Almost seven months to the day after an April tornado totaled Louisiana Tech’s Lady Techsters Softball Field and Soccer Complex and destroyed J.C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park, home of the Diamond Dogs, University officials presented plans for the complete rebuild of those three facilities. Louisiana Tech’s new soccer/softball complex and new baseball field […]
Grant makes new pitching machine possible
For a team faced with adversity after the EF3 tornado that totaled their entire softball complex, the Lady Techsters received a new pitching machine, a victory made all the more meaningful by their struggle. The Lagniappe Ladies recently awarded the Lady Techsters softball team a grant that makes this new machine a reality. In many […]
Landscape changes after tornado
Thursday, April 25, 2019, will forever be an infamous date in Louisiana Tech history because of the EF3 tornado that began around 2 a.m. in the southwest part of Ruston and ended northeast of town, cutting a diagonal path along the west side of campus. EF3 tornadoes have winds of 136-165 miles per hour. That […]
Tech’s Madison Kaufman Earns Student Broadcaster of the Year Award
Louisiana Tech communication graduate Madison Kaufman (right) was named the Student Broadcaster of the Year following the announcement of winners at the 2019 Prestige Awards Luncheon. “I know I couldn’t have done it without lots of help,” said Madison, who graduated in May with both her degree and a minor in sports marketing. Her entry […]
Jaylon Ferguson ‘Sack Daddy’ moves on to NFL
The NCAA’s all-time leader in sacks got his first one as a redshirt freshman in October 2015 in San Antonio and his last one in December 2018 in the SoFi Hawaii Bowl. Jaylon Ferguson wore No. 45 for Louisiana Tech. That’s the number others will chase now that Sack Daddy did something no NCAA player […]
What will the ‘Dogs do? Tech pawing its way toward a title in 2019
The questions around college campuses and in alumni clubs this time of year is always the same: “What’s our football team gonna do this fall?” It’s no different at Louisiana Tech, except the question might be even harder to contemplate if you’re trying to roll over info from last year’s up-and-down team into the 2019 […]