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BASEBALL: MARSHALL, Texas (2/3/16) - On national signing day, the East Texas Baptist University baseball team signed their best recruit for their program yet in Team Impact partner Mark McCullough from the Shreveport, La., area. Mark is a Down Syndrome child living out his dream being a part of a college athletic team.

MARSHALL, Texas (2/1/16) - The 2016 Meyer Lecture Series went on as planned on Monday, Jan 25 at East Texas Baptist University even though the keynote speaker, Peter Greer, President of Hope International, could not attend. Meyer was unable to travel to Texas due to the northeastern snowstorm. 

BASKETBALL (M): MARSHALL, Texas (1/30/16) -  Boosted by Bret Atkins' 33-point performance, the East Texas Baptist University men's basketball team withstood a hard-charging second-half effort by the University of Texas-Tyler to win, 69-64, on Saturday afternoon inside of Ornelas Gym. Atkins hit eight three-pointers and making seven straight in the first half.

ETBU ups its overall record to 15-4 and 8-2 in American Southwest Conference games and is currently on a season-best seven-game winning streak. Additionally, the team improves to 9-1 on its home court this season.

MARSHALL, Texas (1/22/16) - East Texas Baptist University student Katelynn Rochelle Burns, a senior speech communication major, has been selected to present an original research project as part of the Undergraduate Honor's Conference at the Southern States Communication Association's annual convention. 

MARSHALL, Texas (1/28/16) - Thursday night will be a special night in Ornelas Gym as the East Texas Baptist University men's basketball team host Military Appreciation Night. The men's basketball team would like to honor all those that are currently serving and have served for our country.

"We just want to honor our current and former veterans here in Marshall for what they have done for us and this country," says head coach Bert West. "We want to take time to say thank you to the people that do the hard jobs for us to do what we want to do."