Athletics News
Rising Stars
by Sydni Walker The student athletes at Texas A&M University-Commerce are committed to serving their team and their school. While they all have different backgrounds, pers...
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Ernest Hawkins: Driven to Win
by Ashley Johnson | Photo by Paul Bryan It was third-and-five midway through the fourth quarter in the 1972 championship game, and Carson-Newman had just scored against the Lio...
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Sam Sterling, San Francisco 49’ers Defensive Tackle
In 1971, fresh from the battlefield in Vietnam, Sam Sterling met with Coach Hawkins and his staff to try out for the football team. Two days later...