Student Athlete Handbook PROUD MEMBER OF: not, is required to pay an Athletics & Recreation Fee, they DEPARTMENT OF ATHLETICS MISSION STATEMENT have no choice. These fees help pay for the opportunities Our mission is to assist in the development of our you will enjoy this year. I urge you to keep this in mind student athletes as they strive to achieve their throughout the year. Your participation is a privilege, not a personal athletic and academic potential by right. Everyone pays a "tax" so that a select few may providing high quality athletic experiences in a compete for UBC Okanagan. manner which will help them build self-esteem and develop the qualities of leadership, fair-play, My own priorities are primarily focused on the quality of your experience and its relationship to the educational respect, self-discipline, and perseverance. process. All members of the Department Staff will be CONGRATULATIONS ON MAKING THE UBC OKANAGAN working to ensure that your participation in athletics is safe, well organized, has educational and social value, as well as HEAT TEAM! I am pleased to welcome you to the UBC Okanagan Athletics being competitive and fun. To do this we will be encouraging Program. I am confident you will enjoy your experience and each of you to set and strive to achieve realistic academic, find it challenges you in new and exciting ways. In addition athletic and personal growth goals. We hope that your to improving your technical skills, I believe that training and involvement will help you to increase your appreciation of competing at this level will provide you opportunities to yourself, your opponents, the officials, and the fans. learn many things about yourself; what is truly important to I am excited about the upcoming year and look forward to you and how mentally and physically strong you can be. assisting the staff and coaches in creating a positive and Post-secondary athletic competition is an exciting and rewarding athletics experience for all of our student demanding journey that few get to take. athletes. As members of our Athletics Program, you, more than most This booklet has been prepared in the hope that it will students, will benefit from our wonderful facilities. As a provide you with the information and direction you require result, I expect each of you to treat with respect, all of our to have a successful year as a student athlete for UBC staff and facilities and all the staff and facilities you visit Okanagan. around the province and the country. If you have any questions or need assistance at any time, do Each of you has demonstrated athletic skills that have not hesitate to contact me at 250 807-9700 (office), 250 470- enabled you to be singled out from the crowd. In order to 3960 (cell) or 250 763-9054 (home), or [email protected]. gain these skills you have no doubt spent many hours in practice; this was your choice. It is important to remember All the best for the upcoming season. that while many people value this athletic prowess, there are Rob Johnson, also, unfortunately, some who do not. At UBC Okanagan, Director, Athletics & Recreation every student, whether that individual values athletics or “From Those To Whom Much is Given, Much is Also Expected” ~ Anonymous INSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION DIRECTORY (CURRENT INFO: GOHEAT.CA/CONTACT US) Position Name Office # Cell # E-mail Director of Athletics & Recreation Rob Johnson 250.807.9700 250.470.3960 [email protected] Assistant to the Director Lucia Boersma 250.807.9707 250.317.8215 [email protected] Recreation Facility Coordinator Carol Boyd 250.807.9702 250.878.0189 [email protected] Customer Service and Camps Crystal Westgate 250.807.9322 250.212-6474 [email protected] Coordinator Reception & Travel / Finance Antonella Lee 250.807.8258 250.212.1489 [email protected] Events & Camps Coordinator Kevin Kraft 250.807-8862 250.575.8150 [email protected] Sports Information and Media Cary Mellon 250.807.9709 250.317.9684 [email protected] Head Athletic Therapist Jeff Thorburn 250.807.8534 250.317.4639 [email protected] Strength & Fitness Coordinator TBA 250.807.8237 Campus Rec Manager Layne McDougall 250.807.9714 250.826.0086 [email protected] Basketball (M) Head Coach Pete Guarasci 250.807.9842 250.575.2760 [email protected] Basketball (M) Asst. Coach Landry Ndayitwayeko 250-863-5663 [email protected] Basketball (M) Asst. Coach Dino Gini 250-861.5122 250.212.4291 [email protected] Basketball (W) Head Coach Claire Meadows 250.807.8600 250.864.2811 [email protected] Basketball (W) Asst. Coach Bobby Mitchell 250.212.7513 [email protected] Cross Country Coach Colin Wallace 250-808-0685 [email protected] Golf Coach Cass Hritzuk 250.300.4653 [email protected] Rugby (M) Coach Chris Haynes 250.826.1709 [email protected] Rugby (W) Coach Dr. Rob O’Brien 250.878.4711 [email protected] Soccer (M) Head Coach Dante Zanatta 250.801.8031 [email protected] Soccer (M) Asst. Coach Tom Flanagan 250.215.4608 [email protected] Soccer (W) Head Coach Claire Paterson 250.801.1437 [email protected] Soccer (W) Asst. Coach Ashlee Davison 250.469.1805 [email protected] Soccer (W) Asst. Coach Kai Tolpinrud 250.307.4568 [email protected] Soccer (W) Asst. Coach Carmen Lindsay [email protected] Volleyball (M) Head Coach Greg Poitras 250.807.9829 250.317.3958 [email protected] Volleyball (M) Asst. Coach Kyle Joslin 250.864.7877 [email protected] Volleyball (M) Asst. Coach Steve Budd 250-469-3228 [email protected] Volleyball (W) Head Coach Steve Manuel 250.807.9828 250.317.2639 [email protected] Volleyball (W) Asst. Coach Becki Kosinski 250.864.7545 [email protected] Volleyball (W) Asst. Coach Karl Enns 250.769.7687 [email protected] Volleyball (W) Asst. Coach Jackie Wong 250.863.0198 [email protected] OTHER IMPORTANT NUMBERS: Gym Equipment Desk: 250.807.9200 The Hanger: 250.807.8659 UBC Security: 250.807.8111 UBC First Aid: 250.807.9236 UBC Emergency: 250.807.8111 UBC Switchboard: 250.807.8000 Hospital Emergency: 250.862.4485 3 2015-16 Student Athlete Handbook | UBC Okanagan Heat ATHLETICS PHILOSOPHY: EXPECT THE BEST! Students come to UBC's Okanagan campus expecting to get a high-quality education. Student athletes come to UBC's Okanagan campus expecting to get a high-quality athletics experience as well. UBC's Okanagan campus expects the best out of its coaches and student athletes. We expect their best efforts: in terms of academic performance – attendance, class participation, studying/writing, and exam taking; in terms of athletic performance – training, practicing, and competing; and, in terms of their behaviour – on and off the court/field and on and off the campus - they are representing UBC Okanagan. We believe that values and life skills such as team work, self-discipline, respect for self and others, fair play, acceptance, time- management, hard work, etc. are not automatically infused in all who participate in, or follow, varsity sport. These things must be taught, modeled, reinforced, and expected. Our philosophy is built on the premise that UBC Okanagan, as an institution, believes that varsity athletics can be a valuable component of one’s post-secondary education if, and only if, appropriate values and life skills are gained. UBC O’s athletic philosophy is based on the belief that varsity sport is a privilege not a right. It is built on the realization that every UBC Okanagan student pays an Athletics & Recreation Fee, a portion of which is used to support the varsity athletics program, and that the beneficiaries of that fee, the student athletes selected to represent UBC O, need to live up to the expectations of those who provide them this opportunity. Our philosophy, of expecting the best, starts with the administration of the university and of the athletics department. It is the job of the Director of Athletics to ensure that the coaches we hire understand and share this philosophy, and have the temperament to model it consistently and in the most trying of emotional times. It is the job of our coaching staff and the AD to communicate these expectations to recruits and their parents before they commit to join our program and to continually reinforce these expectations to coaches and student athletes. Our recruitment process and recognition system reflects support for this philosophy as do our disciplinary actions. We believe that if our student athletes learn to expect the best from us, and know that we expect the best from them, that they will come to expect the best of themselves, in all things and at all times. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act but a habit.” ~ Aristotle 4 2015-16 Student Athlete Handbook | UBC Okanagan Heat MEDICAL / HEALTH MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS Student athletes who are entering UBC Okanagan for the first time or returning to competition after a one or more year(s) absence, are required to undergo a medical examination (Professional Practice Exam (PPE)) or evaluation administered or supervised by a physician. Student athletes MUST have these forms completed by a physician prior to reporting to training camp and the athlete needs to be deemed medically fit to play prior to competing. These forms can be obtained from the Athletic Department, your coach, or downloaded from here: www.goheat.ca/forms (goheat.ca/form.medicalhistory | goheat.ca/form.fittoplay). MEDICAL HISTORY Along with the medical exam all student athletes are asked to annually complete and submit their personal Medical History Form prior to participation.