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Vanelys Malave Cruz looks forward to her third year as an orientation assistant (OA) because it marks the in-person return of the university’s summer experience for new students. Through the end of July, Vanelys is one of 20 OAs welcoming new students and families, leading activities and dressing up as Blaze when called upon. The senior childhood/early childhood education major also serves as an RA, vice president of Student Activities Board and teaching assistant, and recently she was recognized with SUNY Cortland’s Outstanding Leader Award. This summer, Vanelys is most excited to help new Red Dragons transition to the place she loves.

The SUNY Cortland Alumni Association will host a full schedule of Reunion 2022 festivities slated from Thursday, July 14, through Sunday, July 17.

Hundreds of returning alumni and friends have registered to participate in class get-togethers, parties and other activities both on and off campus.

It’s the first time the event has been held on campus since Reunion 2019. Health precautions due to the COVID-19 pandemic limited the event to online gatherings in 2020 and 2021.

“After a long hiatus, we are so happy to welcome reunion folks back to campus,” said Erin Boylan, executive director of alumni engagement at SUNY Cortland. “We are so appreciative of our milestone classes and celebrated groups that continued to reach out to friends to keep them connected during the pandemic. Now is the time to celebrate Red Dragons.”

As always, all alumni are welcome at Reunion, regardless of class year. Featured groups include the Half Century Club, comprised of alumni who graduated more than 50 years ago; the Classes of 1955, 1956 and 1957 (65th reunion); 1960, 1961 and 1962 (60th reunion); 1964, 1966 and 1967 (55th reunion); 1970, 1971 and 1972 (50th reunion); 30th Cluster Reunion (Classes of 1989, 1990 and 1991); 40th Cluster Reunion (Classes of 1980, 1981 and 1982); Classes of 1995, 1996 and 1997 (25th reunion); sisters of Arethusa and Theta Phi; Lambda Phi Delta fraternity; Communication Disorders and Sciences Department; and LGBTQ+ Alum including members of SPECTRUM and PRIDE.

During reunion, the following campus locations will be open to all to enjoy: the Campus Store, Memorial Library, Outdoor basketball/tennis courts and the Student Life Center. Visit the Alumni Reunion 2022 site for a schedule of open hours.

All alumni are invited to stop by the Parks Alumni House all day Friday and Saturday for “Remembrance”: an opportunity to inscribe on cloth, a memory of a beloved classmate who has passed on.

Thursday, July 14

Reunion opens Thursday with the Class of 1970 50th reunion dinner, which will take place in the back gardens of the Lynne Parks ’68 SUNY Cortland Alumni House at 29 Tompkins St. Meanwhile, the Classes of 1971 and 1972 will gather for their 50th reunion dinner on the Parks Alumni House Kappa (1925-1991) Alumni Lawn.

Friday, July 15  

On Friday morning, the Half Century Club will depart by bus for a day exploring Skaneateles Lake with a boat cruise featuring a buffet lunch.

Later that morning, the alumni association and Athletics Department will combine talents to continue the sold-out “Red and White Golf Classic.” The enhanced golf tournament will be held at the Cortland Country Club and will serve as a fundraiser for both organizations.

That afternoon, Theta Phi sorority members will hold a picnic at Little York Lake while Arethusa sorority members will meet at a casual open house at 74 Maple Ave in Cortland. Members of the Class of 1972 will reconnect in Corey Union. The Cortland College Foundation and SUNY Cortland President Erik J. Bitterbaum will host a special reception at the Parks Alumni House to welcome all Red Dragons and to thank the Reunion Committee members.

Later on Friday, many class and group activities will ensue. The Half Century Club will enjoy dinner at the Corey Union Function Room. Arethusa sorority members will gather on the Parks Alumni House back gardens. The Cortland Main Street Music Series will host a concert that is free and open to all, featuring The Rods, Sydney Irving & the Mojo, and Quona Hudson at Rose Hall, 19 Church St., Cortland. 

Communication Disorders and Sciences will hold its 50th anniversary reception at Parks Alumni House featuring hors d’oeuvres, casual mingling and a group photo opportunity to mark the clinic’s big milestone. The Lambda Phi Delta fraternity will gather from 6 to 10 p.m. at Stone Lounge, 128 Main St., Cortland. Parking is available on the street or in adjacent parking lots near the venue. Contact Lance McAllister ’70 to arrange to attend. All alumni are welcome to board a bus at Corey Union to see the Cole Porter classic musical, “Kiss Me, Kate,” at Cortland Repertory Theatre. 

In the late evening, the Musical Legacy Commemorative Project: 1960-1990 committee invites all alumni to come tell their concert stories — whether it was planning, promoting or just having a great time attending — and receive a committee update during a gathering with pizza at The Hollywood Restaurant at 27 Groton Ave. 

Saturday, July 16

A President’s Circle breakfast, by invitation only, will kick off Saturday’s events in the Corey Union Function Room. President Bitterbaum will host donors of $1,000 or more in recognition of their support of the university. All alumni are welcome to partake of a hot breakfast buffet on the Parks Alumni House Kappa (1925-1991) Alumni Lawn.

Arethusa sorority will host a casual coffee for sisters to meet up and reconnect at 74 Maple Ave. 

From 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., selected campus building open houses will be in Sperry Center, Van Hoesen Hall, the Dowd Fine Arts Center, Bowers Hall, Brockway Hall and Old Main. Attendees are welcome to reminisce on college days and see how campus has changed by visiting the open buildings on their own. From 9:30 to 11 a.m., tours of the Parks Alumni House will be offered to alumni who wish to learn more about the historic 1912 Wickwire mansion.

A guided campus tour for all alumni by a student orientation assistant will leave from the Corey Union front steps at 10:30 a.m. and again at 1:30 p.m.

The Alumni Association will celebrate its most prestigious award winners for both 2020 and 2021 graduates during an Alumni Awards Ceremony at 10 a.m. in Corey Union Exhibition Lounge that is open to all alumni. Visit the Distinguished Alumni Award website for names and details about the association’s awards for Distinguished Alumni, Distinguished Young Alumni, Distinguished Educator, Outstanding Volunteer and Honorary Alumni. Highlights also include the association presenting The Cortland Fund reunion giving cups and conducting a gavel passing ceremony from outgoing president Jamie Piperato ’12 to incoming president Dan Walker ’06. Light refreshments will be provided. 

Also that morning, the Class of 1970 will host a Hall of Fame Room open house in the Park Center Hall of Fame Room. All alumni are invited to view the memorabilia and reminisce as a slideshow circulates athletics images from between 1966 and 1970. Meanwhile, the Nu Sigma Chi alumnae tea, compliments of the Nu Sigma Chi Alumnae Association, Inc., will take place in the Parks Alumni House back gardens. Later that morning, the Theta Phi decades gathering will proceed at Corey Union Fireplace Lounge.

The university’s Lofty Elm Society will present information on planned giving during a “Peace of Mind: Leaving a Legacy at SUNY Cortland” presentation at 10:30 a.m. at the Parks Alumni House. Mike Fusilli, major gifts and planned giving officer at SUNY Cortland, will host.

Members of the LGBTQ+ alumni featured group will gather for “LGBTQ+ Brunch and Bubbly” at the Parks Alumni House Kappa (1925-1991) Alumni Lawn.  

All alumni are invited to gather at noon for a two-hour casual “Blast from the Past” lunch on the Corey Union ground floor.

Also that afternoon, Bob Russell ’78, C.A.S. ’91 will open his home at 93 Cayuga St., Homer, N.Y., to all classes for a casual get-together featuring free food and drinks. Individuals wishing to bring a dish to pass should contact him at 607-423-2691.

Biological Sciences Department faculty members Steven B. Broyles and Andrea Davalos will lead a one-and-a-half mile hike and share knowledge on local plants and wildlife at the SUNY Cortland William H. Parks Family Center for Environmental and Outdoor Education at Hoxie Gorge. Space is limited. Arethusa sorority members will play a round of a la carte mini golf together at Shipwreck Amusements in Cortlandville, N.Y.

Later, representatives from the university’s Multicultural Life, Diversity and Institutional Equity and Inclusion, and Corey Union Voice offices, will update all Reunion attendees on everything that is happening to make the campus a more inclusive place for all. 

A weekend highlight will be a ceremony at 2 p.m. Saturday to dedicate the Ellen Howard Burton Waiting Room in the Center for Speech, Language and Hearing Disorders Community Clinic at the Professional Studies Building. Refreshments tours also are part of the event, which also celebrates the clinic’s 50th anniversary. 

The All-Greek reception at the Parks Alumni House, a casual event underwritten by the Nu Sigma Chi Legacy Fund, is open to all alumni former fraternity and sorority members. Meanwhile, Theta Phi will offer a meet and greet event on the Kappa (1925-1991) Alumni Lawn and members of Ago/Tri Sig/Sig Rho sorority will conduct their annual meeting.

The association has organized an exclusive gathering of more recent graduates for the “Young Alumni and Tour Guide Happy Hour” at the Cortland Beer Company (CBC), 16 Court St. 

Also that afternoon, alumni brothers will host a tour of the former Lambda Phi Delta house at 55 Tompkins St. and later alumni sisters will lead a tour of the former Arethusa house at 64 Tompkins St. 

Saturday evening, the biggest all-alumni event of the weekend, “Brews and Barbecue,” will begin at the Parks Alumni House back gardens.

Recalling those late night parties after major Voice Office club events, the Voice Office Corey Party will run from 10 p.m. until midnight in the Corey Union Fireplace Lounge and Voice Office.

Sunday, July 17

On Sunday, all alumni are invited to attend the All-Class farewell breakfast on the Parks Alumni House Kappa (1925-1991) Alumni Lawn starting at 8:30 a.m. Arethusa will hold its own farewell brunch for sisters on the back gardens.

“We hope all alumni — regardless of class year or affiliation — make this the year they come back to campus to reminisce, party and see all of our enhancements,” Boylan said.

The campus community is encouraged to attend Alumni Reunion 2022. For up to date information or to register, contact Alumni Engagement at 607-753-2516 or visit RedDragonNetwork.org/reunion.

Reyluis “ReyLú” Gutierrez ’17 graduated from SUNY Cortland focused on becoming a physical therapist for world-class U.S. athletes. 
He had no idea that he would one day become one of those top athletes. 

On May 7, Gutierrez raced Barber Road in the 2022 Kentucky Derby, finishing sixth in a field of the nation’s 20 fastest horses. The 26-year-old exercise science major was the youngest jockey in the race and had been one of the longest shots in the derby, with 30-1 odds. 

“It was a beautiful experience, it really was indescribable,” Gutierrez said of his shot in the 148th Run for the Roses and opportunity to put on a show before 147,000 fans  at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. 

“It is the Super Bowl of horse racing, amongst Hall of Fame jockeys who have been doing this since before I was born,” he said. “I was quite humbled to be there. It’s certainly something that I’ve worked for my entire life. Hopefully there will be more opportunities to race there.” 

Gutierrez grew up around racehorses. His father, Luis Gutierrez, is a horse trainer at Finger Lakes Gaming & Racetrack in Farmington, N.Y. His uncle was a jockey.

“I started getting on horses when I was 12. I always galloped race horses at the track for my father since when I was about 15. It was really over the summer vacations, sometimes over winter break.”

With his 5-foot-1 frame he seemed like a natural as a professional jockey but his mother, Rosy Gutierrez, a registered nurse, encouraged him to expand his horizons with a college degree. A lacrosse player in high school, Gutierrez suffered an injury that got him interested in physical rehabilitation.

After SUNY Cortland, Gutierrez wanted to make some money to pay down his debts before embarking on the next step toward a physical therapy career. A friend suggested he work with horses. A part-time job at Finger Lakes led him to take the reins and start racing. 

Surrounded by jockeys who haven’t graduated from college, he soon found his degree gave him an “Exercise science to me means physiology and cardiology,” Gutierrez said. “It’s maintaining my weight, taking care of my body, recovery, certainly things that I’ve learned  … that you can apply to yourself to be a better athlete.” 

The rest is history. Consider: 

In his very short horse racing career,  Gutierrez — called Rey Gutierrez in race statistics listings — has ridden his mounts to more than $18.1 million in lifetime owner earnings and captured for them more than $3.1 million so far in 2022. 

His wins aboard various mounts during 2018 earned him finalist honors for the annual Eclipse Award for outstanding apprenticeship.

In 2020, Gutierrez was entrusted to ride a top colt from a top stable — Jungle Runner owned by the prestigious Calumet Farms — in the Belmont Stakes on Long Island. In that year of the pandemic, Belmont served as the nontraditional first leg of America’s horse racing Triple Crown.

In 2021, he piloted Hidden Connection to his first career Churchill Downs win in the Pocahontas Stakes for 2-year-old fillies and was rewarded with his first mount in the Breeders’ Cup World Championships.

Gutierrez currently moves between Louisville, Kentucky, and his childhood home of Farmington, N.Y., near Rochester and the racetrack where he learned the trade behind the scenes.

His concern for the horses he is privileged to ride is apparent whenever he talks about them, most recently when he guided the five-year-old colt Excess Magic to $100,000 in winning stakes at Lonestar Park near Dallas, Texas.

“He’s excellent,” Gutierrez said of Excess Magic. “He’s such a kind horse. He’s a small horse, actually. But he’s very kind and every cue that you give him, he resolves positively.”

Despite his phenomenal success, Gutierrez does not intend to spend the rest of his professional life on the racetrack. 

“I just want to become a physical therapist and work with athletes,” he said. “Hopefully I can have an opportunity to go back to that.”

“My family, they’re proud of my success. To be honest, I didn’t expect to make it this far myself. But the way things are going I expect to continue going onward and forward just to be the best that I can be.”

Faculty and staff from the Childhood/Early Childhood Education Department are collecting memories and raising funds for a memorial in honor of Associate Professor Muteb Alqahtani, who was found deceased earlier this month.

Students, faculty, staff and friends are encouraged to submit their stories, photos or videos to Google Drive. These collected memories will be shared at a later date. A memorial service for Alqahtani is being planned for early September. Details will be shared with the campus community at a later date.

Faculty, staff, students and friends may choose to donate to the Muteb Alqahtani Memorial Fund to support students in need and remember Alqahtani’s loving and generous spirit.

The Childhood/Early Childhood Education Department faculty also would like to share a video interview with Alqahtani that was created a few years ago by Kelsey Klein ’18. The video, “Most Important to be Fearless,” which is available online, shows Alqahtani’s passion for his work and his students. 

Alqahtani was raised in Dammam, Saudi Arabia and earned a Ph.D. in mathematics education from Rutgers University. He joined SUNY Cortland’s Childhood/Early Childhood Education Department in 2016 and was passionate about mathematics education and initiatives related to diversity, equity and inclusion for all. A prolific researcher, writer and scholar, Alqahtani’s skills supported several grant projects to provide professional development teachers in New York, New Jersey and Turkey. He was an active participant in Cortland’s Professional Development School program through Appleby Elementary School in Marathon, N.Y.

He is survived by his best friend and partner, Valerie Widdall, his parents, Moshabab and Fatimah, his five siblings, Roud, Meshal, Rawaed, Meshari, and Abdullah and six nieces and nephews.

Members of the campus community who are seeking resources should remember:

• Students may contact the Counseling Center.
• Employees can access resources through the Employee Assistance Program.
• A list of crisis resources can be found on the Counseling Center webpage.
• Other community resources include the Cortland County Mental Health Department and Family Counseling Services.

SUNY Cortland’s free-standing solar array boasts 2,443 panels on 2.4 acres, producing 1,118 Kilowatts of electricity. It’s all part of SUNY Cortland’s efforts for a better environment. But without the help of 12 sheep — give or take — this zero-carbon initiative might get a little bit too green. 

 With all the hard-to-reach spots a solar array creates, regular methods of lawn care become more daunting. The sheep, meanwhile, handle it with ease. It’s a practical choice, according to Daniel Dryja, director of facilities operations and services. But that doesn’t make it any less fun to have these four-legged solar stars on campus.  

 “Having the sheep on site to control the vegetative growth within the solar panel arrays has been very successful,” Dryja said. They do a good job of controlling the growth and save unnecessary wear and tear on our equipment, as well as countless man hours mowing and trimming around the panels. Plus, the sheep tend to be very popular among our community members, as you can often find individuals stopping and taking pictures.”

In addition to making Cortland’s solar power more cost effective, the sheep have another advantage over lawnmowers: without the need for gasoline, less pollution goes into the air. The sheep, all rams, are a breed called Mouflon, selected for the job because they graze on a wide variety of plants and love the shade. On loan from Highland Solar Grazers in Tompkins County, they’ve kept busy among the university’s solar panels near Route 281 since 2021. 

Most importantly, they go where lawnmowers can’t. Maintaining the landscape around solar panels is tough, thankless work if you’re a person. For sheep, however, it’s just one feast after another.

The idea to use the sheep began with Zach Newswanger, vice president of facilities management. Once the disruptions caused by COVID-19 began to end, the idea was implemented by Dryja, who also coordinates with the shepherds who maintain the flock. The number of campus sheep varies, but currently there are about a dozen. 

So far, it’s been a natural fit. This creative use of hungry livestock has helped strengthen SUNY Cortland’s role as an environmental leader among college campuses. Consider:

• Recognition the past two years by The Princeton Review as one of the most sustainable campuses in the country. Cortland scored 96 points out of a possible 99 on The Princeton Review’s green rating scale, which measures whether students have a campus quality of life that is healthy and sustainable. It assesses how well a school prepares students for employment in a clean energy economy and how environmentally responsible a school’s policies are.    
• Sierra magazine ranked SUNY Cortland among the top 100 colleges and universities in the nation for sustainability for six consecutive years and is the top SUNY comprehensive college on their 2021 “Cool Schools” list.    
• SUNY Cortland received back-to-back gold ratings in the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System (STARS) from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). The gold rating places Cortland among the top 3% of all higher education institutions in the nation.    
• In 2013, SUNY Cortland became the first in the 64-campus SUNY system to operate all its facilities using 100% renewable electricity, through a combination of solar power and the purchase of renewable energy. 

Anyone who wants to see the sheep in action can find them hard at work from mid-April until December. For other information on SUNY Cortland’s environmental programs and resources, check out the Sustainability Office’s website.

SUNY Cortland’s COVID-19 Safety Information page has been updated to reflect new policies and procedures for the 2022-23 academic year.

The page is available online.

Information is divided into three main sections: Quick answers, information for students and information for employees.

Important changes that are now reflected on the page include:

• All students for the 2022-23 academic year must comply with SUNY system’s vaccination mandate. This means students must be fully vaccinated OR have an approved medical or religious exemption OR sign an attestation form if they are fully remote and will not physically be present on campus during the semester.
• Students who have received a medical or religious exemption must participate in weekly surveillance testing. These students will be allowed to use the Student Life Center, participate in performances, ensembles, intercollegiate athletics, club sports and intramurals. Students must apply for an exemption by Friday, July 15.
• SUNY Cortland strongly recommends, but will not require, a booster dose for students.
• All students are strongly encouraged to take a rapid antigen test before they arrive for the Fall 2022 semester.

The COVID-19 Safety Information page will be regularly updated. Any new policies will also be communicated to students, faculty and staff by email. The university will continue to work with guidance from the state Department of Health, the State University of New York and the Cortland County Health Department.

Dear faculty and staff,

SUNY Cortland will open the 2022-23 year with Academic Convocation on Sunday, August 28 at 4 p.m. The event will be followed by a dinner for faculty, staff and new students.

This is an important first step for the university's new students to meet and connect with faculty and staff and to be officially introduced and welcomed to campus. Academic Convocation is open to all first-year and new transfer students as well as faculty, librarians and professional staff. We hope you will be able to join us and help greet SUNY Cortland's newest students. This is a vital university tradition and we are glad to be able to host it again.

Additional details will be shared with you later this summer.

All the best,

President Erik J. Bitterbaum

Provost Mark Prus

Dear campus community,

I want to let you know that the university has made some important updates to the COVID-19 Safety Information page in advance of the 2022-23 academic year.

Policies to note include:

• All students must comply with SUNY system’s vaccination mandate. This means students must be fully vaccinated OR have an approved medical or religious exemption OR sign an attestation form if they are fully remote and will not physically be present on campus during the semester.
• SUNY Cortland strongly recommends, but will not require, a booster dose for students.
• Students who have received a medical or religious exemption must participate in weekly surveillance testing. These students will be allowed to use the Student Life Center, participate in performances, ensembles, intercollegiate athletics, club sports and intramurals.
• All students are strongly encouraged to take a rapid antigen test before they arrive for the Fall 2022 semester.

Additional information for students and employees is available on the COVID-19 Safety Information page.

This page will be continuously updated, and any future policy changes will also be communicated by email. The university will work with partners from the state Department of Health, the State University of New York and the Cortland County Health Department to monitor the situation and adapt to new circumstances.

Thank you for your attention and for doing your part to keep SUNY Cortland safe. Have a wonderful summer break.

All the best,

Erik J. Bitterbaum

President

SUNY Cortland junior Ryan Cory (Beacon) has been honored as a national third team Division III Men’s Track and Field/Cross Country Academic All-American for the 2021-22 school year by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). 

A sport management major, Cory had a 3.91 cumulative grade point average prior to the 2022 spring semester. 

During the 2021 cross country season, Cory earned All-America honors with a 40th-place national finish and was the Niagara Regional qualifier champion. He also earned first team All-SUNYAC honors with a fourth-place showing. He was named the USTFCCCA Niagara Region Men's Cross Country Athlete of the Year and the SUNYAC Men's Cross Country Co-Runner of the Year. 

Cory set school records during the track and field seasons in both the 3,000 meters indoors (8:19.14) and 5,000 meters outdoors (14:18.10). He was an NCAA indoor national qualifier in the 3,000 meters, placing 14th nationally, in addition to winning the title in that event at the AARTFC championships. He also finished second in the SUNYAC in the mile run. During the outdoor season, Cory was All-SUNYAC with a third-place finish in the 5,000 meters. 

Cortland student-athletes have now earned 41 Academic All-America honors, including 21 since 2011. Cortland’s previous men’s track and field/cross country honorees were Brent DiVittorio (third team in 2019-20) and Connor Christopherson (third team in 2016-17)

The SUNY Cortland men’s and women’s intercollegiate athletic program finished in 30th place in the 2021-22 LEARFIELD Directors’ Cup competition among the approximately 440 eligible NCAA Division III programs competing nationally for the prestigious honor. The National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA), LEARFIELD and USA Today present the award to recognize overall excellence among collegiate athletic programs. 

The Red Dragons finished with a score of 520.25 points. Tufts (Mass.) won the Directors’ Cup with 1,080 points, followed by Johns Hopkins (Md.) with 1,043 points, Middlebury (Vt.) with 1,000.50, MIT with 936.75 and Washington-St. Louis with 922.50. 

Cortland had 12 teams earn points, which are awarded based on NCAA postseason finishes and the size of each postseason field. The national champion in each sport earns 100 points. The Red Dragon scorers were: 

Men’s Soccer – tied for 9th place (64 pts.) 

Women’s Lacrosse – tied for 9th place (64 pts.) 

Football – tied for 9th place (53 pts.) 

Women’s Volleyball – tied for 17th place (50 pts.) 

Men’s Lacrosse – tied for 17th place (50 pts.) 

Baseball – tied for 17th place (50 pts.) 

Women’s Swimming and Diving – 29th place (45 pts.) 

Wrestling – 38th place (36 pts.) 

Men’s Cross Country – top-5 NCAA regional finish (32.5 pts.) 

Women’s Golf – 24th place (26 pts.) 

Field Hockey – tied for 17th place (25 pts.) 

Women’s Basketball – tied for 33rd place (25 pts.) 

There are four Directors’ Cup Awards, one to honor overall champions in each of the NCAA’s Divisions (I, II and III) and the NAIA. It is the first-ever cross-sectional all-sports national recognition award for both men and women. NACDA is the professional and educational association for more than 12,500 college athletics directors, associates, assistants and conference commissioners, along with affiliate individuals or corporations. More than 1,600 institutions throughout the United States, Mexico and Canada are represented in NACDA's membership. 

2021-22 LEARFIELD DIRECTORS’ CUP 

Final Division III Standings 

Rank   School...................................... Points 

1. Tufts (Mass.).............................. 1,080 
2. Johns Hopkins (Md.).................... 1,043 
3. Middlebury (Vt.)......................... 1,000.5 
4. Mass. Institute of Technology....... 936.75 
5. Washington-St. Louis................... 922.5 
6. Williams (Mass.)......................... 908 
7. Chicago (Ill.)............................... 900.5 
8. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Calif.).... 858 
9. Emory (Ga.)............................... 846.5 
10. Stevens Institute (N.J.)................. 780.5 
11. Ithaca....................................... 770.75 
12. Washington & Lee (Va.)............... 767.5 
13. Wisconsin-Whitewater................ 754.25 
14. Pomona-Pitzer (Calif.).................. 743 
15. Carnegie Mellon (Pa.).................. 725.75 
16. Wisconsin-Eau Claire................... 715.5 
17. Wartburg (Iowa)......................... 700.75 
18. Christopher Newport (Va.)........... 695.5 
19. SUNY Geneseo........................... 691.75 
20. Trinity (Texas)............................ 685.5 
21. Wisconsin-La Crosse.................... 680.5 
22. North Central (Ill.)....................... 649 
23. John Carroll (Ohio)...................... 635.75 

T24.     Amherst (Mass.)......................... 603.5 

T24.     Loras (Iowa)............................... 603.5 

26. New York University.................... 546.5 
27. Calvin (Mich.)............................. 536 
28. Hope (Mich.).............................. 533 
29. Rowan (N.J.).............................. 523.25 
30. CORTLAND................................ 520.5 

Other New York schools in Top 100:

41. St. John Fisher............................ 427 
42. RPI........................................... 358 
43. Rochester.................................. 309 
44. Nazareth................................... 287.5 
45. RIT........................................... 239 

T93.     Hobart/William Smith.................. 197 

98. Hamilton................................... 192.5 

Complete standings are online at: https://nacda.com/documents/2022/6/15/FinalDIIIStandings.pdf

CORTLAND’S DIRECTORS’ CUP FINISHES  

2021-22:         30th 

2018-19:         57th 

2017-18:         54th 

2016-17:         21st 

2015-16:         22nd 

2014-15:         12th 

2013-14:         23rd 

2012-13:         11th 

2011-12:         10th 

2010-11:         16th 

2009-10:         17th 

2008-09:         5th 

2007-08:         9th 

2006-07:         3rd 

2005-06:         5th 

2004-05:         13th 

2003-04:         8th 

2002-03:         15th 

2001-02:         12th 

2000-01:         13th 

1999-00:         17th 

1998-99:         8th 

1997-98:         2nd (tied) 

1996-97:         8th 

1995-96:         19th 

(not conducted in 2019-20 or 2020-21)