Jakob Milani Staff Writer jmilani@murraystate.edu After a 5-2 finish to the shortened regular season, the Murray State football team took home many end-of-the-year honors, with 13 players being selected to All-OVC teams. Two Racers were voted to the All-OVC Newcomer team. Junior defensive lineman Ethan Edmundson finished the season with 26 total tackles, five tackles-for-loss Read More
Jakob Milani Contributing Writer jmilani@murraystate.edu With his senior season quickly approaching, senior linebacker Anthony Koclanakis was named to the Stats Perform FCS Preseason All-America Third Team. The preseason nod adds to Kocklankis’ plethora of accolades he has accrued during his Murray State career. After being a 2019 First-Team All-OVC selection, he was also named to Read More
Gage Johnson Sports Editor gjohnson17@murraystate.edu Following a successful freshman season, sophomore guard Tevin Brown is looking to build on his scoring capabilities to become the primary scorer at the guard position for the Racers. After being given redshirt status and sitting out a year, Brown joined the Murray State men’s basketball team and became the Read More
Story by Nick Kendall Contributing writer nkendall1@murraystate.edu Murray State special teams made a clean sweep of their respective Preseason All-OVC team selections as senior Kicker Gabriel Vicente, senior punter Steve Dawson and senior return specialist Malik Honeycutt were given the honors for the 2019 season. Vicente was named to last year’s All-OVC first team. He Read More
Story by Keith Jaco Staff writer rjaco@murraystate.edu Each season, OVC head coaches and sports information directors vote on year-end awards for various categories including Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, First and Second teams, and All-Newcomers (freshmen or transfers). Murray State men’s and women’s basketball players each received numerous OVC postseason awards Read More
Story by Bryan Edwards, Staff writer Being a student-athlete brings a big challenge. Not only do you have to make sure you perform at your top ability on the field, but you also have to make sure you can maintain the grades to be able to suit up every weekend. Jordon Gandy is a junior Read More
Story by Mark McFarland, Sports Editor Tight end Jesse Blackburn was named to the preseason All-OVC team Monday at the OVC Media Day. Blackburn is entering his fourth season after scoring five touchdowns on 48 catches and 612 yards receiving last season. With the graduation of wide receiver Janawski Davis, Blackburn is expected to see Read More