August, 2013 – The North Coast Athletic
Conference kicks off its year-long 30th Anniversary
celebration. The league named 30th anniversary teams in
22 of its 23 championship sports … Wittenberg athletic
director Garnett Purnell announced his retirement
following 14 years of distinguished service.
November, 2013 – For the first time since
the 1993 season, three NCAC men’s soccer teams represented
the league in the NCAA Tournament (Kenyon, Oberlin and Ohio
Wesleyan).
December, 2013 – Wabash track & field
coach Clyde Morgan was selected as a member of the
USA Track & Field coaches advisory committee.
January, 2014 – Denison senior swimmer
Damon Rosenburg was featured in Sports
Illustrated’s “Faces In The Crowd” after becoming
the first NCAA Div. III swimmer to post a sub-54-second time in the
100 breast (53.61) … Kenyon president, Dr. Sean M.
Decatur, and Oberlin president, Marvin Krislov,
JD, participated in a conference at the White House aimed
at increasing higher-education opportunities for low-income and
disadvantaged students.
February, 2014 – Hiram announced
Dr. Lori Varlotta as the college’s
22nd presidents, effective July 1, 2014. Dr. Varlotta
succeeds Thomas V. Chema, who announced his
retirement in May of 2013 after leading the institution for 11
years.
March, 2014 – USTFCCCA named Ohio
Wesleyan senior Cara DeAngelis and Wittenberg
senior Victor Banjo as Great Lakes Region Indoor
Track Athletes of the Year, while Wabash head coach Clyde
Morgan and assistant coach Roger Busch
were named the Great Lakes Region Men’s Coach of the Year and
Men’s Assistant Coach of the Year, respectively … The
Allegheny men’s tennis program was named the Intercollegiate
Tennis Association (ITA) Team Sportsmanship Award recipient
… DePauw women’s basketball Kris
Huffman named the D3hoops.com All-Great Lakes Region Coach
of the Year … Wooster senior Doug Thorpe
named Great Lakes Region Player of the Year by the National
Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) … The DePauw
women’s basketball team advanced to the sectional final round
(round of 8) of the NCAA Tournament and closed out the season with
an impressive overall record of 30-2 … The Kenyon
men’s swimming & diving team collected its NCAA-record
33rd national title after accumulating 480 points at the
2014 NCAA Div. III Swimming & Diving Championships in
Indianapolis, Indiana. The Denison men finished second at the
national meet with 472 points, while the Kenyon women also posted a
second-place showing (456.5), followed by Denison in fourth (374.5)
… Denison senior Al Weik became the first
men’s swimmer in NCAA Div. III history to win four
consecutive titles in the 1,650 freestyle … Kenyon sophomore
diver Maria Zarka named NCAA Div. IIII Diver of
the Year, while KC diving coach Andy Scott named
NCAA Div. III Diving Coach of the Year.
April, 2014 – Ohio Wesleyan Sports
Information Director Mark Beckenbach announced as
the 2014 recipient of the Warren Berg Award from the College Sports
Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) … Wabash senior
swimmer Adam Barnes earned a Fullbright
Scholarship as an English Teaching Assistant in Spain …
Wittenberg named Gary Williams, Ph.D, as Director
of Athletics and Recreation.
May, 2014 – Oberlin senior women’s
tennis player Brenna Sheldon named the Arthur Ashe
Leadership & Sportsmanship Award winner for the Central Region
by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) … Denison
won the NCAC All-Sports Championship, earning the 2013-14
Dennis M. Collins All-Sports Trophy. The Big Red
posted top-five finishes in 19-of-23 sports to earn the NCAC
All-Sports Championship for the 14th time in school
history … The Denison men’s lacrosse team suffered
their lone loss of the season in the quarterfinal round of the NCAA
Tournament. The Big Red entered the quarterfinal matchup against
Salisbury riding a 19-game winning streak … The Wittenberg
men’s golf team finished fifth at the NCAA Championships,
played at the Grandover Resort in Greensboro, North Carolina, with
a 72-hole score of 1,203 … USTFCCCA named Ohio Wesleyan
senior Cara DeAngelis as Great Lakes Region
Outdoor Track Athlete of Year, while OWU coaches Kris
Boey and Matt Wackerly were named the
Central Region’s Head Coach of the Year and Assistant Coach
of the Year, respectively.
June, 2014 – Kenyon graduate and
men’s swimmer Andrew Chavalier was named the
Academic All-American of the Year on the 2014 Capital One Academic
All-America Div. III At-Large Team … DePauw Sports
Information Director Bill Wagner inducted into the
CoSIDA Hall of Fame … Lacrosse Magazine named Denison head
coach Mike Caravana as Div. III Coach of the Year
… NCAC named Kenyon’s Andrew
Chavalier as the recipient of the 2014 Don Hunsinger Award
and DePauw’s Paige Gooch as the recipient of
the 2014 Pam Smith Award … NCAC announced inaugural Academic
Honor Roll with 637 student-athletes of sophomore status or higher
maintaining a cumulative grade-point-average of 3.50 or higher.