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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 lacrosse players have become police officers, while a former assistant coach is completing a decade of service with the Middletown…
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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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Katie Warrington Hugelmeyer: First individual Wildcat in the CACC Hall of Fame

April 10, 2024
Fortunately, the phone call came during a lull in the full-time job of raising her two preschoolers. Still, Katie Warrington Hugelmeyer almost didn’t answer it.  “It was so out-of-the-blue,” she says. “I was like, who is this number from Connecticut calling me?” Turns out it was the commissioner of the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC), calling to tell Hugelmeyer that…
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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…
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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 longtime cross country coach, “I’m about as local as you can get.” True. He grew up in New Castle — Penn Acres, to be…
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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…
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A Champion in Science and Basketball

April 27, 2023
Student-athlete Amaja′ Imani Mack is Wilmington University’s first graduate fellow. Enrolled in WilmU’s new Environmental Science program, which received a $30,000 graduate fellowship from NASA Space Grant, Mack works full-time on the University’s coral project while maintaining her academic and athletic career. “Amaja′’s award suggests she is one of the leaders among her peers in…
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