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Wednesday, August 1, 2007

Tickets on sale now for football game at Southern Miss

Tickets for the UT-Martin-Southern Miss football game, Saturday, September 1, in Hattiesburg, Mississippi are on sale now at the UT-Martin ticket office in the Kathleen and Tom Elam Center.

The tickets are $29 each and will be on sale for a limited time. Kickoff for the game is set for 6:00 p.m. at M.M. Roberts Stadium.

UT-Martin enters the game ranked No. 16 in the 2007 College Sporting News Preseason FCS Top 25.

Southern Miss is ranked 24th in the nation and was picked to win the East Division crown in Conference USA.

The Skyhawks had five players earn preseason All-OVC honors - Don Chapman (TB), Jessie Burton (RS), Billy Krause (OL), Adam Hansen (OL), and Nate Wilson (DL).

The Golden Eagles also had five players named to the preseason Conference USA team - Damion Fletcher (RB), Chris Clark (OL), Shawn Nelson (TE), Martavius Prince (DL), and Brandon Sumrall (DB).

(Read the rest of this story in this week's edition of the Dresden Enterprise!)

Volleyball team earns AVCA Academic Honor

The UT-Martin volleyball team earned the American Volleyball Coaches Association GamePlan/AVCA Team Academic Award for the 2006-2007 season.

The Skyhawks, under the direction of head coach, Amy Draper, were one of 56 Division I teams to claim the honor.

"It is very rewarding to see the hard work paying off for the UT-Martin volleyball program not only on the court but in the classroom," Draper said.

"These young ladies are the true definition of student-athletes and their commitment to excellence and dedication to being the best they can be is a great indicator of the type of volleyball program we are trying to build here at UT-Martin."

This marks the fifth time the Skyhawks have earned the honor, and the second time during Draper's tenure as head coach.

(Read the rest of this story in the August 1st edition of the Dresden Enterprise!)

Nashville Sports Council, OVC announce creation of Sgt. York Trophy

Representatives from the Nashville Sports Council (NSC) and the Ohio Valley Conference announced the creation of the Sergeant York Trophy which will go to the winner of the quadrangular season football series between the four Ohio Valley Conference schools located in the state of Tennessee - Austin Peay, UT-Martin, Tennessee State and Tennessee Tech.

The announcement was made Tuesday morning at the league's annual football media day at LP Field.

The award is only the second traveling trophy that involves more than two teams in college sports; the other is the Commander in Chief's Trophy which has been contested between Air Force, Army and Navy annually since 1972.

(Read the rest of this story in the August 1st edition of the Dresden Enterprise!)