In a close votes, wide receiver Tim Benford is Tennessee Tech's Outstanding Male Athlete for 2011-12. Currently with the Dallas Cowboys, Benford helped the Golden Eagles capture the 2011 Ohio Valley Conference championship while setting numerous school records.
Former Tennessee Tech football players are invited to gather on Saturday, July 14, for the team's annual Alumni Golf Classic at the Cookeville Golf Club. Early indications point to another outstanding turnout so interested alumni should act quickly to reserve space in the tournament.
Starting times for Tennessee Tech's six home football games at Tucker Stadium in 2012 have been announced. The home schedule includes four night contests-- two on Thursdays -- and two afternoon games.
The Tennessee Tech football program will kick off the first of four summer camps on Tuesday, May 29 with the Soaring Eagle Kids Camp. Camp will run from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. from Tuesday until Thursday, May 31, and with registration beginning at 9 a.m. on Tuesday. The cost is $100 per camper.
Members of the Tennessee Tech football team gathered recently for a special ceremony to receive rings to commemorate winning the 2011 Ohio Valley Conference championship.
Tennessee Tech's Tre Lamb is among the players listed nationally on the College Football Performance Awards Watch List as projected top quarterbacks in the Football Championship Subdivision in 2012.
Tennessee Tech's Corey Watson has been named to the prestigious Hampshire Honor Society, one of just three Division I football players from the state of Tennessee selected by the National Football Foundation.
Former Golden Eagle linebacker, U.S. navy pilot and astronaut Capt. Barry Wilmore will accept an honorary doctorate at the second Tennessee Tech graduation ceremony on Saturday afternoon, one of two outstanding alumni who will receive the first honorary doctorates in TTU history.
Tennessee Tech All-America wide receiver Tim Benford has agree to a free agent deal with the NFL's Dallas Cowboys, and will report to the team's minicamp Thursday.
Senior Scott Schweitzer (football) and sophomore Kendall Hooper (softball) have earned Tennessee Tech's annual All-American Strength and Conditioning Athlete of the Year awards.
The Tennessee Tech football team got several big plays and the coaching staff got the chance to see numerous young players continue to shine as the Golden Eagles wrapped up spring practices Saturday with a 64-play scrimmage.
The Tennessee Tech football team will hold its annual Purple-Gold Spring Game Saturday beginning at 11 a.m. in Tucker Stadium, an event that will wrap up spring drills for the defending OVC champions.
With only a few weeks left in the spring semester, coach Watson Brown and his staff put the Golden Eagle football team through a short, but effective, scrimmage on Saturday at Tucker Stadium.
Tennessee Tech's annual Family Weekend will be the first weekend in October while the Homecoming/Hall of Fame is the first weekend in November. Director of Athletics Mark Wilson announced the events to allow fans time to begin planning for the 2012 season.
The Tennessee Tech football team will hosts its annual Purple-Gold Spring Game on Saturday, April 21, beginning at 11 a.m. in Tucker Stadium. The team will also hold a scrimmage this coming Saturday (April 14) at 11 a.m.
Battling for roles on the depth chart, the defending OVC champion Golden Eagle football team went through a 73-play scrimmage Saturday as it reached the mid-point of spring drills.
