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If you are around campus today, be sure to stop by the UMass Sports Luncheon at 12 PM in Room 1009 of the Campus Center. Men's basketball coach Derek Kellogg, women's basketball coach Sharon Dawley, and hockey head coach Don "Toot" Cahoon will be the guest speakers.
Freshman goalie Kevin Boyle will also be honored as the UMass Athlete of the Week.
Matt Vautour of the Daily Hampshire Gazette has an in-depth piece looking at the upcoming year with Athletic Director John McCutcheon and several major projects being undertaken by the UMass Athletic Department.
Fall officially arrived for John McCutcheon last week as he had the Game Tracker for the University of Massachusetts women's soccer team's 2-1 win over New Hampshire open on his computer as he worked in his office. "It got my blood flowing a little bit," McCutcheon said. After a tough year for the department in 2010-11, the University of Massachusetts athletic director was glad to have 2011-12 under way. "I can't wait. I think we have improved. We want to see the effects of that on the court, on the field and on the ice. I think the coaches are excited about it, too," he said. "A lot of things probably didn't go the way they wanted it to last year and they probably have a bad taste in their mouths and they can't wait to get it out of there. I think everybody is looking forward to getting this year started."
If you would like to hit the links with some of UMass' finest coaches, administrators, and fans, then be sure to sign up for one of the two upcoming golf tournaments.
First up is Friday's Sports Medicine Golf Outing (June 10) at the Ledges Golf Club in South Hadley. Click here for info on how to register. Next on the docket will be the UMass Hockey Pond Club Golf Tournament on Monday (June 13) at The Orchards Golf Club in South Hadley. Click here for info on how to register. Aside from a great outing of golf, proceeds from these golf tournaments go to each program to help improve the student-athlete experience at UMass.
Join us for the weekly UMass Sports Luncheon as Athletic Director John McCutcheon will be the featured speaker. He will talk about UMass' upgrade to FBS and the MAC for football and be available for questions. Join us at the Campus Center Room 1009 starting at 12 Noon. Call 413-545-4290 for more information.
Women's track and field jumper Stephanie Aguguo and women's lacrosse attacker Jackie Lyons will be honored as the UMass co-athletes of the week. This is the second week in a row that Aguguo has been named an athlete of the week. Check out this blog entry from ESPN.com's Diamond Leung, where he focuses on UMass basketball and its future in gaining fan interest:
Continue reading ESPN.com Blog On Basketball Fan Interest.
Masslive.com has a nice feature story on the Mullins Militia, the basketball support group. Read it here: Mullins Militia leads UMass basketball student section.
Continue reading Masslive Feature On Mullins Militia.
• USA Today: UMass football to join FCS, MAC Conference in 2012 • Sporting News: UMass To The MAC • Boston Globe: Kraft rose to occasion • Springfield Republican: A pipedream no more, UMass officially becomes an FBS program • Springfield Republican: Gillette had to be part of move, but Western Mass. is left behind • Daily Hampshire Gazette: Gillette Stadium new home for UMass football beginning in 2012 • Daily Hampshire Gazette: Upgrade creates need for more women's scholarships • Daily Hampshire Gazette: Opinion on campus divided over football program shift • Daily Hampshire Gazette: UMass to join MAC in upgrade to Football Bowl Subdivision • Daily Hampshire Gazette: With move to MAC, Minutemen may play weeknight football • Daily Hampshire Gazette: Upgrade means new challenges for UMass football • Boston Herald: Buckley: Move to Gillette boosts big-time hopes • Boston Herald: UMass goes deep for football glory • Boston Herald UMass moves up to FBS • Worcester Telegram: UMass, Gillette cut a big-time football deal • Berkshire Eagle: UMass makes its move to DivisionI-FBS, MAC • Hartford Courant: UMass Makes Move To FBS Official • Attleboro Sun-Chronicle: Kraft: UMass to be boon • Daily Collegian: UMass football officially announces move to FBS • Philadelphia Inquirer: UMass joins MAC for football Philadelphia Inquirer 2011-04-20 • Cleveland Plain-Dealer: Marriage of UMass and MAC a winner, for now: Analysis • Detroit News: UMass is 'excellent addition' to MAC for football • Columbus Dispatch: College football: UMass is a good fit, MAC chief says • Washington Post: UMass football to join Mid-American conference starting in 2012 • Fox Sports: UMass' move puts program in FBS • The Sports Network: UMass football to join Mid-American Conference in 2012 • Kalamazoo Gazette: No decision on MAC division alignment after UMass joins as football-only member • Oxford Press: UMass arrival brings challenge • Ball State Daily News: FOOTBALL: Massachusetts makes move to MAC official • NCAA.com: UMass set to join MAC in 2012 • Berkshire Eagle: UMass football joining Division I-FBS, Mid-American Conference in 2012 • College Football Talk: MAC officially adds UMass as newest member • SB Nation: UMass Officially Joins The Mid-American Conference • Seacoast Online: With UMass football moving to FBS, what's next for UNH? • ABC40: McGuirk No More Here are video interviews from the event:
Continue reading Football Media Coverage On Move To FBS, MAC.
Senior Cerie Mosgrove of the women's basketball team and senior Sean Busch of the men's track & field squad have been named the 2011 UMass Winter Scholar-Athletes. The duo will be honored at the UMass Sports Luncheon today, Apr. 6, at Room 1009 of the Campus Center at 12:15 p.m.
Also, the UMass Athletes of the Week will be recognized: Sara Plourde of the softball team, who was also named the National Player of the Week and Katie Ferris of the women's lacrosse squad, who tallied 12 points in two wins for No. 11 UMass.
You can follow the UMass men's lacrosse team on twitter @UMassMLacrosse, sign up now to get all the latest news on the Minutemen.
Check out the UMass Auctions which include a bunch of new items including several throwback basketball jerseys from this past season, modeled after the uniforms of the 1990s. Throwback shorts from the uniforms are also available. Other new items include black jerseys from the mid-2000s and some autographed sneakers from Stephane Lasme and Tony Gaffney.
    
Check out Ron Chimelis' story from the Springfield Republican on UMass push to sell more tickets to see the men's basketball squad.
The University of Massachusetts men's basketball team will play Central Florida on Wednesday night, a game matching two teams with a combined 17-3 record. The unbeaten visitors include Marcus Jordan, son of Michael. But a sparse crowd is expected, because at UMass home games these days, a sparse crowd is the rule. UMass officials are more than baffled. They are worried, because basketball is still considered the school's flagship sport, in terms of image and revenue potential.
Continue reading Republican: UMass Searching For Fans.
Matt Vautour of the Daily Hampshire Gazette has a great feature story on the UMass basketball team and its visit to the VA Hospital in Northampton.
With too little time between Wednesday's win over American International College and Saturday's 3 p.m. game against Holy Cross, most of the University of Massachusetts men's basketball players didn't go home for Thanksgiving. Instead, the Minutemen visited and shared a turkey dinner with staff at the Northampton Veteran Affairs Medical Center in Northampton on Thursday. UMass coach Derek Kellogg said it was a new experience for most of his players and he was proud of the way they handled themselves. "It was an eye-opening thing for a lot of us. You want to go and have a good time and brighten somebody's day and let them know we appreciate what they've done," Kellogg said. "Some of them don't have families or can't get home to their families, so it was good to go and change the monotony."
Continue reading Gazette Feature On VA Thanksgiving Visit.
With a throwback game at the Curry-Hicks Cage on Saturday, the Minutemen will be sporting their new throwback uniforms for the first time in the game against Holy Cross. This year's throwback jerseys are replicas of the 1995-96 Final Four season. The style was worn from 1994-97 and will be on display Saturday. They will be worn several other times this season.
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In the Daily Hampshire Gazette Matt Vautour has a story on how the basketball team hand-delivered season tickets on Monday night. The piece also has info on the team's Sunday scrimmage at Harvard, an update on Maxie Esho and more.
Continue reading Gazette: Basketball Notes On Esho, Scrimmage.
On Sunday morning, the UMass football team led by head coach Kevin Morris was out in full force at Six Flags Agawam to Walk For a Cure for Juvenile Diabetes. The players and many staff members took part in the walk throughout the park to raise money for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Check out Coach Morris and his wife Rebecca -- the co-chairs of the Western Mass chapter of the JDRF -- with Mr. Six at Six Flags. 
Masslive.com has a story on the UMass Football team which will participate in Sunday's Walk for a Cure, a fundraiser for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation at Six Flags New England in Agawam. The walk begins at 10 a.m. UMass coach Kevin Morris and his wife, Rebecca, are co-chairmen of the foundation's Western Massachusetts chapter.
The new banners for the 2010-11 seasons have been hung outside the Mullins Center. Come check out images of men's basketball, hockey and women's basketball players.
The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced today the complete field for the 2010 Hall of Fame Tip-Off, scheduled to take place Nov. 20-22 at the MassMutual Center. The announcement was paired with the official release of the UMass basketball program's 'Mission 1,000.'
UMass also unveiled its 'Mission 1,000' marketing initiative, aiming at selling 1,000 more season tickets to the many families, fans, business owners and corporations throughout Western Massachusetts and the state. The excitement level for both announcements is expectedly high. "Saying I'm excited is an understatement," said UMass head coach Derek Kellogg. "To make Springfield for a week of the year the mecca of college basketball is great. It's fitting for the national tournament to have a local flavor."
Join us at this week's UMass Sports Luncheon Wednesday at 12:15 p.m., in the Campus Center Room 1009. Football coach Kevin Morris will be the featured speaker along with field hockey coach Justine Sowry. Athlete of the Week Jonathan Hernandez will be recognized for his big game at Michigan.
While the main focus of this weekend has been the football game at Michigan, Gazette writer Matt Vautour highlights some of the other action going on for the Maroon & White. The women's soccer team will be playing at Michigan as well, while the men's soccer team hosts UCF today at 3:30 and #24 Indiana on Sunday (1 PM). The men's and women's cross country teams will host a home meet on Saturday (11:15 AM). The No. 20 field hockey team will head to American and No. 2 Maryland this weekend as well.
It was an interesting start to the day as Matt Houde and I took a helicopter ride (thanks to the Marines) around campus. We were able to shoot some photos and videos of our facilities and campus in general. The landscape has certainly changed in the 7 years I've been here! On a side note, if you've never taken advantage of the free helicopter rides that happen each semester, do so. You have a pilot who is a Marine and I always say you are never safer then when you have one of those guys around!
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Sam The Minuteman and many members of the UMass football team took part in the building of the longest California sushi roll in the world. Read the story in the Springfield Republican.
Volunteers wearing T-shirts that read "UMass, Amherst home of the world's longest California roll" sealed 650 sheets of nori - seaweed - then "glued" it in place with about 200 pounds of sushi rice, then laid on avocado, cucumber and Alaskan crab ... and then rolled all of it into a 422-foot long sushi roll, eclipsing the current record of 340 feet set last November at the University of California, Berkeley.
If you were watching "America's Got Talent" last night, you saw the new Big Y commercial, which features none other than Sam The Minuteman!
If you have a link to the commercial send it to us in the tweet @UMassAthletics.com
Former UMass softball star and current UMass marketing assistant Michelle Libby was interviewed by NBC22 about the music industry and the transition from album sales to downloading music.
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In preparation of the UMass vs. New Hampshire football game at Gillette Stadium on Oct. 23, Sam The Minuteman took a trip to Patriots Training Camp and their home field, today. Here are some pictures of Sam in action. Check out his Facebook Page Photo Gallery.
With just two days left in July (wow, summer has moved quick), that means we are officially less than a month away from our first regular-season games of the year. First on the docket will be the field hockey team hosting Boston College and the women's soccer team hosting Washington on August 27. Several teams will begin preseason training camps in just under two weeks. Well, the downtime was nice while it lasted! Start making your plans out to Amherst by checking out the Schedule Calendar which lists everything in a nice month-by-month format. Also, you can order Football Season Tickets Online now!
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