TOP STORY - TALENTED SETTER TO JOIN SEA-HAWKS WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL TEAM
May 17 | The Memorial University women’s volleyball team will have their lineup bolstered by the addition of setter Kirsten Sorenson for the 2013-14 season. The athletic 5’9 native of Red Deer, Alberta has been a top player with the Red Deer College Queens in the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference (ACAC) for the past three seasons. [Read More...]
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Fishbein travels to Russia for G20 Youth Forum
(May 14, 2013) In late April Memorial women’s basketball standout Grace Fishbein travelled to St. Petersburg, Russia to participate in the G20 Youth Forum, one of the largest international events for young leaders in the world. [More Info...]
Tryouts scheduled for MUN Cheer
(May 15, 2013) Tryouts for the MUN Cheerleading team are coming up on May 29 and June 2. Come out and join the team that has been the top university cheerleading team in Atlantic Canada for three consecutive years. [More Info...]
Task force consultation sessions scheduled
May 6 | Memorial University has scheduled consultation sessions with a number of stakeholder groups as part of the task force reviewing the role of competitive sports at the university. The consultation sessions will take place from May 10-31 at the St. John's campus, Grenfell Campus and Marine Institute and will include internal and external groups. [More Info...]
CIS and Sportsnet announce 6-year deal
May 9 | OTTAWA (Sportsnet/CIS) – Canadian Interuniversity Sport and Sportsnet announced Wednesday a six-year agreement for the multiplatform rights to an all-encompassing portfolio of university sports across television, online and mobile. [More Info...]
Scholarship golf tournament set for June
May 1 | The second annual Sea-Hawks Scholarship Golf Tournament is slated for June at Bally Haly Golf Club. The fundraising event will be kicked off with A Night at the Nest on June 25, a wine and cheese social with a silent auction and live entertainment. The golf tournament will take place on June 27 with shotgun start scheduled for 7:30 a.m. [More Info...]
Top athletes honoured at Athletic Awards Night
Apr. 4 | Memorial's top athletes were honoured on Thursday night at the 53rd annual Athletic Awards Night. Grace Fishbein and Graham MacDonald took home the Butler Trophy as Memorial's Athlete of the Year. Seven athletes were inducted into the Athletic Honour Society and several other major awards and scholarships were presented. [More Info...]
Sea-Hawks Girl's Volleyball Camps
Apr. 24 | The Memorial women's volleyball team will be offering summer camps and an elite camp this summer. The summer camps will be open to girls in grade 7-10 and will feature two options from August 19-23 and August 26-30. The elite camp is for top level high school players and requires application to head coach Bill Thistle [More Info...]
2013 Basketball Summer Camp Information
Apr. 24 | The 2013 basketball summer camp has been set. There will be four girls camps and four boys camps. Each camp will cost $175 per camper (plus applicable taxes). Registration forms are now available for download. Boy's registration will open on Monday, May 6 and girl's registration will open on Wednesday, May 8. [More Info]
Girl's Spring League information available
Apr. 12 | The Memorial women's basketball team will be offering a girls spring league for grades 6-8 (ages 11-13) running Tuesdays and Thursdays from May 7 to June 13. Registration opens at the Information Centre in the Physical Education front lobby on Monday, April 15. Visit the camp page to download registration forms.
Kinesiology student wins $2500 in Hickman Autmotive Group finale
Apr. 8 | Memorial Kinesiology student Megan Moran took home the grand prize of $2,500 in the Hickman Motor's Final Exams contest at halftime of the Sea-Hawks women's basketball game on February 22nd. The contest was the culmination of a season-long promotion offered by Hickman Automotive Group [Read More...]
Student-athletes focus of new leadership program
Apr. 8 | This year Athletics, in partnership with the Department of Student Success Programs, launched the Building Leaders program for student-athletes who show potential for leading their teammates to sporting succes. The program is one of three new leadership programs for student at Memorial. [Read More...]
Recruits to join women's basketball team
Mar. 24 | The Memorial University women's basketball team will welcome a number of new faces to the lineup as seven recruits have committed to the program for the 2013-14 season. Sydney Ezekiel, Sydney Stewart, Chante Clarke, Erica Gillis, Lindsay Taylor, Brianna MacKeigan and Brooklyn Wright will all join the team in the fall. [Read More...]
Spring League registration information update
April 8 | Boy's Spring League registration information is now available on the camp page. Girl's basketball spring league information will be released by Friday, April 12 with registration taking place the following week. We apologize for any confusion.
Cheerleaders win big at CheerExpo
March 27 | The Memorial cheerleaders took home the level 6 championship at the CheerExpo in Halifax last weekend. The team will hold tryouts in May. For more information like them on facebook or follow them on Twitter @muncheer
Noseworthy to play soccer for Memorial
March 20 | Jessie Noseworthy, a high touted midfielder from St. John's, has decided that she will attend Memorial University in the fall and play soccer for the Sea-Hawks. [Read More...]
Sea-Hawks collect 49,381 pennies for Warm Hearts
March 12 | From January 19th to February 23rd the Memorial Sea-Hawks and the School of Human Kinetics and Recreation gathered 49,381 pennies to help support the Telegram's Warm Hearts campaign. [Read More...]
Janes nabs gold at Atlantic Wrestling Championship
March 12 | Ian Janes took home a gold medal for Team Newfoundland in the senior division of the Atlantic Wrestling Championship on Sunday in Charlottetown, PEI. Janes, who also is a rookie Memorial wrestler won the gold medal match by splitting two out of three rounds. [Read More...]
Sea-Hawks lose close one to SMU in AUS semi-final
March 10 | The Sea-Hawks made it interesting with an inspired fourth quarter run but the eventual AUS champion Saint Mary's Huskies held on for a 68-59 victory in Saturday night's AUS semi-final in Fredericton (photo by Zack McKillop). [BOXSCORE} [RECAP]
Sea-Hawks advance to AUS semi-final
March 7 | The Sea-Hawks caught fire in the second half, scoring 47 points in the final two quarters to lead them to a 72-62 AUS quarterfinal victory over Dalhousie. Grace Fishbein was Subway Player of the Game with 26 points [BOXSCORE} [RECAP]
AUS Women's Basketball Championship weekend
March 6 | This weekend Memorial will compete in the 2013 Subway AUS Women's Basketball Championship in Fredericton. The fifth-ranked Sea-Hawks will take on the fourth-ranked Dalhousie Tigers in the first quarterfinal match at 6 p.m. on Friday on the campus of UNB. [Read More...]
Three women's basketball players win AUS awards
March 7 | At the AUS women's basketball awards banquet Memorial's Ally Forsey, Grace Fishbein and Sandra Amoah each received recognition for their play this season. Forsey took home the AUS Defensive Player of the Year while Fishbein was named a first team all-star and Amoah was named to the all-rookie team. [Read More...]
Memorial conducting review of competitive sports
March 7 | Memorial is reviewing the role competitive sports plays in the life of the university. Dr. Gary Kachanoski, president and vice-chancellor, has established a university task force to carry out a formal review of the current competitive inter-university (varsity) sports program at Memorial. [More at today.mun.ca]
Foo and Ranton to join men's basketball team
March 6 | The Memorial men's basketball team will welcome two new student-athletes to their lineup for the 2013-14 season after Jacob Ranton (Waterloo, ON) and Daniel Foo, from Corner Brook, (in photograph on left courtesy The Western Star) committed to the program this week. [Read More...]
