Brian Kimmes
Cadwell leaving?
The men’s basketball team heads into summer workouts with some new and old faces. The most well known face is Ben Beran, who played for the Jacks for three years before sitting this past year out. Beran returns to the Jacks in his fifth year, giving the team a much needed inside presence.
The many beliefs of an opinionated columnist
I believe in many things. And during the past few years, I have inundated you, the loyal readers (my parents), with my views. However, I have not been able to fully disclose all of my beliefs. So, in honor of Kevin Costner’s speech in “Bull Durham,” here is what I believe.
Johnston leaves, returns
He’s a Jackrabbit. He’s a Phoenix. He’s a Jackrabbit again. Aaron Johnston thought he was ready to move on from SDSU, but he was wrong. On April 25, Johnston accepted the women’s basketball head coaching position at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.
Johnston plans for future as head coach
After being gone for less than 24 hours, Aaron Johnston walked back into his office on April 27 to begin his second tenure as head coach of women’s basketball at South Dakota State University. “The first few days on the job, I guess, is the way to think about it,” Johnston said.
Johnston returns to the Jacks
Aaron Johnston just couldn’t leave. He hopped on a plane to Wisconsin expecting to take the helm of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay women’s basketball program, but sometime during the short flight between Sioux Falls and Minneapolis, Minn., he had a change of heart.
Johnston staying at SDSU
In a drastic turn of events, Aaron Johnston has decided to remain as head coach of the Jackrabbit women’s basketball team. On Thursday afternoon, Johnston decided he preferred the head coaching job at SDSU instead of taking the job at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.
Johnston leaves SDSU after more than seven seasons
After more than seven years of guiding the Jackrabbits, Head Coach Aaron Johnston has decided to leave the plains of South Dakota for greener pastures in Wisconsin, accepting the job as women’s head coach at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. “It is a great opportunity for me to join the well-established Phoenix women’s basketball program,” said Johnston in a press release.
Jacks lose inaugural game in Jackrabbit Softball Stadium
In their much delayed home opener, the Jackrabbits committed more errors, four, then recorded hits, one, in their 3-0 loss to rival North Dakota State in the first game of a doubleheader. The doubleheader marked the opening of the new Jackrabbit Softball Stadium on campus.
Women end season with home victory over USF
Finishing the season with a home meet, the women downed the University of Sioux Falls, 6-1, and finished the season with a 5-10 record, including Division-I victories against Chicago State and University of Missouri-Kansas City. “The women did what they needed to do,” Head Coach Josh Lunak said.
Sports’ most difficult tasks
Finally, after numerous postponements, the Jackrabbit softball team played at home. Doing my due diligence as sports editor, I attended the team’s two doubleheaders on April 20 and 21. Sitting in the stands, watching the Jacks struggle to make contact with the ball and praying a ball didn’t wander over the fence in my direction, I started thinking how truly difficult it is to hit a softball hurling toward you from 43 feet away at 60 miles per hour.
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