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Bay College adding sports

ESCANABA, MI--  Students at Bay College will be able to play sports next year.

The Escanaba school is adding an athletic program, starting with men’s and women’s cross country in fall of 2017 and expanding to men’s and women’s basketball in winter.  Athletes will compete with other two-year colleges and smaller four-year colleges and universities in Michigan and Northern Wisconsin as part of the National Junior College Athletic Association. 

“We are very excited to add athletics to our already strong Academics and Arts programs at Bay College” says Dr. Laura Coleman, Bay College President.  “Athletics complete the educational triangle consisting of academics (mental), arts (creative) and athletics (physical), which has always been my dream.” 

Officials will also develop a team name and mascot.  They’re asking for the public’s ideas throughout the month of April.  You can submit them here.

Bay College will introduce the new name and mascot in August.  

Nicole was born near Detroit but has lived in the U.P. most of her life. She graduated from Marquette Senior High School and attended Michigan State and Northern Michigan Universities, graduating from NMU in 1993 with a degree in English.