DWC athletics takes
one giant step
George Washington
University’s Phil Rowe named Asst. VP of Student Affairs for Athletics
(Nashua,
NH) — It’s welcome back for Philip A. Rowe, who takes on the new position
of assistant
vice president of student affairs for athletics in an announcement made
earlier today by Daniel Webster College’s (DWC) President, Robert (Skip)
E. Myers.
Having
spent the past year as assistant men's basketball coach at George
Washington University, Washington, D.C., Rowe is excited about the
opportunity presented by President Myers and Vice President of Student
Affairs, Susan Elsass, to rejoin the Daniel Webster family. Rowe was DWC's
director of athletics from 1993 – 1996. He begins his new position July 1,
2006.
Said Rowe,
"The opportunity to work with President Myers, Susan Elsass and Director
of Athletics, John Griffith, as Daniel Webster moves forward with a very
comprehensive five-year plan is very exciting to me. With the enthusiastic
support of the College community, I am looking forward to the challenges
and progress that we can all make together to help make our students'
experience be as rewarding as possible.
"Our goal
is for every DWC student, now and in the future, to have had the best
college experience possible,” he added. “I am excited to be able to help
make that part of every student-athlete's experience here better than
ever.”
Said Dr.
Myers, himself concluding his first year as DWC president, “Athletics is a
fundamental way to enhance the vibrancy of our school and engage our
students. We are so fortunate that Phil was intent on returning to the
area where he can now work with John Griffith to significantly grow the
college’s athletic program. ‘Grif’ will continue the excellent job he’s
done with the day-to-day operations of athletics, while Phil will oversee
and grow the overall program, with substantial recruiting
responsibilities, as well as help to engender greater public and private
support for the College.”
For Rowe,
returning to Daniel Webster represents an opportunity to move back to NH
and a chance to grow as a professional and spend more time with his
family.
“It is a
perfect time in my career to move away from the day-to-day work as a coach
and spend more time with the growth of an entire College. I am anxious to
spend time with the coaching staff, faculty and administrators of DWC with
exciting goals and expectations to enhance the athletic program and
college experience of every student who chose Daniel Webster College.
“I believe
that my career experiences will be a very good resource for our coaches as
they move toward making the DWC experience for our students as rewarding
as possible. I also believe that my experiences at the Division I and III
levels will help our coaches in their recruiting efforts. I will be able
to bring a fresh view to the table as we move forward as an institution in
the near future.”
Currently
Daniel Webster sports about 100 student athletes who participate in 10
National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III teams in the
Great Northeast Athletic Conference (women’s volleyball, soccer,
basketball, and softball; men’s basketball, lacrosse, baseball, soccer,
and cross-country). The college also fields a men’s hockey team, under the
direction of the American Collegiate Hockey Association and the NorthEast
Collegiate Hockey Association.
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Philip Rowe
Facts:
While at
GWU, the basketball team completed 2005-2006 season 26-1 record, the best
season in GWU’s history, and ranked as high as #6 in the National ESPN
college basketball polls. Additionally the team was named the Atlantic 10
regular season champions, with a 16-0 season record and participated in
the NCAA 2006 National Tournament, losing in the second round to Duke
University.
Said Rowe,
“I have been very fortunate to work with some outstanding professionals in
my career. Karl Hobbs is one of the very best basketball coaches in the
country; GW is very fortunate to have him lead their program. He took over
a program that was dead last in the league and in five short years won the
league championship two straight years, and had the best season in GW
history this past year.
“I was very
fortunate to be part of something very special with Karl. It is that
experience and the fact that Karl believes so much in the ‘family
approach’ that I had to accept the position offered me at DWC. Daniel
Webster is giving me the opportunity to be back with my family and, as
Karl has directed the GW basketball program, I will be able to be with my
family everyday, while hopefully instilling that family approach to the
DWC athletic program.”
He
concluded, “I have been able to work with some of the most organized and
hard-working staffs in college athletics the past 15 years of my career.
Jack Kvancz and his staff at GW, Marty Scarano and his staff at UNH, John
Ratliff and his staff at Keene State, John Clark and Peter Cofran and the
staff at Plymouth State and Steve Bamford the interim commissioner at the
ECAC have all made significant impacts on me and have been very helpful in
my career. I feel very fortunate to be able to use all of them as
resources as I move forward into my full-time career as a college
administrator.
Prior to
GWU, Rowe spent six years at the University of New Hampshire as head men’s
basketball coach. Before that, he worked in a similar capacity at Keene
State College.
Founded in
1965, Daniel Webster College is an independent college with nationally
ranked degree programs in aviation that are well complemented by
innovative programs in business and management, computer science,
information technology, engineering, sport management, and social science.
Through its graduate department, DWC offers an accelerated evening MBA
program, an online MBA for aviation professionals, the EXCEL degree
completion program, continuing studies, and a variety of certificate and
distance learning programs.
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DWC
Athletics Facts:
Daniel
Webster College is a small private college with 600 traditional
undergraduate students studying aviation, computer science, engineering,
business and management, and social science. Its 100 student-athletes
participate in Division III GNAC Conference. Under director of athletics,
John Griffith, and his team of dedicated coaches, the Daniel Webster
Eagles have made great strides this past year.
The Lady
Eagles cross country team qualified for the GNAC conference meet, with
freshman sensation Joanne Brinkerhoff setting a DWC course record. Her
male counterpart, Ed Crellin, also finished in the front of the pack at
almost every race in which DWC competed. Both Crellin and DWC finished
first in the Franklin Pierce Invitational, and were named “Runners of the
Week” in the GNAC in September 2005, winning their respective races in the
DWC Invitational Cross Country Meet, marking the first time in DWC history
that two of its runners were chosen the same week.
Women’s
volleyball had a break-out year, with the Lady Eagles finishing fifth in
the nation in NCAA Division III, with 4.39 aces per game, and 12th
nationally in digs, with an average per game of 22.69. DWC’s Erin Moseley
led the Eagles in kills (275) and service aces (100) this year, and she
was named by GNAC coaches to the volleyball first team all-conference
team, marking DWC’s first all-conference selection in volleyball.
Additionally, Moseley was declared Division III’s statistical serving ace
champion by the NCAA, with a per game average of 1.64.
DWC’s
women’s basketball finished 10-13, its best record in five years. Mosely
again led the charge, named MVP of the Lyndon State Tournament, a
tournament All-Star at the Plymouth State Tournament, and to the second
team all conference for women’s basketball in the GNAC, finishing in the
top five in multiple statistical categories.
In men’s
lacrosse, the Eagles earned a spot in the North Atlantic Conference (NAC)
tournament, the first ever such appearance for the team. For leading his
Eagles into the playoffs for the first time, head coach Tim Lunn was named
as “Coach of the Year” in the NAC.
DWC’s
baseball team, not to be outdone, marked the first time in the program
history that it appeared in its second GNAC baseball tournament.
The
Athletic Department is located in the Mario J. Vagge Gymnasium, which
houses the basketball and volleyball courts, as well as a fitness center.
The DWC baseball team plays on the Harvey Woods field, while softball,
soccer and lacrosse also play on fields on the Nashua campus.
