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…
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…
Bowling Coach Embraces Tech for Winning Fitness Program
February 8, 2024
John York
John York, head coach of Wilmington University’s Bowling team, is a manager in the technology department at Giant Foods. He also has embraced technology in an ambitious weight-loss program, resulting in him losing 130 pounds.
“I am in better shape than I was 20…
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…
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…
Recruiting Champions Worldwide
May 2, 2022
Soccer Wildcat Manuela Restrepo Ramirez hails from Medellin, Colombia.
They come from Austria, England, Spain, the Czech Republic, Jamaica, South Africa, Colombia, and other countries throughout the world. With skills that could take them to many colleges, these…