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For most little girls, softball is a brief phase that ends as soon as the next big thing comes along, but for Aspen Grams it is more than a game. “It’s in her blood,” said her father, Rory Grams. Aspen Grams, who has been playing…
Ouachita Baptist Director of Athletics David Sharp announced Friday the hiring of new Tiger baseball coach Chris Moddelmog from Fort Scott Community College. Moddelmog succeeds Scott Norwood, who took the head coaching position at the University of Arkansas-Little Rock. “I am very excited to announce…
Ouachita Baptist placed 29 on the All-Gulf South Conference Academic Spring Honor Roll and had four selected to the All-Academic Teams. Tigers outfielders Justin Pennell and Blake Lockwood, golfer Rob Greer and men’s tennis player Ondrej Vana were named to their respective All-Academic Teams by…
With the 771st pick in the 25th round of the Major League Baseball First-Year draft, the Cleveland Indians selected Ouachita Baptist senior pitcher Steve Smith, who became the first-ever Ouachita Baptist baseball player drafted, Friday. Smith, a 6-foot right-handed pitcher from of Texarkana, Ark., went…
Ouachita Baptist senior pitcher Steve Smith added to his already impressive resume by being named Honorable Mention All-American. Smith, a native of Texarkana, Ark., finished his four-year career at Ouachita Baptist as the all-time single-season strikeout leader with 143. More impressively, he holds the career…
The final ranking came out for the Ouachita Baptist men’s tennis team as the Tigers were the third Gulf South Conference school in the top 10 by finishing ninth. Ouachita Baptist, which fell to West Florida during the second round of the NCAA National Championships,…
The Ouachitonian yearbook and The Signal newspaper of Ouachita Baptist University have each been awarded the Gold Medalist rating from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA) of New York City. The Gold Medalist rating is the highest award given in CSPA’s annual critique of college…
Sarah Stark, a freshman English and French double major from Arkadelphia, Ark., has been named a University Scholar by the College Society Advisory Board of Ouachita Baptist University. To be named a University Scholar, a student must exhibit the highest level of academic achievement with…
Ouachita Baptist University will begin a new campus tradition with this week’s outdoor spring commencement. The 2008 commencement service will be held Saturday, May 10 at 9:30 a.m., on the lawn in front of Cone-Bottoms Hall. A reception in the center of campus will be…
Junior Christian studies major Ashley Duvall from Arkadelphia was awarded the title of Ouachitonian Beauty on March 28. Duvall was selected for the honor by a panel of four judges who based their decision 70 percent on her interview and 30 percent on her poise…
Trennis Henderson, vice president for communications at Ouachita Baptist University, earned two national awards from Baptist Communicators Association during BCA’s annual workshop April 16-19 in Phoenix, Ariz. Henderson, who joined the Ouachita administration in March, previously served nine years as editor of the Kentucky Baptist…
In an effort to highlight service at the heart of campus life, Ouachita Baptist University held its annual University Community Service Awards on April 22. The event was hosted on campus by the Ben M. Elrod Center for Family and Community. Ian Cosh, director of…
