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During the first game of the doubleheader against UW-Oshkosh, Freshman Pitcher Donovan Brandl (34) throws the ball to home plate, Friday April 9, 2021.

Vodenlich preaches development ahead of 2022 season

Mason Thompson, Journalist February 27, 2022

It is hard to stay at the top of a sport for a long time. For UW-Whitewater baseball coach John Vodenlich, it’s something he takes a lot of pride in. Vodenlich is entering his 19th season coaching the...

Lindwall gives it all

Lindwall gives it all

Parker Olsen, Sports Editor February 20, 2022

Cole Lindwall has high expectations for this season’s UW-Whitewater men’s tennis team. The team, which plays home matches indoors at Lake Geneva Country Club, has opened the season with a seven match...

Shinhoster eyes NCAA title

Shinhoster eyes NCAA title

Mikey Rottier, Assistant Sports Editor February 13, 2022

Senior Jaritt Shinhoster has been in the sport of wrestling since he was just five-years-old. After performing well at the state meet his senior year of high school he was drawn toward the University of...

Gymnast reaches for high bar

Gymnast reaches for high bar

Mason Thompson, Journalist February 6, 2022

Junior Faith Mylin is in her third year as a member of the UW-Whitewater gymnastics team. Mylin, an accounting major from Elgin, Illinois has seen steady growth in the program since her first year in 2020....

Junior Kylie Jacobs runs hard at the start of the seventh heat of the women's four hundred meter dash during the “Squig” Converse Invitational in Whitewater on Jan. 29, 2022.

Jacobs is all about the track team

Parker Olsen, Sports Editor January 30, 2022

Kylie Jacobs is a captain and a senior, making her one of the major leaders on the UW-Whitewater women’s track and field team. Jacobs, a journalism major, is from Watertown, WI where she was a five time...

Senior quarterback Max Meylor gets ready to throw the ball to another team member during the game against DePauw University Saturday, Nov. 27, 2021.

QB Meylor ‘trusts the process’ in shot at pros

Mikey Rottier, Assistant Sports Editor January 23, 2022

Max Meylor can easily be considered one of the most famous people in the town of Whitewater these days. The senior quarterback led the Warhawk football team all the way to the Division III semifinals,...

Women’s basketball Q & A with Aleah Grundahl

Women’s basketball Q & A with Aleah Grundahl

Sam Strash, Sports Journalist January 16, 2022
‘Keep the energy high’
Freshman Christian Seagren tries to overtake several runners during the Tom Hoffman Invitational meet in Whitewater on Sept. 18, 2021.

Fassbender leads cross country to 5th

Mikey Rottier, Assistant Sports Editor December 12, 2021

The UW-Whitewater men’s cross country team had one of their best seasons in program history this fall. After winning their first regional title in program history, they placed fifth at the National meet....

Senior Caitlin Mertins (pictured), a former Subway Athlete of the Week and CIBC Bowler of the Month (February 2020), helped lead the Warhawks to the Intercollegiate Team Championships last season. (Michael McLoone/UW-Whitewater Athletics)

Mertins ‘brings the focus’ to Warhawk bowling

Sam Strash, Assistant Sports Editor December 5, 2021

Senior Caitlin Mertins has a long, storied past with the sport of bowling. From participating in junior tournaments in middle school to winning the Wisconsin High School Bowling Club state championship...

Senior Jeromie Meyer moves to block an Edinboro Mustang player from going closer to the basket during their game on Nov. 19, 2021, in the Kachel Fieldhouse.

‘It’s about family’ in the Warhawks wheelchair basketball program

Sam Strash, Assistant Sports Editor November 28, 2021

Some of the world’s best athletes play in the collegiate ranks all across the country. From football and basketball to soccer and tennis, it takes great determination and copious amounts of practice...

Autumn Bruno, freshman, competing for UWW women’s tennis team

Taking control on the court

Nay Salter, Sports Editor November 7, 2021

The University of Wisconsin - Whitewater’s women's tennis team is filled with remarkable talent and these athletes have gone above and beyond this season. Freshman Autumn Bruno stepped up her game this...

Junior Madison ( Madi) Lapaz stands awaiting their turn, Madison scoring a total of 240 points in the WIAC Championships at Reedsburg Country Club, Fall 2021.

Acing the course

Nay Salter, Sports Editor October 17, 2021

Junior Madison LaPaz is more than excited to continue her golf career at the University of Wisconsin - Whitewater. She has been a part of the team for all three of her years here at UW-Whitewater and couldn’t...

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