#Syracuse University Women's Lacrosse Team

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Women's Athletic Network and Women TIES: Support SU Women's Lacrosse Game and Networking

Currently the SU Women's Lacrosse team is undefeated! Let's fill the stands for them on their last home game at the JMA Wireless Dome and show up!

Women will pay for their ticket at the Dome Gate but will register at this link so Tracy can bring you some cheering items and put you on the sales list. So, register here so we have your name.

The men's games get more spectators, but the women's team is doing better. Women need to show up for women - especially female athletes. Let's go!

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By depaul university, you know, and what do they do for their weekends?And saturday that creates this student event atmosphere?

Because universities tend to have football teams and those tended create big weekend events.And then they have basketball teams, which the Depaul does, but it's way off campus at wind trust...

I think Depaul sell wind trust arena or elisit to the Illinois instituted technology. Because their campus is right near wind trust. Arena, and they should build a stadium somewhere close to the university....

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See at syracuse university instead of building multiple venues, they built the carrier dome, which has lots of seating, but they host both basketball football and lacrosse and other sports within the dome stadium.Saracheus gets a lot of snow in upstate new york.. Two of my roommates transferred from syracuse university to the university of arizona.... So I got to know a lot about syracuse university, and then one of my Best friends, he grew up there in the syracuse area jason...

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JMA Wireless Dome

Located on the campus of Syracuse University in the University Hill neighborhood, it is home to the Syracuse Orange football, basketball, and lacrosse teams

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So this is what Northwestern should have been doing with that new stadium. Just not for football, but it could also hosted basketball and they could've take an idea from syracuse university and built a similar type stadium at northwestern, and here at depaul university... It almost seats fifty thousand people... So that makes it a great place. They'll hold the NCAA finals as well for basketball, but it's a great place. To hold other events like football and many other large sporting events, and then they can do conventions and other things with the stadium...

How many seats are in Syracuse Dome?

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JMA Wireless Dome/Capacity

The Carrier Dome is a 49,250-seat sports stadium located on the campus of Syracuse University (SU). It is the only domed stadium in the Northeast, and is the largest structure of its kind on a college campus in the country.Sep 29, 2008

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So this would create much better campus life for depaul university... Now s m u southern methodist university because the football team was banned, and it's come back now, but they used to use soccer as its homecoming event in the fall.... They still wanted to give that campus weekend life and so they had to change because the football program got the death penalty, which now has been lifted, and the program is back....

Oh, here's the turf field at foster, and it's right by the lake front and they can build the stadium there for Depaul university and it can be for their basketball football, Soccer programs and other programs. They can even play baseball as well as women's softball in the stadium....

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Though I would assume the community is into it and here it shows the economic of building a waterfront development like a stadium...

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But this is one thing they don't have this collective event that goes off on the weekends that focuses to students like intelligating and engaging in, you know, school spirit and I used to be a big fan of the Depaul men's basketball team and it's been horrible for so. Long since ray myers left!!! And I used to watch the games on t v that was, I think on w g n... 🤔 And I don't know why WGN isn't carrying local college sporting events anymore, but it's supposed to be a Chicago. Tv station, focusing on college sporting events like it used to carry the blue demons...

Don't understand why wgn doesn't go back to its roots and carry these sporting events.And they had the university of illinois, they had notre dame, they had northwestern and nepal, all their basketball games were on w.G n!!!!

From 1948 until 1994, WGN also carried college basketball and football games from universities around the region (including the Illinois Fighting Illini, the Northwestern Wildcats, the DePaul Blue Demons, the Loyola Ramblers and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish).

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N w g n can go into the stadium and put their name on the stadium, calling it w.G n stadium.. The home of the depaul blue demons sponsored by w.G n.... So it can be blue demon stadium and sponsored by w g n and the chicago tribune!!!! 🤔

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So w g n should think about investing in its community... And one way is to start bringing back these major sports teams that are in the community from the universities, like they used to and another reason I liked them. They used to have Chicago Bulls games. I think but also I watched all my cubs, games and w g n!!!! So now they have college football, but nothing local!!!! The reason Turner broadcasting made it and WGN made it because they focused on the local community. So the Atlanta Braves were on a TBS, and you could catch all kinds of local sporting events. I don't know if they had the georgia bulldogs or georgia state... 🤔 But they should do something different, and they used to be deeply ingrained. These 2 stations within this local and Midwestern community and TBS was focused. I'm the southern community... And I think they've gotten away from their core... And they should return to what they were that made him incredibly strong 💪 That's why they call them superstations!!!! And it was awesome because you could pick up the Cubs game and listen to it in Arizona, or watch it on WGN in Arizona, and so people still watched it from around the country? And I know for a fact, there's a big cubs base in Arizona, they do their spring training in Mesa, but there's lots of Chicago fans. In arizona... And people used to pick up the cubs games on w g n radio and t v.... And so they can filter out and tap in to the chicago network that is around the country... That also means the student base from Chicago. That's all over the country, and they can catch the local games on w.G.N.... So I don't understand why they're moving away from their core! They have a national audience, but the national audience has ties to chicago... And so it's a good way for chicago to stay connected with people not only in the united states, but people from chicago that work overseas, or even if you're overseas and you wanna catch a game well, you're you know, overseas, you can turn into w.G n and catch the cubs game.... So they don't have to change. They had everything they wanted, they just failed to understand their network, and this means for their paper and other things, people read the tribune in other places because they're from chicago and they wanna know what's going on..... Even if they live somewhere else, they'd like to know what's going on in their former community... They have friends and family members back there and they go and visit, and they like to understand what's happening.....

So I did write to the former Dean of the DePaul university and I want them to open up a medical school. They have a nursing school. But I want him to open up a medical school wide because children's was leaving the hospital and it would have been perfect for them to refurbish and take it over and start a medical program!!!! But remember, it propels, science and all kinds of other programs as well.... But they passed up on that opportunity, and I don't understand why they're not focused on building this school and building and expanding its capabilities!!! What I posted yesterday about starting a culinary program.The paul can start new programs as well.That can be used by existing institutions to start new programs as well.... And this neighborhood would benefit greatly from it, maybe advocate Masonic hospital can now be linked up with Depaul university. Add nursing skull can do. It's rotations through that hospital, and maybe depaul university can work with them to start a medical school and then a residency program with the medical school!!!!

Since the paul is in lincoln park, this hospital is in lincoln park, it can work with it with its nursing program and then branch out and start a medical school with it.And I would think advocate would want to start a medical school, and then it can start a residency program as well!!!!

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So I don't understand why they're not trying to build out this university and increase its strength. And it's diversity in program offerings and growing the university, and it will be greatly beneficial to the surrounding area and also eventually supply high-skilled labor. To businesses in the chicago area!!!!

If you look at this video and it does make good points. Why? Nashville is rich and memphis is poor and memphis.Needs to change its dynamics...

But one of the reasons that Nashville is so successful because it has top tier schools that it taps into and a lot of the students going to schools around Nashville, universities, love life in Nashville, and they retain somewhere around 60% of the students that go to these universities end up working for businesses within and around Nashville. Giving them great quantities of extremely high skilled labor!!!!! So for these businesses to thrive, they need institutions that can supply incredibly skilled individuals, so these institutions can compete nationally and internationally, and that's what i'm talking about with depaul. My friend lily teaches here as so as my friend and former teacher marco chow and my friend costa, who should have a lot to do with this university graduated from depaul university! He transferred from the university of arizona and finished up his business degree at depaul university... My friend brian cole got his graduate degree from depaul university... I have another one of my friend that got his graduate degree from depaul university as well.. So watch the tale of two cities why one city is so rich and why another city is poor...

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So making sure that this institution, depaul university is moving in the right path, and so is the city of chicago and the state of Illinois Bikers Against Bullying!!!!

And yes, Oprah Winfrey She can get involved.The university community and focus on the drama program and other theatrical programs from say depaul..... They can give her an honorarium....

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Introduction

Hi, my name is Nina! I am 22 years old and I was born in Chicago, Illinois but I moved to Northern New Jersey at a young age. The 1000 Islands region in Upstate New York is also a place I call home and is somewhere I have been going since I was 3 months old. I love to swim, go boating, water ski, read, take pictures, listen to music, and be with my friends and family. I am also a huge sports fan; my favorite sports are hockey, football, and lacrosse.

I attended Syracuse University and majored in Sport Management at the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics. I graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in May 2024 and am currently a graduate student at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications pursuing a Master of Arts degree in Advertising. During my four undergraduate years at Syracuse, I had multiple internships in the sport industry which gave me great experience and confirmed my passion for sports. I had the opportunity to work with Syracuse Athletics, specifically with the football, soccer, rowing and softball teams. I also worked for the Syracuse University's Marketing and Communications Office Social Team, and the Syracuse Crunch Hockey Club. At Syracuse, I was a member of the Club Lacrosse Team, Sport Management Club, Women in Sports and Events Club, Sport Law Club and Alpha Xi Delta Fraternity. I love playing lacrosse so much that I am going to continue playing during grad school.

I am currently deciding if I want to attend law school. I am very interested in the legal side of the sport industry and have recently been introduced to sport advertising law and intellectual property law. I am interested in working for one of the major leagues such as the NHL or NFL or even on the agency side.

This semester, I am taking a course called Trendspotting in Digital Media taught by Professor Sean Branagan. I am excited to take this course to learn how to analyze current and future technologies as these will be essential in my career going forward. Going forward I hope to be able to recognize potential trends and connect them back to sports because the area of media I want to focus on is sport advertising. It is impossible to predict the future, but I am excited to look for clues and put together pieces of the puzzle to try and see what the next big trends could be.

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FDU going against the norm, adding sports, not axing | National News

FILE – Maryland’s Jen Giles, center, and Kelly Cross, right, of Syracuse, compete for the ball during the first half of a semifinal in the NCAA Division I women’s lacrosse tournament in Chester, Pa., in this Friday, May 27, 2016, file photo. Brad Hurlbut took over as the athletic director at Fairleigh Dickinson in 2019, planning to increase the number of sports played at the small Division I school a short ride from New York City. In a little over two years, Hurlbut has taken his first step, announcing last month that men’s volleyball will be added in 2021-22 and women’s lacrosse would follow the next year.

FILE – Loyola Chicago’s Jeff Jendryk, left, hits past Lewis University’s Greg Petty (9) and Jacob Schmiegelt (22) during the NCAA men’s volleyball championship match, in Stanford, Calif., in this Saturday, May 9, 2015, file photo. Brad Hurlbut took over as the athletic director at Fairleigh Dickinson in 2019, planning to increase the number of sports played at the small Division I school a short ride from New York City. In a little over two years, Hurlbut has taken his first step, announcing last month that men’s volleyball will be added in 2021-22 and women’s lacrosse would follow the next year.

By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer

TEANECK, N.J. (AP) — Brad Hurlbut took over as the athletic director at Fairleigh Dickinson in 2019, planning to increase the number of sports played at the small Division I school a short ride from New York City.

In a little over two years, Hurlbut has taken his first step, announcing last month that men’s volleyball will be added in 2021-22 and women’s lacrosse would follow the next year. The additions will give private school in northeast New Jersey 21 sports.

So while it wasn’t unexpected, the timing was.

It happened when many schools and universities have cut sports programs in the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.

The most recent data from The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center show a 4.4% decrease in undergraduate enrollment this fall over the year before. Public, four-year universities are down 1.9%, private, four-year universities are down 2.1% and two-year colleges are down 9.5%.

Sports has been hit hard in many places. Through Jan. 19, The Associated Press found some 285 NCAA and NAIA athletic teams had been eliminated because of budget cuts or school closures. Some of the schools cutting programs included Stanford, Clemson, Minnesota, Fresno State, Iowa and Connecticut.

Games and matches have been held in mostly empty arenas and stadiums, drastically reducing ticket revenue. Professional and college leagues have had to deal with daily testing, postponements and cancellations, the biggest in college being the decision not to hold the money-making NCCA tournaments a year ago. It’s the lifeblood for many schools.

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New York National Lacrosse League Team Names Regy Thorpe As Head Coach & GM

The New York National Lacrosse League (NLL) team announced today that Regy Thorpe has been named Head Coach and General Manager for the franchise. A decorated former professional lacrosse player, Thorpe brings more than 20 years experience as a coach and general manager at nearly every level of men’s and women’s field and box lacrosse to his new position. The New York NLL team was awarded to live events and sports media entertainment company GF Sports and its affiliates (“GF Sports”) in December 2018 and will begin play this December with home games at the newly renovated NYCB LIVE.

The team also announced today that the official name and logo will be unveiled at a special event at NYCB LIVE during the New York Open (February 9-17), an annual men’s professional ATP tournament owned and operated by GF Sports. Since December, the team has been surveying fans on their website for feedback on the team name. Thorpe will appear at the unveiling event and the team plans to host a lineup of lacrosse clinics throughout the tournament. Additional information on the unveiling and clinics will be available in the coming weeks on www.nllnewyork.com and www.newyorkopen.com.  

“After conducting a broad search for this position we are thrilled to have Regy on board to build and lead our new team. He has not only had success as a professional player and coach in both box and field lacrosse, but is also personally committed to building the sport from the youth to the professional level,” said Gary Fuhrman, Managing Partner at GF Capital and Board Member of GF Sports. “As a New York-native with deep roots in the lacrosse community throughout the region, Regy’s unique experience and perspective will also be invaluable as we continue connecting with the lacrosse community locally to forge the relationships we know will be important to the success of this franchise.” Fuhrman continued by reiterating his view that “now is the moment for this sport.”

Thorpe, who currently serves as the Associate Head Coach for women’s lacrosse at Syracuse University, will finish the season for Syracuse and then join the New York NLL team full-time beginning in June. In the interim he will support the team’s ongoing community outreach efforts as they work to connect with local lacrosse teams and organizations to provide support, garner feedback and establish lasting partnerships. Thorpe will maintain his position as Head Coach of the US Lacrosse Indoor Box Lacrosse World Team concurrent with his new role.

"I would first like to thank Gary and the whole team at GF Sports for their trust and confidence in me. I felt an instant connection the first time we met and their vision for this franchise, both short-term and long-term, aligns perfectly with mine,” said Thorpe. “New York has a long and rooted history of lacrosse that we will look to build on. The people of New York deserve a team that they can be proud of and one that not only will have success on the field but that is truly part of the community. The passion that so many New Yorkers have will help fuel our team and certainly be part of our team DNA. I couldn't be more excited about this opportunity and look forward to the quest that lies in front of us."

Thorpe’s vast experience as a player, coach and general manager spans professional, collegiate, junior level and international box and field lacrosse. Since 2010, he has coached the women’s lacrosse team at Syracuse alongside Head Coach Gary Gait, helping the Orange to reach the NCAA semifinal round six times, including two championship game appearances. In 2017, US Lacrosse named Thorpe the head coach of the U.S. Men’s Indoor team that will compete at the 2019 Federation of Lacrosse Men’s Indoor World Championships in British Columbia. Throughout his career as a Head Coach, he has led the Hamilton Nationals to the MLL championship game (2011), the Six Nations Arrows of the Ontario Junior A league to the Minto Cup title (2007) and the Long Island Sound to the UWLX championship (2017) following an undefeated season. As an Assistant Coach, he helped the Rochester Rattlers win a Major League Lacrosse (MLL) championship (2008) and the Six Nations Arrows win the Minto Cup (2014).

Thorpe is a Syracuse graduate who was a captain and All-American for the 1993 national championship team and went on to a successful professional playing career. Thorpe played for 15 seasons (1995 – 2010) in the NLL, all for the Rochester Knighthawks, where he served as team captain for the team’s NLL championships in 1997 and 2007. He eventually became the league’s first general manager/player as he simultaneously held duties on and off the floor from 2008 to 2009. To this day he holds the record for the most NLL games played by an American. In addition to his professional indoor experience, Thorpe spent six seasons (2001 – 2006) competing for the Rochester Rattlers of MLL, serving as a team captain and helping lead the team to the league semifinals in three seasons. Thorpe served as a captain for the 2007 U.S. team at the FIL World Championship that won a bronze medal and has represented the country at the Heritage Cup and Bowhunter Cup over the years. He helped the U.S. defeat Canada to win the Heritage Cup in 2002 and beat the Iroquois Nationals to win the Bowhunter Cup in 2010.

Among his many accolades, Thorpe has been inducted into the US Lacrosse Greater Rochester Chapter Hall of Fame, the Jordan Elbridge High School Hall of Fame, the National Junior College Athletic Association Hall of Fame and the Rochester Knighthawks Hall of Fame.

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Mumps Makes a Comeback, Even Among the Vaccinated

Mumps Makes a Comeback, Even Among the Vaccinated

Mumps is transmitted by droplets of saliva or mucus. It can be spread by coughing and sneezing, but also by sharing cups and the close contact of living and eating and exercising together. Many of the recent outbreaks occurred in college dorms or among athletic teams, as happened with the Syracuse University men’s and women’s lacrosse teamslast month. And “we are seeing it in other close-knit…

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As College Lacrosse Levels the Field, Its Former Powers Aren’t Cheering

SYRACUSE — Way up at the top of the Carrier Dome, a stream of national title banners serves as a reminder of the rich lacrosse tradition here. After long, cold winters in Central New York, the Syracuse Orange would win game after game, and a new banner would eventually rise.

But it’s been a while: A program with a record 22 straight Final Four appearances from 1983 to 2004 and 10 national titles hasn’t claimed the championship in a decade.

Syracuse is not alone. The last Orange championship in 2009 marked the end of an era for the Big Five powers of men’s college lacrosse: from 1978 until then, Syracuse, Johns Hopkins, Princeton, North Carolina and Virginia won every N.C.A.A. title; since then, they have won just two.

For decades, that handful of schools had a lock on the best recruits, many of whom grew up in the lacrosse hotbeds of New York State, Ontario and the regions surrounding Philadelphia and Baltimore. Native Americans from the Upstate Iroquois tribes who popularized the indigenous game once headed straight for Syracuse. But as it expanded far beyond its Mid-Atlantic base, the balance of power has shifted in college lacrosse, which remains the marquee version of the sport, outshining the pro game.

Four first-time champions have been crowned this decade — Duke, Loyola (Maryland), Denver and Yale — and top-ranked Penn State could become the fifth if it wins the N.C.A.A. tournament that begins Wednesday. The Nittany Lions have never won a tournament game before, and play in a lacrosse conference, the Big Ten, that didn’t even exist until four years ago.

“When I played, the best schools just reloaded,” said Casey Powell, a four-time Syracuse All-American and lacrosse evangelist who moved to Chicago last year to spread the game there. “Now there’s so many more players, where Johns Hopkins and Syracuse are still getting their bunch, but other schools can too. Syracuse’s exposure revolutionized the game and created a new era of lacrosse.”

Coaches, analysts and former players say parity has come primarily from the youth talent boom, as players from outside the traditional hotbeds look beyond the traditional powers. The sport was once rarely on TV and was played mostly in the East. Games are everywhere now: played by amateurs and professionals across the country and, increasingly, the world, and broadcast on TV and online, exposing the game to new audiences.

Lacrosse has been the fastest-growing U.S. team sport at the high school level for at least the past two decades, according to U.S. Lacrosse. The number of high school players doubled from 162,021 in 2006 to 324,689 in 2017. Players from California, Florida and the Midwest have created a more level playing field for schools like Denver, which became the first men’s Division I champion west of the Mississippi.

Denver Coach Bill Tierney, who won six national titles at Princeton, understands that other athletic departments may not be willing to pay for a burgeoning travel budget, a reality for a program with only two Division I competitors in the same time zone. He thinks his Pioneers’ title in 2015, coming relatively soon after the program launched in 1999, makes for a strong pitch: If Denver won quickly, why can’t another new program?

“In lacrosse, you can be like us and win a national championship as a mid-major,” Tierney said. “That’s not happening in football or basketball. We’re seeing more kids on other rosters from Colorado, and more of ours are from the Northeast. It’s like two trains passing in the night.”

Western athletic departments are considering converting club teams to intercollegiate squads, the way Utah got its start. David Neeleman, the JetBlue founder whose son plays on the team, donated the money needed to take Utah from a club team to Division I.

Because Neeleman attended the school as an undergraduate, because of his love for lacrosse, and because he wanted to help the game shift westward, he gave the Utes the financial boost needed to support a team. Coach Brian Holman said travel isn’t easy — players log homework and tutor sessions on long flights — but Utah won five games in its inaugural season this year. They expect more schools to join them.

“Part of why we came out here was based on that assumption,” said Holman, a former North Carolina assistant.

Meanwhile, the University of Jacksonville’s upstart program is the only men’s Division I team in Florida. The Dolphins are coached by John Galloway, a 30-year-old two-time national champion at Syracuse who played on its last title team. Now, he’s part of the wave that’s made it harder for a school like Syracuse dominate.

While the men’s game has swelled from 56 Division I teams in 2008 to 72 today, the women’s game has far outpaced it. Including six teams in the Pac-12 Conference, there are now 116 women’s Division I squads. Florida, Vanderbilt and Stanford have only women’s programs. Last year, Maryland, winner of three of the last five titles, was left out of the final as first-time champion James Madison beat Boston College, which was also vying for its first title.

Parity is approaching as women’s lacrosse marches westward. Take Michigan, where it became as a varsity sport in 2014. Led by Coach Hannah Nielsen, a four-time player of the year winner, the Wolverines are a Top 10 team this year, and made their first-ever N.C.A.A. tournament this week.

“There’s nothing better than the spread of the wealth in the college game,” Nielsen said. “Anybody can beat anybody. That never used to be the case. It makes the sport more fun to watch.”

Michigan is an anomaly in the men’s game: a Midwestern football power that is a newcomer to men’s lacrosse. That is due in part to Title IX, the 1972 federal law mandating gender equity in higher education, including college sports. Vast football squads, without any female equivalent, must be balanced with several women’s teams; creating a new men’s team only makes the math more difficult.

Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott said that large donations would bolster the creation of new teams, and non-football schools are more likely to add men’s lacrosse than schools with football. For now, he says he realizes the best players still must consider going East to play collegiately. Aside from Utah, Denver and Air Force, no other Western programs have Division I men’s lacrosse.

This year, Syracuse again made the N.C.A.A. tournament, but as one of the last at-large teams in. Johns Hopkins and Maryland, another perennial contender, also barely made it in, while blue-chippers North Carolina and Cornell didn’t.

“There’s been a drought here,” said John Desko, in his 21st season as head coach at Syracuse. “I’m a little disappointed with it. But the last couple of years, with our recruiting, playing some younger players last year, we’ve made some strides. Anybody can win.”

Syracuse, which last made the men’s final in 2013, continues to draw the most fans in the country. But the sport’s exploding talent pool has made dozens of schools competitive. And what’s good for lacrosse has made life difficult for its once-dominant powers.

“With this drought, little kids don’t look up to Syracuse like I looked up to Syracuse,” said Paul Carcaterra, an ESPN college lacrosse analyst who helped lead the Orange to the 1995 national title. “One Final Four in 10 years is probably a hard thing to swallow for fans in Central New York. It’s no longer Syracuse, Johns Hopkins or bust.”

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ENGAGING STUDENT-ATHLETES IN “THE PROCESS”: PART 1, by Katlyn Haycock

The importance of weight training can often be over-looked or not viewed as an essential component of training.  Additionally, we are still waiting for strength training in the early stages to be appropriately implemented on a wide-spread scale.  What does this mean for the collegiate strength and conditioning coach, though?  The combination of these two factors means often times S&C coaches find themselves working with student-athletes who are stepping foot in a weight room for the first time.  It also means coaches will be working with student-athletes who either do not understand the benefits of weight training or are uncomfortable in the weight room, or perhaps both.  As the coach, it is our job to teach, educate, and inspire every athlete to carry out the training programs we design.  This leads to the question of how exactly do we engage our student-athletes in “the process” of S&C, something they have little to no experience with, and something that pulls them out of their comfort zone? 

TASK #1: Build trust and respect

This must be the first step, as it is the most important component in developing “buy-in” and getting our student-athletes to become engaged in the training process, and can be applied to any sport.  A great place to begin is viewing the situation from the athlete’s perspective.  He or she has come to university to compete in a specific sport and earn a degree.  In some cases, the student-athlete may have met us (the S&C coaches) on an official visit, but in others, the student-athlete may have no idea that he or she will be lifting weights and doing conditioning sessions with another coach.  The student-athlete’s background will play a role in influencing whether he or she will be comfortable, let alone confident, in the weight room.  

Next, we need to educate ourselves in the sport, but look beyond just reading research and watching film.  We need to strike up conversations with coaches, spend time at practice, chat strategy and performance styles with the players, get out there and give it a go!  The more familiar we are with the sport, the more strategic we can be in developing a program and the easier it will be to explain our programs to the student-athletes in relatable terms.  That is the key-  the ability to effectively convey exercise selection in relation to what the student-athletes do in their sport increases the chance that they will come to understand the benefits and invest energy into the training.

Finally, we need to be accessible to the student-athletes.  While we do need to set limits (yes, we as coaches need our “official” days off, too), we also need to be sure our athletes know they can speak candidly with us, that an open line of communication exists.  We should be receptive and take their words into consideration.  We do not want to be the elusive figures of the weight room.  As coaches, it is our job to continually reassure the athletes (and the coaches) that we are here to help improve performance in their given sport through developing their physical attributes (strength, power, and speed).

TASK #2: Deliver a consistent message

After we determine what our message is- whether it revolves around our training methodology, the rules we will establish in the weight room, etc.- we must hold firm!  If a student-athlete acts against the defined message, we need to be sure to impose the defined consequences.  Every time.  There are no favorites.  We must apply the same consequences to both the top performer and the freshman redshirt on the bench.  Having this defined and consistent message is essential.

That being said, do not rule out evolution of the message.  We need to consistently be looking for better ways to help our student-athletes grow and develop.  New research, new coaching staffs, and our own personal experiences will play a role in how our messages evolve over time.  In order to maintain consistency, however, we need to share these changes and the reasons for changing with our student-athletes.  We need to make sure our student-athletes understand fully our expectations from Day 1.

TASK #3: Incorporate one-on-one interaction

As collegiate S&C coaches, we typically work in team settings where this may be more of a challenge, but it is possible!  Say hello to each student-athlete during a training session.  Provide a coaching cue and briefly ask how classes are going or ask how practice was.  If we let our student-athletes know we are interested in their general well-being and not just how much they are lifting that day, they will be more apt to trust the plan we have worked with their sport coaches to develop.

Another opportunity to incorporate one-on-one interaction lies in cuing.  When we work with student-athletes on technique, we can ask which cues are the most helpful or which cues “clicked” with them.  The student-athletes can then write these cues in their programs and we can use them in subsequent training sessions.  We may not be able to memorize all of them right away, but we can refer back to the programs and work to add a few each day.

In utilizing these two small steps, we can have a significant influence on a how a student-athlete goes about training and communicating with us. These will help to develop trust and engage the them more in their training.  It is not difficult for a student-athlete to blend in among teammates.  If we spend even a minute of our time during each session to touch base with individual student-athletes, we can better understand our student-athletes, perhaps develop better-suited training programs, and cultivate a mutual level of trust.

In the next installment, we will discuss three more tasks to use when working to have our student-athletes engage themselves more in their S&C training.  Stay tuned!

Who is Katlyn Haycock?

Katlyn Haycock joined the University of Michigan Olympic Sports Strength and Conditioning team as a graduate assistant in August 2011 and currently serves as a strength and conditioning coach for Olympic Sports. She is responsible for program design and implementation for men's and women's swimming and diving, field hockey, and women's soccer. In her time working at the University of Michigan, the women's soccer team has made three NCAA Tournament appearances, while the Field Hockey team made a Final Four appearance following their regular-season and tournament conference championships in 2017. The men's swimming and diving team has been five-time Big Ten champions (2012, '13, '14, '15, '16) and NCAA champion (2013), along with the women's swimming and diving team, who has been back-to-back -to-backBig Ten champions (2016-1 8). Additionally, Coach Haycock has been the S&C coach for Club Wolverine Elite since the winter of 2011 and designs the dryland training plans for the Club Wolverine age-group swim club. Prior to joining the Michigan staff, Coach Haycock worked as an undergraduate assistant with Syracuse University Strength and Conditioning (Olympic Sports), assisting with the women's tennis, lacrosse, soccer and ice hockey teams. She also completed internships with EXOS (formerly Athletes' Performance) and Etcheberry Sports Performance. Along with coaching, Coach Haycock is a contributor to the Volt Athletics Blog, and has presented on Off-Season Training for Women’s Soccer, and been a co-presenter for Gearing Up for Game Day: Game Day Conditioning, Fueling & Hydration and Hands-On Training for Agility. Follow her on social media here: Twitter: @KatlynHaycock and @umichstrength; Facebook: Michigan Olympic Sports Strength & Conditioning

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The Lacrosse Ball and the Lawsuit

Addy Tauro head shot, Syracuse University

I’ve got this thing about sports, injuries and lawsuits. And that’s because of two things that seem to be in conflict: First, I bring lawsuits regarding injuries for a living. But second, I am also the race director for a 13-mile trail race.

And you know what? Folks get injured while trying to run fast over rocks, roots and other hazards that include other runners. The risk of wiping out comes with the territory.

So over the past years I’ve written about injuries (and lawsuits) from snowboarding, softball practice, horseback riding, auto racing, and water slides.

With that intro now over, we turn to lacrosse and a decision from last week.

The lacrosse drill at Syracuse University was conceptually simple for the women’s varsity team: Athletes ran down the sidelines while a line of coaches roll balls to them from about 20-25 feet away. The athletes scoop them up and toss them back to the coaches. Then repeat with the next coach.

According to the suit that was ultimately filed, the ground ball part of the drill had never been performed any other way. Except that one coach decided on this one day in the middle of the rolling drill to wing the ball overhand to Addy Tauro as if it were a pass.

Now if Tauro survived said winging of said lacrosse ball without injury, would I be writing about this today?

When one of the coaches whipped it at her head, it was wholly unexpected and she “never even saw it coming,” as she stated in her affidavit.

She suffered a concussion.

She claimed in her suit that throwing a hard rubber lacrosse ball at someone’s head, when she’s not expecting it, is grossly negligent and reckless.

So. Does this case get dismissed under New York’s assumption of risk doctrine because, when engaging in recreational activities, she consented to the commonly appreciated risks of the sport that flow from such participation?

I’ll wait while you ponder. Time’s up.

Rather than answer the lawsuit and go through discovery, Syracuse moved immediately for summary judgment based on the assumption of risk doctrine, and also based on a written waiver that Tauro had signed. They countered her version of events.

And the answer is: Summary judgment for Syracuse was denied on both counts and the case goes forward.

The Appellate Division (Fourth Department) first dispensed with the waiver issue, since such waivers are against public policy for people who act with gross negligence or recklessness. (see Gross v. Sweet and GOL 5-326)

And on the assumption of risk doctrine, the court stated that if the claims by the plaintiff were true (and at this early stage a court must make that assumption) that she did not assume these kinds of risks. This risk was not part of the game, as this was a practice. Nor was it an anticipated risk of a pick-up drill that a ball would be thrown at her head.

The court held that a player will not assume the risks of reckless or intentional conduct, or dangerous conditions that the coach created over and above the usual dangers that are inherent in the activity.

Assumption of risk goes to the anticipated and appreciated risks. Which is why, if one is writing a waiver, it might be wise to educate the participant as to all of the anticipated risks. Thus, while a waiver might not excuse negligence based on public policy grounds, it might be quite useful for assumption of risk grounds.  “Look!,” a defendant could now safely claim, “she knew about this risk!”

You know those sports waivers written in ALL CAPS that appear designed to dissuade the participant from actually reading them? They are for shit, in my opinion, and really don’t serve the purpose of educating to real risks. Because they are not being read. Nobody reads them except for the lawyers that wrote them. And then they hope that the legal mumbo jumbo somehow imparts knowledge of the risks?

The one I wrote for my trail race gets read. And I know that because people will routinely come up to me and tell me so. It was crowd-sourced  years ago, with the idea of doing everything possible to make it readable, and therefore useful for actually educating people on the risks of participating. If anyone decides to create a Waiver Hall of Fame, I’m going to submit it.

The case is Tauro v. Gait and Syracuse University

  The Lacrosse Ball and the Lawsuit published first on http://fergusonlaw.blogspot.com

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One-conference championship games: Weird in football, but not in other sports

In other college sports, these happen all the time.

The 2017 season’s College Football Playoff National Championship is between Alabama and Georgia — both from the SEC. Two teams from the same conference making the title game in this sport isn’t unheard of, but it’s highly unusual.

The structure of college football makes it difficult for two teams from the same league to wind up in the title game. There weren’t even official, set-aside national title games until the 1990s, though No. 1 vs. No. 2 sometimes met in bowls, which very rarely pair conference rivals.

The four-team playoff means a one-league title game requires one half of its field to be from one league. The NCAA’s basketball tournament could have league foes start on opposite sides of a 64-team bracket and meet up later.

Add in that the football season is short and conference teams knock each other out in league play, and you’ve got a sport that discourages events like this one from happening. It makes it hard for some to cope with this year’s game being all-SEC.

Let’s take a trip down previous same-conference title game memory lane, though.

That this doesn’t happen much in football doesn’t mean it’s not common elsewhere. This isn’t even necessarily an exhaustive list.

College football

2011: LSU vs. Alabama, SEC

And that’s it. Bama’s win in this rematch did seemingly end up hastening the BCS’ evolution into the Playoff, though.

Men’s basketball

1985: Villanova over Georgetown, Big East 1988: Kansas over Oklahoma, Big 8

Women’s basketball

1996: Tennessee over Georgia, SEC 2006: Maryland over Duke, ACC 2009: Connecticut over Louisville, Big East 2017: South Carolina over Mississippi State, SEC

Conferences regularly put six or eight teams in these fields, which you’d think would increase the odds of these matchups coming up at the end. They’re still rare, even though the selection committee rarely sticks league opponents against each other in the early rounds of the tournament.

Men’s hockey

1952: Michigan over Colorado College, MCHL 1953: Michigan over Minnesota, MCHL 1955: Michigan over Colorado College, WIHL 1956: Michigan over Michigan Tech, WIHL 1957: Colorado over Michigan, WIHL 1958: Denver over North Dakota, WIHL 1960: Denver over Michigan Tech, WCHA 1963: North Dakota over Denver, WCHA 1964: Michigan over Denver, WCHA 1967: Cornell over Boston U, ECAC 1968: Denver over North Dakota, WCHA 1970: Cornell over Clarkson, ECAC 1972: Boston U over Cornell, ECAC 1973: Wisconsin over Denver, WCHA 1974: Minnesota over Michigan Tech, WCHA 1975: Michigan Tech over Minnesota, WCHA 1976: Minnesota over Michigan Tech, WCHA 1977: Wisconsin over Michigan, WCHA 1978: Boston U over Boston College, ECAC 1979: Minnesota over North Dakota, WCHA 1987: North Dakota over Michigan State, WCHA 1995: Boston U over Maine, Hockey East 1999: Maine over New Hampshire, Hockey East 2005: Denver over North Dakota, WCHA 2013: Yale over Quinnipiac, ECAC 2015: Providence over Boston U, Hockey East 2017: Denver over Minnesota Duluth, NCHC

Women’s hockey

2006: Wisconsin over Minnesota, WCHA 2007: Wisconsin over Minnesota Duluth, WCHA 2008: Minnesota Duluth over Wisconsin, WCHA 2012: Minnesota over Wisconsin, WCHA

Conference membership in hockey has changed a ton over the years. But the old WCHA — it still exists, just without a bunch of its biggest teams — dominated for decades. (It was previously called the MCHA and WIHL.) Hockey East, with Boston College and Boston University, has had a lot of moments itself.

Baseball

1963: USC over Arizona, AAWU 1972: USC over Arizona State, Pac-8 1973: USC over Arizona State, Pac-8 1988: Stanford over Arizona State, Pac-10 1997: LSU over Alabama, SEC 1998: USC over Arizona State, Pac-10 1999: Miami over Florida State, ACC 2011: South Carolina over Florida, SEC 2017: Florida over LSU, SEC

(The AAWU is essentially the same thing as the Pac-8/10/12.)

Softball

1991: Arizona over UCLA, Pac-10 1992: UCLA over Arizona, Pac-10 1993: Arizona over UCLA, Pac-10 1995: UCLA over Arizona, Pac-10 1996: Arizona over Washington, Pac-10 1997: Arizona over UCLA, Pac-10 1999: UCLA over Washington, Pac-10 2001: Arizona over UCLA, Pac-10 2002: Cal over Arizona, Pac-10 2003: UCLA over Cal, Pac-10 2004: UCLA over Cal, Pac-10 2010: UCLA over Arizona, Pac-10 2014: Florida over Alabama, SEC

Warm-weather conferences dominate on the diamond. The 1990s and 2000s were almost exclusively Pac-10 decades, but there’s been more parity of late.

Men’s soccer

2002: UCLA over Stanford, Pac-10 2008: Maryland over North Carolina, ACC 2013: Notre Dame over Maryland, ACC

Women’s soccer

1992: North Carolina over Duke, ACC 2002: Portland over Santa Clara, West Coast 2014: Florida State over Virginia, ACC 2017: Stanford over UCLA, Pac-12

You’ll notice that most of the listings here for the conference currently known as the Pac-12 are from its days as the Pac-10 or something else. Not this one!

Men’s lacrosse

1986: North Carolina over Virginia, ACC 2011: Virginia over Maryland, ACC 2014: Duke over Notre Dame, ACC 2017: Maryland over Ohio State, Big Ten

Women’s lacrosse

1991: Virginia over Maryland, ACC 1996: Maryland over Virginia, ACC 1998: Maryland over Virginia, ACC 1999: Maryland over Virginia, ACC 2013: North Carolina over Maryland, ACC

Maryland leaving for the Big Ten after 2013 opened things up for other conferences — specifically for the Big Ten, which has had Maryland in the title game every year since. This is really just an account of which conference Maryland’s in at any given time.

Field hockey

1987: Maryland over North Carolina, ACC 1993: Maryland over North Carolina, ACC 1995: North Carolina over Maryland, ACC 2003: Wake Forest over Duke, ACC 2004: Wake Forest over Duke, ACC 2005: Maryland over Duke, ACC 2006: Maryland over Wake Forest, ACC 2008: Maryland over Wake Forest, ACC 2009: North Carolina over Maryland, ACC 2010: Maryland over North Carolina, ACC 2011: Maryland over North Carolina, ACC 2015: Syracuse over North Carolina, ACC

Again, Maryland’s exit from the ACC has nominally opened things up.

Men’s tennis (teams)

1950: UCLA over Cal and USC, PCC 1952: UCLA over Cal and USC, PCC 1953: UCLA over Cal, PCC 1954: UCLA over USC, PCC 1956: UCLA over USC, PCC 1958: USC over Stanford, PCC 1960: UCLA over USC, AAWU 1961: UCLA over USC, AAWU 1962: USC over UCLA, AAWU 1963: USC over UCLA, AAWU 1964: USC over UCLA, AAWU 1966: USC over UCLA, AAWU 1967: USC over UCLA, AAWU 1969: USC over UCLA, Pac-8 1973: Stanford over USC, Pac-8 1974: Stanford over USC, Pac-8 1978: Stanford over UCLA, Pac-8 1980: Stanford over Cal, Pac-10 1981: Stanford over UCLA, Pac-10 1984: UCLA over Stanford, Pac-10 1994: USC over Stanford, Pac-10 1996: Stanford over UCLA, Pac-10 2001: Georgia over Tennessee, SEC 2017: Virginia over North Carolina, ACC

Women’s tennis (teams)

1982: Stanford over UCLA, Pac-10 1984: Stanford over USC, Pac-10 1986: Stanford over USC, Pac-10 1989: Stanford over UCLA, Pac-10 1991: Stanford over UCLA, Pac-10 2004: Stanford over UCLA, Pac-10 2008: UCLA over Cal, Pac-10

Formats vary here, but the top of the Pac-10 found itself head-to-head in the most important matches of the NCAA Championship for decades. There’s been a lot more league parity since the turn of the millennium, particularly in the men’s game.

Water polo and volleyball

Both of these sports — water polo in particular — have been dominated by Pac-12 schools that have often seen each other in title games. That conference doesn’t sponsor men’s volleyball or men’s or women’s water polo, so Pac-12 schools’ teams from those sports often play in a dumping-ground conference called the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. But they’ve had some rivalry-like title games, too!

Am I missing anything?

If you find one, let me know in the comments.

But the gist of this list is simple.

One-conference championship games are not weird. College football is.

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DUBLIN, CA–Dublin High School’s annual Senior Awards Night filled the Dublin High School Athletic Complex with students, parents, educators and members of the community. Over $4.0 million in scholarships and awards were presented to Dublin High School Class of 2017 students for their academic achievements, including over 55 merit scholarships for colleges nationwide and a U.S. Air Force ROTC Scholarship awarded to Joseph Liu and a U.S. Army ROTC Scholarship awarded to Alexi Spooner.

Dublin High School Class of 2017 Senior Heading to Columbia University

Included in the event was the traditional passing of the gavel ceremony where outgoing senior and student body president Jennifer Dyer introduced incoming student body president Liliana Ogden.

Students were recognized for academic achievements across a wide variety of subjects and interests (full list below) and one student, senior Cedric Le, received the Best Attendance Award for not missing a single day of school throughout all four years of high school. The Dublin High School Class of 2017 also featured eight National Merit Scholarship finalists and one National Merit Scholarship winner.

OneDublin.org prepared the eigth annual edition of the popular “I am Dublin High” video (see below) featuring 144 Dublin High School Class of 2017 seniors sharing their post-high school plans.

Photos and video: James Morehead and Michael Utsumi for OneDublin.org.

  Dublin High Senior Awards Night 2017 Full Results

Passing of the Gavel

Outgoing Student Body President 2016-2017:Jennifer Dyer

Incoming Student Body President 2017-2018:Liliana Ogden

Senior Class Officer Recognition

President: Kearin Van Lare

Vice President: Leah Starr

Secretary: Anissa Rashid

Treasurer: Jianna So

Senior ASB Officer Recognition

President: Jennifer Dyer

Vice President: Isabel Enriquez

Secretary: Delaney Phipps

Treasurer Madeline Nobida

Josten’s Senior of the Year

Jennifer Dyer

U.S. Air Force ROTC Scholarship

Joseph Liu

U.S. Army ROTC Scholarship

Alexi Spooner

U.S. Army Scholarship

Trevor Helmuth

U.S. Marines

Noah Baldosano

Dominik Cochrane

United States Marine Corps

Distinguished Athlete: Miori Freeman, Evret Korb

Scholastic Excellence Award: David Yan

Semper Fidelis Award for Musical Excellence: Akshit Annadi

Dave Burton Memorial Scholarship

Loic Alini

Kevin Hom

Ted Hoffman Jr. Memorial Scholarship

Joseph Liu

Rotary Foundation Scholarship

Henna Ebrahimi

Giovanna Seabra

Dublin Rotary Student of the Month

September: Yashila Bordag

October: Thomas Yulo

November: Jason Zhong

December: Justin Zhong

January: Loic Alini

February: Trisha Shah

March: Jackson Calhoun

Dublin Rotary Interact Student of the Month

September: Joseph Liu

Dublin Rotary Student of the Year

Leesa Ko

Dublin Rotary Interact Student of the Year

Justine Koa

African American Achievement and Excellence Award

Loic Alini

Njeri Gatheru

Steven Houston

Anthony Banks

Dylan Grant

Samara Jackson-Tobey

Jordan Cotton

Remington Greathouse

Ian King

Miori Freema

Kisanet Hailab

Elijah McIntosh

Taliyah Simmons

Brian Beasley Athletic Scholarship Award

Ashley Barr

Miori Freeman

Callan Jackman

Amanda Chau

Sarah Grier

Carol Redden Shimizu Scholarship

Ashley Hedt

Danny Kleier Memorial Scholarship

Evret Korb

Diablo Black Men’s Scholarship

Loic Alini

Elijah McIntosh

Don Nelson Scholarship

Callan Jackman

Jared Smart

Dublin Integrity in Action Scholarship

Callan Jackman

Dublin San Ramon Women’s Club (GFWC) Scholarship

Loic Alini

Amanda Chau

Jessica Shipps

Dublin San Ramon Women’s Club (GFWC) Arts Scholarship

Madeline Nobida

Dublin Teacher’s Association Academic Student Scholarship

Nicolas Costa

Sean Last

Dublin United Soccer League Scholarship

Alexander Morrison

Brooke Legins

EDCC Performing Arts Scholarship

Madeline Nobida

Italian Catholic Federation First Year Scholarship

Rebecca Silva

Korean-American Young Musician Scholarship

Tony Kim

Sally Muhly Award

Victoria Lau

Lawrence Lee

Senior Board Representative

Leesa Ko

Southbay Engineers Club Academic Scholarship

Jennifer Dyer

Stanford Health Care – Valley Care Auxiliary Scholarship

Jackson Calhoun

Koji Chan

Navya Peddireddy

Team Dublin of the City of Dublin Scholarship Essay

Jackson Calhoun

Teresa Herrington Memorial Scholarship

Delaney Phipps

Dominick Piegaro

Jessica Shipps

Scholarship Awards

Loic Alini: Celebration of Excellence Scholarship, Italian American Federation of the East Bay Scholarship, PG&E’s Black Employee Resource Group Scholarship

Anthony Banks: Susko Golf Foundation Scholarship

Miori Freeman:Region VI Every Student Succeeding Award

Sarah Grier: Region VI Association of California School Administrators Scholarship

Kevin Hom: City of Dublin, 2016 Young Citizen of the Year

Hee Shen: Benevolent Association Award

Hip Sen: Association Scholarship Foundation Scholarship Award

Yee Ying: Scholarship Foundation Award

Callan Jackman: Blackhawk Republican Women’s Club Scholarship

Ayeong Kim: California Scholarship Federation Seymour Award Finalist

Kyle Koch: Sandy Montana Memorial Scholarship

Ann Liu: Chevron Reach Scholarship

Alexander Morrison: Alameda County Management Employees Association, Peninsula Italian American Social Club Scholarship

Jessica Shipps: Cabrillo Civics Clubs of California Scholarship, California Color Guard Circuit Harry Ariza Memorial Scholarship

Trent Wakaluk: United States Bowling Congress Scholarship

Madeline Williamson: Brian M Perpetuo Memorial Scholarship, Innovation Tri-Valley Leadership Group Award

Dublin High PFSO Scholarship

Brianna Barnes

Jeffrey Fisher

Srinidhi Srinivasan

Jackson Calhoun

Sarah Grier

Madeline Williamson

Koji Chan

Callan Jackman

Amanda Chau

Jessica Shipps

Dublin High Irish Guard Band Boosters Scholarship

Myra Awan

Sarah Grier

Analiese Lutz

Ryan Brassea

Kera Hunsaker

Elijah McIntosh

Dublin High Band Director’s Award

Jessica Shipps

Dublin High Choir Director’s Award

Shannon Greenhouse

Dublin High Athletic Boosters Scholarship

Koji Chan

Steven Houston

Keili Prenton

Nicolas Costa

Vanessa Krumbach

Anirudh Surapaneni

Athletic Scholars

Christian Amador: Ventura College, Baseball

Michelle Anderson: Concordia University, Volleyball

Ashley Barr: Roanoke College, Lacrosse

Amanda Chau: University of California Davis, Diving

Nathaniel Colunga: Holy Names University, Cross Country

Nikolas Cory: Las Positas College, Swimming

Matthew Durst: Middlebury College, Track

Timothy Falls: University of Montana, Basketball

Miori Freeman: California State Dominguez Hills, Soccer

Dylan Grant: San Jose State University, Football

Sarah Grier: Carleton College, Volleyball

Kelley Hebert: University of California Davis, Gymnastics

Steven Houston: San Jose State University, Football

Callan Jackman: Oregon State University, Swimming

Sydney Skelding: Ohio Northern University, Lacrosse

Jared Smart: Laney College, Football

Edward Smith: Columbia University, Swimming

Anirudh Surapaneni: University of California Berkeley, Cross Country

Thomas Yulo: Chabot College, Football

College Scholarships

Loic Alini: University of Southern California

Michelle Anderson: Concordia University

Akshit Annadi: University of California Berkeley

Pradeep Arumugam: Arizona State University

Kathleen Atendido: University of San Francisco

Rachel Bagwell: DePaul University

Ashley Barr: Roanake College

Yoanna Belitkova: San Francisco State University

Mikayla Borromeo: Seattle Pacific University

Hailey Bruce: University of Arizona

Jackson Calhoun: Syracuse University

Olivia Cano: University of the Redlands

Luke Clingerman: Berklee College of Music

Nathaniel Colunga: Holy Names University

Madison Diamond: San Jose State University

Henna Ebrahimi: California State University East Bay

Clarissa Elkana: Azusa Pacific University

Isabel Enriquez: University of San Francisco

Miori Freeman: California State University, Dominguez Hills

Carlos Galindo: Boise State University

Maya Georgallis: Ohio State University

Shannon Greenhouse: Biola University

Rebecca Hoffman: University of Portland

Katherine Holtzapple: University of Portland

Sabrina Ingram-Rajan: University of Oregon

Callan Jackman: Oregon State University

Emma Jannino: Lesley University

Justin Johal: Saint Mary’s College

Ryan Josey: Arizona State University

Katherine Kamangar: William Jessup University

Ayeong Kim: Boston University

Matthew Kim: University of Oregon

Ann Liu: University of California Santa Barbara

Jerri Lopez: Biola University

Pratyush Mathur: University of Minnesota

Ethan Miller: Arizona State University

Alexander Morrison: Southern Oregon University

Ian Neves: Boise State University

Grace O’Connor: Loyola University Chicago

Isabella Oliver-Nguyen: San Francisco State University

Grace Park: Pratt Institute

Hannah Park: Laguna College of Art and Design

Melanie Rojas: Dominican University of California

Matthew Rosefield: Washington State University

Ishan Saha: University of California Los Angeles

Bryce Shinohara: San Diego State University

Rebecca Silva: Seattle University

Shiroman Singh: Purdue University

Sydney Skelding: Ohio Northern University

Jasmine Torres: Dominican University of California

Thien-Kim Tran: Santa Clara University

Adrian Vargas-Loaiza: University of Illinois at Chicago

Corinne Victor: Azusa Pacific University

Ana Vukojevic: University of Colorado Boulder

Madeline Williamson: Gonzaga University

Rachelle Yu: Biola University

Sage Zonner: Xavier University

AVID Scholarship

Madison Diamond

Nikolette Metcalf

Giovanna Seabra

Taliyah Simmons

Jasmine Torres

AVID Peer Award

Madison Diamond

Carlos Galindo

Nikolette Metcalf

Isabella Oliver-Nguyen

Best Attendance Award

Cedric Le

Freshman Mentor Program Award

Jackson Calhoun

Culinary Academy Scholarship

Justin Corpus

Joshua David

Julianna Koch

Yousof Sayed

Abbigail Waite

Culinary Academy Student of the Year

Lauren Satariano

Counseling Department Scholarship

Ashley Hedt

Katherine Kamangar

Delaney Phipps

Leah Starr

Engineering & Design Academy

Aviram Bhalla-Levine*

Pratyush Mathur*

Yashila Bordag*

McKay McFadden*

Caleb Brown*

Elijah McIntosh*

Simon Carballo*

Alex Omo

Cindy Chang*

Lemar Popal*

Timothy Degerness*

Armaan Sengupta*

Jennifer Dyer*

Trisha Shah

Jeffrey Fisher*

Shiroman Singh*

Christopher Garduno*

Ian SooHoo*

Angelica Hom

Alexandra Stassinopoulos*

Kai Ikegami

Justin Symmank*

Sean Last*

Nicholas Talin

Joseph Liu*

Jered Valle*

Brandon Loeb*

Divyaa Venkatachalam*

Derick Louie*

Andrew Voit*

Cassandra Maier

Garret Yee*

*Project Lead the Way Scholars

Schoenthal Family Foundation DEDA Scholarship

Aviram Bhalla-Levine

Timothy Degerness

Jeffrey Fisher

Shiroman Singh

Jered Valle

DECA Academic Competition Award

Alexa Andreu

Joseph Liu

Alyssa Bauzon

Vani Ly

Kishu Bhatnagar

Bala Sahota

Rashmi Bhoj

Richard Tai

Christopher Chang

Justin Virk

Kevin Hom

DECA Leadership Award

Kishu Bhatnagar

Kevin Hom

ASB Leadership Award

Ashley Barr

French Department Scholarship

Leah Starr

Thien-Kim Tran

Christopher Yuan

President’s Silver Award for Outstanding Achievement

Athletic Department: Christian Amador, Kain Henry, Dominick Piegaro, Sydney Skelding

AVID: Miori Freeman ,Giovanna Seabra

Consumer & Family Studies: Caitlin Alhino, Nathaniel Colunga, Katherine Kamangar, Juliana Koch, Gloria Pena

Dramatic Arts: Quintin Curtice, Remington Greathouse, Claire Kantz, Dylan Seeley, Brittany Wallage

ELL: Monserrat Cisneros

Engineering: Simon Carballo, Jeffrey Fisher, McKay McFadden, Elijah McIntosh, Nicholas Talin

English: Simon Carballo, Jeffrey Fisher, McKay McFadden, Elijah McIntosh, Nicholas Talin

Fine Arts: Grace Burzynski, Fay Chan, Andrea Gonzales, Vani Ly

Instrumental Music: Luke Clingerman

Mathematics: Jayden Diaz, Yousef Sayed, Moraya Sousou

Regional Occupational Program: Luis Buenrostro, Emilyann Gervolino, Julia Gomez, Dylan Grant, Carly Koch, Raegan Mansfield, Kaytlyn Murphy, Daniel Norans, Hannah Park, Trisha Shah

Science: Jessica Bradbury, Olivia Cano, Drew Erickson, Marco Hoeltke, Afrin Pattani

Social Science: Maya Georgallis, Ashkan Jalilian, Matthew Rosefield

Special Education: Kenneth Andrews, Adam Boekweg, Victoria Lau, Lawrence Lee

Video Production: Ralph Antonio, Joshua David, Nicholas Heinz, Madeline Nobida, Michael Paterson

Vocal Music: Mya Fukazawa, Mathew Glynn, Savannah O’Callaghan-Jones, Corinne Victor, Michael Zapawa

World Language: Kendrick Lee, Vinootna Kakarla

Gael Scholars (G), Presidential Gold (P), Californian Scholarship Federation (C), National Honor Society (N)

Shakeel Aiyub (P)

Loic Alini (G) (P) (C) (N)

Alyssa Amante (C)

Michelle Anderson (C)

Alexa Andreu (P)

Akshit Annadi (G) (P) (C) (N)

Kathleen Atendido (G) (P) (C)

Rachel Bagwell (P) (C) (N)

Brianna Barnes (G) (P) (C)

Aviram Bhalla-Levine (G) (P) (C)

Rashmi Bhoj (G)

Yashila Bordag (G) (P) (C) (N)

Samantha Borlongan (G) (P) (C)

Ryan Brassea (P) (C)

Jacob Bratsman (G) (P)

Hailey Bruce (P) (C)

Brandon Brunckhorst (G) (P) (C)

Jackson Calhoun (G) (P) (C)

Olivia Cano (G) (C) (N)

Anthony Casasos (G) (P) (C) (N)

Avery Case (G) (P)

Sri Vishnu Chadalavada (G)

Jaxon Chadsey (P)

Koji Chan (G) (P) (C) (N)

Matthew Chan (G) (P)

Cindy Chang (P)

Amanda Chau (G) (P) (C)

Calvin Chen (G) (P) (N)

Vivian Chen (G)

Evan Chin (G) (P) (C) (N)

Alexander Chung (G) (P) (C)

Nicolas Costa (G) (P) (C)

Tamica D Souza (P) (C) (N)

Rafael Emil De Los Santos (P)

Timothy Degerness (P)

Mehak Dureja (G) (P) (C)

Matthew Durst (G) (P) (C)

Jennifer Dyer (G) (P) (C)

Clarissa Elkana (G) (P) (C)

Isabel Enriquez (G) (P) (C)

Brandon Erspamer (P)

Maria Escobar (G)

Jeremiah Seth Evasco (G) (P) (C) (N)

Jeffrey Fisher (C) (N)

Noah Frazier (P)

Rafael Gamboa (G) (P) (N)

Rohith Gangapuram (P)

Julia Gomez (C)

Moushmi Gazula (P)

Maya Georgallis (G)

Shannon Greenhouse (P) (C) (N)

Sarah Grier (G) (P) (C) (N)

Rabha Al-Adaouia Guiagoussou (G)(P)

Ashley Hedt (P)

Matthew Heng (P)

Natalya Hill (N)

Angelina Ho (G) (P)

Rebecca Hoffman (P) (C)

Katherine Holtzapple (P) (C)

Angelica Hom (P)

Kevin Hom (G) (P)

Xuenan Hu (G) (P) (C) (N)

Tiger Huang (P)

Kera Hunsaker (G) (P) (C) (N)

Kayla Ishisaki (G) (P) (C) (N)

Callan Jackman (G) (P) (C)

Maya Jain (P) (N)

Justin Johal (G) (P) (N)

Vinootna Kakarla (G) (C)

Katherine Kamangar (C)

Saikrishna Kapuluru (G) (P) (N)

Ariell Katsarelis (P)

Simran Kaur (C)

Alyssa Kearns (G) (C) (N)

Tahir Khaderi (G) (P)

Priyanka Khaware (N)

Ayeong Kim (G) (P) (C) (N)

Tony Kim (G) (P) (C) (N)

Matthew Kim (G) (P) (C)

Liubou Klindziuk (G) (P)

Leesa Ko (G) (P) (N)

Justine Koa (G) (P) (C)

Matthew Koay (G) (P) (C) (N)

Kyle Koch (G) (P) (C)

Evret Korb (G) (P)

Vanessa Krumbach (C) (N)

Hailey Lampi (P) (C)

Sean Last (G) (P)

Angel Lau (G) (P)

Rachel Lau (P) (C) (G)

Henry Lee (G) (P) (C) (N)

Maxwell Lee (P)

Minsoo Lee (P)

Brooke Legins (C)

Aaron Lin (G) (P) (C) (N)

Ann Liu (G) (P) (C) (N)

Hannah Liu (G) (P) (C) (N)

Joseph Liu (G) (P) (C)

Ni Liu (P)

Adrianna Lotti (P)

Derick Louie (G) (P)

Cellini Luong (G) (P) (C)

Analiese Lutz (P) (C) (N)

Anastasia Mabini (G) (P) (C)

Kimiko Masaki (G) (P) (C)

Pratyush Mathur (G) (P) (C) (N)

Elijah McIntosh (C) (N)

Ethan Miller (C) (N)

Jared Minton (P)

Alexander Morrison (P) (C)

Ryan Murray (P) (C)

Matthew Ng (P) (C) (N)

Bianca Jessica Ng (C)

Kevin Nguyen (G) (P)

Whitney Nguyen (P)

Nicole Ninomoto (C)

Madeline Nobida (C)

Nilson Palma (P)

David Paner (G) (P) (C) (N)

Ashref Afrin Pattini (C)

Navya Peddireddy (G) (P) (C)

Amy Peng (G) (P) (C) (N)

Catherine Pippin (G) (P) (C) (N)

Lemar Popal (G) (P) (C)

Keili Prenton (G) (P) (N)

Erin Quintero (G) (C)

Anissa Rashid (G) (C) (N)

Melanie Rojas (C) (N)

Zachary Rowell (P)

Suhail Sadiq (C) (N)

Ishan Saha (G) (P) (C) (N)

Ryan Samaro (G) (P) (C)

Anthony San Mateo (C)

Lauren Satariano (P)

Morgan Seely (P)

Armaan Sengupta (G) (P) (C)

Kaavya Shah (G) (P) (C) (N)

Bryce Shinohara (P) (C)

Jessica Shipps (G) (P) (C) (N)

Marko Siljeg (G) (P)

Rebecca Silva (P) (C)

Pranav Singh (G) (P) (C) (N)

Shiroman Singh (P) (N) (G)

Ally Slayday (N)

Edward Smith (P) (G)

Jianna So (G) (P) (C) (N)

Mateen Sofla (P)

Christopher Song (G) (P) (C) (N)

Ian SooHoo (G) (P) (C) (N)

Alexi Spooner (P)

Srinidhi Srinivasan (G) (P) (C) (N)

Adam Stahley (G) (P)

Leah Starr (G) (C) (N)

Alexandra Stassinopoulos (G) (P) (C) (N)

Anirudh Surapaneni (P)

Mitchell Svantner (G) (P) (C)

Justin Symmank (G) (P)

Michelle Tae (P) (C)

Richard Tai (P)

Carla Than (P)

Elisa Tien (N)

Thien-Kim Tran (G) (P)

Maximo Ureta (P)

Karyn Utsumi (G) (P) (C) (N)

Jered Valle (G) (P) (C) (N)

Kearin Van Lare (P) (C)

Preethi Veeragandham (P) (G) (C)

Divyaa Venkatachalam (P) (G)

Justin Virk (G) (P) (C) (N)

Andrew Voit (G) (P) (C) (N)

Ana Vukojevic (P) (C)

Kevina Vuong (G) (P) (C)

Trent Wakaluk (G) (P)

Madeline Williamson (G) (N) (C)

Russell Wong (P) Tori Wong (P)

Vera Wong-Mageo (N)

Hao Yin Xu (G) (P) (C)

David Yan (G) (P) (C) (N)

Christopher Yuan (G) (P) (C)

Ryne Zapotoczny (P) (C)

Zhenxin Zhao (G) (P) (C) (N)

Zhi Yin Zhu (G) (P) (C)

Sage Zonner (P) (C) (N)

California Scholarship Federation Leadership Scholarship

Vinootna Kakarla

Ayeong Kim

Preethi Veeragandham

National Merit Letter of Commendation

Brianna Barnes

Hannah Liu

Aviram Bhalla-Levine

Pratyush Mathur

Sri Vishnu Chadalavada

Lemar Popal

Jeremiah Seth Evasco

Ishan Saha

Jerry Gan

Alexandra Stassinopoulos

Rohith Gangapuram

Justin Symmank

Matthew Heng

Thien-Kim Tran

Tiger Huang

Preethu Veeragandham

Ayeong Kim

Divyaa Venkatachalam

Leesa Ko

Andrew Voit

Matthew Koay

Zhenxin Zhao

Henry Lee

National Merit Finalists

Akshit Annadi

Tony Kim

Yashila Bordag

Ann Lui

Xuenan Hu

Pranav Singh

Saikrishna Kapuluru

Jianna So

    Dublin High School Senior Awards Night Class of 2017: “I am Dublin High” DUBLIN, CA--Dublin High School's annual Senior Awards Night filled the Dublin High School Athletic Complex with students, parents, educators and members of the community.

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HIP-HOP IS HIP

HIP-HOP IS HIP!

Whether you are in your car listening to the radio, scrolling through twitter, or waiting for the DU girl’s lacrosse team’s game to start, you’ve probably heard some type of hip-hop music. That is really no surprise as hip-hop is now one of the most popular music genres around the world, but how did an underground music scene in urban New York become so popular? Well, there’s no right answer, but let me take you on the journey through Hip-Hop’s evolution.

Hip-Hop is now one of the most popular genres, just ask hip-hop superstar Drake who was number 1 on Billboard’s artist chart for 21 weeks straight in 2016! Hip-Hop is clearly one of the dominators in the music industry, but its success is an interesting story, one dating back to the late 1970’s.

Hip-Hop stemmed from the inner city neighborhood South-Bronx in New York City. It was birthed by Disk Jockeys (DJs) scratching disco records during block parties. Emceeing, or rapping, came along with it as Emcees would “rap” along with the DJs. Hip-Hop was mainly party music during its early years, offering an alternative to disco music for party-goers.

Although Hip-Hop was growing rapidly in the late 70’s, it was still mainly underground, and hadn’t really left urban New York City. This was partly due to the fact that Hip-Hop wasn't being recorded, early Hip-Hop artists preferred to keep Hip-Hop as a live act. In 1979 this all changed with ‘The Sugarhill Gang’s’ song “Rapper's Delight”. This song was a HIT, and after its release, America, and other parts of the world had their first taste of Hip-Hop (Wheeler). For a moment after the release of this record, Hip-Hop became oversaturated, as everyone tried to rap. It seemed like Hip-Hop was just another fad and was going to soon die out.

That is until ‘GrandMaster Flash and The Furious Five’, one of the original Bronx Hip-Hop groups, released their first recorded record “The Message” (Wheeler). This record was released in 1982, right after the introduction of Reaganomics and crack-cocaine into the poor urban areas of New York City. This was the first conscious, political, or non-party type of Hip-Hop music that was created, and it took America by storm (Graves). “The Message” was one of the first peepholes into the life of a poor urban American at this time, which also contributed to some of its success. This proved Hip-Hop could be deep rooted, and was an actual art form. This also gave way to what would be considered Hip-Hop’s golden age stretching from the late 1980’s to the early 1990’s.

This was a period of diversification and innovation for Hip-Hop (Graves), all while maintaining that consciousness and insight in song lyrics. Most of the content coming from this period was introspection and commentary on the life of poor people from urban areas. This became one of Hip-Hop’s identities. One that is still very prominent today. “Ghetto hip-hop identity sounds an awful lot like it did two decades ago, because mass incarceration and the school-to-prison pipeline continue” (Jeffries). Hip-Hop was considered to be “the heartbeat of the city” (Jefferies)  at the time, but by the year 2000 it was no longer considered “CNN for black people” (Chuck D.). So what happened to Hip-Hop? And how did this documentation of “street life” become mainstream? To put it simply, money took over the game.

After the first Hip-Hop song blew up “Rapper’s Delight”, major labels kept their eye on Hip-Hop, knowing they could probably cash in on the up and coming market. The corporate expansion of Hip-Hop really took off in the 1990’s, “which dramatically shifted the consumer demographic for rap music” (Jeffries). The record label executives saw white suburban teens as the most profitable demographic, so they encouraged the artists to appeal to this new audience. The lyrical content of Hip-Hop reflects this change, as less “politically charged” music was being produced (Jeffries). Some argue that this white demographic was so interested in Hip-Hop as it brought out a more edgy and masculine version of themselves, but one that was easily taken off unlike their black counterpart. This doesn’t mean white Hip-Hop fans are less “authentic” but just goes to show the different groups that Hip-Hop catered to over the years, and the further it stemmed away from its roots while in the process. Usually change is a good thing, but in Hip-Hop’s case change has meant a degradation of meaningful and insightful content, at least in the mainstream.

Hip-Hop is what it is today because of the commercialism it has endured. Jo-Ann Morgan put it as like most other art forms Hip-Hop changed “making a potentially radical popular art little different from the high arts in sustaining the status quo” (Morgan) So next time you hear a rapper talking about money and women on the radio, just know this isn’t a true representation of the art of Hip-Hop, and that pure and beautiful Hip-Hop exists today, you just gotta do some digging.

Future research questions:

How and when did Hip-Hop really start changing?

What do the early pioneers of Hip-Hop music think of Hip-Hop now?

How has Hip-hop reflected urban cities over the years?

How have these reflections shaped societies ideas of the “ghetto”?

Suggested Reading:

Jeffries, M. P. (2014), Hip-hop Urbanism Old and New. Int J Urban Reg Res, 38: 706–715.

References:

Jeffries, M. P. (2014), Hip-hop Urbanism Old and New. Int J Urban Reg Res, 38: 706–715.

Morgan, Jo-Ann. "Book Reviews: "Hip Hop Matters: Politics, Pop Culture, and the Struggle for the Soul of a Moment," by S. Craig Watkins." The Journal of American Culture 29.3 (2006): 378-79. Print.

Steven M. Graves. “Hip Hop.” Hip Hop :: The Encyclopedia of New York State :: Syracuse University Press, www.syracuseuniversitypress.syr.edu/encyclopedia/entries/hip-hop.html. Accessed 26 Apr. 2017.

Wheeler, Darby, director. Hip Hop Evolution . 2016, www.netflix.com/title/80141782.

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Mumps Makes a Comeback, Even Among the Vaccinated

Mumps Makes a Comeback, Even Among the Vaccinated

Mumps is transmitted by droplets of saliva or mucus. It can be spread by coughing and sneezing, but also by sharing cups and the close contact of living and eating and exercising together. Many of the recent outbreaks occurred in college dorms or among athletic teams, as happened with the Syracuse University men’s and women’s lacrosse teamslast month. And “we are seeing it in other close-knit…