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November 29, 2012

Henderson’s fast start a key for Ole Miss

Marshall Henderson made quite a few stops before arriving in Oxford, but he is quickly making a name for himself as a Rebel.

October 23, 2012

Bjork discusses ongoing women’s basketball investigation

Ole Miss announced on Saturday that women’s basketball head coach Adrian Wiggins was placed on administrative leave and two of his staff members, Kenya and Michael Landers, were terminated, in light of an ongoing joint investigation between Ole Miss and the NCAA over “impermissible recruiting contacts and academic misconduct.”

October 2, 2012

Diamond Rebels start fall with high energy

After a disappointing ending to the 2012 baseball season that saw Ole Miss drop two consecutive games that would have sent them to the NCAA Super Regionals, the Ole Miss baseball team returned to the diamond this fall to prepare for the 2013 season.

September 25, 2012

Scholtz ready to play at high level after Davis Cup experience

As a freshman last year, South African Nik Scholtz ﬁnished the year ranked No. 14 in the NCAA in singles. His first opponent in the Davis Cup in Montreal, Canada, Milos Raonic, was ranked No. 15 in the world. Raonic won the match 7-5, 6-4, 7-5, but for the reigning Southeastern Conference Freshman of the Year, the experience is what he will take from the event.

September 12, 2012

Elston suspended

Ole Miss’ true freshman safety Trae Elston has been suspended for Saturday’s primetime ESPN matchup against the No. 14 Texas Longhorns, the Southeastern Conference announced Tuesday. The league offices announced the suspension was the result of a flagrant hit Elston had on a UTEP wide receiver late in the fourth quarter in the Rebels’ 28-10 win over the Miners last Saturday.

August 28, 2012

Young unsatisfied despite impressive summer

Winning a Southeastern Conference championship, finishing fourth in the NCAAs and competing in the Olympics is quite the resume for any track athlete. But that was just the last four months for Ole Miss sprinter Isiah Young.

August 21, 2012

Ward practices; Grant and Moore return

True freshman Channing Ward made his full-pad debut in Tuesday’s two-hour practice. Ward participated in all of the drills head coach Hugh Freeze had planned.

August 20, 2012

Fall Camp Report: Defense

As part two of a three-part series, The Daily Mississippian football beat writer Bennett Hipp will give a report on Ole Miss’ fall camp concentrating on the defense.

DEFENSIVE END:

The end position got a big boost when highly touted 2012 signee Channing Ward was cleared by the NCAA on Friday. Ward will practice for the first time with the Rebels this afternoon and will more than likely be in an exclusive pass-rushing role early on.

August 17, 2012

Ward cleared, Rebels prepare for Saturday scrimmage

The Ole Miss football team had another successful practice on Friday morning inside the friendly confines of the Indoor Practice Facility, and afterwards, head coach Hugh Freeze received some good news.

The Rebels received word that Channing Ward -- one of Ole Miss' most high-profiled signees -- had been cleared by the NCAA and will now join the team. Ward can begin practicing in full pads on Tuesday.

Freeze described the process as frustrating.

July 17, 2012

Campbell enters senior season as top tier punter

Despite only seeing the field a few times a game, Ole Miss’ senior punter Tyler Campbell is one of the most important players on the team. While special teams may not receive the glory like offense and defense do, Campbell knows it is still an important part of the game.

“In the mindset of just the general game, everyone knows it is important,” Campbell said. “It is a third of the game — offense, defense and special teams.”

June 20, 2012

Freshman pole vaulter Sam Kendricks concludes record breaking first season

Freshman pole vaulter Sam Kendricks dominated in Oxford as a senior in high school. He managed to go undefeated at home in his last year at Oxford High School. His outdoor vault of 17-0 set the Mississippi high school record in 2011.

“That was a dream season for me,” Kendricks said.

June 19, 2012

Women’s tennis head coach Mark Beyers agrees to new contract

After leading the Ole Miss women’s tennis team to the most wins in more than a decade and a top 25 final national ranking for the third time in four years, Rebel head coach Mark Beyers has agreed to terms for a new four-year contract.

June 15, 2012

Thiemann's, Lutjen, Scholtz lead way for the Rebels

A record four All-Americans highlight another great year for the Ole Miss men’s tennis team.

Senior twins Marcel Thiemann and Chris Thiemann, junior Jonas Lutjen and freshman Nik Scholtz earned All-America honors, bringing the total in the history of the program to 28. The Rebels led the SEC and tied NCAA runner-up Virginia for the most All-Americans in the country. This marks the fourth time in six years the Rebels have tied for the most All-Americans in the nation.

All four helped lead the Rebels to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen and a final national ranking of No. 14. The Rebels have proven to be one of the most consistent teams in the nation. In addition to finishing in the top 10 14 times, they have finished ranked in the top 15 a record 17 times since 1994.

June 12, 2012

Young leads Rebels to successful season

During his first season at Ole Miss, Young raced to an SEC championship in the 200 meters. He went on to finish fourth at the NCAA Outdoor National Championships in the same event. However, Young was expecting results like this.
“I planned on winning the SEC (championship),” Young said. “Then I was going to try to win Nationals for Ole Miss.”
This wasn’t a childhood dream for Young.

June 4, 2012

Walker leads Ole Miss track and field into final meet of the season

Track and field head coach Joe Walker will lead his final group of Rebels to the NCAA Outdoor National Championships tomorrow in Des Moines, Iowa. The meet will run through Saturday and feature over 20 different events.

The men will enter the meet ranked 14th in the nation. During Walker’s tenure, 11 Ole Miss teams have finished in the top 20 nationally. However, this year Walker’s goal is for the men to finish even higher.

May 29, 2012

Mississippi State takes SEC title, Rebels and others get NCAA bids

Ten teams entered Hoover, Ala., with different aspirations, but not everyone got what they were looking for as Mississippi State came away with the SEC Tournament championship with a 3-0 win over Vanderbilt.

Ole Miss, Arkansas, Auburn, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi State and Vanderbilt entered the SEC Tournament with hopes of improving their NCAA tournament stock, while Florida, LSU and South Carolina wanted to make a good showing without getting anyone hurt before regional play begins.

May 29, 2012

Rebels’ season ends with 4-2 loss to Rice in NCAA second round

The NCAA second round match between No. 16 seeded Ole Miss and Rice saw a few momentum changes, but it was the Owls who ultimately won some third sets to defeat the Rebels 4-2 May 12 at the Palmer/Salloum Tennis Center/Galtney Courts. The loss ends the Rebels’ season at 18-9, while Rice advances to the Sweet 16 for the first time in program history.

April 24, 2012

Oxford native Kendricks breaks school record, ranks among nation’s leaders in pole vault

For Sam Kendricks, track was always around. The Ole Miss freshman admits, though, that he wasn’t the most natural track and field athlete before his days at Ole Miss.

April 18, 2012

'The Wizard of Boz'

Last year’s recruiting class, ranked No. 3 nationally by Collegiate Baseball, was the most highly-touted recruiting class ever to come through head coach Mike Bianco’s program, which has included many talented players who have gone on to play professional baseball.

March 9, 2012

Ole Miss beats Auburn, advances to second round

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Nick Williams scored a career-high 22 points and led Ole Miss a 68-54 win over Auburn in Thursday’s first round of the SEC Tournament at New Orleans Arena.

Williams, whose previous career-high was 21, was 9-of-14 shooting and drained four 3-pointers. Murphy Holloway added 13 points and 13 rebounds for the Rebels (19-12), who have won four straight and might be able to make a case for an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament should they upset Tennessee in their second-round game Friday night.

March 9, 2012

School-record six Ole Miss athletes ready for NCAA Indoor Championships

Ole Miss track and field athletes will send a school-record six athletes to the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships, hosted by Boise State in Nampa, Idaho. Events are scheduled to begin Friday and will run through Sunday.

March 5, 2012

Abram trial slowly taking course

The Bennie Abram trial is still under way, as the University of Mississippi tries to get the case dismissed. Judge Andrew Howorth will rule on the motion to dismiss soon and is waiting on the plaintiffs to amend their complaints.

Abram, a former Ole Miss football player, died Feb. 19, 2010 from complications involving sickle cell trait following a football practice.

February 27, 2012

Robertson Leads Ole Miss To Big Weekend At SEC Indoors

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Led by the outstanding jumping feats of Ricky Robertson and a few school-record performances, the Ole Miss track and field team concluded competition Sunday at the Southeastern Conference Indoor Championships held at the University of Kentucky’s E.J. Nutter Field House.

February 24, 2012

Rifle readies for GARC Championships this weekend

With the NCAA qualifiers behind it, the No. 8 Ole Miss rifle team is set to host and compete in the Great American Rifle Conference (GARC) Championships this weekend at the Patricia C. Lamar Guard Readiness Center.

February 14, 2012

Rifle sets its sights on first NCAA Championships since ‘06

Kentucky becomes the epicenter of the Ole Miss athletics universe this weekend. The men’s basketball team is set to play No. 1 Kentucky Saturday afternoon at Rupp Arena in downtown Lexington with hopes of improving their NCAA Tournament chances, and the Ole Miss women’s rifle team will compete in the NCAA Qualifiers back on Kentucky’s campus.