... quarterbacking the Bears to a 10-2 overall record and first place in the league standings, Nathan Brown was named the Southland Conference Player of the Year. UCA defensive end Larry Hart was named the defensive player of the year and Clint Conque was ...

... the top player in the FCS. Appalachian State quarterback Armanti Edwards was the winner. Brown, the 2008 Southland Conference Player of the Year, capped his career by surpassing the 10,000-yard passing mark. The senior from Russellville ...

... Sports Hall of Fame. Brown, a native of Russellville, was also a four-year starter at UCA. He was the 2008 Southland Conference Player of the Year and a finalist for the Walter Payton Award while leading the Bears to the unofficial SLC regular ...

... Hart, a junior from Madison, Miss., were named to the first-team All-America team, two of only four Southland Conference players to be honored among the 45 first-teamers. UCA senior tight end Marquez Branson was named an honorable mention ...

... three seasons, joining wide receiver Aaron Fairooz and defensive end Jacob Ford, both in 2007. Brown was the Southland Conference Player of the Year after leading the Bears to a 10-2 overall record and a first-place finish in the SLC at 6 ...

... is being invited to tryout as an opposite side hitter, is coming off a 2008 season where she was named the Southland Conference Player of the Year and Student-Athlete of the Year as a sophomore. She led the Sugar Bears to a first place finish ...

University of Central Arkansas guard Nate Bowie was named the Southland Conference Player of the Week on Monday. Bowie, a senior from Kansas City, Kan., averaged 26 points a game in the Bears' two games last week ...

... with a good work ethic," McRoberts said. "She really loves the game and has the potential to be an All-Southland Conference player in the future." RIGHT SIDE Sophomore Evaree Franklin will transition from outside hitter to the right side ...

... State to a perfect 11-0 record in regular-season play, senior defensive lineman Bryan Smith has been voted Southland Conference Player of the Year while Cowboy head coach Matt Viator is the Coach of the Year. Nicholls State's Kareem Moore ...