Athletic Department News

• June 26, 2025

Five individuals and one team have been selected for the Oct. 24, 2025 ceremony

• May 29, 2025

The inductees will be recognized at a formal MASCAC Hall of Fame induction which will be coupled with a MASCAC athletic championship or event at the site in which the individual competed or was housed during the 2025-26 year.  

• May 28, 2025

Honored to student-athletes who demonstrate the values of the MASCAC and its Sportsmanship Statement.

• May 21, 2025

Awarded to top MASCAC institution for best collective sport performance over the course of the year.

• May 16, 2025

The Kurty Award is considered the highest award from the WSU Department of Athletics, and considers the student’s four-year athletic career and contributions to the athletics.

• May 15, 2025

Burnett’s record-setting season concludes with being named top senior male athlete of 2025.

• May 15, 2025

Awarded to three senior female athletes that compiled outstanding seasons in their senior year.

• May 14, 2025

The award is presented to a student-athlete that excels in academics, athletic ability, sportsmanship, character, service, leadership and professional development.

• May 14, 2025

The award recognizes the four-year student athletes who maintained the highest cumulative grade point average.

• May 06, 2025

The full list of team award winners is listed below. 

• April 18, 2025

This year, the tournament returns to The Ranch Golf Club in Southwick, Mass. and will be played on Monday, June 23.

• April 10, 2025

 Please be advised that there are additional changes to the Westfield State athletics schedule due to the weather forecast for this weekend.

• April 03, 2025

Please be advised that due to unplayable field conditions, tomorrow’s baseball doubleheader against Worcester State, which was originally scheduled to be played at Worcester, will now take place tomorrow at Hagan Field in Westfield, Mass. with game one of the doubleheader set to begin at 2:00 P.M.

• April 01, 2025

The Butova Award is presented to a local football player who went on to a distinguished career while continuing to support athletics.

• April 01, 2025

The induction ceremony will be held on Thursday, April 24, 2025, at 4:00 PM in the Student Lounge at the Woodward Center.

• March 28, 2025

Owls student-athletes Kobe Parker, Maddie Pond, Aiden Winslow, Jace Falcone, and Eliza Lee were all recognized as members of the 2025 winter sportsmanship team.

• March 27, 2025

The women’s lacrosse game versus Mass. Maritime has been moved to Friday at 7:00 P.M. while both baseball and softball doubleheaders against Mass. Maritime have been moved up to 11:30 A.M. start times.

• March 25, 2025

Every gift counts, regardless of size – so Give a Hoot and make your gift today!

• March 21, 2025

Westfield State athletics is back in action for another spring weekend which features Owls softball and women's lacrosse at home while men's and women's track and field begin the outdoor season and baseball continues its non-conference schedule on the road.

• March 20, 2025

After the conclusion of the winter sports season, Westfield State University Athletics continues to hold the top spot in the 2024-25 Howard C. Smith Cup standings, awarded annually to the institution with the best overall athletics program in the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference.

• February 21, 2025

Westfield was listed as having the second-highest percentage of student athletes on the list.

• February 14, 2025

Westfield State University Athletics recognized over 300 student-athletes with the celebration of the annual Director of Athletics 3.0 ceremony held on Wednesday night during halftime of the Owls men’s basketball game.

• January 17, 2025

Westfield State athletics will have six teams competing on the road this weekend as men's and women's track and field, swimming and diving, men's and women's basketball, and men's ice hockey get set to go tomorrow.

• December 19, 2024

What could be more representative of the Westfield State and NCAA D3 student-athlete experience than earning College Sports Communicators Academic All-America honors for excellence on the field and in the classroom?

• December 19, 2024

Three Owls teams achieved one of their ultimate goals – advancing to the NCAA Tournament during 2024.

• December 19, 2024

In what’s become a regular occurrence, Westfield State athletics secured the 2023-24 Smith Cup as the best overall athletics program in the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference.

• December 19, 2024

Westfield State welcomed a pair of new head coaches, as Seth Kaplan took over the reigns of the Owls baseball program last January, and Lou Conte, Jr. took the helm of Westfield State football in the summer.

• December 19, 2024

A full slate of newcomers has the future looking bright across the Owls’ programs as five players were named as conference rookies-of-the-year in calendar ’24.

• December 19, 2024

Moving on to our next impact story of the 2024 season are our MASCAC major award winners, as Westfield State Athletics boasted five different yearly individual honors.

• December 19, 2024

Next up on the countdown of the top stories from the 2024 season, it’s women’s basketball which saw a pair of teammates in Olivia Hadla and Jordan Grant reach the 1,000-point scoring mark last season.

• December 19, 2024

Westfield State University student-athletes raised over $1200 from their teams and classmates to deliver Christmas gifts to families in need within the Westfield school district.

• December 18, 2024

On February 1, 2024, Westfield State men’s ice hockey secured their first win over a ranked opponent in team history after defeating #15-ranked Plymouth State 3-2 from Amelia Park Arena.