聽Twenty-two seniors from the RWC student staff have accepted campus recreation graduate assistantships the past three years. Graduate assistants play a vital role in helping recreation facilities to reach annual goals. GAs gain experience in operating recreation programs while having a chance to earn their master degrees. Institutions waive their tuition in exchange for their work.

聽The seniors and their new universities include: Melissa Lewis, Fitness (University of South Carolina), Jamie Mineart, Intramural Sports (Texas A&M University), Patty Suarez, Intramural Sports (Ohio University), Kelsey Vance, Fitness (Purdue University) and Billy Waechter, Intramural Sports (University of Georgia).

聽The 2014 GAs are some of the most honored and recognized student staff members at the RWC: Lewis, is the 2013-2014 RWC Program Employee of the Year, Suarez was honored as a National Campus Recreation Basketball Tournament official and officiated her first Division III College Basketball game in the spring, Vance is a former fitness lead supervisor and Waechter is the February 2014 RWC Employee of the Month, the 2012-2013 RWC Flag Football Official of the Year and a National Flag Football Tournament official.

聽Mineart is the 2013-2014 RWC IM Sports Supervisor of the Year. The National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association [NIRSA] also honored her, with the William Wasson Student Leadership and Academic Award in 2013-2014. Named after NIRSA鈥檚 founder, Dr. William N. Wasson, the award recognizes top students in college recreation. Mineart, a two-time All-Tournament Official at NIRSA鈥檚 Regional Flag Football Tournament, says the RWC has really helped her carve out a career path, 鈥淚 got involved with the IM [intramurals] program by chance, but it was one of the best things that happened to me at 麻豆原创. Not only did I meet amazing people but the professional and personal development I gained is priceless.鈥�

The RWC is a department of the Division of Student Development and Enrollment Services.

The RWC鈥檚 athletic trainers offer free open clinic hours during the week for students and are on hand for special events, Intramural Sports league and tournament play, and higher risk Sport Club events. The need is great. In 2012-13, Bell鈥檚 staff treated more than 240 injuries an 84 percent increase from the 2011-12 academic year. The athletic trainers refer injured students to the 麻豆原创 Health Center鈥檚 Sports Medicine Program and Dr. Douglas Meuser, M.D. and Dr. Ashlee Warren, M.D.

Additionally Bell has easy access to Jewett and ., who is the medical doctor of record for the 麻豆原创 RWC Athletic Training program. The clinic specializes in arthroscopy, hand and foot deformities, spine reconstruction and joint replacement and has served the Central Florida community for 75 years.

The RWC is funded by the Student Government Association. Its continuing mission is to enrich campus life through efficient services, comprehensive programs and high-quality facilities programs that foster healthy lifestyles.

The RWC is a department in the Division of Student Development and Enrollment Services.

The seniors worked in several areas at the RWC, including fitness, intramural sports and building management. Graduate assistants play a vital role in helping recreation facilities reach yearly goals and they聽gain experience operating programs while having a chance to earn their master’s degrees. Institutions waive tuition in exchange for their work.

The seniors who will move to other universities for聽graduate-assistant聽work are:聽 Kelsey Edge (University of Texas), Korey Lane (Grand Valley State University), Juilo Perez, Jr. (Nova Southeastern University), Alexandra Prano (University of Florida), Dani Rivera (University of South Florida), Dana Santoro (Ohio University), Brittney Shiller (Southern Illinois University), Richard Shiller (Clemson University), and Leanne Thompson (Purdue University).

Included in the group are brother and sister, Richard and Brittney Shiller, who participated in the RWC 0fficiating program and are both nationally recognized flag football officials.

Richard Shiller, Prano and Thompson were all student leads in intramural sports. Prano is the 2011-2012 Intramural Sports Supervisor of the Year. Santoro is the outgoing personal training lead for the RWC fitness staff and the RWC Wellness Champion of the Year for her commitment of keeping students healthy and fit.聽 Edge is the RWC鈥檚 2010-2011 Facilities Employee of the Year.

The Recreation and Wellness Center is funded by the SGA. Its mission is to enrich campus life through efficient services, comprehensive programs and high-quality programs that foster healthy lifestyles.

RWC Park was funded by student Capital Improvement Trust Fund (CITF) money. Enhancements to the park including a softball field and four grass field areas, have been completed in multiple phases, beginning in 2006. The additional three turf fields give RWC Park six total turf fields and are used to host hundreds of Intramural Sports teams, eight competitive sport clubs, and daily open recreation use that sees over 130,000 visits annually. Phase I cost $3.2 million, Phase II cost $2.8 million and Phase III cost $2.5 million. Future phases are master planned to add more fields and facilities to support 麻豆原创’s growing outdoor recreation needs.

RWC is a department in the Division of Student Deveolopment and Enrollment Services. For more information on RWC and Intramural Sports, call 407.823.2408 or visit: .

麻豆原创 team highlights at the NCCS included:

麻豆原创 team highlights at the ACIS included:

麻豆原创 now has six national championships in Flag Football. For more information about Intramural Sports, visit: .

Intramural Sports is a program of the Recreation and Wellness Center in the Division of Student Development and Enrollment Services.

麻豆原创鈥檚 campus champions qualified for the national tournament by winning the 鈥淪wamp Shootout鈥� tournament at the University of Florida back in March. A team of nine students traveled to the campus of North Carolina State University on April 24-26. At the national tournament, 麻豆原创 took on a field of forty teams from all over the country. They began pool play with a 69-41 win over UNC Greensboro and followed that up with 53-44 win over Virginia. That advanced 麻豆原创 to the elimination bracket, where they opened up with a 57-36 rout over East Carolina. In the second round, 麻豆原创 had their first test of the tournament and pulled out a win against North Texas, 64-60.

麻豆原创 made it to the semifinals with another win, and squared off against the University of North Carolina-Pembroke. They continued their run with a convincing 57-48 win. In the championship game against Fayetteville State, 麻豆原创 shined the most as they took a 10 point lead at halftime and held on down the stretch to win 50-47 to home the trophy. Erik Nix, who led the team with 16.2 points per game, was also named tournament MVP. John Kirby was also named first-team all-tournament, for shooting 20 of 25 for the entire tournament. Greg Crenshaw was second on the team in scoring behind Nix, and Elliott Cherry led the team in assists.

For more information, contact the in the Division of , at 407.823.2408.