Updated: 3:08 PM On Monday, the voters installed Sam Houston State as the preseason No. 1. The Bearkats gained 79 of the 151 first-place votes and 3,708 points in the national poll.
Updated: 10:49 PM Head coach Willie Fritz greeted a fired-up group of 90 student-athletes for the first practice of 2012 Sam Houston football preseason camp Friday night.
Posted: 9:08 AM Sam Houston State has been tabbed to finish fourth in the 2012 Southland Conference women’s soccer race according to the annual preseason poll of the league’s head coaches.
Posted: 3:47 PM Midfielder Kirby Zak, defender Kayla Anderson and forward Tricia Mallory have been named to the 2012 preseason All-Southland Conference women's soccer team.
Updated: 7:26 PM Sam Houston State will have the opportunity to play one of the most storied men’s basketball programs ever and the Bearkats will host three other NCAA Division I opponents in November as SHSU participates in the 2012 Legends Classic.
Posted: 2:04 PM Jason Barfield, media services coordinator for the Bearkats' sports information department since May, 2007, has been named as Sam Houston State assistant athletic director for media relations, SHSU director of athletics Bobby Williams has announced.
Posted: 9:44 AM Two weeks and two days before the Bearkats open their 10th season of action, the Sam Houston State University women's soccer team reported for preseason camp Wednesday.
Updated: 10:42 PM The defending Southland Conference champion Sam Houston football team received more preseason national recognition Monday when four Bearkats were named to the 2012 College Sporting News Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) All-America squad.
Updated: 6:44 PM David Pierce of Sam Houston State has been named as NCAA Division I South Central “Regional Coach of the Year” by the American Baseball Coaches Association.
Updated: 11:07 PM Sam Houston State, which finished its 2011 regular-season campaign with a perfect 11-0 record and a 7-0 mark in league play, was picked as the favorite heading into the 2012 season as voted on by the league’s coaches and sports information directors, the conference Tuesday at its annual football media day at L’Auberge du Lac Resort.
Posted: 12:13 PM Sam Houston State’s volleyball team is one of only 102 NCAA Division I women’s programs that have been recognized by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) as recipients of the AVCA Team Academic Award for the 2011-2012 season.
Posted: 4:30 PM It has been quite a week for former Sam Houston State pitcher Justin Jackson. On July 13 he picked up his first professional win, playing for the Gulf Coast League Marlins. On Wednesday afternoon he stepped it up a notch.
Posted: 4:28 PM For the first time in seven years, the Sam Houston State football team has a Buck Buchanan Award candidate. Senior safety Darnell Taylor is among 20 players recognized by The Sports Network as a candidate for the nation’s top defensive player award.
Posted: 10:28 AM Sam Houston alumni will have the opportunity to gather and celebrate a season of championships and post-season success at a special reception for The Woodlands Bearkats on Friday, August 3.
Updated: 10:28 AM The third annual Little Kat Camp will be held Saturday morning, August 11, from 8:45 to 10:20 a.m. at Elliott T. Bowers Stadium.
Posted: 2:59 PM A week after the announcement the Sam Houston State women’s basketball team would be taking part in the Preseason WNIT, the Bearkats now know who the opening opponent will be. On November 9, the Kats will travel to Delaware to take on the Blue Hens. The game will tip off at 7 p.m.
Updated: 7:09 PM With 19 Bearkats among the 54 players listed, defending Southland Conference champion Sam Houston State University dominates the 2012 preseason all-conference team , the league office announced Tuesday in advance of next week’s media day at L’Auberge du Lac Resort in Lake Charles, La.
Posted: 2:32 PM Brandt Kieschnick, a four-time All-Southland performer and twice conference “Golfer of the Year” for Sam Houston State, is returning to his alma mater to become the Bearkats’ head golf coach, SHSU director of athletics Bobby Williams has announced.
Updated: 11:05 PM Last season Tim Flanders took the FCS by storm, quickly making a name for himself on a national level as he racked up yards and touchdowns at an amazing pace. As a late addition to the Walter Payton Award ballot, Flanders finished his sophomore season seventh in the voting for the nation’s top offensive player.
Updated: 6:46 PM The preseason first team released on Monday returns 14 players who were named to the 2011 All-America first team by a national panel of sports information and media relations directors, broadcasters, writers and other dignitaries this past December.
Updated: 12:28 PM Four Aggies and a Bearkat were named to the Texas Collegiate League All-Star game Monday, and, out in the California Collegiate League, two Aggies and three Kats have been named as All-Stars.
Updated: 11:00 PM Former University of Texas standout Terrence Rencher has been named as an assistant men’s basketball coach at Sam Houston State University, Bearkat head coach Jason Hooten announced Tuesday.
Posted: 3:16 PM Travis Watson from the Southland Conference championship football team and 2012 league indoor pentathlon champion Morgan Davis have been named as Sam Houston State’s representatives on the 2011-12 Southland Conference Scholar-Athletes of the Year list.
Posted: 6:57 PM Tori Benavidez, Sarah Allison, Allysa Coggins and Tomi Garrison of Sam Houston State have been named to the 2012 Academic All-Southland Conference honor squad.
Posted: 4:03 PM Sam Houston State senior Jake Arrington has been named the Southland Conference Baseball Student-Athlete of the Year, the league office announced Wednesday in conjunction with the release of the 2012 Academic All-Southland Baseball Team.
