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Shawn Rychcik wants Wolfpack softball to go beyond good
Shawn Rychcik grew up wanting to play for the New York Yankees. But that didn’t happen because he traded in baseball for fastpitch softball, a sport in which Rychcik (pronounced “RI-check”) had a...
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Men’s club basketball becoming sure shot on campus
The 2010 men's club team poses with the national championship trophy it won that year. There’s a lone disappointment for senior Grayson Eubanks when he thinks back to his freshman year at NC State in...
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Club rugby team uses historic victory to realize it belongs
Photo courtesy of Abe Harman. The NC State men’s rugby club team took on UNC’s club team a couple of weeks ago in what was supposed to be another close affair in what’s been a fairly even rivalry. But...
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Ted Brown finally runs into the College Football Hall of Fame
Ted Brown being congratulated his senior year on "Ted Brown Day." Former NC State running back Ted Brown was expecting a simple return home when he arrived back in Minnesota in early May, fresh off a...
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Curtis Dail embraced NC State’s Wolfpack as his team
Curtis Dail, a long and devoted supporter of NC State University who made significant contributions to Wolfpack athletics, has died. Dail, who was 85, and his wife of more than 50 years, Jackie, were...
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The 1968 Wolfpack baseball team is forever linked to 2013
It’s not that Dave Boyer, an outfielder on NC State’s 1968 College World Series squad, doesn’t want to talk about the Wolfpack’s 5-4 victory over Rice Sunday night that propelled the team to Omaha....
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Alex Cheek advises the Wolfpack to keep it fun in Omaha
Alex Cheek loves to talk baseball. It doesn’t take him long to start talking about all the miles he got out of his crooked arm in college or the time after his days playing for NC State when he helped...
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Alumni in Omaha reveal the city’s ‘bests’ for CWS visitors
When you fish around for local lore in Omaha, Neb., you find out the city is known for more than being the host of the College World Series since 1950 and the hometown of Warren Buffett. It turns out...
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Teammates give Steve Martin a surprise during the CWS
John Rowland, an outfielder on NC State’s 1968 College World Series team, couldn’t contain himself last week when this year’s Wolfpack team beat Rice to clinch a spot in Omaha. His first thought was to...
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Russell Wilson back in Raleigh to pass along his dreams
When Russell Wilson stands in front of a group of future would-be NFLers, he doesn’t tell them how many passes they’ll complete, touchdowns they’ll catch or sacks they’ll rack up. But he does tell the...
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Engineering alum racking up miles on NASCAR’s pit road
Brian Eastland, right, waits to go to work on pit road. Given Brian Eastland’s height at 6 feet 2 inches, his athletic ability and his time spent playing wide receiver for the Wolfpack from 1998-2001,...
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Team will “Lift for Life” to raise money to combat cancer
The Wolfpack football team is hoping that by lifting some heavy—and unusual—weights this week they can also lift the hopes of people fighting Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia, a rare cancer of the blood....
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Jeremy Burleson looks to make the next big deal in NASCAR
Jeremy Burleson. Photograph by Lauren Carroll. Like a number of alumni NC State sends into the sport of NASCAR, Jeremy Burleson came to college thinking he wanted to be an engineer. But he soon...
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Rodon spends summer donning the red, white and blue
Photo by Kevin Jones, USA Baseball. NC State baseball pitching phenom Carlos Rodon spent his summer doing what comes naturally — playing baseball. But he, along with teammate Trea Turner, traded in his...
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Mike Glennon setting up camp in Tampa with the Buccaneers
Wolfpack fans anxiously await the start of college football to see what Dave Doeren will do for the program in 2013. But former NC State quarterback Mike Glennon has turned his attention to his new...
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Today in NC State History: Phi Beta Kappa finally arrives
It took more than two decades and numerous attempts that fell short, but faculty members at NC State finally got the news they had been seeking on this day in 1994 — NC State was getting its own...
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Former player returns to help new women’s basketball coach
New NC State women’s basketball coach Wes Moore announced in July that Rachel Stockdale was joining his staff as the director of high school relations. Stockdale played for the Wolfpack from 2002 to...
View ArticleWeedon leaves behind a 50-year legacy in NC State athletics
The Wolfpack has lost a dear friend and one of its most ardent supporters, as Frank Weedon, a former NC State senior associate director of athletics, has died. Weedon, a native of Washington, D.C.,...
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Today in NC State History: Reynolds gets cheery
Fans of the Seattle Seahawks made waves last week at CenturyLink Field when they helped set the Guinness World Record for the loudest stadium, reaching a level of 136. 6 decibels. But such competitions...
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Today in NC State History: A long sought win over DOOK
NC State’s football team had reason for optimism as its game against Duke approached in 1963. The Wolfpack was already 4-1, with victories over the likes of Maryland, Clemson and South Carolina. But...
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