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Stoudamire Signs with San Francisco | New Academic Center for Student-Athletes | Four Leathernecks Selected for NCAA Forum | The Colonel is Coming | Second Annual Shaymus Relays | Upcoming Events

Stoudamire Signs with San Francisco

Western Illinois All-American defensive back Patrick Stoudamire (Portland, OR/Centennial) agreed to a free agent contract with the San Francisco 49ers on April 24.

Last year San Francisco ranked 15th in total defense and 21st in passing defense. He joins a 49ers team that drafted one other cornerback, midway through the seventh and final round.

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Photo courtesy of Tim Jackson/WIU Football.

New Academic Center for Student-Athletes

Construction recently wrapped up on the newly renovated Western Illinois Athletics Academic Services office on the lower floor of Brophy Hall.

The renovations, which were funded completely through proceeds from the 2008 and 2009 Purple and Gold Auctions and other donations, feature a more private office complex where the Athletics Academic Services staff can give Fighting Leatherneck athletes better support.

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Photo courtesy of Bill Ford/WIU Athletics.

Four Leathernecks Selected for NCAA Forum

Western Illinois University Athletics announced that four student-athletes have been selected to attend the NCAA Career in Sports Forum, which will take place next month in Indianapolis. Senior Cosimo Patano (men's soccer) and juniors Molly Carrignan (swimming/diving), Lauren DeWolf (women's soccer) and Phil Kurz (swimming/diving) were selected by the NCAA to represent the Fighting Leathernecks.

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The Colonel is Coming

Western Illinois Athletics welcomes the newest member of the Leatherneck family to Macomb on May 15, 2010. 

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Second Annual Shaymus Relays

After raising nearly $11,000 last year, the Western Illinois University track and field team has announced the Second Annual Shaymus Relays to be held at 5:30 p.m., Thursday, May 6, at the Western Illinois Track at Hanson Field.

The event is being held for the second time in as many years as a way to raise funds for nine-year-old Shaymus Guinn (son of Tony Guinn, Western Illinois women’s soccer coach), who has been diagnosed and is undergoing treatment for Ewing’s Sarcoma, which is a rare form of cancer.

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Photo courtesy of WIU Athletics.

Upcoming Events

WIU Athletics has several exciting events scheduled for the month of May, including baseball, softball and track and field!

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