Financial Solutions for College Athletic Budgets

Michael Cross, Executive Associate Director of Athletics at Princeton University, writes a blog entitled "Ultimate Sports Insider," which is dedicated to news, observations and commentary about college athletics with a focus on the relationship of athletics to higher education as a business and educational enterprise. The goal of UltimateSportsInsider.com is to be the most thoughtful, content driven and thought provoking forum available for discussing the real issues in college sports and the NCAA.

Back in January, Cross wrote a two-part feature on Financial Solutions for College Athletic Budgets. Part One dealt with institutional ideas, while Part Two dealt with conference and national ideas.

Some of these suggestions were on the table during the Annual Meeting of the Centennial Conference at McDaniel College in May. You can see that escalating athletic budgets are being questioned not only in Division III, but Divisions I and II as well.

Welcome to the Class of 2011

Here is a list of some of the newest students to the Centennial Conference - the Class of 2011. Please feel free to add to the list if you see names that have been omitted.

Baseball
Dickinson - Drew Swomley, Gettysburg HS (Pa.)
Gettysburg - Matt Karis, Noble and Greenough (Mass.)
Johns Hopkins - Kyle Halleran, Christian Brothers Academy (N.Y.)
Muhlenberg - Bob Spindler, Hasbrouck Heights HS (N.J.)
Swarthmore - Andy Allen, St. Dominic HS (Maine)

Men's Basketball
Washington - Jay Winborne, Crystal River HS (Fla.)

Women's Basketball
Gettysburg - Caitlin Moser, Wyomissing HS (Pa.)

Cross Country / Track and Field
Swarthmore - Chelsea Brett, Trinity HS (Pa.); Peter Caracciolo, Bozeman HS (Mont.)

Field Hockey
Dickinson - Lizzie Boorse, Southern Lehigh HS (Pa.); Laura Romano, McMahon HS (Conn.)

Football
Dickinson - Ryan Petrun, Vero Beach HS (Fla.); Tim Smith, South Western HS (Pa.)

Franklin & Marshall - Lewie Briggs, Easton HS (Pa.)

Gettysburg - Greg Coutu, Chaminade HS (N.Y.); Charles Curcio, St. Joseph's HS (N.J.); Chris Dicerbo, Kellenberg HS (N.Y.); Bryan DiSabato, Lawrence HS (N.Y.); Bill Giannone, Nazareth HS (Pa.); Mike Shoolbraid, Central Bucks East HS (Pa.); Sebastian Sullivan, Bishop McDevitt HS (Pa.)

Johns Hopkins - Tim Dotzler, St. Anthony's HS (N.Y.); Max Islinger, Central Bucks East HS (Pa.); Anthony Mazzola, St. Anthony's HS (N.Y.)

Juniata - Ryan Gonder, Millersburg HS (Pa.)

McDaniel - Nick Chrissides, Glenn HS (N.Y.); Mike Ford, Haverford Township HS (Pa.); Skyler Fultz, Upper Dauphin HS (Pa.)

Moravian - Justin Bernhard, Boyertown HS (Pa.); Phil Bortz, Parkland HS (Pa.); Joseph DeBerardinis, Pius X HS (Pa.); John Larkin, Ridgefield (N.J.); Scott Schaeffer, Boyertown HS (Pa.); Shawn Sylvanius, Nazareth HS (Pa.); Chris Symons, Muhlenberg HS (Pa.); Ryan Ulk, Muhlenberg HS (Pa.)

Muhlenberg - Mark Accomondo, Chaminade HS (N.Y.); John Allen, Chaminade HS (N.Y.); Jason LoPipero, Kings Park HS (N.Y.); Steve Nork, Freedom HS (Pa.); Harrison Rowner, West Hempstead HS (N.Y.); Bill Sholly, Souderton HS (Pa.); Corry Whitehead, Lehighton HS (Pa.)

Ursinus - Brandon Kamin, Haverford Township HS (Pa.); Nick Lackman, Hatboro-Horsham HS (Pa.); Matt McHugh, Garnet Valley HS (Pa.); Tony Santino, Holy Cross HS (N.J.); Drew Seidenberg, Abington HS (Pa.); Tony Stefanoni, Holy Cross HS (N.J.)

Men's Golf
Dickinson - Ryan Sellinger, Pingry School (N.J.)

Men's Lacrosse
Dickinson - Andrew Blomquist, Gilman School (Md.); Brian Stepanek, Western Reserve Academy (Ohio); Jeff Hartman, Collegiate School (Va.); Kiefer Wiedmaier, Morristown Beard HS (N.J.); Nick Weaver, Millbrook School (N.Y.); Alexander Yedibalian, Madison (N.J.); Aaron Gittleman, Avon Old Farms School (Conn.); John Haire, Darien HS (Conn.)

Franklin & Marshall - Philip Dimin, Fieldston School (N.Y.); Scott Hahn, Loyola Blakefield School (Md.); Ryan Hutchins, Calverton School (Md.); Jake Litke, Tabor Academy (Mass.); Bobby Pekora, Bellmore JFK HS (N.Y.); Jay Ridinger, Manheim Township HS (Pa.); Jeff Ritter, Watchung Regional HS (N.J.); Rob Ritter, Watchung Regional HS (N.J.); Mike Stahl, La Salle HS (Pa.); Andrew Steiner, Horace Greeley HS (N.Y.)

Gettysburg - Tom Barnett, Brunswick School (Conn.); Chris Cahill, Montgomery Bell Academy (Tenn.); Sam Chambers, Gilman School (Md.); Alex Cole, Moses Brown School (R.I.); Andrew Coskey, Kinkaid HS (Texas); John Doyle, Georgetown Prep (Md.); Ben Engleman, Wootton HS (Md.); Chris Fumai, St. Anthony's HS (N.Y.); Kevin Gildea, New Canaan HS (Conn.); Matt Griffo, Babylon HS (N.Y.); Byron Langford, Kinkaid HS (Texas); Craig Martin, Boys' Latin School (Md.); John Odierna, Cold Spring Harbor HS (N.Y.); Andrew Ryan, Westminster School (Conn.); Luke Santoro, Deerfield Academy (Mass.); J.C. Ward, Ward Melville HS (N.Y.); John Wilson, Ravenwood HS (Tenn.); Brad Zanoni, Pingry School (N.J.)

McDaniel - Nelson Hannahs, Fallston HS (Md.); Chris McLaughlin, Chapel Hill HS (N.C.)

Muhlenberg - Zachary Armstrong, Mountain Lakes HS (N.J.); Oliver Baron, Weston HS (Conn.); Thomas Brant, Mountain Lakes HS (N.J.); Charlie Helm, Saint Xavier HS (Ky.); Mike Horowitz, Randolph HS (N.J.); Brent Siebold, Mountain Lakes HS (N.J.)

Swarthmore - Bryan Baum, Ransom Everglades HS (Fla.); Richard Brode, Cold Spring Harbor HS (N.Y.); Pierce Coticchia, St. Ignatius HS (Ohio); Mark Czernyk, Delbarton School (N.J.); Patrick Greene, Chaminade HS (N.Y.); Joseph Spagna, Kent School (Conn.)

Ursinus - Tom Adelsberger, St. Augustine Prep (N.J.); Matt Angle, North Carroll HS (Md.); Tom Boswick, Ramapo HS (N.J.); Ernie Constantine, St. Dominic HS (N.Y.); Logan Duffie, Penncrest HS (Pa.); Graig Gallo, Winter Springs HS (Fla.); Pat Gillen, Calhoun HS (N.Y.); Reilly Hannapel, Rockhurst Jesuit HS (Mo.); Jake Hubble, Emmaus HS (Pa.); Tyler Hughes, Bayport-Blue Point HS (N.Y.); Adam Lambros, Liberty HS (Md.); Jeff Leonard, Germantown Academy (Pa.); Erich Pingel, Skaneateles HS (N.Y.); Joe Razzano, Germantown Academy (Pa.); Brian Regan, Cazenovia HS (N.Y.); Jason Smith, Ward Melville HS (N.Y.); Jack Tief, North Penn HS (Pa.); Tony Ubertaccio, Delbarton School (N.J.); Evan Yeckley, Peters Township (Pa.)

Washington - Ben Brewer, Bridgton Academy (Maine); Ned Brown, Episcopal Houston HS (Texas); Sewan D'Alessandro, Kingsway HS (N.J.); Douglas Herdegan, Archbishop Curley HS (Md.); Kevin Lemos, Episcopal Houston HS (Texas); J.J. Miller, Annapolis Area Christian HS (Md.); Alex Otto, Boys' Latin School (Md.); Josh Perlow, Boys' Latin School (Md.); Brandon Perry, Highland School (Va.); Emmert Schamburg, Boys' Latin School (Md.); Tim Sutton, Boys' Latin School (Md.); Nate Thiel, Breck School (Minn.)

Women's Lacrosse
Dickinson - Sara Braniecki, Stephen Decatur HS (Md.); Jessie Clark, Conestoga HS (Pa.); Sunnie Ko, West Springfield HS (Va.); Ali Menchel, St. Stephen's & St. Agnes School (Va.); Patsy McNeil, Desert Vista HS (Ariz.); Ariana Petersen, Manhasset HS (N.Y.); Lucy West, Holton-Arms School (Md.)

Franklin & Marshall - Laura Ruppersberger, St. Paul's School (Md.)

Gettysburg - Heidi Bitter, Sacred Heart (Conn.); Laura Block, Foxcroft HS (Va.); Austin Campbell, Roland Park School (Md.); Erin Devine, Mamaroneck HS (N.Y.); Samantha Greenspan, Rye Country Day School (N.Y.); Becky Lutz, Daniel Hand (Conn.); Katie Morrison, Woodson HS (Va.); Beth Mounsey, Western Albemarle HS (Va.); Alexie Sickles, Pomfret School (Conn.); Mary Spicer, Sacred Heart (N.Y.)

McDaniel - Erin McDonnell, Maryvale Prep (Md.); Lauren Vilkas, James M. Bennett HS (Md.)

Muhlenberg - Rae Goldstein, Shipley School (Pa.); Brianna Manko, Franklin HS (Md.); Diana Ortiz, Comsewogue HS (N.Y.); Danielle Rosen, Kinnelon HS (N.J.)

Swarthmore - Emily Evans, North Springs HS (Ga.); Samantha Griggs, Brick Memorial HS (N.J.); Alison Kelly, St. Paul's School (Md.)

Ursinus - Lauren Distler, Joel Barlow HS (Conn.)

Washington - Paige Allen, Calverton School (Md.); Sarah Cannon, Notre Dame Prep (Md.); Liz Cumberpatch, Annapolis HS (Md.); Samantha Ohrem, Ridgefield HS (Conn.)

Men's Soccer
Franklin & Marshall - Guiseppe Bua, Lampeter-Strasburg HS (Pa.)
McDaniel - Sean Scarselletta, Severna Park HS (Md.)

Women's Soccer
Gettysburg - Devan Grote

Softball
Dickinson - Kyrie Budnik, Northampton HS (Pa.); Jessica Haklar, Southern Lehigh HS (Pa.)
Swarthmore - Melissa Emmerson, Lakeland HS (N.J.)
Ursinus - Jamie Miles, Seneca HS (N.J.)
Washington - Ashley Clark, Crystal River HS (Fla.); Jessica Van Gosen, Tallwood HS (Va.)

Men's Swimming
Gettysburg - Adam Taft, Wilton HS (Conn.)

Men's Tennis
Johns Hopkins - Andrew Wang, Sparta HS (N.J.)

Volleyball
Dickinson - Chelsea Cannon, Petoskey HS (Michigan)