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By: Ruben Nieves | Published by Febraury 23. 2021 A successful Kean Baseball team will be returning for a 2021 season after Covid 19 shut them down last spring when their record was 8-2 and it looked like they were potentially on the way to the playoffs. Head coach Neil Ioviero will be prepping his team for a later start compared […]
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By Layla Lusby| Published by February 22, 2021 After playing their last game in November of 2019, Kean’s football team is getting ready to take the field. The team was set to open the 2020 season on Sept. 4 at Delaware Valley University. However with the Covid-19 pandemic, the New Jersey Athletic Conference felt as though it was not safe […]
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By Dorian Alerte| Published by 12/22/2020 With Covid-19 continuing to run through the United States, many athletes and schools are trying to find different ways to train. Nick Graff, the strength and condition coach, was prepared for there to be a different but effective approach to training and working out for student athletes in this uncertain time. “My plan is […]
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By Dorian Alerte| Published by December 14, 2020 Change has been something that the Kean University community has become accustomed to in the Fall 2020 semester. The Athletic department is one department that has seen a wide variety of changes. One of these changes is the promotion of Denise Wujciak from the position of Head Athletic Trainer to the Director […]
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By Ruben Nieves | Published by November 19, 2020 Kean’s Athletics director knew he had a winner when he talked with David Turco, who was named last month as the next head coach of the Men’s Basketball team. “He just has a history of success wherever he coached as well as his development of young players on and off the […]
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By Lenny Mata Cuevas | Published by October 23, 2020 Mental strength, routine changes, and student concerns are among the challenges that Kean University’s female athletes have endured while adjusting their training and workouts during the pandemic. Kean counted on having a busy agenda for women’s sports starting spring 2020, whether it was with scheduled games or practices. These are […]
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By Steven Merrill | Published by October 12, 2020 Kean University has expanded its athletic department with the creation of two positions, Director of Athletics Kelly Williams has announced. Adam Hutchinson and Jay Sgaramella have been promoted to Assistant Director of Internal Affairs & Student-Athlete Development and Associate Director of Athletics, respectively. These announcements also come as Kean, like the […]
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By Steven Merrill | Published by May 11, 2020 The Tower gave one senior from each spring sport (baseball, softball, men’s volleyball, men’s and women’s lacrosse) the opportunity to share their thoughts as their final playing season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Unfortunately, these student-athletes did not get the chance to be honored on senior night this […]
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By Dorian Alerte | Published by March 26, 2020 For the first time since its 2011 inaugural season, the perennially great Kean Men’s Volleyball team is struggling to get back to their winning ways. Part of the reason for the Cougars having a 7-10 record is because four seniors have decided to redshirt their senior seasons in order to play together. Among […]
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By Steven Merrill | Published by March 26, 2020 Usually, it isn’t a Division III football player who is putting in work at a training center in order to prepare for the upcoming NFL Draft. Kean Football alum Pete Lejawa is changing the norm. After five seasons at Kean that included an ACL tear and broken fingers, Lejawa is pursuing his dream of playing football […]
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