Wingate, N.C.----The inaugural Fellowship of Christian Athletes Baseball Coaches Clinic scheduled for Saturday at Wingate University has been cancelled. The event will be rescheduled for January, 2011. For more information about FCA and its ministry in the greater Charlotte area, please contact Mr. Shannon Powell at 704-574-1012 or spowell@fca.org.

Wingate University head baseball coach Allen Osborne and his Bulldogs will focus their attention on the 2010 season opener, slated for Tuesday at Lander University. First pitch in Greenwood, S.C. is scheduled for 2 p.m.

WINGATE UNIVERSITY

Founded in 1896, Wingate University is a private four-year co-educational institution of 2,159 students offering active learning opportunities through personalized instruction, world travel, career discovery and community service.

Wingate offers more than 40 undergraduate majors in arts and sciences, business, communication, education, fine arts, music and sport sciences. It also offers graduate degrees in business, education, physician assistant studies and sport administration. In addition, the school awards the doctor of pharmacy and the doctor of education degrees.

Bulldog student-athletes compete in 19 NCAA Division II sports. Wingate University has won the South Atlantic Conference Echols Athletic Excellence Award for the past three years.

Wingate University is ranked number three among NCAA Division II Academic All-America® producing schools in the 2000’s with 34 honorees during this millennium. Only Pittsburg State (Kan.) University and Truman State (Mo.) University have produced more Academic All-America® honorees during this time period. Wingate’s 43 Academic All-America® honorees (lifetime) is tops among all SAC schools.