News about "athletes"

FOOTBALL: MARSHALL, Texas (9/29/2015) - Gaining another four awards is the East Texas Baptist University football team. This week they swept the American Southwest Conference player of the week awards and Tyler Bates was named the D3football.com Wide Receiver of the Week. Last week, ETBU had two ASC players of the week and one D3football.com player of the week.

Earning awards this week were Tyler Bates (offense), C.J. Johnson (defense), and Dominic Haggerty (special teams) from the ASC while Bates made the D3football.com team of the week.

FOOTBALL: MARSHALL, Texas (9/26/15) - Fourth Quarter dominance by the East Texas Baptist University offense combined with the strong defensive effort canned Louisiana College's thought of extending their winning streak over the Tigers (0-3/0-1), 44-34. ETBU scored 24 points in the fourth quarter to pull away for the win in the American Southwest Conference opener.

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.