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Freshman Goalie Dismissed After First Semester at UT
By MILES PARKS Sports Writer
Leah Cesanek was the starting goalkeeper for the University of Tampa women’s soccer team in the fall. But after one semester, Cesanek is no longer enrolled at UT. Due to the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), specific information on a student’s academic standing is primarily held confidential. As the law states, it is unlawful for anyone, including the student’s parents without the student’s consent, to disclose or collect information about specific grades or marks at any point in
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the education process. After contacting the university’s Dean of Students, it has been confirmed that Cesanek is currently not enrolled at UT. When asked to comment on the issue, Cesanek declined. Touted as a top prospect coming into college, she recorded 28 shutouts in her four-year career at Haverford High School in Pennsylvania. Her soccer successes followed her to UT, where she compiled a .75 goals against average in her first season. But in a sudden turn, the women’s team that was once optimistic about its future now has a question mark at arguably
its most important position. Larry Marfise, in his 12th year as athletic director at UT, tried his best to explain this situation given FERPA’s restrictions, while also emphasizing the school’s academic policies. “We monitor all our student athletes,” Marfise said. “We ask every coach to stay on top of their athletes. But occasionally, some fall in the cracks.” Although academics at UT are strong among all athletic teams, women’s soccer remains one of the highest achieving programs at the school. In November, the team was honored with the National Soccer
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Coaches Association of America “Team Academic Award.” Prior to Cesanek’s arrival, during the ‘09-‘10 academic year, the team earned a cumulative GPA of 3.22. Marfise is passionate about sports, but maintained that he is more passionate about education. “Our number one goal here is to graduate [student athletes],” Marfise said, “not to win conference championships or national championships. Cesanek tampaspartans.com “Those are nice. But what we want people to do is graduate.” less leverage with which to award As a school with a smaller athletic scholarships to student endowment than some other athletes. Division II programs, UT has [See Cesanek, 17]
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