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Five Wittenberg University field hockey student-athletes were rewarded for their outstanding 2009 season with All-Great Lakes Region awards from the National Field Hockey Coaches Association. Read More ...

Wittenberg University volleyball standout Erin Slattery, class of 2010 from Chagrin Falls, Ohio, has capped her collegiate career with honorable mention All-America honors from the American Volleyball Coaches Association. Read More ...

Wittenberg University women's soccer standout Kelly Foley, class of 2011 from Dublin, Ohio, has been recognized for the combination of her athletic and academic accomplishments with second-team CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America honors. Read More ...

The No. 11-ranked Wittenberg University football team has been selected to compete in the NCAA Division III Tournament for the 13th time in school history. The Tigers open their quest for the third national title since the start of the tournament in 1973 with a first round game against the College of Mount St. Joseph at noon, Saturday, Nov. 21, at Edwards-Maurer Field. Read More ...

Wittenberg University volleyball standout Erin Slattery, class of 2010 from Chagrin Falls, Ohio, has earned first-team All-Great Lakes Region honors from the American Volleyball Coaches Association. Read More ...

Wittenberg University's men's and women's swimming and diving teams joined 126 other college, high school and club teams across the country to raise awareness for cancer research as part of the fourth annual "Ted Mullin Leave it in the Pool, Hour of Power Relay" event Monday, Nov. 9, in the HPER Center Natatorium. Read More ...

The No. 11-ranked Wittenberg University volleyball team has been selected to compete in the NCAA Division III Tournament for the 14th consecutive year and the 15th time in school history. The Tigers open their quest for the first national title in program history with a first round match at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12, at Hope College against 14th-ranked Calvin College. Read More ...

It is becoming a habit the Wittenberg University women's soccer team could get used to. For the fourth straight year, the Tigers have earned the opportunity to play in the NCAA Division III Tournament. Read More ...

For the first time since 2004, the Wittenberg University field hockey team has earned the opportunity to play in the NCAA Division III Tournament. Read More ...

On an historic day when three Wittenberg University athletic teams won North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) championships in a span of five hours, it took a review of the final statistics for exhausted Wittenberg University sports information officials to realize that Aaron Huffman, class of 2010 from Newark, Ohio, had set a new standard for quarterbacks at the university with the most wins in NCAA Division III history. Read More ...

Wittenberg University volleyball standout Erin Slattery, class of 2010 from Chagrin Falls, Ohio, has been recognized for the combination of her athletic and academic accomplishments with third-team CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America College Division All-District IV honors. Read More ...

Wittenberg University football standouts Jeff Wilbur, class of 2010 from Ann Arbor, Mich., and Jake Kerger, class of 2010 from Louisville, Ky., have been recognized for the combination of their athletic and academic accomplishments with first- and second-team CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America College Division All-District IV honors, respectively. Read More ...

Wittenberg University women's soccer standout Kelly Foley, class of 2011 from Dublin, Ohio, has been recognized for the combination of her athletic and academic accomplishments with first-team CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America College Division All-District IV honors. Read More ...

Imagine the scene. Wittenberg's beloved Tiger mascot going head-to-head with Wooster's Fighting Scot mascot in a face-off destined to define the ages. For Wittenberg University and The College of Wooster, the fate of their respective mascots will come down to the votes of fans as the first-of-its-kind contest gets underway today, Oct. 26, at www.mascotfaceoff.com. Read More ...

The Wittenberg University women's lacrosse team is hosting its first annual "Laxathon," a 24-hour lacrosse marathon in Pam Evans Smith Arena in the HPER Center, from 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9, to 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10. Read More ...

Wittenberg University Women's Soccer Head Coach Norm Riker wasn't sure what the most significant achievement was as he boarded the team bus on Wednesday, Sept. 30. Not only did he guide the Tigers to the program's first-ever win at North Coast Athletic Conference rival Ohio Wesleyan, he also reached a personal milestone with the 100th victory of his career. Read More ...

Wittenberg University's football coaches will be wearing special patches on their shirts during the Tigers' game against Ohio Wesleyan University on Saturday, Sept. 26, as they take part in a national charity project orchestrated by the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) called Coach to Cure MD. Read More ...

The illustrious legacy of the late Pam Evans Smith, Wittenberg University class of 1982, will be continues in the 2009-10 school year through the scholarship founded in her name. This year, the Pam Evans Smith '82 Memorial Scholarship was awarded to Danielle Remington, class of 2010 from Homerville, Ohio, and Stephanie Boardman, class of 2010 from Cincinnati, Ohio. Read More ...

The Wittenberg University volleyball team, ranked 12th in the latest American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) NCAA Division III poll, hosts its fifth annual Border Battle Friday and Saturday, Sept. 18-19. For the second straight year, the event will have a global awareness theme, with a fundraising effort to benefit children of the impoverished African kingdom of Lesotho. Read More ...

The Wittenberg University men's and women's cross country teams continue the 2009 season with the annual Wittenberg Invitational on Saturday, Sept. 12, at John Bryan State Park in nearby Yellow Springs. Five schools – Capital University, Cedarville University, Cincinnati Christian, Grace Bible College and Urbana University – are scheduled to join the host Tigers in the competition, which starts with the men's eight-kilometer race at 10:15 a.m. and concludes the with women's five-kilometer race at 11 a.m. Read More ...

Wittenberg Director of Athletics and Recreation Garnett Purnell has announced the hiring of Nichole Johnson as the university's new women's lacrosse head coach. Johnson comes to Wittenberg from Lynchburg College, where she served as an assistant coach for the last two years. Read More ...

With a reputation as a perennial national title contender burnished by 14 straight NCAA Division III Tournament appearances, including three straight national semifinal berths between 2005 and 2007, the Wittenberg Tigers have once again earned the respect of voters in the 2009 American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) preseason poll. Wittenberg, which has finished the season ranked in the top seven each of the last five years, will start the 2009 campaign ranked No. 9. Read More ...

Like all college students who travel abroad, Dan Gaines, Wittenberg University class of 2011 from Columbus, Ohio, hoped to experience a different culture while learning something new on a summer excursion to Germany. He got just that, honing his lacrosse game with some of the United States' and Europe's best college players while experiencing all that one of Europe's oldest and largest nations had to offer. Read More ...

Wittenberg University's volleyball team was one of a record 409 high school and college programs to earn a 2008-09 American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award. The award, initiated in the 1992-93 academic year, annually honors men's and women's college and high school teams that display excellence in the classroom. Read More ...

Wittenberg University will host Community Night on Saturday, Sept. 26, at Edwards-Maurer Field. Pre-game festivities, including a practice session for youth football players and inflatables for young children, will begin at 5:30 p.m. The Tigers' football game against North Coast Athletic Conference rival Ohio Wesleyan is set for a 7 p.m. kick-off. Read More ...

The Wittenberg University football program finished third in the 26th annual North Coast Athletic Conference coaches' poll, announced today by the league office. The Tigers have not finished lower than fourth in the final standings since joining the NCAC in 1989. Read More ...

Wittenberg football standout Lance Phillips, class of 2009 from Wellston, Ohio, has been recognized for his fine work both on and off the field by the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA). He was one of 106 student-athletes from across the country nominated for the 2009 Allstate/AFCA Good Works Team. Read More ...

For Katherine Hueter, class of 2011 from Hilliard, Ohio, the unblemished record she and her USA Athletes International, Inc. teammates compiled while touring the Adriatic Sea Coast of Europe June 2-11 was just part of the story. Read More ...

Forty years after earning second-team Lutheran Brotherhood All-America honors as a kicker at Wittenberg University, Fred Mitchell, class of 1969, has seen his athletic career come full circle. Currently a successful columnist with the Chicago Tribune and a best-selling author, Mitchell has been honored by the National Football Foundation with the creation of the Fred Mitchell Outstanding Place-Kicker Award. Read More ...

Intent on spreading the message that participation in athletics is about developing character traits and lifelong values, the Springfield-based Huddle for Hope Foundation hosted its first-ever summer football camp July 7-9 at Wittenberg University. Read More ...

Wittenberg University's women's swimming and diving team made waves both in and out of the pool during the 2008-09 school year. The Tigers finished in the top half of one of the most competitive swimming and diving conferences in NCAA Division III and recently earned accolades from the College Swimming Coaches Association of America for outstanding academic performance. Read More ...

Six Wittenberg University greats will be inducted into the school's Athletics Hall of Honor during 2009 Homecoming Weekend ceremonies, Oct. 23-25. Joe Govern '80, Sarah Jurewicz '98, Sarah Newlin '96, Bob Wagner '69, Tom Young '70 and longtime statistician Joe Clayton will join 178 other Wittenberg greats who have previously been inducted into the university’s Athletics Hall of Honor. Read More ...

Carrie Frey, class of 2012 from Cincinnati, Ohio, started her week with a surprising first-place finish in the 2009 National Trail Parks and Recreation Springfield Women's City Amateur Golf Tournament. She ended it with the announcement of her selection to the NCAA Division III National Golf Coaches Association (NGCA) Women's All-American Scholar Team. Read More ...

After three straight losing seasons, in which the Wittenberg men's tennis team managed just 13 wins combined, the rebuilding process in the 2008-09 season that netted a 15-8 overall record under first-year Head Coach Justin Stuckey was a surprise, to say the least. Read More ...

Capping a season in which he helped the Wittenberg men's golf team to heights it hadn't seen in nearly 20 years, Ricky Boerner, class of 2012 from Hilliard, Ohio, recently earned All-Great Lakes Region honors. Read More ...

Ron Klawitter, Wittenberg University Class of 1973, will become the first Tiger men's lacrosse player to gain entry into the Ohio Lacrosse Foundation Hall of Fame when he is inducted at a dinner and ceremony at 6 p.m. Saturday, June 13, at the Fawcett Center at The Ohio State University. Read More ...

Wittenberg wrapped up a record-setting year with another haul of All-North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) recognitions from their spring sports. A total of 41 student-athletes earned NCAC spring postseason honors during a season in which the Tiger men's and women's tennis, men's golf and men's and women's lacrosse teams reached new heights. Read More ...

Rachael Hatcher, class of 2009 from West Carrollton, Ohio, practically re-wrote the Wittenberg softball pitching record book in her collegiate career, which fittingly has been capped by a second-team All-Central Region honors from the National Fastpitch Coaches Association. Read More ...

Members of the Wittenberg University and greater Springfield communities will get together on Aug. 7 for the seventh annual Rosy's Golf Outing to honor the legacy of former Tiger student-athlete, coach and athletics department administrator Bob Rosencrans, class of 1958. Read More ...

Wittenberg University's illustrious basketball history continues to gain statewide notoriety as Eldon Miller, class of 1961, becomes the third former Tiger standout to gain entry into the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame & Museum. Read More ...

Former Wittenberg University men's soccer standouts Matt Borland, class of 2009 from Kettering, Ohio, and Justin Jenkins, class of 2009 from Dublin, Ohio, may have exhausted their collegiate eligibility, but that doesn't mean their soccer careers have ended. In fact, they may have just begun. Read More ...

While the Wittenberg University Department of Athletics can boast of a variety of outstanding team and individual athletic accomplishments again this academic year, another great source of pride is created by the performance of Tiger athletes in the classroom. It, too, has been exceptional. Read More ...

The fourth annual Tiger Awards, recognizing excellence in athletic and academic performance by Wittenberg University student-athletes during the 2008-09 school year, were handed out during a banquet on May 3 in Pam Evans Smith Arena, inside the Health, Physical Education and Recreation (HPER) Center. Read More ...

As usual, summer will be a busy time around the Wittenberg University athletics complex in 2009. Nine different Wittenberg varsity athletic teams – men's basketball, women's basketball, field hockey, football, women's lacrosse, men's soccer, women's soccer, tennis and volleyball – are sponsoring summer camps this year. Read More ...

Once upon a time, Brittany Baume, Wittenberg class of 2002, thought her future was in the medical profession. Less than a decade later, Baume has been recognized as one of the top young volleyball coaches in America with a Thirty Under 30 Award from the American Volleyball Coaches Association. Read More ...

For one night at least, Wittenberg's hard-driving football coaching staff is encouraging the players in the program to stay up late and enjoy the party. The Tiger players are competing against one another to raise money for cancer research through the American Cancer Society's annual Wittenberg Relay for Life event Saturday and Sunday, April 25-26. Read More ...

As the 2009 "non-traditional" spring season comes to a close for the Wittenberg field hockey team, the stakes have risen exponentially. In memory of Kristin Hope Kuser, the niece of Head Coach Diana Goggins who died of neuroblastoma in 2008 at the age of seven, the Tigers are organizing an Alex's Lemonade Stand during the NCAC "play day" scheduled for 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, April 19, at Ohio State. Read More ...

The Wittenberg University men's and women's golf teams will host an event - appropriately enough, a golf outing - to raise funds for the program. The second annual Alumni, Family and Friends Fund-raising Golf Outing is scheduled for a shotgun start at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, April 25, at Windy Knoll Golf Club in Springfield. Lunch and registration begin at noon. Read More ...

For the 11th consecutive year, the Wittenberg University football program will host a golf outing to raise funds for the program. This year's event is scheduled for a shotgun start at 1 p.m. Saturday, June 13, at Reid Memorial Golf Course in Springfield. Lunch and registration begin at noon. Read More ...

Students around Wittenberg University's campus are likely most familiar with Michael Condon, class of 2010 from Powell, Ohio, as a fleet-footed, hard-working midfielder on the Tiger men's soccer team. A three-year starter and now a team captain, Condon has made a name for himself on the pitch after playing a key role in the Tigers' run to the 2008 NCAA Division III Tournament. Read More ...

Wittenberg University men's soccer standouts Matt Borland, class of 2009 from Kettering, Ohio, Shane Price, class of 2009 from Minford, Ohio, and Justin Jenkins, class of 2009 from Dublin, Ohio, have claimed their final awards of their illustrious collegiate careers after earning 2008 All-Ohio honors from the Ohio Collegiate Soccer Coaches Association. Read More ...

On March 16, while most Wittenberg community members trudged back to their routines after Spring Break 2009, the university lost a valued member. Much as he lived his life, Joe Clayton, Wittenberg's chief football, men's basketball and women's basketball statistician for nearly three decades, passed away without much fanfare. Read More ...

Following a successful 2008 season in which the Wittenberg University field hockey team turned in a 19th consecutive winning record, the performance of eight student-athletes in the classroom has also been recognized. Read More ...

An historic 2008-09 winter sports season wrapped up for the Wittenberg University Tigers over the last two weeks as the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) awarded 29 Wittenberg student-athletes and coaches with postseason honors. Read More ...

Linebacker Brad McKinley, class of 2011 from Hilliard, Ohio, headlined a four-man Tiger contingent recently named to the first-ever OhioCollegeFootball.com Division III All-Ohio Team. Read More ...

Wittenberg University women's soccer standouts Suzanne Medwid, class of 2009 from Columbus, Ohio, Jamie Mack, class of 2009 from Rochester, NY, Corey Shubitowski, class of 2009 from Columbus, Ohio, and Emily Murray, class of 2010 from Petoskey, Mich., and men's soccer standouts Jay Knox, class of 2009 from Hilliard, Ohio, and Michael Condon, class of 2010 from Powell, Ohio, have earned Academic All-Ohio honors from the Ohio Collegiate Soccer Coaches Association. Read More ...

In addition to their lengthy list of 2008 on-course accomplishments, Wittenberg cross country standouts Darcy Dubuc, class of 2012 from Grand Haven, Mich., and Gabe Savage, class of 2009 from Lewisburg, Ohio, were recently named to the NCAA Division III United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic Team. Read More ...

The last time the Wittenberg Tiger women's cross country team finished in the top half of the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) standings, the current team members weren't even in high school yet. That was 2001, when the Tigers jumped on the shoulders of two-time individual conference champion Abi Gerstle to a fifth-place finish, their previous best in 20 years as a member of the NCAC. Watch Video/Read More ...

Not every day do college baseball fans see a former major league player and a local Hall of Famer join an already active coaching staff at an NCAA Division III institution. Imagine an all-time Southwestern Ohio All-Star team, and it is likely to include the names of the current Wittenberg Tiger baseball coaching staff. Read More ...

Members of the Wittenberg community will come together again to honor the memory of former Women's Basketball Head Coach and Associate Director of Athletics Pam Evans Smith, class of 1982, with the second annual Pam Evans Smith 5K Memorial Walk/Run Saturday, March 28. Read More ...

The Wittenberg University Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) and Student Senate organized a successful blood drive on Jan. 30, collecting 79 pints of donations to win the first-ever "Blood Battle" competition with North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) arch-rival Wooster. Read More ...

At a time of sub-zero temperatures, the Wittenberg University crew team got a jump on the 2009 spring season, in the process raising the club organization's campus and community profile. Read More ...

Wittenberg University's women's swimming and diving team headed into the 2009 North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) championship meet today with a great deal of momentum in hopes of competing in the pool with the best in NCAA Division III. It was announced earlier this week how well the Tigers are competing in the classroom. Read More ...

Adding to an already lengthy list of 2008 postseason honors, Wittenberg University women's soccer standouts Suzanne Medwid, class of 2009 from Columbus, Ohio, and Maggie Amorello, class of 2011 from Sutton, Mass., earned first- and second-team All-Ohio honors, respectively, from the Ohio Collegiate Soccer Coaches Association. Read More ...

The Wittenberg University Tigers and the College of Wooster Fighting Scots, two of most successful men's basketball programs in all of NCAA Division III, will renew their spirited North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) rivalry at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14, in Wittenberg's Pam Evans Smith Arena, and tickets are once again in demand. Read More ...

The Wittenberg University Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) will host its first-ever Take a Kid to the Game Day on Saturday, Feb. 14, part of a daylong celebration of basketball and community in Wittenberg's Pam Evans Smith Arena. Read More ...

The Wittenberg University women's basketball team will again host a sports expo and a postgame meet and greet/autograph session with its players as part of a celebration of National Girls And Women In Sports Day (NGWSD) on Saturday, Feb. 7. Read More ...

Three Wittenberg University student-athletes and Men's and Women's Tennis Head Coach Justin Stuckey attended an NCAA Division III Student-Athlete Regional Leadership Conference in Chicago, Jan. 23-25. Read More ...

It may have happened more than 19 months ago, but the passing of Wittenberg women's basketball coach Pam Evans Smith is still fresh in the minds of many of the coaches and student-athletes who continue to don the Red & White. For Head Coach Sarah Jurewicz, Wittenberg class of 1998, the memories came flooding back Saturday morning when she learned of the passing of North Carolina State University Head Coach Kay Yow. Read More ...

The Wittenberg University Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) and Student Senate are putting school bragging rights on the line as never before. On Friday, Jan. 23, SAAC and Student Senate are hosting the first-ever "Blood Battle," a blood drive competition with North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) arch-rival Wooster. Read More ...