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The Montana Tech football team collected the Frontier Conference's nomination for the NAIA Conference Commissioners Association Champions of Character Team Award, the league office announced Thursday afternoon.

Montana Tech athletic trainer Trey Vincent has long been respected by Oredigger student-athletes and staff. His peers around the Frontier Conference feel the same way. Tuesday, the league office announced Vincent as its athletic trainer of the year, selected by the head athletic trainers around the conference.

The Montana Tech Orediggers have been reaching heights not seen before in practically every aspect of their athletic programs. From basketball, football and volleyball to their recently added track and field and cross country programs, the Orediggers continue to win as individual teams and to collectively grow as a program well. These types of achievements are not done without solid leadership at the very top and again this year, Montana Tech's Matt Stepan has been named the Frontier Conference Athletic Director of the Year.

Montana Tech's intercollegiate athletics programs captured the Frontier Conference's George Bandy Memorial Conference All-Sports Award for the third-consecutive academic year, the league office announced Tuesday.

The Butte American Legion Baseball program is holding a fundraising Bingo Night on Friday, May 9 at the Knights of Columbus Hall with bingo games getting underway at 6:30pm. Your $25 donation will include 10 bingo games, 3 cards per game along with 10 prize tickets for drawings. All participants must be at least 18 years of age or older to play.

After a successful 2024 campaign that saw them finish the season with a 9-3 record and hosting a second-round NAIA national playoff game, the Montana Tech Orediggers look for another successful run in 2025 as the Frontier Conference expands. The Orediggers have released their 2025 schedule which will see some significant changes as the Frontier Conference separates into a two-division league bringing several new faces to town along with many familiar foes.

Montana Tech's men's basketball team remained among the top 25 teams in the NAIA, sitting at No. 21 in the latest biweekly coaches' poll, announced by the national office Wednesday. The regular-season Frontier Conference champions carry a 22-6 record into the postseason after going 2-2 in the final two weeks of the schedule.

Growth, change, adaptation and expansion have been words that have been used to describe Montana Tech's place in Butte and the world of higher education and tonight the school's plans for the future will be revealed at a presentation on the updated campus facilities master plan.

For the third time this season, Montana Tech's Hayden Diekhans is a Frontier Conference men's basketball player of the week. The junior from Geraldine landed the league's defensive player of the week honor, the Frontier office announced Monday afternoon.

One thing that is practically a given in today's society is that when looking for a career, you are going to have better opportunities finding a high-paying career with a college degree than without one. Another is that the price of a college education is not a small one and most students will graduate owing a large debt. Any amount of financial assistance is helpful to students and families and right now, a very generous, renewable scholarship is available at Montana Tech.