Sports
From Burnout to Breakout: Buckrell ’27 Reflects on NCAA Championship
Two years ago, Jayden Buckrell ’27 was pondering walking away from the sport he’d dedicated most of his young life to. Burned out and questioning whether he even wanted to pursue an athletic future as a skier at the collegiate level, an email from then-UNH ski coach Brian Blank re-lit Buckrell’s... Read More
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10/07/25Wildcats For Life Campaign Helps Provide Comprehensive Support for Student-Athletes
Colby Ramshaw has dreamed of attending UNH for about as long as he can remember. As a young football player and “New Hampshire kid,” he was hoping... -
10/07/25Lighting Ceremony Celebrates Illumination of Tucker Field, Culmination of $2M Gift
UNH held a lighting ceremony at Tucker Field during halftime of the women’s soccer game Oct. 2, officially illuminating the lights surrounding the... -
06/20/25Riding High
This past spring, the UNH Polo Team made it to the finals in the U.S. Polo Association (USPA) Women’s Division II National Intercollegiate... -
05/27/25Grandfather and UNH Grad Goes Viral Thanks to Family Hockey Surprise
John “Bozo” Kennedy, 88-year-old UNH graduate and former goalie on the men’s hockey team, recently gained some national notoriety in a fashion...
Recent Stories
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05/20/15 - Making Her Own PlayJulia Hird ‘16 has been playing ice hockey since she was 7 years old. When she started it was a way to do something that her twin sister, Caroline, was not. Let her have... Read More -
05/12/15 - Warren Hardy Scott ’73UNH degrees: Natural science and chemistry Currently lives in: Muscle Shoals, Alabama Please share highlights of your career or occupational experiences. Firefighters, paramedic... Read More -
05/12/15 - Lawrence Woods ’72UNH degree: Full-time student 1968- 1972, complete final nine credits in 1975. In 1975, earned a bachelor of arts degree with a major in History and a minor in sociology. In 1979... Read More -
04/29/15 - Fleet FeetIt’s been a great month for Aliaksandr (Alex) Leuchanka. The graduate assistant in the department of kinesiology just learned that he has received the 2015 Basil J.F. Mott Award,... Read More -
04/17/15 - More Wildcats in the RaceEditor’s note: Since we published Sneakers to Asphalt, an article about UNH faculty, staff, students and alumni who are running Monday’s 119th Boston Marathon, we’ve heard from... Read More -
04/15/15 - Sneakers to AsphaltUNH students, grads and faculty members will contribute to the chorus of footfalls on Monday during the 119th running of the Boston Marathon. We asked a handful of them why they... Read More -
04/08/15 - MVP MentorOf all the awards and accolades Wildcat wide receiver R.J. Harris ’14 amassed over the course of the football team’s remarkable fall, one that stands out might be surprising: a... Read More -
04/08/15 - Awards SeasonJust how many accolades can one team bring home? At the end of another record-making season, the football team was named the ECAC Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) Team... Read More -
03/18/15 - UNH Experts Weigh In On Concussion Crisis in SportsA panel of legal and athletics experts will lead a discussion on concussions and sports during UNH’s upcoming Executive Forum Breakfast in Boston next month. Read More -
03/12/15 - Sports Roundup: Winter 2015Elinor Purrier ’17 just can’t stop winning. The speedy sophomore— the first Wildcat athlete to be named a National Athlete of the Week by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross... Read More