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Bears advance to NAIA Semifinals!

The Men's Basketball team has advanced to the Fab Four of the NAIA National Tournament! In the first program appearance in the post-season tournament, the team is seeded No. 5 overall and is currently on a 25 game winning streak. The Bears continue their tournament run tonight, March 22 in Kansas City, MO against St. Francis, Ind. at 7 p.m. ET/6 p.m. CT. If the Bears win this matchup, they will continue on to play in the NAIA National Championship Game on Tuesday, March 23.

Stream the game online at portal.stretchinternet.com/naia. Follow SSU Athletics for updates at Facebook or on Twitter.

Thomas named MSC Coach of the Year

As a historic season for the Men's Basketball program continues, Head Coach DeLano Thomas ('16) was named the Mid-South Conference Men's Basketball Coach of the Year at the end of the regular season. So far this year, the program has claimed its first regular season championship, first conference tournament championship, and made its first trip to the NAIA National Tournament.

Orrin Edenfield finds success at Microsoft

Orrin Edenfield was not sure where his career would take him after receiving his degree from Shawnee State in 2004. An Adams County native and a first-generation college student, he chose to keep his options open and explore the possibilities a career in computer science could bring him. Over 15 years later, Orrin just celebrated his fifth year working at Microsoft.

Featured as a spotlight in our ongoing 35 Years series, read Orrin's story online at shawneestatealumni.com.

Tyson Whitt competes in World Rowing Championships

Alumnus Tyson Whitt ('01) recently competed in the World Rowing Indoor Championship Finals. Learn more about his story in a recent article in the Lancaster Eagle Gazette.

Shawnee Magazine 2020 Feature: Alumnus reaches dream with the NFL

A life in sports was always a dream for 2013 graduate, Tyler Boyles. Playing college basketball at SSU, Boyles still remained connected to his other passion – football. Throughout the fall seasons at college, Tyler volunteered with his past team at Raceland High School in Kentucky. His role there helped him develop several professional skills that would later translate into his career – as the Assistant to the Head Coach with the Indianapolis Colts organization.

“I knew I wanted to stay in sports in my career. As a part of the basketball team we knew we had to put in the hard work each day to get the results we wanted. So that’s what I did after college. I did a lot of jobs, with a lot of different responsibilities, but I knew that working hard would lead me to where I wanted to go.”

Read Tyler's full story at shawnee.edu/news.

View the full 2020 issue of the Shawnee Magazine online at shawnee.edu/magazine.

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