IN THIS
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READY TO BE BACK WOMENS VOLLEYBALL
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APP STATE SWIMMING SWIM TEAM
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STARTING STRONG WOMENS RUGBY
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GETTING BACK INTO THE SWING OF THINGS WOMENS BASKETBALL
TO GET YOUR HEAD 12 HOW (BACK) INTO THE GAME WOMENS ULTIMATE
Director of UREC
Publicity Programmer
Joe Carter, carterjr@appstate.edu
Alyssa Gribble, gribblead@appstate.edu
Director of Club Sports
Executive Officers
Erin Sanders, sandersec1@appstate.edu
Activities Coordinator Chelsea Watson, watsoncg@appstate.edu
Philicia Gibson, gibsonpn@appstate.edu Ian McNeill, mcneillim@appstate.edu Katherine Uva, uvakr@appstate.edu
FOR THE SPRING 14 PREPARING SEASON SWIM TEAM
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HOURS OF DEDICATION EQUESTRIAN TEAM
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ALPINE SKI TEAM ALPINE SKI
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FENCING WELCOMES THE SPRING 2015 SEMESTER WOMEN’S ULTIMATE
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24 EXECUTIVE’S CORNER For more information on any of the club teams, visit the website: clubsports.appstate.edu email us at: clubsports@appstate.edu or call us at the Student Recreation Center (828) 262 2100
The January 23rd Edition of the Club Sports Illustrated Designed by Alyssa Gribble
WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL
WRITTEN BY: CORBIN BRUTON, SECRETARY
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As the spring season draws near, volleyball
club a fun and competitive environment for
players are gearing up to get back out on
our girls to thrive in. President Priya Ford
the court. With 6 tournaments scheduled this
says she’s excited to see who will come out
season Club Volleyball is ready to represent
this season, and who will step up to help lead
Appalachian State University across the state
the club!
and even country! The first tournament will be hosted here at Appalachian, while the
National Team is also preparing to head
last tournament will be in Kansas City. Our
to the National Tournament on April 6th
teams are excited to start playing again and
through the 11th in Kansas City, Missouri!
working on improving with every practice. We
This tournament will determine how our club
are currently in the process of welcoming 2
team ranks nationally in the NCVF Collegiate
new officers as well, so with new leadership
Volleyball league! For all the information
always comes new ideas on how to make the
on our tournaments and where they will
“ OUR TEAMS ARE EXCITED TO START PLAYING AGAIN
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be hosted, head to our webpage at www. asuclubvolleyball.weebly.com to see more of this season’s schedule! Be sure to come out to support Club Volleyball January 31st for our Home Tournament in the Student Recreation Center, Go Mountaineers!
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SWIM TEAM
WRITTEN BY: ROBERT COMPTON VICE PRESIDENT
As the spring semester begins, the Swim
well. Either way, we are all excited to get
Team is preparing for the biggest meet of
back into the water as a team and begin our
the season. This year’s East Coast Collegiate
practice schedule. Some members are going
Our home meet last semester was a huge
Swim and Dive National Championships will
to continue their cross training through the
success, and we had eight teams show. We
be held from April 10 through April 12 at
season; whether it be lifting, running, or rock
will be hosting another meat this semester
Georgia Tech. This is undoubtedly the biggest
climbing, we’ll all be preparing to preform our
on February 28 and we hope you will attend.
meet of the year and one that the entirety
bests at ECC’s.
Although we don’t have to travel, our home
of the team looks forward to each year. We’ll
meet is perhaps the most intense event, and
have a large number of swimmers competing
On a separate note, Marie Boudreau is our
this year and are excited to see our athletes
new
preform.
semester, and we are excited
team
captain
this
to have her. She has been The Swim Team will also be attending a
a charismatic member of
meet at the University of Florida. This is the
the team and is always
farthest we will travel this year and many
cheering for our athletes.
of our members are looking forward to it.
This quality of disposition
Because of the travel distance to this event,
is invaluable to a team and
it will be a three day trip, and it should be a
inspires encouragement. She
large meet. Swimmers are already expressing
will coach Wednesday and
excitement for this event as it is just around
Friday morning practices and
the corner.
represent our team spirit. Marie will also lead meet
Many of our members cross trained over
warmups
the break, and several swam consistently as
prevent chaos from ensuing
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at attended competitions.
and
hopefully
we are busy preparing for it. Come support
your mountaineers and don’t forget you can both help us and earn volunteer hours. We hope to see you there. We have several large competitions on the schedule for this semester and we are busy getting prepared for them. As we continue to train for this semester’s events, we push ourselves to perform at our bests. We hope for you to do the same towards your personal goals and wish you luck at the beginning of this new year.
“WE PUSH OURSELVES TO PERFORM AT OUR BEST. WE HOPE YOU DO THE SAME TOWARDS YOUR PERSONAL GOALS
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“ WE WOULD LOVE TO
INCREASE THE SIZE OF OUR TEAM
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WOMENS RUGBY
As we kickoff the spring semester we
looking into some new fundraising
will be looking for some new recruits
opportunities such as t-shirt sales in
at the Winter Club expo. We would
the student union.
love to increase the size of our team and the best way to do that is at
I think what I’m looking forward to
the expo. We lost some key players
the most this semester has to be
last season due to injury. Luckily we
our away games simply because we
have some newer teammates that are
become so much closer as a team
eager to step up and show us what
when we’re trapped in a car with each
they’re made of.
other for a couple hours. It will be a good time to meet some of the new,
WRITTEN BY: MELISSA MANDERBACH CLUB SPORTS COUNCIL REP
The spring is our matrix season,
rookie players. I’d say that our home
which means each game determines
game against College of Charleston
whether or not we make it to the
on the 14th of February will be one
regional and state championships.
to watch out for too because they
Having made it to final four last year,
are always a good competition for us.
we’d like to make it even further
Other than that we are going to be
this year.
The biggest thing that
starting strong and putting in some
held us back from going on to the
good practices before our first away
championships last spring was the
game at UNCC on the 31st of January.
lack of funds. To make sure we don’t run into that problem again, we are
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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL The women’s club basketball team is very
best way to get in shape and getting prepared
will be favorable. Another positive addition
excited for this upcoming semester. The
for tournaments is to scrimmage in practice;
has been a player stepping up to take on an
tournaments are going to be bigger and the
so having enough people to do so
officer position. There was an opening for
competition will be fiercer. Because the girls had a month off, the upcoming practices are going to focus on conditioning and picking up where they left off. The coaches and officers had a meeting to discuss what was expected for practice and what would be the most efficient to be successful. Since the girls only practice twice a week, there needs to be order and structure to get the most out of our limited time. Our first tournament is at the University of Maryland February 6th-8th. Between walking around Washington D.C. at midnight and riding the metro, the girls are eager to go back. There have been some great additions to the club team this semester. Having a full team benefits with substitutions and practices. The
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Vice President, and sophomore, Kelly Beasley
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has been more then happy to fulfill this
THE TOURNAMENTS ARE GOING TO BE BIGGER AND BETTER
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responsibility. She is a pre-nursing major and has found time with her busy schedule to help out the team. This will be her second semester on the women’s club team and the coaches and officers are ecstatic that she is stepping up. The spring semester for club basketball is known for being more intense because we will be traveling more and facing different teams. After the Maryland tournament, the girls travel to Georgia on February 27th – March 1st, which is a team favorite. They will be in Athens, where there is a plethora of things that they can do. The team is very close, so this semester will be fun to get to
know each other better and incorporate the new girls. The home tournament’s dates are still being figured out, which will be held at the Student Recreation Center. The girls finish up the semester going to NC State for nationals in April. Because there is so much traveling and the costs are going to be more then the fall semester, there will be a big focus on fundraising. Look out for the women’s basketball team this semester. They are confident that they will continue their winning record and still be a threat to other schools. Practices are going to push these girls to the limit to get back into the swing of competing.
WRITTEN BY: ALYSSA HORAN, SECRETARY
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WOMEN’S ULTIMATE
The cold weather, back to school
in the Game,” anything by Michael
drag, holiday pounds, and general
Jackson and Katy Perry, thrown in
schedule chaos, can make it quite the
Twist and Shout by the Beatles, and,
challenge to get back in the grove of
end with “Wait So Long” by Trampled
a club sport. Winter workouts tend to
by Turtles (a team favorite). Finally,
quickly dissolve. Chilly, dark nights
make getting back to shape fun. Play
make it hard to stay motivated in
games for cardio, include relay races
practice. However, the winter season
into practice, sing songs, scrimmage
blues won’t stop Women’s Ultimate
(a lot), and stay positive. The first few
from success. In order to combat this
practices might be rough, leave you
syndrome a variety of steps must
feeling sore and discouraged, but
be taken. First, designate a team
remember, it is all a part of the game
motivator. This should be someone
and, in the long run, will leave you
who is both responsible and cheerful;
feeling good. We all play sports for a
someone who really gets the team
reason. Don’t let the off season slug,
going. They are responsible for
bring you down. And remember: Just
reminding teammates about pre-
keep ya head in the game/ Just keep
season workouts and keeping the
ya head in the game.
sport on everyone’s minds. Next, keep up the team’s spirt with a pump warm-up tape. Include songs, such as High School Musical’s “Getcha Head
WRITTEN BY: CORRIE MALONE, SECRETARY
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WOMEN’S SOCCER
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he Women’s club soccer team is looking forward to an exciting spring season! We are currently still in the process of scheduling games for this semester,
WRITTEN BY: TAYLOR BRANTON,
but so far we seem to have a pretty full schedule. We
PRESIDENT
are hoping to compete in two weekend tournaments and the rest will consist of day games. One of the largest tournaments we are playing in is the Southern Pines Tournament which is actually the first time this tournament is taking place. Some of our opponents
many memories from their years of playing with the club team. We
this season will possibly be University of South Carolina, NC State,
currently have three seniors on the team who are looking forward
UNC Chapel-Hill, Asheville, Clemson, Virginia Tech, Western, and a
to a strong season. I know over my four years here at Appalachian,
whole array of other schools. We are also attempting to schedule
some of my greatest memories come from being a part of the club
a few home games near the end of March if the weather holds off.
soccer team. I am so thankful to be a member of such a fun group of women and to be able to say my closest friends I met through
In order to prepare for the season, we will be training extra hard
the club soccer team.
during practices. We will be focusing on technical skills, fitness, and team drills. Our coach, Scott Smith, has been working hard during
Only time will tell if we will meet our goals of numerous wins. In
the off season to prepare practices and research drills that will
order to reach these goals, it will take dedication and hard work
improve our individual skills along with our team skills. We will
from all of the girls on the team. The officers are looking to push
also work off the field to help prepare for the spring season. We
our team to the max in order to come out strong!
hope to host a fundraiser at a local restaurant or yogurt store that will help us raise money for tournaments, fees, and other expenses. With all of our hard work and dedication, we hope to finish the season with an outstanding record and to leave the seniors with
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“ WE ARE
LOOKING FORWARD TO AN EXCITING SPRING SEASON
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WE CAN’T WAIT TO REACH NEW HEIGHTS AS A TEAM ”
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WRITTEN BY: CORI RASH, SECRETARY
EQUESTRIAN With the new semester being less
would not have been possible. Our
Continuing on this semester we hope
demanding than last semester we are
competing Western and Dressage teams
to put many more hours into building
so grateful to all the time and effort
also traveled and competed at multiple
our team and continuing our goals of
our team members put into the team.
shows during the semester.
regionals. Though this semester our
Our team members put in many hours
members will not be traveling as much
every week traveling, practicing, learning,
Not only do our members put the time in
as last semester, we still expect to see
and showing. We take pride in how our
to go out to the barn during a busy week
great dedication come from our team.
members show their dedication to the
full of school and other commitments,
All three competing teams will travel
equestrian team and love to see every
but they also go the extra mile. Our team
to shows leading up to regionals at
year the new members prove how much
sends groups six days a week out to the
the end of February where we will be
they want to be apart of our team.
barns to put in hours of practice and
sending multiple riders in multiple
learning to improve. Outside of going
disciplines. While some of our riders will
Last semester called for many extra
to lessons, our team members volunteer
compete in both the Western and Hunt
hours due to our show season schedule
with a local horse rescue, Horses of the
Seat regionals, we will also have other
and events. Our Hunt Seat team traveled
High County, sending groups to help
members volunteering at the Western
every weekend of October and November
clean stalls, feed, and other barn chores.
regionals in Chatham, Virginia. We are so
while helping host a Hunt Seat show in
During all of the extra time put into the
proud of our riders and everything that
Greensboro with High Point University.
team our members are able to become
have accomplished and will accomplish
As a team we hosted a Dressage show at
closer and connect through their love for
this year!
Foothills Equestrian Center and without
horses.
the extreme dedication of our team,
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ALPINE SKI
WRITTEN BY: BROOKE LAING, SECRETARY
Though we just made it through our first
teammates improve week to week. As the
week of classes, the Ski Team’s competition
season progresses, both the men’s and
season is already well underway. We’ve had
women’s teams are skiing hard to make it to
two weekends worth of races, and so far
Regionals, the final event of the season. For
everyone on the team seems to be enjoying
those of us that are lucky enough to make
it. As a team, I think we’re looking forward to
it, Regionals offers a great opportunity to
a lot of things for the 2015 season.
compete against and watch other skiers from schools spread across the entire east coast.
Welcoming in and getting to know the new
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members has been great. We have a good
Though we all strive to be the best skiers we
mix of seasoned skiers and rookies on the
can be, Ski team is really about camaraderie.
team this year and one of the best parts
My favorite thing about ski team and what
of ski team is watching yourself and your
I’ve been most looking forward to for the last
few months, is simply hanging out with all of these people, who under normal circumstances might not ever meet. It’s great to become a part of such a varied group of people who all come together for the mutual love of skiing. I cannot wait to spend every weekend for the next month with my team, whether we’re on the slopes or off.
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FENCING TEAM
During
this
semester
the
Fencing
effective marketing, exceptional leadership
2014-2015 winter break so he could
Club is expecting to be meeting a few
demonstrated by each officer, and through
improve his balance and flexibility while
goals that have been implied before
managing resources for travel expenses
being in the proper stance for fencing.
winter break started during December
and expenses relevant to hosting a
Because of this motivation to improve
2014. Some of these goals that we are
tournament. Since each officer needs to be
his stance while fencing, Carleton is more
expecting to achieve throughout this
an exceptional leader to the fencers and in
capable of demonstrating leadership
semester are to increase our amount of
society, at least two officers have prepared
through instructing the fencers with his
actively participating members, travel to
themselves physically and mentally for this
knowledge so each member has a more
participate in fencing tournaments at other
season.
effective fencing practice session, and
universities, and host at least one fencing
this leadership can also be translated to
tournament in the Quinn gymnasium.
Carleton
These goals were chosen because the
the
goals can be realistically achieved through
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Stuecker, the
of
leadership in his future career. A few other
that
officers also exercised during this winter
he participated in Kung Fu during the
break to meet personal fitness goals as
Fencing
Club,
Secretary
mentioned
well as maintaining a level of fitness that
I have the desire to use my leadership
Vlad Vedock and Carleton Stuecker both
is required for fencing effectively. One of
skills to support the Fencing Club while
stated that they are looking forward to
these officers that maintained fitness to
also being able to eventually use similar
participating in divisionals sometime
meet personal goals and maintain the leg
leadership skills in my career sometime
during the semester. I am looking forward
strength and endurance recommended for
after I am finished being a student. Being
to using my knowledge that I have gained
fencing is myself.
a leader is an important task for any
by studying both of my majors and my
individual, especially since leadership is
minor toward supporting the Fencing Club.
I, David Longworth, was elected as the
a necessary concept that is required for
Collectively, each current member of the
new Public Relations officer of the Fencing
people to be competitive in any aspect
Fencing Club is looking forward to having
Club during the officer election that the
of life such as athletics, employment, and
a great semester while also helping each
group conducted shortly before this past
entrepreneurship. Because I am the new
member and the club achieve goals that
winter break started. I believe that I will
Public Relations officer and the spring
promote the professional growth of both
be able to improve the overall wellbeing
2015 semester is starting, the other officers
the members and the club.
of Appalachian State University’s Fencing
and I are looking forward to some different
Club because I am studying Marketing
concepts throughout the semester.
as one of my majors, I was a member of Elkin High School’s fencing team
The other officers and I are looking
throughout most of my high school career
forward to meeting new members since
and participated as a member of the high
having more members is one of our goals
school’s A-Team during my senior year, and
that we are working toward attaining.
WRITTEN BY: DAVID LONGWORTH PR OFFICER
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WRITTEN BY: RILEY PARR, SECRETARY
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TRIATHLON TEAM
Last year, we decided to attend an
and a couple 5K’s. Needless to say,
outdoor festival at the Whitewater
we slept like rocks on both nights
Center in Charlotte, NC.
Tuckfest
we were in Charlotte. The beauty of
is a festival that celebrates the
the festival was that each of these
outdoors and hosts a series of
races didn’t cost you a dime besides
races and challenges, such as trail
the festival ticket, which was very
running, kayaking, mountain biking,
reasonably priced around $35 for the
rock climbing, SUP, and adventure
full weekend. The only drawback was
races.
Our team camped out
each car had to pay a daily fee of five
near the festival and boy, did we
dollars to enter the center, which we
have a blast!
were sort of peeved about.
We all competed in
a variety of events, from the halfmarathon adventure race (with many
The festival this year is on our
obstacles to overcome during the
calendar for April 17-19. We are all
event) while myself and a few others
extremely excited for the festival and
did the numerous mountain bike
are counting down the days until we
competitions, such as the King of
can get our tuck on. Stay #aero
the Hill, Super “G” (think timed single slalom, my fellow mountain bikers), and the cross country race. We also did an over-the-water rock climbing wall challenge, a flatwater kayak race,
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WRITTEN BY IAN MCNEIL, CLUB SPORTS EXECUTIVE
Well, a new semester is upon us and those of us that attended this week’s Club Sports Council meeting got to see what a busy semester it will be for the Club Sports community. We started the meeting with updates from each team. Alpine Ski, Snowboarding and Ice Hockey are in the midst of their busy schedules and are performing well. The rest of the teams are starting up for the spring seasons and have lots of new athletes coming in. With no old business to cover, we dove right into new business. The executives asked the council members to list the biggest accomplishments of the fall semester. Topping the list were the national championship reimbursement votes, changing the manual to include Club Sports Awards criteria and the wildly successful Club Sports dodgeball tournament! A great number of others were listed, but it would take days to cover all that. Following this portion of new business, each council member was asked to give a testimony about Club Sports. Specifically, they were asked to explain how the Club Sports community and their team has shaped their college experience. These were collected and
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will be used later when we ask for more money from the higher administration (scary, I know). We then moved into our committees and began to lay the groundwork for the coming semesters work. Team Unity is planning to host another dodgeball tournament and is looking into other organization-wide events. Community service is interested in helping with the dance marathon, and is going to sponsor a spring food drive. Budget committee (really needs a new name…) is going to be running an event during club week involving the pool and boats, and promise there are more details to follow. Publicity committee is going to have Club Sports stickers available in the near future. After committee work, we heard word from our wonderful coordinators, beginning with Alyssa Gribble, who says that she wants to see a lot more Illustrated articles out this semester and she would also like for me to submit this article in a timelier manner next go round. Tyler said he will tell us more about UREC when they meet next. Our activities intern this
semester introduced himself. His name is Kyle. He is looking forward to getting to know all of the Club Sports Community. Chelsea Watson was pleased to see everyone in attendance at last week’s facility meeting and is working on getting all of us ample varsity time. Finally, the big boss lady Erin Sanders reviewed the council’s accomplishments from last semester and told the council that there are four new team proposals coming to council this semester. The proposed teams are water polo (in attendance this meeting), archery, racquetball and men’s soccer. Thanks Erin! We closed with a brief moment from Amanda Pausch, of Fencing, who is in the midst of developing an attendance app for teams to use at practice. Her idea was met with much interest and excitement. Well… we didn’t close with that, but she was the last key speaker. We shut it down with the typical reminders: TURN IN YOUR MIC’s, and DO THE TRAVEL FORMS RIGHT, etc. Thanks for tuning in, I promise the next meeting will be just as much fun.
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