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WilmU’s Softball Team Honored as Delaware Team of the Year

January 17, 2025
The Delaware Sportswriters and Broadcasters Association (DSBA) is hosting its 76th annual awards banquet in February at the Hyatt Place Wilmington Riverfront. The DSBA, a growing group of current and former sportswriters and broadcasters passionate about Delaware sports at all levels, accepted nominations for five awards: Delaware Team of the Year, Tubby Raymond Coach of the Year, Herm Reitzes…
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WilmU Lacrosse: Police pipeline?

October 16, 2024
Is there something about Wilmington University’s lacrosse program that compels young men to go into law enforcement? Lacrosse debuted at WilmU in the fall of 2017, with the first season of NCAA competition starting the following spring. Since then, five ex-Wildcat…
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Claiborne Selected for Student-Athlete Symposium

October 16, 2024
Daja Claiborne, a junior guard/forward on Wilmington University women’s basketball team, was selected for the Student-Athlete Symposium that took place in conjunction with the 2024 NCAA Inclusion Forum, held in Indianapolis from April 24 to 26. The Student-Athlete…
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Title Defended! WilmU Cheer Earns 10th UCA National Championship

April 10, 2024
In February, the Wilmington University Cheerleading team successfully defended its Universal Cheerleaders Association (UCA) College Open Small Coed National Championship, making it 10 titles since 2012. The Wildcats won eight consecutive Open Small Coed (formerly Division II Small Coed) titles from 2012 to 2019 and have now won back-to-back titles. It is the fifth national championship under…
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Haley Downin: Officially Elite

April 10, 2024
Anyone connected with the Wilmington University softball program over the past four years has known that Haley Downin is elite. Now, it’s official. Last May, Downin received the NCAA Elite 90 Award, which honors the student-athlete with the highest cumulative…
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Advocating For Student-Athletics

October 16, 2023
Scott Borgmann Jr. Sophomore pitcher represents CACC on national committee. These are exciting and transformative times in college athletics. Such issues as the transfer portal, name, image and likeness (NIL), and gender equity are changing the landscape of NCAA sports while empowering student-athletes. And sophomore Scott Borgmann Jr., a promising pitcher on the Wilmington University baseball…
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Going The Distance

October 10, 2023
Keith Jones Keith Jones is the University’s longest-tenured coach, as well as one of the most successful.  Given all the signs in his back story, it’s surprising that it took Keith Jones so long to arrive at Wilmington University. To start with, says the school’s…
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Athletic Trainers: Helping the Wildcats Win

April 28, 2023
Front: Dan Boeher. From Left- Luis Zamora Patino, Will Razzano, Chris Stella, Amanda Denney Wilmington University’s athletic trainers are a busy bunch. The University fields 16 teams — nine women’s and seven men’s — in NCAA Division II sports. An athletic trainer…
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CACC Hall of Fame Inducts Wildcats 2015 Baseball Team

April 28, 2023
Team Captain Sam Goines brings the Regional Championship trophy to his teammates to spark a late-night celebration. Wilmington University’s 2015 baseball team has been elected to the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Hall of Fame.  Announced in September, the HOF class also includes legendary men’s basketball coach Herb Magee, of Thomas Jefferson University; all-time great men’s…
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