2009-10 News Archive
Brooke Boswell, class of 2010 from Hamilton, Ohio, did it all for the Wittenberg softball team over the last four years, and she was recently accorded yet another award from the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) with third-team All-Central Region honors.
For the second straight year, a Wittenberg women's golfer stands atop the local amateur links community after Anne Busam, class of 2012 from Cincinnati, Ohio, rallied for a three-shot victory in the 29th Springfield Women's City Amateur Golf Tournament on Sunday, June 28.
Wittenberg University men's track and field standout Tim Uher, class of 2010 from Granville, Ohio, capped his collegiate career with second-team CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America College Division All-District IV honors. The award recognizes the combination of a student-athlete's athletic and academic accomplishments.
Wittenberg University men's track and field standout Tim Uher, class of 2010 from Granville, Ohio, has been recognized for the combination of his athletic and academic accomplishments with first-team CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America College Division All-District IV honors.
The Wittenberg University football team, which returns 14 starters from last year's 12-1 team, once again has experts believing it has the talent to make a run at a national championship. The publishers of Lindy's 2010 College Football Preview ranked the Tigers ninth in their NCAA Division III preseason poll, while publishers of The Sporting News ranked the Tigers eighth in their NCAA Division III preseason poll.
After leading the Wittenberg women's lacrosse team to just its second nine-win season in 20 years, midfielder Joelle Ghanem, class of 2010 from Dublin, Ohio, has earned second-team Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association All-West Region honors.
Field hockey standout Kelley Herde, class of 2011 from Louisville, Ky., and swimming and diving standout Rachel Lee, class of 2012 from Hickory, NC, have been recognized for the combination of their athletic and academic accomplishments with CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America College Division All-District IV honors, respectively.
Wittenberg University's volleyball team annually travels the country in search of the best competition, a practice that has contributed to 14 straight NCAA Division III Tournament berths. For the third time in the last seven years, Head Coach Paco Labrador and his nationally ranked squad will take their game overseas with a 12-day trip to Spain.
After leading the Wittenberg Tigers to their first North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) championship since 1992 and their first NCAA Division III Tournament appearance since 1993, three student-athletes have earned PING All-Great Lakes Region honors from the Golf Coaches Association of America.
Showing tremendous balance across its 23 varsity intercollegiate athletics teams and enjoying consistent success through the fall, winter and spring sports seasons, Wittenberg University's athletics program has emerged victorious in the race for the 2009-10 North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) All-Sports championship.
Wittenberg University men's golf standout Jordan Millice, class of 2012 from Cable, Ohio, was hoping for big things at the 2010 NCAA Division III Tournament. Before he and his teammates had even teed off, however, Millice received perhaps the most significant individual honor scheduled to be awarded this week.
Springfield, Ohio — For the first time ever, there will be postseason play for the Wittenberg University men's lacrosse team, which earned the opportunity to compete in the 2010 NCAA Division III Tournament.
Wittenberg University softball standout Cameron Catalfu, class of 2010 from Loveland, Ohio, has been recognized for the combination of her athletic and academic accomplishments with second-team CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America College Division All-District IV honors.
Wittenberg University's illustrious athletics history continues to gain statewide notoriety as Don Henderson, class of 1954, and Frank Shannon, class of 1940, become the fourth and fifth former Tiger standouts to gain entry into the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame & Museum.
While the Wittenberg University Department of Athletics can boast of a variety of outstanding team and individual athletic accomplishments again this academic year, another great source of pride is created by the performance of Tiger athletes in the classroom. It, too, has been exceptional.
After a collegiate playing and coaching career spent frequently battling against the Wittenberg Tigers, former College of Wooster field hockey and women's lacrosse standout Kelley Hubbell has accepted the field hockey head coaching position at Wittenberg.
