A common adage around Northwestern’s campus is that if students can endure a dreary, bleak winter, a blossoming, rejuvenating spring will follow. That principle proved true in more than one way in 2022.
After up-and-down seasons from the Wildcats’ football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball teams, NU’s spring squads stole the spotlight. Softball made the Women’s College World Series for the first time in 15 years; lacrosse earned its third straight Final Four trip and nearly beat eventual national champion UNC; baseball showed flashes of competitiveness despite a rocky finish.
Even though its inaugural game in Dublin, Ireland is still over 75 days away, Northwestern football followed suit, capitalizing on a breathtaking late spring to accrue a spectacular recruiting class for 2023.