Eagle Alum Leatherwood Joins Coaching Staff at Division III Hampden-Sydney
Former Carson-Newman men’s basketball guard/point center Kevin Leatherwood (Charlottesville, Va.) will continue his hoops career by joining Dee Vick’s coaching staff as an assistant coach at Hampden-Sydney in Hampden-Sydney, Va. Leatherwood becomes the fourth men’s hoops graduate in the last two years to stay in basketball after graduation. He joins Collin Crane – the basketball […]
Enoch Post 73 in First Round of Open Championship
The first round of the 2014 Open Championship came to an end Thursday evening and former ETSU men’s golfer Rhys Enoch (Cornwall, England) finished with a 1-over-par 73 at Royal Liverpool Golf Club. Enoch, who was in the second-to-last group to tee off in round one, enters Friday’s second round in a tie for 66th […]
Tusculum Basketball Offensive Skills Camp this Month
The Tusculum College men’s basketball team will host its Offensive Skills and Shooting Camp, July 30-August 1 at Pioneer Arena on the Greeneville campus and will be conducted by Tusculum College basketball coaches and players. The Offensive Skills & Shooting Camp (July 30-August 1) will be conducted 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. daily and is […]
Roberts Continues Hot Streak in South Florida Collegiate League
Carson-Newman third baseman Brandon Roberts (Davie, Fla.) has turned up the thermostat on his bat in the South Florida Collegiate League to torrid temperatures. The rising junior is batting .404 for the South Florida Breakers in 47 at bats. He has a trio of multi-hit games in his last seven outings. Among those is a […]
ETSU Plans Second Annual Football Coaching Clinic
The East Tennessee State University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics announced Monday that it will host the second annual Carl Torbush/ETSU Football Coaching Clinic presented by Appalachian Orthopaedic Associates on Saturday, July 19th inside the Martha Culp Auditorium on the ETSU campus. The clinic, which will run from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m., will feature Torbush […]
Three Pioneers Named to WGCA All-America Scholar Team
Tusculum College women’s golfers Sara Howard, Calley Lawson and Alec Cunningham have been named to the 2013-2014 Women’s Golf Coaches Association Division II All-American Scholar Team. Criteria for the WGCA All-America Scholar Team include: having a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.50 and have participated in 50 percent of the team’s competitive rounds. The […]
C-N Football Assistant Spearheads Wounded Warrior Golf Tournament
Carson-Newman assistant coach Tony Ierulli is one of two tournament directors for the Support The Wounded Warrior Golf Tournament, which is slated for Monday, July 7th at Green Meadow Country Club in Alcoa, Tenn. Registration will begin at 11:00 a.m., and lunch will be served at noon. The four-man scramble shotgun start will begin at […]
C-N Football Tickets on Sale
Carson-Newman football season tickets are on sale for the upcoming 2014 season. Season tickets for chairbacks are 75 dollars per seat for all ages and 50 dollars a seat for reserve bench seating. Individual game chairback and reserve bench tickets are 18 and 12 dollars. Call 865-471-3396 for tickets. The schedule opens for the third […]
Voice of the Eagles Finishes in Top Three for National Play-by-Play Award
Carson-Newman’s play-by-play voice has finished in the top three for Stretch Internet’s Call of the Year. Adam Cavalier, the contest’s inaugural champion, finished behind this year’s winner from Marygrove College for the program’s announcer’s final call of the volleyball program’s first ever conference win. The winning entry can be found at this link. Cavalier’s entry […]
C-N Volleyball Unveils 2014 Schedule
Carson-Newman volleyball will face off with five schools which made the NCAA tournament during the 2014 season and travel cross country to California to play in a tournament. “I like the fact that we’re going to get a chance to play some of the best D2 programs out in California to open the year,” C-N […]
Needs Rejoins C-N Football Staff as Wide Recievers Coach
Carson-Newman’s head track and field coach is back on 35th year head football coach Ken Sparks’ coaching staff. David Needs rejoins the program as an assistant coach for the wide receivers. His duties as head track and field coach will remain his primary duties within the athletic department. Needs replaces Derek Rang who moves on […]
C-N Football Factors Prominently in Preseason Magazine Prognostications
Carson-Newman football has received some love from two preseason publications. The Eagles are ranked 18th in The Sporting News’ preseason poll and 14th in Lindys. In addition, Carson-Newman defensive back EJ Jacob has been named a preseason first team All-American by Lindys. Jacob was second in the SAC with his five picks last year. With […]
Blogging from the Bahamas with Coach Ezell
Serving as assistant coach for the Bahamas women’s national basketball team, ETSU head coach Brittney Ezell will document her experiences with the team over the next month as they prepare for competition in the Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) Games. Below is coach Ezell’s first post in a series of installments: June 23 -24 Day 1 […]
Sarmiento Named SAC Presidents Award Winner for Second Straight Year
Tusculum College volleyball student-athlete Ashley Sarmiento is this year’s recipient of the South Atlantic Conference Presidents Award, following a vote of the league’s Faculty Athletic Representatives at the annual SAC Business Meetings in Asheville, North Carolina. Sarmiento is the female recipient of the SAC Presidents Award for a second straight year, while Wingate University quarterback […]
Cooper Repeats as Capital One Academic All-American
Tusculum College junior David Cooper has been named to the 2013-14 Capital One Division II Academic All-America® Men’s Cross Country/Track & Field first team as selected by members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Cooper garners Academic All-America® honors in consecutive seasons, earning second team distinction last year. Cooper, a native of […]
ETSU Football’s Teddy Gaines Set to Perform at DWTTS
During his football career, Teddy Gaines’ athletic skills helped him become a standout defensive back at Dobyns-Bennett High School, a national champion at the University of Tennessee, and ultimately an NFL player. Now he’s hoping some of those talents help him survive Saturday night. Gaines will be one of 10 local celebrities to compete this […]
