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PVAMU Football tops Alabama State to earn Western Division Championship title

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Nov. 20, 2023) - This year’s football season-ender on Blackshear Field was one for the books! The Prairie View A&M Panthers scored their ticket to the Southwestern Athletic Conference Football Championship after defeating the Alabama State Hornets, 21-14, in a game that kept fans on edge and proved PVAMU players have what [...]

2023-11-20T15:54:39-06:00November 20, 2023|Athletics, HBCU News, Latest News, Staff News, Student News|

Dallas welcomes Prairie View A&M, Grambling State football to State Fair of Texas

Rides, food tents and many other attractions remain dormant as workers finish preparing for theĀ State Fair of Texas, which opens Friday. There was plenty of fanfare inside the Cotton Bowl on Monday morning, however, as city and fair representatives welcomed the athletic directors and head football coaches of Prairie View A&M and Grambling State at [...]

2023-09-26T15:11:52-05:00September 26, 2023|Athletics, Events, HBCU News, Latest News, PV in the News, Student News|

PVAMU Football gears up for first game of 2023 season

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Aug. 29, 2023) - The 2023 football season for Prairie View A&M University Football officially begins this Saturday, September 2. The annual Labor Day Classic football game with Texas Southern University has a 7 p.m. kickoff inside the Shell Energy Stadium in Houston. On Monday, TSU hosted the annual Labor Day press [...]

2023-08-29T15:11:34-05:00August 29, 2023|Athletics, Events, HBCU News, Latest News, Staff News, Student News|

WATCH: PVAMU Welcomes Anton Goff, Athletic Director, to ā€œThe Hillā€

Prairie View A&M University President Tomikia P. LeGrande has selected Anton Goff to serve as the Director of Athletics. A Pittsburgh native and former football student-athlete at Bowling Green University, Goff earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1991 and 1994, respectively. He has over 25 years of experience in athletic [...]

PVAMU names new athletic director, Anton Goff

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Aug. 3, 2023) - Ā Prairie View A&M University has selected Anton Goff as its new Athletics Director, PVAMU President Tomikia P. LeGrande announced today.Ā Ā  A seasoned athletic administrator, Goff currently serves as Senior Associate Athletics Director at Northern Illinois University. In this capacity, he oversees all student athlete-academic support services for NIU’s [...]

PVAMU Panther Football announces kickoff times for upcoming 2023 season

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (July 13, 2023) – The Prairie View A&M University Panther football team has announced kick-off times for the 2023 season, which includes four home contests at Panther Stadium. The Panthers are slated to open the season on the road against the Texas Southern Tigers for the annual Labor Day Classic on Saturday, Sept. [...]

2023-07-13T12:03:31-05:00July 13, 2023|Athletics, HBCU News, Latest News, Student News|

VIDEO: New Coach + Colossal Impact at PVAMU

Last year, the Prairie View A&M Panter golf team was in head-coaching limbo. Coach Mesha has entered the chat, and there's no looking back. Roger Steele travels to the HBCU in Prairie View, Texas, to find out what it means to be a Panther, presented by United. In her first year at the helm, Roger [...]

2023-07-10T17:14:29-05:00July 10, 2023|Athletics, HBCU News, Latest News, PV in the News, Staff News, Videos|

HBCU mega camp at PVAMU brings out high school football talent, Deion Sanders

TheĀ Prairie View high school football mega campĀ spearheaded by Bubba McDowell lived up to its billing. The camp, held Thursday at Panther Stadium, featured several hundred prep athletes from Texas and elsewhere who were looking for an opportunity to show off their talents to McDowell as well as other HBCU coaches and even Power Five coaches, [...]

2023-06-15T10:07:49-05:00June 4, 2023|Athletics, HBCU News, Latest News, PV in the News, Staff News|

Forbes: AT&T’s Dream In Black Program Empowers HBCU Athletes Off The Court

For many people, especially those from marginalized communities, having athletic abilities have frequently been considered the key to success. A large number of athletes, however, are left without a defined future because only a small fraction of them make it to the professional leagues.

2023-06-20T16:03:08-05:00May 23, 2023|Athletics, HBCU News, PV in the News, Student News|

Prairie View A&M Claims 2023 SWAC Softball Tournament Title

GULFPORT, Miss.-Ā The Prairie View A&M Lady Panthers rallied to score one in the seventh inning and walked it off on a single off the bat of junior Destinee Smith to pick up the 8-7 victory over the Grambling Lady Tigers Friday. Ā PVAMU advancedĀ through the 2023 SWAC SoftballĀ Tournament undefeated. The win marked back-to-back tournament titles for [...]

2024-01-02T10:58:09-06:00May 13, 2023|Athletics, News, PV in the News, Student News|