Date Game Site Time (CST) NetworkSaturday, August 30 Labor Day Classic Houston, TX 7:00 p.m. ESPNU
Prairie View at Texas Southern
Sunday, August 31 MEAC / SWAC Challenge Orlando, FL 1:00 p.m. ESPN2
Jackson State vs. Hampton

The Southwestern Athletic Conference announces its 2008 football schedule highlighted by classics, traditional rivalries and televised contests.
In addition to the schedule, the Conference has revised its tiebreaker policy. As football will be moving to a seven-game conference mandate, the SWAC Council of Presidents approved a new divisional tiebreaker to decide the participants in the SWAC […]

The Jackson State University athletic department captured the 2007 - 2008 Southwestern Athletic Conference Commissioner’s Cup – the James Frank Award – as they amassed the most points in the all-sports competition.
Jackson State earned 164 total points as they won the award for the second consecutive year. The Lady Tigers claimed championships in track and […]

Baton Rouge, La. – Jackson State built a lead early to cruise to a 7-4 victory to over Grambling State at the 2008 Southwestern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament at Lee-Hines Field on Friday afternoon. With their second loss, Grambling State was been eliminated from the tournament. LaDerek Camper, Jerome Tyes and Cortez Cole each had two […]

Rick Duckett, formerly of the University of South Carolina and a previous NCAA Division II South Atlantic Coach of the Year, is the new head men’s basketball coach at Grambling State University, Director of Athletics Troy Mathieu announced on today.
The hiring is pending approval of the Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System.
“Coach […]

Grambling State University Director of Athletics Troy Mathieu announced Thursday that Donnita Drain, the architect of the Langston University basketball revival and the reigning two-time Women’s Basketball Coaches Association Region III Coach of the Year, as the new head women’s basketball coach of Grambling State University.
The hiring of Drain, a native of Taloga, Okla., is […]

Baton Rouge, LA– The opening game of the 2008 Southwestern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament provided plenty of fireworks as the #3 Eastern Division seed Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils pounded out a 12-2 victory over the #2 Western Division seed Grambling State Tigers. The Tigers broke a scoreless game in the bottom of the third inning […]

The 2008 Southwestern Athletic Conference Baseball All-Conference team votes have been tallied and Prairie View A&M’s Myrio Richard was named Player of the Year while Jackson State’s Charles Williams was named Pitcher of the Year. Joel Del Grande of Alcorn State took both Newcomer of the Year and Outstanding Hitter of the Year honors and […]