Tag Archives: Athletics

Daemen Earns Northeast Conference Men’s Volleyball Sportsmanship Award

The Northeast Conference (NEC) announced its Team Sportsmanship Award winners for the 2023 Spring season today, and the Daemen University men’s volleyball team earned recognition for its commitment to fair play. Instituted by league Presidents in 2008, the sportsmanship awards… Read More »

Men’s Basketball to Play Syracuse in Preseason Exhibition Game

Daemen University men’s basketball coach Mike MacDonald has announced that the Wildcats will take on Syracuse University in an exhibition game prior to the upcoming 2023-24 season. The game will take place on Friday, October 27 at the JMA Wireless… Read More »

Daemen Earns 2023 Team IMPACT Fellowship Campus of the Year Award

Daemen University Athletics has been named the recipient of the 2023 Team IMPACT Division II Fellowship Campus of the Year Award, the organization recently announced. MVB_Team_IMPACTDaemen works closely with Team IMPACT, which is a nonprofit organization that matches children facing… Read More »

Daemen Athletics Honors The Best of 2022-23 at Wildcat Night Of Honors

The Daemen University Division of Athletics celebrated a successful season this evening at the 2023 Wildcat Night of Honors held on campus. The annual event recognizes the achievements of the university’s intercollegiate teams and student-athletes.… Read More »

Daemen Collects A Record 20 All-Conference Honors In Outdoor Track & Field

Daemen University was well represented on the East Coast Conference 2023 Outdoor Track & Field All-Conference teams, as a record 20 student-athletes from Daemen earned the honor this spring. The Daemen women had 11 All-ECC representatives, while the men had… Read More »

Schneider Earns AVCA Honorable Mention All-American Honors

The awards keep coming for Daemen University men’s volleyball outside hitter Zach Schneider (Lockport, N.Y.)! The senior was named to the 33rd annual American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) National Collegiate Men’s Volleyball All-America Team on Monday afternoon, taking home Honorable… Read More »

A Conversation with Mike Miranto

Mike Miranto is the senior associate athletics director for communications and operations and the voice of the Wildcats. Mike just received the inaugural President’s Excellence Award. Let’s get to know him…

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11th Annual Wildcat Golf Classic Set for August 4

The 11th Annual Wildcat Golf Classic will take place on Friday, August 4 at the Buffalo Tournament Club in Lancaster, the Daemen University Division of Athletics announced today. Since its inception, the Wildcat Golf Classic has developed into the largest… Read More »

Daemen Athletics Forms Club Archery Team

Daemen University Athletics has launched a new club sport archery team. The team is a registered member within the USA Archery Collegiate Club Program and offers a new opportunity for Daemen students to enhance their co-curricular experience on campus… Read More »

Daemen Places Four on All-NEC Men’s Volleyball Team

Four members of the Daemen University men’s volleyball team have been named to the inaugural 2023 All-Northeast Conference team, and one Wildcat picked up a major award for the season, the league announced today. Senior Zach Schneider (Lockport, N.Y.) was… Read More »

Jaworski Named Off the Block National Libero of the Week

John Jaworski (Naperville, Ill.) of the Daemen University men’s volleyball team has been named the Off The Block National Libero of the Week after his stellar performance on the court over the weekend. Off The Block is a website solely… Read More »

Athletic Director Reflects on Career Path

Traci Murphy’s path to the director of athletics chair at Daemen is typical in that it started with her being a student-athlete — a swimmer at West Chester. It’s unique in that her professional career started in the athletic training… Read More »

Wildcats Keep Rolling With Big Win Over Tiffin

Junior Dana Bacher (Hamburg, N.Y.) scored five goals and graduate student Casey Decatur (Apollo Beach, Fla.) added three goals and five assists to lead the Daemen University women’s lacrosse team to a 17-2 victory over Tiffin University this afternoon at… Read More »

Four Daemen Keglers Collect All-ECC Honors

Four members of the Daemen University women’s bowling team have been named All-East Coast Conference; the league announced today. Junior Mollie Gizicki (Brighton, Mich.) was a first-team selection, while seniors Paige Bartosz (West Seneca, N.Y.) and Caitlyn Nowak (West Seneca,… Read More »

Emborsky Earns Academic All-America Honors

Paige Emborsky (Newfane, N.Y.) of Daemen University has been named to the Academic All-America Division II Women’s Basketball Team as selected by the College Sports Communicators (CSC). A third team selection, the award recognizes her combined achievements in the classroom… Read More »