CAL STATE FULLERTONATHLETICS ANNUAL REPORT

• 2013-14 •

DEVELOPMENTDirector of Development Greg Paules, along with his staff, continued to advance fundraising goals for the athletics department with over 500 donors contributing $691,545 during the fiscal year, an improvement from last year’s fig-ure of $493,664. Such noted events as the Cal State Ful-lerton Athletics Hall of Fame Dinner, the Folino Invitational Golf Tournament and Dinner with the Titans contributed to the increase.

CORPORATE SPONSORSHIPSAssistant Athletics Director for Marketing Aaron Tapper oversaw securing Cal State Fullerton $186,000 in sponsor-ships, an improvement of $66,000 from 2012-13. Spon-sorships included Brian’s/Big B’s BBQ, Buffalo Wild Wings, Donate Life Run/Walk, Kaiser Permanente, Majestic Printing Services, Specific Media, Titan Shops, Straub Distributing and Jersey Mike’s Subs.

TICKETSCal State Fullerton’s increase in ticketing revenue was spear-headed by Jenn Rudy, Athletics Ticket Manager. After reporting a total of $385,000 in ticket sales for 2012-13, the Titans to-taled $476,738 for 2013-14. Season tickets for men’s basket-ball, baseball and softball helped to increase ticketing revenue throughout the fiscal year as well as single-game ticket price increases and an aggerssive marketing approach.

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Cal State Fullerton’s athletic facilities featured several upgrades during 2013-14, beginning with the unveiling of a new floor design for 48-year old Titan Gym. The Titans also add-ed “Cal State Fullerton” ribbons around Titan Gym.In addition, Titan Tennis Courts received resurfacing, new signage and an individu-al court scoring system, while the track and field/cross country programs remodeled their locker rooms. In November, Cal State Fuller-ton Athletic Director Jim Donovan, Assistant

Athletic Director Aaron Tapper and Director of Strength and Conditioning Isaac Salazar along with the Chief of Operations for Student Af-fairs Dr. David Forgues unveiled the Titans’ new weight room. Located in the Kinesiology and Health Science building, the project was led by the on-campus department of Capital Project Management and the construction was completed by NuAge Development. In addition, Goodwin Field received updates with its Wall of Honor.

TITAN TOP 10Student SucceSS InItIatIve

As approved by the Student Fee Committee in the spring, President García and CSU Chancellor White in the spring, the Student Success Imitative (SSI) includes $60

annually, per student, for athletic facilities.

three conference champIonShIpSWomen’s Soccer: 2013 Big West Tournament Champions

Men’s Golf: 2014 Big West ChampionsWomen’s Golf: Martina Edberg, 2014 Big West Individual Title

WeIght roomIn November, Fullerton unveiled the Titans’ new weight room.

graduation • academicsOff the field a total of 48 student-athletes received either Big West or Mountain

Pacific Sports Federation All-Academic awards. Sixty Titan student-athletes received their respective degrees spanning 26 majors.

dance tItLeThe Titan Dance Team clinched its 13th UDA/UCA Collegiate National Championship

in January. The Titans competed in the Division I Jazz category.

bIg WIn, bIg croWdThe CSUF men’s basketball team used constant energy to knock off LBSU, 84-76, at

Titan Gym on March 1 in front of 1,806 on the newly-designed Titan Gym floor.

garza’s no-hitter • ncaa regionaLJustin Garza tossed the fourth no-hitter in Titans history as Fullerton defeated CSUN, 3-0, on May 23 at Goodwin Field. CSUF advanced to the Stillwater Regional, making

the NCAA Tournament after ending the season on a seven-game winning streak.

Women’S baSketbaLL record brokenIn his first year as head coach, Daron Park led the Titans to their most wins (12) since 2010. Fullerton’s 67-62 win at UCSB on Jan. 25 signified the end of a 23-year losing

streak in Santa Barbara.

niKe • BrandingCal State Fullerton signed a licensing agreement with Nike and the Department

continued its branding effort at facilities and within marketing.

Wooden LegacyCal State Fullerton played host to the DIRECTV Wooden Legacy, an all-new multi-

team collegiate basketball tournament. The three-day event over Thanksgiving weekend attracted a record 14,982 fans.

FACILITY UPGRADES

NEW FACESFullerton welcomed two new fac-es as head coaches in 2013-14.

HONOR ROLLStrike up the band as numerous Cal State Fullerton student-athletes and coaches were honored among the best in their sport in 2013-14

TITANS ON THE TUBEThe spotlight was on the Titans in 2013-14 as various athletic programs made a total of 44 appearances on television...

Baseball: 21ESPN3/ ESPN/ Fox Sports Prime Ticket/Fox Sports West/Pac-12 men’s Basketball: 14ESPN3/Fox Sports Prime TicketCox/ESPN2/ESPNU/Pac-12ROOT Sports

Women’s Basketball: 1ESPN3

Women’s Soccer: 2ESPN3/Fox Sports Prime Ticket

Softball: 5ESPN3/ESPNU

outdoor track & Field: 1Fox Sports Prime Ticket

George KuntzMen’s SoccerArizona State ‘89

Dianne MatiasWomen’s TennisUSC ‘07

BIG WEST SCHOLAR-ATHLETES OF THE YEARAUSTIN DIEMER - BASEBALLThe Communications/Broadcast Journalism major participates in the annual “Challenger Clinic”, working closely with individuals with special needs, and he volunteered at the Barnyard Wiffle Ball Invitational. Carrying a 3.77 GPA, Diemer has earned Dean’s List honors in each of his semesters as a Titan. In 2013, he was named to the Capital One Academic All-District VIII Team and to the Big West Conference All-Academic Team.

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19 BIG WEST PLAYERSOF THE WEEK

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1 BIG WEST CONFERENCECOACH OF THE YEAR

BIG WEST CHAMPIONSWomen’s Soccer

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men’s Golf

martina edbergWomen’s Golf

(Big West Individual Title)

BIG WEST COACHESOF THE YEAR

Jason DrotterMen’s Golf

BIG WEST PLAYERSOF THE YEAR

mark Anguiano Golfer of the Year

missy taukeiaho Softball Player of the Year

lindsey maricic Women’s Soccer

Goalkeeper of the Year

erica mazeau Women’s Soccer

Midfielder of the Year

michael Williamsmen’s Basketball

Newcomer of the Year

martina edbergWomen’s Golf

Freshman of the Year

phil BickfordBaseball

Freshman Pitcher of the Year

ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANAustin Diemer (Baseball) All-District VIII First Team

Samantha Galarza (Softball) All-District VIII First Team

SAMANTHA GALARZA - SOFTBALLWith a 3.95 GPA, the communications major has been named a Dean’s Scholar, a President’s Scholar and has earned Dean’s List honors every semester at Cal State Fullerton. Galarza received the CSF Big West Sportsmanship Award in 2013 and is currently a Titan SAAC Representative. The sophomore aspires to play softball professionally and hopes to pursue investigative journalism and missionary work.

TWITTER FOLLOWERS*increasing 29 percent in one year

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FACEBOOK FOLLOWERS*increasing 55 percent in one year

as of Aug. 14, 2014

Information on Cal State Fullerton’s 15 varsity athletic teams is available online,24 hours a day, at Fullerton-Titans.com.

Last year, the Titans totaled 2,704,164 total page visits with the most (318,262) during the month of March as eight athletic teams were active during that time.

BY THE NUMBERS

7Titans selected in the 2014 MLB Draft, the most since 2011.

1,470hours of community service completed by student-athletes

60former and current Titans re-ceived their respective degrees.