Arkansas
Blessings Collegiate Invitational presented by Tyson Foods Set For Year Three
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Blessings Golf Membership will host the third annual Blessings Collegiate Invitational introduced by Tyson Meals this fall, introduced at the moment by match officers. Slated for October 3-5, the occasion is predicted to function 11 of the highest males’s and girls’s groups from throughout the nation, together with hosts and defending match champions, the Arkansas Razorbacks. The match will likely be broadcast stay on GOLF Channel Monday, October 3 – Wednesday, October 5 from 3:30pm – 6:30pm CT every day.
“We’re honored to welcome the collegiate degree’s greatest gamers again to Northwest Arkansas and Blessings Golf Membership for this 12 months’s Blessings Collegiate Invitational,” acknowledged John Tyson, Chairman of Tyson Meals, Inc. “The Blessings Collegiate Invitational gives a possibility for student-athletes to show their video games on a world stage, whereas additionally shining a highlight on the Northwest Arkansas area and the world-class facilities right here.”
The Blessings Collegiate Invitational is a 54-hole stroke play competitors, with the lads’s and girls’s groups competing on the identical course and in the identical circumstances all through the week. The excellent match discipline features a lineup of distinguished applications from prime conferences such because the AAC, ACC, Large 12, Mountain West, Pac-12 and Southeastern Convention. Collaborating colleges embody Arkansas (host), California, Central Florida, Clemson, Kansas, Louisville, Mississippi, Mississippi State, Texas A&M, UCLA and UNLV.
“We stay up for internet hosting a powerhouse lineup of collegiate applications at our house course this fall for an additional thrilling version of the Blessings Collegiate Invitational,” acknowledged College of Arkansas males’s golf coach, Brad McMakin. “We encourage Razorback followers from throughout the area to mark their calendars to return out and assist these proficient student-athletes compete later this 12 months,” added College of Arkansas girls’s golf coach, Shauna Taylor.
The second annual Blessings Collegiate Invitational introduced by Tyson Meals was held in October 2021, that includes a dominant efficiency from the College of Arkansas males’s and girls’s applications. The Razorbacks captured all six match titles together with Girls’s Medalist (Brooke Matthews), Males’s Medalist (Luke Lengthy), Blended Pairs Greatest Ball (Brooke Matthews and Mateo Fernandez de Oliveira), Girls’s Staff Title, Males’s Staff Title and General Faculty Champion.
Volunteer alternatives for the match will likely be introduced within the coming months, with registration anticipated to open in July 2022. To remain updated with occasion info and information, please go to BlessingsCollegiate.com or comply with the occasion on Fb, Twitter, or Instagram.
Carson Field has worked full-time in the sports media industry since 2020 in Colorado, Texas and Wyoming as well as nationally, and he has earned degrees from Arizona State University and Texas A&M University. When he isn’t covering the Sooners, he’s likely golfing, fishing or doing something else outdoors.
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Purdue football coach Barry Odom makes first public appearance
Purdue football coach Barry Odom addresses questions from media in first public appearance in West Lafayette
WEST LAFAYETTE − Purdue football continues to stockpile Arkansas linebackers.
After snagging Razorback Alex Sanford out of the transfer portal, the Boilermakers picked up a commitment from Carson Dean.
Dean was a redshirt freshman for Arkansas this season and played in two games.
Dean, from Frisco, Texas, was a three star prospect by 247Sports out of Hebron High who had 17 offers, including Purdue.
In high school, Dean was an all-district outside linebacker after compiling 85 tackles, including 21 for loss as a senior in 2022.
At the time of his commitment, Barry Odom was Arkansas’ defensive coordinator and Mike Scherer, recently hired as Purdue’s defensive coordinator, was the Arkansas linebackers coach.
Scherer recruited Dean to Arkansas.
Odom’s staff, in need of linebackers after Kydran Jenkins graduated and Yanni Karlaftis transferred to Northwestern.
Sam King covers sports for the Journal & Courier. Email him at sking@jconline.com and follow him on X and Instagram @samueltking.
Purdue is starting to pick up steam on the transfer portal market as former Arkansas linebacker Alex Sanford announced his commitment to the Boilermakers following an official visit to West Lafayette this weekend.
Sanford becomes Purdue’s second transfer portal pickup of the cycle and second from Arkansas, following quarterback Malachi Singleton, who announced his commitment to the Boilermakers earlier this week.
The redshirt freshman linebacker had committed to Arkansas to play for Barry Odom and Mike Scherer when the two were coaching in Fayetteville. Two years later he now follows the Boilermakers’ new head coach and defensive coordinator to West Lafayette at a position of need.
Purdue had a thin linebacker corps this season, which saw Kydran Jenkins and Yanni Karlaftis depart this off-season. Sanford now joins Hudson Miller, Winston Berglund and Owen Davis as players with experience at the linebacker position for the Boilermakers heading into 2025.
Sanford has had a minimal role on defense during his career, playing just nine snaps, but he has carved out a consistent role on special teams. Sanford had the third most special teams snaps of any Razorback in 2024, and 328 across his two seasons, serving on the kick return, kick coverage, punt return and punt coverage units, holding a 65.2 Pro Football Focus grade in that regard.
Sanford will have two years of eligibility remaining with the Boilermakers.
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