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Post by usdlaw on Jun 1, 2011 15:59:04 GMT -6
copied from an email Just an FYI for all of you – KSFY (Channel 13, ABC affiliate in Sioux Falls) is broadcasting a story on Thad Stoddard tonight on the 10 p.m. newscast. For those of you that do not live in the Sioux Falls area, hopefully the station will put a link to the story on their website, www.ksfy.com. I am not sure how Thad will be featured, but I am going to guess that it is related to an upcoming award he will receive later this week. Below is the press release about his award. South Dakota swimmer Thad Stoddard has been named a Wilma Rudolph Award Winner by the National Association of Academic Advisors for Athletics, it has been announced. Stoddard, who will be a senior next fall, is one of six national award winners to be recognized in 2011. The N4A Wilma Rudolph Student Achievement Award honors student-athletes who have overcome great personal, academic and/or emotional odds to achieve academic success while participating in intercollegiate athletics. “Thad is an exceptional young man with an extraordinary story,” South Dakota Coordinator of Academic Advising Dave Lorenz said. “I can’t think of anymore more deserving of this award than Thad Stoddard.” Stoddard (Douglas, Wyo.) has overcome adversity to become one of the top swimmers in the South Dakota men’s swimming and diving program. Stoddard, an only child, endured the death of his father in 2004 and his mother in 2009 to have a successful athletic and academic career at South Dakota. He is the school’s record holder in the 100-yard backstroke (50.34) and is also part of the 200-yard medley relay team that holds the school record (1:31.64). Stoddard also holds the USD pool record in the 100 backstroke and in the 200 freestyle relay. “It’s an outstanding award and a great honor for Thad,” South Dakota swimming and diving head coach Jason Mahowald said. “It’s an award that embodies exactly who Thad is -- strong, mentally tough and with perseverance. He is one of the most outstanding and remarkable young men I’ve ever coached.” He has earned two All-Summit League honors in his career – including one this past winter as part of South Dakota’s 200 medley relay team which placed third. He has recorded 26 event wins over the past two seasons. In the classroom, Stoddard has maintained a 3.8 GPA and is majoring in Earth Sciences. In 2009-10, he was named to the Summit League Academic All-League team and also was named to the Summit League’s Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence. Rudolph, for whom the award is named, overcame several serious illnesses as a child – including polio – to become one of the great Olympic athletes of her era. She qualified for her first Olympic games in 1956 and became the first American woman to win three gold medals at the Olympics. The first awards were given in 1991. Stoddard will be honored at a luncheon on June 4 in Dallas, Texas.
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Post by usdlaw on Jun 7, 2011 8:10:56 GMT -6
copied from an email I received, see below Argus Leader USD basketball player Jake Thomas transferring to Marquette www.argusleader.com/article/20110603/SPORTS0203/110603034/Former-USD-basketball-player-Jake-Thomas-transferring-MarquetteUSD’s Bethany Buell qualifies in pole vault www.argusleader.com/article/20110528/SPORTS0203/110602039/USD-s-Bethany-Buell-qualifies-national-meet-pole-vault?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|Sports|s USD Foundation Names Interim President www.argusleader.com/article/20110604/NEWS/106040314/-1/7daysarchives/USD-Foundation-names-interim-president Regents Chief Talks Budget Cut www.argusleader.com/article/20110605/VOICES/106050331/-1/7daysarchives/Regents-chief-talks-budget-cut-aftermath Here is the Q&A from the article (above) that relates to the facility master plan for South Dakota and South Dakota State. Note: “ED” refers to the Argus Leader Editorial Board. EB: I have a question on a different topic. Both SDSU and USD have come to the board, and in SDSU's case more than once, on plans to expand athletic facilities and basically have been told, why don't you wait on that. Is that going to change this year? WARNER: We're likely to consider those requests at our next board meeting, and if not that one certainly in June. But before the end of this fiscal year we will give consideration to those. EB: What does that mean - give consideration to them? You mean take action on them one way or another? WARNER: Well, what it means in practical terms is that we would say that you have the go-ahead to develop a facility design plan, form a building committee, and begin the formal process of selecting an architect. Designing more specifically what these things are going to look like so that you can go present to potential donors. EB: Are those privately funded projects, aren't they? WARNER: Well, as long as they are ... EB: At least that was my understanding. WARNER: That's the understanding. Yes, the devil is in the details, isn't it? As long as those are clear caveats that we don't want to see an impact on student fees and we don't want to see additional state money. And, you know, we have had to attend to the budget cuts. That's been the big story this year, and we put our efforts in maintaining the academic quality. I did not want to be distracted by discussions of athletic facilities in that context. First things first. EB: But, Jack, you also wouldn't argue with the importance that athletics plays, and has actually had a greater importance that comes into play in those two universities in recent years. It's become a major strategy for them, has it not? WARNER: Absolutely. I wouldn't want to take that away. When USD went up to Minneapolis and beat U of M, that was huge for them, and that is the kind of victory that gets some money pouring for a new stadium, and we are certainly mindful of that. But athletics has a place at our institutions, and while it will help the agenda of recruiting more students, and recruiting out-of-state students, and all of that, it's still is not primary. It's important, but it's not primary. So we will give it consideration, and I would expect those things to be on the board agenda soon, and then the process is underway. And then the real test of can you get, in the case of SDSU, that's about a $70 million project. And it is needed. I've sat in those stands. That's old infrastructure, it's old concrete, and, while I didn't worry too much, the University of Rhode Island stands were much worse than that. So I'm not too worried about it collapsing any time soon, but it's time has come. So we will take the matter up. Sioux City Journal Thomas Leaving USD for Marquette www.siouxcityjournal.com/blogs/cheap_seats/article_03a92001-2a46-5056-9815-f516e40bf61f.html South Dakota’s Powell Receives Preseason Award www.siouxcityjournal.com/sports/football/college/usd/article_98519f72-8a00-5f5a-aefa-b0218aae132e.html USD athletic department lending a helping hand www.siouxcityjournal.com/blogs/cheap_seats/article_c88e9b9d-efe4-5aae-984b-2475bce40a39.html Johnson, Boyd land on Great West first team www.siouxcityjournal.com/sports/softball/college/usd/article_80936698-8a44-5e38-8edd-7850341a7277.htmlYankton P and D Thomas Headed to Marquette yankton.net/articles/2011/06/03/sports/doc4de858132b785028554122.txtFour Coyotes Earn Academic All-District Honors yankton.net/articles/2011/06/03/sports/doc4de857eb00bec702807962.txt USD’s Powell Earns Preseason Recognition yankton.net/articles/2011/06/03/sports/doc4de857fe86e0b864632744.txtUSD Athletics Assists in Flood Preparation Efforts yankton.net/articles/2011/06/02/sports/doc4de6fcb884377626552080.txt USD’s Snyder Caps Freshman Season with Shot Put Win yankton.net/articles/2011/06/01/sports/doc4de5acc65d454373695181.txt KELO McCook Lake Residents Get Help From USD Athletes www.keloland.com/sports/NewsDetail7984.cfm?Id=116155 NCAA.com Buell is lone Coyote in championship www.ncaa.com/news/trackfield-outdoor-women/2011-06-02/buell-lone-coyote-championship
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Post by usdlaw on Jun 8, 2011 13:25:48 GMT -6
South Dakota Student-Athletes Continue Academic Success in Spring 2011 www.usdcoyotes.com/sports/news/release.asp?release_id=6447Vermillion, S.D. -- Student-athletes at the University of South Dakota continued to succeed in the classroom during the Spring 2011 semester, posting a collective 3.195 term Grade Point Average (GPA), the South Dakota athletic department announced on Wednesday. “The student-athletes at South Dakota continue to commit themselves to succeeding both athletically and academically,” South Dakota Athletic Director David Sayler said. “Having 14 teams attain a 3.0 GPA or higher indicates the efforts put in by the Coyote student-athletes are being rewarded.” Fourteen of USD’s 17 teams attained GPAs of 3.0 or higher for the spring semester, and 14 of the 17 teams have cumulative GPAs above 3.0 as well. For the women’s teams, softball posted the highest semester GPA at 3.513, followed by women’s track and field at 3.457, women’s basketball with a 3.384 and women’s swimming and diving with a 3.349. Coyote men’s sports were highlighted by men’s swimming with a 3.134 team cumulative GPA at the conclusion of the spring term. Men’s track and field obtained a 3.132 and men’s basketball is at 3.015. "I am very proud of our student-athletes,” South Dakota Director of Academic Advising Dave Lorenz said. “They understand they are students first. Their work ethic in the classroom and on the field is incredible.” For the spring semester, 49 USD student-athletes attained a 4.0 GPA, while 152 had term GPAs of 3.0 or higher. Ten student-athletes have 4.0 cumulative GPAs, while 180 have cumulative GPAs of 3.0 or higher.
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Post by usdlaw on Jun 8, 2011 13:26:58 GMT -6
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Post by #1CoyoteFan (Admin) on Jun 8, 2011 14:59:08 GMT -6
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Post by usdlaw on Jun 10, 2011 7:25:55 GMT -6
I was sent this yesterday and thought some of you may enjoy reading it. www.statecollege.com/news/columns/jay-paterno-pay-studentathletes-theyre-already-getting-a-great-deal-766175 Jay Paterno: Pay Student-Athletes? They're Already Getting a Great Deal June 2, 2011 by Jay Paterno "At the last meeting of Big Ten coaches, athletic directors and administrators, Big Ten commissioner Jim Delaney threw out an idea that has been tossed around the NCAA for decades: paying college athletes. In light of the recent situations involving players at numerous schools selling personal memorabilia, some have advocated paying the players as a way to avoid such problems in the future. The idea is that paying an athlete's "cost of attendance" – in some cases up to $10,000 on top of their scholarship – would be fair since big-time football and basketball players generate so much money for their schools. Let me start the argument by making a proposal to parents and students alike. I am going to ask you to work no more than 20 hours a week for 21 weeks – with at least one mandatory day off every week. For another 23 weeks you'll work no more than eight hours a week. You'll get eight weeks off. (These are all NCAA-mandated time limits). You will receive fall, spring and both summer sessions of education, plus room, board and all fees paid. For the 604 hours you put in, you'll get an education valued at $33,976 in state and $50,286 out of state (using last year's numbers from Penn State, the latest available). Keep in mind that number does not include several hundred dollars per semester for books and supplies, which are covered under the NCAA scholarship. At those rates, the student-athlete on full scholarship to Penn State will earn $56.25 per hour if he is an in-state student and $83.25 per hour if he is an out-of-state student. As a bonus, this full scholarship allows you access to tutors and computer labs and player lounges – all free to you, the student-athlete. Any medical costs incurred beyond your insurance are covered. You can be flown home at the school's expense for funerals or family emergencies. There can be bowl gifts of several hundred dollars as well. If you and your family have financial difficulties, this scholarship also allows you to receive any Pell Grant money you are qualified for up to the federal maximum of $5,550 per year. There's also a needy student fund allowing for several hundred dollars a year to buy clothes. When it comes right down to it, this pay package looks pretty good to most of America. An opportunity to attend some of the top universities in the country and graduate with no student loans to pay off looks good when you consider the average college student in this country starts off with $24,000 in debt the day they graduate. We haven't even begun to discuss the hundreds of thousands of extra earnings you can realize over your lifetime with a college degree that you wouldn't make without one. Lest we forget, the "job" you'll have is playing football or basketball – a sport you love. If you have the ability and the drive, you will have a chance to play professionally after graduation at a starting salary better than anyone else in your graduating class. But forget the NFL or NBA for a moment. If I offered that deal to every parent in this country, how many would grumble and say that it isn't enough? But no one discusses this side of the argument. Even members of the media will say this whole thing isn't really about education. There is the rub. There is the problem. No one sells the student-athletes on the idea that they are getting paid more than $80 an hour for a part-time job. No one tells the student-athlete to go talk to other students on campus who work 30 or 40 hours some weeks and will still owe tens of thousands of dollars when they graduate. It is all about perspective. The reality is that a few hundred more dollars or even a few thousand dollars to help cover the cost of attendance isn't going to erase the cheating that goes on. The cheating that's going on is for a lot more money than the cost of attendance. The problem is what society sells to big-time athletes and their families. Society sells lights, camera, the NFL or NBA. Those are sexy products. What isn't being sold is education, studying and a chance to enrich the mind and get rich in the classroom. While I applaud the idea of evaluating what we can do to help student-athletes, the truth is that the package they are getting is a strong pay structure. Schools, athletes and their families need to be reminded of what they are getting and how they can get the full value of the pay package they're receiving. If a student-athlete demands the educational opportunity he is entitled to for his work on the field or the court, then he has received the most valuable pay he could get. Ultimately they control how much value they get from the university. If they fail to see it, they should walk through campus and ask around to see how many other students would gladly take the deal that the full-scholarship student-athlete is getting."
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Post by usdlaw on Jun 13, 2011 14:24:07 GMT -6
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Post by usdlaw on Jun 14, 2011 7:22:05 GMT -6
South Dakota 3rd in 2010-11 Great West Conference Commissioner's Cup www.usdcoyotes.com/sports/news/release.asp?release_id=6449GWC Release attached (pdf) Naperville, Ill. -- The University of South Dakota finished third in the Great West Conference Commissioner's Cup, the league announced on Monday. It is the second straight year the Coyotes have finished in the top three in the cup. The GWC Commissioner’s Cup is given each year to the Great West member which accumulates the most points in relationship to placement in conference-sponsored championships for its combined men’s and women’s athletic programs. South Dakota finished with 63.5 points. South Dakota won Great West titles in men's and women's indoor track while placing second in women's basketball and men's and women's outdoor track. The Coyote track and field teams led the way by earning a three-peat at the Great West Conference Indoor Championships, accounting for 16 points. Coaches Lucky Huber and Dave Gottsleben were named GWC Coaches of the Year for the third straight year. Freshman Tansha Clarke (St. Catherine, Jamaica) was named the GWC Women’s Freshman of the Year while sophomore Bethany Buell (St. Louis, Mo.) received the award for the top women’s performance after a record-shattering effort in the pole vault. Both Coyote teams placed second at the Great West Conference Outdoor Championships in May to earn a combined 14 points, with senior Jasmine Mosley (Bellevue, Neb.) earned Outstanding Performance Honors after winning three events at the meet. The Coyote women's basketball team earned six points. They played host to Idaho in the first round of the Women's Basketball Invitational and earned a 62-47 win over the Vandals for their first-ever postseason win. South Dakota also finished 10-2 in the Great West Conference and was the only league team to defeat conference champion Chicago State during the regular season. Junior forward Amber Hegge (Crofton, Neb.) was named to the All-Great West Conference first-team while junior center Jodie Boss (Columbus, Neb.) was named the GWC Defensive Player of the Year. Women's and men's cross country and volleyball each earned five points, while men's basketball earned four. South Dakota finished with 121 All-Great West Conference honorees in 2010-11, with men's and women's track (indoor and outdoor) leading the way with 86, followed by football with 15. A total of 28 South Dakota student-athletes earned Great West All-Academic honors for the fall of 2010, while the Coyotes had 37 individuals earn GWC Athlete/Player of the Week honors. 2010-11Great West Commissioner's Cup Final Standings 1. Utah Valley, 80.5 2. North Dakota, 68.0 3. South Dakota, 63.5 4. Houston Baptist, 58.5 5. Texas-Pan American, 46.5 6. NJIT, 32.5 7. Chicago State, 25.0
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Post by usdlaw on Jun 24, 2011 12:13:14 GMT -6
I didn't know about this Blog until Herbster sent out an email this morning. Enjoy. www.usdcoyotes.com/info/blog/archive.asp Coyote Chatter Growing Visibility With the move to Division I, South Dakota’s athletic program has seen its visibility continue to grow. The Coyote football team’s huge win over Minnesota last season certainly contributed to that. South Dakota’s recruiting base has also grown as well, as the Coyotes have not only signed talented prospects from across the United States, but from countries such as Australia, England, France and Canada as well. But another reason for that visibility are the venues where the Coyote teams are competing now. There have been familiar trips for Coyote teams in the Midwest – Fargo, N.D., Brookings, S.D., and Omaha, Neb., are examples – but as the move to Division I as continued to progress, the competition sites have continued to change and spread across the U.S. For instance, in 2010-11, South Dakota had teams compete in New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, Houston, Texas – and Dallas, Texas – five of the top 10 media markets in the United States. To show just how much that exposure has increased nationally – look no further than many of the cities where Coyote teams competed in 2010-11. Here are some of the places where Coyote teams competed in 2010-11: Ames, Iowa Asuza, Calif. Bakersfield, Calif. Chicago Colorado Springs, Colo. Daytona Beach, Fla. Dekalb, Ill. Des Moines, Iowa Edinburg, Texas Edwardsville, Ill. (outside of St. Louis) Eugene, Ore. Fairfield, Conn. Farmer’s Branch, Texas (outside of Dallas) Farmville, Va. Flagstaff, Ariz. Fort Collins, Colo. Green Bay, Wis. Houston, Texas Indianapolis, Ind. Iowa City, Iowa Ithaca, N.Y. Jacksonville, Fla. Kansas City, MO. Kissimmee, Fla. Las Vegas Lawrence, Kan. Lincoln, Neb. Los Angeles Madison, Wis. Milwaukee, Wis. Minneapolis, Minn. Newark, N.J. New York Olathe, Kan. (outside of Kansas City, Kan.) Orem, Utah Palo Alto, Calif. Primm, Nev. Santa Barbara, Calif. Sedona, Ariz. Scottsdale, Ariz. Tempe, Ariz. Walnut, Calif. About Coyote Chatter Coyote Chatter is the sports information blog put together by USD sports information coordinator Tom Berg. This will be updated periodically, and also includes the Where Are They Now? Feature. If you have any submissions for updates on former athletes, coaches, etc., for this feature, please email tom.berg@usd.edu. We will also provide short tidbits on other former Coyotes. Blog Archive
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