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Ua19/16/2 Football Press Releases, Wku Athletic Media Relations

WKU Archives Records

Press releases and game statistics for WKU football team in 2023.

Ua19/16/1 Bowl Bound, Wku Athletic Media Relations

WKU Archives Records

Media guide for the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl, WKU vs. University of South Alabama.

Hartsell Awarded Mid-America Regional Emmy For Battle Of The Ravine Video Essay, Kaitlyn Stoddard, Ouachita News Bureau

Press Releases

Ouachita Baptist University junior Chase Hartsell was awarded a Regional EMMYⓇ for his video essay about the Ouachita-Henderson State University football rivalry Battle of the Ravine, titled “A November Morn.” The award was presented to him by the Mid-America chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) at the 46th annual Regional EMMYⓇ Gala on Saturday, Oct. 29, at the Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the Arch in St. Louis, Mo.

According to John Paul, chair of the NATAS Mid-America education committee, the Mid-America chapter honors high school and college students with awards called crystal pillars that …

Scholarship Endowed At Ouachita To Honor David Sharp, Julie Shands, Ouachita News Bureau

Press Releases

An endowed athletic scholarship has been established at Ouachita Baptist University in honor of David Sharp, the university’s director of athletics, and his more than four decades of service to Ouachita.

“I’m not sure there’s a better feeling than being recognized by your teammates, peers, colleagues, fellow alumni and friends,” said Sharp. “I am so honored that all these people had a part in establishing this endowed scholarship. It’s quite humbling, and it’s good to know that we’ll be able to assist future Ouachita football players in pursuing their dream of playing college football and earning a college degree.”

Ouachita Student-Athlete Clark Yarbrough Remembered As A Humble Leader, Ouachita News Bureau

Press Releases

Ouachita Baptist University senior Clark Yarbrough, 21, of Rowlett, Texas, died Sept. 4. A business administration/sport management major and starting defensive lineman for the Tiger football team, Yarbrough was the son of Mattie Yarbrough of Rowlett. He is remembered on campus for the example he set as a leader, a scholar-athlete, a friend and a man of faith.

“Clark was an exemplary student – academically, athletically and spiritually,” said Dr. Rickey Rogers, vice president for student development at Ouachita. “He held strongly to his Christian faith, and it was evident in the way he lived his life and led his …

Ua19/16/2 Football Press Releases, Wku Athletic Media Relations

WKU Archives Records

Press releases, photos and game statistics for WKU football team in 2022.

Ua19/16/1 2022 Wku Football Media Guide, Wku Athletic Media Relations

WKU Archives Records

WKU football media guide for 2022.

Ua19/16/1 Wku Football Media Guide, Wku Athletic Media Relations

WKU Archives Records

WKU football media guide for 2021.

Ua19/16/2 Football Press Releases, Wku Athletic Media Relations

WKU Archives Records

Press releases, photos and statistics for WKU football team for 2021.

Ua19/16/1 Hilltopper Football 2019 Bowl Guide, Wku Athletic Media Relations

WKU Archives Records

Media guide for the First Responder Bowl, WKU vs. Western Michigan University.

$800,000 Gift Provides Artificial Turf For Ouachita’S Cliff Harris Stadium, Ouachita News Bureau

Press Releases

Ouachita Baptist University announced today that a Little Rock attorney has provided a generous $800,000 gift that will fully fund the installation of artificial turf at Cliff Harris Stadium.

Ua19/16/1 Wku Football Media Guide, Wku Athletic Media Relations

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WKU football media guide for 2018.

Recent Federal Case Spotlights School’S Concussion Protocol, Charles J. Russo, Susan C. Davies

Counselor Education and Human Services Faculty Publications

High school football players are nearly twice as likely to sustain a concussion as college players, according to a recent study by the Institute of Medicine and funded by the NFL. As such, it’s important for schools to have concussion protocols for student-athletes injured during play. A recent case, Mann v. Palmerton Area School District, 117 LRP 40825 (3d Cir. 09/21/17), highlights the importance of having school concussion management and prevention policies in place for student-athletes. After a football player in Pennsylvania demonstrated concussion-like symptoms following a hard hit during practice in November 2011, his coach took him out of …

Ouachita Football Network Announces Affiliates For 2015 Season, Ouachita News Bureau

Press Releases

Ouachita Baptist University again will have one of the largest radio networks in NCAA Division II with eight Ouachita Football Network stations covering most of Arkansas along with parts of Louisiana, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas.

Ouachita Homecoming Football Game To Be Televised On American Sports Network, Ouachita News Bureau

Press Releases

In conjunction with Ouachita tigers football program, the Great American Conference and Harding University, the Ouachita Baptist University Athletics Department has announced that Oct. 3 Ouachita Homecoming game between the Ouachita Tigers and Harding Bisons will be televised by the American Sports Network (ASN) and the Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.

Ouachita Tigers Announce Tickets On Sale For 2015 Home Football Games, Ouachita News Bureau

Press Releases

Ouachita Tigers Athletic Director Sharp has announced that home game tickets for the 2015 Ouachita Tigers football season are now available for purchase. There will be six home games at Cliff Harris Stadium this season, the most regular season home games in program history.

Ouachita Expresses Condolences Over Unexpected Death Of Football Recruit, Ouachita News Bureau

Press Releases

Mikal Cromartie, a prospective student-athlete who made a campus visit to Ouachita Baptist University yesterday as a football recruit, died unexpectedly in his hotel room in Caddo Valley.

Ouachita Football Head Coach Todd Knight Named Gac Coach Of The Year, Kyle Parris, Ouachita News Bureau

Press Releases

After guiding the Ouachita Baptist University Tigers football team to its first 10-0 season in program history, Head Coach Todd Knight has been named the unanimous choice for Great American Conference Coach of the Year.

Undefeated Ouachita Tigers Win Battle Of The Ravine, Earn Gac Title & Gain No. 1 Regional Rankings In Playoffs, Kyle Parris, Trennis Henderson

Press Releases

The Ouachita Baptist University Tigers rewrote OBU football history on Saturday with their 41-20 victory over rival Henderson State University. In addition to winning the 88th Battle of the Ravine, the Tigers finished the regular season with an undefeated, untied 10-0 record for the first time in program history.

Along with claiming the Great American Conference championship outright with the win, the Tigers finished the season with a No. 1 ranking in Super Region Three of the NCAA Division II Football Championship. That means Ouachita will host a second round matchup on Saturday, Nov. 29, also a first since the …

Jaalen Watkins, Former Obu Football Player, Dies In Car Accident At Age 21, Ouachita News Bureau

Press Releases

Jaalen Watkins, a junior kinesiology major at Ouachita Baptist University, died from injuries sustained in a car accident on Thursday, July 3. He was a passenger in a car that was involved in a two-vehicle accident on I-630 in Little Rock, according to Arkansas State Police.

Ua12/2/1 Topper Extra, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

Special edition of the College Heights Herald featuring athletics.

• Pratt, Elliott. WKU Prepares for Battle of Strengths Against Troy – Football
• Aulbach, Lucas. Butter Fingers
• WKU Players to Watch
• Troy Players to Watch
• Pratt, Elliott. Boyds II Men – Xavius Boyd, Bar’ee Boyd
• Aulbach, Lucas. Troy’s Dual-Quarterback System Nothing New for WKU
• Aulbach, Lucas. Saturday Offers a Chance for Pass Attack to Get on Track
• Williams, Kyle & Tyler Lashbrook. Back to Business – Basketball

Ua12/2/1 Topper Extra, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

Special edition of the College Heights Herald featuring athletics.

• Pratt, Elliott. ESPN Coverage One of Many Game Day Routine Changes – Football
• Pratt, Elliott. Ragin’ Revenge – Football
• WKU Players to Watch
• University of Louisiana-Lafayette Players to Watch
• Aulbach, Lucas. Kentucky’s Finest – Jeff Brohm
• Pratt, Elliott. Stopping the Broadway Show
• Aulbach, Lucas. Tuesday Night Lights

American College Football Division I Team Attachment: A Model For Sponsorship Effectiveness, Hsin-Chung Chen, Lamar Reams

Human Movement Sciences & Special Education Faculty Publications

The purpose of this study was to examine sponsorship effectiveness at the Division I level, including the relationship between fans and sponsors. To collect the necessary data, the 13-item questionnaire was disseminated at two college football games by volunteer sampling at three Division I universities in the United States. With a total of 407 respondents, LISREL 8.52 and SPSS 17.0 were used to analyze the data for descriptive statistics, CFA, and SEM. By utilizing SEM, the variables of team attachment, sponsor image, word of mouth, and purchase intentions fit the proposed model. Pragmatically, the significance of team attachment can be …

Ua12/2/1 Topper Extra, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

Special edition of the College Heights Herald featuring athletics.

• Pratt, Elliott. WKU Preps for Triple-Option Threat – Football
• Aulbach, Lucas. Open Starting Jobs Make for More Competition in Practice – Football
• Pratt, Elliott. Stay Low, Keep Moving Forward – Rashaan Allen
• WKU Players to Watch Navy Players to Watch
• Pratt, Elliott. WKU Works to Find a Starter for the Rest of the Year
• Aulbach, Lucas. Topper Defense Looks to Hold Its Ground vs Navy
• Aulbach, Lucas. Consistency Is Key Against Navy Attack

Ua12/2/1 Topper Extra, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

Special edition of the College Heights Herald featuring athletics.

• Aulbach, Lucas & Elliott Pratt. Starting Quarterback Job Open Heading Into Saturday – Football
• WKU Players to Watch – Football
• Aulbach, Lucas. Looking to Dominate – Tyler Higbee
• Aulbach, Lucas. Young Receiving Core Looks to Put Mistakes Behind Them
• Aulbach, Lucas. Several Linebackers Anchor WKU Defense
• Pratt, Elliott. Times in the Trenches
• Pratt, Elliott. WKU Looking for Big Crowd Saturday
• O’Neal, Arla. Tailgating Expands for 2013 Season

Ua12/2/1 Topper Extra, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

Special edition of the College Heights Herald featuring athletics.

• Pratt, Elliott. New Sheriff in Town – Brandon Doughty
• Aulbach, Lucas. New-look Toppers Boast New Faces at Some Positions – Football
• Aulbach, Lucas. Hard-hitting Andrew Jackson a Leader for WKU’s Defense
• Aulbach, Lucas. Toppers Playing with New Faces on Offense
• Aulbach, Lucas. Topper Defense Young on the Line, Experienced in the Backfield
• Pratt, Elliott. Bobby Petrino’s Road to the Hill
• WKU Players to Watch
• University of Kentucky Players to Watch

Interview Of Helen Gidjunis, Helen Gidjunis, Paula Gidjunis

All Oral Histories

Interview topic: Mrs. Helen Gidjunis is a life-long resident of Philadelphia. The majority of her life she spent growing up in the shadow of La Salle College – now University. She moved to Uber Street in 1934, while La Salle’s groundbreaking occurred on February 29, 1928 at its fourth and current location at 20^th Street and Olney Avenue. She has observed the neighborhood change for seventy-nine years. When she married in 1949, she moved one street west to 20^th Street. She has been her block captain for many years and still retains that position and as such has …

Ua12/2/1 Topper Extra - Signing Day 2013, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

Special edition of the College Heights Herald featuring athletics.

• Aulbach, Lucas. New Kids in Town – Football
• Stephens, Brad. Jeff Brohm, Bobby Petrino Give WKU Louisville Foothold
• Stephens, Brad. Bobby Petrino’s System the Right Fit for Aaron Jackson
• Aulbach, Lucas. Toppers Recruit Another Quarterback to Compete for Starting Job – Todd Porter
• Beranek, Laura. WKU Coaching Staff Took Advantage of Louisville Roots in 2013 Recruitment

Alcohol Advertising During Televised Australian Football Finals, Sandra C. Jones, Lance Barrie, Michael Chapman, Nicholas J. Corr, Sondra Davoren

Faculty of Social Sciences - Papers (Archive)

Alcohol marketing during sport, and alcohol industry sponsorship of sporting events, is highly lucrative; however, concerns have been raised over the impact on child and adolescent viewers of repeated exposure to alcohol marketing messages. The aim of this research project was to investigate the amount and type of alcohol marketing during two major sporting events in 2012 - the semi-finals and grand final of the AFL and NRL. The broadcasts of these six games were audited for alcohol advertisements and other advertising communications. Almost one-fifth of the screen time included alcohol marketing. Policy and practice implications of these findings are …

Ua3/9/7 President's Office-Ransdell Correspondence, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Selected correspondence not duplicated in the Reading File. Contains incoming correspondence and responses.