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LETTER FROM THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR
Dear Bulldog Friends:
As I complete my seventh year as Director of Athletics at UNC Asheville, I am more amazed and impressed than
ever with how passionate and committed our student-athletes, coaches, and staff are to becoming “Champions
in Athletics and Leaders in Life”. I am equally thankful for the continued support and enthusiasm that our fans,
alumni, and donors have shown our department during the 2010-11 season.
The following document is the first UNC Asheville Athletics Annual Report, a yearly summary intended to
provide greater insight into the operations of our Department, highlight the many accomplishments of our 14
sports, 185 student-athletes, and over 40 coaches and staff, and emphasize the importance of having engaged
fans and friends and adequate programmatic funding.
By reviewing the following annual report, you will see that in 2010-11 Bulldog Athletics contributed greatly to
the success stories at UNC Asheville. The men’s basketball team won the Big South Conference Championship
and competed in the NCAA Tournament. Jesse Norman was named the Big South Conference Women’s Indoor
Track Coach of the Year, and sprinter Natalie Pearson competed at the NCAA Outdoor Track Championships
and finished 24 th in the nation. Former baseball player, Ty Wigginton, who currently plays for the Colorado
Rockies was inducted into the Big South Conference Hall of Fame.
In the classroom, student-athletes continued to have unprecedented success, as record numbers made the
Athletic Director’s 3.0 Club and the Big South Presidential Honor Roll. Additionally, Women’s Tennis received
national recognition for a perfect 1000 NCAA Academic Progress Rate. Women’s Basketball player, Grace
Blaylock was one of the winners of the ninth annual Division I-AAA Athletics Directors Association Scholar-
Athlete Award. Baseball player Danny Lammers and Dana Sroka from women’s soccer were honored as Big
South Conference Graduate Fellowship Recipients.
Student-athletes, coaches, and staff volunteered for many campus and community outreach programs such as
Eliada Home, Asheville Citizen-Times Half Marathon, Senior Olympic Games, Pink Zone, Manna Food Bank,
Special Olympics and others. The Side-Out Foundation presented Women’s Volleyball with the 2010
Philanthropic Achievement Award for raising over $1,000 for the Dig Pink Cancer Program.
Improvements to facilities included the dedication of the Sherrill Center which houses the Kimmel Arena, the
resurfacing of the Karl Straus Track, the renovation of the Sports Medicine Room and Offices, and the
dedication of the Bulldog Tennis Courts at the Crowne Plaza Resort.
Whether you are a fan, friend, student-athlete, faculty member, or another stakeholder, you play an integral
role in helping to achieve the Bulldog vision of becoming “Champions in Athletics, Leaders in Life”. Thank you
for taking the time to read this annual report and for being on the Bulldog Team.
Sincerely,
Janet R. Cone
Janet R. Cone
Senior Administrator for University Enterprises & Director of Athletics
2010-11 UNC Asheville Athletics
Annual Report