Friday, June 30, 2006 | Athletics
Mario Moccia named athletics director at Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois University Carbondale today named Mario L. Moccia, senior associate athletics director at the University of Missouri, athletics director effective Aug. 1.
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Tuesday, June 20, 2006 | Athletics
Valley Announces 2006-07 Athletics Officers
Dr. Al Bowman, president of Illinois State University, and Dr. Martin Perline, faculty athletics representative from Wichita State University, will serve as the 2006-07 chair of the Presidents Council and president of the Missouri Valley Conference, respectively, Valley Commissioner Doug Elgin has announced.
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Tuesday, May 30, 2006 | Athletics
Hatfield Clubb Named New Drake Athletics Director
Sandy Hatfield Clubb, senior associate director of athletics and senior women's administrator at Arizona State University in Tempe, Ariz., has been named the 16th athletic director at Drake University, Drake President David Maxwell has announced.
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Tuesday, May 30, 2006 | Athletics
Missouri Valley Conference Announces 2005-06 Academic Awards
Thirty-six student-athletes highlight more than 1,000 who earned selection to the 2005-06 Missouri Valley Conference Honor Roll, as announced by the league office. Those 36 student-athletes earned the league?s highest academic achievement by capturing the Missouri Valley Conference President?s Council Academic Excellence Award.
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Friday, May 26, 2006 | Athletics
Seven Student-Athletes Earn ESPN The Magazine CoSIDA Academic Honors
The following seven Missouri Valley Conference student-athletes have earned ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). The first-team selections advance to the national ballot with the opportunity to earn Academic All-American honors.
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Thursday, May 25, 2006 | Athletics
Missouri Valley Announces Championship Sites for 2006-07
Commissioner Doug Elgin has announced the complete list of dates and sites for the various Missouri Valley Conference sports championships for the 2006-07 athletic season. Notably, that includes a recommendation from the league?s Joint Committee (faculty athletics representatives, directors of athletics and senior woman administrators of each institution) to bring the 2006 State Farm MVC Women?s Soccer Championship to Omaha, Neb., the 2006 State Farm MVC Men?s Soccer Championship to Peoria, Ill.; the 2007 State Farm MVC Women?s Basketball Championship to Des Moines, Iowa, and the 2007 State Farm MVC Softball Championship to Normal, Ill.
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Tuesday, May 23, 2006 | Athletics
Wichita State University Claims 2005-06 All-Sports Trophy
For the third-straight season, Wichita State University has captured the Missouri Valley Conference All-Sports Trophy. The Shockers did it in record fashion, claiming seven Valley championships in 2005-06 and gaining fifth-or-better finishes in all of the 15 Valley sports in which they sponsor. The Shockers earned titles in women?s cross country, women?s indoor and outdoor track & field, men?s basketball, men?s golf, women?s tennis (co-championship), and volleyball.
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Saturday, May 20, 2006 | Athletics
Evansville Wins Regular-Season Baseball Championship
The University of Evansville earned the Missouri Valley Conference Regular-Season Title and No. 1 seed in the 2006 ConAgra Foods MVC Baseball Championship after a three-game sweep of Bradley Saturday at Braun Stadium. The Aces have won 10 games in a row and finished out the regular season sweeping two Valley opponents for its first conference title.
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Thursday, May 11, 2006 | Athletics
Lamonica Retiring from Athletics Media Relations
If you've attended an Illinois State volleyball or women's basketball game at Redbird Arena, you've likely seen Sports Information Director Tom Lamonica milling around on press row. A fixture on the sidelines of Redbird Athletics for the past 26 years, Lamonica will be retiring from his post in Athletics Media Relations effective May 31.
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Monday, May 08, 2006 | Athletics
Weekly Baseball Release - Bolt, Jenkins Honored
With Illinois State's historic series win over visiting Wichita State this past weekend, the first series win for the Redbirds over the Shockers since 1984, ILS' Matt Bolt has been honored by the league as this week's MVC Player of the Week. Bolt had three doubles in the series that, in the end, still has the Shockers in the league lead, but Southern Illinois is just a half game behind heading into the final two weekends of conference play.
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This week's MVC Pitcher of the Week honor goes to Aaron Jenkins of UNI. The sophomore lefty fired a seven-inning, one hit shutout against Bradley last Sunday.
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Friday, April 28, 2006 | Athletics
NCAA Allows Bradley to Keep Nickname
The NCAA Executive Committee today removed Bradley University for the list of schools subject to restrictions on the use of Native American mascots, names and imagery at NCAA championships, but placed the institution on a five-year watch list, according to a release from the NCAA national office this morning.
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Wednesday, April 12, 2006 | Athletics
SIU's Paul Kowalczyk Named Athletic Director at Colorado State
Paul Kowalczyk, who has guided the resurgence of Saluki Athletics during the past six years, was named director of athletics at Colorado State today. Kowalczyk and his wife, Peg, were introduced during an April 11 press conference in Fort Collins, Colo.
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Wednesday, March 01, 2006 | Athletics
Feature Article - Top Center
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Monday, January 30, 2006 | Athletics
Prairie Farms Scholar-Athletes
To qualify for Prairie Farms/Missouri Valley Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Week laurels, student-athletes must carry a cumulative grade-point average of 3.00, completed at least one academic year at a Valley institution and must be at least a sophomore in academic standing. In addition to the academic qualifications, student-athletes will be evaluated on their athletic performance for a one-week period.
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Thursday, January 19, 2006 | Athletics
Weekly Swimming and Diving Notebook
For the second-straight week, Liz Geisler of Missouri State is the Missouri Valley Conference Swimmer of the Week after another record-breaking performance. She is joined by Emily Hirt in the weekly honors as the Illinois State Redbird is this week's Diver of the Week.
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Wednesday, January 04, 2006 | Athletics
2005-06 Men's Basketball Players of the Week
2005-06 Men's Basketball Players of the Week
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Wednesday, January 04, 2006 | Athletics
MVC Announces Hiring, Staff Restructuring
Missouri Valley Conference Commissioner Doug Elgin has announced the hiring of Tod Meisner and a promotion for Dave Biancamano. Meisner has been hired as Assistant Director of Communications, while Biancamano has been appointed Director of Operations after serving four months on the league?s communications staff.
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Monday, November 14, 2005 | Athletics
Two Men's Soccer Teams Reach NCAAs, Again
For the 10th-straight season, the Missouri Valley Conference will have two men's soccer teams in the NCAA Tournament, as regular-season champion Bradley and tournament-champion Creighton were chosen for the 48-team field Monday.
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Sunday, October 30, 2005 | Athletics
MVC Announces 2005-06 Television Schedule
The Missouri Valley Conference, in its 99th year of athletic competition, will produce a record 36-telecast, in-house television package on FSN Midwest in 2005-06, league Commissioner Doug Elgin announced today. An additional 15 telecasts will be shown on the ESPN family -- ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPNU -- of networks and CBS Sports.
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Friday, October 28, 2005 | Athletics
Creighton Wins 2004-05 MVC All-Academic Award
Fueled by an overall grade point average of 3.28, the 2004-05 Missouri Valley Conference All-Academic Award, in its third year of existence, goes to Creighton University. This is the second-straight year the Bluejays have been honored with this award after sharing it with Indiana State in 2003-04.
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Thursday, October 20, 2005 | Athletics
Valley and FSN Sign Three-Year Contract
Commissioner Doug Elgin announced today that the Missouri Valley Conference has signed a new three-year agreement with St. Louis-based FSN Midwest, a regional division of Fox Sports Net, to continue to serve as the lead carrier of the Conference?s in-house television network package.
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Tuesday, October 18, 2005 | Athletics
Missouri Valley Signs Four-Year Deal With Metro Sports
Commissioner Doug Elgin announced today that the Missouri Valley Conference has signed a new four-year agreement with Kansas City-based Metro Sports, a division of Time Warner Cable, Inc., to continue to serve as the production company for the Conference?s television network package.
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Monday, October 17, 2005 | Athletics
Missouri Valley Signs Two-Year Deal With Comcast SportsNet
Commissioner Doug Elgin announced today that the Missouri Valley Conference has signed a new two-year agreement with Comcast SportsNet Chicago to continue to serve as a television carrier for the league?s in-house television package. The new agreement between the Missouri Valley Conference and Comcast SportsNet Chicago begins with the 2005-06 season and runs through the 2006-07 academic year -- the Conference?s 100th year of competition. Comcast SportsNet Chicago began serving as the league?s Chicagoland carrier during the 2004-05 season.
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Monday, October 03, 2005 | Athletics
Lindsay Stalzer, Erin Lindsey Receive Accolades
Bradley middle blocker Lindsay Stalzer and setter Erin Lindsey of Illinois State are this week's State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Volleyball Player and Freshman of the Week, respectively.
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Thursday, July 14, 2005 | Athletics
MVC Announces Staff Hirings
Missouri Valley Conference Commissioner Doug Elgin has announced the hirings of David Biancamano and Mary Mulvenna and promotions for Erica Fricke and Matt Marchal. Biancamano has been hired as Assistant Director of Communications, while Mulvenna has been appointed Director of Compliance and Community Relations. Meanwhile, Fricke has been promoted to Director of Communications, and Marchal is now Assistant Commissioner for Corporate Relations.
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