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Topic: Athletics

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  • Honoring women’s leadership and history at App State
    Honoring women’s leadership and history at App State
    March 8, 2023

    This Women’s History Month, learn more about a few of the App State administrators, alumni, students, faculty, staff and campus visitors who are leading the way and inspiring others, as well as university events and initiatives focused on women’s history.

  • Celebrating Black History Month at App State
    Celebrating Black History Month at App State
    Feb. 1, 2023

    This Black History Month, learn more about a few of the Black leaders, alumni, students, staff and campus visitors who enrich the App State Experience every day of the year, as well as university events, initiatives and research endeavors focused on Black history.

  • App State student-athletes extend 3.0+ GPA streak to 21 semesters
    App State student-athletes extend 3.0+ GPA streak to 21 semesters
    Jan. 3, 2023

    The Mountaineers ended the fall 2022 semester with a 3.13 semester GPA for all student-athletes, contributing to a 3.21 cumulative GPA for all student-athletes. The semester average jumped 0.13 points from fall 2021 to fall 2022. Additionally, 190 student-athletes earned recognition on either the Chancellor's List or Dean's List.

  • ESPN’s College GameDay visits App State
    ESPN’s College GameDay visits App State

    3 students win ‘free ride’ for a year with College GameDay posters

    Sep. 19, 2022

    ESPN’s premier college football pregame show — College GameDay — broadcasted live from App State’s campus on Sept. 17. Mountaineer football fans celebrated the occasion with several days worth of fan-fueled events.

  • 2022 Alumni Awards: Douglas Middleton Jr. ’15 ’18 — Young Alumni Award
    2022 Alumni Awards: Douglas Middleton Jr. ’15 ’18 — Young Alumni Award
    July 26, 2022

    Learn about App State alumnus Douglas Middleton Jr. ’15 ’18 and why he was selected as the 2022 recipient of the university’s Young Alumni Award. The award honors individuals under 40 years of age for their exceptional service to the university and accomplishments in their career.

  • App State alum donates $1.3 million in support of App State Athletics and Walker College of Business
    App State alum donates $1.3 million in support of App State Athletics and Walker College of Business
    June 22, 2022

    Dennis Covington ’92 and his wife, Katherine, have made a $1.3 million gift in support of academic resources and facilities for App State Athletics and the Walker College of Business.

  • App State student-athletes extend 3.0+ GPA streak to 10 years
    App State student-athletes extend 3.0+ GPA streak to 10 years
    May 18, 2022

    The 2021–22 academic year marked the 10th consecutive year that App State student-athletes have earned a cumulative GPA above 3.0. A total of 185 student-athletes achieved either the Chancellor’s List or Dean’s List in spring 2022.

  • App State student-athletes extend 3.0 GPA streak in fall 2021
    App State student-athletes extend 3.0 GPA streak in fall 2021
    Dec. 21, 2021

    App State student-athletes continue to perform at a high level in the classroom, with fall 2021 marking the 19th consecutive semester that these students have earned a 3.0 or better cumulative GPA. The cumulative GPA for all App State student-athletes is 3.19.

  • Pavilion at App State’s Kidd Brewer Stadium honors Robert ‘Bob’ Hatley
    Pavilion at App State’s Kidd Brewer Stadium honors Robert ‘Bob’ Hatley
    Oct. 28, 2021

    The Hatley Pavilion, which encompasses a west-side turf area at the stadium’s north end zone facility, has been named in recognition of a $500,000 TowneBank Foundation gift to App State Athletics in honor of Robert “Bob” Hatley ’72.

  • The 16 best college football towns in the nation
    The 16 best college football towns in the nation
    247sports.com
    Oct. 6, 2021

    This list highlights Boone and App State as having a" great game-day experience — one of the best in the Group of Five."

  • 11 App State students awarded MAKO Medical Scholarships for spring 2021
    11 App State students awarded MAKO Medical Scholarships for spring 2021
    May 14, 2021

    Raleigh-based MAKO Medical Laboratories has funded scholarships for 11 App State undergraduate students in spring 2021. The awardees include five student-athletes and three student veterans.

  • Appalachian State Head Coach Dustin Kerns Featured in Interview on the Jim Rome Show [staff featured]
    Appalachian State Head Coach Dustin Kerns Featured in Interview on the Jim Rome Show [staff featured]
    High Country Press
    March 17, 2021

    Prior to App State’s appearance in the 2021 NCAA playoffs, men’s basketball head coach Dustin Kerns was a guest on the Jim Rome Show on CBS Sports to talk about building a winning program.

  • Batter up — Boone Bigfoots to play on App State’s Beaver Field
    Batter up — Boone Bigfoots to play on App State’s Beaver Field
    March 11, 2021

    Nonprofit Boone Bigfoots has partnered with App State Athletics to bring summer baseball to the High Country — and provide support for athletic scholarships. A member of the Textile League, the team will play its home games on Beaver Field at App State’s Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium.

  • App State alumnus and former NFL head coach Steve Wilks creates Post-Graduate Diversity and Inclusion Scholarship
    App State alumnus and former NFL head coach Steve Wilks creates Post-Graduate Diversity and Inclusion Scholarship
    Jan. 6, 2021

    App State alumnus and former NFL head coach Steve Wilks ’92 and his wife have made a gift to the university’s Keep Climbing initiative that includes establishing the Steve and Marcia Wilks Post-Graduate Diversity and Inclusion Scholarship. The yearly scholarship will support one student-athlete from an underrepresented population who is pursuing a graduate degree at App State.

  • Alumna and sons commit $1M toward App State basketball practice facility
    Alumna and sons commit $1M toward App State basketball practice facility
    Dec. 7, 2020

    App State alumna Missy Harrill ’93 and her sons, Jay Harrill and Brad Harrill, have made a $1 million commitment in support of App State basketball. The gift will fund improvements to the university’s Quinn Recreation Center, to be re-named the Mark E. Harrill Basketball Practice Facility in honor of Harrill’s husband.

  • An ‘Amazing Race’ for an App State Mountaineer alumnus
    An ‘Amazing Race’ for an App State Mountaineer alumnus
    Nov. 19, 2020

    Frank Eaves ’16 — a Walker College of Business alumnus and former App State basketball player — said he had the adventure of a lifetime competing on “The Amazing Race,” an Emmy Award-winning television reality series.

  • App State opens first phase of Kidd Brewer Stadium north end zone facility
    App State opens first phase of Kidd Brewer Stadium north end zone facility
    Nov. 16, 2020

    Appalachian State University stakeholders gathered for the north end zone facility ribbon-cutting at Kidd Brewer Stadium Nov. 13. The facility will provide space for athletic, academic and community uses.

  • Precision on and off the field — App State undergraduate research a springboard for aspiring surgeon
    Precision on and off the field — App State undergraduate research a springboard for aspiring surgeon
    Oct. 27, 2020

    App State senior Cole Garrison, an exercise science major and member of the Mountaineers football team, has been accepted to the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, where he plans to pursue a career as a surgeon.

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