FORT WORTH, Texas – For the second time in three years, Tennessee baseball head coach Tony Vitello will serve as a guest analyst for the MLB Network during its coverage of rounds one and two of the 2024 Major League Baseball Draft, which is being held at the Cowtown Coliseum in Fort Worth, Texas. The MLB Network’s…… MORE
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – University of Tennessee head men’s basketball coach Rick Barnes announced Wednesday title elevations for three members of his staff. Lucas Campbell and Bryan Lentz have been promoted to assistant coach, while Riley Collins has been named assistant director of player development. A Knoxville native and two-time Tennessee graduate, Campbell is entering the third year of his second stint on Barnes’…… MORE
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The University of Tennessee placed 136 student-athletes on the 2023-24 First-Year Southeastern Conference Academic Honor Roll that was announced Wednesday by SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey. That total was the most UT has ever had on the First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll. It marked an improvement of 22 over the previous record of 114 who…… MORE
ATLANTA – Fourth-year Tennessee head coach Josh Heupel is one of 21 honorees named to the watch list for the 2024 Dodd Trophy, the Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Foundation and Peach Bowl, Inc. announced on Monday. Managed by Peach Bowl, Inc. and presented by PNC Bank, The Dodd Trophy, college football’s most coveted national coaching award,…… MORE
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – For the second time in her career, former Lady Vol All-American Tjasa Pintar will represent Slovenia at the Olympic Games. Pintar earned a spot on the national roster as a member of the 4×100-meter free relay. Her first appearance in the Summer Games came in 2016, when she was the fastest swimmer on…… MORE
ARLINGTON, Texas – With 2024 MLB All-Star Week less than two weeks away, VFL Chase Dollander was selected for the 25th annual All-Star Futures Game, as was announced on Tuesday morning. The contest will take place at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas on Saturday, July 13 at 4:10 p.m. ET and will air on the MLB Network.…… MORE
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Two of the most accomplished players in the history of the University of Tennessee men’s basketball program have inked contracts with NBA teams to begin their professional careers. Josiah-Jordan James agreed to terms on a deal with the Indiana Pacers, while Santiago Vescovi did so with the Golden State Warriors. Both guards spent five seasons at…… MORE
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee center Cooper Mays and edge rusher James Pearce Jr. have received preseason first-team All-America recognition from the Walter Camp Football Foundation, the nation’s oldest All-America team. The Volunteers were one of six programs to produce multiple first-team All-Americans, joining Alabama, Georgia, Michigan, Notre Dame and Ohio State. Mays enters his fifth year with the program and…… MORE
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – With a slate that includes 15 NCAA Tournament teams and seven conference champions, Tennessee volleyball head coach Eve Rackham Watt announced the Lady Vols’ 2024 schedule Thursday morning. “We are excited to finally announce our 2024 schedule,” Rackham Watt said. “It is quite possibly our most challenging non-conference lineup in recent history. The SEC gets…… MORE
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee had three players earn D1Baseball.com All-America honors on Wednesday as Blake Burke, Christian Moore and Dylan Dreiling were all recognized for their impressive seasons for the national champion Volunteers. Burke and Moore were both tabbed as first-team selections while Dreiling was named a third-team pick by the publication. With his selection at first base, Burke earned his…… MORE
