The University of Akron Athletics
athletics emails tom 2012 13 april 20 2013
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ZIPS ATHLETICS STRATEGIC PLANNING OPEN FORUMS
We heard from you – more than 1,200 of you, actually! – when we distributed our survey seeking your feedback on Zips Athletics as part of our strategic planning process. Now, we would like to have a conversation about it.
Please join us next week for one of the two open forums we are hosting to discuss publicly with you our plan and your feedback.
-Thursday, April 25, noon to 1:30 p.m. in Student Union 316 – for University faculty, staff and students
-Saturday, April 27, noon to 1 p.m. in the FirstMerit Foundation Club Level (fifth floor) of InfoCision Stadium, immediately prior to the spring football game.
I hope to see you at one of these sessions and appreciate your thoughtfulness about Zips Athletics.
2013 SOCCER SCHEDULES RELEASED
This week our Men’s and Women’s Soccer head coaches announced our 2013 fall schedules, and with that season ticket renewals have been e-mailed as well.
Jared Embick is excited for the slate of opponents that he and our Men’s team will face in his first season as our head coach. We’ll host Michigan State, Ohio State, VCU and Wake Forest among our 10 home matches. Please note that starting this fall, our normal game time will be 7 p.m. (instead of 7:30 p.m.) so it’s easier for more families and youth teams to attend. Click here to buy or renew season tickets.
Vernon Croft and our Women will play eight times at FirstEnergy Stadium-Cub Cadet Field in 2013, including matches against 2012 NCAA Tournament participants Central Michigan and Miami (OH), as well as perennial participant Boston University. Season tickets are available here.
VIDEOS OF THE WEEK
Here’s the highlights video that was played at the Men’s Basketball Celebration event …
… and this video should get you pumped up for Zips Football …
SAVE THESE DATES
-Our Women's Basketball Celebration event will be held Friday, April 26, at 6:30 p.m. on the TowPath Credit Union Press Level (the seventh floor) of InfoCision Stadium – contact Candace Smith at (330) 972-8274 or clw23@uakron.edu for tickets.
-Our Spring Football game will be held Saturday, April 27 – with our fourth annual Youth Clinic beginning at 11 a.m., and the game at 1 p.m. Our Spring Practice Central website can fill you in on everything you need to know about Zips Football this spring.
-Our second annual Trivia Night will be held on Saturday, May 18 at Rhodes Arena – please contact Alexa Doutt at (330) 972-2695 or asd9@uakron.edu to buy a table (or individual seats) …
CHRISTI SMITH, MAC HALL-OF-FAMER
As the first NCAA national champion in school history and the first multiple All-American in Akron track and field history, Christi Smith already was one of our most decorated Zips student-athletes.
Now, she is also the first athlete – male or female – in school history to earn the prestigious distinction of being inducted into the Mid-American Conference Hall of Fame. Congratulations, Christi, on this wonderful achievement!
She and six others will be officially inducted at the MAC Honor’s Dinner at the Cleveland Renaissance Hotel on May 30. Tickets to the event, which is open to the public, can be purchased for $65 by calling Julie Kachner with the league office at (216) 566-4622, ext. 311.
ON THE ROAD THIS WEEKEND …
… Men’s Soccer travels on Sunday to Butler for a 3 p.m. match …
… Women’s Golf heads to Angola, Ind., for the Angola Shootout, the final regular-season tournament this year …
… Men’s Golf goes to the Boilermaker Invitational in West Lafayette, Ind., starting today …
… Baseball hits the road to face Bowling Green for a three-game series, including a doubleheader today …
… Tennis finishes the regular season today with a match at Eastern Michigan, after a 5-2 win at Toledo yesterday …
… Volleyball hosted Ashland last night and drives to Kent State for three matches today
‘DRIVE FOR 5’ DONORS OF THE WEEK
Thanks to John and Carroll Weiner for joining our team through the “Drive for 5”! You can join Carroll and John – 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 …
… our Dance Team, which earned its highest-ever finish by placing seventh at the National Dance Alliance (NDA) Collegiate Championships last week …
… senior Brian Walsh, who was named to the Academic All-MAC Men’s Basketball Team …
… juniors Catherine Carr and Carla McNamara, named to the Academic All-MAC Women's Swimming and Diving Team …
… senior
Brittany Cheese finished 11th (out of 34) in the
women’s heptathlon at the elite California Invitational
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… senior Nick
Banke, who was named MAC Field Athlete of the Week after
winning both the shot put and discus competitions at the All-Ohio
Outdoor Championship …
… Nyles Evans, who signed a National Letter of Intent to join our Men's Basketball program next season …
ZIPS CLIPS
… The Dayton Daily News on the Southwest Ohio flavor that our football backfield features with quarterback Kyle Pohl and fullback Conor Hundley …
… George Thomas of the Akron Beacon Journal on football practice moving outdoors with the weather change …
… Mike Popovich of the Canton Repository covered Keith Dambrot's speech at the Football Hall of Fame Luncheon Club …
… Zeke Marshall continues his preparations to play professional basketball …
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
