SPRING 2013 EDITION
Athletic News The Booster Club was formed in the spring of 2003 to support GSB athletics both financially and by encouraging school spirit. For more information about the Booster Club, contact David Pasquale, athletic director, at 908-234-1611, ext. 221.
A NOTE FROM THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR
Moving Forward…. We’re all very proud of the collective athletic success achieved by our program over the last several years. Our teams are achieving at unprecedented levels and our student-athletes have been justifiably recognized for their talents and achievements. We’ve established Gill St. Bernard’s as a “destination school” for high-level student-athletes, while colleges and universities across the country now have GSB alumni making significant contributions to their athletic programs. This success brings with it not only the responsibility to continue to provide a positive athletic experience, but it also requires us to avoid the temptation to “rest on the laurels” of our recent performance. Any successful program is constantly evolving and actively searching for ways to improve. We owe that to our current student-athletes as well as to the Knights of the future, whose experience here will be even more prolific than that of their predecessors. With that in mind, in the midst of this unparalleled period of athletic success, we’ve made several tangible improvements over the past year in an effort to move our program forward, including:
• Significant facility upgrades, highlighted by the • Schedule upgrades to several teams to allow our state-of-the-art turf field that will be open for student-athletes to be more consistently exposed the fall 2013 season. to high-level competition and college recruiters. • Additions to our coaching staff across • Introduction of a Strength and Conditioning program all seasons, at all levels (varsity, JV, Middle available to student-athletes of all levels. School) that have already positively advanced • Establishment of partnerships with local club programs several programs. in several sports. Sustainability is the next challenge for Gill St. Bernard’s athletics program, and these most-recent developments will help us to establish the sense of legitimacy that has been building over the last few years.
FOR YOUR INFORMATION Please note the following abbreviations used throughout this newsletter:
NJISAA – New Jersey Independent School Athletic Association, divided into “Prep A” and “Prep B” NJSIAA – New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, in which GSB competes in the Non Public B Division SCT – Somerset County Tournament