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GoFrogs: From The Desk of #ADJD
DEAR HORNED FROGS FANS:
We hope this edition finds everyone remaining safe and healthy. As you know, we took a major step forward for this fall's sports seasons by welcoming our football student-athletes back to campus.
Through a TCU Athletics Subcommittee of the Chancellor's Fall 2020 Campus Readiness Task Force, we consulted with state and local health officials in the development of a detailed plan to have our student-athletes return. Excerpts of the plan can be found HERE.
In the coming weeks, we will have soccer, volleyball and men's and women's basketball student-athletes also returning. The health and safety of everyone is our top priority, and I am very confident in our plan.
In addition to the pandemic response, we have also been addressing with our student-athletes and staff the current racial injustices and nationwide tensions. I recently assembled a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Council to work with me in finding ways to better support our student-athletes and staff. Since that time, we have met with every team and conducted a discussion with 160 other athletics staff and coaches. As I relayed to our student-athletes, my goals right now are to listen and better understand them. Looking forward, I envision new thoughtful and meaningful programming that will have a positive impact on our entire athletics department.
VIRTUAL RIBBON CUTTING AND DEDICATION
We are very excited to be just days away from our Virtual Ribbon Cutting and Dedication of the Legends Club & Suites. Amon G. Carter Stadium Expansion project donors will soon be receiving a physical and digital delivery showcasing our most recently completed capital project. With the ongoing challenges of COVID-19, our team came up with a fun, creative and safe way to provide this group an exclusive first look at this world-class venue. A big thanks to Chancellor Boschini for cutting the ribbon with me (socially distanced of course ). Project donors - keep an eye on your mailboxes early next week!
SUMMER STRATEGY SESSION
A great trivia question down the road will be, "What was the first event in the Legends Club & Suites?" The answer will be the June 25-26 TCU Athletics Executive Team Summer Strategy Session. It was a very productive two days of meetings with our department leadership as we covered preparations for the upcoming football and fall sports seasons, financial planning, organizational strategy, and next steps in our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion planning and initiatives. In days like these, it is even more apparent how awesome my staff is – I am very fortunate to have such thoughtful and talented professionals on board.
TICKET UPDATES
We very much appreciate everyone who renewed their football season tickets before Monday's deadline. Thank you for your support! As you know, this situation is very fluid and we will keep you posted as we prepare for this fall's expected limited capacity in Amon G. Carter Stadium. I do have one update: our student section provides seating for 4,000 students, and we will distribute that same number of tickets each home game this fall with social distancing protocols being followed. We need the student section rocking like always!
Also, please note that our Parrish Family Athletics Ticket Office will be closed Monday, July 20, for a system upgrade.
TAKE A STEP BACK
He is not just a ball coach, he is also a recording artist! It was great to see Gary Patterson cross an item off his bucket list and bring so much joy to people with the release of his new song and video, "Take a Step Back." All proceeds from the song benefit the Gary Patterson Foundation to support economically disadvantaged children and other charitable causes in Fort Worth. A special shout out to TCU graduate, Fort Worth native and country music star J.T. Hodges for collaborating with Coach Patterson on the project. Well done, Coach P!
TCU HORNED FROGS STORE AND FACE COVERINGS
I always enjoy hearing that you can never have enough purple in your closet. Through our new partnership with Follett, you will now have even more choices and selections with the formation of the TCU Horned Frogs Store.
In addition to an increased in-venue shopping experience on game days, you can also CLICK HERE for our new online store featuring an expanded assortment of sport-specific product with new items being added weekly. Future offerings will include the ability to customize sport-specific product (how cool is that?).
Included in the product line are officially licensed TCU face coverings. All royalties from the sale of face coverings will be donated to the Frog Family Crisis Fund, providing financial assistance to students affected by catastrophic or emergency situations. Official TCU face coverings are now available on shop.gofrogs.com and through local retailers.
A GREAT HONOR FOR IKE
Senior Associate Athletics Director for Compliance Ike Ukaegbu is one of the professionals on my staff I was referring to above. He's a true all-star on our team and it was great to see his outstanding work and leadership recognized when he was selected as one of just 10 Division I athletics administrators nationally to participate in the NCAA's 2020-21 Pathway Program.
The NCAA Pathway Program prepares senior-level administrators to be future directors of athletics. There is no doubt Ike will one day lead an athletics program. He has the highest level of respect from our coaching staff and student-athletes, who lean on him daily for advice and guidance.
Ike has had sport oversight responsibilities for our swimming and diving programs and is a member of my Executive Team. He is also our department's selection for this year's Chancellor's Staff award. Congratulations, Ike, and thank you for being such a valuable resource and friend to me and so many others on our campus!
SUPPORT OUR STUDENT-ATHLETE DEVELOPMENT FUND
It is hard to believe that it has already been a full year since we announced our partnership with LaDainian Tomlinson in the creation of The Tomlinson Student-Athlete Development Endowment Fund.
Benefiting TCU's Student-Athlete Development Department, the fund supports student-athletes from all 21 of our sports programs to help prepare them for their lives and careers after graduation.
TCU's Student-Athlete Development programming includes a myriad of topics ranging from leadership, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, networking and mentoring to personal responsibility, brand development, community outreach, time management in balancing academics and athletics, etiquette in dinner and interview settings, religious and spiritual life, mental health and overall student-athlete wellness. Additional programing is geared towards those transitioning to professional athletics careers.
For those interested in supporting TCU's Student-Athlete Development program, please contact the TCU Frog Club at (817) 257-7700.
BIG 12 NOW ON ESPN+
We are just one week away from the July 1 debut of our partnership with Big 12 Now on ESPN+. We had our first experience and taste of Big 12 Now on ESPN+ with some men's and women's basketball games this past season. Our September 12 home football opener against Prairie View A&M will be on Big 12 Now on ESPN+. In addition to live games in football, soccer, volleyball, men's and women's basketball and baseball, we will also have special programming that includes Horned Frogs Nation, press conferences and other TCU content. The monthly fee is just $4.99. In addition to TCU, you will also have access to games and programming from other Big 12 members as well as schools and conferences throughout the country. For this much content, it is a true bargain.
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GoFrogs: From The Desk of #ADJD
DEAR HORNED FROGS FANS:
We hope this edition finds everyone remaining safe and healthy. As you know, we took a major step forward for this fall's sports seasons by welcoming our football student-athletes back to campus.
Through a TCU Athletics Subcommittee of the Chancellor's Fall 2020 Campus Readiness Task Force, we consulted with state and local health officials in the development of a detailed plan to have our student-athletes return. Excerpts of the plan can be found HERE.
In the coming weeks, we will have soccer, volleyball and men's and women's basketball student-athletes also returning. The health and safety of everyone is our top priority, and I am very confident in our plan.
In addition to the pandemic response, we have also been addressing with our student-athletes and staff the current racial injustices and nationwide tensions. I recently assembled a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Council to work with me in finding ways to better support our student-athletes and staff. Since that time, we have met with every team and conducted a discussion with 160 other athletics staff and coaches. As I relayed to our student-athletes, my goals right now are to listen and better understand them. Looking forward, I envision new thoughtful and meaningful programming that will have a positive impact on our entire athletics department.
VIRTUAL RIBBON CUTTING AND DEDICATION
We are very excited to be just days away from our Virtual Ribbon Cutting and Dedication of the Legends Club & Suites. Amon G. Carter Stadium Expansion project donors will soon be receiving a physical and digital delivery showcasing our most recently completed capital project. With the ongoing challenges of COVID-19, our team came up with a fun, creative and safe way to provide this group an exclusive first look at this world-class venue. A big thanks to Chancellor Boschini for cutting the ribbon with me (socially distanced of course ). Project donors - keep an eye on your mailboxes early next week!
SUMMER STRATEGY SESSION
A great trivia question down the road will be, "What was the first event in the Legends Club & Suites?" The answer will be the June 25-26 TCU Athletics Executive Team Summer Strategy Session. It was a very productive two days of meetings with our department leadership as we covered preparations for the upcoming football and fall sports seasons, financial planning, organizational strategy, and next steps in our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion planning and initiatives. In days like these, it is even more apparent how awesome my staff is – I am very fortunate to have such thoughtful and talented professionals on board.
TICKET UPDATES
We very much appreciate everyone who renewed their football season tickets before Monday's deadline. Thank you for your support! As you know, this situation is very fluid and we will keep you posted as we prepare for this fall's expected limited capacity in Amon G. Carter Stadium. I do have one update: our student section provides seating for 4,000 students, and we will distribute that same number of tickets each home game this fall with social distancing protocols being followed. We need the student section rocking like always!
Also, please note that our Parrish Family Athletics Ticket Office will be closed Monday, July 20, for a system upgrade.
TAKE A STEP BACK
He is not just a ball coach, he is also a recording artist! It was great to see Gary Patterson cross an item off his bucket list and bring so much joy to people with the release of his new song and video, "Take a Step Back." All proceeds from the song benefit the Gary Patterson Foundation to support economically disadvantaged children and other charitable causes in Fort Worth. A special shout out to TCU graduate, Fort Worth native and country music star J.T. Hodges for collaborating with Coach Patterson on the project. Well done, Coach P!
TCU HORNED FROGS STORE AND FACE COVERINGS
I always enjoy hearing that you can never have enough purple in your closet. Through our new partnership with Follett, you will now have even more choices and selections with the formation of the TCU Horned Frogs Store.
In addition to an increased in-venue shopping experience on game days, you can also CLICK HERE for our new online store featuring an expanded assortment of sport-specific product with new items being added weekly. Future offerings will include the ability to customize sport-specific product (how cool is that?).
Included in the product line are officially licensed TCU face coverings. All royalties from the sale of face coverings will be donated to the Frog Family Crisis Fund, providing financial assistance to students affected by catastrophic or emergency situations. Official TCU face coverings are now available on shop.gofrogs.com and through local retailers.
A GREAT HONOR FOR IKE
Senior Associate Athletics Director for Compliance Ike Ukaegbu is one of the professionals on my staff I was referring to above. He's a true all-star on our team and it was great to see his outstanding work and leadership recognized when he was selected as one of just 10 Division I athletics administrators nationally to participate in the NCAA's 2020-21 Pathway Program.
The NCAA Pathway Program prepares senior-level administrators to be future directors of athletics. There is no doubt Ike will one day lead an athletics program. He has the highest level of respect from our coaching staff and student-athletes, who lean on him daily for advice and guidance.
Ike has had sport oversight responsibilities for our swimming and diving programs and is a member of my Executive Team. He is also our department's selection for this year's Chancellor's Staff award. Congratulations, Ike, and thank you for being such a valuable resource and friend to me and so many others on our campus!
SUPPORT OUR STUDENT-ATHLETE DEVELOPMENT FUND
It is hard to believe that it has already been a full year since we announced our partnership with LaDainian Tomlinson in the creation of The Tomlinson Student-Athlete Development Endowment Fund.
Benefiting TCU's Student-Athlete Development Department, the fund supports student-athletes from all 21 of our sports programs to help prepare them for their lives and careers after graduation.
TCU's Student-Athlete Development programming includes a myriad of topics ranging from leadership, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, networking and mentoring to personal responsibility, brand development, community outreach, time management in balancing academics and athletics, etiquette in dinner and interview settings, religious and spiritual life, mental health and overall student-athlete wellness. Additional programing is geared towards those transitioning to professional athletics careers.
For those interested in supporting TCU's Student-Athlete Development program, please contact the TCU Frog Club at (817) 257-7700.
BIG 12 NOW ON ESPN+
We are just one week away from the July 1 debut of our partnership with Big 12 Now on ESPN+. We had our first experience and taste of Big 12 Now on ESPN+ with some men's and women's basketball games this past season. Our September 12 home football opener against Prairie View A&M will be on Big 12 Now on ESPN+. In addition to live games in football, soccer, volleyball, men's and women's basketball and baseball, we will also have special programming that includes Horned Frogs Nation, press conferences and other TCU content. The monthly fee is just $4.99. In addition to TCU, you will also have access to games and programming from other Big 12 members as well as schools and conferences throughout the country. For this much content, it is a true bargain.
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