/unhtoday/feed/21/rss.xml 91��Ƭ�� Today Articles en /unhtoday/2025/10/burnout-breakout-buckrell-27-reflects-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-91��Ƭ�� ski coach Brian Blank re-lit Buckrell’s competitive fire. And the rest of the NCAA men’s slalom field soon paid the price. Buckrell did indeed choose to extend his career as a Wildcat and before the end of his inaugural season turned in the best first run of his life at the 2025 NCAA Championships, ultimately capturing the NCAA Men’s Slalom National Championship with a time of 1:27.17, earning First-Team All-America honors along the way. He is the first skier since 1973 to bring an NCAA championship trophy back to 91��Ƭ��. From burnout to... ]]> Tue, 28 Oct 2025 15:45 -0400 Keith Testa /unhtoday/2025/10/burnout-breakout-buckrell-27-reflects-ncaa-championship /unhtoday/2025/10/wildcats-life-campaign-helps-provide-comprehensive-support-student-athletes Colby Ramshaw has dreamed of attending 91��Ƭ�� for about as long as he can remember. As a young football player and “New Hampshire kid,” he was hoping for a chance to one day join the Wildcats on the gridiron. Thanks in part to a full scholarship, he was able to fulfill that dream. GIVE NOW TO WILDCATS FOR LIFE Your support for the Wildcat Athletics Fund has a significant impact on all our student-athletes and enables us to provide the resources and opportunities that impact their time at 91��Ƭ�� and beyond. The Wildcats for Life campaign, which wraps up on Oct. 10, directly strengthens this fund and makes it possible for us to offer advances in health and well-being, academic and athletic performance, and personal development. Join us in making a real difference for Wildcats on and off the... ]]> Tue, 07 Oct 2025 13:00 -0400 /unhtoday/2025/10/wildcats-life-campaign-helps-provide-comprehensive-support-student-athletes /unhtoday/2025/10/lighting-ceremony-celebrates-illumination-tucker-field-culmination-2m-gift 91��Ƭ�� held a lighting ceremony at Tucker Field during halftime of the women’s soccer game Oct. 2, officially illuminating the lights surrounding the field made possible by a $2 million gift from Greg and Corinna Tucker that was announced in 2024. ]]> Tue, 07 Oct 2025 10:15 -0400 Keith Testa /unhtoday/2025/10/lighting-ceremony-celebrates-illumination-tucker-field-culmination-2m-gift /unhtoday/2025/06/riding-high This past spring, the 91��Ƭ�� Polo Team made it to the finals in the U.S. Polo Association (USPA) Women’s Division II National Intercollegiate Championship, an astonishing achievement for a team in their debut season. ]]> Fri, 20 Jun 2025 16:30 -0400 Sarah Schaier /unhtoday/2025/06/riding-high /unhtoday/2025/05/grandfather-and-unh-grad-goes-viral-thanks-family-hockey-surprise John “Bozo” Kennedy, 88-year-old 91��Ƭ�� graduate and former goalie on the men’s hockey team, recently gained some national notoriety in a fashion usually reserved for people a couple of generations younger – he went viral online. Kennedy is a proud Wildcat alumnus who tries to attend at least one hockey game per year. But this year his family surprised him by adding his name to the list of alumni recognized during the game – and flying almost the entire family out to share the special moment with him. His granddaughter, Kailey Cullen – also a 91��Ƭ�� graduate – documented the surprise when the family met Kennedy at a local restaurant and when Kennedy appeared on the Jumbotron at the game, posting a TikTok that has earned more than 112,000 views and sparked a write-up at People.com. The surprise... ]]> Tue, 27 May 2025 15:00 -0400 /unhtoday/2025/05/grandfather-and-unh-grad-goes-viral-thanks-family-hockey-surprise /unhtoday/2025/01/can-machine-learning-standardize-rock-climbing-route-difficulty A new study from 91��Ƭ�� explores how integrating machine and deep learning techniques can create a standardized system for evaluating rock climbing routes to provide a difficulty grading scale that promotes inclusivity, accuracy and accessibility for all experience levels. ]]> Fri, 31 Jan 2025 13:00 -0500 /unhtoday/2025/01/can-machine-learning-standardize-rock-climbing-route-difficulty /unhtoday/2024/12/white-out-whitt-once-again-draws-energetic-sellout-crowd Fans once again filled the Whittemore Center at Key Auto Group Complex for the annual White Out the Whitt showdown with rival Maine on Friday, Nov. 22, as a sellout crowd was on hand for the early-season Border Battle. The arena was filled to capacity for the third installment of White Out the Whitt since a combination of COVID and Hockey East conference scheduling changes conspired to cancel the event for a couple of seasons. But the tradition that began in 1999 has returned with a roar, although the energetic crowd this year watched Maine skate away with a 3-1 victory. The Wildcats will look to exact some revenge when they head to Maine for a weekend doubleheader Feb. 14 and 15. Check out our fully gallery of photos above highlighting the many ways the 91��Ƭ�� faithful showed off their... ]]> Tue, 10 Dec 2024 12:15 -0500 /unhtoday/2024/12/white-out-whitt-once-again-draws-energetic-sellout-crowd /unhtoday/2024/09/going-pro Dylan Laube ’23 didn’t have to weave through much on-field traffic during the 30-minute media session after the first day of practice at the Reese’s Senior Bowl, an annual all-star showcase of NFL draft prospects. As hordes of reporters flocked to players more established on the national stage, Laube walked across the field in relative anonymity. By the end of the next day, a modest throng of reporters gathered around him, curious to learn more about the representative from the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) school in New Hampshire who was more than holding his own. Find out how a Wildcat became a Raider in the latest edition of 91��Ƭ�� Magazine, now live!  This issue also includes a farewell to Jim and Jan Dean, an introduction to new president Elizabeth Chilton,... ]]> Tue, 03 Sep 2024 15:00 -0400 Keith Testa /unhtoday/2024/09/going-pro /unhtoday/2024/03/greg-and-corinna-tucker-pledge-2m-add-lights-tucker-field Greg and Corinna Tucker have made a $2 million gift to the 91��Ƭ�� to install lights at Tucker Field, the future home of the men’s and women’s soccer and women’s lacrosse programs. The Tuckers are longtime supporters of 91��Ƭ�� Athletics, and their gift is a significant step in transforming Tucker Field into a stadium. In addition to housing 91��Ƭ�� teams, Tucker Field provides community space for the Oyster River Youth Association (ORYA). “Athletics is an invaluable tool for bringing people together and providing a positive outlet for so many students and young athletes. Sports help build community and elevate an institution, and we are so proud to play a role in enriching that process at 91��Ƭ��,” Greg Tucker says. Greg Tucker is founder, vice-chairman and CEO of ProAmpac, a... ]]> Thu, 07 Mar 2024 08:00 -0500 Keith Testa /unhtoday/2024/03/greg-and-corinna-tucker-pledge-2m-add-lights-tucker-field /unhtoday/2024/02/white-out-whitt-brings-massive-crowds-weekend-sweep-maine Back-to-back boisterous sellout crowds and two dominant 91��Ƭ�� victories over rival Maine made for a memorable White Out the Whitt weekend at 91��Ƭ��, as the Whittemore Center was filled to capacity Friday and Saturday night. The 91��Ƭ�� men's hockey team handed Maine defeats of 6-2 and 5-2, respectively, in front of the Wildcat faithful. It was just the second White Out the Whitt event since 2019, as a combination of COVID and Hockey East conference scheduling changes conspired to sideline the event for a few years. But a tradition that began in 1999 returned as strong as ever last year and the momentum certainly didn't stop this winter. Check out a full gallery of photos from last Friday's battle. ]]> Mon, 19 Feb 2024 09:45 -0500 /unhtoday/2024/02/white-out-whitt-brings-massive-crowds-weekend-sweep-maine /unhtoday/2024/01/leadership-energy-cookman-twins-raises-bar-field-hockey-team Tamera and Tasmin Cookman of London, England have been playing field hockey since they were six years old. They were scouted by a handful of American colleges, but the Cookmans found their home and community at the 91��Ƭ��. On and off the field, the sisters find a way to balance college life, academics and their passion for field hockey. They are raising the bar for everyone around them, says Robin Balducci '85, head coach of the field hockey team, with their unique combination of competitiveness, personality and leadership. ]]> Mon, 08 Jan 2024 11:00 -0500 /unhtoday/2024/01/leadership-energy-cookman-twins-raises-bar-field-hockey-team /unhtoday/2023/11/putting-game-changing-data-work Sports analytics is a growing career field that has captured the attention of students, and the 91��Ƭ�� is getting into the game.  ]]> Mon, 27 Nov 2023 11:00 -0500 Aaron Sanborn /unhtoday/2023/11/putting-game-changing-data-work /unhtoday/2023/09/max-brosmer-wants-be-wildcat-life Max Brosmer had to travel a long way from his Georgia home to attend 91��Ƭ��, but he quickly fell in love with the Wildcat community, and he’s been making an impact since the day he arrived — on the field and in the classroom. ]]> Tue, 05 Sep 2023 10:30 -0400 /unhtoday/2023/09/max-brosmer-wants-be-wildcat-life /unhtoday/2023/08/unh-receives-4m-gift-whittemore-center-renovations-creates-key-auto-group-complex The 91��Ƭ�� is one step closer to transforming and expanding the training and support facilities in 91��Ƭ��’s Whittemore Center as part of the 91��Ƭ�� Hockey Renovation Project following a $4 million gift from Anthony DiLorenzo ’87, owner of Key Auto Group. Additionally, the Whittemore Center, home of 91��Ƭ�� men's and women's ice hockey, and the Hamel Recreation Center will now join together as the newly formed Key Auto Group Complex — a multi-purpose center located on the Durham campus. Neither the Whittemore Center nor the Hamel Recreation Center will be changing their names, but will be known collectively as the Key Auto Group Complex. DiLorenzo’s lead gift supplements $6 million in state funding included in the recently adopted state budget and brings the 91��Ƭ�� Hockey... ]]> Mon, 21 Aug 2023 10:45 -0400 Robbin Ray ’82 /unhtoday/2023/08/unh-receives-4m-gift-whittemore-center-renovations-creates-key-auto-group-complex /unhtoday/2023/04/dane-diliegros-path-becoming-predator What do basketball, butchering, Anthony Bourdain and bad-guy movie monsters have to do with each other? Admittedly, not much. But they are all connected if you are Dane DiLiegro ’11 and you’re on a career journey that has taken you from New England to Italy to Hollywood in a relatively short few years. DiLiegro became a household name, if not a recognizable face, with last summer’s “Prey,” a prequel to the Predator series of action-horror movies first made famous by Arnold Schwarzenegger. DiLiegro played the Predator — a human-hunting, highly evolved alien who lands on Earth. The film was a hit with critics and audiences for its action sequences, its casting of Indigenous actors and the powerful cast performances, including DiLiegro’s. “I just feel like I was super fortunate that all the... ]]> Mon, 17 Apr 2023 09:30 -0400 Michelle Morrissey ’97 /unhtoday/2023/04/dane-diliegros-path-becoming-predator /unhtoday/2023/02/fans-bring-energy-white-out-whitt The 91��Ƭ�� men's hockey team hosted rival Maine on Friday, Feb. 17 in a showdown that marked the return of White Out the Whitt for the first time in four years. The tradition of fans wearing white to 91��Ƭ��'s home games against Maine began in 1999 but hadn't taken place since Feb. 2, 2019, thanks to a combination of COVID and Hockey East conference scheduling changes. But it came back in a big way Friday night, as a sellout crowd decked out in white cheered the Wildcats men's hockey team to a raucous shootout win over the Black Bears. Go behind the scenes with us to experience some of the sights and sounds from the big night. ]]> Mon, 20 Feb 2023 11:15 -0500 /unhtoday/2023/02/fans-bring-energy-white-out-whitt /unhtoday/2023/01/archives-help-tiktok-sleuth-peg-unh-hockey-cameo-gremlins The image remains in focus for all of about three seconds, but a TikTok user who has gained a massive following for identifying sporting events in the background of movie and TV scenes determined that a 91��Ƭ�� men's hockey game appears in the hit 1980s movie Gremlins – and he couldn’t have done it without help from 91��Ƭ�� Archives. Given that there’s a Gremlin swinging from a ceiling fan while his mates gleefully trash a bar in the scene featuring the game, nobody would be blamed for overlooking the quick clip entirely. But a TikTok user challenged @noproblemgambler – who has amassed more than 1 million followers for his creative sleuthing work – to identify the game, saying in his message “No chance you can find the hockey match that plays in Gremlins at about 1hr 13 min into the movie.”... ]]> Tue, 10 Jan 2023 09:00 -0500 Keith Testa /unhtoday/2023/01/archives-help-tiktok-sleuth-peg-unh-hockey-cameo-gremlins /unhtoday/2022/12/50-years-and-counting Because she did not stop, we are unstoppable. Join us in celebrating 50 years and counting of Title IX – and the athletes who showed up for nothing less than the next generation of Wildcats at the 91��Ƭ��. ]]> Tue, 13 Dec 2022 11:45 -0500 /unhtoday/2022/12/50-years-and-counting /unhtoday/2022/12/unh-northeast-passage-earn-team-usa-collegiate-impact-honor The 91��Ƭ�� was inducted into the Team USA Collegiate Impact Award Class of 2022 in recognition of four Northeast Passage sled hockey athletes earning gold medals as part of Team USA at the 2022 Paralympic Winter Games in Beijing. The 2022 class was celebrated during the National Football Foundation’s 64th Annual Awards celebration Dec. 6 in Las Vegas. The induction recognizes the top-contributing schools to Team USA’s performance at the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. 91��Ƭ�� is one of four schools to be inducted into the inaugural class. Team USA secured its fourth consecutive gold medal in sled hockey at the Paralympic Winter Games in March, and no college had more representation in Beijing – not only on the sled hockey roster but among all U.S. Paralympian... ]]> Mon, 12 Dec 2022 14:15 -0500 /unhtoday/2022/12/unh-northeast-passage-earn-team-usa-collegiate-impact-honor /unhtoday/2022/11/reimagining-game-plan Given the ultimate outcome, perhaps it was oddly fitting that Fabian Lutz ’20G first received word that his 91��Ƭ�� experience was about to look very different when he was already more than a thousand miles away from campus. Lutz was in Miami for a spring break trip in March of 2020 – about a week before he planned to fully dive into the thesis work for his master’s degree in kinesiology – when the COVID-19 pandemic erupted, prompting the message he received announcing that 91��Ƭ��’s campus would be closed for the remainder of the semester as the university shifted to remote learning. What followed was a whirlwind journey that saw Lutz fly from Miami to Boston before taking a ride to Durham – where he’d spend all of 12 hours before boarding a flight back to his home country of Germany. Beyond all... ]]> Mon, 14 Nov 2022 11:00 -0500 Keith Testa /unhtoday/2022/11/reimagining-game-plan /unhtoday/2022/08/leaving-lasting-legacy When the 91��Ƭ�� football season kicks off under the lights against Monmouth next week, the Wildcats will be led by someone other than Sean McDonnell ’78 for the first time in more than two decades. ]]> Mon, 22 Aug 2022 11:45 -0400 /unhtoday/2022/08/leaving-lasting-legacy /unhtoday/2022/03/top-their-game The U.S. Paralympic sled hockey team celebrated a gold medal four-peat at the Paralympic Winter Games earlier this month, and no college had more representation in Beijing – among all U.S. Paralympian athletes, let alone those on the sled hockey roster – than the 91��Ƭ��. ]]> Tue, 22 Mar 2022 12:00 -0400 Keith Testa /unhtoday/2022/03/top-their-game /unhtoday/2022/01/so-much-celebrate There was no shortage of great moments to celebrate at 91��Ƭ�� in 2021. Join us in taking a look back at some of the most memorable highlights from an outstanding year. ]]> Mon, 03 Jan 2022 13:15 -0500 /unhtoday/2022/01/so-much-celebrate /unhtoday/2021/11/season-remember The 91��Ƭ�� men's soccer team established a team record for wins in a season this fall and reached the Sweet Sixteen in the NCAA Tournament for just the second time in program history. Go behind the scenes on this historic run. ]]> Tue, 30 Nov 2021 12:00 -0500 /unhtoday/2021/11/season-remember https://athlonsports.com/college-football/sec-football-conference-enters-2021-stronger-than-ever The Southeastern Conference Football's (SEC) 2021 season is looking stronger than ever, according to athletic directors at the 14 schools included in the NCAA division. Economically, that's true for the Southern and Southwestern states where the 14 schools are located too, says Michael Ettlinger, Director of the Carsey School. "As a group, the SEC states are doing better than any other big conference group of states," he said. "Arkansas, Alabama, Tennessee, South Carolina are mong the best 10." ]]> Tue, 20 Jul 2021 14:00 -0400 /unhtoday/2021/07/athlon-sports-sec-football-conference-enters-2021-stronger-ever