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News - 2016

August 5, 2016

East Texas Baptist Named ASC Athletic Training Staff of The Year

East Texas Baptist receives its second ASC Athletic Training Staff of the Year Award. The East Texas Baptist athletic training staff consists of three members led by head athletic trainer Marcus Holliday, assistant trainers Barrett Jones and Heidi Hendrickson and graduate assistant Jeannette Utterback.
 
"This is a blessing," said Holliday. "To be recognized by your colleagues for an award like this is an honor."
 

July 27, 2016

Bateman signs with East Texas Baptist

Joe Elerson, Athens Daily Review

Athens graduate Jeremy Bateman signed a baseball college letter of intent Wednesday making him the third player to sign from last year's class.

Bateman will be joining the East Texas Baptist University Tigers in Marshall. He leaves for the first day of class Aug. 17 to get ready for his studies as a physical therapist.

July 22, 2016

ETBU Named ABCA Team Excellence Award Winner

MARSHALL, Texas - Awards keep piling up for the 2016 East Texas Baptist University baseball team as they have been named an ABCA (American Baseball Coaches Association) Team Excellence Award winner. This honor goes to programs that have a team grade point average of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale.

ETBU was just one of four programs in Texas that earned the award in NCAA Division III. They were also just one of two ASC (American Southwest Conference) teams to be recognized. Mary Hardin-Baylor and SCAC programs Southwestern University and Schreiner University also earned the honor. 

July 15, 2016

ETBU awards Hispanic Servant Leadership Scholarships

MARSHALL, Texas (07/12/16) - East Texas Baptist University awarded the first four winners of the ETBU Hispanic Christian Servant Leadership Scholarship on June 28. The four scholarships are a partnership between ETBU and the Hispanic Baptist Convention of Texas. These scholarships cover 50 percent of the recipients' tuition and full room and board throughout the student's undergraduate degree.