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Mark ’42

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Coleman ’46

Within the Family

Steven Bargonetti ’78

AROUND THE QUADS

ROAR LION ROAR

BIERBAUM: Carolyn Bierbaum ’06, who finished second in the NCAA cross country championships, has won the 2005 Honda Award for her sport. Honda sponsors an award for each of 12 NCAA-sanctioned women’s sports, with winners chosen by coaches on the basis of athletic skill, leadership ability, academic excellence and participation in community affairs. Bierbaum won despite finishing second behind Johanna Nilsson of Northern Arizona at the NCAAs. “I was definitely surprised,” Bierbaum said, “but apparently they take into account seniority, and since I’m a senior and the winner was a junior, I guess they figured she has another shot at winning it next year.” Honda also sponsors the Honda-Broderick Cup, presented to the top female athlete in the nation, and Bierbaum will be a candidate if she does well in the track season. “If I win an NCAA title in indoor/outdoor track, I definitely have a shot,” she said. “But I think it will take winning a championship, which I haven’t done yet.”

FICKEN: Dieter Ficken, who led the Lions to the NCAA tournament 11 times and the NCAA Final Four twice, announced his retirement after 27 years as men’s head soccer coach. Ficken was National Coach of the Year in 1983 and compiled a record of 252–139–53 (.627) at Columbia. His teams recorded 10 or more victories 13 times in his 27 seasons, including four of the last seven years, and won eight Ivy League Championships. Columbia is conducting a national search for a new head coach, with assistant Kevin Anderson serving in the interim.

FOOTBALL: Two former Columbia standouts, quarterback Jeff Otis ’05 (Arizona Cardinals) and defensive tackle Michael Quarshie ’05 (Oakland Raiders), have been signed by NFL teams. Otis, who ranks second in all-time passing yardage (4,666 yards) at Columbia, has been allocated to NFL Europe. Quarshie, a two-time All-Ivy defensive lineman, spent the 2005 season on the Raiders’ practice squad. The pair brings to three the number of members of the Class of 2005 to be signed by NFL teams since graduation; tight end Wade Fletcher ’05 was on the New York Giants’ practice squad last fall.

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