The Buoy:
We would like to give a shout out to a former member of our coaching staff and friend of the program Nate Taylor who recently opened a new youth ministry center in Avon Lake called The Buoy. Nate serves as the director of Youth Ministries at the United Church of Christ (UCC) in Avon Lake where many of our soccer families are members. To read more about what The Buoy has to offer, please go to the link below:
http://www.cleveland.com/avon-lake/index.ssf/2013/03/new_avon_lake_youth_ministry_c.html#incart_river
Congrats and best of luck to Nate with this new program for area youths!!
College Soccer Section:
We have been presenting some information related to playing soccer in college and we will conclude our series this week. This week we are going to present some information on NCAA Div. III schools and how they operate.
NCAA Div. III schools are typically small (less than 3,000 students), liberal arts, academically oriented schools. They are the largest of the three NCAA divisions and account for 40% of all colleges. They are not allowed to offer athletic scholarships and you do not need to register with the NCAA Eligibility Center. However, these colleges are usually generous with both academic scholarships and need based financial aid which they combine to bring their costs in line with that of a typical state school. On the soccer side, these schools are aligned in conferences, play for a national championship, and feature a level of play which is attainable for the typical Avon Lake player. Two recent graduates who are attending D-III schools and playing soccer are Dana & Jillian Strimbu who play for Otterbein University. There are 446 D-III schools across the U. S. and Avon Lake is located within reasonable reach of 94 schools in a 4 state area as follows:
Ohio - 22
Pennsylvania - 55
Michigan - 7
Indiana - 10
The Ohio schools are listed as follows:
Baldwin-Wallace
Kenyon College
Bluffton Univ.
Capital Univ.
Marietta College
Case Western Reserve Univ.
Univ. of Mount Union
College of Mt. St. Joseph
Muskingum Univ.
The College of Wooster
Oberlin College
Defiance College
Ohio Northern Univ.
Denison Univ.
Ohio Wesleyan Univ.
Heidelberg Univ.
Otterbein Univ.
Hiram College
Wilmington College
John Carroll Univ.
Wittenberg Univ.
Franciscan Univ. of Steubenville
Almost half of the Ohio schools play in the Ohio Athletic Conference which is one of the premier D-III conferences in the country. Take some time to research and visit these schools, you may be surprised at what they have to offer.
Video of the Week:
We are going to continue to add new videos each week and this week we are featuring last year's game against Strongsville which they won by score of 3-0. Remember that Strongsville made it to the State final four before falling to eventual champion Perrysburg. We were able to be very competitive in this game.
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLz6j-jW5q1L2RUJCYmuvUxzAXcgAeuSy6&feature=view_all
Look forward to us adding more games in the coming weeks.
Shorty Sez:
We are going to continue presenting motivtional sayings coming from the Twitter site called Women Sports which may be found at:
https://twitter.com/Women_Sports
Once there, here are some selected examples of tweets over the past week. Hope that you find something that inspires you here:
Losing is a learning experience. It teaches you humility. It teaches you to work harder. It's also a powerful motivator. - Yogi Berra
Winning doesn't always mean being first. Winning means you're doing better than you've ever done before. - Bonnie Blair (speed skater)
The triumph can’t be had without the struggle. —Wilma Rudolph (track & field)
You can't put limits on your goals, the more you dream, the farther you will get.
Obsessed is just a word the lazy use to describe the dedicated.
Shoregal Website:
Don't forget to visit our Shoregal website at:
www.alshoregalsoccer.org
There you will find more in depth stats and stories than we can fit on our blog.
Happy Easter to all our soccer families and have a safe and relaxing Spring Break!
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