Academic Top Ten: Spring Break Edition

As a Spring Break treat, we've looked into grades!

I know, you're all excited, reading this on your mobile devices down in Florida with the rest of Indiana on the beach. Did you caravan down there? I remember on one of my own breaks not too long ago, we stopped at a random Steak and Shake just outside of Atlanta. It was maybe 2AM (we were driving through). Walked in, and the entire place was filled with the same people we'd hang out with on a random Saturday night! Many of the end destinations were different (PCB, Daytona, etc), but apparently we were all making the Atlanta Steak and Shake a hot spot for a night. And who doesn't have stories about Atlanta traffic, am I right? (Gotta hit it at night!)

Ah, the joys of being a Hoosier on Spring Break.

Anyway, I promised a top ten before I got all reminiscent on you. While you're out enjoying your sand and sun, remember that grades are still very important to us Shamrocks. Enjoy your break, but be ready to work when you get back. We're building something special here!

In a very particular order, here are the top ten GPA-earners in our family:

1. Mitch Turley
2. Johnny Crawford
3. Matt Kinney
4. Ben Huntley
5. Madi Turley
6. Will McCool
7. Sam Trompen
8. Renzo Alvarez
9. Turner Edwards
10. Paul Waite

Great job, Rocks! I'm sure all ten of you are hitting the books hard right now instead of getting a tan... right?

First Tri-mester Grades

Grades are in! You better believe us coaches are tracking your academic progress with diligence (and, you know, PRIDE). We'd like to give recognition to our top 15 classroom performers:

1. Mitchell Turley
2. Jacob Tebbe
3. Normando Gonzalez
4. Jonathan Crawford
5. Spencer Tebbe
6. Matthew Kinney
7. Benjamin Huntley
8. Dani Hartnett
9. William McCool
10. Samuel Trompen
11. Madison Turley
12. Robert Harrison
13. Renzo Alvarez
14. Eric Rearden
15. Turner Edwards

Keep up the good work!

Academic Top 10

1. Jacob Tebbe
2. Johnny Crawford
3. Mitch Turley
4. Dani Hartnett
5. Renzo Alvarez
6. Madi Turley
7. Eric Rearden
8. Normando Gonzalez
9. Grady Young
10. Eric Roberts

CONGRATULATIONS!
KEEP UP THE HARD WORK!

Top Ten Sit and Reach

Stewart, Trey	19.25
Davis, Will	18.75
Hiatt, Max	17.5
Murrell, Austin	17.25
Horkay, Adam	17
Waters, Blake	16.5
Crawford, Johnny	16.25
Curry, Stephen	16.25
Peters, Luke	16.25
Woerner, Nicholas	16.25

Top Ten Vertical Jump

Curry, Stephen	30.5
Kostecka, Kory	29.3
Gibson, Bryce	28.1
Gonzalez, Normando	27.6
Dalton, Austin	27.4
Horkay, Adam	27
Gagnon, Wes	26.9
Rubicz, Ryan	26.6
Short, Trevor	26.5
Henderson, Nick	26.5

Top Ten Pro Agility

Crawford, Johnny	4.21
Grimes, Frank	4.22
Tuffnell, Ryan	4.31
Gonzalez, Normando	4.33
Horkay, Adam	4.34
Waters, Blake	4.35
Tebbe, Jacob	4.37
Short, Trevor	4.38
Kostecka, Kory	4.38
Curry, Stephen	4.39

Top Ten 40 Time

Stewart, Trey	4.76
Horkay, Adam	4.79
Short, Trevor	4.79
Grimes, Frank	4.86
Crawford, Johnny	4.89
Reece, Devin	4.95
Peters, Luke	4.95
Curry, Stephen	4.96
Johnson, Joe	4.96
Multiple Players (5)	5.02

Top 10 Power Clean

Name	Clean
Sucese, Cory	250
Gilchrist, Anthony	245
Sturdivant, Deryion	235
Woerner, Nicholas	235
Curry, Stephen	225
Daughterty, Anthony	225
Jordan, Austin	225
Lorts, Carson	225
Hesselink, Evan	215
Kostecka, Kory	210

Keep Up The Hard Work!

Top 10 Squat

Name	Squat
Sucese, Cory	475
Daughterty, Anthony	465
Gilchrist, Anthony	415
Jordan, Austin	365
Sturdivant, Deryion	355
Burtron, Zane	335
Harrison, Conner	335
Multiple Player (10)	315

Keep Up The Hard Work!

Top 10 Bench Press

Name	Bench
Sucese, Cory	315
Gilchrist, Anthony	275
Lorts, Carson	250
Jordan, Austin	250
Daughterty, Anthony	235
Sturdivant, Deryion	225
Hesselink, Evan	215
Stewart, Trey	215
Etridge, Josh	210
Multiple Player (6)	205

Keep Up The Hard Work!!

Top Tens - Academics

We have another academic update this Wednesday. As a reminder, here's Coach Gilbert's stance:

“Our players and managers are student-athletes. The importance of academics is emphasized daily in our program. Our students know that they are expected to be a class act on and off the field, but especially in the classroom. I demand that each player give his very best to achieve his academic goals.”

Last time we were looking at the cumulative GPA across all previous years at Westfield. We put some of our top minds on the project, and figured out how to slice it so that we're just looking at one trimester. Thus, we wanted to come back with a top ten for only the first trimester. We also updated the roster with some names we'd missed before. We had a team GPA of 3.11.

1. Andrew Cull 
2. Jacob Tebbe 
3. Mitch Turley 
4. Dani Hartnett 
5. Ben Littrell 
6. T6-Joey Freeze 
7. T6-Jonathan Golliher 
8. T8-Johnny Crawford 
9. T8-Madi Turley 
10. Normando Gonzalez 

I'm also going to add an honorable mention list for everyone above the 4.0 line. It takes a lot of work to break 4.0, and I feel like all of these folks deserve recognition as well.

HM - Normando Gonzalez, Joe Brinker, Guy Lusk, Eric Rearden, and Evan Slagle.

Great job, everyone.  Keep it up.

Top Tens: Academic Excellence

We'll start today's Workday Wednesday off with a message from Coach Gilbert:

“Our players and managers are student-athletes. The importance of academics is emphasized daily in our program. Our students know that they are expected to be a class act on and off the field, but especially in the classroom. I demand that each player give his very best to achieve his academic goals.”

With that in mind, today's top ten is for cumulative grade point average.  This is the for the first trimester, and we're extremely proud of our team so far.  We have a team GPA of 3.08, which is great, though there is always room to work harder and achieve higher.  After all, I believe there are other teams with higher GPAs... and we compete in everything we do.

Here's a look at our top ten.  Great job, everyone.  Keep it up during the next two trimesters.  You better believe we'll be watching!

1. Andrew Cull 
2. Jacob Tebbe 
3. Mitch Turley 
4. Johnny Crawford 
5. Joey Freeze 
6. T6- Dani Hartnett 
7. T6- Madi Turley 
8. Normando Gonzalez 
9. Eric Rearden 
10. Jonathan Golliher 

Top Tens - Athletics

Continuing our Top Ten series for the November testing, we have the athletics portion.  This includes vertical jump, 40 yard dash, and pro agility.  Remember, the theme of Workday Wednesday is based around competition.  We want to compete in everything we do, including out of season workouts.  Look for your name on these lists.  If you don't see it, you've got a goal.

Vertical Jump Height

1. Kory Kostecka - 28.3
2. Stephen Curry - 27.9
3. Nick Henderson - 27.7
4. Adam Horkay - 27.5
5. Bryce Gibson - 27.4
6. Trey Stewart - 27.3
7. Austin Murrell - 26.2
8. T8- Nicholas Woerner - 26.1
9. T8- Normando Gonzalez - 26.1
10. T10- Emmanual Calhoun - 25.8
11. T10- Mitch Turley - 25.8

40 Time

1. Trey Stewart - 4.79
2. Frank Grimes - 4.81
3. Adam Horkay - 4.82
4. Garrett Raleigh - 4.83
5. T5- Emmanual Calhoun - 4.88
6. T5- Bryce Gibson - 4.88
7. Kory Kostecka - 4.91
8. Blake Waters - 4.95
9. Jackson Clifford - 4.98
10. Stephen Curry - 5.01

Pro Agility Time

1. Kory Kostecka - 4.21
2. Adam Horkay - 4.22
3. Emmanual Calhoun - 4.28
4. Stephen Curry - 4.32
5. Blake Waters - 4.33
6. Eric Miner - 4.35
7. Normando Gonzalez - 4.39
8. Jacob Tebbe - 4.40
9. T9- Nicholas Woerner - 4.44
10. T9- Johnny Crawford - 4.44

Go Rocks!

Workday Wednesday: Top Tens - Strength

Perhaps the most obvious of our program goals is to win.  The quotation that Coach Gilbert passed me reads as follows:

“All of life is a competition. We strive to win – to be the very best at whatever we do. Winning is a result of doing things the right way and working hard. As a team, our goal is always to win a State Championship.”

The key, right there in the first sentence, is to compete.  In everything you do, compete.  Let's be honest, we're not always going to win.  We'd love to, but life isn't like that.  You'll have losing days.  At the end of those days, what you want to be able to say, undeniably, is that you competed; that you did your best and left it all out on the field.

To me, this embodies the very essence of the Workday Wednesday theme here at the blog.  In season, and out, Wednesdays are the very thick of the week.  Others may call it "hump day," but we like to call it "workday."  We bust our butts early in the week in order to compete on Fridays during the season.  Out of season, we need to keep that same sense of going to work, with the more distant goal of future success in mind.  We win by competing.

In the spirit of competition, I'm going to publish a series of "top tens" for our team. Today we'll focus on strength.  Look for speed and academics to come in the near future.  Like I said before, the theory here is simple.  Work hard, get your name on the list, get some recognition.  It's a small thing, but it something the coaches love to see: out of season competition.  I'll try to update these every time we max or end a trimester, so if you don't see your name on the list... you've got a goal.

Without further ado, here are our November Strength Top Ten Lists:

Bench

1. Cory Sucese - 275
2. Anthony Gilchrist - 260
3. T3- Carson Lorts - 225
4. T3- Austin Jordan - 225
5. Anthony Daughterty - 215
6. Nicholas Woerner - 205
7. Evan Hesselink - 205
8. T8- Ethan Goins - 195
9. T8- Deryion Sturdivant - 195
10. T8- Emmanual Calhoun - 195
11. T8- Josh Estridge - 195

Squat

1. Anthony Gilchrist - 420
2. T2- Cory Sucese - 405
3. T2- Anthony Daughterty - 405
4. Blake Waters - 335
5. T5- Deryion Sturdivant - 315
6. T5- Zane Burtron - 315
7. T7- Stephen Curry - 300
8. T7- Nicholas Woerner - 300
9. T7- Carson Lorts - 300
10. Austin Gould - 285

Clean

1. T1- Stephen Curry - 225
2. T1- Nicholas Woerner - 225
3. T1- Cory Sucese - 225
4. T1- Anthony Gilchrist - 225
5. Austin Jordan - 215
6. T6- Evan Hesselink - 205
7. T6- Deryion Sturdivant - 205
8. Devin Reece - 200
9. T9- Jackson Clifford - 195
10. T9- Kory Kostecka - 195