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AROUND THE QUADS

Roar, Lion, Roar

Bill Campbell '62 PHOTO: EILEEN BARROSO

Bill Campbell ’62, president of Intuit, Columbia trustee and former Lions head football coach, will receive the 2004 Gold Medal from the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame at its annual dinner on Tuesday, December 7. The Gold Medal, the most prestigious award bestowed by the foundation, has been given annually since 1958 and recognizes “an outstanding American who has demonstrated integrity and honesty, achieved significant career success and has reflected the basic values of those who have excelled in amateur sport, particularly football.” Past recipients include seven U.S. presidents and leaders in industry, military and civic service.

Four members of the U.S. fencing team that competed at last month’s Olympics in Athens have Columbia connections. Dan Kellner ’98 and Jed DuPree ’01 are College alumni, Emily Jacobson ’08 is beginning her first year at the College and Erinn Smart ’01 is a Barnard alumna. Two members of Columbia’s 2003 national and eastern lightweight rowing runners-up, Veljko Urosevic ’03 and Milos Tomic ’06, represented Serbia-Montenegro, while the goaltender for the Greek women’s soccer team was assistant women’s soccer coach Maria Yatrakis, daughter of Peter Yatrakis ’62 and Kathryn Yatrakis, dean of academic affairs.

Wade Fletcher ’05, the 6'7" tight end who led Columbia with 874 receiving yards and nine touchdowns last season, was an honorable mention choice for the Sports Network’s Division I-AA preseason All-America team. The Lions open their 2004 football schedule at Baker Field against Fordham on Saturday, September 18, in a 7 p.m. game that will be televised by the YES Network.

Mike Zimmer, who helped build Columbia’s men’s lightweight rowing program into one of the nation’s best during his six-year term as coach before coaching the Lion women’s crew for the past eight years, has succeeded Scott McKee as coach of the men’s heavyweight crew. McKee resigned in June after 13 seasons. A search for a new women’s crew coach is under way.

Jay Butler resigned after eight seasons as head women’s basketball coach to accept a job as the first assistant coach at Division I Centenary. Under Butler, the Lions were 67–143 overall and 33–79 in the Ivy League, including 12–14 overall and 6–8 in Ivy play last year. A nationwide search for a new coach began in June and was continuing at press time.

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