Several UCA students and staff earlier this month participated in the national flag football tournament sponsored by the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA) at the University of Texas in Dallas.
Deane Amyx, UCA Director of Intramural Sports, was selected to serve on the NIRSA operations committee. UCA students Joe Sloan and R.J. Hawk were selected as football officials, with Sloan being named All-American Official for the tournament. Of the 50 student officials worked the tournament, only six were named All-American.
Three UCA teams participated in the national tournament. They included ouTKAst, a men?s team made up of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity members; and two female teams called Arkansas Angels and Usual Suspects. The ouTKAst and Usual Suspects qualified for the tournament by winning the Arkansas State Flag Football championship held at UCA in October. The Arkansas Angels qualified by being runner-up at the Region Five tournament held at Southeast Missouri State University. All three UCA teams made it through pool play at the national level, but lost in the quarter-finals.
According to Gary Roberts, UCA dean of students, “UCA has one of the most active intramural sports programs in Arkansas and the southern region. We offer 17 intramural sports with over 9300 participants. We are proud of the work of Deane Amyx and the students who represent UCA.”
