WAlert: Canvas is again operational this morning. The university will continue to monitor the situation.
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The 2025-26 men’s basketball season has been one of, literally, rewriting The W’s program history. On Friday, March 6 at 6:15 p.m. CT, the Owls will scribe the next entry in that record book, when they travel to Emory University for a first-round NCAA Division III national championship game. Trent…
Mississippi University for Women’s student-athletes had another strong academic showing for the Fall 2024 term, by posting a departmental grade point average (GPA) of 3.21. 146 of 209 individual athletes – 70% – spread over the department’s 17 intercollegiate teams were recognized on the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for…
BELLEVILLE, Ill. – The St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC) announced its All-Academic honors for Fall sports and The W brought home 15 of the accolades. In all, there were 250 student-athletes earning All-Academic Team honors this fall from 13 core and affiliate members.“I congratulate all of our Fall Sports…
COLUMBUS, Miss. – The W Athletics Department is now accepting nominations for its class of 2025 Hall of Fame induction, to be held at Homecoming in April of 2025. This will be the second HOF induction class for W Athletics, with ceremonies taking place every other year. Nominations must be…
Brian Merkel is returning to the Mississippi University for Women Athletics Department as its assistant athletics director. Merkel, who started the Owls’ men’s basketball program in 2018 and served as its head coach until 2021, began his new duties at The W on June 3, 2024, after spending the past…
