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Emma Gasman and Lauren McGowne
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Emma Gasman received honorable mention and Lauren McGowne landed on the third team when the NAIA announced the 2015 Tachikara-NAIA Volleyball All-America Teams this morning.
#11 Kamerun Smith
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Did you know? Even though Kamerun Smith is now Tanner Trosin’s backup, he is still ranked #21 in the NAIA in pass efficiency. Tanner is #13 in pass efficiency and #2 in rushing yards for QBs. He’d probably be #1 if he hadn’t split time with Kamerun earlier in the season. If Tanner rushes for 114 yards or more in Daytona he will end up #1.
Joel Spear scored a combined 50 points in SOU’s wins
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The Cascade Collegiate Conference announced today that the Southern Oregon University men’s basketball team has been named the “Adidas Team of the Week” for November 30 – December 6.
Details of the victories can be found here and here.
SOU’s next home game (at Ashland High School–a much better venue for photography than old McNeal I might add) will be on 12/30/15.
#31 Mylz Blake putting the hit on Morningside’s Tyler Kavan for a loss of several yards on the play
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TO: Fans, Families and Supporters of SOU Football
FROM: Matt Sayre, Director of Athletics
DATE: December 5, 2015 (4:30 pm CST – on the plane after defeating Morningside)
The Raiders are heading back to Daytona, Florida to play for our second NAIA National Football Championship! We’ve been fortunate to have outstanding young men and dedicated coaches take our program to this elite level.
I believe last year’s national championship won by the football team was one of the best things Southern Oregon University has ever accomplished. Behind Coach Howard and his fine staff of coaches we have seen a program go from the chopping block to SOU’s premier and most recognizable program. This has brought our university prestige, attention and enrollment growth we had never known before. We owe them so much.
National travel on this scale is expensive. Charter planes can cost up to $200,000 each. So far, the flights alone for this season’s playoff run have totaled $300,000. There is hope the NAIA will reimburse some of our costs but even so, with hotel and food, this run has tapped our post season travel budget.
We need help from you to get our boys back to Daytona as they pursue another National Championship. Our goal is to raise $200,000 to cover the cost of the charter and other expenses.
Please help us get them back to Daytona so they can represent us again on ESPN3 and the national stage.
Sid and Karen DeBoer have generously donated $10,000 to kick this effort off and get the Raiders back to Daytona2.
Thank you for your support. And if you’re heading to Daytona2 with us, bring sunblock.
Respectfully,
Matt
HOW YOU CAN HELP
Option 1:
Online via the SOU Foundation Athletics Giving Page
http://giving.soufoundation.org/raiders
Option 2:
Mail a check payable to the SOU Foundation Raider Club
SOU Athletics
1250 Siskiyou Blvd.
Ashland, OR 97520
Option 3:
Make a pledge
Contact Natasha Ford fordn1@sou.edu or 541-552-6773
DAYTONA CHARTER INTEREST
If you are interested in traveling with our Raider Team to Florida please go to the below link, and complete the interest form.
Right now we still don’t have a charter lined up. Information will be passed out when we do get one locked down, which will hopefully be early in the week. Right now, tentative plans if we get a charter would be leaving on Tuesday, Dec. 15 and returning Sunday, Dec. 20.
Charter seat minimum donation request $500 per person. Any amount donated exceeding the $500 seat value is tax deductible.
Raider Daytona Flight 2015 Interest Form
For questions on the charter, email Bobby Heiken at heikenb@sou.edu
Ryan Retzlaff in Chicago (12/6/14)
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Raiders take the field before their 30-27 victory over Morningside. Details here.
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I was reminded on the plane back from Iowa, where the Raiders beat #1 Morningside to earn another trip to Daytona for the national championship, that I should do another “Countdown to Daytona” like I did last year.
So here goes…
14 days and counting…
Expect a photo a day here between now and the game on December 19, 2015.
Time to answer the question. Who’s #1?
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For those interested in watching the SOU football team in the National Semifinals today against Morningside, below are some options. Game time is 10 a.m. PST.
The game will be webstreamed by Morningside University for free.
You can also join other fans in Ashland by viewing the game at the following locations: RedZone, Oak Tree, Northwest, and Omars. If you have anyone in your party under 21, you’ll want to go to Northwest.
Go Raiders!
2015 SOU Volleyball Team
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With tonight’s victory of Midland over Coastal Georgia (and SOU’s 3-1 loss to Vanguard), the Raider’s season will come to an end tomorrow with a consolation match against Coastal Georgia. At this point, Southern Oregon will be playing Thursday for a crack at the top 20 in the final rankings. They won’t be able to play in the 12-team final bracket play that begins on Friday.
The Raiders didn’t go down without a fight. SOU won two against Midland yesterday (and nearly won the match) and dominated Vanguard in a set today, but they came up just short of a shot at cracking the top 12.
With only two seniors on the current team, they will be back next year.
Jesse Needles eyes the end zone on his way to a TD against KWU
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As mentioned yesterday, Massey went a perfect 4-0 in forecasting the quarterfinal results. I don’t understand how or why, but Massey is predicting a rematch of last year’s national championship game (even though Massey has Marian ranked lower and St. Francis is at home). Note that St. Francis already beat Marian (on the road no less) earlier this season.
