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May 2001 News
Posted by Ric 5/31/01
Today is the final day for our May MTU Opinion Poll question which is
running at about 70% in favor of keeping a natural grass playing surface at Mount Union
Stadium. Post your vote today and check for our new question tomorrow.
Posted by Ric 5/30/01
We've added two more names to our 2001 Recruiting Class page, as
announced by Mount Union College. You can read our entire list of Purple Raider
football recruits, which now includes 57 names, here.
Posted by Ric 5/25/01
We've added three more names to our 2001 Recruiting Class page as
announced by Mount Union College. We'll continually update this page as we receive
official releases from the college. You can read the entire list of football
recruits here.
Posted by Ric 5/23/01
Mount Union has announced the names of 11 more high school seniors that will attend the
college and play football this fall. We've added them to our 2001 Recruiting
Class page. We now have a total of 52 names on our football recruits list.
You can read it here.
Posted by Ric 5/22/01
We've added three more names to our 2001 Recruiting Class page, as
announced by Mount Union College. You can read our entire list of Purple Raider
football recruits here.
Posted by Ric 5/20/01
Congratulations to Matt LaVerde, who has been selected as the 2000-01 male recipient of
the Cyde A. Lamb Scholar-Athlete Award Scholarship. This award goes to an individual
that participates for at least two years in an Ohio Athletic Conference sponsored sport,
is a senior, has a minimum grade point average of 3.0 and conducts himself in a
sportsmanlike manner that has brought credit to himself and his institution. He will
receive a postgraduate academic scholarship.
LaVerde, from Oil City, PA, was a defensive leader as an outside linebacker for the Purple Raiders and was selected to the All-OAC first-team last season. He recorded 81 tackles, including 11 tackles for loss, had one quarterback sack, four interceptions and scored two touchdowns in his senior season.
Posted by Ric 5/19/01
If you haven't done so yet, be sure to give us your opinion in our May MTU Opinion
Poll. So far over 70% of those voting say they would rather Mount Union
Stadium keep natural grass rather than change to an artificial grass field. Give us
your opinion in the poll located in the purple menu.
Posted by Ric 5/18/01
Mount Union College has announced the names of another eight high school seniors that will
become Purple Raiders this fall. We've added them to our 2001
Recruiting Class page. Our list now totals 38 names. We'll
continually update this page as we receive official releases from the college. You
can see the entire list of recruits here.
Posted by Ric 5/17/01
Mount Union has announced the names of six more high school seniors, including yet another
Alliance High School senior, that will attend the college and play football this
fall. You can see the full list of recruits announced by the Purple Raiders by
visiting our 2001 Recruiting Class page here.
Posted by Ric 5/16/01
Mount Union College announced renovation plans today for Mount Union Stadium. Among
the renovations will be the expansion of the covered stands by 80 feet to the north,
adding seating for 600 people. You can read the full press release here.
Posted by Ric 5/15/01
No one knew what to expect in 1994 following Mount Union's first football national
championship the year before. But the Purple Raiders put everyone on notice of what
was to come by surviving a regular season conference loss to share the OAC title, qualify
for the playoffs and shock the number one ranked team in the nation on its field.
You can go back to that exciting season here.
Posted by Ric 5/14/01
We've added three names to our 2001 Recruiting Class page, including one
Alliance High School product whose brother had a stellar career on the gridiron for the
Purple Raiders. You can read our entire list of Mount Union football recruits here.
Posted by Ric 5/12/01
One slight adjustment has been made to Mount Union's 2001 football schedule. The
week ten game at Heidelberg is now scheduled to begin at 1:00 p.m. rather than 1:30 p.m.
as was originally reported by the Ohio Athletic Conference.
We have also added the 2001 Junior Varsity football schedule. All JV contests are scheduled for either Monday afternoon or Monday evening this season. Six of the eight games will be played at Mount Union Stadium. You can see the full junior varsity schedule here.
Posted by Ric 5/5/01
Happy Birthday to us! Today marks the one year anniversary of this site going live
on the world wide web. Thank you to the 140,000 people that have viewed the site. It
averaged 400 hits per day over the past year, almost double that during the season.
The highest traffic day in the first year came December 9th, the day Mount Union beat
Widener in the semi-finals when there were 1,387 hits. Thanks for all the nice
comments we've received over the last year as well!
Posted by Ric 5/1/01
Mount Union has announced the names of five more high school seniors that will attend the
college and play football this fall. We've added them to our 2001 Recruiting
Class page. We'll continually update this page as we receive official
releases from the college. You can read the entire list of football recruits here.