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1838-1888: In this time, hunting and a modified version of "soccer" were popular. Soccer consisted of
throwing the ball into bounds and having both teams attempt to advance towards the goal
1867: Men's baseball was introduced at the "New Garden Boarding School," the predecessor to Guilford
1888: "Girls should have advantages equal in every respect to those offered to boys," wrote President
Lewis Hobbs. True to his word, he opened a physical education program and a baseball team for women,
despite the Guilford Collegian publication's warnings that the girls would surely steal all the baseballs
1893: Guilford commenced
their men's football team with
their first game against the
Charlotte YMCA
1902-3: Guilford Science Professor
Raymond Binford starts men and women's
track and cross-country teams
1913: Lady Quakers created an association for women's
sports and appointed managers for women's basketball,
tennis and track, although they did not receive proper funding
1900-20; Guilford's golden era of men's baseball begins, and Guilford
wins baseball championships in 1906,1908,1913,1917 and 1918
1906: Guilford defeats
Wake Forest University,
26-19, in basketball —
many claim it was the first
Carolinian intercollegiate
game
1911: The Collegian advocated resources for women's athletics
1968: First co-ed dance
1940; Alumni Gym built over "The Barn," where students used to play sports
1968: Guilford Athletics logo redesigned to current version
1975-80: Women's volleyball sets the
bar high, winning second and third
several times in the North Carolina
Association for Intercollegiate Athletics
for Women, before proceeding to the
NAIA National Tournament
1970s; President Grimsiey Hobbs, a former
school wrestler and runner, promoted sports
equality and funds to what had previously
been known as minor sports. He also helped
women's sports achieve collegiate status and
gave women's sports long-desired grants-in-aid
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1973: Men's basketball won the NAIA
National Championship with future
NBA players M.L Carr, World B. Free and
Greg Jackson
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1990s: Guilford joins the NCAA Division III and leaves the NAIA. The Pittsburgh Pirates
drafted Guilford's Tony Womack '91. Lee Porter'89 goes to the U.S. Open to finish 32nd.
2005: Jordan Snipes'07 shoots an amazing, buzzer-beating,
full-court shot. Someone captures this on video and it goes viral
2011: Guilford hosts the NCAA Division III Men's Golf
Championships in Greensboro at the Grandover
2013: Guilford claims second straight ODAC Women's Basketball Championship title
INSIDE SPORTS
Quakers prove that pink
and maroon do not clash
Preview: women’s
basketball season begins
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Staff WfUTiit
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Staff WiRiTtR
Who’s rocking out in the wide world of Guilford Sports?
Check out these student-athletes!
Taylor Whitley
Senior
Volleyball
Vs. Greensboro
College
Totaled 34 assists and
five digs
Caroline Bishop
Senior
Women’s Soccer
Senior Night Vs.
Eastern Mennontte
(Oct. 26)
Adam Smith
Sophomore
Football
Vs. Randolph
M acon (Oct.
Scored one goal on an assist Caught seven passes for 226
from Kelli Uresti yards and 3 touchdowns