Verticchio proved her solid golf skills at her first college tournament playing for the Saint Leo Women’s Golf team, where she shot an impressive eight-under-par in three rounds at the DBU women’s classics in Denton, Texas in September. As a team, the Lions placed third in a strong field with 16 teams.
For such a sunny, tropical city, Tampa Bay certainly has a large following of ice hockey fans. The Tampa Bay Lightning won back-to-back during the Stanley Cup Championships in 2020 and 2021, and you would be hard-pressed to find a car in this city without the signature lightning bolt decal on the back.
The parking lot closures, noisy construction, and office transplants of Spring 2022 paved the way for the triumphant completion of Saint Leo University’s most recent remodeling project—the Marion Bowman Activities Center.
“One of our main goals is actually to send a Saint Leo student to the Olympics,” says Scott Schludt, assistant coach of the Saint Leo sporting clays team. As a recent business graduate from Saint Leo University, Schludt received the prestigious award of Outstanding Representation of the Benedict of Excellence 2021-2022.
After the breaks and inconveniences caused by COVID-19, Saint Leo University’s athletic teams were slowly able to return to their routines in Fall Season 2021 and Spring Season 2022. However, some strict rules issued by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) came hand-in-hand with some good outcomes for the athletes that were restricted during Spring Season 2020.
With the construction of the brand-new Wellness Center at Saint Leo University, students have been more inspired than ever to hit the gym. However, some students find themselves faced with obstacles such as social anxiety and consistency when it comes to working out.
The Wellness Center is one of the newest buildings at Saint Leo University. It had its soft opening on Mar 7, 2022. The objective of the Wellness Center is to keep students and staff healthy.
Attentive spectators might have seen this ambitious track athlete competing in a track meet, giving his best alongside his teammates. But they might not know that this athlete has traveled far to grow and develop as an athlete and student.
The U.S. Open Tennis Championship, formerly known as the National Championship, is an annual tennis tournament held in Queens, New York. This important tournament follows a strict schedule, starting on the last Monday of every August and lasting for two weeks straight.
Grant Disken—hailing from Kentucky, majoring in marketing, and graduating in 2024, has been playing basketball since he was four years old and is enjoying every second of it.
