Athletics

Jackson, a 2017 graduate of The Citadel, is back home in Mobile, Ala., after playing a season of professional American football in Turkey.

Francis completed her Master’s in Health, Exercise, and Sports Science at The Citadel and started a Varsity Lacrosse program at a Lowcountry high school.

After three years with Traquair on the sidelines, the team’s record is 9-10, and the momentum for the youngest women’s soccer team in the Southern Conference is on the upswing.

After a grueling competition and a dramatic, last-minute tiebreaker, three cadet companies will get to enjoy special privileges after coming out on top.

The Citadel Judo team is training for its next competition after taking first place in the senior category during the recent Southeast Regional Collegiate Judo Championships in Summerville. 

Citadel football expects to sign most of its 2019 recruiting class during the early signing period that starts Wednesday, and the class should come with an added bonus — a transfer running back with more than 2,000 career rushing yards to his credit.

“One thing we’ve realized ever since we’ve been here is, our kids will get up for those games,” Thompson says. “They’ll play extremely hard. Most of my guys don’t have a whole lot of scholarship offers coming out of high school. They play with a little bit of an edge.”

He said he’s “just a graphic designer,” but King was the name behind The Citadel football team’s Twitter account that went viral during the 50-17 loss at Alabama.

At age 101, Helen McCoy is the oldest member of The Citadel Brigadier Foundation and an avid Bulldogs football fan.

This year, two time Super Bowl champion and College Football Hall of Fame inductee Mark May sides with The Citadel.