Facilities: Wesley College debuted its newly renovated and expanded Wolverine Stadium at its September 4 football game against Ferrum College. Private contributions funded the $1.4 million project, which included installation of Field Turf, lights and a new scoreboard, and expansion of capacity from 1,500 to 2,500 seats. A new press box featuring a VIP box and coaches' observation deck also was included in the project, along with new sidewalks, fencing and landscaping. The stadium, which was built in 1989, also is the home for men's and women's soccer and men's and women's lacrosse teams, and now also will be used by the college's intramurals and recreation program.

Sports sponsorship: Baptist Bible College is adding two new men's sports, golf and baseball, in 2004-05. Baptist Bible, which has been active in National Christian College Athletic Association championships, recently joined with 11 other Division III institutions in an expanded North Eastern Athletic Conference ... Chestnut Hill College, another new NEAC member, is adding four men's sports and two women's sports this year. The school is adding men's and women's cross country and golf programs and a men's tennis program, and also elevating the men's soccer program from the club level.

Milestones: Three coaches at Moravian College achieved the 300-victory mark in their sports during the past year, beginning with Mary Beth Spirk, who reached the milestone when her women's basketball team defeated Muhlenberg College in January. Then, John Byrne reached the mark in softball, with a victory in mid-March over Methodist College en route to a runner-up finish in the Division III Softball Championship. Next, Ed Little claimed his 300th victory in baseball when Moravian defeated Lebanon Valley College in late March. Byrne gained his 300th victory more quickly than any other coach in school history, during his 11th season, while Spirk has completed 17 seasons and Little has coached 22 seasons.

Miscellaneous: A student-athlete from a Division III institution, the University of Wisconsin, La Crosse, was among United States track and field athletes who claimed gold medals at the Athens Olympic Games. Andrew Rock earned the medal by running in the preliminaries of the men's 1,600-meter relay. Rock ran in the third leg of the relay August 27 as the Americans posted the only time under three minutes in the semifinal heats. Gold did not run in the next night's final, as he and teammate Kelly Willie stepped aside for individual 400-meter medalists Jeremy Wariner and Otis Harris, but Gold and Willie also received gold medals with the team's victory ...

Peace College, long known as The Pride, has adopted a new nickname for its athletics teams and also recently unveiled a new logo and mascot design. The school's teams now are known as the Pacers, and the new mascot design incorporates the profile of a running horse. "The new mascot captures the spirit and forward movement of Peace College -- and of Peace College athletics," said college President Laura Bingham. The school last year joined the USA South Atlantic Conference, which has another member, Greensboro College, that also uses The Pride as its nickname ... Wesley College has introduced a new intercollegiate athletics logo -- a representation of the head of a wolverine, using the school's colors of navy and white. No Face L.L.C. of Arnold, Maryland, worked with the college's director of marketing and a committee of athletics administrators in developing the design, which replaces a logo featuring an animated Wesley Wolverine ...

State University of New York at Oswego also has unveiled a new graphic identity for its intercollegiate athletics program. The final product is the result of a two-year project involving various campus departments, working with Symbolic Inc. of Fairport, New York, which was hired by the institution to design and implement the new identity. That identity includes sport-specific marks for each of the institution's 23 intercollegiate sports. "I think the intent is to have an identity we can share," said Athletics Director Timothy Hale. "It also lets us build a team concept in our department." ... The Eastern College Athletic Conference has announced that

Sue Crosby-Tangen, assistant athletics director at Bridgewater State College, has been selected as the 21st recipient of the Katherine Ley Award honoring excellence in athletics administration. The award was established in 1983 to recognize an Eastern women's athletics administrator who exemplifies the values and characteristics displayed by Katherine Ley, one of the founders of the Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics for Women, the forerunner of the Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women. Nominees must harbor characteristics that include being strong proponents of women's issues, creators of programs and opportunities for women in athletics and role models for women coaches and administrators. Crosby-Tangen is a 1983 graduate of Bridgewater State who began her career in athletics in 1983 as the head sailing instructor and assistant volleyball coach at Massachusetts Maritime Academy. In 1987, she started her tenure at her alma mater as the intramurals and recreation coordinator. From 1988 through 1995, she served as the head field hockey coach. She also served as the head lacrosse coach during the 1997 season and five years thereafter as the assistant lacrosse coach. Crosby-Tangen has been involved with Bridgewater State athletics and recreation for more than 20 years both as a student-athlete and athletics administrator. She has served on several national and regional committees, including the NCAA Division III Women's Lacrosse Committee. She has been a member and chair of the ECAC Volleyball Committee and has served on the Commencement and Orientation Committees at Bridgewater State. She also created and administered the school's CHAMPS/Life Skills program.

-- Compiled by Jack Copeland