Starting with the 2018 season, the longstanding football rivalry between Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois will be deemed "War for the Wheel." The non-conference rivals, separated by just 45 miles, meet in Carbondale on Sept. 15 at 6 p.m. Each year, the winner of the game will take home an authentic ship's wheel to its side of the Mississippi River and proudly display it until the next scheduled matchup. The wheel currently resides in Carbondale since SIU won last year's meeting between

At the conclusion of SEMO Football’s final preseason scrimmage last Saturday morning, Northern Illinois University transfer Daniel Santacaterina was named the team's starting quarterback. Santacaterina will make his first career start at SEMO when the Redhawks kick off the season at Football Bowl Subdivision and Sun Belt Conference member Arkansas State next Saturday, Sept. 1. First-year offensive coordinator, and former SEMO quarterback himself, Jeromy McDowell said, “Daniel is way more

Redhawk student-athletes have been recognized again for their outstanding performance in the classroom during the 2017-18 school year. The Ohio Valley Conference recently released its Commissioner’s Honor Roll and OVC Medal of Honor winners, and SEMO student-athletes racked up the recognition. A total of 119 Southeast Missouri student-athletes were named to the OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll for the 2017-18 academic year. To be listed, recipients must have achieved at least a 3.25 grade point

Southeast Athletics announced this week that Under Armour is now the official outfitter of Southeast Missouri Athletics, through a partnership with BSN SPORTS. As part of the multi-year agreement, Under Armour will provide on-field and training gear for 15 sports. Additionally, Under Armour will outfit members of the athletic department including coaches and staff. Director of Athletics Brady Barke said that the partnership with Under Armour and BSN SPORTS will outfit our student-athletes and

The national academic recognition continues to keep rolling in for Redhawks outstanding student-athletes. Last week, the Volleyball program earned the American Volleyball Coaches Association Team Academic Award, and this week four more Redhawks teams were recognized for their achievements in the classroom. Four male track & field athletes earned United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic honors for the 2017-18 seasons. Meanwhile, the SEMO

The American Volleyball Coaches Association has named the Southeast Missouri volleyball team recipients of the annual AVCA Team Academic Award for the 2017-2018 season. This is the 11 th consecutive year the Redhawks have received this recognition. Southeast volleyball registered a 3.30 cumulative GPA this past academic year. Head coach Julie Yankus said she is very proud of the student-athletes and their academic accomplishments, praising their dedication to their academic endeavors as they

The Southeast Missouri State football program is beginning to receive national recognition ahead of the upcoming 2018 campaign. Redhawk senior running back Marquis Terry was one of four Ohio Valley Conference players named to the Lindy's Sports Preseason All-America Teams. Terry earned second-team honors and was also tabbed as the OVC Preseason Offensive Player of the Year by the Lindy's publications. Last year, Terry was named to the All-OVC First Team after leading the league the with 1,076

Southeast Missouri men’s basketball team added guard Oscar Kao to its 2018-19 roster this week. "Oscar is a tough, skilled guard who will be a benefit to our team immediately," said Southeast head coach Rick Ray. "He can shoot the ball and make plays for others because of his knowledge of how to manipulate ball screens. Oscar has always dreamed of coming to the United States to play college basketball and we are very happy and fortunate that he gets to continue his dream here at SEMO." A native

Former Southeast Missouri football standouts Dan Connolly and Ryan Roth recently opened D1 Training, a World-Class Performance Center in St. Louis. D1 Training, a leading fitness concept that utilizes the five tenets of athletic-based training to help people of all ages achieve their sport and fitness goals, has opened as the first D1 in Missouri. A grand opening celebration was held last weekend. The St. Louis West D1 Training location is owned and operated by Connolly and Roth, who will join a

Southeast Missouri's Department of Athletics hosted the 35th Annual Kohlfeld Distributing Charlie Brune Classic under partly cloudy skies and comfortable temperatures at the Cape Girardeau Country Club last Friday. A total of 50 teams and 200 golfers participated in this year's event with, 14 competing in the morning flight and 36 finishing the day in the afternoon. The morning champions, representing CapAmerica, were Mark Gammon, Cory Cissel, Jon Page, and SEMO Hall of Famer Trae Hastings. The