Sports

Basketball season is upon us and it’s time for us to get hype! With our transition into Division II we have some very excited students on campus ready to cheer on our team. Preston Collins took his excitement and put a plan into action and with that we have a new student section, “The Curtiss Crazies.” With a relatively young campus he wanted to instill some more tradition on campus in hopes this would inspire others to feel just as passionate. “I just thought the Curtiss Crazies would catapult us into a traditional school when it comes to sports and actually have a student section so people would have a reason to come to the games besides watching our team play,” said Collins. The athletics department has been very excited about this wave of enthusiasm. In the athletics complex whe...

The AUM Men’s Basketball team is coming into the new season ready to set things off with Coach Michael Cheaney to lead them to victory. Coach Cheaney has more than 15 years of experience at the NAIA level, as well as having played at NCAA Division I, II and III institutions. Cheaney, from Indiana, comes from a family that is known for playing basketball. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from Kentucky Wesleyan in 1996, and went on to earn a Master’s in Sports Management from Indiana State University. Cheaney was a standout student-athlete at Kentucky Wesleyan University. During his playing career, Cheaney earned the Senior Award as the Panthers’ outstanding athlete, set the school record for field goal percentage and was named the team’s most improved player. He began ...

AUM will kick off the 2017-2018 basketball season with its annual “Hoops Madness” on Thursday, October 19. This year’s event will consist of a 3-point challenge, a dunking competition, and promotional games. The Athletics Department and the Student Government Association team up each year to rally support for the men’s and women’s basketball teams as they prepare for the upcoming season. “Hoops Madness” is a great way for supporters to honor and celebrate the Warhawks. It’s also a great way for the student athletes to introduce themselves. They tell everyone their names so that when the games come around, you’ll know who to cheer for. When they feel the energy from the crowd, they’ll have the determination and motivation to succeed. The event will also show what the teams can ac...

Auburn University at Montgomery’s first women’s volleyball team is scheduled to play under the leadership of Coach Melissa Robinson. A strong coach with dedicated players could make this inaugural team unstoppable. Photos by Frank Williams. Coach Robinson came to AUM with a strong history as a team player and a coach. As a coach, Robinson’s record shows her as having built Tuskegee’s volleyball program to lead Tuskegee to its season of 32-32, coached four all-conference performers, including the 2015 Co-SIAC Player of the Year, one All-South Region performer, as well as, guiding at least one student-athlete to the NCAA Division II Statistical Championship in aces per set her first season. In her own career as a team player, Robinson had a three-year career as a top performing lady Bul...

There is a new minor being offered through the Kinesiology Department in the College of Education. This Sports Nutrition minor is open to all students, but may be especially beneficial to students who are in a health-related major. The minor will be comprised of a sequence of classes that will make a total of 26 credit hours. There are two additional courses for those who are interested in continuing on to pursue a graduate degree in nutrition, such as a Registered Dietitian program. Since this is a new minor, there will be some initial flexibility regarding the sequence of which students are expected to take the courses. This is to give upperclassmen the opportunity to take part in the minor before they are expected to graduate. As the program develops, the order of classes will be enf...

The Cross Country team consists of members who run long races over varied terrains, including hills, roads, mud puddles, grassy fields, rocky paths, and sometimes even shallow streams. The runner must have a strong heart, put in a lot of practice and have a good pair of racing and training shoes. To complete the race, the runners must not only have the strength to finish, but must also always be aware of their surroundings. Cross Country is capable of being both an individual and a team sport. Individuals compete against other runners, then the runners scores, based on the individual times to complete the race, are added up for a team score; the lower the score, the better. AUM Cross Country team consists of 10 males and 8 females. They are in their second year of The NCAA transitio...

Sports are embedded in American Culture. In a historically male dominated industry, women are making incredible strides in having successful careers in the sports industry. One very talented woman on AUM’s campus is Athletic Director, Jessie Rosa. Jessie is AUM’s first female athletic director. Recently, I had the opportunity to talk with Jessie and ask her about her success in athletics. Q: What has attributed to getting you to this position and what has helped with your success in athletics? A: Obviously the willingness for people to give me the opportunity to grow within athletics. I owe a lot of where I am today to my previous boss Steve Krotz who was our athletic director for over a decade and he was also our women’s basketball coach for quite a while. He was the one who gave me...