2015-2016 By Jeff Kelly, Sports Information Coordinator The Austin College football team completed a solid season in 2015, going 5-5 behind the strong play of running back Madison Ross ’16, who led the SCAC in rushing. Ross was named a First Team Academic All-American for the second straight year. Cooper Woodyard ’17 was the SCAC… [Read More]
News from the Football Field
Football to Make Switch to Southern Athletic Association Beginning in 2017, the Austin College football team will compete as an affiliate member of the Southern Athletic Association (SAA). Both Austin College and Trinity University will join the SAA in football only, continuing membership in the SCAC across all other sports. “We are so pleased that… [Read More]
Kangaroo Honors
For the Record Two long-standing Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) records were broken by Austin College student-athletes during 2014-2015. Andrew Celio ’15, a three-year starter at goalkeeper on the ’Roo soccer team, set a new single-game record with 22 saves during a game against Trinity University. His teammates selected him to receive the team’s Clayton… [Read More]
Exceptional Players
Outstanding Athletes Football player Madison Ross ’16 and swimmer Lauren Wheeler ’16 are the 2015 Pete Cawthon Outstanding Male Athlete and Gene Day Outstanding Female Athlete. The awards confirm the coaching staff’s decision in 2013 when the two athletes received the Tim Jubela Outstanding Freshman Awards. Ross, a three-year starting running back, earned numerous accolades… [Read More]
Top Awards for Top Athletes
Outstanding Senior Athlete Awards Excellence and leadership come with experience and two Kangaroos have exhibited all aspects of team leadership. Winner of the Pete Cawthon Outstanding Male Athlete Award was Nathan Packard of the football squad. The Gene Day Outstanding Female Athlete Award honoree was Shelby Eaves of the volleyball squad. After earning preseason All-America… [Read More]
For the Record Books
1,000 Points and Counting Only 18 players in the history of Austin College men’s basketball have reached the 1,000-point career-scoring mark. Ransom Okpala ’14 is the latest to make the list, reaching 1,000 points during a January game against Texas Lutheran University. A 5-foot-11 guard, he completed majors in business administration and economics. Ransom received… [Read More]
Still Got Game
Alumni basketball players returned to Hughey Gym in February, some to take the court, others for a chance to visit with teammates, athletics director David Norman ’83, and ’Roo basketball coaches Rodney Wecker and Michelle Filander. Soccer alumni also returned to campus for competition this spring. Stay informed of all the latest athletics news and… [Read More]
A New Look on the Soccer Field
When the Austin College men’s and women’s soccer teams take the field this fall, they’ll do so on an improved North Field, if alumni donations allow scheduled renovations. Already, a new scoreboard, windscreen, and spectator bleachers have been added to the field. Next in the plans are a covered team bench and scorer’s table, cement… [Read More]
“A” Run for ‘Roos
The Athletics “A” Association’s second annual “A” Run for ’Roos brought out 64 runners May 10 in McKinney, Texas, raising $9,500 for Athletics Enrichment, according to coordinator Kirk Hughes ’95. Runners included Natalie Ridley Baerwaldt ’01 with daughter Evynn, Jeremy Dinges, former cheerleader Jill Gin Dinges ’01, and Christina Armstrong.
Remembering Our Own
Verde V. Dickey Verde V. Dickey of Phoenix, Arizona, died February 15. He provided funding for the Dickey Fitness Pavilion in honor of his father, the late Verde Dickey ’27. Larry Kramer Legendary Austin College football coach Larry Kramer, who guided the Kangaroos to the 1981 NAIA National Championship, died January 25 at the age… [Read More]