Archive: Sports

Swim for Heaney event embodies strength of athletic community

Tremendous show of support from swimming family raises over $20,000 for TCNJ alumnus.

Icenhower receives top award from CAANJ

The Collegiate Athletic Administrators of New Jersey honored legendary wrestling coach Dave Icenhower MA ’78 with its highest honor, The Garden State Award, recently.

By the Numbers

A quick look at some stats and highlights from last season; numbers include fall 2011 and spring 2012 campaigns.

This month in Lions’ sports history: Eric Hamilton’s first game as head coach

The longtime football coach recalls his first game and the humorous approach he took for his first pregame speech.

Softball diamond renamed for a coaching legend

“Dr. June Walker Field” to be officially dedicated during Homecoming Weekend, which is set for October 19–20.

2012 Hall of Fame class set for induction

Six former Lions standouts and two Teams of Distinction 
will be enshrined in TCNJ’s 
Athletic Hall of Fame during Homecoming Weekend. Here is how they punched their tickets:

Globetrotting alum contributes to a doggone good cause

Derick “Dizzy” Grant was one of a handful of celebrities and athletes who were photographed with their pets as part of Baltimore’s “Show Your Soft Side” campaign, which is aimed at curbing the incidence of animal abuse among the city’s teens.

March of the champions

Earlier this spring, diver Danica Roskos and wrestler Mike Denver captured national titles.

Lions team up to help a little girl in the fight of her life

When a group of student-athletes who live together off campus learned their 10-year-old neighbor has leukemia, they spearheaded a campus wide effort to help the girl and her family.