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Chargers Viewbook 11-12 pdf - Camosun College

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CAMOSUN COLLEGE<br />

CHARGERS ATHLETICS<br />

20<strong>11</strong>-20<strong>12</strong> marks the <strong>Chargers</strong>’ 18th season of competition in the<br />

Pacific Western Athletic Association (PACWEST) and the Canadian<br />

Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) – the largest intercollegiate<br />

sport organization in Canada with over 95 member institutions<br />

representing five regional athletic conferences.<br />

<strong>Camosun</strong> currently fields teams in basketball, volleyball and golf.<br />

Since their inception to the PACWEST in 1994, the <strong>Chargers</strong> teams<br />

have qualified for over 65 National and Provincial Championships<br />

and have achieved over 30 medal finishes. Over 100 <strong>Camosun</strong><br />

student-athletes have earned awards for academic excellence<br />

while over 150 <strong>Chargers</strong> have been recognized for their<br />

outstanding athletic performance.<br />

The <strong>Chargers</strong> are proud to welcome guests and visitors to<br />

their home in the Pacific Institute for Sport Excellence (PISE)<br />

on <strong>Camosun</strong>’s Interurban campus. This incredible facility features<br />

a double court gymnasium with international height ceiling, large<br />

fitness centre with a high performance area, athletic therapy<br />

room, team rooms, change rooms, classrooms, a sport research<br />

and innovation centre, erg centre and the Alex Campbell<br />

all-weather turf field.<br />

PARTNERSHIPS<br />

Together with <strong>Camosun</strong> <strong>College</strong>, the Pacific Institute<br />

for Sport Excellence and LifeMark Sport Medicine, the<br />

<strong>Chargers</strong> program boasts a home that rivals the best<br />

training centers in the world with access to the country’s<br />

best strength and conditioning coaches and professional<br />

clinicians including physiotherapists, athletic therapists,<br />

chiropractors, massage therapists and sports medicine<br />

physicians; all offering many years of experience at the<br />

national, international and Olympic sport levels.<br />

In a joint venture with <strong>Camosun</strong>’s Centre for Sport and<br />

Exercise Education (CSEE), the <strong>Chargers</strong> have provided<br />

hundreds of students with the opportunity to put<br />

academics into action. Every year, CSEE students develop<br />

new skills and receive hands-on experience through a<br />

variety of <strong>Chargers</strong> placements and internships as well<br />

as employment as <strong>Chargers</strong> event staff. As part of their<br />

curriculum, CSEE students are also involved in promoting<br />

the <strong>Chargers</strong> games on <strong>Camosun</strong>’s two campuses and<br />

organizing game- day entertainment and activities.<br />

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<strong>Chargers</strong> <strong>Viewbook</strong> 20<strong>11</strong>-20<strong>12</strong> 3

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