2013 Mocs Football
mocs success
academically The Mocs’ student-athletes continue to have tremendous success in the classroom. Below are just a few of the Academic accolades UTC received last year: • Over half of all UTC student-athletes earned at least a 3.0 grade-point-average in each of the last eight semesters. • The Mocs tied a school record with 11 squads posting a 3.0 team g.p.a. in both the fall and spring semesters. • Men’s cross country had a school record 3.84 g.p.a. in the spring and the No. 2 g.p.a. in the nation last season. • UTC has had at least a 2.9 cumulative studentathlete g.p.a. for six consecutive semesters.
Christina Teter became the 14th Moc in school Morgan Buchanan won the Dayle May Award history to be named Capital One Academic All- for having the highest cumulative g.p.a. American by CoSIDA. among the senior student-athletes at UTC.
Adam Miller is the first two-time CoSIDA Capi- Senior Dean Pavlou was an Academic All-NW- Senior Kayla Christopher had a 4.0 g.p.a. and tal One Academic All-District honoree for the CA honoree. led the Lady Mocs to the 2013 Southern ConMocs football program. ference Championship.
socially The Chattanooga Mocs Athletics Department is heavily involved in community events throughout the year. UTC student-athletes, coaches and staff logged over 1,800 hours volunteering in the community over the last year at events such as canned food drives, the Freshman MoveIn, Bloodanooga, Clean and Green and Read Across America. The Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) plans many of the Athletic Department’s community events. The Mocs have a presence at Chattanooga’s Special Olympics events each year. UTC student-athletes also host many events that engage the local community, such as the 2012 Southern Scuffle.
Women’s golfer Jordan Britt donates blood at The volleyball team prepares a meal at the Chatthe annual Bloodanooga drive in the Univer- tanooga Ronald McDonald House. sity Center.
As a part of the National Girls and Women in Members of the Mocs wrestling team take part Members of the track & field/cross country Sports Day, UTC hosted the ‘Play, Believe, in the Annual ‘Read Across America’ event in teams pack meals at the Feed My Starving ChilAchieve’ event. Chattanooga. dren MobilePak.
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