News - 2015

AMERICAN SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE: CHICAGO (9/25/15) - East Texas Baptist University men's and women's cross country coach Natalie Bach-Prather was one of 150 athletes to represent the United States in Chicago, Illinois in the Age-Group Olympic-Distance World Championship race. The event was part of the 2015 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final and World Championships from September 15-19, hosted by the City of Chicago.
  

FOOTBALL: RICHARDSON, Texas (9/22/15) - Receiving yet another award for his kicking game Ryan Travis was named to the D3football.com "team of the week" as the punter. This is the second award this week as he was the American Southwest Conference special teams player of the week, too.

TENNIS (W): GEORGETOWN, Texas (9/20/15) - Establishing their program as now one of the best in the region the East Texas Baptist University women's tennis team brought back hardware from the ITA Regional Championship Tournament. ETBU played in five different championships on Sunday winning two championships.

Kayla Casey won the Flight "A" singles championship to advance to the national tournament which is a first for the program. She also teamed up with Kate Bramlett to finish as the Flight "A" runners-up in doubles falling 7-5, 6-3, to Southwick/Lutz from Trinity University.

FOOTBALL: GEORGETOWN, Texas (9/19/15) - Clawing their way all the way to the end of the game the East Texas Baptist University football team sealed a 46-37 win over Southwestern University (1-2) late in the fourth quarter. Kendall Roberson put the game away on a 31-yard touchdown run with 2:30 left in the game after Southwestern pulled within two. It is the third straight year under Eargle that ETBU has started 2-1.

VOLLEYBALL: MARSHALL, Texas (9/16/15) - Earning awards this week for the East Texas Baptist University volleyball team are Mallory Sanders and Adaeze Elonu. Sanders was named the AVCA National Division III Player of the Week and the ASC East Player of the Week. Elonu was given the ASC East Defensive Player of the Week award. ETBU went 4-0 last weekend at the Austin College Invitational with a win over #23 Southwestern University.