Straight From the Lions Mouth

TJ Bocchino

TJ Bocchino (Toms River, NJ/Toms River East High School) is entering his junior year at The College of New Jersey and his third season on the men’s cross country team. He was the New Jersey Athletic Conference Rookie of the Year in 2007 and an all-conference and all-region performer in 2008. Read More

Tamra Wroblesky

Tamra Wroblesky (Freehold, NJ/ Communications) is entering her senior year as a double-major in history and women and gender studies. In doubles matches in 2008-09, she had a combined record of 23-3 and posted a 5-3 mark in singles matches and advanced to the Intercollegiate Tennis Association regionals with teammate Emily Petersack. When she’s not returning serves, Tamra is either swing dancing in Philly or climbing Mount Kilimanjaro. For this photo, she hiked up the official’s chair. Read More 

Mark Gardner

Mark Gardner (Flemington, NJ/Bishop Dunne) is a senior wide receiver for The College of New Jersey football team. He grew up catching footballs in Dallas, Tx and has been known to make a mean turkey and cheese Shorti at Wawa. Judging by this photo, Gardner took it to heart when he was once told by one of his football coaches that he wasn’t working hard enough. Read More 

Jessica Falcone

Jessica Falcone (Cherry Hill, NJ/Camden Catholic) is a junior business major on the women's field hockey team. She was the 2006 NJAC Rookie of the Year, not long after she fell in love with 'N Sync as a teen-ager. Though she now lives off-campus, you might catch her in Eikhoff enjoying a bowl of Lucky Charms. Read More

Matt Erny

Matt Erny (Delran, NJ/Delran) is a senior defensive back for the men’s soccer team at TCNJ. He is a criminology major at The College and plans on becoming a police officer after graduation. If you run into Matt hanging out with his high school buddy, Kevin Luber, you might want to turn and walk in the other direction. Read More

Michelle Wallace

Michelle Wallace (Emerson, NJ/Emerson) is a Health and Exercise Science major and member of the women’s cross country team at The College of New Jersey. She is a TCNJ Scholar Athlete and an NJAC All-Conference cross country and indoor/outdoor track performer. Michelle is applying to physical therapy programs this fall and has two wishes entering her senior year: to become an All-American athlete and to avoid losing anymore sleep in her quest to attain straight A’s. Read More