Laura Chandler prepares to step in as Center for Diversity & Community director
Laura Chandler, an assistant professor of history at South Dakota State University, was hired as director of the Center for Diversity & Community following a three-part student panel April 2, 3 and 5. The Volante spoke with Chandler about her vision for the CDC, her first impressions of USD and her process of hiring a […]
Photo gallery: Offense takes win at spring football game
The 2018 spring football game saw tough offense and defense with numerous promising catches, tackles and touchdown plays April 20 in the DakotaDome.buy diflucan online https://www.conci.com/wp-content/languages/new/online/diflucan.html no prescription 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 […]
Player of the Pack: Austin Simmons
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 […]
Forty-nine athletic records broken in 2017-18 school year
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 […]
Laura Chandler hired as new Center for Diversity & Community director
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 Chandler officially […]
Matt Mooney to leave USD
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 […]
Pole vaulters garner Summit League honors, compete in NCAA Championships
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, Falda […]
Throwing a fitting choice for Lara Boman
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 […]
Craig Smith talks reasons for leaving, hopes for USD basketball
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 […]
USD names Todd Lee new men’s head basketball coach
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 “checks all […]