by Dave Beyer, McMurry SID 4/22/2012 12:52:00 PM ABILENE, Texas – McMurry University paid tribute to its 2011 football team on Thursday evening at its annual awards banquet held at the Abilene Country Club. Former Texas Tech head coach Spike Dykes was the keynote speaker for the festivities. The evening opened with an invocation delivered [...]
by Dave Beyer, McMurry SID 3/7/2012 2:29:00 PM ABILENE, Texas – McMurry University football head coach Hal Mumme has announced the 2012 War Hawks’ schedule, the first of the program’s era as an NCAA Division II affiliate. McMurry will be competing as an independent while making the transition from NCAA III to NCAA II. The [...]
by Dave Beyer, McMurry SID 2/22/2012 12:18:00 PM ABILENE, Texas – Three years ago, McMurry University shocked many by the fact that the University was able to sign veteran NCAA Division I football coach Hal Mumme to come in and revitalize what was then an ailing program. On Wednesday, McMurry President John H. Russell, Ph.D., [...]
by Dave Beyer, McMurry SID 2/10/2012 5:43:00 PM ABILENE, Texas – When McMurry University’s football team hits the highway for its first football game as an NCAA Division II school, it won’t have very far to go. Head Coach Hal Mumme announced today that the War Hawks’ inaugural contest of the NCAA II era will [...]
by Dave Beyer, McMurry SID 2/5/2012 4:58:00 PM ABILENE, Texas – The state of Texas DID find itself with a winner on Super Bowl Sunday. McMurry University quarterback Jake Mullin – a product of Burleson High School in the Dallas/Fort Worth area – pulled off one of the biggest upsets since David slew Goliath by [...]
by Dave Beyer, McMurry SID 2/1/2012 5:10:00 PM ABILENE, Texas – McMurry University football Head Coach Hal Mumme introduced his “Class of 2012” on Wednesday evening, a list of 18 student-athletes who will be the cornerstone of the War Hawk program’s transition to NCAA Division II beginning in the Fall of 2012. The group will [...]
by Kyle Robarts 1/5/2012 2:29:00 PM Complete BSN College Network 2011 all-America teams ABILENE, Texas – McMurry senior tight end Delfonte Diamond and junior quarterback Jake Mullin were named all-Americans by Beyond Sports Network Thursday. Diamond was named a first-team all-American while Mullin was a third-team selection. Diamond, who had already been selected as [...]
by Kyle Robarts 12/19/2011 4:50:00 PM Full 2011 D3football.com all-America teams ABILENE, Texas – McMurry Unviersity seniors Will Morris and Delfonte Diamond were honored for their play in the 2011 football season by D3football.com as all-Americans. Morris, a senior free safety, landed on the second team for the second-straight season and Diamond, the senior [...]
by Kyle Robarts 12/19/2011 4:26:00 PM D3football.com Final Top 25 | AFCA Final Top 25 ABILENE, Texas – McMurry University’s football team ended Nov. 26 in Belton with a loss in the second round of the NCAA Division III Playoffs, but the two most prominent national top 25 polls send the War Hawks out [...]
by Kyle Robarts 12/5/2011 1:41:00 PM 2011 All-South Region D3football.com Team ABILENE, Texas – Hal Mumme and six of his players were honored by D3football.com Monday. Mumme was named South Region Coach of the Year while Will Morris and Delfonte Diamond earned first team honors for McMurry University. The War Hawks finished the season [...]
