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Fall Sport Season Begins on August 29... Five Yellow Jacket fall sport teams will begin their fall season on Labor Day Weekend. All eight fall teams seek Ohio Athletic Conference championships. (Complete Fall Sports Week One Preview Story)

Check Out the Progress of the Tressel Field Project...  The College broke ground on the renovation of its track and playing field at The George Finnie Stadium on Saturday, May 17, 2008. The field will now be known as Tressel Field. Now, you can view the progress or watch the Groundbreaking Ceremony. (Updated Photo Gallery) (Tressel Field Information Web site)

Harrison Dillard '49 Visits Campus Before Trip to Beijing, China...  On August 7, four-time Olympic gold medalist and Baldwin-Wallace graduate, Harrison Dillard '49, stopped by B-W for a chat with the media before his trip to Beijing, China for the 2008 Summer Olympics. (Complete Harrison Dillard Story) (Complete Harrison Dillard Picture Gallery) (Complete Dillard Video Interview)

All Five B-W Football Home Games to be Televised by SportsTime Ohio... This season all five Baldwin-Wallace College football games will be broadcast by SportsTime Ohio. (Complete Football on STO Story)

Football Team Opens Camp With Annual Community Service Project... The Baldwin-Wallace College football team began preseason camp on Wednesday, August 13, with their annual community service project.  This year's beneficiary is the Cleveland-based organization Shoes and Clothes for Kids.   (Complete Football Community Service Story)

Nick Minerd Joins B-W Sports Information Staff... Nick Minerd has been hired as Assistant Sports Information Director at Baldwin-Wallace College.  Minerd, who previously served as Assistant SID and then Interim SID at Allegheny (Pa.) College, will work with B-W SID Kevin Ruple on publicizing B-W's 21 varsity sports.  (Complete Minerd Story)

B-W Volleyball Picked Sixth by OAC Coaches in Preseason Poll... The Baldwin-Wallace College volleyball team was picked sixth by the Ohio Athletic Conference volleyball coaches in its annual preseason poll. (Complete Volleyball Poll Story)

Sean Strickland Featured on The Sports Capital Blog... Head Women's Golf Coach and Assistant Women's Basketball Coach Sean Strickland recently took time to sit down with The Sports Capital, a national sports blog.  The Q & A feature is about his playing and coaching career.  (Sean Strickland Interview with The Sports Capital)

Andy Schmitz '96 Coaching US Olympic Triathlon Team... Read a story by Norm Weber of the Sun Newspapers about Baldwin-Wallace graduate Andy Schmitz '96, who is coaching the United States Triathlon Team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. (Complete Andy Schmitz Story)

OAC Football Media Day Results: B-W Picked Sixth by Coaches and Fifth by Media... The Yellow Jacket football team was picked sixth by the Ohio Athletic Conference coaches and fifth by the media at the 2008 OAC Football Media Day at the Holiday Inn Cleveland South in Independence on August 5. (2008 OAC Media Day Story and Poll Results). You can view the 2008 B-W Football Media Guide in PDF Format. (2008 B-W Football Media Guide in PDF)

Two B-W Graduates Return to Berea as Coaches... Read a story about two former Baldwin-Wallace College student-athletes Eric Schmuhl '05 (track & field) and Keith Boedicker '83 (football), who have returned to the Yellow Jacket athletic program as assistant coaches.  (Complete Schmuhl and Boedicker Story)

Jon Carroll '03 Named Assistant Men's Basketball Coach... Newly hired Head Men's Basketball Coach Duane Sheldon '93 has named a fellow B-W alum, Jon Carroll '03, as his Assistant Men's Basketball Coach.  (Complete Jon Carroll '03 Release)

Kris Diaz '78 Named New Athletic Director... 1978 graduate Kris Diaz has been promoted from Assistant Athletic Director to Athletic Director effective July 1, 2008.  He succeeds longtime Athletic Director and Men's Basketball Coach Steve Bankson, who retires effective June 30, 2008.  (Complete Kris Diaz Athletic Director Story)

Zach Fletcher Named New Offensive Coordintor... Head Football Coach John Snell has named Zach Fletcher as his new offensive coordinator. (Complete Fletcher Release)

Sean Strickland Named Head Women's Golf Coach and Assistant Women's Basketball Coach... Baldwin-Wallace College has named Sean Strickland Head Women’s Golf Coach and Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach. (Complete Strickland Release)

Duane Sheldon Named Men's Basketball Coach....  The College announced the hiring of Duane Sheldon, a 1993 B-W graduate, as the 21st Head Men's Basketball Coach in school history. (Complete Duane Sheldon Release) (Duane Sheldon Video Interview) (Sheldon Interview with The Sports Capital)