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In a class by themselves
In 44 years of Fredonia State athletics, the campus never had a female NCAA national champion. Now it has two. Nobody saw this coming. Four years ago, as two freshmen from opposite ends of the state unloaded their relatively sparse possessions from their parents’ cars, no one could have envisioned how their collegiate journeys might end.
SUNYAC cites Blue Devils for academics
Sixty-nine Fredonia State winter and spring student-athletes received SUNYAC recognition for their academics following the 2009 spring semester. Thirty-two of the Blue Devils achieved both Commissioner's List and All-Academic Team honors for carrying at least a 3.3 grade-point average during the season they competed and two other semesters prior to this spring.
Guitar Quartet to embark on Spain tour
The Fredonia Guitar Quartet will soon be departing for a concert tour of Spain. This student guitar ensemble, directed by Music Professor James Piorkowski, has been invited to perform at the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Sevilla (May 22nd), the Centro de Estudios Hispánicos de Segovia - a 15th-century palace in Nieva (May 24), and at the Universidad de Oviedo (May 26).
Sponholz sets NCAA diving record, wins national title
Kelly Sponholz became the second Fredonia State national champion in less than a week, and she did so by setting a new NCAA Division III record in the 3-meter diving event during the NCAA championships held in Minneapolis, Minn. on Wednesday, March 18.
Hopson wins NCAA title, becomes first female national champ at Fredonia
Fredonia State has its first national champion in women's track and field. In her final collegiate throw indoors, senior Julia Hopson (Poughkeepsie/Arlington) heaved the 20-pound...
Club hockey team heading to nationals
SUNY Fredonia is one of the sixteen teams left that began from a pool of 120 teams located all across the U.S.A. Fredonia Club Hockey...
Skating Club show is March 11
When it comes to learning how to skillfully and gracefully glide on ice, there’s probably no “hotter” venue than SUNY Fredonia’s cool Steele Hall Ice Arena. Scores of talented skating enthusiasts who enthusiastically flock to this facility will be on display at several shows during March. Some 30 members of the College Skating Club, under the direction of veteran ice skating coach Joan Disbrow, will present a show Wednesday, March 11, at 8:45 p.m.
Men's basketball enters SUNYAC tournament week
Fredonia State enters the men's basketball tournament as hot as any of the eight teams. The Blue Devils have won their last three games, including victories over the top two seeds -- 82-62 at Buffalo State last Tuesday, and 64-59 over Geneseo on Friday. The team is coached by Kevin Moore.
Pink the Rink collects nearly $5k to fight cancer
This year's Pink the Rink effort resulted in a raising more than $4,000 for the American Cancer Society. In all, more than $5,000 in donations were collected.
Upward Bound makes donation to "Power Plays for Cancer"
Players from the SUNY Fredonia Blue Devils Mens hockey team took time out of their busy practice schedule to get together with students from the Upward Bound Program at SUNY Fredonia. The Upward Bound Program students and staff have been collecting donations for the American Cancer Society to help the team with their efforts in the “Power Plays for Cancer”.