Navarro College Baseball

By MIKE MONTFORT Former Navarro and Lamar University star pitcher Ciara Luna has been named as a Bulldog Softball assistant coach. Luna served as assistant softball/volleyball coach at Class 3A Marion High School before accepting the opportunity to return to work with NC head coach Jessica Karenke-Burke’s program. Luna’s four-year collegiate career highlights include 73 complete games in 121 starts, an 80-40 pitching record with eight saves, a 1.98 earned-run average, and 613 strikeouts in 771 innings. Читать дальше...

By MIKE MONTFORT Rising sophomore guard Drue Drinnon, who will compete for Navarro in 2020-21, is listed among JUCOrecruiting.com‘s top NCAA Division I transfers into JUCO for the upcoming season. The University of New Mexico transfer is included in the first part of a series that identifies some projected top talents headed to NJCAA programs. Currently, Drinnon, a Smyrna, Ga., native,  is one of three incoming sophomore transfers on Navarro’s roster. JUCOrecruiting.com is a top junior college basketball source of recruiting... Читать дальше...

Navarro Football is hosting a Combine for the 2020 season on Saturday, June 27, at the Tiger Stadium Practice Fields in Corsicana. Interested participants must pre-register online. Confirmation e-mails will serve as admission tickets to the combine. There will be two combine sessions. One is scheduled at 11 am, and the second is set for 2 pm.  Limited spaces are available. Cost is $30 per person. To register for the 11 am Session I: https://bit.ly/FBCB11 To signup for the 2 pm Session II: https://bit.ly/FBCB2pm

BATON ROUGE, La. — Two-time NJCAA First-Team All-American midfielder Wasila Diwura-Soale officially transferred Saturday to LSU, where she will have an immediate impact on Tiger Soccer. Diwura-Soale, who transferred from Lamar University, joined incoming freshman Cass Romero from Highlands Ranch, Col., as the latest signees announced by Tiger coach Sian Hudson. Diwura-Soale is a dynamic midfielder that plays with exceptional pace, has great vision of the pitch, and can finish in the box when needed. Читать дальше...

Online nominations for the Bulldog Hall of Fame’s Class of 2020 will be accepted until May 29. Go to the Navarro College Athletics website, scroll to the bottom of the page and click on “Hall Of Fame Nomination” to begin the process. We welcome and encourage your input in selecting Navarro’s second Hall of Fame Class.

Sabry Philip, a 6-foot-4 shooting guard, transferred from The University of San Diego to Navarro College and play basketball for coach Grant McMillan’s Bulldogs. Philip shot 43.5 percent from the floor and 72.5 percent from the free-throw line for the Toreros in limited playing time last season. He appeared in the Toreros’ final four games, and 12 of their final 16 West Coast Conference contests. Originally from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Philip averaged 23.7 points, 8.9 rebounds, 5.3 assists, 3.2... Читать дальше...

All 2020 graduating high school basketball players enrolling in Navarro College can sign up for Walk-on Skills Classes, head coach Grant McMillan said. “This is a great opportunity to work on your skills and have the opportunity to compete in college basketball,” McMillan said about the non-varsity level athletic courses. The first course,  KINE 1132  (2132 for returning students), is available to a limited number of students.  The TBA Tuesday and Thursday class counts for one elective credit.  Students... Читать дальше...

By MIKE MONTFORT —   Bulldog Basketball welcomes six-foot sophomore transfer guard Drue Drinnon, Navarro coach Grant McMillan announced Friday. Drinnon started eight games and saw action in 27 for The University of New Mexico Lobos during the 2018-19 season, finishing third in assists (62) from 13.9 minutes of playing time per game. He had a personal-high collegiate game of 13 points, and another with 12 assists during December, 2018. The former four-star recruit from Smyrna, Ga., played his senior... Читать дальше...

Nominations for the Bulldog Hall of Fame’s Class of 2020 will be accepted online at Athletics.NavarroCollege.edu through May 15, Navarro Athletic Director Michael Landers announced Wednesday. The Bulldog Hall of Fame honors former student-athletes, coaches, teams and supporters who have enriched the Navarro College’s legacy through 74 years of intercollegiate athletics. “We have a rich history with our Bulldog athletic programs, and this is a great opportunity to honor those individuals who have helped to build our tradition,” Landers said. Читать дальше...

By MIKE MONTFORT No former Bulldogs were among the 12 former NJCAA football players selected by NFL organizations during draft weekend, or signed yet as undrafted free agents. So, we’ve chosen to break down the list of 82 “Bulldogs In The Pros” found on the Navarro Athletics football website and plug them into the seven-round draft format currently used by the NFL. The result? A total of 26 Bulldogs have been drafted inside the first seven rounds of an NFL Draft. All of them but one were drafted in 1974 or later. Читать дальше...