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A Champion in the Dugout

March 11, 2019
Here’s a question to ponder as the Wilmington University baseball team’s 2019 season gets into full swing: The 2018 baseball seniors flank Mike Smith. From left: Christian Adorno, Kyle Fries, Nick Grant, Chuck Delagol; Front: Nick Macey, Mike Smith, Zach Rumford Is Mike Smith’s presence in the Wildcat dugout more beneficial to him or to the team? Call it even. A WilmU student, Smith is…
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Lacrosse: Ex-Sailor Brings Real-World Experience

March 11, 2019
Not surprisingly, Stephen Strosser peppers his speech with “yes, sirs” and “no, sirs,” a habit formed while serving four years in the Navy. Stephen Strosser Discharged last August, he’s now pursuing his Ed.D. in Organizational Learning, Leadership and Innovation at…
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Coach Named for New Men’s, Women’s Outdoor Track and Field

November 19, 2018
Track and field will become the 11th men’s sport and 12th women’s sport at WilmU to compete in the NCAA Division II Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference. Christian Stamm, a successful high school coach, will seek to duplicate that success at the collegiate level as he takes over the newly-minted Wilmington University men’s and women’s outdoor track and field programs, which will begin…
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Seventh Wonder

July 17, 2018
Cheerleaders continue streak as UCA Small Coed Division II national champs. Wilmington University Cheerleading celebrates their 7th straight UCA National Cheerleading Championship. (Photo by Frank Stallworth) The streak is alive and well for Wilmington University’s…
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Keeping the Cup: Men’s Teams Dominate CACC

March 26, 2018
It has been handed out since the 1976–77 season, but no institution has dominated it like Wilmington University. No other men’s athletic department has won more than three Restaino Cups in a row. It’s the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Men’s Alfred R.
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The Unsung MVP

March 19, 2018
Dr. Michael J. Axe is a force in WilmU’s Athletics department, fortified by more than 30 years of service. He’s also an icon in Delaware’s world of sports medicine. Dr. Axe has worked with 3,000 students during his 30-year tenure at WilmU. It’s a quiet Thursday night at the Pratt Student Center with students softly shuffling through the hallways to their evening classes — that’s all…
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Men’s Lacrosse Comes to WilmU

November 17, 2017
Men’s lacrosse at Wilmington University will finally become a reality starting this spring. Noah Given | Photo by Paul Patton Newly appointed Head Coach Christian Zwickert has heard rumblings of collegiate lacrosse coming to New Castle ever since a conversation with…
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Wilmington Golf: Keeping it Rolling

November 16, 2017
It took six years to get the train out of the station, but now that Head Golf Coach Harry Jennings has it rolling, it seems unstoppable. Coach Harry Jennings and Andreas Lunding during the 2015 CACC Championship. Now in his 14th season at the helm of the Wildcats, Jennings…
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Coming to You Live: Wildcat Sports

July 5, 2017
Catch a game from wherever you are. Are you a Wilmington University sports fan but find yourself unable to make it to all games? No problem. Now you can watch many Wildcat contests live — in the comfort of wherever you happen to be, thanks to the Athletics Department and the College of Technology, who have combined to web stream games. The concept was born three years ago when Adjunct Professor…
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