BRISTOL, R.I. – Our fifth day of Hawk Headlines recognizes the addition of three new varsity sports with two beginning competitions in the 2025-26 season.
 
RWU will be the ninth institution to sponsor Men's Ice Hockey in the competitive Conference of New England (CNE) during the 2025-26 year, while the Women's Ice Hockey program will be the eighth institutional sponsor within the conference when they begin competition in the 2026-27 year.

With Women's Golf added to Roger Williams University's offerings in 2025-26, the Hawks will be the sixth CNE school to offer the sport, enough programs to secure an automatic NCAA post-season bid for the conference champion.
 
The Hawks have also announced the appointment of Chris Hall as the Head Coach of Men's Ice Hockey which is one of two programs that will begin competition alongside women's golf  will begin competition next season.
 
Ebzery came too RWU in 2022 as an assistant coach for the RWU Men's Golf team while Hall was selected after working the bench with Babson.