From Marshall Sports Information

For Herd Insider

May 16, 2012

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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Marshall men’s basketball coach Tom Herrion has announced the signing of Ryan Taylor to a National Letter of Intent.

Taylor, a 6-5, 200-pound, small forward from Indianapolis, Ind. averaged 22 points and 11 rebounds for Hargrave Military Academy (Va.).

Coached by former Marshall point guard A.W. Hamilton, Taylor led Hargrave to a 38-1 record and a No. 2 prep school national ranking.

"Ryan is a great addition to our Marshall basketball family,” Herrion said.

“We are truly excited to add such a terrific player and person.

By Jack Bogaczyk

Herd Insider Editor

and Herdzone.com Columnist

May 15, 2012

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HUNTINGTON – On the morning after the morning after, Shonda Stanton was anything but in mourning.

Much was rightfully made in these parts about Marshall’s failure to reach the 64-team NCAA Division I softball tournament bracket, but Stanton – the Herd’s coach of 13 seasons (389-324-2)  – was as matter-of-fact as those NCAA selection committees can be.

“I’ve said we’re not owed anything in life,” Stanton said, after moving the Conference USA Tournament runner-up trophy across her office floor in the Herd’s Dot Hicks Field clubhouse. “If we’d taken care of business and won (the title game), we’d be in.”

Stanton – a mother of three -- learned long ago not to cry over spilled milk.

As she defended the Herd’s worthiness in several ways, she offered qualifiers on why it maybe didn’t happen as she was looking back on the Herd’s best season (36-21) of seven in C-USA.