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MHU Esports Wins 11th Tournament Championship

Mars Hill University’s esports program continued its winning ways in the fall semester, as the Call of Duty team took an unbeaten run through the ECAC Campus Series Fall 2024... [READ MORE]


Peter Plougmand named National Player of the Year

by Adam Williams, Director of Athletic Communications Mars Hill senior forward Peter Plougmand was named the 2024 Division II Conference Commissioners of America (D2CCA) Ron Lenz National Player of the... [READ MORE]


2024 Hall of Fame Class Announced

Mars Hill University inducted two new members into its athletics Hall of Fame on Saturday, November 2. Hudson Tucker and Jonas Randolph were honored with a breakfast ceremony and a... [READ MORE]


The Player Legacy of Gregg Munn

By Braxton Robinson, sophomore Magazine Extras for Spring 2023 Mars Hill: The Magazine It only took four years for former MHU soccer standout Gregg Munn (class of 2014) to take... [READ MORE]


Former AD David Riggins Dies at 71

David Riggins, the retired long-time Director of Athletics at Mars Hill University, died Wednesday, April 19, 2023, following a period of declining health. He was 71. Riggins began his 32-year... [READ MORE]


Alumnus Mike Kelly Selected for SAC Hall of Fame

Mars Hill University is proud to announce that one of its distinguished alumni, Mike Kelly of Mason, Ohio, will be inducted into the South Atlantic Conference Hall of Fame with... [READ MORE]


Amazing Alumni: Carl Mattox Learns What He Is Capable Of

Profile of Carl Mattox ’17, M.M. ‘18 Hometown: Athens, Georgia. Mars Hill University Business Administration class of 2017. Mars Hill University M.M. class of 2018. Valdosta State University Langdale College... [READ MORE]


Zach Honeycutt named head baseball coach

Zach Honeycutt, has been promoted to head baseball coach at Mars Hill University, and Michael Fitschen has been promoted to assistant coach. Honeycutt, a 2015 MHU graduate, joined the Lions... [READ MORE]


Larry Davis announced as new head men’s basketball coach

Mars Hill Athletics has announced Larry Davis as the new head men’s basketball coach. “I’m grateful to President Floyd, Rick Baker, and the rest of the selection committee for entrusting... [READ MORE]


MHU adds Olympic Weightlifting, Carter named head coach

Mars Hill University will add Olympic Weightlifting as a club sport in the fall of 2022 and has announced Jared Carter as the head coach. Carter was originally hired in... [READ MORE]


Mars Hill Announces 2021 Hall of Fame Class

The Mars Hill University Athletic Department has named Mike Owens, Jon Stoehr, and Tony Fontanelle to the 2021 Hall of Fame Class. Mike Owens was the head men’s and women’s... [READ MORE]


Mars Hill Senior Volleyball Player Named SAC International Woman of the Year

Ully Martins, a senior on the Mars Hill University volleyball team, has been named the 2021 South Atlantic Conference International Woman of the Year. She now is in the running... [READ MORE]