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KEY CONTACTSATHLETICS DEPARTMENT PHONE ..................................................................................... 478-301-2994ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT FAX .......................................................................................... 478-301-2061
DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS JIM COLE ............................................................................................................. 478-301-2994
SENIOR ASSOCIATE A.D. SYBIL BLALOCK .................................................................................................... 478-301-2301 [email protected]
ATHLETICS COORDINATOR MYRA CAMERON ................................................................................................. 478-301-2733
ASSOCIATE A.D. FOR COMPLIANCE KAREN DONALDSON ............................................................................................ 478-301-2729
DIRECTOR OF SPORTS MEDICINE ROB MURPHY ...................................................................................................... 478-301-2453
ASSISTANT DIR. OF SPORTS MEDICINE (WBB CONTACT)LAURA SHELTON ................................................................................................... 478-301-2135
MARKETING AND PROMOTIONS JARRAD TURNER ................................................................................................... 478-301-2702
SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTOR DAVE BEYER ........................................................................................................ 478-301-2735 [email protected]
ASSISTANT SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTOR (WBB CONTACT) ANDY STABELL .................................................................................................... 478-301-5219 [email protected]
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KEY CONTACTS - WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
HEAD COACH
SUSIE GARDNER .............................................................................................................. 478-301-2739
ASSISTANT COACH
RHET WIERZBA ............................................................................................................... 478-301-2545
ASSISTANT COACH
TIFFANY SWOFFARD ............................................................................................................. 478-301-5354
ASSISTANT COACH
AMY JONES .................................................................................................................... 478-301-5212
DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS
KENETTA KELLY ............................................................................................................... 478-301-2059
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1. Godsey Administration Building2. Knight Hall3. Willingham Hall4. Newton Hall5. President’s Home6. McCorkle Music Building7. Hardman Fine Arts Building8. Ryals Hall9. Langdale Hall10. Roberts Hall11. Groover Hall12. Ware Hall13. Wiggs Hall14. Computer Science Building15. Connell Student Center16. Penfield Hall (Bookstore)16A. University Commons17. Mercer Hall18. Shorter Hall19. Soccer Field20. Sherwood Hall21. Jesse Mercer Plaza22. Sikes Softball Field23. Mercer Police24. University Center25. Stetson Building26. Tarver Library27. Willett Science Center28. Environmental Science Building29. Peddy Tennis Center30. Intramural Field31. Batting Cages32. Claude Smith Baseball Field33. Science & Engineering Building34. Engineering School35. Medical School36. Patterson Building37. Religious Life Center38. Plunkett Hall39. Plunkett Pool40. Admissions Welcome House41. Mary Erin Porter Hall42. Dowell Hall43. Linden House44. Boone Hall45. W.G. Lee Alumni House46. Tift College Alumnae House47. Corporate Services48. Benefits/Payroll49. Human Resources/CTA50. Physical Plant/Central Receiving51. Auxiliary Services Building52. Technology Support Services53. Mercer Village54. Georgia Public Broadcasting55. Educational Opportunity Center56. Lambda Chi Alpha ΛΧΑ57. Alpha Phi Alpha ΑΦΑ58. Kappa Sigma ΚΣ59. Alpha Gamma Delta ΑΓΔ60. Alpha Tau Omega ΑΤΩ61. Zeta Phi Beta ΖΦΒ62. Panhellenic House63. Sigma Alpha Epsilon ΣΑΕ64. Delta Sigma Theta ΔΣΘ65. Alpha Delta Pi ΑΔΠ66. Kappa Alpha ΚΑ67. Phi Delta Theta ΦΔΘ68. Phi Mu ΦΜ69. Sigma Nu ΣΝ70. IFC House71. Pi Kappa Phi ΠΚΦ72. Kappa Alpha Psi ΚΑΨ73. Chi Omega ΧΩ74. Mercer Garden One75. Mercer Garden Two76. Mercer Garden Three77. 1974 Winship78. 1810 Winship79. Macon Townhouse One80. 1884 Winship81. 1892 Winship82. 1934 Winship83. 1962 Winship84. 1975 Adams85. 1923 Adams86. Macon Townhouse Three87. 1821 Adams88. Macon Townhouse Two89. 1711 Adams
1711 Adams ................................................. 891810 Winship............................................... 781821 Adams ................................................. 871884 Winship............................................... 801892 Winship............................................... 811923 Adams ................................................. 851934 Winship............................................... 821962 Winship............................................... 831974 Winship............................................... 771975 Adams ................................................. 84Admissions Welcome House ................. 40Alpha Delta Pi ΑΔΠ ................................... 65Alpha Gamma Delta ΑΓΔ ........................ 59Alpha Phi Alpha ΑΦΑ ............................... 57Alpha Tau Omega ΑΤΩ ............................. 60Auxiliary Services Building ..................... 51Batting Cages .............................................. 31Benefits/Payroll .......................................... 48Boone Hall .................................................... 44Chi Omega ΧΩ ............................................ 73Claude Smith Baseball Field .................. 32Computer Science Building ................... 14Connell Student Center ........................... 15Corporate Services .................................... 47Delta Sigma Theta ΔΣΘ ........................... 64Dowell Hall ................................................... 42Educational Opportunity Center ......... 55Engineering School .................................. 34Environmental Science Building .......... 28Godsey Administration Building.......... 1Groover Hall ................................................. 11Hardman Fine Arts Building .................. 7Human Resources/CTA ............................ 49IFC House ..................................................... 70Intramural Field .......................................... 30Jesse Mercer Plaza ..................................... 21Kappa Alpha ΚΑ ......................................... 66Kappa Alpha Psi ΚΑΨ ............................... 72Kappa Sigma ΚΣ ......................................... 58Knight Hall ................................................... 2Lambda Chi Alpha ΛΧΑ ........................... 56Langdale Hall .............................................. 9Linden House .............................................. 43Macon Townhouse One .......................... 79Macon Townhouse Three........................ 86Macon Townhouse Two ........................... 88Mary Erin Porter Hall ................................ 41McCorkle Music Building ........................ 6Medical School ........................................... 35Mercer Garden One .................................. 74Mercer Garden Three ............................... 76Mercer Garden Two................................... 75Mercer Hall ................................................... 17Mercer Police ............................................... 23Mercer Village ............................................. 53Georgia Public Broadcasting ................. 54Newton Hall ................................................. 4Panhellenic House..................................... 62Patterson Building ..................................... 36Peddy Tennis Center ................................. 29Penfield Hall (Bookstore) ........................ 16Phi Delta Theta ΦΔΘ ................................. 67Phi Mu ΦΜ ................................................... 68Physical Plant/Central Receiving ......... 50Pi Kappa Phi ΠΚΦ....................................... 71Plunkett Hall ................................................ 38Plunkett Pool ............................................... 39President’s Home ....................................... 5Religious Life Center ................................. 37Roberts Hall ................................................. 10Ryals Hall ...................................................... 8Science & Engineering Building ........... 33Sherwood Hall ............................................ 20Shorter Hall .................................................. 18Sigma Alpha Epsilon ΣΑΕ ....................... 63Sigma Nu ΣΝ ............................................... 69Sikes Softball Field .................................... 22Soccer Field.................................................. 19Stetson Building......................................... 25Tarver Library .............................................. 26Technology Support Services ............... 52Tift College Alumnae House .................. 46University Center ....................................... 24University Commons ................................ 16AW.G. Lee Alumni House ........................... 45Ware Hall ....................................................... 12Wiggs Hall .................................................... 13Willett Science Center .............................. 27Willingham Hall .......................................... 3Zeta Phi Beta ΖΦΒ ..................................... 61
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DIRECTIONS TO THE UNIVERSITY CENTERTo coordinate practice times, please contact:
Kenetta Kelly, Director of Operations(516) 209-1685
From I-75 Heading North (from Florida)
Take I-75 North to the Mercer University Drive exit (Exit #163). Take a right at the top of the exit ramp onto Mercer University Drive. Turn left at the fi rst traffi c light onto Stadium Drive. At the stop sign, turn left to continue on Sta-dium Drive (the Hilton Garden Inn will be on your left). Proceed to the fi rst street on the right, University Center Drive. Turn right onto University Center Drive. Continue on University Center Drive until it ends at the parking lots of the University Center (Claude Smith Baseball Field will be on the right as you approach the University Center). Go straight and turn right into the top parking lot if you are a spectator. Turn right at the baseball fi eld and park in the middle lot if you are a visiting team.
From I-75 Heading South (from Atlanta)
Take I-75 South to the Mercer University Drive exit (Exit #163). Take a left at the top of the exit ramp onto Mercer University Drive and cross over I-75. Turn left at the fi rst traffi c light onto Stadium Drive. At the stop sign, turn left to continue on Stadium Drive (the Hilton Garden Inn will be on your left). Proceed to the fi rst street on the right, Uni-versity Center Drive. Turn right onto University Center Drive. Continue on University Center Drive until it ends at the parking lots of the University Center (Claude Smith Baseball Field will be on the right as you approach the University Center). Go straight and turn right into the top parking lot if you are a spectator. Turn right at the baseball fi eld and park in the middle lot if you are a visiting team.
From I-16 Heading West (from Savannah)
Take I-16 West until it merges with I-75 South. Follow directions above.
From I-80 Heading East
Stay on Hwy. 80 until it meets Interstate 475. Take Interstate 475 North and take the Thomaston/Macon exit (there will be a sign that says exit for Mercer University Drive). Stay on Mercer University Drive for about four miles until crossing over Interstate 75. Once across I-75, turn left at the fi rst traffi c light onto Stadium Drive. At the stop sign, turn left to continue on Stadium Drive (the Hilton Garden Inn will be on your left). Proceed to the fi rst street on the right, University Center Drive. Turn right onto University Center Drive. Continue on University Center Drive until it ends at the parking lots of the University Center (Claude Smith Baseball Field will be on the right as you approach the University Center). Go straight and turn right into the top parking lot if you are a spectator. Turn right at the baseball fi eld and park in the middle lot if you are a visiting team.
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ACCOMODATIONSComfort Suites
120 Plantation Inn Dr.(478) 314-5130
Hilton Garden Inn
1220 Stadium Dr.(478) 741-5527
Holiday Inn Express
2720 Riverside Dr.(478) 745-3967
LaQuinta Inn and Suites
3944 River Place Dr.(478) 475-0206
Ramada Plaza Hotel
108 First St.(478) 746-1461
Red Roof Inn
3950 River Place Dr.(478) 477-7477
Wingate Inn
100 North Crest Dr.(478) 476-8100
RESTAURANTSBear’s Den
1991 Oglethorpe St.(478) 745-9909
Bonefi sh Grill5080 Riverside Dr.
(478) 477-5256
Carrabba’s Italian Grill3913 River Place Dr.
(478) 474-5115
Chili’s Grill and Bar5080 Riverside Drive
(478) 757-0169
El Sombrero Mexican Restaurant610 North Ave.(478) 750-8159
3555 Mercer University Dr.(478) 471-6040
4646 Forsyth Rd.(478) 471-6990
Francar’s Buff alo Wings1365 Linden Ave(478) 741-3338
J. Christopher’s220 Starcadia Cir.
(478) 476-0220
Jim Shaw’s Seafood Grill3040 Vineville Ave.
(478) 746-3697
Jittery Joe’s Coff ee1635 Montpelier Ave.
(478) 621-5400
Jocks and Jill Sports Grill4680 Sheraton Dr.
(478) 405-9232
McAlister’s Deli6255 Zebulon Rd.
(478) 405-68254641 Presidential Pkwy
(478) 474-7783
Moe’s Southwest Grill3111 Vineville Ave.
(478) 742-8226
Outback Steakhouse3899 Arkwright Rd.
(478) 477-1934
Panera Bread181 Tom Hill Sr. Blvd.
(478) 474-5451
Steak ‘n Shake155 Tom Hill Sr. Blvd.
(478) 471-68113420 Mercer University Dr.
(478) 743-3700
Zaxby’s910 Riverside Dr.(478) 750-1199
3960 Northside Dr.(478) 474-1141
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MOVIE THEATERSAmstar Cinema 165996 Zebulon Road(478) 474-4443 (478) 477-8077
TOURISM
The Georgia Music Hall of Fame200 Martin Luther King Junior BoulevardMacon, GA 31201-3490(478) 751-3334Located in historic downtown Macon, the Georgia Music Hall of Fame is home to memorabilia and in-formation on all the recording artists from the state of Georgia, including R.E.M., The Black Crowes, James Brown, Travis Tritt and many more.
The Georgia Sports Hall of Fame301 Cherry StreetMacon, GA 31201-3398(478) 752-1585The state’s offi cial sports museum, the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame is located in downtown Macon and features exhibits and information about excep-tional professional and amateur Georgia athletes such as Hank Aaron and Ty Cobb.
The Grand Opera House 651 Mulberry StMacon, GA 31201(478) 301-5470A historic landmark theatre operated by Mercer University, the Grand Opera House presents a wide variety of national touring Broadway shows, plays and concerts. Mercer University’s Theatre and Music departments also hold many of their productions in this beautiful theatre.
The Hay House 934 Georgia AvenueMacon, GA 31201-6708(478) 742-8155A national historic landmark, this grand Italian Re-naissance Revival mansion features grained wood work, exquisite plasterwork, stained glass windows, gold leafi ng and some of the countries fi nest exam-ples of marbleized trompe l’oeil fi nishes.
Tubman African-American Museum 340 Walnut StreetMacon, GA 31201-0515(478) 743-8544This unique museum houses 14 galleries of African-American art, artifacts and historical information.
AREA ATTRACTIONS
Macon Mall
3661 Eisenhower ParkwayMacon, GA 31206 (478) 477-8840
The Shoppes at River Crossing
5080 Riverside DriveMacon, Georgia 31210(478) 254-2940
LOCAL MALLS
EMERGENCY CONTACTSFire
Macon/Bibb County Fire Department 478-751-7370
Police
Mercer Police Department 478-301-2911Macon/Bibb County Police Department 478-751-7500Georgia State Patrol (Bibb County) 478-993-3000
Hospital
Medical Center of Central Georgia 478-633-1000777 Hemlock StreetEmergency Center 478-633-1146
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Date Opponent Location TimeNov. 4 +^GEORGIA COLLEGE & STATE UNIVERSITY Macon, Ga. 5 p.m.Nov. 12 at Auburn Auburn, Ala. 5 p.m. Nov. 16 at Georgia Southern Statesboro, Ga. 7 p.m.Nov. 19 $FURMAN Macon, Ga. 5:30 p.m.
Georgia State TournamentNov. 27 Rice Atlanta, Ga. 4 p.m.Nov. 28 at Georgia State or Alabama A&M Atlanta, Ga. 2/4 p.m. Dec. 2 *at Belmont Nashville, Tenn. 6 p.m.Dec. 4 *at Lipscomb Nashville, Tenn. 5 p.m.Dec. 7 at Georgia Athens, Ga. 7 p.m.Dec. 20 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN Macon, Ga. 7 p.m.Dec. 22 UNC ASHEVILLE Macon, Ga. 1 p.m.Dec.28 at Georgia Tech Atlanta, Ga. 7 p.m.
Jan. 3 ^*EAST TENNESSEE STATE Macon, Ga. 5 p.m.Jan. 5 ^*USC UPSTATE Macon, Ga. 5 p.m.Jan. 10 ^*at Campbell Buies Creek, N.C. 11:45 a.m.Jan. 15 *at Stetson Deland, Fla. 1 p.m.Jan. 17 *at Florida Gulf Coast Fort Myers, Fla. 7:05 p.m.Jan. 22 ^*NORTH FLORIDA Macon, Ga. 2 p.m.Jan. 24 *JACKSONVILLE Macon, Ga. 7 p.m.Jan. 26 *at Kennesaw State Kennesaw, Ga. 7 p.m.Jan. 29 ^*at USC Upstate Spartanburg, S.C. 4:30 p.m.Jan. 31 ^*at East Tennessee State Johnson City, Tenn. 4:45 p.m.
Feb. 5 ^*CAMPBELL Macon, Ga. 2 p.m.Feb. 10 ^*KENNESAW STATE Macon, Ga. 5 p.m.Feb. 12 ^*FLORIDA GULF COAST Macon, Ga. 2 p.m.Feb. 14 *STETSON Macon, Ga. 7 p.m.Feb. 18 *at North Florida Jacksonville, Fla. TBAFeb. 20 *at Jacksonville Jacksonville, Fla. TBAFeb. 24 ^*BELMONT Macon, Ga. 5 p.m.Feb. 26 ^*LIPSCOMB Macon, Ga. 2 p.m.
March 2-5 Atlantic Sun Tournament Macon, Ga. TBA
All times are EasternHome games in BOLD^ Doubleheader$ Homecoming+ Exhibition* Atlantic Sun conference game
MERCER 2010-11 SCHEDULE
WILLIAM D. UNDERWOODMercer during a period of dy-namic growth and development for the University. Since his ar-rival as Mercer’s 18th President in 2006, enrollment has increased by 18 percent to more than 8,200 students. Mercer has launched a second medical school campus (in Savannah), initiated a master’s-level physician assistant program and a doctoral-level program in physical therapy and added Ph.D. programs in Educational Leader-ship, Curriculum and Instruction, and Nursing.
Refl ecting an increased emphasis on research, Mercer in 2009-10 met the criteria established by the Carnegie Foun-dation for reclassifi cation as a research-doctoral university. Over the past three years, the number of Ph.D. students has increased from fewer than 25 to approximately 200, while the amount of externally funded research expenditures has grown to nearly $25 million. In addition to increased levels of funding from the National Institutes of Health and the Na-tional Science Foundation, Mercer scientists have for the fi rst time been funded as eminent cancer scientists by the Georgia Cancer Coalition, while other Mercer scientists are now receiv-ing funding to support their research through the Georgia Research Alliance.
The University has intensifi ed its longstanding commitment to service-learning and community engagement under President Underwood’s leadership. During the spring of 2009, Mercer announced a $5 million grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to support continued revitaliza-tion of the College Hill Corridor between campus and down-town Macon. The groundbreaking Mercer On Mission pro-
MERCER UNIVERSITYPRESIDENT
gram, launched in 2007, has been recognized by the Clinton Global Initiative as “an exemplary approach to addressing a specifi c global challenge.” Mercer earned the highest federal recognition for community engagement by the Corporation for National and Community Service in 2009, and in 2008 became the only university in Georgia to receive the Carnegie Foundation’s designation for “Curricular Engagement and Outreach and Partnerships.”
Prior to joining Mercer, President Underwood served at Baylor University as Interim President and held the prestigious Leon Jaworski Chair at the Baylor School of Law. President Underwood is an accomplished educator and scholar. He was designated a Master Teacher at Baylor in recognition of extraordinary classroom teaching over an extended period. He is an elected member of the American Law Institute and the American Bar Foundation.
President Underwood was awarded the J.D. degree summa cum laude by the University of Illinois College of Law in 1985, where he graduated as class salutatorian and was an editor of the University of Illinois Law Review. Following graduation, he clerked for the Honorable Sam D. Johnson of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, prior to practic-
ing law for several years with a large law fi rm in Dallas. He also holds an undergraduate degree from Oklahoma Baptist University, where he met his spouse, Lesli. They have two children, Jessica and William
DIRECTOR OFATHLETICS
JIM COLEJim Cole assumed the duties of Director of Athletics for Mercer University on July 1, 2010. Prior to that, he served as MU’s Senior Associate Director of Athletics for External Aff airs, heading up the Mercer Athletics Foundation (the fund-raising arm for Bears’ athlet-ics) concurrent with his time as a State Representative in Georgia.
A native of Augusta, Cole en-tered Mercer on an academic scholarship in 1990 and lettered
in baseball from 1990 to 1993. He was recipient of the Charles C. Morgan Outstanding Student-Athlete Award and gradu-ated with honors from the University in 1993.
Cole was drafted as a pitcher by the Milwaukee Brewers in 1993 and was named the franchise’s “Organizational Player of the Year” and a fi nalist for the TOPPS Minor League “Player of the Year Award” in 1994.
After an injury ended his professional baseball career, he returned to Mercer in 1997 to earn his MBA while serving as a graduate assistant and pitching coach for the baseball team. In 1998 he served as pitching coach for the Madison Black Wolves minor league team in Madison, Wis. Cole then entered private business before being elected to the Georgia House of Representatives in 2004 (and serving in that capac-ity until 2010).
Cole served as the legislative voice under the Gold Dome for the constituents of House District 125 - which includes Jasper County and parts of Monroe, Jones and Lamar Counties. His legislative duties included membership on the Appropria-tions Economic Development Sub-Committee (to oversees
important areas of the budget that deal with agriculture, community aff airs, economic development and transporta-tion). In addition, Cole served on the Rules, Judiciary Non-Civil and State Planning and Community Aff airs Committees.
Gov. Sonny Perdue appointed Cole to serve as senior admin-istration fl oor leader in early 2009, having served formerly as assistant fl oor leader from 2007-2008.
Cole is an active community leader throughout the state. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Georgia Chamber of Commerce. A graduate of Leadership Georgia, he is a member of Forsyth United Methodist Church.
Cole is married to the former Gaylyn Lawson of Forsyth, where they live with their two children, Caroline and Lawson..
Sybil BlalockSr. Assoc. A.D./
Senior Women Admin.
Jason ChildsHead Coach
Men’s Lacrosse
Karen DonaldsonAssistant A.D.Compliance
Myra CameronAthletics
Coordinator
Erica SullivanStaff
Assistant
Rob MurphyAssistant A.D.
Sports Medicine
Jim TessmerOperationsManager
Ryan BaileyHead Coach
Cross Country (M & W)
Brad RuzzoHead CoachMen’s Soccer
Gary GuyerHead Coach
Women’s Golf
Bob HoffmanHead Coach
Men’s Basketball
Susie GardnerHead Coach
Women’s Basketball
Craig GibsonHead Coach
Baseball
Andrew TredwayHead CoachMen’s Golf
Mike RaynorHead Coach
Softball
Mickey PearceHead Coach
Rifl e (M & W)
Jarrad TurnerMarketing &Promotions
Dave BeyerAthletics MediaRelations/SID
Penny DavisSpirit
Coordinator
Nikki BrunoCheerleading
Coach
Tim PietroferePep BandDirector
STAFF & COACHES
Grant SerafyHead Coach
Women’s Soccer
Dr. Jeffrey HugdahlFaculty AthleticsRepresentative
Paul BohrHead Strength &
Conditioning Coach
Andy StabellAssistant Sports
Information Director
A Message from the Atletic Foundation President“As a former student-athlete and now as a Mercer alumna, I am excited about the future of the Mercer Athletics program. We are bringing to our campus some of the brightest and most talented student-athletes in the country.
“As you can see, Mercer has had outstanding recent success, both in competition and in the classroom. In order to provide student-athletes with the best possible resources for maximum success in the future, we need your help.
“Would you consider joining the Athletics Foundation today and encourage our student-athletes with your fi nancial support and attendance when the Bears compete on the playing fi elds and courts?”
--Diane Owens
The Mercer Athletics Foundation was created in 2007 as the fundrais-ing arm for Mercer University Athletics. Members of the Foundation annually set goals to raise funds which have been used to undertake such projects as hiring a full-time strength and conditioning coach, enhancing recruiting budgets, providing additional scholarships and to help increase salaries to attract and retain outstanding coaches.
The MAF has many ways by which individuals and businesses alike can become involved and help keep the Bears’ athletics program at the forefront.
Noelle RookeHead CoachVolleyball
Warren WoolfolkHead Coach
Tennis (M & W)
STAFF & COACHES / MERCER ATHLETIC FOUNDATION
Adam BaileyGraduate Assistant
Marketing & Promotions
Jason FarhadiGraduate AssistantSports Information
Jeff GrahamGraduate AssistantSports Information
Strength and ConditioningThe strength and conditioning program at Mercer has three primary goals. These goals are to
maximize athleticism, minimize injuries and increase mental/physical toughness. The way this
is accomplished is by primarily utilizing ground based, multi-joint, triple extension, explosive
exercises. Athletes will perform exercises of all types but focus is put on three main exercise
styles: Olympic lifting, power lifting and plyometrics. The goal is to try and replicate the
movements, velocities and forces that are experienced during competition of the athlete's sport.
Served by a professional full-time strength and conditioning coach as well as an assistant
coach, Mercer Athletics provides a full range of weight training and exercise equipment to
assist Mercer’s approximately 226 student-athletes in reaching their athletic potential through
strength training and conditioning.
Easily accessible from anywhere in the University Center, the equipment includes the following:
• three top of the line power lift full racks
• over 3,000 pounds of plates • a line of variable resistant machines
• three sets of Iron Grip dumbbells • fi ve free standing adjustable benches
Sports Medicine DepartmentThe Mission of the Sports Medicine Department is to provide quality comprehensive healthcare to student-athletes. The health and well-being of student-athletes is the number one priority. Student-athletes have access to therapeutic services such as ultrasound, electrical stimulation, hydrotherapy, rehabilitation, nutritional counseling and preventative physical medicine.
The Mercer Sports Medicine department utilizes a state-of-the-art athletic training facility in the university center. The athletic training room consists of a treatment, taping and rehabilitation area. The rehabilitation area is equipped with a treadmill, exercise bikes in addition to a variety of weights, resistance bands, medicine balls, and other rehabilitation equipment which can be used to facilitate injury rehabilitations.
The athletic training area also has an enclosed hydrotherapy room with an eight-person cold whirlpool and smaller extremity whirlpools. There are also offi ces for the staff and a physician exam room. The athletic training room also has easy access to the weight room and the University Center pool.
The facility is staff ed by two full-time certifi ed athletic trainers and six graduate assistant certifi ed athletic trainers, a family practice physician and an orthopedic surgeon. The staff works with other group of health-care providers to bring a comprehensive care to the student-athletes and acts as a liaison with nutritionists, dentist, cardiologists, and many other specialists.
Tyler
Fredlund
-Lacrosse
-Rifl e
Hannah
Smith
-Volleyball
-Tennis
Laura
Nelsen
-Baseball
-Cross
Country
Jesse
Kolodziejski
-Women’s
Soccer
-Men’s Golf
Shawn
Wolf
-Softball
-Cross
Country
Rob MurphyAssistant Athletic Director /Director of Sports Medicine
Men’s Basketball
Assistants
Paul BohrStrength and
Conditioning
Coach
Eric PohlStrength and
Conditioning
Graduate Asssitant
Sean
Robb
-Men’s
Soccer
-Women’s
Golf
BUILDINGContinuing a tradition of academic achievement, a record 60 percent of all student-athletes earned All-Academic status during the 2009-10 academic year. Lipscomb edged out Belmont, the seven-time winner of the All-Academic Trophy, to win its fi rst such trophy with close to 72 percent of its the student-athletes achieving All-Academic status with grade point averages of a 3.00, or better.
Several Bisons teams received national recognition for their success in the classroom. Both the men’s and women’s track & fi eld teams posted team GPAs among the top fi ve in the nation - the only school in the country to boast that distinction. Jacksonville’s women’s track team received their ninth straight USTFCCCA All-Academic honor. Lipscomb’s women’s basketball team posted the ninth best GPA in the country and the conference champion volleyball team led fi ve A-Sun schools in receiving an AVCA Team Academic Award.
The Stetson men’s tennis team led the nation with nine student-athletes earning the honor of Scholar Athlete from the Intercollegiate Tennis Association. A total of fi ve A-Sun schools and 24 student-athletes received recogntion from the ITA. Stetson and Belmont joined only 16 other Division I schools considered an All-Academic squad in both men’s and women’s tennis.
For the fi rst time the NCAA released single-year APR for Division I head coaches in six sports dating back to 2003-04, the beginning of the program. All 11 A-Sun schools produced a coach who had a year of a perfect score of 1000 and the league produced a total of 25 seasons with scores of 1000. Seven of the conference’s men’s and women’s basketball recorded at least one score of 1000 and fi ve teams had a score of 1000 in 2008-09, the most recent year recorded by the NCAA.
WINNERSFour A-Sun teams received Division I-AAA Athletics Directors Association All-Sports Trophies in recognition of their performances in NCAA postseason play. Lipscomb’s softball team, ETSU’s men’s tennis squad plus UNF’s men’s golf team and women’s tennis carried the conference to the third-highest total by any one conference.
Golf continued to boom in the conference as three league members on the women’s side advanced to NCAA play for the fi rst time in conference play. Women’s golf became the fi rst sport in the conference to produce three NCAA participants since baseball in 2003. At the NCAA Regionals, ETSU’s Nina Muehl opened with an 8-under 64, the single lowest round carded in all of Division I golf and became just the second golfer from the A-Sun to earn a spot in the NCAA Championships
The Ospreys’ men’s golf team spent the year ranked among the top programs in the country alongside ETSU. Both advanced to NCAA postseason play and the Ospreys made the nationals for the fi rst time as a conference member. Sophomore Sean Dale earned All-America honors and qualifi ed for the US Amateur, as did his teammates Kevin Alywin and Kevin Phelan. Phelan opened his summer by qualifying for the US Open at Pebble Beach. ETSU’s Rhys Enoch tied for the individual title at the NCAA East Regional and his play carried into summer as he made his second Palmer Cup team and advanced all the way to the quarterfi nals of the British Amateur.
Individual performances stood out on the diamond as FGCU’s Chris Sale became a consensus All-America en route to becoming the conference’s fourth fi rst-round pick in the last two years. ETSU’s Paul Hoilman contended for the national triple crown and burst onto the national scene by winning the fi rst-ever home run derby competition - contested at historic Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, Neb. Mercer’s Jacob Tanis fi nished one RBI shy of the national lead in pacing the Bears back to the top of the A-Sun for the fi rst time in more than 25 years.
In softball, two hurlers established themselves among the best in the nation. Lipscomb’s Whitney Kiihnl and USC Upstate’s Morgan Childers each topped the 30-win mark - a fi rst for the conference. The two traded the national lead in ERA throughout the season and when the year came to a close, Kiihnl fi nished with the best mark in the nation with Childers taking a close second. Kiihnl and Childers ranked second and third in the country in fewest hits allowed per seven innings.
For the fi rst time in league history, the conference’s last remaining charter member, Mercer, hosted the General Shale Brick Basketball Championships. The hosts advanced to the fi nal of the men’s event setting up a standing-room-only event at the University Center against ETSU. In the end the Buccaneers won back-to-back titles. Jacksonville advanced to the NIT for the straight second year and provided the league’s fi rst win in the event since 1996 when Ben Smith connected on a game-winning 3-pointer in the fi nal seconds to stun top-seeded Arizona State.
On the women’s side ETSU became the third A-Sun school to win three straight titles, FGCU advanced to the WNIT for a third consecutive year and USC Upstate registered its fi rst 20-win season as a Divisioon I program.
FOR LIFEAlums from the Atlantic Sun, both recent and historic continued to excel at the highest levels. Within the span of three days, FGCU produced its fi rst two major league baseball players. Two pitchers of the Eagles’ 2008 A-Sun Championship squad, Casey Coleman and Sale, took their talents to Chicago as Coleman broke in with the Cubs and Sale soared through the White Sox system after spending less than two months in the minors. In late June, former Stetson All-American Chris Johnson returned to the Astros lineup and hit over .380 his fi rst two months as a regular.
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