by Russell Vannozzi | Apr 24, 2019 | News Slider, Sports
Lipscomb guard Kenny Cooper is transferring to Western Kentucky, the Hilltoppers announced in a release Wednesday. Cooper entered his name in the transfer portal April 15, just five days after coach Casey Alexander bolted for the same job at Belmont. He then took an official visit to Bowling Green last weekend. “We’re excited to have Kenny join our program,” WKU coach Rick Stansbury said. “He’s a high-character young man from a great family. He has the valuable ability to make players around him better, and he’ll bring a wealth of experience and toughness to our team.” The loss of Cooper is a tough blow to an already-depleted Lipscomb roster, which is graduating five key seniors. He was set to be the team’s top returning player, having averaged 9.8 points, 4.5 assists and 3.5 rebounds per game this season. Cooper is currently a junior with one year of eligibility remaining. Non-grad transfers typically have to sit one season before playing, but he plans to apply for an eligibility waiver from the NCAA. Other schools that showed interest in Cooper included Butler, Virginia Tech, Missouri State, UNC Charlotte, Southern Illinois and Loyola Chicago, according to Corey Evans of Rivals.com. Cooper’s departure leaves Lipscomb with just one scholarship point guard in rising sophomore Alex Jones. Columbia Academy’s Carson Cary will be a walk-on next season, and rising senior John Matt Merritt is also a walk-on. New coach Lennie Acuff could look to the transfer portal to fill Cooper’s spot. Nearly 700 players from Division I schools were exploring transfer options as of last week. Photo by McKenzi...
by Russell Vannozzi | Mar 19, 2019 | News Slider, Sports
The Lipscomb men’s basketball team will soon say goodbye to five seniors, but the loss of that class just got a bit easier to handle. Former Valparaiso forward Parker Hazen announced his transfer to Lipscomb via Twitter Monday afternoon. He will have two years of eligibility remaining and can play immediately because he’s arriving from a junior college. Hazen is fresh off a stellar sophomore season at Iowa Western Community College. He averaged 8.5 points and 6.7 rebounds in 30 games for the Reivers. The 6-foot-8, 205-pounder began his college career at Valparaiso in 2017-18. But after averaging just one point in 8.3 minutes per game his freshman season, Hazen opted to transfer in search of more playing time. “Just planning out how things might go for me the next couple years, it may be close to the same year I had this year and not getting a lot of minutes,” Hazen told the Chicago Tribune last March. “I want to go to a place where I’ll have an opportunity to play — that’s really the only reason.” Hazen signed with Valparasio after a decorated prep career at Columbia City (Ind.) High School, where he averaged 15.8 points per game as a junior. ESPN ranked him as the seventh-best player in Indiana his senior year, while 247Sports listed him as a three-star and the 18th-best player in the state. The lanky forward should provide an immediate shot in the arm for a Lipscomb squad that loses forwards Rob Marberry, Eli Pepper and Matt Rose and guards Garrison Mathews and Nathan Moran. Joining Hazen as newcomers for 2019-20 are power forward Jacob Hobbs,...
by Cory Woodroof | Jun 20, 2013 | News Slider, Sports
Here are some newsworthy links making their way around campus this week. ACADEMICS The Andrews Institute’s Leadership Tennesee program has announced its first students. A variety of camps are being hosted over the summer at Lipscomb. ATHLETICS Baseball player Hunter Brothers was recently drafted in the MLB Draft’s 24th round by the Colorado Rockies. Madi Talbert was recently named honorable mention All-America for her accomplishments. The women’s basketball team has added a new transfer student from the University of Florida to the program. Cheerleading tryouts will be held on August 20. Construction has begun for a new golf short-game facility in Brentwood for the men’s and women’s golf teams. Five have joined the men’s soccer team. The men’s and women’s track and field teams have announced their team awards for the season. Five members of the track and field team will be competing in the U.S.A. Junior Nationals over the weekend. Have a bit of information that you would like to share with the Lipscomb community? Email us at luminationnetwork@gmail.com. Photo of construction of new golf short-game facility courtesy of Lipscomb...
