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Join the Bears & Lady Bears! Fall Sports Tryout and Medical Clearance Information

Join the Bears & Lady Bears! Fall Sports Tryout and Medical Clearance Information

The SJC Athletic Department invites all men and women who wish to participate in the Fall sports season to attend the following pre-season workouts/tryouts. Please contact the coach listed below with any questions.

Please note: In order to participate in ANY workout or tryout (both new and returning student-athletes), you must have a completed SJC athletics medical AND cleared by the Sports Medicine Office. (Those wishing to participate in soccer and the fall baseball/softball tryouts must also have a concussion test administered by an SJC athletic trainer to be cleared to play.)

For more information on the medical clearance process, please visit the Sports Medicine Page or contact head athletic trainer Oscar Melendez at omelendez@sjcbears.com or (718) 940-5806 with any questions.

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Women's Soccer

Head Coach: Vadim Chernyakhovsky
Questions? Contact Assistant Coach Alex Ruiz (aruiz@sjcbears.com / (917) 972-2473)
Season begins Saturday, September 7 

Tryouts at Brooklyn Technical High School Field (Clermont Ave. & Fulton St.)

  • Monday, August 26th (11 am – 1 pm)
  • Thursday, August 29th (11 am - 1 pm) [Freshman and Orientation Leaders must attend Freshman Orientation]
  • Friday, August 30th (11 am – 1 pm)

Concussion testing for soccer student-athletes on Monday, August 19 at 10 am in Tuohy.  

Men's Soccer

Head Coach: Vadim Chernyakhovsky
Questions? Contact Assistant Coach Alex Ruiz (aruiz@sjcbears.com / (917) 972-2473)
Season begins Tuesday, September 17 

Tryouts at Brooklyn Technical High School Field (Clermont Ave. & Fulton St.)

  • Monday, September 2nd (11 am – 1 pm)
  • Wednesday, September 4th (12:30 pm – 2:30 pm)
  • Friday, September 6th (12:30 pm – 2:30 pm)

Concussion testing for soccer student-athletes on Monday, August 19 at 10 am in Tuohy.  

Women's Volleyball

Head Coach: Kathleen O'Neill (koneill@sjcbears.com / (347) 495-8592)
Season begins Friday, September 13

Tryouts at Brooklyn Technical High School Gym (S. Elliott Pl. & DeKalb Ave.)

  • Tuesday, September 3rd at 6:30 p.m.
  • Future dates announced at first tryout

Men's & Women's Cross Country

Fall schedule and workout dates to be announced.

All interested should contact:
Head Men's Coach: Luke Klimaszewski (lklimaszewski@sjcbears.com / (646) 643-5880)
Head Women's Coach: Theresa Mendez (tmendez@sjcbears.com / (917) 853-4122)

Baseball

Head Coach: Scott Losche 
Questions? Contact Associate Head Coach Jerry Sidman (jsidman@sjcbears.com / (347) 526-4026)
Season begins in February 2014

General interest meeting on Saturday, September 14th at 9 am in the Alumni Room in (Tuohy 1st Floor). Fall tryout dates to be handed out at meeting.

Dance Team - "SJC Diamonds"

Head Coach: Kelly Hartney (khartney@sjcbears.com / (347) 285-1101) 

Tryouts on Tuesday, September 10 in Tuohy Gymnasium (Basement) at 6:30 p.m. (Must be medically cleared to tryout.)