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App's 2018 Football Freshmen

App’s 2018 Football Freshmen

Chase Frick, Sports Reporter March 15, 2018

After a strong 2017 season, the Mountaineers clinched a share of the Sun Belt Conference championship for the second time. This recent success has helped the Mountaineers when it comes to the recruiting...

Sophomore center Bayley Plummer shoots and scores two points while teammate Armani Hampton tries to get in position to catch the rebound during the game vs. Coastal Carolina on Saturday, March 3rd.

Women’s basketball goes 8-23, gets Sun Belt tournament victory

Brooks Maynard, Reporter March 14, 2018

An 8-23 record and a ninth place finish in conference play are the obvious things that come to mind when you think about the App State women’s basketball 2017-18 season. But they are not what define...

NBA draft hopeful Ronshad Shabazz brings the ball up the floor during a Mountaineer home game. Shabazz finished his career ranked first in App State history with 712 field goals made and second in points with 2,067.

With the best season under Fox, App heads to the tournament

Moss Brennan, Reporter March 14, 2018

App State men’s basketball finished the regular season with a record of 14-17 overall and 9-9 in conference play, with a win against Coastal Carolina University on Senior Day. With the win, they finished...

Sophomore guard O'Showen Williams checks with teammates before passing the ball during the game against Coastal Carolina on Saturday, March 3rd.

Men’s basketball benefits from transfers

Zackery Antrum March 14, 2018

Every offseason, transfers are becoming more and more common in college basketball. Players often attend a school right out of high school and quickly realize that they may not fit into a program, so they...

App State men's tennis coach Bob Lake announced his resignation from the post on Friday afternoon.

App State men’s tennis coach Bob Lake steps down

Brooks Maynard, Reporter March 10, 2018

On Friday afternoon, App State men’s tennis coach Bob Lake released a joint statement with athletic director Doug Gillin announcing Lake’s resignation from the position, effective immediately. “In...

Appalachian Roller Derby brings hard hits and open arms in season opener

Appalachian Roller Derby brings hard hits and open arms in season opener

Mack Foley, A&C Reporter March 7, 2018

The parking lot of the Youth Outreach Skating Rink in West Jefferson was entirely filled by 3:25 p.m. on Feb. 24, but cars kept pouring in, extending increasingly farther out into the field of grass and...

Junior Ally Walters gets out at second base during the double header against UNCG in 2017. Ally hit a grand slam during the second game giving the Mountaineers 4 runs in one inning.

A Fresh Start for Walters

Michael Pigg February 28, 2018

While Appalachian State’s softball team is   transitioning to a new coach this year, they are hoping one thing will stay the same: the productivity of junior utility player Ally Walters. Walters is...

Jason O'Keefe
2015 headshot
University of North Carolina Men's Soccer
Fetzer Field
Chapel Hill, NC
Monday, August 17, 2015

O’Keefe enjoys another strong recruiting period

Zackery Antrum February 27, 2018

Building a successful soccer program is like putting together a puzzle. But instead of being given the pieces in advance, a coach and his staff must search far wide to find players that fit the picture...

Sophomore Center Bailey Plummer puts up defense against the South Alabama Jaguars on Thursday.

Mountaineers defeat Jaguars in overtime

Garrett Wold, Sports Reporter February 16, 2018

App State (7-18, 5-9 Sun Belt) hosted the Jaguars of the University of South Alabama (15-9, 8-5 Sun Belt) at Holmes Convocation Center in an overtime thriller that gave the Mountaineers a much-needed win...

App State softball players keeping warm by running down the side of the field in the 2017 season. The first spring home is Saturday, March 3rd at 1 p.m.

New Coach, New Year

Chase Frick, Sports Reporter February 15, 2018

After a disappointing 2017 campaign resulting in a team record of 14-34, the App State softball team has decided to turn in a different direction. Heading into the 2018 season, the Mountaineers are giving...

Johnson Makes His Mark

Michael Pigg February 15, 2018

Sophomore Jordan Johnson will always be remembered for his single jump that landed him in the record books of App State. Johnson broke the school long jump record with a distance of 25-2.00. The previous...

Spencer Brown, Recently suspended Men's Tennis Team member.

App State Responds to Tennis Player’s Racist Comment

Aidan Moyer February 9, 2018

On Sunday, Jan. 28, Appalachian State suspended a men’s tennis team member for his derogatory comments made towards a North Carolina A&T State University tennis player John Wilson IV. Wilson...

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