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EXCELLING ON AND
OFF THE FIELD
SU QB Among Top Players
at Manning Academy Women’s Ice Hockey Team
Helps after Harvey
This summer, senior quarterback Dan Williams (business Members of the women’s ice hockey team traveled to Houston
communication ’19) was among some of the nation's best with Stevenson’s Mission: I’m Home over the summer. Head
quarterbacks when he served as a college counselor at the Coach Tracy Johnson had discussed the possibility of the team
Manning Passing Academy in Thibodaux, La. working with the service-learning organization with its found-
In its 23rd year, the academy is an annual football camp er, Morgan Somerville, Director of Student Engagement. After
organized by the famous football Manning family (father Hurricane Harvey hit the city, the two women decided to co-
Archie and sons Peyton, Eli, and Cooper) that hosts more than ordinate a trip for the team to help with rebuilding. A group of
1,200 quarterbacks, running backs, receivers, and tight ends to players, the team’s three coaches, and other students—includ-
receive some of the best coaching in the country. Williams was ing two women’s golfers—spent a week working on a home
among other notable college quarterbacks—from programs such belonging to a displaced resident. This trip was one of many
as the University of Alabama, University of Georgia, University service activities the team contributes to each year.
of Missouri, Purdue University, University of Washington,
University of South Carolina, and University of Tennessee—who
acted as counselors for the youth and high school players in
attendance. An invitation to serve as a counselor is generally
reserved for the best quarterbacks in the nation—mostly
representatives from the NCAA Division I level.
Aside from coaching at the camp, college counselors also had
the opportunity to participate in personalized training sessions
Men’s Soccer Sees First-Time
Conference Bid
both on and off the field with the Mannings themselves as well This fall, for the first time since joining the conference in
as some of the best quarterback coaches in the country. 2012, the men’s soccer team advanced to the Middle Atlan-
tic Conference (MAC) Commonwealth playoffs. The fourth-
seeded Mustangs beat fifth-seeded Alvernia in the first round
Alumna in Kuwait Applies Lessons
Learned as Student-Athlete
before losing to top-ranked Messiah in the semifinals. Overall,
the Mustangs were 8-3 at home this season, winning six of
the last seven. Four players were named to the All-MAC Com-
monwealth teams. In addition, the team earned the United
The transition from being a student-athlete to go- Soccer Coaches Team Academic Award for excellence in the
ing into the working world isn’t very different—just classroom for the 2017-18 season, the second consecutive year
ask Sara Bollinger (business administration ’17), the Mustangs have earned the award after receiving it for the
who says that the lessons she learned on the volley- first time in program history a season ago.
ball court are the same as those she applies to her
everyday life. Read more at gomustangsports.com.
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