banner sports season was capped off in dramatic fashion as junior Skip Ivery (Columbus, Ohio/Groveport-Madison) won the 110-meter high hurdles at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championship Meet at St. Lawrence University in Canton, NY, May 22-24.
Another banner spring sports season has reaped rich rewards for 51 Wittenberg University athletes who were selected to All-North Coast Athletic Conference teams over the last two weeks.
After 17 years and 109 wins at the helm of the Wittenberg University women's lacrosse program, Head Coach Nancy Beck has resigned the position. A search for her replacement will commence immediately.
Another banner winter sports season came to a conclusion recently as three Wittenberg student-athletes earned All-America designations for their outstanding performances in NCAA Division III competition.
A banner winter sports season has reaped tangible rewards for 25 Wittenberg University athletes and two coaches who earned All-North Coast Athletic Conference awards. Announcements for men's and women's basketball came in separate releases from the NCAC office last week.
For the first time in five years, the Wittenberg University women's basketball team is headed for the so-called "Big Dance," the NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament. The Tigers found out Sunday that they will be on the road in the 2003 competition, starting with a game at Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea, Ohio at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 5.
Time Warner Cable will continue its coverage of Wittenberg University athletic events with a women's basketball game at 2 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 8 in the HPER Center.
Time Warner Cable will continue its coverage of Wittenberg University athletic events with a men's and women's basketball doubleheader, beginning at 6 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 22 in the HPER Center.
Wittenberg University is proud to offer as many athletic and academic opportunities as possible to its more than 2,000 students. Beginning in the 2003-04 school year, women's golf will be re-introduced as a varsity intercollegiate sport after two years as a club sport.
Another banner fall sports season has reaped tangible rewards for 33 Wittenberg University athletes who were selected to All-North Coast Athletic Conference teams. In addition, several Tiger athletes received regional and national recognition from various organizations, including three first-team All-America selections to date.
Wittenberg senior defensive back John Hauser will represent the Red & White in the Aztec Bowl, the annual game between teams composed of college players representing the United States and Mexico.
New Head Coach Norm Riker leads the Tigers in to the 2002 season, hoping to improve on last year's 7-7-3 record and third-place finish in the North Coast Athletic Conference. The Tigers have many question marks heading into this new era, as 12 of last year's 19 letterwinners did not return to the team, most notably All-North Coast Athletic Conference performer Emily Gersbach, who graduated last spring.
If you'd like to learn about the culture, the people and the beauty of China, just ask one of the 31 Wittenberg University students lucky enough to experience a trip of a lifetime during an 11-day tour of East Asia. The students, most of whom are members of the men's and women's basketball teams, had the opportunity to travel the Far East as part of a $1.9 million grant from the Freeman Foundation given to Wittenberg earlier this year to support the prestigious East Asian Studies (EAS) program.
Not a bad start to the trip of a lifetime for the Wittenberg University men's and women's basketball teams.
Touring China for a unique trip that will combine educational opportunities with athletic competitions, the Tiger teams played their first games in the Far East on Monday and came up with a pair of victories.
The University of Dayton and Wittenberg University have announced that they have agreed to meet on the basketball court next year, and on the football field in 2005 and 2006.
Forty years after his glorious three-year run as starting quarterback for the Wittenberg University Tiger football team, Charlie Green '65 will be immortalized in the College Football Hall of Fame. He becomes the fourth Wittenberg athlete/coach to be elected by the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame into its South Bend, Ind. shrine, following in the footsteps of Ernie Godfrey, Bill Edwards and Dave Maurer.