2019
‘A true community’: Vermillion, South Dakota
Vermillion, South Dakota. This is a place where students, faculty and community members live and where many call home. This home also has a rich history that community members learn from every day and is something that the Clay County Historical Society (CCHS) tries to preserve. A unique story Wess Pravecek, executive director of the […]
Coyote football hires former NFL Linebacker
Former Iowa Hawkeye and NFL linebacker Abdul Hodge was hired by USD head coach Bob Nielson to be the new outside linebackers coach. Hodge, an all-Big Ten and all-American from his time at Iowa, reached out to Neilson about the position over the off-season. Hodge was a third round pick in 2006 and played five […]
Former USD Women’s Basketball Star gets opportunity in WNBA
The Coyotes second all-time leading scorer and 2016 WNIT tournament MVP Nicole Seekamp has signed with the Dallas Wings of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA). Seekamp, a 2016 graduate of USD, has spent the last three seasons playing professional basketball in Poland and Australia. She spent the last two seasons playing in the Women’s […]
Coyote softball goes 4-1 in Florida over the weekend
USD women’s softball is off to their best start in a decade after winning four games in Madeira Beach, Fla. over the weekend. Redshirt-freshman Alexis Devers started and finished the weekend with complete-game victories. Devers pitched seven shutout innings Friday against Albany. She allowed one hit and two walks while striking out five. A pair […]
USD alumni bring positivity out of tragedy with a scholarship
The Rowyn Ann Ney scholarship was created by USD alumni Emily Ney and her husband Scott Ney in honor of their daughter Rowyn. The couple lost their baby girl at 34 weeks and one day in late 2018. They said were incredibly touched by the nurses at the Sanford USD medical center in Sioux Falls. “The […]
Regional Hult Prize competition sees USD competitors for the first time
The Hult Prize is an international competition for social entrepreneurship, and this year USD students had an opportunity to participate for the first time. The university-level competition took place on Dec. 1 and the winners, Together We Stand, will now represent USD at the regional competition on March 15 and 16 in Boston, Massachusetts. A […]
Sportscaster Lesley Visser honored for excellence in journalism
Lesley Visser was recognized for her contributions to journalism as the 2018 recipient of the Al Neuharth Award for Excellence in the Media in the Freedom Forum on Monday night. Visser is an American sportscaster, television and radio personality and sportswriter. She is currently a reporter for CBS Sports, and she got her start writing […]
Three Coyotes set records at Summit League Championships
USD broke three meet records as both the men’s and women’s track teams placed top-three in the Summit League Championships inside the Sanford Jackrabbit Athletic Complex over the weekend. USD’s women’s team finished second with a total of 146.5 team points as North Dakota State took first with 214 points. The men’s team took third […]
The actions of one are not the actions of many
In recent news, actor Jussie Smolett has come under fire for allegedly staging a hate crime on himself. Because of this, the legitimacy of other victims reporting abuse suddenly has a negative light shone on it. So often those who report crimes of abuse of any kind–specifically sexual–are not taken seriously. They are written off […]
Free speech can be messy, but we need it
One of the founding principles of the United States that Americans cherish is the First Amendment, and our right to freedom of speech. The First Amendment states, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment on religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the […]