Jeremy Shepherd has been promoted as the college's new athletics director, McDaniel Provost Flavius R.W. Lilly has announced. Shepherd joined McDaniel College in August 2022 as assistant athletics director after spending seven years as the senior associate athletics director at Wilson College.
McDaniel College has announced the addition of women's wrestling to the intercollegiate athletics program. The team is slated to start competition in the fall of 2024. McDaniel’s women’s wrestling program will become the 61st Division III program, the third Centennial Conference program, and the first Division III collegiate program in Maryland.
McDaniel College alumni, students, families, and community members celebrate Homecoming 2023, Sept. 29 and 30, with Homecoming traditions along with a celebration of the Green Terror mascot’s 100th birthday and athletic events, including tailgating at Kenneth R. Gill Stadium. Additionally, the Green & Gold Challenge, a weeklong competition to support McDaniel's student-athletes, runs Sept. 25 through Oct. 2.
Becky Martin, a 1980 alumna of McDaniel College and for nearly four decades coach of the Green Terror women's basketball team, died Tuesday, June 8 after a long illness. She was 62. A stand-out student athlete in both volleyball and basketball, Becky took over the reins of the women's basketball program in 1981, just a year after graduating from the college, and was a staple on the Green Terror sidelines for 37 seasons prior to her medical leave in 2018. With her career 554-369 record, she is the winningest coach in Centennial Conference history.
Adam Hertz, who has served as McDaniel College’s Interim Director of Athletics since Mar. 10, has been appointed as Director of Athletics, current McDaniel Provost and incoming 10th President Julia Jasken has announced. Hertz came to McDaniel after nearly two decades at fellow Centennial Conference member Swarthmore. He most recently managed operations and logistics for 122 Consulting Group in Philadelphia, a national consulting group based in Philadelphia that specializes in Justice, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (JDEI) work.
Senior Kinesiology major Marlowe Embry, a member of the McDaniel volleyball team, has been honored by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education as part of its annual Arthur Ashe, Jr. Sports Scholars Award.
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