Friday, July 31, 2009

Listen to McElroy and Smith comments at media day

Fans can now hear head coach Sam McElroy's comments on the preseason poll, the 2009 Texans and the preseason award handed to running back Roderick Smith on Thursday. Also, listen to what Roderick has to say about the award - very overwhelmed.


McElroy on the 2009 Preseason Polls and the 2009 Texans - here

McElroy on Roderick Smith and the Preseason Offensive Player of the Year Award - here

Smith on the POY Award - here


Next week, look for lots of updates from Tarleton FB Camp starting Thursday.

Thursday, July 30, 2009

TexAnns picked to finish third in volleyball

Following one of Tarleton's best seasons in volleyball and finishing runner-up in the Lone Star Conference last season, the TexAnns were picked to finish third in 2009.

West Texas A&M was picked to defend the LSC after receiving ... of ... first place votes.

Abilene Christian was picked to finish second following last season's final match loss to WTAMU.

Following the TexAnns is Midwestern State, Texas Woman's, Angelo State, Central Oklahoma, TAMU-Commerce, Southeastern Okla., Cameron, TAMU-Kingsville, East Central, Southwestern Okla., and Eastern New Mexico.

ACU picked to defend the south; Texans picked to finish third

Abilene Christian picked to defend the south division followed by West Texas A&M. Tarleton picked to finish third, followed by Texas A&M-Kingsville, Midwestern State, Angelo State and Eastern New Mexico.

ACU received 16 out of 20 first place votes. West Texas A&M (3) and Midwestern State (1) recieved the remaining four votes. The Texans tallied 87 total points while ACU received 135 points.

Aston Whiteside (ACU) named south division defensive player of the year.

Tarleton's Roderick Smith, TB, named south division offensive player of the year.

Coach Sam McElroy thanked Stan Wagnon and the LSC for its leadership and how it represents this conference.

Coach McElroy is looking forward to seeing Roderick play this year with the honor he received today.

Quote of the day from most of the coaches: "I'm ready to get practice started."

North Division Polls revealed

Central Oklahoma was picked to win the north division followed by Texas A&M-Commerce and Southeastern Oklahoma in a tie for second. Southwestern Oklahoma, East Central and Northeastern State follows.

William Green (A&M-Commerce) and Jermelle Cudjo (UCO) named north division preseason co-defensive players of the year.

Marcus Johnson (ECU) named north division offensive player of the year.

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Tune into LSC Media Day on Blog, Twitter and Facebook

DALLAS - Stay tuned to TarletonSports.com for all of the happenings at the 2009 Lone Star Conference Football and Fall Sports Media Day this Thursday.

We will be tweeting and live blogging the event from the Crowne Plaza Suites in North Dallas that begins at noon.

Fans can keep track of the day's events with the Tarleton Tales Blog and the TarletonSports Twitter page. Fans are also encouraged to leave comments on the blog page and can tweet questions to the Tarleton Sports Information office throughout the day.

The football preview is scheduled to begin at 12:08 p.m. with the announcement of south division preseason polls and awards. The south division coaches will then follow with remarks begining at 12:45 p.m. Volleyball anncouncements are slated to begin at 1:10 p.m. with cross-country announcements to follow at 1:22 p.m. The event will conclude with an open-interview session with coaches and players that will run from 1:30-2:30 p.m.

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