Athlete Services
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Endicott College Athletics
376 Hale Street, Beverly, MA 01915
Tel (978) 232-2305
Fax (978) 232-2600
Student-athletes should present the following letter to their respective professors in the event that an academic/athletic conflict exsists in their current schedule. Communication is the responsibilty of the student-athlete, and academic scheduling conflicts should be identified and addressed as early as possible.
Academic Schedule Conflict Letter
Faculty Athletic Mentor Program
The Faculty Athletic Mentor Program at Endicott attempts to foster a better understanding of the mission and application of intercollegiate athletics at Endicott, and how athletics supports the College's educational mission. The program encourages faculty and staff members from a variety of academic disciplines that volunteer to spend time with individual teams and mentor the student-athletes.
By inviting faculty and staff into intimate team settings, these relationships between the student-athletes and the mentors augment the experiential learning environments that foster the Colleges' mission statement. Faculty Athletic Mentors (FAMs) and coaches work as partners in knowing and assisting their students in all facets of the students' curricular and co-curricular pursuits.
As a means to create an environment of co-curricular learning,
mentors engage in a variety of activities with their teams.
Activities may include attending athletic events, assisting with
academic challenges and resources, joining the team at pre-game
meals, attending campus activities; such as lectures and art
openings, joining in community service projects and a multitude of
other possibilities.
The objectives:
-To enhance communication between faculty and students, and
provide additional mentoring resources for student-athletes.
-To provide faculty members with a more complete understanding of
the mission and application of intercollegiate athletics, and
enhance their awareness of the responsibilities Endicott
student-athletes.
-Give student-athletes an integrated learning experience, collaborating their academic and athletic "worlds."
-Reinforces the circle of support for student-athletes.
-Continue to attract top scholar athletes to Endicott.
-Promote understanding and communication between faculty, athletics, and students.
-Provide an institutionally supported means for faculty, students, and coaches to get to know each other better thus enhancing individual and educational relationships and mutual appreciation.
Softball:
Lisa Courcy, RNC,
MSN is an assistant professor teaching Care of
Childbearing Families, Care of Children, and Community Health. She
is a graduate of Bridgewater State College with a BA in English and
Education. After teaching for several years at the high school
level, she returned to college to become a registered nurse,
receiving an AD in Nursing from Massasoit Community College, and
earning a Masters Degree in Nursing from the University of Phoenix
in 2005. Prior to coming to Endicott, she practiced primarily in
the clinical setting as a labor and delivery nurse, with additional
experience in newborn and postpartum care. She has also been
employed in the community setting as a family support RN for the
Family Outreach Program in Rhode Island, providing nursing support
and social service referrals to at risk families with newborns.
Professor Courcy is certified by the American Nurse Credentialing
Center in perinatal nursing and as a Neonatal Resuscitation
Provider (NRP) educator. She holds memberships in Sigma Theta Tau
International Honor Society in Nursing, the Association of Women's
Health, Obstetrical and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN), and the
Massachusetts Nurses Association. In 2000, Professor Courcy was
awarded the first annual Elaine Donahue Memorial Scholarship; she
has also developed and implemented a Teen Prepared Childbirth
program for a local city high school. In addition to teaching at
Endicott, Professor Courcy continues to work part time as an
obstetrical nurse educator and labor and delivery nurse in a
community hospital setting.
Women's Tennis:
Nancy Meedzan, MSN,
RN is an assistant professor teaching Health
Assessment, Nursing Research, and the clinical component of Care of
Adults. She earned her BS degree from Boston College School of
Nursing and her MSN from Salem State College. She has previously
taught in an AD nursing program teaching Medical Surgical nursing.
Her clinical experience is varied and includes Cardiac Care,
Cardiac Rehabilitation, Burn and Trauma Unit, and Community Health
nursing where she held both staff and administrative positions. She
has co-authored an article on cardiac rehabilitation which is her
area of research interest. She is a member of Sigma Theta Tau and
the Massachusetts Nurses Association.
Men's Lacrosse:
Scott
Russell graduated from Trinity College in
Hartford, Connecticut in 1994 with a Bachelor of Science in
Psychology. After working in two residential programs for
adolescents, he went on to receive his Master of Social Work degree
from Boston University in 1998. He worked at Health
& Education Services’ Salem Outpatient Site as a
Therapist and Intake Coordinator and at Beverly Hospital as a
Medical Social Worker prior to starting at Endicott in September of
2001. He and wife Kelly have two sons named Liam and
Finn. He has enjoyed serving as the Faculty/Staff Mentor of
the Men’s Lacrosse Team since the spring of 2010.
Women's Basketball:
Anne-Marie
Scholer has been a member of the Arts and Sciences
Division at Endicott College since 1994. She has a B.A. in Biology
from Smith College, a Master of Arts in Medical Sciences from
Harvard University, and an Ed.D. in Science Education from Boston
University. She teaches courses in Anatomy and Physiology,
Pathophysiology, and Gender and Women in Science. Dr. Scholer's
areas of interest include gender issues in science, the history of
women in science, sexuality in science education, and the areas of
biology related to medicine and reproduction.
Men's Basketball:
Richard
Nastasi received his doctoral degree from the
Department of Curriculum and Teaching at Boston University.
Previous to his appointment at Endicott, he served as an assistant
professor in Human Movement and Sport Sciences at the University of
Ballarat in Victoria, Australia and as a lecturer in Curriculum and
Teaching at Boston University. His academic interests include: the
integration of sport, literature and philosophy into a viable and
empowering academic framework, the development and nurturing of a
humanistic model for managers and administrators in sporting
situations, and the development and nurturing of an inductive,
compassion based model for wellness education. Dr. Nastasi has
published scholarly articles and commentary in refereed and
non-refereed journals, co-edited an international conferences'
proceedings and is currently co-authoring a book on the role of
compassion in wellness education. He has presented papers at
regional and national conferences as well as international
presentations in England, Germany and Israel. Dr. Nastasi has given
plenary addresses on Character Education and Sport (Australia) and
on Scholarship Reconsidered: A Sport Research Perspective (Lisbon).
Rich was an athletic director, coach and high school teacher in
previous lives. While he once was an intercollegiate basketball and
baseball player, he now limits himself to recreational basketball
and jogging.
Field Hockey:
Katie
Kilty: Dr. Katie Kilty holds an Ed.D. in Sport
Psychology from Boston University. She has extensive sport
management experience in the applied and academic settings. She
also owns her own performance consulting business: MindPower
Resources and has recently published a book titled Creating Healthy
Habits. She has presented and published nationally and
internationally in the areas of performance excellence, women in
sport, coach education, adventure education and health and
wellness.
Football:
Doug
Glazer: Dr. Doug Glazer has extensive
teaching experience in physical education and is also a certified
athletic trainer. He earned his doctorate from Springfield College,
specializing in sport psychology. Dr. Glazer has a Master of
Science degree from Indiana State University in athletic training
and a Bachelor of Science degree in exercise science and athletic
training from Concordia University. He has taught several graduate
and undergraduate courses in exercise science at Springfield
College and was an athletic trainer at Yale University, Indiana
State University, and Concordia University.
Women's Soccer:
Kathy
Bloomfield: Assistant Director,
Center for Teaching & Learning.
Men's Soccer:
Erica
Hochberg: Assistant Director, Center
for Teaching & Learning.
Women's Lacrosse:
TBA
Baseball:
TBA