Southern Arkansas University
Contact: Houston Taylor MAGNOLIA, Ark. – Fourth-year Southern Arkansas football Coach Bill Keopple and his staff signed 27 players to national letters-of-intent Wednesday to join the Mulerider program. The class includes six transfers and 21 student-athletes who will be incoming freshmen this fall. “Like most coaches (today) we believe we’ve signed a great class,” stated [...]
Contact: Houston Taylor MAGNOLIA, Ark. – Trailblazer…pioneer…educator…coach…are some of the many words used to describe Southern Arkansas University’s Dr. Margaret R. Downing, who will be inducted into the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame Friday at Verizon Arena in North Little Rock. Downing’s long journey at SAU began in 1965 when she was named women’s basketball [...]
Contact: Houston Taylor MAGNOLIA, Ark. – The Southern Arkansas University Foundation will host the second annual Rip Powell Invitational Golf Tournament beginning at 8 a.m. Friday, April 13, at Magnolia Country Club. Proceeds from the tournament will benefit the Mulerider football program and will be part of a campaign to name the field at Wilkins [...]
Contact: Houston Taylor LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Southern Arkansas running back Mark Johnson (5-7, 198, RsSo., Longview, Texas) will be honored January 27 at 11 a.m. at the eighth annual Little Rock Touchdown Club awards banquet at the Peabody Hotel in Little Rock. Johnson is one of 11 state collegiate football players selected to represent [...]
Contact: Houston Taylor PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – Former Southern Arkansas All-America defensive tackle Cedric Thornton (Star City) has been promoted to the Philadelphia Eagles’ active 53-man roster, as announced Monday by the club. Thornton (6-4, 309) fills the roster void left after Philadelphia placed wide receiver Steve Smith on season-ending injured reserve with a deep bone [...]
Contact: Houston Taylor RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – Southern Arkansas is represented by two players on the inaugural 2011 All-Great American Conference football team released by the league office Tuesday, with three others receiving honorable mention. Running back Mark Johnson (5-7, 198, Soph., Longview, Texas) was a first team selection, and offensive guard Allen Hale (6-4, 323, [...]
Contact: Houston Taylor ADA, Okla. – Southern Arkansas trailed 35-0 at halftime and surrendered 42 unanswered points to East Central (Okla.) en route to a season-ending 49-6 loss to the Tigers in Great American Conference play Saturday at Norris Field. The Muleriders finish the year at 3-7 and 3-4 in GAC play, while ECU closes [...]