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Newberry
College Adopts "Wolves" as
Official Athletic Nickname
Posted:
June 7, 2010 2:11 PM
Newberry
College athletic director Brad Edwards announced Monday the adoption
of "Wolves" as the official nickname for all athletic teams
at the College, effective immediately. The Newberry College Board
of Trustees approved the nickname at its meetings last weekend.
The Newberry College
staff and faculty were informed of the Board's decision on Monday
morning. An official logo package will be decided on by the athletic
department in the coming weeks and the final product will likely be
unveiled before the arrival of students for the fall semester.
"We're very
excited to have this historic decision behind us," Edwards said.
"I'm especially pleased that the nickname the Board of Trustees
ultimately decided on was one that was suggested by the Newberry College
student body."
The adoption of
"Wolves" comes after two years where Newberry College had
no nickname for its athletic teams after "Indians" was retired
from use in May 2008. In August 2005, Newberry College was placed
on a watch list by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)
along with 17 other schools which deemed the use of "Indians"
as hostile and abusive, and prohibited the use of Native American
nicknames, mascots and imagery in postseason competition.
In September 2005,
Newberry College appealed to be removed from the list of schools which
were declared unable to host postseason play on the basis that none
of the institutions uses of "Indians" were hostile and/or
abusive toward Native Americans.
The next month,
the NCAA rejected Newberry's appeal. On November 12, 2006, the Newberry
football team earned the third seed in the NCAA Division II Southeast
Region Playoffs, qualifying to host postseason play for the first
time as an NCAA member. The College reached an agreement with the
NCAA allowing the institution to remain as "Indians" and
host postseason competition through the 2007-08 academic year.
Since that time,
Newberry was one of three colleges nationwide which competed without
a nickname. That era ends today with the adoption of "Wolves"
as the official nickname.
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Davis
Named NC Men's Basketball Coach
Posted:
April 26, 2010 3:25 PM
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Newberry
College athletics director Brad Edwards introduced Dave Davis as the
College's 24th men's basketball coach in a press conference on campus
Monday. Davis had previously served as head men's basketball coach
at Pfeiffer University for the past 14 seasons.
In
his 14 seasons at Pfeiffer, Davis accumulated a record of 284-124
(.696) including 21 championships, NCAA Division II Sweet Sixteen
appearances in 2000 and 2004 and an NCAA Elite Eight appearance in
2004.
Davis'
Pfeiffer teams have averaged over 20 wins per season and rank in the
top 5 in wins since 1990 in all of NCAA Division II basketball. Davis
was named the CVAC Coach of the Year in 1998, 1999 and 2004. He was
also named the NCAA East Regional Coach of the Year in 2004.
"When
I talked to other athletic directors in the region, they said that
if we could get Dave Davis at Newberry, it would be a coup,"
Edwards said. "His energy is off the charts, he has a ton of
fire and he is going to be a great Newberry guy."
"It
is absolutely an honor and a privelege to be your basketball coach
at Newberry College," Davis said at his introductory press conference.
"I'm very excited and honored that Brad Edwards would trust me
in this position. I am really looking forward to getting started.
There are a lot of unanswered questions and we will be meeting with
the team over the next two days to get those things figured out."
Davis'
2009-10 Pfeiffer team finished as the highest scoring team in Division
II at 103.1 points per game and was ranked third nationally in three-pointers
per game (10.6) and steals per game (11.2), while ranking fifth in
the country in three-point field goal percentage (42.3%).
Prior
to being named head coach at Pfeiffer, Davis was the head coach at
Barton College where the team of his own recruits won a record 25
games. He received his first head coaching position at his alma mater,
Warren Wilson College, where he led the Owls to their highest win
total in 15 years.
All
told, Davis has a record of 343-200 (.632) in 19 years as a collegiate
head coach.
Davis
earned his bachelor's degree from Warren Wilson in 1983, and a master's
degree from Gardner-Webb in 1993. As a player for the Owls, he was
a 4-year starter and was on two Conference Championship teams. He
is Warren Wilson's all-time assist leader.
Davis
has an impressive list of former assistant coaches including seven
Division I coaches, headlined by Purdue head coach Matt Painter, Charlotte
associate head coach Rob Moxley, Charlotte assistant coach Rob Perron
and Boston Celtics assistant coach Michael Longabardi.
Tailgate
Throwdown
Below
are photos from the Tailgate Throwdown
at the final Tailgate Show last Fall.
Click on individual photos to see larger versions.
WKDK broadcasting The Coach Todd Knight Show from
The Flying Pie during Homecoming Week earlier in the season.
Local Artist Charlie Dukes debuted a Homecoming Song that night.
Below are photos from the event.
Click on individual photos to see larger versions.
Click
on the logos of Newberry's area teams below
to see current information/schedules/scores:
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Newberry
College
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Newberry
High School
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Mid-Carolina
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Whitmire
High School |
Newberry
Academy
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S.
Carolina
Gamecocks
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Clemson
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