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March 23, 2017

Date/Time
Thursday, 03/23/2017
Location
Cherry 2018
Submitted By:
Helene Thill

IAC Meeting

March 23, 2017

 

Attendance:  Benson, Chu, Henderson, Holmes, Hubbard, Mayer  - Special Guest:  Robin Harmony

 

Meeting called to order at 2:00pm

Minutes Approved – Moved by Dr. Holmes, 2nd by Dr. Mayer

 

Jason Henderson introduced our Head Women’s Basketball Coach, Robin Harmony.

 

Robin Harmony

  • Academics always come first. It’s 2 full-time jobs, academics and athletics.
  • Coaches do class checks and attendance is mandatory.
  • Progress reports are received three times a semester and are addressed with the student-athletes.
  • The coaches collect syllabi and each coach is responsible for 4-5 student-athletes.
  • Weekly meetings with their academic coach.
  • Team GPA is a 3.1. We are proud of that as our student-athletes have serious majors.
  • Was at Miami for 20 years and every student-athlete graduated.
  • The team comes in for summer II each year so most players are graduating as juniors.
  • APR is important and deals with eligibility and retention. It was a 933 when recruited to coach here and now is much higher.
  • Athletically, we were 22-8. Two players with national recognition, Kiandra Bowers (offensive rebounds), Chastadie Barrs (Lead nation in steals).
  • Signed two new players early and both could be starting next year.

 

Dr. Chu – Congratulated Coach Harmony on her and her team’s job on and off the court.

 

Jason Henderson

 

Men’s Basketball – First Southland tournament in five years and played in the CIT tournament.  Men have two seniors.

Softball – 6-0 in conference play.

Baseball – Started 1-5 in conference, but they are getting better and should be alright.

Men’s Golf – No post season this year, but will be participating in a special tournament with Kentucky.

Women’s Golf – They have one a couple tournaments and are preparing for the Southland tournament.

Men’s Track – Indoor finished 5th and outdoor season starts this weekend.

Women’s Track – Indoor finished 2nd and outdoor season starts this weekend.

Men’s Tennis – Haven’t started conference play yet.

Women’s Tennis – Beat Texas A&M Corpus Christi which is their first loss in conference in several years.

  • We are hosting the Southland Conference Tournament April 28-30 at Beaumont Municipal Tennis Center.

Football – Spring Football started Tuesday and Pro-day is today.

 

APR will be released in mid April.

 

Dr. Chu – Asked about student-athletes missing class for practice.  Mr. Henderson let him know that is not permitted and if there are any questions from Professors to please contact Athletics.

Next Meeting will be April 20.

 

Meeting adjourned at 2:20pm