"With many successful wrestling programs in the Greater Cincinnati area, wrestling is a natural addition to our NCAA athletic program," said Athletic Director Terry Connor.
The new mat program will feed a need for additional collegiate wrestling opportunities in the Cincinnati metropolitan area, home to a number of successful high school wrestling programs in both Ohio and northern Kentucky. Of the four-year schools in the region, Thomas More joins Mount Saint Joseph University in offering a varsity wrestling program. Other major universities in the Cincinnati metro area -- including Northern Kentucky University, University of Cincinnati, Xavier University, and Miami University -- do not have intercollegiate wrestling.
"Thomas More College's mission encompasses helping students examine their place in the world and their responsibility to others," said school president David A. Armstrong. "By providing additional opportunities for teamwork, competition and leadership, TMC will continue its long-standing tradition of preparing the best and brightest students for future success in the world beyond our campus."
Located just ten minutes from downtown Cincinnati, Thomas More College describes itself as "a values-based liberal arts institution that is proud to be one of 10 Catholic Diocesan colleges in the nation." It was originally founded in 1921 by the Benedictine Sisters as Villa Madonna College. Its sports programs -- the Saints -- compete in NCAA Division III.
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