W Week 2022

Wayne State University Athletics

W Week 2022

Wayne State Athletics invites you to join us in celebrating 47 years of women's athletics by attending the following 13th Annual W Week events.

2022 W Week Virtual Schedule of Events

Movie Night at the Fieldhouse
Monday, April 18 @ 7:00 PM
King Richard / Open to All Students

Win With the Warriors / Celebration of Spring Sports
Wednesday, April 20 @ 11 AM - 2 PM
Gullen Mall
WSU student-athletes will be passing out Spring posters on the athletic campus.

Women Leaders in College Sport Networking Event
Wednesday, April 20 @ 5:30 PM
The Brakemen
Join women leaders within the industry for a night of networking, conversation and celebration.

Academic Recognition Luncheon
Thursday, April 21 @ 11:30 AM (Invite Only)
The Wayne State University Department of Athletics honored the Warrior student-athletes who recorded at least a 3.50 grade-point average for the Fall 2017 term during its 18th annual Academic Recognition Luncheon held earlier today at the Mort Harris Recreation and Fitness Center on the WSU campus. In addition, Eight Deans' Award winners will be recognized for having the highest cumulative grade-point average among all student-athletes in that particular college:

Basic Needs Drive
Friday, April 22
The Wayne State Athletic Department has collected basic needs items including, but not limited to soap, socks, toothbrushes, toilet paper, feminine products and deodorant for its annual Basic Needs Drive. In conjunction with Wayne Cares and Covenant House Michigan, the drive collects toothpaste, toothbrushes, baby wipes, washcloths, soap, Kleenex, hand sanitizer, lip balm, socks, Clorox wipes, deodorant, mouthwash, feminine products. Basic need items will be distributed throughout the Detroit community and area Neighborhood Service Organizations.

For more information regarding W Week, please contact Candice Turner in the Wayne State Athletic Department at (313) 577-3048, or via e-mail at candice.turner@wayne.edu.

The Wayne State University Department of Athletics began a special week to celebrate Women's Athletics in 2010. A few former female student-athletes were recognized with a framed letter. (see photo here)

In the inaugural year on April 24, 2010, a 5k fun run/walk was held as well as a home softball doubleheader being televised by Comcast.

In 2015, there was a poster with the tag line "Forty years ago people said she throws like a girl, she runs like a girl, she jumps like a girl, but today they simply say ... she's an All-American." (see poster here (PDF))

WSU holds the unique distinction with one of the top 25 Defining Moments in the first 100 years of the NCAA. In January 2006, the NCAA recognized WSU diver Dacia Schileru's March 15, 1973, achievement as the first female to compete in an NCAA championship as one of the benchmark events in the history of intercollegiate athletics. Schileru's pioneering NCAA efforts are recognized in an exhibit at the NCAA Hall of Champions, located in Indianapolis, Ind.

Dacia Schileru at NCAA Hall of Champions

In 2012, a guest speaker portion of the W Day brunch began.

The list of past speakers include:
2012 – Sue Mosey, University Cultural Association
2013 – Dr. Paula McGee, Ph.D. (read more)
2014 – Donna Lopiano (read more)
2015 – Angelique Chengelis (read more)
2016 – Sheila Taormina (read more)
2017 – Kacee Must (read more)
2018 – Dr. Mark Emmert, NCAA President (read more)
2019 – Carli Bushoven of the Madison Holleran Foundation (read more)

W Week Past Highlights

Wayne State's W Week activities was recognized in the Summer 2012 edition of the NCAA Champion magazine (click here to see the recognition (PDF)).

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