Jul 23 -- Mary Hardin-Baylor Clear Favorite
for ASC Football Crown
Mary
Hardin-Baylor has been predicted to win its third straight
American Southwest Conference football title by a vote of the
leagues nine head coaches and sports information directors
as well as selected media members, the ASC office announced on
Monday. UMHB, which reached the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division
III playoffs last season, collected 24 of the possible 27
first-place votes. Hardin-Simmons University was picked to finish
second.
Jul 23 -- Sul Ross States Barber,
UMHBs Freeman, TLUs Storrie Claim ASC Preseason
Football Honors
Sul Ross State running back T.J. Barber, Mary Hardin-Baylor
linebacker Jerrell Freeman and Texas Lutheran kicker Holt Storrie
all seniors have been selected for 2007 American
Southwest Conference preseason football individual awards, the ASC
office announced on Monday.
Jul 17 -- HSU Womens Basketball Named
Top D-III Team in Academics
The Hardin-Simmons University womens basketball team was
named the top Division III team in the nation in the Womens
Basketball Coaches Associations Academic Top 25 on Monday.
The Cowgirls had a team grade point average of 3.664. Only one
other team in the nation at any level, Division Is South
Dakota State (3.693), had a higher GPA.
Jul 16 -- Former Mary Hardin-Baylor
Football Star Kubiak Helps Team USA to Gold Medal
Former
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor football player and 2006-07
American Southwest Conference Male Athlete of the Year Josh Kubiak
led Team USA in tackles and helped it to the gold medal with a
23-20 overtime victory over Japan in the World Championship of
American Football in Kawasaki, Japan. He finished the three-game
tournament with eight tackles, two interceptions and a blocked
punt that was fallen on for a touchdown as USA went 3-0.
Jun 19 -- ASC Scholar-Athlete Award Winners
Announced
Twenty-five graduating student-athletes from 13 American
Southwest Conference member institutions have been named as
recipients of the 2006-07 ASC Scholar-Athlete Award on their
respective campuses, the league office announced on Tuesday. The
annual award is presented to one male and one female member of the
graduating class who has compiled the most outstanding record in
academics, athletics and leadership over their collegiate career.
The award is presented annually by the Faculty Athletics
Representative at each conference member institution.
Jun 14 -- Mary Hardin-Baylors Kubiak,
Howard Paynes Daniels Named ASC Athletes of the Year
Mary Hardin-Baylor senior football player Josh Kubiak and Howard
Payne junior basketball player Meia Daniels, two student-athletes
that led their respective teams to American Southwest Conference
championships and deep runs in NCAA Division III national
tournaments, have been selected as the 2006-07 ASC Athletes of the
Year, the league office announced on Thursday after a vote of ASC
sports information directors and selected media members. The award
recognizes the male and female student-athlete whose athletic
accomplishments best contributed to their sport, their institutions
overall athletic program and to the conference for the 2006-07
year.
Jun 13 -- LeTourneaus Potter,
Concordia-Austins Heckmann Named ASC Fred Jacoby
Sportsmanship Award Winners
Student-athletes
Ryan Potter of LeTourneau and Michelle Heckmann of
Concordia-Austin have been named winners of the 2006-07 American
Southwest Conference Fred Jacoby Sportsmanship Award, the ASC
office announced on Wednesday after a vote of the leagues
Directors of Athletics. The ASC Fred Jacoby Sportsmanship Award
honors a male and female student-athlete who best displays the
attributes of sportsmanship, leadership, citizenship and academic
integrity in their athletic, academic and life pursuits.
Jun 11 -- Hardin-Simmons Volleyball Player
Aguilar Selected As ASC's NCAA Woman of Year Candidate
Hardin-Simmons
University volleyball player Virginia Aguilar, a two-time American
Southwest Conference West Division Player of the Year and academic
All-American, will be the ASCs nominee on the 2007 NCAA
Woman of the Year ballot, the league office announced on Tuesday
after a vote of the conferences Directors of Athletics and
Faculty Athletics Representatives. The award honors senior
student-athletes for their cumulative collegiate achievements in
service, leadership, athletics and academics.
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May 31 -- ASC Council of Presidents
Announces 2007-08 Officers
The American Southwest Conference Council of Presidents announced
members of the 2007-08 Executive Council at the group's annual
meeting in Dallas, Texas, on May 24. Dr. R. Vic Morgan, president
of Sul Ross State University, will serve as president, Dr. Tom
Cedel, president of Concordia University at Austin, as
vice-president; and Dr. Bob Riley, president of East Texas Baptist
University, as past president. The newly-announced conference
officers begin their one-year terms on June 1.
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May 30 -- Howard Payne Tops Nation in Womens
Basketball Attendance; ASC Draws Most Fans in Division III
The
attendance at NCAA basketball games hit a record number during the
2006-07 season and American Southwest Conference program Howard
Payne University was the top womens draw in Division III
with an average of 1,490 fans over 17 regular season home games,
the NCAA announced. The ASC also had a combined attendance of
180,420 for mens and womens games better than
any other league in Division III.
May 15 -- ASC Spring 2007 All-Academic
Honors Announced
More than 300 student-athletes from 15 universities and colleges
are among the individuals recognized by the American Southwest
Conference on its Spring 2007 All-Academic honor roll, the league
office announced on Tuesday (May 15). The sports included are
baseball, softball, tennis and track and field. A total of 33
student athletic trainers and student sports information directors
were also honored.
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