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May 8, 2016

ETBU Graduates Say They've Grown Spiritually While Learning

MARSHALL NEWS MESSENGER (5/8/16) - East Texas Baptist University graduate Hoyce Mitchell said Saturday that he will always be thankful for his time at the Marshall university where he honed his basketball skills, earned an education and grew in his walk with God.

"ETBU helped me grow as a person, spiritually, physically and emotionally," Mitchell said Saturday. "Earning my degree makes me feel good because that's one more accomplishment, one more step in my life."

Mitchell now hopes to move on to the pro-basketball circuit, starting overseas first.

April 15, 2016

Gabrielle Besch Named as ETBU’s 2015-2016 Senior Girl Call-Out

MARSHALL, Texas (4/15/16) – East Texas Baptist University’s oldest, most honored tradition returned for its 69th year on Friday, April 15, 2016, naming the 2015-2016 Senior Girl Call-Out. The ceremony was held on the front lawn of Marshall Hall.
 
This year’s Senior Girl Call-Out is Gabrielle Besch of Bonham. ETBU First Lady Michelle Blackburn presented Miss Besch her award which was an engraved crystal vase filled with yellow Texas roses. 

February 22, 2016

Both Lady Tigers & Tigers Open ASC Tournament Play vs. UMHB

ASC MEN'S BASKETBALL: RICHARDSON, Texas (2/20/16) – Sul Ross State won the American Southwest Conference West Division title and earned the right to host the 2016 ASC Men's Basketball Championship Tournament. The 2016 event will be played Thursday through Saturday, February 25-27, at the Pete P. Gallego Center in Alpine, Texas.
 
After competing for two years in a non-division format, the ASC has returned to the East and West division alignment with the top four seeds in each division competing for the ASC championship.