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$80 million earmarked for student, faculty support. Stetson University has launched a $150 million comprehensive campaign, its first fundraising campaign since 2009. The Beyond Success — Significance campaign comes at a time when Stetson is celebrating unprecedented growth: it recently welcomed its largest incoming class in its 132-year history, and its DeLand, Fla., campus is […]
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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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Stetson alumnus Jason Gilliam-Alexander has certainly proven himself to be an MVP both on the basketball court and off. On the court at Stetson, he not only became the team captain, but also Hatter basketball’s star player in the mid-1990s. In his own words, “My time on SU basketball was very rewarding because I was […]
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Stetson University’s Greenfeather Grant recipient for 2015 is Duvall Homes, it was announced today by Veronica Hernandez, AmeriCorps VISTA who serves as Stetson’s Greenfeather advisor. A long held tradition at Stetson University, Greenfeather originated in 1952, as an autumn carnival where students raised funds for local charities. Over the decades, Greenfeather has expanded to include a […]
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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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Scullers call it flat water. They prize it for its calm fluidity, and Lake Beresford in DeLand has it for miles. The flat water here rarely ripples unless a rock or oar glides across its surface. University, prep school and international teams travel here to practice and prepare for competition on its deep-green, glassy […]
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Stetson University’s Opening Faculty and Staff Meeting will be Wed., Aug. 19, 9:00-10:30 a.m., at the Edmunds Center with President Wendy B. Libby and Executive Vice President and Provost Beth Paul presiding. Trustee Steve Alexander ’85, will welcome everyone. President Libby will give an update of the university’s 2014-19 Strategic Map. “I look forward to […]
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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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Welcome, Class of 2019! And, welcome back, returning Hatters, for the 2015-16 academic year at Stetson University! This year’s undergraduate enrollment numbers are record-setting at more than 1,000 first-time college students. With transfer students numbering almost 100, Stetson is on track to open the new academic year with the largest entering group of students in […]
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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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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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