UW-Whitewater compiled 20 hits to defeat UW-Oshkosh, 13-6, and eliminate the Titans from the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Baseball Tournament on Saturday (May 12) in La Crosse.

Dylan Friend and Marty Herum each smacked four hits in the contest, while Jared Fon drove in three runs. UW-Whitewater (29-14) overcame a 3-2 deficit with four runs in each of the fourth and fifth innings. (More)

Three UW-Oshkosh student-athletes have been selected to participate in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Career in Sports Forum. The conference will be held June 7-10 in Indianapolis, Ind.

Representing UW-Oshkosh are women's soccer player Katie Berkopec (So. • Apple Valley, Minn.), women's basketball player Rebekah Sittig (So. • Sturtevant) and women's softball player Celes Zaragoza (Fr. • San Antonio, Texas). (More)

Tyler Morey (Combined Locks) and Brittany Walder (Waukesha) have been named the 2012 winners of the UW-Oshkosh John Taylor Scholar-Athlete Award. The awards were presented at the UW-Oshkosh Hall of Fame & Senior Awards Banquet held Sunday (May 6).

The John Taylor Scholar-Athlete Award is presented annually to the outstanding male and female senior student-athlete who owns a cumulative grade-point average of 3.00 or higher. (More)

Victories in a pair of throwing events earned UW-Oshkosh's Breanna Strupp (Jr. • Slinger) the Field Performer of the Meet Award at the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championship held May 4-5 in Whitewater. The award was determined by a vote of the league's nine head coaches.

Strupp won competitions in the discus and shot put while finishing fifth in the hammer throw. She successfully defended her conference title in the discus with a distance of 160-0. (More)

UW-Oshkosh's Nick Baatz (Jr. • Brownsville) was named the Field Performer of the Meet for his two victories at the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championship held May 4-5 in Whitewater. The award was determined by a vote of the league's nine head coaches.

Baatz took first place in both the discus and shot put with distances of 178-11 and 59-2, respectively. His measurement in the shot put established a school record. Baatz also finished seventh in the hammer throw with a mark of 179-9. (More)