By Scott Goode, assistant athletic director for sports information Every year, more than 100 new students come to Searcy because they have been given a chance to participate in intercollegiate athletics for one or more of Harding’s 18 teams. Many of those student-athletes graduate and move away, but a surprising number stay or come back to Harding to work. In the athletic department, the University
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11,220 Total square feet of the Hatcher indoor facility. 5 Number of rooms plus two restrooms 6 Number of lifting stations in the weight room 148-by-60 Size of playing area in feet
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By Scott Goode, assistant athletic director for sports information In January of 2020, former Harding athletic director Greg Harnden learned that NCAA Division II Athletic Directors Association selected him to receive its highest honor — the DII ADA Lifetime Achievement Award — to recognize his outstanding career at the University. For Harnden, it may feel like another lifetime before he actually receives the award. He
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44 — Games senior Miles Humphreys reached base, the last 23 of the 2019 baseball season and the first 21 of the 2020 season, beating Harrison Hunter’s record of 35 games in 2015. 565 — Points scored by junior men’s basketball player Romio Harvey during the 2019-20 season, the most since Matt Hall scored 643 points in 2007-08. 2 — Number of women’s basketball players in Harding’s career
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By Scott Goode, assistant athletic director for sports information The month of March is an extremely busy time for the University’s athletic department. The winter sports of basketball and indoor track and field reach a climax with basketball in its postseason and track and field athletes pushing to qualify for the national meet. At the same time, the spring sports of baseball, softball, tennis, golf
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2 Number of Bison cross-country runners who have won the Great American Conference individual championship. Sophomore Dylan Douglas of Maumelle, Arkansas, took the title at the 8K race in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, in 25 minutes, 16.7 seconds. Harding’s other GAC champion was Andrew Evans in 2013. 4Number of freshmen in the Lady Bisons top seven runners at the Great American Conference cross-country championship, including Nieves Megias
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By Scott Goode, assistant athletic director for sports information The opportunity to study in one of Harding’s overseas programs is a draw to many students, but another overseas opportunity has presented itself to several members of the Bison basketball team when their collegiate careers end. According to the Eurobasket.com website, 13 Bison basketball players have continued their careers overseas, beginning with Tony Marion, who graduated
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0.00 — Home ERA for baseball’s All-Central Region honoree Ryder Yakel, who pitched 26 1/3 innings at Jerry Moore Field without allowing an earned run. He was 2-0 with three saves, 26 strikeouts and only six walks. 4 — Number of times men’s Berryhill Award-winner Bryce Bray earned first team All-Great American Conference honors, becoming only the fourth Bison football player to earn the distinction all four
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In May 2019, the United States Track and Field and Cross-Country Coaches Association inducted Daniel Kirwa (’11), one of the most successful distance runners at Harding, into its Division II Track and Field Hall of Fame. “I was so excited,” Kirwa says of hearing the news of his induction. “I was not expecting it, and all of a sudden I got the news. It was
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Don Hood, formerly the head men’s and women’s cross-country and track and field coach at LeTourneau University in Longview, Texas, is the new head cross-country and track and field coach for the University. He fills the position formerly held by Steve Guymon, who now coaches at Ouachita Baptist University after 17 seasons at Harding. “Coach Hood has experienced success across every level of the NCAA
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