FLAME FEATURES - MAKING THE JUMP TO THE NCAA PART 2
Editor's Note - This is part two of a two part series highlighting the quick success of Lee University athletics as they made the jump from the NAIA to NCAA Division II. This story focuses on the...
View ArticleFLAME FEATURES - Beebe, Smoltz Make A Name For Themselves at Lee
Can you name another university that had daughters who had fathers that won a football Super Bowl and a baseball World Series? Such is the case with former Lee University volleyball Libero MaKayla...
View ArticleBertram, Ponce Named Finalists For GSC Commissioner's Trophy
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Women's basketball senior guard Abby Bertram and senior cross country and track and field runner Moises Ponce have been selected as finalists for the Gulf South Conference...
View ArticleFLAME FEATURES - Softball is a Way of Life for Tanner Moore
Many would have expected Tanner Moore to become a high school or college baseball coach. He enjoyed a tremendous two-year career at Lee University (2009-10) and was a Gold Glove winner for his...
View ArticleLee Lands 10 on GSC Spring All-Academic Teams
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – 10 Lee athletes landed spots on the Gulf South Conference All-Academic Teams the league office announced on Wednesday afternoon.
View ArticleFLAME FEATURES - Larry Legend
A slender built young athlete from Middletown, Ohio (Madison High School) walked onto the Lee College campus to play basketball for coach Dale Hughes in the fall of 1973 and some 47 years later Larry...
View ArticleGSC Delays Start of Fall Competition
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Lee University in concert with the Gulf South Conference will delay the start of intercollegiate competition in the fall semester to either the last week of September or the first...
View ArticleLee, Gulf South Conference Statement on the Fall 2020 Season
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Lee University in partnership with the Gulf South Conference will postpone competition in basketball, football, soccer, and volleyball until at least January 1.
View ArticleHughes Family Leaves Lasting Basketball Legacy
It may come as a surprise to those who are not longtime members of the Bradley County and Lee University community that Dale R. Hughes was a solid leader in helping get basketball headed in the right...
View ArticleLee, Chattanooga Sports To Host Multiple NCAA DII Championships
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The NCAA has announced championship sites for the next six seasons and Lee University, in partnership with Chattanooga Sports, has landed five championships to be hosted in the...
View ArticleStarr Named to 2021 TSWA Hall of Fame Class
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The legendary voice of the Flames and longtime Lee University Sports Information Director, George Starr will be inducted into the Tennessee Sports Writers Association Hall of Fame...
View ArticleFlames, Lady Flames Tip Off Season on Dec. 12
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Lee men's and women's basketball teams will begin the 2020-21 season on Dec. 12 after the Gulf South Conference Board of Directors approved a 20-game conference schedule on Monday.
View ArticleFLAME FEATURES - The Secret Weapon of Lee Athletics, Mrs. Tena Walker
It has been over 20 years since Tena Walker departed Child Support Services, a position she worked under both the District Attorney and a private company, to become the Coordinator for Athletics for...
View ArticleLee Athletics Announces Basketball Attendance Policy to Start the Season
The Lee University Athletic Department has announced that attendance for men's and women's basketball games thru Jan. 3 will be restricted to a limited number of family members of student-athletes only...
View ArticleFlame Features - Jessica McIntyre, A Difference Maker for Lee Athletics
In military terms you might say Jessica McIntyre has earned her stripes since Lee Athletic Director Larry Carpenter originally brought her to Lee as a consultant to help with eligibility and the...
View ArticleGSC Announces 2021 Spring Championship Series for Soccer, Volleyball
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Gulf South Conference Board of Directors has approved a 2021 Spring Championship Series for the sports of soccer and volleyball. Men's and women's soccer teams will open their...
View ArticleLee Athletics Announces Spring Sports Attendance Policy
The Lee University Athletic Department has announced that attendance for spring athletic contests (baseball, softball, men's and women's tennis, lacrosse, men's and women's soccer, volleyball, men's...
View ArticleWeekend Preview
It will be another busy weekend as spring sports shifts into high gear. Baseball and lacrosse will be at home while men's soccer will open GSC play on the road and women's soccer will also face its...
View ArticleWeather Cancels 2021 GSC Indoor Track and Field Championships
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Due to inclement weather conditions, the Birmingham CrossPlex will be unavailable to host the 2021 GSC Indoor Track & Field Championships as scheduled, and the meet has been...
View ArticleThis Week in Lee Athletics
Weather is in the headlines this week as Lee spring sport teams are hoping to play most of their scheduled events. The men and women's track teams will have to wait a week in order to defend their Gulf...
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