Go Mocs

If you are familiar with college skiing, you must have heard “Go Mocs!” at the lake sometimes. The Mocs represent the athletic team of Florida Southern College (FSC) located in Lakeland, Florida. This college attracts great skiers from all over the world for many reasons. It is only an hour from Orlando and Lake County, the world epicenter of water skiing. The facilities are awesome. The college is basically built around the training lake, Lake Hollingsworth. Lakeland is also a great place to live, offering everything you need while being a student.

FSC is a great combination of a strong educational program and competitive skiing. Many great athletes have attended the college: Scot Ellis, Lauren Morgan, Ambre Franc, Thibaut and Tanguy Dailland, Marion Mathieu, Clementine Lucine, K.C. Wilson, Manon Costard, Paige Rini, Jamie Calhoun, and Cole McCormick. FSC has a strong sports tradition and water skiing is fully part of it.

Rea Jorger, the first Swiss athlete to represent her country at the US Masters this year, is currently getting her masters degree in accounting at FSC. Indisputably, the waterski team has helped her to achieve some high goals. Moreover, she believes that FSC has an excellent accounting program. The faculty has contributed to her academic achievements and professional success. In her words, “FSC gave me lifelong friends from all across the world in many different sports, and obviously the waterski team has a special place in my heart.

Rea Jorger and Valentina Gonzalez

FSC Waterski Club

Rea Q&A with

Valentina

What is your favorite class? federal tax, (because I’ m a nerd)

What is your favorite spot? at our dock, 7am, watching the sunrise and breaking the glass

Why FSC? -love fsc because of its location being in central florida around all ski schools but also having a beautiful lake on campus. love that it is a small college because you get to know all the athletes, your classmates and all the professors very well Just graduated from her undergrad in Business and Administration, Valentina Gonzalez, overall champion from Chile also shared with us that FSC allowed her to graduate from one of the top business schools in the world and do it at the same time as competing as a collegiate and professional skier. Which is even better. It allowed her to ski with some of the best skiers and coaches in the world that live only 25 minutes away from school and that helped her to become the skier she is today. “Also, college skiing rocks. By far the best 4 years in my life. I’ m so lucky to have had this opportunity

What is your favorite class? Humm this is a hard one, but I think that is has to be sports marketing or something related to my minor that was marketing.

What is your favorite spot? There ’ s a lot of beautiful spots on campus, but I would say that my favorite is the brand new dock that we have “Moc Dock” that is only 3 minutes away walking from my classrooms.

Why FSC? I love the community at FSC. everyone is so nice, from faculty members, staff, students, etc. I also love the support that they give us as athletes. This doesn ’t happen back home so it means a lot to me.

How to get in FSC?

Coach Curtis Rabe gave us the process! “First step is to just apply. It is easy and can be done online. Any information you need is at admissions. I suggest calling or emailing to get the communication open. You will be assigned an Admissions counselor depending on where you are from and they can help guide you through the process. This includes submitting transcripts and test scores. Scores needed are an ACT of 23. Unsure of high school and SAT' s. TOEFL for international, I believe is 69. Some test scores are now being waived due to Covid, but you would need a strong GPA if this is the case. Obviously, the better the grades the easier it is to be accepted and get scholarship money.

Retail tuition and fees is around $50,000/year but few pay this (NB. the website announces $39,000 per year for an undergraduate student). Almost everyone gets some scholarship money and most on my team get around $15,000-$20,000/year or more. I do have a smart team though...

Ski team qualifications vary depending on the skill level of the existing team and voids I need to fill. For example, I always need female jumpers, so I sometimes take beginners. My slalom team on the men ' s and women ' s side is traditionally very strong, so it is hard to qualify. I am very transparent when I talk to recruits, so they know what they are realistically looking at to ski at FSC. ” Thank you coach! Curtis is waiting for you on Lake Hollingsworth down in Lakeland, hurry up!