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Topic: Athletics

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  • 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.

  • App State football players call meeting, organize Boone march to ‘end injustice’
    App State football players call meeting, organize Boone march to ‘end injustice’
    Watauga Democrat
    Aug. 29, 2020

    Appalachian State University football players taking a stand against social injustice with march through Boone.

  • App State Mountaineers take on Charlotte 49ers in bookend matchups set for 2020, 2030
    App State Mountaineers take on Charlotte 49ers in bookend matchups set for 2020, 2030
    Aug. 12, 2020

    App State Athletics and Charlotte 49ers Athletics announced Aug. 12 they have agreed to add two more games to their upcoming series, with the first matchup scheduled for Sept. 12 at Appalachian’s Kidd Brewer Stadium in Boone. Charlotte will host the second game in 2030 — date to be announced.

  • App State athlete makes history, named Academic All-American [student featured]
    App State athlete makes history, named Academic All-American [student featured]
    Watauga Democrat
    June 29, 2020

    Rachel Gaines has made history, becoming the first Appalachian State University field hockey student-athlete to be named an Academic All-American by the College Sports Information Directors of America.

  • Groups bring Easter to community during COVID-19 pandemic [staff quoted]
    Groups bring Easter to community during COVID-19 pandemic [staff quoted]
    Mountain Times
    April 16, 2020

    Appalachian State University Athletics partnered with Ransom and Stick Boy Bread Co. to deliver between 150 and 175 brunch meals to Appalachian Regional Healthcare System staff at the Watauga Medical Center on April 12. The athletics department wanted to bring some joy and a demonstration of support for health care workers while also supporting local businesses, according to Kate Misltead, assistant director of marketing for App State Athletics.

  • App State AD on the coronavirus, student-athlete health and the Sun Belt's ongoing decisions [staff featured]
    App State AD on the coronavirus, student-athlete health and the Sun Belt's ongoing decisions [staff featured]
    Winston-Salem Journal
    March 13, 2020

    App State Athletics Director Doug Gillin talks about his major concerns: keeping everyone associated within Mountaineers athletics safe during the novel coronavirus outbreak and making sure student-athletes are able to continue classwork from wherever they are after extended spring break ends.

  • Gillin Named AD of the Year by NACDA
    Gillin Named AD of the Year by NACDA
    March 3, 2020

    App State Director of Athletics Doug Gillin has been named a national Under Armour Athletics Director of the Year for 2019-20, announced Tuesday by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA).

  • 2020 App State football schedule announced
    2020 App State football schedule announced
    Feb. 28, 2020

    The Mountaineers’ schedule will include two matchups against Power Five Conference teams with 2019 bowl appearances, as well as a pair of nationally televised Sun Belt Conference games.

  • Shawn Clark named App State’s head football coach
    Shawn Clark named App State’s head football coach
    Dec. 13, 2019

    A champion as an Appalachian State player and coach, Shawn Clark has been chosen to lead App State's championship football program. Clark, 44, has agreed to become the 22nd head football coach in App State history. His five-year contract, which runs through the 2024 season, was approved Friday afternoon by Chancellor Sheri Everts and the Appalachian State University Board of Trustees and is subject to North Carolina Board of Governors approval.

  • App State opens registration for 15th annual The Knob
    App State opens registration for 15th annual The Knob
    Sep. 19, 2019

    The Knob — the final race in Appalachian’s High Country Triple Crown series — is two challenging miles of pure Boone.

  • APDP cadet Bayley Plummer gives her all in the classroom, on the court and in the community
    APDP cadet Bayley Plummer gives her all in the classroom, on the court and in the community
    July 11, 2019

    Plummer, who works as a part-time APDP cadet on campus, balances her academic and athletic career as a graduate student in Appalachian’s MPA program.

  • App State’s Rachel Gaines is a goalkeeper in sports — and in life
    App State’s Rachel Gaines is a goalkeeper in sports — and in life
    June 27, 2019

    Gaines, a student-athlete and environmental science major, is inspired to guard the future of the planet.

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