2014-15 Carson-Newman Men’s Basketball Media Guide The Eagle Club The Family of Eagles 41 The Eagle Club is the fundraising arm of the athletic program at Carson-Newman. What began with a handful of dream-ers willing to invest in their visions of athletic success has today become an evergrowing host of enthusiastic supporters throughout the state and nation. The Eagle Club’s first priority is the funding of athletic scholar-ships. Your total contribution will supplied directly to athletic scholarships for Carson-Newman’s sixteen intercollegiate sports. Without your support for adequate scholarship fund-ing, Carson-Newman would not be able to attract student-athletes of the caliber necessary to compete in NCAA Division II play. As a member of the Eagle Club, you will experience the sat-isfaction of joining a true athletic scholarship program - one that will insure the future of our family at Carson-Newman. An added benefit for Eagle Club members is a discount on the purchase of season tickets for football, basketball and baseball. For further information, please contact the Eagle Club by calling (865) 471-3364. The long range goal of the Eagle Club is to one day fund all of the athletic scholarships at Carson-Newman. That is quite a challenge, but your loyalty and generosity can make that happen. By becoming part of “The Family of Eagles”, Carson-Newman will continue to have the opportunity to provide athletic scholarships to young men and women who learn to compete in the classroom and on the athletic field as well. We can enhance a balanced and competitive Eagle athletic program that brings pride and recognition to Carson-Newman. One of the desires of our athletic department is to be the rallying point for all students, faculty, alumni, parents and friends of the college. Help us keep that dream alive, and make it thrive, by becoming a member of the Eagle Club today. -The Eagles and Lady Eagles compete in the 12-team South Atlantic Conference. -Carson-Newman sponsors 18 varsity athletic teams at the NCAA Division II level. -Each year more than 80 C-N student-athletes are named to the South Atlantic Conference Academic Honor Roll. - The C-N football team has won 21 of the last 30 SAC championships. -The 1965 Eagle baseball team that won the NAIA National Championship marked the first National Championship in C-N athletic history. - The Eagles won national football championships in 1983, 1984, 1986, 1988 and 1989 and were finalists in 1972, 1987, 1996, 1998 and 1999. - In 20 seasons of eligibility at the NCAA Division II level, every sport Carson-Newman fields has received an invitation to the postseason. - Since the South Atlantic Conference was formed, C-N has won more than 70 league championships in the sports of baseball, women’s cross country, men’s and women’s bas-ketball, football, men’s soccer, softball, men’s and women’s tennis, and volleyball. - Since 1937, over 75 Eagles have gone on to play profession-al football, including 6 who are still active in the NFL, Arena League, World League of American Football or Canadian League. - Nationally known C-N Athletic Hall of Fame members in-clude Dana X. Bible, a college football coaching legend, Sylvia Hatchell, UNC Women’s Basketball Head Coach and Bernie Moore, former commissioner of the Southeastern Confer-ence.
Carson-Newman Men's Basketball Media Guide 2014-15
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