HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Two Lenoir-Rhyne University football stars are on D2Football.com’s first-team preseason All-America team released on Monday. Offensive lineman Jason Poe, a sophomore from Fitzgerald, Ga., and defensive back Kyle Dugger, a senior from Fayetteville, Ga., were selected. The Bears open the season on Saturday at 6 p.m., playing St. Augustine’s in Moretz Stadium to begin Drew Cronic’s second …
LENOIR-RHYNE: Pate promoted to vice president of athletics
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Kim Pate, director of athletics at Lenoir-Rhyne University since 2016, has been promoted to vice president of athletics. In her new role, she will continue to provide leadership to the Bears’ athletic department as well as serve on the president’s leadership team to support broader campus missions and strategic decisions. Last school year, LRU had its best …
COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Bears have 6 first-teamers, 13 tabbed preseason all-conference
HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – Carson-Newman leads the preseason All-South Atlantic Conference (SAC) football team with eight first-team picks and defending league champion Lenoir-Rhyne has six selections. The teams, selected by SAC Football Media Relation Directors, were announced by conference officials on Thursday. LRU had 13 overall selections – a program high — and its seven second-team picks include former …
COLLEGE TENNIS: Rees resigns at Lenoir-Rhyne, Frost to serve as interim head coach
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Matt Frost, an assistant tennis coach last season at Lenoir-Rhyne University, will serve as interim head coach for both Bears teams after the resignation of head coach Tom Rees. LRU athletic officials announced Rees’ departure in a press release on Thursday. Kansas State University announced later Thursday it has hired Rees as an assistant (coachhttps://www.kstatesports.com/index.aspx?path=wten) Frost is …
COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Lenoir-Rhyne picked as favorite to repeat as league champ
HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – Lenoir-Rhyne University, coming off a 12-win season and South Atlantic Conference (SAC) title, is the favorite to repeat as the league’s football champion in 2019. In a vote of conference head coaches released by the SAC via a press release, LRU gained five first-place votes and 68 points to sit atop the predictions. Wingate got …