Kan Kavanagh Appreciation Thread

[Braveman]

I had a chance to talk to Ken K. today, and he will miss Bradley and all the great Bradley fans, too. He is sorry to be leaving, and really cherishes his time at Bradley, and would have much preferred to have stayed here.

Are you his spokesperson?

[MacabreMob]

Are you his spokesperson?

No - Joe Napoli is, but he is not available for a comment.

[Da Coach]

Are you his spokesperson?

No, of course not. Unlike Bradley, Ken does not have his own personal, full-time spokesperson and public relations staff.
He wanted the Bradley fans to know how he feels about Bradley and his years working here. He had hoped to stay around through the end of the month, but by leaving early, unexpectedly, he won't have a chance to see or talk to the BU fans. Ken simply asked if I would help him get word out to the fans.

[tornado]

Are you his spokesperson?

Ken Kavanagh needs no "spokesman"
he is the most easily accessable person and likely more than willing to talk and express his gratitude to all the fans who have supported BU.
I would guarantee you that he'd answer your call, or e mail, or get back to you if you'd like, and just PM me and I will let you know how to reach him.



BTW-- KK's resume

http://www.fgcu.edu/Files/Kenneth_K_Kavanagh_Resume.pdf

a few highlights...
Bradley was leader in MVC in Federal Graduation Rates 8 straight years under KK, 1999-2007.
Bradley tied (w/ Harvard) for 7th nationally in initial APR Rankings.
Bradley has produced 5 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship recipients ; this never happened prior to KK's arrival.
Bradley has produced 29 Academic All-America or Scholar All-America awards in KK's tenure, there were only 5 ever prior to KK's arrival.
Grew the Braves Scholarship Society from 8 members to nearly 80
and many, many other great accomplishments and endorsements from people like Doug Elgin and other top people...


Contact Ken at
kavanagh@fgcu.edu

http://www.fgcuathletics.com/staff/directory/24/1187/

also-- the sports teams have already begun to celebrate their new AD!!
FGCU baseball just played NATIONALLY #9 ranked University of Florida....
and the game by all rights should have been a blowout....
and it was....
except it was FLORIDA who was BLOWN out by FCGU, 17-5!

http://www.fgcuathletics.com/media/2008-09/baseball/Stats/fgcu47.htm

Their baseball was ranked #61 but is now sure to move up

http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/weeklyrpi/2009MBArpi1.html

http://www.fgcuathletics.com/fgcuathletics/news/121/2525/

also their women's softball is getting named in the national rankings and is at #27 in one
and ranked #23 in another poll

http://www.fgcuathletics.com/softball/news/117/2518/

http://74.125.95.132/search?q=cache:VYbZpD8XIFMJ:sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/ranking%3Fkey%3DGENCOLLEGESOFTBALLPOLL+%22ncaa%22+and+%22softball%22+and+%22poll%22&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/weeklyrpi/2009WSBrpi1.html

and their Volleyball just won the A-Sun Championship

[ifarania]

I wish KK all the success and happiness in the world. He was always great to me and my friends.. Laughed and told us to stay positive when we were being *****s (when he clearly could have just thrown us out), was always willing to say hey even when he was clearly too busy to talk to someone he doesn't know. The academic and competitive success of the athletic program speaks for itself... I hope he does wonders in his new job.

[ifarania]

and I don't know why it wrote stars when I typed "i d i o t s" but whatever...

[houstonbrave]

Ken was always extremely approachable and helpful to the entire fanbase. I cannot help but feeling a great sense of loss with Ken no longer being a member of the Bradley athletic department. However, he will always be a Brave.

I wish him all the best. I just became a FGCU fan because they have managed to hire a truly class individual and I am jealous.

I think we made a big mistake but I will always be a KK fan.