All-American Daniel Breaux has graduated

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The SOU football team will be losing many of their seniors from the championship team for next season.

Dustin Fretwell has used up his eligibility and will be graduating with a degree in business

However, the national championship should help with recruiting top student athletes in future years.

Austin Dodge will of course be gone, but Melvin Mason (over 1,000 yards and 17 TDs in 2014) will be a junior in 2015.

In addition, all three of the running backs have at least two years remaining.

Sean Tow averaged 5.6 yards per carry in 2014 and will be a junior in 2015.

Keegan Lawrence averaged over 7 yards per carry and will be a sophomore in 2015.

Julius Rucker will be a junior in 2015.

#92 David Weider will be a senior, #26 Daniel Abernethy will be a sophomore, and #42 Isaiah Carter will also be a sophomore in 2015.
#10 Tevin Lake on Marian rushed for over 5,400 yards in his career, but the Raiders allowed only 68 of those yards on 18 carries.

Jaylenn Hart had 57 tackles this year and 3 interceptions against Marian. He will be a senior in 2015.

The future looks bright. More photos of next year’s returning players coming…

Posted on December 26th, 2014 under people. Tags: Daniel Breaux, dustin fretwell, football, julius rucker, keegan lawrence, NAIA National Championship Game Daytona Florida, Nikon D750, Raider Athletics, sean tow, Southern Oregon University, sports photography. Comments Off on Past and future stars of the Raiders

SOU football – Heston Altenbach and Daniel Breaux

SOU football – Austin Dodge receiving offensive player of the game award in 2014 NAIA semifinal playoff game (Chicago, Illinois)

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Congratulations to these three for being named 2014 NAIA Scholar Athletes in football earlier today.

Posted on December 18th, 2014 under people. Tags: austin dodge, Daniel Breaux, football, Nikon D750, Raider Athletics, Southern Oregon University, sports photography. Comments Off on 2014 NAIA Scholar Athletes

Daniel Abernethy picked up the loose ball and headed for the end zone

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Details of yesterday’s game against the College of Idaho Yotes can be found here. Today’s photo sequence shows the section that says “The final score was tacked on when Daniel Breaux’s sack forced a fumble, making way for Daniel Abernethy to scoop it up and cruise in from 43 yards out.”

Touchdown Daniel Abernethy

#7 Dustin Fretwell

Le’Dontrae Gooden

#47 Daniel Breaux had the sack that led to the fumble recovery and TD by Daniel Abernethy. #22 Heston Altenbach enters the celebration at this point.

Click here for more SOU football photos.

Posted on September 21st, 2014 under only in ashland, people. Tags: ashland high school, Daniel Breaux, football, Heston Altenbach, Nikon 300mm f/4.0D ED-IF AF-S Nikkor Lens, Nikon D600, Raider Athletics, Southern Oregon University, sports photography. Comments Off on Raiders improve to 4-0 on the season

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What? Football
Where? Ashland High School (Phillips Field)
When? 9/20/14 @ 1 p.m. (get there early if you want a seat in the shade–temperatures may be in the 90s by the end of the game)
Who? Southern Oregon University Raiders (3-0) vs. College of Idaho Yotes (2-0)
Why? SOU can continue their march up the top-10 rankings with another victory.

Posted on September 18th, 2014 under only in ashland, people. Tags: blakelyn birks, Daniel Breaux, football, Nikon 300mm f/4.0D ED-IF AF-S Nikkor Lens, Nikon D600, Raider Athletics, Southern Oregon University, sports photography. Comments Off on 48 hours to go