scad athletics guide

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The Savannah College o Art and Design is a private, nonprot, accredited institution conerring bachelors and

masters degrees at distinctive locations and online to prepare talented students or proessional careers. SCAD

oers degrees in more than 40 areas o study, as well as minors in nearly 60 disciplines in Savannah and Atlanta,

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SCAD has more than 20,000 alumni and oers an exceptional education and unparalleled career preparation. Thediverse student body, consisting o more than 11,000 students, comes rom all 50 United States and more than

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through individual attention in an inspiring university environment. SCADs innovative curriculum is enhanced

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Dear riends,

Welcome to SCAD! Intercollegiate athletics are a vital part o the

SCAD experience, and the SCAD athletics department is deeply

committed to strengthening the minds and bodies o our student-

athletes. Every SCAD athletics program endeavors to achieve

the highest standards o character, teamwork and air play, as

well as athletic excellence. Led by our outstanding coaches and

sta members, SCAD student-athletes strive toward unparalleled

success at practice, at play, at work and in the community.

For more inormation about SCAD athletics or or regular updates

on athletic events and schedules, visit scadathletics.com. On behalo the entire university, I thank you or your support o SCAD

athletics and or your continued commitment to the success o

SCAD student-athletes. Go Bees!

Sincerely,

Paula Wallace

SCAD President and Cofounder

P R E S I D E N TWAL L A C EA L ETTER FROM


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SCAD is committed to the ideal that academic pursuits

should be the top priority or all student-athletes. The

university competes at the intercollegiate level in cross

country, track and eld, equestrian, gol, lacrosse,

soccer, swimming, and tennis.

Initially a member o the National Association o

Intercollegiate Athletics rom 1987-92, SCAD then

transitioned to Division III o the National Collegiate

Athletic Association. The SCAD Bees sent 20 teams

to NCAA postseason competition between 1996 and2003, and every SCAD athletics team logged a winning

record during the 2001-02 season.

Beore the start o the 2003-04 season, SCAD renewedits membership with the NAIA and now competes in the

Sun Conerence (ormerly the Florida Sun Conerence).In Fall 2010, SCAD Atlanta began competing at the

intercollegiate level in NAIA mens and womens cross

country, soccer, gol and tennis.

In recent years, SCAD Savannahs athletic teams havebeen ranked among the nations top 25 teams. SCAD

athletics has established an outstanding legacy byrecruiting talented student-athletes and elding teams in

the tradition o excellence or which SCAD is best known.

The mens and womens swimming teams once againcompeted at a high level during the 2012 NAIA National

Championships, securing eight national titles with our

o those swims setting national records. The mens and

womens swimming teams have won a combined total

o 39 national titles.

The equestrian team captured its eighth Aliated

National Riding Commissions National IntercollegiateRiding Championship team title in 2012. The equestrian

team has won 31 ANRC and IHSA national titles.

The womens lacrosse team won the 2012 National

Womens Lacrosse League (NWLL) National

Championship in its rst year o membership as well

as earning NWLL Coach o the Year and Player o the

Year honors.

Each year SCAD student-athletes have been recognized

locally, regionally and nationally or excellence in the

classroom as well as in athletic competition. Through

a combination o academic, artistic and athletic talent,

dedicated teamwork, and the guidance and experience

o a remarkable coaching sta, SCAD has created a

winning tradition.

Opportunities or athletic participation also existthrough the vast oerings o the universitys intramural

programs, including volleyball, basketball, fag ootball,

soccer, sotball and various other activities.

A B O U T S C A D A T H L E T I C S


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The SCAD athletics department exists to provide students

with opportunities to enrich their college experience

through intercollegiate and intramural sports, tness, and

recreational opportunities in a positive environment.

NAIAs mission is to promote the education and

development o students through intercollegiate

athletics participation.

N A I AS C A D A T H L E T I C SMISS IO N STATE MENT MI SS I O N STATEME NT


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Doug Wollenburg takes over the reins o the SCAD

Savannah athletic department as the director o

athletics ater completing his 11th year as head baseball

coach at the Savannah College o Art and Design.

Over the past 11 years, the SCAD baseball programhas averaged 27 wins per year. SCAD is one o only

two colleges in the Sun Conerence that has nished

in the top our during the last six seasons, and the

team has earned a trip to post-season tournament

play seven out o the past eight years.

Under Wollenburgs guidance, the SCAD baseball

team has produced 13 Academic All-Americans, 25 All-

Sun Conerence players and six NAIA All-Americans.Three players have been drated by Major League

organizations. SCAD baseball has been honored asan NAIA-Daktronics Scholar Team in 2010, 2011 and

2012. In 2009, SCAD baseball nished with a school

record 39 wins and ended the season ranked 22nd in

the nation.

O the eld, Wollenburg and the Bees have also

been involved with the Down Syndrome Societyand Bethesda Home or Boys within the Savannah

community. Wollenburg earned his bachelors degree

rom and played collegiate baseball at The Ohio State

University. He was drated by the Atlanta Braves and

played in the Braves arm system or our years, playing

his nal two seasons in AA Greenville. Wollenburgearned his masters degree rom Caliornia University

o Pennsylvania.

ATHL ET ICS D IRECTOR

D O U GWO L L E N B U R G


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Robert Belloir began his role as sports inormation

director or SCAD athletics in 2011.

He joined SCAD in 2003 and has served as coordinator

o graduate studies, director o graduate student

involvement and assistant vice president o studentservices. A native o Atlanta, Belloir attended Mercer

University, where he was inducted into the athletic

hall o ame or basketball and baseball in 1975. In

1969, he signed a proessional baseball contract

with the Cleveland Indians. Ater a season-and-a-hal absence due to a tour o duty in Vietnam, where

he earned the Army Commendation Medal, Belloir

returned to baseball in 1972. Three years later, he was

traded to the Atlanta Braves and saw his rst actionin the big leagues that same year. Belloir nished his

career ater playing our seasons with the Braves.

R O B E R T B E L L O I RSPORTS INFORMATION D IRECTOR


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P A T R I C K R E A G A NHEAD COACH

Patrick Reagan joined SCAD in 2011 as assistant

coach o the SCAD cross country and outdoor track

and eld programs and became head coach in 2012.

A record-breaking cross country runner at Slippery Rock

University, Reagan was named an NCAA Division II All-American in 2007 and 2008. He placed as high as 12th

place at the NCAA Division II National Championship.

Reagan qualied multiple times or the NCAA DivisionII Track and Field National Meet in the 5,000- and

10,000-meter run.

Patrick holds a personal best time o 14:25 in the 5K.

He also has personal best times o 24:05 in the 8,000

meters and 30:05 in the 10,000 meters.

Reagan graduated rom Slippery Rock University in

2009 with a B.S. degree in exercise science.


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A T H L E T I C A C CO L A D E S

SCADs cross country teams have reached the NAIA National

Championships each year under head coach Michael Sergi.

The mens team nished as conerence runner-up three years in arow, and the womens team nished as conerence runner-up our

consecutive years.

Mens and womens cross country and track and eld have broken

nearly all SCAD records in the last two years.


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A C A D E M I C A C CO L A D E S

Both the mens and womens cross country and track and eld

teams were named NAIA Scholar Teams in 2011.

Multiple student-athletes were named Daktronics-NAIA ScholarAthletes in 2011.

The womens cross country team was honored as 2011 SCAD

Athletics Academic Team o the Year.


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DIRECTOR

R E B E C C A E V AN S

Rebecca Gay Evans, D.V.M., earned her bachelors

degree in religious studies rom Davidson College

and a doctorate o veterinary medicine rom

University o Georgia, graduating cum laude and

completing a coveted internship in large animal

ambulatory medicine and theriogenology.

At UGA, Evans the recipient o the Steve Lee

Memorial Scholarship conducted research and

presentations on equine stem cell therapy and

equine dentistry. She is a member o the AmericanVeterinary Medical Association and the American

Association o Equine Practitioners.

Evans grew up in Savannah, competing in hunterand hunt seat equitation in local and A-rated horse

shows throughout the Southeast. As equestriandirector and veterinarian at SCAD, Evans continues

her passion or the practice o and research in

equine sports medicine and dentistry. Evans also

manages the daily operations at the Ronald C.

Waranch Equestrian Center and teaches equestrian

studies courses.


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Kelly joined the SCAD equestrian team coaching

sta in 2005 as hunt seat coach while pursuing

a degree in jewelry and objects. While a student

at SCAD, she was an award-winning rider on the

equestrian team rom 2001-2005. She competed

at the 2002 Intercollegiate Horse Show Association

(IHSA) National Championship and was a member

o the SCAD 2003 and 2005 American NationalRiding Commission (ANRC) championship teams.

With Kelly on the coaching sta, the team has

continued its prominence on the intercollegiate

riding scene, with ANRC National Championshipteam and individual wins in 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010,

2011 and 2012. In addition, Kelly coached a SCADrider to win reserve champion in the Cacchione Cup

in 2010 and a national champion in the Cacchione

Cup in the 2012 IHSA National Championships.

Kelly also coached her team to consecutive IHSA

Zone 5 reserve championships, qualiying SCAD to

compete at the IHSA National Championship as ateam or the second year in a row. The team placed

ourth in the country in 2011 and sixth in 2012.

Kelly was honored as SCADs 2011 Head Coach

o the Year. She has become involved with the

Interscholastic Equestrian Association as a showsteward and was a steward or the 2010 IHSA

National Championship Horse Show.

TEAM COACH

A S H L E Y K E L L Y


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A C A D E M I CA C C O L A D E S

SCAD equestrian student-athlete PaulFrederick (in 2010) and Julie Gravelle

(2011) qualied or the United States

Hunter Jumper Association Emerging

Athletes Program. Both recorded

the highest written test score o all

competitors that qualied.

In 2010, Lynsey Gwilliam won the

SCAD athletics award or the athletewith the highest GPA.

The SCAD equestrian team, one o the

largest athletics programs at SCAD,

has consistently maintained an overall

GPA o at least 3.0.


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The SCAD equestrian team captured the programs eighth American

National Riding Commissions National Intercollegiate TeamChampionship and its seventh ANRC individual national championship

title in 2011-12.

In 2012, SCAD captured the Intercollegiate Horse Show Associations

Region 3 title or the second year in a row as well as the Zone 5reserve championship or the second consecutive year (a rst inprogram history).

SCAD equestrian qualiied as a team or the IHSA National

Championship or the second consecutive year in 2012, nishing

ourth in 2011 and sixth in 2012.


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M E N S A T H L E T I C A C CO L A D E S

The SCAD mens gol team has qualied or nine national championships.

SCAD has had 18 dierent golers named to All-America teams.

In 2010, the Bees ranked as high as No. 2 in the NAIA national poll.

The team peaked at No. 4 in the 2002 NCAA Division III national rankings.

SCAD has had 30 golers named to All-America teams.


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WOME N S A C A D E M I C A C CO L A D E S

The womens gol team earned the highest GPA o any athletic team at

SCAD or the 2009-2010 academic year.

The team has been named an NAIA All-Scholar Team or our consecutive seasons.

Since joining the NAIA in 2003, the SCAD womens gol team boasts nine

NAIA All-American Scholar Athletes.


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WOME N SA T H L E T I CA C C O L A D E S

Womens gol is the only team at

SCAD that has qualied or the NAIA

National Championship every year

since SCAD rejoined the NAIA in 2003.

The team has been ranked in the top 25

nationally each year since the program

began in 2001.

Since 2003, the program hasproduced seven NAIA All-Americans,

15 All-Sun Conerence golers and

six NAIA National Championship All-

Tournament Team golers.


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HEAD COACH

M I C H A E L C U M M I N G S

Michael Cummings, who took the reins o the SCAD

mens lacrosse team in 2005, led the Bees in 2011 to

their sixth consecutive appearance in the Southeastern

Lacrosse Conerence Tournament, a 15-5 record and

the SELC Division II Championship.

SCAD also earned a Mens Collegiate Lacrosse

Association National Tournament berth or the second

straight year, deeating North Dakota State University

in the rst round.

In 2006, the programs rst season as a varsitysport, SCAD mens lacrosse team won a spot in the

SELC Tournament, and Cummings was named SELC

Division II Coach o the Year.

The Bees were honored in 2007 as the District 5winners o the Jim Ace Adams Sportsmanship

Award, based on the sportsmanship o the coaching

sta, team, administration and ans, in addition to

acilities available to the ocials and treatment o the

ocials beore, during and ater games.

Cummings earned his bachelors degree in studioart/secondary education certication in 1998 rom

McDaniel College (previously Western Maryland

College), where he played basketball or three seasons.

He earned his M.F.A. degree in illustration rom SCAD

in 2001. Cummings taught oundation studies and


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illustration courses at SCAD beore becoming the ull-time mens lacrosse coach.

Cummings, who has served as an instructor at several

local lacrosse camps and clinics, is a member o the

Positive Coaching Alliance and US Lacrosse.


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A C A D E M I C/A T H L E T I C

A C CO L A D E S

From 2006 to 2012, 44 SCAD mens

lacrosse players have been namedto the SELC (Southeastern Lacrosse

Conerence) All-America team.

Eighteen o those athletes were named

to the MCLA (Mens Collegiate LacrosseAssociation) All-America Team.

Eleven players have been honored

as MCLA Scholar-Athletes. To berecognized as such, a player mustbe named to the rst or second all-

conerence teams and have earned

a GPA o at least 3.25 during the

spring quarter.


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SCAD mens lacrosse alumnus Jason Smith createdthe MCLA logo, which is used by all 10 conerences

and 215 teams across the nation.


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N I C H O L E H A N N O NHEAD COACH

Named head coach o the SCAD womens lacrosse

team in July 2011, Nichole Hannon previously served

two seasons as head coach or the Wittenberg

University Tigers, guiding them to an 18-12 record.

In 2010, Hannon led the Tigers to the best start

in program history, winning seven o eight games

to begin the season and nishing 9-6 overall. In

2011, Wittenberg University also nished 9-6 with

ve Tigers receiving all-conerence accolades

and Hannon being named North Coast AthleticConerence Coach o the Year.

When in college, Hannon earned our varsity letters

while starting all 70 career games at LynchburgCollege. In 2007, Hannon served as a team captain,

earning rst-team All-Old Dominion AthleticConerence, second-team All-South Region and

Virginia Sports Inormation Directors College

Division All-State Team honors.

A native o Pasadena, Maryland, Hannon graduatedwith a degree in psychology in 2007 rom

Lynchburg, where she began her coaching careeras an assistant; she earned her masters degree in

educational leadership in 2009.


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Briana Gervat, who joined SCAD in 2012, serves as

assistant coach or the SCAD womens lacrosse team

while pursuing her masters degree in art history.

A native o Northport, New York, Gervat played

lacrosse or Northport High School beore

being recruited to play at the University o Mary

Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia. As a

starter, Gervat earned our varsity letters and

helped the Eagles reach multiple nal ours during

her collegiate career. Gervat earned All-CapitalAthletic Conerence accolades and was selected

to the Virginia Sports Inormation Directors

College Division All-State Team in 2002. She also

earned Intercollegiate Womens Lacrosse CoachesAssociation and U.S. Lacrosse All-American honors

in 2001 and 2002.

Gervat graduated rom the University o Mary

Washington with an art history degree beore

traveling around the world and playing and

coaching lacrosse in Melbourne, Australia. Gervat

also has coached or the Long Island Elite Lacrosse

Club and at the Northport Tiger Lacrosse Camp.Most recently, Gervat was the assistant coach or

the Marymount School in New York City.

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In its rst year o membership, the SCAD womens lacrosse

team won the 2012 National Womens Lacrosse League (NWLL)

National Championship. SCAD nished the 2012 season with a

15-4 record the best in the programs history. In 2012, the SCADwomens lacrosse team produced the NWLL Player o the Year as

well as the NWLL Coach o the Year.


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HEAD COACH

T O M ME L V I L L E

Tom Melville, who joined SCAD in 2008, quickly

has become the most successul head coach o

the SCAD mens soccer program, guiding teams

to three consecutive Sun Conerence nals (2009,

2010 and 2011).

In 2010, only his third season at SCAD, the Bees

claimed the Sun Conerence championship. Under

Melville, the program has consistently nished in

the top tier o the Sun Conerence and is regularly

in the NAIA top 20 national rankings, producing two

All-Americans. Under Melvilles tutelage, the teams

GPA has increased to a new average high o 3.2.

Melville came to SCAD ater serving 13 seasons ashead coach o the NCAA Division I Mercer University

mens soccer team. Melville let the Macon, Georgia,

campus as the Bears all-time wins leader and led

Mercer to its only two NCAA Championship berthsin 1999 and 2001. His Bears squad won conerence

championships in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002.

During his time at Mercer, the ormer Irish B league

and Ulster Polytechnic player groomed two AtlanticSun Conerence players o the year, three conerencereshmen o the year, 15 rst-team all-conerence

selections and 21 second-team all-conerence

members. Melville was twice named the Atlantic


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Sun Conerence Coach o the Year (1999, 2002).

Several o his players went on to play proessionally

in the U.S., Hungary, Bolivia, Honduras and England.

Prior to his arrival at Mercer, Melville spent eight

successul seasons at Lenoir-Rhyne College. Melvillestarted his collegiate coaching career as a graduate

assistant coach at University o North Carolina

Chapel Hill.


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ASSOCI ATE COACH

C I A R A NM C G U I G A N

Ciaran McGuigan, a native o Ireland, played or

Dundalk FC in the Irish Premier League. In 2010,

McGuigan played in our Europa League qualiers,

including two against Levski Soa. Ater the 2010-11

season, he joined Syrianska IF in Sweden. McGuigan

played central deense or center mid eld. Whileserving as assistant mens soccer coach, he is

pursuing a B.F.A. degree in lm and television.


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The SCAD mens soccer program won the Sun

Conerence regular season championship in 2010

and reached the conerence tournament nals in

2009, 2010 and 2011.

The mens soccer team has earned NAIA national

rankings o No. 12 in 2007, No. 13 in 2010 and No.16 in 2006.

Two mens soccer student-athletes have been

named NAIA All-Americans: Dan Fadida in 2009

and Ellert Hreinsson in 2010.


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SCAD mens soccer has been selected as an NAIA

Scholar Team in 2008 (3.14 GPA) and 2009 (3.10 GPA).

Five SCAD soccer players have been named a

Daktronics-NAIA Scholar Athlete: Matt Engele (2006),Pat Sullivan (2008), Robbie Wright (2008, 2009), Matt

Dwyer (2009, 2010) and Ross Faulds (2010).


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A N D Y W I L L I A M S O NHEAD COACH

In 2011, Andy Williamson guided the SCAD womens

soccer team to their 12th postseason berth in 13

seasons, compiling a 13-5 record in his 11th season

as head coach.

The team advanced to the seminal match o the

Sun Conerence Tournament beore losing to theeventual champion. The Bees have made it to the

conerence or regional seminal in every season

since they joined the NAIA in 2003.

Williamson, who joined SCAD in 2001 and has been

honored three times as the conerence coach o the

year (2005, 2007, 2008) and region coach o the

year once (2005), has an overall record o 107-70-

15 and has posted double-digit wins in six o the

last seven seasons. The program has had threeAll-Americans, two NAIA Region XIV Players o

the Year, two Florida Sun Conerence Newcomers

o the Year and a Florida Sun Conerence Player o

the Year. In addition, SCAD has earned berths to the

NAIA National Championship in 2005 and 2007.

Under Williamsons direction, the Bees have beensuccessul in the classroom, earning the NSCAA

Team Academic Award nine times.


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R E B E C C A G U N NASSISTANT COACH

Rebecca Gunn, assistant coach or the SCAD

womens soccer team since 2005, excelled as a

collegiate student-athlete.

A our-year standout or the University o

Minnesota-Morris womens soccer team, Gunn

was a three-time All-Northern Sun IntercollegiateConerence selection and an All-Upper Midwest

Athletic Conerence perormer. She was named the

UMAC Co-Player o the Year in 2003.

Gunn currently holds UMM records or goals (55),

assists (45) and points (155) in a career. She also

scored 11 match-winning goals and is one o 15

players in the nation to achieve at least 40 goals

and 40 assists in her career.

Gunn graduated rom UMM in 2004 with a

bachelors degree in sports management. She holds

a State Goalkeeping Diploma and National License

rom the National Soccer Coaches Association o

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Lisa Gallant was selected or the ESPN Academic

All-America Team in 2005 and 2006.

The SCAD womens soccer team has beenawarded the NSCAA Team Academic Award nine

times since 2001.

Kate Putnam and Lauren OMalley were named as

Daktronics-NAIA Scholar Athletes in 2011.


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The SCAD womens soccer team has

produced three All-Americans: Mary-Kate

Sliter (2005), Melissa Feuerriegel (2007)

and Selin Kuralay (2008).

Melissa Feuerriegel was named 2007

Florida Sun Conference Player of the Year.

The womens soccer team peaked at No. 21

in the national NAIA rankings in 2011. The

programs highest ranking was No. 6 in 2007.


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In 2010-11, Chris Conlons rst year leading the SCAD

mens and womens swimming teams, the Bees set 15

school records and broke ve NAIA national records as

15 swimmers earned NAIA All-American status.

Conlon brought more than 20 years o coaching

experience to SCAD, including seven years as head coachat Case Western Reserve University. With the Spartans,

Conlon had swimmers qualiy or the NCAA Division III

Championships in 47 individual or relay events.

As an assistant coach at Johns Hopkins University, Conlon

was a member o the NCAA Division III Mens Coaching

Sta o the Year three out o ve seasons. During his

stay with the Blue Jays, the mens team nished second

in the nation twice while the women nished in the top

10 nationally on two occasions.

Between Case Western Reserve and Johns Hopkins,

Conlon has coached 14 NCAA Division III All-Americans.

Each o Conlons mens and womens swimming teams

has been honored with Academic All-American awards.

Conlon received his B.A. degree in natural sciences

(1993) and M.A. degree in teaching (1996) rom JohnsHopkins University. He is an ASCA Level V coach and a

2001 ASCA Fellow.

HEAD COACH

C H R I S C O N L O N


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Hired as assistant swimming coach in 2011, Sara Gildea

brought eight years o collegiate head coaching

experience to SCAD. Gildea works primarily with the

sprint group and coached six NAIA All-Americans in

the 2011-12 season.

For ve years (2006-11), Gildea served as the headswimming and diving coach at Baldwin-Wallace

College. Under Gildeas leadership, the Yellow Jackets

broke three conerence records and 46 school

records. She coached 12 individual Ohio AthleticConerence champions, 66 individual all-OAC and

19 relay All-OAC honorees. The Yellow Jackets

received College Swimming Coaches Association o

America academic honors each semester and had 14academic All-OAC at-large members.

As the head swimming and diving coach and the

aquatics director at Mercyhurst North East in NorthEast, Pennsylvania (2004-06), Gildea produced two

National Junior College Athletic Association National

Champions. She also coached 16 All-Americans at the

NJCAA level, a ve-time regional champion and a

NJCAA Female Swimmer o the Year.

She graduated rom John Carroll University with abachelors degree in psychology; she earned a masters

degree in sport psychology rom Caliornia University

o Pennsylvania. Gildea is an ASCA Level III coach, 2009

ASCA Fellow and a member o USA Swimming.

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A C A D E M I C A C CO L A D E SThirty-our SCAD swimmers have been named Daktronics-

NAIA Scholar Athletes.

SCAD swimming has been honored as a NAIA Scholar Team

eight times.

In 2010-11 and 2011-12 the SCAD swimming teams ranked No.

1 in GPA among all NAIA swimming programs.


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The SCAD womens swimming team captured the

2009 and 2010 NAIA National Championships.

SCAD swimming has produced 41 NAIA individual

and relay national champions.

Ninety-nine SCAD swimmers have been named

NAIA All-Americans.


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J A C O B T U R N E RHEAD COACH

Jacob Turner enters his rst season as the mens and

womens tennis coach or the Savannah College o Art

and Design.

Turner, who brings seven years o coaching experience

to Savannah, has been the head coach at Young Harris

College and an assistant at Kennesaw State University.During his two years at the helm o Young Harris,

Turner was instrumental in helping Young Harris makea smooth transition to NCAA Division II athletics. While

at Kennesaw, Turner worked with both the mens and

womens tennis programs and was integral in helping

start the mens program in 2008.

Turner holds a United States Proessional Tennis Registry

certication as well as an Etcheberry Certication orStrength and Conditioning in Tennis. He is a decorated

veteran o the United States Air Force, reaching the

rank o sta sergeant.

Turner is a native o Laayette, Louisiana, and holds a

bachelors o science degree in sports management

with a minor in coaching rom Kennesaw State. He

is currently pursuing a graduate degree in sports

management rom Georgia Southern University.


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M A G D A L E N A B R E S S O NASSISTANT COACH

Magdalena Bresson, a ormer SCAD varsity tennis

player, serves as SCADs graduate assistant tennis

coach. Her college career began in 2006 at the

College o William and Mary, where she helped her

team reach the round o 16 at the NCAA Division INational Championships.

As a sophomore, Bresson transerred to SCAD

and competed or three seasons while completing

her undergraduate degree in proessional writing.

During her tenure at SCAD, she was named to the2012 All-Sun Conerence rst team and earned

Academic All-Conerence honors. In 2012, she was

also named Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA)

All-American or both singles and doubles.

The South Florida native returns to SCAD or the 2012-13 academic year to earn her M.A. degree in lm and

television. Bresson interns at a local television station

and writes reelance or a variety o local publications.


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The mens and womens tennis programs

at SCAD have been nationally ranked since

the Bees joined the NAIA.

The womens team, which was ranked as

high as No. 5 in the NAIA, won or shared

ve consecutive conference championships

in 2010.

SCAD earned its seventh consecutive trip

to the NAIA National Championship in 2010.

Hillary Collins, Magdalena Bresson and Theresa

Schmaus were named NAIA All-Americans.

The doubles team of Schmaus and Bresson

ranked as high as No. 4 in NAIA and has made

three trips to the NAIA National Championship.

In 2011, the mens team had two players

named to the All-Sun Conference team,

and the womens team had four players

selected for the All-Sun Conference team.


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S P O R T S M E D I C I N E

The SCAD athletics department includes three ull-time

certied athletic trainers in coordination with Memorial

SportsOne rom Memorial Health University MedicalCenter and Chatham Orthopedics Associates.

Services provided include home and away competition

coverage; practice coverage; and prevention, assessmentand treatment o musculoskeletal injuries.

Athletic training services are provided at Turner House,

302 W. Boundary St.


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ATHL ET IC TR AINER

S T A C E E R O U S H

Stacee Roush begins her rst season as an athletic

trainer or the SCAD Savannah athletics program.

Roush, who is rom Mt. Sterling, Kentucky, earned her

B.S. in education with an emphasis on kinesiology-

exercise science rom the University o Kentucky in2009. She went on to earn a B.S. in athletic trainingrom Eastern Kentucky University. While at EKU,

Roush worked with the ootball, volleyball, mens

basketball and womens tennis teams.

In the summers o 2011 and 2012, Roush worked or

the Volleyball Festival. She was one o 52 medicalsta providing medical coverage or more 8,000

athletes ages 8 to 18.

ATHL ET IC TRAI NER

D A N I E L H I N E L Y

Daniel Hinley, a native Savannahian, joined the SCAD

athletic training sta in 2011 ater a stint at New HanoverRegional Medical Center in Wilmington, North Carolina.

From 2006 to 2010, Hinley served as the head athletic

trainer or Armstrong Atlantic State University, wherehe and his sta were awarded the 2009-10 Peach BeltConerence Athletic Training Sta o the Year Award.

That same year, the Peach Belt Conerence selected

Hinley as the inaugural recipient o its Inspiration Award.

Prior to his tenure at AASU, Hinley served as an assistant

athletic trainer at Belmont Abbey College in Belmont,North Carolina. Hinley graduated rom Valdosta State

University with a B.S. in sports medicine/athletic trainingin 2003. He earned a M.Ed. in physical education with

an emphasis in health promotion in 2005 rom Georgia

College and State University.


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S T U D E N T R E C R E A T I O NThe department o student recreation exists to help

develop well-rounded students by encouraging

personal health through recreational activities andpromoting student participation in events that

support community through social interaction,

team building and university spirit.

University-sponsored recreation programs helpstudents become acquainted with SCAD and arearesources while also providing tness opportunities.

Activities such as canoeing, o-road biking, rock

climbing and whitewater rating are oered to all

students during academic quarters.

Tennis courts, playing elds and parks also are popular

sites or student recreational activities. In Savannah,

proximity to beaches allows students to enjoy

swimming, surng and sailing.

Email [email protected] or more inormation.


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DIRECTOR OF F ITNESS

STRENGTH AND

CONDIT IONING COACH

S A M C A R T E R

Sam Carter has served as SCADs strength and

conditioning coach since 2001 and as director o

tness since 2007.

The Georgia native has trained numerous pro,

collegiate and high school athletes. He is also a

trainer to the stars.

Carter graduated rom Savannah State University

with a bachelors degree in chemistry in 1996. He isa member o the National Strength and Conditioning

Association and is certied through the NSCA as acertied strength and conditioning specialist. Carter,

a Marine, is also certied as a personal trainer through

the America Council on Exercise.

DIRECTOR OF INTRAMURAL S

AND RECRE ATION

E D D I E C O N C E P C I N

Eddie Concepcin, director o intramurals and recreation

at SCAD, has nearly 34 years o experience in

physical itness, training and coaching.

His tenure at SCAD includes positions as head womensbasketball coach, assistant mens basketball coach,

director o intramurals and tness center manager.

As the womens basketball coach, he posted a winning

record in every season, guiding the team to the NCAA

Division III tournament with a 19-7 record in the 2001-

02 season. Concepcin also served as the head coach

o the Savannah Storm, an expansion ranchise o

the American Basketball Association, earning an 8-1overall record and leading the team to its rst-ever

playo game in 2010-11, the Storms rst season.

Concepcin is a certied CPR/rst aid instructor,

personal trainer and League Cycling Instructor (LCI).

He was a licensed boxer in 1978. He earned B.F.A.

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FITNESS COORDINATOR

J A M E S I V E S

James Ives has several years o experience in the

tness industry, working in a variety o tnesssettings, rom collegiate recreation centers to hospital

wellness centers and private personal training

acilities. Ives believes in a unctional approach to

exercise and oten implements un and challengingexercises during his classes.

Beore joining the Club SCAD team in 2012, Ives

worked or three years as a supervisor and master

trainer at Empower Personal Training in Durham,

North Carolina. Prior to this, he served as a tness

graduate assistant while completing his masters

degree at the University o North Carolina, where

he worked with campus recreation as well as theUNC mens ootball team. He has also held positions

as a personal trainer at other locations, including

UNC Healthcare in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Ives is certied as a strength and conditioning specialistthrough the National Strength and Conditioning

Association (NSCA). In 2005, he received a B.A. rom

the University o North Carolina at Chapel Hill, double

majoring in exercise and sport science and psychology.

Ives returned to UNC and in 2009 he completed a M.A.

degree in exercise physiology.


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T H E S U N

C O N F E R E N C E

Originally ormed in March 1990 as the Florida

Intercollegiate Athletic Conerence (FIAC),

The Sun Conerence was established as a

conerence or small independent institutions

within the NAIA. The name Florida SunConerence was adopted in 1992. The league

unveiled its new name, The Sun Conerence,on Aug. 18, 2008 to be inclusive o member

schools rom Georgia and South Carolina.

The league sponsors championships in baseball,mens and womens basketball, mens and

womens cross country, mens and womens

gol, mens and womens soccer, sotball, mens

and womens tennis, mens and womens track

and eld, and womens volleyball.

The 11 member institutions in the conerence

believe in strong educational commitment combined

with balanced athletic competition, resulting in one

o the most successul intercollegiate conerences

in the NAIA. The Sun Conerence has proven to

be one o the top leagues in the NAIA with its

teams consistently being recognized amongthe nations best.

N A I A

Since 1937, the NAIA has administered programs

and championships in proper balance with the

overall educational experience. In 2000, the NAIA

rearmed its purpose to enhance the character-

building aspects o sport. Through Championso Character, the NAIA seeks to create an

environment in which each student-athlete, coach,ocial and spectator is committed to the true

spirit o competition through ve tenets: respect,

integrity, responsibility, servant leadership and

sportsmanship. This program will educate and

create awareness o the positive character-building

traits aorded by sports and return integrity tocompetition at the collegiate and youth levels while

impacting all o society.

In 2009, 2011 and 2012, SCAD athletics won the

Champions o Character award.

To learn more about the NAIA, visit naia.cstv.com

and championsocharacter.org.

CHAMPIONS OF CHARACTER


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A sample of student-athlete work

To view more student work, visit scad.edu.

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A: DANIEL OGREN, B.F.A. graphic design student, mens lacrosse, Woodbury, Minnesota

B: SAMANTHA NORTH, B.F.A., painting, 2012, womens lacrosse, Manchester, New Jersey

C: WADE WINEBRENNER, B.F.A., graphic design, 2012, mens lacrosse, Flemington, New Jersey

D: ANDREW MARCO, B.F.A., industrial design, 2012, mens gol, Charlotte, North Carolina

E: SAMANTHA NORTH, B.F.A., painting, 2012, womens lacrosse, Manchester, New Jersey

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A: JAVIER MELONGIL, B.F.A., graphic design,

2010, mens soccer, Mar del Plata, Argentina

B: JULIE FERRIS, B.F.A. painting student,equestrian, Norcross, Georgia

C: AMELIE MOGARD, B.F.A., interior design,

2011, womens gol, Sandviken, Sweden

D: PATRICK COOLEY, B.F.A., architecture, 2012,

mens cross country, Shawnee Mission, Kansas


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