Hey look! It’s me! With a Roo coaching legend. Heather Woods Sanders was a 1st team all-conference volleyball player at AC, earning the sport’s outstanding player award at the 1990 Athletics Convocation. Coach Sanders has led New Braunfels Canyon volleyball for 23 years, leading the Cougarettes to consistent district titles and multiple state tournament appearances.
The 1981 Austin College football team will be honored at Homecoming in two weeks; 2021 marks the 40th anniversary of AC’s national championship. A big thanks to Athletics Director David Norman and his AC staff for the hard work. On the 35th anniversary in 2016, I told the story of the 1981 Kangaroos online. I
The first football games at Kyle Field, one of the oldest stadiums in Texas, took place in the Fall of 1905. One of the first Aggie football opponents at Kyle in the Fall of 1905 was……….OK, fine, it was NOT Austin College. Haha. A&M was unwilling to provide funds for an athletic park, so in
Chapter 1: Notre Dame & St. Edward’s University (Saturday 9/18) Father Edward Sorin established two Catholic Universities in 19th century America. The first university, Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, is perhaps the most famous Catholic school in the United States. The second university might surprise you. Born in France during the Napoleonic wars, Father
This week is the Field of Dreams game between the Yankees and White Sox. This week is also the Crimson & Gold challenge week at Austin College. JR Ohr asked me to write online to promote the AC fundraising challenge. Hey JR, you know I am always a yes. There will be an Austin College
[Written on April 25, 2019] On this day 100 years ago, Austin College had a special visitor. The 27th President of the United States. Republican William Howard Taft had won election in 1908, serving one term. By 1921, he would be appointed Chief Justice of the United States. Taft is the only person to have
The Battle of Cantigny was the first. The Battle of Cantigny, fought on May 28, 1918, was the first American offensive in a World War 1 that was going poorly for the Western Front. Kaiser Wilhelm’s Germany still held significant amounts of French territory and could see the blinking lights of Paris in the distance.
Congratulations to Sam Houston State. The Bearkats earned a D1 FCS title in football today with a dramatic, last second win over South Dakota State.In attendance was JR Ohr. JR is a former Roo QB, former Bearkat athletics staffer, and current Roo Executive Director for development. JR’s daughter is now 1-0 in national championship games.
Dianne and I were sitting in Tiananmen Square, having just arrived in May of 2011 to finish the adoption of our daughter Ms. M. I looked up at the big portrait of Mao, and noticed a flag hanging next to China’s. “Whose flag is that?,” I wondered. I looked it up later. It was the
I was messaging with Christopher Hall this weekend about his father. You know his Dad right? Dr. Clyde Hall? An AC living legend? Dr. Hall turned 98 years old last week. I told Chris how inspired I was by his Dad’s story. What I didn’t mention to Chris though was my favorite picture of Dr.
