Landers to retire
The Appalachian League of Professional Baseball Clubs announced today that after 23 seasons at the helm, league president Lee Landers will retire following the 2018 season.
Landers’ career in professional baseball began in 1959 in Fresno, and has included stops in Modesto, Twin Falls, Little Rock, Tulsa, New Orleans and Springfield, Illinois, where he was named General Manager of the Springfield Cardinals after the 1981 season. In 1982, Landers-led Springfield Cardinals became the first team owned by their Major League affiliate to win the prestigious Bob Freitas Award for excellence. During his 12-year tenure with Springfield, he received Executive of the Year honors and the Promotional Award of Excellence, and was a nine-time winner of the Midwest League’s Gold Award for excellence in operations. Landers was named Vice President of the St. Louis Cardinals in 1986.
Landers will remain associated with the Appalachian League as President Emeritus. The Appalachian League has named longtime baseball executive Dan Moushon as Landers’ successor. Moushon has been the Vice President of the Burlington, North Carolina, club for the past 23 years.
Founded in 1911, the Appalachian League is an Advanced Rookie-level professional baseball league consisting of 10 teams that reside in the shadows of the Appalachian Mountains (four teams in Tennessee, three in Virginia, two in West Virginia and one in North Carolina) The league features affiliates from 10 different Major League Baseball organizations including the Pulaski Yankees.
Basketball game shuttle
Radford University fans now have a quick and easy way to attend all home men’s basketball games inside the Dedmon Center, free of charge.
The Radford Athletics Game Day Shuttle provides round-trip service from several campus locations to the Dedmon Center for home men’s basketball games.
Three locations on campus will serve as hubs for the shuttle including parking Lot A outside of Preston Hall, parking Lot JJ next to the Bonnie and on Tyler Avenue outside of Walker Hall.
The shuttle will take fans directly to the Dedmon Center with service beginning one hour prior to tip-off and will arrive at each of the three locations approximately every 15 minutes. The shuttle will continue to run every 15 minutes throughout the game and will also provide return service for 30 minutes after the conclusion of the game.
2018 Radford Men’s Basketball Remaining Home Games
Monday, Jan. 15 vs. Liberty – 7 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 18 vs. Longwood – 7 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 27 vs. Charleston Southern (Homecoming) – 2 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 1 vs. Gardner-Webb – 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 7 vs. High Point – 7 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 15 vs. Campbell – 7 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 18 vs. Presbyterian (Senior Day) – 3 p.m.
