The University of Akron Athletics
athletics emails tom 2012 13 april 5 2013
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FOOTBALL CAMP OPENS
The second year of Bowden Ball is officially underway, as football spring practice started earlier this week. GoZips.com is providing full coverage of every practice on our Spring Practice Central web page, including video highlights, media coverage, interviews with Coach Bowden and more. Head Coach Terry Bowden is excited to continue building a winning football program through 15 on-field sessions this month.
All of it culminates with our annual Spring Game on Saturday, April 27. We have a full day planned and hope you will join us:
-Football alumni reunion begins with check-in and registration at 8:30 a.m. and includes a pre-game meal with the team, and a 10:30 a.m. reception on the FirstMerit Foundation Club Level. (If you are coming from out of town, we also have negotiated a discounted rate at the Hilton Akron/Fairlawn – please click here for more information.)
-Our fourth-annual Youth Clinic starts with check-in and registration at 10:15 a.m. and will run from 11 a.m. to 11:50 a.m. in Stile Athletics Field House
-At 12 p.m. we will host a reception for renewed or new football season ticketholders, as well as an open forum about our Athletics Strategic Planning process, on the FirstMerit Foundation Club Level of InfoCision Stadium.
-The Spring Game will kick off at 1 p.m.
A BUSY WEEKEND FOR ZIPS ATHLETICS …
Eight varsity teams compete 16 times today, tomorrow and/or Sunday, with many of them in action here in Akron:
-Women’s Tennis faces Bowling Green at 1 p.m. today indoors at LaTuchie Tennis Center, and Western Michigan at 1 p.m. tomorrow hopefully outside at Springside Racquet Club.
-Track and Field, ranked No. 1 in the Great Lakes Region, hosts the first of its three outdoor home meets this season with the Northeast Ohio Quad at Lee. R. Jackson Track beginning at 3:30 p.m. today and continuing tomorrow at 10 a.m.
-Baseball hosts Miami for a three-game series this weekend at Lee R. Jackson Field, at 3 p.m. today and 1 p.m. tomorrow and Sunday.
-Men’s Soccer hosts Kentucky in a free spring exhibition match at 5 p.m. Saturday at FirstEnergy Stadium – Cub Cadet Field.
On the road this week are Softball (games at Bowling Green and Toledo), Women’s Golf (looking to defend its Eastern Kentucky University Colonel Classic title) and Men’s Golf (at the Irish Creek Intercollegiate in Charlotte).
Good luck to all Zips!
BASKETBALL SEAT DEPOSITS AND PROCESS
We are continuing to Think Bigger about Men’s Basketball,
and the next milestone for our program is to sell out the lower
level of Rhodes Arena in season tickets. We already are well
on our way to accomplishing that goal for the 2013-14 season
– and we want to give our current season ticketholders the
first chance to add seats.
All Men’s Basketball season ticketholders are receiving a
letter from Coach Dambrot offering you the chance to add seats by
Friday, April 12 – please call our Ticket Office at
888-99-AKRON (25766) to take advantage of this exclusive
window. After that date, we will offer opportunities for
Z-Fund donors as well as UA faculty and staff to purchase before
everything is opened up to the general public.
SAVE THESE DATES …
We wanted to get these upcoming events on your calendar as soon as possible:
-Women’s Soccer Alumni Game on Saturday, April 20
-Second Annual Trivia Night on Saturday, May 18
-Football Golf Outing on Monday, June 10
-Baseball Golf Outing on Monday, July 22
-Men’s Basketball Golf Outing on Monday, August 19
Please call the Z-Fund at 330-972-FUND (3863) for more information or to sign up for these events.
STUDENT-ATHLETE VIDEO OF THE WEEK
Click here to see senior women’s golfer Tyler Etcheberry tell why she chose Akron, what she will remember most about her experience as a Zip and what master’s degree she is pursuing during her final year of eligibility.
‘DRIVE FOR 5’ DONOR OF THE WEEK
Thanks to Lance and Mary Louise Chima for joining our team through the “Drive for 5”! You can join Lance and Mary Louise – 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 …
… Men’s Basketball senior center Zeke Marshall, who was selected to participate in the 2013 Reese’s Division I College All-Star Game at the Final Four this weekend. The game is 5 p.m. tonight at the Georgia Dome. Zeke also was named this week to the Lefty Driesell Defensive All-America Team by CollegeInsider.com.
-Freshman pole vaulter Shawn Barber, who became Canada’s National Pole Vault Record Holder thanks to his school-record breaking clearance at the Texas Relays last weekend, which earned him MAC Field Athlete of the Week honors yet again.
…Freshman golfer Sierra Everson, who was selected to play in the 27th PGA Minority Collegiate Championship in May …
ZIPS CLIPS …
-George Thomas of the Akron Beacon Journal reports on football spring practice …
-A true inspiration, former Zips baseball pitcher Alex Loftin discusses facing cancer, nearly having his leg amputated and being pain free for the first time in years – and how Zips Athletics is rallying behind him …
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
