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Washington BlueSox (2006–2008) Ross Memorial Park and Alexandre Stadium is a combined multi-purpose outdoor athletic facility in North Franklin Township, Pennsylvania owned by Washington & Jefferson College. The playing surface is made of FieldTurf, like the college's football stadium, Cameron Stadium. [1] At 233,000-square-foot (21,600 m 2 ...
The Washington & Jefferson Presidents are the intercollegiate athletic teams for Washington & Jefferson College. The name "Presidents" refers to the two presidential namesakes of the college: George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. W&J is a member of the Presidents' Athletic Conference, [2] the Eastern College Athletic Conference, [3] and play ...
Website. www.washjeff.edu. Washington & Jefferson College (W&J College or W&J) is a private liberal arts college in Washington, Pennsylvania, United States. The college traces its origin to three Presbyterian missionaries in the 1780s: John McMillan, Thaddeus Dod, and Joseph Smith. Early schools grew into two competing academies, with Jefferson ...
Additionally, W&J's football team has produced more than 50 All-Americans and 30 Academic All-Americans in the past 40 years. [13] A number of W&J players have achieved notoriety in both collegiate and professional football. Halfback Johnny Spiegel, who was the leading scorer in college football in 1914, was named an All American in 1913 and ...
Bishop John Emory by American painter George Esten Cooke.The painting is dated 1838 and is housed at Emory & Henry College. Emory & Henry University is named after John Emory, a renowned Methodist bishop, and Patrick Henry, an American patriot and Virginia's first governor, [7] [8] though some research suggests the name honors Henry's sister Elizabeth Henry Campbell Russell, who lived in ...
College athletics in the United States. College athletics in the United States or college sports in the United States refers primarily to sports and athletic training and competition organized and funded by institutions of tertiary education (universities and colleges) in a two-tiered system. [1] The first tier includes the sports that are ...
List of NCAA Division I institutions. This is a list of colleges and universities that are members of Division I, the highest level of competition sponsored by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Currently, there are 364 institutions classified as Division I (including those in the process of transitioning from other divisions ...
The Ross Memorial Park and Alexandre Stadium is a combined multi-purpose outdoor athletic facility for the baseball and soccer teams. [128] At 233,000 square feet (21,600 m 2) of FieldTurf playing surface, the facility was the home of the largest continuous artificial playing surface in the world at its completion in 2004. [128]