Feb. 13, 2002

Scott Reidenbach '93, Esq. was a four-year member of the Villanova Baseball team, including the 1991 Big East Tournament Championship team and the 1993 Big East regular season championship team. Reidenbach, now a practicing lawyer in Berwyn, Pa., contacted the Athletics Department this year and proposed doing a workshop for our student-athletes entitled Sports & the Law: A Legal Rights Workshop. Reidenbach will address issues such as:

* The Privilege of being a Villanova Student-Athlete and losing that privilege by making the wrong decisions

* Taking responsibility for one's own actions: creating one's own destiny

* Legal ramifications of Alcohol: Underage drinking, supplying alcohol to an underage person, DUI, using fake identification

* Ramifications of sexual assault, date rape, including what to do if one is a victim or has been accused

* What to do if one gets in trouble: sources of help, how to deal with legal authorities

* Many other important aspects of the student-athlete and his/her actions

Reidenbach met with all head coaches on Friday, February 8 to go over the program with them and discuss any of their concerns before addressing the student-athletes over the next few weeks. This will prove to be a very valuable workshop for both the coaches and student-athletes.