The University of Akron Athletics
athletics emails tom 2012 13 january 16 2013
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WELCOME BACK!
With spring semester classes having started on Monday, it's great
to see campus come alive again with faculty and students –
especially with the return of more than 400 student-athletes.
Welcome back, and make it a great semester!
MEN’S HOOPS LOOKS FOR
8TH STRAIGHT WIN
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Join us at James A. Rhodes Arena as our Men’s Basketball team seeks its eighth straight victory when we host Ball State at 7 p.m. tonight. Head Coach Keith Dambrot discusses his team’s winning streak – we are 11-4 overall and 2-0 in the Mid-American Conference – and previews tonight's and Saturday’s match-ups in his weekly video feature.
This has the makings to be a very special season, but we need great crowds each night not only to support our team but also to show the country that we have the best basketball program in the MAC. Our team has been all around campus – in the Rec Center, in the Student Union, in the dining halls – since classes started to promote the game and encourage student attendance.
While our ticket sales have grown greatly over the last few years, we will continue to encourage fans to make sure to use their tickets for every game. Our Ticket Operations staff runs a ticket usage report immediately after every home game and our Personal Account Representatives follow up with those accounts whose redemption rates are less than 50 percent.
While we greatly appreciate the commitment every season ticketholder has made, we want you to get the full return on your investment by either encouraging you to use or distribute the tickets, or allowing us to help you make sure they go to good use. We offer a secure website, Akron Ticket Exchange, on which you can post your seats, and we also have our Ticket Donation Program that provides donated tickets to underprivileged children and members of the military, among other deserving organizations. It’s a great time and a great team, so please join us!
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL DOMINATES PNC WAGON WHEEL CHALLENGE MATCH-UP
Congratulations to Head Coach Jodi Kest and our Women’s Basketball team for a dominating performance Sunday at home over rival Kent State. The 93-58 score is our largest margin of victory against a conference opponent in the history of our program. The win also earned .5 points in the PNC Wagon Wheel Challenge, which we lead 3.5-2.0.
Our team is 11-4 overall and 2-0 in the MAC. In her weekly video update, Coach Kest talks about the team’s hot start and previews the next two road contests.
We tip off at 8 p.m. ET tonight in Dekalb against Northern Illinois (here are links for free video stream and free online audio stream with Bill Morgan). Keep it going, ladies … we’re proud of you!
MORE KENT MATCH-UPS
Good luck to two more Zips teams who face the Flashes this weekend:
-Track & Field hosts KSU for a dual meet beginning at 6:30 p.m. Friday at Stile Athletics Field House
-Men’s Basketball travels to the MAC Center for a 3 p.m. tip-off Saturday on ESPNU
UPCOMING UA FACULTY & STAFF APPRECIATION EVENTS
For those of you on campus who don’t have basketball tickets already, please call extension 6920 (have your Zip Card ready) to bring your family and friends to these games:
-Wednesday, Jan. 23 at 7 p.m. – Women’s Basketball vs. Toledo – tickets are just $4 and include a concessions voucher!
-Saturday, Jan. 26 at 7 p.m. – Men’s Basketball vs. Buffalo – a ticket and dinner (hamburgers, brats, chips, cookies and Coca-Cola products) are just $10!
FOOTBALL SEASON TICKET RENEWALS
Our football season ticketholders will receive a personal e-mail next week from their account representative with information to renew their tickets and incentives to do so quickly. You’ll also hear from us by phone.
The week after, we will be announcing season ticket packages for new fans. More details to follow in Zips Line, and online at GoZips.com.
MEET JARED EMBICK
The new Head Coach of our Men’s Soccer program, Jared Embick, sat down for a GoZips.com video exclusive to discuss his transition from assistant coach and the state of the 2013 Zips. Next week we’ll return to student-athletes, but we thought everyone would enjoy getting to know Jared!
ZIPS CLIPS …
… Marla Ridenour of the Akron Beacon Journal profiled Coach Embick, who already is hard at work on the recruiting trail …
… The Beacon Journal, Cleveland Plain Dealer and Ravenna Record-Courier all covered our 35-point win over Kent State …
… Men’s Basketball senior center Zeke Marshall is profiled on NBADraftBlog.com, and SI.com has labeled him as one of three players in the nation poised for a breakout season …
ZIPS CONGRATS TO …
… freshman pole vaulter Shawn Barber, who was named MAC Men’s Field Athlete of the Week after he set a school record in his first collegiate meet Friday night at the Eastern Michigan University Triangular by jumping 18 feet and 4.5 inches. To date, it’s the best jump by any Division I athlete in 2013 – and the best in our history ...
… Carl Capellas, who joined our Men’s Soccer staff as an assistant coach. Welcome, Carl!
… Men’s Basketball, which was selected to appear on ESPNU when we host Ohio at the JAR on Saturday Feb. 2. Tip-off is 5 p.m. and will be part of a Social Media Day doubleheader; our Women’s Basketball team hosts Buffalo at 2 p.m. that day in our annual Play 4Kay contest …
… Track and Field Assistant Coach Brian Forrester, who was featured in an instructional DVD (available here) about the shot put and discus …
… Women’s Tennis, which starts its second season this weekend with home matches vs. Middle Tennessee State (Friday at 2 p.m.) and Penn State (Sunday at 10 a.m.) at LaTuchie Tennis Center …
… Men’s
Basketball assistant coach Charles Thomas, who was selected to
participate in the third-annual “Shots from the Heart”
Competition to raise awareness for heart disease with the American
Heart Association and the Skip Prosser Foundation …
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
