Alumni in the News

Alumni in the News

We love to see stories about our alumni in the news! If you would like to share a story with us, please email alumni.midlandu.edu.

Butch Hug '71 Retires from Husker Athletics

Butch Hug '71 Retires from Husker Athletics

May 13, 2019
Hug is retiring from NU, after a career that spanned 37 years and too many coaches, facilities and historic moments to count. We’re used to seeing Hug everywhere in Lincoln. Now we won’t see him at all. He’ll be missed. Read the entire story here .Read more

Malia Shimabukuro '17, to Coach Midland Women's Lacrosse Team

Malia Shimabukuro '17, to Coach Midland Women's Lacrosse Team

May 7, 2019
A familiar face on the Midland University campus has been named as the school's women's lacrosse coach. Malia Shimabukuro, a 2017 MU graduate, has served as a residence hall director at MU while assisting the women's lacrosse and ice hockey teams. Read the full article in the Fremont Tribune here .Read more

Mike Sloup '99, Receives Distinguished Service Award from NSAA

Mike Sloup '99, Receives Distinguished Service Award from NSAA

April 18, 2019
He was certainly appreciative, but also couldn't help but be mostly embarrassed. The arena lights beamed down, at least a few thousand fans looked on from their seats and there was Mike Sloup, in the middle of it all. He and others were spread out across the Pinnacle Bank Arena court at the...Read more

Reed Manstedt '11, Becomes Waverly High School's Football Coach

Reed Manstedt '11, Becomes Waverly High School's Football Coach

April 11, 2019
This fall, things will come full circle for Waverly’s new head football coach. Thirty-year old Reed Manstedt has been hired to replace Tim Williams as the Waverly Head Football Coach. Read the full article here .Read more

Mark Williams '90, Accepts New Position as Career Technical Education Coordinator

Mark Williams '90, Accepts New Position as Career Technical Education Coordinator

April 3, 2019
After nearly two decades at the helm of the Fremont Tigers boys basketball program, Mark Williams will no longer patrol the sidelines of Al Bahe Gymnasium when the Tigers hit the court next season after accepting a new position within the Fremont Public Schools system on Tuesday. Read the full...Read more

The Rev. Shari Schwedhelm '92, Called to Serve at Two Congregations

The Rev. Shari Schwedhelm '92, Called to Serve at Two Congregations

April 3, 2019
On March 30, The Rev. Shari Schwedhelm will realized a longtime dream. She became an ordained minister. For months, Schwedhelm has been serving Salem and St. Timothy Lutheran churches in Fremont. Salem members voted to call her to become their pastor in February. St. Timothy members — delayed by a...Read more

Cody Bobolz '08, Selected as New Principle

Cody Bobolz '08, Selected as New Principle

April 1, 2019
Cody Bobolz has been hired as the new 6-12 Principal at Shelby-Rising City Schools starting in the summer of 2019. Mr. Bobolz will replace Bill Curry who has accepted a position as Middle School Principal at Boone Central Schools. Read the full article here .Read more

Larry Munn '64 Named to SE Nebraska Bowlers HOF Charter Class

Larry Munn '64 Named to SE Nebraska Bowlers HOF Charter Class

March 11, 2019
Central City native and Midland graduate Larry Munn '64, who now lives in Falls City, was recently named a member of the charter class of the Southeast Nebraska Bowler’s Association’s Hall of Fame. Read the entire story here .Read more

Esmeralda Hernandez '14 Promoted at First State Bank & Trust Company

Esmeralda Hernandez '14 Promoted at First State Bank & Trust Company

February 18, 2019
First State Bank & Trust Company has announced the promotion of Esmeralda Hernandez to personal banker/loan officer. This promotion gives Hernandez the ability to use her all-around banking knowledge to work with consumers and businesses on their deposit and lending needs. Read more from the...Read more

Judson Hall '01 Named Head Football Coach for Scottsbluff High School

Judson Hall '01 Named Head Football Coach for Scottsbluff High School

February 15, 2019
A familiar face will be patrolling the sidelines as Scottsbluff High School’s next head football coach this fall. After spending the past eight years as an assistant, Jud Hall, '01, has been named Joe Benson’s successor. Benson stepped down as the Bearcats’ head coach in January. Hall has been...Read more

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