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Knights Named National Champs in Baseball – not Singing
While many students are enjoying a relaxing summer vacation, Lynn’s baseball team has been working hard – winning national championships. “It was just another game,” said star pitcher Dan Wright who helped lead the team to a 2-1 victory over Emporia State to claim the 2009 NCAA Division II National Championship at the College World Series last weekend.
On Monday, the team was welcomed back to campus with a reception in the caf. “When we walked in here, I got chills all the way down my spine,” said Christian Chavez, a junior on the team. Since Saturday’s game, the guys have been smiling – and even singing. Good thing they weren’t going for a national championship in singing!
On a serious note, the team deserves every second of the praise their getting. Not only did they win the 19th national title in school history, but they also scored the first national crown for Lynn’s baseball program. The team went 8-0 in the NCAA South Region and National Tournament, defeating eight consecutive nationally ranked opponents and closing out the year 23-6 against teams ranked in the top-25.
Lynn on the little screen
With the Oscars on my mind and a few pieces of news to share, I thought I’d pass along some links for Lynn University people and events on the little screen. First, a month or so ago CSPAN aired its recording of our second Dialogues of Innovation speaker, Princeton professor and author Melissa Harris-Lacewell. That lecture, filmed before a packed house in January, is now available online – check it out. (And yes, I realize they list the lecture as having occurred at Princeton in the preview window – but the actual segment that aired gets it right.)
The star of 'Burn Notice'… that is, the star after our own Mr. Simpson.
Potentially more exciting than that (hard to imagine as that is), one of Lynn’s own had a role in Friday’s episode of the USA Network hit ‘Burn Notice.‘ Drama department chair Adam Simpson was on the show (see full episode online) playing a boat captain and trafficker. If you’re in a hurry, you can find Adam by back tracking 17:28 from the end. Adam, you may remember, was one of the faculty members that led the January Term course that performed original works off Broadway in NYC this year.
Also on the tube on Friday was residence hall director Christina Johnson who ‘won’ SGA’s “Kiss a Pig” competition Friday afternoon. CBS 12 was there to catch Christina in the act of a six second smooch – possibly the longest six seconds in recorded history. I’m without a link at the moment but once I get it I’ll upload. We’ll definitely have it on the Lynn University Facebook page in a day or two. Check it out.
Welcome to Knight Writer
Welcome to “Knight Writer†– the product of two minds (and two sets of hands) – specifically those of Jason Hughes and Debbie Stern in the Office of Marketing and Communication at Lynn University. Since we both spend the better part of our days gathering information and writing about it, we figured this was the perfect forum for us to impart some of that information, as well as our opinions (which do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the university) in a more informal way, and hopefully get some feedback and information from you – our readers. So, each of us will be randomly sharing, rambling, ranting and just generally chatting. If you care to know more about us (including what we look like behind the newspapers), check out the About Us section. So, without further fanfare, we’re off and running – that is, writing.