Connect to Success -- Student-Athlete Snapshots -- NCAA Eligibility Rules Change
Hello, Community!
The SportsHopes Highlights Spring 2013 newsletter is attached in pdf format.
Thank you to the following individuals for sharing their knowledge for this edition:
- Jimmy Woodard, Legal Studies Major, Class of 2013, University of California, Berkeley
- Curtis Taylor, Head Coach, Laney Community College Track & Field / EOYDC T&F, Oakland, CA
- High School and Community College Student-Athletes and their Families
Page 1: Letter from Founder, Jennifer Oliver.
Pages 2-4: Snapshots of local high school and community college student-athletes.
Pages 5-6: “Connect to Success” by Jimmy Woodard.
Pages 7-8: “NCAA Eligibility Rules Change – Things You Need to Know!” by Curtis Taylor.
Page 9: SportsHopes Updates: Upcoming Presentations, Application for Assistance and Goals.
The mission of SportsHopes is to help high school and community college student-athletes
move forward to four-year colleges, play the sports they are passionate about in college,
stay in college, graduate from college, work towards a career and obtain self-sufficiency.
SportsHopes is a high school to college pathway student-athlete support all-volunteer
501c3 nonprofit public benefit corporation organized for public and charitable purposes.
The SportsHopes Highlights newsletter reaches individuals in Sports, Education, Healthcare,
Media and Community throughout the Greater San Francisco East Bay Area, State of California,
West Coast and United States.
We hope you enjoy our newsletter!
Jennifer Oliver
Founder
SportsHopes
SportsHopes volunteers work hard to staff concession stands at the 12-16-2012 and 12-2-2012 Oakland Raiders games to raise funds for SportsHopes. SportsHopes is a 501c3 nonprofit public charitable org that helps high school and community college student-athletes move forward to four-year colleges. Services provided to student-athletes are free of charge. The Raiders concessions company donates a percent of profits in return for staffing stands.
Top row – left to right:
Jerry Oliver, Dash Oliver and Diana Souza; Cameron Davis; Chase Oliver,
BriAnna Miller, Jennifer Oliver (SportsHopes founder) and Ron Fritsch.
Bottom row – left to right:
Wanda Hollis and Jennifer Oliver; Jerry Oliver, Dave Ellington and Chase Oliver.
The Olivers are the parents of Dash and Chase. Dash is a student-athlete (track team) at UC Berkeley and a SportsHopes Mentor. Chase is a graduate of CSU Northridge. Diana is a San Leandro, CA, City Council Member and the proud parent of four grown children. Cameron Davis is a student at CSU East Bay and is interning with the Oakland Raiders Public Relations department and Equipment department. BriAnna Miller is a student at CSU Sacramento and a SportsHopes Mentor. Ron has a son, Ryan, on the varsity baseball team (he’s a pitcher) at Foothill High School in Pleasanton, CA. Wanda has a daughter, Taylor, on the Soka University track team and soccer team. Dave is a SportsHopes officer and the proud father of a baby girl.
Castro Valley High School College Pathway Presentation
