Today's Marshall Sports News 6/30/11

From the Charleston Gazette, Wilkerson re-signs with Israeli pro team

http://www.wvgazette.com/Sports/Marshall/201106291283

From the Charleston Daily Mail, Herd hoops schedule is filling up …

http://blogs.dailymail.com/marshall/2011/06/29/herd-hoops-schedule-is-filling-up/

From the Herald Dispatch, Rick McCann: ESPN says Marshall has hopes for NCAA

http://www.herald-dispatch.com/sports/x1692393907/ESPN-says-Marshall-has-hopes-for-NCAA

From the Herald Dispatch, Chuck Landon: Talent of Herrion's new team is evident

http://www.herald-dispatch.com/sports/x1692393903/Talent-of-Herrions-new-team-is-evident

Marshall Football: All-Time great games, Marshall @ Western Carolina, 1980

GoHerd.com continues it’s series on great games in Marshall football history. Today they look back at the Herd’s away game against Western Carolina in 1980.

Click here to read: http://www.goherd.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=500:all-time-great-marshall-football-games-at-western-carolina-1980&catid=13:featured-news&Itemid=135

Today's Marshall Sports News 6/29/11

From the Charleston Gazette, Ex-Herd player Williams headed to Valdosta St.

http://www.wvgazette.com/Sports/Marshall/201106281006

From the Charleston Daily Mail, Big Dre finds a new home …

http://blogs.dailymail.com/marshall/2011/06/28/big-dre-finds-a-new-home/

From the Herald Dispatch, Williams headed to Valdosta

http://www.herald-dispatch.com/sports/x2066316/Williams-headed-to-Valdosta

From the Herald Dispatch, Gallery: Do you remember? -- Marshall's 1971 victory against Xavier

http://www.herald-dispatch.com/sports/x2066156/Gallery-Do-you-remember-Marshalls-1971-victory-against-Xavier

Marshall Football: Russell Wilson chooses Wisconsin

Former North Carolina State quarterback Russell Wilson will transfer to Wisconsin. It was rumored that Marshall was a long shot for Wilson’s services.

Read about Wilson’s decision here: http://content.usatoday.com/communities/campusrivalry/post/2011/06/russell-wilson-professional-baseball-wisconsin-auburn/1

Today's Marshall Sports News 6/28/11

From the Herald Dispatch, Chuck Landon: FCS school lures WVU into playing “away” game

http://www.herald-dispatch.com/sports/x1932396645/Chuck-Landon-FCS-school-lures-WVU-into-playing-away-game

Today's Marshall Sports News 6/27/11

From the Charleston Gazette, WVU’s recent sage pales in comparison

http://www.wvgazette.com/Sports/todayssportscolumn/201106260153

From the Charleston Gazette, A brief re-emergence

http://blogs.wvgazette.com/dougsmock/2011/06/25/a-brief-re-emergence/

From the Charleston Daily Mail, Tyler Wilkerson gets a new deal

http://blogs.dailymail.com/marshall/2011/06/26/tyler-wilkerson-gets-a-new-deal/

From the Herald Dispatch, Brand wins Sugarwood Invitational

http://www.herald-dispatch.com/sports/x835523184/Brand-wins-by-5-stroke-margin-at-Sugarwood

From the Herald Dispatch, Marshall’s Tron Martinez arrested

http://www.herald-dispatch.com/sports/x835522756/Marshalls-Martinez-arrested

From the Herald Dispatch, Chuck Landon: MU stays in running for coveted quarterback

http://www.herald-dispatch.com/sports/marshall/x835522752/MU-stays-in-running-for-coveted-quarterback

From the Herald Dispatch, Wade Gilley: Many contributed to Marshall football success

http://www.herald-dispatch.com/opinions/x835522986/Wade-Gilley-Many-contributed-to-Marshall-football-success

From Pro Football Weekly, Legursky's handiness helps him stick in Pittsburgh

http://www.profootballweekly.com/2011/06/24/legurskys-handiness-helps-him-stick-in-pittsburgh

Marshall Baseball: Herd draftees start professional careers

Earlier this week former Marshall University pitchers Arik Sikula and Ian Kadish started their professional careers with the Bluefield Blue Jays. With eight members of the Thundering Herd baseball team drafted a few of Sikula and Kadish’s former teammates have begun their pro-ball journeys too.

Marshall reliever Greg Williams was drafted in the 12th round by the Texas Rangers. As a junior Williams decided to bypass his senior year and sign a proffesional contract, he has been assigned to the Rangers rookie league affiliate in Arizona.

Another Marshall player to skip his senior year, outfielder Rhett Stafford (drafted 22nd round), is also in the Arizona rookie league for the Oakland Athletics.

Senior Infielder Kenny Socorro, drafter in the 44th round by the Chicago Cubs, is with the organizations short season A ball team in Bosie Idaho, the Hawks.

Other Thundering Herd players drafted as under classman, Isaac Ballou, Joe Church, and Shane Farrell have not signed professional contracts and can still return to Marshall next season. The deadline to sign a major league deal is August 15th.

Today's Marshall Sports News 6/24/11

From the Charleston Gazette, Pennington, D’Antoni lead fund-raising effort

http://www.wvgazette.com/Sports/Marshall/201106230533

From the Herald Dispatch, D'Antoni, Pennington to lead fundraising

http://www.herald-dispatch.com/sports/x1558299388/Marshall-announces-Capital-Campaign

From the Herald Dispatch, Higgins going to Pfieffer

http://www.herald-dispatch.com/sports/x1558299390/Higgins-going-to-Pfieffer

From the Parthenon, MU spends $1.2 million on Cam Henderson Center upgrades

http://www.marshallparthenon.com/campus-construction-1.2602200

Marshall University Athletics Announces Co-Chairs For Capital Campaign

From HerdZone.com:

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Marshall University Director of Athletics Mike Hamrick has announced that former Thundering Herd athletes Mike D'Antoni and Chad Pennington will serve as co-chairs for a Capital Campaign to raise private money for Marshall's new proposed athletic facilities.

The campaign, which is the first major capital campaign for Marshall Athletics, will benefit the athletics facilities plan announced in April. Included in those plans are a state-of-the-art indoor practice facility for all sports and a soccer complex.

Read the whole release here: http://herdzone.cstv.com/sports/big-green/spec-rel/062311aaa.html

Chad Pennington & Mike D’Antoni to help with athletic facilities project

Per the Twitter account of Charleston Daily Mail reporter Chuck McGill former Marshall athletes Chad Pennington and Mike D’Antoni will serve as co-chairs for a capital campaign to raise money for proposed athletic facilities.

chuckmcgill Chuck McGill:
Former Herd athletes Mike D'Antoni and Chad Pennington will serve as co-chairs for a Capital Campaign to raise money for proposed facilities.

See McGill’s Twitter account here: http://twitter.com/#!/chuckmcgill

More details to follow.

IPF / Soccer Field fundraising news on the way?

Per the Twitter account of Charleston Daily Mail reporter Chuck McGill:

Look for some news today regarding two big Marshall sports names and fundraising for the proposed athletic facilities (IPF, etc.)

See McGill’s twitter page here: http://twitter.com/#!/chuckmcgill

Herd Insider profiles Marshall football victory over Miami (OH) in 1976

The Herd Insider (GoHerd.com) has a great feature on Marshall’s 1976 win over Miami-Ohio. Leading up to the game in 76’ Marshall had not beaten Miami since 1939.

View the article here: http://www.goherd.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=498:all-time-great-marshall-football-wins-miami-ohio-1976&catid=13:featured-news&Itemid=135

Today's Marshall Sports News 6/23/11

From the Charleston Daily Mail, One final CoJo post

http://blogs.dailymail.com/marshall/2011/06/22/one-final-cojo-post-womp/

From the Charleston Daily Mail, Missouri State and Conference USA

http://blogs.dailymail.com/marshall/2011/06/22/missouri-state-and-conference-usa/

From the Charleston Daily Mail, CanesInsider takes a look at Trenton Norvell

http://blogs.dailymail.com/marshall/2011/06/23/canesinsider-takes-a-look-at-trenton-norvell/

From the Herald Dispatch, Chuck Landon: Big buyout by WVU exonerates Stewart

http://www.herald-dispatch.com/sports/x835522344/Big-buyout-by-WVU-exonerates-Stewart

From the Herald Dispatch, Summer camps allow time to teach

http://www.herald-dispatch.com/sports/x835522348/Summer-camps-offer-time-to-do-teaching

Marshall Basketball: Hassan Whiteside talks about 1st NBA season

Former Marshall University center Hassan Whiteside sat down with the Sacramento Bee and talked about his first NBA season. Follow the link below to read:

http://www.sacbee.com/2011/06/19/3711206/whiteside-eager-to-regain-his.html

Today's Marshall Sports News 6/22/11

From the Charleston Daily Mail, Marshall Football: Jones leaves Herd, ponders future

http://www.dailymail.com/Sports/MUSports/201106211461

From the Herald Dispatch, Former coaches share special friendship

http://www.herald-dispatch.com/sports/x1558298790/Nehlen-Pruett-share-special-friendship

From the Herald Dispatch, Marshall fans Choose-A-Seat

http://www.herald-dispatch.com/sports/x1558298786/Marshall-fans-Choose-A-Seat

From the Herald Dispatch, Gallery: Do you remember? -- Marshall vs. Morehead State, 1970

http://www.herald-dispatch.com/sports/x1506246184/Gallery-Do-you-remember-Marshall-vs-Morehead-State-1970

From the WV Metro News, A Goode Accomplishment

http://www.wvmetronews.com/marshall.cfm?func=displayfullstory&storyid=46213

From the WV Metro News, Well Worth The Wait

http://www.wvmetronews.com/marshall.cfm?func=displayfullstory&storyid=46001

Marshall Football: Cornelius Jones explains exit

As reported earlier this week, Michigan transfer Cornelius Jones has left Marshall’s football program and returned home to Spartanburg South Carolina. Spartanburg’s local paper, the Spartanburg Herald-Journal, caught up with Jones and interviewed him on his exit from college football.

Read the article here: http://www.goupstate.com/article/20110620/ARTICLES/110629945?Title=Former-Viking-Jones-leaves-Marshall-returns-home

Marshall Baseball: Sikula & Kadish start pro careers in WV

Former Marshall University pitchers Arik Sikula and Ian Kadish have been assigned to the Bluefield Blue Jays, the Toronto Blue Jays Appalachian League (rookie ball) affiliate.

Sikula was drafted by Toronto in the 34th round of this June’s Major League Baseball draft. Kadish signed a free agent contract with Toronto after the draft.

The Bluefield Daily Telegraph caught up with Sikula and Kadish before the Blue Jays first game tonight. Read the article here: http://bdtonline.com/localsports/x947033031/Former-Marshall-pitchers-assigned-to-Bluefield-Blue-Jays

Today's Marshall Sports News 6/21/11

From the Herald Dispatch, Kambola, Mbao help out with basketball camp

http://www.herald-dispatch.com/sports/x1558298518/Kambola-Mbao-help-out-with-instruction-during-basketball-camp

Marshall Football: Following up on Willy Korn

Over the weekend Herald Dispatch columnist Chuck Landon wrote an article about hyped transfers who never played a down for Marshall’s football team. Landon’s column centered around two quarterbacks, the recently departed (just from Marshall, not from this world) Cornelius Jones, and Willy Korn.

Korn, a highly rated recruit out of high school, transferred to Marshall from Clemson for the 2010 season. After a few practices last August Korn left the Herd after being moved from quarterback to safety. In a mad dash to find another college Korn ended up at North Greenville, a division II school in his home state of South Carolina.

At North Greenville Korn lead the Crusaders with 1,533 passing yards, 18 touchdowns, and only 3 interceptions. Under Korn’s leadership North Greenville won the National Christian Collegiate Athletic Association's Victory Bowl, 42 – 16 over Campbellsville (KY). The victory capped a huge season for the Crusaders, they finished with a 9–3 record.

To read Chuck Landon’s column from Sunday follow this link: http://www.herald-dispatch.com/sports/x1558298116/Marshall-QB-hype-foils-fans-again

Today's Marshall Sports News 6/20/11

From the Charleston Daily Mail, Cornelius Jones leaves MU football program

http://blogs.dailymail.com/marshall/2011/06/18/no-mo-cojo/

From the Herald Dispatch, Herd ticket office reaching out to fans

http://www.herald-dispatch.com/sports/x1558298250/Marshall-ticket-office-reaching-out-to-fans

From the Herald Dispatch, MU volleyball releases '11 schedule

http://www.herald-dispatch.com/sports/x1558298252/MU-volleyball-releases-11-schedule

From the Herald Dispatch, Herd graduate named Asbury AD

http://www.herald-dispatch.com/sports/x1558298254/Herd-graduate-named-Asbury-AD

Marshall chat with Charleston Daily Mail reporter Chuck McGill

Charleston Daily Mail reporter Chuck McGill, who covers Marshall athletics for the paper, will be conducting an online chat at 1pm today. Follow the link below to participate.

http://blogs.dailymail.com/marshall/2011/06/16/a-chat-on-vacation-sure-why-not/

Today's Marshall Sports News 5/17/11

From the Charleston Gazette, WVU, MU Finances, N-S Classis peeves

http://www.wvgazette.com/Sports/201106161334

From the Charleston Daily Mail, Chad Pennington to skip next season

http://www.dailymail.com/Sports/201106161328

From the Herald Dispatch, MU coaches kick back with donors

http://www.herald-dispatch.com/sports/x1558297449/Marshall-coaches-kick-back-with-donors

Today's Marshall Sports News 5/16/11

From the Charleston Daily Mail, This is what happens when I go on vacation

http://blogs.dailymail.com/marshall/2011/06/15/this-is-what-happens-when-i-go-on-vacation/

From the Herald Dispatch, Marshall hosts 7-on-7 tourney

http://www.herald-dispatch.com/sports/x1558297141/Marshall-hosts-7-on-7-tourney

From the Herald Dispatch, Chuck Landon: For Gatski, a cleaner tribute is appropriate

http://www.herald-dispatch.com/sports/x1558297139/For-Gatski-a-cleaner-tribute-is-appropriate

Marshall Basketball: Tyler Wilkerson wraps up first season in Israel

Former Marshall basketball forward/center Tyler Wilkerson has wrapped up his first professional season in Isreal. After a mid-season trade sent him from Galil Gilboa to Maccabi Haifa, Wilkerson averaged 11.6 points and 6.4 rebounds during 25.1 minutes per game in league play.

Take a look at Wilkerson’s full stats here: http://www.eurobasket.com/player.asp?Cntry=ISR&PlayerID=114822

Today's Marshall Sports News 5/15/11

From the Charleston Daily Mail, Charleston Civic Center will receive new basketball floor

http://www.dailymail.com/Sports/201106131208

From the Charleston Daily Mail, Marshall sports: On hoops schedules and strength coaches

http://www.dailymail.com/Sports/MUSports/201106131255

From the Herald Dispatch, Hamrick's plan taking shape

http://www.herald-dispatch.com/sports/x835520750/MU-athletic-director-acts-on-advice-of-Herd-fans

From the Herald Dispatch, Marshall's Gue earns C-USA Service Award

http://www.herald-dispatch.com/sports/x835520748/Marshalls-Gue-earns-C-USA-Service-Award

Marshall Football: Derek Devine gets shot in UFL

Remembering former Marshall quarterback Derek Devine could be difficult. The strong armed signal caller transferred from Mt. San Antonio College (CA) to Marshall in 2005 and completed zero passes during his two year Thundering Herd career.

Despite his paltry numbers at MU Devine spent time in two NFL training camps. In 2007 Devine was the last quarterback cut from the Seattle Seahawks training camp, he suffered the same fate in 2008 with the Washington Redskins.

Devine recently resurfaced in the United Football League. After attending a private workout with the Virginia Destroyers they selected him with a 9th round pick in May’s UFL draft. The Destroyers are scheduled to open training camp in late July where Devine will fight for a starting spot. Competition at quarterback should be stiff, former second round NFL draft pick and WVU quarterback Pat White is also on the Destroyers roster.

For more on Devine’s journey from Marshall to the UFL read this article: http://www.ufl-football.com/news/devine-journey-quarterbacks-path-destroyers

Today's Marshall Sports News 5/14/11

From the Herald Dispatch, Fleming awarded post graduate scholarship

http://www.herald-dispatch.com/sports/x835520508/Fleming-awarded-post-grad-scholarship

From the Herald Dispatch, Chuck Landon: Bring in totally new voice for broadcasts

http://www.herald-dispatch.com/sports/x835520516/Bring-in-totally-new-voice-for-broadcasts

Today's Marshall Sports News 6/13/11

From the Herald Dispatch, Herd football still has holes to fill

http://www.herald-dispatch.com/sports/x1207154744/Andrew-Ramspacher-Marshall-football-still-has-glaring-offensive-holes-to-fill

From the Herald Dispatch, Herd soccer team adds three players

http://www.herald-dispatch.com/sports/x1207154580/Herd-soccer-team-adds-three-players

From the Herald Dispatch, Kids get Herd experience

http://www.herald-dispatch.com/sports/x740104989/About-80-kids-come-out-for-MU-football-camp-check-out-campus

From the Herald Dispatch, Chuck Landon: Unnamed sources not always who you assume

http://www.herald-dispatch.com/sports/x740104987/Chuck-Landon-Unnamed-sources-not-always-who-you-assume

From the WV Metro News, Well Worth the Wait

http://www.wvmetronews.com/marshall.cfm?func=displayfullstory&storyid=46001

Marshall and WVU discussing baseball series in Charleston

From the Charleston Daily Mail:

WVU DEPUTY Athletic Director Mike Parsons said that when he and Marshall officials meet soon in Charleston about this season's Capital Classic basketball game at the Civic Center (Jan. 18), discussion also will continue on a WVU-Herd baseball date at Appalachian Power Park next spring.

Parsons said he will meet with Marshall AD Mike Hamrick and the Herd's associate AD and chief of staff, Jeff O'Malley, who oversees the MU baseball program.

"We're serious about it, but there are a lot of hoops to get through," Parsons said. "You don't want to do a lot of promotions and marketing and then have it all washed away (with a rainout). It's tough for both of us to play on the weekend because of conference games. We'll see what we can figure out."

Read the whole article here: http://www.dailymail.com/Sports/201106091158?page=2&build=cache

Today's Marshall Sports News 5/10/11

From the Charleston Gazette, Hamrick says MU must keep up with C-USA in facilities

http://www.wvgazette.com/Sports/Marshall/201106091366

From the Herald Dispatch, They're in it together

http://www.herald-dispatch.com/sports/x1207154048/Theyre-in-it-together

From the Herald Dispatch, Mid-Ohio Valley Sports Hall of Fame inducting Rinehart

http://www.herald-dispatch.com/sports/x1207154056/Mid-Ohio-Valley-Sports-Hall-of-Fame-inducting-Rinehart

From the Bluefield Daily Telegraph, Hamrick continues to upgrade Marshall athletics

http://bdtonline.com/collegesports/x1107772671/Hamrick-continues-to-upgrade-Marshall-athletics

From the Bluefield Daily Telegraph, Herrion looks to build on first year

http://bdtonline.com/collegesports/x494184607/Herrion-looks-to-build-on-first-year

From the WV Metro News, EXCLUSIVE: Jeff Waggoner Interview

http://www.wvmetronews.com/marshall.cfm?func=displayfullstory&storyid=45990

Chuck Landon: WVU Firing Stewart

Per the Twitter account of Herald Dispatch columnist Chuck Landon, West Virginia University is planning to fire head football coach Bill Stewart as early as Friday and pay him a $600,000 buy out.

Head to Landon's Twitter account here: http://twitter.com/#!/chuckonsports

Marshall Baseball: Ian Kadish inks deal with Blue Jays

Per the Twitter account of Marshall’s baseball program, senior pitcher Ian Kadish signed a free agent deal with the Toronto Blue Jays after yesterdays draft. Kadish lead the Herd with 4 saves last year and a ERA of 4.99.

MU Baseball twitter account: http://twitter.com/#!/MU_BASEBALL

Including draft picks and free agent signings Toronto holds the rights to three Marshall players, Sr/RHP Arik Sikula, Jr/RHP Shane Farrel (son of Toronto manager John Farrel) , and Sr/RHP Kadish.

Today's Marshall Sports News 5/9/11

From the Charleston Gazette, Sikula selected by Blue Jays in 36th round

http://www.wvgazette.com/Sports/Marshall/201106081176

From the Charleston Daily Mail, Marshall basketball: Only care for Herd's Fernandez is winning

http://www.dailymail.com/Sports/MUSports/201106081016

From the Charleston Daily Mail, Marshall baseball: Sikula drafted after agonizing wait

http://www.dailymail.com/Sports/MUSports/201106090017

From the Herald Dispatch, Chuck Landon: Marshall will steer clear of WVU beer

http://www.herald-dispatch.com/sports/x740104317/Marshall-will-steer-clear-of-WVU-beer

From the Herald Dispatch, MLB teams pick five more Herd players

http://www.herald-dispatch.com/sports/x740104321/MLB-teams-pick-five-more-Herd-players

Marshall Baseball: Big day for Herd in MLB Draft

Major League Baseball conducted the third day (rounds 31 to 50) of it’s armature draft this afternoon and five Marshall University players have been selected.

First to come off the board in the 36th round was sophomore outfielder Isaac Ballou by Pittsburgh. Playing mostly center field in 2011, Ballou stole a team high 18 bases while hitting .283. As a rising junior Ballou has the option of returning to Marshall instead of going pro.

Also taken in the 36th round was senior starting pitcher Arik Sikula to Toronto. During 2011 Sikula, a Hurricane High School (WV) graduate, compiled a 2-6 record with a 5.42 ERA. Although his ERA was a bit inflated Sikula struck out an impressive 72 batters to only 27 base on balls.

Princeton West Virginia native Joe Church was selected in the 40th round by Anaheim. Recovering from offseason surgery the hard throwing Church had an ERA of 8.31 in 2011, all relief appearances. Much like Ballou, Church can return to Marshall for his junior year.

Team batting average leader Kenny Socorro was selected in the 44th round by Chicago (NL). In addition to leading Marshall in batting average the senior infielder knocked in 27 RBI’s and scored 32 runs.

Blue Jays skipper John Farrel selected his son Shane in the 46th round. A swingman out of the bullpen, Farrel pitched 45.1 innings in 2011 (9 starts) with a 4.76 ERA. Farrel will be entering his senior season at Marshall if he decides to bypass the pros.

Marshall also had three players selected in day two of the draft, Jr/LHP Mike Mason (23rd round, Texas), Jr/OF Rhett Stafford (22nd round, Oakland), and jr/LHP Greg Williams (12th round, Texas). Mason, Stafford, and Williams all have the option of returning to Marshall for their senior seasons.

Today's Marshall Sports News 7/8/11

From the Herald Dispatch, Herd Football get 8 televised games in ‘11

http://www.herald-dispatch.com/sports/x740104013/Herd-football-gets-8-televised-games-in-11

From the Herald Dispatch, Williams highest MU draftee in 29 years

http://www.herald-dispatch.com/sports/x740104017/Williams-highest-MU-draftee-in-29-years

From the Herald Dispatch, Huntington's Curry comes back to aid Little Dribblers Camp

http://www.herald-dispatch.com/sports/x740104019/Huntingtons-Curry-comes-back-to-aid-Little-Dribblers-Camp

From the Charleston Gazette, An ill-timed Thursday night game

http://blogs.wvgazette.com/dougsmock/2011/06/08/an-ill-timed-thursday-night-game/

From the Charleston Gazette, At least 8 Herd football games will be televised

http://www.wvgazette.com/Sports/Marshall/201106071323

From the Charleston Daily Mail, Memphis on a Thursday night? I’m there.

http://blogs.dailymail.com/marshall/2011/06/07/memphis-on-a-thursday-night-im-there/

Marshall Football: Herd Announces 2011 TV Schedule

September 4th @ WVU, 3:30pm, ESPN

September 10th vs. USM, TBA, CSS

September 24th vs. VT, 3:30pm, CBS Sports Network

October 8th @ UCF, 4PM, Bright House Network

October 22nd @ Houston, TBA, CSS

October 29th, vs. UAB, 12pm, CSS

November 12th @ Tulsa, TBA, FSN

November 17th, @ Memphis, 8pm, FSN

*Other games not currently scheduled to be televised may be picked up by various networks at a later date.

Full press release here: http://herdzone.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/060711aaa.html

Today's Marshall Sports News 6/7/11

From the Herald Dispatch, Chuck Landon: Conditioning coach has impressive credentials

http://www.herald-dispatch.com/sports/x295394465/Charles-Landon-Conditioning-coach-has-impressive-credentials

From the Herald Dispatch, MU women's hoops going camping

http://www.herald-dispatch.com/sports/x1197625987/MU-womens-hoops-going-camping

From the WV Metro News, Coach Chaump Gets Ready For The Hall

http://www.wvmetronews.com/marshall.cfm?func=displayfullstory&storyid=45928

From the Beckley Register Herald, NIT snub serves as motivation for Herrion, Herd

http://www.register-herald.com/todayssportsfront/x1315241326/NIT-snub-serves-as-motivation-for-Herrion-Herd

From the Bluefield Daily Telegraph, Marshall fans to gather in Princeton

http://bdtonline.com/localsports/x2051366900/Marshall-fans-to-gather-in-Princeton

Big Drama in WVU Football Program

Being the Marshall Thundering Blog I am not diving into the impending mess at WVU. If you have not heard, accusations are flying that either current head football coach Bill Stewart or his wife were the source for Chuck Landon’s Herald Dispatch column last week on offensive coordinator/head coach in waiting Dana Holgorsen’s drinking escapades.

If you want to keep up with the latest on this impending story head over to HailWV.com, a WVU sports blog that was the first to officially report this rumor:

http://hailwv.com/

Also, if you missed it last week here is Landon’s column on Holgorsen’s drinking problem:

http://www.herald-dispatch.com/sports/x1656189147/Chuck-Landon-Holgersen-gambling-on-future-at-WVU

Today's Marshall Sports News 6/6/11

From the Charleston Gazette, Herds Williams tweets his way out of town

http://www.wvgazette.com/Sports/Marshall/201106041275

From the Charleston Daily Mail, Penn State names a coach and his name isn’t Tom Herrion

http://blogs.dailymail.com/marshall/2011/06/03/penn-state-names-a-coach-and-his-name-isnt-tom-herrion/

From the Herald Dispatch, Marshall's Gomez gets second shot

http://www.herald-dispatch.com/sports/x1197625701/Marshalls-Gomez-gets-second-shot

From the Parkersburg News and Sentinel, Marshall’s defense on the rise

http://newsandsentinel.com/page/content.detail/id/548720/Marshall-s-defense-on-the-rise.html?nav=5064

Marshall Basketball: Aundra Williams to Transfer

Per the Twitter account of the Charleston Daily Mail reporter Chuck McGill, Marshall center/forward Aundra Williams will not return for his senior season. Williams transferred to Marshall from Indian River Community College (FL) for his junior year and averaged 9.6 minutes, 2 points, and 2 rebounds per game in 2010/2011.

Chuck McGill’s twitter account: http://twitter.com/#!/chuckmcgill

Aundra Williams 2010/2011 stats: http://espn.go.com/ncb/player/profile?playerId=51399

Marshall Basketball: Jorge Fernandez hired as assistant coach

Per the Twitter account of CBS Sports college basketball analysis Jeff Goodman, Jorge Fernandez has been named to Tom Herrion’s basketball staff. Fernandez will take the assistant coaching position opened up by Bill Barton, who joined Jamie Dixon’s staff at Pitt in April.

Fernandez spent the past seven season as a assistant coach at Miami, the past four as associate head coach. Besides Miami, Fernandez served as a assistant coach at South Alabama and Central Florida, he spent his playing career at Stetson.

For more on Fernandez view his University of Miami profile here: http://hurricanesports.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/fernandez_jorge00.html

Jeff Goodman’s twitter account: http://twitter.com/#!/GoodmanCBS

Today's Marshall Sports News 6/3/11

From the WV Metro News, Former Herd QB Knows Challenges Sullivan & Graham Face

http://www.wvmetronews.com/marshall.cfm?func=displayfullstory&storyid=45861

From the Parkersburg News and Sentinel, Marshall University coaches settling in

http://www.newsandsentinel.com/page/content.detail/id/548609/Marshall-University-coaches-settling-in.html?nav=5063

Marshall Football: Cornelius Jones likely ineligible

Per the Twitter account of Charleston Daily Mail reporter Chuck McGill, Marshall freshman wide receiver Cornelius Jones will be academically ineligible for the upcoming football season. Jones came to Marshall a year after Michigan denied his entry into school for academic reason. After opening spring practice at quarterback Jones moved to wide receiver where he was expected to play this season.

Go to Chuck McGill’s twitter account here: http://twitter.com/#!/chuckmcgill

Marshall Basketball: Isaiah Williams Signs Letter of Intent to Herd

Per Charleston Daily Mail reporter Chuck McGill, Isaiah Williams has singed a letter of intent to Marshall. Williams supposedly gave Marshall a verbal commitment in April but that initial report was shot down by his prep basketball coach Vincent Robinson.

McGill reported today that Williams had singed a letter of intent and will come to Huntington as a academic non-qualifier. He will not count against the scholarship limit until 2012-2013.

Fore more info on Williams and to see McGill’s report follow the links below:

Marshall Thundering Blog profile of Isaiah Williams, http://marshallthunderingblog.blogspot.com/2011/04/marshall-basketball-isaiah-williams.html

Charleston Daily Mail article of Isaiah Williams commitment, http://www.dailymail.com/Sports/MUSports/201106011326

WVU refutes Huntington Herald Dispatch column on Holgorson

From the Charleston Daily Mail,

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- After looking into its options, West Virginia University will take no action to refute allegations raised against the football program, athletic department and administration in separate columns published by two state newspapers over the weekend.

WVU sources said Tuesday and again Wednesday the university was reviewing the accusations in a Huntington Herald-Dispatch column from Sunday and an Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register column from the day before.

WVU was assessing the validity of the claims it believes are false. University officials were also determining whether a response to the publications would be necessary.

A WVU source said Wednesday the university will not take any action, but "knows the Herald-Dispatch story had blatant inaccuracies."

Read the whole article here: http://www.dailymail.com/Sports/201106011015

Today's Marshall Sports News 6/2/11

From the Charleston Gazette, Chuck McGill: On UCF, a Herd hoops recruit and a blog comment

http://www.dailymail.com/Sports/MUSports/201106011326?page=1&build=cache

From the Herald Dispatch, Chuck Landon: MU loses one, maybe two QB prospects

http://www.herald-dispatch.com/sports/x1301413993/Chuck-Landon-MU-loses-one-maybe-two-QB-prospects

From the Herald Dispatch, MU's Fleming wins graduate study fellowship

http://www.herald-dispatch.com/sports/x1301413995/MUs-Fleming-wins-graduate-study-fellowship

From the Herald Dispatch, Marshall's Clark earns C-USA academic honor

http://www.herald-dispatch.com/sports/x276626423/Marshalls-Clark-earns-C-USA-academic-honor

Marshall Football: Adam Wing de-commits from Marshall

Rowan County High School quarterback Adam Wing has de-committed from Marshall football and has decided to accept a basketball scholarship at Oklahoma State. A two sport athlete, Wing averaged 13.9 points and 8.3 rebounds per game for Rowan’s basketball team his junior season. Wing’s basketball recruitment picked up after the Kentucky State Tournament where he lead Rowan County to the Sweet 16 title game.

For more on Wing’s switch read this Kentucky Courier-Journal article: http://blogs.courier-journal.com/jodydemling/2011/05/31/rowan-countys-adam-wing-commits-to-oklahoma-state/