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<strong>Javelina</strong><br />
Basketball<br />
Teams....<br />
Be in the SPEC<br />
This Week<br />
Markeith Wesley Fred Winborn<br />
VOLUME X, NO. 18 KINGSVILLE, TEXAS 78363<br />
DEC. 2, 2009<br />
Wesley, Winborn All-Super Regional 4<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> A&M-<strong>Kingsville</strong><br />
running back Fred Winborn and<br />
offensive lineman Markeith<br />
Wesley have been named to the<br />
Daktronics NCAA Division II All-<br />
Super Regional 4 first unit.<br />
Winborn is a 6-0, 200-pound<br />
junior from North Hollywood,<br />
Calif., and Wesley is a 6-0, 320pound<br />
senior from Navasota.<br />
As first-team honorees, they<br />
are now nominees for the<br />
Daktronics All-America squad.<br />
Winborn and Wesley are two<br />
of 16 Lone Star Conference<br />
players on the all-region lineup.<br />
Midwestern State had four<br />
players on the first unit: offensive<br />
lineman Lance Calloway, wideout<br />
Andy Tanner, quarterback Zack<br />
Eskridge and cornerback Micah<br />
Hill.<br />
The <strong>Javelina</strong>s had two<br />
players along with Abilene<br />
Christian (offensive lineman Tony<br />
Washington and defensive<br />
lineman Aston Whiteside) and<br />
Tarleton State (placekicker Garrett<br />
Lindholm and linebacker Marcus<br />
Phillips).<br />
Getting one player on the<br />
team were West <strong>Texas</strong> A&M<br />
(offensive lineman J’Marcus<br />
Webb), Southeastern Oklahoma<br />
(return specialist Jerome Hewitt),<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> A&M-Commerce (defensive<br />
lineman William Green), Angelo<br />
State (defensive lineman Calvin<br />
Fance), Central Oklahoma (safety<br />
Giorgio Durham), and Eastern New<br />
Mexico (cornerback Rodney<br />
Mitchell).<br />
The <strong>Javelina</strong>s had offensive<br />
lineman Jorge Guerra, 6-3, 302pound<br />
senior from Roma, on the<br />
second unit.<br />
The Super Regional 4 sports<br />
information directors selected the<br />
team.<br />
2009 Daktronics<br />
NCAA Division II All-Super<br />
Regional 4 Football Team<br />
First Team Offense<br />
QB – Zack Eskridge,<br />
Midwestern State, 6-4, 215, Jr.,<br />
Rowlett.<br />
RB – Fred Winborn, <strong>Texas</strong><br />
A&M-<strong>Kingsville</strong>, 6-0, 200, Jr.,<br />
Men’s, Women’s Basketball Host<br />
Five Opponents In Six-Day Period<br />
The <strong>Texas</strong> A&M-<strong>Kingsville</strong><br />
men’s and women’s basketball<br />
teams are hosting opponents this<br />
week as an eight-game home<br />
stand continues.<br />
The <strong>Javelina</strong> women host<br />
Schreiner at 6 p.m. Wednesday,<br />
the men will host <strong>Texas</strong> A&M-<br />
Commerce at 7 p.m. Thursday in a<br />
Lone Star Conference crossover<br />
game, the teams play a<br />
doubleheader Saturday as the<br />
(Continued on Page 5)<br />
North Hollywood, Calif.; LaRon<br />
Council, Northwest Missouri, 5-<br />
10, 210, Sr., Kansas City, Mo.<br />
WR – Jake Soy, Northwest<br />
Missouri, 6-3, 210, So., Durant,<br />
Iowa; Andy Tanner, Midwestern<br />
State, 6-4, 215, Jr., Rockwall.<br />
TE – Mike Higgins, Nebraska-<br />
Omaha, 6-5, 241, Jr., Pickrell, Neb.<br />
OL – Markeith Wesley,<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> A&M-<strong>Kingsville</strong>, 6-0, 320,<br />
Sr., Navasota; Tony Washington,<br />
Abilene Christian, 6-7, 305, Sr.,<br />
New Orleans, La.; Lance Calloway,<br />
Midwestern State, 6-2, 275, Sr.,<br />
Wylie; Brett Grozinger, Northwest<br />
Missouri, 6-4, 280, Jr., Chillicothe,<br />
Mo.; J’Marcus Webb, West <strong>Texas</strong><br />
A&M, 6-8,325, Sr., Mesquite.<br />
RS – Jerome Hewitt,<br />
Southeastern Oklahoma, 5-5, 170,<br />
Sr., Gainesville.<br />
PK – Garrett Lindholm,<br />
Tarleton State, 5-9, 190, Sr.,<br />
Pflugerville.<br />
First Team Defense<br />
DL – Aston Whiteside,<br />
Abilene Christian, 6-2, 255, So.,<br />
(Continued on Page 6)<br />
Basketball Admission Free With a Toy<br />
A toy donation to the Toys<br />
for Tots campaign will gain <strong>Texas</strong><br />
A&M-<strong>Kingsville</strong> fans free<br />
admission to upcoming men’s and<br />
women’s basketball games in the<br />
Steinke Physical Education Center.<br />
Toys will be accepted for<br />
admission for Wednesday’s<br />
women’s game with Schreiner,<br />
Thursday’s men’s game with<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> A&M-Commerce,<br />
Saturday’s women’s game with<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> Woman’s, Saturday’s men’s<br />
game with St. Mary’s, Monday’s<br />
men’s game with <strong>Texas</strong> A&M<br />
International and the Dec. 13<br />
men’s game with Incarnate Word.<br />
The <strong>Javelina</strong> athletic<br />
department is a major contributor<br />
in the local Toys for Tots program.<br />
NFL Hall of Fame Semifinalist<br />
John Randle, <strong>Javelina</strong> All-American defensive lineman, is<br />
a semifinalist in the 2010 NFL Hall of Fame voting. It is his<br />
second year of eligibility and his second year to be chosen<br />
as a semifinalist.
<strong>Javelina</strong> <strong>Hash</strong><br />
By Fred Nuesch, Coordinator of Athletic External Affairs<br />
THE LONE STAR Conference should eliminate the divisional standings.<br />
They are confusing and distract from the important standings, those that<br />
determine the LSC champion.<br />
This season, <strong>Texas</strong> A&M-Commerce won the North Division with a 5-0 record,<br />
yet the Lions were 5-4 in the LSC standings.<br />
There was a four-way tie in the South Division. The three conference<br />
champions—TAMUK, Tarleton State, Midwestern State—were at the top of the<br />
standings along with West <strong>Texas</strong>. Yet West <strong>Texas</strong> was fifth in the final conference<br />
standings.<br />
The league will continue to be divisional in football but the division standings<br />
should be deemphasized and the LSC standings moved to the forefront. That’s not<br />
the way they’ve been. Some newspapers don’t run the conference standings, only<br />
the divisional.<br />
THERE WAS A noticeable lack of Lone Star Conference participants in the<br />
NCAA Division II national cross country meet.<br />
There were no men’s or women’s teams in the big meet.<br />
The LSC women had no individual entries.<br />
There were three men’s individual runners. Amos Sang of Abilene Christian was<br />
fourth, Julius Korir of Cameron was 23 rd and Jared McNeil of Tarleton was 34 th .<br />
Adams (Colo.) State won the men’s and women’s titles.<br />
Jessica Pixler of Seattle Pacific (Wash.) was the women’s individual winner and<br />
Reuben Mwei of Adams State took the men’s title.<br />
JAVELINAS NEED TO rally around John Randle during the next round of fan<br />
voting in the NFL Hall of Fame process.<br />
Randle has made it to the semifinal round of the voting, and he was also one of<br />
the fans choice candidates for the Hall.<br />
Fans can go to www.fanschoice.com daily and cast a vote for Randle.<br />
The website is slow and you’ll have to be patient. But if the <strong>Javelina</strong>s will vote<br />
for John as they have for <strong>Javelina</strong> head football coach Bo Atterberry in the Liberty<br />
Mutual coach of the year balloting, Randle will move up considerably from his<br />
current No. 23 position.<br />
SCOTT GRANTHAM, THE Tarleton State quarterback this past season who has<br />
a year of eligibility remaining, has said he won’t return to the Texans next season.<br />
Grantham, 22, has received his bachelor’s degree.<br />
THE JAVELINA WOMEN were the unofficial winners of the Turkey Day<br />
Shootout last weekend in the Steinke Physical Education Center.<br />
The <strong>Javelina</strong>s went 2-0 in the two-day meet. <strong>Texas</strong> A&M-Commerce and <strong>Texas</strong><br />
A&M International were 1-1 and Huston-Tillotson was 0-2.<br />
TODD WHITTEN, FORMER head football coach at Tarleton State, was released<br />
as head coach at Sam Houston State last week after five seasons in the Bearkat<br />
position.<br />
Two Lone Star Conference head coaches are being mentioned as possible<br />
replacements.<br />
Don Carthel of West <strong>Texas</strong> A&M and Chris Thomsen of Abilene Christian were<br />
mentioned as candidates in the article on Whitten’s termination.<br />
THE TOP FOUR seeds in the NCAA Division II national football playoffs lost last<br />
weekend.<br />
(Continued on Page 3)<br />
dddd<br />
Future<br />
<strong>Javelina</strong><br />
Quarterback?<br />
Oktay Basci,<br />
<strong>Javelina</strong><br />
quarterback<br />
in 1994-97,<br />
holds his son,<br />
Taner James,<br />
born Oct. 29.<br />
Taner was<br />
nine pounds,<br />
13 ounces at<br />
birth. Oktay<br />
is a sales<br />
representative<br />
for<br />
Mechanical<br />
Reps Inc. in<br />
San Antonio.<br />
He is married<br />
to the former<br />
Nicole Jones<br />
of <strong>Kingsville</strong>.<br />
Football Takes Eight LSC Stats Titles<br />
The <strong>Texas</strong> A&M-<strong>Kingsville</strong> football<br />
team and individuals have taken eight Lone<br />
Star Conference statistical championships<br />
this fall.<br />
Three were team titles and running<br />
back Fred Winborn, junior from North<br />
Hollywood, Calif., was first in five<br />
individual categories.<br />
The <strong>Javelina</strong>s took the league scoring<br />
title with 35.7 points a game. The team<br />
currently ranks 12 th in NCAA Division II.<br />
The team was the best rushing unit<br />
with 193.3 yards a game. This is 25 th<br />
nationally.<br />
And the team led the conference in time<br />
of possession with 33:31 per game. This is<br />
the seventh best in Division II.<br />
Winborn took the LSC rushing title<br />
with 107.9 yars agame. He was also the<br />
leader in rushing touchdowns with 17 and<br />
average per carry (6.6).<br />
He was the top scorer with 9.5 points a<br />
game and he led the league in scoring<br />
touchdowns with 19.<br />
The <strong>Javelina</strong>s were second in total<br />
offense (457.6) and first downs (25.2). They<br />
were third in third-down conversions (.405<br />
percent) and red zone offense (.815<br />
percent).<br />
Winborn was third in all-purpose<br />
yardage with 123.5 per game.<br />
The NCAA Division II final statistics<br />
won’t be released until the end of the<br />
current season Dec. 12.<br />
The <strong>Javelina</strong>s had a 9-3 record this fall,<br />
won the Lone Star Conference<br />
championship and reached the NCAA<br />
Division II national playoffs.<br />
LSC Women’s Basketball Standings<br />
(Through Sunday’s Games)<br />
Team W L Pct.<br />
Tarleton State 5 0 1.000<br />
Southeastern Oklahoma 5 0 1.000<br />
West <strong>Texas</strong> A&M 3 0 1.000<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> Woman’s 3 0 1.000<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> A&M-<strong>Kingsville</strong> 4 1 .800<br />
Central Oklahoma 3 1 .750<br />
East Central 3 1 .750<br />
Northeastern Oklahoma 5 2 .714<br />
Abilene Christian 2 2 .500<br />
Angelo State 3 3 .500<br />
Cameron 2 2 .500<br />
Midwestern State 1 2 .333<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> A&M-Commerce 1 3 .250<br />
Eastern New Mexico 1 4 .200<br />
Southwestern Oklahoma 0 5 .000
<strong>Javelina</strong> <strong>Hash</strong><br />
By Fred<br />
By Fred<br />
Nuesch,<br />
Nuesch,<br />
Coordinator<br />
Coordinator<br />
of Athletic<br />
of Athletic<br />
External<br />
External<br />
Affairs<br />
(Continued By Fred from Nuesch, Page 2) Coordinator of Athletic External Affairs<br />
This weekend’s semifinal round will see three No. 2 seeds and a No. 3 seed<br />
playing for the right to participate in the national championship game Dec. 12 in<br />
Florence, Ala.<br />
The remaining teams are California (Pa.), Carson-Newman (Tenn.), Grand Valley<br />
(Mich.) State and Northwest Missouri.<br />
The No. 1 ranked team, Central Washington, went down as did the defending<br />
national champion Minnesota-Duluth.<br />
YOU HAVE TO laugh when a sportswriter or sports director writes or makes a<br />
statement that he or she has to “eat” later.<br />
One such remark came last week.<br />
One of the Corpus Christi sports directors said, while promoting the <strong>Texas</strong> A&M-<br />
Corpus Christi men’s basketball game with <strong>Texas</strong> A&M International, that the<br />
Islanders would be able to “name their score”.<br />
It’s doubtful that the Islanders would have “named the score” a three-point<br />
victory.<br />
The <strong>Javelina</strong>s opened with <strong>Texas</strong> A&M International in Laredo and took a 70-58<br />
victory.<br />
MISFORTUNE HAS STRUCK former <strong>Javelina</strong> Al Harris for the second year in a<br />
row.<br />
Harris, starting cornerback for the Green Bay Packers, injured a knee with 11<br />
minutes remaining in a game with the San Francisco 49ers.<br />
Harris has been one of the most durable of the Packer players. He has missed<br />
just four games during his 11-plus year career and those came last season when he<br />
suffered a lacerated spleen.<br />
He had played in 175 consecutive games.<br />
There was no report from the Packers as to how long Harris is expected to be<br />
out of the lineup.<br />
Harris was an All-Lone Star Conference performer for the <strong>Javelina</strong>s in 1995 and<br />
1996.<br />
THE UNIVERSITY INTERSCHOLASTIC League is asking fans to vote on the<br />
All-Century men’s and women’s basketball teams.<br />
The UIL is celebrating its 100 th birthday this year.<br />
Several <strong>Javelina</strong>s are on the list of nominees for the teams.<br />
In girls basketball, the <strong>Javelina</strong>s are Lanetta Anglin, guard from Groesbeck;<br />
Beverly Hayes, forward from Troy; LaKeisha Jones, forward from Wharton, and<br />
Precious Thibodeaux, forward from Van Vleck.<br />
The boys basketball <strong>Javelina</strong> nominees are Reggie Childress, guard from<br />
Coleman, and Roy Thomas, forward from Kirbyville.<br />
Thomas is a former <strong>Javelina</strong> men’s head basketball coach.<br />
Fans can vote once in the balloting.<br />
To vote, go to www.uil.utexas.edu and scroll down to All-Century teams.<br />
PAT WALKER, A quarterback for the <strong>Javelina</strong> football team in the late 1960s, is<br />
one of the three Gilman Gear representatives in <strong>Texas</strong>.<br />
Walker, who lives in Katy, services South <strong>Texas</strong> and the Gulf Coast area.<br />
THE JAVELINA FOOTBALL team played eight home games in 2009 and there<br />
was an average of 11,155 at each of the games.<br />
The total attendance was 89,241.<br />
(Continued on Page 4)<br />
Eye on the Ball<br />
Angela Franklin,<br />
<strong>Javelina</strong> senior<br />
forward from<br />
Vacaville, Calif., eyes<br />
the ball with the<br />
intention of getting it<br />
as her team took on<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> A&M-Commerce<br />
last weekend<br />
in the Turkey Day<br />
Shootout in the<br />
Steinke Physical<br />
Education Center.<br />
The <strong>Javelina</strong>s won<br />
the Lone Star Conference<br />
crossover<br />
game, 90-60.<br />
Upcoming <strong>Javelina</strong> Events<br />
Dec. 2 – Women’s Basketball: Schreiner in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 6 p.m.<br />
Dec. 3 – Men’s Basketball: +<strong>Texas</strong> A&M-Commerce in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 7 p.m.<br />
Dec. 5 – Women’s Basketball: +<strong>Texas</strong> Woman’s in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 2 p.m.<br />
Men’s Basketball: St. Mary’s in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 4 p.m.<br />
Dec. 7 – Men’s Basketball: <strong>Texas</strong> A&M International in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 7 p.m.<br />
Dec. 10 – Women’s Basketball: +Northeastern Oklahoma in Tahlequah, Okla., 6 p.m.<br />
Men’s Basketball: +Northeastern Oklahoma in Tahlequah, Okla., 8 p.m.<br />
Dec. 13 – Men’s Basketball: Incarnate Word in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 4 p.m.<br />
Dec. 19 – Women’s Basketball: +Southeastern Oklahoma in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 2 p.m.<br />
Men’s Basketball: +Southeastern Oklahoma in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 4 p.m.<br />
Dec. 21 – Men’s Basketball: +East Central in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 7 p.m.<br />
Dec. 30 – Men’s Basketball: Huston-Tillotson in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 7 p.m.<br />
Women’s Basketball: St. Edward’s Tournament in Austin.<br />
vs. <strong>Texas</strong> A&M International, 2:30 p.m.<br />
Dec. 31 – Women’s Basketball: St. Edward’s Tournament in Austin.<br />
vs. St. Edward’s, 2:30 p.m.<br />
Jan. 5 – Women’s Basketball: +Central Oklahoma in Edmond, Okla., 6 p.m.<br />
Men’s Basketball: +Central Oklahoma in Edmond, Okla., 8 p.m.<br />
Jan. 7 – Women’s Basketball: +Central Oklahoma in Edmond, Okla., 6 p.m.<br />
Men’s Basketball: +Cameron in Lawton, Okla., 8 p.m.<br />
Jan. 8 – General: Valero Cactus Bowl game in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, TBA.<br />
Jan. 9 – Women’s Basketball: +Southwestern Oklahoma in Weatherford, Okla., 2 p.m.<br />
Men’s Basketball: +Southwestern Oklahoma in Weatherford, Okla., 4 p.m.<br />
Jan. 13 – Women’s Basketball: *West <strong>Texas</strong> A&M in Canyon, 6 p.m.<br />
Men’s Basketball: *West <strong>Texas</strong> A&M in Canyon, 8 p.m.<br />
Jan. 16 – Women’s Basketball: *Eastern New Mexico in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 1 p.m.<br />
Men’s Basketball: *Eastern New Mexico in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 3 p.m.<br />
Jan. 20 – Women’s Basketball: *Angelo State in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 6 p.m.<br />
Men’s Basketball: *Angelo State in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 8 p.m.<br />
Jan. 27 – Women’s Basketball: *Midwestern State in Wichita Falls, 6 p.m.<br />
Men’s Basketball: *Midwestern State in Wichita Falls, 8 p.m.<br />
Bold-faced games/matches are in <strong>Kingsville</strong>.<br />
*Lone Star Conference games/matches<br />
#Lone Star Conference South Division games.<br />
+Lone Star Conference crossover games.<br />
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<strong>Javelina</strong> <strong>Hash</strong><br />
By Fred Nuesch, Coordinator of Athletic External Affairs<br />
(Continued from Page 3)<br />
This figure is expected to have the <strong>Javelina</strong>s near the top of the attendance list in<br />
NCAA Division II this year, a position the squad has held most seasons since<br />
becoming affiliated with the organization in 1982.<br />
THE LONE STAR Conference football standings will have a different look next<br />
fall.<br />
With Incarnate Word entering the league, and the LSC South Division, there will<br />
be a different makeup of the league.<br />
Here’s how the divisions will shape up in 2010:<br />
LSC South Division LSC North Division<br />
Abilene Christian Central Oklahoma<br />
Angelo State East Central<br />
Incarnate Word Eastern New Mexico<br />
Midwestern State Northeastern Oklahoma<br />
Tarleton State Southeastern Oklahoma<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> A&M-<strong>Kingsville</strong> Southwestern Oklahoma<br />
West <strong>Texas</strong> A&M <strong>Texas</strong> A&M-Commerce<br />
The <strong>Javelina</strong>s will play the six opponents in the LSC South Division plus four of<br />
the North Division schools: East Central, Southeastern Oklahoma, Southwestern<br />
Oklahoma and <strong>Texas</strong> A&M-Commerce.<br />
Each of the LSC members will play a 10-game conference schedule.<br />
The NCAA allows teams to play 11 games and the <strong>Javelina</strong>s are expected to name<br />
a non-conference opponent shortly.<br />
SEVERAL FORMER JAVELINAS are nominees for the <strong>Texas</strong> High School<br />
Coaches Association Hall of Honor this school year.<br />
These include Ben Bloomer, Bill Carter, George Harris, Jessie Longhofer and<br />
Homer Martinez.<br />
Bloomer, Harris and Longhofer were members of the <strong>Javelina</strong> football team,<br />
Carter was the men’s basketball coach and Martinez was a member of the <strong>Javelina</strong><br />
cross country and track team.<br />
LONE STAR CONFERENCE notes:<br />
…..The LSC dominated the NCAA Division II All-South Central Region volleyball<br />
team.<br />
Five of the seven players on the first unit were from the league: setter Katie<br />
Rickwartz, outside hitter Laura Prinsen and middle hitter Melissa Harper of West<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> A&M; libero Lauren Flynn of <strong>Texas</strong> A&M-Commerce and middle hitter Sawna<br />
Hines of Abilene Christian.<br />
Making the second team were outside hitter Natalie Johnson of West <strong>Texas</strong> and<br />
outside hitter Zuela Adom of Central Oklahoma.<br />
…..There were eight LSC players in the East Coast Bowl game last weekend in<br />
Petersburg, Va.<br />
The LSC representatives were defensive lineman Sharod Basey, wideout Andy<br />
Tanner and offensive lineman Matt Hanson of Midwestern State; defensive lineman<br />
Jeremelle Cudio and offensive lineman Jeremy Palmoore of Central Oklahoma and<br />
wideout Johnathan Haggerty, tight end Joe Sawyer and defensive back Jeffrey Lemon<br />
of Southwestern Oklahoma.<br />
Former <strong>Javelina</strong> All-<br />
American Janik<br />
Dies Nov. 21 in Poth<br />
Tommy Janik, 69, an All-America<br />
punter and defensive back for the <strong>Texas</strong><br />
A&I football team in the early 1960s, died<br />
Nov. 21 in Poth.<br />
Janik played for the <strong>Javelina</strong>s for three<br />
seasons and was Little All-America, All-<br />
Lone Star Conference and All-<strong>Texas</strong><br />
College.<br />
He played with the Denver Broncos,<br />
Buffalo Bills and New England Patriots.<br />
Janik had 25 interceptions in the<br />
American Football League, and his 10 in<br />
1967 with the Bills tied for the league lead.<br />
He returned six of his pickoffs for<br />
touchdowns.<br />
He had one interception off New York<br />
Jets quarterback Joe Namath that he<br />
returned 100 yards for a score.<br />
After retiring from professional<br />
football in 1970, he owned Shipley’s Donuts<br />
in Bryan from 1970-81.<br />
He was a member of the Masonic<br />
Lodge, Scottish Rite and the Shriners.<br />
A brother, Jerry Janik, was a four-year<br />
letterman with the <strong>Javelina</strong>s in 1971-74.<br />
Janik is survived by his son, John<br />
Thomas Janik of College Station; sisters<br />
Barbara Lyssy of Falls City and Kathleen<br />
Moczygemba of Falls City; brother, Jerry of<br />
Falls City, and numerous nieces and<br />
nephews.<br />
Visitation was held Nov. 24 in Poth and<br />
services were Nov. 25 at Vinyard Funeral<br />
Home in Poth.<br />
Burial was at St. John Cemetery in<br />
Poth. Tommy Janik<br />
Soza, Gaye IBC Players of the Week<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> A&M-<strong>Kingsville</strong> guards Felicia<br />
Soza and Royce Gaye have been named the<br />
IBC players of the week for their<br />
performances during the past week.<br />
Soza, senior from Beeville, had 44<br />
points in the <strong>Javelina</strong>s’ two games in the<br />
Turkey Day Shootout, hitting for 22 each<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> A&M-<strong>Kingsville</strong> guard Kayla<br />
Naylor was named the Lone Star<br />
Conference South defensive player of the<br />
week for her play last week.<br />
game.<br />
She had three steals, three assists and<br />
nine rebounds.<br />
Gaye, senior from Houston (Klein), had<br />
35 points in the two games and pulled down<br />
12 rebounds. He had three steals and three<br />
assists.<br />
Naylor Named LSC South Player of the Week<br />
Naylor had six steals, three assists and<br />
12 points in a <strong>Javelina</strong> victory over<br />
Nebraska-Omaha and had eight points, three<br />
assists and a steal against Central Missouri.
Men’s, Women’s Basketball Host Five Games Over Six-Day Span<br />
(Continued from Page 1)<br />
women host <strong>Texas</strong> Woman’s in a 2 p.m. LSC<br />
crossover game and the men host St.<br />
Mary’s at 4 p.m., and the stand ends<br />
Monday night when the men take on <strong>Texas</strong><br />
A&M International at 7 p.m.<br />
The women hosted <strong>Texas</strong> A&M-<br />
Commerce, Huston-Tillotson and <strong>Texas</strong><br />
A&M International earlier at the start of the<br />
home stand.<br />
The <strong>Javelina</strong> men go against <strong>Texas</strong><br />
A&M-Commerce with a 3-1 record. The<br />
Lions will bring a 4-0 record into<br />
Thursday’s game.<br />
Three of the <strong>Javelina</strong>s are averaging in<br />
double figures. Antwan Mullins, 5-9 junior<br />
guard from Katy (Cinco Ranch), hits 14.5 a<br />
game and Royce Gaye, 6-3 senior guard<br />
from Houston (Klein), has a 14.3 average.<br />
Flavio Milam, 6-5 senior forward from<br />
Killeen (Ellison), averages 10.5 points a<br />
game.<br />
Gaye and Milam each average 6.3<br />
rebounds a game.<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> A&M-Commerce has four<br />
players averaging in double figures.<br />
Ronnie Morgan, 6-6 senior forward<br />
from Dallas (South Oak Cliff), hits 14.8 a<br />
game; Brian Singleton, 6-2 junior guard from<br />
Ama, La., averages 12.0; Brad Hambrick, 5-<br />
11 sophomore guard from Sherman, carries<br />
an 11.8 average and Cardell Hunter, 6-2<br />
senior guard from Dallas (Carter), hits 10.5 a<br />
game.<br />
Morgan is the Lions’ leading rebounder<br />
with a 5.8 average.<br />
St. Mary’s took a 2-4 record into a<br />
Tuesday night game with Huston-Tillotson.<br />
The <strong>Javelina</strong>s defeated the Rattlers<br />
earlier in San Antonio.<br />
The Rattlers are led in scoring and<br />
rebounding by Kevin Kotsur, 6-8 freshman<br />
center from La Vernia. He scores 15.2 a<br />
game and has a 7.5 rebound average.<br />
Curtis Mitchell, 5-8 senior guard from<br />
Milwaukee, Wis., has a 14.3 scoring<br />
average.<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> A&M International had a 2-4<br />
record going into a Tuesday night game<br />
with <strong>Texas</strong> State in San Marcos.<br />
The Dustdevils are led in scoring by St.<br />
Paul Latham, 6-4 junior forward from<br />
Houston (Westside) who has a 15.0<br />
average. Bernard Burrell, 6-6 junior forward<br />
from Compton, Calif., leads the rebounding<br />
with a 4.0 average.<br />
2009-10 <strong>Javelina</strong> Men’s Remaining Basketball Schedule<br />
Dec. 3 – +<strong>Texas</strong> A&M-Commerce in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 7 p.m.<br />
Dec. 5 – St. Mary’s in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 4 p.m.<br />
Dec. 7 – <strong>Texas</strong> A&M International in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 7 p.m.<br />
Dec. 10 - +Northeastern Oklahoma in Tahlequah, Okla., 8 p.m.<br />
Dec. 13 – Incarnate Word in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 4 p.m.<br />
Dec. 19 - +Southeastern Oklahoma in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 4 p.m.<br />
Dec. 21 - +East Central in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 7 p.m.<br />
Dec. 30 – Huston-Tillotson in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 7 p.m.<br />
Jan. 5 - +Central Oklahoma in Edmond, Okla., 8 p.m.<br />
Jan. 7 - +Cameron in Lawton, Okla., 8 p.m.<br />
Jan. 9 - +Southwestern Oklahoma in Weatherford, Okla., 4 p.m.<br />
Jan. 13 - *West <strong>Texas</strong> A&M in Canyon, 8 p.m.<br />
Jan. 16 - *Eastern New Mexico in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 3 p.m.<br />
Jan. 20 - *Angelo State in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 8 p.m.<br />
Jan. 27 - *Midwestern State in Wichita Falls, 8 p.m.<br />
Jan. 30 - *Tarleton State in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 7 p.m.<br />
Feb. 2 - *Abilene Christian in Abilene, 7:30 p.m.<br />
Feb. 6 - *Abilene Christian in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 4 p.m.<br />
Feb. 10 - *Angelo State in San Angelo, 8 p.m.<br />
Feb. 17 - *Midwestern State in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 8 p.m.<br />
Feb. 20 - *Tarleton State in Stephenville, 7 p.m.<br />
Feb. 24 - *West <strong>Texas</strong> A&M in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 8 p.m.<br />
Feb. 27 - *Eastern New Mexico in Portales, N.M., 4 p.m.<br />
March 3 – Lone Star Conference Championships first round in Bartlesville, Okla.<br />
March 5 – Lone Star Conference Championships semifinals in Bartlesville, Okla.<br />
March 6 – Lone Star Conference Championships finals in Bartlesville, Okla.<br />
March 13-16 – NCAA Division II South Central Region Tournament, TBA<br />
March 24-27 – NCAA Division II Elite Eight in Springfield, Mass.<br />
+LSC crossover games.<br />
*LSC South Division games.<br />
The <strong>Javelina</strong> women were 4-1 going<br />
into a Monday night game with <strong>Texas</strong> A&M<br />
International in the Steinke Center.<br />
Felicia Soza, 5-8 senior guard from<br />
Beeville, is the <strong>Javelina</strong>s’ top scorer with a<br />
17.8 average.<br />
Kayla Naylor, 5-5 senior guard from<br />
Corpus Christi (Calallen), averages 12.4<br />
points a game and Dyana Bullinger, 5-10<br />
senior guard from Spring (Klein), has a 10.6<br />
average.<br />
Bullinger and Rochelle Ikeni, 5-10<br />
junior center from Fresno, Calif., have 5.6<br />
rebounds a game.<br />
Schreiner had a 0-3 record going into a<br />
Monday night game with <strong>Texas</strong>-Tyler in<br />
Tyler.<br />
The Mountaineers are led in scoring<br />
and rebounding by Hannah Burleson, 5-7<br />
sophomore guard from Barksdale (Nueces<br />
Canyon). She averages 11.0 points and 4.0<br />
rebounds.<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> Woman’s will bring a 3-0 record<br />
into this weekend’s game with the<br />
<strong>Javelina</strong>s.<br />
The Pioneers are led by Megan<br />
<strong>Hash</strong>man, 5-10 senior forward from Crandall<br />
who averages 4.7 points a game.<br />
Jessica Durr, 5-7 senior guard from<br />
Plano, is the rebound leader with a 9.0 pergame<br />
average.<br />
LSC Men’s Basketball Standings<br />
(Through Sunday’s Games)<br />
Team W L Pct.<br />
Midwestern State 6 0 1.000<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> A&M-Commerce 4 0 1.000<br />
Tarleton State 4 0 1.000<br />
Abilene Christian 3 0 1.000<br />
Cameron 3 0 1.000<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> A&M-<strong>Kingsville</strong> 3 1 .750<br />
Eastern New Mexico 3 1 .750<br />
Northeastern Oklahoma 2 1 .667<br />
Angelo State 3 2 .600<br />
West <strong>Texas</strong> A&M 3 3 .500<br />
Central Oklahoma 2 2 .500<br />
Southeastern Oklahoma 2 3 .400<br />
Southwestern Oklahoma 2 3 .400<br />
East Central 0 1 .000<br />
35 in Two<br />
Royce Gaye,<br />
<strong>Javelina</strong><br />
senior guard<br />
from Houston<br />
(Klein), scored<br />
35 points in<br />
the <strong>Javelina</strong>s’<br />
two games last<br />
week and had<br />
12 rebounds in<br />
the contests.
(This is the fifth in a series of articles<br />
on the Lone Star Conference basketball<br />
teams. They are written by Nick Eatman).<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> A&M-Commerce women<br />
At first glance, it might appear TAMUC<br />
has some major rebounding to do this<br />
season. Not only did the Lions introduce a<br />
new head coach in Nicole Anderson but<br />
they must find a way to replace one of the<br />
best scorers, not only in LSC history, but at<br />
the Division II level as well.<br />
Britney Jordan, who averaged 31.3<br />
points per game last year and became the<br />
Lions’ first All-American, was the 35 th<br />
overall pick of the WNBA’s Los Angeles<br />
Sparks.<br />
But the Lions aren’t exactly short on<br />
talent, especially with the return of several<br />
starters and role players, along with another<br />
strong newcomer class.<br />
Anderson’s first group will include<br />
junior guard Genevieve Campbell, who<br />
started 26 games last year and averaged 8.9<br />
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Vernon; William Green, <strong>Texas</strong> A&M-<br />
Commerce, 5-10, 290, Sr., Dallas; Calvin<br />
Fance, Angelo State, 6-1, 250, So., Houston.<br />
LB – Zach Watkins, Washburn (Kan.),<br />
6-0, 235, Sr., Independence, Mo.; Marcus<br />
Phillips, Tarleton State, 5-11, 220, So.,<br />
Humble; Buddy Wood, Central<br />
Washington, 6-3, 214, Sr., Chattaroy, Wash.;<br />
Chad Kilgore, Northwest Missouri, 6-1, 225,<br />
So., Orrick, Mo.<br />
CB – Micah Hill, Midwestern State, 5-<br />
10, 180, Sr., Houston; Rodney Mitchell,<br />
Eastern New Mexico, 6-0, 180, Jr., Sarasota,<br />
Fla.<br />
S – Myles Burnsides, Northwest<br />
Missouri, 5-11, 195, Sr., Maryville, Mo.;<br />
Giorgio Durham, Central Oklahoma, 6-0, 190,<br />
So., Oklahoma City, Okla.<br />
P – Mike Langston, Dixie (Utah) State,<br />
6-2, 200, Jr., Riverside, Calif.<br />
Second Team Offense<br />
QB – Blake Bolles, Northwest<br />
Miss0ouri, 6-4, 210, Jr., Lincoln, Neb.<br />
RB – Keithon Flemming, West <strong>Texas</strong><br />
A&M, 6-0, 210, Sr., Mesquite; Randall<br />
Eldridge, Central Washington, 5-9, 192, Sr.,<br />
Lynnwood, Wash.<br />
WR – Cedric Houston, Missouri<br />
Western, 6-0, 195, Sr., Kissimmee, Fla.;<br />
Johnny Spevak, Central Washington, 6-3,<br />
200, Sr., Edgewood, Wash.<br />
TE – J.J. Ford, Midwestern State, 6-4,<br />
240, Sr., Garden City, Kan.<br />
OL – Jorge Guerra, <strong>Texas</strong> A&M-<br />
LSC Basketball Preseason Series<br />
points a game. She finished second on the<br />
squad with 40 steals.<br />
Despite shooting just 22 free throws,<br />
Campbell hit all but one. She didn’t have<br />
enough attempts to qualify for the LSC<br />
rankings.<br />
Senior guard Nakazi Glover is back<br />
after playing in just 11 games last season.<br />
She scored 9.9 points and made 11 of 23<br />
three-point attempts.<br />
Senior Ashley Murphy can play either<br />
guard or forward, but proved last year to be<br />
a versatile contributor, starting all 24 games<br />
she played. Murphy grabbed 119 rebounds<br />
and scored 8.6 points per game.<br />
Sophomore guard Tiffany Mitchell<br />
came off the bench last season but should<br />
have an increased role in her second<br />
season, as should junior guard Anisha<br />
Ingram.<br />
The Lions are hoping for big things<br />
from junior forward Kiara Slayton, a transfer<br />
from Tulane, along with juniors Latanya<br />
Wesley, Winborn on All-Region Squad<br />
<strong>Kingsville</strong>, 6-3, 302, Sr., Roma; Jason<br />
Wiseman, Northwest Missouri, 6-4, 275, Jr.,<br />
Garden City, Mo.; Nathan Martin, Missouri<br />
Western, 6-2, 280, Sr., Wentzville, Mo.;<br />
Tony Quirk, Central Washington, 6-6, 300,<br />
Sr., Ellensburg, Wash.; R.J. Brison, <strong>Texas</strong><br />
A&M-Commerce, 6-5, 296, Sr., Wetumpka,<br />
Ala.<br />
RS – C.J. Lovett, Fort Hays (Kan.)<br />
State, 6-1, 190, Sr., Thornton, Colo.<br />
PK – Garrett Rolsma, Central<br />
Washington, 6-1, 200, Se., University Place,<br />
Wash.<br />
Second Team Defense<br />
DL – Eugene Sims, West <strong>Texas</strong> A&M,<br />
6-6, 235, So., Mount Olive, Miss.; Eric<br />
Lawrence, Washburn (Kan.), 6-2, 205, Sr.,<br />
Bellglade, Fla.; Jairius Jarvis, Missouri<br />
Southern,m 6-5, 245, Sr., Donaldsonville, La.<br />
LB – Nathan Uland, Eastern New<br />
Mexico, 5-10, 210, Jr., Denton; Fred<br />
Thompson, Abilene Christian, 5-10, 250, Jr.,<br />
Houston; Kevin Washington, Abilene<br />
Christian, 6-1, 250, Jr., Sugar Land; Bryan<br />
Braman, West <strong>Texas</strong> A&M, 6-6, 245, Jr.,<br />
Spokane, Wash.<br />
CB – Ryan Jones, Northwest Missouri,<br />
5-11, 195, Jr., Liberty, Mo.;l Tae Evans, West<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> A&M, 6-0, 195, Jr., Amarillo.<br />
S – Tony Harp, Abilene Christian, 5-9,<br />
185, Sr., San Antonio; Randy Shepherd,<br />
Central Missouri, 5-11, 190, Sr., Kansas City,<br />
Kan.<br />
P – Kyle Hopf, Tarleton State, 5-9, 170,<br />
Jr., Llano.<br />
Howell (Northwestern Oklahoma), Nikki<br />
Garner (Collin County CC) and Mattilyn<br />
McIntyre, a transfer from Arkansas-Little<br />
Rock.<br />
West <strong>Texas</strong> A&M women<br />
No basketball program in the Lone Star<br />
Conference, on either the men’s or women’s<br />
side, has been as consistent as the Lady<br />
Buffs, who look to continue their<br />
dominance this decade.<br />
Coming off a 28-6 record and the<br />
school’s first trip to the NCAA Elite Eight in<br />
12 years, head coach Krista Gerlich should<br />
be expecting yet another exciting season in<br />
Canyon.<br />
The Lady Buffs have won five of the<br />
last six LSC South Division regular-season<br />
titles, and have won three of the last four<br />
LSC championships.<br />
But last year’s run to the Elite Eight<br />
might have been the most impressive<br />
season for the Lady Buffs, who lost not<br />
only their top player but arguably the<br />
greatest player in LSC history.<br />
Despite Emily Brister’s season-ending<br />
knee injury in mid-February, the Lady Buffs<br />
rallied together to claim another LSC title<br />
and then the South Central Region as well.<br />
But WT will have to replace more than<br />
just Brister, an All-American and four-time<br />
LSC South player of the year. Courtney Lee<br />
was the defensive player of the year and<br />
Jamie Dreiling earned LSC championship<br />
tournament MVP honors.<br />
This year’s group will be led by senior<br />
point guard Holly Isaacs, who led the team<br />
in three-pointers last season, hitting 56 of a<br />
league-high 132 attempts. Isaacs, a threeyear<br />
letterwinner for the Lady Buffs, scored<br />
6.1 points a game.<br />
Junior guard Joni Unruh averaged 9.3<br />
points last season while starting 32 of 34<br />
games. In the first two games after Brister<br />
suffered her injury, Unruh led the team in<br />
scoring with 18 and 19 points against<br />
Tarleton State and Angelo State,<br />
respectively. She also led the team in<br />
rebounding in eight games, including four<br />
times in double-digits.<br />
Other returning players include senior<br />
center Ceciley Johnson (3.3 points per<br />
game), junior guard Megan McLain, who<br />
averaged 4.4 points last year. Returning<br />
(Continued on Page 7)<br />
44 Years at the Helm<br />
Gil Steinke, left, and Ron Harms served as head football coach of the<br />
<strong>Javelina</strong>s for 44 seasons. Steinke was the head man in 1954-76 and<br />
Harms, who was on Steinke’s staff for two seasons, was the head coach in<br />
1979-99. They are seen on the sidelines in a 1975 <strong>Javelina</strong> game.
(Continued from Page 6)<br />
sophomores Ashley Leven and Michelle<br />
Brister, the younger sister of Emily, should<br />
contribute more in their second seasons.<br />
The Lady Buffs have several<br />
newcomers including three Division I<br />
transfers. Senior guard/forward Maddy<br />
Brown played two seasons at <strong>Texas</strong> Tech.<br />
Center Cara Lambert, who played two<br />
years at Idaho State, should provide size<br />
and experience in the paint while forward<br />
Aly Sherman transferred from Central<br />
Arkansas.<br />
West <strong>Texas</strong> A&M men<br />
For the first time in six years, West<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> A&M missed the LSC championship<br />
tournament but head coach Rick Cooper<br />
has amassed a talented group of<br />
newcomers that could get the Buffs back<br />
into the postseason once again.<br />
Cooper enters his 17 th season on the<br />
Buffaloes’ bench with a 311-152 record.<br />
Despite last season’s 16-11 mark, with a 6-6<br />
conference record, WT has been one of the<br />
most consistent teams in the LSC, leading<br />
all other schools in tournament titles (six)<br />
and appearances (11).<br />
But to get back there this season,<br />
Cooper needs some new faces to emerge as<br />
leaders, considering only two players with<br />
starting experience return.<br />
LSC Basketball Preseason Series<br />
Senior guard Nick Burns started 23<br />
games last season, ranking second in<br />
scoring at 11.2 points per game. Burns led<br />
the team in three-pointers made (59) and<br />
steals (33), and was second in assists with<br />
73.<br />
Senior forward Bijan Dotson started<br />
only half of the games last season but<br />
ranked third in scoring at 8.9 points and he<br />
led the team in rebounding, pulling down<br />
5.3 boards a game. Dotson also led the<br />
Buffs with 18 blocked shots.<br />
Other returning Buffs with limited<br />
experience include guard Chris Tucker and<br />
forward Tory Fernandez.<br />
Headlining the newcomers are four<br />
junior college transfers including forward<br />
Macquiese Holocombe (Bevil State CC0<br />
and guard LaDarius Hall (South Plains CC).<br />
Guard Joe Mincey comes from Coastal<br />
Georgia CC and forward Donnie Kidd<br />
played at Feather River CC.<br />
The Buffs are also counting on<br />
transfers Justin Tubb (Midland College)<br />
and forward Alex Davis (Wayland Baptist).<br />
East Central women<br />
Despite a 9-19 record and missing the<br />
postseason for the second straight year,<br />
head coach Kent Franz is hoping his East<br />
Central Club picks up the pace this year—<br />
literally.<br />
2009-10 <strong>Javelina</strong> Women’s Basketball Remaining Schedule<br />
Dec. 2 – Schreiner in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 6 p.m.<br />
Dec. 5 - #<strong>Texas</strong> Woman’s in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 2 p.m.<br />
Dec. 10 - #Northeastern Oklahoma in Tahlequah, Okla., 6 p.m.<br />
Dec. 19 - #Southeastern Oklahoma in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 2 p.m.<br />
Dec. 30 – St. Edward’s Tournament in Austin<br />
vs. <strong>Texas</strong> A&M International, 2:30 p.m.<br />
Dec. 31 – St. Edward’s Tournament in Austin<br />
vs. St. Edward’s, 2:30 p.m.<br />
Jan. 5 - #Central Oklahoma in Edmond, Okla., 6 p.m.<br />
Jan. 7 - #Cameron in Lawton, Okla., 6 p.m.<br />
Jan. 9 - #Southwestern Oklahoma in Weatherford, Okla., 2 p.m.<br />
Jan. 13 - *West <strong>Texas</strong> A&M in Canyon, 6 p.m.<br />
Jan. 16 - *Eastern New Mexico in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 1 p.m.<br />
Jan. 20 - *Angelo State in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 6 p.m.<br />
Jan. 27 - *Midwestern State in Wichita Falls, 6 p.m.<br />
Jan. 30 - *Tarleton State in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 5 p.m.<br />
Feb. 2 - *Abilene Christian in Abilene, 5:30 p.m.<br />
Feb. 6 - *Abilene Christian in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 2 p.m.<br />
Feb. 10 - *Angelo State in San Angelo, 6 p.m.<br />
Feb. 17 - *Midwestern State in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 6 p.m.<br />
Feb. 20 - *Tarleton State in Stephenville, 6 p.m.<br />
Feb. 24 - *West <strong>Texas</strong> A&M in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 6 p.m.<br />
Feb. 27 - *Eastern New Mexico in Portales, N.M., 1 p.m. (MST)<br />
March 4-7 – Lone Star Conference Championships in Bartlesville, Okla.<br />
Bold-faced games are in <strong>Kingsville</strong>.<br />
#LSC crossover games.<br />
*LSC South Division games.<br />
Entering his 19 th season coaching the<br />
Lady Tigers, Franz is looking for more uptempo<br />
style of play this year, thanks in large<br />
part to a stacked guard position.<br />
Junior guard Casi Rawls is the team’s<br />
leading returning scorer at 11.6 points per<br />
game. Rawls led the team in scoring 11<br />
times last year, including a 20-point game<br />
against Cameron. She will team up with<br />
junior guard Laura Harris (4.9), sophomore<br />
guard Jordan Thompson and guard/forward<br />
Indhira Ramirez, a junior who redshirted last<br />
year.<br />
“We’ve very deep at the guard spot,”<br />
Rebound<br />
Rochelle Ikeni, <strong>Javelina</strong> junior<br />
center from Fresno, Calif., grabs a<br />
rebound in the <strong>Javelina</strong>s’ 90-60<br />
Lone Star Conference crossover<br />
victory over <strong>Texas</strong> A&M-Commerce<br />
last weekend in the Steinke<br />
Physical Education Center.<br />
Franz said. “So we are hoping to play an<br />
up-tempo game and create more easy<br />
baskets off the dribble and spot up for the<br />
three. We want to create situations where<br />
we have the numbers advantage and attack<br />
the basket.”<br />
Despite the guard play, it’s not likely<br />
the Lady Tigers won’t have a post<br />
presence. Senior center Danielle Cox<br />
started half the games last season but will<br />
be counted on for a bigger role this year.<br />
She averaged 6.0 points and 4.4<br />
rebounds a game but once had 20 boards<br />
last year against Puerto Rico-Cavey.<br />
Forward/post Angelea Kalanoska<br />
averaged 7.6 points last year and 3.5<br />
boards, but also proved to be a deep threat,<br />
hitting 40 percent from three-point range.<br />
“She an outstanding three-point<br />
shooter who has the ability to stretch the<br />
defense,” Franz said on Kalanoska.<br />
“Because of depth issues at the post, she<br />
may be called upon to play inside some.”<br />
Kalanoska scored a career-high 22<br />
points in a one-point loss to <strong>Texas</strong> A&M-<br />
Commerce.<br />
The Lady Tigers welcome newcomers<br />
Krista Bullis, a junior college transfer from<br />
Northern-Enid and freshmen Jourdan Clark<br />
and Regan Browne.<br />
While ECU will look to score more easy<br />
baskets, the Lady Tigers excelled in<br />
preventing those on the other end. ECU<br />
ranked first in the LSC last year in field-goal<br />
defense, allowing opponents to shoot just<br />
37.5 percent from the floor.
Randle Semifinalist in NFL HOF Selection<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> A&I All-American John Randle is<br />
one of the 25 NFL Hall of Fame semfinalists<br />
named last weekend.<br />
It is the second consecutive year<br />
Randle has been on the list. He became<br />
eligible for Hall of Fame consideration last<br />
season and reached the finals in the process.<br />
Randle was on the 1988 and 1989<br />
<strong>Javelina</strong> football teams and was on the<br />
Associated Press Little All-America squad.<br />
He also made the Football Gazette All-<br />
America first team and was Lone Star<br />
Conference lineman of the year twice.<br />
Randle was a free agent signee by the<br />
Minnesota Vikings and was with the club<br />
from 1990-2000. He finished his career with<br />
the Seattle Seahawks.<br />
Randle was a seven-time Pro Bowl<br />
participant and has become a member of the<br />
Vikings’ Ring of Honor.<br />
He is a member of the College Football<br />
Hall of Fame and <strong>Javelina</strong> Hall of Fame.<br />
The semifinalists list will be reduced to<br />
15 Jan. 7 and 2010 inductees will be<br />
announced at the Super Bowl site Feb. 6,<br />
the day before the NFL championship<br />
game.<br />
For the first time, the Hall of Fame<br />
allowed the fans to voice their choice in the<br />
selection. Randle was one of the 14<br />
candidates who appear on the official ballot<br />
and was selected by the fans.<br />
The fans will be polled again for their<br />
choice among the 25 semifinalists. They<br />
can vote once daily at www.fanschoice.com.<br />
Joining Randle as semifinalists are<br />
wideout<br />
Cliff Branch, wideout Tim Brown, wideout<br />
Cris Carter, coach Don Coryell, running<br />
back Roger Craig, running back Terrell<br />
Davis, center Dermontti Dawson, defensive<br />
end Richard Dent.<br />
Also defensive lineman Chris Doleman,<br />
linebacker Kevin Greene, guard Russ<br />
Grimm, punter Ray Guy, defensive lineman<br />
Charles Haley, cornerback Lester Hayes,<br />
linebacker Rickey Jackson, defensive<br />
lineman Cortez Kennedy, owner Art Modell,<br />
wideout Andre Reed, wideout Jerry Rice.<br />
And tight end Shannon Sharpe,<br />
running back Emmitt Smith, commissioner<br />
Paul Tagliabue, wideout Steve Tasker and<br />
cornerback Aeneas Williams.<br />
The <strong>Javelina</strong>s have two former players<br />
in the NFL Hall of Fame: offensive lineman<br />
Gene Upshaw and defensive back Darrell<br />
Green.<br />
<strong>Javelina</strong> Fans Still Top Playoff Attendance<br />
The <strong>Texas</strong> A&M-<strong>Kingsville</strong> fans continue to hold the top spot in the NCAA Division II<br />
postseason football playoff attendances this season.<br />
The 13,352 fans who turned out for the <strong>Javelina</strong>s’ opening round playoff game with<br />
Tarleton State in <strong>Javelina</strong> Stadium ranks at the top after three rounds of the playoffs.<br />
NCAA Division II Football Playoff Crowds<br />
Tarleton State at <strong>Texas</strong> A&M-<strong>Kingsville</strong> 13,352<br />
Abilene Christian at Midwestern State 9,265<br />
Hillsdale (Mich.) at Grand Valley (Mich.) 8,229<br />
Carson-Newman (Tenn.) at North Alabama 8,211<br />
Arkansas Tech at North Alabama 6,432<br />
Tarleton State at Central Washington 6,162<br />
Abilene Christian at Northwest Missouri 5,893<br />
Northwest Missouri at Central Washington 5,625<br />
California (Pa.) at Shippensburg (Pa.) 5,100<br />
West Alabama at Albany (Ga.) State 4,833<br />
Grand Valley (Mich.) at Minnesota-Duluth 4,211<br />
North Carolina-Pembroke at Arkansas Tech 4,200<br />
California (Pa.) at West Liberty (W. Va.) 4,137<br />
Edinboro (Pa.) at West Liberty (W. Va.) 4,131<br />
Saginaw Valley (Mich.) at Nebraska-Kearney 3,500<br />
Nebraska-Kearney at Minnesota-Duluth 3,257<br />
Fayetteville (N.C.) State at California (Pa.) 3,250<br />
West Alabama at Carson-Newman (Tenn.) 2,566<br />
Edinboro (Pa.) at East Stroudsburg (Pa.) 1,750<br />
Hilldsale (Mich.) at Minnesota State-Mankato 1,617<br />
High Scorer<br />
Flavio Milam, senior forward from<br />
Killeen (Ellison), had 21 points and<br />
eight rebounds in the <strong>Javelina</strong>s’<br />
game with Incarnate Word last<br />
weekend.<br />
Food Collection<br />
<strong>Javelina</strong> athletes held a<br />
Thanksgiving food<br />
collection last week<br />
and items collected<br />
were donated to the<br />
<strong>Kingsville</strong> Food Bank.<br />
The event was sponsored<br />
by the TAMUK<br />
Student-Athlete Advisory<br />
Committee.