Stormy Petrel athletes from a wide range of sports were recognized for their performances last week. Baseball’s Alec Babb and Jonathan Haab, women’s lacrosse’s Dreshona Mapps-Whitmore, and women’s basketball’s Lauren Ransom all received honors. Alec Babb takes D3baseball.com Team of the Week honors D3baseball.com named Oglethorpe sophomore catcher Alec Babb to its Team of the Week on Tuesday, marking the first […]
The Oglethorpe athletic department is pleased to announce the hiring of 2015 Oglethorpe alumna Anna (DiSalvo) Braun as its new head volleyball coach, effective immediately. Braun comes to the Stormy Petrels with a wealth of experience in Atlanta-area collegiate and club volleyball. She served as the head volleyball coach at Agnes Scott College in nearby […]
Another big week in the books for the men’s basketball team. Two wins in Dorough over Birmingham-Southern and Millsaps included a double-overtime thriller and moved the team into third place in the conference standings. For the second consecutive week, a Stormy Petrel was also named Southern Athletic Association Player of the Week. Congrats, Tom Inungu! Tom […]
Athletics play a major role in a university like Oglethorpe. More than 25-percent of the student body has been a part of at least one team while enrolled. And while many teams have experienced great success — such as the men’s soccer team which has captured four consecutive conference championships, or sophomore Jacob Hadden who became the first […]
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. […]
Men’s basketball sophomore Will Koch earned Southern Athletic Association Player of the Week honors after averaging 18 points and 5 rebounds over two games. Koch is in the top 10 in league scoring and rebounding this season. Will Koch takes SAA Player of the Week honors Sophomore forward Will Koch of the Oglethorpe men’s basketball team […]
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 […]
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. Men’s track and field finishes tied for 16th at Emory Crossplex Invitational The Oglethorpe track and field teams got […]
The men’s basketball team has clawed its way back to a .500 record on the young season after taking a win from Sewanee on Sunday in Dorough Field House. Senior Tom Inungu led the team with 19 points. The Petrels had dropped a game to Centre on Friday. Men’s basketball rides big first half to […]
Both the women’s and men’s basketball teams were active over the winter break, and one player set a major career mark over the holidays. At the Quality Suites Holiday Classic, hosted in Dorough Field House, the women split their two games. Fifth-ranked Hope College pulled away from the Petrels in game one, but the women rallied […]