NEWPORT NEWS — Ascending the stairs to Christopher Newport’s athletics offices, the plaque and photo honoring C.J. Woollum — “Beloved leader, coach and friend,” reads the inscription — are immediately visible.
Woollum was also a visionary, and what he imagined for the Captains was Division III national prominence in all sports.
Oh, if only folks could see him beaming now.
Last Saturday, CNU won its first men’s basketball national championship with a 74-72 victory over Mount Union of Ohio. Next Saturday, the undefeated CNU women play for their first NCAA title against unbeaten Transylvania of Kentucky.