WSC Athletics Hall of Fame
Greg McDermott
Greg McDermott re-energized the Wayne State College men's basketball program in his six years as head coach, recording a 116-53 record from 1994-2000. McDermott inherited a program that had five straight losing seasons and he went 14-13 in his first season. McDermott put together four straight 20-win seasons and had two of his teams qualify for the NCAA Post-Season Tournament. The Wildcats were 21-7, 20-7, 23-5 and 26-6 in McDermott's final four seasons. His 26-6 team in 1999-2000 advanced to the NCAA Division II North Central Regional Championship game before falling to eventual national champion Metro State. The 1998-99 team earned the top seed and hosted the NCAA Division II North Central Regional Tournament at Rice Auditorium. McDermott's 1999-2000 team was NSIC regular season co-champion with Winona State and won the NSIC Post-Season Tournament to earn the league's automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament. McDermott was selected the 2000 NSIC Coach of the Year and earned the 1999 North Central District Coach of the Year.
McDermott coached at his alma mater, Northern Iowa, for five seasons (2001-2006) and compiled a 90-63 mark with three NCAA Tournament appearances. He is entering his first season as head coach at Iowa State University.
McDermott was inducted into the WSC Athletics Hall of Fame October 7, 2006.
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Concordia-St. Paul topped #15 Wayne State 10-6 Sunday afternoon in the NSIC Baseball Tournament championship game. The 40-11 Wildcats await word from the NCAA on a at-large berth to the NCAA Tournament. Official pairings are to be released Sunday evening by the NCAA.
Nate Preston won three events to lead the WSC men to a third straight NSIC outdoor track and field championship Saturday in Wayne. The Wildcats scored 164 points to nip second place Mary (156.5) for the team title. Brett Suckstorf won two events (hammer throw and discus) for WSC.
The WSC women's track and field team finished in third place with 106 points at the NSIC Championships in Wayne. Katie Wilson won two events (hammer throw and discus) and took second in the shot put to lead the Wildcats.
The NSIC Office announced Saturday that the NSIC Baseball Tournament has been shortened to a single-elimination tournament with Wayne State and Concordia-St. Paul (the last two undefeated teams in the tournament) playing Sunday at 1 p.m. in Wayne and the winner earning the NSIC Tournament Title and the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
Nick Schumacher struck out a career-high 14 batters in a complete game win to lead #15 Wayne State to a 9-1 victory over Southwest Minnesota State at the NSIC Baseball Tournament in Wayne. The 40-10 Wildcats will play in the winner's bracket final Saturday at 10 a.m. against either Bemidji State or Concordia-St. Paul.
Seven WSC baseball players were named to the 2008 NSIC All-Conference Baseball Team announced Thursday afternoon. Nick Schumacher was named the NSIC Pitcher of the Year, Marc Manganaro earned the NSIC Co-Player of the Year while Nick Bidroski was selected the NSIC Co-Freshmen of the Year.
5.9.08BaseballNSIC Tournament#15 Wayne State 9SW Minnesota State 1
5.8.08BaseballNSIC Tournament#15 Wayne State 6Winona State 3
5.4.08BaseballFirst Game#16 Wayne State 3Bemidji State 02nd Game#16 Wayne State 13Bemidji State 128 innings
5.4.08SoftballNSIC TournamentUniv. of Mary 3Wayne State 0
