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Charlotte Athletics announces 2025 Hall of Fame class

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Standout former student-athletes Gabe Garcia, Rephel Martin, Chris Haney, Larry Ogunjobi are members of this year’s Athletics Hall of Fame class.

The 2025 inductees will be honored formally during a ceremony Friday, Sept. 12, and recognized during halftime of the Charlotte 49ers Sept. 13 football game against Monmouth University. Register to attend the Sept. 12 ceremony.

Garcia, men’s soccer, 1989-91, was the program’s first All-American, during his four-year career. Charlotte’s third all-time leading scorer, Garcia led Charlotte to a combined 47-22-9 record, the program’s first NCAA Tournament bid and a national ranking peak of No. 4 in the nation.
 
Leading the 49ers in goals and points in each of his final three seasons, Garcia totaled 39 career goals, 19 assists and 97 total points. He scored a career-best 14 goals as a junior and netted 10 goals as a senior. With 13 goals scored as a sophomore, Garcia is one of only three 49ers to lead the team with double-digit goals in three straight seasons. His 14 goals as a junior tied for fifth all-time in a single season. For his efforts, Garcia was named a 1991 National Soccer Coaches Association of America Second Team All-American.

Haney, baseball, 1988-90, was a two-time first team All-Sun Belt Conference selection. He won the 1989 Sun Belt Conference ERA title and was named team MVP in 1990.

As for his 49ers’ career, Haney ranks first all-time for the 49ers with 20 career complete games, and his 1.83 ERA in 1989 ranks as third-best in school history. He ranks second all-time with nine complete games in 1990 and third with a pair of shutouts in 1990. He ranks fourth all-time in career shutouts and sixth with a career 3.35 ERA. He holds a school record with 12 innings pitched in a game vs. VCU in 1989.

Martin, men’s track and field, 1997 to 2000, was the program’s first male All-America, earning Conference USA Indoor Track Athlete of the Year honors in 2000. Excelling in the triple jump, Martin won the event in C-USA three times and the long jump twice. In 2000, he swept both the indoor triple jump and long jump titles and added a victory in the long jump with a runner-up finish in the triple jump at the outdoor league championships. 
 
At the 2000 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Martin became the first 49ers male athlete to compete at the NCAA Championship. He finished seventh in the triple jump with a school-record leap of 53′ 0.75″ (16.17m) to earn USTFCCCA All-America honors.

Martin was an eight-time all-conference award winner with five C-USA titles. He was named team MVP in both the indoor and outdoor seasons of 2000, and 25 years later, he still owns school records in the indoor and outdoor triple jump and is second all-time in the outdoor long jump and third all-time in the indoor long jump.

Ogunjobi, football, 2013-16, has an abundance of firsts for the 49ers football program. He was selected to wear the coveted 49 jersey in Charlotte’s inaugural game, and he was the first to earn all-conference honors, the first to be selected in the NFL draft, and the first to play and start in an NFL game.

A member of the program’s inaugural team, Ogunjobi started and played in all 46 games of his four-year career.  He recorded the 49ers first tackle for loss in the program’s initial game against Campbell and still holds the school record with 49.0 career TFL. He finished his career with school records for career tackles, sacks and quarterback hurries. He helped Charlotte garner national attention when he landed on national Watch Lists for the 2016 Bednarik Award (Top Defensive Player) and the 2016 Outland Trophy (Top Interior Lineman). Selected to compete in the 2016-17 Reese’s Senior Bowl, he was invited to the 2016-17 NFL Combine.

Chosen with the first pick of the third round of the 2017 NFL Draft by the Cleveland Browns, Ogunjobi remains the program’s highest draft selection among the five picks in the program’s 12-year history.

Photo, left to right, Larry Ogunjobi, Chris Haney, Gabe Garcia and Rephel Martin.

Read more on the Charlotte 49ers website at https://charlotte49ers.com/news/2025/7/2/charlotte-announces-2025-athletics-hall-of-fame-class.aspx.



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Gulycz Took First In Shot Put, Track & Field Teams Claimed 18 Top-12 Finishes

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Men’s Track & Field | 12/12/2025 9:46:00 PM

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

>> The Saint Francis track & field teams competed in its second indoor meet at the Wagner Seahawk Shootout. 
>> Saint Francis compiled seven top five performers and 18 top 12 finishes.
>> Sophomore Clark Gulycz took first place in shot put.

FLASH WOMEN NUGGETS

The women’s team accumulated eight top 12 performances.

Olivia Renk finished sixth in the 60-meter dash and eighth in the 300-meter dash on the women’s side. The sophomore ran in a time of 7.73 in the 60-meter and a 39.80 time in the 300-meter. 

Morgan McNaughton came in hot during the 3000-meter run. She placed eighth with a time of 10:27.97.

Once again Rylee Nicklas placed in the top 10, this time in ninth place for shot put. The sophomore threw an impressive 11.33 meters. Nicklas also placed ninth in weight throw with a reach of 13.83 meters.

Taylor Foster picked up 12th place due to leap of 10.83 meters. 

Two Red Flash placed in the top three for women’s pole vault. Karsyn Ford reached 3.45-meters and Aubrie Wells was right behind her with 3.15-meters. 

FLASH MEN NUGGETS

The men’s team registered 10 top 11 finishes on the day.

Gulycz had a standout performance, taking first place in shot put. He threw 16.64m. Wyatt Jumper took 11th place with a throw of 14.05m. Both Gulycz and Jumper placed top seven in the weight throw. Gulycz launched his way into fifth place with 14.16m. Jumper threw 13.62m to put himself into seventh place. 

Coming off a huge leap, Tyler Craft finished in eighth place with 6.77 meters. Not far behind him was the freshman, Nehemyah Williams. Williams collected 10th place with a jump of 6.71m in the men’s long jump. 

Once again, Craft and Williams placed high in the triple jump. Craft bumped up to fifth place with a takeoff of 14.33m. Williams jumped 13.86m to sit him in the 10th spot. 

Sophomore, Ayden Martinage, took fifth in the high jump with a lift of 1.95 meters.

The junior, Dylan Andrews, extended his way into fifth place by a stretch over 4.05 meters. 

NEXT UP FOR FLASH

Saint Francis track and field will head down the road to compete in the Penn State University Nittany Lion Challenge. This will be held at the Ashenfelter III Indoor Track next Saturday the 17. 

 



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Louisville volleyball score today, Texas A&M-UofL NCAA Tournament game

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Updated Dec. 12, 2025, 10:08 p.m. ET

No. 2 seed Louisville volleyball fell to No. 3 seed Texas A&M in five sets Friday night at Bob Devaney Sports Center in Lincoln, Nebraska, ending the Cardinals’ season.

The Cardinals finished Dan Meske’s inaugural campaign as head coach 26-7 in Lincoln, where Meske’s collegiate coaching career began as a graduate assistant for the Cornhuskers 18 years ago.

Louisville earned several American Volleyball Coaches Association awards for its performance in the tournament’s first weekend. Four Cardinals made the All-South Region first team: Kalyssa Blackshear (OPP), Nayelis Cabello (S), Chloe Chicoine (OH) and Cara Cresse (MB). Outside hitter Payton Petersen received an honorable mention.

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Dixon Sets New Indoor Record After Opening Day of the Season

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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Southeast Missouri track and field teams opened their season winning eight events at the John Gartland Invitational hosted by Indiana State Friday night. 

Included in the event wins was Brianna Dixon who set a new SEMO indoor record in the high jump reaching 5-10 to take the title. 

Event Winners

Marshall Swadley won the weight throw with a personal-best mark of 65-9.5 and later captured the shot-put title with another PR of 60-10.5.

John Hartmann claimed first place in the high jump after clearing a personal-best height of 6-9.5.

Clara Billing earned the pole vault victory with a height of 12-11.75.

Kale Clements won the 800 meters in 2:26.4 during her first collegiate meet.

Sydney Burdine captured the 400-meter title with a time of 56.09.

Madelyn Gray won the mile with a time of 5:04.6.

 

Top Three Finishers

Sullivan Gleason placed third in the pole vault with a clearance of 16-2.75.

Dixon followed up her win with a second-place finish in the 60-meter hurdles, running 8.72.

The women’s 4×400-meter relay team of Burdine, Jasmine McClelland, Clements, and Gray finished second in 4:10.1.

The men’s 4×400-meter relay team of Marcus Gordon, Jon’David White, Jackson Witvoet, and Connor Moore placed third with a time of 3:31.4.

Byron Sowerby earned a runner-up finish in the 3,000 meters, clocking 9:02.7.

Jonas Davis finished third in the 200 meters with a time of 22.54.

McClelland placed second in the women’s 200 meters, running 25.77.

Moore finished second in the 400 meters with a time of 50.93.

Trenton Braswell placed second in the weight throw with a mark of 65-4.75.

Liberty Blackburn earned second place in the high jump with a clearance of 5-4.25.

Luke Busateri finished second in the triple jump with a leap of 46-11.

Andreese Ortiz finished in third in the shot put reaching 45-10 for a new personal best throw.

 

Other Notable Performances 

Ortiz placed fourth in the weight throw with a personal-best mark of 58-3.25.

Alyssa Repke finished fifth in the weight throw with a mark of 55-5 while competing in her first collegiate meet.

Colin Beers earned a fifth-place finish in the pole vault after clearing 15-11.

Aarion Jackson placed fifth in the long jump with a leap of 22-3.5.

Matt Pluff recorded a mark of 22-1 in the long jump during his first collegiate competition.

White placed sixth in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.33. Marcus Gordon Jr. followed closely with a seventh-place finish in the 60-meter hurdles at 8.35.

Jackson Witvoet finished sixth in the 200 meters with a time of 22.8 and also placed sixth in the 60 meters at 7.11.

Micah Grawer earned fifth place in the mile with a time of 4:26.12.

McClelland also finished sixth in the 60 meters with a time of 7.75 and Burdine placed seventh in 7.83.

Zavier Winton finished eighth in the weight throw with a mark of 55-5.

Bailie Hux placed seventh in the weight throw with a throw of 53-11.

Elliana Rhinehart finished ninth in the weight throw with a mark of 51-5.75.

Braswell added a fifth-place finish in the shot put with a mark of 52-2.5.

Mark Goldman placed eighth in the shot put with a throw of 47-11.75.

Quinton rounded out the shot put with a ninth-place finish at 46-2.

 

The meet will wrap up Saturday starting at 11 a.m. The Redhawks will have Luis Schadlich and Kannon Harlow finishing up the men’s heptathlon. Anna Thomason will compete in the women’s pentathlon.

 





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Two former Big 12 rivals meet with a spot in the regional final on the line, as the Nebraska Cornhuskers play host to the Kansas Jayhawks in the third round of the NCAA Women’s Volleyball Tournament.

The Cornhuskers rolled toward another Big Ten championship. Nebraska has been dominant. Not only are they undefeated, but they have also been nearly untouchable. For two months, the team did not lose a set. The team then went on to win its final five matches in straight sets, clinching a third consecutive Big Ten Championship.

Now, the program that has played in every national tournament since the AIAW days has its sights set on advancing to the final four for the fourth time in the past five seasons. Nebraska looks to avenge last year’s disappointing semifinal exit at the hands of the eventual national champions, Penn State.

Nebraska has yet to lose a set, hammering Long Island and Kansas State in straight sets.

The Jayhawks had a little bit of a tougher time getting to the Sweet 16. After beating High Point in the First Round, Kansas needed four sets to get by Miami last weekend. The J-Birds finished second in the Big 12 during the regular season, four games back of conference champion Arizona State.

NCAA WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT

Third Round

Kansas Jayhawks vs. Nebraska Cornhuskers

When: Friday, December 12

Time: 9:30 p.m. ET

Where: Bob Devaney Sports Center (Lincoln, Neb.)

Channel: ESPN2



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