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Daily Hen Archive
Last Updated: Sunday, October 11, 2003
Brittany Burch
(Pomona 1992, Women’s Track & Field), José
Cortés
(Pomona 1953, Men’s Tennis), Chris Davis
(Pomona 1991, Men’s Soccer), Debbie Kennedy
(Pomona 1992, Women’s Volleyball), David Mason
(Pomona 1984, Men’s Wrestling), and Kelly Redfield
(Pomona 1992, Women’s Cross Country and Track & Field) will be inducted in the
ceremony to be held at Frank Dining Hall at Pomona College.
The criteria established for consideration for the
Athletic Hall of Fame include meeting minimal standards in at least two of
the following categories: 1) Consistency: awarded a letter for four years
in one sport, three years or more in two sports, or two years or more in
three sports; 2) Excellence: named or earned position on conference,
regional, national, or international all-star team; 3) Superiority: set or
broke a school, conference, regional, national, or world record; 4)
Honorary: made an outstanding contribution to Pomona-Pitzer’s athletic
program through outside recognition at the state, national, or world level,
as a coach, athlete or national leader with or without involvement in
athletic competition.
2003 INDUCTEE INFO
Brittany Burch ‘92
Burch enrolled at Pomona in the fall of 1988 as the MVP
of her high school tennis, basketball and track and field teams in Nashville,
Indiana. Burch intended to play basketball for the Sagehens, but changed her
focus to the track and field team mid-way through her first year. An
all-around athlete, Burch excelled in individual events, and in the two-day,
seven-event heptathlon.
During her four years on the track and field team,
Burch earned All-SCIAC honors 16 times in six events: the 100m hurdles, 400m
hurdles, javelin, high jump, long jump, and shot put. As a junior, Burch won
SCIAC titles in the high jump and shot put, and as a senior won SCIAC titles
in the 100m hurdles and 400m hurdles. Burch also helped lead her team to the
1992 SCIAC title, which was Pomona-Pitzer’s first in the sport.
Burch qualified to the NCAA National Championships
three times in the heptathlon during her final three seasons, and she earned
two All-America honors. After taking 13th
place as a sophomore, Burch improved to 8th
place as a junior, and 3rd
as a senior. During her final competition, Burch set the still-standing
heptathlon school record of 4699 points.
A team captain as a senior, Burch still stands on
Pomona-Pitzer’s track and field top-10 lists in seven events.
Burch earned her MBA from the MIT Sloan School of
Management in 2000, and is now enjoying hiking, biking, mentoring, and
traveling, Burch lives in San Francisco and works as a Senior Product
Manager for Siebel Systems, Inc.
José “Joe” Cortés ‘53
A four-year tennis star at Pomona after arriving
on campus from Colombia, José “Joe” Cortés was Pomona’s #1 tennis player for
four years: 1950, 1951, 1952, and 1953. He earned First Team All-SCIAC honors
for the final three years – only because freshman didn’t play on varsity teams
then.
Cortés earned First Team All SCIAC honors three
years, and was SCIAC Singles Champion once and runner-up twice. In doubles,
Cortés was also conference champion once and runner-up twice.
After receiving his master’s degree in 1955 Cortés
returned to Bogotá, Colombia, and started to compete again—training either at
5:15 in the morning or in the evenings after work at his full-time job with an
insurance company. Cortés won over 150 trophies in various Colombian
tournaments.
Most notably, Cortés won Colombia’s National Singles
Championship four years (1961, 1962, 1963, 1964), and was Colombia’s
National Singles Runner-up three times. In addition, Cortés was a six-time
National Doubles Champion and six-time National Mixed Doubles Champion.
A member of his nation’s Davis Cup team for many
years, Cortés also won the singles and doubles titles at the 1962 South American
Amateur Tennis Championships in Lima, Peru.
Cortés played against some of the all-time greats such as
Rod Laver, Luis Ayala, Fred Stolle, Barry McKay, and Manuel Santana, and he even
won a set from Neal Frazer, (considered the best player at the time) and he beat
Don Candy, one of Australia’s top players, and Orlando Sirola, the Italian Davis
Cup member whose team had won the Cup for Italy.
Cortes and his wife Nancy (Kotal) Cortes ’53 live in
Bogotá, Colombia. Cortés is president of a cluster of family-owned companies
involved in banking, insurance, investment banking and construction. His wife
is the General Director of the Colombian American Cultural Center in Bogotá
and is trying to start the first bilingual university in Colombia (projected
opening date Feb. 2004).
Chris Davis ‘91
Arriving at Pitzer College in the fall of 1987 after
playing on a State Championship team at North Olmsted High in Cleveland, Chris
Davis quickly jumped into his starting goalkeeper role as a Sagehen frosh.
Davis didn’t miss a game the next four years, and
tallied an impressive list of accomplishments. Davis was twice named First
Team All Conference, and was the 1990 SCIAC Most Valuable Player in Soccer. A
team captain his junior and senior years, Davis helped lead his Pomona-Pitzer
squad to a co-championship in 1990 during his senior season.
Also during his senior year, Davis was named to the
NSCAA All Far West Region Team, and the NSCAA All America team. Davis set a
team record for fewest goals allowed in a season in 1990, along with a team
record for average goals against. Finally, Davis was named the 1990-91
Pomona-Pitzer Most Valuable Athlete in all sports.
Davis is the Executive Director for a non-profit
conservation organization called CommenSpace, and lives in Seattle, Washington
with wife Heather Moss. Davis enjoys climbing, mountaineering and kayaking.
Debbie Kennedy ‘92
Coming to Pomona from nearby Lakewood High School in the
fall of 1988, Debbie Kennedy joined the Pomona-Pitzer volleyball team as a
setter with two all league MVP accolades.
As a Sagehen, Kennedy earned First Team All Conference
honors as a junior and a senior, and she earned All West Region honors both
years, as well. After her junior year, Kennedy was named to the NCAA III All
America Second Team as a setter.
During Kennedy’s four years, she helped lead her squad
to NCAA Championship berths in 1988, where the team made the final 16, and
1990, where the team made the final 8.
In the Pomona-Pitzer volleyball record book, Kennedy
holds marks in Single Match Set Assists (for 3-game, 4-game, and 5-game
matches), Single Match Service Aces (for 4-game and 5-game matches), season
Set Assists (1048), Set Assists per game (11.1), season Service Aces (65), and
Service Aces per game (0.8). Her career Set Assists mark of 2440 was a school
record in 1992, and still stands third all-time.
Kennedy currently lives in Long Beach, where she enjoys
cooking and traveling. She has earned an M.S. in Gerontology and M.A. in
Public Administration. Kennedy worked for many years as an information
technology consultant for major health plans such as Aetna, PacifiCare, and
Blues plans before joining PacifiCare Health Systems last February as a
Director in Information Technology.
Dave Mason ‘84
A successful Maryland high school wrestler at the Gilman
School in Baltimore, David W. Mason arrived at Pomona College in the fall of
1980 and made an immediate impact on both the campus and the wrestling squad.
Competing one year under coach Mike Steinhour and the
last three years with coach Walt Ambord, Mason compiled an outstanding SCIAC,
NCAA Regional and NCAA National history.
At the SCIAC Level, Mason was a four time finalist in
the SCIAC Tournament and won the conference title in 1981, 1983, and 1984.
Mason's loss in the1982 title match would be the last time he lost to a SCIAC
opponent. Overall, Mason lost matches to a total of three different SCIAC
wrestlers while competing in four different weight classes (142 lbs., 134
lbs., 126 lbs., and two tournaments at 118 lbs.).
At the NCAA Division III West Regional, Mason took
fourth as a freshman and second as a sophomore. Mason then won two straight
NCAA West Regional titles as a junior and senior to qualify for the NCAA
Division III National Championships in 1983 and 1984. As a senior in 1984,
Mason was named the Outstanding Wrestler of the NCAA Division III West Region.
That year at the NCAA tournament, Mason was one win from All-American honors.
He wound up losing a close match to Shawn Sheldon, who in later years would
become a multiple National Champion and two-time Olympian.
On campus, Mason was a Sponsor in 1982, a Resident
Advisor in 1984, wrote for both the Collage
and the Student Life,
and was the wrestling team captain in his final two seasons.
After graduating from Pomona, Mason worked as an English
teacher and coached on two high school wrestling staffs from 1984 through
1991. He coached one Senior National Champion, a few National Prep Champions,
and several conference champions. He also continued to wrestle occasionally in
freestyle and folkstyle tournaments and won the Maryland Open title in 1988.
Mason and his wife, Jenny, have two sons, Jake and Sam,
and live in Millersville, Maryland, where they are all preparing for their
green belts in Tae Kwon Do under Master Apolo Ladra. Dave Mason works in
Baltimore, Maryland for UBS and has been in the financial services industry
since 1992.
Kelly Redfield ‘92
A state meet runner-up for Helena High School in
Montana, Kelly Redfield immediately became the #1 runner for Pomona-Pitzer’s
women’s cross country team in the fall of 1988. For the next four years,
Redfield would remain the top runner for both the track and cross country
teams as she accumulated a raft of honors.
In cross country, Redfield earned four First Team
All-SCIAC honors, including one individual conference title that was the
first-ever earned by a Pomona-Pitzer runner. At the NCAA West Region meet,
Redfield earned four All Region honors with finishes of 5th,
4th,
3rd,
and 2nd.
Redfield qualified to the NCAA National Championships four straight years,
and as a senior in 1991 earned Pomona-Pitzer’s first All America honor for
women’s cross country. She is still the only woman in team history to earn
All America honors. In addition, Redfield led the women’s team to two SCIAC
titles in 1989 and 1991, and was team captain her final three years.
In track and field, Redfield won two SCIAC titles in
the 3000 (1990 and 1992) and one in the 1500 (1992). As a senior, she
qualified to the NCAA National Meet in the 10,000m, where she finished 13th.
Redfield still stands on the track and field all-time lists in the 1500m,
3000m, 5000m, and 10,000m. A team captain as a senior, Redfield helped lead
her team to the 1992 SCIAC title, which was Pomona-Pitzer’s first in the
sport.
Redfield was selected as Pomona-Pitzer’s Athletic
Excellence Award winner in 1992 for success in more than one sport. Now in
her Internal Medicine residency at Stanford after earning her MD and MPH
degrees, Redfield lives in Menlo Park, and enjoys running, cooking, eating,
reading and sleeping whenever not at the hospital.
Football
Overall: 4-1 SCIAC: 3-0
The Sagehens made sure that The Drum will have a safe home for the next year,
with a 28-14 homecoming victory over Occidental on Saturday. Holding the
Tigers scoreless in the second half, Pomona-Pitzer turned the tide in their
favor. Running Back John Samples led the charge, with 3 touchdowns on 191
yards, including a game breaking 54 yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter to
give the Hens the lead for good. Aaron Perez and Joseph Cappola led a
stellar defensive performance, each with an interception. The division
leading Sagehens travel to Illinois to take on The University of Chicago on
Saturday, and then return home the following week for their last home game, a 7
pm kickoff.S
The 26th ranked Sagehen football team fell from the ranks of the undefeated
Saturday as they watched Rhodes College come from behind and defend their home
field 31-21. Pomona-Pitzer jumped out to a 21-16 lead in the third
quarter, only to watch as Rhodes scored to take a 24-21 lead into the fourth
quarter. The Hens took control of the ground game, out rushing Rhodes 132
yards to 65 yards. It was in the air that Rhodes was dominant, throwing 36 times
for 307 yards, compared to just 159 yards and three interceptions for the Hens.
Johnathan Samples rushed 24 times for 73 yards, and Alan Mouritsen gained 69
yards on only 7 carries. Brian Small was anything but, taking an interception 37
yards for a touchdown. The Sagehens return home next Saturday to take on
Occidental; kickoff at 1 pm.
Men's Soccer
Overall: 9-2 SCIAC: 9-2
Goals aplenty yesterday as the Men's Soccer team got everyone involved in an
8-0 win over Cal Tech. Forwards Scott Coleman and Joey Greenwald each scored
twice, while midfielders Sam Farina-Henry and Ryan Takeshita, defender An Yen Hu
and forward Mario Velez each added a goal. Netza Bravo, Scott Coleman, and
Ryan Takeshita each tallied an assist. Goalkeeper Jay Schneider recorded one
save; way to go! The men next take on Whittier on Saturday.
The Men's Soccer team fell victim to Redlands (9-1, 5-0 SCIAC) on Saturday,
as a scramble in the box with two minutes remaining resulted in a game winning
goal, and a 1-0 Pomona-Pitzer loss. Goalkeeper Dan Bendett had nine saves
on the day, but the offense could only manage five shots on goal, compared to 19
for Redlands. The Hens return home on Wednesday to take on Cal Tech at 4
pm.
The Sagehens extended their record to 8-1 with a 5-0 shutout against
Occidental on Wednesday. Pomona-Pitzer scored one goal in the first half from Sam Farina-Henry (34:58) off of a cross from Netza Bravo.
In the second half, the Hens turned on the heat. Matt Lee-Ashley proved that he
was not the only one with a hyphenated name that could score, knocking one in
from the top of the box. Farina-Henry, was not to be outdone, and scored
off of a header in the 63rd minute. Joe Amick (71:10) and Doug Bernstein
(88:67) each added a goal to finish off the Occidental Tigers. On Saturday, the
men travel to Redlands (7-1, 3-0 SCIAC) to battle for the top spot in the
conference.
The Men's Soccer team returned to their winning ways on Saturday with a
convincing 5-1 victory over La Verne. Chris Hunter scored twice, and Netza
Bravo, Adam Dewey, and Doug Bernstein each scored a goal as a balanced attack
and solid defense kept the ball in La Verne territory. Goalkeeper Dan Bendett had three saves on the day. Matt Lee-Ashley had a busy day with
four shots on goal and two assists. The Hens next face Occidental at home on
Wednesday.
Women's Soccer
Overall: 1-8-1 SCIAC: 0-5
The Women's Soccer team suffered a 4-0 setback at the hands of Cal State
Hayward yesterday. Goalkeeper Alison Mathis had a strong game in net,
garnering eight saves. The game was played mostly in Hen territory, and the
defense did a solid job of protecting the net. On Saturday, the women host
Whittier in an 11 am game.
The University of Redlands got the best of the Women's Soccer team on
Saturday, 3-1. Alex Hayden was the lone scorer for the Hens, who fall to
0-5 in the conference. Managing only three shots on goal, the ball made
its home in Pomona-Pitzer territory. Goalkeeper Alison Mathes was kept
busy with seven saves on the day. On Wednesday the Hens look to return to
the win column at home against Cal State Hayward.
For the Women's Soccer team, goals have been hard to come by, that again
proved to be the case as they fell to host Occidental 1-0 on Wednesday. In
the past six games, the Hens have been outscored 10-3. During that
stretch, goalkeeper Alison Mathes has been solid in the net, as was the case
against Occidental; Mathes had four saves. As has been the case all season, the
scoring came early, this time in the eighth minute. On Saturday the Hens
will try to turn things around against Redlands (4-4, 2-1 SCIAC).
Another rough start doomed the Women's Soccer team on Saturday as they
dropped one to La Verne, 2-1. The Leopards did their damage early in each
half, catching the Hen's off guard. Sarah Staller scored for Pomona-Pitzer
and Alison Mathes had 2 saves. The Hen's travel to Occidental on Wednesday
in search of their first conference win.
Volleyball
Overall: 10-7 SCIAC: 5-1
Snapping a 10 game losing streak to Cal Lutheran, the Volleyball team dug one
out against the Regals, 27-30, 32-30, 24-30, 30-17, 15-13. The win moves
the Sagehens to 10-7 on the season and 5-1 in the SCIAC. The Hens have won ten
games for only the second time since 1999, and stand in second place in the
conference behind the 4th ranked La Verne Leopards. Senior Renee Faulkner
had another outstanding match with 10 kills and 3 errors on 30 attempts.
Katherine Hopkins continued her fine play with a 20 kill on 47 attempts outing;
she also had 17 defensive digs. Freshman Setter Laura Laakso had a .571
attack percentage with 64 sets and 12 defensive digs. On Friday the Hens
travel to Chapman for a 7 pm contest.
The surging Hens proved to be too much for the reeling Occidental Tigers on
Saturday, as Pomona-Pitzer moved to 4-1 in SCIAC. The Hens traded games
with the Tigers until the decisive fifth game when they took control for good,
20-30, 30-25, 28-30, 30-19, 15-9. The win is the ninth of the season,
already surpassing last years win total (7), and propelling the Hens the top of
the conference. On Tuesday Cal Lu ventures into the Hen Pen for a 7:30
game.
Already equaling their win total for all of last season, the Hen's defeated
rival CMS 30-22, 20-30, 30-28, 20-30, 15-8 in a tense 5 game match. The
hard-fought see-saw battle lasted just over 2 hours, and kept the lively home
crowd on its feet. Leading the way for the Hens was Jessica Rybka with 15 Kills,
3 service aces and 5 digs. Freshman Laura Laakso also had a strong outing,
with 37 sets, and 10 digs. Catch the Volleyball team in action this
Saturday at 7:30 when they take on Occidental.
You win some and you lose some. That was how it was on Saturday as the
Sagehens defeated Alliant International University in three games and then ran
out of steam against Chapman. Senior Renee Faulkner had a great series, tallying 27 kills, 12
blocks, and a .338 percentage in both games. Don't miss the excitement as CMS
visits the Hen Pen on Tuesday for a 7:30 game.
Women's Cross Country
Overall: 0-0 SCIAC: 0-0
Pomona-Pitzer's women's cross country team sent a reduced squad to the Biola
Invitational Saturday at La Mirada Park. The Sagehens raced those who didn't
compete in the Stanford Invitational the week prior. Sophomore Nika
Strzelecka led the group with her 21:16.3 over the 5000m (3.1 mile) course.
Behind Strzelecka were frosh Karen Ring (21:48.3), junior Laurel Williams
(23:04.1), sophomore Molly Unruhe (23:58.6), and senior Madeline Mundt
(24:49.7). Pomona-Pitzer does not compete this weekend, but resumes racing
on Friday, October 17 at the SCIAC Multi-Dual Meet 4pm at Prado Park in Chino.
Sophomore Amy Rapp paced the Sagehen women's cross country team Saturday,
Sept. 27 at the Stanford Invitational in Palo Alto. Rapp ran 23:44 for 91st
place over the 6000m (3.7 mile) course. A total of 187 women from NCAA I, II,
III, and NAIA institutions completed the race.
Pomona-Pitzer finished 19th out of 26 teams with 563 points. Behind Rapp for
Pomona-Pitzer were senior Stefanie McDougall (24:20), junior Isa Barth-Rogers
(24:27), senior Susie Roley (24:28), and junior Ann Prouty (25:25).
Pomona-Pitzer will send a reduced squad to the Biola Invitational this Saturday
at La Mirada Park in La Mirada. The women's race begins at 4:00pm. To view the results of the Women's Cross Country team at the Stanford
Invitational, please click on the following link: http://gostanford.ocsn.com/sports/c-xc/sched/stan-c-xc-sched.html
Men's Water Polo
Overall: 4-11 SCIAC: 0-0
The Sagehens returned to winning form on Tuesday night with an 8-3 victory
over Chaminade. The win, only their fourth on the season, could not have
come at a better time, as they were mired in an eight game losing skid.
The Hens established control early, jumping out to a 3-0 lead after the first
quarter and never looking back. Freshman Tim Brown scored three goals on nine
shots to go along with two steals. Sophomore Glenn Anderson also had three
goals, and added two assists and a steal. Goalie Carlos Diy did a fairly
dead-on impersonation of a black hole, collecting 14 saves on the day. On
Friday and Saturday, the Hens host the Claremont Convergence Tournament.
The Men's Water Polo ended the first day of competition at the Inland Empire
Tournament a perfect 2-0; notching up victories over Cal Tech and Cal Lutheran.
In the first game, the Sagehens doubled up on Cal Tech 14-7. Tim Brown
scored 6 goals, while Ben Cooper, Ian Kusao, and Glen Anderson each scored
twice. Chris Prochnow, and Thomas Krebs rounded out the scoring with a
goal each. In the second game of the afternoon, Pomona-Pitzer scored early
and often en route to a 17-6 victory over Cal Lutheran. The Hens outscored
their opponents in each of the four periods using a balanced attack that
featured goals from nine different players. Tim Brown scored four more times to
bring his day one total to 10 goals. Also scoring were Ben Cooper (3),
Benjamin Blurn (2), Bryan Price (2), Ben Demarchelier (2), Jake Bell (1), Ian
Kusao (1), Robert Woodley (1), and Thomas Krebs (1). On Sunday, the Hens
faced tough competition in Santa Clara and Chapman. Pomona-Pitzer fell 7-4
to Chapman despite 2 goals from Glen Anderson, and one apiece from Bryan Price
and Tim Brown. Sophomore goalkeeper Carlo Diy had 8 saves in the losing
effort. Against Chapman, the Hens played close, falling 10-9. Tim Brown
scored 3 goals, while Ben Cooper and Andrew Shetterly scored 2 each. Glen
Anderson and Eric Kort each chipped in with a goal. Diy put in another
solid effort with six saves. The Hens next head up to Santa Cruz for the
Slugfest on September 27 and 28.
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