The Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) named the Oglethorpe men’s golf team to their all-academic list this week, making the Stormy Petrels one of 39 Division III teams, and one of 250 total teams across divisions, to earn the distinction. In order to garner the recognition, programs needed to accrue a minimum team GPA […]
The Southern Athletic Association (SAA), Oglethorpe’s Division III athletic conference, announced today that all conference athletic competition through the 2020 fall season will be postponed. Over the last several months, the SAA Presidents’ Council met to weigh the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and to plan for the 2020-21 athletic season. “The highest priority at each institution […]
ESPN analyst and host Maria Taylor took time out to meet with Oglethorpe athletes on a Zoom call Tuesday afternoon to discuss ways student-athletes and coaches can influence positive change in their communities. The call was moderated by Oglethorpe Women’s Basketball Coach Alex Richey ’11, a former high school classmate of Taylor’s. Taylor spoke about […]
Oglethorpe Athletics rounded out the 2019-2020 season on Saturday with the 8th Annual Petey Awards—announced virtually this year. The event, produced by the Oglethorpe Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), allows Oglethorpe student-athletes to honor the best and brightest performances of the year while reflecting on the athletic year as a whole. The following awards were presented […]
Oglethorpe Athletics and the Oglethorpe Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) will celebrate National Girls and Women in Sports Day on Sunday, February 9. Established in 1987 as a day in our nation’s capital to recognize women in sports, National Girls and Women in Sports Day has evolved into a vibrant, nationwide celebration to inspire girls and […]
The Oglethorpe men’s soccer team is up to a 4-0 start after beating Emory and Gordon over the weekend, and has earned its highest-ever national ranking, as the United Soccer Coaches placed them at no. 3 in the organization’s Division III top 25. Getting out to a 3-0 start of its own is the women’s […]
Athletics Director Todd Brooks and the OU Coaching staff members invite you to the first Stormy Petrels Booster Club event of the semester. Join us outside Howell Tennis Courts near the parking lot area between 11:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. All are welcome for a day of exciting match ups, as your Lady Petrels Volleyball […]
The Oglethorpe women’s lacrosse and men’s track and field teams had members honored with national academic awards. The lacrosse team saw four players named to the 2019 Zag Sports Division III Academic Honor Roll by the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA). Senior midfielder Caroline Chamberlain, junior goalie Jordan Chandler, junior attacker Samantha Chap and junior defender Dreshona Mapps-Whitmore earned […]
On August 10th, Oglethorpe will host its first Stormy Petrel 5K, a closed-course road race around the historic campus. The race is intended for all ages, with male and female bracketed age groups ranging from 12 and under to 60 and over. Money prizes will be given to the top participants, and medals will be awarded […]
The Oglethorpe men’s and women’s tennis teams earned a bevy of academic accolades from the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Thursday. The women’s team earned an ITA All-Academic team award and saw five members named ITA scholar-athletes. Meanwhile, the men’s team put three players on the ITA scholar-athlete list. On the women’s side, seniors Delaney Abood […]