Athlete Spotlight: Soccer player Rebecca Sparkman
This week’s Athlete Spotlight focuses on Rebecca Sparkman, a junior midfielder for Coyotes soccer. Sparkman is second on the team in both points and goals on the season. She is from Eden Prairie, Minn., and was named to the Summit League Honor Roll in 2013. Nathan Ellenbecker: What’s different between life in Vermillion and Eden Prairie? Rebecca Sparkman: […]
Column: nothing but excitement ahead for Coyote sports
University of South Dakota fans have been saying this for a long time: It’s a great day to be a Coyote fan. Now, I don’t want to sound like that overly-cheery parent whose eyes twinkle after every play little Johnny makes in pee-wee baseball, but it’s hard not to enjoy the ride of Coyote sports right […]
On the rebound: Tennis coach resigns before first tournament
Malcolm Gilreath gathered his team after practice. It was days before the team would play their first matches without him, and every player was sweating as the 80 degree weather hit the hard tennis courts outside the DakotaDome. This week was Gilreath’s last with the team he helped start 10 years ago. He resigned Wednesday for a job in Florida, where […]
Column: Ignore the score, Coyotes showed life in Oregon
The game hadn’t even started when cheers from the Old Lumber Company Grill and Bar signaled the life of a fan base. The University of South Dakota Coyotes were halfway across the country in one of the most famous college football stadiums, playing against one of the most prestigious programs. In every sports betting book, […]
Outcome of Oregon-USD season opener holds financial, status-quo power
The University of Oregon will write a $525,000 check to the University of South Dakota for Saturday’s first game of the football season. That’s guaranteed money for USD’s athletic department just for making the trip to Eugene, Ore. It’s not new information — the money received for playing the game with massive odds stacked against […]
Groundbreaking ceremony signals go-ahead for sports complex construction
Governor Dennis Daugaard, University of South Dakota administration, fans and more gathered in the parking lot south of the DakotaDome Tuesday for the picture-opportunity groundbreaking of a $66 million sports performance enhancement facility. “This really is a milestone,” Athletic Director David Herbster said. “Certainly for the athletics and every student-athlete here, but for every student-athlete who […]
USD linebacker drafted by Atlanta Falcons in 2014 NFL Draft
After what he called a “long, anxious day,” the University of South Dakota’s football defensive leader Tyler Starr is headed to the National Football League. Starr, the 6’4″ linebacker who has led USD defense for three years, was drafted 255 by the Atlanta Falcons in round seven of the NFL Draft May 10. “I’m doing fantastic now,” Starr […]
Sports facility additions are ‘the next step to elevate the university’
With the groundbreaking of a $66 million sports arena, track complex and soccer fields project beginning in May, the University of South Dakota is looking to make vast improvements to its athletics department. The project will connect a sports science lab and a basketball/volleyball arena to the DakotaDome, and is estimated to be completed ahead of the 2016-17 academic year, […]
Enrollment for online summer courses doubles
Student enrollment in online summer courses offered by the University of South Dakota has more than doubled in the last five years. Michael Card, associate provost for graduate and distance education, said he expects to see more growth for summer 2014 courses. From the summer 2009 semester to the summer 2013 semester, the total enrollment in […]
Coyote athletics are on the rise, stay optimistic for the future
I didn’t think much about my first experience with Coyote athletics. I was lucky enough to be given tickets to a Coyote football game during the Fall Open House admissions event my senior year of high school. “Cool, but whatever” defined my thought process in the game. It was my first college football game, and […]