18-19 student-athlete exit interview report · freshman soph junior senior 5th year 0 0 0 0 17 2...

18-19 Student-Athlete Exit Interview Report1

Student-Athlete Name:


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Completed Eligibility?

Yes No0

10

17

2

Head Coach:

Groff

Groff

Dave Hartman

Dave Hartman

Henson

Adams/Fox

Henson

Steve Henson

Gary


Derek Pittman (last year) & Greg Sheen (previously)

Derek Pittman (this season) & Greg Sheen (previous seasons)

Derek Pittman (1 season) and Greg Sheen (3 seasons)

Jason Marshall

Summer Batiste

John Knauer

Aaron Fox

Steve Henson

Ki Kroll

Ki Kroll

Your Status:

Scholarship Non-Scholarship0

10

16

2


Number of years participated in this sport at UTSA:

1 year 2 years 3 years 4 years0

10

1 3 3

12

Current academic status:

Freshman Soph Junior Senior 5th year0

0 0 0

17

2

Role on the team this year:

Starter Key Reserve Other Reserve Injured Redshirt0

10

15

04

0 0


Was UTSA your first choice of Schools?

Yes No0

1013

6

Do you expect to get a degree from UTSA?

Yes No0

10

18

0

Your major goals at UTSA were primarily:

Academic Athletic Both0

10

1

610


To what extent did you complete your goals?

Completely Somewhat Not at all0

5

106

13

0

What do you think led you to completing or not completing your goals?

Coaches turnover did not allow for cohesiveness - the last staff was the best.

Get degree; struggled with vb

Athletic injuries - wish I could have helped more

Grerat environment helmed me succeed. Good staff/coaches

Really good support academically / basketball much better last 3 years with Henson. No ring.

Athletic goals not reached - stress from school.

hardwork for academic and bad luck for not getting athletic goals

hard work, mental toughness, dedication / feel that I did not get a fair oppotunity to prove myself on basketball side...

Focusing


N/A

This year good experience. Athletically did not make conference tournament

Athletically for not completing had a lot to do with previous head coach Greg and his inconsistency in coaching and standards, his style of play and mylack of confidence due to those factors.

Not being recruited and then units not transferring into UTSA. The petition for transfer credits was extremely long and I did not get all the credits I needed.It also cost me a lot money retaking classes.

Support of coaches, academic advisors, tutors, and having available resources

Head Coach was limited in his ability to get me to higher levels

One of my goals was to graduate with 3.0 GPA. I fell short due to the rigorous courses my major required as well as the requirements to travel forcompetitions.

Support that I was given across the board, but especially with Ms. Beth and academics

The goals that I m not completing are athletic. There are two reasons for not completing these goals. First . Second I do not believe that the coaching that I received for the first three years of my athletic career helped me to achieve any of these goals.

Tennis is over but I have not earned my Masters degree yet.


Would you choose UTSA again?

Yes No0

10

14

4

Explain your reasons:

Roller coaster ride but now happy. Club friends all went D I but did not finish. I grew a lot and learned a lot though.

Loved coming home, but did not meet goals of why I transferred. Would have just stayed at old school. I wanted to find joy in vb again, but didn't.

Good experience and achieved my goals

Success.

Maybe, my first year was really rough.

A lot to offer, especially student-athlete wise. Underrated university.

Great experience and got the max out of it.

No and Yes. No if I had other offers and knew I would have a better chance playing more somewhere else; yes because no regrets and had a great timehere.

Good school and great people


Now, because of the coaching staff. If you asked same question a year ago, I would say no. I liked being involved in the process of hiring new coach.

Met lifelong friends, like school and community. San Antonio great culture.

Love my team, location, campus, my major is offered, had great support and great facilities

The difficulties of transferring my classes into UTSA would make me look at other options.

N/A

I would understand the importance of strength of schedule, competitiveness of tournaments, and ranking of teammates all which I thought were lackingand could have been better looking back on it.

It was very family oriented environment from beginning to end. I felt very taken care of by coaches and advisors. If I was stressed or overwhelmed therewas a good support system around me.

Great experience - family oriented.

I like that there is a big school vibe but everyone is very close and accessible. The athletes are close and if I wanted to I could speak with the athleticdirector. The fact that Dr. Campos knows my name and things about me is motivational, just knowing that she cares about me and how I am doing makesa difference.

I like having more structure. Practices with an agenda, having strength coaches and trainers.


Were practices outside of your playing season (other than VSI) arranged by your coaches?

Yes No0

103

16

If yes, were there consequences for not attending?

Yes No0

2

44

5

Do you believe men's and women's sports are treated equally at UTSA?

Yes No0

5

10

13

4


Do you believe that all sports are treated equally at UTSA?

Yes No0

5

10

6

12

If not, is this an understandable part of athletics? What can be done to improve this?

Coaches only helped with logistics and consequences were only by captains Variations within both for fairness and tiers are frustrating. We need to findways to minimize the the differences, and find ways to show appreciation. Need more $

Par for course with college. More people pay attention to other sports; most attention. In terms of coaches doing practices in summer, it was a perceptionthing but captains led them. We needed to be in shape and the punishment was just conditioning and again it was perception.

Some get more, but I understand why.

N/A

Coaches need to support other teams and bring their student-athletes with them, especially football - easy if you break it down by position coaches. Someteams are required to support others but not all and it should be all.

N/A


Yes cause football and basketball is commercial to school and higher revenue

Every sport is different and that is appropriate with tier system. Football and Basketball bring more and have best revenue.

N/A

This year better - all you hear about is football. When you feel left out, you question.

As for Men's and Women's Sports being treated equally, it's getting better. I understand this piece better. Social media more recognition and getting better.Still room to grow. This is the same for all sports programs at UTSA. This year Run as One helped. Fall - Cantoberfest. Need other events to get together.Have peers attend game. Homecoming everyone should be there. VB, FB, Soccer if all home.

Revenue and priorities, but never felt mistreated

N/A

Partially understandable with the significance of football. Women's golf is very successful yet resources such as equipment had to be foregone because offunding.

N/A

I think so, when it comes to men's sports, mainly football, because they have the potential to make money. Most people want to watch men's sports,basketball and football, than women's sports. If possible schedule better home competition for all sports to make it an event that people want to see.Promote other sports and the fact that many athletic events are free.

Understand the tiering but the promotion and marketing is not even comparable and in some sports - non-existant...

It makes sense that money is being generated by other sports. If I was to do it again I would have tried to get more attention for the tennis programs. Itdoes appear that things are improving at this time. Better efforts made to draw attendance to competitions and make the public aware of the tennisprogram. Improving the facility is very important.

If football has the ability to make more money for the athletic department I think it is okay for them to have more perks but I do not think it is fair. A posterfor the tennis teams would be nice. Sometimes it seems as though no one knows that UTSA has a tennis team. A better effot to draw attendance would besomething that would improve this.


Were you subject to coaching techniques that involved physical, verbal or mental abuse?

Never Sometimes Often0

5

10

15

Explain

Only early coaching staffs - verbal/mental. Senior year and now good. Never coach Groff - great.

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A


N/A

N/A

N/A

Not anymore. With previous staff.

Not this year with our new coaching staff, but with previous coaching staff I would say it was borderline.

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A


Were you ever required to miss class because of practice conflicts?

Often Sometimes Never0

5

10

15

0 0

19

Were you informed of essential NCAA and conference rules as they apply to you?

Well informed Somewhat informed Poorly informed0

5

10

15

18

0 0


How would you rate the services of the Athletic Department?

Quality of academic support program

Unsatisfactory (Fails to ... Needs Improvement ... Satisfactory (Achieves ... Very Good (Often ... Outstanding (Continually ...0

10

0 0 2 4

13

Quality of Life Skills program


0 0

6 58

Quality of Sports Medicine Care


0 0

74

7


Quality of Sports Information/Media

Unsatisfactory (Fails toMeet Expectations)

Needs Improvement(Needs improvement to ...

Satisfactory (AchievesBasic Expectations)

Very Good (Often ExceedsExpectations)

Outstanding (ContinuallySurpasses Expectations)

0

5

0

3 3

8

4

Athletic Success of Your Team


02

7 6

2

Comments:

Kyanna is great - lots of time and effort. Hard to move around - ice baths scheduling around football. Did not feel welcome in main training room with oldstaff.


Didn't use Stefanie as much as should.

Increase in media / the snap chat takeover was fun!

N/A

Stefanie has hard job trying to teach life skills when student-athletes don't care until end. Have more pockets of information such as knowing goals andhow to talk to people. Need so much more sports medicine equipment. Each player should have massage gun but we just got our first one for team. Greatcare from staff but need more at times and more money for equipment.

Strength and conditioning was helpful program ran by own coach.

Team did not accomplish athletic goal of getting a conference championship.

Team did not do what could have done; we did not accomplish goal of ring.

New equipment for Sports Medicine Department.

Sports medicine outstanding especially this year

Life skills - resume focus and more career building. Our Athletic Trainer, Shelby is awesome. Athletic Trainer, Dan, is a good addition - very supportive,very organized. Sports Info/Media gotten better coverage, more coverage and more consistent across the board Team is on rise to become a top team -fully trust coaching staff

N/A

The turnover in the sports medicine area made it difficult to get quality care all the time. The new hire, Andy, has been great since he arrived.

N/A

N/A

A better facility for sports medicine and more staff would be very helpful.


N/A

This year the team had great success for having a brand new coach although the three previous year are team went nowhere and were mediocre as wehad no goals to achieve. I think the training room needs more resources and the turnover rate in the area is so high that no one knows your medicalhistory and you receive different diagnosis. Marketing was not provided to our team during my first three years. It seems to have gotten better this yearand still needs to improve.

I have only been at UTSA for one semester so it is difficult to rate these areas.

How would your rate the team's practice situation?

Scheduling of practices


10

02 2

5

10


Length of practices


5

10

0 02

710

Organization of practices






0

5

0 1 2

79

Learning of skills in practice






0

10

0 1 0

711


Competitiveness of practices






0

5

10

0 04 3

12

Comments:

Senior year was great but before that when we had International players on the team, they were very favored - especially with old coaching staff.

when we did 3x a day - that was excessive. Normal practices are good. Timing of practices understood.

Coach works with us all with scheduling. Lots of injuries/stress fractures - not sure why? Cement, shoes?

N/A

Need practice facility because best time is 12-3 and all teams want that. THe 3-6pm slot is the worst.

Needs to make practices more competition-like.

N/A

N/A


More structured practices

Organized this year

Way more organized practices. Lesson plans to learn skills. They have an objective. Coaches look at team, how to get everyone on same page. Video huband organization positive.

Specific to Coach Derek practice situation. This year was very different than previous.

N/A

N/A

N/A

Scheduling needs to be more consistent and changes need to be communicated earlier than they currently are. Additional help, intern or GA, for thecoaching staff would help address this. These changes were made to allow for more individual attention for each athlete and competition group.

Schedule of Convo - bad when you are 3-6pm practice time - end of day stinks! 12-3pm prime and best for all.

N/A

N/A


How would you rate your team's travel?

Organization of trips






0

5

10

0 0 1

6

12

Adequate meals provided






0

5

10

15

0 02 2

15


Accommodations (lodging)






0

10

0 0 1 3

15

Means of transportation






0

5

10

0 0 1

5

13


Time available for studies






0

10

0 0 2 3

14

Comments:

A lot of waiting around on trips.

N/A

Really liked meal plan app

N/A

Need more money and more help for Luster. He does so much and a great job, too much on his plate though. Need an equipment manage and an adminassistant.

N/A

N/A

N/A

Food was amazing


N/A

Senior year - perfect

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Long travel days - cost affective and compliance reasonings. 5am - Noon flight times, so hard... Do not always understand logic of it all...

N/A

N/A


How would you rate your team's schedule?

Appropriate strength of opponents






0

5

10

0 1 14

13

Balance of home/away games


Needs Improvement(Needs improvement toachieve expectations)




0

5

10

0

3 42

10


Spacing of games in season






0

5

10

0 03 4

12

Team prepared for games by coaches






0

10

0 1 14

13

Comments:

Need to use it. Made sure we were extra prepared.

N/A

More home; add back Romo Invitational!


N/A

Coach Henson made it better but my first two years were not good schedules.

More competition like practice

N/A

N/A

would like more days off between games

N/A

Fun on long road trips - liked traveling

N/A

N/A

N/A

Coach passed up opportunities to participate in tournaments that would have enhanced the strength of schedule.

More home, or local, meets would be nice.

Great

This year was how it should be. My first three years we did not play strong teams and we were not as prepared.

I wish that we had more home games.


Were non-conference competitions important to you as a recruit and then as a student-athlete?

Preseason trips were awesome; like West Point.

Yes, more exciting to play big schools for experience.

Recruited worried about competitions. Being able to do meets outside Ohio is big!

Important to have good competition!

Yes, experiences are big thing.

No; I knew competition from brother

No

NO

No

Yes - love soccer - a lot of teams don't get to play those types of teams like UNC

Didn't necessarily care about non-conference

Was recruited very early so I didn't look at that

Yes. It was a huge positive to play at Auburn, Texas and similar schools.

Recruit - critical. Why I chose UTSA. Student-athlete - critical.

As a recruit - no. As a student-athlete - super important.


This was not important to me.

No

Yes, locations were important to me as a recruit and as a student athlete. As a recruit I looked at schedules and wanted to go to a school that travelledfarther than just their surrounding areas and went to interesting places. The schools they competed against were equally important.

I wish we had played more conference games. I wish we had been able to play in Charlotte and Florida. The destination would be more important thanwho we played.

How would you rate the UTSA Athletic facilities and equipment?

Locker room






0

5

1011

34

10


Athletic playing surface






0

5

10

02 2 2

13

Weight room






0

2

4

6

1 1

65

6


Training room


5

1

6 7

2 3

Athletic apparel (practice and game)


51 1

5 6 6

Playing equipment


5

0 13

68


Comments:

Water is needed in locker room. More space too. coaches/staff - did what they could with team room!

Apparrel should have volleyball on it - we are just generic UTSA. We should be proud of being vb! Weight room was bad scheduling. Training room needsbetter equipment.

Training room too small. Concrete not good but track nice. Would really like more of a strength coach for variety.

Differ within team for equipment. Needs more shoes. Shirts same. Outside weight room; needs more!

Locker room feels like closet. Need a practice facility - have to practice at Rec too much. All about what we could control. Why can't we have NISD arenaexperience at least - we are just putting lipstick on pig. Need a better training room and weight room is okay. Services of strength program needsimprovement.

We need a locker room and that support building.

Compared to back home good, but not compared to other schools here. Training room really needs improvements.

The locker room improved a little every year and the team room was legit. Weight room good but training room needs alot of help. Compared to backhome good, but bad compared to other schools here.

NOt enough everyday gear, but game equipment and gear very good.

Apparel better this year

Soccer facility great. Field Crew excellent. Excited about new facility, but making do. Athletic apparel getting there.

N/A

The training room could be better, right now it is a temporary building. It was hard to get new apparel when it was damaged, whether it was practice orgame apparel did not matter. Nothing was terrible but practice pants need to be fixed faster or we may need more.

N/A


N/A

Track needs a strength coach to for sport specific workouts and to prevent injuries. Athletic apparel is good for competitions but very poor for practice. Wealso should receive more practice apparel. There really is no locker room.

Need more equipment and resources overall.

The locker room is terrible, everything about the locker room needs improvement. It is crowded, there are no showers and only one public restroom. Theplaying surface is cracking and needs to be repaired. There should be shaded areas for players during change overs. The Training Room needs moreresources and equipment.

I wish we had more variety in our apparel.

How would you rate student-athlete welfare at UTSA?

Athletic banquet






0

5

10

0 0 1 2

14


Interaction between teams (socials)






0

2

4

6

0

3

6

45

Participant gifts at Championships






0

2

4

5

34

2

0


Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC)






0

2

4

6

8

01

3

6

8

Letter Awards






0

2

4

6 5

01

2

6


Life Skills Sessions






0

5

01

53

9

Describe what is important to you and how you would improve any of these areas:

Diversity and Inclusion talk with Derek Greenfield was the best - bring him back.

SAAC should be bigger. Need to improve family cohesiveness. Make into competition - other teams wanting to be friends.

Pretty good; happy to have good teammates!

Need more networking and make us aware. No gifts/awards.

Drew at Welcome Back was good; yet building activities were not good. Fiesta Texas awesome. C-USA gifts got lamer as my years went on - bean bagworst. Need to tailor life skills better. Administration should communicate their agenda better to student-athletes - vote example because we thoughtshould be kept in-house but did not know that it couldn't be...

Need more social get togethers to support each other We never got gifts or awards.

Conference gifts were bad the last two years. We need to go back to tier points and picking out own. More food at banquets.


Conference gifts should go back to catalog and tier points. More food at the banquets or atleast make sure everyone knows what the type of food will be ifthey should have eaten before the banquet?

N/A

Community service hours at schools Focus on schools close to campus

Banquet - liked past years at The Well. Social Welcome back - like playing games FTK is favorite!! Loved networking event - have the experiences.Etiquette dinner - continue it.

Didn't prioritize life skills in schedule, checklist. Different majors benefit in different ways.

I was not aware that letter awards existed. More team interactions would be beneficial to the student athlete population.

Bonding exercises with the whole Athletics Department and all student-athletes.

N/A

I have never received a letter award. How does that work for track and field? Communication between the conference and SAAC could be improved tomake sure we understand expectations. SAAC should also work with regular student life organizations to increase attendance.

These things are what they are - mandated. Some are good and some are just there... Participation gifts need to go back to catalog selection. Bean bagwas a joke!

N/A

Because I have only been at UTSA one semester it is difficult to rate these areas.


How would you rate your head coach?

Teaching of skills






0

5

1 1 1

79

Setting of team goals






0

5

10

15

0 0 13

15


Setting of individual goals






0

5

10

0 14

2

12

Accessibility






0

5

10

0 1 1

4

13


Communication skills






0

2

4

6

8

1 1

45

8

Fairness






0

5

10

1 13 3

11


Honesty






0

5

10

0 02

4

13

Appropriate emphasis on academics






0

5

10

0 0 1

6

12


Appropriate emphasis on winning






0

5

10

15

0 0 02

17

Ability to motivate






0

5

10

0 02

5

12


Constructive feedback






0

5

10

02

0

6

11

Good role model






0

5

10

1 1 0

5

12


Interested in my academics






0

5

10

0 02

5

12

Helped my development






0

5

10

02 2

3

12


Knowledge of sport






0

5

10

15

0 1 03

15

Works well with assistant coaches






0

2

4

6

8

10

12

01

2

4

12


Recruiting skills






0

5

10

02 2 3

12

Complied with NCAA legislation






0

5

10

15

0 01

2

16


Would you recommend a family member or friend to play for this coach?

Yes No0

5

10

1516

3

Comments:

Yes, best staff my last year. I feel that coach got lucky with some last minute girls. Relationships tho are good then.

Good heart, cares about us as people. Playing wise she is all over the place. Not sure about how she runs program.

Coach does not get alot of aid to use; he does best he can. Good coach; always there for us! Gets on to us in a good way; wants us to be best we can be.

N/A

Oustanding! Phenominal coach!

Needs to be more specific and thorough. Coach Adams had some miscommunication at times. He had a tough job because all student-athletes did notshare same enthusiasm so we could see frustration at times.

Great recruiter and he needs to keep with the not accepting anything but 1st place.

Maintain the improvement


N/A

N/A

Derek - Honored to have him as a mentor. Respect him, look up to him. Wants the best for everyone. Touch challenge and he exceeded expectations.

Specific to Coach Derek. He turned a bad situation into a positive. Was like night and day.

N/A

N/A

Schedule felt like a high school schedule with its regional play. Coach passed up better opportunities. Coach set in his ways - lazy, only recruit playersfrom Texas. Coach poor in communicating course management with players. Coach satisfied with being good in C-USA when he should aspire to competewith P5 schools. We look good on paper but could be so much better. Coach has no experience to lean on that he can convey to players to help improvetheir game.

Coach has favorites and they get additional gear any time they need it or if they advance to the next round. Particularly his group. Needs to disciplineeveryone the same. He's cool, great person, I just don't like him as a coach. There is no encouragement, just a threat. They are doing better with recruitingbut he could recruit more athletes to the school if he gave more money. We need to constantly a recruiting coordinator for track, this could be theresponsibility of a GA or intern.

Best coach in the country. Such a great man and coach

N/A

N/A

Assistant Coach Name:


Dom

Paul

N/A

Fox

All

Fox

All

All

Funk

Mark

Mark

Mark

Jim Blair

Daniel Park

Kyle Collins

Jackie Richards

All

Kelli Ritchie


Kelli Ritchie

How would you rate your Assistant Coach?

Teaching of skills






0

5

10

0 0 1 2

13

Accessibility






0

5

10

0 0 1 0

11


Communication Skills






0

5

10

0 0 15

13

Ability to motivate






0

5

10

15

0 02 2

15








0

5

10

0 0

42

12

Knowledge of sport






0

5

10

0 0 1

4

14


Works well with other coaches






0

5

10

0 0 14

14







0

5

10

15

0 0 03

16



Yes No0

5

10

15

18

0

Comments:

Dom and I have definitely grown together.

Helped develop me as a person.

N/A

N/A

Awesome

N/A

N/A

For the most part, I would recommend...


Maybe recommend. He tries, but things he does do not always work. He needs to be more pumped on s-a level and develop more personal relationshipswith us players.

N/A

Worked very well with Mark. Awesome. Bridges gap with Derek. Family environment.

Coach Mark fills his role well. Good dynamic with Derek and he adds a lot to the staff.

One of the greatest coaches that I have ever had. I played for a hall of fame coach in California and he recommended Coach Blair and I have all therespect in the world for him. The problems that I had with how we were coached I believe that Coach Blair becoming the Head Coach would solve all ofthem.

N/A

N/A

Sha is great, understands what it takes and is very encouraging. There are no favorites with her she loves everyone.

Best coaching staff in country - no one better!

There is not one bad thing or one area of improvement I can think of. This is by far the best assistant coach I have had in my four years at UTSA.

N/A

Second Assistant Coach Name:

Paul


Dom

N/A

N/A

Luster

N/A

Luster

Luster

Rishaw

Cam

Cam

Cam

Roger Kieschnick

N/A

N/A

Kareem Street Thompson

DOBO

N/A

N/A


How would you rate your second Assistant Coach?

Teaching of skills






0

5

10

0 0 0 0

12

Accessibility






0

5

10

0 0 1 0

11


Communication Skills






0

2

4

6

8

01

0

3

8

Ability to motivate






0

5

10

0 1 0 0

11








0

5

10

0 0 1 0

11

Knowledge of sport






0

5

10

0 0 0 0

12








0

5

10

0 1 0 0

11


Yes No0

5

1011

1

Comments:

N/A

Showed favoritism. and she seemed to concentrate more on her own playin in practice.

N/A


N/A

He does it all!

N/A

At first the culture barrier but then understood how great he is.

I had to learn his communication style and then I understood and he is awesome.

Really good and someone we could go to.

N/A

Like that she is closer in age. She understands process. She is funny and real. Awesome goalie coach.

Didn't get to work with a lot, but very encouraging, instrumental to team and satisfaction of year.

Coach was always willing to put in time for and with you. Knows high level baseball and is able to communicate that to everybody.

N/A

N/A

Needs to work on communication and feedback to athletes.

Yes, best coaching staff in country...

N/A

N/A


What was the best experience you had as a student-athlete at UTSA?

Liked being able to do things to make a difference - community service. VB - Oregon at home = big win Also playing Texas in full house at home Likedbeing known as more than an athlete!

Having all the coaches care about me as a person. The volunteer coaches were awesome as well.

Being at practices with team and coach Hartman. He recognizing hard work.

Winning the mile in 2019 Indoor Championship my senior season.

GOt to play games with my boys.

Indoor conference 2019. Supported well and a lot of fun.

Costa Rica Zip lining Both Bahamas and COsta Rica trips were incredible. Road trips were awesome team unity.

Costa Rica trip - so organized and great experience

Last game vs North Texas - atmosphere was awesome and unity was great.

This year's banquet was really fun. Team dinners at Pittman's house. Minute to win it games and team building.

- On bus, places we got to see, things we did. Coach Pittman opened his house to us, family being with team outside of soccer.

Beating UNT because it was a bad year and they were at the top of conference so that win meant a lot. Also Senior Night/Day experience was great.

There is no one experience that is above all else it is more about winning big games.

Winning two conference championships.

Eating dinner with a PGA Tour winner.

Going to California two years in a row for regionals.


Team, family! Love my boys

Beating North Texas this year was the best experience and I wish that we had more opportunities to accomplish things like that.

Being friends with my teammates. At my other school we did not have this.

What was the worst experience you had as a student-athlete at UTSA?

Broken after sophomore year and it was tough not feeling like I could turn to anyone. Cried alot that year and lost the love for game...

As a player - I was put on the side. I was not a favorite. Did not develop as a player as much as I hoped to.

Not performing to expectations or goals at conference.

Not competing well in Cross Country Championships my senior year.

The vote!

Outdoor conference 2016 - no one did well and no unity

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Bahamas trip and being left at the airport even though I was very proactive with our UTSA office for International Services. Someone needed to havehelped me better with VISA rules because I went to them three times and coach asked our travel agent and still I did not have correct paperwork.

Getting arrested.

Going through issues with previous coach. Inconsistency of previous coach.


Greg and previous coaching staff. Diminished as a person. Learned from those mistakes.

Freshman year playing OK University. Heat Exhaustion and we lost 8-1. Coach Greg punched a hole in the wall.

My units transferring from my junior college.

At the end of Kari's tenure and she did not travel with the team. Basically, we had no head coach for practices and tournaments.

Making a poor grade in a class.

Falling at outdoor conference at El Paso or not passing Chemistry 2 lab and having to repeat it.

Being mandated to go to 4 football games and knowing the sport and student-athletes could care less that we were there and that it is not reciprocated.We are there to help promote football but football is never asked to come meet our fans and stand in front of Convo to get our crowd going. People lovefootball; use them to get people out to other events!

Dealing with our prior Head coach. The anxiety was always sky high when I was around her.

Being robbed while travelling for a match at the University of Houston.

If you could change anything regarding your team or athletics at UTSA in general, what would you change?

Change the misconception that we are not an elite Division I program because we are. Need to build up stamina.

We need to be more of a cohesive team and have each other's back more. Much better this year.

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Travel to more meets outside of Texas!


Winners should get more as they deserve more. Build trust within department.

Attitude development of underclassmen. Kind of made everything frustrating.

Make the gym more of an arena and have a practice facility

Facility upgrades.

Better facilities

All of the changes have already happened. The coaching change happened already.

Doing good job now - on the rise. Building program - putting on the map.

Locker room situation Actually valued the experience of having Greg as a coach because I learned from it.

Jim Blair being head coach. Facility upgrade and renovations.

Players could get the equipment they need. Improvement in funding.

Have a stronger strength of schedule. Improve the travel schedule. Present schedule does not enhance recruiting.

More coaching, better gear, better training room, more trainers.

More banners on campus for celebrating successes! More promotion. Have all teams have gratitude and tweet thank yous and be a part of Run As One.

I would try to emphasis our tennis program. There are a lot of people around here who like tennis but are unaware that we have a team.

I can't think of anything.


What positive experiences did you have that we should make sure continue?

Making sure all is involved. More than athletes! Continue Run As One

Friendships on the team. When our team was recognized at football and other games.

Increase in media coverage

Celebrating our student-athletes!

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Athletics banquet 2 out of 4 years was good, especially this year. Good to celebrate and recognize. Run As One unity great

Beth in academics and Fiesta Texas banquet.

Academic Services of Beth Noteware. If no Beth, some would not graduate because she holds people accountable. Banquets to honor us.

THe great support of all the staff.

BBQ at the beginning of year before school starts.

FTK Set the Expectation Networking Events Continue all of this

Banquets are fun, support felt from others/staff. Felt opinions mattered.

Six Flags end of year banquet. The new hires have been very good additions to the staff.

UTSA is new and growing and being a part of that growth. Athletics Directors were student-athlete focused. Staff in all areas is really good.

Academic advisors, Colin and Beth, were outstanding

Keep the track team dynamic alive, the family environment.

MBB Coaches are the best - keep them!


The academic center is always positive and fun, that makes studying easier. The staff is not just about academics they also care about our well being andmake sure everything in our lives are going well. We can come talk to people here about anything.

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Was there anything significantly positive or negative that we should be aware of that occurred in another sport?

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Soccer with their wind screens and scarfs - all sports need stuff like that.

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Run As One = You all assumed we were all one already and we weren't - have to build it first. Assumptions are made that hurts us more.

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Nothing negative. Some student-athletes on other teams do not like their coaches. WBB transferring.

People are positive and respect others, it is good. WSO - old coach and wbb coach but nothing crazy bad, own opinions.

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Negative - Women's Basketball situation - 5 people on a small team are leaving. They are in our shoes from year ago.

Negative - Recently, the Women's Basketball Team struggles with head coach. 4 girls in the portal. Similar experience that we had with Greg. Positive -Our Golf Team Wins


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No.

No.

Nothing that I can think of.

Evaluate coaches staff; wish everyone could have coaches like us

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I don't think so.

Did you receive the proper support as a UTSA student-athlete to achieve your post graduation career, athletic, or continued education goals? Pleaseexplain.

Yes

Sarah helped a lot as academic adviser.

Yes, letter of rec for PT school!

Needs improvement - education of programs to help us

Yes


Probably - this has prepared me career-wise.

Yes

No, thought coaches would help more get me to a low level DI for grad transfer.

Yes

Yes, especially from coaches

Yes

Yes

Yes, Beth was amazing, she helped me with anything I needed for Chiropractic school, any issues I had getting into UTSA, tutors were always available,the academic center was great to have.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes, for the most part...

Yes. I did most of it on my own because I plan on going back to Australia to work but if I were to stay here I know that I would be able to receive the properresources.

I think so.


Overall, how would you rate your athletic experience at UTSA?

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Because of growth standards off the chart.

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Team/friendships

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More celebrations - should have big banners for all to see, especially championships and successes. Teams need to show more gratitude to each other aswell.

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Did not play as much as would have liked; did not fulfill athletic goals

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This year exceeded. Last years below expectations.

For experience, it ended exceeding expectations due to new coaching staff.

First 3 years below expectations - last year helped meet expectations

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I never heard of UTSA before coming here. I expected it to be more like a D2 program. The people were very close, I was expecting to be on my own.

So appreciative of opportunity here

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It was more organized and tennis was taken more seriously than my previous college experience.

Please include any other comments you may have regarding your experience as a student-athlete at UTSA:

Marketing - the in game really improved - loved videos. Utilize the pre-game for more. Strength program - good as I got stronger and faster. Rickimplemented the plan - I do not think Rick gets enough credit.


Needs help with culture. Favoritism really hurt - perception was if you told on people, you would be liked more/better.

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I was given all the tools to succeed!

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Need to improve relationships between student-athletes and students - the vote.

Facilities are a big need and it is easy to recruit with those. Band is the best and really adds to atmosphere - need more credit and get them hats. Goalfrom Charlie in strength was to get bigger and added 20lbs but did all football exercises and nothing catered to basketball. Need more agility too. And heneeds to travel with us all the time. Marketing got better through my time here. Josh M knew how to help and got good service because of many trainersjust need better equipment in sports medicine.

Fan base growing - good Strength and conditioning good, but add agility. Charlie needed to be around team more and always travel. Marketing fine butteam needs to win more and do their part to increase exposure. Need more fans at games, growing.

The strength and conditioning program was great. Ryan Filo got it going on!

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The Men's Basketball Coach is awesome! He comes to all Soccer games.

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I feel that everyone was treated great academically and athletically, there was no favoritism shown. It is hard to give out athletic awards before springseasons end and you cant have a banquet during the summer because everybody is gone.

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No other comments.

I have no other comments.


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The value of a meal in meal trade should be higher.

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