BIRMINGHAM, Ala. | Alabama State redshirt freshman Ryan Nettles and sophomore defensive back Irshaad Davis were awarded weekly honors from the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) following the Hornets’ win over Mississippi Valley State, announced by the conference office Monday afternoon. For more Hornets News visit AlabamaNews.Net !
NASHVILLE, Tenn. | Alabama State freshman Savanna Razor was the lone selection from the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) on the National Ten Pin Coaches Association Central Region team, earning honorable mention honors. For more Alabama State Hornets news, visit AlabamaNews.Net!
The University of Alabama at Birmingham has played its last game at Birmingham’s legendary Legion Field, leaving the stadium known as the “Football Capital of the South” with few tenants. That history was on a lot of minds at the…
JACKSON, Miss. | Alabama State dropped the opening game of their Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) series to Jackson State 8-3 after a big seventh inning by the Tigers. For more ASU Athletics news visit AlabamaNews.Net !
MONTGOMERY, Ala. | Alabama State will take the field one last time at ASU Stadium in the 2021 unprecedented spring football season this Saturday against Mississippi Valley State.Kick is set for 2 pm and can be seen on The CW Montgomery locally and regionally and also on the Hornet Sports Network, and the game can also be heard on the Hornet Sports Network and its affiliates. For more ASU Hornet news Visit AlabamaNews.Net !
MONTGOMERY, Ala. I Alabama State (7-21, 2-4 SWAC) split a pair of non-conference games against Florida A&M on Wednesday afternoon, picking up a win in the game one before falling in the closing game. For more ASU Athletics News, visit AlabamaNews.Net !
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas | Alabama State had four players named First Team all-conference with Ashley Thomas and Madison Roop winning individual awards, announced by the conference office Wednesday afternoon from the site of the conference tournament. For more ASU Hornet news, visit AlabamaNews.Net!
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. | Alabama State redshirt freshman Ryan Nettles was named the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Newcomer of the Week after his performance against South Carolina State on Saturday.The award is the third Newcomer of the Week award for Nettles this season, and the fourth award overall. For more Alabama State News, visit AlabamaNews.Net!
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. | Alabama State (11-13, 8-4 SWAC) finished off the weekend road series against rival Alabama A&M with a 15-1 win at Bulldog Field on Saturday afternoon. For more ASU Hornets news, visit AlabamaNews.Net!
Alabama State closed out the regular season with 2-1 overtime win over in-state rival Alabama A&M Friday night, giving the Lady Hornets the outright regular season Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) championship. For more ASU Lady Hornets news, visit AlabamaNews.Net!
Alabama State dropped their second consecutive road game of the week and had their six-game Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) winning streak snapped Thursday night at Toyota Field, falling to Alabama A&M 10-8. For more Alabama State athletics news, visit AlabamaNews.Net!
Alabama State finished the opening day of the UAB Spring Invitational with six top-10 finishes on both the men and women’s side of the meet. For more Alabama State Athletics news, visit AlabamaNews.Net!
MONTGOMERY, Ala. | BOXTOROW announced its All-American teams for the 2020-21 Division I women’s basketball season, with a pair of Alabama State student-athletes earning honors. For more ASU Hornet News visit AlabamaNews.Net!
VICKSBURG, Miss. | Alabama State picked up a 4-1 Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) victory over Alcorn State Monday night to remain undefeated in conference play. For more Alabama State News visit AlabamaNews.Net!
MONTGOMERY, Ala. | Alabama State steps out of Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) play for the only time during the spring 2021 season, hosting South Carolina State at ASU Stadium on Saturday afternoon. For more ASU Hornet News visit AlabamaNews.Net!
Alabama State travels back to Birmingham this weekend as they are set to compete in the UAB Spring Invitational, hosted at the UAB Track and Field Complex. For more ASU Athletics news, visit AlabamaNews.Net!
North Alabama scored a pair of runs in the second and one each in the third and fifth to pull away from Alabama State 4-1 at the Barbara Williams Softball Complex on Tuesday afternoon. Visit AlabamaNews.Net for more Alabama State News!
MONTGOMERY, Ala. | Alabama State will host their third Power 5 school at the Barbara Williams Softball Complex this season when No 18 Mississippi State comes to town Tuesday afternoon with first pitch scheduled for 4 pm.
No. 1 seed Faulkner (Ala.) def. No. 2 seed Stillman (Ala.) 67-64 to win the 2021 SSAC Men’s Basketball Championship, presented by Newk’s Eatery. The title is Faulkner’s fifth SSAC Men’s Basketball Tournament Championship all-time and first since 2016. Both…
Alabama State University is starting football season with a home game against Southern University tonight. The SWAC delayed the season from last fall due to the COVID-19 pandemic. There will be…
ESPN has announced the creation of the Red Tails Classic, a football event to honor the Tuskegee Airmen who fought in World War II. The game will showcase Historically Black Colleges and Universities and be played in Montgomery. The game…
Tickets to the 79th Magic City Classic are now on sale. This is the SWAC rivalry football game between Alabama State and Alabama A&M. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, football season was moved from last fall to the spring. This…
With only four regular season games left, the seeds are set for the 2021 SSAC Men’s Basketball Championship, presented by Newk’s Eatery. Faulkner (Ala.) claimed the East Division Championship, while Stillman (Ala.) locked down the West Division Crown. The tournament…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. | The Alabama State volleyball team has decided to opt out of the 2021 spring season due to health and safety concerns surrounding COVID-19. Increased numbers around the country played a major factor in the student-athletes choosing to…
Alabama State University added Miles to the 2021 football schedule and will face the Golden Bears in the annual Labor Day Classic. Kick is set for Labor Day weekend, September 4. "We are excited to welcome Miles back to ASU…
Troy’s football game scheduled for tomorrow against No. 15 Coastal Carolina at Veterans Memorial Stadium has been postponed due to a combination of positive COVID-19 tests and injuries to a specific position group within the Troy football program. Troy, Coastal…
The Division I Council approved moving the first contest date in Division I men’s and women’s basketball to Nov. 25 for the 2020-21 season. No exhibition games or closed scrimmages will be allowed before that date. Moving the start date…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.- The Southwestern Athletic Conference announced today divisional realignment with the additions of Florida A&M and Bethune-Cookman beginning with the 2021-22 academic year. The SWAC Council of Presidents and Chancellors along with the leagues’ Athletic Directors and Senior Woman…
The Southwestern Athletic Conference has unveiled its spring football schedule for all 10 schools. Football was moved from fall to spring because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Alabama State University will face Alabama A&M in the Magic City Classic in…
After months of conversations about a path forward, Faulkner University received some clarity regarding its football season Tuesday. The Mid-South Conference announced its football decisions for the 2020-21 season Tuesday afternoon, noting the Florida-centric Sun Division intends to play in…
College football players from across the country are uniting. They want to save a season threatened by the pandemic and make sure they won't be left out of the big decisions anymore. After Clemson star Trevor Lawrence sparked a movement…
The Sun Belt Conference will keep its eight-game league football schedule and allow its members to play up to four non conference games this season. The conference's 10 members had 12 games scheduled against Power Five conference opponents, but with…
Huntingdon College has announced that its fall sports programs, including football, will move to spring 2021. That decision was made by its conference, the USA South Athletic Conference. In a statement, the USA South Athletic Conference says its presidents have…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.- The Southwestern Athletic Conference has announced the postponement of all scheduled fall contests along with SWAC championships due to continuing concerns related to the COVID-19 global pandemic. The fall sports impacted include men’s and women’s cross country, football, women’s…
NORFOLK, Va., July 16, 2020 – The Council of Presidents and Chancellors of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) announces that the league will suspend all sports competition, championship and non-championship segments, for the 2020 fall season,…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.- The Southwestern Athletic Conference has announced that its upcoming SWAC Football Virtual Media Days initially slated for July 22-24 has been rescheduled for August 5-7. The rescheduling of football media days now aligns with recently adopted league policy…
ATLANTA, Ga. (July 9, 2020) – The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) has made the very difficult decision to extend the suspension of all sporting and championship events through the Fall of 2020. This…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. | Alabama State head men’s basketball coach Mo Williams added another signee to the 2020-21 class with the addition of Alabama Community College Conference State Player of the Year LaTrell Tate Wednesday afternoon.…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. | The Alabama State University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, in conjunction with the release of the University’s Return to Campus Plan, released their Return to Play plan for its student-athletes. Student-athletes will begin reporting to campus July 12 with…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. | For the first time in history, the Southwestern Athletic Conference will conduct its annual football media event using a virtual format on Wednesday, July 22 through Friday, July 24. 2020 SWAC Football Media Day was initially slated to…
Troy University Athletic Officials have confirmed to Alabama News Network that a group of football players and coaches have tested positive for COVID-19. All players and coaches were asymptomatic and placed in immediate isolation and quarantine. Officials say they expected…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. | Alabama State head men’s basketball coach Mo Williams announced the addition of Dallas-native E.J. Clark for the 2020-21 season. “We are excited about the addition of E.J. to the Alabama State family,” Williams said. “Not only does he…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Sommer Rhea of the volleyball team and Alexander Wagner of the men's soccer team have been named finalists for the Gulf South Conference's Commissioner's Trophy, as announced by the conference office on Tuesday…
Mo Williams and the Alabama State Hornets will be ineligible for the postseason in 2020-21 due to ASU's low Academic Progress Rates. The penalties were assigned based on student-athlete academic achievement between 2015-16…
Alabama State Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Jennier Lynne Williams announced Maurice "Mo" Williams as the next head coach of the Alabama State men's basketball program on Tuesday, May 12. "We are excited about the direction of our men's basketball program…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. | Alabama State head women’s basketball coach Freda Freeman-Jackson announced the first addition to the 2020-2021 team Tuesday in Pike Road native Tamirea Thomas. Thomas, a 6-3 center, signed her official letter of intent…
Alabama State head men's basketball coach Lewis Jackson announced his resignation from the program Friday, March 27, after 15 years as the head coach of the Hornets. "As I continue my Alabama State University athletic journey, I am stepping down as head…
The NCAA has announced via Twitter that they will cancel the men's and women's Division I basketball tournaments. President Mark Emmert said in a statement Wednesday he made the decision to conduct both the men’s and women’s tournaments, which begin…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. --- The Auburn Montgomery baseball team pounded out eight runs on five hits in inning number three en route to a 10-6 victory over Talladega College on Monday, March 9…
The NCAA is stepping up its lobbying efforts as Congress considers allowing endorsement money for college athletes. Federal disclosure forms show the NCAA and its allies spent nearly $1 million to lobby Congress last year. The NCAA has said it…
Tuskegee University Athletics Director, Willie Slater, has released a statement on a post-game fight between players and fans on Monday. The Tuskegee Golden Tigers men's and women’s basketball teams hosted the LeMoyne-Owen College (LOC) Magicians from Memphis, Tennessee, in the…
The Alabama State University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics announced that Homecoming will move away from the Turkey Day Classic in the fall, and will move to Saturday, October 10 when the Hornets take on Southern University. "We are excited to…
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) - A fraternity at Auburn University in Alabama has been suspended for at least four years over sustained allegations of alcohol and physical abuse. News outlets report the school launched an investigation into the Delta Zeta chapter…
Former Troy University head football coach and Auburn University assistant coach, Larry Blakeney has been selected as the 2019 Camellia Bowl Alabama Football Legend Award, presented by Regions Bank. Blakeney, who retired as Troy’s head coach following the 2014 season, led…
Shaun Shivers scored on an 11-yard run with 8:08 left to put No. 16 Auburn ahead and another failed field goal by Alabama in the Iron Bowl wiped away the fifth-ranked Crimson Tide's playoff hopes in a wild 48-45 victory for…
ROME, Ga. -- For the first time since 2015, Huntingdon College led by head coach Mike Turk has won an NCAA III playoff game with their 27-24 victory against Berry College. Michael Lambert…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Huntingdon football team suffered its first defeat since September with a 23-7 loss to North Carolina Wesleyan on Saturday. The two teams each scored one touchdown in…
TUSKEGEE, Ala. -- Tuskegee's struggles on offense led to a 20-6 defeat on its 95th Annual Homecoming game against Miles College Saturday afternoon. The loss marks the second straight season TU has…
The last of Faulkner's double digit lead evaporated with 3:22 to play when Deshawn Millington put the Golden Tigers up for the first time in the second half. The teams swapped the lead…
AUBURN, Ala. – Auburn University, Auburn Athletics and the City of Auburn are partnering to deliver an unprecedented event with Tipoff at Toomer’s, Oct. 17. The event is a celebration of the historic run to…
TROY, Ala. -- Kaleb Barker connected with receiver Kaylon Geiger for two touchdowns and Troy beat in-state rival South Alabama 37-13 on Wednesday night in the Battle for the Belt. Will Sunderland made it 30-13 with an easy interception, returning it 27 yards early in…
Preseason SunBelt Offensive Player of the Year B.J. Smith will miss the remainder of the season with an undisclosed knee injury. The senior from Millbrook (Stanhope-Elmore High School) has rushed for 106 yards and one touchdown in two games this…
TEMPE, Ariz. - Both the men's and women's tennis programs for Auburn University at Montgomery were named All-Academic Teams by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association, with seven Warhawks earning All-Academic Scholar Athlete honors. The ITA All-Academic Team award is open to any…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Auburn University at Montgomery Director of Athletics Jessie Rosa and Head Coach Michael Cheaney are pleased to announce the addition of Bailey McEwen as assistant coach with the men's basketball program. "It's an honor and I am very grateful to Coach Cheaney and the…
Alabama State University has announced that former head football coach Houston Markham, Jr. died Wednesday morning with loved ones by his side. Markham, the winningest head coach in Hornets' football history,…
Coaches and players from the SEC aren't the only ones meeting the media in metro Birmingham this week. Today was SWAC Media Day, featuring Alabama State University and other schools in the conference.…
Auburn University at Montgomery has been promoted by the NCAA to full NCAA Division II membership status. AUM is now eligible to compete in NCAA postseason play. The Warhawks will compete in…
MONTGOMERY, Ala.| Alabama State offensive lineman Tytus Howard became the highest draft pick in school history Thursday night when his named was called in the first round by the Houston Texans. The four-time All-American was the 23rd overall selection by the…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Jarrett Stidham threw for 373 yards and five touchdowns in his final college game , and Auburn routed Purdue 63-14 in the Music City Bowl on Friday. Auburn (8-5) rolled in the finale of a season…
Alabama State University's single-game 'Home' ticket sales are NOW available for the Hornet's four "home" football games, which will be played during its 2018 season at the ASU Football Stadium on campus. The 2018 football season kicks-off on Sept. 1, with the…
Jacoby Ross had 19 points, seven rebounds and six assists Monday night to help Alabama State beat Alcorn State 82-62. The Hornets (7-19, 7-7 Southwest Athletic Conference) went on a 14-3 run to lead 66-51 on Ross' jumper with 6:26…
Faulkner has hired Shayne Wasden to take the helm of the football program the university announced Wednesday morning. The former Troy University associate head coach replaces Charlie Boren, who resigned in December after six seasons on staff. Wasden will be formally introduced…
Shakyla Hill's assist with the closing seconds of Grambling State's win over Alabama State gave the junior guard the fourth quadruple-double in NCAA women's basketball history on Wednesday night. Hill found Monisha Neal for a 3-pointer that wrapped up the…
Alabama State University and the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics announced that the interim tag will be removed from Donald Hill-Eley Thursday afternoon, and he will become the 29th head coach in school history. “Coach Hill-Eley is a veteran who has already…
Arleatha Gipson led three Alabama State players in double figures as the…
Former Alabama State University women’s basketball player Britney Wright has signed a contract to play overseas, signing to play in the Women Adriatic Basketball Association (WABA). Wright has signed to play with Beroe in Stara Zagora (Bulgaria), and will…
The Alabama State University football team won their third consecutive contest, spoiling the homecoming festivities for Jackson State University as they walked away with a 13-3 Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) victory. “There are a lot of things that we…
Junior goalkeeper Gianna Guyot earned tournament MVP honors after her performance Sunday morning in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) championship match, helping Alabama State to their second consecutive conference title with a shootout victory over Grambling State University. After…
The regular season Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) champion Alabama State kept their conference winning streak alive with a 3-0 (25-20,25-11,25-20) victory over Alabama A&M Thursday night at Lockhart Gymnasium. Alabama State (24-9, 17-0 SWAC) pushed their streak to 38…
The Alabama State University University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics announced a change to the schedule involving the 94th annual Turkey Day Classic at ASU Stadium. After Cheyney University, the original opponent, pulled out of the game due to financial…
The Alabama State University volleyball won their 37th consecutive Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) match Monday night over Alcorn State 3-0 (25-10,25-8,25-18), and in the process claimed the regular season conference championship with three conference matches remaining. Alabama State (23-9,…
The Alabama State University men’s basketball team used key second half free throws and a key defensive stop to come away with a 68-62 victory over Fort Valley State University in an exhibition game at the Dunn-Oliver Acadome Monday night.…
The 2017 Southwestern Athletic Conference Hall of Fame Class has been announced, with nine of the league's most influential contributors set to be welcomed including a former Alabama State standout. Former Alabama State University women’s basketball standout Shameka Jackson is…
