McMurry Band In Italy
25. July 2008 08:33
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McMurry posts best athletic year in its NCAA history
27. June 2008 09:14
The 2007-08 athletic year proved to be the most successful in McMurry’s
NCAA history as the school finished 41st in the United States Sports
Academy Directors’ Cup Standings.
The No. 41 ranking is not only the highest in McMurry history; it is
also the highest for any American Southwest Conference school in the
2007-08 athletic year. Only Trinity, who finished 13th overall, was a
higher-ranked Division III Texas school.
The Directors’ Cup, in its 13th year, honors all-sports champions in
the NCAA Divisions I, II and III and the National Association of
Intercollegiate Athletics. Points are awarded for postseason
appearances (beyond conference tournaments) with more points awarded
the further a school advances.
It was a huge spring -- highlighted by McMurry’s first-ever national
championship in any sport by the men’s outdoor track and field team --
that propelled the school to its highest point total and ranking ever.
After the winter sports concluded, McMurry sat in 104th place in the
Directors’ Cup standings with 116 points. But in the spring McMurry
jumped 63 spots as the school accrued 242 points to give McMurry 358
points for the athletic year.
In the spring, McMurry’s national championship in men’s track and field
received 100 points, while the women’s track and field team chipped in
with 73.5 points by virtue of their sixth-place finish at the national
meet. The McMurry women’s golf teams earned 43.5 points for placing
15th at the national tournament and the baseball team received 25
points for its regional appearance.
McMurry earned 116 points from its winter sports. The men’s indoor
track and field team garnered 66 points for its 11th-place finish at
the national meet, while the women’s basketball team earned 50 points
for its NCAA tournament run.
McMurry’s track and field program (the men’s and women’s indoor and
outdoor teams) tallied a combined 239.5 points for the school’s
Directors’ Cup cause.
There are 445 institutions that compete in the NCAA Division III and 305 placed points in the Directors’ Cup in 2007-08.
Other ASC schools in the rankings included Mary Hardin-Baylor, who
finished 68th with 264.5 points; the University of Texas at Tyler, who
finished 116th with 164 points; Texas Lutheran, who finished 134th with
146 points; Howard Payne, who finished 166th with 100 points;
Hardin-Simmons, who finished 224th with 50 points; and the University
of Texas at Dallas, who placed 267th with 25 points.
“This caps the finest McMurry athletic year since the formation of the
ASC and McMurry’s move to the NCAA,” said McMurry athletic director
Bill Libby. “This is a tribute to the leadership provided by the
coaches and the quality of our student-athletes.”
Still Summer
20. June 2008 11:30
Folks I’m back, that time again to write a blog. Like usual things hasn’t change much except the weather. It’s
gotten really hot compared to what it usually is, I guess people can
say it’s because of all that global warming stuff, and it’s also really
humid here because it has rained a lot; not one of those all day storms
just a hit and run storm. I’m still working in admissions
for the school, today is a different day though because I get to fill
in the front desk. Yes! Well not really that excited about it but hey
it’s not too bad I guess better than filing all day, and plus there
isn’t any tours for the day which makes it not as fun. Summer
school is almost over and that’s coming along really well so far I have
like a really high B and I just aced my test from Thursday so I think I
can pull an A in that class which is awesome considering I’m not that
great at science most of the time. Then after I dominate
that class I move on to Summer II and I’ll be taking a history class
but I really enjoy history so that class should go pretty smoothly. My normal week on average goes class, work, workout and sleep. And
of course there is food between all of that, but so far that’s what my
summer has been like, I did go home last week to see family and
friend’s I had a blast, went to the lake two days in a row, also had a
kicking camp that I helped out with and it was amazing to see kids that
I have seen kick before improve so much and as well as other college
kickers showing up to help out and having the opportunity to kick
against them in a competition which was fun as well. Now
I’m back to a normal week, I do plan on doing that more often as far as
going home and go to the lake as long as the budget allows that. Gas
isn’t cheep either for those things, stinking gas, just thinking about
gas upsets me because it’s way to expensive and it should be a lot
lower than what it really is. Anyways folks that’s pretty much it for now, until then.
Summer Life
6. June 2008 16:06
Well folks it’s me again, summer is underway and it’s hot! It feels like it’s over 100 outside but in all reality it isn’t but that’s Texas. Summer I has started and I’m taking good ole biology. Being
a history major I’m not the biggest fan of science because you’re
always looking for the answer when in history the answer is already
there which makes life a lot simpler. In July Summer II
will start and that’s when I’ll be taken a history class which is over
the U.S. in World War Era , I’m looking forward to that since my
professor who I have had before, is a good professor who knows his
stuff! Sports wise, things have finally calm down here at
McMurry which isn’t always a good thing because it was nice to have
sports and events going on now everybody is out and about. Although
I’m just a kick I still workout as much as possible and if there is a
possibility of me playing wide receiver then I want to be in the best
shape as possible for that job but I do plan on kicking regardless
unless something were to change. Work wise, I’m still doing the tour
guide as well as being a summer ra. I do miss my old job considering it always kept me busy as well as paid very well. Other than that there isn’t much to say; so folks until next time.
My McMurry Experience
28. May 2008 15:00
Hey,
My name is Josh Poorman and I am a senior history major and multimedia applications/ education minor. I am the current president of Religious Life Council, one of the two Student Orientation Leaders (Co-Chiefs), member of Ko Sari Fraternity, and a new addition to the Campus Tours Staff. I was born and raised in Abilene Texas and attended Wylie High Scholl where I was active in theatre, football, track, and basketball. I grew up all my life in the Methodist Church. Both of my parents work at McMurry University, and my brother went here. So my senior year in high school when it was time for me to look at colleges my choice was easy. I was going to get my basics at McMurry, because of the scholarships I received, and transfer to a larger school after a couple of semesters. Well you might ask me, “Josh, you said you are a senior at McMurry…. What happened?” What happened was I fell in love with McMurry. I got to know my professors, started making good friends, and couldn’t leave the close family atmosphere at McMurry. My first year at McMurry I pledged the social club Ko Sari and began to make my closest friends, I also started dating a girl named Kim. At the end of that school year I took a may-mester class on Religion and the Revolutionary War where we spent two weeks in class and then we went on a tour of Boston with our professors for eight days. My sophomore year I first got involved with religious life council as their publicity point person. During spring break that year I went on a mission trip to a Navajo Reservation in the four corners region of the country. Before I even had a chance to breath I was an upperclassman. This year I was elected Vice President of Religious Life Council and President of my social club. During the Christmas holidays Kim and I got engaged and we had the opportunity to take a school trip to London for ten days and received six hours of course credit for it. And During the fall semester I went on a tour of the Texas Revolution with two of my professors. Along the way we had a couple of guest speakers. We got a private tour of San Antonio with the head curator of the Alamo, and a private tour of the Goliad and San Jacinto battlefields by one of the leading experts on the Texas Revolution and author of Texas Iliad and Texian Macabre. I cannot believe that I am almost done, that I’ve almost made it. So when answering the question “Why did I stay at McMurry?” the answer would have to be that they took my classroom education, applied it to real life, and showed me the places we talked about. McMurry took my education and turned it into an experience, and that is something you remember for a lifetime.