Southern Arkansas University
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. – Southern Arkansas Director of Athletics Jay Adcox passed away Tuesday at approximately 6:45 p.m. in his home after a 10-month battle with cancer. Adcox had just completed his 13th year as athletic director at SAU. He was 60 and born December 24, 1950 in Snoqualmie, Wash. Adcox arrived at [...]
Contact: Houston Taylor, SID MAGNOLIA, Ark. – Southern Arkansas Director of Athletics Jay Adcox, 60, passed away Tuesday at approximately 6:45 p.m. after a 10-month battle with cancer. Adcox had just completed his 13th year as athletic director at SAU. Adcox arrived at Southern Arkansas in 1986 and served as assistant football coach for eight [...]
Contact: Houston Taylor BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Southern Arkansas volleyball standout Maggie Glover (Waxahachie, Texas) reached the pinnacle of the Gulf South Conference when she received the league’s top award in being named the winner of the 2010-11 Commissioner’s Trophy Monday at the annual GSC Awards Banquet at the Hilton Birmingham Hotel. The Commissioner’s Trophy is [...]
Contact: Houston Taylor BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Southern Arkansas volleyball standout Maggie Glover (Waxahachie, Texas) has been named one of the Gulf South Conference’s 2011 Top Ten Award winners, announced Friday by the league office. The 15th annual awards recognize the top five male and top five female student-athletes from across the conference. Based on their [...]
Contact: Houston Taylor LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Southern Arkansas Head Athletic Trainer Ken Cole has been appointed by Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe to the state Board of Athletic Training for a three-year term expiring January 14, 2014. The Arkansas State Board of Athletic Training is a licensing and regulatory organization created to issue license for [...]
Contact: Houston Taylor, SID MAGNOLIA, Ark. – Dr. Jackie T. Harrington, former Southern Arkansas University agriculture professor, baseball coach and sports information director, passed away Saturday, March 26 in Magnolia. He was 79 and born December 5, 1931 in Okolona, Ark. Fondly known as “Dr. Jack” by many, he first came to what was then [...]
