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Collegiate Baseball The Voice Of Amateur Baseball Started In 1958 At The Request Of Our Nation’s Baseball Coaches Vol. 62, No. 9 Friday, May 3, 2019 $4.00 Touma Racks Up 12 Straight GPA Titles Great academic system matriculate to the JC level. How in the world has Touma accomplished allows Daytona State to go this Herculean feat? 33 consecutive semesters “I played junior college baseball at Palm with a 3.0 GPA or higher. Beach Community College years ago, and back then it was all baseball and not much in the way By LOU PAVLOVICH, JR. of academics,” said Touma, who later went on Editor/Collegiate Baseball to play at the University of Florida where he was an Academic All-SEC performer. AYTONA BEACH, Fla. — For the “When I was hired at Daytona State in 2001, past 12 years, Daytona State Junior it was made clear to me from my athletics’ College’s baseball program has had director and administration that academics had D to be emphasized. the highest team grade point average of all NJCAA baseball programs in the nation every “That is the posture even today by our single year. administration. As much as we all want to win The average cumulative GPA during this baseball games, were are here to help young 12-year span has been 3.65. people with their future. The highest GPA was during the 2017-2018 “The kids we brought in initially didn’t get academic year at 3.81. great grades. We tried to just get young people Incredibly, this program has gone 33 to understand that having a good education is consecutive semesters with a 3.0 or higher the most important thing even though baseball team GPA. is fun and something we all love to do. It is an astounding achievement that has “Over the years, we have morphed into this been spearheaded by Head Coach Tim Touma baseball program that has great GPAs. Now it who is in his 18th year at Daytona State. is an expectation to have teams that meet this In most junior colleges, it is a constant chore academic standard every year.” getting players eligible. Touma said his system starts with support A certain percentage of junior college within his administration. baseball players have a tough time with “We have a terrific academic advisor by academics in high school while others have Daytona State has a team GPA over the last 12 years of 3.65. had trouble in 4-year institutions as they See SPECIAL DAILY PLANNER, Page 2 Special Collegiate Baseball Report Art Of Focus Vital For Great Baseball Performances Mastering skills of baseball in a precision manner is the first step that baseball players must take instead of playing game after game. By LOU PAVLOVICH Editor/Collegiate Baseball (First Of A 2-Part Series) IVERSIDE, Calif. — How are elite athletes able to focus with precision time after time as they perform Rat a consistently high level? It is a question that every baseball coach has tried to answer so their players perform at their peak levels game after game. Unfortunately, it is maddeningly elusive. In this special 2-part series, Collegiate Baseball will answer the question of focus and how it can be achieved. Years ago, Riverside Community College Hall of Fame Head Coach Dennis Rogers discovered the perfect person to emulate for his baseball players. That was Alex Honnold, the greatest free solo climber in the world who talked to his team about the mental mine field he endures each time he tries to scale the face of a mountain. Free solo climbing is without question the most dangerous sport in the world and involves scaling massive rock walls virtually straight up without any ropes or protective gear. See FOCUSING WITH NO LAPSES, Page 3 True focus is scaling vertical rock formations without ropes like Alex Honnold. Inside Collegiate Baseball Web Site: www.baseballnews.com Collegiate Baseball Editorial How To Handle Discipline Issues 1,000 Wins For Scheuermann When your baseball field is wet, Gordie Gillespie may have had top Delgado Community College head NEVER pour gasoline over infield system in this regard as players coach becomes 9th active JC dirt and set it on fire/Page 4 rarely caused issues/Page 4 coach to hit milestone/Page 12 Page 2 Collegiate Baseball Friday, May 3, 2019 Special Daily Planner Utilized Collegiate Baseball The Voice Of For Daytona State Ball Players Amateur Baseball Continued From Page 1 the name of Cindy Iafanti who has Collegiate Baseball (ISSN 0530-9751) is published twice a month been with us the whole time I have January-May and once in June, July, September and October been here. 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Touma said freshmen who have “In the fall, we give players January 4 March 8 May 3 September 6 That’s a big key as well. come into his program the last 8-10 January 25 March 22 May 17 October 4 “I want our players to sit in the Wednesdays off from practice as a years have an initial meeting with February 8 April 5 June 14 first three rows of each class to form study day to make sure they have the coaching staff. February 22 April 19 July 12 a relationship with the professor. enough time to earn the highest “Our coaches talk about their We want our guys to be up front grade possible. We sacrifice some experiences at Daytona State paying attention.” baseball time to make sure our guys and discuss what is available Moving? perform well in classes. academically for help. Planner Essential “The freshmen when they come Make Sure CB Moves Along With You! Touma said each player is given “The sophomores are also a big in must understand what it takes to part of this meeting. 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