Cornell hosts the 2012 USPA National Intercollegiate Championships, April 18-22 at Oxley Equestrian Center.
On April 18, the fifth-ranked Big Red men beat the No. 4 SMU Mustangs, 28-19, sending Cornell into the men’s semi-finals, where they will meet No. 1 University of Virginia Cavaliers Friday, April 20, at 2 p.m.
Also on Friday, the No. 2 Cornell women will play their final four match at noon against No. 3 Cal Poly. The winner plays the No. 1 Cavaliers.
Jeff Foote ’10, a three-time All-Ivy League center at Cornell, will soon be donning a National Basketball Association uniform.
According to various online sources – including Foote’s Twitter account and that of the Springfield Armor, his NBA Development League team – the New Orleans Hornets will sign him March 9 to a short-term contract. Typical contracts of this nature are for 10 days.
In 29 games and 28 starts with the Armor, the 7-footer averaged 14.8 points and 8.6 rebounds in 32.9 minutes. He also averaged 1.1 blocks and shot 55.1 percent.
Between graduating from Cornell and signing with the Armor in December 2011, Foote played professionally in Israel, Morocco and Poland. Foote helped lead the 2010 Big Red squad on an unprecedented run to the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet Sixteen round.
About a month ago, a new electronic scoreboard was installed on Schoellkopf Field. Funded by gifts from friends and former athletes – including Art Wolcott ‘49, Dick Loynd ‘50, Mike Troy ’81, Rich Booth ‘82, Jay Carter ‘71, Andy Phillips ‘84, Peter Baccile ‘84, Brian Oliver ‘78, Marty Hanaka ‘71 and Doug Henderson ‘80 – the board is 38 feet high by 34 feet wide with video displays to show graphics and replays – and takes three people to operate it. Its 20-year-old, technologically obsolete predecessor, for which no spare parts were available, failed at an NCAA championship event. The football, sprint football and men’s and women’s lacrosse teams play on the field.
The New York Times drops in to the 92nd St. Y, where former Cornell basketball stars Jeff Foote, Ryan Wittman, Louis Dale, Jon Jaques and Aaron Osgood take yoga. Great update on their lives today.
A new plaque in Bartels Hall honors one of the Big Red’s greatest fans ever: M.H. “Mike” Abrams, the Class of 1916 Professor of English Emeritus, who has attended every Cornell football game since 1945. Abrams, 98, also attends many wrestling, basketball, hockey and lacrosse contests.
Junior Catherine White scored a pair of goals to push the Cornell women’s hockey team to a 3-0 victory over Clarkson Dec. 4 at Lynah Rink. The win sent the top-ranked Big Red to 13-1 on the year and 8-0 in ECAC Hockey action. A record crowd of 2,326 paid tribute to the team, and about $3,000 was raised for the Cornell United Way drive.
Anna Beckwith, a 90-year-old Tompkins County Cornell Cooperative Extension retiree, needed a new roof for her Lansing home. On Oct. 2, members of Cornell’s varsity hockey and wrestling teams – led by their coaches, Mike Schafer and Rob Koll – stepped forward to help, making structural repairs and installing new asphalt shingles on the 2,000-square-foot roof in one day.
Cornell Athletics now has its own Facebook page! It’s the official fan site of the Big Red. Visit to stay updated, share photos and videos, promote giveaways, create online trivia contests and more.
Cornell hosts the 2012 USPA National Intercollegiate Championships, April 18-22 at Oxley Equestrian Center.
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