News Releases from the AU Office of University Communications
Year 2008 Sports News

May
May 12:	Spartans Named to NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team
May 12:	Spartan Named ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District
May 12:	Spartan Baseball Student-Athlete Named ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District
May 10:	Spartans Drop Rematch with Oshkosh at NCAA Tournament
May 10:	Spartans Defeat Storm to Advance in NCAA Tournament
May 9:	Spartans Overpower North Central in NCAA Tournament
May 8:	Spartans Fall in First NCAA Regional Game
May 6:	NAC Announces Softball Postseason Awards
May 6:	Spartans Named NAC Softball Student-Athletes of the Week
April
April 30:	Spartan to Play with Premier Development League
April 29:	Spartan Named NAC Softball Student-Athlete of the Week
April 28:	Aurora University Slates Baseball Fan Day April 29
April 16:	Spartan Named NAC Softball Student-Athlete of the Week
April 16:	Spartan Named Northern Athletics Conference Baseball Hitter of the Week
April 11:	Spartan Women’s Soccer Player to Sign Professional Contract
April 11:	Spartan Picks up National Award
April 11:	AU’s Welton Selected for Collegiate Basketball Invitational
April 8:	Lancaster Honored by Illinois Basketball Coaches Association
April 8:	Spartan Named NAC Softball Student-Athlete of the Week
April 8:	Spartan Named Conference Student-Athlete of the Week
March
March 27:	Spartans Named Northern Athletics Conference Baseball Hitter and Pitcher of the Week
March 24:	Spartan Tabbed as Second-Team All-American
March 20:	Spartan Named NABC All-District
March 19:	Spartan Named D3hoops.com All-Region
March 5:	Spartans Named NAC All-Conference
March 5:	Spartans Honored by Northern Athletics Conference
March 3:	Spartan Men's Basketball Earn Bid to NCAA Tournament
March 1:	Spartans fall in NAC Tournament Championship
February
February 28:	Spartans Win in Decisive Fashion
February 27:	USTFCCCA Announces Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Academic Honors
February 26:	Spartans Advance in NAC Tournament
February 26:	Spartan Men’s Soccer Student-Athlete Receives NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship
February 26:	Spartan Named USTFCCA Women’s Cross Country All-Academic
February 26:	Spartan Named Conference Student-Athlete of the Week
February 19:	AU Men’s Basketball To Sponsor “Senior Night 4 Shoes”
February 19:	Spartan Named Northern Athletics Conference Men’s Basketball Student-Athlete of the Week
February 12:	Spartan Named Conference Student-Athlete of the Week
February 7:	Spartans Defeat Regents in Overtime
February 6:	Spartans Named D3kicks.com All-Region
February 6:	AU Women’s Basketball Program To Sponsor “Think Pink Night”
February 5:	Spartan Women Grab Home Victory
February 2:	Spartans Lose First NAC Contest of the Year
January
January 19:	Spartan Men Stay Unbeaten in NAC
January 19:	Spartan Women Snap Three Game Streak with Win Over Crusaders
January 17:	Spartans Knock Off Regents
January 15:	Spartan Women Soccer Student-Athlete Named NSCAA Scholar All-Region
January 15:	Spartan Men’s Soccer Student-Athlete Named NSCAA Scholar All-America
January 12:	Spartan Men Pick Up NAC Victory
January 12:	Spartan Women Fall at Home
January 10:	Spartan Victory is Lancaster’s 250th
January 4:	Spartans Open 2008 with Non-Conference Home Victory
January 3:	Spartan Named Northern Athletics Conference Men’s Basketball Student-Athlete of the Week
January 2:	Welton Tally’s 2,000th Career Point