Tag: student-athlete
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Super-smart student-athletes: 75 make Horizon League Honor Roll
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We told you the other day about the latest academic accolade for the UW-Green Bay women’s basketball team — a No. 1 ranking on the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association Academic Top 25. And while the Phoenix women are clearly tops both on and off the hardwood, they’re hardly the only athletes with academic prowess. Seventy-five…
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Green Bay golfer Ebert competes in NCAA Regionals today
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Chad Ebert, a junior from Kenosha, won the individual title at the Horizon League men’s golf tournament in late April. The win earned Ebert a trip to the NCAA Regionals. Ebert is the first Phoenix golfer to compete in an NCAA Division I golf championship. He was scheduled to tee off at 9 a.m. CT…
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Phoenix fans travel to support Wojta
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Former Phoenix hoops standout Julie Wojta doubled up on home court advantage Tuesday as the WNBA rookie played in Minneapolis for her new team, the Minnesota Lynx. Not only was the noon game at home, Wojta had plenty of support from Green Bay, too — members of the Phoenix faithful boarded a Minneapolis-bound bus to…
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Yes! In NCAA field of 64, by academics, UW-Green Bay is Elite 8
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Here’s a twist on the NCAA Tournament that favors academic excellence: The publication Inside Higher Ed annually conducts its Academic Performance Tournament, in which they determine who would prevail if academics were the deciding factor. (The primary measure is your program’s score on the NCAA’s Academic Progress Rate, with the Graduation Success Rate as a…
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Congratulations, Alec Brown
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Green Bay men’s basketball player Alec Brown has been named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) All-District-12 Second Team, the NACB office announced on Tuesday. The 7-1 center averaged 13.8 points, 8.2 rebounds and a school-record 3.0 blocks per game. District 12 consists of north-central conferences including the Horizon and Summit leagues. For…
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Bright future: All-league honors for Brown, Sykes
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Sophomore Alec Brown was one of the most consistent players in the Horizon League this season, and the 7-foot-1 sophomore was rewarded for that consistency this week when he was named first-team All-Horizon League. The postseason awards were handed out after voting by the league’s head coaches, media relations contacts and select media members. Brown…
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Press-Gazette column praises Phoenix work ethic
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The UW-Green Bay women also are prominently featured in Thursday’s Green Bay Press-Gazette, thanks to a section-front column from sports editor Mike Vandermause. The piece praises the team’s stellar work ethic and team-focused approach as secrets to success. A nice feature, here.
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For Mishicot, Wojta a source of hometown pride
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An editorial in Wednesday’s (Feb. 1) Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter also has high praise for Phoenix hoops, and in particular, senior and Mishicot High School grad Julie Wojta. She’s a source of community pride, the editorial says, a great player and role model who can show younger players the benefits of hard work and learning…
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Student Athlete blood drive is Thursday
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The Student Athlete Advisory Committee is hosting a Red Cross blood drive this Thursday (Feb. 2) in the Phoenix Room of the University Union from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. If you would like to sign up, go to www.redcrossblood.org to make an appointment.
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Two Phoenix athletes chosen to attend NCAA career forum
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UW-Green Bay juniors Alli Rivera (softball) and Hannah Quilling (basketball) are two of 303 student-athletes nationwide selected to attend the 2011 NCAA Career in Sports Forum June 12-15 in Indianapolis. Rivera studies public relations and international business. Quilling is a Human Biology major with an emphasis in health science. A total of 14 athletes from…