Mother Mary’s Favorite Sons: The Resurrection of Notre Dame Football
“The Notre Dame fight song was one of the first things I ever learned,” Conor O’Rourke, a freshman at the College of Charleston and long-time Fightin’ Irish fan, said reminiscing about his fanatical origins for the Green and Gold. “Now to see them come from not even being ranked in the pre-season to being number...
Sailing with senior Sam Stokes
If you have ever taken a cruise over the Ravenel Bridge, then you have crossed over the practice field of a team who is currently ranked No. 3 in the Sailing World’s College Rankings and were ranked as high No. 1 during the 2011 fall season. The College of Charleston coed sailing team, a team...
Lessons from a coach
Just before sitting down with College of Charleston women’s head basketball coach Nancy Wilson, in an interview about her upcoming retirement, I was able to observe an afternoon practice with Coach Wilson and her team. The time spent in practice was filled with demanding drills and intense focus from the team. It was filled with...
More than one country forms Cougar Nation
For some of our athletes, coming to the College of Charleston was not the easiest process; their journeys’ to CofC started over 3,000 miles away from the campus. Their stories consisted of stacks of emails, applications to the College, trips to the U.S. lasting only 48 hours, game style changes, new appreciations, travel differences, and...