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Athletic leadership team ushers in new era
Trio of top administrators in the athletic department are new in 2024-25 Fans following Linfield’s athletic programs over the past couple of decades probably know of Scott Brosius ’01. He’s arguably the best-known professional athlete among Linfield alumni – 11 years in Major League Baseball, more than 1,000 hits, three World Series titles and a…
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Cheer and dance add 21 new students this fall
Chants from the sidelines sound a little louder this fall thanks to a stellar recruiting season for the Linfield cheer and dance programs. The teams, now at 50 squad members, accounted for 21 new first-year students this fall. Gina Regalado, in her sixth year as dance coach, is joined by first-year cheer coach (and daughter-in-law)…
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Class of 2024 inducted into Athletics Hall of Fame
The Linfield community celebrated the induction of the newest class of Wildcat greats into the Linfield Athletics Hall of Fame on Oct. 26. The Class of 2024 includes:
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The Streak extends to 68 winning seasons
With a win over the University of Puget Sound on Oct. 26, the Wildcat football team secured its 68th consecutive winning season, the longest in college football history. No other college or university at any level is within 24 years of that record. Linfield’s Archives and Special Collections has an oral history project featuring interviews…
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Home events for winter sports begin in November
As the fall sports seasons move into post-season, things are heating up indoors with Linfield’s winter sports. After hosting exhibition games in October, the women’s basketball team competes in away matchups in early November. The men’s basketball team also starts with a string of road games. Both teams return to McMinnville for a doubleheader on…
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Night at the Museum returns Jan. 24
The men’s and women’s wrestling teams once again host the annual Night at the Museum wrestling event on Friday, Jan. 26, 2025, at the Evergreen Air and Space Museum. At last year’s inaugural event, Linfield split a dual match with Umpqua Community College. Fans in attendance were treated to a series of intense matches, with…
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1984 NAIA Championship team honored at homecoming
Members of Linfield’s 1984 NAIA championship football team celebrated the 40th anniversary of their historic season at the Oct. 12 football game against Lewis & Clark. The 1984 Wildcat football team clinched the NAIA Division II football national championship after coming back from a 22-point second-half deficit to beat Northwestern (Iowa) 36-22. During the season,…
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New head coaches join Linfield Athletics
“Our new coaches are strong additions to the Wildcat Athletics team,” athletics director Scott Brosius ’01 said. “Each brings a wealth of experience and a deep commitment to the athletic, academic and social development of our student-athletes.” LACEY BELL, VOLLEYBALL: Bell brings 15 years of professional and semi-professional international playing experience to her position, most…
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Checking every box
Kaili Saathoff ’25 is a force on the field, in the classroom and the community Since arriving at Linfield, Kaili Saathoff ’25 has compiled a rare resume of all-around accomplishment. The list starts with Saathoff receiving what is considered the highest scholarly honor for an NCAA Division III softball student-athlete last spring. That’s when she…
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An unforgettable season
Linfield softball returned to the NCAA Division III championship, finishing with a 50-4 record and ranking No. 3 in the nation.
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A new focus on mental health
Lindsay Kandra ’99 knows firsthand the mental health challenges that face sports teams
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Fall sports earn All-NWC recognition
More than two dozen Linfield student-athletes earned Northwest Conference honors this fall. Twenty-five Wildcats were named to their All-NWC teams, led by 22 from the football team. Laney Green ’23, a forward on the women’s soccer team; Seamus Miller ’24, a forward/midfielder on the men’s soccer team; and Raelynn Hammock ’23, a outside hitter on…
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Three cross country athletes race at regionals
Three Linfield runners clocked top-60 finishes at the NCAA Division III Cross Country West Region Championships in Claremont, California, on Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021. Alex Oathout ’25 represented the Linfield men, finishing in 60th place out of 170 student-athletes. He turned in a time of 26 minutes, 58.3 seconds on the 10-kilometer Pomona College Cross…
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Roggenbuck is Linfield’s first D3Hoops.com Preseason All-American
Linfield men’s basketball guard Dempsey Roggenbuck ’21, ’23 was selected to the D3hoops.com Preseason All-America fourth team in November 2021, making him the only Division III player on the West Coast to receive the honor. He is the first Wildcat to be named a D3Hoops.com Preseason All-American since the recognition began in 2010. Roggenbuck was…
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Football finishes season in national quarterfinal matchup
The Wildcat football team ended its return-to-full-competition season in a Dec. 4, 2021, NCAA Division III quarterfinal game against the eventual national champions at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor (Texas). Linfield finished as undefeated Northwest Conference champions (11-1 overall, 7-0 conference) and secured its 43rd NWC title. The 2021 season was Linfield’s first perfect regular…
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Linfield begins competitive cheer program
For the first time in school history, the Linfield cheer and stunt team is competing against other colleges in Universal Cheerleaders Association (UCA) collegiate competitions. The team started off its season with the virtual UCA College Game Day Kick-Off in November, placing first in the small coed division for sideline and timeout performances and third…
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Collecting women’s athletic stories at Linfield
2022 marks the 50th anniversary of the passing of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. Though Title IX addresses equity of the sexes in many areas of education, it has had a huge impact on women and sport. Linfield University is using this milestone anniversary to gather better data and stories about women…
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Linfield inks broadcast deal with KOIN
Just in time for the NCAA football playoffs in November, Linfield announced a new partnership with KOIN-TV and its sister station, Portland’s CW, to televise select Wildcat athletic events through the 2022-23 academic year. The partnership kicked off with the first-round playoff game on Nov. 20, 2021, a 44-10 Linfield win over the University of…
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Wyatt Smith named Gagliardi Trophy finalist
For the second time in his record-breaking Linfield career, quarterback Wyatt Smith ’22 was named a finalist for the Gagliardi Trophy, the NCAA Division III equivalent to the Heisman Trophy. This season, Smith broke the Linfield career record for touchdown passes that had been held by 2005 Gagliardi Trophy winner and current Linfield offensive coordinator…
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The Streak’s alive at 65
The legacy of Linfield football is one for the record books – and now, for the archives.