Topic: athletics
Anticipation builds for upcoming Tulane baseball season
Tulane baseball Coach Jay Uhlman has never been more pumped for a college baseball season. Last year’s post-season has him — and his team — itching for the 2024 season to commence.
Impression: Kenny Welcome (B ’15)
On or off the field, Kenny Welcome remains a proud Tulanian. The native New Orleanian still keeps up with his classmates and teammates and cherishes his Tulane connections as an alumnus and an entrepreneur.
VIRTUAL REALITY
The School of Social Work and Tulane Athletics have teamed up to support athletes’ training and mental health through virtual reality–based mindfulness.
Quarterback Pratt Returns
Tulane quarterback Michael Pratt refused to let the last 4½ minutes of this year’s Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic get to him.
Football Team Honored At La. Capitol
The Green Wave football team and Head Coach Willie Fritz were invited to the Louisiana Capitol to be recognized by Gov. John Bel Edwards and the Louisiana House of Representatives, as a special honor after the team’s historic Cotton Bowl win in January.https://tulane.it/football-team-la-capitol
Basketball Success
Tulane Women’s Basketball Head Coach Lisa Stockton became the all-time winningest women’s college basketball coach in the state of Louisiana with 577 wins after leading the Green Wave to a 65-54 victory at Cincinnati in February. In March, men’s basketball head coach Ron Hunter garnered his 500th career win with Tulane’s 83-82 victory over Temple, the Green Wave’s regular season finale.https://tulane.it/basketball-success-stockton
GET ME TO THE COTTON BOWL ON TIME!
Eternal optimists and lifelong Tulane fans like Richard Roussel never gave up on Green Wave football — and they were rewarded with the epic Goodyear Classic Cotton Bowl win in January.
ROLL WAVE!
The Green Wave football team and Tulane fans from across the nation and generations came together to celebrate a magical season capped off with an epic win at the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic in Arlington, Texas.
THE ‘IT’ FACTOR
In describing then-freshman guard Sion James to a reporter last year, Green Wave basketball coach Ron Hunter called him a winner — someone with that enviable quality known as the “it” factor.
