Southeast Missouri junior defender Maddi Kartsens has been named this week's Adidas® Ohio Valley Conference Defensive Player of the Week, the league announced Tuesday. Karstens played the full 180 minutes on defense last week for Southeast. The Redhawks' back line allowed only one goal to Milwaukee then turned around and shut out Green Bay. Karstens assisted on the game-winning goal of Sunday's game when she dropped a free kick into the box from 50 yards out for Esmie Gonzales to net the first

Southeast Missouri and McDonald's are teaming up for the #BigMacSack this upcoming 2017 football season. If the Southeast defense records a quarterback sack, the Big Mac sandwich will be buy one, get one free the day after the game. This includes all home and away contests. Participating locations include Cape Girardeau, Jackson, Sikeston, Miner and Benton. Southeast has both of its sack leaders back this season in outside linebackers Chad Meredith and Kendall Donnerson. As a team, the Redhawks

Southeast Athletics has been recognized with several team and individual recognitions for outstanding academic performance of its student-athletes. Southeast Missouri's women's cross country and women's soccer teams were the winners of the Ohio Valley Conference Team Academic Award for their respective sports, presented annually in each Conference-sponsored sport to the team with the greatest percentage of its eligible student-athletes who achieved a 3.25 grade point average or higher. This was

A pair Southeast Missouri State soccer student-athletes are national champions. Senior goalkeeper Kendra Lierz and junior forward Lauren Kaempfe helped lead the Belleville, Illinois-based Fire and Ice Soccer Club to the Women’s Premier Soccer League Championship two weeks ago in San Diego. The non-professional WPSL is the longest currently-running women’s league in the country and features more than 100 teams nationwide. Fire & Ice capped off its perfect 12-0 season with a 2-1 victory over

Southeast Missouri football strength and conditioning coach Ryan Napoli clearly knows what it takes to win. Napoli joined the Redhawks staff in January after working as an assistant strength and conditioning coach at North Dakota State. During his time there, Napoli assisted the Bison football team during all five of its Division I FCS National Championship seasons. Six months into his new role, Napoli has taken Southeast to another level from a physical training standpoint. Napoli arrived in

The Alliance of Women's Coaches, in partnership with the Ohio Valley Conference, will host a regional one-day workshop next Tuesday, August 1, in Nashville, Tennessee, and the workshop will feature a distinct Redhawk flair. Among the presenters will be Southeast Missouri's Senior Associate Director of Athletics/Senior Woman Administrator Cindy Gannon and Head Women's Basketball Coach Rekha Patterson. Gannon and Patterson will be among women coaches and administrators from the OVC, Southeastern

If you’re a fan of Redhawks Athletics, now is the perfect time to show your support. The annual Redhawks Club membership drive launched today and will continue for the next two weeks. The Redhawks Club is the official booster organization for SEMO Athletics. Proceeds generated by the Redhawks Club are used to provide athletics scholarships and program enhancements to support more than 320 Division I student-athletes. As a member of the Redhawks Club, you join a group of the most invested

Former Southeast Missouri soccer student-athlete Natasha Minor has signed a professional contract with Skövde KIK in Skövde, Sweden. Minor will journey to Sweden next Tuesday, July 18, to officially begin her pro career with her new team. Skövde is in central-Southern Sweden. Minor, a native of De Pere, Wisconsin, led the conference with 12 goals in 2016. She ranked first in points per game and goals per game. Minor ranked second in points, shots and shots per game. Her six conference goals also

Former Southeast Missouri guard Antonius Cleveland has agreed to play with the Portland Trail Blazers in the upcoming NBA Summer League. Cleveland will play in the Las Vegas Summer League next month. Games will be played through July 17 at both Cox Pavilion and Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Portland opens its Summer League schedule against the Utah Jazz tomorrow, Saturday, July 8. The games tips off at 5 p.m. central time and will be televised live on ESPNU. Cleveland becomes only

Southeast Missouri State freshman Logan Blomquist finished seventh in the discus at the 2017 USA Track & Field Junior Outdoor Championships last Saturday in Sacramento, California. Blomquist recorded a throw of 176' 7" (53.82m) on his third attempt. That throw surpassed his previous best throw of 174' (53.03m). Blomquist now has the sixth and eighth-best discus marks in school history. Gabriel Oladipo Jr. (Unattached) won the event with a throw of 59.97 meters. Blomquist, a native of