University of Evansville women’s tennis player Kelsey Costales has been appointed as a member of the NCAA Division I Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) for a 2-year appointment beginning on July 1, 2013 and ending on July 1, 2015.

Todd Butler has been named the head baseball coach at Wichita State University, Director of Athletics Eric Sexton has announced. Butler comes to Wichita State from Arkansas where he was the Associate Head Coach since 2005, his 16th as an assistant coach in the Southeastern Conference.

Bradley's Mike Tauchman and Missouri State's Nick Petree were both named All-Americans by Baseball America and the NCBWA on Wednesday. Tauchman was a second team honoree on both teams, while Petree was named to the third team by both organizations.

Joe Mitch, former Associate Commissioner of the Missouri Valley Conference, was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the College Sports Information Directors of America on Thursday at the annual CoSIDA Convention in Orlando , Fla. Mitch retired last year after 27 years with the MVC and 44 years in athletics administration.

There were numerous highlights among the MVC athletics programs in the past year as Valley student-athletes and teams competed on the national stage.