Women’s Soccer Travels Overseas for a 10-Day Exhibition Trip
The Maryville women’s soccer team participated in a 10-day exhibition trip to Switzerland and Italy over the summer. The Saints trained with international coaches and players while on the trip, and played a match against Ambilly at the International Center of European Football Club facility in Bern, Switzerland. The team also visited many cities in Italy, including Venice and Torino. Torino played host to the 2006 Winter Olympics and is home to two of the world’s most famous international soccer teams, Juventus F.C. and Torino F.C.

Esports Student-Athlete Named to Team Sweden for Overwatch World Cup
Max “Rat” Äkesson, a member of Maryville University’s Overwatch Esports Team, will be representing Team Sweden at the Overwatch World Cup this year. The event pits teams from around the world against each other and will take place in November at BlizzCon 2019, a game conference and sporting event hosted by Blizzard Entertainment, creator of Overwatch. Äkesson is from Sweden and came to the U.S. to participate in Maryville’s Esports Program and study business management.

Basketball Player Inks Professional Contract With German Team 
Former Maryville Saints men’s basketball guard Casey Teson has signed a professional contract to play for SC Rist Wedel in the German ProB league. He graduated from Maryville in 2019 and was a first-team All-Great Lakes Valley Conference selection this past season. Teson is Maryville’s third recent graduate who has signed a professional basketball contract to play overseas. Nolan Berry played for the Lugano Tigers in Switzerland, and Trae Pemberton inked with the Trawlee Warriors after graduation and played this past season with the Reading Rockets in Ireland.

Thomas Promoted to Head Coach for Men’s and Women’s Golf Teams 
Scott Thomas has been promoted to head coach for both the Saints men’s and women’s golf teams. He has served as assistant coach for both programs since 2015. Thomas succeeds Glenn Paulus, who is retiring from full-time duty but will remain with the teams as assistant coach. Thomas helped lead the Saints men’s team to three straight NCAA Tournaments and the 2019 Great Lakes Valley Conference Championship. For the women’s team, Thomas helped Carmen Villaverde earn a berth to the 2019 NCAA Division II Women’s Golf East Regional.