Cheyenne Alexis

Cheyenne Alexis is a senior at the University of South Dakota from Omaha, Nebraska. She is majoring in media & journalism with a minor in creative writing. She currently works as the sports presentation editor for The Volante.

Sports

April 21st, 2018128 The 2018 spring football game saw tough offense and defense with numerous promising catches, tackles and touchdown plays April 20 in the DakotaDome. The offense team (Red) won the game 33-27. Quarterback Austin Simmons was 11-17 in passing with 254 yards, including one touchdown. The highlight of the game was a one-handed, 47-yard...
Sports

April 18th, 2018108 Austin Simmons is a junior quarterback majoring in physical education. Cheyenne Alexis: What do you like about being the quarterback? Austin Simmons: There’s a lot of things that I like about it. One big thing is you always get to touch the ball in every play, so you get to really have an impact in every game. CA: Can you talk...
Sports

April 17th, 2018234 USD racked up 49 broken school records by 23 athletes in nearly half of the Division 1 sports provided by the school this academic year. Shanice Cannigan, a senior hurdler on the track and field team, holds the school records for 60-meter hurdles (8.41 seconds) and the pentathlon (4,106 points). Cannigan said it was an honor to...
Campus

April 17th, 2018452 Following a semester without leadership in the Center for Diversity & Community, a new director was hired with the help of a search committee and students. Laura Renee Chandler, an assistant professor of history at South Dakota State University, was hired as director following a three-part student panel April 2, 3 and 5. When...
Sports

April 15th, 2018305 Matt Mooney, a junior men's basketball player, announced Sunday on Twitter that he will not be returning to USD next year. Following the departure of former head coach Craig Smith on March 25, Mooney had made an announcement April 5 on Twitter saying his contract from USD had been released. "I am not for sure leaving USD, but I...
Sports

April 10th, 201882 Two USD pole vaulters have sprung to the top of the program. Sophomores Chris Nilsen and Helen Falda garnered multiple Summit League honors this year, including the Summit League Indoor Track and Field Athletes of the Year award. First season success In her first season at USD after transferring from University of Texas Arlington,...
Sports

April 9th, 2018121 Junior thrower Lara Boman's switch from her 16-year soccer career to throwing for track and field has been a successful transition, after making nationals and breaking the USD hammer throw record her first meet of the outdoor season. Starting from scratch Boman played soccer at USD for three years before having to sit out due to a hip...
Sports

April 9th, 2018308 Craig Smith, former USD head men's basketball coach, accepted the head men's coach position at Utah State in March, leaving behind four years at USD. Smith, who was named Summit League Coach of the Year in 2016-17, led the team to the Summit League regular season title and tallied a 79-55 record at USD. The Volante talked with...
Sports

April 4th, 2018192 Todd Lee, a USD alumnus, was announced as the new men's head basketball coach Wednesday, according to GoYotes. Lee graduated from USD in 1986 with a business administration degree, and received his master's in education at Azusa Pacific in 2003. David Herbster, USD's athletic director, said in the GoYotes press release that Lee...
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