by Jade Spilka | Mar 6, 2018 | News Slider
Lipscomb’s own Hannah Kraebel is the second-best collegiate pitcher and the highest-ranking female pitcher in the United States according to the Collegiate Entrepreneurship Organization National Pitch Competition. Though impressive, her success at the competition was no surprise to those who know her. Her numerous accomplishments have established her as a prominent figure in the Lipscomb business community. At that same conference, she was named the Female Founder of the Year, an accomplishment that will be sending her to Detroit for a week to be mentored by a Fortune 500 CEO and will give her the opportunity to compete in another pitch competition that offers a $10,000 prize. She is also the creator of Kapped, a product designed to bring comfort to the modern woman, and holds an officer position in every club the College of Business has to offer. The determined business administration major has managed to accomplish all of this while staying on track to graduate a year early with a 4.0 GPA. The Georgia-born, Hong Kong-reared Kraebel has always been a jack-of-all-trades, participating in both rugby and theater in high school. She says she chose to pursue entrepreneurship because it is a limitless field. Though the direct path she will take is unclear at this point, she knows one thing: she wants to be an impactful woman. “I’m hoping that all these clubs that I have involved myself in are far better off after I graduate than before I came and that my impact is lasting,” Kraebel said. Kraebel has proven herself to be an invaluable resource with the changes she’s implemented and decisions she’s made to...
by Cole Gray | Mar 5, 2018 | News Slider, Sports
After Sunday night’s ASUN Championship win, Lipscomb is going to the NCAA Tournament for the first time! College basketball’s Bracketology wizards will offer predictions about the final tournament bracket throughout the week. This post will be updated daily with the latest news about the Bisons’ seeding and potential opponents. The official tournament bracket will be revealed on March 11, Selection Sunday, at 5:00 PM on TBS. Lipscomb Athletics is hosting a Selection Show watch party beginning at 4:00 PM Sunday. The games begin March 13 with the First Four. The First Round begins March 15. March 6 Yahoo Sports: Bracket Brad’s Big Board has the Bisons penciled in as a 15-seed. Potential opponent updates: Arkansas-Pine Bluff plays Mississippi Valley State in the SWAC Tournament Championship at 7:30 tonight for a ticket to the Big Dance. Duke is off until the ACC Tournament tips off Thursday. The Blue Devils are fighting for a 1-seed. The ACC could send ten or more teams to the NCAAs this year. Auburn is awaiting its opponent in the SEC Tournament. The Tigers earned the 1-seed and a double-bye in the conference tournament. March 5 ESPN: Bracketologist Joe Lunardi at ESPN has Lipscomb squaring off in the First Four with the Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions for a 16-seed and the right to play the top-seeded Virginia Cavaliers. The Golden Lions (12-20) haven’t won a game outside of the Southwestern Athletic Conference, but their 12-6 record in conference play was good for second place in the regular season. That matchup would take place March 13 or 14 in Dayton, Ohio at the University of Dayton Arena, less than six hours...
by Erin Franklin | Mar 5, 2018 | News Slider
International Women’s Day is March 8, but Lipscomb students have planned an entire week, appropriately named “Women’s Empowerment Week,” featuring sessions on campus throughout the week open to all. Juniors Sena Seged and Leslie Garcia are co-directors of the week, with an organizational staff of over 15 fellow students. Seven different events in total have been planned, ranging from the Lydia Conference to a “Lunch and Learn” with Frankie Henry, a civil rights activist during the Nashville sit-ins. This is the first year Lipscomb has recognized the week. “It’s kind of surprising this hasn’t been recognized before — women’s history month is March — but just this week is such a good time to recognize women in general,” Seged said. “It’s good because we get a different perspective every day — a dose of women every day.” This year, the theme for International Women’s Day is “Press for Progress.” Seged said that theme is also reflected in their weekly sessions and goals. “Every year they have a new theme for what they do, kind of what they want women to recognize internationally, and this year’s theme is “Press for Progress,” which is so vital…that means making a change, making an effort, and we’re doing that right now by even having this week. Everyone has been so receptive of Women’s Empowerment Week. “A lot of us have the same mind, in coming together,” Seged continued. “I wouldn’t call us feminists, but all of us are really passionate about coming together with women’s empowerment and celebrating the idea of being a woman. Everyday we can tackle a different issue, or a...
by Jade Spilka | Mar 5, 2018 | News Slider
Hannah Neese makes things happen. Consider what she has accomplished in the last year alone: she reached 12.1k followers on Instagram, advocated for body positivity throughout National Eating Disorder Awareness Week and started a YouTube channel as an extension of her popular blog, “Closed Lines.” Despite all of this success, Neese, a Lipscomb psychology major, is just getting started. What is a woman supposed to look like? Neese says she was certain she knew when her freshman year of high school she overheard a boy say, “That girl is so hot. She has such a great body.” This is when she first became aware of the “ideal body type” and began her complicated relationship with food and exercise. “You do not have to be skin-and-bone to have an eating disorder,” Neese said. “You can have a really hard relationship with food and a really bad outlook on exercise where you think your unhealthy habits are healthy choices, and it’s a disorder.” With Neese’s realization of this problem, she was able to actively work toward goals that lead to a healthier body and mind rather than aiming to be a size two. She now works out because it makes her feel good, and she still eats brownies because they make her feel good, too. “When I’m a grandma telling stories to my grandkids, will I be telling them that the best days of my life were when I got to be a size two,” asked Neese. “No, I won’t. So, I’m not going to waste my mindset or my energy on it anymore.” She now uses Instagram, YouTube and her...
by Spencer Boehme | Mar 5, 2018 | News Slider, Sports
The Lipscomb faithful filled the Hall of Fame room in Allen Arena to witness an unforgettable ASUN championship victory for the Lipscomb University men’s basketball team. On Sunday afternoon, several fans attended the watch party held by the university’s Student Activities Board and saw the No. 2 Lipscomb Bisons overpower the No. 1 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles. The ASUN Championship victory sends Lipscomb to territory it has never crossed into before — the NCAA tournament, the “Big Dance,” March Madness — whatever you want to call it. “It’s arguably the biggest thing to ever happen to the university,” SAB director Louis Nelms said. “And that’s not an overstatement. Hundreds of millions of people will be filling out brackets next week and reading Lipscomb’s name.” Lipscomb sent a handful of students to Alico Arena by bus, but the game was nationally televised on ESPN. “Florida’s a long way away,” Nelms said, “And I know there’s a lot of fans that couldn’t make the game.” This particular Sunday, campus was calm and quiet, and the weather outside was sunny and balmy. Inside Allen Arena, both the the Hall of Fame room and the lobby outside the room were lined up with several chairs and televisions. Another group of chairs could be spied at the south lobby. Fans had access to cookies, pulled pork sandwiches, queso and chips — there was plenty of food for everyone. “A lot of people put work into this event,” Nelms said. ” . . . We wanted to provide an opportunity for Lipscomb fans to watch the game together, even though you can’t make the game.”...
by Cole Gray | Mar 4, 2018 | News Slider, Sports
The Lipscomb University Bisons are going to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history. Lipscomb (22-9) defeated the top-seeded Florida Gulf Coast University Eagles (23-10) 108-96 in the ASUN Conference Championship in Fort Myers to earn an automatic bid to the tournament. It was, to put it mildly, a barn-burner. Garrison Mathews put up 33 points and nine boards for the Bisons. Brandon Goodwin and Zach Johnson scored 34 and 37, respectively, for FGCU. The teams combined for 37 turnovers and 28 three-pointers made. Each side dominated one half of the game. Mathews came out firing. The ASUN’s leading scorer canned his first four shots, three of them from deep, as the Bisons roared out to a 24-9 lead. He said Coach Casey Alexander told the team to enjoy the stage, but treat it like another game. Matt Rose and Aaron Korn kept the good times rolling with threes of their own—Lipscomb started the game 7-of-9 from deep. Eli Pepper threw down an alley-oop dunk assisted by Kenny Cooper, then the pair connected again for another Pepper jam. George Brammeier scored a pair of layups. Mathews just kept scoring. When the dust settled on the Bisons’ breakneck first half, Mathews had 26 points on 13 shots. Lipscomb led 60-31, good for the Bisons’ highest-scoring half of the year. The Bisons shot 20-of-30 from the field and assisted on 16 of those baskets. Cooper dished out nine of those assists and finished the game with 17 points. In the first, FGCU survived on a diet of contested threes and midrange jumpers, shooting 12-of-29 and turning the ball...
