Editor’s note: Chrissi Rawak, director of athletics, community and campus recreation, shared her thoughts on the University of Delaware’s athletic accomplishments in a letter to the Blue Hen community as a part of 2022-23 year in review.

To Our Blue Hens Family,

What a year 2022-23 was for our Blue Hens. This marked year seven that I’ve had the pleasure of leading Delaware Athletics, Community and Campus Recreation. I am incredibly proUD of our student-athletes, coaches, and staff for the remarkable accomplishments we continue to achieve.

We won five CAA Championships, had a pair of NCAA Tournament victories, sent one individual and one doubles pair to NCAA Tournaments, won an ITA Regional Championship for the first time ever, and won three spirit national championships. We had 91 All-CAA honorees, 14 CAA major award winners, nine All-Americans, and six national players of the week. We finished 114th out of 362 eligible division I institutions in the Learfield Directors’ Cup, showing our continued pursuit of excellence on the national stage.

Our Blue Hens posted the highest annual GPA ever at 3.286. The group posted a cumulative 3.0 GPA for the ninth-straight year and 19th-consecutive semester. Our student-athletes participated in a number of community service initiatives and represented the 302 with pride.

As part of our initiative to engage the community, our student-athletes and staff kicked off the annual 302 Tour in which we traveled the great state of Delaware. The trip consisted of service projects, community engagement initiatives, and some fun, too.

Between our athletic competitions, recreation offerings, events, ice arena programs and pool, we had over a million visits to our campus facilities by community members for the second-straight academic year.

There is so much to celebrate and I know we will continue to make everyone proUD.

Go Hens!

Chrissi Rawak

Director of Athletics, Community, and Campus Recreation

To read more about Blue Hen athletic accomplishments during the 2022-23 year, please visit bluehens.com.