The University of Akron Department of Athletics has announced the release of the inaugural issue of its official online magazine, Zips Illustrated. This interactive web-based publication provides an exclusive, inside look at UA's 19 NCAA varsity sports and 450-some student-athletes with videos interspersed throughout the magazine-style layout.
Zips Illustrated
Highlights from the first issue include:
• A retrospective, including videos and photos, on the men's soccer team's national championship and the subsequent celebrations,
• The men's track and field team's recent Mid-American Conference indoor championship,
• A profile of women's basketball senior Kara Murphy, who became the program's all-time leading scorer earlier this season,
• The Zips Illustrated Spotlight feature on senior Mike Uhle and the technique he has used to win the conference's pole vault crown seven-consecutive times,
• A look at the football team's 2011 signing class, schedule and ticket information, and
• A breakdown of this week's MAC men's and women's basketball tournaments
I missed the release of the Video Guide this fall.