Dr. Noland to serve on NCAA Division I Board of Directors

SPARTANBURG, S.C. -- East Tennessee State University President Dr. Brian Noland will represent the Southern Conference on the NCAA Division I Board of Directors, with his four-year term beginning after the board’s Aug. 2 meeting.


ETSU to host Nike Volleyball Camp this summer

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Feb. 20, 2023) - Johnson City and Brooks Gym will take center stage in the volleyball world this summer, as ETSU volleyball will host a Nike Volleyball Camp — a division of US Sports Camp — in 2023.


Jenkins named Associate Head Coach at University of Michigan

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Feb. 14, 2023) -- ETSU Athletic Director Dr. Richard Sander announced on Tuesday that Benavia Jenkins has accepted an associate head coach position at the University of Michigan.


Volleyball adds Eastern Kentucky transfer Kali Walker

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Jan. 31, 2023) - ETSU head coach Benavia Jenkins added another key player this spring in preparation for another conference title run, announcing the signing of Eastern Kentucky transfer Kali Walker on Tuesday.


ETSU Player Spotlight: Amanda Lowe

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Oct. 20, 2022) - The transfer portal is one of the more recent polarizing topics in collegiate athletics — some embrace it, and some do not. But for one incoming transfer at ETSU, a second chance at finding “home” continued a family legacy that goes back multiple generations.


Sander named permanent athletic director at ETSU

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Jan. 23, 2023) -- At a press conference earlier today, East Tennessee State University President Dr. Brian Noland named Dr. Richard “Doc” Sander as the university’s permanent director of Intercollegiate Athletics. Sander had been serving as interim athletic director (AD) since August of last year.


ETSU lands 57 student-athletes on SoCon Fall All-Academic Team

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (Jan. 19, 2023) -- As ETSU students returned to campus for the spring semester earlier this week, the Southern Conference announced its Fall All-Academic Team on Thursday. ETSU led all schools by landing 57 student-athletes on the academic all-conference team.


Volleyball inks six during signing period

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Nov. 29, 2022) - ETSU head coach Benavia Jenkins announced six signees to her program on Tuesday as part of the team’s National Signing Day period, including an outside hitter, two liberos, two middles and one setter.


Three Bucs earn Volleyball Academic All-District

GREENWOOD, Ind.. (Nov. 23, 2022) - Three members of the ETSU volleyball program were named to the College Sports Communicators (formerly CoSIDA) Academic All-District Team this week, including outside hitter Jenna Forster (Maryville, Tenn.) and liberos Haley Sanders (Brentwood, Tenn.) and Taylor Roberts (Sneads, Fla.).