WINGATE, NC (David Sherwood/Wingate University) - Wingate University vice president and director of athletics Steve Poston announced Tuesday the appointment of Ann Hancock (Wingate ’92) as head women’s basketball coach.

Hancock is the fourth coach in Wingate’s storied women’s basketball history. 

Most recently, Hancock spent two seasons as an assistant women’s basketball coach at East Carolina University.

Prior to her time in Greenville, she was the head women’s basketball coach at UNC Wilmington for 10 seasons.

Hancock was an assistant coach for seven seasons at UNC Chapel Hill, helping the Tar Heels win the 1994 NCAA Division I national championship.

As a basketball student-athlete at Wingate, Hancock was all-conference and all-district for four seasons each.

“We couldn’t be more excited to welcome back Ann Hancock to Wingate University…a place where she enjoyed an outstanding academic and athletic career,” Poston says.

WINGATE, NC (Jeff Atkinson/Wingate University) - Wingate University graduated its largest class ever in the history of the Union county institution on Saturday, May 12. 

A total of 521 students made up the Class of 2012. 

They participated in commencement exercises in the University's Academic Quadrangle, which drew a crowd of nearly 4,500 people.

Twenty members of the Class of 1962 led this year's graduates in a procession into the Quad.  The only other time that's happened was 50 years ago when the Class of 1912 escorted the '62 graduating class.

In its 116th commencement, Wingate awarded its first class of doctorate of education.  Forty educators earned Ed.D. degrees.  They will get jobs as superintendents of schools at districts across the country.

A familiar face to WBTV viewers, former anchor Bob Inman, gave the Commencement address.

WINGATE, NC (Jeff Atkinson/Wingate University) - This month, Wingate University's television station, WUTV, and the University’s Marketing and Communications Department debuted a new TV show called "Wingate Today" on Channel 22 on Time Warner Cable in Union county.

The program features stories about people in the community doing great things in education and in life.

Some of the stories covered in the half-hour TV show's premiere:

• Wingate University president Jerry McGee’s induction into the N.C. Sports Hall of Fame in Raleigh
• Recent graduate who followed her passion and now teaches music at East Union Middle School
• Alternative Spring Break – students helping in the community

"Wingate Today" airs weeknights at 9:00 pm. 

A new episode will air at the beginning of each month. 

If you’d like to view on your computer click here http://youtu.be/g9Jx4jp6k30