Post by vball710 on Jun 7, 2004 13:35:59 GMT -5
Roger Williams Drops Men's Volleyball to Club Status
Men's and women's swimming added in its place
5/28/2004 -BRISTOL, R.I. – The Roger Williams University Athletics Department has announced that the university’s men’s and women’s swimming and diving programs will be become varsity sports in the 2005-2006 academic year. Current university aquatics coordinator Julie O’Brien will be head coach for both the men’s and women’s teams. The programs will maintain club sport status for the 2004-2005 season.
“The completion of the new Campus Recreation Center and eight-lane, 25-yard pool has led to a remarkable increase in student interest in aquatic sports at the university,” said George Kolb, director of athletics, intramurals and recreation. “With tremendous student participation in swimming as a club sport this past year and a strong interest from prospective student-athletes, a full-time coach already on staff, and this beautiful facility, the decision to elevate the status of our swimming and diving programs soon was an easy one.”<br>
“A primary goal of the Athletics Department is to provide our students with a mix of athletic opportunities that best fits the needs and aspirations of the student body and the university as a whole. We believe that this decision helps us work towards that goal, and we are excited about the programs’ growth over the next few years,” Kolb added.
The swimming and diving programs will maintain club status for the upcoming academic year to allow current students to compete in more meets and to provide time for the coach to actively recruit new student athletes.
For budgetary and organizational reasons, the university has also announced that it will no longer sponsor the coed golf and men’s volleyball varsity programs. The coed golf program will be eliminated as of fall 2004, while competition for men’s volleyball will continue as a club sport.
Roger Williams University is a regional, liberal arts university offering undergraduate and graduate programs in the arts and sciences, architecture, business, construction management, education, engineering, historic preservation, justice studies, legal studies, visual arts studies, and law. The university enrolls more than 4,000 students at the main campus in Bristol, R.I., The Ralph R. Papitto School of Law, and at the Providence Metropolitan Center for Education and Law, and is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.
(Story courtesy of Roger Williams sports information office.)
www.avca.org/NewsDetail.asp?id=127
Did anyone else see this? I was quite shocked when i saw this, because they ended the season ranked 8th in D3, with a 16-9 record, and now they're gonna be a club team? I don't understand the reasoning that the administration had, just as i didn't understand it when it happened to the program that i play for. Having gone through this myself, I can tell you that it sucks going from varsity to club. Hopefully RWU supports their club team more than my school supports my team, or an even better option would be to start some sort of letter writing campaign to try to save the program. Anytime this happens it hurts the volleyball world and hurts the student-athletes it affects.
Men's and women's swimming added in its place
5/28/2004 -BRISTOL, R.I. – The Roger Williams University Athletics Department has announced that the university’s men’s and women’s swimming and diving programs will be become varsity sports in the 2005-2006 academic year. Current university aquatics coordinator Julie O’Brien will be head coach for both the men’s and women’s teams. The programs will maintain club sport status for the 2004-2005 season.
“The completion of the new Campus Recreation Center and eight-lane, 25-yard pool has led to a remarkable increase in student interest in aquatic sports at the university,” said George Kolb, director of athletics, intramurals and recreation. “With tremendous student participation in swimming as a club sport this past year and a strong interest from prospective student-athletes, a full-time coach already on staff, and this beautiful facility, the decision to elevate the status of our swimming and diving programs soon was an easy one.”<br>
“A primary goal of the Athletics Department is to provide our students with a mix of athletic opportunities that best fits the needs and aspirations of the student body and the university as a whole. We believe that this decision helps us work towards that goal, and we are excited about the programs’ growth over the next few years,” Kolb added.
The swimming and diving programs will maintain club status for the upcoming academic year to allow current students to compete in more meets and to provide time for the coach to actively recruit new student athletes.
For budgetary and organizational reasons, the university has also announced that it will no longer sponsor the coed golf and men’s volleyball varsity programs. The coed golf program will be eliminated as of fall 2004, while competition for men’s volleyball will continue as a club sport.
Roger Williams University is a regional, liberal arts university offering undergraduate and graduate programs in the arts and sciences, architecture, business, construction management, education, engineering, historic preservation, justice studies, legal studies, visual arts studies, and law. The university enrolls more than 4,000 students at the main campus in Bristol, R.I., The Ralph R. Papitto School of Law, and at the Providence Metropolitan Center for Education and Law, and is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.
(Story courtesy of Roger Williams sports information office.)
www.avca.org/NewsDetail.asp?id=127
Did anyone else see this? I was quite shocked when i saw this, because they ended the season ranked 8th in D3, with a 16-9 record, and now they're gonna be a club team? I don't understand the reasoning that the administration had, just as i didn't understand it when it happened to the program that i play for. Having gone through this myself, I can tell you that it sucks going from varsity to club. Hopefully RWU supports their club team more than my school supports my team, or an even better option would be to start some sort of letter writing campaign to try to save the program. Anytime this happens it hurts the volleyball world and hurts the student-athletes it affects.