2017-18 Tulane Athletics Annual Report

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TULANE ATHLETICS ANNUAL REPORT

MEN’S TENNIS TEAM

2018 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS

Our goal in Tulane Athletics each year is to set a standard of excellence that others should aspire to achieve.

We strive to meet that standard competitively, academically, socially, fiscally and most certainly in the experience we provide our 325 student-athletes. This document summarizes the 2017-18 school year and our progress toward setting that standard.

The future is bright for Tulane. Both institutionally and athletically, all indicators are pointing up. However, we move forward only by understanding the path we have previously walked.

While we won our first American Athletic Conference Tournament Championship this past spring, the progress shown academically and in the quality of experience stands out. It also positions us for the high expectations that lie ahead in the 2018-19 school year.

We owe a debt of gratitude to the 125 athletic department coaches and staff, as well as our student-athletes, for a great year and the bright future ahead. As great as our outcomes may appear in the rearview mirror, the best is yet to come on the road ahead.

Roll Wave!

Troy Dannen Ben Weiner Director of Athletics Chair

IN THE CLASSROOM

61

%

OF STUDENT-ATHLETES

REACHED OR EXCEEDED

3.0 GPA

2017-18

AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE TEAM

NTCA ALL-ACADEMIC

TEAM AWARD

ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE

BOWLING

MEN’S BASKETBALL

AWARD

1 OF 38 TEAMS WITH 3.2 GPA OR ABOVE

PERFECT MULTI-YEAR

APR SCORE OF 2017-18

AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE

TEAM ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARD HIGHEST CUMULATIVE GRADE-POINT AVERAGES WOMEN’S INDOOR AND OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD

1,000

MEN’S TENNIS BOWLING WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY VOLLEYBALL

APR REPORT Implemented in 2003 as part of an ambitious academic reform effort in Division I, the Academic Progress Rate (APR) holds institutions accountable for the academic progress of their student-athletes through a team-based metric that accounts for the eligibility and retention of each student-athlete for each academic term. Teams must earn a four-year average APR of 930 or above to compete in championships.

APR

Eligibility/ Graduation

Retention

Baseball

973

994

951

Men’s Basketball

961

981

939

Men’s Cross Country

947

947

947

Football

968

962

971

Men’s Tennis

1,000

1,000

1,000

Men’s Track

952

942

962

Women’s Basketball

991

991

991

Bowling

1,000

1,000

1,000

Women’s Cross Country

1,000

1,000

1,000

Golf

991

1,000

982

Beach Volleyball

986

1,000

971

Swimming & Diving

997

1,000

994

Women’s Tennis

975

983

966

Women’s Track

995

995

995

1,000

1,000

1,000

Sport

Volleyball

*All APR rates are multi-year rates

DEPARTMENT

GPA

78

STUDENT-ATHLETES NAMED TO THE

DEAN’S LIST

225

STUDENT-ATHLETES WHO POSTED 3.0 GPA OR HIGHER

BUSINESS

GRADUATING SENIORS

Kendall Ardoin Sam Bjorngjeld Alexandra Brindisi Riley Conroy Caylah Cruickshank Jarret DeHart Junior Diaz Aaron Golub Zachery Harris Jackson Johnson Charles Jones II Naz Karagoz Emma Lincoln Stephon Lofton Madeline Mertz Michelle Ng Cameron Reynolds Constantin Schmitz Samir Sehic Peter Woullard

LIBERAL ARTS Moses Aloiloi Justine Bowers Glen Cuiellette Patrick Duester Terren Encalade Dontrell Hilliard Brandon Issa Devon Johnson

LIBERAL ARTS CONTINUED Robert Kennedy Sofia Kurtz Donnie Lewis, Jr Rae Juan Marbley Tirol Palmer Matt Rowland John Washington Sean Wilson

PUBLIC HEALTH

Sade Atkinson Alexandra Lakota, Graduate School Jennifer Lamori Kolby Morgan Sarah Ray Kaitlin Simpson, Graduate School

SCIENCE & ENGINEERING Lauren Bartels Christina McAfee Stephen Medlin, Graduate School Lisa Mordell Emma Newton Lan Nguyen Stanley Roberts

IN THE COMMUNITY 3,000+ COMMUNITY SERVICE

H URS

DURING 2017-2018 ACADEMIC YEAR

The Student-Athlete Advisory Committee led a successful mental health awareness campaign through social media engagement and partnerships with the American Athletic Conference SAAC and the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)

PLACED

15

TH

Tulane’s community outreach initiatives incorporated programs that focused on education, children and youth, environment, animals and senior citizens.

2018 HELPER HELPER

NCAA TEAM WORKS COMPETITION Only AAC school to finish in the Top 20

KAITLIN SIMPSON

STUDENT-ATHLETE ADVISORY COMMITTEE PRESIDENT

TULANE STUDENT-ATHLETES WORKED WITH

35

DIFFERENT

ORGANIZATIONS

ONE HUNDRED

PERCENT OF ATHLETICS TEAMS PARTICIPATED IN A

COMMUNITY SERVICE

TO THE PROS TULANE WAS ONE OF

24 SCHOOLS NATIONALLY TO HAVE ONE PLAYER SELECTED IN THE NFL, NBA AND MLB DRAFTS

MELVIN FRAZIER, JR ORLANDO MAGIC

KODY HOESE

PARRY NICKERSON

KANSAS CITY ROYALS

NEW YORK JETS

GRANT WITHERSPOON TAMPA BAY RAYS

WILL Mc AFFER

TORONTO BLUE JAYS

ADE ARUNA

MINNESOTA VIKINGS

RISING TO THE TOP JESSICA DUCKETT

2018 ALL-AMERICAN

CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS

ALL-AMERICANS

MEN’S TENNIS TEAM

PARRY NICKERSON Football

EMMANUEL ROTICH Men’s Cross Country BRANDI HUGHES Women’s Indoor Track and Field / 60m Hurdles JESSICA DUCKETT Women’s Indoor Track and Field / 100m Hurdles

NCAA REGIONAL CHAMPION EMMANUEL ROTICH Men’s Cross Country

NCAA POST SEASON APPEARANCES EMMANUEL ROTICH Men’s Cross Country Men’s Outdoor Track and Field JESSICA DUCKETT Women’s Outdoor Track and Field MEN’S TENNIS TEAM

MADISON MCCALL Bowling MICHELLE NG Bowling JESSICA DUCKETT Track and Field EMMANUEL ROTICH Cross Country Track and Field KAYLIE MCHUGH Beach Volleyball MADELINE MERTZ Beach Volleyball

EMMANUEL ROTICH

2017 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CROSS COUNTRY CONFERENCE CHAMPION

AMERICAN ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM

AMERICAN ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM

PARRY NICKERSON / 1ST

MAYA HAREWOOD Women’s Outdoor Track and Field / 400M

DONTRELL HILLIARD / 2ND

MCKENZIE MELIUS Women’s Outdoor Track and Field / 3K Steeple

RAE JUAN MARBLEY / 2ND Football

KYAH LOYD Women’s Outdoor Track and Field / 100H

DONNIE LEWIS, JR / Honorable Mention

CONSTANTIN SCHMITZ

Football Football

Football

CONTINUED

Men’s Tennis

MELVIN FRAZIER, JR / 2ND Men’s Basketball

EWAN MOORE Men’s Tennis

KOLBY MORGAN / 2

ND

Women’s Basketball

BRANDI HUGHES Women’s Indoor Track and Field / 60H JESSICA DUCKETT Women’s Indoor Track and Field / 60H Women’s Outdoor Track and Field / 100H, 400H LAUREN BARTELS Women’s Indoor Track and Field / 5K Women’s Cross Country

REBEKAH MARKEL Women’s Indoor Track and Field / Pole Vault

GRANT WITHERSPOON Baseball

AMERICAN SCHOLAR ATHLETES OF THE YEAR LAUREN BARTELS

Women’s Cross Country

CONSTANTIN SCHMITZ Men’s Tennis

FOOTBALL

HEAD COACH WILLIE FRITZ Won his 200th career game

VOLLEYBALL

2017 Allstate Sugar Bowl Collegiate Volleyball Classic

CHAMPIONS CROSS COUNTRY

EMMANUEL ROTICH South Central Region

ATHLETE OF THE YEAR

Awarded by U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association

MEN’S BASKETBALL

MELVIN FRAZIER, JR 2018 American Athletic Conference

MOST IMPROVED PLAYER OF THE YEAR

IN THE POST-KATRINA ERA

MADE THIRD STRAIGHT NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCE REACHED

SEASON HIGH NO. 20

IN THE ITA’S NATIONAL RANKINGS

CONSTANTIN SCHMITZ

NATION’S 12TH-RANKED SINGLES PLAYER Named Most Outstanding Player of the 2018 American Athletic Conference Championship Earned second straight ITA All-America selection in singles + Named American Athletic Conference Player of the Year

2,240 POINTS

MARK BOORAS Named American Athletic Conference

Signed with Switzerland team Riva Basket

BEACH VOLLEYBALL

104 CAREER WINS – MOST ALL-TIME

FIRST CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

KOLBY MORGAN Finished Tulane career second all-time in team history with

MADELINE MERTZ

MEN’S TENNIS

WON THE PROGRAM’S

MADELINE MERTZ Second athlete in Tulane beach volleyball history to record 100th career win

COACH OF THE YEAR WOMEN’S TENNIS

ADVANCED TO THE QUARTERFINALS of the American Athletic Conference Championship

BASEBALL DEFEATED FIVE NATIONALLY-RANKED TEAMS SWIMMING & DIVING TOTALED 5 INDIVIDUAL MEDAL-WINNING

performances in the AAC Championship and

ONE RELAY MEDAL Set school records in 8 events

TRACK AND FIELD

Finished the year with

TWO

ALL-AMERICANS

BOWLING

Reached program-high No. 9 in the NTCA’s national rankings

GOLF

2017 USA INTERCOLLEGIATE CHAMPIONS Four golfers earn WGCA All-America Scholar honors

KOLBY MORGAN

SECOND ALL-TIME LEADING SCORER IN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL HISTORY

A TEAM EFFORT GREEN WAVE CLUB

FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS

> Over 1,000 new annual fund members from 45 states

Turchin Stadium

> Launched Wave 100

> New outfield wall, dugout padding and batting cages

> Since the establishment of the Olive & Blue Society, members have committed more than $2.5 million to Tulane Athletics

Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse

> Olive and Blue Society membership increased by 50 percent

SALES, REVENUE & TICKETING > Four of the five ticketed sports surpassed their previous season’s revenue > Doubled group ticket totals > Started ticket donation programs for serving military personnel and local children’s charities > Set single-game ticket sales and overall revenue record in volleyball and women’s basketball > Set season ticket sales record in women’s basketball > Received the 2018 Founder’s Award from Paciolan

SOCIAL MEDIA ENGAGEMENT > Totaled over a 180 percent increase in total impressions > Posted a 98 percent increase in Facebook likes and a 47 percent increase in Instagram followers

> Men’s basketball and volleyball locker room renovation and branding

Angry Wave Additions

> Court redesign in Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse > Scoreboard addition at Yulman Stadium > Angry Wave addition on Benson Field

BROADCASTING > Fans watched 22,398 hours of programming on Tulane All-Access > Over 100 events streamed to Tulane All-Access from July 2017 to July 2018

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