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By Andrew Preston   Trevecca head baseball coach Ryan Schmalz has collected donations of clothing items and shoes for the University of Houston men’s basketball coach, Kelvin Sampson in an effort to aid the victims of recent Hurricane Harvey. Schmalz, who is in his sixth season as Trojans head coach, said he initially heard of the request from Sampson via Twitter. “I wanted to organize a donation from our coaches,” Schmalz said. “Every (coach) might have some teen camp t-shirts or things like that from the summer we could box up and ship down there.” Hurricane Harvey has devastated Houston and southern Texas for the past week. (more…)

By Andrew Preston For the first time in school history, the Trevecca men’s golf team will host a NCAA Midwest Regional tournament. The tournament, dubbed the “Nashville Music City Regional,” will include more than 100 golfers from 24 different teams with the event tentatively scheduled to take place April 3 and 4 at the Generals Retreat Course at the Hermitage Golf Course. “This is one of five NCAA Regional tournaments throughout the year,” said director of golf, David Head. “This is a big deal not only for Trevecca, but for Nashville. We’re excited for it.” The men’s golf team competes annually in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC), but also, on a larger scale, in the Midwest Region. “We are the southernmost school (by about 125 miles) in our region, Kentucky Wesleyan is t...

By Andrew Preston For the second consecutive year five Trojan Indoor Track and Field athletes competed at the Armory Track Invitational in New York City. “The Armory is one of the most revered places to get to run in for indoor track in the United States. It’s a very storied place. This is a big deal meet, dominated by Division-I schools. A portion of the meet was actually broadcasted on NBC,” said head coach, Austin Selby. Junior, long distance runner, Brandon Laws highlighted the weekend for the Trojans as he set a new school and Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) record in the 3000 Meter Run with a time of 8:27.03. “It felt great to get that record today. It means I am improving. It means my training is going well. It means I am developing as a college athlete,” sai...

By Andrew Preston The Trojans baseball team will begin the 2016-17 season the pre-season favorites to win the Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) for the third consecutive year. According to a recent G-MAC coaches poll, the Trojans received 41 totals points, with four first place votes, and are early favorites to once again win the G-MAC post-season title, something they have accomplished three of the past four seasons. Last season the Trevecca baseball team lost 9-6 to Alderson Broaddus in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) championship game. After trailing for most of the game, the Trojans scored five runs in the seventh inning to take a 6-5 lead. Alderson Broaddus tied the game in the eighth inning and went on to score three more runs in the top of the ninth to secu...

By Andrew Preston The Lady Trojans softball team is looking to begin the 2016-17 season the same way as their previous campaign—with a Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) championship. “Last year was pretty tough when we lost. The last two years, we’ve made the NCAA regional finals since we’ve been eligible. Both years, our team was so upset that we lost because we saw what was in reach,” said head coach, Ben Tyree. “I think last year our team was good enough to make the College World Series, and that was the disappointing part about losing.” The Lady Trojans won the G-MAC championship last year, 4-0 over Cedarville. They headed to the Midwest regional tournament before ultimately being defeated by Grand Valley State. (more…)

By Andrew Preston Finished with final exams? Check. Go home for the Christmas break? Not so fast. Immediately after the fall semester ended, head coach Ryan Schmalz and his baseball team didn’t suit up to take the practice field or hit the weight room for conditioning. Instead, they boarded an airplane for a four-day mission trip. “We wanted to use baseball to advance the gospel,” said Schmalz. “We set up baseball clinics for kids, played a pick-up game, helped out a local church set up Christmas parties for kids and attended church services.” Schmalz, now entering his fifth season as head baseball coach, took the group, which consisted of a combined 20 players and assistant coaches, to Managua, Nicaragua. The Nicaragua trip was more than just an idea Schmalz had. The Trojans head ...

By Andrew Preston The 2016-17 Trojan baseball and softball teams will begin their seasons Feb. 10, on the road, a little under three weeks from today. On the Hill, however, improvements to both Jackson Field and the Trevecca Softball Complex have already occurred.   The newly installed, green seats at Jackson Field took about a week to complete, something head coach, Ryan Schmalz was grateful for. “The seats were privately donated, but we had to pay for the installation of them. They were badly needed, the old ones were definitely in really bad shape, so it was a great update to our facility,” said Schmalz.  The Lady Trojans have brand-new netting which surrounds the backstop and both dugouts.  “The old (backstop) was outdated and damaged. We were w...