Women’s basketball head coach, Jonathon Tsipis, has made a positive impact on the team since joining WCU in April. The WCU Athletic Department and WCU Board of Trustees announced the new head coach role on April 5. Tsipis becomes the 14th different women’s basketball head coach in Western Carolina history. Tsipis is enjoying getting to […]
Catamount Basketball: Clawing their way to the top of the season
Story co-produced with Madison Schwarz and Nicole Azar It has been an incredible year so far for Western Carolina University Athletics, and the winning hasn’t stopped with Men’s Basketball. Catamount Men’s Basketball is having a record-breaking season so far, as they were amongst the last eighteen teams in the nation to remain undefeated, until their […]
WCU Men’s Basketball 2023 season recap
The college basketball season is over and we are into March Madness season. WCU Catamounts first game in the SOCON tournament is March 4 at 2:30 p.m. at Harrah’s Cherokee Center in Asheville against the 5th seeded East Tennessee State University. Coming into the season the Western Carolina university men’s basketball team was projected […]
WCU Basketball in review
Story co-written by Emma Hodes The 2022 season of catamount basketball officially ended on Friday, March 4 as both teams had been eliminated from postseason contention. An underwhelming season for both teams found the Cats in last place in the Southern Conference heading into the Southern Conference Tournament. The men’s team, under first-year head coach, […]
WCU legends Logan and Carr reminisce on Western Wednesday
It’s not every day when two athletic legends from Western Carolina University get to sit down and talk about their glory days. On Wednesday, Feb. 23, WCU hosted an episode of Western Wednesday Replays that featured two WCU basketball legends, Henry Logan and Ronnie Carr. It was also attended by Marty Ramsey, director of WCU […]
WCU beats Warren Wilson by 55 points
The WCU Catamounts Men’s basketball team defeated the Warren Wilson College Owls by a 55 point difference, with a score of 102-47 on Dec. 1. Over 1500 people came to cheer for the Catamounts in the Ramsey Regional Center. This matchup against Warren Wilson at home was WCU’s first home game in 22 days. They […]