HOBOKEN, N.J. (November 30, 2020) – Under the leadership of current Director of Athletics Russell Rogers, who just completed his 20th year in the position, the Stevens Institute of Technology Department of Athletics has risen to unprecedented levels of success.

Under Rogers' leadership, Stevens has finished inside the top 45 in the DIII College Directors' Cup standings 11 consecutive years including a program-best 13th-place finish in both 2010-11 and 2015-16. The Ducks also won the Jostens Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) Institution of the Year Award in both 2007-08 and 2012-13, while also finishing as the Collegiate Athletic Administrators of New Jersey DIII Cup Winner in seven of the last 10 years.

The Department of Athletics will look back into the archives to reflect on the development's evolution under Rogers. Each week, key moments will be highlighted that happened "This Week in Stevens History."

The week of November 30-December 4
Nov. 30, 2008 – Dudek Nearly Registers Triple-Double; Named Tournament MVP
Hall of Famer Dani Dudek started her senior campaign out with a bang as she led the Stevens women's basketball team to the Red Hawk/Pioneer Classic title with a 76-73 win over William Paterson University. Dudek finished as the tournament's MVP thanks to a 16-point, 12-assist, nine-rebound performance.

Dudek's 12 assists tied her own program record for single-game assists that she had set three previous times in her career. For reference, only one women's basketball student-athlete has registered double-digit assists in the last decade (Allie Moss had 10 on Jan. 8, 2020 against Delaware Valley). All five Stevens starters scored in double figures in the victory, including Paige Armstrong who finished with a solid 15 points to go along with 15 rebounds.

Since Dudek's departure after the 2008-09 season, no Stevens women's basketball student-athlete has registered a triple-double in a single game. Dudek had five triple-doubles in her career, the most of any player in program history.

Dec. 1, 2018 – Stanich Topples No. 1 Brisman at New Standard Invite
Headed into the competition as the No. 2 ranked wrestler in the nation at 141, Troy Stanich went out and proved he should have the top spot as he toppled No. 1 Ben Brisman of Ithaca College in the championship final of the New Standard Invitational.

Stanich shut out Brisman 8-0 in a dominant major decision to win the championship and was joined by Brett Kaliner, Dylan Van Sickell and Michael Dooley as place-winners in the tournament. As a team, the Ducks finished fifth overall in the tournament. The win for Stanich catapulted him into the top spot in the 141 lb rankings one week later.

Dec. 1, 2012 – Indoor Track and Field Breaks Five School Records at Monmouth
The men's and women's indoor track and field programs had a historic day in the Monmouth University Opener in 2012, breaking five total school records en route to third place finishes for both the men and the women.

On the women's side, 2019 HOF Inductee Alina Duran broke the program record in the shot put with a throw of 38'10.25" while also placing second in the weight throw with a distance of 54' 8.75". Kelly Freed also registered a new school record in the mile with a time of 5:32.17. Additionally, Ashley Princiotta and Rebecca Tylock both won their respective events as Princiotta grabbed first in the 3,000-meters and Tylock won the pole vault.

For the men, Andrew Kraemer finished first overall in the weight throw with a distance of 52'9.5". The throw still ranks as the best heave in program history in the event to this day. Robert Pinto and Michael Cahill also notched program-bests as Pinto jumped 6'5" in the high jump and Cahill posted a time of 8:58.13 in the 3,000-meter run.

Dec. 2, 2012 – Men's and Women's Swimming Both Capture ECAC Titles
The men's and women's swimming programs continued their dominance of the ECAC in 2012 when they swept both crowns at the ECAC Conference Championship Meet. The men grabbed their fourth straight title while the women won back-to-back crowns for the first time in program history.

The men were led by John Hu who was named Swimmer of the Meet for the fourth consecutive time in his career after tallying two NCAA A-cuts, earning three individual wins and participating on two winning relays. In total, the men rolled to the title by more than 1,000 points and finished the competition with 23 NCAA A or B cut times.

The women, meanwhile, finished the meet with 15 total NCAA A or B cut times.won the title by 488 points over second place and NCAA Division I foe Siena College. Louise Moores was named the championships Swimmer of the Meet for the second time in as many years thanks to swimming on four of the Ducks' five winning relays and recording four individual wins in the 50-free, the 100-free, the 100-back and the 100-fly.

Dec. 2, 2007 – MacWinnie Becomes First Stevens Wrestler to Reach 100-Win Plateau
Stevens wrestling student-athlete Brandon MacWhinnie took home second place at 174 at the Spartan Invitational and made history doing so, becoming the first wrestler in program history to notch 100 career victories.

Stevens placed six Ducks in the top-six of their respective weight classes in the event and finished fourth out of 11 squads in the event. MacWhinnie went on to finish with 121 career victories which still ranks inside the top-10 in program history.
Since MacWhinnie became the first to accomplish the feat in 2007, 12 other Stevens wrestlers have reached the 100-win plateau, signifying the prowess the Ducks have had in the sport over the last 15 years.

Dec. 4, 2012 – Men's Basketball Jumps into D3Hoops.com Top-25 for First Time Since 2008
After knocking off No. 24 Williams College earlier in the week, the Stevens men's basketball program found itself inside the D3Hoops.com top-25 for the first time since the 2007-08 season as they were ranked No. 25 in the poll.

The Ducks started the 2012-13 season 6-0 with wins over Centenary, No. 20 William Paterson, FDU-Florham, Rutgers-Neward, No. 24 Williams and Utica before falling on the road at No. 21 New York University. The ranking was a sign of what was a successful season for Stevens as they advanced to the NCAA Tournament for just the second time and finished with 22 wins, which is currently tied for the fourth-most single-season wins in program history.

Dec. 5, 2019 – Panko Becomes Women's Soccer's First Three-Time All-American
In what might be the most storied career in the history of the women's soccer program, Julia Panko capped off her stellar career in December of 2019 when she became the first student-athlete in program history to be named a three-time All-American. Panko earned First Team All-America honors by the United Soccer Coaches.

Panko, who was also the first female student-athlete in the history of the institution to be a three-time CoSIDA Academic All-American, earned the honor after leading the team with a career-high 29 points and finishing her career tied for fourth in program history with 107 points. Additionally, Panko is the only women's soccer player in program history to be named a three-time Conference Player of the Year.

Dec. 5, 2008 – Men's Soccer Defeats Amherst 4-1 to Advance to Institution's First-Ever NCAA Championship Match
In a contest with a spot in the NCAA Division III Title match on the line, the Stevens men's soccer team put out possibly its best performance of the season, topping Amherst College 4-1 to earn a date with Messiah College in the National Championship. The Ducks got two goals and an assist from Terrence Johnson in the win.

Stevens got on the board less than four minutes into the contest thanks to a goal from Todd Sheridan and took a commanding 2-0 lead when Chris Faustino found Johnson in the 18th minute for his 15th goal of the season. Johnson added his second goal of the match less than seven minutes into the second half and found Al Lockhart for the Ducks fourth and final tally with 12 minutes left to play to seal the win.

Dec. 6, 2015 – Chen, McEldoon and Yang Sweep Weapon Titles at NIWFA Christmas Invite
For the first time in program history, the Stevens women's fencing team swept all three weapon titles at the 2015 NIWFA Christmas Invitational. The Ducks joined Temple (2000) as the only two programs to accomplish the feat in the last 22 years of the event.

Caroleen Chen took home gold at foil, Julie McEldoon won the title at epee and Julia Yang topped the field at sabre. In addition to the three weapon titles, Stevens also had five other student-athletes finish in the top-five of their respective weapons. Jane Cruz finished fifth at foil, Erin Hatcher and Youmna Elsayed finished second and third at epee and Madeleine Daniell and Michelle Drobish earned third and fifth, respectively, at sabre.

The games/events noted above are not meant to be a complete listing of Stevens' events on these dates, but a sampling of great moments as determined by the Stevens Department of Athletic Communications.

"This Week From the Pond" Archives:
Sept. 14-20
Sept. 21-27
Sept. 28-Oct. 4
Oct. 5-11
Oct. 12-18
Oct. 19-25
Oct. 26-Nov. 1
Nov. 2-8
Nov. 9-15
Nov. 16-22
Nov. 23-29

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