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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue kicker Carson Wiggs has been named a first team preseason All-American by SportsIllustrated.com. The senior from Grand Prairie, Texas, owns the four longest field goals in school history (59, 55, 53 and 52 yards), has the highest career field goal percentage ever at Purdue (.715, 37 for 51) and has […] Read the full story

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Although general public tickets for the inaugural Big Ten Football Championship Game are sold out, each conference school will receive 150 tickets (100 priced at $125 and 50 priced at $175) to sell. The Purdue Athletic Ticket Office is taking requests from interested John Purdue Club members through November 1, 2011 […] Read the full story

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The Purdue men’s tennis team has signed its highest ranked player in program history according to an announcement by head coach Pawel Gajdzik. Diego Acosta of Ecuador has signed a National Letter of Intent to attend Purdue University this fall. “Diego is a hard working and a very talented player,” Gajdzik […] Read the full story

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Seat selection and allocations for the 2011 Purdue Men’s and Women’s Basketball season will begin on Monday, April 25, 2011 and conclude by July 2011 for active John Purdue Club members. The Mackey Arena seat selection order will be based upon John Purdue Club priority point standings as of March 31, […] Read the full story

FULLERTON, Cali. — The Purdue women’s soccer team fell to Southern California 1-0 on Sunday at Titan Stadium in Fullerton, Calif., in its final game of the Under Armour Invitational. “I thought we had a good performance for most of the game,” head coach Robert Klatte said. “It was a really competitive game. Unfortunately, we […] Read the full story

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Dayne Crist threw for 205 yards and a touchdown in his first start, Armando Allen ran for a score and Notre Dame’s defense was solid Saturday in a 23-12 win over Purdue that gave coach Brian Kelly a victory in his Fighting Irish debut. Notre Dame led 20-3 after three quarters […] Read the full story