#UniteToFight: Jim & Catherine Gainey

We would like you to meet Jim and Catherine Gainey. They met at Edgewood College, fell in love and got married. They have two beautiful children.

And they have a story to tell about their journey on their life touched by cancer. Hear their story and then make the decision that you will #UniteToFight with Jim, Catherine and Edgewood College at Jam the Gym on February 8.

Eagles tops in NAC on social media

Nobody wins every conference title, but Edgewood College is currently winning the Northern Athletics Conference social media race! As of May 3, 2013, here are the total number of Facebook likes and Twitter followers on each member school's main athletics account...

FACEBOOK LIKES

Edgewood	1,429
Aurora	1,310
Benedictine	1,182
Concordia Wis.	1,111
Lakeland	867
Wis. Lutheran	739
Dominican	577
Alverno	329
Concordia Chi.	307
Rockford	295
Marian	249
MSOE	233

TWITTER FOLLOWERS

Edgewood	937
Concordia Wis.	778
Lakeland	745
Benedictine	672
Wis. Lutheran	646
Aurora	635
Concordia Chi.	528
Marian	486
MSOE	381
Dominican	376
Alverno	285
Maranatha Baptist	98
Rockford	89

Thanks to all the Edgewood College Eagles fans who use social media to follow our teams! Spread the word and keep the Eagles on top!

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I'm on a bus!

The Edgewood College athletics teams now have one sweet ride! As part of their contract with Meister Motorcoaches, the Eagles now have a full-size coach bus branded with the Eagle and Dominican Shield logo. Watch for it rolling down a highway near you and honk to let them know you're an Eagle fan!

What's with the weird bar code thingys?

We've been asked more than once this fall, "what is that square bar code thing on your game programs?" Those are QR Codes. Using a smartphone with a QR reading app (we like "QR Droid" and "QR Reader for iPhone") you can scan the code which will direct you to additional information on your mobile device.

For Edgewood College Athletics, we've used them to point to our new Live Video/Live Stats portal or to the cover athlete's bio page on EdgewoodCollegeEagles.com. In the future, you might see QR Codes used for special concession stand offers or to direct you to other website features like text message alerts or the photo store. We will try to keep them fun and interesting, so be sure to check the QR Code at every Eagle event you attend.

Breese Stevens press box being built!

Tom Maglio from the City of Madison passed along these pictures of the new Breese Stevens Field press box under construction. JW Industries of Green Bay is building the press box in their factory. It will then be dismantled and shipped to Madison for installation by Joe Daniels Construction. Everyone is very happy at the upgrade to Breese Stevens, but the Athletic Communications staff at Edgewood College is positively ecstatic. Thanks to Tom, the City of Madison and the construction companies for getting it done!

 

Old Edgedome scoreboards come down!

The old center hanging scoreboard in the Edgedome has been taken down. In its place, brand new wall-mounted boards from All-American Scoreboards. They look awesome!

New Scoreboards in Edgedome photo gallery

Also, here's a short video of the old board being taken down...



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2009-10 SEASON IS COMPLETE

There are no more games to be played, races to be run, or meets to win. The Edgewood College athletics program has wrapped up a very successful 2009-10 season, so this will be the final Talon Newsletter until next August. Here are a few highlights that we will recall from the past year, while we enjoy the summer:

- A school record seven Edgewood College student-athletes earn Academic All-District awards, while two, Tyler Duellman (First Team) and Jerrid Dokey (Second Team), earn Academic All-American honors
- NAC championships in Men’s Cross Country, Women’s Tennis and Baseball
- Women’s Tennis makes their second straight NCAA Tournament appearance
- Josh Williams becomes the first Eagle cross county athlete to compete at the NCAA Championships
- Josh Williams (MXC) and Mallory Palmer (VB) win NAC All-Freshman of the Year award
- 21 First Team All-Northern Athletics Conference awards
- Eight Second Team All-Northern Athletics Conference awards
- Eight All-Northern Athletics Conference Honorable Mention awards
- Seven Northern Athletics Conference All-Freshman Team awards
- Bethany Brewster wins NAC Men’s Cross Country Coach of the Year award
- Kristina Santaga becomes the first Eagle track athlete to earn a NAC Athlete of the Year award
- Aaron Gavin wins medalist honors in both the fall and spring portions of the NAC Men’s Golf Championships
- Jessica Spitzer wins First Team All-NAC in two sports, women’s golf and softball
- Josh Williams wins Northern Athletics Conference Indoor Track Freshman of the Meet award

Ben Larson calling games for T-Bones

Ben Larson, one of two regular broadcasters on Edgewood College Eagle athletic events, is working this summer for the Kansas City T-Bones of the independent Northern League. Their season is already underway, so if you miss the soothing sounds of Ben's voice, log-in, listen and pretend he's in the Edgedome or out at Stampfl Field.

Ben Larson Named New "Voice of the T-Bones"
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Photo Galleries Galore!

It's amazing what you find when you start paying attention.

I posted some photo galleries of our fall sports a few months ago. It was kind of a laborious task because the interface at EdgewoodCollegeEagles.com wasn't very smooth. But then in January, ICS upgraded their photo gallery package and wow! Now we had these amazing looking photo galleries, that were really simple to use.

Still, I was procrastinating on reloading the old galleries from the fall, because I thought it was going to take a long time to search through all those old galleries again. That's when I took a closer look at my new photo gallery upload tool and found a tiny little link that said "Convert Old Galleries." I clicked it and like magic I was able to put the old galleries into the new system one by one. Perfect!

It pays to stick your head out of the ground and look around once in a while!

Here they are for you to enjoy! We'll always add more every time we get new photography.

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Photo Galleries: Baseball in Florida

There are two new photo galleries posted on EdgewoodCollegeEagles.com. They are from two of the Eagle baseball team's games in Florida. Check them out and imagine the warm weather and beautiful sunshine, which we'll see here soon. (At least, I still have faith we'll have sunshine soon.)

Photo Gallery - Edgewood College vs. Keystone College (March 13, 2009)

Photo Gallery - Edgewood College vs. Hope College (March 14, 2009)
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Photo Gallery: Jam the Gym

Edgewood College hosted their annual Jam the Gym celebration last Saturday. The day includes a pair of alumni games featuring some of Edgewood College's great players from thre recent past.

Jam the Gym Photo Gallery

More Edgewood College Photo Galleries

Cupery loses one record, but gains two more!

Last night at the Edgedome, Deb Cupery (Boomsma) witnessed Megan Scheele move past her on the Edgewood College all-time scoring list, taking over a record which Deb had held for 18 years. No one in the gym realized however that Deb would be leaving the Edgedome with two other records now rightfully credited to her name.

I had several conversations with Deb leading up to the historic day. During one of those conversations Deb remarked that she noticed EdgewoodCollegeEagles.com listed the single game scoring record at 38 points, accomplished by Scheele in the first game of the 2006-07 season. Deb couldn't recall the exact game, but was pretty sure that she had recorded a 46-point game at some point in her career.

I admitted to Deb, that while I was confident that we had her season and career totals correct, our archives had very little information about single games during her playing years of 1987-91. I told her it was entirely possible that she had scored 46 points in a game, and if she could come up with some kind of evidence, like a newspaper article or a box score, I'd gladly amend the records.

Last night, when Deb and her family walked in the door, her mom proudly produced the evidence needed, a newspaper clipping from a February 18, 1989 game against Silver Lake. Not only did the newspaper article confirm Deb's single game scoring record, but it also showed she made 21 field goals in the game, also a new school record.

Deb even handed out an assist to a former teammate who handed her so many assists during their playing days. That same article indicated Ellen Zgonc led the team with 15 assists (undoubtedly many of those to Deb) which is also a new single game record at Edgewood College.

(click article to enlarge)

If you read the article, you'll notice that the headline and article indicates an Edgewood College victory, but the box score indicates the Eagles lost. In fact, the Eagles did lose this game 94-81, which must have slipped past a long-forgotten copywriter. It's nice to know other people can make mistakes too.

The Edgewood College women's basketball single game records have officially been updated. Thanks, Deb, and congratulations!

- David Petroff, Edgewood College SID
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New Photo Galleries!

If you haven't seen the new Photo Gallery interface on EdgewoodCollegeEagles.com you are missing out! The new look and new functionality makes it easier to get all of our great photography to you.

The latest items up are a Men's and Women's Track photo gallery from the Badger Track Classic last Saturday. We've also posted sopme winter sport galleries and re-posted some of our fall sports galleries. We'll be putting up the rest of the fall sports soon. Check it out!

EdgewoodCollegeEagles.com Photo Galleries
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Photo galleries are up!

We've got a new Photo Gallery page over on EdgewoodCollegeEagles.com. We've got a men's soccer match and a volleyball match posted with women's soccer and tennis on the way soon. These galleries will also be linked from your favorite teams schedule page, by clicking on "Details".

Enjoy!
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Let's get it started!

Sorry, it's been so long since the last update, but here in the sports information office we've been busy creating season previews, game programs and game notes for the new season. The 2008-09 season gets underway in a little less than an hour with the Eagle Tennis team facing UW-Stevens Point. Tonight, both soccer teams are in action against St. Norbert College.

All the fall sport season previews are available at EdgewoodCollegeEagles.com.

Previews for this weekend's soccer and volleyball matches are here:
Women's Soccer vs. St. Norbert and Maryville
Men's Soccer vs. St. Norbert and Maryville
Volleyball vs. Maryville and Mount Mary
(Special thanks to new sports information assistant Luke Pattarozzi who did the lion's share of the writing on all these pieces.)

Can't make it to the games?

Follow along from home with Live Stats or get the final score sent to you in a text message by signing up for Eagle Text Alerts.
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