KANSAS CITY, Mo. Jared Hixon's fast start to the season has netted two Cascade Conference awards in two weeks, and on Wednesday he was named the NAIA Men's Runner of the Week for the first time by the national office.

ASHLAND The league office announced that six Southern Oregon University student-athletes were voted Cascade Conference Red Lion Players of the Week on Monday, the most ever in one day.

STANFORD, Calif. Jared Hixon and Jessa Perkinson were Southern Oregon's top finishers Saturday morning at the Stanford Invitational, as the top-ranked Raider men took 10th and the No. 16 Raider women were 18th on the Stanford Golf Course.

STANFORD, Calif. A total of 3,400 runners will converge Saturday at the Stanford Golf Course for the 42nd annual Stanford Invitational, and a group of Southern Oregon University runners will be among them.

ASHLAND Southern Oregon University's Jared Hixon and Matt Retzlaff were named players of the week by the Cascade and Frontier conferences Monday after worthy weekend performances.

ASHLAND Jessa Perkinson claimed third place Friday at the Cascade Conference Preview Meet, helping the 17th-ranked Southern Oregon University women to second place as a team on the campus of Corban University.