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(left to right) Mark Jelks, assistant athletic director for External Affairs and Game Day Operations and Facilities; John Harvey, head baseball coach; Thomas Maxwell, member of the board of directors of Union Bank & Trust Co.; John McClendon, chairman of the board of directors of Union Bank & Trust Co.; Dr. Peggy Doss, chancellor of UAM; Hud Jackson, director of Athletics and head football coach at UAM; Dave Dickson, president and CEO of Union Bank Trust & Co.; Kyle Lem, head softball coach at UAM; and Scott Saffold, executive vice president and senior loan officer of Union Bank & Trust Co.

On April 1, Union Bank & Trust Co. gifted $75,000 to the UAM Athletics Legacy Campaign at the University of Arkansas at Monticello (UAM).

The funds will support adding LED lights to UAM Baseball’s Weevils Field and UAM Softball’s Alvy Early Softball Field. This will mark the first time the fields have had lights, allowing the baseball and softball teams to host night games. (more…)

The Boll Weevils will hold walk-on tryouts for current University of Arkansas at Monticello enrolled students, as well as high school seniors, on Thursday, April 25 at the Judy and Jack Lassiter Indoor Practice Facility. (more…)

Angelia, Bennie III, Margaret Anne, Marion and Ray Ryburn have gifted $125,000 to support the UAM Fund and the UAM Athletics Legacy Campaign at the University of Arkansas at Monticello (UAM).

In 2020, the Ryburn family established the UAM Fund to provide financial support for operational expenses, capital projects, equipment needs and academic instruction at UAM. (more…)

(left to right) Hud Jackson, Ronald McFarland, Betty McFarland, Dr. Peggy Doss

The University of Arkansas at Monticello (UAM) has received a donation of $20,000 from Ronald and Betty McFarland to support the UAM Athletics Legacy Campaign. (more…)

The Weevils traveled to Searcy, Arkansas to take on Harding University in a non-conference mid-week game on Tuesday. The Boll Weevil offense proved dominant as UAM came out with a 15-0 win over the Bisons for Head Coach John Harvey‘s 500th career win.

Coach Harvey took the helm of UAM Baseball back in 2011, claiming his first of 346 total current wins with the program against Tougaloo College. Harvey has been a head coach since 2005, starting at Henderson State University, where he led the Reddies through the 2005-2010 seasons.

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UAM pulls off an amazing reverse sweep advancing to the semi-finals.

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The UAM Rodeo team is showcasing its growth and potential, delivering a series of impressive performances at the recent Southern Arkansas University Rodeo held inMagnolia. Under the guidance of Coach Rusty Jones, the team is demonstrating its ability to compete at a high level and is well-positioned for a successful season. (more…)

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Brianna Williams is a first-year student majoring in Ag Business at the University of Arkansas at Monticello (UAM).  She plans to compete in goat tie, barrel racing, and break-away roping.   She is excited about the fall rodeo schedule and even more excited about the improved horse barn on campus where she’ll house her horse. The West Monroe, Louisiana native said she visited the horse stalls this past spring.     “They were all panel stalls in there, and these, I mean, whoever built them, they are boarded stalls, and I mean, they are perfect stalls in a way. “Super-duper nice,” said Williams of the new horse stalls. “They are some of the nicest stalls I’ve seen.” (more…)

The University of Arkansas at Monticello football team played their third game of the 2023 season on Saturday evening when the Boll Weevils traveled to Great American Conference foe Harding University. UAM came out of the contest with a final score of 59-19 and their first loss on the year. (more…)

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The University of Arkansas at Monticello football team played their first match-up of the 2023 season on Thursday evening. The Boll Weevils traveled to Alva, Oklahoma to face Great American Conference member Northwestern Oklahoma State University. UAM came out of the match with a 49-24 win to open the year.

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Five former student-athletes and two incredible supporters of UAM Athletics have been chosen for induction into the UAM Sports Hall of Fame and to receive the UAM Spirit Award, Director of Athletics Hud Jackson announced, recently. (more…)

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Morgan Harrington, a fifth-year college rodeo competitor and biochemistry graduate student at the University of Arkansas at Monticello, has always been a fierce competitor. She has battled the stopwatch as a barrel racer and breakaway roper, winning first-place buckles and trophies by competing against other rodeo riders on the circuit. She is always pushing herself to be the best and her hard work paid off in an unexpected way when she was recently offered the chance to audition for a rodeo-themed movie to be filmed near Dallas. In 2022, she found herself competing against 22,000 young women, all auditioning for the same role in a barrel racing-rodeo movie. The resulting movie, “Heart of a Champion,” was released in February, with Morgan playing a supporting role. (more…)