SUNY Oswego - Alumni Association

May 2010 • Vol 6 No 2

Musselwhite Wins Fastest Skater Competition at NCAA’s

Oswego State men’s hockey player Neil Musselwhite ’10 closed out his collegiate career by winning the Fastest Skater competition at the 2010 NCAA Frozen Four Skills Challenge April 9 at Ford Field in Detroit.

Neil Mussellwhite '10 Musselwhite, the only Division III men’s hockey player at the competition, edged Minnesota State-Mankato’s Zach Harrison by two-tenths of a second in the final with a new event record time of 14.3 seconds after advancing to the final by winning his respective heat. However, the East squad fell to the West squad by the score of 10-6.

The Burlington, Ontario, native not only competed in the Fastest Skater competition, but the Hardest Shot competition as well. He took second place in the event with a shot of 91.8 mph, which was behind Massachusetts-Lowell’s Kory Falite, who blasted a shot of 92.9 mph.

The 2010 NCAA Frozen Four Skills Challenge was part of the festivities for the 2010 NCAA Division I Frozen Four Championships, which Musselwhite was in attendance at both semifinal contests and the championship game between Boston College and Wisconsin.

Musselwhite, a 2009-10 Second Team All-SUNYAC selection, led the Lakers with 23 goals this season to go along with 13 assists for 36 points, ranking fifth on the squad. Oswego State finished the season as an NCAA Division III Semifinalist with an overall record of 26-3-0.

— Adele Burk

PHOTO CAPTION: Neil Musselwhite ’10 took the Fastest Skater competition and placed second in the Hardest Shot competition during the NCAA Frozen Four Championship festivities in April (Courtesy of Larry Radloff, Sport and Sound Productions).

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Who doesn’t want to save the world? Michael Kite ’02 does that for a living through World Wildlife Fund.

As marketing specialist for one of the world’s leading conservation organizations, Kite and his team of three work to raise more than $5 million each year. The majority of that money comes from licensing partnerships and promotions with the likes of Barnes & Noble, Gap, Hewlett-Packard, Dial and Coinstar.

Retail partnerships help WWF spread its message to the general public and raise funds for its conservation work around the globe. For example, Bank of America contributes $100 for every special Visa account opened and Nabisco is supporting WWF’s “Year of the Tiger” initiative with special packaging and a $100,000 donation. The new CVS Green Bag Tag program rewards reusable bag-toting customers, and generates five cents for WWF for each tag sold.

All support WWF’s mission of protecting the future of nature, down to the finest details, Kite said.

“We like to see that the product is made from recycled material and is recyclable itself, and somehow ties into our mission,” Kite said. The Green Bag Tag, for instance, is made from a corn-based material and features a 100 percent recycled silicone lanyard.

As a broadcasting major at Oswego, Kite got involved with WRVO-FM and WNYO-FM.

“I think it gave me a lot more confidence in talking to people,” he said. It was an important part of his early career in broadcast sales and remains an important piece in the message he “sells” today.

“The best part of my job is seeing a product in the store with the WWF logo after months of working with a company to launch it,” said Kite, who joined the organization in 2006. “It’s rewarding to give people a fun, unique way to protect our planet.”

— Shane M. Liebler