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WBI title caps emotional ride for App State players and coaches
Appalachian State Mountaineers
April 3, 2019
App State's 76-59 victory against North Texas in front of a record-breaking home crowd capped a WBI Championship run that was meaningful for the Mountaineers' head coach, team and program.
App State Rolls To New Orleans Bowl Win
Appalachian State Mountaineers
Dec. 16, 2018
The R+L New Orleans Bowl turned into a season-ending coronation for the Sun Belt champions. Malik Williams delivered two trick-play touchdowns on wide receiver passes, including one to quarterback Zac Thomas, and the defense made several important stops under tough circumstances to help App State maintain its perfect bowl record with a 45-13 victory against Middle Tennessee on Saturday night.
Appalachian student-athlete returns to graduate after 4 years in the NFL
Dec. 14, 2018
When Demetrius McCray left Appalachian for the NFL draft in 2013, he had full intentions to return to finish his degree. After five years away, he is back and graduating this December.
Drinkwitz Tabbed to Lead App State Football Program
Appalachian State Mountaineers
Dec. 13, 2018
With a track record and style that are ideal fits for Appalachian State's high-scoring, championship-winning program, Eliah Drinkwitz has agreed to become the Mountaineers' next head football coach. Drinkwitz, 35, has been the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for record-setting NC State teams the past three seasons, as he joined the Wolfpack after excelling in a similar role at Group of Five conference power Boise State.
Mountaineer Concessions excites fans with new, sustainable-minded menus
Dec. 7, 2018
Mountaineer Concessions serves game day traditions, trendy street foods and highlights community partnerships. Its intentionally crafted menus highlight Food Services and the Office of Sustainability’s mission toward a zero waste stadium.
Sun Belt Conference gifts $10K to Appalachian’s Reich College of Education and Watauga County Schools
Dec. 7, 2018
The gift was part of the CFP Foundation’s Extra Yard for Teachers Week initiative and funded Appalachian’s First Teach Program.
App State Begins Search for Head Football Coach
Dec. 4, 2018
Appalachian State Director of Athletics Doug Gillin announced Tuesday that he has commenced a national search to find the next leader of App State Football. Scott Satterfield is leaving the university to accept a head coaching opportunity at the University of Louisville.
App State Wins First Sun Belt Title Game
Appalachian State Mountaineers
Dec. 1, 2018
Hosting the first Sun Belt Conference Championship Game, App State won 30-19 against Louisiana to claim its third straight league title and earn an automatic bid to face a Conference USA team in the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl on Dec. 15.
Awards for Thomas, Satterfield Headline All-Sun Belt Honors
Nov. 29, 2018
Highlighted by quarterback Zac Thomas being named Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Year, Scott Satterfield being named Sun Belt Coach of the Year and the program's 16 all-conference selections including six All-Sun Belt first-team picks, Appalachian State fared well as the league announced its 2018 awards Thursday.
Sun Belt Football Champion Headed to New Orleans Bowl
Appalachian State Mountaineers
Nov. 16, 2018
The winner of the inaugural Sun Belt Conference Football Championship Game will be headed to New Orleans, as the league announced Friday that the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl will host the winning team for its game on Dec. 15.
Women’s athletics at Appalachian — 50 years strong, the heart beats on
Nov. 8, 2018
Many things have evolved with Appalachian women’s athletics over the years, but the passions of the athletes haven’t changed.
Finding the strike zone: data analytics in the classroom and on the field
Nov. 2, 2018
An academic–athletic partnership at Appalachian State University brings TrackMan Baseball technology to Appalachian’s Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium.
App State becomes ranked in AP Top 25 for first time in program history
Winston-Salem Journal
Oct. 22, 2018
Five years ago, Appalachian State was initiating its transition to the FBS level. Now, as of this week, the Mountaineers (5-1, 3-0 Sun Belt Conference) are among the top teams in Division-I football.
Whistle while you work
Winston-Salem native Tim Nestor retires from 22-year ACC basketball officiating career
Winston-Salem Journal
Oct. 13, 2018
What started as a way for Tim Nestor to make some extra cash while he was a student, active in intramural sports at Appalachian State, turned into a 30-year career — most of which has run congruently with another career.
Appalachian student teams up with staff to deliver bottled water for hurricane relief
Oct. 9, 2018
A collaboration between Appalachian’s Physical Plant, Mountaineer Athletics and the Marching Mountaineers helped sophomore Cam Hunter deliver bottled water to Wallace and Elizabethtown — areas hit hard by Hurricane Florence.
Trailblazing athletes: App State honors 50th anniversary of women's varsity sports
Watauga Democrat
Sep. 26, 2018
In recognizing the thousands of women who played varsity sports over the years, Appalachian honored the trailblazers of women’s intercollegiate varsity sports with a ceremony on Friday, Sept. 21. The ceremony was for the current and former student-athletes in women’s field hockey, track and field, cross country, volleyball, soccer, tennis, golf, basketball, softball, cheer and the discontinued varsity sports of gymnastics, swimming and rifle.
Carol Almond set early standards for App State women's basketball
Watauga Democrat
Sep. 22, 2018
Appalachian State’s athletic department celebrated 50 years of women’s athletics at the university on Sept. 21 with the Appalachian Trailblazers dinner. The first program founded was the field hockey team, but the team did not grab all of the early milestones. Carol Almond can attest to that.
App State marks half-century of women’s athletics
Watauga Democrat
Sep. 21, 2018
This year, Appalachian State University is celebrating 50 years of women’s varsity sports. Appalachian student newspapers from the time show that the university had impressive and competitive female club and intramural teams for quite a few years before the women’s field hockey team in 1968 became the first-ever women’s intercollegiate sport in Black and Gold history.

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