Southern Arkansas University
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 [...]
By: Houston Taylor MAGNOLIA, Ark. – Former Southern Arkansas track and field and cross country coach and standout Dan Veach was inducted into the Arkansas Track and Field Hall of Fame Saturday at the Wyndham Riverfront Hotel in North Little Rock. Veach served 20 years (1988-2008) as both the men’s and women’s head cross country [...]
By: Houston Taylor MAGNOLIA, Ark. – Tennis student-athlete Caitlin Korensek (Ennis, Texas) and baseball standout Cannon Lester (El Dorado) were honored Wednesday with the coveted Auburn Smith Awards at the annual Southern Arkansas University All-Sports banquet in the Grand Hall of the Donald W. Reynolds Center. Also receiving laurels were volleyball’s Maggie Glover (Waxahachie, Texas) [...]
By: Houston Taylor MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Southern Arkansas’ men’s track team was among a number of schools participating Saturday in the Memphis Invitational at the Murphy Sports Complex. Both SAU’s men’s and women’s teams were scheduled to participate this weekend in the Michael Johnson Invitational at Baylor, but the men instead opted for Memphis, with [...]
