The University of Akron Athletics
athletics emails tom 2012 13 april 26 2013
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SEE YOU TOMORROW AT INFOCISION STADIUM – SUMMA FIELD!
Our Football Spring Game will be held tomorrow, along with our fourth annual Youth Clinic. The clinic begins at 11 a.m., and the game kicks off at 1 p.m. Our Spring Practice Central page can fill you in on everything you need to know about Zips Football.
Our baseball game tomorrow will be played at 2 p.m. on campus at Lee R. Jackson Field, so after watching football you can make the short walk to cheer on Coach Rembielak and his squad.
Our football alumni will gather tonight at Beau’s Grille at the Hilton in Fairlawn and can eat the pre-game meal with the team tomorrow, as well as enjoy each other’s company. Here’s their itinerary …
Friday April 26th 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. – Alumni Welcome Reception – Beau’s Grille at the Hilton Akron/Fairlawn
Saturday, April 27th 8:30 a.m. – Alumni Registration – Lobby of InfoCision Stadium 9 a.m. – Pre-game meal with current team – 7th Floor of InfoCision Stadium* 10:30 a.m. – Alumni Reception – 5th Floor of InfoCision Stadium 1 p.m. – Spring Game 3:30 p.m. – Private post-game tailgate with Football Staff – Field House * Pre-game meal will be for alumni only, families are welcome in the reception area on the fifth floor of InfoCision Stadium during this time.
**** Parking will be reserved for alumni in Lot 10, adjacent to the Stile Athletics Field House ****
Cost: $30 per person and walk-ups are accepted.
FINAL ZIPS ATHLETICS STRATEGIC PLANNING OPEN FORUM
Tomorrow is our final public forum to hear your feedback regarding our strategic planning process. Please join us from noon to 1 p.m. on the FirstMerit Foundation Club Level (fifth floor) of InfoCision Stadium, immediately prior to the spring football game.
I hope to see you there!
SAVE THESE DATES
-Our friends at Canal Park (where our baseball team plays tonight at 6 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m.) are hosting UA Night on Saturday, May 4, which includes a Jim Tressel bobblehead giveaway to the first 1,000 fans. Our own UA Marching Band will perform as well. The Aeros play the Bowie Baysox starting at 6:05 p.m.
Tickets are $6 and group seating is available. To order tickets, visit akronaeros.com and use promo code UAKRON. If your department or organization would like to be recognized during the game, contact the Aeros' Dee Shilling at (330) 253-5151 ext. 286 or dshilling@akronaeros.com
-We are pleased once again to host the MAC Outdoor Track and Field Championship at Lee R. Jackson Field on May 9-11. Stay tuned to GoZips.com for more details …
-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) …
ATTACK THE MAC THIS WEEKEND
Good luck to our Women’s Golf and Women’s Tennis teams as they compete for MAC Championships this weekend in Nashport, Ohio, and Muncie, Ind., respectively. Bring back some hardware, ladies – we’re pulling for you!
STUDENT-ATHLETE VIDEO OF THE WEEK
Click here to watch Hanna Ek, a senior on our Women's Golf team, talk about majoring in mechanical engineering and some of her best memories at UA.
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 Larry and Nikki Mills for joining our team through the “Drive for 5”! You can join Nikki and Larry – 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 …
… Angelina Jogasuria, Prang Pantusart and Olga Shkundina, named to the All-MAC Women's Tennis Team …
… Reinaldo Brenes, added to the Portland Timbers Under-23 roster …
… Shannon Newnes, signed a National Letter of Intent with our Women's Tennis team …
… Shawn Barber, Brittany Funk and Skyler Williams, earned Track and Field Athlete of the Week honors from the MAC …
… Sina King, Hanna Luburgh and Rachel Tecca, named to the Academic All-MAC Women's Basketball Team …
ZIPS CLIPS …
… Keith Dambrot was named to the NCAA Men’s Basketball Rules Committee, and Mike DeCourcy of The Sporting News asked his thoughts on proposed shot-clock changes …
… Elton Alexander of the Cleveland Plain Dealer on the importance of a running game in MAC football in 2013 …
… George Thomas of the Akron Beacon Journal previews tomorrow's Football Spring Game …
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
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Go Zips!
Tom Wistrcill
Director of Athletics
