University of North Carolina at Wilmington

The Colonial Athletic Association has approached Elon University in conversations that could lead to the Phoenix leaving the Southern Conference. No invitation has been extended to join the CAA, which stretches from UNC Wilmington to Northeastern in...

Three months ago, UNCW chancellor Gary Miller assigned a committee to review the school's athletic department. Next week, that group makes its recommendations. The report, scheduled to come out Wednesday, is likely to include ways to improve travel...

Softball: NCAA Division III: Christopher Newport sophomore Sabrina Hill hit a two-run home run and drove in five runs to lead the Captains past Roanoke 8-0 in five innings in an NCAA Division III regional first-round game in Salem. CNU (33-11)...

See it and hit it. The approach at the plate for Michael Bass sounds simple, but it's the result of countless off-the-clock workouts and strenuous mind games over the last three seasons that has catapulted him into college baseball's realm of elite...

Baseball: Virginia Tech swept Saturday's doubleheader against No. 5 Virginia in Blacksburg, beating the Cavaliers 5-3 in the opener and 11-6 in the nightcap. In Game 1, Joe Mantiply pitched seven innings for the win. With the game tied at 3, Chad...

Former Duquesne assistant Dan Burt has been named the Dukes' new women's basketball coach, the school announced Saturday. Burt will take over for Suzie McConnell-Serio, who left to take the Pitt head coaching job earlier this month. Burt, a...

Jim Montague has given his life to baseball. Today, the sport he's loved for so long is giving back. Montague, who has been the head baseball coach at North Lenoir since 1991, will be inducted into the Johnston County Athletic Hall of Fame today...

Several local residents are poised to join boards of trustees at North Carolina's public universities. In June, the UNC Board of Governors will appoint four trustees to the boards at each of the state's 16 universities. Those trustees will serve four-...

Three years after the University of North Carolina Wilmington created its entrepreneurship center, the office is getting a new name and a new funding source. The university is creating The Seahawk Fund, a venture capital fund, to support the work of the...

For people employed by public agencies, their salaries are part of the public record, which makes them available to anyone who wants to see them. Since 2009, the StarNews has maintained a searchable online database of government salary information. It...

Yana Biryukova is ahead of the curve. A theater student at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, Biryukova has narrowed her focus to projection design. It's a relatively new field, and one that is revolutionizing theater in major markets....

For people employed by public agencies, their salaries are part of the public record, which makes them available to anyone who wants to see them. Since 2009, the StarNews has maintained a searchable online database of government salary information. It...