Linfield cheer team earns top 20 finish at national competition

Linfield cheer team members perform at the 2024 UCA Cheerleading Nationals.

Linfield cheer team members perform at the 2024 UCA Cheerleading Nationals. Photo provided by Taetum Lynn Kalani.

The Linfield University cheer team advanced to the semi-finals of the 2024 UCA College Cheerleading Nationals in Orlando, Florida, which took place Jan. 13-15. The Wildcats finished 19th out of 36 teams in the Open All Girl Game Day category. While the squad improved their score from 85.233 to 85.5 between the preliminary and semifinal rounds, it was not enough to advance to the final round of competition.

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Cheer team heads to national competition

Cheerleaders do a pyramid at a home football game.

The Wildcat cheer team takes their game day energy to UCA nationals.

Members of the Linfield University cheer team travel to Florida next week to compete in the 2024 UCA & UDA College Cheerleading and Dance Team National Championship. The Wildcats are competing in the Open All Girl Game Day competition. The preliminary round performance takes place at 9:04 a.m. ET /6:04 a.m. PT Friday, Jan. 12. Teams qualifying for the semi-finals will be announced at 11 a.m. that day, with the competition continuing Friday afternoon. Finalists compete that night starting at 7:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m. PT. The full event is available via Varsity TV.

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Doug Hire to continue as interim athletic director through June 2024

McMINNVILLE, Ore. – Linfield University President Miles K. Davis announced on Friday that Doug Hire has agreed to remain as interim athletic director through the 2023-24 academic year. Hire has been serving as Acting Athletic Director since August.

The university will conduct a national search to find its next full-time athletic director, with a goal of having someone in place by next summer.

Hire will replace Garry Killgore, who has been on leave as director of athletics since August. Upon Killgore’s return, he will be reassigned to an administrative role as program developer for Online and Continuing Education. Killgore, a longtime former faculty member who holds a Ph.D. in exercise science and biomechanics, will report to Linfield Vice President for Academic Affairs Beth Concepción and be responsible for building new online programs as well as in-person continuing education opportunities.

College football history made: Linfield University clinches 67th straight winning season

Linfield University cheer team members hold up a big 67 to celebrate securing Linfield’s 67th year of consecutive winning seasons.Linfield University’s 41-13 win over George Fox University on Saturday extended a legacy began in 1956 for the winningest team in college football history 

With a 41-13 win over rival George Fox University at Homecoming on Saturday, the Linfield University Wildcats secured their 67th-consecutive winning season, the longest in college football history. No other college or university at any level is within 24 years of that record.   Continue reading

Linfield honors 570 graduates during Spring 2023 Commencement

Crews had precisely aligned 4,602 chairs across the vast lawn Sunday morning, and yet Linfield University’s 2023 Commencement was standing-room-only. Family members and loved ones came from throughout Oregon, New York, Hawaii and even Bolivia to celebrate the lives 570 graduates had led as they stood on the precipice of a new one. 

“This marks the transition between what was and what will be — thresholds are the site where past and present mingle, weave and take hold of each other,” said Linfield Chaplain Jeremy Richards during the invocation. “It is in the present moment that the future takes hold of the past and offers it gratitude, and where the past lets go, trusting in all the future holds.” 

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One Wild Day 2023 raises more than $680,000 for Linfield University

Student volunteers celebrate One Wild Day

For eight years, Linfield University has exceeded its giving day goal thanks to the generosity of its alumni, students, parents, employees and friends. The 2023 event, held May 3 and 4, 2023, was no different. The Linfield community came together to raise more than $680,000 during One Wild Day. During the 28-hour event, 680 donors made a gift, far exceeding the $550,000 goal.

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‘One Wild Day,’ Linfield’s annual giving day, begins Wednesday, May 3

A group of Linfield students wear 'One Wild Day' t-shirts.Linfield University’s annual giving day, dubbed “One Wild Day,” will begin at 8 a.m. Wednesday, May 3, and runs through noon on Thursday, May 4. This yearly tradition invites all members of the Linfield community — including alumni, parents, employees and friends — to give back to Linfield students and programs. Since its 2016 start, the university has consistently collected above and beyond its pre-set goal. This year, the Office of Advancement hopes to raise $550,000.

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