Watson joined the Bearkats as a graduate for the 2024 season after pitching for Southwest Assemblies of God where he set the program record for strikeouts and was named an NAIA All-American.
The Sam Houston men’s basketball team will open and close the Conference USA regular season with a budding rivalry, the league office announced Thursday.
By Cody Stark / Sam Houston Sports Information Department
The Kats went 6-4-7 in its first season in CUSA a year ago under third-year head coach Sonia Curvelo. Sam Houston went 3-3-2 in league play in 2023 and went 1-1 in the postseason tournament.
The 2024 ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Division I All-Region Teams were announced in all eight regions on Tuesday with Sam Houston catcher Walker Janek named to the All-Central Region first team.
Sam Houston catcher Walker Janek has been named one of three finalists for the Buster Posey National Collegiate Catcher of the Year Award, the Wichita Area Sports Commission announced Thursday morning.
By Cody Stark / Sam Houston Sports Information Department
Cheikh Sadibou Ndiaye, a 6-10 forward from Miami, recently signed with the Bearkats. The ESPN three-star recruit for the class of 2023 had offers from FIU, Jacksonville State and Tarleton.
By Ben Rikard / Sam Houston Athletic Communications
This year’s ballot features 77 players and nine coaches from the Football Bowl Subdivision and 101 players, including Flanders, and 34 coaches from the divisional ranks.
By Cody Stark / Sam Houston Sports Information Department
Sam Houston will be featured in 12 national broadcasts across the CBS Sports Network and ESPN channels. The Bearkats will have six traditional linear broadcasts and six matchups featured on the ESPN digital platform.
Conference USA announced a bevy of future tournament hosts on Friday at the conclusion of its annual spring meetings, including Sam Houston being awarded the Conference USA Baseball Tournament in 2027.
The Sam Houston Bearkats stayed alive in the Super 1 Foods Conference USA Tournament on Friday morning, dispatching Middle Tennessee, 2-0, at JC Love Field.
Sam Houston catcher Walker Janek was named as one of 16 semifinalists for the Buster Posey National Collegiate Catcher of the Year Award Midseason Watch List.
Conference USA officials unveiled its 2024 all-conference baseball team on Tuesday with six Sam Houston Bearkats earning honors, headlined by catcher Walker Janek being named the league’s Defensive Player of the Year.
Louisiana Tech rallied in the ninth inning to force extra frames and then walked off the Sam Houston Bearkats for a 12-9 win, securing a sweep of the series on Sunday afternoon at JC Love Field.
By Ben Rikard / Sam Houston Athletic Communications
For the second straight day the Bearkats fired the lowest team score of the round, a 10-under mark of 278, to finish stroke play in second place and qualify for match play on Thursday.
By Tyler Pounds / Texas A&M Athletic Communications
Texas A&M (39-9) jumped in the driver’s seat in the first inning after Sam Houston (17-27) walked the first two Aggies and Trinity Cannon followed with a three-run home run.
By Ben Rikard / Sam Houston Athletic Communications
The Bearkats won the Conference USA crown in their first season in the league, at High Meadow Ranch Golf Club in Magnolia, Texas, back on April 17, to earn the league’s automatic bid.
The Sam Houston football team will close out its spring practice season with a busy Saturday on campus, highlighted by the Spring Game in the morning and the return of the Bearkat Football Auction that evening.
By Ben Rikard / Sam Houston Athletic Communications
Sam Houston and NM State were neck-and-neck midway through the day, but the Bearkats turned it on and finished at -9 for the day and -14 for the tournament as the only team under par for the week, 14 shots better than the second-place and even-par Aggies.
Michael Watson struck out 10 WKU hitters and Jake Tatom went 5-for-5 at the plate to lead the Sam Houston Bearkats to a resounding 10-0 win over the Hilltoppers in just seven innings on Saturday afternoon at Don Sanders Stadium.
By Mason Anderson / Sam Houston Athletic Communications
The Bearkat’s first matchup will pit them against a Conference USA foe in Louisiana Tech in the first round of the double-elimination regional bracket.
Sam Houston baseball alums Ryan O’Hearn and Colton Cowser will be on the Opening Day roster for the Baltimore Orioles when they open the 2024 season vs the Los Angeles Angels on Thursday at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.
After a dominating performance in the Conference USA opener at NM State, Sam Houston senior Coltin Atkinson has been named the CUSA Pitcher of the Week, per a release from the league on Monday.
The Sam Houston Bearkats announced their arrival to Conference USA with authority on Friday night, blasting NM State, 10-0, in eight innings at Askew Field.
UTEP slammed the door shut on Sam Houston’s hopes of making it to the championship game of the Conference USA Tournament with a stunning 66-63 win in the quarterfinals at the Propst Arena on Friday.
By Kyle Stafford / Texas A&M Athletic Communications
With the victory, the Aggies are off to a 17-0 start for the first time since 2015 and third time in program history. After a bloop single from Ali Camarillo loaded the bases in the bottom half of the ninth, Kent followed with a five-pitch walk to win the game for the Maroon & White.
By Cody Stark / Sam Houston Athletic Communications
The Bearkats will face No. 9 seeded Florida International in the quarter finals of the tournament after claiming the No.1 seed during the regular season.
The No. 4 Texas A&M baseball team concludes its five-game homestand with a midweek contest against Sam Houston (11-5) Tuesday night at 6 p.m. from Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park.
After guiding Sam Houston to its first Conference USA regular season championship, rookie head coach Chris Mudge was voted as the league’s best coach for the 2023-24 season.
Sam Houston left no doubt who the best team in the CUSA regular season was with an 81-73 victory over Jacksonville State on Saturday at Johnson Coliseum.