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TULANE ATHLETICS ANNUAL REPORT
MEN’S TENNIS TEAM
2018 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS
Our goal in Tulane Athletics each year is to set a standard of excellence that others should aspire to achieve. We strive to meet that standard competitively, academically, socially, fiscally and most certainly in the experience we provide our 325 student-athletes. This document summarizes the 2017-18 school year and our progress toward setting that standard. The future is bright for Tulane. Both institutionally and athletically, all indicators are pointing up. However, we move forward only by understanding the path we have previously walked. While we won our first American Athletic Conference Tournament Championship this past spring, the progress shown academically and in the quality of experience stands out. It also positions us for the high expectations that lie ahead in the 2018-19 school year. We owe a debt of gratitude to the 125 athletic department coaches and staff, as well as our student-athletes, for a great year and the bright future ahead. As great as our outcomes may appear in the rearview mirror, the best is yet to come on the road ahead. Roll Wave!
Troy Dannen Ben Weiner Director of Athletics Chair
IN THE CLASSROOM
61
%
OF STUDENT-ATHLETES
REACHED OR EXCEEDED
3.0 GPA
2017-18
AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE TEAM
NTCA ALL-ACADEMIC
TEAM AWARD
ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE
BOWLING
MEN’S BASKETBALL
AWARD
1 OF 38 TEAMS WITH 3.2 GPA OR ABOVE
PERFECT MULTI-YEAR
APR SCORE OF 2017-18
AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
TEAM ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARD HIGHEST CUMULATIVE GRADE-POINT AVERAGES WOMEN’S INDOOR AND OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD
1,000
MEN’S TENNIS BOWLING WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY VOLLEYBALL
APR REPORT Implemented in 2003 as part of an ambitious academic reform effort in Division I, the Academic Progress Rate (APR) holds institutions accountable for the academic progress of their student-athletes through a team-based metric that accounts for the eligibility and retention of each student-athlete for each academic term. Teams must earn a four-year average APR of 930 or above to compete in championships. APR
Eligibility/ Graduation
Retention
Baseball
973
994
951
Men’s Basketball
961
981
939
Men’s Cross Country
947
947
947
Football
968
962
971
Men’s Tennis
1,000
1,000
1,000
Men’s Track
952
942
962
Women’s Basketball
991
991
991
Bowling
1,000
1,000
1,000
Women’s Cross Country
1,000
1,000
1,000
Golf
991
1,000
982
Beach Volleyball
986
1,000
971
Swimming & Diving
997
1,000
994
Women’s Tennis
975
983
966
Women’s Track
995
995
995
1,000
1,000
1,000
Sport
Volleyball
*All APR rates are multi-year rates
DEPARTMENT
GPA
78
STUDENT-ATHLETES NAMED TO THE
DEAN’S LIST
225
STUDENT-ATHLETES WHO POSTED 3.0 GPA OR HIGHER
BUSINESS
GRADUATING SENIORS
Kendall Ardoin Sam Bjorngjeld Alexandra Brindisi Riley Conroy Caylah Cruickshank Jarret DeHart Junior Diaz Aaron Golub Zachery Harris Jackson Johnson Charles Jones II Naz Karagoz Emma Lincoln Stephon Lofton Madeline Mertz Michelle Ng Cameron Reynolds Constantin Schmitz Samir Sehic Peter Woullard
LIBERAL ARTS Moses Aloiloi Justine Bowers Glen Cuiellette Patrick Duester Terren Encalade Dontrell Hilliard Brandon Issa Devon Johnson
LIBERAL ARTS CONTINUED Robert Kennedy Sofia Kurtz Donnie Lewis, Jr Rae Juan Marbley Tirol Palmer Matt Rowland John Washington Sean Wilson
PUBLIC HEALTH
Sade Atkinson Alexandra Lakota, Graduate School Jennifer Lamori Kolby Morgan Sarah Ray Kaitlin Simpson, Graduate School
SCIENCE & ENGINEERING Lauren Bartels Christina McAfee Stephen Medlin, Graduate School Lisa Mordell Emma Newton Lan Nguyen Stanley Roberts
IN THE COMMUNITY 3,000+ COMMUNITY SERVICE
H URS
DURING 2017-2018 ACADEMIC YEAR
The Student-Athlete Advisory Committee led a successful mental health awareness campaign through social media engagement and partnerships with the American Athletic Conference SAAC and the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
PLACED
15
TH
Tulane’s community outreach initiatives incorporated programs that focused on education, children and youth, environment, animals and senior citizens.
2018 HELPER HELPER
NCAA TEAM WORKS COMPETITION Only AAC school to finish in the Top 20
KAITLIN SIMPSON
STUDENT-ATHLETE ADVISORY COMMITTEE PRESIDENT
TULANE STUDENT-ATHLETES WORKED WITH
35
DIFFERENT
ORGANIZATIONS
ONE HUNDRED
PERCENT OF ATHLETICS TEAMS PARTICIPATED IN A
COMMUNITY SERVICE
TO THE PROS TULANE WAS ONE OF
24 SCHOOLS NATIONALLY TO HAVE ONE PLAYER SELECTED IN THE NFL, NBA AND MLB DRAFTS
MELVIN FRAZIER, JR ORLANDO MAGIC
KODY HOESE
PARRY NICKERSON
KANSAS CITY ROYALS
NEW YORK JETS
GRANT WITHERSPOON TAMPA BAY RAYS
WILL Mc AFFER
TORONTO BLUE JAYS
ADE ARUNA
MINNESOTA VIKINGS
RISING TO THE TOP JESSICA DUCKETT
2018 ALL-AMERICAN
CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS
ALL-AMERICANS
MEN’S TENNIS TEAM
PARRY NICKERSON Football
EMMANUEL ROTICH Men’s Cross Country BRANDI HUGHES Women’s Indoor Track and Field / 60m Hurdles JESSICA DUCKETT Women’s Indoor Track and Field / 100m Hurdles
NCAA REGIONAL CHAMPION EMMANUEL ROTICH Men’s Cross Country
NCAA POST SEASON APPEARANCES EMMANUEL ROTICH Men’s Cross Country Men’s Outdoor Track and Field JESSICA DUCKETT Women’s Outdoor Track and Field MEN’S TENNIS TEAM
MADISON MCCALL Bowling MICHELLE NG Bowling JESSICA DUCKETT Track and Field EMMANUEL ROTICH Cross Country Track and Field KAYLIE MCHUGH Beach Volleyball MADELINE MERTZ Beach Volleyball
EMMANUEL ROTICH
2017 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CROSS COUNTRY CONFERENCE CHAMPION
AMERICAN ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM
AMERICAN ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM
PARRY NICKERSON / 1ST
MAYA HAREWOOD Women’s Outdoor Track and Field / 400M
DONTRELL HILLIARD / 2ND
MCKENZIE MELIUS Women’s Outdoor Track and Field / 3K Steeple
RAE JUAN MARBLEY / 2ND Football
KYAH LOYD Women’s Outdoor Track and Field / 100H
DONNIE LEWIS, JR / Honorable Mention
CONSTANTIN SCHMITZ
Football Football
Football
CONTINUED
Men’s Tennis
MELVIN FRAZIER, JR / 2ND Men’s Basketball
EWAN MOORE Men’s Tennis
KOLBY MORGAN / 2
ND
Women’s Basketball
BRANDI HUGHES Women’s Indoor Track and Field / 60H JESSICA DUCKETT Women’s Indoor Track and Field / 60H Women’s Outdoor Track and Field / 100H, 400H LAUREN BARTELS Women’s Indoor Track and Field / 5K Women’s Cross Country
REBEKAH MARKEL Women’s Indoor Track and Field / Pole Vault
GRANT WITHERSPOON Baseball
AMERICAN SCHOLAR ATHLETES OF THE YEAR LAUREN BARTELS
Women’s Cross Country
CONSTANTIN SCHMITZ Men’s Tennis
FOOTBALL
HEAD COACH WILLIE FRITZ Won his 200th career game
VOLLEYBALL
2017 Allstate Sugar Bowl Collegiate Volleyball Classic
CHAMPIONS CROSS COUNTRY
EMMANUEL ROTICH South Central Region
ATHLETE OF THE YEAR
Awarded by U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association
MEN’S BASKETBALL
MELVIN FRAZIER, JR 2018 American Athletic Conference
MOST IMPROVED PLAYER OF THE YEAR
IN THE POST-KATRINA ERA
MADE THIRD STRAIGHT NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCE REACHED
SEASON HIGH NO. 20
IN THE ITA’S NATIONAL RANKINGS
CONSTANTIN SCHMITZ
NATION’S 12TH-RANKED SINGLES PLAYER Named Most Outstanding Player of the 2018 American Athletic Conference Championship Earned second straight ITA All-America selection in singles + Named American Athletic Conference Player of the Year
2,240 POINTS
MARK BOORAS Named American Athletic Conference
Signed with Switzerland team Riva Basket
BEACH VOLLEYBALL
104 CAREER WINS – MOST ALL-TIME
FIRST CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
KOLBY MORGAN Finished Tulane career second all-time in team history with
MADELINE MERTZ
MEN’S TENNIS
WON THE PROGRAM’S
MADELINE MERTZ Second athlete in Tulane beach volleyball history to record 100th career win
COACH OF THE YEAR WOMEN’S TENNIS
ADVANCED TO THE QUARTERFINALS of the American Athletic Conference Championship
BASEBALL DEFEATED FIVE NATIONALLY-RANKED TEAMS SWIMMING & DIVING TOTALED 5 INDIVIDUAL MEDAL-WINNING
performances in the AAC Championship and
ONE RELAY MEDAL Set school records in 8 events
TRACK AND FIELD
Finished the year with
TWO
ALL-AMERICANS
BOWLING
Reached program-high No. 9 in the NTCA’s national rankings
GOLF
2017 USA INTERCOLLEGIATE CHAMPIONS Four golfers earn WGCA All-America Scholar honors
KOLBY MORGAN
SECOND ALL-TIME LEADING SCORER IN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL HISTORY
A TEAM EFFORT GREEN WAVE CLUB
FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS
> Over 1,000 new annual fund members from 45 states
Turchin Stadium
> Launched Wave 100
> New outfield wall, dugout padding and batting cages
> Since the establishment of the Olive & Blue Society, members have committed more than $2.5 million to Tulane Athletics
Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse
> Olive and Blue Society membership increased by 50 percent
SALES, REVENUE & TICKETING > Four of the five ticketed sports surpassed their previous season’s revenue > Doubled group ticket totals > Started ticket donation programs for serving military personnel and local children’s charities > Set single-game ticket sales and overall revenue record in volleyball and women’s basketball > Set season ticket sales record in women’s basketball > Received the 2018 Founder’s Award from Paciolan
SOCIAL MEDIA ENGAGEMENT > Totaled over a 180 percent increase in total impressions > Posted a 98 percent increase in Facebook likes and a 47 percent increase in Instagram followers
> Men’s basketball and volleyball locker room renovation and branding
Angry Wave Additions
> Court redesign in Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse > Scoreboard addition at Yulman Stadium > Angry Wave addition on Benson Field
BROADCASTING > Fans watched 22,398 hours of programming on Tulane All-Access > Over 100 events streamed to Tulane All-Access from July 2017 to July 2018
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