TEXAS SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF PRESS RELEASE
Contact: Keena Miller
Phone: 512-462-5328, cell: 512-658-4444
Email: [email protected]
FOR RELEASE SEPTEMBER 8, 2011
GRADS RETURN TO CENTRAL TEXAS FOR VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT
TEXAS SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF (TSD) EXES ON GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY TEAM
VISIT TO ALMA MATER INCLUDES PRACTICE WITH TSD TEAM
Austin, Texas – September 8, 2011 Gallaudet University’s (GU) Bison
volleyball team makes a stop in Austin at the Texas School for the Deaf
today before tournament play this weekend in Seguin at Texas Lutheran
University’s (TLU) Buffalo Classic.
TSD and GU are like family. Several of GU’s team members are former Texas
School for the Deaf (TSD) Rangers, as well as GU coach, Lynn Boren, who
graduated from TSD in 1989. Many TSD students attend GU, and many TSD
teachers, staff and administrators are GU alumni. TSD’s Superintendent,
Claire Bugen, serves on GU’s Board of Trustees.
The Bisons will hold a closed practice at TSD this Thursday at 2:30 p.m.,
followed by a short practice with TSD’s varsity and junior varsity teams.
“Having four recent TSD graduates on Gallaudet University’s volleyball team
really validates the strength of our volleyball program here, says TSD
Athletic Director, Chris Hamilton. And it is certainly a once-in-a-lifetime
opportunity to see them participate in a NCAA volleyball tournament here in
Texas, especially near Austin. We welcome them here and will support them
in Seguin this weekend.”
The Gallaudet women play at TLU in Seguin Friday, September 9, at noon vs.
the Linfield College (OR) Wildcats, and at 5:00 p.m. vs. the Pacific
Lutheran University (WA) Lutes.
On Saturday, catch the Bisons in an all-Texas match-up against the TLU
Bulldogs at 12:30 p.m., and again at 3:00 p.m. vs. the Concordia University
Tornados.
The TSD Rangers’ next match-up will be at San Juan Diego Catholic High
School on September 20.
WHAT: Gallaudet University Bison Volleyball practice
WHEN: Thursday, September 8, 2011
Time: 2:30-4:30 p.m.
WHERE:
Seeger Gym
Texas School for the Deaf
1102 South Congress
Austin, Texas 78704
MORE: With a strong belief in culture and community at TSD, students form a
unique identity based on their individual strengths and talents, giving all
students at TSD the opportunity to learn, grow, and belong. For more about
TSD, visit http://www.tsd.state.tx.us .
To learn more about Gallaudet University in Washington D.C. – the world’s
only university in which all programs and services are specifically designed
to accommodate deaf and hard of hearing students – founded in 1864, visit
http://www.gallaudet.edu/ .
CONTACT:
Keena Miller
[email protected]
Texas School for the Deaf
512-462-5328
c 512-658-4444