Four to be Honored at 59th LetterWinners of Distinction Celebration
9/3/2024 10:20:00 AM | General
SYRACUSE, N.Y. – The Syracuse University Athletic Department will celebrate four LetterWinners of Distinction on Saturday, September 21, 2024.
Ann-Marie Guglieri '04 (field hockey), Ken Hutton '69 (men's rowing), Col. John Litzenberger USAF Ret. '72 (wrestling) and Rick Miller '85 (football) will be recognized as LetterWinners of Distinction, one of the highest honors that Syracuse University Athletics bestows upon former student-athletes and teams, at the 59th annual LetterWinner of Distinction event.
The event will be held at the Drumlins Country Club Ballroom, beginning with a reception at 11 a.m., and followed by brunch and the award ceremony to honor this year's LetterWinners of Distinction. Registration information is available through the Syracuse University Alumni Association. Tickets are priced at $100 per person or $1,000 per table of 10.
Ann-Marie Guglieri '04 (Field Hockey)
A second-team All-BIG EAST Conference selection in her senior season, Ann-Marie Guglieri led the Orange in assists across back-to-back seasons (2002, 2003). On September 27, 2001, Guglieri dished out three assists in a 5-1 win over Colgate, a mark that is still tied for the program record in a single game.
Guglieri and the Orange won 45 games, including BIG EAST Regular Season and Tournament titles during the 2001 campaign, leading Syracuse to its second-ever NCAA Tournament Quarterfinal berth. Off the field, Guglieri was a member of the Syracuse's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC).
After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology, Guglieri continued her path in college athletics, beginning as a field hockey graduate assistant coach at Springfield College while earning her Masters of Education in athletic administration. Other stops along the way included Smith College, Dartmouth, Colgate, and currently Yale, where she serves as the executive deputy director/chief operating officer of athletics. Her primary duties include capital projects, sports innovation and performance, compliance, and facilities. Additionally, Guglieri is the sport oversight for football, women's basketball, heavyweight crew, and softball.Â
Guglieri was recognized on The Athletic's College Sports 40-Under-40 list in 2022 and served on the NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Committee for four years, including a two-year tenure as the committee chair. In 2014, Guglieri received the Nell Jackson Administrator of the Year Award from Women Leaders in College Sports, in recognition of outstanding achievements and success working in collegiate athletics. In 2013, Guglieri was inducted into Carmel (N.Y.) High School Athletic Hall of Fame. She has spoken nationally at conventions such as the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA)Â and Women Leaders in College Sports.
Ken Hutton '69 (Men's Rowing)
Ken Hutton was a four-year member of the men's rowing team. He was encouraged to join the squad by Ben Johnson, an SU letterwinner from 1918-20. Hutton would eventually row for two different coaches: Loren Schoel and Bill Sanford. The latter coached Hutton on the freshman team (1965-66), before becoming the varsity coach prior to the 1967-68 campaign.Â
While learning to row in the double-skin wooden Pock shells, Hutton competed in the all freshman races until he was sidelined with mononucleosis. At Sanford's prodding to row on either port or starboard, Hutton eventually rowed in every position in the eight. During the fall of his senior season (1968-69), Hutton stroked the Orange to a fourth-place finish at the Head of the Charles, which was in just its third season.
Off the water, Hutton earned a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering in 1969 while serving as the sports editor for the Syracuse yearbook, Onondagan, and was the publication's business manager as a senior. He was also the treasurer for his fraternity, Lambda Chi Alpha.Â
After college, Hutton was a founding member of the Wilmington (Del.) Rowing Center, competing nationally in the coxed four. In 1988, he helped his boat compete in the national masters championship, the Canadian Henley, the Head of the Charles, and the Head of the Schuylkill, taking second in that Philadelphia event.Â
After earning an MBA from Virginia, Hutton was employed by the US subsidiary of a United Kingdom-based global chemical company in sales for a decade. He went on to guide two small West Coast petrochemical trading and plastics companies in the record industry. He later spent time working with a mushroom business in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania and a Digital Equipment Company for 25 years.Â
For over 20 years, Hutton served on the board of directors for the Syracuse Alumni Rowing Association (SARA), leading updates of bylaws and guidelines for Syracuse crews going to The Henley Royal Regatta. For five years, Hutton chaired the program's Evening at Ten Eyck. Hutton judged for the Invent@SU program since its early days.
Col. John Litzenberger USAF Ret. '72 (Wrestling)
A member of Syracuse's wrestling team, Col. John Litzenberger USAF Ret. '72 was a key fixture in many successful matches for the Orange program, and has long stayed connected to the University as an active supporter of Syracuse Athletics, attending many football, basketball, and lacrosse games.
Litzenberger was also heavily involved in the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) and Alpha Phi Omega, leading to a career in the United States military. During the War in Vietnam, Litzenberger flew refueling tankers for other aircraft. He later flew transport aircraft for the Air National Guard, with seven active duty calls before retiring in 2002.
Following retirement from the military, Litzenberger acquired a civilian position in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), focused on airport operations and maintaining aviation safety at airports. He currently works as an aviation consultant in litigation matters.
Still involved in the Syracuse ROTC program, Litzenberger connects with alumni with the aim of providing financial assistance for junior and senior ROTC cadets in the area.
Litzenberger was honored as the 2021 Fairfax (Virginia) County Citizen of the Year where he was described at the annual awards banquet as "someone who has set a fine example of participation in community activities in many different areas. Over the past four decades, he has continued to contribute his time and experience to make the community a better place to live." Litzenberger helped coach lacrosse for the Chantilly Youth Association, Southwestern Youth Association, Centreville High School and Westfield High School across the early 1990s into the mid-aughts.Â
Litzenberger has been active in his local church, Centreville United Methodist. He helped relocate the church during the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) expansion of Route 28 and Interstate 66. Litzenberger worked closely with the West Fairfax County Citizens Association on its land-use committee for over a decade, including a three-year stint as the president. He was later appointed to the Fairfax County Redevelopment and Housing Authority as a commissioner.Â
Rick Miller '85 (Football)
Recruited by and playing for Syracuse head football coach and College Football Hall of Famer Dick MacPherson, and the prospect of playing in the Dome, helped lead Rick Miller to earning the Joseph Alexander Student-Athlete Award in 1984, honoring excellence in football, scholarship, and citizenship.Â
Succeeding both in sport and in the classroom, Miller earned his degree in operations management and was on the Dean's List for several semesters in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management. This helped Miller capture internships at Ernst and Whinney and securing positions at Merrill Lynch and Chemical Bank.
Sharing his Christian values first formed by his mother, Connie, and at Padua Franciscan High School, Miller attended Bible studies and church services with Syracuse teammates. Now he helps support boys in attendance at Nativity Prep, a tuition-free school for boys in grades 4-8 in under-resourced neighborhoods in Boston. There is a scholarship in his honor to help provide opportunities for Boston area and Nativity students to attend Syracuse University. In 2016, Miller was honored in the Padua Franciscan High School Athletic Hall of Fame after an outstanding scholastic career in football, basketball, and baseball.
With over three decades of financial experience to his credit, Miller serves as the group managing director, chief investment officer and chairman of the investment committee of the TCW Private Credit Group, joining TCW in 2013 following the acquisition of the Special Situations Funds group from Regiment Capital Advisors, LP, which he led since its inception in 2001. Miller also worked for Chase Manhattan Bank, BankBoston Securities and UBS. He currently serves as an ex officio trustee for the University of Rochester Endowment, where he earned his MBA, and a board member of the Nativity Preparatory School.
Ann-Marie Guglieri '04 (field hockey), Ken Hutton '69 (men's rowing), Col. John Litzenberger USAF Ret. '72 (wrestling) and Rick Miller '85 (football) will be recognized as LetterWinners of Distinction, one of the highest honors that Syracuse University Athletics bestows upon former student-athletes and teams, at the 59th annual LetterWinner of Distinction event.
The event will be held at the Drumlins Country Club Ballroom, beginning with a reception at 11 a.m., and followed by brunch and the award ceremony to honor this year's LetterWinners of Distinction. Registration information is available through the Syracuse University Alumni Association. Tickets are priced at $100 per person or $1,000 per table of 10.
Ann-Marie Guglieri '04 (Field Hockey)
A second-team All-BIG EAST Conference selection in her senior season, Ann-Marie Guglieri led the Orange in assists across back-to-back seasons (2002, 2003). On September 27, 2001, Guglieri dished out three assists in a 5-1 win over Colgate, a mark that is still tied for the program record in a single game.
Guglieri and the Orange won 45 games, including BIG EAST Regular Season and Tournament titles during the 2001 campaign, leading Syracuse to its second-ever NCAA Tournament Quarterfinal berth. Off the field, Guglieri was a member of the Syracuse's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC).
After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology, Guglieri continued her path in college athletics, beginning as a field hockey graduate assistant coach at Springfield College while earning her Masters of Education in athletic administration. Other stops along the way included Smith College, Dartmouth, Colgate, and currently Yale, where she serves as the executive deputy director/chief operating officer of athletics. Her primary duties include capital projects, sports innovation and performance, compliance, and facilities. Additionally, Guglieri is the sport oversight for football, women's basketball, heavyweight crew, and softball.Â
Guglieri was recognized on The Athletic's College Sports 40-Under-40 list in 2022 and served on the NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Committee for four years, including a two-year tenure as the committee chair. In 2014, Guglieri received the Nell Jackson Administrator of the Year Award from Women Leaders in College Sports, in recognition of outstanding achievements and success working in collegiate athletics. In 2013, Guglieri was inducted into Carmel (N.Y.) High School Athletic Hall of Fame. She has spoken nationally at conventions such as the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA)Â and Women Leaders in College Sports.
Ken Hutton '69 (Men's Rowing)
Ken Hutton was a four-year member of the men's rowing team. He was encouraged to join the squad by Ben Johnson, an SU letterwinner from 1918-20. Hutton would eventually row for two different coaches: Loren Schoel and Bill Sanford. The latter coached Hutton on the freshman team (1965-66), before becoming the varsity coach prior to the 1967-68 campaign.Â
While learning to row in the double-skin wooden Pock shells, Hutton competed in the all freshman races until he was sidelined with mononucleosis. At Sanford's prodding to row on either port or starboard, Hutton eventually rowed in every position in the eight. During the fall of his senior season (1968-69), Hutton stroked the Orange to a fourth-place finish at the Head of the Charles, which was in just its third season.
Off the water, Hutton earned a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering in 1969 while serving as the sports editor for the Syracuse yearbook, Onondagan, and was the publication's business manager as a senior. He was also the treasurer for his fraternity, Lambda Chi Alpha.Â
After college, Hutton was a founding member of the Wilmington (Del.) Rowing Center, competing nationally in the coxed four. In 1988, he helped his boat compete in the national masters championship, the Canadian Henley, the Head of the Charles, and the Head of the Schuylkill, taking second in that Philadelphia event.Â
After earning an MBA from Virginia, Hutton was employed by the US subsidiary of a United Kingdom-based global chemical company in sales for a decade. He went on to guide two small West Coast petrochemical trading and plastics companies in the record industry. He later spent time working with a mushroom business in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania and a Digital Equipment Company for 25 years.Â
For over 20 years, Hutton served on the board of directors for the Syracuse Alumni Rowing Association (SARA), leading updates of bylaws and guidelines for Syracuse crews going to The Henley Royal Regatta. For five years, Hutton chaired the program's Evening at Ten Eyck. Hutton judged for the Invent@SU program since its early days.
Col. John Litzenberger USAF Ret. '72 (Wrestling)
A member of Syracuse's wrestling team, Col. John Litzenberger USAF Ret. '72 was a key fixture in many successful matches for the Orange program, and has long stayed connected to the University as an active supporter of Syracuse Athletics, attending many football, basketball, and lacrosse games.
Litzenberger was also heavily involved in the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) and Alpha Phi Omega, leading to a career in the United States military. During the War in Vietnam, Litzenberger flew refueling tankers for other aircraft. He later flew transport aircraft for the Air National Guard, with seven active duty calls before retiring in 2002.
Following retirement from the military, Litzenberger acquired a civilian position in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), focused on airport operations and maintaining aviation safety at airports. He currently works as an aviation consultant in litigation matters.
Still involved in the Syracuse ROTC program, Litzenberger connects with alumni with the aim of providing financial assistance for junior and senior ROTC cadets in the area.
Litzenberger was honored as the 2021 Fairfax (Virginia) County Citizen of the Year where he was described at the annual awards banquet as "someone who has set a fine example of participation in community activities in many different areas. Over the past four decades, he has continued to contribute his time and experience to make the community a better place to live." Litzenberger helped coach lacrosse for the Chantilly Youth Association, Southwestern Youth Association, Centreville High School and Westfield High School across the early 1990s into the mid-aughts.Â
Litzenberger has been active in his local church, Centreville United Methodist. He helped relocate the church during the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) expansion of Route 28 and Interstate 66. Litzenberger worked closely with the West Fairfax County Citizens Association on its land-use committee for over a decade, including a three-year stint as the president. He was later appointed to the Fairfax County Redevelopment and Housing Authority as a commissioner.Â
Rick Miller '85 (Football)
Recruited by and playing for Syracuse head football coach and College Football Hall of Famer Dick MacPherson, and the prospect of playing in the Dome, helped lead Rick Miller to earning the Joseph Alexander Student-Athlete Award in 1984, honoring excellence in football, scholarship, and citizenship.Â
Succeeding both in sport and in the classroom, Miller earned his degree in operations management and was on the Dean's List for several semesters in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management. This helped Miller capture internships at Ernst and Whinney and securing positions at Merrill Lynch and Chemical Bank.
Sharing his Christian values first formed by his mother, Connie, and at Padua Franciscan High School, Miller attended Bible studies and church services with Syracuse teammates. Now he helps support boys in attendance at Nativity Prep, a tuition-free school for boys in grades 4-8 in under-resourced neighborhoods in Boston. There is a scholarship in his honor to help provide opportunities for Boston area and Nativity students to attend Syracuse University. In 2016, Miller was honored in the Padua Franciscan High School Athletic Hall of Fame after an outstanding scholastic career in football, basketball, and baseball.
With over three decades of financial experience to his credit, Miller serves as the group managing director, chief investment officer and chairman of the investment committee of the TCW Private Credit Group, joining TCW in 2013 following the acquisition of the Special Situations Funds group from Regiment Capital Advisors, LP, which he led since its inception in 2001. Miller also worked for Chase Manhattan Bank, BankBoston Securities and UBS. He currently serves as an ex officio trustee for the University of Rochester Endowment, where he earned his MBA, and a board member of the Nativity Preparatory School.
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