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Dear Prospective Recruit, Thank you for your interest in
Youngstown State University athletics. At YSU, our coaches
and staff work diligently to provide our student-athletes
with the best competitive advantages to succeed athletically
and academically and our University provides a challenging
curriculum to help students prepare for life after college.
The mission of the YSU
Department of Intercollegiate Athletics is to offer
broad-based programs, which accommodate the needs and
interests of the student-athletes. The Intercollegiate
Athletics Department is committed to: the welfare of the
student-athletes; academic integrity; sportsmanship and
ethical integrity by student-athletes, staff and boosters;
fiscal integrity; diversity of student-athletes and staff,
gender equity; and community outreach.
We have been privileged to
enjoy a tremendous amount of success on the playing fields
and in the classroom from our four-time national champion
football program and our 2006 Horizon League Champion
softball team to our many academic All-American and academic
All-District honorees.
Over the last five years,
Youngstown State has become recognized as a national leader
for its graduation rates and its current graduation rate of
92 percent is an all-time high while its Academic Progress
Report (APR) is well above the national average. More than
half of YSU‘s student-athletes have a cumulative grade-point
average of 3.0 or better while 12 teams own an overall
grade-point average of at least 3.0.
During the 2005-06 academic
year alone, YSU won three conference championships – the
2005 Gateway Football Conference championship, the 2006
Horizon League Women’s Outdoor Track and Field title and the
2006 Horizon League Softball Tournament crown – and three
student-athletes garnered academic all-American accolades.
Track and field athlete Jarrod Davis was named to the ESPN
the Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-American First-Team while
volleyball player Abby Ettenhofer and baseball player
Brandon Caipen were named to the ESPN the Magazine/CoSIDA
Academic All-American Second-Team. Caipen was also drafted
by the Houston Astros in the 28th round of the
2006 Major League Baseball Amateur Draft and the ninth YSU
player to be drafted or sign a professional contract in the
last eight years. He is also only the third position player
to be drafted out of Youngstown State and the first since
1999.
As a University, Youngstown
State offers a broad base of major programs backed by a
strong tradition of teaching and research. Youngstown State
’s seven accredited colleges include The College of Arts and
Sciences, The Warren P. Williamson College of Business, The
Beeghly College of Education, The William Rayen College of
Engineering and Technology, The Bitonte College of Health
and Human Services and The Graduate School of Studies.
It is with sincere hope that
you find Youngstown State University the place to further
your education so that you can become a part of the winning
tradition that is Penguin Athletics.
Sincerely,
Ron Strollo
Executive Director of
Intercollegiate Athletics
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