Penn State Brandywine
Intercollegiate Athletics
Intercollegiate Athletics has one
mission…
Create Penn State
Graduates
Current Student Athletes By Sport:
Average D-3 Participation Compared to Brandywine 2015/16
Men
Women
BW
BW
Baseball
24
Basketball
14
Basketball
13
Soccer
17
Soccer
Cross
Country
25
13
6
Softball
Cross
Country
Tennis
2*
Tennis
8
Volleyball
14
Total
Women
72
Total Men
68
* Dropped after 1st Semester
6
Potential Additional Sports
Sport
D-3 Average
When Brandywine Can Add
Lacrosse (M)
31
D-3
Lacrosse (W)
19
D-3
Golf (M)
10
Now
Tennis (M)
11
D-3
Track and Field (M)
26
Now (Independent)
Track and Field (W)
22
Now (Independent)
Total
119
Brandywine Projected Athletes
300
260 Full NCAA
Membership
194
178
200
135 140
150
100
83 83 77 80 83
98
206
249
216
150
118
107 113
50
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
0
2006
Student Athletes
250
ICA Highlights
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Senior Miranda Biondi was named USCAA Volleyball Student-Athlete of the Year
(top academic honor from the USCAA; First Brandywine student-athlete to ever
receive the award). She also won the Egli Award, the PSUAC’s top academic honor
Senior Tom Osenbach earned Captial One Academic All-American (top academic
award given to any college athlete; Second Brandywine student-athlete ever to
receive the award)
16 USCAA National Academic Team honorees
76 Academic All-PSUAC honorees
14 athletes earned USCAA All-American
31 athletes earned All-PSUAC
Added 3 varsity programs – men’s and women’s track & field and women’s soccer
Brought in 66 recruited athletes for 2016-17 academic year
Won 3 PSUAC championships (volleyball, softball, women’s cross country)
Softball finished 4th at the USCAA World Series, best finish ever by a team from
Brandywine
Came in second in the Chancellor’s Cup
How Do ICA and Academics Interact?
On an Institutional level:
Athletics/Academic interaction is ultimately
governed by UFS IAC 67-00
– Athletes are excused from class for contests.
• It is an excused absence and they are responsible for
making up the work in a reasonable time period.
• The UFS IAC approves all schedules. No team may
schedule more than 8 missed class days.
How Do ICA and Academics Interact?
On a personal level:
• We sell you as the reason to come to
Brandywine.
• We support you.
• Our players are here to get an education.
• We believe you first.
• We ask for feedback and respond to it.
Academic Monitoring
• We monitor our athletes every three weeks.
– Week 3: Are they attending class?
– Week 6: Are they making normal progress?
• Have they met with their professors, used available
resources, or talked to their adviser.
– Week 9: Should they be meeting with their
advisor?
We do not advise but push them toward the
resources they have available.
Dear Professor Kelly,
This is the last academic monitoring report for Spring 2016. We request your response by Friday, April 1st.
To our knowledge, the students listed below are in your class. Would you please take the time to review the table and mark
their progress accordingly. Simply mark Y/N in the appropriate column and return to me. Normal Progress is defined as a “C” or
better and Attending Regularly is determined by your standards. Please feel free to add any comments about specific students that
we need to know. Thank you for your continued support of our athletic program.
FirstName
LastName
Course
Course #
Section
Austin
Katz
SOC
15
1
Regularly Attending
Normal Progress
Additional Comments
My staff is here to help our
students be successful. We will
work with you at every turn to
make this easier for all of us.