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Meet the Golden Panthers Freshmen on Student Athlete Profile - the fiel-d Name: David Andrew Tabor

Age: 18

Height: 6'-1"

Weight: 200 lbs.

High School: Poinciana Senior High School Kissimmee, FL

High School Coach: August 27 marked the start of a special year Mile Cullison at Fl U. More than 30 FlU student athletes began their careers as Golden Panther foot­ HIGH SCHOOL STATS ball players, and the team engaged in the first football practice at FlU . Football: All Central Florida award winner, Class 4-A District " It's great to finally see these guys on the Player of the Year, All-State Honorable Mention, All-Osceola County QB; completed 132 of 266 field," said FlU Football Don passes (49.6 percent) for 1,918 yards and 17 Strock. "It took a lot of planning and hard work touchdowns his senior year; 5,765 career yards to get here - for us and for these guys. I hope with 57 touchdowns and 50 interceptions they will enjoy the ride as much as I will."

Track: The team will now settle into a routine of Poinciana record holder in discus, classes, meetings, training sessions and prac­ David Andrew Tabor ; 165 feet tices. They will all be preparing for their first public scrimmage on Sat., Sept. 29 at 3:30 p.m. at the FlU Community Stadium and for their first game ever on Sat., Aug. 31, 2002. ::::::FLORIDA INTER N ATI O NAL U NIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF ATHLETICS :::::::;:: New look, new team, new attitude

From the tall Everglades grass redesigns including the Green emerges a dark, furious hunter, Bay, Lambeau Field project. and he's wearing blue and gold. The Florida International FlU administrators believe that University Golden Panther got a the new logo will be fully phased Save the date! makeover, and the result is a mean­ into the university by summer of FlU has scheduled four public er, leaner predator ready for a fight. 2002, prior to the first football game scrimmages during the Fall semester: on Aug. 31, 2002. FlU students, faculty, staff and Sat., September 29, 2001 alumni love it. "The new logo is a much more true­ University Park to-life representation of the Golden FlU Community Stadium "We felt that the university's matur­ Panther," said Terry Witherell, direc- 3:30p.m. ing athletic program~specially now tor of advertising and brand Wed., October 17,2001 that football is coming on line-deserves a management. "The teal foliage repre­ Biscayne Ray more intimidating mascot," said Rick sents the grasses of the Everglades, the North Miami Stadium Mello, FlU . "It's a modern panther's habitat. The shadows on the TBA look that will stand the test of time." panther's face and body suggest the time Sat., October 27, 2001 of day most likely to be seen as it is a University Park The FlU athletics logo was redesigned dusk and dawn feeder. Overall, the new FlU Community Stadium this summer by Zebradog Studios in approximately $16,000. The company look speaks to the maturity and level of 3:30 p.m. Madison, Wisconsin, at a cost of has been involved in several mascot sophistication FlU has achieved." Sat., November 10, 2001 Blue/Gold Game-University Park FlU Community Stadium Calling the shots coach profile 3:30p.m. Coach•s Profile- Carmen Grosso. FlU Assistant Football Coach

Carmen Grosso, assistant FlU football At FlU , Grosso is responsible for the line­ coach, brings more than 23 years of foot­ backers. ball experience to the FlU football on the air program. Grosso holds a Master of Science degree from Barry University in Guidance and A 1967 graduate from the University of Counseling and a Bachelor of Arts Don't forget to join Don Strock Miami, Grosso has coached locally since degree in Physical Education from the for t he StrockTalk radio 1970. He joined the staff at UM as an . He was also a mem­ show. StrockTalk airs assistant coach and served under coach­ ber of the armed forces as First every Wednesday, 6·8 es Howard Schnellenberger, jimmy Lieutenant (Special Forces) Signal p.m. on WAXY 790 AM. johnson and . Officer in the Green Berets of the U.S. You can also watch the Army. Grosso also served as tight ends' coach show-live t Shula's for the University of Pittsburgh (1983- Grosso is married to jacklyn, and they Steak II at Don 84), with the Dallas Cowboys as have two children: Rachelle and Robyn. Hotel on assistant coach (1993-94) and as the assistant football coach at St. Thomas Carmen Grosso Aquinas High School in Ft. Lauderdale FlU Assistant Football Coach (1995-2000).