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Eleven Stormy Petrels named to SAA winter/spring all-sportsmanship teams

The Southern Athletic Association released their winter and spring all-sportsmanship teams Friday, recognizing student-athletes who displayed outstanding sportsmanship over the course of their seasons. The 2018-19 Oglethorpe student-athletes to earn winter and spring SAA all-sportsmanship designation are as follows: Baseball – Caleb Feibus and Johnathan Feibus (Srs., Clearwater, Fla.) Men’s basketball – Lane Foster (So., […]

Schmidt Recreation Center scores new wood floor

It’s out with the old and in with the new at the Schmidt Recreation Center auxiliary gym. A custom Stormy Petrels wooden floor was recently installed in the space and has breathed new life into the gym. “The rubber tartan floor that existed there was past its life expectancy,” said Athletic Director Todd Brooks. “Wood […]

Oglethorpe athletes shine in local Sunbelt Baseball League

This summer, six Oglethorpe students are on rosters for the Sunbelt Baseball League. Established in 2005, the Sunbelt League is a collegiate summer baseball program based in metro Atlanta aimed at helping young college athletes achieve their dreams of playing at a professional level. It showcases talent from more than a hundred colleges and universities. […]

Peter Howell retiring as men’s and women’s tennis coach

Oglethorpe head men’s and women’s tennis coach Peter Howell will retire from his position, marking the end of a successful 18-year coaching career at the university. A member of the Oglethorpe Athletics Hall of Fame, Howell has also been enshrined in the United States Professional Tennis Association’s Southern Division Hall of Fame, the Georgia Tennis […]

Women’s basketball breaks into coaches’ top 25

The Oglethorpe women’s basketball team moved into the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Division III top 25 this week, entering the poll tied for 25th. It marked the program’s first national ranking since the end of the 2008-09 season, when they finished tied for eighth in the WBCA poll and ninth in the D3hoops.com poll. […]

Oglethorpe to host National Girls & Women in Sports Day on Feb. 3

The Oglethorpe athletic department and the Oglethorpe Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) will be celebrating National Girls and Women in Sports Day Sunday, February 3. The event will take place at 11 a.m. in the Traditions lobby of Dorough Field House and in the Schmidt Recreation Center, as well as the Oglethorpe Track and Field, weather […]

Go Petrels Athletics Update: January 16-22

The Oglethorpe track and field teams got their spring season underway at the Emory Crossplex Invitational in Birmingham, Alabama. Senior Rodrigo Meade had the best individual performance of the day finishing second in the mile run. Both the men’s and women’s basketball teams split weekend conference games. The women topped Hendrix but fell to Rhodes. […]