The 2023 class includes Julie Creech-Organ (women's swimming & Class of 2013), Ken Keller (wrestling & Class of 1998), Kevin Lucas (men's track & field & Class of 2001), Tim Wilson (men's basketball & Class of 1978) and Marque Jones Jr. (men's track & field/football & Class of 2009).
The 2023 class includes Julie Creech-Organ (women's swimming & Class of 2013), Ken Keller (wrestling & Class of 1998), Kevin Lucas (men's track & field & Class of 2001), Tim Wilson (men's basketball & Class of 1978) and Marque Jones Jr. (men's track & field/football & Class of 2009).
Nineteen Wilmington College student-athletes from the winter sports season earned Academic All-Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) honors, the conference announced on Tuesday.
The Quakers had six individuals competing on the weekend - Garrett Simmons at the 157-pound weight class, Adrian Salamone in the 165-pound weight class, Alexander Ruth in the 174-pound weight class, Demarco Owens in the 184-pound weight class, Caleb Tackett in the 197-pound weight class and Mo Sissoko in the 285-pound weight class.
The Quakers will face off against the rest of the Central Region in a two-day event on Saturday, February 25 and Sunday, February 26. Competition on day one begins with preliminary and first-round matches at 11 a.m. while day two is also slated for an 11 a.m. start.
The Wilmington College wrestling team closed out the dual meeting portion of its schedule with a 36-24 defeat to nationally-ranked Baldwin Wallace University on Tuesday.
The Kiwanis Club of Wilmington honored several Wilmington College winter student-athletes as Athletic Scholar Leaders at a luncheon at First Lutheran Church of Wilmington on Thursday.
The Quakers will face off with the host Purple Raiders at 10 a.m. followed by Heidelberg University at noon. Finally, Wilmington will round out the day with a dual against Otterbein University at 2 p.m.
The Wilmington College wrestling team was shutout 58-0 at John Carroll University in an Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) dual meet at the Tony DeCarlo Varsity Center on Tuesday evening.
The Quakers opened up the day with a 50-5 defeat at the hands of Hiram College and lost to the host Spartans 47-8. Wilmington rounded out the day with a dual against Muskingum University, which will count towards the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) standings. In the conference bout, the Fighting Muskies earned a 29-12 victory.
The Quakers will face off with Hiram College at 11 a.m. and compete against the host Spartans at approximately 12:30 p.m. Finally, Wilmington will compete with Muskingum University in a dual at 2 p.m. that will count towards Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) standings.
The Wilmington College wrestling team competes one more time in the 2022 calendar year on Sunday with a dual at Ohio Wesleyan University. Matches are slated to begin at 2 p.m.
The Wilmington College wrestling team won a pair of weight classes, but Defiance College won the rest in a 40-12 victory for the Yellow Jackets over the Quakers at the Karl H. Weaner Center on Thursday evening.
The Wilmington College wrestling team opens the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) portion of its schedule with a road trip up Interstate 75 to Ohio Northern University for a 7 p.m. dual on Tuesday evening.
The Wilmington College wrestling team opened the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) portion of its schedule with a 60-0 defeat at Ohio Northern University (ONU) inside the ONU Sports Center on Tuesday evening.