Category: Athletics

University of Wisconsin women’s basketball coach Jonathan Tsipis completed his coaching staff with the hiring of Craig Carter as an assistant coach, Tsipis announced Monday.

It is perhaps inevitable that the members of the University of Wisconsin volleyball team’s 2017 recruiting class would form strong bonds over the course of their careers.

University of Wisconsin seniors Vince Biegel and Dan Voltz were added to preseason watch lists for major awards Friday.

Kendra Van Leeuwen, a freshman guard on the University of Wisconsin women’s basketball team, has been selected to play for the Canadian under-18 national team that will compete July 13-17 at the FIBA Americas U18 Women’s Championship in Valdivia, Chile.

Some people think NBA players, with their stop-and-start quickness and above-the-rim acrobatics, are the best athletes in the world. Others think soccer players, with their speed, endurance and foot-eye coordination, or hockey players, who do much of the above on skates, are the best.

Three of UW volleyball coach Kelly Sheffield’s protégés — Julie Mikaelsen, Dominique Thompson and Deme Morales — spent much of the past year playing professionally in Denmark and trying to instill the Badgers’ approach to the sport.

Jared Berggren didn’t grow up in Wisconsin, but that didn’t stop the former Badgers basketball player from feeling like a favorite son earlier this week when the Milwaukee Bucks announced the big man would suit up for their Las Vegas Summer League entry.

On an offensive line that struggled for the majority of the 2015 season, Michael Deiter emerged as a bright spot for the University of Wisconsin.

Corey Clement was named to the Maxwell Award watch list Tuesday, the first of many preseason award lists to be released in the coming days.

No University of Wisconsin football player has ever won the Bednarik Award, which has been given to the nation’s top defensive player since 1995.

A strained Achilles tendon derailed Greg Stiemsma’s hopes of making the Orlando Magic and playing another season in the NBA last October.

Wisconsin seniors Vince Biegel and Corey Clement are getting early looks for two of college football’s most prestigious prizes.

Kelcy McKenna, the head women’s tennis coach at New Mexico, has been named the head coach of the University of Wisconsin women’s tennis team, Director of Athletics Barry Alvarez announced Friday.

Cierra Runge is officially Rio bound.An incoming transfer that will be a redshirt sophomore for the Wisconsin swimming team this fall, Runge received official word from U.S. Swimming on Saturday that she had earned a spot on its team for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Kelsey Card’s Olympic dreams came true after the University of Wisconsin senior finished third in the discus at the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials to earn a spot on Team USA for the 2016 Rio Summer Games.

As if winning a national championship wasn’t enough, former University of Wisconsin track and field athlete Kelsey Card felt like she had a lot more left in the tank.

The UW athletic department will be making a major change Friday when it moves from adidas to Under Armour for its apparel.

Two nights after taking third place in a race at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials, incoming University of Wisconsin transfer Cierra Runge finished fifth in her next attempt to qualify for this summer’s Rio games.

These are hardly the dog days of summer for the University of Wisconsin athletic department.

The event will celebrate the start of the contract between the athletic department and Under Armour. Starting at 10 tonight, fans will get to preview the new gear and have the chance to meet Barry Alvarez and others in the athletic department. Then at midnight, fans will be able to buy new Under Amour Badger gear from Bucky’s Locker Room at the stadium.

University of Wisconsin senior Lauren Carlini has been named to the U.S. women’s volleyball team that will play in the Pan American Cup July 2-10 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Ivy Martin got things off and running for Badgers at the 2016 U.S. Swimming Olympic Team Trials with a lifetime-best performance in the 100-meter butterfly on Sunday in Omaha, Nebraska.

Ivy Martin got things off and running for Badgers at the 2016 U.S. Swimming Olympic Team Trials with a lifetime-best performance in the 100-meter butterfly on Sunday in Omaha, Nebraska.

The Minnesota Wild picked University of Wisconsin center Luke Kuninin the first round of the National Hockey League draft Friday night.

The University of Wisconsin on Friday named junior women’s hockey goaltender Ann-Renée Desbiens as the school’s Female Athlete of the Year and senior men’s track and field standout Zach Ziemek as its Male Athlete of the Year.

Former Badgers Jeff Duckworth and Pat Muldoon have joined UW as graduate assistants for the 2016 season after former offensive lineman Al Johnson joined the staff in the same capacity this spring.

Life for Bo Ryan these days consists of a lot of time on the golf course.

The University of Wisconsin Badger football coaches and players swapped their red and white out for pink on Wednesday. They partnered with the Susan G. Komen Foundation in south central Wisconsin to host the seventh annual Football 101.

Jonathan Tsipis hasn’t been the head coach of the University of Wisconsin women’s basketball program for very long, but he’s made one thing very clear in the time he’s had so far.

University of Wisconsin track and field standout Kelsey Card has been nominated for the NCAA Woman of the Year award, the NCAA announced Tuesday.

The U.S. Olympic team trials for swimming kick off next week in Omaha, Nebraska.

Since graduating from the University of Wisconsin a year ago, Ivy Martin’s full time work has been by the water.

ESPN has agreed to pay the Big Ten $190 million per year for half of conference’s media rights package beginning in 2017, according to a report by the Sports Business Journal. CBS will also renew its basketball-only package for $10 million annually.

The University of Wisconsin Athletic Board approved extensions for seven coaches on Friday.

Travis Frederick has gone from puzzling first-round pick to Pro Bowl center in a matter of years. Here are 10 things you might not know about the man in the middle of the Cowboys’ prolific offensive line.

Drew teDuits’ resume is already extensive: two-time All-America swimmer, All-Big Ten Conference selection, NCAA champion and a graduate of the University of Wisconsin.This summer, though, he’s trying something new while looking to add one more bullet point to that resume: Olympian.

Kelsey Card, who throws shot put and discus, and Zack Ziemek, a decathlete, will head to the U.S. Olympic trials next month with the hopes of joining team U.S.A in Rio this summer.

The University of Wisconsin announced that 2016 student football season tickets for undergraduates sold out in approximately 90 minutes on Monday.

The Badgers will face Akron at 2:30 p.m. on Sept. 10, and Georgia State at 11 a.m. on Sept. 17 … They complete UW’s non-conference schedule after the Badgers open their season against LSU at 2:30 p.m. on Sept. 3 at Lambeau Field in Green Bay.

University of Wisconsin senior quarterback Joel Stave and senior thrower Kelsey Card were honored on Monday with the Big Ten Conference Medal of Honor, considered the conference’s most prestigious award.

The “Night of the New Red Threads” will take place at 10 p.m. at Camp Randall on June 30. Fans will be able to purchase new Under Armour gear, see UW’s football facilities and interact with numerous UW head coaches.

Wisconsin women’s track and field senior standout Kelsey Card won a national championship in the discus with a lifetime-best throw of 208 feet, 5 inches at the 2016 NCAA Outdoor Championships on Saturday.

Card unleashed her second throw in the discus 208 feet, 5 inches — a career best — to easily win the event during the outdoor track and field championships.

Zach Ziemek’s day on Wednesday started off pretty well. It ended even better — with a little drama in between.

The Ohio State University will start selling beer at its football games this fall.