The University of Akron Athletics
athletics emails tom 2012 13 july 24 2012
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DAMBROT SIGNS 10-YEAR CONTRACT
We announced Friday that Keith Dambrot has signed a new 10-year contract to remain as our head coach of our Men’s Basketball program. In my three years at Akron, this is one of the announcements I am proudest to make. As an Akron native and two-time UA alumnus, he is the perfect fit for our program –– and together we made a statement by signing such a long-term agreement. July is an important month in the college basketball recruiting calendar, and all weekend the talk in the college basketball world (and with national media) was about Keith’s commitment to the Zips, and ours to him.
Please join me in congratulating Keith on this deal and thank him for his ongoing commitment to The University of Akron. As you know, that certainly isn’t always the case in our business. We’ve already heard from many Zips Basketball fans who are thrilled that Coach D will continue to pace our sideline for years to come!
UPCOMING MEN’S BASKETBALL EVENTS
You can see Coach Dambrot and his staff in person at the Men’s Basketball Summer Classic Golf Outing, set for Aug. 20 at Medina Country Club in Medina. This event is filling up fast, so sign up today if you want to play!
Also, we announced a travel package for our fans to go to Puerto Rico to watch our Men’s Basketball team in November, and have received a terrific response so far. Here’s the link to register.
SOME FOOTBALL NOTES …
… save the date of Friday, Aug. 24, as we will be announcing soon a new pre-season football event that you won’t want to miss. Trust me that you don’t want to make lunch plans for that day …
… with Football season fast approaching, full information about Parking and Away Game Tickets (including the opportunity to get two complimentary tickets to the game at Central Michigan) is available here …
… just 37 days until Bowden Ball kicks off vs. Central Florida at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 30. Have you renewed or purchased tickets? If not, now is the time! (Same goes for men’s and women’s soccer …)
THE ZIPS ON THE AIR
For the third consecutive year, our Men’s Soccer program and FirstEnergy Stadium – Cub Cadet Field will be nationally televised on Fox Soccer Channel, as our match on Friday, Sept. 14 vs. St. John’s will air live at 7 p.m. ET (note the start time is 30 minutes earlier than normal for us when we’re at home).
The National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) oversees this weekly television package and does a terrific job promoting the college game.
GOLF TEAMS ANNOUNCE 2012-13 SCHEDULES
Head coaches Jenny King and David Trainor of our Women’s and Men’s Golf programs, respectively, announced their competition schedules for this year. We continue to challenge ourselves nationally as those are two programs within our department that will continue to improve in the coming years. GoZips.com also has regular updates throughout the summer of both the Men’s and Women’s programs.
CONGRATS TO …
… Men’s Soccer sophomore Wil Trapp, as well as incoming freshmen Alfred Koroma and Dillon Serna, who were named to the U.S. Under-20 Men’s National Team that faces international competition at the Northern Ireland Milk Cup this week.
… incoming freshman Shawn Barber, who placed third in the pole vault at the World Junior Track and Field Championships Thursday in Barcelona, Spain. Shawn will join our Track and Field program this fall.
… former men’s basketball forward Nik Cvetinovic signed a professional contract with AEK Larnaca, located in Larnaca, Cyprus.
… Zara Harutyunyan and Ksenia Berestetska of Women’s Tennis, who recently competed in a USTA Pro Circuit event in Buffalo.
… Amanda Butler, Sara Chaves and Laura Murray of Women’s Golf, who were named to the 2011-12 Division I All-American Scholar team by the National Golf Coaches Association.
ZIPS CLIPS …
… ESPN.com profiled former Zips men’s soccer star Darren Mattocks …
… our incoming freshmen class for softball is packed with talent, writes George Thomas of the Akron Beacon Journal …
… Athlon Sports deems Terry Bowden as one of the top 3 head-coaching hires (out of 28) in Division I FBS football this off-season …
… (video) Adrienne vs. Zips continues with episode 2 of 6 in the ongoing video series, as this time Adrienne hops in the pool to take on members of our Swimming and Diving team …
… Andy Katz of ESPN.com and Steve Berkowitz of USA Today, among others, praise the new contract for Keith Dambrot …
… Zac Jackson of FoxSports Ohio asks if you have your dadgum football season ticket yet …
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
