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As the 2012-2013 academic
year nears an end, I am ex-
tremely proud of the efforts of
our Athletes for Success in the
Classroom team at the Richard
R. Green House. The 2012
Fall Semester saw a record
number 248 student-athletes
combine for over 10,000 study
hours demonstrating the effort
needed to succeed in the class-
room.
We are proud of our teams and
student-athletes for their com-
mitment to academic excel-
lence. Each year Multicultural
Student Services recognizes
that commitment by honoring
two student-athletes for their
accomplishments both on and
off the field.
This past year
those student-
athletes were
All-American
and National
Champion Shamus O’Grady
from the Wrestling Team and
Victoria Martinez from the
Swimming and Diving Team.
Congratulations
to both Shamus
and Victoria!
We would also
like to extend a
special thanks to all of those
graduating student-athletes
who have helped define Husky
Nation!! Forever Huskies!!
—Shawn Kakuk
The Director’s Chair
Participating in college athlet-ics and being a student-athlete presents college students with a wide range of opportunities. The SCSU softball team has the privilege to travel twice a year: Las Vegas, Nevada and Orlando, Florida and for Natalie Shaft, first year out-fielder from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, these two trips were only her second and third times ever being on a plane. After becoming more familiar with the airport lifestyle and becoming a “seasoned” trav-eler, Natalie expresses herself
as, “being a more experienced traveler.” Natalie hopes to fur-ther broaden her travel experi-ences by studying abroad next summer.
During her off day in Orlando, Natalie chose to visit Tom and Jerry’s Airboat rides with four other teammates. There they saw many alligators and at the end of the ride they were able to hold a baby gator. Natalie shares, “it was cool to be able to see something that you would never find in the Mid-west.” Natalie looks forward to future trips down to Florida in
the hopes of gaining more ex-perience as a traveler, taking on more adventures and continu-ing to help the Huskies with successful, winning road trips.
—Marie Imholte
Opportunities
2013 Spring Semester
Volume 2 Issue 2
Athletes for Success
Inside this issue:
The Director’s Chair 1
Opportunities 1
Meet the RGHers 2
Coach’s Box 2
Making a Difference 3
The Writer’s Block 3
Where Are They
Now?
3
Pup’s Corner 4
Senior Reyan Robinson re-cently completed her eligibility on the SCSU Women’s Basket-ball team and will be graduat-ing with a degree in Commu-nity Psychology at the end of this semester. Reyan attributes her success to her ability to manage her time as a student-athlete. Reyan said that she has been successfully managing her academics and athletics by “getting stuff done as soon as possible because there is always something com-ing up.”
As a tutor at the Green House, Reyan says “the Green House has a really good environment to get stuff done and there are resources here to help stu-dents.” Reyan’s goal in tutor-ing fellow students is to show them that they can do it and she enjoys helping students understand they can achieve their task. Reyan has been very active on campus and a role
model to her peers. With only a few weeks left before gradua-tion Reyan is ready to move forward with the next steps in her life. Special Education major, Sha-
mus O’Grady, is a well accom-
plished student-athlete at
SCSU. Shamus is one of only
six four-time All-Americans
for the
SCSU
Wrestling
team. One
of the most
prolific
wrestlers in
SCSU his-
tory, Sha-
mus re-
cently won the 184 pound Na-
tional Championship and was
the Northern Sun Intercolle-
giate Athletic Conference and
NCAA Division II Wrestler of
the Year.
Athletics is not all that Shamus
focuses on; he is also recog-
nized for his work in the class-
room. That success in the
classroom landed Shamus on
the tutoring team at the Rich-
ard R. Green House this past
year. Shamus tutors fellow
students, primarily in Math 201
and 301, and says “he is
Shawn’s go to guy for running
errands on campus, and what-
ever else the Green House
needs.” Shamus says “the
Green House is a good place
to study and provides a service
that students should take ad-
vantage of.” For plans after
being a student-athlete at
SCSU, Shamus has not yet
decided. With plenty of oppor-
tunities, Shamus said “I would
like to continue my career in
wrestling, become a teacher
and coach, but who knows I
might never leave St. Cloud, I
like it here.”
—Kenquane Brown
really wants to see everyone succeed,” said McCabe.
McCabe is not the only St. Cloud State Head Coach that believes this theory, “The Green House is a great re-source, much better than the library, it’s just something about the structured setting that I like, you can’t find an-other place on campus like it,” said Head Baseball Coach Pat Dolan. With several of Do-
“Success, efficiency, accommo-dation, support,” several words used by St. Cloud State Head Soccer Coach Becky McCabe while describing the Richard R. Green House. With tutors available in numerous subjects on campus, quiet study areas, and a very experienced aca-demic advisor in Shawn Ka-kuk, the Green House is an ideal place to be if you want to be successful. “Shawn does a great job with the athletes, he
lan’s athletes as Green House tutors, he puts great trust in the Greenhouse, “If anyone on my team needs help, rookie or veteran, we just give Shawn a call, and the rest is taken care of,” said Dolan.
—Marvin Matthews
Meet the RGHers
Coach’s Box
“The Green House is a good
place to study and provides a
service that students should
take advantage of.”
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Making a Difference
Where Are They Now?
The Writer’s Block
St. Cloud State University coaches send their student-athletes to the Green House for more than just academic improvement. Head wrestling coach Steve Costanzo requires Green House hours with addi-tional values, such as self-discipline, in mind. “Everything in life requires self-discipline,” said Costanzo. “Nothing is given to you and everything must be earned.”
Senior wrestler Shamus O’Grady confirmed that the Green House is fulfilling Co-stanzo’s hopes for self-discipline. O’Grady, who is
also an academic tutor, ex-plained that the Green House requirements correlate with wrestling requirements, such as managing one’s weight. “[We] always hit our Green House hours,” said O’Grady. “Often to the exact minute.”
If Coach Costanzo required himself to attend the Green House, O’Grady would be a likely candidate to tutor him. “I would want to be tutored in mathematics by Shamus,” said Costanzo. “He is confident and passionate in this subject.” While elementary math is O’Grady’s expertise, the four-
time All-American had a dif-ferent sub-ject in mind. “I’d tutor him in typewriting,” said O’Grady. “He types like a dinosaur.”
—Phil Imholte
ply the main points. This allows
for the thesis and main points
to be shown, broken down and
thought about critically, because
simply showcasing the main
points is not enough; a writer
must know what they want and
have to say about their main
points. The same functions of
outlining can be accomplished
by creating a mental outline as
opposed to a written one. For
at the end of the day it is the act
of thinking critically and in
depth about what you want to
say, have to say, and can say
about your topic and main
points that matter.
There is no one solution for
everyone, so experiment and
find your way, because every
student grumbles when they
have to write a paper, but not
every student has to grumble
after the paper is graded.
—Jason Terres
“Write a paper,” these words
are enough to make even the
veteran student grumble.
However, the process of writ-
ing a paper needs to be neither
difficult nor stressful. And it
will not be if you put proper
planning into it.
Outlines can be very useful
planning tools. The correct
way to use an outline is to lay
out your entire paper, not sim-
needed to succeed as a student-athlete. Sarah believes that “the Athletes for Success in the Classroom program gave me the tools, resources and support to help manage my time to become a successful student-athlete and surrounded me with other stu-dent-athletes going through this same transition.” Sarah added “The ASC program played a significant role in my success as a student-athlete and reaching graduation. It taught me ac-countability, work-ethic, team-
Pioneer…one who is first, or among the earliest to open the path for others to follow.
Sarah Strohschein, former SCSU volleyball player, was among the first participants in the Athletes for Success in the Classroom program and the first Green House tutor. Sarah is a true pioneer.
Sarah successfully mastered the transition into college and into the professional world, quickly realizing the commitment
work, and community.”
Today, Sarah uses those same skills as the retail manager for the Carolina Panthers as she continues to build upon the success she enjoyed here at SCSU. As a true pioneer Sarah has modeled the skills and de-termination needed to be, not only a successful student-athlete, but also a successful professional, and more impor-tantly, a successful person.
—Shawn Kakuk
“A writer must know
what they want and
have to say about their
main points.”
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Our goal is to aid in the development of student athletes at
St. Cloud State University, increasing productivity through
academic support, academic advising and encouragement.
Physical Address: 827 4th Avenue South
St. Cloud, MN 56301
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in college, but I definitely do
not want to give up music. “It
can be done,” he told me,
“there is no reason why you
can’t pursue multiple interests.
If you really love something
don’t shy away from it if it
doesn’t mix well with another
thing you love. Just be thank-
ful for all the opportunities you
are given.”
A lot of people in college (and
in my case high school next
year), especially first year stu-
dents, sometimes get confused
about how to manage their
time. “You just have to take it
week by week,” he said,
When coming into college
there are so many paths one
can take. We all have the
things we are passionate about
but sometimes some of our
passions are hard to mix to-
gether. I personally have felt
this recently while filling out
my high school registration for
my first year at Tech High.
Phil Imholte is a senior who
plays left field and is captain of
the SCSU baseball team. Phil
is also a musician who has
helped me out with my own
musical interests. I myself am
hoping to be a student-athlete
“sometimes I’ll write myself a
schedule and goals I want to
accomplish that day or week. I
always like to have a little
down time and time to live my
social life.” That is the perfect
concoction for success and
happiness.
I can’t wait to pursue my pas-
sions and mix them into a col-
lege environment. A lot of
which is thanks to Phil. I guess
the moral of the story is to
chase after your dreams and to
not second guess yourself and
your goals.
—Sydney Kakuk
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