To Our Blue Hens Family,
Entering a new year is always an exciting time! As we look ahead to all the possibilities to come, I am enthusiastic about all that's ahead in 2023. But, I spent some time over the holidays reflecting on the past year, how lucky I am to lead this department, how honored I am that we get to represent the state of Delaware and this terrific University every day, and how ProUD I am of everything we were able to accomplish in 2022. And what an incredible year it was! I felt it was important to share with our amazing Blue Hen family some of the highlights of 2022 before we head into 2023.
We won five CAA Championships, sent both basketball teams to March Madness, competed in the Men's Lacrosse NCAA quarterfinals, had five individual NCAA competitors, won an ITA Regional Championship for the first time ever, and won two spirit national championships. We had 94 All-CAA honorees, four national players of the week, and seven All-Americans. We finished 104th out of 350 schools in the Learfield Directors Cup, leading all schools in the CAA and our second-highest finish since 1998.
Our Blue Hens maintained a GPA above a 3.0 for the 18th-straight semester. Our student-athletes raised over $280,000 for the B+ Foundation through UDance, and spent their time teaching youths in Delaware the sports they love. Between our athletic competitions, recreation offerings, events, ice arena programs and pools, we had over a million visits to our campus facilities by community members.
There is so much to celebrate, and I hope you'll take the time to view some of the highlights below. I'm so incredibly proUD of what we achieved together in 2022, and the future is bright for our Blue Hens!
We look forward to achieving excellence together and continuing to represent the 302 proudly in 2023 and beyond!
Go Hens!
Chrissi Rawak