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- 2. A BIT OFHISTORY1907 OUACHITONIANFOOTBALL · BASEBALL · BASKETBALL · WOMEN’S BASKETBALL · TRACK · TENNIS
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- 12. OUACHITA ATHLETICS INSOCIETYDivision IIExpensesDownfallsGate receiptsTelevision revenueLow fan baseMedia coverage
- 13. PROBLEM WITH MEDIACOVERAGETelevision CoverageFootball Championship (ESPN)Basketball Championship (CBS)Women’s Basketball Championship (ESPN2)CBS College Sports6 regular football games each ThursdayOne men’s basketball game each Saturday
- 14. PROBLEM WITH MEDIACOVERAGEOuachita seldom sees airtime
- 15. RADIO COVERAGERarely receiveattention from national or state-wide stationsLocal radio stationsKYXK ArkadelphiaKELD El DoradoKZHS Hot SpringsKVMA MagnoliaKNAS NashvilleKQOR Mena
- 16. BENEFITS TO SOCIETYRedCross Blood Drive
- 17. BENEFITS TO SOCIETYBRIDGE2RWANDASoccer FundraiserEliseeHabimanaOBU vs. Presidential Scholars TeamRaised over $700
- 18. BENEFITS TO CAMPUSLIFEBattle of the Ravine
- 19. BENEFITS TO CAMPUSLIFEHomecoming week
- 20. BENEFITS TO CAMPUSLIFESpirit of Athletics: Intramurals
- 21. BENEFITS TO CAMPUSLIFEContributions to diversity40%52%
- 22. BENEFITS TO CAMPUSLIFE“ Athletics are a great thing for higher education. Games bring a spirit of competition and camaraderie to the student body and help bond the students together under one common goal.”DAVID SHARP, ATHLETIC DIRECTOR
Editor's Notes
- #4 Posing on the “Ruston Gridiron”Consisted of:“Doggonit” Talbot“Sten-o-graphe” “Camel” Wallis, the gritty center“Thrasher”“Boss” who broke a rib that season“the hobo”Joshua who fractured a knee“Old Rye”“Long-head”“Chicken”“Cat”“Gerve”Manager Rogers, who also answered to the names “Brownie,” “Susie,” or “Jane”
- #6 Consisted of:-“Tag” Sain, the fastest short-stop that ever hit the Ouachita diamond-W.F. Rogers, the champion college pitcher of the south, known as “the Southern Preacher” because he would not play Sunday ball
- #7 -Two basketball teams: the Blacks and the Reds-“Examples of what girls can do in Athletics”-The team demonstrates that “beauty is useful as well as ornamental”
- #8 Members included: “Zeb,” “Physic” McGough, “Abraham” Jordan, “Elephant” Goodner, and “Young Jack Conger”
- #9 Notice the caption
- #10 Boating club (not to be confused with the newly created fishing club) and the Hunting club
- #11 Men’s: football, basketball, baseball, soccer, golf, tennis and swimmingWomen’s: volleyball, basketball, softball, soccer, cross country, tennis and swimming
- #12 Women’s golf: Gulf South ConferenceMen’s Wrestling: Independent program that travels to nearby states
- #13 -Expenses: -scholarships: award about 200 annually -facilities -coaching staff -sports information, athletic director-Downfalls: -Television revenue: no “big-buck” generating tv contracts like division 1
- #15 OBU versus Kentucky State exhibition game (2008)Baseball ranked #2 in the nation last yearGirl’s basketball advanced to Sweet 16 last season
- #18 -An international program designed to build a bridge from here to Rwanda and transform lives at both ends-Award presidential scholarships to top math and science students in Rwanda to receive 4-year undergraduate degrees at U.S. colleges under stipulation that students will return to Rwanda to work for a certain amound of time to better the advancement of the country-Elisee is one of these students