Southern Arkansas University
MAGNOLIA, Ark. – Southern Arkansas University is now a member of the Great American Conference. SAU joins a nine-member league that includes six NCAA Division II universities from Arkansas and three from Oklahoma. The formal announcement of the new conference name was made today by the chief executive officers of the nine member institutions – [...]
Contact: Houston Taylor MAGNOLIA, Ark. – Former Southern Arkansas coaching great, Raymond (Rip) Powell, passed away Friday evening, October 29 at the LSU Health Science Center in Shreveport, La. He was 79 and born August 10, 1931 in Thornburg, Ark. Powell served as head football coach at Southern Arkansas from 1969-1978 and head track and [...]
Birmingham, AL—The Gulf South Conference has reached a transition agreement plan with its six Arkansas members whereby those schools will exit the Conference after the 2010-11 season in all sports other than men’s soccer. Other terms of the agreement include: 1) Each Arkansas school playing at least three football games against each of the remaining [...]
By: Houston Taylor GSC Spring All-Decade Teams BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Southern Arkansas is represented by 18 selections across three sports on the Gulf South Conference spring All-Decade teams released Thursday, highlighted by the Muleriders being honored as the baseball team of the decade, and placing 12 members on the baseball West Division All-Decade squad. The [...]
RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – The chief executive officers of nine universities in Arkansas and Oklahoma announced on Tuesday, July 13, 2010, that they intend to apply to the National Collegiate Athletic Association for permission to create a new NCAA Division II conference. The members of the proposed new conference would be the University of Arkansas at [...]
STATEMENT FROM: Jack Lassiter, Chancellor, University of Arkansas at Monticello Robert C. Brown, President, Arkansas Tech University John Hargrave, President, East Central University David Burks, President, Harding University Charles Welch, President, Henderson State University Rex Horne, President, Ouachita Baptist University Larry Minks, President, Southeastern Oklahoma State University David Rankin, President, Southern Arkansas University Randy Beutler, [...]
It has been noted that discussions have taken place between the Arkansas member institutions of the Gulf South Conference (GSC) and some Oklahoma institutions gauging interest in forming a new athletic conference. Most of the GSC presidents and chancellors are attending the NCAA Division II President’s and Chancellor’s Summit in Indianapolis this weekend and will [...]
