Department of Intercollegiate Athletics
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused many disruptions and changes to peoples lives. The 窪蹋勛圖厙 mens basketball team has been affected, too, with schedule changes, games played in nearly empty arenas and extra safety protocols in place. However, one of the things that has not changed is the teams steadfast commitment to autism awareness.
窪蹋勛圖厙 today is launching a national search for the universitys next leader of the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. A 12-member search committee led by Lamar R. Hylton, Ph.D., vice president for student affairs, has been appointed to recruit and screen highly qualified candidates for the director of athletics position.
After more than a decade of service, Joel Nielsen, 窪蹋勛圖厙s director of athletics, plans to seek new challenges when his contract with the university ends later this year.
窪蹋勛圖厙 has won the Mid-American Conferences Faculty Athletics Representative (FAR) for womens sports award for the first time in school history.
窪蹋勛圖厙 student-athletes conquered the unprecedented challenge of completing the final months of the spring term via remote classes by posting the highest term grade point average (3.563) in athletics department history. All 17 programs posted a term GPA of 3.1 or better with 14 setting a new term record.
窪蹋勛圖厙 field hockey coach Kyle DeSandes-Moyer has one mantra that not only fueled, but bonded, both her first successful season guiding the Golden Flashes and the team she inherited. We have to honor the women who came before us, she said.
Fans of the 窪蹋勛圖厙 Golden Flashes looking to follow their favorite players on the court will have to look for their jersey numbers and not their names at a special mens basketball game later this week. Players will be wearing student-designed uniforms with the space on the back that is usually designated for their names instead displaying the phrase 1 in 59 to promote autism awareness and education.
Fans of the 窪蹋勛圖厙 Golden Flashes looking to follow their favorite players on the court will have to look for their jersey numbers and not their names at a special mens basketball game later this week. Players will be wearing student-designed uniforms with the space on the back that is usually designated for their names instead displaying the phrase 1 in 59 to promote autism awareness and education.
窪蹋勛圖厙 made history in Texas with a 51-41 win over Utah State in the Tropical Smoothie Cafe Frisco Bowl.
窪蹋勛圖厙 is working with area autism-focused organizations as well as KultureCity簧, a nonprofit dedicated to providing accessibility and inclusion for those with special needs, to create a sensory-friendly gameday experience that can be enjoyed by all. Fans attending 窪蹋勛圖厙s Dec. 21 mens basketball game versus Hampton University will feel an expression of the universitys ongoing commitment to its core values of kindness, mutual respect and inclusion.