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Tartan Transitions are the orientation programs for new students. These programs are designed to welcome new students to the College, help them become acquainted, and to provide valuable information to assist the transition to Lyon.

Separate programs are provided for freshmen and transfer students and for the families of freshmen. Links to the schedules are found below.

Students entering the College for the spring semester, 2010 will meet on Monday, January 11, 2010 for an orientation program. It will begin at 10 AM and last until about 4 PM.

Questions about these programs may be addressed to Dr. Bruce Johnston, vice president for student life and dean of students at 870-307-7247 or online at bruce.johnston@lyon.edu.

Purcell to speak at President's Council meeting in Little Rock
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Softball: Southern Arkansas games canceled
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Baseball: Scots split doubleheader with Mobile
MOBILE, Ala. -- Josh McNatt put together a solid outing on the mound and the Lyon College Scots collected 11 hits in a 4-3 victory...

Baseball: Spring Hill drops Scots, 10-6
MOBILE, Ala. -- The Spring Hill Badgers jumped out to an eight-run lead and weathered a comeback charge by the Lyon College Scots to earn...

Softball: Lyon splits two games on final day of CBC Invitational
CONWAY, Ark. -- Leadoff hitter Kristi Kelley went 4 for 4 at the plate to spark the Lyon College Pipers to a 7-4 victory over...

Lyon schedules SOAR days
Lyon has scheduled three Student Orientation, Advising, and Registration (SOAR) days this spring. During SOAR, students will get to know their faculty advisors, select and...

Softball: Pipers suffer matchup losses at CBC Invitational
CONWAY, Ark. -- The Lyon College Pipers went 0-2 on their first day in matchup play on Saturday at the Central Baptist College Invitational, losing...

Basketball: Eight Lyon College players named to TranSouth Scholar Athlete Team
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The TranSouth Conference announced their 2010 Men's and Women's Basketball Scholar Athlete Teams this week and six Lyon College basketball players were...

Men's Basketball: No. 10 Union utilizes second half run to stop Lyon
JACKSON, Tenn. -- The NAIA's No. 10 Union University Bulldogs utilized an aggressive presence in the paint to turn a close game at the half...

Spring production set for March 26-28
The Lyon College Harlequin Theatre’s spring production of Macbeth is scheduled for March 26-28 in Holloway Theatre on the Lyon College campus. Performances will be at...

Men's Basketball: Lee, Belew earn All-TranSouth Conference honors
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The TranSouth Athletic Conference announced its 2010 men's basketball awards Wednesday and Lyon College's Andy Lee and Slater Belew each earned an...

Women's Basketball: Hodges named first-team All-Conference, Fincham named to Freshman team
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The TranSouth Conference announced its 2010 women's basketball awards on Wednesday and Lyon College's K.K. Hodges and Suzanne Fincham were among the...

Baseball: Scots win first game of a doubleheader split with Clarke College
BATESVILLE, Ark. -- Zac Wallace and Corey Ford drove in two runs apiece to spark the Lyon College Scots to a 10-1 victory over the...

Softball: Pipers sweep UAPB in twinbill
BATESVILLE, Ark. -- Tenequa Martin earned five hits and drove in six runs during the Lyon College Pipers' doubleheader sweep of the University of Arkansas...

Women's Basketball: Trevecca eliminates Lyon from TranSouth Tournament
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Trevecca Nazarene Trojans put together a 15-6 run late in the second half to capture a 65-55 triumph over the Lyon...

Men's Basketball: Season-high 120 points shoots down Blue Mountain
BATESVILLE, Ark. -- The Lyon College Scots scored a season-high points scored in a 120-82 rout of the Blue Mountain Toppers in the TranSouth Conference...

Lyon named to national community service honor roll
Lyon College has been named to the 2009 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, the highest federal recognition a college or university can receive...

Women's Basketball: Blue Mountain upsets Lyon College
BATESVILLE, Ark. -- The Blue Mountain Toppers shot 47 percent from the 3-point arc and hit 27 free throws en route to an 80-69 upset...

Men's Basketball - Scots snap 11 losing streak, trump BMC
BATESVILLE, Ark. -- A season-high six Lyon College Scots scored in double figures and helped snap an 11-game losing streak in a 99-93 victory over...

Baseball: Scots split with No. 3 Oklahoma City
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Senior pitcher Nick Salahub handcuffed the No. 3 Oklahoma City Stars in a 6-2 game-one victory of a doubleheader split on Saturday...

Softball: Pipers pick up split at CBC Invitational
CONWAY, Ark. -- The Lyon College Pipers earned a 9-1 victory over Baker University and lost 2-1 to Avila College during play at the CBC...

Women's Basketball: No. 13 Freed-Hardeman bests Lyon College
HENDERSON, Tenn. -- The No. 13 Freed-Hardeman Lady Lions' starting five accounted for 55 points in a 64-51 victory over the Lyon College Pipers on...

Softball: Williams Baptist sweeps Lyon College
WALNUT RIDGE, Ark. -- The Lyon College Pipers left 17 runners on base in a pair of doubleheader losses to the Williams Baptist Lady Eagles...

Men's Basketball: FHU routs Lyon College
HENDERSON, Tenn. -- The Freed-Hardeman Lions led by 17 at the half and roared to the finish line in a 97-54 rout of the Lyon...

Softball: Kelley named TranSouth Player of the Week
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Jackson named Bad Boy Mowers Scholarship recipient
Lyon College's James Jackson has been named the recipient of the Bad Boy Mowers scholarship for the 2009-10 school year. ...

Softball: Pipers sweep University of the Ozarks
BATESVILLE, Ark. -- The Lyon College Pipers pulled off a doubleheader sweep of the University of the Ozarks with an 8-3 come-from-behind victory in game...

Baseball: Scots outlast Williams Baptist, 6-3
BATESVILLE, Ark. -- Zac Wallace had three hits and drove in two runs and ace Nick Salahub earned his third victory of the season in...

Baseball: Scots sweep William Jewell in home opener
BATESVILLE, Ark. -- The Lyon College Scots' baseball team got their home slate of games off to a fantastic start with a doubleheader sweep of...

Softball: Pipers drop two on final day of Lyon Invitational
BATESVILLE, Ark. -- The Lyon College Pipers suffered a pair of losses on the final day of the Lyon College Invitational on Saturday at House...

Women's Basketball: Bethel trips up Lyon College, 81-76
BATESVILLE, Ark. -- Charity was the word of the day in the Lyon College Pipers' 81-76 loss to the Bethel University Wildcats on Saturday in...

Men's Basketball: Bethel tops Lyon College, 71-61
BATESVILLE, Ark. -- The Bethel University Wildcats got 44 points from its bench to help power a second-half surge and a 71-61 win over the...

Softball: Pipers start 2-0 on first day of Lyon Invitational
BATESVILLE, Ark. -- The Lyon College Pipers rapped out 21 hits and scored 25 runs en route to a pair of victories on the first...

Baseball: Salahub, Scots shut out UofO
CLARKSVILLE, Ark. -- Nick Salahub hurled a three-hit, complete-game shutout and the Lyon College Scots collected seven hits en route to a 4-0 victory over...

Women's Basketball: Lyon knocks down No. 12 Trevecca Nazarene
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Lyon College Pipers utilized a lock-down defense and got a big performance from K.K. Hodges in a 65-56 upset of the...

Men's Basketball: Lyon defeated in tenth straight
NASHVILLE, Tenn -- The Lyon College Scots lost their tenth straight game and their ninth straight TranSouth Conference game via a 94-63 defeat to the...

Baseball: Scots split match games on the road
BARTLESVILLE, Okla. -- The Lyon College Scots split a pair of match games on the road with a 6-4 victory over the Southern Nazarene Crimson...

Women's Basketball: Pipers cut down Martin Methodist in TranSouth play
PULASKI, Tenn. -- K.K. Hodges, Suzanne Fincham and Syeeda Echols all scored in double figures to lead the Lyon College Pipers to a 57-49 triumph...

Men's Basketball: Lyon drops ninth straight in loss to MMC
PULASKI, Tenn. -- The Lyon College Scots lost their ninth straight game and their eighth straight TranSouth Conference contest with an 83-65 loss to the...

Baseball: Scots triumph over Oklahoma Wesleyan, 4-1
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Women's Basketball: No. 1 Union clips Lyon, 73-58
BATESVILLE, Ark. -- The NAIA's top-ranked Union University Lady Bulldogs stretched their season-long TranSouth Conference unbeaten streak to 11 games with a 73-58 victory over...

Men's Basketball: No. 10 Union steamrolls Lyon
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Softball: 2010 Lyon College Pipers Softball Preview
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Softball: Pipers split doubleader with OBU
ARKADELPHIA, Ark. -- Helen Zyjewski came up big on offense and Faith Richmond pitched a gem in the circle to lead the Lyon College Pipers...

Men's Basketball: Lamar routs Lyon College, 75-46
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Women's Baketball: Hodges selected as TranSouth Player of the Week
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Lyon College forward K.K. Hodges has been named the TranSouth Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Week for the week ending...

Baseball: Henderson State sweeps doubleheader from Scots
ARKADELPHIA, Ark. -- The Lyon College Scots suffered a season-opening, doubleheader sweep at the hands of the Henderson State Reddies -- by scores of 12-3...

Women's Basketball: Pipers crush Mid-Continent
BATESVILLE, Ark. -- Freshman Suzanne Fincham and junior K.K. Hodges combined for 30 points and 18 rebounds to push the Lyon College Pipers to a...

Men's Basketball: Mid-Continent edges Lyon College
BATESVILLE, Ark. -- The Lyon College Scots got double-digit scoring from four of its regulars, but faltered when it went to the free-throw line in...

Women's Basketball: Cumberland prevails over Lyon in OT
LEBANON, Tenn. -- Tamara Gonzalez hit two free throws with :02 left in overtime to send the Cumberland Bulldogs to a 57-55 victory over the...

Baseball: 2010 Scots Baseball Season Preview
A new era began for the Lyon College Scots baseball team last summer when long-time head baseball coach Kirk Kelley handed the head-coaching reins to...

Once silent bells ring again on campus
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Softball: Washington pair transfer to Lyon College
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Women's Soccer: Siddiq transfers to Lyon College
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Softball: Pipers sign pitcher/middle infielder Pinegar
BATESVILLE, Ark. - Hannah Pinegar, right-handed pitcher and middle infielder from League City, Texas, has signed to play softball in the 2011 season for Lyon...

31st Arkansas Scottish scheduled for April 23-25
For the past several years, the Arkansas Scottish Festival has been held on the third weekend in April, but this year, the festival is moving...

Eight Lyon players named NAIA Scholar Athletes
In an announcement from the NAIA office, eight Lyon College athletes were named to the 2009 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar Athlete team for their efforts in the...

Volleyball: Four Pipers earn All-Conference honors
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Lyon College volleyball team picked up four TranSouth All-Conference team selections in an announcement from the league office this week. Middle...

Women's Soccer: Pipers place four on all-conference team
BATESVILLE, Ark. -- The Lyon College women's soccer team placed four players on the 2009 All-TranSouth Conference teams, which were announced during the semifinals of...

Men's Soccer: Three Scots named to all-conference team
BATESVILLE, Ark. -- The Lyon College men's soccer team earned three TranSouth All-Conference team honors, which were announced at the semifinals of the conference tournament....

Women's Soccer: Lyon outsted from TranSouth Tournament
PULASKI, Tenn. --A second-half tilt of the table by the No. 5 Martin Methodist RedHawks sent the Lyon College Pipers packing for home with a...

Men's Soccer: Scots edged out in TranSouth Semifinals
PULASKI, Tenn. -- Steven Doran's unassisted goal in the 60th minute powered the Martin Methodist RedHawks to a 1-0 shutout win over the Lyon College...

Volleyball: Pipers eliminated from TranSouth Tournament
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Lyon College Pipers suffered back-to-back 3-0 losses on Monday and were eliminated from the TranSouth Conference Volleyball Tournament. Lyon lost to No....

Women's Soccer: Pipers triumph in first-round TSAC Tournament game
BATESVILLE, Ark. -- The Lyon College Pipers clinched their third consecutive visit to the TranSouth Conference Tournament semifinals with a 2-0 shutout of the Trevecca...

Men's Soccer: Lyon ousts Mid-Continent from TSAC Tournament for the second straight year
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Lyon College Scots upset the third-seeded Mid-Continent Cougars in the first round of the TranSouth Conference Tournament for the second straight...

Volleyball: Pipers fight hard, fall to McKendree
BATESVILLE, Ark. -- Senior Katie Beineke led a trio of players with double-digit kills, but the Lyon College Pipers got edged out 3-1 by McKendree...

Men's Basketball: 2009-10 Lyon College Scots' Basketball Preview
The Lyon College Scots hope that an extra year of experience for four returning starters and a host of promising newcomers can lead to a...

Women's Soccer: Klotzle scores two in Pipers' 5-0 victory
BATESVILLE, Ark. -- Forward Anja Klotzle scored two goals and goalkeeper Erin Cox notched her second shutout of the season in the Lyon College Pipers'...

Men's Soccer: LeBlanc scores golden goal in 2OT thriller
BATESVILLE, Ark. -- Gabriel LeBlanc's golden goal in the 105th minute gave the Lyon College Scots a 3-2 victory over the Freed-Hardeman Lions Tuesday in...

Volleyball: Freed-Hardeman tops Lyon College, 3-1
BATESVILLE, Ark. -- The Freed-Hardeman Lions had three players earn double-digit kill nights in a 3-1 defeat of the Lyon College Pipers on Tuesday evening...

Volleyball: TNU cuts down Lyon in three
BATESVILLE, Ark. -- Jennifer Peterson had 10 kills to lead the Trevecca Nazarene Trojans to a 3-0 victory over the Lyon College Pipers Monday evening...

Women's Basketball: 2009-10 Lyon College Pipers' Basketball Preview
The Lyon College Pipers hope that returning experience and an influx of youthful exuberance will fuel them to a big season in 2009-10. Last season, the...

Women's Soccer: Cunningham hits game-winner versus TNU
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Cethlinn Cunningham made sure that Halloween Night would be a treat for the Lyon College Pipers with the game-winning goal in a...

Men's Soccer: TNU batters Lyon College
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Trevecca Nazarene Trojans scored three first-half goals and never looked back en route to a 3-1 victory over the Lyon College...

Cross Country: Palmer earns all-conference nod at TSAC Meet
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Beau Palmer notched a seventh-place finish at the TranSouth Conference Cross Country Meet and was named an all-conference runner for his efforts...

Basketball: Lyon's annual Red-White scrimmage tonight
BATESVILLE, Ark. -- The Lyon College Scots and Pipers basketball teams will hold their annual “Hoop Dreams” Red-White scrimmages tonight as a part of Homecoming...

Volleyball: Lyon to host "Dig for the Cure" event
The Lyon College Pipers volleyball team is set to participate in a “Dig for the Cure” promotion, in cooperation with the Sideout Foundation to support...

Women's Golf: Pipers place sixth at Rhodes College Tourney
TUNICA, Miss. -- Lyon College Piper golfer Charli Steed earned a Top 25 finish and the Pipers placed sixth as a team in the Rhodes...

Cross Country: Results of the Ted Lloyd Bison Stampede
SEARCY, Ark. -- Beau Palmer placed 19th in the men's division and Emily Sexton finished 29th in the women's divison at the Ted Lloyd Bison...

Cross Country: Lyon College runners place at home meet
BATESVILLE, Ark. -- Beau Palmer, Cethlinn Cunningham and Emily Sexton each earned a top 10 finish in their respective races at the Lyon College Cross...

Golf: Scots, Pipers compete at Bison Classic
NO. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- The Lyon College Scots golf team earned a ninth-place finish and the Pipers came in sixth during the Harding University...

Golf: Scots finish seventh at Evangel Tourney
BOLIVAR, Mo. -- The Lyon College Scots had a top 25 finish from both Zach O'Brien and Michael Shedd in the Evangel Golf Invitational on...

Women's Soccer: 2009 Pipers Soccer Season Preview
For the third consecutive year, a truckload of major team-scoring records fell and as a result, the Lyon College Pipers marched away with yet another...

Men's Soccer: 2009 Scots Soccer Preview
The Lyon College Scots soccer team had an record campaign in 2008 with a school-record 10 victories and an appearance in the semifinals of the...

Softball: Mills signs with Lyon College
BATESVILLE, Ark. – Lauren Mills, a 5-5 second baseman from Gentry, Ark., has signed to play softball with Lyon College and Pipers’ Head Coach Jason...

Softball: Kelley transfers to Lyon College
Kristi Kelley, an outfielder from DeBerry, Tex., has transferred to Lyon College to play softball for Head Coach Jason Miner’s Pipers. Kelley batted .414 during her...

Softball: Renn transfers to Lyon College
Megan Renn, an outfielder/second baseman from Roseville, Calif., has transferred to Lyon College play softball for Pipers' Head Coach Jason Miner. Renn was an first-team NFCA...

Lyon releases fall athletic schedules
BATESVILLE, Ark. - Lyon College released their 2009 Fall athletic schedules for women's soccer, men's soccer and volleyball. Links to printable PDF versions of these schedules...

Softball: Hamilton commits to Lyon College
Ambur Hamilton, a 5-8 catcher/third baseman from Spring, Tex., has signed to play softball for Lyon College and Head Coach Jason Miner in the Spring...

Softball: Hart signs with Lyon College
Sarah Hart, a 5-5 catcher/infielder from Bryant, Ark., has signed to play softball with Lyon College and Head Coach Jason Miner. Hart was a four-year starter...

Softball: Florence's Nichols signs with Lyon College
Lynleigh Nichols, a 5-6 corner infielder from Florence, Mont., has transferred to Lyon College to play softball for Pipers' Head Coach Jason Miner. Nichols hit .513...

Baseball: D'Amico and Neal selected for national honors
Lyon College first baseman Sam Neal was selected NAIA Honorable Mention All-American and Scots' centerfielder Nick D'Amico was named to the Rawlings NAIA Gold Glove...

Softball: Keller makes NFCA All-Region team
Lyon College outfielder/shortstop Kristi Keller was named to the NAIA National Fastpitch Coaches Association's All-Southwest Region first team according to a release on the NFCA's...

Men's Golf: Orahood signs with Lyon College
BATESVILLE, Ark. -- Gaston Orahood, a golfer from Thayer, Mo., has inked a Letter of Intent to play golf for Lyon College Head Coach Julie...

Women's Golf: Lyon College Pipers finish fourth at conference tourney
DICKSON, Tenn. -- The Lyon College Pipers finished fourth in a four-team field during the two-day TranSouth Conference Golf Tournament held on April 20-21 at...

Men's Golf: Scots place sixth in TranSouth Tournament
DICKSON, Tenn. -- The Lyon College Scots finished sixth in a six-team field during the two-day TranSouth Conference Golf Tournament held on April 20-21 at Greystone Golf...

Women's Golf: Pipers finish sixth at Natural State Golf Classic
HEBER SPRINGS, Ark. -- The Lyon College Pipers golf team placed sixth in a eight-team field behind first-place finisher Henderson State University and second-place Harding...

Men's Golf: Scots tie for fourth at Natural State Classic
HEBER SPRINGS, Ark. -- The Lyon College Scots golf team tied for fourth place in a six-team field with Southern Arkansas University, behind first-place finisher...

Men's Golf: Lyon College finishes third at Lyon Invitational
BATESVILLE, Ark. -- The Lyon College Scots golf team placed third in a five-team field behind first-place finisher Harding University and second-place Central Baptist during...

Women's Golf: Pipers place second at Lyon Invitational
BATESVILLE, Ark. -- The Lyon College Pipers golf team placed second in a three-team field behind first-place finisher Harding University and 144 shots in front of...

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