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SWAT at TCU Halftime

The tryouts finished on Friday, August 26, and the team is now made up of 27 members:

• Chad Hutchinson (Head Coach)
• Nathan Warren (Associate Coach)
• Anthony Rosado (Assistant Coach)
• Nick Osborn (Pastor)
• Walter Patterson
• Benton Robinson
• Jeremy Knaubert
• Eddie X. Ortiz
• Michael Rodriquez
• Pedro Cantu
• Sean Swayze
• Caleb Lewis
• Jonathan Armstrong
• Conner Mason
• Chris Patterson
• Christian Santize
• Chris Rosado
• Keith Jenkins
• Kenny Roger Taer
• Israel Escandon
• Nathanael Hernandez
• Fabian Muela
• Laura Rosado
• Taylor Bussey
• Kate Pleasants
• Tana Eden
• Keilani Stowell
• Amy Adlaon

2 hours after the final list was posted, these 27 individuals left for a team retreat at Riverbend Retreat Center. There they were involved in team building exercises, moving talks about God, and an overall great bonding experience. The real work starts now, as the team begins to prepare for Acrofest, and the final Homeshow that will take place in March.

The team meets for practice from 11:30 to 12:50 on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 12:00-1:50 on Tuesdays, and 12:00-12:50 on Thursdays.

Professor Naukkarinen attended the NSCA National Conference this summer. The NSCA is an international nonprofit educational association founded in 1978. Evolving from a membership of 76, the association now serves nearly 30,000 members in 52 countries. Drawing upon its vast network of members, the NSCA develops and presents the most advanced information regarding strength training and conditioning practices, injury prevention, and research findings.

Unlike any other organization, the NSCA brings together a diverse group of professionals from the sport science, athletic, allied health, and fitness industries. These individuals are all in pursuit of achieving a common goal—the utilization of proper strength training and conditioning to improve athletic performance and fitness.

Central to its mission, the NSCA provides a bridge between the scientist in the laboratory and the practitioner in the field. By working to find practical applications for new research findings in the strength and conditioning field, the association fosters the development of strength training and conditioning as a discipline and as a profession.

Headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado, the NSCA serves as a valuable resource for its members, the fitness industry, general public, and the media. The association provides a wide variety of resources and opportunities designed to strengthen, build, advance, and unify. Professor Naukkarinen is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) through the NSCA.

As of July 1, professor Naukkarinen is the department of kinesiology’s new chairperson. Acting as a department chairperson is nothing new for professor Naukkarinen, as he had served as department chairperson at Washington Adventist University prior to his arrival at Southwestern. Southwestern Adventist University has a policy of rotating the chairperson position every four years.