Little Rock Athletics

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Chancellor Christy Drale has named George Lee, current senior associate athletic director and CFO, as the new athletic director for the UA Little Rock Trojans.

University of Arkansas at Little Rock forward Ronjanae DeGray, a two-time first team all-conference honoree, was named the Sun Belt Conference’s 2018-19 Athlete of the Year Oct. 7 as part of the league’s annual honors celebration event in New Orleans.

Nearly 100 UA Little Rock student-athletes have been recognized for their academic success during the 2018-19 year, with 64 student-athletes named to the 2018-19 Sun Belt Commissioner’s List while 35 others picked up Academic Honor Roll recognition.

Little Rock Athletics will host the grand opening of the Greg L. Hatcher Wrestling Center at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 25. This public event will allow guests to view this new facility and meet UA Little Rock’s wrestling coach and team.

Little Rock head women’s golf coach Jenna Wylie has released the Trojans 2019-20 schedule as she begins her first season at the helm. Little Rock’s schedule includes 10 events, spanning seven different states, including the Trojans’ annual host tournament in Hot Springs Village.

Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics Chasse Conque today announced his resignation from Little Rock Athletics. Conque will depart Little Rock later this month to assume the role of vice president and director of athletics at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley in Edinburg, Texas.

An Olympian and American-record holder in the mile and high school mile, Alan Webb, has joined the University of Arkansas at Little Rock staff as an associate head cross country and assistant track coach going into the 2019-20 season.

The Sun Belt Conference has released the 2019-20 conference slate with Little Rock’s Sun Belt schedule set for the upcoming season. Little Rock, along with the rest of the conference, will play 20 league games this season, split between 10 road contests and 10 games at the Jack Stephens Center.

Little Rock Athletics has announced a pair of promotions, as well as a pair of new additions to its external operations team as the Trojans head into the 2019-20 season. Seth Jones has been promoted to Little Rock’s director of sales and service, while Devin Gregory has had the interim label removed from his position … Little Rock Athletics announces promotions, additions to staff

University of Arkansas at Little Rock head baseball coach Chris Curry has announced the promotion of Jacob Caples to director of operations and player development and the addition of Christian Reyes as graduate manager.