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St. John's Red Storm

The St. John's Red Storm is the nickname used for the 17 varsity athletic programs of St. John's University, in the U.S. state of New York. St. John's 17 NCAA Division I teams compete in the Big East Conference, with the exception of the fencing team, which compete in the ECAC.

St. John's Red Storm
UniversitySt. John's University (New York City)
ConferenceBig East Conference
NCAADivision I
Athletic directorMike Cragg
LocationNew York City, New York
Varsity teams17
Basketball arenaCarnesecca Arena, Madison Square Garden
Baseball stadiumJack Kaiser Stadium
Softball stadiumRed Storm Field
Soccer fieldBelson Stadium
MascotJohnny Thunderbird
NicknameRed Storm
Fight songAll Hail St. John's Red Storm
ColorsRed and white[1]
   
Websiteredstormsports.com

The athletic program fields sixteen intercollegiate teams: basketball, soccer, baseball, lacrosse, tennis, golf, and fencing for men and basketball, soccer, softball, volleyball, tennis, track and field, cross country, golf, and fencing for women. In 2002, the university eliminated five men's athletic teams and one women's team in order to comply with Title IX rules prohibiting activities that receive federal assistance from discriminating on the basis of gender.[2]

History edit

Prior to the 1994–95 school year, the university's nickname was the St. John's Redmen, which referenced the red uniforms worn by its teams in competition. The name was interpreted as a Native American reference in the 1960s, and the university did have a mascot (adorned in Native American dress), which eventually led to the team's name change to the Red Storm. The change happened at a time when there was mounting pressure on colleges and universities to adopt names more sensitive to Native American culture.[3][4] The Redmen name still remains popular among fans, however, as does "Johnnies". On September 18, 2009, the new mascot, which was voted on by students, was revealed: Johnny Thunderbird.

On December 15, 2012, St. John's and the other six Catholic, non-FBS schools (the so-called "Catholic 7") announced that they were departing the former Big East for a new conference.[5] The "Catholic 7", after purchasing the "Big East" name from the FBS schools and adding Butler, Creighton, and Xavier, began operating as the new Big East Conference beginning in July 2013.[6][7]

Teams edit

Men's sports Women's sports
Baseball Basketball
Basketball Cross country
Fencing Fencing
Golf Golf
Lacrosse Soccer
Soccer Softball
Tennis Tennis
Track & field
Volleyball
† – Track and field includes both indoor and outdoor.

Baseball edit

  • Head Coach: Mike Hampton
  • Stadium: Jack Kaiser Stadium
  • All-Americans: 21 (Frank Viola 1981, Tony Bonura 1986, Eric Reichenbach 1991, C.J. Nitkowski 1994, Mike Dzurilla 1998, Mike Dzurilla 1999, Mike Rozema 2003, Craig Hansen 2005, Anthony Varvaro 2005, Will Vogl 2006, George Brown 2008, Tim Morris 2009, Jeremy Baltz 2010, Joe Panik 2011, Jeremy Baltz 2012, Matt Wessinger 2012, Ryan McCormick 2015, Thomas Hackimer 2015, Thomas Hackimer 2016, Sean Mooney 2017, Sean Mooney 2018)
  • Big East Championships: 18 (Tournament: 1985, 1986, 1988, 1993, 1997, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2018; Regular Season: 1987, 1991, 1992, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2015, 2018)
  • College World Series appearances: 6 (1949, 1960, 1966, 1968, 1978, 1980)

The St. John's baseball team, currently coached by Mike Hampton, has been to the College World Series six times, recorded 34 NCAA appearances, 8 Big East Championships and have sent 70 players on to professional baseball careers. The team plays at the 3,500-seat Jack Kaiser Stadium, dedicated in 2007 to the Hall of Fame Coach and former St. John's Athletic Director. The stadium is one of the largest college baseball stadiums in the northeast, and is a featured venue on the EA Sports MVP NCAA baseball video game.[citation needed] The stadium was conceived out of a deal between the university and the Giuliani administration. The administration wanted to find a location for a single-A team that would be affiliated with the New York Mets. Expressing concern about quality of life issues and the spending of public money for a private religious institution, surrounding neighborhood civic groups and local politicians protested the plan. In order to placate their concerns, however, the Mets offered to open it up to the communities for local high school games and youth programs.[8] This stadium was built despite large protests by community residents as well as State Senator Frank Padavan[8] (while also using city financing).[8] The Red Storm played the first-ever game at the Mets' new ballpark, Citi Field on March 29, 2009.

Basketball edit

Men's Basketball edit

  • Head Coach: Rick Pitino[9]
  • Arena: Carnesecca Arena and Madison Square Garden
  • Big East Championships: 7 (Tournament: 1983, 1986, 2000; Regular Season: 1980, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1992)
  • NCAA Appearances: 29 (1951, 1952, 1961, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2011, 2015, 2019)
  • Final Four Appearances: 2 (1952, 1985)
  • National Players of the Year: 2 (Chris Mullin 1984–85, Walter Berry 1985–86)

St. John's is the seventh-most-winningest program in college basketball history (1,686 wins),[10] St. John's boasts the seventh-most NCAA tournament appearances (27), two Wooden Award winners as national player of the year, 11 consensus All-Americans, 6 members of the College Basketball Hall of Fame, and has sent 59 players to the NBA. However, St. John's currently holds the NCAA Division I record for most NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship appearances without a championship.[citation needed] The Red Storm play most of their home games at Madison Square Garden, "The World's Most Famous Arena", while their early non-conference games are held at Carnesecca Arena on the St. John's campus in Queens.[11] St. John's University holds the second best winning percentage for a New York City school in the NCAA basketball tournament (second to City College of New York, which won the 1950 NCAA Division I Championship[12]). St. John's has the most NIT appearances with 27, the most championship wins with 6, although they were stripped of one due to an NCAA infraction.[13] The 1910–11 St. John's team finished the season with a 14–0 record[14] and was retroactively named the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation and the Premo-Porretta Power Poll.[15][16] In 2008, St. John's celebrated its 100th year of college basketball.

On February 21, 2011, the men's basketball team was voted into the top 25 in the AP and ESPN Coaches poll. This was the first time the team had been ranked since the end of the season in 2000.

The basketball team is the most popular collegiate basketball program in New York City and has a world-wide following. There are numerous fan forums that support the basketball program, in addition to all of the university's teams. The most popular is redmen.com which often leads the mainstream sports media in breaking news regarding its sports teams.

Women's Basketball edit

  • Head Coach: Joe Tartamella
  • Arena: Carnesecca Arena
  • Big East Championships: 6 (Tournament: 1983, 1984, 1988, 2016; Regular Season: 1983, 1985)
  • NCAA Appearances: 10 (1983, 1984, 1988, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016)

The women's basketball team is currently coached by Joe Tartamella, who became the program's seventh head coach in 2012. Since then the team has competed in six post-season tournaments in his seven-year tenure and won one Big East tournament title. The program's highest post-season finish came during the 2011–12 season when they advanced to Sweet Sixteen under Kim Barnes Arico led by WNBA draft picks, Nadirah McKenith and Shenneika Smith.

Since then the program has had two additional WNBA selections, in Aliyyah Handford and Danaejah Grant, who helped add a fourth Big East tournament championship in 2016.

Fencing edit

  • Head Coach: Yury Gelman
  • National Championships: 1 (2001)
  • Individual National Championships: 22

The St. John's fencing program has also attained national prominence under US Fencing Hall of Fame and five-time Olympic saber coach Yury Gelman. In 2001, St. John's won the NCAA Fencing Championship. The team has ranked in the top five each of the last 10 years,[when?] and finished second in the NCAA during 1995, 2000, 2002, 2007 and 2010 seasons. In addition to team accolades, St. John's has won 22 NCAA individual national championship titles.[11] Israeli Olympian Tomer Or is a coach of the team.

Notable former fencers:
  • Daryl Homer (born 1990), 2× USA Olympic fencer (London '12, Rio '16)
  • Ivan Lee (born 1981), USA Olympic fencer (Athens '04)
  • Eli Schenkel (born 1992), Canadian Olympic fencer
  • Keeth Smart (born 1978), 3× USA Olympic fencer (Sydney '00, Athens '04, Beijing '08)
  • Jonathan Tiomkin (born 1979), USA Olympic fencer (Athens '04)
  • Arlene Stevens (born 1981), USA Olympic fencer (Sydney '00)
  • Dagmara Wozniak (born 1988), 3× USA Olympic fencer (Beijing '08, London '12, Rio '16)
  • Curtis McDowald (born 1996), USA Olympic fencer

Golf edit

The men's golf team have won 10 Big East conference titles: 1979, 1981–84, 1986–89, 2014. The men's team also had three players finish in first place at the annual Big East Championship: Andrew Svoboda in 2001, Ryan McCormick in 2014, and Dylan Crowley in 2015.

The women's golf team won the first and only Big East team championship in 2005 and two individual championships in 2011 and 2014.

Notable former golfers:
  • Andrew Svoboda (Class of 2003), PGA Tour golfer
  • Ryan McCormick (Class of 2014), PGA Tour golfer
  • Keegan Bradley (Class of 2008), PGA Tour golfer
  • Mike Ballo, Jr. (Class of 2010), Web.com Tour golfer

Soccer edit

Men's soccer edit

  • Head Coach: David Masur
  • Stadium: Belson Stadium
  • Big East Championships: 15 (Tournament: 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2006, 2009, 2011; Regular Season: 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2008)
  • College Cup Appearances: 4 (1996, 2001, 2003, 2008)
  • National Championships: 1 (1996)

St. John's won the 1996 NCAA Men's Division I Soccer Championship, made four appearances in the NCAA College Cup (1996, 2001, 2003 and 2008) and reached sixteen NCAA post-season tournaments, including fifteen straight from 1992 to 2006. The Red Storm also reached ten consecutive NCAA Tournament Rounds of sixteen from 1996 to 2005. Under Coach Masur, the Red Storm have also won seven Big East tournament titles, six regular season crowns and has qualified for eighteen consecutive Big East tournaments. Their home games are hosted at Belson Stadium, a state-of-the-art 2,168-seat stadium on the university campus, which sells out often.[11] In 2006, the men's soccer team became the first American soccer team to be invited to play in Vietnam. The team played against several Vietnam Football Federation squads as well as participating in community service.[17]

Women's soccer edit

  • Head Coach: Ian Stone
  • Stadium: Belson Stadium
  • Big East Championships: 2 (Tournament: 1994; Regular Season: 2015)
  • NCAA Appearances: 4 (2009, 2013, 2015, 2021)

The St. John's program have been members of the Big East since the conference started sponsoring women's soccer in 1994, and winning the conference's inaugural tournament. The Red Storm have competed in four NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championships with a record of 2–2–1 with their two wins coming in 2013 against Central Florida before falling to Arkansas in the second round, and their second 1–0 over Brown in extra time in the first round in 2021. They were led by two-time NSCAA All-American Rachel Daly who went on to break many university scoring records and being selected in the 2016 NWSL College Draft by the Houston Dash with the sixth overall pick.

Softball edit

  • Head Coach: Bob Guerriero
  • Stadium: Red Storm Field
  • Big East Championships: 4 (Regular Season: 2015, 2017, 2019; Tournament: 2015)
  • NCAA Appearances: 1 (2015)

Tennis edit

The men's tennis team has won 6 Big East conference titles: 1980, 1991, 2014–2016, 2019.

The women's tennis team won their first and only Big East conference championship in 2018.

Volleyball edit

  • Head Coach: Joanne Persico
  • Arena: Carnesecca Arena
  • Big East Championships: 5 (Tournament: 2007, 2019; Regular Season: 2006, 2007, 2008)
  • NCAA Appearances: 3 (2006, 2007, 2019)

Football edit

St. John's discontinued its varsity football team in 2002.

Championships edit

NCAA team championships edit

St. John's has won two NCAA team national championships.[18]

Mascot edit

In spring 2009, St. John's allowed its students to vote on what the new official Red Storm mascot would be. At a soccer game in fall 2009, members of the Athletics Department announced that a Thunderbird had received the majority of votes and would become the new mascot. After a vote, the new mascot was named Johnny Thunderbird. He can be seen at many of the school's athletic events, cheering on the Red Storm.[19]

St. John's Athletics Hall of Fame edit

In 1984, St. John's established an athletics hall of fame with 10 charter members representing a cross-section of the school's athletic history.

Class Number of Inductees List of Inductees
1984–85 10 Larry Bearnarth, baseball; LeRoy Ellis, men's basketball; Tom Farrell, track and field; James Freeman, men's basketball coach; Lynn Burke, swimming;
Joe Lapchick, men's basketball coach; Frank McGuire, men's basketball and baseball coach; Dick McGuire, men's basketball; Walter T. McLaughlin, athletic director; George Seewagen, tennis coach
1985–86 10 Harry Boykoff, men's basketball; John Duenzl, track and field; Matt Galante, baseball; Tony Jackson, men's basketball; Max Kinsbrunner, men's basketball;
Kevin Loughery, men's basketball; Jack McMahon, men's basketball; Nancy Midwinter, swimming; Philip Reilly, fencing; Bill Ward, track and field coach/intramural director
1986–87 10 Frank Briggs, rifle; Lou Carnesecca, men's basketball coach; Jack Garfinkel, men's basketball; Hy Gotkin, men's basketball; Ling Ling Hou, women's basketball;
Jack Kaiser, baseball coach and athletic director; Andrew Levane, men's basketball; Mickey Rutner, baseball; Alan Seiden, men's basketball; John Warren, men's basketball
1987–88 5 Sue Bretthauer, women's basketball; Reggie Carter, men's basketball; Pete Close, track and field; Sonny Dove, men's basketball; Bob Sheppard, announcer
1988–89 6 Tito Balestrieri, rifle; Mel Davis, men's basketball; Andre Deladrier, fencing coach; Sal Ferrara, baseball; Dr. Carl Fields, track and field; John "Doc" Gimmler, head athletic trainer/golf coach
1989–90 6 Kim Thomas Barnes (Carter), track and field; Rev. Henry Honsberger, moderator of athletics; Bob Kaczmarek, baseball; Billy Schaeffer, men's basketball; Joseph Schneider, track and field; Peter Toennies, swimming
1990–91 6 Gerry Bush, men's basketball; Oneitha "Nene" Davis, track and field; Timothy Hanlon, track and field; William McKeever, men's basketball; Kathleen Murphy-Meehan, women's basketball; Mike Proly, baseball
1991–92 6 Frank Alagia, men's basketball; Steve Bartold, track and field coach; Debbie Beckford, women's basketball; Ed Bertram, tennis; John Gallagher, men's basketball; Marty Satalino, baseball/men's basketball
1992–93 6 Mike Diffley, golf; George Johnson, men's basketball; Joseph Lang, track and field; Milt Rosenbaum, baseball; Maryanne Persan-Torellas, track and field; James White, men's basketball
1993–94 6 Herb Hess, equipment manager; Bob McIntyre, men's basketball; Rev. Robert Rivard, moderator of athletics; Constance Darnowski-Stoll, track and field; Solly Walker, men's basketball; Ed Waters, baseball
1994–95 6 Gerald Calabrese, men's basketball; Jack Curran, baseball/men's basketball; Al "Dusty" DeStefano, men's basketball; Rev. W. Graham, administrator; Bartholomew Nnaji, track and field; Randi Samet, fencing
1995–96 5 Bill Cimmillo, football; Bill Esposito, sports information director; Richard Krempecki, swimming; Barbara Perry, tennis; David Russell, men's basketball
1996–97 6 John DaSilva, hockey; Dr. Irving Glick, team physician; Billy Paultz, men's basketball; Bob Ricca, football coach; Frank Viola, baseball; Virginia Young-Coleman, track and field
1997–98 6 Dennis Bligen, football; Jack Carew, cross country; John Franco, baseball; Frank Gilroy, men's basketball; Rev. Edward Kiernan, moderator of athletics; Dorothy Pace-Giordano, women's basketball
1998–99 no induction ceremony held
1999–2000 6 Sonja Fitts, track and field; Sabrina Johnson, women's basketball; Roger "Dutch" Ouderkirk, assistant football coach/equipment manager;
Ron Rutledge, assistant men's basketball coach; Tom Sowinski, baseball; Glenn Williams, men's basketball
2000–01 8 Joe Brodeth, fencing coach; Gil Hodges, honorary inductee; Erin McDonnell, softball; Ken McIntyre, men's basketball;
Rich Napolitano, baseball; Anthony Russo Jr., football; Jackie Smith, women's basketball; Bill Wennington, men's basketball
2001-02 no induction ceremony held
2002-03 no induction ceremony held
2003-04 5 Cozette Ballentine, women's basketball; The Belson Family (Jerome, Maxine, and Tad Belson), contributors; Dr. David Masur, men's soccer coach; Michael Ricigliano, baseball; 1996 Men's Soccer Team, men's soccer
2004-05 no induction ceremony held
2005-06 no induction ceremony held
2006-07 no induction ceremony held
2007-08 no induction ceremony held
2008-09 no induction ceremony held
2009–10 no induction ceremony held
2010–11 no induction ceremony held
2011–12 no induction ceremony held
2012–13 10 Walter Berry, men's basketball; Cristin Burtis, women's soccer; Huey Ferguson, men's soccer; Courtney Fitzgerald-Cardot, softball; Youree Spence-Garcia, track and field;
Dolores Dixon-Grevious, women's basketball; Keeth Smart, fencing; Arlene Stevens, fencing; The Taffner Family (Donald and Eleanor Taffner), contributors; Anthony Zito, football
2013–14 7 Rich Aurilia, baseball; Fred Bischoff, men's soccer; Mike Bolger, lacrosse; Adriana Burke-Viola, women's soccer;
Wioleta Leszczynska, women's volleyball; Janet Roos, women's basketball; Malik Sealy, men's basketball
2014–15 7 The Brennan Family, contributors; Tina Loven, fencing; Chris Mullin, men's basketball; C. J. Nitkowski, baseball;
Erik Scharf, men's tennis; Andrew Svoboda, men's golf; Kia Wright, women's basketball
2015–16 no induction ceremony held
2016–17 no induction ceremony held
2017–18 no induction ceremony held
2018–19 no induction ceremony held
2019–20 8 Jackie Ahlers, women's volleyball; Keegan Bradley, men's golf; Yury Gelman, fencing coach; Roman Linscheid, men's track and field;
Felipe Lopez, men's basketball; Joe Russo, baseball coach; Da'Shena Stevens, women's basketball; Chris Wingert, men's soccer
2020–21 no induction ceremony held
2021–22 9 Ralph Addonizio, baseball; Kevin Daly, men's soccer; Joe Depre, men's basketball; Jim Hurt, track and field coach;
Mark Jackson, men's basketball; Todd Jamison, football; Harin Lee, women's golf; Shenneika Smith, women's basketball; Dagmara Wozniak, fencing
2022–23 6 Priscilla Frederick, track and field; Ed Blankmeyer, baseball coach; Jayson Williams, men's basketball;
Kieran McArdle, men's lacrosse; Jerry Houston, men's basketball; Nadirah McKenith, women's basketball
2023–24 8 Craig Hansen, baseball; Gus Alfieri, men's basketball; Greg "Boo" Harvey, men's basketball;
Bernard Rencher, men's basketball; Aliyyah Handford, women's basketball; Erin Burner, softball;
Ben Hickey, men's soccer; Diana Poulin, women's soccer

Notable athletes edit

References edit

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External links edit

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For other uses see Red Storm disambiguation The St John s Red Storm is the nickname used for the 17 varsity athletic programs of St John s University in the U S state of New York St John s 17 NCAA Division I teams compete in the Big East Conference with the exception of the fencing team which compete in the ECAC St John s Red StormUniversitySt John s University New York City ConferenceBig East ConferenceNCAADivision IAthletic directorMike CraggLocationNew York City New YorkVarsity teams17Basketball arenaCarnesecca Arena Madison Square GardenBaseball stadiumJack Kaiser StadiumSoftball stadiumRed Storm FieldSoccer fieldBelson StadiumMascotJohnny ThunderbirdNicknameRed StormFight songAll Hail St John s Red StormColorsRed and white 1 Websiteredstormsports wbr com The athletic program fields sixteen intercollegiate teams basketball soccer baseball lacrosse tennis golf and fencing for men and basketball soccer softball volleyball tennis track and field cross country golf and fencing for women In 2002 the university eliminated five men s athletic teams and one women s team in order to comply with Title IX rules prohibiting activities that receive federal assistance from discriminating on the basis of gender 2 Contents 1 History 2 Teams 2 1 Baseball 2 2 Basketball 2 2 1 Men s Basketball 2 2 2 Women s Basketball 2 3 Fencing 2 4 Golf 2 5 Soccer 2 5 1 Men s soccer 2 5 2 Women s soccer 2 6 Softball 2 7 Tennis 2 8 Volleyball 2 9 Football 3 Championships 3 1 NCAA team championships 4 Mascot 5 St John s Athletics Hall of Fame 6 Notable athletes 7 References 8 External linksHistory editPrior to the 1994 95 school year the university s nickname was the St John s Redmen which referenced the red uniforms worn by its teams in competition The name was interpreted as a Native American reference in the 1960s and the university did have a mascot adorned in Native American dress which eventually led to the team s name change to the Red Storm The change happened at a time when there was mounting pressure on colleges and universities to adopt names more sensitive to Native American culture 3 4 The Redmen name still remains popular among fans however as does Johnnies On September 18 2009 the new mascot which was voted on by students was revealed Johnny Thunderbird On December 15 2012 St John s and the other six Catholic non FBS schools the so called Catholic 7 announced that they were departing the former Big East for a new conference 5 The Catholic 7 after purchasing the Big East name from the FBS schools and adding Butler Creighton and Xavier began operating as the new Big East Conference beginning in July 2013 6 7 Teams editMen s sports Women s sports Baseball Basketball Basketball Cross country Fencing Fencing Golf Golf Lacrosse Soccer Soccer Softball Tennis Tennis Track amp field Volleyball Track and field includes both indoor and outdoor Baseball edit Main article St John s Red Storm baseball Head Coach Mike Hampton Stadium Jack Kaiser Stadium All Americans 21 Frank Viola 1981 Tony Bonura 1986 Eric Reichenbach 1991 C J Nitkowski 1994 Mike Dzurilla 1998 Mike Dzurilla 1999 Mike Rozema 2003 Craig Hansen 2005 Anthony Varvaro 2005 Will Vogl 2006 George Brown 2008 Tim Morris 2009 Jeremy Baltz 2010 Joe Panik 2011 Jeremy Baltz 2012 Matt Wessinger 2012 Ryan McCormick 2015 Thomas Hackimer 2015 Thomas Hackimer 2016 Sean Mooney 2017 Sean Mooney 2018 Big East Championships 18 Tournament 1985 1986 1988 1993 1997 2010 2012 2015 2018 Regular Season 1987 1991 1992 2005 2007 2008 2012 2015 2018 College World Series appearances 6 1949 1960 1966 1968 1978 1980 The St John s baseball team currently coached by Mike Hampton has been to the College World Series six times recorded 34 NCAA appearances 8 Big East Championships and have sent 70 players on to professional baseball careers The team plays at the 3 500 seat Jack Kaiser Stadium dedicated in 2007 to the Hall of Fame Coach and former St John s Athletic Director The stadium is one of the largest college baseball stadiums in the northeast and is a featured venue on the EA Sports MVP NCAA baseball video game citation needed The stadium was conceived out of a deal between the university and the Giuliani administration The administration wanted to find a location for a single A team that would be affiliated with the New York Mets Expressing concern about quality of life issues and the spending of public money for a private religious institution surrounding neighborhood civic groups and local politicians protested the plan In order to placate their concerns however the Mets offered to open it up to the communities for local high school games and youth programs 8 This stadium was built despite large protests by community residents as well as State Senator Frank Padavan 8 while also using city financing 8 The Red Storm played the first ever game at the Mets new ballpark Citi Field on March 29 2009 Basketball edit Men s Basketball edit Main article St John s Red Storm men s basketball Head Coach Rick Pitino 9 Arena Carnesecca Arena and Madison Square Garden Big East Championships 7 Tournament 1983 1986 2000 Regular Season 1980 1983 1985 1986 1992 NCAA Appearances 29 1951 1952 1961 1967 1968 1969 1973 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1993 1998 1999 2000 2011 2015 2019 Final Four Appearances 2 1952 1985 National Players of the Year 2 Chris Mullin 1984 85 Walter Berry 1985 86 St John s is the seventh most winningest program in college basketball history 1 686 wins 10 St John s boasts the seventh most NCAA tournament appearances 27 two Wooden Award winners as national player of the year 11 consensus All Americans 6 members of the College Basketball Hall of Fame and has sent 59 players to the NBA However St John s currently holds the NCAA Division I record for most NCAA Men s Division I Basketball Championship appearances without a championship citation needed The Red Storm play most of their home games at Madison Square Garden The World s Most Famous Arena while their early non conference games are held at Carnesecca Arena on the St John s campus in Queens 11 St John s University holds the second best winning percentage for a New York City school in the NCAA basketball tournament second to City College of New York which won the 1950 NCAA Division I Championship 12 St John s has the most NIT appearances with 27 the most championship wins with 6 although they were stripped of one due to an NCAA infraction 13 The 1910 11 St John s team finished the season with a 14 0 record 14 and was retroactively named the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation and the Premo Porretta Power Poll 15 16 In 2008 St John s celebrated its 100th year of college basketball On February 21 2011 the men s basketball team was voted into the top 25 in the AP and ESPN Coaches poll This was the first time the team had been ranked since the end of the season in 2000 The basketball team is the most popular collegiate basketball program in New York City and has a world wide following There are numerous fan forums that support the basketball program in addition to all of the university s teams The most popular is redmen com which often leads the mainstream sports media in breaking news regarding its sports teams Women s Basketball edit Main article St John s Red Storm women s basketball Head Coach Joe Tartamella Arena Carnesecca Arena Big East Championships 6 Tournament 1983 1984 1988 2016 Regular Season 1983 1985 NCAA Appearances 10 1983 1984 1988 2006 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2016 The women s basketball team is currently coached by Joe Tartamella who became the program s seventh head coach in 2012 Since then the team has competed in six post season tournaments in his seven year tenure and won one Big East tournament title The program s highest post season finish came during the 2011 12 season when they advanced to Sweet Sixteen under Kim Barnes Arico led by WNBA draft picks Nadirah McKenith and Shenneika Smith Since then the program has had two additional WNBA selections in Aliyyah Handford and Danaejah Grant who helped add a fourth Big East tournament championship in 2016 Fencing edit Head Coach Yury Gelman National Championships 1 2001 Individual National Championships 22 The St John s fencing program has also attained national prominence under US Fencing Hall of Fame and five time Olympic saber coach Yury Gelman In 2001 St John s won the NCAA Fencing Championship The team has ranked in the top five each of the last 10 years when and finished second in the NCAA during 1995 2000 2002 2007 and 2010 seasons In addition to team accolades St John s has won 22 NCAA individual national championship titles 11 Israeli Olympian Tomer Or is a coach of the team Notable former fencers Daryl Homer born 1990 2 USA Olympic fencer London 12 Rio 16 Ivan Lee born 1981 USA Olympic fencer Athens 04 Eli Schenkel born 1992 Canadian Olympic fencer Keeth Smart born 1978 3 USA Olympic fencer Sydney 00 Athens 04 Beijing 08 Jonathan Tiomkin born 1979 USA Olympic fencer Athens 04 Arlene Stevens born 1981 USA Olympic fencer Sydney 00 Dagmara Wozniak born 1988 3 USA Olympic fencer Beijing 08 London 12 Rio 16 Curtis McDowald born 1996 USA Olympic fencer Golf edit The men s golf team have won 10 Big East conference titles 1979 1981 84 1986 89 2014 The men s team also had three players finish in first place at the annual Big East Championship Andrew Svoboda in 2001 Ryan McCormick in 2014 and Dylan Crowley in 2015 The women s golf team won the first and only Big East team championship in 2005 and two individual championships in 2011 and 2014 Notable former golfers Andrew Svoboda Class of 2003 PGA Tour golfer Ryan McCormick Class of 2014 PGA Tour golfer Keegan Bradley Class of 2008 PGA Tour golfer Mike Ballo Jr Class of 2010 Web com Tour golfer Soccer edit Men s soccer edit Main article St John s Red Storm men s soccer Head Coach David Masur Stadium Belson Stadium Big East Championships 15 Tournament 1992 1993 1994 1995 1998 2001 2006 2009 2011 Regular Season 1992 1993 1996 1997 2003 2008 College Cup Appearances 4 1996 2001 2003 2008 National Championships 1 1996 St John s won the 1996 NCAA Men s Division I Soccer Championship made four appearances in the NCAA College Cup 1996 2001 2003 and 2008 and reached sixteen NCAA post season tournaments including fifteen straight from 1992 to 2006 The Red Storm also reached ten consecutive NCAA Tournament Rounds of sixteen from 1996 to 2005 Under Coach Masur the Red Storm have also won seven Big East tournament titles six regular season crowns and has qualified for eighteen consecutive Big East tournaments Their home games are hosted at Belson Stadium a state of the art 2 168 seat stadium on the university campus which sells out often 11 In 2006 the men s soccer team became the first American soccer team to be invited to play in Vietnam The team played against several Vietnam Football Federation squads as well as participating in community service 17 Women s soccer edit Head Coach Ian Stone Stadium Belson Stadium Big East Championships 2 Tournament 1994 Regular Season 2015 NCAA Appearances 4 2009 2013 2015 2021 The St John s program have been members of the Big East since the conference started sponsoring women s soccer in 1994 and winning the conference s inaugural tournament The Red Storm have competed in four NCAA Division I Women s Soccer Championships with a record of 2 2 1 with their two wins coming in 2013 against Central Florida before falling to Arkansas in the second round and their second 1 0 over Brown in extra time in the first round in 2021 They were led by two time NSCAA All American Rachel Daly who went on to break many university scoring records and being selected in the 2016 NWSL College Draft by the Houston Dash with the sixth overall pick Softball edit Head Coach Bob Guerriero Stadium Red Storm Field Big East Championships 4 Regular Season 2015 2017 2019 Tournament 2015 NCAA Appearances 1 2015 Tennis edit The men s tennis team has won 6 Big East conference titles 1980 1991 2014 2016 2019 The women s tennis team won their first and only Big East conference championship in 2018 Volleyball edit Head Coach Joanne Persico Arena Carnesecca Arena Big East Championships 5 Tournament 2007 2019 Regular Season 2006 2007 2008 NCAA Appearances 3 2006 2007 2019 Football edit Main article St John s Red Storm football St John s discontinued its varsity football team in 2002 Championships editNCAA team championships edit St John s has won two NCAA team national championships 18 Men s 1 Soccer 1 1996 Co ed 1 Fencing 1 2001 see also Big East Conference NCAA team championships List of NCAA schools with the most NCAA Division I championshipsMascot editIn spring 2009 St John s allowed its students to vote on what the new official Red Storm mascot would be At a soccer game in fall 2009 members of the Athletics Department announced that a Thunderbird had received the majority of votes and would become the new mascot After a vote the new mascot was named Johnny Thunderbird He can be seen at many of the school s athletic events cheering on the Red Storm 19 St John s Athletics Hall of Fame editIn 1984 St John s established an athletics hall of fame with 10 charter members representing a cross section of the school s athletic history Class Number of Inductees List of Inductees 1984 85 10 Larry Bearnarth baseball LeRoy Ellis men s basketball Tom Farrell track and field James Freeman men s basketball coach Lynn Burke swimming Joe Lapchick men s basketball coach Frank McGuire men s basketball and baseball coach Dick McGuire men s basketball Walter T McLaughlin athletic director George Seewagen tennis coach 1985 86 10 Harry Boykoff men s basketball John Duenzl track and field Matt Galante baseball Tony Jackson men s basketball Max Kinsbrunner men s basketball Kevin Loughery men s basketball Jack McMahon men s basketball Nancy Midwinter swimming Philip Reilly fencing Bill Ward track and field coach intramural director 1986 87 10 Frank Briggs rifle Lou Carnesecca men s basketball coach Jack Garfinkel men s basketball Hy Gotkin men s basketball Ling Ling Hou women s basketball Jack Kaiser baseball coach and athletic director Andrew Levane men s basketball Mickey Rutner baseball Alan Seiden men s basketball John Warren men s basketball 1987 88 5 Sue Bretthauer women s basketball Reggie Carter men s basketball Pete Close track and field Sonny Dove men s basketball Bob Sheppard announcer 1988 89 6 Tito Balestrieri rifle Mel Davis men s basketball Andre Deladrier fencing coach Sal Ferrara baseball Dr Carl Fields track and field John Doc Gimmler head athletic trainer golf coach 1989 90 6 Kim Thomas Barnes Carter track and field Rev Henry Honsberger moderator of athletics Bob Kaczmarek baseball Billy Schaeffer men s basketball Joseph Schneider track and field Peter Toennies swimming 1990 91 6 Gerry Bush men s basketball Oneitha Nene Davis track and field Timothy Hanlon track and field William McKeever men s basketball Kathleen Murphy Meehan women s basketball Mike Proly baseball 1991 92 6 Frank Alagia men s basketball Steve Bartold track and field coach Debbie Beckford women s basketball Ed Bertram tennis John Gallagher men s basketball Marty Satalino baseball men s basketball 1992 93 6 Mike Diffley golf George Johnson men s basketball Joseph Lang track and field Milt Rosenbaum baseball Maryanne Persan Torellas track and field James White men s basketball 1993 94 6 Herb Hess equipment manager Bob McIntyre men s basketball Rev Robert Rivard moderator of athletics Constance Darnowski Stoll track and field Solly Walker men s basketball Ed Waters baseball 1994 95 6 Gerald Calabrese men s basketball Jack Curran baseball men s basketball Al Dusty DeStefano men s basketball Rev W Graham administrator Bartholomew Nnaji track and field Randi Samet fencing 1995 96 5 Bill Cimmillo football Bill Esposito sports information director Richard Krempecki swimming Barbara Perry tennis David Russell men s basketball 1996 97 6 John DaSilva hockey Dr Irving Glick team physician Billy Paultz men s basketball Bob Ricca football coach Frank Viola baseball Virginia Young Coleman track and field 1997 98 6 Dennis Bligen football Jack Carew cross country John Franco baseball Frank Gilroy men s basketball Rev Edward Kiernan moderator of athletics Dorothy Pace Giordano women s basketball 1998 99 no induction ceremony held 1999 2000 6 Sonja Fitts track and field Sabrina Johnson women s basketball Roger Dutch Ouderkirk assistant football coach equipment manager Ron Rutledge assistant men s basketball coach Tom Sowinski baseball Glenn Williams men s basketball 2000 01 8 Joe Brodeth fencing coach Gil Hodges honorary inductee Erin McDonnell softball Ken McIntyre men s basketball Rich Napolitano baseball Anthony Russo Jr football Jackie Smith women s basketball Bill Wennington men s basketball 2001 02 no induction ceremony held 2002 03 no induction ceremony held 2003 04 5 Cozette Ballentine women s basketball The Belson Family Jerome Maxine and Tad Belson contributors Dr David Masur men s soccer coach Michael Ricigliano baseball 1996 Men s Soccer Team men s soccer 2004 05 no induction ceremony held 2005 06 no induction ceremony held 2006 07 no induction ceremony held 2007 08 no induction ceremony held 2008 09 no induction ceremony held 2009 10 no induction ceremony held 2010 11 no induction ceremony held 2011 12 no induction ceremony held 2012 13 10 Walter Berry men s basketball Cristin Burtis women s soccer Huey Ferguson men s soccer Courtney Fitzgerald Cardot softball Youree Spence Garcia track and field Dolores Dixon Grevious women s basketball Keeth Smart fencing Arlene Stevens fencing The Taffner Family Donald and Eleanor Taffner contributors Anthony Zito football 2013 14 7 Rich Aurilia baseball Fred Bischoff men s soccer Mike Bolger lacrosse Adriana Burke Viola women s soccer Wioleta Leszczynska women s volleyball Janet Roos women s basketball Malik Sealy men s basketball 2014 15 7 The Brennan Family contributors Tina Loven fencing Chris Mullin men s basketball C J Nitkowski baseball Erik Scharf men s tennis Andrew Svoboda men s golf Kia Wright women s basketball 2015 16 no induction ceremony held 2016 17 no induction ceremony held 2017 18 no induction ceremony held 2018 19 no induction ceremony held 2019 20 8 Jackie Ahlers women s volleyball Keegan Bradley men s golf Yury Gelman fencing coach Roman Linscheid men s track and field Felipe Lopez men s basketball Joe Russo baseball coach Da Shena Stevens women s basketball Chris Wingert men s soccer 2020 21 no induction ceremony held 2021 22 9 Ralph Addonizio baseball Kevin Daly men s soccer Joe Depre men s basketball Jim Hurt track and field coach Mark Jackson men s basketball Todd Jamison football Harin Lee women s golf Shenneika Smith women s basketball Dagmara Wozniak fencing 2022 23 6 Priscilla Frederick track and field Ed Blankmeyer baseball coach Jayson Williams men s basketball Kieran McArdle men s lacrosse Jerry Houston men s basketball Nadirah McKenith women s basketball 2023 24 8 Craig Hansen baseball Gus Alfieri men s basketball Greg Boo Harvey men s basketball Bernard Rencher men s basketball Aliyyah Handford women s basketball Erin Burner softball Ben Hickey men s soccer Diana Poulin women s soccerNotable athletes editRon Artest now Metta Sandiford Artest born 1979 NBA basketball player Rich Aurilia born 1971 MLB professional baseball player Erick Barkley NBA basketball player Walter Berry NBA basketball player Keegan Bradley PGA Tour golfer and 2011 PGA Major Championship winner Danny Burawa born 1988 major league baseball pitcher Lou Carnesecca Hall of Fame basketball coach Omar Cook NBA basketball player Rachel Daly professional soccer player in the WSL and the England women s national football team Mike Francesa popular sports radio talk show host for WFAN in the New York City metro area John Franco former baseball player who was captain for the New York Mets Bill Gaudette MLS professional soccer player Matt Groenwald MLS professional soccer player Zendon Hamilton U S professional basketball player in Europe former NBA player Craig Hansen MLB professional baseball player Maurice Harkless born 1993 NBA basketball player Darryl Hill basketball player known as Showtime Hill Mark Jackson NBA basketball player and head coach Shalrie Joseph MLS professional soccer player D J Kennedy NBA basketball player Brian Kenny MLB Network sportscaster John Kresse NCAA men s basketball coach at the College of Charleston Al McGuire NCAA men s basketball coach and sports commentator Dick McGuire NBA Player with Pistons and Knicks and NBA Coach with Pistons and Knicks Frank McGuire NCAA Men s basketball coach at St John s North and South Carolina and NBA coach for the Philadelphia Warriors Thomas Michaelsen professional lacrosse player Stefani Miglioranzi MLS professional soccer player for Philadelphia Union played in England for Swindon Town Chris Mullin 1984 John R Wooden Award recipient 1984 Olympic gold medal winner 1992 Olympic gold medal winner NBA player 1985 2001 5 time NBA All Star 1989 1993 2010 Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame inductee as part of the Dream Team 2011 Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame inductee individually Joe Panik professional baseball player 2011 first round draft pick of the San Francisco Giants Brent Sancho MLS professional soccer player Malik Sealy NBA basketball player now deceased Bob Sheppard stadium PA announcer for the New York Yankees and New York Giants famously dubbed Voice of the Yankees now deceased Keeth Smart Olympic fencer first U S fencer to reach 1 world ranking Frank Viola professional baseball player Bill Wennington Canadian NBA basketball player and author Jayson Williams NBA basketball player and author Chris Wingert MLS professional soccer player Mel Davis European professional basketball player current Director of Basketball Alumni Development for St John s University 20 References edit Primary Colors St John s University Athletics Style Guide PDF June 21 2018 Retrieved March 9 2019 Finley Bill Lilly Brandon December 14 2002 COLLEGES St John s Cites Fairness In Cutting 5 Men s Teams The New York Times Retrieved April 16 2023 A Winning Tradition stjohns edu The Curse of Chief Wahoo Enabling Racist Imagery poynter org Archived from the original on 2009 09 03 Seven schools leaving Big East ESPN com December 15 2012 Retrieved April 16 2023 Clark Liz March 19 2013 New Big East prepared to make its formal introduction The Washington Post Retrieved March 20 2013 Staff March 20 2013 New Big East adds Butler 2 others ESPN Retrieved April 16 2023 a b c Bagli Charles V February 19 2000 Queens Groups Plan to Sue To Stop a Baseball Stadium The New York Times Retrieved April 16 2023 Pitino leaves Iona to become St John s coach espn com March 20 2023 Retrieved March 21 2023 http web1 ncaa org web files stats m basketball RB Reports alltimewinningest pdf bare URL PDF a b c St John s RedStorm Sports We are St John s Traditions Traditions Archived from the original on April 16 2009 Retrieved December 2 2009 ESPN Classic Explosion 1951 scandals threaten college hoops espn com November 19 2003 Retrieved April 16 2023 St John s gets two years of probation ESPN com May 11 2006 Retrieved April 16 2023 St John s season by season results sports reference com Sports Reference LLC 2014 Retrieved May 12 2014 NCAA Division I Mens Basketball NCAA Division I Champions Rauzulu s Street 2004 Retrieved May 12 2014 ESPN ed 2009 ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia The Complete History of the Men s Game New York NY ESPN Books p 532 ISBN 978 0 345 51392 2 St John s Signs Historic Agreement with Vietnam St John s University Archived from the original on 2008 05 03 Retrieved 2008 11 19 Championships summary through Jan 1 2022 PDF National Collegiate Athletic Association NCAA Archived PDF from the original on 2014 03 20 Retrieved 2015 02 25 http media www torchonline com media storage paper952 news 2009 09 09 Sports St Johns Chooses Thunderbird To Be New Mascot 3775784 shtml reffeature popuarstoriestab permanent dead link St John s People Finder Archived from the original on May 15 2013 Retrieved February 25 2013 External links editOfficial website nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title St John 27s Red Storm amp oldid 1218594174 Softball, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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