Rowan earned its second NCAA National Champion

Damitrius Hester won the javelin with a new #2 Division III all-time mark of 74.94 meters to break his own school record giving the men’s team its second-straight champion of the three-day meet as David Brown captured the high jump crown on Friday. Hester, who hit the new record on his final throw, becomes the 44th national champion in team history and sixth in the javelin event.

The men’s team (85 points), who were looking for a sweep of Division III Track & Field this season after securing the NCAA Indoor Championship back in March, was the national runner-up to the host Eagles (106 points). The second-place result gives the Profs its best finish at the outdoor championships. UW-La Crosse claimed both men’s and women’s national team championships over the three-day meet.

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David Brown’s High Jump Title Leads Rowan University at NCAA Championships

LA CROSSE, WI — David Brown became Rowan’s second national champion in the high jump to highlight day two of the 2026 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships hosted by Wisconsin-La Crosse.

Brown hit a PR with top effort of 2.15 meters to lead three other Profs in earning All-American honors. He is the third Rowan Student-athlete in as many years to be a national champion and 43rd all-time in program history. Noah Wampole was third (2.12 meters) and Jamile Gantt was fourth (2.09 meters) to earn first-team All-American. Damarion Potts earned second-team honors with his 14th place finish (2.03 meters).

Jason Agyemang clocked in a PR and the top time in the 110 meter hurdles prelims (13.72), which was also a meet record. Agyemang joins Kwaku Nkrumah (13.88) in the finals tomorrow. Anaias Hughes was 12th (14.42) and Val Augustin was 15th (14.63) as the duo garnered second-team All-America accolades.

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Rowan Baseball Wins NCAA Super Regional

A ninth-inning grand slam by Joey Bogart propelled #5 Rowan to a 9-5 second-game win over Randoph-Macon in the NCAA Division III Baseball Glassboro Super Regional, giving the Profs the sweep in the best-of-three series and a second consecutive trip to the NCAA Championship. Rowan won the first game, 11-7, earlier in the day.

Righthander Austin Kreyenhagen tossed his second complete game of the season to earn the victory and send the Profs to Eastlake, Ohio next week. The sophomore allowed five hits and struck out five to improve his record to 8-1.

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Rowan Wins Gotham Regional; Super Regionals May 22-23

Brayden Davis hit his second grand slam in as many days to push #5 Rowan past host Southern Maine, 13-8, and give the Profs the NCAA Baseball Gorham Regional championship. Rowan will now move on to the NCAA Super Regionals and will host Randolph-Macon next weekend, May 22-23, in Glassboro.

It marks the fifth NCAA Regional Championship in the last six years for Rowan and the second consecutive.

Davis went 2-for-4 with six RBI with Damon Suriani and Mason Dorsey getting three hits each. Christian Rice (6-0) compiled a career-high 10 strikeouts in 5.1 innings to earn the victory. Charlie Russell, Dane Samartino, Jack Norton and Evan Brasberger all saw action out of the bullpen while Davis pitched for the first time this season and got the final three outs before the Profs’ celebrated.

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Rowan Baseball Advances to NCAA Regional Final

Joey Bogart drove in four runs, Damon Suriani had four hits and Brayden Davis hit his first career grand slam as #5 Rowan defeated host Southern Maine, 18-7, in the 2026 NCAA Division III Baseball Regional. The Profs now advance to the regional championship on Monday morning at 11 a.m. against either Babson or Southern Maine.

Rowan (34-5) needs to win just one game to advance to next weekend’s NCAA Super Regional (May 22-23) for the fourth time in the last five years.

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CNB Sports: Rowan Women’s Lacrosse Ends Season in the NCAA 3rd Round

CNB SPORTS: Top-ranked Middlebury scored the first seven goals of the game en route to a 21-4 victory over #18 Rowan in the Third Round of the NCAA Division III Women’s Lacrosse Championship. The Profs end the season with a 15-5 record, having reached the final 16 of the NCAA Championship for the second year in a row.

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Rowan to Send 29 Student-Athletes to Nationals

26 men and three women will represent Rowan at the 2026 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championship as selections were announced on Friday.

The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse is the host of the three-day event that runs Thursday, May 21st through Saturday, May 23rd at the Veteran’s Memorial Field Sports Complex in La Crosse, Wisconsin.

MEN’S SELECTIONS | WOMEN’S SELECTIONS | SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

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Rowan Softball Stays Alive In NCAA Tournament

#16 Rowan fought its way back to the NCAA Tournament Regional Final with a 5-1 win over St. Thomas in an elimination game Friday evening at the Marshall Regional on the campus of East Texas Baptist.

The Profs (37-9) move on to take on the host #6 Tigers needing two wins to advance to the Super Regional round tomorrow starting at 11:00 a.m. (CT) / 12: 00 p.m. (ET) with the ‘if necessary’ game 30 minutes after.

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#18 Rowan Women’s Lacrosse Places Six Players on the All-Region Team

Rowan’s Elaina Corson, Leah Corkhill, Alexis Lowry, Madison Rothwein have been named to the IWLCA All-Boardwalk Region First Team while Fiona Lockhart and Jenna O’Neill were named to the All-Region Second Team.

This marks Corson’s third consecutive year on the All-Region First Team while Corkhill, Lowry, Rothwein, Lockhart and O’Neill are earning the honor for the first time.

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Rowan Names Rob DePersia ’19 as Head Men’s Basketball Coach

GLASSBORO, NJ – Rob DePersia has been named the head men’s basketball coach at Rowan University, marking a return to the program for the 2019 alumnus. Director of athletics Shawn Tucker announced the appointment as DePersia becomes the 14th head coach in the Profs’ history.

DePersia returns to Glassboro after spending seven years at the Division I level. He worked for a total of five seasons with the Villanova University basketball program, including two with Naismith Hall of Fame coach Jay Wright, while also gaining experience at Fordham University, and most recently, at the University of New Haven.