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Empire 8 Summit 2014 Ithaca

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Ithaca Athletes, Assistant Coach Take Part In Empire 8 Summit

Ithaca College's participants at the Empire 8 Summit included (l-r), Francesca Busa (softball), Joel Lynch (football), Sydney Masters (women's soccer graduate assistant coach), Kelsey Baker (women's golf) and Sharon Li (women's golf).
ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- A total of 34 Empire 8 student-athletes attended the 2014 Empire 8 Summit, which was held at the Woodcliff Hotel and Spa in Fairport, N.Y. from Jan. 24-25. Ithaca's representatives included football player Joel Lynch, women's golfers Sharon Li and Kelsey Baker and softball shortstop Francesca Busa. Ithaca women's soccer graduate assistant coach Sydney Masters also attended the seminar as one of the campus advisors.

In addition to the student-athletes, there were 10 campus advisors and eight Direct Reports in attendance. The Summit is made possible through the NCAA Strategic Grant Tier II funds and provides the Empire 8 with an opportunity to bring campus personnel together from around the conference to integrate and collaborate on ideas.

"We hope that the Summit provided the participants with information and resources to dedicate, discover and develop their future in Division III athletics and beyond," Empire 8 Associate Commissioner Janelle Zera said.

As a part of the Summit program, the Empire 8 welcomed guest speaker Spencer Wood of Icebox Athlete to discuss mental toughness. Wood also provided worksheets that serve as a self-reflective checklist to gauge your mental toughness. He challenged the group to fill it out about themselves and to ask their coach to fill it out.

The Summit also featured a working breakfast to talk about the integration of SAAC with their campus Faculty Athletic Representative (FAR), hot topic breakout sessions on leadership, emotional intelligence and fostering a healthy team environment.

The group also took part in the Everything DiSC Workplace profile, courtesy of the NCAA. Participants took the assessment online prior to the Summit and received their results and had an opportunity to discover why connecting with some people is easier than with others. The cornerstone principles of the DiSC are Dominance, Influence, Steadiness and Conscientiousness. We are all a blend of the four styles but your percentage of each cornerstone is influenced by factors such as life experiences, education and personality.

Through learning about their own DiSC style and the four cornerstones, participants were provided with a better understanding of how to effectively work with others in the room, teammates and coaches to build more effective relationships.