WHOTV Channel 13 // Story on the Powerlifting Team // Video

John Sears of the Des Moines news channel,WHOTV Channel 13, visited campus on Monday to do a story on the Woodward Academy powerlifting team that aired on March 31 on the 10 o'clock news. You can see the news segment in the embedded video. Head coach Guthrey Fritz along with lifters Julious Walker and Hector Espinoza were interviewed for the segment that highlighted the Knights 10 straight powerlifting National Championships and Julious' 5 American records. This story continues the string of positive publicity that the Knights have received in the past month when many news outlets reported on the Knights basketball team.

Des Moines Register / Iowa Public Radio (March 9, 2015)

In preparation for the start of the Iowa high school boys state tournament, a couple media outlets ran stories on the Woodward Academy Knights basketball team and their unprecedented entrance into the tourney. The Des Moines Register ran a cover story on the Knights with senior guard Preston Brittain on the cover. You can read the article by clicking here or we have posted the entire story after the break. Also, Iowa Public Radio ran a feature story that aired Monday morning. You can listen to that story here. Go Knights!

WOODWARD, Ia. – Woodward Academy's biggest upset has been keeping its team together.

The residential center for delinquent boys is experiencing unprecedented success in high school basketball this season, with players brought together by the happenstance of assigned treatment and a love of sports.

Behavioral programs and basketball playoffs have joined in harmony.

KCCI Channel 8 Story // Behind the Scenes // Video

Mark Tauscheck of the Des Moines news channel, KCCI Channel 8, visited campus on Monday to do a story on the Woodward Academy basketball team that aired on the 6 o'clock news. You can see the news segment in the embedded video along with some behind the scenes shots of the interview. Head coach Dustin Sperling along with players Ivan Johnson and Preston Brittain were interviewed for the segment. Since the news story aired on Monday in Iowa, we have received word that it has also played in other states including Texas, Pennsylvania, and Alabama.

Stay Connected with the Knights

There are a lot of ways to stay connected with Woodward Academy. This blog is one of the most popular ways to get recent information about the happenings on campus. Updated several times a month, this is often the first place where you can get the latest in WA news. But there are other avenues to learn about what Woodward Academy offers its students as well. Our quarterly newsletter, The Knightly Knews, has a circulation of approximately 800 of which we either mail directly or can be picked up on campus. You can also download a pdf version of past issues by clicking here.

If you're new to Woodward Academy, our website is a great place to start to get an overview of campus life. You can get there by clicking here. From the site, you can watch our latest promotional video (which is embedded below) and download our mobile web application. Both of these are great overviews of WA and show things like dorm life, education, athletics, and vocations. The mobile web application in particular is a great tool because it is something you can download onto your iPhone, iPad, or Android device and take with you wherever you go. It also has the video embedded in the application so it can be viewed anywhere. So get connected and stay in touch with the Knights.

Install WA's New Mobile Web Application // Video

At the Open House yesterday, Woodward Academy's new mobile web application was unveiled and you can install it today. The web app is the next step in helping communicate to those outside of Woodward Academy's campus of all of the opportunities afforded to students. Titled "The Woodward Academy Experience" the app showcases WA's different programs, dorm life, athletics, vocations, and educational opportunities.

The cool thing is that it is something that you can always take with you. Once installed on your iPhone, iPad, or Android device, you can access the information anytime. The app also links directly to our blog and has icons where you can directly contact WA by phone or email. After you take a look at it, there are also icons that help you share the app with others.

We are really excited about the new app and hope that you take time to get it installed today and share it with others. We would love to get it on as many phones as possible. After the break, you can watch a video that presents the the purpose behind the app and how simple it is to get it installed.