Southern Arkansas University
By: Houston Taylor MAGNOLIA, Ark. – Two athletes from the modern era and two from the golden era, including one of the nation’s top football coaches, and three former coaches comprise the 2008 Southern Arkansas University Sports Hall of Fame class. SAU’s sixth hall of fame class will be honored Saturday at halftime of the [...]
By: Houston Taylor MAGNOLIA, Ark. – Southern Arkansas’ 2008 Sports Hall of Fame activities originally scheduled for this weekend have been postponed until Saturday, October 25. SAU was slated to induct its sixth hall of fame class during Saturday’s football game with Henderson State, but the university will be holding family day activities instead. Family [...]
By: Houston Taylor MAGNOLIA, Ark. – The Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) has announced that 42 teams, including Southern Arkansas, have been named 2008 NCAA Division II All-Academic Teams. The Lady Muleriders were one of only four teams (Alabama-Huntsville, Arkansas Tech, Ouachita Baptist) from the Gulf South Conference to receive the honor. To receive ITA All-Academic [...]
June 10, 2008 By: Houston Taylor MAGNOLIA, Ark. – The Gulf South Conference has released the 2008 Spring All-Academic Teams, and Academic Honor Roll, which includes 34 Southern Arkansas student-athletes, six of them named to the elite conference All-Academic Teams. A total of 83 student-athletes across the league were named All-Academic, including eight three-time selections, [...]
May 27, 2008 By: Houston Taylor MAGNOLIA, Ark. – Rachel Vinsant, a member of the Southern Arkansas tennis program, has been selected for the second consecutive year to the 2008 ESPN The Magazine First Team Academic All-District VI Women’s At-Large Team. A 5-8 senior this past season, Vinsant, from Greenville, Texas, graduated Summa Cum Laude [...]
By: Houston Taylor MAGNOLIA, Ark. – Kristina Daily and Cody Jones were honored Wednesday with the coveted Auburn Smith Awards at the annual Southern Arkansas All-Sports banquet in the Grand Hall of the Donald W. Reynolds Center. Also receiving laurels were Rachel Vinsant and Johnny Fields, being named this year’s Scholar-Athlete Award winners. Director of [...]
By: Houston Taylor MAGNOLIA, Ark. – A total of 16 players highlight the 2008 All-Gulf South Conference West Division Tennis Team, with Southern Arkansas placing three on the second team. Rachel Vinsant makes her fourth appearance on the team, while Aneeka Bhalla and Meaghan Ocanas each make their first. Vinsant was a first team conference [...]
