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SJU Athletics timeline of the coronavirus pandemic

Riley Frain May 5, 2021

March 12, 2020 SJU Athletics announces the cancellation of all spring sports. June 26, 2020 SJU Athletics releases their fall 2020 COVID-19 Health and Safety Plan, allowing student athletes to...

Four Hawks earned top five finishes at the Penn Challange, including junior Briana Baier in the 1500 meter.
PHOTO: MITCHELL SHIELDS ’22/THE HAWK

Women’s track and field returns after extended offseason

Tyler Nice March 30, 2021

The St. Joe’s women’s track and field team returned to action on Saturday, March 27 for the first time since March 2020 at the Atlantic 10 (A-10) Indoor Track & Field Championship. The team competed...

The men’s basketball team is once again enabling comments on their official social media accounts.
PHOTO: MITCHELL SHIELDS ’22/THE HAWK

Men’s basketball temporarily disabled social media comments

Mark Less March 2, 2021

The official social media accounts of the St. Joe’s men’s basketball team are allowing comments from fans again after comments on posts were temporarily disabled for weeks. The team’s 4-14 record...

Taylor Newman-Farr spoke about the importance of cultural diversity on a college campus.
PHOTO: MITCHELL SHIELDS ’22/THE HAWK

Student athletes share stories at Day of Dialogue

Tyler Nice March 2, 2021

 When Slam Dunkley ’20 said he was tired of educating his peers about racial biases, the rower’s mother asked, “If not you, then who?”  Since then, Dunkley has made it his mission to provide...

PHOTOS COURTESY OF SJU ATHLETICS

Hawks tennis off to a soaring start

Aaron Tully March 2, 2021

 St. Joe’s tennis shot out of the gate at the start of the 2021 season with both the men’s and women’s tennis teams off to 2-0 starts to their seasons. The men’s team started off defeating Coppin...

Fred King last coached Division I men’s soccer as a volunteer assistant at Harvard University in 2007.
PHOTO COURTESY OF ST. JOHNS ATHLETICS

Women’s associate head coach steps in to coach men’s team

Riley Frain March 2, 2021

With the spring 2021 St. Joe’s men’s soccer season on the horizon, the team was working hard in the lead-up to their season opener against St. John’s University, a team nationally ranked at No. 21. However,...

PHOTOS COURTESY OF SJU ATHLETICS

SJU athletics’ greatest Black athletes

Riley Frain February 9, 2021

In honor of Black History Month, The Hawk is highlighting some of the most iconic Black athletes who played a sport here on Hawk Hill.  Through their legendary collegiate or professional careers, the...

Moyer is the only St. Joe’s baseball player to ever have their number retired by the university. PHOTOS COURTESY OF SJU ATHLETICS

A moment in SJU Athletics: Jamie Moyer

Tyler Nice October 6, 2020

Since The Hawk is unable to bring our readers typical sports coverage due to the coronavirus pandemic, we want to reflect on sports highlights from years past. This week’s edition highlights important...

Bodensteiner speaks at a racism forum held by student-athletes on Dec 4, 2018. PHOTO: MITCHELL SHIELDS 22/THE HAWK

Director of Athletics Jill Bodensteiner talks about the Athletic Department’s support for Black student-athletes and the Black Lives Matter movement

Riley Frain June 15, 2020

Jill Bodensteiner, J.D., director of athletics, released an open letter to the St. Joe’s community in response to the “racist events in the past week,” on June 1.  Bodensteiner oversees all of...

Rollins led the Atlantic 10 in strikeout-to-walk ratio in 2016 with a 7.1-to-1 ratio.
PHOTO COURTESY OF SJU ATHLETICS

Rollins returns to rubber after battling injuries

Riley Frain February 28, 2020

After missing part of the 2017 season and the full 2018 and 2019 seasons, left-handed pitcher Lucas Rollins has finally made his long awaited return to the mound. “It was a great feeling [to be...

A Minute with McCloskey: The value of the transfer portal

A Minute with McCloskey: The value of the transfer portal

James McCloskey, Jr. January 28, 2020

The Hawks know a thing or two about losing great players to the NCAA Transfer Portal after Lamar Kimble ’19 and Jared Bynum entered at the end of last year. Kimble is currently starting for the sixth-ranked...

Members of the St. Joe’s field hockey team took part in OEC’s school beautification projects. PHOTOS: ZACH DOBINSON ’22/THE HAWK

St. Joe’s community members serve for MLK Day

Zach Dobinson January 21, 2020

Like many schools across the nation, the Overbrook Educational Center (OEC) was off from school for Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) Day on Jan. 20. However, those passing by wouldn’t have thought so given...

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