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Wahl Earns All-Region Honor; Bucs’ National Ranking Sets New High for ETSU Women’s Golf

Wahl Earns All-Region Honor; Bucs’ National Ranking Sets New High for ETSU Women’s Golf

Though the season may be over, the ETSU women’s golf team continues to get good news. Last week, junior Gabriella Wahl (Heidenheim, Germany) was named to the Women’s Golf Coaches Association’s All-Region team, earning a spot on the east squad thanks to her fabulous play throughout the year – in particular during both the NCAA […]

Tennessee Student-Athletes Post 3.03 GPA in Spring 2014 Semester

Tennessee Student-Athletes Post 3.03 GPA in Spring 2014 Semester

For the third consecutive semester overall and the third consecutive spring semester, University of Tennessee student-athletes have posted a collective GPA above 3.0, finishing the Spring 2014 semester with a 3.03 GPA. For the first time in school history, as many as 12 teams have recorded a GPA of 3.0 or higher, one more than […]

Hensley Garners All-American Honor from Daktronics

Hensley Garners All-American Honor from Daktronics

Carson-Newman softball leftfielder Kelli Hensley (Knoxville, Tenn.) has been named to the Daktronics’ honorable mention All-American team.  Daktronics’ All-American teams are voted on by college’s sports information directors nationwide.    Hensley only set the South Atlantic Conference and school records for hits in a single season with 92.  In the process, she batted .492, the […]

Carson-Newman New signees commit for upcoming fall season

Carson-Newman New signees commit for upcoming fall season

The Carson-Newman men’s soccer team has added four more players to its 2014 roster. Alexander White, son to Donald and Jacqueline White, is a 6’0” midfielder from Glasgow, Scotland. White is the program’s first Scottish player since head coach Richard Moodie was a player himself. White graduated from Eastbank Academy in 2010. While there, White’s team […]

TUSCULUM WOMEN’S TENNIS ENDS SEASON NATIONALLY RANKED

TUSCULUM WOMEN’S TENNIS ENDS SEASON NATIONALLY RANKED

The Tusculum College women’s tennis team has ended the 2013-14 listed 39th in the country according to the final Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s NCAA Division II Poll. The Pioneers also finished seventh in the final ITA/NCAA II Southeast Region rankings. This marks the sixth time since becoming a NCAA II member that the Pioneers have ended […]

ETSU SPORTS – Track & field to compete four at NCAA East Regionals

ETSU SPORTS – Track & field to compete four at NCAA East Regionals

Following strong performances at the Atlantic Sun Outdoor Championships two weeks ago, four qualifying members of the ETSU track & field program will compete over three days at the NCAA Division I East Region Preliminaries, beginning Thursday, at Hodges Stadium on the University of North Florida campus. After an outdoor season that featured numerous notable […]

ETSU – Chase captures consecutive A-Sun Scholar-Athlete accolades

ETSU – Chase captures consecutive A-Sun Scholar-Athlete accolades

Junior distance runner Adam Chase (Kingsport, Tenn.) was named Atlantic Sun Men’s Outdoor Track & Field Scholar-Athlete of the Year, while Anders Ludvigsen (Odense, Denmark), Lexie Burley (Johnson City, Tenn.) and Verena Tobis (Hechingen, Germany) were selected to the Academic All-Conference Team, the league office announced Wednesday. This honor is the second-straight season in which […]

Three Committ to Tusculum Cross Country Program

Three Committ to Tusculum Cross Country Program

Three student-athletes from Daniel Boone High School have committed to attend Tusculum College and compete on the Pioneer cross country team announced TC head coach Cory Pratt. Joining the Pioneers this coming fall are Jacob Cutshall, Sierra Hanson and Caleb Cutshall.  The Trailblazer trio was coached by Len Jeffers.  On the boys’ side, the Trailblazers […]

Cheyenne Upton Commits to Tusculum Women’s Soccer

Cheyenne Upton Commits to Tusculum Women’s Soccer

Cheyenne Upton will attend Tusculum College and play soccer for the Pioneers announced TC women’s coach Mike Joy. Upton, a native of Greeneville, Tenn., is a graduate of South Greene High School where she has numerous accolades during her prep career. She played her first two prep seasons on the South Greene boys team, before […]

Tusculum Men’s Lacrosse Raises Funds, Awareness for Wounded Warrior Project

Tusculum Men’s Lacrosse Raises Funds, Awareness for Wounded Warrior Project

The Tusculum College men’s lacrosse team has raised over $700 for the Wounded Warrior Project®. The Pioneers conducted various fundraising activities held in conjunction with the team’s season finale contest against Alderson-Broaddus College on April 24. Tusculum won the game 25-7 to end its inaugural season with a 5-8 overall record. The Wounded Warrior Project® […]

Field Turf Installation Complete at Burke-Tarr Stadium

Crews finished growing Burke-Tarr Stadium’s new turf in early May, now Carson-Newman football has a fresh cut lawn on which to play featuring Shaw Sports Turf’s Bolt fiber.  The new turf features the iconic Eagle head at midfield.  The new version features a blue outline that pops the logo off the field.  An orange band […]

Wahl set to begin play at NCAA Division I Championships

Wahl set to begin play at NCAA Division I Championships

ETSU junior Gabriella Wahl (Heidenheim, Germany) is just hours away from facing the toughest individual challenge of her college golf career – and she couldn’t be happier. When she walks onto the golf course at the Tulsa County Club on Tuesday, Wahl will become only the second ETSU women’s golfer to ever compete in the […]

CN – Eagles debut 2014 football schedule

In Ken Sparks’ 35th year at the helm of the Carson-Newman football program, the Eagles will play a schedule featuring five home games, including a  Thursday night contest to open the season against a PSAC school. For the third consecutive year, the Eagles will open under the lights at Burke-Tarr Stadium on a Thursday night. […]

Edwards To Continue Football Career at Berry College

Edwards To Continue Football Career at Berry College

Jefferson County Senior Shayne Edwards signed his Letter of Intent to continue his football career at Berry College in Mt Berry, Georgia. Berry College held its inaugural football season in 2013 and that is something Edwards likes, “They are really young right now, so I hope to get some playing time as a freshman.” The […]

UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE ANNOUNCES 2012-13 ACADEMIC PROGRESS RATES

UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE ANNOUNCES 2012-13 ACADEMIC PROGRESS RATES

The University of Tennessee announced Academic Progress Rates (APR) for its athletics teams on Wednesday, including four programs that received APR Public Recognition Awards for recording a multi-year APR landing in the top 10 percent of their respective sport nationally: women’s cross country, rowing, softball, and women’s tennis, with all four earning a 1000 APR […]

ETSU – Appalachian State rallies past Bucs in extras, 9-5

ETSU – Appalachian State rallies past Bucs in extras, 9-5

In a game that started with a 90-minute weather delay, it ended with Appalachian State pouring it on ETSU as the Mountaineers scored four two-out runs in the top of the 10th to rally past the Buccaneers, 9-5, on early Wednesday morning at Thomas Stadium. Despite leading 5-3 after five innings of play, the Buccaneer […]