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Joe Haven played on the Saxon football team for four years (1986-89), starting as a receiver his final three seasons.
Haven finished his career with 80 catches for 1,333 yards and 15 receiving touchdowns. He shared the record (since broken) for touchdown catches in a game (three, against Brockport, 1989). Haven’s best season came his senior year, when he had 46 catches for 704 yards and eight TDs, helping lead AU to a 30-27 win over Bridgewater State in the ECAC North Bowl championship game.
He also played lacrosse for AU for two seasons (1988 and 1991). He lists among his greatest thrills as an Alfred University student-athlete winning the ECAC title to wrap up his career. In the ECAC championship game, he caught a TD pass, recovered an onside kick, and recovered a fumbled punt.
Haven graduated from AU in 1991 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree (communciation arts). He went on to earn a master’s degree in education from Syracuse University in 1998. He earned his New York State school administrators certification in 2005 and became certified as an athletic administrator in 2008. He has served as director of athletics for the Chittenango (NY) Central School district since 2005.
He remained involved in athletics after his playing days at AU ended. He served as an assistant coach for the AU football team from 1990-92, and held several assistant coaching positions for the football and lacrosse teams at his high school alma mater, Cicero-North Syracuse.
Haven and his wife Amy (Rider, AU ’92) live in Cicero, NY, with their two daughters, Hanna and Olivia.
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