It didn't take long into his career in the United Shore Professional Baseball League for former Ball State infielder Alex Maloney to receive a phone call from a Major League Organization.
Matt Szews travels to the Czech Republic Friday to compete for the International Federation of Volleyball (FIVB) U21 World Championship.
In her four years playing field hockey at Ball State University, Jen Brown-Mascari never lost to a Mid-American Conference opponent.
Should he take the money now or try again next year?
The Blue Jays took the junior right-handed pitcher in the 24th round.
Being one of 20 athletes selected to the U.S. Men’s Junior National Team training roster isn’t something Matt Szews had his mind set on throughout the year.
Ball State had eight of its members named to the Baseball Academic All-MAC team. The Mid-American Conference league offices announced the team on Friday. In order to make the list, a student-athlete must maintain a 3.20 cumulative GPA and have participated in 50 percent of the contests. RELATED: Stayton earns back-to-back Academic All-American honors The list of Cardinals who qualified include seniors Caleb Stayton, BJ Butler and Sean Kennedy.
For the second consecutive year, senior infielder Caleb Stayton of the Ball State baseball team was named to the first team 2017 CoSIDA Academic All-America Division l baseball team. The organization who selected the team is the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Out of the 33 members selected for this years team, Stayton is one of two previous first team Academic All-America selections, joined by Hartford senior infielder David MacKinnon. This years team includes 19 members, including Stayton, who carry at least a 3.90 GPA and nine student-athletes with a 4.0 GPA. Stayton is also the only player from the Mid-American Conference selected for the team.
Several times for Ball State's 2017 football schedule have been released. The 2017 campaign includes an even split between home and road games – six at home and six on the road. While the times of two of Ball State's road games remained to be announced, including their games against Illinois on Sept.
Franko House, former Ball State basketball player, was released by the Chicago Bears, according to a press release sent out by the organization.
The Mid-American Conference league office announced Academic All-MAC teams for softball and track and field today – Ball State had 15 student-athletes make the list.
Ball State sophomore's Regan Lewis and Peyton Stewart ended their 2017 campaign's at the NCAA East Preliminary Track & Field Championships last week. Lewis cleared a 1.74m high jump on her third attempt to place 21st among the 48 of the region's top high jumpers on Friday.
The Cardinals gave up eight runs in the top of the ninth in a 15-5 loss.
Ball State gave up seven hits — and five to the same player.
Only four people continue to show up for Ball State track and field practices at the Briner Sports Complex in mid-May. The four – head coach Brian Etelman, assistant coach Stephen Krupa, sophomore Regan Lewis and sophomore Peyton Stewart – are preparing for the upcoming NCAA East Preliminary Round at the University of Kentucky. The pair of sophomores earned spots in the prelims, Stewart becoming the first Ball State sprinter to compete since 2010 and Lewis being the first field athlete to qualify since 2015.
Ball State started MAC play slowly but enter the tournament as one of the conference's hottest teams.
While in Pittsburgh, Trey Moses had the opportunity to meet last year’s Grammy award-winning artist Chance the Rapper. The Ball State basketball player purchased VIP tickets to his performance, allowing him to meet the 24-year-old artist and even snap a selfie that got over 1,000 likes and 400 retweets on Twitter. “We really didn’t talk about much; it was more of a kind of like ‘Hey’ and then we took the picture,” Moses said.
Ball State athletics recently signed a five-year contract with Nike, making the apparel company the exclusive equipment and clothing provider of the Cardinals 19 varsity athletic teams.
Five members of the Ball State men's tennis team were named to the 2017 Academic All-Mid-American Conference Team. Senior Lucas Anderson won the award for the third time while it was senior Andrew Stutz' second honor and the first for sophomores Conner Anderson, Marko Guzina and Nemanja Guzina. This award adds onto Lucas Anderson's already impressive collection.
After their first place finishes in last week's Mid-American Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships, sophomores Regan Lewis and Peyton Stewart were named to the All-MAC First Team. Lewis secured a spot in the high jump during the NCAA Preliminary Regional in Lexington, Kentucky on May 26, after her performance in the conference tournament. Her 1.82m high jump was not only best in the MAC, but it was the second-best jump in program history and a personal best for Lewis.
