Good Morning Mountaineers. Can you feel it?

The smell of the tailgates? The excitement in the air? App State football will be back before we know it!

That’s right… we are just 100 Days from the kickoff of the 2025 Mountaineer football season!

⚾️ Youth Of A Nation
🎙️ All New Episode of Nothin’ But An App State Podcast
🟡 And much more!

It’s never too late to look ahead and that’s exactly what we’ll do this week
on the latest edition of Nothin’ But An App State Podcast as we go deep
with Volleyball Head Coach Chad Sutton to talk about the offseason
and what he’s look forward to next fall with his program.

🔼 Youth Of A Nation. The future of the App State baseball program is in good hands as App State shortstop Tyler Lichtenberger was named the Sun Belt Baseball Freshman Of The Year this week.

He was one of three Mountaineers honored in the All-Conference accolades with Kameron Miller and Tyler Figueroa also being recognized.
 
Lichtenberger earned first-team recognition at shortstop, while Miller represented the league as its first-team designated hitter. Figueroa garnered second-team recognition as a utility player.
 
It marks the first time since 2021 that App State earned three all-conference selections, while Lichtenberger became the second App State player to earn Sun Belt Freshman of the Year honors, joining Austin St. Laurent (2022). Scott Waugh (1988), Johnny McCraw (1989), Kenny Osborne (1993) and Jaylin Davis (2013) earned Southern Conference Freshman of the Year honors.

🔼 Raising The Bar. A pair of Mountaineer track & field stars raised the bar, literally, to new heights this past weekend.

Sophomore Matthew Gray and freshman Lilly Nichols set a pair of new program records at the Sunday Night Qualifier meet at the Randy Marion Track & Field Facility. In total, App State notched 11 top-48 marks in the Sunday's meet across all events and teams.

Gray soared to a new personal best, program and facility record in the men's pole vault, clearing a bar of 5.43m (17' 9.75"). His performance eclipsed the previous program record of 5.38m (17' 7.75"), which he set at the Sun Belt Outdoor Championships and the facility record of 5.35m (17' 6.5"), which he jointly held with graduate student Patrick Freeman. 

On the women’s side, Nichols cleared a personal best and set a new program record of 4.16m (13' 7.75") to place second. Nichols had set the previous pole vault record at 4.11m (13' 5.75") at the Sun Belt Outdoor Championships earlier this month.

As we mentioned, Tyler Lichtenberger is just the second App State player in program history to earn Sun Belt Freshman Of The Year honors.

Who was the only other Mountaineer to achieve that feat?

Think you got it? Scroll down to see if you know your stuff!

Wednesday, May 28th
👟 Track & Field at NCAA East Preliminary Round (Jacksonville, Fla.)

Thursday, May 29th
👟 Track & Field at NCAA East Preliminary Round (Jacksonville, Fla.)

Friday, May 30th
👟 Track & Field at NCAA East Preliminary Round (Jacksonville, Fla.)

Saturday, May 31st
👟 Track & Field at NCAA East Preliminary Round (Jacksonville, Fla.)

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Answer: Austin St. Laurent in 2022.

🟡 Have a great one, y’all!