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Graduate student Mike DiLiello became the first Austin Peay State University quarterback to earn recognition as a finalist for the Walter Payton Award, presented by FedEx Ground and Stats Perform. In its 37th season, the Walter Payton Award recognizes the FCS National Offensive Player of the Year.

Fresh off leading Austin Peay State University’s football team to its second conference championship during his tenure, head coach Scotty Walden is a finalist for the 2023 Eddie Robinson Award, presented by FedEx Ground and Stats Perform to the FCS National Coach of the Year. 

An in-state rivalry gains a new chapter as Austin Peay State University’s football team hosts Chattanooga at Fortera Stadium on Saturday.

Austin Peay State University football held on for a United Athletic Conference victory against Central Arkansas at Fortera Stadium.

This week marked the return of high school basketball throughout the state of Tennessee and for a number of Clarksville-area teams, they played in their first games of the season, including when Clarksville Academy hosted the Northwest High Vikings. 

Austin Peay State University won a conference football title for the second consecutive season, beating Utah Tech 30-17 in United Athletic Conference action Saturday at Fortera Stadium.

The Rotary Club’s Basketball Season Kickoff was held Wednesday at First Baptist Church as coaches from around the community came together to celebrate a new season of play.

Austin Peay’s volleyball team closes out its 2023 campaign with a pair of Atlantic Sun Conference contests, Friday-Saturday, at the Winfield Dunn Center.