App State Brew 8/15: Just Getting Started

Mountaineers Win Thriller In Season Opener at Western Carolina

August 15, 2025

TGIF, Fellow Mountaineers. No better way to get the year started than this, huh?

And don’t worry, there’s more where that came from! We’ve got an ACC foe arriving in Boone this weekend!

What else do we have stirring? Check it out below!

⚽️ Just Getting Started
🏀 So Fresh, So Clean
⏱️ Countdown To Kickoff
🟡 And much more!

🔼 Just Getting Started. Nothing like getting the year started with a heart stopper, huh?

That’s exactly what the App State Soccer squad did on Thursday night, pulling out a thrilling 3-2 road victory at Western Carolina to officially kick off the Mountaineers 2025-26 athletic calendar.

Ellie Garrison played the hero, scoring the game-winner with just over a minute to play to complete a brace after her first half penalty kick.

🔼 So Fresh, So Clean. When you arrive for a game at Holmes Convocation Center this fall, things may look a little different. This week, the floor at Holmes got a fresh new look for the upcoming season.

🔼 Rampin’ It Up. With just two weeks left of training camp, the App State football program is taking it to a new level as the season draws near. This week, the Mountaineers went under the lights and battled some weather to get their work in. Hear from first-year head coach Dowell Loggains about his thoughts on practice this week.

1️⃣4️⃣ days from kickoff…

When it comes to App State football, is there any other way to celebrate 1️⃣4️⃣ days out than to honor not one, but ✌️ Mountaineer legends that donned the #1️⃣4️⃣.

First, we started with four-time All-American Armanti Edwards, who threw for 10,392 yards and 74 touchdowns, while also piling up 4,361 yards on the ground and 65 rushing TDs. He was the first Division I football student-athlete to ever pass for over 10,000 yards and rush for over 4,000.

Edwards led the Mountaineers to back-to-back National Championships in 2006 and 2007.

Just a few years later, Marcus Cox threw on the digits and put up a legendary career of his own, finishing as App State’s all-time leading rusher with 5,103 yards and is the only player in program history with four 1,000-yard rushing seasons. He finished with 52 career rushing touchdowns (and 61 total touchdowns), and as a four-time all-conference performer, he helped lead App State to a 20-4 league record in its first three Sun Belt Conference seasons.

Armanti Edwards is one of two former App State football student-athletes to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

Who is the other Mountaineer student-athlete with that distinction?

Scroll down to see if you know your stuff!

Sunday, August 17th
⚽️ Soccer vs. Miami @ 1 pm

Thursday, August 21st
⚽️ Soccer vs. Davidson @ 6 pm

Sunday, August 24th
⚽️ Soccer at William & Mary @ 12 pm

Friday, August 29th
🏈 Football vs. Charlotte @ 7 pm l Tickets l (Bank of America Stadium)
👟 Cross Country at Covered Bridge Open @ 9:15 am (Boone, N.C.)

Saturday, August 30th
🏐 Volleyball at College of Charleston @ 11 am
🏐 Volleyball vs. Eastern Kentucky @ 4:30 pm (Charleston, S.C.)

Sunday, August 31st
🏑 Field Hockey at Georgetown @ 3pm
⚽️ Soccer at Clemson @ 7 pm

Answer: Dexter Coakley

🟡 Enjoy your weekend!