Notes on a Scorecard
5/24/2017 12:00:00 AM | General
May 24, 2017 PURPLE WITH PURPOSE
As you likely saw on social media and our website, we were incredibly proud to have recently had 14 student-athletes travel to Panama to represent TCU and work with underprivileged children. Among their daily interactions were helping paint and renovate a school in the remote Darien Province.
We created Purple with Purpose to provide our student-athletes with an opportunity to have a global experience, something that's nearly impossible for them to do in the same manner as traditional students.
A special thank you to Malcolm Louden who provided the inspiration for this trip and to TCU graduate and local businessman Miguel Reyes for meeting us in Panama and arranging all the supplies and logistics for the service project. In addition to TCU faculty and staff that traveled, our student-athletes making the trip were:
Adeola Akomolafe, women's basketball
Olivia Canales, beach volleyball
Rachel Garner, rifle
Nathan Hernandez, football
Kyle Hicks, football
Amanda Key, women's swimming and diving
Katie Lund, soccer
Grace Newell, women's swimming and diving
Shaun Nixon, football
Michelle Prokof, soccer
Barrett Ray, rifle
Toree Thompson, women's basketball
Michael Williams, men's basketball
Mykah Wilson, volleyball
IMPORTANT FROG CLUB NOTE
Please mark your calendar that next Wednesday, May 31, is the last opportunity to increase your priority points and Donor Rewards Giving Level. Gifts made to the Frog Club by May 31 will be used for the Priority Points Calculation for Men's Basketball Season Ticket upgrades.
CLICK HERE to make your gift today! Please direct all questions to the TCU Frog Club at 817.257.7700.
THE DAN JENKINS PRESS BOX
We're excited to pay tribute to a true TCU and Fort Worth icon with the naming of the Dan Jenkins Press Box at Amon G. Carter Stadium. There's no doubt that Dan is on the Mount Rushmore of sportswriters! We'll officially dedicate the Dan Jenkins Press Box next week. As I'm sure you can imagine, it will be fun to hear Dan's remarks!
FROM THE TICKET OFFICE
Please call the ticket office today (817.257.3764) to get on the wait list for new football season-ticket sales taking place this week before the general public sales begin next week.
POSTSEASON FROGS
Congrats to our men's tennis program on its second consecutive Big 12 Championship, winning both the regular season and tournament titles! David Roditi's squad made a great run to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Championships, before dropping a tough 4-3 match to Ohio State.
We had another Big 12 title this spring with our baseball program. It was the 13th conference championship season in 14 years under head coach Jim Schlossnagle.
The 2016-17 athletics season will see us have 16 of our 21 sports represented in postseason play!
ON THE DOCKET
First pitch is 4 p.m. Wednesday for our Big 12 champion baseball program versus Kansas at the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship in Oklahoma City. Men's and women's track and field begin their postseason Thursday with 23 entries at the NCAA West Prelims in Austin.
NAME THE MOVIE QUOTE
Last Edition's Answer: The obnoxious brother Derek, in Step Brothers, said to his wife Alice, "Dane Cook, pay-per-view, 20 minutes, let's go!"
This Week's Question: "It's the same old story. Boy finds girl, boy loses girl, girl finds boy, boy forgets girl, boy remembers girl, girl dies in a tragic blimp accident over the Orange Bowl on New Year's Day."
COMPLIANCE CORNER
Fast Break is a basketball student-athlete at Ocean State University (OSU). Fast competed for OSU during the Fall 2016 semester but became academically ineligible for the Spring 2017 semester. OSU is participating in a foreign tour this summer. Even though Fast was not eligible during the spring semester, could he be eligible to compete in the summer foreign tour?
Yes. NCAA Staff Interpretation - 5/15/14 - Eligibility for Foreign Tour If Ineligible During a Term of the Previous Academic Year (I) - states that a student-athlete who is eligible for any term during the previous academic year at the certifying institution would be eligible to compete in the institution's foreign tour taken during the summer immediately following that same academic year. For example, if a student-athlete is eligible in the fall term at the certifying institution, but not eligible in the spring term of the same academic year, the student-athlete would be eligible to compete in the institution's summer foreign tour taken during the summer after the conclusion of the preceding academic year.
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
As you likely saw on social media and our website, we were incredibly proud to have recently had 14 student-athletes travel to Panama to represent TCU and work with underprivileged children. Among their daily interactions were helping paint and renovate a school in the remote Darien Province.
We created Purple with Purpose to provide our student-athletes with an opportunity to have a global experience, something that's nearly impossible for them to do in the same manner as traditional students.
A special thank you to Malcolm Louden who provided the inspiration for this trip and to TCU graduate and local businessman Miguel Reyes for meeting us in Panama and arranging all the supplies and logistics for the service project. In addition to TCU faculty and staff that traveled, our student-athletes making the trip were:
Adeola Akomolafe, women's basketball
Olivia Canales, beach volleyball
Rachel Garner, rifle
Nathan Hernandez, football
Kyle Hicks, football
Amanda Key, women's swimming and diving
Katie Lund, soccer
Grace Newell, women's swimming and diving
Shaun Nixon, football
Michelle Prokof, soccer
Barrett Ray, rifle
Toree Thompson, women's basketball
Michael Williams, men's basketball
Mykah Wilson, volleyball
IMPORTANT FROG CLUB NOTE
Please mark your calendar that next Wednesday, May 31, is the last opportunity to increase your priority points and Donor Rewards Giving Level. Gifts made to the Frog Club by May 31 will be used for the Priority Points Calculation for Men's Basketball Season Ticket upgrades.
CLICK HERE to make your gift today! Please direct all questions to the TCU Frog Club at 817.257.7700.
THE DAN JENKINS PRESS BOX
We're excited to pay tribute to a true TCU and Fort Worth icon with the naming of the Dan Jenkins Press Box at Amon G. Carter Stadium. There's no doubt that Dan is on the Mount Rushmore of sportswriters! We'll officially dedicate the Dan Jenkins Press Box next week. As I'm sure you can imagine, it will be fun to hear Dan's remarks!
FROM THE TICKET OFFICE
Please call the ticket office today (817.257.3764) to get on the wait list for new football season-ticket sales taking place this week before the general public sales begin next week.
POSTSEASON FROGS
Congrats to our men's tennis program on its second consecutive Big 12 Championship, winning both the regular season and tournament titles! David Roditi's squad made a great run to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Championships, before dropping a tough 4-3 match to Ohio State.
We had another Big 12 title this spring with our baseball program. It was the 13th conference championship season in 14 years under head coach Jim Schlossnagle.
The 2016-17 athletics season will see us have 16 of our 21 sports represented in postseason play!
ON THE DOCKET
First pitch is 4 p.m. Wednesday for our Big 12 champion baseball program versus Kansas at the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship in Oklahoma City. Men's and women's track and field begin their postseason Thursday with 23 entries at the NCAA West Prelims in Austin.
NAME THE MOVIE QUOTE
Last Edition's Answer: The obnoxious brother Derek, in Step Brothers, said to his wife Alice, "Dane Cook, pay-per-view, 20 minutes, let's go!"
This Week's Question: "It's the same old story. Boy finds girl, boy loses girl, girl finds boy, boy forgets girl, boy remembers girl, girl dies in a tragic blimp accident over the Orange Bowl on New Year's Day."
COMPLIANCE CORNER
Fast Break is a basketball student-athlete at Ocean State University (OSU). Fast competed for OSU during the Fall 2016 semester but became academically ineligible for the Spring 2017 semester. OSU is participating in a foreign tour this summer. Even though Fast was not eligible during the spring semester, could he be eligible to compete in the summer foreign tour?
Yes. NCAA Staff Interpretation - 5/15/14 - Eligibility for Foreign Tour If Ineligible During a Term of the Previous Academic Year (I) - states that a student-athlete who is eligible for any term during the previous academic year at the certifying institution would be eligible to compete in the institution's foreign tour taken during the summer immediately following that same academic year. For example, if a student-athlete is eligible in the fall term at the certifying institution, but not eligible in the spring term of the same academic year, the student-athlete would be eligible to compete in the institution's summer foreign tour taken during the summer after the conclusion of the preceding academic year.
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
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