June 4, 2008

McNeese State has scheduled its second summer athletic tour to run the third and fourth weeks of June with stops in DeRidder, Lafayette, Jennings, Basile, Lake Charles and Houston.

All Cowboy and Cowgirl coaches as well as members of the administration will be on the tour that will feature a meet and greet period, refreshments and door prizes at all stops.

"We will try to build off the momentum we started last year," said athletic director Tommy McClelland. "We had a very successful beginning last year and we are really looking forward to taking our program to the communities once again."

McClelland said that taking this tour to the communities is one way that the school has of showing its appreciation to the support the fans have provided.

This year the tour has added Houston with the meeting to be at Minute Maid Park.

Dates and meeting places for the tour will be as follows:

June 16 DeRidder (Beauregard Country Club)

June 18 Lafayette (Petroleum Club)

June 19 Jennings (Jeff Davis Parish Fair Grounds-Multipurpose Bulding)

June 23 Basile (Basile High School)

June 25 Lake Charles (Lake Charles Civic Center)

June 26 Houston, TX (Minute Maid Park)

Each event will run from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. and will feature short talks by all head coaches as well as topic tables featuring McNeese athletic ticket sales and Cowboy and Cowgirl souvenirs, booster clubs and the McNeese Athletic Foundation.

Head coaches who will be on the tour are Matt Viator (football), David Simmons (men's basketball), Brooks Donald Williams (women's basketball), Terry Burrows (baseball), Natalie Poole (softball), Brendon Gilroy (track), Neel DeRouen (men's golf), Mike Fluty (women's golf), Scooter Savoie (soccer), Dale Starr (volleyball) and Magali Risoleo (tennis).