Rutgers athletics had a big week with some strong performances.
For Rutgers Athletics, the Big Ten season is now in full swing.
Wins are at a premium with the playoffs on the horizon.
This past week, women’s soccer continued their impressive start with a win over Indiana that included a stellar effort from Megan McClelland. The Men’s team was able to force a tie in a matchup with Indiana that saw little offense past the opening thirty minutes,
On the gridiron Rutgers fell short in front of a sold-out stadium at SHI Stadium. While the Scarlet Knights lost their third straight game, there were a few career performances in a matchup against Nebraska that went down to the wire.
As Rutgers athletics continued to battle it out in October, Women’s Soccer and Men’s soccer continued to rise in the Big Ten standings.
Check out what is going on with fall sports around Rutgers!
With September winding down, Rutgers athletics was looking to end the month on a high note. But with fall sports now in full swing, the start of the Big Ten schedule for all Rutgers teams means that the competition level was ratcheted up …
With September winding down, Rutgers athletics was looking to end the month on a high note. But with fall sports now in full swing, the start of the Big Ten schedule for all Rutgers teams means that the competition level was ratcheted up considerably.
As such, Rutgers athletic teams suffered some setbacks, even as they maintain a still strong position nationally.
Football, for instance, got their first loss of the season but is halfway towards the needed win total for bowl eligibility.
Field hockey and women’s soccer continue to be ranked and the men’s soccer team had some solid wins last week.
Check out what is going on with fall sports around Rutgers!
Eight Rutgers female student-athletes forge a historic NIL deal with the New Brunswick Development Corporation.
In celebration of Title IX, eight Rutgers female athletes have inked Name, Image, Likeness (NIL) deals. The announcement of the deals came via the Knights of the Raritan.
The Knights of the Raritan is a (relatively) new collective that partnered with Student Athlete Empowerment (SAE) to promote and foster opportunities for Rutgers student-athletes. The group is led by an executive committee of 10 individuals.
The eight athletes who are part of the deal with the New Brunswick Development Corporation represent five different sports:
Antonia Bates (basketball)
Ashley Campo (lacrosse)
Carly Snarksi (field hockey)
Kayla Bock (softball)
Lauren Delo (volleyball)
Megan Herka (softball)
Sara Carolonza (lacrosse)
Sophia Cardello (lacrosse)
The New Brunswick Development Corporation has done NIL deals in the past with the Melton brothers to help promote the local businesses in and around the Rutgers campus as well as the downtown area.
Thrilled to announce our first corporate deal with @DEVCONB which features eight @RUAthletics female student athletes as DEVCO celebrates 50 years of Title IX.
We thank Chris Paladino for highlighting 50 years of excellence both in the classroom and in athletics since 1972. pic.twitter.com/42krrbcBQq
The development corporation has had a strong impact on the local area as, under the leadership of Christopher Paladino, “DEVCO has overseen nearly $1.6 billion of investment in New Brunswick.”
Rutgers athletes Amirah Ali and Gianna Glatz have been nominated for the 2022 NCAA Woman of the Year Award.
Two women representing Rutgers athletics received a great honor this week. Amirah Ali from the women’s soccer team and Gianna Glatz from the field hockey team have both been nominated for the 2022 NCAA Woman of the Year Award.
The award was established in 1991. It is intended to recognize female student-athletes who have distinguished themselves in their community, in athletics, and in academics throughout their college careers. To be eligible, a nominee must have competed and earned a varsity letter in an NCAA-sponsored sport and must have earned her undergraduate degree by Summer 2022.
Both student-athletes are not new to receiving accolades. Ali was named a 2021 Third-Team All American, making her the program’s first four-time All-American. Meanwhile the Voorhees, New Jersey native registered career single-season highs in points with 30, goals with 12, and assists with 6. She also became the first five-time All-Region honoree in program history.
Glatz – a Medford, New Jersey native – was the top goalkeeper in the nation last season. She was a three-time All-American, four-time First Team All-Big Ten and four-time First Team All-Region. Glatz also won the 2021 Big Ten Co-Player of the Year and Regional Player of the Year. Glatz finished the season with her best career save percentage at 79.6 percent while going 17-4 in 21 games.
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Before a winner is chosen, the NCAA Woman of the Year selection committee identifies the Top 30 nominees – 10 from each division –and from there they select three finalists from each division. The committee then selects the NCAA Woman of the Year from one of those nine finalists. For the first time in the award’s history, the award ceremony will take place during the NCAA Convention in January.
Bruce Beck remembers his mother’s groundbreaking life.
Bruce Beck took the time on Tuesday to commemorate the accomplished life of his mother, a woman who was a trailblazer in New Jersey politics.
Beck, the lead sports anchor at NBC New York and one of the most respected news people in the market, marked the second year since his mother’s passing in a touching way. Rutgers fans know Beck’s voice well from his time hosting ‘R Football’ and ‘Inside Rutgers Basketball.’
The groundbreaking Doris Beck was the first woman to serve as the mayor of an Essex County town when she assumed the role in Livingston in 1975. She was highly involved in the north Jersey town’s council as well as the local League of Women Voters.
In a social media post on Tuesday, Bruce remembered the woman he called his mother but who others called “Mayor Beck.”
It’s been exactly 2 years since my beautiful mom, Doris passed. I still think of her & love her every day. She was Livingston, NJ’s 1st Woman Mayor. This is an iconic shot of her & Yogi Berra in a campaign to promote voting by the League of Women Voters, who she served as well. pic.twitter.com/DUc5zU27xc
Bruce is currently hosting his annual summer broadcasting camp, which has become an institution for young broadcasters aspiring to break into the sports reporting business.
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The week-long camp introduces teenagers to the concepts of sports broadcasting and news reporting.
Yesterday, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy earmarked $100 million for Rutgers University athletics in the proposed budget for the state according to reporting from NJ Advance Media
Major funding for improvements to facilities for the Rutgers basketball and football programs are coming soon. Yesterday, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy (D) earmarked $100 million for Rutgers University athletics in the proposed budget for the state according to reporting from NJ Advance Media.
The money is specifically earmarked to be used for renovating Jersey Mike’s Arena and for the building of a proposed indoor practice facility for football.
Part of the deal in hiring football’s head coach [autotag]Greg Schiano[/autotag] was a commitment toward building an indoor practice facility. While a formal fundraising campaign should be announced soon, receiving some state funding is a major first step. The budget is expected to be passed on Wednesday and signed into law by Murphy on Thursday, per the report.
In a deal quietly hammered out last week, #NJ leaders agreed to earmark $100m to Rutgers to help fund the renovation of the university’s aging basketball arena and kick-start a sports practice facility @johnsb01 and me https://t.co/lPMJuKJju0
Also included in the budget is a commitment of $150 million additional to the Rutgers medical schools and $50 million for a research complex to be built in downtown New Brunswick.
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Peter McDonough Jr., the university’s senior vice president for external affairs spoke to Brent Johnson and Ted Sherman about the $300 million dollar investment in the university:
“The investments that the proposed budget makes in Rutgers University will help the state establish its role as a global leader in the innovation economy, will provide several hundred million dollars for aid to students and for making improvements to essential academic facilities in New Brunswick, Newark and Camden, and will provide seed money for enhancements to athletics facilities that will be overwhelmingly funded through private donations.”
After Rutgers athletics had a strong 2021-2022 season across the board, Tuesday’s news of the impending funding for the athletic department and the state university as a whole, better days continue to be on the horizon for all Scarlet Knights.
How a new NIL collective is looking to shape Rutgers athletics.
It is a new era of college sports, one where student-athletes are able to leverage their personalities and their platform in a unique way.
And with the dawn of Name, Image and Likeness (NIL), student-athletes are looking to maximize their potential to bring in revenue and capitalize on their stage. For Rutgers student-athletes, that is where the Knights of the Raritan (KTR) comes into play.
Launched on Thursday, KTR has the stated aim of “empowering Scarlet Knight student-athletes to achieve their greatest potential in the classroom, on the playing field and in life. The collective seeks to enable them to maximize their NIL opportunities the right way, without compromising the values of the university.”
The all-volunteer organization is comprised of Rutgers alumni, fans and corporations that are aiming to maximize the exposure of the student-athletes within the framework of NIL.
Nine supporters of the Rutgers athletic fanbase make up the executive committee overseeing the NIL collective: Jon Newman, Al Reicheg, Danny Breslauer, Jeff Towers, Scott White, Ken Miller, Jerrold Colton, Russ Nesevich and Ryan Stryker.
As part of the collective’s launch this week, Breslauer, spoke with ‘Rutgers Wire’ about KTR, its impact and goal and how it aims to help shape the future of Rutgers athletics.
Oh, and Breslauer is a passionate supporter of Rutgers athletics and is a former voice of Scarlet Vision:
Throwback Friday, eh?
Check out what Breslauer had to say about the newly launched NIL collective, the Knights of the Raritan.
Rutgers football head coach Greg Schiano was excited about the news of athletic director Patt Hobbs getting an extension.
On Friday afternoon, Rutgers announced that Patt Hobbs will get a six-year extension as athletic director. It is an extension that is certainly deserved by Hobbs, who has overseen a highly successful rise of the athletic department in recent years within the Big Ten.
It was news about Hobbs that football head coach Greg Schiano greeted on Friday night. There is no doubt that Hobbs has made a dramatic turnaround of the athletic department at Rutgers.
This past year, field hockey won the Big Ten Tournament, women’s soccer won the conference regular season, men’s basketball made consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances for the first time since 1976 and both lacrosse programs are nationally ranked. Plus, football made a bowl game for the first time since 2014 and baseball is competing for a Big Ten regular season title.
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Schiano, who casts a giant shadow across the athletic department, the university as a whole and the entire state, was pleased with the extension for Hobbs.
“I think it’s great. I think continuity here with people that work well together, you know, Pat’s been here I don’t know how many years now, but he’s done a great job and I think he’s got all our — you just look what’s happening with baseball, both lacrosses, what happened with basketball, and I know I’ll leave somebody out if I start mentioning everybody,” Schiano was asked following the spring game.
“But you look at the Rutgers athletic department, it’s going like this (Schiano moves hand up) and the leader of that department is Pat. I’m very happy for him. He deserves it. What we need to do is get this operation cooking because this is the one that, as we know, can really push everything up even faster.”
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There is a sense of momentum around the football team. The class of 2023 was a top 30 class in the national recruiting rankings. And football’s 5-8 record represented the most wins for the program since joining the Big Ten in 2014.
Patt Hobbs, athletic director at Rutgers, gets a contract extension.
Pat Hobbs has overseen the most successful six seasons of athletics in Rutgers history. And now, he will get another six years.
The Rutgers athletic director signed a new contract that will keep him with the Scarlet Knights through 2028.
“I want to thank President Holloway, the Board of Governors and the Board of Trustees,” Hobbs said in a statement.
“Our coaches, student-athletes and staff are dedicated, hardworking and passionate about being Scarlet Knights. I consider myself fortunate to serve as Athletic Director at a great university, with a team that is committed to the pursuit of excellence, and I look forward to continuing to join them in writing the greatest chapter in Rutgers history. What they have been able to achieve over the past six years personifies Jersey grit. Rutgers has the biggest upside of any program in the country, and I wouldn’t want to do this anywhere else.”
This has been a tremendous year for Rutgers athletics, including the women’s soccer team making a run to the Final Four and winning the Big Ten regular season. Field hockey won the Big Ten Tournament Championship, men’s basketball made consecutive NCAA Tournaments for the first time since 1976, wrestling continued to do well, baseball is ranked and both lacrosse programs are ranked.
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And football made the Gator Bowl, making a postseason appearance for the first time since 2014.
