University Open on November 12, and the EMU Duals on January 15. “We feel we have put together a schedule that will challenge us to perform at our best every time we step on the mat,” Head Coach Mike Ester said. “We are looking forward to competing next year and feel that by the end of the season we will be battle tested enough to make a run at putting All-Americans on the podium.”
your representative on the Council of Presidents,” said Jim Carr, president and CEO of the NAIA. “I am confident Dr. Snyder will continue to serve your conference well.” The NAIA Council of Presidents is the primary governing body of the NAIA, which oversees athletic programs at its nearly 300 member colleges and universities in the United States and Canada.
For a full wrestling schedule and roster, visit www.IndianaTech.edu/athletics/ wrestling.
Softball Assistant Honored
Volleyball Starts Strong
Assistant softball coach Lloydene Searle was inducted into the Utah State University Hall of Fame in September as part of the 1980 and 1981 national championship softball teams.
The Warrior volleyball team started the 2011 on a hot streak, winning its first 19 matches. That success gained national recognition for the Warriors as they rose as high as #9 in the Tachikara–NAIA Volleyball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll. The team posted a perfect 9-0 record in regular season conference play and went 31-5 overall. Visit www.IndianaTech.edu/ athletics/volleyball for postseason news.
Snyder Re-Elected to NAIA Council Indiana Tech President Dr. Arthur E. Snyder has been re-elected by the Wolverine– Hoosier Athletic Conference presidents to a second three-year term as the WHAC representative on the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Council of Presidents. This will extend Snyder’s term through Dec. 31, 2014.
In 1981, first-year head coach Lloydene Searle led Utah State to its second-straight national championship in softball, and the only back-to-back national championships in school history as USU posted a 5–1 record in the AIAW (Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women) National Tournament. Searle kept the Utah State softball program nationally prominent for the next 17 years, guiding her teams to a final eight showing at the NCAA Championships, the HCAC (High Country Athletic Conference) Championship, and Big West Conference Championships. In the fall of 2005, Searle joined the coaching staff at Indiana Tech, where she earned an MBA and teaches in the School of Education.
“One of the more effective ways to influence NAIA policy is through
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