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Staying within the current football family, East Texas Baptist University announced the hiring of Scott Highsmith as the next head coach.

He becomes the fifth head coach since the program was restarted in 2000 and replaces Scotty Walden who left for an NCAA Division I position.

East Texas Baptist University announced a new scholarship opportunity on Thursday for Marshall's first responders.

The Public Servant Scholarship, a partnership between the university and the city of Marshall, will provide reduced cost tuition at the university to all full time Marshall Fire Department and Marshall Police Department employees.

Retired Marshall ISD school teacher Jean Birmingham received the Sam B. Hall Civic Service Award from East Texas Baptist University during the annual Sam B. Hall dinner and lecture series.

Birmingham served as a business teacher at Marshall ISD for 36 years and was also active in the city of Marshall as an entrepreneur and city activist.

Birmingham was presented the award on Tuesday at the university by former Harrison County Judge Richard Anderson.

East Texas Baptist University head football coach Scotty Walden has resigned his position moving onto the University of Southern Mississippi as an inside wide receivers coach. He coached at ETBU for four years and was the head coach for one year.

ETBU's Kaitlyn Hollingshead has spent a lot of time on the softball field where many memories stand out, like as a freshman, when her team won on back-to-back walk off homers in Super Regionals or last year when she hit two home runs against UT-Dallas.

However, her favorite memory on the softball field occurred when she and her Tiger teammates were on a mission trip in Costa Rica and has less to do with the game itself.