When the ETSU Department of Intercollegiate Athletics gathered April 26 for its “Night of Champions” awards banquet, coaches, student-athletes and administration celebrated one of the most successful seasons in Buccaneer history.
ETSU teams have won a total of seven championships during the 2006-07 season. Those seven titles – which include regular season championships in volleyball, men’s basketball, men’s and women’s tennis, as well as postseason championships in men’s indoor track, men’s golf and men’s tennis – equal the previous record of seven team championships set during the 1991-92 season, and with a few spring sports still competing for conference titles, the 2006-07 may go down as the most successful season in the history of ETSU.
?ETSU Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Dave Mullins said that this success is an indication of the overall program’s dedication to “winning the right way.”
?”I am very proud of the success of our teams and coaches for their accomplishments this year,” Mullins said. “They have committed themselves to doing all the extra little things that are necessary to win championships. Our coaches have recruited outstanding young people and mentored as well as coached them. The results are evidence of their hard work and of the many positive improvements we have made, and continue to make, throughout our department.”
?”As a former coach, I know the importance of teamwork to team unity in success,” Mullins said. “I also know that you always have individuals who perform at a level deserving of personal recognition for their outstanding accomplishments. Many of our Bucs have earned these special awards. We are extremely proud of them.

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