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<p class="MsoNormal">Good Morning Hardrockers,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For those of you participating in VOLUNTARY sport specific activities with your coaches, those can begin on July 5<sup>th</sup>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Athletes, your only requirement for participating in the activities is to send me the “Voluntary Sport Specific Paperwork” as seen in previous emails. That will act as your voluntary concession to participate.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Coaches, it is up to the athletes to initiate contact with ya’ll to set up a time to set up a workout. Those times can be negotiated between the athletes and coaches to come together to find an appropriate time. Lastly coaches, it is not
 permitted to post voluntary activities to your social media accounts with your student athletes.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I will not require athletes to access Google Calendar to input activities as they are strictly on a voluntary basis.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Please let me know if you have any questions and have a great day,<br>
Seth<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002554">Seth Nichols</span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002554">,
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002554">Assistant Athletic Director of Compliance</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#002554"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#75787B">Hardrocker Athletics</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#75787B"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#75787B">South Dakota Mines</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#75787B"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#75787B">501 E. Saint Joseph St., Rapid City, SD 57701</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#75787B"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#75787B">O: 605.394.1689 | C: 605.390.5567 |
<a href="mailto:Seth.Nichols@sdsmt.edu"><span style="color:#385E9D">Seth.Nichols@sdsmt.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#75787B"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.sdsmt.edu/"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#002554;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="268" height="62" style="width:2.7916in;height:.6458in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D76E54.A280D7A0" alt="South Dakota Mines"></span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#75787B"><br>
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