Mark Redburn was named Ohio Valley Conference Coach of the Year and junior Rachel Rook was tabbed OVC Pitcher of the Year headlining SEMO Softball’s All-Conference honorees for the 2021 season. Redburn earned his second-straight OVC Coach of the Year award after leading the Redhawks to a program record 23 conference wins and their second consecutive OVC regular-season title. In league play alone, SEMO outscored its opponents by a +100 (165-65) margin. Statistically, the Redhawks rank among the

Southeast Missouri swept the Ohio Valley Conference weekly awards for the second time this season Monday. Ashley Ellis was named OVC Player of the Week, while Rachel Rook claimed the league's Pitcher of the Week honor. Ellis, a senior from Arnold, Missouri, homered three times and hit .500 in SEMO's series sweep of Murray State (May 1-2). Ellis hit a pair of home runs and broke the program's all-time career home run record in the series finale against the Racers. She also scored three runs and

The SEMO Track & Field teams are continuing to collect OVC Athlete of the Week honors this spring. The Redhawks have won at least one weekly honor during all eight weeks of the outdoor season. Most recently, yesterday Kaitlyn Shea was named the Female Track Athlete of the Week for the third time this season. Shea recorded career best time in the 5,000 meters at the Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa, once again breaking her own school record. Shea, a senior from Jefferson City, Missouri, ranks

For the first time in school history, SEMO Women’s Tennis is Ohio Valley Conference Champions! SEMO earned the OVC Regular-Season title with a perfect 7-0 mark in conference play. The Redhawks will be the #1 seed this weekend at the OVC Tournament when they take on #4 Jacksonville State (9-9) Saturday afternoon in the Semifinals. Doubles will open the semifinals matchup at 2:30 p.m., CT at the Wesselman Tennis Center in Evansville, Indiana. The Redhawks 14 wins in 2021 is their highest win total

Southeast Missouri women's gymnastics captured the 2021 USA Gymnastics Women's Collegiate National Championship last Saturday afternoon at the Show Me Center with a team-score of 195.025. Trailing Lindenwood by three-quarters of a tenth entering the final rotation, SEMO tied a program-best 49.375 on beam to secure the Championship. Head coach Ashley Lawson, who was named the Ken Anderson USAG Coach of the Year for the second-straight season, called it magical, as the Redhawks earned their first

Junior Anna Kaziska represented Southeast Missouri women's gymnastics with a pair of stellar performances on floor and beam last weekend at the 2021 NCAA Salt Lake City Regional. Kaziska, a Louisville, Kentucky, native registered a 9.900 on floor in the opening rotation Friday, which finished tied for second in the session. Kaziska's 9.900 on floor is her highest routine at a NCAA Regional, edging her 9.825 posted in 2019 at the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional two years ago. She also recorded a 9.875

Senior outside hitter Laney Malloy and junior setter Claire Ochs were both named to the 2020-21 All-Ohio Valley Conference First-Team, the league announced Wednesday. Malloy and Ochs helped Southeast Missouri women's volleyball fashion a 14-2 mark in 2020-21 including a 14-match win streak for the third seed heading into this weekend's 2020-21 OVC Championship. Malloy was second in the league this season with 251.5 total points (4.49 points/set, third). The Roselle, Illinois native,ranks third

The SEMO Track & Field teams are hitting full stride already this outdoor season. Redhawk student-athletes have claimed OVC Athlete of the Week honors in each of the first two weeks of the season, and SEMO is coming off a strong showing in Carbondale. Last week, Redhawk men swept the OVC Athlete of the Week awards. Sophomore Nick Bryant was named Track Athlete of the Week, after finishing as runner-up in the 400 meters with a time of 48.60. He was also 12th in the 200 meters with a career

A pair of SEMO student-athletes have earned Ohio Valley Conference Athlete of the Week honors this week. Junior Romana Tarajova was named the OVC Women's Tennis Player of the Week. Tarajova captured a pair of singles and doubles wins as Southeast Missouri women's tennis (7-4) concluded its non-conference slate with victories over William Woods (twice, March 8) and Illinois State (March 13). Head tennis coach Mary Beth Gunn said she has been playing high-level tennis, and she and her partner

Southeast Missouri State University will host the 2021 USA Gymnastics Women's Collegiate National Championships at the Show Me Center on April 10-11. Team finals and the all-around competition will be held April 10, while event finals will take place April 11. The two-day Championships will feature gymnasts from five Division I, Division II and Division III colleges and universities and will determine the national team, all-around and individual event champions and medalists. The qualifying