Life Skills Newsletter
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Life Skills Recap Upcoming Events
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Fall Sport Summary
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Athletes in the Community
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Academic Updates
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A Word from our Director of Athletics
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Welcome to the Fall 2015 Life Skills newsletter. During the past semester, the Athletics Department has hosted multiple engaging programs and events which built studentathlete comradery and worked to build our student-athletes as individuals. Kicking off the semester was the Fall 2015 Student-Athlete Welcome Back Picnic. All members of the Athletics department were invited to participate in the multiple highly competitive games and activities, which included Rock, Paper, Scissors, Entourage! , the Hula-Hoop Hop Through Race, and the Chubby Bunny Marshmallow Eating Contest. Awards were handed out at the picnic, recognizing the ath-
letic and academic achievements how such illness can impact an that student-athletes had garnered individual, and how to live with during the previous year. mental illness. This workshop The fall semester saw several other served to educate not only a person who may be struggling life skills events, including the Rewith mental illness, but also sume Writing Workshop, which was hosted during the first week of those who are in the sphere of October. The workshop was availa- influence of one who may ble to all student-athletes, but was struggle with mental illness. mandatory for all seniors. During the workshop, advice was offered for developing a professional resume in an effort to help studentathletes — seniors in particular — prepare for job procurement once they have graduated from FGCU. Another workshop offered during the first week of October, Mental Health with Ross Szabo, educated athletes on mental well-being. Discussed during the workshop was the development of mental illness,
Mark you calendars for the Spring Eagles Council Dates! All members of the student-athlete body are invited to attend the monthly meetings.
Other events sponsored by Student-Athlete Services included the International Student-Athlete Night, and Eric Krause’s two-part Performance Enhancement Series. Through these and future events, we hope to enable every student-athlete to feel confident, prepared, and excited for their post athletic career.
Go Eagles!
Spring Eagles Council Dates: Monday, January 11th at 7 p.m. Sunday, February 28th at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 30th at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 20th at 7 p.m.
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Women’s Soccer
Fall 2015 Sports Summary Men’s Soccer
Men’s Soccer: Won an unprecedented sixth-straight Atlantic Sun Regular Season Championship by virtue of a 4-0-1 league record and finished the year with a 7-4-3 mark. The Eagles had the A-Sun Player of the Year in Rodrigo Saravia, A-Sun Defensive Player of the Year in Aaron Guillen, A-Sun Goalkeeper of the Year in Nathan Ingham and the A-Sun Co-Coach of the Year in Bob Butehorn. FGCU played one of the toughest non-conference schedules in the nation, including games against three of the top-10 ranked teams nationally in the RPI. The Eagles were nationally ranked on several occasions, and climbed as high as No. 19 in the country. FGCU extended its home conference regular-season unbeaten streak to a nation-best 28 as the Eagles are 24-0-4 against A-Sun opponents since 2008.
Women’s Soccer: Won its sixth-straight Atlantic Sun Regular Season Championship with an undefeated mark of 6-0-1 in conference play and finished the year with a record of 14-6-2. Individual accolades highlighted by Tabby Tindell as Atlantic Sun Player of the Year, Emma Blackwell as A-Sun Defensive Player of the Year and Jim Blankenship as A-Sun Coach of the Year for the fourth-straight season. The Eagles also saw four First Team members in Tindell, Blackwell, Ally Kasun and Nikki Hudson, and two Second Team members in Kaitlin Parker and Paulina Speckmaier. FGCU defeated Lipscomb, 5-0, in the A-Sun Championship Final and earned a fourth trip to the NCAA Tournament in five seasons of eligibility where the team defeated USF, 2-1, in the First Round for the program’s first-ever NCAA Tournament win before falling to Duke in the Second Round. The team finished the season ranked No. 23 in the nation by TopDrawerSoccer.
Swimming & Diving: Ranked highest in program history as CollegeSwimming.com has them tabbed No. 19. Off to a 6-0 start in dual meets with wins over four nationally ranked opponents in No. 24 Notre Dame (158-104), No. 27 Boise State (159140), No. 35 Utah (165-135) and then-No. 31 FSU (220.5-132.5) Finished inside the top-four at All-Florida Invite (4th), FGCU Classic (2nd) and Georgia Tech Invite (3rd). Set five school records at the Georgia Tech Invite: Lani Cabrera: 500-yard freestyle (4:47.43), 1000-yard freestyle (9:59.27), 1650-yard freestyle (16:35.50) Barbara Caraballo: 200-yard IM (2:00.53) Cabrera, Shaw, Marinheiro, Haan: 800-yard freestyle relay (7:18.38)
Women’s Cross Country
Volleyball
Men’s Cross Country
Swimming & Diving, Continued 2016 NCAA ‘B’ cut qualifiers Elise Haan: 100-yard and 200-yard backstrokes; 100-yard and 200-yard freestyles Katie Armitage: 100-yard and 200-yard breaststrokes Lani Cabrera: 500-yard freestyle Barbara Caraballo: 200-yard IM Katie Latham: 50-yard freestyle Sandra Wilk: 100-yard backstroke
Men’s Cross Country: Finished in a program best third place at the A-Sun Championships and came in one spot shy of tying a program best with an 18th-place finish at the NCAA South Regional. Troy Clark became just the third runner in program history to finish in the top 10 at the conference meet, crossing the finish line 10th overall in a personal-best time of 25:32.31. He finished in a season-best second place at the USF Invitational. Nathan Kandie finished just behind Clark at the conference meet as he finished in 11th place in a personalbest time of 24:34.58. The duo were named second team all-conference while Clark also earned all-academic honors.
Women’s Cross Country: Tied a program best with a third place finish at the A-Sun Championships and finished in a program-best 13th at the NCAA South Regional Championships. Entered the USTFCCCA Regional Rankings for the first time in program history and ended the season ranked No. 12 in the south. Took home the team title at the USF Invitational. Lauren Tarovisky turned in FGCU’s second-best A-Sun Championship and NCAA Regional performances with eighth and 37th place finishes, respectively. She clocked personal-best times of 17:48.14 at the conference meet, earning her second team all-conference recognition, and 21:23.91 in Tuscaloosa. Tarovisky was also named the A-Sun Women’s Runner of the Week following her fourth-place finish at the USF Invitational, becoming just the third FGCU runner to earn the award and the first since 2013.
Volleyball: Finished with an overall record of 21-11 and a 10-4 mark in Atlantic Sun Conference action, good enough for 2nd place. The Eagles had five Second Team All-Atlantic Sun members in Amanda Carroll, Vanessa Benke, Eleonora Kazarian, Maggie Rick and Lauren Tutwiler. Carroll and Rick were also named to the A-Sun Freshman Team. Carroll was tabbed as the A-Sun Freshman of the Year as she led the Eagles with 415 kills. The Eagles had three Defensive Player of the Week winners and five total award winners throughout the course of the season.
Athletes in the Community
Eagle Reading with Men’s Basketball at Pinewoods Elementary school
Volleyball helping new students move in at South Village
Men’s Basketball engaging in the community awareness event at Laurel Oaks Elementary School
Men’s Soccer helping new students move in at South Village
Softball helping to build a house at Habitat for Humanity
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ACADEMICS Spring 2016 Semester: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 - Saturday, April 30th, 2016
Don’t forget to visit www.fgcuathletics.gradesfirst.com to schedule your academic advising meeting, see your class schedule, monitor your study hall hours, and to schedule tutor appointments!
Spring 2016 Study Hall Hours:
Sunday - 4:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Monday - 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Tuesday - 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Wednesday - 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Thursday - 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Friday - 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Saturday - CLOSED
A Word From Our PAGE
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Director of Athletics
As we complete another successful Fall Semester, we look back with many exciting individual and collective accomplishments and another strong start to the winter sports, as well as great results in our nontraditional segments. Highlighted by the 6-peat A-Sun titles for both soccers (that sweep had never been accomplished in the A-Sun and has now been done for six straight years), as well as each being nationally ranked and WSOC earning our fourth NCAA berth in five years of such eligibility - subsequently achieving the program’s first ever NCAA victory at USF! Both cross county teams ran to best ever A-Sun placements, (with the ladies earning a best ever 13th place at the NCAA Regionals), volleyball finished second, and #19 Swim/Dive knocked off Notre Dame and FSU again, amongst many high notes once again achieved. Likewise, we are equally proud of the numerous additional ways that current and former Eagles continue to fulfill our ultimate mission by bringing tremendous positive publicity to FGCU. This is certainly highlighted by your continued strong overall academic results and too numerous to mention community service initiatives. It was also demonstrated in outstanding fashion with our tremendously successful 6th annual “Night at the Nest” that again played to rave reviews and which continues to help generate significant well-needed resources (to the tune of a record $525K plus). Overall, thanks to a great collective group of young men and women, FGCU Athletics remains a quality growing force to be admired and reckoned with on a local, regional, and national basis. As the semester comes to a conclusion, I want to thank you all for your many sacrifices, and contributions to the Green & Blue in general and the University as a whole. In turn, I truly trust that our administration has continued to foster a feeling of approachability in our daily efforts to serve our fantastic student-athlete population. We wish you all the bests with your final exams/projects and for a wonderful Holiday Season to you and your extended families.
God Bless & Go Eagles! Ken
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Life Skills Recap Upcoming Events
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Fall Sport Summary
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Athletes in the Community
4
Academic Updates
5
A Word from our Director of Athletics
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Welcome to the Fall 2015 Life Skills newsletter. During the past semester, the Athletics Department has hosted multiple engaging programs and events which built studentathlete comradery and worked to build our student-athletes as individuals. Kicking off the semester was the Fall 2015 Student-Athlete Welcome Back Picnic. All members of the Athletics department were invited to participate in the multiple highly competitive games and activities, which included Rock, Paper, Scissors, Entourage! , the Hula-Hoop Hop Through Race, and the Chubby Bunny Marshmallow Eating Contest. Awards were handed out at the picnic, recognizing the ath-
letic and academic achievements how such illness can impact an that student-athletes had garnered individual, and how to live with during the previous year. mental illness. This workshop The fall semester saw several other served to educate not only a person who may be struggling life skills events, including the Rewith mental illness, but also sume Writing Workshop, which was hosted during the first week of those who are in the sphere of October. The workshop was availa- influence of one who may ble to all student-athletes, but was struggle with mental illness. mandatory for all seniors. During the workshop, advice was offered for developing a professional resume in an effort to help studentathletes — seniors in particular — prepare for job procurement once they have graduated from FGCU. Another workshop offered during the first week of October, Mental Health with Ross Szabo, educated athletes on mental well-being. Discussed during the workshop was the development of mental illness,
Mark you calendars for the Spring Eagles Council Dates! All members of the student-athlete body are invited to attend the monthly meetings.
Other events sponsored by Student-Athlete Services included the International Student-Athlete Night, and Eric Krause’s two-part Performance Enhancement Series. Through these and future events, we hope to enable every student-athlete to feel confident, prepared, and excited for their post athletic career.
Go Eagles!
Spring Eagles Council Dates: Monday, January 11th at 7 p.m. Sunday, February 28th at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 30th at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 20th at 7 p.m.
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Women’s Soccer
Fall 2015 Sports Summary Men’s Soccer
Men’s Soccer: Won an unprecedented sixth-straight Atlantic Sun Regular Season Championship by virtue of a 4-0-1 league record and finished the year with a 7-4-3 mark. The Eagles had the A-Sun Player of the Year in Rodrigo Saravia, A-Sun Defensive Player of the Year in Aaron Guillen, A-Sun Goalkeeper of the Year in Nathan Ingham and the A-Sun Co-Coach of the Year in Bob Butehorn. FGCU played one of the toughest non-conference schedules in the nation, including games against three of the top-10 ranked teams nationally in the RPI. The Eagles were nationally ranked on several occasions, and climbed as high as No. 19 in the country. FGCU extended its home conference regular-season unbeaten streak to a nation-best 28 as the Eagles are 24-0-4 against A-Sun opponents since 2008.
Women’s Soccer: Won its sixth-straight Atlantic Sun Regular Season Championship with an undefeated mark of 6-0-1 in conference play and finished the year with a record of 14-6-2. Individual accolades highlighted by Tabby Tindell as Atlantic Sun Player of the Year, Emma Blackwell as A-Sun Defensive Player of the Year and Jim Blankenship as A-Sun Coach of the Year for the fourth-straight season. The Eagles also saw four First Team members in Tindell, Blackwell, Ally Kasun and Nikki Hudson, and two Second Team members in Kaitlin Parker and Paulina Speckmaier. FGCU defeated Lipscomb, 5-0, in the A-Sun Championship Final and earned a fourth trip to the NCAA Tournament in five seasons of eligibility where the team defeated USF, 2-1, in the First Round for the program’s first-ever NCAA Tournament win before falling to Duke in the Second Round. The team finished the season ranked No. 23 in the nation by TopDrawerSoccer.
Swimming & Diving: Ranked highest in program history as CollegeSwimming.com has them tabbed No. 19. Off to a 6-0 start in dual meets with wins over four nationally ranked opponents in No. 24 Notre Dame (158-104), No. 27 Boise State (159140), No. 35 Utah (165-135) and then-No. 31 FSU (220.5-132.5) Finished inside the top-four at All-Florida Invite (4th), FGCU Classic (2nd) and Georgia Tech Invite (3rd). Set five school records at the Georgia Tech Invite: Lani Cabrera: 500-yard freestyle (4:47.43), 1000-yard freestyle (9:59.27), 1650-yard freestyle (16:35.50) Barbara Caraballo: 200-yard IM (2:00.53) Cabrera, Shaw, Marinheiro, Haan: 800-yard freestyle relay (7:18.38)
Women’s Cross Country
Volleyball
Men’s Cross Country
Swimming & Diving, Continued 2016 NCAA ‘B’ cut qualifiers Elise Haan: 100-yard and 200-yard backstrokes; 100-yard and 200-yard freestyles Katie Armitage: 100-yard and 200-yard breaststrokes Lani Cabrera: 500-yard freestyle Barbara Caraballo: 200-yard IM Katie Latham: 50-yard freestyle Sandra Wilk: 100-yard backstroke
Men’s Cross Country: Finished in a program best third place at the A-Sun Championships and came in one spot shy of tying a program best with an 18th-place finish at the NCAA South Regional. Troy Clark became just the third runner in program history to finish in the top 10 at the conference meet, crossing the finish line 10th overall in a personal-best time of 25:32.31. He finished in a season-best second place at the USF Invitational. Nathan Kandie finished just behind Clark at the conference meet as he finished in 11th place in a personalbest time of 24:34.58. The duo were named second team all-conference while Clark also earned all-academic honors.
Women’s Cross Country: Tied a program best with a third place finish at the A-Sun Championships and finished in a program-best 13th at the NCAA South Regional Championships. Entered the USTFCCCA Regional Rankings for the first time in program history and ended the season ranked No. 12 in the south. Took home the team title at the USF Invitational. Lauren Tarovisky turned in FGCU’s second-best A-Sun Championship and NCAA Regional performances with eighth and 37th place finishes, respectively. She clocked personal-best times of 17:48.14 at the conference meet, earning her second team all-conference recognition, and 21:23.91 in Tuscaloosa. Tarovisky was also named the A-Sun Women’s Runner of the Week following her fourth-place finish at the USF Invitational, becoming just the third FGCU runner to earn the award and the first since 2013.
Volleyball: Finished with an overall record of 21-11 and a 10-4 mark in Atlantic Sun Conference action, good enough for 2nd place. The Eagles had five Second Team All-Atlantic Sun members in Amanda Carroll, Vanessa Benke, Eleonora Kazarian, Maggie Rick and Lauren Tutwiler. Carroll and Rick were also named to the A-Sun Freshman Team. Carroll was tabbed as the A-Sun Freshman of the Year as she led the Eagles with 415 kills. The Eagles had three Defensive Player of the Week winners and five total award winners throughout the course of the season.
Athletes in the Community
Eagle Reading with Men’s Basketball at Pinewoods Elementary school
Volleyball helping new students move in at South Village
Men’s Basketball engaging in the community awareness event at Laurel Oaks Elementary School
Men’s Soccer helping new students move in at South Village
Softball helping to build a house at Habitat for Humanity
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ACADEMICS Spring 2016 Semester: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 - Saturday, April 30th, 2016
Don’t forget to visit www.fgcuathletics.gradesfirst.com to schedule your academic advising meeting, see your class schedule, monitor your study hall hours, and to schedule tutor appointments!
Spring 2016 Study Hall Hours:
Sunday - 4:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Monday - 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Tuesday - 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Wednesday - 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Thursday - 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Friday - 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Saturday - CLOSED
A Word From Our PAGE
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Director of Athletics
As we complete another successful Fall Semester, we look back with many exciting individual and collective accomplishments and another strong start to the winter sports, as well as great results in our nontraditional segments. Highlighted by the 6-peat A-Sun titles for both soccers (that sweep had never been accomplished in the A-Sun and has now been done for six straight years), as well as each being nationally ranked and WSOC earning our fourth NCAA berth in five years of such eligibility - subsequently achieving the program’s first ever NCAA victory at USF! Both cross county teams ran to best ever A-Sun placements, (with the ladies earning a best ever 13th place at the NCAA Regionals), volleyball finished second, and #19 Swim/Dive knocked off Notre Dame and FSU again, amongst many high notes once again achieved. Likewise, we are equally proud of the numerous additional ways that current and former Eagles continue to fulfill our ultimate mission by bringing tremendous positive publicity to FGCU. This is certainly highlighted by your continued strong overall academic results and too numerous to mention community service initiatives. It was also demonstrated in outstanding fashion with our tremendously successful 6th annual “Night at the Nest” that again played to rave reviews and which continues to help generate significant well-needed resources (to the tune of a record $525K plus). Overall, thanks to a great collective group of young men and women, FGCU Athletics remains a quality growing force to be admired and reckoned with on a local, regional, and national basis. As the semester comes to a conclusion, I want to thank you all for your many sacrifices, and contributions to the Green & Blue in general and the University as a whole. In turn, I truly trust that our administration has continued to foster a feeling of approachability in our daily efforts to serve our fantastic student-athlete population. We wish you all the bests with your final exams/projects and for a wonderful Holiday Season to you and your extended families.
God Bless & Go Eagles! Ken
