2008 Carthage Men’s Soccer Pre-Season and Reporting Information

• Check-in and moving into the dormitories date for men’s soccer players will be Friday, Aug. 15, 2008.

• All Carthage soccer players, including newcomers and returnees, should have received a 2008 Carthage athletic department information package.   By no later than June 30th, all incoming players will also receive a package including the “red-covered” soccer information booklet.  If you do not receive these mailings by July 1, please call the Carthage athletic office at 262-551-5942 or Steve Domin at 262-551-5930 as soon as possible.

• These athletic department packages will contain information on check-in dates, move-in dates, starting times, meeting places, a practice schedule, important phone numbers, a 2008 game schedule, what to bring, and work-out information for both training and practices.

• Men’s soccer players will check in with the Carthage Dean of Students on the first day. The dean of students office will contact you over the summer with information regarding their procedures for check-in. Remember--the room you check into is your room for the entire school year.  The check-in schedules with The Dean of Students Office will be arranged to fit the soccer check-in.  Please direct all questions about housing to the Dean of Students office at 262-551-5800.

• All Carthage athletes are required to have a physical dated on/or after June 1, 2008.  Athletes cannot begin practice or competition without completing and passing a physical.  You must get a written note on your doctor’s letterhead stating that you are in appropriate heath to compete in collegiate athletics.

• On Aug. 15, men’s soccer players will check-in with the Dean of Students (in the Todd Wehr Center or TWC) between 9 a.m. - Noon.  This is where you pick up room keys and student identification cards and begin moving in. The college has arranged for an informal picnic for all fall sport athletes checking in on Aug. 15 in the TWC Dinning Hall.  You and your family are welcome to enjoy lunch anytime between Noon and 1 p.m.  This is not a team function.  After lunch and check-in, men’s soccer players are required to meet in the Tarble Athletics & Recreation Center, or TARC, at 1 p.m. to begin athlete check-in. This is when you will fill out your NCAA forms, take head shot photos, and complete any missing information for the sports information director Steve Marovich (most of you have already completed the S.I.D. Questionnaire Form and returned it during advanced registration).  You will need to have your physical and medical forms with you at this check-in.  

• Incoming parents are encourage to attend a brief informational meeting at 1:30 p.m. in the chapel with the coaches and the athletic director.

• Soccer players will have a team meeting that first day in the Todd Wehr Center, Jockey Room (4 p.m.). Information regarding this meeting will be included in the summer information package. You will need to bring your “red-covered” soccer packet with you for this meeting.

• Dinner on Aug. 15 will be served in the Todd Wehr Center Dining Hall between 5-6 p.m.  This is not a team function, and we encourage you to spend that time with your family and/or your teammates.

• Soccer athletes interested in ordering extra apparel are encourage to get their order forms back into the soccer office by July 15.  The address is:  Carthage College Soccer Office, 2001 Alford Park Drive, Kenosha, WI 53140.

• If you have questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to call Steve Domin at 262-551-5930 or Carthage athletic director Robert Bonn at 262-551-5942.