Cal State Fullerton University Wrestling: New strategy to let keys decision makers know we want wrestling at Cal State Fullerton

Cal State Fullerton University Wrestling Newsletter

cid:image001.png@01CA50AA.3030D710 "We simply must make sure that our athletics programs represent all of the United States and all of our complexity. We have to be committed in higher education and intercollegiate athletics to the philosophy of promoting diversity in our work…We are not the NCAA for part of America but for all of America. We have to walk that talk."

NCAA President's thoughts on importance of Diversity.

We need to begin to let the key decision makers know that we do not want them to push wrestling out the Athletic

Department at Cal State Fullerton. Join the fight . Follow the plan below. Everyone has a voice and a job.

Dan Hicks

The March for CSF Wrestling

The March for Cal State Fullerton Wrestling
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The March for Cal State Fullerton

Gimme 5! Just 5 minutes. Cal State Fullerton wrestling needs just 5 minutes to make one contact in the name of saving the program. We've done most of the work for you! We just need your follow through. The cumulative effort of all of those enlisted in the CSF army will move mountains.

Click here for a tutorial

Your Mission

On the table below, find your birthmonth across the top, then the current month on the left-most column. Where they intersect is the name of the person that we need you to contact this month. The "Method" column will tell you the method of contact that we prefer that you use.

Once you find out who you are to contact, you can find their contact information below the table along with suggested talking points.

Keep it Simple. Keep it professional. Be diplomatic.

We don't expect you to take more than 5-10 minutes to complete this task on our behalf.

Thank you for your help!

Dan Hicks

Month	Method	Jan/Feb	Mar/Apr	May/Jun	Jul/Aug	Sep/Oct	Nov/Dec
January	Email	AD	President	Vice President	Chair of Academic Senate	Dir of Development for Athletics	Assoc Dir for Finance for Athletics
February	Letter	Assoc Dir for Finance for Athletics	AD	President	Vice President	Chair of Academic Senate	Dir of Development for Athletics
March	Phone	Dir of Development for Athletics	Assoc Dir for Finance for Athletics	AD	President	Vice President	Chair of Academic Senate
April	Email	Chair of Academic Senate	Dir of Development for Athletics	Assoc Dir for Finance for Athletics	AD	President	Vice President
May	Letter	Vice President	Chair of Academic Senate	Dir of Development for Athletics	Assoc Dir for Finance for Athletics	AD	President
June	Phone	President	Vice President	Chair of Academic Senate	Dir of Development for Athletics	Assoc Dir for Finance for Athletics	AD
July	Email	AD	President	Vice President	Chair of Academic Senate	Dir of Development for Athletics	Assoc Dir for Finance for Athletics
August	Letter	Assoc Dir for Finance for Athletics	AD	President	Vice President	Chair of Academic Senate	Dir of Development for Athletics
September	Phone	Dir of Development for Athletics	Assoc Dir for Finance for Athletics	AD	President	Vice President	Chair of Academic Senate
October	Email	Chair of Academic Senate	Dir of Development for Athletics	Assoc Dir for Finance for Athletics	AD	President	Vice President
November	Letter	Vice President	Chair of Academic Senate	Assoc Dir for Finance for Athletics	Dir of Development for Athletics	AD	President
December	Phone	President	Vice President	Chair of Academic Senate	Assoc Dir for Finance for Athletics	Dir of Development for Athletics	AD

CONTACTS

Athletic Director Brian Quinn: bquinn@fullerton.edu; 657-278-2777 P.O. Box 6810, Fullerton, Ca. 92834

Vice President Si Abrego: Son Wrestled at Fullerton. Son is a big donor to the program. Si may be taking over responsibility for supervising Athletics as VP of Student Affairs when current VP retires in Dec 2010
sabrego@fullerton.edu; 657-278-3221 800 North State College Blvd.,Fullerton, Ca 92831

Chair of the Academic Sentate: Scott Hewitt shewitt@fullerton.edu; 657-278-3689 800 North State College Blvd.,Fullerton, Ca 92831

President Milton Gordon: He is on committee with NCAA for enhancement of Hispanic opportunities in college sports as a player, coach and administrator. Has done zero to help the athletic department or Hispanic athletes for past 10 years. Does not value athletics. No action to go with the rhetoric. mgordan@fullerton.edu; 657-278-3456 800 North State College Blvd.,Fullerton, Ca 92831

Director For Development for athletics. Pamela Jones A friend who has helped a lot. pjones@fullerton.edu; 657-278-4407, P.O. Box 6810, Fullerton, Ca. 92834

Associate Director of Finance for athletic department: Rob Scialdone A friend of wrestling. Rscialdone@fullerton.edu; 657-278-3554 P.O. Box 6810, Fullerton, Ca. 92834

Talking Points

High School Wrestling Participation By State 2009-2010

California 27,469 High School Wrestlers but only 7 four year schools to attend in California.
Only 19 Junior colleges left in California.

Athletics: The other half of education. Included in article in email below.

Leaders come from athletics.
Especially wrestling…..

Dennis Hastert,
Donald Rumsfield,
Billy Baldwin
More Fortune 500 CEO's have wrestled than participated in any other sport (58% of them have wrestled!)

Opportunities for Hispanics need to be expanded.

President Gordon is on a national committee to expand opportunities for Hispanics as athletes, coaches and administrators.
He has not shown any support for athletics to date at Cal State Fullerton.
Encourage his involvement.

Athletics bring community and connection to a commuter campus. CSUF has 30,000+ students. Most are commuters. Improving student life on campus comes through the Recreation Center, Athletics and Clubs.Wrestling has represented Cal State Fullerton at the NCAA Tournament every year for the past 26 years.
We are relatively inexpensive for the school.

$2,300 per athlete for expenses compared to $15,000 plus for Men's Basketball.
Thirty-Five wrestlers compared to 13 basketball players.

Additional resources below:

Everyday Champions: www.vimeo.com/album/209764 & Lasting Impact Luncheon Video http://vimeo.com/videos/search:fullerton%20wrestling
UC Davis last of UC system schools with wrestling:

There were previously four UC campuses that offered wrestling, UCLA, UC Berkeley, UC Santa Barbara, and UC Davis. All have now been eliminated.
There are over 27,000 student-athletes in California high schools that participate in wrestling, or 10% of all the high school wrestlers in the nation.
Wrestling is the 6th largest high school sport in California and the nation,

and the largest of the so-called "minor" sports.

Wrestling in California high schools and colleges has a very high minority participation.
Wrestling offers participation and scholarship opportunities for scholar-athletes of ALL size and skill to participate.
Wrestling has the lowest percentage of collegiate participation and scholarship opportunities of any sport in the state, and none in the UC system.
Wrestling is one of the fastest growing sports in the state, with more than a 25% increase since the 2002-2003.
Student-athletes of every sport, many far smaller than wrestling, have many more opportunities in the UC system than wrestlers.
Student-athletes of some sports eliminated by UC Davis have many places in the UC system to transfer to and still participate in their sport. Wrestlers do not.

Participation Rates compared to other states and sports (2009-2010).

CSUF is one of only two four years schools ( Cal Baptist University- NAIA) with wrestling south of the Tehachapi Mts.
We represent 18 million people in Southern California.
There are 374 high schools with wrestling with in a 2.5 hours radius of Cal State Fullerton.

The NCAA and the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities have entered a strategic partnership to increase the number of Hispanics involved in collegiate sports at all levels as players, coaches and athletic administrators, including NCAA professional staff.
An advisory working group including five presidents from five NCAA member institutions has been formed: