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TABLE OF CONTENTSLetter from the Athletics Director...............................3Mission Statement .....................................................4Thank You! .................................................................5By the Numbers/Year in Review ...............................6UM Head Coaches ....................................................7Sports Season Reviews ...................................... 8-15 Baseball ...............................................................8 Men’s Basketball ..................................................8 Women’s Basketball ............................................9 Cross Country ......................................................9 Football...............................................................10 Golf .....................................................................10 Rowing ...............................................................11 Soccer ................................................................11 Swimming ..........................................................12 Diving .................................................................12 Men’s Tennis ......................................................13 Women’s Tennis ................................................13 Men’s Track & Field ...........................................14 Women’s Track & Field .....................................14 Volleyball ............................................................15Facilities ...................................................................16University of Miami Hall of Fame ............................17Student-Athlete Development Engagement Report .18Soffer Indoor Practice Facility Opens .....................19Academic Success in APR .....................................20ACC Academic Honor Roll......................................21ACC Network ...........................................................22Hurricane Club ................................................... 23-24

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On the development front, the Hurricane Club continues to support our program in record numbers. The Hurricane Club raised more than $16 million in 2018-19 and now boasts a record 12,500 members, an increase of 140 percent since 2010. Philanthropic annual fund gifts increased to $5.9 million in 2018-19 and the Hurricane Club secured 10 seven-figure leadership gifts. Your donations give our student-ath-letes and coaches the absolute best chance to compete and succeed, including academic support, student-athlete development, nutrition, technology and state-of-the-art facilities.

In August 2018, the new, state-of-the-art Carol Soffer Indoor Prac-tice Facility opened for use. The $40-plus million facility encompass-es not just indoor practice fields for football, but also new football coaches offices, new football reception and recruiting areas, weight room renovations and new coaches offices for golf, rowing, soccer and volleyball.

The renovations also include our new studio for the ACC Network, which launches this August and will provide a tremendous platform to help promote and showcase Miami Athletics to a wide audience. It’s truly an exciting time to be involved with The U!

Thank you to everyone who has invested in our athletic department over the past year. Your generosity has helped our student-athletes succeed in the classroom, in competition -- and in life. We are look-ing forward to the start of another memorable season this fall. We hope to see you cheering on the Canes all year long!

Go Canes!

Blake James

A LETTER FROM THE ATHLETICS DIRECTOR

Whether it’s succeeding on the field of play, excelling in the class-room or reaching out to serve our South Florida community, we continue to Build Champions at The U.

The Hurricanes just wrapped up another remarkable school year in 2018-19. Our accomplishments are a tribute to the hard work and dedication of our student-athletes, coaches and staff, as well as the continued support we receive from donors, alumni and fans to make it all possible.

Thirteen of our 18 programs advanced to NCAA postseason play. Our women’s indoor track and field team won the ACC title for the third time in four seasons. Two Hurricanes captured individual NCAA championships – Michelle Athlerley in the women’s indoor pentathlon and Estela Perez-Somarriba in women’s tennis. In addition, two UM divers – David Dinsmore and Briadam Herrera – placed second at the NCAA Championships.

Overall, Hurricane student-athletes earned four ACC Player of the Year honors, 68 All-ACC selections, 11 individual ACC titles and 35 All-America accolades. Randy Ableman was named ACC Men’s and Women’s Diving Coach of the Year and Amy Deem was named ACC Indoor Track & Field Women’s Coach of the Year.

In the most recent Graduation Success Rate figures released by the NCAA, Miami student-athletes posted a GSR mark of 90 percent. Nine programs were recognized for perfect single-year scores of 1,000 in the 2017-18 Academic Progress Report (APR). In addition, six of those programs – men’s and women’s cross country, golf, men’s and women’s tennis and volleyball – earned perfect multi-year scores of 1,000 for the four-year period from 2014-15 to 2017-18. Our student-athletes continue to excel in the classroom, and our dedicated coaches and academic staff members work tirelessly to help them achieve these results.

Our mission to give back to the community that so strongly supports us continues to grow. For the second consecutive year, Hurricane student-athletes ranked in the Top 10 among all Division I schools in the NCAA Team Works Helper Helper Community Service Competi-tion, participating in 146 events and logging more than 3,600 hours of community service.


MISSION STATEMENT

INTEGRITY • EXCELLENCE • PASSION • RESPECT • FAMILY

OUR MISSIONThe University of Miami’s Department of Intercollegiate Athlet-ics is dedicated to developing and supporting its student-ath-letes in their efforts to achieve personal, academic and athletic excellence, resulting in the highest standards of achievement. Through its programs, the department will provide a founda-tion which prepares student-athletes for future success.

We are committed to:• Providing a culture of well-being for student-athletes and staff.• Complying with the rules and policies of the NCAA, ACC and the University of Miami.• Conducting ourselves as representatives of the University, its Board of Trustees, administration, faculty, students, staff, alumni and friends with integrity, class and distinction.

• Supporting the mission of the University of Miami.• Fiscal integrity.• Providing the opportunity and resources for student-athletes to achieve excellence through growth and development aca-demically and athletically. • Developing student-athletes into leaders in their fields and communities.• Providing equitable opportunities regardless of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, national origin, dis-ability or veteran status.

CORE VALUES


THANK YOU!The University of Miami Department of Athletics would like to thank our fans and donors who support our mission,

allowing our student-athletes to achieve success in the classroom and athletics. GO CANES!


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TEAM1 CHAMPIONSHIPWOMEN’S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD

4 PLAYERS YEAROFTHE

Michelle Atherley (Women’s Indoor Field), Estela Perez Somarriba (Women’s Tennis), Alicia Blagg (Women’s Diving), Briadam Herrera (Men’s Diving)

3 COACHES YEAROFTHE

Randy Ableman (Women’s Diving & Men’s Diving), Amy Deem (Women’s Indoor Track & Field)

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178 ACADEMIC W I N N E R SH O N O R R O L L

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UM HEAD COACHES

RANDY ABLEMANDIVING

SARAH BARNESSOCCER

AMY DEEMXC/TRACK &

FIELD

GINO DiMAREBASEBALL

ANDY KERSHAWSWIMMING

JIM LARRANAGAMEN’S

BASKETBALL

KATIE MEIERWOMEN’S

BASKETBALL

ALJOSA PIRICMEN’S TENNIS

JOSE GANDARAVOLLEYBALL

MARK RICHTFOOTBALL

PATTI RIZZOWOMEN’S GOLF

DAVE SANDERSONROWING

PAIGE YAROSHUK-TEWSWOMEN’S TENNIS


• Miami posted a 14-18 record, including a 5-13 mark in ACC play.• Chris Lykes led the team in scoring and ranked ninth in the ACC in overallscoring (16.2) and eighth in league play(15.9).• Lykes was the second-leading scorernationally among players under 6-feettall in the six power conferences (MarkusHoward, Marquette, 25.0 ppg).• Miami was the only program among the nation’s power conferences tohave five players each average at least 10.5 ppg.• UM defeated Wake Forest, 79-71, in first round of the ACC Tournament,marking the seventh time in head coach Jim Larrañaga’s eight years theCanes picked up at least one win in the tournament.• Because of injuries and a suspension, UM played with a rotation of justseven scholarship student-athletes for most of the season.• Anthony Lawrence II reached the 1,000-point mark in his career on March5 on Senior Night against Pittsburgh. Lawrence finished with 1,043 points(34th in school history) and 141 career steals (ninth in school history) andplayed in 130 career games (tied for fifth in program history.• With 14 wins, Larrañaga finished the season with 645 career victories,11th most nationally among active head coaches.

• Miami had an impressive first season under head coach Gino DiMare’stutelage, finishing 41-20 and returning to the NCAA postseason for the firsttime since 2016. The Canes earned the46th postseason berth in program historyand reached the Starkville Regional finalbefore falling to No. 6 Mississippi State.• The Hurricanes went 18-12 in ACC play,winning seven conference series andturning in their best conference recordsince 2016.• Del Castillo was named a FreshmanAll-American by Baseball America, D1Baseball and Perfect Game and wasjoined by freshman Slade Cecconi on Col-legiate Baseball Newspaper’s FreshmanAll-America Team.• Alex Toral led a powerful Hurricanelineup that clubbed 85 home runs on theseason, the most since Miami hit 106in 2010. The first baseman smashed ateam-high 24 home runs on the season tomove into a tie with Yonder Alonso for thesecond-most home runs by a Hurricane ina single season.• Twelve different Hurricanes hit at leastone home run in 2019, sparking an ex-plosion of power from the Miami bats that matched the 2018 season home run totalof 23 after just 15 games in 2019. TheCanes’ 85 homers were more than thecombined team home run total of 58 fromthe previous two seasons (35 in 2017 and23 in 2018).• Three-time honoree Evan McKendry ledeight Hurricanes that were selected to the2019 All-ACC Academic Team, tying forthe second-most in the conference withVirginia.• After the season, five Hurricanes were selected in the MLB First-YearPlayer Draft, with Amditis, McKendry and pitchers Gregory Veliz and MarkMixon all signing contracts to begin their professional careers.

BASEBALL MEN’S BASKETBALL

2019 HONORSAll-ACC TeamMichael Amditis, 2nd TeamAdrian Del Castillo, 2nd TeamBrian Van Belle, 2nd TeamRaymond Gil, 3rd Team

ACC All-Freshman TeamAdrian Del Castillo

All-ACC Academic TeamSlade CecconiAdrian Del CastilloDaniel FedermanJP GatesEvan McKendryChris McMahonAlex ToralAnthony Vilar

Freshman All-America HonorsAdrian Del Castillo (4)Slade Cecconi (1)

ABCA All-RegionAdrian Del Castillo

Starkville All-Regional TeamAdrian Del CastilloJP GatesRaymond GilAlex ToralBrian Van Belle

2018-19 HONORSAcademic All-ACCChris Lykes


WOMEN’S BASKETBALL CROSS COUNTRY

• Six runners (one man, five women) represented Miami at the NCAASouth Regional.• Both the men’s and women’s team finished 15th at the ACC Champion-ships• Dylan Sykes was Miami’s top finisher six times, while Matthew Wiefelswas close behind with three second-place finishes.• Men’s team finished first at the UCF Invitational.• Anne den Otter and Olivia Raymond were the lone Canes to compete inall six meets for the women’s team.• Riley Howard had early success – earning the top finishes for the Canesthree times -- before injury. Howard posted the 10th fastest 5K at theMountain Dew Invitational with her time of 18:32.37.• The women’s top team finish was second place at the FAU Invitational.

• Made the postseason for the 10th year in a row, played in the NCAATournament for the eighth time in nine years, hosted NCAA action for thesecond time in three years, won 20-plusgames for the ninth time in 10 seasonsand tallied 10-plus ACC victories for theseventh time in nine seasons.• Tied for the fourth-most wins in a seasonin program history by finishing 25-9 andlogged six top-25 triumphs, includingtwo over top-five foes and one over atop-three opponent for the first time inprogram history.• Head coach Katie Meier eclipsed 350wins in her 18-year head coaching tenure,en route to Werner Ladder NaismithCoach of the Year top-15 candidacy, andthe redshirt senior Khaila Prather becamethe first Miami basketball player, male orfemale, to be part of five NCAA Tourna-ment rosters.• Beatrice Mompremier earned multipleAll-America honorable mentions to goalong with three ACC Player of the Weekdistinctions, First Team All-ACC recogni-tion, Lisa Leslie Center of the Year finalistplaudits, midseason watch list selectionfor multiple national player of the yearawards and a program single-seasonrecord-setting 12.2 rebounds per game.• Emese Hof was a WBCA All-AmericaHonorable Mention who received a FirstTeam All-ACC accolades, ACC MostImproved Player distinction, All-ACC De-fensive Team honors, an espnW NationalPlayer of the Week recognition, All-ACCAcademic Team selection and set the pro-gram records for single-season (58.6) andcareer (54.9) field goal percentage, beforesigning with the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury.

2018-19 HONORSAll-ACC TeamFirst Team All-ACCEmese HofBeatrice Mompremier

ACC Most ImprovedPlayerEmese Hof

ACC All-Defensive TeamEmese Hof

ACC All-Academic TeamLaura CorneliusEmese Hof

WBCA Coaches’ All-America Team Honorable MentionEmese HofBeatrice Mompremier

AP Honorable MentionAll-AmericanBeatrice Mompremier

Lisa Leslie Center of theYear FinalistBeatrice Mompremier

Werner Ladder NaismithCoach of the Year Top 15CandidateKatie Meier


• Miami reached an NCAA Regional for the seventh straight season,competing in the Cle Elum Regional,where the Hurricanes earned a 15th-place finish.• The Hurricanes set five school recordsat the Schooner Fall Classic and IlliniInvitational. In Norman, Miami set theprogram marks for lowest three-day total(833), two-day total (542) and one-day totals (267 and 275) on a par-71course. At the Medinah Country Club golf course, the Canes scored thelowest par-72, 54-hole total (846) in program history.• Freshman Anna Backman earned ACC Golfer of the Month for Februaryafter capturing the UCF Challenge individual title with an 11-under parperformance.• Miami was ranked No. 31 nationally in the final Golfweek team rankingsand No. 21 in the final WGCA poll.• UM took eighth place at the ACC Championships, with Claudia DeAntonio (tied for 23rd) and Kristyna Frydlova (tied for 26th) earning top-30finishes.• Kristyna Frydlova and Renate Grimstad were named to the Academic All-ACC Team, as well as to the WGCA All-American Scholars list along with Claudia De Antonio.

FOOTBALL GOLF

• The Miami Hurricanes compiled a 7-5 record during regular season (4-4 in ACCplay) to earn their first-ever berth to the NewEra Pinstripe Bowl, where they fell to Wiscon-sin. Miami finished the season 7-6 overall.• With a 4-4 record in ACC play in 2018, theHurricanes compiled a 16-8 ACC record overtheir three seasons under head coach MarkRicht, matching the best three-season outputin history (16-8, 2004-06).• Richt retired as head coach on December30, 2018 and Manny Diaz – who served asdefensive coordinator for all three seasons ofRicht’s tenure – was introduced as the 25thhead coach in program history on Jan. 2,2019.• Under Diaz’s direction in 2018, the Hurri-canes’ defense ranked No. 2 in total defenseand No. 1 in several categories, includingtackles for loss, third down conversion percent-age and passing yards allowed.• Defensive tackle Gerald Willis III earnedAll-America honors from several outlets,including second-team recognition from USATODAY and Sports Illustrated. Willis III startedevery regular season game and led the ACCwith 18.0 tackles for loss, more than any otherdefensive tackle in FBS.• 11 players earned All-ACC honors in 2018,including linebacker Shaq Quarterman, whowas selected to the All-ACC First Team.• A new ‘turnover chain’ was unveiled for2018, one that featured a charm in the modelof Sebastian the Ibis. Turnover chain 2.0was comprised of more than 4,000 stones, weighed roughly three kilograms andfeatured an 8.5-inch charm. Bandy was the first player to wear the new chain whenhe recovered a fumble against Savannah State.• For the second straight season, Miami topped rivals Florida State (28-27) andVirginia Tech (38-14). The Hurricanes knocked off 2018 ACC Coastal Divisionchampion Pittsburgh, 24-3, in their regular season finale at Hard Rock Stadium.• Miami’s trip to the New Era Pinstripe Bowl marked the 42nd bowl game in program history and sixth straight bowl-eligible season.• Led by safety Sheldrick Redwine in the fourth round, the Hurricanes had fiveplayers selected in the 2019 NFL Draft: Redwine (Cleveland), Michael Jackson,Sr., (fifth round, Dallas), Joe Jackson (fifth round, Dallas), Jaquan Johnson (sixthround, Buffalo) and Travis Homer (sixth round, Seattle).

2019 HONORSSecond-Team All-AmericanGerald Willis III, DT

All-ACC First TeamShaquille Quarterman, LB

All-ACC Second TeamTravis Homer, RBBrevin Jordan, TEJaquan Johnson, SGerald Willis III, DT

All-ACC Third TeamTrajan Bandy, CB

All-ACC Honorable MentionTyree St. Louis, OLJoe Jackson, DEMichael Pinckney, LBMichael Jackson Sr., CBSheldrick Redwine, S

Academic All-ACCTravis HomerJoe JacksonHayden Mahoney

2018-19 HONORSWGCA All-American ScholarsClaudia De AntonioKristyna FrydlovaRenate Grimstad

Academic All-ACCKristyna FrydlovaRenate Grimstad


ROWING SOCCER

• Miami’s Second Varsity Four earned a bronze medal at the ACC RowingChampionships, winning a medal for the Canes for the first time since theconference expanded to nine teams.• The Varsity Four placed sixth in GrandFinal at ACC Rowing Championships,while the Varsity Eight and SecondVarsity Eight each finished second in theirrespective Petite Finals.• The Hurricanes finished tied for seventhwith 30 points at ACC Rowing Champion-ships and junior Tessa White-Parsonswas named Second Team All-ACC.• Senior Jackie Lippincott, graduate student Autumn Kramer and freshman Meredith Costello were among 61 All-ACC Academic rowing honorees.

• Head coach Sarah Barnes’ first season at the helm was capped with atop-10 victory over the eventual ACC and national champion Florida State,the programs 12th top-10 win and firstsince Sept. 22, 2016.• Phallon Tullis-Joyce garnered All-ACCAcademic Team accolades for the thirdstraight year and also earned SecondTeam All-ACC recognition. She signed aprofessional contract with Stade de Re-ims, which competes in the French Ligue2, in January.• Tullis-Joyce notched a career-high 85saves, ninth on the Hurricanes’ sin-gle-season list, and led the ACC with 4.72saves per game. In 10 conference matches she registered 56 saves, including a program record 17 saves at third-ranked North Carolina.• Tullis-Joyce capped her career ranked among the top-three all-time inprogram history in numerous categories; third with 24 wins, tied for secondwith 14 shutouts, third with 259 saves and second with 5,584 minutes innet.• Jamie Brunworth, an ACC postgraduate scholarship recipient, finishedher career with five goals and nine assists, while hitting the target 43.8-per-cent of the time in 64 career matches.

2018-19 HONORSAll-ACC Second TeamTessa White-Parsons

Academic All-ACCMeredith CostelloAutumn KramerJackie Lippincott

2018 HONORSAll-ACC TeamSecond TeamPhallon Tullis-Joyce

Academic All-ACCPhallon Tullis-Joyce

ACC PostgraduateScholarship RecipientJamie Brunworth


• The Hurricanes swept the Atlantic Coast Conference diving awards, withRandy Ableman winning ACC Men’s Diving Coach of the Year & ACC Women’s Diving Coach of the Year, redshirt senior Briadam Herrera winning ACC Men’s Diver of the Year and redshirt sophomore Alicia Blagg winning ACC Women’s Diver of the Year.• Miami swept the podium at the ACCChampionships, with Blagg taking tophonors in both the 1-meter and 3-meter,Herrera taking gold medals in both 1-me-ter and 3-meter, and redshirt junior DavidDinsmore (gold) and sophomore ZachCooper (silver) taking the top two spots inmen’s platform.• Herrera upped his career ACC goldmedal count to six, while Dinsmoresuccessfully defended his platform titleonce again. The 2019 gold medal markedDinsmore’s third straight on the tower.• Blagg earned Honorable MentionAll-America recognition in the 1-meter atthe 2019 NCAA Women’s Swimming &Diving Championships and finished thirdnationally, for the first NCAA All-Americahonor of her career, in the 3-meter. It wasBlagg’s first trip to the NCAA Champion-ships.• Herrera picked up the sixth and seventhAll-America honors of his career at the NCAA Men’s Swimming & Diving Championships. Herrera was sixth na-tionally in the 1-meter and ended as the national runner-up in the 3-meter.• Dinsmore and Cooper both earned All-America recognition in the plat-form, with Dinsmore finishing as the national runner-up in his signatureevent for the third All-America honor of his career. Cooper took fourth place in a career-best finish to earn the second All-America honor of his career.

• Two new program records were set at ACC Swimming & Diving Champi-onships (200 freestyle relay & 200 IM) • Manon Viguier, Zorry Mason, Carmen San Nicolas & Sydney Knapp –200 freestyle relay – 1:31.10 • Zorry Mason – 200 IM – 1:58.79• Including the two school records, there were 16 performances thatcracked Miami’s top-10 all-time list, including six by freshman Zorry Masonand three by freshman Maria Artigas Fernandez• In addition to her school record in the 200 IM, Mason posted the eighth-best time ever in the 100-yard freestyle (50.14), the ninth-best 100-yardbackstroke (55.90), the second-best 100-yard breaststroke (1:01.26),the third-best 200-yard breaststroke (2:13.53) and the fifth-best 100-yardbutterfly (53.92).• Mason’s time of 1:58.79 in the 200 IM at the 2019 ACC Championshipswas tied for the top finish in the ‘B’ final of the event, scoring points for theHurricanes. She also added points with a fifth-place finish in the ‘C’ final ofthe 100-yard breaststroke (1:01.77).• Another impressive freshman, Artigas posted the 10th-fastest 100-yardbackstroke (55.97), the seventh-fastest 200 IM (2:01.73) and the third-fast-est 400 IM (4:20.79).• Junior Claire McGinnis cracked the top 10 in both the 1000-yard freestyle(10:11.73, eight-best) and the 1,650-yard freestyle (16:52.35, ninth).• Graduating senior Roxanne Yu, who was tapped into Omicron Delta Kap-pa honor society, recorded the ninth-fastest 200-yard butterfly (2:02.34) andthe sixth-fastest 100-yard backstroke (55.30) in her final season.• The Hurricanes picked up six dual meet wins over the course of theyear, including a home and home sweep of FGCU – who had they had nottopped in seven previous contests entering 2018-19.• The team was named a CSCAA Scholar All-America honoree with the topteam GPA in the state of Florida, the fourth-best GPA of any school in theACC and the 12th-best GPA of any ‘Power 5’ institution.

SWIMMING DIVING

2018-19 HONORSWomen’s Swimming & DivingHonorable MentionAll-American (Diving)Alicia Blagg

ACC Women’s Diver of YearAlicia Blagg

ACC All-Academic TeamAlicia Blagg

ACC Men’s and Women’sDiving Coach of the YearRandy Ableman

Men’s DivingAll-AmericansZach CooperDavid DinsmoreBriadam Herrera

ACC Men’s Diver of YearBriadam Herrera


MEN’S TENNIS WOMEN’S TENNIS

• Miami reached the NCAA Team Championship for the 24th straightseason and made the second round ofthe 18th time in a row, advanced to theACC Championship semifinals for the11th time in 15 years and logged a 17thconsecutive ITA top-25 finish, including a15th top-20 spot in the last 16 years, byplacing No. 20.• Estela Perez-Somarriba won thesecond NCAA Singles Championshiptitle in program history, repeated as ACCPlayer of the Year, finished with the mostsingles wins (43-5 record) in the countryand second-most ever by a Hurricane,capped the year ranked second national-ly and reached the top spot in therankings in May.• Daevenia Achong ended the yearranked No. 123 in singles, as well asplaced No. 25—and peaked at No. 13—in doubles alongside Daniella Roldanafter the pair became the first Hurricanesto compete in the NCAA Doubles Cham-pionship since 2015.• The Hurricanes defeated nine rankedteams, including five in the top 25 andtwo in the top 15, while reaching at least18 total victories (19-8) for the 14thtime in their last 16 campaigns, as headcoach Paige Yaroshuk-Tews eclipsed350 wins in her 18-year career.• Miami players combined for three ACCPlayer of the Week honors (Achongtwice, Perez-Somarriba once) and fiveACC Freshman of the Week accolades(Achong four times, Lucia Marzal once).

• Miami finished the season with 17 victories, the most by the Hurricanessince reaching the mark in 2008.• The Hurricanes returned to the NCAATeam Championship for the secondstraight season, the first time UM hasearned back-to-back tournament bidssince a four year stretch from 2006-2009.• During the regular season, Miamifinished 7-5 against conference foes andearned the fifth seed at the ACC Champi-onship. The Canes went on to top Clem-son in the ACC Championship opener toadvance to the quarterfinals. Overall, the seven ACC wins, fifth-seed andtournament advancement were the best marks since 2011.• UM defeated No. 11 Notre Dame 4-3 on March 15, the program’s firstvictory over a top-15 opponent since April 16, 2010, when Miami defeatedNo. 14 Duke, 4-3.• Adria Soriano Barrera, who was ranked as high as No. 13 in singles onFeb. 6, completed his sophomore campaign at No. 40 in the nation andbecame only the second UM student-athlete to reach the NCAA SinglesChampionship over the past decade. Fellow classmate Bojan Jankulovskicapped the season ranked No. 94 in singles.• UM excelled at the Neil Schiff Tennis Center, winning 11 out of 12home contests for its best home winning percentage (.917) since 2000.Dating back to the final match of the 2018 spring season, the Hurricanesextended their home winning streak to 12. It marked the program’s longestin 18 years, since Miami had a 20-match winning streak from Feb. 1, 2000through Feb. 24, 2001. In addition, the Hurricanes’ 11-0 mark to open the2019 campaign was the program’s best home start since the 2000 sea-son, when the Canes closed out the year a perfect 15-0.• The Hurricanes locked up five weekly honors during the spring season.Franco Aubone and Francisco Bastias (March 19) and Tastuki Shimamotoand Soriano Barrera (March 12) earned ACC Doubles Team of the Week.Bastias (Feb. 26), Jankulovski (March 12) and Soriano Barrera (Jan. 22)secured ACC Player of the Week. It marked the first time three differenceCanes were announced as individual weekly winners in a season, sinceMiami joined the ACC prior to the 2004-05 campaign.

2018-19 HONORSAll-ACC TeamSecond TeamAdria Soriano Barrera

Third TeamFrancisco Bastias

Academic All-ACCFranco AuboneFrancisco Bastias

ITA All-Academic ScholarsFranco AuboneDane DunlapWilliam Grattan-Smith

2018-19 HONORSACC Player of YearEstela Perez-Somarriba

ITA All-AmericanEstela Perez-Somarriba

All-ACC TeamFirst TeamEstela Perez-Somarriba

Second TeamDaevenia Achong

Honda Sports AwardEstela Perez-Somarriba

ITA Southeast RegionArthur Ashe AwardEstela Perez-Somarriba

ACC Scholar-Athlete ofthe YearEstela Perez-Somarriba

Academic All-ACCDaevenia Achong Ana MadcurLucia MarzalEstela Perez-SomarribaDaniella Roldan

ITA Collegiate All-Star TeamEstela Perez Somarriba


• Kevin Arreaga and Raheem Chambers competed at the NCAA OutdoorChampionships, while five men and the4x100 relay qualified for the NCAA EastPreliminary in six total events.• Miami’s men’s team scored 48 pointsat the ACC Outdoor Championships,tallying their second-best team scoresince joining the ACC prior to the 2005championships.• The Hurricanes earned three individualand two relay ACC medals and had eightAll-ACC honors in 2019.• Kevin Arreaga earned back-to-backsilver medal in the hammer throw at ACCOutdoors, while Raheem Chambersclaimed the silver medal in the 100mand McKinly Brown earned bronze in the400m hurdles.• The 4x100 relay made up of RaheemChambers, Tyrees Moulton, HasaniKnight and Isaiah Taylor posted Miami’sthird-fastest time to finish third at ACCOutdoor Championships.• Hasani Knight posted Miami’s third-bestmark in the triple jump and finished fourthat ACC Outdoors.• Raheem Chambers earned the silvermedal and broke the Miami program record in the 60m dash at the ACC IndoorChampionships.• Arreaga finished fourth at the ACC Indoor Championships in the weight throw,while the 4x400 team earned the silvermedal just behind Florida State.

MEN’S TRACK & FIELD WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD

• The Miami women won the 2019 ACCIndoor Team Championship, giving theCanes their fourth ACC title in the last fourseasons. Miami’s women won the ACC In-door Championship in 2016 and 2017, whilewinning the ACC Outdoor Championship in2018 on their home track.• Director of track and field/cross countryAmy Deem was named the 2019 ACCIndoor Track and Field Women’s Coach ofthe Year and USTFCCCA South RegionWomen’s Coach of the Year.• Michelle Atherley won the NCAA IndoorPentathlon Championship to become Mi-ami’s 17th track and field national championand holds the Canes’ program record withher score of 4,547 points.• Miami had four individuals and the 4x400relay qualify for the NCAA Indoor Champi-onship and seven individuals and two relayteams for the NCAA Outdoor Champion-ships.• Michelle Atherley was tabbed the ACCIndoor Field MVP and was named the ACCScholar Athlete of the Year. Atherley wonthe ACC Indoor Pentathlon with an ACCChampionship record performance and alsoplaced third in the women’s high jump.• The Canes won six ACC titles, winningthe Indoor 4x400 (Ellis, Johnson, Gonzalez,Mason), the indoor pentathlon (MichelleAtherley), 60m hurdles (Tiara McMinn), in-door 400m (Brittny Ellis), outdoor heptathlon(Michelle Atherley), outdoor 4x100 (Mason,Steele, McMinn, Brown).

2019 HONORSOutdoor All-AmericansKevin Arreaga, Second TeamRaheem Chambers,Honorable Mention

Outdoor All-ACC First TeamKevin ArreagaMcKinly BrownThomas BurnsRaheem ChambersDavonte FullerTyrees MoultonHasani KnightIsaiah Taylor

Second TeamAndreas Christodoulou

Indoor All-ACC First TeamAndreas ChristodoulouMcKinly BrownThomas BurnsRaheem ChambersDavonte FullerTyrees Moulton

Indoor All-ACC Second TeamKevin Arreaga

All-ACC Academic OutdoorRaheem Chambers

2019 HONORSACC Indoor Coach of the YearUSTFCCCA Indoor Women’s Coach of the YearAmy Deem

ACC Indoor Field MVPACC Indoor Scholar Athlete of YearNCAA Indoor Pentathlon ChampionACC Women’s Field Performer of YearMichelle Atherley

Indoor All-ACC First TeamMichelle Atherley Samantha GonzalezDebbie Ajagbe Kayla JohnsonCarolyn Brown Symone MasonSelina Dantzler Tiara McMinnBrittny Ellis

Indoor All-ACC Second TeamDebbie Ajagbe

Indoor Academic All-AmericansDebbie Ajagbe Michelle AtherleyCarolyn Brown Selina DantzlerBrittny Ellis Samantha Gonzalez

Indoor All-AmericanMichelle Atherley Symone Mason Kayla Johnson Brittny Ellis Samantha Gonzalez

Outdoor All-AmericanMichelle Atherley Debbie AjagbeTiara McMinn Samantha Gonzalez

Outdoor Second-TeamAll-American / HMCarolyn Brown Amuru PattersonKayla Johnson Samantha GonzalezBrittny Ellis Symone MasonAlfreda Steele Zakiya RashidTiara McMinn

Outdoor All-ACC First TeamMichelle Atherely Symone MasonDebbie Ajagbe Tiara McMinnCarolyn Brown Anna RuniaBrittny Ellis Zakiya Rashid Alfreda Steele Kayla Johnson Samantha Gonzalez

Outdoor All-ACC Second TeamDarlene Charles Tiara McMinn

Outdoor All-ACC AcademicDebbie Ajagbe Samantha GonzalezAlfreda Steele Brittny EllisMichelle Atherley Anna RuniaCarolyn Brown


• Miami finished 13-12 overall and 9-9 in the ACC, while dropping just three matches at home.• Head coach Jose “Keno” Gandara earned his 100th career victory after the first match of the season, defeating FAU, 3-1. Gandara is now the third head coach in program history to reach the 100-win milestone.• Haley Templeton and Elizaveta Lukianova were named to the 2019 All-ACC Academic Team.• Haley Templeton garnered her fourth ACC honor being name to the All-ACC First Team and is just the second Miami player to do so, while Elizaveta Lukianova earned her first conference award being name to the Second Team.• Templeton earned her second-straight AVCA East Coast Region team selection.• Miami proved to be one of the toughest teams to defend from the serve and led the ACC with 1.52 service aces per set.• Haley Templeton led the conference with 0.39 service aces per set and posted the fifth-best assist average at 10.22 assists per set.• Templeton finished third in program history with 4,632 career assists.

VOLLEYBALL

2018 HONORSAll-ACC TeamFirst TeamHaley Templeton

Second TeamElizaveta Lukianova

AVCA All-East Coast RegionHaley Templeton

Academic All-ACCElizaveta LukianovaHaley Templeton


UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI FACILITIES

ALEX RODRIGUEZ PARK AT MARK LIGHT FIELD

WATSCO CENTER HARD ROCK STADIUM

COBB STADIUM JAMES L. KNIGHT SPORTS COMPLEX NORMAN WHITTEN POOL

SCHWARTZ CENTER NEIL SCHIFF TENNIS CENTER THE BILTMORE

RONALD W. SHANE WATERSPORTS CENTER

SQUILLANTE STRENGTH & CONDITIONING CENTER

ISADORE HECHT ATHLETIC CENTER CAROL SOFFER INDOOR PRACTICE FACILITY


The University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame welcomed eight new members on May 2, 2019, as part of its 51st induction class.

The eight members of the Class of 2019: Cesar Carrillo (baseball), Constantin Popa (men’s basketball), Scott Nicolas, Stephen McGuire, Antrel Rolle and Vince Wilfork (football), Tabia Charles Collins (track & field) and Dr, Jenny Krawec, the first-ever rowing inductee.

With the addition of the Class of 2019, 326 honorees have been inducted into the UM Sports Hall of Fame.

The UM Sports Hall of Fame was officially created on April 13, 1966, spearheaded by eight local judges of the Circuit

UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI HALL OF FAME

Court of Dade County and all UM alumni. The UM Sports Hall of Fame is house in the Tom Kearns Sports Hall of Fame Building, which opened its doors in 1989, on the UM campus adjacent to the Hecht Athletic Center.

The UM Sports Hall of Fame is a non-profit organization with the sole purpose of recognizing those student-athletes, coaches and administrators who have excelled in their sports and brought acclaim to the university through their accom-plishments and championships. All tax-deductible donations help showcase their achievements for Hurricanes’ fans to enjoy for generations to come.

EIGHT CANES COMPRISE 2019 UM HALL OF FAME CLASS

2019 UMSHoF Class (left to right): Stephen McGuire, Cesar Carrillo, Tabia Charles Collins, Constantin Popa, Dr. Jenny Krawec, Antrel Rolle and Vince Wilfork. Not pictured: Scott Nicolas


2018-19 STUDENT ATHLETE DEVELOPMENT

ENGAGEMENT REPORT

The student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) mission is to serve as a liaison between all student athletes and athleticadministration, to better enhance the student athlete overallexperience, and to unite the University of Miami athletic family.

Welcome Back BBQ Celebration International Student Athlete Welcome Workshop

Etiquette Dinner SOAR Award for Program of the Year: Celebration of Black Culture

4 ACC SAAC Conference Representatives 6 ACC Top 6 for Service Award Winners

76 Elementary School Pen Pals

We take great pride in the community and campus outreach programs our student athletes have been invested in. Their time, energy and servant leadership has provided them with a greater understanding and ability to empathize with others while making a positive impact within our local and campus communities.

2018 NCAA Community Service Division I Champions 2019 Top 10 finish (#9) among Division I schools (#2 in the ACC)

Men’s Tennis #1 among Division I Tennis Programs Football # 10 among Division I Football Programs

3,612 total Hours of Service Most Popular Outreach Events: Second Spoon, Pen Pal Program, & Best Buddies

We partner with the University of Miami’s Toppel Career Center to provide professional leadership and career development for our student athlete population.We also provide customized programs for our student athletes regarding career development: networking, resume writing, dress forsuccess, interview skills, career panels and career fairs.

2 NASCAR NationalCombine invitations 9 CitiCanes Interns 90 % of our graduating seniorshad a post-graduation plan

Baseball Networking ReceptionCitiCanes: CitiBank Internship ProgramDolphins Business CombineNASCAR Drive for Diversity CombineStudent Athlete Internship & Career FairWomen’s Basketball Networking Reception

PROGRAMS ACHIEVEMENTS

Our Leadership Development program focus’ on accountability, building confidence, personal growth, as well as collective andindividual leadership.

Hurricane 101: Student Athlete Orientation

Get Out the Vote: Voter Registration Drive

5,000 Role Models Student Athlete Panel

National Girls & Women’s In Sports Day

8 Admissions Ambassadors

7 Mental Health Ambassadors

2 It’s On Us-Sexual Assault Ambassadors

2 Black Student Athlete Summit Participants

1 ACC Mental Health Summit Student

Athlete Participate

PROGRAMS ENGAGEMENT


The University of Miami held its dedication ceremony for the Carol Soffer Indoor Practice Facility on Oct. 11, 2018.

More than 400 guests attended the dedication ceremony, which was held on the practice facility field and included re-marks from lead donor Carol Soffer, director of athletics Blake James, former head coach Mark Richt and other university officials.

“It’s a dream come true,” Soffer said. “I’ve been waiting for this for two years now. I never imagined it to be as beautiful as it is. Thanks to Coach Richt, because he really was responsi-ble for making this building sing. It’s incredible.”

The Carol Soffer Indoor Practice Facility features 75,000 square feet of high performance artificial field turf, two turf fields and approximately 90,000 square feet of floor area, which includes new football coaches’ offices, recruiting suites, team film rooms and indoor turf practice fields.

Richt and his wife Katharyn personally donated $1 million in support of the facility, which was strategically designed in conjunction with the Hecht Athletic Center to synchronize the two buildings. The football operations offices have a more effi-cient layout, minimizing steps between the weight room, locker room, coaches’ offices, film rooms and indoor and outdoor practice fields.

SOFFER INDOOR PRACTICE FACILITY OPENS

“It’s phenomenal. This exceeded anything I dreamed it could be,” Richt said. “I knew what it was going to look like all along, or at least had a vision of what it was going to look like, but the pictures don’t do it justice.”

In addition to the Soffer Family’s $14 million lead gift, Uni-versity of Miami football alumni combined to raise $2.2 million in support of the project.

“Family is one of our core values, and you see it play out with our program all the time,” James said after the ceremo-ny. “Whether it’s guys who leave here throwing up the ‘U’ or guys stepping up to make this project a reality, I think they all recognize the important need that this was for our program. It was great to see so many of them do their part.”

The Hurricanes football student-athletes have already begun reaping the benefits of the Carol Soffer Indoor Practice Facility, which had a construction time of just 14 months.

“It’s amazing. Especially from my point of view, being here [as a freshman], it was just turf right here,” football stu-dent-athlete Demetrius Jackson said. “Every time we come in here, they’re adding something. It’s amazing and a blessing for it to be finally done.”


Nine University of Miami Athlet-ics programs were recognized for perfect single-year scores of 1,000 in the 2017-18 Academic Progress Report (APR), released Wednes-day by the NCAA.

The Miami programs earning

perfect scores for the 2017-18 school year were women’s basket-ball, men’s cross country, men’s diving, golf, women’s soccer, men’s tennis, women’s tennis, men’s track and field and volleyball.

“It is a remarkable achievement

for nine of our teams to post perfect APR scores for 2017-18,” UM Director of Athletics Blake James said. “Our student-athletes continue to excel in the classroom, and our

dedicated coaches and academic staff members work tirelessly to help them achieve these results.”

Six UM programs – men’s and women’s cross country, golf, men’s and

women’s tennis and volleyball – earned perfect multi-year scores of 1,000 for the four-year period for school years from 2014-15 to 2017-18.

The Hurricanes’ baseball (978), women’s basketball (995), men’s cross

country (1,000), women’s cross country (1,000), football (970), golf (1,000),

ACADEMIC SUCCESS IN APR

women’s tennis (1,000), men’s track and field (981), women’s track and field (986) and volleyball (1,000) teams each topped their respective sports’ multi-year national averages.

The report comes a week after the Hurricanes’ men’s and women’s

cross country, golf, men’s and women’s tennis and volleyball teams each earned Public Recognition Awards from the NCAA. The Public Recognition Awards each year are bestowed upon teams finishing in the top 10 percent of their respective sports based on the most recent multi-year Academic Progress Rate.

The APR, created to be a more real-time measurement of academic

success than graduation rates, is a team-based metric through which scholarship student-athletes each term earn one point for remaining eligi-ble and one point for staying in school or graduating. This report is based on NCAA Division I APR data submitted by the institution for the 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18 academic years.

In the fall of 2011, the Division I Board of Directors approved tougher ac-

ademic standards, including setting a new standard that teams must meet to participate in postseason competition. The goal of the NCAA’s academic performance program is improvement, not punishment.

Not only does the program ensure accountability for student-athletes,

teams and institutions, but also it provides fairness by considering individ-ual circumstances per team and school. To compete in the 2019-20 post-season, teams must achieve a 930 four-year APR. NCAA members chose the 930 standard because that score predicts, on average, a 50 percent graduation rate for teams at that APR level. Additionally, teams must earn at least a 930 four-year APR to avoid penalties.

MULTI-YEAR APR RATE (2014-15 to 2017-18 school years)Baseball: 978Men’s Basketball: 963Men’s Cross Country: 1,000Football: 970Men’s Diving: 977Men’s Tennis: 1,000Men’s Track and Field: 981Women’s Basketball: 995Women’s Cross Country: 1,000Golf: 1,000Rowing: 987Soccer: 997Women’s Swimming & Diving: 991Women’s Tennis: 1,000Women’s Track & Field: 986Volleyball: 1,000


2019 ACC ACADEMIC HONOR ROLLDebbie Ajagbe ............................... Track & FieldHalle Alitz ................................................ RowingMaria Artigas Fernandez ..... Swimming & DivingErika Arvelo ............................................ RowingMorgan Asmussen ................................... SoccerBri Astorino ............................................. RowingMichelle Atherley ........................... Track & FieldFranco Aubone .........................................TennisKat Auster ............................................... RowingPablo Aycart Joya .....................................TennisFrancisco Bastias .....................................TennisBubba Baxa ........................................... FootballKolby Bird ............................................ VolleyballAl Blades Jr. .......................................... FootballAlicia Blagg .......................... Swimming & DivingKara Borden ............................................ SoccerEmmalyn Brenner ................................... RowingCarolyn Brown ............................... Track & FieldLoretta Brueckner ................................... RowingJamie Brunworth ...................................... SoccerRobert Burns ......................................... FootballRebecca Camplin ................................... RowingDejah Cason ............................................ SoccerLexi Castellano-Mugica ........................... SoccerMolly Caudery ................................ Track & FieldSlade Cecconi ...................................... BaseballCarolyn Chaney ................... Swimming & DivingLayla Claure ........................................... RowingLaura Cornelius ..................................BasketballMeredith Costello .................................... RowingJessica Courtney .................................... RowingChad Crosbie ........................................ BaseballEmily Damon ....................................... VolleyballSelina Dantzler .............................. Track & FieldClaudia DeAntonio ........................................GolfAdrian Del Castillo ................................ BaseballAnne den Otter .............................. Track & FieldCameron Dobbs .................................. VolleyballMeghan Doyle ........................................ RowingNick Ducheine ....................................... FootballDane Dunlap .............................................TennisTia Dupont ............................................... SoccerSara Duque ......................................... VolleyballBrittny Ellis ..................................... Track & FieldWilly Escala .......................................... BaseballDaniel Federman .................................. BaseballKristina Fisher .......................................... SoccerSamuel Fleischman ....................... Track & FieldSelena Fortich ......................................... SoccerSierra Frey ............................................... SoccerKristyna Frydlova ..........................................GolfIsabella Gentil ................................ Track & FieldSamantha Gonzalez ...................... Track & FieldWilliam Grattan-Smith ...............................TennisRenate Grimstad ..........................................GolfMillie Haffety ........................ Swimming & DivingSean Hagert .................................. Track & FieldSara Hansen ........................................... RowingKathleen Hanson .................................... Rowing

Gudrun Haralz ......................................... SoccerKai-Leon Herbert ................................... FootballWillie Herenton ...................................BasketballPriscilla Hernandez .............................. VolleyballEmese Hof ..........................................BasketballMackenzie Holmgren .............................. RowingSerena Hou ..................................................GolfRiley Howard ............................... Cross CountryWilliam Huggins ..................................... FootballEbuka Izundu ......................................BasketballClay James ............................................ FootballBojan Jankulovski .....................................TennisLaura Johnson ........................................ RowingAlison Johnson .............................. Track & FieldJaquan Johnson .................................... FootballCaitlin Kaplan ......................................... RowingNiloufar Karamatpanah ........................... RowingEmily Kean ............................................. RowingMichaela Kerin ........................................ RowingSydney Knapp ..................... Swimming & DivingAutumn Kramer ...................................... RowingTiffany Kudo ........................................... RowingTaylor Kuligowski .................................... RowingEmma Langlois .............................. Track & FieldMadeline Lauther ................ Swimming & DivingJared Lee ....................................... Track & FieldSabina Lewis .......................................... RowingJackie Lippincott ..................................... RowingLauren Locke ................................. Track & FieldGabriella Lopez ...................................... RowingSherry Lubin .................................. Track & FieldElias Lugo-Fagundo .............................. FootballElizaveta Lukianova ............................. VolleyballMolly Lynch .............................................. SoccerAnthony Mack .....................................BasketballAna Madcur ..............................................TennisHayden Mahoney .................................. FootballLauren Markwith ...................................... SoccerKelsey Marshall ..................................BasketballMadeline Martinez .................................. RowingHannah Marwede .................................... SoccerLucia Marzal .............................................TennisZorry Mason ........................ Swimming & DivingAlbert Maury Jr. ................................... BaseballGrace McGinnis ................... Swimming & DivingClaire McGinnis ................... Swimming & DivingEvan McKendry .................................... BaseballChris McMahon .................................... BaseballBar Milo ................................................. FootballEden Mindel ............................................ RowingSarah Mortensen ................................BasketballAriana Munoz .......................................... SoccerJimmy Murphy ....................................... FootballTyler Murphy .......................................... FootballCatherine Notarfrancesco ....................... RowingDalanda Ouendeno ................................. SoccerLucia Pampana .................................... VolleyballMichael Parrott ...................................... FootballKatarzyna Pasternak .............................. Rowing

Amuru Patterson ............................ Track & FieldAriannie Peña-Aleman ............................ RowingEstela Perez-Somarriba ...........................TennisGlorianna Perrotte .................................. RowingN’Kosi Perry ........................................... FootballDaria Pietropaolo ........................... Track & FieldMark Pope ............................................. FootballKhaila Prather .....................................BasketballCamden Price ........................................ FootballShaq Quarterman .................................. FootballIsaac Quiñones ..................................... BaseballBri Racanelli ........................................... RowingAnastasia Ray ........................................ RowingOlivia Raymond ........................... Cross CountryRyan Rizk .............................................. FootballDaniella Roldan ........................................TennisHannah Rosa .......................................... RowingAlex Ruiz .............................................. BaseballAnna Runia .................................... Track & FieldPeyton Russell ............................... Track & FieldMaisie Baker ............................................ SoccerJulia Saltonstall ....................................... RowingCarmen San Nicolas ............ Swimming & DivingAbigail Scharf ......................................... RowingLauren Schiffenhaus .................... Cross CountryAbigail Schwenger .................................. RowingMichael Scibelli ...................................... FootballShelly Sclater .......................................... RowingChandler Sensibaugh .......... Swimming & DivingSadie Shireman ...................................... RowingKatie Sickinger ..................... Swimming & DivingHannah Sorensen ................................ VolleyballPaul Spada .................................... Track & FieldJack Spicer ............................................ FootballTyree St. Louis ....................................... FootballDarian Stephenson ................................ FootballVictoria Stewart ...................................... RowingMaren Stickley ........................................ RowingLauren Stolz .................................. Track & FieldOlivia Sullivan ................................ Track & FieldDylan Sykes ................................... Track & FieldIsaiah Taylor .................................. Track & FieldHaley Templeton .................................. VolleyballCeline Thompson .......................... Track & FieldLuis Tuero ............................................. BaseballPhallon Tullis-Joyce ................................. SoccerBrian Van Belle ..................................... BaseballDJ Vasiljevic .......................................BasketballAnthony Vilar ........................................ BaseballDemetra Vlahos ...................................... RowingSimone Vreeland ........................... Track & FieldShawn Walker ....................................... FootballDewi Weber ..................................................GolfAna Weed ............................................... RowingEmily Weissman .................. Swimming & DivingTessa White-Parsons .............................. RowingMatthew Wiefels ............................ Track & FieldSamuel York .......................................... FootballRoxanne Yu ......................... Swimming & Diving


ACC NETWORK

The University of Miami’s broadcast video department pro-duced a record number of digital broadcasts for ESPN during the 2018-19 school year. UM’s video services department produced 91 digital broadcasts for ESPN last season for use on ACC Network Extra and other platforms.

In the past three years, Miami has generated over 320 live ESPN events through its in-house broadcast crew.

UM completed multi-million dollar renovations ot its broadcast facilities in preparation for the launch of the ACC Netwrok in the fall of 2019. The renovations allow for the broadcast of linear events on various ESPN networks while simultaneously producing video board and digital events in our secondary control room.

All home soccer, volleyball, men’s and women’s basketball and baseball games were broadcast either digitally via ACC Network Extra or on a linear network (ESPN, ESPN 2, ES-PNU, FSN or Raycom).

Among the digital broadcasts from the 2018-19 school year:• Eight women’s soccer matches• 11 volleyball matches• Five men’s basketball games• 16 women’s basketball games• 34 baseball games• Six men’s tennis matches• Six women’s tennis matches• Two track & field meets

Additionally, UM’s new linear control room was used to broadcast five events across ESPN’s linear networks, which provided a great opportunity to prepare for the launch of the ACC Network this fall: • Four men’s basketball games (1 ESPNU, 3 ESPN2) • One women’s basketball game (ESPN2)

In addition to the ESPN productions, Miami also managed in-house video board shows for all on-campus events:

• 17 men’s basketball video board shows• 22 women’s basketball video board shows• 34 baseball video board shows

UM’s crew also produced 24 episodes of The Coach Mark Richt Show and Hurricane GameDay for air on FOX Sports Florida, My33 and UM’s social media platforms.


HURRICANE CLUBB U I L D I N G C H A M P I O N S

JESSE H. MARKSSr. Associate AD for Development

CHRIS COHEN Associate AD for Development

ALFONSO RESTREPO Director of Development for Major Gifts

PARKER POLIAKOFFDirector of Development

JON GOMBINSKI Director of Development for Annual Giving

MACKENZIE MCCURDY Assistant Director of Development

RICK REMMERT Assistant AD of Alumni Programs

JESSICA GREEN Assistant Director for Alumni Programs

CRYSTAL DEMPS Sr. Administrative Assistant

With the exceptional support of our Hurricanes’ fans and donors, the Hurricane Club raised over $15.8 million in cash and commitments in 2018-2019. All donations directly supported the annual fund, capital projects and endowment. These gifts directly impact our 400+ student-athletes’ experiences at the University of Miami.

The Hurricane Club, in its first year with a new annual fund structure, raised $6.3 million in philanthropic donations, an increase of 17% compared to 2017-2018. With exclusive Student Impact Donation benefits such as: Hurricane Club Speaker Series, VIP hospitality access to the Hurricane Club Lounge for all home men’s basketball games, and exclusive parking access, there is still time to enhance your membership for 2019. To learn more, please visit umbuildingchampions.com.

On October 11, 2018, the Hurricane Club hosted the grand-opening of the Carol Soffer Indoor Practice Facility. The 100,000 square foot state-of-the-art facility is one of the premier indoor facilities in the country. Because of the generous support of our donors, Miami Athletics can provide the best training environment for our football program and provides a much-needed facility for all of our 400+ student-athletes.

In its fifth year, the Celebration of Women’s Athletics was held on February 3, 2019 to honor UM’s outstanding female student-athletes and raised a record $530,000 in support of our women’s athletic teams. To learn more, please visit www.buildingwomenchampions.com.

You are an important piece of our U family and we truly appreciate your continued support of Miami Athletics. Without your passion and generosity, none of this would be possible! Thank you!

Go Canes!

THE HURRICANE CLUB THANKS OUR FANS & DONORS!


HURRICANE CLUBB U I L D I N G C H A M P I O N S

THE IMPACT OF YOUR HURRICANE CLUB DONATION

YOU ARE

A T T H EBUILDING CHAMPIONS

Your gifts transform the lives of our student-athletes.We invite you to watch the videos below to see how you are Building Champions at The U!

Carol Soffer Indoor Practice Facility Grand Opening:A Building that is Transformational for UM Athletics

Graduation Day: The Dream of a College Degree Realized

National Champions:Elite Athletics & Standards


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