The joint executive board is elected by all members to manage the day-to-day business of the University Curlers. Both undergraduates and graduates also have a divisional board that deals with their specific concerns. We all work hard to increase the popularity of curling on campus and to promote the fantastic comradery in curling.
President
Gregory Dellis is the President of the Yale Curlers. Greg is now a junior and third year curler. He had no previous exposure to the sport; however, his goal in college was to try something completely new, and formerly unavailable. Lucky enough, Greg ran into Yale’s graduate curlers, attended his first learn to curl, and quickly decided to join the team. To the credit of his fellow teammates, Greg won his first tournament in Philadelphia, his third time ever on the ice. He believes that curling is the perfect opportunity for undergraduates to get off campus, either for practice once a week, or for tournaments over the weekends. Curling has allowed him to meet Yale’s incredible graduate community, and students from universities across the country at “spiels.” Greg is in Pierson College, a Psycology and Graphic Design double major, and a big fan of Reptar the dinosaur.
Vice-President
Jon Michel is the Vice President of the Yale Curling Club. He’s currently a sophomore majoring in Environmental Studies in Davenport College. He had never curled before coming to Yale, but ran into the club at the extracurricular bazaar and decided to give it a try because it looked fun on TV. After realizing it was also fun in real life, he stuck with the team through his first year on campus and ran for the board as a sophomore. His favorite part of the club is going to interesting, cold places for bonspiels (tournaments) and meeting other curlers from all over the Northeast.
Treasurer
Michael Cohen is Treasurer of the University Curlers at Yale and is a fourth year curler. He was dragged by a friend to go to the 2014 learn to curl knowing almost nothing about the sport and and has been on the ice ever since. Michael is also a member of Nutmeg Curling and plays weekly in a club league with several other Yale teammates. He is a fifth year PhD student in the department of Health Policy and Management.
Secretary
Christina Papini is the Secretary of the University Curlers at Yale and is a second year curler. After watching curling on TV for years and receiving crash courses in curling strategy, Christina jumped at the chance to join the Yale curling team. Since then, curling has become a great way to get off campus and escape the pressures of school. As a second year graduate student in Pharmacology, Christina looks forward to many more years of happy curling.
Liaison for Events and Activities Planning (LEAP)
Coach
Ed Scimia volunteers as the coach for the University Curlers. He is a member of Nutmeg Curling Club and has been curling for ten years. He has been coaching the team for four years and traveled with the team to Nationals in 2016, 2017, and 2019. After growing up competing in basketball and chess, Ed became intrigued by curling’s unique mix of strategy and athleticism while watching it during the Olympics. He finally tried it for himself in 2010 and has been playing ever since. In addition to coaching, he also skips a men’s team that competes on the World Curling Tour. Ed graduated from Syracuse University in 2003 with degrees in Magazine Journalism and Political Science.