The University of Akron Athletics
athletics emails tom 2012 13 april 12 2013
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CELEBRATE ZIPS BASKETBALL WITH US
Following record-breaking seasons for both our Men’s and Women’s Basketball programs, we are hosting two events to commemorate their unprecedented achievements – and we would love for you to join us.
Hopefully you already are planning to be at Rhodes Arena tonight for our Men’s Basketball Celebration event, with the social hour beginning at 6 p.m. followed by a buffet dinner and awards presentations. Even if you don’t yet already have a ticket, you can “walk up” and purchase – it’s $30 for adults and $10 for children ages 12 and under or University of Akron students with valid Zip Card.
We also announced that two weeks from today – on Friday, April 26 – our Women’s Basketball season celebration event will be held on the seventh floor of InfoCision Stadium. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. with dinner and awards 30 minutes later. Tickets can be purchased by contacting Candace Smith at 330-972-8274 or clw23@uakron.edu.
THE STRATEGIC PLAN
Our accelerated Strategic Planning process continues to progress rapidly, and we are eager to unveil what we believe will be an impactful plan to you next month.
We received more than 1,200 responses to our survey, and wanted to publicly recognize those who were selected at random to win season tickets for participating and providing their contact information:
Football club seat season tickets: Chris Capozzi
Men’s Basketball season tickets: David Palmer
Women’s Basketball season tickets: Raymond Light
Men’s Soccer season tickets: Vincent DiGirolamo
Women’s Soccer season tickets: Terri Charlton
Thank you to everyone who provided valuable feedback in that survey. Our staff and I have read every single comment on every single survey that was submitted. Not that I ever doubted it for one second, but the passion for Zips Athletics is clearly evident! It has been really helpful to hear from you and that feedback will be incorporated into our plans moving forward.
To take that a step further, I would like to invite you to an Open Forum about Zips Athletics to talk more about your thoughts on what we’re doing well and how we can improve. Please join me at noon on Saturday, April 27 on the FirstMerit Foundation Club Level of InfoCision Stadium … this is open to the public and is a free event immediately prior to our Spring Football Game at 1 p.m.
UPCOMING ZIPS EVENTS
… Senior Day for Softball is 2 p.m. Saturday at Lee R. Jackson Field, where we will honor Alissa Birkhimer and Cassie Gleisner before their game vs. Miami – one of four home softball contests this weekend …
… The Spring Football Game is 1 p.m. Saturday, April 27 at InfoCision Stadium. We have a full day planned for our Football Alumni Reunion, starting with pre-game team breakfast at 9 a.m. Register by contacting Matt Sharp at 330-972-7142 or mbs35@zips.uakron.edu. Our fourth-annual Youth Clinic will be held in Stile Athletics Field House at 11 a.m. that day and costs just $15 – click here to sign up any children from kindergarten through sixth grade.
… Trivia Night is just over a month away! Our second annual event will be held Saturday, May 18 at Rhodes Arena … please join us for food, fun , trivia – contact Alexa Doutt at 330-972-2695 or asd9@uakron.edu to buy individual seats or an entire table!
STUDENT-ATHLETE VIDEO OF THE WEEK
Click here to watch Brittany Cheese, a senior from our Track and Field team, describe why she chose Akron, the three things she says you need to bring on a road trip and what she sees as the biggest differences between college and high school track.
In case you missed any of them, here is an online archive of 15 student-athlete video profiles that we have shared with you … with more to come!
‘DRIVE FOR 5’ DONORS OF THE WEEK
Thanks to Thomas and Patricia Bailey for joining our team through the “Drive for 5”! You can join Patricia and Thomas – and our team – by signing up here as we seek to elevate Zips Athletics by having 5,000 donors and fundraising $5 million annually by 2015.
ZIPS CONGRATS TO …
… Softball Head Coach Julie Jones on winning her 400th career game at Cleveland State on Tuesday …
… Men’s Basketball Head Coach Keith Dambrot for being named Red Auerbach Coach of the Year …
… Charlie Bull and Ryan Harris for both posting top-25 finishes at the Irish Creek Collegiate, leading our Men’s Golf team to a top-10 finish overall …
… Seven Track and Field student-athletes – Ariane Beaumont-Courteau, Kyle Cochran, Bjorn Johansson, Claire Lucas, Alex McCune, Gabriela Szkolnicka and Alexandra Wood – earned academic honors from the Mid-American Conference for the indoor season …
… Sophomore Skyler Willis for setting a school record in the 400-meter hurdles, leading our Track and Field teams to 11 event wins and a sweep at the Northeast Ohio Quad meet we hosted last weekend …
… Redshirt senior Hanna Ek for posting a top-15 finish for Women’s Golf at the 2013 Colonel Classic …
… Men’s Basketball senior Zeke Marshall for scoring seven points, grabbing six rebounds, blocking three shots and making one steal in the East’s 87-81 win at the Reese’s College All Star Game in Atlanta …
ZIPS CLIPS …
… junior Track and Field runner Gabe Genovesi is profiled by his hometown newspaper …
… George Thomas of the Akron Beacon Journal checks in on spring practice with reports about our defense, offense and linebackers …
… follow daily updates from Football Spring Practice on our GoZips.com blog …
ASK THE AD …
As always, if you have a question or want to comment about Zips
Athletics, click here now or at any
time on the “Ask the AD” button on the home page
of GoZips.com.
Go Zips!
Tom Wistrcill
Director of Athletics
