Jordan Love

Although I don’t play any sports for Gardner-Webb, thought I would take a minute and discuss my interactions with each of our college sports departments, just in case you were looking to play on one of them.

Football – generally nice guys. hard practices. I hear both good and bad things about the coaching (as always). our season’s been fairly decent, although we rarely expect our runnin’ bulldogs to pull out anything too crazy. but the games are always fun and the stadium is always packed.

Basketball – men’s – good team this year. we always manage to have a pretty decent season. great guys. good coaching staff. a lot of dedication. games area always full of action. women’s – great girls! they all live on my hall, of course so i’ve gotten to know them a good bit. a very loud team. they love their coach. pretty hard work outs. great games.

Swimming – this sport is probably the most well known at GWU for being the most intense. i have never seen a team train as hard as our swimming program does. if you swim at Gardner-Webb, don’t plan on having a life. you are constantly in the pool or at weights.

Soccer – men’s – we started out with a very strong season, then somehow we slowly got worse and worse. they’re a rowdy group of guys, never a dull moment when they’re around. they do fitness all season long so be prepared to run a lot. women’s – good group of girls this year. i’ve heard their record is better than they guys record. unfortunately, i don’t get out to see their games much but when i do they’re always good games.

Golf – a lot of international students on the team this year. i don’t know much about their record, but i’ve heard they’re a lot better than last year which is always a good thing. i think we finally got our women’s golf team back up and running this year. should be a good season.

Cross Country/Track – great kids. you better like to run, of course. i’ve heard great things about the coaching staff. the squad has always been super tight.

Cheerleading – we have an army this year. I think there’s like 20+ girls that made the team this year. no guys, however so we’re still not co-ed but at least we have enough this year to compete in nationals.

Volleyball – aggressive team this year. we have a lot of new faces on the team so that’s always refreshing. games usually are pretty close. not quite sure what their official record is.

Baseball/Softball – i hate to put both these teams under one category, but i didn’t think about how many teams we had and now i’m running out of space and time. baseball team always has a good number of fans turn up at games. usually pretty exciting games. new baseball stadium is being built! that’s always exciting. softball gets the shaft a lot, unfortunately. they maintain they’re own field and have no locker room. they love their coaching staff, though!

Wrestling – i’ll be honest. i have never been to a wrestling match in my life. but i do always see the wrestlers outside doing crazy conditioning, so i guess that means we’re good, right?

I believe that’s about it. If not, I’m sorry. I really didn’t think about how many athletic teams we had before starting this post, haha. Hope you enjoy! If you want anymore information, you can always contact our admissions office at 1-800-253-6472. Or you can check us out online at www.gardner-webb.edu