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Sports News APSU Sports Information Govs ousted in NIT, fall short in OVC championship Austin Peay State University men’s basketball team lost 75-51 to Air Force in the Mastercard National Invitational Tournament first round, March 14. Austin Peay (21-12) suffered its worst shooting night since the season’s second game, making just 29 percent (18-of-62) of its field goals in the contest, including a 22.7 percent (5-of-22) performance from three-point range. The Govs settled for a shot at the NIT title after falling 63-62 to Eastern Kentucky University in the O’Reilly Ohio Valley Conference Tournament Championship, March 3 in Nashville. The 33-game season is the longest in games played in Govs history. Austin Peay did not win a nonconference road game (0-6) during the 2006-07 season. Loos winningest coach in APSU’s history Dave Loos, Governors basketball coach, is the University’s winningest coach in APSU basketball history after the Govs beat Southeast Missouri 68-67 on Jan. 13, 2007. The win was No. 259 for Loos, who broke the record previously held by Dave Aaron. Loos is in his 17th year as Austin Peay’s men’s basketball coach, the longest tenure in APSU’s history and second longest in OVC history. He has coached two Austin Peay teams to the NCAA Tournament and two to the NIT. Loos is a member of two Hall of Fames and eventually will be inducted into APSU With 259 wins to his credit, Dave Loos, athletics director and men’s head basketball coach, became the winningest coach in APSU basketball history Jan. 13, 2007, when the Govs defeated Southeast Missouri. Cheer and dance wins COA Open National Championship Austin Peay State University’s cheer and dance team brought home the gold from its first-ever competition — the Cheerleaders of America Open National Championships, Birmingham, Ala. Athletics Hall of Fame. Also in the 17 years Loos has coached at Austin Peay, his program never has been investigated by the NCAA. In addition to coaching, Loos has served as APSU’s athletics director since 1997, the longest tenure of any athletic director in the University’s history. Reed, Lockett, Loos receive postseason OVC top honors Sophomore Drake Reed was named the 2006-07 Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Year, the league announced March 1. APSU head coach Dave Loos was named OVC’s Coach of the Year for the fifth time during his 17-season career – the most of any coach in OVC history. In addition, Reed was named to the All- OVC first team and junior Fernandez Lockett was named to the All-OVC second team. Reed, a Clarksville native, is the fourth Austin Peay player to receive the OVC honor and the 25th Austin Peay player all time to receive first-team All-OVC recognition. He led the Govs with 16.2 points per game through the O’Reilly OVC Tournament firstround play, ranking fifth among all conference players in scoring. After a rough start – the Govs were 5-6 after the season’s first two months – Loos led the APSU Sports Information The competition was open to cheerleaders and dance teams across the country with divisions ranging from elementary school squads to collegiate level teams. The team’s head coach is Keli Rutherford. Govs to a 15-4 for the remainder of the season, including an 11-game streak which ranked third longest in the nation at the time it ended. It is the Govs’ fourth regular-season title in Loos’ tenure and third in the last five seasons. Lockett was the other half of the Govs’ inside combo, leading the Govs in rebounding (7.7 rebounds per game). It is the 13th consecutive season Austin Peay has had a player named to an All-OVC squad. 3 inducted into APSU Athletic Hall of Fame Two Austin Peay athletes from the 1990s and a coach who built the Lady Govs basketball program into the Ohio Valley Conference’s (OVC) finest were inducted in January Jermaine Savage 2007 into the APSU Athletics Hall of Fame. Inductees were Susie Gardner, who led the Lady Govs basketball program to OVC dominance; Jermaine Savage, who helped fuel the Governors’ basketball rise in the mid-1990s; and Susan Sheather, a two-time OVC Player of the Year in the early 1990s. The APSU Athletics Hall of Fame now has 87 members. Keli Rutherford 24 Austin Peay
APSU Sports Information Bill Persinger Susan Sheather- Kliebert Gardner built the Lady Govs basketball program into the OVC’s best during the early part of this decade. APSU compiled an impressive 112-92 record during her seven-season tenure but a spectacular 63-29 mark over her final three seasons, including 27-4 record in 2002-03. For three straight seasons, Savage was second on the team in scoring, culminating with a 17.5 average as a senior when he was chosen second-team All-OVC. His record included a career-high 34-point effort at Eastern Kentucky where he launched the game-winning basket from near midcourt. Sheather was one of the OVC’s most dominant tennis players in the early 1990s. Twice the Kelso, Australia, native won the OVC at No. 1 singles (1992, 1994) and once at No. 2 doubles (1991). She also captured OVC titles at No. 1 doubles (1994) and No. 2 doubles (1991). Former Govs baseball star, Walker, signs with Orioles Jamie “Cat” Walker, who starred for Govs baseball in the early 1990s, signed a threeyear free-agent, $12 million contract in late November with the Baltimore Orioles. The southpaw, who spent the last five seasons with Detroit, said the length of the deal was the deciding factor. “It’s always a tough decision once you’ve been somewhere for so long,” he said about leaving the Tigers. “The Tigers weren’t able to make a three-year commitment, and that’s what we started with in April of last year. ... They never really offered me a three-year deal, and Baltimore came out aggressive from Bill Persinger the get-go.” Walker, 35, appeared in 56 games for the 2006 Tigers, American League champions, and posted a 2.81 earned-run average as a situational lefthander. Walker, who was OVC Pitcher of the Year in 1992, was the first former APSU player to appear in a World Series game since Jimmy Stewart played in 1970 for the Reds. Walker spoke Feb. 5 at APSU’s 2007 First Pitch Banquet. The event was an opportunity for the public to meet the Govs baseball team for the 2007 season. McCray leaving APSU Govs head football coach Carroll McCray, who was to begin his fifth season this fall, resigned in February to become the offensive line coach at Furman University in Carroll McCray Greenville, S.C. The move also allows McCray to be closer to his family. Both McCray’s and his wife Angel’s parents live in North Carolina. McCray’s son, Trey, is going to play football at Furman, and that also factored into his resignation. McCray, who last fall completed the first year of a three-year contract extension, was 11-33 overall and went 3-8 last season in Austin Peay’s return to scholarship football. Assistant head coach and offensive line coach Steve Haywood has been named interim head coach until a new successor to McCray is named. Former APSU coach, Bo Brown, remembered with scholarship in his name Woodson Oliver, Clarksville, wanted to pay tribute to his former college coach, Fred “Bo” Brown, in a meaningful way, so Oliver recently established a football scholarship in Brown’s name at Austin Peay. He’s encouraging others to support the Coach Fred “Bo” Brown Memorial Scholarship, named in memory of the man who, according to Oliver, had a profound impact on the lives of many people during the short time he was Austin Peay’s head basketball, baseball and football coach. Looking for Austin Peay sports schedules, news and the most up-to-date information? Get it all online at www.apsu.edu the family farm near Clarksville, Oliver was determined to get a college degree. Although his father saved $25 so he could attend Austin Peay in Fall 1941, the money ran out after one term. Oliver found odd jobs around campus to fund his education until Bo Brown, coach of the Govs’ struggling football team, offered him a football scholarship. After graduation, Oliver began a career with a U.S. Steel-affiliated company—a job that would take him around the world— before he retired and returned to Clarksville. If interested in contributing to the Coach Fred “Bo” Brown Memorial Scholarship, contact Margaret Bentley by telephone at (931) 221-7127. Kimmel retires as head athletic trainer Chuck Kimmel, Austin Peay’s longtime athletic trainer and assistant athletics director, retired from the University in December. Kimmel began a new career in January as director of rehabilitation and a lecturer at Appalachian State University, Boone, N.C. Kimmel, a member of the Austin Peay Athletics Hall of Fame, arrived at APSU in August 1981 from East Tennessee State University. Joni Johnson, APSU’s assistant athletic trainer for the past 14 years, is interim head athletic trainer. APSU will conduct a search this spring for a permanent position replacement. Bivins receives OVC Scholar-Athlete Award Adonia Bivins, a senior defender for the women’s soccer team, was named one of six recipients of the Ohio Valley Conference’s prestigious Scholar-Athlete Award for 2006-07. Jamie “Cat” Walker speaks at the annual “First Pitch” Governors baseball banquet in February. After a childhood of “following a mule” on Continued on Page 31 Spring 2007 25
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