“This has been such an amazing experience,” Papaccio says. “For me, it was made sweeter because I was drafted on my 22nd birthday.” Terhune signed a free-agent contract with the Los Angeles Angels a week after the draft. After spending much of his time as a reliever in the previous three seasons, Terhune became one of the most dominant weekend starters in the BIG EAST this year. A First Team All-NJCBA selection, he led Seton Hall’s regular starters with a 2.33 ERA, tied for fifth-best in the BIG EAST, and a .218 opponent batting average, tied for fourth-best. “Playing baseball for my profession…it’s a
eton Hall Athletics has launched H.A.L.L. (Helping Athletes Learn to be Leaders), a program focused on helping student-athletes develop personally and professionally. The program’s director, Robert Sasso, was hired to oversee and expand student-athlete initiatives and increase their impact in surrounding communities with programs such as “Reading with the Pirates,” which promotes literacy at neighboring schools, and working with America’s Grow-a-Row organization, which plants produce for distribution at community food banks. Sasso has been instrumental in the development and implementation of the new program.
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dream come true,” Terhune says. “It’s weird to
For more information on the H.A.L.L. program, visit SHUPirates.com.
say that I’m playing professional baseball and
H.A.L.L. has five core components:
it’s my job. I wouldn’t want to be doing anything else and I’m just having a great time.” ■
GRAND SLAM: (Below, from left) Five Pirates signed professional contracts with Major League Baseball franchises this summer: Jon Prosinski, Greg Terhune, Giuseppe Papaccio, Brian Gilbert and Zack Granite (pictured with Papaccio). HALL HELPERS: (Above, from left) Women’s soccer players Sarah Cortes, Illissa Blackshear and men’s soccer player Jeremy Witherspoon assisting on Freshman Move-In Day 2013.
• Leadership development — Includes the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, which provides a student voice in athletics programs, encourages school spirit, builds the student-athlete family atmosphere, and organizes community outreach programs. • Welfare enhancement — Provides drug and alcohol education sessions each fall and a program on making the best use of social media outlets. Career planning and mentoring is also part of the program, and counseling is available as needed. • Academic support — Helps maintain and improve academic skills by monitoring classroom performance and compliance with academic regulations, and provides tutoring services as needed. • Community enrichment — Provides student-athletes ways to volunteer time on and off campus in service to the community and in support of charities and causes, ranging from cancer awareness and fighting hunger to promoting literacy. • Spiritual growth — Establishes a student chaplain for each team, encourages coaching staffs to accommodate spiritual activities when teams are away from home, and offers Varsity Catholic, a division of the Fellowship of Catholic University Students dedicated to student-athletes. “We are very excited about the launch of our H.A.L.L. program,” said Director of Athletics Patrick Lyons. "We have introduced a number of initiatives in this area over the last few years and getting this program off the ground was considered a priority. Here at Seton Hall, we remain dedicated to not only promoting athletic success, but also to creating an atmosphere that stimulates and supports the growth of our student-athletes as individuals." | A D A M S A T Z ’ 11