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Haiti Earthquake Story
Haiti Earthquake Hits Home For EIU Football
2.5.2010 | General, Football
Freshman defensive end and Florida native Judes Amilcar was shocked when he heard the first news about the 7.0 magnitude earthquake in Haiti on January 12, 2010. “No one was expecting it. No one had time to prepare for it,” says Amilcar, who has relatives living in Haiti.

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1.18.10 | General, Football
Former Football Star Fishing 4 Freedom
Former Eastern Illinois University quarterback Anthony Buich '99 already had a healthy respect for the armed forces when he picked up "Lone Survivor," the true story of the only U.S. Navy Seal to survive a days-long fight with hundreds of Taliban fighters.

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1.6.10 | General, Football
EIU Once Again Cradle Of NFL Coaches
Eastern Illinois is once again the “Cradle of NFL Coaches” as former Eastern Illinois assistant coach and alumnus Mike Shanahan was named the 28th head coach of the Washington Redskins on Wednesday afternoon. Shanahan has a 154 career wins which ranks second among active NFL coaches behind New England’s Bill Belichick.

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12.23.09 | Football
EIU's Millard Named Third Team All-American
Eastern Illinois senior Chaz Millard was selected as a third team All-American as the Sports Network released its 2009 FCS All-American team. This was the third time the lineman from St. Charles, Ill., has been honored earning honorable mention honors in 2007 and 2008.


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12.21.09 | Football
Football Ends Season Ranked For 14th Time
Eastern Illinois ended its 2009 season with a first round NCAA FCS playoff loss at Southern Illinois as the Panthers made their 13th trip to the NCAA FCS playoffs. On Monday EIU finished in the FCS national rankings for the 14th time in school history as the Sports Network and FCS Coaches final rankings were released.

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12.15.09 | General, Football, Panther Club
National Coach Of The Year Voting Starts
National voting for the Liberty Mutual FCS National Coach of the Year opens today, Dec. 15, and long time Eastern Illinois head football coach Bob Spoo is one of five finalists for the award. National fan voting will make up 20 percent of the final vote for the national coach of the year, so please vote daily for Coach Spoo at www.coachoftheyear.com  

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12.11.09 | Football
Football Wins OVC Sportsmanship Award
For the second time in four years Eastern Illinois football program has won the Ohio Valley Conference Sportsmanship Award announced on Friday by the league office.  The award is voted on by coaches and student-athletes at the OVC institutions.  EIU previously won the award in 2006.  Also on Thursday EIU head coach Bob Spoo was named one of five finalists for the Liberty Mutual FCS Coach of the Year Award.

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12.10.09 | General, Football, Panther Club
Bob Spoo Named Coach Of The Year Finalist
Now in its fourth year of heralding college football coaches who demonstrate sportsmanship, integrity and responsibility on and off the field, Liberty Mutual Insurance today named Eastern Illinois Head Football Coach Bob Spoo one of five Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) finalists for the 2009 Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award.

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Student Athletes of the Week
Athlete of the Week

Sydney Mitchell is the Student-Athlete of the Week after helping EIU extend its program-record win streak to 11 with victories at SIU Edwardsville and Southeast Missouri State. The freshman provided energy and offensive production off the bench, scoring in double figures in both games. She scored 11 points at SIUE and a career-high 12 points at SEMO. She finished the road trip 7-of-13 from the field and 9-of-10 at the free throw line. 
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