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ENMU Sports News Greyhound Football at Cowboys Stadium ENMU was invited to attend the second Annual Lone Star Conference Football Festival last September and turned it into a weekend-long celebration. After departing early Thursday morning for Arlington, Texas, the Athletic Department along with the ENMU Foundation and Alumni Association staged events to bring alumni and friends together for what turned out to be a fantastic few days of action. Thursday evening, the Alumni Association hosted a meet and greet reception at the Marriott DFW Airport South. Old friends were able to reunite and new friends met. Early Friday morning, the ENMU Greyhound Sound and Spirit Squad put on a memorable pep rally outside of the Hounds’ hotel. Fans formed a spirit tunnel along with the band, cheerleaders and dancers to send our Greyhounds off to Cowboys Stadium in style. Fans were then invited to take a tour of Cowboys Stadium that ended in one of the stadium’s field level clubs for a great pregame party. Fans enjoyed delicious food from Cowboys Stadium’s Legends Catering, including their world famous mac’n’cheese, while 8
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watching the Greyhounds warm up to take on the University of the Incarnate Word Cardinals. Tensions were high as game time approached. Eastern appeared to be in trouble when Incarnate Word returned the opening kickoff for a score, but the Hounds controlled most of the game and clinched an exciting 34-24 victory with Jayson Serda’s 81-yard interception return. It was a great end to the Greyhounds’ first trip to the Lone Star Conference Football Festival.
“We are overwhelmed and so proud of the affiliation that Eastern Athletics has with Doc Elder,” said ENMU Athletic Director Dr. Jeff Geiser. “In the 35 years I have been in collegiate athletics, he is by far the best radio announcer I have ever worked with.”
It was also an outstanding weekend for our alumni and friends, and we hope to see them and even more fans at the 2013 Football Festival this September.
For nearly two decades, Dr. Elder has added to the listening pleasure for Greyhound and Zia fans by inserting historical anecdotes and pop-culture references into his football, baseball and basketball broadcasts. In addition to his broadcasting duties, he is a history professor at ENMU and has taken on the responsibilities of a sports communication class over the last few years, which has allowed students the opportunity to take part in his broadcasts.
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Honors continue to roll in for longtime ENMU Athletics broadcaster Dr. Don Elder. After earning induction into the New Mexico Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame, in June 2012, he was selected as the Jack Trussell Lone Star Conference Broadcaster of the Year for 2011-12 and was honored at the LSC Media Day, held in San Antonio, Texas, July 31, 2012.
Former Zia soccer player, Andrea Elizondo (BS 11)v was featured in the Summer 2012 issue of The ENMU Effect for her mission work in Ghana with City of Refuge Ministries. During her first visit last spring, Andrea found a few ways to continue her mission work and involve ENMU in the process.
