Homecoming 2024 celebrated on the Hill
Alumni, students, families, and community members came together to celebrate Homecoming 2024 with various alumni events, as well as by cheering on the Green Terror. Homecoming traditions, including the presentation of the Homecoming Court, awarding the James Brant Memorial Cup, and naming the winners of the Letters on the Hill contest, took place during pre-game of the Homecoming football game, as well as the reveal that the college plans to renovate the outdoor track and field facility at Kenneth R. Gill Stadium.
Homecoming traditions took place during pre-game at Kenneth R. Gill Stadium.
President Julia Jasken presented the Homecoming Court, including representatives Santana Abney, senior Psychology major from Bowie, Maryland, Whittney Patterson, senior Health Sciences major from Baltimore, Leah Somerville, senior Political Science major from Clinton, Maryland, Glory Fomena, junior Health Sciences major from Baltimore, and Nubia Garcia, junior Accounting and Business Administration major from Waldorf, Maryland.
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., received the James Brant Memorial Cup for excelling in academics, varsity sports, leadership, and community service for the second consecutive year, while Phi Delta Theta, Phi Mu, and Hermandad de Sigma Iota Alpha, Inc., were recognized for the best Letters on the Hill.
Dick Clower '50, Sherry Clower '84, Susan Case '65, M.Ed. '84, Darrell Guyton '87, and Kris Guyton '88 served as the honorary coin toss captains for the game and a special announcement was made about a $1.7 million renovation of the outdoor track and field facility at Kenneth R. Gill Stadium in honor of Dick Clower, professor emeritus of Exercise Science and Physical Education (now Kinesiology), who served as the college’s director of Athletics.
One of the jumping areas of the track project will also be named in memory of Susan's late husband, Sam Case '63, M.Ed. '66, who was a beloved professor and coach, along with serving as the college’s provost and dean of the faculty.
The donor-funded project is slated to begin in the late spring of 2025 and is planned to be completed in fall 2025.
Chris Wright, senior from Waldorf, Maryland, Darrell Guyton '87, Kris Guyton '88, Susan Case '65, M.Ed. '84, Dick Clower '50, Sherry Clower '84, Green Terror, President Julia Jasken, and Nick Domzalski, senior from Forest Hill, Maryland
In addition to football (Second Half Carries Ursinus Past Football on Homecoming), home athletic contests for swimming (Navarra, Morgan Post First-Place Finishes in Home Opener) and field hockey (Fourth Quarter Surge Leads No. 12 Bryn Mawr Past McDaniel) were also enjoyed on Saturday, Nov. 2.
The McDaniel College Athletics Hall of Fame Awards Celebration, which honors alumni athletes who personify the college’s tradition of excellence, was held on Friday, Nov. 1, and officially kicked off Homecoming festivities.
The honorees were also recognized at halftime of the Green Terror football game on Saturday, Nov. 2. Congratulations to this year's honorees!
- Tony Howard '06, Men's Wrestling
- Stephen James '82, Football and Baseball
- Rachel Walega '12, Women's Swimming
- Jason Wingeart '02, Football
- Tony Worm '99, Men's Golf
Read more about the 2024 Athletics Hall of Fame inductees.
2024 Athletics Hall of Fame honorees with their families and friends along with the Green Terror
Don't forget! The Green & Gold Challenge, a weeklong competition to support McDaniel's student-athletes, runs through Wednesday, Nov. 6.
