1. Tavares High School Freshmen Athletic Night
Principal: Dr. Janice Boyd Athletic Directors: Greg Raczkowski and Nikki Sauerbrey
Tavares High School Freshmen Athletic Night

2. Topics to be Discussed Outline Sports seasons
Requirements to be cleared for participation.
Eligibility (High School and College)
Athletic Boosters
Sports and Coaches
Topics to be Discussed

3. Sports Seasons Fall (August-November) Winter (November-February)
Spring (Mid-Jaunuary-May)
Cross Country
Basketball
Track and Field
Swimming
Boys/Girls Soccer
Baseball
Volleyball
Girls Weightlifting
Boys Weightlifting
Bowling
Competitive Cheerleading
Softball
Football
Cheerleading
Golf
Sports Seasons

4. Requirements for Participations
Athletic Requirements
Athletic Packets: Athletic Packets are available in the front office, Athletic Trainer office, as well as in Coach Raczkowski’s classroom (once school starts).
The packet must be filled out completely prior to getting a physical. Once the physical is completed, the packet should be turned in to Coach Raczkowski, or Ms. Scott, our Athletic Trainer. In the past, packets have been turned in to multiple people, so we are eliminating the packets changing of hands and losing of the packets.
24 Hour rule: If a student turns in an athletic packet, there is a 24 hour rule as to when they will be cleared for participation.

5. Eligibility for College
Division I
16 Core Courses
*10 core courses must be completed by the end of 10th grade.
Corresponding test score (ACT or SAT combined score)**
Minimum GPA**
Graduate from high school
**Sliding scale is applied to GPA and test score to be eligible.
16 Core Courses
4 English
3 Math
2 science
1 additional math, science, English
2 years Social Studies
4 years of additional courses (any area above, foreign language, or comparative religion/philosophy).
Eligibility for College

6. Eligibility (continued)
Division II,III, NAIA
16 Core Courses (same as DI)
Minimum SAT score of 820 and ACT score of 18.
Minimum GPA of 2.2 (beginning August, 2018).
Scholarships are much more scarce in DII, DIII, and NAIA, so academic scholarships are awarded
Eligibility (continued)

7. Grade Requirements Requirements
The percentage of athletes who will go Division I is less than 2%.
Majority of athletes will go to a Division II, III or NAIA college, meaning academic scholarships are awarded to compensate for less athletic scholarships.
Higher the GPA and test scores, the more $$$ that will come to your son/daughter!
Grade
Requirements

8. Student Comparisons Student 2: 2.2 GPA No Test Score
Student 1: GPA SAT Score: 1700
Earlham
Adrian College
Cornell
Concordia
Ohio Northern
Methodist University
Utica
N.C. Wesleyan
Hiram College
Wisconsin-Lutheran University
Baldwin Wallace
Wittenberg
Wilmington
Student 2: 2.2 GPA No Test Score
Weber College
Methodist University
Student Comparisons

9. Athletic Boosters About Boosters:
Athletic Boosters is an organization that helps promote the monetary stability of sports at Tavares High School.
In the last two years, the boosters has raised over 32,000 for our sports.
Meetings are held once per month (typically on Mondays at 6:00 pm).
Without getting more and more people involved (same 5-6 parents have been involved for the last 5 years), the Boosters will dissolve once these parents son or daughter graduates.
Without an organization fundraising, it will cause distress to the athletic teams, and parents will have to pay more out of pocket to play sports at THS.
Athletic Boosters

10. Coaches Sport Head Coach Boys Golf
Coach Dustin Hansen
Girls Golf
Coach Matt Booker
Football
Coach Scott
Boys/Girls Cross Country
Coach Tony Segreto
Volleyball
Coach April Smith
Boys Soccer
TBD
Girls Soccer
Coach Catie Koller
Boys Basketball
Coach Barry Durosier
Girls Basketball
Coach Marcus Hawkins
Bowling
Coach Ken Carmickle
Girls Weightlifting
Coach Jordan Tamlage
Boys Weightlifting
Coach DJ Fernandez
Baseball
Coach Danny Light
Boys Track
Coach Charles Cerney
Girls Track
Coach Seth Jackson
Swimming
Coach Nick Johnson (johnsonn3lake.k12.fl.us)
Softball
Cheerleading
Coaches