All things FSU: May 2017

Wednesday, May 31, 2017

Excitement builds as $100 million Moran gift comes to life at FSU

http://www.fsunews.com/story/news/2017/06/04/100-million-jim-moran-gift-comes-life-fsu/362798001/

http://news.fsu.edu/news/2017/05/31/excitement-builds-100-million-moran-gift-comes-life-fsu/

A year and a half after Jan Moran and The Jim Moran Foundation gifted a record $100 million to Florida State University, the support already is transforming the university and creating opportunities for students and business owners for generations to come.
The gift’s positive impact is gaining momentum across campus and beyond. The 22-year-old Jim Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship has expanded its reach around Florida as a lifeline for small business owners; the new Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship has accepted its first class of students and will start teaching courses this fall; and the headquarters for this nationally unique model of entrepreneurial education is taking shape in downtown Tallahassee.
The renovation of the FSU Jim Moran Building — future home to both programs — should be done by the end of the year. On a recent morning, a worker in an aerial lift bucket leaned into an oversized hammer drill and bored holes in concrete walls that will support an east-facing bank of windows.
From this vantage point inside the headquarters, those windows will frame a view of the morning sun rising over the Jim Moran Building. It’s a new day for the longtime goals of a visionary business owner who dreamed of making entrepreneurial education more accessible not just at FSU, but across the nation.
“That’s the original vision Jim Moran had in 1995 when he formed the Jim Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship,” said Randy Blass, the program’s executive director. “This entrepreneurial training needed to be at no cost to business owners. He believed there should not be a price barrier to gaining access to expertise.”
Susan Fiorito, director of FSU’s Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship, said she can feel a buzz of excitement.
“Everyone is thrilled,” said Fiorito, an entrepreneur herself who once owned retail stores in Atlanta. “The students are excited. They view it as a wonderful opportunity. We’re very lucky to be the beneficiary of such extraordinary generosity from Jan Moran and The Jim Moran Foundation.”
Automotive legend and philanthropist Jim Moran, who died in 2007 at the age of 88, dedicated his energy and focus to building greater opportunity for business owners. In 1995, Moran’s $1 million gift to Florida State made that happen with the help of Melvin Stith, dean of the FSU College of Business at that time, who successfully launched the Jim Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship.

Twenty years later in December 2015, Jan Moran announced the $100 million gift to FSU to establish the Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship and bring to life her husband’s dream for entrepreneurial education.
“Jim believed, ‘The future belongs to those who prepare for it,’” she said. “When the Jim Moran Institute was created in 1995, it made him so happy and he said then, ‘It’s exciting and satisfying to know that we can help the next generation of entrepreneurs start preparing now.’”
That preparation is underway at FSU and across Florida.
The Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship has enrolled 80 undergraduates in its first class. The students will earn a bachelor’s degree in either commercial or social entrepreneurship. The FSU Panama City campus offers the major in commercial entrepreneurship.
A team of dozens of stakeholders has created the curriculum, including FSU’s entrepreneurs in residence, faculty with applicable expertise and people from the community. Most exciting, Fiorito believes, is the interdisciplinary nature of the program.
“There is no other contribution that has affected the whole university, all 42,000 students,” Fiorito said. “This gift can touch the lives of every student. To have the opportunity to start a business, enter entrepreneurship competitions, get direction and mentorship from successful entrepreneurs and work with global education — that’s big.”
The gift has awarded grants to 13 student businesses; expanded prize money for the “InNOLEvation Challenge,” a competition for student-run businesses; increased the number of students who can travel expense-free to entrepreneurship conferences and competitions; and helped student entrepreneurs succeed.
The Jim Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship in the College of Business also celebrated significant results in the past year and a half. It opened permanent offices in Fort Lauderdale and Jacksonville and both have full-time staff leading programs. Next, the program is considering expanding to the Tampa-St. Petersburg area.
Plans have been completed to move the annual Business and Leadership Conference from South Florida to Orlando next year to make it centrally located and more accessible to a broader statewide and national audience.
The gift has bolstered the vital work of the “Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans” as well. The camp teaches veterans with disabilities how to develop or improve businesses. A second similar program shows caregivers of veterans with disabilities how to run a small business out of their home so they can generate income for their family and have flexibility to care for their loved one. Both are special priorities for Blass, a veteran, and Mrs. Moran.
“It’s easy to get fired up about these programs because it’s not a common story,” Blass said. “It’s a wonderful example of what philanthropy can accomplish, especially when it has a strategic sense of how it’s structured and what it aims to accomplish.”
College of Business Dean Michael Hartline said the Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship and Jim Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship have become Florida’s preeminent sources of education and training for entrepreneurs.
“The transformative power of the $100 million gift from Jan Moran and The Jim Moran Foundation has pushed Florida State to the forefront of entrepreneurial education and further expanded the entrepreneurial ecosystem throughout the state of Florida and the nation,” he said.
Fiorito said the gift will help instill a confident, can-do mindset among participants.
“We want every student to graduate from Florida State University with the skills to be able to figure out how to solve problems rather than responding, ‘That’s not my job. Let someone else solve it,’” Fiorito said. “Entrepreneurial thinking focuses on persistence and figuring out ways to solve problems. That’s what we want, and that’s what Jan Moran and The Jim Moran Foundation are making possible through their gift.”
About the Jim Moran School of EntrepreneurshipIn December 2015, Florida State University announced the creation of the nation’s largest interdisciplinary, degree-granting school of entrepreneurship, the Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship, as part of a major gift from Jan Moran and The Jim Moran Foundation. Students will participate in traditional case study learning along with innovative hands-on application and experiences. Students accepted in the inaugural 2017-2018 class will graduate with a Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts in entrepreneurship.
About the Jim Moran Institute for Global EntrepreneurshipThe Jim Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship cultivates, trains and inspires entrepreneurial leaders through world-class executive education, applied training, public recognition and leading-edge research.
Jim Moran was an automotive pioneer and an entrepreneur at heart, who at the age of seven, sold soda pop at sandlot baseball diamonds in Chicago. With a career that spanned more than six decades, he built an amazing chronicle of achievements in the automobile industry.
His vision for the Jim Moran Institute was to provide opportunities that would help others become more successful business owners. A 1995 contribution from Jim and Jan Moran and JM Family Enterprises established the Jim Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship at the Florida State University College of Business. Since 2011, further enhancements to the Jim Moran Institute and its outreach have been made possible by Jan Moran and The Jim Moran Foundation.
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The renovation of the FSU Jim Moran Building is at its halfway point. The 20,000 square foot, three-story building — which dates to the 19th century — will be the headquarters for the Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship and the Jim Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship.

Shane McKenzie and Marc Hamilton are both strapped into an aerial lift bucket 30 feet in the air as Hamilton grasps an oversized Makita drill with a 22-inch bit to bore holes in concrete walls. They are preparing the walls to support a bank of east-facing windows that will stretch from the ground to the top of the 20,000 sq. ft. building.

Marc Hamilton handles an oversized Makita drill equipped with a 22-inch bit to bore holes in concrete walls that will support an east-facing bank of windows stretching from the ground to the top of the building.

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Sunday, May 28, 2017

New All Saints development

Near College Town

http://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2017/05/26/shipping-container/345497001/

When Paul Bradshaw was deciding what to do with the strip of shops and restaurants along Railroad Avenue he bought last year, he wanted something that embraced the neighborhood’s industrial past as well as its bohemian vibe.

“The area has deep industrial roots and was the city’s first development because of its proximity to the railroad depot,” Bradshaw said over coffee on a recent morning.
And then it struck him.
Shipping containers.
Bradshaw, a longtime lobbyist and real estate developer, is proposing to build The Freight Yard, a 28-unit apartment complex with retail along Railroad Avenue. It will be made entirely of used shipping containers and have 230 solar panels on the roofs of the buildings.
Bradshaw has recruited Wes James, a Phoenix-based architect who has become one of the top designers of container-based office and apartment buildings.

Masonry stacks connecting the three-story container towers will have street art commissioned by the same world-class artists that created Wynwood Walls in Miami, he said.
It’s the latest trend in urban and sustainable architecture, and Bradshaw hopes his project will inspire others to follow suit.
“This is a project that for 150 miles around people will travel to see,” said Joe Berg, president of the All Saints District Community Association.
It also will fill a gap in the current housing market, said Lucas Lindsey, co-founder of the DOMI Station business incubator across the street.

“My take is that there is a real lack of urban housing for young professionals,” Lindsey said. “I am happy to see someone do something creative and different to fill the gap of professional housing in an urban context. Anecdotally, I see a real need for that. I look around and don’t see housing options I would want.”
Bradshaw plans to submit preliminary designs in the coming weeks. Once the project goes through the planning and permitting hurdles, Bradshaw hopes to break ground on the first phase by October, with a completion date by next June.
The first phase will be limited to 12 apartments and parking and cost about $1.5 million. Each unit will be about 700 square feet and priced lower than what’s currently on the market in the surrounding neighborhood.

Blue Dog Project

The project is one of many launched by Blue Dog Investments, a Havana-based company formed by Bradshaw and his wife, Sally Bradshaw. Both are longtime political consultants who served as aides to former governors.
Through Blue Dog, the couple has bought 20 properties in Leon County since 2002 for a combined $12 million, property records show. Their projects include the Southern Porch on College Avenue downtown, 1123 Midtown (where Sally Bradshaw opened the Midtown Reader) and Kool Beanz Cafe on Thomasville Road, and properties on West Tennessee Street.
The complex will be built on a 1.5-acre parcel bought from the Nahoom family last June for $2.45 million. For decades, F. Joseph Nahoom ran American Restaurant supply out of the building now occupied by Bread and Roses Kitchen and Food Cooperative.

The property also is home to the Side Bar lounge, Merv’s and All Saints Cafe.
Bradshaw said he is negotiating with the current tenants to try to accommodate them so they can continue to operate in their current locations.
“I have a strong commitment to keep them onsite,” Bradshaw said.
He also said he is committed to local businesses and plans to not have any national tenants.
The Freight Yard is the most ambitious project by Blue Dog thus far, and the most ambitious use of shipping containers Bradshaw said he’s aware of because it combines residential with retail while simultaneously reducing its carbon footprint.
“Having people living above commercial and retail is the holy grail,” he said.
Shipping containers have caught on in recent years as inexpensive and reusable building materials that can be stacked into a number of different configurations. New York Times architecture and design blogger Allison Arieff called them “the 21st century’s brick.”

They’ve been used for office and living space to restaurants and artist colonies. Starbucks has even embraced the containers as a building material.
One of the more famous is Container Park in Las Vegas. Developed by Zappos.com founder Tony Hsieh, it includes galleries, boutique shopping, bars, restaurants and live entertainment.
Another project, the Box Office in Providence, Rhode Island, assembled 32 shipping containers into a dozen offices and studios

College Town Firewall

The zoning allows Bradshaw to build up to 100 units as high as five stories, but he decided to dial it way back so it could serve as a transitional buffer between the large scale projects creeping down College Town toward the All Saints district.
“This is a game-changer,” said Berg, whose association represents 100 businesses, property owners and tenants.
“We sort of set out two years ago to stop College Town from spilling over and taking over the whole area,” Berg said.

At the time, Berg had no idea Bradshaw was out there.
“He decided to do something cool that hasn’t been done in the region,” Berg said.
He’s also glad to hear that Bradshaw is committed to local business and making housing that will be affordable to middle-income folks.
“It proves that you can take a risk in development and still make it work,” Berg said. “He could have sold to a hotel and cashed out. This just proves that the right developers are out there when we say what we want.”

Architect's drawing of aerial view of the Freight Yard

Architect's drawing of aerial view of the Freight Yard

Architectural rendering of the Freight Yard.

Saturday, May 27, 2017

FSU top state’s legislative alumni

http://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/politics/2016/12/31/fsu-uf-top-states-legislative-alumni/96050622/

Heading into the 2017 legislative session, Florida State University can claim educational ties to 26 members of the House and Senate, while 24 lawmakers have links with the University of Florida.
Less than a third of the 160 lawmakers can be claimed by the two universities designated as “pre-eminent” institutions by the state.
Overall, 85 lawmakers have attended or earned degrees from Florida’s 12 public universities, according to biographical data listed by the House and Senate.
Some members are counted twice because they attended more than one school. For instance, House Public Integrity & Ethics Chairman Larry Metz, R-Yalaha, has an undergraduate degree from UF and a law degree from FSU.
Behind FSU and UF are the University of Central Florida, with ties to nine lawmakers and the University of South Florida with six members.

Florida A&M University, Florida International University and the University of North Florida each have ties to five members.
The University of West Florida and Florida Gulf Coast University each have ties to two members. Florida Atlantic University has one.
No members cited educational ties to New College of Florida or Florida Polytechnic University.
Alumni ties can help elevate a university’s profile and priorities in the Legislature, with the biggest boost coming from lawmakers in key committee chairmanships or leadership posts.
But the two leaders at the top for the next two years have no direct educational ties to Florida’s public universities.
Senate President Joe Negron, a Stuart Republican who is promoting a series of policy and funding issues aimed at improving the university system, holds an undergraduate degree from Stetson University, a law degree from Emory University and a master’s degree from Harvard.
House Speaker Richard Corcoran, R-Land O’Lakes, has an undergraduate degree from St. Leo University in Pasco County and a law degree from Regent University in Virginia.

In other key positions, Rep. Carlos Trujillo, a Miami Republican and FSU law graduate, leads the House Appropriations Committee.
Rep. Elizabeth Porter, a Lake City Republican and FSU graduate, leads the House Post-Secondary Education Subcommittee, which will handle higher-education policy bills.
In the Senate, Bill Galvano, a Bradenton Republican who has an undergraduate degree from UF and a law degree from the University of Miami, is chairman of the Senate budget subcommittee that oversees university funding.
Sen. Jack Latvala, a Clearwater Republican and Stetson graduate, is the Senate budget chairman, while Sen. Anitere Flores, a Miami Republican who has an undergraduate degree from Florida International University and law degree from UF, is the panel’s vice-chairwoman.
Sen. Greg Steube, a Sarasota Republican who has undergraduate and law degrees from UF, will play a key role during the session as chairman of the Judiciary Committee, which is expected to be involved in legislation that would allow people with concealed-weapons licenses to carry guns on campuses. Most university leaders oppose the “campus carry” legislation.
Florida State University President John Thrasher, a former House speaker, said ties to lawmakers are important to the schools, noting the role he and former Senate President Jim King, R-Jacksonville, played in advancing FSU’s agenda, including the creation of a medical school.
“It’s extraordinarily important,” Thrasher said, adding he is pleased by FSU’s contingent of 18 House members and eight senators in the 2017 session.
But Thrasher, who also served as a state senator, said the influence of alumni tends to even out over time.
“Everybody has had their turn,” Thrasher said. “But you know what, higher education is the ultimate thing. And I think everybody in the House and Senate leadership care about higher education, so we feel like we’re going to do fine.”
Sen. Rob Bradley, a Fleming Island Republican who has undergraduate and law degrees from UF, has been a staunch supporter of Florida.
“Certainly, I want to see the University of Florida succeed,” Bradley said. “I’m a third-generation alumnus and proud Gator.”
Bradley said promoting the interests of a school like UF helps not only students but the state as a whole as the institution has a positive impact on Florida’s economy.
“I think a great University of Florida leads to a great state,” Bradley said.
Another higher-education perspective in the session will come from the youngest House member, Rep. Amber Mariano, R-Hudson, a 21-year-old who is four classes short of her political-science degree from the University of Central Florida.
Mariano, who will serve on committees involved with university funding and policy legislation, said she can offer an informed view on issues like financial aid and Bright Futures scholarships.
“I have first-hand knowledge about what these numbers look like and how they are applicable to students,” Mariano said.
Mariano, who plans to finish her degree by taking online classes, said her views as a student are representative of university students across the state.
“Whatever affects me at UCF also affects people at UF and FSU,” she said. “My perspective comes from UCF, but Bright Futures is the same all across the state and the same with most of the other issues.”
Rep. Ramon Alexander, a Tallahassee Democrat who also serves on key House higher-education committees, said as a Florida A&M University graduate and former student body president, he can offer a perspective for schools that have more unique or nontraditional roles.
“I don’t believe there is a one-size-fits-all approach to higher education in Florida or education in general,” said Alexander, whose district includes the FAMU campus and a portion of FSU. “I think New College has a very unique mission and serves a very specific role and Florida A&M University has a very unique mission.
“We need to work towards that spirit. And when we do that, we embrace the unique nature and makeup of Florida.”

Braddock named dean of College of Motion Picture Arts

https://news.fsu.edu/news/university-news/2017/05/23/braddock-named-dean-college-motion-picture-arts/

Florida State University Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Sally McRorie has appointed Reb Braddock as the new dean of the College of Motion Picture Arts, effective June 1.
Braddock has served twice as the college’s interim dean, most recently since January. One of the architects of FSU’s film school, he has been with the program since the Florida Legislature created it in 1989.
McRorie called Braddock the right person to lead the film school into the future.
“Reb Braddock is a very accomplished and much-admired teacher in the College of Motion Picture Arts,” McRorie said. “Faculty members have rallied around him and urged the university to select him as the college’s permanent dean. He has established an outstanding record of working successfully with students and mentoring our faculty.”
McRorie praised Braddock as a leader who strives to expand creative boundaries and disrupt the status quo. The college’s full faculty supported him for the job, a distinction they described as notable, and they commended his ability to unite people and lead by example.
“This is such a great honor for me,” said Braddock, whose teaching experience at the film school has included directing, feature writing, cinematography and set operations. “The FSU film school has been my passion for many years and to be offered a chance to lead its great faculty and students is nothing short of a dream come true.”
Braddock succeeds Frank Patterson, who left FSU to become president of Pinewood Atlanta Studios after serving 13 years as dean.
Florida State’s film school is relatively young compared to other programs around the country, and Braddock said it’s just beginning to hit its stride. His goal is to challenge students to focus on storytelling and teamwork, and he hopes they will collaborate professionally just as the team of FSU graduates did on the Oscar-winning film “Moonlight.”
“I hope they will think critically about developing their unique and diverse voices into compelling cinema. That’s at the core of what we do,” Braddock said. “The success stories of FSU film school alumni, such as the Academy Award-winning film ‘Moonlight,’ demonstrate vividly how these two goals are being realized with great success in the industry.”

Braddock shares a memorable moment with FSU alumnus and Oscar winner Barry Jenkins, who wrote and directed the Academy Award-winning film "Moonlight," during Jenkins' visit to Florida State on March 31, 2017. — Braddock shares a memorable moment with FSU alumnus and Oscar winner Barry Jenkins, who wrote and directed the Academy Award-winning film “Moonlight,” during Jenkins’ visit to Florida State on March 31, 2017. Seven FSU graduates joined the production crew to make that movie.

Braddock has extensive connections in the film industry and understands how the business operates. He has worked as a cinematographer, writer, assistant director, director and executive producer of a movie soundtrack album. He has collaborated with such notable names as Oscar-winning director Quentin Tarantino, hard rock guitarist Slash of Guns ‘N Roses, as well as musicians Nile Rodgers and David Byrne.

Reb Braddock served as interim dean of the College of Motion Picture Arts from 2014 to 2016 and again from January to May, 2017. — Braddock served as interim dean of the College of Motion Picture Arts from 2014 to 2016 and again from January to May, 2017.

Braddock’s feature writing credits include “Lubov” with Rita Frumkin for Silvestri-Friedman films; “Iron Men” with Doug Stewart for Arnold Kolpelson at 20th Century Fox; and “30 Day Wonder” with Frank Patterson for Lampadusa Films. During his tenure at the film school, Braddock has continued to write, consult on scripts and help produce independent feature films.
Braddock said he is excited about the program’s future.
“My hope for us as we move forward is to build on our successes, while seeking ways to innovate with visual, narrative language within traditional as well as new immersive media such as augmented and virtual reality,” Braddock said. “Storytelling is universal and ever-growing and so is FSU’s film school.”

Friday, May 26, 2017

2017 Update: Kings, Barons, Knights and Peasants

HokieMark killing it finding another great update on 2017 Update: Kings, Barons, Knights and Peasants.

http://allthingsfsu.blogspot.com/2015/05/program-pecking-order-kings-barons.html

http://allthingsfsu.blogspot.com/2017/05/cfb-bluebloods.html

http://accfootballrx.blogspot.com/#!/2017/05/unc-reply-to-ncaa-noa-ver-30.html

ACC football has come a long way since 2007, and it shows in Stewart Mandell's most recent "pecking order" list...

2007	2012	2017
Kings
Alabama	Alabama	Alabama
Florida	Florida	Clemson
Florida State	Florida State	Florida
Miami	LSU	Florida State
Michigan	Miami	LSU
Nebraska	Michigan	Miami
Notre Dame	Nebraska	Michigan
Ohio State	Notre Dame	Notre Dame
Oklahoma	Ohio State	Ohio State
Penn State	Oklahoma	Oklahoma
Tennessee*	Penn State	Penn State
Texas	Texas	Texas
USC	USC	USC
Barons
Auburn	Auburn	Auburn
Clemson	Clemson	Georgia
Colorado	Georgia	Michigan State
Georgia	Oregon	Nebraska
LSU*	Tennessee	Oregon
Texas A&M	Texas A&M	Stanford
UCLA	UCLA	Tennessee
Virginia Tech	Virginia Tech	Texas A&M
Washington	West Virginia	UCLA
Wisconsin	Wisconsin.	Virginia Tech
		Wisconsin
Knights
Arizona State	Arizona State	Arizona State
Arkansas	Arkansas	Arkansas
Boston College	Boise State	Baylor
California	Boston College	BYU
Georgia Tech	BYU	Cal
Illinois	Cal	Colorado
Iowa	Colorado	Georgia Tech
Kansas State	Georgia Tech	Illinois
Maryland	Illinois	Iowa
Michigan State	Iowa	Kansas State
Missouri	Kansas State	Louisville
NC State	Maryland	Maryland
Oklahoma State	Michigan State	Missouri
Ole Miss	Missouri	NC State
Oregon	NC State	North Carolina
Oregon State	Oklahoma State	Northwestern
Pittsburgh	Ole Miss	Oklahoma State
Purdue	Oregon State	Ole Miss
Stanford	Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh
Syracuse*	Purdue	Purdue
South Carolina	Stanford	South Carolina
Texas Tech	Syracuse	Syracuse
Virginia	South Carolina	TCU
West Virginia	TCU	Texas Tech
Washington State	Texas Tech	Utah
	Utah	Virginia
	Virginia	Washington
	Washington	West Virginia
Peasants
Arizona	Arizona	Arizona
Baylor	Baylor	Boston College
Cincinnati	Cincinnati	Duke
Connecticut	Connecticut	Minnesota
Duke	Duke	Indiana
Minnesota	Minnesota	Iowa State
Indiana	Indiana	Kansas
Iowa State	Iowa State	Kentucky
Kansas	Kansas	Mississippi State
Kentucky	Kentucky	Oregon State
Mississippi State	Louisville	Purdue
North Carolina	Mississippi State	Rutgers
Northwestern	North Carolina	Wake Forest
Rutgers*	Northwestern	Washington State
South Florida*	Rutgers	Vanderbilt
Wake Forest	Temple
Vanderbilt	USF
	Wake Forest
	Washington State
	Vanderbilt

Big climbers (ACC): Clemson, Louisville, North Carolina
Big decliner: Boston College

NOTE: If you count Notre Dame as 5/8ths of an ACC football team, that gives the ACC the most Kings of any power conference:

Conf	Kings
ACC	3.625
B1G	3
SEC	3
XII	2
Pac-12	1

Hooray for our conference!

FSU Indoor Volleyball signs 8th best class

http://www.seminoles.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=32900&ATCLID=211608392

Florida State indoor volleyball's 2017 recruiting class earned national praise on Thursday by Prepvolleyball.com, being named the eighth-best class in the country.
“Recruiting runs in cycles,” FSU head coach Chris Poole said. “This 2017 class has a lot of physical potential, both in size and athleticism. We will need some of these freshmen to be on the court and ready to compete this year after graduating our seniors from 2016.”
The site discusses how the third-ranked class in 2012 helped the Seminoles to major success over the last four seasons. Florida State will welcome five highly touted athletes from five different states in 2017, including four that ranked inside the top 100 in the “Senior Aces.” It also says how this class could top 2012 due to size and athleticism.
Mariah Brim / 6-6 / Right Side
(Aquinas High School; Overland Park, Kansas)
Brim, at 6-6, will provide the Seminoles depth at the right side position after winning two varsity letters at Aquinas High School in Overland Park, Kansas. She capped off her varsity career with 349 kills (1.75 kills/set) and 136 total blocks (79 solo blocks) in 199 sets.
Adrian Ell / 6-2 / Setter
(Archbishop McNicholas High School; Cincinnati, Ohio)
Ell was recognized as an American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Third Team High School All-American after finishing her senior campaign with 268 assists (3.08 assists/set), 257 digs (2.95 digs/set), 205 kills (2.36 kills/set), 61 total blocks (16 solo) and 50 service aces (0.60 service aces/set). She is listed as the No. 64 in the Senior Aces.
Tiana Jackson / 6-2 / Middle Blocker
(Fort Zumwalt North High School; O'Fallon, Missouri)
Ranked as the No. 87 Senior Ace by prepvolleyball.com for the class of 2017, Jackson earned First Team All-Conference in 2016 for the Gateway Athletic Conference. That award was preceded by First Team All-Tournament honors at the 2016 Presidents Day Tournament and tournament MVP recognition at the 2016 Alton Tournament while competing on the Club Volleyball circuit for Team Momentum. Jackson graduated early and was in spring training with the Seminoles in 2017.
Taryn Knuth / 6-3 / Middle Blocker
(Johnston High School; Johnston, Iowa)
Knuth, the ninth-ranked senior ace by prepvolleyball.com and an AVCA First Team High School All-American honoree in 2016, is a four-year varsity letter winner from Johnston, Iowa. The three-time state qualifier and starting middle blocker for the USA Junior National Team ended her prep career with 927 kills (2.51 kills/set), 516 digs (1.40 digs/set), 308 blocks (187 assisted blocks) and 97 aces.

Deja Williams / 6-2 / Middle Blocker
(Peachtree Ridge High School; Suwanee, Georgia)
Williams, who was a member of the US Women's Junior National Training Team, was twice named to the All-Gwinnett County Second Team (2013, 2015) and First Team (2014) during her career. She ranked 45th by prepvolleyball.com.
“This group is very committed on the court and in the classroom,” Poole said. “I'm most excited that they are just really great young ladies and I know they will represent Florida State in a way that will make us proud. We worked hard on this class and we're honored to be recognized nationally in the top 10.”
The Seminoles return eight players to the lineup for 2017 including AVCA All-American honorable mention senior right side hitter Milica Kubura. She was also a First Team All-ACC selection in 2016.

Wednesday, May 24, 2017

ACC Revenue Projections

Great job by HokieMark. Let's hope his projections are correct.

My hope is to see the ACC at 85% of the SEC/B1G. No less.

http://accfootballrx.blogspot.com/2017/05/acc-tax-return-2015-16.html#!/2017/05/acc-tax-return-2015-16.html

ow much has ACC revenue grown in the last 9 years? How much is it expected to grow in the next 5? Here are your answers courtesy of David Teel and yours truly...

Recent ACC Revenue Growth (by David Teel)

fiscal yr	Total	TV	Bowl	NCAA	Avg. share
2007-08	$162.80	$75.30	$29.20	$15.10	$11.80
2008-09	$172.70	$76.90	$30.70	$15.90	$13.60
2009-10	$158.20	$77.60	$31.60	$18.20	$11.70
2010-11	$167.20	$79.30	$36.70	$18.20	$12.30
2011-12	$223.60	$130.50	$43.80	$17.70	$16.90
2012-13	$232.40	$146.60	$36.70	$18.20	$17.60
2013-14	$302.30	$197.20	$48.80	$17.50	$19.30
2014-15	$403.10	$217.90	$94.20	$18.40	$26.20
2015-16	$337.40	$226.10	$85.80	$20.60	$23.80

* Average full share, not including partial ACC member Notre Dame.
http://www.dailypress.com/sports/teel-blog/dp-teel-time-acc-tax-1516-post.html

Projected ACC Revenue Growth (by me)

fiscal yr	Total	TV	Bowl	NCAA	Avg. share
2016-17	$366.80	$234.30	$94.20	$33.30	$24.13
2017-18	$420.00	$287.50	$94.20	$33.30	$27.63
2018-19	$419.80	$295.70	$85.80	$33.30	$27.62
2019-20	$498.70	$378.90	$94.20	$20.60	$32.81
2020-21	$581.90	$462.10	$94.20	$20.60	$38.28

Assumptions:
Tier 1 TV revenue grows at the recent, lower rate of $8.2 million per year.
The "no network" payments kick in for 2017-18 and again for 2018-19
ACC Network revenue begins to trickle in ($5M per team) in 2019-20
ACC Network revenue begins to flow by 2020-21 ($10M per team or more)
NCAA basketball tournament revenue peaks around $33.3 million
Bowl money fluctuates depending on Orange Bowl contract bowl or semi-final.

BOTTOM LINE: ACC average share payouts have more than doubled in the last 9 years, and I expect them to almost double again in the next 5, thanks to the ACC Network launch in 2019. While this won't match the revenues enjoyed by teams in the Big Ten or the SEC, it will put ACC teams in the same ballpark (I'd estimate it will ultimately settle in at about 85% of what those teams will be making).

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Saturday, May 20, 2017

Myron Rolle's journey from NFL to neurosurgery

Perhaps the greatest ambassador of FSU and when you consider Derrick Brooks, Warrick Dun, Anquan Boldin, etc, that is impressive.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/19/health/myron-rolle-nfl-medical-school-profile/index.html

When Myron Rolle, 30, begins his neurosurgery residency at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital in June, he will be making history.

Before him, "there hasn't really been anybody who I saw doing NFL and neurosurgery," the 6-foot-2 former NFL player said in an interview with CNN's chief medical correspondent, Dr. Sanjay Gupta.

Now, Rolle will be treating patients and training amid concerns and contention within the medical field about the safety of American football. He wants to help his two worlds -- medicine and football -- find common ground, he said.

Not until "toward the end of my career, I started to think about concussions and what the effects of repetitive concussions can do," he said.

"Football has done so much for me, given me friends, family, given me life lessons that now I can use in the operating room or just as a leader," he said. "I would hate to see it go, and I would love to see it around."

A blow to the head, such as what might be experienced during a tackle in a football game, can cause a concussion, a type of traumatic brain injury.

Rolle believes he has a duty to talk to younger players about safely playing the sport he loves.

"The fundamentals have to be emphasized: tackling the correct way. Having the right equipment. Making sure that you don't have very violent practices or contact practices," said Rolle, who sees brain injuries in sports and pediatrics as specialties of interest.

"I will tell you in person, 'Yes, play, but be careful; be safe, and understand some of these things that need to go into it for you to enjoy it,' " he said.

The tight-knit Rolle brothers

Rolle's interest in both neuroscience and football started at a young age, with help from his four older brothers: Marchant, Marvis, Mordecai and McKinley.

He was in the fifth grade when he read the book "Gifted Hands" by Dr. Ben Carson, which sparked his interest in medicine. Since then, Rolle said, neurosurgeon Carson has become something of a mentor.

Their father, Whitney Rolle, said Myron's oldest brother, Marchant, gave Myron the book.

"That kind of propelled him into that area," Whitney said.

While Marchant gave Myron books to read, his third oldest brother, Mordecai, taught him the game of football.

Myron quickly excelled on the field, and McKinley, the brother closest in age to Myron, often trained with him. Now, McKinley is a high school football coach and teacher in Florida, where he also serves as Myron's business manager.

Growing up, Whitney said, Myron's older brothers not only encouraged him to pursue his dreams, they also had his back.

When the boys were children, "they put dishwashing liquid in the aquarium, and let me tell you, the entire living room was in bubbles," Whitney said, chuckling at the memory.

At the time, Whitney repeatedly asked his sons who was behind the bubble prank. No one answered.

"I threatened them. I told them I was going to punish them, and they would not tell on each other. Nobody would squeal," Whitney said.

"As much as I was being tough on them, I was in the back of my mind smiling to see how they just stick together," he said. "I've always enforced that they care for each other. They support each other."

Whitney and his wife, Beverly, moved with the oldest three boys from the Bahamas to the United States in 1980, when Whitney was transferred to work at Citibank.

Then came two more sons. By the time Myron was born in 1986, the family had settled into a middle-class life in New Jersey.

He points to his parents, and the sacrifices they made to provide for him and his brothers, as a source of his motivation today.

"When I was younger, trying to afford football camps, my parents would sometimes have to miss bills," he said. "They sacrificed these things for me because they saw I had a goal.

"My repayment for that sacrifice is to continue to move forward, be the best I possibly can be, whether that's on the football field when I played or now as a future neurosurgeon."

From suiting up to scrubbing up

Among all of Rolle's efforts to be the best he can be, he points to November 22, 2008, as the day when he felt the most proud.

On that day, Rolle -- then a student athlete at Florida State University -- had to be in Birmingham, Alabama, to interview as a Rhodes Scholar finalist. At the same time, he was expected to play in a game against the University of Maryland in College Park.

Dating back to 1904, Rhodes Scholarships are the oldest and among the most prestigious international fellowship awards in the world. Each year, only 32 American students are selected as Rhodes Scholars to pursue a degree at the University of Oxford in England.

To interview, Rolle took a quick flight to Birmingham. After he completed the two-hour interview, he said, he waited another hour or so to receive the results.

"The judges came out and said that I won the scholarship," Rolle said, but he didn't have much time to celebrate. He still had a game to play.

"I got on a plane from Alabama to Maryland, got to the game around the second quarter," he said.

McKinley, the brother closest in age, was in the press box when Rolle arrived at the stadium in Maryland. Their other family members were in the stands.

"I just remember there was so much emotion going through our family at that time," McKinley said.

When Rolle arrived at the stadium, he received a standing ovation. Then, on that chilly November night, his team won the game, 37-3.

Myron Rolle offers his thoughts on student athletes' education 02:40

Rolle postponed his NFL career for a year to complete his Rhodes Scholarship at Oxford, where he earned a master's degree in medical anthropology.

He then went on to play safety for the Tennessee Titans and the Pittsburgh Steelers before retiring in 2013 to attend the Florida State University College of Medicine. He graduates this weekend.

"I'm glad that I walked into my purpose," Rolle said. "I'm glad that I walked into something that was a smooth transition from football."

He has already become something of a family doctor, McKinley said. If a relative suffers an injury or illness, it's likely Rolle will be summoned for help.

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"I know he's going to be one of the best neurosurgeons in the world," McKinley said. "Myron has worked for everything and has earned everything that has happened to him."

McKinley recalled moments when he would walk downstairs in the middle of the night and see Myron studying at 2 or 3 o'clock in the morning.

"He studied for this, and he has prepared for it," McKinley said.

After interviewing Rolle, Gupta, a practicing neurosurgeon, said that such a strong work ethic will be needed in his future.

"There's no question Myron will probably be working harder than he's ever worked in his life for the next seven years, despite having been in the NFL and training as a professional athlete," Gupta said. "I think, however, it is all about immersing yourself in your task, and Myron has shown that he's nearly superhuman at doing that. I think he unquestionably has a bright future as a neurosurgeon."

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