Jeff Haley, left, and son Nathan Haley. (Photo by Tim Clark)
-Tim Clark, TLU Sports Information
(Blanco) – Texas Lutheran senior Nathan Haley became the fourth Bulldog student-athlete to win a Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference individual golf title when he captured medalist honors Tuesday at Vaaler Creek Golf Club.
Haley joined TLU Women’s Golf stand-out Summer Swift and former Bulldogs Adam Peterson and Colin Uecker as SCAC individual champions.
TLU has been in the SCAC since the 2014 SCAC Golf Championships. Peterson won the 2015 men’s title, and Swift won the women’s crown in 2018. Uecker took home his title in 2019.
TLU baseball takes two of three from Southwestern, Irby named SCAC Hitter of the Week
(Seguin) – The Texas Lutheran baseball team opened a weekend non-conference series against Southwestern with a 12-7 win at Katt-Isbel Field Friday before splitting the final two games in Georgetown with a 14-3 win and an 11-8 loss.
Senior first baseman Cole Irby was named the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Hitter of the Week for his performance in the series and last Tuesday’s win over Mary Hardin Baylor. Irby hit .647 (11-17) with eight RBIs in four games last week, and had at least two hits in each game.
Mitchell named NWCA NAIA Men s National Coach of the Year Nate Naasz, NWCA
Nick Mitchell
PARK CITY, Kan. On Thursday evening the NAIA hosted a virtual National Championship Coaches Social. At the conclusion of the event, National Wrestling Coaches Association Executive Director Mike Moyer recognized the 11 finalists for the NAIA Men s National Coach of the Year and announced the winner as selected by his peers. The award is presented to the coach that has demonstrated outstanding effort throughout the season in developing and elevating their program on campus and in the community. The NWCA National Coach of the Year awards program is presented by Defense Soap, the official Hygiene partner of the NWCA.
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Jan 19, 2021 7:19 AM
(Seguin) – Texas Lutheran alumna Megan Lee has been named to the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference’s 30th Anniversary Women’s Volleyball Team.
Lee, a two-time SCAC Backrow Player of the Year, is TLU’s all-time leader in career digs, with 2,490.
Lee also holds TLU records for single-season digs (759 in 2014), single-season digs per game (6.38 in 2014), career digs per game (5.57), and single-match digs (52 in a five-set match in 2014 against the University of Dallas).
Her three years as the TLU libero produced three of the five highest single-season digs totals in Bulldog history.
Her single-season dig totals for 2014, 2012, and 2013 rank first, fourth, and fifth, respectively, all-time at TLU.
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Jan 7, 2021 7:46 AM
(Seguin) – Texas Lutheran’s record-setting forward Luis Green has been named to the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference’s 30th Anniversary Team for Men’s Soccer.
Green, one of just two current student-athletes on the all-anniversary team, has exploded onto the scene in two seasons at the collegiate level. The 2018 SCAC Newcomer of the Year, Green also was named SCAC Offensive Player of the Year in both 2018 and 2019.
Since the award began in 2003, Green is one of just two athletes to earn the distinction of SCAC Offensive Player of the Year in back-to-back seasons.