March 8th and April 19th were disassembling weekends for the “Fantasy Christmas” south of Hays. “Fantasy Christmas” was put on by the Hays Area Young Professionals, an organization of business leaders and entrepreneurs in the Hays community. Athletic Director Curtis Hammeke & Head Football Coach Kevin Verdugo assembled more than 20 members of the Tiger football program to assist in the daunting task of bringing down the Christmas lights over the two weekends. Read more...

The Fort Hays State football coaches announced the signing of 22 players for the 2008 season on Wednesday afternoon. The recruiting class represents six states with ten recruits from Kansas, five from Oklahoma, four from Arizona, one from Nebraska, one from Iowa and one from Illinois. Twenty of the recruits are from high schools and two are transfers.

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The Fort Hays State football squad had ten members of its 2007 team named to the MIAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll. The ten members of the team earning the honor were seniors Adam Kotschwar, Ryan Taillon and Cody Witte, juniors Ty Brunswig, Cody Engle, Mitch Hayward, Brett Prior, and Jordan Stricker, and sophomores Tyrone Lewis and Macy Sexson. Read more...

Senior defensive lineman Jason Hill was named to the Daktronics All-Southwest Region First Team for his efforts during the 2007 season. The selections were made by sports information directors of the Southwest Region. Read more...

The All-MIAA Team for football was announced on Tuesday (November 13). The Tigers had nine players named to the all-conference team. Albert Rodriguez earned All-MIAA First Team honors. Jason Hill and Joey Cotten each earned All-MIAA second team honors. Earning All-MIAA Honorable Mention honors were Jordan Hickel, Ryan Taillon, Bryan Haynes, Ty Brunswig, Zach Scruggs and C.J. Lovett. Read more...

The Fort Hays State University football squad played its season finale on Saturday (November 10) at the University of Central Missouri. The Mules kept the Tigers winless on the road for the second consecutive season, winning by a score of 31-10. Read more...

Three members of the Fort Hays State football team were selected to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District football teams. The selections are made by the College Sports Information Directors of America. All three members were named to the All-District Second Team for District 7 in the College Division. The three individuals are Ty Brunswig, Jordan Stricker and Adam Kotschwar. Read more...

The Fort Hays State football team hosted Southwest Baptist on Saturday (November 3) afternoon at Lewis Field Stadium. The Tigers were able to hold off the Bearcats down the stretch on senior day, 36-30. FHSU snapped a five-game losing skid with the win and picked up its second conference victory of the season. Read more...

The Fort Hays State football team was in action Saturday afternoon in Pittsburg, Kan., taking on #19 ranked Pittsburg State in another conference match up. Pittsburg State controlled the game throughout, winning by a score of 35-0. Read more...

The Tiger football team hosted #9 ranked and conference frontrunner Northwest Missouri State on Saturday afternoon in Hays. The Tigers gave the Bearcats all they could handle, falling by a score of 17-10. The Tigers held Northwest Missouri State scoreless in the second half, but could not overtake the national powerhouse in their bid for the upset. Read more...

The Fort Hays State football team played at Missouri Southern Saturday afternoon in Joplin, Mo. The Tigers and Lions engaged in a defensive battle in another MIAA tussle with the Lions prevailing in the end. Missouri Southern squeaked out a 6-0 win over the Tigers. Read more...

The Fort Hays State University football team hosted Missouri Western for homecoming on Saturday afternoon in conference action. The Griffons spoiled the festivities by defeating the Tigers 37-9. Read more...

The Fort Hays State football team was looking for its first ever win on the road in MIAA play Saturday evening in Kirksville, Mo. FHSU looked in good position for a win, taking a 3-0 lead in the latter part of the third quarter. But, Truman State reeled off 26 unanswered points for its first conference win of the season by a score of 26-11. Read more...

The Fort Hays State football team hosted Emporia State on Saturday evening at Lewis Field Stadium in Hays. The Tigers ended a six-year winning drought against the Hornets with a 26-12 win for their first win in conference action this season. FHSU went to 3-1 overall and 1-1 in the MIAA and Emporia State also moved to 3-1 and 1-1 in the MIAA. Read more...

The Fort Hays State football team played its first road game of the season at Washburn University in Topeka, Kan., on Saturday. The Tigers dropped their first game of the season to the Ichabods by a score of 28-10. FHSU moved to 2-1 overall this season and 0-1 in the MIAA. Read more...

The Fort Hays State football team hosted Colorado Mines Saturday night at Lewis Field Stadium in Hays. The Tigers pulled away in the second half to claim a 34-10 win over the Orediggers. A key 60-yard interception return for a touchdown by Adam Kotschwar gave the Tigers a 14-point cushion mid-way through the third quarter and added 10 more points following to cruise to the 24-point win. Read more...

The MIAA announced Monday that wide receiver/kick returner Bryan Haynes earned Special Teams Player of the Week honors for his efforts against Western State College this past Saturday. Read more...

The Fort Hays State University football team opened their 2007 season in impressive fashion Saturday night in Hays with a 55-3 win over Western State College (Colo.). A sound rushing attack and taking advantage of turnovers were big keys in FHSU's victory. Read more...

With five straight days of 100+ degree heat and no end in sight, Tiger head football coach Kevin Verdugo has pushed his players through grueling practices and now they are hanging their hats on the work done in the heat. Read more...

The 2007 Fort Hays State Football team and coaches will be at The Mall in Hays on Saturday, August 11th to meet and greet the public. This is a great opportunity for Tiger fans to come and meet the team and enter a chance to win one of two drawings taking place and get Tiger autographs. The team will be located next to the Nex-Tech Wireless kiosk in the mall, as Nex-Tech Wireless is the sponsor for this event. Prizes being raffled include an autographed football of the 2007 Tigers and two sets of two general admission season tickets for football. The event will take place from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Read more...

Oregon State football director of Support Service Jim Gilstrap, the team’s former offensive line coach, died Thursday in Corvallis. Gilstrap had been hospitalized since undergoing surgery in May for intestinal cancer. He was 65 years old. Gilstrap was the head coach of Fort Hays State from 1981-1983. Read more...

The Fort Hays State Tigers have done the lifting and conditioning. They have done all the speed work and testing drills. The Tigers have been training just as everyone else in college football has. The one thing the Tigers have done a little different is “Competitive Training.” To compete in the MIAA, the Tigers found out they needed to get stronger, play more physical, and most importantly, become mentally tougher as a team and as individuals. Read more...

FHSU football team members have worked very hard in their summer weights program. With a daily attendance around 60, the Tigers are looking for big numbers at Lewis Field and in the Field Strength Facility in Gross Coliseum next week. The events are open to the public and will begin at 6:00 sharp in the mornings and evenings. Read more...

Thirteen members of the Fort Hays State Football team traveled to Greensburg, Kansas, on May 10, 2007, to help Shawn Starr, alumnus of the team, clean up after the devastating tornado hit his hometown. Read more...

After 13 practices, the 2007 Tiger football program has made major strides. For the first time in Kevin Verdugo’s three spring seasons, the Tigers have battled back and forth in their weekly scrimmages. Read more...

After placing 15 kids on the MIAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll, the Tigers followed with a record number of Athletic-Academic Award of Excellence (A.A.A.E.) winners. The Athletic-Academic Award of Excellence at Fort Hays State is an award the can be earned by any student-athlete that maintains a 3.0 grade point average during the calendar year. In Kevin Verdugo’s first year, 2005, his team set the standard with 43 A.A.A.E. winners. This past year the football team eclipsed the record with 46 winners. Read more...

Thursday evening was more than the beginning of another sub-zero evening at Lewis Field. The Fort Hays State Tigers began their spring football practices. The weather outside forced the Tigers to start the spring season inside. With a frigid temperature of negative six degrees in the morning, head football coach Kevin Verdugo, commanded his troops indoors. After five weeks of strength training and conditioning, the players would have followed him anywhere to begin practice. Read more...

The Fort Hays State football coaches announced the signing of 18 players for the 2007 season on Wednesday afternoon. The recruiting class represents six states with six recruits from Kansas, four from Colorado, three from Oklahoma, three from Nebraska, one from Iowa and one from Florida. Fifteen of the recruits are from high school and three come to the program from community colleges. Read more...