1. As the 2012-2013 academic
year nears an end, I am ex-
tremely proud of the efforts of
our Athletes for Success in the
Classroom team at the Richard
R. Green House. The 2012
Fall Semester saw a record
number 248 student-athletes
combine for over 10,000 study
hours demonstrating the effort
needed to succeed in the class-
room.
We are proud of our teams and
student-athletes for their com-
mitment to academic excel-
lence. Each year Multicultural
Student Services recognizes
that commitment by honoring
two student-athletes for their
accomplishments both on and
off the field.
This past year
those student-
athletes were
All-American
and National
Champion Shamus O’Grady
from the Wrestling Team and
Victoria Martinez from the
Swimming and Diving Team.
Congratulations
to both Shamus
and Victoria!
We would also
like to extend a
special thanks to all of those
graduating student-athletes
who have helped define Husky
Nation!! Forever Huskies!!
—Shawn Kakuk
The Director’s Chair
Participating in college athlet-
ics and being a student-athlete
presents college students with
a wide range of opportunities.
The SCSU softball team has
the privilege to travel twice a
year: Las Vegas, Nevada and
Orlando, Florida and for
Natalie Shaft, first year out-
fielder from Sioux Falls, South
Dakota, these two trips were
only her second and third
times ever being on a plane.
After becoming more familiar
with the airport lifestyle and
becoming a “seasoned” trav-
eler, Natalie expresses herself
as, “being a more experienced
traveler.” Natalie hopes to fur-
ther broaden her travel experi-
ences by studying abroad next
summer.
During her off day in Orlando,
Natalie chose to visit Tom and
Jerry’s Airboat rides with four
other teammates. There they
saw many alligators and at the
end of the ride they were able
to hold a baby gator. Natalie
shares, “it was cool to be able
to see something that you
would never find in the Mid-
west.” Natalie looks forward to
future trips down to Florida in
the hopes of gaining more ex-
perience as a traveler, taking on
more adventures and continu-
ing to help the Huskies with
successful, winning road trips.
—Marie Imholte
Opportunities
2013 Spring Semester
Volume 2 Issue 2
Athletes for Success
Inside this issue:
The Director’s Chair 1
Opportunities 1
Meet the RGHers 2
Coach’s Box 2
Making a Difference 3
The Writer’s Block 3
Where Are They
Now?
3
Pup’s Corner 4

2. Senior Reyan Robinson re-
cently completed her eligibility
on the SCSU Women’s Basket-
ball team and will be graduat-
ing with a degree in Commu-
nity Psychology at the end of
this semester. Reyan attributes
her success to her ability to
manage her time as a student-
athlete. Reyan said that she
has been successfully managing
her academics and athletics by
“getting stuff
done as soon as
possible because
there is always
something com-
ing up.”
As a tutor at the
Green House,
Reyan says “the
Green House has
a really good environment to
get stuff done and there are
resources here to help stu-
dents.” Reyan’s goal in tutor-
ing fellow students is to show
them that they can do it and
she enjoys helping students
understand they can achieve
their task. Reyan has been very
active on campus and a role
model to her peers. With only
a few weeks left before gradua-
tion Reyan is ready to move
forward with the next steps in
her life.
Special Education major, Sha-
mus O’Grady, is a well accom-
plished student-athlete at
SCSU. Shamus is one of only
six four-time All-Americans
for the
SCSU
Wrestling
team. One
of the most
prolific
wrestlers in
SCSU his-
tory, Sha-
mus re-
cently won the 184 pound Na-
tional Championship and was
the Northern Sun Intercolle-
giate Athletic Conference and
NCAA Division II Wrestler of
the Year.
Athletics is not all that Shamus
focuses on; he is also recog-
nized for his work in the class-
room. That success in the
classroom landed Shamus on
the tutoring team at the Rich-
ard R. Green House this past
year. Shamus tutors fellow
students, primarily in Math 201
and 301, and says “he is
Shawn’s go to guy for running
errands on campus, and what-
ever else the Green House
needs.” Shamus says “the
Green House is a good place
to study and provides a service
that students should take ad-
vantage of.” For plans after
being a student-athlete at
SCSU, Shamus has not yet
decided. With plenty of oppor-
tunities, Shamus said “I would
like to continue my career in
wrestling, become a teacher
and coach, but who knows I
might never leave St. Cloud, I
like it here.”
—Kenquane Brown
really wants to see everyone
succeed,” said McCabe.
McCabe is not the only St.
Cloud State Head Coach that
believes this theory, “The
Green House is a great re-
source, much better than the
library, it’s just something
about the structured setting
that I like, you can’t find an-
other place on campus like it,”
said Head Baseball Coach Pat
Dolan. With several of Do-
“Success, efficiency, accommo-
dation, support,” several words
used by St. Cloud State Head
Soccer Coach Becky McCabe
while describing the Richard R.
Green House. With tutors
available in numerous subjects
on campus, quiet study areas,
and a very experienced aca-
demic advisor in Shawn Ka-
kuk, the Green House is an
ideal place to be if you want to
be successful. “Shawn does a
great job with the athletes, he
lan’s athletes as Green House
tutors, he puts great trust in the
Greenhouse, “If anyone on my
team needs help, rookie or
veteran, we just give Shawn a
call, and the rest is taken care
of,” said Dolan.
—Marvin Matthews
Meet the RGHers
Coach’s Box
“The Green House is a good
place to study and provides a
service that students should
take advantage of.”
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3. Making a Difference
Where Are They Now?
The Writer’s Block
St. Cloud State University
coaches send their student-
athletes to the Green House
for more than just academic
improvement. Head wrestling
coach Steve Costanzo requires
Green House hours with addi-
tional values, such as self-
discipline, in mind.
“Everything in life requires self
-discipline,” said Costanzo.
“Nothing is given to you and
everything must be earned.”
Senior wrestler Shamus
O’Grady confirmed that the
Green House is fulfilling Co-
stanzo’s hopes for self-
discipline. O’Grady, who is
also an academic tutor, ex-
plained that the Green House
requirements correlate with
wrestling requirements, such as
managing one’s weight. “[We]
always hit our Green House
hours,” said O’Grady. “Often
to the exact minute.”
If Coach Costanzo required
himself to attend the Green
House, O’Grady would be a
likely candidate to tutor him. “I
would want to be tutored in
mathematics by Shamus,” said
Costanzo. “He is confident
and passionate in this subject.”
While elementary math is
O’Grady’s expertise, the four-
time All-
American
had a dif-
ferent sub-
ject in
mind. “I’d
tutor him
in typewriting,” said O’Grady.
“He types like a dinosaur.”
—Phil Imholte
ply the main points. This allows
for the thesis and main points
to be shown, broken down and
thought about critically, because
simply showcasing the main
points is not enough; a writer
must know what they want and
have to say about their main
points. The same functions of
outlining can be accomplished
by creating a mental outline as
opposed to a written one. For
at the end of the day it is the act
of thinking critically and in
depth about what you want to
say, have to say, and can say
about your topic and main
points that matter.
There is no one solution for
everyone, so experiment and
find your way, because every
student grumbles when they
have to write a paper, but not
every student has to grumble
after the paper is graded.
—Jason Terres
“Write a paper,” these words
are enough to make even the
veteran student grumble.
However, the process of writ-
ing a paper needs to be neither
difficult nor stressful. And it
will not be if you put proper
planning into it.
Outlines can be very useful
planning tools. The correct
way to use an outline is to lay
out your entire paper, not sim-
needed to succeed as a student-
athlete. Sarah believes that “the
Athletes for Success in the Classroom
program gave me the tools,
resources and support to help
manage my time to become a
successful student-athlete and
surrounded me with other stu-
dent-athletes going through this
same transition.” Sarah added
“The ASC program played a
significant role in my success as
a student-athlete and reaching
graduation. It taught me ac-
countability, work-ethic, team-
Pioneer…one who is first, or
among the earliest to open
the path for others to follow.
Sarah Strohschein, former
SCSU volleyball player, was
among the first participants in
the Athletes for Success in the
Classroom program and the first
Green House tutor. Sarah is a
true pioneer.
Sarah successfully mastered the
transition into college and into
the professional world, quickly
realizing the commitment
work, and community.”
Today, Sarah uses those same
skills as the retail manager for
the Carolina Panthers as she
continues to build upon the
success she enjoyed here at
SCSU. As a true pioneer Sarah
has modeled the skills and de-
termination needed to be, not
only a successful student-
athlete, but also a successful
professional, and more impor-
tantly, a successful person.
—Shawn Kakuk
“A writer must know
what they want and
have to say about their
main points.”
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4. Our goal is to aid in the development of student athletes at
St. Cloud State University, increasing productivity through
academic support, academic advising and encouragement.
Physical Address: 827 4th Avenue South
St. Cloud, MN 56301
Mailing Address: 720 4th Avenue South
St. Cloud, MN 56301
www.stcloudstate.edu/asc/
in college, but I definitely do
not want to give up music. “It
can be done,” he told me,
“there is no reason why you
can’t pursue multiple interests.
If you really love something
don’t shy away from it if it
doesn’t mix well with another
thing you love. Just be thank-
ful for all the opportunities you
are given.”
A lot of people in college (and
in my case high school next
year), especially first year stu-
dents, sometimes get confused
about how to manage their
time. “You just have to take it
week by week,” he said,
When coming into college
there are so many paths one
can take. We all have the
things we are passionate about
but sometimes some of our
passions are hard to mix to-
gether. I personally have felt
this recently while filling out
my high school registration for
my first year at Tech High.
Phil Imholte is a senior who
plays left field and is captain of
the SCSU baseball team. Phil
is also a musician who has
helped me out with my own
musical interests. I myself am
hoping to be a student-athlete
“sometimes I’ll write myself a
schedule and goals I want to
accomplish that day or week. I
always like to have a little
down time and time to live my
social life.” That is the perfect
concoction for success and
happiness.
I can’t wait to pursue my pas-
sions and mix them into a col-
lege environment. A lot of
which is thanks to Phil. I guess
the moral of the story is to
chase after your dreams and to
not second guess yourself and
your goals.
—Sydney Kakuk
Pup’s Corner
Phone: 320-308-5392
Fax: 320-308-1525
E-mail: sakakuk@stcloudstate.edu
Education for Life
Richard Green House