ASU’s College of Education is accepting applications for the Library Education Media Program (LEM), one of the University’s first online degree programs.

The LEM program, offered online, is designed to prepare professional educators to become school library media specialists in K-12 settings. The program was introduced last summer.

Dr. Necoal Driver, chair of Instructional Support Programs, said the LEM program strives to provide students with flexible and innovative instructional options.

“I am very excited that we can bring this type of instruction to students and keep up with their demanding needs. This is the basis for this program and more programs like this in the future,” Driver said.

Graduates receive the M.Ed. or Ed.S. degree.

For more information, please visit the program website or call 334-229-4456.

Source: Alabama State University office of Media Relations

NEW ORLEANS – Troy junior Shane McCain was named the Sun Belt Conference Pitcher of the Week for his work against Southeastern Louisiana on Sunday, the league office announced Monday afternoon.

McCain, a native of Fort Pierce, Fla., held Southeastern Louisiana to just three hits and one run over seven innings of work. The southpaw struck out a career-high nine batters in the game and did not issue a walk. McCain needed just 90 pitches to pick up his third victory and second quality start of the season.

McCain and reliever Matthew Howard combined to retire the final 16 Southeastern Louisiana batters in the game. McCain struck out multiple Lion batters in each of the first three innings and in four total frames; SLU came into the game with a top 10 RPI.

This is the first Sun Belt Pitcher of the Week honor for a Trojan this year after Danny Collins was twice named the Sun Belt Player of the Week.

The Auburn Montgomery baseball team was sluggish coming out of a nearly one-hour rain delay on Tuesday, as a six-run seventh inning blew open a close game and sent the Warhawks to a 10-1 loss against Campbellsville in the final game of a three-game series between the two teams.

With the loss, the Warhawks fell to 12-9 on the season, while the Tigers improved to 9-4 overall.

“Campbellsville took advantage of every opportunity they had today,” head coach Q.V. Lowe said. “We never seemed to recover from the delay and they did a good job of battling through a difficult situation. Campbellsville is a good team and I am happy to have won two of the three games against them. We just have to continue getting better as we prepare for a conference series this weekend.”

AUM took the lead early in the contest, when junior Blake Bearden plated the lone run of the game in the bottom of the first inning.