About Hartwick Basketball

Oneonta, New York, United States
Hartwick is among the North East’s elite liberal art colleges both academically and athletically. Hartwick has a reputation of academic excellence and offers a most diverse selection of degree programs, with a strong emphasis on a liberal arts education. Our campus is truly beautiful. We are located on a scenic 425-acre site on the northern slopes of New York’s Catskill Mountains, in Oneonta, a town considered by some experts to be among the top ten best college towns in America. Hartwick offers a small college atmosphere; as the student/faculty ratio is 11 to 1, and the average classroom size is 15. Yet we are only 70 minutes from the state capital, Albany, and two and a half hours from New York City. This setting provides an ideal atmosphere academically, athletically, and socially for the aspiring student-athlete. Combine these facts with tremendous facilities, a great schedule, and a major commitment to the basketball program, and you can see why Hartwick basketball has made the final four and is a true Division III Giant! As a member of the Empire 8 Conference, Hartwick competes successfully in one of the premier Division III conferences in the country.

Friday, October 29, 2010

Meet the Hawks- Junior Captain Chris Ryder


I'm returning for my junior year for our basketball team here at Hartwick College. I'm a declared Business Administration Major and a Graphic Communications Minor, so this fall I've been taking a lot of classes to get myself toward graduating with both of those degrees. I've been excited to start taking some of the more in depth classes for my major along with starting to take classes towards my minor this fall.

My summer consisted of a lot of work. I worked at a Beer and Soda Distributor in my town of Port Washington on Long Island and also played on 3 summer league basketball teams. I had a busy and productive summer and was very excited to start this season off on the right foot. Now that we've been playing for a little bit my excitement for the season hasn't changed at all. Now I am counting down the days until November 15th and our first game home game in Lambros Arena vs. Wells College.