Stephen F. Austin volleyball student-athlete Sabrina Burns, Oral Roberts volleyball student-athlete Sheina Fernandes and Southeastern Louisiana baseball student-athlete Brandon Bernard have been selected to receive the Southland Conference’s F.L. McDonald Postgraduate Scholarship. Each student-athlete’s accomplishment will be celebrated during the Southland Honors Ceremony May 21 at the Gaylord Texan Resort in Grapevine, Texas.

The Southland Conference and MidSouth Bank jointly announced Thursday that the two entities have finalized an agreement making MidSouth Bank the official bank sponsor of the conference.

With over ten years of head coaching experience and 200 victories, Nicholls State University athletics director Rob Bernardi today announced the hiring of Tommy Harold as the ninth head coach of the Colonels women’s volleyball program. Harold’s hiring is pending approval by the University of Louisiana System Board of Supervisors.

The Telly Awards has named the Southland Conference Television Network as a Bronze winner for its production of the championship match of the 2012 Southland Conference Volleyball Tournament between Oral Roberts and Central Arkansas.

A total of 695 student-athletes have been named to the Southland Conference Commissioner’s Fall Academic Honor Roll, the league office announced Wednesday.

After the Sugar Bears jumped out to an early 3-0 lead, Washington came to life, tying the match at 4-4 and leading for the rest of the set. Central Arkansas was unable to hit at a positive clip, turning in a percentage of -.067 for the set, while the Huskies hit .368. Washington recorded 12 block assists in the first set.

The 64-team field was announced for the NCAA Women’s Volleyball Tournament on Sunday and the newly crowned Southland Conference Tournament champion Central Arkansas Sugar Bears will face No. 13 Washington Friday, Nov. 30 at 9 p.m. in Seattle, Wash. at the Alaska Airlines Arena.

The Central Arkansas Sugar Bears gathered in the new skyboxes at Estes Stadium to watch Sunday Afternoon’s NCAA Volleyball Tournament Selection Show, and they’re excited about what they learned.

No. 1 Central Arkansas earned its first bid in school history to the NCAA Volleyball Tournament after it held off a feisty No. 6 Oral Roberts squad, 25-21, 25-23, 16-25, 25-21 in the Southland Conference volleyball championship match at the Farris Center in Conway, Ark.

Read the postgame quotes from the 2012 Southland Conference Volleyball Championship between Central Arkansas and Oral Roberts.