Welcome to the East Stroudsburg University Department of Athletics web site. East Stroudsburg, located in the foothills of the Pocono Mountains, is one of 14 institutions in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. Founded in 1893, ESU has developed into a multi-purpose institution, offering a diverse curriculum to more than 7,000 undergraduate and graduate students.

The ESU athletic department has a proud tradition of excellence. The Warriors sponsor 22 varsity sports, 10 for men and 12 for women, 21 of which participate at the highly competitive NCAA Division II level and in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC). Our wrestling team competes at the NCAA Division I level.

The success of East Stroudsburg's athletic program can be partially measured by its extensive participation in both PSAC and NCAA post-season play. In the 2007-08 academic year, ESU sent its men's soccer team to the NCAA Tournament and sent a record number of athletes to the NCAA Track & Field Championships, with five during the indoor and eight during the outdoor season.

The Warriors also excelled in the classroom, leading the PSAC by a wide margin with 10 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District II selections. Seven of the honorees were also All-PSAC in their sport. Representing ESU were Danny Drago (men's soccer), Sam Shuman (football), Chris Bach (men's basketball), Monika Fogelsanger and Jackie Yandrisevits (women's basketball), Kristen Halvorsen (softball), Sean Carr (wrestling), Julian Taibi (men's tennis) and Trina Carito and Kristen Morby (women's track & field).

The men's soccer team, led by All-American Danny Drago, won its 15th PSAC championship in 26 years with a 1-0 double overtime victory against Lock Haven and made the 21st NCAA tournament appearance in school history. Head coach Jerry Sheska earned Northeast Region Coach of the Year honors and has guided the Warriors to 13 of the last 16 conference crowns.

High jumper Lynn Mayer was an All-American in both indoor and outdoor track & field and was joined by Rusty Smith (indoors, 55m hurdles) and Iuri Pinto (outdoors, 1500m) to give ESU three individual All-Americans for the first time in school history.

ESU claimed a total of six All-Americans in 2007-08 - Drago, Mayer, Smith, Pinto and field hockey players Karleigh Bowen and Nikki Trunzo.

Five other teams made PSAC postseason appearances - women's soccer, men's and women's basketball, softball, women's lacrosse and men's tennis.

The women's soccer team advanced to the PSAC semifinals for the first time since 1998, led by PSAC East Coach of the Year Rob Berkowitz and PSAC East Player of the Year Brittany Staub. The basketball programs both qualified for the PSAC tournament for the third straight year, making ESU and California the only two PSAC schools to accomplish that on both the men's and women's side.

Women's lacrosse head coach Lynne Elphick, the PSAC Coach of the Year, guided her team to 11 wins to match the school record and made the PSAC tournament for the first time in three years. The softball and men's tennis teams both went to the postseason for the second straight season.

Men's basketball player Chris Bach was named to the PSAC Winter Top 10 for his athletic and academic accomplishments last season. The PSAC also recognized Al McCormick as the women's tennis Coach of the Year, and Katie D'Ambrosia as the Rookie of the Year.

The Warriors have won 66 conference championships in school history and have competed at the national level in several sports. Most recently, the football team advanced to the NCAA semifinals in 2005; the men's soccer team participated in the NCAA Division II Final Four in 2000 and 2003, and the 2001 field hockey team was national runner-up. In 1961 and 1964, the wrestling team was national runner-up both years.

I invite you to browse our individual sport pages and thank you for your interest in ESU athletics.

Yours in Championship Athletics,

Tom Gioglio

Tom Gioglio, Ed.D.
Director of Athletics