• Freshman Ryan Berardino was selected as the Division II East Region Rookie of the Year by the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) and as the Northeast-10 Rookie Hitter of the Year.

• Berardino hit a team-best .355, best by a Falcon during the last seven seasons, while the pitching staff featured graduate student Bill Sullivan (6-5, 2.86 ERA).

• Sullivan broke the Bentley single season strikeout record, finishing with 90.

• Bentley received a Team Academic Excellence Award from the ABCA. • Head Coach Bob DeFelice is the longest-tenured active NCAA baseball coach in nation, following the retirement of Texas’ Augie Garrido after the 2016 season.

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NABC DII, 2nd team

2nd team

OTHER SIGNIFICANT AWARDS TEAM NABC Team Academic Excellence Season Highlights • Bentley turned in a winning season for the 21st time in the last 22 years, finishing at 14-13 overall and 11-10 Northeast-10.

• The Falcons qualified for the Northeast-10 Championships for the 35th time in the conference’s 37-year history.

• There was no sophomore jinx for guard Ryan Richmond, whose 22.6 scoring average was the bestever for a Bentley guard and third-best in program history.

• Richmond finished the season with a school-record 45 points against Adelphi in the first round of the Northeast-10 Championships. That bettered the

former high of 40, achieved by Ray Andersen in 1969 and Bill Holden in 1990.

• Head coach Jay Lawson earned his 500th career victory, on January 7 against New Haven.

• Bentley received a Team Academic Excellence Award from the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC), and all seven juniors and seniors on the roster were named to the NABC Honors Court for achieving a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or better.

• Bentley owns the eighth-best record in NCAA Division II history at 970-521 (.651).

BASKETBALL (WOMEN’S) ALL-AMERICA JEN GEMMA

WBCA DII, 1st team

Women’s Division II Bulletin, 1st team

HEROSports.com DII, 1st team; DII CCA, 3rd team

ALL-REGION JEN GEMMA

WBCA DII, 1st team DII CCA, 1st team

ALL-NORTHEAST-10 JEN GEMMA

1st team

LAUREN GREEN

2nd team

MACCHI SMITH

2nd team

OTHER SIGNIFICANT AWARDS JEN GEMMA

BARBARA STEVENS

Northeast-10 Player of the Year

Northeast-10 Coach of the Year Finalist, WBCA DII National Coach of the Year

Season Highlights • The team coached by Barbara Stevens captured the Northeast-10 Northeast Division regular season title, reached the NE-10 Championship game, and earned a record 33rd trip to the NCAA DII Championship tournament. The Falcons finished 26-6, including 20-1 NE-10.

• Senior post Jen Gemma became Bentley’s all-time leading scorer, surpassing Lauren Battista ’14, during a March 2 game against Saint Anselm. She finished her standout career with 2,151 points and 1,084 rebounds, becoming the first player in the program’s storied history to surpass both the 2,000-point and 1,000-rebound milestones.

• Gemma repeated as Northeast-10 Player of the Year and was selected to multiple All-America teams, including the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Division II team for the second-straight year.

• Junior Lauren Green became the 35th player in Bentley women’s basketball history to reach the 1,000point plateau.

• Stevens was a finalist for the WBCA Division II National Coach of the Year award and selected as the NE-10 Coach of the Year for a record 15th time.

• The victory over Assumption, on February 4, came in the 1,000th game that Barbara Stevens has coached for the Falcons; it clinched a tie for the NE-10 Northeast Division title.

• Bentley was ranked 19th in the final WBCA Division II national coaches poll.

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CROSS COUNTRY (MEN’S)

CROSS COUNTRY (WOMEN’S)

COSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA

ALL-REGION

ERIK ALATALO

3rd team

JULIA MORENA

TIM BOLICK

3rd team

ALL-REGION USTFCCCA DII

NIK HAAS

USTFCCCA DII

CODY MURPHY

USTFCCCA DII

ALL-NORTHEAST-10 GRAHAM CHAPSKI

2nd team

CODY MURPHY

COSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT ERIK ALATALO

NIK HAAS

TIM BOLICK

USTFCCCA ALL-ACADEMIC ERIK ALATALO

NIK HAAS

TIM BOLICK

SEAMUS HIGGINS

RYAN CADORETTE

CODY MURPHY

OTHER ACADEMIC AWARDS TEAM

1st team

USTFCCCA ALL-ACADEMIC MARIANNE BARTOLOTTA PAIGE FEHSKENS JULIA MORENA

ACADEMIC ALL-NORTHEAST-10 NIK HAAS

ALL-NORTHEAST-10 JULIA MORENA

GRAHAM CHAPSKI

USTFCCCA DII

USTFCCCA All-Academic

Season Highlights • Bentley finished third in the NCAA Division II East Regional to qualify for the NCAA Division II Championships for the third time in the last five years.

• The Falcons were also third in the Northeast-10 Conference Championships.

• Tim Bolick and Erik Alatalo were selected for the CoSIDA Division II Academic All-America Men’s Track and Cross Country third team.

• Nik Haas, Cody Murphy and Graham Chapski earned All-East recognition from the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).

• Bentley placed six student-athletes on the USTFCCCA All-Academic list, tying for the most in Division II men’s cross country. The Falcons were also recognized as an All-Academic team, with their 3.48 GPA tying for the best in Division II men’s cross country nationally.

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OTHER ACADEMIC AWARDS TEAM

USTFCCCA All-Academic

Season Highlights • Bentley finished third in the Northeast-10 Championships and fifth in the NCAA Division II East Regional.

• Senior Julia Morena earned first-team All-Northeast-10 honors, with a fourth-place finish in the conference championships; her eighth-place showing in the NCAA East Regional won All-Region recognition.

• Morena, Marianne Bartolotta and Paige Fehskens were named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic team; Bentley also was recognized as an All-Academic team.

FIELD HOCKEY ALL-AMERICA TORI ELLIS

Synapsesports.com, Division 2nd team

ALL-NORTHEAST-10 TORI ELLIS

• Freshman Sam Pavano led the team in scoring, with six goals and four assists for 16 points. That was tied for the fourth-highest total by a Division II freshman nationally during the 2016 season.

1st team (MF)

SAM PAVANO All-Rookie

ACADEMIC ALL-NORTHEAST-10 KATIE QUILTY

National Academic Squad for achieving a 3.30 cumulative GPA through the first semester of the 2016-2017 academic year. Included was senior Tori Castro, who made her fourth-straight appearance on the team.

FRANKIE TOSSONA

FOOTBALL ALL-AMERICA TYLER FORD

DII CCA, 1st team (P)

ADDITIONAL INDIVIDUAL ACADEMIC AWARDS

Don Hansen FB Gazette DII, 2nd team (P)

FIELD HOCKEY: 14 players NFHCA National Academic

Squad

COSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA

OTHER SIGNIFICANT AWARDS SAM PAVANO

Synapse Sports DII All-Rookie

Season Highlights • Bentley finished the season with records of 7-11 overall and 5-7 Northeast-10.

• Senior Tori Ellis was selected first-team All-Northeast-10 and received All-America (Division second team) from Synapse Sports.

• Ellis finished her career with 11 goals, 15 assists, 37 points, six game-winners and 23 defensive saves, the most by any active Division II player.

• Fourteen team members, the third-highest total among Northeast-10 programs, were named to the National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA)

BRYAN HARDY

1st team (LB)

SAM MCDONALD

2nd team (DB)

ALL-REGION TYLER FORD

DII CCA, 1st team (P) Don Hansen FB Gazette DII, 1st team (P)

NEFW DII-III All-New England (P)

BRYAN HARDY

NEFW DII-III All-New England

ALL-NORTHEAST-10 ERIC BECKWITH

1st team (OL)

TYLER FORD

1st team (P)

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BRYAN HARDY

1st team (LB)

PETER THORBAHN

2nd team (DB), All-Rookie

NORTHEAST-10 SPORT SCHOLAR EXCELLENCE

GOLF ALL-REGION CAL MEYERS

PING Division II

BRIAN HARDY

ACADEMIC ALL-NORTHEAST-10 JACK HANSBURY

SAM McDONALD

ALL-NORTHEAST-10 CAL MEYERS

1st team

DOUG KULIKOWSKI

2nd team

BRIAN HARDY

COSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT

NORTHEAST-10 SPORT SCHOLAR EXCELLENCE

JACK HANSBURY

CAL MEYERS

SAM McDONALD

BRIAN HARDY

ACADEMIC ALL-NORTHEAST-10

Season Highlights

BRETT CHATFIELD

• The Falcons finished with a 5-4 conference record and posted a 5-6 overall record for the third-straight season.

DOUG KULIKOWSKI

• Senior punter Tyler Ford earned All-America honors from the Division II Conference Commissioners Association (first team) and Don Hansen’s Football Gazette (second team) after a record-setting year in which he finished second nationally in Division II (45.3 average).

COSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT

• Bentley had two seniors selected as CoSIDA Academic All-Americans, with linebacker Bryan Hardy a firstteam honoree and defensive back Sam McDonald a second-teamer.

• Hardy received the Northeast-10 Sport Excellence Award for football as the conference’s premier student-athlete in the sport. He finished his career with 332 tackles, the most in Bentley varsity history.

• Sam McDonald finished with 17 career interceptions, a total that ranks second in program history (one shy of the school record); it was third-highest among active Division II players.

CAL MEYERS

JOHN PERKINS

CAL MEYERS

SIRXON/CLEVELAND GOLD ALL-AMERICA SCHOLAR CAL MEYERS

OTHER ACADEMIC AWARDS TEAM

GCAA All-Academic

Season Highlights • Coach Mickey Herron’s team was selected to participate in the NCAA Division II East/Atlantic Super Regional for the seventh-straight year.

• The Falcons finished fourth in the Northeast-10 Championships and third in the New England Intercollegiate Golf Association (NEIGA) Division II Championships. They also won two tournaments: Southern New Hampshire’s Quechee Classic and their own Newport Classic.

• Bentley finished 12th among 20 teams in the NCAA Division II East/Atlantic Regional. The finish follows back-to-back 13th-place showings in 2015 and 2016, and was the team’s best since placing sixth in 2014.

• Junior Cal Meyers was selected for the Division II PING All-East Region team. He also received the NE-10 Sport Excellence Award for golf, as the conference’s premier student-athlete in the sport.

• The team was selected to participate in the NCAA Division II East/Atlantic Super Regional for the seventh-straight year and the 12th time in the last 16 years.

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ICE HOCKEY COSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA MAX FRENCH 3rd team

ALL-ATLANTIC HOCKEY MAX FRENCH

1st team (F)

RYNER GOROWSKY

All-Rookie (F)

COSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT MAX FRENCH

ADDITIONAL INDIVIDUAL ACADEMIC AWARDS 20 PLAYERS

Atlantic Hockey All-Academic Team

OTHER SIGNIFICANT AWARDS KYLE SCHMIDT

Semifinalist, Walter Brown Award (selected by Gridiron Club of Greater Boston)

Season Highlights • Bentley tied for sixth place in Atlantic Hockey, finishing with records of 10-12-6 conference and 13-19-7 overall.

• The Falcons started the year with a convincing 5-1 win at New Hampshire on October 8. That was the seventh time in the last nine seasons they’ve beaten a team from Hockey East. The team followed that up with a 1-1 tie with Northeastern at the JAR on October 14.

• The Falcons made it two-for-two at Frozen Fenway, with a 3-1 victory over Army West Point on January 5.

Junior goalie Jayson Argue made 25 saves to earn the win, while freshman defenseman Brett Orr sealed it with an empty-net goal late in the third period.

• Bentley defeated Sacred Heart 3-2 in double overtime in a dramatic game three in the Atlantic Hockey first round. Freshman Ryner Gorowsky scored the winning goal 30 seconds into the second OT. The win advanced Bentley to the Atlantic Hockey quarterfinals, where they faced Air Force.

• Senior Max French finished a stellar career with 17 goals and 22 assists for 39 points. He was named first team All-Atlantic Hockey for the second-straight season, as well as being named a CoSIDA Third Team Academic All-America.

• Junior Kyle Schmidt established himself as one of the top players in the conference. He finished the year fourth in goals (18) and T-seventh in points (33).

• Ryner Gorowsky was named to the All-Rookie team; fellow freshmen Jonathan Desbiens, Brett Orr and Aidan Pelino also had strong rookie years.

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LACROSSE (MEN’S)

OTHER SIGNIFICANT AWARDS MAX ADLER

USILA/Nike DII Scholar All-American

ALL-AMERICA MAX ADLER

USILA/Nike Division II, 2nd team

ALL-REGION MAX ADLER

NEILA All-New England, 1st team

SAM HURLEY

NEILA All-England, 2nd team

ELI MORRISSEY

NEILA All-New England, 2nd team

JOHN WHEELER

NEILA All-New England, 2nd team

ALL-NORTHEAST-10 MAX ADLER

1st team (SP)

SAM HURLEY

2nd team (M)

ELI MORRISSEY

2nd team (LSM)

MATT BROOKS All-Rookie

ACADEMIC ALL-NORTHEAST-10 MAX ADLER ROBERT HAMERMAN CONNOR HOLBROOK

COSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT MAX ADLER

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Season Highlights • Bentley tied for seventh in the Northeast-10, finishing at 5-6 conference and 6-7 overall.

• Senior Max Adler was one of the most dominant face-off specialists in the nation. His many postseason awards include being named a second team U.S. Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA)/Nike All-American. He also excelled academically, and was chosen as a USILA/ Nike Scholar All-American.

• Adler also became the fourth Bentley player of all time to be drafted by a Major League Lacrosse team, when he was chosen by the Denver Outlaws 61st overall.

• Three players were bunched together as the team’s leading goal scorers. Senior John Wheeler and junior Matt Sanford tied with a team-best 24, while sophomore Sam Hurley was a tick below at 23.

• Four Falcons were named Northeast-10 All-Conference.

Adler to the first team, Hurley and Eli Morrissey to the second team, and Matt Brooks to the All-Rookie team.

• In the highly competitive NE-10, Bentley dropped three one-goal games to top-20 ranked teams. These include a 13-12 overtime heartbreaker to No. 3 Adelphi, in which they rallied from a 9-4 halftime deficit to force overtime.

• The team had conference-leading three players selected to the NE-10 All-Academic team: Adler, defenseman Connor Holbrook and goalie Robert Hamerman.

LACROSSE (WOMEN’S) ALL-NORTHEAST-10 HANNAH LINDGREN

2nd team (A)

ACADEMIC ALL-NORTHEAST-10 CIARA MORLEY

OTHER SIGNIFICANT AWARDS LAUREN OCHS

IWLCA Senior All-Star Game

HANNAH LINDGREN

IWLCA Senior All-Star Game

ADDITIONAL INDIVIDUAL ACADEMIC AWARDS 4 PLAYERS

IWLCA Academic Honor Roll

OTHER ACADEMIC AWARDS TEAM

IWLCA Academic Squad

Season Highlights • The Falcons rebounded from a 1-5 start to make the NE10 playoffs for the sixth-straight season. They finished the season 7-6 in the highly competitive NE-10.

• The team won two straight overtime games, 11-10 over Saint Anselm on March 29, and 9-8 over AIC on April 1.

Seniors Ciara Morley and Hannah Lindgren had the respective winning goals.

• Goalie Lauren Ochs capped her career by being chosen to play in the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) Senior All-Star game.

The 2016 NE-10 Goalie of the Year and a third team All-American that season, she finished her career with the second-most wins (31) in program history and the fourth-lowest goals against average (10.43), while playing the second most minutes (3,076).

• Bentley was selected as an IWLCA Academic Squad and four players qualified for the IWLCA Academic Honor Roll.

SOCCER (MEN’S) Season Highlights • Junior forward Sean Sullivan led the team in goals (4), assists (3) and points (11). Sullivan has scored a teambest 13 goals over the last two seasons.

• Sophomore Harrison Rapant was named the Northeast-10 Goalkeeper of the Week on October 3 after a stellar effort against No. 16 ranked Adelphi on September 27. He made 11 saves to help the Falcons earn a 0-0 draw.

• Head coach Gary Crompton, the 2015 Northeast-10 Coach of the Year, fielded the youngest team in his nine years at Bentley. The team included 13 newcomers, six of whom averaged more than 60 minutes per game.

• Lindgren scored her 100th career goal against Assumption on April 8. She became the 11th player in program history to reach that milestone. She was named second team All-Conference at season’s end, and finished her career with the seventh-most goals (122) and ninth-most points (164) in program history.

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SOCCER (WOMEN’S)

SOFTBALL

ALL-REGION

ALL-REGION

DEIDRE MACRORIE

NEWISA All-New England, 2nd team

KELSEY KENNEDY

HALEY STORY

NEWISA All-New England, 2nd team

ALL-NORTHEAST-10

ANA TANTUM

NEWISA All-New England, 1st team

ALYSSA VALENTE

NEWISA All-New England, 2nd team

KELSEY KENNEDY

NFCA DII, 2nd team

2nd team (OF)

COSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT KELSEY KENNEDY

ALL-NORTHEAST-10

ADDITIONAL INDIVIDUAL ACADEMIC AWARDS

STEPHANIE HELIN All-Rookie

4 PLAYERS NFCA Scholar-Athlete

RIANE HUNT All-Rookie ANA TANTUM

2nd team (F)

ACADEMIC ALL-NORTHEAST-10 ANA TANTUM

COSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT ANA TANTUM Season Highlights • The Falcons posted a 9-6-2 overall record and a 6-6-2 Northeast-10 record, recording its most wins since 2003.

They missed qualifying for the NE-10 playoffs by just two points, on the final day of the season.

• Senior Ana Tantum had a stellar season. Her 10 goals ranked fifth in the NE-10, and her 24 points were tied for fifth. She was named second team All-Conference, first team All-New England and Academic All-NE-10.

Tantum finished her career tied for second in Bentley history in goals (28) and fourth in points (67).

• Sophomore forward Alyssa Valente also had a strong season. She finished second in the NE-10 in assists (9) and eighth in points (21). She was named second team All-New England.

• The team started the season on a seven-match unbeaten streak (5-0-2). Their biggest win of the year was over American International, 2-1 in double overtime on October 26. Junior Peyton Kent scored the winning goal with 19 seconds left, against the team that finished the season in second place in the NE-10.

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Season Highlights • Bentley finished the season with a 12-24 record, including 7-17 in the Northeast-10 Conference.

• Senior outfielder Kelsey Kennedy was selected to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) AllEast second team, after posting the highest batting average (.385) by a Falcon in more than 20 years.

• Kennedy was one of seven Bentley student-athletes recognized as a Division II Scholar-Athlete by the NFCA.

SWIMMING & DIVING (MEN’S) ALL-NORTHEAST-10 JOHNNY BOAINS

2nd team (400 free relay)

AIDAN KARAM

2nd team (800 free relay)

RYAN MCGEARY

2nd team (200 free, 500 free) 2nd team (400 free relay, 800 free relay)

DANIEL SAUSTO

1st team (1650 free) 2nd team (400 ind. medley)

CHRISTOPHER VUKAS

2nd team (400 free relay)

DAVIS WILSON

2nd team (400 free relay, 800 free relay)

JAROD YOSHIHARA

2nd team (200 back, 800 free relay)

Season Highlights • After posting an 11-0 dual record, Bentley captured the Northeast-10 Conference Championship for the first time since 2010 and the second time in program history.

• The 11 wins was a single-season Bentley record, and marked the first time in program history that the men have had an unblemished dual record.

• During the conference championships, the Falcons broke 14 school records.

• Mary Kay Samko was named the Northeast-10 Men’s Swimming Coach of the Year.

• Freshman Daniel Sausto was selected as the Northeast-10 Men’s Rookie of the Year and was the NE-10 Champion in the 1650 yard freestyle.

• Bentley received Scholar All-America team recognition from the College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) following both the fall and spring semesters.

ACADEMIC ALL-NORTHEAST-10 MATT AHLMEYER

SWIMMING & DIVING (WOMEN’S)

FRANK ELENIO

OTHER SIGNIFICANT AWARDS MARY KAY SAMKO

Northeast-10 Coach of the Year

DANIEL SAUSTO

Northeast-10 Rookie of the Year

CSCAA SCHOLAR-ATHLETE (SWIM COACHES) EMILY NIEMIEC

Honorable Mention

ALL-NORTHEAST-10

OTHER ACADEMIC AWARDS

BROOKE JAMESON

1st team (800 free relay)

TEAM

KATE KADUBOSKI

1st team (800 free relay) 2nd team (200 back, 400 IM, 800 IM) 2nd team (400 medley relay)

CAROLINE LOGOZZO

2nd team (1m diving)

KAITLIN MCGAHIE

1st team (800 free relay) 2nd team (100 free, 400 medley relay)

EMILY NIEMIEC

1st team (200 IM, 400 IM, 200 breast) 1st team (800 free relay) 2nd team (400 medley relay)

ANNE WARREN

1st team (200 fly) 2nd team (400 medley relay)

CSCAA All-Academic (1st & 2nd sem.)

ACADEMIC ALL-NORTHEAST-10 KATE KADUBOSKI KAITLIN MCGAHIE ANNE WARREN

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OTHER SIGNIFICANT AWARDS EMILY NIEMIEC

Women’s Swimmer of the Meet, NE-10 Championships

OTHER ACADEMIC AWARDS TEAM

CSCAA All-Academic (1st & 2nd sem.)

Season Highlights • Following a dual season in which the Falcons won 11 of 12 meets, Bentley finished third in the Northeast-10 Conference Championships.

• During the championships, Bentley amassed five gold medals, six silvers, six bronze and seven school records.

• Junior Emily Niemiec was named the Northeast-10 Women’s Swimmer of the Meet, following an outstanding performance that included NE-10 Championships in the 200 individual medley, the 400 IM, the 200 breaststroke and the 800 free relay.

TENNIS (MEN’S) ALL-NORTHEAST-10 KENDALL AU

1st team (No. 6 singles), All-Rookie

MICHAEL FUCA

3rd team (No. 5 singles), 2nd team (No. 3 doubles)

BRETT GILMAN

2nd team (No. 3 doubles)

CHASE ROSA

3rd team (No. 4 singles)

ADDITIONAL INDIVIDUAL ACADEMIC AWARDS 3 PLAYERS

ITA Scholar-Athlete

OTHER ACADEMIC AWARDS TEAM

ITA All-Academic Team

Season Highlights

• Niemiec was also recognized as an honorable mention Scholar All-America by the College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA).

• Bentley, which finished 12-9 overall and 5-4 NE-10, advanced to the Northeast-10 Semifinals for a ninth– straight season with a 5-1 victory over Le Moyne in the first round.

• Bentley received Scholar All-America team recognition from the CSCAA, following both the fall and spring semesters.

• Sophomore Michael Fuca led the squad in overall singles wins (13). He was a two-time All-Conference selection (3rd team, No. 5 singles and 2nd team, No. 3 doubles).

• Three other Falcons earned All-Conference honors: senior Chase Rosa (3rd team, No. 4 singles), sophomore Brett Gilman (2nd team, No. 3 doubles) and freshman Kendall Au (1st team, No. 6 singles and All-Rookie).

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TENNIS (WOMEN’S) ALL-NORTHEAST-10

TRACK & FIELD (MEN’S)

KATIE BRANDOW

3rd team (No. 6 singles)

ALL-AMERICA

SUSAN STOWE

3rd team (No. 5 singles)

KATIE TYNAN All-Rookie

HOLT SIHVONEN

ACADEMIC ALL-NORTHEAST-10

COSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA

SUSAN STOWE

ERIK ALATALO

3rd team

TIM BOLICK

3rd team

ADDITIONAL INDIVIDUAL ACADEMIC AWARDS 8 PLAYERS

ITA Scholar-Athlete

OTHER ACADEMIC AWARDS TEAM

ITA All-Academic Team

Season Highlights • Bentley (15-9 overall) set a program record for wins in a single season.

• The Falcons qualified for the Northeast-10 playoffs, with an 8-4 conference record in the regular season, and defeated Merrimack in the first round, 5-3.

• Three players were named NE-10 All-Conference: senior Susan Stowe (3rd team, No. 5 singles), junior Katie Brandow (3rd team, No. 6 singles) and freshman Katie Tynan (All-Rookie).

• Three different players earned NE-10 weekly awards during the spring. Senior Rachel Petrini and sophomore Hannah Fabianski were each named Player of the Week, and freshman Tiffany Suchanek was twice named Rookie of the Week.

USTFCCCA Division II 2nd team (javelin)

ALL-REGION ERIK ALATALO

USTFCCCA Div. II (10,000 outdoors)

TIM BOLICK

USTFCCCA Div. II (800 outdoors) All-New England (800 outdoors)

HOLT SIHVONEN

USTFCCCA Div. II (javelin) All-New England (javelin)

ALL-NORTHEAST-10 TIM BOLICK

3rd team (800 indoors)

JOSH GETTINGS

2nd team (400 hurdles outdoors)

COSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT ERIK ALATALO TIM BOLICK NIK HAAS

ACADEMIC ALL-NORTHEAST-10 ERIK ALATALO

Indoors, Outdoors

TIM BOLICK

Indoors, Outdoors

USTFCCCA ALL-ACADEMIC HOLT SIHVONEN

OTHER ACADEMIC AWARDS TEAM (INDOORS) Northeast-10 TEAM (OUTDOORS) Northeast-10 TEAM (COMBINED) USTFCCCA

OTHER SIGNIFICANT AWARDS HOLT SIHVONEN

Northeast-10 Field Athlete of the Year (outdoors)

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Season Highlights

COSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT

• Junior Holt Sihvonen finished ninth in the javelin at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships to earn second-team All-America honors.

STEPH MATTSON

• Sihvonen, who broke his own school record in the javelin, was selected as the Northeast-10 Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year.

• Seniors Tim Bolick and Erik Alatalo were selected for Division II Academic All-America third-team accolades by the College Sports Information Directors of America. They were also USTFCCCA All-Region honorees.

• For the eighth-straight year, both the Bentley University men's indoor and outdoor track and field teams have earned Team Academic Excellence Awards from the Northeast-10 Conference. Both have received the recognition every year since the award was created in 2010.

TRACK & FIELD (WOMEN’S) ALL-REGION STEPH MATTSON

USTFCCCA DII (long jump indoors)

STEPH MATTSON

USFTCCCA DII (400, long jump outdoors) All-New England (long jump indoors) All-New England (400, long jump outdoors)

ALL-NORTHEAST-10 STEPH MATTSON

3rd team (500 meters indoors)

JULIA MORENA

3rd team (5,000 meters indoors)

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ACADEMIC ALL-NORTHEAST-10 STEPH MATTSON

Indoors, Outdoors

JULIE MORENA Indoors

USTFCCCA ALL-ACADEMIC STEPH MATTSON

OTHER ACADEMIC AWARDS TEAM USTFCCCA Season Highlights • Sophomore Steph Mattson broke the school records in five indoor and three outdoor events. The indoor records came in the 300, 400, 500, long jump and triple jump; outdoor marks were achieved in the 400, long jump and triple jump.

• Mattson was also a three-time All-New England and three-time USTFCCCA All-East honoree.

• During the Northeast-10 Championships, freshman Dom Balzora-Rivert posted the fifth-best indoor triple jump distance (35’2”) in program history. Outdoors, she turned in the fifth-best 100-meter time (12.99).

• Senior Julia Morena climbed to fourth on Bentley’s outdoor 10,000 list, with a time of 17:49.76 during the NE-10 Championships.

• Also at the outdoor NE-10s, Balzora-Rivert and Mattson combined with Monica Levy and Chantel Lewis for Bentley’s second-best time in the 4x100–meter relay: 49.88 seconds.

VOLLEYBALL ALL-NORTHEAST-10 RACHEL BRUNO All-Rookie DANI MILNER All-Rookie Season Highlights • Bentley, 11-18 overall, finished in a tie for sixth place in the Northeast-10, turning in an 8-6 record in conference play.

• Bentley qualified for the Northeast-10 Championship tournament for the 34th time in 36 years.

• Dani Milner and Rachel Bruno were selected for the NE-10’s All-Rookie Team.

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ACADEMIC SUCCESS OF STUDENT-ATHLETES

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t was another impressive year for Bentley studentathletes in the classroom, as each of the university’s athletic teams amassed a grade point average over 3.0 for the second-straight academic year.

Being selected as an Academic All-America by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) is one of the highest honors in college athletics. For the second consecutive year, Bentley had five student-athletes earn this prestigious recognition.

Football linebacker Bryan Hardy gained first-team Academic All-America accolades, while teammate Sam McDonald was voted to the AAA football second team.

Third-team honors went to Erik Alatalo (men’s track and cross country), Tim Bolick (men’s track and cross country) and hockey standout Max French (men’s at-large). French was the first student-athlete in hockey to be honored as an Academic All-America in program history.

These five student-athletes boosted Bentley’s alltime count to 77, the 11th highest among all Division II programs. They joined seven other Falcons chosen as CoSIDA Academic All-District honorees: Max Adler (men’s lacrosse), Nik Haas (men’s track/cross country), Jack Hansbury (football), Kelsey Kennedy (softball), Steph Mattson (women’s track), Cal Meyers (golf) and Ana Tantum (women’s soccer).

Since 2010, Bentley student-athletes have earned a total of 34 Academic All-America awards.

Hardy and Meyers received Sport Excellence awards from the Northeast-10, as the premier student-athletes in the conference in their respective sports.

During the course of the year, Bentley student-athletes amassed 29 Academic All-Northeast-10 awards — a total that ranked second among all NE-10 institutions.

Several other numbers demonstrate the excellence of Bentley student-athletes: 376 were named to the Northeast-10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll following the spring semester; 368 achieved the same after the fall; 117 were recognized for Athletic Achievement awards by the Division II Athletic Directors Association (ADA); and 20 players were named to the Atlantic Hockey All-Academic Team.

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In every case, the academic bar is high. The Commissioner’s Honor Roll requires a 3.0 GPA for the semester; the Atlantic Hockey team, 3.0 for the year; and the Division II ADA Achievement Awards go to sophomores, juniors and seniors with a 3.5 or better.

The spring marked the 17th consecutive semester that Bentley had the most selections on the NE-10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll and the 16th-straight year that the percentage of Falcons recognized (75 percent in spring 2017) was in the conference’s top three.

Other individual honors are based only on academic performance. These include 14 student-athletes named to the National Field Hockey Coaches Association National Academic Squad, all seven juniors and seniors on the men’s basketball team selected for the National Association of Basketball Coaches Honors Court, eight women’s tennis players and three men’s players tabbed as Intercollegiate Tennis Association Scholar-Athletes, four softball players chosen as National Fastpitch Coaches Association Scholar-Athletes, and four women’s lacrosse players qualifying for the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association Academic Honor Roll.

Bentley was well represented on the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association All-Academic teams. Notably, in men’s cross country, the Falcons’ six honorees were tied for the most in Division II. Based on GPA and athletic performance, Bentley also had three in women’s cross country, two in men’s track and one in women’s track.

Junior swimmer Emily Niemiec was recognized as an honorable mention scholar-athlete by the College Swim Coaches Association of America, having posted a GPA over 3.5 and a “B” cut time in the pool.

Senior men’s lacrosse player Max Adler was selected as a Nike Division II Scholar All-American by the U.S. Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association.

Three Bentley football players — Hardy, McDonald and Eric Beckwith — were named to the Hampshire Honor Society by the National Football Foundation. Each was recognized for being a starter or important reserve in his final year of eligibility and achieving a 3.2 GPA for his career.

The men’s indoor and outdoor track teams both received Team Academic Excellence Awards from the Northeast-10, presented in each conference sport to players with the highest team GPA. Remarkably, this is the eighth-straight year that both Falcon teams have garnered the honor.

A number of other teams received Team Academic Excellence or All-Academic awards from their respective coaches associations. They were baseball, men’s basketball, men’s cross country, women’s cross country, golf, women’s

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WHY IT MATTERS: Academic data may assist decisions regarding the services necessary for student-athlete academic success (e.g., personal budget, technology, facilities).

The data in this section provides specific information related to academic characteristics of incoming prospective student-athletes, information regarding progress-toward-degree of current student-athletes, and graduation outcomes for former student-athletes, through a review of academic trends by sport, gender and ethnicity in order for institutions to provide appropriate support for their student-athletes.

lacrosse, men’s swimming, women’s swimming, men’s tennis, women’s tennis, men’s track and women’s track.

Bentley received a Presidents’ Award for Academic Excellence from the NCAA for the sixth-straight year, after achieving an academic success rate (ASR) of 98 percent; this total ranked second nationally in Division II and first among DII institutions with football. The ASR is the percentage of student-athletes who graduate within six years of initial college enrollment.

SINGLE YEAR RENTENTION RATE 1000

Bentley All Division II Northeast-10

975 950 925 900 875

2011

2012

2013

2015

993

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2015

2016

2016 Percentile Rank

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All Division II

DATA SOURCE: NCAA GRADUATION RATES REPORTING SYSTEM

SINGLE YEAR ACADEMIC SUCCESS RATE 100.0

#12 OF THE TOP 20 MOST ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICAS DIV II HISTORY

Bentley All Division II Northeast-10

90.0

80.0

70.0 2011

2012

2015

Highest Team GPA FALL: Men’s Cross Country, Women’s Lacrosse, Women’s Soccer

2014 2016

97.2

98.5 Percentile Rank in Division II

2013

2015

2016

2016 Percentile Rank

96

All Division II

98% 94% 96% 97% 97% 96% 2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

Data in graphs as of August 1, 2017

SPRING: Men’s Cross Country, Women’s Lacrosse, Women’s Swimming & Diving

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STUDENT-ATHLETE DEVELOPMENT STUDENT-ATHLETE ADVISORY COMMITTEE (SAAC) This group is made up of student-athletes assembled to provide insight on the student-athlete experience. The SAAC also offers input on rules, regulations and policies that affect student-athletes’ lives on NCAA member institution campuses.

Presently, there are separate national SAACs for NCAA Divisions I, II and III. NCAA legislation mandates that all member institutions have SAACs on their respective campuses. The legislation also requires all member conferences to have SAACs. The information that follows highlights how the network of SAACs, from individual campus committees to the conference and/or national committees, interact and support one another to shape intercollegiate athletics policy and enhance the student-athlete experience.

CENTER FOR WOMEN AND BUSINESS (CWB) Attended the National Conversations on Board Diversity, sponsored by the organization 2020 Women on Boards.

Held an event for Bentley female student-athletes in partnership with the CWB, to create awareness of women in the business world.

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MAKE-A-WISH FUNDRAISING SAAC members sell T-shirts at fall and spring Open House events for prospective Bentley students; 100 percent of the proceeds go directly to Make-A-Wish.

The alliance with Make-A-Wish began in 2003, when Division II SAAC member and Bentley volleyball player Nicole (DeBlois) Semeraro helped create a vision to align community efforts across all schools in the division.

JUNIOR FALCON DAY SAAC hosts Junior Falcon Day in the fall and spring.

Letters of invitation go out to all elementary schools in Waltham. Kids in grades K to 5 come to campus and participate in different sporting activities with Bentley athletes. This is one of SAAC’s most popular events every year, with great feedback from the community.

CRADLES TO CRAYONS Founded in 2002, the organization provides children up to age 12 with some of life’s most important basics — free of charge. These include clothing, school supplies, toys and much more. In other words: all the physical goods that children need to be safe, protected from the elements, and ready to learn. SAAC visits this facility and helps put together packages for these children in need.

DIG PINK VOLLEYBALL This tournament, organized by the Resident Hall Association (RHA), raises awareness of breast cancer and funds for the Susan G. Komen Foundation. SAAC members have participated for the past two years, helping to run the event and referee games. This past year, RHA donated a portion of the money raised to Dana-Farber, in memory of former Bentley volleyball coach Sandra Hoffman.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL n G3 Inner City Girls Basketball

n Prospect Hill Waltham n Team Impact

FOOTBALL n Bentley University Freshman Move-In Day (helped move all first-year students into their dorms) n White Ribbon Campaign

WALTHAM YOUTH HOCKEY

n Walk A Mile in Her Shoes

Waltham Youth Hockey (WYH) has teamed up with Bentley Athletics to give players the chance to enjoy a Division I hockey game. The Falcons held Waltham Youth Hockey night during one of its first games; more than 150 people involved with WYH attended. From then on, almost every home game brought out one or two WYH teams.

n Think Pink Field Hockey game (had merchandise at the game to raise money)

RELAY FOR LIFE

n University of New England Lax-4-Life Fall Tournament (raises funds for the Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital in Portland, Maine), Northeast Classic. The team drafted a 6-year-old boy who had cancer and is now in remission.

Bentley Athletics comes together each year on behalf of this initiative for the American Cancer Society. Each team creates its own fundraising page to help support the cause. Last year, student-athletes helped run activities during the event, including a knockout basketball game.

WHITE RIBBON CAMPAIGN This is the world’s largest movement of men and boys to end violence against women and girls. The campaign asks men to wear white ribbons as a pledge to never commit, condone or remain silent about violence against women or girls. Bentley Athletics joined the school’s Equity Center in promoting the day. The campaign was centered around one the year’s football games, where student-athletes helped bring attention to this great cause.

ACTIVITIES BY VARIOUS TEAMS MEN’S BASKETBALL n Boys and Girls Club visits for five weeks in the fall n Coaches vs. Cancer (coaches spread awareness by wearing sneakers)

FIELD HOCKEY

ICE HOCKEY n Jumbo Ice Hockey

n Special Olympics

MEN’S LACROSSE

n Wounded Warriors Project

WOMEN’S LACROSSE n Yards for Yeardley (supports the One Love Foundation and its goal to raise awareness of relationship violence)

MEN’S SOCCER n Bentley University International Student Move-in Day (helped move all international students into their dorms)

WOMEN’S SOCCER n Think Pink Soccer game (raised money for breast cancer)

MEN’S AND WOMEN’S SWIMMING n Special Olympics Coaching

n Breast Cancer Walk

VOLLEYBALL n Dig Lavender Volleyball game, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Fundraiser n Bentley University Freshman Move-in Day (helped move first-year students into their dorms)

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CLUB SPORTS Student Programs and Engagement (SP&E) supports club sports at Bentley through team and captain advising, coaching staff supervision, budget allocation through Allocation and Internal Audit, management of administrative functions (travel processes, liability waivers, injury prevention and response), and approval of new club teams.

The dozen club teams at Bentley have a combined membership of 384 students. Under the supervision of the associate director of SP&E, a staff of 18 part-time head and assistant coaches supports individual and team skill development, administrative and risk management, and overall program success.

TEAM HIGHLIGHTS Men’s ice hockey and men’s volleyball completed their first full year as recognized club sports at Bentley.

This spring, the former was voted into the Northeast Collegiate Hockey Association’s (NECHA) American South Conference.

Club teams showed strong performance at the local, regional and national levels. Specifically, men’s volleyball placed second in the region and competed at nationals in Kansas City, Mo. Dance and cheer teams again competed at the NCA/NDA Championship in Daytona Beach, Fla., and both the men’s and women’s rugby teams finished strong seasons competing at nationals.

INJURY PROTOCOL UPDATES Work was undertaken in fall 2016 to improve injury and risk management policies and protocols. SP&E staff conducted benchmarking, met with Health and Wellness staff and the university’s risk management and legal team, and assessed injury trends within the club sports community. The work created new policies for injury prevention, response/notification and return to play; all align with best practice and institutional needs. The update to policies: n Establishes written injury and emergency notification protocols and a formal return-to-play process; n Provides streamlined communication to injured students, which includes information about treatment resources on and off campus;

n Standardizes and expands education, training and awareness requirements and resources for coaches; n Reinforces SP&E expectations for coaches, team captains and team members relative to injuries sustained during club sport activities.

NEW COACHES The SP&E team welcomed these new coaches to club sports: n Andrea Fanikos, Head Coach, Dance n Jessica Glauser, Assistant Coach, Women’s Rugby n Kristine Mickelson, Temporary Head Coach, Men’s Volleyball n Matthew Preston, Head Coach, Men’s Ice Hockey

TEAM MEMBERS Cheerleading 11 Dance

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Equestrian 16 Men’s Ice Hockey

28

Men’s Rugby

42

Men’s Ultimate

86

Men’s Volleyball

32

Sailing 40 Triathlon 34 Women’s Golf

4

Women’s Rugby

23

Women’s Ultimate

36

TOTAL 384

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INTRAMURALS During the 2016-2017 academic year, 1,773 students participated in at least one of the intramural activities that Bentley offers (flag football, men’s soccer, coed soccer, ultimate Frisbee, coed volleyball, men’s basketball, women’s basketball, coed dodgeball and coed softball).

Here’s a look at teams, players and games for the year, with men’s basketball and coed soccer leading the way.

The intramural program employs 42 students who have various jobs such as referee, scorekeeper and supervisor.

NO. OF SPORT TEAMS

NO. OF PLAYERS

REGULAR SEASON GAMES

PLAYOFF GAMES

Flag Football

40 430 140 15

Men's Soccer

36 356 90 15

Coed Soccer

43 473 106 15

Ultimate Frisbee 10 120 29 7 Coed Volleyball

34 304 105 15

Men's A League Basketball

12 106 39 11

Men's B League Basketball

74 701 222 31

Women's Basketball 6

50

18

5

Coed Dodgeball

28 305 68 15

Coed Softball

34 382 33 0

TOTAL

317 3,227 850 129

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FUNDRAISING The Bentley University Alumni Association warmly welcomes its nearly 65,000 graduates to participate in a range of fun and educational events and to take advantage of a variety of great benefits, including career services, special discounts and more. Membership is free and open to all alumni.

GIVING TO ATHLETICS

Started in 1955, the association has a rapidly growing network of regional chapters and affinity groups and hosts an array of events across the country and internationally every year. Join us at regional sporting events, including baseball games, soccer games, tennis matches and more. The Alumni Association also partners regularly with Bentley Athletics to offer alumni events such as Homecoming Weekend, alumni games and golf tournaments.

Varsity athletics at Bentley benefit greatly from gifts by alumni and friends. Each year, funds are raised that help student-athletes succeed in the classroom and on the field. In fiscal year 2017 (July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017), hundreds of Falcons stepped up to offer such support.

GIFTS TO FALCON ATHLETICS IN FY 2017 Figures are percentages Falcon Club Men’s Basketball Fund

3.20 Falcon Club Football Fund

Falcon Club Men’s Soccer Fund Falcon Club Men’s Cross Country & Track Fund

3.40

3.49

Falcon Club Women’s Basketball Fund

6.06

27.56

6.16

General Falcon Athletics

All Other Falcon Athletic Designations

6.41

7.57 18.41

Falcon Club Baseball Fund

Falcon Club Golf Fund

8.66 9.08

Falcon Club Men’s Lacrosse Fund

Falcon Club Ice Hockey Fund

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To view alumni benefits, events in regions across the country, and news from campus, visit bentley.edu/alumni/ events.

ALUMNI ATHLETIC EVENTS

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BASEBALL n Frozen Fenway gathering

GOLF n Hockey game gathering

n Weekend gathering on Cape Cod

n Golf tournament

ICE HOCKEY

BASKETBALL (MEN)

n Alumni golf tournament, 120 golfers

n Alumni Day n Alumni game n Bi-annual newsletter

n Sponsor of the Sean Busbee Williams Memorial Golf Tournament

n Alumni hockey game, 50 players

n One away-game reception, pre-game reception and game tickets n Hockey game reception

n Alumni dinner/reception

BASKETBALL (WOMEN)

LACROSSE (MEN)

n Alumni Day: alumni game and luncheon

n Alumni game during Fall Open House in September

CROSS COUNTRY AND TRACK & FIELD (MEN AND WOMEN):

n Frozen Fenway gathering

n Alumni golf tournament

n Alumni game

n Frozen Fenway gathering

LACROSSE (WOMEN)

FIELD HOCKEY

n Tailgate gatherings after all home and away games

n Alumni games in the fall and spring

SOCCER (MEN)

FOOTBALL

n Alumni game

n June golf tournament n Alumni Reception Pregame (of one game each season) n Quarterly email updates

n Outreach to supporters through handwritten thank you letters

SOCCER (WOMEN)

n Alumni receptions prior to one spring practice and one preseason practice

SWIMMING (MEN & WOMEN)

n Alumni game during Senior Day

n Alumni tailgate following meet with Brandeis n Alumni swim practices during weekdays throughout the year

TENNIS (MEN & WOMEN) n Alumni gatherings at matches in fall and spring n Frozen Fenway gathering

VOLLEYBALL n Alumni game during Homecoming n Frozen Fenway gathering  

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