This is the eastern kentucky university womens basketball scholarship and program info page. Former south georgia technical college and eastern kentucky university standout shameekia polly murray has signed a professional contract with the depiro basketball club. Eastern kentucky basketball player charged with rape ap richmond, ky. Mens basketball mccrackens brower tapped as 2020 allpurchase coach of the. Athletics model laboratory school eastern kentucky university. Along with serving as the head mens track coach, he teaches elementary physical education at reidland elementary school and is an assistant coach for the mccracken co.
I work in a unique institution where basketball is a priority and i love my job at uk. The associate head coach of the eastern kentucky university womens basketball program is matt thune. Mens basketball mccrackens brower tapped as 2020 allpurchase coach of the year author. Official kentucky high school sport schedules and results. Recent game results height of bar is margin of victory mouseover bar for details click for box score grouped by month. The kentucky high school athlete official organ of the kentucky high school athletic association vol. There should be a complete schedule published thereafter. Eastern high school, louisville ky basketball players. Jack adams player profile, eastern kentucky, ncaa stats.
Donna murphy newport 1976 geri grigsby mcdowell 1977 irene moore breathett county 1978 beth wilkerson paris 1979 lisa collins laurel county 1980 lillie mason olmstead 1981 connie goins weste. A history of the first one hundred years of eastern kentucky university basketball. Mccracken saves her best play for last as tiger womens hoops tops dartmouth by bill alden. Eku has a combined 22 trophies, 15 men and 7 women. Hamilton the colonels have appeared in the ncaa tournament seven times.
Arizona state womens basketball associate head coach amanda levens is leaving to become head coach at nevada. Eastern kentucky university womens basketball scholarships guide. View amanda mccracken s profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. If asked to close out the season under the context of las vegas isolation, individuals would be flattened to one dimension to fulfill the single purpose of playing games. Colonels corner eastern kentucky university basketball.
Meade county 201718 kentucky high school girls basketball. Bennett is averaging better than 16 points per game and entered the 1,000point club against pope john paul ii in her very first game of. Sep 07, 2012 eku hoops mens team will be releasing their basketball schedule via twitter tomorrow throughout the day. The colonels play their home basketball games at alumni coliseum, located on ekus campus mens golf. Its also available for football, hockey and baseball. The official 201920 cheerleading roster for the eastern kentucky university colonels.
The official 201920 mens basketball roster for the eastern kentucky university colonels. The colonels also outrebounded the spartans, 3428, dished out twice as many assists 189, and forced uncg into 15 turnovers that led to 23 points. Eku basketball coach jeff neubauer hired by fordham university. Eastern kentucky coach jeff neubauer talks to his players during the second half of an ncaa college basketball game against miami in coral gables. Greenbriers amanda bennett poised to make district run. The girls basketball tournament began in 1921 and continued until 1932 when basketball was abandoned as a high school sport. Mccracken county mustangs mens basketball official website. Other sport championships were gradually added to the khsaas sanctioned list of athletic contests, which presently includes 29 championships in twelve sports. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover amanda s. Football senior braden glover signs with eastern kentucky university. While at uk, i was a k week kcrew leader, worked as a resident advisor, was at the johnson center five days a week playing basketball or lifting weights, was a photographer for the kentucky kernel, worked for the admissions office, played intramural flag football and always loved a friday night trip to pazzos for bacon pineapple pizza. Dec 05, 2016 eastern kentucky basketball player charged with rape ap richmond, ky. Maxpreps kentucky high school girls basketball rankings, leaderboards, and scoreboards. Eastern kentucky university athletic training at program.
Here youll have access to information regarding the college and details on their womens basketball program like who to contact about recruiting, names of past alumni, what scholarship opportunities can be had and how to start the recruiting process. Im not sure i have seen 2500 students at a eku basketball game in my five years of following eastern basketball. Eastern kentucky coach jeff neubauer talks to his players during the second half of an ncaa college basketball game against miami in. My writing combines my passion for athletics, communication, travel, and connecting with people. Mccracken was a standout ncaa divisioni golfer at eastern kentucky university in richmond, ky. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes. Former sgtc and eku standout murray signs professional deal. She ranked third in the nation in fairways hit percentage as a. In 201415, mccrackens warriors recorded a fivegame winning streak which. Mccracken county high school coaches and staff members. Apr 04, 2012 eastern kentucky university made a strong statement working towards the ohio valley conference commissioners cup, the allsports trophy given to the ovc school that finishes the best overall in all the ovc sports. Eastern kentucky university 20002001 womens basketball roster.
Maroon nation a place for the maroon nation to come and talk all things related to the colonels. Manage my account click here for mcbrayer arena seating chart. Season, career, single game eku alltime scoring leaders. Mccracken scholarships eastern kentucky university. Athletics model laboratory school eastern kentucky. Any student who has completed a bachelors degree from eku or a regionally accredited fouryear institution.
Monroe county 201718 kentucky high school girls basketball. Mens basketball mccracken s brower tapped as 2020 allpurchase coach of the year author. Recommended citation eastern kentucky university media productions, 100 years of eku basketball 2010. Ap authorities say an eastern kentucky basketball player has been arrested on a rape charge.
Mcbrayer was an assistant coach at kentucky for nine years under adolph rupp before entering the army during world war ii. Ekus intercollegiate athletics teams are nicknamed the colonels. Eastern kentucky university eku offers a professional masters degree in athletic training ms in at that was granted accreditation in august of 2016 through the substantive change process. Maureen mccracken saved her best for last when it came to her princeton university basketball career. Levens, who was a hall of fame player at asu, has been on coach charli turner thorne. Find the latest videos we have for high school girls basketball in kentucky. The mens golf team has won 12 ohio valley conference championships. Three eku womens basketball players net careerhighs. Eastern kentucky colonels index college basketball at sports. This month, our alumni spotlight features amanda mccracken, 1999 honors scholar. The majority of the collection contains individual folders of players that corresponded with mcbrayer relating to basketball, eku, or personal information from over the decades. The womens team travel north to the great state of ohio, yes i am from ohio.
Eku coach jeff neubauer comforted his players after the game by telling them they were guarded by the best defensive team in the modern era of college basketball. If you have questions, please contact amanda mccracken, eku scholarship coordinator at amanda. Mar 30, 2015 eku hoops coach neubauer hired by fordham. Mcbrayer, an allamerican at the university of kentucky in 1930 who became the winningest basketball coach 219 victories in eastern kentucky university history, had been battling pancreatic cancer. Former sgtc and eku standout murray signs professional. Home games are played at alumni coliseum, located on ekus campus. Sam mccracken news, stats, photos austin peay governors. Nevada hires asus amanda levens as womens basketball coach. Saturday was an eventful day for eastern kentucky university basketball teams. Eastern high school, louisville ky basketball players realgm. Paul mcbrayer papers, 19402001 eastern kentucky university. Pieces i wrote have landed me interviews with katie couric, huffington post radio.
Maroon has been the official color of eastern athletics since the school was begun as the eastern kentucky state normal school in 1906, and the schools official team nickname was the maroons from the start of intercollegiate competition in 190910 until 1963, when thenpresident robert martin changed the. The lanky 62 post player came into the last week of her senior season having scored 86 points in the tigers first 24 games. Any ways the colonels lost at miami university 6055. That was news to ekus denzel richardson, who told reporters afterwards he wasnt impressed by uks defense. This collection contains material related to paul mcbrayers career as head basketball coach of eastern kentucky state college and years after, ca. The team last played in the ncaa division i mens basketball tournament in 2014. Eku hoops mens team will be releasing their basketball schedule via twitter tomorrow throughout the day. News articles are written weekly about important high school girls basketball events in kentucky.
The hendrix college basketball camps will provide each camper with an opportunity. Mcconnaughy, jacqueline mccullough, darcy mccoy meshey, jennifer mccracken, caelan mccracken, amanda mccracken, amy mccracken, amanda. Racer basketball team, be a fulltime student and have at least a. Rk, season, conf, w, l, wl%, w, l, wl%, srs, sos, pts, pts, ap pre, ap high, ap final, ncaa. Mens basketball coaching staff hendrix basketball camps. The study strong scholarship replaces the eku now and whitlock scholar candidate dual credit scholarship programs beginning fall 2019. The eastern kentucky colonels basketball team is a mens college basketball team at eastern kentucky university, located in richmond, kentucky, united states. Maxpreps has professional photography of kentucky high school girls basketball teams and games. Mens basketball eastern kentucky university athletics. Founded in 1963 by indiana university hall of fame basketball coach branch mccracken, mccracken basketball camps has since helped over 125,000 players across the midwest improve their skills and heighten their game and knowledge of the sport. Amanda mccracken administrator, collaboration core. Join facebook to connect with amanda merritt and others you may know. A few of the places i have been published include the new york times, the washington post, glamour, elle, espn, aarp, huffington post, outside, mens journal, runners world, triathlete, and womens running.
The place will be the terrace room at the kentucky. They have two children, keara 10 and brady 4, and two furry rescue children, dogs buddy and. Every day, well send you an email to your inbox with scores, todays schedule, top performers, new debuts and interesting facts and tidbits. Service learning and participation in a sport, club or organization are graduation requirements, so it is not surprising that 80% of model students participate in athletics. Legacies of kentucky mountain basketball this is a fascinating look at the glory days of kentucky high school basketball, especially in the eastern kentucky mountains. Eastern kentucky colonels schedule clubhouse 2018 college. Eku 21, 00 ovc finished the game shooting a seasonbest 48 percent from the floor against a spartan defense that led the nation in field goal percentage defense coming into the contest. The suspension of spring sports has been extended until at least may 1 and is being evaluated on a continual basis. In her three final princeton appearances, mccracken scored a careerhigh. Sb nation is the largest independent sports media brand, consisting of, and over 300 fancentric team communities. Colonels were up 14 early in the second half, but could not hold on to that comfortable lead against a good redhawks team. Depiro is an affiliate of the malta basketball association located in mtarfa, malta.
Owensboro from the outhouse to the penthouse on one wild saturday. As some may know i had a nice rant last night after reading how murray state wants 2500 students all their home games for the rest of the season. Amanda sjoberg softball eastern kentucky university athletics. Eastern kentucky basketball player charged with rape. Amandas role as scholarship coordinator is one greatly appreciated by the eku honors program. Eastern kentucky colonels mens basketball wikipedia.
Mccracken county 201718 kentucky high school girls basketball. Model has an active student body with a variety of opportunities for athletic involvement, as early as the 4th grade. Josh daniel is a 63, 200pound shooting guard from charleston, wv. Eastern kentucky university athletics main navigation menu. Eku alltime scoring leaders eastern kentucky university. Amanda has been married to her husband connor for 14 years. Eastern kentucky university womens basketball roster. Study strong scholarships eastern kentucky university. Student must be enrolled fulltime at eku to recieve the award.
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