We break up the preseason with scrimmages so that it is easier to assess where we are as a team prior to playing “the real deal”. We open up “the real deal” in Holland, Michigan at the Hope tip-off tournament. Our scrimmages help us to get primed for that first weekend. Tomorrow night will be [...]

Last night the student activities department hosted an event in the HPERC called “WITTness Wednesday”. The event was Wittenberg’s version of the NCAA Division I’s Midnight Madness that many big school’s celebrate at the first practice of the basketball season.
What a BLAST! We had an awesome MC in Ryan Gresham, one of our awesome Wittenberg [...]

This past weekend was Homecoming here at Wittenberg. It was a great weekend all around with lots of alumni on campus and our athletic teams turning in successful performances. Although the weather was not spectacular, we had many great events that brought people out to enjoy one another and catch up on their days at [...]

What an AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME team we have!!!
At the end of practice today, the seniors ran out of the gym only to return with not one, not two, but THREE red velvet cakes! One rectangular and two circular cakes all topped with creamy white frosting and decorations (sprinkles!) to boot. HOORAY! Red velvet cake is [...]

It has only been two days since I last saw the team, but it has been a lonely two days. Whether you call it a perk or a downfall, getting attached to your team is an inevitable fate. Their chatter on the court, their determined faces during drills, their improvement over each and every rep, [...]

Our first three days of practice coincided with mid-term week. This mid-term week led up to our fall break. From being in the classroom myself, I understand the value of concluding a portion of your course material before a four-day break as it creates a natural opportunity to start fresh when the students return to [...]

Yesterday was our first official day on the court … so grrrrrrrrrrrrrreat! There is nothing like hearing the basketballs bouncing on the hardwood and listening to the sound of the ball waxing through the net. The team is in great shape and worked very hard in our first session - it gives me so much [...]

CONGRATULATIONS are in order for one of our five seniors, Stephanie Boardman, as she was recently awarded the Pam Evans Smith Memorial Scholarship for her senior year. The scholarship is awarded to two women entering their senior year that have demonstrated excellent academic performance while being engaged within the campus community. The other recipient this [...]

It is hard to believe that anything, any day can get better when the weather is impeccable, however, I heard our webmaster and assistant swim coach, Bob Rafferty, make a simple statement to a recruit one day: “Wittenberg only gets better beyond the weather”. Wittenberg is a beautiful campus year round and when the weather [...]

WELCOME TO A NEW SCHOOL YEAR!
I haven’t written a post in quite some time because of, what I believe, an energy shortage, an emotional energy shortage. At the end of the summer recruiting travel and personal time away from the office, I was in an enormous need for the ENERGY of our campus to come [...]