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The
Report on
Intercollegiate
Athletics at the
College of Southern
Nevada
NSHE Board of Regents 2014
By L. Dexter Irvin Director of IntercollegiateAthletics and Recreation
(BOARD OF REGENTS 09/04/14 & 09/05/14) Ref. BOR-35b, Page 1 of 10
College of Southern Nevada-Report on Intercollegiate Athletics 2014
Executive Summary
Intercollegiate athletic programs at the College of Southern Nevada are a vibrant and stimulating
contributor to the educational mission of the institution.
The community of Henderson and Las Vegas are both aware and supportive of Coyote athletics, as
evidenced in the increase in attendance at Coyote events, increased sport fundraising and corporate
support. However the community is not yet fully engaged in the overall mission and operation of
athletics. As demonstrated by lack of faculty/staff/administrative game attendance and booster club
membership, there is also a lack of established institutional buy-in for athletics in general. Programs
will be instituted in the fall of 2014 to address these issues.
The NJCAA is not only the right place for CSN Athletics but realistically the only option. The Scenic West
Conference is a small but vibrant conference and is a good option for Coyote Athletics. With the
departure of the College of North Idaho from the league, review of program options for CSN is
important for the conference.
Academic success of student-athletes continues to mirror, or exceed in most situations, overall
institutional outcomes. Student-athletes are going to class and graduating on time. Additional efforts to
increase retention and overall numbers of graduates should be reviewed and improved.
Coaches and administrators contribute to the overall health and safety of student-athletes. What we
lack in facilities and improvements we try to compensate for with individual attention and access to
campus and community and individual resources. The athletic staff at CSN is involved in most every
home event and coaches have more responsibilities than just coaching their teams. Many coaches have
facility or game management responsibilities, and others assist with academic advising, and additional
assignments to help our students will be forthcoming as we evolve.
The foundations for NJCAA athletics which “provides growth opportunities through academic
achievement, learning in high-level athletic competition and development of positive societal attitudes
in service to community,” are alive and well at CSN Athletics.
A borrowed mantra of learning, balance, sportsmanship, service, resourcefulness and passion, are
applied on a daily basis by our students and our staff. As challenges associated with conference growth,
geography and funding models continue, the ability to maintain balance and passion will be susceptible
to the reality of our structural issues and the limitations of our resources.
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1. Overview of CSN Coyote Athletics
MISSION STATEMENT
The Office of Intercollegiate Athletics supports the academic mission of the College of Southern Nevada
while fostering connections with the greater Las Vegas community and beyond. It does so by providing
men and women the opportunity to pursue a quality education while building character and developing
leadership, teamwork and other lifelong skills.
GUIDING VALUES
In support of our mission, the Office of Intercollegiate Athletics is guided by the following values:
1. Excellence – All student-athletes, administrators, coaches, staff and volunteers are expected to
hold themselves to high standards of integrity and performance on-and-off the field, to ethical
behavior, and to sportsman-like conduct, as well as to understand that winning is not the same
thing as excellence.
2. Diversity – CSN is uniquely positioned to provide higher education access opportunities to
students from the State of Nevada, Las Vegas and beyond and is especially sensitive to ensuring
that men and women have equitable access to athletic participation opportunities; further, the
diversity of our student-athletes will be leveraged purposely to enhance the student educational
experience.
3. Honor – We encourage a strong work ethic among our coaches, staff and student-athletes, and
emphasize the importance of respecting self and others, taking personal responsibility for one’s
actions, and actively demonstrating a strong coyote spirit at all times to colleagues, teammates,
students, community members and fans.
4. Resourcefulness – The investment of resources from the College, from the State and from our
donors and supporters will be cultivated responsibly and managed carefully with an eye to
sustaining a long-term future for our athletic programs and maximizing participation for as many
students as possible. In addition, resources will be used to minimize institutional liability and
promote student health and safety to the best of our ability.
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OFFICE OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS AND RECREATION VISION STATEMENT
The Office of Intercollegiate Athletics and Recreation vision is to model excellence as a NSHE collegiate
program, as well as, a National Junior Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Program.
Thus, the Athletic Office has adopted five core values to guide decisions and behaviors in fulfilling its
mission and vision: 1) a confident and humble pride, 2) integrity in words and deeds, 3) sharing of our
success with ALL stakeholders, 4) loyalty built on honest and trusting relationships, and 5) investing in
humanity through our student athletes, employees, and our community.
GOALS OF THE OFFICE OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS
2012-16 College of Southern Nevada
• Recruit every eligible student-athlete from the greater Las Vegas and southern Nevada that can
play at this level or above.
• 100% graduation of student-athletes that stay in our program.
• Build measurable campus & community Coyote “Spirit”.
• Develop and expand recognizable branding of Coyote intercollegiate athletics and the College.
• Be fully NJCAA compliant each year.
• Develop and maintain fiscal responsibility and accountability by all sports.
• Strive to win every contest.
• Development of a single Booster Club that supports all sports and is NJCAA compliant.
• Provide departmental funding opportunities through corporate sponsorships, booster
scholarships, increased college and student funding initiatives.
• Develop and maintain athletic facilities that demonstrate our commitment to excellence, to the
College and the community, and are in compliance with Title IX.
• Continue to provide, and seek out, equitable sport opportunities for students and student-
athletes from Southern Nevada.
• Develop five year plan for athletics.
• Develop Operational handbook for department
• Refine Gender Equity Plan
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2. NJCAA Compliance at the College of Southern Nevada
a. The College of Southern Nevada reported no National Junior College Athletic Association
primary or secondary violations for the 2013-14 school year.
b. There are no current NJCAA or conference investigations underway.
c. Title IX Compliance
The Office of Intercollegiate Athletics and Recreation at the College of Southern Nevada is determined
to be in compliance with Title IX regulations as effectively as possible. In our efforts to be compliant
there are several areas in our purview that must be addressed. These efforts will require renewed and
possibly new cooperation, between academics and athletics, as well as reaching out to other areas of
the institution in order to expand our potential for success.
Recognizing the need to address potential issues, we also recognize the following as areas of strength:
Team’s budgets are allocated amongst all programs equitably.
With the addition of the Coyote Club in 2014-15, athletics is taking a proactive step to monitor
outside funding allocations. The Athletic Director will monitor the use of these funds and ensure
men and women student-athletes are provided services.
The Office of Intercollegiate Athletics is monitoring equity by providing similar benefits and
opportunities amongst all student-athletes. The process of addressing inequities is an ongoing
exercise. For this, we utilize the following standards of measurements:
a. An institution must demonstrate a history and continuing practice of program expansion for the
underrepresented sex.
b. The policies and analyses for each of the athletic programs components are analyzed for Title IX
compliance.
c. Equivalent percentages of female and male student-athletes are provided equivalent quality and
quantities of benefits and services (NCAA “Title IX Basics”).
d. One identified issue is the shortage of female coaches at the College of Southern Nevada; another is
the lack of equitable game/practice accommodations for women’s softball program.
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Several general observations are useful here about recent activities and new steps that we plan:
The Office of Intercollegiate Athletics routinely monitors squad sizes for men and women. This helps
us meet goals for participation by the women’s programs.
Build softball locker rooms and clubhouse immediately.
Develop and build gender neutral training room immediately.
A new full-time head coach position for women’s softball will be submitted for approval in 2015-16.
We will continue to monitor participation rates using the data that was included in this Gender
Equity report.
Any proposals of athletic recreational expansion will include both women’s and men’s programs
with comparable sports, and women’s programs in selected programs.
We will continue to monitor the NJCAA scholarships and see that they are distributed comparably
amongst the sports offered at the College.
We will continue to monitor equity in coaches’ positions and make sure that qualified women are
given the same opportunity to apply for positions.
Facilitate new practice and game facilities for women’s softball program by 2016.
We will continue to review staff positions for additional support to ensure that support is provided
equitably to women’s and men’s teams and to the participating student-athletes.
Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) will be formulated and they will begin to survey all
team captains to evaluate what the perceived inequities at the College of Southern Nevada.
We will continue to review all outside funds to make sure they are utilized equally or comparably for
the teams during the course of the year.
The Office of Intercollegiate Athletics and Recreation will develop a policy and procedure for
elevating a club sport to varsity sport.
The Office of Intercollegiate Athletics and Recreation will develop a policy and procedure for how it
will evaluate the high school, club/intramurals, and community survey results to determine the level
of interest from the underrepresented sex.
The Intercollegiate Athletic Committee will develop a policy and procedure for distribution and
evaluation of the survey results.
Sharing resources within the institution and community, restructuring of potential and current positions,
determining possible interest in coaching by faculty and staff, are necessary. Remodeling ourselves to a
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more traditional small college model of shared responsibility and accountability will assist us in our
endeavors.
Addressing potential inequities are measured by the following Title IX standards:
(Prong I) Participation opportunities are proportionate to enrollment at an institution. For example,
60% of enrollment is female and 60% of athletic participants are female; therefore, an institution
meets proportionately.
(Prong II) An institution demonstrates a history and continuing practice of program expansion for
the underrepresented sex. For example, an institution added women’s ice hockey within the last five
years to increase participation by 50 female athletes. This means an institution meets expansion.
(Prong III) Effectively showing that the accommodations of athletics interests and abilities for
underrepresented sex are being met. For example, the underrepresented sex at an institution is
women. The institution reviewed a strong club program such as women’s sand volleyball. This led
the institution to add women’s sand volleyball as an intercollegiate sport the following year. Thus an
institution meets accommodation and interest.
The policies and analyses for each of the program components areas as demonstrated in section 3
are analyzed for Title IX compliance.
Equivalent percentages of female and male student-athletes are provided equivalent quality and
quantities of benefits and services.
-NCAA “Title IX Basics”-
(Bonnette, Valerie M. "Organization of the Manual." Title IX and Intercollegiate Athletics: How It All
Works--In Plain English. United States: Valerie McMurtrie Bonnette, 2004. XI.
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3. CSN Coyote Academic Performance
Overall Student-Athlete GPA’s and Comparison with Non-Athlete Full Time Degree-Seekers
Based upon information provided by the office of Institutional Research it appears that student athlete
GPA’s compare favorably with the non-student athlete degree seekers at CSN. Based upon the data a
more concerted effort should be made to increase the academic success of student athletes during their
sport seasons.
Sport-By-Sport GPA Comparison
A comparison of the GPA of student-athletes shows considerable variation across the various sports
teams. The data can be summarized as follows:
1. Our women’s team had higher overall mean GPA than men’s team. Women’s softball mean
GPA for 2013-14 was 2.83, and baseball mean GPA for 2013-14 was 2.62
2. Baseball had 12 students over 3.0 and women’s softball had 12 students over 3.0 cumulative
GPA for 2013-14
3. Baseball had 5 students below 2.0 and women’s softball had 1 student below 2.0 cumulative
GPA for 2013-14.
4. Baseball had 6 students graduate in 2013-14 and women’s softball had 5 students graduate in
2014.
Headcount
Average Semester Units Attempted
Non-Weighted Average GPA
Weighted Average GPA
Average Cumulative Units Earned
Non-Weighted Cumulative GPA
Weighted Cumulative GPA
Athletes 54 15 2.982 3.041 24 2.872 2.919
Non-Athlete Full-time Degree-seekers 7318 13 2.772 2.784 33 2.853 2.948
Athletes 49 14 2.490 2.491 37 2.805 2.820
Non-Athlete Full-time Degree-seekers 5599 13 2.672 2.687 42 2.855 2.929
Fall 2013
Spring 2014
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4. Coyote Competitiveness
2014 Baseball
Current Record Overall Pct. Conference Pct. Streak Home Away Neutral
32-22 .593 18-14 .562 L1 15-11 14-8 3-3
The CSN Coyote Baseball team finished the season third in NJCAA Region 18 behind Salt Lake
Community College and Western Nevada College.
C Scott Tomassetti & Infielder Tyler Brown join Grant Heyman the SWAC conference player of the years,
as CSN 2014 Draft Selections in MLB Draft
RS-Soph. catcher Scott Tomassetti (Las Vegas, NV - Siera Vista HS) and frosh infielder Tyler Brown
(Henderson, NV -Coronado HS) were both drafted over the weekend in the MLB Draft. Tomassetti was
drafted in Round 34 to the Philadelphia Phillies and Brown in the 40th round to the Pittsburgh Pirates.
"We are very proud of Grant Heyman, Scott Tomassetti, and Tyler Brown who were all drafted in the
Major League Baseball Draft this weekend," said CSN Head Coach Nick Garritano. "Scott had a great
finish to the season in the SWAC tournament. He battled a broken hand for half of the season and came
back much earlier than expected to make a huge contribution to our club".Tomassetti hit .299 starting
25 games at catcher for the Coyotes. With 1 HR and 18 RBI, 3 doubles, second on the team with 172
putouts."Tyler had a very good year for us this past season and was named a First team SWAC infielder.
Tyler was a huge stolen base threat and a catalyst for our offense," said Garritano.Brown hit .349
(second on the team to Hymen's .377) and Brown played in 52 games, 61 hits, 31-36 SBs, 49 runs scored,
1 HR, 31 RBI.
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2014 SOFTBALL
Current Record Overall Pct. Conference Pct. Streak Home Away Neutral
40-20 .667 31-17 .646 L1 20-5 10-10 10-5
The CSN Coyote Softball team finished the season third in NJCAA Region 18 behind Salt Lake Community
College and the College of Southern Idaho. The Coyotes had many “first” during the year including a
national ranking as high as number three in the NJCAA national poll.
Coyotes' CF Ariel Frantz and SS Mikela Manewa were named to the NJCAA All-American second team.
CSN Coach Callen Perreira nears his 700th career win and earned his 100th career win at CSN earlier this
year.
Tiani Hensley will be taking the field this upcoming softball season for the Utah Valley Wolverines, after spending her last two seasons at the College of Southern Nevada. She finished the season with a .353 batting average, 12 home runs, and 60 RBI's. Hensley started 60 games for CSN and had 14 doubles, two triples and a .647 slugging percentage.
Mikela Manewa spent the last two seasons at the College of Southern Nevada earning First Team All-
Region and Second Team All-American honors. In the 2014 campaign she finished with a .471 batting
average, 20 home runs, 32 stolen bases, scoring 68 runs, and driving in 78 RBI's with a .880 slugging
percentage. She was also a star in the class in which she earned the Coyote Academic Achievement 3.0
club honors during her two years at CSN. Manewa will join a loaded Oregon State team that will feature
a top three national ranked recruiting class of 2014.
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Scenic West Athletic Conference operating procedures: http://www.scenicwestsports.com/sports/2009/10/15/PPTOC.aspx?tab=policiesprocedures The NJCAA electronic handbook: http://www.njcaa.org/Online%20Handbook_Casebook/2014-15/2014-15_NJCAA_Handbook_Online_Version.pdf