The Big Ten Conference announced its 2020 football preseason honors on BTN on Friday, a group which featured four returning All-Americans and eight former All-Big Ten selections. A media panel selected the 10-member preseason list, with five representatives each from the East and West Divisions. Ohio State placed a trio of
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Purdue Wrestling adds more to roster
Purdue wrestling head coach Tony Ersland added one more piece to his 2020-21 roster last week, receiving a commitment from graduate transfer Jamarcus Grant. Formerly of Oregon State University and the University of Northern Colorado, Grant is projected to compete at heavyweight for the Boilermakers while pursuing his graduate degree
Boilermaker Track & Field Earns USTFCCCA Academic Awards
Ten Purdue track & field student-athletes have been named All-Academic Athletes, while both the men’s and women’s programs earned All-Academic Team accolades as the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced its academic awards on Thursday. Purdue’s 10 All-Academic Athletes are seniors Jaret Carpenter (majoring in biochemistry),
Purdue’s Ersland Named NWCA President Elect
Jim VanHootegem joins Purdue Track & Field Coaching Staff
VanHootegem (pronounced van-OTT-eh-ghem) will work with the Boilermaker jumpers and multi-event student-athletes and comes to Purdue following six years as the head coach at Oklahoma. In his career, he has helped guide his programs to 12 NCAA team championships and 27 conference team titles. Additionally, VanHootegem produced 72 All-Americans as
Director of Intercollegiate Athletics at Purdue University statement in response to Big Ten announcement
Based on today’s announcement that the Big Ten will conduct intra-conference-only regular season competition in the fall of 2020, which will include football, women’s volleyball, women’s soccer and men’s and women’s cross country, we wanted to offer additional information to our Boilermaker fans. While there are many details yet to be
Kelsey Brouwer Joins Boilermaker Soccer Coaching Staff
Purdue soccer head coach Drew Roff announced that Kelsey Brouwer has joined the staff as an assistant coach and will work with the goalkeepers. Brouwer comes to Purdue from Tennessee Tech, where she served as assistant coach since 2017. A standout goalkeeper, Brouwer went on to play professionally after earning conference
Purdue to open 2020-21 Season vs. Evansville
Head coach Matt Painter has announced that the Boilermakers will host Evansville in the 2020-21 season opener on Nov. 10, in Mackey Arena. Tip time and television designation will be announced at a later date. Purdue owns a 9-5 series advantage with the Purple Aces, but the two teams haven’t met since a
Indiana State and Purdue scheduled for 2020-21 Season
Head coach Matt Painter has announced that the Boilermakers will host Indiana State in a non-conference game on Nov. 13, in Mackey Arena. Tip time and television designation will be announced at a later date. Purdue owns a 29-4 all-time advantage against the Sycamores, last defeating Indiana State on Dec. 18, 2010, a
Purdue ends streak against IU and sweep the Hoosiers this season.
Photo by: Reggie Edwards/ IndySportsDaily Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN Purdue came into this game looking to end their 4 game losing streak, and oddly enough, their last win was against the Hoosiers in Bloomington. Purdue doesn't have a chance in making the NCAA tournament unless they can miraculously win the B1G tournament,