Notes On A Scorecard
4/16/2014 12:00:00 AM | General
April 16, 2014
DEADLINE NEARING
We're now less than 10 days away from our April 25 deadline to renew your football season tickets and make your upgrade request. We're well on our way to a third consecutive sellout for season tickets, and can't thank you enough for your support of the Horned Frogs! Also, don't forget to request your tickets to road games at the same time you renew your season tickets.
WELCOME CENTER/HALL OF FAME
One of the many great features of our new basketball home will be the 10,000-square foot Welcome Center and Hall of Fame. If you have some historic TCU memorabilia that you'd like to donate as a possible fit for this exciting new addition, please contact associate athletics director T. Ross Bailey (r.bailey@tcu.edu).
COODY CLASSIC APPROACHING
As a reminder, our annual Charles Coody TCU Coaches Classic will be held April 29 at the Texas Star Golf Club in Euless. Join Gary Patterson and our head coaches for a day of fun on the links. Prizes include gear from Augusta National Golf Club. This year's player gift packet includes something high tech and tickets to the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial! Sign up today and support scholarships for our student-athletes. Please register online at www.tcufrogclub.com or by calling (817) 257-7700.
SUCCESSFUL WEEKENDS
Last weekend was a great one for the Horned Frogs! Women's tennis won a pair of Big 12 matches over Kansas State and Kansas, baseball took two of three at Kansas, men's tennis swept Rice and track and field totaled eight first-place finishes at the Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational at UCLA.
PACKING THEM IN
Our men's tennis program once again ranks No. 1 in the nation for attendance! In our regular-season home finale, we had a season-best crowd of 1,254 on hand for a 7-0 win over Rice. We very much appreciate everyone who made it to the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center this spring. You truly showed that TCU sets the standard in collegiate tennis for attendance and game-day atmosphere. Make sure to support both our men's and women's programs when we host the Big 12 Championships on April 24-27.
INCOMING FROGS
Congratulations to Chauncey Collins, our men's basketball early signee in November, on being named the Super 5 Player of the Year by The Oklahoman. Chauncey, from Oklahoma City, averaged 28.3 points per game, including a 58-point effort.
ON THE DOCKET
Baseball continues its stretch of eight out of nine games away from home when it travels to Texas for a three-game series beginning Thursday at 6 p.m. First pitch is also at 6 p.m. on Friday and at 4 p.m. on Saturday. If you can't make it to Austin, all three games will be televised on the Longhorn Network. Our equestrian and track and field programs will both head to Waco this weekend. Equestrian will be at the National Championships, while track and field will compete at the Michael Johnson Invitational. Men's tennis closes its regular season on Friday night at Texas Tech.
BIG 12 CORNER
The Big 12 is currently ranked second in the nation in RPI for baseball. With five wins in our last six conference games, our baseball program is now 7-5 in the Big 12 and in third place. We're just 1 1/2 games behind conference-leading Texas.
MEET THE STAFF
John Kenneson is in his 10th year as associate head coach for our track and field program. John oversees all throwing events for us and also supervises the strength training for the throwing athletes. Over the last three decades, he has guided 41 All-Americans, an Olympian and countless Olympic Trial qualifiers and conference champions. Prior to arriving at TCU, John worked with the highly successful track and field programs at Auburn, Kentucky, Florida and NC State. Overall, John has been a Division I coach for 31 years. Born in Vancouver, John is a graduate of Missouri State. He and his wife, Kim, have four children: Kyle (28), Brandon (27), Tori (23) and Rachael (21).
NAME THE MOVIE QUOTE
Last Week's Answer: Matthew Broderick, in arguably his career-defining role as Ferris Bueller, said, "The question isn't 'what are we going to do,' the question is 'what aren't we going to do?'"
This Week's Quote: "Does Barry Manilow know that you raid his wardrobe?"
COMPLIANCE CORNER
A local seafood restaurant would like to recognize the Ocean State University (OSU) men's basketball team for winning its first ever national championship. The restaurant bought advertising space on a billboard near campus that reads "Congratulations Ocean State University Men's Basketball Team -- ORCAS First National Championship!"
Is this permissible?
Yes with conditions. NCAA Bylaw 12.5.1.4 states that it is permissible for a student-athlete's name or picture, or the group picture of an institution's athletics squad, to appear in an advertisement of a particular business, commercial product or service, provided: (Revised: 5/21/08) (a.) The primary purpose of the advertisement is to publicize the sponsor's congratulations to the student-athlete or team; (b.) The advertisement does not include a reproduction of the product with which the business is associated or any other item or description identifying the business or service other than its name or trademark; (c.) There is no indication in the makeup or wording of the advertisement that the squad members, individually or collectively, or the institution endorses the product or service of the advertiser; (d.) The student-athlete has not signed a consent or release granting permission to use the student-athlete's name or picture in a manner inconsistent with the requirements of this section; and (e.) If the student-athlete has received a prize from a commercial sponsor in conjunction with participation in a promotional contest and the advertisement involves the announcement of receipt of the prize, the receipt of the prize is consistent with the provisions of Bylaw 12.5.2.3.3 and official interpretations. (Revised: 11/1/07 effective 8/1/08)
KEEP IN TOUCH
Please let us know if you ever have any questions or concerns regarding our program. This is also your program and we value your feedback. We welcome all calls and emails.
Go Frogs!
Christopher M. Del Conte
Director of Intercollegiate Athletics
