VOLUME XVIII, NO. 19 KINGSVILLE, TEXAS 78363 DEC. 13, 2017

Snow Blankets JavelinalandA rare winter snow storm hit the TAMUK campus last week, leaving several inches of the white stuff.

Men’s Basketball To Host St. Edward’s, St. Mary’s

Women’s Basketball HostsMidwestern State Tuesday

Byrd LayupDerrick Byrd, 5-9 junior guardfrom Atlanta, Ga., gets a layup inthe Javelina men’s victory overCameron last week in the SteinkeCenter.

The Texas A&M-Kingsvillemen’s basketball team will closeout its pre-holiday scheduleSaturday and Tuesday with non-conference games in the SteinkeCenter.

The Javelinas host St.Edward’s at 4 p.m. Saturday, andthey will be trying to reverse theironly loss of the season.

St. Edward’s downed theJavelinas, 89-72, earlier in Austinand that’s the only blemish on theJavelinas’ 9-1 season’s record.

The Javelinas are 2-0 in theLone Star Conference standings.

The squad will host St.Mary’s at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday as apart of a doubleheader that willsee the Javelina women hostingMidwestern State at 5:15 p.m.

Trey Sumpter, 6-6 juniorguard/forward from Birmingham,

Ala., leads the Javelinas in scoring(12.1) and rebounding (4.9).

Jacolby Harris, 6-2 juniorguard from Delray, Fla., isaveraging 9.9 points an outing.

St. Edward’s is 9-2 for theyear and will take on Rice in anexhibition game Thursday beforecoming to Kingsville Saturday.

Four of the Hilltoppers areaveraging in double figures, ledby Landon Goesling, 6-2 juniorguard from Coppell who scores21.5 a game.

Dorian Lopez, 6-5 sophomoreforward from San Antonio(Marshall), averages 13.9 points agame and leads the team in

rebounding with an 8.2 average.James Taylor, 6-5 junior

forward from Houston (LanghamCreek), averages 13.1 points agame and Sean Watkins, 5-10senior guard from Frisco(Wakeland), averages 10.2.

St. Mary’s has a Fridayexhibition game with Texas A&M-Corpus Christi before coming toJavelinaland Tuesday.

The Rattlers are 4-8 for theyear and are led in scoring (12.8)and rebounding (6.9) by PetarRadojicic, 6-9 junior forward fromLjubovija, Serbia.

The Javelinas downed theRattlers in an earlier matchup in

San Antonio.After the holiday break, the

Javelina men and women return toaction Dec. 30, the men hostingMidwestern State in an LSC gameand the women hosting St.Edward’s in non-conference play.The doubleheader will be in theSteinke Center.

The Texas A&M-Kingsville women’s basketball team will play itsfinal pre-holiday game Tuesday when it hosts Midwestern State in aLone Star Conference encounter in the Steinke Center.

Tipoff will be 5:15 p.m. and will be followed by a men’s gamebetween the Javelinas and St. Mary’s.

The Javelina women are 3-7 for the year and 0-3 in the LSC.Angelica Wilson, 6-1 senior forward from San Diego, Calif., is the

Javelinas’ statistical leader with 7.9 points and 8.4 rebounds a game.Midwestern State has an exhibition game with Abilene Christian

Saturday night before coming to Kingsville Tuesday.The Mustangs are 6-2 for the year and 3-0 in the LSC standings.Taylor Whitney, 5-11 senior forward from Melissa, leads the team in

scoring with a 12.0 average.Micheline Mercelita, 6-0 senior forward from Edinburg, is the

leading rebounder with a 6.1 average.The Javelinas will return to action after the holiday break when they

host St. Edward’s Dec. 30.

Javelina HashBy Fred Nuesch, Coordinator of Athletic External Affairs

2018 Texas A&M-Kingsville Men’s and Women’sIndoor Track and Field Schedule

Jan. 12 – Texas A&M Invitational in College Station.Jan. 19-20 – Samford Invitational in Birmingham, Ala.Jan. 26 – McNeese State Indoor II in Lake Charles, La.Jan. 26 – Armory Invitational in New York, N.Y.Feb. 2 – Bayou Bengal Invitational in Baton Rouge, La.Feb. 9 – Fast Track National in Staten Island, N.Y.Feb. 16-18 – USA Indoor National Championship in Albuquerque, N.M.Feb. 24-25 – Lone Star Conference Championships in Lubbock.March 9-10 – NCAA Division II Championships in Pittsburg, Kan.

Noon Rotary Club SpeakerJohnny Estelle, second from left, Javelina head men’s basketball coach, was the guest speaker at the NoonRotary Club last week. Left to right are Rotarian Scott Gines, TAMUK vice president of intercollegiateathletics and campus recreation; Estelle; Mark Mathew, assistant men’s basketball coach, and RotarianJaquelyn Westbrook, assistant director of development-Javelina athletics.

Concordia-St. Paul Wins DII Volleyball TitleConcordia-St. Paul (Minn.)

won its ninth NCAA Division IInational volleyball championshipin the past 11 years when itdowned Florida Southern,3-0, in Pensacola, Fla., lastweekend.

The Golden Bears closed theseason with a 34-3 record.

CSP has a 67-6 record inNCAA tournament play after lastweek’s sweep.

Elizabeth Mohr of the Bearswas named the outstanding playerin the tournament. She had 43assists and 10 digs in the titlematch.

The Golden Bears have won29 matches in 31 outings in the

final three rounds of thetournament, including 27 in a row.

Florida Southern ended theseason with a 30-7 record.

TEXAS A&M-COMMERCE plays for the NCAA Division IIfootball championship this weekend when it takes on West Floridain Kansas City, Kan.

The Lions become first Lone Star Conference team to reach thefinals since the Javelinas played for the 1994 championship.

And TAMUC is only the third LSC school to reach the finals.In addition to the Javelinas, Southwest Texas was in the

championship game in 1981 and 1982.Commerce and West Florida are surprises in the playoffs. The

Lions were seeded No. 5 in the region at the start of the playoffsand West Florida was seeded No. 6 in its region.

When the re-seeding took place heading into the semifinals,Commerce was No. 2 and West Florida No. 4.

The Lions beat Harding (Ark.), a former member of the LSC, inthe national semifinals last weekend. Harding lost its first threegames this season and then won 11 in a row before losing inCommerce.

THERE WILL BE no action by any athletic teams in NCAADivision II between Dec. 20-26.

The division’s Life in the Balance program requires the breakfor all its programs.

Life in the Balance seeks to give the Division II athletes abalance between athletics and other activities.

THE NCAA DIVISION II All-America football team chosen bythe American Football Coaches Association was released last weekalong with some interesting facts about the squad.

The Javelinas have long been a leader in producing All-Americans on the team, selected by the AFCA.

Here are some notes on the team:…The Javelinas have been represented 34 times by 30 players

to lead all schools.Second behind the Javelinas is Texas A&M-Commerce with 22

positions by 19 players.The other top teams represented are Northwest Missouri (21/

16), North Alabama (20/19), Pittsburg (Kan.) State (20/16), Indiana(Pa.) 19/17), Ferris (Mich.) State (19/15), Carson-Newman (Tenn.)(16/15) and Grand Valley (Mich.) State (16/15).

Other Lone Star Conference schools among the leaders areAngelo State (12/11), Eastern New Mexico (11/9) and West TexasA&M (10/10).

…The Javelinas had at least one player named to the All-America team for 18 consecutive seasons from 1986-2003, thelongest streak by any team in Division II.

Northwest Missouri is second, having had 16 straight selectionsfrom 1996-2011. Pittsburg State had nine consecutive selections.

Texas A&M-Commerce has the longest active streak with fivestraight selections from 2013 to this year.

…Texas A&I’s running back Johnny Bailey is the only player toearn AFCA All-America honors for four consecutive years at anylevel. Bailey was on the first unit in 1986-89.

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Javelina Hash Upcoming Javelina EventsJavelina HashBy Fred Nuesch, Coordinator of Athletic External Affairs

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Dec. 16 – Men’s Basketball: St. Edward’s in Kingsville, 4 p.m.Dec. 19 – Women’s Basketball: *Midwestern State in Kingsville, 5:15 p.m.

Men’s Basketball: St. Mary’s in Kingsville, 7:30 p.m.Dec. 30 – Women’s Basketball: St. Edward’s in Kingsville, 2 p.m.

Men’s Basketball: *Midwestern State in Kingsville, 4 p.m.Jan. 4 – Women’s and Men’s Basketball: *Texas A&M-Commerce in

Commerce, 5:30 and 7:30 p.m.Jan. 6 – Women’s and Men’s Basketball: *Tarleton State in

Stephenville, 2 and 4 p.m.Jan. 11 – Women’s and Men’s Basketball: *Texas-Permian Basin in

Kingsville, 5:15 and 7:30 p.m.Jan. 12 – Men’s and Women’s Indoor Track & Field: Texas A&M

Invitational in College Station.Jan. 13 – Men’s and Women’s Basketball: *West Texas A&M in

Kingsville, 2 and 4 p.m.Jan. 18 – Women’s and Men’s Basketball: *Eastern New Mexico in

Portales, N.M., 6:30 and 8:30 p.m.Jan. 19 – Men’s and Women’s Indoor Track & Field: Samford

Invitational in Birmingham, Ala.Jan. 20 – Women’s and Men’s Basketball: *Western New Mexico in

Silver City, N.M., 3 and 5 p.m. Men’s and Women’s Indoor Track & Field: Samford

Invitational in Birmingham, Ala.Jan. 23 – Women’s and Men’s Basketball: *Angelo State in San Angelo,

5:30 and 7:30 p.m.Jan. 25 – Women’s Basketball: *Texas Woman’s in Kingsville, 7 p.m.Jan. 26 – Men’s and Women’s Indoor Track & Field: McNeese State

Indoor II in Lake Charles, La. Men’s and Women’s Indoor Track & Field: Armory

Invitational in New York, N.Y.Feb. 1 – Women’s and Men’s Basketball: *Midwestern State in Wichita

Falls, 2 and 7:30 p.m.Feb. 2 – Baseball: Minute Maid Classic in Houston, vs. Colorado

Mines, 2 p.m. Softball: Texas A&M International Tournament in Laredo.

vs. Texas A&M International, 10 a.m.vs. Central Oklahoma, 3:15 p.m.

Men’s and Women’s Indoor Track & Field: Bayou BengalInvitational in Baton Rouge, La.

Feb. 3 – Women’s and Men’s Basketball: *Cameron in Lawton, Okla., 2and 4 p.m.

Baseball: Minute Maid Classic in Houston, vs. CentralMissouri, 2 p.m.

Softball: Texas A&M International Tournament in Laredo.vs. Central Oklahoma, 10 a.m.vs. Texas A&M International, 12:45 p.m.

Feb. 4 – Baseball: Minute Maid Classic in Houston, vs. Henderson(Ark.) State, 2 p.m.

Softball: Texas A&M International Tournament in Laredo.vs. Central Oklahoma, 10 a.m.

Feb. 8 – Women’s and Men’s Basketball: *Tarleton State in Kingsville,5:15 and 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 9 – Baseball: Southwest Baptist (Mo.) in Kingsville, 6 p.m. Softball: North Texas Softball Bash in Grand Prairie, TBA.

Men’s and Women’s Indoor Track & Field: Fast TrackNationals in Staten Island, N.Y.

Feb. 10 – Baseball: Southwest Baptist in Kingsville (DH), 1 p.m. Softball: North Texas Softball Bash in Grand Prairie, TBA. Men’s and Women’s Basketball: *Texas A&M-Commerce, 2

and 4 p.m.

Javelina AlumAlan Harwell, sports director atKRIS-TV in Corpus Christi, wasone of the fans in the stands at theJavelina doubleheader withCameron last week in the SteinkeCenter. Harwell is a Javelinaalum.

JavelinaPride

Is Justified

…The AFCA’s Division II All-America Selection Committee ismade up of three head coaches from each of the AFCA’s sevendistricts.

The coaches in each district are responsible for ranking the topplayers in their representative districts prior to a conference callbetween the district chairmen and the committee chairmen. Thelatter group makes the team selection.

…Eastern New Mexico running back Damal Cass, Texas A&M-Commerce offensive lineman Jared Machorro, Slippery Rock (Pa.)defensive lineman Marcus Martin, Ferris State defensive linemanZach Sieler, Tuskegee (Ala.) linebacker Osband Thompson andDelta (Miss.) State running back Chris Robinson are the playerswho earned All-America honors for the second consecutive seasonin 2017.

…Texas A&M-Commerce’s Machorro, quarterback Luis Perezand defensive back Yusef Sterling/Lowe became the first school tohave more than two players named to the AFCA Division II All-America team in one year when they were honored on the first andsecond teams this season.

WITH BASKETBALL NOW underway, it was time to havemy roundball-season visits with Pete Ranucci.

He has been a Lone Star Conference basketball official foryears and we’ve visited during his many trips to Kingsville toreferee Javelina games.

We were saddened to learn last week that Pete, 74, passedaway during the off-season.

He died in San Antonio in April.From Worcester, Mass., he played basketball at Trinity where

he was All-Southland Conference and set several league records.He has been a college basketball official for more than 40 years,

calling in the Southwest Conference, Big 12, Southland Conference,Conference USA, Sun Belt, Western Athletic Conference and theLSC.

Pete officiated 20 NCAA Division II regional tournaments, twoNCAA Division II national tournaments and five NAIA nationaltournaments.

Most officials keep their distance from the fans, especiallythose who are critical of his or her calls. But not Pete. He wasknown for visiting with the fans before games and during timeouts.

He’ll be missed this season by not only the Javelina fans, but allof those he became friends with during his LSC career.

FORMER JAVELINA HEAD men’s basketball coach BillCarter will be inducted into the Thomas Jefferson High SchoolAthletic Hall of Fame next week in Joplin, Mo.

Carter is being inducted in the inaugural class.He was athletic director at the school for eight years and was

girls head basketball coach for 10 seasons. He also coached golffor five years.

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Javelina HashBy Fred Nuesch, Coordinator of Athletic External

Javelina HashJavelina HashBy Fred Nuesch, Coordinator of Athletic External

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2017-18 Javelina Men’s Basketball ScheduleDec. 16 – St. Edward’s in Kingsville, 4 p.m.Dec. 19 – St. Mary’s in Kingsville, 7:30 p.m.Dec. 30 - *Midwestern State in Kingsville, 2 p.m.Jan. 4 - *Texas A&M-Commerce in Commerce, 7:30 p.m.Jan. 6 - *Tarleton State in Stephenville, 4 p.m.Jan. 11 - *Texas-Permian Basin in Kingsville, 7:30 p.m.Jan. 13 - *West Texas A&M in Kingsville, 2 p.m.Jan. 18 - *Eastern New Mexico in Portales, N.M., 8:30 p.m.Jan. 20 - *Western New Mexico in Silver City, N.M., 5 p.m.Jan. 23 - *Angelo State in San Angelo, 7:30 p.m.Feb. 1 - *Midwestern State in Wichita Falls, 7:30 p.m.Feb. 3 - *Cameron in Lawton, Okla., 4 p.m.Feb. 8 - *Tarleton State in Kingsville, 7:30 p.m.Feb. 10 - *Texas A&M-Commerce in Kingsville, 2 p.m.Feb. 15 - *West Texas A&M in Canyon, 7:30 p.m.Feb. 17 - *Texas-Permian Basin in Odessa, 4 p.m.Feb. 22 - *Western New Mexico in Kingsville, 7:30 p.m.Feb. 24 - *Eastern New Mexico in Kingsville, 2 p.m.March 1-4 – Lone Star Conference Championships in Frisco.March 10-12 – NCAA Division II South Central Region

Championships, TBA.March 21-24 – NCAA Division II Elite Eight in Sioux Falls, S.D.

*Lone Star Conference games.

Javelina Color GuardMembers of the Javelina ROTC presented the colors prior to a Javelinahome basketball game last week.

High School and also teaches biology.Javelina head men’s basketball coach Johnny Estelle played for

Carter at TAMUK.

LONE STAR CONFERENCE notes:…The Angelo State athletic department hosted a blood drive last

week on campus.All who donated received free admission to a men’s and

women’s basketball doubleheader with Midwestern State the nightof the drive.

…The Texas A&M-Commerce men’s and women’s basketballteams had to change the start times of their games Saturday inCommerce because of the NCAA Division II semifinal football gameon campus.

The women’s game was moved to 11 a.m., the men’s game at1 p.m. and the football kickoff was at 2:30 p.m.

…Bill Maskill was named the NCAA Division II region coach ofthe year last week and now becomes a nominee, along with thethree other regional recipients, for the national coach of the yearhonor.

The other regional coaches of the year are Mark Maciejewskiof Shippensburg (Pa.), Pete Shinnick of West Florida, Lee Owensof Ashland (Ohio) and Tom Sawyer of Winona (Minn.) State.

The national winner will be announced at the American FootballCoaches Association banquet Jan. 9 in Charlotte, N.C.

…Owen Hind of West Texas A&M and Esmeralda Fuentes ofTarleton State were named the 2017 Lone Star Conference CrossCountry Runners of the Year last week.

The league’s head coaches made the selections.Hind finished 40th in the NCAA Division II national meet

and he was 32nd at the regional meet. He was medalist at theLSC Championships in Kingsville, helping his team win the teamtitle.

Fuentes was 21st at the regional meet and was second at theLSC Championships. TSU won the conference team trophy.

…Two LSC players were ranked among the top NCAA DivisionII women’s tennis singles players in a poll released by theIntercollegiate Tennis Association last week.

Daria Panforeva of Midwestern State was No. 20 and ZheniaShviadok of Cameron was No. 34.

Two of the league’s doubles teams were also ranked.Biance Duff and Maddy Coffman of Midwestern State were

No. 5 and Sarah Frendo and Mathlide Thibadaut of Cameron wereNo. 23.

…Western New Mexico athletic director Mark Coleman hasresigned, effective at the end of this month.

He has been in the position for six years and in the first twoyears also served as the Mustang men’s head basketball coach. Hewas the basketball coach for 10 years.

During his time at athletic director, the program made thetransition from the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference to the LoneStar Conference.

The Texas A&M-Kingsvillemen’s basketball team was rankedNo. 23 in the NCAA Division IIpoll released by the NationalAssociation of BasketballCoaches last week.

Three Lone Star Conferenceteams were ranked in the top 25.

West Texas A&M was No. 8,Texas-Permian Basin was No. 13and the Javelinas No. 23.

Texas A&M-Commercereceived votes but didn’t make thetop 25.

NCAA Division II Men’sBasketball PollCompiled by the

National Association ofBasketball Coaches

Rank Team1. Northwest Missouri2. Queens (N.C.)3. Bellarmine (Ky.)4. Lincoln Memorial (Tenn.)5. Ferris (Mich.) State6. Colorado Mines7. West Liberty (W. Va.)8. West Texas A&M9. Wheeling Jesuit (W. Va.)10. Christian Brothers (Tenn.)11. Barry (Fla.)12. Le Moyne (N.Y.)13. Texas-Permian Basin14. Arkansas-Fort Smith15. Fort Lewis (Colo.)16. Northern (S.D.) State17. Dallas Baptist18. Southern New Hampshire19. Western Oregon20. William Jewell (Mo.)21. Virginia State22. Valdosta (Ga.) State23. Texas A&M-Kingsville24. Lake Superior (Mich.)25. West Florida

Other teams receiving votesincludes Texas A&M-Commerce..

(Bold-faced and italicizedteams are in the Lone StarConference)

Men’s HoopsRanked 23rdIn NABC Poll

New Dance Move?Robert Stevenson, 6-7 sophomore forward from Houston (Eisenhower),is fouled in the game with Cameron last week in the Steinke Center.

AcrobaticShot

JacolbyHarris, 6-2junior guardfrom Delray,Fla., makes anacrobatic shotduring a gamewith Cameronlast week inthe SteinkeCenter.

Seven members of the TexasA&M-Kingsville football teamthis season will join theimpressive list of Javelinas whohave earned four letters duringtheir collegiate careers.

Those who received theirfourth letters this fall are:

…Emond Hobbs, defensiveback from Freeport (Brazosport).

…Trevor Moses, linebackerfrom Corpus Christi (Calallen).

…Braedon Robinson,defensive lineman from SanAntonio (East Central).

…DeMarcus Spurlock,linebacker from Houston (NorthForest).

…Jordan Thomas, wideoutfrom San Antonio (Stevens).

…Peyton Tilley, linebackerfrom Leander.

…Jake Wallace, offensivelineman from Victoria (West).

They join 217 Javelinas whoown four football letters.

Javelina FootballFour-Year Lettermen

Clarence Alberts 1970-71-72-73Blair Anderson 2003-04-05-06Lawrence Allen 1929-30-31-32Blair Anderson 2002-03-04-05Herbie Anderson 1978-88-89-90Robert Armstrong 2010-11-12-13Warren Arnold 1938-39-40-41Johnny Bailey 1986-87-88-89Johnny Barefield 1974-75-76-77Billy Bartosh 1991-92-93-94Anthony Bates 2004-05-06-07Lawrence Batiste 1987-88-89-90

Sherman Batiste 2009-10-11-12Stewart Bauer 1947-48-49-50Kevin Beasley 1985-87-88-89Kenny Benoit 2000-01-02-03Sid Blanks 1960-61-62-63Bob Brandt 1950-51-52-54Christian Brom 2007-08-09-10Les Brown 1996-97-98-2001Jeremy Burnell 1995-96-97-98Tim Byerly 2007-08-09-10Teddy Carrier 1996-97-98-99Aleric Clark 1998-99-2000-01D.R. Coleman 2003-04-05-06Larry Collins 1974-75-76-77Rockeem Collins 2010-11-12-13Dondi Cooks 2007-08-09-10Barry Copenhaver 1958-59-60-62John Cortez 1992-93-94-95Vernon Couch 1930-31-32-33Corky Crane 1954-55-56-57Tom Crossland 1991-92-93-94Marion Danna 1970-71-72-73Bill Davis 1955-56-57-58Leroy Deanda 1966-67-68-69Bill Deen 1986-87-88-89Mark Dizdar 1975-76-77-78Kevin Dogins 1992-93-94-95Stuart Dornburg 1974-75-76-77Karl Douglas 1967-68-69-70Mike Dyal 1984-85-86-87Jeff Edwards 2006-07-08-09Larry Edwards 1968-69-70-71Steve Fefer 1974-75-76-77George Franklin 1973-74-75-76Clem Franks 1974-75-76-77Wallace Franks 1938-39-40-41Johnnie Freeman 1992-93-94-95Randy Friedrich 1976-77-78-79Francis Fries 1970-71-72-73Christian Garcia 2012-13-14-15Jason Garcia 2006-07-08-09Roberto Garza 1997-98-99-2000Jerry Gates 1964-65-66-67Henry Glenn 1968-69-71-72DeIra Glover 2007-08-09-10Abel Gonzalez 1999-2000-01-02Floyd Goodwin 1969-70-71-72Kenneth Grimes 1936-37-38-39Larry Grunewald 1973-74-75-76Jorge Guerra 2006-07-08-09Danny Gutierrez 1971-72-73-74Jerry Hajovsky 1965-66-67-68Richard Hammond 2002-03-04-05W.L. Harbin 1929-30-31-32Don Hardeman 1971-72-73-74Dwight Harrison 1967-68-69-70Sam Hawkes 1938-39-40-41Andy Hawkins 1976-77-78-79Mike Hawkins 1974-75-76-77David Hill 1972-73-74-75

James Hill 1964-65-66-67Lamont Hills 2012-13-14-15Derreck Hillyer 1979-80-81-82Emond Hobbs 2014-15-16-17Martin Hodgkiss 1930-31-32-33Quintin Holtz 1965-66-67-68

Johnny Jackson 1970-71-72-73Lupe Jaimes 1956-57-58-59Jerry Janik 1971-72-73-74Curtis Johnson 1987-88-89-90Kiah Johnson 1998-99-2000-01

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Seven Join Javelina Football Four-Year Lettermen Club

Thirty-seven Texas A&M-Kingsville athletes and athleticstaff members are candidates fordegrees at the DecemberCommencement Friday in theSteinke Center.

The candidates are:…Ileana Aleman, softball

player from Pharr (PSJA North).…Braydan Andel, football

player from Ganado.…Ashley Bukowski,

volleyball player from Harlingen(South).

…Armando Celedon, footballplayer from Edinburg.

…Joe Crowe, football playerfrom Houston (Nimitz).

…Carlos Cuellar, footballplayer from Weslaco.

…Alex Dean, football playerfrom Pflugerville.

…Jacob Foitek, baseballplayer from Denton.

…Payton Geisinger, baseballplayer from Wichita Falls.

…Jayln Griffin, football playerfrom Marble Falls.

…Bobby Huey, footballplayer from Lubbock.

…Jacob Kelm, baseball playerfrom Georgetown.

37 Athletes, Athletic Staff MembersTo Receive Degrees Friday in SPEC

…Shaquira Kennedy, sportsinformation student from El Paso.

…Mamadee Koromah,football player from Houston(Lee).

…Rachel Lockett, athletictrainer from Houston.

…Deche Milburn, footballplayer from League City (ClearSprings).

…Trevor Moses, footballplayer from Corpus Christi(Calallen).

…Mariah Noyola, track andfield athlete from Harlingen(South).

…Sebastian Palacios,baseball player from Premont.

…Savon Pennie, footballplayer from Bryan.

…Sheridan Pilcher, basketballplayer from Hurst (Bell).

…Kyle Plum, football playerfrom San Diego, Calif.

…Ramon Quijano, track andfield athlete from Panama City,Panama.

…Orlando Rosa, sportsmarketing student from CorpusChristi.

…Ryan Scott, baseball playerfrom Sanger.

…Adrian Silguero, baseballplayer from Corpus Christi (St.Paul II).

…Demarcus Spurlock,football player from Houston(North Forest).

…Christian Taylor, footballplayer from Irving (MacArthur).

…Jordan Thomas, footballplayer from San Antonio(Stevens).

…Peyton Tilley, footballplayer from Leander.

…Demarcus Tillman, footballplayer from Eagle Lake (Rice).

…Ny’Keshia Times, track andfield athlete from San Antonio.

…Brandon Venske, footballplayer from La Vernia.

…Brittney Webley, track andfield athlete from Uniondale, N.Y.

…Alexis Wick, volleyballplayer from Leander (Rouse).

…Zack Wilson, footballplayer from Corpus Christi.

…Zach Wilson, baseballplayer from Katy.

Bottled UpA Cameron player is bottled up by Javelina defenders Emmeri Archer(20), 5-9 senior guard from Brooklyn, N.Y., and Kristina Kana, 5-11junior guard from Mount Belvieu (Barbers Hill).

(Continued from Page 5)Levi Johnson 1969-70-71-72Randy Johnson 1962-63-64-65Robert Jones 1938-39-40-41Allen Kaiser 1969-70-71-72Bart Kaiser 1979-80-81-82Neal LaHue 1981-82-83-84Ed LaTouf 1986-87-88-89Lloyd Lee 1929-30-31-32Patrick LaFleur 2011-12-13-14Ryan Lincoln 2007-08-09-10Colby Lowrie 2007-08-09-10Jimmy Lugo 2006-07-08-10Darryl Malone 2009-10-11-12Andy Mangum 2001-02-04-05Robert McCormick2009-10-11-12Glenn McDonald 1964-65-66-67Larry McFarland 1973-74-75-76Claude McMillon 1968-69-70-71Jaime Martinez 1992-93-94-95Johnny Martinez 1972-73-74-75

Mike Martinez 2005-06-07-08Joe Menchaca 1991-92-93-94Chuckie Miles 1984-85-92-93Angel Millan 2010-11-12-13Raymorris Miller 2004-05-06-07Stuart Moffitt 2006-07-08-09Bill Morris 1928-29-30-31Trevor Moses 2014-15-16-17Ishmael Muhammad1996-97-98-99Dwayne Nix 1965-66-67-68Kevin Palmer 2000-01-02-03Randy Palmer 1995-96-97-98David Palmore 1974-75-76-77Gerald Pargmann 1962-63-64-65Todd Perkins 1993-94-95-96Trevor Pesek 2011-12-13-14Bill Pettijohn 1965-66-67-68Warren Polk 1983-84-85-86Butch Presley 1959-60-61-62Ernest Price 1969-70-71-72Justin Price 1979-80-81-82

William Putnam 1951-52-53-54Bobby Pyssen 1960-61-62-63Walter Reed 1928-29-30-31Robert Rich 1930-31-32-33Richard Ritchie 1973-74-75-76Braedon Robinson2014-15-16-17James Rode 1961-62-63-64Robert Rodriguez 1970-71-72-73Melvin Roland 1979-80-81-82L.J. Rolf 1962-63-64-65Kamen Ruelas 2011-12-13-14Dickie Russell 1996-98-99-2000Jimmy McQueen 2006-07-08-09Carlos Saldana 1965-66-67-68Mark Savere 2011-12-13-14Doug Schaumburg1985-86-87-88Ed Scott 1967-68-69-70Larry Seidel 1973-74-75-76Leroy Seidel 1977-78-79-80Byron Shaw 1971-72-73-74Devin Shaw 2010-11-12-13

Hughie Shaw 1974-75-76-77Ralph Shelton 1925-26-27-28Heath Sherman 1985-86-87-88Kerry Simien 1986-87-88-89Robert Skrobarczyk 1971-72-73-74Eldridge Small 1968-69-70-71Bill Smalling 1950-51-52-53Bob Smith 1950-51-52-53Cody Smith 2006-07-08-09Henry Smith 1986-87-88-89Jessie Smith 1926-27-28-29Ivan Snowden 1941-46-47-48Hector Sobers 2007-08-09-10Carl Spoonemore 1946-47-48-49DeMarcus Spurlock2014-15-16-17Glenn Starks 1974-75-76-77Gil Steinke 1938-39-40-41Jeff Stivors 1994-95-96-97Matt Stoll 2010-11-12-13Bryan Sweeney 1975-76-77-78Mike Talamantez 2007-08-09-10Christian Taylor 2009-10-11-12

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Seven Join Javelina Football Four-Year Lettermen Club

Javelina StadiumHome of the

NCAA Division IIMen’s and Women’s

Track and FieldChampionships2019 and 2020

Martinez, Ring Recipients Recognized at Reception

Athletes who won national or conference championships in the 2016-17 sports seasons received rings at a reception last week in the StudentUnion Building. Left to right are track and field head coach Ryan Dall, Charles Greaves, junior from Bridgetown, Barbados; Kaina Martinez,senior from Seine Bight, Belize; Javier Lopez, junior from Cordova, Spain; Rachael Somoye, sophomore from Houston (Alief Taylor); JamesPassley, senior from Portland, Jamaica; Plaserae Johnson, senior from Glendale, Ariz.; Teandria Taylor, freshman from Rosebud-Lott, and DeanaRichardson, sophomore from San Antonio (Jay). Each of the athletes compete on the indoor and/or outdoor track and field teams.

Kaina Martinez, who was afinalists as the NCAA Woman ofthe Year for 2016-17, displaysher Lone Star Conferencechampionship ring. She was oneof the three NCAA Division IIfemales who were among thefinalists at the Woman of the Yearbanquet in Indianapolis, Ind., inOctober.

Kaina Martinez and Javier Lopez were the Gil E. Steinke Awardrecipients and were presented their plaques last week at a reception inthe Memorial Student Union Building ballroom. The awards go to themale and female athletes of the year, and Martinez and Lopez were thehonorees for 2016-17.

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A 45-game, two-tournamentschedule has been set for the 2018Texas A&M-Kingsville softballteam.

The schedule was releasedlast week by first-year head coachCraigNicholson.

The season opens at theTexas A&M InternationalTournament in Laredo and theJavelinas will face CentralOklahoma and host TAMIU in fivegames.

The second week will havethe team in Grand Prairie for theNorth Texas Softball Bash.

The opening home games willbe Feb. 16-17 against AngeloState, last spring’s NCAADivision II national runnerup.

The three-game series withthe Rambelles will open Lone StarConference play.

Other than ASU, homeconference games will be withCameron, Tarleton State, Texas-Permian Basin and West TexasA&M.

Non-conference home gamesare with Oklahoma Christian, St.Edward’s, St. Mary’s, Texas A&MInternational and Texas-PermianBasin.

The top six teams in the finalregular-season standings willadvance into the Lone StarConference postseason playoffsMay 4-5 at the site of the No. 1seed.

The team finishing first in thefinal regular-season standings willbe the conference champion andthe team winning the postseasontournament will receive theleague’s automatic berth in theNCAA playoffs.2018 Javelina Softball Schedule

Feb. 2 – Texas A&MInternational Tournament inLaredo.

vs. Texas A&MInternational, 10 a.m.

vs. Central Oklahoma,3:15 p.m.

Feb. 3 – Texas A&MInternational Tournament inLaredo.

45-Game Schedule SetFor 2018 Softball Team

vs. Central Oklahoma, 10a.m.

vs. Texas A&MInternational, 12:45 p.m.

Feb. 4 – Texas A&MInternational Tournament inLaredo.

vs. Central Oklahoma, 10a.m.

Feb. 9-11 – North TexasSoftball Bash in Grand Prairie,TBA.

Feb. 16 - *Angelo State inKingsville, 6 p.m.

Feb. 17 - *Angelo State inKingsville (DH), 1 p.m.

Feb. 20 – Texas A&MInternational in Kingsville (DH),4 p.m.

Feb. 23 - *Midwestern Statein Wichita Falls (DH), 5 p.m.

Feb. 24 - *Midwestern Statein Wichita Falls, 2 p.m.

Feb. 27 – St. Edward’s inKingsville (DH), 4 p.m.

March 2 - *Texas-PermianBasin in Kingsville, 6 p.m.

March 3 - *Texas-PermianBasin in Kingsville (DH), 1 p.m.

March 9 - *Texas Woman’s inDenton, 6 p.m.

March 10 - *Texas Woman’sin Denton (DH), 1 p.m.

March 12 – SouthernArkansas in Magnolia, Ark. (DH),1 p.m.

March 16 - *Tarleton Statein Kingsville, 6 p.m.

March 17 - *Tarleton Statein Kingsville (DH), 1 p.m.

March 20 – OklahomaChristian in Kingsville (DH), 3p.m.

March 23 - *Texas A&M-Commerce in Commerce, 7 p.m.

March 24 - *Texas A&M-Commerce in Commerce (DH), 1p.m.

March 29 - *Cameron inKingsville, 6 p.m.

March 30 - *Cameron inKingsville (DH), 1 p.m.

April 6 – St. Mary’s inKingsville (DH), 5 p.m.

April 9 – St. Edward’s inAustin (DH), noon.

April 13 - *Eastern New

Mexico in Portales, N.M., 5 p.m.April 14 - *Eastern New

Mexico in Portales, N.M. (DH),noon.

April 17 – St. Mary’s in SanAntonio (DH), 4 p.m.

April 20 - *West Texas A&Min Kingsville, 6 p.m.

April 21 - *West Texas A&Min Kingsville (DH), 1 p.m.

April 27 - *Western NewMexico in Silver City, N.M. (DH),noon.

April 28 - *Western NewMexico in Silver City, N.M. (DH),noon.

May 4-5 – Lone StarConference Championships at No.1 seed.

May 11-12 – NCAA DivisionII South Central RegionChampionships at No. 1 seed.

May 18-19 – NCAA DivisionII Super Regionals at site of No. 1seed.

May 24-18 – NCAA DivisionII Championships in Salem, Va.

*Lone Star Conferencegames.

2017-18 Javelina Women’s Basketball ScheduleDec. 19 - *Midwestern State in Kingsville, 5:15 p.m.Dec. 30 – St. Edward’s in Kingsville, 2 p.m.Jan. 4 - *Texas A&M-Commerce in Commerce, 5:30 p.m.Jan. 6 - *Tarleton State in Stephenville, 2 p.m.Jan. 11 - *Texas-Permian Basin in Kingsville, 5:15 p.m.Jan. 13 - *West Texas A&M in Kingsville, 4 p.m.Jan. 18 - *Eastern New Mexico in Portales, N.M., 6:30 p.m.Jan. 20 - *Western New Mexico in Silver City, N.M., 3 p.m.Jan. 23 - *Angelo State in San Angelo, 5:30 p.m.Jan. 25 - *Texas Woman’s in Kingsville, 7 p.m.Feb. 1 - *Midwestern State in Wichita Falls, 2 p.m.Feb. 3 - *Cameron in Lawton, Okla., 2 p.m.Feb. 8 - *Tarleton State in Kingsville, 5:15 p.m.Feb.10 - *Texas A&M-Commerce in Kingsville, 4 p.m.Feb. 15 - *West Texas A&M in Canyon, 5:30 p.m.Feb. 17 - *Texas-Permian Basin in Odessa, 2 p.m.Feb. 22 - *Western New Mexico in Kingsville, 5:15 p.m.Feb. 24 - *Eastern New Mexico in Kingsville, 4 p.m.March 1-4 – Lone Star Conference Championships in Frisco.March 10-12 – NCAA Division II South Central Region Playoffs, TBA.March 19-23 – NCAA Division II Elite Eight in Sioux Falls, S.D.

*Lone Star Conference games.

Checking Out the SnowAbel Gonzalez and his wife, Nicole, visited the snow-covered JavelinaStadium field Friday morning. Gonzalez, former Javelina quarterback,is the head football coach at Rio Grande City La Grulla High School.

Texas A&M-Kingsvillebasketball players AngelicaWilson and Trey Sumpter werenamed the IBC Bank athletes ofthe week for their performanceslast week.

The Javelina men and womeneach had only one game.

Wilson, 6-1 senior forwardfrom San Diego, Calif., had 11points, 12 rebounds, a blockedshot and a steal in the women’sgame with Cameron.

Sumpter, 6-6 junior guard/forward from Birmingham, Ala.,had 13 points and 10 rebounds inthe men’s victory over Cameron.

It is the third time Wilson hasbeen recognized as the athlete ofthe week and Sumpter is honoredfor the fourth time this season.

IBC Bank Athletes of the WeekAug. 30-Sept. 2

Jasmine Jacinto, volleyballJose Ventura, cross country

Sept. 4-9Krystal Faison, volleyballKuziah Ferebee, football

Sept. 11-16Shelby Sheets, volleyballMarcus Younger, football

Sept. 18-23Alexis Wick, volleyballJose Ventura, cross country

Sept. 25-30Krystal Faison, volleyballCade Dyal, footballJordan Thomas, football

Oct. 2-7Madison Brabham, volleyballCade Dyal, football

Oct. 9-14Madison Brabham, volleyballCade Dyal, football

Oct. 16-21Madison Brabham, volleyballNick Pelrean, footballJose Ventura, cross country

Oct. 23-28Krystal Faison, volleyballJordan Thomas, football

Oct. 30-Nov. 4Shelby Sheets, volleyballTrey Sumpter, basketball

Nov. 6-11Madison Brabham, volleyballCade Dyal, footballJordan Thomas, football

Nov. 12-18Angelica Wilson, basketball

Trey Sumpter, basketballNov. 20-25

Angelica Wilson, basketballCaelan Neal, basketball

Nov. 27-Dec. 2

Wilson, Sumpter IBC Bank Top AthletesOpe Ibrahim, basketballTrey Sumpter, basketball

Dec. 4-9Angelica Wilson, basketballTrey Sumpter, basketball

Greeting the FansDerrick Byrd, 5-9 junior guard from Atlanta, Ga., greets fans after agame in the Steinke Center last week.

The Texas A&M-Kingsville men’s and women’s indoor track and fieldteam will again be the only non-NCAA Division I team participating in theTed Nelson Invitational Meet Jan. 12 in College Station.

The Javelinas will compete with 13 NCAA Division I squads in theone-day event.

The meet will get underway at noon with the first of the field eventfinals and the running event preliminaries.

The running event finals start at 1:30 p.m.Joining the Javelinas in the competition will be Houston Baptist,

Incarnate Word, Lamar, Louisiana-Lafayette, Louisiana-Monroe,Louisiana Tech, North Texas, Northwestern Louisiana, Prairie ViewA&M, Sam Houston State, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Texas Southernand Texas-Rio Grande Valley.

This will be the fourth season the Javelinas have been entered inthe meet.

It will be the season opener for the Javelinas, who were to havecompeted in a Dallas meet Dec. 2 but it was cancelled.

The Javelina men are ranked No. 9 nationally in the NCAA DivisionII preseason poll and the Javelina women are ranked No. 27.

Javelinas Again OnlyNon-Division I Team inTexas A&M Indoor Meet

Javelinaland Receives a Blanket of Snow For the Holidays

Javelinaland Receives a Blanket of Snow For the Holidays

Javelinaland Receives a Blanket of Snow For the Holidays

From the Javelina Athletic Department