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Two SAU Baseball Players Drafted

sw-web — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:10:43 +0000

Seniors James Schroeder, third baseman, and Aaron Terry, right handed pitcher, were both selected on day three of the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft. Schroeder was selected in the 33rd round by the New York Mets and Terry was taken in the 42nd round by the St. Louis Cardinals.

Rankin Selected to NCAA Division II Council

Houston Taylor — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:13:18 +0000

Contact: Rebecca Bell MAGNOLIA– Dr. David Rankin, president of Southern Arkansas University, has been selected as a member of the NCAA Division II President’s Council. His appointment fills a vacancy in the southern region, and his term expires in January 2012. The President’s Council is a 15 member body with representation based on weighted regional [...]

Keopple Named New SAU Football Coach

Houston Taylor — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 17:43:08 +0000

By: Houston Taylor MAGNOLIA, Ark. – Bill Keopple was introduced as the 19th head football coach at Southern Arkansas University in a press conference Friday in Overstreet Hall on the university campus. He has served the past six years as head coach at Texarkana Arkansas High School. Keopple brings 25 years of coaching experience to [...]

SOUTHERN ARKANSAS IS NO. 1!

Houston Taylor — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:28:04 +0000

Collegiate Baseball poll.pdf Ping! poll.pdf By: Houston Taylor MAGNOLIA, Ark. – For the first time in Southern Arkansas baseball history, the Muleriders have reached a new zenith, in being ranked first in the nation by both the coaches’ Collegiate Baseball and the Ping! Baseball polls released this week. SAU’s 5-0 record this past week vaulted [...]

SAU Sports Hall of Fame Will Induct Eight

Houston Taylor — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 13:32:58 +0000

MAGNOLIA, Ark. – Four student-athletes from the golden era and four from the modern era will be inducted into the 2007 Southern Arkansas University Sports Hall of Fame this weekend. SAU’s fifth Sports Hall of Fame class will be honored at halftime of the Mulerider football game against Valdosta State on Saturday. Kickoff is set for 1 p.m. at Wilkins Stadium.

Athletes to be recognized from the golden era

Babineaux Rewarded with Five-Year Contract Extension

Houston Taylor — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:03:10 +0000

MAGNOLIA, Ark. – Former Southern Arkansas defensive back Jordan Babineaux was rewarded by the Seattle Seahawks Tuesday with a five-year contract extension worth $10 million. Combined with incentives, the total package could be worth as much as $17 million, and there is $3 million of guarantees in the deal.

Babineaux was set to be a free agent after this season, but is now signed in

SAU’s McDonald Named Pre-Season All-America

Houston Taylor — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 15:55:16 +0000

MAGNOLIA, Ark. – Southern Arkansas is represented by fullback Tony McDonald on the 2007 Don Hansen’s Football Gazette Pre-Season All-America Team. The team is comprised of 155 players representing all four geographic regions of NCAA Division II. McDonald was an honorable mention All-America and First Team All-Southeast Region selection on last year’s post-season Football Gazette [...]

Harding Picked to Win West, SAU Sixth in Volleyball

Houston Taylor — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 15:46:04 +0000

MAGNOLIA, Ark. – Five-time defending champion Harding collected five first-place votes on its way to 35 points in being picked again to win the Gulf South Conference West Division championship, according to the 2007 GSC volleyball pre-season coaches’ poll released Thursday. Henderson State picked up the other two first-place votes and finished with 32 points [...]

Babineaux Injures Knee

Houston Taylor — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 15:38:40 +0000

MAGNOLIA, Ark. – Former Southern Arkansas All-American Jordan Babineaux’s 2007 pre-season camp didn’t start they way he wanted as the Seattle Seahawk safety suffered a knee injury in the team’s first practice on Sunday that will sideline him for three to four weeks. The injury occurred when Babineaux got tangled up with a receiver going [...]

GSC Releases Pre-Season Football Poll and All-Conference Team

Houston Taylor — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 15:32:54 +0000

MAGNOLIA, Ark. – North Alabama has been picked to defend its 2006 Gulf South Conference football championship, gaining the top spot from the league’s coaches in the annual GSC Pre-Season football poll released today (Tuesday).It’s the second consecutive year that the Lions received top billing from the league’s coaches, garnering 95 total points behind six [...]

Mulerider Summer Basketball Camps Scheduled

Houston Taylor — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 18:51:51 +0000

MAGNOLIA, Ark. – Southern Arkansas University Head Coach Eric Bozeman has announced two Mulerider basketball camps that will be held in July. An individual junior and senior high camp is set for July 15-19 and an elementary day camp will run from July 23-25.

Bozeman is entering his third season at SAU, after having served as an assistant coach at Ole Miss for seven years. Some of the top

SAU Places Five on Academic All-District Teams

Houston Taylor — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 16:10:35 +0000

MAGNOLIA, Ark. – Southern Arkansas student-athletes make up one-fourth of the 2007 ESPN The Magazine First Team Academic All-District VI men’s and women’s track and field and cross country teams, placing five among the 20 honorees on the two teams, which were released Thursday. The Muleriders placed two on the men’s 10-man team, represented by [...]

GSC Announces 2007 Spring All-Academic Teams

Houston Taylor — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 16:01:30 +0000

MAGNOLIA, Ark. – The Gulf South Conference has released the 2007 Havoc Spring All-Academic Teams, and Academic Honor Roll, which includes 36 Southern Arkansas University student-athletes, six of them named to the elite conference All-Academic Teams. A total of 80 student-athletes across the league were named All-Academic, including three three-time selections, and 20 who were members of the 2006 team.

The GSC All-Academic Teams are nominated by the conference sports

Walker Foundation Honored at Mulerider Baseball Game

Shelley Keith — Mon, 07 May 2007 18:32:50 +0000

Southern Arkansas University baseball head coach Allen Gum and his team presented in gratitude their most esteemed award to guests from the Willard and Pat Walker Charitable Foundation prior to the game at SAU Saturday, April 28. SAU Mulerider baseball coach Alan Gum shows his appreciation to the Walker Foundation Saturday, April 28, as he [...]

Southern Arkansas Hosts Annual All-Sports Banquet

Shelley Keith — Tue, 01 May 2007 18:45:41 +0000

MAGNOLIA, Ark. – Whitney Brannon and Skyler Stromsmoe were honored Tuesday 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 Nelly Tualla and Brian (Scooter) Hendrickson, being named this year’s Scholar-Athlete Award winners. Director of Athletics, Jay Adcox, presented the annual honors.

SAU has Five Named to All-GSC Football Team

Shelley Keith — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 13:43:27 +0000

MAGNOLIA, Ark. – Southern Arkansas University is represented by five players on the All-Gulf South Conference football team that was released from the conference office today (Thursday). The Muleriders had one named on the First Team and four on the Second Team.

GSC champion North Alabama led the way with 10 First Team All-GSC picks, and added two Second team members, tying Delta State with 12 overall members. The

Former Muleriders Named All-Stars, Face Each Other in Playoffs

Shelley Keith — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 16:05:36 +0000

MAGNOLIA, Ark. – The Canadian Football League (CFL) has announced that former Southern Arkansas University Muleriders Nik Lewis and Fred Perry have both been named 2006 West Division All-Stars. Lewis, an All-American wide receiver and punt return specialist at SAU from 2001-03, was selected as a wide receiver, while Perry, an All-American linebacker and punt [...]

Daily Named Second Team All-GSC

Shelley Keith — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 17:47:10 +0000

MAGNOLIA, Ark. – Kristina Daily, a 5-9 middle blocker for the Southern Arkansas University Lady Mulerider volleyball team, has been named Second Team All-Gulf South Conference on the West Division team. A junior out of Cypress Falls High School in Houston, Texas, Daily has been a three-year starter for SAU. She finished the 2006 season [...]

Seven to be Inducted into SAU Sports Hall of Fame

Shelley Keith — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 18:03:49 +0000

MAGNOLIA, Ark. - A former coach, a student-athlete from the golden era, four more from the modern era, and one for meritorious service, will be inducted into the 2006 Southern Arkansas University Sports Hall of Fame. SAU’s fourth Hall of Fame class will be honored at halftime of the Mulerider football game against Delta State University, September 30.

The former coach to be inducted is Monroe Ingram. Athletes to

Public Invited to Kick-Off Party for New Football Turf

Shelley Keith — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 18:06:41 +0000

MAGNOLIA, Ark. – The public is invited to “Romp with the Muleriders” at a kick-off party from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at Wilkins Stadium on Thursday, Sept. 21, on the campus of Southern Arkansas University, Magnolia, to celebrate the completion of the new turf at the field.

Community members will have an opportunity to interact with student-athletes on the field and get an up-close view of the surface. Hot dogs and