MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
Intramural-Recreational Sports Services
2013-2014 Annual Report
The Intramural Recreational-Sports Services experienced another outstanding
year in 2013-14, with over 2,200 unique participants. Over the past few
years we have offered over 30 activities per year. Our participation is good,
but we must not be complacent. We must continue to be innovative and
creative in satisfying the recreational needs of our student body. The
students who participate in Intramurals are very well-rounded. They deserve
a first-class program that provides fun, fitness, and friendship.
On April 22, 2014, we had our 22nd Intramural Sports Banquet. The banquet
has become an Intramural Sports tradition at Michigan Tech. The main
emphasis of the banquet is to say “thank you” to our employees. Our
intramural endowment account funds this annual banquet. Eighteen major
awards were handed out to our student personnel. This past school year we
employed approximately 125 students. These students do an outstanding job
in their work responsibilities, and they learn leadership skills that they will
utilize throughout their life. Our student workers are truly the “backbone” of
our Intramural-Recreational Sports Services Department.
The Experience Tech fee has benefited our program. We plan to continue to
meet the demands of the participants and to improve the recreational
opportunities for the student body.
The information in this annual report is a snap shot of the many programs and
services offered. It contains participation charts, Michigan Tech Fund
endowments/accounts, and goals for 2014-15.
If you have any questions or comments, please let us know.
Craig Pellizzaro
Director of Intramurals and PE
Telephone: 487-3040
E-mail: crpelliz@mtu.edu
Amber Leonard
Intramural Coordinator
Telephone: 487-3040
E-mail: alleonard@mtu.edu
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MISSION STATEMENT
Our mission is to provide a wide variety of recreational activities that will appeal to the leisure-time pursuits
of the students, faculty, and staff. We encourage that participation be for fun, fitness, and friendship. We
promote and honor individual and team sportsmanship. We provide the opportunity for students to
compete against and interact with other students, thus promoting good citizenship and socialization.
Student employees develop social and leadership skills that are essential for lifelong learning. The
Intramural-Recreational Sports Services program is designed to be consistent with the educational
objectives of Michigan Technological University.
VISION STATEMENT
We will be a vital component of the total development and well-being of the Michigan Tech community.
INTRAMURAL-RECREATIONAL SPORTS PROGRAM
Michigan Technological University's Intramural-Recreational Sports Program is designed to provide all of
its participants with the opportunity to participate in organized sports and recreational activities.
It is the purpose of the Intramural (IM) program to provide a sound, attractive schedule of activities that will
appeal to the leisure-time pursuits of Michigan Tech students, faculty, staff and administration.
Intramural competition operates on a voluntary basis, and is both a supplement to and a continuation of
various physical education classes. Intramurals are for those students who, because of skill level or
inclination, do not compete on a varsity level (check the eligibility rules and regulations for status on varsity
athletes).
Further objectives of the Intramural Sports Program include:
1.
Encourage participation for fun and pleasure.
2.
Provide a program which will be structured to meet the interests, characteristics and needs of the participants.
3.
Provide a program which will include competitive activities ranging from vigorous to moderate in nature.
4.
Motivate students so as to achieve maximum participation.
5.
Give each student the opportunity to work with others, thus promoting good citizenship and sportsmanship.
6.
Provide an opportunity to develop physically, mentally and socially.
7.
Develop interest and skill in recreational activities and provide activities with carry-over (lifelong) value to the
participants.
8.
Establish a rapport between Michigan Tech students, organizations, faculty, staff and university
administrators.
The Intramural Program is designed to be consistent with the educational objectives of the university. It is
the hope of the Intramural Department that the students, faculty, staff and administration of Michigan
Technological University will find time to participate in some phase of the Intramural-Recreational Sports
Program. We hope that you will receive personal satisfaction and enjoyment from the program.
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Program Highlights:
Intramural-Recreational Sports Services was filled with highlights throughout the 2013-2014 academic
year. Intramurals positively impacted the Michigan Tech community through participation opportunities
and student staff development.
Intramurals offered over 30 different activities. A total of 2294 unique students, faculty and staff
participated in opportunities provided by the Intramural Program. T he program boasts 731 total teams
playing more than 1351 games over the course of the academic year! The program accounted for
13578 total participations.
Classification Breakdown
Gender Breakdown
(all participants)
52 83
374
494,
22%
538
391
456
1800,
78%
Male
Female
Faculty/Staff
Grad Students
Seniors
Juniors
Sophmores
Freshmen
Floor Hockey remained the most popular sports with 501 participants and 50 teams. We had several other
team sports that continue to have high numbers of participants. Like Flag Football (426 participants, 34
teams), Soccer Fours (389 participants, 49 teams) and Basketball (388 participants and 50 teams).
Our top participating Individual/Dual sport was one of this year’s newest activities, The Trails Relay with 71
participants. This activity along with the Kickball Tournament was a collaboration effort with Student
Activities in conjunction with Homecoming. We are hoping to continue this partnership for years to come.
Starting in the fall, Frisbockey will be added to the list of activities offered by Intramural-Recreational Sports
Services.
Team Sports - Participants and Teams
600
501
500
426
400
389 388
350 350
303
300
258 255
228
200
100
125 117 113
100
50
34
49
50
32
25
42
43
22
22
23
0
3
19
9
23
87
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Participants
85
11
55 39
14 10 299
Teams
Individual/Dual Sports Participation
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
71
48
32
32
28
25
25
21
17
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2 Year Comparison
2500
2294
2044
2000
1500
1351
1177
1000
651
731
500
0
Teams
Games Played
Unique Participants
2012-13
651
1177
2044
2013-14
731
1351
2294
MICHIGAN TECH FUND
Intramural Accounts
(As of 5/6/2014)
Endowments:
Account
Intramural Athlete of the Year
Acct. No. 4129
Coach ElRite Wrestling Award
Acct. No. 4126
Intramural Demand Account
Acct. No. 1012
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Balance
$22,178.71
$3153.22
$383.42
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GOALS FOR 2014-2015
1. Continue to improve and increase program offerings by benchmarking other institutions.
2. Continue to improve all forms of communication to include: the current web-site, newsletters, social
media, etc…
3. Provide iPads or other type of tablets to the supervisors to use for keeping score, documenting injuries,
and updating rosters on-site.
4. Continue to collaborate with Student Activates on administering homecoming activities.
5. Establish collaboration with other Recreational Entities on campus.
6. Improve on our intramural staff training. Included, but not limited to:
a. risk management
b. CPR/First Aid training
c. officials clinics
7. Continue to work on the recruitment and retention of officials in our various intramural sports.
8. Further develop the intramural officiating manuals
9. Improve our internship opportunities.
10. Create a system to track forfeits and defaults and create ideas for future changes to help decrease the
number of forfeits and defaults.
11. Work with the Disc Golf Club to continue to improve our current disc golf course (signage, removal of
some trees and possibly change a couple holes). Also, construct another course adjacent to the softball
complex.
Long-term goals:
12. Install lights on softball field #1. Dual lights on the third base line pole will light field 1 and the sand
volleyball courts.
13. Have a women’s and men’s handicap-accessible restroom constructed at the outdoor recreational
complex.
14. Have a water fountain installed between softball field #3 and the sand volleyball courts.
15. Install a small section of bleachers (seating capacity 50-60) on the third base of softball field #1.
16. Create Intramural Hall of Fame.
17. Identify strategies to create contingency fund
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2013-2014 INTRAMURAL CHAMPIONS
Fall 2013 Team Sport Champions
Spring 2014 Team Sport Champions
SOFTBALL
Women’s: Mub Club
Men’s A: JOPO
Men’s B: Master Batters
Men’s C: InterVarsity
Co-Rec: The Golden Gloves
BASKETBALL
Women: Leprechauns
Men’s A: U.P. Power
Men’s B: SigEp’s
Men’s C:Tickle Monsters
Co-Rec: WNBA Allstars
SOCCER FOURS
Women’s: Goals R Us
Men’s A: Sawkit Roger
Men’s B: Los Pollos Hermanos
Men’s C: Sig Tau
Co-Rec: Unicorn Wizards
FALL FOOTBALL
Men’s A: Sloppy TD’s
Men’s B: Deep Threat
Men’s C: Delt Sig Football
Co-Rec: DZ’s & AST’s
ICE HOCKEY
Women: Women’s Club
Men’S A: DTWONDAZZLE
Men’s B: The Shiftless Wild Hobos
Men’s C: Yezzir
SAND VOLLEYBALL FOURS
Women’s: Fluorescent Flirts
Men’s B: Dig Lips
Men’s C: Sig Tau
Co-Rec: (No Name)
VOLLEYBALL
Women’s A: Leprechauns
Women’s B: Fantastic Beasts
Men’s B: Ball Busters
Men’s C: Rambunctious
WALLYBALL
Women’s: DZ Turtles
Men’s A: Arrividerchi
Men’s B: Bumpin’ Uglies
Co-Rec: Raptor Alum
ULTIMATE FRISBEE
Men’s: Uninspired
Co-Rec: Raptor
DODGEBALL
Women’s: Leprechauns
Men’s: Those Guys
Co-Rec: Doin’ it for ‘Merica
3-ON-3 BASKETBALL
Men’s A: Tres Hermanos
Men’s B: Downtown 3’s
BOWLING
Men’s: Name Subject to Change
Co-Rec: The Loopy Bowlugas
CO-REC BASKETBALL
Co-Rec A: Within Range
Co-Rec B: #wecantstop
INNERTUBE WATER POLO
Class A: Slackers
Class B: SigEp’s
CO-REC WATERPOLO
Co-Rec A: Slackers
Co-Rec B: Sig Tau
SOCCER TOURNAMENT
Men’s B: FC International
Men’s C: ERMAHGERD SERCER
VOLLEYBALL 4’S TOURNAMENT
Men’s: Block Party
Co-Rec: Free Sets
SOCCER-TENNIS
Men’s: Foreign Kids
FLOOR HOCKEY
Women’s: Leprechauns
Men’s A: Lunar Sauce
Men’s B: Flowseidon
Men’s C: Puck ‘Em Up
CO-REC VOLLEYBALL
Class B: Arrividerchi
Class C: Kiss My Ace
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Fall 2013
Individual/Dual Sports Champions
Spring 2014
Individual/Dual Sports Champion
GOLF TWO-PERSON SCRAMBLE
Men’s (18 holes): Kent Longhini/Martin Oja
Men’s (9 holes): Dan Berker/John Cretens
Longest Drive: Evan Feinauer
Closest to Pin: Derick VanDollelon
VOLLEYBALL TWO’S TOURNAMENT
Women: Emily Morin/Jessica Splittgerber
Men’s A: Brandon Schmidt/Mike Oates
Men’s C: Dan Becker/John Cretens
Co-Rec: Ryan Hess/Erin Norton
TURKEY TROT
Women’s: Leigh Miller
Men’s: Troy Drabek
Turkey Winners:
J. Landry, E. Water & D. Waters
BADMINTON DOUBLES
Women: Sirikorn Khumwan/Lin Liu
Men’s A: Shashank Barkur/Patrik Joshi
Men’s B: Suntara Fueangfung/Nattaporn Chuenjarern
Co-Rec: Sirikorn Khumwan/Suntara Fueangfun
TRAILS RELAY
Women’s: Advisors on the Run
Men’s: Mama’s Boys
Co-Rec: Summit
BADMINTON SINGLES
Women’s: Sirikorn Khumwan
Men’s A: Da Zheng
Men’s B: Suntara Fueangfung
TENNIS SINGLES
Women’s: Courtney De Cramer
Men’s Beginner: Andrew Wallis
Men’s Intermediate: Brandon Ballard
TENNIS DOUBLES
Women’s: Korinne Umlauft/Alexis Herrewig
Men’s: Jon Curtis/Sam Kwilinski
Co-Rec: Emily Parks/Robert Daavettila
DISC GOLF
Men’s Singles: James Shamel
Men’s Doubles: Dylan Johnson/Alex Wright
TABLE TENNIS SINGLES
Men’s A: Andrew Houghtaling
Men’s B: Kevin Madson
RACQUETBALL
Men’s Ladder: Thomas Stroup
Co-Rec Doubles: Justin Henker/Autumn Giles
BILLIARDS
Men’s: Beau Barber
Intramural Athletes of the Year
Runner-Up Athletes of the Year
Female:
Female:
GABRIELLE KUZNICKI
- Year in School: JUNIOR
- Major: CIVIL ENGINEERING
- Hometown: SUTTONS BAY, MI
NINA BONANNO
- Year in School: SENIOR
- Major: CIVIL ENGINEERING
- Hometown: LIVONIA, MI
Male:
Male:
CASEY BUCKNER
- Year in School: SOPHOMORE
- Major: CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
- Hometown: IRON MOUNTAIN, MI
MATT TOMASZEWSKI
- Year in School: JUNIOR
- Major: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
- Hometown: ONSTED, MI
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Employee Awards:
Intramural Officials of the Year
Sport
Adam Reinke
Softball
Travis Redman
Softball
Chris Schnettler
Soccer
Charles Fobbs
Flag Football
Keyton Barrone
Basketball
Cal Reindl
Basketball
Shaun McKeehan
Ice Hockey
Jaclyn Mayrose
Ice Hockey
Andrew Krugh
Floor Hockey
Brandon Radloff
Volleyball
Ashley Baldes
Water Polo
Brooke Ostaszewski
Innertube Water Polo
Award
Recipient
Rookie Official of the Year
Korinne Umlauft
Rookie Official of the Year
Connor Myers
Outstanding Service Award
Johanna Villa
Outstanding Service Award
Maverick Klotz
Director’s Award
Greg DeJong
Director’s Award
Tony Carley
Director’s Award
Ryan Hiltunen
Supervisor of the Year
Amanda Kaphingst
Supervisor of the Year
Brent Myers
Female Employees of the Year
Amanda Whiting
Male Employees of the Year
Jesse Linebarger
Male Employees of the Year
Drew Lamaroux
Cheryl DePuydt – Outstanding Leadership Award
Eric Phillips
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