2011-12 News Archive
Men's golf standouts Jordan Millice, class of 2012 from Cable, Ohio, and Craig Osterbrock, class of 2013 from Wilmington, Ohio, have capped their phenomenal 2011-12 season with recognition from Cleveland Golf/Srixon and the Golf Coaches Association of America as NCAA Division III All-America Scholars.
Two Wittenberg University student-athletes were among 300 participants representing schools throughout the nation and across all three NCAA divisions in attendance at the four-day NCAA Career in Sports Forum in Indianapolis, Ind., June 7-10.
Reed Florence, class of 2014 from South Charleston, Ohio, has been recognized for his fine work both on and off the field by the American Football Coaches Association. He was one of 117 student-athletes from across the country nominated for the 2012 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team.
Wittenberg Director of Athletics and Recreation Garnett Purnell has announced the hiring of Laura Matthews as the university's new softball head coach.
Wittenberg University’s men’s basketball program placed a national-best eight student-athletes on the 2012 National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Honors Court in recognition of their athletic and academic accomplishments during the 2011-12 season.
Wittenberg University’s women’s golf standouts Rachel Steiner, class of 2015 from Hamilton, Ohio, Nicole Waers, class of 2015 from Canton, Ohio, and Carolyn Wong, class of 2015 from Naperville, Ill., were recently honored by the National Golf Coaches Association (NGCA) with All-American Scholar awards.
Wittenberg University’s women’s swimming and diving team recently earned a 2012 College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) Scholar All-America Team award, while Ward McNulty, class of 2013 from New Trier, Ill., and Sarah Wilson, class of 2014 from Centennial, Colo., have earned CSCAA Scholar All-America awards.
Seven Wittenberg University greats will be inducted into the school's Athletics Hall of Honor during 2012 Homecoming Weekend ceremonies, Oct. 5-7. Ken Bonner '89, Eddie Ford '75, Eric Horstman '89, Lamar Kilgore ‘55, Karen Larson '96, Gary Sitler '78 and Tom Weller '88 will join 194 other Wittenberg greats who have previously been inducted into the university's Athletics Hall of Honor.
Sheila Simon broke new ground during her collegiate career as a student-athlete. Her achievements, both as an All-American high jumper and as a lawyer who has risen to the position of Lt. Governor of the state of Illinois, are being celebrated by the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) throughout the 2012 season.
Katie Frey made her mark at Wittenberg with a lacrosse stick in her hands. But for some very special individuals in the Springfield community, the all-conference midfielder will be remembered for her work in the HPER Center Natatorium as part of the university's Tiger GAME Plan.
Wittenberg University’s Department of Athletics recently completed one of its finest all-around academic years in school history, ranking 50th out of more than 440 NCAA Division III schools in the final Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup, presented by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA).
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Wittenberg University men's golf standout Jordan Millice, class of 2012 from Cable, Ohio, has been recognized for the combination of his athletic and academic accomplishments with second-team Capital One Academic All-America College Division honors.
By virtue of his 14th-place finish in the 2012 NCAA Division III Championship Tournament, Wittenberg University men’s golf standout David Wetterich, class of 2014 from Cincinnati, Ohio, has earned second-team PING All-America honors from the Golf Coaches Association of America.
After leading the Wittenberg University women’s lacrosse team to a school record-tying 12 wins and the first undefeated North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) regular season in program history, Alie Marousek, class of 2014 from Pittsburgh, Pa., and Francine Murzynski, class of 2014 from Mentor, Ohio, have earned Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) All-West Region honors.
Jim Ferris, class of 2012 from Grand Rapids, Mich., recently became the third Wittenberg University men’s lacrosse student-athlete invited to participate in the annual United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA)/LAXWORLD Division III North-South Game in the last two years.
Wittenberg University track and field standout Victor Banjo, class of 2014 from Sugarland, Texas, will compete in the 2012 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships on May 24-26 at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps University in Claremont, Calif., in the 100-meter and 200-meter races.
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