Men's Basketball

St. John Fisher College

3690 East Ave - Rochester, NY - 14618
Team Office: Tel: (585) 385-8391 Fax: (585) 385-7308
Team website: www.sjfc.edu/athletics/

Founded in 1948, St. John Fisher is an independent liberal arts institution offering nearly 30 Bachelor degree programs including pre-professional programs. Majors offered include Nursing, International Relations, Computer and Information Sciences, and Human Resources Management. US News 2008 report on America's Best Colleges ranked St. John Fisher #57 among universities in the north offering a Master's degree.

The campus is located in Rochester (pop. 212k) about 70 miles from Buffalo.

School website
www.sjfc.edu

College Profile

Type:

Private, Co-educational

Religious Affiliation:

Yes, Catholic

Enrollment:

2,100

Getting In:

Moderately difficult. SAT 25/75: 1010-1190

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$31,000
Out-of-State: Same

Most Popular Majors

Business - Education - Social Sciences

Misc. Information

Head coach Rob Kornaker completed his seventh season at St. John Fisher in 2007-08. Joining the program in 2001-02 as an assistant, Kornaker was asked to assume head duties in 2002-03, taking over a program that had averaged 20 wins in its previous three years. Kornaker had an uneventful inaugural season - going 13-13. Since then, however, he has produced five 20+ winning seasons, garnered four conference titles, and made five NCAA tournament appearances. In 2005 he led the Cardinals to a best-ever 28-1 mark. Before coming to St. John Fisher, Kornaker was an assistant coach at SUNY-Geneseo. In 2007-08, the Cardinals went 17-12.

Team Name	Cardinals
Colors	Cardinal and Gold
Division	NCAA Division III
All-Time Record

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	17-12	24-6	26-4	101-35 (.742)
Conference	11-5	11-3	13-1	56-14 (.810)
Conf. Finish	2	1	1	1, 1, 1, 3, 1
Post Appear.	n/a	Swt 16	Elite 8	NCAA 4x
Final 25 Rank	NR	NR	#16	1x

Coaches

Head Coach	Rob Kornaker
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at St. John Fisher	2001-02
Contract Expires	?
Record as Head Coach	151-48 (.758)
Record at St. John Fisher	151-48 (.758)
Coaching Awards	Empire 8 COTY 3x, NABC Region COTY

Asst. Coaches	Gregg Hepler, Chris Sullivan, Gary Oehlbeck, Mike Magin

Recruiting Coordinator

Rob Kornaker, (585) 385-8391, rkornaker@sjfc.edu

Conference and Schedule

St. John Fisher plays in the Empire 8 (www.empire8.com) which is comprised of eight private schools, all in New York. St. John Fisher joined the Empire Conference in 1998 after playing an independent schedule for 25 years. Fisher will play each team twice, home and away. The farthest conference away game is at Hartwick some 200 miles from campus. The season concludes with the Empire 8 tourney which takes the top four teams. High seeds host. Winner receives an automatic NCAA bid.

Conference Opponents

Alfred University, Elmire College, Hartwick College, Ithaca College, Nazareth College, Rochester Institute of Technology, and Utica College

Facilities

Varsity Gym
Capacity: 1,200