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James Madison University - Madison Magazine - Summer 2008 - Index

the day, basketball players generally choose the
school they go to because they think that is a
good place to go to college. i think basketball
is a part of your college experience; it’s not the
whole thing, so i want these young guys to
enjoy coming to JMU and having a really good
basketball experience.
Madison: What are your goals for next
season?
Brady: The first and foremost goal is to
have a winning team, and then secondly to get
the most out of this group of guys we possibly
can. The third is not to put any limits on our
expectations of what this group can do.
Madison: Why did you choose JMU?
Brady: The people here have been fabulous,
and the support has been more than
i could have expected. i think that there is
tremendous hunger or thirst for a winning
team, and if my staff and i can help bring
that here, then that would be something that
would be great for all of us. ... i think that
the potential here is unlimited. You have a
really nice arena, great crowd support when
the team is winning, which i think is one of
the great advantages. a lot of people think
that is a disadvantage because this program
hasn’t won in a long time. i personally think
that is a great advantage, because there is
enough here in terms of infrastructure, community
support, and players and potential
players through recruiting, that this program
can be very successful.
Madison: What is your no. 1 priority for
the JMU program?
Brady: There are two, and they go hand in
hand. one is to get these players to understand
how hard they’re going to have to work and to
have a connection with these players so they
know going forward that they’re going to have
a really good chance to be successful. number
two, and it never stops, is recruiting.
Madison: What are your impressions of
the team in general?
Brady: i think there is a fair amount
of talent on the team. The overall team
mindset is one of uncertainty because they
haven’t won. There is an optimism that is
being generated within the group that they
can all be successful, and hopefully there
will be a mutual respect. M
About the Interviewer: Teresa Garbee
graduated in May and earned a degree in technical
and scientific communication with a minor in sports
communication. During spring semester she worked
in JMU’s sports media relations office, where she
was responsible for publishing duke dog’s dish,
a weekly e-newsletter. Garbee was a member of the
Equestrian Club and the Student Duke Club for four
years. This fall she will enter the Virginia Commonwealth
University Sports Center graduate program.
photographs by cathy kushner (’87)
dUKeSTUrF
SpriNg SpOrTS rECOrD SETTErS
Swimming and track and field records shattered
swiMMing
sophomore swimmer P.J. Naber set
a new school mark
in the 200-yard individual
medley with a
preliminary race time
of 2:04.08 at the 2008
Colonial athletic association
swimming and diving championships
in February.
track and field
Junior Tanique Carter
broke her own school
record with a time of
11:73 in the 100-meter
preliminary heat at the
2008 Caa Women’s
Track and Field Championships in april.
Her time met the qualifying standard for
the nCaa east Region Championships.
2008 JMU
fOOtBall
schedUle
aug. 30 at Duke (durham, n.C.)
sept. 6 North Carolina Central
sept. 13 Massachusetts*
sept. 20 Appalachian State
sept. 27 at Maine* (orono, Maine)
Oct. 4 Hofstra* (Family Weekend)
Oct. 11 at Richmond*
Oct. 18 open
Oct. 25 at Villanova*
nov. 1 Delaware* (Homecoming)
nov. 8 open
nov. 15 William & Mary*
nov. 22 at Towson* (Towson, Md.)
*CoNfereNCe gAMeS
Junior Christine Nicewonger beat her
own school record in the heptathlon at the
Caa women’s championships,
where her record
total of 4,784 points
also qualified her for the
eCaC championships.
sophomore Jennifer
Marinacci’s Caa championship hammer
throw of 46.84 meters broke the JMU
record of 46.30 meters set a week prior by
teammate Rebecca eisenhauer (’09).
The 400-meter relay
team broke its own school
record at the Caa championships,
clocking in
at 46:13. The foursome,
Candace nelms, Tanique
Carter, Rashonda Roberson and Leslie
anderson, finished in 46:20 at the 2008
Colonial Relays.
Follow this season’s gridiron action on
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or Madizone at www.jmusports.com.
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