Tag Archives: Athletics

Daemen Athletics Partnering With Olympic Medalist on Mental Health Programming for Student-Athletes

The Daemen College Division of Athletics will launch new programming aimed at assisting the mental health of student-athletes through a partnership with Olympic Gold Medalist Samantha Livingstone, founder and facilitator of the Livingstone High Performance Academy. Livingstone’s program, The WHOLE… Read More »

ECC Announces Update to Return to Competition Plans

The East Coast Conference announced updates to its plans for returning to competition in the upcoming spring semester. With approval from the ECC’s athletic directors, the conference has finalized a schedule for its men’s and women’s basketball season and a… Read More »

Why Do You Coach? Daemen Coaches Weigh In On #NationalCoachesDay

Why do you coach? It’s a simple question that prompted several different responses from Daemen head coaches on this National Coaches Day. Some sighted the passion they have in their chosen sport. Others mentioned a desire to give back to… Read More »

Daemen Women’s Hoops Brings Full-Court Press Towards Social Awareness

The Daemen women's basketball team, pictured here in early September at Canalside, has been active in raising awareness for social issues over the last several months

For the Daemen College women’s basketball team, the seeds of unity were planted inside the locker room at the start of the 2019-20 season. The phrase, “I Got You,” synced with what the program was building on and off the… Read More »

Daemen CAUSE Celebrates Third Anniversary

The Daemen College Center for Allied and Unified Sport and Exercise (CAUSE) is celebrating three years of its mission to provide competitive and recreational sporting opportunities for individuals with disabilities from the local community. Since its launch, CAUSE has been… Read More »

Wildcat Weekly: Jenepher Banker (2020-21 Episode 2)

Wildcat Weekly brings you inside the locker rooms of Western New York’s Premier Division II Team with host Joe Kraus. In the second episode of the 2020-21 season, Joe is joined by Jenepher Banker, the veteran women’s basketball coach who… Read More »

Wildcat Social Series: Jose Williamson III

Jose Williamson III with arms folded standing in front of a Daemen backdrop

The Wildcat Social Series contains blog posts written by Daemen College student-athletes on topics of their choosing. This series will be featured on daemenwildcats.com throughout the Fall 2020 semester. Today’s blog was written by Jose Williamson III, a senior on… Read More »

Daemen Places 100+ Student-Athletes on ECC Commissioner’s Honor Roll

More than 100 student-athletes from Daemen College have been named to the East Coast Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll, recognizing their academic achievements during the 2019-20 academic year. “We are happy to celebrate the outstanding academic accomplishments of our student-athletes,” said… Read More »

36 Daemen Student-Athletes Earn D2 ADA Academic Achievement Awards

Thirty-six Daemen College student-athletes, representing 16 of the college’s 17 intercollegiate athletic programs, have been named recipients of the Division 2 Athletic Directors Association (D2 ADA) Academic Achievement Awards, recognizing their accomplishments in the classroom during the 2019-20 academic year.… Read More »

MacDonald to Receive Inspiration Award

Daemen College Head Men’s Basketball Coach Mike MacDonald will receive the Jim Satalin Inspiration Award for his extraordinary contributions to the Coaches vs. Cancer program, Daemen College and the American Cancer Society, Inc. have announced. He will be the second… Read More »

Daemen Celebrates 5 Years Of NCAA Division II Membership

On this date five years ago, Daemen College held a press conference to announce it had been recommended for advancement to active membership status at the Division II level by the NCAA Membership Committee. The announcement marked the completion of… Read More »

Daemen Postpones Fall Sports

Female cross country athlete running in woods with competitor behind her

Daemen College has made the difficult but necessary decision to join its fellow East Coast Conference institutions in postponing all intercollegiate athletic competitions scheduled for the Fall 2020 semester due to health and safety concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic.… Read More »

Wildcat Golf Classic Set for Aug. 24

The eighth annual Wildcat Golf Classic hosted by Daemen College Athletics will take place on Aug. 24 at Diamond Hawk Golf Course in Cheektowaga. The Wildcat Golf Classic has developed into the largest fundraising event of the year for Daemen… Read More »

Bernard Recognized by ECC With Smillie Award

Courtney Bernard ‘20 of the Daemen College women’s volleyball team has been named a recipient of the John Smillie, Jr. Award given annually to East Coast Conference student-athletes who have overcome personal or physical challenges and hardships to pursue their… Read More »

Daemen Student-Athletes Post Record Academic Stats

Not even a mid-semester transition to completely online learning due to a global pandemic could slow down the academic progress of Daemen College’s more than 200 student-athletes. The Daemen student-athlete body put up record academic numbers during the Spring 2020… Read More »