INDIANAPOLIS – Twenty-three Quincy University athletes recently received the Great Lakes Valley Conference Council of Presidents’ Academic Excellence Award. The GLVC has identified a league-record 545 student-athletes to be honored. This year’s total marks the first time more than 500 honorees have been recognized since the award was first given in the spring of 2010. […]
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Nineteen athletes from Quincy University earned GLVC award for carrying 4.0 grade-point average
INDIANAPOLIS – The Great Lakes Valley Conference recognized a record 581 student-athletes who earned the Brother James Gaffney Distinguished Scholar Award. Nineteen Hawk student-athletes were recognized by the conference for their performance in the classroom during the 2021-22 academic year. The award is named after Brother James Gaffney, former president of Lewis University for more […]
New softball coach ready to embrace energy building throughout QU athletic department
QUINCY — The shift that has taken place within the Quincy University athletic department in the past year so noticeable to those on the inside is becoming more and more noticeable to those on the outside. Cathy Monroe sensed it during the interview process. “I liked the energy I was feeling from the athletic department,” […]
College notebook: Former JWCC standout Gronewold joins staff at Dodge City
QUINCY — Brad Hoyt often has said the John Wood Community College men’s basketball program sticks together like family. How true that is these days. Brody Gronewold, a former standout at Illini West and JWCC, recently was named an assistant coach at Dodge City Community College, an NJCAA Division I program located in Dodge City, […]
Former QU great Jessica Keller joins women’s basketball coaching staff at Nebraska
LINCOLN, Neb. — Jessica Keller continues climbing the coaching ladder. The all-time leading scorer in the history of the Quincy University women’s basketball program is heading to the Big 10 Conference, joining Amy Williams staff with the University of Nebraska women’s basketball program as an assistant coach. Keller spent the previous five seasons on the […]
Passini making transition from softball coach to administrative role with Quincy University
QUINCY — Carla Passini’s passion to see Quincy University succeed academically and athletically is nearly unrivaled. QU athletic director Josh Rabe is one whose heart and soul for his alma mater runs just as deep. So it makes sense they will work hand-in-hand to push the QU athletic department forward. Passini resigned in May as […]
QU baseball team gets showdown with GLVC rival Illinois-Springfield in super-regional
QUINCY — The Great Lakes Valley Conference is going to be represented at the NCAA Division II World Series. A best-of-3 series will decide which team it will be. On Sunday, the Quincy University baseball team learned its opponent for the Midwest Region’s super-regional as third-seeded Illinois-Springfield finished off its undefeated run through Midwest Regional […]
Super sensation: Hawks outlast Panthers with clutch performances, secure spot in super-regionals
CALEDONIA, Mich. — The odds were never in the Quincy University baseball team’s favor. The Hawks suffered a demoralizing 10-5, 12-inning loss to Northwood in Thursday’s opening game of the NCAA Division II Midwest Regional, squandering a 5-1 lead in the ninth inning. “A lot of people would have probably bet a lot of money […]
Pribyl finishes what he started freshman year by leading Hawks to super-regional berth
CALEDONIA, Mich. — Some might think Alex Pribyl actually enjoys the suspense. “It’s not me if I don’t make it interesting, isn’t that right?” the Quincy University right-handed reliever said. So the fact he allowed a single and a walk to the first two Davenport hitters in the bottom of the ninth inning Saturday with […]
Schuckman: Logsdon delivers clutch hit because no one in QU dugout ever lost faith in him
CALEDONIA, Mich. — The kind of moments a hitter lives for can be the ones most taxing or debilitating when success eludes you. Lance Logsdon knows how true that can be. The Quincy University junior first baseman faced the opportunity to capitalize on a game-changing at-bat each of the past two weekends. Neither time he […]
