Category: Athletics
Newman University, like many universities, has a Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) to represent the school and its student-athletes — but they want to make sure everyone on campus plays a part, not just the athletes. That’s ...
Newman University NCAA Division II sports is going into its ninth year. According to David Rung, Newman sports information director, the past 2015-2016 season was the athletics division’s most successful year yet, and they’re hoping ...
The 32nd Laurie Bell Memorial Jet Open Charity Golf Tournament and Silent Auction took place on Sunday and Monday, Aug. 7, 8, respectively. Sunday night’s Kickoff Party and auction were as successful as ever. Big prizes ...
Newman University will host the 32nd Annual Laurie Bell Memorial Jet Open Charity Golf Tournament Aug. 7 and 8. The golf tournament is designed to raise funds for the Athletic Department, and gives Newman supporters ...
Newman University alumnus Florian Skilang Temengil is headed to the Olympic Games for the second time. Temengil graduated from Newman in 2009 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Sonography. While at Newman, Temengil competed in ...
Competitors on the reality television show “Survivor” have nothing on the nearly 1,400 people who braved the heat and challenging obstacle course June 11 for the 5th annual Wichita Gladiator Dash at Sedgwick County Park. The ...
When asked who inspires him most in life, Tyler Bugner simply responded, “My parents. They’ve been my biggest mentors and have taught me everything, to work hard in life.” ...
Every student-athlete at Newman University, along with the entire Athletic Department, celebrated the second annual Jetspy awards Monday, May 2 in the Dugan-Gorges Conference Center. The Jetspy awards banquet, a play on ESPN’s Espy awards, ...
Newman University women’s bowling team recently ended its season with its 11th straight appearance at the national tournament. The squad completed 24 baker games and collected 4,892 pins to earn an eighth seed going into ...
The Newman University Women’s Bowling Team is hoping “home cooking” will help them make a successful run during the Intercollegiate Team Championships April 21-23 at Wichita’s Northrock Lanes. This is the 11th time the Jets have qualified for ...
Newman University softball wrapped up a long home stand Tuesday with a doubleheader against Northeastern State University. The Lady Jets, 12-25 on the season, notched five wins during the home stretch, bringing their home record ...
The 2016 National Wrestling Championships in Sioux Falls, S.D., did not start out as planned for Newman University junior Dustin Reed. But the Newman wrestler ended up accomplishing something no other Newman student-athlete has in ...
After traveling nearly 1,200 miles to compete in the qualifying tournament, members of the Newman University Women’s Bowling Team will venture just 14 miles from campus next month to battle in the 2016 USBC Intercollegiate National ...
Athletic Director Vic Trilli recently informed the Newman University community that Judoka classes, instructed by Greg Gideon, on campus are taking off. ...
A big second half lifted the Newman men’s basketball team to its first-ever postseason victory as members of the Heartland Conference, beating second-seeded Lubbock Christian 81-79 in the league quarterfinals March 4 at the Union Multipurpose Activity Center. ...
Newman University basketball hit the road Wednesday, March 2, and headed to Tulsa, to compete in the 2016 Heartland Conference Tournament. The men’s basketball team, 16-12 on the season and 9-11 in conference, took on No. 2 seed ...
With the arrival of March and the beginning of Spring just around the corner, Newman University’s Winter Homecoming is officially over. The weeks leading up to Homecoming Week in early February were sprinkled with events ...
With a nine-game winning streak, a video highlight (of second baseman Jacob Hamerle making a sliding catch into a wall) that has gone “national” and a ton of confidence on the diamond, the start of the ...
The end of basketball season is quickly approaching, and the Newman University Jets’ baseball, softball, tennis and golf teams are warming up for spring. Baseball The Jets baseball team, which is off to a 6-2 ...
Newman University is gearing up for the 2016 Winter Homecoming basketball games. Many organizations on campus are planning events and other activities to help celebrate the week. In keeping with tradition, the Student Life Department is ...
Newman University junior Dustin Reed was chosen as the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association’s Wrestler of the Year during the MIAA Tournament Feb. 14. Reed, who won the 125-pound title, is on a 19-match winning streak. He ...
Newman University Athletics compete at the NCAA Division II level, which requires talented coaches, disciplined athletes and a driven athletic department. However, there is one aspect of collegiate athletics that tends to get overlooked: sports ...
The Heartland Conference basketball tournament received a bit of a makeover this year. The tournament, March 4-6, will be expanded from four teams to eight and will be held at an off-campus, neutral location for ...
The new women’s soccer head coach at Newman University is Aaron Avila, former men and women’s head coach at Barton Community College. Athletic Director Vic Trilli announced the selection of Avila Jan. 21. Avila, who ...
A little over a decade ago, Elhad Emerllahu came to America from worn-torn Kosovo. At the time he was 9 years old with little knowledge of the American culture, English language, and even basketball. Elhad recently ...
Jeff Lovgren and Heidi Coble have joined the Jets as coaches for the Newman University new triathlon program, which is set to start in the fall of this year. The decision to start a triathlon program began with ...
Former baseball coach and Newman University legend Paul Sanagorski will join the Wichita Wingnuts as their third hitting coach since the team launched in 2008. Sanagorski came to Newman University in 1978 and developed the baseball program. ...
Newman University earns its eighth Heartland Conference GPA title with 148 student-athletes being named to the conference honor roll – more than 50 percent of the student-athletes enrolled during the Fall 2015 semester. Read the complete list ...
Newman University Athletics Hall of Fame inductee (2013) Chris Clawson left his mark on the baseball record book in his three seasons at Newman University (1982-1984). Now, he’s leaving his mark on the world of ...
The Newman University annual invitational wrestling tournament traditionally attracts some of the top collegiate programs from the region. This year the Jets made their best showing in the history of the event, winning two individual ...
Newman University will host its sixth annual Jet Invitational Dec. 13. During the tournament the Newman Wrestling Team and Newman Athletic Department will honor Reece Wright-Conklin, the senior team member who died Sept. 3 after suffering ...
Newman University has hired a new sports information director, David Rung. Rung is replacing the former Newman SID, Tim Hanson, who held the position for four years. Hanson left Newman to accept the SID position ...
The Lady Jets are 3-1 on the season after defeating York College on Saturday, Nov. 21, 78-43. The Lady Jets won handily over York, shooting 29-of-72 from the field and 15-of-18 from the free throw ...
The Newman University volleyball team, which has broken three university records this season, garnered several postseason conference and all-region honors. Senior middle hitter Ashley Gonzalez, senior setter Alexus Litts and sophomore outside hitter Emily Harvey ...
The Newman University Volleyball Team, with a record-setting regular season of 25-8, left early the morning of Nov. 19 on its way to the Heartland Conference Tournament in Fort Smith, Ark. The team, holding the No. ...
The opening week of the 2015-16 season could not have gone any better for Head Coach Mark Potter and the Newman Jets Men’s Basketball Team. After two victories last weekend in the Oklahoma Christian Classic in ...
Basketball season is fast approaching and the Newman Lady Jet’s are eagerly awaiting the onset of a new season. The Lady Jet’s, who have only five returning players out of a roster of 14, adapted ...
Wichita, KS – Newman’s Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) is pairing with the Wichita chapter of the Make-A-Wish Foundation to put on a Halloween 5K Fun Run/Walk that will raise money to grant the “Wishes” ...
The Newman University Men’s Basketball Team has added three NCAA Division I transfers with ties to Wichita to their 2015-16 roster. This year, Head Men’s Basketball Coach Mark Potter recruited junior University of Montana guard ...
The Newman University Volleyball Team holds an annual pink-out game every October in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. This year’s game will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22, against the University of ...