Category: Athletics

Ethan Happ added one more honor to his outstanding career with the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team on Friday.

Jake Bunz accepted the Hockey Humanitarian Award on Friday, becoming the third player from the University of Wisconsin to be recognized for citizenship.

A little more than three months have passed since Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez saw the football team cap a disappointing season by routing Miami in the Pinstripe Bowl.

New Nat will have gender neutral bathrooms, locker rooms, Rec Sports director says.

Williams, a professional speaker, met Fearing in September at a luncheon for “Leading With Power,” a Madison organization that aims to help men become leaders in their community. He had starred at wide receiver for the University of Wisconsin football team from 2002-2005 and played two seasons in the National Football League.

Doing so, will help institutions move the needle and attract talented people of color to their athletics department, says Frazier, who served for many years as deputy athletic director at the University of Wisconsin Madison, before accepting the job at NIU in 2013.

The International Ice Hockey Federation Women’s World Championship opens Thursday, and it’ll have a strong University of Wisconsin flavor.

Cephus, who was suspended via UW’s student-athlete discipline policy when charges were brought against him in August, wasn’t listed on the Badgers’ spring practice roster released Wednesday, and a UW official confirmed he’s no longer on the team.

Although the restructured contract of Wisconsin’s Paul Chryst includes a raise of $300,000, he is set to enter the 2019 season no better than the ninth-highest paid head football coach in the 14-team Big Ten Conference.

Changes to Paul Chryst’s contract include a $300,000 annual salary increase and added bonus opportunities if his program wins a Big Ten Championship or earns a spot in the College Football Playoff.

Suzy Favor burst on the scene with state track and cross country titles as a freshman at Stevens Point Area High School and continued that success over the next three years to become one of the most dominant distance runners in Wisconsin high school history.

Campbell became the first goaltender to go the distance in a Division I NCAA women’s hockey tournament without allowing a goal.

The pain was searing initially, almost unbearable. It dissipated over the course of a long offseason, although it never disappeared.

Annie Pankowski already was part of one elite hat trick among University of Wisconsin women’s hockey players, and she joined another on Thursday.

University of Wisconsin officials are confident guard D’Mitrik Trice and forward Aleem Ford are not involved in a college admissions scam that has resulted in the arrests of several individuals, including celebrities Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman.

The Badgers (23-10) accomplished a major mission by getting back to the NCAA tournament after a one-year absence. They’re a No. 5 seed in the South Region in the 2019 field and will open against red-hot Oregon (23-12) on Friday at approximately 3:40 p.m. CDT in San Jose, California.

Annie Pankowski led a triumphant last lap around the LaBahn Arena rink for University of Wisconsin women’s hockey seniors who have never known anything but the feeling the Badgers left with on Saturday.

Lawyers representing University of Wisconsin football player Quintez Cephus dropped their federal civil rights case against school officials on Thursday, but said Friday that they will likely re-file the case after Cephus goes to trial on sexual assault charges in late July.

More than a dozen former Badger football players worked out in front of scouts from all 32 NFL teams at Wisconsin Pro Day.

Before you can see the Badgers’ volleyball team bump, set and spike their way to victory, you have to make it through the front doors, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison thinks those need a little work.

The senior last weekend became the sixth University of Wisconsin women’s hockey player to reach 200 points for her career. She’s one of an elite hat trick of players to score at least 20 goals in each of her four seasons with the Badgers.

Middle blockers Dana Rettke and Tionna Williams and setter Sydney Hilley will travel to the national team’s training center in Anaheim, California, for the training March 16-23.

Meet Ethan Happ, the first Wisconsin player to be named a first-team, all-Big Ten performer three times.

The senior center became the first player in program history to earn first-team All-Big Ten honors three times in his career.

UW earned the No. 1 seed in the eight-team NCAA tournament and will host No. 8-seed Syracuse in a quarterfinal game on Saturday at 2 p.m. at LaBahn Arena. The Orange (13-21-3) upset top-seeded Robert Morris to win the College Hockey America tournament title and clinch their first trip to the NCAA tournament.

Regardless of what happens over the final two games of the regular season and in the postseason that follows for the Badgers, Happ will go down as one of the most decorated players in program history.

University of Wisconsin senior Marsha Howard was voted to the All-Big Ten women’s basketball second team by the media, the conference announced Monday.

For only the third time, the University of Wisconsin women’s hockey team has taken home four individual regular-season awards from the Western Collegiate Hockey Association.

The pool of candidates to start at quarterback for Wisconsin in 2019 has shrunk by one, but the intrigue about the eventual starter has increased significantly. UW officials announced Wednesday that Alex Hornibrook, who started 32 games over the last three seasons, has left the program.

Oleson recently completed her 20th season as the PA announcer for the UW volleyball team. Over the years she’s also taken on the same duties for the UW softball team and the women’s basketball team.

March Madness is right around the corner, and while the Wisconsin Badgers won’t be a trendy pick to reach the Final Four this year, they wouldn’t be the first defensively savvy UW squad to make an improbable run.

One such athlete who has remained consistent is Marsha Howard, a senior and forward on the University of Wisconsin at Madison women’s basketball team. During the anthem, when the rest of her teammates line up and stand with their hands over their hearts, Howard stays seated on the sidelines. She does not look up. She bows her head in silent prayer, protesting gun violence and racism.

The University of Wisconsin athletic board on Friday unanimously approved a budget of $159.4 million for the 2019-’20 fiscal year.

The University of Wisconsin student who opted to sit during the national anthem has defended her right to protest and says she is not worried by any of the negative backlash.

A star forward for the University of Wisconsin’s basketball team says she has no regrets amid fury over her sitting down during the national anthem.

The Athletic Board’s Finance, Facilities and Operations Committee on Wednesday unanimously voted to forward the request for a budget of $159.4 million to the full board on Friday.

D’Cota Dixon’s off-the-field accolades continue to pile up as the former University of Wisconsin safety prepares for April’s NFL Draft.

Late-arriving evidence led a judge on Monday morning to delay the start of the sexual assault trial for University of Wisconsin receiver Quintez Cephus.

After seeing his snaps limited over the past two seasons, Jon Dietzen is stepping away from football due to numerous injuries.

Saturday will be a great day for hockey at the University of Wisconsin, one that no doubt would make Bob Johnson proud.

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz took to social media to taunt each other over Paul Bunyan’s axe. The ax goes the winner of the annual border battle football game between the Gophers and the Badgers and went to Minnesota after they won it last fall.