NEW YORK ? A year-long celebration of the Silver Anniversary of the Columbia-Barnard Athletic Consortium concluded today with a gala luncheon in Low Memorial Library on the Columbia campus, that paid tribute to the administrators, coaches and student-athletes who have brought distinction to Columbia Athletics.
Columbia's Director of Intercollegiate Athletics and Physical Education, Dr. M. Dianne Murphy served as the Master of Ceremonies, and opened the event with her welcoming remarks. University President Lee C. Bollinger also welcomed the distinguished guests and honorees to Columbia's campus before the luncheon began.
The event featured a video of highlights during the past 25 years, along with the recognition of the 25 Most Influential Athletic Alumnae and an Honor Roll of the top female student-athletes of the last quarter century. Presenters included Marjorie Greenberg Tversky, Athletics Director Emerita of Barnard College, Merry Ormsby, a former Associate Athletics Director at Columbia University, Patricia E. Grieve, Columbia's Faculty Athletics Representative, and Cheryl Milstein, a Barnard College trustee.
The keynote speaker was Dr. Christine H.B. Grant, the Women's Athletics Director Emerita at the University of Iowa. Dr. Grant, who spoke about the power of athletics in the women's movement, served for 27 years as the Directory of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women at the University of Iowa, and is considered one of the foremost national experts on gender equity in sport.
Also honored at the luncheon was Dr. Donna A. Lopiano, who was given the inaugural Columbia Athletics Distinguished Leadership Award. Dr. Lopiano, who is the President and founder of Sports Management Resources, has been nationally and internationally recognized for her leadership advocating gender equity in sports. The former Chief Executive Office of the Women's Sports Foundation, she was named one of "The 10 Most Powerful Women in Sports" by Fox Sports, and listed as one of "The 100 Most Influential People in Sports," by The Sporting News.
The focus of the event, however, was the former Columbia and Barnard athletes who were being honored, and are listed below. For more information on the honorees, visit www.gocolumbialions.com/silver, where profiles and bio information are available. And for a photo gallery of selected images from today's celebration, click here.
COLUMBIA WOMEN'S ATHLETICS SILVER ANNIVERSARY 25 MOST INFLUENTIAL
Elizabeth “Tosh” Forde Adams '99CC, Soccer
Tracy Pierce Bender '92CC, Volleyball
Caitlin “Katy” Bilodeau '87CC, Fencing
Ellen Bossert '86CC, Basketball
Ari Brose '84BC, Track & Field
Joan Campion '92CC, Soccer
Lisa Landau Carnoy '89CC, Track & Field
Pia Clemente '93BC, Tennis
Alexandra Wallace Creed '88CC, Tennis
Jennifer Drake '97CC, Swimming & Diving
Leslie Gittess '88CC, Tennis
Kathryn Hudacek '94CC, Rowing
Janette Kizer-Antiles '92BC, Tennis
Ula Lysniak '87BC '91TC, Basketball
Donna Herlinsky MacPhee '89CC, Tennis
Juliet Macur '92BC, Rowing
Devon Martin '90CC, Cross Country/Track & Field
Adebola “Bola” Bamiduro Osakwe '01BC, Lacrosse
Rachel Pauley '95BC '96SIPA, Field Hockey
Lisa Piazza '85BC, Fencing
Philippa Portnoy '86BC, Tennis
Ilaria Rebay '87CC, Track & Field
Cristina Teuscher '00CC, Swimming & Diving
Sheena Wright '90CC, Track & Field
Helen Doyle Yeager '85BC, Basketball
COLUMBIA WOMEN'S ATHLETICS SILVER ANNIVERSARY HONOR ROLL
Elizabeth “Tosh” Forde Adams '99CC, Soccer
Jacqueline Adelfio '06SEAS, Softball
Caroline Bierbaum '06CC, Cross Country/Track & Field
Caitlin “Katy” Bilodeau '87CC, Fencing
Stacy Borgman '98BC, Rowing
Ellen Bossert '86CC, Basketball
Nicole “Nikki” Campbell '02CC, Field Hockey
Delilah DiCrescenzo '05CC, Cross Country/Track & Field
Lucy Eccleston '03BC, Swimming & Diving
Teresa Herrmann '05CC, Swimming & Diving
Caitlin Hickin '04CC, Cross Country/Track & Field
Emily Jacobson '08CC, Fencing
Janette Kizer-Antiles '92BC, Tennis
Milena Kachar '07CC, Tennis
Kathy Lavold '03BC, Volleyball
Kate Lombard '07CC, Lacrosse
Ula Lysniak '87BC '91TC, Basketball
Marisa Marconi '05CC, Softball
Devon Martin '90CC, Cross Country/Track & Field
Stephanie Miller '07CC, Archery
Shannon Munoz '07CC, Soccer
Elizabeth “Libby” Peters '06CC, Rowing
Katie Beauregard Sheehy '03CC, Volleyball
Cristina Teuscher '00CC, Swimming & Diving
Whitney Windmiller '07CC, Golf
