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USO Support Services

"Student-athletes face unique challenges and time demands. Our academic support center is designed to be proactive in helping them achieve their goals and maintain a high standard of academic achievement. " - Sara Hickmann, Coordinator of Athletic Academic Support LJSD All-Academic Honor Roll West Coast Conference All Academic Team Jeb Dougherty, Business 1997; 1996; 1995; 1994 Jay Parks, MBA/Comp. Sci. 1997; 1996; 1995; 1994 David Romero, Int. Rel. 1995; 1994 Jacob Slania, Economics 1995 Mike Freehill, Biology 1994 Chad Boyd, Business 1993; 1992 Kevin Hertle, Business 1993; 1992 Eric Morton, Mathematics 1993 Jeff Crane, Business 1992; 1993 wee Scholar-Athlete of the Year Jacob Slania, 1995 GTE Academic All-America Second Team Kevin Hertle, 1993 David Rolls, 1988 Third Team Robbie Rogers, 1987

USO Academic Support Sara Hickmann enters her second year as Coordina– tor of Athletic Academic Support at the University of San Diego. The USD 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 aca– demic 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 athletics. USD student-athletes receive assistance through ad– vis ing, 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. The USD strength and conditioning program is under the direction ofSteve Brown who is in his fourth year. It has been designed to develop functional strength, speed, power and endurance. The develop– ment ofthese physical attributes is useless to the athletes unless it can be carried onto the playing field. There– fore, adhering to a properly designed programofstrength training, conditioning and nutrition can enable our men and women to become the best possible athletes they can be, while simultaneously reducing the incidence of injury. USD student-athletes receive intensive instruc– tion on proper weight training technique; speed, power and agility development; and sport-specific condition– ing. Their strength and conditioning programs are specific to the nature of their sport or position. Each athlete is individually monitored throughout their pro– gram to ensure the greatest chance ofathletic progress. Steve was recently named as the 1998National Strength and Conditioning Association Professional of the Year for the West Coast Conference.

Torero Strength and Conditioning

"I look forward to training all USD 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, USD Strength and Conditioning Coach