MSU Student-Athletes Give It Their A.L.L.
1/10/2007 12:00:00 AM | General
Starting in the 2006 school year, Bobcat athletes entered a new area of competition, the NCAA Life Skills A.L.L. contest. The new contest pits each MSU team against the other in the three areas represented by the contest acronym: academic achievement, life skills and leadership.
‘Cats in the Classroom
When it comes to academic achievement, the Bobcat athletes achieve consistently above the rim, and this fall was no exception. Leading the team competition with a cumulative 3.56 GPA is the women’s basketball team. Second is the women’s track and field squad with a 3.28 followed closely by the women’s tennis team at 3.27. Eight of the school’s 15 teams have a cumulative GPA over 3.0. The men’s tennis team leads all teams on the men’s side with a 3.1 cumulative GPA. High individual point totals go to the ten athletes who made the president’s list with a 4.0: Nick Atwood (men’s cross country), Ted Morris (men’s basketball), Ty McDonald (men’s football), Elisabeth Driscoll (women’s cross country), and Amanda Bowden, Rachel Goldstein, Krisit Knaub, Kalen Ramey, Claire Rennie, and Jamie Woelk, all of the MSU ski team. Overall, Bobcat teams have a 3.03 GPA for the fall semester.
‘Cats in the Community
There’s more to being a Bobcat student athlete than meets the eye. Most Bobcats realize the magnitude of the gift a scholarship entails and are anxious to give back to the community. Sophomore offensive guard Lou Saucedo said it best at the football team’s Fun Day with Big Brothers and Big Sisters: “I’ve been privileged to earn a scholarship, and it’s my priority to give back to the people of Bozeman.”
Bobcats have logged over 1700 hours of volunteer service in the community since the start of school in fall 2006. The football team has the most raw hours of community service with 388, but the men’s basketball team has piled up the most points in the A.L.L. contest. Points are awarded based on the size of a team’s roster prorated to the number of hours each team works.
Student-athletes have participated in a number of projects including sport clinics for local kids, sponsoring a December fun night for local kids, raking leaves, being a Big Sister, raising money for various local charities, helping at Eagle Mount, helping build a home for Habitat for Humanity, renovating the “M”, picking up trash around campus, reading at local elementary schools, collecting and delivering food for the Gallatin Food Bank and raising over $1600 for Toys for Tots during the holiday season. The women's golf team leads the contest in total points with 1438.
The team winner of the A.L.L. contest will receive the Al Beye Memorial A.L.L. Team Trophy in the spring at an awards banquet. The A.L.L. contest has been generously underwritten by a gift from Glenn and Sue Frye of Bozeman.
‘Cats in the Classroom
When it comes to academic achievement, the Bobcat athletes achieve consistently above the rim, and this fall was no exception. Leading the team competition with a cumulative 3.56 GPA is the women’s basketball team. Second is the women’s track and field squad with a 3.28 followed closely by the women’s tennis team at 3.27. Eight of the school’s 15 teams have a cumulative GPA over 3.0. The men’s tennis team leads all teams on the men’s side with a 3.1 cumulative GPA. High individual point totals go to the ten athletes who made the president’s list with a 4.0: Nick Atwood (men’s cross country), Ted Morris (men’s basketball), Ty McDonald (men’s football), Elisabeth Driscoll (women’s cross country), and Amanda Bowden, Rachel Goldstein, Krisit Knaub, Kalen Ramey, Claire Rennie, and Jamie Woelk, all of the MSU ski team. Overall, Bobcat teams have a 3.03 GPA for the fall semester.
‘Cats in the Community
There’s more to being a Bobcat student athlete than meets the eye. Most Bobcats realize the magnitude of the gift a scholarship entails and are anxious to give back to the community. Sophomore offensive guard Lou Saucedo said it best at the football team’s Fun Day with Big Brothers and Big Sisters: “I’ve been privileged to earn a scholarship, and it’s my priority to give back to the people of Bozeman.”
Bobcats have logged over 1700 hours of volunteer service in the community since the start of school in fall 2006. The football team has the most raw hours of community service with 388, but the men’s basketball team has piled up the most points in the A.L.L. contest. Points are awarded based on the size of a team’s roster prorated to the number of hours each team works.
Student-athletes have participated in a number of projects including sport clinics for local kids, sponsoring a December fun night for local kids, raking leaves, being a Big Sister, raising money for various local charities, helping at Eagle Mount, helping build a home for Habitat for Humanity, renovating the “M”, picking up trash around campus, reading at local elementary schools, collecting and delivering food for the Gallatin Food Bank and raising over $1600 for Toys for Tots during the holiday season. The women's golf team leads the contest in total points with 1438.
The team winner of the A.L.L. contest will receive the Al Beye Memorial A.L.L. Team Trophy in the spring at an awards banquet. The A.L.L. contest has been generously underwritten by a gift from Glenn and Sue Frye of Bozeman.
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