News - 2016

ASC TOURNAMENT: TYLER, Texas (5/1/16) - When the final out was caught in right field, the celebration was on as the East Texas Baptist University softball team captured the program’s eighth American Southwest Conference championship with a 2-0 win over #1 University of Texas-Tyler Patriots. This is the second ASC Championship in four years and they now automatically qualify for the NCAA Regional Tournament.

MARSHALL, Texas (4/25/16) – “I felt like God had called me to spend my time serving over spring break,” is what Taylor Turley said about why he went to serve.  Stevi Slaughter said the reason why she gave up her time to serve was, “I wanted to give someone something that they deserved and could not do for themselves.” 

ASC TOURNAMENT: TYLER, Texas (4/30/16) – With a dominant pitching performance, incredible hitting, and outstanding defense, the East Texas Baptist University softball team (33-8) upset #1 Texas-Tyler, 6-1, to advance to the American Southwest Conference championship. This win not only ended a 33-game-winning streak for UTT as well as it gave them their first loss at home all season. This will be the fourth year in a row that ETBU will be playing for an ASC championship winning it last in 2013.

MARSHALL, Texas (4/21/16) – A team of nine students from East Texas Baptist University spent their spring break in Belize ministering in partnership with Hope Springs Water. The Athens, Texas based ministry has a mission to provide safe water, sanitation, and public health education to developing countries. 

“The purpose of the trip was to fix wells in villages so that people who live there could have clean water,” said sophomore Nycole Renfrow of Nederland. 

CHRISTIAN LIFE COMMISSION: MARSHALL, Texas (4/14/16) - Marshall anchors the eastern entrance to Texas near where Interstate 20 crosses from Louisiana. It is a smaller city that is home to East Texas Baptist University, which sits on a hill in the northwest portion of the city.