Jimmy Clark is stepping down as director of athletics at University of the Ozarks at the end of May to join the University’s development team as the new major gift officer for athletics. Clark, who was hired at Ozarks to coach baseball in 2001, has served as athletics director at Ozarks for 17 years — […]
Fresh off a loss in the quarterfinals of the main draw at the NCAA III Lower Midwest Regional Championships two weeks ago and facing a daunting task of advancing out of the consolation round, Jake Dado felt a surprising calmness come over him. The University of the Ozarks senior from Lockport, Ill., used that tranquility […]
Shooting clay pigeons helped get Wyatt McCaghren to college, but shooting video is where his future lies. The senior All-American clay target shooter from Mayflower, Ark., will graduate in May with a major in media production. He already has a head start on his future plans, having started a fledgling outdoor videography and apparel business […]
University of the Ozarks has been awarded a $700,000 challenge grant from the J.E. and L.E. Mabee Foundation of Tulsa, Okla., to help fund the University’s new $10.75 million Wilson Athletic Complex. In order to receive the challenge grant funds, the University must raise an additional $3,278,329 by Oct. 10, 2024. The University began construction […]
Senior health science major Cesar Martinez recently gained invaluable real-world experience while also helping out his men’s wrestling teammates. Martinez, from Berryville, Ark., completed an independent study project earlier this month under the direction of Dr. Piroska Boros, assistant professor of health science. The project entailed collaborating with the wrestling team to conduct body composition […]
University of the Ozarks is joining forces with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission (AGFC) and the city of Clarksville to build an estimated $13 million Olympic-level shooting sports facility in the city. The initial announcement was made in July by Game and Fish Director Austin Booth at the commission’s regular monthly meeting in Little […]
University of the Ozarks will begin construction in October on a new $10.75 million athletic complex that will include new fields for baseball, softball and soccer, University officials announced this week. Partial funding for the project was made possible through a $6.2 million gift announced earlier this summer from Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Wilson […]
Clarksville, Ark. — University of the Ozarks has announced a $6.2 million project to construct new softball and baseball stadiums on its campus. The two facilities are targeted for completion in early 2024, in time for regular season play. They represent the second phase of a concerted effort by the University to upgrade all its […]
While clay target shooting is largely considered an individual sport, University of the Ozarks senior Mason Malin has come to love the team aspect of the discipline. The environmental studies major from Paris, Ky., will wrap up a stellar collegiate career at Ozarks later this month when he and his teammates compete in the Association […]
With an effortless smile and an affable and outgoing personality, it’s sometime difficult to picture Ndayambaje John as one of the top NCAA Division III wrestlers in the country or as someone who grew up in a refugee camp in Africa. John, a senior from Memphis, Tenn., will be one of 10 wrestlers from U […]