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For the first time in three years, a former GW baseball player has been drafted to the MLB. The Philadelphia Phillies selected former graduate center fielder Cade Fergus during the 13th round of the MLB draft last month, signing him to a $125,000 deal after hitting .315 with a team-leading 13 home runs, 37 RBIs and 55 runs this spring. Former pitcher Harrison Cohen also signed … [Read more...] about Baseball alumni sign with MLB teams

Graduate infielder Arizona Ritchie represented Team Israel at the Softball European Championships in July, facing off against competition from around the world in Barcelona, Spain. Ritchie, who is joining softball as a transfer this fall, has represented Israel for the past two summers and helped the squad finish sixth out of the 21 participating teams with a 4–5 record in the … [Read more...] about Softball transfer competes at European Championships

The athletic department is partnering with a public affairs advisory firm to ramp up revenue and rally fan engagement among GW’s athletic community, officials announced in a release issued Monday. The partnership with Bullpen Strategies, an advisory firm that partners with organizations to increase profit through new strategies and practices, will aim to identify new revenue … [Read more...] about Athletics department announces partnership with Bullpen Strategies

A former men’s tennis player appealed a January ruling last Friday that dismissed a lawsuit alleging players and coaches used racial slurs, discriminated against him and “unlawfully” suspended him from the team. Jabari Stafford filed the appeal in the U.S. Court of Appeals after the 2018 lawsuit, which accuses officials of failing to properly address a racist and discriminatory … [Read more...] about Former tennis player appeals discrimination case ruling

Men’s basketball will retain special assistant to the head coach and director of scouting Lamont Franklin, moving him to serve as director of player development, according to a press release Tuesday The release states that Franklin brings high school and collegiate coaching experience and personal knowledge of the DMV as a Virginia native to the coaching staff in addition to a … [Read more...] about Men's basketball moves scouting director to player development