2009 News
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One Year Later, Dillon Hollin Named Top Div. III Football Center
December 08, 2010SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Former football standout Dillon Hollin, class of 2010, got a big surprise during Thanksgiving weekend 2010 - a call from his former coach, Joe Fincham, to tell him that he had recently been selected winner of the 2009 Rimington Award, given to the top center in NCAA Division III. -
News Release: Head Coach Joe Fincham Finishes Third In Ohio College Football Coach of the Year Balloting
February 09, 2010SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — After leading his team to a North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) championship, an undefeated regular season and the NCAA Division III Tournament quarterfinals in 2009, Wittenberg University Football Head Coach Joe Fincham finished third in balloting by coaches for the Columbus Dispatch Ohio College Football Coach of the Year award.
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News Release: Four Seniors Selected To Play In First-Ever OhioCollegeFootball.com Bowl
February 07, 2010SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Wittenberg University football standout Eddie Vallery, class of 2011 from South Solon, Ohio, has earned a prestigious All-America award from the American Football Coaches Association
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Wittenberg Football Standout Eddie Vallery Caps Season With Two More National Awards
December 19, 2009SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — If Wittenberg University football standout Eddie Vallery, class of 2011 from South Solon, Ohio, had his preference, he would have been hoisting the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl trophy on Saturday, Dec. 19, in Salem, Va.
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Football Standout Eddie Vallery Earns Prestigious All-America Designation From Coaches Association
December 15, 2009SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Wittenberg University football standout Eddie Vallery, class of 2011 from South Solon, Ohio, has earned a prestigious All-America award from the American Football Coaches Association.
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News Release: Kicker Zack Harris Named Finalist For New National Award In Honor Of Fred Mitchell '69
December 14, 2009SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Wittenberg University football kicker Zack Harris, class of 2010 from Plain City, Ohio, has been named one of 10 finalists for the Fred Mitchell Outstanding Place-Kicker Award
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News Release: Assistant Coach Andy Waddle Named Finalist For National Award
December 09, 2009SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — In recognition of his outstanding work in 2009, Wittenberg Football Defensive Coordinator Andy Waddle has been nominated by his peers for a Coach of the Year program run by FootballScoop.com, a popular online resource for coaches and college athletics department administrators.
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Forty-Two Student-Athletes Earn 2009 Fall All-Conference Awards
December 08, 2009One of the most successful fall sports seasons in Wittenberg history was capped by a tremendous haul of postseason awards from the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC).
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Wittenberg Falls In NCAA Division III Tournament Quarterfinals To No. 2-Ranked UW-Whitewater, 31-13
December 05, 2009WHITEWATER, Wisc. — The Wittenberg Tigers went toe-to-toe with one of the nation's best in the NCAA Division III Tournament quarterfinals, eventually falling out of the national competition by a deceiving 31-13 margin to second-ranked Wisconsin-Whitewater.
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News Release: Fincham Earns Second AFCA Regional Coach Of The Year Award
December 02, 2009SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — For the second time in his career, Wittenberg University Football Head Coach Joe Fincham has been selected Region II Coach of the Year by the American Football Coaches Association.
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Tigers Start Fast, Finish Strong To Race Past Trine In NCAA Division III Tournament Second Round Game
December 01, 2009SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The Wittenberg Tigers got back to basics in the second round of the NCAA Division III Tournament, and the result was a workmanlike 34-17 victory over visiting Trine University. The win, Wittenberg's 19th in 29 all-time NCAA Division III Tournament games, advanced the Tigers to the national quarterfinals for the fourth time since 1998 but the first time since 2001.
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Game Notes: Tigers Look To Reach Semifinals For First Time In 30 Years
December 01, 2009SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The Wittenberg Tigers have successfully defended their home turf through the first two rounds of the NCAA Division III Tournament. Now they hit the road for their most significant test yet in the 2009 season. Next up is the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, one of the two dominant programs in all of NCAA Division III over the last five years.
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Game Notes: Tigers Host Upset-Minded Trine In NCAA Second Round
November 24, 2009SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — After a sluggish first half, the Wittenberg Tigers broke open a close game in the third quarter and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Division III Tournament with a 42-14 over Mount St. Joseph. Much like the week before when the Tigers capped the 18th undefeated regular season in school history with a 42-6 win over archrival Wooster, coaches and players alike celebrated for a short time and then got right back to business.
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News Release: 19 Tigers Earn All-NCAC Honors, Highlighted By Individual Awards For Eddie Vallery And Joe Fincham
November 23, 2009CLEVELAND, Ohio — Wabash senior Matt Hudson and Wittenberg junior Eddie Vallery have been honored for outstanding seasons by being named North Coast Athletic Conference Players of the Year. Hudson receives the Mike Gregory Award as the NCAC's Offensive Player of the Year. The award is presented by Richard Gregory of Columbus, in honor of his father, a multi-sport standout at Denison in the 1920s. Vallery, meanwhile, is the Defensive Player of the Year and receives the Hank Critchfield Award, commemorating the 1927 Wooster graduate.
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Big Second Half Propels Tigers Past Mount St. Joseph In NCAA Division III Tournament First Round Game
November 21, 2009SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — A 21-point third quarter outburst - fueled by two turnovers and a blocked punt by an opportunistic, hard-hitting defense - gave the Wittenberg Tigers the necessary momentum to pull away from the College of Mount St. Joseph for a 42-14 win in the first round of the NCAA Division III Tournament.
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Game Notes: Tigers Back Where They Belong - In The Postseason
November 18, 2009SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The photos of Wittenberg players singing the fight song and embracing the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) trophy were still being downloaded after the Wittenberg Tigers' 42-6 Senior Recognition Day victory over arch-rival Wooster when Head Coach Joe Fincham and his team turned their attention to the NCAA Division III Tournament. The message: there is plenty of work left to do in 2009.
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Tigers Polish Off Wooster, Claim Outright NCAC Title
November 14, 2009SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The Wittenberg Tigers followed their game-winning formula to perfection on Senior Recognition Day at Edwards-Maurer Field, punishing arch-rival Wooster defensively and putting together an efficient, balanced offensive effort that added up to a 42-6 victory.
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Game Notes: Tigers Hope To Send Off Seniors In Style Against Wooster
November 11, 2009SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The Wittenberg Tigers have broken through, winning a share of the 2009 North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) championship for the first time since 2006 and capturing the conference's automatic berth in the NCAA Division III Tournament as well. Now the Tigers have their sights set on their first outright NCAC title since winning four straight between 1998 and 2001.
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Offense Awakens As Tigers Defeat Allegheny To Claim NCAC Title
November 07, 2009SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The Wittenberg Tigers started slow but finished strong to pick up a share of the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) championship with a 52-10 rout of visiting Allegheny.
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News Release: Jeff Wilbur, Jake Kerger Earn Academic All-District Honors
November 05, 2009SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Wittenberg University football standouts Jeff Wilbur, class of 2010 from Ann Arbor, Mich., and Jake Kerger, class of 2010 from Louisville, Ky., have been recognized for the combination of their athletic and academic accomplishments with first- and second-team CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America College Division All-District IV honors, respectively.
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Game Notes: Tigers Host Allegheny With NCAC Title On Line
November 04, 2009SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The Wittenberg Tigers are closing in on the biggest prize of the 2009 regular season, but two major obstacles stand between them and the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) title. The first hurdle the Tigers must clear is Allegheny, the program with the most NCAC titles in conference history.
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Defense Key Again As Tigers Win Big Over Denison
October 31, 2009GRANVILLE, Ohio — The Wittenberg Tigers shut their eighth straight 2009 opponent down, stifling the Denison Big Red defensively and putting together another workmanlike offensive performance in a 41-7 victory.
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Game Notes: Tigers Head To Denison For Third Night Game Of Season
October 28, 2009SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Undefeated through seven games for the first time in nine years, the Wittenberg Tigers head into the home stretch of the 2009 season with plenty of momentum. Next up is a road date at long-time rival Denison and the Tigers' third night of the campaign.
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Wittenberg Grinds Out Win Over Carnegie Mellon
October 24, 2009SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The Wittenberg Tigers played perhaps their most complete game of the 2009 season, methodically working their way past visiting Carnegie Mellon for a 28-7 Homecoming victory.
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Game Notes: Tigers Welcome Carnegie Mellon For Homecoming
October 22, 2009SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — After beating five opponents with losing records to open the 2009 season, the Wittenberg Tigers kicked off a challenging second half of the season with a 10-7 win at then-No. 10 ranked Wabash on Oct. 17. The win moved the Tigers to 6-0 overall and 4-0 in the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) and vaulted Wittenberg into both national top 25 rankings.
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Last Second Field Goal Lifts Tigers Past Wabash
October 17, 2009CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind. — Redemption, in many different ways for many different individuals, was Wittenberg's after senior kicker Zack Harris, on the field only because his 2008 season was ended prematurely due to injury, banged home a game-winning 31-yard field goal with one second left on the clock to secure a heart-stopping 10-7 victory over 10th-ranked Wabash.
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Game Notes: Tigers Face Biggest Test Of 2009 Season At No. 10 Wabash
October 12, 2009SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — It would be hyperbole to say that Wittenberg's 2009 football season hinges on one game, but it is clear that a great deal rides on Saturday's trip to Wabash. The Little Giants have had a hammerlock on the trophy Wittenberg had once been accustomed to winning - the North Coast Athletic Conference championship plaque - and the Tigers have gone nine long years without a win on the Little Giants' home field.
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Big First Half Carries Tigers To 42-3 Win Over Earlham
October 10, 2009RICHMOND, Ind. — The Wittenberg Tigers completed their sprint through the first half of the 2009 schedule with a fifth consecutive dominating performance, this time shutting down host Earlham, 42-3.
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Game Notes: Tigers Hit The Road Again, This Time To Earlham
October 06, 2009SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — After two straight lop-sided home wins to run their record to 4-0 for the first time since 2003, the Wittenberg Tigers are poised for more as they prepare to head out of state for the third time already in 2009. It's a much shorter trip this time, however, as the Tigers travel to North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) rival Earlham.
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Wittenberg Picks Up Big Win Over Hiram
October 03, 2009SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — By the end of Wittenberg's 70-7 victory over visiting Hiram, the only Tigers truly exhausted were the cheerleaders. Conditioned to do pushups matching the number of Wittenberg points on the scoreboard following each scoring play, the Tiger cheerleaders got themselves an extraordinary workout by doing 385 pushups each in about two hours as the fans counted along with the ringing of the Victory Bell.
