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The Savannah College o Art and Design is a private, nonprot, accredited institution conerring bachelors and
masters degrees at distinctive locations and online to prepare talented students or proessional careers. SCAD
oers degrees in more than 40 areas o study, as well as minors in nearly 60 disciplines in Savannah and Atlanta,
Georgia; in Hong Kong; in Lacoste, France; and online through SCAD eLearning.
SCAD has more than 20,000 alumni and oers an exceptional education and unparalleled career preparation. Thediverse student body, consisting o more than 11,000 students, comes rom all 50 United States and more than
100 countries worldwide. Each student is nurtured and motivated by a aculty o more than 700 proessors with
extraordinary academic credentials and valuable proessional experience. These proessors emphasize learning
through individual attention in an inspiring university environment. SCADs innovative curriculum is enhanced
by advanced, proessional-level technology, equipment and learning resources and has garnered acclaim rom
respected organizations and publications, including 3D World, American Institute o Architects, BusinessWeek,
DesignIntelligence, U.S. News & World Report and the Los Angeles Times.
For more inormation, visit scad.edu.
A B O U T S C A D
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Accessory design
Advertising
Animation
Architectural historyArchitecture
Art history
Arts administration
Cinema studies
Design for sustainability
Design managementDramatic writing
Equestrian studies
Fashion
Fashion marketingand management
Fibers
Film and television
Furniture design
Graphic designHistoric preservation
Illustration
Illustration design
Industrial design
Interactive designand game development
Interior design
Jewelry and objects
Luxury and fashionmanagement
Motion media design
Painting
Performing arts
Photography
PrintmakingProduction design
Sculpture
Sequential art
Service design
Sound design
Teaching (art or drama)Television producing
Urban design
Visual eects
Writing
P R O G R A M SO F S T UD Y
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Dear riends,
Welcome to SCAD! Intercollegiate athletics are a vital part o the
SCAD experience, and the SCAD athletics department is deeply
committed to strengthening the minds and bodies o our student-
athletes. Every SCAD athletics program endeavors to achieve
the highest standards o character, teamwork and air play, as
well as athletic excellence. Led by our outstanding coaches and
sta members, SCAD student-athletes strive toward unparalleled
success at practice, at play, at work and in the community.
For more inormation about SCAD athletics or or regular updates
on athletic events and schedules, visit scadathletics.com. On behalo the entire university, I thank you or your support o SCAD
athletics and or your continued commitment to the success o
SCAD student-athletes. Go Bees!
Sincerely,
Paula Wallace
SCAD President and Cofounder
P R E S I D E N TWAL L A C EA L ETTER FROM
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SCAD is committed to the ideal that academic pursuits
should be the top priority or all student-athletes. The
university competes at the intercollegiate level in cross
country, track and eld, equestrian, gol, lacrosse,
soccer, swimming, and tennis.
Initially a member o the National Association o
Intercollegiate Athletics rom 1987-92, SCAD then
transitioned to Division III o the National Collegiate
Athletic Association. The SCAD Bees sent 20 teams
to NCAA postseason competition between 1996 and2003, and every SCAD athletics team logged a winning
record during the 2001-02 season.
Beore the start o the 2003-04 season, SCAD renewedits membership with the NAIA and now competes in the
Sun Conerence (ormerly the Florida Sun Conerence).In Fall 2010, SCAD Atlanta began competing at the
intercollegiate level in NAIA mens and womens cross
country, soccer, gol and tennis.
In recent years, SCAD Savannahs athletic teams havebeen ranked among the nations top 25 teams. SCAD
athletics has established an outstanding legacy byrecruiting talented student-athletes and elding teams in
the tradition o excellence or which SCAD is best known.
The mens and womens swimming teams once againcompeted at a high level during the 2012 NAIA National
Championships, securing eight national titles with our
o those swims setting national records. The mens and
womens swimming teams have won a combined total
o 39 national titles.
The equestrian team captured its eighth Aliated
National Riding Commissions National IntercollegiateRiding Championship team title in 2012. The equestrian
team has won 31 ANRC and IHSA national titles.
The womens lacrosse team won the 2012 National
Womens Lacrosse League (NWLL) National
Championship in its rst year o membership as well
as earning NWLL Coach o the Year and Player o the
Year honors.
Each year SCAD student-athletes have been recognized
locally, regionally and nationally or excellence in the
classroom as well as in athletic competition. Through
a combination o academic, artistic and athletic talent,
dedicated teamwork, and the guidance and experience
o a remarkable coaching sta, SCAD has created a
winning tradition.
Opportunities or athletic participation also existthrough the vast oerings o the universitys intramural
programs, including volleyball, basketball, fag ootball,
soccer, sotball and various other activities.
A B O U T S C A D A T H L E T I C S
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The SCAD athletics department exists to provide students
with opportunities to enrich their college experience
through intercollegiate and intramural sports, tness, and
recreational opportunities in a positive environment.
NAIAs mission is to promote the education and
development o students through intercollegiate
athletics participation.
N A I AS C A D A T H L E T I C SMISS IO N STATE MENT MI SS I O N STATEME NT
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Doug Wollenburg takes over the reins o the SCAD
Savannah athletic department as the director o
athletics ater completing his 11th year as head baseball
coach at the Savannah College o Art and Design.
Over the past 11 years, the SCAD baseball programhas averaged 27 wins per year. SCAD is one o only
two colleges in the Sun Conerence that has nished
in the top our during the last six seasons, and the
team has earned a trip to post-season tournament
play seven out o the past eight years.
Under Wollenburgs guidance, the SCAD baseball
team has produced 13 Academic All-Americans, 25 All-
Sun Conerence players and six NAIA All-Americans.Three players have been drated by Major League
organizations. SCAD baseball has been honored asan NAIA-Daktronics Scholar Team in 2010, 2011 and
2012. In 2009, SCAD baseball nished with a school
record 39 wins and ended the season ranked 22nd in
the nation.
O the eld, Wollenburg and the Bees have also
been involved with the Down Syndrome Societyand Bethesda Home or Boys within the Savannah
community. Wollenburg earned his bachelors degree
rom and played collegiate baseball at The Ohio State
University. He was drated by the Atlanta Braves and
played in the Braves arm system or our years, playing
his nal two seasons in AA Greenville. Wollenburgearned his masters degree rom Caliornia University
o Pennsylvania.
ATHL ET ICS D IRECTOR
D O U GWO L L E N B U R G
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Robert Belloir began his role as sports inormation
director or SCAD athletics in 2011.
He joined SCAD in 2003 and has served as coordinator
o graduate studies, director o graduate student
involvement and assistant vice president o studentservices. A native o Atlanta, Belloir attended Mercer
University, where he was inducted into the athletic
hall o ame or basketball and baseball in 1975. In
1969, he signed a proessional baseball contract
with the Cleveland Indians. Ater a season-and-a-hal absence due to a tour o duty in Vietnam, where
he earned the Army Commendation Medal, Belloir
returned to baseball in 1972. Three years later, he was
traded to the Atlanta Braves and saw his rst actionin the big leagues that same year. Belloir nished his
career ater playing our seasons with the Braves.
R O B E R T B E L L O I RSPORTS INFORMATION D IRECTOR
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P A T R I C K R E A G A NHEAD COACH
Patrick Reagan joined SCAD in 2011 as assistant
coach o the SCAD cross country and outdoor track
and eld programs and became head coach in 2012.
A record-breaking cross country runner at Slippery Rock
University, Reagan was named an NCAA Division II All-American in 2007 and 2008. He placed as high as 12th
place at the NCAA Division II National Championship.
Reagan qualied multiple times or the NCAA DivisionII Track and Field National Meet in the 5,000- and
10,000-meter run.
Patrick holds a personal best time o 14:25 in the 5K.
He also has personal best times o 24:05 in the 8,000
meters and 30:05 in the 10,000 meters.
Reagan graduated rom Slippery Rock University in
2009 with a B.S. degree in exercise science.
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A T H L E T I C A C CO L A D E S
SCADs cross country teams have reached the NAIA National
Championships each year under head coach Michael Sergi.
The mens team nished as conerence runner-up three years in arow, and the womens team nished as conerence runner-up our
consecutive years.
Mens and womens cross country and track and eld have broken
nearly all SCAD records in the last two years.
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A C A D E M I C A C CO L A D E S
Both the mens and womens cross country and track and eld
teams were named NAIA Scholar Teams in 2011.
Multiple student-athletes were named Daktronics-NAIA ScholarAthletes in 2011.
The womens cross country team was honored as 2011 SCAD
Athletics Academic Team o the Year.
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DIRECTOR
R E B E C C A E V AN S
Rebecca Gay Evans, D.V.M., earned her bachelors
degree in religious studies rom Davidson College
and a doctorate o veterinary medicine rom
University o Georgia, graduating cum laude and
completing a coveted internship in large animal
ambulatory medicine and theriogenology.
At UGA, Evans the recipient o the Steve Lee
Memorial Scholarship conducted research and
presentations on equine stem cell therapy and
equine dentistry. She is a member o the AmericanVeterinary Medical Association and the American
Association o Equine Practitioners.
Evans grew up in Savannah, competing in hunterand hunt seat equitation in local and A-rated horse
shows throughout the Southeast. As equestriandirector and veterinarian at SCAD, Evans continues
her passion or the practice o and research in
equine sports medicine and dentistry. Evans also
manages the daily operations at the Ronald C.
Waranch Equestrian Center and teaches equestrian
studies courses.
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Kelly joined the SCAD equestrian team coaching
sta in 2005 as hunt seat coach while pursuing
a degree in jewelry and objects. While a student
at SCAD, she was an award-winning rider on the
equestrian team rom 2001-2005. She competed
at the 2002 Intercollegiate Horse Show Association
(IHSA) National Championship and was a member
o the SCAD 2003 and 2005 American NationalRiding Commission (ANRC) championship teams.
With Kelly on the coaching sta, the team has
continued its prominence on the intercollegiate
riding scene, with ANRC National Championshipteam and individual wins in 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010,
2011 and 2012. In addition, Kelly coached a SCADrider to win reserve champion in the Cacchione Cup
in 2010 and a national champion in the Cacchione
Cup in the 2012 IHSA National Championships.
Kelly also coached her team to consecutive IHSA
Zone 5 reserve championships, qualiying SCAD to
compete at the IHSA National Championship as ateam or the second year in a row. The team placed
ourth in the country in 2011 and sixth in 2012.
Kelly was honored as SCADs 2011 Head Coach
o the Year. She has become involved with the
Interscholastic Equestrian Association as a showsteward and was a steward or the 2010 IHSA
National Championship Horse Show.
TEAM COACH
A S H L E Y K E L L Y
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A C A D E M I CA C C O L A D E S
SCAD equestrian student-athlete PaulFrederick (in 2010) and Julie Gravelle
(2011) qualied or the United States
Hunter Jumper Association Emerging
Athletes Program. Both recorded
the highest written test score o all
competitors that qualied.
In 2010, Lynsey Gwilliam won the
SCAD athletics award or the athletewith the highest GPA.
The SCAD equestrian team, one o the
largest athletics programs at SCAD,
has consistently maintained an overall
GPA o at least 3.0.
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A T H L E T I C A C CO L A D E S
The SCAD equestrian team captured the programs eighth American
National Riding Commissions National Intercollegiate TeamChampionship and its seventh ANRC individual national championship
title in 2011-12.
In 2012, SCAD captured the Intercollegiate Horse Show Associations
Region 3 title or the second year in a row as well as the Zone 5reserve championship or the second consecutive year (a rst inprogram history).
SCAD equestrian qualiied as a team or the IHSA National
Championship or the second consecutive year in 2012, nishing
ourth in 2011 and sixth in 2012.
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M E N S A T H L E T I C A C CO L A D E S
The SCAD mens gol team has qualied or nine national championships.
SCAD has had 18 dierent golers named to All-America teams.
In 2010, the Bees ranked as high as No. 2 in the NAIA national poll.
The team peaked at No. 4 in the 2002 NCAA Division III national rankings.
SCAD has had 30 golers named to All-America teams.
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WOME N S A C A D E M I C A C CO L A D E S
The womens gol team earned the highest GPA o any athletic team at
SCAD or the 2009-2010 academic year.
The team has been named an NAIA All-Scholar Team or our consecutive seasons.
Since joining the NAIA in 2003, the SCAD womens gol team boasts nine
NAIA All-American Scholar Athletes.
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WOME N SA T H L E T I CA C C O L A D E S
Womens gol is the only team at
SCAD that has qualied or the NAIA
National Championship every year
since SCAD rejoined the NAIA in 2003.
The team has been ranked in the top 25
nationally each year since the program
began in 2001.
Since 2003, the program hasproduced seven NAIA All-Americans,
15 All-Sun Conerence golers and
six NAIA National Championship All-
Tournament Team golers.
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HEAD COACH
M I C H A E L C U M M I N G S
Michael Cummings, who took the reins o the SCAD
mens lacrosse team in 2005, led the Bees in 2011 to
their sixth consecutive appearance in the Southeastern
Lacrosse Conerence Tournament, a 15-5 record and
the SELC Division II Championship.
SCAD also earned a Mens Collegiate Lacrosse
Association National Tournament berth or the second
straight year, deeating North Dakota State University
in the rst round.
In 2006, the programs rst season as a varsitysport, SCAD mens lacrosse team won a spot in the
SELC Tournament, and Cummings was named SELC
Division II Coach o the Year.
The Bees were honored in 2007 as the District 5winners o the Jim Ace Adams Sportsmanship
Award, based on the sportsmanship o the coaching
sta, team, administration and ans, in addition to
acilities available to the ocials and treatment o the
ocials beore, during and ater games.
Cummings earned his bachelors degree in studioart/secondary education certication in 1998 rom
McDaniel College (previously Western Maryland
College), where he played basketball or three seasons.
He earned his M.F.A. degree in illustration rom SCAD
in 2001. Cummings taught oundation studies and
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illustration courses at SCAD beore becoming the ull-time mens lacrosse coach.
Cummings, who has served as an instructor at several
local lacrosse camps and clinics, is a member o the
Positive Coaching Alliance and US Lacrosse.
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A C A D E M I C/A T H L E T I C
A C CO L A D E S
From 2006 to 2012, 44 SCAD mens
lacrosse players have been namedto the SELC (Southeastern Lacrosse
Conerence) All-America team.
Eighteen o those athletes were named
to the MCLA (Mens Collegiate LacrosseAssociation) All-America Team.
Eleven players have been honored
as MCLA Scholar-Athletes. To berecognized as such, a player mustbe named to the rst or second all-
conerence teams and have earned
a GPA o at least 3.25 during the
spring quarter.
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SCAD mens lacrosse alumnus Jason Smith createdthe MCLA logo, which is used by all 10 conerences
and 215 teams across the nation.
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N I C H O L E H A N N O NHEAD COACH
Named head coach o the SCAD womens lacrosse
team in July 2011, Nichole Hannon previously served
two seasons as head coach or the Wittenberg
University Tigers, guiding them to an 18-12 record.
In 2010, Hannon led the Tigers to the best start
in program history, winning seven o eight games
to begin the season and nishing 9-6 overall. In
2011, Wittenberg University also nished 9-6 with
ve Tigers receiving all-conerence accolades
and Hannon being named North Coast AthleticConerence Coach o the Year.
When in college, Hannon earned our varsity letters
while starting all 70 career games at LynchburgCollege. In 2007, Hannon served as a team captain,
earning rst-team All-Old Dominion AthleticConerence, second-team All-South Region and
Virginia Sports Inormation Directors College
Division All-State Team honors.
A native o Pasadena, Maryland, Hannon graduatedwith a degree in psychology in 2007 rom
Lynchburg, where she began her coaching careeras an assistant; she earned her masters degree in
educational leadership in 2009.
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Briana Gervat, who joined SCAD in 2012, serves as
assistant coach or the SCAD womens lacrosse team
while pursuing her masters degree in art history.
A native o Northport, New York, Gervat played
lacrosse or Northport High School beore
being recruited to play at the University o Mary
Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia. As a
starter, Gervat earned our varsity letters and
helped the Eagles reach multiple nal ours during
her collegiate career. Gervat earned All-CapitalAthletic Conerence accolades and was selected
to the Virginia Sports Inormation Directors
College Division All-State Team in 2002. She also
earned Intercollegiate Womens Lacrosse CoachesAssociation and U.S. Lacrosse All-American honors
in 2001 and 2002.
Gervat graduated rom the University o Mary
Washington with an art history degree beore
traveling around the world and playing and
coaching lacrosse in Melbourne, Australia. Gervat
also has coached or the Long Island Elite Lacrosse
Club and at the Northport Tiger Lacrosse Camp.Most recently, Gervat was the assistant coach or
the Marymount School in New York City.
B R I A N A GERVATASSISTANT COACH
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A T H L E T I C A C CO L A D E S
In its rst year o membership, the SCAD womens lacrosse
team won the 2012 National Womens Lacrosse League (NWLL)
National Championship. SCAD nished the 2012 season with a
15-4 record the best in the programs history. In 2012, the SCADwomens lacrosse team produced the NWLL Player o the Year as
well as the NWLL Coach o the Year.
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HEAD COACH
T O M ME L V I L L E
Tom Melville, who joined SCAD in 2008, quickly
has become the most successul head coach o
the SCAD mens soccer program, guiding teams
to three consecutive Sun Conerence nals (2009,
2010 and 2011).
In 2010, only his third season at SCAD, the Bees
claimed the Sun Conerence championship. Under
Melville, the program has consistently nished in
the top tier o the Sun Conerence and is regularly
in the NAIA top 20 national rankings, producing two
All-Americans. Under Melvilles tutelage, the teams
GPA has increased to a new average high o 3.2.
Melville came to SCAD ater serving 13 seasons ashead coach o the NCAA Division I Mercer University
mens soccer team. Melville let the Macon, Georgia,
campus as the Bears all-time wins leader and led
Mercer to its only two NCAA Championship berthsin 1999 and 2001. His Bears squad won conerence
championships in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002.
During his time at Mercer, the ormer Irish B league
and Ulster Polytechnic player groomed two AtlanticSun Conerence players o the year, three conerencereshmen o the year, 15 rst-team all-conerence
selections and 21 second-team all-conerence
members. Melville was twice named the Atlantic
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Sun Conerence Coach o the Year (1999, 2002).
Several o his players went on to play proessionally
in the U.S., Hungary, Bolivia, Honduras and England.
Prior to his arrival at Mercer, Melville spent eight
successul seasons at Lenoir-Rhyne College. Melvillestarted his collegiate coaching career as a graduate
assistant coach at University o North Carolina
Chapel Hill.
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ASSOCI ATE COACH
C I A R A NM C G U I G A N
Ciaran McGuigan, a native o Ireland, played or
Dundalk FC in the Irish Premier League. In 2010,
McGuigan played in our Europa League qualiers,
including two against Levski Soa. Ater the 2010-11
season, he joined Syrianska IF in Sweden. McGuigan
played central deense or center mid eld. Whileserving as assistant mens soccer coach, he is
pursuing a B.F.A. degree in lm and television.
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A T H L E T I C A C CO L A D E S
The SCAD mens soccer program won the Sun
Conerence regular season championship in 2010
and reached the conerence tournament nals in
2009, 2010 and 2011.
The mens soccer team has earned NAIA national
rankings o No. 12 in 2007, No. 13 in 2010 and No.16 in 2006.
Two mens soccer student-athletes have been
named NAIA All-Americans: Dan Fadida in 2009
and Ellert Hreinsson in 2010.
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A C A D E M I C A C CO L A D E S
SCAD mens soccer has been selected as an NAIA
Scholar Team in 2008 (3.14 GPA) and 2009 (3.10 GPA).
Five SCAD soccer players have been named a
Daktronics-NAIA Scholar Athlete: Matt Engele (2006),Pat Sullivan (2008), Robbie Wright (2008, 2009), Matt
Dwyer (2009, 2010) and Ross Faulds (2010).
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A N D Y W I L L I A M S O NHEAD COACH
In 2011, Andy Williamson guided the SCAD womens
soccer team to their 12th postseason berth in 13
seasons, compiling a 13-5 record in his 11th season
as head coach.
The team advanced to the seminal match o the
Sun Conerence Tournament beore losing to theeventual champion. The Bees have made it to the
conerence or regional seminal in every season
since they joined the NAIA in 2003.
Williamson, who joined SCAD in 2001 and has been
honored three times as the conerence coach o the
year (2005, 2007, 2008) and region coach o the
year once (2005), has an overall record o 107-70-
15 and has posted double-digit wins in six o the
last seven seasons. The program has had threeAll-Americans, two NAIA Region XIV Players o
the Year, two Florida Sun Conerence Newcomers
o the Year and a Florida Sun Conerence Player o
the Year. In addition, SCAD has earned berths to the
NAIA National Championship in 2005 and 2007.
Under Williamsons direction, the Bees have beensuccessul in the classroom, earning the NSCAA
Team Academic Award nine times.
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R E B E C C A G U N NASSISTANT COACH
Rebecca Gunn, assistant coach or the SCAD
womens soccer team since 2005, excelled as a
collegiate student-athlete.
A our-year standout or the University o
Minnesota-Morris womens soccer team, Gunn
was a three-time All-Northern Sun IntercollegiateConerence selection and an All-Upper Midwest
Athletic Conerence perormer. She was named the
UMAC Co-Player o the Year in 2003.
Gunn currently holds UMM records or goals (55),
assists (45) and points (155) in a career. She also
scored 11 match-winning goals and is one o 15
players in the nation to achieve at least 40 goals
and 40 assists in her career.
Gunn graduated rom UMM in 2004 with a
bachelors degree in sports management. She holds
a State Goalkeeping Diploma and National License
rom the National Soccer Coaches Association o
America. She also holds a D License rom theUnited States Soccer Federation.
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A C A D E M I C A C CO L A D E S
Lisa Gallant was selected or the ESPN Academic
All-America Team in 2005 and 2006.
The SCAD womens soccer team has beenawarded the NSCAA Team Academic Award nine
times since 2001.
Kate Putnam and Lauren OMalley were named as
Daktronics-NAIA Scholar Athletes in 2011.
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A T H L E T I C A C CO L A D E S
The SCAD womens soccer team has
produced three All-Americans: Mary-Kate
Sliter (2005), Melissa Feuerriegel (2007)
and Selin Kuralay (2008).
Melissa Feuerriegel was named 2007
Florida Sun Conference Player of the Year.
The womens soccer team peaked at No. 21
in the national NAIA rankings in 2011. The
programs highest ranking was No. 6 in 2007.
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In 2010-11, Chris Conlons rst year leading the SCAD
mens and womens swimming teams, the Bees set 15
school records and broke ve NAIA national records as
15 swimmers earned NAIA All-American status.
Conlon brought more than 20 years o coaching
experience to SCAD, including seven years as head coachat Case Western Reserve University. With the Spartans,
Conlon had swimmers qualiy or the NCAA Division III
Championships in 47 individual or relay events.
As an assistant coach at Johns Hopkins University, Conlon
was a member o the NCAA Division III Mens Coaching
Sta o the Year three out o ve seasons. During his
stay with the Blue Jays, the mens team nished second
in the nation twice while the women nished in the top
10 nationally on two occasions.
Between Case Western Reserve and Johns Hopkins,
Conlon has coached 14 NCAA Division III All-Americans.
Each o Conlons mens and womens swimming teams
has been honored with Academic All-American awards.
Conlon received his B.A. degree in natural sciences
(1993) and M.A. degree in teaching (1996) rom JohnsHopkins University. He is an ASCA Level V coach and a
2001 ASCA Fellow.
HEAD COACH
C H R I S C O N L O N
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Hired as assistant swimming coach in 2011, Sara Gildea
brought eight years o collegiate head coaching
experience to SCAD. Gildea works primarily with the
sprint group and coached six NAIA All-Americans in
the 2011-12 season.
For ve years (2006-11), Gildea served as the headswimming and diving coach at Baldwin-Wallace
College. Under Gildeas leadership, the Yellow Jackets
broke three conerence records and 46 school
records. She coached 12 individual Ohio AthleticConerence champions, 66 individual all-OAC and
19 relay All-OAC honorees. The Yellow Jackets
received College Swimming Coaches Association o
America academic honors each semester and had 14academic All-OAC at-large members.
As the head swimming and diving coach and the
aquatics director at Mercyhurst North East in NorthEast, Pennsylvania (2004-06), Gildea produced two
National Junior College Athletic Association National
Champions. She also coached 16 All-Americans at the
NJCAA level, a ve-time regional champion and a
NJCAA Female Swimmer o the Year.
She graduated rom John Carroll University with abachelors degree in psychology; she earned a masters
degree in sport psychology rom Caliornia University
o Pennsylvania. Gildea is an ASCA Level III coach, 2009
ASCA Fellow and a member o USA Swimming.
S A R A G I L D E AASSISTANT COACH
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A C A D E M I C A C CO L A D E SThirty-our SCAD swimmers have been named Daktronics-
NAIA Scholar Athletes.
SCAD swimming has been honored as a NAIA Scholar Team
eight times.
In 2010-11 and 2011-12 the SCAD swimming teams ranked No.
1 in GPA among all NAIA swimming programs.
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A T H L E T I C A C CO L A D E S
The SCAD womens swimming team captured the
2009 and 2010 NAIA National Championships.
SCAD swimming has produced 41 NAIA individual
and relay national champions.
Ninety-nine SCAD swimmers have been named
NAIA All-Americans.
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J A C O B T U R N E RHEAD COACH
Jacob Turner enters his rst season as the mens and
womens tennis coach or the Savannah College o Art
and Design.
Turner, who brings seven years o coaching experience
to Savannah, has been the head coach at Young Harris
College and an assistant at Kennesaw State University.During his two years at the helm o Young Harris,
Turner was instrumental in helping Young Harris makea smooth transition to NCAA Division II athletics. While
at Kennesaw, Turner worked with both the mens and
womens tennis programs and was integral in helping
start the mens program in 2008.
Turner holds a United States Proessional Tennis Registry
certication as well as an Etcheberry Certication orStrength and Conditioning in Tennis. He is a decorated
veteran o the United States Air Force, reaching the
rank o sta sergeant.
Turner is a native o Laayette, Louisiana, and holds a
bachelors o science degree in sports management
with a minor in coaching rom Kennesaw State. He
is currently pursuing a graduate degree in sports
management rom Georgia Southern University.
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M A G D A L E N A B R E S S O NASSISTANT COACH
Magdalena Bresson, a ormer SCAD varsity tennis
player, serves as SCADs graduate assistant tennis
coach. Her college career began in 2006 at the
College o William and Mary, where she helped her
team reach the round o 16 at the NCAA Division INational Championships.
As a sophomore, Bresson transerred to SCAD
and competed or three seasons while completing
her undergraduate degree in proessional writing.
During her tenure at SCAD, she was named to the2012 All-Sun Conerence rst team and earned
Academic All-Conerence honors. In 2012, she was
also named Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA)
All-American or both singles and doubles.
The South Florida native returns to SCAD or the 2012-13 academic year to earn her M.A. degree in lm and
television. Bresson interns at a local television station
and writes reelance or a variety o local publications.
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A T H L E T I C A C CO L A D E S
The mens and womens tennis programs
at SCAD have been nationally ranked since
the Bees joined the NAIA.
The womens team, which was ranked as
high as No. 5 in the NAIA, won or shared
ve consecutive conference championships
in 2010.
SCAD earned its seventh consecutive trip
to the NAIA National Championship in 2010.
Hillary Collins, Magdalena Bresson and Theresa
Schmaus were named NAIA All-Americans.
The doubles team of Schmaus and Bresson
ranked as high as No. 4 in NAIA and has made
three trips to the NAIA National Championship.
In 2011, the mens team had two players
named to the All-Sun Conference team,
and the womens team had four players
selected for the All-Sun Conference team.
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S P O R T S M E D I C I N E
The SCAD athletics department includes three ull-time
certied athletic trainers in coordination with Memorial
SportsOne rom Memorial Health University MedicalCenter and Chatham Orthopedics Associates.
Services provided include home and away competition
coverage; practice coverage; and prevention, assessmentand treatment o musculoskeletal injuries.
Athletic training services are provided at Turner House,
302 W. Boundary St.
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ATHL ET IC TR AINER
S T A C E E R O U S H
Stacee Roush begins her rst season as an athletic
trainer or the SCAD Savannah athletics program.
Roush, who is rom Mt. Sterling, Kentucky, earned her
B.S. in education with an emphasis on kinesiology-
exercise science rom the University o Kentucky in2009. She went on to earn a B.S. in athletic trainingrom Eastern Kentucky University. While at EKU,
Roush worked with the ootball, volleyball, mens
basketball and womens tennis teams.
In the summers o 2011 and 2012, Roush worked or
the Volleyball Festival. She was one o 52 medicalsta providing medical coverage or more 8,000
athletes ages 8 to 18.
ATHL ET IC TRAI NER
D A N I E L H I N E L Y
Daniel Hinley, a native Savannahian, joined the SCAD
athletic training sta in 2011 ater a stint at New HanoverRegional Medical Center in Wilmington, North Carolina.
From 2006 to 2010, Hinley served as the head athletic
trainer or Armstrong Atlantic State University, wherehe and his sta were awarded the 2009-10 Peach BeltConerence Athletic Training Sta o the Year Award.
That same year, the Peach Belt Conerence selected
Hinley as the inaugural recipient o its Inspiration Award.
Prior to his tenure at AASU, Hinley served as an assistant
athletic trainer at Belmont Abbey College in Belmont,North Carolina. Hinley graduated rom Valdosta State
University with a B.S. in sports medicine/athletic trainingin 2003. He earned a M.Ed. in physical education with
an emphasis in health promotion in 2005 rom Georgia
College and State University.
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S T U D E N T R E C R E A T I O NThe department o student recreation exists to help
develop well-rounded students by encouraging
personal health through recreational activities andpromoting student participation in events that
support community through social interaction,
team building and university spirit.
University-sponsored recreation programs helpstudents become acquainted with SCAD and arearesources while also providing tness opportunities.
Activities such as canoeing, o-road biking, rock
climbing and whitewater rating are oered to all
students during academic quarters.
Tennis courts, playing elds and parks also are popular
sites or student recreational activities. In Savannah,
proximity to beaches allows students to enjoy
swimming, surng and sailing.
Email [email protected] or more inormation.
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DIRECTOR OF F ITNESS
STRENGTH AND
CONDIT IONING COACH
S A M C A R T E R
Sam Carter has served as SCADs strength and
conditioning coach since 2001 and as director o
tness since 2007.
The Georgia native has trained numerous pro,
collegiate and high school athletes. He is also a
trainer to the stars.
Carter graduated rom Savannah State University
with a bachelors degree in chemistry in 1996. He isa member o the National Strength and Conditioning
Association and is certied through the NSCA as acertied strength and conditioning specialist. Carter,
a Marine, is also certied as a personal trainer through
the America Council on Exercise.
DIRECTOR OF INTRAMURAL S
AND RECRE ATION
E D D I E C O N C E P C I N
Eddie Concepcin, director o intramurals and recreation
at SCAD, has nearly 34 years o experience in
physical itness, training and coaching.
His tenure at SCAD includes positions as head womensbasketball coach, assistant mens basketball coach,
director o intramurals and tness center manager.
As the womens basketball coach, he posted a winning
record in every season, guiding the team to the NCAA
Division III tournament with a 19-7 record in the 2001-
02 season. Concepcin also served as the head coach
o the Savannah Storm, an expansion ranchise o
the American Basketball Association, earning an 8-1overall record and leading the team to its rst-ever
playo game in 2010-11, the Storms rst season.
Concepcin is a certied CPR/rst aid instructor,
personal trainer and League Cycling Instructor (LCI).
He was a licensed boxer in 1978. He earned B.F.A.
and M.F.A. degrees in video and lm rom SCAD.
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FITNESS COORDINATOR
J A M E S I V E S
James Ives has several years o experience in the
tness industry, working in a variety o tnesssettings, rom collegiate recreation centers to hospital
wellness centers and private personal training
acilities. Ives believes in a unctional approach to
exercise and oten implements un and challengingexercises during his classes.
Beore joining the Club SCAD team in 2012, Ives
worked or three years as a supervisor and master
trainer at Empower Personal Training in Durham,
North Carolina. Prior to this, he served as a tness
graduate assistant while completing his masters
degree at the University o North Carolina, where
he worked with campus recreation as well as theUNC mens ootball team. He has also held positions
as a personal trainer at other locations, including
UNC Healthcare in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Ives is certied as a strength and conditioning specialistthrough the National Strength and Conditioning
Association (NSCA). In 2005, he received a B.A. rom
the University o North Carolina at Chapel Hill, double
majoring in exercise and sport science and psychology.
Ives returned to UNC and in 2009 he completed a M.A.
degree in exercise physiology.
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T H E S U N
C O N F E R E N C E
Originally ormed in March 1990 as the Florida
Intercollegiate Athletic Conerence (FIAC),
The Sun Conerence was established as a
conerence or small independent institutions
within the NAIA. The name Florida SunConerence was adopted in 1992. The league
unveiled its new name, The Sun Conerence,on Aug. 18, 2008 to be inclusive o member
schools rom Georgia and South Carolina.
The league sponsors championships in baseball,mens and womens basketball, mens and
womens cross country, mens and womens
gol, mens and womens soccer, sotball, mens
and womens tennis, mens and womens track
and eld, and womens volleyball.
The 11 member institutions in the conerence
believe in strong educational commitment combined
with balanced athletic competition, resulting in one
o the most successul intercollegiate conerences
in the NAIA. The Sun Conerence has proven to
be one o the top leagues in the NAIA with its
teams consistently being recognized amongthe nations best.
N A I A
Since 1937, the NAIA has administered programs
and championships in proper balance with the
overall educational experience. In 2000, the NAIA
rearmed its purpose to enhance the character-
building aspects o sport. Through Championso Character, the NAIA seeks to create an
environment in which each student-athlete, coach,ocial and spectator is committed to the true
spirit o competition through ve tenets: respect,
integrity, responsibility, servant leadership and
sportsmanship. This program will educate and
create awareness o the positive character-building
traits aorded by sports and return integrity tocompetition at the collegiate and youth levels while
impacting all o society.
In 2009, 2011 and 2012, SCAD athletics won the
Champions o Character award.
To learn more about the NAIA, visit naia.cstv.com
and championsocharacter.org.
CHAMPIONS OF CHARACTER
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A sample of student-athlete work
To view more student work, visit scad.edu.
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A: DANIEL OGREN, B.F.A. graphic design student, mens lacrosse, Woodbury, Minnesota
B: SAMANTHA NORTH, B.F.A., painting, 2012, womens lacrosse, Manchester, New Jersey
C: WADE WINEBRENNER, B.F.A., graphic design, 2012, mens lacrosse, Flemington, New Jersey
D: ANDREW MARCO, B.F.A., industrial design, 2012, mens gol, Charlotte, North Carolina
E: SAMANTHA NORTH, B.F.A., painting, 2012, womens lacrosse, Manchester, New Jersey
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A: JAVIER MELONGIL, B.F.A., graphic design,
2010, mens soccer, Mar del Plata, Argentina
B: JULIE FERRIS, B.F.A. painting student,equestrian, Norcross, Georgia
C: AMELIE MOGARD, B.F.A., interior design,
2011, womens gol, Sandviken, Sweden
D: PATRICK COOLEY, B.F.A., architecture, 2012,
mens cross country, Shawnee Mission, Kansas
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