From UMO Media Relations MOUNT OLIVE — The University of Mount Olive released the outline of the projected schedule days for the 2021 season for all Trojan sports this week. All sports will play on certain days to help combat the complexity of all UMO sponsored sports playing in the spring season. Below are the estimated days…… read more »
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UMO Athletics Announces Spring 2021 Schedules
UMO Track And Field Teams Make Mount Olive A Cleaner Place
From UMO Media Relations MOUNT OLIVE – The University of Mount Olive men’s and women’s track and field teams in a continued effort to reach out to the Mount Olive community, hit the streets for a town clean-up Saturday morning. In what has turned into an annual event, the track and field teams went from street to…… read more »
Looking Back On The 2008 Mount Olive Baseball National Championship
From UMO Media Relations MOUNT OLIVE – Prior to 2008, the small town of Mount Olive, North Carolina (population 4,589) was known primarily as the home of the Mt. Olive Pickle Company, the largest independent purveyor of pickled cucumbers in the United States. The University of Mount Olive baseball team dramatically changed that narrative in 2008.…… read more »
UMO Students Compete in Statewide Event
MOUNT OLIVE –Five University of Mount Olive students recently competed in a statewide virtual event aimed at tackling community issues related to COVID-19 that could be mitigated by financial technology. Selected from the Tillman School of Business, the students representing the University of Mount Olive, were Crystal Burchette, a finance and business management double major…… read more »
Mount Olive And Town Of Cary Awarded NCAA II Baseball National Championship Through 2026
From UMO Media Relations INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana — The University of Mount Olive and the Town of Cary have been selected to host the NCAA Division II Baseball National Championship from 2023-2026 in Cary, N.C., it was announced Wednesday by the NCAA. Mount Olive and the Town of Cary have co-hosted the NCAA II Baseball National Championship in…… read more »
Conference Carolinas Unveils Plans For Its Traditional Fall Championships In The Spring Of 2021
From UMO Media Relations GREENVILLE, SC. – Conference Carolinas has unveiled its plans for its traditional fall championships in the spring of 2021. “We are excited to officially unveil our plans for the spring of 2021 for our fall sports,” Commissioner Chris Colvin said. “I cannot thank all of our Directors of Athletics and the head…… read more »
UMO Student-Athletes Make Marks On New Future
From UMO Media Relations Mount Olive – The University of Mount Olive summer commencement ceremony was held virtually due to the Covid-19 pandemic this year. However, in the tradition of honoring those graduates, the Department of Athletics wanted to list the 14 student-athletes who were set to walk across the stage in Kornegay Arena at…… read more »
UMO’s Michael Muñoz: An Inspiring Journey Rooted In Cross Country
From UMO Media Relations MOUNT OLIVE – It takes a remarkable and unique person to accomplish the great victories Michael Muñoz has in such a short time. A first-generation college graduate, an NCAA Postgraduate Award Recipient, and now a successful administrator, Muñoz is an alumnus the Trojans remember for his resilience, determination, outstanding character, and athletic…… read more »
Bruce Zimmerman Makes His MLB Debut
From UMO Media Relations BALTIMORE, Maryland — Former University of Mount Olive baseball player Bruce Zimmermann made his Major League debut Thursday night, starting game two for the Baltimore Orioles inside the friendly walls of Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Md. Zimmermann pitched three complete innings, but they would be ones he would never forget. Zimmermann, a…… read more »
UMO’s Exercise Science Lab Is Impactful For Students And Graduates
From UMO Media Relations MOUNT OLIVE – When the University of Mount Olive Associate Professor of Exercise Science Dr. Mark Deaton was hired in 2013, it became his mission to establish an exercise science lab at the University. He envisioned a lab that would not only serve the obvious needs of the University’s program majors,…… read more »
