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Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys and Golden Suns
Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys and Golden Suns
University	Arkansas Tech University
Conference	GAC (primary)
NCAA	Division II
Athletic director	Abby Davis
Location	Russellville, Arkansas
Varsity teams	12 (4 men's, 8 women's)
Football stadium	Thone Stadium at Buerkle Field
Basketball arena	Tucker Coliseum
Baseball stadium	Baswell Field
Softball stadium	Chartwells Women's Sports Complex
Other venues	Hull Building
Mascot	Jerry the Bulldog
Nickname	Wonder Boys (men); Golden Suns (women)
Colors	Green and gold;
Website	arkansastechsports.com

Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys and Golden Suns

Arkansas Tech University athletic teams

The Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys and Golden Suns are the athletic teams that represent Arkansas Tech University in Russellville, Arkansas. They are a charter member of the Great American Conference of the NCAA Division II.^[2]

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Arkansas Tech currently fields 10 sports at the NCAA Division II level.

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Basketball

Tech's greatest men's basketball success came under the guidance of head coach Sam Hindsman, who led the Wonder Boys from 1947–66. Hindsman, who also won two AIC football titles at Tech during the 1950s, was ahead of his time with an up-tempo style that dazzled fans and opponents. Hindsman and the Wonder Boys won seven consecutive AIC basketball titles from 1949–55. In 1954 and 1955, Tech reached the semifinals of the NAIA National Tournament. Tech's only other NAIA Final Four berth in men's basketball came in 1995.

In all, Hindsman won 11 conference men's basketball titles and 355 men's basketball games to set school records that are unlikely to ever be eclipsed.

Tech returned to men's basketball prominence for the first time in more than a decade during the 2008–09 season. The Wonder Boys finished 23–9 overall, won their first-ever Gulf South Conference men's basketball title and qualified for the NCAA Division II Tournament in men's basketball for the first time ever. The Wonder Boys defeated Benedict College 63–62 in their first-ever NCAA tournament game on March 14, 2009. Florida Southern ended Tech's season 95–92 in overtime the following evening.

The Wonder Boys won their second consecutive GSC Tournament title in 2010 and they returned to the NCAA Division II Basketball Tournament in both 2010 and 2011, reaching the regional semifinals on both occasions.

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Coach	Year	Overall	Conference	All-American
R.K. Lindberg	1914–15	4–3	0–0
Totals		4–3 (.571)	0–0 (–)
Bill Cowan	1922–23	7–1	0–0
Totals		7–1 (.875)	0–0 (–)
E.O. Brown	1923–24	5–2	0–0
	1924–25	4–8	0–0
	1925–26	1–5	0–0
	1926–27	7–8	0–0
	1927–28	7–5	4–5
	1928–29	8–8	5–7
	1929–30	10–3	8–3
	1930–31	11–4	7–4
	1931–32	9–7	3–5
	1932–33	1–4	1–4
Totals		63–54 (.538)	28–28 (.500)
Truman McEver	1933–34	6–6	1–5
Truman McEver	1934–35	5–13	3–9
Totals		11–19 (.367)	4–14 (.222)
Henry Hudson	1935–36	6–6	2–6
	1936–37	6–8	1–8
	1937–38	9–5	5–3
	1938–39	5–9	3–8
	1939–40	4–16	3–13
Totals		30–44 (.405)	14–38 (.269)
Howard Godfrey	1940–41	5–11	5–11
Totals		5–11 (.313)	5–11 (.313)
Raymond Burnett	1941–42	7–14	0–0
Totals		7–14 (.333)	0–0 (–)
John Tucker	1944–45	14–8	13–3
John Tucker	1945–46	14–5	8–3
Totals		28–13 (.683)	21–6 (.778)
Homer Spragins	1946–47	12–11	6–7
Totals		12–11 (.522)	6–7 (.462)
Sam Hindsman	1947–48	12–8	9–7
	1948–49	17–4	13–3 *
	1949–50	25–2 #	18–0 *
	1950–51	24–7 #	16–2 *
	1951–52	25–4 #	17–1 *
	1952–53	24–1 #	16–0 *	E.C. O'Neal
	1953–54	28–3 %	16–0 *	E.C. O'Neal
	1954–55	29–6 %	16–0 *	Donovan Horn
	1955–56	15–9 #	11–5
	1956–57	13–13	0–0
	1957–58	20–5	10–0 *	Ronnie Kennett
	1958–59	13–11	0–0
	1959–60	19–6	14–4 *
	1960–61	21–3	16–2 *	J.P. Lovelady
	1961–62	20–7	14–4 *	Kenny Saylors
	1962–63	19–9 #	11–7	Kenny Saylors
	1963–64	17–10	13–5
	1964–65	6–19	5–13
	1965–66	8–19	4–14
Totals		355–146 (.709)	219–67 (.766)
Deward Dopson	1966–67	12–14	8–10
	1967–68	14–13	11–7
	1968–69	19–9	13–5
	1969–70	22–10 #	15–3
	1970–71	20–5	16–4
	1971–72	12–16	12–8	Terry Hankton
	1972–73	4–22	2–16
Totals		103–89 (.536)	77–53 (.592)
Ted Lyons	1973–74	8–20	3–15
	1974–75	8–17	4–14
	1975–76	4–20	1–17
Totals		20–57 (.260)	8–46 (.148)
George Jones	1976–77	11–17	8–10
	1977–78	7–16	5–13
	1978–79	7–21	4–14
	1979–80	13–14	7–11
	1980–81	12–15	8–10
Totals		50–83 (.376)	32–58 (.356)
Danny Ebbs	1981–82	15–14	9–9	Joe Bob Wise
	1982–83	13–14	9–9
	1983–84	1–5	0–0
Totals		29–33 (.468)	18–18 (.500)
Wesley White (interim)	1983–84	9–12 (10–17 α)	7–11 (7–11 α)
Totals		9–12 (.429)	7–11 (.389)
John Widner	1984–85	22–8	12–6 *
	1985–86	9–17	6–14
	1986–87	12–14	8–12
Totals		43–39 (.524)	26–32 (.448)
Marty Barnes	1987–88	22–11	14–4 *
	1988–89	20–12	12–6	Alan Cozart
	1989–90	24–9	14–4
	1990–91	16–15	8–10	Maxie Mathis
	1991–92	20–12	11–7	Maxie Mathis
	1992–93	23–10	12–4 *	Maxie Mathis Eric Burnett
	1993–94	26–8	13–1 *	Thayer McKinley David Bevis
	1994–95	29–6 %	14–2 *	David Bevis
	1995–96	19–10 #	7–5	Chad Keaster
	1996–97	14–13	8–4	Bryan Hodges
	1997–98	9–17	6–6
	1998–99	9–17	5–7
Totals		231–140 (.623)	124–60 (.674)
Robert Thompson	1999–00	16–10	8–4
	2000–01	4–22	2–14
	2001–02	12–14	8–8
	2002–03	11–16	4–12
Totals		43–62 (.410)	22–38 (.367)
Rick McCormick	2003–04	7–20	4–12
	2004–05	10–17	3–13
	2005–06	11–16	2–14
Totals		28–53 (.346)	9–39 (.188)
Mark Downey	2006–07	6–21	1–13
	2007–08	18–11	8–6
	2008–09	23–9 #	9–5 *
	2009–10	30–2 #	13–1 *	Brandon Friedel
Totals		77–43 (.642)	31–25 (.554)
Doug Karleskint	2010–11	25–6 #	13–1 *
	2011–12	26–6 #	13–3 *	Johnie Davis
	2012–13	18–12 #	13–7
	2013–14	21–10 #	15–5 *
	2014–15	18–14 #	11–9 *
	2015–16	15–14	10–12
Totals		123–62 (.665)	75–37 (.670)
All-Time Records		1278–989 (.564)	726–588 (.553)
% National Tournament Final Four # National Tournament * Conference Champion α Full Season Record

Basketball seasons

Baseball

Tech won AIC baseball titles in 1950, 1964, 1976, 1981, 1985, 1988, and 1992. The Wonder Boys captured a share of the GSC West Division baseball crown in 1998. Tech won a school record 44 games in 2014 while winning the Great American Conference championship.

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Coach	Year	Overall	Conference	All-American
W.A. Isgrig	1912	5–8–1	0–0
Totals		5–8–1 (.393)	0–0 (–)
E.H. Shinn	1913	10–4	0–0
	1914	5–9	0–0
	1915	3–2	0–0
Totals		18–15 (.545)	0–0 (–)
E.O. Brown	1923	1–4	0–0
Totals		1–4 (.200)	0–0 (–)
John Tucker	1940	2–3	0–0
Totals		2–3 (.400)	0–0 (–)
Raymond Burnett	1948	10–3	6–2
	1949	9–3	8–2
	1950	13–4	8–1 *
	1951	11–3	10–2
Totals		43–13 (.768)	32–7 (.821)
Sam Hindsman	1953	2–10	2–8
	1954	7–9	5–7
	1955	10–6	7–5
	1956	5–11	5–7
Totals		24–36 (.400)	19–27 (.413)
Raymond Burtner	1957	4–4	0–2
Raymond Burtner	1958	8–4	8–4
Totals		12–8 (.600)	8–6 (.571)
Don Dempsey	1959	3–9	3–9
	1960	2–6–1	2–6–1
	1961	10–10	5–5
	1962	14–6	7–3
	1963	10–11	6–6
	1964	14–7	8–4 *
	1965	12–10	6–6
	1966	11–9	7–5
	1967	3–15	1–9
	1968	7–10–2	5–7
	1969	13–8	6–6
	1970	8–11	6–4
Totals		107–112–3 (.489)	62–70–1 (.470)
Doyle Wallace	1971	16–15	8–8
Totals		16–15 (.516)	8–8 (.500)
Ted Lyons	1972	7–14	6–10
	1973	11–13–1	5–8–1
	1974	12–13	8–8
Totals		30–40–1 (.430)	19–26–1 (.424)
Rick Thone	1975	7–13	5–11
Totals		7–13 (.350)	5–11 (.313)
Robert Pledger	1976	22–14	11–3 *	Tommy Hester
	1977	13–12	8–6
	1978	10–10	6–8
Totals		45–36 (.556)	25–17 (.595)
Robert Campbell	1979	17–17	9–5
Robert Campbell	1980	16–14	8–6
Totals		33–31 (.516)	17–11 (.607)
Jim Franks	1981	21–11	11–3 *
	1982	25–15	9–5
	1983	16–12	7–7
	1984	24–18	9–5
	1985	26–16	16–4 *
	1986	19–17	11–9
	1987	23–13	17–11
Totals		154–102 (.602)	80–44 (.645)
Dale Harpenau	1988	29–17	18–6 *
	1989	17–24	8–16
	1990	22–16–1	14–10
	1991	30–17	16–8
	1992	25–16	17–7 *
	1993	26–17	11–11
	1994	34–14–1	20–4
	1995	33–18	20–6
	1996	26–19	7–10
	1997	30–11–1	10–6
	1998	30–16–1	12–5 *
Totals		302–185–4 (.619)	153–89 (.632)
Billy Goss	1999	22–21	11–6
	2000	22–22	7–11
	2001	32–20	14–9	John Paul Davis
	2002	16–31	7–16
	2003	29–24	18–14
	2004	31–23	13–10
	2005	28–22	17–7
	2006	19–29	6–17
	2007	22–32–1	10–10
	2008	22–23	9–11
	2009	22–30	9–12
Totals		265–277–1 (.489)	121–123 (.496)
Dave Dawson	2010	35–19	14–6
	2011	32–19	13–6	Matt Johnson
	2012	26–27	13–11	Jonathan Finnegan Landon Sullins
	2013	32–21	18–12	Cesar Abreu
	2014	44–12	25–5 *
	2015	30–21	16–10	Patrick Castleberry
	2016	24–31	12–21
Totals		223–150 (.598)	111–71 (.610)
All-Time Records		1287–1048–10 (.551)	660–510–2 (.564)
* Conference Champion

Baseball seasons

Golden Suns sports

Basketball

Arkansas Tech's two greatest moments of athletic glory were provided by the back-to-back NAIA Division I national championships captured by the Golden Suns basketball program in 1992 and 1993. The 1991–92 team finished with an overall record of 35–1. The 1991–92 Golden Suns won each of their final 28 games by 12 points or more, including an 84–68 win over Wayland Baptist University (Texas) in the national championship game. The Suns won their second consecutive national crown in 1993 by defeating Union University (Tenn.) 76–75. Joe Foley, Tech head women's basketball coach from 1987–2003, was the architect of both national championship teams.

Today, the Golden Suns basketball program ranks among the top five in NCAA Division II history in winning percentage and all-time wins. The Suns finished as NCAA Division II national runners-up in 1999, and they made it back to the NCAA Division II Tournament for the first time in three years during the 2006–07 season. Tech made it back-to-back trips to the NCAA tournament when the Suns qualified for the event again in 2008. Arkansas Tech captured consecutive NCAA Division II South Region titles and back-to-back GSC Tournament championships in women's basketball in 2010 and 2011.

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Coach	Year	Overall	Conference	All-American
Jim Yeager	1977–78	5–18	3–15
	1978–79	24–4	16–2 *
	1979–80	29–2 #	17–1 *	Sherry Raney
	1980–81	29–3	16–2 *	Sherry Raney
	1981–82	20–6	13–5 *	Sherry Raney
Totals		107–33 (.764)	65–25 (.722)
Jim Dickerson	1982–83	22–7	10–2
	1983–84	23–9	10–4
	1984–85	23–8	11–5
	1985–86	23–3	17–1 *
	1986–87	29–6 %	16–2 *	Donna Brunson
Totals		120–33 (.784)	64–14 (.821)
Joe Foley	1987–88	29–5 %	14–2 *	Donna Brunson
	1988–89	35–2 %	16–0 *	Lanell Dawson Cindi Patton Kala Cooley
	1989–90	30–3	15–1 *	Lanell Dawson
	1990–91	28–6	14–2 *	Amanda Hill
	1991–92	35–1 !	16–0 *	Stephanie Strack Alison Setliff
	1992–93	31–5 !	12–4	Stephanie Strack Alison Setliff Dawn Grell
	1993–94	30–3 #	14–0 *	Stephanie Strack Alison Setliff Dawn Grell Carin Pinion
	1994–95	28–6 #	15–1 *
	1995–96	23–9 #	11–3	Kim Stephens
	1996–97	29–4 %	13–1	Heather Campbell Jennifer Richardson
	1997–98	26–5 #	12–2 *	Jennifer Richardson
	1998–99	31–7 %	11–3
	1999–00	24–7 #	13–1 *
	2000–01	23–8 #	13–3
	2001–02	25–6 #	13–3 *
	2002–03	29–4 #	14–2 *
Totals		456–81 (.849)	216–28 (.885)
Carin Pinion–McNabb	2003–04	13–14	6–10
Carin Pinion–McNabb	2004–05	10–19	5–11
Totals		23–33 (.411)	11–21 (.344)
Todd Schaefer	2005–06	15–12	7–9
Todd Schaefer	2006–07	22–10 #	11–3
Totals		37–22 (.627)	18–12 (.600)
Dave Wilbers	2007–08	26–6 #	12–2	Amanda Grappe
	2008–09	19–9	9–5	Amanda Grappe
	2009–10	31–3 #	12–2 *	Jenny Vining
	2010–11	30–3 #	13–1 *	Natalia Santos
	2011–12	22–4	13–3
	2012–13	23–7 #	17–3 *	Roselis Silva
	2013–14	17–11	12–8
	2014–15	23–7 #	16–4	Fatima Adams
	2015–16	27–4 #	21–1 *	Fatima Adams
Totals		218–54 (.801)	125–29 (.812)
All-Time Records		961–256 (.790)	499–129 (.795)
! NAIA National Champion % National Tournament Final Four # National Tournament * Conference Champion

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Coach	Year	Overall	Conference	All-American
Kristie Betancur	2003	21–9	0–0
	2004	15–26	6–16
	2005	27–21	10–18
Totals		63–56 (.529)	16–34 (.320)
Gidget Pambianchi	2006	22–25	13–20
	2007	12–35	5–22
	2008	41–17	20–9
	2009	42–21	19–9
	2010	22–26	12–18
	2011	34–19	23–7
	2012	11–17	5–9
Totals		184–160 (.535)	97–94 (.508)
Kristy Bayer (interim)	2012	5–14 (16–31 α)	3–9 (8–18 α)
Totals		5–14 (.263)	3–9 (.250)
Kristina McSweeney	2013	26–23	19–15	Siarra Gomez
	2014	31–27	19–21
	2015	41–22 #	22–14
	2016	49–11 #	34–6	Jalissa Gum
Totals		147–83 (.639)	94–56 (.627)
All-Time Records		399–313 (.560)	210–193 (.521)
# National Tournament α Full Season Record

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Coach	Year	Overall	Conference
Natalie Alred	1993	3–10	3–9
Natalie Alred	1994	4–8	4–6
Totals		7–18 (.280)	7–15 (.318)
Clarence Holley	1995	14–1	11–1 *
Totals		14–1 (.933)	11–1 (.917)
Tom Olsen	1996	4–13	1–8
Tom Olsen	1997	3–10	1–5
Totals		7–23 (.233)	2–13 (.133)
Mark Dannhoff	1998	5–9	3–4
Totals		5–9 (.357)	3–4 (.429)
John Bateman	1999	6–12	2–4
Totals		6–12 (.333)	2–4 (.333)
Brent Good	2000	7–16	2–4
Totals		7–16 (.304)	2–4 (.333)
Shery Forrest	2001	9–17	3–5
	2002	14–11 #	4–4
	2003	12–11	4–4
	2004	5–16	3–5
Totals		40–55 (.421)	14–18 (.438)
Abby Davis	2005	7–16	3–5
	2006	6–19	2–5
	2007	6–16	1–5
	2008	11–10	3–3
	2009	17–5	4–2
	2010	10–6	4–2
	2011	10–7	3–2
	2012	17–5	6–0 *
	2013	12–6	5–1 *
	2014	16–6 #	5–1
	2015	18–5 #	5–1
	2016	11–13	4–3
Totals		141–114 (.553)	45–30 (.600)
All-Time Records		227–248 (.478)	86–89 (.491)
# National Tournament * Conference Champion