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Guy earns two weekly honors

Sarah Loesch, Sports Editor January 26, 2016

Johnnie Guy was named the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches’ Association Division II National Athlete of the Week and the Great Lakes Valley Conference Men’s Track Athlete of the Week. The...

Hammonds earns second place

Sarah Loesch, Sports Editor January 26, 2016

Micheal Hammonds finished in second place at the University of Indianapolis Collegiate Invitational this weekend for the shot put and weight throw. Hammond previously set a school record for the shot...

Softball team get top-five prediction

Sarah Loesch, Sports Editor January 26, 2016

The softball team is predicted to finish in fifth-place this season in the conference by GLVC coaches. The team finished last season 39-11, but lost two of its top players when second baseman MacKenzi...

Adkins, Moore earn first place finishes

Sarah Loesch, Sports Editor January 20, 2016

The women’s track and field team finished both the 3,000 meter and the weight throw with success during the Little Giant Invitational. The top seven runners were made up entirely of USI athletes in...

Track and field earns top five finishes

Sarah Loesch, Sports Editor January 20, 2016

Johnnie Guy led the men’s track and field team in its indoor season- opener this past weekend at the Little Giant Open. The senior finished the mile in four minutes 15.22 seconds to receive an NCAA...

Kuester to enter Hall of Fame

Sarah Loesch, Sports Editor January 12, 2016

Brian Kuester, a former USI baseball player, will be inducted into the Indiana Baseball Hall of Fame this month. He is entering as a coach of the South Spencer High School Rebels. He coached the team...

Three Eagles place in ITA poll

Sarah Loesch, Sports Editor January 12, 2016

USI men’s tennis begins Feb. 5, and the team is ranked 32nd in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) poll nationally, and fourth in the midwest. This is the fourth straight season the Eagles...

Baseball ranked 33rd

Sarah Loesch, Sports Editor January 12, 2016

The baseball team ranked 33rd this year in the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Preseason Poll. The team ranked 33rd in 2010 when it won the national championship, and in the past nine years it has ranked...

Tennis adds on for fall season

Sarah Loesch, Sports Editor December 9, 2015

The women’s tennis team signed one high school senior to a national letter of intent for the fall 2016 season. Lauren Hambrock will join the Eagles after completing her final year at Terre Haute South...

Eagles sign ‘winner’

Sarah Loesch, Sports Editor December 9, 2015

Head coach of the women’s basketball team, Rick Stein, is excited for the team’s first early recruit. The team signed guard/forward Morgan Sherwood, a current high school senior at Charleston High...

Eagles ranked 14 in early poll

Sarah Loesch, Sports Editor December 1, 2015

Men’s indoor track & field received a midway ranking in the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches' Association preseason poll. The team took the number 14 spot on the list out of 25...

Baseball adds seven incoming freshmen

Sarah Loesch, Sports Editor December 1, 2015

Early signing started for baseball and USI took the opportunity to sign seven incoming freshmen. Five of the players will come from Indiana and two from Kentucky. Three of the five Indiana players...

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