Welcome aboard and a few thoughts

This is just a start, but this will be a place where I can discuss what is happening around WKU Sports and the College Heights Herald. This may just be temporary as when we get back to school the higher-ups may move me to a different spot, but for now we'll start here and go from there.

I'll try to keep this updated nearly daily with interesting things that's happening not only on campus but in the college sports world. I'll provide links, analysis and plenty of other information including a peek into my brain and what it takes to put the Sports section together at the Herald.

I really don't think there could be a better time to follow the Toppers not only as a reporter but also as a fan. Four of the school's most notable teams made the NCAA Tournament, including men's basketball, women's basketball, volleyball and baseball. All four appearances are just what Athletic Director Wood Selig and WKU President Gary Ransdell want as they move the football team to the Football Championship Subdivision.

As for a few happenings around the hill.

Michael Grant from the Louisville Courier-Journal reported the other day that the cost to renovate Houchens Industries-L.T. Smith Stadium by nearly 11 million dollars. We'll take a look at this as the season draws closer at what the stadium renovation does for the good of the program.

And also this from BG....Wood Selig extended head volleyball coach, Travis Hudson's contract through 2016 with a seven-year extension. Hudson is perhaps the most successful coach at Western Kentucky as he leads his team to the top of the Sun Belt nearly every season. The Hudson story is a very interesting one, while male coaches in volleyball are common, Hudson has no playing experience and was hired as a 24 year-old head coach by Wood Selig after Hudson graduated from Western.

I really like this move by Selig to nail Hudson down for nearly another decade at Western. The Sun Belt is getting stronger in volleyball slowly but surely and the women on the team seem to have a lot of respect for him.