UNCP has a new athletics’ website

By Myra Frederick
Sports Editor

UNCP’s athletics’ department has a sparkling new and improved website. The athletics’ website first launched into cyber space on Aug. 16. Since then, nearly 5,000 people have viewed the site.

The website showcases the latest news and events on all of UNCP’s men and women’s sports’ teams. It also presents the latest news for the spirit squads, which include the cheerleading squad, the dance team and the pep band.

Lawrence Locklear, Special Assistant to Chancellor, designed the website’s colorful look. Rikki Cockrell, however, is the one who maintains the site. Cockrell is the Assistant Athletics Director for Media Relations. She adds daily updates to the latest sports’ information.

Cockrell said UNCP always had one of the best athletics’ websites among the schools in Division II and the university wants to keep it that way. According to Cockrell, the design of the site is usually updated every four years or so. “We want to stay fresh and up with the time,” Cockrell said.

The site includes the department’s mission statement and a directory for the athletic staff and coaches. Also, a detailed description of the Athletic Training Program, an online store, Braves Club and the current news on past UNCP athletes-Wall of Honor are other features on the site.

The newest additions to the site are the Record Book, Live Stats and the Athletics’ Calendar. The Record Book allows viewers to view the team’s past and present records as well as individual honors. Viewers can also see coaching records on this link.

Live Stats lets viewers see players’ statistics in a game while the game is in progress. Live Stats is available for baseball, men and women’s basketball, men and women’s soccer, softball and volleyball.

The Athletics’ Calendar displays the upcoming events in sports. The calendar enables viewers to look weeks and months ahead to the upcoming sports’ events, which will be very helpful to a lot of people.

The new website, as a whole, will be very beneficial to everyone-students, faculty, athletes, recruits, alumni and many others.

Cockrell and other UNCP staff are very excited about the new site. The fresh new site can be seen by logging on to www.uncp.edu/athletics.