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App State men's and women's cross country were named All-Academic Teams and two student athletes were tabbed as All-Academic Individuals by the U.S. Track &

Louisiana's offense started strong against Texas State, and the pitching staff recorded 15 strikeouts in the 12-6 win to open the Sun Belt Tournament.

The East Carolina University Pirates baseball team finished the season on May 22 with a 38-14 record (20-8 American Athletic Conference, 27-4 home, 11-9 away) and a No.11 ranking in the nation.  The Pirates started the season with five straight wins. Those wins were against the University of Rhode Island Rams (27-24-1, 14-6 Atlantic 10) in a three game series, the Duke University Blue Devils (28-20, 16-17 Atlantic Coastal Conference) and the first game of the series against the Georgia South...

North Carolina’s Heroes of Healing A close-up of the Appalachian State University scrubs worn by Mountaineer nursing students. Photo by Marie Freeman “All of nursing is focused on caring for others to make the world a better place.” Dr. Phoebe Pollitt, an App State retired associate professor of nursing Dr. Phoebe Pollitt. Photo by Marie Freeman The Nurse Historian As a nurse, educator, and historian of nursing, Phoebe Pollitt has spent her career studying and celebrating the accomplishme...

Appalachian State Wrestling Earns Four Scholar All-Americans Appalachian State Wrestling Earns Four Scholar All-Americans May 23, 2021 For the second straight year, a league-leading four wrestlers from App State have been named NWCA Division I Scholar All-Americans. Thomas Flitz, Will Formato and Sean Carter all repeated in being recognized as a NWCA Division I Scholar All-American, and they were joined this season by first-year starter Anthony Brito. All four wrestlers met a threshold requirin...

Senior shortstop Bailey Welch reached first with a single and, when replaced by a pinch-runner, received an ovation as teammates left the dugout to greet him fo

Three Mountaineers Qualify for Track and Field NCAA Preliminaries Three Mountaineers Qualify for Track and Field NCAA Preliminaries May 21, 2021 Three members of the App State track & field program have qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary Round in Jacksonville, Fla. from May 26 to May 29. Maya Hanks and Peighton Simmons will represent the Mountaineers on the women’s side in the triple jump. Eric Haddock Jr. will compete for App State on the men’s side in the triple jump. All three athle...

The 100 Best Public Colleges in America By Jody Ellis, Stacker News On 5/18/21 at 6:30 PM EDT Earning a college degree is an investment with far-reaching benefits. Adults who hold degrees earn an average of $32,000 more per year than those who hold a high school diploma. This increased income can mean a big difference in quality of life, from being able to afford a home to lower instances of poverty, and even longer life expectancy. While those statistics are all good reasons to go to colleg...

The App State softball team fell to South Alabama on Friday afternoon by a score of 2-1. With the loss, the Mountaineers have been eliminated from the 2021 Sun

After winning the triple jump Sun Belt title during the indoor season, Peighton Simmons captured the triple jump on the final day of the Sun Belt Outdoor Champi