By Lauren Haggett, University Communications UWF baseball player Philip Ebert, a redshirt junior, has joined the roster of bloggers on College Baseball Lineup (CBL). Formerly known as PING!Baseball, CBL focuses on highlighting Division I and II baseball. Ebert plans to blog about the team’s ups, downs and in-betweens to help gain exposure for UWF and […]
The arrival of the basketball season is always a good reason to celebrate, but this year, there is another reason to cheer at UWF – Bob Stinnett is the new head coach of the men’s team. Stinnett, a 1969 graduate, former basketball player at UWF and a member of the UWF Athletics Hall of Fame, […]
Winning games isn’t the only thing that UWF’s Volleyball team is known for-they are also known for serving those in need. The Argos held their third annual “Pack it Pink” match Oct. 10 in support of breast cancer awareness and raised $1,800 for the Side-Out Foundation as well as the Susan G. Koman Institute. They […]
Since opening its door in 1967, the University of West Florida has worked to build a strong Athletics program capable of competing at the highest levels. More than 40 years later, the Argonauts offer 13 nationally ranked NCAA Division II sport teams and uphold an unsurpassed reputation for excellence in athletics and academics. The many […]
Named “Most Promising Freshman” last year by the University of West Florida Women’s Cross Country team, UWF sophomore Bailee Hedstrom continues to exceed expectations. Placing first in almost everything she participates in, Hedstrom is the first UWF female cross country runner to earn a Gulf South Conference “Runner of the Week” award and she took […]
Bob Stinnett was hired as head coach of the University of West Florida Men’s Basketball Team. His appointment was announced by UWF President Judy Bense and Athletic Director Dave Scott at a press conference held at the Argonaut Athletic Club Monday. Stinnett, a UWF Athletics Hall of Fame inductee and team captain of the first […]
University of West Florida Intercollegiate Athletics is at a crossroads. In January, UWF President Judy Bense formed the Athletics Visioning Team to review the full range of UWF Athletic programs, in an effort to recommend the future direction of Intercollegiate Athletics at UWF. Reviewing a detailed analysis of university athletics and working with a national […]
Drafted 43rd overall by the Los Angeles-based Club Deportivo Chivas USA in the 2008 Major League Soccer (MLS) SuperDraft, University of West Florida alumnus Keith Savage, Physical Education ’07, almost immediately stepped off the UWF soccer field and leapt into the national soccer scene, grabbing the opportunity to live out the dream that his coaches, […]
West Florida Soccer Athlete Mason Hupp was found dead Tuesday morning, just a couple of months before his senior soccer season was to begin. He was one of the returning leaders for the UWF Men’s Soccer team, which was ranked as high as third in the nation last season, with an 18-2 record. Hupp was […]
The University of West Florida announced today that Dave Scott, current director of Recreation and Sport Services, will serve as interim athletic director. Scott has been with the university since August of 1990, and has recently served on the Intercollegiate Athletic Advisory Committee. His duties as interim athletic director will include managing daily operations, implementing […]
