It's finally here! Looking forward to Falcon Softball kicking things off this weekend in Orlando.
Roll Along!
P.S. If anyone has it, can you post the official, uncompressed team picture on this site?
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Saturday, October 18, 2008
100 % GRADUATION RATE
CONGRATS TO OUR SOFTBALL PROGRAM---
Here is the article from the BG athletic site that shows that our BGSU softball program is among the nation's elite that graduates 100% of it's players and we are at the top in the MAC...congrats to our players, coaches and softball family for putting education as a top priority for these great athletes!!
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (BGSUFalcons.com) - The Bowling Green State University department of intercollegiate athletics ranked among the national leaders in graduating student-athletes, according to the latest NCAA Graduation Success Rate (GSR) released Tuesday (Oct. 14). Falcon student-athletes led all Mid-American Conference institutions, and no fewer than seven teams graduated 100% of their participants who enrolled between 1998 and 2001.
Bowling Green's overall Graduation Success Rate of 88% was the highest among the 12 Mid-American Conference schools, and was 10 points higher than the national average of 78%.
"We are extremely proud of our group of young men and women," said BGSU Assistant Vice President/Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Greg Christopher. "They truly epitomize the term `student-athlete.' It is a credit to them, our coaches, and our support system at BGSU that so many teams perform at such a high level in the classroom year after year."
BGSU student-athletes graduated well above the national average in 16 of the 18 sports offered by the school, including six-of-seven men's sports and 10-of-11 women's sports. Seven BG teams - including men's basketball, women's golf, gymnastics, women's soccer, softball, tennis and volleyball - posted a 100% graduation rate.
On the men's side, the basketball team's perfect 100% GSR was a highlight, as BGSU was 18 points above the second-highest MAC institution, and a full 38 points higher than the national average for that sport (62%). The Falcon hockey team was 28 points above the national average, with a score of 80%.
No fewer than six BG women's teams posted perfect GSR scores of 100%, while two others had scores above 90 percent. The Falcons' cross country/track and field squads had a GSR score of 95%, while the women's basketball Falcons had a score of 93%. Both scores were 11 points above the national averages for their respective sports.
Of the six women's programs achieving perfect 100% scores, softball ranked 14 points above the national average, while golf was 13 points higher than the national average for their respective sport. Volleyball (12), soccer (11) and tennis (11) also posted scores more than 10 points above their sport's national average. The gymnastics team performed `only' five points higher than the national average, as that sport's national average of 95% is the highest among any sport offered at BGSU.
The baseball team tied for second among MAC schools with a score of 83%, 15 points above the national average, while the men's soccer team was fourth overall, but second among conference schools who still offer the sport. The men's soccer Falcons had a GSR score of 86%.
The NCAA Graduation Success Rate (GSR) was developed in response to college and university presidents who wanted graduation data that more accurately reflect the mobility among college students today than the federal rate historically used to track graduation. The rate improves on the federally mandated graduation rate by including students who were omitted from the federal calculation.
The GSR measures graduation rates at Division I institutions and includes students transferring into the institutions. The GSR also allows institutions to subtract student-athletes who leave their institutions prior to graduation as long as they would have been academically eligible to compete had they remained.
The NCAA's 2008 Graduation Success Rate data showed that close to four of every five Division I student-athletes across the country earn a degree within six years of entering school. Measuring the degree-completion rate of students entering college between 1998 and 2001, the GSR showed that 78% of all student-athletes earned their degree during that time, up one point from last year.
Nationally, both datasets (the NCAA's 2008 GSR data and the latest federal graduation rate data for all Division I athletic programs) showed the highest-ever graduation rates for athletes. The federal rate showed a success rate of 64%, up two points from last year and two points above the federal graduation rate for all students.
Here is the article from the BG athletic site that shows that our BGSU softball program is among the nation's elite that graduates 100% of it's players and we are at the top in the MAC...congrats to our players, coaches and softball family for putting education as a top priority for these great athletes!!
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (BGSUFalcons.com) - The Bowling Green State University department of intercollegiate athletics ranked among the national leaders in graduating student-athletes, according to the latest NCAA Graduation Success Rate (GSR) released Tuesday (Oct. 14). Falcon student-athletes led all Mid-American Conference institutions, and no fewer than seven teams graduated 100% of their participants who enrolled between 1998 and 2001.
Bowling Green's overall Graduation Success Rate of 88% was the highest among the 12 Mid-American Conference schools, and was 10 points higher than the national average of 78%.
"We are extremely proud of our group of young men and women," said BGSU Assistant Vice President/Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Greg Christopher. "They truly epitomize the term `student-athlete.' It is a credit to them, our coaches, and our support system at BGSU that so many teams perform at such a high level in the classroom year after year."
BGSU student-athletes graduated well above the national average in 16 of the 18 sports offered by the school, including six-of-seven men's sports and 10-of-11 women's sports. Seven BG teams - including men's basketball, women's golf, gymnastics, women's soccer, softball, tennis and volleyball - posted a 100% graduation rate.
On the men's side, the basketball team's perfect 100% GSR was a highlight, as BGSU was 18 points above the second-highest MAC institution, and a full 38 points higher than the national average for that sport (62%). The Falcon hockey team was 28 points above the national average, with a score of 80%.
No fewer than six BG women's teams posted perfect GSR scores of 100%, while two others had scores above 90 percent. The Falcons' cross country/track and field squads had a GSR score of 95%, while the women's basketball Falcons had a score of 93%. Both scores were 11 points above the national averages for their respective sports.
Of the six women's programs achieving perfect 100% scores, softball ranked 14 points above the national average, while golf was 13 points higher than the national average for their respective sport. Volleyball (12), soccer (11) and tennis (11) also posted scores more than 10 points above their sport's national average. The gymnastics team performed `only' five points higher than the national average, as that sport's national average of 95% is the highest among any sport offered at BGSU.
The baseball team tied for second among MAC schools with a score of 83%, 15 points above the national average, while the men's soccer team was fourth overall, but second among conference schools who still offer the sport. The men's soccer Falcons had a GSR score of 86%.
The NCAA Graduation Success Rate (GSR) was developed in response to college and university presidents who wanted graduation data that more accurately reflect the mobility among college students today than the federal rate historically used to track graduation. The rate improves on the federally mandated graduation rate by including students who were omitted from the federal calculation.
The GSR measures graduation rates at Division I institutions and includes students transferring into the institutions. The GSR also allows institutions to subtract student-athletes who leave their institutions prior to graduation as long as they would have been academically eligible to compete had they remained.
The NCAA's 2008 Graduation Success Rate data showed that close to four of every five Division I student-athletes across the country earn a degree within six years of entering school. Measuring the degree-completion rate of students entering college between 1998 and 2001, the GSR showed that 78% of all student-athletes earned their degree during that time, up one point from last year.
Nationally, both datasets (the NCAA's 2008 GSR data and the latest federal graduation rate data for all Division I athletic programs) showed the highest-ever graduation rates for athletes. The federal rate showed a success rate of 64%, up two points from last year and two points above the federal graduation rate for all students.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
BREAST CANCER TOURNEY @ OSU
We are planning on feeding the team and BGSU fans between game 2 and 3 Sunday.
Terry Elliott said he could bring a large grill so we could do burgers and hot dogs.
if you would like to bring something please let me know ! We also need to know about how many people will be coming so we can plan the burgers and hot dogs...
See you Sunday
Terry Elliott said he could bring a large grill so we could do burgers and hot dogs.
if you would like to bring something please let me know ! We also need to know about how many people will be coming so we can plan the burgers and hot dogs...
See you Sunday
Sunday, September 21, 2008
KENT STATE HERE WE COME !
I can't wait to see the girls in action this weekend! I was going to see if Shannon knew if they would be stopping in Kent for dinner before busing home or if the girls wanted to just do something quick so they could get back to BGSU.
Thanks for the help in making the food available after the scrimmage it was great to have the girls get to hang out for a few minutes and meet some of the parents they did not know and vise versa...it really makes our team special-Coach Janice could not believe how many parents came to the scrimmage-- I told her just wait until KENT and the season we get ALOT of fans! It is one thing that makes our team so special is that the PARENTS that are close do come and we take care of all of those who have parents who live far away...Gives those girls a sense of having Mom and Dad there too!
I will have everyone's order I did not see yesterday at KSU so we can let everyone know BGSU is in the house! The girls are interested in doing a 2nd order as they want sweatpants and shorts added. Several asked about hats so I am checking on a price the get some embroidered hats that will have your daughter's name and Number on the side or back.
I will also have a window cling price in the next few days.
SEE YOU SATURDAY!!! AND GO BEEG
Thanks for the help in making the food available after the scrimmage it was great to have the girls get to hang out for a few minutes and meet some of the parents they did not know and vise versa...it really makes our team special-Coach Janice could not believe how many parents came to the scrimmage-- I told her just wait until KENT and the season we get ALOT of fans! It is one thing that makes our team so special is that the PARENTS that are close do come and we take care of all of those who have parents who live far away...Gives those girls a sense of having Mom and Dad there too!
I will have everyone's order I did not see yesterday at KSU so we can let everyone know BGSU is in the house! The girls are interested in doing a 2nd order as they want sweatpants and shorts added. Several asked about hats so I am checking on a price the get some embroidered hats that will have your daughter's name and Number on the side or back.
I will also have a window cling price in the next few days.
SEE YOU SATURDAY!!! AND GO BEEG
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Monday, September 15, 2008
We are up and running
Terry Elliott had a great idea to start a place where BG parents can talk to each other about meeting before or after games, travelplans , and anything else that people want to share. I asked Lindsay about how to set up a blog so we can have our conversations off the BG site. This will allow us to plan things for the girls without them or anyone else being able to see our plans!!! Things like the Easter Egg hunt--which by the way has been moved to sometime nearer Easter as Hayley Wiemer said we have lost the night of the hunt for the past two years and we WANT to WIN the MAC this year...I say whatever it takes!!
So Lindsay set this up for us. So please feel free to
use this to converse ...
How many are going over to the scrimmage this weekend??
So Lindsay set this up for us. So please feel free to
use this to converse ...
How many are going over to the scrimmage this weekend??
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