Morgan Page, Junior Political Science/Pre-Law Women s Basketball, President

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1 Morgan Page, Junior Political Science/Pre-Law Women s Basketball, President Camille Edwards, Sophomore Communication-Public Relations Women s Lacrosse, Team Member

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edu Activites Supervisor: CJ Ramsey ramseycj@appstate.edu Publicity Programmer: Sam Stroup stroupsw@appstate.edu Executive Officers of Club Sports: Lizzy Lagasse lagasseef@appstate.

2 For more information on any of the club teams, please contact us at: clubsports.appstate.edu or contact any of the people below. Student Recreation Center (828) Director of University Recreation: Joe Carter Director of Club Sports: Erin Carpenter Activites Supervisor: CJ Ramsey Publicity Programmer: Sam Stroup Executive Officers of Club Sports: Lizzy Lagasse Table of Contents Swimming...2 Executive Corner...5 Women s Lacrosse...7 Men s Ultimate...8 Equestrian...9 Women s Basketball Men s Lacrosse Women s Ultimate Upcoming Events Michael Neve nevemb@appstate.edu Lindsey Mullen mullenlr@appstate.edu

Twelve teams including, Duke, UNC, Elon, Wake Forest, NC State, Davidson, and other notable schools.

3 Swimming Appalachian State Swimming won our first away meet in years this past weekend on Saturday (March 25th). UNCG hosted their first ever swim meet, Battle in the Boro at the brand new Greensboro Aquatic Center. Twelve teams including, Duke, UNC, Elon, Wake Forest, NC State, Davidson, and other notable schools. The meet was neck and neck between ASU and NC State until the very last event in which ASU pulled away with the win. Many swimmers broke some of their personal bests, and some of our relay teams broke records. The Men s A relay won the 200 Medley and 200 Freestyle. The Woman s A relay took first in the 400 Freestyle, 200 Medley, and the 200 Freestyle. Carlie Pendleton took first overall in the Woman s 100 Freestyle event with a time of Kristian Hellem took first overall in the Men s 200 Backstroke with a time of 2: Stephanie Bayag took first overall in the Woman s 200 Backstroke with a time of 2: Kristian Hellem also took first in the Men s 200 Individual Medley with a time of 2: Many of our swimmers took second place overall in their events as well as many swimmers scoring points. This was a great meet for Appalachian State Swimming and we look forward to continuing our success into the East Coast Championships where over 50 teams will be in attendance. -article by Dan Wallace (Secretary) 2

4 photos taken by Sam Stroup Th Student Chad Strickland, Senior Exercise Science, Biology, Psychology Snowboard, President Stephanie Smith, Sophomore Criminal Justice Women s Rugby, Match Secretary 3

5 e Athlete Lindsay Lane, Senior Health Promotions with Food and Nutrition Women s Volleyball, President 4

Executive Corner What does it take to be a Club Sports Student Athlete?

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Yet, I am always keeping As Club Sports student-athletes w work our butts off to keep our team running and competing at our highest potential.

6 Executive Corner What does it take to be a Club Sports Student Athlete? Zeb King, Junior Political Science Cycling, President This year has been very bu I find my time distinctly divided be three areas: the CS program, the Ultimate team, and my schoolwork manage my time and stay on top o everything, I find it necessary to m a dual perspective on everything. short term focus must always be o things that are coming up or are h priority. Yet, I am always keeping As Club Sports student-athletes w work our butts off to keep our team running and competing at our highest potential. With the exception of only one dedicated profession staff member, this e program is student run. Student. Us We are responsib 5 Being a Officer, the Pre Lacrosse team State University be very stressfu that everything applied to all th biggest things I management; b management li paper done wit these jobs to d myself weeks, advance. I have

sy, and tween Men s. To f aintain The n the igh one eye on things that are farther off. To do this, I find myself making lists. I have one list for each of my three areas of responsibility.

7 sy, and tween Men s. To f aintain The n the igh one eye on things that are farther off. To do this, I find myself making lists. I have one list for each of my three areas of responsibility. On one list I write down all of the assignments that are due, or tests that are coming up. On another list, I write down everything that needs to get done for the Ultimate team. This includes booking hotels, keeping up with paperwork and attending officer meetings. My third list contains all of my Executive duties. All of these areas that I am involved in are important to me, and I really enjoy all that I do for each. But, it can get overwhelming if I lose my focus. Staying on top of the responsibilities that are directly ahead of me, while being aware of those in the distance, is critical to being successful and productive. -Michael Neve (Executive Officer) e al ntire. le for everything in this organization. If we want something done, if we want something changed, if we want to get to that tournament, if we want to beat that rival, if we want more money, WE go out and get it. We make things happen. Club Sports studentathletes are organized, dedicated, driven, and self-motivated beyond what any other organization on this campus could ever claim to be. We don t have the university hired support to help manage the team, games & practices scheduled for us, workouts planned, trainers available, transportation provided, recruiters, tutors, meals, money Everything we have in this program we ve created ourselves. We have EARNED ourselves. -Lindsey Mullen (Executive Officer) Club Sports Executive sident of the Women s and an Appalachian student can all l but I have found I learn can be ree jobs. One of the have learned is time ut not just the time ke having to get a hin the hour. With all o I must time manage even months in set up time lines for the events and find myself following them to a T. Being President, I have used the same format for scheduling games and I make sure I have all my practices organized and ready the Sunday before they are going to start. This is mainly so that I can go out on the field and not worry about what is next to practice but concentrate on coaching the team. I have learned many of these time management techniques by being a Recreation Management major and I would suggest this manner of organization to anyone. This has helped me apply my major in the field and has made this something that I really enjoy doing. One of the greatest tips I have learned by being involved as an Executive Officer, Women s Lacrosse President and ASU student is to delegate jobs. It is about trusting the people you work with, knowing that they will do their pull in the work. Without delegated jobs you would find yourself doing everything and that just would not be possible. -Lizzy Lagasse (Executive Officer) 6

8 Women s Lacrosse When it comes down to the personality of the App State Women s Lacrosse team everything is about being positive. As soon as the team hits the field for practice all you can hear is encouragement from teammates about a good pass, shot or awesome defense. And the positive attitude does not stop there, each and every member of the teams knows when they do something right. During practice constructive criticism happens in the form of you got it or stick with it because by throwing anything negative onto the field the team falls apart. When a game is not going to our liking it is often difficult not to get frustrated and angry at teammates and when that happens the team falls apart, literally. This is how we, as a team know that we must be positive and having fun in the half time discussion. We re not just talking being positive on the field but also in everything we do, whether it be a crazy Christmas sweater parties or Relay for Life. We are a very social team and everything we do together has to be positive and something we can goof off about. Our latest team bonding adventure was tie-dyeing after practice. Everyone brought anything they wanted to dye and we hung out and ate peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. The team does a lot of fun things together, including a lacrosse clinic for Watauga High School where we taught the high school team how to play lacrosse. One of the team s favorite bonding activities is the annual LAX Bro/That Girl practice. It is usually at the end of year and is a practice where the team dresses as a LAX Bro (bright colors, pennies and backwards hats) or That Girl (someone who wears jeans and makeup to practice) to practice and we play games involving lacrosse. It is an event that everyone looks forward to and we cannot wait for this year s annual practice. -article by Lizzy Lagasse (President) 7

photo taken by Katie Mills Men s Ultimate CHUCKTOWN THROWDOWN CHAMPIONS! The Men s Ultimate team ended our 3 straight weekends of tournaments with a win at the Charleston tournament.

9 photo taken by Katie Mills Men s Ultimate CHUCKTOWN THROWDOWN CHAMPIONS! The Men s Ultimate team ended our 3 straight weekends of tournaments with a win at the Charleston tournament. We came into the tournament ranked 2nd overall, and unlike last year, we were not looking to settle for second place. We were looking to be tournament champions. We had five games Saturday where we breezed through most of the competition except for Georgia College, the 2nd seed in our pool. While they are a good team, we had a bad start and found ourselves down 4-0. We managed to dig deep and make up our deficit and played them close the whole game, but ended up losing That was our only loss for the entire weekend and if we had not given them 4 points at the beginning, I am positive we could have beaten them. We finished up the day 4-1 and a confidence that would carry over into Sunday s games. Sunday came and having a little trouble getting ready, we showed up to the fields about 10 minutes until game time. Without a proper warm up, the Nomads came out hot as we cruised past Elon in the first game. The next game was going to be a battle however as we were set up to face the number 1 seed of the whole tournament: Clemson. The start of the game was close with them as we traded points but eventually we started to show what we were made of and began slowly pulling away for the victory. This win put us into the championship against our friendly rival and host of the tournament, College of Charleston. We had beaten the talented Charleston squad earlier this year and through little effort, we put them away, claiming the Chucktown Championship. The big things that stood out from this tournament is our flow as a team and the play of our rookies. We finally seemed to click this weekend which was a big part to our success. The rookies coming off their own victory at the B-team tournament the weekend before stepped up and played with a lot of confidence. It is really nice seeing our younger guys grow into elite ultimate players. -article by Daniel Niwinski (Vice President) 8

We also placed 3rd as a team at a few shows which is the best team finish we ve ever had!

10 Equestrian The Equestrian Club has had our strongest year yet with some of the best finishes in club history! The Hunt Seat Team finished 6th overall with numerous individual riders having first place finishes and four riders qualifying for regionals. We also placed 3rd as a team at a few shows which is the best team finish we ve ever had! We assembled our first full competitive Western Team this year and had some very competitive individual riders. Many of the Western Team members had never competed or shown before but represented the team well. We are anticipating sending many Western riders to regionals next year and hope to continue 9 to grow! Our Dressage Team had some great accomplishments this year including earning an individual Reserve High Point Champion (Katie Sedlmeyer) and High Point Champion (Alex Jonker). The Dressage Team has four girls in the running to go to nationals as individuals. We are very excited about possibility of sending one or more riders to a National Collegiate riding competition for the first time ever! We could not be more proud of ALL of our riders and their accomplishments this year! Managing being a student and an Equestrian Team member is not easy. As with most sports, the more you practice, the more competitive you are. Since our riding facilities are an hour down the mountain it is tough to juggle school work and practice. We require that competing members have one riding lesson a week and can practice at their own discretion. We have many riders that practice multiple times a week and still find time to keep up with their school work. We really have to make sure our priorities are straight and practice good time management skills. It is not unusual to see us sitting at a horse show with our Accounting book cracked open! The Equestrian Team as a whole has great camaraderie. We love to hang out on the weekends, go to the gym and get together in between classes. We also organized a Blood Drive to support the American Red Cross and Volunteer at Horse Helpers of the High Country, a horse rescuing organization. We have also been known to go apple picking, dog walking and volunteering at local horse shows. -article by Katelyn Young (Vice President)

Women s Basketball The weekend of February team took off fast, 24-26th, Appalachian Women s leading App by close Club Basketball team traveled to ten at times.

11 Women s Basketball The weekend of February team took off fast, 24-26th, Appalachian Women s leading App by close Club Basketball team traveled to ten at times. App to Georgia Southern for fought back and the 2012 NIRSA Regional closed the gap, using Tournament. The weekend free throw shooting started off with pool play. to gain the lead. Our pool consisted of ASU, The game went into North Georgia, and Mississippi double overtime. Both State. After a lengthy drive, teams were extremely tired Friday night kicked off the and drew, what had seemed tournament with a match up to be, the largest crowd to between App State and North the court that had been at the Georgia at 8pm. App took tournament yet. The game the win over North Georgia was heated and intense as 49-37, with Sydney Revis Howard s Men s team, as well leading the way with 24 points. as some other surrounding Appalachian resumed play schools, cheered Howard on Saturday morning at 10am and booed App. ASU drew against Mississippi State one lone fan in support in the University. Unfortunately MSU hostile environment, which I outscored ASU by 2 points in believe motivated the team overtime, on a controversial even more. The booing was foul call leading to free throws like energy, it lifted the team after the clock had expired. up and we fought even harder, This gave ASU a number 2 coming out on top at seed leading into bracket the end of the 2nd overtime. play. Due to unfortunate luck, After such an emotionally and ASU drew the last spot on the physically draining game, ASU bracket placing us up against then went immediately to the a strong Howard team which next court to take on MSU would then lead into MSU once again. They were well for the rematch immediately rested and confident after their afterward. Tip off for the first last victory, and knowing we bracket game began at 6pm would be tired. App fought, Saturday. A very quick Howard but trailed the entire game with simply no energy left. App only managed to put 28 points on the board and lost in the quarter finals. Overall, I am pleased with the results. No one likes to lose but considering what this team started as, and where we are now, to make it to the quarter finals and defeat such prominent schools and even being a contender in every game we play, is a great accomplishment. We have yet to be blown out of a game, if we lose, they are close and hard fought games. In 2011 at the same regionals, this club did not make it past pool play to even play in the bracket. This year we not only made it in the bracket, but made it to the quarter finals, and that is something to be proud of. -article by Morgan Page (President) 10

12 Men s Lacrosse The App State Men s Club Lacrosse team record is now 3-2. In the last two weeks the team has suffered one loss but achieved one win. Two weekends ago on Saturday the 25th, the team suffered a loss against Liberty University at Liberty. After a five or so hour bus ride, the team was unfortunately not able to hold on to a lead, losing the game in the end with a score of 16 to 11. However, this past Sunday the team came out with a win against Ferris State who came down from Michigan to play. The team gained a lead early on and kept it up the whole game with a final score of 18 to 3. The week before Spring break the team had a break from practice. After Spring break we will have only two practices before our next game against UNC Charlotte on Thursday at Charlotte. We are looking forward to this game and expect to come out with another great win. -article by Scott Murphy (Secretary) Women s Ultimate The Nonads trip to Charleston was both successful and fun. The girls finished 4th with many close games and finished in time to see the Nomads win the whole open tournament. The girls are back on the field now ready to prepare for their next tournament at Elon at the end of the month. With the second semester of the year now starting to get busier than ever, the Nonads are having to balance school work, practices, and tournaments. Jessie Harrleson comments that with practices being so late, it is hard to get work done. It really shows the dedication of all the players because we practice hard later on at night. Ingrid Humphry, a rookie this year, also commented that ultimate was something to look forward to at the end of the day. Knowing that she has practice at the end of the day motivates her to get her work done so she can go. -article by Kasey Telfer (Secretary) 11

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Upcoming Events March 12-17, 2012 - Baseball, Spring Break Showcase, Clearwater, Florida March

Thaw Out Tournament, State Farm Fields - Baseball vs.

13 Photo Competition! The Club Sports Photo Comp opens up for submissions starting Monday, March 19th! Visit the photo competition page on clubsports.appstate.edu for rules, dates, and more information. Upcoming Events March 12-17, Baseball, Spring Break Showcase, Clearwater, Florida March 19, Club Sports Photo Comp opens for submissions March 24-25, Men s Ultimate Thaw Out Tournament, State Farm Fields - Baseball vs. University of Kentucky, ASU Baseball Field March 24, Men s Lacrosse vs. Davidson, State Farm Soccer Stadium - Women s Volleyball Tournament, Student Recreation Center - Women s Soccer, Kidd Brewer Stadium March 28, Club Sports Council March 30, Next Club Sports Illustrated Check us out on 12

Table of Contents. Women s Soccer Men s Ultimate Equestrian Fencing Women s Basketball Women s Rugby...

Table of Contents. Women s Soccer Men s Ultimate Equestrian Fencing Women s Basketball Women s Rugby... For more information on any of the club teams, please contact us at: clubsports.appstate.edu clubsports@appstate.edu or contact any of the people below. Student Recreation Center (828)262-2100 Director