Winning is fun.
For the first time in
@Transy
history, Transylvania University Athletics has won 2️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ games in one season!
We still have more to add on.
#FlyPios
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𝙏𝙃𝘼𝙉𝙆 𝙔𝙊𝙐, 𝙅𝙪𝙡𝙞 𝙁𝙪𝙡𝙠𝙨
After 10 seasons, 242 wins, 6
@HCACDIII
championships, 7 NCAA Tournament appearances, 3 Elite Eights, 2 Final Fours, and a 2023 National Championship, Juli Fulks has announced she is leaving Transylvania.
Fulks has been named the new Head
2023 NATIONAL. CHAMPIONS. 💍🏆🎉
They wrote it on their dream notecards last May for the back of Coach Fulks’ door, & they did it. Then they took the cards to show at the presser. 📝
Read more:
𝗪𝗕𝗖𝗔 𝗖𝗢𝗔𝗖𝗛 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗬𝗘𝗔𝗥
Congratulations to
@TUWBX
Head Coach Juli Fulks on being named
@WBCA1981
DIII Coach of the Year❗️
A defending National Champion, Fulks has led her team to back-to-back
@NCAADIII
Final Fours while owning the
@NCAA
’s longest active winning
BREAKING – Transylvania University has been selected to host the 2023 NCAA Division III Men’s Golf National Championship at Keene Trace Golf Club in Nicholasville, Ky.
𝙒𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙖𝙘𝙝! 💪
@hannahvarel
has been named the new Head Coach of Transy Women’s Basketball!
Varel, the 2024
@WBCA1981
DIII Assistant Coach of the Year, has been with Transylvania Women’s Basketball since 2020. Before the start of the 2023-24 season, Varel
JUST IN: For the first time in a decade, Transylvania men's soccer has an All-American! Tyler Joy-Brandon has just been named a First Team All-American by United Soccer Coaches
RELEASE -
A new era for
@Transy_Lax
begins with a familiar face and a rising star in the Kentucky coaching lacrosse world.
We welcome Logan Otto as the new head coach of the Transylvania men's lacrosse program!
#FlyPios
STORY -
An unbelievable HCAC Women’s Basketball Championship title game that came down to this play with 4 seconds left.
@TUWBX
captures its first conference tournament title since 2014!
Transylvania is excited to introduce Amy Barmore as its new head coach for
@TransylvaniaWVB
! The former Pioneers assistant takes over a team coming off a strong 2017 season
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A night to remember forever! The
@TransylvaniaWVB
Pioneers seize their first NCAA Tournament win in the 18-year history of the program!
Transy is on to the second round tomorrow at 5 PM from 🍑 country
After going 733 days without a loss, which included 64 straight wins, two final fours, and a national championship, the Pioneers suffered a heartbreaking loss to New York University in the 2024 NCAA DIII Final Four, 42-57.
The Pioneers suffered their first loss since March 12th,
𝗪𝗕𝗖𝗔 𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗧 𝗖𝗢𝗔𝗖𝗛 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗬𝗘𝗔𝗥
Congratulations to
@TUWBX
Associate Head Coach Hannah Varel on being named
@WBCA1981
DIII Assistant Coach of the Year!
Since joining the Pioneers in the 2020-2021 season, Varel has helped the Pioneers win their 3rd,
It was a wild ride for our
@TUWBX
Pioneers but the sun set in a valiant performance tonight in the Sweet 16. Thomas More took an 89-74 win over the Pioneers as the
#18
Pios complete a gold standard season at 27-3.
And we can’t say enough about our five seniors. Legends
These two coaches first led their teams into battle back in the fall of 2011. They meet once again for the first time in five years on October 26!
#BatsvsCats
Meet our new Pioneer athletic mascot, Raf, who pays homage to Transy’s legendary professor, Samuel Constantine Rafinesque. The charismatic naturalist’s passion for bats is the stuff of legend!
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The Pioneer Volleyball team ends the greatest season in program history pushing the
#1
team in the country and defending national champions nearly to the limit before bowing in four sets in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
It's a new day for the
@TransylvaniaWVB
program!
The Pioneers have won the HCAC Tournament Championship for the first time in program history with a 3-set sweep of Earlham on Sunday.
Next up: the maiden voyage to the NCAA Volleyball Tournament!
#FlyPios
BREAKING: The Transylvania men's golf team has just won their 12th straight HCAC Men's Golf Championship! The celebration is underway from Eagle Rock Golf Course in Defiance, Ohio and more news to come! The Pioneers are headed to the NCAA Tournament in Greensboro, North Carolina!
The Transy Athletics family joins in mourning with the Lexington community over the sudden passing of one of our former
@TransyMSoccer
student-athletes this weekend, Cubaka “Chui” Mutayongwa. Cubaka was a beloved member of the Transy community and soccer program in 2016 and 2017.
#WingsUp
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@transygolf
earned their 14th HCAC championship out of the last 15! The most of any NCAA golf program! The Pioneers punch their ticket to the NCAA Championship as we host
@keenetracegolfclub
next week! 🏆
WE ARE HOSTING ❗️
@TransyBaseball
will host the Lexington Regional in the NCAA Tournament for the first time ever!
📍
@GoLexLegends
Field
The Pioneers will host Spalding, Birmingham Southern, and Beloit.
#FlyPios
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@HCACDIII
You may have received an email today about us being impressed with your field hockey ability. 😯 Sorry to break it to you, but that was a mistake. Don't worry -- we're sure you excel in other important areas.
#Only11ToATeam
The No. 2 ranked
@TUWBX
defeated No. 16 UW-Whitewater 62-48 to advance to the
@NCAA
Final Four for the second consecutive season. The Pioneers punch their ticket to Columbus to face No. 1 New York University Thursday, March 14th at 7:30 PM at The Performance Center at Capital
Junior Cooper Theobald scores on a one-handed runner in the paint for his 1,001st career point. He becomes the 48th
@TransyHoops
Pioneer to enter the 1,000-point club!
2023 NATIONAL. CHAMPIONS. 💍🏆🎉
They wrote it on their dream notecards last May for the back of Coach Fulks’ door, & they did it. Then they took the cards to show at the presser. 📝
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In the Elite 8,
@transylvania_wvb
comes up short 3-1 in four close sets with NYU bringing a close to their exceptionally historic season. We are so very proud of the Pioneers.
#flypios
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After a monster game by Hannah Talkers in the win vs Colorado College, the senior has become the 4th player in program history to reach the 3,000-assist mark after dishing out 42 assists in the first match of the night!
The no. 2 ranked
@TUWBX
defeated Mount St. Joseph 74-46 to win the
@HCACDIII
tournament championship for the sixth consecutive season.
With the win, Transy earns the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament and extends the
@NCAA
’s longest active win streak to 60 games, tying
Shelby Boyle of
@TUWBX
and Michael Jefferson of
@TransyHoops
are each one of 10 finalists on the men's & women's list for the prestigious Jostens Trophy award!
Transy is the only institution to have both a female and male finalist in 2020 👏👏🏽👏🏾
STORY -
𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙙
@TransylvaniaWVB
Head Coach Amy Barmore has been promoted to Senior Woman Administrator, effective May 1st.
Barmore will continue as head coach while taking over as SWA.
#FlyPios
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VOLLEYBALL: Darby Bourdon '19 has a new role with
@TransylvaniaWVB
; after a year on the sidelines the former Pioneer student-athlete has been elevated to assistant coach!
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The No. 2 ranked
@TUWBX
advanced to the Elite Eight for the third consecutive season with a 63-58 win over Wisconsin-Stout in the NCAA Sweet Sixteen.
With the win, Transylvania has won 30 games in back to back seasons, and extends the longest active win streak in any NCAA sport
The longest active win streak in all of
@NCAA
is now at 45 games as
@TUWBX
cruised past Earlham this afternoon, 77-43. Kennedi Stacy led with 22 points.
With the win, Transylvania moves past Hope College (2005-2007 teams) and is one win away from tying Tennessee's 46 game win
BASEBALL:
@TransyBaseball
senior Jake Schmidt, who put together an 8-0 record this season, headlines a loaded list of All-Conference award winners with Pitcher of the Year Honors
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Happy Birthday to the Athletic Director with the biggest heart in the collegiate landscape, Dr. Holly Sheilley! More than ever this year we are thankful for your leadership and generosity!
This month is National Athletic Training Month! We celebrate the work and efforts of our three
@TransySports
ATC’s: Nick Reuss, Kyle Sutton, and Christa Hendley. Thanks to these three for all they do!
𝐂𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫✅
𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫✅
𝐃𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫✅
Congratulations to
@TUWBX
Head Coach Juli Fulks on earning
@HCACDIII
Coach of the Year , Dasia Thornton on earning HCAC Player of the Year, and Kennedi
🥎
@HCACDIII
CHAMPS❗️❗️❗️❗️❗️
Transylvania Softball punches their ticket to the NCAA Tournament after beating MSJ in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Championship 5-2!!
#FlyPios
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There have been sudden life changes and a lot going through our minds in just one week.
It’s still taking many of us time to process sudden endings and uncertain futures.
But when you’re ready, we’ll still be here, together as Pioneers.
#FlyTogether
MEN'S LACROSSE: An indelible member of
@Transy_Lax
during his playing days, TJ Toivonen joins the Pioneer men's lacrosse staff as an assistant coach
#FlyPios
STORY -
Moving 🆙
For the first time in program history,
@TransyBaseball
cracks the top 25 and lands at 1️⃣8️⃣ in this week’s
@ABCA1945
Coaches Poll❗️
#FlyPios
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𝗛𝗖𝗔𝗖 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿
Trent Youngblood has been named the 2024
@HCACDIII
Player of the Year❗️
Youngblood led the HCAC in average (.451), OPS (1.379), runs (69), slugging percentage (.771), walks (55), OBP (.608), and stolen bases (32).
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