In the 2017-18 season, 24 members of Milligan College's athletics teams made the Daktronics-NAIA Scholar Athlete academic honor roll, 10 Buffs earned All-American status, and one freshman, Nathan Baker, won the national championship in the indoor 3000 meters.
For the second year in a row, Milligan College has been recognized by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics as a winner of the NAIA Champions of Character Five-Star Institution Gold Award for 2017-2018.
The accolades continue to roll in for Milligan College's Alyssa Rupert as she has been named the national volleyball defender of the week by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Tuesday afternoon for the week ending Sept. 2.
Milligan Vice President for Athletics and Student Development Mark Fox announced Tuesday morning that Head Men's Soccer Coach David Lilly, a Scottish-born citizen of the United Kingdom, will not be able to coach the remainder of the season. The US Citizenship and Immigration Services Office denied the college's petition to hire a nonimmigrant worker. Assistant Coach Kyle Findlay was named the interim head coach for the Buffaloes, effective immediately.
Milligan Vice President for Athletics and Student Development Mark Fox announced Tuesday the addition of a triathlon program which will compete as a club sport beginning in the 2019-20 academic year.
Several Milligan College Athletic programs participated in the Boones Creek Christian Church third annual community food pack Saturday morning in Johnson City, Tennessee, that helped send over 100,000 meals to Haiti.
Over the course of the Thanksgiving holiday, the Milligan College athletic department will be releasing five video interviews with members of the Athletics Hall of Fame. There will be one video released each day beginning Monday, Nov. 19, through Friday, Nov. 23.
As the fall season is officially over, the postseason awards continue to roll in for the Milligan College Athletic Department as 17 Buffs were named 2018 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes, as announced by the NAIA national office.
In Doneva Bays' 11th season at the helm of the Milligan College volleyball program, she led her alma mater back to the NAIA Women's Volleyball National Championship for the first time since 1996 – when she was a senior on the team.
Propelled by strong finishes from men's and women's cross country, and volleyball at their respective NAIA national championships, the Milligan College Athletic Department earned the No. 18 ranking in the Learfield Director's Cup fall standings.
Milligan College Vice President for Athletics and Student Development Mark Fox announced Friday the addition of an esports program beginning fall 2019. Micah Ridley, a 2011 Milligan alumnus, has been named the program's head coach.
Since fall sports teams arrived on Milligan College's campus for preseason back in August, the Buffaloes have been putting together quite the year. Seven Appalachian Athletic Conference runner-up finishes later, Milligan is the frontrunner in the league's Duard Walker All-Sports Trophy standings. The Buffs also come in at No. 16 nationally according to the Learfield IMG College Directors' Cup standings.
Milligan College has hired Spencer Scarth to serve as head coach of the swim team. Scarth is a former NCAA Division III All-American who comes most recently from Vassar College, where he served as assistant coach.
Yhorman Prieto of Caracas, Venezuela, is the first signee for Milligan College's newly established eSports program. Prieto is a diamond level player for League of Legends, signifying he is among the top 4.25 percent of players in the United States for League of Legends.
Skyler Barnett has been named the new head coach for Milligan College baseball. Barnett is a Johnson City native and comes most recently from Walters State Community College where he served as assistant coach and recruiting coordinator.