Stephen Mulderry Dedication

[Dane Pound]

This from the UA site. A really nice gesture.

 

UALBANY MEN’S BASKETBALL LOCKER ROOM WILL BE DEDICATED IN

STEPHEN MULDERRY’S MEMORY ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7

     Albany, N.Y. – University at Albany’s Department of Athletics and Recreation will dedicate the men’s basketball locker room in the name of former captain Stephen Mulderry, who was among the missing in the World Trade Center tragedy of Sept. 11, 2001. The dedication ceremony will take place at halftime of UAlbany’s game with New Hampshire on Saturday, Feb. 7, as Director of Athletics Lee McElroy announced on Friday, Jan. 30.

     Mulderry, who was popular among his teammates, and affectionately known as "Zipper", was a co-captain on the 1989-90 UAlbany squad which posted a 20-9 record and reached the NCAA Division III East Regional Tournament. He averaged 11.5 points, 5.7 assists and 2.4 steals as a senior. Mulderry, a Bishop Maginn High School graduate, and two-year starter for UAlbany coach Richard "Doc" Sauers, also led the 1988-89 team to an ECAC Upstate New York championship during a 20-8 campaign.

     A backup guard at the scholastic level, Mulderry worked his way into the Albany starting lineup after trying out for the team as a freshman. He played on the junior varsity squad his first year, before seeing limited minutes off the bench on the varsity as a sophomore. Mulderry finished his collegiate career seventh on the school’s all-time assists list with 325, and fourth in assist average at 4.27 per game.

     Mulderry, who graduated with a B.S. in economics in 1990, went on to work as vice president of equity trading for Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, an employee-owned investment banking firm.

     His parents, William and Anne, his four brothers, Andrew, Peter, Daniel and Bill, and his three sisters, Amy, Nell and Darra, are expected to be present at the dedication.

     In addition, Peter Pedro, a former Albany football captain and one of the school’s career rushing leaders, and a group of Mulderry’s classmates, are raising funds to create the Stephen Mulderry Memorial Scholarship to benefit a UAlbany student-athlete who hails from the Capital Region. For more information on pledge forms or donations, interested parties can contact the Athletic Development Office, at 518-437-4416.  Pledge forms will be available in the Recreation and Convocation Center's KeyBank Atrium on Feb. 7.