Category: Sports

Recent Grambling State University graduate Shakyla Hill, recently signed a contract with Victorious Career Management to help her in her pursuit to becoming a pro. Signing on with an agent is a major step that should be made for a college athlete when seeking to move to the professional level, but this step was something […]

Even though she is a newer coach, Coach Primecha Coates, an assistant track and field coach at Grambling State University since 2017, has big goals and dreams for the GSU Track Team.  Over the past decade, the GSU track and field team has been awarded with over 34 championship rings.  Prior to her coaching career, […]

The end of the season for Johnathon Sawyer, a sprinter on Grambling State’s track team who has turned heads since his first day on campus, came in May. Sawyer, a native of Austin Texas, runs the 400 meter dash for the GSU track and field team. This season he was able to qualify for the […]

Some of the most impactful players in the NFL’s history were not drafted.  Tony Romo. Kurt Warner. James Harrison. Jason Peters. All of these household names were not even selected in the draft. So for recent GSU players like record holding kicker Mark Orozco and linebacker De’Arius Christmas, not being one of the 254 players […]

The Grambling State University and Louisiana Tech University football teams celebrated their collaboration with each other at a luncheon at the Ruston Civic Center in early June.  The purpose of the luncheon was to bring together both Louisiana Tech and Grambling State football teams for a community service event.  Brian Howard, GSU’s Sports Information Director, […]

Maurice Robinson Aneisha Bell came in eighth in the discus with a 41.52 meter hurl. GSU Athletics/Courtesy photo The Grambling State men’s and women’s track team competed in the Southern Miss. Open over the weekend of April 26 and 27 in Hattiesburg, Miss.   The men’s side was led by Maurice Robinson, who landed in […]

Jahmoi Percival was named SWAC Co-Hitter of the Week. In the second Southern game Percival notched a three-run home run and four RBIs. GSU Athletics/Courtesy photo The Grambling State University Tigers are in a fight for the top seed in the Southwestern Athletic Conference. Over the weekend, they took on No. 1 Southern University, going […]

Grambling State’s Shakyla Hill recorded two quadruple-doubles in her collegiate career, while surpassing the 2,000 career points mark in her final season. Hill was named Boxtorow National Player of the Year. She was also named the Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year in the Southwestern Athletic Conference. Courtesy photo. Shakyla Hill […]

Darwin Price Jr., a former Grambling State track standout, has hung up his spikes and finds peace through boxing after the tragic death of  cousin. Courtesy photo Price, who is a 140-pound prospect, has a record of 14-0-0, with seven of those victories coming by knockouts. He is a native of St. Louis, Missouri.   Courtesy […]

Junior Jonathon Sawyer (left) is number one in the 400-meter dash in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). Participating in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC), Grambling States University’s Jonathon Sawyer is the only track athlete to hold a top spot in the conference. Sawyer covered the 400-meter dash in 46.50 seconds to win the Jim Mize […]