Lukas has been the sports editor for The Miami Student since last spring. Lukas wrote his first article for TMS as a Freshman, and was the beat writer for women’s basketball as a sophomore before he became the sports editor. A junior journalism and sports leadership and management double major, his dream job is writing about basketball, at any level. While covering games is his favorite part of being a journalist, he also enjoys writing human interest stories. Lukas is from Brewster, Ohio, and is a long-suffering Browns and Cavs fan. When Lukas isn’t busy with TMS, he enjoys watching (non-Miami) sports, Netflix, and reading good journalism of any genre. His email is nelso156@miamioh.edu.
Miami RedHawks pitcher Sam Bachman made university history Sunday night as he was selected by the Los Angeles Angels in the first round of the Major League Baseball (MLB) draft. Bachman is the first Miami player selected in the first round of the MLB draft.
Going into Saturday, the Miami RedHawks needed to win two games to move on to Sunday’s regional final in Lexington, Ky. Instead, the team lost its first game against the Northwestern Wildcats, 7-1. The loss ends Miami’s historic season, which saw the team win a school-record 46 games.
It looked as if the rain might ruin the day, but the sun was shining by the time Miami basketball legend Wayne Embry’s statue was unveiled for the world to see.
For the second straight year, the Miami RedHawks have a former player selected in the NFL Draft.
Inevitably, mock drafts are wrong. That doesn’t mean we’ll stop trying, though.
The Miami University women’s swimming and diving team went to Ypsilanti, Mich., this weekend for the Mid-American Conference (MAC) championships. The team finished in third place out of eight teams with 436.5 points.
The two best possible outcomes for a pitcher on a given day are a perfect game and a no-hitter.
The conference championship meet was held in Oxford at the Corwin M. Nixon Aquatic Center, which is located inside the Rec Center.
The Miami softball team has been on a tear recently.
The Miami volleyball team knew that they needed to sweep Central Michigan to even have a chance to make the Mid-American Conference (MAC) tournament.