Ouachita Baptist Wind Ensemble to perform March 11
ARKADELPHIA, Ark.—The Ouachita Wind Ensemble will perform on Thursday, March 11, at 7:30 p.m. in Ouachita Baptist University’s Jones Performing Arts Center. The ensemble will perform under the direction of Dr. Craig Hamilton, Ouachita’s Lena Goodwin Trimble Professor of Music.
The 39-member ensemble is audition-based and open to all wind and percussion performers at OBU. Since the group’s inception in the late 1990s, it has performed throughout the United States and Europe and has recorded six CDs. “I’m always excited to showcase the ensemble’s incredible talent,” Hamilton said.
View As Web Page Lady Tigers sweep Lincoln in 1-hit shutout victories; improve to 8-1
ARKADELPHIA- Ouachita Baptist never left a doubt in double header victories over Lincoln (Mo.) University, as the Lady Tigers invoked the run-rule in five innings and allowed just one hit in both games. The double header sweep also stretched the current win streak to eight games for Ouachita (8-1), the best start since joining the Gulf South Conference in 2001.
Ouachita (8-1) won Game 1, 9-0, behind a shutout victory from junior Kristen Rigsbee on the mound, as Rigsbee also provided a walk-off two-run homerun to seal the win. In Game 2, Ouachita defeated Lincoln, 8-0, as junior Sara Hanson went five innings in allowing just one hit, as senior Haley Chambers provided a three-run homerun in the first inning.
Tigers shutout North Alabama, as Gowdy moves to 3-0
ARKADELPHIA- After scoring 10-plus runs in three of the past four matchups, Ouachita Baptist used a two-hit shutout and strong starting pitching performance from senior Will Gowdy to shut down North Alabama, 3-0, at Rab Rodgers Field in Arkadelphia on Friday.
Ouachita (5-4) stretched their current win streak to three games behind a six inning, one hit performance from Gowdy (3-0). The Lions didn’t record a base hit until two outs left in the fifth inning. Junior Nick Holtgrieve recorded his second save of the season, going three innings in relief of Gowdy.
Ouachita to induct 1964-65 basketball team, five other athletes into Hall of Fame Feb. 26
ARKADELPHIA, Ark.—Continuing the tradition of honoring outstanding student-athletes, Ouachita Baptist University will induct its newest members into the university’s Athletic Hall of Fame on Friday, Feb. 26.
Ouachita’s 2010 Athletic Hall of Fame inductees include the 1964-65 men’s basketball team, OBU’s first team named to the Hall of Fame, as well as five individual athletes.
OBU grants Honors Scholarship Awards to six students
ARKADELPHIA, Ark.—Ouachita Baptist University’s Carl Goodson Honors Program recently announced the recipients of the 2010 Honors Scholarship Awards. Six honors students were granted the awards to pursue research in their respective fields of study.
The scholarships are a part of the Elrod Scholarship Endowment, which was created 25 years ago. These scholarships are not applied to a student’s tuition, but are used to help them in their research for an honors thesis.