Post College opportunities

[OUvaulterUSAF]

Sorry for the long email but us military have to move every so often, however I do have a choice. I'm going off to be an AFROTC instructor but I am basing my decision on what type of support structure I can get as a post college mediocre vaulter. Any coaches have clubs that are connected to the following schools and willing to take on a hard working vaulter?

Here is the list:

DET UNIVERSITY LOCATION # REQ

001* UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE 1

014 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA MOBILE 2

025 ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY TEMPLE 1

027 NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY FLAGSTAFF 1

028* EMBRY-RIDDLE AERO UNIVERSITY PRESCOTT 1

030 UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FAYETTEVILLE 1

045* SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY SAN JOSE 1

055* UCLA LOS ANGELES 1

075 SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY SAN DIEGO 2

085* UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-BERKELEY BERKELEY 1

088 CALFORNIA STATE – SACRAMENTO SACRAMENTO 1

090 COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FT COLLINS 2

105* UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO–BOULDER BOULDER 2

130 HOWARD UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON DC 1

145* FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY TALLAHASSEE 2

150* UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA GAINESVILLE 2

155* UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI CORAL GABLES 1

157* EMRY-RIDDLE AERO UNIVERSITY DAYTONA BEACH 4

160 UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA ATHENS 1

172* VALDOSTA STATE UNIVERSITY VALDOSTA 1

175 UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII HONOLULU 2

195 ILLINOIS INSTR OF TECHNOLOGY CHICAGO 2

205 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY CARBONDALE 2

207 ST LOUIS UNIVERSITY ST LOUIS 2

220 PURDUE UNIVERSITY LAFAYETTE 2

225* UNIVERSITY OF NORTE DAME NOTRE DAME 1

250* IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY AMES 1

255* UNIVERSITY OF IOWA IOWA CITY 1

270 KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY MANHATTAN 1

290 UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY LEXINGTON 2

295* UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE LOUISVILLE 1

330 UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK 3

345 UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS – LOWELL LOWELL 1

370 UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS – AMHERST ANHERST 1

390 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN ANN ARBOR 1

400 MICHIGAN TECH UNIVERSITY HOUGHTON 1

410* UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS ST PAUL 2

415 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA – TWIN CITIES MINNEAPOLIS 1

420 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA-DULUTH DULUTH 2

432 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI HATTIESBURG 1

440 UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI COLUMBIA COLUMBIA 1

475 UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE DURNHAM 1

490* NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECH NEWARK 1

505 NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY LAS CRUCES 1

535 SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY SYRACUSE 1

550 RENSSELAER POLY TECH INSTITUTE TROY 1

560* MANHATTAN COLLEGE BRONX 1

592* UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA-CHARLOTTE CHAROLOTTE 1

595* NORTH CAROLINA STATE RALEIGH 2

607 FAYETTEVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY FAYETTEVILLE 2

630 KENT STATE UNIVERSITY KENT 2

640 MIAMI UNIVERSITY OXFORD 1

643* WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY DAYTON 1

665* UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI CINCINNATI 1

675 UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA NORMAN 1

720* THE PENNSLYANIA STATE UNIVERSITY STATE COLLEGE 2

750* ST JOSEPH’S UNIVERSITY PHILADELPHIA 1

752* WILKES UNIVERSITY WILKES BARRE 1

755 UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO-RICO/RIO PIEDRAS SAN JUAN 1

765 THE CITADEL CHARLESTON 4

770* CLEMSON UNIVERSITY CLEMSON 1

775* UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA COLUMBIA 1

780 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY BROOKINGS 1

785 UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS MEMPHIS 1

800* UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE KNOXVILLE 1

805 TEXAS A & M COLLEGE STATION 3

820* TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY LUBBOCK 1

835 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS DENTON 1

842* UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS-SAN ANTONIO SAN ANTONIO 2

845 TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY FORT WORTH 1

847* ANGELO STATE UNIVERSITY SAN ANGELO 1

850 UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SALT LAKE CITY 2

855 BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY PROVO 1

867* NORWICH UNIVERSITY NORTHFIELD 2

875* VIRGINIA TECH BLACKSBURG 2

880 VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE LEXINGTON 3

890* UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA CHARLOTTESVILLE 2

895 CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ELLENSBURG 1

905 WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY PULLMAN 2

910 UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SEATTLE 1

940 UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING LARAMIE 1

[swtvault]

Dude,

Can't go wrong with UCLA. AC is the real deal. Also, Texas Tech has a real good foundation lots of good vaulters. I would be willing to bet Coach Hood would gladly let you share practice time with his guys and gals. At SWT he was always forthcoming with guest vaulters, and even coached them and use poles for free! I think that would be a great group to tap into.

[rainbowgirl28]

Coach James at UGA has a club. George Rodriguez has a club in Fort Worth , TX (same city as TCU).

[Decamouse]

Other than 400 - not much there for track - the rest all have possibilities -all depends on your schedule - commute time - etc. - I seemed to find places wherever I got transferred -

[vaultin chris]

i used to be in AFROTC my frosh year at UC and the office overlooked the track. Now that buildin is a parking garage and that track currently doesnt exist, but it'll be back in comission in August, hopefully beter than ever

[vaultmd]

At UC Davis, the ROTC office is actually closer to the track than the locker room, and they leave the pits out almost year 'round. Can't say there are a bunch of active open vaulters there, though although many live in the Sacramento area.

[OUvaulterUSAF]

thanks y'all, i've narrowed down my choices to 3.

is SWT, Texas State now?

[rainbowgirl28]

thanks y'all, i've narrowed down my choices to 3.

is SWT, Texas State now?

Yes, much to the disgust of everyone in San Marcos. Kris has a great club in San Marcos, I am spending the summer there

[OUvaulterUSAF]

Ok so I didn't get my top 3 choices, UCLA being one of them.

Here's the stuff that is leftover:

Univ Southern Alabama
Northern Arizona
Univ Central Florida
Purdue
Univ Iowa
Worcester Poly Tech Inst.
Univ Missouria-Columbia
Clarkson Univ
St Joseph's - Philly
Wilkes Univ.
South Dakota
Norwich
VMI

I was thinking, Northern AZ which is close to Sky athletics, Purdue, Iowa, Mizzou, or WPI. Does anyone know the coaches at these schools and what the likelihood of letting a post-college athlete practice? I will be considered faculty if that helps.

any ideas would be appreciated.

[RoySloppy]

Wilkes University is in Wilkes-Barre, PA, my hometown, and i believe they are cutting or have cut the AFROTC program due to low enrollment numbers, plus theres no where to vault there either. and the city is gross. so dont go there.

[ashcraftpv]

Purdue just got a new head coach, but I know the vault coach there. His name is Rodney Zuyderwyk ( http://purduesports.collegesports.com/s ... ney00.html ) . He's a good guy and knows the vault pretty well. The vault facilities there are great too. ( http://www.purduepv.com/fac.php ). He can be contacted at zuyderwyk@purdue.edu

I'm a bit biased because I graduated from there, but its a great campus and has excellent academics.

[OUvaulterUSAF]

Purdue just got a new head coach, but I know the vault coach there. His name is Rodney Zuyderwyk ( http://purduesports.collegesports.com/s ... ney00.html ) . He's a good guy and knows the vault pretty well. The vault facilities there are great too. ( http://www.purduepv.com/fac.php ). He can be contacted at zuyderwyk@purdue.edu

I'm a bit biased because I graduated from there, but its a great campus and has excellent academics.

Aah, somebody contact the AFROTC Det commander at Purdue and tell them I need to come to this school! Those are outstanding facilities, where were you on my original post?

Oh well, keep your fingers crossed I may get it.