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USO SUPPORT SERVICES

"Participating as a Division I athlete requires an enormous amount of time and dedication. Each day, our students face the difficult challenge of balancing the ir academic and athletic commitments. The purpose of our academic support program is to assist with the university's mission of developing well rounded students. Our program offers students a quiet environment where they can study, seek academic advice, learn about different campu s services and receive tutoring." - Mike Matoso, Coordinator of Athletic Academic Support

US[) Academic Support Mike Matoso enters his first year as Coordi– nator of Athletic Academic Support at the University of San Diego. The USO Athletic Academic Support Program is designed to assist and motivate student-athletes in their journey and progress towards their academic goals, and ultimately graduation. The primary objective is to improve the student-athletes' study skills, support them in their academic work, and encourage scholastic achievement. It is essential that student-athletes receive the necessary academic assistance to continue normal progress toward a degree while participating in athlet– ics. USD student-athletes receive assistance through advising, progress reports , academic tutors, campus learning centers, such as the Logic, Math, and Writing Centers, and the Accelerated Study Program. The Accelerated Study Program provides a monitored, quiet area open only to the student-athletes to ensure quality study time. These services are available to all USD student-athletes.

USO All-Academic Honor Roll

Wee Scholar-Athletes

'90 & 92

Julie Lemery

'92

'97 '97

Serena Eiermann

Amanda Bishop Andrea Burns Susie Erpelding Kari Ambrose Nailah Thompson Heidi Ambrose MaliaAndagan Michele Brovelli Melissa Sortino Lorraine Watson Charlene Bippes Chris Enger Julia Doria Debbie Gollnick Lynda Jones Laura King NyaJensen Jill Shaver

'90, 91 & 92 '88, 89 & 90

Angie Straub Paula Mascari Cathy Perkins

'97, 98 & 99

'90

'96, 97, 98, & 99

'87, 88 & 89

'95, 96 & 97

Candida Echeverria

'87 '87

'94, 95, 96 & 97 '94 & 96 '94, 95, & 96 '93, 94, 95 & 96 '93, 94 & 95 '91, 92, 93 & 94 '92, 93 & 94 '94 '93 '90, 91 , 92 & 93 '92

Kelli Behrens

Jane Gilpin

Karen Skemp '87 wee Female Scholar- Athlete of the Year Paula Mascari '89-90 GTE Academic All-America First Team Susie Erpelding '98-99 GTE Academic All-America 2nd Team Heidi Ambrose '96-97

'90, 91 , & 92 '90, 91 & 92

Torero Strength and Conditioning

"I look forward to training all USO student– athletess and hope to establish a sense of pride and commitment to the strength and conditioning program. I plan to utilize the latest research in this field to fully cultivate the athletic potential of our athletes." - Steve Brown, USO Strength and Conditioning Coach

The USD strength and conditioning program is under the direc– tion of Steve Brown who is in his fifth year. The University of San Diego ath letic department recognizes the need for all athletes of all sports to engage in a comprehensive strength and conditioning program. The USD strength and conditioning program has been designed to develop func– tional strength, speed, power and endurance. The development of these physical attributes is ineffective if the athletes are not able to carry them over to the playing fie ld. Adhering to a properly designed program of strength training, conditioning and nutrition can enable our men and women to become the best possible athletes they can be, while simulta– neously reducing the incidence of injury. The heart of the strength and conditioni ng program is the USD Sports Center weight room. It is open excl usive ly to student-athletes at specific times each day. The weight room contains 5,000 square feet of Olympic platforms, free-weights, selectorized machines, dumbbells and cardiovascular equipment. USD student-athletes receive intensive instruction on proper weight training technique; speed, power and agi lity development; and sport-specific condition ing. Their strength and conditioning programs are spec ific to the nature of their sport or position. Each ath lete is individually monitored throughout their program to ens ure the greatest chance of athletic progress.

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Power Clean Jessica Gray

20 l'ard sprint Susie Erpelding 20 l'ard shuttle Robyn Fortney

Bench Press

1999

1999

170

2.86

175

1997

Nailah Thompson Vertical Jump Malia Andagan

Push Jerk

1999

185

4.60

25"

1999

1996

Susie Erpelding

Back Sguat

T-Test

Bar Dips

1996

230 230

9.25

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Susie Erpelding

1999

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Melissa Glazebrook

Melissa Glazebrook

Jess ica Gray

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