Quakers gear up
for spring season

Alumni invited to attend April sessions

[Spring Calendar]

March 23, 2006

Forget what the pocket calendars would have you believe — the Wilmington College football season begins April 3 at Williams Stadium.

The 2006 Quakers football team will participate in 14 days of practices and conclude a month of spring ball with the Spring Game/Alumni Event April 28.

The ringing words coming out of the Quakers' camp this spring are poise, class and character.

"Those words are very important to us. They are kind of our life philosophies," WC head coach Barry Wulf said. "Poise — we've got to be able to accept the good things and the bad things that come our way. Class — we want to represent ourselves, this institution and everything that we stand for in everything we do, on an off the field. Character — that speaks volumes for who we are. We want to do things the right way, and poise, class and character; that's what we want to be about."

Wulf said spring ball offers an opportunity for former WC players to get a sneak preview of the upcoming season.

"We have been very aggressive since I've taken over here with getting our alumni back into the program and the school, and we've made great strides," Wulf said. "We've already communicated to a lot of them that we always want them back and we encourage them to come back for spring practice. I have an open policy with all alumni; any time they want to come talk to the team, it's an open door. This also will benefit our recruiting, where are off to a great start. This is a great opportunity for guys to visit our campus and get another chance to see us in action."

Wulf said the football played this fall will be the direct result of the blood, sweat and tears poured out this spring.

"Spring ball is huge," Wulf said. "Last spring, when we first got it from the NCAA, we found that it really gave us a jump-start toward putting our offense, defense and special teams in place. It really made fall camp last year very good. Now, we get a chance to emphasize things, get repetitions. It's only going to make us better and better."