Faculty Athletic Support Team (FAST)
The
VC FAST program was developed to enlist the support of the Vassar College Faculty to strengthen the relationship between the students, student-athletes, faculty and coaches. FAST members help support programs in an informal fashion by attending competitions and engaging student-athletes and coaches off the playing field. They can be invited to games, team gathers, meals and community service projects to further the lines of communication and friendship.
Matthew Vassar's vision of the integration of physical training into the academic and extracurricular activities that make up a "thorough, well-proportioned and liberal education" is of particular emphasis in the Vassar Athletics & Physical Education Department and of this organization.
Other focus points of this organization are to:
- To support the academic mission of the college while promoting awareness to the ways in which intercollegiate athletics enhance the mission of the college.
- To encourage student-athletes both in the classroom and on the playing fields/facilities to reach both their academic and athletic potential.
- To serve as mentors to the student-athletes by providing an opportunity to meet and experience time outside the traditional classroom in a more informal nature.
- To serve as ambassadors of the team while meeting and greeting parents, friends, other faculty and alumni at home athletic games and contests.
- To encourage sportsmanship at home events and encourage non-student-athletes to attend games and events in support of the program.
- To support the "faculty" coaches and staff of the department who play an integral role in promoting the goals and objectives of Vassar College.
2023-24 List of Fast Representatives
NCAA Faculty Athletics Representative - Kelli Duncan (Professor of Biology on the Patricia Shoer Goldman-Rakic '59 Professorship Chair)
Baseball - Alexander Kupfer (Visiting Assistant Professor of Film) & Benjamin Morin (Mathematics and Statistics)
Men's Basketball - Adam Lowrance (Mathematics - Associate Professor of Mathematics and Statistics)
Women's Basketball - Benjamin Lotto (Professor and Chair of Mathematics and Statistics)
Men's & Women's Cross Country -
Men's & Women's Fencing - Mary Ellen Czesak (Lecturer and Lab Coordinator in Biology) & Amitava Kumar (Professor of English on the Helen D. Lockwood Chair)
Field Hockey -
Women's Golf -
Men's Lacrosse - Justin Patch (Music)
Women's Lacrosse - Esteban Argudo (Economics)
Men's & Women's Rowing -
Men's & Women's Rugby - David Kennett (Economics) & Marianne Begemann (Chemistry)
Men's Soccer - Rebecca Edwards (History)
Women's Soccer - April Beishaw (Anthropology)
Men's & Women's Squash - James Merrell (History)
Men's & Women's Swimming & Diving - Molly McGlennen (Associate Professor of English & Native American Studies) & Jaime Del Razo (Assistant Professor of Education)
Men's Tennis -
Women's Tennis - Eva Woods (Professor of Hispanic Studies)
Men's & Women's Track and Field -
Men's Volleyball - Natalie Frank (Professor of Mathematics and Statistics)
Women's Volleyball -
