In this edition of "America East Online", the show
profiles the latest stories and achievements of the America East Conference.
America East Online is a 20-minute web-only show which features all nine of the
conference's campuses and highlights athletics, academics and leadership.
The episode begins with a look back at an outstanding 2010
field hockey season. Interviews with New Hampshire head coach Robin Balducci,
Albany head coach Phil Sykes, and Maine head coach Josette Babineau provide
insight into what made this season so successful and why the future of field
hockey in the America East is so bright.
With four new head coaches working the sidelines this season
in men's and women's basketball, the show continues its four-part series of
profiling the first-year coaches. This week, "America East Online"
speaks with Vermont head coach Lori Gear McBride about her passion for the
coaching profession and why the opportunity to coach at UVM proved to be so
enticing.
The student-athlete profile this week features "America
East Online" host Max Mandel in an interview with Hartford Hawks sophomore
forward Ruthanne Doherty, who played a key role in the success of the 2009-10 NCAA
at-large women's basketball team. In the interview, Doherty discusses the
decision to leave Richmond, Va. to attend school in Hartford and the challenges
of being only the second engineering major in Hartford women's basketball
history.
The episode concludes with the Best Of U. series. This Best
of U. profiles the Albany student athletes who worked with the Adopt-A-Family Foundation.
Lacrosse defender Matt Novosal and track and field hurdler/sprinter Rebecca
Kelly discuss their involvement in Adopt-A-Family and the impact this
experience will have on them in the future.
The show, hosted by Mandel, will be available every Wednesday
throughout the basketball season. Fans can watch the web show at the America
East Zone on AmericaEast.com, as well as on the league's social media web sites
such as YouTube and Facebook.