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March 2005
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Volume 1, Issue 6 |
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Grizzly Spotlight: Lynsey Monaco
Grizzly Times caught up with senior women's basketball standout
Lynsey Monaco for a question and answer session. MORE
The Track Less Traveled
Montana has a handful of athletes who compete in more than one sport. Find out what motivates these multi-sport stars.
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Robin Selvig's Five Most Memorable Games
A letter from Athletic Director Don Read
Greetings from The University of Montana Athletics Department. Hopefully, this report finds you well and enjoying life. MORE
GSA and other announcements
Check out the announcements for the UM Athletic Department and the Grizzly Scholarship
Association. MORE
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Spotlight: Lynsey Monaco |
Senior Lynsey Monaco from Dillon, Mont., is a two-year starter for The University of Montana women's basketball team. This season Monaco ranks 21st in the nation at 5.8 assists per game and is the Lady Griz' team leader with 43 steals (2.0 spg).
GT: When you were a senior at Beaverhead County High School in Dillon, Mont., what schools were recruiting you?
Monaco: There were a lot of small schools around Montana that looked at me. I was more interested in the Big Sky Conference with Idaho State, Montana State, Weber State and of course The University of Montana.
GT: Why did you choose Montana?
Monaco: I guess as a child, growing up in Montana you always have that dream of being a Lady Griz, or at least I did. The fact that it’s close to home is great because it allows my family to make a lot of games. Not only that but the atmosphere at Montana, the great coaching staff, the great business school were all things that I valued. It was a great opportunity when it was presented.
GT: You started 29 games as a sophomore, came off the bench as a junior, and now you're back as a starter. What do you think of your changing role at UM and how has it affected you as a player?
Monaco: I think it’s great for every player to accept their role on the team, whatever that may be. I’ve played the bottom of the zone, the top of the zone, the one, the two, the three and they’ve all taught me different things about the game. I'm playing the point guard position this year but I understand the other positions. If someone else has to bring the ball up the floor, I'm able to go right into the other positions and play them with confidence. That type of versatility helps you run the offense because you know those positions well.
GT: You played with 2004-05 Big Sky Conference MVP Brooklynn Lorenzen, what have you learned from her?
Monaco: When you’re playing with Brooklynn you just appreciate what she adds to the team and to the game. I think I’ve learned more this year now that she’s a coach. When I was injured we sat on the bench and analyzed games together. I think that’s the biggest help that she's been for me.
GT: As the season grows long and becomes a grind, what do you do to get away and relax?
Monaco: Relax, that’s kind of a hard term to think about right now. There’s not a whole lot of time for that because we’re in the heart of school and in a huge point in our season. It’s hard to find time to get away and relax. I think that’s going to have to come after the season.
GT: You've had the privilege of playing under coach Robin Selvig, what is your relationship with him like and how has he developed you as a player?
Monaco: Coach Selvig is great. I don’t think there are enough words that could describe what he does for each and every player here. I think a lot of kids would say that he’s kind of like a second father. He’s there for you in every aspect both on and off the court. He helps develop you as a player by constantly trying to teach, coach and change. Obviously it’s proven to be very successful.
GT: The Big Sky Conference tournament is just around the corner, how do the Lady Griz stack up with the rest of the conference?
Monaco: We’ve proven that we have the ability to match up with the great teams in our conference. It seems like we get contributions from everyone. Every night a different person is stepping up and that’s what I think makes our team so successful.
GT: You’re a senior, what's in store for you after your career at UM?
Monaco: Hopefully if all goes as planned I’ll be graduating in May. I’d like to live in a big city for a while and get that experience. I’d like to have my own coffee shop in a few years, but we’ll see what happens.
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The Track Less Traveled
by Timothy San Pedro, MontanaGrizzlies.com |
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Senior Jefferson Heidelberger |
Jefferson Heidelberger has put in his time at The University of Montana.
He’s taken his fair share of hits on the football field and he finally has the chance to kick back and relax now that his final season of football is over.
Not in this lifetime.
Heidelberger isn’t done yet. He’s competing on the UM indoor track team and plans on being on the outdoor team as well. And yet his situation isn’t all that unique. Senior UM soccer player Tara Schwager has decided to give track another try after a three year hiatus and Matt Winter and Domonique Colberg both compete three sports — cross country, indoor and outdoor track.
Why, you might be asking, do these student athletes put themselves through this?
A better question for them might be why wouldn’t they compete if they had the chance?
"Growing up I’ve always had a sport, I don’t know what it would be like without one," Schwager said.
Heidelberger has the same understanding as Schwager.
"Competition is just something I’ve grown up with my entire life and it’s fun to continue," Heidelberger said. "Track is something I’ve always loved in high school and I’ve been thinking about competing on the track team the last couple of years, but football took a lot of my time. Now that football’s over for me I have no reason not to."
Ask any of the multi-sport athletes and you’ll probably hear an answer similar to Heidelberger’s.
"I live for racing. The reason I work out is to race better. It’s the thrill of competition and just being involved in a good race," Winter said, who competes in long distance competitions and in the steeplechase.
Colberg says she just loves to compete. "It’s fun to try your hardest and to do well," Colberg said.
And, surprise, Schwager’s reasoning for enduring another season in a collegiate sport is because she likes the competition of sports; "I enjoy doing it all," Schwager said.
UM coach Tom Raunig said that there are a couple of prerequisites that athletes need to meet in order to compete in more than one sport.
"They have to enjoy competition," Raunig said about his multi-sport athletes. "They also have to be solid students or it would be very difficult to do."
Schwager said she admits that missing school is hard at times, especially during finals and midterms. Yet training for sports, whether it be soccer or track, gives Schwager more energy to get through the day.
Likewise, Heidelberger said that competing in multiple sports keeps him on track (no pun intended).
"It keeps me motivated. I have no time to slack off. It makes it easier to stay focused at school," Heidelberger said.
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Sophomore Domonique Colberg |
It’s hard to believe that such a commitment could help some student-athletes academically, Colberg believes that her grades are not adversely affected by her time commitment to athletics. "I make sure that I have lots of fun," Colberg said. "If you really want to do something you make time for it."
And track is something these student athletes definitely want to do.
"I wouldn’t be doing it if I didn’t like it," Colberg said.
They have to enjoy it, Raunig said, because long distance runners like Colberg and Winter get a total of one month off the entire school year, which is spread throughout the year.
And during those week breaks between sports, what are they doing? "Running," Winter said. "Getting ready for the next upcoming season."
Part of the enjoyment for Heidelberger is the amount of socializing he is able to do in track that he couldn’t do in football.
"We tend to be a whole lot more friendly to other teams than in football," Heidelberger said. "I’d say I’ve talked to more people from other teams the last few weeks than in all of my football career. It’s just a different mentality."
Part of that difference is the type of competition as well. Whereas football and soccer rely on the entire team in order for an individual to succeed, track allows athletes to focus on their own ability.
"The only person accountable is yourself," Winter said. "It’s always you against yourself."
"It’s a competition within yourself and your abilities," Heidelberger said. "In football a lot of it involves the excitement in the atmosphere and the crowd. In track, it’s just me and the clock."
Yet Heidelberger said he still feels the team aspect of the sport.
"I find that in track there’s still a whole lot of encouragement and helping your teammates," Heidelberger said. "I enjoy that part of it too."
Heidelberger and Schwager may need their fair share of encouragement from the coaching staff and teammates.
"It’s been three years since I’ve ran and it’s been difficult to get into the swing of things," Schwager said.
"I’m still trying to figure out my technique," Heidelberger said. "There’s a lot more to it in college than I remembered when I was in high school."
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| THE BIG FIVE:
Robin Selvig's Five Most Memorable Games |
When a basketball coach has paced the sideline for nearly 27 years and watched his team play 800 games, narrowing those contests down to a list of the five most memorable is a challenge. But that's what Grizzly Times recently asked Lady Griz coach Robin Selvig to do. After a week to mull them all over, from a quarter century of Lady Griz Holiday Classic games, to the key league games in the heart of February, to the 19 postseason conference tournament championship games, to the 21 NCAA tournament games, these are the five that vividly remain, an indelible goosebump on Coach Selvig's memory.
Cheri Bratt is 10th all-time with 1,196 career points. |
Weber State at Montana - March 12, 1983
Lady Griz 66, Wildcats 63 (Mountain West tournament championship)
After winning the Mountain West Conference regular-season title with a 13-1 league mark, Montana hosted the first MWC tournament. The Lady Griz got by Montana State in the semifinals, 75-57, then faced Weber State, a team they had defeated twice in the regular season, both in overtime, for the championship. Montana was down two at the half, 24-22, but shot 69.6 percent in the second half to rally back for a 66-63 victory in front of a season-high 2,008 fans. The win capped a perfect 16-0 record at home and sent the Lady Griz to their first NCAA tournament.
Coach Selvig: “I remember Cheri Bratt hitting a huge shot for us late in the game that gave us the win and sent us to our first NCAA tournament. During the season we won down at Weber in overtime, then we beat them at home again in overtime before facing them for a third time in the tournament. Those were two well-matched teams.”
Doris Hasquet is eighth all-time with 1,248 career points. |
Oregon State at Montana - March 18, 1984
Lady Griz 56, Beavers 47 (NCAA tournament first-round game)
The Lady Griz dropped three nonconference games early in the season, but came back to sweep through the Mountain West Conference with a perfect 14-0 record. At the MWC tournament in Missoula, UM dispatched of Montana State by 18 in the semifinals and Eastern Washington by 15 in the title game to earn its second-straight NCAA tournament bid. The No. 4-seed Lady Griz were given an NCAA first round home game against No. 5-seed Oregon State. Montana trailed just once in the game, 5-4, and had a 10-3 run to close out the first half. The Beavers did not get closer than six in the second half.
Cheri Bratt and Doris Hasquet, both all-conference selections, led the way with 13 points each.
The game was played in front of 4,093 fans, the largest crowd ever to watch a Lady Griz game to that point. They witnessed Montana’s 36th-straight home victory.
Coach Selvig: “This was an NCAA tournament game, and we got to host one for the first time. I just remember that they had to pull out more and more bleachers as it got closer to tipoff because the fans kept coming through the doors. I think this game, more than any other, was the start of the following we have today. The win probably put us on the map as a program.”
Marti Leibenguth is fourth all-time with 1,360 career points. |
Stanford at Montana - March 20, 1988
Cardinal 74, Lady Griz 72 - OT (NCAA tournament first-round game)
In its final year of Mountain West Conference play, Montana would end the season with a 28-2 record, with the two losses coming by a total of four points. The Lady Griz won their first 26 games on the season and hosted and won the league’s postseason tournament with double-figure wins over Boise State and Eastern Washington. For the third time Montana hosted an NCAA tournament game, with No. 4-seed UM hosting No. 5-seed Stanford.
The Cardinal opened up a quick eight-point lead in the first half, but behind Marti Leibenguth’s 16 points, the Lady Griz rallied to tie the game at 34-34 at the break. In a remarkable late comeback, Montana trailed by five, 70-65, with 28 seconds to play, but got a 3-pointer from Leibenguth with 27 seconds remaining, a missed front end of a one-and-one from Stanford, then two free throws from Leibenguth with five seconds to play to send the game to overtime.
Stanford never trailed in the five-minute overtime, pulling out the 74-72 victory.
Leibenguth finished with 27 points. Jennifer Azzi, who would go on to earn national player of the year honors two years later when she led the Cardinal to the national title, had 17 points.
The game was played in front of 8,709 fans, still the second-largest crowd in Dahlberg Arena history.
Coach Selvig: “This was a great game and one I remember so clearly. The crowd and the atmosphere were unbelievable. We had a 3-pointer at the end of the overtime that just sat on the rim before falling off. That Stanford team was almost all sophomores and they would go on to win the national championship two years later when they were seniors, so it was a very talented team.”
Shannon Cate is UM's all-time leading scorer with 2,172 points. |
Montana at Wisconsin - March 18, 1992
Lady Griz 85, Badgers 74 (NCAA tournament first-round game)
Behind the final-year play of Shannon Cate, who would earn Big Sky Conference MVP and Kodak first team All-America honors, Montana went 13-3 during league play, finishing one game behind Boise State for the regular-season championship. For the first time in seven years, the league tournament was held somewhere else besides Dahlberg Arena, but it did not matter. The Lady Griz defeated Montana State in the tournament semifinals, 73-69, then upset BSU, 82-67, on its home court to advance to their eighth NCAA tournament in 10 years.
Unfazed by a then-NCAA tournament first-round record crowd of 8,353 at the UW Field House, No 11-seed Montana dominated the host and favored Badgers, the West Region’s No. 6 seed, 85-74. Playing in its first NCAA tournament game, Wisconsin had no answer for Cate, who 34 points, the most by any player in 16 first-round games in 1992.
Coach Selvig: “We were playing a road game in the NCAAs against a higher seed in front of over 8,000 people. Everything was against us, so that was a heck of a win. Shannon had a big night for us. A road win in the NCAAs in front of a hostile crowd is tough, but we came away with the win and advanced to face USC again.”
Ann Lake is second all-time with 886 career rebounds. |
Montana at Stanford - March 19, 1994
Cardinal 66, Lady Griz 62 (NCAA tournament first-round game)
Montana opened its season with an 82-66 loss at Tennessee, then proceeded to win 22 of its last 25 regular-season games. The Lady Griz won the Big Sky Conference regular-season title, then moved on to the NCAA tournament with league tournament wins over Northern Arizona by three and Boise State by 16, which wrapped up a perfect 17-0 record at home.
In a first-round NCAA game at Dahlberg Arena in front of 7,992 fans, Ann Lake scored 20 points and No. 7-seed Montana handled No. 10-seed UNLV, 77-67.
In a second-round game at No. 2-seed Stanford, which had defeated Wisconsin-Green Bay, 81-56, the Lady Griz fell, 66-62, in front of 5,187.
Montana battled from behind the entire game. Down by 11 midway through the first half, the Lady Griz closed to within 36-31 at the half. Montana cut the lead to one, 36-35, early in the second half, but the Cardinal responded to go up 12, 51-39, with just over 12 minutes remaining.
Stanford still led by 10, 57-47, with 6:28 to play when the Lady Griz scored 13 of the game’s next 16 points to tie the score at 60-60. But Stanford scored the next four points to eke out the victory. Kelly Pilcher’s layup with six seconds remaining cut the lead to 64-62, but Stanford hit two free throws with four seconds to play to seal the victory.
Coach Selvig:
“This was another memorable NCAA game against Stanford. Stanford was hosting the regional and we were probably a 30-point underdog, but we took them to the wire. I remember the locker room right after the game, especially. We had played so hard and we had a chance to win.”
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| A letter from Athletic Director Don Read |
Montana A.D. Don Read |
Hi Griz Fans:
Greetings from The University of Montana Athletics Department. Hopefully, this report finds you well and enjoying life. The Athletic Department has been very active during this early part of 2005. It is with this thought the following insights to Grizzly Athletics is presented.
Men’s basketball
Continued improvement has been the case for U of M men’s basketball. Some big wins have highlighted Larry Krystkowiak and teams’ efforts. Tough, determined and focus describes the 2005-05 men’s team. What a super job Larry and staff have done. The setbacks along the way have been handled with class. This program is on the right track and all the signs of men’s basketball being on the way back are present. We can all be reassured the future of Grizzly Basketball is in good hands.
Women’s basketball
Coach Selvig’s girls have marched through their schedule exhibitions one big win after another. What a super job the Lady Griz have done. With pride, tradition, positive attitude and great efforts our women’s team take it to the opposition game after game. This year’s team once again truly makes all Grizzly supporters proud. Even the Lady Griz hard fought loss to Northern Arizona reflected determination and extra ordinary effort. Number 18 Big Sky Conference Championship for Coach Selvig. 617 total wins in his career. FANTASTIC! Is this a great program or what? Robin Selvig is the heart and soul of what Griz Athletics is all about. Success, yes, but even more he does things right.
Track and field
Tom Raunig, in his ninth year as U of M Track coach, is doing a most outstanding job. His teams, though under funded, do a yeoman’s’ job with this U of M sport. Tom gets great help from his staff, particularly Bryan Schweyen and Harry Clark. With a large turnout, look for Track to be more than competitive this season. Both the men’s and women’s outdoor track program shows great promise.
Big Sky Track as a whole appears to be strong again this year with two men’s and women’s teams ranked in the top 30 nationally, these teams being Idaho State and Weber State.
Indoor track and field
The Montana indoor track and field teams are nearing the end of their season, with the Big Sky Conference Championships took place in Pocatello, Idaho on Feb. 25-26, and the NCAA Championships to take place in Fayetteville, Ark., on March 11-12.
With one meet remaining before the Big Sky championships, the Grizzly women have seven student-athletes qualified for the league meet in nine events. Freshman Julie Schwengler ranks No. 1 in the 800 meters in the Big Sky.
The men currently have eight student-athletes qualified in 11 events. Junior Jas Gill ranks first in the Big Sky Conference in the high jump and triple jump, senior Trevor Gunlock ranks first in the heptathlon and sophomore Matt Larson ranks first in the 55-meter hurdles.
The 2005 outdoor track and field season opens March 25.
Tennis
The U of M has a quality tennis coach in Kris Nord who is in his 23rd season. Coach Nord gets excellent assistance from Jen Anderson. Like track, tennis does not have all the facility assets most of the schools in which the teams compete against, enjoy. Despite this reality, Grizzly tennis never backs down to any opponent. Our athletes in the tennis program always represent our University in a class manner. They are currently practicing outdoors when possible in preparation for their season.
The Montana men, picked fifth in the 2005 Big Sky Conference preseason poll, return five letter winners including seniors Jan Steenekamp and Gus Treyz. Steenekamp, a two-time first team All Big Sky selection, is expected to redshirt the spring season because of injury. Treyz, who was elected men’s team captain, will play high in the singles lineup and work doubles points with upstart freshman Colin Mascall.
The Montana women, picked fourth in the preseason tennis poll, are led by senior Annabelle Janairo who is also a two-time first team All Big Sky honoree. Junior Jonna Schwartz and newcomers sophomore Cheyne Ursich and freshman Mari Castello are expected to play high in the singles and doubles lineups.
Golf
Always smiling and ever-optimistic Joanne Steele, U of M’s most outstanding golf coach now in her ninth year.
Steele’s women’s golf team is coming off another strong fall season where the Grizzlies broke numerous individual and team records. Junior Jasi Acharya led the Grizzlies with a 76.3 stroke average and boasted a pair top ten finishes in the fall. Acharya, an All Big Sky performer from a year ago, directs the 2004-05 team that is made up of three juniors, two sophomores and three freshmen.
The Grizzlies have five spring golf tournaments, beginning with MSU’s Bobcat Desert Classic in Phoenix AZ on March 6-9. Montana participates in the Marshall Lady Herd-El Diablo Intercollegiate golf tournament on March 20-22, the Richmond Spider Spring Invitational on March 27-29 and the Fresno State Invitational on April 3-5, before returning to Phoenix for the Big Sky Conference Championship on April 17-20.
Soccer and Volleyball
Both these sports have been involved in off-season work and recruiting. Good, positive feelings is the core attitude of these sports. Excellent leadership and motivation best describes these two coaching staffs. The student athletes are quality plus. Neil Sedgwick and Nikki Best are preparing the teams for inspired season ahead.
Football winter conditioning
The 2005 Griz football team is readying for the upcoming season via winter conditioning. Seventy-five footballers are involved in the lifting/running program. The theme: Getting Better Every Day. No doubt that is happening.
Sixteen future Griz footballers sign
What looks to be a most outstanding crop of student-athletes decided on The University of Montana. With two good-looking transfers and fourteen high school seniors coming aboard, Grizzly football, the rest of the decade, looks solid. There is speed, size and sill scattered among this group. With football season less than six months away, excitement is beginning to fill the air.
Football and Soccer Banquets
Both football and soccer saluted their athletes in banquets held in January and February 2005. The functions were fun with concentration on our young folks. The excellent turnout enjoyed all the season replays and awards presented the Grizzly student athletes. There was good reason as these athletes and coaches deserved the recognition.
Athletic Department Projects
Leading the list of projects are:
Stadium at Night: photos of Washington-Grizzly night with lights
Truck Raffle: this activity is on-going
License Plate Campaign: which has just begun
Miller Barber Challenge: scheduled for August
Wrist band sales: will be ready for sale in early March
Griz Prowl venture: In its’ final stages
12th Man Jersey sales: Ready to sell in summer of 2005
Spring football practice
The 2005 football is involved in winter conditioning. Soon they will be outdoors engaged in spring practice. Spring practice will conclude with a scrimmage at Polson, MT, April 9th. Drills begin March 7th. About 90 athletes are expected to turn out. The team will practice Mondays through Thursday plus scrimmages on Saturday, April 2nd and 9th.
Athletic Department Spring Tour
As is always the case the months of April and May are utilized for U of M Athletic Department Spring Tour of the state. This year the primary trip will cover much f the state. Coaches and staff members will take part in the venture. Socials, golf and good cheer will dominate the schedule. This is a GSA led endeavor.
Academic success continues
It is with great enthusiasm this 49-year old (professional age) reports to you that our student athletes persist in their quest for excellence in the classroom. Our great pride drives our bragging highlighting Grizzly Athletics most recent academic achievements announced are that
1. Fifty-two percent of our student athletes achieved a 3.0 GPA
2. Eighteen percent of our student athletes made the Dean’s List
3. Women’s golf had an average grade point of 3.4.
Isn’t this good stuff? To say we are pleased about this is a vast understatement. U of M athletes hold their own academically with the general student body year in and year out and our young people our continuously ranked higher than most other University’s student athletes across the country.
Hiring of new coaches
The loss of football coaches, Jeff Hammerschmidt and Dave Schramm were major setbacks for our football program. Please know; however, Coach Hauck has replaced one position with Pete Kaligis, a most capable young coach that will bring many assets to the staff including coach linemen and active in strength program work... The second position will be filled soon probably following spring drills. We will keep you posted as to the completion of Coach Hauck’s reorganization of our football staff.
Summary and Conclusion
We trust you now have a better perception of what’s going on with the Griz. We are excited and pleased with the direction of our individual sports programs, the general reorganization effort and programs of The University of Montana’s Athletic Department. Hopefully, you approve of the internal commitment going on here as we are grateful for the love/loyalty of you and others in our wonderful Grizzly nation. Each of you that received this report is a big part of our team and we offer our thanks for your involvement with The University of Montana. With our focus on excellence and guided by the wishes/commitment of many, we can only continue to propel our sports programs forward. You can count on this!
Keep believing – GO GRIZ!
Don Read -
Athletic Director
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| UM Athletic Department and GSA announcements |
UM-Northern Arizona Golf Challenge Set For March 21 in Arizona
The first University of Montana-Northern Arizona University Golf Challenge will take place on Monday, March 21 at The Legacy Golf Resort in Phoenix, Arizona. The format will consist of a two-person scramble pitting Griz supporters against opponents from Northern Arizona University – with the winning team being honored at the UM-NAU football game next fall. Proceeds will be split equally between the UM and NAU athletic departments. Attending from UM will be head football coach Bobby Hauck, Athletic Director Don Read and Director of Development for Intercollegiate Athletics Jim O’Day.
Among those representing NAU will be head football coach (and former Griz defensive coordinator) Jerome Souers, Athletic Director Jim Fallis, Associate Athletic Director for Development Larry Aschebrook and Assistant Athletic Director for External Affairs Kent Haslam. The cost will be $150 per person, which includes green fees, cart, a tee prize and lunch. More information will be available soon.
If interested, please contact Jim O’Day via e-mail at o'dayjm@mso.umt.edu or phone 406.243.6294. The field will be limited to 72 golfers representing the Griz.
‘Washington Grizzly Stadium Under The Lights’ aerial display on sale to benefit UM football program
The 2004 Grizzly Football season was highlighted by many special events including another Big Sky Conference title (making it 9 out of the past 10 years), a record 12th appearance in the Division I-AA playoffs, another trip to Chattanooga for the national championship game, and the first game under the lights in Washington Grizzly Stadium’s history.
To support the Grizzly football team, The University of Montana is selling beautiful, one-of-a-kind aerial photos taken December 4, 2004 - during the quarterfinal playoff game between the Griz and the University of New Hampshire. Proceeds from this fund-raiser will assist the team with the purchase of championship rings (estimated to cost approximately $30,000.)
A portion of the purchase price will be tax deductible. The photos were provided by Curt Jacobson and Brian Daly at Corporate Technology Group and snapApps.com. The cost of the framed photograph is $150, or $350 with signatures of Athletic Director Don Read and head football coach Bobby Hauck. The cost to have it signed by the entire 2004 Grizzly football team is $500. For more information, contact the Grizzly Scholarship Association at 406.243.6487. Grizzly Athletics appreciates all the support given to its programs throughout the year.
GSA apparel available
Grizzly Scholarship Association apparel is available at the GSA offices in the Adams Event Center. Stop by to check out the selection and help support the Montana Grizzly Scholarship Association.
GSA sponsoring 'Griz Prowl' fundraiser
The Montana Grizzly Scholarship Association has launched the Grizzly Prowl, an effort that uses art to raise money for athletic scholarships for student-athletes.
The Grizzly Prowl is similar to other fund-raisers/art exhibits that have been started around the country. Chicago used cows in its exhibits, Seattle had pigs and Billings had horses. Missoula, of course, will use grizzlies.
Calendar, post cards and posters are still available, but the thirty-five life-size, fiberglass grizzly bear sculptures have been purchased. Each bear is six feet long, three feet high and 20 inches wide. Once the bears are given the artistic touch, they will find their homes in area businesses that have sponsored them. In 2005, the bears will be available for purchase during an auction. For more information, visit the following web site: http://grizzlyprowl.com or call C.J. Peterson at 406.531.9444. Also, information is available at the Grizzly Scholarship Association at 406.243.6485.
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