Leeder Named ATU Director of Athletics
Dr. Robin E. Bowen, Arkansas Tech University president, has announced that Mike Leeder will become ATU director of athletics on July 1, 2020.
Leeder has served as director of athletics at NCAA Division II...
Downey Returns as ATU Head Men’s Basketball Coach
It turns out all those country roads were leading Mark Downey on a journey back to Arkansas Tech University.
Downey, who served as head men's basketball coach at ATU from 2006-10, is returning to...
Timing is Everything: Golden Suns Ace Hunger Relief
Arkansas Tech University's women's tennis team has good timing.
It's a requirement when serves are hurtling toward you at speeds similar to cars on the interstate.
The Golden Suns' sense of timing also applies...
Dunlop Named 2020 John Tucker Award Winner
Tyler Dunlop, a two-time All-Great American Conference and 2019 All-America punter for the Arkansas Tech University football program, is the 2020 John Tucker Award winner as the most outstanding senior male student-athlete at ATU....
Ward Named 2020 Jeanice Falls Award Winner
Kami Ward of Hot Springs, a four-year letter winner for the Arkansas Tech University tennis program, is the 2020 Jeanice Falls Award winner as the most outstanding senior female student-athlete at ATU.
Ward...
Brightest of All: A Film About ATU’s National Champions
In 2016, Arkansas Tech University produced a documentary film in celebration of the induction of its 1992 and 1993 NAIA national championship women's basketball teams into the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame.
The film...
Remainder of 2019-20 Athletics Season Suspended
The Great American Conference Council of Presidents announced an indefinite suspension of the conference's athletic competitions for the remainder of the 2019-20 academic year effective immediately on Thursday, March 12.
This decision follows the...
Twenty-Five Years Later: The 1994-95 Wonder Boys
Adversity presents each of us with two options: relent and concede it was not meant to be, or fight on and find a way to finish the job.
A quarter-century ago, the men's basketball...
Golden Suns Tennis Wins Season Finale
One win and two losses during the final days of the pandemic-shortened 2020 tennis season left Arkansas Tech University with a final overall record of 6-6.
Northwest Missouri State University defeated the Golden Suns...
Golden Suns Finish Fifth in Final Event of 2019-20
Arkansas Tech University concluded its pandemic-shortened 2019-20 women's golf season by finishing fifth in the Diffee Ford Lincoln Invitational at Kickingbird Golf Course in Edmond, Okla., on Monday and Tuesday.
The Golden Suns posted...