Thursday, August 30, 2001

MORAVIAN ADDS 9 NEW MEMBERS TO ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT

BETHLEHEM, PA --- The Moravian College Athletics Department has announced the appointment of eight new employees effective immediately.

Fred Harris - Assistant Softball Coach.
Harris is a 1994 graduate of Moravian College and played baseball for four seasons while attending the school.  Harris is currently a teacher in the Bethlehem Area School District and a former head baseball coach at Freedom High School in Bethlehem.  He also was an assistant softball coach for one year at Nazareth High School. 

Sharon Lamond - Assistant Women's Tennis Coach.
Lamond will coach for the Greyhounds while serving as assistant tennis professional at the Northwood Racquet and Fitness Club in Easton, PA.  Lamond, who is a member of the US Professional Tennis Registry and the United States Tennis Association, earned her undergraduate degree in physical education from San Jose State University in 1986 and a Master's Degree with a concentration in sports management from Baylor University in 1998.

William Leonardi - Assistant Men's Basketball Coach.
Leonardi joins the Moravian coaching staff after spending the last 14 years as head basketball coach and assistant varsity baseball coach at Scotch Plains Fanwood High School.  He led Scotch Plains Fanwood to 140 wins during his tenure with eight state playoff appearances and the sectional semifinals twice.  Leonardi earned a teaching degree from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in 1963.

Brad Lower - Assistant Football Coach (tight ends).
Lower is a 1998 graduate of Moravian and is in his first year of coaching on the collegiate level.  Lower was a two-time MAC Commonwealth All-Star while at Moravian and a two-time MAC Freedom All-Star while starting his career at Delaware Valley College.  He has earned teaching certificate from East Stroudsburg University.  Lower, who is currently teaching in the Catasauqua School District, has been an assistant high school football coach at three Lehigh Valley High Schools over the last four years.

Kristen Orgera - Assistant Field Hockey Coach.
Orgera, a 1999 graduate of Randolph Macon Women's College, joins the Greyhound staff as a coach after serving a three-month internship during the summer for the Moravian Athletics Department.  Orgera is completing a Master's Degree in sports management at East Stroudsburg University.  She is also currently serving as the project facilitator for the athletic facilities master plan the Moravian has begun working on.

Mike Roberts - Minority Recruiting Intern, Assistant Football Coach (defensive backs) and Assistant Track & Field Coach.
Roberts, a 1999 graduate of Bloomsburg University, was an All-Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Player at Bloomsburg.  Roberts, who started his football career at Rutgers University, was a Sporting News Freshman All-American in 1993.  He is currently working on a Master's Degree in sports management from East Stroudsburg University.  Roberts, whose uncle Mel Roberts was a coach for the Richmond Braves and the Philadelphia Phillies, played two seasons in the Arena Football League with the Albany Firebirds.

Adam Stauffer - Blue & Grey Club Marketing Intern.
Stauffer joins the Moravian staff to help with fundraising in the Blue & Grey Club.  Stauffer has a pair of degrees, including a Master's Degree in sports management, from East Stroudsburg University where he played football for four years and was a captain as a senior.  Stauffer has already completed internships with the Patriot League offices in the Lehigh Valley and the University of Delaware Athletic Department.

Joe Wolf - Assistant Football Coach (offensive line).
Wolf, a former National Football League player, joins the football staff this season.  Wolf graduated from Boston College in 1989 after playing four years for the Eagles.  He was four-year letterwinner, captain as a senior and All-ECAC in 1988.  Wolf spent seven years as an offensive lineman with the Arizona Cardinals of the NFL from 1989 until 1997.

Autumn Zander - Assistant Women's Tennis Coach.
Zander is a 2001 graduate of Moravian and spent four years on the women's tennis team.  Zander helped the Greyhounds to three MAC titles in the last four years and a record of 50-5.  She had a career singles record of 25-9 and a career doubles mark of 19-13.  Zander will work with the Greyhounds newly formed junior varsity program.