7/3/08 Southeast Missouri State gymnastics head coach Tom Farden has accepted a three-year contract extension from Athletic Director Don Kaverman to continue leading the program through the 2011 season.
6/17/08 The Redhawks gymnastics program has done their part in defending their 2007 Academic National Championship by finishing the 2007-08 school year with an impressive team grade point average of 3.81, an improvement over last season's remarkable 3.74 G.P.A.
6/12/08 Redhawks gymnast Sandra Blake (Kennewick, Wash.) was named ESPN the Magazine Academic All-American At-Large Third Team as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Blake is the first Redhawks athlete to garner Academic All-American accolades since 2005 when men's basketball player Derek Winans was named a First Team selection. She is the first female athlete since soccer player Jen Cross garnered first team honors in 2004.