By Official Release on Jul 4, 2008 at 9:33 am (CT) | 0 Comments
The MEAC/SWAC Challenge, an ESPN Regional Television (ERT) owned-and-operated event, announced today the creation of the Walter Payton Achievement Award in honor of the NFL football legend known as “Sweetness.” Like Payton, who starred at Jackson State from 1971 to ‘74 and earned his bachelor’s degree in communications, award winners are high achievers in the […]
By Official Release on Jun 13, 2008 at 3:27 pm (CT) | 0 Comments
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
By Official Release on Jun 13, 2008 at 3:04 pm (CT) | 1 Comment
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 […]
By Official Release on Jun 6, 2008 at 6:54 am (CT) | 0 Comments
JACKSON, Miss. - Jackson State head softball coach Kenya Peters has been selected to participate in the 2008 NCAA Women Coaches Academy June 7-11 in Atlanta, Ga.
About the Academy
The NCAA Women Coaches Academy provides skills training for coaches at all levels to assist them in being more efficient, productive, resourceful and successful. The academy is […]
By Official Release on May 29, 2008 at 10:50 am (CT) | 0 Comments
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 […]
By Official Release on May 18, 2008 at 9:08 pm (CT) | 0 Comments
BATON ROUGE, La. - The Jackson State baseball team’s run for the 2008 Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball crown came to an end Sunday afternoon, as the Tigers fell 9-2 to Texas Southern at Lee-Hines Field on the Southern University campus.
With the loss JSU falls to a 37-22 overall record and Texas Southern improves to 15-32.
Texas […]
By Official Release on May 16, 2008 at 10:23 pm (CT) | 0 Comments
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 […]
By Official Release on May 14, 2008 at 8:22 am (CT) | 0 Comments
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 […]
