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Archive of Alumni in the News

 Josh Studnitzer '14 Takes Job with Baltimore Orioles Minor League Affiliate

6/15/14 - Studnitzer '14 is working with the Orioles Player Developlement Office as a Minor League Video Operations intern.

 

Jason Polykoff '06 Named Head Men's Basketball Coach at Earlham
4/25/14 - Jason Polykoff '06 named head coach at NCAA Division III Earlham (Ind.)

 

Colburn '59 to receive honor from Delaware sportswriters
3/31/11 - Bob Colburn '59 is in his 50th season as head baseball coach at St. Andrew's school in Delaware.

News Image Joe Schwartz 3K early registration deadline is March 25

3/17/11 - Register by Friday, Mar. 25 for the Fourth Annual Haverford College Joe Schwartz ’83 Memorial 3K Run/Walk and receive a free commemorative t-shirt.  

News Image Fourth Annual Joe Schwartz ’83 Memorial 3K Run/Walk set for April 10

1/31/11 - The Joe Schwartz ’83 Memorial 3K Run/Walk has attracted 363 participants and raised roughly $11,500 in proceeds over its short duration.  

News Image For the Love of the Game

Former All-American lacrosse player Richard J. Schwab ’79 is the founder of a girls’ lacrosse league that has grown to more than 250 players on 18 teams. 

News Image Josh Byrnes ’92 lands with Padres as Senior Vice President

12/6/10 - Baseball alumnus Josh Byrnes ’92 was named Senior Vice President, Baseball Operations for the San Diego Padres last Friday. 

News Image Andrew Lanham '10 Wins Rhodes Scholarship

The former captain of the Men's Cross Country team is Haverford's 20th Rhodes recipient. 

News Image Swift ’68 to receive ITA Achievement Award

9/9/10 - Robert Swift '68 will be honored Friday, Sept. 10. 

News Image Women's track & field grad to run at USA nationals

6/21/10 – Haverford grad Annick Lamar '08 never stopped running after her collegiate career with the Fords ended, and now the four-time All-American will be running at the 2010 United States national championship meet. 

News Image Schwartz 3K runners, walkers ignore inclement weather

4/25/10 – Despite predicted rains and an already mushy course, the 2010 Joe Schwartz 3K proved to be the most successful event of its young history. 

Thad Levine '94 named among Baseball America's Top-10 GM's of the Future

3/30/10 - Thad Levine '94 was rated No. 7 on Baseball America's list of the Top 10 General Managers of the Future.

News Image Mason named Mideast region assistant coach of the year

3/10/10 - Doug Mason helped coach the Fords to their fifth-straight Centennial Conference indoor championship last month. 

News Image Remembering Greg Kannerstein '63

Hundreds of Haverfordians – including presidents, professors, coaches, alumni, current students, and friends of the college – gathered in the Calvin Gooding ‘84 Arena Saturday, Dec. 5, to remember Greg Kannerstein. 

News Image Greg Kannerstein 1941-2009

Beloved Haverford student, teacher, coach, administrator and friend passes away at age 67. A campus Meeting for Worship will take place this coming Saturday, December 5, at 12:30 pm in Haverford's Gardner Integrated Athletic Center. 

News Image 2009 Haverford College Baseball Golf Classic

6/10/09 - Forty-five alumni, parents, coaches, family and friends participated in the golf outing, which looks to become an annual event. 

2009 Joe Schwartz ’83 Memorial 3K Run/Walk recap

This year's race had 79 participants and raised over $3,250 for the ALS Association.

Joe Schwartz ’83 Memorial 3K Run/Walk Results

Results from Sunday's race

News Image Joe Schwartz ’83 Memorial 3K Run/Walk to take place on April 26

The second annual Haverford College Joe Schwartz 3K Memorial Run/Walk will take place on Sunday, April 26 at 12:30 p.m. on Featherbed Field. This race is for all members of the Haverford College community. 

News Image Jamal Elliott '96 to receive Forman Award

The former guard for the Fords' men's basketball team will receive the award on Saturday, January 24 prior to the men's basketball game. 

News Image Baseball alum heads up new MLB network

Former captain and Ford catcher Tony Petitti is now the CEO of the Major League Baseball Network which launched on New Years Day 2009. 

News Image Bollinger Receives Forman Award

10/4/08 -- Dr. Robert Bollinger '79 was awarded the Lawrence Forman '60 Award in a ceremony following the men's lacrosse alumni game on Saturday. 

News Image Inductees for 2008 Hall of Achievement Announced

9/15/08 -- The Haverford College Athletic Department has announced the list of this year's inductees for entrance into the Thomas Glasser '82 Hall of Achievement

News Image Men's Lacrosse Sends Two to Euro Championships

8/11/08 - The Haverford men's lacrosse program will have one current and one former player playing in the 2008 European Championship.

News Image Josh Byrnes '92 Featured in Washington Post

7/8/08 - The general manager of the first-place Arizona Diamondbacks was featured in Tuesday's Washington Post. 

Joe Schwartz '83 Memorial 3K Run/Walk to Take Place on Alumni Weekend

The Joe Schwartz '83 Memorial 3K Run/Walk which took place in April will run again on Alumni weekend.

Petitti '83 Named President and CEO of MLB Network

4/25/08 - Baseball alum, Tony Petitti '83 was named President and Chief Executive Officer of the MLB Network, which is scheduled to launch in January 2009.

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Emma Lo '08 Featured in Global Pulse

Emma's fine arts senior thesis is highlighted in the American Medical Student Association's International Health Journal.

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Joe Schwartz '83 3K Run/Walk Result  s

4/25/08 - The First Annual Joe Schwartz '83 3K Run/Walk was a success.

News Image Tony Petitti '83 On His New Job: Running the MLB Network

From Far Rockaway, to homeplate at H  averford, to running Major League Baseball's new TV network -- meet Tony Petitti.

News Image Polykoff ‘06 Returns to Alma Mater to  Coach in Friends Schools League Championship

2/14/08 - Fomer Basketball Player Jason Polykoff to Coach in Friends Schools League Championship Game. 

Bob Colburn '59 Inducted into National High School Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame

Colburn, who enters his 47th season as head coach at St. Andrews (Del.), has made many contributions to high school baseball in Delaware and nationally.

News Image Thompson Hired by New York Mets

Former Haverford catcher Jim Thompson ’04 has been hired by the New York Mets as a minor league scout.

News Image Pair of Haverford Hoops Men Offer Diversity Basketball Camp

7/13/08 - Former player Mike Fratangelo and senior Greg Rosnick are in year two with their offering of diversity training at their basketball camp at Haverford College.

Fords and the Business End of Baseball

An MSNBC editorial about the roles of money, scouting and player development in this year's playoffs cites Josh Byrnes '92 (GM for the Arizona Diamondbacks) and Ron Shapiro '64 (former agent for Cal Ripken Jr.).

10/1/2006 - Joe Taylor '63 Elected to National Hall of Fame

Haverford can't pretend that election to the National Academic All- America Hall of Fame, which just happened to Princeton Professor and Dean of Faculty Joe Taylor '63, is the biggest honor he's won. There's the small matter of a few other prizes, such as the Nobel Prize in Astrophysics, the MacArthur Genius Award, the Wolf Prize for scientific work at the all-planet level and many more.