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Founded 1901

Royal Purple

Founded 1901

Royal Purple

Team USA members, from left, Talen Jourdan, Jeromie Meyer and Jake Williams, watch a practice at the UW-Whitewater Warhawk Wheelchair Basketball Camp.

From Whitewater winnings to Paris Paralympics

Chase Keller, Men’s Sports Editor September 1, 2024

Winning a national championship is somehow not the only peak moment of Jake Williams’ year. After coaching UW-Whitewater to their first NWBA Men’s Championship since 2016, he worked on his swift...

Jeromie Meyer

Olympics inspire student athletes

John Leahey, Journalist February 6, 2022

This Paralympic season, many in the Whitewater community are gearing up to watch the games, especially those in the sports community. Jeromie Meyer, a para-athlete on the Whitewater wheelchair basketball...

John Boie's basketball wingspan nearly equals that of a giant Warhawk emblem on a wall in Roseman Gym, where Boie practiced as a student with the UW-Whitewater Men's Wheelchair Basketball Team. Boie, who earned a BBA in human resources management in 2014 and is now an academic advisor at the university, last month won a gold medal with Team USA at the Parapan American Games in Lima, Peru, and anticipates playing in the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (UW-Whitewater photo/Craig Schreiner)

Boie brings home the Tokyo gold

Nay Salter, Sports Editor September 26, 2021

Former Warhawk and one time gold medalist John Boie got the amazing opportunity to compete in the 2021 Summer Tokyo Paralympics. He competed in wheelchair basketball along with his peers and had an experience...

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