Basketball

Jerry Fisk: Changing the culture

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 12, 2018September 2, 2019

September 12, 2018September 2, 2019

AIDAN POLLARD Sports Editor Fredonia’s new athletic director, Jerry Fisk, is a big man with big ideas. Fisk took over the position in the Spring semester of last year, and already the changes he’s made can be seen all over campus. Since the winter, the Blue Devils athletics department......

Sports

Ultimate frisbee: Fredonia’s fastest-growing club sport?

Contributor to The LeaderMay 2, 2018

May 2, 2018

AIDAN POLLARD Assistant Sports Editor Frisbee is a staple of college campuses everywhere, and Fredonia is no exception. The Fredonia Ultimate clubs have been making leaps and bounds this year, especially on the women’s side. Ultimate is a game played with a flying disc that’s somewhat similar to both......

Sports

‘I expect that none of the lacrosse team members have spoken, as they [were] instructed not to discuss’: Coaching change for women’s lacrosse

Contributor to The LeaderApril 25, 2018

April 25, 2018

QUINTIN JAMES Assistant Sports Editor Last month, the Fredonia lacrosse team went to Florida for the tournament “Spring Fling.” When the team left for Florida, their head coach was Amy Simon, who was in her third year in the position. Simon, after graduating from Fredonia in 2012, was hired......

Sports

‘Everything and anything is possible through hard work’: A profile of Phil Seymore, Fredonia’s head coach of men’s basketball

Contributor to The LeaderApril 18, 2018

April 18, 2018

DERECK ICE Special to The Leader As you step foot inside Coach Phil Seymore’s office, something that will immediately grab your attention is his large award from Canisius College that he received for earning all-conference and all-region honors his senior basketball season. You will see many basketball trophies and......

Sports

‘. . . she was pretty much unstoppable’: Jenna Einink, junior basketball player, reaches 1,000 points

Contributor to The LeaderApril 18, 2018

April 18, 2018

CHELSEA BARON Special to The Leader 2,000 may not be a high score in a video game, but it is in basketball. Jenna Einink has celebrated reaching 1,000 points in both her high school and college careers. Ken Ricker, Einink’s basketball coach from the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU), was......

Sports

A lifetime of achievement: Former athletic director to receive Damore Award

Contributor to The LeaderApril 11, 2018September 2, 2019

April 11, 2018September 2, 2019

COLIN HART Special to The Leader “I thought I could do a decent job given the opportunity.” These are the words of former SUNY Fredonia Athletic Director Greg Prechtl, who is set to receive the Dr. Patrick R. Damore Distinguished Service Award this May in recognition of his lifetime......

Life & Arts

Spring has sprung in Fredonia: Performing Arts Company presents “Spring Awakening”

Contributor to The LeaderApril 4, 2018

April 4, 2018

STEPHEN SACCO Special to the leader Easter has passed, and spring has arrived. It’s only fitting that the not-so-traditional Broadway hit musical “Spring Awakening” take Fredonia’s stage this month, put on by the Performing Arts Company (PAC). The musical touches on many raw, difficult topics. Dr. Jessica Hillman-McCord, from......

Sports

Loyola-Chicago’s improbable run through March Madness comes to an end

Contributor to The LeaderApril 4, 2018

April 4, 2018

AIDAN POLLARD Assistant Sports Editor There is no better consolation than Sister Jean. After Loyola-Chicago lost to Michigan in the Final Four of the NCAA March Madness tournament, 98-year old Sister Jean gave comforting words and hugs to the Ramblers whose teary eyes could certainly use it. “She said......

Sports

New rule changes coming to college basketball?

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 28, 2018

March 28, 2018

COLIN HART Special to The Leader Coverage of the National Invitational Tournament, or NIT, often gets lost amid the high-stakes and general excitement of March Madness. The NIT is a small consolation for college basketball’s also-rans — think of comparing the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl to the College Football......

Sports

How we became the Fredonia Blue Devils

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 28, 2018

March 28, 2018

MOLLY VANDENBERG Staff Writer Fredonia’s athletic department is referred to as the Fredonia Blue Devils, but how did this nickname actually come to be? A lot of this information came to light during the school’s 175th anniversary celebration back in 2001. Joanne Schweik, a past archivist at the Reed......

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Jerry Fisk: Changing the culture

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‘I expect that none of the lacrosse team members have spoken, as they [were] instructed not to discuss’: Coaching change for women’s lacrosse

‘Everything and anything is possible through hard work’: A profile of Phil Seymore, Fredonia’s head coach of men’s basketball

‘. . . she was pretty much unstoppable’: Jenna Einink, junior basketball player, reaches 1,000 points

A lifetime of achievement: Former athletic director to receive Damore Award

Spring has sprung in Fredonia: Performing Arts Company presents “Spring Awakening”

Loyola-Chicago’s improbable run through March Madness comes to an end

New rule changes coming to college basketball?

How we became the Fredonia Blue Devils