BASEBALL
11 UA games will be televised
Arkansas’ baseball team will have 49 of its 56 regular-season games broadcast in 2015, although less than one-fourth of those games will be shown on traditional TV.
The Razorbacks will have 11 games televised by either ESPN2, ESPNU or SEC Network. Thirty-eight other games will be shown on SEC Network Plus, a digital channel that must be viewed online.
All 15 of Arkansas’ conference games will be aired on one of the two platforms. Only one game played at Baum Stadium won’t be shown.
More than 450 games will be aired this season, including 80 on the SEC Network.
Arkansas begins preseason practices Friday at Baum Stadium.
GYMNASTICS
Arkansas’ Wellick earns honor
Arkansas sophomore Amanda Wellick, who capped the No. 12 Razorbacks’ come-from behind upset of No. 6 Alabama last week with a huge performance on the floor exercise, was named co-SEC gymnast of the week Tuesday.
Wellick, the SEC’s freshman of the year last season, shared the honor with LSU’s Jessie Jordan. The Wheaton, Ill., native scored a 9.95 on the floor to finish off Arkansas’ 196.325 to 196.175 victory, win the first floor exercise title of her career and cap her second all-around championship with a 39.475.
Wellick and the Razorbacks take on No. 19 Auburn at 7 p.m. Central Friday.
HIGH SCHOOL
All-Star coaches selected
The Arkansas High School Coaches Association announced the head coaches and staffs for the 2015 AHSCA All-Star football and volleyball games along with the staffs of the cheer and dance squads Tuesday in Conway.
Junction City’s David Carpenter will coach the East football team while Charleston’s Greg Kendrick will lead the West team. Carpenter and Kendrick led their schools to the Class 2A and 3A state championships, respectively, in 2014.
The East staff will include Clint Ashcraft of Conway, Bo Hembree of Warren, Chris Hill of Wynne, Todd Langrell of Mayflower, Bryan Ross of Siloam Springs and Junction City assistant coach Brad Smith.
The West staff will include Bobby Bolding of Pine Bluff, Kyle Jackson of Gurdon, Josh Price of Dardanelle, Chris Vereen of Hot Springs, Jeff Williams of Fort Smith Southside and Charleston assistant Brett Hobbs.
The 2015 All-Star football game is scheduled for Friday, June 26, at Estes Stadium on the University of Central Arkansas campus in Conway. Kickoff is 7 p.m.
The head coach for the East volleyball team is Craig Cummings of Jonesboro. He will be assisted by Janna Berry of Walnut Ridge, Kham Chanthaphasouk of Cabot and Tanya Haigwood of Batesville.
Lake Hamilton’s Karen Smith will lead the West volleyball team. She will be assisted by Wes Davis of Paris, April Mattix of Harrison and Kristin Whetham of Berryville.
The 2015 All-Star volleyball game is scheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 24, at the Farris Center in Conway.
Hot Springs Lakeside’s Judy Morton will coach the West All-Star cheer squad. Elkins’ Amy Camp will assist Morton. A head coach for the East cheer squad hasn’t been named, but Valley View’s Judy Brannon will be an assistant.
Nettleton’s Dana Gibson (East) and Benton’s Melissa White (West) will coach the dance squads. Bryant’s Laura Wooten will be an assistant for the East while a West assistant hasn’t been named.
The AHSCA clinic will be June 24-26 at UCA. All-Star rosters will be released at a later date.
BOWLING
ASU joins bowling league
Arkansas State’s women’s bowling team will join seven other programs in the newly created Southland Bowling League.
ASU’s membership in the league, which will provide an automatic qualifying spot for the NCAA Championship, is effective immediately.
The Red Wolves will join Sam Houston State, Stephen F. Austin, Louisiana Tech, Monmouth University, Tulane, Valparaiso and Vanderbilt in the league. ASU is 51-17 and ranked third in the latest National Tenpin Coaches Association poll. Sam Houston State (fifth), Vanderbilt (sixth) and Stephen F. Austin (eighth) are all ranked in the top 10, while Valparaiso (15th) and Tulane (20th) are also ranked.
The Southland Bowling League will not conduct regular-season competition, but will hold a single championship tournament. The 2015 event will be held at Del Mar Lanes in Houston on March 21-22. The league can qualify for an automatic NCAA bid no later than the 2017 national championship. Until then, members will be at-large candidates for the NCAA Championship.