Kerry McDermott, a veteran coach with more than three decades of experience, has been named the next head men’s and women’s tennis coach at Daemen College, interim athletics director Brandi Guerinot announced today. McDermott comes to Daemen after spending the last 36 seasons as the head men’s tennis coach at the University of Nebraska, and he becomes… Read More »
The Daemen College Athletic Department has been named as the recipient of the East Coast Conference Community Engagement Award of Excellence for the development and implementation of the Center for Allied and Unified Sport and Exercise (CAUSE). The award is presented annually to the institution that hosts an activity or activities on its campus which… Read More »
Ricardo Ruiz Martinez (Valencia, Spain) of the Daemen College men’s tennis team has been named to the Google Cloud Academic All-District Men’s At-Large Team selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). The academic recognition is another in a long list of achievements for Ruiz Martinez, a business administration major with a 3.91 grade-point average, who recently… Read More »
The Sixth Annual Wildcat Golf Classic presented by RP Oak Hill Building Company, Inc. will take place on Thursday, August 2 at Glen Oak Golf Course in East Amherst, N.Y., interim athletics director Brandi Guerinot announced today. The Wildcat Golf Classic has developed into the largest fundraising event of the year for Daemen Athletics, adding nearly a quarter… Read More »
Daemen College has appointed Jeffrey Hamm as head coach of the college’s growing esports program. Announced earlier this year, the formation of the esports club team made Daemen the first private institution in the Buffalo Niagara region to join the emerging world of competitive collegiate gaming. Hamm comes to Daemen after completing his bachelor’s degree… Read More »
Marion Singleton has been named the third head coach in the history of the Daemen College women’s bowling program, interim athletics director Brandi Guerinot announced today. Singleton, who served as an assistant coach during the 2017-18 season, takes the reins of the program as it heads into its fourth season of existence. She takes over for David Zajac who… Read More »
Gretchen Ringler, a senior on the Daemen College women’s tennis team, has been named the NCAA Division II East Region’s recipient of the Arthur Ashe Leadership and Sportsmanship Award from the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA). She is one of eight regional recipients with the national recipient to be announced at a later date. The Arthur… Read More »
The Daemen College cheerleading team will be elevated from club to varsity status beginning with the 2018-19 academic year, and head coach Brianna Aichinger has been selected to lead the program, interim director of athletics Brandi Guerinot announced today. “We are very excited to elevate our existing cheerleading team to varsity status,” said Guerinot. “The college has a long… Read More »
A new initiative at Daemen College is helping promote physical exercise and sportsmanship. CAUSE (Center for Allied and Unified Sports Exercise) was introduced this Fall and pairs student-athletes and their classmates at Daemen College with younger athletes who suffer from some sort of social or physical disability.
Daemen College will receive $30,000 over the next three years as a recipient of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) CHOICES Grant, a funding mechanism for a collaborative effort between the Athletics and Student Affairs Departments to provide increased alcohol awareness programming for students. Developed through the support of the Anheuser-Busch Foundation, the NCAA CHOICES… Read More »