February 3, 2010

National Signing Day! NAU Signs 22 Players!

For the past few months, the Northern Arizona University football staff has been working nonstop to find the best talent it could. And today all of the staff’s hard work culminates on National Signing Day. Head coach Jerome Souers has announced the 2010 recruiting class. The Lumberjacks have signed 22 new players. What’s more impressive is that the staff was able to sign 22 of the 24 athletes who came on official visits to Flagstaff. That success rate is almost unheard of in the recruiting world. That success can be attributed to the careful research the staff did as well as the way our NAU coaches foster relationships with athletes and coaches.

The entire staff is excited about players we are about to bring in. Not only are they talented, but they are good citizens and students. They will contribute greatly to next year’s team, which returns 29 seniors and more than 20 starters. To read more about NAU’s 22 new recruits go to nauathletics.com.

January 27, 2010

Team Awards Banquet Rescheduled

Senior RB Alex Henderson

As most of you know, last week’s NAU Football Banquet got canceled because of the huge snow storm that hit Flagstaff. We have rescheduled the event for this Saturday, Jan. 30, at 4 pm at Little America Hotel. Players were notified on Monday afternoon, which was the fastest we could reschedule the event.

We will hand out individual awards to players as well as honor our seniors from the 2009 team. We will also show a short highlight video.  Parents, family, friends, and supporters of NAU are encouraged to attend. We would love to see all of you there! Appetizers will be provided as well as a cash bar. Cost is $10 per person.

Again, we are so sorry for the inconvenience to all of you who had planned to come last week. We hope you can still come and share in our celebration of the 2009 team this weekend!

January 14, 2010

Tentative 2010 NAU Football Schedule

The 2010 NAU Football schedule isn’t complete, but we do have our Big Sky schedule set. I know many of you would like to have an idea of our travel dates as well as our home games, so I am posting this now. Our official schedule probably will not be finalized for at least another month. When it is, we will post it here right away.

So, here is the 2010 schedule (as of now):

9/4     @ Arizona State.

9/11    Open

9/18    Open

9/25    @ Idaho State

10/2    @ Southern Utah

10/9    @ Eastern Washington

10/16   Montana State

10/23   @ Montana

10/30    Sacramento State (Homecoming)

11/6      @ Northern Colorado

11/13    Weber State

11/20    Portland State

11/27    NCAA Playoffs Begin

* Note: The ASU game is not set in stone. There is a possibility that we might face the Sun Devils on 9/11.  We will let you know as soon as it is finalized. Go Jacks!

December 10, 2009

Financial Aid Reminders

This information is for all football players:

Just a reminder that student-athletes on book scholarship do not have to turn the books into the athletic department. The books are their property and they may do with them as they choose. If they sell them back, the money is theirs to keep.

Any student on scholarship should be reminded to pay their class fees, parking fees, etc. before the start of the spring semester to avoid late fees. If students have questions about specific charges on their account or when payments are due, please have them contact me.

The first in-lieu check will be disbursed on January 11, 2010 and then it will be 24-48 hours before the students see the money in their bank account.

If you have any questions, contact Lynn Newson in the athletics office.

December 9, 2009

NAU Football Banquet Date Set for Jan. 23

The NAU football team will hold its season-ending banquet on Saturday, Jan. 23 at Little America Hotel. We hope all players and their families, boosters, and staff can attend this event. We tentatively plan to begin the banquet at 4:30 pm. Appetizers will be served and a presentation of awards and letter-winners will follow. We will have more details soon!