The Stetson Hatters set program highs for point, rushing yard and rushing touchdowns on Saturday afternoon at Spec Martin Stadium in a 60-21 victory over Ave Maria in front of a Homecoming crowd of 3,825. The Hatters (3-7) piled up 353 rushing yards in the game, averaging 7.7 yards per carry. Four different Stetson players […]
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Clay Verk (Highlands Ranch, Colo.) has signed a National Letter-of-Intent with Stetson Men’s Basketball, head coach Corey Williams announced today. Wednesday is the first day of the Early Signing Period. Verk, who will be a freshman for the Hatters in 2016, is a 6-8, 250-pound forward at ThunderRidge High School in suburban Denver. The Grizzlies […]
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The Stetson Women’s Rowing team is looking to carry the momentum of a strong fall season into their final test of the year, defending the home waters of Lake Beresford this weekend during the Hatter Fall Rowing Rendezvous. In only its fourth year, the Rendezvous is the largest fall regatta in Florida. “The fall season […]
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Former Stetson Hatter Jacob deGrom took the mound Tuesday night for the New York Mets in game three of the National League Championship Series against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field. He pitched seven innings, had seven strikeouts and allowed two home runs in a 5-2 victory for the Mets, moving them to within one […]
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Record-Setting night: Hatters 42 – Webber 13. Cole Mazza rushed for three touchdowns and Ryan Tentler threw for 229 yards and one touchdown as Stetson opened the 2015 season with a commanding 42-13 victory over Webber International (1-1) Saturday night at Spec Martin Stadium. A.J. Washington and P.J. Franklin also rushed for touchdowns as the Hatters (1-0) set a […]
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The Stetson football team is preparing itself for the 2015-16 season with its first home game against Webber International this Saturday night, Sept. 5, at 7 p.m., at Spec Martin Stadium. The program has high hopes for improvement since its revival three years ago. So far, many of the players appear confident about the chances […]
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Hats Top Regional Poll. Stetson’s Lucas Diniz has been named men’s national player of the week by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA), the organization announced on Tuesday, Sept. 1. Diniz is the first NCAA Division I men’s winner of the 2015 season, and is believed to be the first Hatter to win […]
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Kelly Anderson, former USF assistant and interim women’s head coach, has been named women’s tennis head coach at Stetson, Director of Athletics Jeff Altier announced Thursday, Aug. 13. In her two seasons with the Bulls, Anderson helped guide USF to a No. 33 national ranking, and an American Athletic Conference championship and subsequent NCAA Tournament appearance in 2014. […]
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For the fourth consecutive year, the University of San Diego has been picked to win the Pioneer Football League regular-season race in a preseason vote of the league’s coaches. Stetson, which finished the 2014 season in a tie for sixth place, was picked to finish sixth in 2015, just the third for the Hatters program […]
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The Stetson University Football Women’s Clinic will be held Tuesday, Aug. 4, from 5:30-9 p.m. at the Athletic Training Center, located at 401 E. Minnesota Ave., on the DeLand campus. Space is limited to 100 women ages 18 and older. The cost is $75 per participant. Proceeds will benefit ME STRONG to help fight cancer. […]
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Stetson University men’s golf coach Larry Watson announced today the signing of one additional player for the 2015-16 season. Jared Nicolls, pictured right, comes to Stetson from Ponoka, Alberta, Canada, where he played for coach Ron Labrie at Ponoka Secondary. He was named Athlete of the Year for 2013 and 2014 while competing in volleyball, […]
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Christophe Noblet, Stetson’s Associate Head Coach for men’s and women’s tennis for the past two seasons, was recently promoted to men’s tennis head coach. The announcement was made today by Stetson Director of Athletics Jeff Altier. Noblet, who will begin his fourth season overall with the Hatters this fall, replaces former Director of Tennis Pierre […]
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Former Cincinnati Reds organization pitcher and Embry-Riddle University assistant coach Dave Therneau has been named the pitching coach at Stetson University, Hatters head coach Pete Dunn announced on Monday. Therneau recently enjoyed a highly successful eight-year stint as the pitching coach at Embry-Riddle in Daytona Beach. The Eagles went a combined 360-135 (.727) during that […]
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Stetson Director of Tennis, Pierre Pilote, has announced his resignation after 22 years of coaching with the Hatters, Director of Athletics Jeff Altier announced today. Pilote, the 2015 Atlantic Sun Conference Coach of the Year in women’s tennis, has accepted a position as the Executive Director of Tennis at the Shanghai-based American College Development Services. […]
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Former Stetson catcher/outfielder Garrett Russini will not have to travel very far to begin his career as a professional baseball player. Russini, a Sarasota native and product of Braden River High, signed a free agent contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates and begins his career playing for the Gulf Coast League Pirates in Bradenton, Fla. Russini […]
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Unanimous vote adds Highlanders; shared focus on academics, athletics and community investment makes an ideal fit. The Atlantic Sun Conference Presidents Council will announce in a press conference scheduled for noon Friday, June 12, that the New Jersey Institute of Technology will join the Atlantic Sun Conference effective July 1, 2015, with competition to begin […]
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When visualizing a varsity, Division I collegiate athlete, a few things generally come to mind. This image is typically of an individual who grew up playing the sport. There is an assumption that besides academics, this person has no time or energy for much else. There is an understanding that this person has a deep […]
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The NCAA announced results this week of the multiyear Academic Progress Rate report for all Division I athletics teams. For Stetson University, the report revealed almost half of the Hatters programs with perfect, or near perfect, scores. Implemented in 2003 as part of an ambitious academic reform effort in Division I, the Academic Progress Rate […]
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Each year, the NCAA honors selected Division I sports teams by publicly recognizing their latest multiyear NCAA Division I Academic Progress Rate (APR). This announcement is part of the overall Division I academic reform effort and is intended to highlight teams that demonstrate a commitment to academic progress and retention of student-athletes by achieving the top […]
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Stetson’s Alizee Michaud opens play at the 2015 NCAA Women’s Tennis Championship on Wednesday at Baylor University’s Hurd Tennis Center in Waco, Texas. Michaud will face Mississippi State’s Jasmine Lee, 5:30 p.m., Friday. Michaud, the 2015 Atlantic Sun Conference Player and Freshman of the Year, is currently ranked as the nation’s No. 91 singles player […]
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