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August 11, 2010
Fall sport tryouts scheduled
Athletes who are
still on the fence about playing men's soccer, golf or women's tennis at Moraine
Valley can head to tryouts throughout August.
On Thursday, Aug.
19, at 1 p.m., the men's golf team is having an open tryout session at the
Water's Edge Golf Club, 115th Street and Harlem Ave. For more information, call
coach Bob Freudenthal at (708) 974-5582.
Female tennis players
are encouraged to try out for the women's tennis team on Monday, Aug.
23, at 3 p.m. Tryouts will be held on the tennis courts located on the west side
of campus. All questions should be directed to coach Bill Finn, (708) 974-5213.
June 16, 2010
Several Cyclones
named to Skyway Conference All-Academic team & NJCAA All-American
Moraine Valley student-athletes were using
not only their athletic skills this year but also working diligently in the
classroom. Thirty-two student-athletes were named to the Illinois Skyway
Collegiate Conference All-Academic team and nine were NJCAA Academic
All-Americans for the 2009-10 school year.
To qualify for the conference distinction, students must have earned a 3.0 or
higher G.P.A. after completing at least 48 course credit hours while
participating in one of the college’s 12 sports. Within the eight colleges in
the conference, Moraine Valley had the most athletes honored—25 percent.
The 32 Moraine Valley athletes selected were soccer players Nadia Equihua
(Argo), Kelly Pecka (Shepard), Jose Alonso (Whitney Young), Matt Brady (Brother
Rice), Chris Frazzini (Sandburg), Dominick Hradecki (Reavis), Efrain Jimenez
(Sandburg), Djordje Lucic (Sandburg), Christian Marquez (Argo), Kyle Mastey
(Andrew), and Mariusz Waksmundzki (Reavis); basketball players Jessica Groszek
(Tinley Park), Sharnita Lloyd (Eisenhower) and Scott Lyons (Ridgewood Baptist);
tennis players Nicholle Rusnak (Stagg), Carrie Wolf (Shepard) and Terrence
Gamboa (Reavis); volleyball players Melissa Barber (Oak Lawn) and Dana Long
(Evergreen Park); cross country runners Cristina Dongo (Bremen), Julia Gonzalez
(Sandburg), Melissa Janda (Stagg), and Jim Johnson (Reavis); softball players
Elizabeth Healy (Marist), Jayne Joyce (Mt. Assisi), Samantha Salis (Mother
McAuley), and Kelly Small (Oak Lawn); baseball players Dennis De La Rosa (Jones
College Prep), John Harris (Marian Catholic), Jordan Jones (Seton), John Pikes
(St. Laurence), and Ben Szafoni (Richards).
Being named an NJCAA Academic All-American requires having higher than a 3.6
G.P.A. after 45 course credit hours and participating in the college’s sport for
a least one season. Brady, De La Rosa, Equihua, Frazzini, Groszek, Johnson, Joyce,
Wolf, and golfer Matt Lovelace (Lyons Township) received this honor. Groszek and
Frazzini had distinguished honors for earning a 3.8 G.P.A. or higher.
"I’m proud of these student-athletes and their distinguished academic
performance at Moraine Valley. This is a great achievement and says a lot about
our students,” said Athletics director Bill Finn. “I think Gloria Coughlin, our
Athlete Success Coordinator, has proven to be a huge asset as demonstrated by
the success of these athletes.”
May 20, 2010
Moraine Valley to host youth
basketball, volleyball and tennis summer camps
Boys and girls looking to improve their
basketball, volleyball or tennis skills are invited to register for Moraine
Valley’s summer sports camps.
The 2010 Basketball Camp for boys and girls entering third through eighth grades
will be held Monday, July 12, through Thursday, July 15, from 9 to 11 a.m. Bill
Finn, Moraine Valley Athletics director and former men’s basketball coach, is
heading this camp. The camp will help develop and improve fundamental basketball
skills for youths of all abilities through group and individual drills,
instruction and team play.
The 2010 Volleyball Camp for boys and girls entering fifth through ninth grades
will take place Monday, July 12, through Thursday, July 15, from noon until 2
p.m. Moraine Valley women’s volleyball head coach Gloria Coughlin is leading
this camp. Participants will improve and develop fundamental volleyball skills
through group work and individual attention.
The 2010 Tennis Camps for boys and girls entering second through ninth grades
will take place in one of three sessions Monday, July 5, through Friday, July 9;
Monday, July 12, through Friday, July 16; or Monday, August 2, through Friday,
August 6, which excludes sessions for ninth graders.
The cost for the
basketball and volleyball camp is $70 and for tennis camp the cost is $75. Both
basketball and volleyball camps are held in Moraine Valley’s gymnasium. The
tennis camps will be conducted on the tennis courts on the southwest side of
campus. Participants can only register through Moraine Valley’s Athletics
Department. For more information call (708) 974-5727.
March 30, 2010
Student-athletes have higher rate
of graduating
Moraine Valley looked at 1,398 first-time,
full-time certificate or degree-seeking students entering the college during the
fall semester of 2006, tracking them for three years. Twenty-three of those
students were first-time, full-time athletes entering the college and receiving
athletically related student aid. After three years (as of August 31, 2009) 39
percent had graduated from Moraine Valley and 30 percent had transferred to
another college without completing a degree. For non student-athletes, 18
percent had graduated from Moraine Valley, 31 percent had transferred to another
college without completing a degree and 24 percent were still enrolled at the
college.
“It is a great testament to our Athletics staff that the student-athletes
academic support programs we have in place seem to be working because our
student-athlete graduation rates are high,” said Athletics director Bill Finn.
Disclaimer: Graduation rates are affected by a number of factors. Some students
leave because their career goals changed and some leave when they get a job.
Some may leave because of academic deficiencies. Some students begin full-time
but are unable to continue attending full-time and thus would need more than
three years to graduate.
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