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BASEBALL: MARSHALL, Texas (5/24/16) – More awards keep pouring in for the East Texas Baptist University baseball team as three players were named to the D3baseball.com All-Region teams. Conner Combs (first-team), Tyler Bates (second-team), and Zach Compton (third-team) all are on all-region teams. ETBU lead the American Southwest Conference with selections on the all-region team.

ABCA: MARSHALL, Texas (5/25/16) – More regional awards have come to East Texas Baptist University in baseball as four players are on the ABCA West All-Region team. Conner Combs, Tyler Bates, Dynas Doud, and Zach Compton are all on an ABCA team. Combs and Bates were named to the first-team and now have a chance to be All-Americans while Doud and Compton made the third team. This is the first time that ETBU has had four players named ABCA All-Region in the same year.

MARSHALL, Texas (5/17/16) – According to ETBU President Dr. J. Blair Blackburn, East Texas Baptist University has adopted its Campus Carry Policy in response to Senate Bill 11. 

ASC: RICHARDSON, Texas (5/19/16) – Amongst the elite in the American Southwest Conference, Conner Combs and Morgan Garrett are the recipients of the Scholar-Athlete Medal of Honor Awards from East Texas Baptist University. Each ASC member school awards one male and one female the award who is graduating and has compiled the most outstanding record in academics, athletics and leadership over their collegiate career. The award is presented annually by the Faculty Athletics Representative at each conference member institution.

Below are the bios for ETBU’s recipients:

NFCA: MARSHALL, Texas (5/18/16) – Sweeping through post season awards regionally, the East Texas Baptist University softball team had six players earn NFCA (National Fastpitch Coaches Association) West All-Region awards. With six selections overall, ETBU had the most in the West Region.

Earning the all-region first-team were Lacey Lindsey and Jayme Perez for the third year in a row. On the second-team were Rocki Tello, Linzie Lewis, Lindsey Vasquez, and Alexis Padilla. Lindsey and Perez will now be able to be up for the All-American teams that will be released next week.