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YESTERYEAR: Hopalong Cassidy

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by Patricia Sides at Willard Library

On October 16, 1956, two famous personalities arrived at the Evansville airport within hours of each other. The first was Vice-President Richard Nixon, who was campaigning for re-election. The second celebrity, film and television cowboy star Hopalong Cassidy, arrived later in the day to participate in the West Side Nut Club’s Fall Festival. (A newspaper noted that the crowd at the airport welcoming “Hoppy” was “considerably larger” than Nixon’s.) An estimated 75,000 fans of all ages watched the beloved cowboy parade down Franklin Street on his horse Topper. In this image, he poses for a photographer after crowning the Fall Festival queen.

On October 16, 1956, two famous personalities arrived at the Evansville airport within hours of each other. The first was Vice-President Richard Nixon, who was campaigning for re-election. The second celebrity, film and television cowboy star Hopalong Cassidy, arrived later in the day to participate in the West Side Nut Club’s Fall Festival. (A newspaper noted that the crowd at the airport welcoming “Hoppy” was “considerably larger” than Nixon’s.) An estimated 75,000 fans of all ages watched the beloved cowboy parade down Franklin Street on his horse Topper. In this image, he poses for a photographer after crowning the Fall Festival queen.

Vectren Extends Call Center Hours, Encourages Customers To Sign Up For Energy Assistance

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In preparation for the upcoming heating season, Vectren Energy Delivery (Vectren) is extending its call center support hours for the month of October. October is traditionally a very active month for natural gas customers who are preparing for colder temperatures by reconnecting gas service or inquiring about energy assistance programs. Currently, customers can call 1-800-227-1376 and speak to a customer service specialist Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. In addition to the regular service hours, customer service specialists will be available Saturdays in October from 7 a.m. until noon CDT. Customers also have the option of utilizing live web chat for customer service assistance.

“Flexibility during this busy season is very important as we often experience higher-than-normal call volumes during regular business hours, particularly on Mondays,” said Dan Bugher, vice president of customer experience and administration. “As we prepare to enter the heating season, we encourage customers to get a head start on reconnecting their service to avoid and hopefully reduce wait times.”

Community action agencies will begin taking applications for all energy assistance programs on Nov. 1.

Income-qualified Indiana customers are encouraged to call 1-800-872-0371 to locate their nearest community action agency and apply for financial assistance through the state’s Energy Assistance Program (EAP). To qualify, the customer’s gross household income must be at or below 150 percent of the federal poverty level, which would be about $36,450 for a family of four. All eligible natural gas heating customers who enroll in the state’s EAP through local community action agencies will automatically be enrolled in the Universal Service Program, (USP) which provides additional gas bill reductions from December through May.

Customers are also encouraged to apply for all residential weatherization programs. Customers who are at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty guidelines, which would be about $48,600 for a family of four, may qualify for these weatherization programs.

For more information or to access Vectren’s self-service options, including billing and payment options, rebates on energy efficient appliances, energy conservation tips and account information, visit www.vectren.com.

About Vectren
Vectren Corporation (NYSE: VVC) is an energy holding company headquartered in Evansville, Ind. Vectren’s energy delivery subsidiaries provide gas and/or electricity to more than 1 million customers in adjoining service territories that cover nearly two-thirds of Indiana and about 20 percent of Ohio, primarily in the west central area. Vectren’s nonutility subsidiaries and affiliates currently offer energy-related products and services to customers throughout the U.S. These include infrastructure services and energy services. To learn more about Vectren, visit www.vectren.com.

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COA says attempted murder is not an exception to voluntary intoxication statute

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Olivia Covington for www.theindianalawyer.com

The Indiana Court of Appeals found Wednesday that a man cannot have his attempted murder charge overturned because he was drunk at the time of the incident, writing that voluntary intoxication does not negate the specific intent to kill requirement of an attempted murder charge.

In January 2015, John Thomas became engaged in a verbal altercation with Craig Robinson and a physical altercation with Bobby Vinson, the adult son of Robinson’s girlfriend, Damita Jaffe.  Thomas was intoxicated during the altercations.

After the situation had diffused and Thomas had left the scene, the trio then saw Thomas walking toward Jaffe’s house and firing a shotgun, hitting Jaffe in the face with the pellets, which also grazed her daughter, Anna Vinson. Thomas was later arrested, charged in Vigo Superior Court and convicted of attempted murder of Bobby Vinson, attempted aggravated battery against Jaffe, attempted battery with a deadly weapon against Anna Vinson and criminal recklessness against Robinson.

Thomas appealed his attempted murder conviction, arguing that he was too intoxicated to have a specific intent to kill Bobby Vinson. The Vigo Superior Court had instructed the jury not to consider his level of intoxication when considering his attempted murder charge, an instruction Thomas said constituted a fundamental error.

Although Thomas conceded that voluntary intoxication does satisfy the general intent to commit an offense, he also argued that in Indiana, attempted murder charges must be proven by a specific intent to kill. Instructing the jury not to consider his intoxication in regard to the attempted murder charge deprived him of his right to a fair trial, he said.

But the Indiana Court of appeals disagreed in its Wednesday opinion, finding that the jury instruction was a correct statement of the law.

Indiana code expressly states that voluntary intoxication is not a defense to a prosecution for an offense, the appellate court wrote. Further, the court said there were at least two cases in Indiana that touch on the fact that voluntary intoxication is not a defense, but no cases that address whether the voluntary intoxication statute applies to attempted murder.

Accepting Thomas’ argument on appeal would essentially be the same as carving out an exception to the voluntary intoxication statute for attempted murder, the court said.

“Given that the Indiana legislature has not expressly identified attempted murder as an exception to the law negating voluntary intoxication as a defense, and our Supreme Court has not expressed an indication that any such exception exists, we decline Thomas’ invitation to create one,” the Court of Appeals wrote.

The case is John W. Thomas v. State of Indiana, 84A01-1602-CR-235.

Wesselmans Still Need Your Help!

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We STILL need your help!

Fall Festival is nearly upon us, and Wesselman Nature Society has again been presented with a terrific opportunity to raise needed funds by operating a parking lot at the event from October 3rd-8th.  Volunteers are necessary to make this fundraiser a success – can we count on your help?

This year we will be utilizing the City’s 11th Ave West Park at the northwest corner of 11th Avenue and West Virginia St.

Shifts are available from 10 am to 9 pm each day of the week – volunteer for a couple of hours, or stay for the whole day!  Free parking is available for volunteers on the days that you work.

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE THAT HAS ALREADY VOLUNTEERED!
We Still Need Your Help!

USI Men climb in Top-25 despite week off

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University of Southern Indiana Men’s Cross Country improved a single spot to 12th in the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association top-25 poll, while the women remain in the top-10.

Despite the week off, the men jumped the University of Mount Olive in the third USTFCCCA top-25 poll of the season. The 12th-place ranking for the Screaming Eagles is good enough to remain third in the Midwest Region behind Grand Valley State University and Hillsdale University.

On the women side, USI dropped to seventh in the national rankings. The University of Minnesota Duluth jumped the Eagles and Hillsdale to move USI down a single spot. In the regional poll, the Eagles remain second behind the top ranked team in the country, Grand Valley.

After two weeks off, USI will return to action Friday at the Greater Louisville Classic. The women’s 5k and men’s 8k races will begin at 8 a.m. at E.P. Tom Sawyer Park in Louisville, Kentucky.

Yahoo data breach may impact Hoosiers

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MVC Unveils 104-Event Package on ESPN Networks

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Aces will be featured in 2016-17

ST. LOUIS – Celebrating its 110th season, the Missouri Valley Conference will have an exclusive 104-event package on ESPN networks during the 2016-17 academic year, Commissioner Doug Elgin announced today.

The Valley, which enters the third year of a 10-year agreement with ESPN, will clear 41 men’s basketball telecasts on ESPN platforms — ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN3.

Another 63 MVC events — regular-season baseball and women’s basketball plus postseason championships for women’s and men’s soccer, volleyball, indoor and outdoor track and field, women’s basketball, softball and baseball — are featured in the package this year.

An additional 450 live events by Conference institutions will be delivered exclusively by The Valley on ESPN3 — the league’s co-branded digital network with ESPN.

“Through multi-layered platforms, ESPN provides us with an invaluable national promotional vehicle in an ever-evolving video environment,” Elgin said.

“Academic commitment from all corners of our campuses has fueled the development and implementation of The Valley on ESPN3,” he said.  “Between linear delivery (ESPN-ESPN2-ESPNU) and digital endeavors (ESPN3), our fans consume our product across multiple devices at any time and at any location.”

The ESPN men’s basketball package begins with Wichita State playing host to Tulsa on Nov. 16 in the first of four league-produced exclusive non-conference games on ESPN3.

San Diego State at Loyola (Dec. 3), Butler at Indiana State (Dec. 7) and Oklahoma State visiting Wichita State at INTRUST Bank Arena (Dec. 17) complete the non-MVC contests for ESPN3.

The game at Loyola is one of nine match-ups on Dec. 3 which are part of the Mountain West-Missouri Valley Challenge.

This will be the second year of a four-year agreement between the leagues, with Evansville, Indiana State, Southern Illinois and Wichita State securing wins during the 2015 event.

The Missouri Valley Conference also has two additional non-conference contests on ESPN platforms — Wichita State versus Oklahoma in Oklahoma City (ESPN2) on Dec. 10 and Northern Iowa at North Carolina (ESPN2) on Dec. 21.

Four MVC schools will compete in ESPN Events-branded multi-team tournaments — Northern Iowa in the Tire Pros Puerto Rico Tip-Off, which has been relocated to Orlando, Fla., Illinois State in the Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic, Indiana State in the AdvoCare Invitational and Wichita State in the Battle 4 Atlantis.

Each league school will participate in three games with every contest being delivered on an ESPN platform — ESPN2, ESPNU or ESPN3.

“Continued participation in ESPN-branded tournaments is critical for The Valley,” said Elgin.  “These events are vital when building at-large resumes for NCAA Tournament consideration and

having the opportunity to play these teams on a neutral floor in front of a national audience is huge exposure.”

In terms of league regular-season men’s basketball shows, The Valley has two contests on ESPN2 — Wichita State at Illinois State (Jan. 14) and Illinois State at Wichita State (Feb. 4) — and another where ESPN will utilize the netflex process (waiting until 7-10 days out from competition) to determine whether the game — UNI at Wichita State (Feb. 18) — is shown on ESPN or ESPN2.

For the final Conference’s exposure on Saturday, Feb. 25, ESPN will utilize both the netflex and Wildcard (picking one of five games) selection processes to determine which match-up is shown on ESPN or ESPN2.

The Valley’s regular-season men’s basketball package on ESPNU will feature one Saturday and five Sundays.  The Sundays will also use the ESPN netflex selection process (one game appearing on The Valley on ESPN3 and the other on ESPNU).

“The Wildcard selection process allows ESPN to position the game with the most impact to cap our season,” said Jack R. Watkins, Associate Commissioner.  “As a result of this process, Wichita State completed its three-peat of MVC regular-season championships on ESPN2 during the 2016 finale telecast.”

“This year, we will continue to utilize the netflex process for our Sunday ESPNU telecasts, and for the second straight year, we have pre-determined consistent times on both networks,” Watkins added.  “That helps our men’s and women’s basketball programs in a myriad of ways, including home game management and travel for the visiting teams.”

The remaining two ESPNU telecasts will be Valley regular-season baseball contests which have yet to be determined.

The Conference will distribute league-produced, nine-week men’s basketball (Wednesday, Thursday or Saturday) and women’s basketball (Fridays or Sundays) packages on ESPN3 — ESPN’s live multi-screen sports network streamed line on WatchESPN, accessible on computers, smartphones, tablets and connected devices to fans who receive their video subscription from an affiliated provider.

The men’s basketball package starts on Thursday, Dec. 29, with Bradley playing host to Southern Illinois.

The opening round on March 2 and all four quarterfinal games on March 3 from the 2017 State Farm MVC Men’s Basketball Tournament in St. Louis will also be shown on ESPN3 outside the league’s five-state footprint of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri.

The women’s league slate on Fridays begins Dec. 30, when Indiana State visits Evansville.

The final two women’s basketball airings will utilize the Wildcard selection process to determine which games will be distributed on Feb. 17 and Feb. 24, with the selected contests announced on Feb. 3 and Feb. 10, respectively.

The entire women’s basketball tournament will be shown on ESPN3, with coverage beginning on Thursday, March 9, with two opening round contests, four quarterfinal telecasts on Friday, March 10, two semifinal games on Saturday, March 11 and the title contest on Sunday, March 12.

“Our women’s basketball coverage on The Valley on ESPN3 — both league and institutional productions — continues to expand,” Watkins said.  “There is no question that our women’s basketball experienced the greatest growth of regular-season exposure with more than 130 live events distributed via The Valley on ESPN3 in 2015-16.”

“At the same time, we were able to feature our first women’s basketball tournament from the iWireless Center in Moline, Illinois,” Watkins said.  ”There are great things occurring for our women’s basketball and its postseason championship, and this increased exposure is a direct result of that renewed energy.”

The Valley will also air its postseason championships for women’s and men’s soccer, volleyball, indoor and outdoor track and field, softball and baseball in their entirety on ESPN3.

“The 2015-16 academic year was a tremendous one for our Conference, and The Valley on ESPN3 was the perfect platform to share numerous league stories,“ Watkins said.

“We conducted an epic volleyball tournament in 2015, where Wichita State rallied from 2-0 set deficits in semifinal and title matches to take the tournament.  In fact, all four semifinalists — Missouri State, UNI, Southern Illinois and Wichita State — were showcased on The Valley on ESPN3 and subsequently received bids to the NCAA Tournament,” Watkins added.

 

“After distributing our indoor track and field championship on The Valley on ESPN3 in 2015 and the feedback we received, the addition of the outdoor championship in 2016 was a no-brainer,”

 

Watkins said.  “We shared stories, including those of DeAnna Price and Gwen Berry of Southern Illinois who qualified for Team USA in the hammer throw and represented our country in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.”

 

“Thanks to the endorsement from ESPN and the support from the MVC Presidents Council, we have the ability to reach a national audience every day via The Valley on ESPN3,” Watkins concluded.

 

Postseason coverage starts with the 2016 MVC Women’s Soccer Championship at Adelaide Street Field in Normal, Illinois, on Friday, Nov. 4 (semifinals) and Sunday, Nov. 6 (title match).

 

The 2016 MVC Men’s Soccer Championship at Allison Stadium  South in Springfield, Missouri, will be contested on Tuesday, Nov. 8 (opening round), Wednesday, Nov. 9 (quarterfinals), Friday, Nov. 11 (semifinals) and Sunday, Nov. 13 (title match).

 

For the fifth-straight year, The Valley will deliver the MVC Volleyball Championship on ESPN3, and in 2016, all five matches will be shown from McLeod Center in Cedar Falls, Iowa, on Thursday, Nov. 24 (quarterfinals), Friday, Nov. 25 (semifinals) and Saturday, Nov. 26 (title match).

 

For the third-straight year, the Conference will televise competition from the 2017 MVC Indoor Track and Field Championship at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa, on Saturday-Sunday, Feb. 25-26.

 

In the spring, The Valley will air the 2017 MVC Softball Tournament from Marian Kneer Stadium at Normal, Illinois, on Thursday-Saturday, May 11-13.

 

For the second time in league history, The Valley will televise competition from the 2017 MVC Outdoor Track and Field Championship at Allison Stadium South in Springfield, Missouri, on Friday-Sunday, May 12-14.

 

The league will conclude its 2016-17 schedule on ESPN3 on Wednesday-Saturday, May 24-27, from the 2017 MVC Baseball Championship at Hammons Field in Springfield, Missouri.  It will mark the sixth consecutive year that games from the tournament have been shown on ESPN3, beginning with the 2012 event from Hammons Field.

 

“The benefits are vast having our championships shown on The Valley on ESPN3,” Watkins said.  “Our families and fans plus NCAA Division I sport committee members can catch live action or watch our replays of our most important competitions at a critical stage of the season.”

 

“Whether it’s viewership or recruitment, we value each and every opportunity to showcase our student-athletes, coaches and facilities,” Watkins concluded.

 

The Conference also plans to televise the 2016 MVC Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tipoff in St. Louis on Tuesday, October 25, and its 2017 MVC Women’s Basketball Tournament Preview Show from the iWireless Center in Moline, Illinois, on Thursday, March 9.

 

CLINT BLACK WILL MAKE A STOP IN EVANSVILLE VICTORY THEATRE – MARCH 3, 7PM

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It is one of the most storied careers in modern music and Victory Theatre gets to be a part of it. Clint Black surged to superstardom as part of the fabled Class of ’89, reaching #1 with five consecutive singles from his triple-platinum debut, Killin’ Time. He followed that with the triple-platinum Put Yourself in My Shoes, and then a string of platinum and gold albums throughout the ’90s. Perhaps most impressively, Clint wrote or co-wrote every one of his more than three dozen chart hits, including “A Better Man,” “Where Are You Now,” “When My Ship Comes In,” “A Good Run of Bad Luck,” “Summer’s Comin’,” “Like the Rain” and “Nothin’ But the Taillights,” part of a catalog that produced 22 #1 singles and made him one of the most successful singer/songwriters of the modern era.

Along the way, Clint has sold over 20 million records, earned more than a dozen gold and platinum awards in the U.S. and Canada, landed nearly two dozen major awards and nominations, including more than a dozen GRAMMY nominations, and earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Tickets start at $39 go on sale Tuesday, October 4 at 10 AM

MVC Unveils 104-Event Package on ESPN Networks

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Aces will be featured in 2016-1

ST. LOUIS – Celebrating its 110th season, the Missouri Valley Conference will have an exclusive 104-event package on ESPN networks during the 2016-17 academic year, Commissioner Doug Elgin announced today.

The Valley, which enters the third year of a 10-year agreement with ESPN, will clear 41 men’s basketball telecasts on ESPN platforms — ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN3.

Another 63 MVC events — regular-season baseball and women’s basketball plus postseason championships for women’s and men’s soccer, volleyball, indoor and outdoor track and field, women’s basketball, softball and baseball — are featured in the package this year.

An additional 450 live events by Conference institutions will be delivered exclusively by The Valley on ESPN3 — the league’s co-branded digital network with ESPN.

“Through multi-layered platforms, ESPN provides us with an invaluable national promotional vehicle in an ever-evolving video environment,” Elgin said.

“Academic commitment from all corners of our campuses has fueled the development and implementation of The Valley on ESPN3,” he said.  “Between linear delivery (ESPN-ESPN2-ESPNU) and digital endeavors (ESPN3), our fans consume our product across multiple devices at any time and at any location.”

The ESPN men’s basketball package begins with Wichita State playing host to Tulsa on Nov. 16 in the first of four league-produced exclusive non-conference games on ESPN3.

San Diego State at Loyola (Dec. 3), Butler at Indiana State (Dec. 7) and Oklahoma State visiting Wichita State at INTRUST Bank Arena (Dec. 17) complete the non-MVC contests for ESPN3.

The game at Loyola is one of nine match-ups on Dec. 3 which are part of the Mountain West-Missouri Valley Challenge.

This will be the second year of a four-year agreement between the leagues, with Evansville, Indiana State, Southern Illinois and Wichita State securing wins during the 2015 event.

The Missouri Valley Conference also has two additional non-conference contests on ESPN platforms — Wichita State versus Oklahoma in Oklahoma City (ESPN2) on Dec. 10 and Northern Iowa at North Carolina (ESPN2) on Dec. 21.

Four MVC schools will compete in ESPN Events-branded multi-team tournaments — Northern Iowa in the Tire Pros Puerto Rico Tip-Off, which has been relocated to Orlando, Fla., Illinois State in the Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic, Indiana State in the AdvoCare Invitational and Wichita State in the Battle 4 Atlantis.

Each league school will participate in three games with every contest being delivered on an ESPN platform — ESPN2, ESPNU or ESPN3.

“Continued participation in ESPN-branded tournaments is critical for The Valley,” said Elgin.  “These events are vital when building at-large resumes for NCAA Tournament consideration and

having the opportunity to play these teams on a neutral floor in front of a national audience is huge exposure.”

In terms of league regular-season men’s basketball shows, The Valley has two contests on ESPN2 — Wichita State at Illinois State (Jan. 14) and Illinois State at Wichita State (Feb. 4) — and another where ESPN will utilize the netflex process (waiting until 7-10 days out from competition) to determine whether the game — UNI at Wichita State (Feb. 18) — is shown on ESPN or ESPN2.

For the final Conference’s exposure on Saturday, Feb. 25, ESPN will utilize both the netflex and Wildcard (picking one of five games) selection processes to determine which match-up is shown on ESPN or ESPN2.

The Valley’s regular-season men’s basketball package on ESPNU will feature one Saturday and five Sundays.  The Sundays will also use the ESPN netflex selection process (one game appearing on The Valley on ESPN3 and the other on ESPNU).

“The Wildcard selection process allows ESPN to position the game with the most impact to cap our season,” said Jack R. Watkins, Associate Commissioner.  “As a result of this process, Wichita State completed its three-peat of MVC regular-season championships on ESPN2 during the 2016 finale telecast.”

“This year, we will continue to utilize the netflex process for our Sunday ESPNU telecasts, and for the second straight year, we have pre-determined consistent times on both networks,” Watkins added.  “That helps our men’s and women’s basketball programs in a myriad of ways, including home game management and travel for the visiting teams.”

The remaining two ESPNU telecasts will be Valley regular-season baseball contests which have yet to be determined.

The Conference will distribute league-produced, nine-week men’s basketball (Wednesday, Thursday or Saturday) and women’s basketball (Fridays or Sundays) packages on ESPN3 — ESPN’s live multi-screen sports network streamed line on WatchESPN, accessible on computers, smartphones, tablets and connected devices to fans who receive their video subscription from an affiliated provider.

The men’s basketball package starts on Thursday, Dec. 29, with Bradley playing host to Southern Illinois.

The opening round on March 2 and all four quarterfinal games on March 3 from the 2017 State Farm MVC Men’s Basketball Tournament in St. Louis will also be shown on ESPN3 outside the league’s five-state footprint of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri.

The women’s league slate on Fridays begins Dec. 30, when Indiana State visits Evansville.

The final two women’s basketball airings will utilize the Wildcard selection process to determine which games will be distributed on Feb. 17 and Feb. 24, with the selected contests announced on Feb. 3 and Feb. 10, respectively.

The entire women’s basketball tournament will be shown on ESPN3, with coverage beginning on Thursday, March 9, with two opening round contests, four quarterfinal telecasts on Friday, March 10, two semifinal games on Saturday, March 11 and the title contest on Sunday, March 12.

“Our women’s basketball coverage on The Valley on ESPN3 — both league and institutional productions — continues to expand,” Watkins said.  “There is no question that our women’s basketball experienced the greatest growth of regular-season exposure with more than 130 live events distributed via The Valley on ESPN3 in 2015-16.”

“At the same time, we were able to feature our first women’s basketball tournament from the iWireless Center in Moline, Illinois,” Watkins said.  ”There are great things occurring for our women’s basketball and its postseason championship, and this increased exposure is a direct result of that renewed energy.”

The Valley will also air its postseason championships for women’s and men’s soccer, volleyball, indoor and outdoor track and field, softball and baseball in their entirety on ESPN3.

“The 2015-16 academic year was a tremendous one for our Conference, and The Valley on ESPN3 was the perfect platform to share numerous league stories,“ Watkins said.

“We conducted an epic volleyball tournament in 2015, where Wichita State rallied from 2-0 set deficits in semifinal and title matches to take the tournament.  In fact, all four semifinalists — Missouri State, UNI, Southern Illinois and Wichita State — were showcased on The Valley on ESPN3 and subsequently received bids to the NCAA Tournament,” Watkins added.

“After distributing our indoor track and field championship on The Valley on ESPN3 in 2015 and the feedback we received, the addition of the outdoor championship in 2016 was a no-brainer,”

Watkins said.  “We shared stories, including those of DeAnna Price and Gwen Berry of Southern Illinois who qualified for Team USA in the hammer throw and represented our country in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.”

“Thanks to the endorsement from ESPN and the support from the MVC Presidents Council, we have the ability to reach a national audience every day via The Valley on ESPN3,” Watkins concluded.

Postseason coverage starts with the 2016 MVC Women’s Soccer Championship at Adelaide Street Field in Normal, Illinois, on Friday, Nov. 4 (semifinals) and Sunday, Nov. 6 (title match).

The 2016 MVC Men’s Soccer Championship at Allison Stadium  South in Springfield, Missouri, will be contested on Tuesday, Nov. 8 (opening round), Wednesday, Nov. 9 (quarterfinals), Friday, Nov. 11 (semifinals) and Sunday, Nov. 13 (title match).

For the fifth-straight year, The Valley will deliver the MVC Volleyball Championship on ESPN3, and in 2016, all five matches will be shown from McLeod Center in Cedar Falls, Iowa, on Thursday, Nov. 24 (quarterfinals), Friday, Nov. 25 (semifinals) and Saturday, Nov. 26 (title match).

For the third-straight year, the Conference will televise competition from the 2017 MVC Indoor Track and Field Championship at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa, on Saturday-Sunday, Feb. 25-26.

In the spring, The Valley will air the 2017 MVC Softball Tournament from Marian Kneer Stadium at Normal, Illinois, on Thursday-Saturday, May 11-13.

For the second time in league history, The Valley will televise competition from the 2017 MVC Outdoor Track and Field Championship at Allison Stadium South in Springfield, Missouri, on Friday-Sunday, May 12-14.

The league will conclude its 2016-17 schedule on ESPN3 on Wednesday-Saturday, May 24-27, from the 2017 MVC Baseball Championship at Hammons Field in Springfield, Missouri.  It will mark the sixth consecutive year that games from the tournament have been shown on ESPN3, beginning with the 2012 event from Hammons Field.

“The benefits are vast having our championships shown on The Valley on ESPN3,” Watkins said.  “Our families and fans plus NCAA Division I sport committee members can catch live action or watch our replays of our most important competitions at a critical stage of the season.”

“Whether it’s viewership or recruitment, we value each and every opportunity to showcase our student-athletes, coaches and facilities,” Watkins concluded.

The Conference also plans to televise the 2016 MVC Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tipoff in St. Louis on Tuesday, October 25, and its 2017 MVC Women’s Basketball Tournament Preview Show from the iWireless Center in Moline, Illinois, on Thursday, March 9.

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