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Loper Football Teams Up With Red Cross Blood Drive
KEARNEY, NE - The University of Nebraska Kearney Football team will be partnering with the American Red Cross for their 3rd annual Blood Drive
Wide Receivers Coach Leaving for Position at Doane College
Kearney, Neb. - Nebraska-Kearney head football coach Darrell Morris announced today that assistant coach Grant Mollring is leaving the Lopers to be
Assistant Football Coach Named to WAC All-Century Team
Kearney, Neb. - Nebraska-Kearney defensive line coach Andy Avalos has recently been named to the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) All-Century
Football Has 8 on Football Gazette's All-Region Team
Kearney, Neb. - The Nebraska-Kearney football team has placed eight players (five defensive & three offensive) on the 2009 Don Hansen's Football
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1.11.10 | General
Inaugural Blue/Gold Rush Raffle Event Set for February 25th
The University of Nebraska Kearney Athletic Department announced the inception of the 1st annual Blue/Gold Rush for Athletic Scholarships. The Rush event is part of an extended initiative to
12.28.09 | Football
Loper Football: Kearney Hub's Top Sports Story of 2009
Kearney, Neb. - The Nebraska-Kearney football team, which went 11-2 in 2009 and reached the 2nd round of the NCAA Division II playoffs, was voted as the top sports story by the Kearney
12.26.09 | Football
Mandelko Leads Football's All-State Selections
Kearney, Neb. - The Nebraska-Kearney football team has placed 12 players on the 2009 Omaha World Herald All-State Division II team.

The squad is chosen by the four D2 head coaches in the state,
12.14.09 | Football
Football 8th in Final AFCA Division II Poll
Kearney, Neb. - The Nebraska-Kearney football team is ranked 8th in the final AFCA (American Football Coaches Association) Division II poll.

The poll is voted upon by a panel of head coaches from
12.8.09 | Football
Coach Crocker Up for Division II Coordinator of the Year
Kearney, Neb. - Nebraska-Kearney defensive coordinator and assistant head coach Bob Crocker is one of three finalists for Football Scoop's Division II Coordinator of the Year Award.

The winner
12.8.09 | Football
Hiett Fourth Loper to be Named AFCA All-American
Kearney, Neb. - Nebraska-Kearney senior center Jack Hiett has been named to the 2009 AFCA (American Football Coaches Association) Division II All-American team.

The AFCA team is chosen by a panel
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Lopers of the Week
Amy Long
Amy Long
Women's Track and Field
Long broke a 17-year old record at 3,000 meters by running a 10:16.55 Saturday in Lincoln.
That bested the old record set in 1993 by Steph Homan (10:19.12).

Also in the event, Long finished 7th out of 18 runners, beating seven Divsion I runners in the process.
Jessie Golden
Jessie Golden
Women's Track and Field
Golden ran an 8.37 in the 55 hurdles this past Saturday at the Scott Nisely Memorial Classic in Crete.

Finishing runner up, Golden's time converts to an 8.94 (60 hurdles) and that puts her 15th on the national list.

Also at Doane, Golden just missed out on making the 55 meter dash finals; she ran a 7.66 in prelims with the last finals spot coming in at 7.64.
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Did You Know...
Women's Basketball
Loper Head Women's Basketball Coach Carol Russel shares the UNL record for highest field goal percentage in a game when she made all 10 shots she took in a 1991 home win over Oklahoma.
Men's Basketball
Loper Co-Head Coach Tom Kropp was drafted by the Washington Bullets of the NBA, the Denver Rockets of the ABA, and the Pittsburgh Steelers of the NFL.  He went on to play for the Washington Bullets and the Chicago Bulls.
HISTORY OF AFFILIATION

Former UNK wrestler and two-time NCAA Champion, Tervel Dlagnev, was a Bronze medalist at the 2009 World Championships in Denmark.

All Sports Competition Cup
UNK Athletics has received the All Sports Competition Cup 12 out of the past 14 years. This award signifies overall success put forth by UNK within RMAC competition.
Debi Johnson
Lady Lopers point guard, Debi Johnson, set a new UNK school record for most 3-point field goals made in a single game with nine (9) against the Mavericks of Mesa State.