Campus Recreation Programs

CAMPUS RECREATION

-picture of the field before practice on May 22nd at The University of Tampa's Baseball Field

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I took this photo of the fence behind the first base dugout at The University of Tampa's baseball field.  I thought this might be a good way to show some of the Campus Recreation club sports.  In this picture they have a banner for club: baseball (division I & II), softball, track & field, and football. In the book it says that campus recreation is carried on within an educational setting and is designed to augment academic studies. This is true but at the same time, it has important responsibilities in terms of promoting the overall well-being of students, helping to reduce negative or destructive forms of play, extending and enriching academic learnings, and contributing to other college and university goals.

This picture shows the bracket of the tournament and was on the fence as soon as you walked in the gate.  If you look closely under the rankings, it shows  us (ECU) as the #1 seed.  Personally I felt that this left us at a disadvantage and put a target on our back.  We hadn't been in that situation all year, almost flying under the radar.

2014 NCBA World Series Day1 Game 2, #1 ECU vs #8 Wisconsin

The two pictures above were taking before our first game.

2014 NCBA World Series Elimination Game, #1 ECU vs #5 Texas, by far one of the best teams we have ever played against as a program.

This was the field the evening we were supposed to play Cal-Berkley, we had to meet the campus recreation employees early the next morning to help get the tarp off.  The people who ran the tournament worked their butt off for us. At the same time it seemed as if they shared the same passion to be out there that we as players and coaches did. 

2014 NCBA World Series Semi-finals (final four) #1 ECU vs #6 Cal-Berkley, this picture was taken during the national anthem. Its one of the few pictures that has all of the other coaches and I in it.

 We ended up losing to Cal-Berkley in the semi-finals.  It was a tough loss to take but as a program we took it off the chin with our heads raised high.  It is quite an accomplishment to be in the top four teams out of 126 club baseball programs.  This year was our second trip to the NCBA World Series in the past 4 years.  This just shows how strong our campus recreation programs are and hopefully the campus recreation employees are just as proud as we were.  The program wouldn't be where it is without the help of the campus recreation employees that help with the budgeting and making sure we had enough money for all of our trips and funds available for umpires, fields, and equipments.  They may be behind the curtain but I hope they know how much it means for the other guys and I to be able to still play, or in my case coach, the game/ sport we grew up playing and love soo much.  In my time at ECU the club team has been just one big family and has been absolutely essential in my development as a person and a student and this wouldn't have been possible without Campus Recreation.

2013-2014 ECU club baseball family photo