USD Baseball 2002

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2002 Torero Baseball

USO Strength and Contitioning and Ac•ade■nie Suppo■·t lfniversity of §an Diego Academic Support Shaney Fink begins her second year as USO 111-Acade•ic Ho■or Roll wee Scholar-At.hletes Julie Lemery '90& 92 Melissa Glazebrook '00 Serena Eiermann '92 Jamie Lucia '00 Angie Straub '90, 91& 92 Erin Malich '00 Paula Mascari '88, 89 & 90

'90

Cathy Perkins

'97, 98, 99 & 00 '96, 97, 98, & 99

Susie Erpelding Kari Ambrose Nailah Thompson Heidi Ambrose Amanda Bishop Andrea Bums Malia Andagan Michele Brovelli

USD ' s Academic Support Coordinator. Fink was a standout vo lleyball player in the 90's, and in I999 she was on the Volleyball coach– ing staff as an assistant, helping the Toreros to a 23-6 record and a second round finish in the NCAA Tournament. Prior to USO she gained coaching experience at the high school, college and international levels for four years. She capped off a stellar coll egiate career ( 1990-93)

'87, 88 & 89

Candida Echeverria

'87 '87 '87

Kelli Behrens Jane Gilpin Karen Skemp

'95, 96 &97

'94, 95, 96 & 97

'97 '97

wee Female Scholar- Athlete of the Year

'94 & 96

'99-00 '89-90

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

Susie Erpelding Paula Mascari

Laura King Nya Jensen Jill Shaver

GTE Academic All-America

First Team

'98-99

'92, 93 & 94

Susie Erpelding

Melissa Sortino Lorraine Watson Charlene Bippes

at Cal Berkeley and won selection to the All-PAC Ten Decade Team. Fink completed her B.A., graduating with honors in Social Science from Berkeley in 1994. The USO Ath letic Academic Support program is designed to promote the academic development of student-athletes. The primary objective is to offer the necessary resources for the academic success of student-athletes as they work to earn their degree. Academic Suppo1t services are designed to enhance the student– athlete's overall collegiate ex perience and encourage development and attainment of academic and career goals. All USO student athletes have access to adv ising, tutoring and mentoring services. The mentoring program, Access, was developed in 1999 and teams a graduate student in the Counseling program with an athlete who would like to enhance study skills, learn about campus resources and receive guidance on goal development and attainment. Student-athletes also have access to the Writing, Math and Logic Centers. They can also take advantage of the resources available to them in the Career Center, Counseling Center and Computer Labs.

'94 '93

GTE Academic All-America

2nd Team

'96-97

'90, 91, 92 & 93

Heidi Ambrose

Chris Enger Julia Doria

GTE Academic All-America

'92

3rd Team

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

Debbie Gollnick

'99-00

Susie Erpelding

Lynda Jones

"The greatest challenge to a Division I athlete is to balance the demands ofsport while taking full advantage ofthe educational experience offered. The purpose ofour program is to assist student– athletes in meeting this challenge by offering tutoring, advising, mentoring and a quiet environment to study. The academic support program is designed to assist students in adjusting to life at USD and developing sound academic and career plans. By promoting a philosophy ofindividual responsibility, which encourages each student-athlete to value their educational experience, the academic support program assists each athlete to realize their full potential." - Shaney Fink

Torero Strength and Conditioning

The Uni versity of San Diego Athletic Department has made a commitment to increase ath letic ability throughout the entire student athl ete population. Therefore, each student athlete will be given a sport specific training program based on the metabo lic demands of their pos ition and sport. This is accomplished by training for the proper combination of power, strength, size, speed, agi lity, flexibility, endurance, and footwork. It is the responsibility of the strength and conditioning staff to design and implement workouts, teach and demonstrate proper lifting technique, and to monitor and evaluate each individual athlete 's progress, while maintaining a positive environment to train in. Along with increasing ath letic ability, the strength staff also has the goal of decreasing athletic injuries both in and out of the ath letic arena. The heart of the strength and conditioning program is the USO Sports Center weight room. It is open exc lusively to student-ath letes at specific times each day. The weight room contains 5,000 square feet of O lympic platforms, free-weights, selectorized machines, dumbbe ll s and cardiovascu lar equipment. The goal of the strength and conditioning department is to educate and motivate each student athlete to maximi ze their genetic potential and create an environment where athletes can develop into champions both mentally and physically.

The new fitness center inside the Jenny Craig

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Power Clean Jessica Gray Push Jerk Susie Erpelding Back Sguat

Bench Press

20 yard snrint Susie Erpelding 20 yard shuttle Robyn Fortney

1999

1999

170

2.86

1997

175

Nailah Thompson Vertical Jumn Marie Plocher

27"

1999

185

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1999

4.60

T-Test

Bar Dins

1999 1999

230 230

9.25

1996

1999

17

Melissa Glazebrook

Susie Erpelding

Melissa Glazebrook

Jessica Gray